3ABN 32nd Anniversary Special

32nd Anniversary Special Part 1

Three Angels Broadcasting Network

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Participants: Danny Shelton (Host), Mollie Steenson (Host)

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00:11 Coming to you from 3ABN Worship Center 00:14 for God's glory 00:16 3ABN's 32nd Anniversary special. 00:22 Well, we want to welcome every one of you 00:24 to this 32nd Anniversary celebration. 00:28 Danny, 32 years. 00:29 I know that seems impossible, doesn't it? 00:31 I know and we have got 00:34 some of the most incredible footage 00:37 to show you. 00:38 We're gonna start out with pictures, 00:40 I know we're not going to do that right this minute, 00:43 but I want you to know that we are going to have a, 00:47 it's a very humbling experience 00:49 for Danny Shelton to show something special... 00:50 Oh, thanks. 00:51 But you know, Danny, something that I noticed 00:54 you were a cutest little thing when you were young. 00:57 Oh, I've heard that before. What happened? 01:00 You were cute when you're little, what happened? 01:01 Okay, I'm used to that. 01:03 But 32 years, Danny, can you believe that? 01:06 No, it's a long time. We give God the credit. 01:10 Absolutely, because when we started this ministry, 01:12 my brother is here, my sister's here 01:14 which will be talked 01:16 a little bit later on our family, 01:17 it was basically just family, 01:18 we had no idea 01:20 where it was going and what it would do. 01:21 We just know the Lord said build a television station 01:23 that would reach the world with an undiluted three angels' 01:26 messages, one that would counteract the counterfeit, 01:29 and we just began to go forward. 01:30 And never occurred to me about failure, 01:33 I have to admit, I never ever thought it wouldn't work. 01:36 I don't guess you guys did either. 01:38 We just went forward and took one day at a time 01:41 as the old song says. 01:42 And 32 years later, 01:44 by God's grace we're still here. 01:46 That's not so important 01:48 as the three angels' messages are still going around 01:50 because I will guarantee you 01:52 32 years from now should the Lord tarry, 01:54 we're not all gonna be sitting here and talk 01:57 and many of us will be asleep. 01:58 And so, but that won't be the important thing ain't it, 02:02 the important thing is 3ABN 02:04 is still giving the message to the world, 02:06 that's really what's important 02:07 because sleep is just for a brief moment, right. 02:10 So right now we're happy that we're alive 02:12 and everybody here is, 02:13 so we want you to look alive and happy today. 02:15 Why don't you quickly introduce everybody some, 02:17 now this isn't our whole gang, 02:19 but this is a lot of our leadership team 02:21 and folk and you introduce them. 02:22 Okay, I'm gonna start right here on the bottom row 02:25 with Diane and Brian Hamilton 02:28 and next we have Moses and Audrima Primo, 02:31 Brenda Walsh she's in the middle 02:33 in that beautiful red dress, 02:35 then we have Kenny and Chris Shelton, 02:37 and Yvonne I'm hoping I don't have brain freeze 02:40 like you were talking about the other day, 02:43 Yvonne Lewis and her son Jason Bradley. 02:46 Behind her is Pastor Lomacang and Angie, then C.A. 02:51 and Irma Murray. 02:52 And then we have Bruce and Tammy Chance, 02:56 Melody and Greg Firestone 03:00 and E.T. Everett, we appreciate you so much, 03:02 this lady can play the piano, can't she? 03:05 And behind her is Jay Christian, 03:07 the General Manager of 3ABN Radio, 03:10 and beside him is Svetlana his lovely bride 03:13 all the way from 3ABN Russia. 03:16 And then Greg Thompson, 03:18 Greg it is so good to have you with us today. 03:21 John Dinzey and then next to him is Dee Hildebrand, 03:26 my bestest friend Shelley and J.D. Quinn 03:29 and then next to them 03:31 our very own Jill and Greg Morikone. 03:34 Great to have this group with us. 03:36 And this is Danny Shelton in case you don't know him. 03:39 This is Mollie Steenson. 03:41 And in the control room in just a little bit 03:42 we have some other folk that they didn't, 03:46 they like being behind the camera better than in front 03:48 but we decided to show them anyway. 03:50 We're just going to the control room. 03:52 I'm gonna make sure 03:53 this is not just a humbling experience for me. 03:55 So some of you all maybe humble too 03:58 by what you see a little bit later on. 04:00 But we're all humble when we come before God, right. 04:03 That's true. 04:04 So today what we're gonna do, this gonna be a long program, 04:06 we're not gonna try to tell you it isn't. 04:08 We have a tremendous amount of footage and rolls 04:11 and we literally want to go over the impact of 3ABN 04:16 not individuals God uses us in spite of us. 04:19 But we literally have some folk 04:21 who have sent us some great messages 04:24 some 30 seconds, 04:26 what would you call it congrats? 04:27 For 32 years of ministry 04:29 and we're gonna be showing those off 04:31 and on in between regular rolls. 04:33 People that's in ministry and people in the church 04:35 that we respect. 04:36 But we're just here to support 04:38 the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 04:39 the work that they're doing. 04:41 We're not a church. 04:42 We're not even legally part of the church. 04:44 We're 501c3 of independent or supporting ministry, 04:49 a non profit organization. 04:51 But our goal is to work together, 04:52 we're all one. 04:54 So our goal is to get 04:55 the three angels' messages to the world 04:57 so that Jesus can come back. 04:58 He says when this gospel of the kingdom shall go where? 05:02 Into all the world, not part of it, 05:04 to all the world, then he can come back. 05:06 Well, we're trying to do our part 05:08 but we couldn't do it without you. 05:10 So first of all we want to thank you today, 05:12 first of all Lord Jesus Christ 05:14 and then you the supporters of 3ABN. 05:17 Those who pray and financially support us, 05:20 thank you for making it possible for what is happening 05:23 literally this gospel of the kingdom. 05:25 And we'll show you 05:26 as we're going through the course of today. 05:28 We're gonna through a little bit of history right now. 05:30 Some of you may have seen this before 05:32 but then we want to show you 05:33 what God has been doing for the last 30 some years 05:36 and what is his great plans for the future. 05:38 Yes. 05:40 And so evangelism, 05:41 so we want to center in today on nothing. 05:44 If nothing else evangelism, evangelism, evangelism. 05:48 Because that's really 05:49 where each and every one of us 05:50 is called to take to bear literally our testimony. 05:55 It's the greatest asset that we have. 05:58 And so if we do nothing 05:59 but share what Jesus has done for us 06:01 you know what, 06:02 nobody can argue with you about that, 06:04 nobody can challenge you about it, 06:06 because they don't know 06:07 but when you show lift up Jesus he says, 06:11 'I if I be lifted up from this earth 06:13 will draw a few people to me." 06:14 Oh, man. Oh, they're awake today. 06:16 Hope you are too at home. 06:17 "Will draw all man unto me." 06:20 So I'm looking forward to this Mollie Su. 06:23 We've got history 06:25 that we want to show and photos. 06:27 Okay. 06:28 And we're gonna look at some photos. 06:30 But, Danny, when we get to end of today's program, 06:33 this is something that we know, this is just the beginning. 06:36 I don't think we ain't seen nothing yet 06:39 of what God is gonna do through this ministry. 06:41 So let's look at the history of 3ABN in photos. 06:47 Oh, that's my mother and father. 06:48 That's about 1959, 06:50 that's our little place on 06:51 812 West Worden Street, West Frankfort. 06:53 That's my brothers and all wrestling there. 06:57 Now see I told you how cute he was. 06:59 Now there you go and there's little Tammy 07:01 at the time. 07:02 That's okay, 07:04 and I think that's the first bicycle I got, 07:05 it was a new one 07:07 and I actually got a new bicycle. 07:08 That's I don't know, 07:10 look at that shirt my mother made 07:11 that out of dress, woman's dress. 07:13 She worked at a dress factory. 07:15 I think that was when I was in high school 07:16 like the sophomore or something in high school. 07:19 And that's K. Melody's mother 07:22 as Ronnie on the right, 07:23 me next to her and Tommy over there. 07:25 That's a picture of Melody 07:27 look quite a bit like your mother too. 07:29 Don't see? Pretty. 07:31 All right, so here we go The Shelton trio 07:33 and that's with Jerry Bears in the center there. 07:36 That's Melody when she's about a year old. 07:37 Is that cute or what? 07:40 That was so cute. 07:41 And there is Melody and Rhonda and Lisa. 07:44 Think you were about three, 07:45 you and Baby Faith look a lot alike Melody. 07:48 And there's Melody with her mother 07:49 when first time we recorded in the studio in the 70s. 07:52 And I don't know who that is with the beard, 07:55 that's Lisa and Melody and that's me. 07:57 And this is us way back in early 80s 08:00 I would say Melody 08:02 not even sure where's TV station. 08:05 This was a cover of a duet we did together 08:08 I think when you were 12. 08:10 And this is at TV station somewhere I'm not sure where. 08:14 And this is just I guess pictures of us singing. 08:17 This was after your mother was killed 08:19 in an automobile accident. 08:20 This is at the General Conference Session, 08:22 1985, actually. 08:26 Here's another one with TV station 08:27 I think that's Melody and Lisa. 08:31 And so I'm not sure where all these pictures where we were, 08:34 what we're doing but it shows we were in ministry together 08:38 before 3ABN after her mother was killed 08:41 in an automobile accident. 08:42 Melody and I continued to sing for the Lord 08:46 and through that singing, 08:48 I saw the power of Christian television. 08:51 So I wondered why isn't there a television station 08:54 giving the three angels' messages to the world 08:56 and then 1984 is like this impression came, 08:59 why don't you do it? 09:00 Why don't you go forward 09:02 and build the television station 09:03 to reach the world. 09:05 So by God's grace 09:06 that's what's happened, Mollie Su. 09:07 That's right. 09:09 God's impressed upon your heart you know. 09:10 When people come to work here, 09:13 when I'm interviewing people to work here at 3ABN. 09:16 I give them a little history of 3ABN 09:19 and part of that is that God, 09:21 by the power of his spirit impressed upon your heart 09:23 to build a television network 09:25 that would reach the whole world 09:26 with the undiluted three angels' messages. 09:28 And I tell him the proofs in the pudding 09:30 either it was God or it wasn't. 09:32 And this is 32 years later and it has come to pass. 09:36 Well, we praise the Lord. 09:38 We're gonna go to some other rolls, 09:39 I think this one says it's an Uplink construction 09:42 so we're gonna look at this. 09:44 All right here's the property that Fonda Summers donated. 09:49 And here is the grater that we rented 09:51 and this one Kenny and I was out building. 09:54 Maybe Ronnie was there too. 09:56 So this is what's commonly known as the Uplink, 09:59 so this was around 1985, when we were doing this. 10:03 So we were carpenters 10:05 so we had to do all of our own work 10:07 at the time. 10:08 I'm glad we got David Turner and others. 10:10 Now they can do a lot of it. 10:12 At the time it's just the Shelton Brothers 10:15 and we even got Tommy out there. 10:16 And he was not a carpenter 10:17 but he was willing to come and help. 10:19 This is the first Uplink Satellite. 10:22 The dish is 9 meters or 10 meters 10:25 as big 30 some feet. 10:27 And this is the little shack 10:29 that we actually started in the first 10:31 we went on the air with nothing else 10:32 but that little shack, 10:34 then we eventually got this finished and built 10:36 and put in a little studio. 10:38 And here some I guess pictures of early sets 10:43 at the Uplink Station. 10:45 And so here is the aerial view 10:48 and that's still there by the way, 10:49 Radio is still there 10:51 and we're moving out most of the other 10:53 after 32 years 10:55 we're moving out 10:56 into some other production facilities. 10:58 Because unlike some of the rest of us 11:00 are getting a little bit worn out so, 11:03 but we're working on it. 11:04 So anyway that's a little bit of the past and... 11:07 Yeah, unfolding of that dream and that vision that you had. 11:11 We're seeing it come to pass right before our eyes. 11:14 And we've got some pictures of some old staff members, 11:19 let's look at those. 11:20 Okay. 11:22 Well, I like we're just all thankful 11:23 just to be here at 3ABN 11:25 that we have a tool like 11:27 this that we can use to reach the world 11:30 and there're so many people that call us and write us 11:33 and are becoming more aware all the time of 3ABN 11:37 and what we're trying to do here. 11:38 And I think we all think it's a privilege 11:40 just to be able to set up here and talk to these people. 11:43 If you use as your excuse that you cannot forgive her 11:47 because she hasn't apologized to you, 11:49 then what you have just done is you have just sinned 11:53 against the word of God 11:54 because the word says for you to forgive 11:56 and that you know that word. 11:57 So now you must be obedient to the word. 12:00 You know, sin is disobedience to the word 12:03 or transgression of the law. 12:04 So you put yourself in double jeopardy, 12:06 I think how you used that a little earlier. 12:08 Now not only do you have to forgive 12:11 even though you were wrong. 12:12 But now you must ask God to forgive you 12:15 for offending his word so it's double now. 12:20 You forgive and then you ask God to forgive you. 12:23 And then and only then do you have clean hands 12:25 and a pure heart and I think that's where we are. 12:28 People that used to be friends 12:30 and people that we haven't spoken to in churches 12:32 that we used to go to or whatever 12:34 because somebody offended us, or hurt us, 12:36 or trespassed against us. 12:38 See this is something I said earlier, 12:40 if this person trespass against you, sins against you, 12:42 if they say things that are horrible 12:45 that intrigue you terrible. 