Three Angels
Broadcasting Network
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is pleased to bring
you something better,
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a faith inspiring
picture of a loving God
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from the Book of Hebrews.
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Welcome to 3ABN's
Virtual Homecoming Camp Meeting.
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Again, happy
Sabbath to each one of you.
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We're so glad that
you're joining us here today.
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We're coming to you live
from the 3ABN Worship Center.
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And what a blessing
it's already been here.
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We've just come from
Sabbath School Q and A,
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which is a lot of fun.
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We've had a lot
of questions come in.
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Thank you so much for joining us
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and sending us your
questions and comments.
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But I know today
we're going to receive
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an incredible
blessing because we have
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Dr. Ben Carson
here with us today
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speaking for the
Divine Worship Hour.
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But before he comes and speaks,
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we're going to
have a lot of music,
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testimony about
what God is doing.
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We want to say
thank you for being a part
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of our 3ABN family.
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Though you may not be here
in person right here in front
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of us at the
3ABN Worship Center,
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in front of us
here at the stage,
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you're there joining us at home.
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Maybe listening on the radio,
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watching on your iPhone,
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or maybe you're just sitting
there in your living room
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watching on television.
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Thank you for being
a part of the family.
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And we praise
God for technology.
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Because even with COVID
and shutting things down,
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we can still reach the world
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with the undiluted
three angels' messages
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of Revelation Chapter 14.
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What a blessing to be alive
in this time in earth's history.
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Amen. It's an
incredible blessing.
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I love camp meeting. Me too.
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I love the opportunity
to share with you at home
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and with our family.
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You are our family.
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And you know, David
says, "This is the day
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the Lord has made.
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We will rejoice
and be glad in it."
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That's what we
want to do on this day
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that the Lord has consecrated
and set apart and made holy.
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What a privilege to be here.
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Amen. Amen.
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It's amazing to me
because every camp meeting
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is like a time of revival.
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All right.
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And so you just get
excited because you know
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God has a special word
for us during this time.
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So I'm really excited
and can't wait to continue
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to participate in this.
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It's amazing. Well, I'm too.
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You know, we used to
have one camp meeting a year.
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But then you,
those of you at home,
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you said, "Well, why
don't we have fall camp meeting?
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Why don't we have
spring camp meeting?"
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Then some was, "How
about summer and winter?"
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And so we said, "Well,
we can maybe do two a year."
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And so it's always great.
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So we welcome
you to camp meeting.
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Thank you for your
love and your prayers
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and financial support of 3ABN
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as we continue to
take this great gospel
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of the kingdom
into all the world.
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It's such a privilege,
Greg, as you were saying,
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to be able to serve the
Lord and to work with the folks
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at home and around the world.
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So those that watch,
whether it's television,
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whether it's radio,
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whether you're on the internet.
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There's so many ways
you can get 3ABN now.
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It's incredible the
new communication highways
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that God has
given us, Pastor John.
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That's right.
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You know, COVID could
shut down a lot of things,
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but it can't shut
down the internet.
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Hence praise the Lord that God
has still given us a presence
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around the world
through technology.
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Amen. Amen.
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I know we've been blessed
with Pastor James Rafferty,
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of course, sharing the Word.
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We had seminars,
of course, yesterday,
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but he's going to speak a
couple more times here today,
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this afternoon,
and then this evening.
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So make sure you
stay tuned to 3ABN
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and get the
rest of camp meeting.
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Pastor John,
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why don't you lead
us in a word of prayer
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as we start this morning?
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Sure.
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Loving Father in
heaven, what a blessing it is
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to know that whenever we stand,
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we don't stand on our own.
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You're standing with
us, or more specifically,
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we're standing with You.
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And we thank You
for the blessings
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that we have
already experienced in this
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fall camp meeting.
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We pray an extra blessing
on Dr. Ben Carson today,
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as You have given
him the responsibility
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to be the spokesperson
for Your name's honor
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and glory.
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We pray that
those who are watching
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and those who are
listening will listen with ears
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touched by the Spirit of God,
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hearts molded by Your influence.
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And we pray that
what is done here today
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will bring us closer,
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ever more closer to
being the ideal Christian
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to reflect Your
glory in the world.
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May all that is done here
today bring glory and honor
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to You and to You alone.
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In Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen. Amen. Amen.
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We want to welcome also
Tim Parton at the piano.
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Morning, happy Sabbath, Mr. Tim.
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Good morning and
happy Sabbath. Okay.
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Pastor John, lead us
in an opening song please.
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Sure.
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Let's join with our
voices and hearts today
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as we sing the
song, Fairest Lord Jesus.
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Fairest Lord Jesus
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Ruler of all nature
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O Thou of God
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And man the Son!
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Thee will I cherish
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Thee will I honor
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Thou my soul's glory, joy,
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And crown
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Fair are the meadows
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Fairer still the woodlands
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Robed in the blooming garb
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Of spring
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Jesus is fairer
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Jesus is purer
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Who makes the woeful heart
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To sing
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Fair is the sunshine
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Fairer still the moonlight
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And all the twinkling
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Starry host
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Jesus shines brighter
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Jesus shines purer
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Than all the angels heaven
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Can boast
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Beautiful Savior
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Lord of all the nations
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Son of God
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And Son of Man!
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Glory and honor
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Praise, adoration
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Now and forever more be
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Thine!
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Wow! And the church said amen.
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Amen.
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Thank you so much,
Pastor John and Brother Tim.
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You know, 3ABN, Mr.
Danny, is all about evangelism.
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And I just love
working with you side by side,
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being a part of the
ministry, Jill and I do with you
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and Dr. Yvonne.
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And the one thing that he
keeps mentioning to us is,
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"Greg, 3ABN is
all about evangelism."
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But he doesn't just stop there.
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He says, "It's
all about evangelism,
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evangelism,
evangelism, evangelism."
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You could go on and on."
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And don't lose that spark,"
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basically it's his
encouragement to us.
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And I just want to
say thank you at home
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for not losing that
focus of evangelism.
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Because, Mr.
Danny, I think about 3ABN,
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it's all about evangelism.
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There's always so many
things going on from 3ABN Cuba
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focused on truth, COVID-19:
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What's Next book,
Africa, all these things.
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But to see the
people through the years,
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they've never lost that
focus either, have they?
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You know, Greg, I'm
amazed. I'm marveled.
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I was talking to some
people here a while ago.
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I'm marveled that
after almost 37 years,
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that God continues to bless.
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We've never had a begathon.
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I mean, praise it's
on, I think they call them.
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Something that
work. Yeah, that's right.
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Yeah, that's
right. Never had those.
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We we've never begged for money.
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But simply, we ask people
if the Holy Spirit's impressing
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and you would
like to support 3ABN,
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you may do so at
the following address.
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I'm amazed at
God and how He works.
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But God, He blesses individuals,
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I'll give it that, when
we do what He ask us to.
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But really, most of the time
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I know from being
in ministry a long,
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long time, God
blesses us in spite of us.
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That's very true. Right.
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So we have nothing good
that we can bring to God,
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nothing ourself to offer him
except ourself and our hearts.
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When we give him our
hearts, our soul, our minds,
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then He says, "Go, ye
therefore and teach all nations,
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baptizing them in
the name of the Father,
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the Son, and the Holy Spirit."
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So go ye.
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So our greatest asset is
our own personal testimony
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of what God has done for us.
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And I've read
that in Ellen White.
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And it really
impressed me tremendously.
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So I want to thank
each and every one of you
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for what you do
for the cause of God.
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Maybe right before we
take up an offering, Greg,
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can you and Jill maybe
update on some of the new stuff.
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I'm telling you this
technology is so rapid.
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God had to bring
you young folk in
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to take over
'cause Yvonne and me,
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there's like, wow,
we can hardly keep up
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with all of this.
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But we sure love
hearing about it.
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Well, you know, we
have a hard time seems like
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keeping up with it as well.
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There's so many
things that are happening.
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It's like, "Wow, what
should we talk about today?"
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So today we
just want to give you
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some quick updates
about some of the projects,
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one of them being Cuba.
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You want to
talk to us about Cuba
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and what God is doing there?
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It's incredible. I
would love to do that.
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3ABN had the opportunity
in June of this year.
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We launched, June 8,
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we launched on
the package in Cuba.
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3ABN is the first
ever Christian channel
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there in Cuba.
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The first religious
Christian programming
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to come into that
communist country.
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Of course, the package
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is how the local people
access Western television.
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It's how they get their movies,
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their sports, their soap opera.
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Now they get 3ABN Latino.
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And that is available
across the country of Cuba,
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11 million people now
have access to the gospel.
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Amen. Incredible.
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So this is what's amazing too.
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Maybe it's kind of letting that,
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the cat out of
the bag, so they say.
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So they're looking at,
because this is becoming
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so popular that they may only...
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They may make just
the religious aspect
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available as its own package.
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3ABN Latino as its own thing.
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Isn't that incredible? Amen.
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Yeah. That is amazing.
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And it's supported from
the government down, right?
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So the Council of
Church in a communist country.
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Absolutely.
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And we're already
getting reports back
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of people having Bible
studies, studying with people,
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people finding truth,
and it's just incredible.
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Jesus says the gospel
when this gospel of the kingdom
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shall go into all the world.
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I'll never
forget several years ago
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when President
Obama was president,
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he was visiting the
Guantanamo Bay Prison.
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He was.
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And so Reuters News Agency
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were there and
they put a picture,
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I guess, up that was
all over, went worldwide,
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and it showed the president
standing in front of a cell
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where these prisoners...
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But up on the screen,
people started writing us.
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And have you seen the news?
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Up on the screen on
the television in the cells
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of Guantanamo Bay Prison
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was Pastor C.A.
Murray and myself.
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Was 3ABN and they were
watching it even there.
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Amen.
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So the gospel it goes,
that's amazing technology
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that God has given us literally
anywhere around the world.
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Speaking of prisons, Dr. Yvonne,
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why don't you tell us
about 3ABN going into prisons?
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I am so excited
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because that is just
such a tender place for me.
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And knowing that
God is reaching out
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to inmates all
around the country.
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We have, I think,
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it's two years
worth of programming
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that's going to
be on hard drives.
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That's going to go into
prisons without any change.
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You never have to
change it for two years.
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So it doesn't
have to be refreshed.
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Isn't it? Yes.
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It's 24/7 for two years.
And the programming is...
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It's like over 3,900
programs. And I'm just...
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I'm super excited.
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It's going to be
on the Inter less Box.
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And so prisons don't have
to have or internet to do that.
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And they can just
run these programs
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and the inmates can
watch it and learn about Jesus.
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Because someone once said
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that inmates will
either have crime or Christ
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while they're in prison.
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They have time to
learn about Christ,
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or they can
learn more about crime.
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So why not teach
them about Christ?
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And we have that
opportunity, so I am so excited.
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I'm thrilled. Amen.
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Yes. Amen.
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We have a couple
of other projects
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that 3ABN's been
involved with this past year,
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and that is 3ABN in Africa.
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And that...
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God has just
given us an opportunity
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and doors are opening there.
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We were covering
the country of Africa,
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the continent of
Africa for a number of years,
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then that stopped.
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But now God is
opening that door again
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and we're going into
all the different countries
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in Africa.
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Moses Primo, Dr.
Primo... Dr. Moses Primo.
