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Series Code: 12HC
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00:47 Danny, we are back for the 2:30 p. m. service
00:51 and we've had a wonderful meal. Chef Mark Anthony 00:55 and his crew: Brenda and Melody and all the volunteers 01:00 that help him - yeah - have just really served us 01:04 all a wonderful Sabbath meal. 01:06 And so now we're back. Now the challenge will be 01:09 to keep these people awake. I know. 01:12 And I think we've got enough stuff here to keep them awake. 01:14 I do too. Yeah, yeah... we've got some good things going. 01:17 We really do. And what all have we got to do today? 01:21 Well we're going to do some music and we have some testimony 01:23 and we have some great reports. Yeah. 01:25 And we have a special little presentation 01:28 we want to give to somebody who did something special 01:30 a number of years ago that's still working. 01:33 That's right. And so we're glad to have him here 01:36 and his family... so we've got a number of things going. 01:39 We're going to be updated but we're going to continue 01:42 to do a little music. You all like music I can tell. Right? 01:44 Amen! And the Lord has blessed us here with some people 01:48 that are gifted in music. That's right. 01:50 And a lot of these folk and so... I mean how many churches 01:53 have a pastor who sings like John Lomacang? 01:56 Not too many. Only one... that's right. 01:58 And we're very blessed to have him. But anyway 02:01 we're going to have quite a bit of music here today. 02:02 So I'm looking forward to this and I just thank you all for 02:06 coming out to Camp Meeting as you do. 02:09 You know, many of you... How many of you have been here 02:11 at least five times for Camp Meeting? 02:13 Anybody been here at least to ten Camp Meetings? 02:16 Look at the hands that are still going up. 02:17 Anybody longer than that? 15 maybe? 02:20 Wow! OK, some of you have been here from the beginning 02:22 of it. That's all right! 02:24 Well I mentioned this morning we've switched to a lot of... 02:26 lot of venues you know here but this is one that's worked out. 02:29 And we have not only the folks here but the children, 02:32 you know, we've got our children. 02:33 And we're going to have some kids come and sing for us 02:36 in just a little bit. That's right. And you may have 02:38 a child that's going to be singing or a grandchild 02:40 or you may know some of these children. 02:42 So you'll want to see that... you really will. 02:45 Well right now we're going to invite Tammy out... 02:48 and my sister Tammy Chance. Yes. 02:51 And Tammy's going to be singing. 02:52 You using this little bitty mike? 02:54 Oh no... no, you're not going to use that. 02:56 I don't think that would carry me. That one wouldn't 02:58 do you very... That's a little one, isn't it? 03:00 That must be for the choir pretty soon. Yeah. 03:02 You've got a brand new project going, right? In a few weeks. 03:06 Yeah. What's some of the songs on there? 03:07 Um, well... Jehovah that I sang last night. 03:10 That's a beautiful song. Thank you. 03:12 And Through the Years which I'm going to do now. 03:14 Lanny Wolfe - yeah - is one of the greatest song writers of our 03:17 time - yes - I think. Yeah, sure... uh-huh. 03:18 And Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. 03:20 Really? Yeah. You can sing that? 03:23 I'm a little light complected for it I know. 03:25 Yeah I know. I don't think you can sing that right. OK. 03:27 I don't think I can do it justice but I like the song. 03:30 What else? Father's Eyes 03:32 that I sang our opening night. Yeah, that's a good one. 03:34 Um-hmm. And we're going to put Heavenly Music on it - OK - 03:37 that we did for the Pillars Project. 03:39 Oh yeah, that's a good one. And there's one that's 03:42 a pretty fast one called Look Up High. 03:44 OK. And that's a Tally song, so... OK. 03:47 I was kind of out of my comfort zone with it. 03:49 You know E.T... she likes to push. 03:51 Yeah. She pushed me out of box and into something different. 03:54 Yeah. OK, all right. Well we're looking forward to that. 03:57 It's been a while since you've had a CD out, right? 03:59 It's been about 5 or 6 years - OK, all right - and so we've got 04:02 a pre-release for tonight with just two songs on it. 04:05 OK. Well you're not going to get so... you know, so important 04:08 that you quit running the Sale Barn and stuff 04:10 during these things, are you? 04:12 No, that's just... Just 'cause you're singing doesn't mean 04:14 you're still not going to work at the Sale Barn when it's not 04:16 Sabbath. No, that... that brings us too much money. 04:19 The Lord blesses and we've got to have that income. 04:22 That's right. For 3ABN... that's great. Yeah. 04:24 I'm afraid if it was just my singing you'd have to fire me. 04:28 Well no we wouldn't. All right. Thank you. 04:43 "Don't waste your time in lookin' back" 04:46 I've heard a lot of people say. 04:50 Just keep your eyes on the future; 04:54 forget the things you did yesterday. 04:58 But every now and then I like to look back 05:01 and reminisce how good it's been 05:05 walkin' on this Christian journey 05:09 and havin' Jesus as my friend. 05:12 Through the years He's blessed me; 05:16 through the years He's kept me. 05:20 Through the good times and the bad 05:23 He's been the best friend I've ever had. 05:27 Through the years I'll love Him; 05:31 through the years I'll serve Him 05:35 'till I reign with Him forever 05:39 through the years. 05:51 Let's see some smiles out here. 05:55 Beautiful memories He's given me 05:58 along with blessings by the score. 06:02 Love like I thought could never be 06:06 got sweeter than each day before. 06:10 Oh, I know that I can never explain it: 06:13 the joy His love and goodness bring. 