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Series Code: TDYFW
Program Code: TDYFW190040S
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00:02 I want to spend my life
00:08 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:19 Removing pain 00:24 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:35 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:09 Hello and welcome to another 3ABN 01:11 Today Family Worship. 01:12 We are so grateful 01:14 that you have joined us this evening. 01:16 Happy Sabbath to you. 01:17 How's your week been? 01:19 I'm sure busy, just like us here at 3ABN. 01:21 What a blessing to be able to spend these precious hours 01:24 with our Lord Jesus Christ during the Sabbath hours. 01:26 And I don't know if you're with family there, 01:28 and maybe your living room, 01:30 some part of the world we don't know. 01:32 But, or maybe you're by yourself, 01:34 but you are part of our family. 01:35 And we're here worshiping God together with you. 01:38 I always look forward to these family worship times. 01:40 Me too, because it's a time we get to unplug, 01:42 and we get to open up the Word of God. 01:44 That's true. 01:46 We unplug as it were, from the busyness of the week, 01:48 from the things that take place. 01:49 We open up God's Word, 01:50 spend time in prayer with family 01:53 and you at home are part of our3ABN family. 01:56 So just know that we love you, 01:57 and that we pray for you all the time. 02:00 But here tonight with us, 02:02 we always say we have part of our 3ABN family here 02:05 and that is true, but tonight 02:07 I actually had my real family here, so... 02:08 That's awesome. 02:10 This is mine, one of my nephew's, Caleb. 02:13 So, Caleb, we're so glad you're here. 02:15 Are you glad to be here? Or are you kind of scared? 02:17 Yes, I'm very glad. 02:19 You're very glad. 02:20 Okay. 02:22 So, tell me how old you are? 02:24 Eight. You're eight. 02:26 Oh, I'm so glad. 02:28 You don't get to come to see Uncle Greg and Aunty Jill, 02:31 too much here, do you? 02:32 No, I don't know. No. 02:34 So this is a treat when you get to be here. 02:36 Yes, it is. 02:38 It is for me too. 02:40 So we have the rest of the family here 02:41 we're going to introduce. 02:43 Next to me is Jonathan. 02:46 And, Jonathan, tell us how old you are? 02:48 I'm 12. 02:50 Oh, and you're gonna have a birthday soon? 02:52 Yes. Yay! 02:54 So you're almost a teenager? 02:55 Yeah. 02:58 That means he might be driving soon, Uncle Greg. 03:00 Yeah, that's true. Yup, it'll be really fun. 03:03 And you are the oldest of how many in your family? 03:07 Four. Four boys. 03:08 Okay, yeah. That's right. 03:10 And once we introduce the rest of them, 03:11 and then we'll talk some more. 03:13 We have over here, Steven. 03:17 That's a good wave. 03:19 Tell us how old you are, Stephen? 03:20 I am 11. 03:22 Eleven? Just turned 11. 03:23 Yeah. Fantastic. 03:25 That's exciting. 03:26 And then we got to introduce the mommy and daddy, 03:28 which is my sister, 03:29 Lynn Popescu and her husband Florin, 03:34 and it's just such a joy to have you guys here. 03:36 Thank you so much for having us. 03:38 We're enjoying our time. 03:39 Yes. And sitting on your lap. 03:41 What's your name? 03:43 Joshua. Joshua. 03:45 So how old are you, Joshua? 03:46 I'm six. 03:48 Are you six? 03:49 So Jonathan's the oldest. 03:51 So does that mean, you're next oldest? 03:55 No. 03:57 So what's the order? So who's the oldest? 04:00 Jonathan. And then who? 04:02 Stephen. Stephen. 04:04 And then who? 04:06 Caleb, and then me. 04:11 That's right. Good job. 04:14 Yeah, it's a blessing spending time with family. 04:15 It is. 04:17 You don't wanna forget mom and dad. 04:18 We won't forget mom and dad. 04:19 Without mom and dad, none of us would be here. 04:21 You guys wouldn't be here, that's right. 04:22 Yeah, that's right. 04:23 So, my dad Dr. Jim Penny, and his wife Kathy, 04:26 but we just call you mom and dad, 04:28 and it's just such a joy to have you guys here. 04:30 And grandma, and grandpa. Yes. 04:31 That's grandma and grandpa. Okay. 04:33 You know, I call them mom and dad too. 04:35 You know, it not like, it's my in-laws. 04:37 No. This is my mom and dad too. 04:39 So I've gained another set of parents. 04:41 And we gained a son, where we only had daughters. 04:43 Then you got another son too. 04:45 You got Florin, so, yeah. 04:47 And all the grandsons. 04:48 That's right. Yeah, that's true. 04:49 A lot of boys and, I do some exercise at home, 04:53 but when they come here, or when I go there. 04:55 I exercise like I've never exercised, right? 04:59 What did we play here recently? 05:01 We ran around the yard. 05:02 What did we play? We played... 05:04 Tag. Tag and... 05:07 Nerf battles. 05:08 That's right. 05:10 Did Uncle Greg run very fast? 05:12 Yeah. Yeah, you were real fast. 05:15 But, we won't talk about Aunty Jill. 05:17 I just want to say that, okay. 05:18 Actually, all of the boys at this table can catch me. 05:25 So, Lynn, there's just the two of us. 05:28 We don't have any other brothers and sisters. 05:30 Talk to us just a little bit about where you guys live, 05:33 and what life is like for you? 05:37 Well, we live in North Carolina, 05:38 in Central North Carolina. 05:41 We've lived there for the past 17 years. 05:46 Built a house there, just before Jonathan was born, 05:48 we moved into it. 05:50 And I'm a former teacher, and now I'm home with the boys. 05:55 I'm homeschooling them. 05:56 My husband, Florin is a nurse, 05:59 and works at the local emergency department, 06:03 in the level one trauma center. 06:04 So what's that like for you, Florin, 06:06 working there as a nurse? 06:08 Very busy, but you have 06:12 a lot of opportunities to share God's love and, 06:15 you know, to healing hands 06:17 and also it's a joy to see people, 06:20 like, when they come almost in the dead bed, 06:23 you know, see them later, 06:26 being able to walk in better condition. 06:29 Because when you are at level one trauma, 06:31 that's like some of the high end emergencies 06:34 that you guys see, and it's, 06:36 I mean, what a way to, like, as you stated, 06:39 to be able to reach out. 06:40 Because you also have family, 06:41 they're also rushing in to the hospital 06:43 concerned about their loved ones. 06:45 Now we've known Florin for a while, 06:47 because we went to school together too. 06:49 We did. 06:50 So, Florin, I'm not trying to put our age, 06:51 but we've known each other quite a while. 06:53 And here we ended up marrying sisters. 06:56 And so now we're related through marriage, 06:58 what a blessing that is, 06:59 but we've known each other for a while, 07:01 and I know you love the Lord, 07:02 and you like sharing the Word too. 07:04 Because I've been, when we visited you guys, 07:06 you liked to also get up and preach. 07:08 Absolutely. 07:09 As you get the opportunity to, so what a blessing. 07:11 Amen. 07:12 And so mom and dad, tell us where you're from? 07:14 Well, kind of all over, because Lynn, 07:16 we kind of grew up in many different places? 07:21 I'm originally from Massachusetts. 07:23 Once we got married, we moved several times. 07:28 Because you were a teacher? 