Good evening and welcome
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to the special
weekend of Rally for...
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with Remnant Publications.
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We are so glad
that you have decided
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to come and join us here
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at the Dearth Community
Center in Coldwater, Michigan
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for a set of meetings that
will inspire and bless you.
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We have three goals
for you this weekend.
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We want you to be blessed
and we know that you will be
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for all that has been
planned for this weekend.
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We want you to take back
with you as our second goal,
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practical ideas
that you can use to share
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the love of Jesus
with your friends,
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neighbors and family.
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And the third and
probably the most important,
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we know that Coldwater,
the Coldwater community
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is a caring community
but we really want you
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to be able to take
what we have available
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and to take advantage of
this opportunity to share
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the love of God
and bring your Bibles,
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so that we can make a
difference around the world.
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And you've heard in our
prayer that with the Bibles
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that we have that we can
touch each life in Africa
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with the Bible, the
Bibles for Africa project.
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And we at this time we'd
like to just share a video
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that give you a
little bit more information
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about this project.
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So you'll understand
the scope and the magnitude
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of what God has given
Remnant Publications to do.
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In Southern Africa,
the average worker makes
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just $35 a month.
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That's less than
25 cents an hour.
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But in America,
the average churchgoer
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will spend more than
twice that on coffee or soda
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in just one month.
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I'm Dwight Hall, president
of Remnant Publications,
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what if I told you there were
Christians in Southern Africa
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that would use one
week of their paycheck
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just to buy a Bible,
not only that they would go
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without food, only
water so they can get it.
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But then, what if I told
you just for the cost of bottle
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of soda or a cup
of gourmet coffee,
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you could purchase that
Bible for that Christian
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that is absolutely committed
to reach more souls for Christ
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through Bible study.
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Would you
sacrifice that cup of coffee
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or a bottle of soda
that you might reach
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another soul for Jesus?
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Would you make
that small sacrifice
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to make a great big difference
for those people in Africa?
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In Africa there are
over 360 million Christians
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spread amongst hundreds of
thousands of congregations.
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With a population of
nearly one billion people
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on the continent, this
means that only one-third,
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one out of three are Christians.
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I know for a fact
that Christians in Africa
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don't want to be mere
spectators sitting in churches,
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they want to be
active soul winners.
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Many have adopted the
motto, one member, one soul.
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One member brings one
soul to Christ every year,
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but they need help.
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Right now,
Southern African Christians
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are begging you,
brothers and sisters,
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here in America to
provide Bibles to their members,
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so that one member,
one soul becomes a reality.
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And Remnant Publications
is responding to that cry,
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organizing a team of
people all throughout America
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to collect, print and
ship four million Bibles
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to go to Southern
Africa to spread the gospel
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throughout a land
that is in desperate need.
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In Africa more than
35% of the population
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is infected with HIV virus.
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I know because I
have personally been there
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and have seen the need.
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Every day thousands
upon thousands are dying
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and many more are
going to their graves
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without the hope
found in Jesus Christ.
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That's why our brethren in
Africa need our help today.
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They need Bibles to strengthen
the faith of the members.
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And they need Bibles to
share the faith with a lost
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and hopeless
before it's too late.
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Unfortunate the churches in
Southern Africa are too poor.
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They simply cannot afford
the cost in meeting this need.
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But that's okay because you
and me are friends, families,
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church members and communities
can make this dream come true.
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In Southern Africa,
the churches' motto there
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is one member,
one soul every year.
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This is a people
that's committed to growing
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the kingdom of God.
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They absolutely
cherish their Bibles
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and will use them to
teach others about Jesus.
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These Bibles will
not be sold for cash,
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they will be not
misused but they will be used
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in sharing Jesus to win souls.
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I want you to
join myself and Remnant
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with our own evangelism
motto, one Bible, one donation.
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God has worked
out a tremendous plan
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that we might buy Bibles
for approximately $2 each.
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Just think of it, for
every $2 that is sent,
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we can get another Bible
into the hands of someone
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that really needs it.
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So a $10 gift, five
Bibles, a $100, 50 Bibles,
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a $1000, 500 Bibles.
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And it doesn't stop there,
for every Bible that we get,
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21 people will get this
Bible either through sharing
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or Bible studies.
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Just think a thousand
Bibles, 20,000 will be shared.
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There's just one more
thing we like you to help us,
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along with your gift I'd
like you to go to your homes
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and find those Bibles
that you aren't using.
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You know the ones that are
on your shelves collecting dust
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or maybe in your
closets, we're asking you
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to get those shipped
to us, Remnant will gladly
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pay the cost from
our place to Africa,
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we just need you to
get them into our hands.
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You might be
thinking four million Bibles,
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what in the world can I
do to make a difference?
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Well, do you know that
in 2004 it was estimated
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that there were over
200 million Americans
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that consider
themselves as Christians.
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Now think of it, if just
10% of those heard this message
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and then only 10% of those
would give a donation of $10,
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we would easily make our
goal of four million Bibles.
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But those
statistics don't mean anything
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unless you respond because
each one of you individually
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make an important difference.
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So today ask God how
much He would have you give
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to make one member, one soul
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a reality for
those people in Africa.
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And remember to
go through your homes
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and check your shelf
for Bibles you aren't using,
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gather them together,
get down on your knees
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and pray that God
will use it for His glory.
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In fact, many of those
sending Bibles right now
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are writing a
special note of encouragement
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on the inside cover
for whoever receives it.
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I think that's a great idea.
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But whether you
have a Bible or not,
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take a moment to write a check
whether it's a $10, or $100,
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or $1000 gift or whatever
God is placing on your heart,
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it will make an
eternal difference.
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But don't stop
there, get your whole church
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and community involved,
ask someone to coordinate
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a donation in
Bible drop off point
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in your churches
and local businesses.
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Spread the word
with ads and flyers.
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Remember, the sky is the limit.
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In fact, Remnant
has lots of ideas
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on our own project website,
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just go to wwwyourbiblesaves.com
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and sign up as a
Bibles for Africa donation
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and Bible collection point.
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Or you can give us a call
and we'll help you get started.
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I have an urgent message
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from our dear brother in Africa,
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please don't
delay, don't put it off,
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let us be the body of Christ
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to all those
dear souls in Africa.
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I am an African,
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I was born and raised in Africa.
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I became a Christian
because people in this country
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used their resources.
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Some of them sent
their sons and daughters
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as missionaries to Africa.
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Today I'm serving in
this country as a missionary
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from Africa.
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You sent your help
and I'm a living testimony
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that your
contributions are awaking.
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Your church might be taking
a collection after this meal
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for this very important cause,
whatever you can give will make
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an eternal difference,
a gift of $10, five Bibles
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touching at least
100 souls for Jesus.
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Four million Bibles,
one Bible, one donation,
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together in Christ we will make
Bibles for Africa a reality.
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Well, you know I want you
to meet the man on the picture.
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I want to ask
Dwight Hall to come out.
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He's president of
Remnant Publications.
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And I'd like you
to get to know him
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as well as I've been
able to get to know him
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in the last hour.
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You see I went to the website
and I read a little bit about
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Dwight and I'm like, "No
way, I can't believe this,
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I can't believe this."
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So, Dwight, first of
all I want you to tell me
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how is it that it
started this passion
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for the publication
work and Bibles for Africa?
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Well, Debbie, I tell
you that it's a long story,
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probably don't have a long time
but God called me personally.
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And I was in a lot of trouble
and I was younger but I decided
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that I was gonna
give my heart to Jesus.
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And the Lord just worked
on me and I just have a burden
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to get the word out
that people would find Jesus
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and then make it
practical in their lives.
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Now tell me, I understand
that you're actually from here
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in Coldwater.
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I'm a Coldwater boy.
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Now have you grown
up, and stayed, and lived,
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and you're here in Coldwater
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or have you
been in other places?
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I've been in other
places, been in Oklahoma,
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been in Montana, I
was in the service.
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But I was born here
and I'm back here now,
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they always say that,
usually when you leave,
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you always come
back and so I'm back.
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So you're back here to make
a difference in your community?
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Amen. Amen. All right.
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Now I understand
that you actually
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had another kind of
business some time ago
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before you got
involved in Remnant.
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That's right.
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Tell us a little bit about that?
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And that happened here
in Coldwater, we had...
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Well, I grew up
with a hammer in my hand,
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my father and uncle
had a construction company.
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And I pounded
nails and I liked it.
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But I wanted to
do something else.
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And so I started
four wheel drive shop.
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So we sold suspension systems,
big tires, wheels, robots,
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all the things
that young guys like.
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And that became
quite a good sized business
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and sold all over the world.
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And then we sold that
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and that's what
I'm doing now here.
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So, then you met Jesus?
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I met Jesus. That's right.
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And He wanted you
to peddle something
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a little bit more important.
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That's right. Absolutely.
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So now you're sending books
all over the place, Bibles,
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and Bibles for Africa.
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I'd like you to share with us...
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Now, you mentioned
that you were, you know,
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you had a hammer in your hand.
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So then you have experience
in the publication work
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when you started Remnant,
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so the Lord led you to this one.
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Yeah, I was sharing
that it's really amazing
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when God calls you, He
doesn't ask anyone of us
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to be professional at that
because I certainly wasn't,
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I don't know if I ever
really been in a print shop,
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at least a big one.
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And I kind of thought, you know,
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when you made
something like this
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that you kind of
stuck a real Bible
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or a book inside a
copy machine closed it,
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you hit the button and then
out would come another book.
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It didn't work that way.
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No, and we're so glad
that you've been educated.
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So we can have real
Bibles to send to Africa.
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That's right. All
right. That's wonderful.
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Well, you know I
understand that God as you said,
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He will work miracles in
your life if you give Him
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opportunity.
