Participants: Danny Shelton (Host)
Series Code: 17SCM
Program Code: 17SCM000001A
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00:14 Welcome to 3ABN Spring Camp Meeting 2017:
00:25 Hello and welcome to 3ABN Spring Camp Meeting. 00:28 This is an amazing time of the year. 00:31 It's an amazing place to be. 00:33 And I'm so thankful that we serve the great God 00:35 of the universe who is coming back very soon in the clouds 00:39 of glory - right? to claim His chosen people. 00:42 And who's that? Everybody! 00:44 He died that not one should perish 00:46 but all should have everlasting life. 00:48 We have a wonderful group out here. 00:51 I told them a little earlier, Yvonne... I said 00:53 we'll, right at the beginning of a program we'll have 00:56 quite a few people. About 30 minutes after it's on 00:59 this place will be packed. 01:01 So I'm always worried Adventists are going to miss the second 01:03 coming by about 20 or 30 minutes... 01:06 but hopefully that's not true. 01:08 We'll be there. But we've had an incredible year this year 01:11 at 3ABN and we can't wait to give the good news 01:14 to all of you at home and to those of you here. 01:17 And we're going to have some wonderful programs, 01:19 wonderful speakers. 01:21 And so I don't know when we'll get a chance to do it 01:24 but share with the folks some of the speakers. 01:26 And ya'll here... I think you have programs, don't you? 01:28 If you don't, we can get them. They're available out here. 01:31 So anybody up here, you got? Give us something, John. 01:36 Well... well, praise the Lord that we're here. 01:41 I'm kind of laying low tonight. 01:44 I spoke this morning for the GO! Evangelism Team a sermon. 01:48 Most of you were not here. 01:49 If you're a GO! Evangelism Team member or become one, 01:53 then you get an opportunity to get a copy of that. 01:55 But we're glad that the Lord has given us another year 01:57 to just simply yield our lives back to Him. 02:00 And we are expecting... If you saw the Thursday Night Live, 02:05 we were so excited that we wanted to run around the studio. 02:09 And Danny will tell you more about that, but there are many 02:11 things the Lord is doing to make an impact on 3ABN 02:14 and also in our lives and we praise Him for it. 02:17 Absolutely! Mollie, Shelley, Brian... somebody? 02:20 Well I was just thinking: we had a board meeting this morning 02:23 and I just feel about this high off the ground. 02:26 You know, we can look into the world and what's happening 02:29 in the world, and the world system's declining to its end. 02:31 Can I hear an "Amen" to that? Amen! 02:33 It's gettin' worse and then it gets worse again. 02:36 But when we look into the church and what God is doing, 02:38 Danny, in the church and... then we have to get excited 02:43 because God really is in charge. Amen! 02:47 He really is in control. And how many of you really believe 02:49 that... that scripture tells us that in that day all nations 02:54 are going to flow into the mountain of the Lord's house. 02:57 There is a great end-time revival that's just right here 03:00 upon us. And we're going to be a part of it 03:03 and that... that is something to shout about! Amen! 03:07 And speaking of board members, we have our board chairman 03:11 and his wife Jacki, Bruce and Jacki Fjarli, 03:13 all the way from Oregon. 03:15 Medford, Oregon. We're glad to be here 03:16 praising the Lord with you, 03:18 looking forward to the second coming and spreading the gospel 03:20 around the world. Amen! All right! 03:22 I'm particularly excited about the subject matter 03:25 when you look at the titles for each of the meetings. 03:29 My! You know, for every truth 03:32 Satan has some kind of counterfeit. 03:34 Well during this series the counterfeits of Satan 03:37 are going to be exposed by presenting truth. 03:40 Amen! And this is exciting. I like the subjects. 03:44 We know that this is a God-ordained encampment 03:48 because those subjects - all 18 subjects - 03:51 were given to us in answer to prayer in about 3 minutes' 03:55 time. It was just prayer and then write as fast as we could. 03:59 So we knew this was of God. 04:02 Shelley does... When she says we that's she and the Holy Spirit 04:05 because you all did that together. 04:07 There wasn't any we. I wasn't... I think most of us 04:10 here... that's you, and so we knew it was the Lord. 04:13 When she started putting that out it's like 04:15 "Wow! How did you come? " She said: "I didn't... it just 04:18 came. " Can I tell the whole story? 04:20 I was curling my hair 04:22 and I knew we had... getting ready to go to work. 04:24 I thought your hair was naturally curly? It is naturally 04:26 curly. I curl it to make it straight! But anyway... 04:31 Oh well. BUT 04:34 I was curling my hair and saying: "Oh, Lord, 04:37 what are we going to do this year? " 'Cause I knew we had 04:39 this meeting. And for just a moment I almost let my hair burn 04:43 because it started coming. I took my roller out 04:45 real quick and then I just started writing! 