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Series Code: ISITE
Program Code: ISITE180010A
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00:07 Hello and welcome to iSITE program number 10.
00:10 It's hard to believe that we are two-thirds 00:12 through this evangelistic series called Pathway to Life. 00:15 And we are not outside, we are not on the mountaintop, 00:18 we are not out at hole in the rock, 00:20 we're actually here on the stage 00:21 at Paradise Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church. 00:24 Obviously, this is a little bit earlier 00:25 than the series to start 00:26 because this would be getting ready for Pastor John. 00:29 So we did a little transformation 00:30 of the stage for a reason, 00:31 something really special we're gonna try today. 00:33 We are. 00:34 We're so excited to share from people all over the world 00:38 who have been involved somehow in this evangelistic series. 00:42 Before we do that, I just want to give a shout-out 00:45 to those of you who are watching on Facebook. 00:48 We had a comment here coming last night, 00:50 from the iSITE last night. 00:51 This is from Marsha. 00:52 She says, "Excellent reporting. 00:54 It sounds like meetings are going very well. 00:56 Wish you all could come to Colorado." 00:58 And we wish too. 00:59 Praise the Lord. Oh, that would be fun. 01:01 3ABN can go all over the world. 01:04 And here is some people 01:05 who have shared the iSITE from last night. 01:08 This is Marona, Terry, Tivana, Christopher, 01:10 Dona, Genevieve brent area. 01:13 Azel, Elvina, Pat, Edwina, Marsha, 01:16 Joey, Estelle, Garnet, Jimmar, Tom. 01:19 Rodney, Gerlynbev, Clayton, Richard, Marsha, Henry, 01:23 and the list goes on and on. 01:24 So thank you so much 01:26 for connecting with us here at 3ABN. 01:28 Yeah, it's always encouraging to hear from you 01:31 because a lot of times, as we've mentioned before, 01:33 we're just looking into a camera lens here, 01:35 but we get names in this, 01:36 sometimes pictures, it's always a blessing 01:37 because it makes a little more personal. 01:39 And as we're mentioning, 01:40 we actually are gonna try something special 01:42 for this iSITE. 01:43 And we're gonna try 01:45 and Skype with some of our dear friends from around the world. 01:47 And we have Julia and Alexey from 3ABN Russia. 01:53 We're gonna try and Skype in with them. 01:54 Are you there, Julia and Alexey? 01:59 Yes, we are here. Hello, Jill. 02:03 Hello, Greg, and the 3ABN viewers in the United States. 02:08 Alexey said before the program, before our meeting starts, 02:12 I mean before our Skype conversation started, 02:14 he said, "I'm going to say 02:16 and hello to our 3ABN viewers in United States." 02:20 Of course, we have so many viewers in Russia. 02:24 Absolutely. Amen. 02:25 Amen. Great job. 02:26 Where Julia Outkina 02:28 is executive director of 3ABN Russia, 02:30 and Alexey Britov is general manager. 02:32 And they are precious friends to us 02:35 and just dear to our heart, 02:36 but you all in Russia have been praying 02:39 for the meetings here in Phoenix, is that right? 02:41 Yes. Yes, that's amazing. 02:44 You know, Alexey is more technical 02:47 and he keeps corresponding on different things with Jill, 02:51 and then Jill mentioned to Alexey 02:54 that you were getting ready to go 02:56 to this special evangelistic series in Phoenix. 03:01 And, you know, it is so good to be a worldwide family 03:06 because Jill mentioned to Alexey, 03:08 "Please pray for the health over certain speaker problem, 03:12 he has some health problems or something." 03:15 And, you know, he's halfway around the world. 03:18 We started praying for your series. 03:20 I know that we were so encouraged 03:22 because you had sent an email saying that you were praying 03:25 so we are able to share that, 03:26 and it's encouraging to know like you're mentioning, Julia, 03:28 that all the way around the world, 03:30 there are people praying for this series. 03:32 And I believe that evangelism is very important, 03:35 especially for the last days that we're living in. 03:37 Why is it important to you, Julia? 03:40 Alexey was talking to me 03:43 and please we apologize for our Russian,. 03:46 but we have to exchange in Russian.. 