I love divine
appointments, don't you?
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I love it when I know
that beyond a shadow of a doubt
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God's got a
special reason for me
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being in a very
certain place to witness
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to somebody He has chosen.
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Is that not awesome?
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Do you know I used to
pray for a divine appointment?
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I get up in the morning
and I would always pray,
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"Lord, use me in a special way."
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And I would pray,
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"Can I have at least one
divine appointment today, Lord?"
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I realized then
after a while that I was,
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you know, putting a
limit on what God can do.
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God can have to do so much
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more than one
divine appointment.
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And so I started praying,
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"Lord, give me as
many divine appointment
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as You have in
mind for me today."
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Do you see when we really
love Jesus with all our hearts,
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when we are
passionately praying to Him,
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we have that
one-on-one connection
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and closeness
with Jesus, our Savior.
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We think
differently. We act differently.
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We go about our
daily task different.
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We're not so focused
on whatever it is we want.
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We're focused on what God wants.
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So often, it's easy to get
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in the habit of
being a Christian.
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Do you know what
I'm talking about?
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Probably maybe nobody
here knows what that is,
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but you almost
go through the habit
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each week of praying church.
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We forget what our
real mission in life is.
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And that is to do
whatever God calls us to do.
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We come to church in Sabbath
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and we say happy Sabbath,
happy Sabbath, happy Sabbath,
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and then we go home
and we go about our duties,
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doing all of our routine
work and our routine errands,
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and all planning-- all
the social events of our life
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and then we come
back the next week,
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and we come back to
church, we do it all over again,
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happy Sabbath, happy
Sabbath, happy Sabbath.
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And one week
rolls into the next.
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One year rolls into the next.
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And we before long,
your life has passed by.
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And instead of
our focus being on
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what we can do for
Jesus, our Lord and Savior,
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who we claim to
love with all our hearts,
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we've really just gone through
the motions of being Christians.
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I can tell you right now,
God doesn't need pew warmers,
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He needs committed
Christians and followers
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that are willing with openness
and a willing hearts to do
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whatever God wants us to do.
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Too many times, the
church nominating committee
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is choosing their
officers each year.
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Do your churches do
that here in Australia?
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And they're
choosing their officers
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and they call you up and say,
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"Ma'am, would you be our
cradle roll leader this year?"
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And the first words out
of your mouth are, "What?
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I don't really work with kids.
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You know, I'll be
willing to be your greeter
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at the door or I'll do,
you know, personal ministries.
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Or I'll do whatever it
is I am comfortable with,
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but don't ask me to
be a cradle roll leader."
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Do you know honestly,
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your first words
out of your mouth
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shouldn't be yes and
that shouldn't be no.
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It should be,
let me pray about it.
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And if God wants me to
be a cradle roll leader,
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I'm gonna be the best
cradle roll leader you ever saw
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because it's
sure not gonna be me,
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I don't know
anything about what I'm doing,
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but I'll be leaning on Jesus,
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and He is going
to work through me.
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Do you see the difference?
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Do you see the difference
between God leading in your life
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and you're doing everything
you're comfortable with?
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Unless you allow God to push you
way out of your comfort zone,
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you aren't
really leaning on Jesus.
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Who you're leaning on? Yourself
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I want to share
something with you today
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that I hope will stay with you
forever, and it's so profound.
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I want you to get
out a piece of paper
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and a pencil
right now if you would.
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I want you to write this down
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because I don't
want you to forget it.
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If you don't remember
anything I said today,
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this is so profound that
you must remember this. Okay?
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You must remember this.
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I am going to share
with you three things
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that you absolutely have to have
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if you truly
want to serve Jesus.
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You can't just have
one. You can't just have two.
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You must have all three things
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if you're really
truly want to serve Jesus.
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Now I can see some of you
out there might be some theology
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majors getting a little
nervous and go, "Wait a minute,
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I never heard of this.
What is she talking about?"
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But just bear with me,
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I've never had
anybody disagree with me yet.
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So just bear with me.
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We got all our
papers and pencils ready?
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Because I am going to
share with you right now.
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Number one, I would
need you to write down.
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Put the number one down and
right above it put the title
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"Three Things You
Need to Truly Share Jesus."
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Write that down for
your-- for your header.
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Three things you absolutely need
in order to serve Jesus, okay?
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Number one, are you
ready? Number one, be willing.
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Write down number
one. What's number one?
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What is it? Be willing.
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Number one is, be willing.
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You see, God's
not gonna force you.
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He's not gonna say,
"Sania, right over here,
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come on over here, right now.
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You are going to be my
Praise Time coordinator.
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Come on. I said it right now."
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Is God gonna do that? No.
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God wants a willing
heart. He is not gonna make you.
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He is not gonna force
you. He wants a willing heart.
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And if you aren't willing,
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pray and ask God
to make you willing.
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Say, "Lord, I know
You're calling me to do this
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and I don't
really want to do it.
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So, Lord, make me willing."
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So number one is
what? Be willing.
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Number two, be obedient.
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Be obedient, you
see, it's not enough
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to be wiling to serve
Jesus, but we must be obedient.
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I want you to turn just--
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don't put your pens
and papers away yet,
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but get your Bibles out.
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And we're gonna
turn to Matthew 7.
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Matthew 7:21-23.
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And I want you to
write those text down
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in a parentheses
right by "be obedient."
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Will you do that for me?
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Matthew 7:21-23, write it down
right next to that "be obedient"
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and you will see how
profound this text is.
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Matthew 7:21-23.
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And it says, "Not
everyone that saith unto me,
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Lord, Lord, shall enter
into the kingdom of heaven,
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but he that doeth the will
of my Father which is in heaven.
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Many will say to me in that day,
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Lord, Lord, have we not
prophesied the in thy name,
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and in thy name cast out devils,
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and in they name done
many wonderful works?"
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Verse 23, "And then
will I profess into them,
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I never knew you, depart from me
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ye that work iniquity," wow.
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Do you realize
what that verse says?
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God says that, we could be
out there baptizing in His name,
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we could be out there
doing many wonderful works,
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but unless God told you
to do it, it is for nothing.
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He says--he'll say he
never knew you, depart from Him.
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He even calls it iniquity.
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When we are not obeying
God, He calls it inequity.
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He doesn't want
anything to do with this
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if we're gonna do that.
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You could say, "I want to be,
you know, the church organist.
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I want to be the church clerk.
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I want to be the charge of the,
you know, greeting committee.
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I want to do, I want
to do, I want to do."
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All those thing
that start with "I."
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You could be
working-- the hardest worker
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in your church for
years and years and years,
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but unless you're doing
what God wants you to do,
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unless you know it was
God that called you to do it,
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it is for nothing, He
will say he never knew you.
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Would you say
that's pretty powerful?
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Would you say, God,
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it's really truly important
to God that we be obedient?
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All right, so number one,
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if you're really
want to serve Jesus,
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number one is what?
Be willing. Be what?
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Be willing. Be willing.
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Number two is what?
Be obedient. Be obedient.
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Okay, it's not enough
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to just be 'willing
and just be obedient.
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There is one more
important part of this.
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Write down
number there, be joyful.
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You see, it's not enough
to just go about and say,
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"Okay, Lord, I'm willing,
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and I'm gonna do
what You want me to do."
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But, "Oh, all
right, Lord, I'll do it."
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Does God want us
to be hurt like that?
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Does He really want
us to be-- If somebody,
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you have somebody
to do something for you
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and you say what you
do such and such and--
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I asked Sania to be my
Praise Time coordinator.
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And, Sania, I'm
picking on you today.
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And I ask her to be my Praise
Time coordinator and she goes,
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"Oh, all right, I'll do it."
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Do you know what I want to say?
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"Forget it, I'll do it myself."
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Is that what you want to say?
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So it's
important that we do what?
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The will of our
father. So now say with me.
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We have--do you agree with
me on all those three points?
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You must have all three.
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You cannot just have
one. So say it with me.
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Number one is be-- Be willing.
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Number two is be. Be obedient.
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Number three is.
Be joyful. Be joyful.
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Be willing. Be
obedient. Be joyful.
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And unless we are obedient--
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I'm willing to be
obedient and joyful,
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we can't truly serve Jesus.
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We're serving ourselves and
all the things we want to do,
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but it means nothing
to our Lord and Savior.
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That's how critical it
is that we are prayed up.
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That is so critical
that it is that we know
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and have that
relationship with Jesus,
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that He is our personal savior.
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Yeah, our
salvation depends on it.
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And when you allow
God to lead in your life
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get ready for
the greatest joy ride
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you're ever gonna have.
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Now I can tell you
that there are times,
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just like in my
children story today,
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where I really truly did not
want to have a dog on Kids Time.
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I didn't want a
dog more than anything.
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But I prayed and I
prayed and I prayed
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and asked God to make me willing
and God did a work in my heart.
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And that dog has been such
a blessing around the world.
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So many people
write in about Maxwell.
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They love Maxwell.
Boys and girls love Maxwell.
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And Maxwell has been
such a tremendous witness.
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You see God had a plan
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even though it
wasn't part of my plan
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and as producer
it's my responsibility.
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I could have said no.
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No, I didn't want
a dog in a program
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and it could have been up to me.
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If I said no it was no.
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But I don't want
it to be about me.
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I don't want
anything on Kids Time
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to be about Brenda Walsh.
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I want it to be what
God wants on that program.
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And so that's why
pray about everything.
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And when you pray and ask God
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to lead you
every step of the way
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you are gonna have so
many divine appointments.
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I love divine appointments.
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In fact, I'm writing a new book
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about divine appointments
'cause I get so many of them,
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I'm gonna share them with you.
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And everywhere I go
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I have so many
wonderful divine appointments.
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Sometimes unusually so God
can do some miraculous things
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to accomplish his work.
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You see my sister and I,
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we have the privilege of
being in ministry together.
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We speak at a lot of
women's retreats and churches.
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And this particular
time we were scheduled
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to be the keynote
speakers at a women's retreat
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in Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.
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And so Linda normally
she lives in Wisconsin, Cinda
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and I live in Tennessee.
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Linda had flown to
Tennessee a week early
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so that we could practice
'cause we always give concerts
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and so that we could
practice our songs together
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and get ready and we would
all fly out to Lincoln together.
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So we got to the
airport in Knoxville, Tennessee
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where Cinda and I live
and we're at our gate area
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and they announced
there is going to be a delay
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due to mechanical problems.
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And I hear that
quite frequently.
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I'm sure if you
fly a lot you do to.
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And so we're like, oh, no.
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I mean we knew we
had a tight connection.
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We were going to
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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and we had less than
an hour to catch a flight
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inbetween that was taking
us from Minneapolis to Lincoln.
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And we were like, oh, no
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we're gonna
miss that connection.
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And so all three of us
got into a little huddle
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right there in
gate area and we prayed
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and asked God to
watch over this trip.
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I said, "Lord, you know,
00:12:30.12\00:12:31.49
if that's your
will that we be late
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or we even miss
our plane, it's okay.
00:12:32.92\00:12:34.85
But Lord, please
if it's Your will
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that we make this connection
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we don't want to be
stuck in Minneapolis overnight.
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We don't want to be
late to the convention.
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They're all-- the
retreat they're all,
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you know, waiting for us.
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So please open the doors
and open the way for us to go
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and we're trusting this to You."
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And so over an hour had passed.
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Now we knew for sure we probably
had missed our connection
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but we had checked
with the travel agent,
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with a friend of
mine and she said,
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really truly it was
probably still our best bet
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to go ahead and fly to
Minneapolis however late it was.
