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Series Code: ISITE
Program Code: ISITE000011A
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00:05 Hello friends, welcome to another iSITE REVIEW.
00:08 It's hard to believe, but our time in London, England is 00:11 coming to a close way too fast. 00:14 Jill and I are standing here by what they call the Tames. 00:17 I think I used to say the Thames. 00:19 I've heard that now it's called the Temes, the Temes River, 00:22 which is 250 miles long. 00:24 I believe it's the largest or longest river that's entirely 00:27 in the country of England. 00:30 But it's interesting. 00:31 I think there's actually some salt water mixed in this part 00:33 here that runs by, well we're right by Central London. 00:37 The Lambeth Bridge is right here. 00:38 You can see the London Eye over my shoulder here. 00:41 And, of course, we're earlier in the morning, and you can see 00:44 some of the boats that are on this river. 00:46 I've seen a few sea gulls bouncing along on top of the 00:49 boats enjoying their morning ride. 00:51 But what a blessing it's been to be here for the 00:54 campaign of London 2016. 00:56 I know it's been a blessing for you and I, and I know for all 00:59 the speakers and such that have been here. 01:01 Amen, it's hard to believe that the campaign is winding, 01:03 beginning to wind to a close. 01:05 And each night the speakers have been 01:07 presenting the word of God. 01:09 The musical artists have been singing, and preparing the 01:11 hearts for the messages. 01:13 And right now we want to give you some more reports from each 01:16 one of those churches. 01:18 We're going to Stoke Newington first. 01:19 They call it Stokie here. 01:21 A lot of the locals call it the Stokie church. 01:23 But we're going to that church first. 01:25 We're going to hear from Shelley Quinn and her driver. 01:27 Now we heard from them on an earlier iSITE, 01:30 and I don't know if you caught that. 01:31 But on this particular one we want to get an update on that. 01:34 So let's go to that at this time. 01:40 We just arrived at the church this evening with our very 01:44 special friend, and has been our driver the whole 01:47 time, Samuel Aaron. 01:49 Sammy, thank you so much for everything you've done for us 01:52 during this series. 01:53 Now what has the series meant to you personally? 01:56 Personally this series has meant to me, well it's brought 02:01 more of the Biblical things back to life here; 02:06 what I knew when I was growing up and it's re... 02:07 And it's re...it's just re-emphasizing... 02:14 That's it, re-emphasized... 02:16 Reaffirmed, that's true. 02:17 Reaffirmed what I've known, and it's brought everything back 02:20 to life more in-depth at a personal level. 02:24 I can understand it more now. 02:26 Wonderful! Praise God! 02:27 And you also, you are a seed planter, because you talk about 02:31 the Lord wherever you go. 02:33 And you've got a friend from another denomination 02:34 who's been attending; even bringing her parents. 02:37 Yes, I've a friend, she's a Church of God, and she's been 02:42 coming from... The series started on Wednesday. 02:44 She's been coming every night, and she's been bringing 02:47 her parents as well. 02:48 And they are quite interested in coming to the service. 02:51 That's wonderful, because he's a pastor of the 02:54 Church of God, isn't he? 02:55 Yes, he is. He's a minister of the Church of God. 02:57 But he's learning new things that he even, 03:00 he says he didn't know. 03:02 Wonderful! Well, it's just... I can't tell you how much 03:05 you've meant to J. D. and I, and how much the people of 03:09 Stoke Newington have become our family. 03:12 And we just love London, and we love the people of London. 03:15 And we're so glad that God has given us the privilege, 03:18 and the honor to be here. 03:24 Yes, I've come to this service from Wednesday. 03:30 It's four nights actually. 03:31 And it's been quite an inspiration, you know. 03:34 I've learned a lot, you know. 03:35 I've taken some notes on how to be in Christ, you know. 03:40 I've been saved for nearly, well twenty-eight years now, 03:44 which, you know, the word of God, as they say, is ever new. 03:47 So as everything is always new, as time, as you read God reveals 03:54 something new and special, and it will make you 03:57 to look into things, and how things are today. 