Good evening, Las Vegas.
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You know, what's so
nice about being here,
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we know that when you serve
the Lord it's not a gamble.
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Amen? Amen.
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And this is the place to
make that very, very clear
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and those of you
who are joining us
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we are not gambling.
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This is not a luck thing
but God is here to bless us.
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And as they ask me
to sing I always wonder,
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"Well, what song do I sing?"
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And I thought of
the story in the Bible
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where when Jesus
was with the multitude
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and He came down
from the mountain
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blessing a multitude,
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In the crowd
there was a lepers man
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and he said to the Lord,
"If You desire, if You can,
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if You want to You
can make me clean."
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And, you know,
just like everyone of us
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sitting here tonight who
has had an encounter with Jesus,
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Jesus didn't care
about His condition
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and reached out
and touched his life
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and that man was made whole.
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And, friends, I thought
if there is ever a message
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we to communicate is that
the touch of Jesus Christ.
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In the song it says
the difference between
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who we were and who we become
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is by Him reaching out
and touching our lives.
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Amen.
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Shackled by a heavy burden
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Beneath a load
of guilt and shame
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Then the hand
of Jesus touched me
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And now I am no longer the same
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Sing the chorus
with me, "He touched me."
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He touched me
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Oh, He touched me
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And all the joy
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That floods my soul
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Why?
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Something happened
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And now I know He touched me
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And made me whole
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Listen.
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Since I met this blessed Savior
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And since He
cleansed and made me whole
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Now I will never cease
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To praise Him
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I'll shout it
while eternity rolls
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Join me again,
raise your voice tonight,
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here we go.
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He touched me
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Oh, He touched me
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And all the joy
that floods my soul
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Something happened
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And now I know yes
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Something happened
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And now I know
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Something wonderful happened
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And now I know
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He touched me
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Oh, Jesus touched me
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And all the joys
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Now floods my soul
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For something wonderful happened
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And now I know
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Jesus touched me
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And made me
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Whole
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Amen.
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Amen.
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I'm going to sing a
song, this very first song
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is actually one that
I've done all my life
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and I'll say
you know it as well.
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The words came back to me
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this past year in a
very special sweet way
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and I hope as you
listen to these familiar lyrics
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that you once again will realize
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what a wonderful thing God
has done for each one of us
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as He pulls our hearts
and our souls towards Him
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to the place they belong.
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Come Thou fount
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Of every blessing
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Tune my heart
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To sing Thy grace
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Streams of mercy, never ceasing
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Call for songs
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Of sweetest praise
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Teach me some melodious sonnet
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Sung by flaming tongues above
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Praise the mount
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I'm fixed upon it
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Mount of Thy redeeming love
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Oh, to grace
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How great a debtor
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Daily I'm constrained to be
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Let Thy goodness, like a fetter
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Bind my wandering heart to Thee
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Prone to wander, Lord I feel it
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Prone to leave God I love
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Here's my heart,
oh, take and seal it
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Seal it for Thy courts
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Above
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Amen. Amen.
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That's the heart of a
Father to love us so much
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that He will go to any
cost to bring us to Himself.
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You know, right now
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He is before the
throne, our Savior
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and He is
pleading in our behalf,
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He is pleading to
you and to the Father
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that we can all be restored.
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Before the throne of God above
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I have a strong and perfect plea
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A great High
Priest, whose name is Love
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Who ever lives and pleads for me
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My name is graven on His hands
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My name is written on His heart
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I know that while
in heaven He stands
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No tongue can
bid me thence depart
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No tongue can
bid me thence depart
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When Satan tempts me to despair
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And tells me of the guilt within
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Upward I look, and see Him there
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Who made an end of all my sin
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Because the sinless Savior died
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My sinful soul is counted free
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For God the just is satisfied
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To look on Him and pardon me
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To look on Him
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And pardon me
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Behold Him there, the Risen Lamb
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My perfect,
spotless righteousness
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The great unchangeable I Am
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The King of glory
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And of grace!
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One with Himself I cannot die
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My soul is
purchased by His blood
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My life is hid
with Christ on high
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With Christ, my
Savior and my God
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With Christ, my Savior
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And my God
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Amen.
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People are touched
by the ministry of 3ABN
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all over the world
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and it's always
good to know that
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this ministry
which is God ordained,
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born of God is
reaching out and touching lives
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and we have a couple
of people this morning
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that are gonna share with you
how God has changed their lives
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through the ministry of 3ABN.
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We like to invite right
now one of those ladies.
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Barbara, would
you come and join me?
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And let's give
her a hearty amen.
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Amen. Barbara Spicuglia, am I--
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Yes, Spicuglia. Spicuglia.
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Give me the accent with that.
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Spicuglia.
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Spicuglia.
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That is Italian, am
I correct? Yes, Sir.
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Well, Barbara, it's so
good to have you this morning
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and we were talking just
before the program began.
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Barbara has that
experience of knowing
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how God searches you out.
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You know, after
you hear her testimony
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you are gonna know that
it's hard to hide from God.
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Now, Barbara, walk us
through this testimony.
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How did the Lord find you?
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Well, for 50 years or so I
had a lifestyle of working,
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making money, plenty
of happy hours, smoking
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and being very busy about
everything for me, me, me.
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And then all of a sudden
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my body of course,
caught up with my lifestyle.
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I'm not a pill type of person
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where I didn't want
to take pills or medicine
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or see doctors.
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And I was surfing
the channel one night
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and I found 3ABN and
they had a health message
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and I thought, "Okay, well,
I'm gonna give this a chance
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instead of seeing doctors."
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So I started listening to 3ABN
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and it seems like they were
always talking about health.
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Who are these people?
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They must be the
healthiest people.
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And I started living it
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and I don't know if
a pastor on 3ABN said
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or if God
impressed it upon my mind
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but somebody told me
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there was no
Burger Kings in heaven.
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So--
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I think I said
that, I remember that.
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Did you say that?
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I said, "In heaven you
won't have it your way.
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There is no
Burger King up there."
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I remember that.
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Well, it has been my theme song.
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Amen. And so--
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We'll change it for you.
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We don't want you to sing
about Burger King in heaven
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but go ahead.
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Well, in any case I gave up meat
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and I started having
vegetables and fruits only.
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I'm allergic to
soy so you can see that
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my diet really
became nutritious.
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And my doctors,
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the medicine that I was talking
they cut my medicine in half.
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So I saw for sure
that it was working.
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And of course, there has been--
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whenever the health
shows would come on,
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I would be
cleaning in the kitchen
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waiting I met the
three Micheff Sisters.
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I love their program--
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Micheff, we called them
the Micheff Sisters though.
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Oh. Oh, thanks. Micheff.
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Well, in any case
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the pastors would come
on early in the morning
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and I'd be sitting there
waiting for my health shows.
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Well, I didn't really want
to hear the religious stuff,
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I just wanted my recipes.
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And all of the
sudden this ear was deaf
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but this ear came open
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and I started
listening to the pastors
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that were talking
about Jesus and God.
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And what they were saying
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I would be sitting
there washing my dishes
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and I'd go, "How dare
them say something like that?"
