Have you ever wondered
why it's necessary to pray?
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Have you ever thought,
"God knows all of our thoughts,
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so why should I have to pray?"
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Isn't that right?
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Does God know
what we're thinking?
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Does He know our thoughts? Yes.
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So then why bother to pray?
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Well, here's the answer.
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Yes, God knows our thoughts
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but He responds
to our prayers. Amen?
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God wants us to rely
on Him for everything.
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He wants us to
completely surrender our hearts
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and life to Him.
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And He wants us to talk to
Him like He's our best friend.
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All throughout scripture,
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prayer is the one necessary
factor for answered prayer.
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So many people when they pray,
they pray hoping, hoping, hoping
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that their
prayers will get answered,
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but not with
absolute faith that they will.
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But then think about
the woman in the Bible
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that touched the
hem of Jesus' garment.
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And what did Jesus tell her?
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That her faith
had made her whole.
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We need to be able to
have the kind of faith in Jesus
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that we know beyond
the shadow of a doubt
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that no matter what
is going on in our lives,
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Jesus will always
answer our prayers.
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Now it doesn't mean
He's gonna answer your prayer
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the way you want Him to or
in that same--the timeframe
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that you want
Him to answer it in.
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But God always answers.
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And He loves us so much.
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He knows the end
from the beginning.
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He knows the big plan.
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He knows the big picture.
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He knows what's best for us.
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So why do we all have so much
trouble relinquishing control
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and instead of just
giving it all to Jesus
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and let Him plan
out our life for us
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and have a prayer life with
Jesus like you can't imagine?
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Now some people have asked me
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because I talk a lot
about passionate prayer.
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What's the difference between
prayer and passionate prayer?
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Well, there's a big difference.
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Sometimes people pray
when they only want something.
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They don't even think
about praying on a daily basis
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but when something goes wrong
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and they see
they're in big trouble,
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the first thing
they're gonna do is pray
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and ask everybody to
pray for them too, right?
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Or they were raised to pray.
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They go to church and they
know they're supposed to pray.
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And so they think
prayers--once a night
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before they go to bed and they,
you know, say a quick prayer.
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And say, you
know, Lord, you know,
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and then they kind of recite all
the things that they normally,
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you know, pray about almost like
they've memorized the script.
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And then there are some people
who pray and they will start off
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like they're talking to the Lord
and then their mind will wander
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and they'll start, you
know, thinking about, you know,
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the dishes in the sink
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or the laundry
that needs to get done
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or you know, the situation
at work that, you know,
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needs some big
business deal coming up
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and before long they
realize, "Oh, I was praying."
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Here they are,
they're right before
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the throne room of God and
they don't even realize that,
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you know, they left
the God at the altar.
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But I think that the difference
between passionate prayer
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and praying is really
communicating with Jesus.
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It's when you really pour
your heart and soul out to Him.
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When you tell Him
about all the things
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that happened to
you throughout the day.
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When you talk to
Him about your problem.
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When you praise Him for so
much good that's happening.
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Even in the midst of your
storm--there's many things
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that you can
praise Jesus for, amen?
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You know, in Philippians 1:11,
we're told that we're supposed
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to be content in all things.
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No matter if we're having
the worst problems at work.
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No matter if we're
having the hardest financial,
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you know, time at home.
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We can be content in all things
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because our faith
and trust is in Jesus.
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And we know, He will
never leave us or forsake us,
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no matter what fire
we're going through,
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we're not going
through it alone.
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When you're
passionately praying to Jesus,
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He is your best friend.
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You can be
passionate about soul winning.
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You can be praying for
not just your own family,
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not just your own children,
not just your own friends.
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But you can be praying
for your church friends,
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your church neighbors,
your neighbors down the street,
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the person that
delivers your mail,
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the person that checks you out
at the grocery store each week.
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Pray for the strangers that
you meet throughout your day.
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We could be passionate
lifting each other up in prayer.
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Because when you are
passionate about anything,
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it's something that
really you love, right?
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Isn't that right?
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So when you're
passionately praying to Jesus,
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you are passionately praying
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because you are
so in love with Jesus
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that you can't--
you can't imagine
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not having a
daily walk with Him.
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Your time with
Jesus is so important
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that your mind
isn't gonna wander
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when you, you know, pray.
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He's your best friend.
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I tell people that if your mind
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starts to wander,
get on your knees.
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And really,
you're rather than just--
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if you're having trouble
with that, get on your knees.
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I talk to Jesus all
day long about everything.
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He knows about it anyway,
so I just tell Him about it.
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And if I'm
frustrated, God knows me.
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He made me.
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He made each one of us
with different personalities.
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And if I'm
frustrated about something
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and I'm saying,
"Lord, what am I gonna do?
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You know I--you know,
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I can't get the
wrinkle out of that, you know,
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backdrop and it's just
not working and those angles
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and boy that it's ruining that
whole shot on there and Lord,
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I don't how to fix
it and they don't know
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how to--the crew
doesn't know how to fix it.
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Lord, what am I gonna do?"
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And I say, "Would you
please take care of this,
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Lord, this is Your program."
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I talk him about
it and guess what?
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Our director came in,
the next morning he says,
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do you know he said, "I
could not rest yesterday."
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He said, "I was
thinking about that backdrop,"
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he said, "I don't know why."
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He said, "But I went
in there," and he said,
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"and I figured it out and guess
--look we have no wrinkles."
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I was like, "Thank you, Jesus."
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You see? And then praise Him.
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Remember to thank Him
because God always has the plan.
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Do you know when your
prayer--when you're praying
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and you have a passionate
prayer life with Jesus,
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your days go better.
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You don't have any
problems, they're his problems.
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And you just have a trust
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that it's gonna be
okay no matter what it is.
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Now I wish like
everything I could tell you that
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my life is always like that,
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that I never ever lose faith.
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But the truth
is, that's not true.
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Sometimes I stumble and
I fall like everybody else
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and then I realize and I'll say,
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"Oh Lord, please forgive me.
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I wasn't trusting in you at
all, I was trying to fix it."
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Have you ever done that?
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While you were
praying-- then you tell God
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how you want Him
to fix your problems?
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Maybe I'm the only
one who tried that.
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You know, but it doesn't work.
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You know, we need to
pray and we need to listen.
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Not--several years
ago-- how many here
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who've ever been to
Pathfinder Camporees
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out in Oshkosh, Wisconsin?
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Do you send the
pathfinders there?
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Well, did I see you there?
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It's--I take a Kids' Time booth,
we set up a 3ABN booth there.
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And greet and meet all the kids
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and we have a wonderful
time at Pathfinder Camporee.
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And at this particular Camporee,
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we were set up
and we had a really--
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we took over three
booths in that big old hang room
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that they have there.
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And we had Ben Roy
doing a Learning Time program
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all throughout the day.
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We had a section set up
for Sharing Time with camera
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so that kids that probably
would never be have a chance
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to be on the program,
could come there and sit there
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and tell me how
they shared Jesus
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and I could use that and
roll it in on Sharing Time.
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And then we had
another big huge booth
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where we sold
Kids' Time products.
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We had Kids' Time
shirts and books and CDs
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and all these things
and everything to help,
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you know, support
the program Kids' Time.
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Well, all week long--
and now my brother Jim,
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at that time was
the Youth Director
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for the Michigan Conference.
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And so he had taken our camper
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that was owned by
Michigan Conference
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and he was staying there.
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And he said, his
sisters could stay with him
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which we were really
glad because honestly
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I'm not really the
camper in the family.
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And so if you watch
any of our cooking shows,
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you know, Cinda and
Linda kind of tease me
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about being a high
maintenance sister.
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And so I do love
nature, don't get me wrong
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and I just prefer seeing it
from a car window or a video.
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And so I don't really
like all the little critters
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and all the little bugs
and all those kind of things.
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And so I was
thrilled when our brother
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said that we could
stay in the camper with him.
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There's a shower and
it was gonna be awesome
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and I was like, you
know, that was awesome
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and plus you could
lock it up at night.
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So all day long
they sold products,
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at the end of the day,
I would take all the cash
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that we had made for
that day and I would take it
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to the trailer and I
had a big old suitcase
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and it had two outside
pockets, and the first pocket
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was at the very top like this.
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And so I just
stuffed the cash in there
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and not knowing
what to do with it.
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I had failed to think
about cash bag or anything.
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So I just put it in
there and we locked our camper.
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So it wasn't a
problem and everyday
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at the end of the day I'd come
and I'd put more cash in there.
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And probably we were
getting around 9000 people
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a day past our booth.
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So if you could imagine that.
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So we were really
having a lot of traffic,
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the sales were great.
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We had to even get more
products throughout the week,
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so God was really blessing.
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At the end of the Camporee,
we would--my sister Linda lives
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near the camp at Wisconsin.
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And so the plan was
for me to go to her house,
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spend the night and then I
would fly out the next morning
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back to my home in
Knoxville, Tennessee.
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So we packed all our
stuff up from the camp,
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told our brothers goodbye.
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And I drove about an
hour to my sister's house
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and spent the night there.
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And the next morning, I'm start
getting ready for the airport.
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And Linda knocked on my
door and she said, "Sis."
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She said, "My
neighbors are here."
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And she said,
"I've been telling them
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how us girls
sing and everything.
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They want to
know, is there anyway
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we could sing a
couple of songs for them?"
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So I said, "Oh sure."
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You know, I'm not
quite ready, I mean,
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I'm dressed but nothing
is packed in my suitcase yet.
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And so I said, "Sure."
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And so, you know, my
plane wasn't leaving till noon.
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And so I went out to the living
room and greeted her neighbors.
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And we sat--I sat down on
the piano and I played by ear.
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And so my sister and I
sang and we played and we sang
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and we played and we
talked to them about the Lord
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and gave her some, you know,
some of our witnessing stories.
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And then we played
and sang some more.
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All of a sudden,
Linda's mother-in-law,
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Aggie came running in
and she goes, "Brenda."
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She said, "You better get
ready to go to the airport."
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And I said, "oh," I
said, "we got plenty of time."
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I said, "You know, my
flight doesn't leave till noon."
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I said, "And I don't
need to be there till 11.00,
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an hour before the
flight and it's an hour
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drive to the airport,
so we got plenty of time."
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She goes, "Brenda, it is
10 minutes to 10 right now."
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Oh, I said, and I
just jumped off the piano.
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And I said,
"Sorry, I got to go."
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And I ran into the
room and I thought, oh, no,
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I got a--my
stuffs lying all over,
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it's not even ready packed.
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And what some of you
may not know about me
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is that I'm kind of neat freak.
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I like to pack
things right, nice
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and my shoes have nice little,
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you know, holder so
that the dirt from your shoe
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doesn't get on your clothes.
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And I've got everything nicely
folded and packed just so,
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and everything's
got a special spot.
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Oh, Linda ran in
there after me and she goes,
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"We got to go, sis,
we're gonna be late."
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And she just starts throwing
everything in my suitcases.
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Oh, I thought I'd
have a heart attack.
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And so when she--
we get it all in there
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and she has to sit on
top of it to close it.
