Hello and welcome to
3ABN Fall Camp Meeting.
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And what a great
crowd that we have already!
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Some of you have come 500
miles we already found out.
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A thousand miles... even 1,500.
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I didn't even dare ask
if anybody came 2,000 miles.
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How about this: anybody
come from another planet?
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I think that will solve
it, otherwise we could spend
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about 30 minutes trying to
find out where y'all came from.
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But I think we're OK.
Nobody came from another planet.
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Not yet... It's
where we're goin', right?
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To another place. Amen!
That's what's important.
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Yvonne, Fall Camp Meeting...
one of your favorite times
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of the year. It is!
I love Camp Meeting.
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It's such a time
of spiritual renewal.
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You get to meet the rest of
our family... our 3ABN family
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that we don't normally see.
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We get to see them and
so it's great. I love it!
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Bro. John. I tell
you: we look forward to the
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seasons changing
but it's so good to know
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that the Lord
never changes. Amen!
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And this time of year
when everything is falling
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we can still stand on
the Solid Rock Christ Jesus.
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So Fall Camp Meeting is
not fall in the sense of us.
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But the world is changing and we
serve a God that never changes.
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Praise God for that. Amen!
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He's preaching already!
I know! OK... all right.
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All right... Sr. Shelley Quinn.
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Well I'm so glad that we're
starting with an hour of music.
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You know what
worship with music does?
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It kind of helps us
plow up the hardened ground
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so that the soil of our
heart will be ready to receive
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the Word of God. And boy,
when that Word is implanted
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in you and it's
rooted and grounded
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it has power to
save your soul. Amen!
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Greg and Jill. What a
blessing Camp Meeting is!
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I love this time where
we get to shake your hands
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and hug your necks -
as Danny always says -
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and just share with you.
You are part of the 3ABN family!
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And it just feels
like you come home
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when we have our Fall
Home- coming, and we're excited
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that each one of you are here.
And we're happy that you can
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join us at home as well.
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This morning we had
a 3ABN Board Meeting
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which was an
incredible experience
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to see what God is doing
in and through this ministry.
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Elder Ted Wilson
joined us this morning
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and shared with the
board. And he challenged us
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at 3ABN to continue to proclaim
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the Word of God.
Proclaim an undiluted
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three angels' messages. And
the other thing he challenged us
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to do was to live
lives of holiness.
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To, in other words,
practice what you preach.
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It's not enough to
preach the Word of God
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but we need to live
that. We need to follow God.
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So I'm excited
about Fall Camp Meeting
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and the opportunity
that we have to re-dedicate
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and re-consecrate
our hearts and lives
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to the service of
the Lord Jesus. Amen.
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Jesus is coming soon, right?
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Amen! And Elder Wilson...
you hear him mention that
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a lot, right?
Jesus is coming soon.
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Again he encouraged us at
the Board Meeting as well.
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You know, the 3ABN Board
Meeting: it's a blessing.
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Someone even mentioned
it's like a worship service.
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Unfortunately, I don't think
we can invite the entire group.
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Right? To the Board Meeting,
but it's a blessing being at
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3ABN Board Meeting. It's always
an encouragement to be there
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and to see what God is
doing with the ministry of 3ABN.
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And that is
thanks to each one of you
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and you at home. Thank
you for your faithful support
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for the ministry of 3ABN
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because it's changing
lives for what? Eternity.
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Praise the Lord!
Somebody asked how we were doing
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financially and I said
"Our donations are down
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this year but we're
happy. " That's right!
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And they say: "You're
happy? Why are you happy
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your donations are down? " I
say: "Because it's not the end
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of the year yet. " Right?
So it's the end of the year
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that I love telling
the stories in January
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of what God did to
get us out of a jam.
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He does that all the time.
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And so we are so thankful
that we serve a God of might
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and miracles and that we're in
a ministry that literally from
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this little spot in this little
town of 600 and West Frankfort
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about 8 or 9 thousand
literally as we speak right now
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this signal is
traveling around the world
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at the speed of light -
186,200 miles per second -
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hitting numerous satellites
coming down into homes
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of literally
hundreds of millions.
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We don't even know.
The potential might be
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a couple billion people.
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Mollie's out here... Mollie Sue.
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She's used evangelistics
here... numbers. There she is.
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Mollie and Hal. I
always accuse her. I say:
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"Mollie, that's evangelistic.
" She said: "But it's true!
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That many people
could be watching. "
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I agree with you tonight.
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Jesus said: "Go ye
into all the world. "
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Thank you for your love
and your prayers and financial
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support of 3ABN
because without you
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we couldn't do what we're doing.
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We could not go forward
and literally take this message
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into the entire world.
So thank you. We're glad
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for those of you that are
here. Those of you who couldn't
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make it, we want
you... It's not too late.
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Come tomorrow; come on Sabbath.
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We're going to be
here all day tomorrow.
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Sabbath all day and the evening.
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And those that can't make it
period, thank you for your love
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and your prayers
and financial support.
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Now what I want to do...
We talked to everybody but Tim
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so Tim, I want you
to either say something
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or play something quickly.
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Play or sing... OK... or talk.
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Well, I tell you it's
great to be here always.
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And I share everybody's... yeah.
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Play something upbeat.
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Let's do... let's do:
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Sing it! When the
roll is called up yonder,
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when the roll is
called up yonder,
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when the roll is
called up yonder,
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when the roll is called
up yonder I'll be there!
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All right. I see
where Tim's mind is, right?
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Wants to be on
that roll. Right, Tim?
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You're on a roll...
on a roll to heaven.
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OK. Well, we've got
some great things happening
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at 3ABN. Maybe tomorrow
night we'll share some of those.
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But I did want to talk
about the fact that... that
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with all of the social media
there are so many more ways
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to reach people now than
just television and radio.
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And 3ABN... we are committed
to every communication highway
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we believe we
should be on it, don't you?
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Whatever it is. Social media?
A lot of times that's used
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for junk. And I see a lot of
us so-called Christians on there
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arguing politics and
arguing all kinds of things.
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But I'm asking God to
help me don't be doing that
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but to proclaim the
gospel of Jesus Christ
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because we have so
many avenues to get through.