07:29 Because I was a teacher at that time. 07:31 For the church. Yeah. 07:33 And then I went to chiropractic school, 07:36 and became a chiropractor, and did that for 25 years. 07:39 I've retired from that now. 07:41 And living in Massachusetts, at this point. 07:45 Yeah. Amen. 07:47 And, Mom, you all have been involved for many years 07:49 with the church plant? 07:50 Yes. Yes. 07:52 What is that like? 07:53 It's been very rewarding. 07:56 And what is a church plant, 07:57 because someone may be just joining us, 07:58 to say, oh, a church plant. 08:00 What's that? Where's a church plant? 08:01 We went to a town 08:03 that had no Seventh-day Adventist presence. 08:07 We had a member, one of our friends 08:08 who lived in the town and she very much wanted 08:11 the Seventh-day Adventist Church in her town. 08:13 So we joined with her. 08:14 And through the years, 08:16 and we have a little church there, 08:19 with people coming. 08:21 I've helped in this, 08:22 with the children's Sabbath School department, 08:25 but there's nothing like 08:26 growing your own spiritual life. 08:30 You know, when we share it with others... 08:31 Oh, yeah. 08:32 It has helped dad and I grow so much. 08:35 Yes. Amen. 08:37 It's been a real blessing for us, 08:38 as we reach out for others. 08:39 Amen. That's wonderful. 08:41 What a wonderful, to me, whatever God gives us, 08:44 wherever we live, 08:46 God calls us to witness for Him. 08:48 So whether it's church planting in a dark county, 08:50 or whether it's working in the hospital with patients, 08:54 or being at home, you know, all of that is missionary work. 08:57 So whatever God has called you to do, 08:59 wherever He has placed you, get busy doing the Lord's work. 09:04 Let's... 09:06 Yeah, we're going to be talking... 09:07 What are we talking about tonight as far as our topic, 09:09 and we need to have a prayer... 09:10 Yes. 09:11 Sing some songs, and we hope that 09:13 you're not just watching TV. 09:14 Well, we are glad you're watching TV. 09:17 What we want you to be doing is, 09:19 getting your Bible out, getting some paper out, 09:21 getting a pen because we're worshiping together. 09:24 So we want you to sing along with us. 09:26 But what is our topic, this evening? 09:28 This is a fun story. 09:29 Our topic tonight is facing giants. 09:31 So you probably know where we're going. 09:33 We're going to talk about the story of David and Goliath. 09:37 And we got a great song to go with that too. 09:39 But we all face giants of one sort 09:42 or another in our lives. 09:44 We might not be armored up like, Goliath or David, 09:48 but we all have something that we face. 09:50 So, God has precious promises in His Word, 09:53 and ways that we can seek 09:55 to deal with those giants in our lives. 09:57 Oh, that's really true. 09:59 So shall we sing a song first or should we pray? 10:01 Let's pray, yeah. Okay, yep, let's pray. 10:03 Father in heaven, Lord, 10:05 we thank You for the Sabbath hours. 10:07 Thank You that we can come and worship You. 10:11 We thank You for bringing us through this week. 10:14 And, Father, we thank You that we know You are strongest, 10:18 and as we have giants 10:20 or different trials in our lives. 10:22 Father, we know we can turn to You 10:23 because You have all the solutions. 10:26 Lord, we thank You and we love You, 10:27 in His name we pray, amen. 10:29 Amen. 10:30 And we have Miss Summer on the piano, 10:32 and we're going to sing only a boy named David. 10:35 Are you boys ready with all your hand motions? 10:37 Oh, wow. Yeah. Okay. 10:43 Only a boy named David Only a little sling 10:49 Only a boy named David 10:52 But he could pray and sing 10:55 Only a boy named David 10:57 Only a rippling brook 11:00 Only a boy named David 11:03 But five little stones he took 11:05 And one little stone went in the sling 11:08 And the sling went round and round 11:11 And one little stone went in the sling 11:14 And the sling went round and round And round 11:16 and round And round and round And round 11:19 and round and round And one 11:22 little stone went up in the air 11:25 And the giant came tumbling down 11:30 That's a fun song. 11:32 Almost felt like falling on the floor. 11:33 I did almost. That's right. 11:36 So, at home, open up your Bibles 11:38 to 1 Samuel Chapter 17. 11:40 We're gonna have the boys tell the story, 11:42 but if you want to follow along 1 Samuel Chapter 17, 11:45 has a story of David and Goliath. 11:47 So, Jonathan, we'll start with you. 11:50 And then we'll go to you, Stephen. 11:52 Jonathan, tell us, who was Goliath? 11:54 And tell us who started the story? 11:56 Goliath was a giant. 11:59 He was very tall. 12:01 The Israelites were afraid of him. 12:03 He was from Gath. 12:05 And he taunted the Israelites for 40 days. 12:09 One day David came to the camp of Israel 12:12 to bring food to his brothers. 12:14 And he saw Goliath. 12:16 He was not afraid of Goliath. 12:18 He was very courageous. 12:19 He knew God was with him. 12:22 Wow. 12:23 So, how tall? 12:25 Does anyone know how tall he was? 12:27 You said, he was a giant, Goliath. 12:29 How tall was he? 12:31 He was really... 12:32 Is he as tall, as tall as Uncle Greg? 12:33 No, he was taller than you. 12:35 Was he as tall as daddy? 12:38 No. No. 12:40 I looked in the commentary actually. 12:42 And it said 11 feet, 12:44 whether that's a nine and a half to 11 feet. 12:46 Wow. 12:47 So you could average that and say 10 feet. 12:49 So, and I'm thinking 10 feet here. 12:51 At least in the United States, they play basketball. 12:52 Around the world, they do basketball. 12:54 They say that goal that you throw the ball through. 12:55 How tall is that? 12:57 Ten feet. 12:59 The rim is ten feet. 13:00 Wow. That's a tall guy. 13:02 Wow. He is pretty tall. 13:04 So he was taunting, you said, taunting the Israelites, right? 13:07 Yes. 13:08 So what does it mean, 13:09 when he was taunting the Israelites? 13:11 What was he telling the Israelites? 13:12 He was basically mocking them. 13:14 He was mocking them, and why was he mocking them? 13:17 What was he saying about them? 13:19 He was saying that their God was weak, 13:21 and that they were weak and... 13:24 Yeah, he did. 13:26 So what happened next, Stephen? 13:28 So, then David went to King Saul, 13:32 and asked him if he could fight Goliath. 13:36 Goliath said... 13:37 I mean, Saul said, okay. 13:41 But, he said, take my armor. 13:44 So, when David put the armor on. 13:46 It was way too small for, I mean, big for him. 13:50 David was a smaller guy. 13:52 And then he said, he can't take the armor. 13:55 So then he went down, 13:58 and he got stones from the river, five, 14:03 and then he put them in his shepherd's bag, 14:08 and then he went and fought Goliath. 14:13 Put a stone? 14:15 Put a stone in his sling, then threw it at Goliath, 14:18 hit him in the forehead. 14:20 It's incredible. 14:21 It's a miracle, isn't it? Yes. 14:23 So, what did David do for work, we could say? 14:28 He was a shepherd boy. 14:29 He was a shepherd. Yeah. 14:30 So, was he used to fighting giants? 14:32 No. 14:34 No, but had he had any experience? 14:36 Had he done any fighting before? 14:37 Yes. 14:39 So who had he fought before? 14:40 He had fought bears and lions. 14:44 So he had some experience already, right, in fighting? 14:47 Yes. 14:48 Do you think he was scared? 