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And so I'm zipping it
and we dragged that thing
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into the car-- to
the trunk of the car.
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And Linda told me I better drive
because I drive faster than her.
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And so we just took off down
to Madison, Wisconsin Airport.
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And I mean, I was
flying low, don't tell anybody.
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And when I got to the airport,
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I gave her a quick kiss, goodbye
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because I mean,
it took us an hour.
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And there was some
traffic and everything
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and I was worried
about missing my flight.
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And so I raced into the airport,
quickly checked my bags,
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ran through security.
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And wouldn't know
I'd be the one picked
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to get the pat down.
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And I'm in a hurry.
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I got to get to my gate.
00:14:04.03\00:14:05.40
And so finally
I'm like, you know,
00:14:05.43\00:14:06.80
so they cleared
me through security
00:14:06.83\00:14:08.57
and I go running in
there, huffing and puffing.
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I get on the plane and I sit
in my seat and oh, I made it.
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Thank you, Lord.
Thank you so much.
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And I'm praying the
whole time, as I'm driving,
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Lord, please help me
not to miss my plane.
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Because you know I've got
to leave for 3ABN the next day,
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I've got taping programs,
they depending on me and say,
00:14:22.96\00:14:25.23
God knows all that?
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But I tell Him anyway.
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It's on my heart, you
know, and I, you know,
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He's my best
friend so I talk to Him.
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So I'm on the
plane and I meet the lady
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next to me and anytime
I fly, I pray and ask God
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to give me a divine appointment.
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See I pray and ask God to sit
somebody next to me that really
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needs to know how
much Jesus loves them.
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And you know God
always does that.
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He is so faithful.
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And so I had the most
wonderful divine appointment.
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I was able to talk
with the woman next to me
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and share with her
about-- about what I did
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and that led to a
whole conversation
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about her Christian life
00:15:04.89\00:15:06.53
and it was a wonderful
spiritual conversation.
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And we were still talking
when we landed in Cincinnati
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where I was
supposed to change planes
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from Cincinnati to Knoxville,
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that Knoxville,
Tennessee where I live.
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So while we were just
landing, I asked the lady,
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I said, "Would you mind
if I had a prayer with you?"
00:15:23.83\00:15:25.93
And I took her
hand and we had prayer.
00:15:25.96\00:15:27.78
And I told her that I wanted
to be her neighbor in heaven
00:15:27.81\00:15:30.79
if she gave her heart to Jesus.
00:15:30.82\00:15:32.57
And tears were rolling down
her cheeks and she said, "Yes."
00:15:32.60\00:15:35.97
She said, "I want
to meet you there too."
00:15:36.00\00:15:37.64
She goes, "I just can't believe,
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what are the
chances that somebody talks
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so openly about God
sitting next to me?"
00:15:41.36\00:15:44.14
And so I told her, I said,
00:15:44.17\00:15:46.03
"Well, it's pretty high
because you are prayed for."
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And so I got up, I told her
goodbye and I grabbed my roll on
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and my computer
bag and I'm headed down
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an aisle through
the Cincinnati Airport.
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And I got right in front of
an end to end pretzel stand.
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Oh, no.
00:16:05.56\00:16:10.03
Oh, what did I do?
00:16:10.06\00:16:11.43
Oh, Lord, what did
I do? What did I do?
00:16:11.46\00:16:13.88
How could I
have been so foolish?
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I checked my suitcase with all
that money still inside of it,
00:16:15.60\00:16:19.92
with all the haste
and the hurry of trying
00:16:19.95\00:16:22.02
to get out of the house on time.
00:16:22.05\00:16:23.42
I had forgotten to
take all that money out
00:16:23.45\00:16:25.73
and I was gonna
put it in my satchel,
00:16:25.76\00:16:28.35
my bag that I was gonna
carry with me on the plane.
00:16:28.38\00:16:30.89
And now instead,
it was in my suitcase
00:16:30.92\00:16:34.12
that was at check bay.
00:16:34.15\00:16:36.12
Now I don't know about
you, but in the United States
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after 9/11, it
changed everything.
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And they check everything
and they screen everything.
00:16:41.91\00:16:44.59
And I knew, I said,
Lord if someone's gonna
00:16:44.62\00:16:46.95
open that zipper
and see all that money,
00:16:46.98\00:16:48.93
if they're gonna take
$20, they'll take it all.
00:16:48.96\00:16:51.61
I said, "And
they're gonna check my bag."
00:16:51.64\00:16:53.71
I said, "Oh, Lord,
this is Your money.
00:16:53.74\00:16:57.06
How could have
I lost Your money?
00:16:57.09\00:16:58.57
There's thousands
of dollars in there."
00:16:58.60\00:17:00.54
I said, "I quit counting after
the first couple of nights."
00:17:00.57\00:17:03.16
Because there was just so much
00:17:03.19\00:17:04.56
and I didn't have
time to count it all.
00:17:04.59\00:17:05.96
And so I just had
kept stuffing and stuffing,
00:17:05.99\00:17:08.00
in fact, I could
hardly get that zipper closed.
00:17:08.03\00:17:10.87
And it was a pretty big pocket.
00:17:10.90\00:17:13.21
I said, "Oh,
Lord, I lost Your money!
00:17:13.24\00:17:17.71
Oh, no!"
00:17:17.74\00:17:20.25
I'm gonna have to call Danny.
00:17:20.28\00:17:21.74
I'm gonna have to
tell him about it.
00:17:21.77\00:17:23.74
You see, Danny Shelton
00:17:23.77\00:17:25.14
is the founder of Three
Angels Broadcasting Network.
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He's also a close friend,
childhood friend of mine.
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And I didn't know
how to break it to him.
00:17:30.72\00:17:36.66
Lord, I need prayer.
00:17:36.69\00:17:38.13
I need someone to pray with me.
00:17:38.16\00:17:39.53
And so I quick-- I was fumbling,
00:17:39.56\00:17:40.95
where's my
purse, where's my purse.
00:17:40.98\00:17:42.35
Oh, here's my purse,
here's my phone and my purse.
00:17:42.38\00:17:44.03
And I quickly dial the number
00:17:44.06\00:17:45.75
and I could
hardly talk. "Hello?"
00:17:45.78\00:17:49.90
I could hear Danny on the
other end of the phone going,
00:17:49.93\00:17:52.25
"Hello, is anybody there?"
00:17:52.28\00:17:54.16
As soon as I heard his voice.
00:17:54.19\00:17:55.87
"Danny..."
00:17:55.90\00:17:57.63
I was a blubbering idiot.
00:18:02.51\00:18:04.02
I mean, I was just sobbing.
00:18:04.05\00:18:05.65
And he goes,
"Brenda, what's the matter?
00:18:05.68\00:18:07.05
Are you all right?
00:18:07.08\00:18:08.45
Are you hurt, what's the matter?
00:18:08.48\00:18:09.85
Brenda, would you take a breath?
00:18:12.31\00:18:16.17
Now tell me what's the matter."
00:18:16.20\00:18:18.54
And I said, "Danny,
I lost God's money."
00:18:18.57\00:18:24.87
And the whole
story just spilled out.
00:18:24.90\00:18:27.79
And as soon as it spilled out,
00:18:27.82\00:18:29.25
do you know what he said to me?
00:18:29.28\00:18:31.03
"Is that all?"
00:18:31.06\00:18:35.50
He said, "Brenda,
you said it yourself,
00:18:35.53\00:18:37.39
it's God's money.
00:18:37.42\00:18:39.76
He knows where it's at.
00:18:39.79\00:18:41.89
And if God's got
another plan for it,
00:18:41.92\00:18:44.02
it's okay with us.
00:18:44.05\00:18:45.42
We're gonna trust it to Jesus,
00:18:45.45\00:18:46.82
let me pray with you right now."
00:18:46.85\00:18:49.91
So he got--I stood real
still and I just bowed my head
00:18:49.94\00:18:54.19
and I stood there and all
these people going past me.
00:18:54.22\00:18:56.79
I'm still sitting there
in the Auntie Anne's stand.
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And he prayed, and he
asked God to first of all,
00:19:00.43\00:19:05.02
calm me down and
give me more faith.
00:19:05.05\00:19:08.61
He asked God to protect
His money if it was His will.
00:19:08.64\00:19:12.58
Lord, you know
where that money is.
00:19:12.61\00:19:14.50
Like Brenda said, it's yours,
00:19:14.53\00:19:16.33
you can do with
that what you want.
00:19:16.36\00:19:18.11
Lord, if You've got another
plan for that money, it's okay.
00:19:18.14\00:19:21.61
We're trusting that
money to You, it's Your money.
00:19:21.64\00:19:24.91
We know You have the power
00:19:24.94\00:19:26.41
to protect it and keep it safe.
00:19:26.44\00:19:30.57
And Lord, if
that's not Your plan,
00:19:30.60\00:19:33.27
it's okay."
00:19:33.30\00:19:34.67
When he got through praying,
00:19:37.10\00:19:40.05
I couldn't
believe how calm he was.
00:19:40.08\00:19:44.65
And as soon as he was
trying to say, he said,
00:19:44.68\00:19:46.76
"Now, Brenda, just relax,
God's got this under control."
00:19:46.79\00:19:49.74
I said, "Danny, do you
have to be so nice about it?"
00:19:49.77\00:19:53.98
I said, "Can't you
just scream at me or tell me
00:19:54.01\00:19:56.31
how foolish I am or
fire me or something?"
00:19:56.34\00:19:59.55
And then he really laughed.
00:19:59.58\00:20:01.35
He said, "I can't fire
you, you are a volunteer."
00:20:01.38\00:20:04.97
He said, "Now you just trust God
00:20:08.78\00:20:10.65
with that money,
it's gonna be okay."
00:20:10.68\00:20:12.96
Well, when we hung
up, it still wasn't okay.
00:20:12.99\00:20:16.36
And the minute I started
thinking about all that money
00:20:16.39\00:20:18.84
that I had lost, of God's money,
00:20:18.87\00:20:21.22
knowing how much that money
could be used for His work.
00:20:21.25\00:20:25.44
All those tears started
just happening all over again.
00:20:25.47\00:20:28.40
And a man came by and
said, "Ma'am, are you okay?"
00:20:28.43\00:20:31.40
I said, "No, I'm not okay!"
00:20:31.43\00:20:35.72
He said, "Okay."
00:20:35.75\00:20:38.82
I went and found my gate.
00:20:38.85\00:20:43.02
And I said, "I got
to--I need prayer."
00:20:43.05\00:20:47.06
Do you know, in the
Bible where it says,
00:20:47.09\00:20:48.46
"Where two or more gathered,
00:20:48.49\00:20:50.02
He is there, He
is in the midst."
00:20:50.05\00:20:52.23
And so I said, "I've got
to-- I need prayer warriors.
00:20:52.26\00:20:54.76
I've got to
be--for taking this--I need
00:20:54.79\00:20:56.46
lots of prayer warriors."
00:20:56.49\00:20:57.86
And so instead of
having that kind of faith
00:20:57.89\00:21:00.43
that Danny had, I
was still panicked.