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It was a larger city our
chances to get in the Lincoln
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will be far greater for
the connections out there.
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And so we finally boarded
the flight to go to Minneapolis.
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And my sister Linda, she
and Cinda and I were all--
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Linda was on the Isle
and I was on the middle
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and Cinda was on
the-- on the window.
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Right there at
the very front row
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we thought well,
God really blessed.
00:13:25.15\00:13:26.52
This is so awesome.
00:13:26.55\00:13:27.92
Thank you Lord,
for this front row seat
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because when it stops we'll
be the first one off the plane.
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We can hurry and
bucket down to the gate area.
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And if there's any chance
at all we can make that flight.
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We were right
here in the first row.
00:13:35.72\00:13:37.76
And then all of
sudden the flight attendant
00:13:37.79\00:13:39.36
came over Linda on
the isle and she says,
00:13:39.39\00:13:41.09
"Ma'am, we're
having a weight problem
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could you mind
sitting in the back of plane."
00:13:43.32\00:13:46.86
And of course Cinda
tease Linda a lot about that.
00:13:46.89\00:13:49.29
Now they didn't
mean Linda was heavy,
00:13:49.32\00:13:50.78
they just meant that it only
a balancing the weight on plane.
00:13:50.81\00:13:53.66
So Linda now ends up in
the very back of the plane.
00:13:53.69\00:13:56.58
And now all three of
us can't get off together
00:13:56.61\00:13:58.78
and make that connection.
00:13:58.81\00:14:00.67
So when we landed in
Minneapolis Cinda said,
00:14:00.70\00:14:03.90
you know, there's a--
always a chance that our flight
00:14:03.93\00:14:06.03
could have been
and delayed here.
00:14:06.06\00:14:07.43
She said, look, you as
soon as the check bags come,
00:14:07.46\00:14:10.51
you grab your bag
and run to that gate
00:14:10.54\00:14:12.42
and I'll wait for
Linda and meet you there.
00:14:12.45\00:14:13.98
I said, okay.
00:14:14.01\00:14:15.38
So I got off the plane, I
waited to got my gate check bag.
00:14:15.41\00:14:17.77
I went and I went running.
00:14:17.80\00:14:19.17
And one should not be at
the very end of that tunnel
00:14:19.20\00:14:21.43
and I am just running down there
00:14:21.46\00:14:23.10
and I get to the gate
area and I passed a gate agent
00:14:23.13\00:14:27.47
coming out of that just
shortly after I got to my gate.
00:14:27.50\00:14:30.81
And sure enough that
the flight was closed.
00:14:30.84\00:14:33.55
There were some people
in that in the gate area
00:14:33.58\00:14:35.43
and they said, you
want to be on that flight?
00:14:35.46\00:14:36.97
They said it just closed.
They had just closed the door.
00:14:37.00\00:14:39.84
Oh, Lord, I really
thought we were on that flight
00:14:39.87\00:14:43.92
and now that we've gonna
have to miss that and I said,
00:14:43.95\00:14:46.63
all right, Lord, well,
you know what You're doing.
00:14:46.66\00:14:48.29
And I thought I'll
go back and tell Linda
00:14:48.32\00:14:49.85
no need to hurry now
because we're gonna be there.
00:14:49.88\00:14:52.00
We already knew there
were no more flights out.
00:14:52.03\00:14:54.29
And so I started
back, I got my roll-on
00:14:54.32\00:14:56.92
and I start back towards
and I can see Linda and Cinda
00:14:56.95\00:14:59.16
way at the end still
not quite close enough.
00:14:59.19\00:15:01.48
And as I looked to my right
00:15:01.51\00:15:04.52
there was this
huge plate glass window
00:15:04.55\00:15:07.25
that stretched from here
to by over there to the church
00:15:07.28\00:15:10.10
and it was really tall.
00:15:10.13\00:15:11.94
And I looked and right outside
that window was our plane.
00:15:11.97\00:15:17.70
And I looked at it
and there was that captain
00:15:17.73\00:15:19.93
and the co-captain and
they're looking right at me.
00:15:19.96\00:15:22.63
And so I did want any
normal person would do.
00:15:22.66\00:15:25.71
"Hey, hey, that's our flight!
00:15:25.74\00:15:27.75
That's our flight! Hey, we
need to be on that flight!"
00:15:27.78\00:15:32.75
And guess what?
00:15:32.78\00:15:34.47
The captain was
laughing like you did
00:15:34.50\00:15:36.73
and he turned and he's laughing.
00:15:36.76\00:15:38.49
And I'm going me,
me, there's three of us!
00:15:38.52\00:15:40.75
I mean, come on Linda
and Cinda hurry, quick up.
00:15:40.78\00:15:43.02
Pretty soon you
had three women going,
00:15:43.05\00:15:44.55
"Wait, we need
to be on the plane!
00:15:44.58\00:15:46.04
We need to be on that plane!"
00:15:46.07\00:15:50.35
And now the
captain's really laughing.
00:15:50.38\00:15:52.35
And he goes like this
and he gets on the phone
00:15:52.38\00:15:56.40
and then he goes just like this.
00:15:56.43\00:15:57.97
And we were going--
he goes, "Just a minute."
00:15:58.00\00:16:01.23
And we were still just going...
00:16:01.26\00:16:04.75
And he gets out of the seat,
he crawls out of the cockpit.
00:16:04.78\00:16:08.36
Next thing we know we saw
the door of the plane open
00:16:08.39\00:16:11.31
and the stairs go
down to the pavement.
00:16:11.34\00:16:13.50
You see the jet bridge
had already been rolled away.
00:16:13.53\00:16:15.83
And he has to
walk down those steps
00:16:15.86\00:16:17.60
and then he has to walk all
the way around to the stairs
00:16:17.63\00:16:19.70
on the other
side of the jet bridge
00:16:19.73\00:16:22.17
to get into the place.
00:16:22.20\00:16:23.61
And as soon as
we saw him walking
00:16:23.64\00:16:25.01
all three of us ran
around to the gate area.
00:16:25.04\00:16:26.91
And as soon as that door opened
00:16:26.94\00:16:28.31
he all three Micheff
Sisters just hugging him.
00:16:28.34\00:16:32.72
And we said, "Oh,
we're so thankful."
00:16:32.75\00:16:34.34
And Cinda started
tell him what we were doing
00:16:34.37\00:16:36.44
and why we needed
to be on that flight
00:16:36.47\00:16:37.84
and that we were
witnessing for Jesus.
00:16:37.87\00:16:39.65
And then Cinda said,
00:16:39.68\00:16:41.05
"And if you get us on that
flight we'll sing for you."
00:16:41.08\00:16:44.97
And so, he said, "Okay,
okay, but we need a gate agent."
00:16:45.00\00:16:48.61
"No problem.
Cinda, watch my bag.
00:16:48.64\00:16:50.26
I went running
after that gate agent."
00:16:50.29\00:16:52.40
Now she was already
almost ready to turn the corner.
00:16:52.43\00:16:55.52
So I went running after
her, I said, "Wait, wait, wait!
00:16:55.55\00:16:59.28
We need a gate
agent! Hurry, hurry!"
00:16:59.31\00:17:01.54
She turned on soft
00:17:01.57\00:17:02.94
and she started
running and following me.
00:17:02.97\00:17:04.34
And I just turned and running,
I was running back to the gate.
00:17:04.37\00:17:06.17
Now in my defense, I did not
tell her it was an emergency.
00:17:06.20\00:17:10.39
And so she was running in there
00:17:10.42\00:17:11.96
when she got
around that gate area
00:17:11.99\00:17:13.84
and she saw that
he plane had not left
00:17:13.87\00:17:16.35
and she saw that
the pilot was there.
00:17:16.38\00:17:19.30
She didn't look too happy.
00:17:19.33\00:17:22.30
And the pilot said I need these
three girls on this flight.
00:17:22.33\00:17:25.65
And she said
that's not possible.
00:17:25.68\00:17:27.13
She said, this
flight is already closed,
00:17:27.16\00:17:28.92
they've already been
booked on tomorrows flight
00:17:28.95\00:17:30.88
and she said and
that can't be undone.
00:17:30.91\00:17:32.47
He goes, no. He said,
I want you go fix them.
00:17:32.50\00:17:34.79
Put them back on this
flight, they're going with me.
00:17:34.82\00:17:37.00
Well, I don't even have
anybody to take the bags.
00:17:37.03\00:17:38.49
He goes, "I will."
00:17:38.52\00:17:39.89
And he takes Linda's
bag put that under here.
00:17:39.92\00:17:41.60
Takes mine and takes Cinda's
and he goes now book them
00:17:41.63\00:17:43.98
and he goes off the door.
00:17:44.01\00:17:47.35
And so now she's
mad and she's typing.
00:17:47.38\00:17:52.78
And she's just fast and
furious and finally you see,
00:17:52.81\00:17:55.43
I found out
later that they get--
00:17:55.46\00:17:57.30
you know, a fine for so many,
00:17:57.33\00:17:59.00
you know, departures
that are not on time.
00:17:59.03\00:18:01.51
So it's really important to
try not to get delayed flights.
00:18:01.54\00:18:04.14
And so she's
just fast and furious
00:18:04.17\00:18:06.55
but trying to get us a
seat, trying to get us.
00:18:06.58\00:18:08.42
"All right, I'll get
this sorted out later,
00:18:08.45\00:18:09.96
just get on the plane!"
00:18:09.99\00:18:11.39
We didn't even take
the, you know, a second look.
00:18:11.42\00:18:13.57
We were whoosh, we
went out that door.
00:18:13.60\00:18:15.54
We followed that
captain up on the plane
00:18:15.57\00:18:17.55
and he even closed that
door himself to the plane.
00:18:17.58\00:18:22.11
Then before we found our seats
00:18:22.14\00:18:25.27
he get's what
the flight attendant
00:18:25.30\00:18:26.90
talks to you about and
gives you all the instructions,
00:18:26.93\00:18:29.17
he gets the intercom and
goes, "Ladies and gentlemen,
00:18:29.20\00:18:32.62
I just want to tell you
00:18:32.65\00:18:34.02
we are privilege to have
three celebrities with us today.
00:18:34.05\00:18:38.72
We have the Mischief Sisters."
00:18:38.75\00:18:42.83
And he say-- and by the way
00:18:42.86\00:18:44.44
our name really
isn't mischief although,
00:18:44.47\00:18:46.40
you know, some people
call us that. Who knows why?
00:18:46.43\00:18:48.96
And so-- we do
have a lot of fun.
00:18:48.99\00:18:51.01
And so he says, "And they
have promised to sing us a song.
00:18:51.04\00:18:53.82
How many want
to hear that song?"
00:18:53.85\00:18:55.22
And everybody just applauded.
00:18:55.25\00:18:56.62
So we ended up, he
held the microphone over
00:18:56.65\00:18:58.62
and the three of us
sang, "God is so good."
00:18:58.65\00:19:04.95
Then we made our
way to back of the plane
00:19:04.98\00:19:07.13
and Linda and
Cinda were ahead of me
00:19:07.16\00:19:08.74
and there was
only three seats left.
00:19:08.77\00:19:11.44
We lost our good
seats because of,
00:19:11.47\00:19:13.28
you know, what had happened.
00:19:13.31\00:19:14.96
And so Linda and Cinda,
since they were in front of me,
00:19:14.99\00:19:17.21
they took the two
seats in the very back.
00:19:17.24\00:19:19.44
Now we know nobody
wants to sit in there.
00:19:19.47\00:19:21.22
I mean, its right
next to the potty door.
