€ €
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€ € Dave and Marlene Colburn
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€ €
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€ € Amazing Grace
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€ €
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€ € Holy, Holy, Holy
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€ €
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What a blessing that was. And
of course it is because our God
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is Holy, Holy, Holy that we
want to acknowledge that and do
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whatever we can to share people
that He is holy, that He does
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love them and that He is coming
back soon to receive them, to
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receive all of us. You know,
some of the things that we want
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to share with you today is not
only the good music but share
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some of the testimonies of
individuals who are involved
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in this project so that you
could understand that anybody
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and everybody can do it. You've
heard some of those testimonies
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already from Thursday
evening and I have some really
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interesting ones that the Bibles
for Africa project staff have
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collected that they thought
would be inspiring to you.
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So let me read this first
one from a young lady in Mena,
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Arkansas, all the way from
Arkansas. And she writes to one
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of the staff members and says,
I took this fantastic project to
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our church board meeting.
You guys know what happens at a
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church board meeting? Yeah.
Okay. And praise the Lord. Our
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church decided to support 50
dollars per month for the next
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year. Isn't that a blessing.
Also during the Sabbath worship
00:12:36.42\00:12:43.06
hour she showed a DVD that we
saw earlier to the congregation
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and handed out post paid
envelopes to everybody in the
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church. And she is praying that
the Holy Spirit will impress
00:12:51.50\00:12:55.57
their hearts to support this
project. Then she writes, I am
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sending you a check of 40
dollars for Africa. Our 25th
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wedding anniversary was May 25th
and we would rather spend this
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money for God's cause than
spending it on us. So again,
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a sacrifice that people are
making for the cause of God.
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Then there's another one here
from a Dr. Jesse Bradley from
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Oakwood College in Huntsville,
Alabama. She did this in a
00:13:22.60\00:13:26.50
unique way. She actually shared
the Bibles for Africa project
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with her Sabbath School class
and with the women's ministries
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group from camp meeting. So just
small clusters of people that
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she was introducing this by
her to other people. Her Sabbath
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School class returned 51
envelopes. That's a big class.
00:13:42.82\00:13:48.02
Fifty-one envelopes with 580
dollars, praise the Lord, for
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290 Bibles and every week, she
says, someone hands her another
00:13:53.43\00:13:58.27
envelope to hand in. So you see,
once you start this process, it
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just catches on. People want
to be a part of something that
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makes a difference in this world
With everything that we see on
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media and hear on the radio and
see on television, it's pretty
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hopeless, but we know that
we have hope in Jesus Christ. So
00:14:15.18\00:14:18.69
whatever people can do to be
able to extend a hand of hope
00:14:18.75\00:14:22.62
they want to be a part of this.
Let me read one more. This has
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become a favorite of mine,
Deborah. This is from a 94-year-
00:14:27.53\00:14:32.30
old woman in Everett, Washington
and she writes. First an inquiry
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I just heard about your work
from a friend. I am a Seventh-
00:14:37.04\00:14:42.71
day Adventist, age 94, and would
like to help. Send me something
00:14:42.74\00:14:46.68
I can read about it. Am sending
10 dollars now, more of the same
00:14:46.72\00:14:51.82
next month if it sounds good.
Now that's what I like, someone
00:14:51.85\00:14:56.39
who wants to be a responsible
steward of God's money. So she
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wants to check it out, so
information was sent and this
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is what she writes after having
received the information. After
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she received more information
she decided to send 35 dollars
00:15:07.74\00:15:11.97
a month and said: This is what
she said. That's all I can do
00:15:12.01\00:15:16.34
but as long as I am not in a
nursing home, I will have it to
00:15:16.38\00:15:22.12
send. Lois gets around her home
on a four-wheeled scooter and
00:15:22.15\00:15:28.12
still cooks her own supper
every night at 94 years old. So
00:15:28.19\00:15:32.99
her goal is to stay out of the
nursing home so she can support
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Bibles for Africa. What a worthy
cause. We're so grateful to God
00:15:38.00\00:15:42.90
that He's touched the hearts
of these and so many other
00:15:42.94\00:15:46.81
individuals. So we'll hear more
testimonies that will come up
00:15:46.84\00:15:50.15
after our next musical
selections that we will have
00:15:50.18\00:15:53.98
by a very capable young lady.
She is very blessed with gifts
00:15:54.02\00:15:58.95
that God has given her. Sophia
Tsadalbasidis is going to come
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and sing for you now.
