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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
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,
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
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,
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
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,
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
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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?
Yes, Pedro.
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(Pedro) "I'd rather be a doorkeeper
in God's house
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than to be with the wicked."
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(Derek) Yeah, just like, "Give me
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basic operation," you know,
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I'll be a doorkeeper "than dwell
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in the tents of wickedness," right?
Tricia Lee.
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(Tricia Lee) I love in verse 6 it mentions
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the Valley of Baca, which can
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also be translated the "Valley
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of Weeping," but it says that God
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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
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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.
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There are several of the psalmists
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who express a longing for God,
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and in Psalm 63, we find
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another testimony, and I believe
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this is a psalm of David, right?
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And it's interesting, Gladys,
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if you could take us and look
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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
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probably running from King Saul, right?
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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,
and it says:
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(Derek) Do you see the earnestness
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there in the psalmist?
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Kylynda, if you could keep reading
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verses 6 through 8, still in Psalm 63,
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a psalm of David.
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(Kylynda) I'll read
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from the New King James Version, verse 6:
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(Derek) "Come close to me," I mean,
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if God's right hand, and, Pedro,
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you often talk about the imagery
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of the Psalms, right, so you say
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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?
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The intimacy of God, right?
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He's an immanent God; He's not far away
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if His right hand is supporting us.
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But probably one of the best known psalms
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that speaks about a longing for God,
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Geoffrey, if you could go...
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This is probably one
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that many people could sing,
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different musical arrangements,
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Psalm 42, verses 1 and 2.
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Let's see, again the sons of Korah,
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how they describe a longing for God.
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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about such an earnest longing for God?
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What are your thoughts, anybody?
Yes, Gleny.
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(Gleny) I'm sure many of you
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have experienced this, but when you
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care for someone or you generally enjoy
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someone's companionship or company,
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it doesn't matter where you are
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or what you are doing.
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It can be the most menial task
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or even the strangest mission,
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but just having them around
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is such a pleasure.
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So, in all of this you can see David
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and the sons of Korah and everyone
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explaining that same amount
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of appreciation they have
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for the company of God.
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(Derek) So, I appreciate you sharing that.
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I have a confession to make.
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While Gleny was saying that,
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I was thinking about when I'm separated
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from my wife and coming back
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to be with her, even if we're
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washing dishes or doing something,
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I forget what word Gleny used,
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but something kind of menial, you know,
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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.
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It's like when Peter, when he was sinking,
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all he had time to say
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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
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actually something that he wanted
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to do every day, right, "cause me
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to hear Your lovingkindness."
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We have 17 hands raised right now,
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but this is an important topic.
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I'm trying to get to everyone.
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Short responses, yeah, how do you relate
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to that deep longing?
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(Gladys) I like that verse in Psalm 42
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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,
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she cannot move because she has
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the baby close to her.
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So she makes this sound
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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
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that God wants us to have for Him...
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(Derek) That's a new insight to me.
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(Gladys) Yeah, that it's
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just like a need, that He wants us
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to be like the part that moves
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the whole body towards Him.
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(Derek) Kylynda.
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(Kylynda) Earnest longing is intentional.
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It's not dictated by the circumstance
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or even the feeling.
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You know, David is running away;
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it's not a great circumstance.
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Psalm 42, the psalmist is depressed,
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in Psalm 143, the psalmist is anxious,
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so it's intentional.
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(Derek) It's intentional and it's
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not dependent on the circumstance,
as you're saying.
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So, I want to give someone else
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who's raised their hand,
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but answer another question
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because we've got to move on.
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So, I see Sabina waving to me,
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and I see another hand raised,
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but, Sabina, help me with this.
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And I don't know the answer
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that you will give, but who has
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modeled for you, someone who has
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an earnest longing for God?
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Many of us may not have grown up
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with someone like that very close to us.
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Where did you find someone
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that really modeled that for you,
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and you said, "I'm catching a glimpse
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of what that looks like," what we've
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been reading about in the Psalms?
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(Sabina) Derek, I'm thinking
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of some experiences I had in my church
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back in Brazil, I know,
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from my teenage years
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up until I was 26, 27.
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I was very involved in a ministry
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that involved worship and creative arts.
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And I had lots of children
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that were part of it.
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And for me, it was always very inspiring
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to see the way that they
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were experiencing God, in that they
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would also be able to express
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in their praise, in their art,
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in their poetry, the ways
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in which they saw God work in their lives.
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So, for me, even though they were
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younger than I, in some ways that was
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modeling to me some sort
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of pure longing to God
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that marked my life.
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(Derek) Isn't that beautiful?
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Little boys and girls become mentors.
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Jesus said we have
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to become like the little children,
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but just that earnest longing for God.
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Someone else, who really modeled
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that for you? Yes, Puia.
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(Puia) Pastor Derek, I would say one
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of the people who have modeled
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a good example for me is you, actually,
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having worked with you
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inside and outside of the studio.
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I really appreciate
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the life that you live.
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(Derek) Well, I'm desperate for God,
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and we all know where
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we would be without Him, right?
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So, "As the deer pants," new insight,
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"Hhuh, hhuh," for the water,
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so pants my soul for you, O God."
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So, I have a question for you:
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Is this deep longing for God
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something that can be developed?
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You used the word intentional, Kylynda.
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Or, is it a gift from God?
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You say, wait, that kind of intimacy...
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What's the answer?
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What do you think, Pedro?
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(Pedro) Looking toward society today,
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humanity searches for God,
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and unfortunately many of them
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seek God in things
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instead of His presence.