00:19:21.25\00:19:23.23
So, you know, no
body wants to sit there
00:19:23.26\00:19:24.74
but for a reason God
had us sitting there.
00:19:24.77\00:19:26.68
So Linda and Cinda sit there
00:19:26.71\00:19:28.08
and there was one isle
seat right up in front of them.
00:19:28.11\00:19:31.42
And so I took that seat
00:19:31.45\00:19:32.82
and right next to me was
a gentlemen sound asleep.
00:19:32.85\00:19:36.15
All dressed in a business
suit and he is sound asleep.
00:19:36.18\00:19:38.50
His head's against the
window and I said "Oh, Lord,
00:19:38.53\00:19:43.24
You have something
really awesome planned today.
00:19:43.27\00:19:46.72
You parted the Red Sea
to get us on this plane.
00:19:46.75\00:19:50.34
Lord, I know, that
this doesn't just happen.
00:19:50.37\00:19:54.05
Nobody opens a door of a plane
once it's closed. Do they?"
00:19:54.08\00:19:57.21
I mean, when was the
last time you missed a flight
00:19:57.24\00:19:59.01
and they opened
the door for you?
00:19:59.04\00:20:00.54
We know--I knew
beyond a shadow of a doubt
00:20:00.57\00:20:03.29
that God had intervened
00:20:03.32\00:20:04.76
and I knew it was
for a specific reason.
00:20:04.79\00:20:07.02
And I always pray about
who's gonna sit next to me
00:20:07.05\00:20:09.79
that God want's
me to witness to.
00:20:09.82\00:20:11.36
And so I knew God had a
special divine appointment
00:20:11.39\00:20:14.21
sitting right next to me
and he was falling to sleep.
00:20:14.24\00:20:16.67
"And so I said,
Lord, oh, give me the words
00:20:16.70\00:20:19.86
that You want me to say, Lord.
00:20:19.89\00:20:21.62
Please fill me with an extra
outpouring of Your Holy Spirit.
00:20:21.65\00:20:24.72
Let my witness not be
me, Lord, but let it be You."
00:20:24.75\00:20:28.03
You see too often we
try to be the Holy Spirit.
00:20:28.06\00:20:30.66
We try to-- you know,
00:20:30.69\00:20:32.16
cram doctrine
down peoples throats.
00:20:32.19\00:20:34.16
We forget that the best way
00:20:34.19\00:20:36.81
to share Jesus
is share His love.
00:20:36.84\00:20:40.68
And so now we had taken off,
and as soon we had taken off
00:20:40.71\00:20:43.38
I'm looking over to the side
00:20:43.41\00:20:44.78
and that
gentleman is still sleeping.
00:20:44.81\00:20:46.42
And he's got his arm
on that middle armrest.
00:20:46.45\00:20:50.32
And I'm thinking, " Lord,
00:20:50.35\00:20:51.72
when are you
gonna wake this man up?
00:20:51.75\00:20:54.44
I know You've got something
really awesome planned here."
00:20:54.47\00:20:57.46
And so I looked at him
00:20:57.49\00:21:00.08
and now a little drool is
even coming down his cheek.
00:21:00.11\00:21:04.15
And I thought he is out.
00:21:04.18\00:21:06.88
And, you know, he had
his hand on that armrest
00:21:06.91\00:21:09.14
and I--Holy
Spirit shared with me.
00:21:09.17\00:21:11.68
I think it was the Holy Spirit.
00:21:11.71\00:21:13.25
Said, "You know that
armrest is to be shared."
00:21:13.28\00:21:18.11
It's for both of us, isn't it?
00:21:18.14\00:21:19.52
So I kind of put my arm there
00:21:19.55\00:21:20.93
and his arm was
flop and he woke up.
00:21:20.96\00:21:23.92
And he got, you know,
we're in the air already?
00:21:23.95\00:21:27.34
We took off?
00:21:27.37\00:21:28.74
And I said "Oh, yes,
sir, we're in the air."
00:21:28.77\00:21:30.14
And he says, "Oh, I was
wondering what the delay was."
00:21:30.17\00:21:31.96
Oops, not gonna tell him that.
00:21:31.99\00:21:36.64
And so I had the opportunity.
00:21:36.67\00:21:38.21
I looked at him and
I said, "Well as your--
00:21:38.24\00:21:39.85
do you live in Lincoln
and is this your home?"
00:21:39.88\00:21:41.94
And he said, oh no, he said.
00:21:41.97\00:21:44.39
He said, "I own
a business there.
00:21:44.42\00:21:46.28
I used to live there.
00:21:46.31\00:21:47.68
He said, but I own a business
and so I live in Minneapolis now
00:21:47.71\00:21:50.68
but I have to fly
there about once a month
00:21:50.71\00:21:52.13
to check on the business."
00:21:52.16\00:21:53.54
And I said "Well, what kind
of, you know, what do you do?"
00:21:53.57\00:21:57.10
And he told me what it was.
00:21:57.13\00:21:58.68
And you see, I always like
to ask somebody what they do
00:21:58.71\00:22:02.34
because they feel obligated
then to ask me what I do.
00:22:02.37\00:22:06.30
And then I get to tell them--
00:22:06.33\00:22:07.70
it's my foot in the
door to talk about Jesus.
00:22:07.73\00:22:09.63
And so I get to tell them
all about what I do for Jesus.
00:22:09.66\00:22:12.59
And so I told him
all about, you know,
00:22:12.62\00:22:17.04
after he shared
with me, he said,
00:22:17.07\00:22:18.44
"What do you do?
What kind of work you do?
00:22:18.47\00:22:20.72
And why are you
going to Lincoln?"
00:22:20.75\00:22:22.12
And I told him
all about what we did.
00:22:22.15\00:22:23.74
I told about my
sisters that were behind us.
00:22:23.77\00:22:25.88
I told him how we were going
there for a women's retreat.
00:22:25.91\00:22:29.38
And that, you know,
all about 3ABN and--
00:22:29.41\00:22:33.40
and then I said that-- he says
00:22:33.43\00:22:36.63
"Well, he said, what
denomination are you?"
00:22:36.66\00:22:39.52
I said "Oh, we're
Seventh-day Adventist."
00:22:39.55\00:22:41.06
And he goes. "Oh."
00:22:41.09\00:22:45.41
And I said, "Do you know
any Seventh-day Adventist?"
00:22:45.44\00:22:47.66
And I thought by that
reaction he must have.
00:22:47.69\00:22:49.46
And he goes "Oh, yeah."
00:22:49.49\00:22:50.86
He said, "I've got quite a
few of them who work for me."
00:22:50.89\00:22:52.38
He said, "They're
from Union College
00:22:52.41\00:22:53.78
it's your
Adventist College, right?"
00:22:53.81\00:22:55.18
And I said, yes.
00:22:55.21\00:22:56.58
He said, "Yeah, I've
got quite a few workers
00:22:56.61\00:22:57.98
that work for me and he said
they were always after me to,
00:22:58.01\00:23:01.49
you know, for years
they've preached to me
00:23:01.52\00:23:04.03
and tell me how I should be
going to church on Saturday.
00:23:04.06\00:23:06.85
I was worshiping
on the wrong day.
00:23:06.88\00:23:08.88
I shouldn't be going
to church on Sunday."
00:23:08.91\00:23:10.76
And he said, "You know,
what the funny thing is?
00:23:10.79\00:23:13.18
Not one of them
could ever tell me why."
00:23:13.21\00:23:17.05
And I said, I
figured if they didn't know
00:23:17.08\00:23:19.67
it couldn't be that important.
00:23:19.70\00:23:22.25
I said, "Sir, would you allow me
00:23:22.28\00:23:24.72
the privilege of
telling you why?"
00:23:24.75\00:23:27.12
And he said
"Well, yeah, I guess."
00:23:27.15\00:23:29.93
I mean, what's he gonna say?
00:23:29.96\00:23:31.33
You know, he's kind
of a captive audience
00:23:31.36\00:23:33.40
and he can't go anywhere.
00:23:33.43\00:23:34.80
And I said, "But you
know what more importantly
00:23:34.83\00:23:36.87
it doesn't really
matter what I say.
00:23:36.90\00:23:39.17
I said, let me show
you what the Bible says."
00:23:39.20\00:23:41.52
And so I pulled
up my Bible from my
00:23:41.55\00:23:45.47
roll on bag that was underneath
my seat in front of me.
00:23:45.50\00:23:48.72
And I pulled out my Bible
and I pulled out a study guide.
00:23:48.75\00:23:51.88
And I--you
know, it's not my gift
00:23:51.91\00:23:54.69
to memorize all
these Bible studies.
00:23:54.72\00:23:57.23
It might be your
gift, it's just not my gift.
00:23:57.26\00:23:59.19
But I have a little study guide
that I can give a Bible study
00:23:59.22\00:24:02.73
on any topic you
want to talk about.
00:24:02.76\00:24:05.20
And I keep in my Bibles not any,
00:24:05.23\00:24:06.91
you know, thicker
than of church bulletin
00:24:06.95\00:24:09.45
and if anybody is
interested in getting one--
00:24:09.48\00:24:12.99
I didn't write these.
00:24:13.02\00:24:14.39
But the person that did
I put a link on my website
00:24:14.42\00:24:17.41
so that it make it
easy for people to find it.
00:24:17.44\00:24:19.38
It's just brendawalsh.com,
just brendawalsh.com
00:24:19.41\00:24:22.57
and you'll see bookmark--
00:24:22.60\00:24:24.08
Bible study guides
and it will be there.
00:24:24.11\00:24:26.40
And so I pulled out
my Bible study guide.
00:24:26.43\00:24:28.34
Got my Bible out and I turned
to the first text on the Bible.
00:24:28.37\00:24:31.82
And remember the
Sabbath day And he said,
00:24:31.85\00:24:33.41
"Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
But it doesn't really matter."
00:24:33.44\00:24:36.52
And so I said, "Well, sir,
I think it does matter to God.
00:24:36.55\00:24:40.47
He wrote it not once but twice
00:24:40.50\00:24:42.03
on a table of stone
with his own finger."
00:24:42.06\00:24:45.30
I said, "I think
it matters to God."
00:24:45.33\00:24:48.35
I said, so many
people they will say okay,
00:24:48.38\00:24:52.37
well, I keep
the Ten Commandments
00:24:52.40\00:24:53.85
but you really
only keep nine of them.
00:24:53.88\00:24:57.82
I said, I said wonder
00:24:57.85\00:24:59.92
why that is that people
choose to keep nine but not ten.
00:24:59.95\00:25:03.76
And I said and it's
the only Commandment
00:25:03.79\00:25:05.79
that starts with remember.
00:25:05.82\00:25:07.50
He goes, " Hmm, I
never thought about that."
00:25:07.53\00:25:09.25
And so then we started
down text after text after text
00:25:09.28\00:25:12.31
and then he
stops and he goes "Wow,
00:25:12.34\00:25:15.11
it matters to God
what day I worship."
00:25:15.14\00:25:17.54
I said, "Yes, sir, it
does." "All right, I got that.
00:25:17.57\00:25:20.36
Don't look up
anymore. I believe you now.
00:25:20.39\00:25:21.92
It's the seventh
day is the Sabbath.
00:25:21.95\00:25:23.72
He said but now I wanted to
know could you tell me" he said,
00:25:23.75\00:25:26.83
"You know, you know
my grandma was a saint.
00:25:26.86\00:25:30.36
She is the Godly woman
00:25:30.39\00:25:33.11
and she's
upstairs looking after me."
