Participants: Danny Shelton (Host), Mollie Steenson (Host)
Series Code: 32ANN
Program Code: 32ANN000003A
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00:15 Welcome back to the conclusion
00:17 of 3ABN's 32nd anniversary special. 00:24 Well, we welcome all of you. 00:26 We keep trying to put a period 00:28 on this 32nd anniversary celebration 00:32 and it keeps being a coma, 00:34 our hearts are so full 00:35 and we have so much more we want to share, 00:38 don't we, Danny? 00:39 We do, Mollie. 00:41 And we're so thankful, 00:42 and we're glad that you are still with us. 00:44 And some of you maybe, 00:45 they were gonna be watching us, 00:47 we probably repeated a time or two. 00:49 So if you are joining us live or if this is your first time 00:52 just thank you so much for your love 00:53 and your prayers and financial support of 3ABN. 00:56 I hope that you've been blessed because it's done. 00:59 It's done me personally a lot of good 01:01 to look back over 32 years. 01:04 Now it's so small, 01:05 you can't look over 32 years 01:06 in four hours or six hours or eight. 01:09 But the theme of it all is that God is in control 01:14 and that He will provide every need and He has. 01:17 So when we look into future, 01:19 right now the future looks scary 01:22 from a physical standpoint, the future of 3ABN, 01:25 all of us, our lives looks scary, right? 01:28 But we don't have to worry about it, 01:31 because I think Ellen White made a statement. 01:33 She says, you don't have to fear the future 01:35 when all you have to just look back into the past 01:38 to see how God has led us. 01:40 And so that's what I'm thankful for. 01:43 I'm thankful for each and every one of you. 01:45 We let some of them go home. 01:46 You know, the older folk couldn't stay up with us young, 01:49 us young kids over here while ago. 01:50 We kept as youngsters on, you know. 01:53 We do stomp, 01:54 run over from the church here to the studio. 01:58 So we would have nicer chairs to sit in 02:01 and you all just look so beautiful over there. 02:05 We have Kenny 02:09 and his precious wife Chris, 02:14 and Greg and Jill, 02:15 they stag with the Pastor Lomacang and Angie, 02:18 and of course Yvonne. 02:19 It is so good to have you all continuing with us, 02:22 as again I want to say it again, 02:24 our hearts are overflowing. 02:25 When we look at back 02:27 at all that God has done over 32 years. 02:30 He has just blessed this ministry 02:33 and the people so much. 02:35 We thanked our viewers so much but we also, 02:38 we wanted to take just a little bit of time. 02:40 And that's why we chose to do 02:42 a little more of the programming 02:43 because I don't know where 3ABN would be 02:47 without some of the board members 02:49 that have been here for so long, 02:52 and some of those are now resting in Jesus asleep. 02:56 And we wanted to talk about those just a little bit, 02:58 Mollie, and just to say, you know, 03:01 to the families and to all the people 03:04 that know these board members. 03:06 People would have testimonies; 03:08 we could do programs for hours and hours 03:10 and hours on each one of the lives 03:13 that they have affected around the world. 03:15 They didn't just participate or board members here at 3ABN, 03:19 but we're in ministries 03:20 that literally reach the world for Jesus. 03:23 Amen. 03:24 You know, I came to 3ABN over 21 years ago, 03:28 and several of these were board members at that time. 03:31 And I just want to mention some of the board members 03:34 that have already gone to sleep in Jesus. 03:37 First of all is May Chung. 03:39 What a blessing she was. 03:41 Oh, absolutely, and those of who don't know May Chung, 03:43 we literally could talk for hours. 03:45 I mean, May if I couldn't look at one person in my life that 03:50 has had such a tremendous influence on me 03:53 when it comes to faith. 03:55 I don't think I've ever seen anybody with more faith. 03:58 Whenever the Lord will call them, they would go. 04:00 That's right. 04:01 And I always think about the story with the Philippines, 04:04 some of you heard. 04:05 She called me in the evening and you know, 04:07 she is probably mid 70s by this time. 04:09 She called me son, I called her mom... 04:11 I told her, I call her mom because she bossed me all time. 04:15 She said, you should do this son, 04:17 you should do that, I'd say yes. 04:18 First day you say, yes ma'am, 04:20 yes ma'am then I'd say yes mom, yes mom. 04:22 Reminded me of my mother, you know, Kenny. 04:24 But then, you know, all in good, I mean, 04:26 she was such a wonderful person. 04:28 But she said, you know what, 04:30 son I just thought I'll let you know, 04:32 I'm getting ready to get on airplane here in LA 04:33 I'm going to Philippines. 04:35 I said, all right so why are you going to the Philippines? 04:39 And she said, well, I really don't know, she said, 04:42 but the Lord impressed me to go. 04:43 And I said, May, you can't be... 04:45 who is going with you? 04:47 Oh, I'm just going, me and the Lord she would say, 04:49 and I said, well, you have to have a plan. 04:52 She said you know, 04:53 I used to make plans 04:55 but the Lord always changed them 04:56 so now I don't worry about making plans. 04:58 I just do what He ask and I said, 05:00 what are you gonna do there? 05:01 Where are you gonna stay? 05:03 You know son, I don't worry about that. 05:04 The Lord's got it all planned down, 05:05 I'm just supposed to go. 05:07 I mean, what incredible faith. 05:09 I said your kids know that? 05:10 She said, well, if they did, 05:12 they wouldn't let me go so you let them know that, 05:14 you know if they are worried about me 05:16 and we didn't have cell phones then, 05:18 so this might would have been, you know, 05:19 late 90s or something like that. 05:21 She didn't have phone or way to reach her so she said but, 05:24 when I get a chance I'll call and I'll let you know that 05:27 I'm okay, I tried to talk her out of it. 05:30 Three, four, five days later 05:33 I get a phone call and hey son, 05:35 I said, mom where are you? 05:37 What are you doing? 05:38 I haven't heard from you, I don't know if you're... 05:40 She said, well, I'm traveling on a train right now 05:43 with President Ramos and we're at... 05:45 I said who? 05:46 She said, you know, President Ramos, 05:49 president of the Philippines and he was doing a tour. 05:52 He is... 05:53 it's during election time campaigning 05:54 and he asked me to ride with him 05:57 on the train for few days. 05:59 And I'm like, wait a minute, 06:00 how do you get to not even knowing 06:02 why you are going to the president of the country? 06:06 And you're riding with the president 06:07 across the Philippines, I mean. 06:10 So I said, May what happened, 06:12 she said, well long story short. 06:13 I was sitting on the airplane, 06:15 I got upgraded 'cause I have a lot of miles. 06:17 They upgraded me and I was sitting beside a man 06:19 that ended up being in the cabinet 06:21 for the president, 06:23 and I said, oh my husband knew President Ramos, 06:27 he was the general and during, I guess, 06:30 I'm not sure which there is a war or after the war 06:33 but anyway her husband actually treated 06:35 when he was General Ramos. 06:38 So the guy said, oh, where are you staying? 06:41 And she said, well, I really don't have a... 06:42 Well, you must stay with my wife and I. 06:44 So she gets on the plane, 06:46 she ends up riding beside someone 06:48 who takes her home and says in the morning, 06:50 I must take you to meet the president, 06:52 'cause I'm sure he want to see you, 06:54 so she went to the... 06:56 We call it the White House there 06:58 and she went there and met him. 07:01 And they had this talk and May told him what she does 07:04 and she basically travels around the world, 07:06 just telling people about Jesus, 07:08 giving precedence to Ten Commandments, 07:10 you remember how she used to do that. 07:12 And so he said, well, 07:13 why don't you come and go with me. 07:15 And they were traveling across the Philippines and said, 07:18 is there anything I can do for you. 07:19 And she said, yes, we need to build a hospital. 