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♪ theme music ♪
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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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We're making our way through The Psalms,
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a collection of inspired Scripture songs,
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today, Longing for God in Zion.
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What does that mean?
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I know I long to be closer to God,
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for my heart to be steadfast in Him.
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We'll talk about Longing for God in Zion
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today on Hope Sabbath School,
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and we're glad you joined us.
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Good to see you again, team.
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Can you wave to everybody?
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People all around the world, 200 countries
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joining us for Hope Sabbath School.
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Let's see who's joining us remotely.
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Sabina, great to have you with us again.
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And, Gleny, good to have you with us,
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Gleny; we're glad you're here.
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And, Tricia Lee, good to see you.
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I love Tricia Lee's double-handed wave.
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It's like we're really excited
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to study the Word of God together.
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And we're glad that you're with us, too.
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And I know you can't wave back
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to us right now, but you can write to us
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at sshope@hopetv.org.
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You can tell us how you're blessed
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through a study of the Word of God.
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Well, I want to just thank those
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who have written to us recently,
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sharing with us how God's blessed you.
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And here are a couple of notes.
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Ruth writes to us
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from the beautiful country of Kenya,
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and she says, "I appreciate
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the committed Hope Sabbath School class
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where the Word of God is studied
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and analyzed in a way we can understand.
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You make it clear
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that God loves us all..."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) "...and is calling us,
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regardless of who we are,
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where we come from, to believe,
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repent in Jesus' name."
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Yes, that's it, Ruth.
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Thanks for writing to us from Kenya,
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and God loves all
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of His children, doesn't He?
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Here's a note from Joe in California
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in the United States of America.
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I like this note; Joe says,
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"Great program, decent people,
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learning about the Bible
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and Christian religion
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in a calm, fun way
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instead of those television preachers
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who scream and demand money or else.
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One of the best religious shows
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on television, Hope Sabbath School."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) "Keep up the great work."
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Well, Joe, we'd like to meet you.
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You tell it like it is; I can tell that.
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We're glad you're part
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of our Hope Sabbath School family.
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And by the way, we want
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to always be pointing people
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to Jesus, right, and we don't
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have to scream to do that.
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Here's a hand-written note
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from a donor in Pennsylvania
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in the United States, and the donor
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writes and says, "I don't know
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what I'd do without Hope Channel,
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and Hope Sabbath School is my favorite.
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But some of the other programs
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are great, too, like "Wake Up
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with Hope" in the morning
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and "Story Encounters," and that's great.
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And I'm 85 years old,
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so I'm pretty much confined
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to my place of living,
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but God has kept my body
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in fairly good working order;
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I'm blessed that way.
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Take care, love you all,"
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and a donation of 120 dollars to bless
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the global evangelistic media ministry
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of Hope Sabbath School.
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Thank you, donor from Pennsylvania.
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You know who you are,
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and that's a very cute picture
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at the bottom of your note
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of a puppy dog (probably doesn't[br]belong to you),
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but thank you for being part
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of our Hope Sabbath School family.
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One last note, from Helen
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in the Philippines; we have a lot
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of Hope Sabbath School members
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in the Philippines.
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And Helen writes and says, "I love to see
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the host and everyone willing and eager
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to share their understanding
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of the Word of God."
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Sometimes, I have to tell you, Helen,
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there are like 10 hands raised
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at the same time; it can be challenging,
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but we want it to be - what's the word?
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(Derek, Team) Interactive.
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(Derek) That's how it should be.
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"I hope to listen to messages
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from the Bible every week
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and to be forever connected
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to God's Holy Word."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) "I know I have my shortcomings,
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but I know, like everyone else,
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we will be renewed by His Word
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and steadfast in the faith.
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I pray that this ministry
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will continue to grow
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and inspire others to seek the Lord
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and trust His Word. Amen."
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(Team) Amen!
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(Derek) Well, Amen, Helen.
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We agree with you, and we thank you
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for writing to us.
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You know we have a special gift,
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I want to just remind you,
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a collection of Scripture songs
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that my wife has put to music,
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Trilogy Scripture Songs from the Psalms.
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It's a unique collection just for you
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during this series on The Psalms
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including our theme song.
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And you can go to our website,
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hopetv.org/hopess and click
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on the Free Gift tab
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and download that collection,
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and you can share it with other people.
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Bless them by sharing
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the Scripture songs with them, too.
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Now, one of them
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is the theme song from Psalm 105.
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We're not going to sing it just yet,
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so just hold on; I heard
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some of you starting to sing.
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But Psalm 105 begins with the words,
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"Oh, give thanks to the Lord,"
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and I'm going to share something
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very interesting with you today.
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One our team today, well, that's her name,
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"Oh, Give Thanks to the Lord."
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And she's from a country and speaks
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a mother tongue that many
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of you have never heard.
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So, please, camera, scan the team here.
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Can you do that?
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And try to guess who it is.
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Let's see, and the name is,
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"Oh, Give Thanks to the Lord,"
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and the answer is, well, wave if it's you.
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It's Tendi; alright,
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let's zero in the camera on Tendi,
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because Tendi, well, tell us
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how you got your name.
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And then I want you to read for us
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that Psalm 105, the first three verses
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in your mother tongue,
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which I understand is Kalanga.
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How did you get the name
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"Oh, Give Thanks to the Lord,"
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Tendani in your mother tongue?
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(Tendi) Thank you, Pastor Derek.
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My parents gave me my name
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because I came two months early.
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I was a premature baby, and my mom
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was on bedrest for the remainder
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of her pregnancy.
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And I weighed 1.6 kilograms,
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and I was 30 centimeters long.
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So, they were just giving thanks to God
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because I survived.
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You see, a year before, my mom
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had lost a baby, and now I came,
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and she was scared whether or not
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I would survive, but I did,
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even though I came two months early.
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(Derek) And for those who don't know,
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30 centimeters, Tendi,
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that's not very long, right?
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But here you were,
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a little precious bundle, and so they
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gave you the name Tendani, which means?
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(Tendi) "Oh, Give Thanks."
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(Derek) And could you read
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in your mother tongue
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those three verses, maybe,
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the first three verses of the Psalm
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that begins with your name?
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(Tendi) And I'll be reading
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from the [Kalanga Bible, Psalm 105:1-3:]:
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(Derek) I understood some of that!
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"Yahweh," I heard the name of the Lord.
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You know, as Tendi was reading that,
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I just thought, isn't it amazing,
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God is going to call people
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from every nation, kindred, tongue,[br]and people.
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Tendi, we're glad you're part
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of our Hope Sabbath School team.
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And I don't want to ask
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the rest of the group to sing in Kalanga
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because that would be complicated.
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We're going to sing in English
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a song which bears your name,
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"Oh, Give Thanks to the Lord."
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Let's sing it together.
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♪ music ♪
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(Derek) Let's call upon His name just now.
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Father in Heaven, as we
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are studying Your Word today,
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Longing for God in Zion, I pray
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that there would grow within our hearts
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a deeper and yet deeper longing
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for intimacy with You.
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You've loved us with an everlasting love,
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and You invite us to spend eternity
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in a growing love relationship with You.
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I pray by the Holy Spirit that You
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would guide our study today.
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And we thank You
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in the name of Jesus. Amen.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Well, I love that theme song.
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I know my wife has composed
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about 200 Scripture songs,
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but I just like that one.
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Do you know I'm waking up
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singing that song now, which means
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I've been singing it through the night,
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hopefully not too loud,
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but it's a wonderful thing to give thanks
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to the Lord, isn't it?
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) One of the things
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I want to give thanks to the Lord for,
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as we begin our study, is that God[br]wants us
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to be in relationship with Him.
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So let's look at some testimonies
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of various psalmists who speak
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about a longing for a devoted heart.
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And I'm going to ask Gleny
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if you would begin our study today,
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one of our remote team members,
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in Psalm 84, and, Gleny, if you could read
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the first four verses of this psalm
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of the sons of Korah.
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(Gleny) And I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,[br]and it says:
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(Derek) So, I want to ask you,
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I'm thinking when Gleny was reading,
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did any of you sing that, part of that,
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in a choir when you were growing up?
