HELLO. I'M BRIAN WARREN.
AND I'M LAURA-LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON AND WELCOME TO THE
700 CLUB CANADA.
WELL, THIS IS A BIG QUESTION.
LAURA-LYNN, HAVE YOU FINISHED
YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING?
I HAVE NOT. I HAVE NEVER
FINISHED MY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
UNTIL RIGHT UP TO THE LAST
MINUTE. IT'S JUST A PROBLEM,
AND I'M WORKING ON IT.
YOU'RE WORKING ON IT.
WITH ME AND GOD, YES,
NOT PROCRASTINATING.
NOT PROCRASTINATING AT ALL.
THAT'S MY NEW YEAR'S
RESOLUTION.
NO PROCRASTINATION.
NO PROCRASTINATING. I
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO WRITE IT
DOWN YET THOUGH SO--
NO. SO HOW YOU GOING TO KEEP
IT IF YOU HAVEN'T WRITTEN IT
DOWN?
WELL, I'M PROCRASTINATING
ON MAKING THE LIST FOR NEW
YEAR'S SO BUT I'M GOING TO
GET THERE. HAVE YOU FINISHED
YOUR SHOPPING?
WELL, YES, I HAVE. I HAVE
THE MOST IMPORTANT BECAUSE
IT'S MY ANNIVERSARY SO I
ALREADY KNOW WHAT I'M
GETTING HER.
THAT'S TWO GIFTS.
YES, SO I CAN'T TELL ANYBODY.
LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS SO
DON'T TELL. YOU KNOW, WITH
ONLY TWO DAYS UNTIL
CHRISTMAS WE HOPE THAT
NOT TOO MANY OF YOU ARE
SCRAMBLING AROUND LIKE
LAURA-LYNN TRYING TO FIND
THAT LAST MINUTE GIFT.
THIS IS SUCH A GREAT TIME OF
YEAR TO REFLECT ON THE GIFT
OF JESUS AND THE LOVE OF GOD
THAT'S AVAILABLE TO EACH AND
EVERY ONE OF US. ON TODAY'S
SHOW YOU'LL MEET LEE PILLON,
ONE MAN WHO LEARNED THE TRUTH
ABOUT CHRISTMAS AND HOW IT
CHANGED HIS LIFE. I'M SURE
THERE ARE MANY OF US THAT HAVE
A FEW LEE'S IN OUR LIVES.
YOU'LL SEE HOW GOD IS ABLE
TO REACH THE SEEMINGLY
UNREACHABLE.
WOW. YOU'RE ON A ROLL
TODAY.
I AM.
ALSO JOE AMARAL UNPACKS
SCRIPTURE AND REVEALS SOME OF
THE HIDDEN TRUTHS OF THE LIFE
AND MINISTRY OF CHRIST AS
PART OF HIS ONGOING SERIES.
BUT FIRST PART ONE OF OUR
FIVE-PART SERIES ON CHRISTMAS
TRADITIONS. THIS IS ACE
COLLINS TO EXPLAIN THE ORIGIN
OF THE CHRISTMAS LIGHT.
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ACE, NOTHING GETS ME MORE IN
THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS THAN
SEEING ALL OF THESE HOMES LIT
UP FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND I
THINK THIS HOME TAKES THE
CAKE. IT'S PROBABLY THE
BRIGHTEST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
LET ME ASK YOU WHEN DID THIS
TRADITION OF LIGHTING UP OUR
HOMES BEGIN?
REALLY THE 1940S, 50S WAS
WHEN IT REALLY STARTED BECAUSE
THAT'S WHEN LIGHTS LIKE THESE
CAME DOWN TO THE PRICES THAT
NORMAL PEOPLE COULD AFFORD
AND THEY STARTED PUTTING THEM
OUT AND WE WERE REALLY AN
AUTOMOTIVE AGE BACK THEN
SO WE'D PILE IN CARS, STATION
WAGONS IN PARTICULAR THE 50S,
60S, AND 70S AND GO LOOK AT
LIGHTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS BUT
IT REALLY STARTED WITH MARTIN
LUTHER BECAUSE MARTIN LUTHER
TIED ON A CANDLE ON A TREE AND
WHEN MARTIN LUTHER TIED A
CANDLE ON HIS TREE I DOUBT IF
HE ENVISIONED ALL OF THIS
TAKING PLACE BECAUSE THAT
CANDLE ON THAT TREE TO HIM
REPRESENTED THE LIGHT OF
CHRIST AND THAT LIGHT HAS BEEN
ILLUMINATING THE WORLD EVER
SINCE AND THESE CHRISTMAS
LIGHTS TO A LARGE DEGREE
REPRESENT THAT ILLUMINATION.
NOW I KNOW WHITE LIGHTS
HAVE BEEN IN VOGUE FOR THE
PAST FEW YEARS BUT I REALLY
LIKE THE COLORFUL LIGHTS. IS
THERE A MEANING BEHIND THE
DIFFERENT COLORS OF THE LIGHTS?
