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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,
wasn't it?
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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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And I'm going to ask Leeah if you'd read
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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,
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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
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to ask you to go with us to Psalm 131,
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because one of the things
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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,
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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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will still come to her lap,
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and my children will come to my lap,
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and some of the teen members
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may not have children, but you have
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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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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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to the teaching of Jesus.
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What is the special mission
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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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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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the good news of Jesus,
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planting seeds in the hearts of people,
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while we wait for that hope
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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.
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It involves action, right?
NOTE Paragraph
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So, Puia has said, well, it's
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the precious seed that we're sowing
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with the promise, what?
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What does it say, Heide?
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The promise that we'll come again
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with what kind of attitude?
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In verse 6, I don't know
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how that is in your Bible.
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We'll "come again..."?
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"...with rejoicing, bringing our sheaves."
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(Heide) I was thinking
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of what you say at the end
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of each Hope Sabbath School lesson
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where you say,
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"Don't just keep it to yourselves;
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go out and be a blessing to others."
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So, that's what I hear here.
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You have been blessed; now, literally,
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go and share that same thing
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so that others can also be blessed.
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(Derek) You know, Jesus uses
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that same metaphor of the harvest
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when He's speaking to His followers.
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And, Lilica, could you find
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Matthew for us, chapter 9 and verse 37?
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And let's see the instruction.
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You might say, "Well, that was
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just the 12," but He actually gave
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the same direction to the 70 who represent
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all of the children of Noah, actually.
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What instruction does Jesus give
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in Matthew 9 and verse 37?
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(Lilica) I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,
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Matthew 9, verse 37:
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(Derek) And would you read on now
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in verse 38 for us?
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(Lilica) Of course:
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(Derek) Okay so, back, Puia,
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to your comment earlier,
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if the harvest is great,
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what does that mean?
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We've got Psalm 126, you read,
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what does it mean
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that the harvest is great?
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(Puia) There are a lot of people
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who are waiting to hear the gospel,
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the good news of Jesus.
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(Derek) Okay, they're waiting to hear,
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but the challenge, Travis,
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the challenge is that the laborers
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are few, and why is that?
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If we're not supposed to sit around idly -
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you know, some people, it looks like
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they're just trying to stay out of trouble
00:32:03.406 --> 00:32:05.204
until Jesus comes,
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but actually that's the best way
00:32:06.859 --> 00:32:09.046
to get into trouble, isn't it?
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You've told me in your testimony, "If you
00:32:11.188 --> 00:32:13.791
want to see God work in miraculous ways,
00:32:13.791 --> 00:32:15.758
get involved in His work," right?
00:32:15.758 --> 00:32:17.158
Get involved in mission.
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Why are the laborers few, Travis?
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(Travis) You know, Derek, I think,
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and I don't want to speak for everybody
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or try to point out anyone's issues, but I
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believe that we've become distracted.
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I think it's interesting, in John,
00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:35.556
chapter 4, Jesus says something similar.
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He says, "You say there are four months
00:32:38.269 --> 00:32:41.155
and then come the harvest, but I tell you,
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lift up your eyes and look
00:32:43.136 --> 00:32:45.953
because the fields are already white
00:32:45.953 --> 00:32:47.094
for the harvest."
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I think the instruction of Jesus
00:32:50.686 --> 00:32:52.347
is to look because He was using
00:32:52.347 --> 00:32:54.026
the fields, and it generally takes
00:32:54.026 --> 00:32:55.300
about three to four months
00:32:55.300 --> 00:32:56.325
for any crop to grow,
00:32:56.325 --> 00:32:58.045
whether it's beans or corn.
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And so, when the disciples looked out
00:33:00.518 --> 00:33:02.112
over the field, they're like,
00:33:02.112 --> 00:33:04.468
"Actually, we're just planting.
00:33:04.468 --> 00:33:05.819
There's nothing to harvest."
00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:07.587
But Jesus is saying to them,
00:33:07.587 --> 00:33:10.043
"It may not look like there's a harvest,
00:33:10.043 --> 00:33:11.618
but there's a harvest."
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So maybe some of the problem
00:33:13.353 --> 00:33:15.745
is we don't even think there's a harvest
00:33:15.745 --> 00:33:17.879
in the area, but Jesus says there is.
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We need to be intentional about looking
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and praying for that harvest opportunity.
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(Derek) Thank you, Travis.
00:33:25.757 --> 00:33:27.326
You used the word "distraction."
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John, I'm going to ask you to read for us
00:33:29.331 --> 00:33:31.653
the passage that Travis alluded to
00:33:31.653 --> 00:33:33.286
in John, chapter 4,
00:33:33.286 --> 00:33:35.470
beginning with verse 34.
00:33:35.470 --> 00:33:37.949
It's a beautiful passage about Jesus
00:33:37.949 --> 00:33:39.495
interacting with someone
00:33:39.495 --> 00:33:40.958
that His disciples don't
00:33:40.958 --> 00:33:43.412
even want to talk to,
00:33:43.412 --> 00:33:45.546
but God is going to use this woman
00:33:45.546 --> 00:33:49.338
at the well to impact a whole city.
00:33:49.338 --> 00:33:52.130
But let's look at what Jesus said.
00:33:52.130 --> 00:33:53.410
Travis alluded to it
00:33:53.410 --> 00:33:55.995
in his earlier comment.