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So I went and found my
Bible, brushed off the dust,
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opened it up and I was
out to prove them wrong.
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Well, unfortunately
I even got more angry
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because they kept being right.
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So finally I just had to give up
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and say, "Okay,
these people must know
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what they are talking
about and I started listening."
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And then I'll never
forget I was on 3ABN,
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I was listening to Mark Finley
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and he was doing the
"Left Behind series."
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And I grew up in an era
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where the rapture and
all that was being taught.
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And Mark Finley said the words,
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"Take your eyes off Israel
and put them on Jesus Christ."
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And that hit me.
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This sense of
peace came on to me
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that I cannot explain,
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except that I just knew
that Jesus was the answer
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and I couldn't
believe I was saying this.
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And then I was working
in the office one night
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and all of the sudden behind me
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Melody Firestone
sang the song "Come Home"
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and I just broke
down because I knew
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Jesus came into my
life at that moment.
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Can you say amen to that?
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Amen.
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And all I want
to do is come home.
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Wow.
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You know, what so
wonderful about that is,
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she wouldn't come to a church.
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Wouldn't to seek
out a church at all
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because her lifestyle
just wouldn't allow her
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to walk through
the doors of a church
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but the Lord came after you
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like as we use that
phrase so delicately
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the hound of heaven
finding you where He sought you
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and broke down all the
prejudices you had by--
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can you imagine she says,
she heard it with this ear
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but this ear blocked it
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but the Lord found
a way to your heart.
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And I know this is a
much longer testimony
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but if there
somebody watching this program
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that's writing
all in their kitchen
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or struggling with
listening to God's voice
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what would you say to them?
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Well, the one thing
that I would say in today's--
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the way everything is
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it's so easy to believe in evil,
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it's so easy to believe in bad
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but there is a God
out there that loves you
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and there is a God
that will give you the love
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and the peace and the happiness
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that you will never
experience ever without Him
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and He is there
knocking on your door
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and all you have to do
is just open up one ear
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because the Holy
Spirit will open up the other.
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Thank you so much,
Barbara. Can we say amen?
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Thank you. Amen.
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I like that open up one ear
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the Holy Spirit
will open the other.
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We have another young man
who has a powerful testimony.
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Jum Jusits,
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let's make him welcome
with a hearty amen this morning.
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Amen.
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I'm amazed whenever I listen
to how God does it so well.
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Jim, young man living the life
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that a lot of
people think is glamorous.
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Walk us through that.
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Start at maybe 17 years old.
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When I was 17 I
got involved in drugs
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and for about 14
years I did drugs
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and eventually I got
away from it for a while
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and that's when I
moved to Las Vegas
00:18:55.96\00:18:57.30
and drugs are
rampant in Las Vegas.
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It's real easy
to find drugs here.
00:18:59.53\00:19:01.47
So I got back into drugs
00:19:01.50\00:19:02.84
and along with
the drugs in this city
00:19:02.87\00:19:04.84
came associations with people
who are into occult and sorcery
00:19:04.87\00:19:09.14
and witchcraft
and open Satanism.
00:19:09.18\00:19:13.05
I actually dated a witch
00:19:13.08\00:19:15.35
and I saw my first demon
00:19:15.38\00:19:17.69
when I was
sleeping with the witch.
00:19:17.72\00:19:19.19
Now I want to stop a
moment because, you know,
00:19:19.22\00:19:20.76
I've heard guys say
I'm married to a witch.
00:19:20.79\00:19:23.16
He is not
speaking proverbially here,
00:19:23.19\00:19:25.59
he is talking about literally.
00:19:25.63\00:19:27.46
He dated a witch.
00:19:27.50\00:19:29.06
Yeah. Say that again.
00:19:29.10\00:19:30.43
She told me that the
pagan blood is strong in me
00:19:30.47\00:19:34.44
and I thought, well,
I thought she was nuts.
00:19:34.47\00:19:36.91
But later on, I learned that
she was telling me the truth.
00:19:36.94\00:19:41.24
After a while I was harassed.
00:19:41.28\00:19:42.61
We had a bad breakup
00:19:42.64\00:19:44.11
and things in my
life got really bad.
00:19:44.15\00:19:45.68
I was harassed by
demons, footsteps and voices
00:19:45.71\00:19:49.42
and literal
manifestations of demons
00:19:49.45\00:19:51.82
following me in traffic,
00:19:51.85\00:19:53.25
someone was
with me all the time.
00:19:53.29\00:19:56.12
And I got to the
point where I wanted relief
00:19:56.16\00:20:00.06
and I wanted the truth.
00:20:00.10\00:20:01.43
So I prayed to God with
some of the old Catholic prayers
00:20:01.46\00:20:04.17
that I barely
remember the words to
00:20:04.20\00:20:06.53
and I prayed for that
He would return my brain
00:20:06.57\00:20:10.61
to the glorious
way that He made it
00:20:10.64\00:20:13.24
and that I would find the truth.
00:20:13.27\00:20:15.74
Now, when you began to pray
00:20:15.78\00:20:17.11
those prayers you
barely remembered,
00:20:17.15\00:20:18.48
was God responding?
00:20:18.51\00:20:19.85
God definitely responded.
00:20:19.88\00:20:21.22
I had had many
spirits visit me in the night.
00:20:21.25\00:20:24.15
The things that
you could feel dark
00:20:24.19\00:20:26.02
and other people that were
with me could feel these too.
00:20:26.05\00:20:29.19
They could hear the voices.
00:20:29.22\00:20:30.56
It wasn't just my,
00:20:30.59\00:20:31.93
people who were
associated with me
00:20:31.96\00:20:33.33
were being bothered too
00:20:33.36\00:20:35.23
but when the
Holy Spirit showed up
00:20:35.26\00:20:37.13
I knew that something,
there was something different.
00:20:37.17\00:20:39.43
There was something new there.
00:20:39.47\00:20:41.30
And so I instantly got that
within 48 hours of my prayers
00:20:41.34\00:20:45.07
and honestly brother, I
fell asleep with a mantra.
00:20:45.11\00:20:47.84
Please God, return my
brain and teach me the truth.
00:20:47.88\00:20:51.15
And within 48 hours
00:20:51.18\00:20:52.91
I got the relief from the demons
00:20:52.95\00:20:55.88
but I still
didn't have the truth.
00:20:55.92\00:20:57.82
Shortly thereafter I got sick,
I got really sick of bronchitis
00:20:57.85\00:21:02.12
and I had to take
time off from work.
00:21:02.16\00:21:03.76
I was in and out of
work for about three weeks.
00:21:03.79\00:21:06.03
And during that time
00:21:06.06\00:21:07.40
I put all the religious stations
00:21:07.43\00:21:09.20
back in the line up
of my channel changer.
00:21:09.23\00:21:11.47
Now I want you to get this.
00:21:11.50\00:21:12.83
He had deleted all
00:21:12.87\00:21:14.70
or locked out all
religious programming
00:21:14.74\00:21:17.34
because his
lifestyle didn't fit that.