03:49 That's good. That's fine. 03:50 That it's not only 3ABN Russia 03:54 that is praying for this beautiful series 03:58 that you are holding in Phoenix, Arizona, 04:00 but it is also the churches from Nizhny Novgorod... 04:06 About 10 churches in Nizhny Novgorod 04:08 are praying about these evangelistic outreaches. 04:12 Amen. 04:13 And they are doing it in their special prayer groups 04:17 because church services here start 04:20 with the meeting of a prayer group. 04:21 So it has been announced in the churches 04:24 to pray for your meetings, 04:25 and in 10 churches in their prayer groups 04:29 that are praying for your meetings. 04:31 We are so proud of US 3ABN, our mother organization, 04:36 our parent organization because, you know, to be... 04:41 we are all about evangelism, media evangelism, television, 04:45 radio, internet, but to do it face to face, 04:49 to do it personally, 04:51 how proud we are of you that you are doing this. 04:54 Amen. 04:55 I know that Jill and I are really blessed 04:56 because we have the opportunity 04:58 with some of the crew to go to 3ABN Russia 05:00 back last year in 2017, and we were so encouraged. 05:03 That is our first time to be there 05:05 and to see the evangelism 05:06 and the effort that you all have put forward, 05:07 and also to our viewers at home for your support of 3ABN Russia 05:11 for 3ABN parent as we say here in the United States 05:14 because it's evangelism, 05:16 that's why we're doing the series here, 05:17 that's why Pastor John Carter in Russia 05:20 has done such a great job with evangelism. 05:22 But we know evangelism is very important. 05:25 Oh, yes, yes, definitely. 05:26 So, you know, most of the churches in Russia 05:32 had started in 1992, 05:36 when over 2,500 people were baptized 05:39 for the first evangelistic series 05:41 of Pastor John Carter held in Nizhny Novgorod. 05:45 And 3ABN started because of that, 05:48 you know, 90% of the workers of the 3ABN Russia 05:51 are the converts from Pastor John Carter's 05:53 evangelistic meetings. 05:55 Alexey calls Pastor John Carter, 05:57 he is Godfather if this is an appropriate term 06:01 because he was baptized at his meetings... 06:03 In 1993. In 1993. 06:06 And so how special, you know, personal evangelistic, 06:13 I don't know what you're holding 06:14 is called personal evangelism 06:16 but it is I mean it is face to face evangelism. 06:19 When they can, you know, see you, 06:22 when they can see the preacher. 06:23 So it's been very, very important to Russia, 06:26 just outstanding and amazingly important. 06:29 Amen. 06:30 What a privilege to talk to both of you. 06:33 We love you there 06:34 and the entire team at 3ABN Russia. 06:36 And please pass along to the workers 06:38 and to the church members who are praying 06:41 that God is here in your prayers, 06:43 that I think specifically of Shelley Quinn 06:46 has been sick during the series, 06:48 we mentioned that before and some other people. 06:51 And yet, when they stand up to speak, 06:54 the Lord gives them voice 06:55 and they can speak the entire meeting 06:58 and tell it's time to quit 06:59 and then they can't speak anymore. 07:01 It's a miracle. 07:02 So the Lord is working miracles here 07:04 and I believe that's due to your prayers, 07:06 so thank you so much for taking this time 07:09 to spend with us and thank you for your prayers. 07:10 Absolutely. 07:12 What church we're going to go to next for roll? 07:14 We're going to go to the Phoenix Central. 07:16 This is Shelley and JD's church, 07:18 and they had an opportunity to sit down 07:20 with the few people there. 07:21 So let's listen to that now. 07:25 My name is Terri Rodriguez. 07:27 I'm a member here at Central Seventh-day Adventist Church 07:29 in Phoenix, Arizona. 07:30 I am the Personal Ministry's leader, 07:32 and I do believe in evangelism. 07:34 I have come from a broken home, 07:36 my husband also have come from a broken home. 07:39 And to see what God has done in our life through evangelism, 07:44 we are very thankful to God 07:46 what He has done to our families 07:48 and I know from experience, 07:51 I know from the blessings He had showed us 07:53 that it is possible for everyone takes 07:57 to experience what we have experienced 08:00 and what we have learned from the truth of the Bible, 08:03 from all these evangelists series that happened. 08:06 We pray for those families that are also having trouble 08:10 to find the love of God in these Bible studies. 