00:25:33.14\00:25:35.22
He said, "Right now I feel good
00:25:35.25\00:25:36.79
knowing she's
looking out after me."
00:25:36.82\00:25:38.19
And I said, "Sir, you're
grandma is not in heaven."
00:25:38.22\00:25:40.99
And so he goes, "Yes,
she is. She's a godly woman."
00:25:41.02\00:25:44.09
I said, "She might be godly
but she is not--and she is not,
00:25:44.12\00:25:47.28
you know, she might even
had lived a wonderful life here
00:25:47.31\00:25:49.27
but she's not in heaven."
00:25:49.30\00:25:50.91
Now he started getting a
little irritated with me.
00:25:50.94\00:25:52.72
And I said--he
said, "I tell you what--
00:25:52.75\00:25:55.31
my grandmother is in heaven."
00:25:55.34\00:25:57.30
And I said, "Sir,
00:25:57.33\00:25:58.80
let's see what the
Bible tells about that."
00:25:58.83\00:26:01.27
And so we went and turned
to what it says about death
00:26:01.30\00:26:03.70
and dying and I
started my first text,
00:26:03.73\00:26:05.53
then the next
text, the next text.
00:26:05.56\00:26:07.38
We didn't even get down
halfway and he goes, "Stop!
00:26:07.41\00:26:10.63
My grandma is not in
heaven." And I said yes.
00:26:10.66\00:26:14.40
Before that
plane landed in Lincoln
00:26:14.43\00:26:16.74
we had gone to Calvary and back.
00:26:16.77\00:26:20.25
And when we landed, that man
had given his heart to Jesus.
00:26:20.28\00:26:24.63
As I took over and
held his hand and I said,
00:26:24.66\00:26:26.89
can I have a prayer
with you before we go?
00:26:26.92\00:26:28.94
We were already
taxing into our gate.
00:26:28.97\00:26:31.04
I could see Linda
during that whole conversation
00:26:31.07\00:26:33.21
and Cinda there ears were up
00:26:33.24\00:26:34.61
close to that crack in
the seat trying to listen.
00:26:34.64\00:26:36.29
And they were back
there praying, and praying,
00:26:36.32\00:26:38.04
and praying the
whole time I was talking.
00:26:38.07\00:26:41.54
And as I prayed I felt his
tears fall down upon my hand.
00:26:41.57\00:26:46.32
And when I got
through praying he said,
00:26:46.35\00:26:48.85
"I don't think this was
any accident today, do you?"
00:26:48.88\00:26:52.07
And I said, "No. I
don't believe in coincident.
00:26:52.10\00:26:55.15
I believe in
divine appointments."
00:26:55.18\00:26:57.78
You see what happens when you
let God orchestrate your life.
00:26:57.81\00:27:01.88
We don't know the
hearts of people but God does.
00:27:01.91\00:27:05.00
We are not the Holy Spirit.
00:27:05.03\00:27:06.63
We need to be so prayed
up and so close to Jesus
00:27:06.66\00:27:09.59
that we are willing to do
whatever he want's us to do.
00:27:09.62\00:27:12.11
It's a lifestyle change.
00:27:12.14\00:27:14.32
It really truly is.
It's a lifestyle change.
00:27:14.35\00:27:16.84
It's not just going
through the motions of living.
00:27:16.87\00:27:19.41
It's really experiencing
the real joy of serving Jesus.
00:27:19.44\00:27:23.61
And when you go out
about your life that day,
00:27:23.64\00:27:26.24
you are going
to be so empowered.
00:27:26.27\00:27:28.04
Your faith is
gonna be so strengthened
00:27:28.07\00:27:29.90
by those faith building stories
that God keeps giving you.
00:27:29.93\00:27:33.06
And when God
gives you those stories
00:27:33.09\00:27:34.75
He doesn't just not,
00:27:34.78\00:27:36.18
you know,
orchestrate things just for you.
00:27:36.21\00:27:37.91
He wants you to
share them as well.
00:27:37.94\00:27:40.12
And He wants us to
lift to each other up.
00:27:40.15\00:27:41.90
He want's us to
strengthen each others faith.
00:27:41.93\00:27:44.82
He wants us to be
brothers and sisters
00:27:44.85\00:27:46.75
that help each other.
00:27:46.78\00:27:48.15
When you see a brother
or a sister that falls,
00:27:48.18\00:27:50.11
instead of stomping
them down on the ground
00:27:50.14\00:27:51.68
even further, pick
them up, help them out.
00:27:51.71\00:27:53.62
Put your arm around
them, love them back to Jesus.
00:27:53.65\00:27:56.41
We need to judge each other
less and love each other more.
00:27:56.44\00:28:01.59
When you are doing
what God wants you to do
00:28:01.62\00:28:03.82
you will be surprised
00:28:03.85\00:28:05.22
to how many divine
appointments happen
00:28:05.25\00:28:07.14
when you least expect it.
00:28:07.17\00:28:08.82
You see, one of the
things that I do at 3ABN
00:28:08.85\00:28:10.98
besides cook with my
sisters and sing with my sisters
00:28:11.01\00:28:14.08
and produce kids programs,
is that I do set decorating.
00:28:14.11\00:28:18.44
And this particular year
00:28:18.47\00:28:20.55
I had decorated the
stage for camp meeting.
00:28:20.58\00:28:23.14
Some of you that
have been watching 3ABN
00:28:23.17\00:28:24.59
for a long time might remember
00:28:24.62\00:28:26.15
when I had some pillars up there
00:28:26.18\00:28:27.72
and I had material
drape from pillar to pillar.
00:28:27.75\00:28:29.79
Do you remember
that one at Camp meeting?
00:28:29.82\00:28:31.69
You--some of you
are nodding your heads.
00:28:31.72\00:28:34.02
And I had for the first time
00:28:34.05\00:28:35.58
I was told there's going to be
a baptism on--at camp meeting.
00:28:35.61\00:28:39.76
And somehow in the
planning of that studio
00:28:39.79\00:28:43.89
it had never been planned to
have a baptismal tank in there.
00:28:43.92\00:28:46.68
So they had to
bring in a portable tank.
00:28:46.71\00:28:48.60
And it was the
ugliest thing you ever saw.
00:28:48.63\00:28:50.77
There's a big old
ugly box right there
00:28:50.80\00:28:52.65
and because it's your
television, not radio,
00:28:52.68\00:28:54.54
we needed to fix it. So
Bobbi Davis was the producer.
00:28:54.57\00:28:57.17
He came, he
said, "Brenda, please,"
00:28:57.20\00:28:58.57
he said, "would you do something
with that baptismal tank.
00:28:58.60\00:29:01.08
It looks
hideous on the cameras."
00:29:01.11\00:29:03.10
And I said, "Oh
sure, I'll pray about it."
00:29:03.13\00:29:04.73
You see, when you're following
00:29:04.76\00:29:06.13
what God wants you to
do you have to problems.
00:29:06.16\00:29:08.08
They are God's
problems. Isn't that awesome?
00:29:08.11\00:29:10.54
And so you don't
have to worry about it.
00:29:10.57\00:29:12.10
And so I said, "Okay, Lord,
what do you want me to do?"
00:29:12.13\00:29:14.74
And I went and look through
some of my "Kids Time" things
00:29:14.77\00:29:16.85
and I found a
few smaller pillars
00:29:16.88\00:29:18.91
and I put those in front.
00:29:18.94\00:29:20.38
And then I found
some of my plants
00:29:20.41\00:29:21.78
I used at "Bible
Times" and I said oh, okay,
00:29:21.81\00:29:24.97
some nice Boston ferns
00:29:25.00\00:29:26.37
and I put those in
between them on the floor.
00:29:26.40\00:29:30.76
And I went back
and I looked at it
00:29:30.79\00:29:32.16
and I tweaked
this and I tweaked that
00:29:32.19\00:29:33.67
and pretty soon
I said, "Oh, okay,
00:29:33.70\00:29:35.40
it looks pretty good."
00:29:35.43\00:29:37.18
So now Thursday, the
day before we're going live,
00:29:37.21\00:29:41.95
Bobbi Davis comes to me and says
00:29:41.98\00:29:43.37
"Brenda, you've got
to do something about,
00:29:43.40\00:29:46.42
you know, those
pillars. They look hideous."
00:29:46.45\00:29:48.05
I said, "What are
you talking about?"
00:29:48.08\00:29:49.45
He said, "Have you
seen the jib shot?"
00:29:49.48\00:29:53.21
Now for those of you who
don't know what a jib shot is,
00:29:53.24\00:29:55.23
it is the camera on that--
00:29:55.26\00:29:56.81
that's on the end
of a very long arm.
00:29:56.84\00:29:58.96
When my sisters and I
are doing cooking shows
00:29:58.99\00:30:00.62
and you see into the pot
00:30:00.65\00:30:02.02
that we're stirring
that's taken with a jib shot.
00:30:02.05\00:30:04.00
So the next time you
watching our cooking show
00:30:04.03\00:30:05.62
and you see that shot you poke
the person next to you and go,
00:30:05.65\00:30:08.88
"Yep, that's a jib shot."
00:30:08.91\00:30:10.28
And they're gonna be
all impressed with you.
00:30:10.31\00:30:11.68
And so, and so they said,
00:30:11.71\00:30:13.85
what this jib shot was going
to see was some big ugly holes
00:30:13.88\00:30:19.33
in the top of
those small pillars
00:30:19.36\00:30:21.26
that I had put up there.
00:30:21.29\00:30:22.66
Now those holes were
there to have lights shine up.
00:30:22.69\00:30:25.71
But if you're gonna have
a jib camera looking down
00:30:25.74\00:30:27.62
you can't have a
light shining up.
00:30:27.65\00:30:29.02
And so I--they said
that's got to be fixed.
00:30:29.05\00:30:32.39
I said, okay, so
what you want me to do.
00:30:32.42\00:30:34.09
I found myself down in,
00:30:34.12\00:30:35.93
you know, 30 minutes
away down in Marion, Illinois,
00:30:35.96\00:30:38.56
in a home depot
store pushing a cart around
00:30:38.59\00:30:41.00
and I have no
idea why I'm doing it
00:30:41.03\00:30:42.52
and I'm just
going from isle to isle.
00:30:42.55\00:30:43.92
And I said, "Lord, I
don't know what I'm doing here
00:30:43.95\00:30:46.59
but I know I need
to fix those pillars.
00:30:46.62\00:30:48.16
Lord, what do
you want me to do?"
00:30:48.19\00:30:49.83
I said, "You know my schedule,
00:30:49.86\00:30:51.23
You know I have so
many things to do, Lord.
00:30:51.26\00:30:52.90
Can you just please
show me what you want to do.
00:30:52.93\00:30:54.86
I know you'll
never get in a hurry.
00:30:54.89\00:30:56.26
You'll always get there on time.
00:30:56.29\00:30:57.66
But, Lord, well, how
do I fix these pillars?"
00:30:57.69\00:30:59.06
You see, I talk
to Jesus like that.
00:30:59.09\00:31:01.06
He is my best friend.
00:31:01.09\00:31:02.46
And next thing I
knew I found myself
00:31:02.49\00:31:03.86
right in front of
the wallpaper section
00:31:03.89\00:31:05.86
and I said, "Oh,
Lord, You're so smart."
00:31:05.89\00:31:08.13
Well, of course He is.
00:31:08.16\00:31:09.53
And so--and I said I didn't
even thing about wallpaper.
00:31:09.56\00:31:12.61
And so I went and the
very first wallpaper book
00:31:12.64\00:31:14.86
I pulled out, they
have all those samples.