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I'd Rather Have Jesus. € €
00:16:10.37\00:16:16.67
€I'd rather have
Jesus than silver or gold. €
00:16:16.71\00:16:31.82
€I'd rather be His
than have riches untold. €
00:16:31.85\00:16:44.83
€I'd rather have Jesus
than houses or lands. €
00:16:44.87\00:16:56.78
€I'd rather be lead by
His nail pierced hand. €
00:16:56.81\00:17:08.69
€Than to be the
king of a vast domain€
00:17:08.72\00:17:21.04
€or be held in
sin's dread sway. €
00:17:21.07\00:17:37.65
€I'd rather have
Jesus than man's applause€
00:17:37.69\00:17:48.76
€I'd rather be
faithful to His dear cause. €
00:17:48.80\00:17:59.14
€I'd rather have
Jesus than worldwide fame€
00:17:59.17\00:18:09.45
€I'd rather be
true to His holy name. €
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He's fairer than
Lilies of rarest bloom,
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€He's sweeter than
honey from out of the comb. €
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€He's all that my
hungering spirit needs€
00:18:45.29\00:18:55.30
€I'd rather have
Jesus and let Him lead.€
00:18:55.33\00:19:10.25
€Than to be the
queen of a vast domain€
00:19:10.28\00:19:19.09
€Than be held in
sin's dread sway. €
00:19:19.12\00:19:29.30
€I'd rather have
Jesus than anything€
00:19:29.33\00:19:39.47
€This world affords today. €
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€ € The Judgment Has Set € €
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The books have been opened.
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€How shall we
stand in that great day?€
00:20:23.85\00:20:34.46
€When every thought
in word and action. €
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€God the righteous
Judge shall reign. €
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€How shall we
stand in that great day?€
00:20:54.08\00:21:12.83
€Shall we be found
before Him wanting€
00:21:12.87\00:21:21.94
€Or with our sins
all washed away. €
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€ €
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€The work has begun with
those who are sleeping. €
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€Soon will the
living here be tried€
00:21:54.48\00:22:02.62
€Out of the book
of God's remembrance€
00:22:02.68\00:22:12.56
€His decision to abide€
00:22:12.59\00:22:24.87
€How shall we stand
that moment of searching?€
00:22:24.91\00:22:34.78
€When all our sins
sins those books reveal.
00:22:34.82\00:22:44.66
€When from the
courts, each case was decided€
00:22:44.69\00:22:53.13
€Shall we granted no appeal?€
00:22:53.17\00:23:04.78
€How shall we
stand in that great day?€
00:23:04.81\00:23:20.46
€Shall we be found
before Him wanting?
00:23:20.50\00:23:28.40
€Or with our sins, or
with our sins all washed away?€
00:23:28.44\00:23:58.50
Thank you Sofia. Yes, how
will we stand in that great day?
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Much of what we do in our lives
today will answer that question.
00:24:06.21\00:24:10.41
And as we've heard all weekend
long, really the watchword seems
00:24:10.45\00:24:14.58
to be surrender, to give
to Christ everything, give to
00:24:14.62\00:24:18.52
Christ all and then we shall
stand in that great day ready
00:24:18.55\00:24:22.79
to see our Lord and our Savior.
One of the other words that
00:24:22.82\00:24:27.06
comes to mind as I have
listened to and I'm reading
00:24:27.10\00:24:30.77
these testimonies is the word
sacrifice. This seems to be a
00:24:30.83\00:24:34.30
common theme for individuals who
have been a part of this project
00:24:34.34\00:24:40.71
I have two that I'd like to
read to you at this time and the
00:24:40.74\00:24:44.48
first comes from a young
lady, Eunice, from the Praise
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Tabernacle of Seventh-day
Adventist church, otherwise
00:24:48.52\00:24:52.32
known as Praise Tab. Her
handwritten note doesn't say
00:24:52.35\00:24:56.26
where this church is located.
By the way, it really is a
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treasure to read some of these
notes that are handwritten. You
00:25:00.16\00:25:04.60
can just kind of feel the
personal passion in the notes as
00:25:04.63\00:25:09.34
they're written. She writes:
Dear RP (Remnant Publications)
00:25:09.37\00:25:13.91
staff: Even though our little
church is going through an acute
00:25:13.94\00:25:19.45
financial crisis a band full
of members wants to do what they
00:25:19.48\00:25:24.19
could to be a part of the
project. We pray that the Bibles
00:25:24.22\00:25:29.42
and the money order will be
a blessing. And this small band
00:25:29.49\00:25:34.30
of members within this church
undergoing an acute financial
00:25:34.33\00:25:39.13
crisis, sent 75 dollars
to support the project. Amen?
