Hello and welcome
to the divine service -
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church service - here
at the 3ABN Fall Homecoming
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2018. Our theme
is Covenant Identity.
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What an incredible blessing!
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My own heart has been convicted
and stirred and challenged
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as I've heard the messages
and read from the Word of God
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and shared with our
brothers and sisters.
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Haven't we been having
a wonderful Camp Meeting?
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Amen!
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What a blessing!
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Yeah, it's a blessing to
worship together, isn't it?
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In Spirit and in truth.
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You know, sometimes... I
don't know how it is for you
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but in my own life
sometimes for a week or two
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I get something that's
kind of stuck in my head.
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And what's been
going in my head this week
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is singleness of mind.
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And that is being
focused on Jesus Christ.
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Right? The Author and
Finisher of our faith.
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It's easy to get distracted.
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When Jill and I came home
last night it was rather late
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and our little cat
was already in the garage.
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So when the garage door opened
up where do you think she went?
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Outside. Well, I said:
"Here kitty, kitty, kitty. "
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She wasn't going to... No,
she wasn't listening to me.
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Her singleness
of mind was outside.
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So I got her
little bag of treats
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and I rattled them around.
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She sat in the yard
and just looked at me.
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I said: "Here kitty,
kitty, kitty, kitty. "
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It wasn't until I opened
the bag and started dumping them
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on the sidewalk last night
that she got singleness of mind
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for her treats, and
right for the treats she went.
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Singleness of mind: that's
what we want on the Word of God.
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And what a
blessing Camp Meeting is!
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And what would Camp Meeting?
Camp Meeting wouldn't be right
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without music,
right? And song service.
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So Tim, we're going to sing
a powerful song this morning.
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Yeah! All right!
Let's do it, Tim.
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Amen! Praise the Lord!
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Don't you want to
sing when Tim plays? Amen!
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And I can't even sing...
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But I love to make a joyful
noise when Tim plays the piano!
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Praise the Lord! And
in heaven, Pastor Murray,
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Amen! I'm going to sing.
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Praise the Lord. And I'm going
to sing better than I do now!
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So thank you
Jesus. We are so delighted
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that you have joined us at home
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as well as our 3ABN family here.
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One of my favorite
scriptures is Isaiah 43.
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God speaking... He
says: "Behold, I will do
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a new thing.
Shall you not know it?
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Now it shall spring forth.
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I will make a
road in the wilderness
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and rivers in the desert. "
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So no matter where
you come this morning
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in your own heart and
experience and walk with God
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He wants to do a new thing.
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He wants to do a new thing in
your walk, in your experience.
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In your home; in your marriage.
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In your family; in your witness.
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And I know God's
going to do that today.
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Mr. Bruce Fjarli is the
chairman of 3ABN's board.
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Good morning
brothers and sisters.
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Good morning! It's nice
to have a day off, isn't it?
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I don't know why anyone
would want to not enjoy Sabbath.
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What a blessing
the Lord gave us!
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His commandments are
such a blessing to keep.
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Amen. Why wouldn't you
want to keep the commandments?
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There's nothing
good about breaking them.
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I'd like to ask you
to bow your heads with me
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as we seek the Lord in prayer.
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Father, we need Your Spirit.
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We are sinful
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and You wash our sins away.
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Lord, give us
singleness of mind. Yes.
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May we come to You every day
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and submit and
commit ourselves to You
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anew every morning
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and go through the day mindful
of our actions and our thoughts.
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May we stay in tune with You.
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May we be filled
with Your Holy Spirit.
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May we be changed by You
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that we will be vessels
that will shine to other people
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and they will
be attracted to You
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and Your gracious love.
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Father, I want to
lift up Brother Danny.
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Yes... thank you.
Lord, I want to say thank you
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for the successful surgery,
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for the successful recovery.
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Thank you. Thank you that
he's able to stand before us
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this morning and before You
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and give his testimony
about Your undying love
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and Your unwavering faith
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that's brought this
ministry to where it is,
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that's brought
him to where he is.
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Bless our hearts; bless
him with Your Word, Lord.
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And I ask that You
would forgive all of our sins
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at this moment if we so desire.
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Bless us now as we
finish out this Sabbath day.
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We love You and
we praise Your name
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and we look forward to
spending eternity with You.
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In Jesus' holy name, Amen. Amen.
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Thank you all so much.
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I want to invite out
right now Brother David
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and Sister Beverly Ortiz.
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We had the
privilege... I'm not sure...
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have you even met
them yet, Sweetheart?
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I said "Hello" to them. OK.
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So he has met
them. I had the privilege
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and then I shared the
story with Greg of meeting them
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here at the 3ABN Camp Meeting.
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They have an amazing testimony
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and we want to share
just a bit with you right now.
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This is Beverly and David Ortiz.
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And we don't have a lot of time
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but tell us,
David... You had a diagnosis
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um, first part of this year.
And what was that diagnosis?
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Good morning. Yeah, on
January 19th of this year
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I woke up and I had a
lump on the side of my neck.
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Out of the blue. I
didn't have it the night before.
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I didn't notice it
the evening before.
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Four weeks later that
lump was tested. I was positive
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for squamous cell carcinoma
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involving my tongue and
my lymph nodes in my neck.
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That's a scary thing.
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Now we won't take time
to get into all of that
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but you were not raised in
a Seventh-day Adventist home.
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And you kind of had a
thing against the Sabbath.
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Could we say that? Absolutely.
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Beverly, you were
raised a SDA, is that right?
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Yes I was.
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OK. But when you married
David you kind of walked away
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from it? Before that
I was telling Shelley
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that it was kind of like
Pastor Lomacang yesterday
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when he talked about the clouds.
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And I forgot who was on
the other side of those clouds
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to get me through.
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So you went
through some hard times
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and kind of walked away from
God at that moment. Yes, yes.
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OK... so you're
diagnosed with cancer.
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Yes. And then you went...
There was a certain moment
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a few months later when
God kind of got through to you
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and you gave your heart to Him.
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Actually, it was not long
after that I just kind of...
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I knew Jesus spoke to me and
the Holy Spirit spoke with me
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that I
rededicated my life to Christ.
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And I was sitting on the edge of
the bed, again, not long after
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that and 3ABN was on and
John Lomacang was preaching.
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I asked my wife, I said:
"Have you seen this channel
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before? " And she says: "Yeah,
that's an Adventist channel
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3ABN. " And I said:
"Uh-oh, she's going to make me
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go to church on Saturday. "
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So again, a few weeks later,
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I was watching a
program. It was April 6th
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9:30 in the evening.
I was in my lounge chair
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and Beverly was sitting next
to me. It was Pr. Stephen Bohr
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was with Pr. Shelton and Yvonne.
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It was Hidden Sabbath Truth.
I think that was the name of it.
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And I knew Beverly was thinking
we should change the channel
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because I'm going
to start something.
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But anyway, I
just really kept quiet
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and I was watching
it and watching it.
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About 9:30 I went like this:
I slapped my hands together,
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I looked at Beverly,
and I said: "I got it! "
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And she says: "You got what? "
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And I said: "The Sabbath;
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it makes perfect sense to me. "
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And for the next two hours
the Holy Spirit anointed me
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with words and
thought that I never thought
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and wouldn't
shut up for two hours.
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So that was a Friday night,
Sabbath, and then the next
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morning we had contacted
a church for an anointing
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the day of my
birthday. So it was my birthday,
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it was the first
Sabbath I observed,
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into a new church. It
was the Ellicott City Church
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in Ellicott City, Maryland.
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And we... I was
anointed that morning.
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And so Beverly, how did
you even find this church then?
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He found it on the Internet.
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The Internet. Television, yeah:
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it's a wonderful thing.
And once all that came down
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during last Camp Meeting, again
we were sitting there watching
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and I don't remember who
it was. Maybe it was the music
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or maybe I don't remember.
But I just looked at Beverly
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and I said: "I want
to go to Camp Meeting.
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Would you like to
go? " She said: "Great! "
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I said: "I just want
to go and meet everyone:
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Danny Shelton, John
Lomacang, all the pastors here,
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yourself, and just look
at you and say thank you.
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I was a life that was changed. "
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I praise God.
All the glory to God.
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Amen! This is a
testimony to you all, too.
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You think about this:
this is what 3ABN is all about,
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isn't it? Amen! You
think about the prayers
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that you all have put for
this ministry for so many years.
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The donations. It's souls
for the kingdom of Jesus Christ.
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This is inspiring!
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So we get what we call
"good letters" into the office
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but when you can
meet people face to face
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we just want to go over there
and give them a big bear hug.
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I don't know if I
can do that on TV.
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But tell us about then
your diagnosis still...
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where you are with your
cancer. So, yeah, I'm about
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four months post treatment.
My PET scan that I had
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after treatment there was
no evidence of disease found.
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Really fast...
Along with that, too,
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just for those
others out there listening
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I was an individual
prior to my diagnosis
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who was drinking an
enormous amount of alcohol.
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And once I got diagnosis
and rededicated my life
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God anointed me, healed
me, took that away from me.
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I do not have one
desire to pick that up again.
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There has been no depression;
there has been no nothing
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after that... no
side effects at all.
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Thank Jesus!
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We want to have a
prayer for David and Beverly.
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How many of you will covenant
to pray for them at home?
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You're part of
the family of God.
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This is all your family
here, too. That's right.
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Holy Father, we come
before You in the name of Jesus.
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Thank you for David;
thank you for Beverly.
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Thank you for their testimony;
thank you for their story...
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Your story. Thank you
that You still lead us
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out of darkness into
this marvelous light.
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We give You
praise for Your Word.
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We give You praise
for Your healing power!
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We give You praise for
deliverance from addiction.
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We give You praise
for the truth in Your Word
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and for the Ortiz's
willingness to step forward
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in the truth they have learned.
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We thank you in the precious and
holy name of Jesus, Amen. Amen!
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Thank you so much.
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I'd like to invite
Brian and Diane Hamilton out.
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This is a powerful couple
for the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Brian has been our CFO
for how many years, Brian?
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Over ten years. Over ten years!
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And his wife works in Planned
Giving and Trust Services.
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And we'll let you
do the offering appeal.
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Seems kind of
fitting, doesn't it? The CFO!
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Yeah it is. Maybe it's just a
coincidence we're both involved
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in the financing...
financial area of 3ABN.
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And I'm glad that Greg
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sort of
announced why we're here.
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We don't want you
to have any confusion.
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This is an offering appeal.
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This is what this is about.
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Now I'm going to
ask that you multitask.
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Now you ladies... you
multitask all the time
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so that's no problem for you.
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But for you guys I know
this will be a challenge.
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But I'm going to
ask you to multitask.
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I want you to
reach into your wallets.
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You ladies, I want you to
dig into those bottomless purses
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of yours. I know all about them.
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My wife has one.
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Whenever I need something
all I have to do is ask
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and she'll find it in there, OK?
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So while you're digging
for your cash or your checkbook
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I want you to
listen at the same time.
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That's the
multitask that I'm asking for.
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Those of you who are on
air watching by television,
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listening by radio, you are
not exempt from this appeal.
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We want you to feel
a part of this appeal
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today for 3ABN. OK?
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So don't feel like
you're exempt or excluded.
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We want you to feel included.
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Diane and I first
want to say a thank you.
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From the bottom of our
hearts we say thank you
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for the 34 years of
consistent and faithful
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financial support of 3ABN.
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We covet your prayers; we
love to have you pray for us.
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But I want to be
perfectly honest with you.
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Straightforward with you.
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You can pray till
the cows come home
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but if you don't mix
some works with your faith -
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in other words, get
the checkbook out and write
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as you pray - 3ABN
would never have existed
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or would cease to exist
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without the mixture of
both prayer and the works.
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So from the bottom of
our heart we say thank you,
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thank you, thank you. Thank
you for what you have done,
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thank you for
what you are doing,
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thank you for what you will do.
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Diane and I want to
share with you today
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the reasons why -
at least three of them.
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Danny didn't give me
the whole service, so
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just three
reasons why Diane and I
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count it a privilege, not
just a privilege of blessing
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to not only give our
life in service here at 3ABN
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but also financially
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systematically support 3ABN.
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So Diane,
what's the first reason
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that we have for why we
financially support 3ABN?
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Would you share that?
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Well, it is a
privilege to work in a ministry
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that spreads the
gospel around the world.
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Every nook and
cranny, on the mountaintop,
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in the valleys, behind the bars,
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and the secret places,
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the open places, on the road
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as people are driving down
the road to work or wherever,
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in the kitchen
while people are working
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preparing meals,
it's just a privilege
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and then all of you are family.
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And all of these
places... And we've never met
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but we'll get to meet in heaven.
So it's just a real privilege
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to work in a ministry
that is so around the world.
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So it is a blessing to
be a part of a ministry
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that is involved in
sharing the everlasting gospel
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in all of its beauty and wonder.
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Second reason why Diane
and I count it a privilege
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to not only give
of our life forces...
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You know we all have
sort of like a lithium battery
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that God has given us,
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and every day we take a little
bit of the charge out of that
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battery and we
share it in service.
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But in addition to that
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every pay period Diane
and I take out our checkbook
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and we share a
financial gift with 3ABN.
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Systematically every pay period.
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Two hundred and
sixty-some pay periods so far.
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And why do we do that?
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3ABN - the leadership of 3ABN -
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understands the hour
in which we live. Amen!
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We live in a very
solemn and awesome time
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in earth's history.
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And it has been the practice
of the leadership of 3ABN
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to design the programming
and structure the programming
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where we keep before the
world the hour in which we live.
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What other peoples
on the face of the earth
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understand "And the hour
of His judgment HAS COME? "
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Only Seventh-day
Adventists are the only
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people group in all
the world that know that.
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Who understands
who the dragon is?
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The beast? The false prophet?
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The image of the beast? 666?
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And all the solemn warnings
of the three angels' messages
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other than
Seventh-day Adventists?
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And this ministry
lovingly, tactfully,
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but consistently
and unabashedly shares
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the three angels' messages
of Revelation chapter 14
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around the world. And
we count it a privilege
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to support such a ministry.
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The last reason, the third rea-
son, that we'll share with you
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this morning as
to why Diane and I
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count it a privilege
to be able to be a part
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of this ministry
both in our service
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and in our giving is
because this ministry
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is not ashamed to
hold up before the world
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God's Ten Commandment law.
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It is maligned by the world.
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Even the Christian world today
feels it's been nailed to some
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tree and is no
longer binding or important
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and they have set it aside.
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But this ministry holds
it proudly before the world.
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The Psalmist says:
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"Oh, how I love Thy
law; it is my meditation
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all the day long. " And so 3ABN
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shares the beauty of
God's holy law with the world.
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I have here a book: Ten
Commandments Twice Removed.
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3ABN puts its
money where its mouth is.
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One million... one
million of these books
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are being
printed and within weeks
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will be sent to the
good people of Alabama
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who are
deciding in a public vote
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whether to embrace
God's law and display it
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within their state
or reject God's law
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and not display it.
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Now, I realize that
Seventh- day Adventists and 3ABN
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understand the importance of
separation of church and state.
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We stand fast with this idea of
separation of church and state
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that has given us the
freedom to share the gospel.
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All other places where those
two have been brought together
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persecution
follows. We understand that.
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But I don't see anything wrong
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with displaying
God's law anywhere
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within the country. Amen!
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Is that a bad thing?
No! That's a good thing.
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In case you were wondering
if we should be afraid to share
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God's law or
embarrassed to share God's law
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I would have you get out
your Great Controversy book.
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Dust it off.
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Turn to page 639 in
the Great Controversy
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and let me just share a
few words from that page.
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"The clouds sweep back,
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the starry heavens are seen.
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Unspeakable glory is contrast
with the black and angry
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firmament on either side.
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The glory of the celestial city
streams from the gates ajar.
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Then there
appears against the sky
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a hand holding two
tables folded together.
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Says the prophet:
'The heavens shall declare
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His righteousness. '
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The holy law, God's
righteousness that was
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proclaimed on Mt. Sinai
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now revealed to men
as the rule of justice
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and judgment. The
hand opens the tables
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and there are seen the
precepts of the Decalogue
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traced with pen of fire.
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The words are so plain
that all can read them.
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Memory is aroused.