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Boy, I'm so excited,
I'm getting tongue tied.
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Sent me an email and said,
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"Greg, God has
opened an incredible door.
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There's a cable company
that looks to be distributing
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3ABN signal across.
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Who knows, maybe the
entire continent of Africa.
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So praise God for that.
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And plus, we
launched on Free view Africa,
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which is 45 million
homes in the country of Nigeria
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now have access to 3ABN.
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3ABN Plus is on
demand programming.
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You can watch
3ABN when you want it,
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as well as all of our nine
television streaming networks
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and the five radio
streaming networks.
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We send Bibles into prison,
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so there's so many
opportunities for you at home
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to partner with the
Ministry of 3ABN in helping
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to share this undiluted
three angels' messages.
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Amen. Dr. Yvonne, we've going
to have you offer the prayer
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here for the
offering in just a moment.
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But if you feel impressed,
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as Mr. Danny has always
mentioned through the years.
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It's only if the Holy
Spirit is impressing you
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to give toward
the ministry of 3ABN.
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One hundred
percent of what you give
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goes for evangelism.
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That's what 3ABN's all about.
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You can see the
contact information right up
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on your screen right now.
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You can donate online.
00:14:22.62\00:14:23.96
You can always
call our call center
00:14:23.99\00:14:25.33
during regular business hours.
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There are many ways
that you can support
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the Ministry of 3ABN
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and all these
different projects.
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Dr. Yvonne, please
have a prayer. Sure.
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Lord, we just praise You
and thank You so very much
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that You have brought
us together once again.
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Lord, we just thank
You for the offerings
00:14:39.74\00:14:42.48
that are going to come in
for all these projects, Lord,
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because these are Your projects.
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Yeah.
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Getting the
gospel around the world
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through technology, Lord.
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We just thank You and praise You
00:14:51.15\00:14:52.49
for this platform.
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And for the
viewers who have the vision
00:14:53.89\00:14:55.86
and the listeners on radio
as well who share the vision
00:14:55.89\00:14:59.53
of evangelism to get
this gospel across the world.
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So we thank You and we pray,
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Lord, that You
will bless this offering
00:15:04.87\00:15:06.60
and that You will
bless those who are giving
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and You will bless
those who are going to receive
00:15:09.27\00:15:11.84
the great gift of Your
gospel through this offering.
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In Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen. Amen. All right.
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We're going to have
some special music, right?
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Amen. Yes.
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We have Reggie Smith coming out
00:15:21.55\00:15:22.88
and Candy Carson on the violin,
and I think Tim on the piano.
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Okay. This is incredible.
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And this is a
special treat for us
00:15:29.06\00:15:30.96
because we not only get Dr. Ben,
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but we get Candy,
who's an incredible musician.
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She loves music,
singing, playing.
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Well, I think she plays a
number of instruments too,
00:15:38.37\00:15:40.90
but today we at
least get her here.
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And so we're
thankful that Candy's here
00:15:42.57\00:15:44.01
along with Reggie
and Lady Love Smith
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here in just a little bit.
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This is going to
be some good times
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we're having, right?
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Oh, yes. We're going
to have a great time.
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All right. Hey. Amen.
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Hey, Candy, thank
you for being here.
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Thank you for having us.
We are so happy to be here.
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This is going to be
fun, right? Oh, yeah.
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All right. Yeah.
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We're going to have some fun.
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We're going to walk off
and let you guys bless us
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with your music.
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Thank you so much. Yes.
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Why should I feel
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Discouraged
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Why should the shadows
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Come
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Why should my heart
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Be lonely
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And long for heaven
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And home
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When Jesus
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Is my portion
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My constant friend
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Is He
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His eye is on
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The sparrow
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And I know
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He watches me
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His eye is on
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The sparrow
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And I know
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He watches me
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I sing because I'm happy
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And I sing because I'm free
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For His eye
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Is on the sparrow
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And I know
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He watches me
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Let not your heart
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Be troubled
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His tender word
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I hear
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And resting on
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His goodness
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I lose my doubts
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And fears
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Though by the path
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He leadeth
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But one step
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I may see
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His eye
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Is on the sparrow
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And I know
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He watches me
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His eye
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Is on the sparrow
00:19:29.36\00:19:36.20
And I know
00:19:36.24\00:19:38.94
He watches me
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I sing because I'm happy
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And I sing because I'm free
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For His eye Is on
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The sparrow
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And I know
00:20:11.67\00:20:15.88
He watches
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me
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Amen. Thank you. Beautiful.
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Okay, Candy, you and Dr.
Ben's going to have to move here
00:20:35.50\00:20:39.73
and join our team.
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We love music and we
love y'all being here.
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Speaking of Dr. Ben Carson,
00:20:47.11\00:20:49.48
it's our privilege
to introduce Dr. Ben.
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And we've known
him for a few years.
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But in the last couple of years,
00:20:55.42\00:20:56.85
we've gotten closer with him.
00:20:56.89\00:20:58.22
And we're so
thankful that he came
00:20:58.25\00:21:00.39
to our camp
meeting a couple years ago
00:21:00.42\00:21:02.06
in Loma Linda,
00:21:02.09\00:21:03.43
but what an
incredible individual
00:21:03.46\00:21:06.09
that God has
handpicked from the foundation
00:21:06.13\00:21:08.73
of the world to have
an impact on the world.
00:21:08.76\00:21:10.73
And I'm thankful for modern-day
Daniels and modern-day Joseph,
00:21:10.77\00:21:14.30
modern day people
who's willing to stand up
00:21:14.34\00:21:17.01
and take the gospel to the world
00:21:17.04\00:21:18.64
and rightly represent
the Lord Jesus Christ,
00:21:18.67\00:21:21.18
so such an honor.
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Why don't you give us a
little bit of his bio for us?
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Okay? Surely, surely.
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Dr. Benjamin S. Carson,
senior MD, founder and chairman
00:21:26.05\00:21:30.92
of the American
Cornerstone Institute.
00:21:30.95\00:21:33.86
Most recently served
as the 17th Secretary
00:21:33.89\00:21:37.16
of the US Department of
Housing and Urban Development.
00:21:37.19\00:21:41.40
For nearly 30 years,
Secretary Carson served
00:21:41.43\00:21:44.23
as director of
pediatric neurosurgery
00:21:44.27\00:21:47.27
at the Johns
Hopkins Children's Center,
00:21:47.30\00:21:50.01
a position he assumed
when he was just 33 years old,
00:21:50.04\00:21:53.71
becoming the youngest
major division director
00:21:53.74\00:21:56.64
in the hospital's history.
00:21:56.68\00:21:58.58
In 1987, he
successfully performed
00:21:58.61\00:22:01.38
the first
separation of craniopagus twins
00:22:01.42\00:22:04.95
conjoined at the
back of the head.
00:22:04.99\00:22:07.12
He also performed the first
fully successful separation
00:22:07.16\00:22:09.86
of type two
vertical craniopagus twins
00:22:09.89\00:22:14.30
in 1997 in South Africa.
00:22:14.33\00:22:17.87
Dr. Carson
received dozens of honors
00:22:17.90\00:22:20.57
and awards in
recognition of his achievements
00:22:20.60\00:22:23.57
during the
Presidential Medal of Freedom,
00:22:23.61\00:22:26.11
the nation's
highest civilian honor.
00:22:26.14\00:22:28.74
He's also a recipient
of the Spingarn Medal,
00:22:28.78\00:22:32.01
the highest honor bestowed
by The National Association
00:22:32.05\00:22:35.52
for the Advancement
of Colored People, NAACP.
00:22:35.55\00:22:39.32
Dr. Carson authored nine books,
00:22:39.35\00:22:42.46
four of which he
co-wrote with his wife, Candy.
00:22:42.49\00:22:45.89
The US News Media Group
00:22:45.93\00:22:47.53
and Harvard Center
for Public Leadership
00:22:47.56\00:22:49.83
named him among
America's best leaders in 2008.
00:22:49.86\00:22:55.27
Dr. Carson and
his wife co-founded
00:22:55.30\00:22:57.41
the Carson Scholars Fund,
00:22:57.44\00:22:59.57
which recognizes young people
00:22:59.61\00:23:01.31
of all backgrounds
for exceptional academic
00:23:01.34\00:23:04.51
and
humanitarian accomplishments.
00:23:04.55\00:23:07.18
The fund is currently
operating in 50 states
00:23:07.22\00:23:10.09
and the District of Columbia
00:23:10.12\00:23:11.72
and is celebrating
the 25th anniversary
00:23:11.75\00:23:14.49
of the First Award ceremony.
00:23:14.52\00:23:16.73
In honor of that,
00:23:16.76\00:23:18.09
we have now reached
more than 10,000 scholars,
00:23:18.13\00:23:21.76
awarded more than $8
million in scholarships.
00:23:21.80\00:23:26.03
And before the end of this year,
00:23:26.07\00:23:28.14
we'll have installed
00:23:28.17\00:23:29.50
more than 250 Ben
Carson reading rooms
00:23:29.54\00:23:33.74
around the country.
00:23:33.78\00:23:35.34
So what a blessing they've been.
00:23:35.38\00:23:37.05
Absolutely.
00:23:37.08\00:23:38.41
We're going to do a little song.
00:23:38.45\00:23:39.78
It's a song that's
kind of been customary.
00:23:39.81\00:23:42.12
We've kind of made it
every year, we do it. Yeah.
00:23:42.15\00:23:44.09
But right before that,
00:23:44.12\00:23:45.45
Brother Ben
comes to preach to us,
00:23:45.49\00:23:48.49
to speak to us.
00:23:48.52\00:23:50.19
We want to invite the
Holy Spirit to be here.
00:23:50.23\00:23:52.36
And we do it through song.
00:23:52.39\00:23:53.73
I've asked Reggie and Lady
to come out here also. Yes.
00:23:53.76\00:23:56.20
And we're going to
do the song, Holy Ground
00:23:56.23\00:23:58.50
As I walked through the door
00:24:06.17\00:24:11.18
I sensed His presence
00:24:11.21\00:24:15.98
And I knew
00:24:16.02\00:24:19.95
This was a place
00:24:19.99\00:24:22.66
Where love abounds
00:24:22.69\00:24:27.96
For this is the temple
00:24:28.00\00:24:34.44
Jehovah God
00:24:34.47\00:24:38.51
Abides in
00:24:38.54\00:24:43.61
We are standing
00:24:43.65\00:24:48.05
In His presence
00:24:48.08\00:24:52.62
On holy ground
00:24:52.65\00:24:55.92
Sing it with us if you know it.
00:24:55.96\00:24:59.19
We are standing
00:24:59.23\00:25:05.43
On holy ground
00:25:05.47\00:25:12.37
And I know
00:25:12.41\00:25:15.44
That there are angels
00:25:15.48\00:25:20.05
All around
00:25:20.08\00:25:25.92
Let us praise
00:25:25.95\00:25:29.39
Let us praise
00:25:29.42\00:25:32.83
Jesus now
00:25:32.86\00:25:39.37
We are standing in His presence
00:25:39.40\00:25:46.31
On holy ground
00:25:46.34\00:25:52.31
In His presence there is joy
00:25:55.38\00:26:00.69
Beyond measure
00:26:00.72\00:26:05.13
And at His feet
00:26:05.16\00:26:09.10
Peace of mind
00:26:09.13\00:26:12.87
Can still be found
00:26:12.90\00:26:17.47
If you have a need
00:26:17.51\00:26:21.21
Think about it
00:26:21.24\00:26:22.71
My God and your God
00:26:22.74\00:26:24.51
Has the answer
00:26:24.55\00:26:30.65
Reach out and claim it
00:26:30.69\00:26:33.56
For child you are standing
00:26:33.59\00:26:37.59
On holy ground
00:26:37.63\00:26:41.73
Everybody sing now.
