Good afternoon and welcome
to 3ABN's Fall Homecoming.
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Happy Sabbath! Hmm.
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What a privilege... What
a high Sabbath it's been.
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What a privilege to
be in the presence of God
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and to hear: drink from His
Word, to hear His Word spoken,
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and to spend time
together as brothers and sisters
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in fellowship. It's been a
wonderful Sabbath. Oh, yeah.
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Did you have a good lunch? Amen!
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Should we ask the audience
at home how was their lunch?
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How was your
lunch? Not as good as ours
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'cause we had Melody
cook for us. That's right.
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Had to eat kind of in a hurry
but it was still a great lunch.
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Should we give them a
test? A test right after lunch.
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How does that
sound? Yeah? OK, Lemuel.
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Should we ask them how
many networks? How many networks
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does 3ABN have?
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Ooh. Seven? More than seven.
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Twelve? Less than twelve.
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Ten! Who said ten?
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Good job... ten.
Someone said ten over here, too.
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Yeah. So what are some of
the networks that 3ABN has?
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Can you give us
any of the names?
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For you at home, now you be
answering these questions. too.
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OK? We can almost hear you.
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What'd we hear?
Dare to Dream. Good job!
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Praise Him! Proclaim!
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Russia. Francais.
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So this guy right
here has opened his phone
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and looking at his "apps"
going through all the networks.
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That's not cheating...
that's just doing a good job
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taking advantage of technology.
That's using your head.
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That's a good thing.
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You're from
California. That's a good thing.
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Radio. Thank you...
Radio. Don't forget 3ABN Radio.
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Thank you Mike Babb
who's running audio.
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International. Who
said International?
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All right! Yes,
that's right Pernell.
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International
and 3ABN Australia.
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They're the ones who actually
produce the programs that
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air on International.
But... did we get them all?
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We might have missed
some. Latino! Very important.
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3ABN Latino. Kids Network.
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That's right. Yes, Francine.
Now that brings us to an
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important point. We have
a lot of kids on the stage
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with us today. And I
know Aunt Francine is going to
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tell us about that, but
first this is Francine Bergmann
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who we call Aunt Francine.
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She is the general manager
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of our 3ABN Kids Network.
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And you're doing an
incredible job, Francine.
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Talk to us just a
little bit about Kids Network.
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Let me tell you:
there's a lot happening.
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And I am so grateful for
your commitment to helping
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these people - young
people - learn about Jesus
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and to grow in
their faith with Jesus.
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So thank you so much for
your support. We did have
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a wonderful summer in
which we began with Kids Camp.
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And that has launched. I
don't know how many of you
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may have already watched
it, but we have already had
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at least a few
weeks of Kids Camp.
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And so we're excited about that.
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And it's wonderful to
have these young people here.
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They are just so always smiling.
And again, thank you for
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bringing them here.
Those of you that have not
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come before I hope
someday that you'll be invited
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to come and you
are always welcome.
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So I have some young
people here. I'd like to go over
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with Alex who is in what
division? Do you remember
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what division?
Kindergarten? Kindergarten!
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Kindergarten. And can you
tell me, Alex: what have you
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been learning in
Kindergarten? I've learned about
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Joshua and Caleb.
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And they went to
spy out the land.
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And they...
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They were helping... they
were good for Jesus, right?
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They were good for Jesus.
Yes. Thank you so much Alex.
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And then I have Makena.
Makena, I see that you are
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wearing a special shirt. Can you
tell me about your shirt today?
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We made these,
and it says Stand Out.
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So when someone's
doing something wrong
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you stand out for Jesus.
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And the white spot on it
is Jesus holding the cross.
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All right. So
over here we also have
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in Primary we have our Gabriel.
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And Gabriel, what have you
been learning in your classes?
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I've been learning about Daniel
and when he stood up for what
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was right and that he
would not eat the bad food.
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Amen. So you can see
what is happening with
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these young people. And
again, it's your commitment.
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And we want to praise God
for all that He's been doing.
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So thank you so much.
So Gavin, can you tell us
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what you've been learning?
We've also been learning
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about Daniel. How even
though he could have been killed
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he still prayed
with his window open.
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That's good! Amen.
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And so over here I have
Hovis. Calvin... I'm sorry.
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And what have you
been learning, Calvin?
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Well yesterday we went
to the Veterans Hospital
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and what we did there is we
helped them with their garden.
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We helped them with their
garden; we also sang songs
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to them and passing out cookies
to appreciate what they have
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done for us. Yeah, so hope-
fully we can have some of the
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pictures here a little bit later
but they did wonderful things.
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They did bake
these wonderful cookies
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and we had a lot of
help. And then each group
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made cards for these veterans.
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Oh, I can see them here.
And so that was a delight.
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Let me tell you it
was quite a ministry.
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And I believe all of
us have been touched,
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those that were there.
So I want to say thank you
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because there
was a lot happening.
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There was time
to be able to pray,
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to sing with them, and to even
help weed. Are those cookies?
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Those are the cookies. Sugar-
free cookies and sugar cookies
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that the kids made.
Boy, those look good!
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So that was our ministry because
just seeing... When we have
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young people it's not
just talking about serving God.
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We actually need to
put it into practice.
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And this was the opportunity
to be able to do that. Um-hmm.
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So these young people have a way
to be able to share with you.
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They've learned a song, and
they've only had since yesterday
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to learn it. And some of them
are trying to do sign language.
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So we're going to have
Tim help us out with the song.
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Amen!
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Before we leave the
stage I want to have Gavin here
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pray for us. You
OK praying for us?
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Dear Jesus,
thank you for this day
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and thank you that we
get to come up here and sing
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and just share Your Word.
We love You so much, Amen.
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Amen. Thank you,
Francine. Thank you, Gavin.
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Thank you, Francine, for your
leadership with our Kids Network
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and thank you all for
being here. So appreciate that.
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And NAPS... we're going to talk
to them in just a little bit
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and talk about the leadership
that they have with our children
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here in the children's division.
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Coming out next is Jason Bradley
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who is the general manager
of 3ABN's Dare to Dream Network.
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That is our urban network
that specifically focuses
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on the needs in
the urban community.
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Jason came... Is it
five years you've been here?
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Is it five years, Jason?
Yeah... almost six, almost six.
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He's my neighbor
because his office and my office
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are kind of
catty-corner to each other
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so we call each other neighbor.
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I can sit in my chair and kind
of look through the doorways
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and see Jason, and we'll wave
at each other from time to time.
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Now I'm living next
to the "White House. "
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So I'm loving
that... I'm lovin that!
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This brother's
pretty fast... he's quick!
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Thank you, Jason. But
it's really neat to see
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what God has done in his
life. You've heard his testimony
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and of course the prayers of his
mother Dr. Yvonne Lewis-Shelton.
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And Jason, it's neat to see
how God is working in your life.
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How you've chosen to
dedicate your life to Him.
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God is doing great
things through you.
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Thank you for your leadership.
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Praise the Lord! You
know one of the definitions
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of a dream
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is a cherished
aspiration, ambition, or ideal.
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A cherished
aspiration, ambition, or ideal.
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Oftentimes when people have
dreams they dream of a better
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place. They dream of a
better situation; they dream of
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a better set of circumstances.