12:47 And what you need to do is you need to forgive them 12:49 seven times seventy. 12:50 You forgive them 12:51 well, I'm waiting on them to come and bow down to me. 12:56 You forgive them of their debt, they owe you that debt, 12:58 you forgive them of their debts is what you do. 13:01 It's wonderful to see how the people are responding. 13:03 There's many times when you get a phone call 13:07 here I'm working as a master control operator 13:09 and the phone call comes in 13:11 and somebody that's just really in need of prayer 13:15 and they phone in. 13:18 Sometimes it seems like there are on their last hope. 13:21 And 3ABN is on the air 13:23 and they make that phone call 13:25 and we pray with them and it's wonderful to see 13:27 sometimes they cry all over the phone. 13:31 Hi, my name is Moses Primo, 13:34 and I'm very happy to be here with 3ABN. 13:37 We came in July and we started to work, 13:40 I work for the engineering department. 13:43 And my family and I are very happy 13:45 to be here working for the Lord. 13:49 I would like to now introduce my two sons. 13:53 My name is Moses Jr. 13:55 and I thank God for dying on the cross for us. 14:01 And this is Daniel. 14:02 And why do you thank for Daniel? 14:04 I thank for loving us. 14:07 Loving us, huh. 14:09 Let's sing a song about love. 14:13 Jesus love me! 14:16 This I know 14:18 For the Bible tells me 14:22 so Little ones to Him belong 14:28 They are weak but He is strong 14:33 Yes, Jesus loves me! 14:37 Yes, Jesus loves me! 14:42 Yes, Jesus loves me! 14:46 The Bible tells me so 14:51 I've filled a variety of positions here at 3ABN. 14:54 Most of the time I work in production, 14:57 but sometimes I work in master control. 14:59 I've also had a little training on the video toaster. 15:02 Most of all, I'm thankful this season 15:05 for having a Savior that would come and die for me. 15:08 I'm also thankful for just the breath 15:10 that he gives us each and everyday. 15:13 I'm thankful for the family that we have here at 3ABN. 15:17 And I'd like to read a passage from the Bible, 15:20 it's found in Psalms 136, 15:23 ''I'll give thanks unto the Lord for he is good, 15:26 for His mercy endureth forever. 15:28 I'll give thanks unto the God of Gods, 15:30 for His mercy endureth forever. 15:32 I'll give thanks unto the Lord of Lords, 15:34 for His mercy endureth forever. 15:37 I'd like to wish everyone a Happy Holiday 15:40 and a Happy Thanksgiving. 15:42 Hello, my name is Clarence Larson, 15:43 this is my lovely wife Tammy. 15:46 We have much to be thankful for this year. 15:50 I think of being thankful for the opportunity 15:53 to work in the Lord's ministry. 15:55 Tammy's camera operator, I'm an engineer. 15:57 I've had an opportunity to go all across the United States. 16:01 Even as far as Russia and touched the people 16:04 there as a result of support by people like you. 16:09 And the 3ABN family, 16:11 the programs that are produced here at 3ABN, 16:15 the unity that we have 16:16 whenever we produced those programs 16:18 and the opportunity for those programs 16:20 to minister to the people. 16:22 Hi, my name is Dee Hilderbrand, 16:24 and I'm a production assistant here 16:26 at Three Angels Broadcasting. 16:28 There are so many things 16:30 that I am thankful for this year. 16:32 First of all, I just started at Three Angels 16:34 so I'm very thankful for the Lord 16:36 to bringing me safely out here from Oregon. 16:39 I'm thankful for my Grant Pass Church family 16:42 that supported me on this move. 16:44 And I'm thankful to be here at Three Angels Broadcasting. 16:48 I was also recently widowed, 16:50 so to have the blessing of the Three Angels family 16:54 to start the day with in prayer and worship 16:57 and to have them here is a blessing to me. 17:00 Hi, I'm Bobby Davis, I'm senior editor here at 3ABN. 17:03 And this year when I sat down 17:06 to think about the things that I was grateful. 17:08 I came up with a huge list of things 17:11 and it's so nice not just once a year 17:14 but many times during the year to sit down 17:17 and actually write out a gratitude list. 17:19 I believe that an attitude of gratitude 17:21 is something that really helps our outlook on life, 17:24 at least it does for me. 17:26 It's been a terrific year here at 3ABN. 17:28 A lot of new programs have come on the air. 17:31 There've been some real challenges 17:33 and some real blessings, especially spiritual blessings. 17:37 This year as we worked on Satellite seminar 17:41 not only did we see the blessing 17:43 that it was to you our viewers, 17:45 but we received that same blessing also. 17:48 Many of us who worked on the program 17:51 were listening you know. 17:52 And it's such a joy to be able to work 17:55 in the field of television doing the work for the Lord. 18:00 Everyday when I wake up, it's a joy to come into work. 18:03 It's the one thing that I truly believe the Lord 18:07 gave me was that the desire of my heart 18:09 was always to work in television 18:11 and to get a chance to do it 18:13 with some purpose and a meaning 18:16 with results that can be eternal results, 18:18 it's such a blessing. 18:19 And I could remember many instances of praying, 18:22 we had family worship of course morning and evening. 18:25 And I can remember I guess just Christianity, 18:28 my father leadership 18:30 as in the home was very important. 18:32 I can remember as a little child 18:33 like being sick 18:35 and my dad coming into my room. 18:36 You know, I've been laying on my bed, 18:37 and of course he would pray with me. 18:39 But he would also sing to me... 18:40 Is that right? Sing Jesus loves me to me. 18:42 And I remember even to this day 18:44 I remember how he calmed me down, 18:46 made me feel so much better. 18:47 So it is very important to have a father. 18:49 My name is John Dinzey, 18:50 and I worked for pastoral ministry. 18:52 And it's such a blessing to work at 3ABN. 18:54 I'll tell about that in a moment 18:56 but I would like to introduce to you my wife Idalia. 18:58 We have been married for three and a half years 19:00 and we thank the Lord for the many blessings 19:02 he has given us, and has helped us 19:04 through the trials and difficulties of life. 19:06 And we are very grateful also to the Lord 19:09 for our son Samuel Elias, 19:11 he has been with us for a year and three months, 19:13 the Lord had gave him to us. 19:15 And he's such a blessing 19:16 and had brought a lot of joy to our hearts. 19:20 My name is Idalia, and I work in master control. 19:23 And I just praise the Lord for this opportunity 19:26 that we have to testify of his wonders. 19:30 I just want to thank the Lord for this holiday season. 19:35 For some reason or another, 19:37 it tends to for families to draw together 19:40 and just show our love for one another. 19:44 And I just want to thank the Lord for his love for us 19:47 because of his love 19:49 this ministry is what it is today 3ABN. 19:53 And I want to thank you all for all your calls, 19:56 the letters you mailed and the encouragement 19:59 that you just give us over the phone or by writing. 20:03 And I want to thank the Lord especially for our family, 20:07 I want to thank him for sending his son 20:09 to die on the cross for us. 20:11 Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn. And I'm J. D. Quinn. 20:15 And we have a lot to be thankful 20:17 for this year and actually every year. 20:20 First I guess, the greatest thing 20:22 that I'm thankful for 20:23 is the privilege of being a child of God. 20:26 And I am very, very thankful 20:28 that God has opened up the doors for us 20:31 to come into his harvest field 20:33 because truly the harvest is great 20:36 and the laborers are few. 20:38 I believe that one of the things 20:41 that I'm most thankful for here on earth 20:43 is the love of my husband 20:46 and we're very blessed as a family. 20:49 We hope that you too are blessed 20:51 and that you are enjoying all of the many, many blessings 20:55 that got this Thanksgiving. 20:57 Well, first of all, I want to say 20:58 Happy Thanksgiving to Shelley and I too. 21:02 I'm one of the most blessed people on earth 21:04 to have a wonderful Christian wife. 21:06 Second of all I just want to thank 21:08 Jesus for being my King and my Savior. 21:10 And because of that 21:12 it just seems that I'm growing more each day, 21:14 I'm learning more about his work. 21:16 And I just raise him up 21:19 and I just thank you Jesus everyday. 21:20 Amen. 21:22 Hi, I'm Greg Morikone 21:23 and I'm manager of the 3ABN call center. 21:25 And this is my wife Jill. 21:27 You've probably seen her host some of the 3ABN cooking shows 21:30 and she also teaches music lessons in the local area. 21:32 That's right. 21:34 And at this time of year 21:35 we're so thankful for so many things. 21:37 But especially today we like to mention a few. 21:40 Yeah, and one of those things 21:41 is that I'm very thankful for my wife Jill. 21:43 We just passed our two year wedding anniversary, 21:46 so I'm very thankful for her. 21:47 And of course I'm very thankful for Greg and to God 21:51 for bringing us together. 21:53 We're also thankful for our families and to God 21:57 for bringing us here to 3ABN. 21:59 It's such a blessing to work for God's ministry. 22:02 And we'd also like to thank you as the viewer for your support 22:05 and your prayers over the past year, 22:08 they mean so very much to us. 22:10 At this time we'd like to wish you a Happy Holiday. 22:14 You know Danny, from the sound of this crowd over here. 22:17 That was a humbling experience for a whole lot more people. 22:21 Yeah, we gonna bring everybody in, right. 22:23 That's right. 22:24 And you know, three of the people 22:25 that we saw on here, 22:28 two of the directors and a producer. 22:29 Yeah, Rodney, Bradley and Bobby... 22:31 Rodney and Bobby Davis... Yeah. 22:33 They're back in the control room right now 22:36 directing and producing. 22:37 And so let's go back there 22:39 and see what they look like today. 22:40 Okay. 22:42 Oh, I see Bobby there, there's Bradley, 22:44 Rodney there he is turning around and waving. 22:46 Your hairs changed a little bit colors 22:48 just went from blonde to grey 22:50 like some of the rest of us and you got a beard. 22:53 I got rid off my beard and he added a beard. 22:55 And Bobby Davis' hair just disappeared. 22:57 No, no, I wasn't going to talk about that. 23:00 That's Mollie who said that, Bobby, not me. 23:03 But anyway those folks are in the control room. 23:05 So you see how many years they've been there, 23:07 you put them together is about 60 years 23:09 there between all of them. 23:10 So it's been a long time. 23:12 We appreciate what they're doing 23:13 and absolutely everything you see up here, 23:16 the folks back there behind the cameras 23:18 that make this happen. 23:19 Most of us out front don't know, 23:21 some of us do unlike Moses and Greg 23:23 and few over here inproduction. 23:25 But for the most part of it 23:27 you got these guys back here and the women, the ladies, 23:30 so we're thankful for all of you for what you do. 23:32 You went for the staff nothing would get accomplished. 23:34 Absolutely. 23:36 But you know, the whole purpose 23:37 of Three Angels Broadcasting Network 23:38 is to proclaim a message 23:40 and it takes preachers to do that. 23:42 That's right. 23:44 And I think we've got some rolls 23:46 of some preachers... 23:47 Early preachers. 23:49 Early preachers, you're going to enjoy this. 23:51 The Book of Daniel is a book of prophecy 23:55 and many people felt that, that book of prophecy 23:58 was a closed book that it couldn't be understood. 24:01 But you find that the books of Daniel 24:03 and Revelation go together like a hand in a glove. 24:07 Now notice the Bible says that he was led by the spirit. 24:09 The word is impelled, forced by the spirit. 24:12 The calling, the wooing of a Holy Spirit 24:14 to lay down the tools of the carpenter 24:16 and to take up the tools of the Savior. 24:19 After about 10 minutes 24:20 she stood in the middle of the street 24:22 and she began to call in Mark, Mark, 24:25 where are you son? 24:27 And all of a sudden frightful thoughts filled her mind. 24:31 He's been kidnapped. 24:32 The vast majority people in the world... 24:37 are going to be deceived by the antichrist. 24:42 And therefore, it is very, very important... 24:46 that we understand these truths. 24:49 He is called the prince of peace, 24:51 he knows what to do. 24:52 He specializes in saving the lost 24:55 and defeating enemies 24:56 and breaking down principalities, 24:58 and exalting valleys 25:00 while mountains are being leveled. 25:02 He specializes in taking care of whatever problem 25:06 plagues us today. 25:07 You know, it's amazing the questions 25:09 that people ask in the word of God. 25:11 I remember one time when the disciples 25:14 were on the Sea of Galilee with Jesus, 25:15 and they were in this violent storm 25:17 and the Lord was sleeping in the back of the ship. 25:19 They woke up Jesus and they said Lord, 25:22 don't you care that we might perish? 25:25 And here in to first 24 of the New Testament John 4:24, 25:31 it says, 25:32 ''God is Spirit 25:34 and they that worship him 25:37 must worship him in spirit and in truth." 25:41 I had an experience 25:43 that led me to search the scriptures 25:45 that I'd like to share with you. 25:47 I was doing some witnessing door to door, 25:49 sharing some books shortly after I'd become a Christian. 25:53 I was eager to share my new faith, 25:55 the truths that I had learned 25:57 were just brimming over from my heart and mind 25:59 and I just felt as though I had to go out 26:02 and find somebody 26:03 who I could share these things with. 26:05 When given the opportunity after opportunity, 26:08 we have this city calling us to come here 26:09 and come hold a youth runs crusade in our city, 26:11 come to our city, come to our city. 26:13 And so we believe hat God is just gonna continue 26:14 to do wonderful things. 