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THE GOOD LIFE 05291
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>> WELCOME.
>> HELLO EVERY BODY, AND
WELCOME TO ANOTHER GOOD
LIFE, AND WHAT IS HIS
GOING TO BE GOOD AND TELL
THEM WE HAVE TODAY?
>> AND MAYBE I SHOULD JUST
TELL THEM, AND WERE GOING
TO BE GOING FROM THE
STUDIO, AND ALL THE WAY TO
ISRAEL, AND YOU WILL.
AND YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO
GO.
>> IT IS GOING TO BE A
GREAT PROGRAM.
>> AND MAYBE YOU NEVER
COULD GO TO ISRAEL,
YOU COULD GO WITH
OUR GUEST TO ISRAEL--
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO BE
BLESSED. WE HAVE GOT
MISTER ANDY COOK TODAY,
AND HE IS A PASTOR FROM A
BAPTIST CHURCH IN WARNER
ROBBINS, GEORGIA. WERE
GOING TO BE TALKING, ABOUT
AND WERE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT ISRAEL
ISRAEL NOW, YOU WILL HAVE
A GREAT EXPERIENCE TODAY.
AND OUR MUSIC TODAY.
>> ONE OF OUR FAVORITES,
DAVID BOYER.
>> HE IS IN ITALIANO. AND
DAVID BOYER, HE IS GOING
TO BE SINGING NOW COME ON
HOME.
>>♪
>>♪
>>♪
>>♪
♪ COME ON HOME, COME ON HOME, ♪
♪ AND YOU HAVE BEEN RUNNING ♪
♪ TOO LONG, COME ON HOME, AND ♪
♪ HOME, AND MY HOUSE IS ♪
♪ WHERE YOU BELONG, COME ON HOME
♪ COME ON HOME I AM ♪
♪ EXPECTING YOUR CALL, COME ♪
♪ ON HOME, COME ON HOME, ♪
♪ THE PAST DOES NOT MATTER ♪
♪ AT ALL. AND THE TABLE IS ♪
♪ SET, IN YOUR ROBE IS ♪
♪ SPOTLESS AND NEW, AND NOW ♪
♪ YOU ARE FOUND, AND WE ARE ♪
♪ GOING TO JUST BE WAITING ♪
♪ FOR YOU, AND COME ON HOME, ♪
♪ COME ON HOME, YOU HAVE ♪
♪ A RUNNING TOO LONG, GET ♪
♪ UP AND COME ON HOME, AND ♪
♪ COME ON HOME, AND THE ♪
♪ PAST DOES NOT MATTER AT ♪
♪ ALL. AND WHEN I PICKED UP ♪
♪ THE TELEPHONE, TO CALL ♪
♪ COLLECT, AND THAT WAS THE ♪
♪ ONLY THING LEFT FOR ME TO ♪
♪ DO. I DID NOT HAVE THE ♪
♪ CHANGE, I COULD NOT HAVE ♪
♪ THE MONEY TO DIAL DIRECT. ♪
♪ AND I WONDERED IF I COULD ♪
♪ GET THROUGH. HELLO? ♪
♪ OPERATOR? ARE YOU ON ♪
♪ THE TELEPHONE? AND I AM ♪
♪ CALLING IN JESUS NAME, ♪
♪ AND WOULD YOU PLEASE ♪
♪ CONNECT ME TO MY FATHER ♪
♪ THROWN, AND WHAT ♪
♪ HAPPENED, AND OVER THE ♪
♪ LINE, AND HIS VOICE CAME, ♪
♪ IT CAME. COME ON HOME, ♪
♪ COME ON HOME, YOU HAVE ♪
♪ BEEN RUNNING TOO LONG,, ♪
♪ COME ON HOME, GET HOME, AND ♪
♪ MY HOUSE IS WHERE YOU ♪
♪ BELONG COME ON HOME, COME ♪
♪ HOME, I'M EXPECTING YOUR ♪
♪ CALL. COME ON HOME, GET ON ♪
♪ HOME, THE PAST DOES NOT ♪
♪ MATTER AT ALL. THE ♪
♪ BANNERS WAVING, AND THE ♪
♪ TABLE IS SET AT YOUR ♪
♪ SPOTLESS ROBE IS WAITING ♪
♪ FOR YOU, AND MY SON WAS ♪
♪ LOST AND NOW HE HAS BEEN ♪
♪ FOUND, AND WE ARE JUST ♪
♪ WAITING FOR YOU. COME ON ♪
♪ HOME, COME ON HOME, AND YOU ♪
♪ HAVE BEEN RUNNING TOO ♪
♪ LONG, GET UP AND COME ON ♪
♪ HOME, COME ON HOME, AND ♪
♪ THE PAST DOES NOT MATTER ♪
♪ AND HE HAS SAVED YOU AT ♪
♪ CALVARY, AND THE PAST DOES ♪
♪ NOT MATTER AT ALL. ♪
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♪ NO, NOT AT ALL, YOUR ♪
♪ PAST IS GONE. ♪
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> AND THAT IS SO GOOD TO
HAVE DAVID WITH US, AND I
WANT TO INTRODUCE AND
BEFORE WE INTRODUCE PASTOR
ANDY COOK, WE WANT TO LET
YOU IN ON THIS BOOK. AND
WE HAD A LITTLE PART AND I
MEAN, A LITTLE PART IN
DOING THIS BOOK. AND IT
IS JUST SO GOOD.
>> IT IS.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT
IS, AND WHERE CAN YOU
FIND THE BOOK?
>> AND THIS IS SO GOOD TO
BE WITH YOU, AND TO SEE
YOU AGAIN, AND WE WERE IN
ISRAEL TOGETHER AND THIS
BOOK IS AVAILABLE AT
BOOKSTORES EVERYWHERE, AND
ONLINE, AND THIS IS ABLE
COMPANY FROM A MICHIGAN,
AND WE HAVE IT ONLINE AND
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND
WE HAVE ENJOYED HIS BOOK,
AND HIS HAS BEAUTIFUL
PHOTOGRAPHY, THIS IS SO
BEAUTIFUL, AND THIS IS
BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHY.
AND WE HAVE GOT A
BEAUTIFUL BOOK HERE, AND
WE WORK TOGETHER FOR A
COUPLE OF WEEKS IN ISRAEL
TAKING PICTURES.
>> THIS BOOK WILL MAKE THE
BIBLE COME TO LIFE, OF COURSE,
I THOUGHT I KNEW A LITTLE
BIT, AND WHEN YOU READ THE
BIBLE AND YOU READ ABOUT,
AND WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT
THESE THINGS AND THERE ARE
SO MANY NOTES AND WE
CANNOT GET TO ALL THAT AND
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
CAESAREA PHILIPPI, AND I
LEARNED ABOUT THAT, AND
JUST ALL THAT YOU HAVE
SAID ABOUT THE PRODIGAL
SON, AND THE WOMAN AT THE
WELL, IT MAKES EVERYTHING
SO, COME TO LIFE, I CANNOT SAY
THAT ENOUGH. AND YOU
CANNOT PUT IT DOWN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO
HAVE YOU, TO SEE YOU
AGAIN. AND THIS MAN, AND
HE WORKS SO HARD.
>> YES HE DOES.
>> AND WHEN YOU GO TO
ISRAEL WITH HIM, AND YOU
BETTER BE PREPARED, AND
YOU BETTER HAVE ON YOUR
RUNNING SHOES, AND HE
WENT PLACES AND I NEVER
WOULD GO. AND HE GOT THE
PICTURES THAT NOBODY ELSE
HAS EVER GOTTEN, ALSO.
AND SO, IT IS A PRIVILEGE
TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY.
AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO
BE WERE GOING TO BE TAKING
A TRIP.