08:14 And I pray that it is your goal for yourself 08:18 or your family members 08:19 that they find the love of the truth 08:22 and the love of Jesus in the Bible studies 08:25 that gets into our heart. 08:27 We are thankful as a church for 3ABN, 08:30 coming here and helping us to reach the ends of the city 08:35 because it is in the city that we need it the most. 08:38 And we're very grateful 08:39 and thankful that 3ABN has had this evangelistic series 08:42 because this is the heart of Central church 08:44 and this is what it is that we would like 08:47 for the city to know, the love of Jesus. 08:51 Here once again, 08:53 we're at the Central SDA Church in Phoenix. 08:56 And I have the privilege 08:57 of standing beside Dr. Stephen Neal. 09:00 Now, Dr. Neal, I think that 09:02 you might have heard the name earlier Stephen Neal, 09:05 that's because this is two, this is Junior, is that right? 09:10 Yes, sir. This is the Junior. 09:12 And then we had the privilege tonight of having Stephen three 09:16 has special music for us. 09:18 But anyway, Dr. Stephen and I were talking, 09:21 he's been a member of this church for how long now? 09:24 Thirty nine years. 09:26 I started when I was eight years old. 09:27 Last year's absolutely amazing. 09:30 And you had a big smile on your face 09:32 and today you have even a bigger smile. 09:34 Tell us a little bit about this journey. 09:36 It's been an interesting journey. 09:38 I've actually had my trials and tribulations 09:41 of going up and down 09:42 but the one thing that has been solid is my faith in God 09:46 and staying inside the church. 09:48 My mother Savannah Neal and my father 09:51 has been very inspirational of me being member 09:55 of the Central Phoenix Seventh-day Adventist Church. 09:57 And I know that your father's... 10:01 Just a little recalling, 10:03 your father's one that has been in wheelchair 10:05 for the last 40 years 10:07 and to me what an inspiration 10:08 because he's the first one here, 10:11 he always look sharp, he loves Jesus, 10:13 he's an elder of the church, and where do we go from there, 10:17 I mean I know that you had to really getting 10:21 a lot of life lessons along the way. 10:24 It was a lesson and never giving up. 10:26 And you never give up, you always keep your faith in God 10:29 because no matter how hard life may knock you down 10:33 but if you have faith in God, you can continue get up 10:35 and that's one of things my father has always taught me. 10:39 I can remember from the day of the accident 10:42 to where I was afraid of my dad 10:44 because I didn't believe it was my dad 10:47 'cause the last time I saw him he was walking to seeing him 10:51 being basically a vegetable laying there, 10:55 but God blessed our family, my mom kept us strong, 10:58 and just seen him fight 11:01 and continue to get up and down every single day, 11:04 and the struggles he went to from learning, 11:06 from being a strong powerful man of 6'2", 225, 11:10 ripped about to go in the NFL, 11:12 to now laying on his back 11:14 and everyone having to do everything, 11:16 that was very hard to take, 11:18 but we stayed close together as a family. 11:20 My mom was a very strong woman 11:22 who continued to pray with us each and every night. 11:25 And one of the things she always said, 11:27 "This is our family, God has put us together, 11:29 and we're not going anybody break us up." 11:31 And just that belief in that love 11:34 and the foundation that she continued to teach us 11:37 about God each and every day, kept us together. 11:39 What a testimony. 11:42 Also, I know that you've got a doctrine 11:44 in clinical psychology. 11:45 How do you use 11:47 being a Seventh-day Adventist Christian? 11:49 How do you adapt the message 11:52 of being a doctor of clinical psychology into their lives? 11:56 Oh, I love it 'cause right now 11:57 I'm working as a special education director 12:00 and also the lead school psychologist, 12:02 but I'm working my way back into the hospital 12:04 'cause I used to do that all the time. 12:06 But it's nice because even though they try to say 12:09 you can't put religious inside the school, 12:11 there's a lot of times, you can quote God's Word 12:14 and people never know, 12:15 they think it's your words of wisdom 12:17 and then later on when they start asking, 12:18 "Are you a Christian? 