Participants: Danny Shelton (Host), Mollie Steenson (Host), C.A. Murray (Host), Shelley Quinn, Brian Hamilton, Yvonne Lewis, Jason Bradley
Series Code: 15HC
Program Code: 15HC000001A
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00:49 Hello and welcome to 3ABN Fall Camp Meeting.
00:53 We're so glad that that you're all here. 00:54 And those of you watching from around the world: 00:57 thank you for your love and your prayers and financial support 01:00 of 3ABN as we endeavor to take this great gospel 01:03 of the kingdom into all the world. 01:06 C.A. and Mollie: you all happy tonight? 01:08 I am elated... I love Camp Meeting! 01:11 How many of you enjoy coming to Camp Meeting? 01:13 We always have so much fun around here. 01:16 And you know we have already been praying 01:18 that the Father by the power of His Holy Spirit 01:21 will change every one of us. 01:23 How many of you came wanting to have your heart changed? 01:26 The scripture tells us: "Be not conformed to this world 01:29 but be transformed. " I'm praying for transformation. 01:32 How about you, C.A.? Amen! I think we ought to take up 01:34 an offering. I think we just heard a sermon. 01:36 OK. Amen... all right. 01:39 We are beyond excited. 01:42 Excited doesn't begin to tap into what God has infused 01:45 with this ministry over the last several weeks. 01:48 And our prayer is... our aim is during the next few days 01:52 is to infect you - yes! - with the virus that has infected us. 01:57 We want you to go home sick and infected 01:59 and then we want you to infect others 02:01 because God has given us something. 02:03 We're going to talk about it tonight. We're going to share it 02:04 with you. Christ is coming soon, and we have been possessed 02:08 dare we say - all right - of the spirit and understanding 02:11 and before this weekend is out we want to know precisely where 02:14 God is taking us because He's coming soon 02:16 and we want you all to join us as we go home together. 02:19 Amen! Mollie Sue, step up here a little... 02:21 I like you to be right up front. Now you're on television some, 02:26 but rarely do you speak here at Camp Meeting. 02:28 Are you? I'm not sure... I got in a little late. 02:30 Are you preaching tonight? I might! 02:34 I love... See why you love Mollie Sue? 02:36 'Cause she's ready in a minute here. 02:38 If we sat down, she would preach. 02:40 Absolutely. Tell us what you're thinking today. 02:43 You know, we had a board meeting this morning... 02:46 3ABN's Fall board meeting. 02:50 And I just want you all to know there is a word that keeps 02:55 coming to me, and it's just expectant. 02:57 There is just expectation - all right - and it's just been 03:00 infused in every one of us. 03:02 I've been here now over 20 years. 03:05 I was just a baby when I came. 03:08 And... You have to tell the truth now, OK? 03:11 No matter how old he gets I'm always older, 03:15 and I just think that's a shame and a disgrace. 03:17 There is so much... She looks younger, though. 03:21 I acknowledge that. OK... I'll settle for that. 03:24 But there is just an expectancy around here. 03:26 We know that God is moving in these end times. 03:30 And the exiting part is we're a part of it. 03:33 You know, I don't want to be back here on the back row, 03:36 and I have never been one in church to want to sit on the 03:39 front row, but in the end-time move of God I want to be 03:42 right up front. How 'bout you all? 03:44 Don't want to be back there somewhere. I want to be on the 03:46 tip of the arrow that's piercing the forces of darkness 03:50 and the power of the enemy and bringing the gospel of the Lord 03:53 Jesus Christ into this earth. That's what we want to do. 03:57 Preach it; preach it. You know what we're all excited about: 04:00 Jesus is coming soon. That's true. Amen! 04:02 Now we've heard that for a lot of years. 04:03 People say: "Well how do you know it's not going to be 04:05 another hundred years? " As an evangelist once said: 04:08 "If it is, God will have to apologize to Sodom and 04:12 Gomorrah. " That's right. I mean, think about living... 04:14 We've heard about prophecies all of our life. 04:17 We're living in them. I mean, can you imagine 04:19 the Supreme Court decision to re-define? 04:22 Who is man? The Lord is saying: "Where were you when 04:26 I formed the worlds? " 04:28 Who are we to change and try to re-define marriage? 04:32 Of course we can't do it. 04:33 But in the "humanness" we do. Then on the White House 04:36 showing all the homosexual colors. 04:38 I mean, that is something. Now we're not saying we're down 04:42 on gay and lesbian people. 04:44 But we don't believe it's Biblical so we also should have 04:47 a right. They have a right to say what they want to say, 04:49 right? They're out. And so we should have a... 04:51 we should have the opportunity to say: "You know what? 04:55 We believe the Bible and the Bible only. " Amen! 04:59 Now God's your... anybody that's in that movement 05:01 God's their judge. We're not judging people. 05:03 God does that. But it's our responsibility 05:07 to tell people the truth. 05:08 So we can't be quiet when these things are happening. 05:11 What this is is a wake-up call to all of us. 05:16 And I've said this before, Mollie, but I see no difference. 05:19 Some theologian can maybe give it to me... 05:22 I see no difference between what's happening 05:25 with the Supreme Court decision here in the United States of 05:27 America than I see with the national Sunday law. 05:30 And we've heard about that all of our life. 05:32 But God sanctified two things at creation, 05:35 didn't He? What'd He sanctify? 05:38 The Sabbath and marriage. Sabbath and marriage. 05:40 And any time you trample any of God's laws 05:43 judgments gonna fall - that's true - because 05:45 what you've said is: "God, we don't need You any more. 05:47 We're going to just rule ourselves. " 05:49 Now all we've got to do is look at the Bible and see 05:50 that doesn't happen. We've got a long, several thousand 05:53 years of history. When you push God out 05:56 what happens? Without God there is no life. 05:58 So what an opportunity that we don't have to talk about it 06:02 any more "Well some years down the road eventually 06:04 this is going to happen and that's going to happen. " 06:06 It's happening right now. 06:08 I mean, who would have ever thought we would live in a time? 06:11 The Pope's here right now, right? 