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00:07 ♪♪ 00:43 [gentle piano music] 00:46 ♪♪ 00:50 >> Welcome to It Is Written 00:52 Canada. 00:53 Thank you for joining us. 00:56 When the heart wanders away from 00:58 God, the enemy of our souls is 01:01 quick to tell us that there is 01:02 no way back. 01:04 He reminds us and whispers our 01:07 failures into our souls 01:09 with repetition, attempting to 01:12 make us believe that God's grace 01:15 is not sufficient to forgive. 01:19 >> Even when we have known 01:20 Jesus, we sometimes need a 01:23 fresh look at His grace and a 01:25 new appreciation of His love 01:28 for us, even when 01:30 we have made a total 01:32 shipwreck of our lives. 01:35 God has given us His Son 01:38 as a Saviour from all sin. 01:41 And He wants to assure us that 01:44 we qualify for His grace, 01:46 regardless of where our choices 01:49 have taken us. 01:50 >> Today on It Is Written 01:52 Canada, our special guest is 01:54 Pastor Bill Spangler, who has 01:57 led churches in the maritime 01:59 provinces, British Columbia, 02:01 and Alberta, retiring from 02:04 ministry in 2020. 02:07 He has a Bachelor's of Theology, 02:10 a Masters of Divinity degree, 02:13 and has trained 02:14 and is certified 02:16 as a family mediator 02:18 and life coach. 02:20 [MIKE] Bill is married to Gwen 02:21 Yasako and they are parents 02:24 to two daughters and enjoy 02:26 two grandchildren. 02:27 Bill is the author of the book, 02:29 Lessons From the Wilderness, 02:32 a catalogue of life lessons 02:34 that are useful to 02:37 anyone seeking personal growth 02:39 and skills for making 02:41 relationships work. 02:44 >> Bill, welcome to It Is 02:46 Written Canada. 02:48 >> It's great to be here. 02:49 I'm enjoying the experience of 02:51 spending some time with you. 02:53 >> Bill, in your book, Lessons 02:56 From the Wilderness: Find Your 02:58 Way Home and Finish Well, one of 03:01 the best chapters for me 03:02 actually, was right near the end 03:04 where we're talking about 03:05 getting to know Jesus for the 03:06 first time. 03:08 >> Well, I was fortunate, and I 03:10 say that with all sincerity, to 03:12 be brought up in a home that 03:14 taught me about Jesus from 03:16 before the time I can remember. 03:19 I have not ever known a time 03:21 when I didn't go to church, 03:24 and there was never a time 03:25 that I didn't 03:27 learn the children's songs. 03:29 I grew up knowing "Jesus loves 03:32 me, this, I know, 03:33 for the Bible tells me so." 03:35 And I was fortunate enough to 03:38 also be able to go to a school 03:40 that not only taught 03:43 the basics of education, 03:44 read and write and arithmetic, 03:45 but it also taught the Bible. 03:47 And so I progressed in life 03:50 and got into my high school and 03:52 teenage years and 03:54 decided that I wanted 03:56 to be a pastor. 03:57 The journey from that decision 03:59 to the time that I actually 04:00 became a pastor took a detour. 04:03 I decided that maybe that wasn't 04:04 what I wanted to do, but I'd 04:06 like to be a Bible teacher, 04:08 do different things. 04:09 And I decided I would take 04:11 maybe psychology and... 04:13 It all had to do with people 04:15 and so forth, but then... 04:19 ...after I was married, 04:20 actually, I was taking courses 04:23 to─ in education and... 04:26 ...I just thought, "This isn't 04:27 me, I'm not enjoying this. 04:29 This is not where my heart is." 04:31 And I sat with my wife and I 04:32 told her I wanted to be 04:33 a pastor. 04:34 Which kind of came in the back 04:36 door, that, because she had 04:37 always said she would never 04:38 marry a pastor, so it was too 04:40 late, she was married, but... 04:41 We were studying in 04:43 California, she was taking 04:45 nursing. 