00:21:00.46\00:21:04.21
And so I mean, I started calling
00:21:04.24\00:21:07.90
every prayer warrior
who would pray for me.
00:21:07.93\00:21:09.68
I first called my dad
because that activates
00:21:09.71\00:21:12.21
the Micheff family prayer chain.
00:21:12.24\00:21:14.51
And I call daddy
and I said and told him
00:21:14.54\00:21:16.08
the whole story and he said,
00:21:16.11\00:21:17.48
"Okay, I'll get
the family praying."
00:21:17.51\00:21:19.32
And when I got
through talking with daddy,
00:21:19.35\00:21:21.17
I went looked in my
phone and I started with the As
00:21:21.20\00:21:24.61
and I started
calling every single person
00:21:24.64\00:21:27.18
that I knew would be a
prayer warrior to pray for me.
00:21:27.21\00:21:30.74
And when I got down
to almost to the Ms,
00:21:30.77\00:21:37.88
I heard an
announcement that said,
00:21:40.46\00:21:45.55
"Ladies and
gentlemen, we're so sorry
00:21:45.58\00:21:47.25
but there's going
to be 4 hour delay
00:21:47.28\00:21:49.87
due to mechanical problems."
00:21:49.90\00:21:51.32
Oh, no.
00:21:51.35\00:21:53.05
Lord, you expect me to sit
here and wait another 4 hours?
00:21:53.08\00:21:57.24
Why, that might as well
have been 4 million years.
00:21:57.27\00:21:59.73
I was, I said how am
I gonna know 4 hours?
00:21:59.76\00:22:03.17
I decided I shouldn't go
up and tell anybody about it,
00:22:03.20\00:22:05.67
because for sure
it'd be gone then.
00:22:05.70\00:22:07.66
And so I said, "Lord, you know,
00:22:07.69\00:22:10.19
You need to take care of
that money, it's Your money."
00:22:10.22\00:22:12.18
And I'm talking to God,
like He didn't know about it.
00:22:12.21\00:22:15.29
And so I got down
through the, you know,
00:22:15.32\00:22:20.37
down to the Ms and I was almost
down to the last M on my card.
00:22:20.40\00:22:24.38
And I'd been calling, calling.
00:22:24.41\00:22:26.08
The only one time I moved
that whole time was to sit next
00:22:26.11\00:22:29.91
to a wall where I could
plug my cell phone charger in.
00:22:29.94\00:22:33.76
And I was calling every prayer
warrior I knew who'd pray.
00:22:33.79\00:22:36.78
And I got down to Ms, the
last one and it said Myrtle.
00:22:36.81\00:22:40.52
Now had I been in my right mind,
00:22:40.55\00:22:43.03
I would have
never called Myrtle.
00:22:43.06\00:22:46.32
Because you see, Myrtle is
my aunt, my mother's sister.
00:22:46.35\00:22:51.05
And my aunt Myrtle,
although she'd been raised
00:22:51.08\00:22:53.44
the Seventh-day Adventist,
had not been in the church
00:22:53.47\00:22:56.34
since she was a child.
00:22:56.37\00:22:58.82
And I have always loved and
been close to my aunt Myrtle.
00:22:58.85\00:23:04.03
I have to tell you
she was my favorite aunty.
00:23:04.06\00:23:06.47
And I think I
was her favorite too.
00:23:06.50\00:23:08.95
And I had a very
close relationship with her.
00:23:08.98\00:23:12.30
And so I--not even thinking,
I just dialed aunt Myrtle
00:23:12.33\00:23:16.32
and I said, "Aunt Myrtle,
Aunt Myrtle, I really need you."
00:23:16.35\00:23:19.54
And she said,
"Honey, what's the matter?
00:23:19.57\00:23:20.94
What's the matter, Brenda?"
00:23:20.97\00:23:22.34
I said, "Oh, Aunt Myrtle,
I need you so much and I--"
00:23:22.37\00:23:24.54
And so I told
her the whole story.
00:23:24.57\00:23:26.20
She goes, "Well, what can I do?"
00:23:26.23\00:23:27.86
I said, "Aunt Myrtle, I
need you to pray for me!"
00:23:27.89\00:23:30.53
She goes, "Well, honey, I
don't even know how to pray."
00:23:30.56\00:23:34.00
And I said, "Aunt Myrtle, I
need you at a time like this,
00:23:34.03\00:23:36.14
I need you, "she
goes, "okay, okay, okay.
00:23:36.17\00:23:37.77
Just calm down, calm down."
00:23:37.80\00:23:39.41
She said,
"I--I--I--I--I'll pray."
00:23:39.44\00:23:41.35
Well, when we
finally boarded that flight,
00:23:45.21\00:23:49.59
my stomach is in
knots, I'm not at peace.
00:23:49.62\00:23:53.07
I am so nervous,
I'm a nervous wreck,
00:23:53.10\00:23:55.15
and my hands are sweating.
00:23:55.18\00:23:57.65
I land in
Knoxville, I can't even hardly
00:23:57.68\00:23:59.50
wait to get off that plane.
00:23:59.53\00:24:01.23
As I walked to
the baggage carousel,
00:24:01.26\00:24:03.23
I met my husband there.
00:24:03.26\00:24:04.63
He had been praying for me too,
he had that panic call as well.
00:24:04.66\00:24:08.15
And so he hugged me and he says,
"Honey, it's gonna be okay."
00:24:08.18\00:24:11.32
And we walked, you
know, I'm a priority flier,
00:24:11.35\00:24:13.99
I'm almost a diamond with Delta,
I mean, I fly all the time.
00:24:14.02\00:24:17.72
My bags are supposed to be
the first ones off the plane,
00:24:17.75\00:24:20.05
they're even labeled that way.
00:24:20.08\00:24:21.45
No, it was the
last bag off the plane.
00:24:21.48\00:24:23.99
And I mean, I'm waiting
as bag after bag after bag
00:24:24.02\00:24:27.10
is coming around that carousel
and finally, there's my bag.
00:24:27.13\00:24:31.37
Tim, my husband Tim picked it
up and took it off the carousel.
00:24:31.40\00:24:36.10
And he said, "Do
you want to unzip it?
00:24:36.13\00:24:38.00
Or do you want me to?"
00:24:38.03\00:24:40.38
I said, "I guess I'll do it
but can we pray one more time?"
00:24:40.41\00:24:46.55
And he said, "Yes."
He said, "Let' pray."
00:24:46.58\00:24:48.48
So he put his arm around me
and we said a little prayer.
00:24:48.51\00:24:52.70
And then he said, "Honey,
you're gonna have to open it."
00:24:52.73\00:24:55.09
I said, "Okay."
00:24:55.12\00:24:57.51
And I bent down and
I unzipped that zipper
00:24:57.54\00:25:00.57
and all of a sudden
these bills started coming out,
00:25:00.60\00:25:02.35
and I'm grabbing
them, going, "Honey, honey,
00:25:02.38\00:25:03.88
quick, quick, quick,
close that thing up quick!"
00:25:03.91\00:25:07.53
It was stuffed full.
00:25:07.56\00:25:10.16
All the money was there.
00:25:10.19\00:25:13.99
Well, I guess it's no secret
to you, probably you figured out
00:25:14.02\00:25:17.10
who I called first.
00:25:17.13\00:25:19.30
I figured, Danny-- it
was already late at night
00:25:19.33\00:25:21.62
and he already had faith anyway.
00:25:21.65\00:25:23.04
So, you know, I wasn't
gonna worry about calling him,
00:25:23.07\00:25:25.07
I called my Aunt Myrtle.
00:25:25.10\00:25:27.04
And as soon as I
called her, she said,
00:25:27.07\00:25:28.68
"Honey, honey is the
money, is the money there?
00:25:28.71\00:25:30.65
She goes, "I've been praying
00:25:30.68\00:25:32.05
every minute
since you called me."
00:25:32.08\00:25:33.45
And she said, "I've
been down on my knees."
00:25:33.48\00:25:34.85
And she said, "I
figured if I was gonna talked
00:25:34.88\00:25:36.42
to the man, I'd
better get on my knees
00:25:36.45\00:25:37.82
and my arthritis is killing me."
00:25:37.85\00:25:41.89
I said, "Oh, yes, grandma,
yes. I mean, Aunt Myrtle."
00:25:41.92\00:25:44.61
I said, "Yes, Aunt Myrtle, yes.
00:25:44.64\00:25:46.01
I said, "The
money is all there."
00:25:46.04\00:25:48.70
And she says, "Well,
don't you want to thank Him?"
00:25:48.73\00:25:51.02
I said, "Oh, yes, I do."
00:25:51.05\00:25:52.42
We had a big thank you prayer.
00:25:52.45\00:25:55.50
Now I could tell you
00:25:55.53\00:25:59.72
that there are many reasons
00:26:02.71\00:26:06.92
why that story is
so important for me
00:26:06.95\00:26:09.54
to share with you tonight.
00:26:09.57\00:26:12.36
You see, I didn't have the
kind of faith I needed, did I?
00:26:12.39\00:26:18.43
I was praying and
praying and praying.
00:26:18.46\00:26:20.11
I didn't really have the kind
of faith that I absolutely knew
00:26:20.14\00:26:23.17
without shadow of a doubt
that whatever happened was okay.
00:26:23.20\00:26:27.09
It was in God's plan
and I should just have been
00:26:27.12\00:26:30.98
able to just put it at
peace and that'd be it.
00:26:31.01\00:26:36.68
But I did have enough
faith to start calling people
00:26:36.71\00:26:39.82
and start asking
for prayer and knowing
00:26:39.85\00:26:41.79
that the possibility was there.
00:26:41.82\00:26:43.31
And you know in the
Bible where it says,
00:26:43.34\00:26:45.28
if you turn with
me, in Matthew 17:20.
00:26:45.31\00:26:50.27
Matthew 17:20, "And
Jesus said unto them,
00:26:50.30\00:26:56.51
Because of your unbelief,
for verily I say unto you,
00:26:56.54\00:26:59.99
if ye have faith as a
grain of mustard seed,
00:27:00.02\00:27:03.56
ye shall say unto this mountain,
remove hence to yonder place,
00:27:03.59\00:27:08.40
and it shall remove, and nothing
shall be impossible unto you."
00:27:08.43\00:27:16.23
And nothing shall
be impossible unto you.
00:27:16.26\00:27:19.11
If I have the faith
of even a tiny grain
00:27:19.14\00:27:21.59
of mustard seed,
nothing is impossible.
00:27:21.62\00:27:24.96
And yet God honored that tiny
00:27:24.99\00:27:28.08
little grain of
faith that I had.
00:27:28.11\00:27:30.54
Isn't God good?
00:27:30.57\00:27:32.77
The other thing is that
God saw the big picture.
00:27:32.80\00:27:36.00
You see, my Aunt Myrtle
now is one of my biggest
00:27:36.03\00:27:38.03
prayer warriors
you could imagine.
00:27:38.06\00:27:40.35
And now if I have
anything to pray about,
00:27:40.38\00:27:42.37
I call Aunt Myrtle and
I'll say, "Aunt Myrtle,
00:27:42.40\00:27:44.14
I just got a letter from
this little, you know boy,
00:27:44.17\00:27:46.98
in Fiji and his mom
is really, really sick.
