I'm John Carter in Moscow...
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Now in Kiev, the
capital of Ukraine.
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I'm John Carter in Petra...
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Reporting from India...
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In Columbia...
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I'm John Carter.
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Today on the Carter Report,
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John Carter lets us know
that we are "Never Alone."
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Welcome back.
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So here I am, I'm
stuck in a Russian hospital.
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The economy has collapsed,
there are no medicines.
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All right, it's about
two or three in the morning,
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my blood pressure has
dropped to a dangerous level.
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Somehow I can get
the doctor to come
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but the doctor
is completely drunk.
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And I thought to myself,
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"Well, we're all
gonna die one day.
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So this may be it."
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My blood pressure is so low,
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they've given
me this medication.
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But I had a
friend, I had my Bible.
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And I turned to Psalm 23
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and I want you
folks to turn to Psalm 23.
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I'm gonna read it to you.
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I'm going to read
to you what I read.
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"The Lord is my
shepherd, I shall not want.
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He makes me to lie
down in green pastures,
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He leads me
beside the still waters.
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He restores my soul,
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He leads me in the
paths of righteousness
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for His name's sake..."
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Here it is, "Yeah, though I walk
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through the valley
of the shadow of death,
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I will fear no
evil, For You are with me.
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Your rod and Your
staff, they comfort me.
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You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies,
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You anoint my head
with oil, My cup runs over.
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Surely goodness and
mercy shall follow me
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All the days of my life,
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And I will dwell in the
house of the Lord Forever."
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My neighbor came in and told me
an experience in Thousand Oaks,
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in Los Robles Hospital,
he had open heart surgery.
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Good doctors.
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He was frozen, of
course, couldn't move,
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couldn't cry out,
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totally conscious,
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he was totally conscious
but he could feel the pain.
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I said, "Roy...
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Dr. Roy, what did you do?"
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He said, "I repeated
Psalm 23 over and over again."
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"Even though I walk
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through the valley
of the shadow of death,
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I will fear no evil
for You are with me."
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We're talking today,
our topic is "Never Alone."
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The presence of
God is all you need.
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So here I am in
this Russian hospital.
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I somehow get a
message out to the person
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in the corridor
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who can speak
English, young lady.
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She gets on the
phone, calls the hotel,
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soon my family
come, everybody comes
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and I'm surrounded and I'm okay.
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But I want you to know this.
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Even in a
hospital or in Zimbabwe,
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walking down a jungle track
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with a machine gun in your back,
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I've had all those things
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or in Siberia with a person
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who is drunk
pointing a gun at you,
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we're never alone.
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His presence is
all that we need.
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I want you to come over
here to Matthew 28:18-20,
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the words of our Lord.
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Matthew chapter 28:18-20.
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Now, folks, I'm not
an armchair theologian,
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I've been to
places, I've seen stuff.
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"Jesus came and spoke to them,
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saying, 'All
authority has been given to Me
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in heaven and on earth.
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Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations,
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baptizing them in the name
of the Father and of the Son
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and of the Holy Spirit,
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teaching them to
observe all things
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that I have commanded you,
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and lo, I am with you always,
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even to the end of the age."
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Jesus never said
you are gonna have
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a life of contentment and ease,
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everything is going
to be great all the time.
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But no, He said, "I'm going
to be with you to the end."
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When I studied for the
ministry at Avondale College,
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I was poor, not a
poor student I hope
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but poor in this world's goods.
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We didn't have
people giving us money.
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My parents could not
afford to give me any money.
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Every vacation I went
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from door to door selling books.
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Every person who wants to
be a minister ought to do it,
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it develops
tenacity and courage.
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I felt the presence of
God as I went selling books.
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Just before my last year,
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my dear old dad gave
me his Harley Davidson,
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even then back there,
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even then it was an antique.
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It was a 1942-44
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World War II Army
bike, police bike.
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They still look
pretty much the same today.
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I rode that thing all
around western New South Wales
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going from farm to
farm, from station to station,
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that means from ranch
to ranch selling books.
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Now you may wonder
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what does a skinny
boy without any money,
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"What does he do
when the sun goes down?
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Where do you stay?"
