Participants: Danny Shelton (Host)
Series Code: 13HC
Program Code: 13HC000012
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00:45 Hey, welcome back to 3ABN Fall Camp Meeting.
00:48 We've been having a good time, haven't we? 00:50 Amen! 00:51 Brenda Walsh, though, she always makes you cry. 00:53 She always makes me cry with those stories... 00:55 but they're incredible stories of what God is doing. 00:58 Thank you for your love and prayers and financial support 01:01 of 3ABN. And we have more programming. 01:04 I never dreamed when we started this that we would have 01:07 the privilege of being able to come to one place like this 01:11 at 3ABN. Do meeting after meeting after meeting. 01:13 Kind of a little bit like a preview of heaven. 01:16 Right? We all get together as a family 01:18 and get to sit around the throne of God. 01:20 Now we get to hear about great testimonies of things 01:23 that are happening. Speaking of that, I'd like to introduce 01:26 Bro. Jay Christian who is the manager of 3ABN Radio. 01:30 Jay has some incredible stories, so I'm not going to take 01:33 any more of his time. And we appreciate Jay so much 01:36 for what he's been doing for so many years. 01:38 Dedicated his life, his talents, to the Lord Jesus Christ 01:43 and what a tremendous job he does at 3ABN Radio. 01:46 Jay. Amen. Thank you, Danny. 01:48 I want to mention something that Danny mentioned a little 01:52 bit earlier. He was talking about the atmosphere 01:56 at the board meeting. Well, when they have the board meeting 01:58 they always ask the different department heads to come 02:02 and make a little presentation on what their particular 02:05 part of the ministry has been doing since they met last. 02:09 And I went in this year, and I could feel... 02:12 I mean, in a way it kind of surprised me to hear Danny 02:15 mention that there was just a whole different feeling 02:18 in the board meeting today. 02:20 Because when I walked in there I could feel it. 02:22 There was just something there. There's an excitement 02:24 and it's wonderful to be part of that excitement. 02:28 At 3ABN Radio we're doing some really exciting things. 02:32 And I'm trying to use one of my little tablets here 02:35 for the first time, and I see that it is now fighting me. 02:40 So here we go... maybe. 02:43 I used to come out here with my notes 02:46 and I would have trouble turning the page. 02:49 And guess what? I'm still having trouble. 02:52 There we go. OK. But there are so many things 02:56 that are happening at 3ABN Radio and we are extremely pleased. 03:00 You know, over time it seems to me 03:05 that the phone calls that we're getting, 03:10 the people responding to our message, 03:13 just getting to be more and more. 03:15 And from the beginning we've been hearing people 03:20 telling us about their low power or their full power radio 03:23 station. People would come into their church 03:25 and they would say: "We've been listening to your 03:27 radio station for the last number of time... last 6 months, 03:30 last 6 weeks... however long it's been... 03:33 and we wanted to come. We really like what we hear. 03:35 We want to come to your church. " 03:37 And they become baptized. 03:39 And you know, right here in our own church in Thompsonville, 03:42 Illinois, that very thing has been happening. 03:45 There have been a number of people that have come 03:48 because they've heard 3ABN Radio 03:51 and they are curious and they want to learn more 03:55 and they're baptized. And now they're members of 03:58 the Thompsonville Seventh-day Adventist Church. 04:00 And so praise God for that. 04:02 And so we can also imagine what it's like at the other 04:05 affiliates as they're out there and they experience somebody 04:08 show up for the first time. "I heard you on radio. 04:11 I want to learn about your church and your beliefs. " 04:14 Now that is something that is just very wonderful 04:16 to experience, and we can tell you from first hand. 04:18 I do want to remind you that there is a LPFM 04:22 filing window, but if you want to respond to it 04:27 you have to be fast because we are less than 5 weeks 04:31 about four weeks out until the end of the filing period. 04:36 And so you need to be quick. If you want to know what to do, 04:39 if the Lord has been moving on your heart 04:42 to get a LPFM station locally for your community, 04:47 I recommend that you act now. 04:50 Don't wait; don't discuss it any more. 04:52 Hopefully your discussion and your prayer have all been 04:55 done up until now, because now is the time to act. 04:59 It's a very short time until that happens. 05:02 We've given out about 85 information packets 05:07 to people, but then Nikki Anderson tells me that 05:10 she had to stop doing that and start sending them by e-mail 05:13 just because time was getting so short. 05:15 So give us a call at - I'll give the number - 05:18 618-627-4651. Nikki's extension is 3500 05:23 and I'm going to probably hear about this. 05:26 But give her a call... preferably on Monday morning 05:30 because she's really the Mama Bear of 3ABN Radio 05:34 and she loves... she lives and breathes... 05:38 what she's doing for the Lord at 3ABN Radio. 05:40 And she loves to hear from each one of you. 05:42 And so if you are thinking about by any chance 05:45 of applying for a LPFM radio station, give her a call. 05:50 But do it quickly. 05:51 By the way, we've picked up a couple of new affiliates. 05:54 We're over the 235 mark. I haven't counted them 05:57 for a while so I can't tell you exactly what it is. 06:00 But we've picked up 2 more now. In Homosassa and Inverness, FL 06:06 and right now they're carrying us about half time. 06:09 And they purchased the station from somebody else 06:13 and they had an agreement they had to fulfill. 06:15 And so after that agreement is fulfilled then we will be on 06:19 there full time and maybe they'll do some local 06:21 broadcasting themselves as well. 06:24 I want to talk about an affiliate of ours 06:28 that is just very active. 06:31 We are so pleased to have somebody that is out in the 06:36 community doing so much with their radio station. 06:40 I say radio station, and as you hear the story 06:43 I think you'll hear the tense of that change. 06:47 He started... the man's name that got all this started is 06:51 David Bolduc. He lived in Illinois 06:55 and got started with a micro- transmitter... which might have 06:58 covered maybe a couple of neighbors from his garage... 