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(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
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an in-depth, interactive study
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of the Word of God.
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Well, we're coming to the end
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of an amazing series on The Psalms,
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these inspired Scripture songs
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we have been studying for this series.
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And if you've missed any,
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go to our website, hopetv.org/hopess.
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You can watch the entire series,
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or go to our YouTube channel;
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they're all there; you can watch.
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We've been on a journey, learning
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about the powerful, inspired messages
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of these Scripture songs.
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Today, a vitally important topic,
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Waiting on the Lord, both now
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and as we wait for His glorious appearing.
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So, glad you're here, welcome
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to Hope Sabbath School.
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And welcome to the team,
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good to see you again.
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Give a wave to all
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of our Hope Sabbath School members
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around the world.
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We're just glad that we can be together.
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We've got some remote team members.
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Heide, great to have you back with us,
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glad you're here today.
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Leeah, always good to have you,
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glad you're with us today.
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And, Travis, good to see you.
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I'm just so thankful
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for our remote team members;
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they add something to our discussion,
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but you are also an important part
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of our discussion,
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and that's why your emails to us
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are so important.
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Write to us at sshope@hopetv.org.
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You make an important decision
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or you have an insight to share
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from your study of the Word,
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we want to hear from you.
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So, remember that email address,
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sshope@hopetv.org, and we'll
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look forward to hearing from you.
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We're always happy when we get emails.
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Here's one from James in Namibia
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in former German West Africa.
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James writes and says, "My family and I
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appreciate most the fact
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that the class studies
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are biblically based."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) "This enables us
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to confidently share messages of truth
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with our neighbors."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Yes! You're part
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of the miracle, James.
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Thank you for writing to us.
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He concludes, well, he says,
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"James and Family from Namibia."
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We're glad that you wrote to us
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and thank you for sharing the truths
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that you're learning.
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Here is a note from Julia in New York,
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actually Long Island, New York,
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"Hello, Hope Sabbath School."
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(Team) Hello.
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(Derek) I think they say that
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so they'll get the wave.
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"My name's Julia from Long Island.
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I've been watching Hope Sabbath School
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since 2019, and I love
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the interactive Bible study.
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I love you all, and those testimonies
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have been an inspiration
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and encouragement to me."
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Well, Julia, you'll hear
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some testimonies today
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that will be a blessing, I'm sure,
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but thank you for pointing that out.
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"I have shared the link for the program
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with other families."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Right? "Thanks so much
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for your ministry.
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I'm glad I was able to contribute
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to Hope Sabbath School.
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Let's continue to pray and share
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the truth with the world.
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May God bless you as you
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continue to be a blessing
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all over the world, Julia."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Well, Julia, thank you
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for taking the time to write to us
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from Long Island,
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there in the state of New York.
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We're happy you're part
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of our Hope Sabbath School family.
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Here's a little hand-written note
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from Washington State,
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that's in the northwest part
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of the United States,
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and a donor couple write, and they say,
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"Your Bible study class
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and all other programs
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are such a huge blessing to us.
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The Lord is blessing you mightily.
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God bless you all."
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That's a lot of blessings, isn't it?
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And a gift of 200 dollars
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to bless the ministry.
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Thank you, you know who you are,
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thank you for writing to us
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from Washington State.
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We're all part of a great miracle,
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all working together, and your gift
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means a great deal.
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If you want to be part
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of this miracle, you say, "Derek,
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could I do a little something each month?"
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or maybe, "Someone just gave me
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an inheritance," or, "I have something,"
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like someone said, "My saving account
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keeps getting bigger,
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and I'd like to help," go to our website,
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hopetv.org/hopess,
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click on the Donate button,
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or get an address and write us a note.
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Let us know how you're blessed
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through a study of God's Word.
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Thank you for all you do.
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One last note, from As in Mali.
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Where's Mali, anybody know?
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Yes, Lilica, it's close to home, isn't it?
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You're from Guinea-Bissau.
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Where is Mali in connection
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to where you live?
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(Lilica) So, it's just east of my country.
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(Derek) Toward the center
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of the great continent of Africa, right?
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(Lilica) Yes...
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(Derek) Well, As writes and he says,
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"Hope Sabbath School is an opportunity
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for all of us to study the truth
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of God's Word together.
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It comes back to the love
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of God through Jesus,
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manifested by the Holy Spirit
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changing our hearts."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) That was a good summary,
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"I appreciate that the lessons
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do not stray from the Bible."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) By the way, Mali
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is predominantly non-Christian, right?
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(Lilica) Muslim.
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(Derek) "The discussions are clear,
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simple, and honest.
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We can study like the Bereans
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who searched the Scriptures daily
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to see if those things were so.
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What a blessing, thank you."
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Well, thank you, As, for writing to us
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from the country of Mali,
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not too far from Lilica's home country
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of Guinea-Bissau.
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We're thankful that God's calling people
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from every nation, kindred, tongue
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and people, am I right?
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) And we are just so happy
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that you wrote to us.
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And we'd like to hear from you.
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You say, "Well, I wrote five years ago."
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Write to us again: sshope@hopetv.org.
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Let us know how your life, your family
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is being blessed
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by an in-depth, interactive study
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of the Word of God,
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how you've been blessed
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and are blessing others
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as you share what you have learned.
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Well, this is the last opportunity for you
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to get a beautiful collection
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of Trilogy Scripture Songs
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from the Psalms; there are six of them,
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and the theme song, Psalm 105,
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"Oh, Give Thanks to the Lord,"
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is one of them.
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All you have to do
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to get your free collection
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is to go to our website:
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hopetv.org/hopess.
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You say, "I don't have a pen."
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Well, take a picture of the screen:
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hopetv.org/hopess.
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Go to the website, click
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on the Free Gift tab, and it will
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let you know how you can
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download that collection
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of six Trilogy Scripture Songs,
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including our theme song for this series.
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And I love this theme song,
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"Oh, Give Thanks to the Lord."
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I'm singing it in my sleep, and I want
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to invite you to sing it with us just now.
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♪ music ♪
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(Derek) Let's pray together.
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Father in Heaven, we want to call
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upon Your name just now
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and give You thanks that You are
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a great and awesome God.
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We want to thank You
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for this series on The Psalms,
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these inspired Scripture songs
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preserved for our blessing.
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And today, as we conclude our series
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with the theme of Waiting on the Lord,
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I pray by Your Spirit You would teach us
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what that means and the blessings
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that come when we wait on You.
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I thank You, in the name of Jesus. Amen.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) We're going to begin our study
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in Psalm 27, and, Nancy, if you would read
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the last two verses
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of that psalm, Psalm 27:13,14.
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We are introduced to a concept
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which we want to study further,
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and that is Waiting on the Lord.
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(Nancy) I'm reading from the NASB,
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New American Standard Bible:
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(Derek) Alright, that translation,
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"Wait for the Lord,"
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some other translations, "Wait
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on the Lord," but there's
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this idea of waiting.
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We want to explore that.
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By the way, just a note
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to our Hope Sabbath School members
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around the world, that's one
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of the six Scripture songs
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that's on the free collection
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that you can download for this series,
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Trilogy Scripture Songs from the Psalms,
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is Psalm 27 that we just read.
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That's one of my favorites.
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But let's go, Stephanie, to Psalm 37,
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and I'm going to ask you to read
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three verses from that psalm,
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beginning with verse 7, verse 9
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and verse 34, and let's hear
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this theme again, and maybe we'll learn
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a little more about what it means
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to Wait on the Lord.
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(Stephanie) And I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version, verse 7:
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Verse 9:
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Verse 34:
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(Derek) Alright, and now I want
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to hyperspace to Isaiah the prophet.
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He lived about 300 years
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after the psalmist David.
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from Isaiah, chapter 40.
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We've moved out of the Psalms here,
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but we'll see this as a common theme
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in the Scriptures, a beautiful passage
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in Isaiah 40, verses 28 to 31.
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(Leeah) Sure, I'll be reading
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from the English Standard Version,
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Isaiah 40, verses 28 through 31:
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Anybody else love
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that promise besides me?
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Isn't that a beautiful....
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Someone's raising their hand
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in Mali, maybe, or in the Philippines
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saying, "Derek,
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I love that promise."
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So, having heard this theme repeated,
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wait for or wait on the Lord, can someone
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tell me what that means?
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Yes, Heide, what do you think it means?
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It's not just talking
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about, like, passively waiting
around, right?
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(Heide) No, and if we can, I would like
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to go to one of my favorite verses
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in the Bible; it's Proverbs 3,
verses 5 and 6.
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(Derek) Okay, and then you'll answer
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the question of what it means
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to wait on the Lord, right?
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Proverbs, chapter 3, verses 5 and 6.
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And what translation of the Bible
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are you reading from today?
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(Heide) I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,
and it says:
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So, in my opinion, part of waiting
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on the Lord is living in submission to Him
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and living in His will and learning
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to make that a part of everything
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that I do, even if it's a simple thing,
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how I dress - is this
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according to His will?
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What I'm eating - is this
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according to His will?
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What I do - is this according to His will?
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What I say - is this
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according to His will?
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It's doing things God's way
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versus man's way.
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(Derek) Well, thank you, Heide,
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for pointing that out.
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So, you're quoting from Proverbs there,
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and the idea of, acknowledge Him,
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and He will direct your path,
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that's part of the waiting
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that you're talking about.
