Who was Jesus?
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He had compassion for
the weak and the hurting.
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He loved every person He
met and taught them how to love.
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His great heart helped
all those who came near Him.
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But most of
all, He was a friend.
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That was who He was.
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Now find out who He is.
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Good morning and happy
Sabbath to each one of you.
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Did you enjoy Sabbath school?
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I can hear the amens
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because we're
amening here on this side.
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Thank you, Pastor John,
Jill, and the rest of the panel.
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Some pretty good questions
came in too from the audience.
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Thank you, our family at home
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or wherever you're
watching or listening from.
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Good questions though.
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You know,
anytime we get questions,
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I always say the Bible
answers remain the same.
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That's the good thing.
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You know, and
Sabbath School Panel is fun.
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You enjoy that a lot, don't you?
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Yeah. I love
Sabbath School Panel.
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Just get to, get in the
Word of God to open up to study.
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And I always enjoy
hearing Pastor John
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and what you have to share.
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You have a wealth of
experience and knowledge.
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You've studied the Word
of God for so many years,
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and I can just sit
back and study and learn
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at the feet of Pastor John.
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And I appreciate that.
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But you have been universally
labeled as the list lady,
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wherever I go.
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She has.
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I'm going to
download Jill's lists.
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So praise God for your
student and study of the Word.
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She does have lists.
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You know, when
she actually prepares
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for Sabbath School Panel,
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she does have her lists
in her outlines altogether,
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but thank you for
tuning in here today.
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This is part of
summer camp meeting 2021.
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And it's incredible to me
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how we can join
you around the world.
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We wish that you were here
in house, but you know what?
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We're thanking the
Lord for technology.
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COVID hasn't shut us down.
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That's thanks to you, your
prayers and financial support.
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But, of course,
the Lord Jesus Christ,
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we've been able
to stay on the air.
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We're still able to
bring you camp meeting
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and you're still
able to join us this day.
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You're part of our family
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and what
incredible blessing it is.
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Amen. I'm reminded
of David, the Psalmist.
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He says, this is the
day that the Lord has made.
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We will rejoice
and be glad in it.
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And today the
divine worship power
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we're going to hear from
our very own Danny Shelton.
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He's going to bring
an incredible message,
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expanding the
kingdom, the great commission.
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I think no one shares miracle
stories like Danny Shelton.
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And I love to
hear what God has done,
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what He is currently
doing and what He will do,
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not just in the
Ministry of 3ABN,
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but in your
life at home as well.
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So, I'm looking
forward to the message.
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Amen.
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And before that, of course,
we have a few miracle stories
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we're sharing about
what God is doing right now.
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We've got some music today.
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And then after the...
We want to mention this,
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after the worship
hour, after the sermon,
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the message from Mr. Danny,
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we have another live Q
and A with he and Dr. Yvonne.
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We do. Absolutely.
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So, texting your
questions right now
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to (618) 228-3975.
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That number again
is (618) 228-3975.
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All the way through the sermon,
you can text in your questions
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for either Danny
or Dr. Yvonne Shelton,
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and they will be
taking your questions
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at the end of the service.
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And that's on the
virtual side though.
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Yeah, you're absolutely right.
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And so that's
joining us on 3ABN+.
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So, we want to
invite you to join us
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right after the sermon.
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You can join us on 3ABN Plus.
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It's really easy.
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You can go to 3abnplus
which is P-L-U-S right,
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dot org dot tv.
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And that'll get you right there.
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But before we get started
with the rest of our service,
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Pastor John
opening prayer, please.
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Sure, let's pray.
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Okay. Thank you.
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Our loving Father in heaven,
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camp meeting
continues to be a blessing.
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The encampment brings
us closer to one another.
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And, Lord, it's at times like
this, that we can understand
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how the wilderness
experiences of those of old
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have been such a blessing,
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how God came down,
how the presence of Jesus
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was so felt by those who were
able to tabernacle with Him.
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Father, we desire the same
as You blessed each speaker.
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We pray a blessing
again today on Danny,
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as he imparts the Word.
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Bless the message as
well as the messenger
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and may truly the
kingdom of God be expanded.
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We stand on holy ground,
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which in fact
continues to be a miracle.
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But thank you for his
faithfulness to the vision.
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And we pray that those watching,
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those listening,
whatever the medium,
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all the glory and
honor will go only to You.
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In Jesus' name I pray.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Well, let's go to
opening song right now.