>> WERE GOING TO BE TAKING
A TRIP, AND ONE OF THE
GOALS, IN OUR MINISTRY
THAT WE HAVE, AND WE HAVE
EXPERIENCE ISRAEL NOW, AND
SO MANY PEOPLE CANNOT GO
TO ISRAEL AND WE WOULD
LIKE TO BRING ISRAEL TO
THEM, AND WHATEVER THEY
ARE, WE HAVE CREATED THE
RESOURCES, AND WE HAVE THE
BOOK, AND WE CAN TAKE A
VIRTUAL TRIP TO ISRAEL,
AND WE CAN GO NOW, AND WE
CAN GO CHASE DOWN THE
STORIES OF DAVID HIDING
FROM SAUL, AND THERE IS
SO MUCH, THERE IS SO MUCH
INFORMATION THERE, AND
WERE GOING TO BE STARTING
AND RIGHT HERE AND THE
CTN, AND OUR STUDIOS,
THIS IS LARGO, AND ONE OF
THE THINGS I WANT YOU TO
KNOW, AND THIS IS AMERICA,
THIS IS SO GREEN, AND WE
ARE DEALING WITH WATER
TODAY, AND WHEN YOU SEE
THE GREEN LAND, THERE IS
WATER, AND WE HAVE GOT
SUCH A BLESSING OF WATER,
AND LOOK AT NORTH AFRICA,
SAUDI ARABIA, AND THERE
IS A SHORTAGE OF WATER
THERE, AND THERE IS SO
MUCH DESERT. AND ISRAEL
IS THE ONE SLIVER OF THE
LAND THAT CONNECTS ASIA
AND EUROPE AND AFRICA AND
IT HAS WATER. YOU CAN SEE
THE FRESHWATER THERE. AND
THIS IS THE MOST PRECIOUS
RESOURCE IN THE MIDDLE
EAST, AND IT IS NOT ALL
ABOUT WATER. AND THE
BIBLE SAYS DAVID HEAR FROM
SAUL, AND I DID NOT GROW
UP IN DAVID'S BACKYARD, I
DID NOT NOTICE WAS REALLY
LOCATED, BUT I WANTED TO
READ ABOUT IT, AND IF YOU
GO TO BETHLEHEM WHERE
DAVID LIVED, AND IF YOU GO
TO HIS BACKYARD, AND YOU
WILL FIND WHERE HE LIVED
AND THIS MAKES A
DIFFERENCE AS WE
UNDERSTAND THE STORY. AND
WE ARE FLYING OVER, AND
THANKS TO GOOGLE EARTH,
THE VIDEO, AND THIS IS
THE JUDEAN WILDERNESS, AND
THIS IS MANY PLACES HERE
WHERE JESUS WAS WALKING IN
THE WILDERNESS AREAS, AND
THEY'RE A LITTLE WATER AND
THE SCENE RIGHT HERE, AND
THIS IS HARD TO BELIEVE,
THIS IS THE SPRING TIME IN
THE WILDERNESS. AND THIS
IS THE CANYON AREA, AND
THEY ARE SO SPECTACULAR
AND IF YOU LOOK, AND THE
TREES ARE FEW AND FAR
BETWEEN, AND WHERE IS THE
WATER? AND WHERE DO THE
SHEPHERDS GO AND WHEN THEY
GO TO THE LAND, AND YOU
CAN SEE THEM TODAY, AND
THEY STILL TAKE THE SHEETS
AND THE GOATS ACROSS THE
LAND, AND YOU WONDER WHY
THEY ARE THERE, AND THERE
IS HARDLY ANY GRASS. AND
MAYBE YOU CAN SEE SOME
LITTLE BITS OF GRASS, BUT
THERE IS JUST ENOUGH GRASS
FOR THE DAY. AND THIS IS
ABOUT 15 MILES FROM
BETHLEHEM TO THE DEAD SEA,
AND THIS IS A HUGE BODY OF
WATER, AND I THINK YOU
GOT A CHANCE TO FLOAT INTO
THIS, AND YOU CANNOT DRINK
THIS AND THIS HAS SO MUCH
SALT, YOU CANNOT SINK AND
THERE ARE NO FISH, AND YOU
CANNOT DRINK THE WATER AND
THERE IS NO LIFE AND THIS
LARGE BODY OF WATER.
>> DID I EVER TELL YOU
ABOUT AMERICA LOVE THE
DEAD SEA?
>> NO.
>> I LOST MY WEDDING RING
AND THE DEAD SEA, AND YOU
KNOW, THEY TELL YOU TO
TAKE OFF YOUR JEWELRY,
AND I DID NOT. I LEFT MY
WEDDING RING ON AND I
THOUGHT, AND THAT WOULD BE
A GOOD PLACE FOR THIS TO
BE CLEAN, AND SUBTLY, IT
WENT ZIP, AND HE FELL OFF
OF MY HAND. AND I THOUGHT
IT WAS GONE. AND HOW
COULD YOU EVER GET IT
BACK? AND I WAS IN ABOUT
EIGHT FEET OF WATER, AND
SO, I THOUGHT, I WOULD
NEVER BE ABLE TO GET THAT
BACK. AND I GOT SOME
PEOPLE AND WE WENT IN A
CIRCLE, AND WE KEPT FEELING
WITH HER TOES, AND WE
FINALLY FOUND MY RING.
AND HOW DO YOU GET IT?
AND HOW DO YOU GET IT FROM
MAYBE THE SIX FEET OF
WATER? AND UP TO WHERE
YOU ARE? AND SO, I SAID
EVERYBODY, PLEASE GATHER
AROUND, AND SOMEBODY WILL
HAVE TO HOLD ME DOWN. AND
THEY HELD ME DOWN AND I
WENT AND I FOUND THE RING.
AND I QUICKLY GOT OUT AND
I RAN UP TO WHERE THE
FRESHWATER WAS, AND THEY
WASHED ME OFF, AND THEY
SPRAYED ME DOWN. AND I
GOT MY RING BACK.
>> YOU WANTED THAT WEDDING
RING PRETTY BADLY, AND
I'VE NEVER HEARD A STORY
LIKE THAT.
>> THAT IS SO GOOD FOR
YOU.
>> AND YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT
THE DEAD SEA THAN I DO,
AND THAT FRESHWATER THERE,
AND THIS IS RIGHT NEXT TO
THE DEAD SEA, AND THIS
WOULD BE SO UNPLEASANT TO
GO INTO THE WATER INTO THE
DEAD SEA AND THIS IS VERY
PLEASANT TO GO INTO THE
WATERS OF ENGETTI AND YOU
WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
FAVORITE PLACES, AND THIS
IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
PLACES IN THAT AREA, AND
IT MIGHT BE 120 DEGREES,
AND THE WATERS ARE COOL
AND FRESH, AND IT IS THE
CLEANEST WATER IN ISRAEL,.
>> HERE WE ARE AGAIN.
>> AND YES, THE WATER IS
ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR AND
THIS IS JUST A TINY CRACK
IN THE CANYON, AND RIGHT
THERE, NEXT TO THE DEAD
SEA, AND THIS IS WHERE
DAVID WAS HIDING FROM
SAUL, AND THIS WAS WHY HE
WAS THERE AND IT WAS
FRESHWATER. AND THE
ANIMALS WOULD COME HERE,
AND HE WOULD HAVE THE FOOD
FROM THE DEER, AND THIS
IS WHAT THE WATER IS, THIS
IS THE ONLY WATER THEY
COULD'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT AND LIKE THE DEER
PANTS AFTER THE WATER
BROOKS, AND DAVID KNEW
THERE WAS WATER HERE, AND
THIS IS WHERE HE WOULD
HIDE FROM SAUL AND THERE
IS A NAME FOR THE WATER
AND THE HEBREW, AND THIS
IS IT, AND THIS MEANS,
THE LIVING WATER, AND IT
MEANS THIS WATER IS ALIVE.
