Hello and welcome
to iSITE program #5.
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We're standing
outside the Arizona Conference
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office of SDA's, and it's a
beautiful day here in Phoenix,
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Arizona. It is!
The sun is shining.
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It's a little bit
warmer than it has been.
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And we're thankful. Yes we are.
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In the past we've been actually
almost wanting to wear a little
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hat and coat, but we're so
happy to have Pastor C.A. Murray
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and his wife Irma with us
to open this iSITE program.
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And we had some great
meetings, pastor, haven't we
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here this morning at
the conference office.
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Very good spirit. The
president was warm and inviting.
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All of the conference
officers and the staff
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very very friendly...
very beautiful spirit.
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It was incredible. You know what
I like about this conference
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is their focus on evangelism.
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You know, you
can really see that.
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And we just had a great
meeting, a beautiful spirit,
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a time of
prayer, didn't we Irma?
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Oh, beautiful!
That was very nice.
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Yeah... very,
very touching. It was.
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And Stephanie Dawn was here and
we got to hear from Stephanie!
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And she sang a
precious song: The Love of God.
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That was wonderful!
Yeah, brought tears to my eyes.
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It was beautiful. I
think it's a blessing to have
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open worship together...
you know, at the conference
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with us joining as the
evangelistic team here with 3ABN
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with the conference
and being around that table
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singing songs,
opening in prayer.
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Having a worship
talk by Pastor Lomacang.
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From our earliest contacts
with this conference there's
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been this spirit of open-
ness, willingness to cooperate.
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And it's in the churches also.
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You feel it in the
churches with the pastors. Yes.
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With the church elders,
with the church members there is
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a very very sweet Christian
spirit here in this conference.
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Amen! I also noticed in our
churches people are so sweet.
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Very nice and they're very
enthusiastic about the meetings.
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Amen! Yeah, give us a flavor.
What is it like at your church
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at Desert Cove? Our
attendance has been consistent
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throughout the
first several nights.
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Members...
there's a good feeling.
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Last night I think we had
some faces that I have not seen
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before. And Irma's made
friends with this one lady
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who has been coming to
the church for quite a while,
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she said, but
she has not joined.
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Hopefully we can get her
across the line during this time
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or we'll plant the seed
that will result in a baptism.
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But there is this
spirit... The first elder -
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very, very loving
Christian fellow -
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his wife is behind the scenes
putting together the music.
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That's the Fields!
That's Randy and Cathy.
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We had them at a
previous iSITE - yeah -
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and we interviewed them so
you at home know who they are.
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Yeah. I was teasing Cathy
'cause when we met them...
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She's just about Irma's height
so I said: "You've got somebody
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who can look eye
to eye with my wife. "
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And she said: "Yes! "
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But very very
loving... very very helpful.
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Love the Lord and you can feel
that in everything that happens
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in that church. So nice,
these people: so wonderful.
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And yes, it was a privilege
for me to talk to this lady
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and her husband who is not
yet "sold" on Christianity.
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But with God's
Spirit and God's love
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she will come. Amen!
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Yeah... praise the Lord.
Well we need to pray for them.
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You know, we want to encourage
you at home to pray for each one
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of the people who
attend the meetings
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because as you think about it,
pastor, souls are in the balance
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right now. People are
making decisions for Jesus
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or they're making a
decision against that.
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So we need to really be
in prayer for what's going on
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with these
meetings. Very much so, Jill.
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Last night we had a quartet
that played the special music.
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A pianist, a cellist, a
flutist, and a violinist.
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And the flutist or "flautist"
depending on what part of the
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country you're from I
thought was Adventist.
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But she was not, and she
had just a "ton" of questions.
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I guess 21,
22... very, very young.
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Very very innocent. Struggling
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with taking a
step out of one world
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and into a new
one. A lot of questions.
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"How do I know
the voice of God? "
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"How do I know what God
wants me to do with my life? "
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"How do I know when God
is calling me and is not? "
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You know, just
those kinds of questions
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that say that
something is going on her heart.
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And she wanted to
know: "What does it mean
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to give your heart to the Lord?
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Is it against your
heart? Is it my heart? "
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I told her when the Bible means
your heart it means your head
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and your heart and your soul.
And she liked that. Everything!
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Um-hmm... everything. Yeah.
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That's encouraging, and
we will be praying for her.
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I want to give a
shout out right now.
