Participants: Jim Gilley (Host)
Series Code: 11HC
Program Code: 11HC000013
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00:47 We're so happy that you've joined us.
00:50 And we are looking forward to more beautiful music 00:53 and enthusiastic and exciting reports. 00:58 Things that are happening with 3ABN. 01:00 We just talked to Julia about those things that are happening 01:04 in Russia. In a few moments we're going to listen to 01:07 some exciting things that are happening with Dare to Dream 01:11 which is a new television venture by 3ABN 01:17 reaching in to the inner city... reaching out 01:21 to the minorities in a special way 01:24 and talking about some of the challenges that those 01:28 communities face that perhaps other communities don't face 01:33 quite nearly as much. 01:35 And so we have a special ministry that direction. 01:38 Going to be talking to you about it just in a moment. 01:42 You know we always are so happy when Jim and Pam Rhodes 01:46 are with us. They love the Lord with all of their hearts 01:52 and I assure you that when they come here 01:57 we are so happy to see them. 02:00 We love them. And Pam, we really do 02:04 appreciate you. We are always so appreciative 02:07 of your conservative dress and... 02:13 I just let my light shine. 02:15 Let your light shine... all right. 02:17 Right now they're going to sing one of my favorite songs... 02:21 Pam is: He Washed My Eyes With Tears. 02:51 He washed my eyes with tears 02:57 that I might see 03:03 the broken heart I had 03:09 was good for me. 03:14 He tore it all apart 03:21 and looked inside. 03:26 He found it full of fear 03:32 and foolish pride. 03:38 He swept away the fears 03:44 that made me blind. 03:50 And then I saw the clouds 03:56 were silver lined. 04:02 And now I understand 04:08 'twas best for me. 04:14 He washed my eyes with tears 04:20 that I might see. 04:26 He washed my eyes with tears 04:32 that I might see 04:37 the glory of Himself 04:43 revealed to me. 04:49 I did not know that He 04:55 had wounded hands. 05:01 I saw the blood He spilt 05:07 upon the sand. 05:13 I saw the marks of shame 05:19 and wept and cried. 05:25 He was my substitute... 05:31 for me He died. 05:37 And now I'm glad He came 05:43 so tenderly 05:49 and washed my eyes with tears 05:55 that I might 05:58 see. 06:11 You know... thank you. 06:13 The Lord has blessed me in so many incredible ways 06:17 but the biggest blessing that He's given me 06:21 is my dear husband. There's nothing the man can't play. 06:25 You can give him an old cooking pot and a stick 06:29 and he will make a tune come out of the thing. 06:32 So I'm going to turn the time over... 06:34 It's Sheltered in the Arms of God? 06:37 It is? OK. Hope you enjoy. 09:11 Amen. 09:19 I grew up in a home that we were below the poverty level. 09:22 My father was disabled. 09:23 We had... there were 5 kids in the family... seven of us 09:26 and not much of an income. I guess I'm no different 09:29 than a lot of folks whether they're inner city 09:31 and you grow up with a certain economic you might say 09:35 disadvantage. The difference to me is 09:37 was my folks were Christians and they introduced me to Jesus. 09:42 And by doing that it allowed me to dare to dream 09:45 to do more than what I can do. Maybe I could, 09:49 with God's help, build a television network 09:51 that would reach the world with an undiluted 09:53 three angels' messages: one that would counteract 09:55 the counterfeit. 09:57 3ABN by counteracting the counterfeit 09:59 is to say, you know what? Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. 10:04 That's what we want to present. 10:06 But there are many ways of doing it 10:07 and many flavors. The gospel can take on many flavors. 10:11 But the inner city... there are specific needs 10:14 and we have dared to dream that it will work. 10:27 Right after graduate school I started working 10:31 in the field as a social worker, 10:32 and I was working in the inner city. 10:34 And I had a chance to see what was going on there. 10:38 And that was in the 70's, and I'm looking at 10:41 where we are now. And we're actually worse than we were 10:45 in the 70's. Sixty percent of the young men 10:48 who are over 18 by the time they are 30 10:52 will be in prison. 10:53 One out of three African- American males is either 10:56 in prison or supervised by the court system. 11:00 We have over 70% of the births in the community are 11:04 out of wedlock. The child that was born in slavery time 11:09 had more of a chance to be raised by a two-parent household 11:13 than a child born today in the African-American community. 11:17 That is so frightening. That is so disturbing. 11:20 How did we get here and how do we get out of here? 11:25 The people in the inner cities are languishing 11:27 and suffering, and we have a message for them. 11:31 We have hope for them... and it's Jesus! 11:34 There are many people who will never watch 11:37 and have the privilege of watching 3ABN 11:40 that most of us see around the world. 11:43 Dare to Dream is going to add to the complete mission. 11:45 Jesus said: "Go ye into all the world. " 11:47 Incredible tools that can work with God's blessing. 