THERE IS. THE WHITE LIGHT
REPRESENTS THE PURITY OF
CHRIST, THE WHITE CANDLE THAT
MARTIN LUTHER FIRST LIT ALL
THOSE YEARS AGO BUT THERE'S
ALSO BLUE LIGHTS. MY
GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS HAD BLUE
LIGHTS ON HER TREE LIKE SOME
OF THE BLUE LIGHTS WE SEE
AROUND HERE AND THOSE BLUE
LIGHTS REPRESENT LOVE. THEN
YOU'VE GOT THE RED LIGHTS THAT
REPRESENT LIKE THESE DOWN HERE
THAT REPRESENT THE BLOOD OF
CHRIST THAT WAS SHED ON THE
CROSS AND WE HAVE THE GREEN
LIGHTS THAT REPRESENT LIKE THE
EVERGREEN TREE EVERLASTING
LIFE, THINGS THAT DON'T EVEN
DIE IN THE BLEAKEST TIMES LIKE
THE BLEAKEST DAYS OF WINTER
SO THE LIGHTS HAVE A GREAT
MEANING AND IMPACT DURING THE
HOLIDAY SEASON.
AND OF COURSE THE MOST
IMPORTANT MEANING IS THAT
THEY REMIND US OF THE LIGHT OF
THE WORLD, JESUS CHRIST, AND
THE REAL MEANING FOR THE
SEASON.
THINK OF THAT. ONE LITTLE
LIGHT ILLUMINATING IN A MANGER
THAT HAS COME TO NOW GLOW
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE EVEN
BRIGHTER THAN THE LIGHTS
WE'RE SEEING TONIGHT.
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ISN'T IT FASCINATING TO
FIND OUT WHY WE DO SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT WE DO AT
CHRISTMAS NATURALLY.
YOU KNOW, YOU ALL GO OUT AND
PUT YOUR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS UP.
I DON'T KNOW DO YOU PUT
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS UP? BRIAN,
AM I CATCHING YOU A LITTLE
OFF GUARD HERE?
NO, NO. YOU KNOW WHAT? I
LOVE THE WHOLE TRADITION.
YOU GO AWAY.
YEAH, I DO GO AWAY AT
CHRISTMAS TIME BUT I LOVE THE
LIGHTS AND NOW THAT WE ALSO
UNDERSTAND THAT MARTIN LUTHER,
THAT ONE LIGHT AND JESUS THE
LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
IT GIVES IT SUCH
SIGNIFICANCE.
YEAH. YOU KNOW WHAT? IT
REALLY ALLOWS YOU TO LOOK AT
THAT AND I LOVE THE BLUE LIGHTS
TOO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK
THAT LOVE.
NOW DO YOU KNOW THIS? I
DON'T KNOW. THERE'S A LITTLE
KNOWN TRADITION GOING ON IN
CANADA. IT'S IN NEWFOUNDLAND
AND LABRADOR AREAS.
THERE'S ALWAYS NEW STUFF
COMING OUT OF NEWFOUNDLAND.
I KNOW.
I LOVE IT.
AND I FEEL BLESSED THAT I
ACTUALLY KNOW ALL ABOUT THIS,
BRIAN, BUT IT'S MUMMERING AND
IT'S NOT MURMURING OKAY. IT'S
MUMMERING AND THEY HAVE A
TRADITION FROM GOING FROM HOME
TO HOME DRESSED UP AND IF THE
HOME THAT YOU GO TO CAN'T
REALLY GUESS WHO YOU ARE, I
SUPPOSE EVERYONE. IT'S SUCH A
SMALL PROVIDENCE. YOU KNOW
EVERYONE IN NEWFOUNDLAND AND IF
YOU--
THAT'S A LOT BIGGER THAN
YOU--
IT PROBABLY IS. SO IF THEY
DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, YOU
GO TO YOUR FRIEND'S HOUSE THEN
THEY GET TO COME ALONG WITH
YOU AND GO TO OTHER HOUSES AND
YOU DO YOU RECITE CHRISTMAS
CAROLS AND LITTLE RECITATIONS
OF CHRISTMAS. IT'S DELIGHTFUL.
WOW, AND IT'S CALLED
MUMMERING.
MUMMERING AND I'M GOING TO
GO TO NEWFOUNDLAND ONE DAY AND
TRY TO CATCH SOME OF THAT.
A LITTLE BIT OF MUMMERING.
A LITTLE BIT OF MUMMERING.
IT SOUNDS FUN. I HOPE THAT
SOMEONE WOULD SEND US A
PICTURE. I DON'T EXACTLY
KNOW WHAT THEY DRESS UP IN.
YEAH. THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY
COOL THOUGH, YOU KNOW. I MEAN
IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ALSO DO ONE OF MY FAVORITE
PASTIMES AND THAT IS NIBBLE
AT EACH HOME SO THAT--
YOU GET A LOT OF FOOD.