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So I think God has put in our hearts
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the desire for Him.
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(Derek) So, that would be
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a gift, then, wouldn't it?
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But, Kylynda, let me come back
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to the word intentional, because I think
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Pedro makes a really good point,
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that we're, like, dead
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in trespasses and sin,
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so God calls us as a gift?
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Where does our intentionality come in?
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(Kylynda) It's both.
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As Pedro mentioned, it's a gift
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from God in that initial spark,
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and we read in Psalm 84, they said
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the person is blessed "whose heart
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is set on pilgrimage."
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So, there has to be...you know,
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God is desiring towards us,
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and then we have to accept that
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and seek His face as well.
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(Derek) I wish we could stay here longer,
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but I'm going to have to ask us
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to move to Psalm 122,
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because part of longing for God
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back in the time of the children of Israel
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was going up to the house of the Lord.
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And we want to look at that,
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but then we want to ask ourselves
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what does that mean for us today?
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So, Tendi, if you could take us there
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in Psalm 122 and read
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the first nine verses,
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I want you to notice what emotions
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the worshipers experience as they're
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going up to the house of the Lord.
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(Tendi) And I'll be reading
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from the English Standard Version,
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Psalm 122, verses 1 to 9,
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"A Song of Ascents. Of David," verse 1:
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(Derek) So, they're going up, by the way,
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literally because Jerusalem's
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at about 2,500-feet elevation,
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so Mount Zion is mount, right,
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so going up and they're rejoicing.
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What is it about the house of the Lord
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that is so precious
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to the believers, anybody?
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Yes, it's not just a nice building, right,
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like, go on a tour and see
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the nice construction.
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It was very impressive
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until it was destroyed, but what was it,
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Puia, about the house of the Lord
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that made it so special?
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(Puia) I believe the presence of God
00:28:30.840 --> 00:28:34.778
was the main thing that attracted them.
00:28:34.778 --> 00:28:38.995
And everything that the Israelites did
00:28:38.995 --> 00:28:40.861
around the sanctuary, or their lives
00:28:40.861 --> 00:28:43.122
in the bigger picture, revolves
00:28:43.122 --> 00:28:46.662
around the sanctuary service.
00:28:46.662 --> 00:28:50.120
So I believe David is glad, as he said,
00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:52.260
"I was glad when they said, 'Let us go
00:28:52.260 --> 00:28:54.198
to the house of God,'" because there you
00:28:54.198 --> 00:28:56.670
can experience the presence of God.
00:28:56.670 --> 00:28:59.559
(Derek) Before they even built a temple,
00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.981
where did the presence
00:29:00.981 --> 00:29:03.401
of the Lord dwell, do you remember?
00:29:03.401 --> 00:29:04.649
(Gladys) In the sanctuary.
00:29:04.649 --> 00:29:07.117
(Derek) In the tabernacle, right?
00:29:07.117 --> 00:29:10.496
And how did the Lord reveal His presence?
00:29:10.496 --> 00:29:11.762
Sabina, do you remember?
00:29:11.762 --> 00:29:14.341
How did the Lord reveal His presence
00:29:14.341 --> 00:29:17.260
even when it was a tent or a tabernacle
00:29:17.260 --> 00:29:19.330
in the wilderness?
00:29:19.330 --> 00:29:21.728
(Sabina) Yes, there was special furniture
00:29:21.728 --> 00:29:23.006
and rituals that had been
00:29:23.006 --> 00:29:25.411
around the sanctuary, so definitely one
00:29:25.411 --> 00:29:27.030
of the places where the Bible says
00:29:27.030 --> 00:29:28.695
that He was revealing or expressing
00:29:28.695 --> 00:29:30.384
His presence was in the Ark
00:29:30.384 --> 00:29:33.577
of the Covenant where, for instance,
00:29:33.577 --> 00:29:35.846
the Law of God was kept.
00:29:35.846 --> 00:29:37.994
But I think for them, the rejoicing also
00:29:37.994 --> 00:29:41.242
of going to Zion or going to the temple
00:29:41.242 --> 00:29:43.259
when it was built, I believe,
00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:45.276
was also involved with the opportunity
00:29:45.276 --> 00:29:47.133
they had to partake
00:29:47.133 --> 00:29:49.901
in the sacrificial system that God
00:29:49.901 --> 00:29:52.218
had implemented as a reminder
00:29:52.218 --> 00:29:55.120
of His forgiveness.
00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:59.298
So, for us it is now pointing to Jesus,
00:29:59.298 --> 00:30:02.135
but I imagine back in their day also
00:30:02.135 --> 00:30:05.187
it was a memorial of the availability
00:30:05.187 --> 00:30:07.275
of pardon from God, that God was willing
00:30:07.275 --> 00:30:09.548
to forgive and renew
00:30:09.548 --> 00:30:11.617
their relationship with Him.
00:30:11.617 --> 00:30:13.182
(Derek) So, I just want to focus
00:30:13.182 --> 00:30:15.188
here first, you mentioned the furniture,
00:30:15.188 --> 00:30:19.692
but between the cherubim
00:30:19.692 --> 00:30:23.616
in the most holy place of the tabernacle,
00:30:23.616 --> 00:30:25.761
what was it called, John, do you remember?
00:30:25.761 --> 00:30:30.489
The visible presence of God, the glory
of God was called the...?
00:30:30.489 --> 00:30:31.550
(John) Shekinah Glory.
00:30:31.550 --> 00:30:32.858
(Derek) The Shekinah Glory.