06:13 Thank you for coming here in- stead of going to see the Pope. 06:16 We're glad that you came here. 06:18 He's got enough people following him! 06:20 I think the Bible says: "All the world wondered after... " 06:24 But Pastor John Lomacang is there. I think he's maybe 06:26 on his way back. He's getting some video 06:28 and some footage to keep us updated 06:31 on what's happening around the world. 06:33 And one of the new energies we're putting into 3ABN... 06:36 We want to do some town-hall-type meetings 06:39 so that every week or so we give updates on what's 06:42 happening. Things are happening so fast we have to 06:44 do it every week! So we're going to have these meetings 06:47 where we literally can talk and discuss about present truth 06:50 and events that are happening around the world that affect 06:54 you and me. That's right. Satan is out to steal, kill, 06:57 and to destroy. Jesus said: "I am come to 06:59 give you life and give it more abundantly. " 07:02 And right now the devil is out doing all he can do 07:05 so it's time... There's a war raging! 07:07 There's a... Somebody say amen? I heard somebody. 07:10 There's a war raging right now. 07:12 There's a great controversy between good and evil. 07:14 Am I telling the truth? Yes! And we're on one side or 07:17 the other whether we like it or not. 07:19 You don't have a choice. 07:20 Somebody said: "Nobody tells me what to do. " 07:22 Well no, but whatever... You are already... 07:25 Your decisions; we're either on God's side or we're on the 07:28 side of the devil. There isn't a purgatory 07:30 if anybody's thinkin' there is. I don't think that's Biblical, 07:33 is it C.A.? You're the theologian. 07:35 So we are excited to be alive in the closing moments 07:38 of earth's history and have a tool that literally 07:41 is reaching around the world. 07:43 And we're excited that these events are happening 07:46 and it gives us hope that Jesus could even come... 07:49 As old as M... I mean as old as I am, Jesus could 07:52 come in... What? 07:57 I'm sorry. Anyway, you get the point. I wasn't 08:00 sure if I said something bad about her or not. 08:03 But anyway, you get the point. 08:04 As old as we are, we might get to live to see Jesus come. 08:07 Isn't that exciting? That is exciting. 08:09 You know, in thinking about this, we've read the end of the 08:13 book. Do we know how this is going to end? 08:16 We've read the end of the book. 08:18 However... how many of you want the Lord to return? 08:21 We say this so often and we do. We want the Lord to return. 08:25 But you know, there's a whole lot gonna happen between now 08:28 and then, and it's not going to be pleasant. 08:31 BUT God has called an end-time people 08:34 and we are that end-time people. Amen! 08:36 You know, those that will give their life and their hearts 08:39 to this end-time move of God because it's 08:42 an end-time move of God, Danny. 08:44 It's not just an end-time move of the enemy. 08:46 Yeah, he's raring his ugly head, but the kingdom of God 08:50 suffereth violence but what? The violent take it by force. 08:54 How do we take it? By prayer and intercession 08:57 on our knees. Every battle that's won 08:59 you know where it's won first? 09:01 It's won on your knees in your prayer closet. 09:04 So we've read the end of the book; we know how it's 09:07 gonna end BUT it's up to us 09:10 to be obedient to what God tells us to do. I think it's time to 09:12 lift another offering; I think she's done it again! 09:14 You notice the difference in the black and the white churches? 09:18 We take up offerings... they LIFT offerings. 09:20 You hear that? They all say "We lift offerings. " 09:23 Now I'm not going to say any more to that. 09:24 You think about it. "We lift an offering. " We just say 09:27 "It's time to take up an offering. " 09:29 They're like: "Let's lift our offering right now. " Indeed! 09:31 I don't know what all that means but I notice that difference, 09:33 C.A. Praise the Lord! 09:35 And I like the way you do it better. 09:39 The greatest thing in the world is being where God wants you 09:43 to be doing what God wants you to do. 09:47 And that's why you see this "quiescent giddiness" 09:51 around 3ABN. It starts with Shelley Quinn 09:54 and goes right down. Even Brian. And treasurers are notably 09:58 dour, sour, sober individuals. 10:01 More like undertakers. Yeah, yeah. 10:02 Sometimes they're more like undertakers. 10:04 But even Brian giggled his way through board meeting 10:08 this morning. It was a pleasure to see 10:11 that face doing what he's doing right now. 10:14 Because God has litten? lighted? That's right. 10:19 Yeah... struck a match and we are all on fire 10:24 for the Lord. Yes! And like I said, we want to... 10:26 we want that fire to hit critical mass and just go and go 10:29 and go because God has given us something that we believe - 10:32 and I think Shelley was the first person to say it - 10:34 that it's going to usher in the Latter Rain of God. 10:38 And when God does this He does it in different areas. 10:40 And so we want you to keep your eyes open because God is 10:42 starting something here that's going to crescendo. 10:45 This is not the latest plan; this is not the latest scheme. 10:48 This is not the latest mechanism of 3ABN. 10:51 This is a move of God in the body of Christ - all right - 10:54 which is going to help finish the work. 10:56 And Danny said this morning: "When you're broke and you 10:58 don't have any money and everything is going bad 11:01 that's the time to go evangelize. " 11:03 And that's why Brian was smiling this morning 11:05 'cause the coffers didn't look too good. 11:07 And I said: "He's got the vision because a treasurer 11:10 doesn't smile when there's not any money in the bank. " 11:12 But he's smiling because he's read the back of the book. 11:15 Right? Yeah. We say this so many times: 11:19 it looks like we like each other. 