04:47 And there it was! Amen! 04:50 And we're going to have this next hour - for those of you 04:53 watching us - Pastor Nathan Renner's going to be here 04:55 then our own... Dr. Murray, can you give us? 04:58 You're speaking tonight, aren't you? 05:00 Give us a little clue. What are we going to be looking for? 05:04 We're going to talk about truth. 05:06 When you've got truth there can be no false. 05:09 There can be alternate beliefs 05:11 but there can be no alternate truth. Amen! 05:13 So we're going to talk about the truth, the whole truth, 05:15 and nothing but the truth. Amen! All right. 05:18 Praise the Lord! Greg and Jill, what've you got for us. 05:21 It's a blessing to be here at Camp Meeting. 05:23 Don't you? Isn't it a blessing? Amen! You know, 05:26 as production we've been counting the days down 05:29 in excitement. "Two weeks from today Camp Meeting starts. " 05:32 "One week" and then it's "Tomorrow Camp Meeting starts. " 05:35 And you know, we appreciate you all coming here. 05:38 This is a blessing because you are 3ABN as well. 05:41 I remember several anniversaries back, Danny, you would say: 05:43 "This is your 3ABN. " 05:45 The Lord Jesus Christ of course, 05:47 but thank you to each one of you. 05:48 It is so wonderful to see and meet each one of you. 05:50 It's like a family reunion. 05:52 Good to see some people we've seen for many years; 05:54 some of you are new here. 05:55 Thank you again for coming. 05:56 We're looking forward to this entire Camp Meeting. 05:58 Several hours. What? 23 programs... 24 programs? 06:02 I don't know: 25, 30, 40, 50? I don't know. 06:05 A lot. Hope you brought a seat cushion. 06:08 That's right, you kind of need it with 3ABN Camp Meeting. 06:12 It's just a joy... We've been praying 06:15 as the 3ABN team here, and I know you've been praying 06:18 as well, but praying that the Lord would pour out 06:21 His Spirit in abundant measure. 06:23 We could come, we could be filled, but then it would mean 06:27 nothing if our lives and hearts aren't changed 06:31 by the messages that we hear, by the Word of God, 06:35 and by the Holy Spirit's anointing. 06:37 So I just want to encourage each one of you 06:39 and you at home to pray... 06:41 to pray that God's Spirit would be poured out 06:43 in abundant measure and that revival would spring forth 06:47 as a result of what takes place here. 06:49 Amen! Yvonne? 06:50 Jill and I have a surprise. 06:54 Look what is here! Amen! Look what has come in today. 06:59 Spiritual Vigilantes. This is Danny's new book. 07:03 It's the truth behind the attempted destruction 07:06 of God's law. This book... Yes... you like it. Great! 07:12 This book is a blessing, and Jill, tell us how we can get it 07:15 and more about it. We're so excited about this book. 07:18 I know that Remnant Publications brought it down today 07:21 in the truck, and I saw the boxes... the cases of books 07:25 coming off. 16,200 of these books 07:29 are here right now. This is hot off the press 07:32 here right now at Camp Meeting. So if you want to get your copy 07:35 here, you can see I have a little flyer here. 07:39 All you have to do is... This should be in your program. 07:42 Or go by the 3ABN booth. They have the books there. 07:45 They are, Mr. Danny, I believe absolutely free 07:50 and there is no shipping for those of you who are here 07:55 because the books are already brought down. 07:57 Sure. So you can pick up a case. You can pick up two cases 08:01 or three, and share them with those people in your community. 08:06 Now, fill out the form... turn it in. We want to know 08:09 who picked up which books. But I'm excited about that. 08:11 And for those of you at home 08:13 you can always get the books. You still get them free 08:16 but you have to pay for shipping 08:18 'cause we have to pay for that. 08:19 But it's only $18.50 a case! 08:22 For 100? For 100 books. 08:24 That's not bad. That's flat rate anywhere in the country? 08:26 That's right. So... yeah. United States and Philippines, 08:30 Guam, some of the other U.S. territories. 08:32 Well it's always neat to see something come into fruition. 08:35 So I hadn't seen this till just a little bit ago. 08:37 They just came down today. 08:39 But I praise the Lord for it because it's information 08:42 that I know the Lord placed upon my heart. 08:45 It's information that I know most of you agree with. 08:48 But we have a whole world that needs to hear truth 08:51 as Pastor C.A. was saying. 08:53 And we called it Spiritual Vigilantes because 08:56 I think most of you know what a vigilante is. 08:59 In the physical sense, people who put themselves above the law 09:02 who feel like, "Well you know, the authorities aren't doing 09:08 their job so we're going to step in and do it. " 09:11 And usually it's of a negative consequence. 09:13 But there are spiritual vigilantes. 09:16 God has His law, and anyone who attempts to change God's law - 09:21 any of the commandments, not just the fourth one, 09:24 we talk about all of them - anyone who attempts to change 09:27 God's law is a spiritual vigilante. 