1 00:00:18,910 --> 00:00:20,250 Hi! - Hey there! 2 00:00:20,290 --> 00:00:23,090 Welcome. - Thank you. 3 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:24,530 Hi my name is Cheri Peters, 4 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:26,380 Thank you for joining us on Teen Pathways. 5 00:00:26,410 --> 00:00:28,330 Today we are going to talk about the fact that 6 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:30,240 God is crazy about you. 7 00:00:30,270 --> 00:00:34,000 And I love that, I love to think about all the things that 8 00:00:34,030 --> 00:00:37,130 God has done to show me that He is crazy about me. 9 00:00:37,170 --> 00:00:39,950 But more importantly when I watch it happen all around me 10 00:00:39,980 --> 00:00:42,750 I have a ministry now called True Step Ministries 11 00:00:42,790 --> 00:00:44,790 and there are times when I go out to different places 12 00:00:44,830 --> 00:00:46,070 and do the youth rallies. 13 00:00:46,110 --> 00:00:49,850 I went to Alaska one time and when I went to Alaska 14 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:53,030 I flew to four different places, little tiny villages, 15 00:00:53,070 --> 00:00:55,450 and I was talking to youth from all over the place, 16 00:00:55,490 --> 00:00:58,710 but one of the places we went to we had to get into a Jeep 17 00:00:58,740 --> 00:01:01,450 we had to drive in the interior of Alaska, which 18 00:01:01,490 --> 00:01:05,010 we had to drive 2.5 hours, we were in the middle of nowhere. 19 00:01:05,050 --> 00:01:07,470 We had to get out of the truck, get in a little boat, 20 00:01:07,510 --> 00:01:09,700 take a little boat across the river 21 00:01:09,730 --> 00:01:13,150 and when we got across the river there was a small village, 22 00:01:13,180 --> 00:01:16,410 a small native village and there was a little girl named Laura 23 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:20,460 in the village and she had been abandoned by her parents 24 00:01:20,500 --> 00:01:23,810 who are alcoholics and she was given to her grandparents 25 00:01:23,850 --> 00:01:26,270 who then had Alzheimer's disease and went into the hospital 26 00:01:26,300 --> 00:01:30,120 and so Laura ends up going from place to place 27 00:01:30,150 --> 00:01:32,930 and because she's an Eskimo there's federal laws that protect 28 00:01:32,970 --> 00:01:36,790 the village but also do a little bit of harm to the children 29 00:01:36,820 --> 00:01:38,940 that are abandoned because nobody can take them out 30 00:01:38,970 --> 00:01:40,980 and care for them cause they have to stay within the village. 31 00:01:41,020 --> 00:01:43,990 And So I was looking at this little girl who looked about nine 32 00:01:44,020 --> 00:01:47,620 she was so tiny and she was so abused and so abandoned 33 00:01:47,660 --> 00:01:51,630 and I felt so sad for her that I hung out with her and we talked 34 00:01:51,670 --> 00:01:52,980 and encouraged each other 35 00:01:53,020 --> 00:01:56,280 and I took her with me everywhere I went on that trip 36 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,480 and what I heard from God in my prayer one night 37 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,910 when I was so sad that she had to live the way she lived 38 00:02:01,950 --> 00:02:04,630 God told me that the reason I brought you to Alaska 39 00:02:04,660 --> 00:02:07,230 is to give her some courage and some encouragement. 40 00:02:07,270 --> 00:02:08,720 And I said, NO! 41 00:02:08,750 --> 00:02:11,650 So we have a God that says, "You know what, 42 00:02:11,690 --> 00:02:14,670 there's a little girl in Alaska in a small village that nobody 43 00:02:14,710 --> 00:02:17,920 is going to walk past and I need to get you over there 44 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,320 and I'll do anything I can to get you over there". 45 00:02:20,350 --> 00:02:22,460 And so we are going to talk about that God, 46 00:02:22,490 --> 00:02:25,350 the God that says, "I don't care where you are, if you need help 47 00:02:25,390 --> 00:02:28,050 and you ask Me, I will bring someone to you, 48 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:30,640 I'll bring a situation to you and I will make sure 49 00:02:30,670 --> 00:02:33,170 your needs are met and your pain is comforted. 50 00:02:33,210 --> 00:02:35,450 And so that's the God we're going to talk about. 51 00:02:35,490 --> 00:02:37,080 Before we get into the conversation though 52 00:02:37,110 --> 00:02:39,300 I want to introduce you to the folks that are here today 53 00:02:39,340 --> 00:02:42,990 and are here from all over the country. 54 00:02:43,020 --> 00:02:45,450 Can we start here with you? 55 00:02:45,890 --> 00:02:48,660 My name is Cari Chenoweth and I'm from Medford, Oregon 56 00:02:48,690 --> 00:02:50,570 and I know that God is crazy about me. 57 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:51,970 - Good, good! 58 00:02:52,710 --> 00:02:55,510 My name is Gavin Sailsbery and I'm from Yakima, Washington 59 00:02:55,550 --> 00:03:00,560 and I agree with you a lot, absolutely. 60 00:03:01,500 --> 00:03:04,820 My name is Cherry Malott and I am from McMinnville, Oregon 61 00:03:04,850 --> 00:03:06,580 and I agree with both of you. 62 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,510 I'm Lyle Alley and I'm from Weezer, Idaho 63 00:03:10,540 --> 00:03:12,290 and I agree with everyone. 64 00:03:13,530 --> 00:03:15,970 My name is Jason Henry and I'm from Sweet Home 65 00:03:16,010 --> 00:03:18,460 and I'm glad to be in such an agreeable bunch. 66 00:03:19,590 --> 00:03:23,770 I'm Patrick Earl and I come from Salmon, Idaho and I'm glad 67 00:03:23,810 --> 00:03:26,470 to be with people that do do this and do agree with each other. 