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Travis, you want to add to that?
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What does it mean to you?
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From hearing the Scripture now,
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not just a personal opinion,
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but from the Scriptures, what does it mean
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to wait on the Lord?
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(Travis) Well, Derek, I agree
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with what she just said, but again, I want
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to share a story from the Bible
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of an individual who literally had
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to wait on the Lord, if you don't mind.
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That is Daniel, chapter 10.
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(Derek) Okay, just tell it to us
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in your own words.
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(Travis) Okay, in Daniel, chapter 10,
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Daniel has fainted; this time prophecy
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has boggled his mind.
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He doesn't know how to process it.
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He doesn't understand it,
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and he fasts for 21 days.
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And then Gabriel the angel comes to him,
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and he says, "We heard you,"
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basically, "We heard you, but there is
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a battle behind the scenes
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that I've been involved with,
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and it's taken 21 days
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to complete this battle,
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and now I've come to answer your prayer."
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So, it wasn't that God
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hadn't heard Daniel's prayer,
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but I think waiting on the Lord,
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we have to realize there's a cosmic battle
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behind the scenes.
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We don't know what's going on,
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and God has to operate
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within the free will of each human person,
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so it has to be in His time.
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He knows the beginning from the end.
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We can trust that our prayers are heard.
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And the story of Daniel shows me not only
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that I can trust, but that they'll
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be answered as well.
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(Derek) Powerful, thank you
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for sharing that Bible story.
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I want to give you an opportunity to share
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a time, a season of your life.
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Well, let's talk about Jesus first,
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because even Jesus had to learn
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to wait on the Lord.
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If we believe what Travis just said,
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and it's certainly biblical,
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Jesus was in the middle
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of a great cosmic battle, right?
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So, where do you see, in the life of Jesus
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from His birth, growing up in Nazareth,
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where do you see Him demonstrating,
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John, waiting on the Lord?
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(John) We see Jesus at the age of 12
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in the temple, and then there's no record
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of what happens until the age of 30.
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(Derek) Eighteen years.
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(John) And the only kind of words
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that kind of show us what was happening
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is the Bible says Jesus "grew
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in wisdom and stature
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and in favor with God and man."
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That waiting period,
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that's what Jesus was doing.
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(Derek) And there's one other phrase
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there, I think, in Luke
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that says He was obedient to His parents.
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But that's a long wait,
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because if we understand
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from Scripture, He said,
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"I must be about My Father's business,"
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at age 12, He's beginning to understand,
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isn't He, but He waits until the Father
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says, "Now is the time." Jason?
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(Jason) Yeah, I was thinking
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about Jesus' first miracle at the wedding
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when He told His mother,
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"My time has not come yet."
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So, Jesus understood that there was
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a time, you know, in God's eyes,
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for things to be taking place.
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And I believe that's the understanding
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that we need, too.
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As Jesus explained,
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that basically the timing
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has to do with everything
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when it comes to God.
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(Derek) And if we read that story
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in John, chapter 2, I'm thinking
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that Jesus probably said, "Father, is this
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really the time?" and the Father said,
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"Yes, now is the time,"
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not just because Mother asked, right,
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but, "Now is the time.
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I do nothing of My own will,
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but the will of Him who sent Me." Pedro.
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(Pedro) I see Jesus' baptism experience.
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After His baptism, He was taken
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by the Spirit to the desert.
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Now, Jesus was there for 40 days,
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and He was being led by the Spirit;
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all His life was led by the Spirit.
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And we look into the aspect of waiting.
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Some people ask, "What was the purpose
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for [Jesus] to be 40 days fasting
in the desert?"
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And sometimes we ask why we're going
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through desert times in our lives,
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and how is the Holy Spirit guiding us,
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and the Bible gives an example of Jesus.
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Even Jesus had to wait.
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(Derek) He was there in the wilderness.
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The beautiful biography, The Desire
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of Ages, says, "He was contemplating
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His mission," so He's praying,
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listening to His Father.
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Now, you mentioned that we may go
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through those times of waiting, too,
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so I want to ask a question,
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maybe of one of our remote team members,
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whichever one wants to raise their hand,
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a time when you had to learn
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to wait on the Lord, when you had to learn
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to just, well, like Heide said,
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in all your ways acknowledge Him
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and kind of wait for Him
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to direct your path,
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anyone have a testimony to share?
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I'm looking at the remotes; I'm not seeing
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a hand, but I see Puia's hand.
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Puia, tell us a time when you
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had to learn, this idea
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is not just waiting around, right,
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but being attentive to God,
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asking Him to direct your steps.
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(Puia) I would say it's a constant lesson
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that God is still teaching me every day,
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to wait on Him because we live
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in a day and age where we want
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everything right away, right?
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We go through fast food,
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we want a fast internet speed,
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and it's hard to wait on getting results
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when you go through a test,
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or when you go through an examination.
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But looking at the Scripture, there is
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so much wisdom in learning to be patient,
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learning to wait on God,
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especially in the context
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of Psalm 37 we read earlier,
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in the face of evildoers, in the face
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of so much suffering in this world.
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I believe the lesson that God
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is teaching me is to trust that there is
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a timing that God will step in.
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(Derek) Yes. Tendi, a time
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when you had to learn to wait on the Lord.
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(Tendi) Yes, I had to learn to wait
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on the Lord in the context of marriage.
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I waited 14 years to get married.
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(Derek) Fourteen years.
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(Tendi) Yes, I had been studying
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courtship and marriage, the way
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God wants it to be,
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and it was exhausting, the wait.
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There was a lot of prayer
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that went into it,
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but the moment, on the fourteenth year,
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I gave God my heart, and I asked Him
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to find me a husband, so He did that
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at the fourteenth year.
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(Derek) So, I don't know when
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the first year was; I'm guessing
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the first year of the fourteen was
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when you felt like you wanted
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a life companion who would
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love you and love God.
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So, kind of, "I'm ready for that,"
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and you waited 14 years because you
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didn't want to just marry any man
that walked by.
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(Tendi) That's right.
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(Derek) You wanted to wait
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for the person God had in mind for you.
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(Tendi) God's choice...
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(Derek) We're going to get a lot
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of emails about that, because someone
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might write, maybe you'll write and say,
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"Pastor Derek, I wish I had done that.
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I wish I had waited on the Lord
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and let Him lead."
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That's very practical, Tendi.
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Thanks for sharing.
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Travis, waiting, a time when God
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maybe taught you what it means
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to wait on the Lord.
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(Travis) Derek, that's exactly what comes
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to my mind, is that was
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a lesson that I learned.
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And many have heard, and I'm not going
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to tell the story again right now
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of the cell phone call, you know,
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you and I had been involved in
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when God miraculously dialed a phone.
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But what I did learn from that
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was, I was on fire.
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I had just learned about God's goodness,
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and I just wanted to go
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and do these things,
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and I fell flat on my face, kind of,
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in a sense, spiritually.
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And I realized, now looking back,
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that God knew that I had
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some things personally that needed
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to be taken care of,
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that I wasn't ready to get involved,
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at least to the point where I
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wanted to be involved.
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And I had some life lessons to learn.
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And through a series of events,
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He taught me that it's all in His timing;
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it's not in my timing.
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Even though I desired to just go,
551
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He was saying, "Wait, I have
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to get you ready," and that was
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really an important lesson for me.
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(Derek) Powerful. Stephanie, I'm going
555
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to ask you to go with us to Psalm 131,
556
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because one of the things
557
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that we need to learn
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is to be at peace while we wait.
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Yeah, we may wait 18 years like Jesus did,
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from 12 to 30, 14 years like Tendi did
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in her testimony.
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Someone might say, "Pastor Derek,
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I've waiting half my lifetime."
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How do we learn to be at peace?
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What insight do we get from the psalmist
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in Psalm 131, verses 1 to 3?
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(Stephanie) And I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Derek) Alright, I'm going to ask Nancy
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a question because I've met
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some of your beautiful children.
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So, what's the difference
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between a nursing child
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and a weaned child, first?
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And then, when a weaned child comes,
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what is that saying, and what can we learn
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from that about waiting on the Lord?
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(Nancy) Yeah, well, I had three boys,
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and I remember the process
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of them becoming weaned.
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And I think what it's talking about here
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is that you're going to trust that, well,
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I'll say the child at some point
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is no longer nursing, and they decide
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that they're going to trust
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that their mother will provide them
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with the food that they need in the way
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that she's going to do it.
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And they're okay with it,
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and they feel at peace with that.
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And so, that's what God wants us to do,
592
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is to trust that He's going
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to provide for us at the time
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He's going to provide for us.
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(Derek) So even though when that
little one,
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depending on how old they are
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when they stop nursing, is now weaned,
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did any of your boys still come
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and snuggle with momma?
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(Nancy) Of course, yes.
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(Derek) Right, what's happening
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at that moment, would you say,
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and what could we learn from that
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about this attitude of resting
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or waiting at peace in the Lord?
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(Nancy) Well, because they know
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that you still love them, and they
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still feel security and peace
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in just snuggling with you.
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But they're growing, and so they are
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no longer going to be nursed by you.
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You're going to feed them
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in a different way, but you
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still love them and provide for them.
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(Derek) So, Heide, I know you've got
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a couple of...they're not little anymore,
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are they, Heide?