00:31:14.89\00:31:16.77
The first page I
turned to was a pattern
00:31:16.80\00:31:18.92
that matched identical to
the marble on those pillars.
00:31:18.95\00:31:22.65
"Thank you,
Jesus!" I was so excited.
00:31:22.68\00:31:24.97
And so I grabbed a couple
of rolls of those and I ran up
00:31:25.00\00:31:27.96
and I paid for them and
I drove the 30 minutes back
00:31:27.99\00:31:30.47
and I cut out each of those
00:31:30.50\00:31:32.68
squares for the
top of that pillar
00:31:32.71\00:31:34.68
and I looked around at the,
00:31:34.71\00:31:36.18
"Oh, what I'm
gonna fasten this with?"
00:31:36.21\00:31:37.78
And so I thought, I know,
and I found some Elmer's glue
00:31:37.81\00:31:40.06
that was sitting nearby,
00:31:40.09\00:31:41.46
squirted that
Elmer's glue on there,
00:31:41.49\00:31:42.88
put it down real
good, nice and tight.
00:31:42.91\00:31:44.48
"Okay, oh, thank you,
Lord, I really appreciate it.
00:31:44.51\00:31:47.07
You're so good to
me. Thank you, Lord."
00:31:47.10\00:31:49.03
Don't forget to praise God.
00:31:49.06\00:31:50.81
And so then I went about my day.
00:31:50.84\00:31:55.93
2 hours before we're going live
00:31:55.96\00:31:59.98
Bobbi Davis
comes to me and said,
00:32:00.01\00:32:01.38
"Brenda you need
to fix those pillars.
00:32:01.41\00:32:03.21
They're look hideous."
00:32:03.24\00:32:04.61
And I'm going
00:32:04.64\00:32:06.01
I'm off with the
pillars already, all right.
00:32:06.04\00:32:08.19
And I didn't say that to
him, to myself I said that.
00:32:08.22\00:32:11.53
And so I said,
"What's wrong with pillars?"
00:32:11.56\00:32:14.10
He says, "Have you
seen the jib shot?" No.
00:32:14.13\00:32:18.72
So come to the control room.
00:32:18.75\00:32:20.12
So I went and looked. He
punched up the camera and...
00:32:20.15\00:32:23.49
You see, when paper
and glue dry what happens?
00:32:23.52\00:32:28.82
It wrinkles.
00:32:28.86\00:32:30.23
And on camera it was
magnified and it looked,
00:32:30.26\00:32:33.40
he was right, hideous.
00:32:33.43\00:32:35.26
I thought "Well, Lord,
now what am I gonna do?"
00:32:35.29\00:32:38.05
And so I said, okay, okay.
00:32:38.08\00:32:39.78
I said, well,
I'll see what I can do.
00:32:39.81\00:32:41.41
And I went running up there.
00:32:41.44\00:32:42.81
Nice scraped off all that paper
00:32:42.84\00:32:44.21
that was on there
and I threw it away.
00:32:44.24\00:32:45.71
I cut me out some
new pieces to go there
00:32:45.74\00:32:47.93
what I'm gonna attach this to.
00:32:47.96\00:32:50.22
"Lord, what do
you want me to do?
00:32:50.25\00:32:51.76
We're going live in two hours,
what do you want me to do?"
00:32:51.79\00:32:53.94
And I thought
oh, thank you, Lord,
00:32:53.97\00:32:56.51
double sided tape.
That's what I need.
00:32:56.54\00:32:58.26
Okay, we'll get
some double sided tape."
00:32:58.29\00:33:00.20
And so I asked
all the crew members
00:33:00.23\00:33:02.43
do you have some
double sided tape?
00:33:02.46\00:33:03.83
Do you have some
double sided tape?
00:33:03.86\00:33:05.23
Anyone you know here
with some double sided tape?
00:33:05.26\00:33:06.63
Not one person knew where
some double sided tape was.
00:33:06.66\00:33:09.36
I don't have any time to lose.
00:33:09.39\00:33:10.76
If anybody has
been to 3ABN you know,
00:33:10.79\00:33:12.58
we're in the
middle of nowhere-ville.
00:33:12.61\00:33:14.87
And so it is a half
an hour to the store.
00:33:14.90\00:33:17.51
I knew that there was a
Target store a half hour way
00:33:17.54\00:33:21.04
and I knew where they
kept the double sided tape.
00:33:21.07\00:33:22.97
Okay, Lord, I just jumped in
the car not a minute to waste.
00:33:23.00\00:33:25.77
I raced down 30 minutes
down the highway 57 south.
00:33:25.80\00:33:29.01
I got off on route 13
00:33:29.04\00:33:30.64
and I'm on my way to
Target which was on the right.
00:33:30.67\00:33:33.82
But for whatever
reason I got in the left lane.
00:33:33.85\00:33:37.40
And--and I thought oh,
if I'm in the left lane
00:33:37.43\00:33:39.97
I'm going to
Wal-Mart and I don't know
00:33:40.00\00:33:41.37
whether they keep
their double sided tape.
00:33:41.40\00:33:42.90
So I started to
think I'm gonna just do
00:33:42.93\00:33:44.65
one of those real
quick switch of routes,
00:33:44.68\00:33:46.38
you know, switch
lanes real quick.
00:33:46.41\00:33:47.98
Now nobody here would possibly
think doing that, right?
00:33:48.01\00:33:50.34
And so I looked in
my rear-view mirror
00:33:50.37\00:33:53.04
right before I'm
gonna make that switch
00:33:53.07\00:33:55.10
and three big old semi
trucks changed my mind.
00:33:55.13\00:33:58.55
All right, Lord, I'm committed.
00:33:58.58\00:33:59.95
Well, I'm sure there is
double sided tape at Wal-Mart.
00:33:59.98\00:34:02.48
And so I--as soon as
the light changed green--
00:34:02.51\00:34:05.26
and changed to green I turn left
00:34:05.29\00:34:06.88
and went and
parked in the parking lot
00:34:06.91\00:34:09.90
and ran into the store
00:34:09.93\00:34:11.30
and I'm
looking-- no time to lose.
00:34:11.33\00:34:12.84
Every second counts.
00:34:12.87\00:34:15.39
And so I'm looking--
00:34:15.42\00:34:18.19
"Lord, please help me to
find the double sided tape.
00:34:18.22\00:34:20.25
I have no time, Lord.
00:34:20.28\00:34:21.65
You know, how--
they're gonna go live now.
00:34:21.68\00:34:23.28
I'm an hour and a half,
Lord, what am I gonna doing?
00:34:23.31\00:34:25.68
And-- office supplies.
00:34:25.71\00:34:27.23
Thank you, Jesus." He's so
good to me. "Thank you, Lord."
00:34:27.26\00:34:29.59
And so I went running over there
00:34:29.62\00:34:30.99
and I grabbed the double
sided tape, it was right there
00:34:31.02\00:34:33.28
and I started back
toward the checkout count--
00:34:33.31\00:34:35.67
better get two just in case.
00:34:35.70\00:34:37.07
I went running
back to the counter
00:34:37.10\00:34:38.47
I got me another one off
00:34:38.50\00:34:39.87
and I started running
towards the checkout line.
00:34:39.90\00:34:41.46
And I don't know about you
00:34:41.49\00:34:44.22
but I don't like
to stand in line.
00:34:44.25\00:34:47.63
I think I guess over here
00:34:47.66\00:34:49.03
you call it a
queue, is that right?
00:34:49.06\00:34:51.14
And did I say it right?
00:34:51.17\00:34:52.86
All right, so I
didn't-- I don't like queues.
00:34:52.89\00:34:55.88
And so I got things to
go and I got places to go
00:34:55.91\00:34:58.45
and God has some
divine appointments
00:34:58.48\00:35:00.34
waiting for me I
don't want to miss.
00:35:00.37\00:35:01.74
And so I'm in
this, I get up there
00:35:01.77\00:35:03.65
and I see there
is an express lane.
00:35:03.68\00:35:05.63
Do they have those here?
An express checkout lane?
00:35:05.66\00:35:08.39
And I thought oh,
there was only one man there
00:35:08.42\00:35:11.81
and he was leaving.
00:35:11.84\00:35:13.28
Oh, thank you, Lord.
00:35:13.31\00:35:14.68
So I went running
up to that express land
00:35:14.71\00:35:16.86
and I put my double sided
tape right there on the counter
00:35:16.89\00:35:21.26
and I said hello to the clerk.
00:35:21.29\00:35:24.37
And she rang it up and she said,
00:35:24.40\00:35:26.04
okay, that will be
four dollars and some cents.
00:35:26.07\00:35:28.39
And I went to my
purse to look for my money.
00:35:28.42\00:35:33.84
You thought I forgot
my money, didn't you?
00:35:40.70\00:35:42.12
No, I didn't.
00:35:42.15\00:35:43.52
But right next to my wallet
where I go to pay for things,
00:35:43.55\00:35:47.01
I keep bookmarks.
00:35:47.04\00:35:48.68
You see these bookmarks
00:35:48.71\00:35:51.52
are my foot in the
door to talk about Jesus.
00:35:51.55\00:35:54.16
They have a
pretty picture on them.
00:35:54.19\00:35:56.43
They have a Bible verse on them.
00:35:56.46\00:35:58.37
When I give a bookmark
it says two things about me
00:35:58.40\00:36:01.05
very loud and clear, number
one, that I care about you.
00:36:01.08\00:36:04.19
And that I want to
give you something.
00:36:04.22\00:36:07.57
And number two,
and most important,
00:36:07.60\00:36:09.51
it says I'm a Christian.
00:36:09.54\00:36:11.38
And I can tell you, you
might find this hard to believe
00:36:11.41\00:36:14.51
but I can get pretty long winded
when I'm talking about Jesus.
00:36:14.54\00:36:18.17
And so when I looked
into my purse to get my wallet
00:36:18.20\00:36:21.51
I saw those
bookmarks and I went,
00:36:21.54\00:36:24.61
"Oh, Brenda,
don't give a bookmark
00:36:24.64\00:36:26.55
I do not have time
to be talking right now.
00:36:26.58\00:36:28.98
I better just hurry
up and keep on going."
00:36:29.01\00:36:30.75
And instantaneously I heard
the Holy Spirit speak to me
00:36:30.78\00:36:35.61
and say, "Brenda,
what's more important?
00:36:35.64\00:36:40.27
Talking about me or
fixing those pillars?"
00:36:40.30\00:36:44.78
And immediately
I shot up a prayer.
00:36:44.81\00:36:46.64
"Lord, I'm so
sorry. You're right, Lord.
00:36:46.67\00:36:48.70
Forgive me. I'm so sorry."
00:36:48.73\00:36:50.53
And I grab the bookmark
out and I handed it to clerk
00:36:50.56\00:36:53.50
and I said, "Here, ma'am."
00:36:53.53\00:36:54.99
I said "I want you to
know that Jesus loves you."
00:36:55.02\00:36:57.58
And she took it that
bookmark and she looked at it
00:36:57.61\00:37:00.49
and she said, "Oh,
this is beautiful."
00:37:00.52\00:37:04.15
She lays it up on her
cash register and she goes,
00:37:04.18\00:37:06.23
"Oh, but I'll never get to--
I'll never get to keep that.
00:37:06.26\00:37:09.77
My son is an avid book reader
and he's gonna take it from me."
00:37:09.80\00:37:13.60
I said "Oh, no, he's not.
00:37:13.63\00:37:16.37
Here's another
one just for him."
00:37:16.40\00:37:18.60
And so I gave her another one.