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Every night, this is true,
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this is why I have faith in God,
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I've seen the hand of God.
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A farmer, or
farmer's wife would say,
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"Were you staying tonight, boy?"
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"Have you eaten recently?"
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"You look pretty skinny."
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Every night, I
lived like a king.
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God took care of me
but I'll tell you something
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I'll never, never,
never, never forget.
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One day on a deserted
stretch of road, in Australia,
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Australia is almost as big
as the United States of America
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but American
population is 15 times bigger.
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So you can go in Australia
and ride a Harley all day
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and only see kangaroos.
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One day on a
deserted stretch of road,
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I stopped to eat and
when I'd finished eating,
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I walked around
the back of my bike
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which I loved,
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there's nothing
better, my friend,
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than being on a Harley,
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on the outback and
you feel that motor,
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you know,
thumping along, you know.
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It's almost getting
to heaven but it's not.
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But in the back tire
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there was a nail this long.
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I had no tools,
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except a pair of
pliers, nothing else.
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What does a boy do?
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I was 20 years of age.
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I pulled it out
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but not before I'd
gotten down in the dust.
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In those days,
people used to wear suits,
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like they do, like
the news casts still do,
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like the people
who read the news,
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they read suits.
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Only people who don't read suits
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when they go informally
are people who go to church.
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So I knelt down and
I prayed in my suit.
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I said, "God, I don't
know what I'm gonna do,
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'cause I'm
pulling out this nail."
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I don't have any tools.
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I said, "God,
please, keep the tire up."
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I pulled it out,
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I rode that bike
thousands of miles after that,
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the tire never went down.
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Listen, I want you to know this.
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I want you to know this.
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"We are never alone.
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His presence is all we need."
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Come to Philippians 4:19.
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The Bible says,
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"And my God shall
supply all your need
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according to His riches in glory
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by Christ Jesus."
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He doesn't say He will
supply all of our wants,
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but God says, "I will
supply all of your needs.
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I'm here to testify."
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We are never alone
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and the presence
of God is all we need.
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I know it is true, have faith.
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Now the time at
Avondale College,
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I had a full work load,
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I was working 24
hours a week to get money,
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so I could pay my fees.
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I had a full study
load, I was doing a degree.
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I couldn't
afford to eat too much
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because I didn't have
enough money for eating,
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a lot at least.
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During winter it was very cold,
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sometimes I would
freeze at night time.
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People think Australia never
gets cold, it gets freezing.
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But one night when
the burden was so heavy,
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I went out under the
stars on the Avondale campus
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and this boy who
is 20 years of age
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got down on his knees
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and I looked up in to the stars
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and when I looked
up in to the stars,
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I looked up in
to the face of God
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and I felt an
irresistible conviction
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that I was not alone,
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that God would
meet all of my needs
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that He'd help me
to pay for my fees,
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that He'd would
give me the money
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so I get to buy
toothpaste and food.
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So I want you to know
this, we are never, never alone.
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I would hitchhike home.
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My home was in Brisbane.
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I was so poor
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because I was studying full-time
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and when I wasn't studying,
I was out selling books.
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I couldn't afford
the train fare home.
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So you know how I got home?
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I walked, I hitchhiked.
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I remember one time
when I was going home,
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it was winter time
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and I went up the
New England Highway,
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which is one of the most
beautiful parts of the world.
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It's beautiful but
it's up a few thousand feet
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and it snows
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and it gets
something worse than snow,
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it gets sleet.
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And I got stuck in Guyra
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for a full day and two nights
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and I start freezing
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'cause I didn't own an overcoat,
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I owned just a
suit and one shirt.
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I stepped, I stayed
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and slept inside the phone booth
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but I was not alone.
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I think every young man
who studies for the ministry
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to toughen your up,
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or to go through
experiences like this.
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The next day I
went out on the freeway
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and I continued to
try to get a ride home
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and a big semi
trailer did come along
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and he stopped
and he opened the door
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and I was greeted
with a blast of hot air.
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I thought, you know, so nice.
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He put me inside
and he said to me,
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"When did you eat last?"
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I said, "I am doing fine."
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When we got... I
should be home in a day.
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He said, "Well, we are gonna
stop at a place where we stop."