12:20 Do you believe in God?" 12:21 And then that's when you have that door, 12:23 opportunity to open up your faith, 12:24 but there's a lot of presentations that I give, 12:27 I have one that's possibly coming up, 12:29 Fatherhood summit coming up, 12:31 and I have a parent classes that's built on scripture. 12:34 And I'll slide a little scripture 12:37 and sometimes members in the audience are like, 12:39 "That's a Christian," 12:41 and he'll come talk to me 12:42 or when I'm at work doing professional development, 12:44 I'll slide a little something of God's Word in there 12:47 and I'll see people smiling, 12:48 and then they'll come talk to me. 12:49 So it's a way to always let people know 12:52 that God is true in your life. 12:54 And I'll give another testimony. 12:57 The other day at work I had one of my supervisors 13:01 asked me about some things, 13:02 and I told them, I prayed, 13:04 God gives me wisdom and knowledge, 13:05 and I go with it. 13:06 And he asked, "Do you pray for me?" 13:08 And I said, "I'll pray for you every morning at 7 o'clock, 13:10 we're on the prayer line, 13:11 my mom and I and some other members from other churches, 13:14 but we're in a prayer line 13:15 every morning at 7 o'clock praying for everyone 13:17 and doing a devotion," 13:18 and that's how I start my day off to make it solid 13:22 that no matter what 13:24 I'm starting my day off with God 13:25 and ask the Holy Spirit to guide me. 13:27 And I think that that would be a challenge to us all 13:30 to start every morning off at least 7am 13:33 by inviting the Holy Spirit into our heart. 13:35 And just to give him permission to be a lamp to our feet. 13:39 Would you agree to that, doctor? 13:41 I would agree. 13:42 Amen. Amen. 13:43 And we also agree that here at Central Church 13:45 is a loving church. 13:47 Please come see us. 13:48 We love you. God bless. 13:50 Bye-bye. Praise the lord. 13:52 What great reports 13:53 from the Phoenix Central Seventh-day Adventist Church. 13:55 And I especially liked we ended there with Dr. Stephen Neal. 13:58 And to see his testimony growing up as a young man 14:02 with the accident that his dad had, 14:03 but to watch his dad say, "Never give up," 14:07 to watch him walk out his faith, 14:09 what an incredible testimony. 14:10 Absolutely, it's very encouraging 14:11 to hear, you know, 14:13 because sometimes when a tragedy strikes a family, 14:14 you can go one way or the other, 14:15 you can either take you away from Christ or draw you closer. 14:17 And it's neat to see that they took it for the positive 14:19 and learnt from it. 14:21 Now we've been talking about getting comments from you, 14:23 from what we've been hearing from people 14:25 from around the world, 14:27 and we talked to Julia and Alexey from Russia. 14:31 And now we're headed to Trinidad and Tobago 14:33 with Rodney Reynold. 14:34 Are you there, Rodney? 14:37 Yes, I am here, Jill and Greg. 14:39 We have been getting some of your comments. 14:41 Hello. Hello. 14:42 Thank you so much for your encouraging comments, 14:43 and thank you for your prayers 14:45 for this evangelistic series here in Phoenix. 14:47 It's my joy. 14:49 Presentations are really amazing. 14:50 And it's directly impacting my country 14:54 reaching people every day, 14:56 and I found the website, we're going to be continuing 14:59 and sharing the website with all the Bible studies 15:03 and all the presentations, 15:05 we're going to keep sharing on the WhatsApp media. 15:08 We have a 3ABN WhatsApp group. 15:10 We're going to share there, keep on sharing on Facebook, 15:14 as many social platforms as possible and everything, 15:20 and all the available means 15:23 and ways of sharing the mission of what we're doing. 15:26 Amen. 15:27 Rodney is 3ABN Trinidad and Tobago volunteer. 15:30 He does an incredible job mobilizing... 15:32 Oh, yeah. 15:33 There in his country and spreading the Gospel. 15:35 He is an ambassador. 15:36 Now, Rodney, 15:38 I also know that you've just got recently a shipment 15:41 of quite a few thousand Spiritual Vigilantes. 15:43 Tell us how that's going. 15:45 Oh, that's really going well, in our country, on April 12, 15:50 our government is looking to pass the same sex law, 15:55 and the books, 50,000 books, 15:57 Spiritual Vigilantes books that we have, 16:00 we have distributed them in every single possible means 16:03 to reach a lot of people. 