00:25:39.17\00:25:45.11
You know when you're in an acute
financial crisis what do you
00:25:45.14\00:25:50.45
usually send? A request! A
request; please send some money!
00:25:50.51\00:25:55.68
They sacrificed and sent 75
dollars for the blessings of the
00:25:55.72\00:26:00.32
project. Thank you very much,
Eunice and the Praise Tabernacle
00:26:00.36\00:26:06.39
Church. Then we have another one
This is from a gentleman who has
00:26:06.43\00:26:12.40
become the self-appointed
coordinator of the Bibles for
00:26:12.43\00:26:16.00
Africa campaign _
church. This church, on the
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books they have 27 members but
only about 10-12 in attendance
00:26:19.64\00:26:25.48
each week, each Sabbath.
However, He says, I knew that
00:26:25.51\00:26:30.22
even this little church could
do something to help. I figured
00:26:30.29\00:26:34.36
that we could work in July and
do whatever we can. So He showed
00:26:34.42\00:26:38.09
the DVD one Sabbath and he spoke
to the people about it each week
00:26:38.13\00:26:41.80
They mentioned it
at announcement times
00:26:41.83\00:26:43.93
and he says, And though our
total may not be much we have
00:26:43.97\00:26:49.27
collected enough to sponsor
78 Bibles which will reach 1560
00:26:49.30\00:26:54.41
people in Africa. Amen! That
does not include the few Bibles
00:26:54.44\00:26:58.91
that we've collected. You notice
how people are tallying up the
00:26:58.98\00:27:03.95
number of people that their
contribution will reach. They're
00:27:03.99\00:27:08.99
doing the math and they say ah
we're going to reach 1560 souls
00:27:09.02\00:27:15.23
at least. Then he adds his
personal testimony. He says: I'm
00:27:15.26\00:27:21.40
not well off financially, (we're
talking about sacrifice) however
00:27:21.44\00:27:25.11
as the local coordinator for
the Bibles for Africa campaign I
00:27:25.14\00:27:28.64
felt that I could not ask others
to something that I was unable
00:27:28.68\00:27:33.08
to do myself. In prayer, I spoke
with God the following: Dear God
00:27:33.11\00:27:37.79
I know how important it is to
you for the people in Africa to
00:27:37.82\00:27:42.22
be able to read your word and
you know the situation that I am
00:27:42.26\00:27:47.30
in financially. If it is your
will for me to help you then you
00:27:47.33\00:27:52.57
will need to find a way. In our
church he says we have a group
00:27:52.60\00:27:57.24
of prayer warriors. One Sabbath
during prayer request time one
00:27:57.27\00:28:01.14
gentleman mentioned that the
gas prices were too high and He
00:28:01.18\00:28:05.81
would like them to go down.
At the time the price was 3.19 a
00:28:05.85\00:28:11.72
gallon. We feel his pain. I
wondered why God would answer
00:28:11.75\00:28:16.69
that request. Then it came
to me. In the month of July, if
00:28:16.73\00:28:21.06
the price of gas goes down
at all, any difference from the
00:28:21.10\00:28:25.47
$3.19 and the current price,
I would donate that difference.
00:28:25.50\00:28:30.01
In addition, any loose change
that I would collect I would
00:28:30.04\00:28:35.18
also donate. God found a way.
The next day I filled my tank at
00:28:35.21\00:28:39.45
$2.89 per gallon It continued to
drop and at one point the price
00:28:39.48\00:28:44.55
went down to $2.69. Funny thing,
he says. After talking with
00:28:44.62\00:28:49.56
others I was the only one
finding the gas prices this low.
00:28:49.59\00:28:55.46
Then he asked if I have some
kind of savings card. No. Can
00:28:55.50\00:29:01.87
you believe it? In July, I
was able to save $28.53 in gas.
00:29:01.90\00:29:07.94
Then something else happened.
Normally I would only collect
00:29:07.98\00:29:11.45
about $8 a month in change. July
doubled to $16.13 counting the
00:29:11.51\00:29:14.98
pennies. So all together God
helped me to save $44.66. Then
00:29:20.96\00:29:27.00
he writes: I also donated five
Bibles from my home and with
00:29:27.03\00:29:32.53
the one Bible/one donation
that's an additional $10. If
00:29:32.57\00:29:38.01
you're counting that comes to
$54.66. I rounded it off to the
00:29:38.04\00:29:45.45
next Bible. So mine and God's
offering was $56. So the $56
00:29:45.48\00:29:53.56
is included with the $156 from
this church of 10-12 people.
00:29:53.59\00:30:00.16
Isn't that a wonderful blessing.