00:33:55.995 --> 00:33:58.402
(John) John, chapter 4, verses 34 to 38,
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from the English Standard
Version, it says:
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(Derek) What is the outcome, Pedro,
00:34:46.999 --> 00:34:48.640
when we join the Lord
00:34:48.640 --> 00:34:50.285
of the harvest in this work?
00:34:50.285 --> 00:34:52.393
We're not just waiting around, right?
00:34:52.393 --> 00:34:55.841
Fully surrendered to Him, enjoying
00:34:55.841 --> 00:34:58.256
the beauty of His presence, right,
00:34:58.256 --> 00:35:01.173
like a weaned child with its parent,
00:35:01.173 --> 00:35:03.813
but what do we experience when we join
00:35:03.813 --> 00:35:05.116
the Lord of the harvest...?
00:35:05.116 --> 00:35:06.993
(Pedro) Joy, I went back to the Psalms.
00:35:06.993 --> 00:35:08.433
We experience joy in the Lord.
00:35:08.433 --> 00:35:09.859
It is the most amazing thing
00:35:09.859 --> 00:35:11.375
to see someone accepting
00:35:11.375 --> 00:35:13.166
Jesus in their life.
00:35:13.166 --> 00:35:14.695
And I can share, for myself,
00:35:14.695 --> 00:35:17.911
I'm addicted to Bible studies...
00:35:17.911 --> 00:35:19.751
(Derek) Not just your own Bible study,
00:35:19.751 --> 00:35:21.864
you're saying, but sharing with others?
00:35:21.864 --> 00:35:23.298
(Pedro) Studying with someone.
00:35:23.298 --> 00:35:26.603
I tell people, I don't give Bible studies,
I study the Bible with them
00:35:26.603 --> 00:35:28.183
because there is something always
00:35:28.183 --> 00:35:30.191
for me there that God is convicting me of
00:35:30.191 --> 00:35:31.953
because I'm still growing in Christ.
00:35:31.953 --> 00:35:33.590
But looking into this aspect here,
00:35:33.590 --> 00:35:35.407
many people say, "The Bible says that,
00:35:35.407 --> 00:35:36.826
but why is it not happening?"
00:35:36.826 --> 00:35:38.836
And I have a little garden in my backyard,
00:35:38.836 --> 00:35:40.825
and with some plants I have to use
00:35:40.825 --> 00:35:42.630
a little cutter to make sure I get
00:35:42.630 --> 00:35:45.508
the vegetables out of it.
00:35:45.508 --> 00:35:47.518
And the other ones I have to use my hand.
00:35:47.518 --> 00:35:50.135
Maybe we need to ask God, "Can You use me
00:35:50.135 --> 00:35:52.073
as the right tool?" or make ourselves
00:35:52.073 --> 00:35:54.256
available to be the right tool,
00:35:54.256 --> 00:35:56.248
because we always want to do the same way
00:35:56.248 --> 00:35:58.015
for different people.
00:35:58.015 --> 00:35:59.029
He says no; God says,
00:35:59.029 --> 00:36:00.874
"Let Me work through you."
00:36:00.874 --> 00:36:02.042
There are different ways
00:36:02.042 --> 00:36:03.489
that we can [share] Christ,
00:36:03.489 --> 00:36:05.212
but the best way is Christ's method.
00:36:05.212 --> 00:36:07.032
(Derek) So, I'm going to pause and ask
00:36:07.032 --> 00:36:08.321
if there's someone that has
00:36:08.321 --> 00:36:11.405
a joyful testimony of joining the Lord
00:36:11.405 --> 00:36:13.488
in His harvest work.
00:36:13.488 --> 00:36:15.513
And we're not all going to hold
00:36:15.513 --> 00:36:17.292
a big series of meetings, right?
00:36:17.292 --> 00:36:18.956
There are lots of ways that we
00:36:18.956 --> 00:36:22.250
can share the love of God with someone.
00:36:22.250 --> 00:36:26.229
John, tell us a time you experienced joy,
00:36:26.229 --> 00:36:29.049
not just waiting around, right,
00:36:29.049 --> 00:36:30.656
but waiting on the Lord
00:36:30.656 --> 00:36:33.809
and working while you wait.
00:36:33.809 --> 00:36:34.920
(John) There was a lady
00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:36.953
who grew up in the church, but left
00:36:36.953 --> 00:36:39.120
the church during the teenage years
00:36:39.120 --> 00:36:40.936
and went through some difficult times
00:36:40.936 --> 00:36:42.246
because of an accident.
00:36:42.246 --> 00:36:43.774
But she was shopping at Giant's,
00:36:43.774 --> 00:36:46.167
and she came across the church that was
00:36:46.167 --> 00:36:48.640
right next to the shopping complex,
00:36:48.640 --> 00:36:50.319
and she walked into the church.
00:36:50.319 --> 00:36:52.212
And so, long story short,
00:36:52.212 --> 00:36:54.953
I introduced myself to her; a friend and I
00:36:54.953 --> 00:36:56.370
began studying with her,
00:36:56.370 --> 00:36:58.627
and she eventually got baptized.
00:36:58.627 --> 00:36:59.980
And then I will never forget
00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:01.270
what she told me on the day
00:37:01.270 --> 00:37:02.707
she was baptized.
00:37:02.707 --> 00:37:05.201
She said, "I am here because of you."
00:37:05.201 --> 00:37:06.953
Of course, it was the Holy Spirit...
00:37:06.953 --> 00:37:08.863
(Derek) But God gives the people, right?