00:27:47.01\00:27:50.53
They told him
that she's gonna die.
00:27:50.56\00:27:52.26
And he wrote me this letter
and it's breaking my heart.
00:27:52.29\00:27:54.87
He said that if Miss
Brenda prays for his Mama,
00:27:54.90\00:27:57.52
he knows that she'll live."
00:27:57.55\00:27:59.68
I said, "Aunt Myrtle." I
said, "He doesn't understand."
00:27:59.71\00:28:02.77
I said, "Well, that his
mother might take him and
00:28:02.80\00:28:07.84
it doesn't mean that
Jesus doesn't love him"
00:28:07.87\00:28:10.26
I said, "Would you
pray for him, please?"
00:28:10.29\00:28:12.04
And she said, "Well, let
me, let's write that name down,
00:28:12.07\00:28:14.63
now he's that and she
goes, where's he from?
00:28:14.66\00:28:16.22
Oh, yeah, I'll for him."
00:28:16.25\00:28:17.62
She'll pray for
him and pray for him.
00:28:17.65\00:28:19.02
I'll give her so many things
to pray about and the next time
00:28:19.05\00:28:22.01
I talk to her,
she'll want to know,
00:28:22.04\00:28:23.41
"Have you heard anything
about this little girl that,
00:28:23.44\00:28:25.53
now that little girl
with the brain tumor,
00:28:25.56\00:28:26.98
how is that turning out?"
00:28:27.01\00:28:28.38
And I said, well,
grandma, I mean, Aunt Myrtle,"
00:28:28.41\00:28:30.24
I keep calling her grandma.
00:28:30.27\00:28:31.64
I said, "Oh, Aunt Myrtle."
00:28:31.67\00:28:33.28
I said, "This happened and this
happened and this happened."
00:28:33.31\00:28:36.01
And she goes, "Oh,
wonderful, wonderful."
00:28:36.04\00:28:38.29
And she's one of my most
wonderful prayer warriors.
00:28:38.32\00:28:42.83
Now you got to know,
God sees the big picture,
00:28:42.86\00:28:45.45
He sees the plan.
00:28:45.48\00:28:46.85
We have to trust Him.
00:28:46.88\00:28:48.25
We don't know
the plan but He does.
00:28:48.28\00:28:50.16
He knows the end
from the beginning.
00:28:50.19\00:28:52.28
And it's so important that
we place our life completely
00:28:52.31\00:28:55.25
and fully in the Lord's hands.
00:28:55.28\00:28:57.78
Our God is trustworthy.
00:28:57.81\00:29:00.38
I can tell you,
sometimes I don't understand
00:29:02.62\00:29:07.98
what God wants or why
He does certain things
00:29:08.01\00:29:09.88
but it's not our
job to understand,
00:29:09.91\00:29:12.35
it's our job to trust.
00:29:12.38\00:29:14.10
He is the king of the
universe, He's our creator.
00:29:14.13\00:29:16.54
He loves us more than
anybody else ever could.
00:29:16.57\00:29:20.04
We can trust Him.
00:29:20.07\00:29:22.24
One particular flight I was
on, I was really excited because
00:29:22.27\00:29:27.58
I was taking this
trip and I had prayed
00:29:27.61\00:29:30.51
and asked for God to
seat me next to someone
00:29:30.54\00:29:32.45
I could witness
to, like I always do.
00:29:32.48\00:29:35.09
And I was really
excited because sometimes
00:29:35.12\00:29:39.52
when you go online and
you click on your sit--
00:29:39.55\00:29:41.41
where you're gonna sit,
there's quite a few options
00:29:41.44\00:29:45.32
and you click on it and
then that seat's yours, right?
00:29:45.35\00:29:48.07
Well, this particular time,
00:29:48.10\00:29:49.56
and it's
happened more than once.
00:29:49.59\00:29:51.00
I've clicked around
on there to find a seat
00:29:51.03\00:29:53.42
and even though it says
available, it will not take it.
00:29:53.45\00:29:57.48
And this
particular flight, only 1 seat
00:29:57.51\00:30:00.98
out of probably 20 open seats,
only 1 place would it take it.
00:30:01.01\00:30:05.62
And so I was really excited,
I was like, well, you got--
00:30:05.65\00:30:07.90
so I'm really
excited for this trip,
00:30:07.93\00:30:10.16
I'm really excited about that.
00:30:10.19\00:30:13.00
And I was flying on a trip, I
believe I was going to Russia.
00:30:13.03\00:30:18.55
And I was really, I knew
it was gonna be a long trip
00:30:18.58\00:30:21.40
and I thought, "Wow,
this is really awesome."
00:30:21.43\00:30:24.47
But guess what,
I got on the plane
00:30:24.50\00:30:27.97
and the man next to
me was by the window.
00:30:28.00\00:30:32.09
The seat next to us
between us was empty.
00:30:32.12\00:30:34.85
And this man as soon as
we--he didn't want to talk,
00:30:34.88\00:30:37.75
and as soon as we
got off the ground,
00:30:37.78\00:30:40.69
he turned to me and he said,
"Can you tell them don't bother
00:30:40.72\00:30:46.06
with the meals
when they come by?"
00:30:46.09\00:30:47.46
He said, "I took me one of those
sleeping pills and Ambiens."
00:30:47.49\00:30:50.02
And he said, "I'm
gonna go sleep this one off
00:30:50.05\00:30:51.74
and wake up when I'm there."
00:30:51.77\00:30:53.14
And he put those
little, you know,
00:30:53.17\00:30:54.54
mask over his face and boom,
he was snoring like a, you know,
00:30:54.57\00:30:57.56
like a sawing logs
in just a few minutes.
00:30:57.59\00:31:00.96
And he slept.
00:31:00.99\00:31:02.42
And he slept.
00:31:02.45\00:31:03.82
And he slept.
00:31:03.85\00:31:05.22
I said, "Lord,
how am I gonna witness
00:31:05.25\00:31:06.72
to this man if he is asleep?"
00:31:06.75\00:31:11.13
I coughed a little
bit, that didn't work.
00:31:11.16\00:31:16.03
I tried banging
my seat, you know,
00:31:16.06\00:31:18.44
my tray table little
bit, make clunking around
00:31:18.47\00:31:20.70
a little bit, that didn't work.
00:31:20.73\00:31:22.26
I said, "Lord,
this is a long flight
00:31:22.29\00:31:24.33
and this man is gonna
now sleep the whole night.
00:31:24.36\00:31:26.49
He is out."
00:31:26.52\00:31:29.06
Well, after a
couple of hours I said,
00:31:29.09\00:31:30.46
"Lord, I know
what You're doing."
00:31:30.49\00:31:31.86
And I said I just
really-- I just thought
00:31:31.89\00:31:33.78
there was you had a plan
and it wasn't long before
00:31:33.81\00:31:36.48
most of the plane
was sound asleep too.
00:31:36.51\00:31:40.40
You know those
red eyes are horrible.
00:31:40.43\00:31:43.09
So I thought
well, I was wide awake.
00:31:43.12\00:31:46.36
So I thought I'll go in the back
and go get some drink of water.
00:31:46.39\00:31:48.91
And I went back
to drink the water.
00:31:48.94\00:31:50.57
And there's all the flight
attendants were back in the back
00:31:50.60\00:31:54.92
because most of
them were sleeping
00:31:54.95\00:31:56.42
and it was
between service times.
00:31:56.45\00:31:58.96
And they were all just
chit chatting and you know
00:31:58.99\00:32:01.38
reading magazines
and talking about things.
00:32:01.41\00:32:03.31
And as soon as I
went back and said,
00:32:03.34\00:32:05.08
"Would you
mind..." a lady turn around.
00:32:05.11\00:32:06.68
I said, "Would you mind if I
had a drink of water, please?"
00:32:06.71\00:32:08.26
And she goes,
"Sure, be happy to--
00:32:08.29\00:32:10.74
Hey, wait a minute."
00:32:10.77\00:32:12.91
She said, "You that
lady on the television show."
00:32:12.94\00:32:17.52
She said. "Are
you on that flight?"
00:32:17.55\00:32:19.79
And she goes, "Where was it?"
00:32:19.82\00:32:21.19
She goes "You are
on my Africa flight."
00:32:21.22\00:32:23.34
And few months ago.
00:32:23.37\00:32:25.01
And I said, "Well,
yes." She said, "Remember?"
00:32:25.04\00:32:28.76
She said, "You told
me all about your show."
00:32:28.79\00:32:30.98
And she said, "I even
looked up your church."
00:32:31.01\00:32:33.05
Next thing, you know,
she is telling all those
00:32:33.08\00:32:35.29
other flight attendants all
about who I am and what I do.
00:32:35.32\00:32:38.74
Do you know for
almost that whole trip
00:32:38.77\00:32:42.47
I had a chance to
witness to everybody there?
00:32:42.50\00:32:44.73
We had a Bible study
like you can't believe.
00:32:44.76\00:32:46.69
They asked questions and
I said, "Well just a minute.
00:32:46.72\00:32:50.37
Let me go get my Bible."
00:32:50.40\00:32:51.77
Because one lady
said, "I want to know
00:32:51.80\00:32:53.17
what happens to
you when you die."
00:32:53.20\00:32:55.06
Because her church, she
don't think you go to heaven.
00:32:55.09\00:32:58.15
And I said,
"Well, you know what,
00:32:58.18\00:32:59.55
it's not important what I think.
00:32:59.58\00:33:01.53
Let's see what the bible says.
00:33:01.56\00:33:02.94
What does God think?"
00:33:02.97\00:33:04.34
And I said, "Let
me go get my Bible."
00:33:04.37\00:33:05.74
See, when I go
travel, I make sure
00:33:05.77\00:33:07.66
I've got all witnessing
material right there handy.
00:33:07.69\00:33:10.36
So I went running
back and I got my Bible.
00:33:10.39\00:33:12.21
Now some of you may
not have the same problem
00:33:12.24\00:33:16.18
but I'm not a
person that remembers
00:33:16.21\00:33:18.98
and can memorize a lot of text.
00:33:19.01\00:33:21.44
It just is not my gift.
00:33:21.47\00:33:23.67
My sister Linda can do
it, my brothers can do it,
00:33:23.70\00:33:26.30
my dad can do it.
00:33:26.33\00:33:27.70
But I have to keep
my Bible so marked up
00:33:27.73\00:33:30.50
and where I can find things
00:33:30.53\00:33:31.98
because it's not gonna
be on the tip of my tongue,
00:33:32.01\00:33:34.25
even though I read
it over and over again,
00:33:34.28\00:33:35.67
it's not my gift.
00:33:35.70\00:33:37.07
So I have a Bible study guide,
00:33:37.10\00:33:39.05
it's not any
thicker than a bulletin.
00:33:39.08\00:33:41.74
I can give a
bible study on any topic
00:33:41.77\00:33:44.08
and it will just--you
go down to whatever it is
00:33:44.11\00:33:46.19
and we just start
looking up Bible text.
