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Series Code: ISITE
Program Code: ISITE180004A
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00:06 Hello and welcome to iSITE Review.
00:08 We are so happy that you've joined us again. 00:10 It's already program #4. We're coming to you here from 00:12 Phoenix, AZ, for the Pathway to Life evangelistic series. 00:16 And you may say: "Where in the world are Greg and Jill 00:18 and Elder J. D. Quinn? " We're actually in our hotel! 00:21 And the hotel has been very kind to let us use, of course, 00:24 the conference room that is just off to my right. 00:25 We're here in the breakfast area. 00:27 Obviously it's not breakfast time, otherwise there'd be 00:29 lots of people here. 00:30 But what a privilege it is to be part of this evangelistic series 00:33 and see how God is leading. Amen! We have Elder J. D. 00:36 with us because we have an amaz- ing story that has come from 00:38 your church, so we're going to play that in just a few minutes. 00:41 We do. And we just want to give a shout out 00:43 to those of you who are watching on Facebook. 00:45 You know, J. D., 3ABN has broadcast over satellite TV. 00:49 You know, that was the big push in the 90's to get 3ABN up 00:52 on satellite. People would watch on cable. 00:55 People would watch on their local downlink. 00:58 And then we said: "Oh, we're going to stream on the website. 01:00 and we're going to get the app for the phones and stream 01:03 on Youtube. " But we're streaming live on Facebook 01:07 and that is so exciting. 01:09 Each night's iSITE and the program with Pastor John 01:12 is streaming live on Facebook and we want to give a shout out 01:15 to those of you who have watched the program 01:17 and have shared it. This is Amanda and Jerome, 01:21 Dave, Jessie, Terry, Abraham, Claudio, 01:25 Genevieve, Diane, Matt, Rob, Rosalyn, Joseph, and Dave. 01:30 So special thanks to each one of you. 01:32 Want to encourage you to share the feed, to send us 01:37 your comments and likes and we'd like to hear from you. 01:40 Yeah, and I think it's really great to actually hear from you 01:42 because it's always nice to connect. 01:44 Because so many times, you know, we're looking 01:46 into these glass lenses, and to get feedback from the other side 01:51 of the lenses is a really encouraging thing 01:53 and I think that's the way that we can connect. 01:54 So, yeah, we encourage you to go to like Jill mentioned 01:56 Youtube... Facebook. 01:58 Twitter... I think we're on Twitter as well. 02:00 Absolutely. And of course our 3ABN.tv 02:04 website you can also send an e-mail to us, so do that. 02:06 Let us know how you're enjoying the series with Pr. Lomacang. 02:09 And we don't want to forget the 3ABNPhoenix.com website 02:14 has the other churches. We're starting to upload 02:16 some of those sermons there, too. 02:19 Technology has changed a great deal, hasn't it? 02:21 Huh... I just can't believe. I remember talking to my 02:23 grandfather just like yesterday. He came over in a covered wagon. 02:26 He came over in a covered wagon. A covered wagon! 02:28 And it just doesn't seem like that long ago 02:30 and here we're talking about these fancy words. 02:33 Yeah. And I mean I try to fit in here... 02:36 I mean, I'm anxious to see what my story's going to be. 02:39 I remember when I started and heaven. I just hope 02:42 that it's whenever I see Jesus coming, you know. 02:44 But time goes by so fast. 02:47 Exciting time we're living in. It is! That's true. 02:50 How is it going? You and Shelley are at the Phoenix Central 02:52 Seventh-day Adventist church. And I know we have a testimony 02:55 but how's it going at your church? 02:56 Oh, we just love each and every person that's there. 02:59 You know, it's just a couple times and you're just hugging 03:01 everybody's neck. But there's a lot of hurting people. 03:04 And we want to talk about Rosemary here in a few minutes 03:06 whenever you're ready, but this is a special, special lady. 03:10 A lady that you just fall in love with. Um-hmm. 03:12 And very seldom do you see excitement one second and 03:15 tears the next, but that's the life that some people 03:19 are caught up in. Yeah. Well, you had the opportunity 03:22 to sit down with Rosemary just a short while ago - 03:25 maybe a day or two ago - and we have it on the iPad. 03:29 This is technology again. 03:30 So let's listen to that. Yeah. 03:34 I'll start it here. OK. Hit the little play button. 