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That's kind of a famous psalm, isn't it?
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It's been put to a choral piece.
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Well, let's keep reading because this is
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the sons of Korah composing.
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And, Tricia Lee, if you could continue
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reading for us in this Scripture song
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of the sons of Korah, verses 5
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through 9 of Psalm 84.
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(Tricia Lee) Reading from the New[br]King James Version:
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(Derek) And if it stopped there,
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we'd say it's an amazing Scripture song,
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but, Sabina, I'm going to ask you
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to read the last three verses,
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verses 10 through 12.
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This is actually one
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of my favorite psalms, and how do
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the sons of Korah end this Scripture song
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in Psalm 84, verses 10 to 12?
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(Sabina) So, I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,[br]and it says:
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(Derek) "O Lord of hosts, blessed
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is the man," blessed is the woman,
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blessed is the boy or girl,
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"who trusts in You."
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As you heard the sons of Korah -
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and by the way, remember
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that their ancestor died in a rebellion,
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but we don't have to stay
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like our ancestors, right?
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We can be made new by the power of God.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) They're composing Scripture songs.
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What resonates with your heart
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in this Scripture song? Puia?
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(Puia) I see a longing
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to be in the sanctuary
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or in the temple of God
0:14:50.404,0:14:51.790
just praising God.
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I think that's the theme that I see here.
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(Derek) Alright, anybody else.
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Anything that connects with your heart?[br]Yes, Pedro.
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(Pedro) "I'd rather be a doorkeeper[br]in God's house
0:15:01.921,0:15:03.687
than to be with the wicked."
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(Derek) Yeah, just like, "Give me
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basic operation," you know,
0:15:07.115,0:15:08.993
I'll be a doorkeeper "than dwell
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in the tents of wickedness," right?[br]Tricia Lee.
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(Tricia Lee) I love in verse 6 it mentions
0:15:17.033,0:15:18.535
the Valley of Baca, which can
0:15:18.535,0:15:20.785
also be translated the "Valley
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of Weeping," but it says that God
0:15:23.077,0:15:24.386
turns it into a spring.
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And so, I like to think of that
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as a spring of joy or even a spring
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of blessing, that God can take our pain,
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our sorrow, our dark periods,
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and take us from weeping
0:15:34.576,0:15:36.148
to a spring of blessings.
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He can turn our situations around.
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(Derek) Beautiful, let's go to Psalm 63.
0:15:40.396,0:15:43.367
There are several of the psalmists
0:15:43.367,0:15:46.678
who express a longing for God,
0:15:46.678,0:15:49.100
and in Psalm 63, we find
0:15:49.100,0:15:50.737
another testimony, and I believe
0:15:50.737,0:15:52.714
this is a psalm of David, right?
0:15:52.714,0:15:54.195
And it's interesting, Gladys,
0:15:54.195,0:15:56.291
if you could take us and look
0:15:56.291,0:15:58.865
at the first four verses,
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that he's writing this in the wilderness
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of Judah, which means he's
0:16:04.213,0:16:06.977
probably running from King Saul, right?
0:16:06.977,0:16:08.979
But in the midst of that, let's see
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the commitment he makes in Psalm 63:1-4.
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(Gladys) And I'm reading
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from the New International Version,[br]and it says:
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(Derek) Do you see the earnestness
0:16:52.659,0:16:53.712
there in the psalmist?
0:16:53.712,0:16:55.436
Kylynda, if you could keep reading
0:16:55.436,0:16:59.030
verses 6 through 8, still in Psalm 63,
0:16:59.030,0:17:00.710
a psalm of David.
0:17:00.710,0:17:01.631
(Kylynda) I'll read
0:17:01.631,0:17:05.039
from the New King James Version, verse 6:
0:17:22.840,0:17:24.556
(Derek) "Come close to me," I mean,
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if God's right hand, and, Pedro,
0:17:26.979,0:17:28.585
you often talk about the imagery
0:17:28.585,0:17:30.425
of the Psalms, right, so you say
0:17:30.425,0:17:33.513
maybe this isn't literal, but speaking
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about that kind of proximity,
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what does it tell us?
0:17:39.424,0:17:40.927
The intimacy of God, right?
0:17:40.927,0:17:44.667
He's an immanent God; He's not far away
0:17:44.667,0:17:47.505
if His right hand is supporting us.
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But probably one of the best known psalms
0:17:50.339,0:17:54.125
that speaks about a longing for God,
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Geoffrey, if you could go...
0:17:55.743,0:17:56.698
This is probably one
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that many people could sing,
0:17:59.042,0:18:01.570
different musical arrangements,
0:18:01.570,0:18:05.600
Psalm 42, verses 1 and 2.
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Let's see, again the sons of Korah,
0:18:08.265,0:18:11.599
how they describe a longing for God.
0:18:11.599,0:18:14.335
And Gladys has already started singing,
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but if you could read it for us.
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(Geoffrey) 142?
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(Derek) Psalm 42, verses 1 and 2.
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(Geoffrey) Oh, Psalm 42.
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(Derek) 42, verses 1 and 2.
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And this is another psalm
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of the sons of Korah, yearning for God
0:18:30.053,0:18:33.861
in the midst of distresses.
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Psalm 42, verses 1 and 2.
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(Geoffrey) Okay, I'll be reading
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from the English Standard Version:
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(Derek) And one last, and then I'm going
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to give you the chance to share,
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one last reference, Psalm 143,
0:19:00.663,0:19:03.830
verses 6 through 8, and, Samantha,
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if you'd read that
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for us, please, Psalm 143:6-8.
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We're getting a common theme,
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not just one of the psalmists
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but different authors of the Psalms.
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How does your Bible read
0:19:16.966,0:19:19.410
in Psalm 143, verses 6 to 8?
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(Samantha) I'll read
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from the New King James Version:
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(Derek) So, I want to ask a question:
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what are your thoughts
0:19:57.994,0:20:02.272
about such an earnest longing for God?
0:20:02.272,0:20:06.690
What are your thoughts, anybody?[br]Yes, Gleny.
0:20:06.690,0:20:08.439
(Gleny) I'm sure many of you
0:20:08.439,0:20:10.306
have experienced this, but when you
0:20:10.306,0:20:12.816
care for someone or you generally enjoy
0:20:12.816,0:20:15.447
someone's companionship or company,
0:20:15.447,0:20:16.948
it doesn't matter where you are
0:20:16.948,0:20:18.038
or what you are doing.
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It can be the most menial task
0:20:20.580,0:20:23.701
or even the strangest mission,
0:20:23.701,0:20:25.615
but just having them around
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is such a pleasure.
0:20:27.717,0:20:30.445
So, in all of this you can see David
0:20:30.445,0:20:33.962
and the sons of Korah and everyone
0:20:33.962,0:20:37.059
explaining that same amount
0:20:37.059,0:20:38.549
of appreciation they have
0:20:38.549,0:20:41.238
for the company of God.
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(Derek) So, I appreciate you sharing that.
0:20:43.246,0:20:44.612
I have a confession to make.
0:20:44.612,0:20:46.009
While Gleny was saying that,
0:20:46.009,0:20:48.485
I was thinking about when I'm separated
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from my wife and coming back
0:20:51.129,0:20:53.377
to be with her, even if we're
0:20:53.377,0:20:55.981
washing dishes or doing something,
0:20:55.981,0:20:57.749
I forget what word Gleny used,
0:20:57.749,0:21:00.324
but something kind of menial, you know,
0:21:00.324,0:21:03.074
but just being together.
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Yes, I love that image:
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I stretch out my hands to you. Samantha.
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(Samantha) For me, it's
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like an S.O.S. call, just to depict
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our dire dependence on God.
0:21:14.534,0:21:17.533
It's like when Peter, when he was sinking,
0:21:17.533,0:21:18.632
all he had time to say
0:21:18.632,0:21:20.204
was, "Lord, save me."
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So that's how I get that...