09:30 So that's what came to me, and I said: "You know what? 09:33 Let's get this out because the world needs truth 09:36 like never before. " And I am more convinced 09:38 that Jesus is coming soon than I've ever been in my life. 09:42 Just the news we have received here 09:44 in the last few weeks has amazed me. 09:47 Everybody? Absolutely! I mean, we can't wait to share 09:50 it all with you. Some of it we're supposed to wait 09:51 till Sabbath but I've got a mouth that runs quite a bit. 09:55 I've never been known to keep anything. 09:57 So I may be telling it all before we get there to Sabbath. 10:00 But this is some good news I want to tell you. 10:03 Some good news what God is doing. 10:05 And it lets us know that He's on the throne. 10:07 And so we couldn't do any of this without all of you. 10:11 So thank you those of you that are here from many many 10:13 states and even we know Australia. 10:16 And there's going to be some other folk from other countries 10:18 coming but for those of you at home also 10:21 thank you for your love and your prayers and financial support 10:24 of 3ABN. We could not take this message into all the world. 10:28 It soon will be 33 years. This November 10:31 since the idea came to build a television station 10:34 that would reach the world with an undiluted three angels' 10:37 messages, one that would counteract the counterfeit. 10:40 I had no idea what that meant but I knew it wasn't from me. 10:43 And 30+ years later 10:46 here it is: we literally see God 10:49 opening up whole nations to 3ABN like never before. Amen! 10:54 Technology's changing... everything is changing 10:56 and God is in control. I want to let you know 10:59 not just this but in your own life 11:01 never be discouraged - Amen! no matter what it looks like. 11:05 I can tell you now, last Fall financially if we had some 11:08 people come in here lookin' at 3ABN they'd say: 11:11 "You're never going to make it through the winter. " 11:13 And I mean, it was easy to look at what's coming in and what's 11:17 going out: "You're not going to be here in the Spring. " 11:20 That's what it would look like in the physical. 11:23 But in the spiritual we had to say: "Lord, we're trusting 11:26 You. " And God has done amazing things. 11:28 We're still here, still giving the message, 11:30 reaching more people than ever before. 11:32 And we don't take any of the credit. 11:34 We know it's God, impressing on the hearts of each and every 11:37 one of you to support Three Angels Broadcasting Network. 11:41 So once again thank you so much. 11:43 And the book... yes, it is free. 11:45 Hopefully that doesn't mean it's not worth anything. 11:48 But hopefully that what we want to do is... 11:51 we've had some sponsors and we're inviting each of you. 11:55 Some of you say: "Well, I can't go pass out 11:56 books. " And there's groups that literally in New York 12:00 and Tobago and others that are taking thousands of these. 12:03 I think they told me the Georgia-Cumberland Conference 12:06 is getting like two pallets - that's almost 11,000 books - 12:11 that they're going to be passing out. 12:12 And so all we do is say: "You pay the shipping. " 12:15 So some folk are donating the finances 12:18 so that way we can literally give the books out 12:21 to those who have the energy and the time 12:23 and the efforts to get together. 12:26 Because our churches sometimes fall asleep. 12:28 So projects like this get us up and going. 12:32 And they had the Desmond Doss book out not too long ago 12:35 with Remnant and some of the others. 12:36 And at one point 3,000,000 books got passed out. 12:39 That's good for all of us 12:41 to get up and to get out and to do something 12:43 for the cause of God rather than just come and sit down 12:46 on the pews every week, right? 12:48 And so this is something that I believe. 12:51 Some people will be offended - 12:53 and even people within the church - because 12:56 I have seen changes within the church. 12:58 We've always preached on the one commandment 13:00 but it seems like there's some more 13:02 that some of us are willing to just let slide by. 13:05 And it's not... "Well, we're to be politically correct... 13:08 you shouldn't really talk about some of these subjects. " 13:11 But you know, I feel like we have to. 13:12 So whatever commandments the world and here in America 13:16 for those of us here that see that our government 13:19 is endorsing or making law of the land 13:21 we still have to stand up and tell the truth. 13:23 So by God's grace this book is going to continue to go out. 13:27 And only by His anointing and the power of His Holy Spirit 13:31 will lives be changed. Amen! 13:33 Why don't we sing? Johnny, you've got something 13:35 and then we'll sing a congregational song. 13:36 I think you've just presented a great opportunity. 13:38 You know, there are people that sometimes call 3ABN 13:41 looking for material to help spread the gospel. 13:45 And this is a wonderful opportunity for people to 13:48 get a truth-filled book and hand it to someone 13:52 and I believe lives will be transformed. 13:54 I want to add something about the list of topics. 13:58 When I saw them I said: "Wow! This is tremendous! " 14:01 And it reminded me of the mission of 3ABN: 14:04 to counteract the counterfeit. 14:06 And of course our prayer is that as people hear the truth 14:10 they will be drawn to Christ 14:12 and their lives will be transformed. 