Now that is the spirit of
00:30:00.20\00:30:04.87
sacrifice. So when you're
praying for God to drop the gas
00:30:04.90\00:30:10.37
watch out. He just may answer
you. At this time we will now
00:30:10.41\00:30:15.74
enjoy some more wonderful
music by Scott Michael Bennett.
00:30:15.81\00:30:21.08
€In my darkness Jesus found me.
Touched my eyes and made me see€
00:30:35.76\00:30:49.11
€Broke sin's chains
that long had bound me€
00:30:49.14\00:30:53.58
€Gave me life and liberty.€
00:30:53.62\00:31:00.32
€O Glorious love of
Christ my Lord divine€
00:31:00.36\00:31:07.50
€That made Him stoop
to save a soul like mine.€
00:31:07.53\00:31:14.50
€Through all my days
and then in heaven above€
00:31:14.54\00:31:21.41
€My song will silence
never I'll worship Him forever€
00:31:21.44\00:31:30.15
€And praise him
for His glorious love.€
00:31:30.19\00:31:35.22
€Oh, amazing truth to ponder€
He whom angel hosts attend€
00:31:35.29\00:31:52.91
€Lord of heaven,
God's Son, what wonder€
00:31:52.94\00:32:02.48
€He became the sinner's friend.€
00:32:02.52\00:32:07.36
€O Glorious love of
Christ my Lord divine€
00:32:07.39\00:32:14.23
€That made Him stoop
to save a soul like mine€
00:32:14.26\00:32:20.87
€Through all my days
and then in heaven above€
00:32:20.90\00:32:27.41
€My song will silence
never I'll worship Him forever€
00:32:27.48\00:32:36.85
€And praise Him
for His Glorious love.€
00:32:36.89\00:32:40.09
€My song will silence
never I'll worship Him forever€
00:32:40.12\00:32:49.10
€And praise Him
for His glorious love.€
00:32:49.13\00:33:15.76
€And praise Him for
His glorious love.€ €
00:33:15.82\00:33:34.78
€ € When Jesus Comes € €
00:33:34.81\00:34:04.91
€A father and his children
see their mother lying in pain.€
00:34:04.97\00:34:12.05
€And as they stand beside her
bed they watch her slip away€
00:34:12.11\00:34:19.12
€As he looks into their eyes
he wonders how can he explain€
00:34:19.15\00:34:27.23
€In this sin-filled world we
live why there's so much pain€
00:34:27.26\00:34:35.27
€But when Jesus
comes in clouds of glory€
00:34:35.30\00:34:45.05
€He'll take the suffering away€
00:34:45.08\00:34:54.46
€And when Jesus
comes we'll live in glory€
00:34:54.52\00:35:01.73
€There'll be no
sin, There'll be no pain€
00:35:03.03\00:35:08.07
€forever and a day.€
00:35:08.10\00:35:12.37
€A broken hearted housewife
sees her husband walk away€
00:35:14.44\00:35:30.13
€And all those years together
they vanish in just a day.€
00:35:30.16\00:35:38.83
As she turns with tear-filled
eyes to her little ones so dear€
00:35:38.87\00:35:47.51
€How will she answer
Mama why isn't Daddy here?€
00:35:47.54\00:35:55.68
€But when Jesus
comes in clouds of glory€
00:35:55.72\00:36:06.49
€He'll take the suffering away.€
00:36:06.53\00:36:13.87
€When Jesus comes
we'll live in glory.€
00:36:13.90\00:36:19.81
€There'll be no
sin, There'll be no pain€
00:36:19.84\00:36:25.71
€Forever and a day.€
00:36:25.75\00:36:29.52
€Signs are all around us
that His coming's very near€
00:36:29.55\00:36:38.93
€In a world that
fills our hearts with fear€
00:36:38.96\00:36:45.03
€Let not your heart be troubled,
just keep the Savior near. €
00:36:45.07\00:36:55.08
€He's promised to
come take us home€
00:36:55.11\00:36:59.31
€The time is nearly here.€
00:36:59.35\00:37:03.82
€And when Jesus
comes in clouds of glory€
00:37:03.85\00:37:13.36
€He'll take the suffering away.€
00:37:13.40\00:37:20.84
€And when Jesus
comes We'll live in glory€
00:37:20.87\00:37:27.88
€There'll be no sin,
There'll be no pain.€
00:37:27.94\00:37:34.92
€Forever and a day.€
00:37:34.95\00:37:41.29
€There'll be no sin,
There'll be no pain.€
00:37:41.32\00:37:45.93
€Forever and a day.€ €
00:37:45.96\00:38:10.12
Thank you very much for
that thought provoking message.