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But I'm excited about what's
happening in the continual
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growth of 3ABN. For instance
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the second quarter
of this coming year
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we're scheduled to
be in Chicago on cable
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to 2.1 million
people in that great city.
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Amen! Is that a praise the Lord?
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Amen! Think about that.
That's absolutely a miracle
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that 2.1 million homes
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which you take
that times 3 per home
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you're looking at
potential of 6 million people
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in Chicagoland area.
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Then we're on track,
as Jill says, for Atlanta
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this coming year also
to reach a million plus.
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We just several
months ago or this past year
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went into Michigan?
Wisconsin? Indiana? Michigan
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and Indiana. We cover the
states of Michigan and Indiana.
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Like 1.2 million
homes. That's on cable.
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Now there's all kinds
of ways of getting 3ABN,
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but cable's not dead. It's
still alive and still going.
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And so to see
these things happening
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you say: "What a
mighty God we serve! "
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Amen! What a
mighty God we serve!
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In general people don't like
and a lot of the cable companies
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don't like Christian programming
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but they go where the demand is.
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Right? So when you
write to your cable companies
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and say: "We want to watch 3ABN"
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enough people do it they listen.
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'Cause they're thinking dollars.
We're thinking souls, right?
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They're thinking
dollars, but whatever the reason
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we're just glad...
Thank you for those of you
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who are calling,
writing your cable companies.
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When you go home, if
you haven't, please do.
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They listen; we can get on
more and more cable companies.
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We're on... I don't
know altogether, Latino and
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English a thousand or two?
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I would say more like 3.
Three thousand cable companies.
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So that's amazing
what God is doing.
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OK, any other news here before
we get started with our music?
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Somebody?
Speaking of the digital,
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I love that because
when 3ABN first began
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we weren't even on satellite.
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And then God led
3ABN through Moses Primo
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and we broadcast on
satellite around the world.
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But we've been talking
recently about this digital.
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Because I don't have my
phone out here, which is unusual
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for me because if you know me
I always carry my phone with me.
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That's true. And
at least people my age
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you would say and younger
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and probably many
people older than me
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we watch media
on our cell phones.
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That is the way
that the world is going.
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It's no longer
watching on television
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although people
still watch on television.
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That's why we're
excited we're launching on cable
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and other avenues, but
3ABN is looking to break
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into new markets with
the apps, with the on-line,
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with social media. So we
have some exciting developments
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with that looking
at expanding into that
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because that is
where the future is.
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With television is
going that direction.
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You know, it's an interesting
statistic, if I can say that
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word, Roku. I don't know how
many of you watch 3ABN on Roku?
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In the month of
June... OK, quite a few hands.
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In the month of
June 3.8 million hours
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of 3ABN were watched on Roku.
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Just the month
of June. Just Roku?
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3.8 million hours of
3ABN. 3.8 million hours watched.
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That's a lot of people... A lot
of hits or people going to it.
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That's how many
hours was watched.
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That's a tremendous
amount for that one venue.
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That's correct... yep. And
we have, of course, YouTube
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and all the other places,
too. How many of you watch 3ABN
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on YouTube? OK. All
right. How many of you watch
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the Sabbath School Panel
on YouTube? OK, yeah, yeah.
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YouTube is growing.
And that's the thing that I
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was going to say.
So many people have
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already talked to me about how
much they enjoy Sabbath School.
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I want to encourage you, even
if you watch it on television,
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share the link.
Share it with your friends
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and your family
because you could save a life.
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And we've talked
with people who were not
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Adventists but someone sent them
a link to Sabbath School Panel
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and they have been
faithfully studying with us
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and they're getting
ready to be baptized.
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So share a link.
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You know, it's really
important in this day and age.
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I was just thinking, you
know, when we started this
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in 19... the idea
came in November of 1984
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but 1985 we started building.
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If somebody came
up to me and said:
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"Are you on Twitter?
Are you on Facebook? "
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"Are you on
YouTube? " You know...
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I'm like: "What in the
world is wrong with them? "
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"Are you on social
media? " "On what? "
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You know, think how
the technology has changed
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so much in the
last almost 35 years.
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Amazing. Pastor John,
we've got a couple minutes.
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Why don't you say
something then pray for us?
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Really briefly, how many of you
have a phone with you right now?
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How many of you?
Come on, raise your hand.
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We all have phones. Now
what I'd like you to do -
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not during the sermon - but
take your phone. Go to 3ABN.tv
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Look at the live
link: watch live.
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Send that link to
someone or many people
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that you have in
your address book.
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And right away as
many people as are here
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you have already doubled or
tripled the amount of people
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that are viewing
or can view 3ABN.
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And as many people as you send,
that's the audience of 3ABN
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exponentially
increasing immediately.
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So that's the power you have.
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Social media,
texting or e-mailing: do that
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as quickly as you can.
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And if you want to,
take a picture of yourself
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so they know who
it's coming from.
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OK. Let's have a word of prayer.
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Loving Father in heaven,
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thank you, Lord. Unto
Him who is able to keep us
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from falling this
is a season of change
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yet we serve a God
who doesn't change.
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All around us the flowers are
beginning to bow their heads.
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The leaves that have clapped
their hands during the summer
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are falling to the ground
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declaring the
end of their journey.
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But Father, we're still
trekking on... trusting You.
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As You guide us through
this world that needs to be
00:13:00.81\00:13:03.21
navigated spiritually, we
pray that Your Holy Spirit
00:13:03.41\00:13:06.41
will come and
anoint this Camp Meeting:
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the speakers, the music,
the messages, the testimonies,
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the viewers and
those who are here,
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the listeners and
those who are here.
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And may all the glory that is
shared and experienced in this
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place be reflected back to You
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through lives that are
lived for Your glory and honor.
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So Father, we now put
ourselves in Your hands.
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And may everything that
is done in this Camp Meeting
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advance Your cause in the earth,
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advance the mission of 3ABN,
00:13:32.81\00:13:34.84
and uplift the name of Jesus.
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In Your precious
name we pray, Amen.
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Amen. OK, we're going
to start our music hour.
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What we're going to do
instead of introducing everybody
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and taking up that time
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we're just going to... I'm going
to read you who's going to be
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singing. Each one
will just come out
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and you sit back and be blessed.