14:50 No. No? 14:51 Because God was with him. 14:54 That's good. 14:56 Sometimes though, you can be scared, 14:59 even though you know God is with you. 15:00 I'd be a little scared. 15:02 But he knew that God would, like you said, Caleb, 15:04 was with him and would help him win. 15:08 Yeah, that's true. 15:09 I'm going back to something you said, Stephen. 15:11 You said that Saul wanted him to put on the king's armor. 15:16 Yeah. Yes. 15:17 And it was too heavy? 15:18 Yes. Too big? 15:21 Wouldn't be scary, because armor supposed to do what? 15:24 Protect you. Joshua? 15:25 What's armor supposed to do? 15:27 You put all the armor on, you put a helmet 15:28 and you got a big sword. 15:29 You got all these things 15:31 to protect you that's, that's... 15:32 Armor. 15:33 It's armor, yes. It protects you. 15:35 It does protect you. 15:36 So do you think, David was scared 15:38 to take off all this armor? 15:43 He wasn't. He wasn't scared, was he? 15:46 Yeah. 15:48 Why do you think he wasn't scared? 15:49 Do any of you know? 15:51 Because you would think, 15:52 you'd want armor on to protect you. 15:54 Because He knew that God was with him. 15:55 Yeah. 15:56 I see that Saul trusted in his... 15:59 Saul put his trust in the armor to protect him, 16:02 but David put his trust in God to protect him. 16:05 Oh, that's good. 16:06 Yeah, that is a really good point. 16:08 There's a scripture, I really liked this one, 16:10 I was reading it, actually, this morning. 16:12 If we're in 1 Samuel. 16:16 This is what David said to the Philistine 16:18 because you had said, Jonathan, 16:20 and then Caleb, that Goliath had mocked, right? 16:23 Yes. 16:25 The children of Israel, and the Israelite army, 16:26 Goliath had mocked them. 16:27 And so David said," I can't have God's name 16:30 or God's character being dishonored." 16:33 It's true. 16:34 And so we're in 1 Samuel, Florin or Lynn, 16:37 do you have that, do you want to read that? 16:39 1 Samuel 17:45-47. 16:43 It gives us what David said to Goliath. 16:48 45 to 47? Yeah. 16:52 "Then David said to the Philistine, 16:54 'You come to me with a sword, 16:56 with a spear, and with the javelin. 16:59 But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, 17:02 the God of the armies of Israel, 17:04 whom you have defiled. 17:06 This day, the Lord will deliver you into my hand, 17:09 and I will strike you, and take your head from you. 17:13 And this day I will give the carcasses 17:16 to the camp of the Philistines, 17:17 to the birds of the air, 17:19 and the wild beasts of the earth, 17:20 that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 17:24 Then all this assembly shall know, 17:26 that the Lord does not save with sword and spear, 17:29 for the battle is the Lord's 17:31 and He will give you into our hands.' 17:34 " So, Sis, why do you think, David had such confidence 17:38 that God would deliver Goliath into his hand? 17:41 It's obvious. 17:43 He had great faith and trust in God. 17:45 His belief in God was firm, it was strong, 17:48 and he believed that God would fight for him. 17:53 Also, I think that, David realized that, 17:56 what was at stake was not his life or his reputation, 18:01 but was God's reputation. 18:03 And he was willing 18:05 to put his life on line for God's reputation. 18:10 Yeah, now that's really powerful actually. 18:11 So he was really, yeah, he was thinking of God. 18:13 He wasn't thinking of himself. 18:14 No. Yeah. 18:16 He wasn't saying, okay, this guy, 18:17 I'm just going to go get him just because I want to, 18:19 and he's making fun of me. 18:21 Yeah, I like that. 18:22 So can we do that in our own lives? 18:24 Well, he had proved God before... 18:28 I like that. 18:29 When he said, you couldn't take Saul's armor, 18:33 he says, for I have not proved to them. 18:36 He had not, he had no experience 18:38 or proof of Saul's armor helping him. 18:42 But he had proved God in the past 18:44 with the bear and the lion. 18:47 And so, he knew he would go for it, 18:49 because he already had that, like Lynn, said, 18:51 that faith, that trust, that he had proved God, 18:54 and God had been there for him. 18:58 Absolutely. 18:59 Dad, you have any insight into that verse? 19:02 Just that, each one of us, 19:05 through our experiences in life are, 19:09 are challenged. 19:11 And when we are challenged, 19:13 we have the opportunity to either turn towards God, 19:18 or to rely on our own resources. 19:21 When we rely on our own resources, 19:24 usually things turn out badly. 19:27 But when we rely on the Lord, 19:31 we know that things will turn out 19:33 the way He wants them to. 19:35 They may be good or bad, the way the world looks at it. 19:41 But, whatever happens, 19:43 we know that God is there for us, 19:47 and when we have those experiences 19:48 that are positive, 19:50 that things turn out well from the past. 19:56 Like David, with the bear and the lion. 20:00 He knew that God would be with him 20:04 when he was facing this new giant, 20:08 because this new giant had defied God directly. 20:12 Absolutely. 20:13 Don't you think when we walk with God, 20:16 and having experience with Him in the past, 20:19 then that gives you faith and hope 20:20 and courage for the future, 20:22 knowing what God has done before. 20:24 Then you say, okay, like you said, I've proved him. 20:26 I've seen this. 20:28 And then this is how I can see in the future. 20:29 So, this is a question we haven't talked about, boys. 20:31 So this is putting you on the spot. 20:34 Is there any other Bible story that you can think of, 20:38 anyone else in the Bible who had to fight a battle? 20:42 Or who had some sort of, like David had a Goliath, 20:46 who was his giant. 20:48 It was a battle that he had to fight. 20:50 But can you think of anyone else in the Bible 20:52 who had to fight a battle? 20:55 Yes, I can think of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego... 20:59 Well, that's good. 21:00 When they had to bow down before this statue, 21:03 they had a choice to make, either to follow God, 21:06 or to worship other gods. 21:08 So they had a battle. 21:11 Oh, that's really good. They did have a battle. 21:12 Absolutely. Can you imagine? 21:14 That's a really good example, Jonathan, because, 21:15 okay, so you're on the, on that big plain. 21:17 There's lots of people out there, 21:19 you're on a big field, I should say. 21:20 And there's a lots of people out there 21:22 and you're the only ones standing, right? 21:25 Yeah. 21:26 Have you ever been in a situation 21:28 where all your friends are doing one thing? 21:30 And you know, because God doesn't want you to do that. 21:34 So you're the only one standing? 21:36 Have you been in a situation like that? 21:38 Where someone else is doing it and you know, 21:39 it's wrong and you don't do it? 21:42 It's a tough situation to be in. 21:45 Have you been in that situation, Florin? 21:49 No. 21:50 It's tough when you have to actually be the one at times 21:52 to just be the one, you feel all alone. 21:55 But you're not all alone because who was with them? 21:57 God was with them. 21:59 Yes, because Jesus showed up in the fiery furnace with them. 22:02 He sure did. Yes. 22:03 That's a great example, Jonathan. 22:04 That is a good example. 