00:26:41.76\00:26:43.80
We are standing
00:26:43.83\00:26:50.17
On holy ground
00:26:50.21\00:26:56.91
And I know
00:26:56.95\00:27:00.05
That there are angels
00:27:00.08\00:27:04.25
All around
00:27:04.29\00:27:09.96
Let us praise
00:27:09.99\00:27:13.40
Let us praise
00:27:13.43\00:27:16.63
Jesus now
00:27:16.67\00:27:23.00
We are standing in His presence
00:27:23.04\00:27:29.54
We are standing in His presence
00:27:29.58\00:27:35.95
We are standing in
00:27:35.98\00:27:41.12
His presence
00:27:41.16\00:27:44.23
On holy
00:27:44.26\00:27:49.56
Ground
00:27:49.60\00:27:54.54
Amen.
00:28:01.54\00:28:04.88
Well, that was certainly a
wonderful song to come in on.
00:28:04.91\00:28:09.98
It's been so
wonderful being here.
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Candy and I are so
delightful to be with you
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for this fall camp meeting.
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And I just want to
start with a word of prayer.
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Most kind and
gracious Father in heaven,
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thank You so much
for bringing us together
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on this holy ground.
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We ask that Your
Spirit would be here
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that the words that are
spoken not be mine, but Yours,
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that Your love and compassion,
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wisdom, and
intellect shine through.
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And let us be
willing to receive it.
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In the worthy
name of Jesus I pray.
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Amen.
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You know, these days,
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we have the little
Bible with us all the time,
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no matter where we go.
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It's like having a
whole library with you.
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I want to direct
you to Matthew 24,
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starting at the end of verse 3.
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And the disciples were
saying to Jesus, "Tell us,
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when shall these things be?
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What shall be the
sign of Thy coming,
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and the end of the world?
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And Jesus answered,
and said it to them,
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'Take heed that
no man deceive you.
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For many shall come in My
name, saying, 'I am Christ,'
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and deceive many.
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And you shall hear of
wars and rumors of wars.'"
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We certainly heard those.
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"See that you be not troubled,
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for all these
things must come to pass,
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but the end is not yet.
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For nation shall
rise against nation,
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and kingdom against kingdom.
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And there shall be famines."
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We certainly see
those in different places
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around the world.
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"And pestilences,
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like COVID-19
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and earthquakes
in diverse places.
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All of these are the
beginning of sorrows.
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Then shall they
deliver you up to be afflicted?
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How many people
are being tortured?
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How many people
are being persecuted?
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Not just around the world,
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we used to say around the world.
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Now it's happening right here
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in the United States of America.
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"You shall be
afflicted and shall kill you.
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You should be
hated of all nations,
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for my name's sake.
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And then shall
many be offended."
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We know about that, don't we?
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Political correctness, wokeness,
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offending everybody got to
have safe spaces to live in.
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"And shall betray one another
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and shall hate one another."
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Boy, if that doesn't sound like
the time that we're living in,
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I don't know what does.
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But it's not a
time to be fearful.
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You know, fear can cause us
to do a lot of strange things.
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I remember when
I was a youngster,
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I was deathly afraid of dogs.
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And it really altered my life.
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Because I would
be going to school,
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and there would be a dog.
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And I would turn
around and go all the way back
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around the block and
sometimes be late to school
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because of that silly dog.
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The dog wasn't silly, I
was the one that was silly.
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Because a man told me
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after hearing
about my phobia of dogs,
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he says, "Dogs
will not bother you
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if you're not afraid of them.
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Don't manifest
any fear whatsoever."
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I said, "Really?"
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He said, "Yeah, absolutely.
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This is guaranteed."
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So I said, "Okay."
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So there was this dog.
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His name was Rusty.
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And Rusty was a mean
dog and he chased people
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and nobody liked to
go down near that part
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of the neighborhood.
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I said, "I'm going to
try this out on Rusty."
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So I bravely go walking
down there and Rusty's looking.
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He's like, "I
can't believe this,
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home delivering my mail."
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He could not believe it.
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And as I walked
right by where Rusty live,
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he came running out
barking and snarling.
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And I said this was a mistake.
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But he ran right up to my leg.
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And then he stopped.
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And he went back to the porch.
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He didn't bite me.
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And, you know, that was the
last time Rusty bothered me.
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I would walk by
there, anytime I wanted.
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Rusty knew I
wasn't afraid of him.
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He didn't bother me anymore.
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Isn't that
interesting how that works?
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You know, when we
put our faith in God,
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is there anything
that we really need
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to be afraid of?
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Something to think about,
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because who
really is in control.
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But I was also afraid
of non-physical things.
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I was afraid of failure.
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Because as a youngster,
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I was kind of dumb.
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Or at least
everybody thought I was dumb.
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Let's put it that way.
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They were always
calling me names.
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And the teachers
didn't think I was smart.
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My classmates
didn't think I was smart.
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I didn't think I was smart.
00:34:18.12\00:34:20.16
The only one who thought
I was smart was my mother.
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She was always saying,
"Benjamin, you are smart boy.
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You're much too
smart to be bringing home
00:34:27.13\00:34:28.63
grades like this."
00:34:28.66\00:34:30.30
I brought them home anyway.
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But she was always saying that,
00:34:31.70\00:34:33.03
she was always
being encouraging.
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But she didn't know what to do.
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But, you know, my mother,
00:34:39.17\00:34:40.68
even though she had less
than a third grade education,
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had gotten married
at age 13 discovered
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that her husband was a bigamist.
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She believed in God.
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And she asked God
to give her wisdom.
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What could she do
to get her young sons
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to achieve in life?
00:35:01.16\00:35:06.07
And God gave her the wisdom.
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At least in her opinion,
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my brother and I didn't
think it was wise at all,
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I mean, turning off the TV,
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making us read book report,
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me read books and
write reports for her.
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And in today's world,
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we probably would have called
the Social Services on her
00:35:21.32\00:35:23.35
and they'd have
carried her away in handcuffs,
00:35:23.39\00:35:24.85
but in those days, you had to do
00:35:24.89\00:35:26.22
what your
parents told you to do.
00:35:26.25\00:35:28.62
And I started
reading those books.
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And even though I
didn't want to do it,
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after a relatively
short period of time,
00:35:36.13\00:35:39.07
I began to enjoy
reading those books.
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Because when you read books,
00:35:42.10\00:35:44.27
you have to use
your imagination.
00:35:44.31\00:35:47.18
And it actually
becomes extremely interesting,
00:35:47.21\00:35:50.05
as opposed to looking at
somebody else's imagination.
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Made a big difference.
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And in the space
of a year and a half,
00:35:56.38\00:35:58.05
I went from the
bottom of the class
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to the top of the class,
00:35:59.82\00:36:02.02
much to the consternation
of all those people
00:36:02.06\00:36:04.13
who used to laugh
and call me dummy.
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And interestingly enough,
00:36:06.43\00:36:09.00
you know, we lived
just on the other side
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of the railroad tracks,
there was white on one side,
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black on one side,
00:36:15.17\00:36:17.21
and we live on the
white side of the tracks,
00:36:17.24\00:36:19.11
so had to go to
white elementary school
00:36:19.14\00:36:23.14
and junior high.
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So it was interesting,
00:36:25.81\00:36:27.15
because the
teachers really didn't expect
00:36:27.18\00:36:30.72
much of me anyway.
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Because they didn't think that
the black kid would do well.
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So no one was really
pushing me other than my mother.
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But other white kids had
seen this transition occur in me
00:36:42.50\00:36:47.50
going from the dumb kid
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to the smartest
kid in the class.
00:36:49.50\00:36:51.61
And they accepted it,
it was fine with them.
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But in the eighth grade,
00:36:54.88\00:36:58.58
they would give
out a special award
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at the end of the
semester to the young person
00:37:01.78\00:37:05.22
with the highest
academic achievement.
00:37:05.25\00:37:08.52
And I was thinking
it's going to be me.
00:37:08.56\00:37:11.96
And you would
take your report card
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to every teacher
and they would mark it
00:37:13.73\00:37:15.70
and give it to you and you
take it to the next teacher,
00:37:15.73\00:37:18.37
and I was all the
way to the last class
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and I had all A's,
00:37:20.47\00:37:22.10
this was going to be a breeze.
00:37:22.14\00:37:24.37
My last class was banned,
00:37:24.41\00:37:25.94
and I was good and banned.
00:37:25.97\00:37:27.31
So I knew that was an A.
00:37:27.34\00:37:30.05
The turkey gave me a C.
00:37:30.08\00:37:32.28
He wanted to
ruin my report card.
00:37:32.31\00:37:34.35
He wanted to make sure
I didn't get the award.
00:37:34.38\00:37:38.85
To his chagrin, it turned
out that ban didn't count.
00:37:38.89\00:37:41.32
So I got the award anyway.
00:37:41.36\00:37:44.06
And interestingly
enough, at the award ceremony,
00:37:44.09\00:37:48.03
one of the teachers got up
and berated all the other kids.
00:37:48.06\00:37:53.84
"How could you let a black boy
00:37:53.87\00:37:59.11
be number one in the class?
00:37:59.14\00:38:02.48
You children are not
working hard enough."
00:38:02.51\00:38:06.18
It was very
embarrassing, it must have been.
00:38:06.21\00:38:11.15
And the kids were just
sort of looking at her.
00:38:11.19\00:38:14.79
And they were
making a crazy symbol
00:38:14.82\00:38:16.76
and pointing to
her because they knew
00:38:16.79\00:38:19.79
that I legitimately
had earned that award
00:38:19.83\00:38:22.83
and they had no problem with it.
00:38:22.86\00:38:25.27
But isn't it interesting
00:38:25.30\00:38:28.14
how people have
misguided concepts
00:38:28.17\00:38:32.87
of what should be happening?
00:38:32.91\00:38:35.54
And the question is,
00:38:35.58\00:38:37.75
how do we react
to people like that?
00:38:37.78\00:38:41.92
And if you go
there, if you go to
00:38:41.95\00:38:46.35
Micah 6:8,
00:38:46.39\00:38:52.33
it says, "He has showed thee,
00:38:52.36\00:38:54.93
O man, what is good,
00:38:54.96\00:38:57.17
and what does the
Lord require of thee,
00:38:57.20\00:39:00.64
but to do justly."
00:39:00.67\00:39:04.97
What does that
mean to do justly?
00:39:05.01\00:39:07.74
It means to treat people
fairly and to love mercy.
00:39:07.78\00:39:13.65
Even when people
have done you wrong,
00:39:13.68\00:39:16.79
you don't have
to do wrong to them.
00:39:16.82\00:39:20.09
And to walk humbly with thy God.
00:39:20.12\00:39:24.86
He has given us
instructions for how to react
00:39:24.89\00:39:28.16
to situations like
00:39:28.20\00:39:29.73
the one that I
faced in the eighth grade.