00:38:10.15\00:38:18.93
There'll be no pain, no tears.
All that will be gone. When I
00:38:18.99\00:38:25.53
read this very next one amazing
how God works. He kind of speaks
00:38:25.57\00:38:32.07
to that in some way. I'll
elaborate further. But this
00:38:32.11\00:38:35.38
comes from Marlene in Rockford,
Illinois and she writes: While
00:38:35.44\00:38:42.18
reading through the Lake
Union Herald, this is our church
00:38:42.22\00:38:46.76
publication, in March of 2007
I noticed the Bible drive for
00:38:46.79\00:38:51.23
the South African division. This
came at the perfect time because
00:38:51.29\00:38:55.23
I had been thinking about
thinning out our library here
00:38:55.26\00:38:58.47
at home. There were two shelves
of Bibles and several of them
00:38:58.53\00:39:04.07
that we never use. So I ran
downstairs and found the ones
00:39:04.11\00:39:08.98
that are included here (in
the donation she sent). I dearly
00:39:09.01\00:39:12.95
would love for our brothers
and sisters in South Africa to
00:39:12.98\00:39:17.35
have these Bibles. I visited
South Africa in 2000 and was
00:39:17.39\00:39:22.36
so impressed with the needs
there and the joyful people I
00:39:22.39\00:39:26.66
met. I know that they have
many needs. But to meet these
00:39:26.70\00:39:30.60
wonderful people. They are
full of love and acceptance,
00:39:30.63\00:39:34.44
something we don't often find in
our own country. Please accept
00:39:34.47\00:39:38.97
these few Bibles along with our
prayers for a successful Bible
00:39:39.04\00:39:43.51
drive for our South African
brothers and sisters. You see
00:39:43.55\00:39:48.22
this testimony realizes and
recognizes that there are so
00:39:48.25\00:39:52.99
many needs, the needs that
were just sung about, pain and
00:39:53.02\00:39:57.26
suffering. All of that
will be gone when Jesus comes.
00:39:57.29\00:40:01.43
But when Jesus comes will those
people who have those needs who
00:40:01.46\00:40:07.24
are in those situations, will
they know him? Will they have
00:40:07.27\00:40:11.91
had the opportunity? Will we
have been a part of making that
00:40:11.97\00:40:17.41
possible? We can, we can today.
So Bibles for Africa. We want to
00:40:17.45\00:40:22.22
make that come true. Thank you
so much Scott Michael Bennett
00:40:22.25\00:40:27.46
for that message in song. The
next testimony: This comes from
00:40:27.49\00:40:33.26
Pat from the Windsor Ontario,
Canada church. We just wanted
00:40:33.29\00:40:38.33
you to know that we showed the
DVD Bibles for Africa and are
00:40:38.37\00:40:44.24
promoting it for two weeks in
our church. Here is $1000 from
00:40:44.27\00:40:50.11
our church for the Bibles. We
are truly excited about this and
00:40:50.15\00:40:54.65
watched the interviews on
3ABN. Isn't this exciting, $1000
00:40:54.68\00:40:59.52
coming from Canada for the
Bibles for Africa project. She
00:40:59.55\00:41:04.36
continues: May God truly bless
the work that you are doing and
00:41:04.39\00:41:08.23
strengthen you all at Remnant
Publications so that Africa may
00:41:08.26\00:41:12.27
be enlightened with God's
word. Thank you so much, Pat and
00:41:12.30\00:41:16.94
the Windsor Seventh-day
Adventist church. Everybody is
00:41:16.97\00:41:21.54
doing what they can. Are we?
And this last one, probably the
00:41:21.58\00:41:27.12
shortest one. It's only about
five lines, scribbled in pencil
00:41:27.15\00:41:31.35
but I tell you this to me feels
like the epitome of sacrifice.
00:41:31.39\00:41:35.59
This is from Bill in
Tappahannock, Virginia.
00:41:35.62\00:41:38.86
And he writes: We were thinking
of coming to the rally but
00:41:38.89\00:41:43.73
decided that the money would
do more good by getting more
00:41:43.77\00:41:48.50
Bibles. So here's the donation
for Bibles for Africa, $344. So
00:41:48.54\00:41:57.81
instead of coming they sent.