00:30:32.858 --> 00:30:35.113
And by the way, the glory of God,
00:30:35.113 --> 00:30:37.195
while no one could look upon that,
00:30:37.195 --> 00:30:39.212
there was a curtain there, right,
00:30:39.212 --> 00:30:43.672
but it was undoubtedly visible,
00:30:43.672 --> 00:30:46.784
though covered, the glory of God.
00:30:46.784 --> 00:30:49.408
When they built the temple, how was
00:30:49.408 --> 00:30:51.671
the glory of God revealed in the temple,
00:30:51.671 --> 00:30:53.346
Solomon's temple, do you remember?
00:30:53.346 --> 00:30:55.959
(Gladys) Glory of the Lord filled
the temple with smoke.
00:30:55.959 --> 00:30:58.202
(Derek) At the dedication, the glory
of the Lord
00:30:58.202 --> 00:30:59.949
filled the temple.
00:30:59.949 --> 00:31:03.304
Interestingly, the temple was destroyed,
00:31:03.304 --> 00:31:06.413
rebuilt, and then refurbished by Herod,
00:31:06.413 --> 00:31:08.599
but never is there an account of the glory
00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:10.550
of the Lord filling that temple.
00:31:10.550 --> 00:31:13.397
When did the glory of the Lord
00:31:13.397 --> 00:31:16.435
fill the temple that we call the temple
00:31:16.435 --> 00:31:19.177
in the time of Herod?
00:31:19.177 --> 00:31:21.578
(Derek, Team) When Jesus came in.
00:31:21.578 --> 00:31:22.957
(Derek) The glory of the Lord
00:31:22.957 --> 00:31:24.150
filled the temple.
00:31:24.150 --> 00:31:25.866
Now, we don't have the temple today.
00:31:25.866 --> 00:31:27.110
We don't have a tabernacle
00:31:27.110 --> 00:31:28.466
in the wilderness,
00:31:28.466 --> 00:31:30.103
so we don't have a place where you
00:31:30.103 --> 00:31:31.125
can say, "Why are you
00:31:31.125 --> 00:31:32.342
looking so happy, Tendi?"
00:31:32.342 --> 00:31:34.366
"Well, I'm going to the house
of the Lord."
00:31:34.366 --> 00:31:35.756
Well, I'd be happy; I'd see
00:31:35.756 --> 00:31:37.174
the very visible presence
00:31:37.174 --> 00:31:38.841
of the glory of God.
00:31:38.841 --> 00:31:42.853
So, help me, Tricia Lee, if you would,
00:31:42.853 --> 00:31:43.943
where is the house
00:31:43.943 --> 00:31:47.241
of the Lord for us today?
00:31:47.241 --> 00:31:49.673
Is it a geographic location?
00:31:49.673 --> 00:31:51.025
Is it an experience?
00:31:51.025 --> 00:31:52.967
What do you think, so that you can
00:31:52.967 --> 00:31:56.200
say to me, "Derek, I'm glad when they
00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:58.444
tell me, 'Let's go to the house
of the Lord.'"?
00:31:58.444 --> 00:31:59.987
What would you say?
00:31:59.987 --> 00:32:01.460
(Tricia Lee) I'd say it's both,
00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:03.570
because we know that the Father,
00:32:03.570 --> 00:32:06.462
whom we have not met as yet,
00:32:06.462 --> 00:32:09.546
dwells in the throne room in Heaven,
00:32:09.546 --> 00:32:11.896
but through the power of the Holy Spirit,
00:32:11.896 --> 00:32:13.512
God can dwell in our hearts.
00:32:13.512 --> 00:32:15.827
And so, we're also told in Scripture
00:32:15.827 --> 00:32:17.689
that, "Know ye not that ye are
00:32:17.689 --> 00:32:20.486
the temple of God," and so the Holy Spirit
00:32:20.486 --> 00:32:24.150
can live in us as we accept Jesus,
00:32:24.150 --> 00:32:26.505
and we get that "down payment,"
if you would,
00:32:26.505 --> 00:32:27.947
through the Holy Spirit.
00:32:27.947 --> 00:32:30.868
And we can be living temples
00:32:30.868 --> 00:32:33.795
for His glory, so I say it's both.
00:32:33.795 --> 00:32:37.810
(Derek) Tricia Lee, you made my head spin,
00:32:37.810 --> 00:32:40.233
because I've never thought of that,
00:32:40.233 --> 00:32:43.552
but if God dwells in my heart,
00:32:43.552 --> 00:32:45.135
Christ makes His home with me -
00:32:45.135 --> 00:32:46.954
He says, "We will come to you
00:32:46.954 --> 00:32:48.792
by the Holy Spirit" - that means
00:32:48.792 --> 00:32:51.800
when I spend time with the One
00:32:51.800 --> 00:32:53.907
who dwells with me,
00:32:53.907 --> 00:32:56.347
I am in the house of the Lord.
00:32:56.347 --> 00:32:58.742
Whew, that made my head spin. Pedro.
00:32:58.742 --> 00:33:00.215
(Pedro) We've been looking here
00:33:00.215 --> 00:33:03.196
to the house of God as not only telling us
00:33:03.196 --> 00:33:05.224
that we long for Him, but He also longs
00:33:05.224 --> 00:33:07.950
for us, to be with us.
00:33:07.950 --> 00:33:09.619
And we see here, through the symbol
00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:11.819
of the tabernacle, God longed
00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:14.949
to be with us, and through the Holy Spirit
00:33:14.949 --> 00:33:16.690
He longs for us to be with Him
00:33:16.690 --> 00:33:18.559
and also be together
00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:21.064
as we preach the gospel.