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I dream of a world where
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people love their
neighbors as themselves.
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I dream of a world
where people care about
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each other. I dream of a world
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where people aren't selfish.
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I dream of a world where
there's no suffering and sorrow.
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And the beautiful
thing about that dream is
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that dream is going to, by
God's grace, come to fruition
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one day. And I'm so happy
that the name of the network
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is 3ABN's Dare to Dream Network.
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So I dare to dream
for these things, but
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how can we be a part of making
these things come to fruition?
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Well, one way that Dare
to Dream takes part in that
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and all of you
take part in that:
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we try and create programs
that help to equip and empower
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the community. So
what do I mean by that?
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We have programs
on financial literacy.
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How to manage your money.
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We look at Biblical principles.
There's a lot of principles
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that are found in the
Bible as it pertains to finance
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and I didn't even realize that.
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But we have programs
that really bring that out.
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We also have
sexual purity programs.
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We've got health and wellness.
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Cooking programs! How many
of you know that I love food?
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I love GOOD food...
let me clarify that.
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I love delicious food.
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All right. Quite a
few of you know that.
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Well, we have cooking programs
where the food is very good
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and it's very good for you.
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You know, a lot of times people
tell you: "You need to eat
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a healthier diet. You
need to have a healthier diet.
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You need to live and
lead a healthier lifestyle. "
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How do I do that
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and it still tastes good?
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'Cause I don't want to
eat nasty stuff. I'm sorry.
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So we have programs that
will equip you with those tools.
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A lot of times you look
around and unfortunately
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you see an absenteeism
of fathers in the home.
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We have a program
called The Father's Heart
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that deals with that.
We have a group of guys
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that come on and they share.
They get real vulnerable...
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sometimes they cry. They
talk about their experiences
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when they were
children and their relationship
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with their
father or lack thereof.
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And then they talk about their
relationship with their children
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and how they're raising their
children to know about God and
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they're loving their children
and just all of those things.
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Our communities need that.
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We also have parenting programs.
Not just a fatherhood program
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but parenting
programs: The Pumped Up Parent.
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We also have a
Bible prophecy program.
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How many of you have seen
Salvation in Symbols and Signs?
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Wow! Quite a number of
you; quite a number of you.
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Well, we are
actually scheduled to record
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some episodes covering
the book of Daniel coming up
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pretty soon here in November
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so we're
looking forward to that.
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We've already
recorded 24 episodes
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but we're trying to wait
till we have them all together
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so we can just
release it at that time.
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I recently received
a letter from an inmate
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who had actually been watching
Salvation in Symbols and Signs
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and he began to see the book
of Revelation as a love story
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and one that was Christ-centered
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and focused on Christ.
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And it totally just
transformed his view on things.
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The beautiful thing about
media and television is that
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it can reach... Just like
you and I are sitting here
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in this building, the
signal goes around the world!
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That means somebody turns
on their TV or they're surfing
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the Web or maybe they're on
YouTube or maybe they download
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the free 3ABN app
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and they can find out about
the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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In the last 28 days, Dare
to Dream's YouTube channel
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stream plus all of its
videos have had a combined
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total of 479,649
minutes of video watched
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with 27,752 views.
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And Salvation in
Symbols and Signs playlist has
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a combined
total of 159,698 views
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since last October 17th.
I'd like to think that number's
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in the millions.
And it's not because
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we're on the program
or anything like that.
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It's because the program is
teaching people about Christ
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and is painting Revelation
in a way that is Christ-centered
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and a love story.
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Christ is coming
back for a purified bride
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and that's what Salvation in
Symbols and Signs is all about.
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And that's what Dare to
Dream is all about is pointing
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people towards Jesus so
that we can dare to dream
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for that better society and
that that can become a reality.
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God bless.
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I'm here with NAPS... and
I'm not talking about sleeping.
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Let's talk about
that after lunch, right?
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So don't go to sleep...
and you won't during NAPS.
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I'm here with Darla. And you've
been with NAPS for how many
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years, Darla? I have been
with NAPS since the year 2000
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so that's about...
uh... 19, 20 years.
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That's quite a while
that's for sure. Yes.
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3ABN and NAPS have been
associated together, working
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together for? Wow!
Before I came to 3ABN.
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Before I joined NAPS,
so... That's been a while ago.
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But we appreciate
NAPS and what you all do.
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In case you don't
know, in case you're new
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and don't know what NAPS
stands for, Darla what does
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N- A-P-S stand for?
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NAPS stands for The
National Association
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for the
Prevention of Starvation.
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And some of you maybe
have heard of NAPS before
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but I know that
one thing I've seen
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is whenever God is
involved in something
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it will do nothing but grow.
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And I have
watched as I have grown
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that NAPS has grown as well.
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NAPS is now not just a
group that has traveled to over
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23 countries.
It's not just a group
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that has traveled
to over 40 states.
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But now NAPS has grown; it
has its own medical clinic.
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It has its own wellness center
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where people have come
from all over the country
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and have received
healing from Jesus Christ. Amen!
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People with even stage 4
prostate and colon cancer.
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Wow! People with
diabetes... high blood pressure
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and so much more.
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But it doesn't stop there.
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God has blessed NAPS to
start up... one thing that is
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really close to my
heart and that is a school.
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First it started
with an elementary school.
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We call it NALA.
You notice that not all
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the shirts up here are blue.
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Well we have some NALA students.
It goes all the way from nursery
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all the way up to
tenth grade right now.
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And this is a school
where young children are given
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an opportunity to be
missionaries for Christ.
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And to show you the power
of it many of our students
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this past year, I think we
had about ten of our students
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decide to get
baptized this past year!
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Amen! And they're so excited.
It's like as they share Christ
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God is becoming a
part of their hearts.
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And so that's so powerful.
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But with the children coming on
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some of the older
people got a little jealous.
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They said: "Man, I wish I
had had a school like this
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when I was young"
and thus began GEM.
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And I'm going to let
these two tell you a little bit
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about what GEMS is.
This is Madelene Gustave
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and she is actually
one of our GEM students.
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And this is John Paul
Carpenter and he is one of our
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GEMS instructors. So
they're going to tell you
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just a little bit of
what God is doing with GEMS.
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So I'm actually one
of the students at GEMS,
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and GEMS is actually
the NAPS Global Evangelism
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Medical Missionary School.
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And the reason I actually
chose to be a part of GEMS
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is because as a student I
actually felt really impressed
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that the Lord was
calling me to do more.
00:19:54.52\00:19:56.12
And after hearing about
NAPS starting up this school
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I decided that that was
the way I wanted to do more.
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And so it's
been a HUGE blessing.
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There's been so
many testimonies.
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Even with the couple of
months now we've been in school
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God has been able to
show me why He has me there.
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And there's just so much
that God is willing to do
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in that community, and I'm
so glad that He's chosen me
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to be a part of that. And
one testimony was actually
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there was one woman we met
and she was actually looking for
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a carpenter.
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Amen. My name is John Carpenter.
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I am a carpenter.
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But praise the Lord. It's won-
derful how He works things out.
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As soon as the
school started a lady came
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to the wellness
center. And my wife was there
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and she said: "I
heard that y'all might have
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a carpenter or some
people that can help me
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on my mama's house. "
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Her mama... Where we are
stationed at is a very low...