AND MOST OF THE WATER
THAT THE PEOPLE ARE
DEALING WITH THE BIBLE,
CAME OUT OF THE CISTERNS,
BUT THEY BUT STORED THE
WATER, AND MAYBE WHEN THE
WATERS WOULD RAIN, AND
THEY WOULD HAVE TO STORE
THE WATER FOR AN ENTIRE
YEAR. AND EVERY DAY, AND
MANY TIMES PER DAY, THEY
WOULD GO TO A CISTERN,
AND THEY WOULD GO TO THE
WELLS, AND THEY WOULD TAKE
A WATER BOTTLE AND THIS
GOES BACK TO THE TIMES OF
JESUS. AND THEY WOULD GET THE
WATER AND TAKE IT BACK TO
THE HOUSE AND USE IT FOR
COOKING, AND THEY WOULD
TAKE IT BACK, AND YOU
TAKE THIS BACK TO THE AREA
WHERE DAVID WAS, THERE WAS
A LOT OF LIVING WATER AND
IT WAS FRESHWATER. AND
THAT WAS THE SAMARIA, AND
SHE WENT TO THE WELL WITH
THE WATER JUG, AND JESUS
SAID DO YOU WANT SOME
LIVING WATER? AND THEY
SAID, AND WHERE CAN YOU
GET IT? AND THEY DID NOT
KNOW WHERE HE COULD GET
IT, AND HE WAS THE LIVING
WATER, HE WAS THE PURE
AND REFRESHING LIVING
WATER. AND SO MUCH OF THE
SYMBOLISM COMES OUT IN
THIS STORY. AND TO ME,
AND THERE IS THE LESSON
HERE, AND THE LIVING WATER
AND GOD HAS OFFERED THIS
TO US, AND THE WORLD IS
OFFERING US THE DEAD SEA,
AND IT IS 40 MILES OF
USELESS WATER, IT LOOKS
REFRESHING BUT IT IS AN
ILLUSION, BUT JESUS IS
REFRESHING AND THIS IS OUR
STORY TODAY.
>> WOW.
>> AND YOU KNOW, IT WOULD
BE DANGEROUS AND TO GO
UNDER IN THE DEAD SEA AND
I DO NOT KNOW, IF YOU HAVE
BEEN THERE, AND IT IS
DANGEROUS, IT IS A
DANGEROUS PLACE. AND
THERE ARE SO MANY SIGNS
AROUND, AND DO NOT GO
UNDER.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> AND WHEN YOU COME OUT
AND YOU GO TO THIS AREA
WHERE DAVID WAS, WOW,
GOBBLING GIVE YOU SUCH A
WONDERFUL WATER. AND THIS
IS AND THIS IS THE STORY
OF OUR SALVATION.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS A
2000-YEAR-OLD WATER
BOTTLE.
>> I WANT TO HOLD OF THIS
AND THIS IS NOT A VERY
LIGHT.
>> AND IMAGINE, AND WE ARE
SO ACCUSTOMED, TO TURNING
ON THE FAUCET AND HAVING
ALL OF THE WATER YOU NEED,
BUT MOST OF THE TIMES BACK
THEN, YOU WOULD GO BACK TO
THE WELL AND THIS WAS
PROBABLY AN EXHAUSTING
PROCESS. AND THE WATER IS
SO IMPORTANT IN THE BIBLE
AND WHAT JESUS HAS TO
OFFER IS JUST LIKE THE
REFRESHING WATER, WHERE
DAVID WAS, AND THE LIVING
WATER. AS WE SAY IN THE
BOOK, THIS IS ONE OF THE
SECRETS OF THE PAST, THIS
IS NOT REALLY A SECRET,
THIS HAS BEEN THERE ALL
ALONG. THIS IS JUST, AND
WE ARE NOW MAKING THE
CONNECTING POINTS OF HOW
RICH THE LESSONS OF THE
GEOGRAPHY AND THE
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE BIBLE
CAN HELP US TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY
AND WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING
2000 YEARS AGO, MORE
CLEARLY.
>> I WANT TO HOLD THIS FOR
A LITTLE WHILE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WELL, I WOULD LIKE,
AND WE HAVE GOT MAYBE NINE
MINUTES, AND WHAT OF THE
STORIES YOU HAVE, THEY ARE
SO AMAZING AND CAESAREA
PHILIPPI AND CAN YOU TALK
ABOUT THAT?
>> AND JESUS TOOK THE
DISCIPLES TO CAESAREA
PHILIPPI, AND THEY NEVER
HAD A CLUE WHERE HE WOULD
GO, AND HE WOULD JUST SAY
FOLLOW ME, AND THEY WENT
TO A PLACE CALLED
CAPERNAUM, AND THEY BEGAN
TO WALK NORTH, ALONG THE
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE
JORDAN RIVER. AND THEY
GOT 25 MILES UP THE ROAD,
AND THEY WALKED EVERYWHERE
THEY WENT, AND THEY WENT
UP TO THE BASE OF THE
TALLEST MOUNTAIN IN
ISRAEL, AND THEY WENT TO
MOUNT HERMAN. AND THAT
MOUNTAIN, THIS HAS SNOW ON
THE TOP MOST OF THE YEAR,
AND THIS IS AWAY FROM
JERUSALEM, AND THIS IS AS
FAR AWAY FROM JERUSALEM,
AND STILL BE IN ISRAEL,
AND THIS WAS A VERY EVIL
AREA. AND THEY HAD NOT
SEEN A RABBI TO THEIR IN
THEIR LIFETIME. AND THE
WORSHIP OF THE PAGAN GODS,
AND THE PAGAN GODS, AND
THESE GOD'S WILL WORSHIP,
AND THE NAMES OF THE
CITIES, AND THE CITIES,
AND YOU KNOW, AND THESE
CITIES, ARE JUST EVIL, AND
WE GET THE WORD PANIC FROM
THIS, AND PEOPLE WERE
TERRIFIED OF THE PLACE
WHERE DO THEY WORSHIP
THESE FALSE GODS, THERE
WAS A CAVE THERE, AND IT
WAS A CLIFF FACE, AND THIS
WAS CONSIDERED TO BE THE
UNDERGROUND ENTRANCE TO
THE UNDERWORLD. IT WAS
LIKE THE DOORWAY TO
HADES. AND THEY CALLED
THIS THE GATE OF HADES.
THERE WERE MULTIPLE PLACES
IN THE ANCIENT WORLD THAT
WERE MYSTERIOUS AND MAYBE
HOT SPRINGS THEY ARE, AND
ONE WAS FOUND IN TURKEY
AND I SAW THIS ON THE
NEWS, AND THEY SAID THEY
HAD FOUND THE GATES OF
HADES AND THIS WAS IN
ISRAEL, I THOUGHT, BUT
THERE WAS A PLACE IN
TURKEY AND THEY COULD NOT
EXPLAIN IT AND THEY SAID,
THIS WAS THE ENTRANCE WAY
TO HELL. AND IT WAS HERE,
AND CAESAREA PHILIPPI, AND
JUST FOR A FEW YEARS, IT
WAS NAMED AFTER THE
CAESAR, I'M SURE JESUS
TOOK THE DISCIPLES THERE, AND
HE SAID, ON THIS ROCK I
WILL BUILD MY CHURCH, AND
THE GATES OF HADES CANNOT
PREVAIL AGAINST IT.
>> THAT IS AMAZING TO ME
TO READ THAT STORY.
>> IT WAS THE GATES OF
HADES. IS AN AMAZING
STORY, THIS BECOMES SO
AMAZING, AND WHEN YOU
REALIZE, AND THE DISCIPLES
NEVER THOUGHT THEY WOULD
GO TO THERE, AND THE
PEOPLE NEVER THOUGHT THEY
WOULD SEE A RABBI, AND
THIS WAS WAY OUT OF THE
ORDINARY. AND THIS IS
WILD, AND IN A CHURCH, AND
MAYBE A HIGH SCHOOL
TEACHER, AND THE KIDS
WENT TO A STRIP CLUB, AND
THAT SOUNDS SO CRUDE, BUT
THIS IS HOW THEY FELT,
AND I KNOW JESUS SAID, YOU
DID NOT WANT TO COME HERE,
BUT HOWEVER, WE ARE HERE.
AND DO NOT WORRY, AND IF
THEY COME AGAINST YOU, THE
GATES OF HELL WILL NOT
PREVAIL AGAINST US. WE
ARE GOING TO PUT THIS
MOVEMENT RIGHT HERE IN
PLACES LIKE THIS. AND HE
WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT A
BUILDING. AND WE HAVE
SPENT THE LAST 2000 YEARS
BUILDING BUILDINGS, TO
CALL ATTENTION TO KNOW
THAT WE ARE FOLLOWERS OF
CHRIST, AND THIS IS SO
NICE TO HAVE A GOOD
FACILITY BUT DON'T FORGET
TO GO TO WHERE THEY NEVER
THOUGHT YOU WOULD GO AND
BRING THE HOPE THAT IS
JESUS TO THEM. THIS IS
WHAT HE WANTS US TO DO.
AND USE THE FACILITIES AND
USE THE KNOWLEDGE TO
CHANGE THE WORLD. DO NOT
BE AFRAID, AND THE GATES
OF HELL CANNOT PREVAIL
AGAINST YOU.
>> IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE
HOW HE WILL SEND YOU TO AN
EVIL PLACE, BUT WHEN YOU
WALK IN WITH JESUS, IT IS
GOING TO CHANGE. HE WILL
CHANGE THE SITUATION AND
HE WILL CHANGE THE PEOPLE
THERE, HE WILL CHANGE IT.
AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT THE GATES OF
HELL.
>> IF IT WERE TO COST YOU
YOUR LIFE, AND IF YOU ARE
COST HARM, BUT HE SAYS,
AND WE CAN TAKE UP OUR
CROSS AND FOLLOW HIM, AND
HIS MISSION COST HIM HIS
LIFE FOR US, AND HE SAID
FOLLOW ME AND IF YOU WANT
TO CALL ME LORD, AND WE
WANT TO SEE HOW SERIOUS
YOU ARE. AND THIS IS A
MESSAGE THAT JESUS WAS
COMMUNICATING, AND I
THINK THAT WE HAVE LOST A
LOT OF THIS AND WHAT A
WONDER IS, AND FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN 19 CENTURIES
THE LIVING CLASSROOM OF
ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH
HUMANITY IN JERUSALEM IS
LIVING THERE AND THEY HAVE
BROUGHT TO LIFE THE BIBLE
FOR OUR GENERATION.
>> THIS IS AMAZING.
>> THIS IS SUCH A
PRIVILEGE AND
RESPONSIBILITY ALL AT THE
SAME TIME.
>> AND EVEN 150 YEARS AGO,
AND THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY
OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE
HAVE TODAY, AND WE HAVE
THE BOOKS.
>> AND JUST TO GET TO
ISRAEL, YOU COULD HAVE
HAD TO GONE ACROSS THE
OCEAN, AND WHY DON'T THE
DONKEYS, AND THE
ARCHAEOLOGIST HAD NOT
BEGUN TO WORK. AND THEY
WERE SOME THINGS THAT YOU
COULD SEE, AND MARK TWAIN
WROTE, AND HE SAID, WHEN
HE TRAVELED THERE, AND HE
SAID, WHY WOULD ANYBODY
WANT THAT PLACE? HE WAS
NOT IMPRESSED, AND MOST
OF THE WORK THAT IS BEEN
DONE, SINCE 1990, AND
MOST OF THIS HAS BEEN
HAPPENING IN THE LAST 100
YEARS FOR THE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORK. AND
WHAT DO WE DO? TO CHANGE
THE WORLD, AND WE HAVE
THIS SO WE CAN USE THIS TO
CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THE
NATION OF ISRAEL.
>> AND WHEN WE WENT, AND
I COULD NOT BELIEVE ALL OF
THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIGS
AND THEY WERE EVERYWHERE.
IT WAS AMAZING. AND WE
PROBABLY HAVE, AND WE HAVE
GOT ABOUT TWO MINUTES,
AND WE HAVE GOT TO GO TO
THE BREAK BUT I WANT YOU
TO TOUCH, AND TOUCH ON THE
BOOK, AND MY GOD AND MY
GOD, AND WHY HAVE YOU
FORSAKEN ME?
>> JESUS WAS A RABBI, AND
LOOSELY HE WAS THE SON OF
GOD AND THEY CALLED HIM A
RABBI, AND HE IS ALWAYS
TEACHING AND HE NEVER
STOPS TEACHING. AND IN A
CULTURE AND A TIME WHEN
THE PEOPLE WOULD MEMORIZE
THE SCRIPTURES AND THEY
WOULD MEMORIZE ALL OF IT
AND IF YOU HAD A COPY OF
THE BIBLE, YOU HAD TO
MEMORIZE IT, AND JESUS ON
THE CROSS COULD BARELY
SPEAK AND HE ONLY SAYS
SEVEN THINGS, THE MOST
FAMOUS THING AND HE SAID,
"MY GOD AND MY GOD WHY
HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME."
AND THAT'S THE FIRST LINE
OF PSALM 122, AND READ
THE REST OF PSALM 122, IT
IS AN ANCIENT WORD, IT IS
A PAINTING OF THE CROSS.
AND HE SAYS, AND MY TONGUE
IS STICKING TO THE ROOM,
ROOF OF MY MOUTH, AND ALL
OF THIS IS IN PSALM 122,
AND WHEN THE RABBI,
AND HE WHEN THE RABBI
WOULD SPEAK, HE WANTED
EVERYBODY ELSE TO QUOTE
IT. HE WAS TRYING TO
TEACH, AND I'M CONVINCED
OF IT.
>> YES.
>> WERE GOING TO BE TAKING
A BREAK, AND WE ACTUALLY
HAVE SEVERAL YEARS WORK
HERE IF ANDY COULD GIVE US
EVERYTHING, THAT HE HAS
AND IS BEAUTIFUL GRAY HEAD
OF HIS. AND WE WILL BE
RIGHT BACK RIGHT AFTER
DAVE BOYER SINGS.
>> ♪
>>TO FIND OUT MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE
EXPERIENCE ISRAEL NOW,
WITH PASTOR COOK, PLEASE
GO TO THE WEBSITE THAT YOU
SEE ON YOUR SCREEN. AND
YOU CAN ALSO FIND THIS ON
FACEBOOK AND TWITTER, AND
ALSO YOUTUBE.
♪
♪
OF ALL OF THE STORIES WE
COULD TELL YOU, AND
GALILEE, AND THIS IS MY
FAVORITE ONE, AND WHEN
JESUS CAME BACK HERE AFTER
THE CRUCIFIXION AND
RESURRECTION, THE LAST
CHAPTER OF JOHN SAYS, AND
MANY OF THE DISCIPLES WERE
FISHING AGAIN. AND THEY
FELT DISQUALIFIED TO
FOLLOW JESUS AND THEY HAVE
FAILED SO MISERABLY IN
JERUSALEM. BUT AS THEY
WERE FISHING, THERE WAS
THE IMAGE OF A MAN ON A
BEACH REPAIRING BREAKFAST
AND IT WAS JESUS AND HE
WANTED THEM TO GO TO A
MEAL, AND HE WANTED THEM
TO HAVE A SECOND CHANCE
AND WITH THAT INVITATION
TO GRACE, THEY DID NOT
FAIL JESUS AGAIN, AND THAT
INVITATION IS STANDING
TODAY IN ISRAEL, I AM ANDY
COOK OR THE CHRISTIAN
TELEVISION NETWORK.
♪
♪
♪
♪ IF I COULD PRETEND ♪
♪ FOR ONLY ONE MOMENT, THAT ♪
♪ MY LIFE COULD NEVER GO ♪
♪ WRONG. ♪
♪ AND IF I COULD PRETEND ♪
♪ THAT IN MY OWN POWER, ♪
♪ AND MY LIFE WOULD ALWAYS ♪
♪ BE STRONG. ♪
♪ I HAVE NEVER KNOWN THE ♪
♪ PAIN, ♪
♪ I WOULD NEVER KNOW WHEN ♪
♪ SOMEONE NEEDS MY HELPING ♪
♪ HAND, ♪
♪ AND I WOULD NEVER KNOW ♪
♪ AND I WOULD NEVER KNOW, ♪
♪ AND SOMEBODY COULD LOVE ♪
♪ ME AND UNDERSTAND. ♪
♪ AND I WILL NOT PRETEND, ♪
♪ AND EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES, ♪
♪ I TRY TO MAKE IT ♪
♪ AND I TRY TO MAKE IT ON ♪
♪ MY OWN. ♪
♪ AND FOR MY LIFE, AND MY ♪
♪ LIFE WILL NEVER KNOW, AND ♪
♪ I WOULD NEVER KNOW THE ♪
♪ FULL MEANING, IF I TRY TO ♪
♪ MAKE IT ALL ALONE. AND ♪
♪ PERHAPS THIS IS WHY AND ♪
♪ THE ONE WHO HAS MADE ME, ♪
♪ AND HE DIED ON THE CROSS, ♪
♪ AND HE LOVED ME AND HE ♪
♪ SAVED ME, AND EVEN JESUS, ♪
♪ AND JESUS, ♪
♪ AND HE KNOWS THAT LOVE ♪
♪ CANNOT REMAIN ALONE, ♪
♪ AND MAYBE THIS IS THE ♪
♪ REASON WHY ♪
♪ AND MAYBE ♪
♪ AND MAYBE THIS IS THE ♪
♪ REASON WHY. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I WOULD NEVER KNOW THE ♪
♪ PAIN OF SOMEONE WHO NEEDS ♪
♪ MY HELPING HAND, I WOULD ♪
♪ NEVER KNOW THE FEELING OF ♪
♪ HAVING SOMEONE WHO WOULD ♪
♪ LOVE ME AND THEY WOULD ♪
♪ UNDERSTAND. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ OH, AND MAYBE THAT IS WHY, ♪
♪ AND THE ONE WHO NEEDS ME, ♪
♪ AND JESUS DIED ON THE ♪
♪ CROSS AND HE IS LOVED ME ♪
♪ AND SAVED ME, AND JESUS ♪
♪ HAS SHOWN ME, AND JESUS ♪
♪ KNOWS THAT LOVE CANNOT ♪
♪ REMAIN ALONE. AND SO ♪
♪ MAYBE, AND THIS IS THE ♪
♪ REASON WHY AND MAYBE, AND ♪
♪ THIS IS THE REASON WHY AND ♪
♪ MAYBE, AND THIS IS THE ♪
♪ REASON WHY HE HAS MADE ME ♪
♪ HIS OWN. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ AND YES HE HAS. ♪
♪ ♪
[APPLAUSE]
>> MISTER DAVE BOYER, AND
WE APPRECIATE THAT GOOD
MUSIC AND IT SEEMS LIKE,
THAT WILL NEVER END. I
MEAN, HE HAS BEEN AROUND A
WHILE.