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And he said, "I just
want you to be my guest
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and he fed me
scrambled eggs and toast."
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He supplied my need.
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I serve a God
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who is
continually supplied my needs.
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There are many people who say,
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"I will serve God
when everything is clear."
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That day will never come.
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That day will never come.
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I want you to come over
here to Acts 27: 23, 24.
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These are
wonderful words, Acts 27.
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Paul says, "For there
stood by me this night
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an angel of the God
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to whom I belong
and whom I serve,
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saying, 'Do not be afraid, Paul,
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you must be
brought before Caesar,
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and indeed God has granted you
all those who sail with you.'"
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He said this
angel, the angel of God
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whose I am stood beside me
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and he said, "Do
not be afraid, Paul."
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I have had that voice
talk to me on many occasions.
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In 1995, we ran an
evangelistic campaign in Kiev.
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People wonder why do you
run evangelistic campaigns?
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You are a pastor,
you can pastor a church.
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I have been a pastor
for more than 50 years.
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Pastored the biggest
churches and the smallest.
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Why do I run
evangelistic campaigns?
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Because God tells me to.
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He's taught and
He tells you to also,
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it is taught in the Bible,
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it is apostolic,
it is Christ centered.
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So we were in Kiev and
we did not have success,
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we had extraordinary success,
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we had more
than a 100,000 people
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turned away from
the opening meeting.
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The biggest crowds
that they had ever seen
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in that part of the world.
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And when you have success,
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you will also have persecution
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and I was called down
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by the Kiev
government to City Hall.
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All the church
leaders came with me,
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they were not
allowed to come in with me.
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I had to go in by
myself and a translator.
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And the leader of
the Kiev government said,
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"Close down the
meetings, this is an order!"
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And I said to them a word
they have seldom heard before,
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I said, "No."
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"What do you mean no? N-O?
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"Yeah! What don't
you get about that?"
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They said, "We will
throw you into prison."
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I said, "Go ahead, be my guest."
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I was not doing
this presumptuously,
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I was standing up for God
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and I felt the presence of
God, I felt a holy boldness
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because I felt
the presence of God.
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And when I got outside,
00:16:11.47\00:16:12.87
I am almost
ashamed to tell you this,
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the leaders of the church,
00:16:15.37\00:16:16.74
the brave leaders
who had been in jail
00:16:16.77\00:16:18.77
for their faith said
to me, "What did you do?
00:16:18.81\00:16:21.54
Did you say you
would close down?
00:16:21.58\00:16:23.61
Did you sell us out?"
00:16:23.65\00:16:27.25
I said, "No." I said, "No.
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They can throw me into prison
00:16:29.45\00:16:30.89
but I will not
close down the meetings."
00:16:30.92\00:16:32.79
They said, "We were afraid that
seem you came from overseas,
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you would have given in."
00:16:37.33\00:16:38.66
They were people who
had been thrown in to prison
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on many occasions
00:16:44.30\00:16:46.57
but they knew what
it was to stand for God,
00:16:46.60\00:16:49.50
we are never alone.
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The angel of the God
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I serve and worship stood by me.
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His presence is all you need.
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And come over here to
the Book of Joshua please.
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Joshua 1:5-7.
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And when your
courage is falling away,
00:17:05.09\00:17:08.89
when you are
just sort of welting,
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read this text.
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"No man shall be
able to stand before you
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all the days of your life,
00:17:16.06\00:17:19.90
as I was with Moses,
so I will be with you.
00:17:19.93\00:17:23.04
I will not leave
you nor forsake you.
00:17:23.07\00:17:27.58
Be strong and of good
courage, for to this people
00:17:27.61\00:17:30.65
you shall divide
as an inheritance
00:17:30.68\00:17:32.85
the land which I swore to
their fathers to give them.
00:17:32.88\00:17:36.28
Only be strong
and very courageous,
00:17:36.32\00:17:39.05
that you may observe to
do according to all the law
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which Moses My
servant commanded you,
00:17:42.66\00:17:45.39
do not turn from it
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to the right
hand or to the left,
00:17:47.26\00:17:50.33
that you may
prosper wherever you go.
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Have I not commanded you?