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The darkness of
superstition and heresy is swept
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from every mind. God's
ten words, comprehensive,
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authoritative, are
presented to the view
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of all the
inhabitants of the world. "
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Should we be
ashamed to uphold God's law?
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Absolutely not.
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So Diane and I are
privileged to partner with 3ABN
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both in service and in finance
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because 3ABN shares
the everlasting gospel,
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3ABN proclaims the
three angels' messages,
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3ABN upholds the law of God.
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And we invite you to join
us for those very reasons.
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Let's pray.
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Father in heaven,
again we thank you
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for the opportunity to be living
at this time in earth's history
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and in giving the Great
Commission and the final warning
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to earth's inhabitants
before You come, Jesus.
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Help us to be faithful.
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Be faithful in not
only how we live our lives:
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faithful in proclamation
and faithful in our finances.
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In Jesus' name
we pray, Amen. Amen.
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Sing that chorus with
me: I Cast My Care Upon You.
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I cast my care upon You;
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I lay all of my burdens
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down at Your feet.
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And any time I don't know
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what to do
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I will cast
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all my cares upon You.
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Amen! We just want to say
thank you so much Bro. Tim.
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Every time he plays it's a
worship experience, isn't it?
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We just want to say
thank you, too, for your gifts
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to the ministry of 3ABN.
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It's making a
difference in the world!
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Encouraging like I said
earlier to hear the testimonies
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that David and Beverly were able
to share with us this morning
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and they're
happening all over the world.
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We're privileged
today to have the sermon...
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the sermon brought
to us by Danny Shelton.
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He doesn't need an
introduction, does he?
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You know, it's a blessing I
have to say for Jill and myself
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to work under him, to
work with him in the ministry
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of 3ABN. How you
see him on the stage
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is how he is behind the stage.
He is just a genuine person
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that loves the
Lord Jesus Christ.
00:30:09.40\00:30:11.51
And in his heart has been
the vision for over 30 years
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to spread the three angels'
messages around the world.
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Isn't that a privilege and
a blessing to be participating
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together - isn't that?
with that mission and that goal?
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I appreciate Danny because
he is a person that gives also.
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To Jill and myself we
consider him a mentor.
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Great wisdom! And
you know, in television
00:30:32.13\00:30:35.26
it's kind of interesting
because you can get praise
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and you can also get criticism.
00:30:37.83\00:30:39.97
And Danny has just told
Jill and myself and many others
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"Just stay like this;
don't go up and don't go down.
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Just stay
even-keeled. Look to Jesus
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as your Author and
Finisher of your faith. "
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Fantastic focus
for each one of us
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to remember, isn't it?
It's Jesus who should be our
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goal and our focal point.
00:30:59.42\00:31:00.96
Before he brings us the
message today on faithfulness
00:31:01.12\00:31:04.16
I think it's very
fitting that his daughter,
00:31:04.36\00:31:06.70
Melody Shelton Firestone,
will be bringing a beautiful
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song to us with
Tim at the piano.
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My Redeemer is
Faithful and True.
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Thank you, Melody.
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As I look back
00:31:30.65\00:31:33.42
on the road that I traveled
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I see so many times
00:31:38.19\00:31:41.53
He carried me through.
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And if there's one thing
00:31:46.17\00:31:49.74
that I've learned in my life:
00:31:49.94\00:31:53.01
my Redeemer
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is faithful and true...
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my Redeemer
00:32:00.88\00:32:03.92
is faithful and true.
00:32:04.12\00:32:08.79
My Redeemer
00:32:08.99\00:32:11.39
is faithful and true!
00:32:11.59\00:32:16.23
Everything He has said
00:32:16.63\00:32:19.70
He will do.
00:32:19.90\00:32:23.71
Every morning
00:32:23.91\00:32:26.34
His mercies are new!
00:32:26.54\00:32:31.68
My Redeemer
00:32:32.08\00:32:34.45
is faithful and true.
00:32:34.85\00:32:40.26
My heart rejoices
00:32:44.73\00:32:47.80
when I read the promise
00:32:48.00\00:32:50.83
"There is a place
00:32:51.60\00:32:54.34
I'm preparing for you. "
00:32:54.54\00:32:58.41
And I know
someday I will see my Lord
00:32:58.81\00:33:03.35
face to face
00:33:03.55\00:33:05.11
'cause my Redeemer
00:33:05.31\00:33:07.88
is faithful and true...
00:33:08.08\00:33:12.42
my Redeemer
00:33:12.82\00:33:15.32
is faithful and true.
00:33:15.72\00:33:20.33
My Redeemer
00:33:20.53\00:33:22.83
is faithful and true!
00:33:23.03\00:33:27.34
Everything He has said
00:33:27.94\00:33:31.11
He will do!
00:33:31.31\00:33:34.98
Every morning
00:33:35.38\00:33:37.45
His mercies are new...
00:33:37.65\00:33:42.58
my Redeemer
00:33:42.78\00:33:45.05
is faithful and true.
00:33:45.45\00:33:50.29
And in every situation
00:33:50.69\00:33:54.96
He has proved His love for me;
00:33:55.16\00:33:59.17
when I lack the understanding
00:33:59.57\00:34:03.97
He gives more grace to me.
00:34:04.37\00:34:10.21
My Redeemer
00:34:10.41\00:34:13.68
is faithful and true.
00:34:14.08\00:34:18.39
Everything He has said
00:34:18.85\00:34:22.19
He will do.
00:34:22.59\00:34:26.26
Every morning
00:34:26.66\00:34:28.76
His mercies are new!
00:34:28.96\00:34:34.54
My Redeemer
00:34:34.94\00:34:37.64
is faithful and true...
00:34:38.24\00:34:44.08
my Redeemer
00:34:44.48\00:34:48.15
is faithful and
00:34:48.55\00:34:52.62
true.
00:34:53.02\00:34:58.99
Amen! Thank you, Melody.
00:35:05.07\00:35:07.14
Thank you, Tim.
00:35:07.54\00:35:08.87
Wow! Havin' Tim Parton here and
00:35:09.74\00:35:12.17
Melody and the rest of
them is such a blessing.
00:35:12.37\00:35:15.71
Isn't it a blessing?
Amen! And praise the Lord.
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Excuse me while I get my...
I've gone... For an old man
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I'm using new technology.
00:35:22.55\00:35:24.15
So I'm learning to use the
00:35:24.55\00:35:27.89
technology. I figure
we do it on television
00:35:28.09\00:35:31.99
why not learn it. So
I've actually got me an iPad
00:35:32.19\00:35:34.46
which is sometimes better.
I just don't want it to fall
00:35:34.66\00:35:36.60
out of here. I
think we're OK now.
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How's everybody
doin' this morning?
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Amen. All right...
we feel blessed? Amen!
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All right.
Everybody love Jesus? Amen!
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All right. One of
our pastors used to say:
00:35:46.74\00:35:49.14
"You all love
Jesus? " They'd say yes.
00:35:49.34\00:35:51.35
He'd say: "Well why don't
you let your face know it? "
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Didn't look like it.
But that's not the case
00:35:54.62\00:35:56.42
at 3ABN Camp Meeting.
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You all look
happy... you really do.
00:35:58.29\00:36:00.36
And you came here. It's
not like you HAD to be here.
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Many of you came...
Anybody come from more than
00:36:03.66\00:36:05.89
300 miles? Look at the
hands going up out here, folks.
00:36:06.09\00:36:10.23
Anybody more than 500?
00:36:10.43\00:36:12.07
Look at this! All right.
00:36:12.27\00:36:14.20
Anybody come a thousand miles?
00:36:14.40\00:36:16.07
There's some. All right,
we've got more than 1,000 miles.
00:36:17.17\00:36:19.87
I'm not going to go
any farther than that.
00:36:20.08\00:36:21.61
But what a
blessing. Thank you so much
00:36:21.81\00:36:23.81
for your love, your prayers,
your financial support of 3ABN.
00:36:24.01\00:36:27.82
I'm especially
thankful to be here today.
00:36:28.02\00:36:30.39
Some of you know
about nine weeks or so ago
00:36:30.59\00:36:33.46
I had a
quadruple-bypass surgery.
00:36:33.66\00:36:35.72
And so it's only
been the last few weeks
00:36:36.12\00:36:39.13
that you really consider
yourself gettin' up and able
00:36:39.33\00:36:42.13
to do things. But God
has blessed abundantly.
00:36:42.33\00:36:44.93
And you know what?
Had I not made it through
00:36:45.33\00:36:48.40
I still would have been
happy in the Lord, right?
00:36:48.60\00:36:51.11
'Cause you can die
happy, too... right?
00:36:51.31\00:36:52.81
So it's not important
how long we live here.
00:36:53.31\00:36:55.24
It's important that when we die
that we're ready to meet Jesus.
00:36:55.44\00:36:58.68
Amen! I've thought
about it for years.
00:36:58.88\00:37:01.78
"I wonder what will
happen... " 'Cause all of us
00:37:01.98\00:37:04.82
if we have a chance to
know it will we worry about it.
00:37:05.02\00:37:08.32
Will we? So of course I prayed
and ready to go under the knife
00:37:08.52\00:37:12.16
but I was amazed at
the peace that I had
00:37:12.36\00:37:15.40
and I said: "Thank you, Lord. "
00:37:15.80\00:37:17.20
Not in myself
and my character...
00:37:17.60\00:37:20.44
my peace was in
God that He loves me.
00:37:20.64\00:37:23.30
I confess my sins;
"He is faithful and just
00:37:23.51\00:37:25.94
to forgive me of my
sins and to cleanse me
00:37:26.14\00:37:29.01
from some of the un-
righteousness. " ALL! All of it.
00:37:29.21\00:37:31.55
You're awake and
you're ready to go.
00:37:31.75\00:37:33.55
One of the things
that I don't enjoy doing...
00:37:33.95\00:37:36.38
I'll tell you
things I love to do...
00:37:36.58\00:37:38.25
but one of the
things I don't enjoy doing
00:37:38.45\00:37:40.26
is I don't enjoy... Well,
I shouldn't say it like that.
00:37:40.46\00:37:44.86
But it's true:
every Camp Meeting
00:37:45.06\00:37:47.13
I do the church service.
00:37:47.43\00:37:50.23
But for some reason...
Now I travel around the world
00:37:50.43\00:37:53.00
and I've spoken to
crowds from 10 people
00:37:53.20\00:37:55.90
to 40 or 50 thousand.
00:37:56.10\00:37:58.14
And I don't get nervous...
that doesn't bother me.
00:37:58.34\00:38:00.28
But when I come to Camp Meeting
00:38:00.68\00:38:02.88
and I feel like I
have to make notes
00:38:03.08\00:38:04.98
and read my notes I'm
not a preacher like that.
00:38:05.18\00:38:08.25
I'm a talker. I'm not
a preacher, I'm a talker.
00:38:08.45\00:38:10.99
So I can usually go up...
00:38:11.15\00:38:12.82
I've met some of you;
I've been to your churches.
00:38:13.02\00:38:14.46
I can talk an hour... I can
talk two hours without a note.
00:38:14.66\00:38:17.89
Now I do that
because of the experience.
00:38:18.29\00:38:20.30
When you get old and
you've been traveling 34 years
00:38:20.50\00:38:23.37
and you see
miracle after miracle
00:38:23.57\00:38:25.67
now it's what do
I not get to say...
00:38:25.87\00:38:27.87
what do I have to leave
out not what am I going to say.
00:38:28.07\00:38:31.07
But the other day I
was in West Frankfort.
00:38:31.57\00:38:33.88
I was driving back and I said,
00:38:34.08\00:38:35.74
thought about: "OK, I
need to have my sermon
00:38:35.94\00:38:38.88
ready for Camp Meeting. "
00:38:39.08\00:38:42.45
And I said: "Lord, You know
I don't like to preach sermons;
00:38:42.85\00:38:46.89
I'm not a preacher. " And
it's just like this thought
00:38:47.09\00:38:50.43
came in... I hope it
wasn't me just helped Him...
00:38:50.63\00:38:52.66
but this thought
came into my mind:
00:38:52.86\00:38:54.96
"Well don't preach a
sermon. Just tell them about
00:38:55.46\00:38:58.77
how faithful I am. " Amen!
00:38:59.17\00:39:02.97
"Just tell them
about My faithfulness. "
00:39:03.17\00:39:05.24
And I said: "Now
THAT I can get into;
00:39:05.64\00:39:08.04
THAT I like...
that I have seen. "
00:39:08.24\00:39:11.25
Because I have found
out that God is faithful.
00:39:11.45\00:39:14.78
He's always there
on time when I need Him
00:39:14.98\00:39:18.92
and He never fails.
00:39:19.12\00:39:20.52
Now before this talk is over...
00:39:20.92\00:39:23.39
I'll intimidate
myself if I say sermon
00:39:23.59\00:39:26.06
so I'll say this talk...
00:39:26.26\00:39:27.63
so by the time this talk is over
I want you all to be able to say
00:39:27.83\00:39:31.87
that with me. They're
going to put it up on the screen
00:39:32.07\00:39:34.00
from time to time
that God is faithful.
00:39:34.20\00:39:36.91
He's? What's it
say? He's on time,
00:39:38.04\00:39:42.38
when we need Him,
and He never fails!
00:39:42.58\00:39:45.35
Now: God is always there.
00:39:45.75\00:39:48.15
Why did I put on
time, when we need Him?
00:39:48.35\00:39:50.72
'Cause it always seems
like God is always there
00:39:50.92\00:39:53.42
when we need Him on time.
00:39:53.62\00:39:55.29
But I thought about it: "No,
'cause we don't know when we
00:39:55.69\00:39:58.03
need Him. " So... God
is always there on time.
00:39:58.23\00:40:03.00
It may not look
like it to me or you,
00:40:03.20\00:40:04.83
but He's there on
time, when we need Him.
00:40:05.03\00:40:07.50
Amen! AND He never
fails! Isn't that wonderful?
00:40:07.70\00:40:11.27
Amen! I can tell you
that after thirty-four years
00:40:11.47\00:40:14.28
and this next month -
here in November actually -
00:40:14.48\00:40:17.51
will be 34 years since
the Lord impressed me to build
00:40:17.71\00:40:20.65
a television station
that will reach the world
00:40:20.85\00:40:22.85
with an undiluted
three angels' messages...
00:40:23.05\00:40:25.62
one that would
counteract the counterfeit.
00:40:25.82\00:40:28.06
Now, I had no idea
what that meant at the time.
00:40:28.46\00:40:31.16
I really didn't. I'm
from this little area.
00:40:31.56\00:40:33.80
Those of you that are
here: it's a little country area
00:40:34.00\00:40:36.13
as you noticed. T-ville doesn't
even have a stoplight, right?
00:40:36.33\00:40:39.10
They've just got
one little stop sign
00:40:39.30\00:40:40.97
depending which way you come in
00:40:41.17\00:40:42.80
on the main highway.
It's a small country area,
00:40:43.00\00:40:45.21
coal-mining community.
00:40:45.41\00:40:47.24
So I don't have a
background in television.
00:40:47.44\00:40:49.41
Kenny doesn't have a
background in television.
00:40:49.61\00:40:51.85
But the Lord impressed to
build a television station
00:40:52.25\00:40:54.65
to reach the world.
And I knew it was God!
00:40:54.85\00:40:59.59
Because you get
certain things that come to you
00:40:59.79\00:41:02.36
that's not you. I
had never thought about
00:41:02.56\00:41:04.69
undiluted three angels'
messages, one that would
00:41:04.89\00:41:07.43
counteract the counterfeit.
00:41:07.63\00:41:08.96
I wasn't concerned about
that. I could argue with you
00:41:09.00\00:41:11.67
about the Sabbath
and the state of the dead
00:41:11.87\00:41:13.74
and all those things,
but I wasn't constant.
00:41:13.94\00:41:15.90
I had to study the three...
I thought: "I need to really
00:41:16.10\00:41:18.34
study the three angels' messages
00:41:18.54\00:41:20.04
to see what it is I'm
gettin' ready to do. "
00:41:20.24\00:41:22.14
Right? So I knew this
was God and it wasn't me.
00:41:22.54\00:41:26.82
And so to build a
television network
00:41:27.02\00:41:29.88
that would reach the world with
an undiluted 3 angels' messages.