>> HE STILL HAS A GREAT
VOICE I'M IN HIS VOICE IS
SO GREAT.
>> AND WE ARE HERE WITH
ANDY COOK AND WERE GOING
TO BE TALKING ABOUT
DIFFERENT AND SOME OTHER
THINGS YOU HAVE LEARNED
ABOUT.
>> AND WE HAVE GOT ANOTHER
VIDEO, AND I WANTED TO GO
AHEAD AND PLAYED VIDEO.
YES AND WE WANT TO PLAY
THE VIDEO AND PLAY THE
VIDEO AND TALK ABOUT IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ♪
>>AND THE BIBLE SAYS, THIS
IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW,
AND STAND THE CROSS ROADS
AND LOOK, AND ASK FOR THE
ANCIENT PATHWAYS, AND WALK
IN THEM AND YOU WILL FIND
REST FOR YOUR SOULS AND IF
YOU WILL WALK IN THE
ANCIENT PATHWAYS, AND IF
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SECRETS
ALONG THE WAY, AND YOU CAN
FIND REST, AND THESE
THINGS ARE NOT HIDDEN.
THEY ARE IN PLAIN SIGHT
AND YOU CAN COME WITH US,
AS WE WALK THE ANCIENT
PATHWAYS, AND WE CAN LOOK
TODAY.
>> THE ANCIENT PATHWAYS,
AND WE HAVE COME TO THE
MEDITERRANEAN AND THIS IS
WHERE THE PEOPLE OF THE
FIRST CENTURY WOULD HAVE
BEEN, AND HEROD THE GREAT
BUILT THE CITY FROM
SCRATCH AND ANYWAYS, IT
WAS THE CROWN JEWEL OF THE
BUILDING PROJECTS THIS HAD
AS THEATER FOR DRAMA, AND
WE HAD THE STADIUM FOR THE
GLADIATORS, AND IT WAS THE
TEMPLE FOR CAESAR AUGUSTUS
AND THE PALACE FOR HEROD,
AND THEY HAD A MODERN
SEWAGE SYSTEM AND WITH THE
HIGH TIDE, AND WASHING OUT
WITH THE SEWAGE WHEN THE
WATER WOULD LEAVE. AND
THIS WOULD BE A GREAT
WOMAN CITY, AND WITH THE
PORT THAT HEROD HAD BUILT,
AND THEY SAID, IT COULD
NOT BE BUILT AND WELL,
THERE WERE MANY TRIPS BACK
AND FORTH TO ROME. AND
THERE WERE MANY VISITORS
HERE, INCLUDING SOME OF
THE FIRST CENTURY CHURCH,
AND YOU THINK OF THE BOOK
OF ACTS, AND CAESAREA WAS
THERE FOR PETER TO VISIT
CORNELIUS AND THERE IS
ALSO THE STORY, ONE OF THE
DESCENDENTS OF HEROD AND
THEY BELIEVED, THE CROWD
THOUGHT HE WAS A GOD AND
YOU KNOW, ALL THESE
THINGS, AND GOD HAD LITTLE
TOLERANCE FOR HIS
ARROGANCE AND HE DIED
INSTANTLY. AND TO ME,
THE MOST FAMOUS RESIDENT
OF ALL, WAS THE APOSTLE
PAUL. AND CAESAREA MIGHT
BE A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, THE
BIBLE SAYS THAT PAUL WAS
HERE AGAINST HIS WILL FOR
TWO YEARS, HE WAS UNDER
HOUSE ARREST. HE HAD
LITTLE FREEDOM BUT HE
COULD NOT TRAVEL, HE
COULD NOT GO AND PLANT A
CHURCH AND HE WAS STUCK
HERE. AND ONE OF HIS
LETTER SAYS, GOD IS ABLE
TO WORK EVERYTHING
TOGETHER FOR GOOD FOR
THOSE WHO LOVE HIM AND
CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS
PURPOSE AND YOU HAVE TO
SAY THAT GOD LOVES PAUL
AND WE ARE CALLED
ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE
BUT WE NEED TO COME BACK
TO CAESAREA AND THE
APOSTLE PAUL WAS UPSET,
AND THE MONTHS TURNED INTO
YEARS AND YOU MIGHT SAY
PAUL, AND WHAT IS GOOD
COMING OUT OF THIS? AND
19TH CENTURIES HAVE
PASSED, AND WE CAN HAVE
THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
TOGETHER, AND WE CAN SEE,
AND PAUL ROAD MANY AND
WHAT WE CALL THE BOOKS OF
THE CHRISTIAN TEXTS AND
THEY WERE WRITTEN IN
PRISON, AND THEY HAD BEEN
WRITTEN, AND MANY OF THEM
COULD WRITTEN RIGHT HERE
AND IT GOES BEYOND THAT,
AND THE APOSTLE PAUL WAS
SO BUSY PLANTING CHURCHES
AND MEETING PEOPLE, AND HE
NEEDED TIME TO SIT STILL
AND TO WORK THROUGH THE
BIG ISSUES OF PUTTING THE
STORY TOGETHER OF HOW GOD
HAD BEEN WORKING FOR THE
INCREDIBLE STORIES OF THE
ENTIRE BIBLE. AND ONE OF
THE BOOK OF LUKE, AND
THIS MAN LUKE, HE WAS A
FRIEND OF PAUL AND HE CAME
TO THE CITY, ACCORDING THE
BOOK OF ACTS, AND HOW DID
HE GET THE INFORMATION
ABOUT JESUS? HE WROTE THE
GOSPEL OF LUKE AND HE WAS
NOT AN EYEWITNESS, BUT
WHAT ABOUT THE EARLY
CHURCH HISTORY? AND HE WAS
NOT AROUND FOR THE
PENTECOST AND THE DAYS OF
THE SPIRIT MOVING AMONG
THE FIRST CENTURY CHURCH.
I LIKE TO THINK, LUKE
MIGHT HAVE USED THE
TWO-YEAR DELAY TO DO SOME
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING,
AND MAYBE HE WENT TO
BETHLEHEM AND SPOKE WITH
SOME SHEPHERDS WHO HAD
SEEN THE ANGELS. AND THAT
ANOTHER BID FOR THE STORY
OF LUKE, THIS ACCOUNT, WE
WOULD NOT KNOW ABOUT IT.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE PARABLE
OF THE PRODIGAL SON, AND
THE OTHER PARABLES AND
EVEN THE HISTORY OF THE
FIRST CENTURY CHURCH, THE
FIRST CENTURY CHURCH IS
THE ONLY RECORD OF THIS.