00:21:17.37\00:21:19.41
He didn't want Jesus preaching
00:21:19.44\00:21:20.78
to him while he was
living the life of drugs
00:21:20.81\00:21:22.34
and partying in Las
Vegas and dating a witch,
00:21:22.38\00:21:25.65
he didn't want to
hear about the Lord.
00:21:25.68\00:21:27.02
But when the Lord
broke through in his life,
00:21:27.05\00:21:28.75
he undeleted,
00:21:28.78\00:21:30.19
opened up all
those religious channels
00:21:30.22\00:21:32.42
and the Lord made
you sick to stay home.
00:21:32.45\00:21:34.62
I believe that,
I really think so.
00:21:34.66\00:21:36.12
I think about that.
00:21:36.16\00:21:37.76
But the Lord did a lot of things
00:21:37.79\00:21:39.13
to chase me and
get my attention.
00:21:39.16\00:21:40.83
But one of the stations was 3ABN
00:21:40.86\00:21:43.10
and at this point I
was really a seeker.
00:21:43.13\00:21:46.23
I had bought a Bible
00:21:46.27\00:21:47.60
and I was reading
it from cover to cover
00:21:47.64\00:21:48.97
and I was
searching on the internet
00:21:49.00\00:21:50.41
and every source
that I could find.
00:21:50.44\00:21:53.27
And when I felt 3ABN
00:21:53.31\00:21:55.04
I think it was
you who talked about
00:21:55.08\00:21:57.41
how the archangel
Michael is actually Jesus
00:21:57.45\00:22:00.15
and I randomize
my Bible software
00:22:00.18\00:22:02.68
and I searched out
Michael through the Bible
00:22:02.72\00:22:04.79
and I realized it was true
00:22:04.82\00:22:06.15
and I thought this guy
is telling me the truth
00:22:06.19\00:22:08.06
and I kept on watching.
00:22:08.09\00:22:09.42
When you see
Danny Shelton you know
00:22:09.46\00:22:11.23
that he is
telling you the truth.
00:22:11.26\00:22:12.59
You just know,
00:22:12.63\00:22:13.96
there's not a
bone of lie in the man.
00:22:14.00\00:22:15.33
Amen. Amen.
00:22:15.36\00:22:16.70
And it was, uh,
00:22:16.73\00:22:18.23
My old -- who
taught me about the Sabbath
00:22:18.27\00:22:21.00
and so it was 3ABN who
brought me to the truth.
00:22:21.04\00:22:24.24
All the research I did
and all their teachings
00:22:24.27\00:22:27.14
are inline with the Bible
there is no doubt about it.
00:22:27.18\00:22:29.98
You know, what really is
interesting in the story is
00:22:30.01\00:22:31.98
he prayed for deliverance,
00:22:32.01\00:22:33.68
he prayed for God to return him
00:22:33.72\00:22:35.48
back to his sanity,
but he didn't stop there.
00:22:35.52\00:22:37.95
He said, also I
pray for the truth.
00:22:37.99\00:22:40.79
You know, you got to pray
and ask God for the truth.
00:22:40.82\00:22:42.76
Amen. Amen.
00:22:42.79\00:22:44.13
And when you are
honestly seeking--
00:22:44.16\00:22:45.49
well, I want to go
back also to, is that
00:22:45.53\00:22:47.06
when you started to pray,
00:22:47.10\00:22:48.90
he said, "I pray prayers
that I barely remembered."
00:22:48.93\00:22:52.13
And, you know,
friends, you don't have to be
00:22:52.17\00:22:53.50
a prayer warrior for God
to listen to your prayers.
00:22:53.54\00:22:56.40
You just have to
say, "Lord, save me."
00:22:56.44\00:22:58.34
And the Lord heard
that diligent prayer.
00:22:58.37\00:23:00.28
Tell us about that, I mean,
what did it feel like to pray?
00:23:00.31\00:23:02.91
It was almost a relief.
00:23:02.94\00:23:05.51
I hadn't prayed in so long.
00:23:05.55\00:23:06.92
I didn't, I didn't
haven't talked to God,
00:23:06.95\00:23:08.45
I talked to God a
lot when I was young,
00:23:08.48\00:23:09.98
when I was in Catholic
school when I was six years old
00:23:10.02\00:23:12.35
and but it had
been so many years.
00:23:12.39\00:23:14.39
It was really
nice to talk to God.
00:23:14.42\00:23:16.76
I wasn't real sure He existed
00:23:16.79\00:23:18.13
but at that point I
knew that Satan existed
00:23:18.16\00:23:20.53
so I was counting on
a literal and active God
00:23:20.56\00:23:23.43
and He had to exist.
00:23:23.47\00:23:25.37
There was no
other choice for me.
00:23:25.40\00:23:26.77
God had to exist. Wow.
00:23:26.80\00:23:28.90
Somebody asked me a moment ago
00:23:28.94\00:23:30.31
they said, "Where
is that accent from?"
00:23:30.34\00:23:32.04
That's not a New York accent.
00:23:32.07\00:23:33.48
That's-- where
is that accent from?
00:23:33.51\00:23:34.84
I grew up in Philadelphia.
00:23:34.88\00:23:36.21
Philadelphia and the
City of Brotherly Love.
00:23:36.24\00:23:38.98
Brotherly Love, the true years.
00:23:39.01\00:23:40.35
Now you know about the Lord's
brotherly love in your life.
00:23:40.38\00:23:41.98
I certainly do.
00:23:42.02\00:23:43.35
Now what do you
do right now, Jum?
00:23:43.39\00:23:44.72
I do construction work.
00:23:44.75\00:23:46.09
I work for
California Closets. Okay.
00:23:46.12\00:23:47.56
I do offices and closets
and stores, garage stores.
00:23:47.59\00:23:51.79
And do you still share Jesus?
00:23:51.83\00:23:53.16
I try to.
00:23:53.19\00:23:54.60
The company lines if I get--
00:23:54.63\00:23:56.80
if they get a response
from one of my customers,
00:23:56.83\00:23:59.33
then I'm in trouble.
00:23:59.37\00:24:00.70
So I have to share Jesus
00:24:00.74\00:24:02.17
and make sure
that I'm sharing it
00:24:02.20\00:24:03.54
with the right individuals
and not get myself in trouble.
00:24:03.57\00:24:06.41
Isn't that wonderful?
00:24:06.44\00:24:07.81
You know, 17-years-old
out there taking drugs?
00:24:07.84\00:24:11.45
Now were you baptized?
00:24:11.48\00:24:13.45
I was baptized as an infant
00:24:13.48\00:24:15.02
but of course, I
don't remember that
00:24:15.05\00:24:16.42
but a year ago in October
00:24:16.45\00:24:18.89
I was baptized in
the Paradise church
00:24:18.92\00:24:20.52
in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:24:20.56\00:24:21.92
Amen. Amen?
00:24:21.96\00:24:23.73
Go ahead and say, amen. Amen.
00:24:23.76\00:24:25.46
So he is walking in the
Lord and preparing for paradise
00:24:25.49\00:24:29.60
that is to come.
