1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:01,800 In the name of the Glorious Trinity. 2 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:03,900 Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever. 3 00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:06,800 Amen. Glory be to the Everlasting 4 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,200 mercies which sent you to us. Oh, Christ the light of the 5 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:15,000 world and the life of all give us wisdom by a law and Enlighten 6 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,900 our impulses, by your knowledge, sanctify, ourselves by your 7 00:00:18,900 --> 00:00:22,800 truth, and Grant that we may be obedient to your words and may 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:24,800 fulfill your Commandments at every hour. 9 00:00:25,700 --> 00:00:29,000 Oh, you who enlightens the rationale with the knowledge of 10 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:33,900 your greatness do in light or my Lord are thoughts that we made? 11 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:37,200 Meditate upon your holy and divine scriptures at all times 12 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:41,400 O, Lord of all Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever. 13 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:11,900 The Christian Thanksgiving should be reserved set apart or 14 00:01:11,900 --> 00:01:16,400 allocated in particular, for times of suffering and pain. 15 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:23,500 When we are experiencing Joy comfort and happiness, we must 16 00:01:23,500 --> 00:01:27,400 always praise God. But during suffering, we must 17 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:31,700 Rejoice, because we have been counted worthy of suffering, 18 00:01:31,900 --> 00:01:35,500 disgrace for the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ. 19 00:01:36,300 --> 00:01:39,900 Happy Thanksgiving to all our dear listeners, wherever you may 20 00:01:39,900 --> 00:01:41,900 be listening. And I pray that you were 21 00:01:42,100 --> 00:01:45,500 spending your real time with your family and friends on this, 22 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,600 on his holiday Thanksgiving. All their most importantly, 23 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:51,100 giving, thanks to the Lord. And I'd like to do that. 24 00:01:51,100 --> 00:01:54,500 I'd like to begin by giving. Thanks to the Lord for a special 25 00:01:54,500 --> 00:01:56,600 friend. I thought, I Collide, who is 26 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:01,900 with me today on this program Deacon or shall Marcia, David 27 00:02:01,900 --> 00:02:05,400 Daniel, who's joining me? It's a great pleasure to be with 28 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:09,300 him and I'm going to introducing a letting actually I'm going to 29 00:02:09,308 --> 00:02:12,800 let him introduce himself to you or Chacha well. 30 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,900 What Shana good to have you. Thank you, Robert I shot. 31 00:02:15,900 --> 00:02:19,400 It is a honor. With pleasure to be joining you 32 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,900 on this podcast today. So I should tell me a little bit 33 00:02:22,900 --> 00:02:28,000 about me so far when we ordained and where are you residing? 34 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:32,600 Now, what are you doing here? So, of course, I'll topic for 35 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,500 today is Thanksgiving. So I'm here spending 36 00:02:35,500 --> 00:02:40,700 Thanksgiving not holiday in my homeland London, England. 37 00:02:40,700 --> 00:02:45,500 But of course, something that we try to partake in my new home. 38 00:02:45,500 --> 00:02:51,900 Maybe him take it with you and So thank you very much. 39 00:02:51,900 --> 00:02:57,900 I was ordained in London, England, in the UK, leave ten 40 00:02:57,900 --> 00:03:00,600 years ago, although November mark, my 10-year anniversary to 41 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:04,700 the jacket, so that of course, will see Mary's Church or any 42 00:03:04,700 --> 00:03:08,600 church in London by his grace model, he shot all wrong. 43 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:16,800 I served in that church back in 1987 as a deacon myself, I'm uh, 44 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:21,800 very Cozy Church very ambient. I think they say I'm very okay, 45 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,200 nice and cozy. Jay I don't want to show you 46 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,400 something. There's been some touch-ups but 47 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:30,400 it remains so cozy and very special and where are you 48 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,700 residing in London. Now so I'm actually a couple 49 00:03:34,700 --> 00:03:38,700 years ago in June. I moved to Chicago Chicago and I 50 00:03:38,708 --> 00:03:42,600 visit often so now I know what you're doing here. 51 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:47,000 If you escape the snow blizzards and the cold, right? 52 00:03:47,300 --> 00:03:50,800 That's right. And I believe that God willing 53 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,900 next you'll be you'll be marrying the love of your life 54 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,400 and I arrived yesterday as you know, if he's one of your own, 55 00:03:58,300 --> 00:04:00,800 you took her away. Yes. 56 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,100 We met several years back at youth conference and from 57 00:04:04,100 --> 00:04:05,300 maintaining a long-distance relationship. 