14:14 And this is what we ask that you will also do: 14:16 pray for every speaker. Pray for every minute 14:19 of the live broadcast that 3ABN is on the air 14:21 because we want every minute to be a blessing. 14:24 Amen! It's been almost 11 years, 14:27 Shelley, hasn't it? since we wrote The Ten Commandments 14:29 Twice Removed. Anybody had that book or ever passed it out? 14:32 Look at all the hands. 14:33 Over 10 million of those went out, and we've seen tremendous, 14:37 we've seen numerous... You can tell us a little bit. 14:40 Sunday pastors. Not only people from other denominations 14:44 and non-Christians, but a lot of pastors from other churches 14:46 who've accepted the Sabbath. 14:48 I ought to have to send this down to Johnny because 14:50 he had a gentleman here recently who was with the Latino Dept. 14:54 who said that just in their country they'd had like over 100 14:59 was it? pastors who have now become Seventh-day Adventists 15:04 from reading this book. 15:06 The book has been translated - amazing! 15:09 Amen - but you know we still get reports. 15:13 And the book has been translated... We've lost track of 15:16 how many languages its been translated into. 15:19 Because when people say: "Can we translate it into 15:22 Talagu or whatever we can say: "Yeah, as long as you're not 15:25 charging. " Don't tell Dwight. 15:27 Don't tell people about it... just do it. You know just do it 15:30 if you're giving it away. Just do it! Get it out! So it has 15:32 been such a blessing to know that there's 15:36 just thousands upon thousands 15:38 of people, and still we had a call not too long ago 15:42 from a Baptist pastor who read this book 15:45 here in the United States and he said: "I'm absolutely 15:49 convinced. I can't preach it from the pulpit" 15:51 but he said "I'm keeping it at home. " 15:54 I want ya'll to pray for that pastor. 15:56 There's probably more than one 15:58 who have feared that they would lose their job 16:01 if they were to preach the truth. 16:03 But pray for them that God will give them a holy boldness 16:06 and that they will know that they are responsible to the 16:09 Great Shepherd. OK... for those of you here 16:11 this week. You've got your motorhomes, 16:14 you've got your campers, your cars, your trucks. 16:15 You can take caseloads... whatever you can get in. 16:18 You just fill out a form so we'll know 16:20 and take them back and there's no shipping involved. 16:22 And so we're happy to do that. And thank you 16:24 for what you do for the cause of God. 16:26 Let's sing something. How about When We All Get To Heaven? 16:29 I heard them sing while ago... they're good. 16:31 OK! Yeah... let's sing. 17:14 When we all get to heaven, 17:18 what a day of rejoicing that will be! 17:50 Amen! Thank you. You can be seated. 17:52 Thank you all. I think at this time we're going to have 17:54 Pastor John. Are you going to sing for us? 17:57 All right... John, and Tim, and I. 18:01 I'll play the guitar - OK - and you sing and Tim's going to 18:04 play the piano. We'll see how it works. 18:06 All right... let's do it. 18:08 You know, we had the privilege... Just recently 18:11 we were down in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 18:14 And just a few days ago many of you 18:17 may remember George Baehm. He's now resting in Jesus. 18:21 Tena's here... and you cannot miss Tena. 18:27 She's the shortest person here. 18:31 Her husband was recently laid to rest 18:33 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 18:35 And we went down to be a part of the memorial service. 18:39 And it reminds us even more that 18:43 all of the soldiers of the cross 18:45 that dedicate their lives to the cause of Jesus... 18:49 You know, we get sad when a person has passed away. 18:54 We are sad when a person dies but we are so glad when they die 18:57 in Jesus. Amen! And so when we were down at the service 19:01 I wanted to sing a song. As a matter of fact, Tena had 19:03 asked us to, but I didn't want to use a sound track. 19:06 I wanted to be more tender than that. 19:07 And I pulled Danny aside all of three minutes 19:10 and just mentioned a song to him... 19:13 and that tonight is a result. 19:15 You know, there's another meeting place. 19:18 It's not in the next General Conference session 19:22 or ASI, but the meeting place we're all looking forward to 19:25 is heaven. And when this Camp Meeting is over 19:28 I want this song to resonate in your heart. 19:30 If we never meet again this side of heaven, 19:33 we will meet you on that beautiful shore. 19:43 If we never meet again 19:48 this side of heaven, 19:53 as we struggle 19:56 through this world and its trials. 20:02 There's another meeting place 20:07 somewhere in heaven 20:12 by the beautiful River 20:17 of Life. 20:22 Where the charming roses bloom 20:27 forever; 20:32 where separation comes 20:37 no more; 20:41 So if we never meet again 20:46 this side of heaven, 20:51 I will meet you 20:54 on that beautiful shore. 21:01 It's where the charming roses bloom 21:07 forever; 21:11 where separation comes 21:16 no more; 21:21 So if we never meet again 21:26 this side of heaven, 21:31 I will meet you 21:34 on that beautiful shore. 