04:46 And we came back to Canada and I 04:47 finished my degree 04:50 at Burman University and 04:52 then went to pastor churches in 04:55 the Maritime Conference in 04:57 Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 05:00 and Prince Edward Island. 05:01 I got to be the only Adventist 05:03 pastor on Prince Edward Island, 05:04 which was kind of a unique─ I 05:06 had a whole province to myself. 05:07 But the journey was great. 05:09 I preached a lot, I 05:12 did Bible studies with people, 05:14 I opened the Bible to people, 05:15 I told people about Jesus. 05:17 Felt that I was very 05:19 knowledgeable. 05:21 I preached, I wrote articles, 05:24 I... 05:26 Yeah. 05:27 I read, I read a lot of 05:30 information about Him, 05:31 commentary. 05:32 I loved reading about Jesus. 05:35 I was very comfortable with Him. 05:37 I had my moments 05:38 when I was very... 05:42 ...passionate and alive. 05:44 It was a good experience for me 05:47 right from the beginning. 05:49 >> So what changed your 05:52 picture of Jesus then? 05:54 >> The reason I wrote the book 05:55 is because my life took a turn 05:58 due to poor choices on my part. 06:01 I was having this journey, 06:03 I was a pastor, 06:05 but unfortunately, I made 06:07 very poor choices and 06:10 became involved in a 06:11 relationship outside of 06:12 my marriage. 06:13 And when that all crashed around 06:15 me and everything changed, 06:17 that's what changed for me and I 06:19 began to realize that 06:21 my relationship with Jesus had 06:23 some things that I needed to 06:26 sort out and work with. 06:28 And I call the book "Lessons 06:30 From the Wilderness" because I 06:32 equate my journey with 06:34 that of Moses, who... 06:37 ...was going along in life, 06:38 everything was working good for 06:39 him and then he... 06:42 ...committed murder of that man 06:44 in Egypt, and Pharaoh found out 06:47 about it, and that was his 06:49 greatest fear and so he fled 06:51 into the wilderness. 06:53 So my life was going along very 06:54 good and then suddenly 06:56 it wasn't. 06:57 And I wasn't alone, but in my 07:00 mind, I was very much alone. 07:01 I was in places that I had never 07:03 been before. 07:05 And so I often think about 07:07 Moses, and I think about him 07:10 going into that wilderness 07:11 going into that wilderness 07:12 for 40 years. 07:13 And I think about what did he 07:16 learn in those 40 years that 07:17 when God came to him again at 07:19 the burning bush and said, 07:21 "I have a job for you to do," 07:23 Moses said, "Not me. 07:25 I'm not the guy. 07:27 I don't know who to tell them 07:28 I'm talking to out here. 07:29 I don't know what to say. 07:30 They're not gonna believe me..." 07:33 You know, he was just a 07:35 work of excuses. 07:37 The story, I think, is God 07:39 probably said, "Okay, now I can 07:41 work with this guy." 07:43 Before he was 07:45 sure of himself, he was 07:47 maybe even arrogant, 07:50 take matters into his own hands 07:51 kind of guy. 07:52 So I wonder, what did he learn 07:54 out there in the wilderness? 07:56 And I like to equate 07:59 my journey with that thought. 08:01 My life took this turn. 08:04 Suddenly, I was very 08:06 alone in my world. 08:07 I wanted to be alone. 08:09 I didn't wanna be with people. 08:11 I was embarrassed, ashamed. 08:14 And... 08:16 ...I just wanted to 08:18 get through another day. 08:20 Get through another day, get 08:21 through another day. 08:23 And all my theology 08:26 sort of was on the side. 08:27 I was just... 08:30 ...getting through 08:32 and working my way. 08:33 So wilderness is a 08:35 really great... 08:38 ...metaphor for my journey. 08:41 >> So, Bill, where was the 08:42 transition point and how did 08:44 that come about? 