00:41:30.09\00:41:32.99
But you know what? I
was so sure it was God
00:41:33.39\00:41:35.96
I can tell you to this
day I've never doubted it.
00:41:36.16\00:41:39.79
And I can tell you that no
matter what I've gone through
00:41:40.20\00:41:42.93
up and down... A lot
of it I bring on myself,
00:41:43.13\00:41:45.13
a lot of it the devil's mad...
00:41:45.33\00:41:47.27
I've never once
doubted that God's in charge
00:41:47.67\00:41:51.34
and He's going to
supply every need. Amen!
00:41:51.54\00:41:53.74
So I said the other day
- this may sound silly -
00:41:53.94\00:41:56.51
I said: "I need to
do a self-examination. "
00:41:56.71\00:41:58.85
"Why is it that I've
never been discouraged
00:41:59.25\00:42:04.29
in thirty-four years? "
00:42:04.45\00:42:06.76
'Cause we've not always had
everything we felt we needed.
00:42:06.96\00:42:10.19
Everything's not
always gone good for me.
00:42:10.49\00:42:13.03
2004 I went
through a lot of things.
00:42:13.63\00:42:16.53
I even said: "You know
what? I'm going to resign
00:42:16.73\00:42:19.37
because it looks bad; it's
not good for the ministry...
00:42:19.57\00:42:22.30
I need to resign.
" I was set on it.
00:42:22.50\00:42:24.37
Went to a board
meeting to resign.
00:42:24.57\00:42:26.78
I said: "I'm not...
This just doesn't look good
00:42:26.98\00:42:31.28
whether it's my fault or not. "
00:42:31.48\00:42:33.48
Of course I didn't
think it was mine, but maybe
00:42:33.68\00:42:35.58
a certain amount is I'm sure.
00:42:35.78\00:42:38.09
"But I'm going to
resign. " But you know what?
00:42:38.29\00:42:40.16
It's like the Lord impressed me
not to. It's like He said to me:
00:42:40.36\00:42:45.19
"You keep your eyes
focused on the mission.
00:42:45.39\00:42:49.56
The mission is to take an
undiluted three angels'...
00:42:50.07\00:42:52.60
If you do that,
I'll always be there
00:42:52.80\00:42:55.84
on time, when you need
Me, and I'll never fail you.
00:42:56.04\00:43:00.31
So never give up. " So
I want to tell you today
00:43:00.51\00:43:03.14
never give up. No
matter how discouraged you get,
00:43:03.35\00:43:06.48
no matter what
people say about you...
00:43:06.68\00:43:08.78
Greg mentioned in the opening
and I've told him this a lot.
00:43:08.98\00:43:12.09
I said: "When
you're in a fishbowl... "
00:43:12.29\00:43:13.76
and quite a few of us
here are in fishbowls...
00:43:13.96\00:43:16.69
"the people really...
they're gonna be after you. "
00:43:16.89\00:43:21.56
Or as Wintley Phipps
says "If you're a bird...
00:43:21.76\00:43:24.33
you know, an eagle up there
people are shooting at you. "
00:43:24.53\00:43:26.74
So when you're in a
fishbowl that's part of it.
00:43:27.14\00:43:29.04
Public life... So there
are people who will write
00:43:29.24\00:43:32.27
or I'll meet and they'll
say: "Oh, you are so wonderful;
00:43:32.47\00:43:35.81
you're so filled
with the Holy Spirit. "
00:43:36.01\00:43:37.58
"You're my favorite
this and that and you...
00:43:37.78\00:43:39.75
oh, you're so wonderful. "
00:43:39.95\00:43:41.32
And I can't take
any of that to heart.
00:43:41.72\00:43:43.62
We give God the
credit for anything that goes
00:43:44.02\00:43:47.39
but then I also go places
and they write and they hate me.
00:43:47.59\00:43:50.63
I've had people come here to
3ABN with the express purpose
00:43:50.83\00:43:54.60
of killing me. And they've
ended up in jail for a while.
00:43:54.80\00:43:58.67
And then they get
out and they leave and
00:43:58.87\00:44:00.20
then they come back
later because "the Lord
00:44:00.24\00:44:02.80
told them to kill me. "
00:44:03.00\00:44:04.34
That's the
truth... that's the truth.
00:44:04.41\00:44:06.31
People come here... so they
either love you or hate you.
00:44:07.18\00:44:10.15
That's basically, if
you're doing the Lord's work,
00:44:10.55\00:44:12.88
people are either going
to love you or hate you.
00:44:13.28\00:44:15.08
But what I tell Greg and Jill
is: "Don't pay any attention
00:44:15.28\00:44:18.12
to any of that. The
devil will flatter you. "
00:44:18.32\00:44:20.69
The devil will flatter
you, and people used to say,
00:44:21.09\00:44:24.59
one lady said: "I
just can see a halo
00:44:24.79\00:44:27.26
when you're sitting
there over your head. "
00:44:27.46\00:44:28.80
I said: "You need a new TV! "
00:44:28.90\00:44:30.43
There's no halo there.
00:44:30.83\00:44:33.97
And so people want
to... they really want
00:44:34.37\00:44:38.34
to look at somebody
and say: "Boy, this... "
00:44:38.74\00:44:40.84
But you know what? You
can't take any of that seriously
00:44:41.24\00:44:43.71
because if you do
you're going to get caught up
00:44:43.91\00:44:45.98
in the devil's field.
You're going to lose track
00:44:46.18\00:44:48.62
of your mission. The
mission is to take an undiluted
00:44:48.82\00:44:51.85
three angels' messages,
one that would counteract
00:44:52.05\00:44:54.39
the counterfeit
into all the world.
00:44:54.59\00:44:55.92
And I want to tell you some-
thing: I can say as far as 3ABN
00:44:56.02\00:44:59.86
and our board
we've run a good race.
00:45:00.06\00:45:02.10
We've fought a good fight.
I don't say that in myself
00:45:02.30\00:45:04.63
but we have stuck
true to the mission
00:45:05.03\00:45:07.57
of an undiluted
three angels' messages
00:45:07.77\00:45:10.14
and taken it to the
world and God has honored that.
00:45:10.34\00:45:13.64
Amen! God has always been there.
00:45:13.84\00:45:15.51
He's been faithful.
He's on time when we need Him
00:45:15.71\00:45:18.48
and He's never failed.
00:45:18.68\00:45:20.32
He will do that in your life.
00:45:20.52\00:45:21.85
I promise you He
will do that in your life.
00:45:21.88\00:45:24.29
We just had a board
meeting the other day.
00:45:24.69\00:45:26.82
After thirty-four years
totally dependent on faith...
00:45:27.32\00:45:31.76
We don't get money from
the church and we shouldn't.
00:45:31.96\00:45:33.96
We're a separate 501C3, an inde-
pendent or supporting ministry
00:45:34.16\00:45:38.60
of the church.
Everything we have is paid for.
00:45:38.80\00:45:41.24
We have zero
long-term debt. Amen!
00:45:41.44\00:45:43.87
Now we rarely have
any money in the bank
00:45:44.07\00:45:45.74
unless it's set aside for some-
thing that's going to be used.
00:45:45.94\00:45:48.71
But can you imagine
after thirty-four years
00:45:49.11\00:45:51.01
this is not a little operation.
00:45:51.21\00:45:53.01
Well it might be to some
of you but most of you here
00:45:53.78\00:45:56.08
you've taken some tours
around: it's a pretty good-sized
00:45:56.28\00:45:59.29
facility. You see a
lot of people around here.
00:45:59.49\00:46:02.02
We're on a lot of satellites;
we're on a lot of cable sta...
00:46:02.22\00:46:05.33
We're on
literally around the world.
00:46:05.53\00:46:08.00
It's not... It takes
millions and millions
00:46:08.20\00:46:10.27
and millions of dollars.
Somehow we never get too much.
00:46:10.47\00:46:13.77
That'd be a nice
feeling to say: "Oh, wow!
00:46:13.97\00:46:16.00
We can just put
millions in the bank
00:46:16.20\00:46:17.57
and not worry about it. "
But we always have enough.
00:46:17.77\00:46:20.54
There've been times
in the last several years
00:46:21.04\00:46:23.45
that we get down...
that we did go in debt.
00:46:23.65\00:46:26.15
But you know what? We refocused
and God brought us back out.
00:46:26.55\00:46:30.52
Amen! He's always there.
00:46:30.72\00:46:32.15
He's faithful! He's
always there on time
00:46:32.35\00:46:35.22
when we need Him
and He will never fail.
00:46:35.42\00:46:37.73
That's exactly...
When we believe that...
00:46:37.93\00:46:40.20
When you actually believe that
00:46:40.60\00:46:43.53
you will be
amazed... you will be a giant
00:46:43.73\00:46:46.50
in the work of the Lord.
00:46:47.74\00:46:49.17
Not to give you the credit
00:46:49.67\00:46:51.27
but to give God the credit.
00:46:51.47\00:46:52.81
When you believe
what you're teaching...
00:46:52.97\00:46:55.08
We tell people all
this stuff all the time,
00:46:56.18\00:46:58.18
but when you believe it
and you don't get discouraged
00:46:58.38\00:47:01.65
and you don't
"Oh, well, woe is me!
00:47:01.85\00:47:03.52
If I didn't have any bad
luck I'd have no luck at all. "
00:47:03.72\00:47:06.45
You know: "Oh, this is terrible.
People don't treat me right
00:47:06.65\00:47:09.76
and I don't... " When you
can say that "God is faithful,
00:47:09.96\00:47:13.93
He's always there,
on time, when I need Him
00:47:15.16\00:47:17.97
and He'll never fail"
your whole life will change.
00:47:18.17\00:47:20.77
So I've asked them to put it
up on the screen several times.
00:47:21.37\00:47:24.04
I don't care when they do it.
00:47:24.24\00:47:25.57
I want you to think about that.
00:47:25.61\00:47:26.94
You can change it
however you want to, to fit you.
00:47:27.04\00:47:30.01
But I have seen God time
and time and time again...
00:47:30.21\00:47:33.45
And I wanted to recount... I
don't have time to go through.
00:47:33.65\00:47:36.58
I mean, we have
miracle after miracle.
00:47:36.79\00:47:38.52
But I want to read a few
scriptures just right in a row
00:47:38.72\00:47:41.82
and you write them down
00:47:42.02\00:47:43.39
'cause we're not going to
just stay on them too long.
00:47:43.79\00:47:46.13
But I want to
put some scriptures
00:47:46.33\00:47:47.66
just in the beginning
00:47:47.76\00:47:49.10
and I'm going to
read them to you.
00:47:49.13\00:47:50.47
The first one is I Corinthians.
If you have your Bibles
00:47:50.53\00:47:53.17
or your iPads like
I've got or your phone,
00:47:53.37\00:47:56.07
go to I Corinthians 10:13.
00:47:56.27\00:47:59.67
I Corinthians 10:13.
00:47:59.97\00:48:02.38
This is gonna be fun,
folks. This is fun because
00:48:03.48\00:48:06.15
it is such a... so great to know
00:48:06.35\00:48:09.62
God loves you;
He cares about you.
00:48:09.82\00:48:11.79
He's always there; He's
made a plan of salvation
00:48:11.99\00:48:15.29
and no one will miss out on
heaven that really wants to go.
00:48:15.49\00:48:20.00
Nobody! It's
such a great message
00:48:20.40\00:48:23.93
and I praise the
Lord for it. All right.
00:48:24.13\00:48:26.17
I mean, that's some great news.
00:48:47.26\00:48:49.62
That we will never be
tempted more than we can...
00:48:50.53\00:48:53.46
Some of you are old
enough. Do you remember the
00:48:53.66\00:48:55.16
comedian Flip Wilson?
00:48:55.36\00:48:56.97
Everything that happened he
said "The devil made me do it. "
00:48:57.47\00:49:00.24
Right? Well... we
found out that's a lie.
00:49:00.54\00:49:03.47
This says the devil
can't make you do anything!
00:49:03.67\00:49:05.94
Right? Because you'll never
be tempted more than you can
00:49:06.14\00:49:09.34
endure. And so to me
what a great promise.
00:49:09.54\00:49:13.75
The Lord says: "I'll
make a way of escape. "
00:49:13.95\00:49:16.22
So if we really want to
we don't have to be overtaken
00:49:16.42\00:49:19.42
by the devil. It's a
great great scripture.
00:49:19.62\00:49:22.16
I want you to go to
Philippians now... 1:6.
00:49:22.36\00:49:24.79
Philippians 1:6. Give you
just a second to turn to it.
00:49:25.76\00:49:29.26
Philippians 1:6:
00:49:30.73\00:49:32.23
That's more good news:
what God starts He finishes!
00:49:41.58\00:49:44.25
Isn't that
great? Think about it.
00:49:44.45\00:49:46.08
Be confident; be confident.
We don't have to go around like
00:49:46.28\00:49:50.49
"Oh boy, I don't know. Things
just aren't going right. "
00:49:50.69\00:49:53.96
This says: "Be
confident of this very thing:
00:49:54.16\00:49:57.89
that which God's
begun He will finish. "
00:49:58.09\00:50:00.36
In our case, He raised 3ABN
so we have no reason to doubt.
00:50:00.56\00:50:04.63
We don't have to say: "Oh
boy, if you guys don't send
00:50:05.03\00:50:07.24
the money we're going
to turn the lights out
00:50:07.44\00:50:08.77
and we're going to shut down. "
00:50:08.94\00:50:10.27
No, we're going to do
whatever we have to do.
00:50:10.37\00:50:12.27
But I have found
out if we're faithful
00:50:12.47\00:50:14.44
to God and we're
faithful to the mission
00:50:14.84\00:50:17.31
that He's given us as
Seventh-day Adventist Christians
00:50:17.51\00:50:20.05
and you, too...
whatever Christian you are,
00:50:20.25\00:50:23.18
whatever denomination you are.
00:50:23.39\00:50:24.72
I think God has people in
all churches, don't you? Amen!
00:50:24.89\00:50:27.36
But I think God has
always had present truth
00:50:27.56\00:50:29.59
and today Seventh-day
Adventists have present truth
00:50:29.79\00:50:32.29
that needs to get to
a lost and dying world.
00:50:32.59\00:50:34.86
To whom much is
given much is required, and
00:50:35.06\00:50:37.37
if we fail to do it
the blood is on our hands.
00:50:37.57\00:50:39.90
Amen! God could save
everybody on His own.
00:50:40.10\00:50:42.30
He doesn't need us, but He
allows us to be in His work
00:50:42.50\00:50:45.64
so we don't get too selfish.
00:50:45.84\00:50:47.28
'Cause if I don't love my
neighbor enough to witness
00:50:47.48\00:50:51.11
to him I'm not
fit for heaven. Right?
00:50:51.31\00:50:53.72
So God says: "I'm
going to entrust you
00:50:53.92\00:50:56.25
with being a
witness to your neighbors.
00:50:56.65\00:50:58.99
Then I'm going to supply
all of your every need. "
00:50:59.19\00:51:02.12
He says... I John 1:9.
You can say this from memory.
00:51:02.82\00:51:06.86
Now folks, this
is some great stuff!
00:51:16.81\00:51:18.94
This is some great stuff.
00:51:19.14\00:51:20.48
We ought to be
tremendously excited about it.
00:51:20.61\00:51:23.61
So what it says...
This is what it did to me:
00:51:24.01\00:51:26.65
it tells me that God hears and
understands a repentant heart.
00:51:26.85\00:51:31.32
There's no sin too
big and none too small
00:51:31.52\00:51:33.66
that He doesn't hear us.
00:51:34.56\00:51:36.22
I mean, God is amazing.
00:51:36.42\00:51:38.06
He knows when we're
looking for truth before we do.
00:51:38.46\00:51:41.96
Think about that
if that's not deep.
00:51:42.90\00:51:45.10
God knows when
we're looking for truth
00:51:45.50\00:51:48.30
long before we know it
00:51:48.50\00:51:50.37
so He's going to
provide a way... but He does it
00:51:50.57\00:51:52.97
through His people, and
that's why we want to do.
00:51:53.17\00:51:56.04
One more scripture or two.
00:51:56.24\00:51:57.58
II Timothy 2:13.
00:51:57.65\00:51:59.71
II Timothy 2:13.