22:06 Any of the rest of you boys, 22:07 think of any battles in the Bible? 22:09 That was a good one, Jonathan. 22:11 Can you think of any, Joshua? 22:12 Joshua. 22:14 Yeah, Joshua. 22:15 So when did he have a battle? Joshua, yeah, that's your name. 22:19 Joshua and Caleb both. Exactly, and yours too. 22:21 So, Caleb, tell us when the Joshua have a battle? 22:25 He had a problem. 22:28 I mean, Jericho was one of the strongest cities. 22:34 And that's the day he had to defeat 22:39 to get to the Promised Land. 22:42 Yes, that's right. 22:44 And how did they do that? 22:45 Did they go in with their bows and arrows and...? 22:48 No. 22:50 They marched around for seven days, 22:54 and on the seventh day, they march around seven times. 22:57 Then they blew their trumpets, 23:00 and the walls came tumbling down. 23:03 Yes, that's right. 23:05 So in that case, what happened? 23:07 God fought, right? Yes. 23:08 Would you say God fought? 23:10 And God caused the walls to come down? 23:11 Yes. 23:12 So, Jonathan, in your case, God fought too, 23:14 because He showed up in the fire 23:15 and kept them from being destroyed. 23:17 That's right. Yeah. 23:18 Stephen or Joshua, you have a battle story? 23:24 Anything in the Bible? 23:26 Gideon. 23:28 Gideon. 23:29 Gideon's a good one. Yeah, that's a good one. 23:32 So... 23:34 What's the story of Gideon? What battle did he have? 23:35 So, one day when he was hiding from the Midianites 23:41 and threshing wheat. 23:43 He, um, God came to him and told him 23:48 that you are to fight the Midianites, 23:50 but he wasn't sure, so he told him. 23:53 So he went and got food and then he put it on a rock. 23:57 And then God set the rock, I mean, the food on fire... 24:01 Wow. 24:02 And then He disappeared, 24:04 and then that was one of the signs. 24:07 And then Gideon still wasn't sure. 24:10 So then he told God, if I put this fleece down, 24:18 then in the morning, it will have, 24:21 it will not be wet, 24:22 but the ground around it will be wet. 24:25 Oh, wow. 24:27 And then he tells him. 24:28 So the next morning... 24:30 Next morning. Was it that way? 24:31 Yes. So the ground was wet. 24:33 Yes. And the fleece was dry. 24:34 Yes. Did Gideon believe? 24:35 Not quite yet. 24:37 He had another test, and then he believed. 24:39 What was the other test? 24:41 So he did the... 24:42 So, he told God, this time with the fleece. 24:46 Have the fleece be wet, but not the ground. 24:49 Oh, wow. 24:50 And how was it the next morning? 24:52 It was as. 24:53 The ground was dry? Yep. 24:54 And the fleece was? 24:56 Wet. 24:57 So then, did Gideon believe then? 24:59 Yes. Okay. 25:00 They gathered an army, 25:02 and then God said it was too much. 25:04 Why do you? Let's stop a second, Stephen. 25:06 Why do you boys think, 25:07 God said it was too many people? 25:09 Why didn't He say, oh yay, so many people want to fight, 25:13 and this is a good thing. 25:14 Why did He say it was too many people? 25:16 Because, I think, it's because the Israelites 25:19 would be all boastful and they'd be like, 25:22 yay, we won, we didn't need God's help. 25:25 We had so many men, 25:28 so God just did it to get the army smaller, 25:32 so then there was no way, if God wasn't with them, 25:35 they could defeat them. 25:36 Yes, absolutely. 25:39 So what happened at the end of the story then? 25:40 Too many people. 25:42 So there aren't too many people. 25:43 Then what happened next? 25:44 And then, God told him after that. 25:48 He told him he still had too much. 25:53 And then they went down to a river. 25:55 And then He said anyone that, what was it? 26:00 Like, that drinks like this. 26:02 That's correct. 26:04 Don't go with him. Yeah. 26:06 So, and then after that, only 300. 26:09 Yeah. 26:10 He only had 300 men? Yes. 26:12 That's not very many people to fight a huge army. 26:14 I don't remember the number of the army. 26:16 Do you remember how many were in the army 26:17 that they were fighting? 26:18 It was in the thousands. 26:20 32,000. 26:21 It was 32,000? Yeah. 26:23 And it's in the thousands. You have 300. 26:25 300 versus 32,000... 26:27 And did God. But they were sleeping. 26:31 And God showed up again. 26:32 See, with all these stories, 26:34 you see the same parallel, right? 26:36 We see God showing up in the burning fiery furnace. 26:39 We see God showing up with David to help with this, 26:43 the stone and the sling, the giant. 26:45 We see God showing up 26:47 with Joshua in the battle of Jericho, 26:49 and then God shows up again 26:50 with a Gideon and the Midianites. 26:52 Can I make a comment, Jill? Please. 26:54 What I see in the stories the boys have just told us 26:56 is the people's response to God. 27:01 They believed God, they went forward with God. 27:04 You know, you look at the story of the children of Israel 27:06 when they went to the land of Canaan, 27:08 and Caleb and Joshua... 27:09 The spies that went in the land to spy it. 27:13 Caleb and Joshua believed God, go ahead and get it, 27:15 I will give it to you, I'll give you the land. 27:18 And the 10... And the 10 spies, 8 spies? 27:21 Ten. 27:22 Ten spies, they did not believe God, 27:25 and they ended up 27:26 wandering again in the wilderness. 27:27 So it's your response to God, 27:29 whether you can move forward in victory, 27:32 or whether you're back in the wilderness. 27:34 And the extra point that goes with that is that, 27:38 the facts were the same. 27:41 The interpretation was different. 27:44 Caleb and Joshua said, we move forward under God. 27:48 The 10 spies said we can't move forward 27:52 because the difficulties are insurmountable. 27:56 Yes. 27:58 Absolutely. 28:00 So let's look at some armor 28:03 that we're supposed to wear as Christians. 28:07 We're going to go over to Ephesians, 28:10 not Galatians, which is what I put in the notes, 28:12 but we're going to go to Ephesians Chapter 6. 28:16 And this is a certain armor. 28:18 Now, this is not the armor that Saul had, 28:20 and that Saul wanted David to wear. 28:23 Ephesians Chapter 6. 28:27 The whole armor of God. 28:30 And we'll start, Florin, 28:31 maybe we'll start with you and we'll go around, 28:33 we can read a verse and talk. 28:35 We're looking at Ephesians Chapter 6. 28:39 Maybe, what do you think verse 10? 28:41 Sure. 28:42 Should we set it up a little bit 28:43 before we actually jump in? 28:45 Stop nudging me. 28:46 All right, Ephesians 6:10, "Finally, my brethren, 28:49 be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 28:52 Put on the whole armor of God, 28:54 that we may be able to stand against 28:56 the wiles of the devil. 28:58 For we wrestle, not against flesh and blood, 29:00 but against principalities, against powers, 29:02 against the rulers of the darkness of this world, 29:06 against spiritual wickedness in high places." 29:10 So what does that verse say to you? 29:12 Put on the whole armor of God. Wow. 29:15 Yeah, well, you can't go into battle half dressed. 29:20 It says, put on the whole armor. 29:23 Yes. 29:24 That's a good point. 29:26 And it's God's armor. 29:28 Yes. Yes. 29:29 Absolutely. 29:31 And I like the part about, 29:32 we wrestle not against flesh and blood, 29:33 because you know, a lot of times in the battles 29:35 we face as Christians, we think, 29:37 oh, yeah, so and so's my enemy. 