04:01 You know, we need God. 04:02 Everybody needs God. 04:03 You know, you have to pray for those, you know, who exactly is 04:07 not even seeking God. 04:09 But you know that God loves them. 04:11 You know, am I aiming enough to touch people's hearts? 04:14 You know, do I have the goodness of what God has done in our?... 04:17 And over these four days I looked up prayer, you know, 04:20 as Shelley has brought in. 04:23 And also sanctification, the subjects that she brought up 04:30 right in-depth, so deep, you know? 04:32 She really blessed my soul, you know? 04:34 And thank God for Sammy inviting me. 04:37 You know, as he gave me a big leaflet he said, You must come! 04:39 You must come! So I came. 04:41 And I've been, you know, it's been wonderful, wonderful. 04:44 And those are not saved today, this is the day. 04:48 Because as the Scripture said, This is the day that 04:50 the Lord hath made. 04:51 I will rejoice and be glad in it. 04:54 And it's a wonderful step. 04:55 If you step in there, you know, God will do the rest. 04:58 Yeah, that's me, and thank God, you know, for everything. 05:03 Thank you so much Shelley and Stoke Newington church, 05:07 and a especial thanks to the driver. 05:08 That was an incredible testimony. 05:10 Just hearing how he is going out, and he invited that person, 05:14 and then they invited their family, and now they're coming. 05:17 And it reminds me of the ripple effect. Uh huh. 05:20 You know, each one reaches one person. 05:22 We have an influence on somebody in our life. 05:24 And then that person in turn influences somebody else. 05:28 And then it spreads. 05:29 Well, Greg and I are sitting here on the river walk, 05:33 I guess here... Yeah, we'll call it that. 05:35 ...of the Themes River, and it reminds me of that. 05:38 You can see the water out here and how if you were to throw 05:40 something in and how it would spread, and how the influence 05:43 of the gospel works the same way. 05:45 You're right, because as we're sitting here on this bench, 05:47 because it is rather a warm day, we saw...It's nice in the shade. 05:49 We saw... It's nice in the shade. 05:51 That's right. Where we're sitting here. 05:52 Thankful for the crew, too, because they're sweating just 05:54 as much as we probably are. 05:56 But a boat went by and you can hear, actually, the ripples 06:00 of the waves coming up here against this wall that 06:02 separates us from the river. 06:03 And you're right. It's a great analogy of when all of us have 06:07 an influence with those around us. 06:08 And I'm thinking here, too, of this driver that influenced 06:11 his friend to come. 06:12 And I know they're being blessed, because you heard 06:14 it in the testimony. That's for sure. Amen. 06:16 We're going now to Walthamstow, which is the Dinzey's: 06:20 Pastor John and Idalia Dinzey. 06:22 And to be honest, we've had a little bit of issue 06:24 with the connection. 06:25 Technology is wonderful, but sometimes it has it's hiccups. 06:28 And so they've had a hard time getting us some footage. 06:30 But we do have a couple of rolls that we want to go to right now 06:33 at the Walthamstow Seventh-day Adventist Church. 06:39 The Walthamstow Seventh-day Adventist Church delight in the 06:43 presence of many members through the area of London. 06:48 Here we are delighted to meet different members of different 06:52 churches who are supporting the series as 06:55 we continue One Life. 06:58 So we praise the Lord for the opportunity 07:00 to be with Sister Daley. 07:02 She is part of the prayer team, and she is a Bible worker, 07:08 and she is in love with the Lord, and she loves the Lord, 07:12 and she wants everyone, everywhere, to know of Jesus' 07:17 love, and the hope we have in Him. 07:20 I'd like to know how have these meetings been a 07:24 blessing to your life? 07:25 All the meetings were great. 07:28 I come from miles every evening just to be here. 07:34 A matter of fact, when Brother Shelton was here, and they were 07:40 promoting the meetings, I said to myself, I said, I have to be 07:46 a part of this mission to the city. 07:49 I have to be a part of this. 07:51 And here I am, and I'm so happy. 