They sent what it would have
00:41:57.85\00:42:02.78
taken for them to come so that
they could support Bibles for
00:42:02.82\00:42:07.79
Africa. Praise the Lord! Thank
you Jesus for touching the heart
00:42:07.82\00:42:13.33
of Bill and Pat and Eunice and
the 94-year-old and all of these
00:42:13.36\00:42:18.83
people and more and more
and more for all that they have
00:42:18.87\00:42:22.44
contributed of themselves
personally, of their money, of
00:42:22.47\00:42:25.97
their resources of what they
don't have, of the Bibles that
00:42:26.01\00:42:29.61
they have in their home so that
we can tell somebody else that
00:42:29.64\00:42:33.88
Jesus loves them and that He's
coming soon. I do want to remind
00:42:33.92\00:42:38.12
you as we close off this
particular segment. These are
00:42:38.15\00:42:41.52
our last testimonies that we'll
share with you in this meeting
00:42:41.59\00:42:45.59
but tomorrow morning we have
another meeting. So please don't
00:42:45.63\00:42:49.23
go home thinking this is the end
It's wonderful music and it's
00:42:49.26\00:42:55.40
in music but we do want to
remind you, even at this point,
00:42:55.47\00:42:59.47
that we have our culminating
service tomorrow morning at 9:45
00:42:59.51\00:43:03.18
and Pastor Mark Howard will be
sharing with us then to kind of
00:43:03.21\00:43:07.55
bring it to an end or should
I say bring it to a beginning?
00:43:07.58\00:43:12.99
Now we'll hear from Jeremy Hall
and then One Voice will close
00:43:13.02\00:43:18.39
out our concert.
00:43:18.43\00:43:20.23
€Alone He stepped from glory
to a shamed and shattered world
00:43:20.26\00:43:37.98
€And in the womb His hand once
made He took our human form. €
00:43:38.01\00:43:48.39
€For the Lord of all creation
in the flesh of created man€
00:43:48.42\00:43:58.77
€gave His throne up for a manger
the Son of God became a stranger
00:43:58.80\00:44:07.88
€He was a lonely man and
traveling through a barren land€
00:44:07.91\00:44:16.62
€recognized by those He'd come
to save and yet for them His€
00:44:16.69\00:44:25.29
€life He freely gave. He was the
only man who could ever make us€
00:44:25.36\00:44:35.50
€understand that God is
merciful and God is just€
00:44:35.54\00:44:41.21
€and forever proving
His Father's love for us€
00:44:41.24\00:44:46.88
€This lonely man. € €
00:44:46.92\00:45:05.60
€Lonely in Gethsemane He drank
that bitter cup. He walked the€
00:45:05.63\00:45:16.61
€road to Calvary
without a second thought.€
00:45:16.64\00:45:23.69
€His only care was for His
children and restoring them to€
00:45:23.72\00:45:31.59
€Him. A lamb led to the
slaughter so mankind might see€
00:45:31.63\00:45:39.50
€the Father. €
00:45:39.53\00:45:43.71
€He was a lonely man traveling
through a barren land. €
00:45:43.74\00:45:51.28
€Recognized by those He'd come
to save and yet for them His€
00:45:51.31\00:45:59.39
€life He freely gave. He was the
only man who could ever make€
00:45:59.42\00:46:07.53
€understand God is merciful and
God is just, and forever prove€
00:46:07.56\00:46:15.80
€His Father's love for us. This
lonely man, this lonely man€ €
00:46:15.84\00:47:01.82
Jesus walked a lonely road for
us and He did so willingly and
00:47:04.15\00:47:09.66
gladly. You know, sometimes
in life we forget that don't we?