68 00:03:26,510 --> 00:03:29,470 - You guys are so funny, you are funny. 69 00:03:29,500 --> 00:03:36,040 So I know one story that I just love, is your story 70 00:03:36,070 --> 00:03:40,220 in particular Lyle, how we met and how you got here 71 00:03:40,250 --> 00:03:43,600 and in that story, I think is really clearly stated how much 72 00:03:43,630 --> 00:03:45,070 God is crazy about you. 73 00:03:45,100 --> 00:03:48,370 So can you say a little bit about how you got here? 74 00:03:49,500 --> 00:03:54,240 Well, let's start out, I have watched the shows for awhile. 75 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,290 We've taped them and we had just got done moving 76 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,690 and we were staying with some friends 77 00:03:59,730 --> 00:04:01,670 and I was interested in coming and 78 00:04:01,700 --> 00:04:07,370 they were calling and I'd say that I was interested 79 00:04:07,410 --> 00:04:10,130 and so you knew about it and 80 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,770 the next day we got home really late 81 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:18,130 our friend says, "Cheri called wanting to know, 82 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:21,050 do you want to come?" I said, "Sure!" 83 00:04:21,090 --> 00:04:23,780 And it was just amazing how quick it worked out. 84 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,320 The part that I think is funny, on my end 85 00:04:27,350 --> 00:04:29,440 is that I get a call from a woman named Sharon 86 00:04:29,500 --> 00:04:33,420 that knows Lyle, that knows you and says, "You know I have this 87 00:04:33,450 --> 00:04:36,990 guy that is incredible. He's a neat guy". 88 00:04:37,030 --> 00:04:40,150 She told me about some mission trips you've been on and 89 00:04:40,180 --> 00:04:42,230 some of the stories about that and what you could share 90 00:04:42,260 --> 00:04:45,040 and that he really wants to be involved with you guys 91 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,050 and your ministry and I was thinking, oh, you know, 92 00:04:48,090 --> 00:04:51,640 right in the middle of going back to 3ABN and doing another 93 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,150 season of Teen Pathways and we're going to do all this stuff 94 00:04:54,180 --> 00:04:56,320 but everybody is already booked and we have all the plane tickets 95 00:04:56,350 --> 00:04:59,490 and there's no way to get you on and I told her, I said, 96 00:04:59,530 --> 00:05:02,010 "I'm sorry we can't do anything until maybe next season 97 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,060 or when we get back. I'll call him". 98 00:05:04,100 --> 00:05:07,920 And after I hung up the phone with Sharon, within a few hours 99 00:05:07,950 --> 00:05:11,210 somebody called and canceled and we had their plane ticket 100 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,720 in my hand and I said, "Oh no, what am I going to do with this 101 00:05:14,750 --> 00:05:17,430 plane ticket?" and God said, "Well you're going to call Lyle". 102 00:05:18,570 --> 00:05:21,370 And is was so funny to me and you weren't home 103 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,400 and I called Sharon, I said, "Can Lyle come tomorrow morning 104 00:05:24,430 --> 00:05:26,120 can he be at the airport at seven o'clock?" 105 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,640 And she started laughing, she said "seven o'clock 106 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:31,220 in the morning? He's not even home yet. He would have to pack". 107 00:05:31,260 --> 00:05:34,170 And I said, "Just call me back if he can because we would love 108 00:05:34,180 --> 00:05:35,910 have him". And then you were at the airport 109 00:05:35,940 --> 00:05:37,190 when I showed up the next morning. 110 00:05:37,220 --> 00:05:39,190 See I didn't know about it until about 9:30 that night. 111 00:05:39,230 --> 00:05:42,250 It was awesome! - That is funny! 112 00:05:42,280 --> 00:05:44,390 And I think God is funny in that way. 113 00:05:46,020 --> 00:05:49,010 - He loves to surprise us. - Exactly. 114 00:05:49,050 --> 00:05:51,590 Keep us on our toes. - He loves us to be happy. 115 00:05:51,630 --> 00:05:55,550 - God's really surprised me once when I was in a situation 116 00:05:55,590 --> 00:05:57,860 where I didn't feel like I had any friends 117 00:05:57,890 --> 00:06:01,070 at school or at church, because there was no one my age 118 00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:04,920 and I prayed about it and within a week 119 00:06:04,950 --> 00:06:07,650 I became friends with some really good neat people 120 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:11,140 at school and at church and so He showed me that 121 00:06:11,180 --> 00:06:13,060 instead of just giving me one friend 122 00:06:13,100 --> 00:06:14,650 He gave me a lot of friends. 123 00:06:15,890 --> 00:06:18,240 I was just going to say that I can totally relate to that. 124 00:06:18,270 --> 00:06:21,400 This last Christmas vacation in December of 97 125 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:23,550 I went to visit my dad in Florida 126 00:06:23,580 --> 00:06:25,830 and I'd been there several times before, but 127 00:06:25,860 --> 00:06:28,710 I'd never made contact with anybody really. 128 00:06:28,750 --> 00:06:32,090 I'd visited different churches and just felt isolated. 129 00:06:32,130 --> 00:06:36,250 I would've been staying at my dad's for 31/2 weeks 130 00:06:36,290 --> 00:06:38,000 this vacation and I thought, 131 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:39,480 I don't know if I can endure this, 132 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:42,990 I had all ready been their a week and nothing had happened. 