00:33:21.064 --> 00:33:22.907
That's why the Holy Spirit
00:33:22.907 --> 00:33:23.916
is being given to us,
00:33:23.916 --> 00:33:27.281
so we can finish the work through Him,
00:33:27.281 --> 00:33:29.407
and we can be with Him forever.
00:33:29.407 --> 00:33:31.657
(Derek) Okay, I see Gleny, I see
00:33:31.657 --> 00:33:33.576
your hand raised, and Sabina, too.
00:33:33.576 --> 00:33:35.172
Let me just ask a question,
00:33:35.172 --> 00:33:38.890
can a church where we go to worship
00:33:38.890 --> 00:33:41.525
each week be the house of the Lord for us?
00:33:41.525 --> 00:33:44.052
(Team) Yes.
00:33:44.052 --> 00:33:46.736
(Derek) But not automatically, right?
00:33:46.736 --> 00:33:48.052
But it could be,
00:33:48.052 --> 00:33:49.339
if we're meeting God there.
00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:50.931
I see many hands raised.
00:33:50.931 --> 00:33:53.304
I'm going to go to Gleny and Sabina first
00:33:53.304 --> 00:33:54.914
and then come back to the studio.
00:33:54.914 --> 00:33:58.997
Gleny, talk to me about where the house
00:33:58.997 --> 00:34:02.165
of the Lord is for us today.
00:34:02.165 --> 00:34:03.809
(Gleny) I was just about to give
00:34:03.809 --> 00:34:06.630
a comment on that, too, where God
00:34:06.630 --> 00:34:08.915
is seen in our midst whenever there is
00:34:08.915 --> 00:34:10.835
a congregation of believers,
00:34:10.835 --> 00:34:13.932
like in Matthew 18, verse 20, it says:
00:34:20.327 --> 00:34:22.012
Not just gathering for no reason,
00:34:22.012 --> 00:34:23.841
but when we are like-minded,
00:34:23.841 --> 00:34:26.954
and you see that in the book of Acts, too,
00:34:26.954 --> 00:34:31.081
when people laid their differences aside,
00:34:31.081 --> 00:34:33.896
and came together and had
00:34:33.896 --> 00:34:35.485
the Holy Spirit work with them,
00:34:35.485 --> 00:34:39.237
you can see God was in their midst.
00:34:39.237 --> 00:34:40.907
(Derek) That's a powerful thought.
00:34:40.907 --> 00:34:44.172
It suggests that the house of the Lord
00:34:44.172 --> 00:34:46.828
doesn't have to be a physical building.
00:34:46.828 --> 00:34:48.747
It can be when the Lord is in our midst.
00:34:48.747 --> 00:34:50.816
Sabina, you want to add to that?
00:34:50.816 --> 00:34:51.632
Where's the house
00:34:51.632 --> 00:34:54.402
of the Lord for us today?
00:34:54.402 --> 00:34:56.629
(Sabina) Yes, what I want to add is that I
00:34:56.629 --> 00:34:58.408
just think it's so beautiful that God
00:34:58.408 --> 00:34:59.983
makes sure not to attach that
00:34:59.983 --> 00:35:02.327
necessarily to a geographic place
00:35:02.327 --> 00:35:04.146
or a time or a country,
00:35:04.146 --> 00:35:05.854
so that it's accessible
00:35:05.854 --> 00:35:09.291
to any person in any time.
00:35:09.291 --> 00:35:11.601
Even our church buildings
00:35:11.601 --> 00:35:13.056
that we treasure, and they are
00:35:13.056 --> 00:35:14.967
important also, the places for gathering
00:35:14.967 --> 00:35:17.182
where we can invite people together,
00:35:17.182 --> 00:35:19.048
they unfortunately can become,
00:35:19.048 --> 00:35:21.090
just like Jesus mentioned back in the day
00:35:21.090 --> 00:35:22.946
about their temple, "a den of robbers,"
00:35:22.946 --> 00:35:24.570
right, like a place where there is
00:35:24.570 --> 00:35:26.457
no glory or presence of God,
00:35:26.457 --> 00:35:28.920
if we are not personally seeking God
00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:31.485
in the true temple that is ourselves.
00:35:31.485 --> 00:35:34.578
So, even those places where we gather,
00:35:34.578 --> 00:35:37.482
it's important that we primarily develop
00:35:37.482 --> 00:35:39.291
that personal relationship with Jesus,
00:35:39.291 --> 00:35:41.346
then we come to share about it,
00:35:41.346 --> 00:35:43.344
because just being in a building
00:35:43.344 --> 00:35:44.714
in the name of God
00:35:44.714 --> 00:35:46.468
doesn't really grant that He is
00:35:46.468 --> 00:35:48.849
willing to be there - well, He is willing,
00:35:48.849 --> 00:35:51.016
but that He will be there
00:35:51.016 --> 00:35:53.125
if we don't allow it.
00:35:53.125 --> 00:35:54.657
(Derek) So, there's so much more
00:35:54.657 --> 00:35:56.370
we could share about this,
00:35:56.370 --> 00:35:58.186
but certainly we would agree
00:35:58.186 --> 00:36:00.388
that when we come into God's presence,
00:36:00.388 --> 00:36:02.432
whether it's personal worship
00:36:02.432 --> 00:36:04.682
with the Spirit dwelling in our hearts
00:36:04.682 --> 00:36:06.717
or in a group of two or three,
00:36:06.717 --> 00:36:08.682
that we can experience joy when we come
00:36:08.682 --> 00:36:10.205
to the house of the Lord, right?