07:22 I'd like some acreage. 07:23 Well, now when you are asking for acreage in Philippines 07:26 that's, I mean, 07:27 especially in Manila that, you know, 07:29 that is worth fortune 07:30 because there is it's 24 million people 07:33 in metro Manila. 07:34 So they ended up giving property, 07:36 ended up building a hospital there. 07:38 And so I mean May Chung, her faith was incredible to me 07:43 and nothing, I never saw her upset. 07:45 Kenny, you knew her for 30 years, I mean, 07:48 25 years we knew her... 07:50 I never saw her upset, never angry, 07:54 no matter what people would say to her, 07:56 she always had a smile on her face 07:57 and she'd let people say whatever they want 08:00 and she would just continue to witness for the Lord, 08:02 but she when, financially she was a tremendous help. 08:06 We needed something I could call and say, mom, 08:09 could you think about helping this, 08:10 that or the other 08:12 and just recently we actually have just 08:14 sold some property that we've had for some years 08:17 that she left us there in Hawaii 08:19 and it couldn't come at a better time I think. 08:21 God allowed her to sell exactly when we needed it 08:25 to pay some bills to keep us on the air. 08:27 And so May Chung, what a wonderful lady, 08:29 I look forward to seeing her. 08:31 I know all of you want to that haven't met her. 08:34 Now, Yvonne, I don't think you met her, 08:35 I think most of the rest of you have didn't you all meet May. 08:38 But you want to meet May 08:40 'cause you could spend in eternity 08:42 just talking to her and learning from her. 08:44 I'm looking forward to it. 08:45 I'm gonna say how very pleased May would be to know 08:49 that even while she's sleeping in Jesus, 08:52 she's still helping the gospel 08:54 being proclaimed all over the world. 08:56 She was actually the very first person 08:59 to really catch the vision other than the McAlpins 09:02 who started here, 09:04 we went in ASI, we met her there 09:06 and she introduced me 09:08 to Ellsworth McKee of McKee Foods 09:10 now who we'll talk about in a little bit. 09:13 But May was one of those who helped raise funds, 09:17 not only gave it but she would talk to other people 09:19 about supporting 3ABN. 09:21 What would we do without her, and then there was Owen Troy, 09:24 with Carmelitas on the board still today. 09:26 Carmelita's daughter is there and how wonderful, 09:29 what a great guy. 09:30 When we started 3ABN, we didn't know much, I mean, 09:33 we were from Southern Illinois. 09:35 I never been to general conference, 09:37 you hear about those things 09:38 and I had seen the Illinois Conferences 09:41 for as I had been to, I don't even think I'd been. 09:44 You know, hardly to the Lake Union 09:46 and you know, until I was growing 09:48 and what have you, 09:49 so I didn't really know how the church works, 09:51 but of course we have communication director 09:53 for North America 09:54 and general conference communication director 09:57 but when we first started Kenny and I met, 09:59 we got a call from Owen Troy, 10:00 and I think it was Bob Nixon that ask us to meet. 10:03 Could we meet him in St. Louis, so they wanted to know, 10:06 we hear that you guys are building, 10:09 you're Seventh-day Adventist 10:10 but you're building a television station, 10:12 you say it's the one that's gonna reach the world. 10:14 Now we weren't on the air, 10:15 we were just starting but they said, 10:17 you know, we thought you should come and talk to us, 10:20 we're surprised, you didn't come and talk to us. 10:22 And I said, well, we didn't know, 10:24 we're supposed to you know 10:25 and so as we began to talk to them, 10:27 we say well we didn't, we didn't know, 10:29 I said I figure that the timing is right we need to, 10:32 you all may come to us which they did. 10:34 We met him there in St. Louis. 10:36 Owen caught the vision immediately 10:39 and instead of saying, men, 10:41 you guys are way over your head. 10:43 Now he is a communication director 10:44 for the whole entire North America. 10:46 He knows about the media centre, 10:48 how much it cost 10:49 and how tremendous an operation it was, 10:53 but Owen said, do you know what, 10:54 this is got be of the Lord, 10:56 I want to support you 10:57 and so Owen Troy literally brought 11:00 stability to young folks 11:02 starting out saying don't laugh at him, 11:04 don't scoff him, 11:05 let's support him and he did for many, many years 11:08 and literally until he died, I mean, 11:10 Owen was working in Africa. 11:12 He had such a vision 11:13 and what a incredible individual, 11:16 another one of those that has an impact 11:19 on all of our lives. 11:21 And Carmelita is following right into his footsteps. 11:24 Then there is Bill Hulsey. 11:26 Bill Hulsey, incredible man had... 11:30 from Chattanooga, Tennessee 11:32 and originally from Florida. 11:34 But Chattanooga for many, many years, 11:36 had a big business there, they built cabinets 11:39 and what have you, 11:40 and he was in charge of Collegedale wood products 11:43 I think when he was younger and got out of the service 11:46 and then ended up building a large business. 11:49 And when I met Ellsworth McKee, 11:53 and asked Ellsworth to be on the board. 11:55 Ellsworth McKee who is, you know, 11:57 has thousands of employees, runs a huge business. 12:00 He said, I'll come on the board 12:02 on one condition that 12:04 you bring my friend Bill Hulsey on the board. 12:07 I didn't know Bill, and I said, well, 12:09 I'd like to know him and what he believes and, you know, 12:12 see if how our personalities do and I said, 12:15 why is it important you bring Bill. 12:17 And Ellsworth said to me, 12:19 he is the smartest businessman that I know. 12:21 And I'm like wow, 12:23 Ellsworth a great businessman running great company, 12:26 but he said Bill Hulsey is the smartest businessman I know, 12:29 this man is brilliant 12:31 and he not only is brilliant in business 12:34 and got a great mind, 12:35 but he also loves the Lord and has a passion 12:38 to get the gospel to the world, so... 12:40 I will say his memorial service and there were two words 12:44 that I kept hearing 12:45 over and over concerning Bill Hulsey, 12:47 integrity and wisdom. 12:50 Absolutely, and we would have our board meetings 12:53 and if somebody would make a motion and you say, 12:57 how we gonna word that 12:59 and everybody look and say Bill word that. 13:01 He'd just, just spell it out right there, Mollie, 13:03 you would be writing down and everybody be like wow, 13:06 did he just come up with that so we say, 13:08 did you have that already planned. 13:10 Of course, he didn't because we just now are asking him, 13:13 but the guy had a brilliant mind, 13:15 wonderful person and a great supporter of 3ABN 13:18 and now resting in Jesus. 13:20 You know Brother Danny 13:21 that Bill Hulsey speaking with him. 13:23 He was one of those rare people in my opinion 13:27 that when he spoke, 13:29 soon as he open his mouth, you close yours. 13:32 And you listen to every word that he said. 13:34 Lot of people you just don't, you do that, 13:36 you kind of... 13:37 but once he open his mouth to speak, 13:39 he was right on target and what he said always fit 13:42 right where it's supposed to, 13:43 and we always learned from him, 13:45 and I thought man, 13:47 we need that kind of spirit that he has. 13:49 So you hit on the head, not only was a businessman, 13:51 he was a spiritual man. 13:53 Yeah, and you didn't move him off of center point, 13:56 what it was no matter what you did, 13:58 if you came to him, one way or the other, 14:00 he knew where we needed to go and kept us there 14:03 and I'm thankful for the spouse, 14:05 you know, Ann Troy. 14:06 What a wonderful woman 14:07 she is and great support and still, 14:09 and you look at Myrtle Hulsey, great supporters, I mean, 14:12 they had great, great spouses and they all support it. 14:16 Amen. 14:17 You know, Merlin and Joe Ann father, 14:19 that's another and I think of Merlin 14:22 and he is somebody I think of as a wise man. 14:25 Oh, absolutely, he is one of those they say, 14:28 E.F. Hutton, when you, because Merlin wasn't a talker. 