00:37:08.863 --> 00:37:11.383
(John) And that was so meaningful to me.
00:37:11.383 --> 00:37:12.779
(Derek) And how did you feel?
00:37:12.779 --> 00:37:14.622
(John) Joyful.
00:37:14.622 --> 00:37:16.342
(Derek) Right. We rejoice.
00:37:16.342 --> 00:37:19.250
The sower and the reaper rejoice together.
00:37:19.250 --> 00:37:20.180
Puia, can you think
00:37:20.180 --> 00:37:22.201
of a joyful experience?
00:37:22.201 --> 00:37:24.889
(Puia) Recently we had a revival
00:37:24.889 --> 00:37:27.140
camp meeting in Pennsylvania
00:37:27.140 --> 00:37:29.973
with a youth group from the church.
00:37:29.973 --> 00:37:31.428
And my heart was very burdened
00:37:31.428 --> 00:37:33.450
looking at our young people of the church.
00:37:33.450 --> 00:37:35.629
Many of them seemed disinterested.
00:37:35.629 --> 00:37:37.381
They came just because their parents
00:37:37.381 --> 00:37:38.718
asked them to come.
00:37:38.718 --> 00:37:40.699
But I asked the Lord, I said,
00:37:40.699 --> 00:37:42.347
"God, I cannot bear this burden.
00:37:42.347 --> 00:37:44.711
You have to do something here."
00:37:44.711 --> 00:37:45.959
And as we labored together
00:37:45.959 --> 00:37:48.346
with our other team, the youth leaders,
00:37:48.346 --> 00:37:50.240
and as we studied the Bible,
00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:53.870
at the end of the meeting, the youth
00:37:53.870 --> 00:37:56.154
started sharing their testimonies
00:37:56.154 --> 00:37:58.236
and how the messages landed.
00:37:58.236 --> 00:37:59.779
One of them came to me and said,
00:37:59.779 --> 00:38:01.586
"Pastor, I got what you were
00:38:01.586 --> 00:38:03.621
trying to say; thank you
00:38:03.621 --> 00:38:04.967
for sharing that with me."
00:38:04.967 --> 00:38:07.268
And when you see the lightbulbs
00:38:07.268 --> 00:38:09.105
coming into their eyes, and, you know,
00:38:09.105 --> 00:38:11.173
you see the wheels turning in their heads
00:38:11.173 --> 00:38:12.924
when they're starting to understand,
00:38:12.924 --> 00:38:14.699
"Oh, this is how God wants
00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:17.126
to reveal Himself to us," there is
00:38:17.126 --> 00:38:18.673
no better feeling in the world
00:38:18.673 --> 00:38:22.365
than knowing that God is using you
00:38:22.365 --> 00:38:24.045
to bring people to Him.
00:38:24.045 --> 00:38:25.408
(Derek) So, for those of you
00:38:25.408 --> 00:38:27.075
sitting on the front row, Puia was
00:38:27.075 --> 00:38:29.168
smiling while he was saying that, right?
00:38:29.168 --> 00:38:30.879
Leeah, I want to ask you a question,
00:38:30.879 --> 00:38:32.026
then I'll come to Nancy.
00:38:32.026 --> 00:38:34.402
Leeah, you've shared in various programs
00:38:34.402 --> 00:38:37.761
that you lead worship music, right?
00:38:37.761 --> 00:38:41.295
You sing; that's a gift God's given you.
00:38:41.295 --> 00:38:44.060
Can you think of a time when you
00:38:44.060 --> 00:38:47.216
were working while you wait, so to speak?
00:38:47.216 --> 00:38:49.625
You were using your gift, leading music,
00:38:49.625 --> 00:38:51.552
and you saw God work, and it
00:38:51.552 --> 00:38:54.736
brought joy to your heart?
00:38:54.736 --> 00:38:56.896
(Leeah) Yeah, in fact there are
00:38:56.896 --> 00:39:00.270
many instances of that.
00:39:00.270 --> 00:39:02.383
I was leading worship a few weeks ago,
00:39:02.383 --> 00:39:05.925
and it was a song I didn't know very well.
00:39:05.925 --> 00:39:07.931
It was a song I wasn't quite confident in,
00:39:07.931 --> 00:39:09.594
and I wasn't quite sure that it was
00:39:09.594 --> 00:39:13.371
actually resonating with people.
00:39:13.371 --> 00:39:15.344
So, I tried my best.
00:39:15.344 --> 00:39:16.658
You know, I asked the Lord
00:39:16.658 --> 00:39:18.748
to strengthen me, to produce
00:39:18.748 --> 00:39:19.835
some sort of message.
00:39:19.835 --> 00:39:22.271
And I saw a man in the back of the church,
00:39:22.271 --> 00:39:26.296
the only person in the sanctuary
00:39:26.296 --> 00:39:28.827
who had his arms raised in worship.
00:39:28.827 --> 00:39:30.245
And I was so thankful
00:39:30.245 --> 00:39:33.118
that in my moment of inadequacy,
00:39:33.118 --> 00:39:35.561
it seemed to land with someone.
00:39:35.561 --> 00:39:36.843
There have been many times
00:39:36.843 --> 00:39:38.309
that I have been singing
00:39:38.309 --> 00:39:40.920
for different events or whatever,
00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:44.222
and there is almost a darkness.
