1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,400 So how many of you here know me? 2 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:08,220 Yeah, don't pretend like you don't know me. 3 00:00:08,220 --> 00:00:10,880 All of my wonderful friends came from Southern today. 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,720 But the rest of you don't know me, right? 5 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:15,680 You've never seen my face. 6 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:17,700 You've probably never even heard the name Shelby 7 00:00:17,700 --> 00:00:20,920 except for a Mustang or a Shelby Cobra or whatever, right? 8 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:22,340 Beautiful vehicle. 9 00:00:22,340 --> 00:00:23,660 My mouth runs like it. 10 00:00:23,660 --> 00:00:25,740 That's the joke that my family says. 11 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:28,340 It's not a good thing. 12 00:00:28,340 --> 00:00:32,120 But Jesus is working on me. 13 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:35,080 So before we dive into another word of prayer, 14 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,000 I wanna share a little bit about myself 15 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:38,280 so that you're kind of comfortable. 16 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:40,260 Like why is this young girl here today? 17 00:00:40,260 --> 00:00:41,700 Why is she speaking? 18 00:00:41,700 --> 00:00:42,980 I guess I should say young woman. 19 00:00:42,980 --> 00:00:44,000 I'm 23 now. 20 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,760 It's so weird being this age. 21 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:47,960 I've been used to being knee high for so long 22 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,400 and it feels like I finally have surpassed that 23 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:52,600 but I'm stuck at five foot. 24 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:57,180 So I still feel very childish because of my height. 25 00:00:57,180 --> 00:00:59,800 But it's such an honor to be here at the Sabbath. 26 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:00,880 Like it's the Lord's day. 27 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:02,720 Isn't that amazing? 28 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:03,560 Amen. 29 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:05,840 Oh, people in the house of the Lord today. 30 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:07,340 They're speaking. 31 00:01:07,340 --> 00:01:10,660 So because you don't know anything about me, 32 00:01:10,660 --> 00:01:12,720 I'm gonna share just a tad bit here. 33 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:15,160 I am a theology major in the School of Religion 34 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,420 at Southern Adventist University. 35 00:01:17,420 --> 00:01:19,560 Great school, wonderful school. 36 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,280 I'm gonna talk to you a little bit about it today. 37 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,520 I wasn't raised in the church. 38 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,280 My family and I, we had a basic knowledge and understanding 39 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,120 of Jesus but that was it. 40 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,440 We were Christian in title but not in any way 41 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:35,400 were we truly Christians. 42 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,000 We would have been a very bad example to the world 43 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,640 of what Christianity is supposed to be. 44 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,940 I received the Holy Spirit when I was at the age of nine. 45 00:01:43,940 --> 00:01:47,220 My family and I, we were baptized by an Adventist friend 46 00:01:47,220 --> 00:01:50,640 of my grandfather's in the year 2015 47 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:55,020 after I had just had severe back surgery. 48 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,860 My dad came to Southern Adventist University in 2018 49 00:02:00,860 --> 00:02:02,720 where he took the SALT program. 50 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,800 Have any of you heard of the SALT program? 51 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,440 Awesome, okay, so we kinda know what I'm talking about here. 52 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:10,720 It is written School of Evangelism Program, 53 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:12,520 Soul Winning and Leadership Training. 54 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,080 Well, that program is so amazing 55 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,920 and so God-filled that it changed my dad. 56 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:21,920 It gave me the father figure I had always wanted growing up. 57 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:24,040 Remember, I came from the world, right? 58 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:25,320 I wasn't raised in the church 59 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,440 so that means home life was very toxic. 60 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,240 I never really had a loving fatherly figure. 61 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,280 He tried to love me to the best of his ability 62 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,560 but because he didn't know the author of love, 63 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,080 he couldn't love me with the love 64 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,380 that I as a child deserved to be shown. 65 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,620 But SALT changed that. 66 00:02:42,620 --> 00:02:45,280 Dad had given up his ways of the world. 67 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,560 He was following Christ and this program came up 68 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,160 and he said, okay, Lord, I'll go where you want me to go. 69 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:52,840 Here I am, Lord, send me. 70 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,480 And the program forever changed him 71 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:59,120 and little did we know it would forever change our lives. 72 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,660 So, amen, yes. 73 00:03:02,660 --> 00:03:05,520 So I said if that program can do that for my father, 74 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:06,920 how much more can it do for me? 75 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:08,840 I'm gonna go so I can become a better daughter 76 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:13,240 for my family but also a better steward for my parents. 