14:31 Merlin was very quiet and he came... 14:34 we met him years ago was out in Oregon, 14:37 and they invited us to their home, 14:39 and I saw his burden for ministry 14:41 in getting the gospel to the world. 14:43 He is a businessman but not like I'm real mouthy. 14:47 In other words he was very quiet 14:50 unless you ask him something, 14:52 he rarely just volunteered it. 14:54 And so, you know, 14:56 different people have different natures 14:57 but when I got to know him, 14:59 I said this man is very intelligent, 15:01 he is very smart, 15:03 but what I loved about him in a same way with Bill 15:05 and some of the others, common sense. 15:07 And that's the commodity today very few people 15:10 really have common sense, 15:12 and Merlin just could make something that was so, 15:16 you know, seem like it was here where are we going. 15:19 He just cut through it and get to the black and white 15:21 and say well, here is what we should do. 15:23 And so as I say, E.F. Hutton in that old commercial when he speaks, 15:27 you listen and Merlin and Joe Ann 15:29 were incredible people 15:31 and Joe Ann is still wonderful person, 15:34 still supportive. 15:35 Thank you Joe Ann for what you do to 15:37 for the cause of God, 15:39 and of course Merlin for all the years 15:40 that he supported 3ABN, 15:44 and then one time I got a call, he started 5,000 a month, 15:47 their business grew as the more 15:49 he dedicated time to in finances to 3ABN. 15:53 He said the Lord blessed, gave us 10,000 month, 15:57 then later that we were given 15, 000 a month 15:59 and this is not a huge business. 16:01 This is a lot of sacrificing to do this, 16:04 then I went to with McNeiluses and Maranatha to India 16:08 and then I was in India, 16:10 he watched it on television, 16:12 40, 50, 000 you saw some of the video 16:15 just a little bit ago, 16:16 a night coming, he called me, and he said man, 16:18 there is such a need for churches. 16:20 Do you mind if I quit giving you that 15, 000 16:23 and give it to India. 16:25 And you're like... 16:27 Take a big swallow like... 16:29 So I just said, well, 16:31 Merlin I'll tell you what to do, 16:32 he said now if you don't want me too, I won't. 16:34 And I said, you know what, 16:36 wherever the Lord is impressing you to give it, 16:37 that's where you should give. 16:39 And he did, he began to give there 16:42 and literally because of that one family 16:45 and we give the God the credit for this. 16:48 Because of this one family their sacrifice 16:51 getting others to support 16:53 and help financially working with Maranatha, 16:56 several hundreds thousands, I must say that again. 16:59 I think 2 to 300,000 people 17:02 have joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church in India 17:05 because of that ministry. 17:07 What if I had said no, don't support, you know, 17:10 don't support that's why we don't know God's will 17:12 and the Lord is impressing, you know, 17:14 let's let people do what they want to do and he did it, 17:18 and so Bruce and his family, 17:20 the rest of the family and Jackie, 17:21 they've caught that vision, 17:23 and Bruce now is a chairman of our board. 17:25 So it's interesting some of it 17:27 went from the parents to the kids 17:29 that have stayed on the board 17:32 and kept the family name going, 17:34 and so we appreciate them so much 17:36 and Bruce for his leadership. 17:37 Same commitment reminds me so much of his dad, 17:41 I can't tell you, 17:42 I didn't know Bruce for the first several years 17:44 when Merlin was on the board 17:46 but as I got to know Bruce, 17:47 I said not only looking at him 17:49 but how he thinks, you know. 17:51 And again, it's common sense and spiritual sense. 17:54 You know, Danny, 17:55 one of the other thing that sync 17:57 when you said that the theme of these individuals, you know, 18:00 father and son, and this is one thing 18:02 that just indelibly got in my mind, 18:04 I thought man, 18:05 Lord help me to keep that straight as he said one time, 18:08 'cause he's talking about how many baptisms, 18:09 several hundred thousand baptisms. 18:11 And the question was asked to them, 18:13 how many baptisms, 18:14 you know, all time you've been working in India, 18:16 how many baptisms. 18:18 He said, however many there were they are not, 18:21 he said, it's not enough. 18:23 He never gave a figure; 18:25 he said however many, it's not enough. 18:28 And I thought how wonderful that is to think about, 18:30 it's not just enough, there is not enough, 18:32 so that just did something to my heart, 18:34 I said, that's where I want to be. 18:36 Yeah, absolutely. 18:37 Another lady that was on our board 18:39 that when I think about faith and wisdom, 18:41 I think about Pam Rhodes. 18:42 Oh, absolutely, you all love Pam Rhodes and know her, 18:46 I mean, what an incredible lady she and Jim 18:49 and Jim still great person, 18:52 and always been supportive of 3ABN. 18:54 Thank you for what you're doing. 18:56 And Pam just died way too early and way too early. 19:00 I wouldn't give her name 19:01 because not that she would know it now 19:03 but at resurrection sometime 19:04 I might have to mention her age, 19:06 but we were close to the same age, 19:08 but what a wonderful person. 19:10 And the people to be around both of them, 19:12 I mean, the Rhodes just, 19:13 you couldn't be sad, you couldn't be depressed, 19:15 you can't be discouraged when they are around, 19:17 you're gonna be happy. 19:18 And of course the music they provided, 19:21 but also financially they were great support to 3ABN, 19:25 but just being around them it's infectious 19:27 because they believed 19:29 in getting the gospel to the world, 19:30 telling people about Jesus 19:32 and letting people know you're a Christian, 19:34 not by telling them but by your actions. 19:37 And so Pam Rhodes is an incredible, 19:39 incredible woman who is now sleeping in Jesus, 19:43 resting for the second coming, 19:45 but what a privilege to have people 19:47 and get to know people like that, you know, 19:51 and you think about it, we need eternity 19:55 because all people that we met here, 19:58 sitting at the feet of Jesus, 20:00 getting to know people from around the world, 20:02 it would take an eternity to do all that, right? 20:04 We're not gonna be up there twirling our thumbs 20:06 and nothing to do. 20:08 We're going to be busy, busy folks, reacquainting, 20:10 reuniting with those 20:12 who are now resting in the Lord. 20:15 Two other gentlemen that are enjoying their golden years 20:20 and both of them served as chairman of the board 20:23 at one time or another are Ellsworth McKee 20:26 and Dr. Walter Thomson. 20:27 Absolutely, two incredible individuals, 20:30 and if you all are watching, you know that I love you. 20:32 First of all we love you very much, 20:33 I can say that personally. 20:35 I've learned so much from both of you 20:38 and both gentlemen, 20:39 both men of integrity, 20:41 and Ellsworth runs a huge business 20:45 but is humble a person as you will ever meet. 20:47 I mean he's humbler person as you will ever meet. 20:50 Quick little story, 20:53 we one time here in West Frankfort 20:56 to Chamber of Commerce, we wanted to know, wow, 20:58 do you think you could get 20:59 Ellsworth McKee to come and speak. 21:01 It was Frankfort, now we're 9,000 people, right. 