03:37 Hi, my name is Rosemary Gortarez 03:39 and I am a member of Central SDA church 03:43 for seven years now. 03:46 Unfortunately I have been "missing in action" 03:50 for the last year and a half. 03:52 My heart has been very heavy 03:55 and I want to find my way back here. Amen! 03:58 I've been wanting to find my way. 04:01 A lot of battles in my life 04:03 which I'm sure we all go through. 04:06 And it is just too much to go into that, 04:09 but what I you to know 04:11 is that I received an e-mail 04:16 of an event that was going to go on. 04:18 And it was from 3ABN 04:21 with Shelley Quinn. 04:24 And I knew in my heart that God was... 04:28 me asking God every night to help me, to give me the desire 04:31 to come back to where I knew I wanted to be, 04:35 where I knew my heart was happy, 04:37 where I knew that this was where I belonged. 04:42 So I believe that that was a calling 04:44 that God was sending me. 04:46 And if anyone could do it, it was going to be Shelley Quinn. 04:50 I've heard her speak, read her books, 04:56 and a lot of it I could relate to with my own difficulties 05:01 in my life. But I know that I am here still today 05:05 and being able to go through the difficulties because 05:09 my faith in the Lord... I've never let go. 05:12 I'm still fighting the battle, but I'm here for a 2nd day now. 05:16 And I was here this morning for church 05:19 and it's a blessing for me. 05:22 I love the Lord, and I also want to show my grandkids. 05:27 They were here with me as well. 05:30 And I want to bring my family back 05:34 to church as well with me. 05:36 So if any of you out there are fighting these battles 05:39 like we all do and we're all going to constantly go through 05:42 them, just keep in your heart that you know 05:48 where you want to be and take that action. 05:51 Take that step forward and do it 05:55 because this is where we need to be. 05:59 With God's love and grace, you will be back in church as well 06:03 just like me. 06:05 I love my Lord. 06:08 Wow! The thing that really caught my attention is 06:11 whenever she was sharing this with me 06:13 boy just quickly: "God hears... God sees all of our requests. " 06:20 This precious lady because of difficulties 06:23 outside her control got caught into a mess 06:26 that a year and a half kept her from being with the people 06:28 that she loved. And they never gave up on her either. 06:32 And then just as I heard her testimony 06:36 and after actually getting to see this 06:39 Shelley walked into the room. What a special time. 06:43 It was just a direct affinity kind of like they were drawn 06:46 together. And they went over and they hugged each other. 06:48 And my heart was touched. 06:51 A lot of people's hearts were touched, but the main thing is 06:53 God hears your prayers. 06:57 Amen! And I appreciated her appeal, too. Amen. 07:00 You know when you feel the Holy Spirit 07:02 "pricking at your heart" so to speak 07:04 she said: "Just do it. " Yeah. Basically: "Just listen; 07:07 just obey. " And that's very important 07:08 because we do not know about tomorrow, the next moment 07:11 that we have. When the Holy Spirit - Jesus - is speaking 07:13 to us we need to listen and obey. 07:14 Powerful; powerful. It's neat to be used of the Lord, 07:16 isn't it? Most certainly! 07:18 And again, it's absolutely fantastic to see one person 07:21 all these different emotions in a short time. 07:24 Wow! Just to think, she had walked away from God, 07:27 away from the church for that time and had made the decision 07:30 to come back. And one thing that really touched me in that 07:33 testimony, J. D., was the fact that she received an e-mail 07:36 from 3ABN. So even though she was out of the church 07:39 and away from God at that moment 07:41 somehow she was still connected to 3ABN 07:44 and had gotten that e-mail. 07:45 Yeah, she was just try... I think she was looking for 07:49 an excuse and then God provided just the right 07:52 climate at the right time and she bit into it. 07:55 Amen. And then here she came back the second time. 07:58 Praise the Lord! Thank you so much. 08:00 What an incredible testimony! 08:01 I think we're heading out to the mountains. Is that right? 08:04 We're going to change our clothes and start heading out 08:06 into nature at the Phoenix Mountain Preserve. 08:44 We are in the Phoenix Mountain Preserve 08:47 right here. It's incredible, sweetheart, this beauty here! 08:50 It is! It's a whole range of mountains here right around 08:52 the city of Phoenix. We're attempting... I don't even 08:54 know if we're going to accomplish it... but we're 08:56 attempting to scale I think they call it Piestewa Peak 09:00 which is the 2nd highest peak. It's somewhere way up there. 