00:24:29.63\00:24:30.97
Thank you so much, Jum.
00:24:31.00\00:24:32.33
God bless you.
God bless you too.
00:24:32.37\00:24:33.70
And the Lord can
show you, friends,
00:24:33.74\00:24:35.07
through no matter where you are,
00:24:35.10\00:24:36.44
no matter what your life is
00:24:36.47\00:24:38.41
or even if you are
struggling right now
00:24:38.44\00:24:40.21
in your kitchen or
wherever you may be
00:24:40.24\00:24:42.01
listening to this
program, watching the program.
00:24:42.04\00:24:44.65
I remember what Barbara said,
00:24:44.68\00:24:46.58
"You may open just one ear
00:24:46.61\00:24:48.25
but the Lord can
work through that ear
00:24:48.28\00:24:51.22
and listen to your heart's cry."
00:24:51.25\00:24:53.29
As Jum just said,
00:24:53.32\00:24:54.82
"If you can't pray
just say, Lord, help me.
00:24:54.86\00:24:57.19
Lord, deliver me,
00:24:57.23\00:24:58.56
Lord, return me
00:24:58.59\00:24:59.93
to where you
would have me to be.
00:24:59.96\00:25:01.30
Lord, show me the truth
00:25:01.33\00:25:02.66
and show me the way that
you would have me to walk."
00:25:02.70\00:25:04.43
And you will discover
that the Lord is doing that
00:25:04.47\00:25:06.43
to millions of
lives all over the planet
00:25:06.47\00:25:09.10
through the ministry of 3ABN
00:25:09.14\00:25:11.04
and we praise
God for that, amen.
00:25:11.07\00:25:13.11
We have turned
00:25:27.49\00:25:30.59
From Your ways
00:25:30.63\00:25:35.90
Your fruit we've ceased to bear
00:25:35.93\00:25:43.07
We lack the power
00:25:44.77\00:25:51.58
We once knew in our prayers
00:25:51.61\00:25:56.72
That gentle voice from heaven
00:26:00.22\00:26:07.10
We cease to hear
00:26:07.13\00:26:11.23
And know
00:26:11.27\00:26:15.27
The fact that he has risen
00:26:15.30\00:26:22.58
No longer stirs our soul
00:26:22.61\00:26:30.59
Revive us oh, Lord
00:26:33.59\00:26:40.90
Revive us oh, Lord
00:26:40.93\00:26:48.37
And cleanse us
00:26:48.40\00:26:50.71
From our impurities
00:26:50.74\00:26:56.58
And make us holy
00:26:56.61\00:27:02.88
Hear our cry
00:27:02.92\00:27:06.82
And revive us
00:27:06.86\00:27:12.46
Oh, Lord
00:27:12.49\00:27:18.33
Though we've been unfaithful
00:27:21.57\00:27:28.08
We have never been disowned
00:27:28.11\00:27:35.85
The spirit that
raised Christ from the dead
00:27:35.88\00:27:43.53
Compels us
00:27:43.56\00:27:45.56
To His thrown
00:27:45.59\00:27:53.54
Revive us oh, Lord
00:27:54.57\00:28:01.94
Revive us
00:28:01.98\00:28:05.18
Oh, Lord
00:28:05.21\00:28:09.95
And cleanse us
from our impurities
00:28:09.98\00:28:17.69
And make us holy
00:28:17.73\00:28:24.23
Hear our cry
00:28:24.27\00:28:28.00
And revive us
00:28:28.04\00:28:33.38
Oh, Lord
00:28:33.41\00:28:40.85
Revive us oh, Lord
00:28:40.88\00:28:48.12
Revive us oh, Lord
00:28:48.16\00:28:55.66
And cleanse us
from our impurities
00:28:55.70\00:29:03.24
And make us holy
00:29:03.27\00:29:09.31
Hear our cry
00:29:09.34\00:29:13.35
And revive us oh, Lord
00:29:13.38\00:29:21.19
Hear our cry
00:29:21.22\00:29:24.89
And revive us
00:29:24.93\00:29:31.23
Oh, Lord
00:29:31.27\00:29:39.24
Amen.
00:29:45.65\00:29:47.08
Dear Father of Heaven
00:30:18.45\00:30:25.29
And all earth below
00:30:25.32\00:30:29.42
Blessed be Your name
00:30:29.46\00:30:34.53
May Your Kingdom come
00:30:38.53\00:30:45.44
And Your will be done
00:30:45.47\00:30:50.11
As it is in Heaven and us
00:30:50.15\00:30:58.12
We ask for bread
00:31:02.26\00:31:06.19
You give us Your feast
00:31:06.23\00:31:12.03
Forgive forget
00:31:15.20\00:31:19.47
When we're lonely
00:31:19.51\00:31:25.71
Dear Father of Heaven
00:31:27.95\00:31:34.46
And all earth below
00:31:34.49\00:31:38.53
Blessed be Your name
00:31:38.56\00:31:45.20
And lead us away from
00:31:47.14\00:31:53.98
Temptation and sin
00:31:54.01\00:31:58.25
T'ward the light
00:31:58.28\00:32:01.52
Of your Kingdom
00:32:01.55\00:32:09.52
You are our source
00:32:09.56\00:32:16.16
You are the power
00:32:16.20\00:32:22.57
You are the glory
00:32:22.60\00:32:29.04
You are forever
00:32:29.08\00:32:37.05
Forever is the kingdom
00:32:37.09\00:32:44.33
And the power
00:32:44.36\00:32:47.70
And the glory
00:32:47.73\00:32:51.63
Forever
00:32:51.67\00:32:59.64
Amen
00:32:59.67\00:33:07.65
Amen.
00:33:24.90\00:33:26.47
I want you to meet Ben Fitz
00:33:29.94\00:33:33.04
and he is a man that I
have only met a short while ago.
00:33:33.07\00:33:39.31
But I feel like I've
known him for a long time.
00:33:39.35\00:33:42.95
And how many of
you already know Ben?
00:33:42.98\00:33:44.79
Let me see your hand.
00:33:44.82\00:33:46.25
All right, you've
got lot of friends here.
00:33:46.29\00:33:48.82
Yes, Sir.
00:33:48.86\00:33:50.19
And Brother Ben,
00:33:50.23\00:33:52.06
you did not grow up as
a Seventh-day Adventist,
00:33:52.09\00:33:55.36
is that correct?
00:33:55.40\00:33:56.87
Now you want to put
that mike right there.
00:33:56.90\00:33:58.80
No, I did not.
00:33:58.83\00:34:00.17
And you want to put it right
against you chinny chin chin,
00:34:00.20\00:34:02.04
right there.
00:34:02.07\00:34:03.51
Nice and comfortable.
00:34:03.54\00:34:04.87
There you go. Just
let it rest right there.
00:34:04.91\00:34:06.98
You did not grow up a
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:34:07.01\00:34:09.94
No, I did not.
00:34:09.98\00:34:11.31
You grew up in the
Roman Catholic Church.
00:34:11.35\00:34:12.85
Correct.
00:34:12.88\00:34:14.22
And then you got a New Testament
00:34:14.25\00:34:17.02
with large print.