16:05 This week we're going to give 16:07 to the members in the parliament, 16:09 the law association, many people. 16:12 So throughout Trinidad and Tobago, 16:13 we're going to be doing that. 16:15 Tobago already have 20,000 16:17 and they did an amazing job there 16:19 with Brother Diamond Andrews, 16:21 and also here in Trinidad, 16:24 we're going to be doing much more work again, 16:27 especially this one. 16:28 Amen. Amen. 16:30 Yeah, Rodney, we appreciate just your tenacity, 16:33 if that's the word we could use, 16:34 being an ambassador for 3ABN, 16:36 your excitement for evangelism. 16:38 This man will take tracks by the thousands 16:41 and pass them out. 16:42 So thank you, Rodney, again for your prayers, 16:44 for this evangelistic series, 16:46 for mobilizing the team there in Trinidad and Tobago. 16:49 And again, we just want to encourage you at home 16:52 to continue to pray for this series. 16:53 But, Rodney, we're going to say goodbye to you. 16:55 Thank you again. 16:56 And we are going to go to what church, the Chandler? 16:59 Thank you. 17:00 We're going to the Chandler Seventh-day Adventist Church, 17:02 and Chris Shelton had a chance to sit down 17:04 or stand up interview here with... 17:07 The church clerk and let's look at that now. 17:13 Hello, I'm Chris Shelton, and we're here at Chandler. 17:16 This evening we just had an awesome message 17:18 about the Ten Commandments, God's perfect law. 17:21 Antoinette. 17:22 Antoinette is our guest this evening. 17:25 Antoinette, I've seen you few nights, 17:27 you kind of come in a little late. 17:28 I assume you're working somewhere, is that right? 17:30 Definitely, yes. Definitely. 17:32 And, Antoinette, where are you from originally? 17:35 I'm Jamaican. 17:36 So I came here couple of years ago, and yeah. 17:40 And you attend this church? 17:42 Is this your home church? Yes, it is my home church. 17:44 In fact, as I said before, I serve as a clerk here. 17:48 So evangelism is very dear to me. 17:51 Amen. 17:52 Amen. Amen. 17:53 Well, you know, one thing I like about Antoinette 17:55 when she is here you know she is here. 17:58 Because she is praising the Lord, 18:00 and she is our amen corner. 18:03 So, Antoinette, I wanna ask you a personal question, 18:05 don't be afraid of this mike, 18:07 you've got to talk into this so they can hear us. 18:09 But what has been special about these meetings for you... 18:14 Have you... 18:15 Has the Holy Spirit impressed you with anything, 18:17 touched your heart? 18:19 What do you think about the meetings? 18:20 I just like the way how pastor delivers... 18:23 Has he mentioned, it was so much of me 18:27 in the structure of his services, 18:30 the way he goes in details with the scriptures 18:34 one after the other, I can follow that. 18:36 So I really love that. 18:38 You know, the old time kind of question, where you get the... 18:44 Amen. Value of what is there. 18:46 He doesn't like sugar-coated, he gifts it to you. 18:51 I love the way he give those examples, 18:53 making them a little more personal, 18:56 so that's the thing I like about it. 18:58 Amen. 18:59 It's interesting that she said sugar-coated 19:02 'cause that's one thing that a lot of people 19:04 will say about Pastor Kenny, he does not sugar-coat it. 19:07 But, you know, we need men, 19:09 we need women that will stand up for truth. 19:11 God is looking for men and women 19:13 that will be firm as steel 19:15 so that they don't blow around with any wind of doctrine. 19:19 So I'm so thankful to get to meet you 19:21 and to know you a little bit, 19:23 and I want to thank you for being for our amen corner. 19:25 What would you like to say the folks 19:27 that are watching at home? 19:28 I just want to say, you know, continue to praise God, 19:31 continue to trust in the Holy Spirit, 19:33 continue to get connected, 19:35 continue to read your Bible 19:36 because we never know what will happen. 19:38 And Pastor Kenny said, you know, 19:40 "You might go out there and there's an accident, 19:43 where will you spend eternity?" 19:44 So, you know, just keep connected, 19:47 keep growing. 19:49 You know, sanctification is a lifetime, 19:51 and just continue reading your Bible, studying God work 19:55 because the more you study, the more you have to share. 