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We want to invite
you at home to join us.
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And so why don't you stand?
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This is opening
song, right? All right.
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So, let's stand together
and sing praise to the Lord.
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Thank you, Brother Tim.
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Praise to the
Lord, the Almighty,
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The King of creation!
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O my soul, praise
him, for he is your health
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And salvation!
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All ye who hear,
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Now to his temple draw near
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Join ye in glad adoration!
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Praise to the Lord,
Who o'ver all things
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So wondrously reigneth
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Shieldeth thee under His wings,
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yea, so gently sustaineth
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Hast thou not seen
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How thy desires e'er have been
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Granted in what He ordaineth?
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Praise to the Lord,
who doth prosper thy work
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And defend thee
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Surely His goodness and mercy
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Here daily attend thee
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Ponder anew
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what the Almighty can do
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If with His
love He befriend thee
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Wow!
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Thank you very
much, Pastor John.
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Thank you, Brother
Tim. Boy, I tell you.
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We're blessed to have
Brother Tim and, of course,
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Pastor John, but
Brother Tim Parton, thank you.
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It's inspiring to hear him play.
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And, boy, it makes me wish
that I had taken piano lessons
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as a child, but even
if I had taken lessons,
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I never would be at
the caliber of Tim Parton.
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I did take piano lessons,
but it just makes me wish
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for heaven because then
I'll be greatly improved.
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There you go.
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But praise the Lord for music
and thank you for joining us.
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And if you're still
standing at home, I'm sorry,
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please be seated, right?
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In church we
always usually do that.
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But what a blessing it is
to be a part of your family.
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Thank you for being a
part of the 3ABN family.
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What an incredible
theme, who is Jesus.
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You know, a lot of times we
can say, who is Jesus to you,
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but what is He to me personally?
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And I want to just
encourage you today,
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know that you are worth
something to Jesus Christ.
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You're worth so much
that He died for you.
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And that's
absolutely incredible.
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I know in this world with
this pandemic and COVID-19,
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it seems like a lot of
people become isolated.
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They're in their own home.
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They maybe not even
going out to church.
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You may be not
even going into work.
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You're working from home.
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There's a lot of
loneliness and sadness.
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And you may think, man,
I don't even know if even
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someone even cares if I'm alive
or dead, but you know what?
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We care here at 3ABN.
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And we know that
Jesus Christ, of course,
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loves you with
an everlasting love.
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And I'm so
thankful that this world
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is not our
permanent home, right?
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This whole world of sin is
going to be wiped away soon.
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We just have to be
faithful to the very end
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and we have some miracle
stories to share with you.
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And I know you've got a
scripture you'd like to share
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to this point.
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I love the Book of Romans.
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If you watch Sabbath
School or listen to 3ABN at all,
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you know, I love
the Book of Romans.
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This is found in Romans 1:16.
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It says, I am not
ashamed of the gospel of Christ,
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for it is the power of
God, that word power dunamis,
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miracle working power.
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That's power
that's not inherent in us,
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but it's inherent
from the Lord Jesus.
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It is the power of God
to salvation for everyone
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who believes to the Jew
first and also for the Greek.
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This gospel message
that has been proclaimed
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throughout camp
meeting our theme,
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of course, who is Jesus?
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Jesus is our everlasting
Father, our everlasting God.
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He is our High Priest.
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He is our Intercessor.
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He is our Redeemer.
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He is our Savior and Friend,
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and He wants to
dwell in our hearts
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and He is our soon coming King.
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I'm so grateful for that.
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That gospel messages,
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it is the privilege
of each one of us at 3ABN
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and you joining hands
with the Ministry of 3ABN,
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partnering with us with your
prayers and financial support.
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You join hands and helping
to take this gospel message
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to a lost and dying world.
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What an incredible privilege.
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And we just want to share
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some of the
evangelistic opportunities
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that we have right now at 3ABN
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that we've never even had before
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to help spread the
gospel in brand new ways
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to brand new markets
in brand new avenues.
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So, I'm excited.
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Oh, me too, you
know, this past year is,
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this is just being
honest with you, right?
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We're just family here.
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So, this past year,
I'm in my role here at 3ABN
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is relatively new for me.
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And I just have
to say, Mr. Danny
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just off the
wings here off the stage
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getting ready to come up
for the divine worship hour.
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But this is
tremendous respect for him.
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He's like a dad to me.
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And so, as I'm in this role,
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what a blessing to
have him right there.