133 00:06:43,030 --> 00:06:48,890 Lord, I really need somebody that I can pal around with 134 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:50,580 I don't care if it's a guy or girl, 135 00:06:50,620 --> 00:06:52,550 I just need somebody that I can be friends with 136 00:06:52,580 --> 00:06:58,310 and it turns out I went to church one week and there was 137 00:06:58,340 --> 00:07:00,470 this kid there that I'd remember seeing before but never 138 00:07:00,510 --> 00:07:02,270 made contact with him 139 00:07:02,310 --> 00:07:04,860 and I asked if I could share a song with him 140 00:07:04,890 --> 00:07:07,380 and he says, sure, so we went outside, it was nice weather, 141 00:07:07,420 --> 00:07:10,610 I played him a couple songs and we ended up agreeing that 142 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:14,890 we should get together and play and what really started out as 143 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,220 just a musical related venture 144 00:07:17,260 --> 00:07:19,190 turned into a really good friendship. 145 00:07:19,230 --> 00:07:22,280 You know how you meet somebody that's kind of a kindred spirit, 146 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:27,620 and you feel like you can communicate more than just words 147 00:07:27,650 --> 00:07:29,340 it's like a heart to heart kind of thing, 148 00:07:29,370 --> 00:07:33,780 that's how it was and I really still feel bonded to that guy, 149 00:07:33,810 --> 00:07:37,770 he's just a really good buddy pal and I know that God 150 00:07:37,810 --> 00:07:41,120 did that for me because it happened right after I prayed 151 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,460 and just really cried to God. 152 00:07:44,490 --> 00:07:46,440 - Like me, I shouldn't even be here. 153 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:52,390 I had planned to come and do this with everybody and meet everybody 154 00:07:52,430 --> 00:07:55,260 and build my spiritual relationship with God 155 00:07:55,290 --> 00:07:59,480 with all you guys, but I just couldn't. 156 00:07:59,510 --> 00:08:02,520 The phone got disconnected, and one thing after another. 157 00:08:02,550 --> 00:08:07,470 For a long time, I thought, I got to work this out 158 00:08:07,510 --> 00:08:09,180 and finally after a week... - I have to interrupt though, 159 00:08:09,210 --> 00:08:12,270 cause I was trying to get you a plane ticket and I called 160 00:08:12,310 --> 00:08:14,380 and they said, oh the phone is disconnected 161 00:08:14,410 --> 00:08:17,680 and I said no I have to get the information about the plane 162 00:08:17,710 --> 00:08:19,850 and I have to get sent to him and I don't know if he's going 163 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:21,440 or where to go and all that kind of stuff 164 00:08:21,470 --> 00:08:24,480 and so, that was a big deal. - And finally, 165 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:26,780 we couldn't get a hold of each other me and Cheri 166 00:08:26,820 --> 00:08:28,270 so I finally just said, you know what 167 00:08:28,300 --> 00:08:30,800 God, it's in your hands. 168 00:08:30,830 --> 00:08:34,380 You'll let me go if I'm supposed to 169 00:08:34,420 --> 00:08:36,600 and then the next day my ticket showed up. 170 00:08:36,630 --> 00:08:40,950 And then the day after that I got a ride to Spokane so that 171 00:08:40,990 --> 00:08:44,700 I could catch the plane and everything worked out perfectly 172 00:08:44,730 --> 00:08:47,680 it just fit together just excellent. 173 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:49,420 It was such a blessing. 174 00:08:49,460 --> 00:08:51,370 He's really crazy about me I know that. 175 00:08:51,410 --> 00:08:52,940 I had something like that happened to me. 176 00:08:52,980 --> 00:08:55,640 I was trying to get into a place called Project Patch. 177 00:08:55,680 --> 00:08:58,170 I thought it was a really cool place and I needed to go there 178 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,060 to take care of some problems I had in my life and so, 179 00:09:01,100 --> 00:09:04,810 there were about 700 kids or so trying to get into this place 180 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:08,050 and we went down and visited and I said, cool, 181 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:12,260 I want to go here and I was sitting at the dinner table once 182 00:09:12,290 --> 00:09:14,730 with my parents and they said, we have a surprise for you. 183 00:09:14,770 --> 00:09:17,170 Well what is it, is it something cool? 184 00:09:17,210 --> 00:09:19,970 And they said, yah, you've been accepted into Project Patch. 185 00:09:20,010 --> 00:09:23,510 I said, whoa, God really must love me to send me their. 186 00:09:23,540 --> 00:09:27,030 - 700 applicants and how many could they accept? 187 00:09:27,570 --> 00:09:30,110 I don't know maybe 19. 188 00:09:35,510 --> 00:09:36,890 I just wanted to share a verse 189 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:38,960 that has always been really special to me. 190 00:09:38,990 --> 00:09:47,010 Its Jeremiah 29:11. It's God saying, 191 00:09:47,050 --> 00:09:49,260 I want you to know what I really think of you, 192 00:09:49,290 --> 00:09:51,550 because it seems like you get confused every once in a while. 193 00:09:51,590 --> 00:09:54,940 Jeremiah 29:11, it says, "for I know the thoughts that 194 00:09:54,980 --> 00:09:56,500 I think towards you, says the Lord, 195 00:09:56,540 --> 00:09:58,770 thoughts of peace and not of evil 196 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,780 to give you hope in your latter end". 