21:04 So you think you can get him to come and speak, and I said, 21:08 now Ellsworth, he doesn't get up front, 21:10 he is not talkative, you know, I'm sure he won't do it. 21:13 They said would you ask him and I said, oh, I'll ask, 21:15 so I called Bonnie his secretary and said, Bonnie, 21:18 I know Ellsworth won't do this but would he come in, 21:21 the Chamber of Commerce wants him to come and speak 21:24 to the business people in West Frankfort. 21:26 She said, well, let me ask him. 21:28 To my surprise she called back and said, 21:30 he said he'd be happy to if it can help 3ABN 21:33 and it will do something, 21:34 so I said now I know to help 3ABN, 21:37 he is gonna go out of his comfort zone. 21:39 It would have been easier probably to ask for donation 21:41 than to get him to come and speak 21:44 but he did and he came and did a incredible job, 21:47 did a fantastic job, 21:49 and everybody there said, 21:50 I thought you said he wasn't much of a speaker. 21:52 I said no, I didn't said, he wasn't much of a speaker, 21:55 I said, he doesn't speak much, but when he spoke, 21:58 that it was really, 21:59 I mean he held the attention of everybody, 22:02 but the thing that people said was he is so humble, 22:05 you would not know that 22:08 he was a man of this type of means. 22:11 And years ago when we had the governor, 22:15 general president of Uganda came here 22:19 and so it was a big deal for a Southern Illinois, 22:22 so they had police cars and escorts and so, 22:25 while he was here, 22:26 we brought the governor general to see 3ABN. 22:30 he rode in the same vehicle, 22:32 newspaper writer Bob Ellis rode 22:34 in the same vehicle rode with Ellsworth and May 22:38 and with the president, 22:40 and one thing he said when it was all said and done, 22:43 it was all over, he would call me and he said, 22:46 I can't get over these people how humble they are. 22:50 They don't talk about themselves. 22:52 I tried to get them to talk about themselves, 22:54 they only want to talk about the Lord and His word. 22:56 And so that's Ellsworth McKee and Ellsworth sharing, 23:00 thank you for all the support, Debbie, Rusty, 23:02 all the family for what you do, 23:04 not only 3ABN but for what you do around the world, 23:08 I mean, thousands of churches have been built, 23:10 wells being drilled, literally drilled, 23:12 people being fed, orphanages, 23:15 things, seminaries, 23:16 I mean literally what this family has done 23:19 their heart is for mission. 23:20 Thank you so much. 23:22 Then quickly Dr. Thompson. 23:23 Dr. Thompson is a man, 23:25 he was surgeon for many, many years 23:27 and when we went to Hinsdale, 23:29 when we were first starting our first invitation 23:33 to go speak of Hinsdale, Illinois 23:35 which is a biggest church in the state, 23:37 Dr. Thompson was there. 23:39 We didn't have anything going, 23:40 we were just talking about 23:42 what the Lord impressed us to do. 23:43 He caught the vision right away 23:45 and said, you know what? 23:46 He said I remember his $5000 check 23:48 that was huge at that time didn't know him, 23:51 he said I was at the meeting, 23:52 what you're doing is the Lord's will, 23:55 I'll help you anyway that I can. 23:58 And 30 years later, 23:59 I have probably may have times that well, 24:02 I wished that, you know, 24:04 volunteered because he's traveled the world, 24:06 he was chairman of the board, 24:08 good time and bad times. 24:09 You know when you're what's Wintley Phipps say 24:12 when you are, 24:13 ego people shoot at you when you are up above, 24:15 well, when you are on the chairman's position, 24:17 you know, in a ministry or business 24:20 you're gonna have people shooting, 24:21 but we'll talk about integrity, 24:23 there is a man that loves the Lord, 24:25 he is honest, man of integrity. 24:27 And if I could count on all the people 24:29 that I knew in a world, 24:31 maybe five people that have had this impact in my life 24:35 as Dr. Thompson. 24:36 He would be one of those 24:38 because I have seen him year after year after year, 24:40 good times and bad times. 24:42 And, Yvonne, now guess what, who is on our board? 24:46 Greg, his son Greg Thompson, 24:48 so it's just as the mantle has been handed down, 24:51 and what a great guy we're finding out 24:53 that Greg is and the vision. 24:55 So thank you to Thompsons for all that you've done to. 24:58 And we just found like 24:59 we wouldn't be right to do all of these hours 25:02 and not maybe honor especially some of these folk 25:05 that who have had such an impact, 25:08 not only just ministry but me personally 25:11 that's helped me to go through good times 25:14 and bad times and many of you here too. 25:17 You know, both of these men, Ellsworth and Dr. Thompson 25:21 served on our board sacrificially for, 25:23 it was 26 or 28 years for many, many years 25:27 they've been a part of this. 25:28 Yeah, I know, Bill Hulsey all of them 25:30 right in the beginning. 25:31 Literally first year to Owen Troy, 25:32 all of these men came, they stayed on, 25:35 and it was not always popular 25:36 because we weren't part of the church, 25:38 we were independent or supporting ministry, 25:40 and people didn't know how to react back in the 80s 25:43 because they are used to just people working with the church 25:46 and not having supporting ministries 25:48 who are not answering, 25:50 and you're going out literally going into places 25:54 no one's ever been when it comes to media, 25:56 and you representing an entire world church 25:58 and they're scared, well, 25:59 we don't know who these folk are, 26:01 and what they're going to be preaching and all of these, 26:03 but having these types of people on our board 26:06 that everybody in the world church knows 26:08 brought some balance in, 26:10 right to us, John? 26:12 You know the Bible says the steps of a good man 26:14 are ordered by the Lord 26:15 and he delights in his ways, Psalm 37:23, 26:19 the men and women that God sent to be in this ministry, 26:21 you could never have gone out and pick them. 26:24 God order their step to something here 26:25 to support this ministry and while were there, 26:28 all the better for it. 26:29 I wanted to say something regarding Dr. Thompson, 26:32 you know, he has just poured wonderful, 26:35 I mean just he is very willing to speak, 26:36 he is the man of the God 26:38 and he has just given us lots of input, 26:41 you know, through the years 26:43 but one of the things that 26:44 I also appreciate about Dr. Thompson, 26:45 I had this quick story on him. 26:47 You know, he is a surgeon 26:48 and I had this little thing on my leg, 26:51 and I asked Dr. Thompson some years ago. 26:53 I said, oh, would you take a look 26:54 at this thing on my leg. 26:56 He said sure, I'll take a look at it, 26:57 so he takes a look at it and he says, 26:58 oh, we'll take it off right now. 27:01 I said, you'll take it off right now. 27:02 He said, yeah, 27:03 I got some little sutures over here, 27:05 a little bit of stuff to numb it, 27:06 and I've got a knife. 27:08 So lo and behold, I was there, he numbed it, 27:11 and I was trying to dab the blood, 27:12 there was no nurse and he said, 27:16 oh, this is much better than doing this 27:17 under a jungle tree in Africa. 27:19 He said this room is so much cleaner, 27:21 that's Dr. Thompson for he is so quiet, 27:23 but yet so full of wisdom and man, 27:26 we've been so blessed to get to know him and his wife. 27:28 Yeah, but just a great, a great guy. 27:30 Absolutely. 27:31 Yvonne. 27:34 We also should thank Jim Gilley for the time 27:36 that he was here as well 27:39 because he gave several years here. 27:41 Absolutely, almost eight years, seven plus years. 