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So last year,
right, just a little bit,
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a little over a year
ago, we heard about COVID-19
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and I'm like, oh, no,
what's going to happen to 3ABN.
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You know, what's going
to happen with the finances.
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I know God's going to provide,
I don't know exactly how,
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and I just appreciate
so much Mr. Danny's faith,
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because this is very much
a growing experience for me.
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But I have to tell
you time and time again,
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when we're looking at, okay,
this is what needs to go out.
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The opportunities that
God has for 3ABN to expand,
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I don't know how
it's going to happen,
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but you know
what the problem was?
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I was talking
about, I don't know
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is how it's going to
happen, but you know what?
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It's not my problem.
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It's God's problem, right?
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And so, He was using each
one of you to help 3ABN expand
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just like you were
getting ready to share with you.
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And 3ABN has gone forward.
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We haven't just
sat in a rocking chair
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and done this
through the pandemic.
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By God's grace, we have been
moving forward and expanding,
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and God has continued
to provide for our needs.
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And I just have to tell
you, it's just been phenomenal
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because Hebrews talks about, we
walk by faith and not by sight.
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We didn't know where
the money was coming from.
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God did. And He used you
to help provide for our needs.
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And we've been able to expand.
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And I'll let you share
with some of the first things
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that come to mind.
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One of them is Cuba,
right? That comes to mind.
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Absolutely, Cuba is
an incredible expansion.
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We've shared with you at home
and you have stepped forward,
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many of you, and stood
with the Ministry of 3ABN.
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We have the
opportunity to be the first ever
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Christian
channel on the package.
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Now you might say, what
in the world is the package?
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The package is a
little USB or thumb drive
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where the local Cubans all
throughout the entire country
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have access for their
television programming.
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You see there's only a couple
of government run channels
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and that's all they get.
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So, their programming,
their television programming
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comes from the package.
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And every week they
can go to the street corner
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and they can
download the programming
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for the next week.
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And 3ABN is just launching
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on the package in
Cuba 3ABN Latinos.
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So, 11 million Cubans
throughout the entire country
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will have access to 3ABN Latino,
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this life-giving message.
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What an incredible opportunity.
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Another opportunity I think
of you are referencing, COVID.
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And during COVID we
saw an exponential growth
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in people who watched online.
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People may be were
home, working from home,
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maybe laid off from their job.
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They were watching online.
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And 3ABN launched 3ABN Plus,
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this is our newest
on-demand platform.
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You just go to
our website at 3ABN
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and you can watch all
nine of our television networks
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that's live streaming.
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You can watch, listen to
all five of our radio networks
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or there's over 1500
hours of on-demand programming
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from all of our
different networks.
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Now, this is just launching
the apps on the phone app
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on Roku, on Amazon
Fire, on Verizon Fios.
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So, no matter what
avenue you watch 3ABN,
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you will have access not
only to all the live stream
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of all our networks,
but you also have access
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to the on-demand programming.
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And this is an
incredible, praise the Lord.
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It really is.
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And it gives an
opportunity for you at home
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to also evangelize
because it's shareable.
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And shareable means you
just click a couple of buttons
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and you can actually pass along.
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Let's say today's sermon
or some of the other sermons
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that you've heard
here at camp meeting.
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So, it's an
incredible evangelistic tool.
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Another area of expansion
this past year was in Africa
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and even the beginning
part of this year, 2021.
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And that's in Nigeria,
45 million homes in Nigeria,
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which is incredible.
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Did you say 45 million?
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Yeah. I just kind of brushed
across that quickly, didn't I?
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That's a lot of people.
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And you multiply
those times how many people
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are in the homes,
that is phenomenal.
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Also, Uganda, there's
not enough time to share
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the incredible
miracle that happened there.
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That tower was
struck by lightning.
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There was a lot of issues,
00:14:04.11\00:14:05.44
we're trying to
get things built,
00:14:05.47\00:14:06.81
but then God has
opened incredible doors.
00:14:06.84\00:14:08.54
And that is actually
going to be expanding
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outside of the
capital of Kampala
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and going to the
entire country of Uganda.
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And that's about 40
some million homes as well.
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So, praise the
Lord for the miracles
00:14:17.79\00:14:19.49
He's wrought there.
00:14:19.52\00:14:21.02
Another initiative I
can think of this last year
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is hard drives for prisons.
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So, Moses Primo
developed a system called
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the Interless system.