06:17 And if He's been just as good to you 06:21 why don't you join in and sing? 06:24 Through the years He's blessed me; 06:28 through the years He's kept me. 06:32 Through the good times and the bad 06:35 He's been the best friend I've ever had. 06:39 Through the years I'll love Him; 06:43 through the years I'll serve Him 06:47 'till I reign with Him forever 06:51 through the years. 06:55 He's been a strong and a mighty tower; 07:00 He's never left me in my darkest hour. 07:03 I know He won't fail me now 07:07 or through the years. 07:10 Through the years He's blessed me; 07:13 through the years He's kept me. 07:17 Through the good times and the bad 07:21 He's been the best friend I've ever had. 07:25 Through the years I'll love Him; 07:29 through the years I'll serve Him 07:33 'till I reign with Him forever 07:36 through the years. 07:44 Through the years. 07:52 Through the years. 08:04 When we were very young 08:07 we lived next door to people who had the strangest habit. 08:11 We would play with these kids during the week 08:13 and on Saturday they would all pile in the car 08:16 and just disappear for the day. 08:18 And we thought it was the strangest activity. 08:20 Every Sabbath morning - or Saturday morning - 08:22 the whole family would get in the car and just disappear. 08:26 And so we moved to another part of the town - 08:29 Buffalo, New York - and wouldn't you know? We moved right across 08:32 the street from some people with that strange... 08:34 same strange habit. 08:36 Saturday morning the whole family'd get in the car 08:39 and just disappear. 08:40 And when they did come home we couldn't play with them. 08:44 You know, we couldn't go across and play with them 08:46 like we could the other 6 days. 08:48 And so as young people we asked: "What do you guys 08:51 do when you disappear in the car, you know? " 08:55 And they said: "We go to Sabbath School. " 08:56 And I'd never heard of Sabbath School. 08:59 So I said: "OK, next week when you disappear 09:02 I'd like to disappear with you. " 09:04 And so I jumped in the car with them 09:06 and we all disappeared together. 09:08 And the moment I got in the Sabbath School 09:10 it was the sweetest most wonderful experience. 09:13 First of all, there was a beautiful Sabbath School teacher 09:16 that when you got the answer right she would stroke your 09:18 cheek and say: "That's right, dear. " 09:21 And I liked that. 09:23 So I actually began to study my Sabbath School lesson 09:26 for prurient reasons. 09:27 They weren't... I just... I wanted to get touched. 09:30 It was just nice. And then she got married 09:32 and some man took her away and it was just horrible. 09:34 But by then I had fallen in love with Jesus. 09:37 And at age 10 I was baptized into the 09:39 Seventh-day Adventist church. 09:40 And so those young people across the street 09:42 were the first evangelists. We've been talking about 09:44 evangelism and sharing the Lord. 09:48 And so this song is an old evangelistic tune 09:51 that was old when I joined the church... which was 09:54 several decades ago as a child. 09:57 I had the privilege of baptizing my mom, 09:59 my sister, and my dad... one month before he had a stroke 10:01 and died. So I'm very pleased that we were able 10:04 to be used by God. But we are all evangelists. 10:07 The call of Christ... the Macedonian call... 10:09 comes to all of us. 10:11 And so this song is entitled So Send I You. 10:25 So send I you 10:29 by grace made strong by triumph, 10:35 or host of hell, 10:38 or darkness, death, and sin. 10:44 To bear My name 10:47 and in that name to conquer. 10:52 So send I you 10:57 eternity to win. 11:06 So send I you 11:10 to take to souls in bondage 11:14 the words of truth 11:18 that sets the captive free. 11:22 To break the bonds of sin, 11:27 to loose their fetters. 11:31 So send I you 11:34 to bring the lost to Me. 11:44 So send I you 11:48 My strength to know in weakness. 11:54 My perfect peace 11:57 to feel instead of pain. 12:02 To feel My power, 12:05 My peace, My promised presence. 12:10 So send I you 12:14 eternal fruit to gain. 12:24 So send I you 12:28 My grace to know in weakness. 12:33 To hear My voice 12:36 "Well done, My perfect... 12:42 To grace the lost with power 12:46 and all My presence. 12:50 Come share My joy, 12:54 My kingdom and 12:57 My crown. " 13:02 "As the Father 13:06 has sent Me... 13:14 So send 13:20 I 13:23 you. " 13:41 Slightly over 25 years ago I was asked to pastor the 13:44 Ephesus Seventh-day Adventist church in Manhattan, New York. 13:49 And it was the largest church I ever pastored. 13:51 It had about 2,000 members when I got there. 13:54 There was one of my members who distinguished themselves 13:57 to me because every single Sabbath they came to church 14:00 late. 14:01 But I didn't mind because 14:04 every Sabbath when she came to church late 14:06 she brought a line of people with her. 14:10 And I was very impressed by that. 14:12 She would go around and gather all of these people 14:14 from the showbiz industry who were night sleepers 14:18 who got up late, and in gathering them 14:20 it would make her late. But every Sabbath 14:22 they would come down the aisle of the church, 14:24 sit on the first two rows, 14:25 open up their pens, their tablets and their Bibles 14:28 and take notes on my sermon. 14:30 You've got to be impressed with somebody who does that 14:32 every single Sabbath. So I didn't mind the fact that 14:35 she came to church late. And I baptized her 14:38 along with one of her guests and some other people. 14:40 And she was responsible for leading at least half a dozen 14:43 people to the Lord. 14:45 So I said: "Well if that's what coming to church late does 14:48 then... " Well that's another story. 14:50 Anyway, Yvonne Lewis was then in show business. 14:54 And we pulled her out of show business 14:57 along with a number of other people who were singing jingles. 