29:39 Have you ever thought that? 29:41 Maybe it's a playmate, 29:42 maybe it's someone who's on your swim team and you think, 29:45 oh, they're my enemy, or someone at work, 29:48 or even someone in the church, 29:49 but yet our enemies aren't anybody that we can see. 29:54 Who are our enemies? 29:56 Well, Satan likes to attack our weakest points 29:57 and tear of character. 30:00 I mean that's one. 30:02 Yes. Absolutely. 30:06 Go ahead. 30:07 Satan likes to attack us, 30:10 not with swords and spears... 30:14 You're right. 30:15 But with every work against God. 30:20 He does attack us with stuff. 30:22 Absolutely. 30:24 That's why we got to get dressed 30:25 and not half dressed. 30:26 So I have a question then for you, Caleb. 30:28 So when Satan comes against you, 30:29 what do you do? 30:31 You use the Bible verses, and the whole armor of God, 30:36 which is Bible verses, 30:39 faith and all sorts 30:42 of thing that's related to God. 30:47 Yeah, I agree, far as the Bible has so many verses in it, 30:50 that you can use against Satan. 30:53 That's a real blessing. 30:54 So then the Bible then, there might be, 30:56 let's say, then there's, there's someone, 30:58 a young person at home, maybe younger than you at home. 31:02 And they say I can't read the Bible, 31:04 because they don't know how to read yet. 31:06 So how would they learn and study the Bible? 31:08 How can you encourage them? 31:11 Caleb, tell him what you do at home? 31:12 Good. Yeah. 31:14 Tell Uncle Greg, what you do at home? 31:15 Well, I have a tablet. 31:18 Okay. 31:19 So Mom downloaded this app 31:22 that a person reads you the Bible. 31:26 So you don't have to read it, but they read it to you. 31:28 He listens to it every night as he's going to sleep... 31:30 Nice. 31:32 Maybe 10 chapters, just lays in his bed 31:34 and listens to the Bible being read. 31:35 Nice. 31:37 He really enjoys that. 31:38 That's excellent. 31:39 So if I can ask, Lynn, or Florin, whoever, 31:43 or both of you, how do you raise kids today? 31:48 And teach them the Word of God? 31:51 How do you show, how we deal with battles 31:55 and what we do when we fight against 31:56 the enemy and all of that? 31:58 Because there're parents right now 31:59 that are watching, saying, okay, 32:01 those young men know the Bible. 32:02 It's apparent, right? 32:03 It is apparent. You can tell that. 32:05 Yeah, because we didn't plan 32:06 a lot of these stories for them, 32:07 so they're doing a great job. 32:09 We didn't even talk. 32:10 Well, we did say we're going to talk 32:12 about David and Goliath. 32:13 But we didn't talk about any of the other stories. 32:14 And that's just because you all know the Word of God. 32:16 So how do you even teach that to your kids? 32:17 Florin, what do you think? 32:18 Or how do you do it? 32:20 Well, I believe in today's world, 32:22 there are a lot of confusion about 32:24 what is real and what is not. 32:28 And we need to teach children at a young age, 32:33 the reality of the Word of God, 32:36 and the truth that brings with it, 32:39 and help them distinguish 32:41 between what's real and the wrong, what is not. 32:45 And when you teach them God's principles, 32:50 and learn the Bible stories 32:53 and learn the lessons from them, 32:54 I think they'll be ready to, 32:57 you know, learn their own lessons 32:59 from them and then, 33:01 as they battle their own spiritual battles, 33:03 I think, they will be reminded of the stories of the Bible 33:06 and help them with that. 33:09 That's good. 33:10 Yeah, I agree with that, because you can basically 33:11 go back and draw from those stories. 33:13 Oh, I remember, mom and dad. 33:15 You know, I learned these stories and draw from, 33:17 from those stories, 33:19 lessons that they can apply to their own life. 33:20 Right. 33:21 I was also going to say, it's something 33:23 you have to constantly work on. 33:25 You keep reminding them, keep praying with them. 33:29 We work on memory verses. 33:31 Every day, we spend time memorizing God's Word, 33:34 so that we can hide it in our heart, so that, 33:36 hopefully someday when they need it, 33:37 it's there in their mind and they can pull it 33:40 to remembrance and use it. 33:42 Speaking of memory verses. 33:44 Do you boys have a favorite memory verse that you like? 33:48 Something you've been working on recently? 33:50 Something that you like that helps you 33:52 or any scripture? 33:56 While you think about that, 33:57 because we just put you on the spot right now. 33:59 Let's ask mom and dad, 34:01 how you taught Lynn and I, 34:05 growing up, to know God's Word 34:08 and to remember God's Word in too? 34:10 Tell a lot of Bible stories. 34:12 Yeah. 34:13 You know, Sabbath School each week. 34:17 We always sang scripture songs, hymns, I think one way to, 34:21 a lovely way to learn your Bible is through singing. 34:24 Singing was important to me. 34:27 I think one thing I lacked in, way back in the day was, 34:31 we knew a lot of Bible stories, but at that point, 34:33 I didn't recognize and understand 34:37 to take the Bible stories that are here and say, "Okay, 34:40 how can you apply that to your life today? 34:43 Make it applicable for today?" 34:45 A lot of times, it was just plain stories, 34:48 you know, but through the years 34:50 I'm learning that we need to say, "Okay, 34:52 what are we learning in this story for me today, 34:54 that will help me today?" 34:56 I think that's important for parents and grandparents 34:58 even to work with their children with that. 35:01 What about you, Dad? 35:03 It's a process. It's true. 35:05 You know, part of that process is modeling it, 35:09 so that your children see 35:12 that it's important for you. 35:15 Prayer, the connection through prayer, 35:20 that's very important. 35:24 Yes, children learn stories 35:27 because they learn things concretely. 35:30 But the application in the stories is something 35:34 that I wish we had done a better job with, 35:37 both of us do. 35:38 I want to tag on to something Dad just said here. 35:41 Talking about prayer, 35:42 a friend and I were just talking 35:44 about this the other day, 35:45 and I was telling her how, 35:47 we had had prayer the other night as a family. 35:50 And each of us were taking turns to pray, 35:52 and we had had a particularly bad experience 35:55 goes through our family that evening. 35:58 Some of the kids didn't really want to pray. 35:59 And I said just tell God how you feel. 36:02 Tell God exactly what you feel right now. 36:04 And they just told Him, we're angry, 36:05 we're sad, we're upset. 36:07 We had lost one of our chickens. 36:09 And everybody was very upset 36:11 because that chicken had just died. 36:13 And I told them, tell God exactly how you feel. 36:16 God's our friend, He wants to hear everything, 36:18 He does, just doesn't want us to praise Him and to just, 36:22 you know, talk about how wonderful He is, 36:23 but He wants to know what's going on in our life. 36:26 And, and He's, He wants to be real in our life. 36:30 I love that about the Psalm. 36:32 You know, when you read the Psalms, 36:33 and you read each one, 36:35 and you see David's experience with God, 36:36 and he's very real with God. 36:38 Sometimes he's mad, sometimes he's sad, 36:41 and sometimes he might be discouraged. 