197 00:10:01,810 --> 00:10:04,460 It just goes on and He just talks about how, 198 00:10:05,590 --> 00:10:10,400 I really like you, not only do I love you, but I like you 199 00:10:10,430 --> 00:10:13,620 your cool I really enjoy your company and I want you to know 200 00:10:13,660 --> 00:10:15,570 the thoughts that I think about you. 201 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:19,980 Actually David says in one spot, he said, I can't even count 202 00:10:20,010 --> 00:10:23,320 Your thoughts towards me they're more than the sand of the sea. 203 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:27,190 So, even David knew that God actually was thinking about him. 204 00:10:27,230 --> 00:10:30,560 David had that understanding. - You'll be enlightened too, 205 00:10:30,590 --> 00:10:33,720 knowing that something that awesome and that wonderful 206 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:38,160 and that powerful has feelings for us, affection, kindness 207 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:42,000 and cares for our well-being and our happiness and wants the best 208 00:10:42,030 --> 00:10:44,060 for us more than we want for ourselves 209 00:10:44,100 --> 00:10:46,730 and that kind of power watching over us 210 00:10:46,770 --> 00:10:48,540 helps me sleep better at night. 211 00:10:48,580 --> 00:10:52,670 I rest assured that He will watch for me 212 00:10:52,710 --> 00:10:58,140 and I have a verse in the Bible it's in 1 John 4:8, it says, 213 00:10:58,170 --> 00:11:00,850 "He that loves not, knows not God, for God is love". 214 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:03,670 That really struck me when I first read it, 215 00:11:03,700 --> 00:11:07,800 because love, everybody that I know who has loved 216 00:11:07,830 --> 00:11:10,590 can't describe it, it's just this indescribable feeling, 217 00:11:10,620 --> 00:11:14,350 so is God, I can't describe what it feels like when you know that 218 00:11:14,380 --> 00:11:19,140 God is out there watching over me and I know He's there, because 219 00:11:19,180 --> 00:11:21,760 too many things have happened for it to be coincidence. 220 00:11:21,790 --> 00:11:27,670 It's just such a blessing. Praise God. 221 00:11:28,570 --> 00:11:31,030 I have to tell you a story. 222 00:11:31,060 --> 00:11:33,840 My husband was a brand-new Christian, 223 00:11:35,070 --> 00:11:37,100 this is before he was a Christian actually. 224 00:11:37,140 --> 00:11:39,900 He was raised in a Christian home but totally walked away from that 225 00:11:39,940 --> 00:11:42,870 and so he saw all these miracles happening with me and he knows 226 00:11:42,910 --> 00:11:46,060 that I love God and God is the most important thing in my life 227 00:11:46,090 --> 00:11:49,690 and he started to really want that kind of relationship. 228 00:11:49,730 --> 00:11:52,240 He said, God is very real it seems like to you. 229 00:11:52,270 --> 00:11:53,500 He really wanted that. 230 00:11:53,530 --> 00:11:56,520 I said, every day do one thing you don't have to pray 231 00:11:56,560 --> 00:11:58,630 you don't have to do anything, but do one thing 232 00:11:58,660 --> 00:12:01,450 and every day get up and ask God to just show you 233 00:12:01,490 --> 00:12:05,110 how real He is and in a real personal way. 234 00:12:05,140 --> 00:12:07,840 So Brad started that prayer and he's a golfer. 235 00:12:07,870 --> 00:12:10,130 So one day he is out playing golf and he hits the ball 236 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:12,760 and he hits it further than anybody I know 237 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:15,020 even pro golfers, I mean, he hits it far. 238 00:12:15,060 --> 00:12:17,400 But when he hits it in the wrong direction it's really awful 239 00:12:17,430 --> 00:12:19,550 when you hit it that far. 240 00:12:19,580 --> 00:12:21,970 So he hits it way off in the wrong direction 241 00:12:22,010 --> 00:12:25,590 and it's out in this wooded area and so he says, alright 242 00:12:25,630 --> 00:12:30,070 and he starts praying he says, Lord if you love me 243 00:12:30,100 --> 00:12:32,780 help me to find my golf ball. 244 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:38,660 And he looks down and the ball is by his foot 245 00:12:38,690 --> 00:12:42,280 and he came homelike little 11-year-old and he just said 246 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,520 Cheri, God loves me you wouldn't believe what He did today 247 00:12:45,550 --> 00:12:48,170 He helped me find my golf ball. 248 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:52,300 And I said, If that's all He has to do for you, you are easy. 249 00:12:52,340 --> 00:12:54,470 You are going to be an easy one. 250 00:12:54,510 --> 00:12:57,980 But I think it's that kind of thing, God is so funny and that 251 00:12:58,020 --> 00:12:59,970 it's not always in our tragedies 252 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,220 it's not always in great big things, that sometimes 253 00:13:02,250 --> 00:13:03,900 He'll just find your golf ball. 254 00:13:04,540 --> 00:13:08,070 And something silly and you'll know that He did it for you 255 00:13:08,110 --> 00:13:09,550 I mean, you just know that. 256 00:13:09,580 --> 00:13:12,380 - And you know that there's someone out there that loves you 257 00:13:12,420 --> 00:13:15,590 and is so crazy about you that they actually died on a cross 258 00:13:17,020 --> 00:13:19,430 you couldn't even tell that was a person 259 00:13:19,470 --> 00:13:24,540 and they died for you and me and that's so awesome to know that. 260 00:13:24,580 --> 00:13:26,380 It's just cool! 261 00:13:26,410 --> 00:13:28,830 - You know one picture that I have in my mind of 262 00:13:28,860 --> 00:13:31,730 of