14:59 I want to embarrass her just a little bit. 15:01 Making hundreds of thousands of dollars 15:03 singing for the devil. 15:05 They would sing beer commercials and smoking commercials 15:08 and all kinds of stuff. And when they were baptized 15:11 each of them took a pledge that they would no longer 15:13 sing any of that kind of stuff. 15:15 They wouldn't sing for beer, for wine, for cigarettes. 15:18 And all of them took massive hits in their income 15:22 because the people that did those commercials 15:24 said "Well if you don't want to sing we'll find somebody else. " 15:26 But they each determined 15:28 "We're not going to do that for the devil any more. " 15:30 And she was one of them, and so she endeared herself 15:33 to me as a person who sacrificed immediately 15:36 for the cause of Christ. 15:38 And so did that group of people that she used to bring to church 15:41 late every Sabbath. 15:43 He tells this every time. You know that, right? 15:45 And so we tease each other. 15:47 I said: "You know I've been dragging you around 15:48 for 25 years. " But now she's come to 3ABN 15:52 and she is standing tall for the Lord. 15:55 And Dare to Dream has taken its place among the 15:58 brotherhood, the sisterhood of channels that are part of 16:00 the 3ABN offerings. And she is doing really 16:03 almost a one-man-band job putting this thing together. 16:07 Between her and the Holy Spirit 16:08 they are an unbeatable combination. 16:10 So we wanted to give her a little time to talk about 16:12 really our newest baby, Dare to Dream, 16:14 which really went on air full time this past January. 16:17 Yes. Thank you, Pastor C.A. 16:19 who never fails to remind me how late I was 16:22 every week, every Sabbath. 16:25 Thank you. How many of you have had 16:27 the opportunity to see Dare to Dream? 16:30 Praise the Lord. 16:32 I am so thankful to be a part 16:35 of 3ABN and the vision to go into the inner city. 16:40 Danny a few years ago 16:42 had wanted to do an urban network. 16:47 And one was begun but it just didn't work out. 16:51 And so the idea was still there 16:54 but there was no one to really do it. 16:56 And the Lord led me here through another means. 17:00 I had written a book and I came here to be interviewed 17:04 for my book. But as the Lord would have it 17:07 I ended up being the general manager 17:09 of Dare to Dream Network. 17:11 And so I'm so thankful because there's such a need 17:14 in the inner city. You see, a lot of times we 17:17 focus on mission work and we think, you know, 17:20 we should just go overseas. And certainly we should! 17:23 Certainly we should go overseas. 17:25 But guess what? We have a need right here. 17:28 We have a need right here where people are languishing 17:31 and dying for want of the gospel. 17:34 Our own people here in the United States. 17:37 And so if we could just take a look at what's going on. 17:42 And this is what God laid on my heart: 17:44 take a look at what's going on in the inner city 17:47 and then develop programming around that. 17:50 Take a look at the various crises that confront people 17:54 in the inner city and then look at what kinds of programs 17:59 we can develop to help them. 18:02 And so God... It's amazing to me 18:05 because this could not have been done without God. 18:08 Since January we launched on satellite - 18:12 actually New Year's Eve so January 1- 18:15 we launched on satellite. And since then we have now 18:18 14 programs that are not 18:24 that didn't originate on the parent network. 18:27 They are original to Dare to Dream. 18:30 So we have 14 new programs. 18:32 We have 5 that we do in-house and then I have some 18:35 wonderful people who produce programming 18:39 for us externally like Bro. Ray Young and Ken Dixon. 18:43 And so we've been able to do some programs externally too. 18:48 So we have programming here for example 18:51 for relationships because we know 18:55 that many relationships... the family is eroding 18:58 in the inner city and children are being raised 19:01 by single-parent households. 19:03 And one of the problems that Bro. Lemuel... 19:05 I know you and Cherie and Brad, you guys know 19:10 that one of the problems is the absence of the father 19:13 in the household so there's no male role model. 19:17 So where do you get your idea of what a man is? 19:22 Where do you get your idea of what a father does? 19:26 Where do you get it? You get it from gangs. 19:29 You get it from you know when you go to juvy. 19:32 You meet other people there and you bond with them 19:35 but you're not getting the godly mentor that you need. 19:39 Well praise God, TV can go into your house 19:43 and help teach you. Are you with me? 19:46 TV. Are you guys hearing me? 19:48 I mean, this thing is so exciting because television 19:51 can go into the home and do the things that we can't 19:55 necessarily do in a church 19:57 because some of these kids won't go to church. 19:59 But they'll flip that dial and they'll watch that television. 20:03 So we really, really need 20:06 to look at how we can promote God in the inner cities. 20:12 And praise God for 3ABN 20:15 and the vision to go forth into the cities. 20:17 We have a program that we are producing - 20:20 Bro. Ray Young, Quiet Time Ministries 20:22 out of Michigan - that is called Making It Work. 20:27 That's a family program. 20:29 We have Families for Heaven 20:31 and we have substance abuse programs. 20:33 We're showing Cherie's program 20:35 which is just a wonderful program. 20:37 We have programs for food preparation 20:43 and so because chronic disease is an issue. 20:46 Diabetes, hypertension, cancer. 20:48 So we have programming that helps people 20:51 know about the health message but in a fun way. 20:54 Because we want to appeal to our demographic. 