00:33:46.22\00:33:48.35
It's really awesome.
00:33:48.38\00:33:49.75
And so I got my Bible,
00:33:49.78\00:33:51.15
I was back there
and I was looking up
00:33:51.18\00:33:52.55
and we got to
the part about death.
00:33:52.58\00:33:53.95
And I started going
down one right after another.
00:33:53.98\00:33:55.92
I didn't even get
half way down my list.
00:33:55.95\00:33:57.96
And she goes, the lady
says, "Stop, I get it."
00:33:57.99\00:34:00.99
She said, "My
mom is not in heaven
00:34:01.02\00:34:02.74
looking out for me, is she?"
00:34:02.77\00:34:04.14
And I said, "No, she's not."
00:34:04.17\00:34:06.48
And then somebody
else would ask me question
00:34:06.51\00:34:08.11
and I'd say, "Well,
let's see what the Bible says."
00:34:08.14\00:34:10.02
And so I would go to
the-- my trusty little,
00:34:10.05\00:34:14.24
you know,
pamphlet, Bible study guide.
00:34:14.27\00:34:15.77
And I would, you
know, look up that text
00:34:15.80\00:34:19.80
and we'd start again.
00:34:19.83\00:34:21.30
Text after text after text.
00:34:21.33\00:34:23.44
And by the way if
anybody is interested
00:34:23.47\00:34:24.89
in the Bible study guides,
00:34:24.92\00:34:26.29
I didn't write them
but someone from 3ABN,
00:34:26.32\00:34:29.59
one of our editors wrote them.
00:34:29.62\00:34:31.76
And I made a link on my website
00:34:31.79\00:34:34.15
to make it easier
for you guys to find them
00:34:34.18\00:34:35.69
and find it there.
00:34:35.72\00:34:37.09
So if you go to
www.brendawalsh.com,
00:34:37.12\00:34:38.89
just www.brendawalsh.com,
00:34:38.92\00:34:40.47
you can click on
Bible study guides
00:34:40.50\00:34:42.30
and you'll see how to
get some if you want some.
00:34:42.33\00:34:44.27
But it's a
tremendous blessing to me
00:34:44.30\00:34:47.45
because I, in a moment's
notice can give a Bible study
00:34:47.48\00:34:50.68
about any subject.
00:34:50.71\00:34:52.08
And so I'm back there
00:34:52.11\00:34:53.48
that whole time
giving a Bible study
00:34:53.51\00:34:56.36
to all those ladies,
seven flight attendants.
00:34:56.39\00:34:59.51
And when we were through,
00:34:59.54\00:35:02.21
we had a prayer
circle back there.
00:35:02.24\00:35:04.54
One lady says, "You know,
you won't gonna believe this."
00:35:04.57\00:35:07.11
She said, "But, you
know my husband just left me
00:35:07.14\00:35:09.24
before I got on this flight."
00:35:09.27\00:35:10.81
And somebody else
said that you know her boy
00:35:10.84\00:35:13.58
had just gotten arrested
that last week for drugs.
00:35:13.61\00:35:16.15
And there was--every one of them
had some crisis in their life.
00:35:16.18\00:35:20.09
And God
orchestrated that whole event
00:35:20.12\00:35:24.14
for them all to be
gathered in the back
00:35:24.17\00:35:26.06
and for-- to use me to minister
to all of them at the same time,
00:35:26.09\00:35:28.90
is that not amazing?
00:35:28.93\00:35:30.30
Isn't that awesome how God--
00:35:30.33\00:35:32.22
and by the way
the man that slept,
00:35:32.25\00:35:34.04
he did not wake
up till we landed.
00:35:34.07\00:35:38.34
That was not God's plan.
00:35:38.37\00:35:40.03
You see, we don't know
better than God, He knows.
00:35:40.06\00:35:43.03
And so--it's so important
that we're not trying to tell
00:35:43.06\00:35:45.43
God how to do his job.
00:35:45.46\00:35:47.16
It's our job to trust him.
00:35:47.19\00:35:48.58
And so when that
man went to sleep,
00:35:48.61\00:35:50.04
instead of me getting frustrated
00:35:50.07\00:35:51.44
and going wait a
minute, wait a minute
00:35:51.47\00:35:52.84
I have a
witnessing job to do here.
00:35:52.87\00:35:55.09
It's God's job.
00:35:55.12\00:35:56.65
Isn't that awesome how He works?
00:35:56.68\00:35:59.13
I can't even, you
know, caution you enough
00:35:59.16\00:36:03.58
about making sure
that you are really
00:36:03.61\00:36:06.51
tuned in to the Holy Spirit.
00:36:06.54\00:36:08.03
That you are so prayed
up because you cannot share
00:36:08.06\00:36:11.19
what you do not have, you can't.
00:36:11.22\00:36:13.72
You have to be so
filled up with the Holy Spirit.
00:36:13.75\00:36:15.61
You have to be
walking so close to Jesus.
00:36:15.64\00:36:17.92
You have to be
able to know His voice.
00:36:17.95\00:36:21.77
You see, I have
people ask me all the time,
00:36:21.80\00:36:24.76
"Well, how do
you know God's voice?
00:36:24.79\00:36:27.52
You always act like you
know when God's taking to you.
00:36:27.55\00:36:29.37
I don't know when
God's talking to me,
00:36:29.40\00:36:30.77
how do you know?"
00:36:30.80\00:36:32.97
And this is my answer,
00:36:33.00\00:36:35.82
if a stranger
calls you up on the phone
00:36:35.85\00:36:39.99
and says "Hello, so and so."
00:36:40.02\00:36:42.83
Your first words
out of your mouth is,
00:36:42.86\00:36:44.71
"Excuse me, may I ask
who's calling please?" Right?
00:36:44.74\00:36:46.99
You're not gonna know who it is.
00:36:47.02\00:36:48.90
Now let's say that same person
even calls you once a month
00:36:48.93\00:36:52.87
or once a couple of months.
00:36:52.90\00:36:54.99
You're still gonna say,
00:36:55.02\00:36:56.39
"May I ask who's
calling, please?"
00:36:56.42\00:36:58.68
But when your
best friend calls you
00:36:58.71\00:37:02.09
and somebody you
talked to everyday,
00:37:02.12\00:37:03.66
the minute you hear the
voice are you gonna say,
00:37:03.69\00:37:05.44
May I ask who's calling? No.
00:37:05.47\00:37:08.00
You're gonna
say, "Oh, hi, Marge.
00:37:08.03\00:37:09.68
Hi, Bob, how you're doing?"
00:37:09.71\00:37:11.20
You know, you're
gonna know their voice.
00:37:11.23\00:37:13.75
The more time
you spend with Jesus
00:37:13.78\00:37:16.98
the more you
will know His voice.
00:37:17.01\00:37:19.79
Several years ago,
00:37:19.82\00:37:21.19
I started praying
and asking God to make me
00:37:21.22\00:37:23.13
instant to His will.
00:37:23.16\00:37:25.39
You see, I don't
want to second guess
00:37:25.42\00:37:28.28
what the Holy
Spirit is asking me to do.
00:37:28.31\00:37:31.07
I want to be
instant to God's will.
00:37:31.10\00:37:33.54
It's something I add to my
prayer life every single day.
00:37:33.57\00:37:37.52
I don't want to miss
one divine appointment.
00:37:37.55\00:37:41.24
I don't want to
miss one opportunity
00:37:41.27\00:37:43.45
of not obeying God's voice.
00:37:43.48\00:37:46.99
One time I was in an airport.
00:37:47.02\00:37:52.13
I have a lot of airport
stories 'cause I'm always there.
00:37:52.16\00:37:54.40
And so I was headed to my gate
00:37:54.43\00:37:58.49
and running through the airport
in my four inch high hills,
00:37:58.52\00:38:01.21
yep, I can run in these things.
00:38:01.24\00:38:02.89
And so I was running, I
was dragging my roll on.
00:38:02.92\00:38:06.55
And all of a sudden,
I see coming towards me
00:38:06.58\00:38:09.61
a nice looking man, a gentleman
in a business suit and tie
00:38:09.64\00:38:14.49
and he's pulling
a roll on as well.
00:38:14.52\00:38:17.19
And he's coming
towards me this way
00:38:17.22\00:38:18.66
and I'm going this way and
I made eye contact with him
00:38:18.69\00:38:22.01
and just gave him a great
big smile and kept on going.
00:38:22.04\00:38:24.04
Sometimes just a smile
at somebody shares Jesus.
00:38:24.07\00:38:28.00
Did you know that? Just a smile.
00:38:28.03\00:38:29.99
Nobody wants to
smile anymore, you know.
00:38:30.02\00:38:33.42
You know, my daddy always says,
00:38:33.45\00:38:34.82
"If you love Jesus,
notify your face." Right?
00:38:34.85\00:38:39.25
And so, you
know, we need to smile
00:38:39.28\00:38:41.34
and let people know
that we are happy Christians.
00:38:41.37\00:38:44.42
Who would ever want to join us
00:38:44.45\00:38:45.85
and be a Christian if
we're all just sad all the time
00:38:45.88\00:38:48.55
and no energy and just going.
00:38:48.58\00:38:51.46
Hello! We've got
the blessed the truth.
00:38:51.49\00:38:53.77
We know Jesus as our savior.
00:38:53.80\00:38:55.53
We have so much to
praise Him for, let's be happy!
00:38:55.56\00:38:58.51
So I gave him a great big
smile and I'm still heading.
00:38:58.54\00:39:00.94
And all of a
sudden, instantly, I heard
00:39:00.97\00:39:03.77
the Holy Spirit say to me,
00:39:03.80\00:39:05.40
"Brenda, give
that man a bookmark."
00:39:05.43\00:39:07.84
Now had I not been praying
00:39:07.87\00:39:09.86
and asking God to make
me instant to His will,
00:39:09.89\00:39:13.08
I probably would have said,
00:39:13.11\00:39:15.50
"Lord, you didn't
really mean that, did you?
00:39:15.53\00:39:17.18
I mean, if I go
running after him right now
00:39:17.21\00:39:19.38
he's gonna think
I'm a crazy woman.
00:39:19.41\00:39:21.13
I got a plane to catch.
00:39:21.16\00:39:22.83
I know, you don't
want me to miss my flight."
00:39:22.86\00:39:25.68
But see you can
rationalize yourself
00:39:25.71\00:39:27.85
right out of what
God wants you to do.
00:39:27.88\00:39:29.81
You see how
important it is to be in tune
00:39:29.84\00:39:31.68
to what He wants you to do?
00:39:31.71\00:39:33.50
So instantly, as
soon as I heard that
00:39:33.53\00:39:36.26
I stopped what I was
doing, I reached down in my bag,
00:39:36.29\00:39:38.28
I grabbed my bookmarks.
00:39:38.31\00:39:39.78
And my bookmarks
are also on my website,
00:39:39.81\00:39:42.95
you can see how to make them.
00:39:42.98\00:39:45.07
Just go to
bookmarks on my website.
00:39:45.10\00:39:48.33
It has a picture on
it, has a Bible verse.