07:02 maybe on a good day if he was lucky. 07:05 He called me one day and said: "I feel like the Lord is leading 07:09 me to move to Cadillac, Michigan. 07:12 And I said: "Well good luck. " 07:14 I said: "You can always run a microtransmitter up there. " 07:16 And he said: "Well, yeah, maybe the Lord has a radio station 07:20 for us too... a full power radio station. " 07:22 And I said: "May be... " and I encouraged him to pray. 07:24 Sure enough, the Lord gave him a full power radio station. 07:28 Now I'm using the phrase "the Lord gave. " 07:32 But it's not like David was just standing around 07:35 "I wonder what's happening; I wonder what I could be doing" 07:39 and the Lord saying: "I'm going to give you a radio station. " 07:42 That isn't what happened. 07:44 What David did was he got started. 07:46 He put things in motion. 07:50 He prayed; he talked to people in churches 07:53 and things fell into place. 07:55 So when I say "God gave him a radio station" 07:57 I want you to understand what took place before 08:01 God gave him the radio station. 08:02 So they got the radio station in Cadillac, Michigan 08:04 and became a 3ABN affiliate 08:07 and started developing some of their own programming as well. 08:11 And then God gave him a station in Newberry, Michigan. 08:16 Remember all the stuff that happened before God gave him? 08:18 Well the same thing happened here. 08:20 After that, another one in Harrison, Michigan. 08:24 Now they're in the process 08:26 of getting I think the fifth radio station... 08:32 They're getting one other station that's going to be 08:35 going on the air soon. And then in Mio, Michigan 08:39 hopefully they're going to pick up another radio station. 08:42 That's five full power radio stations 08:46 that this man and his group are doing. 08:49 Their local programs are very popular. People in town 08:53 are talking about them. People are coming to the 08:56 churches in the area, and that's what it's about: 08:59 people coming to the churches. 09:00 Introducing people to Christ. 09:03 One of the things that they do 09:06 when they first initially got started was 09:09 they started contacting all of the different churches 09:12 in the area. Not the Seventh-day Adventist churches 09:14 only but the other churches as well. 09:17 They started running information about the other churches. 09:20 You know, maybe some church news... 09:23 something along that line. 09:24 And so the people from those other churches started listening 09:28 as well. They enjoyed the programming 09:30 and telling their friends. 09:31 They got involved in the local community. 09:34 Now with permission I'm going to tell you a story 09:37 that I just learned today about something that just happened 09:39 recently in Michigan. 09:42 A woman was driving down the interstate going home 09:46 from somewhere... work or somewhere. 09:48 She was listening to another Christian radio station 09:52 which is quite a ways away from the station 09:58 in I think it was Cadillac but I'm not sure which one it was. 10:02 There are so many to choose from, praise God. 10:04 But she was listening to one of the stations 10:06 and it wasn't ours and it's quite a ways away 10:10 from the Volduq station and all of a sudden 10:14 her station was on the 3ABN station. 10:19 And she looked at her radio and said: "How did that happen? " 10:21 She dialed it back 10:24 and no sooner got there than boom, it's right back 10:28 on the 3ABN station. 10:31 And her comment was that she got really irritated 10:34 with that because she wanted to listen to this other station. 10:36 She didn't know what was going on so she changed it again. 10:40 Guess how long it stayed on the other station? 10:44 Not very long. It was right back on the 3ABN station. 10:49 And so the lady said: "Well maybe there's a message 10:51 here that God wants me to hear. " 10:53 And so she started listening. 10:55 Guess which station she listens to now? 3ABN! 10:58 That's it... and she has gone to the church. 11:02 Guess what else she is doing? 11:03 Bible studies. That's it. Praise God! 11:07 And so that's what 3ABN is about. 11:10 That's what we've been about for so long: 11:12 getting people acquainted with God, 11:15 getting people acquainted with the truth of the Bible. 11:20 And praise God for that. And we are so pleased to be 11:23 a part of that. Now, we are adding new programs. 11:27 We are totally blessed on 3ABN Radio because 11:30 from day one - and I praise God for this - 11:34 I was able to be here at the very beginning of 3ABN Radio 11:39 and from the beginning we've been able to put a blend 11:42 of the best TV programs on radio; 11:45 we've been able to create our own programs that we record 11:49 in our studios; and we get the best of the 11:52 programs that come from other Adventist ministries as well. 11:56 And we're just thrilled to be able to do that. 11:58 And so we have our own unique mixture 12:00 of the programming that we do. 12:03 But if you were listening to us 12:06 almost 14 years ago now when we went on the air 12:09 we have many programs today that are not the same programs 12:13 as we had back then because we continue to grow 12:15 and add. We are continuing to do that. 12:18 We just put a new program on called Mind Cure. 12:21 Dr. Magna Parks is the host of that program. 12:27 And I am telling you it is an excellent program. 12:31 And starting with the first run, it's just started here within 12:35 the last month, and starting with the first run 12:38 we are getting lots and lots of requests for people wanting 12:41 copies of the program. And it hasn't even gone through 12:43 its first full cycle yet. 12:46 That is very unusual and that is one of the quickest responses. 12:48 It's hitting a nerve. And again, it's just wonderful 12:51 when things like this happen because we are doing so much 12:54 good for people out there and introducing them to Christ 12:57 and helping them with the problems that they have. 13:01 There is an affiliate that we have in West Virginia 13:06 and a man who is the president of the board 13:10 owns a business in town. 13:13 And he was in his business one day 13:16 and a man came in... a local doctor. 13:19 And he said: "I have a non-profit corporation. 13:22 Do you want it? " 13:24 And he said: "What? " 13:26 He said: "I have a non-profit corporation. 