09:04 I see people hiking up there and I don't know... 09:06 I'm a little out of breath and we're just beginning. 09:08 You know, you and I both enjoy nature 09:11 and it's a blessing being out- side in God's beautiful nature. 09:13 It's a little bit different than southern Illinois. 09:15 In southern Illinois there are corn, soybeans, wheat. 09:18 And... corn, soybeans, wheat. 09:21 Wheat... yeah... that's for sure. 09:23 But here you saw in the opening shot you can see 09:25 I think you say this correctly sagauro cactus. 09:28 Totally different from what we have in southern Illinois 09:31 but it's beautiful to be out in God's nature. 09:33 I understand now that these cactus, they have little arms 09:35 that come out on the sides of them. 09:37 They have to be 75 years old in order to put out a little arm. 09:40 Isn't that amazing? So the one in front of us 09:42 must be just over 75 'cause it's got just little stubby arms 09:45 coming out. Yeah... little baby arms. 09:47 Yeah, that's for sure. But it's really neat to be out 09:49 in nature and to see all these people actually. 09:51 We're out here on a beautiful day. 09:53 Sunshine. Um-hmm. We're talking about the city of Phoenix. 09:55 You can see it off to our... Almost in front of us actually. 09:58 And here we are up on the beautiful mountains 10:01 just outside of Phoenix. But what a blessing it is 10:03 to be in God's beautiful creation. Absolutely! 10:06 And right now we're going to go to Desert Cove 10:09 which is Pastor C.A. Murray's church 10:11 where he is there. And he had a chance to sit down 10:14 with the Arizona Conference president. 10:16 He came to his church. This is Elder Ed Keyes. 10:19 And we're so blessed, sweetheart, to partner. Yes! 10:21 3ABN with the Arizona Con- ference - boy, that's for sure - 10:24 in the proclamation of the gos- pel here in the greater Phoenix 10:28 area. So what we want to do right now is 10:30 to hear the interview that Pastor C.A. did with 10:33 Elder Ed Keyes. And we're going to hike up a little bit more 10:36 on the mountain. We'll see how far we can make it. 10:38 Let's go to that interview now. 10:41 We're at the Desert Cove Seventh-day Adventist church 10:43 and it is my privilege to be with Pastor Ed Keyes 10:46 who is the president of the Arizona Conference 10:50 but I have found out that he is a "home boy. " 10:52 He is from Jersey City, New Jersey: 10:55 my old stomping grounds. 10:57 So, Ed, it's so good to be with you. 10:58 I want to talk a little bit about the conference. 11:00 Give me the general membership of the conference, 11:02 the number of churches that you have. 11:04 The SDA church in Arizona has 21,000 members. 11:08 We're growing... the Lord is blessing. 11:11 We have 106 churches; we have 11 schools... 11:15 well, 10 schools and an academy... 11:17 and community service centers and all kinds of programs 11:20 around the conference. Praise the Lord! 11:22 You mentioned to me that in addition to the five 3ABN 11:26 meetings that there are some other meetings that are going on 11:28 at this time. Yeah, we were excited 11:30 to partner with Pathways to Health when they came in 11:33 at Christmas time, and they were the ones that 11:36 told us we could have 3ABN come and share meetings. 11:39 We were excited, so we jumped on board with that. 11:41 But we had already had 3 meetings already scheduled. 11:44 We have Elder Richard Halvorsen holding a meeting in Sedona. 11:48 We have Elder Jim Stephens who is holding a meeting in 11:51 Cottonwood. That one hasn't started yet. 11:53 And I forget the third one right now, but we have a third one 11:57 going as well. It appears, though, as though 12:00 evangelism is a very important part, a very integral part, 12:03 of the work of the Arizona Conference. 12:05 It is indeed. You know, we have five things that we're really 12:08 actively promoting. One is retention, 12:10 keeping the people that we have 'cause a lot of times 12:12 you know the back door is wide open and we lose them. 12:15 We'd like to keep people. The second one - 12:17 number two - is evangelism. 12:18 We want to continue bringing people into the fellowship 12:23 of the church. And youth is a third one. 12:25 Education is the fourth and stewardship is the fifth. 12:28 But we believe evangelism feeds all of them. 12:31 It is really a key component to our vision for the Adventist 12:35 church in Arizona. Praise the Lord! 12:37 Now you let it sort of leak out that this church is one 12:40 of your favorite churches to visit 12:42 so I hope I'm not talking out of school. 12:43 You're right... you're right. 