07:53 It is helping me, because I'm a lay preacher. 07:58 I'm just a, you know, a young lay preacher now coming up. 08:01 And I'm interested in winning souls for the Lord. 08:04 So what the pastor is preaching here tonight, every night, 08:09 is really driving home to me, and I'm learning a little more 08:14 of how to approach people, how to talk with people, 08:16 how to get all these Scriptures to people. 08:19 So that is what I'm taking home with me every night. 08:23 Amen! How did you feel about the event coming? 08:27 It was announced we're doing this massive evangelistic series 08:31 in fifteen locations now. 08:34 And had this ever happened before? 08:37 Have you been part of something like this before? 08:39 And what was your first impression when you 08:41 first heard about it? 08:43 Is it going to work, or not? 08:45 No, I've never been a part of something like this before. 08:48 That's why I was so eager. 08:50 And I know if at last we put our trust in God, 08:55 all things are possible. Amen. 08:56 And I knew that it would work, because all things work together 09:02 for good for those that love the Lord. Amen! 09:05 I never had no doubt that we would be successful. 09:09 As our friends at home, and supporters of 3ABN watching 09:14 these reports, what words of encouragement would you like 09:17 to share with them, or perhaps what requests might 09:21 you have for them to pray over? 09:24 First of all, we know right now the Seventh-day Adventist Church 09:30 has a lack of prayer, right? 09:35 And to me we don't have enough for a prayer 09:38 force in the church. 09:39 So I'm asking. My request is that, People get on your knees! 09:45 That's the only way we could be able to solve the 09:48 problems of the church. 09:49 Get on your knees and pray! 09:51 Right now in these meetings we should be having more 09:55 attendance from the outside. 09:57 But I think prayer. 09:59 We're not having enough prayer. 10:01 Then my request tonight that the entire world, 10:05 we get on our knees, all Adventists, and pray to God. 10:10 Amen! Thank you very much Sister Daley. 10:12 And friends, that is the challenge. 10:14 We invite you to also continue to pray. 10:17 We've already been praying for this series, 10:19 for all the speakers, all the presenters, all of the local 10:22 pastors, and directors, and administrators of the 10:26 Seventh-day Adventist Church here in London, England. 10:28 And we invite you to seek the Lord in prayer. 10:32 As you go about your day, please remember the Lord's work 10:37 in prayer and in action. God bless. 10:43 We are at the Walthamstow church, and we are praising 10:48 the Lord because our friends are coming. 10:51 We feel like family in this congregation. 10:53 The Lord is blessing as John Dinzey, my husband, 10:57 is presenting the topics every night. 10:59 And we see some familiar faces, because, you know, 11:02 we are on the second week. 11:04 And we praise the Lord for the familiar faces that we've seen 11:07 throughout the series. 11:08 I am going to present to you a new friend, 11:12 and part of our family in Christ. 11:14 I would like for you to say your name, and last name. 11:17 Okay, my name is Ronke Aborisade. 11:20 And what country are you originally from? 11:22 Oh, I'm from Nigeria. 11:24 From Nigeria? Wonderful! 11:27 So we have friends that watch online even from Nigeria, 11:30 from Ghana, from different areas of the world. 11:35 So we want a place to learn for their gift of technology. 11:39 I want to tell you, I noticed that you're here every day, 11:42 every night, and you're part of the prayer group. 11:45 And I am so blessed by your prayer ministry along with 11:48 all the other sisters. Amen. 11:50 Why do you see or consider that prayer is an important 11:55 element in your life? 11:57 It just worked for me. 11:59 It's been the awesome connection between God and I. 12:04 It's been so steady a factor for me so far. 12:07 Things have been rough. 12:09 Anybody could tell you. 12:10 But to the glory of God I'm alive and well. 12:14 Doing away because I have God backing you. Amen! 12:17 My visiting, or my coming to the church and this program, 12:21 is just by sheer miracle. 12:23 I'll share a little testimony. 