00:52:00.22\00:52:02.32
Now this is a great
scripture but a lot of people
00:52:12.69\00:52:15.03
say: "Wow, that sounds
like I don't even have to have
00:52:15.43\00:52:18.13
a lot of faith. " No
it doesn't. It doesn't say
00:52:18.33\00:52:20.20
God's going to
bless us in our sin.
00:52:20.40\00:52:22.30
He doesn't bless us in our sins,
00:52:22.50\00:52:24.01
but He's going to be
faithful even when we're not.
00:52:24.21\00:52:26.74
And how do I mean?
Because when we're away from Him
00:52:27.54\00:52:31.08
doing our own way
00:52:31.48\00:52:33.15
and all of a sudden we
finally... the Holy Spirit,
00:52:33.35\00:52:35.78
we listen to It, we repent,
00:52:35.98\00:52:38.22
we already read it...
what's He going to do?
00:52:38.42\00:52:40.09
He's going to be
faithful and just to forgive us
00:52:40.29\00:52:43.09
from our sins -
Amen! when we come to Him.
00:52:43.29\00:52:45.36
Folks, we have so much...
so much to be thankful for.
00:52:45.56\00:52:48.43
Deuteronomy 31:6.
00:52:48.83\00:52:50.97
Deuteronomy 31:6.
00:52:51.57\00:52:53.20
Now is that a great promise?
00:53:10.89\00:53:12.39
Amen! He will not
leave you nor forsake you.
00:53:12.59\00:53:15.66
Folks, this ought to
change our whole lives
00:53:15.86\00:53:18.59
and our attitude about
being Christians in the closing
00:53:18.79\00:53:21.96
moments of earth's history
00:53:22.16\00:53:23.50
that "He will never
leave us nor forsake us. "
00:53:23.73\00:53:26.84
Then the last one we're
going to do is Romans 8:38-39.
00:53:27.04\00:53:31.11
Romans 8... Somebody
said: "I love that one! "
00:53:31.94\00:53:33.98
Thank you... so do I.
00:53:34.18\00:53:35.51
Isn't that an
incredible scripture?
00:54:01.34\00:54:03.30
I mean, to me this
is absolutely amazing
00:54:03.51\00:54:06.31
and I praise God for that.
00:54:06.51\00:54:07.84
What I wanted to do
is I wanted to quickly
00:54:07.98\00:54:10.08
recount some of the
things where I have seen
00:54:10.48\00:54:14.08
here at 3ABN...
and thanks to you...
00:54:14.38\00:54:16.82
because without you... without
your love and your prayers
00:54:17.02\00:54:19.65
and financial support 3ABN
would not be on the air today.
00:54:19.85\00:54:25.09
Every year is a struggle.
00:54:25.29\00:54:27.36
Every year is a struggle.
00:54:27.86\00:54:29.26
Financially it's a struggle.
00:54:29.76\00:54:31.33
All kinds of other struggles.
00:54:31.53\00:54:33.10
People either love
the truth or they hate it.
00:54:33.50\00:54:36.37
So we see tremendous opposition.
00:54:36.97\00:54:38.84
Sometimes it's from within.
00:54:39.04\00:54:40.58
Sometimes it's from within.
Do I need to say that again?
00:54:42.24\00:54:45.01
It's not always on the outside.
00:54:45.51\00:54:47.35
Sometimes the greatest
opposition is from within.
00:54:47.85\00:54:51.39
So I'll let you think
about that in your own life.
00:54:51.59\00:54:53.62
But as I started thinking back
00:54:54.02\00:54:56.06
"Tell the folks about My faith-
fulness; that I am faithful. "
00:54:56.26\00:54:59.39
And I thought about when
Kenny and I first went out.
00:54:59.59\00:55:02.40
We got the
property from Mrs. Summers.
00:55:02.60\00:55:04.27
It's a mile or
two north of here.
00:55:04.43\00:55:05.77
If you didn't visit the uplink,
I hope you can before you leave.
00:55:05.93\00:55:08.44
We still see that 9 or 10 meter
dish about 30' in diameter...
00:55:08.84\00:55:12.91
the first one out there.
00:55:13.11\00:55:15.14
But we needed to build a road.
00:55:15.34\00:55:17.18
And it was about 1,400
feet if I remember right.
00:55:17.38\00:55:20.32
And so Kenny
rented a road grader
00:55:20.72\00:55:23.75
from one of the local folk
around here, and we started
00:55:24.15\00:55:27.02
building the road. Now,
we bought diesel fuel...
00:55:27.22\00:55:30.16
Kenny, where are
you? Raise your hand.
00:55:30.36\00:55:32.59
Raise your hand if
I'm telling the truth.
00:55:32.79\00:55:34.76
If I'm telling the
truth. If I'm not, don't.
00:55:35.56\00:55:37.80
But I am telling the truth.
00:55:38.00\00:55:39.33
We bought diesel
fuel 5 gallons at a time.
00:55:39.40\00:55:42.70
Five gallons at a time because
that's really all the money
00:55:43.51\00:55:45.91
we had. We
didn't have any money.
00:55:46.11\00:55:47.44
So we bought diesel fuel
and so he graded the road
00:55:47.74\00:55:51.25
all the way down. But we
didn't have any money for
00:55:51.45\00:55:53.82
the driveway. What
are we going to do?
00:55:54.02\00:55:56.28
So we prayed about it.
"Well Lord, we've done our part.
00:55:56.48\00:55:58.72
That's all we know how to do. "
00:55:58.92\00:56:00.26
I go to the mail
about two days later:
00:56:00.72\00:56:03.16
there's only two checks in the
mail. Now we're not a ministry
00:56:03.36\00:56:06.33
that's on the air. We
don't have a building.
00:56:06.53\00:56:08.46
We have nothing but a donated
little 2 acres of property.
00:56:08.66\00:56:11.77
And we rented a road grader
00:56:11.97\00:56:16.44
and so now we've messed up dirt.
00:56:16.64\00:56:19.71
You know, now we have
dirt. Got rid of the grass.
00:56:19.91\00:56:21.94
Just have dirt sitting
there. Now this is in the Fall
00:56:22.14\00:56:24.58
of the year so it's gonna rain
and it's gonna be a mud pile
00:56:24.78\00:56:27.88
if we don't get a road in there.
00:56:28.08\00:56:29.65
But we needed a road.
But I go... We get a bid
00:56:30.05\00:56:33.12
from Ralph Sprague
who... his house is 100 feet
00:56:33.32\00:56:36.32
probably on this
end of the building
00:56:36.52\00:56:38.36
that used to have
the gravel company.
00:56:38.56\00:56:40.76
And so we call Ralph. He said:
"Well, it's going to cost you
00:56:40.96\00:56:43.16
$6,000. We prayed about it.
00:56:43.37\00:56:45.60
"Lord, we've done our part.
We don't have any more money. "
00:56:45.80\00:56:47.70
Two days later I go to
West Frankfort post office.
00:56:48.20\00:56:51.31
P.O. Box 582 I think
is what it used to be.
00:56:51.81\00:56:54.71
Opened and saw there
were two letters in it.
00:56:54.91\00:56:58.05
Now we were telling
people mouth to mouth what we
00:56:58.25\00:57:00.52
were going to be
doing. Word to word, you know,
00:57:00.72\00:57:02.98
telling everybody we knew.
00:57:03.18\00:57:04.89
I even got a little
Commodore 64 computer
00:57:05.09\00:57:07.69
and started typing
out a little newsletter.
00:57:07.89\00:57:10.76
We didn't really have a
mailing list, but we handed it
00:57:10.96\00:57:13.90
to everybody we'd meet.
00:57:14.10\00:57:15.60
There were 2 letters
in the mail. One of them
00:57:15.80\00:57:18.13
I opened up was $2,000
00:57:18.33\00:57:20.34
from a lady in Wisconsin
or northern, by Chicago
00:57:21.44\00:57:25.37
Wisconsin
border. The second letter
00:57:25.57\00:57:27.94
was from San Diego,
California, for $4,000.
00:57:28.14\00:57:31.21
Six thousand dollars!
00:57:31.41\00:57:32.78
God is always there, on
time, when you need Him,
00:57:32.98\00:57:35.75
right? And He never fails you.
00:57:35.95\00:57:38.15
Then we needed...
So we built the road
00:57:38.55\00:57:40.82
and now we started the building.
00:57:41.02\00:57:42.36
So we rented a...
worked out a deal - Kenny did -
00:57:42.39\00:57:45.33
with a contractor in the
area here, a construction guy.
00:57:45.53\00:57:48.80
So now we got a backhoe and
we started digging the footings.
00:57:49.00\00:57:51.63
So we're digging
all the footings.
00:57:52.03\00:57:53.54
Some people call and they
say: "We're from Tennessee;
00:57:53.94\00:57:56.27
we're headed to
Wisconsin. We heard two guys
00:57:56.47\00:57:58.87
are building an
Adventist television station. "
00:57:59.07\00:58:01.34
We said: "Yes. " "Can we come? "
00:58:01.54\00:58:02.94
We said: "Sure! "
They came up to visit us
00:58:03.14\00:58:05.08
and they sat for 3 or 4 days
on the tailgate of their car.
00:58:05.48\00:58:09.62
They had a station
wagon and let it down
00:58:09.82\00:58:11.49
and would watch us and say:
00:58:11.69\00:58:13.05
"Well, you're digging the
footings but do you have money
00:58:13.25\00:58:15.06
to finish... to
put the building up? "
00:58:15.26\00:58:17.09
"No. " "Well what if it rains? "
00:58:17.29\00:58:19.33
"What if the rains come and
you? " I said: "Well I guess
00:58:19.73\00:58:22.16
we'll have a flood and
we'll have a little river. "
00:58:22.36\00:58:25.33
"But how're you gonna do
it? What's it going to cost? "
00:58:25.73\00:58:28.24
We figured it up. The
shell of the building's $50,000.
00:58:28.44\00:58:31.17
So we said:
"Well, about $50,000. "
00:58:31.57\00:58:33.94
Now these folks... by looking
at them, by listening to them,
00:58:34.14\00:58:36.91
watching the way
they ate and what they ate
00:58:37.11\00:58:39.78
and how they dressed we
didn't think they had any money
00:58:39.98\00:58:43.15
to give. The day they
left, a few days later,
00:58:43.35\00:58:46.09
they said: "We've been thinking
about this and praying about it.
00:58:46.29\00:58:48.46
We want to give you $50,000. "
00:58:48.66\00:58:50.46
Just what we needed.
00:58:50.86\00:58:52.19
Now we found out later
they didn't have the money.
00:58:52.39\00:58:54.56
At the time they went home and
literally mortgaged their home.
00:58:54.96\00:58:59.27
But within six months
they came back and said
00:58:59.47\00:59:03.00
"Well we invested
in some real estate
00:59:03.20\00:59:04.97
and sold it, and we
made that $50,000 back. "
00:59:05.17\00:59:07.64
God gave it back to them.
00:59:08.04\00:59:09.68
I think about... then we
needed a big satellite dish.
00:59:10.08\00:59:13.52
So... a ten meter
dish, nearly $400,000.
00:59:13.72\00:59:16.92
We didn't have
the money for that.
00:59:17.32\00:59:18.65
But we're saying: "God,
we're going to go forward
00:59:18.85\00:59:21.06
no matter what. " We
didn't have the money
00:59:21.26\00:59:23.12
so we talked to a satellite
company. And we talked them
00:59:23.32\00:59:26.56
into saying: "Well as
you do it a little at a time
00:59:26.76\00:59:30.23
we'll pay you a little at a time
but it'll be paid by the end. "
00:59:30.43\00:59:33.30
And the guy
finally said to us...
00:59:33.50\00:59:35.04
You know, for the satellite
company, Scientific Atlanta,
00:59:35.24\00:59:38.87
Georgia's like: "Well, I don't
know. We don't normally do this
00:59:39.07\00:59:43.04
but we're going to
trust you on this one. "
00:59:43.45\00:59:45.58
And every step of the
way the money was there.
00:59:45.78\00:59:48.95
We'd go to the
mailbox... People we didn't know
00:59:49.15\00:59:51.19
or had never seen sent
just the right amount of money
00:59:51.39\00:59:54.22
to build that
$400,000 satellite dish.
00:59:54.42\00:59:57.63
So we get this dish up.
00:59:57.79\00:59:59.13
We finally... The
money continues to come in.
00:59:59.16\01:00:01.00
We go on the air
01:00:01.20\01:00:02.53
and we see miracle
after miracle after miracle.
01:00:02.56\01:00:05.60
How can you doubt
that God is there?
01:00:05.80\01:00:09.24
Right? How could we
ever doubt that God is there?
01:00:09.44\01:00:12.84
That He's
faithful? He's always there!
01:00:13.04\01:00:15.68
He's there for you in
your life. You may not know it,
01:00:15.88\01:00:18.45
you may not recognize it,
01:00:18.65\01:00:20.12
but I want you to after today,
01:00:20.32\01:00:22.22
Read that up
there for me please:
01:00:22.42\01:00:24.52
Now that should give us
some consolation, right?
01:00:31.36\01:00:33.90
That should give us
some great consolation.
01:00:34.10\01:00:36.26
God is part-time
there? He's ALWAYS there,
01:00:36.46\01:00:40.80
sometimes He's on
time, He's ALWAYS on time,
01:00:41.00\01:00:44.24
when we need Him,
and He never fails!
01:00:44.44\01:00:47.38
So God commissioned us to
build a television station
01:00:47.58\01:00:51.05
to reach the
world. Dr. Walt Thompson,
01:00:51.25\01:00:53.75
who is now resting in Jesus,
01:00:53.95\01:00:55.45
said to me one
time: "Don't you think
01:00:55.65\01:00:57.79
when Jesus said to
'Go ye into all the world'
01:00:57.99\01:01:01.09
and to build a television
station to reach the world
01:01:01.29\01:01:03.99
that He counted His resources
in advance and found that He was
01:01:04.19\01:01:07.13
not wanting? " So we go forward.
01:01:07.33\01:01:10.17
Now 1991 comes around.
01:01:10.37\01:01:13.00
Communism falls in Romania,
01:01:13.20\01:01:17.01
Ceausescu had been overthrown,
01:01:17.21\01:01:19.41
and so we had an
opportunity to go to Romania
01:01:19.61\01:01:22.54
literally weeks, maybe a month
or two after this big coup,
01:01:22.74\01:01:26.38
and the country was in a mess.
01:01:26.58\01:01:28.78
We went over there, three
of us, and went to Romania.
01:01:28.98\01:01:32.92
When we got there
we saw the condition.
01:01:33.12\01:01:35.36
We saw the tent church
where people were meeting
01:01:35.56\01:01:39.09
out in a tent because
the government had destroyed
01:01:39.29\01:01:42.06
their building and
killed a number of the pastors.
01:01:42.26\01:01:44.20
So they built a big tent and
went to church in cold weather
01:01:44.40\01:01:47.30
in the snow in a tent -
literally - that was freezing.
01:01:47.50\01:01:50.94
They'd do it every Sabbath
their commitment for them.
01:01:51.14\01:01:53.58
I said: "We need to
build a production studio here
01:01:53.78\01:01:56.28
so we are going to put in...
$250,000 is what we needed.
01:01:56.48\01:02:01.52
And we didn't really have
the money, but I said: "By faith
01:02:01.72\01:02:04.02
we're going to do it;
God will supply the need. "
01:02:04.22\01:02:06.55
We come to November and
what are we going to be short?
01:02:06.76\01:02:10.56
I find out we're
going to be short $250,000.
01:02:10.76\01:02:13.96
My first thought was:
"Wow! If we hadn't put that
01:02:14.16\01:02:17.63
$250,000... " 'Cause we've
been in the black every year.
01:02:17.83\01:02:20.90
"If we hadn't put it in Romania,
01:02:21.10\01:02:22.64
we would have the
money that we need. "
01:02:22.84\01:02:24.67
But then I said: "No, we
did what God told us to do.
01:02:24.87\01:02:28.14
He's faithful, we were
faithful to the mission.
01:02:28.34\01:02:31.08
He said: 'Go ye into all
the world with the undiluted
01:02:31.28\01:02:33.82
three angels'
messages' so... we did it. "
01:02:34.02\01:02:36.69
I get a phone call. I
don't think he'd mind me
01:02:36.89\01:02:38.92
giving his name
now: Dr. Bob Ford.