12:45 But I have found... We just began last night 12:48 but the flavor here, the feeling, 12:52 for evangelism is very very high here. 12:53 Very strong. Yeah, the Desert Cove church 12:56 has had a long history in caring for their community 13:00 and wanting to see people in the community 13:02 know the same Jesus that we know 13:05 and fall in love with Him. 13:06 Praise the Lord! Give us some sense of 13:09 your feeling, this cooperation with 3ABN, 13:12 the Arizona Conference, and these five churches... 13:15 just some sense of your feeling for us in that union. 13:18 Well we are so excited. When we heard that 3ABN was able 13:21 to send evangelists here we said: "Well, fantastic! " 13:25 I mean, we can't go wrong with that. 13:26 We believe in soul winning and we know 3ABN does 13:29 so to tie the two together I mean it's just a happy 13:32 happy marriage. 13:35 Thank you Pastor Ed Keyes. I don't want to keep him. 13:37 He's the conference president and he has miles to go 13:39 before he sleeps and much to do. 13:41 But thank you for spending just a little time with us today. 13:43 God bless you; thank you. 13:45 Thank you Pastor C.A. and Elder Keyes. 13:48 What a blessing to have the support of the Arizona 13:50 Conference here with this evangelistic series that's 13:53 going on in Phoenix, Arizona. 13:55 Jill and I have hiked up higher along with the crew. 13:58 Appreciate Arody and Brad. 13:59 We're higher up on the mountain in the Phoenix Mt. Preserve. 14:03 And we paused for a moment. That would explain why we're 14:05 no longer out of breath. Yeah... that's true. 14:08 And to be honest with you we paused a few times 14:10 on our way up the mountain. 14:11 I don't even know how far we are, 14:12 but there's quite a ways to go yet. 14:14 But I see the airplanes and they seem a little closer 14:16 than they were at the bottom. That's right. 14:18 So I know we're getting higher up, that's for sure. 14:20 But you know, this trail here as you can see 14:23 actually has quite a few switchbacks. 14:24 Back and forth, back and forth and it's getting steeper 14:27 and steeper and actually quite narrow in some spots. 14:31 And the way this trail is there's actually some pretty big 14:34 steps. It's kind of cute. We saw this little kid - 14:36 her mom and the little girl - and the step was huge for her. 14:39 And instead of just like step- ping down she stood at the edge 14:42 and then she went "Whee! " and jumped off the edge 14:44 to the next step. She was quite proud of herself. 14:46 Was she the one I said "Good job" to? 14:48 Yes, that's right. And then she told her mom 14:50 "That lady said good job to me. " 14:53 I think what's a neat thing, 'cause there's a spiritual 14:55 lesson we can learn from this path because we're all on 14:57 a journey and we're all on a path of life actually. 15:00 And I see a lot of people on this path - 15:02 because it's steep and narrow and has some ruggedness to it - 15:05 helping each other out. 15:06 I think what's encouraging about this series that we're 15:08 doing here in Phoenix is that we're able to spread 15:11 the gospel and we're lending a hand to them to say: "Here, 15:14 here's a step... let's show you the way. " 15:16 And we can lead and guide. So we appreciate again 15:19 your support financially and prayerfully of this event. 15:21 Amen! I'm reminded of Psalm 16:11. 15:24 Oh, that's a good text. David says: "He will show me 15:26 the path of life. At your right hand are pleasures 15:29 forever more. " And so you just think God has a path 15:32 for each one of us. That's true. You know, a path that 15:34 He wants us to walk on and to follow. 15:37 And just as this path, you know, it's kind of hemmed in 15:40 by those rocks as we go up, but the same thing. 15:42 You know, God has His Word, the Bible, that gives us 15:46 as it were landmarks and says: "OK, you're going in 15:49 the right direction here. " "OK, maybe you need to turn 15:52 a left turn here and go this way. " 15:54 And I think that's the whole purpose of the evangelistic 15:56 series: to point us back to the Word of God. 15:59 Because in the Word of God is where we find 16:02 the path of life and that leads to life everlasting. 16:04 What an incredible blessing! Yeah, you know, you're right. 16:06 And I think, too... You know, we talked earlier about the 16:08 city of Phoenix which you see behind us. 16:10 And, man, there are millions... Well, what? 1.6 or 7 million 16:15 or maybe almost 2 million people. It's the fifth largest 16:17 city in the United States. Yeah, that's for sure. 16:19 There's a lot of people here. There's a lot of people that are 16:22 in these homes, in these businesses that are behind us. 16:25 And we just want to pray for each one of them - yes - 16:27 that God will lead them in the way everlasting. 