00:39:48.36\00:39:50.18
And it's my foot in the
door to talk about Jesus.
00:39:50.21\00:39:52.04
I keep those
bookmarks with me everywhere.
00:39:52.07\00:39:53.64
Pass them out everywhere
00:39:53.67\00:39:55.04
because anytime
I give a bookmark,
00:39:55.07\00:39:56.88
it tells you
that I care about you.
00:39:56.91\00:39:59.01
It tells you
that I am a Christian
00:39:59.04\00:40:00.46
because look at
that Bible verse.
00:40:00.49\00:40:02.18
Isn't that awesome?
00:40:02.21\00:40:03.58
And so anyway I took this--
00:40:03.61\00:40:05.28
I just grabbed the
first one out of there,
00:40:05.31\00:40:07.00
didn't read it,
didn't know what it said,
00:40:07.03\00:40:08.83
didn't know, I
mean, what it looks like,
00:40:08.86\00:40:10.23
I just grabbed it.
00:40:10.26\00:40:11.63
And I turn around and
start running after him
00:40:11.66\00:40:13.03
and I said,
"Excuse me sir, sir, sir."
00:40:13.06\00:40:14.85
And the man stopped
and he turned, he goes,
00:40:14.88\00:40:16.37
"Are you talking to me?"
00:40:16.40\00:40:17.77
And I run up to him
and I said, "Yes, sir."
00:40:17.80\00:40:19.38
I said, "You
know, I am so sorry.
00:40:19.41\00:40:20.85
I have no idea why
but God just impressed me
00:40:20.88\00:40:24.93
that I'm supposed
to give you this."
00:40:24.96\00:40:26.33
And I handed him the bookmark.
00:40:26.36\00:40:28.58
And he looked at that
bookmark and he read it.
00:40:28.61\00:40:31.10
You have no idea.
00:40:35.04\00:40:38.98
You, you, you have no idea.
00:40:39.01\00:40:42.59
Thank you, thank you.
00:40:42.62\00:40:45.14
Thank you. And he
just took off running.
00:40:45.17\00:40:48.61
Now, I don't know
and probably won't know
00:40:48.64\00:40:50.70
until Jesus comes
what that was all about.
00:40:50.73\00:40:53.64
But what I do know
is that God used me
00:40:53.67\00:40:55.97
to deliver a
message to that man.
00:40:56.00\00:40:59.18
What if I hadn't
been instant to His will?
00:40:59.21\00:41:02.68
You see what I'm saying?
How critically important it is?
00:41:02.71\00:41:06.71
Another time that I
was flying on a plane,
00:41:06.74\00:41:09.34
I'm sitting next to a
woman, I was on the aisle
00:41:09.37\00:41:14.41
and this woman came in
and stood in front of me
00:41:14.44\00:41:16.92
and she looked
like she'd been crying.
00:41:16.95\00:41:19.18
And so I got out to let
her in and she sat there
00:41:19.21\00:41:21.54
and she buckled her seatbelt
00:41:21.57\00:41:22.94
and she wasn't
making eye contact,
00:41:22.97\00:41:25.37
she just kept
looking out the window.
00:41:25.40\00:41:27.63
And every body
language she was giving me
00:41:27.66\00:41:31.20
was don't talk to me.
00:41:31.23\00:41:34.27
And I started pray for
her, after all that seat--
00:41:34.30\00:41:36.67
the lady who sat in
that seat was prayed for,
00:41:36.70\00:41:38.96
she was a divine
appointment, I just knew it.
00:41:38.99\00:41:41.42
And so I'm thinking,
"Okay, she's obviously upset,
00:41:41.45\00:41:44.61
God you have
something planned here,
00:41:44.64\00:41:46.01
what do you want
me to say to her?"
00:41:46.04\00:41:47.41
See, I don't know
what to tell people,
00:41:47.44\00:41:48.86
God does though.
00:41:48.89\00:41:50.26
He's gonna give you everything
you need to witness for Him,
00:41:50.29\00:41:53.93
all you have to
do is be willing,
00:41:53.96\00:41:55.99
obedient and joyful about
whatever He wants you to do.
00:41:56.02\00:41:58.46
You don't have to worry
about what you're gonna say,
00:41:58.49\00:41:59.86
God will give it to you.
00:41:59.89\00:42:01.26
And so I looked over her
and I started to say something
00:42:01.29\00:42:04.71
and immediately, I
heard the Holy Spirit say,
00:42:04.74\00:42:07.27
"Brenda, don't say a word."
00:42:07.30\00:42:12.00
But Lord, how am I
gonna witness to her?
00:42:12.03\00:42:13.43
See I talk to Jesus' like that.
00:42:13.46\00:42:15.00
I said, you don't really want
me not to talk to her, do you?
00:42:15.03\00:42:17.43
It looks like she's
upset about something.
00:42:17.46\00:42:19.71
We get off in the
air and we're no sooner,
00:42:19.74\00:42:23.61
you know 5 minutes in the
air and she starts sobbing.
00:42:23.64\00:42:26.97
She's still facing the
window and she's just sobbing,
00:42:27.00\00:42:29.84
her shoulders are sobbing.
00:42:29.87\00:42:31.24
And I started to go over
and I heard Holy Spirit said,
00:42:31.27\00:42:33.60
"Brenda, stay in your
seat, shut your mouth.
00:42:33.63\00:42:38.14
Don't say a word."
00:42:38.17\00:42:41.46
But Lord, look at
her, she's crying.
00:42:41.49\00:42:43.44
She obviously needs
someone to care about her.
00:42:43.47\00:42:46.82
Can't I at least show
her that I care about her
00:42:46.85\00:42:49.74
and that I love her and that I--
00:42:49.77\00:42:51.15
you know, help her,
and comfort her? "No.
00:42:51.18\00:42:55.28
I'll tell you what to do.
00:42:55.31\00:42:56.80
I'm telling you wait on me.
00:42:56.83\00:42:59.50
Don't say a word."
00:42:59.53\00:43:02.70
Well, now I'm getting
more and more frustrated
00:43:02.73\00:43:04.39
that she--that
lady cried all the way
00:43:04.42\00:43:07.89
there till my next flight.
00:43:07.92\00:43:11.17
And I was--several times
I start to say something,
00:43:11.20\00:43:14.78
I just, she was
breaking my heart.
00:43:14.81\00:43:17.12
And I feel the Holy
Spirit pull me back to my chair
00:43:17.15\00:43:19.96
and say, "Brenda,
don't say a word."
00:43:19.99\00:43:24.61
Lord, how am I gonna
witness to this woman,
00:43:24.64\00:43:26.78
if you're not
gonna let me talk to her?
00:43:26.81\00:43:30.49
But I want to be
obedient to God's will.
00:43:30.52\00:43:33.11
I don't know the
situation but God does.
00:43:33.14\00:43:36.28
We just landed.
00:43:36.31\00:43:38.30
Now we're taxing to the gate.
00:43:38.33\00:43:40.64
And the Holy Spirit says to me,
00:43:40.67\00:43:42.82
"Brenda, give her
your business card."
00:43:42.85\00:43:46.10
So I reached down
to my business card
00:43:46.13\00:43:48.01
and I said, "Excuse me ma'am,
I couldn't help but notice
00:43:48.04\00:43:51.81
that you were very upset."
00:43:51.84\00:43:54.80
And I said, "If
you ever want someone
00:43:54.83\00:43:57.17
to pray with you, call me.
00:43:57.20\00:44:01.68
My cell phone is
on this business card.
00:44:01.71\00:44:04.20
I'll be happy to
pray with you any time."
00:44:04.23\00:44:06.53
And she looked at me
and she said, "Thank you."
00:44:06.56\00:44:09.30
And that was it.
00:44:09.33\00:44:11.30
Now I'm talking to the Lord.
00:44:11.33\00:44:12.70
I'm walking to my next gate.
00:44:12.73\00:44:14.10
I'm saying, "Lord, now that was
00:44:14.13\00:44:15.50
the strangest witnessing
experience I ever had.
00:44:15.53\00:44:16.90
Lord, you never
let me say a word.
00:44:16.93\00:44:19.77
Why? Lord, why?"
00:44:19.80\00:44:21.24
And I said, "You
know, I do trust you Lord,
00:44:21.27\00:44:22.97
I know, you know the
end from the beginning
00:44:23.00\00:44:24.50
and help me just
to trust you more.
00:44:24.53\00:44:25.90
Build my faith more.
00:44:25.93\00:44:27.30
Lord, give me
more faith for You.
00:44:27.33\00:44:29.42
Help me to know
that You're in charge
00:44:29.45\00:44:30.96
and You know the bigger plan."
00:44:30.99\00:44:34.03
And so couple of weeks went by
00:44:34.06\00:44:38.61
and this was
just a few months ago.
00:44:38.64\00:44:41.06
I got an email.
00:44:41.09\00:44:42.67
And this--a few months
ago was when I got the email.
00:44:44.54\00:44:48.95
But several weeks and
several months went by
00:44:48.98\00:44:52.00
since I heard from her.
00:44:52.03\00:44:53.59
And I got an email, I
almost forgot about her
00:44:53.62\00:44:55.78
and except when
she got to the part
00:44:55.81\00:44:57.18
where she
said-- 'cause she said,
00:44:57.21\00:44:58.58
"I met on a--you don't know me
but I met you on an airplane."
00:44:58.61\00:45:01.26
Well, that could be anybody.
00:45:01.29\00:45:02.66
So I didn't know
but then she said,
00:45:02.69\00:45:05.17
"I'm sure you remember me
00:45:05.20\00:45:06.57
because I cried
the entire flight.
00:45:06.60\00:45:09.72
And she said I want
to tell you thank you
00:45:09.75\00:45:11.71
for not talking to me."
00:45:11.74\00:45:13.58
She said, "I was
experiencing something so tragic
00:45:13.61\00:45:17.78
that I could not bear
to share it with anyone
00:45:17.81\00:45:21.02
and something so personal."
00:45:21.05\00:45:23.11
And she said,
"And then I happened
00:45:23.14\00:45:24.73
to see your Bible in your bag
00:45:24.76\00:45:26.13
and I'm thinking, 'Oh, great,
00:45:26.16\00:45:27.53
I'm sitting next
to some God woman
00:45:27.56\00:45:28.95
that's gonna talk
to me the whole time.'"
00:45:28.98\00:45:32.64
And she said, "Several
times I got the feeling
00:45:32.67\00:45:34.96
you were kind of
gonna come talk to me
00:45:34.99\00:45:36.69
and then I see you go back.
00:45:36.72\00:45:38.87
I was so impressed."
00:45:40.96\00:45:42.76
She said that, most
people see a woman cry
00:45:42.79\00:45:45.86
and they would
have felt like they had
00:45:45.89\00:45:47.26
to get their
nose in my business.
00:45:47.29\00:45:48.80
And she said, "That
impressed me so much
00:45:48.83\00:45:51.41
that I went to your website."
00:45:51.44\00:45:53.65
She said, "I
actually ordered your books."
00:45:53.68\00:45:57.57
And she said, "I
want you to know,"
00:45:57.60\00:45:59.41
she said, "I've
given my heart to Jesus.