00:36:10.205 --> 00:36:11.621
Absolutely we can.
00:36:11.621 --> 00:36:14.533
But there is also in the Psalms
00:36:14.533 --> 00:36:17.694
a reference to the significance
00:36:17.694 --> 00:36:20.979
of a specific geographic location.
00:36:20.979 --> 00:36:24.347
And I want to just take a moment to look
00:36:24.347 --> 00:36:28.782
at Mount Zion and what the significance
00:36:28.782 --> 00:36:33.426
of Mount Zion is in salvation history.
00:36:33.426 --> 00:36:35.455
So, Geoffrey, if you could take us
00:36:35.455 --> 00:36:38.911
to Psalm 87 and read
00:36:38.911 --> 00:36:40.099
the first three verses,
00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:41.187
we're going to look
00:36:41.187 --> 00:36:43.924
at four psalms together that speak
00:36:43.924 --> 00:36:45.953
about the significance
00:36:45.953 --> 00:36:48.185
of Jerusalem and Mount Zion.
00:36:48.185 --> 00:36:49.841
(Geoffrey) Okay, I'll be reading
00:36:49.841 --> 00:36:51.769
from the English Standard Version:
00:37:06.018 --> 00:37:07.753
(Derek) And if, John, you could read
00:37:07.753 --> 00:37:12.199
following that in Psalm 48, verses 1 to 3.
00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:14.695
Hear the theme, "Glorious things of you
00:37:14.695 --> 00:37:17.096
are spoken, Zion, city of our God."
00:37:17.096 --> 00:37:19.708
What is it about that location?
00:37:19.708 --> 00:37:20.580
(John) I'm reading
00:37:20.580 --> 00:37:22.770
from the English Standard Version,
it reads:
00:37:44.505 --> 00:37:48.485
(Derek) Alright, what about Psalm 46,
00:37:48.485 --> 00:37:49.769
Kylynda, if you could read
00:37:49.769 --> 00:37:52.728
the first seven verses of Psalm 46.
00:37:52.728 --> 00:37:54.502
Now, there are lots of thoughts here,
00:37:54.502 --> 00:37:57.313
but we're listening for the significance
00:37:57.313 --> 00:38:01.649
of this location, Mount Zion.
00:38:01.649 --> 00:38:03.767
(Kylynda) From the New King James Version:
00:38:51.194 --> 00:38:52.784
(Derek) And one last passage,
00:38:52.784 --> 00:38:53.992
Pedro, if you could read
00:38:53.992 --> 00:38:59.112
Psalm 125, verses 1 and 2.
00:38:59.112 --> 00:39:00.327
(Pedro) I'll be reading
00:39:00.327 --> 00:39:01.851
from the New King James Version.
00:39:01.851 --> 00:39:03.737
Psalm 125, verse 1, says:
00:39:21.163 --> 00:39:22.417
(Derek) So, we're up there
00:39:22.417 --> 00:39:26.772
in the mountains, and there is Mount Zion.
00:39:26.772 --> 00:39:28.263
There's more significance
00:39:28.263 --> 00:39:29.202
than just that it's
00:39:29.202 --> 00:39:31.295
the capital city, right?
00:39:31.295 --> 00:39:33.089
I mean, it is the capital up there;
00:39:33.089 --> 00:39:34.817
Jerusalem is there, right?
00:39:34.817 --> 00:39:37.631
But there's something more significant
00:39:37.631 --> 00:39:41.609
about that geographic location.
00:39:41.609 --> 00:39:44.344
Somebody do a scan
00:39:44.344 --> 00:39:47.078
of the Book of Beginnings;
00:39:47.078 --> 00:39:49.377
it's called Genesis.
00:39:49.377 --> 00:39:51.381
We don't have to read the whole story,
00:39:51.381 --> 00:39:55.044
but a patriarch, what was his name...?
00:39:55.044 --> 00:39:55.784
(Team) Abraham.
00:39:55.784 --> 00:39:58.778
(Derek) ...Abraham, first called Abram,
00:39:58.778 --> 00:40:02.454
but after having a son is called Abraham,
00:40:02.454 --> 00:40:07.370
is told to go to a specific location.
00:40:07.370 --> 00:40:09.757
Somebody tell me the story.
00:40:09.757 --> 00:40:11.467
Alright, Gladys, tell us the story.
00:40:11.467 --> 00:40:13.030
By the way, if people would like
00:40:13.030 --> 00:40:17.087
to read it, it's there in Genesis 22.
00:40:17.087 --> 00:40:19.573
But Abraham is told to go
00:40:19.573 --> 00:40:21.843
to a specific location,
00:40:21.843 --> 00:40:23.603
and what is he told to do?
00:40:23.603 --> 00:40:26.722
(Gladys) Well, God promised to give him
00:40:26.722 --> 00:40:30.437
a son, and after the son is born,
00:40:30.437 --> 00:40:33.924
God tells him, "Go to Mount Moriah
00:40:33.924 --> 00:40:36.621
and sacrifice him there for Me."
00:40:36.621 --> 00:40:38.274
And Abraham believed in God,
00:40:38.274 --> 00:40:39.374
even though this was
00:40:39.374 --> 00:40:41.221
this child of the promise,
00:40:41.221 --> 00:40:42.548
and he went to Mount Moriah
00:40:42.548 --> 00:40:44.487
to follow what God said.
00:40:44.487 --> 00:40:46.371
And God delivered him.
00:40:46.371 --> 00:40:49.150
God tested him, and he proved faithful,
00:40:49.150 --> 00:40:52.013
and God provided for Himself a sacrifice.