21:41 I will meet you 21:44 on that beautiful 21:48 shore. 21:56 Amen! 21:58 Amen! Thank you, John. 22:04 Some time ago I was sitting at home 22:07 and I said: "Lord, I want to give You something, but 22:09 I don't know what to give You. " 22:11 What do you give the Creator of the universe? 22:13 And it's just like this voice said: "Just give Me all 22:15 your praise. " So I wrote this little song 22:18 and just asked Tim just a little bit ago 22:21 if maybe he would play it with me. 22:26 All my praise... 22:30 I give You all my praise. 22:38 That's all I have 22:43 to offer You. 22:49 I now build 22:52 a sanctuary 22:56 so deep within my heart 23:02 and all my praise 23:06 I offer up 23:09 to You. 23:15 I love You, Lord! 23:20 Oh, how I love You, Lord! 23:28 I bare my heart and 23:33 soul to You. 23:40 I'm an empty 23:43 broken vessel 23:46 filled with hurt 23:49 and pain inside. 23:52 Still I offer up 23:56 all my praise 24:00 to You. 24:06 Fill me, Lord... 24:11 Oh, please fill me, Lord. 24:18 With Your Holy Spirit 24:24 fill me now. 24:31 For I long for Your anointing 24:38 that I may work for You. 24:45 Fill me now... 24:48 touch me now 24:51 dear Lord. 24:57 All my praise... 25:02 I give You all my praise. 25:11 That's all I have 25:16 to offer You. 25:22 I now build 25:25 a sanctuary 25:29 so deep within my heart 25:35 and all my praise 25:39 I offer up 25:42 to You... 25:47 Oh, and all my praise 25:52 I offer up 25:56 to You. 26:03 Amen! 26:06 Thank you, Tim. 26:13 Now it's my privilege... If you haven't met 26:16 or haven't heard Tim Parton play or sing, 26:19 you've missed a real treat. 26:21 And Tim loves Jesus with all of his heart. 26:24 He's an incredible musician and he gives God that credit. 26:29 Because... I heard him years ago. And he's done a number of 26:34 the projects at 3ABN that we have done over the years. 26:37 Tim is doing most of the... Whether I'm singing, 26:41 C.A.'s singing, John is singing, 26:43 no matter who, most of the piano is Tim doing that. 26:47 So he started playing in our studio, I don't know, 15 years 26:49 or so ago... became great friends. 26:52 And I sense that there's an anointing on him. 26:56 So we started a new television channel 27:00 that's a praise Him: it's called Praise Him! 27:02 the channel, and it's wonderful and it's all ready. In fact, 27:07 it's going to be going on in the UK in just a little bit. 27:10 So we've got to make sure we get it here in America 27:12 'cause these folks are going to be upset at us. 27:14 But it's a full-time channel. But Tim, we've asked you just 27:17 to play and sing as the Holy Spirit impresses you for a bit. 27:21 Thank you for this opportunity. 27:23 It's great to be here as always. Great to be a part of 3ABN. 28:27 His voice is thunder; 28:31 His face is shining like the sun 28:36 and there is fire in His eyes. 28:43 Enthroned in glory, 28:47 the marks of healing in His hands. 28:51 All of creation testifies: 28:58 Great is the Lord... He is worthy of honor 29:02 and worthy of all that we are. 29:06 He is righteous and holy, 29:08 deserving of glory, 29:10 Redeemer of every heart. 29:14 Great 29:17 is the Lord! 29:22 Yes, He's great. 29:26 His words are healing, 29:30 His ways are higher than mine. 29:34 His steadfast love is better than life! 29:41 Joy everlasting, 29:45 a peace this world can't comprehend. 29:49 My lips will sing it 29:51 over again and again and again. 29:57 Oh, great is the Lord... He is worthy of honor 30:02 and worthy of all that we are. 30:05 He is righteous and holy, 30:07 deserving of glory, 30:09 Redeemer of every heart. 30:13 Great 30:17 is the Lord! 30:21 Great 30:24 is the Lord! 30:42 Oh, great is the Lord... 30:44 so worthy of honor, 30:46 and worthy of all that we are. 30:50 He is righteous and holy, 30:53 deserving of glory, 30:55 Redeemer of every heart. 30:59 I said great is the Lord, 31:02 so worthy of honor 31:04 and worthy of all that we are. 31:08 He is righteous and holy, 31:11 deserving of glory, 31:14 Redeemer of every heart. 31:19 Great 31:23 is the Lord! 31:27 Great 31:31 is the Lord! 31:35 Great 31:38 is the Lord! 31:44 Amen! 33:46 Hallelujah! What a Savior! Amen? 33:48 Amen! How I love Him! Praise the Lord! 33:51 So grateful that God has called us all to be His 33:56 mouthpiece... to speak and proclaim 34:00 to a dying world that Jesus cares, He saves, 34:05 He loves. And you may have come to this place 34:10 tonight, this week, with a desire in your heart 34:15 to be used. But you don't know where 34:19 and you almost even are to the point where 34:21 you just don't think it's possible that God could use you. 34:25 But I love the fact that the Bible is full of examples 34:28 of people that God used all through the Old Testament 34:32 and into the New Testament. 34:34 He uses us... we're all He's got! 34:38 Now He could do anything He wanted to without us 34:42 but He chooses to use people like you and people like me. 34:46 I'm going to sing about that. 34:48 All right... good. 34:58 You see, Peter had a temper 35:02 and Thomas had his doubts; 35:06 Jacob was a liar; 35:10 remember... Jonah headed south. 