12:01 Hello. My name is Dr. Yvonne Lewis 12:04 and I am the new General Manager of 3ABN's new urban network 12:08 Dare to Dream. 12:10 God has been doing some great and amazing things 12:14 at Dare to Dream, and today we're going to give you 12:17 a sneak peek into some of the programming that we are 12:21 offering. The first segment that you are going to see 12:24 is a Did You Know? spot. 12:26 The Lord laid it on my heart to share some of the 12:29 contributions above and beyond sports and music 12:33 and entertainment that have been made by African-Americans 12:36 to our society. It's important for children 12:39 to know that they can dare to dream 12:41 and know that they, too, can do something important to make 12:44 our world a better place. 12:46 So take a look... Did You Know? 13:02 When you plug your printer into your PC 13:05 think of Mark Dean. He was born on March 2, 1957, 13:09 in Jefferson City, Tennessee. 13:11 Growing up he was a straight-A student and an outstanding 13:14 athlete. In college he graduated at the top of his class 13:18 and went on to earn a Ph. D. in electrical engineering 13:21 from Stanford University. 13:23 In 1997 Dr. Dean received the Black Engineer of the Year 13:27 President's Award, was inducted into the National Inventor's 13:31 Hall of Fame, and was named an IBM Fellow, the highest 13:34 technical honor awarded by the company. 13:36 He devised the color graphics adapter which allows 13:39 color to be displayed on the PC. 13:41 He holds more than 20 patents. 13:43 Did you know that Mark Dean and Dennis Moeller developed 13:46 a component that allowed multiple peripheral devices 13:50 such as printers and modems to be connected to a PC? 13:52 Did you know that Dr. Mark Dean dared to dream 13:55 and owns 3 of the 9 patents that all PCs are based upon? 13:59 Well now you know! 14:03 Our inner cities are laden with crime and poverty 14:06 and chronic disease, just to name a few of the challenges. 14:10 We have a program for ex-offenders hosted by an 14:13 ex-offender... a young man, Aaron Chancy, 14:17 and he's on fire for God. 14:19 Watch as he hosts The New Journey. 14:50 We'd like to welcome the viewers back to this New Journey 14:53 program. Today our guest is Pastor Donell Morgan. 14:57 Welcome, Pastor Morgan. Thank you. 14:59 Now we want to focus on your amazing testimony 15:02 of God's amazing, saving grace. 15:04 We want to focus on four areas of your life: 15:06 your early childhood, 15:08 how you got involved in crime, 15:10 changing your life and your battle with even learning how 15:12 to read, and we want to talk about your work as an 15:15 ordained minister for God. 15:16 But before we get into those four aspects of your life 15:19 you have a book that's written. I want you to talk a little bit 15:22 about what prompted you, what motivated you to 15:24 want to write this book. 15:26 Because chronic disease is such a major concern 15:30 in the inner cities, Dare to Dream has several 15:33 health programs that we are offering. 15:36 The one that you are about to see is constructed 15:38 in an interesting manner. 15:40 It's divided into raw food preparation 15:43 and cooked food with health tips. 15:46 The first half of the program is hosted by Evita Tezeno 15:50 and Brenda Kemp and the second half 15:52 is with Nyse Collins. 15:55 Mmmm, yummy food. You're going to see Nyse Collins first. 15:57 Take a look. 16:09 Would you like to see that again? 'Cause I would love 16:10 to show you. All right. I heard somebody say "yes. " 16:13 So you go ahead and you... 16:17 Oh, my, this is dangerously good for me! 16:19 Let's get started cooking or, shall I say, uncooking? 16:22 Yes, Nori sushi rolls and mock tuna. 16:26 What is the best finish? Apple pie! Yes! 16:29 And guess what? You don't have to give up apple pie 16:32 when you become raw. 16:33 A raw apple pie. 16:35 Cholesterol is normally manufactured in the liver. 16:38 OK, so if something has a liver, 16:39 comes from something that has a liver, 16:40 maybe it's related to something that has a liver, 16:42 if it even has a face 16:45 or a mama or it's a mushroom or something of that nature 16:48 then it will always have cholesterol. 16:49 So let me ask you a quick question: 16:50 does this have a liver? Not quite. Does it have a face? 16:53 Well I guess you can draw it in or something like that 16:55 but does it? It doesn't have any of those. 16:58 So this in general, and you can look at the science, 17:00 it has how much cholesterol? Absolutely no cholesterol. 17:03 But what it does have... it has a lot of fat. 17:07 Actually, good fat. 17:10 It's good, isn't it, so far? Praise the Lord. 17:15 Poverty and unemployment are high in the inner cities 17:18 and money management skills are critical. 17:22 So we have a money management program - Take It To The Bank - 17:25 hosted by Cordell Thomas. And it's full of valuable tips. 17:30 Here it is: 17:33 Simple ways to save. 17:38 Buying or selling a home. 17:41 And many more financial matters on Take It To The Bank. 17:45 Hi, my name is Cordell Thomas and I welcome you 17:49 to Take It To The Bank. 17:51 Today we're going to talk about something that's kind of 17:53 interesting to me... kind of... it really is interesting 17:56 because it takes me back to a time in my life 17:58 that I had to leave home. I stayed and lived at home 18:01 until I was well into my 20's. 18:03 But when it's time to leave home 18:05 it was an intriguing perspective on understanding 18:08 the real expense of living on your own. 18:12 It's kind of intriguing because we do financial literacy courses 18:16 as part of our organization and teach young people 18:20 about what financial literacy is all about. 