AND MUMMERING LIKE
MUMMERING. THAT'S WHAT I
THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
CAUSE I MEAN THE THING THAT I
LOVE SO MUCH AT CHRISTMAS TIME
IS EVERYONE JUST SEEMS TO BE
A LOT MORE JUST HAPPY AND THEY
SEEM TO WANT TO SHARE AND SAY
HELLO AND YOU ALWAYS GET A
SMILE AND EVERYWHERE WE'RE
GOING AND I KNOW IT'S A HUSTLE
AND BUSTLE PACE AND YOU'RE
RIGHT I GET AN OPPORTUNITY
TO GET OUT OF TOWN. I LOVE
DOING THIS TIME OF YEAR BUT--
GOOD. IS THAT WHAT YOU LIKE
TO DO?
YES. BUT MUMMERING, I MIGHT
DO A LITTLE BIT OF MUMMERING.
YOU KNOW, I LIKE WHAT YOU
WERE SAYING ABOUT THE PEACE.
TYPICALLY EVERY CHRISTMAS
THERE'S THIS WONDERFUL MOMENT,
MAYBE CHRISTMAS EVE HEADING
INTO THE NEXT DAY WHEN JUST A
BEAUTIFUL SENSE OF CALM. IT'S
ALL DONE. ALL THE STORES ARE
CLOSED. THERE'S NO MORE
SHOPPING THAT YOU CAN DO AND
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS FOCUS IN
ON THE REASON, YOU KNOW, THAT
WE'RE HERE AND THAT JESUS LOVES
US AND HE CAME TO BRING PEACE
TO THE WORLD AND A PEACE THAT
PASSES UNDERSTANDING AND IT'S
A BEAUTIFUL WONDERFUL MOMENT
TO JUST TAKE A BREATH, YOU
KNOW, AND FEEL THAT MOMENT
THAT HITS YOU. IT HITS ME
EVERY YEAR. IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
WELL, IT HITS ME AS WELL
AND IT'S USUALLY LIKE YOU SAID
WHEN ALL THE STORES ARE CLOSED
CAUSE THEY USUALLY SELL OUT
ALL OF THEIR AS FAR AS THEIR
MEATS AND EVERYTHING ELSE
AND TRYING TO CLOSE IT UP.
ALL THE TURKEYS ARE GONE.
ALL THE TURKEYS ARE GONE BUT
THEN YOU LOOK OUT AND YOU JUST
KIND OF FEEL THE WORLD IS RIGHT
AND EVERYTHING IS HAPPY ONE DAY
OF THE YEAR. ABSOLUTELY
WONDERFUL. WELL, UP NEXT LEE
WAS JUST AN AVERAGE GUY AND
SOMETHING HAPPENED THE DAY HE
WENT TO HIS DAUGHTER'S PLAY.
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THIS STORY IS NOT ABOUT PAIN
AND SUFFERING. IT'S NOT A
TRAGEDY. INSTEAD IT'S ABOUT AN
AVERAGE MAN WHO PUT FOOTBALL
BEFORE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING,
ESPECIALLY CHURCH.
I WOULD GET THERE AND I WOULD
JUST--I NEVER FELT COMFORTABLE.
I NEVER UNDERSTOOD IT.
LEE PILLON REFUSED TO GO TO
CHURCH. HIS WIFE, MEGAN, OFTEN
ASKED HIM TO GIVE IT A CHANCE
ESPECIALLY AFTER THEIR TWO
LITTLE GIRLS STARTED TO ASK WHY
DADDY WASN'T GOING TO CHURCH
WITH THEM.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'D SAY CAN YOU
JUST COME AND HE'D GO I JUST
DON'T GET ANYTHING OUT OF IT
AND WHY ARE YOU ASKING ME TO
DO THIS, YOU KNOW, AND I'D
RATHER WATCH FOOTBALL.
LEE WAS ALSO AN AVID
SOFTBALL PLAYER. THEN ONE DAY
A NEW PLAYER JOINED HIS TEAM.
WE HAD BEEN TOLD HEY I GOT A
GUY COMING AND HE'S A PASTOR
OVER HERE AT THE CHURCH AND I'M
LIKE REALLY?
THE TWO HIT IT OFF AND SOON
LEARNED THAT THEY BOTH LOVED
TO PLAY GOLF SO DALE INVITED
LEE TO PLAY IN GOLF TOURNAMENTS
WITH HIS FRIENDS, CHRISTIAN
MEN WHO ACCEPTED LEE WITHOUT
QUESTION. DALE NEVER PRESSURED
OR PREACHED TO LEE. HE JUST
FORGED A FRIENDSHIP.
HE WAS GOING TO BE A FRIEND
OF MINE FIRST AND FOREMOST AND
THAT IF I GOT HIM TO A PLACE
WHERE HE COULD MAKE A
DECISION THAT WAS WHETHER
THAT DECISION WAS YES OR NO AT
LEAST I BROUGHT HIM TO THAT
DECISION BECAUSE THAT'S NOT
MY JOB TO MAKE PEOPLE RESPOND
BECAUSE THE LOVE OF GOD HAS
GOT TO BE IN AND OF ITSELF
SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WOULD
WANT TO RESPOND POSITIVELY TO.