35:14 Martha had her worries 35:18 and Sarah was too old; 35:22 David wasn't faithful 35:26 and Moses wasn't bold. 35:30 And I used to see them as stained-glass saints... 35:35 they seemed almost divine. 35:39 But now I see them with flesh and blood 35:42 with a heart a lot like mine: 35:45 just people like me 35:50 in the hands of a gracious God! 35:54 And though He sees 35:58 where I've been and what I'm not 36:02 oh, what a wonder... 36:06 what a beautiful mystery 36:10 that He chooses and uses 36:14 people like me! 36:19 None of us are perfect; 36:21 we're all broke and we are weak. 36:26 But I see a cloud of witnesses; 36:30 we're in great company! 36:34 With all of our failures and all our faults, 36:39 with all our fears, 36:42 our Father still has a plan 36:47 for everybody here. 36:50 Just people like me 36:54 in the hands of a gracious God! 36:58 And though He sees 37:02 where I've been and what I'm not 37:06 oh, what a wonder... 37:10 what a beautiful mystery 37:14 that He chooses and uses 37:18 people like me 37:21 to be His hands and feet. 37:24 Oh, I believe it's true: 37:28 He's changing this world 37:30 through people like you 37:34 and people like me. 37:41 He uses people like me... 37:50 oh, what a wonder... 37:54 what a beautiful mystery 37:58 that He chooses and uses 38:02 people like me. 38:08 God uses people like me! 38:18 Just people like WE! 38:27 Amen! Yeah... that's good news, isn't it? 38:30 It's nice to be used by God, right? 38:34 Now I want to play just one more song. 38:36 And this is a song that whenever I went to Camp Meeting 38:40 as a child we would sing this song. It's an old song 38:43 called Oh, I Want To See Him... Look Upon His Face. 38:47 Some of you may not know it; some of you may 38:49 and if you know it sing along if you can stand it. 40:46 All right! And if you want to know how that song goes 40:49 it goes like this: 40:52 Oh, I want to see Him... 40:57 look upon His face. 41:02 There to sing forever 41:06 of His saving grace. 41:11 On the streets of glory 41:16 let me lift my voice. 41:21 Cares all past, 41:24 we'll be home at last 41:28 ever to rejoice! 41:34 And then we'd sing this: 41:36 But until then 41:40 my heart will go on singing. 41:46 Until then 41:49 with joy I'll carry on. 41:55 Until the day 42:00 my eyes behold that city 42:07 until the day 42:11 God calls me 42:16 home. 42:28 Amen. 42:29 Amen! Thank you. Wow! Is that incredible or what? 42:34 Praise the Lord! There's only one explanation for that 42:37 so I want all the white people here to hold your ears 42:40 for a minute, I'm going to talk to the rest. 42:41 Only one explanation: he's got to have color in his hands 42:46 'cause white people can't play like that... 42:47 that's all there is to it. 42:49 So we may have to get DNA. We want to know the truth 42:52 about this. This whole Camp Meeting is about truth. 42:55 We want to know the truth. 42:57 So thank you so much, Tim, for what you do... and beautiful! 43:00 Such an anointing on Tim when he ministers that we sit 43:04 back here and we're worried about the schedule 43:07 but I noticed, crew, everybody's back here... we're just 43:10 glued to the monitors back there because 43:13 it's not just how good of a... great of a talent he has 43:17 but there is an anointing. Some people have an anointing 43:20 and God has gifted him. And I'm so thankful 43:23 he's on God's team, aren't you? Amen! 'Cause he could do a lot 43:26 of damage... you could do a lot of damage if you were 43:28 on the side of the world. So we're glad that you're not 43:31 there but you've chosen to use your gifts and your talents 43:34 for the Lord. Speaking of gifts and talents 43:37 and somebody with a little color in her hands 43:39 I'm going to invite Dr. Yvonne to come out. 43:42 And right now... What an incredible woman of God 43:45 and manager of Dare to Dream Network. 43:49 And we have some great news and, Yvonne, we need to talk 43:54 about this for a minute. OK. 43:56 Dare to Dream... you want to say hello to 44:00 the newest viewers of Dare to Dream - millions 44:05 of people - where around the world? 44:07 In the UK! In the UK you can 44:10 just turn on your television and see Dare to Dream. 44:14 Amen! This is one of the miracles I've been... 44:17 Amazing! Praise God! This is one of the miracles that 44:20 I've been telling you about. 44:21 We were there two years ago a lot of you remember. We went 44:24 to London, held meetings. Fourteen pastors or so... 44:27 churches. And hundreds of people came to each church. 44:30 There were several thousands of people and quite a few people 44:33 got baptized. But every day as our team would walk through 44:36 the streets we'd say: "Lord, how are we going to reach 44:38 the millions and the millions of people 44:41 not only in London but the entire United Kingdom? 44:45 Eight million people! " And I want to tell you: 44:47 it was against the law because we talked to the church leaders: 44:50 "Can't you get some television time? " You know what they said? 44:53 "They don't allow Christian television. There's no way 44:56 you can have it. And especially foreign companies... 