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It's a poverty area. There's
only like one Adventist church
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in an area of 30 counties
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so there's very
little light there.
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So there's a lot of diseases. We
do a lot of health in the home
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with what we teach with
the medical missionaries
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but we also are
teaching them practical skills.
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Things... we do plumbing,
carpentry work, sheet rock.
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Anything to do with a
house we train them in as well.
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But this lady... Her mama
is an elderly lady, very sick.
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But her house is leaking.
It's got tarps all over the top
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of it that her church
had come and tried to fix
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by doing tarps, but the
water was still coming in -
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hmm - right on top of her bed.
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Wow! So we were able to go
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and start working on her house
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but it also opens the door
for the medical missionaries
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to come in as well.
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And so it's been a great
blessing. We're very excited
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about GEMS and we
want to invite you,
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invite others to come:
instructors, students... please.
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It's a beautiful thing.
It's divine, and we pray for
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many to join us as well.
00:22:08.06\00:22:10.13
Now you mentioned something
dealing with the health
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in the home. Now one
thing NAPS believes in
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is being the hands
and feet of Christ. Amen.
00:22:17.60\00:22:20.10
That means that really... when
people ask "What does NAPS do? "
00:22:20.30\00:22:24.27
it's like asking:
"What did Jesus do? "
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God has called us to
be His hands and His feet
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so when people
see us they see Him.
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And Madelene, you
have just a beautiful story
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of how God has used
the health in the home
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to reach not just in the
home but even how it has moved
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into the wellness center. Yes.
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So one of the outreach
that we do in GEMS is actually
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health in the home. And that is
where we as students are able to
00:22:51.83\00:22:53.97
go into the community
into the homes of the residents
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and be able to pretty much
educate them on different health
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principles as well as
conduct Bible studies.
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And so we met one woman
when we were out one Sabbath
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doing a children's program.
And the blessing in that is that
00:23:06.75\00:23:10.29
we went and there were
a ton of children there
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but they were pretty much
doing anything they wanted.
00:23:12.89\00:23:15.39
And so we decided we
wanted to use that opportunity
00:23:15.59\00:23:17.99
to encourage them in the Lord
00:23:18.19\00:23:19.63
and also hopefully be
good role models for them.
00:23:19.83\00:23:22.33
And so we had a
children's program.
00:23:22.53\00:23:24.13
And one of the
mothers came up to and told us
00:23:24.33\00:23:26.23
her need... of
her financial need...
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and us as students... we didn't
really know what we could do.
00:23:28.50\00:23:32.21
But we wanted to
help as best as we could
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and so we started visiting
her in health in the home.
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And we went to her home and
she quickly came to the door
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and closed the door
behind her and we talked outside
00:23:42.92\00:23:44.72
of her home. And we were pretty
much just trying to give her
00:23:44.92\00:23:47.82
any resources that we
could find to try and help her
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to pay off her bills.
00:23:50.63\00:23:52.36
And we prayed with
her and encouraged her.
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And afterwards we left and
prayed and asked the Lord...
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We saw that she was very
hesitant to let us into her home
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which shows you the kind
of community that we are in
00:24:01.94\00:24:04.47
and how a lot of them
are a bit shy as far as
00:24:04.67\00:24:08.18
letting people into their
homes because some people have
00:24:08.38\00:24:11.41
not necessarily helped them
in the way that they needed.
00:24:11.61\00:24:13.62
And so we were just praying:
"Lord, please allow this
00:24:13.82\00:24:17.05
woman to develop a
relationship with us
00:24:17.25\00:24:19.35
so that we can
conduct Bible studies
00:24:19.55\00:24:21.86
and really share
with her Your love. "
00:24:22.06\00:24:23.69
And so we went back the next day
and she again was just telling
00:24:23.89\00:24:26.36
us the struggle
that she was having
00:24:26.56\00:24:28.06
to the point where she didn't
even have any more diapers
00:24:28.46\00:24:31.13
to be able to put on
her child that day. And so
00:24:31.33\00:24:35.94
as students we
don't have much money, but
00:24:36.14\00:24:38.47
diapers are just a
couple of bucks. And so we put
00:24:38.67\00:24:41.11
our money together and
went to the grocery store
00:24:41.31\00:24:44.11
down the street,
grabbed some diapers,
00:24:44.31\00:24:46.35
and brought it to her
hoping that that would also
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help her to see that we
really want to help her.
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And so we brought it to
her and she was so grateful
00:24:51.85\00:24:54.09
to the point where we came
the next week and the door was
00:24:54.29\00:24:56.73
just a bit more open.
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Amen! And we knew
that God was working.
00:24:58.46\00:25:00.60
And then soon - later enough
- a couple weeks after that
00:25:01.00\00:25:05.03
we kept encouraging
her and praying with her
00:25:05.23\00:25:07.80
and just sharing
with her God's love.
00:25:08.00\00:25:10.64
And one day we came
and the door was wide open.
00:25:10.84\00:25:13.68
She invited us right
into her home onto her couch
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and we were able to
conduct Bible studies with her
00:25:16.34\00:25:17.91
first time. Praise the Lord!
Darla, for more information
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where do people go? Because
they may want to support,
00:25:21.38\00:25:23.65
want to find
more information out.
00:25:23.85\00:25:25.19
I would encourage everybody
check out napsglobal.org
00:25:25.35\00:25:29.09
And you can sign up
to either be a student
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or an instructor or
just to help with a donation.
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Amen! Thank you, Darla,
and for your entire team.
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Thank you for helping us with
the children's' meetings, too.
00:25:43.97\00:25:45.51
When they come up here
they also help us with our
00:25:45.71\00:25:47.04
children's
meetings. So thank you.
00:25:47.18\00:25:48.51
Thank you for your support of
NAPS as well. Thank you, Darla.
00:25:48.71\00:25:50.91
Thank you all very much.
00:25:54.35\00:25:55.68
I'd like to invite
Pastor John Dinzey out.
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He is our general
manager of 3ABN Latino.
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And Jill and I appreciate...
This is just an interesting
00:26:02.02\00:26:04.39
little tidbit. When
Jill and I first got married
00:26:04.59\00:26:07.06
seventeen years
ago he and his wife
00:26:07.26\00:26:09.00
were the first family that
invited us over to their house
00:26:09.20\00:26:12.13
as we were
newlyweds to your house.
00:26:12.33\00:26:14.44
So we appreciate them
and it was a wonderful meal.
00:26:14.64\00:26:17.07
But we appreciate the work
that you and your wife have been
00:26:17.27\00:26:19.24
doing here at 3ABN.
You've been here now 30 years
00:26:19.44\00:26:22.54
and you came as a single man.
00:26:22.74\00:26:24.75
Yes I did. I
came as a single man.
00:26:24.95\00:26:26.51
We both got
married... our wives are here.
00:26:26.92\00:26:28.65
But what happened? You
still have your hair... I don't.
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Still... So, just so you know
00:26:31.02\00:26:33.22
people tease me that
I don't have gray hair.
00:26:33.42\00:26:34.76
Well I DO have some gray
hair and just so you know:
00:26:34.89\00:26:36.69
Pastor John Lomacang
was pulling some of it out.