13:28 Do you want it? I'll give it to you. 13:29 You don't have to buy it. You don't have to do anything. 13:31 I'll give it to you. " And he said: "We've already 13:33 got one. What would we do with that? " 13:36 So he started praying about it; started thinking about it. 13:42 And he thought: "You know, there's a LPFM filing 13:45 window coming up. Maybe we could apply for another 13:48 radio station. " So he looked and there is a frequency there 13:52 but someone locally in 2000 that got a construction permit 13:56 for a radio station but they decided not to build it. 14:00 And so the frequency is available. 14:03 Guess what they're going to do? 14:05 They're going to develop another board. 14:08 The same people can't own the same one, 14:10 but they're going to develop another board - 14:13 an independent board. 14:16 They're going to apply for that frequency. 14:18 And they are going to by the time the two of them 14:22 are up and running, they will cover a much wider area 14:26 with their signals almost back to back. 14:29 Now, who do you think was behind that? 14:34 Do you think it was an accident that the doctor walked in 14:37 and said: "Let's see, I think I'm going to go into this 14:39 business over here. I don't know who it is. 14:41 I don't know what it is, but I'm going to go in 14:43 and I'm going to see if they want my non-profit? " 14:45 Do you think that's what happened? 14:47 No. However God did it God impressed this man: 14:52 "You don't want your non-profit any more. 14:55 I've got good use for it, and here's where I want you to go. " 14:58 And these people are going to apply for the LPFM station, 15:04 they're taking the non-profit, and they are going to put it 15:08 to good use in reaching their community with the message 15:12 of Jesus Christ through 3ABN Radio. 15:15 And I've got to tell you: I appreciate it. 15:17 As you heard me say a few minutes ago, I've been here now 15:20 for 14 years. I am just as on fire today for 3ABN - 15:25 as a matter of fact, I am more so - than I was 14 years ago 15:28 when I came here. 15:30 You cannot hear these success stories, 15:32 you cannot hear these testimonies, 15:35 you cannot hear what a difference that what 15:38 we are doing is making in someone's life... 15:40 you cannot hear those things and be untouched. 15:45 And so thank you for all of your prayers and support 15:50 for 3ABN and 3ABN Radio. God bless you. 15:53 Amen. Thank you, Jay. 15:55 Good report, eh? 15:59 All right. Now it's my privilege to introduce 16:02 a friend of all of ours. If you don't know him, 16:04 you need to get to know him pretty quickly: 16:06 Bro. Darrell Marshall. 16:07 Any of you know Darrell? You ever heard him sing? 16:10 Come on out, Darrell. He looks like Doc on Gunsmoke 16:12 right now. See that little tie he's got on? 16:15 And he's a little shy about wearing a tie 16:20 because 2, 3, 4 years ago 16:23 does anybody remember what happened when he wore a tie? 16:25 What face did it have on it? 16:27 Fred Flintstone. And I said: "You can't wear that. " 16:29 Behind stage we were coming out and I looked at that 16:32 and I said: "Darrell, you can't wear Fred Flintstone 16:35 on 3ABN. " He said: "Well, it's the only one I've got. " 16:37 I said: "Well here, I'll fix it. " So I took scissors 16:40 and I cut it off so it was only about this long. 16:43 What did you have against Fred Flintstone? 16:45 Nothin' - I just thought he shouldn't... he's got his own 16:47 time. He doesn't need to be on 3ABN. 16:50 So... I've still got that tie. Should I sew it back together 16:54 and wear it again? He said earlier... He said: 16:57 "I guess I could tape it. " I said: "That'd be easier 16:59 because if you wear it I can just pull it loose 17:00 next time. Won't have to re-cut it. " 17:03 We love you and appreciate you and Brenda 17:04 and what ya'll do together. Darrell's one of my favorite 17:07 singers of all time. I love hearing this guy sing. 17:10 And he's a lot of fun. He loves the Lord 17:13 and it's always great to have you guys here. 17:15 What are you singing today? 17:16 Jesus Will Be My Happiness. Oh, I like that one! 17:26 I don't need no mansion 17:29 high upon a hill 17:32 to know that I've got the very best. 17:37 I've got sweet peace of mind 17:39 that when I leave this world behind 17:42 Jesus is my happiness. 17:48 I don't need no fancy clothes 17:50 or a diamond ring 17:53 to know that I've got the very best. 17:58 I've got sweet peace of mind 18:01 and when I leave this world behind 18:04 Jesus will be my happiness. 18:08 For the joy of the Lord is my strength. 18:14 I'd rather have His love than anything. 18:19 The good things of this world will come and go 18:24 but true happiness is a lasting thing. 18:31 Is Jesus your happiness this afternoon? 18:33 Amen; amen. Wonderful! 18:41 I don't need no streets of gold or gates made of pearl. 18:46 I know Jesus will be heaven's best. 18:51 If I go or if I stay 18:54 I'm a winner either way. 18:57 Jesus is my happiness. 19:02 I don't need no mansion 19:04 high upon a hill 19:08 to know that my life has been blessed. 19:13 I've got sweet peace of mind 19:15 that when I leave this world behind 19:18 Jesus will be my happiness. 19:23 For the joy of the Lord is my strength, 19:29 I'd rather have His love than anything. 19:34 The good things of this world will come and go 19:39 but true happiness is a lasting thing. 19:45 I don't need no mansion 19:47 high upon a hill 19:50 to know that my life has been blessed. 19:56 I've got sweet peace of mind 19:58 and when I leave this world behind 20:01 Jesus will be my happiness. 20:06 Jesus will be my happiness. 20:10 Oh yes He will... Jesus 20:12 will be my happiness. 20:20 Amen. Amen. 20:24 Amen and amen. 20:27 When I was pastoring the Ephesus Church in New York 20:30 it was a church that for some reason attracted a lot of 20:34 celebrities. There were a number of people from the 20:37 industry who came on Sabbath. Some were friends of Adventists. 20:41 Others ex-Adventists. But there was this group of 20:46 young people - we were all much younger then - 20:50 who came to church and in that group was Yvonne Lewis. 20:54 She was yet to be Dr. Yvonne Lewis. 20:56 She was just Yvonne Lewis, singer. 