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And you've got lots of miracles
to share with us tonight.
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Amen. So I'm
gonna let you do that.
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Thank you, Debbie. Thank you.
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How you doing
this evening? Good.
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Doing well? Amen.
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Me too.
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You know, I was just
thinking as Debbie was saying
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a lot of miracles
happening in my life.
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I don't know I was just
trying to think I'm gonna be 52.
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So probably around, I
would say 47 years ago,
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right here on this
grounds at the Fairgrounds
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we had a construct...
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My father and uncle had
the construction company.
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And we rented
some of the buildings
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here at the
Fairgrounds, in fact we built
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a number of these
buildings that are here today.
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And I was just a
little 4, 5 year old.
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And the crew was
building one of these buildings
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and they just
got the rafters up.
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No, I was young and so
you get bored real easy.
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And, you know, I
was messing around
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and my dad didn't want
me to get behind a tractor
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or something like that.
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So I remember this
very vividly but he said,
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"Son, go on in the barn."
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And he said, "I
want you to go ahead
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and just stay inside there."
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Now, they had just
got these rafters up,
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it was one of the
big buildings here.
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And I said, "What
am I going to do?"
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And he said, "Well,
I want you to learn,
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if you want to really
be a good a carpenter,
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you've got to learn
how to pound nails."
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And, you know, so he gave me
a bunch of eight penny nails,
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nails about this long.
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And he gave me a
couple little 2x4 blocks.
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And so, I started pounding
those nails across the board,
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and I was trying to pound them,
and I was probably missing.
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In fact some of the
men used to come up to me
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as I got older and
they'd say, "You know, Dwight,
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it's really something about you.
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You keep pounding the
board around the nail.
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I guess you're softening
up so nail goes in easier."
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And so I was trying
to get those nails in
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and about that time dad called
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or Uncle Rudy called for dinner.
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It was about
lunchtime and I just walked out
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from underneath that
building, the wind had changed,
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they just got
all these trusses up.
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And the trusses, the
whole trusses caved in
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and crashed.
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I had just walked out.
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And I really shouldn't
be here, that's a miracle.
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And I'm glad I can be here.
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So when I come to, every
time I come to the Fairgrounds,
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I think about that story.
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God is in the
business of miracles.
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And sometimes when we're
young, we don't even realize
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the miracles that are
taking place in our lives.
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You know, miracles.
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How many of you
believe in miracles?
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Can I see your hand. Amen.
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I hope all of you do.
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How many of you have ever wished
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that a good miracle
would happen to you?
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Can I see your hands?
Good, I'm glad you're honest.
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When I was younger I used
to think how come miracles
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happen to everybody else
but they don't happen to me.
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Now if I would
ask you a question,
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what the
definition of a miracle is?
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Probably you'd all get it right.
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But I went to the dictionary,
I looked it up and it says,
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it's an effect or extraordinary
event in the physical world
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that surpasses all
known human or natural powers
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and it's ascribed to
a supernatural cause.
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Then they had another
description of miracle,
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it says, such an
effect or invent manifesting
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or considered as a work of God.
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Now I believe that
when those rafters came down
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that day and I just
walked out of there,
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I believe that
was an act of God.
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I believe that
my guardian angels
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were watching over me.
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Amen? Amen.
00:17:08.09\00:17:09.86
You know, I've
always been a big dreamer.
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And as I probably was
old, 12, 13, 14 years old,
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I remember buying
some books, these books
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were inspirational
books and they were,
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they were all
visualization books, you know.
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And so I wanted
a miracle to happen
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'cause I'd heard
about all these miracles.
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And I don't know about
you but when, at least,
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when you're young, you
always have great aspirations.
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When I was young, you
know, teachers would ask
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the young kids
what they want to be.
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And sometimes I
want to be a fireman,
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I want to be a policeman,
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I want to be an
astronaut or whatever.
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But it was something
that they want to aspire
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to when they were young.
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And so I wanted to
be a lot of things,
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and so I needed
money to do that.
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And so I'll never
forget, I've read these books
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and then I read
this text, John 14:14,
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you know what that text is.
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You might open in your
Bibles right now to John 14:14.
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I'll give you a second,
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when you get it
you can say amen.
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See how fast
you get there. Okay.
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I like that.
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John 14:14.
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And here's what it
says, "If you ask," what?
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"Anything" what?
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"In my name I will do it."
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And so I thought,
okay, I'm gonna believe that.
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If I ask anything in
God's name, I'm gonna do it.
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And so then I read, like
I said these other books,
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these visualization books.
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So, you know, I
was in my bedroom.
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One day it was kind of
messy, so I went to clean
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everything up and made my bed.
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And, you know, 'cause I
really had to concentrate,
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I couldn't concentrate
as the bed wasn't made
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and the things, I really
wanted to make this thing work.
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So I sat on the edge of my
bed and I started visualizing
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that when I would open my
eyes, on the top of the dresser,
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I'd have a million dollars.
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It would be in stacks
of thousand dollar bills.
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And I was honest about this,
you know, I'd read these books.
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And the Bible says
in John 14:14, it says,
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"If you ask anything
in My name, I will do it."
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So I got on my knees to
begin with and I said, "Lord,"
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I said, "I need this money
and I'll give a bunch to You."
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You know, we kind of do
that, we kind of selfishly say,
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"Well, Lord, if You
give me what I want,
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I'll give a little to You."
00:19:26.90\00:19:28.23
So I said,
"Lord, I need this money
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because I need to do
this and this and this."
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And then after I got done
with that prayer and I quoted
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that text, I sat on
that bed and I closed my eyes
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and I started picturing
those thousand dollar bills.
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I've never seen them
before but I was picturing them.
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And I pictured stacks of them.
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And you know what?
00:19:48.72\00:19:50.05
I squeezed my eyes
and I'd opened them
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and there was
nothing on the dresser.
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I couldn't
understand so I thought,
00:19:54.16\00:19:55.49
well, maybe I'm
not concentrating.
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So I closed my eyes again
and I, and I thought, okay,
00:19:56.89\00:20:00.96
when I open my eyes I just
know they're gonna be there.
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What do you think
when I open my eyes,
00:20:03.73\00:20:05.07
you think that was there?
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Why?
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I prayed for a miracle.
00:20:08.20\00:20:09.80
I said, "Lord, I
mean, you say in John 14:14,
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if you ask anything in My
name, I'll give it to you."
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But now I want you
to hopefully if you're,
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if you close the Bible, go
back in there John 14:14 again.
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Okay. John 14:14.
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But let's read
the text before that.
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Okay.
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Because sometimes
you and I, I know I do,
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sometimes we take
certain parts of the Bible
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and we read that and we
make our whole belief on that.
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That's what I was
doing, I took that one text
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and that's what I said.
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So if you go to 13, it
says, "And whatever you ask
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in My name that I will do."
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But this is the
kicker right here.
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It says,
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"That the father," what?
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"The father may be glorified."
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In other words,
if we ask something
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in Jesus' name, we need
to believe it number one,
00:21:02.22\00:21:05.83
but we need to know
God's will, don't we?
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We can't just ask
selfishly for self.
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And sometimes we don't even know
00:21:10.17\00:21:11.50
if it's selfish.
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But God is in the
business of doing miracles.
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You know, we
prayed this morning,
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this is a miracle
that just happened today.
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We have around 20
to 25 in our staff.
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And this morning it was raining
and it weren't solid raining,
00:21:22.78\00:21:25.95
you know, I mean,
it's raining, wasn't it?
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And I was thinking, Lord.
00:21:27.88\00:21:29.58
I mean, I don't want,
you know, to rain all day
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and people get discouraged
and they don't show up.
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And then it discouraged everyone
00:21:35.52\00:21:36.86
so instead of having our
normal little staff worship
00:21:36.89\00:21:39.33
that we normally
read, we got in there
00:21:39.36\00:21:41.66
and we said, let's pray.
00:21:41.70\00:21:43.20
We need to pray for this
rally, we need to pray for 3ABN
00:21:43.23\00:21:47.07
that if they have
come such a long distance
00:21:47.10\00:21:48.90
and set everything up.
00:21:48.94\00:21:50.51
We want to pray for the people
00:21:50.54\00:21:52.11
and the safety of
everyone that's gonna come here.
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But we also need to
pray about this rain.
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Now when I was on the
internet this morning it says
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that there was 80% chance
of rain all day off and on.
00:22:01.15\00:22:06.89
Okay, thunderstorms, 80%.
00:22:06.92\00:22:09.36
I was saying,
Lord, you know what,
00:22:09.39\00:22:11.83
I know that You can
push those clouds away.
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Amen? Amen.
00:22:15.53\00:22:16.87
Can God do that? Amen.
00:22:16.90\00:22:18.60
I know He can because I
started reading the miracles
00:22:18.63\00:22:21.30
that He did in the Bible.
00:22:21.34\00:22:22.67
You know, one of
the greatest miracles
00:22:22.70\00:22:24.04
that I think that God
did and that is that it says
00:22:24.07\00:22:27.84
He made the sun stand still.
00:22:27.88\00:22:30.38
Now really what happened
was the earth quit rotating,
00:22:30.41\00:22:32.98
I don't know how
He did it, He's God.
00:22:33.01\00:22:35.62
Can you imagine
making the sun stance?
00:22:35.65\00:22:37.45
In other words, the sun
didn't move across the sky.
00:22:37.49\00:22:40.62
If He could do that,
He certainly could not
00:22:40.66\00:22:43.66
have it rain, couldn't He?
00:22:43.69\00:22:45.09
And I believe it was God's
will that He would do that.
00:22:45.13\00:22:47.50
And so our staff, we got
on her knees and we prayed,
00:22:47.53\00:22:49.93
our separate prayers
00:22:49.96\00:22:51.30
how the Holy
Spirit was impressing.