00:40:52.013 --> 00:40:53.787
(Derek) And if you've read the story,
00:40:53.787 --> 00:40:55.556
and I want to encourage you if you're
00:40:55.556 --> 00:40:57.329
hearing this story for the first time
00:40:57.329 --> 00:40:58.920
to read in Genesis 22,
00:40:58.920 --> 00:41:02.141
what evidences were there, anyone,
00:41:02.141 --> 00:41:05.124
that he was trusting God,
00:41:05.124 --> 00:41:07.038
because this sounds like something
00:41:07.038 --> 00:41:09.457
God would not ask him to do, right?
00:41:09.457 --> 00:41:11.288
But that was something the pagans did;
00:41:11.288 --> 00:41:14.504
they sacrificed their sons and daughters.
00:41:14.504 --> 00:41:16.620
He asked him to be willing
00:41:16.620 --> 00:41:18.387
to lay everything down.
00:41:18.387 --> 00:41:19.863
But can you remember the story,
00:41:19.863 --> 00:41:22.458
any evidences of faith, John?
00:41:22.458 --> 00:41:24.972
(John) In verse 5, Abraham talks
00:41:24.972 --> 00:41:28.387
to his servants and he says:
00:41:33.271 --> 00:41:34.413
(Derek) I like my Bible,
00:41:34.413 --> 00:41:37.443
it says, "We will return," we will return.
00:41:37.443 --> 00:41:38.586
There was another place,
00:41:38.586 --> 00:41:39.669
they're walking along;
00:41:39.669 --> 00:41:43.332
Puia, do you remember, and Isaac says,
00:41:43.332 --> 00:41:45.081
"Wait a minute, father,"
00:41:45.081 --> 00:41:46.630
that's a paraphrase, right?
00:41:46.630 --> 00:41:50.864
"Wait a minute, father, we've got
the wood and the fire..."
00:41:50.864 --> 00:41:52.964
(Team) "Where is the sacrifice, the lamb?"
00:41:52.964 --> 00:41:55.109
(Derek) "Where's the sacrifice, father?"
00:41:55.109 --> 00:41:56.474
And, Puia, do you remember,
00:41:56.474 --> 00:41:58.585
just from memory, the story?
00:41:58.585 --> 00:42:01.621
How does Abraham respond to his son?
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(Puia) I believe he said,
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"The Lord will provide."
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(Derek) "The Lord will
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provide a sacrifice,"
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so here's this word of faith.
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Now, by the way, in the book of Hebrews,
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it says he believed that if necessary
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God would raise his son
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from the dead, right?
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So they get to the mountain,
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and it's the mountain "that you
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will be shown," but it is Mount Moriah.
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Now, some scholars argue, is Mount Moriah
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and Mount Zion the same,
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or they're right in the same vicinity;
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it's right in the same cluster
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right there; it's that location.
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Somebody tell me what happens
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when he raises the knife - he's willing.
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(Samantha) The Angel called out...
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(Derek) Samantha, tell me what happens.
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He raises the knife
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to sacrifice his son Isaac...?
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(Samantha) Verses 11 [and 12]:
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(Derek) I imagine him using
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my favorite Hebrew word...
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I don't know if they were
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speaking Hebrew back then,
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I think they were, "Hallelujah,
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praise the name of Yahweh."
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He was willing to lay everything down
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because the Lord asked him to, right?
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That mountain is where, as Samantha
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just read, it was told,
"The Lord will..."?
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(Derek, Team) "...provide."
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(Derek) Do you know what that is,
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anybody, in Hebrew?
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(Team) Jehovah Jireh.
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(Derek) Yeah, Yahweh Yireh
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or Jehovah Jireh, "The Lord Will Provide."
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That was pointing forward to what event
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that would happen on the same mountain?!
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(Team) Crucifixion of Jesus.
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(Derek) The crucifixion of Jesus.
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Let's go to the story, and, John, if you
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could begin reading.
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We'll have several of you read.
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And we could take Matthew, Mark,
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Luke or John, but we're going
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to the Gospel of Mark, chapter 15,
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and I want you to think with me.
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We're talking here about Longing
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for God in Zion, and I'm thinking,
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as we read this, of the admonition,
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"It would be good for us to spend
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a thoughtful hour each day
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contemplating the life of Christ,
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especially the closing scenes."
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So, we're going to read some
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of the closing scenes.
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We ought to then say, "Oh, I'm
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looking to Mount Zion.
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I'm looking to the place where God will,
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now God has, provided," right?
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Let's start in Mark, chapter 15,
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verses 16 through 20, John.
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(John) Mark 15, verses 16 to 20,
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in the English Standard Version reads:
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(Derek) Tricia Lee, if you could
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follow on for us in verses 21 to 26.
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My heart is already saying, "Oh, God,
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what Jesus suffered for us."
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Let's read on in the story, if you'd read
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for us verses 21 to 26 of Mark 15.
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(Tricia Lee) Reading from the New
King James Version:
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(Derek) So, here is an amazing part
00:46:43.501 --> 00:46:47.297
of the story, a man named Simon comes.
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And by the way, did you notice
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it tells us his two sons' names?
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Why would it tell us
00:46:52.843 --> 00:46:54.094
the names of his two sons?
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Why does it even tell us his name?
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Except, on that mountain his life
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was transformed, and he became
00:47:02.613 --> 00:47:04.936
a follower of Jesus.
00:47:04.936 --> 00:47:06.464
Something amazing happening
00:47:06.464 --> 00:47:07.946
on the mountain.
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I'm going to ask Sabina if you'd continue
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reading - this is sacred space for us -
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verses 27 to 32.
