Seeing the Unseen (CC)
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PASTOR STEVEN WAGENKNECHT
WITH THE YOUTH MESSAGE
AND SO WE'LL HAVE THE YOUTH
MESSAGE AT THIS TIME.
ABIDING SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH
599 S. WESTGATE DRIVE
WESLACO, TX 78596
WWW.ABIDINGSAVIORWELS.COM
WANNA SIT DOWN THERE ON THE
BENCH? THAT'D BE GREAT!
GOOD TO HAVE SO MANY OF YOU
UP HERE WITH ME TODAY.
I GET TO SAVE YOU A SPOT.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
ALL RIGHT!
I HAVE SOMETHING
BEHIND MY BACK
THAT
YOU CAN'T SEE.
DO YOU BELIEVE ME
THAT I HAVE SOMETHING BEHIND
MY BACK THAT YOU CAN'T SEE?
IT'S SOMETHING THAT REMINDS US
ABOUT GOD'S LOVE.
OKAY?
DO YOU BELIEVE ME?
UM-HUM. BUT STILL,
I HAVE SOMETHING IN MY HANDS
THAT REMINDS ME
ABOUT GOD'S LOVE!
DO YOU STILL BELIEVE ME?
WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE ME,
DANIEL? YOU ... OH! GOOD!
I'M GLAD YOU DO!
WHY MIGHT SOMEBODY
NOT BELIEVE THAT I HAVE
SOMETHING IN MY HANDS
TO REMIND US OF GOD'S LOVE?
COULD I, WHY MIGHT,
BECAUSE MY HANDS ARE EMPTY.
WELL,
TO REMIND US
OF GOD'S LOVE, I DID THIS ...
OR ELSE
IF YOU LOOK AT IT THIS WAY ...
YOU CAN ALL DO THAT
AND LOOK AT IT YOURSELF.
IT'S A HEART, ISN'T IT? AND
IF YOU MAKE YOUR HANDS LOOK
LIKE THAT, IT'S A HEART AND
YOU CAN DO THAT AND REMIND
YOURSELF THAT
GOD LOVES YOU.
AND SO
EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T SEE
THAT HEART AT THE BEGINNING,
YOU KNOW NOW THAT I WAS
TELLING THE TRUTH.
SOMETIMES IN OUR LIVES,
THERE'S WAYS
THAT GOD SHOWS HIMSELF
TO US BUT WE CAN'T SEE GOD
WITH OUR OWN EYES,
CAN WE? WE CAN'T SEE HIM
IN THE BENCH THERE
IN THAT SPOT BECAUSE HE'S
NOT THERE FOR US TO SEE
WITH YOUR OWN EYES.
BUT WE KNOW THAT HE IS HERE
WITH US BECAUSE HE PROMISES
US THAT, DOESN'T HE?
HE PROMISES US THAT HE'S
FORGIVEN OUR SINS WHEN HE
DIED ON THE CROSS.
EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T SEE HIM
AS HE DIED ON THE CROSS, BUT
WE CAN
SEE SOMETHING THAT IS UNSEEN.
WE CAN KNOW IT BECAUSE GOD
HAS GIVEN US THAT PROMISE.
SO EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN'T SEE
GOD,
YOU CAN KNOW ABOUT HIM
BECAUSE OF WHAT HE
PROMISES YOU IN THE BIBLE.
ALRIGHT?
SO LET'S MAKE THAT HEART ONE
MORE TIME, TO REMIND US ABOUT
GOD'S LOVE FOR US. ALRIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND
NOW YOU ALL CAN GO BACK AND
SIT WITH YOUR FAMILY.