18:25 Well, there you have it. 18:27 I told you it was a sneak peek and some of you are looking 18:29 like you wanted to see the whole thing. 18:31 This is just a little sneak peek into the programs that 18:35 we are producing here at 3ABN for the inner cities. 18:39 But as you can see, anybody can watch these programs. 18:42 Oakwood College is providing programming for us. 18:46 And we have some other external sources that are providing 18:49 programming. We are collaborating with other 18:53 facilities to get some other programming in 18:56 for Dare to Dream. 18:58 We need for you to catch the vision and support 19:01 Dare to Dream. Again, these programs can be watched 19:05 by anyone and everyone. 19:07 We have a heavy youth emphasis. 19:09 So we're looking to get our young people more involved 19:11 in evangelism. To reach out into the inner cities... 19:15 to take this gospel to the world. 19:18 So please support us. 19:20 We want to take the gospel and tools for living 19:23 across the world. Across... we want it to transcend 19:27 race. We want it to go around the world 19:30 so that those that are hurting can dare to dream 19:33 of a better day... here and in eternity. 19:37 Thank you. Amen. 19:41 Amen! God is doing great and mighty things. 19:43 Amen? Amen. Amen. 19:45 Well we want to talk to you about 3ABN Latino. 19:47 And we would like to show you a video 19:50 to help you capture something from the past 19:53 and up to the present. And now... watch this video. 19:57 In 1984 God told Danny Shelton 20:00 "I want you to build Me a television station: 20:03 one that will reach the world with the undiluted 20:06 three angels' messages, one that will counteract 20:09 the counterfeit. " Danny responded to the call of the 20:12 Lord by saying: "Lord, if this is really You, 20:14 I'll go forward if You supply every need. " 20:17 In the fall of 1986 20:20 Three Angels Broadcasting Network was on the air 20:23 broadcasting to one satellite to North America, 20:26 Central America, and the Caribbean. 20:30 In 1994, 3ABN opened the largest Protestant evangelism center 20:35 in Russia, and today it is reaching millions of people 20:39 in radio and television in the Russian language. 20:43 In 1996, 3ABN expands its satellite coverage 20:47 to two satellites to reach millions of people 20:50 in Europe and Africa. 20:52 In the year 2000 20:54 Three Angels Broadcasting Network begins to send the 20:57 three angels' messages around the world with four satellites. 21:02 Also in the year 2000 3ABN Radio was launched: 21:06 another powerful instrument to reach millions of people 21:10 for Jesus Christ. 21:11 Then in the year 2003 21:14 in an effort to reach more than 600 million people 21:18 that speak Spanish and Portuguese, Three Angels 21:20 Broadcasting Network launched 3ABN Latino. 21:24 Here's a sample of what's going on on 3ABN Latino. 22:23 Since its launch in 2003 22:25 God has used pastors and lay people 22:28 to help 3ABN Latino grow year after year 22:31 at a phenomenal rate. 22:33 In 2011 through God's mighty blessings 22:37 3ABN Latino reached a milestone with over 1,000 cable affiliates 22:42 and counting. 3ABN Latino continues to grow, 22:46 entering new cities through cable stations, radio stations, 22:50 and local TV channels in Argentina, Bolivia, 22:54 Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, 22:58 Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, 23:02 Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, 23:07 Peru, and Venezuela. 23:09 Since its humble beginnings in 1984 23:13 Three Angels Broadcasting Network has been transforming 23:16 lives with the everlasting gospel. 23:20 Today in 2011 23:22 3ABN can be seen on 9 satellites 23:25 broadcasting the good news of salvation through 3ABN English, 23:30 3ABN Proclaim, 3ABN Radio, 3ABN Russia, 23:35 3ABN Sonbeam channel, 3ABN's Dare to Dream channel, 23:40 3ABN Latino TV and soon 3ABN Latino Radio. 23:46 Evangelizing with power! 23:50 Amen! Amen! 23:52 God is doing great and mighty things 23:54 and I hope that you come to the same conclusion I did 23:58 if you know a little bit of the history of 3ABN: 24:01 this is a ministry of divine origin. 24:03 Amen. And God is using it to bring people to Jesus Christ 24:07 in many different ways. 24:09 This year we are on a record year. 24:12 Every year we get about 100 cable stations for 3ABN Latino 24:16 alone. But this year just in the month of April 24:19 over 200. Praise the Lord! 24:22 And I believe, as I said before, God is preparing this 24:25 world for a great harvest of souls. 24:28 And let me tell you about a man from Honduras. 24:31 He wrote to us and he said: 24:33 "I was a member of another denomination for 28 years 24:38 and many times I preached against the Seventh-day 24:42 Adventists and against Ellen G. White. 24:44 I began to watch 3ABN Latino 24:47 to find some more things to talk about... 