77 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,820 Okay, so then I went to Southern in 2019 78 00:03:15,820 --> 00:03:17,240 for the SALT program. 79 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:19,520 I was like, okay, Lord, if you can do that for my dad 80 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,040 in 2018, what are you gonna do for me now? 81 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,120 Best year of my life. 82 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,640 Best year of my life. 83 00:03:26,640 --> 00:03:29,800 I attended Southern and I met, 84 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:33,220 hopefully the clicker will work, these people. 85 00:03:33,220 --> 00:03:34,560 You can't really see us. 86 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,680 We were one of the largest SALT classes 87 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,280 to ever have taken place. 88 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:41,340 We broke history for It Is Written. 89 00:03:41,340 --> 00:03:44,540 We had around 34 students. 90 00:03:46,980 --> 00:03:48,260 Life was never the same. 91 00:03:49,500 --> 00:03:51,100 Meeting these people changed me. 92 00:03:51,100 --> 00:03:52,580 This program changed me. 93 00:03:52,580 --> 00:03:55,020 I had already started to fall in love with the Lord 94 00:03:55,020 --> 00:03:56,860 and learn how to serve the Lord 95 00:03:56,860 --> 00:03:59,540 and what it meant to be his child 96 00:03:59,540 --> 00:04:03,500 but I lacked one thing and it was the keys of evangelism. 97 00:04:03,500 --> 00:04:05,940 I didn't have these keys in my back pocket 98 00:04:05,940 --> 00:04:07,880 but after taking this program, I did. 99 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,380 So now wherever I go, to the grocery store, 100 00:04:10,380 --> 00:04:12,340 to the hospital or wherever it may be, 101 00:04:12,340 --> 00:04:15,220 I can say, hey, how are you doing today? 102 00:04:15,220 --> 00:04:17,680 I can notice the downtrodden and come up to them 103 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:19,460 and love them and not be afraid 104 00:04:19,460 --> 00:04:22,100 because I was trained on how to do it. 105 00:04:22,100 --> 00:04:25,020 How to love them, how to be gentle, meek and lowly 106 00:04:25,020 --> 00:04:27,660 in spirit, not saying, hey, have you heard of the Sabbath? 107 00:04:27,660 --> 00:04:29,780 No, oh, you're not saved then. 108 00:04:29,780 --> 00:04:32,420 Instead it was, hey, I see that you're having 109 00:04:32,420 --> 00:04:33,380 a really hard day today. 110 00:04:33,380 --> 00:04:35,980 Is there anything I can pray for you? 111 00:04:35,980 --> 00:04:40,780 And with that, doors open and walls come down. 112 00:04:40,780 --> 00:04:42,860 So like I said, my life began to change. 113 00:04:42,860 --> 00:04:44,540 I gained the keys of evangelism. 114 00:04:44,540 --> 00:04:47,660 It was now in my back pocket forever to be used. 115 00:04:47,660 --> 00:04:51,020 And what's really cool is this group of people 116 00:04:51,020 --> 00:04:54,060 that I was just telling you about, man, we're crazy. 117 00:04:54,060 --> 00:04:56,640 We were crazy together. 118 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,360 That class, we worked together. 119 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,340 So this church right here, this is the Uduwah SDA Church. 120 00:05:01,340 --> 00:05:02,740 This is in Tennessee. 121 00:05:02,740 --> 00:05:05,340 This was my first ever evangelistic series 122 00:05:05,340 --> 00:05:07,700 I was able to really help and serve with. 123 00:05:07,700 --> 00:05:09,660 We filled this hall. 124 00:05:09,660 --> 00:05:13,780 300 people, less than four months. 125 00:05:13,780 --> 00:05:17,100 Door to door, evangelism works. 126 00:05:17,100 --> 00:05:18,540 Meeting the needs in the community, 127 00:05:18,540 --> 00:05:21,300 offering people prayer or Bible studies, 128 00:05:21,300 --> 00:05:22,660 whatever the spirit led to. 129 00:05:22,660 --> 00:05:25,420 We tried offering Bible studies because we wanted them 130 00:05:25,420 --> 00:05:29,020 to learn of prophecy, to see that the end is coming, 131 00:05:29,020 --> 00:05:30,540 that Christ is coming, and he's coming 132 00:05:30,540 --> 00:05:33,060 to take his children home. 133 00:05:33,060 --> 00:05:34,780 That's what we wanted to show these people, 134 00:05:34,780 --> 00:05:36,300 to give them hope. 135 00:05:36,300 --> 00:05:38,460 So this is kind of a part of me. 136 00:05:38,460 --> 00:05:40,460 These people and I, we worked together, 137 00:05:40,460 --> 00:05:43,820 we prayed together, we cried together, we worked together. 138 00:05:43,820 --> 00:05:46,540 And like I said, we filled that meeting hall together 139 00:05:46,540 --> 00:05:48,500 by God's power and his grace. 140 00:05:48,500 --> 00:05:51,140 300 people in less than four months. 141 00:05:52,140 --> 00:05:54,200 We, the ground workers, all took positions 142 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:55,740 during these meetings. 143 00:05:55,740 --> 00:05:57,380 Some were in the upper room praying. 144 00:05:57,380 --> 00:05:59,320 Some of them didn't have the gift and the talent 145 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:00,320 to speak with other people. 146 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:01,960 They were awkward, they made it awkward. 147 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:03,860 We're like, hey, go pray. 148 00:06:03,860 --> 00:06:06,340 You're our prayer warriors, okay? 149 00:06:06,340 --> 00:06:08,500 You're gonna go to the upper room, very biblical, 150 00:06:08,500 --> 00:06:09,560 very biblical. 151 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,060 You're gonna go to the upper room and you're gonna pray 152 00:06:12,060 --> 00:06:15,440 for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon us 153 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:17,140 and upon the guests. 154 00:06:17,140 --> 00:06:18,260 And so they did. 155 00:06:19,660 --> 00:06:22,120 Oh, I'll have to tell you about one of those miracles 156 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:23,460 that actually happened during that time. 157 00:06:23,460 --> 00:06:25,460 Oh, okay, I'll tell you now, it's so exciting. 158 00:06:25,460 --> 00:06:26,880 Because I'm telling you about myself, right? 159 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,380 So I gotta share little experiences. 160 00:06:29,380 --> 00:06:32,460 So we had people up there that spoke Spanish, 161 00:06:32,460 --> 00:06:34,460 didn't speak a lick of English. 162 00:06:34,460 --> 00:06:37,740 We had people that spoke English and not a lick of Spanish. 163 00:06:37,740 --> 00:06:39,740 We had people that spoke other languages 164 00:06:39,740 --> 00:06:42,260 and not any of the other two languages. 165 00:06:42,260 --> 00:06:43,140 I forget what it was. 166 00:06:43,140 --> 00:06:46,340 It was, some people were like from Thailand 167 00:06:46,340 --> 00:06:48,340 and other countries and they spoke that language 168 00:06:48,340 --> 00:06:50,420 and they always had to have an interpreter with them. 169 00:06:50,420 --> 00:06:52,820 And yet all of them were praying. 