11:27 And we do! OK. The rumors are true. 11:31 We love each other and we love God. 11:35 All right. Amen? Amen. And when you've got a love for Jesus 11:38 and a love for your fellows you cannot help but shine 11:42 for Christ. All right. You cannot help but shine 11:44 and you cannot help but share what God has given you. 11:47 We're a little selfish because in Ezekiel... 11:50 Cancel. In Ecclesiastes it says it twice - OK - 11:55 that if you see your brother going down 11:58 and you see your brother in error 12:00 and you say nothing God says "I'm holding you accountable 12:05 for them. " So our enthusiasm is just a little bit selfish. 12:08 We've got enough sin in our own lives as it was. 12:11 We don't want to be guilty of yours. 12:13 So we're telling you like God said tell you 12:15 so that we can free ourselves of that little burden 12:17 and we can help you on the way to the kingdom too. 12:19 It's a good thing to share Jesus Christ. 12:22 And when you help others, guess what? 12:24 You help yourself. 12:25 You know, C.A. said we were infected? We're contagious! 12:29 Oh! All right. You hang out with us long enough 12:31 you're gonna get what we've got. 12:34 All right; I love it. 12:35 One other thing that just occurred to me: 12:38 here we are, living in the closing moments of earth's 12:40 history. So many things happened around our capital. 12:43 I already told you about the colors over it. 12:45 This week the Pope is there. 12:47 I was there Monday and C.A. and Greg. 12:50 And when would you think while the Pope is visiting 12:54 all of these things, redefinition of marriage 12:57 and a SDA running for president of the United States. 13:01 Now that's something we wouldn't have thought about 13:03 in our wildest dreams, right? 13:05 And so we are on the brink of eternity. 13:08 But you know what? It's a beautiful world. 13:10 Amen! It's a beautiful world. Yes it is! 13:12 And I'm telling everybody we ought to be able to say 13:14 as Christians: "It is a beautiful world. " 13:17 Right here in Benton, IL, just 8 miles down the road, 13:19 if you go around the little town square 13:22 some of you goin' out to Wal-Mart look to your right 13:24 you see the old courthouse and you see a hangman's platform 13:28 and a hangman's noose coming down 13:31 where I think - I'm not sure when it was - 13:33 1929 or whenever the last person that was hung 13:37 around here that I know of anyway 13:38 was a guy named Charlie Burger. 13:40 And he was a gangster. He and the Shelton gang... 13:43 Sorry but he and the Shelton... Sorry to inform some of you 13:46 of that now, but the Shelton gang. There's numbers 13:48 of books written about the southern Illinois Shelton gang. 13:50 Brothers that did a lot of armed. They fought against 13:53 each other, and it was all over... during prohibition days. 13:57 And so all this fighting. But Charlie Burger got hung 13:59 on the Benton square. As he went up, and this is 14:02 what the people and all the accounts say: 14:04 a guy's going to his death. He's a young man... 14:07 I don't know, 30 or whatever... 14:08 he climbs up the stairs. They're putting the noose 14:11 around his neck. They say a lot of tough guys go to pieces 14:16 then, right? Tough guys go to pieces... 14:19 especially if you've not given your life to Jesus. 14:22 But they say to him: "Do you have any last words? " 14:25 You know what he said? "It's a beautiful world. " 14:29 And I said: "Now if a guy that's gettin' ready to be hung 14:32 and in 5 seconds or 10 is going to be dead 14:34 can say "It's a beautiful world, " 14:36 shame on us if we can't say that, right? 14:38 Amen! Why is it beautiful? Because God created it. 14:40 That's right. It's not every- thing that's in it goin' on. 14:43 It's ugly... there's sin goin' on. 14:45 But it's a beautiful world because we're only here for 14:47 a fleeting moment and then it's eternity. 14:49 Well I had some kids join me... This past year or so 14:53 I wrote a number of songs and we did a brand-new project. 14:56 We had the CD out a few months ago, but just 15:00 I think we just finished it this last week. 15:02 I brought some of the young folk here, and these songs - 15:05 there's a CD and DVD for kids - 15:07 all of them talk about the cross of Calvary. 15:10 They give certain Biblical beliefs that we embrace 15:13 as Christians and Seventh-day Adventist 15:15 Christians. And so we're actually going to show 15:17 one of the videos that we have right now 15:19 that the kids did just a few weeks ago here. 15:22 And the title song is "It's a Beautiful World. " 15:36 It's a beautiful world that God made 15:41 just for you and for me. 15:45 He created it all in six days 15:50 I have faith to believe. 15:54 The Bible tells the story 15:58 of God's great power and glory. 16:03 He made the light, the earth and sea; 16:07 He made the flowers and the buzzing bumble bees. 16:13 It's a beautiful world that God made 16:18 just for you and for me. 16:23 God created everything in just six days. 16:26 On the first day God created light 16:28 and on the second day He made the heavenly skies. 16:32 On the third day He created the grass, 16:34 the trees, and the plants. 16:36 On the fourth day He created the sun, the moon, and the stars. 16:41 And on the fifth day God created the fish 16:43 and all the wonderful sea creatures in the water 16:46 and He created all the birds in the air. 16:51 It's a beautiful world that God made 16:56 just for you and for me. 17:00 He created it all in six days 17:05 I have faith to believe. 17:09 The Bible tells the story - story - 17:13 of God's great power and glory - glory. 17:18 He made the light, the earth and sea; 17:22 He made the flowers and the buzzing bumble bee. 17:29 It's a beautiful world that God made 17:34 just for you and for me. 17:38 And on the sixth day He created all the beautiful 17:40 animal life on the earth but He also created 17:44 something very special that sixth day. 17:47 Yes, special and dear to the heart of God. 17:50 You guessed it. He created you and me. 17:56 The Bible tells the story - story - 18:00 of God's great power and glory - glory. 