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And music is a great way
to really listen to the Lord
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as He speaks to us.
And it's so relaxing
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and it can help us
get rid of the cares,
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get in the worship
mode, because it's...
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to me it's a powerful
tool that God has given us.
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It's a universal language.
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So tonight we're going to
start off with Tim Parton.
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He's at the piano now.
Celestine Barry-Dickens
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will be singing for us
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and Farrah, her daughter,
will be accompanying her.
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Then after that
Pastor John Lomacang,
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Ryan Day, and Tim Parton
are going to have a trio.
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Now these three were
practicing while ago.
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They wanted to do some video.
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Our camera crew had
said: "Could you go over
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and take John's place a minute
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and sit and act like you're
singing with Tim and Ryan? "
00:14:36.30\00:14:39.74
So when we got through I
said: "Guys, why don't you
00:14:40.24\00:14:42.58
kick John out and just
have me and we'll get a bus
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and start traveling? "
And they just looked at me
00:14:45.95\00:14:47.72
and I said: "I
probably could raise the funds
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to get us a little
bus. John may not be able to
00:14:49.92\00:14:52.05
so maybe it's
worth a little sound,
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you know, giving
up a little good sound
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in order to have a nice
ride to a venue, you know. "
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I don't think I could anyway.
I was just kidding, all right?
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But they do a great
job and I'm so thankful
00:15:02.06\00:15:04.37
for their ministry.
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So John, he's going to be
out here in a few minutes.
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I keep teaching he
and Ryan and Yvonne...
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giving them voice lessons.
You know, all these folk.
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I'm just kidding
you. Don't get tight, OK?
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Then we have a special
guest tonight: Stephanie Dawn.
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How many know Stephanie Dawn?
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And she's a great young gal.
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Got a great voice, and
we're so happy that she is here.
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Tomorrow night I
think Ladye Love is coming.
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Ladye Love Smith. Reggie...
he's with the Gaithers now.
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He's with the vocal
band. He can't be here Sabbath
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but Ladye Love will be
here. My daughter Melody
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should be here tomorrow evening
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so we're also going
to do some more music.
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After Stephanie Dawn is Ryan Day
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and after that is
my sister Tammy Chance.
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So we just pray that
you'll sit back and be blessed
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with this music.
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This is right out of the hymnal.
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Page 461.
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Be still, my soul -
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the Lord is on thy side!
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Bear patiently
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the cross of grief or pain;
00:16:15.64\00:16:20.01
Leave to thy God
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to order and provide -
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In ev'ry change
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He faithful will remain.
00:16:32.75\00:16:37.49
Be still, my soul -
00:16:38.19\00:16:41.10
thy best, thy heav'nly friend
00:16:41.30\00:16:46.23
Thru thorny ways
00:16:46.84\00:16:49.94
leads to a joyful end.
00:16:50.51\00:16:56.48
Be still, my soul -
00:16:59.75\00:17:02.45
thy God doth undertake
00:17:02.65\00:17:06.29
To guide the future as He has
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the past;
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Thy hope, thy confidence
00:17:13.76\00:17:16.97
let nothing shake -
00:17:17.17\00:17:20.44
All now mysterious
00:17:20.64\00:17:24.14
shall be bright at last.
00:17:24.34\00:17:28.48
Be still, my soul -
00:17:28.68\00:17:31.68
the waves and winds still know
00:17:31.88\00:17:36.52
His voice who ruled them
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while He dwelt below.
00:17:41.19\00:17:47.10
Be still, my soul -
00:17:53.94\00:17:57.24
the hour is hast'ning on
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when we shall be
00:18:02.11\00:18:04.81
forever with the Lord,
00:18:05.01\00:18:09.28
When disappointment,
00:18:09.48\00:18:12.52
grief, and fear will be gone,
00:18:12.72\00:18:16.22
Sorrow forgot,
00:18:16.42\00:18:18.79
love's purest joys restored.
00:18:19.19\00:18:24.10
Be still, my soul -
00:18:24.30\00:18:27.90
when change and
tears are all past,
00:18:28.10\00:18:32.41
All safe and blessed
00:18:33.11\00:18:37.91
we shall meet at last.
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One single drop of rain...
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Your salty tear
became blue ocean.
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One tiny grain of sand
00:19:41.34\00:19:45.11
turning in Your hand
00:19:45.81\00:19:48.88
the world in motion.
00:19:49.28\00:19:53.29
You're out beyond the furthest
00:19:53.69\00:19:58.09
Morning Star
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Close enough to hold me
00:20:01.66\00:20:05.10
in Your arms!
00:20:05.50\00:20:08.27
Adonai!
00:20:08.47\00:20:12.27
I lift up my heart
00:20:12.91\00:20:15.68
and I cry:
00:20:16.31\00:20:20.48
"My Adonai! "
00:20:20.98\00:20:23.89
Maker of each moment,
00:20:24.49\00:20:27.56
Father of my hope
00:20:27.92\00:20:31.03
and freedom...
00:20:31.53\00:20:35.10
Oh, my Adonai!
00:20:37.87\00:20:42.27
One timid faithful knock
00:20:47.28\00:20:50.35
resounds upon the Rock of Ages
00:20:50.65\00:20:56.62
and one trembling heart and soul
00:20:57.59\00:21:01.96
becomes a servant
00:21:02.52\00:21:04.63
bold and courageous.
00:21:04.83\00:21:10.67
You call across the mountains
00:21:10.87\00:21:14.44
and the seas.
00:21:14.64\00:21:17.44
I answer from the
deepest part of me!
00:21:17.64\00:21:23.61
Adonai!
00:21:24.05\00:21:27.78
I lift up my heart
00:21:28.42\00:21:31.05
and I cry:
00:21:31.25\00:21:35.82
"My Adonai! "
00:21:36.22\00:21:38.73
Maker of each moment,
00:21:39.36\00:21:42.26
Father of my hope
00:21:42.96\00:21:45.73
and freedom:
00:21:45.93\00:21:49.64
Oh, my Adonai!
00:21:52.17\00:21:56.75
Oh, from age to age You reign
00:21:59.11\00:22:04.09
in Majesty!