16:30 And what an opportunity we have through 3ABN, 16:32 through other mediums, even where you are in your 16:33 community. You know, it's easy to say: "Well, they're 16:36 doing that in an evangelistic series. I can't do anything. " 16:38 But you know, we all have a part that we can play. 16:40 Even someone that you may meet at the grocery store... 16:43 at Wal-Mart we say or the gas station or something 16:47 like that. We always have the opportunity of sharing 16:49 Jesus and leading someone on the path everlasting. 16:51 Amen! Well, we're going to go hike up the trail - 16:53 the path here - a little bit more. All right, let's do it! 16:56 But while we do that, we're going to go to the Chandler 16:58 Seventh-day Adventist church. And Christ Shelton had a chance 17:00 to talk with the lady who's actually been cooking the meals 17:03 for them there. All right! So let's see what she has to say. 17:05 Hi, this is Chris Shelton coming to you again from 17:08 Chandler, Arizona. Beautiful blue sky! 17:12 Back in Illinois we haven't had very many blue skies 17:15 this winter. It's been pretty cold. 17:17 It's cool here for Arizona right now 17:20 but you know, it's still lovely... it's beautiful. 17:22 And I have with me Judy. Judy is a special lady 'cause 17:26 this lady is cooking our food for us every day. 17:29 And she's got quite a task, don't you, with non-GMO, 17:33 no soy, and she's even trying to do some gluten free for us. 17:37 Isn't that wonderful? 17:38 But Judy, you were at our first meeting last night. 17:41 What did? Did you have an experience with the Holy Spirit? 17:44 What did you think about the first meeting? 17:46 I enjoyed it very much and it brought home 17:51 that it's time to shake up people. 17:56 And I have family members I've got to try to shake up 18:00 because I want them to come home. 18:03 Amen! In fact, we prayed for our family members. 18:06 And then after we had our group prayer you and I had a special 18:09 prayer just right in the door, didn't we? Yes. 18:12 We were praying for certain important family members 18:15 in your life. But what would you like to see happen 18:19 during this evangelistic series? 18:21 I'd like to see people come out more. 18:27 Enjoy the message, realize, and put it into practice. 18:32 And that includes me... putting it into practice. 18:37 You know, I have been through these messages many many times. 18:40 And it never fails: each time you learn something new 18:44 or you think: "Oh wow! I forgot that. " 18:46 And it does help to motivate, to stir our hearts 18:49 to put these messages into practice. What good is it 18:52 if we don't pick up our Bible and if we don't obey and follow 18:56 and accept the love of Jesus, right? 18:59 That's right. OK. You have any closing words for us? 19:03 God bless everyone. That's right! 19:05 And if you are watching this and you're in the Chandler area, 19:08 please come and see us. We want to meet you in person. 19:10 OK? God bless you. 19:13 A great report from the Chandler SDA church. 19:15 We thank Sister Chris. And of course, Pr. Kenny Shelton 19:17 is doing the evangelistic series he and his wife there together. 19:20 And we thank Judy, too, because food is important! 19:22 And that's just great. Appreci- ate all of her cooking skills. 19:26 And we're out here even higher yet 19:28 on the trail in the Phoenix Mountain Preserve 19:32 and I don't think I can say the name of this trail. 19:35 Piestewa Peak, which is the second highest peak 19:39 in this area. I think it's 2,600 feet. 19:42 I think the first would be Camelback Mountain 19:44 but this is the second. We have not summited 19:46 but we're a good deal higher than we were. Yes! 19:48 Yes, I agree with that. We got out of breath a few times 19:51 but that's OK... exercise is good. 19:53 You know, if we look around this is really desert. 19:56 And coming from southern IL a lot of things are green. 19:59 We have trees; we have green fields. 20:01 When I look here around at the desert 20:04 it looks dry, it looks barren. There's cacti, 20:08 there's a lot of rocks. And it seems like the promise 20:12 in God's Word couldn't even come true. 20:14 You know, Isaiah 35 says: "The desert shall rejoice 20:18 and blossom as the rose. " And you think: "How could life 20:22 come out of something that looks so barren? " Yes... 20:24 very good point! So empty, so desolate almost as it were. 20:29 But on the way up we saw... Of course, this is the beginning 20:31 of springtime in Phoenix... we saw the cacti and other 20:36 plants beginning to blossom. They've got orange flowers. 