58 00:04:05,300 --> 00:04:08,200 Some years, of course, the move was motivated and to be close 59 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:09,900 together. That's all well, good, 60 00:04:09,900 --> 00:04:12,900 excellent. Well, I'm glad that you're not 61 00:04:12,900 --> 00:04:17,700 an American citizen and also resigned yet not yet but Um, 62 00:04:17,700 --> 00:04:21,300 let's talk about Thanksgiving. This Thanksgiving, Thursday, or 63 00:04:21,500 --> 00:04:24,400 holiday. I was researching, I'm not too 64 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,200 familiar with it, but it had something to do with some 65 00:04:27,500 --> 00:04:30,000 colonies. And, and, and we were asking, I 66 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,600 was asking your friend. Why turkeys apparently it says, 67 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,500 because there was so many, there was plenty of turkeys around 68 00:04:35,500 --> 00:04:37,900 that time. And it's like our Bahama, our 69 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:42,400 commemoration meals, we provide meat. 70 00:04:42,900 --> 00:04:46,100 So there's plenty of turkeys and everyone on their Farms, have 71 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:49,700 turkeys and they were cooked Turkey and celebrate the holiday 72 00:04:49,700 --> 00:04:53,100 but we have for us Christians, that and we do celebrate 73 00:04:53,100 --> 00:04:54,900 Thanksgiving. We thank God for everything. 74 00:04:54,900 --> 00:04:58,000 Obviously, we thank God for this amazing country that we live in 75 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,000 in any country. But we know that the first and 76 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,600 foremost, we need to get give thanks to the Lord God. 77 00:05:05,300 --> 00:05:08,400 And you had some information, you have pulled up some some 78 00:05:08,700 --> 00:05:11,800 information and you're sharing it with me before we began the 79 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,000 the program, please do share that. 80 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,200 Why is it that we must first and foremost. 81 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,300 Give thanks to the Lord God. Of course, our advisor. 82 00:05:20,300 --> 00:05:23,200 Thank you. So when were you mentioned to me 83 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,200 that this podcast to be around Thanksgiving? 84 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:29,700 I do some prep work and you know what key themes do can we take 85 00:05:29,700 --> 00:05:34,200 away from from the Bible and a few things that I was able to 86 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,500 say, summarize a narrow it down to was, of course, because we 87 00:05:38,500 --> 00:05:41,800 know that Jesus gave thanks. So we take that as an example, 88 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:46,500 of course, because we are instructed to do so by by 89 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:50,400 saying, All that leap. See Paul's life models gratitude 90 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:55,300 and and in fact, I read that, he fainted mention approximately 50 91 00:05:55,300 --> 00:05:57,100 times and st. Paul's Epistles. 92 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:04,100 And of course was you know, from James particular, James 1:17, 93 00:06:04,100 --> 00:06:08,500 that every good gift and every perfect gift is from above comes 94 00:06:08,500 --> 00:06:11,700 down from the Father of Lights with whom there is no variation 95 00:06:11,700 --> 00:06:17,500 or shadow of turning. You know, we could, we could Not 96 00:06:17,500 --> 00:06:19,200 by saying, why do we need to give? 97 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:23,800 Thanks to God is because in the beginning, God, you know, the 98 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,100 first, the first verse of the Holy scriptures and the Old 99 00:06:27,100 --> 00:06:30,900 Testament Genesis chapter 1 is in the beginning, God and out. 100 00:06:30,900 --> 00:06:33,600 Beginning doesn't mean that the beginning of God, no God is 101 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:38,600 pre-existent in the beginning of the game, when the world was 102 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:42,900 created God. And if it wasn't for God, we 103 00:06:42,900 --> 00:06:45,200 wouldn't be here today. We won't have countries, we will 104 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:49,000 have turkeys, right? So So as you said every good 105 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:54,800 gift is given to us from God who is above and yes Jesus many 106 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:56,800 times. You know the work Thanksgiving 107 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,500 is actually translated as pricing as well. 108 00:07:00,900 --> 00:07:03,900 You know I praise you, I'll give you thanks shocked out of time 109 00:07:04,900 --> 00:07:07,800 and Jesus himself, the Son of God. 110 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:12,800 God incarnate the sun was giving, thanks to God for all 111 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:16,200 that he was doing well. He was on himself on Earth and 112 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:18,900 there are many instances asses in the Bible that we see that 113 00:07:18,900 --> 00:07:23,200 when Jesus touched and in some way healing or encouraging or 114 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,900 giving, hope they return back and they gave thanks to the 115 00:07:26,908 --> 00:07:27,800 Lord. Jesus Christ. 