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This is the mountain where it
00:47:18.496 --> 00:47:21.297
was prophesied 2,000 years earlier,
00:47:21.297 --> 00:47:23.476
"The Lord will provide."
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This is the mountain where the temple
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once stood, and they looked to Mount Zion.
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Now, we're on Mount Zion,
00:47:33.740 --> 00:47:38.863
and what do we hear in verses 27 to 32?
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(Sabina) I'll be reading
00:47:40.033 --> 00:47:42.491
from the New King James Version,
and it says:
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(Derek) We talked about that one thief
00:48:32.737 --> 00:48:34.167
who said, "Lord, remember me,"
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but at first it says even the thieves,
00:48:36.488 --> 00:48:38.457
both of them, reviled Him.
00:48:38.457 --> 00:48:40.707
Tendi, could you read the last portion
00:48:40.707 --> 00:48:42.747
of our reading from Mark 15,
00:48:42.747 --> 00:48:46.091
verses 33 to 39?
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(Tendi) And I'll be reading
00:48:47.387 --> 00:48:51.850
from the English Standard Version,
Mark 15:33-39:
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(Derek) It happened on the mountain,
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the mountain where, 2,000 years earlier,
00:50:14.910 --> 00:50:16.208
the promise had been given,
00:50:16.208 --> 00:50:18.436
"The Lord will provide."
00:50:18.436 --> 00:50:19.510
But what else happened
00:50:19.510 --> 00:50:20.894
on the mountain, Puia,
00:50:20.894 --> 00:50:23.744
besides the sacrifice to take away
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the sins of the world, that all
00:50:25.459 --> 00:50:27.827
who believe in Him might not perish
00:50:27.827 --> 00:50:29.292
but have everlasting life?
00:50:29.292 --> 00:50:31.167
What else happened on the mountain?
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(Puia) That was also the place
00:50:32.615 --> 00:50:34.304
where He was resurrected.
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He was resurrected on the third day.
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He came back to life.
00:50:38.028 --> 00:50:39.711
(Derek) Let's go to Luke 23, if you
00:50:39.711 --> 00:50:41.303
could read the last verses
00:50:41.303 --> 00:50:43.615
of chapter 23 for us.
00:50:43.615 --> 00:50:46.766
And then I'm going to ask Gladys if you'd
00:50:46.766 --> 00:50:49.899
read the first verses of chapter 24.
00:50:49.899 --> 00:50:51.001
We could read from many
00:50:51.001 --> 00:50:52.566
of the Gospel writers,
00:50:52.566 --> 00:50:57.233
but Luke 23, verses 50 to 56.
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(Puia) And I'll be reading
00:50:58.482 --> 00:51:00.180
from the New King James Version:
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(Derek) But the story is not over, Gladys.
00:51:51.913 --> 00:51:52.871
If you could pick up
00:51:52.871 --> 00:51:57.863
in chapter 24, verses 1
00:51:57.863 --> 00:52:01.994
through, let's see, maybe 1 through 8?
00:52:01.994 --> 00:52:04.898
And just remember, this is also happening
00:52:04.898 --> 00:52:06.905
on the mountain where it was prophesied,
00:52:06.905 --> 00:52:08.727
"The Lord will provide."
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(Gladys) I am reading
00:52:09.790 --> 00:52:12.113
from the New International Version,
and it says:
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(Derek) So, on the mountain,
00:53:06.414 --> 00:53:08.524
God provided through the death
00:53:08.524 --> 00:53:10.138
and resurrection of Jesus.
00:53:10.138 --> 00:53:13.110
So, let me ask you, as Christians, and I'm
00:53:13.110 --> 00:53:15.507
going to ask Gleny a question here,
00:53:15.507 --> 00:53:18.865
as a follower of Jesus, we don't look
00:53:18.865 --> 00:53:20.994
to a temple on a mountain.
00:53:20.994 --> 00:53:24.360
What does it mean to us as Christians
00:53:24.360 --> 00:53:26.684
to look to Mount Zion?
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(Gleny) I would assume that it means
00:53:28.421 --> 00:53:32.642
to see how God has provided in the past
00:53:32.642 --> 00:53:34.714
and provided for redemption
00:53:34.714 --> 00:53:37.164
and to see that He is able to do
00:53:37.164 --> 00:53:39.588
the same for us even today.
00:53:39.588 --> 00:53:41.252
(Derek) Okay, anybody else?
00:53:41.252 --> 00:53:44.011
Kylynda, to look to Mount Zion?
00:53:44.011 --> 00:53:45.621
(Kylynda) The psalmists found joy
00:53:45.621 --> 00:53:47.294
going to Mount Zion.
00:53:47.294 --> 00:53:49.998
These people went from perplexion
00:53:49.998 --> 00:53:51.971
to joy as they gathered.
00:53:51.971 --> 00:53:54.978
As we look to Heaven, you know, the future
00:53:54.978 --> 00:53:57.949
where we will one day be next to God,
00:53:57.949 --> 00:53:58.881
and there will be
00:53:58.881 --> 00:54:01.061
absolutely no separation,
00:54:01.061 --> 00:54:02.824
we will also have joy.
00:54:02.824 --> 00:54:04.822
(Derek) And that's kind of
looking forward,
00:54:04.822 --> 00:54:05.657
and that's good;
00:54:05.657 --> 00:54:07.835
we want to look to the New Zion,
00:54:07.835 --> 00:54:10.044
or New Jerusalem, but, Sabina,
00:54:10.044 --> 00:54:14.212
by faith, looking, keeping my eyes
00:54:14.212 --> 00:54:15.789
fixed on Mount Zion,
00:54:15.789 --> 00:54:18.562
what do you think that means?