HE JUST TOOK IT SLOW AND GOT
TO KNOW ME. I GOT TO KNOW HIM.
IT WASN'T THAT THE MEN NEVER
TALKED TO LEE ABOUT ACCEPTING
CHRIST AS HIS SAVIOR. IN FACT
THEY DID BUT IN LEE'S MIND
BECOMING A CHRISTIAN WAS A
COMPLICATED ISSUE.
I JUST REMEMBER TELLING HIM N
ONE OF OUR TRIPS TO GO PLAY
GOLF I SAID I JUST DON'T WANT
IT TO BE BECAUSE OF A TRAGEDY.
I DON'T WANT MY KIDS TO BE
SICK. I DON'T MY WIFE OR
MYSELF TO BE HAVING AN ISSUE
OR A PROBLEM THAT'S GOING TO
MAKE ME REALIZE THIS IS WHAT I
WANT OR THIS IS WHAT I NEED TO .
HE WAS NOT ANTI GOD. HE
WAS LOOKING FOR THAT
EXPERIENCE, THAT HUGE AHA
MOMENT WHERE HE ALL GETS IT
AND IT ALL COMES TOGETHER AND
OF COURSE WE KNEW LEE WELL
ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THAT
PROBABLY WASN'T GOING TO BE
THE CASE FOR HIM.
BUT THEN ON THE SAME HAND
I SAYS WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE?
WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE AND I
STRUGGLED WITH THAT FOR QUITE
SOME TIME.
THE ANSWER TO HIS QUESTION
CAME IN DECEMBER OF 2005.
LEE'S FAMILY WAS ASKED TO READ
THE CHRISTMAS STORY FOR THE
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE. LEE
STILL WASN'T ATTENDING CHURCH
BUT HIS TWO GIRLS WERE SO
EXCITED HE COULDN'T SAY NO.
AFTER THEY FINISHED AND TOOK
THEIR SEATS PASTOR OGUIST,
LEE'S NOW TIME FRIEND STARTED
HIS SERMON. IT WAS ABOUT
RECEIVING THE ULTIMATE GIFT.
AND THAT WAS THE GIFT OF
RECEIVING CHRIST.
I ASKED IF YOU WANT TO
RECEIVE JESUS, IF YOU WANT TO
BECOME A FOLLOWER OF JESUS
AND TAKE HIM AS YOUR OWN,
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIM,
THAT YOU SIGN IN THAT SIGNATURE
BOX ON THE FRONT OF THE
PROGRAM.
AND IT JUST SEEMED SO SIMPLE
AND I THOUGHT THAT CAN'T BE
BUT YET I COULD JUST FEEL IT
AND THEN HE LOOKED AT ALL OF
US AND WE ALL HAD A PIECE OF
PAPER THAT THEY'D GIVEN US AND
HE SIGNS NOW IT'S ALL YOU HAVE
TO DO TO RECEIVE THAT GIFT IS
TO SIGN YOUR NAME AND I DIDN'T
EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. I JUST
SIGNED IT.
AND I REMEMBER LOOKING AT,
WATCHING HIM SIGN IT AND
NUDGING HIM AND GOING DO YOU
WHAT YOU JUST DID? YOU KNOW,
I HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR 15 YEARS
FOR THIS MAN THAT I LOVED
DEARLY AND HE JUST SIGNED THAT
PAPER.
IT WAS JUST AND IT PROBABLY
TOOK A DAY TO REALLY REALIZE
THAT YEAH IT WAS THAT SIMPLE.
NOW ON SUNDAY MORNING YOU'LL
FIND LEE AT CHURCH WITH HIS
FAMILY BECAUSE LEE WILL ALWAYS
REMEMBER THAT CHRISTMAS EVE
IN 2005 WHEN THE SIMPLE
MESSAGE OF CHRIST'S LOVE
GRIPPED HIS HEART.
WOW. I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
AMAZING HOW SUBTLE IT WAS BUT
YET HOW POWERFUL IT WAS.
TOGETHER NOW WE CAN GROW
TOGETHER TOWARDS THE LORD AND
NOTHING'S HOLDING US BACK.
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WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY
THAT LEE'S WIFE HAD BEEN
PRAYING FOR HIM FOR 15 YEARS.
I WONDER IF THERE'S SOME OF
YOU OUT THERE AND YOU'RE SAYING
I DON'T KNOW IF MY HUSBAND IS
EVER GOING TO COME TO KNOW
THE LORD. I'VE BEEN PRAYING
AND PRAYING AND NOTHING'S
WORKING. YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU
LEAVE VERSES ALL OVER THE
PLACE. I KNEW ONE WOMAN AND
SHE, YOU KNOW, SHE'D LEAVE THE
BIBLE OPEN AND BOOKS ALL
AROUND THE HOUSE BUT YOU KNOW
WHAT ACTUALLY THE WORD OF GOD
GIVES YOU GREAT ADVICE. I
THINK THIS IS FOR BOTH MEN AND
WOMEN. WE ARE NOT TO BE THE
HOLY SPIRIT IN OUR SPOUSE'S
LIFE. WE ARE TO JUST LET GOD
WORK ON THEM. IN FACT IN
1 PETER 3 IF YOU ARE BELIEVING
FOR YOUR HUSBAND OR WIFE TO
COME TO KNOW THE LORD DO
YOU KNOW WHAT IT SAYS THAT
EVEN IF SOME DO NOT OBEY THE
WORD THEY WITHOUT A WORD FROM
US MAY BE WON BY THE CONDUCT
OF THEIR WIVES IT SAYS HERE.