116 00:07:28,100 --> 00:07:30,900 And Jesus demanded this while he was out, he was attending 117 00:07:30,900 --> 00:07:41,400 physician So one of the one of the parts of praying the 118 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:46,200 Hashanah is when we pray, it's an act and one of the one of the 119 00:07:46,900 --> 00:07:51,000 segments of our prayers of you may say, is to give, thanks to 120 00:07:51,000 --> 00:08:00,800 God because what he did for Humanity, we must remember that. 121 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,600 To offer up his child, or his son for sacrifice for all. 122 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,300 You know, I'm sure, I think what happens correctly from my own 123 00:08:13,300 --> 00:08:15,500 savings here as well. And Stephanie is in the 124 00:08:15,500 --> 00:08:18,300 background, I think the president gets to choose the 125 00:08:18,300 --> 00:08:20,600 best turkey. They parted. 126 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:25,000 Do they part of the turkey so that turkey does is not slaved? 127 00:08:25,500 --> 00:08:28,900 Well I'm glad I asked that because, you know, we read in 128 00:08:28,900 --> 00:08:33,200 the scriptures that God did not powdered his son and still 129 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:37,100 Sacrificing for you on. And and Christ did not have any 130 00:08:37,100 --> 00:08:42,500 single was greatly. So giving thanks to the Lord is 131 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:47,500 Christian. Obligation a necessity officer, 132 00:08:47,500 --> 00:08:51,400 John chrysostom mentions vehicles on giving things, you 133 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:56,400 had the option option. Correct Harvey's I can quote see 134 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:00,200 drunk lost in here and saying that faith is a portion of the 135 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:04,100 Grateful and it goes on to say the mark of a soul that loves 136 00:09:04,100 --> 00:09:06,100 wisdom. Always gives thanks to God. 137 00:09:06,300 --> 00:09:08,600 If you have suffered evil, give, thanks and it's changed. 138 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:12,600 A good give, thanks even in disease back possessions or 139 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,100 false accusations. Yeah. 140 00:09:15,100 --> 00:09:18,600 That's that's that's very deep. I mean, you may have people now 141 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,300 saying or out my defense a little bit on suffering. 142 00:09:21,900 --> 00:09:23,700 You know actually we do the opposite. 143 00:09:24,100 --> 00:09:26,300 When we are suffering we cry out. 144 00:09:26,300 --> 00:09:28,900 Why many people ask this question? 145 00:09:28,900 --> 00:09:31,200 If there is a God, why is there so much data? 146 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,400 And what have you? But you're absolutely right, 147 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,300 because let us not forget that giving. 148 00:09:37,300 --> 00:09:40,600 Thanks to the Lord is not only for what we have on Earth and 149 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,700 what we experienced on Earth. We know that this thought this 150 00:09:43,700 --> 00:09:46,200 world is temporary, This is sample. 151 00:09:46,500 --> 00:09:49,100 So if you are suffering in Jesus name, as you know, those who are 152 00:09:49,100 --> 00:09:53,300 Weeping now will rejoice and laugh in the Kingdom of Heaven, 153 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:55,700 those who are hurting, their will be healed. 154 00:09:55,700 --> 00:10:00,700 And so during our suffering, well we give thanks to the Lord. 155 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:07,000 We we basically are understanding number one and you 156 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,500 know, we found that my suffering. 157 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:13,300 Now will grant me the Eternal peace in the kingdom of heaven 158 00:10:13,300 --> 00:10:17,600 and I think you got for that. A man robbing and you touched 159 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:22,700 upon it earlier but we read against equal 1 Thessalonians. 160 00:10:22,700 --> 00:10:25,500 5:18 in everything. Give thanks for. 161 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:27,600 This is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 162 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:31,700 And I believe the key there is in everything and we know that 163 00:10:31,700 --> 00:10:33,400 st. Paul wasn't speaking. 164 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:38,500 Theoretically we know from verses like acts 16 24, 25 and 165 00:10:38,500 --> 00:10:42,600 acts 27 35, that's it. Falls like wasn't trouble-free 166 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,500 Orbeez. They're trying to Second 167 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:50,300 Corinthians he states that he suffered shipwreck three times 168 00:10:50,300 --> 00:10:56,600 and faced drowning adrift in the sea for a night and a day he was 169 00:10:56,700 --> 00:11:00,800 I think a bitten by a scorpion. He was insulted, they 170 00:11:00,900 --> 00:11:05,700 experienced weakness, Archie persecutions and calamities and 171 00:11:05,700 --> 00:11:10,400 yet Saint Paul is still living things to the Lord, simply 172 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:15,400 because our suffering cannot be measured against Christ suffered 173 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,600 for you. And I and maybe when reading 174 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:23,500 second Corinthians, we see that well, Jesus wasn't drowning of 175 00:11:23,500 --> 00:11:28,800 for a drip and he wasn't Shipwrecked obviously not, but 176 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,800 the suffering that Jesus received for you and I and still 177 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:33,500 gave. Thanks as you quoted. 