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I know we're
streaming on Facebook
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and many of you have
liked and have shared.
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So this is to
Claudio and Anne Marie,
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Brad, Amy, Ken, Pam,
Genevieve, Carol, Robert,
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Rumi, Frank,
Elvina, Irena, Mara,
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Felicity, Patrick, and others.
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So thank you so
much. Keep sharing.
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Keep liking and
keep watching on Facebook
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and Youtube and each one
of the other avenues we have.
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You know, I liked
Elder Lomacang's message
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for the devotional this
morning with the conference.
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I thought it was good. He was
talking about the River Jordan
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and about how it
just needs to flow.
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And you know, success isn't
always determined by numbers
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is it Pastor C.A.?
You can have one person
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that's baptized or
accepts Jesus Christ
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and that's huge. It doesn't have
to be thousands and thousands.
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Indeed... indeed.
I think, if I recall,
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H.M.S. Richards
was a solo baptism
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and what a baptism
that was for the church!
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Incredible! Wow! And even
Mark Finley, I'm not sure.
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But you know, you
look at the numbers
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and the numbers are nice...
but it's also the lives changed
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and how one person
in the hand of God can
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do such a great
work for the Lord. Yes!
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Amen! Sometimes we worry
about the fact that we only see
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Adventists coming but Adventists
also need the Holy Spirit.
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They need a conversion
sometimes and walk further
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in our walk.
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That's right. Thank you so
much Pastor and Mrs. Murray.
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We're praying for Desert
Cove and what's going on there.
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And just a few moments
ago Pastor John Lomacang
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had a chance to
talk with Elder Ed Keyes,
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the conference president, and
we want to go to that interview
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now.
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I'm here at the Arizona Confer-
ence of SDA's with the president
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Ed Keyes. So
good to see you, Ed.
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Good to see you, John. Not
only as the conference president
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but as a former
tristate resident.
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I'm from New York;
you're from New Jersey.
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Right. And here we are
meeting together in Arizona.
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So good to have you
here with us on 3ABN today.
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Well thank you;
I'm glad to be here.
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It's amazing how God
works. Take us from the big city
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out to the desert to
do evangelism for God.
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Well tell us a little
bit about your journey
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because I know you started in
New York City. You moved around
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but tell us how the Lord led you
here to the Arizona conference.
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Well... it's kind of
amazing. That's how God works:
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in mysterious ways. I had a
friend that came out before me.
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He said: "Ed, I
need an evangelist. "
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I came out to do evangelism and
then worked with the ministers
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of this conference in Arizona.
And then before you know it
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I worked in different areas
and started doing administration
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with the conference.
OK! So I'm really thankful.
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Long journey though. Went
to Oregon; back to New Jersey
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and THEN out to Arizona.
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OK... and here we are.
Yes. Now the fun thing about it
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is we're partnering with
you. 3ABN is partnering with the
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Arizona
Conference in evangelism.
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Tell us about your
approach to evangelism.
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Well, it's one of the most
important things we can do.
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Yeah, we might as well
put a lock on the church
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if we're not doing outreach.
And I am really impressed
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with our pastors, our
leaders, our conference staff.
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They all have a heart and soul
for reaching people for Christ.
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We know that
Jesus is coming soon -
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that's right - so we want
people to be ready to meet Him
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when He comes. And
that's our responsibility here
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and we take that
as first priority.
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Now Arizona is a unique place.
It's not far from California;
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it's kind of that
desert land, Phoenix. Yes.
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But tell us about
some of the challenges here
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in Arizona as it
relates to evangelism
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because we know there
are obstacles everywhere.
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Sure... and we have some...
I guess our main challenge
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you would say
might be the geography
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because in the
summer it's hot here.
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I can't hide that at all,
and so it's hard to reach anyone
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during those months. People
have their air conditioners on.
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And then in the
nice times of year
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people are going to events
and other things: ball games,
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spring training,
all this other stuff.
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So there are people who
are very highly occupied here
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and it's challenging
to get them out. However,
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we're never going to stop.
And we know that people who are
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seeking for God are
going to respond when they have
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an opportunity.
And so now evangelism
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is happening at first
of all about five churches
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where we have 3ABN speakers
but it's broader than that.
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Talk about that.
Yeah, we have the five 3ABN
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and we are truly thankful
for the partnership there.