00:22:51.33\00:22:52.73
And many of us prayed that Lord,
00:22:52.77\00:22:54.20
please allow
the sun to come out.
00:22:54.24\00:22:56.84
And when we got
through about an hour later,
00:22:56.87\00:22:58.87
I got back on the
internet, you know what,
00:22:58.91\00:23:00.71
from 80% it went down to 40%.
00:23:00.74\00:23:04.88
And the sun started
coming out and a couple of us
00:23:04.91\00:23:07.28
that remnant there,
was in the hall, we said,
00:23:07.32\00:23:08.98
look at the sun's coming out.
00:23:09.02\00:23:10.55
Praise the Lord.
00:23:10.59\00:23:12.09
Well, another hour or so later,
looked back up on the internet,
00:23:12.12\00:23:15.26
it went down to 30%.
00:23:15.29\00:23:16.62
Now from 80 to 30
is 50% difference.
00:23:16.66\00:23:20.23
And then just a little later
another hour or so after that
00:23:20.26\00:23:22.73
I looked on the internet,
I couldn't believe my eyes,
00:23:22.76\00:23:24.97
I shouldn't say
I couldn't believe
00:23:25.00\00:23:26.33
but I have to be honest.
00:23:26.37\00:23:27.70
Thought this is neat,
it says 20% chance of rain
00:23:27.74\00:23:31.91
starting at 7 pm.
00:23:31.94\00:23:34.84
Not isolated thundershowers
but just partly cloudy.
00:23:34.88\00:23:38.91
A miracle today. Amen?
00:23:38.95\00:23:41.12
God is in the
business of miracles.
00:23:41.15\00:23:45.09
But sometimes
we ask for miracles
00:23:45.12\00:23:48.56
and we're persistent
about asking for things
00:23:48.59\00:23:51.29
to maybe God
doesn't want us to have.
00:23:51.33\00:23:53.16
I'll never forget about
a time that, I was back,
00:23:53.19\00:23:55.46
I was in Montana.
00:23:55.50\00:23:56.83
I lived there
for about seven years
00:23:56.87\00:23:58.20
and we were building my home.
00:23:58.23\00:24:00.14
I had a friend,
his name is Darrell.
00:24:00.17\00:24:02.40
And he was helping me,
00:24:02.44\00:24:03.77
we put logs siding on the house.
00:24:03.81\00:24:05.21
And I'll never forget
this, he came that day,
00:24:05.24\00:24:07.91
I remember he came in and
he was kind of discouraged
00:24:07.94\00:24:11.11
but he didn't want to share
with me what the problem was
00:24:11.15\00:24:13.62
and I didn't want to
dig into his business.
00:24:13.65\00:24:15.52
And so, you know, he
had a tractor with the forks
00:24:15.55\00:24:18.29
on it and he had a big
bunch of siding on the forks.
00:24:18.32\00:24:21.46
And we were foot siding
on the front of the house
00:24:21.49\00:24:24.13
and it's where we're
gonna put a deck so I was,
00:24:24.16\00:24:26.73
I was sitting there at the patio
00:24:26.76\00:24:28.53
and it's probably
about an eight foot drop
00:24:28.56\00:24:29.90
to the ground.
00:24:29.93\00:24:31.27
So we had these
forks up at all the siding
00:24:31.30\00:24:32.93
and we were standing on
that, putting the siding up.
00:24:32.97\00:24:35.07
Well, I happen to
step into the house.
00:24:35.10\00:24:37.64
And here's the patio
and I was on my knees,
00:24:37.67\00:24:39.47
I was measuring something
and Darrell was supposed
00:24:39.51\00:24:41.64
to move this tractor.
00:24:41.68\00:24:43.58
Well, right where the patio was,
00:24:43.61\00:24:46.21
from there was a steep hill
and it went down to a big pond
00:24:46.25\00:24:49.42
and it just, it was pretty deep.
00:24:49.45\00:24:52.12
And so he started
backing this tractor up.
00:24:52.15\00:24:55.92
And he didn't have any brakes.
00:24:55.96\00:24:57.29
And I was at the patio, I
mean, all I could do is look,
00:24:57.33\00:25:00.36
I was on my knees
looking and I could see him
00:25:00.40\00:25:02.00
he was trying to and
he was going backwards
00:25:02.03\00:25:03.67
with a tractor which
is zipping down this hill.
00:25:03.70\00:25:05.97
And I thought,
oh, Lord, save him.
00:25:06.00\00:25:08.20
And so, there was,
there happen to be a tree
00:25:08.24\00:25:10.31
and one of his tires on
the inside caught the tree,
00:25:10.34\00:25:12.87
it flipped the tractor
around, it never flipped over,
00:25:12.91\00:25:15.44
all the logs siding flew
into the pond but it caught him
00:25:15.48\00:25:18.68
just before the
tractor went to the pond.
00:25:18.71\00:25:21.15
Now he sat there
until I got down and down,
00:25:21.18\00:25:23.62
he was kind of
shook up to say the least.
00:25:23.65\00:25:27.16
We pulled those logs
siding out of the pond,
00:25:27.19\00:25:30.43
gathered it back
up, went back there
00:25:30.46\00:25:32.49
and we were just
talking and thanking the Lord.
00:25:32.53\00:25:34.30
He said, "Do you know, Dwight."
00:25:34.33\00:25:35.66
He said, "I've got
to share this with you,
00:25:35.70\00:25:38.23
I was pretty
discouraged this morning."
00:25:38.27\00:25:40.90
And he said, "So I was
praying all the way up here,
00:25:40.94\00:25:43.67
taking about 30
minutes to get here."
00:25:43.71\00:25:45.04
He said, "I was
praying all the way up.
00:25:45.07\00:25:46.41
Lord, you know I need to
know that you still care for me.
00:25:46.44\00:25:51.21
Lord, I need to
see a miracle today."
00:25:51.25\00:25:56.25
And he said, "You know, Dwight."
00:25:56.28\00:25:57.62
He said, "I've
learned one thing,
00:25:57.65\00:25:58.99
I don't think I'm gonna
pray for a miracle for a while."
00:25:59.02\00:26:02.86
You see sometimes
we pray for things
00:26:02.89\00:26:06.43
because we're discouraged
and that's not wrong,
00:26:06.46\00:26:08.23
God loves us no matter what.
00:26:08.26\00:26:10.33
But sometimes we
pray for miracles
00:26:10.37\00:26:13.54
when we really don't
know what we're praying for.
00:26:13.57\00:26:15.67
Amen?
00:26:15.70\00:26:20.11
If you turn in your
Bibles, I like this text,
00:26:20.14\00:26:22.71
it reminds me of
what we all need to be.
00:26:22.74\00:26:25.81
If you turn in your Bibles to
00:26:25.85\00:26:29.52
1 Kings 3.
00:26:29.55\00:26:33.36
1 Kings 3, that's
in the Old Testament.
00:26:33.39\00:26:37.33
1 Kings, there's the 1
Kings and there's the 2 Kings.
00:26:37.36\00:26:40.26
Go to 1 Kings 3.
00:26:40.30\00:26:44.87
And we'll read verse 7-12.
00:26:44.90\00:26:48.17
Now this is what
I've asked for years.
00:26:48.20\00:26:52.57
And this was something
that Solomon prayed for.
00:26:52.61\00:26:58.55
Okay. 1 Kings 3, are you there?
00:26:58.58\00:27:00.98
Verse 7-12.
00:27:01.02\00:27:02.45
It says, "Now, O Lord my God,
You have made Your servant king
00:27:05.49\00:27:09.96
instead of my father
David, but I am a little child,
00:27:09.99\00:27:13.46
I do not know how
to come in or go out.
00:27:13.50\00:27:16.67
And Your servant is in
the midst of Your people
00:27:16.70\00:27:19.27
whom You have
chosen, a great people,
00:27:19.30\00:27:21.27
too numerous to be
numbered or counted.
00:27:21.30\00:27:23.57
Therefore give to Your
servant an understanding heart
00:27:23.61\00:27:26.91
to judge Your
people, that I may discern
00:27:26.94\00:27:28.48
between good and evil.
00:27:28.51\00:27:29.84
For who is able to judge
this great people of Yours?
00:27:29.88\00:27:33.52
And the speech pleased the Lord,
00:27:33.55\00:27:35.72
that Solomon had
asked this thing.
00:27:35.75\00:27:37.82
Then God said to him,
00:27:37.85\00:27:39.19
"Because you
have asked this thing,
00:27:39.22\00:27:41.22
and have not asked for
long life for yourself,
00:27:41.26\00:27:44.03
nor have you asked
riches for yourself,
00:27:44.06\00:27:46.49
nor have you asked
the life of your enemies,
00:27:46.53\00:27:50.17
but you have asked
for yourself understanding
00:27:50.20\00:27:53.13
to discern justice, behold,
00:27:53.17\00:27:58.04
I have done
according to your words,
00:27:58.07\00:28:00.11
see, I have given you a
wise and understanding heart,
00:28:00.14\00:28:03.14
so that there has not been
anyone like you before you,
00:28:03.18\00:28:06.48
nor shall there will be
anyone like this after you.'"
00:28:06.51\00:28:10.72
That's the prayer that
you and I should be praying
00:28:10.75\00:28:13.92
when we ask for miracles.
00:28:13.96\00:28:15.86
Do you think God
wants to give us miracles?
00:28:15.89\00:28:19.49
Do you think
miracles are for you?
00:28:19.53\00:28:23.53
What are miracles really for?
00:28:23.57\00:28:24.90
Why do you think God
blesses us with miracles?
00:28:24.93\00:28:27.84
Because we know it's God.