00:17:53.60\00:17:56.67
Be strong and of good courage,
00:17:56.71\00:17:59.47
do not be afraid,
do not be dismayed
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for the Lord your God is
with you wherever you go."
00:18:03.65\00:18:09.18
I testify that this is true.
00:18:09.22\00:18:14.99
I have seen it in my own life.
00:18:15.02\00:18:18.93
I know the presence of God.
00:18:18.96\00:18:20.96
Let me tell you about
00:18:25.90\00:18:28.74
purchasing the Arcadia building.
00:18:28.77\00:18:32.61
We had started up
a church in Glendale
00:18:32.64\00:18:34.51
because there was no place
we could take the new converts.
00:18:34.54\00:18:38.68
So we started up the
Community Adventist fellowship,
00:18:38.71\00:18:42.52
but we were using this building
00:18:42.55\00:18:44.85
that belonged to
another denomination
00:18:44.89\00:18:47.36
and they did not
liked what I preached,
00:18:47.39\00:18:49.32
they wanted to get rid of us.
00:18:49.36\00:18:51.93
And then I heard there was
00:18:51.96\00:18:53.29
a building for sale in Pasadena.
00:18:53.33\00:18:55.46
Now I went over to Pasadena
by myself to see this building
00:18:55.50\00:18:59.97
but when I got to
Pasadena the realtor came along
00:19:00.00\00:19:02.90
and he had
forgotten to bring the key
00:19:02.94\00:19:07.78
that was in the
provenance of God.
00:19:07.81\00:19:09.48
I said, "You want to sell it?"
00:19:09.51\00:19:10.85
He said, "I don't have the key."
00:19:10.88\00:19:12.68
But he said, "There is
a building over in Arcadia
00:19:12.71\00:19:17.09
but it is too
expensive for you."
00:19:17.12\00:19:20.62
I said, "Too expensive for me?"
00:19:20.66\00:19:24.33
He said, "Do
you want to see it?"
00:19:24.36\00:19:25.69
I said, "Yes, indeed."
00:19:25.73\00:19:27.06
We went across
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and we saw the
building in Arcadia
00:19:28.46\00:19:30.80
and I said, "This is exactly
what the doctor ordered."
00:19:30.83\00:19:35.70
He said, "Do you have
00:19:35.74\00:19:37.41
a million
dollars for the deposit?"
00:19:37.44\00:19:39.94
In fact $1.1 million
and I said to him in faith,
00:19:39.97\00:19:46.15
"We will have it."
00:19:46.18\00:19:48.92
I said, "How long are we got?"
00:19:48.95\00:19:50.52
He said, "A few weeks."
00:19:50.55\00:19:52.82
And within a few weeks
00:19:55.82\00:19:57.33
people across
America and Australia
00:19:57.36\00:20:00.06
had sent us $1.1 million
00:20:00.10\00:20:04.37
because God owns everything
00:20:04.40\00:20:08.60
but then we had to get a loan
00:20:08.64\00:20:10.64
for the rest of million dollars.
00:20:10.67\00:20:14.04
A famous bank in
this part of the world
00:20:14.08\00:20:17.85
met with me and gave
us a written guarantee
00:20:17.88\00:20:21.62
that they would
lend us the money.
00:20:21.65\00:20:23.28
And two weeks before
we were due to close,
00:20:26.72\00:20:30.66
they sent back our papers
and they cancelled the loan.
00:20:30.69\00:20:35.93
A certain organization
that shall remain silent
00:20:35.96\00:20:39.67
had put pressure upon them to,
00:20:39.70\00:20:42.10
not to give us the loan
00:20:42.14\00:20:43.47
so we couldn't buy the building.
00:20:43.51\00:20:45.84
But there's a judgment day.
00:20:45.87\00:20:49.94
So we didn't know
what we're gonna do.
00:20:49.98\00:20:54.45
But then, a bank heard about us,
00:20:54.48\00:20:57.05
Banco Popular,
can you believe it?
00:20:57.09\00:21:00.69
And they sent up
one of their managers,
00:21:00.72\00:21:03.43
Ken Wespi who was a Canadian.
00:21:03.46\00:21:08.23
When he met me he said, "I want
to give you my calling card."