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But when one of your children comes
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just to spend time with you, are they
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stressed out that you might not feed them
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for the next week?
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I mean, are they really anxious that they
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might be evicted from their bedroom?
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(Heide) No, not at all.
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As a matter of fact, they say
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that when a mother nurses a child,
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it releases a hormone
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that bonds them for life.
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And in the same way, I think God,
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when we come to Him, and we cast
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our cares upon Him, and we learn
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to fully surrender to Him, I think
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it bonds us in this way that you come now.
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And like you said, Nancy's boys
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00:27:17,229 --> 00:27:18,992
will still come to her lap,
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and my children will come to my lap,
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00:27:20,822 --> 00:27:22,859
and some of the teen members
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00:27:22,859 --> 00:27:24,663
may not have children, but you have
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00:27:24,663 --> 00:27:26,407
your mother, and you remember
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what it's like to go to your mother's lap.
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It's this place of safety, of no fear,
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00:27:32,156 --> 00:27:34,526
of peace, and that's what God is saying
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He wants to have with us,
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what He does have already if we come.
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(Derek) We want to move on
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to another section; we could stay there.
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By the way, I don't want dads
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to feel left out either, because I know
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that a weaned child can come
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and snuggle with dad, too right?
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And, Pedro, I know you have
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a beautiful little girl, Bianca; she knows
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she's safe to come and rest,
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and at the right time, papa
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will provide for her, right?
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But there is, as we continue our study
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about Waiting on the Lord, there is
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the idea of working while we wait.
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So it's not waiting around
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in idleness, right?
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It's not waiting around in inactivity.
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It's that waiting in the Lord,
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resting in Him, yes, you know,
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the beautiful image
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of resting in His arms.
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That's so beautiful, isn't it?
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But, Puia, could you read for us
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Psalm 126, verses 5 and 6?
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And then we'll go
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00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:39,426
to the teaching of Jesus.
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What is the special mission
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00:28:42,798 --> 00:28:45,093
that God gives to all of His children
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while we learn to wait upon the Lord?
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(Puia) Yes, I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,
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Psalm 126, verses 5 and 6:
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(Derek) So, put that
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00:29:10,986 --> 00:29:14,555
into, kind of, practical language
for us, Puia.
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What does God want us to be doing
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while we're learning to rest in Him,
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to wait on the Lord, to, in all our ways,
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let Him direct our path?
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(Puia) I believe when it talks
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about sowing, that's sharing
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00:29:27,485 --> 00:29:29,145
the good news of Jesus,
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00:29:29,145 --> 00:29:31,866
planting seeds in the hearts of people,
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while we wait for that hope
688
00:29:33,572 --> 00:29:36,230
of the soon return of Jesus,
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to be in the work
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of sharing the good news.
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(Derek) Alright, we know waiting
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on the Lord is not inactivity.
693
00:29:42,964 --> 00:29:45,935
It involves action, right?
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So, Puia has said, well, it's
695
00:29:49,475 --> 00:29:52,201
the precious seed that we're sowing
696
00:29:52,201 --> 00:29:54,183
with the promise, what?
697
00:29:54,183 --> 00:29:55,554
What does it say, Heide?
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The promise that we'll come again
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00:29:57,696 --> 00:30:00,403
with what kind of attitude?
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In verse 6, I don't know
701
00:30:01,670 --> 00:30:03,539
how that is in your Bible.
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00:30:03,539 --> 00:30:05,276
We'll "come again..."?
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00:30:05,276 --> 00:30:09,498
"...with rejoicing, bringing our sheaves."
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(Heide) I was thinking
705
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of what you say at the end
706
00:30:11,864 --> 00:30:13,493
of each Hope Sabbath School lesson
707
00:30:13,493 --> 00:30:14,587
where you say,
708
00:30:14,587 --> 00:30:16,207
"Don't just keep it to yourselves;
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00:30:16,207 --> 00:30:19,089
go out and be a blessing to others."
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00:30:19,089 --> 00:30:21,916
So, that's what I hear here.
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00:30:21,916 --> 00:30:24,757
You have been blessed; now, literally,
712
00:30:24,757 --> 00:30:26,530
go and share that same thing
713
00:30:26,530 --> 00:30:29,982
so that others can also be blessed.
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00:30:29,982 --> 00:30:31,327
(Derek) You know, Jesus uses
715
00:30:31,327 --> 00:30:34,384
that same metaphor of the harvest
716
00:30:34,384 --> 00:30:36,123
when He's speaking to His followers.
717
00:30:36,123 --> 00:30:37,757
And, Lilica, could you find
718
00:30:37,757 --> 00:30:44,976
Matthew for us, chapter 9 and verse 37?
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And let's see the instruction.
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00:30:46,777 --> 00:30:48,243
You might say, "Well, that was
721
00:30:48,243 --> 00:30:50,198
just the 12," but He actually gave
722
00:30:50,198 --> 00:30:53,685
the same direction to the 70 who represent
723
00:30:53,685 --> 00:30:57,630
all of the children of Noah, actually.
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What instruction does Jesus give
725
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,855
in Matthew 9 and verse 37?
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00:31:03,855 --> 00:31:05,044
(Lilica) I'll be reading
727
00:31:05,044 --> 00:31:06,879
from the New King James Version,
728
00:31:06,879 --> 00:31:09,103
Matthew 9, verse 37:
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00:31:17,799 --> 00:31:19,398
(Derek) And would you read on now
730
00:31:19,398 --> 00:31:20,709
in verse 38 for us?
731
00:31:20,709 --> 00:31:21,709
(Lilica) Of course:
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00:31:28,362 --> 00:31:29,747
(Derek) Okay so, back, Puia,
733
00:31:29,747 --> 00:31:32,098
to your comment earlier,
734
00:31:32,098 --> 00:31:34,097
if the harvest is great,
735
00:31:34,097 --> 00:31:35,446
what does that mean?
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00:31:35,446 --> 00:31:38,121
We've got Psalm 126, you read,
737
00:31:38,121 --> 00:31:39,007
what does it mean
738
00:31:39,007 --> 00:31:40,483
that the harvest is great?
739
00:31:40,483 --> 00:31:42,026
(Puia) There are a lot of people
740
00:31:42,026 --> 00:31:43,965
who are waiting to hear the gospel,
741
00:31:43,965 --> 00:31:45,262
the good news of Jesus.
742
00:31:45,262 --> 00:31:47,519
(Derek) Okay, they're waiting to hear,
743
00:31:47,519 --> 00:31:50,113
but the challenge, Travis,
744
00:31:50,113 --> 00:31:52,675
the challenge is that the laborers
745
00:31:52,675 --> 00:31:56,170
are few, and why is that?
746
00:31:56,170 --> 00:31:59,647
If we're not supposed to sit around idly -
747
00:31:59,647 --> 00:32:01,389
you know, some people, it looks like
748
00:32:01,389 --> 00:32:03,406
they're just trying to stay out of trouble
749
00:32:03,406 --> 00:32:05,204
until Jesus comes,
750
00:32:05,204 --> 00:32:06,859
but actually that's the best way
751
00:32:06,859 --> 00:32:09,046
to get into trouble, isn't it?
752
00:32:09,046 --> 00:32:11,188
You've told me in your testimony, "If you
753
00:32:11,188 --> 00:32:13,791
want to see God work in miraculous ways,
754
00:32:13,791 --> 00:32:15,758
get involved in His work," right?
755
00:32:15,758 --> 00:32:17,158
Get involved in mission.
756
00:32:17,158 --> 00:32:20,329
Why are the laborers few, Travis?
757
00:32:20,329 --> 00:32:22,941
(Travis) You know, Derek, I think,
758
00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:24,829
and I don't want to speak for everybody
759
00:32:24,829 --> 00:32:28,286
or try to point out anyone's issues, but I
760
00:32:28,286 --> 00:32:30,966
believe that we've become distracted.
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00:32:30,966 --> 00:32:33,359
I think it's interesting, in John,
762
00:32:33,359 --> 00:32:35,556
chapter 4, Jesus says something similar.
763
00:32:35,556 --> 00:32:38,269
He says, "You say there are four months
764
00:32:38,269 --> 00:32:41,155
and then come the harvest, but I tell you,
765
00:32:41,155 --> 00:32:43,136
lift up your eyes and look
766
00:32:43,136 --> 00:32:45,953
because the fields are already white
767
00:32:45,953 --> 00:32:47,094
for the harvest."
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I think the instruction of Jesus
769
00:32:50,686 --> 00:32:52,347
is to look because He was using
770
00:32:52,347 --> 00:32:54,026
the fields, and it generally takes
771
00:32:54,026 --> 00:32:55,300
about three to four months
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00:32:55,300 --> 00:32:56,325
for any crop to grow,
773
00:32:56,325 --> 00:32:58,045
whether it's beans or corn.
774
00:32:58,045 --> 00:33:00,518
And so, when the disciples looked out
775
00:33:00,518 --> 00:33:02,112
over the field, they're like,
776
00:33:02,112 --> 00:33:04,468
"Actually, we're just planting.
777
00:33:04,468 --> 00:33:05,819
There's nothing to harvest."
778
00:33:05,819 --> 00:33:07,587
But Jesus is saying to them,
779
00:33:07,587 --> 00:33:10,043
"It may not look like there's a harvest,
780
00:33:10,043 --> 00:33:11,618
but there's a harvest."