00:22:04.29\00:22:07.46
And today You're making miracles
00:22:07.86\00:22:11.93
in me!
00:22:12.13\00:22:15.23
Adonai!
00:22:15.43\00:22:18.80
I lift up my heart
00:22:19.00\00:22:22.14
and I cry:
00:22:22.54\00:22:26.51
"My Adonai! "
00:22:26.71\00:22:29.54
You are Maker of each moment,
00:22:29.74\00:22:33.01
oh, Father of my hope
00:22:33.42\00:22:36.95
and freedom:
00:22:37.35\00:22:40.26
Oh, Adonai...
00:22:40.46\00:22:43.22
Oh, my Adonai...
00:22:43.63\00:22:48.03
my Adonai...
00:22:51.73\00:22:55.94
ooo, ooo.
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Amen? You know, we
think about our Adonai
00:23:12.42\00:23:16.83
but then also we think
about Jesus, the Water of Life.
00:23:17.03\00:23:19.49
And I ask myself
the question: "How
00:23:20.53\00:23:23.23
would our lives be
00:23:23.43\00:23:25.60
and what would our lives be
00:23:26.00\00:23:27.44
if there was no river
continually flowing? "
00:23:27.84\00:23:31.11
The writer of this song...
I don't know if it's Gaither?
00:23:31.51\00:23:34.28
I don't know who it is, but
it tells such a beautiful story
00:23:34.48\00:23:38.65
of a woman who ran into Christ.
00:23:39.15\00:23:42.62
And the fountain
that He exposed her to
00:23:42.82\00:23:46.25
transformed and
changed her life.
00:23:46.45\00:23:49.06
Listen to this
message: There Is Still A River.
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There is
00:24:03.47\00:24:07.91
a river
00:24:08.31\00:24:12.08
and it flows
00:24:12.75\00:24:15.88
from deep
00:24:16.08\00:24:18.25
within.
00:24:18.65\00:24:23.09
There is
00:24:23.66\00:24:28.43
a fountain
00:24:28.63\00:24:32.23
and it frees the soul
00:24:32.83\00:24:37.84
from sin.
00:24:38.24\00:24:43.11
Come to
00:24:43.78\00:24:47.92
this water...
00:24:48.32\00:24:52.42
there is
00:24:52.82\00:24:56.06
a vast supply!
00:24:56.36\00:25:02.33
There is
00:25:03.70\00:25:08.47
a river
00:25:08.67\00:25:11.91
that never shall
00:25:12.81\00:25:17.85
run dry.
00:25:18.05\00:25:22.38
There was
00:25:23.32\00:25:25.82
a thirsty woman.
00:25:26.22\00:25:31.73
She was drawing from
00:25:33.23\00:25:38.00
the well.
00:25:38.87\00:25:41.84
You see, her life
00:25:43.07\00:25:45.54
was bruised and broken
00:25:46.11\00:25:52.01
and her soul
00:25:53.11\00:25:55.68
was bound for hell.
00:25:55.88\00:26:01.02
Oh, but then
00:26:01.76\00:26:05.73
she met
00:26:05.93\00:26:08.66
this Master
00:26:09.06\00:26:12.87
and He told her of
00:26:13.27\00:26:18.01
her sin.
00:26:18.41\00:26:21.91
He said: "If you drink
00:26:23.14\00:26:28.52
this water,
00:26:28.72\00:26:31.89
you'll never thirst
00:26:32.79\00:26:38.63
again. "
00:26:38.93\00:26:41.66
Oh, there is
00:26:42.06\00:26:48.07
a river
00:26:48.47\00:26:52.64
and it flows
00:26:52.94\00:26:55.94
from deep within.
00:26:56.14\00:27:02.12
There is
00:27:03.69\00:27:08.66
a fountain
00:27:08.86\00:27:12.63
and it frees a soul
00:27:13.03\00:27:17.97
from sin.
00:27:18.17\00:27:22.47
Won't you come
00:27:22.67\00:27:26.27
this water?
00:27:26.57\00:27:32.48
There is
00:27:32.78\00:27:36.02
a vast supply!
00:27:36.22\00:27:42.16
There is
00:27:43.89\00:27:48.60
a river
00:27:48.80\00:27:52.47
that never shall
00:27:53.00\00:27:58.91
run dry.
00:27:59.31\00:28:05.21
On Christ, the
Solid Rock, I stand.
00:28:39.51\00:28:45.45
All other ground
00:28:45.95\00:28:48.72
is sinking sand...
00:28:48.92\00:28:52.29
all other ground
00:28:52.69\00:28:55.03
is sinking sand.
00:28:55.23\00:29:01.20
My hope is built on nothing less
00:29:05.67\00:29:10.45
than Jesus' blood
and righteousness.
00:29:10.85\00:29:16.12
I cannot trust
00:29:17.25\00:29:20.02
the sweetest frame
00:29:20.22\00:29:22.02
but wholly lean on Jesus' name.
00:29:22.22\00:29:27.56
On Christ, the
Solid Rock, I stand
00:29:28.13\00:29:32.10
all other ground
is sinking sand...
00:29:32.30\00:29:37.24
all other ground
00:29:37.44\00:29:39.74
is sinking sand.
00:29:39.94\00:29:44.31
When darkness
veils His lovely face
00:29:49.38\00:29:53.72
I rest on His unchanging grace.
00:29:53.92\00:29:59.86
In every high and stormy gale
00:30:00.90\00:30:05.33
my anchor holds within the veil.
00:30:05.83\00:30:10.54
On Christ, the
Solid Rock, I stand
00:30:10.74\00:30:15.21
all other ground
is sinking sand...
00:30:15.41\00:30:20.52
all other
ground is sinking sand.
00:30:20.72\00:30:26.49
His blood...
00:30:32.36\00:30:35.23
it heals me!
00:30:35.43\00:30:39.13
He then is all my hope and stay!
00:30:39.33\00:30:45.27
When He shall come
00:30:47.04\00:30:50.68
with trumpet sound
00:30:50.88\00:30:53.52
O may I then in Him be found.