26:16 The location, the site itself 26:19 needs to simply be user friendly, 26:22 accessible to the public. 26:23 And by the way in Port Townsend, 26:25 do you know that my, 26:27 years ago my grandparents Milton and Ralph Watts 26:30 used to live on Marrowstone Island, 26:32 which is right beside Port Townsend. 26:34 I preached in the little Port Townsend church. 26:36 On 7:7 he says, ''Londa, world cannot hate you, 26:40 but me it hateth 26:42 because I testify 26:44 there of that the works that they do are evil" 26:49 It's a great disadvantage to God that he can't lie. 26:52 And this controversy that he's involved in, 26:53 isn't he? 26:55 Yes, that's right. 26:56 The enemy is the father of lies. 26:57 Jesus said there in John 8, ''Devil is the father of lies" 27:02 the original liar and the father of it. 27:05 Jeremiah 9:24, 27:07 we're here today to clear up a few things 27:10 on our precious loving heavenly father. 27:15 Oh, he's so kind, he's so good. 27:18 So the things that you heard about him in the past, 27:21 if it's anything negative push that out of your mind. 27:24 Always interesting to see how people age so gracefully. 27:27 Yeah. 27:29 And you know someone that was with us 27:30 from the very beginning, I didn't see him on that. 27:32 I know, we've held his out special. 27:35 There's a preacher that's been missing 27:37 but I think we're gonna show 27:39 Brother Kenny Shelton right now 27:41 way back in the 80s, all right. 27:42 Stop it. 27:45 I'm glad that you came today, doctor. 27:47 Well, Thank you, I enjoy being here. 27:49 And you know how 30 minutes 27:50 goes by rather quickly, doesn't it? 27:52 Pretty quickly. 27:53 Okay, so I'm gonna encourage our listeners today to be sure, 27:56 be sure and those who watch be sure to tune in tomorrow 27:58 will you for Behold the Lamb 28:00 as we ask our doctor once again come back 28:02 and we're gonna talk about the eight epidemic. 28:05 New York, and the place we visit 28:06 and the people that we spend time with 28:08 and they treated us like royalty. 28:10 Oh, they did. 28:11 We almost didn't want to even come home. 28:13 Oh, it was so nice there so we'll always have a place 28:15 when we go to New York to stay. 28:17 And I'm so thankful for that. 28:19 They were so enthused when you began to talk 28:21 about the miracles that were unfolding at 3ABN, 28:23 they were so enthused about it. 28:25 Now I agree they just about got as loud as you did. 28:28 Amen. 28:30 So we want to encourage you right now to sit down. 28:32 Write down your testimony. 28:33 Would you do that and share with us and put friends 28:35 on the outside of the envelope and nice smiley face. 28:37 And we'll be glad to hear from you. 28:39 God's working in a very marvelous way 28:40 and he's working in your life 28:42 and we want to know about it, we love you, 28:43 prayerfully consider what you can do 28:44 to support this ministry. 28:46 We love you. 28:47 We look forward to seeing you tomorrow. 28:48 All right, what you think about that? 28:51 How about that, Chris? 28:53 I don't think he's changed a bit, do you? 28:55 He's cut his hair a little shorter. 28:57 Just cut his hair little shorter that's all. 28:59 Tammy you neither, you all look the same to me. 29:02 Thank you so much. 29:03 Of course I need glasses, I need glasses 29:05 but other than you still look good to me, right. 29:09 So we just tell each other that so it makes us feel better. 29:12 Let us in our bubble, all right. 29:14 You know hanging around 3ABN all these years 29:17 and particularly the Shelton family 29:19 something that I have noticed 29:21 is everyone of them can sing beautifully. 29:23 Have you all noticed that? 29:24 And something that has always been identified 29:28 with Three Angels Broadcasting Network has been music. 29:31 And we've got some early rolls of our early singers. 29:35 I think you're going to enjoy this also. 29:39 And in his eyes, there lives the power 29:45 That cease the hearts of all men 29:52 For he knows his father's mind 29:55 He speaks his father's words 29:58 For he comes in the name of the Lord 30:10 You place your hand of blessing 30:15 On my head and on my heart 30:23 And it seems too great and glorious to believe 30:34 Oh, I want to be remembered 30:38 As a girl who sang her songs for Jesus Christ 30:45 Who was willing to lay down her life 30:49 And do His will, no matter what the price 30:56 Well, I am singing for the deaf man 31:00 Who can hear about salvation through my song 31:06 And I'm singing for the blind man 31:10 Who can see the light in me and come along 31:17 Amazing 31:23 Grace 31:25 How sweet the sound 31:32 That saved a wretch 31:39 like me 31:45 I once was lost 31:52 but now I'm found 31:58 I was blind 32:00 but now I see 32:15 We stand here together 32:19 As a family we join hands together 32:25 Lifting praises to the Father above 32:31 For sending his Son 32:38 We've chosen together 32:43 As a family to serve him forever 32:48 And knowing nothing else will matter in time 32:54 We made up our minds 33:19 When I see my brother stumble 33:25 And all his dreams crumble 33:31 Let me be there 33:36 For I too failed 33:43 And when I see 33:46 His heart breaking 33:49 From a wrong turn he's taking 33:55 Let me be there 33:59 For I remember well 34:06 I want to spend my life 34:13 Mending broken people 34:18 I want to spend my whole life 34:25 Removing pain 34:30 Lord, let my words 34:37 Heal a heart that hurts 34:42 I want to spend my whole life 34:48 Mending broken people 34:54 That's the reason 34:55 we got the name of the mending broken people. 34:59 Absolutely. 35:00 The Lord anoints when you sing that song, that's beautiful. 35:03 Well, I remember a young lady one night, 35:06 right at the beginning of 3ABN 35:08 just knocked on my door and handed me a cassette. 35:11 Some of you old enough 35:12 to remember the cassettes, right. 35:14 And she said here's the song 35:16 and the Lord impressed me to give it to you. 35:19 Well, now. 35:21 She said this describes your ministry. 35:27 See if you want to sing it 35:32 32 years later... 35:35 And you're still singing it. 35:37 And it's still touching and it's still bringing people. 35:40 That's what this ministry is all about. 35:42 Mending broken people. 35:44 Mollie and I have said here and some of our family, 35:46 this ministry has mended us. 35:49 We've been broken 35:50 so over the years it's not like hey, 35:52 we are out of here trying to help all of you, 35:54 you all are helping us. 35:56 So we are helping to mend each other. 35:58 And I want to say a special thank you to Melody, 36:01 honey for all the years. 36:06 This girl went one year we traveled a 100... 36:12 after your mother died. 36:17 We traveled a 100,000 miles together 36:20 singing in church after church, 36:25 place after place. 36:28 I would go to people's homes. 36:34 She was just 11, 12, 13 years old, 36:36 she'd sit for hours 36:38 had to be boring, she never, 36:41 just sat no matter where we went, 36:44 no matter how many services, 36:46 how many times she heard me speak. 36:52 Never complained. 36:56 You knew God was in it, didn't you Melody? 36:58 You knew this was from God. Thank you honey, I love you. 37:02 And I think the proof now 37:05 is that God honored that faithfulness 37:08 and today the ministry is touching and reaching 37:12 and so many people continued to be blessed 37:17 by the ministry of Three Angels Broadcasting Network. 37:19 Yeah, I mean honestly, 37:22 there had been may be a 3ABN 37:24 we may not have been a part of it. 37:26 But it was after the accident, I wanted Melody, 37:30 I knew God had given her a gift. 37:32 She didn't have a mother 37:33 and I really wanted her to use that gift. 37:37 So by myself I wouldn't Kenny and I 37:40 probably still be having at least 37:41 when we're carpentering I would have done that. 37:43 But I wanted to be with her 37:45 and to give her the opportunity. 37:48 You know, to use her gifts 37:50 and that's when we had some opportunities 37:52 to sing on other Christian Networks. 37:54 That's when I said you know 37:55 why don't we as Seventh Adventist, 37:57 why don't we have a television station 37:59 to reach the world? 38:01 Some of these other folk were reaching, 38:02 no one of them was reaching the world at that time, 38:04 but here in America the number of other networks, 38:07 and so going to those and that's the Lord impressed 38:10 so thank you, honey, 38:11 for your faithfulness in all these years. 38:14 You know, Danny, this ministry had... 38:16 It's touched hundreds of thousands of people. 38:19 But there are ministers and ministries 38:22 that will tell us very quickly, 38:23 how this ministry has impacted them. 38:26 As a matter of fact we have some ministers 38:29 and ministries that have just sent us 38:31 a little message to tell us how much they appreciate us. 38:36 Hi, Danny and 3ABN, 38:40 it's been a lot of years 38:42 since I made the drive from Northwest Arkansas, 38:45 all the way up to the cornfields of the Illinois, 38:49 to find that great big building 38:52 in the middle of nowhere 38:53 broadcasting three angels' message around the globe. 38:57 I can tell you what it's done for me personally, 39:01 the opportunity that we seeing on that network 39:04 has literally taken our young obscure pastor 39:08 who was hearing God's call 39:11 to be a sweet singer of Israel. 39:14 Who stepped out in faith not knowing 39:15 how in the world God could provide 39:18 and then God sent 3ABN. 39:21 And 3ABN gave me that platform to the world 39:24 which has given me 25 years 39:28 of 85 concerts a year, 39:32 busy as I want to be and busier than I want to be. 39:36 And primarily, because when I called people say, 39:39 ''oh, we know you, we've seen you on 3ABN". 39:44 So that's certainly 39:46 something that has not gone unnoticed in our family. 39:53 And my personal appreciation 39:54 for all what 3ABN has done 39:58 cannot even be expressed. 40:02 But it even goes further than that, 40:03 the friendship that I've had with everyone 40:07 from the camera crew 40:09 to the front office people. 40:11 To Danny, 40:14 the travel, the opportunities to go 40:16 to different events as your guest 40:18 and to be a part of the team 40:20 for someone who loves community 40:24 being a gospel singer 40:26 is really contrary to that 40:27 because you end up alone all the time 40:31 by just traveling by yourself. 40:33 But 3ABN has provided 40:36 a sense of family on many occasions 40:38 that I'll cherish forever. 40:42 So 3ABN thank you, 40:44 thank you so much for what you've done 40:45 for other ministries 40:49 without asking anything in return. 40:52 So God bless you, 40:53 continue on with many more successful years. 40:57 Amen. Well, thank you Steve, that was nice, wasn't it? 41:00 And it's a two way streak, 41:02 it's a win-win because Steve Darmody, 41:05 he's been willing to come anytime we've asked him 41:08 as you can see since the 80s still willing to do it. 41:11 Yes, he is. 41:12 But it has been, we're so thankful 41:14 that God has allowed 3ABN to be a springboard 41:17 for so many ministries that around the world 41:20 that people literally came here, 41:23 they were interviewed and would get phone calls, 41:25 and I can't tell you how many people 41:27 have been able to quit certain jobs 41:29 they were in and even professionals 41:31 to go into certain types of ministry, 41:33 whether it's health, whether it's evangelism 41:35 and it's been amazing. 41:37 And some of those 41:38 we'll talk about little bit later on 41:40 but they left their occupation, making a lot of money 41:43 and we've got them to volunteer 41:45 and not paid them a penny 41:46 like Brenda Walsh over here for 20 years. 41:48 And had her work and then kept her busy too so, 41:51 but it's we appreciate people like Steve 41:54 and those we've been able to work with. 41:55 What a blessing, and for all of us to do this. 41:59 We have somebody else that we worked with, 42:01 quite a character this guy, you got to love this guy. 42:04 I mean he is a character, 42:05 and he was from right here in Southern Illinois. 42:08 You ran across him somewhere. Great singer, oh, yeah. 42:10 E.T. I think introduced us years ago. 42:13 Darrell Marshall, lets hear what he has to say. 42:17 Hello, friends, I'm Darrell Marshall. 42:20 I met Danny Shelton 17 years ago, 42:23 and he's changed my life. 42:24 Danny invited me to come over to 3ABN and do some work there, 42:29 where I met some of the most wonderful 42:31 devoted Christian people 42:33 that surround him and 3ABN here. 42:35 And they pray nonstop just to keep this going. 42:39 It's a wonderful ministry 42:41 that reaches all the way around the world. 42:43 Danny invited me to travel with him across this country 42:46 and singing and minister 42:48 to many people in many churches. 42:50 There I met some great people 42:51 that have impacted my ministry as well. 42:54 I know for a fact that a lot of ministries have started 42:57 just because of 3ABN. 42:59 I've talked to them personally 43:01 that still say 3ABN has reached more people 43:05 than they can ever ask or think. 43:08 So I'm standing on the stage here at the worship center 43:11 where I've been a part of many camp meetings 43:14 over the past few years. 43:15 I've had some of the greatest times in my life 43:18 as I met people back here, back stage and we've laughed, 43:22 we've cried together and we've had a lot of prayer 43:24 back here in the back. 43:26 And so I want to thank you 43:29 all over this world for supporting 3ABN 43:32 for 32 years in the ministry. 43:35 I pray God's blessings on Danny 43:37 and this worship center 43:39 and all that this ministry 43:41 is that they will continue 43:43 for many, many more years of healing the hurting 43:47 and saving the lost. 43:49 That's their goal. 43:50 And so thank you again for supporting them 43:54 and praying for them spiritually. 43:56 And we pray God's blessings on your life today. 