00:39:29.76\00:39:33.94
But it wasn't the
end of my problems.
00:39:33.97\00:39:35.84
I also hated poverty.
00:39:35.87\00:39:39.24
You know, some people hate rats,
00:39:39.27\00:39:40.71
and some people hate roaches,
00:39:40.74\00:39:42.24
some people hate
centipedes, and snakes.
00:39:42.28\00:39:45.95
I hated poverty.
00:39:45.98\00:39:48.45
I couldn't stand it.
00:39:48.48\00:39:50.25
That is, until I
started reading those books
00:39:50.29\00:39:54.82
and reading about entrepreneurs,
00:39:54.86\00:39:57.53
and scientists, and
surgeons, and explorers,
00:39:57.56\00:40:00.70
and people of
great accomplishment.
00:40:00.73\00:40:05.30
And seeing how they were able
to take control of their lives.
00:40:05.33\00:40:09.07
And I began to recognize
00:40:09.10\00:40:11.41
that the person who
had the most to do it
00:40:11.44\00:40:13.11
what happened to me was me.
00:40:13.14\00:40:16.48
What did I want to do?
00:40:16.51\00:40:18.35
What did I want
to take advantage
00:40:18.38\00:40:20.02
of that was in my environment?
00:40:20.05\00:40:22.25
And what a difference it made.
00:40:22.28\00:40:24.85
And I began to recognize
that poverty was something
00:40:24.89\00:40:28.52
that I had control over.
00:40:28.56\00:40:30.16
I didn't have to be
poor if I didn't want to,
00:40:30.19\00:40:31.96
I could change
that, based on the energy
00:40:31.99\00:40:37.00
that I was willing to put forth
00:40:37.03\00:40:40.30
to chase my dreams.
00:40:40.34\00:40:43.20
And at that point, I
didn't mind poverty anymore.
00:40:43.24\00:40:46.27
I'm still poor, I
had a different attitude.
00:40:46.31\00:40:50.58
Because I knew it
wasn't a permanent situation.
00:40:50.61\00:40:55.55
Isn't that the reason that God
gives us these amazing brains
00:40:55.58\00:41:00.16
that He has given us,
00:41:00.19\00:41:02.16
so that we can think
through situations like that,
00:41:02.19\00:41:04.99
we can analyze situations.
00:41:05.03\00:41:06.83
You know, if you
look at an animal's brain,
00:41:06.86\00:41:11.07
and you compare
that with a human brain,
00:41:11.10\00:41:15.00
it looks very similar.
00:41:15.04\00:41:17.57
Except the animal
00:41:17.61\00:41:20.78
has a very developed mid brain.
00:41:20.81\00:41:25.78
And the mid brain is an
area that allows you to react.
00:41:25.81\00:41:28.85
Have you notice how fast
animals can react to things?
00:41:28.88\00:41:33.46
But they have
relatively small frontal lobes.
00:41:33.49\00:41:36.09
On the other hand,
00:41:36.12\00:41:37.46
people don't have that
well developed mid brain.
00:41:37.49\00:41:41.06
But they have these
gigantic frontal lobes,
00:41:41.10\00:41:44.83
where you engage in processing
00:41:44.87\00:41:48.90
of intellectual material
00:41:48.94\00:41:52.11
from where you're able to plan
00:41:52.14\00:41:55.58
what you're actually going to do
00:41:55.61\00:41:57.65
based on what
you've seen before.
00:41:57.68\00:42:01.02
It's kind of interesting.
00:42:01.05\00:42:03.08
Right now, we live at a time
00:42:03.12\00:42:05.72
when people are pushing forth,
00:42:05.75\00:42:09.12
things like critical
race theory that say,
00:42:09.16\00:42:14.40
you ought to look at somebody
00:42:14.43\00:42:17.20
and react to their
physical characteristics,
00:42:17.23\00:42:22.34
which they have no control over
00:42:22.37\00:42:25.31
as opposed to their character,
00:42:25.34\00:42:29.28
which they have a
lot of control over.
00:42:29.31\00:42:32.11
But to analyze their character,
00:42:32.15\00:42:33.68
you need those frontal lobes
00:42:33.72\00:42:37.35
to see what color they are,
you just need your mid brain.
00:42:37.39\00:42:41.26
So what they're saying is,
00:42:41.29\00:42:44.43
you should act like an animal
00:42:44.46\00:42:47.60
and not like a being
00:42:47.63\00:42:51.67
that was made in
the image of God.
00:42:51.70\00:42:55.97
That right there tells you
that it is on the wrong track,
00:42:56.00\00:43:00.78
when we're looking
at things like that.
00:43:00.81\00:43:04.75
And where do we
get courage from?
00:43:04.78\00:43:07.55
Courage is so important
00:43:07.58\00:43:11.05
in a society that has decided
00:43:11.09\00:43:15.19
that if you don't act
the way you're supposed at,
00:43:15.22\00:43:20.43
we're going to punish you.
00:43:20.46\00:43:22.56
We're going to
restrict what you can do.
00:43:22.60\00:43:25.77
We're going to cancel you.
00:43:25.80\00:43:28.10
We're going to hurt your family.
00:43:28.14\00:43:31.21
Now how in the
world is somebody supposed
00:43:31.24\00:43:33.68
to live in a society
like that and feel free?
00:43:33.71\00:43:39.48
And that's where
courage comes in.
00:43:39.51\00:43:43.22
You know, I can
remember a situation
00:43:43.25\00:43:46.59
that really required a
lot of courage on my behalf.
00:43:46.62\00:43:50.26
When I was a neurosurgery
resident at Johns Hopkins,
00:43:50.29\00:43:56.10
and there was a
national conference,
00:43:56.13\00:43:58.23
neurosurgery
conference going on.
00:43:58.27\00:43:59.87
So almost all the faculty
members had gone off to Boston
00:43:59.90\00:44:04.21
to this conference.
00:44:04.24\00:44:06.78
The one that was left
behind in case there were some
00:44:06.81\00:44:09.94
significant emergencies
was the one we were supposed
00:44:09.98\00:44:15.05
to reach out to if
something happened,
00:44:15.08\00:44:16.82
and I was on call and a
young man was brought in,
00:44:16.85\00:44:21.32
a teenager who had been
beaten with a baseball bat.
00:44:21.36\00:44:26.29
And he was unconscious.
00:44:26.33\00:44:30.30
His head was bleeding.
00:44:30.33\00:44:32.40
He had hemorrhages in his brain,
00:44:32.43\00:44:34.64
the brain was swelling,
and he was going to die.
00:44:34.67\00:44:39.67
And the only chance of
survival that he would have
00:44:39.71\00:44:43.41
is if you took out
part of his frontal lobe
00:44:43.45\00:44:46.78
and part of his temporal
lobe along with the blood clot.
00:44:46.82\00:44:51.49
Well, you know,
that's a complex operation.
00:44:51.52\00:44:56.19
Not an operation
I'd ever done before.
00:44:56.22\00:44:59.49
I'd seen it done before.
00:44:59.53\00:45:02.20
But I couldn't
do anything about it
00:45:02.23\00:45:04.80
without an attending physician.
00:45:04.83\00:45:07.37
And we couldn't reach
the attending physician.
00:45:07.40\00:45:10.84
And the paging
operator couldn't reach
00:45:10.87\00:45:12.54
the attending physician.
00:45:12.57\00:45:15.04
And the young man was dying.
00:45:15.08\00:45:18.65
It's illegal for a
resident to take them
00:45:18.68\00:45:20.82
to the operating
room without an attendee.
00:45:20.85\00:45:24.82
I had to make a decision.
00:45:24.85\00:45:27.42
Shall I risk my career
00:45:27.46\00:45:30.66
and take him to
the operating room?
00:45:30.69\00:45:32.09
What if it
doesn't come out okay?
00:45:32.13\00:45:35.20
And I've never even
done this operation before.
00:45:35.23\00:45:40.27
Or should I take him
00:45:40.30\00:45:44.74
and risk everything?
00:45:44.77\00:45:47.04
And I prayed.
00:45:47.08\00:45:49.31
I said, "Lord,
00:45:49.34\00:45:51.05
help me to do the right thing."
00:45:51.08\00:45:55.58
And, you know, after
I prayed that prayer,
00:45:55.62\00:45:58.85
I felt so calm.
00:45:58.89\00:46:02.12
And I said, "We're
taking him to the OR.
00:46:02.16\00:46:05.99
And we took him to
the operating room.
00:46:06.03\00:46:08.80
And, you know, I
remembered everything
00:46:08.83\00:46:12.07
that needed to be done to do
00:46:12.10\00:46:13.57
that operation correctly.
00:46:13.60\00:46:15.60
He did fine.
00:46:15.64\00:46:16.97
In fact, today, that
young man is a psychologist
00:46:17.01\00:46:19.87
helping other young people.
00:46:19.91\00:46:23.24
But not only did I
not get in trouble,
00:46:23.28\00:46:27.25
you got a lot of
praise for having the courage
00:46:27.28\00:46:31.99
to do what was right.
00:46:32.02\00:46:34.76
And, again, where's
that source of strength,
00:46:34.79\00:46:39.03
that source of courage.
00:46:39.06\00:46:41.43
It comes from God.
00:46:41.46\00:46:43.73
It helped me in a
lot of situations.
00:46:43.77\00:46:45.60
I remember there
was another situation
00:46:45.63\00:46:47.30
where a young man
had something called
00:46:47.34\00:46:52.84
Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome,
00:46:52.87\00:46:54.78
which causes these
very vascular tumors
00:46:54.81\00:46:57.45
to form in your brain.
00:46:57.48\00:47:01.45
And this young man
had formed one right
00:47:01.48\00:47:06.05
in the middle of his brain stem,
00:47:06.09\00:47:09.89
an inoperable situation,
00:47:09.92\00:47:13.23
and none of the adult
neurosurgeons would touch him
00:47:13.26\00:47:17.47
with a 10-foot pole.
00:47:17.50\00:47:20.34
Well, unfortunately, for
me, it turns out that his wife
00:47:20.37\00:47:25.34
was a pediatric
neurosurgery nurse.
00:47:25.37\00:47:29.04
So I couldn't get away from her.
00:47:29.08\00:47:31.61
And she said, "You gonna
have to operate on my husband?"
00:47:31.65\00:47:36.05
And I said, but he's an adult.
00:47:36.08\00:47:37.82
I'm a pediatric neurosurgeon.
00:47:37.85\00:47:40.52
And she says, "Well,
he acts like a child."
00:47:40.56\00:47:42.86
But, you know,
00:47:42.89\00:47:45.09
I just couldn't get
away from she kept asking me.
00:47:45.13\00:47:47.46
And I finally said, "Okay.
00:47:47.50\00:47:50.93
I'll go and talk to him."
00:47:50.97\00:47:53.64
And I went over to talk
to him, and I said, "Craig,
00:47:53.67\00:47:58.04
this tumor is in the
middle of your brain stem.
00:47:58.07\00:48:03.04
The brain stem is
like a coaxial cable.
00:48:03.08\00:48:05.38
There's nothing in
there that isn't being used."
00:48:05.41\00:48:10.09
And I said, "If I try
and take the tumor out,
00:48:10.12\00:48:14.49
there is at least a 50/50 chance
00:48:14.52\00:48:17.03
that you will die on the table."