170 00:06:52,820 --> 00:06:54,780 And there were days where everyone understood 171 00:06:54,780 --> 00:06:56,540 each other's prayers. 172 00:06:57,780 --> 00:06:59,900 Chills, chills. 173 00:06:59,900 --> 00:07:02,740 When God is in the room, boundaries come down. 174 00:07:02,740 --> 00:07:04,660 Walls come down. 175 00:07:04,660 --> 00:07:06,820 We can understand the heart of those 176 00:07:06,820 --> 00:07:08,740 that are in unity of Christ. 177 00:07:08,740 --> 00:07:10,140 That's exactly what would happen. 178 00:07:10,140 --> 00:07:12,420 Speaking in tongues, biblical tongues, 179 00:07:12,420 --> 00:07:15,740 took place, understanding, no confusion. 180 00:07:16,660 --> 00:07:18,180 So like I said, we were working. 181 00:07:18,180 --> 00:07:21,260 We were crying together, praying together, working together. 182 00:07:21,260 --> 00:07:23,220 Some of us were in the upper room praying. 183 00:07:23,220 --> 00:07:25,820 They were our prayer warriors. 184 00:07:25,820 --> 00:07:28,960 Some of us were greeters, table leaders, singers, 185 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:30,860 and so forth. 186 00:07:30,860 --> 00:07:34,580 We, a group of mere kids and adults 187 00:07:34,580 --> 00:07:38,540 who acted like children, were able to come together 188 00:07:38,540 --> 00:07:43,180 and lay aside our differences and become one people 189 00:07:43,180 --> 00:07:47,940 under one God, under one mighty God. 190 00:07:47,940 --> 00:07:51,460 Even though the trials of service were hard, 191 00:07:51,460 --> 00:07:54,440 God still was able to unite us. 192 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,780 So now that you've learned a little bit about me, 193 00:07:57,780 --> 00:08:01,060 and I've been able to reminisce 194 00:08:01,060 --> 00:08:03,500 and get filled with some joy, 195 00:08:03,500 --> 00:08:08,500 which is a gift and a fruit of the Spirit, by the way, right? 196 00:08:08,500 --> 00:08:11,520 Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, 197 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,520 faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. 198 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,780 Joy is one of them, and I have been filled with joy 199 00:08:16,780 --> 00:08:18,820 after being able to reminisce. 200 00:08:18,820 --> 00:08:23,200 So let's pray and let's get to preaching. 201 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,860 Are y'all ready for the bread of life? 202 00:08:25,860 --> 00:08:28,020 Amen, let's pray. 203 00:08:28,020 --> 00:08:32,380 Heavenly Father, thank you so very much for joy. 204 00:08:32,380 --> 00:08:34,540 Thank you for memories. 205 00:08:34,540 --> 00:08:37,700 Thank you for allowing our minds to be able 206 00:08:37,700 --> 00:08:40,600 to where we can reminisce and remember the exact emotions 207 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,000 and the exact feelings, Father. 208 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,260 Thank you for your goodness and your faithfulness 209 00:08:45,260 --> 00:08:47,900 and your gentleness to me. 210 00:08:47,900 --> 00:08:50,700 Father, I need your Holy Spirit today 211 00:08:50,700 --> 00:08:53,140 so that this message can be presented the way 212 00:08:53,140 --> 00:08:55,220 you want it presented. 213 00:08:55,220 --> 00:09:00,220 Let the people not see Shelby, but see Jesus. 214 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,380 Let them not hear a young lady, 215 00:09:03,380 --> 00:09:07,040 but let them hear the author and finisher, 216 00:09:08,020 --> 00:09:10,660 the God of gods, the Lord of lords, 217 00:09:10,660 --> 00:09:12,240 and the King of kings today. 218 00:09:13,180 --> 00:09:17,700 Fill us, we pray, in your precious son's name, amen. 219 00:09:17,700 --> 00:09:19,540 Amen. 220 00:09:19,540 --> 00:09:22,340 Okay, so I said are we ready for the bread of life, 221 00:09:22,340 --> 00:09:24,060 and I got some nods. 222 00:09:24,060 --> 00:09:25,160 Are we really ready? 223 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:29,780 Are you ready to come out of church today changed? 224 00:09:29,780 --> 00:09:31,900 Now when I say changed, does that scare you a little bit? 225 00:09:31,900 --> 00:09:34,340 Are you kind of like, oh, what do you mean by changed? 226 00:09:34,340 --> 00:09:36,860 I'm comfortable, right? 227 00:09:36,860 --> 00:09:39,660 I'm comfortable too, but change, 228 00:09:41,980 --> 00:09:45,100 change draws us closer to Christ. 229 00:09:45,100 --> 00:09:49,180 Complacency doesn't, but change does. 230 00:09:49,180 --> 00:09:52,540 So I'm gonna talk to you, I'm gonna share little stories 231 00:09:52,540 --> 00:09:54,340 because I'm a storyteller. 232 00:09:54,340 --> 00:09:57,580 I love, I learn through storytelling. 233 00:09:57,580 --> 00:09:59,640 I don't know if any of you, if you ever liked 234 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:01,380 when your teachers would stop teaching 235 00:10:01,380 --> 00:10:04,900 and start telling stories, loved that. 236 00:10:04,900 --> 00:10:07,320 Thank you for the mental break. 237 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:09,580 So I'm gonna tell you a little story before we die then 238 00:10:09,580 --> 00:10:13,100 because when I like really get going, I can't stop. 239 00:10:13,100 --> 00:10:16,900 And sometimes it's good to start slow, right? 240 00:10:16,900 --> 00:10:21,900 So this is a little, this is a person camping. 241 00:10:22,500 --> 00:10:24,300 They're in a sleeping bag, they're on the hard ground, 242 00:10:24,300 --> 00:10:26,220 and they're in a tent. 243 00:10:26,220 --> 00:10:28,780 How many of you have ever heard of Pathfinders? 244 00:10:28,780 --> 00:10:30,620 I'm in Pathfinders. 245 00:10:30,620 --> 00:10:35,380 Praise God, yes sir, I'm in Pathfinders too. 246 00:10:35,380 --> 00:10:39,140 I'm a master TLT, do you know what that means? 247 00:10:39,140 --> 00:10:41,320 Some of you know what that means. 248 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:43,640 It's a big deal. 249 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,380 I came into Pathfinders when I was 13. 250 00:10:46,380 --> 00:10:47,940 That was when I actually entered into 251 00:10:47,940 --> 00:10:50,780 the Seventh-day Adventist Church, by the way. 252 00:10:50,780 --> 00:10:52,340 Was thrown into Pathfinders right away 253 00:10:52,340 --> 00:10:54,100 and I was thrown into a TLT position, 254 00:10:54,100 --> 00:10:55,300 had no idea what it was. 255 00:10:55,300 --> 00:10:57,700 Teen leader in training, okay, here we go. 256 00:10:57,700 --> 00:11:01,140 So I was being trained on how to better serve my church 257 00:11:01,140 --> 00:11:04,100 and how to better serve myself and how to get to know God, 258 00:11:04,100 --> 00:11:05,780 to keep the morning watch. 259 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:10,680 In this, I stayed in Pathfinders for various amount of years. 260 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:13,020 I helped, I volunteered, and they said, 261 00:11:13,020 --> 00:11:17,500 hey, you meet the requirements, we notice you as a leader. 