08:45 How did that change come about? 08:48 >> Well, as I said, 08:50 I realized that 08:52 I knew a lot about Jesus, 08:55 and now I was really grinding, 08:57 working to understand 08:59 Him personally more than 09:01 just a theory. 09:03 And I had, through my journey, 09:06 met a man named Bill Liversedge. 09:09 Pretty common name for 09:11 many people. 09:13 We had done some work together, 09:15 we had─ I had been through two 09:17 or three seminars with him, 09:19 and his seminars are always 09:21 interactive and 09:23 searching the Bible and 09:25 I appreciated him very much 09:27 and... 09:28 So... 09:30 ...it was probably a few years 09:32 into this journey, I don't 09:33 remember exactly when, but I got 09:36 thinking about him and so I 09:38 contacted him. 09:39 Hadn't talked to him for years. 09:41 And I called him 09:43 and I said, 09:45 "I don't know if you 09:47 know anything about my life, 09:48 but it's changed drastically 09:50 and... 09:52 ...just thought I'd touch base 09:53 with you." 09:54 I knew him to be a man of grace 09:56 and a man of encouragement 09:58 and... 09:59 And he actually said, 10:01 "Bill, I'm going to be 10:03 in Vancouver on vacation." 10:07 And so I said, "I'll come 10:10 and see you." 10:11 So I took a flight over to 10:13 Vancouver and went to the house 10:15 where he was staying, he was 10:17 housesitting for someone and... 10:20 And he welcomed me in with open 10:22 arms and we sat out on the back 10:24 deck and it was a sunny 10:25 afternoon. 10:26 I still remember the setting. 10:27 It was beautiful. 10:29 And so we're on this back deck 10:32 and we're chatting about his 10:33 life and his journey because his 10:35 life hasn't been easy either. 10:37 There's been challenges through 10:39 some of his journey, and we're 10:42 just having a good talk. 10:43 And then it came around to 10:45 my story and why I'm in the 10:48 wilderness and this journey in 10:49 the wilderness. 10:50 So he said, "I have a question 10:52 for you," and Bill never did 10:54 anything without 10:56 it coming from the Bible. 10:58 So he asked me to read a passage 11:00 in the Bible, and I actually 11:01 wanna read it. 11:03 It was in Romans chapter 5... 11:07 ...and verses 6 to 10. 11:10 And he said, "Bill, I want you 11:11 to read that passage, and I want 11:12 you to tell me 11:14 the four 11:16 human conditions listed there 11:18 that Jesus died for. 11:26 So two of them are right there. 11:28 Other versions say "weak" 11:29 and then "ungodly." 11:31 Verse 8 says... 11:40 So without strength, 11:42 ungodly, sinners. 11:46 And then in verse 10 it says... 11:55 So without strength, 11:58 ungodly, sinners. 12:02 So then he said, "So here's my 12:04 question for you. 12:07 If it─ if Jesus died for those 12:09 without strength, 12:12 ungodly, sinners, and enemies... 12:16 ...if those are the people He 12:18 died for, Bill," he looked me 12:19 square in the eye, he said, 12:20 "Do you qualify?" 12:24 "Do I qualify?" I thought 12:26 to myself. 12:29 "Yeah, I do. 12:31 I absolutely qualify." 12:34 And that word, "qualifying..." 12:38 ...put it into a whole 12:39 new category. 12:39 It wasn't like... 12:42 "...If you do this, 12:44 if you get this good, if you 12:47 change your life, if you pull 12:48 yourself together, 12:50 then I'll save you." 12:52 It was "While you were without 12:54 strength and ungodly and sinners 12:56 and enemies. 12:57 That's who I died for. 12:59 Do you qualify?" 13:01 Yeah, I already qualify. 13:04 It was like... 13:06 ...okay, I know about this 13:08 Jesus, but suddenly He was 13:10 speaking to me and saying, 13:12 "Bill, I got you in my sights. 13:16 You're in My focus. 