44:58 it's not allowed. " And I want you to know 45:00 Moses Primo started work two years ago 45:03 working, filling out applications, doing everything 45:06 that he possibly could do to get a license 45:09 to be able to broadcast where they say it's impossible. 45:12 And only... get this: only January 1 45:17 was it legal for Christian programming 45:22 and foreigners with Christian programming 45:25 to have a channel in the UK. 45:29 This channel is free to air 75%. 45:32 There's 65 million people. 45:34 UK, for those of you that's not particularly good in geography, 45:39 the UK - the United Kingdom - 45:44 is England, is Northern Ireland, 45:47 is all of Scotland and Wales. 45:50 Right now 75% of all of those people 45:54 have to just turn on their television set. 45:56 They get not only 3ABN but 3ABN Dare to Dream. 46:00 And then in a matter of a few weeks 46:03 all of our channels are going to be on there. 46:05 Can you imagine? All our channels 46:07 reaching millions and millions of people! 46:11 And then on top of that 46:14 if that's not good enough news, Smart Television, 46:16 all of those folk... And the UK is at least I'm told 46:20 5-7 years ahead of us when it comes to wife 46:24 and when it comes to technology as far as broadcasting goes. 46:28 We have it, but it's what the government allows them. 46:33 But everyone that has a Smart TV - 46:37 and there's millions of them being sold - 46:38 80% of the people in the UK who buy Smart TV's 46:42 have Wi-Fi. Almost everybody there has Wi-Fi. 46:45 And all of those folk now get 3ABN. 46:48 We have called. People who live in the heart of London 46:52 where it's impossible to reach 46:54 we've called them and said: "Can you turn on channel 244? " 46:58 And they turn on and they say: 47:00 "There's what we call a bouquet that opens up with a 47:04 number of channels inside it 47:05 there's 3ABN and 3ABN Dare to Dream. " 47:08 So I know you're one happy, happy camper - I am so excited - 47:12 that you have potentially millions and millions 47:14 of more people. Folks... this is a miracle! 47:17 I don't know if everybody's gettin' it? 47:18 If you're getting this or not. 47:20 Maybe if you're not it's 'cause you're not in the... 47:23 in what we do day in and day out and have done for 47:25 year in and year out. This is maybe the biggest miracle 47:29 I've ever seen. Not just the amount of people 47:32 but where it is. Amen! 47:34 Where it is! It's impossible to go 47:36 to the UK. The church told us that. "We can't do it. " 47:39 "We cannot do this. " And they couldn't. 47:42 But now you know what? It's not gonna happen... 47:44 it's already on. Some of you are watching right now 47:47 'cause we're getting reports. We can get reports 47:49 of thousands of people right now who are watching 47:53 3ABN and 3ABN Dare to Dream. And in a matter of weeks 47:56 all of our other channels including Kids Time. 48:00 Yes! Proclaim! Yes! Literally all of them! 48:03 Latino! Yes, yes, yes! All of these channels 48:05 are going to be reaching millions of people. Yes! Yes! 48:07 And with our channel is a number of other channels 48:12 and one of those is a Muslim channel. 48:14 We're happy about that because 3 million Muslims in the UK... 48:19 many of those will be able to watch 3ABN if they choose. 48:22 I mean, this is an exciting time! 48:25 I could go on about this for a long time 48:27 but I'm going to save it till later. I've told you about 48:29 all I can do... there's a lot more to come. 48:31 But thank you so much for what you do... 48:33 Praise the Lord! for the cause of God 48:35 and thank you for using your gifts, your talents 48:38 and abilities. Yvonne has made a living for many many years, 48:42 a very good living, singing with people like Whitney Houston 48:47 and Luther Vandross... many others, 48:48 and done a lot of commercials. But I'm so thankful 48:50 that now she's using her gifts and talents for Jesus. 48:53 Praise the Lord! Amen! Praise the Lord! 49:14 In Christ alone 49:17 my hope is found, 49:20 He is my light, my strength, my song. 49:25 This Cornerstone, 49:27 this Solid Ground, 49:30 firm through the fiercest drought and storm. 49:35 What heights of love, 49:38 what depths of peace, 49:40 when fears are stilled and strivings cease. 49:46 My Comforter, 49:48 my All in All... 49:51 here in the love of Christ I stand. 50:04 In Christ alone, 50:07 who took on flesh: 50:09 fullness of God in the helpless babe. 50:14 This gift of love and righteousness 50:20 scorned by the ones He came to save. 50:25 'Til on that cross 50:27 as Jesus died 50:30 the wrath of God was satisfied. 50:35 For every sin on Him was laid... 50:41 here in the death of Christ I live. 51:06 There in the ground His body lay 51:12 Light of the World by darkness slain. 51:17 Then bursting forth in glorious day 51:22 up from the grave He rose again! 51:27 And as He stands in victory 51:32 sin's curse has lost its grip on me. 51:38 For I am His and He is mine! 51:43 Bought with the precious blood of Christ. 51:56 No guilt in life, no fear in death: 52:01 this is the power of Christ in me. 52:06 From life's first cry 52:09 to final breath 52:12 Jesus commands my destiny. 