27:44 We're gonna get into that in a few minutes 27:46 but where we're at it, I mean, Jim came and Camille, 27:50 and they came in a time when it was... 27:53 we needed somebody and they prayed about it, 27:57 Jim said, he thought, oh well, it won't be me, 28:00 you know, they got two or three other people, 28:02 then he was shocked when I called him 28:03 and said the board really wants you to come, 28:05 and he came here and said, 28:07 you know this was a best time of his life and they retired, 28:11 they're out in California with grandkids 28:14 but we do want to say thank you to Jim and Camille Gilley 28:17 for the years that they put here as president 28:20 and chairman of the board, 28:23 and what a great job that they did 28:26 because it's not easy, 28:27 and you're responsible for so much going on. 28:30 And of course we can't do it without you, 28:33 but when it comes to finances, when it comes to employees, 28:35 when it comes to all these things 28:37 and you're looking around at world vision, 28:40 it's a tough seat to set in sometime 28:42 especially if you're not the right one for the job. 28:45 He said I love it, I love being here. 28:47 Owen Troy said, 28:48 that he said I've been on boards 28:50 in the church for years. 28:51 This is the only one I love coming to and enjoy 28:54 because I get so encouraged by all the testimonies. 28:59 Let me just read a list of the men and women 29:03 that have served through the years, 29:05 Ken. Denslow, G. Ralph Thompson, 29:08 Larry Welch, Wintley Phipps, 29:10 Larry Romrell, Garwin McNeilus, 29:12 Stan Smith, Max Trevino and Jim Stevens, 29:16 and now the current setting board is Danny Shelton, 29:20 Mollie Steenson, Carmelita Troy, 29:22 Bruce Fjarli, C. A. Murray, 29:24 Yvonne Lewis, Brian Hamilton, 29:26 Greg Thompson and Greg Morikone. 29:28 So I know Danny and I from the bottom of our hearts 29:31 we thank all of you 29:33 that helped us for so many years. 29:35 We appreciate you so much 29:36 and for you that are sitting now, 29:38 we need your help and we need your love 29:40 and we need your prayers and we thank you so much. 29:42 Amen. Absolutely. 29:44 We want to talk a little bit... 29:46 Chris, you've been involved 29:49 and I know you've been sitting over there for several hours, 29:51 Chris always has good things to say 29:53 and she just quietly didn't say anything, 29:56 and I know Greg and Jill, 29:57 but you look back now for four plus hours, 30:01 give us something, encourage us, 30:03 something what you see for the future. 30:06 What do you have in your heart? 30:07 Well, I was sitting quiet but I was about to burst. 30:11 My heart was about to burst 30:13 because you know 32 years ago, 30:15 we had no idea what satellite TV was, 30:18 and to get a dish, 30:19 most of us couldn't afford a dish. 30:21 We didn't even know what a dish was. 30:24 And I remember just watching the rolls and looking, 30:28 and of course I know a lot of behind the scenes too. 30:31 And I thought wow, 30:34 what God has done and I was quietly whispering 30:37 and so many times I was saying thank you Lord. 30:39 This came about differently, you know, 30:43 before we started this, 30:44 this After Glow program you mentioned that, 30:47 that 3ABN is like the greatest 30:49 television station in the world. 30:52 Evangelistic tool, 30:54 I'll say television station too, 30:56 because God actually had his hand 30:59 in every step of the way. 31:01 He knew the explosion of technology, 31:05 none of us had a clue. 31:07 We didn't have, in fact, if any of us sitting here, 31:10 except maybe Pastor John, 31:13 if we were asked to do a lot of these things, 31:16 we still are technologically ignorant as it were, 31:21 but wow, what he knew. 31:23 And you know, I think about you mentioned earlier 31:25 about we need help, we need help right now. 31:29 This is not a time that we should be going backwards, 31:31 but it's a time to go forward. 31:33 You know, you mentioned earlier about 31:36 the babies that you've had, and you know, 31:38 I know some of the babies like Dare to Dream are no longer 31:41 on some of the main television stations. 31:43 And we have an interesting perspective 31:45 being at Behold the Lamb, 31:47 and to be quite honest, 31:49 we don't get near the phone calls we used to get. 31:53 You know I realize that a lot of this is 31:55 accessible to internet 31:57 that people are still like the rest of us, 32:00 we want to go turn on the channel. 32:02 We want to see it, 32:03 and so I just implore people this is different. 32:07 A lot of the other stations, 32:08 they came after the technology was here. 32:11 God put this one in play before, 32:14 and you mentioned May Chung in the faith. 32:17 I can think of you boys in the faith. 32:20 How many times you would go and buy 32:22 a five gallon bucket of gasoline not knowing 32:25 where the money was going to come, 32:27 digging the foundation not knowing 32:30 where the money was going to come. 32:31 The satellite dish not even understanding about what is it, 32:36 satellite Atlantic or what I forget. 32:38 Scientific Atlantic and the cost 32:41 to even get it started, 32:43 and just the fact that there was not even 32:47 'cause I know that SIU, 32:50 I'm an alumni of SIU here in Southern Illinois, 32:53 and they had look us back, 32:54 then you had to have a hole in the radio waves 32:57 and they couldn't find one to start a station. 33:00 But God had his hand over it. 33:02 This is a special, special station, 33:05 and some of the people that 33:07 I have met and continue to meet, 33:10 they're different when they keep this channel on. 33:12 I kid you not. 33:14 And I know some that had joy and a love for the Lord, 33:17 they've come into the truth so many 33:19 because of 3ABN but you know 33:21 the enemy is always out to kill, 33:22 steal and destroy. 33:23 And we've been talking about this over the weekend 33:25 because there are a few that were so on fire 33:28 had such a love for Jesus 33:31 and then they start going to the internet 33:32 and they hear this one and that one 33:34 and who is the accuser of the brethren, 33:36 sisters, who is it? 33:38 Satan. 33:39 And they think that they're doing the Lord's work 33:41 by accusing and stealing all the stuff 33:44 what they are listening to on the internet 33:46 and really they're destroying, 33:47 they're actually working for the enemy, 33:50 and they're destroying God's work. 33:52 But you know I'm like you. 33:54 There is a elder in our church and has helped me 33:57 so many times 'cause he says, 33:58 we have nothing to worry about, 34:00 but we have a lot to pray about. 34:02 There you go. That's good. 34:05 That's a church of that explosion... 34:07 Thank you. 34:08 I want to go over go to Angie for just a little bit, 34:11 and I know John, you used to, 34:13 John doing most of the talk and within little bit, 34:15 we got a few minutes, 34:16 we're gonna bring C.A and Irma out here but, 34:19 Angie, maybe give a word to us, you've been here, 34:21 how many years you've all been? 34:22 Thirteen years. 34:24 Thirteen years, and in a nutshell 34:25 what's your experience here? 34:27 This is a place of miracles. 34:30 I've seen miracles almost everyday. 34:33 And I'm blessed beyond measure to be here, 34:36 John and I as a couple in ministry to be here, 34:41 we're totally blessed. 34:42 And I never thought I'd be working in a media ministry, 34:46 and I worked in radio 34:47 which I absolutely love 3ABN Radio, 34:50 and I do editing, I even host a program, 34:54 never thought, I would host a program 34:57 in a million years, that's God. 34:59 So I'm so privileged to be here and to be the pastor's wife 35:04 and to get to know people on the personal basis, 35:08 going to their homes and minister with people. 35:11 And I'm just blessed to know Danny, Mollie, 35:14 you two are such a blessing to this place. 35:16 You are anchors in this place. 35:18 And I'm so glad and privileged to know you both, 35:21 and I just thank God for this ministry, 35:23 it is a blessing, 35:25 it continue to be a blessing in my life and John's life. 35:28 We appreciate you guys 35:29 because you're like our world PRP, 35:32 for you guys traveled around the world, 35:33 and I guess a lot of that 35:35 because people have seen you John on 3ABN, right. 35:38 You get request around the world. 35:39 Yeah, we do 35:42 and we always go on that very premise. 