00:21:08.26\00:21:12.20
He passed me his card,
00:21:12.23\00:21:13.67
didn't say
Vice-President of the bank,
00:21:13.70\00:21:17.51
it was his seat ticket
to a Billy Graham campaign
00:21:17.54\00:21:21.78
where he had come as an atheist
00:21:21.81\00:21:24.41
and where he had
been converted to Christ.
00:21:24.45\00:21:27.38
And he said, "If
you get this building,
00:21:27.42\00:21:30.19
Christ will be
preached in this building
00:21:30.22\00:21:32.85
and Christ hasn't
been preached here."
00:21:32.89\00:21:34.99
He said, "How much do you need?"
00:21:35.02\00:21:36.36
I told him.
00:21:36.39\00:21:37.73
He said, "We
will get it for you."
00:21:37.76\00:21:39.19
He said, "It's impossible,
we can't do it in two weeks
00:21:39.23\00:21:42.36
but we will get it."
00:21:42.40\00:21:44.57
And in two weeks he
called me and I went to the bank
00:21:44.60\00:21:47.44
and as I came to the door,
00:21:47.47\00:21:48.97
he cried out to me, "Come thou,
in thou blessed of the Lord."
00:21:49.00\00:21:53.64
Here is the check.
00:21:53.68\00:21:55.01
Purchasing this building here...
00:22:02.38\00:22:05.72
Well, we had to
sell that building
00:22:05.75\00:22:07.82
and then we had to move here.
00:22:07.86\00:22:10.26
When I came to look
at this building here,
00:22:10.29\00:22:12.99
this building was
owned by the bank, a bank.
00:22:13.03\00:22:17.00
And the bank sent down
one of the representatives,
00:22:17.03\00:22:19.63
they had an
offer on this building
00:22:19.67\00:22:21.60
which was more than
we were prepared to pay.
00:22:21.64\00:22:24.97
I gave him the offer.
00:22:25.01\00:22:26.57
He said to me, "I believe
God wants you to get it."
00:22:26.61\00:22:32.38
And we got it."
00:22:32.41\00:22:33.75
Because, my
friend, we're never alone
00:22:37.25\00:22:41.86
and the presence
of God is all we need.
00:22:41.89\00:22:45.19
Look at Psalm 91:11-12.
00:22:45.23\00:22:48.10
Psalm 91:11-12, "For
He shall give His angels
00:22:48.13\00:22:51.47
charge over you,
00:22:51.50\00:22:52.83
To keep you in all
your ways in their hands
00:22:52.87\00:22:55.97
they shall bear you up,
00:22:56.00\00:22:57.34
Lest you dash your
foot against a stone."
00:22:57.37\00:22:59.77
I was working, working some
recent time over in Australia.
00:22:59.81\00:23:05.18
People say, "I can't
believe all of these stories."
00:23:05.21\00:23:09.38
There was a rock wall
00:23:09.42\00:23:10.75
at the bottom of
my property, 20 feet.
00:23:10.79\00:23:14.09
I was working there,
00:23:14.12\00:23:15.82
I lost my
footing, I fell headfirst,
00:23:15.86\00:23:20.03
it's volcanic country,
there are these vast rocks.
00:23:20.06\00:23:24.03
I fell down 20 feet on my head,
I knocked myself unconscious
00:23:24.07\00:23:30.51
and I fell into
a three foot space
00:23:30.54\00:23:34.24
in the fetal
position in the very spot,
00:23:34.28\00:23:37.98
the only place where
I didn't fall on rocks.
00:23:38.01\00:23:41.42
I missed the
rocks by this much here.
00:23:41.45\00:23:43.95
When I came to...
00:23:43.99\00:23:45.32
I've been knocked unconscious,
I felt I'm still alive.
00:23:45.35\00:23:51.46
People say, "It's impossible."
00:23:51.49\00:23:53.13
Look at Hebrews 13:5-6 again.
00:23:53.16\00:23:56.56
"Let your conduct be
without covetousness,
00:23:56.60\00:23:59.33
be content with
such things as you have.
00:23:59.37\00:24:01.64
For He Himself has said,
00:24:01.67\00:24:03.51
'I will never leave
you nor forsake you.'"