24:51 ammunition against you. 24:53 But as I continued to watch 24:56 I learned that this is the truth of God 24:59 and this is my fourth Sabbath as a Seventh-day Adventist. " 25:02 Amen! Praise the Lord! 25:06 Pastor Hernando Miranda told us this story during ASI. 25:11 He told us that in the home in Texas 25:14 in McAllen, Texas, there's this couple, Gabriel and Minerva, 25:19 and they had six televisions in their home. 25:24 Of the six televisions in their home, only one 25:27 could get two channels. 25:30 The others could get nothing but only 1 could get 2 channels. 25:33 One was a Mexican channel that didn't come in very good 25:38 but 3ABN Latino came in nice and clear. 25:44 So her husband Gabriel begins to watch. 25:46 Watched for several hours that morning. 25:48 And in the evening turns on the TV again 25:52 and Minerva asks: "What is it that you keep watching? 25:56 This channel... what is this? " 25:58 He said: "This is a Christian channel and it's very good! 26:01 Sit down and watch. " 26:02 She began to watch and being a pastor - 26:05 Minerva is a pastor in the Pentecostal church - 26:08 she began to listen and evaluate the theology 26:12 and soon ordered Bible studies. 26:15 They got her in contact with the local pastor. 26:18 The pastor came, invited her to an evangelistic series. 26:21 "Come, there's an evangelistic series. Starts this Sabbath. " 26:24 She said: "I'm really sorry. I would love to come 26:29 but I am preaching every single night for the next two weeks. 26:35 The only night I am free is Monday. " 26:38 He said: "Wow, this evangelistic series lasts two weeks. " 26:41 She said: "Well I will be there on Monday but I can't make 26:45 it the other days. " She came on Monday 26:47 and was blessed. Began to pray and ask the Lord. Said: 26:50 "Lord, I would love to go to these meetings 26:53 but I'm preaching the Word so I can't go. 26:56 If you really want me to go, Lord, do something. " 27:00 She said "within two hours... " I talked to her yesterday. 27:03 Within two hours she gets a call. 27:05 And the person said: "I am really sorry. 27:08 I wonder if you would allow us to change your schedule 27:12 and move it two weeks ahead into the future? 27:15 Is that all right with you? " 27:16 She said: "That will work out perfect. " 27:20 And she began... she came to the meetings every night. 27:22 And praise the Lord, she was baptized along with her husband 27:26 Gabriel. Amen? Amen. The Lord is doing great and 27:29 mighty things. And we don't know who's watching 27:34 but we know that God using His Holy Spirit 27:38 is changing lives for Jesus Christ. 27:40 I wish I had more time, but I want to tell you to... 27:43 I want to ask you to pray for 3ABN Latino. 27:46 Pray for 3ABN ministry. 27:49 We pray that there will be no obstacles that will detain 27:55 the speed at which God wants to make this ministry grow. 28:00 And I believe there will be a great harvest of souls 28:02 for Jesus Christ. Thank you for listening. 28:05 I would like to invite Bro. Jay Christian to tell you 28:08 about the wonderful things that God is doing 28:10 through 3ABN Radio English. 28:13 And I want to thank Jay and Mike Babb and Nikki 28:17 and the rest of the staff for directing us 28:19 because soon we want to start 3ABN Latino Radio. 28:23 So we praise the Lord for that. It's not this month... 28:25 we're going to have to wait a little bit. 28:26 But by the grace of the Lord 3ABN Latino Radio 28:29 will also brings many souls for Jesus Christ. 28:31 May God bless you; thank you. 28:33 Amen; thank you, John. 28:34 You know, it's really interesting how God works 28:37 in unusual ways. 28:39 Since most of us at 3ABN Radio have been here 28:44 we've been very interested and we've seen the opportunity 28:48 in Latino radio. And yet, for one reason or another, 28:53 the money wasn't available or any of that. 28:55 And just a short while ago we had a meeting - 28:59 a manager's meeting at 3ABN Radio - 29:02 and we brought it up again... you know, we really would 29:06 like to have Latino radio. 29:07 And so we put our heads together and we said: 29:10 "You know, this may not happen for a long time yet 29:12 but why don't we at least offer them the use of one of our 29:18 production studios that's free, that isn't used as much. 29:21 And so we said: "OK, let's do that. " 29:24 And so we offered it to them, and almost no sooner did 29:28 we offer it to them than somebody contacted 3ABN 29:31 and said: "I am willing to donate the money to get 29:34 Latino Radio Network going. " 29:37 Now is that God or what? 29:39 So praise God. 29:41 You know, if you've been watching or listening to my 29:45 reports over the last number of years 29:47 you've probably heard me mention cell phone technology. 29:50 As a matter of fact, 29:54 I've got 3ABN Radio on my cell phone. 29:57 And it's very interesting to be driving down the street 30:01 and listening to 3ABN Radio through my car speakers, 30:05 and you can do the same thing. Now the main thing to remember 30:09 is that you have to have a Smart Phone, 30:11 you have to have a data connection, and all of that. 30:14 If you don't know how to do that, contact us at 3ABN Radio 30:17 and we'll be glad to talk you through it. 30:19 But it's just amazing how this signal goes around the world 30:23 and how God works out things. 