00:26:36.89\00:26:38.69
Thank you Pastor Johnny.
00:26:41.80\00:26:43.13
Thank you. Well praise
the Lord 3ABN was called to
00:26:43.33\00:26:46.87
bring the undiluted 3 angels'
messages to the whole world
00:26:47.17\00:26:51.24
and 3ABN Latino is a
continuation of that.
00:26:51.97\00:26:55.24
3ABN is a
ministry of divine origin.
00:26:55.64\00:26:58.18
And I praise the Lord
because He is using 3ABN Latino
00:26:58.81\00:27:01.42
to reach people
for Jesus Christ.
00:27:01.62\00:27:03.72
And when 3ABN Latino
was finally put on the air
00:27:04.45\00:27:07.19
on satellite... It's on
satellite, now we have to get
00:27:07.39\00:27:10.19
on cable
stations and TV stations.
00:27:10.39\00:27:12.19
And I remember
being in my office...
00:27:12.59\00:27:14.10
I used to work in
Pastoral at the same time...
00:27:14.30\00:27:16.00
and I took a deep breath:
"Lord, how are we going to get
00:27:16.20\00:27:19.53
this on TV stations
and cable stations? "
00:27:19.73\00:27:21.90
'Cause I knew a little
bit about how that process is
00:27:22.10\00:27:25.84
here in the U.S. You
have to talk to churches,
00:27:26.04\00:27:29.34
you have to talk to
conference officials, etc.
00:27:29.54\00:27:31.55
And I imagined that it
would take a long time.
00:27:31.85\00:27:34.25
But guess what?
The Lord is in control.
00:27:34.75\00:27:36.82
He impressed upon
members of the church
00:27:37.02\00:27:38.72
and pastors to help us get
on cable, and 3ABN Latino grew
00:27:38.92\00:27:42.62
very very fast.
00:27:42.82\00:27:44.33
We are on over
1,300 cable stations!
00:27:44.53\00:27:47.30
And we just praise the
Lord for the downlinks.
00:27:48.00\00:27:50.30
There are over 30 downlinks
that broadcast 3ABN Latino.
00:27:50.50\00:27:53.60
And God has been taking
this and reaching people.
00:27:54.00\00:27:57.67
I have met people
that have been gang members
00:27:57.87\00:28:01.34
and one of them has
now studied to be a pastor.
00:28:01.74\00:28:05.05
We have met drug addicts
00:28:05.45\00:28:07.42
that one of them is now
studying to be a pastor.
00:28:07.62\00:28:10.05
Met a presidential
candidate in Costa Rica
00:28:10.79\00:28:14.79
that watches 3ABN.
00:28:15.89\00:28:18.29
And when I met him
I didn't know that.
00:28:18.69\00:28:20.90
He goes: "John! Good to
see you. I watch 3ABN! "
00:28:21.30\00:28:24.30
"I watch Idalia! " And he
told me all kinds of things
00:28:24.50\00:28:27.90
that he watched on 3ABN
and he praised the Lord.
00:28:28.10\00:28:30.34
Even secular music
singers watching 3ABN.
00:28:30.54\00:28:34.81
I talked to the
husband of one of them.
00:28:35.01\00:28:36.98
I can't mention the name.
00:28:37.18\00:28:38.61
And he told me: "Yes,
I'm recording programs here
00:28:39.01\00:28:41.88
for my wife. " So we
pray that the Lord will
00:28:42.28\00:28:45.59
bring all these people to Him.
00:28:45.79\00:28:47.69
And you may have heard
that recently 3ABN put back on
00:28:48.09\00:28:52.89
the air our
channel in Puerto Rico.
00:28:53.09\00:28:55.56
It was knocked
down by the hurricane
00:28:55.76\00:28:57.27
but it's back on the air.
But 3ABN took a step of faith
00:28:57.57\00:29:00.77
and signed a contract.
We are now on another four
00:29:00.97\00:29:05.57
television stations
making 5 to cover the whole
00:29:05.77\00:29:08.04
island of Puerto Rico. And
we are getting marvelous reports
00:29:08.24\00:29:11.61
of people watching
and they are saying
00:29:11.81\00:29:14.48
"This is what
I've been needing. "
00:29:14.68\00:29:17.05
So I need your
prayers also for Nicaragua.
00:29:18.35\00:29:21.69
We have been asking prayer
for Nicaragua several years ago.
00:29:22.39\00:29:26.66
Obstacles, obstacles, obstacles.
00:29:27.06\00:29:29.00
It's like the devil didn't want
this channel to go on the air.
00:29:29.20\00:29:31.70
And we were able to get on
the air on a tower that was
00:29:32.60\00:29:36.84
owned by the conference
office in Managua, Nicaragua.
00:29:37.04\00:29:41.54
And in that tower... We were
on the air for almost a year
00:29:42.44\00:29:47.92
and for some reason the
devil doesn't want that channel
00:29:48.12\00:29:50.59
on the air so he
knocked down the tower.
00:29:50.79\00:29:52.65
So we ask for your prayers
because we have a new site
00:29:53.52\00:29:57.79
for us, and the
tower is going up.
00:29:57.99\00:30:01.96
But there are obstacles
there that the devil is
00:30:02.36\00:30:05.30
putting in place.
We need your prayers
00:30:05.50\00:30:07.60
so that something similar
to what happened in Puerto Rico
00:30:07.80\00:30:10.31
happens to Nicaragua
00:30:10.51\00:30:11.87
because that frequency allows
us to go all over the nation
00:30:12.07\00:30:16.58
of Nicaragua. So we
ask for your prayers.
00:30:16.78\00:30:19.41
We have seen so many
things that the Lord has done,
00:30:20.32\00:30:24.02
and we just praise the Lord
that 3ABN Latino's on the air.
00:30:24.22\00:30:27.22
In about two weeks Idalia and I
00:30:27.62\00:30:32.09
and some of our
3ABN Latino team members
00:30:32.29\00:30:34.60
are going to Santo Domingo.
00:30:34.80\00:30:38.47
Why are we going to Santo
Domingo, the Dominican Republic?
00:30:38.67\00:30:41.17
Because we have been on
the air for several years.
00:30:41.37\00:30:43.97
We have heard of
people coming to the Lord
00:30:44.17\00:30:46.01
but now 187 simultaneous
evangelistic campaigns
00:30:46.41\00:30:51.18
during the first week
making appeals for baptism.
00:30:51.38\00:30:54.35
And we are praying that those
people that have been watching
00:30:55.25\00:30:58.59
for several years will
make decisions for Jesus Christ.
00:30:58.79\00:31:01.96
We need your prayers for that.
00:31:02.89\00:31:04.46
And we want to give literature
to them, so if you would like to
00:31:04.86\00:31:07.36
support towards that,
let us know by sending it.
00:31:07.56\00:31:11.17
And the second week, 3
evangelists from 3ABN Latino
00:31:12.10\00:31:17.24
that the viewers
are accustomed to seeing
00:31:17.44\00:31:19.77
in their homes are going
to be there in the second week
00:31:19.97\00:31:23.75
preaching the gospel. And we
are going to be announcing this
00:31:23.95\00:31:27.58
so that these people that have
been watching in their homes
00:31:27.78\00:31:30.32
will come. And what they
will hear is the message of God.