00:28:31.14\00:28:33.48
You know if I said like
I was that little child,
00:28:33.51\00:28:36.44
a teenager when I
said, "Lord, I'm visualizing
00:28:36.48\00:28:39.48
this million dollars."
00:28:39.51\00:28:41.75
Who do you think I
would have used that for?
00:28:41.78\00:28:44.09
Me.
00:28:44.12\00:28:45.45
Oh, I would have
given some to God.
00:28:45.49\00:28:47.92
And you know isn't it
strange that when we do this
00:28:47.96\00:28:50.39
kind of thing that
we're kidding ourselves
00:28:50.43\00:28:52.49
because by the way
who owns everything?
00:28:52.53\00:28:55.10
God. God does.
00:28:55.13\00:28:56.90
We don't own any of it says,
it says in Psalms that says,
00:28:56.93\00:29:01.04
"I own the cattle
upon a thousand hill."
00:29:01.07\00:29:02.80
I even own the
hills, I own everything,
00:29:02.84\00:29:05.14
I don't need
anything that you have
00:29:05.17\00:29:06.51
because
everything you have is mine.
00:29:06.54\00:29:09.78
But so often, I know in my own
experience I pray for miracles
00:29:09.81\00:29:14.58
because I want it for my
glory, that's not for my glory.
00:29:14.62\00:29:18.75
And everything
that we do in life
00:29:18.79\00:29:21.06
should be for the glory of God.
00:29:21.09\00:29:22.42
Amen. Amen.
00:29:22.46\00:29:26.19
Well, if you can
have a prayer of Solomon,
00:29:26.23\00:29:30.03
I believe that you'll
start getting somewhere.
00:29:30.07\00:29:33.70
I want to talk a
little bit about the miracles
00:29:33.74\00:29:35.84
that are just taking
place here about these Bibles.
00:29:35.87\00:29:39.07
You know, I have a
burden and I have it
00:29:39.11\00:29:41.61
since I've given
my heart to the Lord
00:29:41.64\00:29:42.98
about 22 years ago.
00:29:43.01\00:29:44.88
I've had a burden to
get truth filled books
00:29:44.91\00:29:47.85
and get this Word
of God out to people,
00:29:47.88\00:29:50.12
not just get a Bible to them,
but I want to see the Bible
00:29:50.15\00:29:53.62
change people's lives.
00:29:53.66\00:29:55.02
Amen?
00:29:55.06\00:29:56.39
You know when I was younger,
when I was reading the Bible,
00:29:56.42\00:29:58.63
there were some good
stories, David and Goliath,
00:29:58.66\00:30:00.26
I like that story,
I know I like Moses.
00:30:00.30\00:30:03.37
By the way, you know,
if you read in Genesis
00:30:03.40\00:30:06.03
and Exodus, there's a lot
of miracles in those books.
00:30:06.07\00:30:08.74
Amen?
00:30:08.77\00:30:10.77
I just have to make a side note,
00:30:10.81\00:30:12.67
how the Lord will
do these miracles,
00:30:12.71\00:30:14.51
but Moses led the
children out of Egypt.
00:30:14.54\00:30:21.52
Where did he lead them to?
00:30:21.55\00:30:22.88
What was the first
place he led them to?
00:30:22.92\00:30:26.96
He led them into
a trap, didn't he?
00:30:26.99\00:30:28.99
Someone set a trap.
00:30:29.02\00:30:30.36
Really, ultimately he
led them there in this canyon
00:30:30.39\00:30:32.99
and the only way to get
out is either to go back
00:30:33.03\00:30:35.36
where the Egyptian were
coming with all their armies,
00:30:35.40\00:30:37.93
sure to be slaughtered
00:30:37.97\00:30:39.30
or taken back as
prisoners and slaves again
00:30:39.33\00:30:41.40
or the Red Sea.
00:30:41.44\00:30:42.80
Now they knew they
couldn't go through the Red Sea.
00:30:42.84\00:30:45.47
I mean, anyone
with common sense knows
00:30:45.51\00:30:47.71
that they're not gonna
march through the Red Sea.
00:30:47.74\00:30:51.21
And they're sitting there,
of course, they're complaining.
00:30:51.25\00:30:54.05
And Moses praised the
Lord and the Lord says,
00:30:54.08\00:30:55.98
"What really,
what's wrong with you?
00:30:56.02\00:30:57.55
I mean, if you've
forgotten that I'm God."
00:30:57.59\00:31:00.26
And so what did Moses
do? He parted that Red Sea.
00:31:00.29\00:31:03.43
You know, a person
told me one time that
00:31:03.46\00:31:07.30
and I don't know
if this is a story
00:31:07.33\00:31:08.66
or it's true, I don't know.
00:31:08.70\00:31:10.87
I remember a guy telling
me, I don't know if it was him
00:31:10.90\00:31:12.73
or somebody else but
he said, he was in...
00:31:12.77\00:31:15.17
This guy was in college
with another college roommate
00:31:15.20\00:31:18.07
and his college
roommate was an atheist.
00:31:18.11\00:31:20.68
And he said as he was
studying his Bible at night,
00:31:20.71\00:31:23.51
he'd open up his
Bible and he'd study it.
00:31:23.55\00:31:25.51
And the atheist
would come and say,
00:31:25.55\00:31:26.88
"Well, what are
you read now there,
00:31:26.92\00:31:28.25
Mr. preacher man?"
00:31:28.28\00:31:29.62
And he'd share
what he was reading.
00:31:29.65\00:31:31.79
And then this atheist would
constantly just get on his case
00:31:31.82\00:31:37.43
and heckle him and say,
"Oh, that's just hogwash.
00:31:37.46\00:31:40.76
That's, I mean, and he would try
00:31:40.80\00:31:42.46
to always come up with reasons
why that it really wasn't true
00:31:42.50\00:31:45.37
or it had
nothing to do with a God.
00:31:45.40\00:31:48.57
And this young
man was very quiet
00:31:48.60\00:31:51.41
and he would just keep reading.
00:31:51.44\00:31:52.77
Well, one night this
man was reading about Moses,
00:31:52.81\00:31:56.41
parting the Red Sea
and this atheist came in
00:31:56.44\00:32:00.02
and he says,
"Yeah, you know what,
00:32:00.05\00:32:02.48
you say he parted the Red Sea
00:32:02.52\00:32:03.85
but I just want
you to know something."
00:32:03.89\00:32:05.22
He says, "They
have did some studies
00:32:05.25\00:32:07.02
and where that Red Sea
was at where they crossed,
00:32:07.06\00:32:09.29
it was only
about two inches deep."
00:32:09.32\00:32:13.46
And that young man
just smile and he says,
00:32:13.50\00:32:17.83
"Oh, I can't believe it.
00:32:17.87\00:32:19.20
What a miracle."
00:32:19.23\00:32:20.80
And the guy says what
are you talking about.
00:32:20.84\00:32:22.17
He said, well he said,
it's just amazing to me.
00:32:22.20\00:32:24.54
He said that's a greater miracle
00:32:24.57\00:32:25.97
than God parting the Red Sea,
00:32:26.01\00:32:28.04
even if it was only
two inches 'cause he says,
00:32:28.08\00:32:29.94
how in the world could
all those Egyptian armies
00:32:29.98\00:32:32.48
die in two inches of water.
00:32:32.51\00:32:34.25
If you read your
Bible, God has miracles
00:32:37.55\00:32:41.39
and He will do
those miracles for you.
00:32:41.42\00:32:43.69
And so this Bible
project that we came about.
00:32:43.73\00:32:48.03
I went over to Africa
and we have some books,
00:32:48.06\00:32:53.50
first off this man
came to me, he said,
00:32:53.54\00:32:55.34
"Dwight, you print good
books, good quality books,
00:32:55.37\00:32:58.01
you have good prices."
00:32:58.04\00:32:59.37
He said, "Would you
please help us with some books?"
00:32:59.41\00:33:02.38
And he said and he said, I
know that you help us with some
00:33:02.41\00:33:05.68
but I would like you
to come over to Africa.
00:33:05.71\00:33:08.08
Have you ever been there?
00:33:08.12\00:33:09.45
And I said, "No, I've
been almost everywhere else
00:33:09.48\00:33:10.82
in the world but I
haven't been there."
00:33:10.85\00:33:12.19
He said, "I invite
you personally over there.
00:33:12.22\00:33:14.26
I want you to
see what's going on."
00:33:14.29\00:33:17.46
And so when I went over there,
00:33:17.49\00:33:19.09
we went into the
country of Zimbabwe.
00:33:19.13\00:33:22.03
And it was Harare, a big city.
00:33:22.06\00:33:24.53
And they were having
a meeting that weekend
00:33:24.57\00:33:26.74
and they rented this stadium,
00:33:26.77\00:33:28.27
it held 65,000
people, big stadium.
00:33:28.30\00:33:31.47
And so they invited me there,
invited me there to speak.
00:33:31.51\00:33:34.74
And so when I went there
that morning I'll never forget,
00:33:34.78\00:33:37.81
as they picked
me up, it was about
00:33:37.85\00:33:40.08
quarter after seven in
the morning their time.
00:33:40.12\00:33:42.38
Now as they pick me
up, they were driving,
00:33:42.42\00:33:44.22
it was probably
5, 6, 7, 8 miles.
00:33:44.25\00:33:46.69
And as we got on the freeway,
I could see the coliseum out
00:33:46.72\00:33:51.03
in the distance, a long
way off in the distance.
00:33:51.06\00:33:53.50
And as we got about
two miles from there,
00:33:53.53\00:33:55.83
I saw some police
lights, you know, the sirens.
00:33:55.86\00:33:59.63
And they were
flipping their lights
00:33:59.67\00:34:01.00
and there was one on
one side of the freeway
00:34:01.04\00:34:02.94
and one on the other.
00:34:02.97\00:34:04.31
And they had two
lanes blocked off.