someone who knew that God was crazy about him 263 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:34,280 was Peter, because if you remember the story 264 00:13:34,310 --> 00:13:35,810 of when Jesus was resurrected 265 00:13:35,850 --> 00:13:38,600 and the disciples didn't really know it yet, 266 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:40,220 I don't really remember how it happened, 267 00:13:40,250 --> 00:13:42,490 but they were out fishing and there was this stranger 268 00:13:42,530 --> 00:13:46,480 on the beach, remember, and somebody realized it was Jesus 269 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:49,230 and as soon as Peter looked and saw that it was Jesus 270 00:13:49,260 --> 00:13:53,450 he tore off his upper garments and just dove into the water 271 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,040 who knows how far away from the shore he was, but he just 272 00:13:56,070 --> 00:13:58,540 tore into that water and just went for it. 273 00:13:58,580 --> 00:14:03,900 I mean he was so excited to see Jesus and undoubtedly he 274 00:14:03,940 --> 00:14:07,870 as soon as he got to land he probably ran and hugged Him. 275 00:14:07,900 --> 00:14:12,610 And here is Jesus God in the flesh and what is he doing? 276 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:15,800 He's cooking breakfast for his disciples. 277 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:17,990 I just can't imagine that. 278 00:14:18,020 --> 00:14:22,490 God loved them so much and He was just so crazy about them 279 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:24,980 and wanted to provide for their needs and wants and everything 280 00:14:25,020 --> 00:14:26,390 that He cooked them breakfast. 281 00:14:26,470 --> 00:14:29,200 - And there's someone up there that is always providing needs. 282 00:14:29,230 --> 00:14:31,630 You could have something going in something messes up 283 00:14:31,670 --> 00:14:34,180 and there's no way you can get to this thing that you need 284 00:14:34,210 --> 00:14:36,830 or you got to get to school or something like that 285 00:14:36,870 --> 00:14:38,870 and there's no one to take you or something like that 286 00:14:38,900 --> 00:14:41,910 and then somehow something just comes up and it's God 287 00:14:41,940 --> 00:14:45,140 He's just like, I'll put this person here at the right time 288 00:14:45,170 --> 00:14:48,260 so he can get their, you know, it's like, alright! 289 00:14:48,300 --> 00:14:51,550 - And I think it's so awesome that He encourages us 290 00:14:51,590 --> 00:14:54,040 and loves us to talk to Him and to pray to Him 291 00:14:54,070 --> 00:14:57,550 He says, "Rest your burden upon my shoulders". 292 00:14:57,580 --> 00:15:00,810 Rest, rest yourself. 293 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:05,000 He talks about taking our burdens off of us and 294 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:07,780 that's just amazing you don't know many people 295 00:15:07,810 --> 00:15:11,150 who live with you every single day who are willing to do that 296 00:15:11,190 --> 00:15:14,340 and something that awesome, that powerful 297 00:15:14,380 --> 00:15:17,930 cares for each individual like that, what an awesome being. 298 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:22,330 Two Step is a new ministry so we have very little funds 299 00:15:22,370 --> 00:15:26,250 and so on the way here we had to raise money for everybody to fly 300 00:15:26,290 --> 00:15:29,660 from different states and I knew how much money was going 301 00:15:29,690 --> 00:15:32,120 to be left in the bank, so I prayed Lord stretch that money 302 00:15:32,150 --> 00:15:33,870 so that I could feed everybody. 303 00:15:33,900 --> 00:15:36,530 I mean, their parents really want them to eat. 304 00:15:36,570 --> 00:15:41,400 So we got off the plane and from the time we got off the plane 305 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,930 till now, we have so much food that we are going to leave here 306 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:47,510 with a refrigerator that was empty when we got here 307 00:15:47,540 --> 00:15:49,870 totally packed, do you realize that? 308 00:15:49,910 --> 00:15:52,620 That we have above and beyond what we need and good stuff 309 00:15:52,660 --> 00:15:55,250 people have made homemade soups and sandwiches and they've baked 310 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:58,360 fresh bread and so to me, I even smile and I think 311 00:15:58,390 --> 00:16:02,220 we wanted junk food too and God didn't provide that. 312 00:16:02,260 --> 00:16:06,660 Most people wanted junk food but we have incredibly healthy food 313 00:16:06,700 --> 00:16:08,450 everywhere, everywhere! 314 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:13,200 God provides, I mean, when you need something 315 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:14,630 He's always there for you. 316 00:16:14,670 --> 00:16:18,390 It's like this one time, a few years ago, me and my sister 317 00:16:18,430 --> 00:16:22,180 we had these two rats and this is kind of a silly story 318 00:16:22,210 --> 00:16:24,610 but we believe that God would answer our prayers 319 00:16:24,650 --> 00:16:27,780 because we took them outside and were playing with them 320 00:16:27,820 --> 00:16:29,450 in a shoebox and 321 00:16:29,490 --> 00:16:31,420 we were playing with them and we went in the house 322 00:16:31,450 --> 00:16:33,050 to get something, we forgot about them 323 00:16:33,090 --> 00:16:35,600 and later on we remembered them, and we said, oh no! 324 00:16:35,630 --> 00:16:38,220 I hope they're still there cause we cut holes in the little box. 325 00:16:38,250 --> 00:16:42,540 We