00:31:30.52\00:31:35.26
And we ask for your prayers so
that people will make decisions
00:31:36.02\00:31:38.89
for Jesus.
00:31:39.19\00:31:40.70
We praise the Lord
for what God has done.
00:31:40.90\00:31:43.26
But I believe God has
greater things He wants to do.
00:31:43.47\00:31:47.40
Why? Because "God is not will-
ing that any should perish. "
00:31:47.60\00:31:51.81
And this is why 3ABN exists
00:31:52.01\00:31:53.98
and this is why we
need to keep this going
00:31:54.18\00:31:57.71
until God says "Stop. "
00:31:57.91\00:32:00.18
My pleasure to introduce to you
00:32:00.58\00:32:02.65
Brother Tim Parton from
the Praise Him! Network.
00:32:02.85\00:32:05.32
He has good news to
share with you. God bless.
00:32:05.52\00:32:08.69
Now the good news is that
Jesus reigns. And we use music
00:32:08.89\00:32:13.19
to do that... to
share the message
00:32:13.40\00:32:16.46
on the Praise Him! Network.
It has been my privilege
00:32:16.67\00:32:18.77
now... This is
actually just our first year to
00:32:18.97\00:32:22.74
have been launched. We
launched back on January 2nd.
00:32:22.94\00:32:25.57
And I will be working...
so we'll get to work in the
00:32:25.77\00:32:30.38
Sound Center
where I have my office.
00:32:30.58\00:32:32.85
And people will write in
and ask how long we've been
00:32:33.58\00:32:36.48
on the air, and I can't remember
whether it's been one year
00:32:36.69\00:32:39.79
or two years because
the time has just flown
00:32:39.99\00:32:42.16
and it's just been
really amazing to see
00:32:42.36\00:32:45.83
the opportunities
that God has opened for us.
00:32:46.03\00:32:48.06
We're grateful...
I'm grateful for Danny.
00:32:48.26\00:32:50.17
As many of you know, this
was kind of Danny's brain child.
00:32:50.37\00:32:53.60
He loves music, and he kind
of pushed me out of the nest.
00:32:53.80\00:32:58.44
Because I came back in '16,
2016, to begin as general mgr.
00:32:58.64\00:33:04.15
of the Praise Him! Network,
but I had a little failure
00:33:04.35\00:33:07.85
to launch syndrome.
But he's good at just
00:33:08.05\00:33:12.45
kicking you out
and saying" Fly, man! "
00:33:12.65\00:33:14.82
So... But I owe so
many people deep gratitude
00:33:15.02\00:33:20.03
for helping me get
this thing off the ground
00:33:20.23\00:33:22.26
and it's certainly not a
one-man network by any means.
00:33:22.46\00:33:27.14
This is a huge undertaking,
and we're working on
00:33:27.34\00:33:30.94
creating new content.
We have some new programs
00:33:31.14\00:33:34.18
coming up on the
Praise Him! Network.
00:33:34.34\00:33:37.68
Piano Praise... which is
just going to be piano music.
00:33:37.88\00:33:40.68
3ABN's Praise Him
Today which will be like
00:33:41.08\00:33:44.15
the 3ABN Today on 3ABN.
00:33:44.35\00:33:47.66
We'll have a Pause to
Pray program which will be just
00:33:48.29\00:33:50.99
a 30-minute prayer program...
a great time of prayer.
00:33:51.19\00:33:54.63
We have Camp Meeting Classics
which will be going back through
00:33:54.83\00:33:57.27
the years and getting some of
the music from the Camp Meetings
00:33:57.47\00:33:59.97
that we've enjoyed. Be
fun to see how we've all
00:34:00.17\00:34:02.84
grown older through that.
00:34:03.04\00:34:04.97
And then World of Praise. You
know, some of the other networks
00:34:05.17\00:34:08.31
that are international: Russia,
French, and the international
00:34:08.51\00:34:12.18
Australia channel... they
all show some wonderful music.
00:34:12.38\00:34:17.09
And so we're going to combine
some of the talent from those
00:34:17.29\00:34:22.32
different networks to
make a program, so it will be
00:34:22.52\00:34:25.66
kind of interesting because
it will be in some languages
00:34:25.86\00:34:27.83
that not all of
are familiar with.
00:34:28.03\00:34:30.40
So there'll be some "Google
translate" I guess we could say
00:34:30.60\00:34:34.50
across the bottom
that will explain the song.
00:34:34.70\00:34:37.61
But it'll be just great to
see how we are all in this thing
00:34:37.77\00:34:40.78
together. This is an
international ministry
00:34:40.98\00:34:42.98
and we are praising
Him around the world.
00:34:43.18\00:34:46.82
So it's a good thing to
be a part of God's family.
00:34:47.02\00:34:49.38
In January I want you
to be sure and be watching
00:34:50.32\00:34:52.72
the Praise Him!
Network for Ten Days of Prayer.
00:34:52.92\00:34:55.39
It'll be... We did that
in January of this year;
00:34:55.89\00:34:58.86
we're going to be doing it
again. Just get some wonderful
00:34:59.06\00:35:02.46
response from around the
world. Belgium, Malaysia.
00:35:02.66\00:35:06.43
Just two hours ago I received
a message that says they watch
00:35:06.63\00:35:10.97
the Your
Favorites by Request program
00:35:11.17\00:35:14.01
on Home Base TV. I
haven't even asked anybody
00:35:14.21\00:35:17.81
what that is necessarily
00:35:18.01\00:35:19.78
but it's in sunny South Africa.
00:35:19.98\00:35:22.92
So I received that
e-mail just a couple hours ago
00:35:23.32\00:35:25.82
from a lady who
watches the program
00:35:26.02\00:35:27.89
and says she enjoys it...
so we'll keep on doing that.
00:35:28.09\00:35:30.49
In the past 28 days we
have... on YouTube we have
00:35:31.66\00:35:35.80
had almost 6,000 views
00:35:36.20\00:35:40.40
and 177,000 minutes
have been viewed on YouTube.
00:35:40.60\00:35:46.07
So thanks to Adam
Dean for statistics.
00:35:46.47\00:35:48.98
Again, we've got a
whole crew that are wonderful.
00:35:49.18\00:35:51.98
Ryan Day, my assistant,
and then just this past month
00:35:52.38\00:35:55.95
we hired Rachel
Younkin as my secretary.
00:35:56.15\00:36:00.52
And I have done more in
the past month than I have done
00:36:01.46\00:36:04.13
in the past year
thanks to Rachel...
00:36:04.33\00:36:07.20
or no thanks. Anyway, but
seriously: she's good for me
00:36:07.40\00:36:11.03
'cause I'm creative but
I'm not quite organized.
00:36:11.23\00:36:14.30
But I'm going to sing a
song that basically sums up
00:36:14.50\00:36:18.44
everything that I just said.
00:36:18.84\00:36:20.98
And it's all to
the glory of God.
00:36:21.18\00:36:23.08
Lately I've been looking back
00:36:32.22\00:36:34.72
along this winding road
00:36:35.56\00:36:38.13
to the old, familiar markers
00:36:38.53\00:36:41.46
all the mercies I have known.