00:34:04.34\00:34:06.37
And as we got closer maybe
about a mile and a half away,
00:34:06.41\00:34:10.08
all of a sudden
here's a row of people
00:34:10.11\00:34:13.11
probably five
deep and mile long.
00:34:13.15\00:34:17.29
And they were
walking to that stadium.
00:34:17.32\00:34:19.69
Now I want you to
know that I talked to
00:34:19.72\00:34:21.92
some of those
folks and some of them
00:34:21.96\00:34:23.83
had been walking for 15 miles.
00:34:23.86\00:34:27.10
They must have got up at 4:30
00:34:27.13\00:34:28.66
or 5:00 in the
morning and it was 7:30.
00:34:28.70\00:34:30.73
And the meeting by
the way didn't start
00:34:30.77\00:34:32.10
till 9:30 in the morning.
00:34:32.13\00:34:34.40
And they were
walking at least five deep,
00:34:34.44\00:34:36.57
a mile long and
they were singing.
00:34:36.60\00:34:38.94
I couldn't believe it.
00:34:38.97\00:34:40.31
I could not believe
it and so we were driving
00:34:40.34\00:34:41.68
on the left lane.
00:34:41.71\00:34:43.04
And as we were
going and they had smiles,
00:34:43.08\00:34:44.51
they were all dressed
up, they had their children,
00:34:44.55\00:34:46.58
they were walking together,
it was utterly amazing to me
00:34:46.61\00:34:51.02
because here in
America many times,
00:34:51.05\00:34:53.25
we can't even
get there to a church
00:34:53.29\00:34:55.99
or to a gathering 15
minutes late with a car.
00:34:56.02\00:35:00.83
And they were walking.
00:35:00.86\00:35:02.80
And they were happy
and they were singing.
00:35:02.83\00:35:05.43
And they, and the people there,
00:35:05.47\00:35:07.44
this is how much
they need the Word.
00:35:07.47\00:35:10.41
The person that was putting
us on is pastor, he said,
00:35:10.44\00:35:14.04
"I don't want the
church members to show up."
00:35:14.08\00:35:17.01
Because he said,
"We filled the stadium."
00:35:17.05\00:35:19.41
He said, "We just want
the people that have been
00:35:19.45\00:35:22.42
taking Bible
studies, 25,000 people walk
00:35:22.45\00:35:26.79
to that stadium that had
been taking Bible studies."
00:35:26.82\00:35:29.22
And the Bible studies
were given by lay people.
00:35:29.26\00:35:31.39
Amen.
00:35:31.43\00:35:32.76
By just people like you and I,
00:35:32.79\00:35:34.20
and they were
giving Bible studies.
00:35:34.23\00:35:35.63
And these people
had been taking them
00:35:35.66\00:35:37.07
for probably five or six weeks
00:35:37.10\00:35:38.43
in the homes of
these lay people.
00:35:38.47\00:35:40.47
And they were
learning about Jesus,
00:35:40.50\00:35:42.27
they were learning
that you could trust
00:35:42.30\00:35:43.64
this right here,
this Word of God.
00:35:43.67\00:35:45.37
And they were starting
to make a track on there
00:35:45.41\00:35:47.04
and they were so excited.
00:35:47.08\00:35:48.74
And so they were walking
there, they went there 25,000.
00:35:48.78\00:35:53.01
Now those folks
invited another 20,000.
00:35:53.05\00:35:58.25
Amen.
00:35:58.29\00:35:59.62
Forty five thousand
people at this stadium,
00:35:59.65\00:36:02.49
no church members,
the only church members
00:36:02.52\00:36:04.69
that were there,
they had a choir there
00:36:04.73\00:36:06.23
by the way and
I've got video of it.
00:36:06.26\00:36:08.13
A choir of a thousand people.
00:36:08.16\00:36:10.73
If you can
imagine, no loudspeakers,
00:36:10.77\00:36:13.00
no microphones and
there's outdoor stadium,
00:36:13.03\00:36:16.47
a thousand people,
they all had white robes on
00:36:16.50\00:36:19.44
and they were singing.
00:36:19.47\00:36:20.81
And it just echoed
through that stadium.
00:36:20.84\00:36:22.28
It was just, I'll
never forget that time.
00:36:22.31\00:36:25.78
But other than that
and other than leaders,
00:36:25.81\00:36:28.15
these people were
just people that had got
00:36:28.18\00:36:30.92
into the Word of God, 45,000.
00:36:30.95\00:36:33.49
And when they
asked for an altar call,
00:36:33.52\00:36:35.06
those people come up to
give their hearts to the Lord,
00:36:35.09\00:36:37.49
they had already
made their studies.
00:36:37.53\00:36:39.19
And after it was over with,
we had a meeting that afternoon
00:36:39.23\00:36:43.80
and he said, "Now,
Dwight, do you know
00:36:43.83\00:36:46.70
and do you see the need?"
00:36:46.74\00:36:48.07
And I said, "Yes."
00:36:48.10\00:36:49.44
And he said, "We
need some of your books."
00:36:49.47\00:36:52.37
And he said, also if you
could print some Bible studies.
00:36:52.41\00:36:55.41
And so he gave me
the set of Bible studies,
00:36:55.44\00:36:58.38
there's one Bible
study and I was looking
00:36:58.41\00:37:00.38
at the Bible study and I was,
00:37:00.42\00:37:02.18
I was looking at
some of the questions.
00:37:02.22\00:37:03.69
And when I was in school
but I didn't really like school
00:37:03.72\00:37:08.29
that well,
didn't do all that well.
00:37:08.32\00:37:09.96
And I hated tests.
00:37:09.99\00:37:12.09
But as I looked at that,
any time when I went to school
00:37:12.13\00:37:16.26
and took a test they
never gave me the answers.
00:37:16.30\00:37:19.23
But on this Bible,
on these Bible studies
00:37:19.27\00:37:21.00
they had the question and
then they gave the Bible text
00:37:21.04\00:37:24.54
but they gave the answer.
00:37:24.57\00:37:26.44
And I said,
"Well, I don't understand
00:37:26.47\00:37:28.48
what if you're
asking the question,
00:37:28.51\00:37:30.68
they need to look
it up in the Bible
00:37:30.71\00:37:32.21
and they need to
write it down themselves."
00:37:32.25\00:37:34.75
It just makes common
sense to me, how about you?
00:37:34.78\00:37:37.22
And here was the
answer that he gave me.
00:37:37.25\00:37:39.72
He said, "Dwight, these
people cannot afford Bibles.
00:37:39.75\00:37:46.09
They don't have any money."
00:37:46.13\00:37:47.80
I said, "You got
to be kidding me.
00:37:47.83\00:37:49.16
Bible is not that expensive."
00:37:49.20\00:37:51.23
He said and then he started
explaining that 35% to 40%
00:37:51.27\00:37:56.50
of the people
over there in that area
00:37:56.54\00:38:00.18
are not
unemployed, they have no work.
00:38:00.21\00:38:03.28
Now over there they
don't have unemployment,
00:38:03.31\00:38:05.81
here we have unemployment.
00:38:05.85\00:38:07.28
Even if you get fired,
00:38:07.32\00:38:08.65
many times you
can get on employment.
00:38:08.68\00:38:10.02
You can quit and you
can still get on employment.
00:38:10.05\00:38:11.95
Over there, if they don't
have a job, they have no money.
00:38:11.99\00:38:16.22
And the average wage
you heard it on the video,
00:38:16.26\00:38:18.86
the average wage
if you have a job
00:38:18.89\00:38:20.83
is between $30 and $40 a month.
00:38:20.86\00:38:24.47
I don't know about you
but I know I could go out here
00:38:24.50\00:38:27.17
probably in the evenings,
go up and down the road
00:38:27.20\00:38:29.67
and probably collect
pot plant cans and beer cans
00:38:29.70\00:38:32.87
and all kinds of cans or bottles
00:38:32.91\00:38:35.01
and probably get
close to that in a month.
00:38:35.04\00:38:37.08
Do you think you could
do that if you really tried?
00:38:37.11\00:38:38.85
They can't do that over there.
They can't, they have no money.
00:38:38.88\00:38:44.72
And so I said, "Where do
you get these folks Bibles?"
00:38:44.75\00:38:50.99
And the other thing
that he told me that really
00:38:51.03\00:38:53.26
just hit home with
me was that he said,
00:38:53.29\00:38:55.30
"Do you know, Dwight
that 35% of these people
00:38:55.33\00:38:58.00
over here have HIV virus, AIDS?"
00:38:58.03\00:39:01.30
And they have it from
the age of 15 to age 30.
00:39:01.34\00:39:05.47
That's so young.
00:39:05.51\00:39:06.88
I mean, the devil is
killing the young people.
00:39:06.91\00:39:09.74
And these people
need to know the truth.
00:39:09.78\00:39:11.25
Amen.
00:39:11.28\00:39:13.75
And it just broke my
heart because it's easy to watch
00:39:13.78\00:39:16.69
something here, it's easy
to see it on the television
00:39:16.72\00:39:19.22
but sometimes we get
hardened to what people need
00:39:19.25\00:39:23.49
'cause even you and
I, when I'm over there,
00:39:23.53\00:39:26.36
it doesn't matter how poor,
00:39:26.39\00:39:27.73
if I took the
poorest person here
00:39:27.76\00:39:29.80
that even didn't have a
car, didn't live in a house.
00:39:29.83\00:39:34.50
If you went over
there, you would be rich.
00:39:34.54\00:39:37.34
I'm not just saying that's true.
00:39:37.37\00:39:40.78
I said, "By God's grace
we will get you Bibles."
00:39:44.08\00:39:51.05
He said, "How
are you gonna do it?"