12:25 By the time we decided the meeting was going to happen 12:31 the 3rd of September, that was clashing with where my 12:35 husband was coming in, and I had to pray. 12:38 I said, Lord, you know when he comes around I may not be able 12:40 to attend the program. 12:42 So You decide what You want to do. 12:44 For him to call me to say, Oh, I'm sorry. 12:47 Then I always tried to say, What do you mean? 12:50 You're already supposed to be here. 12:52 I'm say... Praise the Lord, because He just did it. 12:55 And I told Him, I need to get here every night. 12:58 You provide what I need; transportation to get here. 13:01 He's been awesome. It's been... It's just awesome! 13:04 I just believe in the power of prayer. 13:06 It has been, it's been good. 13:08 Amen! So why are you taking them home with you every night 13:12 after you listen to the... 13:14 I know that many of those Bible verses may be familiar to you, 13:18 but what are you taking home? 13:20 Well, it's like the pastor is confirming what I already knew. 13:29 You know, the Spirit kind of affirms what he's saying, 13:34 from two or three witnesses. Amen. 13:36 And every night, most of the time, once of all we've prayed. 13:40 It's for the power. 13:42 The pastor comes to reaffirm and we don't have the prior 13:46 discussion with him. 13:47 Even this evening we spoke about Anna's prayer. Yes. 13:51 And the pastor was there saying, talking about 13:53 having silent prayer. 13:55 And I had to glue cut the orders that were not so gay. 13:58 God is doing this again. Amen! 14:00 He's an awesome God. 14:02 He just knows. He's got a sense of humor on line. Amen. 14:06 He just makes those happen. 14:07 A lot of things I take home with me, you know, 14:09 because I'm assured. 14:11 When you ask the Elders, I tell them every day I feel privileged 14:15 to be part of this campaign. 14:17 I do know why. I just felt that I needed to be here, 14:22 and I thank God I've been able to come so far. 14:25 It's been wonderful. 14:26 Amen. Well, we praise the Lord, and we thank 14:28 you for your ministry. 14:30 Thank you for your love. 14:31 Thank you, too. 14:32 Thank you for your support. 14:34 And thank you friends for all your prayers. 14:35 Remember all of our brothers and sisters here in 14:37 London in your prayers. 14:39 And as the gospel continues to be preached throughout 14:41 all the world, in every corner of this earth, 14:44 so Jesus can come back soon. 14:48 Thank you Pastor Johnny and Idalia Dinzey, 14:51 and the Walthamstow Seventh-day Adventist Church. 14:53 Some great testimonies coming from this church, and of course, 14:55 all of the churches involved with this campaign. 14:58 And I'm really excited to see how this thing just continues, 15:01 as you mentioned earlier, the ripple effect. 15:03 How it's going to start from these small, well the small 15:05 group of churches, and just spread across London, England, 15:07 and I hope even the entire world. 15:09 Because Jesus Christ is coming very soon. 15:12 Amen. And we want to do everything we can to prepare 15:14 people for Jesus' soon return. 15:16 And at the Walthamstow church, I think it was the first 15:19 interview there Idalia did with that lady, 15:21 and she's part of the prayer team. 15:23 And prayer is a vital part of the campaign. 15:26 But I thought it was precious. 15:27 She said she heard Danny Shelton in person when he came before. 15:31 Because there's been a lot of planning leading up to this 15:35 campaign from the beginning. 15:36 Over a year ago it seems like. 15:38 Danny first came over and met with the Conference leadership, 15:41 and discussed things. 15:42 And he spoke at some of the churches here at that time. 15:45 And she heard him then. 15:47 And she made a covenant then. 15:48 This is something I want to be involved in. 15:52 Uh huh. Yeah, you're absolutely right. 15:54 And I think that as all of us participate in whatever event 15:58 that we have with our local church, 16:00 that's vitally important. 16:01 Because, again, we've mentioned this on other iSITE's, 16:04 but when you become involved, when we become involved 16:07 in our local church, it does take us outside of ourselves, 16:10 and thinking about ourselves, and thinking about others. 16:13 Well, we're sitting here again on the, we're calling it the 16:16 river walk, because the river Thames is right in front of us. 16:20 But... Right behind us is the Lambeth Palace. 