18:05 He made the light, the earth and sea; 18:09 He made the flowers and the buzzing bumble bee. 18:15 It's a beautiful world that God made 18:20 just for you and for me. 18:24 After He created everything in just six days 18:28 the Bible says that God rested. 18:30 Let's read about it in Genesis 2:1-3. 18:57 It's a beautiful world that God made 19:02 just for you and for me. 19:06 He created it all in six days 19:11 I have faith to believe. 19:15 It's a beautiful world - it's a beautiful world. 19:20 It's a beautiful world - it's a beautiful world. 19:24 It's a beautiful world - it's a beautiful world. 19:29 It's a beautiful world - it's a beautiful world. 19:33 It's a beautiful world - it's a beautiful world. 19:37 Indeed it is a beautiful world! 19:39 And I'll tell you: this is a wonderful music project. 19:43 It's available now in both CD and DVD. 19:45 And it is not only for the youth. We're finding that... 19:50 You know, there's only one thing wrong with that song 19:52 and most of the songs that are on this 19:54 is that once you hear them you find yourself running around 19:57 the house... It stays in your mind. 19:59 And I think that's how Danny knew he had some great songs 20:02 that the Lord gave him is because he'd play them for his 20:04 grandkids and he'd hear them running around singing. 20:07 So it is a beautiful world. 20:09 And as C.A. said, we love the Lord... we love each other. 20:12 But I want you to know that we love you, too. 20:14 And we pray about that. We ask God... You know, 20:17 Romans 5:5 says He will "pour His love into our hearts. " 20:21 And that's how we are enabled to love Him with all of our 20:24 heart, soul, mind, and strength 20:26 and love each other as ourself. 20:29 But I want you to know that if you are not 20:33 concerned about the salvation of others 20:36 you need to have a heart check. 20:40 Because if the love of God is in you 20:44 you are going to be concerned about others. 20:47 And when Danny came and told me the very first time 20:50 he said - he's always saying - "The blessing is on the GO. " 20:54 But he said: "We are going to start 20:56 the Blessing Is on the "GO!" evangelistic team. " 21:00 And he said: "This is how we're going to do it. " 21:01 And he started talking. I have not, and everybody 21:04 can testify to this, my feet have not touched the ground 21:09 since. This is to me... I feel like everything that God has 21:14 done in the past 31 years here at 3ABN 21:18 was just to get the network in place 21:21 so that this program could be launched. 21:25 And I don't want to call it a program because it isn't 21:27 a program or a project. This is a MOVEMENT. 21:31 And what we... the way we look at it is 21:34 it's just like we've got this fabric that's woven 21:37 and now God is going to come along and He's weaving you in. 21:42 You can become part of the "GO" evangelistic team. 21:47 The way in which it works is that if you give a monthly 21:51 donation of any amount you can become a "GO" evangelistic team 21:55 member and we will send you a resource each month: 22:00 a book or a CD or a Bible study, 22:03 something that you can go share with your family 22:07 and your friends and your neighbors. 22:09 You will be supporting not only your local evangelism 22:13 but evangelism around the world! 22:15 That's what 3ABN's all about. 22:17 Our mission is to give present-truth messages 22:22 to proclaim the three angels' messages. 22:25 And not only that, but we need to be proclaiming 22:28 the message of Revelation 18: 22:31 "Come out of her Babylon... Babylon is fallen. " 22:34 And Danny, when you were talking about end times 22:38 there's no doubt in my mind that Jesus is returning soon. 22:41 Did you know this week they raised the flag 22:46 of the Holy See at the United Nations? 22:50 First time ever. 22:53 What does that say? 22:55 The Holy See is a political power. 22:59 Revelation talks about this political power 23:04 that is also a religious power. 23:06 We're close... we're close. 23:09 So I don't know how many of you are members of the 23:12 Blessing Is on the "GO!" team yet. 23:14 When you sign up we will send you a certificate 23:17 and it is signed by Danny. 23:20 He's getting a little bit of writer's cramp 23:22 because he's been signing these certificates. 23:25 You also get a Blessing Is on the "GO!" book 23:27 and then you are officially part of our team. 23:31 What I want to do... I'd like to call 23:34 Jacki and Bruce Fjarli up. 23:37 Mollie, would you like to come up here for a moment? 23:40 Because we have Jacki and Bruce Fjarli... 23:45 They're like "Whoa! " Yes, come on up. 23:50 You know, we were honored earlier, just a few weeks ago, 23:55 to have a new chairman of the board elected here at 3ABN, 23:59 and Bruce Fjarli is the new chairman of the board of 24:02 directors at 3ABN. And he and his family 24:05 have been so supportive of 3ABN for many, many years. 24:09 Merlin was on the board before. 24:11 That's his father. And we have something 24:15 now that we would like to present to Jacki and to Bruce 24:24 and that would be their Blessing Is on the "GO!" 24:27 evangelistic team certificate. 24:30 And Jacki's sitting here saying: "If I'd know you were 24:33 going to do this I could have gotten dressed up. " 24:35 That's not the way we work at 3ABN! 24:38 And what you receive when you first become a member 24:41 of the Blessing Is on the "GO!" evangelistic team 24:45 is... Shelley, would you like to give them their book. 24:47 Now the reason I have two plaques here 24:52 is because Bruce, your mother Jo Ann has been a member 24:57 of this team now for quite some time 24:59 and she hasn't received her certificate yet. So Jo Ann, 25:03 if you are watching, thank you so much for being 25:05 a member of the team. And I'm going to give it to Jacki 25:08 and I'm sure she'll take good care of it 25:10 and give it to you. Thank you. 25:13 Thank you. Thank you so much. 25:14 And I just want to say one more thing. 