19:59 And trust me that devil is out there and he's coming in some, 20:03 you know, strong ways. 20:05 So we have to use this, you know, the Word of God, 20:09 so if you don't know the Word of God, 20:10 you know, you have people out there 20:12 that will hammer you. 20:14 So we just got to stay, you know, stay in Christ, 20:17 stay connected and, you know, just remember 20:20 that this is not our home, it's not our eternal, 20:24 I know He'll be coming back, 20:26 but this is not our eternal home. 20:27 And if we miss heaven, we miss everything, 20:30 so it's going to be good, it's going to be awesome. 20:34 So I'm just encouraging you all just to choose Christ today. 20:39 It might look perfect on the outside, 20:42 but you'll never get a better life 20:45 until you meet Jesus. 20:46 So that's how... Amen. 20:48 And do continue to pray for us here. 20:51 She said it all, you will not have a better life. 20:54 We've been singing it at the end of every message, 20:56 "This world is not my home, we're just passing through it." 21:00 God bless each and every one of you. 21:04 Thank you so much, Sister Chris, 21:05 and of course, for coming. 21:06 That came from the Chandler Seventh-day Adventist Church. 21:08 And it's always neat to get reports 21:10 from all the churches here in the area 21:11 and to see how the evangelistic series is going. 21:13 It takes many people to make this event happen 21:16 and that includes you at home. 21:17 So thank you again. 21:18 Again, like I said earlier, 21:20 for your support of the ministry of 3ABN. 21:22 We have someone else tuning us by Skype. 21:24 We went from Trinidad, now we've all the way 21:27 to Southern Illinois 3ABN headquarters. 21:29 And we have Mollie Steenson, our vice president there. 21:33 Mollie, are you there? I'm here. 21:37 Good to talk with you, guys. Good to see you. 21:40 We miss you at home. I agree. 21:42 Each one of the team at home. 21:44 So tell us, Mollie, have you been following the iSITE 21:47 and the evangelistic series from home, 21:48 from there in Illinois. 21:50 Absolutely. 21:51 And it has just been incredible to be... 21:53 To have feeling of being a part of that 21:56 we're back here at home. 21:57 But let me tell you what you do here at home, 21:59 here at 3ABN, 22:01 we were holding all of you up in prayer 22:03 because we know that as we pray 22:06 and lift your hands up in prayer 22:08 that God is there to touch the needs of those 22:11 that come to those meetings, 22:13 and it's so encouraging to us to watch iSITE 22:17 and just have a feel for what is going on 22:20 in each one of the services. 22:22 I know that you and Sister Shelley 22:25 are really good friends, 22:26 and I know it's a miracle, isn't it, Mollie, 22:28 because I know you're talking to her 22:29 on the telephone of what God 22:30 is doing of standing her up at her church 22:32 while she has this cold. 22:34 You know, I tell with her almost every day. 22:37 And when I'm talking with her, 22:39 she's coughing, her voice is very weak. 22:42 And I have been so concerned for her and praying for her. 22:47 But then I see her on iSITE and her voice is strong, 22:51 and she looks absolutely gorgeous. 22:53 I emailed her and told her, 22:55 "Shelley, your hair looks so good." 22:56 And she told me, 22:57 "It's because there's no humidity here in Phoenix." 23:00 So she and I are communicating, 23:02 but she is totally convinced that every night, 23:05 God worked miracle on her behalf. 23:07 And I'm sure that He does. Amen. 23:10 It's a blessing to see what God is doing. 23:12 Mollie, 3ABN has always had... 23:15 The heartbeat of 3ABN has been evangelism 23:17 from the very beginning, isn't that right? 23:19 Yes, it is. 23:20 And, you know, that's also the heartbeat of our Lord 23:24 and Savior Jesus Christ to go into all the world 23:27 to touch the needs 23:29 and to draw people into right relationship with God. 23:32 And so to hear the testimonies that are coming out of Phoenix, 23:35 we know that we are cupped in the palm of God's hands 23:38 and doing His perfect will. 23:41 Yeah. Amen. 23:42 Yeah, it's always encouraging to hear 23:43 that the family back at 3ABN of course 23:45 is praying for the team that's out on the road 23:47 because many things can happen. 23:49 But God is providing His safety and the Lord is blessing. 23:51 The attendance is still strong... 