36:44 And other times he's hopeful and joyful in God but he's... 36:47 You're right, just very real. 36:48 Tell God how you feel. 36:50 I love that. 36:51 You know, I'm thinking about, also I wonder about David too, 36:53 as he's facing that giant and, 36:56 you know, spinning that sling above his head. 36:58 I'm sure he's talking to God at that point too. 37:00 I'd like to know what he was, his communication with God, 37:03 you know, because we're all human beings. 37:04 And so I know there is a level of fear, 37:06 but there's also that trust in God that is, 37:09 we all have to rely on. 37:10 That's for sure. Amen. 37:11 Did you have a scripture or a memory verse? 37:13 So, anybody have a scripture that they thought of? 37:15 I have one. You do? 37:16 Yay, Stephen. Stephen. 37:17 1 John 1:9, "If we confess our sins, 37:21 He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins." 37:24 Amen. 37:26 "And to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 37:27 Amen. That's a good one. 37:29 I need that all the time. 37:30 You know, when you fall into sin, 37:33 when something happens, 37:34 "Oh, Jesus, I'm sorry, 37:35 but I can come back and know that You will forgive." 37:38 Anyone else have a scripture? 37:39 I do. 37:41 I forgot where it's found. 37:42 But it says, 37:45 "Whenever I'm afraid, I will trust in Thee." 37:49 I love that. 37:50 I think that's Psalm 56. 37:52 I think, but it does say, "Whenever I am afraid, 37:54 I will trust in Thee." 37:56 Absolutely. 37:58 Joshua, do you have one? 38:00 Scripture? 38:02 No scripture right now? Okay. 38:04 All right. 38:05 What's that that you have in your pocket? 38:07 A crab. 38:08 It's a what? A crab. 38:10 A crab? Is it alive? 38:12 Can I hold it? 38:13 Wow. 38:15 Does it have a name? 38:17 Crab? 38:20 Have you ever seen a real crab? 38:25 You've seen one on the beach. Yeah. 38:27 You saw one on the beach? 38:28 Were you afraid of the crab? 38:32 Yeah. A little bit? 38:34 Because they kind of have pinchers. 38:36 They do. That's for sure. 38:37 And I think an important thing too, 38:39 is that you guys, you boys like to be outside. 38:41 You guys have chickens. 38:43 You like animals and nature. 38:44 And there's a lot of lessons 38:46 that can be learned from nature. 38:47 I think that's important too. I remember my folks. 38:49 We were very much in nature and in the country. 38:52 And so, finding lessons from the Bible is important. 38:55 Also, we're just surrounded with nature. 38:58 Even if you live in a city, 38:59 you can go to a park 39:00 or you can look at a little flower 39:02 and just look at the beauty of the flower. 39:03 This may not sound very nice, 39:04 but even a little fly that's got into your house, 39:06 or a mosquito or something like that. 39:08 You can look at that and say, 39:10 you know, isn't it incredible how this thing can fly around? 39:13 Like that. 39:14 Not when it bites us, that's not very fun. 39:16 But there's so much in nature just to think, 39:18 wow, wouldn't you guys like to fly, 39:20 like with flap your arms and fly, 39:22 wouldn't that'd be neat? 39:23 Yeah. 39:24 Who was talking to me about that this week? 39:26 Were all you guys talking to me about wanting to fly? 39:27 Was that you? Yes. 39:28 We're talking about flying and it was so, 39:30 I think it's kind of windy, and we were playing tag, 39:32 like we mentioned earlier, and they said, 39:34 "Wouldn't it be cool if one of us could actually fly 39:35 and hover above everybody else? 39:37 And nobody could catch us." 39:40 So when you look at nature like these, 39:42 have you ever seen one of those little bugs 39:44 with black spots on them? 39:45 Ladybug? Ladybugs. 39:47 What do they call them? 39:48 Ladybugs? Ladybugs. 39:50 Yep, that's it. I was trying to think of that. 39:52 And they flap open their little wings. 39:54 Have you ever seen one fly before, Joshua? 39:56 Have you seen a ladybug fly? 39:58 Yeah. Yeah. 39:59 It's amazing because God has created. 40:00 And once, it was on me. 40:02 Did one land on you? 40:03 And then it went off me. Flew off? 40:05 Yup. I had one land on me too. 40:07 It's kind of a neat feeling, 40:08 you feel the little legs on your finger. 40:10 But again, you think about that, 40:12 God created something that could fly. 40:14 You know, so nature, 40:15 there's so many lessons in nature. 40:17 Yeah. 40:18 And Joshua had a wasp on his head once. 40:19 It was hurt. 40:21 A hurt wasp was on your head. 40:22 Did you help it feel better? 40:26 I just left it on my head. 40:28 You just left it on your head? 40:30 Okay. He didn't even know. 40:31 Well, I'm glad it didn't sting you, 40:32 I'm glad it didn't sting you. 40:34 But there's so many lessons 40:35 that God has for us to learn in nature too. 40:36 Yes. 40:38 So, you know, though we're not parents. 40:39 Still I think about how our parents, 40:41 I know, you guys too with nature, 40:43 there's so many things around us 40:44 that we can learn from. 40:45 Amen. 40:47 Shall we finish the armor, we're supposed to wear. 40:48 All right. Yes, Ephesians Chapter 6. 40:52 So Florin read the first couple of verses there. 40:55 Mom. 40:57 Mom, you got it, verse 13? 40:58 Thirteen? 41:00 All right keep going, whatever, but start with 13. 41:01 "Where for, taken to the whole armor of God 41:04 that you may be able to withstand in the evil day. 41:06 And having done all to stand." 41:09 You want to read another? 41:11 Let's look at the armor we got? 41:13 Oh, yeah, please. 41:15 I was gonna say there was that, I've seen that verse. 41:17 It's a co-operation between the human and the divine. 41:20 We have to work with God, 41:22 in order for the armor to be a benefit to us. 41:26 Not that we're doing it. 41:27 I mean, it's God's power, 41:29 but we still have to cooperate with God. 41:31 And how do we cooperate? 41:33 You have any ideas on how, 41:35 because that can be kind of hard sometimes. 41:37 I guess we just have to be willing to say, 41:38 Lord, Your will. 41:40 I submit my will to Yours. 41:43 I want to follow You and do what You would have me do. 41:47 Well, that's good. 41:49 I agree, because God doesn't force us. 41:51 No. 41:52 And a God that doesn't force us is a God of love. 41:55 Because He's not saying, "Okay, 41:57 march this direction, or do this." 42:00 It's really our choice. 42:01 And then like you're saying, 42:02 to put on the whole armor of God... 42:04 That's good. We have to work with God. 42:05 Amen. 42:06 So, Jonathan, I was just thinking of this, 42:08 because you do fencing. 42:09 You just started fencing, right? 42:11 Yes. 42:12 Is that building a fence with a hammer 42:13 and nails and boards? 42:15 Ah, no. 42:16 It's not? So, what does that mean? 42:17 I'm thinking of the armor here. 42:19 What does that mean, when you do fencing? 42:21 It's not building something, right? 42:23 No, it's sword fighting. 42:27 Okay. 42:28 But you have to put armor on, 42:30 well, it's not like metal armor. 42:33 It's just kind of like this. 42:37 This thick coat, 42:38 and it protects you from getting hurt. 42:41 It's... 42:42 And then you also have to put a mask on 42:46 to protect your face, 42:48 or getting your eyes punctured or, so, yeah. 42:52 Yeah. 42:53 So that's a armor. It is armor. 