20:59 And they would come 21:03 and they would sit and open their Bibles 21:07 and take notes. And each week this group of young people 21:12 who were some on Broadway, some in movies, 21:15 some were jingle singers. And the group grew and grew 21:18 and they would come to church each Sabbath. 21:21 Well, we began to baptize some of those individuals. 21:23 And I was very impressed because these then young people 21:29 decided once they got baptized that if they were doing 21:32 jingles there were certain things they would no longer 21:34 sing for. They weren't going to sing for cigarettes; 21:37 they weren't going to sing for alcohol; 21:38 they weren't going to sing for tobacco. 21:40 And so all of these young people took quite a strong hit 21:44 in their salaries. They paid for their faith right away. 21:49 And at the head of that group was Yvonne Lewis. 21:51 I talked with her, I talked with Darrell, Ullanda, 21:54 so many of these young people who were singing in the world 21:57 but decided to turn their back on the world 21:59 when they accepted Jesus. 22:00 And so I was very impressed with that. 22:04 At the head of that group as I said was Yvonne Lewis. 22:06 We had a Bible study on Friday nights, and I would get there 22:09 about 6 or 7 o'clock and sometimes that Bible study 22:11 would go to 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning. 22:13 These young people were hungry for the Word of God. 22:16 And then go home, shower a little bit, 22:21 and then be back in church at 6 AM for Sabbath School 22:24 teachers' meeting. So Sabbath School was very very long 22:26 in the Ephesus Church. But these young people spread out 22:30 and when they came to the Lord they went and got other 22:32 young people. And that was back in the mid 80's. 22:35 And Yvonne and I kept in touch all these years. 22:38 I just had the feeling that if I could get her to 3ABN 22:42 that God had something for her to do. 22:44 I did not know that she had sung for Jim Gilley 22:47 as he was pastoring in Texas. 22:49 But Danny did not know her, 22:51 and I just thought: "If I could kind of get her in front of 22:55 Danny that somehow there'd be some click. " 22:57 And I just felt God wanted her here. 22:59 And so I arranged for her to sing at a live broadcast 23:02 we had in Pennsylvania and I asked Danny at the end... 23:05 Said: "Danny, what'd you think? " 23:06 And he was like: "Hyh... she's OK. " 23:11 That didn't work. So later on we brought her out here. 23:15 And I was away when she came and sang. 23:18 And that morning Danny called me on the phone 23:20 and Danny said: "You know, this girl can really sing! 23:23 She's pretty good. " I said: "I was trying to tell you that 23:25 two years ago when you said 'Hyh, she's not so good. ' " 23:30 But then we felt that God just wanted her here, 23:33 and it appeared in the minds of several individuals 23:37 that if we could get her connected with this new urban 23:40 network that she would do a very good job 23:42 because of the connections she had and the energy that 23:44 she brought. And sure enough, when the board voted her to do 23:47 that, Dare to Dream became a reality 23:51 and she has done a very fabulous job... almost a one man 23:56 show... putting a full network together 23:59 under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. 24:02 So we're going to ask Yvonne to come out now and talk 24:04 a little bit about the Dare to Dream network. 24:06 It is no longer the baby it once was... it's growing now. 24:09 The baby is beginning to walk and doing a very very good job. 24:12 I tease her because we've known each other about 30 years now. 24:15 I say: "I've been dragging you around for 30 years. " 24:17 You're on your own now and God is blessing you. 24:20 Thank you, Yvonne. I can't believe you didn't say 24:22 I was late every Sabbath like you always do. 24:24 I should say that: "She was late every Sabbath. " 24:28 Well, praise the Lord everybody. How many of you have watched 24:31 Dare to Dream? How many of you have seen it at all? 24:34 Oh, praise the Lord. That's good. 24:36 One of the things that I've found with Dare to Dream is that 24:38 it seems to transcend race and culture. 24:42 You know, I get a lot of people that call me 24:44 that are of different cultures and they say: "We love 24:47 Dare to Dream. " So I'm really thankful for that 24:49 because we are really in reaching out primarily 24:53 to minorities we are still being able 24:56 to reach others. And that is such a blessing that 25:00 people are saying they are being blessed by the programming. 25:03 I've had the opportunity this past year to have had... 25:07 We have at this point 19 programs that are inherently 25:13 Dare to Dream programs. They've either been 25:16 produced in-house or produced externally 25:19 and we have more coming. 25:22 We are also reaching out to various facilities. 25:25 We are now being shown in the Illinois Juvenile Correctional 25:30 Facility in Harrisburg. We are working on 25:34 the St. Louis psychiatric facility for the criminally 25:40 insane which - you know - everybody needs this. 25:43 We have to have this. This can change lives. 25:46 Dare to Dream can change lives. 25:49 One of the things, too, that I'm excited about 25:52 are the fillers that go in between the programs. 25:56 We don't just have just like regular fillers. 25:58 We have Mindful Minute 26:00 which includes academic strategies. 26:03 How do you take notes? What do you do? 26:05 How do you? What's important in the classroom? 26:08 We're trying to teach our children 26:11 that they can be achievers; that they can move forward; 26:15 that they can dare to dream. 26:17 And so all of the programming, all of the fillers that we have 26:22 are really geared toward that. 26:24 We have also the Ten Commandment fillers that are coming up 26:27 where Pastor Ezra Mendinghall is going to be exploring 26:32 each commandment and giving a little application 26:35 of each one. That's exciting. 26:37 We have youth spots. We have Did You Know? 26:39 We have all kinds of things in an effort to reach people 26:44 at a very grassroots level at a very practical place 26:48 to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ and tools for living 26:53 to every viewer. And so we ask for you to really 26:57 pray for us. We just got a really great great praise report 27:02 from Bro. Moses Primo 27:04 who went to visit with a cable company. 27:09 And that's... One of my dreams, one of my prayers 27:13 is that I will be able to turn on any TV 27:19 anywhere and see Dare to Dream. 