00:47:09.69\00:47:14.86
We forget that Jesus is ready
and willing to take our burdens
00:47:14.90\00:47:20.00
but for some reason we just keep
carrying them around. Can any
00:47:20.04\00:47:25.11
of you identify with that? I
know I do. The next song that
00:47:25.14\00:47:30.28
we'd like to do for you is an
old favorite. It's a song called
00:47:30.31\00:47:34.28
Give Them All To Jesus and I
invite you during this song, if
00:47:34.32\00:47:38.72
you have a burden in your life,
wherever you are, I invite you
00:47:38.75\00:47:42.92
to give that burden to Jesus now
00:47:42.96\00:47:57.41
€ € Give Them All to
Jesus Gene and Jeremy Hall € €
00:47:57.44\00:48:23.40
€Are you tired of chasing pretty
rainbows? Are you tired of€
00:48:24.27\00:48:33.21
€spinning round and round? Wrap
up all the shattered dreams of€
00:48:33.61\00:48:44.49
€your life. At the feet
of Jesus lay them down.€
00:48:44.52\00:48:57.50
€Give them all, give them
all, Give them all to Jesus.€
00:48:57.53\00:49:05.97
€Shattered dreams,
wounded hearts and broken toys.€
00:49:06.01\00:49:15.75
€Give them all, give them
all give them all to Jesus€
00:49:15.78\00:49:25.49
€and He will turn
your sorrows into joys.€
00:49:25.53\00:49:32.47
€ €
00:49:32.50\00:49:53.52
€He never said
you'd only see sunshine.€
00:49:53.56\00:50:01.56
€He never said
there'd be no rain.€
00:50:01.60\00:50:06.30
€He only promised a
heart full of singing.€
00:50:06.33\00:50:15.71
€About the very things
that once brought pain.€
00:50:15.74\00:50:25.02
€Give them all, Give them
all, Give them all to Jesus.€
00:50:25.05\00:50:35.90
€Shattered dreams,
wounded hearts and broken toys.€
00:50:35.93\00:50:45.17
€Give the all, Give them
all, Give them all to Jesus€
00:50:45.21\00:50:54.42
€And He will turn
your sorrows into joy.€ €
00:50:54.45\00:51:21.64
€Give them all, Give them
all, Give them all to Jesus€
00:51:21.68\00:51:30.49
€shattered dreams,
wounded hearts and broken toys.€
00:51:30.52\00:51:38.96
€Give them all, Give them
all, Give them all to Jesus,€
00:51:38.99\00:51:47.40
€And He will turn your sorrows,
And He will turn your sorrows,€
00:51:47.44\00:51:56.51
€Yes, He will turn
your sorrows into joys.€ €
00:51:56.54\00:52:27.51
As Christians there's just
one thing that we have to do.
00:52:27.54\00:52:34.48
It's very simple, stay close
to somebody and that person is
00:52:34.52\00:52:39.89
Jesus. So easy, everybody can
do it and how do you do that?
00:52:39.92\00:52:45.29
pray, pray, pray, worship,
worship, praise, praise, praise.
00:52:45.33\00:52:49.56
The next song that we're going
to sing Nearer to Thee. We pray
00:52:49.60\00:52:53.84
that you stay near to Jesus.
One Voice - Nearer to Thee.
00:52:53.87\00:52:58.91
€Nearer to thee, nearer to Thee
I want to be. I want to dig€
00:52:58.94\00:53:03.98
€a little deeper in the
storehouse of His love.€
00:53:04.01\00:53:09.02
€I want to shine, with love
divine, I want to dig a little€
00:53:09.05\00:53:16.29
€deeper in the storehouse of
His love. Now don't you want to€
00:53:16.32\00:53:21.76
€dig a little deeper in God's
love, you want to dig a little€
00:53:21.83\00:53:26.47
€deeper in God's love. I want
to dig a little deeper in the€
00:53:26.50\00:53:32.17
€storehouse of His love. I want
to walk a little more like a€
00:53:32.21\00:53:36.64
€Christian should, I want to
talk a little more like I know€
00:53:36.68\00:53:41.68
€I should. Dig a little deeper
in the storehouse of His love. €
00:53:41.72\00:53:46.65
€I want to love
like my Jesus loved. €
00:53:46.69\00:53:54.86
€I gonna dig a little deeper
in the storehouse of His love€
00:53:54.90\00:53:59.50
€I want to shine
with love divine€
00:53:59.53\00:54:08.54
€I wanna dig a little deeper
in the storehouse of His love.€
00:54:08.58\00:54:16.75
€Don't you wanna dig a
little deeper in God's love€
00:54:16.95\00:54:21.59
€I wanna dig a little deeper
in the storehouse of His love.€
00:54:21.62\00:54:25.33
€I wanna walk a little
more like a Christian should€
00:54:25.66\00:54:30.50
€I wanna talk a little
more like I know I should. €
00:54:30.53\00:54:36.00
€Dig a little deeper in
the storehouse of His love. €
00:54:36.04\00:54:40.21
€Now don't you wanna dig a
little deeper oh, oh, oh. €
00:54:40.24\00:54:44.38
€Dig a little
deeper in God's love. €
00:54:44.41\00:54:47.88
€Dig a little deeper in
the storehouse of His love. €
00:54:47.95\00:54:52.62
€I wanna walk a little
more like a Christian should,€
00:54:52.65\00:54:57.33
€Talk a little more
like I now I should. €
00:54:57.36\00:55:00.30
€Dig a little
deeper in the storehouse,€
00:55:00.36\00:55:03.26
€Dig a little
deeper in the storehouse,€
00:55:04.47\00:55:06.40
€Dig a little deeper in
the storehouse of His love,€
00:55:07.90\00:55:13.38
€Of His love. €
00:55:13.41\00:55:25.25
There was a church and I believe
it was here in Michigan. It was
00:55:25.29\00:55:30.56
a small church, in fact, it only
had four members and this church
00:55:30.59\00:55:34.83
decided that they wanted to
partake in the Bibles for Africa
00:55:34.86\00:55:39.53
project. So the pastor came
to each of the members and he
00:55:39.57\00:55:43.34
kind of got to know them pretty
well, so he gave them each a
00:55:43.37\00:55:47.44
nickname. He named the first one
Everybody, he named the second
00:55:47.48\00:55:52.38
one Somebody, the third one was
Anybody and the fourth member of
00:55:52.41\00:55:57.25
His church they called Nobody.