00:39:44.222 --> 00:39:47.293
It almost seems too hard to do,
00:39:47.293 --> 00:39:49.684
like there's a spiritual darkness
00:39:49.684 --> 00:39:51.386
that happens, and it almost becomes
00:39:51.386 --> 00:39:53.518
physically difficult to sing praises
00:39:53.518 --> 00:39:55.524
to the Lord, but God has
00:39:55.524 --> 00:39:56.999
always helped me overcome that.
00:39:56.999 --> 00:39:58.756
And there are always people that are
00:39:58.756 --> 00:40:00.396
blessed through the gift of music,
00:40:00.396 --> 00:40:02.052
so I'm grateful for that.
00:40:02.052 --> 00:40:03.319
(Derek) So that reminds us
00:40:03.319 --> 00:40:04.523
of the Great Controversy.
00:40:04.523 --> 00:40:06.197
And by the way, in a previous study
00:40:06.197 --> 00:40:07.644
John led, this raising hands
00:40:07.644 --> 00:40:09.305
is really worshiping God,
00:40:09.305 --> 00:40:10.618
isn't it, honoring God.
00:40:10.618 --> 00:40:14.174
And one person in the back, a man,
00:40:14.174 --> 00:40:15.283
God was speaking to him
00:40:15.283 --> 00:40:17.226
through that music, and, Leeah, I saw
00:40:17.226 --> 00:40:19.157
by your smile that you experienced joy.
00:40:19.157 --> 00:40:21.968
Oh, excuse me, Nancy first and then Tendi.
00:40:21.968 --> 00:40:26.509
(Nancy) So, this has to do with waiting
00:40:26.509 --> 00:40:28.802
on the Lord and then also God
00:40:28.802 --> 00:40:30.814
turning things around for us.
00:40:30.814 --> 00:40:32.540
My husband was building a fence
00:40:32.540 --> 00:40:33.909
for around our house.
00:40:33.909 --> 00:40:35.624
This was when our kids were younger.
00:40:35.624 --> 00:40:37.016
And there was this one piece
00:40:37.016 --> 00:40:40.228
that maybe was from that desk to here
00:40:40.228 --> 00:40:41.998
that needed to be filled in,
00:40:41.998 --> 00:40:43.889
so he had a post there.
00:40:43.889 --> 00:40:45.614
He talked to the neighbor because we
00:40:45.614 --> 00:40:48.468
wanted to connect to the neighbor's fence,
00:40:48.468 --> 00:40:50.078
and we just needed to connect
00:40:50.078 --> 00:40:51.414
from our post to theirs,
00:40:51.414 --> 00:40:52.397
and then we're done
00:40:52.397 --> 00:40:54.187
because my kids wanted to have a dog.
00:40:54.187 --> 00:40:56.272
So, my husband went
00:40:56.272 --> 00:40:57.589
and talked to the neighbor,
00:40:57.589 --> 00:40:59.491
and he said, "Sure, no problem."
00:40:59.491 --> 00:41:01.512
Unbeknownst to us, his wife
00:41:01.512 --> 00:41:03.221
didn't want that to happen,
00:41:03.221 --> 00:41:07.572
and so we couldn't finish.
00:41:07.572 --> 00:41:12.154
So eventually we started praying about it,
00:41:12.154 --> 00:41:14.082
and so we just, like, every day
00:41:14.082 --> 00:41:15.791
we're going to pray about it.
00:41:15.791 --> 00:41:18.615
And so, my husband was praying,
00:41:18.615 --> 00:41:20.113
"Oh, please change the heart
00:41:20.113 --> 00:41:22.730
of our neighbor's wife;
00:41:22.730 --> 00:41:25.672
it's for our kids..."
00:41:25.672 --> 00:41:28.893
And I even went over there
00:41:28.893 --> 00:41:30.183
and talked to her, and, no,
00:41:30.183 --> 00:41:31.283
she wasn't having it.
00:41:31.283 --> 00:41:33.075
And I'm like, "What is the problem?"
00:41:33.075 --> 00:41:34.568
We kept praying and praying.
00:41:34.568 --> 00:41:37.425
And then, as I went over and talked
00:41:37.425 --> 00:41:39.481
to her again, I realized,
00:41:39.481 --> 00:41:42.134
"Oh, they have needs; let's pray."
00:41:42.134 --> 00:41:43.184
So, it changed us,
00:41:43.184 --> 00:41:44.551
then we started praying
00:41:44.551 --> 00:41:46.985
about what needs they had,
00:41:46.985 --> 00:41:48.671
what concerns they had.
00:41:48.671 --> 00:41:51.931
And it totally changed...instead...
00:41:51.931 --> 00:41:53.803
(Derek) So, waiting on the Lord
00:41:53.803 --> 00:41:55.843
to direct your path changed the way
00:41:55.843 --> 00:41:57.743
you were thinking about the situation.
00:41:57.743 --> 00:41:59.058
(Nancy) And then my husband
00:41:59.058 --> 00:42:02.668
starting praying that God
00:42:02.668 --> 00:42:05.818
would bring her to our house to talk
00:42:05.818 --> 00:42:07.710
about the situation, and I'm like,
00:42:07.710 --> 00:42:10.636
"How is He going to answer that?!"
00:42:10.636 --> 00:42:13.664
It happened; she came to our house
00:42:13.664 --> 00:42:17.966
to tell us that it was okay.
00:42:17.966 --> 00:42:19.161
(Derek) So, God is good.
00:42:19.161 --> 00:42:21.081
But He changed the way you thought.