35:44 We always say, we would like to welcome, 35:46 we like to say hello on behalf of our president 35:49 and founder of 3ABN, 35:50 wherever we go, 35:52 we make sure that people remember. 35:54 If we go, we talk about what's available at 3ABN. 35:56 How to get the app, how to get the mySDA tv, 36:00 how to be a part of the go evangelism 36:02 because we know that 36:03 the world is really our audience. 36:06 Sometimes we are here at home where we sit in these chairs 36:08 or we do a program, 36:10 and I say to people that visit here, 36:12 sometimes they would come to the worship centre 36:14 and preach a sermon or do something. 36:15 I'll say, don't look at the audience, 36:18 look at the camera, they are potentially... 36:21 What's the potential audience? 36:22 1.2 billion, I think, Mollie. 36:24 I'll go with that. You'll go with that. 36:27 And so those are the people that 36:28 God has called us to minister to 36:29 but it is humbling because anyone, 36:31 we said and I want to talk about this one day, 36:33 anybody could have been chosen, but after I've come to 3ABN, 36:37 I see that God had a particular reason to bring us here. 36:39 I remember back in 2002 36:41 when we just said no, no, no, no 36:44 to come to the mid west, 36:45 here we on a thriving church in California, 36:47 what's in the mid west. 36:49 We've never been there. 36:50 From the East Coast to the West Coast 36:52 but in the Midwest, what's out there. 36:54 And the Lord imposed upon us to come out here 36:57 by reading a devotion one day. 36:59 And Oswald Chambers says, 37:00 "Woe be unto you 37:02 if you put your foot in any other direction 37:04 once the call of God has gripped to you. 37:07 That helped us decide and then we got to St. Louis 37:10 and were there for nine months and said Lord, 37:13 this is not what you had in mind, 37:14 why would you take us from California to St. Louis, 37:16 and you call me two days later. 37:18 And I didn't know you like I know you now, 37:20 and the Lord moved upon your heart 37:21 to invite us to be a pastor and wife of this church 37:24 and so here is now, 37:25 we've seen each other grow up. 37:27 Yeah, I came here idealistically with black hair, 37:31 thanks to just for men, 37:33 but I've decided to allow a time to show 37:36 so we can look back and say 37:38 praise God for what he has done 37:39 and to be a part of it, 37:41 I mean that any pastor could have been chosen to be here. 37:44 It's humbling to think to be a part of this, 37:46 so thank you, Danny, surely thank you, Mollie. 37:48 Somebody watching maybe right now 37:51 and we're at the end of the year 37:52 thinking about their giving and what they should do, 37:56 what would you say looking into the camera 37:57 and talk to that person right now is 37:59 we're looking at the end of the year, 38:01 in the year giving and for 3ABN for them, 38:05 what would you say to folk? 38:06 Well, you know, I would say to those 38:08 who are thinking about giving... 38:10 Don't think about giving, 38:11 pray and ask the Lord what he will have you to give. 38:14 I mean, this to me is a no brainer, 38:17 when we think about the gospel 38:18 that the Lord says is going to go into all the world 38:21 and when it does the end comes. 38:23 You may not be the preacher, 38:25 may not be the singer or the speaker or teacher, 38:27 but you can participate 38:29 by the finances that God has given to you. 38:31 I'm mindful of a text in James, 38:33 you know when the last days come, 38:35 and this is a humbling text to share with you. 38:38 If we fight ourselves in the last days 38:40 saving for that rainy day as it were, 38:44 the times will come and catch us, 38:45 we're in such an unstable world today. 38:47 You have the opportunity to make a decision about 38:50 where your finances are going to go 38:52 and every dollar you send and I know, 38:54 I've been here at 3ABN translates 38:55 into another program, another life for the kingdom, 38:58 another ministry that touches people in darkness, 39:01 so many of the people that 39:03 we meet around the world had said, 39:05 had it not been for 3ABN, 39:07 I would not know the truth today. 39:09 I would not come to Christ. 39:10 Even in prisons, they said, where we could not go, 39:13 we could not go behind the bars, 39:15 people said the Lord somehow chose that ministry 39:18 to be on in our prison. 39:19 So don't think about giving, 39:21 pray and ask God 39:22 what would you have me to give 39:24 because there is no better investment 39:27 than an investment in souls for the kingdom. 39:30 You know, I remember once a treasurer I knew said, 39:33 when the Lord comes and we have money in the bank, 39:35 it should be there for only two reasons. 39:37 One we are so busy giving that God keeps giving back. 39:40 Or the second reason which is not the one we want 39:43 that we have given nothing 39:45 and has now cankered up as a witness against us. 39:48 God says when you give, it will be given back to you, 39:50 press down, shaking together and running over. 39:53 And so if you think about how much to give, 39:55 not whether or not to give, consider 3ABN 39:58 and you're giving for the New Year 39:59 and you along with all of us 40:01 who are working for the cause of Christ 40:02 will one day hear the words, 40:04 well done thou good and faithful servant. 40:06 This is the time, 40:08 there is no better time than now 40:09 to give to a cause that will one day eternally triumph. 40:12 God bless you. 40:14 Thank you, John, what we're gonna do, 40:15 we're gonna bring a couple of more folk in 40:16 but since that's such a great appeal, 40:18 I think we put up our address, 40:20 and if the Holy Spirit is impressing 40:22 and you would like to support 3ABN, 40:24 you may do so at the following address. 40:30 If the Holy Spirit impresses you 40:31 to support 3ABN's world wide ministry, 40:34 you can do so in a variety of ways. 40:36 You can write to 3ABN, PO Box 220, 40:40 West Frankfort, Illinois 62896. 40:44 Again that's 3ABN, PO Box 220, 40:48 West Frankfort, Illinois 62896 40:51 You can call us at 618-627-4651. 40:56 That's 618-627-4651. 40:59 You can also visit us online for a live programs, 41:03 schedules and more at 3abn.tv. 41:07 That's 3abn.tv. 41:13 You know Danny, 41:14 what Pastor Lomacang said reminded me, 41:17 at this past camp meeting a couple came up 41:19 and they said that they had overheard 41:21 us talking on behind the scenes 41:24 where we said that's it not the seed 41:26 that's in the barn that produces a crop. 41:28 It's the seed that you plant and just... 41:31 They said, we have God, we've been talking it over, 41:35 we've been praying about it, we've got some property 41:38 that when the Lord returns or when we go to sleep in Jesus, 41:42 we don't want that property to just be sitting there. 41:45 We want to put it into the work of the kingdom 41:48 and so they're planting their seed 41:51 and there will be a mighty harvest 41:53 and what we're looking for is 41:55 a harvest of souls for the kingdom. 41:56 Amen. 41:58 And speaking to that for those who have properties 42:01 who want to contact 42:02 our department is Roy and Arleen, right. 42:04 Roy and Arleen, yes. 42:06 And I guess, you can call here and get phone number. 42:08 Just ask for Roy and Arleen Hunt 42:10 and they'll be happy to put you their way 42:13 because a lot of folk, 42:14 it helps 3ABN tremendously 42:17 when they remember us in their wills and trust 42:20 and what have you, 42:21 so thank you for what you're doing. 42:23 Well, we've added CA Murray and Irma Murray, 42:27 we're glad that you guys are here. 42:28 Before we go to you for a minute, 42:30 I want to talk to Greg and Jill, 42:31 they have sat for four and half hours, 42:33 really not said a word 42:35 and these are folk that are been 42:37 such an incredible blessing to us. 42:39 They've been here what nearly 15 years or... 42:42 It's actually over 17, I'm working on 18. 