30:26 We have just begun a new tuner system 30:31 on the Internet where when you go to this 30:34 particular website you can find us, you can mark us 30:37 as a favorite, and you can also download a widget 30:41 to go with us, and we're just very easy to find. 30:43 And so once you have that on your cell phone 30:47 then basically it's just you turn your cell phone on 30:49 hit a couple of things and we're playing. 30:51 And there have been times I've carried my cell phone 30:54 around with me like this. How many of you remember 30:56 the old transistor radios? OK. 30:59 Yeah, I would carry my cell phone like this. I thought 31:02 "You know, this brings back memories 31:04 when I used to have a transistor radio listening to the radio. " 31:08 But it can be done and we encourage it. 31:11 Now the new website that we've found is 31:15 www. tunein. com and it's all one word. 31:19 All you have to do is go to www. tunein. com 31:21 You can search. Look for 3ABN Radio Network. 31:25 And then you'll load that up. 31:29 And then you can save that as a preset. 31:32 You can also like I said download a widget 31:34 if you understand. How many know what a widget is? 31:39 A few of us here know what that is. 31:41 And so you can do that. In any case, we encourage you 31:44 to do that. We'd love to have you listen. 31:46 You know, we are so blessed at 3ABN Radio. 31:49 Mike Babb, Nikki Anderson, Angela Lomacang, 31:52 Pam Turner and myself: we are so blessed to be there. 31:57 God has blessed each one of us. I've been there for 12 years now 32:02 and how time flies. You know, in a way I can't remember 32:06 being anywhere else and yet at times it feels like 32:09 I just got there... so many exciting and wonderful things 32:12 happening. And I see Beverly down here. 32:16 Beverly in the front audience was I think actually the first 32:21 radio employee, so she started doing things before 32:25 I was even hired. I think I was the 3rd official radio employee 32:28 to come along. And it's... just, we are so blessed 32:32 when we see the way that God is doing things. 32:35 We have some new affiliates that I'd like to mention. 32:39 We're getting pretty close to 200. 32:42 I don't know the exact number but we keep inching up and up 32:45 and up and we're getting real close. 32:47 But the latest affiliates we have: 32:50 full power FM in Drakes Branch, Virginia at 88.7 FM 32:55 On the Internet in Chelsea, Alabama: Elijah Radio. 32:59 We have low power FMs in Minot, ND, at 104.1 FM 33:04 and in Port St. Lucie, Florida, at 100.1 FM. 33:10 There's a microtransmitter in Lincoln, Nebraska, 33:12 at 1550 AM... and so we'd like to welcome them. 33:17 Now I have a list here of New Zealand and Australia 33:21 stations. If you ever heard any of the New Zealand and Australia 33:26 town names... I'm going to butcher every one of them 33:30 but I want to say thanks. And so for the people in 33:32 New Zealand and Australia I apologize, 33:35 but we thank you very much for going with 3ABN Radio. 33:39 In Whitaker, New Zealand, 87.9 33:43 I'm sure I've already gotten off to a bad start. 33:45 In Taree, New South Wales, Australia, 87.6 33:50 Mudgeeraba... now you know that's gotta be wrong... 33:54 Queensland, Australia, at 88 FM 33:58 Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia, 87.6 34:02 Collinsvale, Tasmania, Australia, 88.7 34:06 In Manawatu, Ashurst, New Zealand, 107.7 34:12 Levlin, New Zealand, 107.7 34:15 Pahiatua, New Zealand, 107.7 34:20 and Palmerston, New Zealand, also at 107.7. 34:24 And so for each one of you in New Zealand and Australia 34:29 I apologize for fracturing your names, but we thank you 34:35 very much for joining with us in reaching out to your local 34:38 area with the signal of Three Angels Broadcasting Network. 34:41 Now you know one of the things that is really good is 34:46 our signal goes around the world. You all knew that. 34:49 And we have found that no matter where in the world 34:55 it almost seems like somebody is listening to us. 34:57 You know? A small fishing village in Alaska. 35:00 A hut in Tasmania. 35:02 A war-torn nation in Africa. 35:04 We're hearing from all of these places, and when they say 35:06 "thank you for all that you've done for us. " 35:09 In March of this year we received an e-mail 35:12 from a non-Adventist pastor in Liberia. 35:15 And he said he's been hearing our broadcasts on the radio 35:19 and he says: "You know? That's truth! 35:23 Can you send somebody down here to teach us 35:27 about what you're saying? Preach to 300 of our pastors 35:31 so we can preach your message? " 35:33 Is that God or what? 35:37 Also, we've got many other things going on in radio 35:42 as well. We've got some new programs. 35:45 In August we've recorded ten new episodes 35:50 of Women at the Well, so we've got that. 35:52 We have an encore presentation of an older series 35:56 with Women at the Well. That has started 35:58 and that's airing on 3ABN Radio. 36:01 We've added a new program. It's called Life Quest Liberty 36:05 and it's a program that I think is probably near and dear 36:09 to many of our hearts because it deals with religious liberty 36:13 issues, not only in America but around the world. 