42:55 And if you like miss the helmet. 42:57 And you don't have the whole full armor, 42:59 you could get hit in the face and get hurt. 43:02 Yeah, absolutely. 43:04 So this is in the physical world, right? 43:06 You want to protect yourself from being hurt. 43:08 But this is spiritually we need to have armor. 43:10 So let's read about the armor. 43:12 It kind of goes back to Florin was saying, 43:13 you don't go in half... 43:14 Dressed. Dressed for battle. 43:16 Put on the whole armor of God. 43:18 I like that, that was really good. 43:20 So who has the next verse? 43:23 Fourteen? Yeah. 43:25 "Stand therefore, 43:26 having girded your loins 43:30 with truth and having put on 43:32 the breastplate of righteousness. 43:35 And having shod your feet with the preparation 43:38 of the gospel of peace." 43:40 Amen. 43:41 "And above all, taking the shield of faith, 43:44 with which you will be able 43:45 to quench the fiery darts of the evil one." 43:50 "And take the helmet of salvation, 43:51 and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." 43:56 That goes back to what Caleb was mentioning too, 43:57 as far as the Bible promises. 44:00 That's just really good. 44:03 How do you, so, I'm going back to Caleb, 44:05 what you said and this is for anybody here. 44:07 But with the Word of God, 44:09 do you have to have your Bible with you when Satan tempts you? 44:13 No. 44:15 No? And why is that? 44:17 Why don't you have to have it with you? 44:19 Because 44:21 you can have the Bible verses memory in you. 44:27 That's right. 44:28 You don't have to carry around Bible to whack someone 44:32 who's tempting you. 44:34 That's right. Yeah. Yeah. 44:36 Like literally take the Bible and go wham. 44:38 Right, right. 44:40 No, you're right. 44:42 How about praying because that's talking to God. 44:45 Do you have to always close your eyes 44:48 and fold your hands and kneel down? 44:50 No. No? 44:52 Because He's your friend. 44:54 You can just talk to Him. 44:57 Have you ever done that, Stephen? 44:59 Just pray to Him without doing this? 45:01 Yes. I have too. 45:05 All the time. 45:08 So, if we look at how many pieces of armor 45:12 we had here in this verse. 45:14 Did we count how many pieces of armor there were? 45:16 Oh, no. 45:17 You had, stand there for, how about you boys count? 45:21 Okay, as we read, having girded your waist with truth. 45:25 That's one. 45:26 Breastplate of righteousness. 45:27 That's two. 45:29 Feet have the preparation of the gospel of peace, 45:32 above all, taking the shield of faith, 45:35 helmet of salvation, sword of the Spirit. 45:41 How many is that? That's six. 45:42 Six? 45:44 So six armor things that we can put on. 45:48 Right, and you can add the praying in verse 18. 45:51 I agree with that. 45:54 That's right, we haven't read that one. 45:56 You're right. We need a perfect number. 45:57 You want to read that one for us? 45:58 Sure." 46:00 Praying always, with all prayer and supplication in the spirit, 46:04 and watching thereunto, with all perseverance 46:07 and supplication for all saints." 46:12 Shall we read the next one, we finish out the section. 46:15 Sure. 46:17 "And for me, that utterance may be given unto me 46:21 that I may open my mouth boldly to make known 46:23 the mystery of the gospel." 46:25 Amen. 46:27 So is there any time, this is a question for anybody, 46:30 whether it's the boys or grownups? 46:34 Is there any time in your life 46:35 when you felt like you face the Goliath? 46:38 What I mean by that is, you've had a battle, 46:40 or someone was coming against who was an enemy, 46:43 or maybe a giant, 46:45 maybe a time when you had to wear 46:46 the armor of God that He wanted you to wear, 46:49 anytime when you face that. 46:52 And if you did, you want to tell us about it. 46:58 Well, I can remember when I was in nursing school, 47:02 one of my teachers told me that you should change your career, 47:07 you'll never make a nurse. 47:09 And then, 47:12 you know, I was older than 47:13 and I remembered the stories of, 47:16 for instance, Pavarotti. 47:17 He was told that he could never sing, 47:20 that one of the teachers told him 47:21 that he should change careers as well. 47:23 And then... Wow, the famous opera singer. 47:26 Then Thomas Edison... 47:30 Edison, yeah. Yeah. 47:32 He was told that he could not read, 47:33 and he will never make a good student. 47:35 And then, I heard also Einstein couldn't pass 47:38 some of his physics classes. 47:40 So I realized that, 47:44 you know, sometimes people may not see 47:47 the value or your potential. 47:49 But you should not give up and you should, 47:53 you know, stick with what you believe 47:54 that God has chosen for you. 47:56 And I remember when Churchill 47:59 was under a critical situation 48:02 in England during World War II. 48:04 He was asked, 48:06 "What were the chances of them winning the war." 48:08 And Churchill basically said that, 48:11 "What I can promise you are three things, 48:14 sweat, tears, and blood." 48:17 And, you know, facing any kind of battle, 48:23 you know, if it's spiritual or physical. 48:25 You know, when soldiers are sent to war, 48:28 they're not thinking, 48:30 "Well, I'm going to be in an office 48:32 and I'll be protected." 48:33 They know the risks. 48:35 And they know that, you know, some of them can, 48:39 you know, get hurt. 48:41 So, it's the same with us. 48:42 We need to have the mentality, we're real soldier that, 48:46 you know, this is a real battle, 48:48 even if it's spiritual or physical. 48:50 We need to be mentally prepared, 48:53 as well as physically prepared. 48:56 You know, just as we talked about David and Goliath, 48:59 you know, even though David have faith in God, 49:02 but I believe that he was an excellent shooter. 49:06 I mean, he had practiced with that sling. 49:08 He was not, he didn't go there and closed his eyes 49:10 and just let the sling go off whatever. 49:12 He knew exactly what he was going 49:13 to lead as sling go... 49:14 That's a really good point. 49:16 And it's the same with us. 49:17 We, you know, God, you know is our strength, 49:20 but He wants us to develop our character. 49:25 And I'm just reminded of this poem. 49:29 Oh, great. Oh, nice. 49:30 Said, when God wants to drill a man, 49:33 and thrill a man, and skill a man. 49:35 When God wants to mold a man to play the noble sport, 49:40 one he earns, 49:41 with all his heart to create so great and bold a man, 49:45 that all the world shall be amazed. 49:48 Watch his methods, watch his ways, 49:51 how he ruthlessly perfects, whom he royally elects, 49:56 how he hammers him and hurts him. 49:59 And with mighty blows, converts him, 50:03 how he bends but never breaks. 50:06 When his good his undertakes, how he uses whom he chooses, 50:11 and which every purpose fuses him. 50:15 Wow. 50:16 And then, I just finish this off. 50:17 That is powerful. 50:20 And then the rest of it, 50:22 I didn't have time to put on the same paper, 50:23 but, "By every act induces him to try his splendor out. 50:28 God knows what he's about." 50:30 Wow. 50:31 Boy, that's great. 50:33 Amen. That's quite a process. 50:36 What I love about is that, how He bends but never breaks. 50:42 So God knows exactly 50:43 how much He needs to stretch out. 50:48 So but we never break because we're in His hands. 