178 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:38,500 Shasha was for you online. Not for himself because he had 179 00:11:38,500 --> 00:11:42,900 never seen and he suffered and endured everything for you. 180 00:11:42,900 --> 00:11:44,600 Are he took on flesh? Who you are. 181 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,800 He walked into the Jordan River for you and I, he took on Satan 182 00:11:49,300 --> 00:11:51,700 in the wilderness for you and I, he died for you. 183 00:11:52,900 --> 00:11:56,500 And, and that is the difference between the suffering of Jesus 184 00:11:56,500 --> 00:12:00,600 Christ and how something. So when we do suffer in life and 185 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,900 you know what, we need to go back and say well, where did 186 00:12:03,900 --> 00:12:09,900 this suffering came from? Because it was man's doing Adam, 187 00:12:09,900 --> 00:12:14,100 broke the commandment and by disability the sylvain. 188 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:17,200 God sin entered the world and through Steam games offering. 189 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,900 But Jesus Christ took that on Lacrosse has given us hope and 190 00:12:20,900 --> 00:12:24,300 he's given us the comfort that we have again through him. 191 00:12:24,500 --> 00:12:30,100 He's peace. And so again being realistic is 192 00:12:30,100 --> 00:12:34,700 at times pain and suffering are unbearable but you need to 193 00:12:34,700 --> 00:12:38,200 always look at the Crossing the Lord and take example from 194 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,400 Christ and st. Paul, and other apostles were 195 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:44,000 you read in the scriptures that were giving thanks to the Lord? 196 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:49,400 For, in any circumstances? And any circumstances means any 197 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:54,500 circumstance, you know, in the, in the rights of the holy 198 00:12:54,500 --> 00:12:59,000 matrimony, we say to the husband and wife in any circumstances, 199 00:12:59,900 --> 00:13:06,200 sickness illness any calamities, will you stand by him or and we 200 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,000 apply obviously he hasn't you're going to do that you know. 201 00:13:09,900 --> 00:13:13,500 So at all times we are to give thanks for the world because 202 00:13:13,500 --> 00:13:16,500 what he has done For us is unspeakable, is 203 00:13:16,700 --> 00:13:22,300 incomprehensible. And probably following on from 204 00:13:22,300 --> 00:13:25,400 that in Ephesians 5:20, we read giving. 205 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:29,700 Thanks always for all things to God, the father in the name of 206 00:13:29,700 --> 00:13:33,100 our Lord Jesus Christ. So it's definitely important for 207 00:13:33,100 --> 00:13:37,700 this institute, know how to give Thanksgiving through prayer at 208 00:13:37,700 --> 00:13:40,300 all. Times through all things in 209 00:13:40,300 --> 00:13:43,600 suffering and the good times, I feel like this is a blessing for 210 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:45,300 us. And obviously, we'll be building 211 00:13:45,500 --> 00:13:47,600 a name in the name of Jesus Christ. 212 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:50,900 Why? Because God, the father was only 213 00:13:50,900 --> 00:13:54,500 a piece of fleas by his son twice. 214 00:13:55,000 --> 00:14:00,000 God speaks and his voice was heard in the scriptures. 215 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,600 This is my beloved Son in whom I am. 216 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:06,900 Well pleased. So when we when we approach God 217 00:14:06,900 --> 00:14:12,000 being Dreadful and being so so miserable at times, you know, 218 00:14:12,300 --> 00:14:18,000 reeking of sin when we approach God to even give thanks to the 219 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,300 heart. We always mention Lord in your 220 00:14:21,300 --> 00:14:25,500 son's name in Jesus name because you're a piece within be a 221 00:14:25,500 --> 00:14:27,300 peaceful that says, well, I think you're laughing. 222 00:14:27,300 --> 00:14:29,100 You got something that's safe. Amen. 223 00:14:29,100 --> 00:14:33,900 Robbie and you know, I go back to St. 224 00:14:33,900 --> 00:14:36,700 John Crossings writing here and you're looking into the 225 00:14:36,700 --> 00:14:42,200 importance of Thanksgiving and they don't cause some rights. 226 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,400 Have you fallen seriously ill? This brings you the crown of 227 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:50,500 martyrdom referring to through Thanksgiving, nothing is holier 228 00:14:50,500 --> 00:14:52,800 than that tongue, which gives thanks to God and Evil 229 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,600 circumstances. Surely in no respect as a fall 230 00:14:55,600 --> 00:15:00,900 short of our Martyrs both alike. Are crowned, both the former and 231 00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:05,500 the latter, you know, you mentioned lots of them, you 232 00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:09,700 know, this this concept of markets and matted and we see in 233 00:15:09,700 --> 00:15:13,500 the in the Old Testament in particular look Of Maccabees, 234 00:15:13,700 --> 00:15:17,800 you know, those who suffered a suffering that was so Dreadful, 235 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:23,200 but they weren't deserve it of that were then label as Martyrs. 236 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:28,200 So sometimes we say that, okay, I'm a Christian, I believe in 237 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:32,700 God, I praise the Lord, I go to church, I read my scriptures. 