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(Derek) Okay, it's an S.O.S., but it's
0:21:24.156,0:21:26.545
actually something that he wanted
0:21:26.545,0:21:28.405
to do every day, right, "cause me
0:21:28.405,0:21:30.306
to hear Your lovingkindness."
0:21:30.306,0:21:32.946
We have 17 hands raised right now,
0:21:32.946,0:21:34.446
but this is an important topic.
0:21:34.446,0:21:36.025
I'm trying to get to everyone.
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Short responses, yeah, how do you relate
0:21:39.156,0:21:40.487
to that deep longing?
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(Gladys) I like that verse in Psalm 42
0:21:43.384,0:21:45.375
about the deer, so I went online,
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and I researched what does it mean
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when a deer pants for the water.
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And it means when a mother,
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the mother deer, when she has a baby,
0:21:53.690,0:21:56.151
she cannot move because she has
0:21:56.151,0:21:57.790
the baby close to her.
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So she makes this sound
0:22:00.503,0:22:02.669
when she longs for the water
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that she cannot reach.
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And that's exactly how, that desperation
0:22:07.990,0:22:10.304
that God wants us to have for Him...
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(Derek) That's a new insight to me.
0:22:11.981,0:22:13.128
(Gladys) Yeah, that it's
0:22:13.128,0:22:15.311
just like a need, that He wants us
0:22:15.311,0:22:17.472
to be like the part that moves
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the whole body towards Him.
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(Derek) Kylynda.
0:22:20.843,0:22:22.820
(Kylynda) Earnest longing is intentional.
0:22:22.820,0:22:25.094
It's not dictated by the circumstance
0:22:25.094,0:22:26.765
or even the feeling.
0:22:26.765,0:22:29.000
You know, David is running away;
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it's not a great circumstance.
0:22:31.074,0:22:33.842
Psalm 42, the psalmist is depressed,
0:22:33.842,0:22:37.408
in Psalm 143, the psalmist is anxious,
0:22:37.408,0:22:39.271
so it's intentional.
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(Derek) It's intentional and it's
0:22:40.892,0:22:43.606
not dependent on the circumstance,[br]as you're saying.
0:22:43.606,0:22:45.551
So, I want to give someone else
0:22:45.551,0:22:46.701
who's raised their hand,
0:22:46.701,0:22:47.985
but answer another question
0:22:47.985,0:22:49.589
because we've got to move on.
0:22:49.589,0:22:52.099
So, I see Sabina waving to me,
0:22:52.099,0:22:53.810
and I see another hand raised,
0:22:53.810,0:22:55.932
but, Sabina, help me with this.
0:22:55.932,0:22:57.276
And I don't know the answer
0:22:57.276,0:22:59.970
that you will give, but who has
0:22:59.970,0:23:03.335
modeled for you, someone who has
0:23:03.335,0:23:05.634
an earnest longing for God?
0:23:05.634,0:23:08.726
Many of us may not have grown up
0:23:08.726,0:23:12.687
with someone like that very close to us.
0:23:12.687,0:23:13.933
Where did you find someone
0:23:13.933,0:23:15.502
that really modeled that for you,
0:23:15.502,0:23:18.786
and you said, "I'm catching a glimpse
0:23:18.786,0:23:20.703
of what that looks like," what we've
0:23:20.703,0:23:23.200
been reading about in the Psalms?
0:23:23.200,0:23:24.533
(Sabina) Derek, I'm thinking
0:23:24.533,0:23:26.539
of some experiences I had in my church
0:23:26.539,0:23:29.534
back in Brazil, I know,
0:23:29.534,0:23:30.772
from my teenage years
0:23:30.772,0:23:33.106
up until I was 26, 27.
0:23:33.106,0:23:34.842
I was very involved in a ministry
0:23:34.842,0:23:37.682
that involved worship and creative arts.
0:23:37.682,0:23:39.526
And I had lots of children
0:23:39.526,0:23:41.069
that were part of it.
0:23:41.069,0:23:42.984
And for me, it was always very inspiring
0:23:42.984,0:23:44.149
to see the way that they
0:23:44.149,0:23:45.937
were experiencing God, in that they
0:23:45.937,0:23:47.545
would also be able to express
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in their praise, in their art,
0:23:49.920,0:23:51.523
in their poetry, the ways
0:23:51.523,0:23:55.144
in which they saw God work in their lives.
0:23:55.144,0:23:57.529
So, for me, even though they were
0:23:57.529,0:23:59.383
younger than I, in some ways that was
0:23:59.383,0:24:01.784
modeling to me some sort
0:24:01.784,0:24:05.580
of pure longing to God
0:24:05.580,0:24:07.169
that marked my life.
0:24:07.169,0:24:08.705
(Derek) Isn't that beautiful?
0:24:08.705,0:24:11.583
Little boys and girls become mentors.
0:24:11.583,0:24:12.641
Jesus said we have
0:24:12.641,0:24:14.323
to become like the little children,
0:24:14.323,0:24:16.940
but just that earnest longing for God.
0:24:16.940,0:24:19.041
Someone else, who really modeled
0:24:19.041,0:24:22.104
that for you? Yes, Puia.
0:24:22.104,0:24:24.073
(Puia) Pastor Derek, I would say one
0:24:24.073,0:24:25.655
of the people who have modeled
0:24:25.655,0:24:29.149
a good example for me is you, actually,
0:24:29.149,0:24:30.324
having worked with you
0:24:30.324,0:24:33.702
inside and outside of the studio.
0:24:33.702,0:24:36.063
I really appreciate
0:24:36.063,0:24:37.739
the life that you live.
0:24:37.739,0:24:39.785
(Derek) Well, I'm desperate for God,
0:24:39.785,0:24:41.611
and we all know where
0:24:41.611,0:24:44.232
we would be without Him, right?
0:24:44.232,0:24:46.755
So, "As the deer pants," new insight,
0:24:46.755,0:24:49.113
"Hhuh, hhuh," for the water,
0:24:49.113,0:24:52.507
so pants my soul for you, O God."
0:24:52.507,0:24:55.841
So, I have a question for you:
0:24:55.841,0:24:58.275
Is this deep longing for God
0:24:58.275,0:25:00.122
something that can be developed?
0:25:00.122,0:25:02.001
You used the word intentional, Kylynda.
0:25:02.001,0:25:03.854
Or, is it a gift from God?
0:25:03.854,0:25:07.088
You say, wait, that kind of intimacy...
0:25:07.088,0:25:08.439
What's the answer?
0:25:08.439,0:25:10.051
What do you think, Pedro?
0:25:10.051,0:25:12.411
(Pedro) Looking toward society today,
0:25:12.411,0:25:15.786
humanity searches for God,
0:25:15.786,0:25:17.794
and unfortunately many of them
0:25:17.794,0:25:19.468
seek God in things
0:25:19.468,0:25:23.679
instead of His presence.
0:25:23.679,0:25:25.413
So I think God has put in our hearts
0:25:25.413,0:25:27.264
the desire for Him.
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(Derek) So, that would be
0:25:28.489,0:25:29.752
a gift, then, wouldn't it?
0:25:29.752,0:25:31.178
But, Kylynda, let me come back
0:25:31.178,0:25:33.088
to the word intentional, because I think
0:25:33.088,0:25:35.203
Pedro makes a really good point,
0:25:35.203,0:25:37.137
that we're, like, dead
0:25:37.137,0:25:38.361
in trespasses and sin,
0:25:38.361,0:25:40.870
so God calls us as a gift?
0:25:40.870,0:25:42.982
Where does our intentionality come in?
0:25:42.982,0:25:43.997
(Kylynda) It's both.
0:25:43.997,0:25:45.500
As Pedro mentioned, it's a gift
0:25:45.500,0:25:47.505
from God in that initial spark,
0:25:47.505,0:25:51.012
and we read in Psalm 84, they said
0:25:51.012,0:25:52.668
the person is blessed "whose heart
0:25:52.668,0:25:54.473
is set on pilgrimage."
0:25:54.473,0:25:56.859
So, there has to be...you know,
0:25:56.859,0:25:59.484
God is desiring towards us,
0:25:59.484,0:26:01.983
and then we have to accept that
0:26:01.983,0:26:03.939
and seek His face as well.