36:17 And it's amazing to sit here and watch. 36:20 So much is happening in the world to restrict 36:23 religious broadcasting. I don't know if you've seen it. 36:27 I don't know if you've recognized it in different 36:29 news stories that you've seen? 36:31 But I'm hearing more and more news where the different places 36:37 in the world there is an animosity toward Christianity. 36:42 And where people of other religions can stand up and speak 36:46 and say whatever they want, and let a Christian stand up 36:48 and they're being shut down. 36:51 And that is happening in America 36:56 if you can believe that. 36:58 I grew up and I'm sure you grew up 37:00 knowing that we had freedom of religion and people were 37:04 allowed to say what they wanted to say about religion. 37:07 And yet one by one each one of the things 37:11 that we bring up and talk about is being attacked 37:14 in the media and we are in many ways paying 37:19 for our belief in God, in Christianity, 37:23 and in all the things that we hold near and dear. 37:26 And I ask for you to pray for us. 37:27 Listen to Life Quest Liberty on 3ABN Radio as well. 37:31 We encourage you to do that. 37:33 Thank you for having me, and now it's time for John Lomacang. 37:37 Great voice. Do you love to listen to him sing? 37:40 Amen. He'll sing Lord, I'm Coming Home. 37:43 Thank you. 37:45 Thank you, Jay. Can we say "Amen" again 37:47 for all the work being done at 3ABN? Amen. 37:50 You know I was sitting in the back and looking at the clock 37:53 and I'm thinking... soon we're going to be going home. 37:58 But I thought to myself... not literally going to our homes 38:02 but soon we'll be going home. Amen. 38:05 And there are so many still 38:09 that have heard the gospel, 38:11 so many that have walked with the Lord for many years 38:14 that have left the church. When I was over in Australia 38:18 a couple of years ago and I was invited to speak at AYC 38:21 I had a special appeal... not for people that were there 38:25 but for people that were not there. 38:28 And I said to the audience of a few thousand young people 38:33 I said: "If there's someone that has left the Lord 38:37 that you can think of right now and you'd like to stand 38:39 and commit yourself to pray for that person to come home 38:43 before Jesus comes, I want you to do that. " 38:47 And that day I think all through the audience 38:51 everyone thought of the name of someone who had walked 38:55 with the Lord but had walked away from the Lord 38:58 and needed to come back home. 39:00 So once again I want to dedicate this song to those 39:02 who may be watching, those who may be listening, 39:04 and you may have walked with the Lord. I'm not speaking about 39:07 what denomination. But you may have walked with the Lord 39:11 and you walked away. You may be living in a life of sin 39:15 and you're tired of it. 39:16 Today, before Jesus comes, He's extending the call 39:21 even to you. And I pray that you'll say: "Lord, 39:25 I'm coming home. " 39:48 I've wandered far 39:53 away from God, 39:59 Now I'm coming 40:04 home; 40:09 The paths of sin 40:13 too long I've trod, 40:19 Lord, I'm coming 40:24 home. 40:28 I've wasted 40:32 many precious years, 40:39 but now I'm coming 40:43 back home; 40:47 I now repent 40:53 with bitter tears, 40:59 Lord, I'm coming 41:04 home. 41:09 Coming home, 41:14 coming home, 41:19 Nevermore 41:23 to roam, 41:27 Please open wide 41:33 Thine arms of love, 41:38 Lord, I'm coming 41:44 home. 41:54 I'm tired of sin 41:58 and straying Lord, 42:03 So now I'm coming 42:08 back home; 42:12 I'll trust Thy love 42:18 and I'll believe Thy Word, 42:23 Oh, my Lord, 42:26 I'm coming 42:29 home... 42:38 I need Your cleansing 42:44 blood I know, 42:48 so now I'm coming 42:53 back home; 42:57 Lord, wash me whiter... 43:03 I want to be whiter than snow, 43:08 Oh, my Lord, 43:11 I'm coming back home. 43:18 Yes, coming back home, 43:23 yes, I'm coming home, 43:27 Lord, never 43:30 never again will I roam. 43:37 Please open wide 43:43 Your arms of love, 43:48 Oh Lord, I'm coming 43:54 home. 44:06 Never again... 44:10 never again will I roam. 44:16 Lord, 44:18 please open wide 44:23 Your arms of love, 44:28 Lord, 44:31 I'm coming 44:41 home. 45:01 Amen. 45:09 I want to introduce someone that you may have met before 45:14 that I almost forgot about. 45:17 But when I saw her face I said: "How could I forget about 45:20 Tammy? " Everybody does, it's OK. 45:24 The former Tammy Shelton 45:25 now Tammy I-need-to-give-her-a-Chance: 45:29 Tammy Chance. Tammy, what are you going to sing for us 45:32 this afternoon? I'm going to sing Tell It Wherever I Go. 45:35 This is a special request from my good friend Jim Rhodes. 45:39 And I tell you that only because if you don't like it 45:42 that's the man to blame. Let's give her a hearty amen. 46:05 I'll tell of 46:09 the Savior 46:12 I'll tell 46:16 of His favor 46:19 I'll tell it, Lord, 46:23 wherever 46:26 I may go. 46:32 I'll count every 46:37 blessing 46:40 I'll go on 46:44 confessing 46:46 I'll tell it, Lord, 46:50 wherever 46:53 I may roam. 47:00 What He is 47:04 to you 47:08 maybe you cannot see. 47:14 But this thing 47:18 I know: 47:22 He's everything to me. 47:27 Oh, He'll be there... 