00:30:53.72\00:30:58.85
Dressed in His righteousness
00:30:59.05\00:31:03.59
alone, faultless to stand
00:31:03.79\00:31:07.60
before His throne.
00:31:07.76\00:31:13.70
All other ground
is sinking sand...
00:31:14.90\00:31:20.21
all other ground
00:31:20.61\00:31:22.78
is sinking sand.
00:31:22.98\00:31:26.35
On Christ, the
Solid Rock, I stand...
00:31:26.55\00:31:30.72
On Christ, the
Solid Rock, I stand...
00:31:31.12\00:31:35.02
all other ground
is sinking sand...
00:31:35.22\00:31:40.60
on Christ,
00:31:40.96\00:31:42.73
the Solid Rock,
00:31:42.93\00:31:45.63
I stand!
00:31:45.93\00:31:51.87
Amen!
00:32:01.18\00:32:02.98
When God teaches us priceless
lessons through our trials
00:32:12.96\00:32:17.07
these lessons are not
just for our benefit alone.
00:32:17.27\00:32:20.67
They are also for the benefit
of those who will go through
00:32:21.07\00:32:24.71
similar circumstances
that they can gather
00:32:24.91\00:32:27.71
hope and
encouragement and comfort
00:32:27.91\00:32:30.05
from what we've been through.
00:32:30.25\00:32:31.58
It's very very likely that when
we pass through a dark valley
00:32:31.95\00:32:35.42
there will be others who pass
through that valley behind us.
00:32:35.62\00:32:38.85
And if we can share
with them what we've learned
00:32:39.25\00:32:41.42
and give them the
joy that they need
00:32:41.62\00:32:43.86
as they go
through that same valley
00:32:44.06\00:32:45.89
it's like leaving a
well in the valley for them.
00:32:46.09\00:32:48.56
To the valley
you've been through
00:32:58.37\00:33:04.28
those around you must go too.
00:33:04.75\00:33:09.92
Down the rocky
path you've traveled
00:33:10.12\00:33:14.69
they will go.
00:33:14.89\00:33:19.53
If to those
learning of your trial
00:33:20.03\00:33:26.00
you'll lend the
secret of your smile,
00:33:26.20\00:33:31.17
you will help them
00:33:31.37\00:33:34.78
more than you will ever know.
00:33:34.98\00:33:40.98
Leave a well in the valley,
00:33:42.58\00:33:48.56
the dark and lonesome valley.
00:33:48.76\00:33:54.26
Others have to walk
00:33:54.86\00:33:58.33
that valley too!
00:33:58.53\00:34:03.74
What a blessing
00:34:03.94\00:34:06.94
when they find the well
00:34:07.14\00:34:10.68
of joy you've left behind!
00:34:10.88\00:34:14.85
Leave a well
00:34:15.25\00:34:17.55
in the valley you go through.
00:34:18.15\00:34:24.16
Blessed is the man
00:34:27.20\00:34:31.63
who has learned to understand
00:34:32.03\00:34:37.07
and become the hand for God
00:34:37.47\00:34:41.58
to those in need.
00:34:41.78\00:34:46.72
Yes, and all the tears he shed
00:34:46.92\00:34:52.59
with God's help become instead
00:34:52.99\00:34:57.63
a precious balm
00:34:57.83\00:35:01.16
that will heal
the heart that bleeds.
00:35:01.36\00:35:07.30
Leave a well in the valley,
00:35:08.70\00:35:14.68
the dark and lonesome valley.
00:35:14.88\00:35:20.25
Others have to walk
00:35:20.65\00:35:23.99
that valley too!
00:35:24.19\00:35:29.26
What a blessing when they find
00:35:29.46\00:35:34.66
the well of joy
you've left behind!
00:35:34.86\00:35:39.90
Leave a well
00:35:40.30\00:35:42.80
in the valley you go through...
00:35:43.00\00:35:48.91
yes, leave a well
00:35:49.74\00:35:53.25
in the valley
00:35:53.45\00:35:56.48
you go through!
00:35:56.69\00:36:02.66
When peace, like
00:36:31.92\00:36:37.53
a river,
00:36:37.73\00:36:40.40
attendeth
00:36:41.10\00:36:44.33
my way,
00:36:44.73\00:36:47.80
When sorrows
00:36:48.84\00:36:52.87
like sea billows roll -
00:36:53.17\00:36:59.15
Whatever my lot,
00:37:02.48\00:37:08.16
Thou hast taught me
00:37:08.92\00:37:14.20
to say,
00:37:14.40\00:37:16.87
"It is well,
00:37:17.07\00:37:21.20
it is well
00:37:21.60\00:37:26.68
with
00:37:26.88\00:37:28.34
my soul. "
00:37:28.54\00:37:34.05
It is well
00:37:35.48\00:37:41.32
with my soul,
00:37:42.26\00:37:48.20
It is well,
00:37:49.26\00:37:52.83
it is well
00:37:53.03\00:37:57.14
with
00:37:57.34\00:37:59.21
my soul.
00:37:59.41\00:38:04.95
And, Lord, haste
00:38:06.08\00:38:10.42
the day
00:38:10.62\00:38:12.59
when my faith shall be sight,
00:38:12.99\00:38:18.93
The clouds
00:38:19.59\00:38:22.30
be rolled back
00:38:22.50\00:38:25.23
as a scroll:
00:38:25.63\00:38:31.61
And the trumpet shall sound
00:38:32.54\00:38:37.81
and the Lord
00:38:38.21\00:38:41.08
shall descend,
00:38:41.28\00:38:44.12
Well, "even so" -
00:38:44.32\00:38:47.16
it is well
00:38:47.56\00:38:50.79
with my soul.
00:38:50.99\00:38:56.06
It is well
00:38:57.77\00:39:03.67
with my soul,
00:39:05.47\00:39:11.45
it is well,
00:39:13.31\00:39:17.02
it is well
00:39:17.22\00:39:20.92
with my soul...
00:39:21.12\00:39:26.49
it is well,
00:39:27.00\00:39:30.27
it is
00:39:30.67\00:39:32.57
well
00:39:32.87\00:39:38.87
with
00:39:39.64\00:39:42.61
my
00:39:42.81\00:39:44.45
soul.