781
00:33:11,618 --> 00:33:13,353
So maybe some of the problem
782
00:33:13,353 --> 00:33:15,745
is we don't even think there's a harvest
783
00:33:15,745 --> 00:33:17,879
in the area, but Jesus says there is.
784
00:33:17,879 --> 00:33:20,465
We need to be intentional about looking
785
00:33:20,465 --> 00:33:24,495
and praying for that harvest opportunity.
786
00:33:24,495 --> 00:33:25,757
(Derek) Thank you, Travis.
787
00:33:25,757 --> 00:33:27,326
You used the word "distraction."
788
00:33:27,326 --> 00:33:29,331
John, I'm going to ask you to read for us
789
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the passage that Travis alluded to
790
00:33:31,653 --> 00:33:33,286
in John, chapter 4,
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00:33:33,286 --> 00:33:35,470
beginning with verse 34.
792
00:33:35,470 --> 00:33:37,949
It's a beautiful passage about Jesus
793
00:33:37,949 --> 00:33:39,495
interacting with someone
794
00:33:39,495 --> 00:33:40,958
that His disciples don't
795
00:33:40,958 --> 00:33:43,412
even want to talk to,
796
00:33:43,412 --> 00:33:45,546
but God is going to use this woman
797
00:33:45,546 --> 00:33:49,338
at the well to impact a whole city.
798
00:33:49,338 --> 00:33:52,130
But let's look at what Jesus said.
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Travis alluded to it
800
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in his earlier comment.
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00:33:55,995 --> 00:33:58,402
(John) John, chapter 4, verses 34 to 38,
802
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from the English Standard
Version, it says:
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(Derek) What is the outcome, Pedro,
804
00:34:46,999 --> 00:34:48,640
when we join the Lord
805
00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:50,285
of the harvest in this work?
806
00:34:50,285 --> 00:34:52,393
We're not just waiting around, right?
807
00:34:52,393 --> 00:34:55,841
Fully surrendered to Him, enjoying
808
00:34:55,841 --> 00:34:58,256
the beauty of His presence, right,
809
00:34:58,256 --> 00:35:01,173
like a weaned child with its parent,
810
00:35:01,173 --> 00:35:03,813
but what do we experience when we join
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the Lord of the harvest...?
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00:35:05,116 --> 00:35:06,993
(Pedro) Joy, I went back to the Psalms.
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00:35:06,993 --> 00:35:08,433
We experience joy in the Lord.
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It is the most amazing thing
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to see someone accepting
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Jesus in their life.
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And I can share, for myself,
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I'm addicted to Bible studies...
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(Derek) Not just your own Bible study,
820
00:35:19,751 --> 00:35:21,864
you're saying, but sharing with others?
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(Pedro) Studying with someone.
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I tell people, I don't give Bible studies,
I study the Bible with them
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because there is something always
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00:35:28,183 --> 00:35:30,191
for me there that God is convicting me of
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because I'm still growing in Christ.
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But looking into this aspect here,
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many people say, "The Bible says that,
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but why is it not happening?"
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00:35:36,826 --> 00:35:38,836
And I have a little garden in my backyard,
830
00:35:38,836 --> 00:35:40,825
and with some plants I have to use
831
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a little cutter to make sure I get
832
00:35:42,630 --> 00:35:45,508
the vegetables out of it.
833
00:35:45,508 --> 00:35:47,518
And the other ones I have to use my hand.
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Maybe we need to ask God, "Can You use me
835
00:35:50,135 --> 00:35:52,073
as the right tool?" or make ourselves
836
00:35:52,073 --> 00:35:54,256
available to be the right tool,
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because we always want to do the same way
838
00:35:56,248 --> 00:35:58,015
for different people.
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He says no; God says,
840
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"Let Me work through you."
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There are different ways
842
00:36:02,042 --> 00:36:03,489
that we can [share] Christ,
843
00:36:03,489 --> 00:36:05,212
but the best way is Christ's method.
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00:36:05,212 --> 00:36:07,032
(Derek) So, I'm going to pause and ask
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if there's someone that has
846
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a joyful testimony of joining the Lord
847
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in His harvest work.
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And we're not all going to hold
849
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a big series of meetings, right?
850
00:36:17,292 --> 00:36:18,956
There are lots of ways that we
851
00:36:18,956 --> 00:36:22,250
can share the love of God with someone.
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00:36:22,250 --> 00:36:26,229
John, tell us a time you experienced joy,
853
00:36:26,229 --> 00:36:29,049
not just waiting around, right,
854
00:36:29,049 --> 00:36:30,656
but waiting on the Lord
855
00:36:30,656 --> 00:36:33,809
and working while you wait.
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00:36:33,809 --> 00:36:34,920
(John) There was a lady
857
00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:36,953
who grew up in the church, but left
858
00:36:36,953 --> 00:36:39,120
the church during the teenage years
859
00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:40,936
and went through some difficult times
860
00:36:40,936 --> 00:36:42,246
because of an accident.
861
00:36:42,246 --> 00:36:43,774
But she was shopping at Giant's,
862
00:36:43,774 --> 00:36:46,167
and she came across the church that was
863
00:36:46,167 --> 00:36:48,640
right next to the shopping complex,
864
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:50,319
and she walked into the church.
865
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And so, long story short,
866
00:36:52,212 --> 00:36:54,953
I introduced myself to her; a friend and I
867
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began studying with her,
868
00:36:56,370 --> 00:36:58,627
and she eventually got baptized.
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00:36:58,627 --> 00:36:59,980
And then I will never forget
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00:36:59,980 --> 00:37:01,270
what she told me on the day
871
00:37:01,270 --> 00:37:02,707
she was baptized.
872
00:37:02,707 --> 00:37:05,201
She said, "I am here because of you."
873
00:37:05,201 --> 00:37:06,953
Of course, it was the Holy Spirit...
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00:37:06,953 --> 00:37:08,863
(Derek) But God gives the people, right?
875
00:37:08,863 --> 00:37:11,383
(John) And that was so meaningful to me.
876
00:37:11,383 --> 00:37:12,779
(Derek) And how did you feel?
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(John) Joyful.
878
00:37:14,622 --> 00:37:16,342
(Derek) Right. We rejoice.
879
00:37:16,342 --> 00:37:19,250
The sower and the reaper rejoice together.
880
00:37:19,250 --> 00:37:20,180
Puia, can you think
881
00:37:20,180 --> 00:37:22,201
of a joyful experience?
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00:37:22,201 --> 00:37:24,889
(Puia) Recently we had a revival
883
00:37:24,889 --> 00:37:27,140
camp meeting in Pennsylvania
884
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with a youth group from the church.
885
00:37:29,973 --> 00:37:31,428
And my heart was very burdened
886
00:37:31,428 --> 00:37:33,450
looking at our young people of the church.
887
00:37:33,450 --> 00:37:35,629
Many of them seemed disinterested.
888
00:37:35,629 --> 00:37:37,381
They came just because their parents
889
00:37:37,381 --> 00:37:38,718
asked them to come.
890
00:37:38,718 --> 00:37:40,699
But I asked the Lord, I said,
891
00:37:40,699 --> 00:37:42,347
"God, I cannot bear this burden.
892
00:37:42,347 --> 00:37:44,711
You have to do something here."
893
00:37:44,711 --> 00:37:45,959
And as we labored together
894
00:37:45,959 --> 00:37:48,346
with our other team, the youth leaders,
895
00:37:48,346 --> 00:37:50,240
and as we studied the Bible,
896
00:37:50,240 --> 00:37:53,870
at the end of the meeting, the youth
897
00:37:53,870 --> 00:37:56,154
started sharing their testimonies
898
00:37:56,154 --> 00:37:58,236
and how the messages landed.
899
00:37:58,236 --> 00:37:59,779
One of them came to me and said,
900
00:37:59,779 --> 00:38:01,586
"Pastor, I got what you were
901
00:38:01,586 --> 00:38:03,621
trying to say; thank you
902
00:38:03,621 --> 00:38:04,967
for sharing that with me."
903
00:38:04,967 --> 00:38:07,268
And when you see the lightbulbs
904
00:38:07,268 --> 00:38:09,105
coming into their eyes, and, you know,
905
00:38:09,105 --> 00:38:11,173
you see the wheels turning in their heads
906
00:38:11,173 --> 00:38:12,924
when they're starting to understand,
907
00:38:12,924 --> 00:38:14,699
"Oh, this is how God wants
908
00:38:14,699 --> 00:38:17,126
to reveal Himself to us," there is
909
00:38:17,126 --> 00:38:18,673
no better feeling in the world
910
00:38:18,673 --> 00:38:22,365
than knowing that God is using you
911
00:38:22,365 --> 00:38:24,045
to bring people to Him.
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00:38:24,045 --> 00:38:25,408
(Derek) So, for those of you
913
00:38:25,408 --> 00:38:27,075
sitting on the front row, Puia was
914
00:38:27,075 --> 00:38:29,168
smiling while he was saying that, right?
915
00:38:29,168 --> 00:38:30,879
Leeah, I want to ask you a question,
916
00:38:30,879 --> 00:38:32,026
then I'll come to Nancy.
917
00:38:32,026 --> 00:38:34,402
Leeah, you've shared in various programs
918
00:38:34,402 --> 00:38:37,761
that you lead worship music, right?