20:57 We want to have cutting-edge kinds of programs 21:00 that actually focus on the role of the mother 21:04 and the father and health and the gospel 21:08 and all of these things. And I praise God 21:12 that Dare to Dream is doing that. 21:15 What we have right now - some of the newest things 21:18 that we have - are these fillers. 21:19 And I'm excited about that, too, because the fillers 21:22 are these one minute little either it's a devotional 21:25 called Connection Minute or we have Health Minute 21:30 which gives you like a little health nugget. 21:32 And our newest thing... we have Money Minute too... 21:36 but our newest thing is The Mindful Minute. 21:39 And The Mindful Minute is... it's not even up yet. 21:42 It should be edited hopefully and airing 21:46 within the next couple of weeks. 21:48 And these are just little motivational minutes 21:51 on procrastination, determination, 21:54 goal setting, achievement. 21:57 Just these one little bullet points that can kind of 22:00 motivate people to kind of do something 22:02 and change your life by the grace of God. 22:05 All of these with Biblical underpinnings 22:08 because without the gospel this is meaningless. 22:12 With the gospel all things can be accomplished. 22:16 So it is an exciting time at Dare to Dream. 22:19 I ask you to please support us. 22:22 We really need your support. 22:25 First we need your prayers because we are going in 22:28 on Satan's territory. There's a program 22:32 I just met with a couple young men this past week 22:35 that I had met at ASI originally and they came here 22:38 to do some programming. And they are going to host 22:41 a program for us. We think it's going to be called 22:44 Hip Hop Hype. It's going to be about 22:47 the hip hop industry because to me 22:50 if there's one thing that has decimated our culture 22:54 more than anything else I think it's hip hop. 22:58 Hip hop is not just music... it's a culture. 23:01 It's actually... The guys were telling me the other day 23:04 this is like a religion now. 23:06 They have their own pillars, their own tenets. 23:08 You know, one of their tenets is "have fun. " 23:11 Have fun? I mean, how deep is that? 23:14 That's really deep, right? Have fun. 23:16 These things are antithetical 23:20 to what we're trying to teach in the Word, through the Word. 23:25 So we have some young men that came out from the hip hop 23:29 world that are going to be talking about what that world 23:32 is about and uncovering the deception 23:36 that that world offers. 23:37 And don't think that it's just young African-Americans 23:41 that are listening to hip hop. 23:42 Hip hop has infiltrated all of America. 23:46 So the most... The guys were telling me that 23:50 the largest consumers of hip hop are suburbanites. 23:54 Young white suburbanites. 23:57 So we've got to get this thing... we've got to get it 24:00 under control and God has made a way through media. 24:04 Media is the best way to get into millions of homes. 24:09 Millions of homes. 24:11 So, what do I need for you to do? 24:14 Number 1: please pray for us because we are on the front 24:17 lines and because we really do need that underpinning 24:21 of support that prayer gives. 24:24 That power that prayer gives. 24:25 Number two: we need for you to contact your cable companies 24:30 and say: "We want Dare to Dream. " 24:32 A lot of people say to me: "Well how can I watch it? 24:34 I don't know how to get it. How can I watch it? " 24:36 If you have an iPhone or an iPad 24:38 you can download the TVU app on there 24:42 and then the code for Dare to Dream is 5569. 24:46 And you can watch Dare to Dream 24/7 on your iPad or iPhone. 24:50 So that's really really really good 24:52 because that makes it accessible. 24:54 But we want to be on cable. 24:56 How can we get into all these homes 24:58 if we're not on television? A lot of these kids 25:00 some of them don't have iPads and iPhones. 25:02 We need to get into their homes. 25:05 Please help us by, again, praying, 25:08 by contacting your cable company, 25:10 and by your financial support. 25:12 Right now basically we need a staff here. 25:16 We need equipment. We need so many different things here 25:20 to help this program to just go through 25:24 and to accomplish that which God would have it to accomplish. 25:28 We have brochures; we have promotional items; door hangers. 25:32 We have all of that. If you want any of that, 25:35 call us at 3ABN and we can see to it that you get that. 25:38 Thank you so much for all that you do 25:41 for the cause of Christ. God bless you. 25:43 Amen. Right on time; praise the Lord. 25:46 We're going to call out Jimmy Rhodes just now 25:48 to bring us some music. 25:50 He is SUCH a blessing to this ministry 25:53 and as you can see, multi-talented. 25:56 I don't know if there's anything he does not play 25:58 and play well... but he is such a blessing. 26:00 While he is coming and getting himself together 26:02 I want to say this just very quickly: 26:04 you know, statistics have shown us in the last year 26:07 that the Seventh-day Adventist church is the fastest growing 26:09 Protestant denomination in America. 26:12 And we can thank the Lord for that. 26:14 But when you scrape beneath that statistic 26:16 here's what you find: 26:17 you find the same thing I found when I was pastoring 26:19 in New York City. And that is that most of our growth 26:22 is among immigrant populations 26:24 in the country less than 15 years. 26:26 That's where our growth is coming principally from. 26:29 Once those immigrant populations get in and get settled 26:32 we're not winning them in appreciable numbers either. 26:35 We are not winning indigenous black Americans; 26:38 we are not winning in great numbers white Americans. 26:41 Now that problem goes across the board all denominations. 26:44 God is going to have to show us a way 26:46 to get behind some of these walls and some of these doors. 