16:24 Absolutely it is, and it's the home of the 16:27 Archbishop of Canterbury. 16:29 We're trying to keep all these facts straight. 16:32 So we're hoping we're not messing it up. 16:34 But there's just a lot of beautiful sights 16:35 here in London, England. 16:37 A lot of old architecture, beautiful buildings, 16:39 and the stone work, and the brick work, 16:41 and just the way they design them. 16:43 In the United States our buildings only date back to 16:46 what? 1700's if we're lucky, or 1800's. 16:49 But the buildings here go back centuries. 16:51 And you can see that in the design. That's beautiful. 16:53 We're going to the Croydon church next. 16:57 Pastor John Lomacang's there. 16:59 And since we've been hearing from him every night, 17:00 we haven't gotten as many iSITE's from him. 17:03 But we have a couple here that we want to share with you. 17:06 These are great testimonies. 17:07 One is Marie, and she's part of the camera team, isn't she? 17:10 Yeah, she is. She and her husband Clive have been helping 17:13 us behind the camera. 17:14 So you're going to get to see her in front of the camera 17:17 as Pastor John Lomacang interviews her at this time. 17:24 Okay. This is Pastor John Lomacang at the 17:27 Croydon Seventh-day Adventist Church where we've been meeting 17:29 from night to night, and enjoying the blessings of God's 17:33 message in music, and in messages. 17:36 I don't say they're blessed because of my involvement, 17:39 but I've experienced the Lord blessing me in ways that have 17:43 have just been refreshing. 17:45 And I've had a chance to meet Sheri. 17:46 And just kind of give me your overview of what you've 17:48 experienced since you've been here. 17:50 It has, you know, it's actually taught me. 17:53 Today I was rather tearful. 17:54 I try to come here every night, and I try to invite somebody 18:00 to come every night. 18:02 And then, you know, last minute they may or may not come. 18:04 But every time I've come here I felt blessed. 18:08 This is my home church. 18:10 But to come every night after you do, you know, a ten hour 18:14 shift, and you feel like, no, I'll come another time. 18:17 And there's something that impresses me, Now come and get 18:20 your blessing tonight. 18:21 I felt really blessed. 18:23 I just finished today doing Adventist Muslim relations 18:27 training, and I should have gone home when we finished at five. 18:31 And yet I found myself making sure I was here, 18:34 to make sure I got my blessing. 18:36 I say whatever you're doing, it doesn't matter what, 18:39 and the other ministries you're involved in. 18:41 You need to get your top up so that you can then give out. 18:45 Without your top up how can you give? 18:48 And I've been blessed with this ministry here today. 18:50 How when you say your top up do you mean get filled so that you 18:53 can flow into other people's lives? 18:55 That's exactly it! That's exactly it! 18:57 You're, as you do ministry your spiritual element gets depleted 19:02 and you need to have that filled with somebody that is 19:06 also on fire for Jesus. 19:08 And when you get that top up and you overflow, 19:10 you can freely give. 19:12 But if you keep depleting with the business of church, 19:15 when you get your top up you're not going to work 19:18 unless you get that. 19:19 Wow, Wow! Have you heard about 3ABN? Yes. 19:22 Okay. Have you watched 3ABN? Yes. 19:24 Well, tell us about 3ABN. 19:26 How has it impacted your life? 19:27 There's particular, the channels that have, I can't remember, 19:31 but it's up in my head, because I was so shattered. 19:33 Well, the channels that deal with sermons are 19:35 particularly my favorite. 19:37 Oh, Proclaim! Yes, that's it. 19:38 And I like to listen to those, because I also use them to help 19:43 me with my understanding of the Bible, and of how to 19:46 reach out in ministry. 19:47 The ministry I'm involved in is Prison Ministry, 19:50 it's also going to be religious ministry. 19:53 I'm also involved in community ministry and the specialty 19:56 I do is Muslim ministry. 19:58 So I use, as the Bible says, when you focus on the Lord, 20:03 when you... What's the wording on that to say? 20:06 I don't want to make something up. Okay. 20:07 But, you know, seek me first, yes, and everything else will 20:13 be added on to you. Matthew 6:33. 