00:48:17.06\00:48:21.03
And he said,
00:48:21.06\00:48:23.20
"Doctor, if you
don't take the tumor out,
00:48:23.23\00:48:26.63
there's 100% chance
that I'm going to die.
00:48:26.67\00:48:29.37
So I take 50/50 any day."
00:48:29.40\00:48:32.77
I said, "You know
that's a very mature attitude."
00:48:32.81\00:48:36.44
I took him to the operating room
00:48:36.48\00:48:38.05
and went down to the
brain stem area there.
00:48:38.08\00:48:40.98
All these blood
vessels, new blood vessels
00:48:41.02\00:48:43.89
that had grown into that
area in response to the tumor,
00:48:43.92\00:48:47.52
worked away through them
all and got to the surface
00:48:47.56\00:48:50.13
and made a very
tiny hole over the area
00:48:50.16\00:48:53.76
where I felt that
the tumor was located
00:48:53.80\00:48:58.43
and then stuck a probe in there
00:48:58.47\00:49:00.50
to just see if I could feel
00:49:00.54\00:49:02.10
for a difference in consistency.
00:49:02.14\00:49:05.11
And when I met that
difference in consistency,
00:49:05.14\00:49:08.34
I put in us very tiny
force up under the microscope,
00:49:08.38\00:49:12.98
grab the edge of the tumor,
00:49:13.01\00:49:15.82
started delivering it,
00:49:15.85\00:49:17.55
while peeling the surface away
00:49:17.59\00:49:20.86
from the other
tissues around it.
00:49:20.89\00:49:24.03
And as I was gradually
00:49:24.06\00:49:26.49
and very slowly
delivering this tumor
00:49:26.53\00:49:30.63
through this very tiny incision,
00:49:30.67\00:49:34.87
the evoked potentials went flat.
00:49:34.90\00:49:37.54
Those are the
electrical impulses that come
00:49:37.57\00:49:40.58
from the brain
to the brain stem.
00:49:40.61\00:49:43.55
An anesthesiologist said,
00:49:43.58\00:49:45.88
"He's dead, you may as
well stop the operation.
00:49:45.91\00:49:47.82
You killed him, I told
you, you were going to kill him.
00:49:47.85\00:49:49.82
And he's dead."
00:49:49.85\00:49:51.92
Because, obviously, he wasn't
a big fan of this operation.
00:49:51.95\00:49:57.23
But we continued,
got the whole thing out.
00:49:57.26\00:50:02.13
The evoked
potentials remained flat.
00:50:02.16\00:50:05.67
There was a sense of
depression in the room,
00:50:05.70\00:50:08.64
because we knew that
he was probably dead.
00:50:08.67\00:50:14.18
But closed him up,
sent him to the ICU,
00:50:14.21\00:50:16.88
intubated, comatose.
00:50:16.91\00:50:22.05
And the next
morning, when I came in,
00:50:22.08\00:50:26.15
he was sitting up in the
bed that they've extubated him
00:50:26.19\00:50:28.79
and he was telling jokes.
00:50:28.82\00:50:32.13
Now, I
recognized at that moment,
00:50:32.16\00:50:37.33
that that was God.
00:50:37.37\00:50:39.90
He gave me the courage,
and He showed me what to do.
00:50:39.93\00:50:43.84
But, you know,
sometimes there comes a point,
00:50:43.87\00:50:47.18
no matter what's going on,
00:50:47.21\00:50:48.54
you just have to
put it all in His hands.
00:50:48.58\00:50:52.28
And when I've done that,
00:50:52.31\00:50:55.15
He always comes through.
00:50:55.18\00:50:58.92
And He never
puts us in a situation
00:50:58.95\00:51:00.79
from which He cannot
and will not deliver us.
00:51:00.82\00:51:06.59
And it gives you
a sense of peace.
00:51:06.63\00:51:11.30
You know, it's sort of
what David in the Bible
00:51:11.33\00:51:14.74
was missing when he
strayed away from God.
00:51:14.77\00:51:20.44
You know, he started
out on the right pathway,
00:51:20.48\00:51:24.38
as a shepherd
boy, depending on God,
00:51:24.41\00:51:27.28
allowing him to kill a lion
00:51:27.32\00:51:30.19
and a bear and
protect the flocks,
00:51:30.22\00:51:35.22
giving him the courage
00:51:35.26\00:51:38.03
to face Goliath the giant,
00:51:38.06\00:51:42.76
to slay him and to
do many other things,
00:51:42.80\00:51:47.50
but then he wandered away.
00:51:47.54\00:51:51.67
He started depending on himself.
00:51:51.71\00:51:53.38
He started catering to
his own selfish desires.
00:51:53.41\00:51:59.18
And he was the king.
00:51:59.21\00:52:02.05
He had riches, he had honor,
00:52:02.08\00:52:05.39
he had all the
things that you could want.
00:52:05.42\00:52:09.92
But it wasn't good enough,
00:52:09.96\00:52:13.33
because he didn't have
God and he came back to God.
00:52:13.36\00:52:18.07
And he said,
"Create in me a clean heart,
00:52:18.10\00:52:20.80
O God, and renew a
right spirit within me.
00:52:20.84\00:52:24.57
Cast me not away
from Thy presence
00:52:24.61\00:52:27.94
and take not Thy
Holy Spirit from me.
00:52:27.98\00:52:33.18
Restore unto me the joy,
00:52:33.21\00:52:37.75
the joy of Thy salvation."
00:52:37.79\00:52:40.89
That's what he was missing.
00:52:40.92\00:52:43.46
"And uphold me
with Thy free spirit.
00:52:43.49\00:52:47.00
Then will I teach
transgressors thy ways,
00:52:47.03\00:52:49.63
and sinners shall be
converted unto thee."
00:52:49.66\00:52:53.70
You can have
everything in the world.
00:52:53.74\00:52:57.17
But if you don't have Jesus,
00:52:57.21\00:52:59.71
if you don't have
the joy of His salvation,
00:52:59.74\00:53:03.18
it's not good enough.
00:53:03.21\00:53:05.68
We have to always
remember that, in times of joy,
00:53:05.71\00:53:09.95
in times of sorrow,
00:53:09.98\00:53:12.32
in times of plenty
and in times of need,
00:53:12.35\00:53:16.86
He is in control.
00:53:16.89\00:53:18.23
I remember there was
a case in South Africa,
00:53:18.26\00:53:22.83
of conjoined twins.
00:53:22.86\00:53:24.20
They were joined at
the back of the head.
00:53:24.23\00:53:27.34
Similar to the case that
had gained great fame for me.
00:53:27.37\00:53:32.57
And, you know,
they obviously want me
00:53:32.61\00:53:36.04
to come over and
help with that case,
00:53:36.08\00:53:39.18
but the kids were deteriorating,
00:53:39.21\00:53:42.28
very, very quickly.
00:53:42.32\00:53:44.45
So had to be done under
semi-emergent conditions.
00:53:44.49\00:53:49.96
And we were in
the operating room
00:53:49.99\00:53:54.40
doing the
separation, got to the part
00:53:54.43\00:53:57.57
where we had to put
them on hypothermic arrest,
00:53:57.60\00:54:00.30
which meant the cardiac surgeons
00:54:00.34\00:54:01.87
had to go in.
00:54:01.90\00:54:03.71
And, you know,
cool the temperatures
00:54:03.74\00:54:07.38
until the heart stop,
pump all the blood out.
00:54:07.41\00:54:10.35
And then we would be
able to do the critical part
00:54:10.38\00:54:13.72
of the operation,
and then they would start
00:54:13.75\00:54:15.75
the hearts back off
after pumping their blood
00:54:15.78\00:54:17.69
back in and warming it up.
00:54:17.72\00:54:19.99
Well, it turns out
that as they exposed
00:54:20.02\00:54:22.22
one of the heart,
00:54:22.26\00:54:24.23
they could see that
it was not functional.
00:54:24.26\00:54:27.90
And then they
figured out the reason
00:54:27.93\00:54:30.27
that the kids had
been deteriorating,
00:54:30.30\00:54:33.17
it's because one of
them was doing the pumping
00:54:33.20\00:54:35.77
for both of them.
00:54:35.80\00:54:37.87
And as they grew,
00:54:37.91\00:54:39.84
it became more and more
difficult for that one heart
00:54:39.87\00:54:43.21
to be able to
pump for both of them.
00:54:43.24\00:54:44.81
So they were going
into congestive failure.
00:54:44.85\00:54:49.02
So it was clear that that
one wouldn't be able to survive,
00:54:49.05\00:54:52.05
but we were able to
complete the operation.
00:54:52.09\00:54:54.66
And the other one
seemed to be okay,
00:54:54.69\00:54:58.43
for the first day,
00:54:58.46\00:55:00.80
then that one
started having seizures
00:55:00.83\00:55:02.73
and all kinds of problems.
00:55:02.76\00:55:05.63
And over the course
of the next day, died.
00:55:05.67\00:55:10.17
And it turns out
00:55:10.21\00:55:11.54
that one didn't
have any kidney function.
00:55:11.57\00:55:14.98
The one that
didn't have heart function
00:55:15.01\00:55:16.95
had the kidney function,
00:55:16.98\00:55:18.31
the other one
had other function,
00:55:18.35\00:55:19.68
so they were symbiotic.
00:55:19.71\00:55:21.05
They couldn't live apart,
00:55:21.08\00:55:22.58
and they couldn't live together.
00:55:22.62\00:55:25.75
And I remember as
I was travelling back
00:55:25.79\00:55:27.72
to the United
States, after the operation,
00:55:27.76\00:55:29.72
I was so depressed.
00:55:29.76\00:55:33.26
And I was thinking,
anybody could have failed,
00:55:33.29\00:55:35.80
I didn't have to
come all the way over here
00:55:35.83\00:55:37.50
and get involved in this case.
00:55:37.53\00:55:40.64
Lord, how did You
get me involved in a case
00:55:40.67\00:55:45.44
that didn't turn
out the right way,
00:55:45.47\00:55:48.11
this is just horrible.
00:55:48.14\00:55:51.15
But I was
thinking more about me.
00:55:51.18\00:55:55.08
See, that was the problem.
00:55:55.12\00:55:57.82
Because three years later,
00:55:57.85\00:56:01.32
there was another
case, case from Zambia,
00:56:01.36\00:56:05.99
of vertical craniopagus twins,
00:56:06.03\00:56:08.06
they're joint at
the top of the head,
00:56:08.10\00:56:10.40
facing in opposite directions,
00:56:10.43\00:56:12.30
something we call
a type two vertical.
00:56:12.33\00:56:15.40
There had been 13
attempts to separate
00:56:15.44\00:56:17.34
twins like that previously,
00:56:17.37\00:56:18.87
none of which
had been successful.
00:56:18.91\00:56:22.28
And, you know, I was asked
to be involved in that case.
00:56:22.31\00:56:27.05
And we brought the case
00:56:27.08\00:56:29.18
to South Africa.
00:56:29.22\00:56:33.59
And interestingly enough,
00:56:33.62\00:56:35.59
we were able to
reassemble the team
00:56:35.62\00:56:37.86
that had worked on
the previous failure.
00:56:37.89\00:56:41.76
All the equipment that
had been imported for that
00:56:41.80\00:56:44.43
was still there, the
training was still there.