00:39:44.65\00:39:49.85
I thirsted in a barren land
00:40:13.41\00:40:15.74
of sin and shame
00:40:15.94\00:40:18.28
and nothing
satisfying there I found;
00:40:18.48\00:40:22.65
But to the
blessed cross of Christ
00:40:23.08\00:40:25.59
one day I came,
00:40:25.79\00:40:28.06
where springs of
living water did abound.
00:40:28.26\00:40:32.53
Drinking at the
springs of living water,
00:40:33.56\00:40:38.20
Happy now am I,
00:40:38.40\00:40:40.67
My soul they satisfy;
00:40:40.87\00:40:43.30
I'm drinking at the
springs of living water,
00:40:43.51\00:40:48.01
What a wonderful
and bountiful supply!
00:40:48.21\00:40:52.81
O sinner, won't you
come today to Calvary?
00:40:55.62\00:41:00.56
A fountain there is
flowing deep and wide;
00:41:00.96\00:41:05.16
The Savior now invites you
00:41:05.83\00:41:07.96
to the water free,
00:41:08.16\00:41:10.93
Where thirsting
spirits can be satisfied.
00:41:11.13\00:41:16.14
Drinking at the
springs of living water,
00:41:16.54\00:41:21.54
Happy now am I,
00:41:21.94\00:41:23.91
my soul they satisfy;
00:41:24.11\00:41:26.58
I'm drinking at the
springs of living water,
00:41:26.78\00:41:31.65
What a wonderful
and bountiful supply!
00:41:31.85\00:41:36.26
What a wonderful
and bountiful supply!
00:41:36.86\00:41:41.66
What a wonderful
and bountiful supply!
00:41:42.06\00:41:47.97
Amen!
00:41:51.07\00:41:52.97
Beautiful! Thank you Tammy.
00:41:53.17\00:41:55.78
Was just in the background.
00:41:55.98\00:41:57.61
We actually... I wasn't
invited; I just invited myself.
00:41:57.81\00:42:00.18
Now I wish I hadn't've
because I didn't know the words
00:42:01.02\00:42:02.92
too well... but it was fun!
00:42:03.12\00:42:04.49
So Tim, we've got a
little bit of time extra
00:42:04.89\00:42:07.52
than what we planned. I
wonder if you could do us
00:42:07.72\00:42:09.89
a good old
down-home Southern gospel song
00:42:10.09\00:42:12.86
of some kind? Maybe just play
it and let your little fingers
00:42:13.06\00:42:15.83
do their thing, right? Let's
do Wonderful Grace of Jesus.
00:42:16.03\00:42:18.30
Afraid it'll catch
on fire... the piano.
00:44:36.60\00:44:39.37
Honestly, that ought
to be against the law.
00:45:20.88\00:45:23.65
Right? Something like
that shouldn't be happening
00:45:23.85\00:45:26.05
on this earth. I
can't wait to go to heaven
00:45:26.25\00:45:27.82
'cause I can play like that.
That's right. And so can you!
00:45:28.02\00:45:30.46
I can't wait to get to heaven.
I'll sit back and listen to you
00:45:30.66\00:45:32.39
all those years. Now let me ask
you... let me ask you something:
00:45:32.59\00:45:35.10
you probably
studied music all your life?
00:45:35.53\00:45:37.80
Did you start as a
child taking piano lessons?
00:45:38.00\00:45:40.47
You know, I took for 2
years when I was 6 and 7.
00:45:40.87\00:45:43.71
That's all? And it did not take.
00:45:44.11\00:45:46.98
Truly. I wish mine
didn't take like that.
00:45:48.24\00:45:51.48
I would have taken some
guitar lessons if I knew
00:45:52.21\00:45:54.48
if they didn't take I
would sound that good. Right!
00:45:54.68\00:45:56.22
When I was 8 my
parents let me stop
00:45:56.62\00:45:59.62
and they let me start
playing for my family.
00:45:59.82\00:46:01.36
And that's where I
learned how to play.
00:46:01.56\00:46:03.09
Then you started using
your ear? My ear, yeah.
00:46:03.29\00:46:05.19
My dad was my
influence. He played the guitar.
00:46:05.39\00:46:07.13
Yes. And sung... Absolutely.
00:46:07.33\00:46:09.86
'Cause you can't
think all those chords.
00:46:10.07\00:46:11.80
I mean, it has to be...
it's just something within you
00:46:12.00\00:46:13.97
that you've done for
years because how could you
00:46:14.17\00:46:16.17
say: "Now I'm
going to do this run? "
00:46:16.37\00:46:18.24
There's no way...
Minds don't think that fast.
00:46:18.44\00:46:21.58
Well, it's amazing
talent. Give me the key of C.
00:46:21.78\00:46:24.15
As I walked through the door
00:46:28.48\00:46:32.39
I sensed His presence.
00:46:33.32\00:46:36.19
And I knew this was
00:46:37.73\00:46:41.23
the place
00:46:41.73\00:46:43.97
where love abounds.
00:46:44.37\00:46:47.94
For this is the temple
00:46:49.27\00:46:52.84
Jehovah God abides in...
00:46:54.08\00:47:00.02
we are standing
00:47:01.35\00:47:05.85
in His presence
00:47:06.29\00:47:09.46
on holy ground.
00:47:10.03\00:47:12.49
You feel His
presence here tonight?
00:47:12.69\00:47:14.50
Sing it with me if you know it.
00:47:14.70\00:47:16.10
We are standing
00:47:17.00\00:47:22.97
on holy ground
00:47:23.27\00:47:29.21
and I know that there
00:47:29.61\00:47:34.95
are angels
00:47:35.15\00:47:37.52
all around.
00:47:37.92\00:47:41.56
Let us praise -
00:47:43.19\00:47:47.16
let us praise -
00:47:47.36\00:47:49.50
Jesus now...
00:47:50.00\00:47:55.27
we are standing
00:47:56.44\00:48:00.61
in His presence
00:48:00.81\00:48:03.51
on holy ground.
00:48:04.11\00:48:08.55
In His presence
00:48:12.45\00:48:14.62
there is joy
00:48:15.02\00:48:17.16
beyond measure.