00:45:59.44\00:46:01.82
And I've trusted
my problem to Him.
00:46:01.85\00:46:04.03
And I don't think
anyone has ever witnessed to me
00:46:04.06\00:46:07.41
in such a tremendous way.
00:46:07.44\00:46:09.63
I just want to thank you."
00:46:09.66\00:46:11.11
And she said, "And by the way,
00:46:11.14\00:46:12.51
you know, what
you always tell people
00:46:12.54\00:46:13.91
about wanting to be a
neighbor with them in heaven."
00:46:13.94\00:46:15.48
I said, "Yes."
00:46:15.51\00:46:16.88
I mean, looking, I'm
nodding my head like yes,
00:46:16.91\00:46:18.52
like I know why I say that.
00:46:18.55\00:46:20.00
And she said, in the email,
00:46:20.03\00:46:22.10
"I want to be your
neighbor in heaven."
00:46:22.13\00:46:25.48
Thank you, Jesus, I
had to get down on my knees
00:46:25.51\00:46:28.10
and say, "Lord,
please forgive me.
00:46:28.13\00:46:30.80
Lord, please
forgive me for not trusting.
00:46:30.83\00:46:32.67
Lord, I'm glad
that I did trust you.
00:46:32.70\00:46:35.39
I'm glad, Lord,
that I obeyed You.
00:46:35.42\00:46:40.90
Lord help me to
even trust You more
00:46:40.93\00:46:43.47
that I won't be questioning,
that I won't be saying,
00:46:43.50\00:46:46.03
you know, that
talking to you like
00:46:46.06\00:46:48.00
You don't know what
You're talking about.
00:46:48.03\00:46:50.54
Lord, You have
the better the plan.
00:46:50.57\00:46:53.69
You have the bigger picture."
00:46:53.72\00:46:56.80
And well, it's
our job to trust Him.
00:46:56.83\00:46:59.41
You know, God has a plan
for each one of our lives.
00:46:59.44\00:47:02.25
But we're never
gonna know what that is
00:47:02.28\00:47:04.39
if we're not praying
00:47:04.42\00:47:06.01
and we don't have our
prayer relationship with Him.
00:47:06.04\00:47:08.27
If we're not
willing to give up control,
00:47:08.30\00:47:10.96
then we aren't gonna know
what that plan for our life is.
00:47:10.99\00:47:14.73
It's critically
important that we have
00:47:14.76\00:47:19.35
a passionate
prayer life with Jesus,
00:47:19.38\00:47:21.05
so that we can have
a daily walk with Him.
00:47:21.08\00:47:23.34
So that we can know
what He has in mind for us,
00:47:23.37\00:47:26.02
that we know His plan for us.
00:47:26.05\00:47:28.28
I had one conference worker
00:47:28.31\00:47:33.31
that had left the
church for a while.
00:47:33.34\00:47:37.16
Then he came back and
he actually came to hear me
00:47:37.19\00:47:39.25
speak in one of the
churches I was speaking in.
00:47:39.28\00:47:43.05
And at the end of the service,
00:47:43.08\00:47:45.64
he asked if he could
have a few minutes with me.
00:47:45.67\00:47:47.41
And he shared a
little bit about his story
00:47:47.44\00:47:50.00
and that how he had
found his way back to God.
00:47:50.03\00:47:52.05
And he probably
wouldn't be able to work
00:47:52.08\00:47:54.95
in that capacity ever again.
00:47:54.98\00:47:56.52
But he wanted to do
something to serve Jesus.
00:47:56.55\00:47:59.31
And he said, "I've
been wracking my brain
00:47:59.34\00:48:01.80
and wracking my brain."
00:48:01.83\00:48:03.20
And he said, "I have nights."
00:48:03.23\00:48:04.60
He said, "I stay
up all night praying."
00:48:04.63\00:48:06.33
And he said, "I'm
trying to figure it out."
00:48:06.36\00:48:09.26
He said, "I don't know
what God wants me to do."
00:48:09.29\00:48:11.24
He said, "I really don't
know how to figure it out."
00:48:11.27\00:48:13.59
And I said,
"That's your problem."
00:48:13.62\00:48:15.87
And he said,
"What's my problem?"
00:48:15.90\00:48:17.27
I said, "You're
trying to figure it out."
00:48:17.30\00:48:19.06
I said, "That's God's job.
00:48:19.09\00:48:20.95
He doesn't need
You to figure it out.
00:48:20.98\00:48:22.35
He knows exactly
His plan for you.
00:48:22.38\00:48:24.10
He's waiting for you
to surrender control.
00:48:24.13\00:48:27.20
He's waiting for you to say,
00:48:27.23\00:48:28.60
'okay I surrender my
heart and life to You.
00:48:28.63\00:48:31.90
And go ahead use me
however You want to use me,
00:48:31.93\00:48:34.70
it's okay, I'm Yours.
00:48:34.73\00:48:37.23
Lord, I'm totally
and completely Yours.'"
00:48:37.26\00:48:41.83
I said, "And
when you reach a point
00:48:41.86\00:48:44.18
when God knows your heart
and you are completely His,
00:48:44.21\00:48:47.63
He's gonna open the doors
for you and lead you right
00:48:47.66\00:48:50.22
where you want--
He wants you to go."
00:48:50.25\00:48:52.31
You don't have to
figure out anything,
00:48:52.34\00:48:54.09
isn't that the most awesome
part about serving Jesus?
00:48:54.12\00:48:57.74
We try to make it so difficult.
00:48:57.77\00:48:59.57
We're like,
well, I should do this
00:48:59.60\00:49:00.97
or what shall I
do or what should--
00:49:01.00\00:49:02.62
what you should you
do is get on your knees.
00:49:02.65\00:49:05.26
Ask God to
forgive you for your sins.
00:49:05.29\00:49:07.87
Ask Him to give you
more faith and trust in Him.
00:49:07.90\00:49:11.05
And ask Him to make you
more obedient to His will.
00:49:11.08\00:49:14.84
Ask Him say,
"Lord take over control.
00:49:14.87\00:49:17.73
I'm so busy
doing it my way, Lord.
00:49:17.76\00:49:20.93
I want to do it your way."
00:49:20.96\00:49:22.94
And then, you can go forward.
00:49:22.97\00:49:24.90
And I'm
witnessing in a mighty way
00:49:24.93\00:49:26.52
such as you have never seen.
00:49:26.55\00:49:28.79
You see, just yesterday
00:49:28.82\00:49:31.65
when I was flying
from the Gold Coast
00:49:31.68\00:49:33.97
here to Sydney, Australia,
00:49:34.00\00:49:36.97
I was delayed over
an hour on my flight
00:49:37.00\00:49:41.22
because that was
pouring down rain
00:49:41.25\00:49:43.50
and there's thunder and it was,
you know, just storming outside.
00:49:43.53\00:49:48.23
And so we--there was
a long line at the gate
00:49:48.26\00:49:51.48
and I was-- there was a woman
00:49:51.51\00:49:53.91
and her grandson
that was of ahead of me.
00:49:53.94\00:49:57.22
And then I was behind them and
everybody else was behind them.
00:49:57.25\00:49:59.74
Well, they came on,
I said, you know what,
00:49:59.77\00:50:02.04
there's a delay in the weather--
00:50:02.07\00:50:03.62
our plane from Sydney
hasn't even arrived yet,
00:50:03.65\00:50:05.95
it's gonna be at
least an-hour-and-half
00:50:05.98\00:50:07.82
before we can get
this flight off the ground.
00:50:07.85\00:50:09.79
All the groans and
the moans you can imagine.
00:50:09.82\00:50:12.98
And so everybody, kind
of the line just dissipated
00:50:13.01\00:50:16.25
and the lady with
her grandson said,
00:50:16.28\00:50:17.91
"Well, I might as well go
get him something to eat."
00:50:17.94\00:50:20.40
And so I was the
only one there left
00:50:20.43\00:50:22.47
and I thought, "Well, I don't
really have any place to go."
00:50:22.50\00:50:25.59
And so I might as
well just sit there."
00:50:25.62\00:50:27.19
So I--there was a
little ledge by the--
00:50:27.22\00:50:28.96
about right by the gate.
00:50:28.99\00:50:30.36
So I just pulled my laptop
out and I started working on--
00:50:30.39\00:50:34.10
I write a daily
devotion on Facebook every day.
00:50:34.13\00:50:36.24
I've been writing a devotion
every day now for 3 years.
00:50:36.27\00:50:39.97
And so I thought,
"Well, I'll write my devotion
00:50:40.00\00:50:41.79
and so I just put it up
there and I'm, you know,
00:50:41.82\00:50:43.85
writing and
working, the time passed.
00:50:43.88\00:50:46.01
And pretty soon, they
didn't tell me anything,
00:50:46.04\00:50:47.76
there was no announcement
or if plane was gonna land
00:50:47.79\00:50:50.04
but all of a sudden I
figured there must be some way
00:50:50.07\00:50:52.23
they knew something,
because all the lines
00:50:52.26\00:50:53.80
start to filling up again.
00:50:53.83\00:50:55.22
I just wasn't clued in.
00:50:55.25\00:50:56.73
And so I looked
back and I could see
00:50:56.76\00:50:59.71
now there's activity taking
place and all the big long line.
00:50:59.74\00:51:02.68
And I turned around and looked
at the back of the line to see,
00:51:02.71\00:51:05.73
you know, how long it was
00:51:05.76\00:51:07.45
and if that
flight was gonna be full,
00:51:07.48\00:51:09.00
you know, for no
particular reason.
00:51:09.03\00:51:10.84
And I see that
lady who had a grandson.
00:51:10.87\00:51:14.89
And as soon as she
caught eye contact with me,
00:51:14.92\00:51:17.16
she started moving away up
00:51:17.19\00:51:18.56
until the, you
know, front of the line.
00:51:18.59\00:51:20.46
Now all these people going,
what she doing, cutting line.
00:51:20.49\00:51:23.09
And I guess you call
it queuing up or whatever.
00:51:23.12\00:51:26.14
And so I'm learning
all these Aussie terms.
00:51:26.17\00:51:28.67
And so she got-- she
pushed her way to the top
00:51:28.70\00:51:32.13
and I could tell--
till the front by me.
00:51:32.16\00:51:33.70
And I could tell
you, there's some people
00:51:33.73\00:51:35.10
that looked kind of irritated.
00:51:35.13\00:51:36.50
So I just said, "Oh, I'm so glad
you finally made it, you know."
00:51:36.53\00:51:39.62
So that cut down all the
anger of all those other people,
00:51:41.07\00:51:43.59
they just thought
that she was with me.
00:51:43.62\00:51:45.22
And so the lady
and I started talking
00:51:45.25\00:51:46.92
and she said
"thank you for that,"
00:51:46.95\00:51:48.32
and she said, "by
the way," she said...
00:51:48.35\00:51:52.84
I said, "What
you do?" I asked her.
00:51:52.87\00:51:54.98
See, I loved
asking people what they do
00:51:55.01\00:51:57.11
because it is my foot in
the door to talk about Jesus.