00:36:41.86\00:36:45.43
I know it may sound simple
00:36:46.27\00:36:49.24
but it's more than a cliché
00:36:49.94\00:36:52.71
for there's no
better way to tell you
00:36:53.51\00:36:56.98
than to say:
00:36:57.71\00:37:02.18
"God's been good
00:37:02.68\00:37:06.29
in my life"
00:37:06.79\00:37:09.72
and I feel blessed
beyond my wildest dreams
00:37:10.43\00:37:15.00
when I go to sleep each night.
00:37:15.20\00:37:18.00
And though I've had
my share of hard times
00:37:18.63\00:37:22.50
I wouldn't
change them if I could
00:37:22.70\00:37:26.07
for through it all
00:37:26.68\00:37:29.41
God's been good...
00:37:29.61\00:37:34.15
through it all
00:37:34.55\00:37:37.29
God's been
00:37:38.02\00:37:42.26
so good. Amen.
00:37:42.46\00:37:46.73
Now it's my
privilege to introduce to you
00:37:46.93\00:37:49.86
the general manager of
3ABN Francais: Moses Primo.
00:37:50.07\00:37:55.00
Hey, Moses. Thank you, Tim.
00:37:55.20\00:37:58.21
Praise Him! is
very special to me.
00:37:59.04\00:38:01.24
I work with
Praise Him! to push Tim
00:38:01.64\00:38:07.38
to this position and
it has been a blessing.
00:38:07.58\00:38:11.12
So I thank Tim for
taking this channel:
00:38:11.52\00:38:16.09
a 24-hour music channel at 3ABN.
00:38:16.29\00:38:20.00
So with the nine channels
one of the channels that is
00:38:20.20\00:38:24.57
is dear to me
also is 3ABN Francais.
00:38:24.97\00:38:29.24
It's a language that is not very
00:38:30.57\00:38:35.01
disseminated, but
it is a language that
00:38:35.94\00:38:40.32
is well-spoken
all over the world.
00:38:40.52\00:38:43.15
And I thought
that there was a need
00:38:43.55\00:38:46.59
to give the
three angels' message
00:38:46.79\00:38:49.79
in that language.
So I was very thankful
00:38:49.99\00:38:54.03
that 3ABN allowed
00:38:54.23\00:38:57.13
in October of 2010
00:38:58.13\00:39:00.84
so it has been nine
years that 3ABN Francais has
00:39:01.04\00:39:05.57
been preaching the
three angels' messages.
00:39:05.77\00:39:08.94
We are on the Internet.
00:39:09.14\00:39:12.61
3abnfrançais.tv
00:39:12.81\00:39:15.48
You can check it out even
if you don't speak French.
00:39:15.68\00:39:18.75
Tell your French-speaking
people that we have
00:39:18.95\00:39:23.36
a ministry in
the French language.
00:39:23.56\00:39:26.23
We've received several
e-mails. I have several here
00:39:26.63\00:39:32.23
that are in
French. But many of them
00:39:32.43\00:39:35.97
are encouragement to us
00:39:36.37\00:39:38.94
because 3ABN Francais
has been a blessing to them
00:39:39.34\00:39:43.58
and they are thanking us.
Some of them are asking for
00:39:43.78\00:39:47.18
prayer
requests. Some of them are
00:39:47.38\00:39:50.55
asking for lessons.
00:39:50.75\00:39:52.92
And we are thankful
that we have Amazing Facts
00:39:53.12\00:39:56.93
to help on that request.
00:39:57.13\00:40:01.30
And we are producing programs
00:40:01.83\00:40:05.37
here in our studios.
00:40:05.57\00:40:08.30
We have people
that come - volunteers -
00:40:08.50\00:40:11.07
and I thank Rose Bolo
from Martinique and her family
00:40:11.27\00:40:16.01
that comes once a year and
we record several programs.
00:40:16.41\00:40:21.35
We just did a recording
of a quartet from Martinique.
00:40:21.55\00:40:26.22
We did a series of
recording of twenty-six programs
00:40:26.42\00:40:31.23
with Pastor Jose Elise.
00:40:31.43\00:40:36.56
He used to be with
It Is Written in Canada.
00:40:36.77\00:40:40.47
He has retired and he
speaks the French language,
00:40:40.67\00:40:44.71
so we are very
blessed when he comes
00:40:45.11\00:40:48.41
and he just recorded 26
programs in the Revelation
00:40:48.61\00:40:52.85
subject but with
a view of Jesus...
00:40:53.35\00:40:57.49
not as much as
00:40:58.05\00:40:59.59
the symbols and signs
00:40:59.79\00:41:04.33
of Revelation but
in a more loving way
00:41:04.53\00:41:07.93
that we don't see
Revelation spoken like that.
00:41:08.13\00:41:11.27
So we praise God
for those programs.
00:41:11.47\00:41:13.44
We haven't started broadcasting
yet, but it's going to be new
00:41:13.94\00:41:17.01
programs that we'll
be broadcasting soon.
00:41:17.21\00:41:19.54
And also we recorded
fourteen new programs with
00:41:19.74\00:41:22.44
Pastor Gracia. He's
a pastor from Atlanta.
00:41:22.64\00:41:27.82
He is an expert
in marriage seminars,
00:41:28.02\00:41:32.75
and he gave us many good
programs that we are still going
00:41:32.95\00:41:37.43
to edit to broadcast soon.
00:41:37.63\00:41:39.76
So we praise God for
the content that we have
00:41:40.16\00:41:43.53
in the French language
00:41:43.73\00:41:45.33
and for 3ABN
allowing us to broadcast this
00:41:45.53\00:41:51.51
in the French language.
Just switching hats a little bit
00:41:51.71\00:41:55.68
here, I also
oversee development of 3ABN.
00:41:55.88\00:42:00.92
And I want to share with
you a tremendous blessing
00:42:01.12\00:42:04.39
that I just
received about a month ago.
00:42:04.59\00:42:07.59
You have heard
that 3ABN had a 3ABN NGO
00:42:07.79\00:42:13.80
in Ghana, Africa.
And we started last year
00:42:14.20\00:42:19.43
broadcasting in the
capital city of Ghana:
00:42:19.63\00:42:22.50
in Accra in Ghana.
00:42:22.70\00:42:25.61
And just about a month ago
00:42:25.81\00:42:27.64
with the pressure and persis-
tence of the local volunteers
00:42:28.81\00:42:34.82
there the
government allowed to take that
00:42:35.02\00:42:38.69
digital from the
capital city and distribute it
00:42:38.89\00:42:42.32
all over the country of Ghana.
00:42:42.52\00:42:44.79
And this is a
tremendous new addition of 3ABN
00:42:44.99\00:42:50.00
in that country. We
have several other things
00:42:50.20\00:42:54.57
happening in Engineering...
so changing hats again
00:42:54.77\00:42:57.31
for the Engineering side.
00:42:57.51\00:42:58.87
We are happy that we
have a new application
00:42:59.07\00:43:02.34
on Amazon Fire
TV. If you have Amazon
00:43:02.54\00:43:06.58
or if you know a
friend who has Amazon
00:43:06.78\00:43:08.85
do a quick search for
3ABN and you will find our app.
00:43:09.05\00:43:14.52
It's free and it's very good.