13:18 That's who I came... 13:20 If you're feeling guilty about 13:22 that, that's what qualifies you 13:24 to be with Me. 13:26 That's who I came to 13:28 see, to save, to rescue." 13:31 And all of a sudden 13:33 I want to qualify. 13:35 It was like, I want to 13:37 acknowledge that I'm one or 13:39 all of these things. 13:41 Suddenly, rather than thinking 13:42 about the fact of everything 13:44 that was broken about me 13:46 to the place of this is what 13:48 qualifies you to belong to 13:49 Jesus, it really was like 13:52 getting to know Jesus again for 13:53 the very first time. 13:55 It was that life changing. 13:57 I left his home. 13:59 We talked a bit more and then we 14:00 went out to eat and then I went 14:02 back to the airport 14:03 and flew home. 14:04 I flew out and back 14:05 in the same day. 14:06 But I went home a radically 14:08 changed person. 14:10 The second part of that 14:11 conversation was the 14:14 idea that... 14:17 ...all of these things are in... 14:22 ...past tense. 14:25 "That while you were... 14:27 While you were, 14:29 while you were these things." 14:31 It wasn't "When you got over 14:34 becoming one of these things or 14:35 all of these things, that's when 14:37 I came to die for you." 14:39 It was "While you were." 14:43 And he finished the 14:44 conversation by saying... 14:47 "...Bill, at the end 14:48 of the day... 14:51 ...when you pray and you talk to 14:53 God about your day... 14:57 ...this tells us that we don't 14:58 have to come to Him and say, 15:00 "Please forgive me for being 15:02 who I was today. 15:04 Please forgive me for 15:05 being a sinner. 15:06 Please forgive me for 15:08 all of the things that 15:10 I don't like about myself." 15:12 Rather, read those texts and 15:15 come to Him and say, 15:16 "Thank You that 15:17 You already died for me 15:20 while I was ungodly today, 15:23 while I was an enemy of Yours 15:25 today. 15:26 Maybe the way I spoke, maybe the 15:27 way I acted, maybe something..." 15:30 While I was those things, 15:32 You already died for me. 15:34 Thank You for... 15:39 ...including someone such as me 15:42 and that I actually do qualify. 15:44 It was absolutely life changing. 15:46 It wasn't just a big moment. 15:48 That was─ that changed the 15:50 trajectory of my understanding 15:52 and my belief in Jesus 15:55 and my appreciation of Jesus. 15:57 And I have preached that sermon 15:59 many times since that day. 16:01 >> So, Bill, it sounds like when 16:04 you went to go visit your 16:05 friend, you were filled maybe 16:08 with fear and guilt 16:11 and shame 16:12 about what you had done. 16:14 And yet, after spending that 16:16 time with him, with him giving 16:18 you that promise in the Bible, 16:21 and you really claimed that 16:23 promise, you were changed 16:25 because you realized you didn't 16:26 have to carry that guilt 16:29 and that shame, because Jesus 16:31 loves you so much. 16:33 >> Absolutely. 16:34 It was... 16:35 [RENÉ] That's beautiful. 16:36 >> It was like... 16:37 Before it was like questioning, 16:40 I know God loves, I know Jesus 16:43 loves, but I don't know if He 16:46 can love someone like me. 16:49 You know, it's actually kind of 16:50 an arrogant thing to think that 16:52 I could out sin the grace 16:53 of Jesus. 16:54 But that's where the mind, 16:55 that's where the human 16:56 mind goes. 16:57 We have an enemy that sits on 16:58 our shoulders and whispers in 17:00 our ear, "Don't forget..." 17:02 "Remember when..." 17:03 "But you..." 17:04 You know, all those things that 17:06 the enemy likes to whisper. 