00:39:51.09\00:39:52.42
I said, I don't know but
when I go back to America,
00:39:52.45\00:39:54.36
I'll start
traveling, I'll start traveling
00:39:54.39\00:39:56.59
around the
world, I'll ask people,
00:39:56.62\00:39:59.16
people have money.
00:39:59.19\00:40:00.53
Besides is it their
money? No, it's God's.
00:40:00.56\00:40:03.67
And I'm gonna ask
'cause I'm not afraid to ask,
00:40:03.70\00:40:05.20
it's not for me,
it's not for my glory.
00:40:05.23\00:40:07.27
And I know this is
God's will, He needs people
00:40:07.30\00:40:10.77
that know Him before they die.
00:40:10.81\00:40:13.38
I want to see
the most people saved
00:40:13.41\00:40:15.24
in the heavenly
kingdom that can be saved.
00:40:15.28\00:40:16.98
Do you? Can you
say amen to that?
00:40:17.01\00:40:18.85
Amen.
00:40:18.88\00:40:20.22
And you and I even
though we might not have you,
00:40:20.25\00:40:22.25
maybe some of you or none of you
00:40:22.28\00:40:23.65
will ever go over to Africa
or India or other countries
00:40:23.69\00:40:27.09
that desperately
need the Word of God.
00:40:27.12\00:40:29.96
By faith we can help people.
00:40:29.99\00:40:33.83
You know that we've probably
received, I don't even know,
00:40:33.86\00:40:37.70
we've got a count, I
don't keep up all the time
00:40:37.73\00:40:39.60
but probably over
15,000 used Bibles have come
00:40:39.63\00:40:43.00
into Remnant Publications.
00:40:43.04\00:40:45.34
Now that might not
sound like a lot but 15,000
00:40:45.37\00:40:49.54
used good Bibles
that have come in
00:40:49.58\00:40:52.38
from individuals, that
means thousands of people
00:40:52.41\00:40:57.32
that will never see
those people over there said,
00:40:57.35\00:40:59.99
"I can certainly give a
Bible that I don't even use.
00:41:00.02\00:41:03.09
I got three of them in my house,
00:41:03.12\00:41:04.46
I'm not even using them.
00:41:04.49\00:41:05.83
And they've been
giving him, we've printed
00:41:05.86\00:41:07.53
over 300,000 new bibles.
00:41:07.56\00:41:09.86
We're gonna be
getting ready to print another
00:41:09.90\00:41:11.57
300 new bibles,
thousand, 600,000.
00:41:11.60\00:41:15.77
Amen? Amen.
00:41:15.80\00:41:17.24
And you know here's
the neat thing about that,
00:41:17.27\00:41:19.81
like that Dee said,
"One Bible on an average
00:41:19.84\00:41:25.58
will get to 20 individuals.
00:41:25.61\00:41:27.72
I was just at a
show a few weeks ago
00:41:27.75\00:41:30.29
and an African
came up to me and said,
00:41:30.32\00:41:36.69
well, he actually
didn't come up to me,
00:41:36.73\00:41:38.06
he came up to, I think Deborah.
00:41:38.09\00:41:39.43
Deborah told me and I met him.
00:41:39.46\00:41:41.36
But he said, you know something.
00:41:41.40\00:41:42.73
He said, I'm
from Zambia, he said,
00:41:42.76\00:41:44.53
I've been giving Bible studies
and he says we got one Bible
00:41:44.57\00:41:47.94
in our home for 60 people.
00:41:47.97\00:41:51.64
One Bible for 60 people.
00:41:51.67\00:41:54.94
And I don't know when I ask,
so I'm gonna ask you right now,
00:41:54.98\00:41:56.95
how many of you have
00:41:56.98\00:41:58.31
at least one Bible in your home,
00:41:58.35\00:41:59.68
can I see your hands?
00:41:59.71\00:42:01.05
How many of you
have at least two?
00:42:01.08\00:42:02.42
Can I see your
hands. How about three?
00:42:02.45\00:42:04.65
Isn't that something?
00:42:04.69\00:42:06.02
And there they don't even
have one Bible for 60 people.
00:42:06.05\00:42:11.56
And so you and I can give
00:42:11.59\00:42:13.70
and we can share
with our friends.
00:42:13.73\00:42:15.06
And that was my commitment then.
00:42:15.10\00:42:18.17
We can all be a
part of God's plan.
00:42:18.20\00:42:22.54
It doesn't take money.
00:42:22.57\00:42:24.87
God owns everything, doesn't He?
00:42:24.91\00:42:28.21
You know, we
moved out to Montana.
00:42:28.24\00:42:33.45
And we sold our
business here in Coldwater.
00:42:33.48\00:42:36.18
And I am going to be sharing
some of these things later,
00:42:36.22\00:42:40.22
some miracles have taken
place in our family's life,
00:42:40.26\00:42:42.79
some practical things.
00:42:42.82\00:42:44.16
But when we were out
there we had about enough money
00:42:44.19\00:42:46.73
for three years
to live frugally.
00:42:46.76\00:42:51.27
And so after we built our house,
00:42:51.30\00:42:53.07
we want to be out of
debt so we had enough money
00:42:53.10\00:42:54.77
for a house, we had enough money
00:42:54.80\00:42:56.47
for about three years.
00:42:56.50\00:42:57.84
And we were
trying to live on between
00:42:57.87\00:42:59.21
$13,000, $15,000 a year.
00:42:59.24\00:43:00.81
Now you might say,
how can you do that?
00:43:00.84\00:43:02.61
Well, you can't go
buy a new car with that,
00:43:02.64\00:43:05.15
but when you chop your own wood.
00:43:05.18\00:43:08.28
And we live 50 miles
from the nearest town,
00:43:08.32\00:43:12.19
we lived right next
to Glacier National Park,
00:43:12.22\00:43:14.96
we boarded it, you'd looked out
and saw the 10,000 foot peak,
00:43:14.99\00:43:17.63
it was beautiful.
00:43:17.66\00:43:18.99
We had grizzly
bear, we had moose,
00:43:19.03\00:43:21.10
we'd have up to three
bears sometimes in our yard.
00:43:21.13\00:43:23.97
It was quite a place to
be to raise your children,
00:43:24.00\00:43:28.14
home school our kids.
00:43:28.17\00:43:29.94
And we had enough money
because we were out of debt
00:43:29.97\00:43:33.58
for those three years.
00:43:33.61\00:43:34.94
Now I told my wife, my
wife is, we've been married
00:43:34.98\00:43:37.45
almost 30 years now.
00:43:37.48\00:43:39.21
And she says, Dwight, no
matter what you need to do,
00:43:39.25\00:43:44.32
you need to take
care of the kids."
00:43:44.35\00:43:48.79
So I said, "Honey, you know
me, I will dig ditches by hand
00:43:48.82\00:43:53.60
with a shovel if I have
to, I will never let you down
00:43:53.63\00:43:56.77
or kids down."
00:43:56.80\00:43:58.13
And, of course, I
had Remnant Publications
00:43:58.17\00:43:59.97
at the time and working there.
00:44:00.00\00:44:01.97
And so two years came by
and she came up to me one day
00:44:02.00\00:44:04.87
and she said, "Dwight."
00:44:04.91\00:44:07.98
She said, "You know something."
00:44:08.01\00:44:09.48
She says, "We've got just
about enough money for you
00:44:09.51\00:44:13.01
to go in town this week
and buy yourself a shovel."
00:44:13.05\00:44:16.22
Because she was
taking care of the checkbook.
00:44:16.25\00:44:19.39
And so I said,
"Are you telling us
00:44:19.42\00:44:20.89
we don't have much money left.
00:44:20.92\00:44:22.26
And she said, "No."
00:44:22.29\00:44:23.63
And we got onto our
knees right then and we prayed
00:44:23.66\00:44:25.53
and I said, "Lord, I know
what You've called me to do,
00:44:25.56\00:44:28.30
You have called me
to be an ambassador,
00:44:28.33\00:44:30.73
You have called me
to get this truth out.
00:44:30.77\00:44:33.20
And money is not your problem.
00:44:33.23\00:44:35.54
And so we got up off our knees.
00:44:35.57\00:44:37.84
As I got up I was impressed
about, there was a person,
00:44:37.87\00:44:43.04
a very nice Christian man,
and he had a logging company.
00:44:43.08\00:44:47.18
And so, he had
been doing it for years,
00:44:47.22\00:44:49.28
had quite a crew
and I called him up
00:44:49.32\00:44:51.65
and asked if any of
the trees on our property
00:44:51.69\00:44:53.49
might be worth anything.
00:44:53.52\00:44:54.86
So he drove out
there and he looked around
00:44:54.89\00:44:56.99
and we had a
bunch of dead trees,
00:44:57.03\00:44:59.03
we only had 35 acres.
00:44:59.06\00:45:00.60
In that 35 acres,
much of it was swamp ground
00:45:00.63\00:45:03.67
but there was a lot of
trees but he went around
00:45:03.70\00:45:05.87
and looked there and
he said, "Well, Dwight."
00:45:05.90\00:45:07.57
He said, "I'll tell you what."
00:45:07.60\00:45:08.94
He said, "I will
give you $3500 right now
00:45:08.97\00:45:13.88
for your dead trees.
00:45:13.91\00:45:16.95
I said, "$3500?"
00:45:16.98\00:45:18.58
He said, "That is $700 per load
00:45:18.61\00:45:23.89
for five loads."
00:45:23.92\00:45:25.69
'Cause I am
optimist, I'm a dreamer
00:45:25.72\00:45:28.52
and I've been
told I'm an optimist,
00:45:28.56\00:45:29.99
I'm softmist, I
have fault there.
00:45:30.03\00:45:32.46
And so I said, "Wow."
00:45:32.49\00:45:34.23
I said, "Well, what
if there's more trees.