AND THIS IS TRUE, AND GOD
WAS WORKING TOGETHER FOR
GOOD WHILE PAUL WAS IN
PRISON, AND THIS IS AN
EASY TRANSITION TO MAKE
FOR TODAY AND THERE ARE SO
MANY TIMES AND WE MIGHT BE
FRUSTRATED BY OUR
CIRCUMSTANCES AND BY WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN OUR LIVES
AND MAYBE WE MIGHT BE
TEMPTED TO SAY, "I DON'T
KNOW HOW GOD COULD BE
WORKING FOR GOOD FOR WHAT
IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW."
BUT OUR GOD IS SO GOOD AND
HE IS SO POWERFUL THAT IN
EVERY SITUATION HE IS
CERTAINLY ABLE TO WORK
GOOD FOR THOSE WHO LOVE
HIM AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE
CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS
PURPOSE, DO NOT FORGET IT,
DO NOT FORGET YOUR HOPE,
AND YOU CAN KNOW FOR SURE
THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL.
I AM ANDY COOK FOR THE
CHRISTIAN TELEVISION
NETWORK.
>> ♪
>>♪
>>♪
>>♪
>>OH, ANDY, AND THIS IS
VERY INTERESTING AND
NORMALLY, YOU WILL DO
THESE THINGS IN SEGMENTS,
AND YET YOU'RE DOING THIS
ON THE PROGRAM TODAY. AND
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
YOU JUST SAW THERE ON THE
SCREEN.
>> IT ALWAYS, IT STUNS ME
TO SEE HOW ARE THE PLACES
IN ISRAEL TODAY AND THEY
ARE BRINGING THE TRUTH TO
LIFE, AND CAESAREA WAS
FOUR TIMES LARGER THAN
JERUSALEM, AND WE HEAR
ABOUT JERUSALEM, BUT
CAESAREA, IT JUST SHOWS
UP IN THE BOOK OF ACTS AND
MAYBE WE HAVE MISSED IT IS
SUCH AN IMPORTANT. CITY
AND THE ANGEL CAME UP IN
THAT CITY, AND THEY SAID,
THIS CANNOT BE PETER AND
WE ARE PRAYING FOR HIM AND
PETER WAS IN PRISON BUT
GOD ANSWERED THEIR PRAYERS
AND THE APOSTLE PAUL WAS
IN PRISON HERE IN
CAESAREA, JUST A FEW STEPS
AWAY FROM THE BEAUTIFUL
MEDITERRANEAN OCEAN AND
ONE OF THE MOST LUXURIOUS
PALACES EVER BUILT, BUT
HE WAS IN A DUNGEON, AND
WE DO NOT KNOW HOW SPARSE
IT WAS, AND MAYBE IT WAS A
HOUSE ARREST AND TO SEE
AND REALIZE WHAT HE WAS
FOR TWO YEARS, AND HE WAS
A SUCCESSFUL CHURCH
PLANTER THAT GOD HAD
CALLED AND HE WAS SITTING
IN PRISON. AND WHAT GOOD
CAN COME OUT OF THAT? AND
WHAT GOOD COMES OUT OF A
DISEASE WHERE THE PASTOR
OR THE CHURCH MEMBER OR
SOMEBODY AND MAYBE A
MISSIONARY AND WHAT IF YOU
LOSE YOUR VOICE? AND YOU
KNOW, AND WHAT GOOD COULD
COME OUT OF THAT? AND THE
FUNERAL, THAT CAME SO MANY
YEARS EARLY, AND WHAT GOOD
CAN COME OUT OF THIS? AND
THE BERRY MAN THAT GOD LED
TO WRITE THESE WORDS, AND
GOD WANTS US TO KNOW HE
CAN TURN IT FOR OUR GOOD
AND HE DOES NOT CAUSE
EVERY SITUATION, BUT HE
CAN BRING THE GOOD AND THE
APOSTLE PAUL WAS IN PRISON
FOR TWO YEARS, AND DID HE
REALLY BELIEVE IT? AND I
THINK HE DID. AND LIKE
US, HE WAS PROBABLY VERY
FRUSTRATED WHILE HE WAS
WAITING, AND MAYBE HE DID
NOT HAVE THE ANSWER UNTIL
HE GOT TO HEAVEN, AND
MAYBE THIS IS WHAT IS TRUE
FOR US.
>> AND THIS IS SO
INTERESTING, AND WE CAN
SEE THE APOSTLE PAUL AND
HE WAS IN PRISON, AND HE
DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING,
AND HE DID NOT HAVE
FRIENDS TO HELP HIM AND
ALL OF THAT, BUT HE DID
HAVE THE WORD OF GOD,
HIDDEN IN HIS HEART. AND
THAT AND THAT MAKES
EVERYTHING WORTHWHILE.
AND WHEN YOU CANNOT DO
ANYTHING, AND HE HAVE GOT
THE WORD OF GOD, YOU CAN
AT LEAST REPEAT THE WORD
OF GOD TO YOURSELF. AND
BABEL GIVE YOU STRENGTH.
>> AND REMEMBER, AND I
HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME BAD
THINGS IN THE PAST, AND I
MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH
SOMETHING THAT NOW, AS
MAX LUCADO SAYS, AND YOU
WILL GET THROUGH IT AND
YOU CONTINUE TO YOU
GOING, AND YOU CONTINUE
TO HAVE FAITH AND GOD WAS
IN CONTROL THAT DAY AND
GOD IS IN CONTROL NOW AND
NO MATTER WHAT ANYBODY
MIGHT SAY, AND YOU DO NOT
LOSE YOUR FOCUS ON WHAT
DOES NOT CHANGE AND THE
ONE WHO DOES NOT CHANGE
AND HE LOVES YOU AND HE
CARES FOR YOU AND HE IS
GOT A PLAN AND TRUST HIM,
AND DELIGHT YOURSELF IN
THE LORD AND HE WILL GIVE
YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR
HEART.
>> YOU KNOW, THAT IS HARD
FOR SO MANY OF YOU TO
UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW. BUT
IF YOU WILL JUST PUT YOUR
FAITH AND YOUR CONFIDENCE
AND YOUR TRUST IN THE LORD
JESUS HE WILL BRING YOU
THROUGH AND HE WILL SHOW
YOU THE ANSWERS TO ALL OF
THE THINGS THAT ARE
PERPLEXING YOU NOW. HE IS
THE ONE THAT CAN DO THAT.
>> THAT IS RIGHT AND THE
BIBLE SAYS EVERYTHING
WORKS TOGETHER FOR THE
GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE THE
LORD. AND SOMETIMES AND
WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHEN
WE GO THROUGH THESE
THINGS, AND WE DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY GOOD COULD COME
OUT OF IT AND SOMETIMES IT
MIGHT BE WEEKS OR MONTHS
OR YEARS LATER, AND WE
REALIZE, THIS IS WHAT I
WENT THROUGH THAT BUT I
DID NOT KNOW AND THE TIME.
>> AND ALSO HE SAYS, ALL,
AND ALL THINGS AND YOU
MIGHT SAY, I WOULD TAKE
THAT FOR THIS, BUT YOU
MUST ACCEPT ALL THINGS
FROM THE LORD. . HE WILL
SEE YOU THROUGH AND ANDY
YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH SUCH
A DIFFICULT TIMES.
>> I HAVE, I DON'T KNOW
ANYBODY THAT HAS NOT BEEN
THROUGH THE DIFFICULT
TIMES, AND YOU HAVE THE
BLESSINGS OF LIVING A LONG
ENOUGH, YOU COULD GO
THROUGH DAYS AND NIGHTS
AND WHERE YOU WONDER IF
YOU COULD MAKE IT UNTIL
THE MORNING. AND HERE IS
THE TRUTH, I HAD LEARN,
AND MY WIFE AND WE WENT
THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME
MANY YEARS AGO, IN OUR
MID-20S, AND WE WERE BOTH
BELIEVERS AND WERE GOING
TO CHURCH AND DOING THE
RIGHT THINGS BUT OUR WORLD
FELL APART, THIS IS WHAT
I HAD TO LEARN. AND JUST
AS PAUL AND SILAS WERE
SINGING WHEN THEY WERE
BEATEN AND THROWN INTO
PRISON AND JUST BECAUSE
YOU HAD A BAD DAY, DOES
NOT CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT
THE E OF GOD AND LEAVE IS
WORTHY OF YOUR PRAISES ON
SUNDAY MORNING WHEN YOU
ARE GOING SO GOOD AND HE
IS WORTHY OF THE SAME
PRAISE ON THE DARKEST
NIGHTS OF YOUR LIFE AND IF
YOU JUST TRUST HIM THROUGH
THE NIGHT SEASONS, AND YOU
MIGHT WAKE UP IN HEAVEN,
BUT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER,
HE IS GOD AND HE IS IN
CONTROL AND WORTHY OF
PRAISE.