20:38 Um-hmm. And you see that and you see that new life 20:41 beginning to spring forth. One of my favorite promises 20:44 is Isaiah 43. It says: "Behold I will do a new thing. 20:49 Now it shall spring forth. Shall you not know it? 20:51 I will even make a way in the wilderness. " 20:53 And you could say this is like wilderness... desert. 20:55 Yes... that's true. "And springs in the desert. " 20:57 So no matter where you feel your life is today 21:01 God can bring abundance; God can bring fruitfulness. 21:05 God can bring beauty out of the barrenness in the desert 21:09 of your life. You know, that's true because several months ago 21:12 we came up here hiking when GYC was in the Phoenix area 21:15 just several months ago. And as we hiked up these trails 21:17 in this beautiful preserve it's amazing now the difference 21:20 in two months. It still had a little bit of green then 21:23 but now it's incredible. All those little cacti 21:26 that looked so dead have these little bitty green leaves 21:29 and we saw the orange flowers. 21:31 You know, even right here in front of us is this little - 21:33 I don't know - is it a shrub? 21:35 I'm not too familiar with the southwest. A little tree... 21:37 I don't think it's cactus but a little shrub. 21:39 You can see the little leaves coming out on it. 21:40 You know, in an area that looks so desolate 21:43 and maybe barren there's life. 21:45 And we saw a little, I think it's a ground squirrel. 21:48 Actually there's one right here. Yeah, he's just hopping down 21:50 kind of hard to see. He's getting pretty close to us. 21:52 He is! Little ground squirrel hopping along 21:54 finding something to eat. 21:55 I know it's hard for us to get those shots 21:57 a little ways away from us, but we saw a hummingbird even 22:00 at one of the orange flowers getting a little bit of nectar. 22:03 It's incredible like you were saying - yes - 22:05 how life can come from something that looks so dead. 22:08 And I think even in our own souls, our own lives 22:10 we say: "Boy, I just don't seem to have that 22:13 desire for Jesus Christ. " 22:15 But you know, if we ask Christ and say: "God, 22:17 create in me a clean heart; give me life; 22:21 give me that wellspring inside of me. " 22:23 And only Jesus is the One that can give that to us. 22:25 How encouraging that is - it's incredible - 22:28 that life can come from something that looks so dead. 22:29 Amen! That's what Jesus does. 22:31 You know that new birth experience? You see that 22:33 in the desert in the springtime. And I'm sure if we came 22:35 in a couple more weeks it'd be even more beautiful 22:38 with the flowers. But God does that in our hearts 22:40 and lives as well. Right now we're going to go to the 22:42 Phoenix Central Seventh-day Adventist church. 22:44 J.D. Quinn had the opportunity to interview 22:47 a couple of people. One of them actually our 22:50 first iSITE we did the group shot with all of the... 22:53 with all the people, and the open for the program 22:55 for Pastor Lomacang has that group shot. 22:58 And we had a picture taken 23:01 who is a gentleman from the Phoenix Central church 23:04 who made a sign, and it said: "Welcome 3ABN. " 23:07 That's right. He's a street preacher I think. He is. 23:09 So let's go to that right now. 23:12 I am a deacon here at that Phoenix Central SDA church, 23:16 and I've been blessed and called to do street preaching. 23:20 I've been a member at this church for 8 years, 23:22 going on 9 years. And I love the lessons 23:26 and the teachings of the Bible that are presented through 23:29 the Seventh-day Adventist movement. 23:31 And recently we had the opportunity to have the 23:33 Pathways to Health here in Phoenix, Arizona, 23:36 that ministered all type of medical needs 23:38 to everyone that was in need that couldn't afford otherwise. 23:42 And now we have the opportunity to have Pathway to Life 23:46 that will bring people closer to Jesus Christ 23:49 in our walk with Him on a daily basis. 23:51 We have teaching and Central SDA church Sr. Shelley Quinn. 23:56 She has an astronomical beautiful knowledge 23:59 of how she expresses the Word of God. 24:02 Come out and join us here at the Phoenix Central SDA church 24:06 for this extraordinary seminar that will prepare you 24:10 for the second coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 24:14 Good evening. Coming to you from Phoenix Central church. 