25:16 As C.A. said, the reason I am so excited 25:20 is I believe with all of my heart 25:23 this is how the Lord is going to begin the Latter Rain... 25:29 pouring out the Latter Rain. 25:31 Because we can talk about evangelism; 25:34 we can talk about revival; 25:36 we can study and be among ourselves 25:40 till the cows come home, and if we are not out sharing 25:46 we're dead! And I use this analogy: 25:50 When we were in Israel... the Jordan river at the source 25:54 of the Jordan is amazing. It's just... you can feel 25:58 the ions in the air as the river is rushing down. 26:01 This living water. And it empties into the Sea of Galilee. 26:06 Well, the Sea of Galilee is teeming with life. 26:09 There's life and irrigation and farming 26:12 and there's just all this life around the Sea of Galilee. 26:15 Why? Because the Sea of Galilee has an outlet. 26:18 And the Jordan river then goes on from the Sea of Galilee 26:22 to the Dead Sea. 26:25 Why is the Dead Sea dead? 26:28 Because there's no outlet. 26:30 And if you simply receive the messages 26:35 but you don't share the messages 26:38 you're going to be like the Dead Sea. 26:40 So what this program will enable you to do... 26:44 If you're 9 to 90 years old you can participate 26:48 because you can share each month this evangelistic tool 26:51 with... If you're a stay-at-home person, if you have to have a 26:56 caregiver, you can share it with your caregiver 26:58 or with the mailman. Or you can invite people over 27:01 to watch it or to discuss it. 27:04 This is a program that anyone can do. 27:07 And not only will you be supporting... be growing 27:11 yourself but you're also helping 3ABN. We've got big plans 27:15 for evangelistic series around the world 27:17 and it is going to be exciting. 27:20 But the way I feel is we evangelize every day. 27:23 So... here's the deal: 27:25 I'm going to be "dogging" you 27:27 through the rest of the Camp Meeting. 27:30 We've got a sign-up booth out here 27:32 and if you haven't signed up by the end, come see me. 27:35 I'll talk you into it. 27:40 You can tell that she is so very, very excited. 27:43 You know, when your spiritual batteries are running low 27:48 the way to recharge them is to work at helping someone else 27:52 come to Jesus. It works on a personal level 27:54 and it also works on a corporate level. 27:56 It works on a church level. 27:58 I have found that in all of my churches when people begin to 28:01 pick at each other a little bit and get on each other's nerves 28:04 and get cabin fever the antidote for that 28:06 is training your spiritual guns on the enemy 28:09 and going out and stealing souls from his kingdom. 28:11 Hal is saying "Amen" because you know that is true. 28:13 When you want a spiritual boost in your own life 28:17 work for the salvation of somebody else. 28:20 Lift up the name of Jesus 28:21 and in helping them I guarantee you you will be 28:23 lifting up yourself. We have targeted a number of areas 28:26 that the Lord has impressed Danny to look at 28:29 around the world. There was a time 28:32 when 3ABN was very steeped in world evangelism. 28:36 We've got Julia Outkina sitting there. 28:37 That was a consequence of a meeting done in 1992 28:42 in the former Soviet Union. 28:45 We've gone to Papua, New Guinea. Very large meetings. 28:47 Well God is impressing us to do that again. 28:50 Do we have the wherewithall? No we don't... but God does. 28:55 And when God... What do you say, Mollie? When God 28:57 guides He provides; 28:59 when God leads He gives you what you need. 29:01 So we're not worried about that. We're just answering the call 29:03 of God. On next month we will be traveling over to London 29:07 to just look at the possi- bilities of doing a big meeting 29:11 there. I want you to make that a matter of prayer. 29:13 There is resistance there. 29:15 Not so much from the church... but England is a tough place. 29:20 Europe is a tough place. 29:21 The work is not growing like it could or perhaps should 29:24 there, but we believe that God wants to do a mighty work 29:27 in Europe like He wants to do it in Africa, like He 29:31 wants to do it in North and South America, 29:34 like He wants to do it all around the world. 29:36 Our job is not to make souls or create Adventists. 29:41 Our job is to lift up the name of Jesus 29:44 and let the Holy Spirit do the rest. 29:47 Because Christ has guaranteed "If I be lifted up... " 29:51 who will draw? "I will draw... " 29:53 So our job is just to get going because the blessing 29:56 is on the? Is on the GO. And you will hear that 29:59 over and over and over again this weekend 30:02 because we believe it in our heart. 30:03 It's not just something that comes out of our mouths. 30:05 It is something that eminates from our hearts. 30:07 We believe that when you go for God 30:09 #1 God goes with you 30:11 Actually, He goes ahead of you 30:14 and prepares the way and then He goes behind you 30:17 to get your back to keep the devil off. 30:19 And He walks beside you to give power to your words 30:21 so victory is guaranteed. 30:24 So we want to remember these initiatives in prayer. 30:28 This "GO" evangelism is not just something we say. 30:32 It is something we are going to do by the grace and power 30:35 of Jesus Christ. Let me ask you a question quickly: 30:37 how many have ever had an experience in your life 30:39 that you know came from the Lord? 30:42 No doubt in your mind. You went through something 30:45 and you know that was God's deliverance. 