44:00 Thank you. 44:01 Thank you, Darrell, you noticed how short the tie was. 44:05 That's not the tie that I cut off. 44:07 I go in trouble for that, 44:09 he was at camp meeting 44:10 and showed up with the tie with, 44:12 where was it Melody? 44:13 Like Looney Tunes one of like Goofy, Fred Flintstone. 44:18 So I said no you're not gonna go out and sing with that tie 44:20 and he said, ''Why not? 44:22 I said, "No, you're not going to." 44:24 He said, ''No, I'll go out." 44:25 I said, ''If you do, I'll cut it off". 44:27 So right before he went, 44:28 I got some scissors and I cut his tie 44:30 and he walked out with a tie that short. 44:32 But this one's on purpose, this is like the cowboy tie. 44:36 Speaking of the cowboy tie, 44:38 we had to put in about 30 seconds 44:41 of Uncle Olen with his cowboy tie. 44:44 I'm sure he has it on, I haven't seen it 44:45 but I'm sure because he always wore that. 44:47 But this is from Uncle Olen way back in the 80s. 44:52 Our uncle Olen Shelton, and that we called him Big O. 44:56 And he came on and never sang anywhere in his life 44:59 till he sang here on 3ABN 45:00 other than at home in West Frankfort church 45:02 and once he did, people loved it 45:04 and we had to have him back time and time again, so. 45:06 Right now we'll listen to Uncle Olen 45:09 and his trademark song says, 45:11 Life is like a mountain railroad. 45:15 Life is like a mountain railroad 45:21 With an engineer that's brave 45:27 We must make the run successful 45:32 From the cradle to the grave 45:38 All right. Thank you Uncle O. 45:39 Tammy you and Luray could sing with him 45:43 because timing he would sometimes 45:46 he'll give an extra bar or half a bar 45:48 and it just, how did he do? 45:50 We would just watch him and kind of watch his hands 45:52 on the guitar 45:54 and it was kind of like jumping in 45:55 when somebody's turning the rope 45:57 you know, you kind of like this 45:59 and then soon as that first word 46:00 would come out we jump right in with it. 46:02 Yeah, they could do it, I couldn't really keep time 46:04 with him I mean, 46:05 and because he had his own timing 46:07 and it was consistent with it 46:09 but it's I call it the off beat. 46:10 You know so instead of coming on the beat 46:13 you think you come in on, 46:14 but he didn't and people loved him 46:16 and was on for many, many years. 46:18 Speaking of people that I love. 46:19 I think the next one we've got some grandkids on 46:23 and this is back when Melody 46:25 who probably let her enjoy this one. 46:27 You haven't seen it, I think we were on the set 46:30 one day doing a interview with them so I hope enjoy, 46:34 and I think four of the grandkids are on this. 46:37 Thanksgiving Day. 46:38 Thanksgiving Day will soon be here. 46:41 It comes around but once a year. 46:44 If I could only have my way, 46:46 we'd have Thanksgiving everyday. 46:50 All right, ain't that a neat little poem. 46:52 What are you thankful for Jesse? 46:53 You. 46:55 Oh, that's a good answer, all right. 46:57 Good answer for papa what else? 46:59 Mom, Dad, 47:02 Hailey, Noah, Justin. 47:04 All right. 47:06 Okay, but I found out you are very smart with numbers. 47:09 Because I've practiced on him and I did one program already 47:11 but he always amazes me. 47:13 I'll give him some numbers maybe I didn't give before. 47:15 What's 5 plus 5? 10. 47:18 What's 10 plus 10? 20. 47:21 What's 20 plus 20? 40. 47:23 You're kidding, you know all that. 47:25 I bet you don't know 30 plus 30. 47:27 30 plus 30 equals 60. Man. 47:31 What's 50 plus 50? 100. 47:35 What's 100 plus 200? 47:39 100 plus 200? Yeah. 47:42 300. 47:44 I tricked him because before I said 100 plus 100, 47:46 but you got me, didn't you? 47:48 100 plus 200. 47:50 That's right and you did a good job. 47:52 You've answered it right, it's 300. 47:54 So one day he shocked me and said, 47:57 200 zillion plus 200 zillion is how many? 48:02 400 zillion. 48:04 You're too smart for me, 48:06 I can't go up any bigger numbers. 48:08 How much do you love momma, show me this much, 48:11 this much, this much? 48:12 How big do you show? Oh, wow. 48:16 Well, can you give momma a kiss and tell her I love you. 48:17 Say I love you mom. 48:19 I love you. I love you. 48:21 We didn't get much to know while in there, 48:23 but is that too cute or what? 48:24 Yeah. 48:26 So that Justin, 48:27 I mean he was about five or something? 48:29 I'm not even sure he was in school 48:31 and you couldn't fool him with numbers. 48:32 I mean, he actually knew it, it wasn't like he memorized. 48:35 You can throw some big numbers out there. 48:37 And for some reason they just clicked in his head. 48:40 So I don't know if he still does that or not. 48:43 But what a blessing these grandkids. 48:45 We've got some older ones that are not here Greg, 48:48 Brooke and Bradley. 48:49 So we love them all so we got a, 48:53 how many we got all together now? 48:56 Eight, okay, because we have two younger ones here today. 48:59 We'll have to bring them on, 49:00 they weren't even alive back then, 49:03 but of course we got the Baby Faith. 49:05 Well, I should call her Faithy, right not Baby Faith no more. 49:09 And then who else do we have? 49:11 Jonah, and so they both have been 49:14 and you've probably seen them on Tiny Tots 49:16 or Kids Time or something over the years. 49:18 But they're actually with us today 49:20 and maybe at some point 49:21 we'll get them up for a couple of minutes to say hello. 49:25 What do we got next, Mollie Su? 49:26 Well, next we're going to look at some footage of our campus 49:30 and see what we have accomplished here 49:33 through the power of God. 52:35 You know we did just view 32 years 52:37 of the physical blessings 52:39 that God has blessed this ministry with. 52:40 Amen. 52:42 How I wish that we could have 52:45 taken that drone and go to, 52:48 circled all of the souls 52:49 that have come to the Lord 52:51 as a result of this ministry 52:54 that would have encouraged us more. 52:56 Thank God for all of his physical blessings, 52:58 but all thank God for all of those names 53:01 that are now written down in the Lord's, 53:03 in the Book of Life, thank you Lord for that. 53:06 And you know, 53:08 even the leadership in our church 53:10 has recognized and appreciates so much 53:14 what the Lord is doing through this ministry. 53:16 And our very own president, 53:18 President Wilson has sent us a roll in, 53:22 just letting us know that he appreciates 53:26 what God is doing through this ministry. 53:29 On behalf of the General Conference 53:31 and the world wide church family 53:33 of Seventh-day Adventist, 53:34 let me take this opportunity to congratulate 3ABN, 53:38 Danny Shelton and the network team 53:41 on their 32nd anniversary of a network 53:45 that is reaching the world 53:46 with a gospel of Jesus Christ and the three angels' messages. 53:52 We thank 3ABN and other supporting ministries 53:55 for their evangelistic contribution to the growth 53:59 of the Advent movement 54:00 and the spiritual growth of church members. 54:04 In Gospel Workers page 352, 54:07 Ellen White indicates, 54:09 "The work of God in this Earth 54:11 can never be finished 54:13 until the men and women 54:15 comprising our church membership 54:18 rally to the work and unite their efforts 54:21 with those of ministers 54:23 and church officers." 54:25 What a fantastic quotation. 54:28 Thank you for joining hands 54:30 with the church to help finish the work 54:33 and we wish you God's continued blessings 54:36 in your outreach for him 54:38 as we lift up Christ, his word, 54:40 his righteousness, his sanctuary service, 54:43 his saving power in the great controversy, 54:46 his three angels' messages, his health message, 54:49 his last day mission to the world 54:52 and his soon second coming. 54:55 God bless you, Maranatha. 54:57 Amen, and thank you Elder Wilson, 54:59 I'll send him a phone message the other day, 55:01 he's saying how much we appreciate him 55:03 in what he does and taking a stance 55:06 for the cause of God and not to compromise. 55:09 When you have nearly 20 million members, 55:12 you gonna have a, 55:13 you know everything's not always gonna run smoothly. 55:15 So when I said here at 3ABN and see the few little problems 55:20 that we have is nothing when you think about. 55:22 Kenny, if you had 20 million members, 55:24 you're trying to get everybody in one accord to be happy about 55:27 that it'd be tough to do, 55:28 but he does a great job and he doesn't compromise. 55:30 And we're praying for you 55:32 and we support you in what you're doing. 55:34 Thank you for the opportunity of working together 55:37 with the General Conference. 55:39 Speaking of that, we started, 55:41 there was Adventist only had 55:43 the Adventist Media Center in the 80s. 55:45 That's out in Thousand Oaks, California. 55:48 It is Written had a ministry 55:49 and I think Breath of Life was out there. 55:51 They had the Spanish program, Voice Prophecy Radio, 55:55 but none of those were channels 55:57 or networks to reach the country. 55:59 Each program developed a 30 minute program 56:03 that they would either play on television stations 56:06 or on radio and they do it some cities 56:09 across America on Sunday mornings. 56:11 So we didn't really have Adventist television. 56:14 In fact at this time 56:15 there was not one television station 56:17 on planet earth giving three... 56:20 Adventist programming, 56:22 which we call Bible programming 24/7. 56:25 And so when 3ABN came along, 56:28 and so in 1990 General Conference, 56:30 while we're all pros by then, Kenny. 56:32 So we, you know. 56:34 we started here the building in '86 56:36 went on the air little bit. 56:37 So by '90, someone donated us a bus it was a... 56:41 It wasn't really a bus, it was a, 56:43 it might hold 20 people 56:45 was actually it is some people used it, 56:47 as said to haul people like to nursing homes 56:50 and what have you. 56:52 Had glass on it and on all around the sides, 56:54 but we said wow, this is a great bus. 56:56 So we loaded up some equipment, 56:58 television equipment 56:59 and headed to the General Conference 57:01 and actually showed for the first time 57:03 in the history the Adventist church 57:05 people could stay at home 57:07 and watch the General Conference session. 57:09 Most people as you know can't go. 57:12 Back then we only had six million Adventists 57:16 prior to 3ABN five to six million. 57:18 And since that time not just 3ABN 57:21 but all the media together 57:23 almost 20 million members since then. 57:26 But I think we have some footage 57:27 there we did in the 1990, 57:29 then we loaded up boxes after box, after box 57:32 and flew to Utrecht, Holland, for the 1995. 57:37 And so here we have some of them right now, 57:39 think that's Indianapolis, The Dome in 1990, 57:44 it says 55th World Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist. 57:48 So church members for the first time 57:50 got to see a General Conference. 57:53 1985 was the first one I've ever had been to. 57:57 This was in Holland, in the Netherlands 57:59 and we had a huge crew over there 58:01 and we were able to take that up 58:03 and let people watch from around the world 58:05 that couldn't go to the General Conference. 58:13 This is just more, 58:15 some of the inside shots 58:17 we didn't have so maybe some of the outsider, 58:19 the whole crowds, 58:20 but everyone of these you got 50,000, 75,000 58:23 up to a 100,000 people literally. 58:28 We did 2000 also in... 58:32 No, Toronto I think was Toronto 58:35 was then in 2005 58:38 was St. Louis and 2015... 58:42 10. 10 was at Atlanta. 58:44 Thanks Jill. And then 2015 was San Antonio. 58:48 So all of these, man I can't believe 58:50 we've been doing this many General Conference sessions. 58:54 And so the last one since Hope Channel came, 58:56 we show it they're doing the actual video of it 58:59 and we rebroadcast it 59:01 to all of the folk around the world, 59:03 so millions of people can watch now that never could before. 59:06 So that's been a blessing to be a part of that. 59:09 I know that it makes 59:11 the laity feel more a part of the, of the church 59:15 and it's just a, it's good for all of us 59:20 to be a part and to know what's going on in the church. 59:23 I think we have a clip of Reggie Smith, 59:26 he actually sang there in Atlanta 59:30 and someone try to get him 2010 right, 59:34 in Atlanta Reggie Smith singing a song 59:37 that came from the 3ABN pillars Project, 59:40 ''I have fixed my mind". 59:55 I have fixed my mind on another time 01:00:02 On another time 01:00:09 And here I mean to stand until 01:00:16 God gives me more light 01:00:23 And that is today, today 01:00:30 Today until 01:00:34 He comes 01:00:37 I have fixed my mind on another time 01:00:45 On another time 01:00:56 I have set my course on the narrow way, 01:01:02 On the narrow way 01:01:09 For I know the time is close at hand 01:01:16 For which I watch and pray 01:01:23 And that is today, today 01:01:29 Today until 01:01:33 He comes have set my course 01:01:40 On the narrow way, on the narrow way 01:01:51 Even so Lord come quickly 01:01:58 This is my fervent prayer 01:02:04 For I've caught a glimpse of glory 01:02:12 And I'm longing to be there 01:02:33 When shall the Son of Man appear 01:02:40 The trumpet sound its blast 01:02:46 And Christ descend in glorious fire 01:02:52 With all the saints amassed 01:02:59 We'll rise with those 01:03:02 Who sleep no more 01:03:06 To meet Him in the air 01:03:13 When shall the Son of Man appear 01:03:23 The Son of Man appear 01:03:32 Even so Lord come quickly 01:03:38 ThiS is my fervent prayer 01:03:45 For I've caught a glimpse of glory 01:03:52 And I'm longing to be there 01:03:59 For I've caught a glimpse of glory 01:04:10 And I'm longing 01:04:16 To 01:04:21 Be there 01:04:29 I have fixed my mind on another time 01:04:42 On another time 01:05:10 Oh, Danny, can anybody sing like Reggie Smith? 01:05:12 No, you know what, I don't think so. 01:05:15 That is amazing. Amazing, absolutely. 