50:50 Amen. 50:52 Yeah, wow. That's powerful for me. 50:53 So tonight, you might be watching at home, 50:55 and might be saying, I'm in the midst of a battle, 50:58 like Florin just talked about, 50:59 and I'm being bent and stretched. 51:02 But know that the Lord Jesus sees you right now, 51:06 and that you are not going to break as it were, 51:09 in the midst of that, 51:11 that He sees you and that He will bring you through, 51:14 and He will give you victory. 51:16 Mom, you said you had something? 51:19 I was gonna say my battle is, 51:21 my giant is not something in the past. 51:26 It's something that's ongoing for me. 51:29 Uncertainty of the future. 51:33 You all, I mean, you all know that I have MS. So, 51:38 sometimes if I stop thinking about 51:41 what's the next year, the next couple years, 51:43 next five years. 51:46 What will be for me? What will my life be like? 51:49 It might stress me, 51:51 might make me cause for concern. 51:54 But generally, I don't think about it, 51:56 but every now and again, the thought crosses my mind. 52:00 But I just spend time with God, I give thanks, 52:05 for what I can do, what I am doing, 52:07 the blessings He gives me. 52:10 Share that joy with others and it just helps so much. 52:14 I'm fighting the giants. 52:15 We all have uncertainties in our lives. 52:17 We never, you know, none of us know 52:18 what tomorrow would bring. 52:20 That's true. 52:21 But if we concentrate on Jesus and not our circumstances, 52:24 and, I just recently started a gratitude journal, 52:29 writing down all the, 52:30 even the little things that I'm grateful for... 52:32 Amen. That's really great. 52:33 You know. 52:34 And I liked what Lynn said earlier too, 52:36 and that is, just be real with God. 52:38 Yeah. Yes. 52:40 So if today, you know, you're worried about, 52:42 you know, the future, MS. 52:43 You know, and what's ahead of you, 52:45 you know, just tell God that, I like that. 52:46 Just be real, because He knows anyway... 52:48 Yes. 52:49 So just say, God, you know, whatever you're going through, 52:51 to just God, this is where I am. 52:53 I'm upset right now. 52:54 But I think the key is to keep our faith in God, 52:58 because He's not going to break us. 52:59 Focus on Jesus, not on our circumstances. 53:02 You're gonna bend us, 53:04 but He's not going to totally crush us. 53:05 That was good, right. 53:07 It's right. 53:08 Whoa, we're almost out of time actually, 53:09 this family worship time has gone by in a hurry. 53:12 Does somebody want to pray? 53:14 We have just a few minutes, someone. 53:16 Any of you boys want to pray? Just a short prayer? 53:17 We can have a couple of people, right? 53:19 Yeah. A of couple people can pray. 53:20 You want to pray, Caleb? Anyone else, Jonathan? 53:22 Anyone else want to pray? 53:23 We can just go from there. Okay. 53:25 Go ahead, Caleb, let's pray. 53:26 Dear Jesus, thank You that we got to get together 53:29 for family worship. 53:32 Thank You for all the blessings. 53:34 Thank You that you helped David. 53:37 Help us with all of our Goliaths. 53:42 Help us to fight, 53:46 spiritual way. 53:49 Amen. Amen. 53:51 Dear heavenly Father, 53:53 thank You that we had this time together. 53:56 Thank You that we could come here together, 53:59 talk about our battles and struggles. 54:02 Lord, You know all our battles, struggles, 54:06 and we know that You will help us. 54:09 Please help us to get through them. 54:11 And thank You so much. 54:14 We love You. Amen. 54:18 Anyone else? Anyone else want to pray? 54:22 Go ahead, Mom. 54:24 Can we pray? Yes. 54:27 Heavenly Father, we thank You so much 54:28 for the time that we have spent here 54:30 together as a family. 54:32 How precious it is when we can be together. 54:36 But most important, Father, 54:37 we thank You for the love that we have for You, 54:40 for Your Son, Jesus Christ, 54:41 who left all of heaven to come here 54:43 because He loved us so much. 54:46 Maybe we love You in return. 54:48 And know that whatever we face each day, 54:50 that You walk beside us, that You hold us, 54:53 that Your grace sustains us, You strengthen us, 54:57 help us to be faithful to You, as David was to You, 55:01 that we may be victorious over the devil. 55:04 And that when You come in the clouds of glory, 55:06 that we may be ready to go home with You. 55:09 In Jesus' name I pray, amen. 55:12 Father, God, we just thank You for this time together, 55:15 family around the table. 55:16 What a blessing to be together as family. 55:19 We thank You that You are our Father, 55:23 we thank You for our 3ABN family, 55:24 a home that joins with us. 55:26 And we just praise You 55:28 for Your forgiveness and for Your mercy, 55:30 and for Your grace, 55:31 and for the strength that You can give us. 55:34 And, Lord, I just pray especially 55:36 for our brothers and sisters watching at home, 55:39 listening at home, 55:40 whatever battle they are facing right now, 55:43 God, would You grant them victory. 55:45 Would Your grace be made sufficient 55:47 in their time of weakness. 55:49 And would You walk beside them and we thank You. 55:53 Father, what a blessing it is to be able to spend this time 55:55 with You to open Your Word. 55:57 We pray for a special Sabbath blessing on each person 56:00 that's tuned in, or listening this evening, 56:02 or we thank you for Your love, 56:04 and for sending Jesus and for His sacrifice. 56:07 In Jesus' name we pray, amen. 56:09 Amen. Amen. 56:11 It's been wonderful to spend this time with family, 56:13 hasn't it baby? 56:14 Especially for you with your, you know, your family, 56:15 my family too. 56:17 This is a treat, so. This is such a treat for me. 56:19 So, thank you all for being willing to come 56:22 and do something stressful. 56:25 It can be a little stressful, 56:27 you know, you're not used to that. 56:28 So thank you very much. 56:29 But most of all, thank you for sharing from your heart, 56:32 and your experience, 56:33 your knowledge of the Word of God. 56:35 What a tremendous blessing. 56:36 So, know that we love you all. 56:39 And so grateful that God made us family. 56:41 Amen. 56:42 And we hope that you are encouraged, 56:44 have been encouraged this evening, 56:46 as we study the Word of God. 56:48 You've heard it out of the mouths, 56:49 even of the nephews here, 56:50 about the importance of opening the scriptures 56:54 and putting them to memory. 56:56 And it was mentioned earlier, 56:57 you can memorize scripture through music. 56:59 There's many different ways that you can do that, 57:01 to praying to God. 57:03 You know, and I think the encouraging thing 57:04 we've heard here this evening too, 57:06 is that there is no giant too big for God. 57:09 Amen. 57:10 You got it all taken care of, so we can trust in Him. 57:12 So we want to encourage you this evening. 57:14 No matter what you're facing right now, God's got it. 57:16 Surrender your life to Him, 57:17 because He will take care of you. 57:19 And remember to study the Word of God, 57:21 for in it you will find treasures. 57:23 God bless you. We'll see you next time. 57:24 Happy Sabbath. 57:26 You want to wave? Will you? 57:27 Hey. |
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