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We have the five 3ABN meetings
but we also have my executive
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secretary Jose Marin is holding
a meeting in Apache Junction.
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There is another
series going on in Glendale
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which is the west
side of the valley.
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We have a series going on with
a fellow named Richard Halvorsen
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who's been doing outreach
for many years up in Sedona.
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And we have meetings like that
going on all over the state.
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We're going to keep
doing it till the Lord comes.
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Now let's talk about
the urgency of the hour.
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What drives the evangelism?
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We know that we are living
in a very challenging world.
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Tell me why you believe evan-
gelism is so vitally important.
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Well, to think
what evangelism is:
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it's preaching the good news.
Bringing the good news to people
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who... Some have heard it
and turned their back on it.
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Some have never heard
it, and we want them to have
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an opportunity to
make a decision for Christ.
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'Cause we believe, look-
ing at the signs of the times,
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that Jesus is
coming soon. That's right!
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We don't want them to
miss that "train to heaven"
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if you will. Now
evangelism is not only for
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one demographic group.
Talk about the different types
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of evangelism you have
here. Ah... good point.
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Yeah, we have... The state
of Arizona is about 30% Hispanic
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so we have a
Hispanic meeting going on.
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One of the 3ABN
meetings is Hispanic.
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John Dinzey. Absolutely!
And it's fantastic that we have
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outreach to the Hispanic...
We also have Native American
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is real big here:
Navajo and other groups.
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We're thankful for opportunities
to reach out to them as well.
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But you're right:
the demographic is broad.
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That's true. Now
evangelism often has a beginning
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and an end, but how is
evangelism a never-ending
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process? Oh, that's a good
point. We have a life cycle
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of evangelism... it never stops.
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We're doing Bible
studies; pastors are giving out
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Bible studies and
reaching into peoples' homes.
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Worship services tend
to be more evangelistic
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than in some places
where it's just "get together
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and feel good. " We want
to reach people for Christ.
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And, of course, public
meetings on a regular basis.
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And when evangelism as our
meetings are going to be ending
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on March 10th, when that is
over what are you forecasting
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for your conference?
Good point! There's follow-up.
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You know, we have Daniel
seminars that are taking place
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in different
places around the state.
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We have follow-up in other areas
where people are dealing with
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issues, habits, and so forth
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to try to help them
to overcome those habits.
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There's a lot of
follow-up that will take place
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and then other things that
we can do to help them to know
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Christ better. That's
right. And so the greatest joy
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in evangelism is
when it's all done
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we hear: "Well done, thou
good and faithful servant. "
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Oh, yes! Well, Elder Ed Keyes,
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so good to have you
here. It's a pleasure!
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And as a fellow
tristate area - all right -
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God bless you.
God bless you too.
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And on behalf of 3ABN we
thank you for your support.
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How you have not
only prayed for us
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but you support the outreach
of not only our church -
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the world church -
but also the evangelism
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of 3ABN. This is John Lomacang.
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Thank you so much.
Pastor John Lomacang
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and Elder Ed Keyes. What a
privilege to partner together
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3ABN with the
Arizona Conference of SDA's.
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And we're so blessed
by their leadership team,
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and I'm standing next to a woman
who kind of helps hold it all
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together here at
the Arizona Conference
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as well as our local
church, the Paradise Valley
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SDA church where
we do the broadcast.
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This is Jacque Battistone.
And Jackie, we're so glad
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to have you here.
Thank you so much.
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It's been a privilege
to have 3ABN at the Arizona
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Conference. What a
blessing! And also at PV church
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and all the other churches that
3ABN has been taking part of.
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It's a huge blessing
for Phoenix, Arizona.
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And we are just so appreciate of
all the team effort from 3ABN.
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God bless. Amen! Now you are
the president's secretary here?
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Correct. I'm the admin.
assistant to Elder Keyes.
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I've been working - or I should
say serving - at this conference
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for about close to ten years.
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And it's a privilege having
the leadership of Elder Keyes.
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You know, I look after
the administrative part
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and very heavily involved when
it comes to Camp Meeting in June
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which is about to come.
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So any event or
activity that takes place
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I'm just so honored to serve.
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And because I'm
bilingual I can also help
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our Hispanic pastors and the
Hispanic-speaking church members
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too. So it's just
a blessing all over.
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Amen! I know we've been echang-
ing some e-mails back and forth
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in preparation for this event.
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Now Jacque, you were born in
Chile but you were raised in?