00:43:14.72\00:43:17.29
I like it. It's very modern.
00:43:17.49\00:43:20.86
We also re-did the app on Roku.
00:43:21.06\00:43:25.03
And if you have a Roku
you can do a new search
00:43:26.37\00:43:32.31
and download the
new app. It's very nice.
00:43:32.51\00:43:36.08
We have re-done that.
00:43:36.28\00:43:38.38
We also continue to work on
maintaining 19 downlink stations
00:43:38.58\00:43:44.35
that we have. We have Dan
Peek... I'm still traveling
00:43:44.55\00:43:48.36
some. Not as much as we
did. We divested from some
00:43:48.56\00:43:52.73
of the stations
that we couldn't keep up
00:43:52.93\00:43:55.50
but we kept 19 stations and
they are still broadcasting.
00:43:55.70\00:43:59.47
The other stations that
we divest, we still kept
00:43:59.67\00:44:04.34
one channel that is 3ABN.
00:44:04.54\00:44:07.48
So the Lord is blessing
3ABN in many different languages
00:44:07.68\00:44:11.45
as you see the reports here.
00:44:11.65\00:44:13.38
Many different countries,
and we are so happy that
00:44:13.58\00:44:16.89
the message is being preached
24/7 in many different ways.
00:44:17.09\00:44:21.59
Now my time is gone, but
I am very happy to introduce
00:44:22.39\00:44:26.59
Celestine. She is
going to be singing to us
00:44:26.80\00:44:29.83
and she's going to be accom-
panied by her daughter Farrah.
00:44:30.03\00:44:33.70
Farrah is also... I am happy to
work with her during the week.
00:44:33.90\00:44:37.97
She does closed
captioning for us
00:44:38.17\00:44:40.18
besides being a
beautiful musician.
00:44:40.38\00:44:43.38
Thank you for your music.
00:44:43.58\00:44:45.01
Who here among us
00:45:05.93\00:45:09.54
has not been broken?
00:45:10.21\00:45:14.38
Who here among us
00:45:15.04\00:45:17.95
is without guilt or pain?
00:45:18.15\00:45:21.72
So oft' abandoned
00:45:22.72\00:45:26.72
by our transgressions
00:45:27.02\00:45:31.29
If such a thing as grace exists,
00:45:31.49\00:45:35.36
then grace was made
for lives like this.
00:45:35.56\00:45:40.90
There are no strangers;
00:45:44.74\00:45:48.54
there are no outcasts.
00:45:48.94\00:45:52.51
There are no orphans
00:45:52.91\00:45:57.02
of God!
00:45:57.22\00:46:01.36
So many fallen,
00:46:01.56\00:46:04.89
but Hallelujah!
00:46:05.29\00:46:09.13
There are no orphans
00:46:09.33\00:46:13.37
of God.
00:46:13.77\00:46:19.67
Come ye unwanted
00:46:31.65\00:46:34.99
and find affection. Oh,
00:46:35.56\00:46:39.76
come all ye weary,
00:46:40.16\00:46:43.16
come and lay down your head.
00:46:43.57\00:46:46.97
Come ye unworthy,
00:46:47.57\00:46:51.51
you are my brother.
00:46:51.71\00:46:55.54
If such a thing as grace exists,
00:46:55.94\00:46:59.71
then grace was
made for life like this!
00:46:59.91\00:47:04.72
There are no strangers;
00:47:05.85\00:47:10.46
there are no outcasts.
00:47:10.66\00:47:14.50
There are no orphans
00:47:14.70\00:47:18.63
of God!
00:47:19.03\00:47:22.60
So many fallen,
00:47:22.80\00:47:26.14
but Hallelujah!
00:47:26.54\00:47:30.41
There are no orphans
00:47:30.61\00:47:34.48
of God.
00:47:34.68\00:47:38.85
O blessed Father,
00:47:39.85\00:47:43.39
look down upon us.
00:47:43.79\00:47:47.33
We are Your children
00:47:47.83\00:47:51.03
and we need Your love.
00:47:51.23\00:47:55.30
We bow before
00:47:55.50\00:47:58.87
Your throne of mercy
00:47:59.27\00:48:02.64
and seek Your face
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to rise above.
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There are no strangers;
00:48:11.29\00:48:14.86
there are no outcasts.
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There are no orphans
00:48:19.09\00:48:22.73
of God!
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So many fallen,
00:48:26.57\00:48:29.80
but Hallelujah!
00:48:30.01\00:48:33.78
There are no orphans...
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there are no strangers;
00:48:37.85\00:48:41.45
there are no outcasts.
00:48:41.65\00:48:45.19
There are no orphans
00:48:45.59\00:48:49.29
of God!
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So many fallen,
00:48:53.29\00:48:56.10
but Hallelujah!
00:48:56.60\00:49:02.27
That there are no orphans
00:49:06.07\00:49:11.65
of
00:49:12.05\00:49:13.82
God.
00:49:14.58\00:49:19.75
There are no orphans
00:49:22.19\00:49:25.86
of
00:49:27.93\00:49:29.50
God!
00:49:29.70\00:49:35.64
Amen! That was beautiful.
00:49:42.78\00:49:44.85
Thank you Celestine and
Farrah. I am Jay Christian
00:49:45.05\00:49:50.75
of 3ABN Radio.
00:49:50.95\00:49:52.52
And the theme
for this Camp Meeting
00:49:52.92\00:49:57.43
centers around evangelism.
00:49:57.63\00:49:59.39
And guess what? 3ABN
Radio does evangelism.
00:49:59.79\00:50:04.73
Here is a text that I
think that you probably know.
00:50:05.60\00:50:09.37
It's from Matthew: "And
this gospel of the kingdom
00:50:10.81\00:50:15.61
will be preached in
all the world as a witness
00:50:15.81\00:50:18.08
to all the nations and then
00:50:18.28\00:50:22.52
the end will come. "
00:50:22.82\00:50:24.89
We're looking forward to that.
00:50:25.65\00:50:27.06
We're doing the best
we can to get that done.
00:50:27.26\00:50:30.93
Jesus said that.
We take it seriously
00:50:31.63\00:50:34.93
and we're doing
everything we can to help.
00:50:35.13\00:50:37.27
Got a couple of
stories to tell you
00:50:37.67\00:50:39.73
about what
happens with 3ABN Radio
00:50:40.67\00:50:43.17
when people listen to it.
00:50:43.37\00:50:44.84
Mike and Chris,
some people here from the
00:50:45.24\00:50:48.68
Thompsonville area, listened for
a while, probably mostly Chris.
00:50:48.88\00:50:53.85
She loved to
listen to 3ABN Radio here
00:50:54.05\00:50:57.09
except when preaching
about the Sabbath came on.
00:50:58.29\00:51:01.96
Now they went to church very
regularly but on a different day
00:51:02.56\00:51:06.33
and so when the
Sabbath preaching came on
00:51:06.53\00:51:10.63
she'd turn the
radio off real fast.
00:51:11.73\00:51:14.44
But next time she got in her
car she turned us back on again.
00:51:14.84\00:51:18.64
So she would listen except
for a message about the Sabbath.