26:49 I just came back from a meeting in New York City 26:51 and they're saying: "How can we increase our saturation 26:54 of affluent white America which is many times resistant 26:59 to the gospel or just accepting the gospel on a surface 27:03 kind of basis? We want to make them children of God 27:05 because Christ died for them too. " 27:07 So the inner city or the cities are not all 27:10 poor, marginalized people. There are some affluent people 27:13 in those cities that we are also not reaching. 27:15 That's why we feel 3ABN is so important 27:17 because it can go where persons cannot go. 27:20 It can say what persons cannot say. 27:22 It can do what persons cannot do. 27:25 So do pray for this ministry because I think not only is it 27:30 timely I think it's critical to the finishing of the work 27:34 and meeting these various strata of people 27:37 that are not going to take a knock on the door. 27:38 They're not going to take a tract. 27:40 They're not going to walk into the church. 27:41 The church has to go to them... 27:43 and that's what 3ABN does. 27:45 Keep that in mind and do pray for this ministry. 27:47 We present to you now Jimmy Rhodes. 30:33 Amen! 30:36 Wow! I tell you, that was really... 30:40 That got me awake! 30:42 Didn't that waken you up? Awaken you? Waken you up? 30:47 I got a letter the other day 30:50 from a man who said: "I deliver pizzas 30:55 in the Carbondale area. 30:58 And while I'm delivering pizzas 31:02 I'm listening to the radio. 31:06 And while I have been listening to the radio 31:09 I have found the truth of God's Word. " 31:12 Amen! He said: " I am listening to 3ABN Radio. " 31:16 And then he went into our truths 31:20 in such a unique way. 31:23 Now this gentleman delivers pizza but he also 31:28 has another way that he makes a living. 31:32 He is a professional musician 31:35 and writes music... does things of that nature. 31:38 He's been here at least once to this church 31:42 and he was asking me about any other churches that might 31:46 be closer to where he lives. 31:49 And of course we've answered his letter. 31:52 Over and over we find this. 31:55 Over and over and over again. 31:58 When I went in the hospital a couple years ago 32:01 for... I've had people for years tell me I had a lot of gall... 32:06 And they decided to remove my gall bladder 32:09 which no one has accused me of having too much gall 32:13 since then. And while I was there 32:17 the nurse came in and some guys came by to see me. 32:22 It was Danny and John. 32:26 And when she saw them she said: "I know who you are. 32:32 You own 3ABN. " 32:34 She says: "My husband listens to 3ABN all the time 32:40 on the radio. " And then she introduced us to her husband. 32:46 Later he came and he was here. 32:49 And we have seen how radio is reaching out. 32:53 Right now Jay Christian is going to come 32:55 and he's going to share some of the thrilling things 32:58 that are happening with 3ABN Radio. Jay. 33:03 Praise God! 33:05 Thank you, Jim. You know it's one of the most exciting 33:08 things in the world. I've been at 3ABN now 33:12 for 13 years. 33:17 And I've got to tell you: no one has ever put up with me 33:21 anywhere near 13 years before. 33:23 So God is listening to your prayers for sure for me 33:28 because I love it. There are all sorts of... 33:31 You know, you heard a couple stories that Jim gave you. 33:36 And we are always getting stories. As a matter of fact 33:40 I was just talking to one of our affiliates 33:43 that is here at the Camp Meeting now 33:46 from Fulton, Missouri, at 107.9 FM. 33:52 And he was telling me that... And this is a story that we hear 33:55 so often. You've heard this before with 3ABN. 33:58 But it also happens with 3ABN Radio. 34:02 And that is that people walk in and say 34:05 "Hello. I've been listening to your radio station. 34:09 Wanted to come and visit your church. " 34:11 And just recently that happened. 34:13 A couple came in and not of the Seventh-day Adventist 34:17 persuasion but said: "We just want to come and visit 34:20 your church and get to know what Adventists are like 34:23 and what it feels like going to an Adventist church. " 34:26 Praise God for that, right? 34:29 That's one of the things that affiliates can do. 34:31 Now he was also telling me another situation 34:34 where there was a young man 34:37 that started getting into trouble, and at 14 he was sent 34:41 to jail for something like 14 years. 34:43 And while he was in jail he had lots of time to kill 34:47 and he said: "You know I hear all these people 34:49 saying things about the Bible. And I've got time to study now 34:55 so I'm going to study it and see what the Bible says. " 34:58 Well he was reading the Bible unfiltered 35:01 and you know what that can do. 35:03 When he got out of church... 35:05 I'm sorry. When he got out of prison 35:07 he started looking for a church 35:10 that followed the Bible. 35:13 Guess what he found? 35:15 The Seventh-day Adventist church in Fulton, Missouri. 35:18 He is now a Bible worker with that church. 35:21 One of the things that he does is he goes into the community 35:25 to knock on doors and ask for Bible studies. 35:29 And when no one answers the door they put a little 35:31 door hanger on there that says: "Please listen to 107.9 FM... 35:37 good Christian radio. " 35:39 So Praise God. Just some of the ways 35:41 that people are using being an affiliate to reach the people 35:46 in their communities. We have many many good 35:50 affiliates out there. As a matter of fact, we are 35:53 approximately at 225 at the moment. 35:57 We've added just this year 36:00 station WIHC in Newberry, MI; 36:04 KFJL in Medford, OR; 36:07 WAIR-LP in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina; 36:12 WJSY-LP in Newport, VT. 36:15 So we'd like to welcome those stations. 