00:37:18.63\00:37:20.41
And she took it and she said
"Wow, that is really beautiful."
00:37:20.44\00:37:24.86
We are in the express
lane of the check out counters
00:37:24.89\00:37:29.09
and now out of nowhere the line
had gathered and was way down.
00:37:29.12\00:37:35.86
Don't you just love getting
in the back of somebody like me?
00:37:35.89\00:37:39.85
And there's a
woman right behind me
00:37:39.88\00:37:41.37
that I can sense
is kind of fidgety.
00:37:41.40\00:37:43.17
And so I turned
around and I said, "Ma'am,
00:37:43.20\00:37:45.43
I don't want you to
have that left out feeling."
00:37:45.46\00:37:47.61
I said "Here's a
bookmark for you too."
00:37:47.64\00:37:49.99
And she looked at
that bookmark and she said,
00:37:50.02\00:37:53.29
"These are so beautiful.
Can I buy some of these?"
00:37:53.32\00:37:57.43
And I said, "Oh, no. You
can't buy some of these."
00:37:57.46\00:38:00.43
I said, "You see, I
host and produce a program
00:38:00.46\00:38:03.58
on Three Angeles Broadcasting
Network called Kids' Time."
00:38:03.61\00:38:06.86
And I said "A group
of women in Massachusetts
00:38:06.89\00:38:09.00
make these bookmarks for me."
00:38:09.03\00:38:10.71
And I said, "And they
have been making them for me
00:38:10.74\00:38:12.86
since Kids' Time started.
00:38:12.89\00:38:14.26
Every child that writes to
me gets one of these bookmarks."
00:38:14.29\00:38:19.38
She said, "Did you say
00:38:19.41\00:38:23.40
Three Angeles
Broadcasting Network?"
00:38:23.43\00:38:26.75
I said, yes.
"3ABN?" I said, yes.
00:38:26.78\00:38:32.46
Now she looks like
she'd seen a ghost.
00:38:32.49\00:38:35.89
She said, "I have been listening
00:38:35.92\00:38:38.49
to 3ABN radio for
several months now.
00:38:38.52\00:38:42.05
And God has been
impressing upon my heart."
00:38:42.08\00:38:45.39
She said, "You know,
00:38:45.42\00:38:47.71
I think you guys got it
right on that Sabbath thing.
00:38:47.74\00:38:52.04
Is there a Seventh-day
Adventist Church near here?"
00:38:52.07\00:38:54.20
And I said "You bet there is."
00:38:54.23\00:38:56.05
I said in fact, I said,
we're having a big camp meeting.
00:38:56.08\00:38:58.74
I saw on her name badge it said,
00:38:58.77\00:39:01.23
Dillard's Department
Store and it had Angela.
00:39:01.26\00:39:05.22
I said, "Angela, why
don't you come tonight?"
00:39:05.25\00:39:07.89
She said, "Oh, I can't."
00:39:07.92\00:39:09.29
She said, "I'm working
00:39:09.32\00:39:10.69
at the Target Shopping
Center across the streets.
00:39:10.72\00:39:14.31
I've just had my lunch
break buying a bicycle pump
00:39:14.34\00:39:16.96
that I don't
even know why I need."
00:39:16.99\00:39:20.32
And she looked that in her hand.
00:39:20.35\00:39:22.80
And I said "Well,
what about tomorrow night?"
00:39:22.83\00:39:25.67
I said Doug
Batchelor will be preaching.
00:39:25.70\00:39:27.89
"Doug Batchelor?
She said, he's the one
00:39:27.92\00:39:30.41
that's been talking
to me about the Sabbath."
00:39:30.44\00:39:32.39
And I said, "Well, why
don't you come and be my guest.
00:39:32.42\00:39:35.80
I would love to have you
sitting there right next to me."
00:39:35.83\00:39:38.93
And I pulled out my
business card and I said,
00:39:38.96\00:39:40.92
"Here's my business card.
It has my cell phone on it."
00:39:40.95\00:39:43.22
And I said, "And
when you get there,"
00:39:43.25\00:39:44.90
I said "you call me."
Oh, I couldn't do that.
00:39:44.93\00:39:48.84
I said why not.
"'Cause you're a movie star."
00:39:48.87\00:39:52.73
I said, "Oh, no, no, no, no.
00:39:52.76\00:39:54.35
I said, 3ABN
doesn't have movie stars."
00:39:54.38\00:39:56.93
I said, "We only have
people who love Jesus."
00:39:56.96\00:39:59.77
I said, "It would be
a privilege and an honor
00:39:59.80\00:40:02.16
for you to be my
guest and sat with me."
00:40:02.19\00:40:05.04
"Well, then I think I'll
come. How do I get there?"
00:40:05.07\00:40:07.55
We are in the fast lane
of the checkout counter.
00:40:07.58\00:40:11.59
She gets out a
piece a paper and pencil
00:40:11.62\00:40:13.68
and she starts writing down
00:40:13.71\00:40:15.08
as I'm giving
her the directions.
00:40:15.11\00:40:16.48
The man behind her is
writing the directions too.
00:40:16.51\00:40:21.15
And so when we finished
and I told where I was going,
00:40:21.18\00:40:23.87
I said, be there at seven--
meeting starts at 7 o'clock,
00:40:23.90\00:40:26.96
come a little early and I
said, don't forget to call me.
00:40:26.99\00:40:31.77
And I turned around
and I said, "Angela,
00:40:31.80\00:40:34.33
I don't believe in coincidences.
00:40:34.36\00:40:36.71
I believe in
divine appointments."
00:40:36.74\00:40:39.81
And I gave her a
great big hug and I said,
00:40:39.84\00:40:42.76
I can't wait to
see you tomorrow night.
00:40:42.79\00:40:45.27
And do you know, she said to me
you know, I believe you're right
00:40:45.30\00:40:48.15
and we both had
tears in our eyes.
00:40:48.18\00:40:50.42
And I walked out of that store
praising Jesus with all my heart
00:40:50.45\00:40:55.69
and I said "Lord, You had
something so awesome in mind
00:40:55.72\00:40:58.06
and it had nothing to
do with those pillars.
00:40:58.09\00:41:00.25
You could have that glue look
really, really nice on there.
00:41:00.28\00:41:04.53
But you chose this
divine appointment for me."
00:41:04.56\00:41:06.84
And as soon as I got in the car
00:41:06.87\00:41:08.26
and start headed
the half hour back
00:41:08.29\00:41:10.37
and I knew everybody would
be in a tizzy to get that going.
00:41:10.40\00:41:13.84
And I started, I
got out my cell phone
00:41:13.87\00:41:17.09
and I activated my prayer chain.
00:41:17.12\00:41:20.16
I need a prayer,
while you're praying.
00:41:20.19\00:41:21.65
You see when God--we
allow God to work through us.
00:41:21.68\00:41:24.56
We have to remember we
are not the Holy Spirit.
00:41:24.59\00:41:27.57
We are not,
what? The Holy Spirit.
00:41:27.60\00:41:30.36
We have to pray and ask
God to water those seeds and so
00:41:30.39\00:41:33.37
I called my daddy
first because I know he will
00:41:33.40\00:41:35.57
activate the
Micheff family prayer chain.
00:41:35.60\00:41:37.60
And so I told dad all
about my divine appointment.
00:41:37.63\00:41:40.17
And I said,
please pray for Angela.
00:41:40.20\00:41:41.85
And daddy said, okay, I'm on it.
00:41:41.88\00:41:43.67
And so then I--went
down and I started going down
00:41:43.70\00:41:46.18
my--my contact list.
00:41:46.21\00:41:48.32
Every single person I knew
00:41:48.35\00:41:50.10
who was a pray
warrior, I dialed them.
00:41:50.13\00:41:52.11
And I gave them a
condensed version,
00:41:52.14\00:41:53.92
pray for
Angela, pray for Angela,
00:41:53.95\00:41:55.42
pray for Angela.
00:41:55.45\00:41:56.82
By the time I got
there I had contacted
00:41:56.85\00:41:58.92
so many prayer warriors
00:41:58.95\00:42:00.37
I knew already
praying for Angela.
00:42:00.40\00:42:02.92
As I got there I ran
up the-- on the stage
00:42:02.95\00:42:05.63
and I used that
double sided tape--
00:42:05.66\00:42:07.38
I'd already had
those papers cut out
00:42:07.41\00:42:08.99
and I put it around them.
00:42:09.02\00:42:10.39
They worked perfectly.
00:42:10.42\00:42:11.79
Thank you, Jesus.
You're so good to me.
00:42:11.82\00:42:13.19
And so I had them all
really nice and I looked
00:42:13.22\00:42:15.20
and I got the thumps up from
Bobbi, and he goes, "Brenda,
00:42:15.23\00:42:18.27
hurry up get off
the stage, hurry."
00:42:18.30\00:42:19.72
She goes "We're going
live in 10 minutes hurry."
00:42:19.75\00:42:21.82
And so I picked
up all my scrapes
00:42:21.85\00:42:23.41
and make sure
everything look neat
00:42:23.44\00:42:24.81
and then I disappeared in the
back where the green room is.
00:42:24.84\00:42:27.86
Now for those of you
who are not in production,
00:42:27.89\00:42:30.04
a green room is where you know,
00:42:30.07\00:42:31.79
the guests that are
gonna be on the program,
00:42:31.82\00:42:33.72
that's where
they go to await until
00:42:33.75\00:42:36.07
it's time to come
out and be on the program
00:42:36.10\00:42:37.86
and to get ready for the show.
00:42:37.89\00:42:39.88
And--and so I went
back to the green room
00:42:39.91\00:42:42.07
and I went running in there
00:42:42.10\00:42:43.51
and there I saw
Pastor John Lomacang,
00:42:43.54\00:42:45.83
the pastor of the church
00:42:45.86\00:42:47.23
and he was there all by
himself which was unusual.
00:42:47.26\00:42:49.38
And he was
getting ready to come out
00:42:49.41\00:42:50.78
and actually open that program.
00:42:50.81\00:42:52.40
And I went running in there.
00:42:52.43\00:42:53.80
And as soon as I saw
him I go, "Oh, John, John.
00:42:53.83\00:42:57.10
I said pray for
Angela, pray for Angela."
00:42:57.13\00:42:59.20
"Who's Angela? What
happened to Angela?"
00:42:59.23\00:43:00.60
Well, I forgot temporarily
that's his wife's name.
00:43:02.15\00:43:04.36
And so I said not
your Angela, my Angela.
00:43:04.80\00:43:08.89
And so I told him real
quickly about my Angela's story
00:43:08.92\00:43:11.50
and said please pray for Angela.
00:43:11.53\00:43:12.96
And do you know, he stopped
to pray with me before he--
00:43:12.99\00:43:15.57
a few minutes later he
was gonna have to go out
00:43:15.60\00:43:17.18
and open that--
that program live,
00:43:17.21\00:43:19.36
he stopped to pray with me.
00:43:19.39\00:43:20.90
And as soon as I
had prayed with him
00:43:20.93\00:43:23.29
I headed out back
out to the hallway
00:43:23.32\00:43:24.83
and there I saw a
whole group from 3ABN radio.
00:43:24.86\00:43:27.39
And then I went running
over to them and I said,
00:43:27.42\00:43:29.04
you guys, I have to let you know
00:43:29.07\00:43:30.44
what God is doing
because of 3ABN radio.
00:43:30.47\00:43:32.68
And I shared the blessing.
00:43:32.71\00:43:34.16
And, you know, we
went to a prayer huddle
00:43:34.19\00:43:36.04
right then and there
all of us from 3ABN radio.