00:45:34.26\00:45:37.53
I mean, if there's more
trees would you continue
00:45:37.57\00:45:39.67
to pay $700 a load?"
00:45:39.70\00:45:41.14
He said, "Well
Dwight, if there's,
00:45:41.17\00:45:43.00
if there's six loads,
seven loads, eight loads,
00:45:43.04\00:45:44.81
it doesn't
matter, whatever it is,
00:45:44.84\00:45:46.17
I'll give you $700 a load.
00:45:46.21\00:45:48.48
He said, "By the way, Dwight,
00:45:48.51\00:45:49.84
how many loads do
you think there is?"
00:45:49.88\00:45:51.21
And I said,
well, I'm not a logger.
00:45:51.25\00:45:52.61
But I said, I'm hoping
they get like eight or nine.
00:45:52.65\00:45:57.35
And I'll never forget it,
we were walking in the woods
00:45:57.39\00:46:00.26
and he's looking, he
said, "Dwight, you know,
00:46:00.29\00:46:02.02
there's a dead tree
over there and you know
00:46:02.06\00:46:04.09
there's one over here
and there's one over there."
00:46:04.13\00:46:06.23
Now we're in the thick woods.
00:46:06.26\00:46:07.60
He says, "You're thinking
at the sparsely dead trees
00:46:07.63\00:46:11.70
that you're
gonna get seven loads?"
00:46:11.73\00:46:14.60
He said, "Well, I
like your attitude,
00:46:14.64\00:46:17.21
if there is I'll give
it to you, no problem."
00:46:17.24\00:46:20.48
And he was like I said a
good Christian man, he said,
00:46:20.51\00:46:23.58
"Will be there next
week, it won't take a week
00:46:23.61\00:46:25.61
to harvest these trees."
00:46:25.65\00:46:29.72
So they came back with
a crew, with the loggers
00:46:29.75\00:46:32.02
and everything.
00:46:32.05\00:46:33.39
And they worked all week long.
00:46:33.42\00:46:34.76
And that Friday
went outdoors, went down.
00:46:34.79\00:46:38.03
And we could look from
our house, we went down,
00:46:38.06\00:46:40.00
it was that pond
and across the pond,
00:46:40.03\00:46:42.16
they had what they
call a loading deck.
00:46:42.20\00:46:44.83
And that's where they were
dragging all these dead trees
00:46:44.87\00:46:47.44
and they were
putting in his big pile
00:46:47.47\00:46:48.84
'cause we're praying Lord
you know multiply that pile.
00:46:48.87\00:46:51.64
You know multiply
it, we want more trees,
00:46:51.67\00:46:53.61
more dead trees.
00:46:53.64\00:46:55.34
Now I went out
Friday, and I said,
00:46:55.38\00:46:56.71
"Well, are you about finished?"
00:46:56.75\00:46:58.08
He said take about a week.
00:46:58.11\00:46:59.58
And they looked
at me and they said,
00:46:59.61\00:47:00.95
"Well, we thought
we had it all finished
00:47:00.98\00:47:03.75
but when we were
coming back this afternoon,
00:47:03.79\00:47:06.69
there was a little stand
00:47:06.72\00:47:08.06
a few more dead
trees over there,
00:47:08.09\00:47:09.42
so Monday will come in,
we'll finish the job off
00:47:09.46\00:47:11.63
and we will be through."
00:47:11.66\00:47:12.99
And so we prayed that weekend.
00:47:13.03\00:47:14.56
We pray God to
multiply those trees,
00:47:14.60\00:47:17.13
they came back Monday, I
went out Monday afternoon.
00:47:17.17\00:47:19.63
I said, "Well, did you get?"
00:47:19.67\00:47:22.30
And they said you know
what, as we were coming,
00:47:22.34\00:47:24.24
as we cut that stand, as
we was walking back over here
00:47:24.27\00:47:27.28
there was a stand over here.
00:47:27.31\00:47:28.64
Now are you gonna
remember, this isn't 150 acres
00:47:28.68\00:47:31.38
where they could miss something,
00:47:31.41\00:47:32.95
this is 35 acres and
some of it was swamp,
00:47:32.98\00:47:35.85
these were just dead trees,
they'd been all over the place.
00:47:35.88\00:47:39.45
So they said, but we
know, we'll have it through
00:47:39.49\00:47:43.63
by tomorrow Tuesday.
00:47:43.66\00:47:44.99
So I said, great.
00:47:45.03\00:47:46.70
Boy, I was gonna need
this, I had a little bounce
00:47:46.73\00:47:48.70
going back up that
hill, going into the house.
00:47:48.73\00:47:51.30
Come on, let's pray.
00:47:51.33\00:47:52.67
So the next day was Wednesday,
went back out on Wednesday.
00:47:52.70\00:47:56.91
Went down to him and I
said, well are you done.
00:47:56.94\00:47:59.67
And they shook
their head and they said,
00:47:59.71\00:48:01.04
we don't understand.
00:48:01.08\00:48:04.61
I wanted to tell him
that I know but I understand,
00:48:04.65\00:48:08.45
I have a God that
can make dead trees.
00:48:08.48\00:48:10.32
Amen.
00:48:10.35\00:48:12.35
And so that Wednesday he said,
00:48:12.39\00:48:14.39
well there was
another stand over here
00:48:14.42\00:48:15.89
but we don't know how these,
I mean, we've been all over it.
00:48:15.92\00:48:18.09
I mean, it's not like
00:48:18.13\00:48:19.46
they're hiding
around the corner.
00:48:19.49\00:48:21.70
And so they cut
it down Wednesday,
00:48:21.73\00:48:23.67
the next went out and
there was another dead stand.
00:48:23.70\00:48:25.97
And they said it's
like the widow's mite.
00:48:26.00\00:48:29.07
Or the widow's, excuse
me not the widow's mite,
00:48:29.10\00:48:30.44
the widow's oil.
00:48:30.47\00:48:31.81
It's like every time we go
out there's more dead trees.
00:48:31.84\00:48:34.14
They said you know
we're not gonna tell you
00:48:34.18\00:48:35.74
when we'll get done.
00:48:35.78\00:48:38.01
They were there for three weeks,
00:48:38.05\00:48:39.38
brothers and
sisters, three weeks.
00:48:39.41\00:48:42.42
They hauled off 18 loads. Amen.
00:48:42.45\00:48:46.02
Not 5, 18 loads of dead trees.
00:48:46.05\00:48:51.23
And we ended up with $13,000.
00:48:51.26\00:48:54.53
Exactly what we needed
to live for another year.
00:48:54.56\00:48:57.73
Is God in the
business of miracles?
00:48:57.77\00:48:59.50
Amen. Amen.
00:48:59.53\00:49:01.04
And I'm nothing special.
00:49:01.07\00:49:03.47
You know, I was mentioning
to Debbie when we were talking.
00:49:03.51\00:49:07.08
We've known each
other for a while
00:49:07.11\00:49:08.44
but not in a personal way.
00:49:08.48\00:49:09.88
I've met her at
different shows and stuff.
00:49:09.91\00:49:12.21
And she said, I read
a little bit about you
00:49:12.25\00:49:13.92
and, man, it's kind
of surprising and I mean,
00:49:13.95\00:49:18.02
I was at four high schools
in one semester, my junior,
00:49:18.05\00:49:22.79
kicked out of
two church academies.
00:49:22.82\00:49:25.03
I left God all together,
went into the Airborne Rangers.
00:49:25.06\00:49:28.26
I mean, I was bitter,
nothing at all, I'm just dirt,
00:49:28.30\00:49:33.30
I'm just dust.
00:49:33.34\00:49:35.27
But with God, when you
give your heart to Jesus
00:49:35.30\00:49:38.71
and you will
surrender all that you have,
00:49:38.74\00:49:40.48
He wants to do big miracles.
00:49:40.51\00:49:42.84
He wants to make
dead trees in your life.
00:49:42.88\00:49:46.51
Don't you want them?
00:49:46.55\00:49:48.35
Don't you want to
surrender your hearts
00:49:48.38\00:49:49.82
so that He can do...
00:49:49.85\00:49:51.19
Don't you think that
He's tired more than even you?
00:49:51.22\00:49:53.46
Are you tired of this world?
00:49:53.49\00:49:55.92
Are you tired of
seeing on the news more rapes
00:49:55.96\00:49:58.69
and more people being
killed in the war over in Iraq
00:49:58.73\00:50:00.96
and our young men being killed?
00:50:01.00\00:50:02.76
Are you tired of that?
00:50:02.80\00:50:04.57
And you know what
we want to blame man.
00:50:04.60\00:50:07.30
Well, it's the Republicans.
00:50:07.34\00:50:08.67
Well, no, it's the Democrats.
00:50:08.70\00:50:10.04
Well, no, it's just everybody,
but it's not my fault.
00:50:10.07\00:50:12.11
No, I have to put
the blame on to me.
00:50:12.14\00:50:17.05
I'm the one who's
crucified my savior.
00:50:17.08\00:50:19.48
What about you?
00:50:19.51\00:50:21.25
We've got to quit putting
the blame on everybody else.
00:50:21.28\00:50:25.69
If you want to
see miracles happen,
00:50:25.72\00:50:27.22
start getting on your
knees and surrendering all that
00:50:27.26\00:50:30.36
you have to Christ,
because He wants to do
00:50:30.39\00:50:33.70
great things.
00:50:33.73\00:50:35.43
And He is God, He is God
00:50:35.46\00:50:38.67
and He will do those
miracles in your life.
00:50:38.70\00:50:42.00
I'll leave you with one,
one more story and I'll close.
00:50:42.04\00:50:45.57
I don't know about you
but the one thing I like
00:50:48.78\00:50:51.31
about the Bible,
I like the stories.