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Now this is 3ABN programming
and some other ministries,
00:14:29.73\00:14:32.83
but mainly 3ABN programming,
00:14:32.87\00:14:36.10
thousands and
thousands of hours.
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You do not need an
internet connection.
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You do not need
a satellite dish.
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You do not need cable television
00:14:42.71\00:14:44.51
or any television at all.
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All you need is this box.
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And so, he developed
this, which is incredible,
00:14:47.82\00:14:51.45
we're mailing it to
the South Pacific Islands.
00:14:51.49\00:14:54.62
This is
obviously 3ABN Australia.
00:14:54.66\00:14:57.03
Because there are down under,
00:14:57.06\00:14:58.69
and they are taking
this Interless System,
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especially to Papua New
Guinea and other of those
00:15:00.70\00:15:02.86
island places where they
don't have internet access
00:15:02.90\00:15:06.07
or they might not
have access to 3ABN.
00:15:06.10\00:15:08.70
But now through
the Interless Box,
00:15:08.74\00:15:10.91
they will have days and
days and years and years
00:15:10.94\00:15:15.28
of access to 3ABN programming
00:15:15.31\00:15:18.05
before they even get a rerun.
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So, praise the Lord for that.
00:15:19.65\00:15:21.25
But the same box,
the Interless Box,
00:15:21.28\00:15:23.08
we're are using for
hard drives for prisons.
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This means many prisoners who
might not otherwise have access
00:15:26.59\00:15:30.69
to listen to
3ABN, to watch 3ABN.
00:15:30.73\00:15:33.50
They can watch 3ABN now
through this hard drive system.
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So, we've been
fundraising for that.
00:15:38.63\00:15:40.80
And we have money for
several hundred of these boxes.
00:15:40.84\00:15:44.31
We do. They're
going into the prisons.
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So, you think about one prison,
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that represents a
lot of inmates there.
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So, this is phenomenal.
00:15:48.88\00:15:50.21
And then we know the inmates
would probably be telling
00:15:50.25\00:15:51.61
their family
members, you know what?
00:15:51.65\00:15:53.55
There's something called 3ABN.
00:15:53.58\00:15:54.98
Why don't you find that
and see if you can find it?
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So, we know that's
going to grow and grow.
00:15:56.69\00:15:58.82
And these projects that
we're mentioning to you too,
00:15:58.85\00:16:01.02
we will be sharing
with you testimonies,
00:16:01.06\00:16:02.96
because we have some
that are already coming in,
00:16:02.99\00:16:04.66
but like from the
prisons as those get launched
00:16:04.69\00:16:06.13
in the prisons.
00:16:06.16\00:16:07.50
We're talking about the other
countries like Africa, Cuba,
00:16:07.53\00:16:10.57
testimonies will be coming in
00:16:10.60\00:16:11.93
and we want to
share those with you
00:16:11.97\00:16:13.30
because right, as
you support this ministry
00:16:13.34\00:16:14.87
and these projects, it's
always nice to know, wow,
00:16:14.90\00:16:17.27
listen to the testimonies
and stories that are coming in.
00:16:17.31\00:16:20.68
So, we just want to give
you an opportunity at home
00:16:20.71\00:16:22.81
to partner with
the Ministry of 3ABN
00:16:22.84\00:16:25.91
and any one of these
evangelistic opportunities
00:16:25.95\00:16:29.08
you might say, yes,
I want to help the work
00:16:29.12\00:16:31.09
go forward in Cuba or
yes, I want to help the work
00:16:31.12\00:16:34.36
go forward in Uganda or in Ghana
00:16:34.39\00:16:38.39
or Nigeria or the
hard drives for prison
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or maybe you want
to partner with us
00:16:41.46\00:16:43.73
in the newest evangelistic
opportunity we have.
00:16:43.77\00:16:46.63
And that is the
Focus on Truth project.
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We talked about this
a couple of nights here
00:16:49.30\00:16:51.24
during camp meeting, but this
is an incredible opportunity.
00:16:51.27\00:16:54.78
Danny Shelton has written
three brand new little books.
00:16:54.81\00:16:58.41
One is the Focus
on Truth on Salvation.
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How am I saved?
00:17:01.38\00:17:02.72
The next one is
the Focus on Truth
00:17:02.75\00:17:04.42
on the Ten Commandments.
00:17:04.45\00:17:06.55
Are the Ten
Commandments still binding?