24:19 A series of meetings that 3ABN has come to town 24:21 to deliver a message that is sorely needed for this time 24:25 that we're in. Shelley Quinn is delivering a powerful message 24:28 tonight. And I just want to express 24:33 the gratitude and appreci- ation that I have for 3ABN. 24:37 In 2013 I had a series of events that happened in my life. 24:41 I come from a very rough and tumble world, 24:44 and I knew that something wasn't right. 24:46 I didn't have the proper direction in my life 24:49 and something was lacking. 24:50 And you know, I happened to meet an elder 24:54 and he talked to me. And my head's a little hard, 24:59 so the first time it didn't take. 25:00 But eventually it did take, and through watching the 25:03 programming that 3ABN provides 25:06 I was able to understand that there's more to life 25:10 than what Dan wanted. 25:12 It's what the Lord has planned for us. 25:15 And through a series of events 25:17 I was able this past year to attend the Amazing Facts 25:21 Center of Evangelism for four months. 25:24 And now I've taken that. 25:28 We did a mission trip into Mexico. 25:31 We came back here to Phoenix and now we're here at 3ABN 25:37 series and we're doing Bible working for Central church 25:41 for this event. And I just would like to say 25:45 anybody who's sitting at home who's feeling that 25:49 they need to do something or they have a burning desire 25:53 that the Lord is speaking to them 25:55 or they just need somebody to pray with them 25:57 or speak to them just take that step. 26:00 Take that initial step of action 26:01 and get out and just do it. 26:03 Come to one of the meetings. 26:05 There's five different locations around the valley. 26:07 And you'll be so blessed by it I can guarantee you. 26:13 What a great report from the Phoenix Central SDA church! 26:16 Shelley and J.D. are at that church. 26:18 And we had met the first night when we had our first group 26:21 meeting we met the Bible worker Daniel. 26:23 And he and his wife are just a precious couple. 26:26 And just to hear the impact 3ABN has made in his life! 26:30 And then to hear he went to AFCOE 26:32 and now is doing Bible work. They hired him to do 26:35 Bible work for this evangelistic series. 26:38 I'm sure more in addition to that, but he's doing it 26:40 specifically for the series. So praise God for what 26:43 He's doing in the ministry of 3ABN and how it impacts 26:47 people all over the world. 26:48 Well I think that's kind of neat because really it's 26:50 really spread. It's like that ripple effect. 26:51 You know, 3ABN made an impact on his life. Praise the Lord! 26:53 And now he's make an impact on others 26:55 and that ripple just continues to spread like 26:57 when you throw a little stone into a pond. 26:59 I don't see really any ponds out here in the desert. 27:01 No! But you can see that ripple effect continues to go. 27:04 It's really neat. So again, we do thank you 27:06 for making an impact in other people's lives. 27:08 Now that say that what goes up must come down. 27:12 And I know that we've had a great time out here on the 27:16 mountain, but we're still high up. 27:18 We must go down. We have to get ready for this evening's 27:20 meeting and they say: "All good things must come to an end" too. 27:23 We've had a great time out here in nature - yes - 27:25 but there's something even better coming, 27:27 and that's the message, of course, of Pastor Lomacang 27:28 here in just a few more minutes. 27:30 Amen! Absolutely! Now going down you know 27:32 don't have the cardio so much going down - that's true - which 27:34 is a really good thing. But you also... it's a little more 27:38 work I think on the legs going down. That's true. 27:39 But it's such a blessing to be up here and to show you 27:42 at home some of the nature, the beauty of God's nature 27:47 here in Phoenix. And we just want to encourage you 27:51 to comment. You know we're streaming live on Facebook 27:54 every night - that's a good point, yes - 6:30. That's true. 27:56 And please send us your comments. We want to give you 27:58 a shout out and thank you for sending them in 28:01 or you can obviously watch on Youtube 28:03 or send us an e-mail, too. That's great. 28:05 That's true. The e-mail, yeah, on our website: 3ABN.tv. 28:09 Anyway, Jill and I are going to head back to the hotel, 28:11 change our clothes, and get ready for the evening 28:13 meeting. God bless you. Thank you again for joining us 28:15 here for iSITE Review. |
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