00:48:17.46\00:48:20.93
And at His feet
00:48:21.33\00:48:24.07
peace of mind
00:48:24.47\00:48:26.77
can still be found.
00:48:27.27\00:48:31.51
If you have a need,
00:48:32.17\00:48:36.41
my God... He has the answer.
00:48:36.95\00:48:42.35
Reach out and claim it
00:48:43.89\00:48:46.82
for child, you're standing
00:48:47.22\00:48:50.89
on holy ground.
00:48:51.29\00:48:54.13
If you feel like you're on
holy ground, stand to your feet.
00:48:54.53\00:48:56.60
We are standing -
sing it unto the Lord!
00:48:57.63\00:49:03.61
on holy ground.
00:49:03.81\00:49:09.44
And I know that there
00:49:10.38\00:49:14.65
are angels
00:49:14.85\00:49:17.02
all around.
00:49:17.22\00:49:21.59
Let us praise -
00:49:22.46\00:49:26.33
let us praise -
00:49:26.53\00:49:28.83
Jesus now!
00:49:29.23\00:49:34.27
We are standing
00:49:34.97\00:49:38.54
in His presence...
00:49:38.74\00:49:41.64
we are standing
00:49:41.84\00:49:44.81
in His presence...
00:49:45.21\00:49:47.58
we are standing
00:49:47.98\00:49:51.22
in His presence
00:49:51.42\00:49:54.76
on holy
00:49:54.96\00:49:58.36
ground.
00:49:58.56\00:50:01.00
Lord, we want to thank
you that we are standing on
00:50:01.40\00:50:03.77
holy ground. The reason
we're standing on holy ground
00:50:03.97\00:50:06.90
is that You make it holy
ground, Your presence here.
00:50:07.10\00:50:10.41
Thank you that we have felt Your
presence already this evening.
00:50:10.61\00:50:13.68
We pray we'll
continue to walk in Your paths,
00:50:14.08\00:50:19.61
to trust You, to give
our hearts totally to You,
00:50:19.81\00:50:23.42
to submit and
commit our lives to You.
00:50:23.62\00:50:25.22
Lord, we realize
Your coming is very soon
00:50:25.62\00:50:27.66
in the clouds of glory.
00:50:27.86\00:50:29.19
And Lord, we want to be among
those who can look up and say:
00:50:29.69\00:50:32.76
"Lo, this is our God
whom we have waited for.
00:50:32.96\00:50:35.36
You have come to save us! "
00:50:35.56\00:50:37.30
Thank you, Father, for
hearing, for answering prayers.
00:50:37.70\00:50:40.84
We ask and pray
in Jesus' name, Amen.
00:50:41.34\00:50:44.17
You can be seated.
00:50:44.57\00:50:45.91
Pastor John back here?
00:50:45.94\00:50:47.51
Why don't you come
out and speak to the folks
00:50:49.21\00:50:51.08
for just a little bit.
00:50:51.28\00:50:53.55
Every time we sing that song
00:50:56.58\00:50:58.15
it causes my mind to pause
and think of what would happen
00:51:00.49\00:51:03.69
if this ministry
wasn't built on faith.
00:51:05.73\00:51:07.93
Now think about
that for a moment:
00:51:08.90\00:51:10.23
what is faith?
00:51:10.40\00:51:11.73
One writer said that
faith is "an oasis in the heart
00:51:11.83\00:51:15.40
that cannot be reached by
the caravan of thinking. "
00:51:16.07\00:51:19.84
When I think about the corn-
fields of southern Illinois...
00:51:21.54\00:51:24.91
And my wife and I are
New Yorkers... she was born
00:51:25.85\00:51:30.02
in England; I was
born in New York...
00:51:30.22\00:51:31.85
and I remember a
number of years ago
00:51:32.85\00:51:34.52
one of our pastors in California
was leaving to come to 3ABN.
00:51:34.72\00:51:38.49
And we did a
little farewell for him
00:51:39.46\00:51:42.93
and he had a little map
on his wall in his church.
00:51:43.13\00:51:45.47
He had Sacramento, California
then he had this little, small
00:51:46.40\00:51:50.04
long trail and a
little X which described...
00:51:50.24\00:51:53.58
He said: "I'm going to
Thompsonville, Illinois! "
00:51:53.98\00:51:56.78
And we all laughed.
We said: "Thompsonville?
00:51:57.61\00:51:59.65
Is there such a place
called Thompsonville? "
00:51:59.85\00:52:01.98
And I never in my
wildest imagination
00:52:04.12\00:52:06.62
neither did my
wife and I even think
00:52:06.82\00:52:08.79
that while we were celebrating
his journey to Thompsonville
00:52:10.63\00:52:13.53
I could almost see God now
that... You know, sometimes
00:52:14.40\00:52:17.27
you rewind the video tape -
for those of you who are old -
00:52:17.47\00:52:20.17
young folk, you go to the
earlier chapter in the DVD
00:52:20.37\00:52:22.80
or for those
YouTubers you just click -
00:52:23.81\00:52:26.41
and you begin where God was.
00:52:26.61\00:52:29.11
And I could see God
at that moment saying:
00:52:29.31\00:52:31.38
"You have no idea... 'cause
that's where you're headed. "
00:52:31.88\00:52:35.55
And I remember
coming to the Midwest.
00:52:38.15\00:52:41.16
My wife and I decided one day...
We kept getting an invitation
00:52:41.36\00:52:45.29
to come to the
Midwest, come to the Midwest.
00:52:45.49\00:52:47.00
We were in California!
We were in God's country...
00:52:47.20\00:52:49.96
I thought. We kept saying:
"No, no, this is not where
00:52:51.33\00:52:55.04
we want to go: the
Midwest. " And we came to visit
00:52:55.24\00:52:57.84
St. Louis. We said "Lord this is
not where You want us to go. "
00:52:58.04\00:53:00.78
We kept saying:
"No, no, no, no... "
00:53:00.98\00:53:02.78
And finally they said:
"Don't say no until you come
00:53:04.41\00:53:06.18
and visit with us. "
Well, the long and short of that
00:53:06.38\00:53:08.58
was we decided to come to
St. Louis. We were there for
00:53:08.78\00:53:11.09
just about 9 months, and
things didn't work out the way
00:53:11.29\00:53:13.46
that we though it should
have. And I remember sitting on
00:53:13.66\00:53:15.86
the edge of my bed one day
saying: "Lord, You knew this
00:53:16.06\00:53:18.13
was not going to work out.