went running out there and one of them was in the box 326 00:16:42,580 --> 00:16:47,780 but the other one was gone and Heidi and me felt really bad 327 00:16:47,810 --> 00:16:50,600 because we loved our rats, it sounds kind of silly 328 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:54,730 but we loved them just cause they were special to us. 329 00:16:56,070 --> 00:16:59,410 We prayed about it and we looked and looked and couldn't find them 330 00:16:59,450 --> 00:17:04,340 and then the next day it was prayer meeting night 331 00:17:04,370 --> 00:17:08,260 so we went to prayer meeting and we ask them to pray for our rat 332 00:17:08,300 --> 00:17:12,520 that we would find her and we came home and we were 333 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:17,740 walking along the house and here she was sitting on the top step 334 00:17:17,770 --> 00:17:21,690 with all these dogs and cats and there were owls around 335 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:24,570 and the cats and dogs were around right there 336 00:17:24,610 --> 00:17:26,820 and this is a white rat and she's just sitting there 337 00:17:26,860 --> 00:17:29,330 waiting for us on the rock step in front of the door. 338 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:35,440 It's just cool to know that God will answer even little prayers 339 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,560 if we believe. - Exactly, exactly. 340 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,040 To me it makes me proud of my Father. 341 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,600 When I think of God I think I'm so proud of you 342 00:17:46,630 --> 00:17:52,000 that nothing is too small that I can't say, you know what 343 00:17:52,030 --> 00:17:57,590 I know this is silly but please help me find my rat. 344 00:17:59,030 --> 00:18:02,230 - It's amazing because the creator of the universe, 345 00:18:02,260 --> 00:18:06,350 breather of life, creator of all of us, 346 00:18:06,380 --> 00:18:10,960 can find something like a lost pet, especially one that small 347 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:15,220 you figure, how does He find time but that's not even an option, 348 00:18:15,250 --> 00:18:16,610 that's putting a limit on His power. 349 00:18:16,650 --> 00:18:21,900 - It says that He notices when a sparrow falls. 350 00:18:22,630 --> 00:18:25,830 That's amazing and I think sometimes our greatest challenge 351 00:18:25,870 --> 00:18:29,140 I know our greatest challenge is just to believe that. 352 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,680 Like at Christmas time at your birthday or whatever 353 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:34,990 when somebody might give you this awesome gift 354 00:18:35,020 --> 00:18:38,110 or do something for you and it's just so hard to accept that 355 00:18:38,150 --> 00:18:41,130 it's even harder to accept that the God of the universe, 356 00:18:41,170 --> 00:18:44,470 this all-powerful being would stoop down and just 357 00:18:44,510 --> 00:18:46,860 come into your life like that in those very practical, 358 00:18:46,900 --> 00:18:49,840 real-life everyday ways, but He does. 359 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:51,510 - And Jason, I love what you said, 360 00:18:51,540 --> 00:18:53,340 "And He likes me". - Yah! 361 00:18:53,370 --> 00:18:57,000 It's like, for some reason "love" we've thrown 362 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:59,210 the word around so much that it's really tough 363 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:03,040 to put any value in it, but everybody's afraid 364 00:19:03,070 --> 00:19:05,470 that they're not liked, I'm not likable and 365 00:19:05,510 --> 00:19:08,530 God likes who we are. - He likes us, that's right. 366 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:10,350 We're special to God. 367 00:19:11,590 --> 00:19:16,300 You think other people don't like me and I'm just an outcast 368 00:19:16,330 --> 00:19:19,730 but then you look up to God and He says, you're mine, 369 00:19:19,770 --> 00:19:21,590 don't say that, I like you. 370 00:19:21,620 --> 00:19:24,260 It's like, okay! I won't do it again. 371 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,830 - Actually, I had a dream one time that I was 372 00:19:27,860 --> 00:19:32,020 a prisoner in bondage and there was a whole bunch of people and 373 00:19:32,050 --> 00:19:33,190 they were really abusing everybody else. 374 00:19:33,220 --> 00:19:36,540 We were in a prison or jail. 375 00:19:36,570 --> 00:19:39,330 It was really frightening and I saw a whole bunch of people 376 00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:42,960 they were setting up chairs and the rest of them were prisoners 377 00:19:42,990 --> 00:19:44,570 and they had all sorts of weapons 378 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,370 and somebody looks at me and says, 379 00:19:47,410 --> 00:19:50,120 so what's a nice boy like you doing in here. 380 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:55,000 And all people that ran the prison came in and started 381 00:19:55,030 --> 00:19:57,160 beating everybody, but the leader says, 382 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,210 don't touch this one, he's different. 383 00:20:00,250 --> 00:20:03,170 They put me up and I climbed to the top of the stairway 384 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:08,100 and all these thousands of beams of light started coming out of me 385 00:20:08,140 --> 00:20:10,440 everybody just stopped and looked at me 386 00:20:10,470 --> 00:20:20,610 and I felt from my dream that God blessed me and protected me 387 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:24,120 and people could tell, they said, don't touch this one, 388 00:20:24,150 --> 00:20:25,250 he's different. 