17:07 And if we don't have a clear 17:10 picture of Jesus, we can get 17:11 worn down and beaten down. 17:13 And I know that there's people 17:15 today probably watching who are 17:17 struggling with, yeah, Jesus 17:20 loves sinners, but, yeah, He 17:22 didn't ever meet one like me. 17:26 That's so guided by the enemy, 17:28 that thought, that Jesus is sad 17:31 when we can't trust His grace 17:33 that much. 17:35 >> So I think of Moses again, 17:37 that your journey in the 17:38 wilderness, like Moses, he was 17:40 running away, and he thought he 17:43 had to deal with his sin by 17:45 being away from people. 17:47 "I should never talk again. 17:49 I should, you know, I should 17:50 never be a leader again. 17:52 I should never 17:54 think of myself as being 17:55 anything ever again 17:57 because of my sin." 17:58 And so we go into that 17:59 wilderness, and then all of a 18:01 sudden, Jesus is there. 18:02 He's in the wilderness and He 18:04 calls Moses, and He's like... 18:07 "...I want you to be My leader. 18:09 I want you to speak. 18:11 I'm here for you." 18:12 >> Right. 18:14 It's like He says to us... 18:17 "...Hey, come over here. 18:18 I know you're hurting, I know 18:20 you're afraid, I know you feel 18:22 whatever you feel. 18:25 But that's why I came. 18:27 I know how you feel. 18:29 I know what you need. 18:31 That's why I came from heaven 18:33 to this earth. 18:34 You qualify. 18:35 You're the reason I got here." 18:38 And, when we can accept that 18:40 truth about Jesus... 18:44 ...it can't help but transform 18:46 our hearts and our thinking. 18:48 So... 18:50 ...Bill Liversedge passed away, 18:52 he's not here anymore, but I 18:54 think about him all the time and 18:57 what he taught me that day. 18:59 And I have, 19:01 I preached that sermon within 19:02 the last 3 or 4 months, I─ 19:04 because I can't get away 19:05 from it. 19:07 I can't forget the truth of, 19:10 "Bill, do you qualify?" 19:13 >> Can you tell us what you did 19:15 with the impact of Bill's story, 19:18 how Bill really changed 19:20 your life? 19:22 >> So yeah, as I've explained, 19:24 the fact that he brought it 19:26 really clear to me that... 19:30 ...I qualify for the 19:31 grace of Jesus, 19:33 then I began to realize that 19:35 life goes on. 19:37 And what now? 19:39 So there's a chapter in my life 19:41 that I can't rewrite. 19:44 I wish I could, but I cannot. 19:46 So it's there. 19:48 However, that's not the end of 19:49 the book that's not the end of 19:51 the story. 19:53 If you read a book about 19:55 a hero or a heroine and they're 19:57 going along and then suddenly 19:59 life really goes sour or 20:00 they really a mess up or 20:01 whatever, we don't throw the 20:02 book in the corner and say, 20:04 "Well, I'm not finishing that 20:05 book," we wanna find out 20:06 what happens. 20:07 Where do we go from there? 20:10 So I thought about that and I 20:11 thought, "I get to write the 20:13 rest of the story. 20:14 I can't change chapter whatever 20:17 in my life, but I get to write 20:19 the rest of the story." 20:22 Part of that is the story 20:24 I tell myself. 20:25 Do I tell myself what a failure 20:28 I am, what a loser I am, what a 20:30 sinner I am? 20:32 Or do I tell myself 20:34 that I qualify for Jesus 20:37 to love me, I qualify for His 20:39 salvation, therefore, 20:42 with that truth 20:44 deep in my heart, 20:45 where do I go with that? 20:47 And I decided that that was the 20:49 work of the rest of my life, to 20:51 write the new story 20:53 and to put things 20:55 into my life that 20:57 I could be proud of, that I 20:59 could be courageous about, 21:00 that I could 21:02 grow from, that I could 21:04 help other people. 21:07 I've learned this in my life, 21:08 that we connect in our 21:09 brokenness. 21:10 We don't connect in our 21:11 strength, we connect in our 21:13 brokenness. 21:14 If you were to sit here and tell 21:15 me the deepest, darkest secrets 21:17 of your life, 21:18 I could say, 21:20 "I've been there. 