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I was born in Chile, correct.
I was born in Australia.
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Aussie, Aussie, Aussie.
Born in Australia or raised in?
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Raised. OK. Born in
Chile; raised in Australia.
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And now I moved
here as I got married.
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My husband is from here,
so I've been living in Phoenix
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Arizona. And now
you're a Phoenix girl.
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That's precious.
Now Jacque also sings.
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We have the privilege nightly
'cause we get to hear her
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leading us in the
music or doing special music.
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You will hear her on
an upcoming song as well.
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And thank you for using
the gift that God's given you.
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Not only
organization but with the music
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for God's honor and glory.
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You know, it's a
privilege to sing.
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And I do a lot of
prayer before singing
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because it's not just
singing but it's praising God
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and delivering a
message first of all to me
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and to others
all about God's love
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and how wonderful He
has been and is in my life.
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Amen! Thank you so much, Jacque.
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We call her the angel at
the Paradise Valley SDA church.
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I'm just so thankful that
we can introduce you at home
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to our Sr. Jacque here.
Right now we're going to go to
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to a tremendous testimony
that Angie Lomacang was able
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to get. Their
names are Jack and Josie.
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They've been watching 3ABN
for six months and they just
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showed up at the doors of
the Paradise Valley SDA church.
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So let's have a
listen to that interview.
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Hello! My name
is Angela Lomacang
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and I am coming to you
from Paradise Valley SDA church
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in Phoenix, Arizona,
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where the meetings are
being held: Pathway to Life.
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And we have two
guests that are here with us
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and Jack and... Is it Jack
and Josie? Jack and Josie. Yes.
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They walked in the door
and they are 3ABN viewers.
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Welcome Jack and Josie. Thank
you; we're very glad to be here.
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Thank you. How long
have you been watching 3ABN?
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I'd say approximately
about six months now.
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Ah! Have you been enjoying
it? Absolutely! It's been a
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wonderful blessing to
our lives, to our hearts,
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to our minds. We
love it. Wow! Now Josie,
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now you've been also
watching 3ABN? That's right.
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Wow! And it's been a blessing
to you too, huh? Absolutely.
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Well is there anything
you want to share with us?
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How did you hear
about the meeting tonight?
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Well, we heard it
from the 3ABN TV program.
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And then we "Googled" it,
naturally, and saw all the...
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all the programs that were
going to be televised through
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Phoenix. And we've been to
a few of the other churches.
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A few of the other pastors, yes.
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Wow! C.A. Murray... we saw him.
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And then we saw
Shelley Quinn last night.
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And we're here
tonight to see John.
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Ah... So we're very excited
about it. It's been a wonderful
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blessing. Amen! Amen! We're so
glad that you've come tonight!
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And tonight is your
first night at this church?
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Our very first time stepping
in here. It feels wonderful.
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Praise the Lord! I know
you're going to be blessed.
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And thank you for
coming. Tonight's topic is about
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the book that breathes, and
so it's going to be exciting.
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We know that the Holy
Spirit led you here. Absolutely.
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Absolutely! We're
breathing in every word.
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Amen! Amen! All
right... well welcome
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and we thank you for joining us.
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Thank you Angie.
What a powerful testimony!
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I tell you, it's just
stories like that that just does
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something to your heart,
doesn't it Ralph? To hear how
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someone's life is being changed.
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How they're encouraged
about coming back to church
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and everything. Right. I
tell you: what a blessing!
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Thank you so much. Great
report there from the church
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here at Paradise Valley
Seventh-day Adventist church.
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And Ralph, it's
good to have you here.
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I want to just tell
you something about Ralph.
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I don't get the opportunity
to sit down - oh-oh - with Ralph
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too often but we
go back a long time.
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We both came to
3ABN... I came in 1999
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and you came just
thereafter not long.
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And we did contract work. About
a year later, 2 years later.
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And Ralph, where
we're at right now
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is the truck that's parked
outside the Paradise Valley
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SDA church. Same truck I think.
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Exactly. I was going to say
this is the truck that you and I
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started out with years
ago. This truck is basically
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twenty years old. Yeah. And we
traveled around with this truck
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together. So Ralph's not
only a co-worker but he's
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a great friend. Thank
you. And I appreciate him.
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And man, we have lots of
great memories together, but
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we're not here to talk about
all those memories right now.