00:51:57.14\00:51:59.63
If I ask someone what they do,
00:51:59.66\00:52:01.70
guess what they feel
obligated to ask me back?
00:52:01.73\00:52:04.20
They ask me what
I do. And woo-hoo!
00:52:04.23\00:52:05.67
I get to tell him all
about working for Jesus.
00:52:05.70\00:52:08.98
And so I asked her
what kind of work she did.
00:52:09.01\00:52:10.97
And she said, "I'm a
writer, I write romance novels.
00:52:11.00\00:52:15.96
And she said
published about 8 books."
00:52:15.99\00:52:17.54
And I said, "Really?
00:52:17.57\00:52:18.94
I said we have
something in common."
00:52:18.97\00:52:20.34
I said, "I'm an
author too." "You are?"
00:52:20.37\00:52:22.68
she said, "what
kind of books you write?"
00:52:22.71\00:52:24.08
I said, "Well, I'll show you."
00:52:24.11\00:52:25.48
And so I picked out that one.
00:52:25.51\00:52:26.88
I'd about big flyer
that had list of all
00:52:26.91\00:52:28.71
my books and stuff in it.
00:52:28.74\00:52:30.11
And I pulled it out of
my purse and I handed to her
00:52:30.14\00:52:32.27
and I said, "I'm
a Christian author."
00:52:32.30\00:52:35.25
And she looked at it.
00:52:35.28\00:52:36.65
And she said, "Well,
what you're doing here?"
00:52:36.68\00:52:38.81
And I said, "Well,
I'm headed to Sydney."
00:52:38.84\00:52:40.21
And I said, "I'm gonna
be speaking down there."
00:52:40.24\00:52:44.45
I said, "Why don't you
come and hear me speak?"
00:52:44.48\00:52:46.62
And she said, "Well."
00:52:46.65\00:52:48.02
She said, "Where
are you speaking at?"
00:52:48.05\00:52:49.42
And I said, "Waitara."
00:52:49.45\00:52:51.23
I actually pronounced it
wrong and she corrected me.
00:52:51.26\00:52:53.29
And so I won't
tell you what I said,
00:52:53.32\00:52:55.56
I really didn't do a good job.
00:52:55.59\00:52:57.00
And so she corrected
me and she said, "Really?"
00:52:57.03\00:53:00.89
She said, "You know, I
used to go to that church."
00:53:00.92\00:53:04.26
I said, "Really?"
And she said, "Yes.
00:53:04.29\00:53:06.61
I used to go to that church."
00:53:06.64\00:53:08.01
And she said, "I
actually graduated
00:53:08.04\00:53:10.79
from the nursing
school at the sanitarium,
00:53:10.82\00:53:13.30
years and years ago.
00:53:13.33\00:53:15.14
And I was engaged to a
Seventh-day Adventist man,
00:53:15.17\00:53:18.28
a young man."
00:53:18.31\00:53:19.68
And I said,
"Well, what happened?"
00:53:19.71\00:53:21.08
And she said, "Well,
he was tragically killed."
00:53:21.11\00:53:23.19
And she said, "She died."
00:53:23.22\00:53:25.38
And she said, "After he died,"
00:53:25.41\00:53:27.44
she said, "you know,
we were gonna be married,"
00:53:27.47\00:53:30.22
she said, "after he died,
00:53:30.25\00:53:31.62
his mother who
went to that church,
00:53:31.65\00:53:33.11
every time she would see
me would burst out into tears.
00:53:33.14\00:53:35.82
So it became so uncomfortable,"
00:53:35.85\00:53:37.22
and she said, "and I was
trying to move on with my life
00:53:37.25\00:53:39.20
and it was hard for both of us.
00:53:39.23\00:53:40.60
So I started, you
know, just I thought,
00:53:40.63\00:53:44.02
well, I'll stay
away for a little while."
00:53:44.05\00:53:46.60
And she said, "I
suppose I just drifted away."
00:53:46.63\00:53:50.91
And I said, "Well,
what is your name?"
00:53:50.94\00:53:52.75
And she said, "My
name is Margaret."
00:53:52.78\00:53:54.15
I said, "Margaret, I'm gonna
tell you something right now.
00:53:54.18\00:53:56.77
I don't believe in coincidences,
00:53:56.80\00:53:58.97
I believe in
divine appointments."
00:53:59.00\00:54:01.61
I said, "I believe that
God wants you at that church."
00:54:01.64\00:54:05.22
And she goes, "Well, you
know, I don't drive anymore."
00:54:05.25\00:54:07.82
She said, "But I know there is
a train station by that church."
00:54:07.85\00:54:11.23
I said, "Yes, there is."
00:54:11.26\00:54:12.73
And I said, "Well, why
don't you come tomorrow night
00:54:12.76\00:54:14.13
to hear me speak?"
00:54:14.16\00:54:15.53
She said, "Well,
can't on Friday night."
00:54:15.56\00:54:16.93
She said--I said,
"Well, how about on Sabbath?
00:54:16.96\00:54:19.55
I'll be speaking at
11 and at 3 O'clock."
00:54:19.58\00:54:21.77
And she goes,
"Oh, I'll make those."
00:54:21.80\00:54:23.93
She said, "I can do that."
00:54:23.96\00:54:26.02
And I said, "And
bring your grandson."
00:54:26.05\00:54:28.04
And she said, "You know, I will.
00:54:28.07\00:54:29.60
I mean, I really
will." Do you know?
00:54:29.63\00:54:32.24
I was so excited.
I was praising Jesus.
00:54:32.27\00:54:35.40
And I've been praying
00:54:35.43\00:54:36.80
and pleading that
nothing prevents her
00:54:36.83\00:54:39.08
from coming to the meetings.
00:54:39.11\00:54:41.58
Do you know, God knows
end from the beginning.
00:54:41.61\00:54:44.63
He knows when
to have a rainstorm
00:54:44.66\00:54:46.60
come to delay a plane.
00:54:46.63\00:54:48.69
He knows when you know where
money is kept and protected.
00:54:48.72\00:54:53.38
He knows everything about us.
00:54:53.41\00:54:57.04
He is the safest place to go.
00:54:57.07\00:55:00.55
Because nobody in the
world is gonna love you more.
00:55:00.58\00:55:04.37
When you are praying
for your lost children
00:55:04.40\00:55:06.56
that are no longer in the church
00:55:06.59\00:55:07.96
and you're praying
and you're pleading
00:55:07.99\00:55:09.36
and pleading and
pleading and pleading,
00:55:09.39\00:55:11.58
trust your children to Jesus.
00:55:11.61\00:55:14.39
You can't have joy in your
heart and be out serving Jesus
00:55:14.42\00:55:17.26
if you're just on
your knees in angst
00:55:17.29\00:55:20.30
and worry every single
moment about your lost children.
00:55:20.33\00:55:23.84
You need to trust your children.
00:55:23.87\00:55:25.31
Yes, keep praying for them.
00:55:25.34\00:55:26.76
God wants us to keep
lifting them up in prayer.
00:55:26.79\00:55:29.42
But He also
wants us to trust Him.
00:55:29.45\00:55:32.17
Claim His promise.
00:55:32.20\00:55:33.57
Those Bible promises
are there for us to pray,
00:55:33.60\00:55:36.15
claim and believe.
00:55:36.18\00:55:37.55
And yet few of us pray,
claiming Bible promises.
00:55:37.58\00:55:40.41
That's a powerful way to pray.
00:55:40.44\00:55:43.45
Our God is faithful.
00:55:43.48\00:55:46.45
Our God is powerful.
00:55:46.48\00:55:48.76
Our God loves us so much
00:55:48.79\00:55:51.46
that He can't
imagine heaven without us.
00:55:51.49\00:55:54.13
Did you know that?
00:55:54.16\00:55:55.53
He can't imagine
heaven without us.
00:55:55.56\00:55:56.93
And that includes our children.
00:55:56.96\00:55:59.92
That includes our kids
that have wandered away
00:55:59.95\00:56:03.18
from the church that we've
spent so many hours and hours
00:56:03.21\00:56:05.97
teaching them to
love and to lean on Jesus.
00:56:06.00\00:56:09.93
God hasn't forgotten them.
00:56:09.96\00:56:11.33
He loves your
children more than you do.
00:56:11.36\00:56:14.10
He wants them in
heaven more than you do.
00:56:14.13\00:56:16.89
We can trust our
children to Jesus.
00:56:16.92\00:56:19.37
There's no better
place to trust Him too.
00:56:19.40\00:56:23.44
We can trust our lives to Jesus.
00:56:23.47\00:56:25.77
He wants us to surrender
our hearts and our lives to Him.
00:56:25.80\00:56:30.51
And I can tell you
there's no better place to be
00:56:30.54\00:56:33.18
than in the arms of Jesus.
00:56:33.21\00:56:35.65
I love Jesus so much.
00:56:35.68\00:56:37.52
He's done so much for me.
00:56:37.55\00:56:39.51
He's my personal friend.
00:56:39.54\00:56:41.41
He's my best friend.
00:56:41.44\00:56:43.14
And I tell Him
anything and everything,
00:56:43.17\00:56:45.18
all the things from the
little things to the big things.
00:56:45.21\00:56:48.26
From losing my keys to,
00:56:48.29\00:56:50.52
you know, the big
plans for the future,
00:56:50.55\00:56:52.99
I--and everything in between.
00:56:53.02\00:56:55.47
I trust my children to Him.
00:56:55.50\00:56:57.67
I trust Kids'
Time program to Him.
00:56:57.70\00:57:00.12
I trust my life to Him.
00:57:00.15\00:57:02.07
And He's asking
you to do the same.
00:57:02.10\00:57:03.93
He wants you to know
how much He loves you,
00:57:03.96\00:57:06.95
that He died to save you.
00:57:06.98\00:57:08.50
And that He's coming again soon.
00:57:08.53\00:57:10.48
You know, Jesus
really truly is coming soon.
00:57:10.51\00:57:14.55
We don't have much
longer on this earth
00:57:14.58\00:57:17.08
to just be going through
the motions of being Christians.
00:57:17.11\00:57:20.29
We don't have time
to just be going through
00:57:20.32\00:57:22.40
the motions and of serving Him.
00:57:22.43\00:57:28.32
We don't have time to just pray.
00:57:28.35\00:57:33.12
We need to passionately pray.
00:57:33.15\00:57:35.90
We need to pray with our
heart and our soul believing
00:57:35.93\00:57:39.92
and trusting and have faith
00:57:39.95\00:57:41.52
that our God is
the God of the universe
00:57:41.55\00:57:43.98
and He will
answer our every prayer.
00:57:44.01\00:57:46.38
He will answer based
on what is best for us.
00:57:46.41\00:57:50.94
I can tell you
this from experience
00:57:50.97\00:57:52.73
because I've witnessed
answers to prayer all my life.
00:57:52.76\00:57:56.46
I know beyond
the shadow of a doubt
00:57:56.49\00:57:59.28
that the privilege
of prayer is always ours
00:57:59.31\00:58:03.72
but the power of
prayer is always God's.
00:58:03.75\00:58:08.20