36:18 We also have a couple of new micro transmitter stations: 36:21 tiny little itty bitty stations that don't cover a very big area 36:25 but every person that listens to them 36:28 it has a profound effect. And so we thank these people 36:32 for putting on some micro transmitter stations 36:35 in St. Louis, Missouri, and in Forks, Washington. 36:38 Also a new low-power station in New Zealand 36:42 in Auckland, city of Red Beach. So welcome 36:44 and we thank you very much. 36:46 And another full-power FM station 36:49 in Live Oak, Florida. They have a construction permit 36:52 and they'll be joining us hope- fully in just a little while. 36:56 We calculated just a little while ago about how many people 37:00 we're reaching now with our radio stations... 37:04 affiliates out there. 37:06 Eighteen and a half million people. 37:09 Praise God! And you know when we first got started 37:12 our first day on the air was February 28, 2000. 37:17 Nobody could listen to us unless they had the C band TV. 37:22 You know, people back into those days had the big 37:25 satellite dishes and they'd roam around 37:28 and they'd find something. And we would hope somebody 37:29 would stumble on us. Well just right after that 37:33 they opened up the possibility for low-power FM stations. 37:38 And it has been an absolute godsend. 37:41 It really has because we've been reaching people. 37:45 Sometimes people don't want other people know that 37:49 they're showing an interest in Christianity. 37:52 Or sometimes they don't want other people to know that 37:54 they're checking out Seventh-day Adventist church. 37:57 And so they can listen to us in the privacy of their car 38:01 while they're driving down the street. 38:03 And so many people... We've heard the story over 38:07 and over again about how somebody is driving 38:09 and they're getting to the edge of the radio station signal 38:12 so they'll pull over. Somebody told us once 38:15 that they were going down the interstate and they got out of 38:18 range and they frantically looked for an off ramp. 38:20 They took an off ramp and they drove back 38:22 until they could start to get the signal again. 38:25 They pulled over and listened till the end of the program. 38:27 And at the end of the programs we tell people how to contact us 38:31 and they wrote and said: "I really need a copy 38:34 of that program. " Praise God. Praise God for our affiliates. 38:38 And so we have a lot of very good affiliates. 38:42 We have one that started off as a micro transmitter 38:47 and now they've got a bunch of different radio stations 38:49 up in Michigan. Just turned another one on. 38:52 They have three radio stations. 38:55 This started from a little teeny micro transmitter. 38:57 And then they've turned on... They've have gone from... 39:00 And they've shared the story with us. 39:02 David Balduke is one of our most active affiliates 39:05 that we have out there. And they're always looking 39:07 for new stations and new ways to share God. 39:10 And when you ask them: "How much money do you have? " 39:12 What's the answer we give at 3ABN? 39:16 None. And yet they always find ways 39:21 to pick up more radio stations 39:23 and more listeners and they're blessing God as well. 39:27 And you know, we are... We often get letters from 39:31 people who listen to us. 39:33 And I see Cherie Peters down here in the audience. 39:37 Somebody wrote you a letter, Cherie, and they said: 39:39 "To Cherie Peters: 39:41 I just listened to one of your Crossroads on 3ABN Radio 39:44 programs. It never fails when I listen or watch your 39:48 program on 3ABN TV I cry. 39:51 There's something about your programs that touch my heart. 39:54 I was raised a Seventh-day Adventist but never really 39:57 lived a Christian life until recently. 39:59 I've not had a great relationship with my mother. 40:04 I just wanted to share that your programs 40:08 have touched my life. 40:10 And thank you for all that you do. For being so real 40:13 and transparent with your audience. 40:15 By the way, I love the way you close your programs 40:18 saying: "God is crazy about you and so am I. " 40:21 So these are just some of the ways... 40:24 some of the responses that we've gotten from people 40:28 who are listening to 3ABN Radio. 40:31 And oh yeah, there is one other thing, too. 40:33 You can listen on your Smartphone's if you like. 40:35 We always send people to the tunein app. 40:38 So if you've got a Smartphone wherever you get your 40:41 applications from look for tunein. There's a free version. 40:45 Download it to your Smartphone 40:47 and then do a search for 3ABN. 40:49 And 3ABN Radio is usually the first one that pops up there. 40:53 And so you can put us into your favorites 40:55 and then you can listen to us any time you want 40:57 wherever you're going. 40:59 So we encourage you to do that and we also encourage you 41:02 to remember that the cost of 3ABN in reaching the world 41:08 is monumental. It really is. 41:11 God provides every penny that we need... 41:14 not a penny more, not a penny less. 41:17 But we just want to ask you to remember us in your prayers. 41:22 And if you can think of us as well in your financial 41:25 donations we would appreciate that also. 41:28 Thank you very much and God bless you. 41:31 All right. Thank you, Jay. 41:33 I'm going to ask the NAPS group to come out. 41:35 One of my favorite groups in all the world 41:37 is the NAPS young folk from Oakwood University. 41:42 Glad to have you all out here. Come on up forward here. 41:45 Isn't this a good looking group of young people? 41:48 And they're here helping at Camp Meeting with the young 41:51 people and the teenagers. And I talked to some of them 41:54 and they said: "This is the best group we've ever enjoyed 41:57 Camp Meeting. These folks make it so fun for us. " 42:00 Want you guys to tell us: what's happening with NAPS here? 42:02 Who's talking? Here... come on over here. 42:04 All right, you guys. Tell us what's happening. 