01:05:16 What a beautiful song too. Oh, I love that song. 01:05:19 You know in watching this 01:05:23 and looking at the rolls from the General Conference 01:05:25 it makes, it just makes me proud 01:05:27 to be a part of a church 01:05:29 that's reaching the whole world 01:05:31 with the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. 01:05:34 There are times when maybe I'll get a phone call 01:05:37 and people ask me are you all independent ministry, 01:05:39 and I know what they mean by that, 01:05:41 but this is what I always tell them, 01:05:43 "No, we're not. 01:05:45 We are totally dependent on God." 01:05:47 All right. "We are not independent." 01:05:49 I know what they mean by that is we are not... 01:05:53 We are self supporting. 01:05:54 There's a difference 01:05:55 in self supporting and independent. 01:05:57 Doesn't independent just can't just kind of sound here like 01:05:59 we're off out here doing our own things? 01:06:01 Oh, we're part of the church. 01:06:03 We are supporting 01:06:04 ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church 01:06:07 that is reaching the whole world 01:06:08 and has such an evangelistic program. 01:06:11 I am just so happy 01:06:13 that God called me out of darkness and into light 01:06:16 and brought me into a church 01:06:18 that's got a vision to reach the whole world. 01:06:20 Amen. Amen. 01:06:22 Well, that's part of the remnant church 01:06:23 with the identifying marks of a remnant church is a church 01:06:26 that will take the gospel into all the world, 01:06:28 am I right, pastors? 01:06:30 Over here, one that take 01:06:31 so that's one of the identifying marks. 01:06:33 Now when I met Hal and Mollie back around the late 70s. 01:06:37 Mollie was a preacher, Hal was a preacher, 01:06:39 they both could get up and preach, 01:06:41 they had a large church, it started with few people 01:06:43 and grew to hundreds. 01:06:45 But in our church women didn't preach 01:06:46 so I'd tell, I'm a teacher... 01:06:48 What I heard you... 01:06:49 But that way they let me teach... 01:06:51 I thought she was preaching, I couldn't tell. 01:06:53 There's a lot of noise going on in those churches they get, 01:06:55 people get happy and excited, you know, that they're there. 01:06:58 Some of ours we could use little excitement 01:07:01 and we'll be happy about it, right? 01:07:03 But absolutely, so when I met Mollie 01:07:06 she was a... 01:07:07 both she and Hal, they were Christians already. 01:07:09 So many people around the world 01:07:11 that joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church 01:07:13 were already Christians, Shelley and J.D back here. 01:07:15 You know many of you probably number of others of you 01:07:18 from of different denominations so you're already Christians 01:07:22 but people watching 3ABN said, you know there's truths 01:07:26 that I've never really understood, 01:07:28 and as a church 01:07:29 we've been commissioned to give the three angles' messages 01:07:33 that's in Revelation 14 Chapter if you want to read it yourself 01:07:36 sometime or continue to watch 3ABN. 01:07:39 But basically it's an end times message 01:07:41 for an end times people. 01:07:42 That's all it really is, is to let you know 01:07:45 that we have a gift of prophecy. 01:07:48 And the gift of prophecy, what's so important about 01:07:51 that is the fact, guess what? 01:07:52 We don't have to fear the future. 01:07:54 Amen. 01:07:55 All right 'cause we know what's going to happen, 01:07:56 the Bible tells us 01:07:58 but a lot of churches do away with Daniel 01:07:59 and Revelation and they'll say, oh, that's old stuff. 01:08:02 No, if you want to know what lies ahead. 01:08:04 For instance, say you're having in financial troubles 01:08:07 and you knew that three weeks from now you had a, 01:08:10 your ship came in as they say, you wouldn't be too worried. 01:08:13 Well, in a spiritual sense you can be in this world 01:08:16 and everything seems to be against you, 01:08:18 you can be struggling but you say you know what? 01:08:20 I have read the back of the book. 01:08:22 The back of the book says and they overcome him, 01:08:25 the devil, by the blood of the Lamb 01:08:27 and the word of their own testimony. 01:08:29 So we know that in the end we win. 01:08:32 Amen. 01:08:33 As Christians we win, 01:08:35 so the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 01:08:36 I'm happy to be a part, 01:08:38 I'm thrilled to be a part of it. 01:08:39 People say, but your mother was an Adventist. 01:08:42 So maybe that's why you, you know out of tradition 01:08:45 your dad became one little later 01:08:47 after you guys when you were young, 01:08:49 but I said, "No, I actually studied, 01:08:50 I studied with, with Mormons, I studied with the Baptists, 01:08:53 I studied with Jehovah's Witness, 01:08:54 with Pentecostals, 01:08:56 I studied with numbers of people 01:08:57 over the years because I really wanted truth." 01:09:00 I don't want to be something because somebody else was 01:09:02 and I said, "You know if this is so, 01:09:05 if there were a church 01:09:07 that I believe was closer to the Bible, 01:09:10 I'd be a part of that church. 01:09:11 I'm not stuck on the name Seventh-day Adventist 01:09:13 but I happen to believe that this is God's Church. 01:09:16 It's a remnant church giving an end times message 01:09:19 for an end times people. 01:09:20 So I'm thrilled to be a part of it 01:09:22 and my Uncle Olen said one time and, 01:09:24 and I always loved it because my, 01:09:26 my folks say were kind of straight, 01:09:28 my aunts and uncles, 01:09:30 and you know maybe it's a generation 01:09:31 some of yours were too. 01:09:33 They just got straight to the point. 01:09:34 Anytime something would come up in the church 01:09:37 and somebody was want to go to the left or to the right. 01:09:40 And people wanted to say, well, maybe we should consider. 01:09:43 He said, hey look, this is what we believe, 01:09:46 this is what the Bible says, and if you don't like it, 01:09:48 I want you go join another church 01:09:50 or start your own. 01:09:51 Don't try to change this one so. 01:09:54 So sometimes I think 01:09:55 we need to do that Greg Thompson. 01:09:57 Sometimes we need to just say you know what? 01:09:59 This is what the Bible says because we try to bring in this 01:10:02 and go to the left and go to the right. 01:10:04 Now devil doesn't care which side of the boat 01:10:05 we fall out of as Teresa Boone used to say 01:10:08 just long as we fall out. 01:10:10 So 3ABN for what we've been doing 01:10:13 and as a board 01:10:15 and I'm thankful for some of the board members 01:10:16 that are here, and if we didn't introduce you 01:10:18 as a board member earlier Greg Thompson, Dr. Thompson son 01:10:21 that Dr. Thompson has now handed the gavel over to you 01:10:26 if that's what you call it and to Greg, 01:10:29 so thank you so much for what you do 01:10:31 and for being here today, 01:10:32 but I'm so thankful that 3ABN has kept an emphasis 01:10:37 on the message. 01:10:38 So there's a lot of things 01:10:40 we've been accused of over 32 years especially me. 01:10:43 But what no one has ever really said 01:10:46 and you can try if you want to go ahead. 01:10:50 But after 32 years no one says, well, 3ABN is way, 01:10:53 they are legalist on this side or, 01:10:54 well, they're way over here so liberal 01:10:57 because we know what the message 01:10:59 has always been from the foundation, 01:11:01 not only of the world but of this church 01:11:03 from what the mission has been, 01:11:04 and we've decided to have a board 01:11:06 who supported you know what? 01:11:08 We're not going go the left or right, 01:11:09 we're going to continue to give the truth 01:11:11 as we believe it and see it in the Bible 01:11:14 and let the chips fall where they may, 01:11:17 not trying to please people, but please God. 01:11:20 And if we love people, we'll tell them the truth. 01:11:23 We won't try to win a man by all kinds of means 01:11:25 and try to say, well, maybe you should be able to know. 01:11:28 We just have to stick with it, so for 32 years 01:11:31 that's why I believe 3ABN is still going forward 01:11:34 is not because of any of us 01:11:36 as I said earlier it's in spite of us, 01:11:38 but it's still going and going to the world 01:11:41 because you the viewers at home 01:11:43 and all of us here have said, you know what? 01:11:45 We know what God has called us to give, 01:11:47 we're not going to compromise it. 01:11:48 We're not going to try to change 01:11:50 what we believe is the truths of the Bible, 01:11:52 and we're going to continue to preach souls 01:11:54 because Jesus says after the gospel of the kingdom 01:11:57 as we mentioned while ago goes into all the world. 01:12:00 Then what happens? The end comes. 01:12:02 It's the beginning of the world 01:12:03 now writes the beginning of eternity. 01:12:06 Emphasis on an undiluted message 01:12:09 and an emphasis on evangelism. 01:12:11 3ABN has impacted this world with evangelism. 01:12:15 Well, praise the Lord. 01:12:16 And we have some, some footage of some of these men and women 01:12:23 that have impacted the world with evangelism through 3ABN. 01:12:26 Let's look at John Carter. 01:12:33 This is back in Russia 1992, 01:12:37 went to a city of three and a half million people, 01:12:40 there were only 200 plus Seventh-day Adventist. 01:12:44 Communism had just fallen and we... 01:12:47 John rented this huge building facility 01:12:49 and everybody said no one will show up, 01:12:52 they don't know anything about God. 01:12:55 They don't even have transportation, 01:12:57 very few Adventists. 01:12:58 Look at this is baptism time, folks after four weeks. 01:13:02 Praise God. 01:13:04 It gives me chill bumps. 01:13:07 2300 and I think 2532 people 01:13:12 were baptized that day in there 01:13:15 and they baptized 20 some odd preachers 01:13:18 for four hours 01:13:19 people who had never knew it, had never had a Bible, 01:13:23 had never known anything about God. 01:13:25 When they heard it, 01:13:26 couldn't get the message enough, 01:13:28 isn't this amazing? 01:13:29 So 3ABN was privileged to team up 01:13:31 and have been for 30 years with Elder John Carter 01:13:35 as he continues to reach the world. 01:13:38 And I would say he just got back from Cuba 01:13:40 and 600 some odd baptisms there just in the last few weeks, 01:13:46 and then actually had some health issues, 01:13:50 was in the hospital in Europe and then left 01:13:53 and now he's in care where have you. 01:13:55 So he continues to travel for the Lord 01:13:58 and we've seen thousands and thousands of people 01:14:00 come to the knowledge of the truth 01:14:02 and join the church 01:14:03 through the ministry of the Carter Report. 01:14:05 So many ministries we've been able to join hands with 01:14:08 and what a privilege that is. 01:14:10 You know in 1996, 01:14:11 there was a great event that 3ABN was a part of to. 01:14:15 Let's look at that roll, and, Danny, tell us about this? 01:14:18 Okay, good. 01:14:20 What we had is Mark Finely, 01:14:22 and this for the first time in history 01:14:24 the Adventist church was speaking here in America 01:14:28 where 3ABN had installed dishes throughout Europe 01:14:32 in a number of churches all across 01:14:34 so we brought translators here from numerous countries. 01:14:37 This is right here at our Uplink center. 01:14:39 We brought all of these translator, 01:14:41 translators and to come as Mark preached. 01:14:45 It was going out live 01:14:46 literally throughout all of America and Europe, 01:14:49 and guess who was in charge of all these translators 01:14:53 and who the General Conference sent here to make this happen? 01:14:56 Brad Thorp. Many of you know Brad Thorp. 01:14:59 And so Brad came and it's where he caught 01:15:01 the vision of, of television 01:15:03 and later as you know was in charge of Hope channel 01:15:06 for a number of years. 01:15:07 And so to us this was amazing. 01:15:09 We would go down 01:15:10 and I would just love to hear all of these 01:15:13 and if you stand by the board, 01:15:14 you'd hear all these different languages 01:15:16 at the same time saying you know, 01:15:18 isn't this amazing 01:15:20 that we can to now send a signal to Europe. 01:15:22 That was 1996, 01:15:24 and now literally around the world. 01:15:27 And not just in English 01:15:28 but in every one of the different languages. 01:15:31 Listen to this. 01:16:03 It gives me those chill bumps. 01:16:10 What an amazing, 01:16:12 what amazing opportunity to see this gospel 01:16:15 starting to go literally to the world 01:16:17 and a special thanks to 01:16:19 McKee's of McKee Foods, Garwin McNeilus, 01:16:23 now the McNeilus families 01:16:24 because they put a lot of money, 01:16:26 a tremendous amount of money in purchasing 01:16:28 hundreds of dishes, satellite dishes in Europe 01:16:32 and helped us put up our first European dish 01:16:36 that went outside of America that literally sent this 01:16:39 so they put tremendous amounts of money in it, 01:16:42 and churches they would have 01:16:43 as many as 60,000 people a night 01:16:46 coming in Europe to hear Mark Finley preach 01:16:49 and there in result in hundreds 01:16:51 and even thousands of baptisms. 01:16:53 And so for us to be a part of that 01:16:55 the very first time taking it 01:16:57 to the world was a great thrill. 01:16:59 We did a net '95 the year before here in America 01:17:03 but '96 was the first time we went to Europe. 01:17:06 That's right. 01:17:07 And Mark Finely was the preacher for that. 01:17:11 And now Mark Finley 01:17:12 is the General Conference vice president of evangelism. 01:17:16 And you know he sent something to us 01:17:18 to thanking us for what 01:17:19 we have done through for him. 01:17:23 Thirty two years ago, 01:17:25 Three Angels Broadcasting was a vision, a vision in the mind. 01:17:30 It was a dream of what God might do. 01:17:34 A dream to take the gospel to North America 01:17:36 and then on to the world. 