21:21 I know. 21:22 I understand," and we could talk 21:24 for a long time. 21:26 But if I tell you my story and 21:27 then you tell me about how 21:29 victorious you've been and how 21:30 wonderful life has been for you 21:31 and "I don't sin at all and I 21:33 never have and I don't have a 21:34 chapter in my life..." 21:36 there's nothing to connect with. 21:38 We connect in our brokenness. 21:40 And so that's why 21:42 I want to use 21:44 my experience 21:46 to help others journey on, too. 21:49 It's about how we finish. 21:50 So the book says "Find your way 21:52 home and finish well." 21:54 We can finish well as we write 21:57 the new story, as we tell 21:59 ourselves the new story that... 22:02 ...that was, this is, let's go 22:04 from here. 22:06 And isn't that what Jesus wants? 22:08 I mean, He said to people 22:10 all along the way, the man that 22:12 was let down through the roof, 22:14 "Your sins are forgiven. 22:16 Go and sin no more. 22:18 Go home and finish well," 22:19 is what He was saying. 22:22 The lady that they brought 22:23 to Him, you know, "I don't 22:24 condemn you. 22:26 Go, sin no more." 22:27 He wants us to 22:30 finish well, to find our way 22:31 to a place of peace and enjoy 22:33 that and build. 22:35 And He doesn't look at the past. 22:38 I have a buddy who says, "I've 22:39 given up all hope of having a 22:41 better past." 22:42 And I think there's such truth 22:44 to that story. 22:46 How many people beat themselves 22:48 up over their past that they can 22:50 do nothing about when the future 22:52 is unfolding, day by day by day, 22:54 and we're messing up the days 22:56 in the present and the future 22:57 because we're stuck thinking 22:59 about the past 23:01 and there. 23:02 So writing a new story is the 23:05 impact that that day with Bill 23:07 Liversedge had for me to 23:10 realize that the next day 23:13 is the important one. 23:15 >> So I think of an hourglass 23:17 and the sands going down and the 23:20 ones that are at the bottom, 23:21 that's the past. 23:23 And if you wanna live in that 23:25 part of the hourglass, fine. 23:27 But you also have the ones 23:28 that are on the top 23:30 that are going through. 23:31 And so we don't wanna get stuck 23:32 at the bottom. 23:33 We wanna continue living in... 23:35 >> So many people are caught up 23:37 in stirring the past, stirring 23:39 the sand in the bottom that's 23:40 already gone through and they 23:42 can do nothing about. 23:44 It's part of the victim 23:46 mentality that some people have. 23:48 It's part of beating themselves 23:51 up, feeling like if I beat 23:52 myself up long enough, then I'll 23:54 exonerate myself somehow. 23:57 But there's no value in that. 23:58 It's written, it's done, 24:00 it's complete, it's finished. 24:03 Now, the part that's coming 24:05 through the centre of the 24:06 hourglass, that's the important 24:07 thing here. 24:09 This is where Jesus wants to 24:10 remind us of who we are in Him, 24:13 and why we are important to Him 24:15 and that I came for you. 24:18 Do you qualify? 24:19 Great. Let's build the future. 24:21 Let's go after what's still 24:22 coming. 24:24 >> So how many times does a just 24:25 man fall according to the Bible? 24:27 Some people say, "Well, a just 24:29 man never falls because 24:30 he's just." 24:31 But the Bible says a just man 24:33 falls seven times. 24:34 And that number seven is a 24:36 number of perfection. 24:37 So he falls a perfect number of 24:39 falls... [laughs] 24:40 [BILL] Yeah, yeah, yeah. 24:41 >> But what does he do? 24:42 He rises up again. 24:44 So when Jesus says, "Go and sin 24:45 no more," He's saying, 24:48 "I'm commanding you, but I'm 24:50 gonna enable you. 24:51 So when I ask you to do 24:53 something, I'm not allowing you 24:55 to do this on your own. 24:57 I'm with you. 24:58 I'm gonna hold you up. 24:59 And every time you fall, 25:01 I'm there. 