52:17 No power of hell, 52:20 no scheme of man 52:22 can ever pluck me 52:26 from His hand! 52:30 'Til He returns to take me home 52:35 here in the power of Christ I'll stand. 52:40 No power of hell, 52:43 no scheme of man 52:46 can ever pluck me from His hand! 52:56 Here in the power 52:59 of Christ 53:05 I'll stand. 53:16 Amen! Stay out here with me a minute, OK? 53:20 We have just a few minutes before we get to the top 53:23 of the hour. Thank you. You're welcome. 53:25 Before we get to the top of the hour. 53:27 I wanted you to just give a little bit of a testimony 53:30 because singing in the world for as long as you did 53:33 I'm always amazed. And she has a number of gold and platinum 53:37 records, and you won't find them hanging anywhere. 53:39 When I saw them they were in her closet. 53:42 C.A. Murray told me: "Go see her gold and platinum records" 53:45 years ago. And I said: "Why are they in your closet? " 53:47 And she said: "They don't mean anything to me. " 53:49 Amen! "It's what I'm doing now for Jesus. " 53:52 So give us a little bit. I know you make less 53:55 than you would on one commercial like Folger's coffee 53:59 or something... a year, probably. 54:01 You actually make less and yet you seem happier. 54:04 Tell us how that works. There's people listening 54:06 say: "How does that work? " You know, it's funny because 54:09 when you're in the jingle business 54:12 there is a lot of money to be made. 54:14 It's really like a fairy tale kind of existence 54:17 because you know money comes in, you get residuals. 54:20 So every time a commercial is played you get money, 54:24 you get paid for that. So you go to your mail box 54:26 and open the mail box and you have checks for this 54:29 and checks for that and all that. And that was all 54:31 well and good, but you know what? 54:33 Something... there was something missing in my life. 54:36 And I really didn't know what it was until a girlfriend of mine 54:40 came to visit me, and she had her Bible with her. 54:44 And I thought: "Oh! " 'cause I was... By this time 54:46 I'm a 3rd or 4th generation Seventh-day Adventist 54:50 but I had gone away from the Lord 54:53 in the 80's and I was in the music industry 54:58 and all that. And I knew that one day... I felt like 55:02 I would come back. But you know what? 55:04 That's a delusion because at any point 55:06 the devil could have snatched my life 55:09 and I wouldn't have made it back. 55:11 So I praise the Lord that He brought me back. 55:13 And so my friend came; she had her Bible with her. 55:16 She had... When she went back to Nashville... 55:20 my friend Beverly Jenkins, I have to give Beverly 55:22 a shout out, when she went back to Nashville 55:25 she said... she sent me a little card 55:28 and in it was Philippians 4:6 and it was from the Living Bible 55:31 and it said: "Don't worry about anything. " 55:33 It said: "Pray about everything. " 55:35 "Tell God your needs; don't forget to thank Him 55:37 for His answers, and if you do this you will experience 55:40 God's peace which is more wonderful than the human mind 55:43 can understand. " And I realized that that's what I needed. 55:47 That's what was missing. And the Lord just... 55:50 it's just like a vacuum cleaner. He just brought me back 55:53 and I just praise God. I have NEVER 55:56 EVER regretted coming back to Jesus. 55:59 And if you don't know Jesus, viewer, you need to know Him. 56:03 It's the best decision you could ever make. 56:05 Amen! Absolutely! Thank you so much. 56:07 So your journey - um-hmm - is still going. 56:11 Yes it is. And now you're the general manager 56:13 of Dare to Dream Network. Yes. Some of the new programs 56:16 you have we're getting the best feedback of any programs 56:19 we have. Some of the folk... if they're not getting 56:22 Dare to Dream maybe you could tell them quickly 56:24 how they can get Dare to Dream. 56:26 Oh sure. Well... on your computer first of all 56:28 if you just go to D2Dnetwork.tv 56:32 If you have an iPad, an iPhone, a tablet or a Smart Phone 56:36 you can download the free 3ABN app 56:39 and we are on 24/7. 56:42 If you have Roku or mysdatv box 56:45 you can watch it there. So we have all kinds of ways 56:48 to watch... just watch! 56:50 OK. And what are some of the new programs? 56:53 Pumped Up Parents. Oh, you're going to love that! 56:55 Salvation in Symbols And Signs. You know we've been doing that. 56:58 And we're going to come back by the grace of God... 57:01 I heard a lot of amens over there - Yes - so somebody's 57:02 watching. Yes, yes, yes! We did Revelation 57:04 but we're going to go back and do the book of Daniel, 57:07 Lord willing. So we have that coming and then we have 57:11 Pumped Up Parents. We have Creative Cooking. 57:14 We have Working The Dream, which is an amazing program 57:17 about taking God into the workplace. 57:19 So there's a lot of great programs. All right! 57:21 So you've gotta get Dare To Dream. Now our first hour 57:23 of Camp Meeting is over 57:25 but we have two more hours to follow. 57:28 We have Bro. Nathan Renner, so don't go away. 57:31 We'll be back in just a moment. |
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