He went around soliciting funds
00:55:57.29\00:56:02.12
and he went to everybody
and said can you please give me
00:56:02.16\00:56:05.46
funds. We've got this great
project going on and we're going
00:56:05.49\00:56:08.56
send Bibles to Africa. Then
he went to Somebody and said
00:56:08.63\00:56:12.17
listen it's such a great
cause and one Bible can reach 20
00:56:12.20\00:56:15.14
people and it only takes two
Bibles. And he went to Anybody
00:56:15.17\00:56:19.01
I'm sure you can give me
something. When it was all said
00:56:19.04\00:56:22.81
and done guess who gave the most
money? Nobody. This song is one
00:56:22.84\00:56:27.88
of our favorites with the group
It's called Everybody Said, But
00:56:27.92\00:56:32.72
Nobody Did. You know when it
really comes down to it, if you
00:56:32.75\00:56:35.86
think that somebody else in
your church is going to give,
00:56:35.89\00:56:38.89
somebody else is going to get
involved we're never going to
00:56:38.93\00:56:41.90
reach our goal that way. We have
to all take this as a personal
00:56:41.96\00:56:44.93
interest in our own lives. The
song is called Everybody Said
00:56:44.97\00:56:47.94
but Nobody Did.
00:56:47.97\00:56:49.57
€Tum to, Tum to, Tum to
Tum to, tum to, tum to to. €
00:56:49.60\00:57:01.85
€Everybody said that anybody
could do, the important things€
00:57:01.88\00:57:04.65
€somebody should do. Anybody
knows that anybody could do€
00:57:04.72\00:57:07.46
And they were things that
nobody did. Everybody said that€
00:57:09.89\00:57:14.40
€Anybody could do, the important
things somebody should do.€
00:57:14.46\00:57:18.90
€Everybody knows that anybody
could do Other good things that€
00:57:18.93\00:57:22.84
€Nobody did. Well the preacher
came to me and said what I€
00:57:22.87\00:57:27.01
€ought to do if I wanted to make
my religion to be do it to. €
00:57:27.04\00:57:31.28
€Somebody read and _
said that the duty was mine. €
00:57:31.31\00:57:35.48
€Everybody said that anybody
could do the important things€
00:57:35.52\00:57:40.06
€somebody should do. Everybody
knows that anybody could do€
00:57:40.09\00:57:44.43
€All the good things that nobody
did. Well the deacon came by€
00:57:44.46\00:57:48.76
€and said lend me a hand if you
want to go to the promised land€
00:57:48.80\00:57:53.87
€Here is something that I've
always planned to do so I got€
00:57:53.90\00:57:55.24
€to give it to you. €
00:57:57.07\00:57:58.54
€Everybody said that anybody
could do the important things€
00:57:58.57\00:58:01.74
€Somebody should do. Everybody
knows that anybody could do
00:58:01.78\00:58:08.05
€all the good
things that nobody did. €
00:58:08.08\00:58:11.32
€Well I'm real busy so I tell
everybody the works got to get€
00:58:11.35\00:58:15.62
€done by somebody and it
could be done by anybody€
00:58:15.66\00:58:20.43
€But nobody, nobody,
nobody nobody, nobody did. €
00:58:20.46\00:58:35.41
pause €Tum, tum, tum everybody
said that anybody could do€
00:58:35.44\00:58:40.72
€The important things somebody
should do. Everybody knows€
00:58:40.75\00:58:45.52
€that anybody could do all the
good things that nobody did. €
00:58:45.55\00:58:50.13
€Everybody said that anybody
could do the important things€
00:58:50.16\00:58:54.70
€Somebody should do. Everybody
knows that anybody could do€
00:58:54.73\00:58:59.23
€All the good
things that nobody did. €
00:58:59.30\00:59:03.91
€All the good
things that no- body did. €
00:59:05.01\00:59:12.45