00:51:19.04\00:51:22.44
And finally one day she
said: "You know, Lord, I'm gonna
00:51:23.21\00:51:26.31
either get this or
I'm not. Help me out
00:51:26.51\00:51:28.65
and let me see
whether it's true or not. "
00:51:29.75\00:51:33.22
And one day she was driving
right in front of the church
00:51:33.62\00:51:35.89
here, and on our
billboard was a sign that said
00:51:36.09\00:51:40.56
3ABN Camp Meeting:
00:51:40.76\00:51:42.83
main speaker Doug Batchelor.
00:51:43.63\00:51:48.47
That was her favorite speaker.
00:51:49.44\00:51:51.24
And she went home and
told Mike: "We've gotta go! "
00:51:51.44\00:51:53.21
So they came... they
came for the weekend.
00:51:53.41\00:51:56.11
They looked at each other and
they said: "We cannot deny it. "
00:51:56.31\00:51:59.75
Amen! "We can't
deny the Sabbath. "
00:52:00.15\00:52:03.02
When we hear things
like this from listeners...
00:52:03.22\00:52:08.36
We also like to hear it from
viewers, but we certainly like
00:52:08.56\00:52:12.29
to hear it from
listeners. When we hear that
00:52:12.49\00:52:15.20
it's very encouraging for
us because we know that this
00:52:15.40\00:52:19.40
happens around the world...
it doesn't just happen here.
00:52:19.60\00:52:24.11
We have a young lady
by the name of Ramona
00:52:25.01\00:52:27.91
that has just joined the
church. She was just baptized
00:52:28.11\00:52:32.51
a few months ago. She
had never thought about
00:52:32.71\00:52:36.15
Christianity much...
wasn't raised in the church.
00:52:36.55\00:52:39.55
She started
listening to 3ABN Radio
00:52:39.75\00:52:42.09
and now she's
part of the family.
00:52:42.66\00:52:44.56
Praise God for that!
00:52:45.13\00:52:46.70
We have wonderful affiliates,
00:52:46.90\00:52:48.83
and I've got a quick story
to tell you about one of them.
00:52:49.03\00:52:51.50
I just got an
e-mail a couple of days ago
00:52:51.70\00:52:54.17
and he wrote and said...
They already owned a couple
00:52:54.57\00:52:59.11
of stations. I'm not going
to tell you who it is 'cause
00:52:59.31\00:53:01.34
I don't have his
permission to use his name.
00:53:01.54\00:53:04.08
But they have a
couple of stations
00:53:04.81\00:53:06.98
and they found a station
in another part of the state
00:53:07.18\00:53:11.85
for sale
00:53:12.05\00:53:13.76
and the owner said he's really
very happy to work with them.
00:53:14.56\00:53:18.59
And so he went back,
00:53:19.46\00:53:22.10
presented the
information to the board,
00:53:22.50\00:53:25.13
and said: "This is a
station we'd like to add. "
00:53:26.23\00:53:28.90
They said: "How
much money do we have? "
00:53:29.70\00:53:33.98
"Zero! " Didn't have
any money in the bank
00:53:36.68\00:53:39.91
for another radio station.
00:53:40.12\00:53:41.65
"Well, how much do we have
promised in our fundraising? "
00:53:42.42\00:53:45.55
"Zero... " again.
00:53:45.75\00:53:47.46
And the board
said: "Let's do it! "
00:53:48.42\00:53:50.63
Who does this sound like?
00:53:51.83\00:53:53.70
Did we hear a
story similar to this
00:53:54.90\00:53:57.50
from Danny just
a short while ago?
00:53:57.90\00:54:00.47
And so it's just
tremendously exciting
00:54:01.50\00:54:05.21
when we hear these things.
00:54:05.41\00:54:06.78
And so we want to
thank you. We at 3ABN -
00:54:07.38\00:54:10.55
all of us, the whole family -
00:54:10.75\00:54:13.31
are doing this for you
and our eternity together.
00:54:13.52\00:54:16.92
And we thank you for your
participation and your help.
00:54:17.85\00:54:21.62
And now let's
call Greg and Jill out.
00:54:22.36\00:54:24.56
We'll turn it over to them
for the final part of this hour.
00:54:24.76\00:54:28.66
Greg... Thank you so much. Jill.
00:54:28.86\00:54:31.80
We switch things up
quickly in the back.
00:54:32.00\00:54:34.14
Thank you so much, Jay.
Appreciate your leadership
00:54:34.30\00:54:36.67
with 3ABN Radio.
00:54:36.87\00:54:38.87
I love the fact that we
have all the radio channels
00:54:39.07\00:54:41.11
and the music. Don't you like
the 3ABN Radio music channel?
00:54:41.31\00:54:44.51
What a blessing
to have that music.
00:54:44.71\00:54:46.51
We don't just have
3ABN Radio music channel
00:54:46.72\00:54:49.78
but the Praise Him! So
whether you want to watch
00:54:49.98\00:54:52.65
music 24/7 or listen
to it what a blessing.
00:54:52.85\00:54:56.59
I think of Isaiah chapter 60.
00:54:56.79\00:54:58.69
The Word of God says:
"Arise, shine, for your light
00:54:58.89\00:55:01.13
has come and the glory of
the Lord is risen upon you. "
00:55:01.33\00:55:06.17
And verse 2 talks about the
darkness and the gross darkness
00:55:06.37\00:55:10.17
that covers the world.
00:55:10.37\00:55:11.71
We live in a dark world.
00:55:11.74\00:55:13.44
There are people lost and alone:
00:55:13.64\00:55:15.44
people who don't know Jesus.
00:55:15.64\00:55:17.91
People who are looking
for help, looking for hope,
00:55:18.31\00:55:22.08
looking for answers.
00:55:22.48\00:55:24.79
That's why the
ministry of 3ABN exists!
00:55:24.99\00:55:28.62
So that people
everywhere can learn the truth:
00:55:29.02\00:55:32.06
the light of the gospel of Jesus
before it is forever too late.
00:55:32.26\00:55:37.67
3ABN began with I always
call it 3ABN parent channel
00:55:38.20\00:55:42.87
which is the
original 3ABN Network
00:55:43.07\00:55:45.67
and then we grew to
this family of 10 networks.
00:55:45.87\00:55:48.84
And each network
fits a specific need.
00:55:49.24\00:55:52.28
Each network fits a special
niche, a special demographic
00:55:52.48\00:55:56.15
of people that would otherwise
maybe not even be interested
00:55:56.35\00:55:59.85
to hear or watch
a different network
00:56:00.06\00:56:02.32
but they would watch
this particular network.
00:56:02.52\00:56:04.56
So we just praise the Lord for
what He is doing in and through
00:56:04.76\00:56:07.00
this ministry, and
that's because of all of you.
00:56:07.20\00:56:09.73
You're all part of the
3ABN family and thank you.
00:56:09.93\00:56:12.77
Thank you at home for joining
us and for watching as well.
00:56:13.64\00:56:17.11
We want to
encourage you to not go away
00:56:17.31\00:56:19.77
because Doug
Batchelor is coming up next.
00:56:19.97\00:56:23.11
I always love to hear Pr.
Doug share from the Word of God.
00:56:23.31\00:56:27.15
And he share with
humor and kindness and grace.
00:56:27.55\00:56:30.85
Join us then.
00:56:31.05\00:56:32.45