SO BY YOUR CONDUCT, BY YOUR
LOVE, BY THE COMPASSION AND
BEAUTY OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD IN
YOU WITHOUT SAYING A WORD. OH,
HOW HARD IS THAT, HEY? THAT'S
TOUGH. THAT IS HARD NOT TO
SAY A WORD. JUST LET GOD BE,
YOU KNOW, WHAT GOD NEEDS TO
BE AND WHO GOD IS TO THAT
PERSON SO IF YOU'RE BELIEVING
DON'T GIVE US. GOD'S GOT IT.
AMEN. I THINK THAT IS AN
ANOINTING JUST TO KEEP YOUR
MOUTH SHUT. SOMETIMES YOU GOT
TO BITE YOUR TONGUE CAUSE GOD
DOESN'T NEED THE HUMAN SPIRIT
WHEN HE HAS THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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HEY, WELCOME TO THIS HOPE
TO GO. I LOVE EVERY TIME WE
GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIG INTO
SCRIPTURE. LUNCH BUCKET
CHRISTIANITY. EAT, SLEEP,
DRINK THE WORD OF GOD. IT IS
SO POWERFUL CAUSE ONE WORD
FROM GOD CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING
IN YOUR LIFE. YOU KNOW, I WANT
TO TALK TO YOU AS WE CLOSE OUT
2013 GOING INTO 2014. DON'T
LET THE GRINCH STEAL YOUR JOY.
DON'T LET HIM STEAL YOUR
CHRISTMAS. YOU KNOW,
SOMETIMES GOD'S PEOPLE NEED
A SECOND WIND. WHEN YOU LOOK
IN THE BIBLE, MOSES, THE
GREATEST LEADER HANDPICKED BY
GOD HAD GOD'S POWER ON HIS
LIFE BY IN NUMBERS 11:15 HE
SAID TO GOD IF YOU TREAT ME
LIKE THIS HE SAID JUST KILL
ME NOW I PRAY GOD. AND
JOSHUA, THE UNDERSTUDY COMING
RIGHT AFTER HIM HE TOOK THE
BATON, THE GREATEST GENERAL
HANDPICKED BY GOD TO LEAD
ISRAEL INTO THE PROMISED LAND
BUT IN JOSHUA 7:7 HE SAID OH
THAT WE HAD BEEN CONTENT TO
DWELL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE JORDAN. IN OTHER WORDS
HE'S SAYING SO THIS IS WHAT
WE GET FOR SERVING GOD AND HE
SAID AFTER A GREAT DEFEAT HE
FELT LIKE QUITTING. HE GOT
OVER IT THOUGH, THANK GOD.
ELIJAH, THE GREATEST PROPHET
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT WILLING
TO CHALLENGE THE IDOLATRY OF
HIS DAY CALLED FIRE DOWN
FROM HEAVEN, WON A FACE-OFF
WITH THE PROPHET OF BAAL BUT IN
1 KINGS 19:4 AFTER IT WAS ALL
OVER HE PRAYED THAT HE MIGHT
DIE AND HE SAID IT'S ENOUGH
OH, GOD. OH, LORD, TAKE MY
LIFE AWAY. NOW THIS IS THE ONE
I WANT TO ZERO IN ON. PAUL,
ONE OF THE GIANTS OF THE NEW
TESTAMENT, THE GREATEST
MISSIONARY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
EARLY CHURCH AND THIS IS A
VERSE IN ACTS 18. WE FIND
PAUL IN HIS SECOND MISSIONARY
JOURNEY. IN 1 CORINTHIANS 2:3
PAUL SAYS THAT AT THAT TIME HE
SAID I WAS WITH YOU IN WEAKNESS
AND IN FEAR AND IN MUCH
TREMBLING AND IT COULD BE
TRANSLATED I WAS FAR FROM
STRONG. I WAS NERVOUS. I WAS
SHAKY AND OH I WAS TREMBLING.
HE WAS FATIGUED. THERE WAS A
53-MILE WALK. HE WAS ALONE.
HE WAS FRUSTRATED BUT HE
DIDN'T QUIT. HE CONTINUED.