0:26:03.939,0:26:05.912
(Derek) I wish we could stay here longer,
0:26:05.912,0:26:07.706
but I'm going to have to ask us
0:26:07.706,0:26:10.339
to move to Psalm 122,
0:26:10.339,0:26:13.497
because part of longing for God
0:26:13.497,0:26:16.159
back in the time of the children of Israel
0:26:16.159,0:26:19.140
was going up to the house of the Lord.
0:26:19.140,0:26:20.597
And we want to look at that,
0:26:20.597,0:26:23.242
but then we want to ask ourselves
0:26:23.242,0:26:25.373
what does that mean for us today?
0:26:25.373,0:26:27.791
So, Tendi, if you could take us there
0:26:27.791,0:26:31.521
in Psalm 122 and read
0:26:31.521,0:26:32.814
the first nine verses,
0:26:32.814,0:26:36.420
I want you to notice what emotions
0:26:36.420,0:26:39.339
the worshipers experience as they're
0:26:39.339,0:26:43.339
going up to the house of the Lord.
0:26:43.339,0:26:44.632
(Tendi) And I'll be reading
0:26:44.632,0:26:46.541
from the English Standard Version,
0:26:46.541,0:26:50.569
Psalm 122, verses 1 to 9,
0:26:50.569,0:26:54.466
"A Song of Ascents. Of David," verse 1:
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(Derek) So, they're going up, by the way,
0:27:56.571,0:27:58.279
literally because Jerusalem's
0:27:58.279,0:28:00.660
at about 2,500-feet elevation,
0:28:00.660,0:28:03.230
so Mount Zion is mount, right,
0:28:03.230,0:28:05.474
so going up and they're rejoicing.
0:28:05.474,0:28:09.663
What is it about the house of the Lord
0:28:09.663,0:28:12.086
that is so precious
0:28:12.086,0:28:15.273
to the believers, anybody?
0:28:15.273,0:28:17.730
Yes, it's not just a nice building, right,
0:28:17.730,0:28:19.511
like, go on a tour and see
0:28:19.511,0:28:20.840
the nice construction.
0:28:20.840,0:28:22.424
It was very impressive
0:28:22.424,0:28:24.984
until it was destroyed, but what was it,
0:28:24.984,0:28:27.012
Puia, about the house of the Lord
0:28:27.012,0:28:28.554
that made it so special?
0:28:28.554,0:28:30.840
(Puia) I believe the presence of God
0:28:30.840,0:28:34.778
was the main thing that attracted them.
0:28:34.778,0:28:38.995
And everything that the Israelites did
0:28:38.995,0:28:40.861
around the sanctuary, or their lives
0:28:40.861,0:28:43.122
in the bigger picture, revolves
0:28:43.122,0:28:46.662
around the sanctuary service.
0:28:46.662,0:28:50.120
So I believe David is glad, as he said,
0:28:50.120,0:28:52.260
"I was glad when they said, 'Let us go
0:28:52.260,0:28:54.198
to the house of God,'" because there you
0:28:54.198,0:28:56.670
can experience the presence of God.
0:28:56.670,0:28:59.559
(Derek) Before they even built a temple,
0:28:59.559,0:29:00.981
where did the presence
0:29:00.981,0:29:03.401
of the Lord dwell, do you remember?
0:29:03.401,0:29:04.649
(Gladys) In the sanctuary.
0:29:04.649,0:29:07.117
(Derek) In the tabernacle, right?
0:29:07.117,0:29:10.496
And how did the Lord reveal His presence?
0:29:10.496,0:29:11.762
Sabina, do you remember?
0:29:11.762,0:29:14.341
How did the Lord reveal His presence
0:29:14.341,0:29:17.260
even when it was a tent or a tabernacle
0:29:17.260,0:29:19.330
in the wilderness?
0:29:19.330,0:29:21.728
(Sabina) Yes, there was special furniture
0:29:21.728,0:29:23.006
and rituals that had been
0:29:23.006,0:29:25.411
around the sanctuary, so definitely one
0:29:25.411,0:29:27.030
of the places where the Bible says
0:29:27.030,0:29:28.695
that He was revealing or expressing
0:29:28.695,0:29:30.384
His presence was in the Ark
0:29:30.384,0:29:33.577
of the Covenant where, for instance,
0:29:33.577,0:29:35.846
the Law of God was kept.
0:29:35.846,0:29:37.994
But I think for them, the rejoicing also
0:29:37.994,0:29:41.242
of going to Zion or going to the temple
0:29:41.242,0:29:43.259
when it was built, I believe,
0:29:43.259,0:29:45.276
was also involved with the opportunity
0:29:45.276,0:29:47.133
they had to partake
0:29:47.133,0:29:49.901
in the sacrificial system that God
0:29:49.901,0:29:52.218
had implemented as a reminder
0:29:52.218,0:29:55.120
of His forgiveness.
0:29:55.120,0:29:59.298
So, for us it is now pointing to Jesus,
0:29:59.298,0:30:02.135
but I imagine back in their day also
0:30:02.135,0:30:05.187
it was a memorial of the availability
0:30:05.187,0:30:07.275
of pardon from God, that God was willing
0:30:07.275,0:30:09.548
to forgive and renew
0:30:09.548,0:30:11.617
their relationship with Him.
0:30:11.617,0:30:13.182
(Derek) So, I just want to focus
0:30:13.182,0:30:15.188
here first, you mentioned the furniture,
0:30:15.188,0:30:19.692
but between the cherubim
0:30:19.692,0:30:23.616
in the most holy place of the tabernacle,
0:30:23.616,0:30:25.761
what was it called, John, do you remember?
0:30:25.761,0:30:30.489
The visible presence of God, the glory [br]of God was called the...?
0:30:30.489,0:30:31.550
(John) Shekinah Glory.
0:30:31.550,0:30:32.858
(Derek) The Shekinah Glory.
0:30:32.858,0:30:35.113
And by the way, the glory of God,
0:30:35.113,0:30:37.195
while no one could look upon that,
0:30:37.195,0:30:39.212
there was a curtain there, right,
0:30:39.212,0:30:43.672
but it was undoubtedly visible,
0:30:43.672,0:30:46.784
though covered, the glory of God.
0:30:46.784,0:30:49.408
When they built the temple, how was
0:30:49.408,0:30:51.671
the glory of God revealed in the temple,
0:30:51.671,0:30:53.346
Solomon's temple, do you remember?
0:30:53.346,0:30:55.959
(Gladys) Glory of the Lord filled[br]the temple with smoke.
0:30:55.959,0:30:58.202
(Derek) At the dedication, the glory[br]of the Lord
0:30:58.202,0:30:59.949
filled the temple.
0:30:59.949,0:31:03.304
Interestingly, the temple was destroyed,
0:31:03.304,0:31:06.413
rebuilt, and then refurbished by Herod,
0:31:06.413,0:31:08.599
but never is there an account of the glory
0:31:08.599,0:31:10.550
of the Lord filling that temple.
0:31:10.550,0:31:13.397
When did the glory of the Lord
0:31:13.397,0:31:16.435
fill the temple that we call the temple
0:31:16.435,0:31:19.177
in the time of Herod?
0:31:19.177,0:31:21.578
(Derek, Team) When Jesus came in.
0:31:21.578,0:31:22.957
(Derek) The glory of the Lord
0:31:22.957,0:31:24.150
filled the temple.
0:31:24.150,0:31:25.866
Now, we don't have the temple today.
0:31:25.866,0:31:27.110
We don't have a tabernacle
0:31:27.110,0:31:28.466
in the wilderness,
0:31:28.466,0:31:30.103
so we don't have a place where you
0:31:30.103,0:31:31.125
can say, "Why are you
0:31:31.125,0:31:32.342
looking so happy, Tendi?"
0:31:32.342,0:31:34.366
"Well, I'm going to the house[br]of the Lord."
0:31:34.366,0:31:35.756
Well, I'd be happy; I'd see
0:31:35.756,0:31:37.174
the very visible presence
0:31:37.174,0:31:38.841
of the glory of God.