20:15 Exactly, so when I seek the Lord first, 20:18 I get my top of Him the word. 20:20 I can then go and do ministry to people that don't know Jesus. 20:23 And so Proclaim! is really good for that. 20:26 Wow! And finally, about these meetings here at Croydon, 20:30 you've seen people coming forward giving their hearts to 20:33 God, what are you anticipating as the meetings wind 20:36 down in about a week? 20:38 What are you thinking God will do here? 20:39 What God, well, what God needs to make sure happens is that 20:43 this momentum for nurturing those that have come to Christ, 20:48 or are wanting to give themselves to Christ continues. 20:53 And the church is empowered to make sure what is left on 20:56 in the pool, and done that symbol, that public symbol of 21:00 their salvation, their acceptance of Jesus. 21:04 That we nurture them to also be disciples of men. 21:07 So it's about... Because we know that people are going to 21:11 continue to come, and we know that people will continue to be 21:14 blessed, because we always have this in our church. 21:17 It's always overflowing. Amen. 21:19 But with this campaign we also know that it's about nurturing 21:23 people to then become the disciples to go out, and reach out 21:27 in the community as well. 21:28 Well, Sheri, thank you so much. 21:30 And, you know, as we've seen here at Croydon, the theme is 21:33 Evangelism, Everyone Everywhere. 21:35 Our encouragement to you is not just to pray for the series 21:39 alone, but to pray that God can use you to be an evangelist 21:42 to share His love, and to share the good news of what's 21:45 happening here in preparation for the coming of Jesus. 21:48 This is John Lomacang, and also Sheri Habib from 21:51 Croydon Seventh-day Adventist Church. 21:56 This is Pastor John Lomacang here at the 21:58 Croydon Seventh-day Adventist Church after a wonderful evening 22:02 of giving God the glory. 22:04 And I'm here privileged to be able to talk to Marie, 22:07 and she's going to share with you the things that she's 22:10 involved in here at Croydon, and what God has been doing 22:13 in her life through the ministry of 3ABN, 22:16 and even just through the series. 22:17 Marie, it's good to have a chance to talk to you. 22:20 We've seen from night to night. Yes. 22:21 Tell us how you are involved in the meetings here at Croydon. 22:25 We are on the cameras. 22:27 And we've been using the camera to witness to other people 22:34 for quite a long time in this church. 22:37 My husband started way back, years ago. 22:41 And we've carried on using this as a ministry so that others 22:47 can hear about Jesus. 22:49 So tell us what your experience has been here at the meetings 22:52 that have been going on for a little more than a week now. 22:55 It's been very good! 22:57 I've been on the cameras. 22:58 You get distracted sometimes, but you can always go back 23:03 to have a look on what's on the YouTube or Internet. 23:07 And the messages have been very inspiring. 23:10 Now Croydon is a very special church. 23:12 You know, this congregation has ministered so much to us. Yes. 23:16 Tell us, as you've seen the people come from night to night, 23:19 tell us what you sense happening here at Croydon. 23:21 I sense that there's a big change; that people are going 23:25 to give their life to God. 23:27 Every night I see them coming in; sometimes new people, 23:31 sometimes people that have come from night to night. 23:34 And when they leave there's a smile on their face. 23:38 The people are clapping their hands, in the audience, 23:41 and we, you know, get in the congregation, and we get all 23:45 this on the camera as people have been so happy by your 23:49 inspiring messages. Praise God! 23:51 And we pray that God will bless you. 23:53 That you will go from country to country witnessing, 23:57 and that the Lord will bless you, and your wife as well, 24:01 witnessing God's wonderful work. 24:04 And have you seen 3ABN before? 24:07 Oh yeah, we have seen a few programs of 3ABN. 24:10 But getting involved with them, it's another thing. 