27:22 Because we want to be able to reach people in their homes. 27:25 We want people to just turn on the television 27:28 and see Dare to Dream. 27:29 We have a video that we've prepared for you 27:32 that kind of gives an overview of the network. 27:36 Please take a look at it. 27:43 Dare to Dream is 3ABN's urban network. 27:48 Minorities, inner city residents, people caught up in 27:51 inner city life that don't seem to know about their resources: 27:55 that's our primary audience. 27:57 That's who we target our efforts toward. 28:07 Hello and welcome to Urban Report. 28:10 My guest is Cy Richardson, Senior Vice President of 28:13 Programs for the National Urban League. 28:16 Thanks very much for having me. Absolutely. 28:18 This is such a blessing. Why Dare to Dream? 28:21 Dare to Dream really came as a response 28:25 to the needs of inner city residents. 28:28 Many of our folk, myself included, 28:30 have been what's called trying to get to the yes. 28:33 Trying to find someone who will give us a mortgage. 28:35 Trying to find someone who will give us a loan. 28:37 Trying to find someone... Dare to Dream is making 28:39 a difference in that we are actually showing people 28:42 a better way. We're giving them the gospel of Jesus Christ 28:47 but we're also giving them tools for living. 28:49 Welcome to The New Journey: a program about 28:52 real-life people with real-life testimonies 28:54 doing real-life ministry for Jesus Christ. 28:57 How would you feel to be falsely accused of a crime? 28:59 Well, our guest today had just such an experience. 29:03 When I say a better way 29:05 I want you to know that Jesus IS the way. 29:09 He is that better way. 29:10 And so what we do is we just take His teachings 29:13 and re-package them in a way that fits our demographic. 29:18 You would think that Christ should have come on a white 29:21 horse as an old man to deal with the devil. 29:23 But He came as a babe to show God's power 29:26 to handle anything that the devil can throw at any of us 29:29 at any stage of life. Dare to Dream offers 29:31 an array of programming. Anything from financial literacy 29:35 to relationships to, of course, spiritual growth, 29:38 to health... all different types of programs are on 29:42 Dare to Dream to equip the viewer. 29:45 I would really love to say that I made a plan to quit smoking 29:48 but the truth is it was so addictive that I didn't even 29:51 truly want to stop. 29:53 Make it understandable, enjoyable, 29:55 so it's entertaining and informative. 29:57 I know this looks a little silly. Wait a second! 30:00 He's over here bee-bopping. 30:02 You hear the music? Yes, yes, yes... this is my favorite song. 30:05 Good. Amazing Grace. 30:09 I'll take Your hand... 30:13 please don't, 30:18 don't let go. 30:20 3ABN is a nearly 30-year-old viable organization. 30:27 Dare to Dream is kind of the new baby for Three Angels 30:31 Broadcasting Network founded by Danny Shelton. 30:34 So all of the resources that are here are at Dare to Dreams' 30:37 disposal. We're just one of several networks. 30:41 It's on Roku; it's on your iPad, your iPhone, 30:45 your Smart Phone. It's on the Internet; it's on satellite. 30:49 For your local cable company it doesn't cost them a thing. 30:52 Let your cable companies know that you want Dare to Dream. 30:59 That's our latest promo. 31:01 Praise the Lord; praise the Lord. 31:05 Thank you very much. 31:08 Not too long ago I was talking to a young man 31:11 who is a gang member. 31:14 And he has no interest in spiritual things... 31:19 absolutely no interest. 31:21 And I was talking to him and he said to me, 31:23 and I wrote about this in the 3ABN World magazine article. 31:28 He said to me: "Everybody knows me. 31:33 Like everywhere I go... " with a little swagger... 31:36 "Everybody knows me. I go in 31:39 they know who I am. They know about me. " 31:42 'Cause basically he was saying "I'm just bad like that. 31:47 That's just how I roll. " And I was listening to him 31:50 and I'm thinking to myself: "This child has no idea 31:55 of where he's headed. He has no idea of the life 31:59 that he is setting himself up for. " 32:02 He's robbing people; he's beating people up. 32:05 He has no sense really of right and wrong. 32:10 It seems as though he just doesn't get it. 32:13 This is who Dare to Dream is also for. 32:18 We want young men like this who are so lost 32:22 that they can't seem to understand what is available 32:28 to them through Jesus Christ. 32:30 We want to show them. We want to show them on television 32:33 because they might not step into a church. 32:35 So we want to meet them where they are. 32:39 Let them flip the channel and see programs like 32:42 The New Journey. Programs where people have been 32:45 ex-offenders and they found out who Jesus is 32:49 and He turned their lives around. 32:51 They've given their hearts to Him and they have a new life 32:55 in Him. That's what we want to give to these young people: 32:58 a new life in Jesus Christ. 33:00 And it CAN be done and it IS being done. 33:03 And I'm so excited about what Dare to Dream is doing 33:06 because we have the opportunity to make a difference 33:10 in the lives of everyone that watches. 33:14 EVERYONE that watches. We have programs on 33:17 money management because we know that so many folks 33:21 are struggling out there. 33:23 We have a program that we're getting ready to produce 33:26 on employment and how to get basically employed. How to 33:32 do a resume. Because the unemployed rate is over 14% 33:37 in the African-American community. 33:39 So we want to let people know. What do you do at an interview? 33:42 Do you wear your pants hanging down here? 33:45 Or do you wear something that's presentable? 33:49 We want to teach people how to interact and how to be 33:54 successful. Successful... spiritually, 33:59 socially, financially successful. 34:03 And we can do that through the power of the Holy Spirit 34:08 and through Jesus Christ. 34:10 We are asking you to really support us. 34:15 Not just by saying you watch because we appreciate that 34:20 but also by contacting your cable companies. 34:23 Moses, again, came back with a wonderful report 34:27 from one of the cable companies saying they saw what we are 34:30 doing. They're very interested. 34:32 I'm excited about that brothers and sisters 34:35 because with that we can go into all of these homes. 