30:47 And God gives you that to let you know that He's by your side. 30:50 That's why we love Him: 30:51 because of all of the things He's done for us. 31:12 When I think how Jesus loved me, 31:18 how He waited patiently 31:22 even when I turned my back and walked away. 31:29 When He knew I wanted everything 31:33 this world could offer me 31:38 well I guess He knew the price I'd have to pay. 31:43 So He watched me stumble downward, 31:48 saw each compromise I made, 31:52 heard each lie I whispered just to get my way. 31:58 Still He waited there to hear me 32:03 when I cried to Him and prayed 32:08 then He saved my soul 32:10 and that is why I say: 32:14 "Tell me, is it any wonder 32:21 that I love Him 32:25 when you consider all He's done for me? 32:33 And is it any wonder 32:37 that I long to do His will 32:41 and let His light shine out 32:44 for all to see? 32:48 And is it any wonder 32:53 that I praise Him 32:58 each time I think of how 33:01 He's made me free? 33:05 And is it any wonder 33:09 that I've given Him my heart 33:13 when Jesus freely gave His life for me? " 33:32 When I think how Jesus loves me, 33:37 how He watches patiently, 33:42 how His arms outstretch to meet me when I run. 33:48 When I'm feeling down and lonely 33:53 how He's there to comfort me. 33:57 In the darkness He becomes my morning sun. 34:03 When I think of how He healed me, 34:07 how He touched me in my pain, 34:11 how His gentle hands have wiped my tears away. 34:18 Now He's taken every heartache 34:22 and brought happiness again... 34:26 Oh I want the world to hear me 34:30 when I say: 34:33 "Tell me, is it any wonder 34:39 that I love Him 34:44 when you consider all He's done for me? 34:51 And is it any wonder 34:54 that I long to do His will 34:59 and let His light shine out for all to see? 35:05 And is it any wonder 35:10 that I praise Him 35:15 each time I think of how 35:18 He's made me free? 35:22 And is it any wonder 35:26 that I've given Him my heart 35:30 when Jesus freely 35:35 gave His life 35:38 for me? " 35:55 Amen! 36:00 Do you sense things are popping at 3ABN? 36:04 It's kind of like the popcorn popper you know you use 36:07 at home and accidently flip the lid off, you know? 36:10 That popcorn just goes everywhere. 36:12 That's kind of what's happening here! 36:16 One of the fun things about being at 3ABN 36:19 and also one of the challenging things about being at 3ABN 36:23 is when we get a vision, when God inspires us to do something 36:29 we don't think about the logis- tics. We just start doing it 36:32 and then work out the logistics afterwards! Amen! 36:35 And that's been happening with the "Blessing on the "GO!" 36:37 So if some of you out there have not got your "Blessing 36:41 on the "GO!" certificate and you know you've signed up 36:44 and have given for that, send us an e-mail, call us. 36:48 We're still working out all the bugs on the thing 36:51 and we'll be happy to get you your certificate 36:54 and your first gift that you can use as a tool for witnessing. 37:00 You know, in life we're not always given 37:05 joy and happiness. Sometimes sorrow and sadness 37:09 come our way. Sometimes we're given a sack of lemons. 37:15 But you know, God's in the business of taking a sack of 37:19 lemons that life might have given to you or I 37:21 and turning that into lemonade. 37:23 And that happened to us about five years ago. 37:26 Something happened in our family that brought tragedy 37:29 and sorrow to our life. But God took that thing 37:32 and He brought a ministry out of it that's been one of 37:35 most... one of the greatest blessings Diane and I have ever 37:38 participated in, and I'm talking about prison ministry. 37:41 And Danny has let me loose 37:45 from being a bean counter at 3ABN. 37:48 You know? The kind with a green eye shade sitting in a corner 37:51 mumbling, you know? He's let me loose from that. 37:54 He's given me a great assistant who is a young man named 37:57 Davy Rodriguez. Davy is taking over 38:01 the day-to-day accounting aspect, and Danny has let me 38:05 loose to be involved, or more involved in prison ministry. 38:08 And I am so excited about it. 38:11 We just have started the logistics of my move. 38:14 I've got into my new office but not settled. 38:17 But I'm in there. I got my computer, and we're getting 38:20 ready to launch out in some new areas in prison ministry. 38:25 One of the things that prisoners have is something called time. 38:31 They have a lot of time often. 38:34 And they do have televisions in prisons. 38:38 And there's a certain number of channels they get to watch. 38:41 It's chosen for them. 38:44 And we think 3ABN and its network of channels 38:48 would be ideal for those guys to see. 38:51 Don't you think so? Yes! 38:52 And so we're working to do that. 38:54 Just a few weeks ago I was teaming up with Lemuel, 38:58 Christmas Behind Bars, and we went to Arkansas... 39:01 to two prisons in Arkansas giving gift bags. 39:05 And one of them was a maximum security prison. 39:08 And we went from dorm unit to dorm unit 39:11 sharing testimony, singing, and giving each of the guys 39:16 a gift bag. They saved till last 39:21 two of the units that they call "segregation units" 39:26 and they warned us: "These are the worst of the worst. 39:30 I mean, we won't let you up to the doors of these guys' 39:34 cells because you don't know what they might throw out 39:38 at you. So just be prepared. 39:41 They'll yell at you; they'll scream at you. " 39:43 And so we were prepared for the worst. 39:46 But you know, as we went in there... They had already 39:49 given the gift bag through the slot into each of the cells. 39:53 When we got in there and started sharing our testimony 39:55 you could hear a pin drop. Amen! They would clap for us 39:59 and they would shout words of encouragement. 40:02 The guards were absolutely blown away at the reaction 40:07 of what they considered the worst of the worst. 40:10 Both of those prisons are interested in having 3ABN 40:15 in those facilities as a result of that. 40:19 God is opening doors. We look forward to your support. 40:22 If you want to be involved in it... You can send donations 40:26 but we'd also be happy to net- work with you and your churches 40:29 to try to get something going in your area 40:32 if you have a prison or help you get started in a county jail 40:36 ministry. Anyway, God is doing great things. 40:38 There is a blessing on the GO, friends, 40:41 and we're about going. Thank you. Amen! 40:48 Good evening. Good evening! 40:51 We are so excited to have you here to join us 40:54 here for our Camp Meeting session. 40:56 I always look forward to Camp Meeting because 40:59 it's a time when our spirits also get watered. 41:02 We are... We're in ministry and we're always giving out 41:08 and it's so great at Camp Meeting time we can have 41:10 our spirits watered as well. 41:12 So it is a blessing to be here with you tonight. 