919
00:38:37,761 --> 00:38:41,295
You sing; that's a gift God's given you.
920
00:38:41,295 --> 00:38:44,060
Can you think of a time when you
921
00:38:44,060 --> 00:38:47,216
were working while you wait, so to speak?
922
00:38:47,216 --> 00:38:49,625
You were using your gift, leading music,
923
00:38:49,625 --> 00:38:51,552
and you saw God work, and it
924
00:38:51,552 --> 00:38:54,736
brought joy to your heart?
925
00:38:54,736 --> 00:38:56,896
(Leeah) Yeah, in fact there are
926
00:38:56,896 --> 00:39:00,270
many instances of that.
927
00:39:00,270 --> 00:39:02,383
I was leading worship a few weeks ago,
928
00:39:02,383 --> 00:39:05,925
and it was a song I didn't know very well.
929
00:39:05,925 --> 00:39:07,931
It was a song I wasn't quite confident in,
930
00:39:07,931 --> 00:39:09,594
and I wasn't quite sure that it was
931
00:39:09,594 --> 00:39:13,371
actually resonating with people.
932
00:39:13,371 --> 00:39:15,344
So, I tried my best.
933
00:39:15,344 --> 00:39:16,658
You know, I asked the Lord
934
00:39:16,658 --> 00:39:18,748
to strengthen me, to produce
935
00:39:18,748 --> 00:39:19,835
some sort of message.
936
00:39:19,835 --> 00:39:22,271
And I saw a man in the back of the church,
937
00:39:22,271 --> 00:39:26,296
the only person in the sanctuary
938
00:39:26,296 --> 00:39:28,827
who had his arms raised in worship.
939
00:39:28,827 --> 00:39:30,245
And I was so thankful
940
00:39:30,245 --> 00:39:33,118
that in my moment of inadequacy,
941
00:39:33,118 --> 00:39:35,561
it seemed to land with someone.
942
00:39:35,561 --> 00:39:36,843
There have been many times
943
00:39:36,843 --> 00:39:38,309
that I have been singing
944
00:39:38,309 --> 00:39:40,920
for different events or whatever,
945
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:44,222
and there is almost a darkness.
946
00:39:44,222 --> 00:39:47,293
It almost seems too hard to do,
947
00:39:47,293 --> 00:39:49,684
like there's a spiritual darkness
948
00:39:49,684 --> 00:39:51,386
that happens, and it almost becomes
949
00:39:51,386 --> 00:39:53,518
physically difficult to sing praises
950
00:39:53,518 --> 00:39:55,524
to the Lord, but God has
951
00:39:55,524 --> 00:39:56,999
always helped me overcome that.
952
00:39:56,999 --> 00:39:58,756
And there are always people that are
953
00:39:58,756 --> 00:40:00,396
blessed through the gift of music,
954
00:40:00,396 --> 00:40:02,052
so I'm grateful for that.
955
00:40:02,052 --> 00:40:03,319
(Derek) So that reminds us
956
00:40:03,319 --> 00:40:04,523
of the Great Controversy.
957
00:40:04,523 --> 00:40:06,197
And by the way, in a previous study
958
00:40:06,197 --> 00:40:07,644
John led, this raising hands
959
00:40:07,644 --> 00:40:09,305
is really worshiping God,
960
00:40:09,305 --> 00:40:10,618
isn't it, honoring God.
961
00:40:10,618 --> 00:40:14,174
And one person in the back, a man,
962
00:40:14,174 --> 00:40:15,283
God was speaking to him
963
00:40:15,283 --> 00:40:17,226
through that music, and, Leeah, I saw
964
00:40:17,226 --> 00:40:19,157
by your smile that you experienced joy.
965
00:40:19,157 --> 00:40:21,968
Oh, excuse me, Nancy first and then Tendi.
966
00:40:21,968 --> 00:40:26,509
(Nancy) So, this has to do with waiting
967
00:40:26,509 --> 00:40:28,802
on the Lord and then also God
968
00:40:28,802 --> 00:40:30,814
turning things around for us.
969
00:40:30,814 --> 00:40:32,540
My husband was building a fence
970
00:40:32,540 --> 00:40:33,909
for around our house.
971
00:40:33,909 --> 00:40:35,624
This was when our kids were younger.
972
00:40:35,624 --> 00:40:37,016
And there was this one piece
973
00:40:37,016 --> 00:40:40,228
that maybe was from that desk to here
974
00:40:40,228 --> 00:40:41,998
that needed to be filled in,
975
00:40:41,998 --> 00:40:43,889
so he had a post there.
976
00:40:43,889 --> 00:40:45,614
He talked to the neighbor because we
977
00:40:45,614 --> 00:40:48,468
wanted to connect to the neighbor's fence,
978
00:40:48,468 --> 00:40:50,078
and we just needed to connect
979
00:40:50,078 --> 00:40:51,414
from our post to theirs,
980
00:40:51,414 --> 00:40:52,397
and then we're done
981
00:40:52,397 --> 00:40:54,187
because my kids wanted to have a dog.
982
00:40:54,187 --> 00:40:56,272
So, my husband went
983
00:40:56,272 --> 00:40:57,589
and talked to the neighbor,
984
00:40:57,589 --> 00:40:59,491
and he said, "Sure, no problem."
985
00:40:59,491 --> 00:41:01,512
Unbeknownst to us, his wife
986
00:41:01,512 --> 00:41:03,221
didn't want that to happen,
987
00:41:03,221 --> 00:41:07,572
and so we couldn't finish.
988
00:41:07,572 --> 00:41:12,154
So eventually we started praying about it,
989
00:41:12,154 --> 00:41:14,082
and so we just, like, every day
990
00:41:14,082 --> 00:41:15,791
we're going to pray about it.
991
00:41:15,791 --> 00:41:18,615
And so, my husband was praying,
992
00:41:18,615 --> 00:41:20,113
"Oh, please change the heart
993
00:41:20,113 --> 00:41:22,730
of our neighbor's wife;
994
00:41:22,730 --> 00:41:25,672
it's for our kids..."
995
00:41:25,672 --> 00:41:28,893
And I even went over there
996
00:41:28,893 --> 00:41:30,183
and talked to her, and, no,
997
00:41:30,183 --> 00:41:31,283
she wasn't having it.
998
00:41:31,283 --> 00:41:33,075
And I'm like, "What is the problem?"
999
00:41:33,075 --> 00:41:34,568
We kept praying and praying.
1000
00:41:34,568 --> 00:41:37,425
And then, as I went over and talked
1001
00:41:37,425 --> 00:41:39,481
to her again, I realized,
1002
00:41:39,481 --> 00:41:42,134
"Oh, they have needs; let's pray."
1003
00:41:42,134 --> 00:41:43,184
So, it changed us,
1004
00:41:43,184 --> 00:41:44,551
then we started praying
1005
00:41:44,551 --> 00:41:46,985
about what needs they had,
1006
00:41:46,985 --> 00:41:48,671
what concerns they had.
1007
00:41:48,671 --> 00:41:51,931
And it totally changed...instead...
1008
00:41:51,931 --> 00:41:53,803
(Derek) So, waiting on the Lord
1009
00:41:53,803 --> 00:41:55,843
to direct your path changed the way
1010
00:41:55,843 --> 00:41:57,743
you were thinking about the situation.
1011
00:41:57,743 --> 00:41:59,058
(Nancy) And then my husband
1012
00:41:59,058 --> 00:42:02,668
starting praying that God
1013
00:42:02,668 --> 00:42:05,818
would bring her to our house to talk
1014
00:42:05,818 --> 00:42:07,710
about the situation, and I'm like,
1015
00:42:07,710 --> 00:42:10,636
"How is He going to answer that?!"
1016
00:42:10,636 --> 00:42:13,664
It happened; she came to our house
1017
00:42:13,664 --> 00:42:17,966
to tell us that it was okay.
1018
00:42:17,966 --> 00:42:19,161
(Derek) So, God is good.
1019
00:42:19,161 --> 00:42:21,081
But He changed the way you thought.
1020
00:42:21,081 --> 00:42:21,791
(Nancy) Yes!
1021
00:42:21,791 --> 00:42:23,349
(Derek) That was very practical.
1022
00:42:23,349 --> 00:42:25,228
I never thought of waiting on the Lord
1023
00:42:25,228 --> 00:42:26,190
and fences and dogs.
1024
00:42:26,190 --> 00:42:28,358
I mean, pretty practical, right,
1025
00:42:28,358 --> 00:42:29,484
about learning to wait.
1026
00:42:29,484 --> 00:42:31,727
Thank you for sharing that. Tendi.
1027
00:42:31,727 --> 00:42:33,429
(Tendi) So, growing up, I was
1028
00:42:33,429 --> 00:42:37,289
a very shy person, and I had a good voice,
1029
00:42:37,289 --> 00:42:42,153
but at my home church I was considered
1030
00:42:42,153 --> 00:42:44,258
one of the background singers.
1031
00:42:44,258 --> 00:42:46,366
When I moved to the U.S., I asked the Lord
1032
00:42:46,366 --> 00:42:48,424
to give me a voice where I could
1033
00:42:48,424 --> 00:42:51,063
minister for Him, but I was still shy.