262 00:11:17,500 --> 00:11:21,120 You've completed everything that a TLT is supposed to do, 263 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:23,780 and now you're of age, you've graduated. 264 00:11:23,780 --> 00:11:27,140 Now you're allowed to lead, to teach, to preach, 265 00:11:27,140 --> 00:11:30,740 and to help the other leaders that were conference officials. 266 00:11:30,740 --> 00:11:33,340 So I got my black TLT shirt, I should have brought it. 267 00:11:33,340 --> 00:11:37,540 It's got the big TLT badge, but it's black. 268 00:11:37,540 --> 00:11:39,380 It's so cool. 269 00:11:39,380 --> 00:11:40,220 So I love it. 270 00:11:40,220 --> 00:11:43,340 So I'm a master TLT, I love Pathfinders. 271 00:11:43,340 --> 00:11:45,900 I have dedicated my life to it. 272 00:11:45,900 --> 00:11:47,980 Now, when you were in Pathfinders, any of you, 273 00:11:47,980 --> 00:11:50,060 and some of you that are currently, 274 00:11:50,060 --> 00:11:52,940 what's one of your favorite memories 275 00:11:52,940 --> 00:11:55,960 from like a fall camperee or a spring camperee? 276 00:11:57,620 --> 00:11:59,360 Oshkosh, okay, that's not those two, 277 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:00,980 but that's even better, right? 278 00:12:00,980 --> 00:12:03,100 I've never been able to go to Oshkosh. 279 00:12:03,100 --> 00:12:05,060 Why was Oshkosh so special? 280 00:12:05,060 --> 00:12:07,560 I'm just, we never meet there. 281 00:12:09,820 --> 00:12:11,740 So you loved seeing the masses? 282 00:12:12,740 --> 00:12:14,540 Awesome, anyone else? 283 00:12:14,540 --> 00:12:18,060 Any memory of like a fall camperee, a spring camperee, 284 00:12:18,060 --> 00:12:22,220 or when you went to maybe Kahuta, is it Kahuta Springs? 285 00:12:22,220 --> 00:12:24,960 Did any of you ever go there for, okay. 286 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:26,740 So you've got some memories with that. 287 00:12:26,740 --> 00:12:28,540 It's a special place, go ahead, hun. 288 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:31,340 You went to Kahuta? 289 00:12:31,340 --> 00:12:32,480 Oh, it's exciting. 290 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:35,860 So, Rhett, when you went to Kahuta, what was special? 291 00:12:35,860 --> 00:12:37,420 Please keep it short, my friend. 292 00:12:39,860 --> 00:12:40,700 Okay. 293 00:12:45,380 --> 00:12:48,140 Amen, so it, okay, go ahead. 294 00:12:57,580 --> 00:12:59,740 That's wonderful, I love that. 295 00:12:59,740 --> 00:13:01,520 You guys gave such deep and meaningful things. 296 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:03,380 I just love the activities. 297 00:13:03,380 --> 00:13:04,980 I just love being able to escape home 298 00:13:04,980 --> 00:13:06,820 because camp was my safe place. 299 00:13:06,820 --> 00:13:09,060 I come from the Iowa-Missouri Conference, 300 00:13:09,060 --> 00:13:12,560 so camp heritage is my safe place. 301 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:14,220 It is my home away from home. 302 00:13:14,220 --> 00:13:16,920 Same with Southern, but camp is different 303 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:18,540 because you spend so much of your life there 304 00:13:18,540 --> 00:13:19,700 as a pathfinder. 305 00:13:19,700 --> 00:13:21,540 So the point is, I loved it. 306 00:13:21,540 --> 00:13:24,080 I developed experiences, same with all of you. 307 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,860 Different experiences, right? 308 00:13:25,860 --> 00:13:28,800 We didn't attend the same things, the same years. 309 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,740 We didn't attend the same camping locations 310 00:13:31,740 --> 00:13:34,940 and experience the same things because I wasn't there. 311 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:39,820 And you weren't with me when I had my experiences either. 312 00:13:39,820 --> 00:13:42,460 But we had amazing experiences nonetheless. 313 00:13:43,660 --> 00:13:47,980 So I went to an MAU TLT retreat. 314 00:13:47,980 --> 00:13:50,020 It's a Mid-America Union TLT retreat. 315 00:13:50,020 --> 00:13:52,420 Multiple people can come from all over. 316 00:13:52,420 --> 00:13:53,800 It's great, it's wonderful. 317 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,660 And there I was able to be blessed 318 00:13:55,660 --> 00:13:58,860 to help lead a young girl to Jesus. 319 00:13:58,860 --> 00:14:01,120 She came from a troubled family. 320 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:03,260 Nobody liked this club. 321 00:14:04,220 --> 00:14:05,460 And God had put on my heart, 322 00:14:05,460 --> 00:14:08,300 this is the last time you're gonna be here for a while, 323 00:14:08,300 --> 00:14:10,100 get to know the youth. 324 00:14:10,100 --> 00:14:12,640 Be the example I've called you to be. 325 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:13,900 So I did. 326 00:14:13,900 --> 00:14:16,540 And I met this young lady and her brother, 327 00:14:16,540 --> 00:14:19,800 and by the last night, she came to me crying 328 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,100 and said, is there really hope? 329 00:14:22,100 --> 00:14:23,540 Is there really hope? 330 00:14:23,540 --> 00:14:25,860 How did you do it? 331 00:14:28,140 --> 00:14:32,180 Can Jesus accept even somebody such as myself? 332 00:14:32,180 --> 00:14:35,800 How can he love me after all I've done? 333 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,660 I've been baptized and yet I went and I was rebellious 334 00:14:38,660 --> 00:14:41,600 and I did my things and my pleasures and my joys. 335 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:43,260 I was disobedient to my family. 336 00:14:43,260 --> 00:14:45,620 I got into drugs, I got into sexual things. 337 00:14:45,620 --> 00:14:47,720 I did things I shouldn't have done. 338 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:50,500 Can God really accept someone such as myself? 339 00:14:50,500 --> 00:14:54,280 And then I gave her this message 340 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:56,040 that I'm giving all of you today. 341 00:14:58,120 --> 00:14:59,880 So we're gonna get there and you're gonna figure out 342 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:01,800 what I told that young girl. 343 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,240 But nonetheless, I prayed with her 344 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,080 and she gave her heart to Jesus right then, 345 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:12,080 right there on the last night, the end of Sabbath. 346 00:15:12,660 --> 00:15:15,000 God was able to spend time with his precious girl 347 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,740 and she was able to have assurance 348 00:15:17,740 --> 00:15:20,600 that Jesus Christ loved even someone such as her. 349 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,280 So now I'm gonna ask you a question 350 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:30,260 and hopefully I get the response I'm hoping for. 351 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,280 So what was the show of hands of people 352 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,700 that have been in Pathfinders or heard of Pathfinders? 