>> WE CANNOT LOSE.
>> IT IS A WIN-WIN.
>> YOU CANNOT LOSE,
WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH AND YOU CANNOT
LOSE, AND IF HE TAKES YOU
ON TO HEAVEN OH, AND ONE
GLORIOUS THINGS HE HAS IN
STORE FOR YOU.
>> AND YOU WOULD NOT WANT
TO COME BACK HERE.
>> AND IF YOU LIVE THROUGH
IT, AND HE WILL SEE YOU
THROUGH AND YOU WILL SEE
THE VICTORY THAT HE HAS,
AND MAYBE THE VICTORY FOR
THE OTHER PEOPLE. THIS IS
WHAT HE HAS FOR YOU.
>> IN NO, AND DAVID SAYS,
AND WHY AM I DOWNCAST, AND
PUT YOUR HOPE IN GOD AND
HE ENCOURAGED HIMSELF AND
THE LORD.
>> AND YES HE DID, AND
DAVE IS GOING TO BE
SINGING AND HE'S GOING TO
BE SINGING AGAIN, YOU HAVE
LOVED ME ALL MY LIFE.
>> ♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪ I AM TRYING TO FIND THE ♪
♪ WORDS TO SAY AND RIGHT ♪
♪ NOW, I NEED YOUR HAND ♪
♪ PLEASE UNDERSTAND, WHY I ♪
♪ FEEL THIS WAY, I HAVE LET ♪
♪ YOU DOWN SO MANY TIMES ♪
♪ BEFORE, BUT YOU HAVE ♪
♪ FORGIVEN ME, AND YOU ♪
♪ HAVE NEVER CLOSED THE ♪
♪ DOOR. SO HERE I AM AND ♪
♪ ONCE AGAIN, AND THIS IS ♪
♪ THE ONLY TIME I COME TO ♪
♪ YOU WHEN I NEED A FRIEND, ♪
♪ BUT I NEED YOU MORE THAN ♪
♪ WORDS COULD EVER SAY, SO ♪
♪ PLEASE DO NOT TURN MY ♪
♪ HEART AWAY AND THE WORLD ♪
♪ HAS WASHED AWAY MY HOPES, ♪
♪ AND ALL OF MY HOPES AND MY ♪
♪ DREAMS, AND THEY WERE IN ♪
♪ MY YESTERDAY'S. AND THEN ♪
♪ YOU CAME ALONG, WITH THE ♪
♪ WORDS OF SUNSHINE AND YOU ♪
♪ ASSURED ME THAT I WAS ♪
♪ YOURS, AND I KNOW THAT YOU ♪
♪ ARE MINE. AND HERE WE ♪
♪ ARE, AND WE ARE FACE TO ♪
♪ FACE AND THERE IS JUST NO ♪
♪ WHEN YOU ARE THE EARTH WHO ♪
♪ WILL EVER TAKE YOUR PLACE ♪
♪ AND HOW COULD I EVER THANK ♪
♪ SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN MY ♪
♪ FRIEND AND YOU HAVE LOVED ♪
♪ ME BACK TO LIFE AGAIN. ♪
♪ AND WHEN THE WINTER RAINS ♪
♪ AND WASHED AWAY MY HOPES, ♪
♪ AND ALL OF THE HOPES AND ♪
♪ DREAMS, THAT I HAD FOUR ♪
♪ YESTERDAY, AND THEN YOU ♪
♪ CAME ALONG WITH THAT WARM ♪
♪ SUNSHINE, AND YOU ASSURED ♪
♪ ME THAT I WAS YOURS, OH, I ♪
♪ KNEW YOU WERE MINE. AND ♪
♪ NOW HERE WE ARE AND WE ARE ♪
♪ FACE TO FACE, AND THERE ♪
♪ IS NO ONE HERE ON THE ♪
♪ EARTH, THAT CAN EVER TAKE ♪
♪ YOUR PLACE. AND HOW COULD ♪
♪ I EVER SOMEONE WHO IS BEEN ♪
♪ MY FRIEND AND YOU HAVE ♪
♪ LOVED ME BACK TO LIFE ♪
♪ AGAIN. AND JESUS, AND HE ♪
♪ HAS GIVEN US OUR LIVES ♪
♪ AGAIN, AND HE IS HEALED ♪
♪ OUR HOMES, OUR ♪
♪ MARRIAGES, AND WE HAVE OUR ♪
♪ LIVES AND WE HAVE OUR ♪
♪ LIVES AGAIN. ♪
[APPLAUSE]
>> I LIKE THAT. AND GOD
IS PUT THIS MARRIAGE BACK
TOGETHER.
>> AND DAVID, YOU COME
OVER HERE. WE WANT TO
TALK WITH YOU. WE HAVE
MISTER DAVE BOYER HE HAS
BEEN SINGING. FOR I GUESS
SINCE YOU'RE A LITTLE BOY
>> AND YES, HE CAME TO MY
CHURCH A FEW YEARS AGO AND
THIS HAS BEEN SO GREAT TO
RECONNECT.
>> WE ARE SO BLESSED TO BE
WITH YOU AND FOR WHAT GOD
IS DOING AND THIS IS SO
WONDERFUL, AND I DID
NEED TO HEAR WHAT I HEARD
TODAY. OH, BOB.
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> SINGING ALL OF THE
TIME, AND WE MOVED, AND
YOU KNOW, AND WE MOVED
ABOUT FIVE MILES AWAY, AND
MY DEAR WIFE, AND SHE IS
HERE, AND THIS IS SUCH A
JOY AND WERE GOING TO BE
STARTING A CHRISTMAS TOUR
IN DECEMBER.
>> WERE YOU GOING TO BE
GOING?
>> PITTSBURGH, AND
GEORGIA, AND SWEETWATER
BAPTIST AND AUGUSTINE, AND
TO PHILADELPHIA, AND WERE
GOING TO BE GOING TO A
REVIVAL AND TO NEWTOWN
PENNSYLVANIA, THEN TO
TULSA, AND I WILL FINISH
UP IN DALLAS, ON NEW
YEAR'S EVE. AND WE HAVE A
WONDERFUL WORSHIP CENTERED
THERE, WERE GOING TO BE
HAVING A WONDERFUL
CHRISTIAN GATHERING AND A
CONCERT AND DINNER. THIS
IS AN EXCITING LIFE. I
WAS 79 IN OCTOBER AND I
FEEL GREAT. AND I THINK,
I WAS WITH YOU IN 1997, I
DIE USED TO LIVE WITH HIM
IN ATLANTA. WE HAD SUCH A
GREAT TIME.
>> AND I'VE GOT TO GO TO
ISRAEL BEFORE I DIE, AND
MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN
THERE, AND I WAS SO
BLESSED.
>> AND THERE IS NO ONE YOU
COULD GO WITH BETTER THAN
ANDY, AND YOU KNOW,.
>> HE HAS SUCH AN INSIGHT
INTO THE WORD OF GOD AND
YOU ARE BRINGING THAT
FORTH TODAY.
>> AND THE BIBLE IS COMING
TO LIFE AND RIGHT AND
FRONT OF OUR EYES.
>> THEY ARE DIGGING UP
EVERY PLACE IN ISRAEL AND
THE DOOR YOU GO, THERE IS
EXCAVATION GOING ON. IT
ALL TAKES US BACK TO THE
WORD OF GOD.
>> AND THEY'RE ALWAYS
FINDING THINGS.
>> IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
>> DO YOU WANT TO SEE
THAT?
>> I HAVE GOT TO SEE THIS
AFTER 2000 YEARS AGO AND
DON'T THIS GIVE YOU
CHILLS?