00:54:18.562 --> 00:54:20.146
(Sabina) For me, it means looking
00:54:20.146 --> 00:54:22.895
to victory, you know, as we journey
00:54:22.895 --> 00:54:24.295
through this life, as we walk
00:54:24.295 --> 00:54:26.408
into the eternal Zion,
00:54:26.408 --> 00:54:28.245
like in the heavenly dwelling
00:54:28.245 --> 00:54:29.584
of God for eternity.
00:54:29.584 --> 00:54:31.878
I, in the meantime, just look
00:54:31.878 --> 00:54:34.362
to the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus
00:54:34.362 --> 00:54:37.024
that took place on this Mount Zion,
00:54:37.024 --> 00:54:39.032
and I'm reminded that Jesus wins,
00:54:39.032 --> 00:54:40.220
you know, like He won it.
00:54:40.220 --> 00:54:43.265
I just need to stay by Him,
00:54:43.265 --> 00:54:44.602
and that's all good.
00:54:44.602 --> 00:54:46.159
(Derek) Isn't there a Bible text
00:54:46.159 --> 00:54:49.669
that says, "Fixing our eyes..."?
00:54:49.669 --> 00:54:52.995
(Derek, Team) "...on Jesus, the author...
00:54:52.995 --> 00:54:54.326
(Team) "...and finisher..."
00:54:54.326 --> 00:54:56.932
(Derek) "...and perfecter," or finisher
"of our faith."
00:54:56.932 --> 00:54:59.803
To keep our eyes fixed on Mount Zion
00:54:59.803 --> 00:55:04.248
is to say God provided all that we need
00:55:04.248 --> 00:55:06.252
through Jesus, and I'm going
00:55:06.252 --> 00:55:08.335
to keep my attention focused there.
00:55:08.335 --> 00:55:10.428
But Kylynda is right, there is
00:55:10.428 --> 00:55:12.840
also a New Jerusalem.
00:55:12.840 --> 00:55:17.018
There is, if you will, a New Zion,
00:55:17.018 --> 00:55:18.735
the mountain of God,
00:55:18.735 --> 00:55:21.169
and that is portrayed...and, Kylynda,
00:55:21.169 --> 00:55:22.736
maybe as we close our study,
00:55:22.736 --> 00:55:25.009
you can read from Revelation,
00:55:25.009 --> 00:55:29.085
chapter 21, verses 1 to 4,
00:55:29.085 --> 00:55:31.858
and let's talk about that.
00:55:31.858 --> 00:55:33.833
Because of what happened
00:55:33.833 --> 00:55:38.607
on Mount Zion 2,000 years ago,
00:55:38.607 --> 00:55:41.041
we have assurance of a blessed hope.
00:55:41.041 --> 00:55:44.255
Read to us Revelation 21:1-4.
00:55:44.255 --> 00:55:46.404
(Kylynda) From the New King James Version:
00:56:38.967 --> 00:56:39.902
(Derek) Praise God.
00:56:39.902 --> 00:56:42.737
I want to speak to our Hope Sabbath School
family,
00:56:42.737 --> 00:56:45.851
and I just want to say, that blessed hope
00:56:45.851 --> 00:56:47.801
happens because of what happened
00:56:47.801 --> 00:56:50.025
through Jesus on Mount Zion.
00:56:50.025 --> 00:56:51.485
It happens because of what was
00:56:51.485 --> 00:56:53.061
promised through Abraham,
00:56:53.061 --> 00:56:56.286
that the Lord will provide.
00:56:56.286 --> 00:56:59.207
And I want to encourage you to look
00:56:59.207 --> 00:57:00.746
to what God has done
00:57:00.746 --> 00:57:03.436
through Jesus, for you, so that you
00:57:03.436 --> 00:57:04.742
can have the blessed hope
00:57:04.742 --> 00:57:07.204
of being in that New Jerusalem
00:57:07.204 --> 00:57:09.347
and spending eternity
00:57:09.347 --> 00:57:10.502
with a God who loves you
00:57:10.502 --> 00:57:13.280
with an immeasurable and unfailing love.
00:57:13.280 --> 00:57:14.256
Let's pray together.
00:57:14.256 --> 00:57:16.348
Father in Heaven, thank You
00:57:16.348 --> 00:57:20.659
for what Jesus accomplished on Mount Zion.
00:57:20.659 --> 00:57:22.989
Thank You for the blessed hope
00:57:22.989 --> 00:57:26.271
we have in Him even today.
00:57:26.271 --> 00:57:28.966
In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
00:57:28.966 --> 00:57:29.958
(Team) Amen.
00:57:29.958 --> 00:57:31.515
(Derek) I want to encourage you,
00:57:31.515 --> 00:57:33.473
dear friend, if you've never accepted
00:57:33.473 --> 00:57:35.517
what Jesus accomplished for you,
00:57:35.517 --> 00:57:39.626
the Lord has provided, trust Him today.
00:57:39.626 --> 00:57:41.650
Say, "Lord, will You save me,
00:57:41.650 --> 00:57:43.817
so that I can have that blessed hope
00:57:43.817 --> 00:57:44.872
of eternity with You."
00:57:44.872 --> 00:57:46.922
And then don't keep it to yourself.
00:57:46.922 --> 00:57:49.316
Go out and share that good news
00:57:49.316 --> 00:57:50.751
with those around you.
00:57:50.751 --> 00:58:28.362
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