353 00:15:36,700 --> 00:15:39,640 Okay, nice, nice, awesome, lovely, me too. 354 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:45,920 So when I went to the MAU TLT retreat 355 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:48,680 and I experienced all the fun activities, 356 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:50,620 caving, zip lining and all these other things, 357 00:15:50,620 --> 00:15:51,920 were y'all there with me? 358 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:54,960 What, why not? 359 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:59,680 Because life happens and maybe you didn't know about it 360 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:03,480 and maybe it was too far away or again, life happens. 361 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:07,400 We get busy, things go on and so we have to go on 362 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,400 but I got to have fun and I got to have the time of my life 363 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,040 but none of you got to experience it 364 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:16,340 because you weren't there. 365 00:16:16,340 --> 00:16:19,480 And so it is for some of us here in the church today. 366 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:23,280 Some of you are not experiencing 367 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:25,880 what the others are experiencing 368 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,000 but how can that be, right? 369 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,600 We're all hearing the same message, 370 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,720 we're all coming to the same church for the most part, 371 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,680 let's just say the Seventh-day Adventist Church, we're here 372 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:42,040 and yet some of us don't wanna be here. 373 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:46,000 Some of us do not have peace in the house of the Lord today. 374 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,000 Some of you have been stuck in your head all week, 375 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,800 trapped in your mind all week 376 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:53,440 that you couldn't even enjoy it. 377 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:58,040 And out of all places you're here today 378 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,640 because you know you're supposed to be 379 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,900 but not necessarily because you want to be. 380 00:17:05,900 --> 00:17:09,340 Some of you are so insecure 381 00:17:09,340 --> 00:17:11,860 that even around your friends you're feeling alone 382 00:17:11,860 --> 00:17:14,420 and maybe even overwhelmed or helpless. 383 00:17:16,900 --> 00:17:18,680 So I'm sure you're starting to get to the point 384 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:20,860 of today's message, this isn't for those 385 00:17:20,860 --> 00:17:23,500 that are doing okay and are saved and wonderful, 386 00:17:23,500 --> 00:17:26,300 the message today is for those that need the physician. 387 00:17:26,300 --> 00:17:31,300 All of us need him at some point, 388 00:17:31,300 --> 00:17:35,300 all of us have a time of heartache 389 00:17:37,300 --> 00:17:38,820 and if any of us are struggling 390 00:17:38,820 --> 00:17:41,140 because of the ways the world is treating us right now, 391 00:17:41,140 --> 00:17:42,820 struggling because of finances, 392 00:17:42,820 --> 00:17:44,660 struggling because the family is divided, 393 00:17:44,660 --> 00:17:48,740 struggling because of whatever life is throwing your way, 394 00:17:48,740 --> 00:17:51,700 if this is you today or if you're the lost coin 395 00:17:51,700 --> 00:17:53,580 and you don't even realize you're lost 396 00:17:53,580 --> 00:17:55,820 or the lamb that has come home today 397 00:17:55,820 --> 00:17:58,620 and to the Father's house through those doors 398 00:17:58,620 --> 00:18:01,580 of the church today, if this is you 399 00:18:01,580 --> 00:18:04,380 to the one that is silently hurting, 400 00:18:04,380 --> 00:18:06,180 then this message is for you. 401 00:18:11,220 --> 00:18:15,660 Okay, enough chit chat, let's open up the word of God. 402 00:18:15,660 --> 00:18:17,220 Please grab your Bibles and turn with me 403 00:18:17,220 --> 00:18:19,420 to Matthew chapter 11 verse 28 404 00:18:19,420 --> 00:18:22,940 and let's see what Jesus has to say today 405 00:18:22,940 --> 00:18:26,460 in regards to those who are allowed to come 406 00:18:26,460 --> 00:18:28,340 to the throne of grace. 407 00:18:30,700 --> 00:18:35,700 Matthew chapter 11 and verse 28. 408 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:39,500 If you need time, please just say mercy 409 00:18:39,500 --> 00:18:42,100 because I'm auditorial and if you're there, 410 00:18:42,100 --> 00:18:43,260 just give me an amen. 411 00:18:45,540 --> 00:18:47,980 Okay, I'm hearing some mercies, I'll grant mercy. 412 00:18:47,980 --> 00:18:52,980 Matthew chapter 11 and verse 28, are we there? 413 00:18:56,940 --> 00:19:01,460 Okay, amen, no more mercy, it's closed. 414 00:19:01,460 --> 00:19:05,980 Verse 28, let's get it on the screen for you too actually. 415 00:19:08,020 --> 00:19:10,860 If it'll work, thank you Jesus. 416 00:19:11,940 --> 00:19:15,860 And it reads, come to me all you who labor 417 00:19:15,860 --> 00:19:19,540 and are heavy laden and I will give you what? 418 00:19:21,260 --> 00:19:22,860 So what was the catch? 419 00:19:25,300 --> 00:19:29,060 You have to come to Jesus, but only if you are, 420 00:19:32,100 --> 00:19:34,460 somebody said broken, what does it first say? 421 00:19:37,540 --> 00:19:41,420 The labor, labor, labor, that labor and are heavy laden, 422 00:19:41,420 --> 00:19:44,180 there's the catch, is this going on in your life right now? 423 00:19:44,180 --> 00:19:48,140 Is this you? Jesus says come to me, come to me. 424 00:19:48,140 --> 00:19:50,700 And the promise is if you're going through this 425 00:19:50,700 --> 00:19:55,700 and you come to me, then I will give you rest. 426 00:19:56,060 --> 00:19:58,260 That's the catch, there's always a catch, 427 00:19:58,260 --> 00:19:59,820 but it's always for our benefit, 428 00:19:59,820 --> 00:20:01,340 it's never for our downfall. 429 00:20:02,460 --> 00:20:05,520 So now continuing on, I'm actually, 430 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:07,300 I want us to be able to read this again, 431 00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:11,340 this is from the Passion Translation, 432 00:20:11,340 --> 00:20:13,640 have any of you heard of the Passion Translation Bible? 433 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:15,060 Neither have I, but I thought it was great. 