238 00:15:32,700 --> 00:15:36,800 I pray, I fast. I, you know, I'd give my tie and 239 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:41,600 I do my charitable Deeds. I am not worthy of receiving 240 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,400 this. Suffering. 241 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:48,400 It's not me, but you're all doing no according to Saint, 242 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:50,100 John. Chrysostom that when we do 243 00:15:50,100 --> 00:15:54,700 suffer, even if we are, we have those amazing characteristics 244 00:15:54,700 --> 00:15:56,300 characteristics you want to call them. 245 00:15:56,700 --> 00:15:59,900 That's when you are suffering. Something that is not. 246 00:15:59,900 --> 00:16:04,200 Will you call for you and that becomes martyrdom and we know 247 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:09,100 from the scriptures in Acts chapter 6, that when Saint 248 00:16:09,100 --> 00:16:13,900 Stephen was being martyred Christ, received him standing 249 00:16:13,900 --> 00:16:19,100 up, So, it s claims of, I saw the son of man standing because 250 00:16:19,100 --> 00:16:22,800 he was being martyred and killed for Christ's sake. 251 00:16:23,300 --> 00:16:27,300 So, yes and and when we give thanks to the Lord in our 252 00:16:27,300 --> 00:16:31,400 suffering, that truly becomes the mark of a, mobster that you 253 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:37,200 receive it, and you willfully and, and graciously, and 254 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:39,600 gratefully receive it for Jesus Christ. 255 00:16:39,700 --> 00:16:43,000 That's when we cause and I'm happy to say this. 256 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,400 But I will say with her Christ to stand up of his furniture 257 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:49,100 receivers. He needs his eternal team. 258 00:16:49,100 --> 00:16:51,900 That's a good point. We're trying to avoid it, right, 259 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:54,000 but that's a good point. That's a good. 260 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,700 We don't want to get too deep. Yeah. 261 00:16:55,800 --> 00:17:01,700 Yeah. Well, you know, sometimes you 262 00:17:01,700 --> 00:17:04,500 stop and think, okay, I need to give thanks to God. 263 00:17:04,500 --> 00:17:07,200 Some people say, well, what am I thinking for like you do I have 264 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:10,300 to, you know, go back in my life and see where you got it. 265 00:17:10,300 --> 00:17:12,800 What point guard has helped me but you know, you should say 266 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,000 just give thanks to God. For nothing. 267 00:17:15,900 --> 00:17:20,500 If thanks to God because he is God, give thanks to God because 268 00:17:20,500 --> 00:17:23,200 he's a gracious. God sometimes we don't need to. 269 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:26,500 Thank God because we have received something or are going 270 00:17:26,500 --> 00:17:30,600 through some circumstances. Sometimes we just say, thanks 271 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:35,900 for nothing world because you are God. hey man, Robbie and the 272 00:17:35,900 --> 00:17:39,700 embassies is Where we read from seeking opportunity. 273 00:17:39,700 --> 00:17:42,600 John chrysostom that and nothing is holier than that tongue, 274 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:45,900 which gives thanks to God in equal circumstances. 275 00:17:45,900 --> 00:17:50,300 So we should truly rejoice when we are suffering and while 276 00:17:50,300 --> 00:17:54,200 giving thanks that brings to mind 1 Peter chapter 2, verse 277 00:17:54,200 --> 00:18:01,100 20, he goes on to say what but what honor isn't to those who 278 00:18:01,100 --> 00:18:04,300 endure suffering because of their foolishness. 279 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,100 Basically it's your fault, right? 280 00:18:07,900 --> 00:18:13,300 But when you do, what is good. And they afflict you and you 281 00:18:13,300 --> 00:18:17,800 endure then it magnifies your honor with God. 282 00:18:17,900 --> 00:18:20,800 And that's why it's in John, chrysostom his glory them. 283 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:25,300 That tank is that these giving, thanks to God for any 284 00:18:25,300 --> 00:18:28,300 circumstance. So especially during Archie, is 285 00:18:28,300 --> 00:18:31,800 that tongue that is honored by God and with God. 286 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,900 So if we wanted to be honored by God, and again we want God to be 287 00:18:35,900 --> 00:18:40,200 pleased with us during any circumstances, especially that 288 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,600 of hardship. We still give thanks to the 289 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,500 world. It's like saying O Lord, you 290 00:18:44,500 --> 00:18:46,000 know, I don't deserve this again. 291 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,000 Going back to our exciting about that martyrdom. 292 00:18:48,500 --> 00:18:55,500 I really don't deserve this but I'll I gratefully receive it for 293 00:18:55,500 --> 00:18:59,800 your honor For Your Glory and to be honored, God, that's a good 294 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:02,300 quote, which we were trying to avoid again. 295 00:19:02,300 --> 00:19:09,400 So now it's getting better. Now getting thanks is you know 296 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:14,800 many ways of I mean we can lip service card and say oh thank 297 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:18,600 you Lord. But I always say that each time 298 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:22,200 we praise with glorified with. Thank God we need to back it up 299 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:28,200 with a Deeds as well to show that I am grateful to you when 300 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:31,000 you do something for me, Shasha and to show that I am grateful 301 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,500 to, I may send you a thank-you card. 302 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:39,600 And if I'm more gracious than maybe a Starbucks $50 gift card 303 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:45,300 to very generous, they've but that's to show how grateful I am 304 00:19:45,300 --> 00:19:46,800 for what you've done for me. How thankful. 