0:31:38.841,0:31:42.853
So, help me, Tricia Lee, if you would,
0:31:42.853,0:31:43.943
where is the house
0:31:43.943,0:31:47.241
of the Lord for us today?
0:31:47.241,0:31:49.673
Is it a geographic location?
0:31:49.673,0:31:51.025
Is it an experience?
0:31:51.025,0:31:52.967
What do you think, so that you can
0:31:52.967,0:31:56.200
say to me, "Derek, I'm glad when they
0:31:56.200,0:31:58.444
tell me, 'Let's go to the house[br]of the Lord.'"?
0:31:58.444,0:31:59.987
What would you say?
0:31:59.987,0:32:01.460
(Tricia Lee) I'd say it's both,
0:32:01.460,0:32:03.570
because we know that the Father,
0:32:03.570,0:32:06.462
whom we have not met as yet,
0:32:06.462,0:32:09.546
dwells in the throne room in Heaven,
0:32:09.546,0:32:11.896
but through the power of the Holy Spirit,
0:32:11.896,0:32:13.512
God can dwell in our hearts.
0:32:13.512,0:32:15.827
And so, we're also told in Scripture
0:32:15.827,0:32:17.689
that, "Know ye not that ye are
0:32:17.689,0:32:20.486
the temple of God," and so the Holy Spirit
0:32:20.486,0:32:24.150
can live in us as we accept Jesus,
0:32:24.150,0:32:26.505
and we get that "down payment,"[br]if you would,
0:32:26.505,0:32:27.947
through the Holy Spirit.
0:32:27.947,0:32:30.868
And we can be living temples
0:32:30.868,0:32:33.795
for His glory, so I say it's both.
0:32:33.795,0:32:37.810
(Derek) Tricia Lee, you made my head spin,
0:32:37.810,0:32:40.233
because I've never thought of that,
0:32:40.233,0:32:43.552
but if God dwells in my heart,
0:32:43.552,0:32:45.135
Christ makes His home with me -
0:32:45.135,0:32:46.954
He says, "We will come to you
0:32:46.954,0:32:48.792
by the Holy Spirit" - that means
0:32:48.792,0:32:51.800
when I spend time with the One
0:32:51.800,0:32:53.907
who dwells with me,
0:32:53.907,0:32:56.347
I am in the house of the Lord.
0:32:56.347,0:32:58.742
Whew, that made my head spin. Pedro.
0:32:58.742,0:33:00.215
(Pedro) We've been looking here
0:33:00.215,0:33:03.196
to the house of God as not only telling us
0:33:03.196,0:33:05.224
that we long for Him, but He also longs
0:33:05.224,0:33:07.950
for us, to be with us.
0:33:07.950,0:33:09.619
And we see here, through the symbol
0:33:09.619,0:33:11.819
of the tabernacle, God longed
0:33:11.819,0:33:14.949
to be with us, and through the Holy Spirit
0:33:14.949,0:33:16.690
He longs for us to be with Him
0:33:16.690,0:33:18.559
and also be together
0:33:18.559,0:33:21.064
as we preach the gospel.
0:33:21.064,0:33:22.907
That's why the Holy Spirit
0:33:22.907,0:33:23.916
is being given to us,
0:33:23.916,0:33:27.281
so we can finish the work through Him,
0:33:27.281,0:33:29.407
and we can be with Him forever.
0:33:29.407,0:33:31.657
(Derek) Okay, I see Gleny, I see
0:33:31.657,0:33:33.576
your hand raised, and Sabina, too.
0:33:33.576,0:33:35.172
Let me just ask a question,
0:33:35.172,0:33:38.890
can a church where we go to worship
0:33:38.890,0:33:41.525
each week be the house of the Lord for us?
0:33:41.525,0:33:44.052
(Team) Yes.
0:33:44.052,0:33:46.736
(Derek) But not automatically, right?
0:33:46.736,0:33:48.052
But it could be,
0:33:48.052,0:33:49.339
if we're meeting God there.
0:33:49.339,0:33:50.931
I see many hands raised.
0:33:50.931,0:33:53.304
I'm going to go to Gleny and Sabina first
0:33:53.304,0:33:54.914
and then come back to the studio.
0:33:54.914,0:33:58.997
Gleny, talk to me about where the house
0:33:58.997,0:34:02.165
of the Lord is for us today.
0:34:02.165,0:34:03.809
(Gleny) I was just about to give
0:34:03.809,0:34:06.630
a comment on that, too, where God
0:34:06.630,0:34:08.915
is seen in our midst whenever there is
0:34:08.915,0:34:10.835
a congregation of believers,
0:34:10.835,0:34:13.932
like in Matthew 18, verse 20, it says:
0:34:20.327,0:34:22.012
Not just gathering for no reason,
0:34:22.012,0:34:23.841
but when we are like-minded,
0:34:23.841,0:34:26.954
and you see that in the book of Acts, too,
0:34:26.954,0:34:31.081
when people laid their differences aside,
0:34:31.081,0:34:33.896
and came together and had
0:34:33.896,0:34:35.485
the Holy Spirit work with them,
0:34:35.485,0:34:39.237
you can see God was in their midst.
0:34:39.237,0:34:40.907
(Derek) That's a powerful thought.
0:34:40.907,0:34:44.172
It suggests that the house of the Lord
0:34:44.172,0:34:46.828
doesn't have to be a physical building.
0:34:46.828,0:34:48.747
It can be when the Lord is in our midst.
0:34:48.747,0:34:50.816
Sabina, you want to add to that?
0:34:50.816,0:34:51.632
Where's the house
0:34:51.632,0:34:54.402
of the Lord for us today?
0:34:54.402,0:34:56.629
(Sabina) Yes, what I want to add is that I
0:34:56.629,0:34:58.408
just think it's so beautiful that God
0:34:58.408,0:34:59.983
makes sure not to attach that
0:34:59.983,0:35:02.327
necessarily to a geographic place
0:35:02.327,0:35:04.146
or a time or a country,
0:35:04.146,0:35:05.854
so that it's accessible
0:35:05.854,0:35:09.291
to any person in any time.
0:35:09.291,0:35:11.601
Even our church buildings
0:35:11.601,0:35:13.056
that we treasure, and they are
0:35:13.056,0:35:14.967
important also, the places for gathering
0:35:14.967,0:35:17.182
where we can invite people together,
0:35:17.182,0:35:19.048
they unfortunately can become,
0:35:19.048,0:35:21.090
just like Jesus mentioned back in the day
0:35:21.090,0:35:22.946
about their temple, "a den of robbers,"
0:35:22.946,0:35:24.570
right, like a place where there is
0:35:24.570,0:35:26.457
no glory or presence of God,
0:35:26.457,0:35:28.920
if we are not personally seeking God
0:35:28.920,0:35:31.485
in the true temple that is ourselves.
0:35:31.485,0:35:34.578
So, even those places where we gather,
0:35:34.578,0:35:37.482
it's important that we primarily develop
0:35:37.482,0:35:39.291
that personal relationship with Jesus,
0:35:39.291,0:35:41.346
then we come to share about it,
0:35:41.346,0:35:43.344
because just being in a building
0:35:43.344,0:35:44.714
in the name of God
0:35:44.714,0:35:46.468
doesn't really grant that He is
0:35:46.468,0:35:48.849
willing to be there - well, He is willing,
0:35:48.849,0:35:51.016
but that He will be there
0:35:51.016,0:35:53.125
if we don't allow it.
0:35:53.125,0:35:54.657
(Derek) So, there's so much more
0:35:54.657,0:35:56.370
we could share about this,
0:35:56.370,0:35:58.186
but certainly we would agree
0:35:58.186,0:36:00.388
that when we come into God's presence,
0:36:00.388,0:36:02.432
whether it's personal worship
0:36:02.432,0:36:04.682
with the Spirit dwelling in our hearts
0:36:04.682,0:36:06.717
or in a group of two or three,
0:36:06.717,0:36:08.682
that we can experience joy when we come
0:36:08.682,0:36:10.205
to the house of the Lord, right?