00:42:21.081 --> 00:42:21.791
(Nancy) Yes!
00:42:21.791 --> 00:42:23.349
(Derek) That was very practical.
00:42:23.349 --> 00:42:25.228
I never thought of waiting on the Lord
00:42:25.228 --> 00:42:26.190
and fences and dogs.
00:42:26.190 --> 00:42:28.358
I mean, pretty practical, right,
00:42:28.358 --> 00:42:29.484
about learning to wait.
00:42:29.484 --> 00:42:31.727
Thank you for sharing that. Tendi.
00:42:31.727 --> 00:42:33.429
(Tendi) So, growing up, I was
00:42:33.429 --> 00:42:37.289
a very shy person, and I had a good voice,
00:42:37.289 --> 00:42:42.153
but at my home church I was considered
00:42:42.153 --> 00:42:44.258
one of the background singers.
00:42:44.258 --> 00:42:46.366
When I moved to the U.S., I asked the Lord
00:42:46.366 --> 00:42:48.424
to give me a voice where I could
00:42:48.424 --> 00:42:51.063
minister for Him, but I was still shy.
00:42:51.063 --> 00:42:52.811
The first solo I sang was
00:42:52.811 --> 00:42:55.334
at our wedding (with Scott)
00:42:55.334 --> 00:42:56.887
as my vows to him.
00:42:56.887 --> 00:42:59.618
And ever since then, I have been singing
00:42:59.618 --> 00:43:02.373
in a way that people come to me and say
00:43:02.373 --> 00:43:03.807
they have been touched.
00:43:03.807 --> 00:43:04.887
They have been moved,
00:43:04.887 --> 00:43:06.350
that I should sing more often.
00:43:06.350 --> 00:43:08.097
So, I just want to praise God...
00:43:08.097 --> 00:43:09.705
(Derek) That's courageous to have
00:43:09.705 --> 00:43:11.536
the first solo at your wedding, right?
00:43:11.536 --> 00:43:12.904
Well, we want to move on
00:43:12.904 --> 00:43:15.937
to actually something that's in the title
00:43:15.937 --> 00:43:20.069
of our program, Hope Sabbath School,
00:43:20.069 --> 00:43:23.991
because the Sabbath is a time when we can
00:43:23.991 --> 00:43:26.748
rest in the Lord while we wait.
00:43:26.748 --> 00:43:29.219
And I want to look at two verses
00:43:29.219 --> 00:43:31.143
that may be very familiar to some
00:43:31.143 --> 00:43:32.360
but not to others.
00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:34.815
Jason, if you could read Mark,
00:43:34.815 --> 00:43:37.518
chapter 2, for us, and verse 28.
00:43:37.518 --> 00:43:38.932
Jesus is speaking.
00:43:38.932 --> 00:43:40.389
(Jason) Right, and I'm reading
00:43:40.389 --> 00:43:41.912
from the New King James Version,
00:43:41.912 --> 00:43:42.829
and the Bible says:
00:43:47.548 --> 00:43:49.402
(Derek) Now, someone maybe is watching
00:43:49.402 --> 00:43:50.353
Hope Sabbath School,
00:43:50.353 --> 00:43:52.054
maybe you're watching, and you say,
00:43:52.054 --> 00:43:54.262
"I don't know this Hope Sabbath/Sunday
School,"
00:43:54.262 --> 00:43:56.264
you know, "I don't know the word Sabbath."
00:43:56.264 --> 00:43:58.578
So, it's like a Sunday School, but Sabbath
00:43:58.578 --> 00:44:00.366
is actually found
00:44:00.366 --> 00:44:01.760
throughout all the Scripture.
00:44:01.760 --> 00:44:03.362
I still remember one gentleman
00:44:03.362 --> 00:44:04.552
who actually came here
00:44:04.552 --> 00:44:06.050
watching Hope Sabbath School,
00:44:06.050 --> 00:44:08.084
and he said, "I started reading the Bible,
00:44:08.084 --> 00:44:09.593
and it's like Sabbath, Sabbath,
00:44:09.593 --> 00:44:12.568
Sabbath, Sabbath, Sabbath," right?
00:44:12.568 --> 00:44:14.865
Where in the commandments
00:44:14.865 --> 00:44:17.982
is this conversation about the Sabbath?
00:44:17.982 --> 00:44:20.410
Heide, can you...There are
00:44:20.410 --> 00:44:21.614
ten commandments, right?
00:44:21.614 --> 00:44:22.857
We know we shouldn't kill,
00:44:22.857 --> 00:44:24.387
we shouldn't steal,
00:44:24.387 --> 00:44:27.199
we shouldn't commit adultery.
00:44:27.199 --> 00:44:28.391
Where is that commandment
00:44:28.391 --> 00:44:30.063
that speaks about the Sabbath,
00:44:30.063 --> 00:44:33.453
and interestingly the first word
00:44:33.453 --> 00:44:35.971
in that commandment is rather significant.
00:44:35.971 --> 00:44:36.852
Would you read...?
00:44:36.852 --> 00:44:38.949
(Heide) So, yeah, absolutely, so it's
00:44:38.949 --> 00:44:40.263
in the fourth commandment.
00:44:40.263 --> 00:44:42.796
And it's kind of like right in the center,
00:44:42.796 --> 00:44:45.291
in the core of the Ten Commandments,
00:44:45.291 --> 00:44:47.872
and I will gladly read it; I'll be reading
00:44:47.872 --> 00:44:49.924
from the New King James Version,
00:44:49.924 --> 00:44:55.477
and it's Exodus 20, verses 8 through 11.