47:31 yes, meet me there... 47:35 and then go where 47:39 He's prepared. I'll tell it, Lord, 47:45 wherever 47:48 I may go. 47:55 And if I 47:59 were dying 48:03 with just one word to say, 48:09 I'd speak it 48:13 for Jesus 48:17 then breathe my life away. 48:22 Oh, He'll be there... 48:27 yes, meet me there... 48:31 and then go where 48:34 He's prepared. 48:37 I'll tell it, Lord, 48:41 wherever 48:45 I 48:50 may go. 49:02 Amen. 49:08 Thank you, Tammy. Always appreciate Tammy. 49:11 She sings from her heart, doesn't she? 49:13 Yes she does! 49:15 And you know something? She sings songs people like. 49:17 And don't you like people that sing songs you like? 49:23 I do, I'll tell you! 49:25 And Tammy has this ability that not everybody has. 49:28 Danny has it. She never gets nervous, 49:31 and that just amazes me. 49:33 Yeah. And so she's got that. 49:35 I don't know what her problem is. My Dad said: "Son... " 49:37 when I was young I'd get up front somewhere and he'd say: 49:39 "Don't you ever get nervous? " And I'd say: "No, 49:41 am I supposed to? " He said: "I don't think you're 49:43 sharp enough to get nervous. " He said: "You should be. " 49:46 He said: "Anybody that's a little sharper than that 49:49 would get nervous. " Well maybe I'm just not the sharpest knife 49:52 in the drawer. Well Tammy's sharp enough but for some reason 49:56 she doesn't. She's sharp but she still doesn't get nervous. 49:59 You know what? Seriously, we're all just alike, aren't we? 50:01 So if you're up here if I trip and fall 50:03 if you were up here you'd probably trip and fall. 50:05 So I mean we'd just be ourselves and that's all we are. 50:08 And people say: "Why I heard you say something one night 50:10 on television that I didn't like. " 50:12 One person said: "I've watched you for years 50:15 and the other night you said something I didn't like. " 50:17 And I said: "That's the only time - yeah - 50:18 that I said something you didn't like? I say stuff I don't like 50:21 every day. " Every day. So I'm used to it. 50:24 But you know, when you're up you just be yourself that's all. 50:27 Yeah, I said something in Sacramento. 50:29 We got a... someone called and left a note 50:33 that I said something in Sacramento 50:35 that they didn't like. 50:37 And I thought "Man alive! " 50:40 Camille thinks... says you do things she doesn't like 50:43 all the time. All the time... that's right. 50:45 Sorry, Camille... I shouldn't speak for you. 50:47 For somebody that wants to be critical of those that will 50:49 get up front, come try it some time. Oh, yeah. 50:52 I recall the time when I would be so nervous 50:54 I couldn't get enough air in my lungs to force a word out. 50:57 We're not reading a script, folks. 50:59 In fact, we were back there trying to figure out 51:01 what we were going to do just when we came out just now. 51:03 So... And so what we want to do is talk about 51:06 some of the areas of need for this ministry. 51:09 You know, we aren't doing doing Behind the Scenes 51:11 like we once did. Have ya'll noticed that? 51:14 And on those Behind the Scenes we had this great opportunity 51:19 to share with our viewers and our listeners 51:22 those things that are needed here at... 51:24 just open up a little window and let you look in 51:27 to what goes on behind the scenes of 3ABN 51:30 to see what some of the great needs are. 51:32 Because as we say so often 51:34 and we've mentioned here... Danny, you did such a wonderful 51:36 job this morning expressing the needs of 3ABN. 51:40 That's right. But for this ministry to continue to reach 51:43 the four corners of the earth... Do you believe God has 51:45 called this ministry to do an end-time work? 51:48 Amen! Yes. In my opinion, 3ABN is 51:50 one of the greatest... not the only... 51:53 but one the greatest tools in the hand of God - that's right - 51:57 to proclaim this precious message that God has entrusted 52:03 to our church. Who else is going to do it 52:05 if we don't do it? - that's right; that's right - 52:06 to get this message to the four corners of the earth? 52:08 And for us to accomplish all that God has called us 52:11 to accomplish there are things that we're going to have to do. 52:14 For instance, Julia was talking about 52:18 doing the conversion to HD in Russia. 52:22 Do you know we have to do that here in these United States 52:24 as well? And we have to do it before they do it in Russia. 52:28 And our need is great. 52:29 And we were in the office the other day - 52:32 Jim and Moses and myself - 52:33 and we were looking at some of these needs. 52:35 Needs before the end of the year, Danny. 52:38 We... stations that have got to be converted 52:42 because, Jim, if they're not converted what happens? 52:44 They go dark because... And we have about 16 of them 52:47 that have to be converted by January 1. 52:51 When you say "converted" you mean what? 52:54 Analog to digital. 