41:17 And I have here with me my son/assistant 41:22 Jason Bradley. And I am, of course... I'm Yvonne Lewis. 41:26 I'm the general manager of 3ABN's Dare to Dream 41:30 urban network. How many of you? How many of you 41:33 have watched Dare to Dream at least one time? 41:35 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! That is great. 41:39 Well, if you only knew that basically we have two people 41:43 in that department it is really something. 41:48 And I have to tell you that the Lord is so faithful. 41:52 He is so faithful. He has brought us 41:55 programming and people to host the programs 42:00 and all that. And He brought my son as my assistant. 42:03 And I want to just ask him a couple of questions here. 42:06 Jason, introduce yourself. 42:08 Well I'm Jason Bradley. This is my mother/boss. 42:13 She's been my boss for twenty-nine years now. 42:16 Not too much has changed there. 42:19 But it's great to be a part of a network that is reaching out 42:25 and sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ to the world. 42:28 You've been hearing about "The Blessing Is on the "GO!" 42:30 and now we are actually witnessing 42:35 prophecy being fulfilled. 42:36 You get... You can turn on the TV and see on the news 42:40 that all these things that you've been reading about 42:43 in the Bible are coming into fruition. 42:45 My mother... She also always says to me 42:49 "Jay, you've got to get out there and share Jesus with 42:53 everybody because you wouldn't let somebody run into a burning 42:57 building, would you? " 42:58 "Like no... " "So... you've got to share Christ. 43:01 You don't want anybody burning up! " 43:04 So we've got to get out there; "The Blessing Is on the "GO!" 43:08 And with Dare to Dream we've been accompanying Brian 43:12 Hamilton and Moses Primo, Jr. 43:15 going to American Corrections Assoc. convention 43:18 because those inmates need Jesus as well. 43:21 It's for every living soul... every creature. 43:23 We need to share the plan of salvation. And I'm so happy 43:27 that Dare to Dream is in- corporating all of those things. 43:30 We're so happy that you are with us at 3ABN. 43:34 You are a valuable employee; a valuable addition to our family 43:38 and it is truly a blessing to have him. 43:41 Speaking of family, yesterday in our office 43:46 Julia, Elena, and Vadim came in 43:49 and Julia was translating for us. 43:53 And one of the things that amazed me so much 43:57 is the fact that God has told Elena 44:01 to do the same programs - the same kinds of programs - 44:05 that He told me to do. 44:07 And so around the world God is telling us to give programs. 44:14 Programs for men; programs on money management; 44:18 a program on the sanctuary. 44:20 She was telling me that she is doing a program on 44:23 the sanctuary in 3ABN Russia 44:25 and I feel impressed to do the same thing: 44:27 to do a program on the sanctuary. 44:30 And so, Lord willing, we're going to do that 44:32 for Dare to Dream. And Elena and I, even though 44:34 we don't speak the same language so to speak, 44:37 we speak the same heavenly language because 44:41 we bonded. There was a bonding there. 44:45 And I'm so thankful that God is using you, Elena, 44:49 and that you are doing that work in Russia 44:53 and we are doing the same kinds of programs here. 44:56 We know that we serve a mighty, powerful, faithful God. 45:01 And so it is amazing. Next week... 45:05 Tell them what we're going to do next week, Jay. 45:07 We have some really exciting things in store. 45:10 That's another great thing about Dare to Dream is we offer 45:12 practical tools for living and the gospel of Jesus Christ. 45:16 Amen. Not only do you tell people about Jesus 45:19 but how can they live as a Christian. What type of things? 45:23 We are going to produce a pro- gram called Working the Dream: 45:29 how to bring Christ into the workplace. 45:32 How do you carry yourself? You have to operate with integrity. 45:36 All these things that the community needs to hear. 45:40 You'd be surprised at the people... I used to manage 45:42 a restaurant prior to working here. 45:44 And you'd be surprised at some of the people that you 45:48 interview. And it's probably because they didn't have anybody 45:52 teaching them. So it's important. We want to 45:54 teach them the right way and God's way. 45:58 Yes. And we have another program coming up 46:01 for men called "Cuttin' Loose. " 46:04 And that program is based in a barber shop. 46:08 And the barber shop in the black community is kind of where 46:10 the guys go and hang out and talk politics and religion 46:13 and relationships and all that. 46:15 So we're going to be taping that one, Lord willing, 46:18 at the end of October. And this conversation at this barber shop 46:23 will be from God's perspective not the world's perspective. 46:27 That's right; that's right. Amen; amen! That's a lot better. 46:31 To me, when you think about 46:35 how awesome God is 46:38 and how He loves us so much... 46:41 You know, Pastor C.A. talked about our love for God 46:46 in Is It Any Wonder, and this song that I'm going to do 46:51 really looks at God's love for each of us 46:55 for we are His one true love. 47:12 I am faithful 47:16 so I won't let you fall. 47:21 You are My all in all, 47:25 My everything, 47:27 you're My everything. 47:30 And you're special... 47:35 I shed My blood to show 47:40 that I won't let you go 47:43 for anything, not anything. 47:48 'Cause I reached down 47:53 into the pit of hell to save you. 47:59 I forgot 48:03 all of the sins that I forgave you 48:08 'cause you are 48:11 My one 48:16 true love. 48:23 Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh... 48:27 You're forgiven 48:30 and if you have faith you'll see 48:35 that you have been set free 48:39 from everything... yes, everything. 48:44 So you can fly again 48:49 for I have overcome. 48:54 All of the work's been done, 48:57 you're white as snow, 48:59 you're white as snow. 49:02 'Cause in My death 49:07 there is an absolute atonement. 49:12 Tell Me "yes, " 49:16 and you'll be clean this very moment 49:22 'cause you are 49:25 My... My one 49:29 true love. 49:37 Oh, oh, oh, 49:41 in My death 49:44 there is an absolute atonement. 