00:43:36.07\00:43:38.66
We stood there and we knelt,
00:43:38.69\00:43:40.32
and we prayed and we asked God
00:43:40.35\00:43:42.77
to really watch over Angela.
00:43:42.80\00:43:44.38
Lord, thank you
for this blessing.
00:43:44.41\00:43:46.29
And Lord, please
don't let anything
00:43:46.32\00:43:48.20
keep Angela from
coming tomorrow night.
00:43:48.23\00:43:50.36
Lord, here we know how the enemy
00:43:50.39\00:43:53.67
seeks to the
bower and seek and kill
00:43:53.70\00:43:56.15
anyone who is seeking you.
00:43:56.18\00:43:58.11
Lord, put a hedge of
protection around her.
00:43:58.14\00:44:00.08
Don't let anything
keep Angela from coming.
00:44:00.11\00:44:02.42
The next morning
after--after church
00:44:02.45\00:44:04.97
I was doing a live for
our "Kids' Time" special.
00:44:05.00\00:44:07.30
And even though
I was getting ready
00:44:07.33\00:44:08.71
and it's a pretty
stressful event to do a live,
00:44:08.74\00:44:11.11
getting ready for that.
00:44:11.14\00:44:12.51
I was out there
telling everybody
00:44:12.54\00:44:13.91
that I was
saying pray for Angela,
00:44:13.94\00:44:15.38
pray for
Angela, pray for Angela.
00:44:15.41\00:44:17.54
All afternoon I was
telling people, pray for Angela.
00:44:17.57\00:44:20.24
I had more people
praying for Angela.
00:44:20.27\00:44:23.74
I got there early.
00:44:23.77\00:44:25.23
I was in the
back where I could see
00:44:25.26\00:44:27.01
through the glass
doors the parking lot.
00:44:27.04\00:44:29.59
And I looked out
in the parking lot
00:44:29.62\00:44:32.66
and 7 o'clock came and
went there was no Angela.
00:44:32.69\00:44:36.61
Lord, I'm not given up.
00:44:36.64\00:44:38.01
I was like Jacob
wrestling with the angel.
00:44:38.04\00:44:39.41
Lord, I know that this
is a divine appointment,
00:44:39.44\00:44:41.42
I know you want Angela here.
00:44:41.45\00:44:42.83
Lord, please, please don't let
00:44:42.86\00:44:44.81
anything keep
her from being here.
00:44:44.84\00:44:47.18
Lord, she is Your
child. You love her.
00:44:47.21\00:44:49.49
You brought us
together for a reason.
00:44:49.52\00:44:51.19
Don't let the
enemy take her away.
00:44:51.22\00:44:54.76
7:05, no Angela. 7:10 no Angela.
00:44:54.79\00:45:00.43
I was praying again and I
had just finished praying.
00:45:00.46\00:45:02.66
It was 7:15 and as soon as
I said amen and I looked up,
00:45:02.69\00:45:06.07
in walked Angela.
00:45:06.10\00:45:08.61
And I ran over
to her and gave her
00:45:08.64\00:45:10.01
great big Mischief Sister hug.
00:45:10.04\00:45:11.56
And I said, "Oh, Angela,
I'm so glad you're here."
00:45:11.59\00:45:13.41
And she goes, I'm
so sorry. I'm late.
00:45:13.44\00:45:15.05
She said, I was across the
street at your other studio.
00:45:15.08\00:45:17.50
She said, I got
here an hour early.
00:45:17.53\00:45:20.88
Someone saw her
sitting alone in a parking lot
00:45:20.91\00:45:22.95
came over and asked about her
and showed her where we were.
00:45:22.98\00:45:26.80
And so she came over there
00:45:26.83\00:45:28.20
and I said,
don't worry about that.
00:45:28.23\00:45:29.60
I said, it's okay." I
said, we'll just go in.
00:45:29.63\00:45:31.80
And so we went into--
00:45:31.83\00:45:33.82
it was already a meeting of full
00:45:33.85\00:45:35.22
songs was already taking place.
00:45:35.25\00:45:37.29
That place was packed.
00:45:37.32\00:45:39.59
Our camp meeting that
year was filled to overflowing.
00:45:39.62\00:45:42.04
There was
probably 1500 people there.
00:45:42.07\00:45:45.07
And we're live.
00:45:45.10\00:45:47.04
So I go to the back row
and I see our vice president
00:45:47.07\00:45:51.78
and general manager were sitting
in the back row Mollie Steenson.
00:45:51.81\00:45:56.30
And I had already prayed
with Mollie about Angela.
00:45:56.33\00:45:59.02
And as soon as I
walked in with her
00:45:59.05\00:46:00.50
with that big smile on my
face, it was a dead giveaway.
00:46:00.53\00:46:02.99
She knew that it
had to be Angela.
00:46:03.02\00:46:04.90
And so I kneeled down by Mollie
and I introduced her to Angela.
00:46:04.93\00:46:07.90
And I said, Mollie,
I said, can we have--
00:46:07.93\00:46:11.12
Do you know any seats?
I need two seats together.
00:46:11.15\00:46:13.37
And I want to
sit next to somebody
00:46:13.40\00:46:14.93
that goes to this church.
00:46:14.96\00:46:16.90
You see when you invite
someone to come to church,
00:46:16.93\00:46:21.56
we need to love
people like Jesus.
00:46:21.59\00:46:23.20
Shame on you if you're
gonna allow a visitor to walk in
00:46:23.23\00:46:26.66
and sit alone on an empty pew.
00:46:26.69\00:46:28.85
And you're content to sit
there and your favorite spot
00:46:28.88\00:46:31.47
you've sat on for 20 years--
00:46:31.50\00:46:32.87
shame on you if
you're gonna do that.
00:46:32.90\00:46:34.59
Get up out of
your favorite seat,
00:46:34.62\00:46:35.99
go over and don't
just say, happy Sabbath.
00:46:36.02\00:46:37.66
Go over there, move, say,
move over, let me step by.
00:46:37.69\00:46:39.81
Put your arm
around them and hug them
00:46:39.84\00:46:41.21
and love them to Jesus, right?
00:46:41.24\00:46:42.90
Well, I knew that I wasn't gonna
be at that church on weekends.
00:46:42.93\00:46:45.44
So because I have
a precious husband
00:46:45.47\00:46:47.48
that needs me on weekends
and I want to be with him.
00:46:47.51\00:46:49.73
And I knew I
couldn't be at that church.
00:46:49.76\00:46:52.83
And so I wanted just
introduce her to somebody
00:46:52.86\00:46:55.73
that was a member at that church
00:46:55.76\00:46:57.13
that could nurture
her and love for to Jesus.
00:46:57.16\00:47:00.07
And so Mollie understood
immediately what I was saying.
00:47:00.10\00:47:03.58
And she said, yes,
there's--do you see
00:47:03.61\00:47:05.86
Shelley and J.D. Quinn there?
Right there on that second row.
00:47:05.89\00:47:08.84
And she said, and
there's two seats right by them.
00:47:08.87\00:47:11.63
The second row--
we're in a live program.
00:47:12.06\00:47:14.65
So I went over to our
Kids' Time floor director,
00:47:14.68\00:47:17.22
Larry McLucas was actually
floor directing at that event.
00:47:17.25\00:47:20.27
And I went over
to him and I said,
00:47:20.30\00:47:21.67
Larry, I need to get to
that second row, no problem.
00:47:21.70\00:47:24.07
He go, calls me the truck
to our Kids' Time director
00:47:24.10\00:47:26.30
who was directing
the program in the truck,
00:47:26.33\00:47:28.64
"Hey, Brad, Miss Brenda
needs to get to that second row.
00:47:28.67\00:47:31.42
Can you go to a close up shot?"
00:47:31.45\00:47:33.03
"Sure, will do. Let me
know when she's settled."
00:47:33.06\00:47:34.78
They go to a close up shot.
00:47:34.81\00:47:36.18
We hurried up
and sneaked in there,
00:47:36.21\00:47:37.58
gotten that second row,
you all never knew a thing.
00:47:37.61\00:47:39.13
It was such a
powerful sermon that night.
00:47:42.63\00:47:45.15
Doug Batchelor
preached the most incredible,
00:47:45.18\00:47:49.53
Godly, spiritual message.
00:47:49.56\00:47:52.35
And throughout
the entire message,
00:47:52.38\00:47:55.15
tears streamed down
her cheek and mine too.
00:47:55.18\00:48:01.80
And when the meeting
was over, we sat there.
00:48:01.83\00:48:05.73
I introduced her
to Shelley and J.D.
00:48:05.76\00:48:09.05
which she had no idea they had
already been praying for her.
00:48:09.08\00:48:13.22
And Angela said to me,
00:48:13.25\00:48:14.62
now let me tell you
the rest of the story.
00:48:14.65\00:48:17.84
You see, I had been
praying and praying and praying
00:48:17.87\00:48:25.76
about my decision
about the Sabbath.
00:48:25.79\00:48:30.39
You see God convicted my heart
00:48:30.42\00:48:32.10
that the seventh
day was the Sabbath.
00:48:32.13\00:48:33.89
But she said, I love my church.
00:48:33.92\00:48:35.50
I love my friends and my family.
00:48:35.53\00:48:37.59
I was the hard
worker in my church.
00:48:37.62\00:48:38.99
I didn't want to
leave my Sunday church.
00:48:39.02\00:48:41.07
And so I was arguing
with God and I kept say Lord,
00:48:41.10\00:48:43.63
you know, is this something
You really want me to do?
00:48:43.66\00:48:45.74
Does that really
matter to You which day--
00:48:45.77\00:48:47.89
you know, I love
You, I'm worshiping You.
00:48:47.92\00:48:49.34
Does that really matter?
00:48:49.37\00:48:50.90
And I could hear the
Holy Spirit say to me,
00:48:50.93\00:48:53.36
"Angela, I didn't say go
to worship me on any day.
00:48:53.39\00:48:58.80
I said, Worship me on
my day, the seventh day."
00:48:58.83\00:49:03.78
And she said, The
night before I met you--
00:49:03.81\00:49:06.77
she said, I had
been arguing with God
00:49:06.80\00:49:10.12
and praying with Him
and pleading with Him
00:49:10.15\00:49:11.92
and I finally
made a promise to God.
00:49:11.95\00:49:13.55
I said, "Lord, give me a sign.
00:49:13.58\00:49:16.05
If You will give me a sign,
just to give me a sign, Lord,
00:49:16.08\00:49:19.52
that it's--that You want me
to keep Your seventh day holy.
00:49:19.55\00:49:25.40
I will quit my Sunday Church
00:49:25.43\00:49:27.86
and I will keep
Your Sabbath holy.
00:49:27.89\00:49:30.28
What do you think the chances?
00:49:30.31\00:49:31.68
The very next day, I meet you
00:49:31.71\00:49:36.11
from Three Angels
Broadcasting Network.
00:49:36.14\00:49:40.15
She said, I knew, Brenda,
00:49:40.18\00:49:41.58
that I had to come here
tonight or lose my soul.
00:49:41.61\00:49:46.83
Do you know, when
I was sitting there,
00:49:46.86\00:49:54.70
trying to take this
all in I was overwhelmed
00:49:54.73\00:49:57.22
with how God had
orchestrated everything else.
00:49:57.25\00:49:59.75
Because Angela shared with me,
00:49:59.78\00:50:02.11
when you handed
me that bookmark,
00:50:02.14\00:50:04.64
she said, I
thought I would pass out.
00:50:04.67\00:50:07.47
She said, did you realize
00:50:07.50\00:50:09.97
that the bookmark you
handed me had pansy on it?