01:02:39.12\01:02:41.72
I didn't know Bob
Ford... he's on the East coast.
01:02:41.92\01:02:43.79
Never heard of him, but
we were already on the air
01:02:43.99\01:02:47.06
and I had my Uncle Olin.
Anybody old enough to remember
01:02:47.26\01:02:49.70
Uncle Olin singing on 3ABN?
01:02:49.90\01:02:51.80
Just a few songs. "Life is
like a mountain railroad... "
01:02:52.00\01:02:56.40
That's Uncle Olin. And
so he played the guitar.
01:02:56.60\01:02:59.47
And he would play a
little bit, come in off time.
01:02:59.67\01:03:03.61
He never came in...
Tim, I'd love to see Tim
01:03:03.81\01:03:05.71
try to play with him
'cause he just came on whenever
01:03:05.91\01:03:07.62
he wanted to. Hold a note
for a while and then jump in.
01:03:07.82\01:03:10.75
And he would have a
harmonica around his neck.
01:03:11.15\01:03:13.96
Who who who...
who who who. And then
01:03:14.16\01:03:16.46
he'd play a little bit
more and sing a little bit more.
01:03:16.66\01:03:18.79
So I get a phone call. Then
we had... You know, it was our
01:03:18.99\01:03:21.46
beginning days and we had
our lattice strips in the back
01:03:21.66\01:03:24.13
behind us and
anything we could try to put.
01:03:24.33\01:03:27.00
We didn't have
money for very good sets.
01:03:27.20\01:03:28.70
So here we are... I
get a call from Bob Ford.
01:03:28.90\01:03:32.17
They said: "He
wants to talk to you. "
01:03:32.37\01:03:34.28
So I talked to Bob and he said:
01:03:34.44\01:03:36.71
"You know, I was listening
the other night. I turned on
01:03:36.91\01:03:39.31
3ABN out in Washington state
and I heard your Uncle Olin. "
01:03:39.51\01:03:42.88
My heart went
"woops" like, you know.
01:03:43.08\01:03:45.89
Uncle Olin's a great
guy and he loved the Lord
01:03:46.09\01:03:49.66
and he did it but
OK, here's a surgeon.
01:03:49.86\01:03:51.96
This man's a surgeon. He's like:
"And I saw your Uncle Olin"
01:03:52.16\01:03:55.30
and he said: "I
was so blessed by that.
01:03:55.50\01:03:58.67
I was so impressed and I thought
of the Spirit of Prophecy...
01:03:58.87\01:04:01.74
I'm watching some of
the people on there... "
01:04:01.94\01:04:03.84
which probably included
me and some of the others -
01:04:04.04\01:04:06.61
"basically are just people
that come from the plow. "
01:04:06.81\01:04:09.41
He said: "Ellen
White makes a statement
01:04:09.61\01:04:11.55
you know: 'In the last days
people come from the plow. ' "
01:04:11.75\01:04:14.28
Not everybody will
have gone to the cemetery...
01:04:14.48\01:04:16.52
seminary. And so God
will use people who's willing
01:04:16.72\01:04:20.69
to be used and
laymen be willing to do it.
01:04:20.89\01:04:24.19
So he said: "I was
so impressed with that
01:04:24.39\01:04:26.70
the Lord
impressed me to help you. "
01:04:26.90\01:04:28.90
And so I said:
"Great! That's wonderful! "
01:04:29.10\01:04:31.13
And here's what he said:
"Do you have any special needs
01:04:31.33\01:04:34.84
right now? How much
money do you need? "
01:04:35.04\01:04:36.77
Now I know that I'm going
to be at least $250,000 short
01:04:36.97\01:04:41.31
because we put
that money into Romania.
01:04:41.51\01:04:43.68
And my temptation was to say:
01:04:43.88\01:04:45.81
"We really need $250,000.
" The other side of me said:
01:04:46.01\01:04:49.35
"You'll run the guy off
telling that much money. "
01:04:49.55\01:04:52.75
So I heard myself say
to him: "Well, Dr. Ford,
01:04:52.95\01:04:55.66
why don't you pray about
it. The Lord impressed you
01:04:55.86\01:04:57.96
to give. Why
don't you pray about it
01:04:58.16\01:04:59.59
and then you give
whatever He impresses you to. "
01:04:59.79\01:05:02.26
And he said:
"Well, that's different!
01:05:02.46\01:05:03.80
I support ministries; I
never had anybody do that. "
01:05:03.83\01:05:06.57
Monday he called me back:
01:05:06.97\01:05:08.64
"Danny, I prayed about it
and the Lord gave me a figure. "
01:05:08.84\01:05:11.61
I said: "Really?
Great; that's wonderful. "
01:05:11.81\01:05:14.11
"I sent you a
check this morning. "
01:05:14.51\01:05:16.04
I said: "Well praise the Lord. "
He said: "Don't you want to know
01:05:16.24\01:05:18.18
how much it is? " I said: "Yeah,
I just didn't want to ask. "
01:05:18.38\01:05:20.88
You know? So he said:
"The Lord impressed me
01:05:21.08\01:05:24.12
to send you $250,000. "
01:05:24.32\01:05:26.55
God is faithful... put
it up on the screen for us.
01:05:27.16\01:05:30.43
Put it up... I
want you all to read it.
01:05:30.83\01:05:32.19
God is faithful!
Time and time again!
01:05:39.30\01:05:41.74
Now as we grow our
needs are getting bigger.
01:05:41.94\01:05:44.87
So a few years later... every
year we end up in the black.
01:05:45.27\01:05:49.31
A few years later we've
invested; now we're going to
01:05:49.51\01:05:52.51
Russia and we're
putting money into Russia.
01:05:52.71\01:05:55.08
And so towards the end
of the year we're $750,000
01:05:55.28\01:05:59.79
we're going to be short.
01:05:59.99\01:06:01.39
And so we're down
in Forest Lake Academy
01:06:01.59\01:06:04.29
where my youngest
baby just graduated from.
01:06:04.49\01:06:07.76
Trinity's back here somewhere.
01:06:07.96\01:06:09.43
And so she came home.
She's in Southern right now.
01:06:09.63\01:06:12.37
Surprised me by the way.
Told me she wasn't coming
01:06:12.57\01:06:15.34
this weekend and
then came in last night
01:06:15.54\01:06:17.74
and we were very
happy that she came
01:06:17.94\01:06:19.61
here... to have her here.
01:06:19.81\01:06:21.18
But we were in Forest Lake
Academy doing a live program
01:06:21.68\01:06:25.51
and I said to the
folks... We were talking about
01:06:25.71\01:06:27.98
God's goodness
and how faithful He is
01:06:28.18\01:06:29.85
and I said to them:
"You know what? For instance
01:06:30.05\01:06:32.29
right now we are
$750,000 short. If we don't get
01:06:32.49\01:06:36.26
an extra - above and
beyond our regular means -
01:06:36.46\01:06:40.36
by the end of this year
we'll be in debt $750,000.
01:06:40.56\01:06:44.60
But I'm going to stand here
and tell you that by January
01:06:44.80\01:06:48.17
I'm going to get on
and give you a story
01:06:48.37\01:06:50.27
and tell you how God
raised that money for us. "
01:06:50.47\01:06:52.84
Amen! You have to step
out in faith sometimes, folks.
01:06:53.04\01:06:55.61
It's not you... it's God.
01:06:55.81\01:06:57.75
He says: "Go ye
into all the world. "
01:06:57.95\01:06:59.75
We got home.
About a week later -
01:07:00.15\01:07:01.75
make these as short
as I can - a woman...
01:07:01.95\01:07:04.09
I get a phone call.
Mollie says: "There's a lady
01:07:04.29\01:07:06.92
out in Redding, California, area
01:07:07.12\01:07:09.99
that called and she
says she's got some money
01:07:10.19\01:07:11.93
but you have to
come out and get it. "
01:07:12.13\01:07:13.53
She won't send
it... it's cash money.
01:07:13.93\01:07:16.77
She says you've got
to come out and get it.
01:07:16.97\01:07:18.53
So I said: "OK. "
I'm home eating lunch.
01:07:18.93\01:07:21.54
Three, four, five minutes later
she called. She said: "There's
01:07:21.74\01:07:24.34
another just called and she's
in Grand Junction, Colorado.
01:07:24.54\01:07:27.91
She says: "She's got
some money but she wants you
01:07:28.11\01:07:31.21
to meet her husband.
He's not a Christian but
01:07:31.41\01:07:33.28
he watches you on TV and
thinks you might be for real.
01:07:33.48\01:07:36.05
And if he could meet
you and talk to you -
01:07:36.25\01:07:39.02
he deals in gold and silver -
that he would be willing to give
01:07:39.22\01:07:42.06
you thirty or forty thousand
dollars in gold coins. "
01:07:42.26\01:07:44.66
So the lady in Redding,
I said: "Well how much? "
01:07:45.06\01:07:48.76
I said: "Well, you know, to
fly out there. " And she said:
01:07:48.96\01:07:52.50
"Well, you'll have to
bring a private plane. "
01:07:52.70\01:07:54.94
And I said: "Now
that'd be expensive
01:07:55.14\01:07:56.77
to fly out there. " And she
said: "Well, it's going to be
01:07:56.97\01:07:58.64
worth it. " I said:
"Well, do you mind me asking
01:07:58.84\01:08:00.78
how much money it is? "
01:08:00.98\01:08:02.31
"Well, " she
said, "it's 6 CMs. "
01:08:02.44\01:08:04.95
And I said: "What? " She said:
01:08:06.01\01:08:07.35
"Six CMs. " I said: "CMs? "
01:08:07.38\01:08:09.28
She said: "Well didn't you
take Roman numerals in school? "
01:08:09.48\01:08:11.59
I said: "Yeah, I did. "
01:08:11.99\01:08:13.79
I remember C's a
hundred and M's a thousand.
01:08:14.19\01:08:16.69
So she's telling me
she's either got $60,000
01:08:17.09\01:08:21.00
or $600,000.
01:08:21.20\01:08:22.60
So she said:
"Well, you think about it
01:08:23.00\01:08:25.17
and call me when you
figure out how much it is. "
01:08:25.37\01:08:27.37
So the next day I call her back
01:08:29.00\01:08:31.24
and I say: "I can't tell
you. I think I figured out
01:08:31.44\01:08:35.74
how much it is, but if I tell
you I'll defeat your purpose. "
01:08:35.94\01:08:38.75
'Cause she said: "I don't
want to say it on the phone
01:08:38.95\01:08:41.42
'cause I'm a
widow; I live by myself.
01:08:41.62\01:08:43.65
Somebody will rob me so
that's why I can't tell you. "
01:08:43.85\01:08:46.65
So I say to her: "So
how can? I figured it out
01:08:46.86\01:08:49.19
but how can I tell you on
the phone 'cause I'll defeat
01:08:49.39\01:08:51.96
your purpose of
hiding it, right? "
01:08:52.16\01:08:54.23
So I said: "But I
think I know how much it is.
01:08:54.43\01:08:56.93
I think it's worth
getting a plane to do it. "
01:08:57.13\01:08:59.73
So she says: "Well
great. If you do... "
01:08:59.93\01:09:02.77
I said: "It'd
be pretty costly. "
01:09:02.97\01:09:04.41
She said: "Well I'll give
you... I'll make it 7CM. "
01:09:04.61\01:09:07.61
So I said: "OK... I'm coming! "
01:09:07.81\01:09:09.51
So I get David
Everett, E.T.'s husband.
01:09:09.71\01:09:12.81
He's about 6'5"
or 6'6". Big guy.
01:09:13.01\01:09:15.35
Get my
brother-in-law Bruce. I say:
01:09:15.55\01:09:17.25
"You guys need to
go with me. " So now
01:09:17.45\01:09:19.19
we've got a call... I've
called a pilot there in Marion
01:09:19.39\01:09:23.09
and I say: "We're going
to Redding, California. "
01:09:23.29\01:09:25.69
And he said: "Well, it's not...
We don't have... Smaller planes.
01:09:25.89\01:09:28.96
We can't go... we
have to make a stop. "
01:09:29.16\01:09:30.87
And I said:
"Well, that's fine. "
01:09:31.03\01:09:32.97
He said: "Well,
it's your choice.
01:09:33.17\01:09:34.50
We either have to stop in Denver
or Grand Junction, Colorado. "
01:09:34.54\01:09:37.77
I said: "Now wait a minute. "
01:09:38.17\01:09:39.64
A lady calls from Grand
Junction and one from Redding
01:09:39.84\01:09:43.11
and the stop that we have
to do. So I called the lady
01:09:43.31\01:09:46.82
and I say, from
Colorado: "We'll be there. "
01:09:47.02\01:09:50.09
So we fly out to
California, meet the woman.
01:09:50.29\01:09:54.59
She's talking about
how much she loves 3ABN
01:09:54.79\01:09:57.03
and all this stuff
and I'm getting nervous
01:09:57.23\01:09:58.96
'cause I'm there. And I
finally said: "Now you said
01:09:59.16\01:10:01.03
you had 7CM. " 'Cause
I'm thinking: what if I
01:10:01.23\01:10:04.33
flew all the way out
here and she didn't... "
01:10:04.53\01:10:06.57
She took us in the
closet, raised up a box -
01:10:06.77\01:10:09.77
it looked like a
big box - raised it up.
01:10:09.97\01:10:11.67
There was like gunny
sacks. We opened those
01:10:11.87\01:10:14.38
and there was aluminum
foil. Money in aluminum foil.
01:10:14.58\01:10:16.98
$50,000 cash in
each one of them.
01:10:17.18\01:10:19.78
There was $700,000 cash money.
01:10:19.98\01:10:24.09
She said: "Bring the biggest
suitcase that you can find. "
01:10:24.29\01:10:27.39
Now, we needed $750,000, right?
01:10:27.89\01:10:30.89
By the end of the year.
So she said: "Here's 700. "
01:10:31.09\01:10:33.86
So she had a little
safe. Just a small thing.
01:10:34.06\01:10:36.77
She said: "Why don't you
just take that with you? "
01:10:36.97\01:10:38.73
And I'm thinking about
the weight and the small plane
01:10:38.93\01:10:40.80
and I said: "Oh, that's
OK... we don't need it. "
01:10:41.00\01:10:42.87
She said: "Why
don't you open it up
01:10:43.07\01:10:44.41
'cause I think you'll want it. "
01:10:44.44\01:10:45.77
So I said: "OK. " I
opened it up, and there was
01:10:45.87\01:10:47.98
$40,000 of gold coins.
01:10:48.18\01:10:50.58
I said: "I'll take it! "
01:10:50.78\01:10:52.11
So we took that.
We get on the plane...
01:10:52.15\01:10:55.45
start to go on the
plane. The pilots have no idea
01:10:55.85\01:10:58.35
what we've got now: $740,000.
01:10:58.55\01:11:01.62
And we're going
back to Grand Junction
01:11:01.82\01:11:03.56
hopefully to get some more.
01:11:03.76\01:11:05.13
And so we get on
the plane and he says...
01:11:05.33\01:11:08.06
he says: "Here, just
put this in the back. "
01:11:08.56\01:11:10.83
And he opens a little lid
and says: "Put it in the back. "
01:11:11.03\01:11:14.47
I said: "No, it's
coming up here with me. "
01:11:14.67\01:11:16.27
He said... It's a big
case... it was this big.
01:11:16.47\01:11:18.87
He said: "Well,
there's not enough room. "
01:11:19.07\01:11:20.41
And I said: "Yeah, there is. "
01:11:20.44\01:11:21.78
And I don't like tight
spaces but I said: "This
01:11:21.84\01:11:23.88
is going to be tight.
This money is flying with me
01:11:24.08\01:11:26.88
right here. " So he said:
"Well I can put it right here
01:11:27.08\01:11:30.89
in the back. " And I
said: "No... I'm not going to. "
01:11:31.09\01:11:32.95
So I got on the
plane and I told my buddies
01:11:33.15\01:11:35.36
I said: "The reason I
didn't do that: a friend of mine
01:11:35.56\01:11:37.63
sang at a
funeral not too long ago
01:11:37.79\01:11:39.89
and he told me that
grandpa had died, Henry.
01:11:40.10\01:11:43.10
He was in the casket,
and grandma was a big woman.