23:53 Yes. Here. 23:54 And it's encouraging to see people coming forward 23:56 accepting the call on their heart, 23:58 to accept Jesus Christ for the first time. 24:00 And I think, Mollie, that's what is so encouraging as, 24:02 you see, lives being changed for eternity, 24:05 this is not just temple work that we're doing, 24:06 it's eternal work. 24:08 And that's encouraging. Thank you so much, Mollie. 24:10 We have to go to another church, 24:11 but we love you at home and thank you so much. 24:15 God bless you all. Thank you. 24:18 Right now, we're going to back to the Phoenix Central Church. 24:21 And JD sat down with a woman 24:23 who's been attending the meetings. 24:24 So let's listen. 24:26 This is an exciting time. 24:27 My name is JD, JD Quinn. 24:29 And, of course, I'm with Mary Beck. 24:31 And Mary Beck is a work in progress 24:33 just like all of us are. 24:35 Mary is going through this series right now, 24:38 and she is learning about Jesus. 24:40 Learning about some of the different ways 24:44 of which we can have a closer walk with you, 24:47 closer walk with Jesus. 24:49 And so, Mary, I know that you love coming 24:51 to this Central Seventh-day Adventist Church 24:54 because I see you here every night. 24:57 Yes, I've been every night. 24:59 Every night? Mm-hm. 25:00 And kind of tell us where you are. 25:02 I know that I was asking you what church you belong to, 25:05 and you said, "Well, I'm a work in progress." 25:06 Yeah. 25:07 "Right now, I'm trying to get rid 25:09 some of the nasty little habits that I have..." 25:11 Yeah. "That I'm working hard on." 25:13 And even today, you made progress. 25:16 And so as we just... 25:18 As we're all on this journey, 25:20 but I know that we've partnered up 25:23 with the Arizona Conference here at 3ABN. 25:25 Shelley Queen is here, she is teaching. 25:27 Are you learning a lot of stuff, 25:29 that maybe new stuff that you didn't know before? 25:32 Oh, yes. 25:33 Yes, I'm learning a lot about resurrection and... 25:38 Yes. Yeah. Of the dead. 25:41 And the stage of the dead. Yes. 25:43 And also that we can't work ourselves in the heaven 25:46 that is by His grace. 25:48 Man, what a relief that must be, 25:50 otherwise if we were sitting here doing things 25:53 that might not be pleasing to Him, 25:55 but yeah, we think that we're working, 25:56 we're getting closer to Him, 25:58 that is because of His love, His mercy. 26:02 Yes, I keep my eyes on Philippians 3:14. 26:08 "I press toward the mark 26:10 for the high calling in Christ Jesus." 26:12 Amen. Amen. 26:15 Mary is just one those people that's easy to love. 26:17 You know, she's always got a smile on her face 26:19 and gleam in her eye. 26:21 And I didn't know till tonight 26:22 that you are still making in the process 26:25 of making decisions. 26:27 And I know that we all make a decision daily, 26:30 but anyway just... 26:32 Would you recommend people coming 26:34 to this Central Seventh-day Adventist Church? 26:35 Oh, yeah. 26:37 They make it easy to make your decisions 26:38 to commit as they're very loving, it's a family here. 26:41 Amen. Amen. It's so is. 26:45 When I first started coming here the compassion, 26:48 they just hugged, and loved and I got a family. 26:54 I'm looking for a family, and I think I found them. 26:56 Amen. Amen. 26:57 Well, you heard it here from Mary. 27:00 So anyway, I just want to you know that we love you, 27:02 you're always welcome to come 27:04 to Central Seventh-day Adventist Church 27:05 here in Phoenix, Arizona. 27:07 God bless. 27:09 Amen. Great report. 27:11 What a great report from the Phoenix Central Church. 27:14 And to think that Mary 27:16 is not a Seventh-day Adventist Christian 27:17 but yet she is coming to the meetings 27:19 and learning Bible truth. 27:21 I want to encourage you to pray for people like Mary, 27:23 pray for Mary, pray for the others 27:25 who are learning truths in the Word of God 27:27 for the very first time. 27:29 Praise God brings them out of darkness 27:31 into His marvelous light, people who are accepting Jesus. 27:35 Thank you for joining us for another iSITE. 27:37 Thank you for your prayers, 27:38 and we pray for you at home as you hear these meetings. 27:41 Right now, we're going to go to Pastor John Lomacang, 27:44 but we will see you again tomorrow night. |
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