01:17:38 It was Jesus who said in Matthew 24:14, 01:17:42 "This gospel of the kingdom 01:17:43 shall be preached into all the world 01:17:45 as a witness to all nations then the end shall come." 01:17:48 God is using a variety of means to accomplish that commission 01:17:53 to take the gospel to the world 01:17:55 and one of those means is Three Angels Broadcasting, 01:17:58 God has blessed the ministry for the last 32 years. 01:18:02 Tens of thousands of people have come to Christ. 01:18:04 They've come to know the truth of the Bible 01:18:06 and they become part of God's last day movement, 01:18:09 his last day message. 01:18:11 The future for the proclamation of God's message on television 01:18:15 is still great. 01:18:17 So I want to thank Three Angels Broadcasting 01:18:22 for the impact 01:18:23 that they are making around the world, 01:18:26 and I want to wish them 01:18:27 God's richest blessings in this vision. 01:18:32 Not yet fulfilled to take the gospel to every nation, 01:18:37 kindred tongue and people, 01:18:38 this vision to touch people with the three angels' message, 01:18:43 this vision to move ahead 01:18:46 in the unreached areas of the world, 01:18:49 the great cities of the world. 01:18:50 How are they going to be reached 01:18:52 if it's not for television? 01:18:53 I thank God for Three Angels Broadcasting 01:18:56 and for every ministry in television, radio, media, 01:19:01 that God is using to finish his work, 01:19:04 so happy 32nd Anniversary. 01:19:08 May your ministry increase, 01:19:11 expand for the glory of the kingdom of God. 01:19:14 Amen. Amen. 01:19:16 Thank you, Pastor Mark. 01:19:18 We appreciate Mark will have many, many stars in his crown 01:19:21 because he's literally preached around the world, 01:19:24 and what a tremendous gift, 01:19:26 but not only a gift, 01:19:27 you have to be willing to be used of God, 01:19:30 and he's been willing to be used of God. 01:19:32 He traveled to Poland, 01:19:33 your dad used to travel with Mark 01:19:35 and do all the health programs Dr. Thompson. 01:19:37 Ahead of time you get people there 01:19:39 by teaching health. 01:19:40 Dr. Thompson would go 01:19:42 and then Mark would do the evangelism. 01:19:44 And it's resulted in, 01:19:47 I'm sure hundreds of thousands of souls 01:19:49 coming to Jesus over the years, 01:19:51 it's been great working with Pastor Mark all those years. 01:19:54 And it's great to have him as a friend to the ministry 01:19:57 and he is a good friend. 01:19:59 And that was in 1996 that we had that net. 01:20:03 In 1997, we had another net 01:20:05 and I think we've got a roll on it too. 01:20:10 This is actually with the Amazing Facts, 01:20:12 the church didn't do on that year 01:20:14 so we said, hey why not do it right here. 01:20:16 So Dough Batchelor came and this actually 01:20:19 was what for some of the folks here 01:20:20 you'll be surprised Boss Auditorium 01:20:22 which is just behind. 01:20:24 We keep building and adding on. 01:20:26 And I don't know what that was about, 01:20:28 man Doug with the guitars there. 01:20:30 I'm glad there was no audio on that one. 01:20:34 And we were young enough then, 01:20:36 I remember that Doug could do a backward flip 01:20:38 right on the stage. 01:20:39 And you could walk on your hands. 01:20:41 I'd walk on my hands 01:20:42 and he would do backward flip which show, 01:20:43 it show what healthy living you know can do for you, 01:20:46 that also had to do with you too for sure. 01:20:50 But we did that and 5 to almost 6000 people 01:20:54 were baptized through this satellite seminar 01:20:56 that we knew of there because we had home churches, 01:21:00 and so what Amazing Facts did a great job 01:21:03 of literally getting study guides 01:21:05 into everybody across America and said, have home churches, 01:21:09 churches can do it, 01:21:10 but have these, invite your friends. 01:21:12 And at the end of this, 01:21:13 this in 1997 almost 6000 people was baptized 01:21:18 in the Adventist Church 01:21:20 through this little effort 01:21:21 from just across the street over here so, 01:21:23 I mean the power of television, radio is just amazing. 01:21:28 And Pastor Batchelor is another one 01:21:30 that's a really good friend to this ministry. 01:21:32 Absolutely. 01:21:33 And he sent us his thanks as well, Danny. 01:21:37 Hello friends. 01:21:39 This is Pastor Doug Batchelor and we here at Amazing Facts 01:21:42 want to extend a special congratulations 01:21:44 and praise the Lord to 3ABN on your 32 year anniversary. 01:21:49 You know it's really been a wonderful thing 01:21:51 to watch the way the Lord has opened doors and blessed, 01:21:53 and we've had such a warm family relationship 01:21:56 working together 01:21:57 doing revivals and evangelistic programs 01:21:59 for about 25 years now. 01:22:02 I think one reason the Lord has blessed 3ABN 01:22:04 so much is because they have opened their arms 01:22:07 and allowed God to use the ministry 01:22:09 as a platform to share what many ministries are doing 01:22:13 and you know the principle 01:22:14 "As you give it will be given unto you." 01:22:16 And I think that's why the Lord has blessed 01:22:19 and expanded the influence of 3ABN. 01:22:22 Greetings to all of our friends there, 01:22:24 Lord bless you Danny and the team, 01:22:26 and whenever we get together it's like working with family. 01:22:29 We look forward to working together again, 01:22:31 and we expect that God will continue to supply 01:22:34 as we share the good news in the future. 01:22:36 The Lord bless you 01:22:37 and once again praise God and congratulation. 01:22:39 Thank you, Pastor Doug. 01:22:40 Many of you know and probably seen his book, 01:22:43 The Richest Caveman, 01:22:44 the guy actually lived was a hippie, 01:22:46 lived in a cave in California there in Palm Springs up 01:22:50 in the mountains for a while 01:22:51 and used to come down in the streets 01:22:53 to eat out the garbage can and without any clothes on. 01:22:57 He got in trouble from time to time 01:22:59 and then you find out why would he do that, 01:23:02 his dad was worth hundreds of millions of dollars, 01:23:04 you know and his mother. 01:23:06 They're both very, very wealthy but he was a rebellious kid 01:23:09 and said, I'm just going to make life on my own, 01:23:12 I don't need the money, I don't want anything. 01:23:14 About every year 01:23:15 they kicked him out of whatever school he went to 01:23:17 and didn't have very many more schools to go to, 01:23:20 so he just decided to take off, had the long hair 01:23:22 and now he doesn't have to worry about long hair. 01:23:25 But he's now to see 01:23:26 what God has done somebody left was a half of a Bible, 01:23:30 and a Bible in the cave and he began to read it, 01:23:34 came to Jesus, and Doug Batchelor, 01:23:36 I mean honestly, 01:23:37 if I look at all the people the letters that we've got 01:23:40 for 25 to 30 years 01:23:42 I would say Doug Batchelor's name has been on 01:23:45 as many as any of these thousands of people said, 01:23:47 I was watching the Amazing Facts on 3ABN. 01:23:50 I was watching Pastor Doug Batchelor 01:23:52 and I came to Jesus and joined the church, 01:23:55 so literally again hundreds of thousands 01:23:57 may even, maybe millions. 01:24:00 We'll see when we get, 01:24:01 that's why heaven needs to be for eternity. 01:24:03 We'll need all of that time to discuss 01:24:06 how good God was to all of us to, 01:24:08 to bring us from here 01:24:10 to take us to live forever with him. 01:24:12 So if any of you parents are discouraged 01:24:15 because you've got wayward children, 01:24:16 be encouraged, 01:24:18 look what God has done through Dough Batchelor 01:24:20 who lived in a cave. 01:24:23 You know, we're talking about 01:24:24 how 3ABN has impacted the world with, with evangelism. 01:24:29 We went from Pastor Carter in Russia to mid '96 01:24:34 then satellite seminar in '97 01:24:37 and now in 1998 Dwight Nelson... 01:24:42 That's right Pioneer Memorial with 3ABN went there. 01:24:44 He did... 01:24:46 We sent it all over to Europe and America as well. 01:24:47 All over the world we have these evangelists 01:24:51 that would be preaching in a church 01:24:54 and that's the only audience that they would have, 01:24:56 but with the cameras rolling, 01:24:58 it can go all over the world 01:25:00 and what a harvest of souls has been a result of that. 01:25:05 Let's look at his roll from Dwight Nelson. 01:25:10 It's called The Next Millennium 01:25:12 and so Dwight at the university crowds 01:25:15 that he had each night University 01:25:17 at Andrews University 01:25:19 there the pastor of Pioneer Memorial. 01:25:21 I think he's been there 20 some odd years or so, 01:25:24 been very that the people love him there. 01:25:26 He's always literally given the gospel 01:25:30 not only there but around the world, 01:25:32 and of course Pioneer does their own television programs, 01:25:34 it's been amazing. 01:25:36 When we started no one had television. 01:25:38 Now to look at all of these ministries 01:25:39 and Adventists universities, the colleges, 01:25:42 even the academies doing their own programming, 01:25:44 and grade schools now use, 01:25:46 kids using their smart phones 01:25:48 and put together little, little programs. 01:25:50 I mean it's amazing 01:25:52 the technology that God has given us. 01:25:54 This also reaped literally thousands of people 01:25:58 in America and Europe. 01:25:59 We were still just going to America 01:26:00 and Europe at this time, 01:26:02 but joined a church through Pastor Dwight Nelson. 01:26:06 Then Danny in 1999, we changed gears a bit. 01:26:10 We went with little red with Pastor Alejandro Bullón, 01:26:15 and this one of course wasn't in English was it Johnny, 01:26:19 this one was in Spanish, and so we thank God 01:26:22 that we were expanding 01:26:24 to our Spanish speaking family here at 3ABN. 01:26:29 Let's look at that roll. 01:26:31 Wow, look at the crowds. 01:26:34 Elder Bullón, everywhere I was in Brazil with him 01:26:37 back as far as 1990, tremendous crowds, 01:26:40 he like Elder Carter and some of the others 01:26:42 just has a gift that God has given him 01:26:44 anointing of the Holy Spirit. 01:26:46 And he's another one that literally 01:26:48 when we talk about hundreds of thousands of people 01:26:51 coming to the Lord through his ministry 01:26:54 over the last 30-40 forty years. 01:26:55 John, I think there's no exaggeration right, 01:26:57 people around the world, 01:26:59 literally Spanish speaking people 01:27:01 and English speaking around the world. 01:27:03 I mean he's an incredible evangelist. 01:27:06 These are the kind of folk 01:27:07 we need to be lifted up in prayer 01:27:08 all the time and this man, 01:27:11 and it seems like he never ages 01:27:12 either because that's a human he continues the strength 01:27:15 that God gives him continue to minister 01:27:18 is just amazing. 01:27:21 And then the next was in 2000, the year 2000 01:27:26 and that was our own Pastor Ken Cox 01:27:28 and it was entitled, The Time of the End. 01:27:34 Paul revere... 01:27:36 And this was in Chicago, I believe. 01:27:38 Some of you were there, you remember it. 01:27:40 And once again I say this about all of them 01:27:43 but these guys literally travel around the world. 01:27:45 I've seen him down in Sydney Opera House 01:27:48 have it full every night. 01:27:50 No matter where he goes he's able to draw. 01:27:51 Look at these crowds of folk and this is 3ABN, 01:27:54 and of course Kenneth's ministry 01:27:56 together in Chicago area 01:27:58 which resulted in hundreds of baptisms 01:28:00 of people knowing Jesus 01:28:02 so really evangelism, 01:28:04 evangelism, evangelism, am I right? 01:28:07 That's literally what we have to continue 01:28:09 to concentrate on, 01:28:11 take this gospel of the kingdom into all the world. 01:28:14 Elder Cox has been doing this 01:28:15 for I'm going to say probably 50 years or so, 01:28:18 and he continues to be a great witness to the Lord 01:28:22 and what a great influence he's had on my life 01:28:25 because I see a man who believes what he teaches 01:28:29 and he lives a great Christian example 01:28:32 very kind, very humble, and willing to talk, 01:28:35 pray with me any time I've ever asked him to 01:28:37 he's been there for me. 01:28:39 Thank you Brother Cox. Oh, we love Pastor Cox. 01:28:41 You know something about 01:28:43 these evangelistic crusades that we take. 01:28:45 We just don't tape them and air them one time, do we? 01:28:48 We aired them over and over and over. 01:28:51 You know people can get born again 01:28:53 and come to the Lord Jesus Christ, 01:28:54 their lives totally be changed on a rerun. 01:28:57 It happens all the time. 01:28:59 Thank God for reruns 01:29:01 and so each one of these crusades that we, 01:29:06 that we tape, that we aired all over the world, 01:29:08 then we aired them again and again, 01:29:10 and the results just kept multiplying and then, 01:29:14 and David Asscherick. 01:29:17 Oh, he came on the scene, he was so young. 01:29:20 He was when he first came to the Lord 01:29:22 and what he's doing in Discovery Prophecy. 01:29:25 I think that's around, we'll show it here. 01:29:27 I think it's around 2001 01:29:30 or what have you that he actually came. 01:29:32 He was a skate boarder. 01:29:34 I think a punk rocker is what he said, and he... 01:29:37 but he became a vegetarian and ended up 01:29:39 going to a vegetarian restaurant somewhere 01:29:42 and ended up finding out about Seventh-day Adventist 01:29:45 and about the Bible and about God 01:29:48 and about Jesus' saving power. 01:29:51 And this man, I mean in his 20s started preaching, 01:29:55 didn't go to the cemetery... 01:29:56 seminary, didn't go to cemetery to learn. 01:29:59 And I mean 01:30:01 what an incredible ministry that he has, 01:30:03 he's still preaching, he travels around the world 01:30:06 and has been on 3ABN many, many times, 01:30:08 still does programming with us. 01:30:10 And I don't know, he was an Adventist five or six years 01:30:15 when I heard him preach and I said, "He knows, 01:30:17 I think he knows a lot more about the Bible than I do." 01:30:20 And what we believe is 01:30:22 he's just got an incredible brain and, 01:30:24 and he knows how to bring it in and then get it out 01:30:27 where you can understand it so, 01:30:29 thank you Pastor David for what you've been doing 01:30:31 for the cause of God all these years. 