42:06 Update us on NAPS. OK, well I think that 42:10 before... We are NAPS which stands for the National 42:12 Association for the Prevention of Starvation. 42:14 And currently right now I can tell you one of the 42:18 segments that we're doing. 42:19 This past summer I was in Surinam in South America. 42:22 And God TRULY blessed there. 42:26 I'm actually going to share a short small story with you guys. 42:29 And this story happened with one of our Bible study contacts 42:32 and her name was Simba. 42:34 Now Simba was blind and had no limbs. 42:36 Her legs were amputated from her knees. 42:39 And one day the voodoo priest came over 42:42 and said: "I'm going to wash you in these weeds 42:45 and I'm going to make sure you get your vision back. " 42:48 But prior to that we were doing Bible studies with her. 42:52 And she said: "No 'cause I am washed in the blood 42:56 of the Lamb. " And we praise God that as young people 42:58 God has allowed us to do this in Surinam in South America. 43:02 Amen. And I will also share a little testimony from 43:05 Surinam in South America. 43:07 I ran into this guy... his name was John. 43:09 And John... he tried to commit suicide 43:13 two times based on the situation that he was going through. 43:15 And he looked so down and his countenance was... 43:18 was... you could tell that something was bothering him. 43:21 But after a Bible study everything changed. 43:24 He was smiling. You could tell that the light 43:27 of Christ had came upon him. 43:28 And that was such a blessing for us to witness in Surinam. 43:31 But now the work does continue because Christ is not back yet. 43:35 And so we have work that... We're building a wellness center 43:38 in Sawyerville, Alabama. We have the pictures 43:40 of the wellness center. And down there is one of the 43:43 poorest counties in the United States as far as 43:46 healthcare goes. And the closest hospital 43:50 is almost an hour away. 43:51 And we are trying to bring these people care 43:55 'cause I know that's what God would want us to do. 43:57 So we are asking for those who can help us 44:00 to... in this ministry 44:04 to help - our address is also going to be on the screen - 44:07 to help donate to help these people. 44:09 I'll tell you a story that's coming from the wellness center, 44:12 the area where the wellness center is being built. 44:15 And there's this woman... her name is Miss Quinney. 44:18 And she was telling us this story of how the ambulance 44:22 did not come until her mom was dead for 45 minutes. 44:27 And to hear stories like that still happening today... 44:31 Because I know when we go overseas we see these kinds 44:33 of things happening, but to see that that's still happening 44:36 here in the United States. You know, it really brings... 44:40 it really does something to us and really just encourages us 44:44 to continue to press forward because these people are 44:46 really suffering. And so people who are out there 44:50 God may be calling you... even you, yes you... 44:53 to give to help support us. 44:56 And so I pray that if the Lord is speaking upon your heart 44:58 you can write the check. You can mail it in to us 45:01 at Oakwood University. You just saw the address. 45:04 You can mail it in and the Lord will bless your efforts. 45:07 Because the Lord loves you and He wants the best for you. 45:11 Thank you so much. 45:12 Amen. Did you know that there's a YouTube video of me 45:16 on the NAPS web page? Have you seen it? 45:19 I'm shooting baskets on there... I'm shooting basketball. 45:22 Oakwood University NAPS Group gave me a plaque. 45:25 It's in my office. It says: "Because of your unusual 45:29 physical and athletic abilities 45:31 we name you an honorary negro. " 45:33 So with my hand up I'm telling the truth. 45:36 Dr. Paul. Thank you guys. We love you 45:39 and appreciate what you do for the cause of God. 45:41 You're a great example for the world 45:44 of Christians and these young people here love you 45:47 'cause they already... I've talked to them. 45:48 Thank you so much. Now we're going to be singing. 45:51 Are you all singing with them too? 45:52 Are you with the choir? Oh, OK. All right. 45:55 Thank you and God bless you all. 45:57 Now Claire we have from Oklahoma Academy now. 46:00 She's... Thank you for being here. 46:01 You've put together a choir very quickly, right? 46:04 Young people from all over. 46:06 So what are you going to be singing today? 46:07 What are they singing? They are going to sing a medley: 46:10 Make Me A Servant and If Any Man Walk After Me. 46:14 All right. Let's be blessed. 46:34 Make me a servant, 46:38 humble and meek. 46:41 Lord, let me lift up 46:44 those who are weak. 46:48 And may the pray'r of 46:51 my heart always be: 46:55 make me a servant, 46:58 make me a servant, 47:02 make me a servant today. 47:08 If any man come after Me, 47:13 let him deny himself, 47:17 pick up his cross and follow Me 47:21 into life eternally. 47:26 Deny yourself, pick up your cross, and follow Jesus... 47:30 He is the way, truth, and life. 47:34 Hallelujah! Praise the Lord. 47:38 Worship Him in one accord. 47:42 Hallelujah! He is King. 47:46 Master, Lord of everything. 47:50 He's the Christ, the Lord of all... 47:52 of the great and small. 47:55 He is the way, truth, and life. 47:59 If any man come after Me - Hallelujah! Praise the Lord - 48:02 let him deny himself - worship Him in one accord - 48:07 pick up his cross and follow Me - Hallelujah! He is King - 48:11 into life eternally - Master, Lord of everything - 48:15 He's the Christ, the Lord of all... of the great and small. 48:19 He is the way, truth, and life. 48:25 Amen! 48:32 Thank you, thank you... we love it. 48:35 Nothing like these young children, huh? 48:38 All right. They say "leaders of tomorrow. " 48:41 And if so, we're in good hands I think. 