00:56:44.47\00:56:49.30
And that turned
out to be the very
00:56:49.34\00:56:51.47
first complex craniopagus case,
00:56:51.51\00:56:55.98
where a separation
was successfully done
00:56:56.01\00:56:58.48
with no neurological deficit.
00:56:58.51\00:57:02.28
That would not have
happened has we not failed
00:57:02.32\00:57:06.22
on the previous one.
00:57:06.25\00:57:08.82
The previous one
was going to die anyway.
00:57:08.86\00:57:12.39
But the Lord used
that to prepare the way
00:57:12.43\00:57:16.26
for one that would
be extremely successful.
00:57:16.30\00:57:18.87
You see, we sometimes
don't see the whole picture.
00:57:18.90\00:57:22.94
God plays the long game.
00:57:22.97\00:57:25.21
We play the short game.
00:57:25.24\00:57:26.78
Sometimes we get
very disappointed
00:57:26.81\00:57:28.64
because things haven't
gone the way we want them to go.
00:57:28.68\00:57:32.35
That's when we need to just say,
00:57:32.38\00:57:34.55
"Lord, it's You.
00:57:34.58\00:57:38.22
It's all about You.
00:57:38.25\00:57:40.29
It's not about me."
00:57:40.32\00:57:42.32
Recognize that He is
completely in control.
00:57:42.36\00:57:46.66
That's what we need to
recognize about our nation
00:57:46.70\00:57:51.67
right now.
00:57:51.70\00:57:54.30
Our nation which was formed
00:57:54.34\00:57:58.81
under Judeo-Christian values,
00:57:58.84\00:58:04.25
values like love your neighbor
00:58:04.28\00:58:09.45
instead of counsel your neighbor
00:58:09.48\00:58:12.95
and try to help people,
00:58:12.99\00:58:16.22
not try to hurt people.
00:58:16.26\00:58:18.76
You know, how do we get
into a situation like that?
00:58:18.79\00:58:23.63
A situation where
we try to force people
00:58:23.67\00:58:27.20
to do our will if we have power.
00:58:27.24\00:58:31.11
Those are not things that
this nation was known for.
00:58:31.14\00:58:35.48
It's not the reason that
so many people came here,
00:58:35.51\00:58:38.48
and our nation was known
as a nation of communities
00:58:38.51\00:58:43.79
where people worked together,
00:58:43.82\00:58:45.15
people who had
different talents and skills.
00:58:45.19\00:58:49.02
Why were they able to
be successful in far out
00:58:49.06\00:58:53.40
of the way places
and remote states?
00:58:53.43\00:58:58.40
Because they knew
how to work together.
00:58:58.43\00:59:02.10
They didn't have to
all believe the same thing.
00:59:02.14\00:59:04.87
That was not necessary.
00:59:04.91\00:59:06.98
What was necessary is
for people to work together.
00:59:07.01\00:59:12.71
You know, it's
Jesus who originally said,
00:59:12.75\00:59:15.22
"A house divided
against itself cannot stand."
00:59:15.25\00:59:20.42
Abraham Lincoln later said that.
00:59:20.46\00:59:24.53
And it's absolutely true.
00:59:24.56\00:59:27.50
You take a nation,
00:59:27.53\00:59:29.46
as strong as the
United States of America,
00:59:29.50\00:59:35.37
too strong to be
brought down by Russia,
00:59:35.40\00:59:38.84
or China, or North Korea,
00:59:38.87\00:59:42.21
or Iran, or any other place,
00:59:42.24\00:59:46.51
but easily destroyed
00:59:46.55\00:59:49.78
by its own people
00:59:49.82\00:59:52.75
who have been
manipulated into believing
00:59:52.79\00:59:54.92
that they are
each other's enemies
00:59:54.96\00:59:58.19
when they're not
each other's enemies.
00:59:58.23\01:00:01.43
That's the real shame.
01:00:01.46\01:00:04.30
I think that's
where it requires courage,
01:00:04.33\01:00:08.90
courage to
point out those things
01:00:08.94\01:00:12.14
that are creating the problems.
01:00:12.17\01:00:16.41
You know, we have groups saying
01:00:16.44\01:00:19.45
that this group takes
primacy over this group.
01:00:19.48\01:00:24.85
Black lives matter.
01:00:24.89\01:00:27.96
Black lives do matter.
01:00:27.99\01:00:29.46
But you know what?
01:00:29.49\01:00:30.83
Jesus Christ died for all lives.
01:00:30.86\01:00:33.53
There is no life that
doesn't matter to Him,
01:00:33.56\01:00:36.80
from the least to the greatest.
01:00:36.83\01:00:40.84
That should be
our cause as well.
01:00:40.87\01:00:45.97
Now, we live in a nation
01:00:46.01\01:00:49.21
that has a lot of
different people in it
01:00:49.24\01:00:51.98
from different backgrounds.
01:00:52.01\01:00:53.72
There's no question about that.
01:00:53.75\01:00:56.42
But some people want to
make that into a problem.
01:00:56.45\01:01:01.36
Is it really a problem?
01:01:01.39\01:01:04.23
I mean, how many
people for instance
01:01:04.26\01:01:07.43
would want to go to
the National Aquarium
01:01:07.46\01:01:12.40
if every fish was a goldfish?
01:01:12.43\01:01:15.14
Really wouldn't be that
interesting, wouldn't it?
01:01:15.17\01:01:16.74
It certainly
wouldn't be worth paying for.
01:01:16.77\01:01:19.51
Who would want to
go to the National Zoo
01:01:19.54\01:01:22.04
if every animal was
a Thomson's gazelle?
01:01:22.08\01:01:25.25
Wouldn't be that great.
01:01:25.28\01:01:27.75
Who would want a
beautiful bouquet of flowers
01:01:27.78\01:01:30.19
if everyone was identical?
01:01:30.22\01:01:33.12
It's pretty, but
it's not as pretty as one
01:01:33.15\01:01:34.92
that is carefully orchestrated
01:01:34.96\01:01:37.33
with lots of different things.
01:01:37.36\01:01:41.76
And who would want
to get up in the morning
01:01:41.80\01:01:43.40
if everybody
looked exactly like you?
01:01:43.43\01:01:46.33
In some cases, that
be a national disaster?
01:01:46.37\01:01:48.50
So we should be very
pleased that God was kind enough
01:01:48.54\01:01:54.38
to give us variety.
01:01:54.41\01:01:56.98
And what is it
that makes a person
01:01:57.01\01:02:00.08
who they are?
01:02:00.12\01:02:02.92
Is it the color of their skin?
01:02:02.95\01:02:06.52
Is it the quality of their hair?
01:02:06.55\01:02:09.69
Is it the shape of their nose?
01:02:09.72\01:02:13.06
Or is it their brain?
01:02:13.09\01:02:16.26
And see, that's why we
have those big frontal lobes.
01:02:16.30\01:02:20.24
You know, Dr. Martin Luther King
01:02:20.27\01:02:22.44
was on to something
when he said he dreamed
01:02:22.47\01:02:25.04
of the day when
people would be judged
01:02:25.07\01:02:30.71
not by the color of their skin,
01:02:30.75\01:02:32.45
but by the content
of their character.
01:02:32.48\01:02:36.92
And we find
ourselves in a situation
01:02:36.95\01:02:38.62
where people are teaching
exactly the opposite now.
01:02:38.65\01:02:43.86
It takes courage to
stand up against that,
01:02:43.89\01:02:48.86
to speak out against that,
01:02:48.90\01:02:51.93
because you will be attacked.
01:02:51.97\01:02:55.47
No question about that.
01:02:55.50\01:02:57.97
You know, in
the Book of Timothy,
01:02:58.01\01:03:03.24
2 Timothy
01:03:03.28\01:03:06.65
and it's the third chapter
01:03:06.68\01:03:12.42
and 12th verse.
01:03:12.45\01:03:15.29
It says, "Yea,
01:03:15.32\01:03:19.36
and all that will
live godly in Christ Jesus
01:03:19.39\01:03:25.13
shall suffer persecution."
01:03:25.17\01:03:29.77
What do you think that means?
01:03:29.80\01:03:33.07
You know, there is some people,
01:03:33.11\01:03:35.68
they see things going on.
01:03:35.71\01:03:38.91
They don't say anything.
01:03:38.95\01:03:41.42
They just kind
of hide in a corner,
01:03:41.45\01:03:44.09
put their head down,
and hope nobody calls them
01:03:44.12\01:03:45.99
a nasty name.
01:03:46.02\01:03:49.12
Is that what we're called to do?
01:03:49.16\01:03:51.99
Or are we called to stand up
01:03:52.03\01:03:57.07
for those who are in
a difficult situation?
01:03:57.10\01:04:02.44
If you go to the
Book of Proverbs,
01:04:02.47\01:04:06.98
and you go to
01:04:07.01\01:04:09.24
24:10.
01:04:09.28\01:04:14.22
It says,
01:04:14.25\01:04:15.58
"If thou faint in
the day of adversity,
01:04:15.62\01:04:19.49
thy strength is small.
01:04:19.52\01:04:23.29
If thou forbear to deliver them
01:04:23.32\01:04:26.90
that are drawn unto death,
01:04:26.93\01:04:29.66
and those that
are ready to be slain,
01:04:29.70\01:04:31.90
if thou saith,
behold, we knew it not,
01:04:31.93\01:04:36.67
doth not he that
pondereth the heart consider it?
01:04:36.71\01:04:40.91
And he that keepeth thy soul,
01:04:40.94\01:04:42.54
doth not he know it?
01:04:42.58\01:04:44.51
And shall not he
render to every man
01:04:44.55\01:04:48.02
according to his works?"
01:04:48.05\01:04:51.29
In other words,
01:04:51.32\01:04:53.69
bad things are
happening to people.
01:04:53.72\01:04:57.26
You can't just
sit around and say,
01:04:57.29\01:04:59.63
I don't know about
them, close my eyes,
01:04:59.66\01:05:01.50
not my business, I don't care.
01:05:01.53\01:05:05.97
The Bible says, "That's
not what you should be doing."
01:05:06.00\01:05:08.14
It says, "If you do that,
01:05:08.17\01:05:10.77
God knows that you did that
01:05:10.81\01:05:13.48
and holds you responsible."
01:05:13.51\01:05:17.55
But some people
say, "But if I do that,
01:05:17.58\01:05:20.08
then I put myself
in a line of fire,
01:05:20.12\01:05:23.55
then I may be persecuted."
01:05:23.59\01:05:26.09
Yes, that's absolutely true.
01:05:26.12\01:05:29.06
But remember this.
01:05:29.09\01:05:31.96
Even if people say
nasty things about you,
01:05:31.99\01:05:34.53
or persecute you
even put you in jail,
01:05:34.56\01:05:36.36
or even kill you.
01:05:36.40\01:05:40.40
What is that inconvenience
01:05:40.44\01:05:44.07
against the backdrop
of eternity with Christ?
01:05:44.11\01:05:49.24
That's what Paul
was talking about.
01:05:49.28\01:05:51.01
He says, you
know, it's like dung.
01:05:51.05\01:05:54.72
Don't even think
about that stuff.
01:05:54.75\01:05:56.72
It's so insignificant
compared to the glory
01:05:56.75\01:06:01.59
thy will
experience with the Lord.