WHY? BECAUSE GOD TOLD HIM IN
VERSE 9 AND 10 IT'S TOO SOON TO
QUIT AND THAT'S WHAT I'M
TELLING YOU TODAY. NOW LET ME
GIVE YOU THREE PROMISES IF YOU
NEED A SECOND WIND THAT THE
GRINCH DOES NOT STEAL YOUR
CHRISTMAS. NUMBER ONE. WE
HAVE PROMISES. A: THE PROMISE
OF GOD'S PRESENCE. LOOK AT
THIS ONE VERSE. IT'S SO
POWERFUL. ACTS 18:10. FOR I
AM WITH YOU AND NO ONE WILL
ATTACK YOU TO HURT YOU FOR I
HAVE MANY PEOPLE IN THIS CITY.
IN TIMES OF LONELINESS
HEBREWS 13:5 SAYS JESUS
HIMSELF, I'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU
OR FORSAKE YOU ALL THE DAYS OF
YOUR LIFE. YOUR BEST FRIEND
MAY STAB YOU IN THE BACK BUT
JESUS IS A FRIEND THAT STICKS
CLOSER THAN A BROTHER IN
LONELINESS, IN THE VALLEY IT'S
TOO SOON TO QUIT. WE HAVE A
PROMISE OF HIS PRESENCE BUT
WE ALSO HAVE A PROMISE OF
GOD'S PROTECTION. THAT'S B.
LISTEN TO WHAT IT SAYS 18:10
ACTS. FOR I AM WITH YOU AND
NO ONE WILL ATTACK YOU TO HURT
YOU FOR I HAVE MANY PEOPLE
IN THE CITY. NOW GOD HAS A
PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE AND IF
YOU CHOOSE TO YOU CAN LIVE IT
OUT FEARLESSLY THOUGH THERE
WILL BE PERSECUTION. HE DIDN'T
SAY THEY WOULDN'T ATTACK YOU.
TRIALS AND HARDSHIP WILL COME
BUT UNTIL YOUR WORK IS DONE
GOD'S NOT FINISHED WITH YOU,
THE DEVIL CAN'T HARM YOU, MAN
CAN'T HURT YOU, DISEASE CAN'T
TOUCH YOU AND THERE ARE NO
ACCIDENTS WITH GOD. HE AND
HE ALONE WILL CALL YOU HOME
WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT. I
GOT A JOKE WITH MY ASSISTANT
PASTORS AND I ALWAYS SAY GOD
PUT ME ON THIS EARTH TO
ACCOMPLISH CERTAIN THINGS,
A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THINGS
BUT RIGHT NOW I'M SO FAR
BEHIND I'LL NEVER DIE. IT'S
SO GOOD TO KNOW THAT NOTHING
CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT THE LORD'S
PERMISSION. TO LIVE FOR
CHRIST IS GAIN. TO DIE IS
GAIN. NOW GOD HAS HIS PLAN.
NOW THIS IS THE LAST THING THAT
I WANT YOU TO KNOW. IT'S TOO
SOON TO QUIT BUT GOD HAS A
POTENTIAL IN MIND. LISTEN TO
WHAT IT SAYS IN THE LAST PART,
ACTS 18:10. I AM WITH YOU
AND NO ONE WILL ATTACK YOU TO
HURT YOU FOR I HAVE MANY
PEOPLE IN THE CITY. HOW CAN
GOD SAY THAT? THERE WERE NO
MORE THAN A HALF A DOZEN
CHRISTIANS IN THE CITY BUT
GOD LOOKED AT THE DEPRAVED
WITH THEIR POTENTIAL AND GOD
WAS FOCUSING ON WHAT THEY
WERE GOING TO BE. SEE GOD SEES
YOUR POTENTIAL AND THEREFORE
HE CAN TURN IT AROUND. GOD
IS GOING TO DO A MIRACLE BUT
TODAY FOCUS ON THE POTENTIAL
THAT YOU HAVE. FOCUS ON HIS
PRESENCE AND RECOGNIZE YOU
GOT A PROMISE AND THAT IS
YOUR HOPE TO GO.
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I LOVE THAT. YOU KNOW,
SEVERAL TIMES BRIAN WAS SAYING
DON'T GIVE UP. SOMETIMES
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR
JOURNEY AND IT FEELS BAD.
DON'T GIVE UP. FOCUS ON THE
POTENTIAL THAT GOD HAS. FOCUS
ON THE VISION, THE HOPE OF WHAT
IS TO COME. YOU KNOW, DAVID
WAS A MAN IN THE WORD OF
GOD AND HE WENT THROUGH SO
MANY TRIALS. I MEAN PEOPLE
WERE TRYING TO KILL HIM. IT
WAS SERIOUS. PSALMS 30
VERSE 11 AND 12 SAYS YOU HAVE
TURNED FROM ME MY MOURNING
INTO DANCING. YOU HAVE PUT OFF
MY SACKCLOTH AND CLOTHED ME
WITH GLADNESS TO THE END. NOT
IN THE MIDDLE, TO THE END THAT
MY GLORY MAY SING PRAISE TO YOU
AND NOT BE SILENT. YOU KNOW
WHAT? GOD'S GOT A GOOD ENDING.