42:43 Seventeen years, I'm sorry, yeah, 42:45 17 years and but you haven't changed, 42:48 you still look young to me, both of you. 42:49 Praise the Lord. 42:51 Still look young but we believe 42:52 that God has really positioned you people 42:55 that should the Lord tarry in a few years that, 42:58 you know, with this kind of gonna be handed to you, 43:00 we all be here to help you but you got the youth 43:02 and the brains and the physical everything 43:05 that you need, right. 43:06 Strength to go forward and so... 43:08 And a heart for God. 43:09 Absolutely, and a heart for ministry. 43:11 So, Greg, give us a little, 43:13 you've been here all these years? 43:15 Well, we know that all things come from God. 43:17 So we're grateful for the opportunity to be here, 43:19 you know, as we've been sitting here for these hours... 43:22 What a blessing though it is 43:23 because I think of the song to God be the glory, 43:26 how great things He has done. 43:28 You know think about how God has led this ministry 43:30 for all of these years 43:32 and how you literally started out with nothing. 43:35 What God has done, it reminds me of like those 43:37 the five loaves and the two fish, 43:39 what God can do, 43:40 He can multiply things and look where 3ABN... 43:43 Yesterday and I think back, 43:44 I think it was at the first hour 43:46 when we're showing some of those old clips 43:49 and you were singing the song, 43:50 "I want to spend my life, mending broken people," 43:54 and how that song was given to you. 43:55 Someone knocked at your door, 43:57 I think you said and just say, 43:58 I don't know if you wanna sing this song or not 43:59 and what a theme song, 44:01 also I think for the ministry of 3ABN. 44:03 And I know I want my life to always be an honor to God 44:06 but I also want to spend my life 44:07 mending broken people, 44:09 and being a minister for the Lord, 44:11 it's neat to be part of this ministry all these years, 44:14 but man, it's ministered to me, you know, 44:17 'cause we're all broken in some way or another, and man, 44:20 what a privilege it is to be here 44:22 and I was thinking also. 44:24 You know, it's easy 3ABN, 32 years 44:27 it seems like quite a while 44:29 and you know for those at home 44:31 you may be have supported us 44:32 since the very beginning and it's easy to just say, 44:35 wow, 3ABN is matured, 44:38 they don't need my support anymore, 44:39 let me go support something else. 44:42 But 3ABN continues to need your support 44:44 even though it maybe all grown up 44:46 at 32 years of age, wow, 44:48 we still need the support here... 44:50 more than ever before 44:51 and you think about the stories that come in 44:53 because, Mollie, you get those good letters. 44:55 We call them on a daily basis 44:57 of how people's lives are being touched for eternity. 45:00 This hasn't just been just touched 45:02 for some temporal thing, 45:03 for eternity, how much better it can get, 45:06 so anyway what a blessing to be here. 45:08 Thank you, Jill... 45:10 It's a blessing to be part of the ministry of 3ABN. 45:12 You know, I feel like we've grown up here. 45:15 In the sets of 3ABN, 45:17 I was in my early 20s 45:19 when we came and we're still young. 45:21 But... 45:23 But it's a privilege to have a part. 45:27 To have a small part in helping to spread the gospel 45:30 with each one of you, to be mentored by you, 45:32 to learn more at the feet of Jesus. 45:35 You know what a privilege 45:37 and just watching through these five hours here 45:40 with that we've been sitting 45:41 and seeing what God has done in this ministry is incredible. 45:47 God started with a vision, 45:49 with stepping out by faith and walking in obedience 45:53 and to think of the people way more than the 200,000 45:57 we just talked about with India, 45:59 the people who have come to know Jesus. 46:03 When we get to have it, 46:04 the people who are gonna come and say, 46:06 I'm here because I flipped a channel 46:10 and I found out about Jesus. 46:13 I chose to give my life to Jesus 46:15 or I found out the truth of the Sabbath. 46:18 I learn that when I die, 46:20 I'm gonna rest in the grave until Jesus comes. 46:24 That's what this ministry is all about. 46:26 Just this morning, if I can share a scripture, 46:28 this was in my devotions, 46:29 I'm in Isaiah and I just happened to read Isaiah 61. 46:32 And this is not the beginning part of the chapter 46:35 which Jesus read, you know, 46:36 to announce His messianic mission there, 46:39 I'm in Luke 4 he read that, but this is not that, 46:42 this is toward the end. 46:44 It says, this is Isaiah 61:8, 46:46 "I will direct their work in truth, 46:49 I will make with them an everlasting covenant. 46:53 Their descendant shall be know among the gentiles, 46:57 and their offspring among the people, 47:00 all who see them shall acknowledge them 47:04 that they are the posterity whom the Lord has blessed." 47:07 And I know this was originally written to the Israelites, 47:11 but I believe this promise is for 3ABN. 47:14 For this ministry here in the end time 47:17 that everyone who sees the descendants, 47:20 the off spring, 47:21 the people who come to know Jesus, 47:23 who come to the truth as a result to this ministry 47:26 are going to acknowledge that God has blessed this ministry. 47:30 Amen. 47:32 Thank you so much. What a privilege to be part. 47:34 Irma Murray, what are you... 47:35 you guys been here? 47:36 How many years you all been here? 47:38 We've been here 12 years, 47:39 Okay, you have done most of the talking 47:40 but in the next couple of minutes is yours. 47:43 What impact does this had 47:44 and what do you have to say to the folk at home? 47:47 Danny, coming here to 3ABN was for the first time 47:51 that I worked for a Christian entity. 47:56 I always worked in the world and has challenges 48:01 that the Lord had for me, 48:03 so that I could grow in many ways. 48:06 I am very sure that He can do anything, 48:11 whatever you are, 48:12 but being in here is been a big, big blessing. 48:16 And when we go places and the people you can see 48:22 and they tell you by the love that they have for 3ABN. 48:26 It is amazing, 48:28 and when I hear your stories, Danny, 48:31 they always really impresses my heart 48:34 and it touches my heart, 48:35 and the kind of person that you have been 48:38 and how the Lord have used you, 48:41 and sometimes I have said Lord, you know, 48:43 what else can I do. 48:45 Some people do so much, 48:48 but I know the Lord every day has a plan for us 48:52 and sometimes we don't do big things 48:54 but the Lord still uses in small ways, 48:57 and it's been a big, big blessing in growing. 49:01 When I answered the phones 49:04 that many times that people wants the free offer. 49:09 But they always say it, they says, 49:11 always say it has changed my life, it has, 49:14 it's been so good, 49:16 and I want to share it with other people, 49:19 and that is wonderful. 49:21 And then when they said just this week, 49:24 last week at the end of last week, 49:27 I had a phone call from a man and he says, you know, 49:31 we were watching Lassa, 49:34 that's Spanish evangelical 49:37 and for but then all of a sudden 49:40 Lassa is not there, 49:42 and then we find this station 3ABN. 49:46 And we are so blessed, 49:47 it says because we have learned 49:51 so much truth about it. 49:53 So he was praising the Lord 49:56 and he want to pray a prayer for his family 50:00 and so those things just really make you excited and continue. 50:05 We're so thankful for you and CA and all your work, 50:08 dedication over these years. 50:09 Yvonne, a couple of minutes, 50:11 well, tell us what's on your heart? 50:12 Oh, oh my Chris, I might burst. 50:17 Well, you know, 50:19 I think so often we can take things for granted. 50:22 You know, some station is on and you watch it 50:26 and you're blessed by it, 50:27 but you don't really feel impressed to do anything 50:33 because you're just not, 50:34 you're not in touch with it. 50:36 Once you ask God, what should I do, 50:39 it doesn't even have to be money. 