01:06:01.62\01:06:05.16
Doesn't mean you should go out
01:06:05.19\01:06:06.53
and look to be persecuted.
01:06:06.56\01:06:08.96
Don't try to be persecuted.
01:06:09.00\01:06:11.47
But it does mean,
01:06:11.50\01:06:13.60
we have a responsibility
01:06:13.64\01:06:17.07
to do what is right.
01:06:17.11\01:06:20.44
And when we see
01:06:20.48\01:06:22.24
liberty being challenged,
01:06:22.28\01:06:27.28
we need to deal with it.
01:06:27.32\01:06:30.52
And you look at something
like freedom of speech,
01:06:30.55\01:06:36.22
one of the key tenets
01:06:36.26\01:06:40.60
of our Constitution,
01:06:40.63\01:06:42.86
and the Bill of Rights.
01:06:42.90\01:06:45.73
One of the things that
attracted so many people
01:06:45.77\01:06:49.74
from the shores of
so many distant lands
01:06:49.77\01:06:53.64
to America,
01:06:53.68\01:06:56.24
they want it to be free
01:06:56.28\01:06:59.51
to live the way
they wanted to live,
01:06:59.55\01:07:02.72
to say what they want to say,
01:07:02.75\01:07:05.05
to pursue the
careers they wanted to career
01:07:05.09\01:07:07.46
to pursue,
01:07:07.49\01:07:11.03
without somebody
stepping on them all the time
01:07:11.06\01:07:14.36
and telling them
what they had to do
01:07:14.40\01:07:16.00
and what they couldn't do.
01:07:16.03\01:07:20.57
And particularly
what they could say
01:07:20.60\01:07:23.41
and what they couldn't say.
01:07:23.44\01:07:26.88
That's why the whole concept
01:07:26.91\01:07:28.64
of political
correctness is so evil.
01:07:28.68\01:07:32.45
It's really antithetical
to our First Amendment.
01:07:32.48\01:07:37.65
And when it is
enforced by big tech
01:07:37.69\01:07:42.86
and the media,
01:07:42.89\01:07:45.93
by isolating people,
01:07:45.96\01:07:48.96
by canceling people,
01:07:49.00\01:07:51.53
by destroying
people's livelihoods.
01:07:51.57\01:07:56.20
And the government
does nothing about it.
01:07:56.24\01:07:59.24
It's complicit.
01:07:59.27\01:08:01.71
Then it is exactly the same
01:08:01.74\01:08:03.41
as if the government
imposed that themselves.
01:08:03.45\01:08:09.08
And I think
there's a responsibility
01:08:09.12\01:08:12.55
to resist a situation
01:08:12.59\01:08:17.16
where people's rights,
01:08:17.19\01:08:19.49
their fundamental rights,
01:08:19.53\01:08:21.73
which is our Declaration
of Independence states,
01:08:21.76\01:08:27.14
those rights come from God
01:08:27.17\01:08:29.87
and not from the government.
01:08:29.90\01:08:33.07
And therefore,
those who are godly people
01:08:33.11\01:08:38.21
will protect the
rights not only of themselves
01:08:38.25\01:08:41.38
but of others that
are being challenged,
01:08:41.42\01:08:45.79
and that are being taken away,
01:08:45.82\01:08:48.72
and will not be fearful
in the process of doing that,
01:08:48.76\01:08:53.96
recognizing always
01:08:54.00\01:08:58.27
that God is in control.
01:08:58.30\01:09:00.97
You know, I remember a situation
01:09:01.00\01:09:05.31
in which had a little
girl whose little baby
01:09:05.34\01:09:09.24
whose head was not growing.
01:09:09.28\01:09:12.11
And her brain was
progressively being compressed,
01:09:12.15\01:09:15.42
and we had to do an
operation to expand the skull.
01:09:15.45\01:09:19.99
And during the
process of that operation,
01:09:20.02\01:09:24.39
she started hemorrhaging.
01:09:24.43\01:09:27.73
And it was a very,
very significant hemorrhage.
01:09:27.76\01:09:31.33
And then her heart stopped.
01:09:31.37\01:09:34.10
And then she had
to be resuscitated
01:09:34.14\01:09:36.44
in the operating
room for several minutes.
01:09:36.47\01:09:39.67
And we were not able to
get her heart to start back up.
01:09:39.71\01:09:42.44
And the
anesthesiologist was saying,
01:09:42.48\01:09:45.71
I think we should call it,
01:09:45.75\01:09:47.42
I mean, we've lost her.
01:09:47.45\01:09:49.52
That's the end of the case.
01:09:49.55\01:09:50.89
And I just
couldn't, couldn't let her go.
01:09:50.92\01:09:54.96
I should know, let's keep going.
01:09:54.99\01:09:56.62
We went another five minutes.
01:09:56.66\01:09:59.19
Still nothing, another
five minutes after that.
01:09:59.23\01:10:01.63
But then we got
a little heartbeat.
01:10:01.66\01:10:04.97
And, you know, a
little epinephrine
01:10:05.00\01:10:07.10
and a few other things,
01:10:07.14\01:10:08.47
and her heart
started beating again.
01:10:08.50\01:10:11.84
And we were able to
get things closed up
01:10:11.87\01:10:14.11
and take her to the ICU.
01:10:14.14\01:10:15.51
But at that point,
01:10:15.54\01:10:19.35
she had no neurologic exam.
01:10:19.38\01:10:23.22
Brain dead, flat wave.
01:10:23.25\01:10:26.89
And I remember her father.
01:10:26.92\01:10:32.33
And he was a Christian.
01:10:32.36\01:10:34.80
And he said, "Doctor, is there?
01:10:34.83\01:10:37.03
Is there even a small chance
01:10:37.07\01:10:40.57
that she might survive,
01:10:40.60\01:10:42.30
and that she might wake up?"
01:10:42.34\01:10:46.11
He said, "One in 10 maybe?
01:10:46.14\01:10:47.54
"And I said, "No."
He said, "One in 100?"
01:10:47.58\01:10:49.51
I said, "No." He
said, "One in 1000?"
01:10:49.54\01:10:51.21
"No."
01:10:51.25\01:10:54.15
And then he and I
challenged each other,
01:10:54.18\01:10:57.39
to see who could
pray the hardest,
01:10:57.42\01:11:00.46
because that would be
the only chance that she had.
01:11:00.49\01:11:04.86
And, interestingly enough,
01:11:04.89\01:11:10.13
over the next 12 hours,
01:11:10.17\01:11:14.30
she began to have some function,
01:11:14.34\01:11:15.90
her pupils started working.
01:11:15.94\01:11:18.27
Everybody was
talking about this,
01:11:18.31\01:11:19.97
she woke up.
01:11:20.01\01:11:22.04
It was unbelievable.
01:11:22.08\01:11:25.25
But then, she started
having pulmonary problems.
01:11:25.28\01:11:30.52
And portions of her
lungs began to fail.
01:11:30.55\01:11:34.39
And the pulmonary
specialists came and they looked
01:11:34.42\01:11:36.79
and they said, "She's going die.
01:11:36.83\01:11:41.33
We're not going to
be able to save her."
01:11:41.36\01:11:44.10
Interestingly
enough, that next day,
01:11:44.13\01:11:48.54
I was supposed to go to Ohio
01:11:48.57\01:11:50.07
to speak at one of
the medical schools.
01:11:50.11\01:11:53.21
And early that
morning, my youngest son
01:11:53.24\01:11:57.21
had a severe asthma attack.
01:11:57.25\01:12:01.68
Rick had to be taken by
ambulance to the hospital.
01:12:01.72\01:12:04.35
All of this is going on,
01:12:04.39\01:12:06.12
while this kid is dying.
01:12:06.15\01:12:08.19
And I get a call from
one of the nurses saying
01:12:08.22\01:12:12.39
the last part of
that lung is failing.
01:12:12.43\01:12:17.57
And would you like to come
in and speak to the parents?
01:12:17.60\01:12:20.10
Well, I couldn't because
I had to get to the airport.
01:12:20.14\01:12:23.64
And I, I called
when I got to Ohio,
01:12:23.67\01:12:29.08
to speak to the parents
01:12:29.11\01:12:30.45
because I figured the
baby was dead by then.
01:12:30.48\01:12:33.52
And they said, "No, the
baby's still hanging on."
01:12:33.55\01:12:38.12
And, you know, I
got back the next day.
01:12:38.15\01:12:42.59
And in fact, the lungs are
starting to repair themselves.
01:12:42.62\01:12:47.96
But now the neurologist,
01:12:48.00\01:12:50.37
and the rehab people
had come by and they said,
01:12:50.40\01:12:56.07
"The baby can't
see, the baby can't hear,
01:12:56.10\01:12:59.61
has lost most
neurological function.
01:12:59.64\01:13:02.28
There's really not even
much point in sending her
01:13:02.31\01:13:05.31
to a rehabilitation facility."
01:13:05.35\01:13:08.18
And I had to go to California
to do some stuff with the NIH.
01:13:08.22\01:13:12.65
And when I got back,
01:13:12.69\01:13:15.86
first thing I did was
go into that baby's room.
01:13:15.89\01:13:20.00
And the baby looked at me
and followed me with her eyes.
01:13:20.03\01:13:23.77
And the baby could
obviously hear and it turns out
01:13:23.80\01:13:26.13
that the rehab people and
the neurologist were right,
01:13:26.17\01:13:29.04
she was not a candidate
because she was perfectly fine.
01:13:29.07\01:13:32.97
And you know what?
01:13:33.01\01:13:35.04
What that told me again,
01:13:35.08\01:13:38.05
who is in charge?
01:13:38.08\01:13:41.68
No matter what is
going on in our lives,
01:13:41.72\01:13:45.29
who is actually in charge?
01:13:45.32\01:13:50.49
I remember the case of
a little girl from Denver.
01:13:50.53\01:13:56.36
And she was having seizures,
up to 130 seizures a day,
01:13:56.40\01:14:00.74
they would do
everything they could to stop
01:14:00.77\01:14:02.84
the seizures.
01:14:02.87\01:14:04.21
They even put her
in a pentobarbital coma
01:14:04.24\01:14:07.34
for two weeks.
01:14:07.38\01:14:09.84
Figured if they
could just keep her sedated
01:14:09.88\01:14:13.98
and then let the brain rest,
01:14:14.02\01:14:16.02
it would be okay.
01:14:16.05\01:14:18.22
But after two weeks went
by, and they lifted the sedation
01:14:18.25\01:14:21.02
and the seizure
started right up again.
01:14:21.06\01:14:24.13
And, you know, I
was contacted to see
01:14:24.16\01:14:27.50
if I would consider
doing an operation called
01:14:27.53\01:14:32.50
cerebral hemispherectomy,
01:14:32.53\01:14:34.47
something that had
been done in the past
01:14:34.50\01:14:36.94
and had fallen out of favor
because of the high morbidity
01:14:36.97\01:14:40.74
and mortality
associated there with.
01:14:40.78\01:14:44.51
And, you know, I
did some studying
01:14:44.55\01:14:48.15
and concluded that
maybe there was some things
01:14:48.18\01:14:53.32
we could do differently
than had been done before.
01:14:53.36\01:14:57.26
Maybe there were some
techniques that had improved,
01:14:57.29\01:15:00.30
and some materials that
might make this feasible now.