25:02 You're gonna rise up again." 25:03 But it says that the wicked fall 25:05 into mischief. 25:06 They stay down. 25:07 They just keep getting deeper 25:08 and deeper. 25:09 So He doesn't want us to stay 25:10 down, He wants us to get up, 25:12 to rise up again. 25:13 And only by His strength. 25:14 Because Jesus is our 25:15 righteousness, He's the 25:16 just man. 25:17 [BILL] Only by His strength. 25:19 Exactly. 25:20 John Maxwell wrote a book called 25:21 “Failing Forward.” 25:23 When we fall, can we grow from 25:25 that fall and build from there 25:27 and move on? 25:28 That's what God wants. 25:30 >> Thank you so much, Bill. 25:31 We've come to the end of our 25:32 time together. 25:33 I wonder if you could pray. 25:34 I'm sure there are people who 25:35 are listening who are saying, 25:37 "Hey, I resonate with that. 25:38 I have fallen. 25:39 The truth is, I qualify and I 25:41 wanna tell myself that truth and 25:43 not live in a place of despair 25:46 where I just stay down. 25:48 I don't wanna live in the past. 25:49 I wanna live with Jesus now," 25:51 because He said, I am, not I 25:53 was, not I will be, I don't have 25:55 to live in the future, but live 25:56 with Him right now in the 25:58 present and be with Him and 26:00 experience and tell yourself 26:02 the truth about that. 26:03 >> Good, let's pray. 26:05 God in heaven, thank You so much 26:07 for the truth about Jesus 26:08 for the truth about Jesus 26:09 who came to this earth 26:11 to save people who 26:14 need Him, people who qualify, 26:17 ungodly without strength, 26:19 enemies and sinners. 26:21 May we find the joy and the 26:23 strength and the courage to move 26:26 on from that place and write 26:28 the rest of this story 26:30 in honour of Jesus and 26:31 His love for us. 26:32 In His name we pray, amen. 26:34 [MIKE & RENÉ] Amen. 26:36 >> Bill, thank you so much for 26:38 joining us on It Is Written 26:40 Canada once again. 26:42 >> Great to be here. 26:43 Thank you. 26:45 >> Wherever you find yourself on 26:47 your spiritual journey, whether 26:48 you are just testing the waters 26:51 of belief in the God of the 26:53 Bible or a long time 26:56 churchgoer, our free offer, 26:58 Daring To Ask For More, will 27:00 inspire and challenge you to a 27:03 life of faith and purpose. 27:07 >> Not only will daring to ask 27:09 for more challenge you to pray 27:11 as you've never prayed before, 27:13 but it will give you extremely 27:15 practical tools and specific 27:18 pointers on how to develop the 27:20 spiritual discipline needed 27:23 as you open your heart to Jesus 27:25 more intimately each and 27:28 every day. 27:30 >> Before you go, we would like 27:32 to thank all of you who have 27:33 supported the ministry of 27:35 It Is Written Canada with your 27:36 prayers and financial 27:38 contributions. 27:39 Without your support, this 27:41 television ministry could not 27:43 have reached so many people 27:45 for so many decades. 27:49 >> Yes, thank you. 27:51 And we would also like to invite 27:52 you to follow us on Instagram 27:55 and Facebook and subscribe to 27:58 our YouTube channel, and also 28:00 listen to our podcasts. 28:03 And if you go to our website, 28:05 you can see our latest programs. 28:08 >> Friends, if you want the kind 28:10 of peace and freedom that 28:12 Pastor Bill Spangler 28:13 experienced, we recommend that 28:15 you open the Bible, God's Word, 28:18 where it is recorded that Jesus 28:20 found His assurance to defeat 28:23 the Devil through the word of 28:26 His Father when He declared... 28:38 [uplifting music] 28:41 ♪♪ |
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