IF IT FEELS BAD TODAY IT'S
BECAUSE IT'S THE MIDDLE.
DON'T GIVE UP. COMING UP
NEXT HIDDEN SECRETS FOUND IN
THE BIBLE. THIS IS JOE AMARAL.
TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT I CALL THE
LETTER OF BLOOD AND IT HAS TO
DO WITH THE WAY IN WHICH GOD
INSTRUCTED MOSES TO TAKE THE
BLOOD OF THE LAMB, THE PASSOVER
LAMB THAT WAS SACRIFICED FOR
THE PEOPLE AND HE TOLD THEM
TO APPLY IT TO THE DOOR POSTS
OF THE HOME IN A VERY, VERY
UNIQUE WAY. SOMETIMES AGAIN
WE READ THE STORY AND WE DON'T
PAY ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS.
GOD DIDN'T SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT,
TAKE THE BLOOD AND JUST KIND OF
FLOOD THE DOOR, COVER THE DOOR
COMPLETELY SO IT'S TOTALLY
SEALED. NO. HE DIDN'T SAY
THAT. LOOK WHAT IT SAYS HERE
IN EXODUS CHAPTER 12 VERSE 7.
HE SAYS THEY ARE TO TAKE SOME
OF THE BLOOD AND PUT IT ON THE
SIDES AND THE TOPS OF THE DOOR
FRAMES OF THE HOUSES WHERE
THEY EAT THE LAMBS. NOW A
LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T PAY
ATTENTION TO THE METHOD IN
WHICH GOD TOLD THEM TO APPLY
THE BLOOD AND I WANT YOU TO
AT HOME EVEN RIGHT WHERE YOU
ARE I WANT YOU TO DO IT WITH
ME. TAKE YOUR HAND AND GO
LIKE THIS. TAKE THE BLOOD.
PUT IT OVER THE SIDE, THE TOP,
AND THE SIDE. OKAY. DO IT
ONE MORE TIME. YOU DO IT THE
SIDE, THE TOP, AND THE SIDE.
WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING WHAT
YOU'VE DONE IS YOU'VE
ACTUALLY CREATED A LETTER IN
HEBREW CALLED (INAUDIBLE) AND
IT'S THE LETTER OF LIFE. IT'S
THE EIGHTH LETTER IN THE
HEBREW ALPHABET AND IT'S
THE LETTER THAT REPRESENTS
LIFE. NOW LOOK AT HERE IN
EXODUS 12:13. IT SAYS THE
BLOOD WILL BE WHAT? A SIGN
FOR YOU ON THE HOUSES
WHERE YOU ARE AND WHEN I SEE
THE BLOOD I WILL PASS OVER YOU
AND NO DESTRUCTIVE PLAGUE WILL
TOUCH YOU WHEN I STRIKE EGYPT.
NOW A LOT OF TIMES WE LOOK AT
THIS AND WE DON'T SEE THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT GOD WAS
SAYING. HE SAID TAKE THE BLOOD
OF THE LAMB AND PUT IT WITH A
SYMBOL OF LIFE ON THE DOOR
SO THAT WHEN THE ANGEL OF
DEATH COMES HE'LL SEE THE
LIFE IN THE BLOOD AND HE'LL
HAVE TO PASS OVER THE HOME.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TEACHING AND
IT'S THERE. GOD SAID RIGHT IN
THE SCRIPTURE IT WILL BE A
SIGN FOR YOU. WAS HE SPEAKING
POETICALLY? NO. HE REALLY
MEANT IT WAS A SIGN. RECENTLY
I WAS IN HONG KONG AND I WAS
TEACHING THIS AND I ALSO WENT
TO CHINA AND I WAS TALKING
ABOUT THE LETTER OF BLOOD AND
WHERE I WAS TEACHING THE
PASTORS THAT WERE IN THE CROWD
THEY BEGAN TO GET VERY, VERY
EXCITED. I SAID WHAT DID I
SAY THAT GOT EVERYBODY SO
EXCITED ABOUT THE LETTER OF
BLOOD? THEY SAID PASTOR JOE,
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WE
DO THAT EVERY YEAR HERE IN
HONG KONG. WE DO THIS EVERY
YEAR IN CHINA. I SAID WHAT
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THEY
SAID ON THE CHINESE NEW YEAR
WE TAKE RED AND WE PUT IT OVER
THE SIDE, THE TOP, AND THE
SIDES OF OUR HOMES. WE WERE
TAUGHT THAT THAT SYMBOL KEEPS
EVIL SPIRITS FROM COMING INTO
OUR HOMES AND WE NEVER
PARTICIPATED BECAUSE WE THOUGHT
IT WAS CHINESE TRADITION AND
MYSTICISM BUT NOW WE KNOW
IT'S THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB.
ISN'T THAT AWESOME THAT EVEN
EMBEDDED IN OTHER CULTURES
THE SYMBOL OF LIFE WRITTEN IN
THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB CAN
PROTECT US FROM THE EVIL ONE.