49:51 Tell Me "yes, " 49:54 and you'll be clean this very moment 49:59 'cause you are 50:02 My one 50:06 true 50:09 love. 50:14 Oh you are - yes you are - 50:17 I said: "You are 50:20 My one 50:25 true 50:30 love. " 50:44 Amen! Beautiful, Yvonne. Beautiful! 50:49 Wow! Ya'll been blessed so far? 50:52 Hey, we're just gettin' started. 50:54 We've got a few more minutes, and I'll know as soon as they 50:56 put the clock back up so I'll know how many minutes we got. 50:59 But we're having a great time and we've got Elder John Carter 51:03 who's going to be here in a few minutes. 51:04 And I'm looking forward to that, so we've got a few more minutes 51:08 and what I wanted to do: I was thinking about Jason. 51:10 Jason was up here. Stand up a second, Jay. 51:12 Now he and his mother were visiting one of the jails right 51:17 here in Franklin County. 51:19 If some of you haven't noticed Franklin Co. is mostly a white 51:22 county, right? Jason goes into a jail and he says... 51:26 He said: "Wow! Almost everybody in there was white. " 51:29 Well there was a little boy that was in there 51:32 about 5, 6, 7 Jay? 51:34 Yeah, probably about 5, 6. And this little boy was looking 51:37 at you - a little white boy - and what'd he say: 51:39 "Are you the president? " 51:49 I was like: "No... no, no, no, no. " 51:52 Hey, he looks like presidential stuff to me, 51:54 doesn't he to you? All right! 51:57 That's a good one. He's up here and I'm trying to listen 51:59 and be spiritual and I'm thinking about what he told me 52:01 yesterday. I said: "Now that is funny! " 52:04 This little kid: he didn't know. He said: "Hey... " 52:06 He looked so good he thought you were the president. 52:08 How about that? We have just a few minutes left. 52:11 What we want to do... We're going to play one more song 52:13 from this kid's CD. 52:15 And I had never written a song... 52:18 We've done a CD called "Love Rules" 52:21 and so we've got about 20 songs. And I said: "There's very few 52:25 songs that I've heard anybody write 52:27 about lifestyle and diet and what you eat. 52:31 So we came up with this little song 52:33 that says "You are what you eat. " 52:35 And so we've got these kids that's gonna be singing it 52:38 for you right now. I think you'll enjoy their music. 52:49 "You are what you eat" I've been told. 52:53 If this is true, I plan to grow old. 52:59 Let's take a look at what the Bible has to say 53:03 about the foods we eat each day. 53:06 Genesis tells about fruits, nuts, and grains; 53:10 Leviticus tells us what else remains. 53:15 Let's read about it in Genesis 1:29: 53:29 The book of Leviticus describes the two categories 53:32 of animal food: clean and unclean. 53:35 God commanded that His people only eat clean meat 53:37 as described in Leviticus the 11th chapter. 53:41 No pig; no catfish; no mice; no rabbit. 53:45 No shrimp; no squirrel; no oysters; no dog or cat. 53:49 No snakes! 53:51 Let's take a look at what the Bible has to say 53:55 about God's plan for us each day. 53:58 To be healthy and happy in every way: 54:02 this is God's plan for us each day. 54:07 Boys and girls: we belong to Jesus. 54:10 And because He loves us He has given us great advice 54:13 on how to be healthy and happy. 54:15 Let's read I Corinthians 6:19-20. 54:36 Now I know... the truth's been told... 54:40 and with God's help I plan to grow old. 54:44 Aren't you glad that God has a plan for your life? 54:47 III John 2 tells us what that plan is. 54:58 Jeremiah confirms this plan in chapter 29 verse 11: 55:12 If you give your life to Jesus 55:14 and take care of your body by exercising 55:17 and eating the right kinds of food, 55:19 then you, too, can sing: 55:21 Now I know... the truth's been told... 55:25 and with God's help I plan to grow old. 55:32 And with God's help I plan to grow old. 55:35 I plan to grow old. 55:43 Amen! For those at home, they saw it. 55:46 These screens are a little bit delayed for those of you 55:49 in the audience. I noticed the lips weren't quite with the 55:51 but they actually are with that. For those at home they could see 55:54 that but for our audience I thought I should let them know. 55:57 Hey, we're having a great time here, aren't we? 55:59 Yes we are, and the fun has just begun! 56:02 Yeah. Pastor Carter will be up here in a just a few minutes. 56:05 How many of you are looking forward? I am. 56:08 'Cause he has an incredible message for us tonight. 56:11 And again, it's one of those messages that's going to change 56:14 us into His image and into His likeness. 56:17 Amen! The Word of God says that this gospel of the kingdom 56:20 shall be preached where? 56:22 In all the world for a witness unto every nation. 56:27 All nations, and then what's going to happen? 56:29 Then the end. Aren't you ready for the end to come? 56:31 Yes! Ready for the end to come? 56:33 Ellen White says we have a part to play in the hastening 56:37 of that end and the finishing of that work. 56:40 How many want to at the beginning of this Camp Meeting 56:42 'cause we're going to ask you again at the end 56:43 want to pledge to do all you can to hasten the coming of 56:46 Christ in all the world? Amen! Amen. 56:48 That means going to your next-door neighbor. 56:49 Going to that relative that you haven't talked to in a while. 56:53 Oh-oh... Um-hmm. 56:55 Going to that person that may not have done you right 56:57 and letting them know that you love them 57:00 but more than that Jesus loves them 57:04 and being an agent of change for them. 57:07 Let's close with just a short word of prayer. 57:09 Father God, how we love You and praise You! 57:12 And we call upon Your Spirit to bless us here at the beginning 57:15 of this Camp Meeting. We dedicate ourselves to You 57:18 so that every word that is spoken 57:22 will go into our hearts. Yes, oh God. 57:24 Every thought will be on Jesus; every song that is sung will 57:28 lift us up towards heaven so that when we leave this place 57:31 we will take the power and presence of Christ... |
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