0:36:10.205,0:36:11.621
Absolutely we can.
0:36:11.621,0:36:14.533
But there is also in the Psalms
0:36:14.533,0:36:17.694
a reference to the significance
0:36:17.694,0:36:20.979
of a specific geographic location.
0:36:20.979,0:36:24.347
And I want to just take a moment to look
0:36:24.347,0:36:28.782
at Mount Zion and what the significance
0:36:28.782,0:36:33.426
of Mount Zion is in salvation history.
0:36:33.426,0:36:35.455
So, Geoffrey, if you could take us
0:36:35.455,0:36:38.911
to Psalm 87 and read
0:36:38.911,0:36:40.099
the first three verses,
0:36:40.099,0:36:41.187
we're going to look
0:36:41.187,0:36:43.924
at four psalms together that speak
0:36:43.924,0:36:45.953
about the significance
0:36:45.953,0:36:48.185
of Jerusalem and Mount Zion.
0:36:48.185,0:36:49.841
(Geoffrey) Okay, I'll be reading
0:36:49.841,0:36:51.769
from the English Standard Version:
0:37:06.018,0:37:07.753
(Derek) And if, John, you could read
0:37:07.753,0:37:12.199
following that in Psalm 48, verses 1 to 3.
0:37:12.199,0:37:14.695
Hear the theme, "Glorious things of you
0:37:14.695,0:37:17.096
are spoken, Zion, city of our God."
0:37:17.096,0:37:19.708
What is it about that location?
0:37:19.708,0:37:20.580
(John) I'm reading
0:37:20.580,0:37:22.770
from the English Standard Version,[br]it reads:
0:37:44.505,0:37:48.485
(Derek) Alright, what about Psalm 46,
0:37:48.485,0:37:49.769
Kylynda, if you could read
0:37:49.769,0:37:52.728
the first seven verses of Psalm 46.
0:37:52.728,0:37:54.502
Now, there are lots of thoughts here,
0:37:54.502,0:37:57.313
but we're listening for the significance
0:37:57.313,0:38:01.649
of this location, Mount Zion.
0:38:01.649,0:38:03.767
(Kylynda) From the New King James Version:
0:38:51.194,0:38:52.784
(Derek) And one last passage,
0:38:52.784,0:38:53.992
Pedro, if you could read
0:38:53.992,0:38:59.112
Psalm 125, verses 1 and 2.
0:38:59.112,0:39:00.327
(Pedro) I'll be reading
0:39:00.327,0:39:01.851
from the New King James Version.
0:39:01.851,0:39:03.737
Psalm 125, verse 1, says:
0:39:21.163,0:39:22.417
(Derek) So, we're up there
0:39:22.417,0:39:26.772
in the mountains, and there is Mount Zion.
0:39:26.772,0:39:28.263
There's more significance
0:39:28.263,0:39:29.202
than just that it's
0:39:29.202,0:39:31.295
the capital city, right?
0:39:31.295,0:39:33.089
I mean, it is the capital up there;
0:39:33.089,0:39:34.817
Jerusalem is there, right?
0:39:34.817,0:39:37.631
But there's something more significant
0:39:37.631,0:39:41.609
about that geographic location.
0:39:41.609,0:39:44.344
Somebody do a scan
0:39:44.344,0:39:47.078
of the Book of Beginnings;
0:39:47.078,0:39:49.377
it's called Genesis.
0:39:49.377,0:39:51.381
We don't have to read the whole story,
0:39:51.381,0:39:55.044
but a patriarch, what was his name...?
0:39:55.044,0:39:55.784
(Team) Abraham.
0:39:55.784,0:39:58.778
(Derek) ...Abraham, first called Abram,
0:39:58.778,0:40:02.454
but after having a son is called Abraham,
0:40:02.454,0:40:07.370
is told to go to a specific location.
0:40:07.370,0:40:09.757
Somebody tell me the story.
0:40:09.757,0:40:11.467
Alright, Gladys, tell us the story.
0:40:11.467,0:40:13.030
By the way, if people would like
0:40:13.030,0:40:17.087
to read it, it's there in Genesis 22.
0:40:17.087,0:40:19.573
But Abraham is told to go
0:40:19.573,0:40:21.843
to a specific location,
0:40:21.843,0:40:23.603
and what is he told to do?
0:40:23.603,0:40:26.722
(Gladys) Well, God promised to give him
0:40:26.722,0:40:30.437
a son, and after the son is born,
0:40:30.437,0:40:33.924
God tells him, "Go to Mount Moriah
0:40:33.924,0:40:36.621
and sacrifice him there for Me."
0:40:36.621,0:40:38.274
And Abraham believed in God,
0:40:38.274,0:40:39.374
even though this was
0:40:39.374,0:40:41.221
this child of the promise,
0:40:41.221,0:40:42.548
and he went to Mount Moriah
0:40:42.548,0:40:44.487
to follow what God said.
0:40:44.487,0:40:46.371
And God delivered him.
0:40:46.371,0:40:49.150
God tested him, and he proved faithful,
0:40:49.150,0:40:52.013
and God provided for Himself a sacrifice.
0:40:52.013,0:40:53.787
(Derek) And if you've read the story,
0:40:53.787,0:40:55.556
and I want to encourage you if you're
0:40:55.556,0:40:57.329
hearing this story for the first time
0:40:57.329,0:40:58.920
to read in Genesis 22,
0:40:58.920,0:41:02.141
what evidences were there, anyone,
0:41:02.141,0:41:05.124
that he was trusting God,
0:41:05.124,0:41:07.038
because this sounds like something
0:41:07.038,0:41:09.457
God would not ask him to do, right?
0:41:09.457,0:41:11.288
But that was something the pagans did;
0:41:11.288,0:41:14.504
they sacrificed their sons and daughters.
0:41:14.504,0:41:16.620
He asked him to be willing
0:41:16.620,0:41:18.387
to lay everything down.
0:41:18.387,0:41:19.863
But can you remember the story,
0:41:19.863,0:41:22.458
any evidences of faith, John?
0:41:22.458,0:41:24.972
(John) In verse 5, Abraham talks
0:41:24.972,0:41:28.387
to his servants and he says:
0:41:33.271,0:41:34.413
(Derek) I like my Bible,
0:41:34.413,0:41:37.443
it says, "We will return," we will return.
0:41:37.443,0:41:38.586
There was another place,
0:41:38.586,0:41:39.669
they're walking along;
0:41:39.669,0:41:43.332
Puia, do you remember, and Isaac says,
0:41:43.332,0:41:45.081
"Wait a minute, father,"
0:41:45.081,0:41:46.630
that's a paraphrase, right?
0:41:46.630,0:41:50.864
"Wait a minute, father, we've got[br]the wood and the fire..."
0:41:50.864,0:41:52.964
(Team) "Where is the sacrifice, the lamb?"
0:41:52.964,0:41:55.109
(Derek) "Where's the sacrifice, father?"
0:41:55.109,0:41:56.474
And, Puia, do you remember,
0:41:56.474,0:41:58.585
just from memory, the story?
0:41:58.585,0:42:01.621
How does Abraham respond to his son?
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(Puia) I believe he said,
0:42:02.831,0:42:05.117
"The Lord will provide."
0:42:05.117,0:42:06.181
(Derek) "The Lord will
0:42:06.181,0:42:07.712
provide a sacrifice,"
0:42:07.712,0:42:09.608
so here's this word of faith.
0:42:09.608,0:42:12.717
Now, by the way, in the book of Hebrews,
0:42:12.717,0:42:16.082
it says he believed that if necessary
0:42:16.082,0:42:17.438
God would raise his son
0:42:17.438,0:42:19.287
from the dead, right?
0:42:19.287,0:42:21.588
So they get to the mountain,
0:42:21.588,0:42:23.147
and it's the mountain "that you
0:42:23.147,0:42:26.951
will be shown," but it is Mount Moriah.
0:42:26.951,0:42:28.987
Now, some scholars argue, is Mount Moriah
0:42:28.987,0:42:30.488
and Mount Zion the same,
0:42:30.488,0:42:32.754
or they're right in the same vicinity;
0:42:32.754,0:42:34.371
it's right in the same cluster
0:42:34.371,0:42:36.992
right there; it's that location.