00:34:17.05\00:34:18.39
Right.
00:34:18.42\00:34:19.75
And you started studying it.
00:34:19.79\00:34:21.12
I said that.
00:34:21.16\00:34:22.49
And as you studied the
Bible and the Bible alone,
00:34:22.52\00:34:25.53
you begin to feel a desire
to be baptized by immersion.
00:34:25.56\00:34:30.90
Absolutely.
00:34:30.93\00:34:32.33
And then you told me
that you had heard somewhere
00:34:32.37\00:34:36.57
that Seventh-day
Adventists baptize by immersion.
00:34:36.60\00:34:39.37
Yes. Yes, I did.
00:34:39.41\00:34:41.14
And you came to church thinking
00:34:41.18\00:34:42.98
well, all I got to do is walk in
00:34:43.01\00:34:44.61
and say I want to be
baptized by immersion
00:34:44.65\00:34:47.28
and they would put you
right in the baptistery.
00:34:47.32\00:34:49.98
Those were my
thoughts at the time.
00:34:50.02\00:34:51.59
Right. But I was surprised.
00:34:51.62\00:34:54.16
And so they-- the church
then wanted to study with you,
00:34:56.49\00:34:59.59
is that right?
00:34:59.63\00:35:00.96
Correct. Correct.
00:35:01.00\00:35:02.33
And you went through
what kind of studies,
00:35:02.36\00:35:03.77
tell me about them.
00:35:03.80\00:35:05.13
Well, I had
studies about Dan Mckee,
00:35:05.17\00:35:08.94
regarding Ellen
White's teachings,
00:35:08.97\00:35:11.27
Desire of Ages.
00:35:11.31\00:35:13.21
Then I had--
00:35:13.24\00:35:15.34
well, I looked
at a lot of videos.
00:35:15.38\00:35:17.35
Okay.
00:35:17.38\00:35:18.71
And I got to know some
of the evangelist from 3ABN
00:35:18.75\00:35:23.65
and I was impressed
with Pastor Mark Finley
00:35:23.69\00:35:28.72
and with Pastor Kenneth Cox.
00:35:28.76\00:35:30.63
Kenneth Cox.
00:35:30.66\00:35:31.99
I think we are all
familiar with Kenneth Cox.
00:35:32.03\00:35:33.36
That's right.
00:35:33.40\00:35:34.73
And the impression
he's made on many of us.
00:35:34.76\00:35:36.20
Yes.
00:35:36.23\00:35:37.57
And he is a
wonderful teacher of the word.
00:35:37.60\00:35:40.04
He really is. Yes.
00:35:40.07\00:35:41.60
A wonderful man too.
00:35:41.64\00:35:42.97
You can't help but be
impressed by his teachings.
00:35:43.00\00:35:44.94
That's right. That's right.
00:35:44.97\00:35:46.68
So then you made your decision?
00:35:46.71\00:35:50.18
Well, when I was reading
the Bible for about 18 months,
00:35:50.21\00:35:54.18
during that time I
was so, shall we say,
00:35:54.22\00:35:59.09
rather say shocked but
surprise is with the learning
00:35:59.12\00:36:02.22
and the teachings in the Bible.
00:36:02.26\00:36:04.49
I never was
exposed to that before.
00:36:04.53\00:36:07.76
And when I watched Kenneth Cox,
00:36:07.80\00:36:12.80
I was so impressed with
him, with his style of teaching,
00:36:12.83\00:36:17.11
with his sincerity,
00:36:17.14\00:36:19.17
with his knowledge of the Bible.
00:36:19.21\00:36:21.48
I just thought that
this was a place for me.
00:36:21.51\00:36:25.28
This was a place for me
with the Seventh-day Adventist
00:36:25.31\00:36:28.22
who depends solely on
the Bible for the teachings.
00:36:28.25\00:36:31.79
That's right. Amen.
00:36:31.82\00:36:33.62
And so one thing about Kenneth,
00:36:33.66\00:36:36.59
when he presents the
message it's clear, isn't it?
00:36:36.62\00:36:38.99
Absolutely.
00:36:39.03\00:36:40.36
Logic is there.
00:36:40.40\00:36:42.00
Simplicity, logic
and you can't help be
00:36:42.03\00:36:45.77
compelled to want to learn more.
00:36:45.80\00:36:47.40
That's right.
00:36:47.44\00:36:48.77
Especially, from him because
he's such a fine teacher.
00:36:48.80\00:36:50.71
Yes, he really is.
00:36:50.74\00:36:52.74
And then as you
became a part of this church
00:36:52.77\00:36:57.41
every time you've
driven by here you would say,
00:36:57.45\00:36:59.45
"Well, there is a Seventh-day
Adventist Church" right?
00:36:59.48\00:37:01.85
I never looked up at the sign.
00:37:01.88\00:37:03.28
I didn't know where it was.
00:37:03.32\00:37:06.09
And how many times did
you probably been by here?
00:37:06.12\00:37:08.32
Well, I lived my house in
that area for about 32 years
00:37:08.36\00:37:11.63
so at least 200, 300
times so to be speaking.
00:37:11.66\00:37:16.26
Right, and you drove by
and never had even noticed
00:37:16.30\00:37:19.63
that this was a
Seventh-day Adventist Church?
00:37:19.67\00:37:21.07
No, I did not. I did not.
00:37:21.10\00:37:22.44
But when you looked
up the address you found
00:37:22.47\00:37:24.57
this was where you
wanted to be, right?
00:37:24.61\00:37:26.94
Right. And it was so close.
00:37:26.98\00:37:28.64
I only live about five blocks,
00:37:28.68\00:37:30.38
down the street
little past Harman.
00:37:30.41\00:37:32.88
In fact, if you know the church
00:37:32.91\00:37:34.55
there in the corner
of Harman in Monte Vista,
00:37:34.58\00:37:37.12
I live about two
blocks from there.
00:37:37.15\00:37:39.29
So it's only about
five minutes to get here.
00:37:39.32\00:37:42.36
It's very convenient.
00:37:42.39\00:37:43.73
Wow.
00:37:43.76\00:37:45.09
And so now you are
member of this church?
00:37:45.13\00:37:47.60
I'm so happy.
00:37:47.63\00:37:49.10
Praise the Lord.
Finally, I found it.
00:37:49.13\00:37:51.93
That's right.
Found the place to go.
00:37:51.97\00:37:53.77
All right, let's give
Brother Ben a big hand.
00:37:53.80\00:37:56.20
Thank you very much.
00:37:56.24\00:37:58.17
Thank you. God bless you.
00:37:58.21\00:37:59.67
And we have somebody
else we want you to meet him.
00:37:59.71\00:38:02.84
Brother Ben told me quite a bit
00:38:02.88\00:38:04.25
about how that he had
continued watching 3ABN
00:38:04.28\00:38:07.98
and how that it had made
a big impact in his life.