48:44 Amen. Thank you for what you're doing. That was great! 48:47 This is kind of a spur-of-the-moment. 48:49 All right. All lined up just right. 48:53 Our children's programs here are just outstanding 48:56 at Camp Meeting - yeah - so don't ever stay home 48:59 because you think the children won't be enter... really 49:03 involved here. Well Mary Ann, your daughter, 49:06 has been doing this way before you even came 49:09 to be with 3ABN - that's right - for I don't know how many years. 49:11 Ten years? Long time. Yes. Longer maybe Mary Ann's been 49:14 working and Kirk with the young people here. 49:17 We praise the Lord for them. Amen. We sure do. 49:20 We've got a special guest out here: Brother Jack. 49:22 Come out here. This is Jack Holt. 49:25 And a long-time friend of 3ABN. 49:27 Come on out. And you have a guest with us. 49:31 Let's see if we can get your name. What's your name? 49:33 Phyllis. Phyllis Knox? Um-hmm. OK, hi Phyllis. 49:37 Well I've got to tell you a little story about Jack. 49:40 Jack's a farmer. Lives up by Salem, Illinois... 49:44 up that way. And so for some of you that know 49:47 Mt. Vernon, Salem, as you're going up 57. 49:50 That's close enough I guess, Jack, for where you are. 49:53 He's a farmer. And years ago we went on satellite. 49:55 Our first satellite we went up on, but only people with 49:59 great big satellite dishes could get 3ABN. 50:02 This must be 20, nearly 25 years ago now, 50:05 something like that. Jack came down and he said: 50:08 "Well we need to be on stations... TV stations... 50:11 That's good that people are going up 50:13 but you need to have it where everybody can watch it. " 50:16 And I said: "Well Jack, we want to do it. 50:18 We're new into the business. We're not sure quite 50:20 how to do it but we'd love to be able to build stations. " 50:23 We didn't have one downlink television station 50:27 owned by Adventists on planet earth at that time - 50:30 that's right - showing Adventist programming. 50:31 So Jack said: "Well I would help with it. 50:34 Why don't you find out how much it'd cost? " 50:36 Well I was shocked. When I had Clarence Larson, 50:38 the engineer, figure it up. He came back and he said: 50:41 "We could build a station if we could get a construction permit, 50:45 didn't have to buy one, but it'd cost us $80,000. " 50:49 Now that's a lot of money, folks. Yes it is. 50:51 That's a lot of money 'cause we were just new at this, 50:54 going into it. And so I said: "Jack, " 50:56 I said, "the bad news is it was cost $80,000 plus 51:02 you have to apply for the FCC. They're not having any openings 51:06 for applications. " He said: "I know a man 51:08 in my area. He's got a station. 51:12 I think he'd just give it to us. " 51:14 I think he's Baptist, isn't he? 51:15 He's an amateur radio operator and the man that ran the local 51:21 radio station, he was an amateur radio operator too. 51:25 And that first thing that the FCC had 51:31 to auction off those things 51:34 why he won the lottery for the TV station. 51:39 But he found out that it was going to cost too much 51:42 because at that time you had to have your own 51:45 production all the way around. 51:48 And so he said: "Well... " I asked him if he'd give 51:53 it to us and he said: "Yeah, he'd give it to 3ABN. " 51:57 Give it to us! He didn't sell it... he GAVE it. 51:59 Yeah, just about. But he charged 52:03 all the charges that he had to go through 52:08 to clear the station. 52:12 That's fair enough and that's absolutely incredible. 52:14 So we got the license... got it over. 52:17 Jack Holt and his family gave the $80,000 52:20 to build our first 3ABN downlink in the world. 52:24 So we want to say "thank you" to that. 52:27 Now Phyllis, quickly, what is your story here? 52:32 Jack, what's the story on Phyllis? 52:33 Phyllis? Well, about six or seven years ago 52:38 why she got converted by listening to 3ABN there. OK! 52:42 It's more like 15 years ago. Fifteen years ago. 52:45 Well time flies when we're having fun. 52:48 OK. So about 15 years ago you were watching in the area? 52:52 Yeah. I didn't get it clear but I got it! 52:54 And I lived where we had a Seventh-day church but 52:57 it never did ring what the message was saying 53:00 till I heard it on his program. And I thought: 53:02 "Well I've got to find it. " 53:03 I went to Salem looking for it. 53:05 Praise the Lord. I lived right there in Centralia 53:07 and walked by it going to school. 53:10 All right. Well praise the Lord. 53:11 We want to thank you so much. And Jim, you all wanted to... 53:14 3ABN wanted to do something special for Jack. Yes we do. 53:17 We've got a plaque here, Brother Jack, 53:19 and I want to read it to you. It says: 53:20 "In appreciation of your generous gift 53:24 for the construction of 3ABN's first television station 53:29 located in Salem, Illinois, 53:32 which began broadcasting in 1989. 53:36 Your 3ABN Family. " All right. Can we show that 53:39 to the? Yeah, kind of turn that around 53:42 to the? Yeah, there you go, Jim. 53:44 All right. Thank you. 53:47 Are the boys here? How many? Are the boys here? 53:50 Stand up if Jack... Let's see, yeah. 53:54 OK, all right. We're glad that you all are here too. 53:59 All right, well thank you so much. 54:00 Appreciate it and God bless. 54:03 God bless you. In closing we're going to have 54:05 Jimmy Rhodes and Jill. Or maybe you guys will play. 54:07 We only have just a few more minutes for this hour. 54:10 Then we're going to come back. We've got some great program 54:13 planned for the next hour. You don't want to miss it. 54:15 We're going to have some good preaching. 54:17 And so I love Camp Meeting - right - and people like this 54:19 just really makes it. Doesn't it, Jimmy? 54:21 Yes. To see the dedication of folks like Jack. 54:24 Amen. All right. |
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