305 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:50,400 And I think we need to back up our faithfulness will have 306 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,700 Thanksgiving with our Deeds as well. 307 00:19:54,100 --> 00:19:58,100 Hence, many people I know of this day, perform their 308 00:19:58,100 --> 00:20:00,900 charitable Deeds. They feed the Homeless, they go 309 00:20:00,900 --> 00:20:04,100 to the shelters and they feed the the homeless will hungry. 310 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:07,200 A needle, they just, you know, drive around and see people that 311 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,900 are homeless and feed them for that day, Neal. 312 00:20:11,100 --> 00:20:13,800 And I think we need to do the same to show God. 313 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:19,300 That we think it is, is one of the most, again, pleasing to the 314 00:20:19,300 --> 00:20:22,600 Lord. Is that we are obedient to God. 315 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:28,300 I mean I can thank God for any circumstance but if I'm not 316 00:20:28,300 --> 00:20:32,900 obedient to his word then it's only a lip service. 317 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:34,200 What do you think about that units? 318 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:40,300 Yes, I agree hobby. We see in Colossians 3:15 17. 319 00:20:40,300 --> 00:20:44,600 I read from verse 17 and whatever you do in word or deed. 320 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,200 Do all in the name of Lord. Jesus giving thanks to God the 321 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,400 Father through him. That's really important. 322 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,600 So many people down playing defense. 323 00:20:54,500 --> 00:20:58,400 You know, some people even say there is no credibility for 324 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:02,100 details whatsoever, but st. Paul and he writes again, I 325 00:21:02,100 --> 00:21:05,500 think it's in Ephesians. He says that that you heard and 326 00:21:05,500 --> 00:21:11,700 saw from me how I conducted My Life as a Christian and I when 327 00:21:11,700 --> 00:21:14,200 you conduct a survey to things to Deeds. 328 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,300 So, yes, that's absolutely right. 329 00:21:16,300 --> 00:21:19,700 And and one of the ways we give thanks to God is crucial in. 330 00:21:19,700 --> 00:21:21,400 This is a, the Pinnacle of a Christian. 331 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:25,300 But he's, when we attend church, attend a church, Especially the 332 00:21:25,300 --> 00:21:31,800 Eucharistic service that is a deed, an act of Thanksgiving for 333 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:35,400 gold. We offer the Holy Eucharist, we 334 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,700 come to the Lord and we offer our Praises out, Thanksgiving to 335 00:21:38,700 --> 00:21:43,900 God for what he did, three son on the cross, and we partake in 336 00:21:43,900 --> 00:21:46,200 that act through the Holy Eucharist. 337 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:50,300 So that, you know, I spoke it, you confirmed it with a 338 00:21:50,308 --> 00:21:54,100 scripture that Thanksgiving should not only be not only the 339 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:59,600 Be an act of the lips or tongue, but actually itself. 340 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:03,200 Absolutely. Your, I'll be the practicality 341 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,500 of Thanksgiving is very important. 342 00:22:06,500 --> 00:22:10,900 I know especially myself. How does one remember or 343 00:22:10,900 --> 00:22:12,200 practice? The act of giving. 344 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,400 Thanks, we spoke about the good times, but how does one give 345 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:20,400 that things when suffering? During during times of, during 346 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:24,800 times of trials, that touched up a very brief, I think, first and 347 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:29,300 foremost, we need to see why there are sufferings was a God 348 00:22:29,300 --> 00:22:31,300 when he created the heavens and the Earth. 349 00:22:31,300 --> 00:22:34,400 And he created, man, was there suffering in his mind? 350 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:38,100 I mean, he's knowledge. There was obviously, God is is 351 00:22:38,100 --> 00:22:43,200 all knowing his mission, he knew that Adam would basically 352 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:46,100 dropped the ball as they say and that he would have to come down 353 00:22:46,100 --> 00:22:51,400 and you know, they're here it is God I knew that Adam would 354 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:55,600 disobey God knew that Adam would eat from the fruit of the 355 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:59,200 forbidden fruit and yet he still created Adam. 356 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:02,400 You know, so much of there is a there is a verse in one of the 357 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,800 doctrinal teams. The Mother Russia, we seem very 358 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,400 hold over 90 degree holder, my youth. 