00:38:08.02\00:38:11.95
And I want to ask
our audience here,
00:38:11.99\00:38:13.79
how many of you
00:38:13.82\00:38:15.49
either have come into
the church through 3ABN
00:38:15.52\00:38:19.23
or have come back to
the church through 3ABN
00:38:19.26\00:38:22.46
or you've been strengthen
in your walk through 3ABN?
00:38:22.50\00:38:25.33
Let me see your hands.
00:38:25.37\00:38:26.87
Praise the Lord. Look at that.
00:38:26.90\00:38:28.77
All of these viewers of Three
Angles' Broadcasting Network,
00:38:28.80\00:38:33.38
we really are
praising the Lord for you.
00:38:33.41\00:38:36.95
And it just shows us that
this ministry has had an impact
00:38:36.98\00:38:41.15
and I probably should've
them left their hands up longer
00:38:41.18\00:38:44.25
so they could gotten
a shot from the cameras
00:38:44.29\00:38:46.76
but it's very impressive
how many people there are.
00:38:46.79\00:38:49.99
Now I want you to meet
another man Wendell Allen.
00:38:50.03\00:38:52.49
And, Wendell, I
want to shake your hand
00:38:52.53\00:38:55.26
and I want you to
tell me a little bit
00:38:55.30\00:38:57.03
about how you got involved
00:38:57.07\00:38:59.93
with the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:38:59.97\00:39:02.24
Put that mike right up there.
00:39:02.27\00:39:04.47
Well, a short story.
00:39:04.51\00:39:08.34
I arrived here in Las Vegas
00:39:08.38\00:39:11.01
with a lot of
percussion equipment,
00:39:11.05\00:39:12.78
no car.
00:39:12.81\00:39:14.38
Live with my son ran around
the place jamming with people,
00:39:14.42\00:39:19.69
could have got a job
00:39:19.72\00:39:21.06
and this little voice
inside me kept saying,
00:39:21.09\00:39:24.19
forget about it you've been
doing this 30 some odd years.
00:39:24.23\00:39:27.70
There's something
else going on in my life.
00:39:27.73\00:39:30.83
So I got some work
in the Limo business
00:39:30.87\00:39:34.04
and in the process
00:39:34.07\00:39:36.44
I started looking for the church
00:39:36.47\00:39:37.91
but I wasn't
getting any Bible knowledge.
00:39:37.94\00:39:40.08
So I got to register
non-denominational church,
00:39:40.11\00:39:42.61
a huge church and I was
getting Bible knowledge.
00:39:42.64\00:39:45.48
During that same time
00:39:45.51\00:39:48.22
I started watching TV
at night with my cigar,
00:39:48.25\00:39:51.79
my little beer over
here, watching movies,
00:39:51.82\00:39:54.09
and playing through the channels
00:39:54.12\00:39:55.46
and somebody caught my eye
00:39:55.49\00:39:57.86
who was Doug
Batchelor at the time
00:39:57.89\00:40:00.46
and I started learning
something about the Sabbath.
00:40:00.50\00:40:04.63
So I went to my boss I said,
00:40:04.67\00:40:07.20
"I'm not gonna work Saturday's
anymore or Friday nights."
00:40:07.24\00:40:10.11
He said, "Why?"
00:40:10.14\00:40:11.47
I said, "Because
it's my Sabbath."
00:40:11.51\00:40:12.94
He said, "Are you
Jewish?" I said, "No.
00:40:12.97\00:40:15.24
I have a person relationship
with Jesus Christ now."
00:40:15.28\00:40:20.55
Of course, I didn't
know really at that point
00:40:20.58\00:40:22.75
what the Sabbath really entails.
00:40:22.78\00:40:25.92
So I just thought you
weren't supposed to work
00:40:25.95\00:40:28.62
because I'm sitting
up there stewing my cigar
00:40:28.66\00:40:30.93
and my little beer
00:40:30.96\00:40:32.29
and late at night
two, three in the morning
00:40:32.33\00:40:34.76
watching 3ABN.
00:40:34.80\00:40:36.30
Yeah.
00:40:36.33\00:40:37.80
You know, I hope there
are lot of people out there
00:40:37.83\00:40:39.83
with cigars and
beer watching 3ABN
00:40:39.87\00:40:43.10
because sooner or later
they will be gone, aren't they?
00:40:43.14\00:40:47.18
Yes. That's right.
00:40:47.21\00:40:48.54
With God's grace
they will be gone.
00:40:48.58\00:40:49.91
By God's grace
they will be gone.
00:40:49.94\00:40:52.01
So I had prayed for
quite a while for my own home
00:40:52.05\00:40:58.05
and I got sent with
two guys up the prom
00:40:58.09\00:41:01.82
and I made lot of money
and I bought my own place
00:41:01.86\00:41:04.13
which is over here.
00:41:04.16\00:41:05.76
And I would go to
this church every Sunday.
00:41:05.79\00:41:08.40
I would drive by this
church and I would see the sign
00:41:08.43\00:41:10.87
and I, "Oh, that's
one of those churches
00:41:10.90\00:41:13.34
on that program
I keep watching."
00:41:13.47\00:41:16.04
And, you know, just like
watching a good movie or show
00:41:16.07\00:41:18.34
you can't wait to get home.
00:41:18.37\00:41:19.84
Well, I started finding myself,
00:41:19.87\00:41:22.84
couldn't wait to get off work.
00:41:22.88\00:41:24.51
In fact, I refused
some rides just to get home
00:41:24.55\00:41:27.45
so I could watch John or Doug
or Danny or one of them preach
00:41:27.48\00:41:33.25
'cause I was
getting more interested
00:41:33.29\00:41:35.39
in what they had to say.
00:41:35.42\00:41:36.76
I'm starting to open up my Bible
00:41:36.79\00:41:38.49
and put the cigar down, right.
00:41:38.53\00:41:41.60
So I'm going to this
church, I'm a greeter there
00:41:41.63\00:41:44.40
and I was taking
my daughter-in-law
00:41:44.43\00:41:47.20
to church there
with me every Sunday
00:41:47.24\00:41:49.40
and we drive past here
00:41:49.44\00:41:51.37
and one Sunday this
interesting thing happened.
00:41:51.41\00:41:55.24
A lady in the church
I knew came running over
00:41:55.28\00:41:57.98
during prayer and put her
hand on my daughter-in-laws
00:41:58.01\00:42:01.95
pregnant belly, big belly
00:42:01.98\00:42:04.59
and her head and
started ripping off in tongues.
00:42:04.62\00:42:08.96
And I'm howling in
her ear "Don't listen.
00:42:08.99\00:42:11.59
Don't listen to
anything she has to say
00:42:11.63\00:42:14.50
because you don't
know what she is saying."
00:42:14.53\00:42:16.50
Yeah.
00:42:16.53\00:42:17.87
So we drove by on our way home
00:42:17.90\00:42:19.67
and I said, "You
see that church there,
00:42:19.70\00:42:22.24
I'm gonna pick you
up Saturday about 8 A.M.
00:42:22.27\00:42:24.74
and I said, we're
gonna go to that church."
00:42:24.77\00:42:27.74
And so I'll never forget this.