01:30:33 You know he's another one of those 01:30:34 that we get the letters, the e-mails, 01:30:36 the reports of what an encouragement, 01:30:39 what a blessing that he has been to so many people. 01:30:41 And if we take him off 'cause some of his programs 01:30:44 that we air, we aired him quite a few times. 01:30:47 We can take them off and there are people 01:30:49 that are going to be calling saying put him back on 3ABN, 01:30:52 they love him so much. 01:30:54 And we had World Coverage in 2000 01:30:58 and let's see the roll on that. 01:31:05 This is actually where we're building 01:31:08 the Uplink that takes it to Europe. 01:31:11 This is how we began to go to the world to begin with. 01:31:14 So we had a big 30 foot dish but this is, 01:31:17 there's a McNeilus truck so they supplied all of the, 01:31:19 made a deal with the local concrete company, 01:31:22 they supply all the concrete and force at no cost. 01:31:27 So there's our dish that did America 01:31:30 than this one actually took us to Europe 01:31:32 and eventually around the world 01:31:34 because Moses Primo had come on the scene 01:31:37 some time before this. 01:31:39 And so we'll talk a little bit more about that later bit 01:31:42 around 2000 here is where we literally for the first time 01:31:47 was able to take the three angels' messages 01:31:50 to the entire world. 01:31:51 Here's the grand opening, there's Pastor Rick Warren, 01:31:54 May Chung, some of these folks now resting in Jesus, 01:31:57 Leonard Westfall there, we see Bill Hulsey, 01:32:00 number Johnny Clarke, there we go at, 01:32:04 Owen Troy and number of those folks 01:32:08 that now are resting in Jesus but you know what, 01:32:11 the hope that they have is alive. 01:32:15 That's right. 01:32:16 And very soon the next thing 01:32:17 they will know literally 01:32:19 is the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, 01:32:21 but all of these people invested their time, 01:32:24 their talents, their finances for many, many years, 01:32:27 and without these folk 01:32:29 it wouldn't have been possible 01:32:30 and all of you at home, so we keep saying that to you. 01:32:33 We couldn't do any of this without you. 01:32:35 So thank you for your love and your prayers 01:32:37 and financial support and it's not easy. 01:32:39 We don't have money in a bank. 01:32:40 In fact right now we actually owe money. 01:32:43 We try not to do that but when we look at it 01:32:45 from a business standpoint 01:32:47 things doesn't look too bright for 3ABN 01:32:50 but as I told the auditors the other day you know what, 01:32:53 I'm going to be nothing but positive 01:32:54 because for 32 years God supplied every need. 01:32:58 And as long as we keep the message that God's told us 01:33:01 to get to the world, focus on our mission, 01:33:03 guess what's going to happen. 01:33:04 He's going to continue to supply every need. 01:33:07 And so 2000 was the first time we put up the European dish 01:33:12 and or the dish that actually it took us to Europe, 01:33:14 then later we begin to broadcast around the world 01:33:17 and that was at Toronto I think, wasn't Moses in 2000, 01:33:22 in the year 2000 was the first time 01:33:24 we were able to reach the Pacific Rim 01:33:26 and New Guinea and all of that. 01:33:27 Papua New Guinea in 2000. 01:33:30 Let's see that roll. 01:33:32 Oh, here's the Governor-General, 01:33:34 we call him President, Sir Silas Atopare. 01:33:37 I was able to greet him there. 01:33:39 He brought us to the palace and guess what they made us, 01:33:42 a vegetarian, vegetarian meal, 01:33:45 I wish I could get rid of some of the weight again. 01:33:47 And as I said, who's that thin guy. 01:33:50 Oh, there we are, we have a license literally, 01:33:54 there's an Ambassador Bien Tejano 01:33:56 was very instrumental. 01:33:57 He's the ambassador from the Philippines 01:34:00 to New Guinea. 01:34:02 And so this was 1999, I believe. 01:34:05 And thanks to Moses Primo a lot of hard work 01:34:08 and Ambassador Tejano that we have a license 01:34:11 and we're still broadcasting 01:34:13 and literally thousands and thousands of people 01:34:16 are coming to churches all across New Guinea. 01:34:20 I'm told by the ambassador because of 3ABN being there. 01:34:24 So we appreciate Brother Silas Atopare, 01:34:28 the Governor-General who made this possible to, 01:34:31 so these are our actually operating license. 01:34:35 And he came to America a little later 01:34:37 and I interviewed him here, I think he's on just briefly. 01:34:41 And maybe you could share with us what that is. 01:34:44 I heard lot about 3ABN packet from my country 01:34:48 and I always wanted to come here 01:34:51 and to see the place for myself and see how the things, 01:34:55 how you televise the word of God 01:34:57 throughout the world 01:34:58 and now that the Lord had made it possible for me 01:35:02 to travel to America, and it was my first time, 01:35:05 it is my first time to come to the United States 01:35:09 with my wife particularly to visit the 3ABN station. 01:35:14 The department there in Papua New Guinea, 01:35:18 the Investment Promotion Authority 01:35:21 asked me to delivert his to you. 01:35:23 This is a certificate of registration 01:35:26 of overseas company and this is about 01:35:29 the Three Angels Broadcasting Network 01:35:31 officially registered in Papua New Guinea. 01:35:35 Wonderful, praise the Lord. 01:35:38 And that was a great praise the Lord by you, Danny. 01:35:40 Oh, it was. 01:35:42 It was a miracle, actually I don't have time to go into it 01:35:44 but they were actually... 01:35:46 It was between us 01:35:47 and another the world's largest Christian Network 01:35:50 who was to get this license and it ended up 01:35:54 the Lord opened up the doors and it end up going to us 01:35:57 as well as in the Philippines, 01:35:59 we hear a little bit later on 01:36:01 to be able to reach 24 million potential viewers 01:36:04 in the Philippines. 01:36:06 I mean that's absolutely, Metro Manila, amazing. 01:36:08 That is, you know in 2001 we went to India and I was, 01:36:13 I was part of 3ABN then, 01:36:15 and I remember the excitement of India. 01:36:18 Absolutely. 01:36:19 We've got to roll let's, let's show this. 01:36:21 Seeing is believing as you would say. 01:36:23 They would bring as many as these trucks 01:36:26 that have 200 trucks a night that McNeilus has rented 01:36:28 to work in there with Maranatha, 01:36:31 they're building churches. 01:36:32 They would have 120 people in the back of the truck. 01:36:35 Look at the crowds each night 40,000 maybe 50,000 01:36:40 watches it continues to go and these people are sitting. 01:36:43 This is not in seats or in a building, 01:36:45 this is outside, they're sitting on the ground 01:36:46 and they've been... 01:36:48 Look at this far as you can say to the back 01:36:50 night after night after night, 15,000 people out there... 01:36:54 There's Bob Paulson. Now Bob's not a preacher. 01:36:57 He's a layman, 01:36:59 and he actually does write on stuff, 01:37:01 Kenny put up awnings and all there is. 01:37:03 There's Dr. Thompson there 01:37:05 and he preached and Mark Finely, 01:37:07 he took some of Mark's notes and it shows layman can do. 01:37:09 Look at this. 01:37:10 It was amazing night after night 01:37:12 and these people demanded that you pray with them. 01:37:15 They would literally rush you up soon as... 01:37:17 There's big David ever and me together. 01:37:19 He was over there and when I say big, 01:37:22 I mean big, he's a big boy. 01:37:23 He's good to have with me in India there 01:37:26 and watch the folk cares Garwin McNeilus 01:37:29 all of as soon as the meetings was over 01:37:30 the people would rush you and demand 01:37:33 that you pray for them, 01:37:34 and what a blessing that is people wanting 01:37:37 you to pray for them literally coming to you. 01:37:39 I would be praying for somebody 01:37:41 and then I feel my hand move away 01:37:42 and somebody to have it on them and the other grabbing 01:37:45 and they were in their own language 01:37:47 translator said, that he's praying for me 01:37:49 leave him alone and he said, no it's my turn. 01:37:52 And so they do all of us that way, they wanted prayer 01:37:55 and they were introduced to Jesus 01:37:57 for the first time, and literally thousands, 01:38:00 thousands of people and people like the Farleys 01:38:02 who is on our board and Merlin Farley back then. 01:38:05 Bruce who is now a chairman of our board, their family, 01:38:08 they saw this video and said we want to support 01:38:11 and because of this family alone 01:38:13 and their efforts raising funds 01:38:15 and building churches working with Maranatha 01:38:18 who does an incredible work. 01:38:20 It's amazing they havebeen several hundred, 01:38:23 hundred thousand people I didn't mix that up 01:38:26 these reports I've got all the way from 01:38:29 as far as a General Conference, 01:38:31 several hundred thousand people in India have been baptized 01:38:35 because of the efforts of these folk, 01:38:37 and so little is much when God is in it. 01:38:40 And when we showed this on the air, 01:38:43 I had some people call me Mollie, 01:38:45 they were missionaries to India. 01:38:46 They said what's going on. 01:38:48 What is happening and I said, "What do you mean? 01:38:50 They said, "We were missionaries 01:38:52 in India 19 years, 01:38:54 19 years, and we only had 23 baptisms, 01:39:00 and you guys are going over there and 40 and 50 01:39:03 that we couldn't get anybody come to our churches. 01:39:06 What are you doing? 01:39:07 And I said it's the times we're living, 01:39:08 it's the Holy Spirit and the Lord is anxious 01:39:12 for his people to come home, 01:39:13 so heaven is not heaven until God's children are there, 01:39:16 so literally what a blessing it's been to be 01:39:19 a part of a ministry that's impacting 01:39:21 so many parts of the world and it's just, 01:39:23 just as we look back, it's to thank you Lord. 01:39:27 Yeah, we're going to look at some other parts of the world 01:39:30 but you know there are people right here in the United States 01:39:35 and in North America 01:39:37 that need to be ministered to as well 01:39:39 and we have a program called Christmas Behind Bars, 01:39:43 actually it's Lemuel Vega's ministry. 01:39:46 But where he's allowed us to be a part of it, 01:39:49 and we want to show you some of the impact 01:39:52 that we are having in our prison system. 01:39:57 We are really excited to be here at 3ABN today 01:40:00 and be part of their celebration 01:40:02 for their 32 Anniversary. 01:40:04 And my name is Lemuel Vega and... 01:40:06 My name is Donna Vega. 01:40:07 And we're part of Christmas Behind Bars. 01:40:10 Christmas Behind Bars, that's an outreach ministry 01:40:12 that started probably 20 years ago, 01:40:14 with one county jail. 01:40:16 It's a celebration of not only us, 01:40:19 the excitement that we have to be 01:40:20 part of this ministry 01:40:21 but the inmates that are in their cells 01:40:23 today watching this program, 01:40:24 they celebrate with 3ABN 01:40:26 because they have been an active part of 3ABN 01:40:29 through your sponsorship there's a program now called? 01:40:31 Free Indeed. 01:40:33 Free Indeed, and can you tell us 01:40:34 a little bit of what Free Indeed is 01:40:35 for our viewers that don't know? 01:40:37 Well, 3ABN goes in 01:40:39 and the inmates get to encourage the people 01:40:42 on the outside... 01:40:44 Around the world. Amen. To serve Jesus. 01:40:46 'Cause the inmates can reach other people 01:40:47 that are downtrodden in the world, 01:40:49 so again we are excited 01:40:50 to celebrate the 32nd Anniversary with 3ABN. 01:40:54 We've actually been married for 32 years. 01:40:56 We don't have any children biologically 01:40:58 but yet we have? 01:41:00 Many. 01:41:01 Thousands of children and they're all behind bars. 01:41:03 We've adopted them through the 3ABN family. 01:41:05 You know through the ministry of Christmas Behind Bars, 01:41:08 the prison ministry 01:41:09 that has been started many years ago, 01:41:11 ordained by God, 01:41:13 3ABN's prison ministry has had the opportunity to go in 01:41:16 and share and preach and teach. 01:41:18 Who are some of the people 01:41:19 that's come from 3ABN to the prisons with us? 01:41:22 Shelley Quinn, CA, Brian Hamilton. 01:41:25 There's J.D Quinn, yeah J.D 01:41:27 and there's just been a lot, C.A. Murray, 01:41:29 Pastor C.A. Murray and so it give not only 01:41:32 the speakers and presenters and singers 01:41:34 Yvonne Lewis phenomenal at the women's prison last year 01:41:38 not only the speakers and presenters of 3ABN 01:41:41 but the camera crew, the crew behind the scenes, 01:41:44 they have come in and they've formed lasting relationship 01:41:47 with those people that are incarcerated. 01:41:49 They have laughed, they work together, 01:41:50 set up cameras. 01:41:52 They've showed them how to run the audio 01:41:53 and just lots of different things. 01:41:54 So that's been phenomenal. 01:41:56 And it's amazing what God is doing here at 3ABN 01:41:58 for these last 32 years, 01:42:00 and we just know God has great mighty plans in store 01:42:04 for 3ABN and for your life as well. 01:42:07 We encourage you to be actively involved 01:42:10 in the ministry Christmas Behind Bars, 01:42:12 Free Indeed, 3ABN. 01:42:14 And I know by God's grace, 01:42:16 you will see many people in the kingdom of heaven 01:42:18 because your prayers, you stay focused on Christ, 01:42:21 and you are willing to sponsor. 01:42:23 This ministry here at 3ABN, 01:42:25 we are so grateful to be a part of this ministry. 01:42:28 It's been a joy to work with every aspect of the ministry. 