00:44:55.477 --> 00:44:58.277
And the first word, which you asked,
is "remember":
00:45:38.769 --> 00:45:40.230
(Derek) Now, some people think
00:45:40.230 --> 00:45:41.491
Sabbath day of rest means
00:45:41.491 --> 00:45:43.113
you sleep all day, but that's not
00:45:43.113 --> 00:45:44.655
what it talks about, right?
00:45:44.655 --> 00:45:46.080
We want to go to worship.
00:45:46.080 --> 00:45:48.382
We rest in the Lord in the worship,
00:45:48.382 --> 00:45:50.838
but Jesus also taught that it's good
00:45:50.838 --> 00:45:53.021
to do good on the Sabbath.
00:45:53.021 --> 00:45:55.107
So, I have a practical question.
00:45:55.107 --> 00:45:56.285
Raise your hand.
00:45:56.285 --> 00:46:00.128
The practical question is, how do I know
00:46:00.128 --> 00:46:03.597
when this work is something
00:46:03.597 --> 00:46:05.316
that should wait for Sunday, Monday,
00:46:05.316 --> 00:46:07.283
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
00:46:07.283 --> 00:46:09.293
or when it's something that would be good
00:46:09.293 --> 00:46:11.183
to do on the Sabbath
00:46:11.183 --> 00:46:13.205
because it's good to do good?
00:46:13.205 --> 00:46:15.373
How do I distinguish, anybody,
00:46:15.373 --> 00:46:19.070
between what should wait for another day
00:46:19.070 --> 00:46:22.330
and what would be good to do
00:46:22.330 --> 00:46:25.043
on the Sabbath? Pedro?
00:46:25.043 --> 00:46:28.003
(Pedro) I look into the principle
of the Bible.
00:46:28.003 --> 00:46:31.454
Jesus shows the aspect of need for others,
00:46:31.454 --> 00:46:33.488
you know, if I'm doing anything for others
00:46:33.488 --> 00:46:35.491
on the Sabbath, it's a good rule of saying
00:46:35.491 --> 00:46:37.123
this is good to do on the Sabbath.
00:46:37.123 --> 00:46:38.958
Now, you ask us, can I
00:46:38.958 --> 00:46:40.290
do this in a few days?
00:46:40.290 --> 00:46:41.808
Can I plan ahead on this?
00:46:41.808 --> 00:46:43.841
It says, yes, you should plan things ahead
00:46:43.841 --> 00:46:44.842
so you can spend time
00:46:44.842 --> 00:46:47.004
[worshiping] with others and Scripture
00:46:47.004 --> 00:46:49.050
and spending time with the Lord.
00:46:49.050 --> 00:46:51.276
But if you have an emergency,
00:46:51.276 --> 00:46:53.218
as Jesus comes to the Pharisee and says,
00:46:53.218 --> 00:46:55.057
you know, if you have an [ox] that is
00:46:55.057 --> 00:46:56.469
stuck [in a ditch], would you
00:46:56.469 --> 00:46:57.988
just not do anything?
00:46:57.988 --> 00:46:59.913
And I can share that one time
00:46:59.913 --> 00:47:02.660
I was out at the church, and there was
00:47:02.660 --> 00:47:05.083
this member who had a car problem.
00:47:05.083 --> 00:47:08.136
He forgot his key inside the car running.
00:47:08.136 --> 00:47:11.312
Now, we had to run to get a tool
00:47:11.312 --> 00:47:14.719
to open his door so he could go back home
00:47:14.719 --> 00:47:16.610
and obviously not have the car
00:47:16.610 --> 00:47:18.939
running all day in the parking lot.
00:47:18.939 --> 00:47:20.459
(Derek) So, you would see that,
00:47:20.459 --> 00:47:22.671
like the ox stuck in the ditch.
00:47:22.671 --> 00:47:24.263
Jesus also used that when He
00:47:24.263 --> 00:47:25.613
talked about healing someone
00:47:25.613 --> 00:47:27.297
on the Sabbath, right?
00:47:27.297 --> 00:47:29.083
Because it's good to do...?
00:47:29.083 --> 00:47:30.003
(Derek, Team) Good.
00:47:30.003 --> 00:47:31.638
(Derek) ...on the Sabbath, right,
00:47:31.638 --> 00:47:32.931
so there was a distinction.
00:47:32.931 --> 00:47:35.660
Someone else. Lilica, how do
we distinguish?
00:47:35.660 --> 00:47:38.064
There might be a time when God says,
00:47:38.064 --> 00:47:40.910
"Lilica, do it now. Do it today.
00:47:40.910 --> 00:47:42.355
It's Sabbath, but it's good
00:47:42.355 --> 00:47:43.967
to do this good thing."
00:47:43.967 --> 00:47:45.153
(Lilica) Well, the Lord
00:47:45.153 --> 00:47:46.723
does not contradict Himself,
00:47:46.723 --> 00:47:48.989
and He that gave the Law gave
00:47:48.989 --> 00:47:50.809
the principles or ways,
00:47:50.809 --> 00:47:52.739
as we have mentioned.
00:47:52.739 --> 00:47:53.773
He said what to do
00:47:53.773 --> 00:47:55.393
or not do on the Sabbath.