389 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:29,690 He watched out for me even when it didn't matter, in my dreams. 390 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,180 - Like Joseph in prison. Yah, exactly, 391 00:20:32,220 --> 00:20:37,320 it was just amazing! - Just from what you just said 392 00:20:37,350 --> 00:20:39,730 Gavin, it makes me think of the thing in the Bible 393 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:43,100 where it talks about, that we are the light of the world. 394 00:20:43,140 --> 00:20:45,260 When I get it, 395 00:20:45,300 --> 00:20:47,720 when I get the fact that God is so crazy about me 396 00:20:47,750 --> 00:20:51,590 then I become the light that dispels darkness for someone else 397 00:20:51,620 --> 00:20:53,200 that gives hope for someone else. 398 00:20:53,230 --> 00:20:55,310 What you think of that? I loved that. 399 00:20:55,350 --> 00:20:57,400 - Well, that's definitely true. I mean... 400 00:20:58,530 --> 00:21:02,950 If I finally wake up one day or I'm reading the Bible 401 00:21:02,990 --> 00:21:06,410 and I finally understand that God really values me and 402 00:21:06,450 --> 00:21:09,070 likes me like we said, then 403 00:21:09,110 --> 00:21:13,170 if I'm doing something and I come across someone else's path 404 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:17,250 if Cherry and I were talking and she was down one day 405 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:20,050 and I was all psyched out about that God really likes me, 406 00:21:20,090 --> 00:21:22,300 I finally am starting to understand that 407 00:21:22,330 --> 00:21:25,200 and I see that Cherry maybe doesn't understand that today 408 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:30,510 then God would use me to say, hey I just want to tell you something 409 00:21:30,550 --> 00:21:31,990 God really likes you. 410 00:21:32,030 --> 00:21:35,620 In fact, He likes you so much that He doesn't want to just 411 00:21:35,650 --> 00:21:38,010 provide for your needs He wants to provide for your wants too. 412 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:39,580 He wants to fulfill your life. 413 00:21:39,610 --> 00:21:42,350 He wants you to enjoy serving Him. 414 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:45,620 So we become the light of the world. 415 00:21:45,650 --> 00:21:49,210 God gives us this little blessing/present and 416 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:51,130 we can look at, we get joy, 417 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,160 and we can pass it on to someone else. 418 00:21:57,090 --> 00:22:02,820 - It started with one person, and it just snowball effect 419 00:22:02,860 --> 00:22:06,440 until we have all these people who love God, 420 00:22:06,470 --> 00:22:09,300 and they want to share it with others. 421 00:22:09,340 --> 00:22:12,120 It's really touching to know that 422 00:22:12,150 --> 00:22:15,940 God is so influential and works such wonders 423 00:22:15,980 --> 00:22:20,100 and cares so much for us that He can convert so many humans, 424 00:22:20,130 --> 00:22:23,040 so many people into loving Him, 425 00:22:23,070 --> 00:22:26,390 and dedicating their lives to Him, like the people at 3ABN, 426 00:22:26,420 --> 00:22:28,280 they're wonderful people. 427 00:22:29,510 --> 00:22:32,440 And it's just so amazing, they're just so full of love. 428 00:22:33,570 --> 00:22:37,910 Reversing back to what I was saying, 429 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,410 the reason why people have a hard time 430 00:22:41,450 --> 00:22:43,990 believing that God is crazy about them, is because a lot of times 431 00:22:44,030 --> 00:22:45,800 they don't have that many people in their lives 432 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:47,550 that are crazy about them, that really like them. 433 00:22:47,580 --> 00:22:50,640 I could come up to somebody and say that, God really loves you, 434 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,190 and they're going to say, that sounds really nice, 435 00:22:53,220 --> 00:22:57,730 but until I show them that I'm crazy about them 436 00:22:57,760 --> 00:22:59,990 and that's really where God has to change my heart 437 00:23:00,020 --> 00:23:02,120 is I have to actually come to the point 438 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:04,950 where I can truly love someone, somebody that's maybe not 439 00:23:04,990 --> 00:23:08,880 very lovable to me, but then when I can show them that, 440 00:23:08,910 --> 00:23:11,610 that I like them, that I care about them, then they can say, 441 00:23:11,650 --> 00:23:16,960 if he can like me then I know that there must be a God, 442 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,310 because this is the first time that's ever happened. 443 00:23:20,340 --> 00:23:22,700 - That's why I dream of being a light for everybody. 444 00:23:22,730 --> 00:23:25,100 I want Him to use me like that. 445 00:23:25,140 --> 00:23:29,260 I want God to take my life and mold it with His hands 446 00:23:29,290 --> 00:23:33,080 to do His will. - Can we do a praise song? 447 00:23:33,110 --> 00:23:34,520 Can we do a song? 448 00:23:34,550 --> 00:23:37,730 Cherry would you do special music with Jason? 449 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:40,810 - Yah, we have a song that we've been working on. 450 00:23:40,850 --> 00:23:42,590 What is it called? 