01:42:31 The ground's crew 01:42:32 that takes care of the grounds here at 3ABN, 01:42:34 the people that clean the homes here at 3ABN 01:42:37 in the offices, the cameramen 01:42:39 and the crew that go on the road. 01:42:41 It's just amazing the mechanics here at 3ABN, 01:42:44 God is doing great things, 01:42:45 and we're thankful to be part of this 3ABN family 01:42:48 for the 32nd Anniversary, 01:42:50 and we're thankful that you're a part of 3ABN 01:42:53 through our viewing audience. 01:42:54 God bless you and we love you, 01:42:56 and we're looking forward to another year 01:42:58 with Jesus and 3ABN. 01:43:02 Now we have been so blessed 01:43:03 to get to know Donna and Lemuel Vega. 01:43:06 They have such a passion for prison ministry 01:43:09 and they have imparted that 01:43:11 into our very own Brian and Diane Hamilton. 01:43:13 That's right. 01:43:15 What an incredible job, thank you Brian and Diane 01:43:17 for what you're doing to ministries 01:43:19 not only prisons throughout Southern Illinois 01:43:22 but you all are traveling now quite a bit too 01:43:24 and seen a tremendous, 01:43:25 isn't that amazing what you're seeing. 01:43:28 A little bit later we may have some time to talk about it 01:43:30 but it's what they're doing is an incredible job and, 01:43:33 and people who love Jesus. 01:43:35 I mean it, it to us again go... 01:43:39 James says we should be reaching 01:43:41 the people true religion unto before God is basically, 01:43:45 it's saying helping those who can't help themselves 01:43:48 or maybe don't have the opportunities, 01:43:50 whether that's motherless, 01:43:51 the widows, maybe souls behind bars. 01:43:53 Those folks that maybe never had any kind of 01:43:56 Christian training whatsoever, 3ABN comes in through Lemuel, 01:44:01 through Brain and Diane and we see lives changed. 01:44:04 Literally hundreds and thousands of people 01:44:07 will end up in heaven because of you guys' efforts. 01:44:10 Thank you so much for what you're doing. 01:44:13 We do praise God for all the souls 01:44:16 that are touched in those prisons. 01:44:18 Thank you Lord for that. 01:44:19 You know, Bill Knott is a good friend of 3ABN 01:44:24 and he has sent us his congratulations 01:44:26 as well, Danny. 01:44:29 And so I have a collection of Bibles 01:44:30 that have become meaningful to me over the years. 01:44:33 Some of them have been on the shelf read 01:44:36 and not read at various times 01:44:38 as I moved to different versions. 01:44:39 One of my favorites now 01:44:41 is one that's been in the review office 01:44:43 for more than 60 years. 01:44:44 In the front of it you'll find the handwriting of FT Nickel, 01:44:47 Kenneth Wood. 01:44:49 Dr. Bill Johnson and myself for 60 years 01:44:52 we've been using that same Bible for staff worships, 01:44:56 for our personal devotions. 01:44:58 I love those things that have an impact over time. 01:45:01 Jesus actually tells a story about impact over time 01:45:05 even when we're not paying particular attention. 01:45:08 Mark Chapter 4, Jesus tells a parable, 01:45:11 "The Kingdom of God as if a man should scatters seed 01:45:14 upon the ground and should sleep and rise night and day 01:45:17 and the seed should sprout and grow he knows not how, 01:45:20 the earth produces of itself. 01:45:22 First the blade, then the ear, 01:45:23 then the full grain in the year, 01:45:25 but when the grain is ripe at once 01:45:27 he puts in the sickle because the harvest has come." 01:45:30 Jesus reminds us that those things 01:45:33 that sometimes feel like 01:45:35 the background in our lives are actually the most powerful. 01:45:39 3ABN has had that kind of role for 32 years now 01:45:43 in the lives of both Adventists and Christians 01:45:46 around the globe including in my family. 01:45:49 I watched as my own parents found the attraction of 01:45:54 a faith building television station 01:45:57 that continued to help them grow 01:45:59 well into their older years. 01:46:01 I've watched the impact 3ABN has had in communities 01:46:04 where I pastored where when we did evangelism, 01:46:08 suddenly there were so many more people 01:46:09 ready to make a decision for Jesus 01:46:11 because they had had the impact of 3ABN 01:46:15 in the middle of the night at the odd hours. 01:46:18 That impact is what I think we need to celebrate, 01:46:20 how God uses the persistence of this ministry 01:46:23 to bring people to his truth. 01:46:25 I want to congratulate 01:46:27 the leaders all involved in 3ABN 01:46:30 for 32 years of powerful witness 01:46:33 even when we weren't always conscious 01:46:36 of what was happening. 01:46:37 God was at work. 01:46:38 Thank you for what you're doing to advance the kingdom. 01:46:42 We always appreciate hearing from Bill. 01:46:44 He is such a good friend to this ministry, 01:46:46 and thank you so much for your kind words, 01:46:49 I appreciate. 01:46:50 Absolutely. 01:46:52 I think we ought to go to the Philippines, 01:46:53 we're getting, I can't believe we're getting close to the end. 01:46:56 It's almost two hours. Wow, where did it go. 01:46:59 We got a lot more to cover, I mean a lot more 01:47:01 and you're going to hear a lot more 01:47:03 from our folk here too, 01:47:04 but what we'd like to do in 2004, 01:47:07 we had the blessing of Manila, the Philippines, 01:47:11 the president coming to 3ABN 01:47:14 inauguration of 3ABN Philippines 01:47:16 and we'd like to show that right now. 01:47:18 This is just a shot of 01:47:20 the 24 million plus people the city, 01:47:24 some second largest city in the world 01:47:27 and here were you'll see shots coming in. 01:47:30 There's a big welcome. 01:47:32 And that night we actually had thousands of people 01:47:35 to Filipino Convention Center. 01:47:38 And I think Moses should be really talking about this, 01:47:41 this is building the television station there 01:47:44 that Moses oversaw and to get it done 01:47:47 so that it literally would reach up on a hill. 01:47:50 We had a good property, there was a tower, 01:47:52 build a building, 01:47:53 put the transmitters everything in 01:47:55 and then we were able to get 01:47:56 the president of the Philippines 01:47:58 to come at the convention center. 01:48:00 And should be on here in just a moment 01:48:03 but what a incredible amount of people 01:48:05 and what an opportunity to reach millions 01:48:09 and millions of people 24/7 01:48:11 they were in the palace with the president there 01:48:15 and Ambassador Bien Tejano. 01:48:17 We're honored and happy to announce 01:48:20 to the arrival of her Excellency, 01:48:25 the President of the Republic of the Philippines. 01:48:55 Please welcome your Excellency President of the Philippines 01:49:02 Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. 01:49:06 I mentioned to madam president on the way in 01:49:10 that I would like to apply for dual citizenship. 01:49:13 Though I'm an American, 01:49:15 I would love to have a Filipino citizenship 01:49:18 so I can vote for her in the upcoming election. 01:49:24 I am very pleased to be able to join you 01:49:27 this wonderful evening 01:49:30 for the inauguration of the 3ABN in the Philippines. 01:49:40 This is the beginning 01:49:43 of what will be surely yet another of your valuable 01:49:49 and significant contributions to Philippine culture. 01:49:55 The last but not the least 01:49:58 to receive the flag is Mr. Danny Shelton. 01:50:24 Thank you very much madam president. 01:50:46 We had it, isn't that amazing. 01:50:47 We had a very interesting... 01:50:49 It was actually funny later experience 01:50:52 she asked ambassador Tejano and me 01:50:54 to accompany her instead of coming to the back 01:50:58 through with security wanted her 01:51:00 she decided that we all would come from 01:51:02 the front of opening the gym. 01:51:04 They weren't prepared for security 01:51:06 and walked down among the people 01:51:08 and so and there's thousands probably 9 or 10,000 people 01:51:12 inside several thousand people outside. 01:51:15 So we're walking right. 01:51:17 And I'm staying close to her. 01:51:19 Well, I notice somebody 01:51:20 coming over to the side getting too close 01:51:23 for some reason I began to think 01:51:25 I'm the security guard, right. 01:51:26 So I make sure I don't let him get close. 01:51:29 I don't know who he is, I say this is dangerous. 01:51:31 They didn't really want to do it. 01:51:33 There's no security. 01:51:34 So he gently is pushing me to the side sorry Mollie 01:51:39 and I'm gently pushing him out of the way 01:51:42 and we're not looking at each other very much. 01:51:45 But he's determined to get next to her and I said no, 01:51:48 I'm not going to let, I don't know who this guy is 01:51:50 I'm pushing him. 01:51:51 And finally I look at him 01:51:53 and I think this thing in his ear. 01:51:55 He's her security 01:51:57 and I'm moving him out of the way 01:51:59 he was, and I'm trying to and he's gently 01:52:03 because I'm a guest but he wants to be up there 01:52:06 by her to take the bullet if need be 01:52:08 and I thought I'd say, 01:52:09 okay I've learned my lesson from now 01:52:11 and I won't do that. 01:52:12 Somebody, we just have three or four minutes 01:52:14 who's got a microphone Yvonne you got one 01:52:15 what do you thinking so far. 01:52:17 What's going through your mind? 01:52:18 You know as I was watching this whole thing, 01:52:22 it is just so obvious that God has had his hand 01:52:25 on this ministry from the inception of it, 01:52:29 when he gave you that idea, 01:52:30 Danny to, to now, 01:52:32 I mean God is just leading and guiding 01:52:35 and so many souls have been won as a result of this ministry. 01:52:40 Praise God, I can't wait to meet the souls in heaven 01:52:43 that have been won through this ministry. 01:52:45 Brother John, what's going through your mind? 01:52:48 You know, you can see that this is not a coincidence 01:52:50 nor is it a dream that was born in the mind of a man 01:52:53 but a vision born in the mind of God 01:52:55 and you look for somebody who is willing. 01:52:57 And Danny, if I could use one word 01:52:59 to describe what God has done in your life you're willing. 01:53:02 You know the Bible says, "If there's first a willing mind 01:53:05 `a man is accepted according to what he has." 01:53:07 And I praise the Lord that what he's done in your life. 01:53:10 Keep that willing heart because as Mollie said, 01:53:13 we haven't seen anything yet. 01:53:14 Praise God for that. 01:53:16 Brother Kenny, what's going through your mind? 01:53:17 The excitement here. 01:53:20 I've had the spiritual goosebumps. 01:53:22 It's been jumping over my neck and my body to see 01:53:24 what God has been doing all of these years 01:53:27 and then it just keeps coming 01:53:28 over and over in my mind is God's not done. 01:53:31 There's more to come and it's going to be better. 01:53:34 There's going to be some blessings, 01:53:35 it's just going to astound the people, 01:53:37 we need to hang in there. 01:53:38 We need to get tight for Jesus many more souls 01:53:42 going to be won to the kingdom through 3ABN. 01:53:44 And Pastor C.A. Murray and Tammy? 01:53:47 I think it is more than anything humbling 01:53:50 to know that you can be 01:53:51 even a small part of a move of God. 01:53:54 In the world God chose 01:53:56 to put this place here at this time 01:54:01 and then to call this wonderful group of people. 01:54:03 It is humbling to know that God chose to use us 01:54:07 to work with him in the greatest gift 01:54:09 ever given to mankind 01:54:10 and that's the gift of salvation 01:54:12 and we are a part of that. 01:54:13 Amen. 01:54:14 Tammy? 01:54:16 I just kind of wanted to mention because it, 01:54:18 it's a part of history. 01:54:20 It's a part of the 3ABN history 01:54:21 and part of the history of the church. 01:54:23 I think and correct me, 01:54:24 if I'm wrong that Kenny was the first 01:54:26 to ever do a revelation seminar. 01:54:29 Yeah, on 3ABN he was absolutely. 01:54:32 First one in the church 01:54:33 I think to do a revelation similar on the air. 01:54:35 Yeah, on the air absolutely... 01:54:36 that's there's a lot of first there, 01:54:39 lot of the pioneering is not always that easy though. 01:54:42 And but the Lord opens up those doors. 01:54:44 See the blessing is on the go. 01:54:46 We've said that over and over and over again. 01:54:48 Melody, I don't think I'll give you mike 01:54:51 unless she want one 01:54:52 'cause she would rather sit back 01:54:54 and she'll sing to the world 01:54:55 we should have her sing that's what we should do 01:54:57 should have ET over here playing maybe, 01:54:59 maybe the next program. 01:55:01 We decided let's don't get in a hurry. 01:55:03 We're celebrating 32 years 01:55:05 and Lord willing in for all still here 01:55:07 and maybe on 35th so it would be three years 01:55:10 or so more before we have another one. 01:55:12 And so why don't we get together 01:55:14 and just show what God has done in spite of all of us, 01:55:19 but thank you for all of you for your part. 01:55:21 Moses Primo we've got 30 seconds or something. 01:55:23 What's going on in your mind right now? 01:55:25 And first of all thank you, 01:55:26 because of you we're going around the world 01:55:28 that your brain power that's got us there 01:55:30 and your willingness to be used of God. 01:55:32 Well, it's amazing like pastor said 01:55:35 before when we put ourselves 01:55:38 and make available what God can do 01:55:40 it's just amazing. 01:55:41 It's a privilege to be here. 01:55:43 It's a blessing to be here 01:55:44 and to be part of this end message 01:55:47 of reaching souls for God's kingdom. 01:55:49 Amen. 01:55:51 Okay, for those of you to home. 01:55:53 We're going to have to end this program this evening. 01:55:56 We've got maybe two more hours of miracles 01:55:59 that God has performed and continues to perform, 01:56:02 so we'll continue this tomorrow evening. 01:56:16 Stay with us, we'll be back in a moment 01:56:19 with more of 3ABN 32nd anniversary special.

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