Why would You bring us from
00:53:18.33\00:53:21.86
our thriving
church to St. Louis? "
00:53:22.06\00:53:26.13
My wife was out shopping and
I sat on the corner of my bed
00:53:28.17\00:53:30.64
and said: "Lord, what do
You want us to do with the rest
00:53:30.84\00:53:32.84
of our lives? "
00:53:33.04\00:53:34.38
And two days later we
received a phone call from
00:53:34.58\00:53:36.68
Danny Shelton. I
didn't know him that way.
00:53:36.88\00:53:38.71
And then it all of
a sudden became clear
00:53:39.11\00:53:41.55
that
Thompsonville was in our future.
00:53:42.05\00:53:45.45
Now some of you have come
year after year, and you don't
00:53:46.22\00:53:48.76
know, but we're here every day
00:53:48.96\00:53:50.63
and it still
doesn't fail to amaze us
00:53:51.23\00:53:55.26
when we walk
through the hallways,
00:53:55.66\00:53:57.83
when we get together and
talk after we may tape a program
00:53:58.97\00:54:02.40
or we sit up here
and tape Sabbath School
00:54:02.60\00:54:04.31
it never ceases to amaze us
00:54:04.51\00:54:06.78
when we see Danny walk across
the field or we visit with him
00:54:07.41\00:54:09.81
at home or we
see him in the yard
00:54:10.01\00:54:11.95
on his Kubota
doing some outdoor work
00:54:12.15\00:54:14.68
or just looking like
Danny Shelton, the guy from
00:54:14.88\00:54:17.49
West Frankfort. And I
say to people: "That's
00:54:17.69\00:54:22.02
the man that God
placed within his heart
00:54:22.22\00:54:27.03
a vision for a dream now
00:54:27.23\00:54:29.73
that is a modern
phenomenon to the glory of God.
00:54:29.93\00:54:32.67
So for those of
you that are watching,
00:54:34.04\00:54:36.64
for those of you that are here
00:54:36.84\00:54:38.37
think about that faith journey.
00:54:38.77\00:54:40.51
Faith tells us to take a
step when we don't even see
00:54:41.58\00:54:45.61
the staircase. Faith says to us:
00:54:45.81\00:54:50.39
"Trust an unknown
future to a known God. "
00:54:50.79\00:54:55.22
And I've known
Danny a long time.
00:54:55.62\00:54:57.03
We've been in the trenches,
and so many of you have been
00:54:57.23\00:54:58.89
in the trenches with...
And we've had those meetings
00:54:59.09\00:55:01.03
sometimes in his office
where we have looked at the
00:55:01.43\00:55:04.10
ominous future and saying:
"Well, we don't know what's
00:55:04.30\00:55:06.27
going to happen next
month or the month after that. "
00:55:06.47\00:55:08.17
But you know what friends?
You know why we're sitting here
00:55:08.37\00:55:10.21
tonight?
Because God is faithful.
00:55:10.41\00:55:12.57
That's right! And
when God births a vision
00:55:12.77\00:55:18.61
He simply looks for someone
in whose heart He can pour.
00:55:18.81\00:55:22.62
And as we have heard
before so much in the Scriptures
00:55:23.22\00:55:25.49
He is able to do
exceedingly abundantly
00:55:25.69\00:55:29.39
above all that we ask or think
00:55:29.89\00:55:31.99
according to the
power that is at work in us.
00:55:32.39\00:55:36.23
So as we're
beginning this Camp Meeting -
00:55:37.00\00:55:39.00
this Fall 2019 Camp Meeting -
00:55:39.20\00:55:41.07
I want you to think: one day we
will have our last Camp Meeting.
00:55:41.27\00:55:47.31
Don't know when
that's going to be.
00:55:49.11\00:55:50.68
And we are looking forward
to the day, whether it is
00:55:51.88\00:55:53.88
while we are
alive or if we are by
00:55:54.08\00:55:56.18
God's understanding laid
to rest before He returns
00:55:58.72\00:56:01.89
the only purpose we
have here at this ministry
00:56:03.12\00:56:05.99
falls into a few categories.
One: to do God's will.
00:56:06.39\00:56:09.96
Secondly, and I
want you to hear this,
00:56:11.13\00:56:13.34
we refuse to take God's gift
00:56:14.24\00:56:18.11
and rob God of His glory.
00:56:18.31\00:56:20.68
You understand
what I mean by that?
00:56:22.24\00:56:23.81
We love singing, but
that's not for our glory.
00:56:24.31\00:56:26.65
We love teaching and preaching
and giving Sabbath School
00:56:27.68\00:56:29.88
studies, but
that's not for our glory.
00:56:30.09\00:56:31.55
So if you want to continue
on this journey with us,
00:56:32.62\00:56:35.39
let me ask you to do this:
00:56:35.59\00:56:36.93
Somebody once said "The plane is
leaving with or without you. "
00:56:37.89\00:56:40.83
Jesus is coming.
00:56:41.63\00:56:43.16
He's going to finish
the work with or without us.
00:56:43.37\00:56:45.53
But what a great privilege...
00:56:46.03\00:56:47.70
what a great privilege
00:56:48.10\00:56:49.90
to unite our hearts with
the hand that knows no failure.
00:56:50.11\00:56:55.64
For the God who has no defeat -
00:56:56.04\00:56:59.41
He has no loss column.
00:56:59.81\00:57:01.98
Come on, somebody.
00:57:02.18\00:57:03.52
So tonight as you begin
this Camp Meeting with us
00:57:03.89\00:57:06.42
remember this:
when the Lord calls you
00:57:06.62\00:57:08.92
He equips you.
00:57:09.32\00:57:10.73
When He equips you
He strengthens you.
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Continue praying with us
as we trust an unknown future
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to a known God. You
want to get on board with us?
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You want to travel with us?
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One day by God's
glory we'll hear the words:
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"Well done, thou good
and faithful servant. "
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Praise the Lord?
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