0:42:36.992,0:42:39.619
Somebody tell me what happens
0:42:39.619,0:42:44.325
when he raises the knife - he's willing.
0:42:44.325,0:42:45.975
(Samantha) The Angel called out...
0:42:45.975,0:42:47.849
(Derek) Samantha, tell me what happens.
0:42:47.849,0:42:49.168
He raises the knife
0:42:49.168,0:42:51.335
to sacrifice his son Isaac...?
0:42:51.335,0:42:52.798
(Samantha) Verses 11 [and 12]:
0:43:02.736,0:43:04.056
(Derek) I imagine him using
0:43:04.056,0:43:05.984
my favorite Hebrew word...
0:43:05.984,0:43:07.206
I don't know if they were
0:43:07.206,0:43:08.486
speaking Hebrew back then,
0:43:08.486,0:43:09.960
I think they were, "Hallelujah,
0:43:09.960,0:43:12.646
praise the name of Yahweh."
0:43:12.646,0:43:16.340
He was willing to lay everything down
0:43:16.340,0:43:19.187
because the Lord asked him to, right?
0:43:19.187,0:43:22.800
That mountain is where, as Samantha
0:43:22.800,0:43:28.868
just read, it was told,[br]"The Lord will..."?
0:43:28.868,0:43:30.233
(Derek, Team) "...provide."
0:43:30.233,0:43:31.826
(Derek) Do you know what that is,
0:43:31.826,0:43:33.617
anybody, in Hebrew?
0:43:33.617,0:43:36.054
(Team) Jehovah Jireh.
0:43:36.054,0:43:37.790
(Derek) Yeah, Yahweh Yireh
0:43:37.790,0:43:41.216
or Jehovah Jireh, "The Lord Will Provide."
0:43:41.216,0:43:44.567
That was pointing forward to what event
0:43:44.567,0:43:47.960
that would happen on the same mountain?!
0:43:47.960,0:43:50.238
(Team) Crucifixion of Jesus.
0:43:50.238,0:43:51.843
(Derek) The crucifixion of Jesus.
0:43:51.843,0:43:55.277
Let's go to the story, and, John, if you
0:43:55.277,0:43:56.649
could begin reading.
0:43:56.649,0:43:58.579
We'll have several of you read.
0:43:58.579,0:44:00.100
And we could take Matthew, Mark,
0:44:00.100,0:44:01.538
Luke or John, but we're going
0:44:01.538,0:44:05.421
to the Gospel of Mark, chapter 15,
0:44:05.421,0:44:08.810
and I want you to think with me.
0:44:08.810,0:44:11.626
We're talking here about Longing
0:44:11.626,0:44:15.010
for God in Zion, and I'm thinking,
0:44:15.010,0:44:18.588
as we read this, of the admonition,
0:44:18.588,0:44:20.187
"It would be good for us to spend
0:44:20.187,0:44:22.211
a thoughtful hour each day
0:44:22.211,0:44:23.960
contemplating the life of Christ,
0:44:23.960,0:44:27.494
especially the closing scenes."
0:44:27.494,0:44:28.851
So, we're going to read some
0:44:28.851,0:44:30.729
of the closing scenes.
0:44:30.729,0:44:34.493
We ought to then say, "Oh, I'm
0:44:34.493,0:44:35.908
looking to Mount Zion.
0:44:35.908,0:44:39.161
I'm looking to the place where God will,
0:44:39.161,0:44:42.636
now God has, provided," right?
0:44:42.636,0:44:45.483
Let's start in Mark, chapter 15,
0:44:45.483,0:44:47.954
verses 16 through 20, John.
0:44:47.954,0:44:50.430
(John) Mark 15, verses 16 to 20,
0:44:50.430,0:44:52.827
in the English Standard Version reads:
0:45:32.339,0:45:33.901
(Derek) Tricia Lee, if you could
0:45:33.901,0:45:37.489
follow on for us in verses 21 to 26.
0:45:37.489,0:45:41.235
My heart is already saying, "Oh, God,
0:45:41.235,0:45:44.723
what Jesus suffered for us."
0:45:44.723,0:45:47.209
Let's read on in the story, if you'd read
0:45:47.209,0:45:52.305
for us verses 21 to 26 of Mark 15.
0:45:52.305,0:45:55.071
(Tricia Lee) Reading from the New[br]King James Version:
0:46:41.830,0:46:43.501
(Derek) So, here is an amazing part
0:46:43.501,0:46:47.297
of the story, a man named Simon comes.
0:46:47.297,0:46:48.949
And by the way, did you notice
0:46:48.949,0:46:51.667
it tells us his two sons' names?
0:46:51.667,0:46:52.843
Why would it tell us
0:46:52.843,0:46:54.094
the names of his two sons?
0:46:54.094,0:46:57.290
Why does it even tell us his name?
0:46:57.290,0:46:59.557
Except, on that mountain his life
0:46:59.557,0:47:02.613
was transformed, and he became
0:47:02.613,0:47:04.936
a follower of Jesus.
0:47:04.936,0:47:06.464
Something amazing happening
0:47:06.464,0:47:07.946
on the mountain.
0:47:07.946,0:47:11.247
I'm going to ask Sabina if you'd continue
0:47:11.247,0:47:14.097
reading - this is sacred space for us -
0:47:14.097,0:47:16.347
verses 27 to 32.
0:47:16.347,0:47:18.496
This is the mountain where it
0:47:18.496,0:47:21.297
was prophesied 2,000 years earlier,
0:47:21.297,0:47:23.476
"The Lord will provide."
0:47:23.476,0:47:27.841
This is the mountain where the temple
0:47:27.841,0:47:32.545
once stood, and they looked to Mount Zion.
0:47:32.545,0:47:33.740
Now, we're on Mount Zion,
0:47:33.740,0:47:38.863
and what do we hear in verses 27 to 32?
0:47:38.863,0:47:40.033
(Sabina) I'll be reading
0:47:40.033,0:47:42.491
from the New King James Version,[br]and it says:
0:48:30.925,0:48:32.737
(Derek) We talked about that one thief
0:48:32.737,0:48:34.167
who said, "Lord, remember me,"
0:48:34.167,0:48:36.488
but at first it says even the thieves,
0:48:36.488,0:48:38.457
both of them, reviled Him.
0:48:38.457,0:48:40.707
Tendi, could you read the last portion
0:48:40.707,0:48:42.747
of our reading from Mark 15,
0:48:42.747,0:48:46.091
verses 33 to 39?
0:48:46.091,0:48:47.387
(Tendi) And I'll be reading
0:48:47.387,0:48:51.850
from the English Standard Version,[br]Mark 15:33-39:
0:50:09.027,0:50:12.178
(Derek) It happened on the mountain,
0:50:12.178,0:50:14.910
the mountain where, 2,000 years earlier,
0:50:14.910,0:50:16.208
the promise had been given,
0:50:16.208,0:50:18.436
"The Lord will provide."
0:50:18.436,0:50:19.510
But what else happened
0:50:19.510,0:50:20.894
on the mountain, Puia,
0:50:20.894,0:50:23.744
besides the sacrifice to take away
0:50:23.744,0:50:25.459
the sins of the world, that all
0:50:25.459,0:50:27.827
who believe in Him might not perish
0:50:27.827,0:50:29.292
but have everlasting life?
0:50:29.292,0:50:31.167
What else happened on the mountain?
0:50:31.167,0:50:32.615
(Puia) That was also the place
0:50:32.615,0:50:34.304
where He was resurrected.
0:50:34.304,0:50:36.217
He was resurrected on the third day.
0:50:36.217,0:50:38.028
He came back to life.
0:50:38.028,0:50:39.711
(Derek) Let's go to Luke 23, if you
0:50:39.711,0:50:41.303
could read the last verses
0:50:41.303,0:50:43.615
of chapter 23 for us.
0:50:43.615,0:50:46.766
And then I'm going to ask Gladys if you'd
0:50:46.766,0:50:49.899
read the first verses of chapter 24.