451 00:23:42,620 --> 00:23:44,370 Battle Belongs to The Lord 452 00:23:46,510 --> 00:23:49,910 This thing of accepting God's grace and His love 453 00:23:49,940 --> 00:23:52,950 is kind of a battle sometimes, but even in that battle 454 00:23:52,990 --> 00:23:56,480 He's already taken it upon Himself to prove it to us 455 00:23:56,510 --> 00:23:58,240 and He just goes out of His way. 456 00:23:58,270 --> 00:24:00,450 So that's kind of what this song is about. 457 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,190 And some of you, I know, know this song. 458 00:24:02,230 --> 00:24:03,930 So you can just sing with us. 459 00:24:03,970 --> 00:24:09,510 In the heavenly harbor we'll enter the land, 460 00:24:09,540 --> 00:24:14,180 the battle belongs to the Lord. 461 00:24:14,220 --> 00:24:19,090 No weapon that's fashioned against us will stand, 462 00:24:19,130 --> 00:24:22,970 the battle belongs to the Lord. 463 00:24:23,010 --> 00:24:28,980 And we sing glory, honor, 464 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,470 power and strength to the Lord, 465 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:38,300 we sing glory, honor, 466 00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:42,580 power and strength to the Lord, 467 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:48,010 When the powers of darkness comes in like a flood, 468 00:24:48,050 --> 00:24:52,820 the battle belongs to the Lord. 469 00:24:52,850 --> 00:24:57,440 He's raised up a standard the power of His blood, 470 00:24:57,490 --> 00:25:01,090 the battle belongs to the Lord. 471 00:25:01,190 --> 00:25:07,070 And we sing glory, honor, 472 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,570 power and strength to the Lord, 473 00:25:10,610 --> 00:25:16,320 we sing glory, honor, 474 00:25:16,330 --> 00:25:21,350 power and strength to the Lord, 475 00:25:21,390 --> 00:25:26,380 power and strength to the Lord. 476 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:31,980 I think that that amazes me too, is that sometimes 477 00:25:32,020 --> 00:25:35,230 I think the battle is mine and I get overwhelmed, 478 00:25:35,260 --> 00:25:37,950 and I think, I just can't do it all and I can't... 479 00:25:37,990 --> 00:25:40,630 It's like I don't know what to do anymore and I can't do that. 480 00:25:40,670 --> 00:25:43,270 And finally, I feel like God says to me, you know what Cheri, 481 00:25:43,310 --> 00:25:49,360 I am so crazy about you, that I won the battle at the cross, 482 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,870 and that's what you were saying earlier, Patrick, 483 00:25:51,900 --> 00:25:54,360 is I won the battle of the cross when I died for you 484 00:25:54,390 --> 00:26:00,040 and every single battle from that point on is Mine. 485 00:26:00,070 --> 00:26:03,210 Your job is just to be able to walk out in that light. 486 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:05,610 - Can I just read this verse? To me, this verse has 487 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:07,320 been so profound to me. 488 00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:10,550 You think about Jesus dying on the cross and the nails 489 00:26:10,580 --> 00:26:13,050 that went into his hands and when I read this 490 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:14,650 it kind of reminds me of that. 491 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:19,010 It's Isaiah 49:14, it says, 492 00:26:19,050 --> 00:26:21,700 "But Zion," us, Zion is God's people, 493 00:26:21,740 --> 00:26:24,410 "has said, the Lord has forsaken me, 494 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:25,840 and my Lord has forgotten me". 495 00:26:25,870 --> 00:26:26,920 Don't we feel like that sometimes? 496 00:26:26,950 --> 00:26:29,290 God has just forgotten about me, He doesn't like me. 497 00:26:29,330 --> 00:26:30,900 and then this is what He says, 498 00:26:30,930 --> 00:26:34,680 "Behold, I have graven you, upon the palms of my hands, 499 00:26:34,710 --> 00:26:39,570 I cannot forget you; your walls are continually before me". 500 00:26:39,610 --> 00:26:41,620 So, it's like... 501 00:26:43,050 --> 00:26:45,560 I don't know if we really are engraved and on His hands, 502 00:26:45,590 --> 00:26:47,630 but in a way we are, He can't forget us. 503 00:26:47,660 --> 00:26:49,680 - That is a perfect way to end the show. 504 00:26:49,710 --> 00:26:54,160 I love the fact that God has engraved us on His hands. 505 00:26:54,190 --> 00:26:56,570 Now our only response to that 506 00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:00,290 is to turn around and let someone else know that. 507 00:27:00,330 --> 00:27:02,980 And remember, in church somebody asked me one time, 508 00:27:03,010 --> 00:27:06,190 how do I share with somebody God's love? 509 00:27:06,230 --> 00:27:08,220 And I prayed about it and God said, 510 00:27:08,260 --> 00:27:11,540 how you share that is first learn to love people in your family. 511 00:27:11,580 --> 00:27:13,460 When you can love people in your family, 512 00:27:13,490 --> 00:27:15,430 people that sit next to you at your church, 513 00:27:15,460 --> 00:27:17,840 then you don't have to learn to love them, 514 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,540 you will just do it naturally and I will send people that 515 00:27:20,570 --> 00:27:22,650 need that to you every single day. 516 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,800 So remember, learn to love, and if you don't know how 517 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:28,660 ask God because He is standing by waiting to show you. 518 00:27:28,690 --> 00:27:31,380 And remember, He's crazy about us! 519 00:27:31,420 --> 00:27:33,530 Thank you for joining us on Teen Pathways. 520 00:27:34,570 --> 00:27:37,820 My name is Cheri Peters and we will see you next time.