24:13 It's a step ahead. Wow! Yes. 24:16 Well, thank you so much Marie, and we appreciate 24:18 your ministry to us. 24:20 We have appreciated yours, too. 24:22 And thank you very much for coming and blessing us 24:25 with so wonderful messages. 24:27 Well, as you know friends, we're continuing in God's strength, 24:30 and in God's grace to go forward. 24:31 And Marie is very much a part of making that happen, as she 24:35 and her husband and family are involved in the 24:37 media team here at Croydon. 24:38 And they are seeing people come and lives being changed, 24:41 so thank you for all that you have done 24:44 to make this a possibility. 24:46 And by your support and your prayers we know that the Lord 24:48 will make a difference in lives around the world, 24:51 as the theme that we have locked into is 24:53 Evangelism, Everyone, Everywhere. 24:57 This is Pastor John Lomacang. 24:58 Thank you so much for tuning in. 25:01 Thank you, Pastor John Lomacang, and the Croydon 25:04 Seventh-day Adventist Church. 25:05 And again, we really appreciate the crew from this church here 25:08 locally that has helped work with us at 3ABN. 25:11 And I want to thank our 3ABN crew. 25:13 There doesn't seem to be very many of us. 25:16 There are not very many of us that are here. 25:18 And what a wonderful time we've had here in London. 25:21 It's, our time here is wrapping up, that's for sure. 25:24 But we've been very blessed to participate with this campaign 25:27 to work with the Croydon church to go out and do these i-SITES. 25:30 We've had a lot of fun. 25:31 We're now back here on the Croydon Seventh-day 25:33 Adventist Church steps. 25:34 And again, here in a few moments people will come up these steps 25:37 as Pastor John Lomacang brings the word of life, 25:41 the bread of life to many hungry souls. 25:43 Amen, that's right. 25:44 And speaking of the crew, it's just a blessing. 25:46 You know, I don't get to work with the production crew 25:48 as much, because I'm kind of involved in different stuff. 25:51 So as we're here we get to spend time together. 25:54 And they're just dedicated men and women, 25:57 because Tiara is here, too. 25:59 So, and dedicated men and women who just focus their energies, 26:03 the gifts that God has given them on ministry, 26:06 on reaching the lost. 26:08 And it's just been a wonderful blessing. 26:10 There's a wonderful team spirit. That's for sure. 26:12 We have a great time together: early mornings, late nights. 26:15 And just enjoy the time together, working, 26:18 serving Jesus, spreading the gospel. 26:20 And the team here at the Croydon church has been 26:23 wonderful to work with, partnering hands in hand. 26:25 You know, 3ABN and the team here at the church working 26:29 together has been such a blessing to do that. 26:31 It has, you know. And as I'm thinking of the Croydon church, 26:33 a lot of the churches here, most of the churches that I've seen 26:36 have all of this stone work, brick work. 26:38 I'm looking at the brick work here on this wall that's 26:40 in front of us, the stone work of this church. 26:43 You know, all of these little pieces of stone all fit together 26:47 make up the church building. Yes. 26:50 But what makes up the actual church is the people. 26:52 And as we work together we form the church body that can move 26:57 forward with power, because one of these little stones, 26:59 I mean it's hard, it's powerful, it has its purpose. 27:02 But all put together what a beautiful structure this is. 27:05 As the church body you, us, everyone here, the new people 27:08 that are coming into the church, we form the body of Christ 27:11 that can go forth with power and continue to spread the gospel. 27:14 Because these church lights will go off here as the meetings end. 27:17 But they'll flip back on for more meetings, 27:19 church services, etc. 27:21 God wants our light to continue to shine always. 27:24 Don't hide it under the bushel, but let it 27:25 shine around the world. 27:27 Amen! So we're all part of the church building. We are. 27:30 Us here, the Croydon church, the South England Conference, 27:33 you at home are part of the church building. 27:36 You're each part, each form a different brick, 27:39 a different block, and together, working together, holding hands 27:43 together we can share this gospel message to the world. |
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