1034
00:42:51,063 --> 00:42:52,811
The first solo I sang was
1035
00:42:52,811 --> 00:42:55,334
at our wedding (with Scott)
1036
00:42:55,334 --> 00:42:56,887
as my vows to him.
1037
00:42:56,887 --> 00:42:59,618
And ever since then, I have been singing
1038
00:42:59,618 --> 00:43:02,373
in a way that people come to me and say
1039
00:43:02,373 --> 00:43:03,807
they have been touched.
1040
00:43:03,807 --> 00:43:04,887
They have been moved,
1041
00:43:04,887 --> 00:43:06,350
that I should sing more often.
1042
00:43:06,350 --> 00:43:08,097
So, I just want to praise God...
1043
00:43:08,097 --> 00:43:09,705
(Derek) That's courageous to have
1044
00:43:09,705 --> 00:43:11,536
the first solo at your wedding, right?
1045
00:43:11,536 --> 00:43:12,904
Well, we want to move on
1046
00:43:12,904 --> 00:43:15,937
to actually something that's in the title
1047
00:43:15,937 --> 00:43:20,069
of our program, Hope Sabbath School,
1048
00:43:20,069 --> 00:43:23,991
because the Sabbath is a time when we can
1049
00:43:23,991 --> 00:43:26,748
rest in the Lord while we wait.
1050
00:43:26,748 --> 00:43:29,219
And I want to look at two verses
1051
00:43:29,219 --> 00:43:31,143
that may be very familiar to some
1052
00:43:31,143 --> 00:43:32,360
but not to others.
1053
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:34,815
Jason, if you could read Mark,
1054
00:43:34,815 --> 00:43:37,518
chapter 2, for us, and verse 28.
1055
00:43:37,518 --> 00:43:38,932
Jesus is speaking.
1056
00:43:38,932 --> 00:43:40,389
(Jason) Right, and I'm reading
1057
00:43:40,389 --> 00:43:41,912
from the New King James Version,
1058
00:43:41,912 --> 00:43:42,829
and the Bible says:
1059
00:43:47,548 --> 00:43:49,402
(Derek) Now, someone maybe is watching
1060
00:43:49,402 --> 00:43:50,353
Hope Sabbath School,
1061
00:43:50,353 --> 00:43:52,054
maybe you're watching, and you say,
1062
00:43:52,054 --> 00:43:54,262
"I don't know this Hope Sabbath/Sunday
School,"
1063
00:43:54,262 --> 00:43:56,264
you know, "I don't know the word Sabbath."
1064
00:43:56,264 --> 00:43:58,578
So, it's like a Sunday School, but Sabbath
1065
00:43:58,578 --> 00:44:00,366
is actually found
1066
00:44:00,366 --> 00:44:01,760
throughout all the Scripture.
1067
00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:03,362
I still remember one gentleman
1068
00:44:03,362 --> 00:44:04,552
who actually came here
1069
00:44:04,552 --> 00:44:06,050
watching Hope Sabbath School,
1070
00:44:06,050 --> 00:44:08,084
and he said, "I started reading the Bible,
1071
00:44:08,084 --> 00:44:09,593
and it's like Sabbath, Sabbath,
1072
00:44:09,593 --> 00:44:12,568
Sabbath, Sabbath, Sabbath," right?
1073
00:44:12,568 --> 00:44:14,865
Where in the commandments
1074
00:44:14,865 --> 00:44:17,982
is this conversation about the Sabbath?
1075
00:44:17,982 --> 00:44:20,410
Heide, can you...There are
1076
00:44:20,410 --> 00:44:21,614
ten commandments, right?
1077
00:44:21,614 --> 00:44:22,857
We know we shouldn't kill,
1078
00:44:22,857 --> 00:44:24,387
we shouldn't steal,
1079
00:44:24,387 --> 00:44:27,199
we shouldn't commit adultery.
1080
00:44:27,199 --> 00:44:28,391
Where is that commandment
1081
00:44:28,391 --> 00:44:30,063
that speaks about the Sabbath,
1082
00:44:30,063 --> 00:44:33,453
and interestingly the first word
1083
00:44:33,453 --> 00:44:35,971
in that commandment is rather significant.
1084
00:44:35,971 --> 00:44:36,852
Would you read...?
1085
00:44:36,852 --> 00:44:38,949
(Heide) So, yeah, absolutely, so it's
1086
00:44:38,949 --> 00:44:40,263
in the fourth commandment.
1087
00:44:40,263 --> 00:44:42,796
And it's kind of like right in the center,
1088
00:44:42,796 --> 00:44:45,291
in the core of the Ten Commandments,
1089
00:44:45,291 --> 00:44:47,872
and I will gladly read it; I'll be reading
1090
00:44:47,872 --> 00:44:49,924
from the New King James Version,
1091
00:44:49,924 --> 00:44:55,477
and it's Exodus 20, verses 8 through 11.
1092
00:44:55,477 --> 00:44:58,277
And the first word, which you asked,
is "remember":
1093
00:45:38,769 --> 00:45:40,230
(Derek) Now, some people think
1094
00:45:40,230 --> 00:45:41,491
Sabbath day of rest means
1095
00:45:41,491 --> 00:45:43,113
you sleep all day, but that's not
1096
00:45:43,113 --> 00:45:44,655
what it talks about, right?
1097
00:45:44,655 --> 00:45:46,080
We want to go to worship.
1098
00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:48,382
We rest in the Lord in the worship,
1099
00:45:48,382 --> 00:45:50,838
but Jesus also taught that it's good
1100
00:45:50,838 --> 00:45:53,021
to do good on the Sabbath.
1101
00:45:53,021 --> 00:45:55,107
So, I have a practical question.
1102
00:45:55,107 --> 00:45:56,285
Raise your hand.
1103
00:45:56,285 --> 00:46:00,128
The practical question is, how do I know
1104
00:46:00,128 --> 00:46:03,597
when this work is something
1105
00:46:03,597 --> 00:46:05,316
that should wait for Sunday, Monday,
1106
00:46:05,316 --> 00:46:07,283
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
1107
00:46:07,283 --> 00:46:09,293
or when it's something that would be good
1108
00:46:09,293 --> 00:46:11,183
to do on the Sabbath
1109
00:46:11,183 --> 00:46:13,205
because it's good to do good?
1110
00:46:13,205 --> 00:46:15,373
How do I distinguish, anybody,
1111
00:46:15,373 --> 00:46:19,070
between what should wait for another day
1112
00:46:19,070 --> 00:46:22,330
and what would be good to do
1113
00:46:22,330 --> 00:46:25,043
on the Sabbath? Pedro?
1114
00:46:25,043 --> 00:46:28,003
(Pedro) I look into the principle
of the Bible.
1115
00:46:28,003 --> 00:46:31,454
Jesus shows the aspect of need for others,
1116
00:46:31,454 --> 00:46:33,488
you know, if I'm doing anything for others
1117
00:46:33,488 --> 00:46:35,491
on the Sabbath, it's a good rule of saying
1118
00:46:35,491 --> 00:46:37,123
this is good to do on the Sabbath.
1119
00:46:37,123 --> 00:46:38,958
Now, you ask us, can I
1120
00:46:38,958 --> 00:46:40,290
do this in a few days?
1121
00:46:40,290 --> 00:46:41,808
Can I plan ahead on this?
1122
00:46:41,808 --> 00:46:43,841
It says, yes, you should plan things ahead
1123
00:46:43,841 --> 00:46:44,842
so you can spend time
1124
00:46:44,842 --> 00:46:47,004
[worshiping] with others and Scripture
1125
00:46:47,004 --> 00:46:49,050
and spending time with the Lord.
1126
00:46:49,050 --> 00:46:51,276
But if you have an emergency,
1127
00:46:51,276 --> 00:46:53,218
as Jesus comes to the Pharisee and says,
1128
00:46:53,218 --> 00:46:55,057
you know, if you have an [ox] that is
1129
00:46:55,057 --> 00:46:56,469
stuck [in a ditch], would you
1130
00:46:56,469 --> 00:46:57,988
just not do anything?
1131
00:46:57,988 --> 00:46:59,913
And I can share that one time
1132
00:46:59,913 --> 00:47:02,660
I was out at the church, and there was
1133
00:47:02,660 --> 00:47:05,083
this member who had a car problem.
1134
00:47:05,083 --> 00:47:08,136
He forgot his key inside the car running.
1135
00:47:08,136 --> 00:47:11,312
Now, we had to run to get a tool
1136
00:47:11,312 --> 00:47:14,719
to open his door so he could go back home
1137
00:47:14,719 --> 00:47:16,610
and obviously not have the car
1138
00:47:16,610 --> 00:47:18,939
running all day in the parking lot.
1139
00:47:18,939 --> 00:47:20,459
(Derek) So, you would see that,
1140
00:47:20,459 --> 00:47:22,671
like the ox stuck in the ditch.
1141
00:47:22,671 --> 00:47:24,263
Jesus also used that when He
1142
00:47:24,263 --> 00:47:25,613
talked about healing someone
1143
00:47:25,613 --> 00:47:27,297
on the Sabbath, right?
1144
00:47:27,297 --> 00:47:29,083
Because it's good to do...?
1145
00:47:29,083 --> 00:47:30,003
(Derek, Team) Good.