434 00:20:15,060 --> 00:20:18,580 Oh, you have, oh, look at you, you're ahead of us. 435 00:20:18,580 --> 00:20:21,500 Okay, so it's a little hard to read here 436 00:20:21,500 --> 00:20:24,260 because this is in red, but it says, 437 00:20:24,260 --> 00:20:27,940 are you weary, carrying a heavy burden? 438 00:20:27,940 --> 00:20:32,940 Come to me, I will refresh your life for I am your oasis. 439 00:20:36,660 --> 00:20:40,820 Whoa, talk about relaxing, talk about peaceful, 440 00:20:40,820 --> 00:20:45,820 talk about hope-filled, Jesus wants to be our oasis. 441 00:20:47,940 --> 00:20:51,540 Now does it say that all those that are perfect come to me? 442 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,260 No, that's not what the verse said at all. 443 00:20:55,260 --> 00:20:57,140 We were a little slow with that response, 444 00:20:57,140 --> 00:20:58,500 that worries me a little bit. 445 00:20:58,500 --> 00:21:00,660 Does Jesus says, all ye that are perfect, 446 00:21:00,660 --> 00:21:03,220 come unto me and I will give you rest? 447 00:21:03,220 --> 00:21:07,220 No, does he say all you that have it together in life 448 00:21:07,220 --> 00:21:11,660 and are doing great come to me and I will give you rest? 449 00:21:11,660 --> 00:21:12,500 No. 450 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:19,500 Instead, come to me, all ye that have broken families, 451 00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:21,820 that are struggling with debt, 452 00:21:21,820 --> 00:21:23,840 that are struggling with whatever it is 453 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,140 that is burdening you, come to me. 454 00:21:27,140 --> 00:21:30,560 I've come for the broken, I didn't come for the healed, 455 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:31,980 I came for you. 456 00:21:33,740 --> 00:21:34,740 So if you cling to me, 457 00:21:34,740 --> 00:21:36,980 I will give you the rest that you desire. 458 00:21:36,980 --> 00:21:39,420 Now we're gonna turn to Mark chapter 10, 459 00:21:39,420 --> 00:21:42,060 Mark chapter 10 and verse 14. 460 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:44,540 Mark chapter what? 461 00:21:45,620 --> 00:21:48,620 Perfect, I didn't speak too fast. 462 00:21:48,620 --> 00:21:52,700 Mark 10 and verse 14. 463 00:21:52,700 --> 00:21:54,140 If you're there, give me some amens. 464 00:21:54,140 --> 00:21:56,140 If you need time, please say mercy. 465 00:21:57,500 --> 00:21:59,820 Oh, I hear page flipping. 466 00:22:02,780 --> 00:22:05,340 I won't grant mercy, cause you didn't ask for it. 467 00:22:05,340 --> 00:22:08,180 Mark 10, verse 14. 468 00:22:11,380 --> 00:22:12,940 There we go, stop it. 469 00:22:14,340 --> 00:22:17,180 But when Jesus saw it, he was greatly displeased 470 00:22:17,180 --> 00:22:21,620 and said to them, let the little children come to me. 471 00:22:21,620 --> 00:22:26,620 Do not forbid them for as such is the kingdom of God. 472 00:22:28,060 --> 00:22:33,060 Whoa, that's deep, that's deep. 473 00:22:33,060 --> 00:22:36,260 Jesus saw the little children, 474 00:22:36,260 --> 00:22:39,500 saw that they were casting the children away 475 00:22:39,500 --> 00:22:41,220 and he said, leave them alone. 476 00:22:42,380 --> 00:22:46,540 The kingdom belongs to such as these. 477 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:50,220 And there's another version, I can't remember what it is, 478 00:22:50,220 --> 00:22:52,220 but I do have it here in my notes. 479 00:22:52,220 --> 00:22:54,860 It says, do not hinder them. 480 00:22:54,860 --> 00:22:56,900 That means get out of their way. 481 00:22:56,900 --> 00:22:58,620 If you don't have anything nice to say 482 00:22:58,620 --> 00:23:02,020 to the kids in the back or in the front, 483 00:23:02,020 --> 00:23:04,380 if you don't have anything good to guide them 484 00:23:04,380 --> 00:23:06,260 and help lead them to Jesus, 485 00:23:06,260 --> 00:23:10,380 get out of their way and let God be God. 486 00:23:10,380 --> 00:23:12,780 Let him teach them, let him direct them. 487 00:23:12,780 --> 00:23:15,820 The spirit of God is the author, he is the teacher, 488 00:23:15,820 --> 00:23:17,620 he is the guide, he is the director, 489 00:23:17,620 --> 00:23:18,820 and he is the comforter. 490 00:23:18,820 --> 00:23:21,820 So if we'll just get out of the youth's way, 491 00:23:21,820 --> 00:23:25,580 oh, whoa, the things that God will be able to do with them. 492 00:23:25,580 --> 00:23:27,780 To the ones in your church today, 493 00:23:27,780 --> 00:23:31,140 I hear that most of them are out on vacation apparently. 494 00:23:31,140 --> 00:23:33,500 I didn't know little kids got vacations. 495 00:23:33,500 --> 00:23:35,900 But I see two in the church today, 496 00:23:35,900 --> 00:23:37,060 and you guys are kingdom kids. 497 00:23:37,060 --> 00:23:38,660 God's gonna use you to change this world 498 00:23:38,660 --> 00:23:39,820 and shake this world. 499 00:23:41,180 --> 00:23:43,620 Now, a lot of us here today, including myself though, 500 00:23:43,620 --> 00:23:45,060 we're not little kids anymore. 501 00:23:45,060 --> 00:23:47,100 I mean, I'm short, but I'm not a little kid anymore. 502 00:23:47,100 --> 00:23:49,100 I'm 23, I'm a woman. 503 00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:54,100 Whoa, some of you are up there. 504 00:23:54,180 --> 00:23:55,460 You're not kids anymore. 505 00:23:55,460 --> 00:24:00,460 So how can you have this with Jesus 506 00:24:03,300 --> 00:24:05,380 when he says, come to me? 507 00:24:05,380 --> 00:24:08,780 As, let me read it again. 508 00:24:08,780 --> 00:24:11,100 But then Jesus saw it, he was greatly displeased 509 00:24:11,100 --> 00:24:14,340 and said to them, let the little children come to me 510 00:24:14,340 --> 00:24:17,500 and do not forbid them, do not hinder them, 511 00:24:17,500 --> 00:24:22,020 for of such is the kingdom of God. 512 00:24:23,300 --> 00:24:25,420 Jesus told Nicodemus, Nicodemus would have 513 00:24:25,420 --> 00:24:30,220 to be born again in order to enter into the kingdom of God. 514 00:24:30,220 --> 00:24:32,020 If you haven't been born again 515 00:24:32,020 --> 00:24:35,700 and become a little child in Jesus Christ, 516 00:24:35,700 --> 00:24:39,420 then here's the catch, you can't come to him. 517 00:24:42,540 --> 00:24:46,660 But if you long for change, if you long for rest 518 00:24:46,660 --> 00:24:49,660 and you long for freedom and you say, Jesus, I need you, 519 00:24:49,660 --> 00:24:54,100 he says, okay, you're mine, let's start anew. 520 00:24:54,100 --> 00:24:58,380 You're my child, you're my babe, you've been adopted in, 521 00:24:58,380 --> 00:25:02,100 you're my baby and I will hold you 522 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:04,020 with my righteous right hand and I will guide you 523 00:25:04,020 --> 00:25:05,740 through the waters of life freely. 524 00:25:06,940 --> 00:25:11,940 John 7 37 is the next verse that I will be headed to. 525 00:25:11,940 --> 00:25:23,940 John chapter seven and verse 37. 