00:24:03.54\00:24:09.21
Therefore, my friend,
from my heart to yours,
00:24:09.24\00:24:13.62
I invite you to
receive Jesus into your heart
00:24:13.65\00:24:16.48
and make Him your
Lord and your Savior.
00:24:16.52\00:24:19.22
Then you will
say, "I'm never alone,
00:24:19.25\00:24:22.36
His presence is all that I need
and I have His presence today."
00:24:22.39\00:24:27.40
Remember, the words, the
stuttering King George VI
00:24:27.43\00:24:33.94
quoted in his
new year's address.
00:24:33.97\00:24:36.60
"England stood alone
00:24:36.64\00:24:40.11
against the might of the Nazis.
00:24:40.14\00:24:43.48
Things were desperate.
00:24:43.51\00:24:45.35
England was unprepared,
stood alone in the world.
00:24:45.38\00:24:51.49
It looks like
freedom would dies,
00:24:51.52\00:24:53.25
the New Year was born."
00:24:53.29\00:24:55.79
Said the king
quoting many Haskins.
00:24:55.82\00:25:00.73
"I'm stuttering,
"I said to the man
00:25:00.76\00:25:04.13
who stood at the
gate of the year,
00:25:04.17\00:25:07.34
'Give me a light
that I may tread safely
00:25:07.37\00:25:10.01
into the unknown.'"
00:25:10.04\00:25:12.97
And he replied.
00:25:13.01\00:25:15.54
'Go out into the darkness
00:25:15.58\00:25:18.41
and put your hand
into the Hand of God.
00:25:18.45\00:25:22.58
That shall be to
you better than light,
00:25:22.62\00:25:28.96
and safer than a known way.'"
00:25:28.99\00:25:34.56
Great Britain with God
beat back the forces of evil
00:25:34.60\00:25:40.90
and won the victory.
00:25:40.94\00:25:44.94
Remember this.
00:25:44.97\00:25:46.88
"Never, never, never..."
00:25:46.91\00:25:50.65
As Churchill said,
"Never, never, never give up."
00:25:50.68\00:25:56.42
You know why?
00:25:56.45\00:25:58.89
Because you are never alone
00:25:58.92\00:26:04.79
and His
presence is all you need.
00:26:04.83\00:26:11.27
In Jesus name, amen...
00:26:11.30\00:26:17.57
and amen.
00:26:17.61\00:26:18.94
Time, it takes only a
minute to have eternal life.
00:26:21.81\00:26:25.61
How can you get
saved in a minute?
00:26:25.65\00:26:27.42
It's simple.
00:26:27.45\00:26:28.78
First, believe that
Jesus was the Son of God.
00:26:28.82\00:26:31.32
Second, accept His
free gift of eternal life
00:26:31.35\00:26:34.36
and then you're saved.
00:26:34.39\00:26:36.32
It's not hard, it
doesn't take any time.
00:26:36.36\00:26:39.03
You can be saved
in a minute right now.
00:26:39.06\00:26:42.16
Pray with me, "Lord God, I
realize that I am a sinner.
00:26:42.20\00:26:46.37
My sin has
separated me from You.
00:26:46.40\00:26:48.64
I accept that Your Son
Jesus Christ died for me.
00:26:48.67\00:26:51.71
I ask Jesus into my heart."
00:26:51.74\00:26:53.88
If you prayed this
prayer, you are saved.
00:26:53.91\00:26:56.71
The next thing to
do is tell someone,
00:26:56.75\00:26:59.31
fellowship with
other followers of Jesus,
00:26:59.35\00:27:02.15
get baptized, read
your Bible and pray.
00:27:02.18\00:27:05.72
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00:27:05.75\00:27:09.39
The most important
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00:27:09.42\00:27:12.19
is whether to
choose eternal life
00:27:12.23\00:27:14.23
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00:27:14.26\00:27:16.03
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00:27:25.04\00:27:28.08
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00:27:28.11\00:27:32.35
In spite of the
past of darkness,
00:27:32.38\00:27:35.62
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destroy the Church of God.
00:27:35.65\00:27:40.42
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00:27:40.46\00:27:42.26
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the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:27:42.29\00:27:47.93
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00:27:47.96\00:27:50.57
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