50:41 Sometimes it's something that 50:42 you have in that, you know, 50:45 one man's trash is another man's treasure. 50:47 So we have a donations department here, 50:49 and you can send something there. 50:52 So we can all do something 50:55 and one thing that 50:57 I think is important to know 50:59 and that is that everybody here 51:01 really believes in this ministry. 51:03 We are not just saying this is a great ministry, 51:06 we really believe 51:07 because we see on a daily basis 51:09 what God is doing through this ministry, 51:12 and so it is such a privilege and a blessing 51:15 to be a part of 3ABN. 51:18 I feel so honored and I feel as though, 51:21 we are here for such a time as this 51:23 and that Jesus is coming soon. 51:26 And the sooner we can all rally together 51:29 and come together 51:31 and really get the gospel out with your help. 51:35 We can just get the word out, so that nobody has to be lost. 51:41 And if people don't hear about Jesus, 51:44 guess what is on us, 51:46 your blood is on us. 51:48 So we have to really, really ask God 51:51 what He would have us to do and then do it, just do it. 51:55 Good. Thank you. 51:56 CA, we have a couple of minutes. 51:58 We want to give Kenny a couple of minutes. 51:59 Go on what's on your heart four and half, 52:02 almost five hours now. 52:03 I know we're tired you got any thoughts left for us? 52:07 You know, it's interesting that 52:08 Jill quoted from the Book of Isaiah. 52:11 Isaiah is my favorite Old Testament book 52:14 because in Isaiah we see God on the stretch. 52:17 Okay. 52:18 We see a God who is desperate to save His people 52:22 and 3ABN is a latter day manifestation 52:25 of the desperation of God. 52:28 God was so desperate that He roamed the earth, 52:31 His eyes roamed on the earth and He says you know, 52:33 I'm gonna take this little guy in Southern Illinois, 52:37 he doesn't know it yet but he's got a burden 52:39 and I'm about to put a big burden on him. 52:41 And you were just smart enough to listen to the voice of God. 52:47 And God will use anyone at anytime 52:49 and in any place to do what He wants. 52:50 I've seen God do so much with so little 52:53 for so long that I'm convinced God 52:54 can do anything with nothing. 52:56 And what He has done here is 52:59 made this entity a tool in the hands of God 53:02 for the salvation of the souls of men and women, 53:04 and then He's brought people 53:06 from the various parts of the world 53:08 and planted them here. 53:09 And there were some people who came here, 53:11 who perhaps shouldn't have been here 53:12 and then God just moved them to something else, 53:14 and those who have the 12 years, 53:16 the 15 years or the 17 years are here 53:18 because they have the vision. 53:21 I look at the people on the board, 53:22 I do this real quick. 53:24 God has put people on the board, 53:25 who are not, yes people. 53:28 You look these are all accomplished people 53:30 who know how to say no, 53:32 but the reason the answer is always yes is 53:35 because the vision is the same, 53:37 and when you got the same vision, 53:39 it doesn't take a lot of selling, 53:40 it doesn't take a lot of huckstering, 53:42 you just cast that vision and people pick up the vision 53:44 because the vision is from God. 53:46 And 3ABN will go just as far, just as fast, 53:49 just as long as God wants to go. 53:51 We are on the battlements now, 53:52 when we go others will come on the battlements behind us, 53:55 and God will use this ministry to save every man, 53:58 woman, boy or girl that He wants to be saved. 54:01 And it is a privilege and a pleasure 54:03 to work with such wonderful Christian people, 54:05 and be part of something that I know is bigger than me, 54:08 bigger than all of us, 54:09 it was something in the mind of God 54:12 that He made happen and we are... 54:14 It's marvelous, you know 54:16 this is the Lord is doing 54:17 and it is marvelous in our eyes. 54:19 Amen, Brother Kenny, 32 years? 54:22 Well, you know, I was just thinking back, 54:24 I preached a sermon just not too long ago 54:26 and I thought how appropriate would be 54:27 at the end of the year, 54:29 you're talking about people getting involved, 54:30 and it says, how we rob God even in death. 54:34 It's interesting subject, people are robbing God, 54:38 you know, through life even after they die, 54:40 they are still robbing him. 54:42 So we need to be aware of how we might do it 54:44 and a lot of people are not aware 54:46 because they are taking what God has loan them. 54:49 They are given to unbelieving children, 54:51 all those we learned about it. 54:53 You know, they are not putting it back into the treasury, 54:56 so there are things that we need to be doing 54:58 since the work is wrapping, Jesus is coming soon. 55:01 We need to be ready for His coming. 55:03 This probably 3ABN as everyone has said here, 55:06 it's a real thrill and real privilege for us to be involved 55:09 what little bit we are, 55:10 we've come to love each and everyone, 55:12 we see that the love for Christ is real. 55:14 If it was not, 55:16 I wouldn't want to be here and everyone agrees with that. 55:18 The message is real, it is a timely message, 55:22 we need to be giving that message 55:24 and God's people, 55:25 we want them to get involved, 55:26 I think it's about four five hours it's about, 55:29 give God the praise, the honor 55:30 and but please everybody get involved. 55:33 Everyone needs to hear the gospel, 55:34 everyone will hear if their ears are open 55:37 and God is gonna give us 55:38 that opportunity and privilege to hear this message. 55:41 We need your help, please, 55:43 help get this message preached to the world 55:46 so that the bottom line, 55:47 I see, I heard just a passage 55:48 'cause you talk about that 55:50 the board members also who passed away. 55:51 I want this for me if I happened rest 55:52 before Jesus comes, 55:54 I know you wanted to found in Revelation 14:13, 55:56 I'll hurry, it says here, 55:58 "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, 56:00 Write, Blessed are the dead 56:02 which die in the Lord from henceforth: 56:04 Yea, saith the Spirit, 56:05 that they may rest from the their labors 56:08 and their works do follow them." 56:11 Okay. All right. 56:12 praise God. Good, good. 56:14 It's been a biggest blessing in my life being part of 3ABN. 56:17 Praise the Lord, me too. 56:18 I just told Yvonne the other day, 56:20 woke up with this thought 56:22 that you have to be humble enough in ministry, 56:25 you need to be humble enough 56:27 to know you can't do it on your own, 56:29 but confident enough 56:31 to know God can do great and mighty, 56:34 and marvelous things through you. 56:36 Other words, so it's not he is doing, 56:39 it's not you is humble enough to know you can't do it 56:42 but get confident enough, 56:44 strong enough to go forward 56:46 and know and expect 56:48 great and mighty marvelous things 56:49 to happen in spite of us. 56:51 God work through us, 56:52 Mollie, we have few seconds in closing. 56:55 In our inability, He is our ability 56:57 and in our weakness He's made strong, 56:59 in our insufficiency He is our all sufficiency, 57:02 and when we walk with that in our hearts and in our minds, 57:06 there is nothing that God can't do 57:08 through us and for us. 57:10 All right, love it. 57:11 Amen, can't believe that our time is just about going 57:13 and we are not coming back on another hour, 57:16 what have you, you can go home, 57:17 go to sleep, go to bed 57:18 whatever you want to do, 57:20 but thank you for your love 57:21 and your prayers and financial support. 57:23 Until we see next time, 57:24 may the Lord richly bless you 57:26 abundantly more than you could ever ask or think. 57:29 Yes. Amen. 57:30 All right. |
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