526 00:25:25,460 --> 00:25:26,620 Do we need more time? 527 00:25:28,140 --> 00:25:28,980 No? 528 00:25:29,860 --> 00:25:34,260 Okay, 7 37 and it reads, on the last day, 529 00:25:34,260 --> 00:25:38,860 that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out saying, 530 00:25:38,860 --> 00:25:43,540 if anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 531 00:25:44,740 --> 00:25:47,300 I'll put that on the screen for y'all too. 532 00:25:47,300 --> 00:25:49,340 I don't know if any of you can even read it, 533 00:25:50,300 --> 00:25:52,220 but it's there. 534 00:25:52,220 --> 00:25:55,460 So who's allowed to come to Jesus according to this passage? 535 00:25:56,660 --> 00:25:59,500 Anyone who's thirsty. 536 00:26:01,380 --> 00:26:04,500 Whoa, we covered three things, right? 537 00:26:04,500 --> 00:26:05,900 If you work and are heavy laden, 538 00:26:05,900 --> 00:26:08,500 you can come to Jesus for rest. 539 00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:13,260 If you're a child, you can come to Jesus and be received. 540 00:26:13,260 --> 00:26:17,260 And then those that are thirsty can come to Jesus. 541 00:26:20,460 --> 00:26:21,980 Do you see where I'm going here? 542 00:26:23,220 --> 00:26:24,140 Some of you might. 543 00:26:24,140 --> 00:26:25,700 How many of you have kids? 544 00:26:27,020 --> 00:26:29,420 How many of you came out of your mother's womb? 545 00:26:31,020 --> 00:26:33,020 I'm not seeing hands. 546 00:26:33,020 --> 00:26:34,780 Oh, that's terrifying. 547 00:26:34,780 --> 00:26:36,420 Okay, I don't know where you came from, 548 00:26:36,420 --> 00:26:37,860 but God knows, that's okay. 549 00:26:37,860 --> 00:26:38,700 He's, he got you. 550 00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:40,260 He made you, he knitted you. 551 00:26:40,260 --> 00:26:41,100 He knitted you. 552 00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:42,380 Bible says so. 553 00:26:42,380 --> 00:26:45,140 So we all have come from our mother's wombs. 554 00:26:45,140 --> 00:26:48,660 That means all of us have been weary and heavy laden. 555 00:26:48,660 --> 00:26:51,060 When a child comes out of their mother's womb, 556 00:26:51,060 --> 00:26:53,940 what is the first thing that a healthy child does? 557 00:26:55,060 --> 00:26:57,420 It cries so loud. 558 00:26:57,420 --> 00:26:59,220 Oh my goodness. 559 00:26:59,220 --> 00:27:00,540 Weary and heavy laden. 560 00:27:00,540 --> 00:27:01,660 What is this world? 561 00:27:01,660 --> 00:27:02,820 What is this light? 562 00:27:02,820 --> 00:27:03,860 What is this cold? 563 00:27:03,860 --> 00:27:04,900 What is this hot? 564 00:27:04,900 --> 00:27:06,660 What is this I'm afraid? 565 00:27:06,660 --> 00:27:08,300 Jesus says, come to me. 566 00:27:10,500 --> 00:27:12,900 Your first meal, you come out hungry 567 00:27:12,900 --> 00:27:15,940 and in need and comfort from your mother. 568 00:27:15,940 --> 00:27:18,900 And your mother takes care of your thirst. 569 00:27:18,900 --> 00:27:21,660 You come out hungry, you come out thirsty, 570 00:27:21,660 --> 00:27:23,820 you come out stressed. 571 00:27:23,820 --> 00:27:27,540 Jesus says, all who are thirsty, 572 00:27:27,540 --> 00:27:30,580 let him come to me and drink. 573 00:27:30,580 --> 00:27:33,620 Jesus says to the infant, come to me. 574 00:27:33,620 --> 00:27:36,460 Come to me. 575 00:27:38,180 --> 00:27:40,420 Guys, this is so cool. 576 00:27:40,420 --> 00:27:42,180 That means the moment that you've come 577 00:27:42,180 --> 00:27:44,860 out of your mother's womb, 578 00:27:44,860 --> 00:27:49,860 you have been given the right to become heirs of salvation. 579 00:27:50,740 --> 00:27:55,580 To join Jesus, to come to the throne freely of God 580 00:27:55,580 --> 00:27:58,580 and ask and he will give it. 581 00:27:58,580 --> 00:28:00,780 Isn't this amazing? 582 00:28:00,780 --> 00:28:04,980 That means it is hard for any of us to be lost. 583 00:28:04,980 --> 00:28:07,260 But now here's the other catch. 584 00:28:07,260 --> 00:28:08,660 You can come into this world and say, 585 00:28:08,660 --> 00:28:11,700 Jesus, I don't need you. 586 00:28:11,700 --> 00:28:12,820 And he'll say, okay. 587 00:28:13,940 --> 00:28:17,380 But once you call out to me like that prodigal son did, 588 00:28:17,380 --> 00:28:22,380 I will come running and I will come and kiss your face. 589 00:28:22,460 --> 00:28:25,020 I will hold you and draw you close to me 590 00:28:25,020 --> 00:28:28,300 and no one will be able to take you from me 591 00:28:28,300 --> 00:28:30,820 as long as you allow me in. 592 00:28:32,860 --> 00:28:36,460 Genesis chapter three and verse nine. 593 00:28:37,580 --> 00:28:40,900 If you can read the screen, then I guess don't turn there. 594 00:28:40,900 --> 00:28:45,900 But it's so much better reading it straight from the pages. 595 00:28:45,940 --> 00:28:48,340 Genesis chapter three and verse nine. 596 00:28:48,340 --> 00:28:50,260 We're getting ready to close now. 597 00:28:52,380 --> 00:28:56,180 Genesis chapter three and what verse? 598 00:28:56,180 --> 00:29:01,180 Verse nine. 599 00:29:01,380 --> 00:29:05,540 Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, 600 00:29:05,540 --> 00:29:07,660 where are you? 601 00:29:08,660 --> 00:29:12,540 So I want us to read that together this time. 602 00:29:12,540 --> 00:29:14,900 It's okay if you have different Bible translations. 603 00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:18,040 I would assume most of us here are KJV only people, 604 00:29:18,940 --> 00:29:20,260 which is fine. 605 00:29:20,260 --> 00:29:22,460 Oh, oh, you got the clear word. 606 00:29:22,460 --> 00:29:24,340 Oh, that's nice. 607 00:29:24,340 --> 00:29:26,860 I've got the NKJV. 608 00:29:26,860 --> 00:29:28,780 Eventually I'll have my Hebrew Bible here 609 00:29:28,780 --> 00:29:30,580 because I'm learning to read Hebrew. 610 00:29:31,460 --> 00:29:33,020 Amen, brothers, right? 611 00:29:33,020 --> 00:29:34,940 Amen, amen. 612 00:29:34,940 --> 00:29:38,860 Okay, so we're gonna read Genesis chapter three 613 00:29:38,860 --> 00:29:40,700 and verse nine together. 614 00:29:40,700 --> 00:29:43,620 But this time remove Adam's name from the scripture 615 00:29:43,620 --> 00:29:46,280 and put your name there. 616 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:47,500 We're gonna read it out loud. 617 00:29:47,500 --> 00:29:51,680 So when it says, then the Lord God called to Adam, 618 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:54,180 I'm gonna say called the Shelby. 619 00:29:54,180 --> 00:29:55,620 And you're gonna put your name there. 620 00:29:55,620 --> 00:29:57,620 And we're gonna read it all out loud together 621 00:29:57,620 --> 00:29:59,820 and we're gonna be slow with it, okay? 622 00:29:59,820 --> 00:30:01,420 So we're gonna go ahead and start now 623 00:30:01,420 --> 00:30:04,220 from the beginning right now. 624 00:30:04,220 --> 00:30:09,220 Then the Lord God called to Shelby and said to her, 625 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:13,460 where are you? 626 00:30:14,660 --> 00:30:16,000 Where are you? 627 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,300 What is that intel? 628 00:30:21,860 --> 00:30:23,100 What is that intel? 