00:50:51.35\00:50:53.42
Before I gave my
heart to the Lord,
00:51:06.70\00:51:11.83
I remember
00:51:11.87\00:51:17.01
going to a set of meetings
00:51:17.04\00:51:19.27
and it was talking about really
giving their hearts to the Lord
00:51:19.31\00:51:21.44
and I had went away but I
knew that I needed something.
00:51:21.48\00:51:25.01
And I bought this
Bible, that was 22 years ago.
00:51:25.05\00:51:27.58
I've had it rebound,
recovered, it's all marked up.
00:51:27.62\00:51:33.29
And I hung, I put it
up in the air and I said,
00:51:33.32\00:51:36.66
"Lord, I will study this book
00:51:36.69\00:51:40.30
even if it's the
most boringest book
00:51:40.33\00:51:41.86
I've ever read.
00:51:41.90\00:51:43.87
Because I don't know about
you but there's a lot in here
00:51:43.90\00:51:45.63
I just don't understand.
00:51:45.67\00:51:47.40
I understand
about David and Goliath
00:51:47.44\00:51:49.64
that wasn't all that hard.
00:51:49.67\00:51:51.01
And Samson and Moses.
00:51:51.04\00:51:52.51
But some of these things
in here I just, you know,
00:51:52.54\00:51:56.44
I don't know about you
but probably none of you
00:51:56.48\00:51:58.55
have gotten kicked
out of two high schools
00:51:58.58\00:52:00.88
and been all over the country.
00:52:00.92\00:52:02.72
And one semester
just to try to finish.
00:52:02.75\00:52:05.82
So it was hard
for me but I said,
00:52:05.85\00:52:07.86
"Lord, I'm not playing church.
00:52:07.89\00:52:12.23
I'm not playing church anymore.
00:52:12.26\00:52:17.53
I'm going to read this
00:52:17.57\00:52:19.73
and I'm gonna
put it in my heart.
00:52:19.77\00:52:23.87
Because I know there's a God.
00:52:23.91\00:52:26.21
And I'm not gonna go
just to go to church."
00:52:26.24\00:52:29.31
There are people I
travel around the world
00:52:29.34\00:52:31.31
and I speak and I
see people that have
00:52:31.35\00:52:33.45
maybe been in the
church for 50 years
00:52:33.48\00:52:35.72
or 40 years or 30 years.
00:52:35.75\00:52:40.46
And I ask them what's happened
to you in the last 20 years?
00:52:40.49\00:52:44.23
And they don't know.
00:52:44.26\00:52:46.26
Most of the time, they tell
me that they're discouraged.
00:52:46.29\00:52:50.77
And they wished,
sometimes even they started,
00:52:50.80\00:52:52.67
just wished I was never born.
00:52:52.70\00:52:54.37
And I didn't want to be there.
00:52:57.94\00:52:59.77
And none of you
have to be there.
00:52:59.81\00:53:03.18
And so when I picked
that Bible up and I said,
00:53:03.21\00:53:06.41
"I will study this and
I will make it practical."
00:53:06.45\00:53:10.35
And then Lord by Your
grace, I will live Your Word.
00:53:10.39\00:53:14.02
Can we do that? Can't we?
00:53:14.06\00:53:16.73
Jesus said, "If you love
Me, keep My commandments.
00:53:16.76\00:53:19.16
If you love Me, obey
more and it even says taste
00:53:19.19\00:53:21.90
and see that I'm good."
00:53:21.93\00:53:23.73
And I said, you know what?
00:53:23.77\00:53:25.10
I'm going to and
to be honest with you,
00:53:25.13\00:53:26.84
when I first started
reading, it wasn't very good,
00:53:26.87\00:53:29.50
it was kind of blah.
00:53:29.54\00:53:30.91
You know, when you
get some kind of like
00:53:30.94\00:53:33.24
if you ever ate a
potato, a baked potato
00:53:33.27\00:53:34.94
with nothing on
it at all, nothing,
00:53:34.98\00:53:38.35
it's a kind of dry and you
have a hard time swallowing it.
00:53:38.38\00:53:42.38
That's how the Word of God
was to me when I first started.
00:53:42.42\00:53:45.09
I didn't understand
it all but I kept at it.
00:53:45.12\00:53:50.06
And I knew by God's
grace if He would teach me,
00:53:50.09\00:53:52.76
if I would surrender
and if I would learn.
00:53:52.79\00:53:58.40
And as I kept at it
and as I kept reading,
00:53:58.43\00:54:01.24
I fell in love with God's Word.
00:54:01.27\00:54:03.91
And I fell in
love with my savior
00:54:03.94\00:54:06.44
not that He just was my savior
but He's my Lord and my life.
00:54:06.47\00:54:10.71
And that's how I
got started in Remnant
00:54:10.75\00:54:12.38
because as I was praying
and had this other company
00:54:12.41\00:54:14.88
that was
successful with my brothers,
00:54:14.92\00:54:16.99
my father and uncle.
00:54:17.02\00:54:19.19
I was exercised, the Lord
and you know, it's strange,
00:54:19.22\00:54:22.96
I would pull out of my
wallet and write a check.
00:54:22.99\00:54:26.59
And I would give it
and the Lord kept saying,
00:54:26.63\00:54:28.70
"Dwight, I own the money,
the money is not my problem."
00:54:28.73\00:54:32.07
And by the way
you know God uses you
00:54:32.10\00:54:34.04
to give your
funds as a blessing.
00:54:34.07\00:54:37.37
But he says, "Dwight,
I've given you a talent
00:54:37.41\00:54:39.64
and I want you to work
for Me the rest of your life.
00:54:39.67\00:54:42.24
Will you do it?"
00:54:42.28\00:54:43.61
And I made my decision to do it.
00:54:43.65\00:54:45.61
And one person came to my house,
00:54:45.65\00:54:47.12
a minister one day
back here in Coldwater.
00:54:47.15\00:54:50.25
And he challenged me.
00:54:50.29\00:54:51.89
He said, "Dwight,
with your business
00:54:51.92\00:54:53.25
and your marketing ability,
00:54:53.29\00:54:54.62
you are to get
books of truth out
00:54:54.66\00:54:55.99
and the Bible to the
people can understand it.
00:54:56.02\00:54:58.09
And the minute he said
that, I had an audible voice
00:54:58.13\00:55:02.06
in my head, I've
never had it since,
00:55:02.10\00:55:03.90
I know what the
still small voice
00:55:03.93\00:55:05.27
is like the Holy Spirit.
00:55:05.30\00:55:06.63
But that voice said, "Dwight,
this is what I want you to do."
00:55:06.67\00:55:11.84
And I looked
back at me and I mean,
00:55:11.87\00:55:13.81
I was sure somebody is
yelling at me in back of me.
00:55:13.84\00:55:17.15
But there was no one there
00:55:17.18\00:55:18.51
and then when I look back around
00:55:18.55\00:55:19.88
and I must have
been white as a sheep
00:55:19.91\00:55:21.25
because this
minister said, "You okay?"
00:55:21.28\00:55:22.75
I was white. And
I never told him.
00:55:22.78\00:55:25.45
Right then I said,
"You know what, Pastor."
00:55:25.49\00:55:27.56
I said, "I'll pray
about it. I'll pray."
00:55:27.59\00:55:30.26
And for two weeks I prayed.
The Lord kept impressing me.
00:55:30.29\00:55:34.16
And I've never looked back.
00:55:34.20\00:55:36.50
I didn't know what
a printing press was,
00:55:36.53\00:55:38.67
I didn't know anything.
00:55:38.70\00:55:40.14
You don't have to
know anything today,
00:55:40.17\00:55:42.44
all you have to do is surrender
00:55:42.47\00:55:43.81
and God will work
miracles in your life.
00:55:43.84\00:55:47.04
Amen. Amen.
00:55:47.08\00:55:48.78
If possible would you kneel
with me for my closing prayer?
00:55:48.81\00:55:51.51
Father in heaven,
oh, Father, I know that
00:55:58.65\00:56:02.76
You are the God of the universe.
00:56:02.79\00:56:05.73
And Father, You've
allowed us to kneel before You,
00:56:05.76\00:56:10.60
before the throne of
grace and in the name of Jesus
00:56:10.63\00:56:12.77
and come boldly to that throne.
00:56:12.80\00:56:14.54
And we do that by faith today.
00:56:14.57\00:56:16.40
And Father, I pray for each one
00:56:16.44\00:56:17.77
of Your
precious dear souls here.
00:56:17.81\00:56:19.74
Father, touch their hearts.
00:56:19.77\00:56:22.34
Please Father, if
there's any discouragements here
00:56:22.38\00:56:24.08
I pray that You
will encourage them
00:56:24.11\00:56:26.72
and let them know
how much You love them,
00:56:26.75\00:56:28.52
no matter what they think.
00:56:28.55\00:56:29.88
That no matter who they
are and what they've done,
00:56:29.92\00:56:31.59
You can work
mighty works in them.
00:56:31.62\00:56:35.72
Because You will
take the unworthy
00:56:35.76\00:56:38.26
and make them worthy.
00:56:38.29\00:56:39.63
Oh, Father, be
with them, guide them,
00:56:39.66\00:56:43.16
help them to make that decision.
00:56:43.20\00:56:45.97
And Father, this is my
prayer 'cause I prayed in faith
00:56:46.00\00:56:49.07
and in the name of Jesus.
00:56:49.10\00:56:50.64
Amen. Amen.
00:56:50.67\00:56:52.47
The last words
to you this evening
00:56:55.78\00:56:57.61
before you go home, I
hope that you come back.
00:56:57.65\00:57:01.58
You won't want to miss anything,
00:57:01.62\00:57:03.69
the bottom line
is don't put it off.
00:57:03.72\00:57:07.22