359 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:13,200 Him blessed is he who made us mortal when I when I sang that 360 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,300 one. So I stopped, I thought, what 361 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:20,700 Wallah our fathers trying to teach us Blessed, is he who made 362 00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:23,100 us mortal? He made out of water. 363 00:23:23,700 --> 00:23:27,500 You know, and I consulted with his Holiness today. 364 00:23:27,500 --> 00:23:31,100 Then his grace and he said, yeah, God knew that Adam would 365 00:23:31,100 --> 00:23:34,800 do this and yet and then I my mind was even boggled blowing 366 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:41,200 that I thought but yet he still made Adam, there is love that. 367 00:23:41,300 --> 00:23:43,500 I know I'm going to make you and then I'm going. 368 00:23:43,500 --> 00:23:46,100 I know you're going to cause me to take on your flesh and come 369 00:23:46,100 --> 00:23:51,900 down and be spat out. And The ridicule and to die. 370 00:23:52,300 --> 00:23:57,000 So before we talk about, why am I suffering, and then it will be 371 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,900 easier for us to ask, why is this suffering? 372 00:24:00,100 --> 00:24:02,400 He caused this suffering. You know, when there's a major 373 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,900 disaster, there is a an independent independent 374 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:10,400 commission at the independent inquiry commission. 375 00:24:10,700 --> 00:24:13,100 And I need to know why it happened. 376 00:24:13,100 --> 00:24:17,400 Why did the Train derailed, why? Why is there suffering? 377 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,800 Well, the figure is part of it. At us at me. 378 00:24:21,300 --> 00:24:25,100 During that suffering once we know that, well, God didn't make 379 00:24:25,100 --> 00:24:28,700 me to suffer but suffering enter through the wall because of my 380 00:24:28,700 --> 00:24:32,800 Free Will, and here I am. Now, what am I going to go to do 381 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:36,000 with it? Then we got the Jesus Christ and 382 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,900 he's suffering that he had no sin. 383 00:24:38,900 --> 00:24:41,900 As simple says noticing whatsoever yet. 384 00:24:41,900 --> 00:24:46,000 He suffered the suffering that you and I that be fitted you and 385 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:50,900 I we one of the prayers in in the baptismal, right? 386 00:24:50,900 --> 00:24:54,500 We say, but You O, Lord, did not leave us in that prediction that 387 00:24:54,500 --> 00:24:56,700 we were worthier. You didn't leave us in that 388 00:24:56,700 --> 00:25:00,400 Fallen state if you took on flesh and you came down for us. 389 00:25:00,500 --> 00:25:03,200 Okay? Now I'm not saying as soon as 390 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,800 you remember this that We say, bring our suffering, bring it 391 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:07,300 on. No, we don't. 392 00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:10,900 We don't ask these things to come upon us. 393 00:25:10,900 --> 00:25:13,800 That's why Jesus taught us to pray that we, you know, God will 394 00:25:14,100 --> 00:25:17,100 will Deliver Us from these. But when we do enter, these 395 00:25:17,100 --> 00:25:20,000 trials and temptations and sufferings remember that, it 396 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,900 wasn't God, it started all from you. 397 00:25:22,900 --> 00:25:26,600 And I and that God took on flesh. 398 00:25:27,500 --> 00:25:31,600 Jesus Christ, incarnate God to take on that suffering. 399 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:36,500 So that through the he's suffering, we have these and and 400 00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:41,800 comfort and then remember that saying, the Saint Paul writes to 401 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:47,800 Timothy in his Second Epistle if we suffer We shall also reign 402 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:52,000 with him, you know, the in st. Paul writes in Philippians, I 403 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,500 think it is that our suffering. Now, cannot be measured to the 404 00:25:55,500 --> 00:26:00,000 goodness, that is awaiting us our suffering right now should 405 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:05,200 not allow us to undermined or to neglect that. 406 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:10,100 There is eternal Bliss, Eternal, Comfort awaiting. 407 00:26:10,100 --> 00:26:12,700 All those who suffer, let me read that verse again. 2nd, 408 00:26:12,700 --> 00:26:18,700 Timothy 2:12 if we suffer we Also reign with him, if we deny 409 00:26:18,700 --> 00:26:23,800 him, he also will deny us. So the three points is, where 410 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,800 did suffering come from, when did it begin? 411 00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:32,000 And how Jesus suffered for you and I, and what will you receive 412 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,500 from that? And while we're suffering, what 413 00:26:34,500 --> 00:26:37,400 is going to be? The end result of our suffering? 414 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:41,000 I mean, it could be death. You know, many people say that 415 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,000 when we pray, we must. If you don't have, if you have 416 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:45,800 faith that each time, you're pregnant shoot. 