>> AND A YOUNG MAN FOUND
THIS, AND WE WERE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH I
COULD PAY FOR THIS AND HE
SAID YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE
SAYS, SHE LEFT THE WATER
JUG AT THE WELL, AND I
SAID THIS COULD BE THE
VERY ONE. AND SO. I
SAID, I CANNOT PAY FOR
THIS JUG.
>> AND YOU KNOW, AND THIS
IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
>> AND I BELIEVE THIS IS
GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
>> AND THIS REMINDS ME,
AND MY PASTOR, AND MY
FATHER IN YORK,
PENNSYLVANIA HE WOULD
PREACH THE WORD OF GOD,
AND SO IN LOVE WITH THE
PEOPLE OF ISRAEL, AND IT
WAS A JEWISH FAMILY THAT
LISTEN ON THE RADIO SUNDAY
AND WE WOULD COME TO THE
GOSPEL CENTERED, AND MY
FATHER WOULD ALWAYS SAY,
KEEP LOOKING UP, AND WE
WOULD LISTEN, AND THEY
WERE SO MANY MEMORIES. AND
IT WAS JUST MARVELOUS.
>> AND WELL, GOD IS NOT
FINISHED WITH YOU YET.
>> OH, I HOPE NOT.
>> HE IS NOT FINISHED WITH
ME, YET.
>> AND YOU KNOW, AND WE
WERE FIRST HERE, I WOULD
NOT COUNT.
>> IT WAS TOO
MANY YEARS AGO.
>> AND THE TIME IS FLYING.
>> I KEEP GOING FOR GOD.
YES, SURE.
>> AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR
GREAT MUSIC AND YOU WOULD
BE SINGING A SONG AS WE
CLOSE OUT THE PROGRAM.
>> THIS IS BY JOHN W
PETERSON AND YOU REMEMBER
HIM? AND HE WROTE A SONG
FOR ME AND HE DID NOT
KNOW, IT WOULD SOUND LIKE
THIS LIKE MAC THE KNIFE,
WITH BOBBY DARIN.
>> AND WE ARE ON THIS
GREAT TRIP WITH ANDY, AND
THIS IS NOT FINISHED AND
AND HE IS GOING TO BE
GOING BACK AND BACK AND
BACK, AND HE IS GOING TO
BE DOING MORE AND MORE,
HE IS GOING TO BE DOING,
AND HE IS NOT INTO
EXCAVATING AND HE WOULD
NOT BE WANTING TO DO THAT?
>> THAT'S NOT MY THING.
>> BUT YOU HAVE ALL OF THE
ALL OF THE STORIES AND YOU
HAVE THE WORD OF GOD FOR
ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND
THIS IS AMAZING. AND WERE
GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO GO
BACK OVER THERE, AND WE
THANK YOU DAVE. AND...
AND THE SONGS, THAT DAVID
IS DOING, AND THEY ARE
JUST AMAZING TO ME. AND
HOW THEY ALL TIE IN AND
MAYBE YOU HAVE HEARD THE
TESTIMONY BUT I DO NOT
KNOW.
>> YES.
>> HE IS TESTIMONY HIS, IT
IS HOW GOD TOOK YOU FROM,
FROM THE STREETS OF WHERE
EVER, ALL OVER. AND HE
WAS LIFTED UP, AND NOW,
FOUR YEARS, HE HAS BEEN
SINGING THE GOSPEL MESSAGE
AND HERE IS AND HE AND
TELLING THE GOSPEL
MESSAGE, OF THOUSANDS OF
YEARS AGO. AND HERE IS
DAVID SINGING, THE GOSPEL
MESSAGE OF TODAY. IS
AMAZING TO US, AND WE
ARE, AND WE WANT YOU TO
KNOW HOW MUCH JESUS LOVES
YOU. AND TO BRING PEOPLE
LIKE THIS TOGETHER, AND
ANDY, WE WANT YOU TO GIVE
A SIMPLE MESSAGE OF COMING
TO CHRIST.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> WILL YOU DO THAT?.
>> THAT'S MY PASSION, YES,
AND IN THE BIBLE AND THE
PEOPLE THAT GOD WAS USING
IN A MIGHTY WAY AND THEY
SAID YES TO JESUS. AND
MARY, AND SHE WAS A GIRL,
AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD
SAID, AND MARY AND WILL
YOU SAY YES AND WHEN SHE
SAID YES EVERYTHING
CHANGED AND THAT CAN
HAPPEN FOR ANYONE AND
RIGHT NOW AND RIGHT HERE.
AND WHATEVER WE HAPPEN TO
BE, AND MAYBE WE COULD
HAVE A PRAYER, AND IF YOU
WANT TO PRAY WITH US, AND
THIS CAN BE A
LIFE-CHANGING MOMENT.
AND LORD WE COME TO YOU
TODAY AND WE THANK YOU FOR
ALL OF THE GIFTS YOU HAVE
GIVEN TO US AND WE'VE SEEN
A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY AND WE
HAVE TALKED ABOUT MANY
AMAZING THINGS, AND THIS
HAS BEEN FUN BUT THE
PURPOSE IS TO LOVE YOU,
AND TO HEAR YOUR VOICE,
AND WE PRAY, THAT IF THEY
WOULD WE WANT TO
PERSONALLY YOU MIGHT SAY
YES, THIS IS WHAT I WANT
AND I WANT THE LIVING
WATER AND I WANT
REFRESHING WAY OF LIVING
AND I BELIEVE THEY CAN SAY
YES AND I RECEIVED JESUS
AS MY SAVIOR AND I WANT TO
FOLLOW HIM ALL OF MY LIFE
AND I GIVE MY LIFE TO YOU
AND I THANK YOU FOR GIVING
YOUR LIFE TO ME, AND I
PRAY THAT MY LIFE WOULD
NEVER BE THE SAME AS I
SEEK TO BRING YOU HONOR
AND GLORY FOREVER AND EVER
AND THE NAME OF JESUS.
>> THANK YOU ANDY AND WE
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
>> WE THANK YOU FOR THE
INVITATION.
>> GOD BLESS YOU AND WE
ARE IN FOR A REAL TREAT,
AND DAVID BOYER AND HE IS
GOING TO BE SINGING THANK
YOU BUT NO THANKS.
♪ AND WHAT A GREAT ♪
♪ BLESSING, AND WE THANK GOD ♪
♪ FOR SALVATION, AND I ♪
♪ DRANK CUPS OF PLEASURE ON ♪
♪ THE BROAD ROAD, AND YOU ♪
♪ SAID, THIS WOULD FULLY ♪
♪ SATISFY, BUT THE ♪
♪ DISAPPOINTMENT & DELUSION, ♪
♪ AND THE THINGS YOU SAID, ♪
♪ WERE NOTHING BUT A LIE. ♪
♪ AND YOU DID NOT TELL THE ♪
♪ TRUTH ABOUT THE ♪
♪ HEARTBREAK, AND THOSE ♪
♪ TEARS THAT FOLLOWED ALL OF ♪
♪ THE PROMISED JOY, AND YOU ♪
♪ HAVE CAMOUFLAGED, AND ♪
♪ THERE WAS SO MUCH ANGUISH, ♪
♪ AND BEHIND THE LIGHTS, OF ♪
♪ ALL OF THIS SO-CALLED JOY, ♪
♪ HEY, AND THANK YOU, BUT NO ♪
♪ THANK YOU, SATAN, AND I ♪
♪ HAVE TURNED AROUND, AND I ♪
♪ HAVE FOUND A BRAND-NEW ♪
♪ WAY. AND I HAVE HEARD THE ♪
♪ GOSPEL STORY, AND TODAY I ♪
♪ CANNOT BELIEVE IT. AND I ♪
♪ AM BORN AGAIN, AND I AM ♪
♪ SERVING JESUS TODAY, ♪
♪ AND HE HAS GIVEN ME A NEW ♪
♪ LIFE WORTH LIVING. AND IN ♪
♪ JESUS, I HAVE FOUND SUCH A ♪
♪ JOY LIKE NEVER BEFORE, AND ♪
♪ I THANK YOU BUT NO THANK ♪
♪ YOU, OLD SATAN, AND I AM ♪
♪ GOING TO WALK WITH JESUS, ♪
♪ AND I AM GOING TO TALK ♪
♪ WITH JESUS, AND I'M GOING ♪
♪ TO WALK AND TALK WITH ♪
♪ JESUS, FOR EVERMORE. ♪
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