1146
00:47:30,003 --> 00:47:31,638
(Derek) ...on the Sabbath, right,
1147
00:47:31,638 --> 00:47:32,931
so there was a distinction.
1148
00:47:32,931 --> 00:47:35,660
Someone else. Lilica, how do
we distinguish?
1149
00:47:35,660 --> 00:47:38,064
There might be a time when God says,
1150
00:47:38,064 --> 00:47:40,910
"Lilica, do it now. Do it today.
1151
00:47:40,910 --> 00:47:42,355
It's Sabbath, but it's good
1152
00:47:42,355 --> 00:47:43,967
to do this good thing."
1153
00:47:43,967 --> 00:47:45,153
(Lilica) Well, the Lord
1154
00:47:45,153 --> 00:47:46,723
does not contradict Himself,
1155
00:47:46,723 --> 00:47:48,989
and He that gave the Law gave
1156
00:47:48,989 --> 00:47:50,809
the principles or ways,
1157
00:47:50,809 --> 00:47:52,739
as we have mentioned.
1158
00:47:52,739 --> 00:47:53,773
He said what to do
1159
00:47:53,773 --> 00:47:55,393
or not do on the Sabbath.
1160
00:47:55,393 --> 00:47:57,193
Of course, it's not everything,
1161
00:47:57,193 --> 00:48:01,506
but we have general principles to follow.
1162
00:48:01,506 --> 00:48:04,027
And in case of doubt, we can
1163
00:48:04,027 --> 00:48:05,764
always go to Him and say, "Lord,
1164
00:48:05,764 --> 00:48:07,469
I want to honor You.
1165
00:48:07,469 --> 00:48:10,033
I really have this desire of honoring You.
1166
00:48:10,033 --> 00:48:11,779
What do You say?"
1167
00:48:11,779 --> 00:48:13,357
(Derek) Alright, so I could ask.
1168
00:48:13,357 --> 00:48:15,855
I came home from church, actually, Pedro,
1169
00:48:15,855 --> 00:48:17,932
and someone next door was sitting
1170
00:48:17,932 --> 00:48:23,033
with the hood of his car
1171
00:48:23,033 --> 00:48:24,696
(we call that a bonnet in England,
1172
00:48:24,696 --> 00:48:27,105
so I had to remember to get it right),
1173
00:48:27,105 --> 00:48:28,531
but the hood of his car open,
1174
00:48:28,531 --> 00:48:29,590
and he was looking in.
1175
00:48:29,590 --> 00:48:31,938
Now, you have to know that most people,
1176
00:48:31,938 --> 00:48:35,551
especially us men, even if we know nothing
1177
00:48:35,551 --> 00:48:37,293
about the engine, we still look
1178
00:48:37,293 --> 00:48:40,581
inside there, hoping we can find
some help.
1179
00:48:40,581 --> 00:48:43,210
Well, I just came home from church,
1180
00:48:43,210 --> 00:48:45,245
and he was next door -
1181
00:48:45,245 --> 00:48:47,213
a Christian gentleman -
1182
00:48:47,213 --> 00:48:49,493
next door, he was looking, and I
1183
00:48:49,493 --> 00:48:52,062
went over to him, and I said,
1184
00:48:52,062 --> 00:48:53,536
"Michael, what's the problem?"
1185
00:48:53,536 --> 00:48:58,450
He said, "My battery is dead."
1186
00:48:58,450 --> 00:49:00,628
And I said to him, "Well, I have
1187
00:49:00,628 --> 00:49:03,582
jumper cables right here in my car.
1188
00:49:03,582 --> 00:49:06,643
I'm happy to just hook them up for you."
1189
00:49:06,643 --> 00:49:10,464
And he said, "Oh, I wasn't going to ask
1190
00:49:10,464 --> 00:49:14,810
because I know it's your Sabbath."
1191
00:49:14,810 --> 00:49:16,274
And I said, "Well, Jesus said,
1192
00:49:16,274 --> 00:49:17,440
'It's good to do good.'"
1193
00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:19,423
Now, if he had said, "Would you help me,"
1194
00:49:19,423 --> 00:49:20,981
you know, "paint my car,"
1195
00:49:20,981 --> 00:49:22,922
or, "do some body work where I
1196
00:49:22,922 --> 00:49:26,131
just dented the side of my car," right,
1197
00:49:26,131 --> 00:49:28,885
but maybe he needed to do something.
1198
00:49:28,885 --> 00:49:31,467
But I like what Lilica said, and that is,
1199
00:49:31,467 --> 00:49:33,169
we can pray and say, "God,
1200
00:49:33,169 --> 00:49:35,224
is this something that I could say,
1201
00:49:35,224 --> 00:49:38,182
'I'll come by on Monday,'
1202
00:49:38,182 --> 00:49:39,043
or is it something
1203
00:49:39,043 --> 00:49:40,700
that I should do today?"
1204
00:49:40,700 --> 00:49:43,330
Did anyone want to share a testimony?
1205
00:49:43,330 --> 00:49:45,346
Because we want to, certainly, rest
1206
00:49:45,346 --> 00:49:47,335
in the Lord on the Sabbath, but we
1207
00:49:47,335 --> 00:49:50,195
also can work while we wait?
1208
00:49:50,195 --> 00:49:52,727
Can you share a time when you were
1209
00:49:52,727 --> 00:49:54,403
resting in the Lord on the Sabbath,
1210
00:49:54,403 --> 00:49:55,825
but you were also involved
1211
00:49:55,825 --> 00:49:59,325
in serving others in a meaningful way?
1212
00:49:59,325 --> 00:50:02,464
Anybody? I want to give an opportunity.
1213
00:50:02,464 --> 00:50:04,962
Heide, I see you waving over there.
1214
00:50:04,962 --> 00:50:07,084
A time that was meaningful to you,
1215
00:50:07,084 --> 00:50:10,505
and you say, "Well, going to church
1216
00:50:10,505 --> 00:50:14,803
is wonderful, singing hymns is wonderful,
1217
00:50:14,803 --> 00:50:17,744
praying is wonderful, but doing good
1218
00:50:17,744 --> 00:50:19,429
in Jesus' name on the Sabbath
1219
00:50:19,429 --> 00:50:22,852
is also wonderful," share your story.
1220
00:50:22,852 --> 00:50:25,317
(Heide) So, I went to a church
1221
00:50:25,317 --> 00:50:28,366
where on one Sabbath of the month
1222
00:50:28,366 --> 00:50:30,013
they would go and they would feed
1223
00:50:30,013 --> 00:50:32,278
the homeless, and that entailed
1224
00:50:32,278 --> 00:50:34,364
a lot of work because we actually went
1225
00:50:34,364 --> 00:50:36,212
to an area that was
1226
00:50:36,212 --> 00:50:38,101
a ways from our church.
1227
00:50:38,101 --> 00:50:40,426
And we had to take tables, chairs.
1228
00:50:40,426 --> 00:50:42,544
We had to preplan the meal
1229
00:50:42,544 --> 00:50:45,181
and prepare the meal and bring
1230
00:50:45,181 --> 00:50:49,082
plates and utensils and all the things.
1231
00:50:49,082 --> 00:50:50,618
But once a month we would go,
1232
00:50:50,618 --> 00:50:51,638
and we would do that,
1233
00:50:51,638 --> 00:50:53,206
and we would talk with them,
1234
00:50:53,206 --> 00:50:55,964
mingle with them while we served the food
1235
00:50:55,964 --> 00:50:56,905
and while they ate.
1236
00:50:56,905 --> 00:50:59,286
And sometimes we would eat with them.
1237
00:50:59,286 --> 00:51:01,889
And that was something that we did
1238
00:51:01,889 --> 00:51:03,454
where I would feel happy
1239
00:51:03,454 --> 00:51:06,226
because I like going to church, and Jesus
1240
00:51:06,226 --> 00:51:08,702
gave that example very clearly,
that that's something
1241
00:51:08,702 --> 00:51:10,313
we do on the Sabbath.
1242
00:51:10,313 --> 00:51:13,362
But I also like, you know, to get outside
1243
00:51:13,362 --> 00:51:15,535
of the four walls of the church.
1244
00:51:15,535 --> 00:51:18,816
He called us to go, and I liked that,
1245
00:51:18,816 --> 00:51:21,764
because it was a way that we could go,
1246
00:51:21,764 --> 00:51:25,374
and we could minister to others.
1247
00:51:25,374 --> 00:51:27,793
On another occasion, I remember
1248
00:51:27,793 --> 00:51:31,392
that we went door to door, inviting
1249
00:51:31,392 --> 00:51:33,098
families to a fun event our church
1250
00:51:33,098 --> 00:51:33,986
was going to have,
1251
00:51:33,986 --> 00:51:37,684
but at every house we would also ask,
1252
00:51:37,684 --> 00:51:38,711
"Can we pray for you?
1253
00:51:38,711 --> 00:51:39,913
Is there something we can
1254
00:51:39,913 --> 00:51:40,868
pray about for you?"
1255
00:51:40,868 --> 00:51:42,536
And I was really surprised that all
1256
00:51:42,536 --> 00:51:45,429
these people just started opening up,
1257
00:51:45,429 --> 00:51:47,381
even people you wouldn't have thought
1258
00:51:47,381 --> 00:51:48,394
would have opened up.