01:11:43.30\01:11:46.40
While he was
singing Amazing Grace
01:11:46.60\01:11:48.30
she went over to the
casket and leaned over
01:11:48.50\01:11:50.61
and it had a bad
hinge and it fell on her.
01:11:50.81\01:11:52.97
The casket lid fell.
01:11:53.17\01:11:54.78
And then she did it
again. By the end of the night
01:11:54.98\01:11:56.61
I said: "I was thinking about
that hinge on that back carrier
01:11:56.81\01:12:00.75
that what if it
broke and we lost $740,000
01:12:00.95\01:12:05.29
somewhere between
California and West Frankfort? "
01:12:05.49\01:12:08.36
So I said: "We're either all
going to make it or we're all
01:12:08.56\01:12:10.36
gonna die. We're
going to do this together.
01:12:10.56\01:12:13.50
We are not
separating ourselves. "
01:12:13.70\01:12:15.46
So we go back into Colorado.
01:12:15.76\01:12:18.83
So now we're in Grand
Junction. They're refueling,
01:12:19.23\01:12:22.30
so the lady comes to pick me up.
01:12:22.50\01:12:24.24
I tell the guys:
"You have to eat breakfast
01:12:24.44\01:12:26.41
one at a time. " Now
here's the interesting thing:
01:12:26.61\01:12:28.88
when I finally got the money...
01:12:29.28\01:12:31.08
We got this lady, and she
wanted us to count it all.
01:12:31.28\01:12:33.35
We did $50,000. I
said: "You know, "
01:12:33.55\01:12:35.78
and I gave her name, I said:
01:12:35.98\01:12:37.65
"Listen, this would
take hours and hours. "
01:12:37.85\01:12:40.09
And she said: "Well I
don't want to cheat you. "
01:12:40.29\01:12:41.76
I said: "Well if you're short
I'll call you and let you know.
01:12:41.96\01:12:43.93
There's no use
counting all of this. "
01:12:44.33\01:12:47.46
I mean, that's just
a lot of money to do.
01:12:47.66\01:12:50.00
So now... So we go ahead
01:12:50.20\01:12:52.40
and we're in Grand
Junction so I tell them: "Look,
01:12:52.60\01:12:55.17
just one at a time go eat. Stay
in the room with the money. "
01:12:55.37\01:12:58.24
So I go meet the husband.
01:12:58.44\01:13:00.34
Very good man...
his health was bad.
01:13:00.54\01:13:02.31
Prayed with him, and he
did give his heart to the Lord
01:13:02.51\01:13:04.51
and also gave about $40,000.
01:13:04.71\01:13:07.08
But when we left her
house, loaded all that money,
01:13:07.28\01:13:10.05
she said to me: "Whew!
I have never been so glad
01:13:10.25\01:13:14.46
to get rid of
anything in my life! "
01:13:14.66\01:13:16.26
And I'm like: "How can anybody
say something like that? "
01:13:17.33\01:13:20.83
We're taking close to a
million dollars home in cash
01:13:21.03\01:13:24.40
and she's like: "I'm so
glad... never been so glad
01:13:24.60\01:13:27.10
to get rid of it.
" So now we fly home.
01:13:27.30\01:13:29.40
So I bring Bruce and
David Everett. I let them out
01:13:29.60\01:13:32.81
and we bank over in Galatia
about 10 miles from here.
01:13:33.01\01:13:35.38
So I'm in the car and
I've got all this money
01:13:35.78\01:13:38.78
and as I head down
the little highway here
01:13:38.98\01:13:40.68
I say: "What if I had a wreck
01:13:40.88\01:13:42.98
and all the money flew
out and I was unconscious
01:13:43.18\01:13:45.72
and people stole the money? "
01:13:45.92\01:13:47.69
So I got so paranoid the car was
doing like this down the road
01:13:48.09\01:13:52.19
and I was afraid I was
going to cause my own demise.
01:13:52.39\01:13:54.86
And so I get to the bank
01:13:55.06\01:13:56.87
and that little bank I'm
sure had never been robbed.
01:13:57.07\01:13:58.93
So I lock the doors over
here and I walk over to the bank
01:13:59.13\01:14:02.40
and I'm looking in the
window. For what? To make sure
01:14:02.60\01:14:05.54
everything's OK. And I
called Neal, the bank president,
01:14:05.74\01:14:09.91
Neal Patterson, and I said:
"Neal, you're going to need
01:14:10.11\01:14:12.01
to leave the bank
open for a while. "
01:14:12.21\01:14:13.55
I said: "We've
gotta leave it open
01:14:13.72\01:14:15.22
because I brought a lot
of money. " I said: "I've got
01:14:15.42\01:14:18.55
a lot and it's cash. I'll
need people there counting it. "
01:14:18.75\01:14:21.79
He said:
"You've got that much? "
01:14:21.99\01:14:23.56
I said: "Yes! " He
said: "How much is it? "
01:14:23.76\01:14:25.36
And I heard myself say "7CMs. "
01:14:25.76\01:14:29.46
And he said: "7CM? "
01:14:29.66\01:14:32.67
I said: "Didn't you take
Roman numerals in school? "
01:14:32.87\01:14:35.24
He said: "Yes, but
what's that got to do with it? "
01:14:36.44\01:14:39.57
I said: "I don't want to tell
you; I'm afraid somebody will
01:14:39.77\01:14:42.04
hear what I'm doing.
" So we get to the bank.
01:14:42.24\01:14:45.51
We finally go in and we
count all of that money.
01:14:45.71\01:14:47.75
It takes about five
hours to get it all.
01:14:47.95\01:14:50.15
He hands me a deposit
slip and I, with my hand up,
01:14:50.35\01:14:53.12
I heard myself go:
"Whew! I have never been so glad
01:14:53.32\01:14:57.03
to get rid of
something in my life. "
01:14:57.23\01:14:59.79
That's exactly the
way I felt about it.
01:15:01.00\01:15:04.03
Because of that...
01:15:04.23\01:15:05.57
All of that story, I
meant to make it shorter,
01:15:05.60\01:15:07.77
but God is
faithful. He's always there!
01:15:07.97\01:15:11.74
Somebody put it
on the screen for me.
01:15:11.94\01:15:13.71
He never fails! So we
ended up in the black again.
01:15:17.15\01:15:19.81
I can remember
time and time again
01:15:20.22\01:15:21.92
places we would
go. We needed money...
01:15:22.32\01:15:25.32
I went to another... It
was close to Redding, CA.
01:15:25.52\01:15:28.32
It was in a church and
we were praying: "Oh Lord,
01:15:28.52\01:15:31.99
we need some money.
We need about $100,000. "
01:15:32.19\01:15:34.43
We went to a church, and after
the church service was over
01:15:34.83\01:15:38.67
a lady said: "Can I
talk to you privately? "
01:15:38.87\01:15:40.54
I said: "Yes. " She
said: "I'm from Oregon.
01:15:40.74\01:15:42.97
I was going to
southern California. I'm driving
01:15:43.17\01:15:45.81
and I had to stop somewhere
to go to church so I just
01:15:46.01\01:15:49.48
happened to be here today.
And after hearing you speak
01:15:49.68\01:15:53.11
the Lord impressed me
to write you a check. "
01:15:53.31\01:15:55.38
She handed me a
check for $100,000. "
01:15:55.58\01:15:57.59
Now is that coincidence
or divine providence?
01:15:57.79\01:16:00.19
Over and over and over again.
01:16:00.39\01:16:02.46
We go to Russia; we see
the need. Baptized in 1992
01:16:02.66\01:16:06.33
2,532 people. The
church only holds 250 people.
01:16:06.53\01:16:12.37
So the conference says:
"We've gotta meet with you.
01:16:12.57\01:16:14.54
We need help; we
have a huge problem.
01:16:14.74\01:16:16.57
How're we gonna
house 2,500 people more
01:16:16.77\01:16:19.71
when our church is
already full? What can we do? "
01:16:19.91\01:16:22.34
I said: "Well we'll meet
with you, see if we can build
01:16:22.54\01:16:24.61
something. " The gas
over there at the time
01:16:24.81\01:16:27.52
was 7 cents a gallon; the dollar
was worth about 7,000 ruble
01:16:27.72\01:16:31.72
so you could buy a
lot for very little.
01:16:31.92\01:16:34.02
So we're going to
meet with the conference.
01:16:34.42\01:16:36.99
So right before I meet
with the conference leaders
01:16:37.19\01:16:39.53
in the Rossiya
Hotel an American man
01:16:39.73\01:16:42.56
named Manny Trebs
came from the West coast
01:16:42.76\01:16:45.93
came up. And I hadn't met
him; he'd been there a while.
01:16:46.13\01:16:48.77
He'd been to the
John Carter meetings
01:16:48.97\01:16:50.57
and he had
volunteered. Flown over.
01:16:50.77\01:16:53.68
Saw we were going there
on television. 74 years old.
01:16:53.88\01:16:57.01
Said: "Well I think I want
to go help them do something. "
01:16:57.21\01:17:00.18
So every night he
was helping seat people
01:17:00.48\01:17:02.88
and taking care of
people. And they were coming in
01:17:03.08\01:17:05.32
by the thousands.
Building holds 6,000.
01:17:05.52\01:17:08.62
They'd let 7,000 in.
01:17:08.82\01:17:10.39
Let them out, 7,000
more were outside waiting.
01:17:10.59\01:17:13.46
They would come in.
Let them out; 7,000 more!
01:17:13.66\01:17:16.03
Elder Carter was
doing three sermons a night
01:17:16.23\01:17:18.93
to 20-some thousand people
01:17:19.13\01:17:21.17
coming in this former
Communist country that had
01:17:21.37\01:17:25.44
never heard about God, never
been allowed to have a Bible.
01:17:25.64\01:17:28.61
So we're getting ready to
meet with the conference leaders
01:17:29.01\01:17:31.55
and so this man
comes up to me and he says:
01:17:31.75\01:17:34.32
"Hi, my name's Manny Trebs.
I've watched you a lot on 3ABN
01:17:34.52\01:17:37.99
and I just volunteered.
I wanted to do something. "
01:17:38.19\01:17:40.69
He had a little tape recorder.
"Can you do a little interview?
01:17:40.89\01:17:44.09
I'd like to take it home
and play it to my church. "
01:17:44.29\01:17:46.29
And I said:
"Well Manny, I'm sorry.
01:17:46.49\01:17:47.93
The conference leaders... "
I saw them. "The church leaders
01:17:48.13\01:17:50.63
are coming in. I've gotta
meet with them right now. "
01:17:50.83\01:17:53.94
And he said: "Oh,
well, OK. " Very humble.
01:17:54.14\01:17:56.37
"Well OK... I
understand you're busy. "
01:17:56.57\01:17:58.47
And I said: "Well
come and sit with me. "
01:17:58.67\01:18:00.48
"What? " I said: "Well
come and sit with me. "
01:18:00.88\01:18:02.64
"Oh, I don't need to... " I
said: "Well, come on. Let's...
01:18:02.84\01:18:05.11
come sit; let's hear
what they have to say. "
01:18:05.31\01:18:07.92
As we're talking I say:
"What would it cost to build
01:18:08.12\01:18:10.65
or buy a facility
big enough to hold
01:18:10.85\01:18:13.42
2,500 people or 3,000 people? "
01:18:13.62\01:18:16.73
"Oh, it'd cost
way too much money!
01:18:17.13\01:18:19.09
More than you could afford. "
01:18:19.29\01:18:21.20
I said: "Well let us
decide. How much would it be? "
01:18:21.40\01:18:24.13
"Oh, it would be a
tremendous amount of money. "
01:18:24.33\01:18:26.90
"How much? " So they
said: "Well probably $100,000. "
01:18:27.10\01:18:31.37
Now, they were
making $15 a month
01:18:31.57\01:18:33.98
so you can imagine that's
a tremendous amount of money
01:18:34.18\01:18:36.75
when the average wage
in Russia is $15 a month.
01:18:36.95\01:18:39.78
So he says: "$100,000. "
01:18:39.98\01:18:44.92
So me, by now, I've
been in the work for a while.
01:18:45.32\01:18:47.86
You kind of think
you've got God figured out.
01:18:48.06\01:18:50.03
So I said: "Well
don't worry about it.
01:18:50.23\01:18:51.86
I will guarantee
you: I'll go home;
01:18:52.06\01:18:54.20
I'll tell our
viewers and our 3ABN people
01:18:54.40\01:18:57.20
will come up
with that $100,000. "
01:18:57.40\01:18:59.50
The man sitting right next to me
01:18:59.90\01:19:01.90
I look over at
Manny and he smiles.
01:19:02.10\01:19:05.04
And I just look at
him; he just smiles.
01:19:07.01\01:19:08.94
I said: "Manny? " and he goes...
01:19:09.14\01:19:12.08
And I said: "You
want to say something? "
01:19:12.48\01:19:15.05
He said: And I
said... he said: "Yeah. "
01:19:15.25\01:19:20.09
I said: "You got the $100,000? "
01:19:20.29\01:19:22.22
He said: "I'll
give the $100,000. "
01:19:22.42\01:19:24.29
Now, think about that: I'm
in Russia; never met this guy
01:19:24.49\01:19:28.73
in America. We're
Americans; we're there.
01:19:28.93\01:19:30.90
The first time
we meet in two weeks
01:19:31.10\01:19:33.94
we're meeting right
before the meeting, he comes
01:19:34.14\01:19:36.20
to the meeting, sits down,
and exactly - God was there -
01:19:36.40\01:19:40.54
when I need Him, on
time, right? When we need Him,
01:19:41.88\01:19:44.71
and He never fails!
01:19:44.91\01:19:48.28
God is always there,
on time, when we need Him,
01:19:49.32\01:19:51.82
and He never fails!
01:19:52.02\01:19:53.69
That took care of that,
01:19:53.89\01:19:55.22
and then God began to
put the rest of the money in.
01:19:55.26\01:19:57.63
We've seen it
over and over and over.
01:19:57.79\01:19:59.66
Now we talk about
financial miracles.
01:19:59.86\01:20:01.43
I'm going to switch
with you for a few minutes
01:20:01.63\01:20:03.26
about all the
"stuck" dishes; about people.
01:20:03.47\01:20:07.04
As I said while ago,
God knows when people are
01:20:07.24\01:20:09.87
ready long before
they do to hear the truth.
01:20:10.07\01:20:12.14
Amen! So in His
divine providence
01:20:12.34\01:20:14.68
and because He loves us so much
01:20:14.88\01:20:16.44
He makes a way
01:20:16.64\01:20:17.98
for people to hear
truth when they don't want to.
01:20:18.08\01:20:20.62
The one man... C.A.
tells the story... the one man
01:20:20.98\01:20:24.12
that he called me. He
was watching the Super Bowl.
01:20:24.32\01:20:26.76
I'll make these quick.
Watching the Super Bowl.
01:20:26.96\01:20:29.09
He loved sports;
that's what he lived for.
01:20:29.29\01:20:31.23
Had a big satellite dish
to watch. Half-way through
01:20:31.43\01:20:34.60
the Super Bowl
the dish breaks down.
01:20:34.80\01:20:38.27
It sticks, and he can't
get anything to come back on.
01:20:38.47\01:20:42.90
He shuts it off;
turns it back on...
01:20:43.10\01:20:45.07
it comes on to 3ABN.
01:20:45.27\01:20:47.11
He is really angry now
because this is Super Bowl.
01:20:48.28\01:20:51.78
He's waited the whole
year. So finally he goes and
01:20:51.98\01:20:54.88
listens to it on the radio.
01:20:55.08\01:20:56.82
Tells his wife: "Get... "
They live out in the country.
01:20:57.22\01:20:59.29
"Get somebody out
here and fix this! "
01:20:59.49\01:21:01.42
So six weeks later
he writes me a letter
01:21:01.62\01:21:03.83
then I end up
talking to him. And he says:
01:21:04.03\01:21:06.06
"So I come home every
night and I'm a couch potato.
01:21:06.26\01:21:09.13
I have a six-pack of
beer; I have my cigarettes
01:21:09.33\01:21:11.33
and I just go from one...
That's why I got satellite.
01:21:11.53\01:21:14.10
one sports channel to the other.
01:21:14.30\01:21:15.97
Now I come home...