00:47:55.393 --> 00:47:57.193
Of course, it's not everything,
00:47:57.193 --> 00:48:01.506
but we have general principles to follow.
00:48:01.506 --> 00:48:04.027
And in case of doubt, we can
00:48:04.027 --> 00:48:05.764
always go to Him and say, "Lord,
00:48:05.764 --> 00:48:07.469
I want to honor You.
00:48:07.469 --> 00:48:10.033
I really have this desire of honoring You.
00:48:10.033 --> 00:48:11.779
What do You say?"
00:48:11.779 --> 00:48:13.357
(Derek) Alright, so I could ask.
00:48:13.357 --> 00:48:15.855
I came home from church, actually, Pedro,
00:48:15.855 --> 00:48:17.932
and someone next door was sitting
00:48:17.932 --> 00:48:23.033
with the hood of his car
00:48:23.033 --> 00:48:24.696
(we call that a bonnet in England,
00:48:24.696 --> 00:48:27.105
so I had to remember to get it right),
00:48:27.105 --> 00:48:28.531
but the hood of his car open,
00:48:28.531 --> 00:48:29.590
and he was looking in.
00:48:29.590 --> 00:48:31.938
Now, you have to know that most people,
00:48:31.938 --> 00:48:35.551
especially us men, even if we know nothing
00:48:35.551 --> 00:48:37.293
about the engine, we still look
00:48:37.293 --> 00:48:40.581
inside there, hoping we can find
some help.
00:48:40.581 --> 00:48:43.210
Well, I just came home from church,
00:48:43.210 --> 00:48:45.245
and he was next door -
00:48:45.245 --> 00:48:47.213
a Christian gentleman -
00:48:47.213 --> 00:48:49.493
next door, he was looking, and I
00:48:49.493 --> 00:48:52.062
went over to him, and I said,
00:48:52.062 --> 00:48:53.536
"Michael, what's the problem?"
00:48:53.536 --> 00:48:58.450
He said, "My battery is dead."
00:48:58.450 --> 00:49:00.628
And I said to him, "Well, I have
00:49:00.628 --> 00:49:03.582
jumper cables right here in my car.
00:49:03.582 --> 00:49:06.643
I'm happy to just hook them up for you."
00:49:06.643 --> 00:49:10.464
And he said, "Oh, I wasn't going to ask
00:49:10.464 --> 00:49:14.810
because I know it's your Sabbath."
00:49:14.810 --> 00:49:16.274
And I said, "Well, Jesus said,
00:49:16.274 --> 00:49:17.440
'It's good to do good.'"
00:49:17.440 --> 00:49:19.423
Now, if he had said, "Would you help me,"
00:49:19.423 --> 00:49:20.981
you know, "paint my car,"
00:49:20.981 --> 00:49:22.922
or, "do some body work where I
00:49:22.922 --> 00:49:26.131
just dented the side of my car," right,
00:49:26.131 --> 00:49:28.885
but maybe he needed to do something.
00:49:28.885 --> 00:49:31.467
But I like what Lilica said, and that is,
00:49:31.467 --> 00:49:33.169
we can pray and say, "God,
00:49:33.169 --> 00:49:35.224
is this something that I could say,
00:49:35.224 --> 00:49:38.182
'I'll come by on Monday,'
00:49:38.182 --> 00:49:39.043
or is it something
00:49:39.043 --> 00:49:40.700
that I should do today?"
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Did anyone want to share a testimony?
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Because we want to, certainly, rest
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in the Lord on the Sabbath, but we
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also can work while we wait?
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Can you share a time when you were
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resting in the Lord on the Sabbath,
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but you were also involved
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in serving others in a meaningful way?
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Anybody? I want to give an opportunity.
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Heide, I see you waving over there.
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A time that was meaningful to you,
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and you say, "Well, going to church
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is wonderful, singing hymns is wonderful,
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praying is wonderful, but doing good
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in Jesus' name on the Sabbath
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is also wonderful," share your story.
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(Heide) So, I went to a church
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where on one Sabbath of the month
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they would go and they would feed
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the homeless, and that entailed
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a lot of work because we actually went
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to an area that was
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a ways from our church.
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And we had to take tables, chairs.
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We had to preplan the meal
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and prepare the meal and bring
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plates and utensils and all the things.
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But once a month we would go,
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and we would do that,
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and we would talk with them,
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mingle with them while we served the food
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and while they ate.
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And sometimes we would eat with them.
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And that was something that we did
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where I would feel happy
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because I like going to church, and Jesus
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gave that example very clearly,
that that's something
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we do on the Sabbath.
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But I also like, you know, to get outside
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of the four walls of the church.
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He called us to go, and I liked that,
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because it was a way that we could go,
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and we could minister to others.
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On another occasion, I remember
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that we went door to door, inviting
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families to a fun event our church
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was going to have,
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but at every house we would also ask,
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"Can we pray for you?
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Is there something we can
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pray about for you?"
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And I was really surprised that all
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these people just started opening up,
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even people you wouldn't have thought
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would have opened up.
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They would be like, "Oh, yes, pray
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for my family," "Pray for my sibling,"
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"Pray for my child."
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And I remember feeling just so satisfied
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at the end of that day and that event,
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coming back and having prayed for people.
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(Derek) Beautiful, joy, joy.
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Well, I want to go to our last section
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and a verse, Nancy, I'd like you
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to read for us in Psalm 30 and verse 5,
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because while we're waiting,
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we're also waiting, in some ways,
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in a valley of tears, aren't we?