1259
00:51:48,394 --> 00:51:50,074
They would be like, "Oh, yes, pray
1260
00:51:50,074 --> 00:51:54,352
for my family," "Pray for my sibling,"
1261
00:51:54,352 --> 00:51:55,849
"Pray for my child."
1262
00:51:55,849 --> 00:51:59,848
And I remember feeling just so satisfied
1263
00:51:59,848 --> 00:52:02,434
at the end of that day and that event,
1264
00:52:02,434 --> 00:52:04,639
coming back and having prayed for people.
1265
00:52:04,639 --> 00:52:05,987
(Derek) Beautiful, joy, joy.
1266
00:52:05,987 --> 00:52:07,934
Well, I want to go to our last section
1267
00:52:07,934 --> 00:52:09,998
and a verse, Nancy, I'd like you
1268
00:52:09,998 --> 00:52:14,175
to read for us in Psalm 30 and verse 5,
1269
00:52:14,175 --> 00:52:16,243
because while we're waiting,
1270
00:52:16,243 --> 00:52:18,854
we're also waiting, in some ways,
1271
00:52:18,854 --> 00:52:20,917
in a valley of tears, aren't we?
1272
00:52:20,917 --> 00:52:23,558
We're waiting in a place where there is
1273
00:52:23,558 --> 00:52:24,948
still this great battle
1274
00:52:24,948 --> 00:52:26,380
between good and evil.
1275
00:52:26,380 --> 00:52:30,314
But there is a hopeful word
the psalmist gives
1276
00:52:30,314 --> 00:52:33,563
in Psalm 30 and verse 5.
1277
00:52:33,563 --> 00:52:34,479
(Nancy) I'm reading
1278
00:52:34,479 --> 00:52:37,638
from the New American Standard Bible,
and it reads:
1279
00:52:45,141 --> 00:52:47,816
(Derek) I like that translation. Lilica?
1280
00:52:47,816 --> 00:52:51,171
(Lilica) So, I have six points that I took
1281
00:52:51,171 --> 00:52:52,157
from these lessons
1282
00:52:52,157 --> 00:52:53,928
that we have been learning,
1283
00:52:53,928 --> 00:52:56,381
that waiting is excruciating.
1284
00:52:56,381 --> 00:52:58,940
It's painful, depending on how much
1285
00:52:58,940 --> 00:53:00,743
you desire that thing.
1286
00:53:00,743 --> 00:53:04,295
And that we have the desire
1287
00:53:04,295 --> 00:53:07,614
of doing things our own way,
1288
00:53:07,614 --> 00:53:10,444
but in the waiting, it's so precious
1289
00:53:10,444 --> 00:53:12,439
because God takes that time to make us
1290
00:53:12,439 --> 00:53:14,979
do self-examination.
1291
00:53:14,979 --> 00:53:16,101
(Derek) While waiting.
1292
00:53:16,101 --> 00:53:18,078
(Lilica) While we're waiting, it's a time
1293
00:53:18,078 --> 00:53:19,829
of self-examination and preparation.
1294
00:53:19,829 --> 00:53:20,908
So, it's so important,
1295
00:53:20,908 --> 00:53:22,399
but we don't want it
1296
00:53:22,399 --> 00:53:24,824
because we want what we want.
1297
00:53:24,824 --> 00:53:27,845
And in that time, as we go to God,
1298
00:53:27,845 --> 00:53:29,621
as a child goes to the mother
1299
00:53:29,621 --> 00:53:34,340
during weaning, it's a time when we learn
1300
00:53:34,340 --> 00:53:35,777
to trust His promises
1301
00:53:35,777 --> 00:53:38,427
and rely on Him to rest on Him
1302
00:53:38,427 --> 00:53:41,722
and have that faithful assurance
1303
00:53:41,722 --> 00:53:44,862
that the One who promised is faithful.
1304
00:53:44,862 --> 00:53:46,362
One day the joy will come.
1305
00:53:46,362 --> 00:53:48,157
(Derek) So, what' Lilica's says here,
1306
00:53:48,157 --> 00:53:50,793
sometimes the waiting can be excruciating,
1307
00:53:50,793 --> 00:53:52,437
but the promise of joy coming
1308
00:53:52,437 --> 00:53:53,971
in the morning, back to the text
1309
00:53:53,971 --> 00:53:55,817
that you just read, is that talking
1310
00:53:55,817 --> 00:53:57,723
about tomorrow morning?
1311
00:53:57,723 --> 00:54:00,598
Is that talking about sometime
in the future?
1312
00:54:00,598 --> 00:54:03,514
Or, Puia, is it talking about...Let's say
1313
00:54:03,514 --> 00:54:05,400
you just lost a loved one,
1314
00:54:05,400 --> 00:54:07,007
how does joy come in the morning?
1315
00:54:07,007 --> 00:54:07,732
Is it talking
1316
00:54:07,732 --> 00:54:09,909
about that great resurrection morning?
1317
00:54:09,909 --> 00:54:11,534
What do you think the text
1318
00:54:11,534 --> 00:54:13,032
is referring to here?
1319
00:54:13,032 --> 00:54:15,472
(Puia) I believe in the biblical sense,
it's talking
1320
00:54:15,472 --> 00:54:17,985
about that ultimate resurrection morning
1321
00:54:17,985 --> 00:54:20,622
when God is going to re-create everything.
1322
00:54:20,622 --> 00:54:22,544
And in the context of what we
1323
00:54:22,544 --> 00:54:23,967
have been studying, I believe
1324
00:54:23,967 --> 00:54:26,144
waiting on the Lord can be trusting
1325
00:54:26,144 --> 00:54:28,817
in advance what will only make sense
1326
00:54:28,817 --> 00:54:30,294
when we look back
1327
00:54:30,294 --> 00:54:32,118
from that point in the future.
1328
00:54:32,118 --> 00:54:33,727
(Derek) So, Lilica's pointing out
1329
00:54:33,727 --> 00:54:36,802
that that waiting can be very painful,
1330
00:54:36,802 --> 00:54:40,441
excruciating even, but let's talk
1331
00:54:40,441 --> 00:54:42,772
about losing a loved one.
1332
00:54:42,772 --> 00:54:44,472
Someone here, or someone watching,
1333
00:54:44,472 --> 00:54:46,606
you've lost a loved one.
1334
00:54:46,606 --> 00:54:50,168
It's painful, it's excruciating, to use
1335
00:54:50,168 --> 00:54:52,490
the word that Lilica used,
1336
00:54:52,490 --> 00:54:55,446
but how does your grieving...
1337
00:54:55,446 --> 00:54:56,691
Is there anyone here
1338
00:54:56,691 --> 00:54:58,011
who has lost a loved one?
1339
00:54:58,011 --> 00:55:00,022
John, how does our grieving,
1340
00:55:00,022 --> 00:55:03,125
painful as it is, differ from those
1341
00:55:03,125 --> 00:55:05,751
who've not learned to wait on the Lord?
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(John) I was close to my grandfather,
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but then he passed away.
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He did not believe in Bible truths,
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but on his deathbed he told us
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that if he ever were to walk again,
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he would be baptized.
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And so those were his parting words,
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and so we have that hope that we will
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see him the resurrection morning.
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(Derek) So, the loss was still painful,
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but you believe that joy
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comes in the morning, right?
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Anybody else have a testimony?
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Because we live in a world
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where there is pain,
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where we experience loss.
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Could joy come earlier
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than the great resurrection day
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when Jesus comes?
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(Team) Yes.
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(Derek) Certainly so, right?
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You experience a loss of some kind,
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but joy comes in the morning? Pedro.
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(Pedro) I can relate with John.
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I lost my grandma during the pandemic.
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I was unable to get back to Brazil,
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and she was the one who raised me,
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was a very dear person...
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(Derek) And you weren't able
to travel back.
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(Pedro) And there were a lot
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of restrictions during that time,
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so I would not have been able
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to even see her in the hospital
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or even anything in that nature, you know,
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having that last-minute experience.
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I was able to talk to her on FaceTime
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a week prior to that event.
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Now, looking forward to that, I have hope
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in the resurrection by Christ.
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I know that she had Jesus in her heart.
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And that's why I labor to share the gospel
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because I won't only see Jesus,
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but I want to focus and also take time
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to see my grandma
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when the resurrection day happens.
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So, I want to disburse my energy,
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not mourning for her but to say
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I'm looking forward and express
my energy...
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(Derek) ...still grieve, but you
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want to focus on helping
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others to be ready.
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I like the translation, not only joy
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comes in the morning but "a shout of joy,"
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New American Standard Bible,
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"A shout of joy comes in the morning."
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Can you imagine, can you imagine
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on that great day?
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But God may give you joy
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tomorrow morning, too, if you learn
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to wait, to rest in Him, as we've studied.
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But that great day, what a shout of joy
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when we are not only with Jesus,
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but with those we love and those
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we've shared the gospel with who have
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chosen to let Jesus save them
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and be part of His eternal kingdom.
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Let's pray that we can experience
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that joy today and look forward
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to that future joy.
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Father in Heaven, You want us
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to rest in You now, to wait on You now,
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to trust in You now, but You also give us
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joy for the present and the future.
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May we rejoice in the joy
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that only comes from You.
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In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Thanks for joining us
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for this series on The Psalms,
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practical lessons as we live
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in this troubled world,
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but what a joy we have in Jesus.
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Go out and share that good news
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with those around you.
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