34:39 So I ask you to please, please contact your local 34:43 cable company and say: "Please, put Dare to Dream on. " 34:46 "Put 3ABN on. " 34:49 Because we are now trying to step up our effort 34:54 because we know that Jesus Christ is coming 34:57 and we have to reach everybody with the gospel of the good news 35:01 of Jesus Christ. So, let your cable companies know: 35:05 "Please, put on Dare to Dream. " 35:08 Also we are looking to... We hope to have a remote truck 35:13 for Dare to Dream where we can go to some of these inner city 35:16 churches and put on evangelistic campaigns 35:19 and have them televised throughout the country. 35:24 And so we ask you to support us in that effort as well. 35:28 Anything that you can give towards that would be 35:30 a blessing. Dare to Dream really needs your help 35:33 because many of the people that really would benefit most 35:36 from Dare to Dream can't really afford to support it 35:39 as much as some of us who are working and can. 35:43 So we ask you to please, please support Dare to Dream 35:48 through your financial gifts 35:50 and through your prayers and through your letter writing. 35:55 Thank you so much for all that you have done so far. 36:00 Just by supporting us and let- ting us know that you're there 36:04 we really appreciate it. Thank you; may God bless you. 36:11 Thank you, Yvonne. Very good. 36:13 Dare to Dream has been such a blessing, and Yvonne 36:17 and her dedication. We were talking about it with Jim and 36:20 C.A. back there. Your dedication is really amazing. 36:24 That this woman... And Jim says usually she's the last one 36:27 to leave the building. Not always the first one there 36:29 but she's the last one to leave in the evenings. 36:33 And absolutely, thank you so much for what you do 36:36 for the cause of God... your dedication. 36:38 And honestly, she's done more in two years' time 36:42 almost by herself than we could imagine possible. 36:46 So thank you. All right. 36:48 Next we're going to bring out Kateena LeForge again. 36:51 And Kateena, we're glad you're back with us today. 36:54 We love you and your husband Joe. 36:57 And so Kateena, she's... 37:00 She works over - you can tell by looking at her now - 37:03 at... Is that Gold's Gym? Gold's Gym. 37:05 You better put a plug in for Gold's Gym, right? 37:07 Gold's Gym in Carbondale and Marion, yes. 37:09 She showed her muscle back there. Darrell Marshall said: 37:12 "Show us your muscle" and it scared me. 37:13 I said: "She's got muscles over there. " 37:16 Now I asked if Joe was there working out with you 37:19 every day since you teach, but I found out he just watches. 37:23 He thinks he's cool enough without it, that he doesn't 37:25 need it. I think he's a pretty cool guy. 37:28 And we so much love and appreciate both of you - 37:30 thank you - and appreciate your ministry for Jesus. 37:33 It's my pleasure to be here with you. 37:35 I was just praying about a month ago. I was saying: 37:38 "Lord, I haven't sung in a little while. Things have gotten 37:41 kind of quiet. What are we going to do, Lord? " 37:44 And that very day Shelley Quinn called me on the phone 37:46 and she said: "Hey, Camp Meeting's going on. 37:48 We haven't seen you in a while. Come over to Camp Meeting. " 37:51 So sometimes the Lord answers us really quick, doesn't He? 37:54 Amen. So it is His will that I be here with you today. 37:58 Let's just praise Him. 37:59 Praise Him with me in your spirit with all you've got. 38:02 What a blessing to know the Creator of all things 38:07 is your friend! The One that hung the stars in the sky 38:11 hears you when you're on your knees. 38:14 How Great Thou Art! 38:35 O Lord, 38:37 my God, 38:42 when I 38:45 in awesome wonder 38:50 consider all... 38:54 all of the worlds 38:57 Thy hands have made. 39:02 I see the stars, 39:08 I hear the 39:11 rolling thunder. 39:15 Thy power throughout 39:19 the universe 39:23 displayed. 39:28 Then sings my soul 39:33 my Savior God, to Thee; 39:40 How great Thou art! 39:46 how great Thou art! 39:52 Then sings my soul 39:58 my Savior God, to Thee; 40:04 How great Thou art! 40:10 how great Thou art! 40:22 And when I think 40:29 that God, His Son not sparing, 40:36 sent Him to die, 40:41 I scarce 40:43 can take it in... 40:48 That on the cross 40:53 my burden gladly bearing, 40:59 He bled and died 41:04 to take away 41:08 my sin! 41:19 When Christ shall come 41:24 with shout of acclamation 41:27 And take me home, 41:29 what joy will fill my heart! 41:34 Then I shall bow 41:39 in humble 41:42 adoration 41:47 And there proclaim 41:52 my God, how great Thou art! 41:59 Then sings my soul, 42:03 my Savior God, to Thee; 42:10 How great Thou art! 42:15 how great Thou art! 42:20 Then sings my soul, 42:24 my Savior God, to Thee; 42:30 How great Thou art! 42:35 how great Thou art! 42:40 How great Thou art! 42:44 how great 42:47 Thou 42:50 art! 42:54 How great 42:58 Thou 43:00 art! 43:15 Amen! Don't you love that song? 43:18 Let's sing the chorus together. 43:20 Then sings my soul, 43:24 my Savior God, to Thee; 43:30 How great Thou art! 43:35 how great Thou art! Sing it out: 43:39 Then sings my soul, 43:44 my Savior God, to Thee; 43:50 How great Thou art! 43:56 how great Thou 44:01 art! Amen! 44:06 You sound fantastic. 44:08 Well listen, you know things are just so exciting 44:12 in the ministry of 3ABN. 44:15 And one of the most exciting channels that we have 44:19 is our Latino... 3ABN Latino. 44:24 I have people that tell me they'll be down in Colombia 44:28 and they've been on 3ABN or they'll be in Venezuela 44:30 or they'll be somewhere in the islands and people will say: 44:34 "Oh, I've seen you on 3ABN! " 44:36 They'll just be walking down the street. 44:38 And so this is really an amazing amazing 44:44 ministry. John Dinzey is a man that God has chosen 44:50 for this ministry, and his wife Idalia joins with him. 44:55 And John, God bless you. We thank you 44:58 and we're so glad that you're with us. 45:00 You got another hand? All right. 45:03 Thank you, Pastor Gilley. I want to praise the Lord 45:07 for our leadership... the leadership of 3ABN: 45:10 Pastor Jim Gilley, Mollie Steenson, 45:13 Danny Shelton, Brian Hamilton. 45:17 All people that love the Lord. People that have in their hearts 45:21 reaching people for Jesus Christ. 45:24 I also want to praise the Lord for our 3ABN Latino staff. 