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We're waiting in a place where there is
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still this great battle
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between good and evil.
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But there is a hopeful word
the psalmist gives
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in Psalm 30 and verse 5.
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(Nancy) I'm reading
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from the New American Standard Bible,
and it reads:
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(Derek) I like that translation. Lilica?
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(Lilica) So, I have six points that I took
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from these lessons
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that we have been learning,
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that waiting is excruciating.
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It's painful, depending on how much
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you desire that thing.
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And that we have the desire
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of doing things our own way,
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but in the waiting, it's so precious
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because God takes that time to make us
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do self-examination.
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(Derek) While waiting.
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(Lilica) While we're waiting, it's a time
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of self-examination and preparation.
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So, it's so important,
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but we don't want it
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because we want what we want.
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And in that time, as we go to God,
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as a child goes to the mother
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during weaning, it's a time when we learn
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to trust His promises
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and rely on Him to rest on Him
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and have that faithful assurance
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that the One who promised is faithful.
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One day the joy will come.
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(Derek) So, what' Lilica's says here,
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sometimes the waiting can be excruciating,
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but the promise of joy coming
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in the morning, back to the text
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that you just read, is that talking
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about tomorrow morning?
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Is that talking about sometime
in the future?
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Or, Puia, is it talking about...Let's say
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you just lost a loved one,
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how does joy come in the morning?
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Is it talking
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about that great resurrection morning?
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What do you think the text
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is referring to here?
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(Puia) I believe in the biblical sense,
it's talking
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about that ultimate resurrection morning
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when God is going to re-create everything.
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And in the context of what we
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have been studying, I believe
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waiting on the Lord can be trusting
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in advance what will only make sense
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when we look back
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from that point in the future.
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(Derek) So, Lilica's pointing out
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that that waiting can be very painful,
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excruciating even, but let's talk
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about losing a loved one.
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Someone here, or someone watching,
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you've lost a loved one.
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It's painful, it's excruciating, to use
00:54:50.168 --> 00:54:52.490
the word that Lilica used,
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but how does your grieving...
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Is there anyone here
00:54:56.691 --> 00:54:58.011
who has lost a loved one?
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John, how does our grieving,
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painful as it is, differ from those
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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,
00:55:50.583 --> 00:55:53.378
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,
00:55:58.372 --> 00:56:00.008
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.
00:56:03.898 --> 00:56:05.251
(Pedro) And there were a lot
00:56:05.251 --> 00:56:06.889
of restrictions during that time,
00:56:06.889 --> 00:56:08.304
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.
00:56:13.528 --> 00:56:15.935
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
00:56:21.841 --> 00:56:23.330
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
00:56:28.141 --> 00:56:30.169
because I won't only see Jesus,
00:56:30.169 --> 00:56:32.629
but I want to focus and also take time
00:56:32.629 --> 00:56:34.046
to see my grandma
00:56:34.046 --> 00:56:36.230
when the resurrection day happens.
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So, I want to disburse my energy,
00:56:39.443 --> 00:56:41.228
not mourning for her but to say
00:56:41.228 --> 00:56:43.284
I'm looking forward and express
my energy...
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(Derek) ...still grieve, but you
00:56:44.855 --> 00:56:46.038
want to focus on helping
00:56:46.038 --> 00:56:47.361
others to be ready.
00:56:47.361 --> 00:56:49.472
I like the translation, not only joy
00:56:49.472 --> 00:56:52.066
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
00:56:57.893 --> 00:56:59.785
on that great day?
00:56:59.785 --> 00:57:01.165
But God may give you joy
00:57:01.165 --> 00:57:02.856
tomorrow morning, too, if you learn
00:57:02.856 --> 00:57:05.376
to wait, to rest in Him, as we've studied.
00:57:05.376 --> 00:57:09.172
But that great day, what a shout of joy
00:57:09.172 --> 00:57:10.909
when we are not only with Jesus,
00:57:10.909 --> 00:57:12.508
but with those we love and those
00:57:12.508 --> 00:57:15.431
we've shared the gospel with who have
00:57:15.431 --> 00:57:17.403
chosen to let Jesus save them
00:57:17.403 --> 00:57:19.658
and be part of His eternal kingdom.
00:57:19.658 --> 00:57:21.669
Let's pray that we can experience
00:57:21.669 --> 00:57:23.601
that joy today and look forward
00:57:23.601 --> 00:57:24.795
to that future joy.
00:57:24.795 --> 00:57:26.839
Father in Heaven, You want us
00:57:26.839 --> 00:57:29.674
to rest in You now, to wait on You now,
00:57:29.674 --> 00:57:32.626
to trust in You now, but You also give us
00:57:32.626 --> 00:57:35.041
joy for the present and the future.
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May we rejoice in the joy
00:57:37.429 --> 00:57:39.488
that only comes from You.
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In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
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(Team) Amen.
00:57:43.292 --> 00:57:44.763
(Derek) Thanks for joining us
00:57:44.763 --> 00:57:46.273
for this series on The Psalms,
00:57:46.273 --> 00:57:48.451
practical lessons as we live
00:57:48.451 --> 00:57:49.562
in this troubled world,
00:57:49.562 --> 00:57:51.961
but what a joy we have in Jesus.
00:57:51.961 --> 00:57:53.980
Go out and share that good news
00:57:53.980 --> 00:57:55.359
with those around you.
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