01:15:00.33\01:15:05.60
And I remember
when I was talking
01:15:05.63\01:15:07.17
to the parents,
and they said, "Doctor,
01:15:07.20\01:15:08.54
have you ever done this before?"
01:15:08.57\01:15:09.90
And I said, "No."
01:15:09.94\01:15:11.27
And I said, "But
I've studied the issue.
01:15:11.31\01:15:16.51
And I think
there's a good chance
01:15:16.54\01:15:18.71
that it might work."
01:15:18.75\01:15:20.82
What did it take
for those parents
01:15:20.85\01:15:24.02
to trust this young neurosurgeon
01:15:24.05\01:15:28.76
to do something so radical?
01:15:28.79\01:15:32.23
It's pretty
amazing to me that they,
01:15:32.26\01:15:35.26
they did that, but they did.
01:15:35.30\01:15:38.37
And the operation
was very difficult.
01:15:38.40\01:15:40.60
The brain was swollen,
01:15:40.64\01:15:42.94
there was a lot of bleeding.
01:15:42.97\01:15:44.67
We had to do
massive transfusions.
01:15:44.71\01:15:48.48
And she didn't
wake up immediately.
01:15:48.51\01:15:52.88
But she did within a
matter of a couple of hours.
01:15:52.91\01:15:57.99
And the parents
were by the bedside.
01:15:58.02\01:16:01.62
And she said,
"Mommy, Daddy, I love you."
01:16:01.66\01:16:04.23
They were like on cloud nine.
01:16:04.26\01:16:08.10
And she made a
tremendous recovery.
01:16:08.13\01:16:12.87
She was very
photogenic, as was her mother.
01:16:12.90\01:16:17.87
And, you know, they got
a lot of media attention.
01:16:17.91\01:16:21.08
The story was broadcast far
and wide about hemispherectomy,
01:16:21.11\01:16:26.41
there's little girl
living with half of brain
01:16:26.45\01:16:28.58
and doing well.
01:16:28.62\01:16:30.79
And that encouraged others.
01:16:30.82\01:16:33.42
And pretty soon, you know,
01:16:33.46\01:16:35.32
we were doing a lot
of hemispherectomies.
01:16:35.36\01:16:39.36
And I remember at
a press conference,
01:16:39.39\01:16:44.33
and they were the first
14, 13 of them were girls.
01:16:44.37\01:16:50.21
And one of the reporters said,
01:16:50.24\01:16:52.37
"Does this only
work in women and girls?
01:16:52.41\01:16:56.14
Why is it that 13 are
girls and one is a male?"
01:16:56.18\01:17:00.18
And I said, "Well,
01:17:00.22\01:17:02.45
women only use half
of their brain anyway."
01:17:02.48\01:17:06.92
Telling a joke, of course.
01:17:06.96\01:17:08.92
And one of the
female neurologist said,
01:17:08.96\01:17:12.39
"No, that's not correct."
01:17:12.43\01:17:15.06
She said, "Women only
need half of their brain
01:17:15.10\01:17:18.10
to be as smart as men."
01:17:18.13\01:17:21.54
But in fact, we
had a lot of fun.
01:17:21.57\01:17:25.71
But, but the key
thing was that first case,
01:17:25.74\01:17:31.45
which required a lot of courage,
01:17:31.48\01:17:32.91
and a lot of study,
01:17:32.95\01:17:35.08
opened the
pathway for many others,
01:17:35.12\01:17:39.55
who had very
difficult situations
01:17:39.59\01:17:41.62
to get them resolved.
01:17:41.66\01:17:44.03
And now that
operation is a common operation
01:17:44.06\01:17:48.60
that's done by virtually
all pediatric neurosurgeons.
01:17:48.63\01:17:52.97
But the Lord opened
that pathway up in a way
01:17:53.00\01:17:58.37
that I would not have expected.
01:17:58.41\01:18:02.31
By the same token,
when I left medicine,
01:18:02.34\01:18:06.78
and came into government.
01:18:06.82\01:18:10.85
I also ran into a
lot of resistance.
01:18:10.89\01:18:15.29
Because there was a...
01:18:15.32\01:18:17.03
which surprised me.
01:18:17.06\01:18:19.39
There were a lot of
people in Washington
01:18:19.43\01:18:22.66
who didn't want to get
people out of dependency.
01:18:22.70\01:18:26.37
And I want, I should,
everybody should agree
01:18:26.40\01:18:28.70
with these things that
will help people move up
01:18:28.74\01:18:31.87
the ladders of
opportunity and become,
01:18:31.91\01:18:34.94
you know, independent.
01:18:34.98\01:18:37.65
And it was very difficult,
01:18:37.68\01:18:40.72
but we were able to
get several things done,
01:18:40.75\01:18:43.55
including envision centers,
01:18:43.59\01:18:45.85
which comes from the Bible.
01:18:45.89\01:18:47.36
Proverbs 29:18,
01:18:47.39\01:18:49.69
"Without a vision,
the people perish."
01:18:49.72\01:18:52.93
We take all
these federal agencies,
01:18:52.96\01:18:56.10
13 of them,
combined with state agencies,
01:18:56.13\01:18:59.23
local agencies,
faith, faith organizations,
01:18:59.27\01:19:02.60
nonprofits, and amalgamate
the services that they provide,
01:19:02.64\01:19:08.18
and put it all under one roof.
01:19:08.21\01:19:11.18
So that that teenage mother
01:19:11.21\01:19:14.92
of two had a place
01:19:14.95\01:19:17.95
where she could go and
be able to get childcare.
01:19:17.99\01:19:23.49
At the same time, find
out how to get her GED.
01:19:23.53\01:19:27.56
And after that, be able to
get some additional training
01:19:27.60\01:19:29.93
so she can become independent,
01:19:29.96\01:19:32.33
and subsequently
teach that to her children.
01:19:32.37\01:19:36.34
That's the only way you
break these growing patterns
01:19:36.37\01:19:39.41
of dependency.
01:19:39.44\01:19:41.54
Those are the kinds of things
that we have to start thinking
01:19:41.58\01:19:44.38
about in this
nation in which we live.
01:19:44.41\01:19:49.32
And perhaps most important,
01:19:49.35\01:19:52.65
and one I want to close with,
01:19:52.69\01:19:57.23
is we have to seek God.
01:19:57.26\01:20:00.50
We have to seek Him now.
01:20:00.53\01:20:03.67
Times are
difficult that we live in.
01:20:03.70\01:20:08.40
And if we don't have Him,
we're not going to make it.
01:20:08.44\01:20:12.97
And here we go. Yes.
01:20:13.01\01:20:17.45
Isaiah 55:6,
01:20:17.48\01:20:20.65
"Seek ye the Lord
while he may be found,
01:20:20.68\01:20:25.75
call ye upon him
while he is near:
01:20:25.79\01:20:30.99
Let the wicked forsake his ways,
01:20:31.03\01:20:32.49
and the
unrighteous man his thoughts:
01:20:32.53\01:20:35.73
and let him
return unto the Lord,
01:20:35.76\01:20:37.23
and he will have mercy upon him,
01:20:37.27\01:20:39.93
and to our God,
01:20:39.97\01:20:42.00
and he will abundantly pardon."
01:20:42.04\01:20:46.27
We have such a
gracious and accepting God
01:20:46.31\01:20:51.45
who has
everything under control.
01:20:51.48\01:20:54.58
We don't need to worry
about all this horrendous stuff
01:20:54.62\01:20:58.62
that we see going on around us
01:20:58.65\01:21:01.26
every single day.
01:21:01.29\01:21:04.89
All we have to
do is trust in Him.
01:21:04.93\01:21:08.26
He will take our fear away.
01:21:08.30\01:21:10.70
He will give us courage.
01:21:10.73\01:21:12.70
He will direct what we're doing.
01:21:12.73\01:21:15.24
All we have to
do is what is right.
01:21:15.27\01:21:18.71
And let me close with a prayer.
01:21:18.74\01:21:21.51
Kind Father in heaven,
01:21:21.54\01:21:24.08
You are so
gracious, You are so good,
01:21:24.11\01:21:26.58
You're so kind,
You're so generous.
01:21:26.61\01:21:30.69
And yet sometimes
we forget about You,
01:21:30.72\01:21:34.22
and sometimes we neglect You.
01:21:34.26\01:21:37.03
Help us to seek You
01:21:37.06\01:21:40.83
while You may be found
01:21:40.86\01:21:43.70
that You might use
us all in a specific way
01:21:43.73\01:21:46.70
that You have ordained,
01:21:46.74\01:21:50.31
that we may bring eventual peace
01:21:50.34\01:21:55.04
and prosperity
and the conditions
01:21:55.08\01:21:59.75
that are right for
Your triumphant return
01:21:59.78\01:22:04.25
in Jesus' name.
01:22:04.29\01:22:05.62
Amen.
01:22:05.65\01:22:06.99
Glory be to the Father
01:22:21.54\01:22:26.21
And to the Son
01:22:26.24\01:22:30.65
And to the Holy Ghost
01:22:30.68\01:22:37.25
As it was in the beginning
01:22:37.29\01:22:42.66
Is now and ever shall be
01:22:42.69\01:22:48.86
World without end
01:22:48.90\01:22:52.97
Amen,
01:22:53.00\01:22:55.97
Amen
01:22:56.00\01:23:01.21
Holy, holy, holy!
01:23:24.10\01:23:30.17
Lord God Almighty!
01:23:30.21\01:23:35.44
Early in the morning
01:23:35.48\01:23:40.92
Our song
01:23:40.95\01:23:42.78
Shall rise to thee
01:23:42.82\01:23:48.26
Holy, holy, holy
01:23:48.29\01:23:54.20
Merciful and mighty!
01:23:54.23\01:23:59.90
God in three persons
01:23:59.93\01:24:05.97
Blessed Trinity!
01:24:06.01\01:24:11.95
Holy, holy, holy!
01:24:21.12\01:24:27.20
Though the darkness hide thee
01:24:27.23\01:24:33.23
Though the eye of sinful man
01:24:33.27\01:24:39.07
Thy glory may not
01:24:39.11\01:24:42.41
See
01:24:42.44\01:24:49.32
Only thou art holy
01:24:49.35\01:24:54.49
There is none beside thee
01:24:54.52\01:25:00.60
Perfect in power
01:25:00.63\01:25:05.23
In love,
01:25:05.27\01:25:07.60
And purity
01:25:07.64\01:25:13.58
As it was in the beginning
01:25:24.22\01:25:29.46
Is now, and ever shall be
01:25:29.49\01:25:35.60
World without end
01:25:35.63\01:25:39.80
Amen,
01:25:39.83\01:25:42.37
Amen
01:25:42.40\01:25:47.11
Holy, holy, holy!
01:25:47.14\01:25:52.68
Lord God Almighty!
01:25:52.71\01:25:58.35
Oh thy works
shall praise Thy name
01:25:58.39\01:26:03.32
In earth and sky and sea
01:26:03.36\01:26:09.70
Thousand saints and thousands
01:26:09.73\01:26:15.27
Bowing down before thee
01:26:15.30\01:26:20.24
You art Yes,
01:26:20.28\01:26:23.14
You art You art And You art
01:26:23.18\01:26:27.32
And evermore
01:26:27.35\01:26:31.55
Shalt be
01:26:31.59\01:26:37.33
Amen!
01:26:41.46\01:26:47.44