629 00:30:23,100 --> 00:30:24,780 Why do you call out for your children 630 00:30:24,780 --> 00:30:27,920 when all of you, almost all of you said you have kids? 631 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,100 So when you say, hey, Jennifer, where are you? 632 00:30:31,100 --> 00:30:32,380 Why are you saying that? 633 00:30:32,380 --> 00:30:33,280 What is the point? 634 00:30:35,060 --> 00:30:37,620 To find them because they're not 635 00:30:37,620 --> 00:30:39,640 where they're supposed to be. 636 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:44,320 They're somewhere else and you can't find them. 637 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:47,260 So you say, where are you? 638 00:30:48,420 --> 00:30:50,360 Adam was scared. 639 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:51,940 Eve was scared. 640 00:30:51,940 --> 00:30:55,400 And yet Adam came out and said, I was afraid. 641 00:30:56,620 --> 00:30:58,760 And God loved him and comforted him. 642 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:01,660 He did not condemn him or slay him. 643 00:31:01,660 --> 00:31:04,200 And said he asked him questions. 644 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:05,700 Who has done this to you? 645 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:07,900 What has happened? 646 00:31:08,780 --> 00:31:12,260 And so it is, God is calling to you today. 647 00:31:13,460 --> 00:31:14,460 To the hurting. 648 00:31:16,020 --> 00:31:19,460 To you who are hurting, Jesus is calling. 649 00:31:19,460 --> 00:31:22,700 You may be afraid just like Adam was, 650 00:31:22,700 --> 00:31:26,220 but let us not live in fear any longer. 651 00:31:26,220 --> 00:31:29,140 Jesus has come to reconcile us unto himself. 652 00:31:29,140 --> 00:31:31,700 This was prophesied in Daniel chapter nine 653 00:31:31,700 --> 00:31:35,620 that God would send his son to reconcile us to God. 654 00:31:35,620 --> 00:31:37,500 Jacob's ladder is for us. 655 00:31:37,500 --> 00:31:39,020 Anyone that's come out of the womb 656 00:31:39,020 --> 00:31:41,340 and is laboring and heavy laden 657 00:31:41,340 --> 00:31:43,500 that is stressed and depressed and anxious, 658 00:31:43,500 --> 00:31:45,220 he says, come to me. 659 00:31:45,220 --> 00:31:46,300 Those that are thirsty, 660 00:31:46,300 --> 00:31:48,520 every human has experienced thirst. 661 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:51,100 Jesus says, come to me. 662 00:31:53,860 --> 00:31:56,340 Jesus is calling out to you today. 663 00:31:56,340 --> 00:31:58,260 The imperfect person that you are, 664 00:31:58,260 --> 00:32:01,840 in spite of who you are, he is calling to you. 665 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,180 Will you answer the call like Isaiah did? 666 00:32:04,180 --> 00:32:08,580 In Isaiah chapter six and verse eight. 667 00:32:08,580 --> 00:32:10,680 I'm gonna go ahead and read it straight from here. 668 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,340 I don't think I put it on the screen for y'all today. 669 00:32:13,340 --> 00:32:18,340 Let's see. 670 00:32:19,140 --> 00:32:21,140 No, I didn't put it on the screen today. 671 00:32:22,740 --> 00:32:24,820 I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 672 00:32:24,820 --> 00:32:29,540 whom shall I send and who will go for us? 673 00:32:29,540 --> 00:32:34,540 Then I said, here am I, send me. 674 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:42,260 To the wanderer, you no longer have to wander 675 00:32:42,260 --> 00:32:43,380 for you are home. 676 00:32:44,260 --> 00:32:48,540 Jesus has come to seek and to save that which is lost. 677 00:32:48,540 --> 00:32:51,460 He has come to be your physician 678 00:32:51,460 --> 00:32:55,540 and he has come to call us onto himself. 679 00:32:55,540 --> 00:32:59,840 Jesus is calling, oh sinner, come home. 680 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:04,600 Abide with me and I will make you free indeed. 681 00:33:08,860 --> 00:33:11,820 So after the message, I don't know if this is possible, 682 00:33:11,820 --> 00:33:14,980 but if any of the elders would like to stay behind, 683 00:33:14,980 --> 00:33:17,500 for anyone that would like to lay down what it is 684 00:33:17,500 --> 00:33:20,140 that they're carrying, any burdens, any stress, 685 00:33:20,140 --> 00:33:21,920 and you wanna just allow the spirit of God 686 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:24,400 to come into you today, to change you, to remake you, 687 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:26,660 and to make you heirs of salvation. 688 00:33:26,660 --> 00:33:28,600 If this is what you want, then elders, 689 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:31,060 if you're able to stay behind, that would be great. 690 00:33:31,060 --> 00:33:33,820 Whoever feels that need, feels that draw, 691 00:33:33,820 --> 00:33:35,500 come speak to your elders. 692 00:33:35,500 --> 00:33:38,820 They'll pray over you and for you and with you. 693 00:33:38,820 --> 00:33:41,460 Or if you just need prayers of strength, 694 00:33:41,460 --> 00:33:45,220 prayers of strength, your elders are also here to help you. 695 00:33:45,220 --> 00:33:49,380 And I'm also here if you're comfortable with that 696 00:33:49,380 --> 00:33:51,300 and I can pray over you as well. 697 00:33:53,020 --> 00:33:53,840 Okay. 698 00:33:55,100 --> 00:33:59,580 So now, how many of you do wanna be set free 699 00:33:59,580 --> 00:34:01,420 from the sins and the burdens that you're carrying 700 00:34:01,420 --> 00:34:02,500 in your life today? 701 00:34:02,500 --> 00:34:03,420 Amen. 702 00:34:03,420 --> 00:34:04,260 Amen. 703 00:34:04,260 --> 00:34:09,260 Let's stand and let's pray. 704 00:34:14,460 --> 00:34:16,420 Heavenly Father, I thank you and I praise you 705 00:34:16,420 --> 00:34:20,420 for this opportunity today to stand before your people, 706 00:34:20,420 --> 00:34:25,160 before your children, both the healed and the hurting. 707 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:27,260 Father, thank you for bringing the guests in today 708 00:34:27,260 --> 00:34:29,420 that came through the back door. 709 00:34:29,420 --> 00:34:30,620 I know that your spirit is here 710 00:34:30,620 --> 00:34:32,060 and your spirit is working, Father, 711 00:34:32,060 --> 00:34:34,780 and we ask and we give you permission 712 00:34:34,780 --> 00:34:38,500 to knock on our hearts, to cleanse us and make us new. 713 00:34:38,500 --> 00:34:41,580 Father, some of us do not feel worthy 714 00:34:41,580 --> 00:34:43,760 to be able to be loved by you. 715 00:34:45,140 --> 00:34:48,860 But Father, we know that it is your desire and your mission 716 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:52,580 to restore us to your glory. 717 00:34:52,580 --> 00:34:55,580 It is not your desire that any should be lost. 718 00:34:55,580 --> 00:34:58,420 That's why you sent us your son, Jesus. 719 00:34:58,420 --> 00:35:01,860 Please help us to learn what that truly means for ourselves 720 00:35:01,860 --> 00:35:04,100 so that we can love others with the unconditional love 721 00:35:04,100 --> 00:35:05,960 that you've given us. 722 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:32,260 In Jesus' name we pray, amen.