SO LET ME PREACH HERE FOR A
SECOND. LET ME ASK YOU.
HAVE YOU TAKEN THE BLOOD?
HAVE YOU TAKEN WHAT THE LAMB
HAS DONE FOR YOU? HAVE YOU
APPLIED IT TO THE DOOR POST
OF YOUR HEARTS SO THAT WHEN THE
ANGEL OF DEATH AND THE
DESTROYER AND DISEASE COMES
HE LOOKS IN YOU. HE SEES THE
POWER OF THE LIFE AND THE BLOOD
OF THE LAMB AND HE HAS TO PASS
OVER YOUR HEARTS.
THAT IS SO COOL. THE BLOOD
WILL NEVER LOSE ITS POWER.
THANK YOU, JOE. YOU KNOW,
I LOVE THAT, LAURA-LYNN BECAUSE
IT JUST HELPS ME GO DEEPER
IN MY STUDIES AS WELL.
BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO PRAY
WITH INSIGHT ON SITE FOR YOUR
PRAYER REQUESTS AS WELL. I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL
THE REQUESTS AND ALSO JUST THE
ENCOURAGING LETTERS THAT YOU'VE
BEEN SENDING. CHARLES AND HE'S
IN A PENITENTIARY. HE SAID
I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOUR
PROGRAM NOW FOR THE LAST SIX
MONTHS AND IT IS TRULY A
BLESSING, ESPECIALLY TODAY'S
PROGRAM HE SAID OF SECOND
CHANCES AND HE SAID ALL THOSE
TESTIMONIES, TURNING AWAY
FROM DRUGS AND CRIME AND
THE LIFE THAT JESUS GIVES IS AN
ENCOURAGEMENT TO ME. WELL,
CHARLES, WE PRAY FOR YOU,
BUDDY, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO
TOUCH AND AGREE THAT GOD WOULD
DO THE GREAT WORK THAT HE HAS
STARTED. THIS IS A GREAT ONE.
I LOVE THIS ONE. IT'S PEARL.
SHE SAID I WATCH YOUR PROGRAM
EACH MORNING. I'M 92 YEARS
OLD. I'M ENJOYING MY
SALVATION AND I PRAISE GOD.
WELL, PEARL, YOU JUST KEEP
ON KEEPING ON BECAUSE WE TOUCH
AND AGREE WITH WHAT GOD IS
DOING AND YOU ARE AN
ENCOURAGEMENT TO US. ONE MORE
HERE, LAURA-LYNN, AND I LOVE
THIS AND IT'S SOPHIE. SHE SAID
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
THE MOVIE, OUR FATHER. SHE
SAID I LOVE IT SO MUCH AND SHE
SAID I'VE GOT A FEW OTHER
MOVIES TOO BUT I LOVE THIS
MOVIE SO MUCH. WE'VE GOT
A FEW PRAYER REQUESTS AS WELL.
YES, WE DO. YEAH, GLORIA
FROM VICTORIA. SHE SAYS THAT
SHE WANTS US TO PRAY FOR
HER SON, JOHN, WHO WAS
DIVORCED LAST YEAR AND HE'S
DEALING WITH A LOT OF ANGER
GOING THROUGH THAT AND
ANOTHER FAMILY ISSUE.
JULIE FROM NOW I'VE NEVER
HEARD OF THIS PLACE BUT
QUISPAMSIS.
YES.
IS THAT IT?
QUISPAMSIS, YES.
YES, WOW, FROM NEW
BRUNSWICK. I'M SORRY. I
NEED TO BRUSH UP ON MY
TOWNS IN CANADA. PRAY FOR
HER FAMILY UNITY, HEALING, AND
PEACE. LET'S PRAY TOGETHER.
FATHER, I JUST THANK YOU,
JESUS, THAT YOU ARE THE GOD
WHO LOVES FAMILIES, THAT
FATHER YOU CREATED THAT. LORD,
THERE'S A LOT OF PAIN. THERE'S
A LOT OF WOUNDEDNESS BUT YOU
HAVE SOLUTIONS AND ANSWERS.
I PRAY BY THE POWER IN THE
NAME OF JESUS THAT YOU WILL
STEP INTO THESE SITUATIONS,
THAT YOU WILL BRING HEALING
AND WHOLENESS, PEACE, AND
LOVE. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD
COVER OVER ALL OF THE
DIFFICULT THINGS THAT THEY'RE
GOING THROUGH AND THAT YOU
WOULD RESTORE. BRING BACK
YOUR JOY. IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
AMEN.
AMEN.
WELL, IF YOU HAVE A STORY
THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE
GIVE US A SHOT. OUR ADDRESS
WILL APPEAR RIGHT AFTER THE
SHOW.
WE HAVE LOVED BEING
WITH YOU TODAY AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO BEING WITH YOU ALL
AGAIN. UNTIL NEXT TIME I'M
LAURA-LYNN TYLER THOMPSON.
AND I'M BRIAN WARREN. HAVE
A GREAT DAY, CANADA.
GOD BLESS.
GOD BLESS.
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