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Well we're in the truck, Ralph,
and you do... I don't know,
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you wear so many hats at 3ABN.
You're talented in many areas.
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But I also see you
as an engineer, too,
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in a sense. And there is
some equipment that we're...
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that we have here in the
truck that is just incredible.
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I'm going to have
Ralph explain that to us.
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But we've been having some
problems with it this week.
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So we thought that we'd
bring it to your attention -
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right - that you can
bring it up in prayer.
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Because we're able to ob-
viously to get the broadcast
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out. You've been able to
watch it and see the signal
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and see the programming,
but we're struggling with this
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a little bit. So we thought...
Ralph gave us a little report.
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We can pray for this equipment
because it will speed things up.
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So Ralph, tell us about Softron.
We throw around the word
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Softron. And explain to
people at home what that means
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and how it has
sped up the process.
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I've been talking so much here,
but we've been in this truck
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for 20 years. The
equipment has obviously changed.
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We started out SD: standard
def. We're high definition.
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We've upgraded the truck on
the inside with the equipment.
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But explain what Softron is
and how it's a blessing to us
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when it works. Well
Greg, that's a great question.
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And you know, you said a lot
of the equipment has changed.
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It's amazing. Some
of it hasn't, so I think
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3ABN has a great track record
for using - making good use -
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and being
accountable in all the best ways
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for every dollar
that's spent on equipment
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and making sure that
we put it to good use
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for our purposes here.
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God's very faithful. Amen!
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Well Softron allows
us to do something that
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kind of is hard to conceive of.
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But literally it allows
us to begin editing a program
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before we finish recording it.
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That doesn't even
seem possible, does it?
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Isn't that amazing? Yeah,
it does take a bit of a pause.
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And even those of us
who are very technical
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when we first heard of
this technology we didn't really
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understand what we were hearing.
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But that's what we've been doing
and actually we've been using
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those types of workflows
here at 3ABN on the road -
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more recently on the road -
and for several years already,
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hard to believe,
back at 3ABN studios.
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And so that allows
us... One to three editors
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can potentially begin
to cut or edit a program
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as the program is being recorded
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and specifically within
five or six minutes after
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we start airing a
program. So think of this:
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when the director says:
"Three, two, one, zero...
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we're recording. " About
four or five minutes later
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an editor can sit down
and start fixing that program.
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What's incredible, too,
Ralph, is that it's recording
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all of the
cameras at the same time.
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It's not just recording one
and then the director punches
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a button and goes
to the next camera.
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It's recording all
6, 7, 8 cameras at once.
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It's really incredible
software. That's amazing!
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We call those isodes
where each camera has its own
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dedicated channel, and then of
course we get what the director
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is cutting.
Yeah... no... that's true.
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So we've been having some
troubles with it here, Ralph.
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We've got just a few seconds
left here in this segment
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but we've been having
some troubles with it.
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It's been kind of recording,
not kind of recording.
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So that's something that
we really want to bring to you
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at home to please
pray for this. Yes!
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Because it's an
incredible piece of equipment
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that we've been using
for a year or two. Right.
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And it's not quite
working right here,
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so please lift
that up in prayer.
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And by faith, Ralph, the Lord's
going to make that thing work.
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Amen. I agree with that.
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What we want to do right now
is actually go to an incredible
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interview at the
Phoenix Central SDA church
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where Shelley and J.D.
are at with Norm Johnson,
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their head elder
there. And he's also a great
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family friend of
my parents and myself.
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So let's go to that
interview right now.
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Share with people how
important is evangelism
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to the Central church.
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Evangelism is very
important to the Central church.
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For the last 6 years or
so we have had some type of
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evangelistic effort
like Daniel Seminar,
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a Revelation Seminar. We
keep that ongoing all the time.
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And it has been
fruitful. We have brought in
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a few people this way.
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We have had evangelism in
some of the hotels around here
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and we have been
successful in bringing in some
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people through our efforts.
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Amen! We try to keep it going.
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And we try also to
keep prayer meeting going
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as well and Bible
study and things like that
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so our people will
be students of the Word.
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Amen. Amen!
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So I know... it's obvious
being around you and Dolly
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that you're in love with Jesus.
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You've "sold out" to Jesus
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and that you're always
willing to do whatever it takes
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to help make a
difference. To help someone
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to take the next step
entering to His kingdom
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on that wonderful
day that He comes.