00:42:27.78\00:42:30.15
We got out the car and I came up
00:42:30.18\00:42:31.88
and this wonderful
young man called Robert Howell
00:42:31.91\00:42:36.08
greeted-- came
outside and greeted us.
00:42:36.12\00:42:38.79
I came inside, he had a lot
of love given to me that day
00:42:38.82\00:42:42.02
and I was overwhelmed.
00:42:42.06\00:42:43.99
Wow.
00:42:44.03\00:42:45.36
And then I began to learn
what the Sabbath gradually,
00:42:45.39\00:42:49.03
what the Sabbath really entailed
00:42:49.06\00:42:52.53
and it changed my life.
00:42:52.57\00:42:54.47
Amen. Amen.
00:42:54.50\00:42:56.84
Well, isn't that a
tremendous testimony?
00:42:56.87\00:42:58.57
Yes.
00:42:58.61\00:42:59.94
It's a great testimony to 3ABN.
00:42:59.97\00:43:02.38
It's a great
testimony to this church
00:43:02.41\00:43:05.05
right here as well
00:43:05.08\00:43:06.75
because when you came
here you got a welcome,
00:43:06.78\00:43:09.65
a warm welcome.
00:43:09.68\00:43:11.92
And I can understand that
00:43:11.95\00:43:13.29
because I felt the
warmth of these people.
00:43:13.32\00:43:15.82
And how many of you actually
the members of Paradise here?
00:43:15.86\00:43:18.69
Let me see your hands.
00:43:18.73\00:43:20.06
The great majority of you.
00:43:20.10\00:43:22.03
And this is a warm,
friendly, caring congregation
00:43:22.06\00:43:26.50
and that makes a
big difference, folks.
00:43:26.53\00:43:28.40
We can have tremendous messages
coming out over the air.
00:43:28.44\00:43:32.91
But when they come to
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:43:32.94\00:43:34.94
if they don't
find some warmth there
00:43:34.98\00:43:37.65
and they don't
find the love there,
00:43:37.68\00:43:39.65
and they don't
find the biblical truth
00:43:39.68\00:43:41.38
being taught there
then they are not gonna find
00:43:41.42\00:43:45.59
what they are looking for.
00:43:45.62\00:43:46.96
So, Brother Wendell, you
want to say one more thing.
00:43:46.99\00:43:49.39
Just one short thing.
00:43:49.42\00:43:50.76
This is important because
as I've looked back on my life,
00:43:50.79\00:43:56.60
God led me to this church.
00:43:56.63\00:43:58.17
What He did was He
brought me to Las Vegas
00:43:58.20\00:44:01.37
to have an
affect on my son's life.
00:44:01.40\00:44:04.51
And He brought me to
Las Vegas to direct me,
00:44:04.54\00:44:08.14
to some Bible
knowledge which I was getting,
00:44:08.18\00:44:10.65
then He said, well,
it's time for you to move on.
00:44:10.68\00:44:13.88
Then He brought
me to this church
00:44:13.92\00:44:16.08
and gave me more Bible knowledge
00:44:16.12\00:44:17.72
and He's given me
more responsibilities
00:44:17.75\00:44:20.16
in my life now.
00:44:20.19\00:44:21.69
And I'm overwhelmed
with my life being the way
00:44:21.72\00:44:25.69
it is that my age at this point
00:44:25.73\00:44:28.23
and it's all because of Him.
00:44:28.26\00:44:29.70
I give it all to Jesus
Christ. Praise the Lord.
00:44:29.73\00:44:32.13
Let's give him a
hand. God bless you.
00:44:32.17\00:44:33.94
Thank you. Thank you.
00:44:33.97\00:44:35.30
Thank you.
00:44:35.34\00:44:36.67
So many people, folks,
so many places in life.
00:44:37.07\00:44:41.31
Different people are at
different spots in life.
00:44:41.34\00:44:44.55
Brother Wendell
was talking about
00:44:44.58\00:44:45.91
having the beer
can and the cigar
00:44:45.95\00:44:48.32
but see the Spirit of God
was still speaking to his heart.
00:44:48.35\00:44:52.12
And sometimes when you see
your neighbor with a beer can
00:44:52.15\00:44:54.96
over the back fence and
you see him with a cigar
00:44:54.99\00:44:58.09
and he is out there
with making a burnt offering
00:44:58.13\00:45:01.80
in his backyard on
that barbeque grill...
00:45:01.83\00:45:04.47
you may not want to talk to him.
00:45:07.34\00:45:09.47
But let me tell you there may be
00:45:09.50\00:45:11.07
the most sincere soul
00:45:11.11\00:45:12.67
in the world
back there, you see.
00:45:12.71\00:45:14.94
So you go and you talk.
00:45:14.98\00:45:17.81
And we don't
know where people are.
00:45:17.85\00:45:19.81
I met a lady today
homeless, homeless lady.
00:45:19.85\00:45:23.69
She came in and she
insisted on giving me $250
00:45:23.72\00:45:31.39
for the ministry of 3ABN.
00:45:31.43\00:45:35.06
She said, "3ABN
means so much to her."
00:45:35.10\00:45:38.27
Now this lady is
homeless but let me tell you.
00:45:38.30\00:45:42.90
She told me, she said,
00:45:42.94\00:45:44.27
"Now, I didn't get
that money honestly."
00:45:44.31\00:45:48.34
And I thought, "Oh,
no, what am I gonna do?"
00:45:48.38\00:45:52.48
She said, "I
played the slot machines
00:45:52.51\00:45:54.82
and won $4,500"
00:45:54.85\00:45:58.12
and she said, "But I
want to give the Lord His"--
00:45:58.15\00:46:00.72
well, you know,
what am I gonna do.
00:46:00.76\00:46:02.52
I don't know what to do.
00:46:02.56\00:46:04.26
Let me tell you
00:46:04.29\00:46:06.13
that lady is
just like the person
00:46:06.16\00:46:08.60
with a beer can and a cigar.
00:46:08.63\00:46:11.43
They are in a growing
position in place in life.
00:46:11.47\00:46:15.94
The Lord is gonna
take all that away.
00:46:15.97\00:46:17.71
Gonna take that
desire to gamble.
00:46:17.74\00:46:19.74
I don't know the lady's history
00:46:19.77\00:46:21.14
but I suspect
that she is homeless
00:46:21.18\00:46:23.28
because of
possibly a gambling habit
00:46:23.31\00:46:26.51
or something of that nature.
00:46:26.55\00:46:28.18
All throughout this
area there are so many people
00:46:28.22\00:46:32.89
who used to be
Seventh-day Adventist,
00:46:32.92\00:46:34.99
or who are still
searching for the truth.
00:46:35.02\00:46:38.29
We need to keep 3ABN strong
here because it can reach them
00:46:38.33\00:46:43.97
about as well as
anything else can.
00:46:44.00\00:46:46.13
The Holy Spirit can
guide them to that channel,
00:46:46.17\00:46:48.84
they can view the
truths of His word
00:46:48.87\00:46:52.24
and then they can
one day make a decision
00:46:52.27\00:46:57.75
and go all the way with Him.