45:28 Pastor Jim Gilley mentioned my wife. 45:31 I would also like to do the same. 45:32 My wife Idalia is over here on the left. I would like to ask 45:35 her to stand. She doesn't want to stand 45:37 but I would like to ask her to stand for a moment. 45:40 This is my wife Idalia 45:42 that has been a tremendous blessing in my life 45:45 and such a tremendous support for 3ABN Latino. 45:50 And I enjoy working with her. 45:52 I tried to convince her to come up with me, but 45:55 she said: "No, no. You go ahead; you go ahead. " 45:58 And so I asked her to pray for me 46:01 so she's praying for me. 46:02 I also want to praise the Lord for the 3ABN Latino staff. 46:05 We have our manager for our Production Department 46:09 Jorge Jaque who is inside the truck 46:12 helping to produce this particular hour. 46:16 A tremendous worker for the Lord. Works hard; 46:19 works many hours. And the Lord sent him here. 46:22 And his wife Lynette is standing right here. 46:24 A tremendous support for him. He has to work many hours 46:28 and travel, and she's a blessing as well 46:31 because she supports her husband and I'm sure prays for him. 46:34 And so our 3ABN Latino staff: we have editor Ishmael Terron, 46:39 Carolina Bonilla, Rocio Barron works in our call center. 46:43 Adam Barron works in programming 46:47 and also helps with our 3ABN Latino Radio 46:50 which is another miracle of the Lord. 46:52 And we're getting on some radio stations, so I praise the Lord 46:55 for that. So I am saying those things to you 46:58 letting you know that - perhaps you're not aware - 47:00 3ABN Latino is celebrating ten years of blessings, 47:04 ten years of miracles, 47:06 ten years of reaching people for Jesus Christ, 47:09 and we are just grateful to the Lord for what He has done. 47:13 We can look back and say: "The Lord has done all that. 47:16 The Lord has done all that. " 47:17 Because He deserves all the honor and all the credit. 47:20 And so I am grateful to the Lord for your support 47:24 because you have helped to convert at least 62 47:29 of the UHF channels that we have. 47:32 So where 3ABN English now was 47:35 we have 3ABN Latino, Dare to Dream, 47:38 and our other networks - 3ABN Proclaim! - 47:40 reaching people for Jesus Christ. So we started to see 47:43 an increase of calls from places like Las Vegas 47:47 and different places where our 3ABN downlinks are. 47:52 And it's such a blessing to see that instead of 47:56 reaching one group of people now you can reach 47:58 more groups of people and more options 48:01 to reach people for Jesus Christ. 48:03 So I praise the Lord for that. 48:04 And so - talking about our downlinks - I have to tell you 48:08 perhaps you've heard the good news that we are getting on 48:13 on 9 more UHF stations. 48:16 They do not belong to us; they are affiliates. 48:19 And the Lord used Bro. Dan Peek, one of our engineers, 48:23 through a contact that he had or a friend that he met. 48:27 And he contacted him and said: "Can we use 3ABN Latino? " 48:31 So now we're getting on in places like San Francisco; 48:35 Sacramento, California; Austin, Texas; 48:38 Stockton, California, and other places. 48:43 So we praise the Lord that He is opening doors 48:46 to reach people for His kingdom. 48:48 And so I am grateful to the Lord that we are now on over 48:50 1,100 cable companies. Do I hear an "Amen? " 48:55 Amen! 48:56 And so I could tell you about Venezuela. 49:01 Did I hear Venezuela? Venezuela! 49:03 Yes. We're getting on more cable companies. We used to be 49:06 on a few of them, but last year we had conversations with 49:11 someone that said: "I can get you on 100 cable stations 49:14 in Venezuela. " 49:16 Then somebody else contacted us from a union in Venezuela 49:20 and said: "We'd like to work with you. We think we can 49:23 get you on 40 cable stations. " 49:26 And so I said: "Praise the Lord! " 49:28 So we sent the first 20 satellite receivers over there 49:32 to get on in these different... time is running fast... 49:36 on these different cable stations already, and we want 49:39 to make sure that we're on before we send the rest. 49:41 And we do not have all the funds for all of these satellite 49:44 receivers, so we ask for your prayers 49:46 because if we had the money today we could send those today. 49:50 And so we praise the Lord for what was done over there. 49:54 While I have time I have to tell you about Costa Rica. 49:57 Costa Rica is the place that we were on over 10 cable companies 50:03 over there, and we were told that two or three of them 50:07 took us off the air. 50:09 So I told the secretary of the conference that was telling me 50:14 that "I would like to visit these cable companies to see 50:17 if we can get back on. " 50:18 He says: "Well, if you would like to do that 50:20 I will accompany you. " So I took that as an invitation, 50:23 ran it by our 3ABN administration, 50:26 and they said "Go! " And not only did we go to 50:30 visit these three cable stations I wanted to go to each and every 50:34 one of them that we were on. 50:36 And it was such a joy to say: "May I see your channel line-up 50:39 please. " And they would hand it to me and I would see 50:41 3ABN Latino there. I would contain myself, but it was 50:45 enough to say: "Praise the Lord; we're on that cable company! " 50:49 And so some of these cable executives when you got in 50:52 "Oh welcome, welcome. " 50:53 And they would turn on the TV and they would put us on there 50:56 and I would say: "We're on that cable company. 50:59 Another one checked off. " But we ran into some 51:02 cable executives that told us: "Well, we took you off 51:06 because there was another channel that needed to be on 51:08 and they're a local channel and they have a must carry. 51:12 I didn't have any modulators so I had to take somebody off 51:16 so I took you off to be honest with you. 51:19 I took you off because of that. " 51:21 And so I said to him: "Now let me ask you a question. 