417 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,000 Be healed. Well then say Paul didn't have 418 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,900 faith because he beseeched him or three times and he wasn't 419 00:26:52,900 --> 00:26:58,800 healed and Jesus said that you're my my strength is evident 420 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:03,800 in your in your weakness. So when we suffer, if the end 421 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,400 result is there but we have eternal life with Jesus. 422 00:27:07,700 --> 00:27:12,800 Amen. Robbie and A verse from Romans, 423 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:16,600 8:18 for I consider that the sufferings of, this present time 424 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,900 are not worthy to be compared with the glory, which shall be 425 00:27:19,900 --> 00:27:22,700 revealed in us, only to them. Amen. 426 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:27,800 And this is the glory, which shall be revealed in Us in Jesus 427 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,300 Christ. All the Saints or the Angels. 428 00:27:30,700 --> 00:27:33,600 There will be a good. There is a glory awaiting you 429 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:38,900 and I through suffering and that Gloria obviously is eternal 430 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:41,600 eternal. Jesus Christ in the presence of 431 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:45,600 God, praise and glory of his name and thanks be to his name 432 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:50,500 always and okay. And this is, this is just as I 433 00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:52,600 always say we haven't even scratched the surface, you're 434 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:57,800 not sure we could go on and on, but I know that the point that 435 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:02,200 we are trying to make is that God has done so much for us 436 00:28:03,500 --> 00:28:07,100 through his creation. Through his son. 437 00:28:07,700 --> 00:28:12,100 And after his church, the gift of the holy spirit that I'm part 438 00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:16,800 of, of general of the church, every Sunday, every every time 439 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:20,600 the church comes together to worship to celebrate in the 440 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:22,700 fifties. These are all the gifts that God 441 00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:24,200 has given us. These are the provision of the 442 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,200 Holy Spirit and give thanks to him at all times. 443 00:28:28,700 --> 00:28:33,400 Great to have you Shasha, like Robbie was an absolute pleasure? 444 00:28:33,700 --> 00:28:39,100 So just some takeaways for our lessons today, who may be 445 00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:41,600 suffering and we're asking them to give. 446 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:44,600 Thanks in all things. We know that many of us do give, 447 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:48,600 thanks and good times. How what are the key takeaways 448 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:53,500 that we can or just recap of what we can remind of remember 449 00:28:53,500 --> 00:28:56,800 that Jesus suffered for you, and he's suffering, wasn't just to 450 00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:00,300 prove himself, he suffering, was it through to show that through. 451 00:29:00,300 --> 00:29:04,700 He suffered, we can attend comfort, and the constant may be 452 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,300 sleeping, which means, resting, which means dying, which means 453 00:29:08,300 --> 00:29:13,100 it's going to going home when he calls us, and we need to always 454 00:29:13,100 --> 00:29:17,700 be realistic again, Christians, at the The call to suffering it 455 00:29:17,700 --> 00:29:20,000 to Market them, you know when you're baptized shall not sure 456 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:23,400 it was a red ribbon given a placed on your head as a crown 457 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,700 and it was hanging before your eyes and actually in the 458 00:29:26,708 --> 00:29:28,500 Liturgy. It's of the treaty ending for 459 00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:33,000 the Arts while because that is a symbol that every person who is 460 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,700 baptized in, Jesus Christ has been booked to their being cry 461 00:29:35,700 --> 00:29:40,400 slogans and I've been as being resurrected must always have 462 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,500 marked them before he's his eyes before. 463 00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:47,400 He's you know always a monster and be Appeared to be martyred 464 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:50,400 and to suffer for Jesus cross. Because as you read in, Romans 465 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,000 the suffering that we have today, cannot compare to what 466 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:57,100 God has prepared for those. And that, that is a process of 467 00:29:57,100 --> 00:30:03,800 faith and perseverance, it takes faith, and to remain in that 468 00:30:04,500 --> 00:30:09,800 mindset that I must. I must be my sufferings and 469 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,000 place them all activated of Christ. 470 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:19,800 The video conference And on that note we give thanks to our 471 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:24,000 Heavenly Father, 3 son, our Lord, Jesus Christ, and the Holy 472 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:25,800 Spirit in our all types of for a while.