00:46:57.78\00:46:59.68
So I didn't know what to do
00:46:59.71\00:47:02.35
but I thought
it's not my prerogative
00:47:02.38\00:47:05.85
to accept or to
turn down a gift.
00:47:05.89\00:47:09.62
This person has been
something laid on their heart,
00:47:09.66\00:47:13.60
I thought, you
know, that's amazing.
00:47:13.63\00:47:15.10
Here's a person homeless
00:47:15.13\00:47:18.10
who has a greater
burden to help for 3ABN
00:47:18.13\00:47:21.44
than may be
somebody that's got a home
00:47:21.47\00:47:23.81
and all kind of
money and everything else
00:47:23.84\00:47:27.11
and is still not willing
00:47:27.14\00:47:28.81
to make a
sacrificial gift like that
00:47:28.84\00:47:31.68
because I felt like it
was a very sacrificial gift.
00:47:31.71\00:47:36.28
I will love to tell
you what I think of Jesus
00:47:53.47\00:47:59.61
Since I found in Him a
friend so strong and true
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I would tell you
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How He's changed
my life completely
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He did something
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That no other friend could do
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No one ever cared for me
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Like Jesus
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There's no other friend
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So kind as He
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No one else could take the sin
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And darkness from me
00:48:51.39\00:48:58.83
O how much He cares for me
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How much He cares for me
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He cared for me
00:49:11.35\00:49:14.92
Every day He comes to me
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With full assurance
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Now more and more I understand
00:49:26.43\00:49:32.77
His words of love
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But I'll never know just why
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He came to save me
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Till some day I see
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His blessed face above
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No one ever cared for me
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Quite like Jesus
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There's no other friend
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So kind as He
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No one else could take the sin
00:50:25.35\00:50:31.03
And darkness from me
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O how much
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He cares for me
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O how much
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He cares for me
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Amen. Amen.
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I cannot tell
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Why He, whom angels worship
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Should set His love
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Upon the souls of men
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Or why, as Shepherd,
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He should seek the wand'rers
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To bring them back
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They know not how nor when
00:51:57.31\00:52:02.88
But this I know
00:52:02.92\00:52:06.35
That He was born of Mary
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When Bethl'hem's manger
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Was His only home
00:52:15.43\00:52:20.67
And that He lived at Nazareth
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And labored
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And so the Savior,
Savior of the world
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Has come
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I cannot tell
00:52:41.19\00:52:44.26
How all the lands will worship
00:52:44.29\00:52:49.63
When, at His bidding
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Every storm is stilled
00:52:52.90\00:52:57.84
Or who can say
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How great the jubilation
00:53:01.14\00:53:06.75
When all our hearts
00:53:06.78\00:53:10.42
With love for Him are filled
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But this I know
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All flesh shall see His glory
00:53:19.53\00:53:25.10
And He shall reap
00:53:25.13\00:53:28.47
The harvest He has sown
00:53:28.50\00:53:33.64
And some glad day
00:53:33.68\00:53:37.65
His Son shall shine in splendor
00:53:37.68\00:53:43.99
When He the Savior
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Savior of the world, is known
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But this I know
00:53:54.26\00:53:59.23
The skies shall
sound His praises
00:53:59.27\00:54:05.47
Ten thousand thousand human
00:54:05.51\00:54:11.68
Voices sing
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And earth to heaven
00:54:16.72\00:54:21.49
And heaven to earth shall answer
00:54:21.52\00:54:28.56
At last the Savior
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Savior of the world
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Is King!
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
00:54:49.22\00:54:50.55
I'll tell you, it
will be something else
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to see our Savior
face to face, won't it?
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Amen.
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I really can't
wait that's why I sing
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because God is
worth singing about
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and we will all sing
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the day we see Him face to face.
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If you are not
singing now you should be
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but you will definitely
sing when you see His face.
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Those precious hands
that were crucified for us,
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what a day that will be.
00:55:16.68\00:55:18.81
I recently, this last
year I've had a busy year,
00:55:18.85\00:55:22.38
I was in three or
four countries last year
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and produced an album
and had a baby and, you know,
00:55:25.19\00:55:30.23
so its been a busy
year but a very good one
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and I want to
share a song with you.
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I've been sharing several songs
with you from that new album
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and this one I just--
I want to prepare you.
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This whole album, my goal with
00:55:40.30\00:55:42.27
it was to do a
huge orchestral sound
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and you are gonna hear,
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you know, you're
gonna hear 80 strings
00:55:47.51\00:55:49.38
and more there are
almost 100 instruments
00:55:49.41\00:55:51.35
you are gonna hear
in the sound of this
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and they are playing very fast.
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So hold on to your seats,
get ready for it here it comes.
00:55:55.48\00:55:58.45
All creatures
of our God and King
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Lift up your
voice and let us sing
00:56:15.80\00:56:18.71
Oh, praise Him Hallelujah
00:56:18.74\00:56:21.64
Thou burning
sun with golden beam
00:56:21.68\00:56:24.31
Thou silver moon
with softer gleam
00:56:24.35\00:56:27.32
Oh, praise Him Oh, praise Him
00:56:27.35\00:56:30.32
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
00:56:30.35\00:56:36.12
Let all things
their creator bless
00:56:41.60\00:56:47.40
And worship Him in humbleness
00:56:47.44\00:56:53.17
Oh, praise Him Oh, praise Him
00:56:53.21\00:56:56.11
Oh, praise the
Father praise the Son
00:56:56.14\00:57:01.78
And praise the
Spirit three in one
00:57:01.82\00:57:04.65
Oh, praise Him Oh, praise Him
00:57:04.69\00:57:07.59
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
00:57:07.62\00:57:14.83
Oh, for a
thousand tongues to sing
00:57:14.86\00:57:17.70
My great Redeemer's praise
00:57:17.73\00:57:20.60
The glories of my God and King
00:57:20.64\00:57:23.51
The triumphs of His grace
00:57:23.54\00:57:28.71
Jesus, the name
that calms my fears
00:57:28.74\00:57:35.42
That bids our sorrows cease
00:57:35.45\00:57:43.09
'Tis music to the sinner's ears
00:57:43.12\00:57:48.83
'Tis life and health
00:57:48.86\00:57:51.63
And peace
00:57:51.67\00:57:57.51
Hallelujah
00:57:57.54\00:58:02.68
Hallelujah
00:58:02.71\00:58:07.98
Praise Him, praise Him
00:58:08.02\00:58:13.05
Our Lord and King
00:58:13.09\00:58:20.70
O worship the
King, all glorious above
00:58:27.87\00:58:33.64
O gratefully sing
His power and His love
00:58:33.68\00:58:39.35
Our shield and defender
00:58:39.38\00:58:42.42
The Ancient of Days
00:58:42.45\00:58:45.22
Pavilioned in splendor
00:58:45.25\00:58:48.19
And girded with praise
00:58:48.22\00:58:52.33
Oh, creatures
of our God and King
00:58:52.36\00:58:58.27
Oh, for a
thousand tongues to sing
00:58:58.30\00:59:03.87
Hallelujah
00:59:03.91\00:59:11.88
Amen. Amen.
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