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Yeah... we're
committed. We are both committed
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to doing whatever is necessary
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you know to further
the gospel in this area.
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And whatever job it might be.
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My... I'm like
this: when someone said
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"I don't care..." I mean
if I'm doing something...
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"I don't care who
gets the credit... "
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you know, "as long as
we get the job done. "
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And I think that that
IS the right attitude.
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Some people. they're
responsible for sowing.
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Some are
responsible for watering.
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And then there's some that
are responsible for reaping.
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But it's really through
the aid of the Holy Spirit
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that any of this takes place.
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And here again, I just
know how much you love Jesus.
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I feel I'm just the
instrument in His hands.
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And I'm committed
to Him because you know
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I make sure I have my
devotion in the morning.
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And if I don't have His word...
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I have to read something
in His Word before I eat.
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Amen! So I'm committed to
that. You know what I mean?
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You've gotta have... I
have to have my physical food
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and I feel I have to have
my spiritual food as well.
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Amen... and I
totally agree with that.
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In closing is there
something particular that
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I guess that we always
would want to invite anybody
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that's in the area. And
what is the address here?
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777 W. Montecito Drive
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Yes! And it's a
wonderful wonderful auditorium
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and the leadership
here "sold out" to Jesus.
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And I'll guarantee you
if you want lots of hugs
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this is the place to
come. Would you agree?
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Amen! Amen! We
are a hugging church.
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Well here again,
this is Norm, this is J.D.
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And we just want to thank
you for taking a few minutes
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to just get an idea
of where our hearts are.
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Thank you J.D. Quinn
and Elder Norm Johnson.
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What a great report coming from
the Phoenix Central SDA church.
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Now where you see
Jill and I standing
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probably looks familiar to you.
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And it should, because we're
standing on the stage of the
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Paradise Valley SDA church.
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Just in a few more minutes
we're going to start here with
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Pastor John
Lomacang on the stage.
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But we have someone
else here with us, don't we?
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We do. We've had a great day
visiting with the conference.
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Such a blessing! Such a
warm welcome that we've had
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hearing the reports of what
God is doing in the churches
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all around this area.
And now as Greg mentioned
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we're back here at the
church with Bro. Tim Parton.
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Amen! Just a joy
to have you here.
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And we're getting ready for
the music here tonight. We are!
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You know, one of the things I've
enjoyed about the past few days
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is the trip actually
from where we're staying
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to the church. And we
don't take the Interstate.
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We take a lot of
the side streets.
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And we see a lot of people.
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I've noticed people on
the sides... on the sidewalks.
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And we see people
from all walks of life.
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And just this afternoon
when we were coming here
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we noticed some people that
looked like their day may not
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have been going very well.
Yeah, very true. That's true.
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And, you know, the world
is full of people like that.
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We ourselves have
days that we don't
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exactly maybe wake up on
the right side of the bed.
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But we're blessed to wake up
on the right side of the dust.
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But I feel a little song
because of some situations
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that have gone on
like with the equipment...
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Yes... we're really praying. God
put His hand over that safely.
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Yeah. God doesn't
promise that life will always go
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exactly our way...
the way we want it to.
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But I just... I
know that without Him
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I would be lost, and the
situations that I go through
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that are frustrating
and calamitous to me...
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where would I be without Him?
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You know, I think, Tim, it's
in Isaiah that it talks about
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Christ doesn't necessarily
keep us from the storm
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but He's with us
through the storm.
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And that is the
important part. Yeah! Amen!
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Through it all we
can trust in Jesus.
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You want to play that
song and sing that song for us?
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So we're actually
going to say goodbye to you.
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We're going to
let Tim take us out
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and then we're going to
look for Pastor John Lomacang
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here on this stage in
just a couple of moments.
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God bless you.
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I've had many tears and sorrows,
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I've had questions for tomorrow,
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there've been
times when I didn't know
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right from wrong.
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But in every situation
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God gave me blessed consolation
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that my trials come
to only make me strong.
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So I sing: through it all,
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through it all,
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I've learned to trust in Jesus,
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I've learned to trust in God.
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Through it all,
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through it all,
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I've learned to
depend upon His Word.
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So I thank God for the mountains
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and I thank Him for the valleys
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and I thank Him
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for the storms
He's brought me through.
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For if I never had a problem
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I wouldn't know that
God could solve them;
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I wouldn't know what
faith in God would do.
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