My wife... " I said:
01:21:16.17\01:21:18.31
'Is the guy coming? '
She said: 'It's going to be
01:21:18.51\01:21:20.08
at least two weeks.
' " We had bad weather
01:21:20.28\01:21:22.01
and they'd had
a lightning strike
01:21:22.21\01:21:23.55
and so "he's gonna
have to order a part.
01:21:23.81\01:21:26.35
It's gonna be a
couple more weeks. "
01:21:26.55\01:21:28.12
So several weeks went by
01:21:28.52\01:21:31.62
and he said: "I'd sit back
01:21:32.02\01:21:33.89
and just turn it on
'cause I'm a creature of habit.
01:21:34.09\01:21:37.06
And I made fun of
everybody on there. "
01:21:37.46\01:21:39.49
"I'd look at their hair... "
So I started acting sheepish...
01:21:40.56\01:21:43.63
"I'd look at their hair
and I'd look at this about them
01:21:43.83\01:21:46.63
and I'd look at this
and I'd make fun of them. "
01:21:46.84\01:21:48.54
But by the end of six weeks
01:21:48.74\01:21:50.81
he had written us and said:
"Praise God that my satellite
01:21:51.01\01:21:53.84
dish stuck on 3ABN
01:21:54.04\01:21:55.84
'cause I'm going to an Adventist
church for the first time. "
01:21:56.04\01:21:58.48
I've seen it over and
over. The guy in Kentucky
01:21:58.88\01:22:00.92
who had... he has a
cul-de-sac. He lives out
01:22:01.12\01:22:04.29
in the country and
he has people driving in
01:22:04.45\01:22:08.89
his driveway and he has flowers,
everything all around it.
01:22:09.09\01:22:12.39
He's so happy about that
but he gets upset when people
01:22:12.59\01:22:16.46
drive in so he puts
in his driveway a sign:
01:22:16.67\01:22:19.70
Do not enter; no trespassing.
01:22:19.90\01:22:22.14
You know... four different
signs he had: Do Not Enter.
01:22:22.54\01:22:25.44
So he said... Watching 3ABN
01:22:25.64\01:22:27.74
he finally decided to
give his heart to Jesus
01:22:27.94\01:22:30.35
but he looked in the phone
book for an Adventist church.
01:22:30.55\01:22:32.91
Couldn't find one.
01:22:33.11\01:22:34.45
So he said: "The first
time ever I kneeled down to pray
01:22:34.58\01:22:37.55
and I said: 'Lord, I
don't know how to contact
01:22:37.95\01:22:41.46
an Adventist church or
Adventists. If You want me to be
01:22:41.66\01:22:45.93
a Seventh-day Adventist You'll
have to send somebody to me. ' "
01:22:46.13\01:22:48.66
He said: "I'm praying
and then I hear the roar
01:22:48.86\01:22:51.00
of like a big truck. It
makes me immediately angry
01:22:51.20\01:22:54.17
and I quit my
prayer because I say
01:22:54.37\01:22:56.40
'There is not room for
any big truck, and why would
01:22:56.60\01:22:59.14
a truck drive in here
when I've got all the Keep Out
01:22:59.34\01:23:02.88
posted signs? ' "
So basically he said:
01:23:03.08\01:23:06.61
"I didn't know, I hadn't
talked to the Lord that much.
01:23:06.82\01:23:08.58
I said: 'Excuse
me; I'll be back. ' "
01:23:08.78\01:23:10.79
So he says: "I go to the window;
01:23:11.19\01:23:13.29
I pull the curtains open.
01:23:13.49\01:23:15.12
When I pull it open there
is, sure enough, a big truck
01:23:15.32\01:23:18.06
but on the side it says
SDA Community Services. "
01:23:18.26\01:23:21.26
Now he said: "Lord, You'll
have to send somebody to me. "
01:23:23.26\01:23:25.73
Put it on the screen.
01:23:25.93\01:23:27.87
Put it on the screen
and I want you to say it.
01:23:28.07\01:23:29.70
Let me hear you.
01:23:29.90\01:23:31.24
It happens over and over.
01:23:36.85\01:23:38.55
A lady called in
from Washington state.
01:23:38.75\01:23:40.62
She was so excited. She
said: "I have been praying,
01:23:40.82\01:23:43.62
praying for how
to study Revelation
01:23:43.82\01:23:46.89
and today I turned on 3ABN, a
channel I'd never seen before.
01:23:47.09\01:23:52.39
And they advertised I can
get free Revelation seminars. "
01:23:52.59\01:23:57.73
So my cousin
answered the phone and he said
01:23:57.93\01:24:00.94
to her: "Oh,
where do you live? "
01:24:01.10\01:24:02.57
And she told him where she lived
01:24:02.97\01:24:04.91
and he said: "Oh, how did?
Do you have a satellite dish? "
01:24:05.11\01:24:07.68
She said: No! I
just turned on my TV
01:24:07.88\01:24:10.08
and it was there. I've
never seen the channel before
01:24:10.28\01:24:12.98
today but it's
there. " And so he looked
01:24:13.18\01:24:15.38
at our downlinks and he said:
"Ma'am, you couldn't be getting
01:24:15.58\01:24:18.29
3ABN. You're not within 100
miles of any of our stations.
01:24:18.49\01:24:22.92
It couldn't just
come... " She said: "Sir,
01:24:23.12\01:24:24.46
how do you think I got
the number to call you? "
01:24:24.66\01:24:26.70
She said... which
doesn't make us feel too smart.
01:24:26.90\01:24:30.57
But what happened
is... So I went on the air
01:24:30.97\01:24:33.34
that night and I
said: "Please call in
01:24:33.54\01:24:35.60
if there are any... " She
gave the town where she lived.
01:24:35.80\01:24:37.94
I said: "Any Adventist women
out here that you want to go
01:24:38.14\01:24:41.58
meet somebody and
give them Bible studies. "
01:24:41.78\01:24:43.28
She never got the channel again.
01:24:43.48\01:24:45.41
She got it that
day. Four women called in
01:24:45.61\01:24:47.88
and went to visit her, and
she ended up being baptized
01:24:48.08\01:24:50.19
into the
Seventh-day Adventist church.
01:24:50.59\01:24:52.22
We see it over and over.
People listening on radio.
01:24:52.42\01:24:55.02
Years ago a guy in Denver.
I almost did the same thing.
01:24:55.22\01:24:57.86
We have no radio station.
He said: "Oh I love 3ABN!
01:24:58.06\01:25:00.70
I listen to it every
day on my way to work. "
01:25:00.90\01:25:02.93
I'm like: "Where do
you live? " "Denver. "
01:25:03.33\01:25:05.30
I'm like: "We don't have
any radio stations out there. "
01:25:05.50\01:25:07.64
He said: "Apparently you do. "
01:25:07.84\01:25:09.17
So, you know, you
feel about this big.
01:25:09.40\01:25:12.07
So over and over and over.
01:25:12.27\01:25:14.41
Then I can tell you
about lives being changed.
01:25:14.61\01:25:17.25
We were out in Medford, Oregon.
01:25:17.45\01:25:21.35
I believe it was Medford.
Out, Bruce, your church.
01:25:21.55\01:25:23.79
We were there, and
E.T. Everett was with us,
01:25:23.99\01:25:26.72
and we did a service that
evening. There were two people
01:25:26.92\01:25:29.56
came in. They
sat on the front row.
01:25:29.76\01:25:31.23
And so both of them...
I noticed the man and wife
01:25:31.63\01:25:35.03
cried nearly the whole service.
01:25:35.23\01:25:37.10
As we talked about
the Lord they were crying.
01:25:37.30\01:25:39.40
So afterwards I had to
shake hands with people
01:25:39.60\01:25:41.60
so I said to E.T. Everett, I
said: "E.T., why don't you go
01:25:41.80\01:25:44.71
talk to those people,
see what's the deal? "
01:25:44.91\01:25:46.68
She spend about an hour
with them and afterwards
01:25:46.88\01:25:48.98
she said they
went into a side room
01:25:49.18\01:25:51.71
and the lady said: "I was
raised in a family of witches
01:25:51.91\01:25:55.08
and I'm a witch. " She said:
01:25:55.28\01:25:57.39
"My health got really
bad; I'm way overweight.
01:25:57.59\01:25:59.69
I've got
diabetes; my heart is bad
01:25:59.89\01:26:01.92
and they told me I
probably wouldn't live that much
01:26:02.12\01:26:04.73
longer. " So she said: "I
was going to the doctor... "
01:26:04.93\01:26:07.86
and she said: "I was
sitting in the doctor's office
01:26:08.06\01:26:10.57
and some people were
there. And one of them said:
01:26:10.77\01:26:13.17
"Well I've been watching 3ABN;
01:26:13.37\01:26:14.80
they've got good
health programs. "
01:26:15.00\01:26:16.34
She said: "What's 3ABN? "
01:26:16.37\01:26:17.71
"Oh it's a TV
station. " So she said: "Oh. "
01:26:17.74\01:26:20.31
So she said: "I
didn't watch it. "
01:26:20.51\01:26:21.94
Next week or two I
go back to the doctor
01:26:22.34\01:26:24.51
sitting in
there. Different people.
01:26:24.71\01:26:26.68
And someone said:
"Boy, if you watch 3ABN
01:26:26.88\01:26:29.38
they've got some good... "
So she said: "I'm going to go
01:26:29.58\01:26:31.35
home and watch it. "
Now she said: "I had already
01:26:31.55\01:26:33.82
made up my mind that I
was going to kill my husband
01:26:34.02\01:26:37.16
and my daughter before
I died. I didn't want them
01:26:37.36\01:26:40.26
to become Christians so I
wanted to make sure they...
01:26:40.46\01:26:44.27
they are with me. " She
said: "We went to church;
01:26:44.47\01:26:47.24
we had our own little church.
01:26:47.44\01:26:48.77
We sang out of hymnals
but we sang to the devil. "
01:26:48.80\01:26:50.97
So she said: "Here
I'm ready to do this
01:26:51.37\01:26:53.84
and I turn on 3ABN.
Someone was reading the Bible.
01:26:54.24\01:26:58.21
You know how we
have different people -
01:26:58.41\01:26:59.91
Kelly Mowrer, others -
01:27:00.12\01:27:01.45
will just read. She said:
"They were reading the Bible"
01:27:01.48\01:27:03.52
and she said: "Within
seconds, it seemed like less
01:27:03.72\01:27:07.06
than a minute, I
found myself prostrate
01:27:07.26\01:27:09.42
before the Lord on
my face and asked Jesus
01:27:09.62\01:27:12.09
into my heart. "
And she and her husband
01:27:12.29\01:27:16.56
she said were
converted. The first time
01:27:16.97\01:27:18.90
they'd ever been in a SDA
church was when we were there
01:27:19.10\01:27:21.80
that night. We've
seen that over and over.
01:27:22.00\01:27:24.17
I went to Green Bay, Wisconsin.
01:27:24.37\01:27:26.07
People came up to me
afterwards and they said:
01:27:26.27\01:27:28.34
"We wanted to talk to
you. It's the first time
01:27:28.54\01:27:30.48
we've been to an
Adventist church. "
01:27:30.68\01:27:32.21
He said: "I run a porn magazine
01:27:32.41\01:27:35.02
and my wife is a madam and
has a lot of prostitutes. "
01:27:35.22\01:27:39.55
And he said:
"We went on vacation
01:27:39.75\01:27:41.76
and we were gone
for several weeks.
01:27:41.96\01:27:43.69
I came home, and my
cable bill hadn't been paid
01:27:44.09\01:27:46.46
so they shut my cable off. "
01:27:46.66\01:27:48.30
So in Green Bay, " he said,
"I'm a creature of habit. "
01:27:48.50\01:27:51.07
Like the other folk.
"About midnight I turn on the TV
01:27:51.27\01:27:54.30
and I can't get my
cable... it's gone. "
01:27:54.70\01:27:57.41
So he said: "The only
thing I have is rabbit ears.
01:27:57.61\01:27:59.77
The only channel I could
get... " I think it's channel 57
01:27:59.97\01:28:03.48
"was 3ABN. "
01:28:03.68\01:28:05.61
So he said: "I
started watching it.
01:28:06.01\01:28:07.78
I was hating every minute of it
01:28:07.98\01:28:09.48
then Elder John
Carter came on. "
01:28:09.88\01:28:11.85
And he said:
01:28:12.25\01:28:15.39
"Jesus loves
you... He died for you,
01:28:17.79\01:28:21.23
He made a plan of
salvation for you.
01:28:21.43\01:28:24.10
He's coming back
for you very soon.
01:28:24.30\01:28:27.10
It's no coincidence
you're watching this channel
01:28:27.30\01:28:30.81
right now. God is
speaking to you. "
01:28:30.97\01:28:33.64
He said: "I immediately
fell on my face before God.
01:28:34.04\01:28:37.18
I asked God to
come into my heart.
01:28:37.58\01:28:39.71
I confessed my
sins. I was so excited!
01:28:39.91\01:28:42.68
I felt a peace I'd
never felt in years.
01:28:42.88\01:28:45.09
I was so excited
that I woke my wife up. "
01:28:45.29\01:28:49.76
Now she's a
Satanist and a madam.
01:28:50.83\01:28:54.40
"So I wake my wife up
and she said: 'Why are you
01:28:54.60\01:28:56.67
waking me up at 2 in
the morning? ' He said:
01:28:56.87\01:28:58.83
"I'm so excited
I've gotta talk to you. "
01:28:59.03\01:29:00.94
"What's going on? " He said:
01:29:01.14\01:29:02.47
"I just gave my
heart to the Lord. "
01:29:02.60\01:29:04.87
She said: "What? "
01:29:05.27\01:29:06.74
He said: "I just
gave my heart to the Lord
01:29:06.94\01:29:08.58
and I want you to. "
01:29:08.78\01:29:10.11
He told me... she
was sitting there...
01:29:10.25\01:29:12.88
he said: "She became so angry
it's like the devil was just
01:29:13.08\01:29:17.82
in her and so angry" that
he said: "I was a brand new
01:29:18.02\01:29:21.56
Christian but I started
casting the demon out of her. "
01:29:21.76\01:29:24.03
He said: "I've got
to get rid of this devil
01:29:24.23\01:29:27.16
in her 'cause I'm afraid
it'll do me a lot of harm. "
01:29:27.36\01:29:29.73
She was upset but
after a number of weeks
01:29:30.23\01:29:32.47
we interviewed them. Some of
you may have seen the interview
01:29:32.67\01:29:35.20
several years ago. Both
of them gave their heart
01:29:35.40\01:29:37.67
to the Lord. Now,
is that coincidence
01:29:37.87\01:29:39.77
or divine
providence? See, God knows
01:29:39.97\01:29:42.84
those who are looking for
truth long before they do.
01:29:43.04\01:29:45.51
Amen! So that's no accident.
01:29:45.71\01:29:47.68
Put it up on the screen
one more time. Read it for me:
01:29:47.88\01:29:50.12
I mean, is this
incredible or what?
01:29:57.66\01:29:59.76
Amen! Is this incredible?
01:29:59.96\01:30:01.40
That's why I can
never be discouraged
01:30:01.80\01:30:03.80
at 3ABN... I can
never be discouraged.
01:30:04.00\01:30:05.87
I could literally sit
here for hours - stand here
01:30:06.07\01:30:09.17
for hours - tell you stories
that many of you probably
01:30:09.37\01:30:12.07
have never
heard, miracle stories,
01:30:12.27\01:30:14.44
that God's in the
business of saving souls.
01:30:14.64\01:30:16.98
Amen! And that He
allows us the privilege
01:30:17.18\01:30:20.25
of working in His
vineyard with Him.
01:30:20.65\01:30:23.18
All we have to do is
be faithful to the mission
01:30:23.69\01:30:26.59
that He's given us. And the
trouble is is that we're not.
01:30:26.79\01:30:30.29
But I want to read, and
we're going to close here
01:30:30.49\01:30:32.19
in just a few
minutes. Revelation 14:12,
01:30:32.39\01:30:34.66
you know it by
heart many of you.