0:50:49.899,0:50:51.001
We could read from many
0:50:51.001,0:50:52.566
of the Gospel writers,
0:50:52.566,0:50:57.233
but Luke 23, verses 50 to 56.
0:50:57.233,0:50:58.482
(Puia) And I'll be reading
0:50:58.482,0:51:00.180
from the New King James Version:
0:51:49.910,0:51:51.913
(Derek) But the story is not over, Gladys.
0:51:51.913,0:51:52.871
If you could pick up
0:51:52.871,0:51:57.863
in chapter 24, verses 1
0:51:57.863,0:52:01.994
through, let's see, maybe 1 through 8?
0:52:01.994,0:52:04.898
And just remember, this is also happening
0:52:04.898,0:52:06.905
on the mountain where it was prophesied,
0:52:06.905,0:52:08.727
"The Lord will provide."
0:52:08.727,0:52:09.790
(Gladys) I am reading
0:52:09.790,0:52:12.113
from the New International Version,[br]and it says:
0:53:04.358,0:53:06.414
(Derek) So, on the mountain,
0:53:06.414,0:53:08.524
God provided through the death
0:53:08.524,0:53:10.138
and resurrection of Jesus.
0:53:10.138,0:53:13.110
So, let me ask you, as Christians, and I'm
0:53:13.110,0:53:15.507
going to ask Gleny a question here,
0:53:15.507,0:53:18.865
as a follower of Jesus, we don't look
0:53:18.865,0:53:20.994
to a temple on a mountain.
0:53:20.994,0:53:24.360
What does it mean to us as Christians
0:53:24.360,0:53:26.684
to look to Mount Zion?
0:53:26.684,0:53:28.421
(Gleny) I would assume that it means
0:53:28.421,0:53:32.642
to see how God has provided in the past
0:53:32.642,0:53:34.714
and provided for redemption
0:53:34.714,0:53:37.164
and to see that He is able to do
0:53:37.164,0:53:39.588
the same for us even today.
0:53:39.588,0:53:41.252
(Derek) Okay, anybody else?
0:53:41.252,0:53:44.011
Kylynda, to look to Mount Zion?
0:53:44.011,0:53:45.621
(Kylynda) The psalmists found joy
0:53:45.621,0:53:47.294
going to Mount Zion.
0:53:47.294,0:53:49.998
These people went from perplexion
0:53:49.998,0:53:51.971
to joy as they gathered.
0:53:51.971,0:53:54.978
As we look to Heaven, you know, the future
0:53:54.978,0:53:57.949
where we will one day be next to God,
0:53:57.949,0:53:58.881
and there will be
0:53:58.881,0:54:01.061
absolutely no separation,
0:54:01.061,0:54:02.824
we will also have joy.
0:54:02.824,0:54:04.822
(Derek) And that's kind of[br]looking forward,
0:54:04.822,0:54:05.657
and that's good;
0:54:05.657,0:54:07.835
we want to look to the New Zion,
0:54:07.835,0:54:10.044
or New Jerusalem, but, Sabina,
0:54:10.044,0:54:14.212
by faith, looking, keeping my eyes
0:54:14.212,0:54:15.789
fixed on Mount Zion,
0:54:15.789,0:54:18.562
what do you think that means?
0:54:18.562,0:54:20.146
(Sabina) For me, it means looking
0:54:20.146,0:54:22.895
to victory, you know, as we journey
0:54:22.895,0:54:24.295
through this life, as we walk
0:54:24.295,0:54:26.408
into the eternal Zion,
0:54:26.408,0:54:28.245
like in the heavenly dwelling
0:54:28.245,0:54:29.584
of God for eternity.
0:54:29.584,0:54:31.878
I, in the meantime, just look
0:54:31.878,0:54:34.362
to the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus
0:54:34.362,0:54:37.024
that took place on this Mount Zion,
0:54:37.024,0:54:39.032
and I'm reminded that Jesus wins,
0:54:39.032,0:54:40.220
you know, like He won it.
0:54:40.220,0:54:43.265
I just need to stay by Him,
0:54:43.265,0:54:44.602
and that's all good.
0:54:44.602,0:54:46.159
(Derek) Isn't there a Bible text
0:54:46.159,0:54:49.669
that says, "Fixing our eyes..."?
0:54:49.669,0:54:52.995
(Derek, Team) "...on Jesus, the author...
0:54:52.995,0:54:54.326
(Team) "...and finisher..."
0:54:54.326,0:54:56.932
(Derek) "...and perfecter," or finisher[br]"of our faith."
0:54:56.932,0:54:59.803
To keep our eyes fixed on Mount Zion
0:54:59.803,0:55:04.248
is to say God provided all that we need
0:55:04.248,0:55:06.252
through Jesus, and I'm going
0:55:06.252,0:55:08.335
to keep my attention focused there.
0:55:08.335,0:55:10.428
But Kylynda is right, there is
0:55:10.428,0:55:12.840
also a New Jerusalem.
0:55:12.840,0:55:17.018
There is, if you will, a New Zion,
0:55:17.018,0:55:18.735
the mountain of God,
0:55:18.735,0:55:21.169
and that is portrayed...and, Kylynda,
0:55:21.169,0:55:22.736
maybe as we close our study,
0:55:22.736,0:55:25.009
you can read from Revelation,
0:55:25.009,0:55:29.085
chapter 21, verses 1 to 4,
0:55:29.085,0:55:31.858
and let's talk about that.
0:55:31.858,0:55:33.833
Because of what happened
0:55:33.833,0:55:38.607
on Mount Zion 2,000 years ago,
0:55:38.607,0:55:41.041
we have assurance of a blessed hope.
0:55:41.041,0:55:44.255
Read to us Revelation 21:1-4.
0:55:44.255,0:55:46.404
(Kylynda) From the New King James Version:
0:56:38.967,0:56:39.902
(Derek) Praise God.
0:56:39.902,0:56:42.737
I want to speak to our Hope Sabbath School[br]family,
0:56:42.737,0:56:45.851
and I just want to say, that blessed hope
0:56:45.851,0:56:47.801
happens because of what happened
0:56:47.801,0:56:50.025
through Jesus on Mount Zion.
0:56:50.025,0:56:51.485
It happens because of what was
0:56:51.485,0:56:53.061
promised through Abraham,
0:56:53.061,0:56:56.286
that the Lord will provide.
0:56:56.286,0:56:59.207
And I want to encourage you to look
0:56:59.207,0:57:00.746
to what God has done
0:57:00.746,0:57:03.436
through Jesus, for you, so that you
0:57:03.436,0:57:04.742
can have the blessed hope
0:57:04.742,0:57:07.204
of being in that New Jerusalem
0:57:07.204,0:57:09.347
and spending eternity
0:57:09.347,0:57:10.502
with a God who loves you
0:57:10.502,0:57:13.280
with an immeasurable and unfailing love.
0:57:13.280,0:57:14.256
Let's pray together.
0:57:14.256,0:57:16.348
Father in Heaven, thank You
0:57:16.348,0:57:20.659
for what Jesus accomplished on Mount Zion.
0:57:20.659,0:57:22.989
Thank You for the blessed hope
0:57:22.989,0:57:26.271
we have in Him even today.
0:57:26.271,0:57:28.966
In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
0:57:28.966,0:57:29.958
(Team) Amen.
0:57:29.958,0:57:31.515
(Derek) I want to encourage you,
0:57:31.515,0:57:33.473
dear friend, if you've never accepted
0:57:33.473,0:57:35.517
what Jesus accomplished for you,
0:57:35.517,0:57:39.626
the Lord has provided, trust Him today.
0:57:39.626,0:57:41.650
Say, "Lord, will You save me,
0:57:41.650,0:57:43.817
so that I can have that blessed hope
0:57:43.817,0:57:44.872
of eternity with You."
0:57:44.872,0:57:46.922
And then don't keep it to yourself.
0:57:46.922,0:57:49.316
Go out and share that good news
0:57:49.316,0:57:50.751
with those around you.
0:57:50.751,0:58:28.362
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