51:24 If we send you a modulator, 51:27 would you be willing to put us back on? " 51:29 And he said: "Well, sure... 51:31 people have been calling asking what happened to 3ABN Latino 51:36 so if you give us that we will gladly put you on. " 51:39 And I said: "Wonderful. " And he went like this... 51:42 So I shook his hand, letting me know he is willing to do this. 51:46 And so we got on the cable company that took us off. 51:49 There is one more we didn't get a chance to visit 51:51 that was very far away, 51:53 and so we didn't get a chance to visit that one. 51:55 So I ask for your prayers that we'll get back on that one. 51:57 They're getting calls too. 52:01 So while I was there after visiting cable companies 52:04 for three days, going from this one to that one, 52:06 from this one to that one. And 2 or 3 of them we drove 52:10 five hours to get there and talk to these people. 52:14 But on Thursday they took me to a meeting 52:18 They said: "We want you to go with us. It's The Day of the 52:21 Bible. We're going to hand out Bibles to someone. " 52:25 This is what I understood: OK, we're going to go there 52:27 and in 10 minutes we'll be done and we'll go back and visit 52:30 cable companies. When I got there, there was this 52:34 room about maybe 1/3 of the size of this room 52:38 and it was the Congress of the country of Costa Rica. 52:42 And they were celebrating The Day of the Bible. 52:45 Christians had come from different denominations. 52:48 They were in that room. 52:49 And I'm sitting there and I look at the program 52:51 because I see the Conference president 52:54 sitting up in the front. 52:55 And I look at the different names on there, and I don't see 52:58 his name on there. So I asked the treasurer 53:01 "What is the president doing over there? 53:03 The president of the Conference. Does he have a part? " 53:06 He said: "I don't think so. " 53:08 OK. And I'm sitting there and I hear one person get up 53:12 and give a little speech. And it was a good speech. 53:14 Actually spoke about the Bible, the importance of the Bible. 53:17 I said: "Praise the Lord! " 53:19 And then a Congressman got up and started talking about 53:23 standing up for the moral right and doing what the Bible says. 53:27 I said: "Well praise the Lord! " 53:29 But it was about an hour that I was sitting there. 53:31 I said: "Lord, what am I doing here? I need to go visit 53:33 cable companies and we're just sitting here. 53:35 I'm just sitting... what am I doing here? " 53:37 But the Lord was working some- thing out that I didn't know. 53:41 Eventually they introduced the candidate for the presidency 53:45 of Costa Rica. And he got up and he said: 53:50 "Well, it's a blessing to have this particular day - 53:53 The Day of the Bible - here. And I want to let you know 53:56 how I start my day. When I wake up in the morning 53:59 I read my devotional. It's an Ellen G. White book... " 54:03 And I said: "What? " 54:05 "by this title, so every day I start with Ellen G. White. 54:10 I want to let you know that I appreciate the Seventh-day 54:12 Adventist Church. As a matter of fact, they have a local channel: 54:15 3ABN Latino. One of my favorite channels, " he said. 54:18 "And I want to encourage every one of you to watch 54:21 3ABN Latino, " he said. 54:22 And I'm saying: "Am I hearing this right? 54:24 The candidate for the presidency is promoting 3ABN Latino? " 54:28 I said: 'Praise the Lord! " It was getting good! 54:31 "And so, well, we have some friends here: the Seventh-day 54:34 Adventists. I want to introduce the Conference president, " 54:37 he said. "Pastor Vallejo, would you please come up? " 54:40 "Oh, I'm happy to be here, " Pastor Vallejo said. 54:43 "It's a pleasure to see that they're talking about the Bible. 54:45 And we have a special guest here from America 54:50 the general manager of 3ABN Latino. 54:53 Would you please come up? " I was not expecting that 54:55 I'm thinking. "Did he just call for me? " I asked somebody. 54:59 He said: "Yes, you need to go up there. " 55:01 I had to take my camera down and go up there. 55:03 And before you know it, the Congressman that's a candidate 55:07 for the presidency: "It's a pleasure to meet you, " he said. 55:11 "I watch 3ABN Latino. Please say hello to your wife, " 55:13 he said. "She does a marvelous job. " 55:17 And he knew her name. 55:19 He knew Pastor Bohr's name. 55:21 He knew Pastor Alejandro Bullón's name 55:22 and mentioned several speakers. He watches 3ABN Latino. 55:26 Amen. And so before it was over he said: 55:29 "Before you leave I'd like to take a picture with you. " 55:31 Here I'm thinking: "I would like to take a picture with you, " 55:33 but he said: "I want to take a picture with you. " 55:36 And he agreed. I said: "I would like to interview you 55:38 because you have a tremendous thing to say to our viewers. " 55:42 He consented to an interview. We'll be putting that on 55:44 3ABN Latino as soon as it's done editing. 55:47 So I praise the Lord for what He's doing. 55:48 He's reaching people in places 55:52 that for some of us it's difficult to reach. 55:54 And radio and television can get to those places. 55:57 But you know, it takes all of us working together. 56:03 Because the Bible says that this gospel of the kingdom 56:07 shall be preached in all the world 56:09 for a witness unto all nations and then the end shall come. 56:13 And so we have a work to do. 56:15 While we're putting these programs on the air 56:17 you can go door to door, you can visit people in your 56:20 community like the people in Guatemala. 56:23 They were going door to door and saying "hello" to people. 56:26 But one lady came to the door and said: 56:29 "No, I don't want anything you have. Just go away. " 56:33 And the young people walked away and they said: 56:36 "Well, let's go over here. " And they started talking about 56:38 3ABN Latino as they were going to the next house 56:40 and the lady said: "Wait, wait. What did you say? 56:43 Did you say 3ABN Latino? " 56:45 "Yes we did. " "Then come on over. I like that channel. " 56:48 And I said: "Praise the Lord! " 56:50 3ABN Latino opened the door for them to come in and share 56:55 with her about the good news. 56:58 And so I tell you: pray for us. 57:00 We want to get to as many places as possible. 57:03 The Lord is blessing us to grow in different places. 57:06 Before our time is over, perhaps those of you that speak English 57:09 would be interested in knowing that we are having 57:11 an evangelistic campaign live from Bucaramanga, Colombia, 57:15 23 to the 26th. Mark Finley will be on 57:18 being translated to Spanish. You can watch that 57:20 on 3ABN Latino. And so please remember us in prayer. 57:24 Jesus Christ is coming soon. 57:25 Let us work together to finish this marvelous gospel. Amen? |
Revised 2014-12-17