01:30:34.86\01:30:36.50
"Here is the patience of
the saints... " Say it with me:
01:30:36.80\01:30:40.00
"Here are they that
keep the commandments of God
01:30:40.20\01:30:42.50
and the faith of Jesus. "
01:30:42.70\01:30:45.57
I want to tell you something:
the devil is working hard
01:30:47.54\01:30:51.18
to distract
Seventh-day Adventist Christians
01:30:51.38\01:30:54.68
from the mission to take
the three angels' messages
01:30:54.88\01:30:58.35
to the world. Amen.
He's never worked harder.
01:30:58.55\01:31:01.16
And I can tell you
that with calm assurance
01:31:01.36\01:31:03.99
because we've never been
closer to the second coming.
01:31:04.19\01:31:06.80
Amen!
01:31:07.00\01:31:08.33
Right? We've never been
closer to the second coming.
01:31:08.43\01:31:11.27
So the devil is doing more now,
fighting harder than ever before
01:31:11.47\01:31:16.40
to distract us, to get our minds
on anything except the mission
01:31:16.60\01:31:21.64
that God has given us as
a people and as a church.
01:31:21.84\01:31:24.61
That's why
there's so many problems.
01:31:24.81\01:31:27.98
And I don't... I
didn't want to do this.
01:31:28.18\01:31:31.02
I asked God while
ago. I was in the back room
01:31:31.22\01:31:33.49
getting ready and I
said: "Deliver me from this.
01:31:33.69\01:31:36.09
I don't want to say this. "
And I wasn't going to say it
01:31:36.29\01:31:38.99
but I'm going to
go ahead and say it.
01:31:39.19\01:31:40.60
All right? We're about
over so if you walk out
01:31:40.80\01:31:43.06
you've heard most of it anyway.
01:31:43.26\01:31:44.63
But the devil is doing
01:31:45.13\01:31:47.80
things that he should
never be getting away...
01:31:48.87\01:31:51.34
If we were focused on
Jesus, on our mission,
01:31:51.54\01:31:54.48
he could never divide us.
01:31:54.68\01:31:56.18
We're seeing a divided church.
01:31:56.58\01:31:57.91
We see a divided
country. And I have seen -
01:31:58.11\01:32:00.78
and this is what I
didn't want to talk about -
01:32:00.98\01:32:02.32
'cause I'll tell you
right now I'm independent.
01:32:02.52\01:32:04.72
I'm not a
Democrat or Republican.
01:32:04.92\01:32:06.59
But I have seen politics divide
our church and church members.
01:32:06.79\01:32:11.39
Politics do it, literally.
01:32:11.79\01:32:14.76
And you go on Facebook
and like all of these SDA's
01:32:14.96\01:32:18.00
are saying all this
stuff that the public can hear
01:32:18.20\01:32:20.84
around the world.
01:32:21.04\01:32:22.80
And I see it on
both sides of the aisle
01:32:23.00\01:32:25.34
so I can sit here and say it.
01:32:25.54\01:32:27.04
But to me I don't
know how any of us
01:32:27.24\01:32:29.78
can align ourselves
with earthy politics.
01:32:29.98\01:32:34.05
You can't do it.
01:32:34.25\01:32:35.58
Now, I'm not
saying you shouldn't vote
01:32:35.68\01:32:37.19
from time to time.
01:32:37.42\01:32:38.75
But I'm saying you
can't be a card-carrying
01:32:38.79\01:32:40.52
or one of these
supporters that no matter what
01:32:40.72\01:32:43.06
somebody does it's all OK.
01:32:43.26\01:32:45.09
We have to be separate!
01:32:45.49\01:32:47.16
We have people
right now in our church
01:32:47.56\01:32:49.66
that are card-carrying
Democrats for instance
01:32:49.86\01:32:52.40
when their policy
is same-sex marriage -
01:32:52.80\01:32:55.70
they made it law of
the land - and abortion.
01:32:55.90\01:32:58.01
And yet we're
Seventh-day Adventists
01:32:58.41\01:32:59.97
and we tell everybody:
"Well, you've got to keep
01:33:00.18\01:33:01.84
all of the commandments of God"
01:33:02.04\01:33:03.41
but yet we support these others.
01:33:03.61\01:33:05.31
And you know how we do it?
"Well I hate President Trump
01:33:05.51\01:33:08.92
so bad that... I hate
him so bad that I've joined
01:33:09.12\01:33:14.86
the Democratic party
'cause I hate what he does. "
01:33:15.06\01:33:17.39
That would be like me saying:
"Boy, I'll tell you what:
01:33:17.59\01:33:20.00
I've got a black neighbor next
door and I just can't stand him
01:33:20.20\01:33:23.23
so much I'm going
to join the KKK. "
01:33:23.43\01:33:25.07
Right? 'Cause I
have a black neighbor.
01:33:25.83\01:33:27.40
Makes no sense. Two
wrongs don't make a right.
01:33:27.60\01:33:29.60
Then on the other hand
you've got the Republicans.
01:33:30.01\01:33:32.74
On the Republican
side we have to be aware
01:33:32.94\01:33:37.01
as Seventh-day
Adventist Christians
01:33:37.21\01:33:39.45
that though they're
not out openly condemning
01:33:39.65\01:33:42.52
or breaking...
telling same-sex marriage,
01:33:42.92\01:33:46.22
the seventh commandment,
abortion "Thou shalt not kill, "
01:33:46.42\01:33:50.89
not doing that
they are more likely...
01:33:51.09\01:33:54.03
this party is more likely to
bring in a national Sunday law.
01:33:54.23\01:33:56.97
Because now we're all
convinced and the president,
01:33:57.17\01:34:00.70
they have such
influence over the president,
01:34:00.90\01:34:03.30
and there's a big
thing going on right now
01:34:03.71\01:34:05.64
with some of the major speakers.
I mentioned it the other night
01:34:05.84\01:34:09.31
out in Arizona. A
thirty-three member church
01:34:09.51\01:34:11.48
and a pastor is teaching
you all the commandments are
01:34:11.68\01:34:14.08
done away with.
Then other Sunday pastors
01:34:14.28\01:34:17.15
in big churches and
networks are saying:
01:34:17.35\01:34:19.22
"That's not true. "
Well, look at Matthew.
01:34:19.42\01:34:21.36
It says: "I come not to
destroy the law nor the prophets
01:34:21.56\01:34:24.13
but to fulfill
them. " And I'm like:
01:34:24.33\01:34:25.96
"These are Sunday folk arguing
over the Ten Commandments. "
01:34:26.16\01:34:29.43
Right now, folks,
we have to be focused
01:34:29.83\01:34:32.43
on loving Jesus and
loving people. Amen!
01:34:32.63\01:34:35.67
We cannot align
ourselves with earthly politics.
01:34:35.87\01:34:39.41
To have our favorites
or say "I support this
01:34:39.61\01:34:42.41
more than that. " We
live in an evil world
01:34:42.61\01:34:44.48
and nobody's going to be
perfect. But let's be careful
01:34:44.68\01:34:47.58
and not put so
much time into politics
01:34:47.78\01:34:50.15
and put more time into
Jesus and spreading the gospel
01:34:50.35\01:34:53.19
to the world. Because
whichever side you're on
01:34:53.39\01:34:55.96
is not going to be right.
01:34:56.16\01:34:57.76
It's not going to hold up;
it's not going to stand the test
01:34:57.96\01:35:00.76
of what it means to
be a true Christian.
01:35:00.96\01:35:02.76
So enough said about
that. I didn't want to say that
01:35:02.96\01:35:04.93
but I did... it's there.
01:35:05.33\01:35:07.27
So it's there. Somebody
said: "I'm glad you did"
01:35:07.47\01:35:10.01
and 400 others
didn't say anything.
01:35:10.21\01:35:12.64
So it's all right...
I'm with you; I'm with you.
01:35:12.84\01:35:14.98
That's all right. That
one's OK. That's all I needed.
01:35:15.18\01:35:17.31
That's all I needed.
01:35:17.71\01:35:19.05
But I want to
tell you in closing
01:35:19.28\01:35:21.82
that God is faithful - Amen -
01:35:24.09\01:35:27.02
If you can understand that
01:35:37.57\01:35:39.57
and get that in your
mind and you believe it,
01:35:39.77\01:35:44.21
I promise you you'll
be a giant for the Lord -
01:35:44.41\01:35:47.54
Amen - in these closing
moments of earth's history.
01:35:47.74\01:35:50.25
You will not be
sidetracked from the mission
01:35:50.45\01:35:53.35
and the message
that God has given us.
01:35:53.55\01:35:56.22
The last thing you want to be
01:35:56.62\01:35:58.85
and not do it right in the clos-
ing moments of earth's history
01:35:59.75\01:36:03.36
is to be a SDA
Christian that doesn't make it
01:36:03.76\01:36:07.20
to the kingdom of heaven.
01:36:07.40\01:36:08.86
As I mentioned
earlier: "To much is given
01:36:09.06\01:36:11.13
much is required. "
Folks, we can't just sit by
01:36:11.33\01:36:14.24
and do nothing. That's
why these projects like
01:36:14.44\01:36:16.74
sending the Ten
Commandments to Alabama...
01:36:16.94\01:36:19.47
We're living in
an incredible time.
01:36:19.67\01:36:21.64
Think about that:
an incredible time
01:36:21.84\01:36:23.58
where they're voting on putting
the Ten Commandments back
01:36:23.78\01:36:26.18
in Alabama into the state
house, into the government.
01:36:26.38\01:36:29.05
Five million people...
all eyes on the law of God.
01:36:29.25\01:36:31.82
We can't sit
back and do nothing.
01:36:32.02\01:36:33.46
That's why we're sending
over half a million books
01:36:33.66\01:36:36.62
already getting
ready to be mailed there.
01:36:36.83\01:36:39.33
Another half
million are being printed
01:36:39.53\01:36:41.46
because we want
everybody in Alabama to decide
01:36:41.66\01:36:44.03
for themselves - Amen -
what day they should keep
01:36:44.23\01:36:46.60
and if they should
keep the law of God.
01:36:46.80\01:36:48.37
And we're asking you to support
us and to join us in that.
01:36:48.57\01:36:51.31
What I'm going to do: I'm
going to ask Yvonne to come out
01:36:51.71\01:36:54.48
and Tim's here at the piano.
01:36:54.88\01:36:56.41
And I want her to sing for us
01:36:56.81\01:36:58.98
and then we want to
have a closing prayer.
01:36:59.18\01:37:00.62
I want you to
think about your life
01:37:00.82\01:37:02.45
and your
relationship with Jesus Christ
01:37:02.65\01:37:05.75
and your commitment to Him.
01:37:05.95\01:37:07.79
Are you willing to give up
01:37:08.19\01:37:12.13
things of this earth?
01:37:12.53\01:37:14.73
Will they grow strangely dim
01:37:15.13\01:37:17.47
in the light of
Christ's glory and grace?
01:37:17.67\01:37:19.57
Are you willing to
allow that to happen?
01:37:19.77\01:37:21.27
Are the things of
earth that you once loved
01:37:21.67\01:37:23.37
are you now beginning to hate?
01:37:23.57\01:37:24.91
God has a plan, and He's
called each and every one of us
01:37:26.34\01:37:30.41
to do a great and
mighty, marvelous work.
01:37:30.81\01:37:33.11
And that's simply to
rightly represent Him
01:37:33.31\01:37:35.58
and His character
before a lost and dying world.
01:37:35.78\01:37:38.69
And we can always
know that God is faithful,
01:37:38.89\01:37:41.36
He's always there, He's on time,
01:37:41.76\01:37:43.56
and He will never fail.
01:37:43.96\01:37:45.89
How can I say thanks
01:37:55.37\01:38:01.14
for the things
01:38:02.98\01:38:05.91
You've done for me?
01:38:06.11\01:38:10.02
Things so undeserved
01:38:10.42\01:38:15.02
yet You gave
01:38:16.19\01:38:18.63
to prove Your love for me.
01:38:18.83\01:38:23.26
The voices
01:38:23.67\01:38:25.90
of a million angels
01:38:26.10\01:38:29.94
could not express
01:38:30.14\01:38:33.68
my gratitude.
01:38:33.88\01:38:37.58
All that I am
01:38:37.98\01:38:41.15
or ever hope to be...
01:38:41.55\01:38:47.32
I owe it all to Thee.
01:38:47.89\01:38:53.90
To God
01:38:55.00\01:38:57.53
be the glory!
01:38:57.73\01:39:02.00
To God
01:39:02.40\01:39:04.77
be the glory!
01:39:04.97\01:39:08.68
To God
01:39:09.08\01:39:11.45
be the glory
01:39:11.65\01:39:15.22
for the things He has done!
01:39:15.82\01:39:21.76
With His blood
01:39:22.56\01:39:25.49
He has saved me;
01:39:25.69\01:39:29.56
With His power
01:39:29.96\01:39:32.27
He has raised me;
01:39:32.47\01:39:36.17
To God
01:39:36.57\01:39:39.27
be the glory
01:39:39.47\01:39:42.94
for the things He has done!
01:39:43.14\01:39:49.05
With His blood
01:39:49.25\01:39:52.32
Jesus saved me;
01:39:52.52\01:39:56.16
With His power
01:39:56.36\01:39:58.49
He has raised me;
01:39:58.69\01:40:02.93
To God
01:40:03.33\01:40:06.03
be the glory
01:40:06.23\01:40:10.61
for the things
01:40:10.81\01:40:12.97
for the things He has done!
01:40:13.17\01:40:18.18
Great
01:40:18.38\01:40:20.52
is Thy faithfulness!
01:40:20.72\01:40:25.39
Great is
01:40:25.79\01:40:28.42
Thy faithfulness!
01:40:28.62\01:40:32.33
Morning by morning
01:40:32.73\01:40:36.97
new mercies I see!
01:40:37.17\01:40:43.10
All I have needed
01:40:45.07\01:40:49.74
Thy hands have provided...
01:40:50.15\01:40:55.38
Great is Thy faithfulness...
01:40:55.78\01:41:01.62
Great is Thy
01:41:04.56\01:41:07.10
faithfulness
01:41:07.30\01:41:12.03
Lord
01:41:12.73\01:41:15.07
unto
01:41:15.27\01:41:19.04
me!
01:41:19.24\01:41:25.25
Amen! Come over
here... that's too much!
01:41:31.05\01:41:34.79
We only have just a minute left
01:41:34.99\01:41:38.19
and I'm going to ask you,
Yvonne, to say a closing prayer.
01:41:38.39\01:41:41.10
It's my prayer that
each and every one of us...
01:41:41.50\01:41:43.43
You take this time...
we're here at Camp Meeting.
01:41:43.63\01:41:45.63
And if you need
somebody to pray with you,
01:41:46.03\01:41:48.00
you're here in the
valley of decision,
01:41:48.20\01:41:49.97
come and talk to some of
us. You know those who are here
01:41:50.17\01:41:52.17
that are willing
to pray with you.
01:41:52.37\01:41:54.04
We care about you; we love you.
01:41:54.24\01:41:55.61
Stay focused to the mission and
remember that God is faithful.
01:41:55.81\01:41:59.05
Right? He's
always there on time!
01:41:59.45\01:42:03.59
He'll never leave
us... He'll never forsake us
01:42:03.99\01:42:06.76
and He never fails!
01:42:07.16\01:42:09.79
Lord, we just thank You.
01:42:11.83\01:42:13.60
We just praise You
for Your faithfulness.
01:42:13.80\01:42:16.36
Help us never to
forget how faithful You are.
01:42:16.56\01:42:19.37
Keep it in the forefront
of our minds, Lord God.
01:42:19.57\01:42:23.57
Help us to always be grateful
01:42:23.97\01:42:26.14
for what You do
because You're always on time.
01:42:26.34\01:42:29.54
You're always there for us and
You will never, ever fail us.
01:42:29.74\01:42:34.02
So help us to
continue to stay strong in You
01:42:34.42\01:42:37.49
and, Lord, continue
to guide and direct us
01:42:37.89\01:42:40.82
as we prepare for
You second coming.
01:42:41.22\01:42:44.23
Help us to be ready and
help us to all be there.
01:42:44.43\01:42:47.46
Everyone that's in this room,
Lord. Help us to be together -
01:42:47.66\01:42:51.23
Amen - on the sea of
glass to worship You forever.
01:42:51.43\01:42:54.94
In Jesus' name, Amen. Amen!
01:42:55.14\01:42:58.07