52:56 What does approximately each one of them cost? 52:58 It takes about $50,000 each. 53:00 We've paid some of that down. 53:02 We need about half a million dollars that has to come in 53:04 over and above our regular operating 53:07 by January 1 in order to get that done. 53:10 And I look out at Dan who is working by himself 53:14 doing some of this, and he knows good and well 53:16 that even with all the money we can't get them all done 53:18 before the first of the year. 53:20 But we can get a lot of them done and then we can hopefully 53:23 apply for an extension on a few of them 53:27 so that they don't go dark and then we can get them done. 53:30 But we have to have the components in hand 53:34 so that we can physically get it all done. 53:37 That's just one of the challenges. 53:39 As Moses and Jim and I were talking 53:41 and we were looking at this, and we see it 53:43 in the physical... what we can see with our natural eye... 53:46 it's an impossibility. 53:48 So what... You know what we did? 53:50 We stopped and we prayed because unless God 53:53 moves on our behalf - and we know He will... 53:56 How many of you know that God wants those stations 53:58 to continue broadcasting the gospel more than we do? Amen. 54:02 Amen. But we need your help. 54:04 That... I guess that's the bottom line, isn't it, Danny? 54:07 Well a little earlier they showed me the figures 54:11 they'd written down. And I said: "I don't think 54:13 we ought to go out and show those figures... 54:15 it'd scare everybody. " That's right. 54:16 And it's really that much. But I've found out 54:18 as I've been saying for a lot of years... 54:21 as the guy said one time: "How do you eat an elephant? " 54:23 "One bite at a time. " That's right. 54:25 And so if you get looking too far ahead 54:27 and too much money it'd be discouraging, so 54:29 we just have to continue to go on our knees 54:32 and say: "One day at a time, Lord. 54:34 This is our needs. You know what they are. 54:35 Please supply them. " And you know, the great thing about this 54:38 is it's a great challenge 54:41 because even though the government's mandated this 54:43 we go from one channel now to four plus radio 54:48 that we can put on in all these cities. 54:50 So that means that Dare to Dream and Proclaim 54:54 and our Sonbeam channel... 54:58 all of these different ones can go on as well as 3ABN. 55:02 So that's exciting. And by the way, 55:04 another challenge that we have is Dare to Dream is going to go 55:09 on satellite by faith on January 1. Yes! 55:13 We hope to be able to keep Proclaim on at the same time. 55:17 How many of you are enjoying Proclaim? 55:19 You watch Proclaim? All right... see a lot of hands 55:22 there, and we're hoping to keep both on. 55:24 But it will take $21,000 a month 55:28 for us to have both of them on... 55:31 additional to what we're paying already. 55:34 That's just band width charge. 55:36 But it's one of those things that we were talking about 55:37 today: the stop and go. You have to go because - 55:40 yeah - never in history has there been a time 55:43 that minority programming will be accepted 55:46 and is wanted by cable stations all across America - 55:50 that's right - in major cities. And we have the programming 55:52 and it's a matter... The only way they can get it is 55:55 when we go to satellite... A lot of you get it on the 55:58 Internet, but that's not the way of the cable stations. 56:00 So we have to be able to send it to satellite 56:03 in order to do that. That's that $21,000 a month. 56:06 So how do you say "no" to potentially reaching 56:10 millions of people every day not only here in the United States 56:13 of America but around the world. I mean 56:15 it's just something... this thing... we have to go 56:18 and yet every day we don't know how we're going to... 56:20 But somehow God always has done it, so we're just 56:23 appealing to His people as the Holy Spirit impresses 56:26 to say: "What can I do? " Those of you at home, 56:28 those of you here, what can we do to make a difference? 56:31 Your five dollars a month does make a difference. 56:33 Yes it does. Your $10 a month makes a difference. 56:35 $50... $100 as a one-time gift. 56:38 So no gift is unappreciated and no gift is too small 56:42 because we've seen it... Years ago we had a point 56:45 where we had several large donors - yes. 56:48 And when we first started several people really jumped in 56:51 and we had a lot of... you know, not as many smaller donors. 56:54 Today we have less large donors 56:56 but many more people giving the $20, the $50. 57:00 And that's what keeps 3ABN going - that's right - 57:03 and what keeps us growing is the extra gifts, 57:05 the investment that you all do, 57:06 the things that you maybe have at home that people donate: 57:09 an old car or a motorhome, or whatever else. 57:13 People say: "Well we sold a home. We have some extra money 57:16 that we can give. " Whatever. 57:18 And all of that mounts up, so thank you so much 57:20 for what you do for the cause of God in support of 3ABN. 57:23 Well we're coming down to the end of this hour 57:25 but we'll be back at 6... six o'clock... with another 57:29 message by Elder Bradford. 57:31 And then we'll have a message by Pastor Mark Finley. 57:34 And we are looking forward to wrapping up our Camp Meeting 57:38 this evening with those two powerful messages. 57:42 And, Danny, I know this is... Always Camp Meeting is a thrill. 57:47 This one is no exception. We'll look for you. |
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