00:50:10.00\00:50:15.15
And I said, No.
00:50:15.18\00:50:16.57
I said, I didn't
see that bookmark
00:50:16.60\00:50:18.34
I handed out to you.
00:50:18.37\00:50:20.25
And she said, all my
friends call me the pansy lady.
00:50:20.28\00:50:24.06
She said, I love pansies.
It's my favorite flower.
00:50:24.09\00:50:26.96
I have canisters in my
kitchen that have pansies on it.
00:50:26.99\00:50:29.47
I have pillow on my
couch with pansies on it.
00:50:29.50\00:50:32.27
I grow pansies
and flowers on my,
00:50:32.30\00:50:34.46
you know, at my house.
00:50:34.49\00:50:35.86
She said, I love pansies.
00:50:35.89\00:50:38.80
She said, you didn't
just hand me a bookmark,
00:50:38.83\00:50:42.11
you handed me one
with the fresh pansy on it.
00:50:42.14\00:50:45.61
She said, I knew it
was a sign from God.
00:50:48.36\00:50:53.75
Do you know when I--
00:50:53.78\00:50:56.30
when I left that
church that night
00:50:56.33\00:51:01.77
and we had said
goodbye to Angela,
00:51:01.80\00:51:04.68
I praised God
00:51:04.71\00:51:06.25
for the opportunity
of being used by Him.
00:51:06.28\00:51:09.38
I knew and had felt the
presence of the Holy Spirit.
00:51:09.41\00:51:13.93
I saw Him working.
00:51:13.96\00:51:17.19
And I started
praying and pleading
00:51:17.22\00:51:19.97
with the Holy Spirit
to please protect her
00:51:20.00\00:51:21.87
as she is now gonna grow.
00:51:21.90\00:51:23.53
I said, Lord, help her to
keep her commitment to You.
00:51:23.56\00:51:26.60
I started calling
every church member
00:51:26.63\00:51:28.86
I knew that went to that church
and tell them that please,
00:51:28.89\00:51:30.91
love Angela, love Angela.
00:51:30.94\00:51:32.88
Take care of Angela.
00:51:32.91\00:51:34.28
I called Pastor
John and I said, John,
00:51:34.31\00:51:36.99
please take care of my Angela.
00:51:37.02\00:51:40.96
Do you know, it wasn't
but a few months later,
00:51:40.99\00:51:43.13
I got a call and he said,
00:51:43.16\00:51:44.98
"Brenda, Angela has been
in church every Sabbath."
00:51:45.01\00:51:47.78
He said, "She's in
my baptismal class."
00:51:47.81\00:51:51.25
And a short time after that
I got a call telling me that
00:51:51.28\00:51:56.99
she was gonna be
baptized on this particular day.
00:51:57.02\00:52:00.66
And that it would mean a
lot to her if I could be there.
00:52:00.69\00:52:04.03
Well, you see, I speak
somewhere almost every weekend.
00:52:04.06\00:52:06.85
I'm flying somewhere
in the world to speak.
00:52:06.88\00:52:10.86
And I usually
book up one to two,
00:52:10.89\00:52:12.62
I mean, two to three years--
two to three years in advance.
00:52:12.65\00:52:15.93
And I didn't have anything
00:52:15.96\00:52:17.38
open on my
schedule at all, nothing.
00:52:17.41\00:52:21.75
But just that
morning before he had called,
00:52:21.78\00:52:24.55
I was supposed to
speak at a church in Canada.
00:52:24.58\00:52:26.53
They called up.
00:52:26.56\00:52:27.93
They said they were
having some financial problems.
00:52:27.96\00:52:29.85
Would I mind postponing
it to the following year?
00:52:29.88\00:52:33.17
Just that morning and
it was the very Sabbath
00:52:33.20\00:52:36.64
that she was
scheduled for baptism.
00:52:36.67\00:52:38.16
Isn't God good
how He works that out?
00:52:38.19\00:52:40.29
He knew I would want to see
00:52:40.32\00:52:41.73
and be there for
that joyous occasion.
00:52:41.76\00:52:44.97
And I can tell you,
I drove that 6 hours
00:52:45.00\00:52:46.91
from my house to
Southern Illinois.
00:52:46.94\00:52:49.70
It felt like 6 minutes.
00:52:49.73\00:52:51.60
And I was able
to be on that stage
00:52:51.63\00:52:56.32
when Angela was baptized
and lowered down in baptism
00:52:56.35\00:52:59.69
in that same baptism little tank
00:52:59.72\00:53:01.55
that I had spent so
much time decorating.
00:53:01.58\00:53:04.60
I had the privilege
of being able to see her
00:53:04.63\00:53:08.35
lowered down into that water.
00:53:08.38\00:53:13.35
I can tell you,
there is no greater joy
00:53:13.38\00:53:15.70
than being used by God, none.
00:53:15.73\00:53:19.00
There is not enough money
in this world that can compare.
00:53:19.03\00:53:22.28
There is not enough
material things in this world
00:53:22.31\00:53:24.70
that can compare to
the joy of serving Jesus.
00:53:24.73\00:53:29.03
You see, God has a
plan for each one of us
00:53:29.06\00:53:33.05
and He wants each one of us
to be used in a special way.
00:53:33.08\00:53:36.92
But He doesn't want
us to do it our way.
00:53:36.95\00:53:39.23
He doesn't want us to go about,
00:53:39.26\00:53:40.63
decide all the things
we're comfortable with.
00:53:40.66\00:53:42.26
He doesn't want us to sit there
and wake--lay awake at night,
00:53:42.29\00:53:45.45
trying to figure out
what God wants to do for us,
00:53:45.48\00:53:47.93
or how He wants to use us.
00:53:47.96\00:53:49.53
We don't have to figure it out.
God has already got the plan.
00:53:49.56\00:53:53.39
The most important
thing is, is that we're what?
00:53:53.42\00:53:55.99
Number one. Willing.
00:53:56.02\00:53:57.57
Number two. Obedient.
00:53:57.60\00:53:59.40
Number three. Joyful.
00:53:59.43\00:54:01.17
Do we have to sit there
and have sleepless nights
00:54:01.20\00:54:03.34
trying to figure out
what God wants us to do?
00:54:03.37\00:54:06.14
No, because if we are
surrendered in our heart,
00:54:06.17\00:54:09.53
if we are willing to
allow God to speak to us,
00:54:09.56\00:54:12.55
to use us, to
allow us to be His hands
00:54:12.58\00:54:15.20
and His voice and His feet
00:54:15.23\00:54:16.85
and to minister to those
that are--that will be lost.
00:54:16.88\00:54:20.62
God loves each
one of us so much.
00:54:20.65\00:54:22.18
He doesn't want
anyone of us to be lost.
00:54:22.21\00:54:24.56
Even your worst enemy,
00:54:24.59\00:54:27.45
God can't
imagine having without.
00:54:27.48\00:54:30.42
God can do a heart change
in us like you have never seen.
00:54:30.45\00:54:33.44
God can work through us
to win souls for His kingdom.
00:54:33.47\00:54:38.50
Let me ask you is this something
00:54:38.53\00:54:40.96
that you want to be a part of?
00:54:40.99\00:54:42.71
Do you really want to allow God
00:54:42.74\00:54:44.24
to use you in a
very special way?
00:54:44.27\00:54:46.30
Do you want to have God
00:54:46.33\00:54:48.58
work into your
heart and your life?
00:54:48.61\00:54:51.35
And do you want
those divine appointments?
00:54:51.38\00:54:53.64
Because if you truly want
those divine appointments,
00:54:53.67\00:54:56.16
it starts with one
thing and that's surrender.
00:54:56.19\00:55:00.13
You see, unless we surrender
our heart and life to Jesus,
00:55:00.16\00:55:04.37
He can't work through us.
00:55:04.40\00:55:06.71
We'll be going about
doing all the wonderful things
00:55:06.74\00:55:10.04
and people might think
you're the most Godly person
00:55:10.07\00:55:12.72
in your church
'cause you are the busiest.
00:55:12.75\00:55:15.80
But you'll be lost.
00:55:15.83\00:55:18.66
We have to be plugged
into that Holy Spirit.
00:55:18.69\00:55:20.57
We have to have that one-on-one
relationship with Jesus.
00:55:20.60\00:55:23.03
We have to have
love for God so much
00:55:23.06\00:55:26.21
that we're willing to do
anything He wants us to do.
00:55:26.24\00:55:29.11
Even if that means me
having a dog on our program
00:55:29.14\00:55:31.51
that I am scared to death of.
00:55:31.54\00:55:34.67
God wants us to be wiling
and He will bless our efforts.
00:55:34.70\00:55:39.03
We don't have to worry
about what we're gonna say.
00:55:39.06\00:55:41.67
God's gonna tell us.
00:55:41.70\00:55:43.56
God never gonna call us to
do a task and leave us hanging.
00:55:43.59\00:55:46.56
He is never gonna
call us to go out there
00:55:46.59\00:55:48.38
and do something for
Him and then not equip us
00:55:48.41\00:55:51.34
with every single
thing we need to do that job.
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You won't believe how
many people say to me,
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Brenda, you're the
busiest person I know.
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You need to slow
down. You need to do this.
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And you need to do
that. And you need to do this.
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And, you know,
what my answer is?
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No, I don't need to do anything
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but listen to the
guidance of the Holy Spirit.
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I don't need to do anything
00:56:13.82\00:56:16.03
but to ask God to
lead and direct in my life.
00:56:16.06\00:56:20.81
I need to be so
prayed up that my God
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will supply everything
I need to do His task.
00:56:24.31\00:56:26.94
He will give me my health.
00:56:26.97\00:56:28.44
He will give me my energy.
00:56:28.47\00:56:29.97
He will give me, you
know, the transportation.
00:56:30.00\00:56:32.24
He will make my
way plain and clear.
00:56:32.27\00:56:34.20
He will do whatever it
is that He wants to do.
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And He will give me what
I need to accomplish that.
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Do you get that?
Do you truly get that?
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Because our God is
able-- He's powerful.
00:56:42.95\00:56:46.58
I don't want to be distracted by
00:56:46.61\00:56:47.98
what everybody else is
telling me I ought to do.
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I want to listen
and report to one
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and that's my Heavenly Father.
00:56:52.47\00:56:54.56
And when He tells
me to stop, I'll stop.
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When He tells me to
slow down, I'll slow down.
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But until God tells me,
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I'm not
listening to anybody else
00:57:02.50\00:57:03.89
that enemy might
want to persuade me
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to stop doing the Lord's work.
00:57:06.12\00:57:08.16
I want to be so plugged in
to what Jesus wants me to do.
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I want to call upon you
today to search your hearts.
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I mean really
search your hearts.
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Do you want to have that
love relationship with Jesus?
00:57:19.12\00:57:22.50
Do you want God to
be first in your life?
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Are you willing to allow
God to use you however He wants?
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Pushing you way out
of your comfort zone
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where you are totally
and forever leaning on Him.
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If that's your desire,
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please bow your
heads with me now
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and let us pray.
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Precious Heavenly Father,
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oh, Lord, what an
awesome God you are.
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Lord, we love You so much.
00:57:48.36\00:57:49.73
You see Your children
here, Lord before You.
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Lord, we pray for an
outpouring of Your Holy Spirit.
00:57:51.83\00:57:54.02
And, Lord, we ask You
to just fill our hearts.
00:57:54.05\00:57:57.28
Give us, Lord, the
courage and strength
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to always be
willing, be obedient,
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and be joyful, amen.
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