00:17:06.59\00:17:08.52
And what about
that fourth commandment?
00:17:08.56\00:17:10.53
The next one is the
Focus on Truth on Hell Fire.
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What happens when we die?
00:17:14.00\00:17:15.46
And is there any
eternally burning hell?
00:17:15.50\00:17:18.20
So, you have an opportunity
to evangelistically partner
00:17:18.23\00:17:21.67
with the Ministry of 3ABN,
00:17:21.70\00:17:23.94
and either
sending these booklets,
00:17:23.97\00:17:26.54
three of these
booklets to zip code mailings
00:17:26.57\00:17:29.74
in your community, in your area,
00:17:29.78\00:17:31.81
or you can order
these booklets by the case
00:17:31.85\00:17:34.82
and you can pass
them out yourself.
00:17:34.85\00:17:36.72
So, either way is an
incredible opportunity.
00:17:36.75\00:17:39.19
So that
information is on our website.
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Yeah, Sure is.
00:17:42.12\00:17:43.46
And talking about the
little booklets Focus on Truth,
00:17:43.49\00:17:45.03
this exciting
series, I mean, it's amazing.
00:17:45.06\00:17:47.23
And what's incredible to me
00:17:47.26\00:17:48.60
is that they're all
three of these booklets
00:17:48.63\00:17:49.96
are being zip code
mailed in a beautiful envelope.
00:17:50.00\00:17:53.23
That's going to make
someone, they see the envelope,
00:17:53.27\00:17:54.67
oh, wow, what's
inside, open it up.
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And there'll be those
three truths filled books.
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Each one 148 pages.
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I mean, this is a
lot of great information,
00:18:01.81\00:18:03.41
but packed into a
small little booklet.
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We're very excited
about this project,
00:18:05.28\00:18:07.18
but we do want to say
thank you for last year.
00:18:07.22\00:18:09.48
You all jumped on
board with evangelism.
00:18:09.52\00:18:11.52
As Mr. Danny says, you
all are movers and shakers.
00:18:11.55\00:18:14.42
And so, in the midst
of COVID-19 by God's grace
00:18:14.46\00:18:17.43
and because of you
were able to send out
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over six and a half million
00:18:19.16\00:18:20.80
of the COVID booklets last year.
00:18:20.83\00:18:22.33
You know what?
00:18:22.36\00:18:23.70
This new project Focus on Truth,
00:18:23.73\00:18:25.43
by God's grace we're going
to surpass that by millions.
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Can I say that? Okay.
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Amen. Absolutely.
00:18:29.44\00:18:30.77
So how do they contact 3ABN?
00:18:30.81\00:18:32.31
So you can go to our website,
00:18:32.34\00:18:34.38
3abn.tv just
click on the Donate tab.
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That'll give you all
the different options
00:18:37.11\00:18:38.61
that we talked
about this morning
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and there are a lot of them.
00:18:40.02\00:18:41.35
So, you scroll down
and pick which opportunity
00:18:41.38\00:18:44.32
you would like to
partner with us in.
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Or you can always call
us during non-Sabbath hours.
00:18:46.92\00:18:51.36
That would be (618) 627-4651,
00:18:51.39\00:18:56.40
or I think snail
mail still works.
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Snail mail is just
sending a check in the mail
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and you can mail your
donations to PO Box 220,
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West Frankfort, Illinois 62896.
00:19:06.78\00:19:11.51
And before we have a
prayer for the offering,
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I just want to say thank you
00:19:13.01\00:19:14.62
because we know that
you sacrificially give
00:19:14.65\00:19:16.48
for the Ministry of
3ABN on a daily basis.
00:19:16.52\00:19:19.15
We open up the
letters that come in
00:19:19.19\00:19:20.52
from each one of you.
00:19:20.56\00:19:21.89
We know how 3ABN
has blessing you,
00:19:21.92\00:19:23.26
but thank you for remembering
the Ministry of 3ABN.
00:19:23.29\00:19:25.29
And thank you
for your sacrifice.
00:19:25.33\00:19:27.03
You know, we, as Mr. Danny
says, we don't beg for money.
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We just say
whatever the Holy Spirit
00:19:29.43\00:19:30.80
impresses you to
give, then you can give.
00:19:30.83\00:19:33.34
Father in heaven,
Lord, I thank You so much
00:19:33.37\00:19:35.07
for our family that's
viewing and listening today.
00:19:35.10\00:19:37.94
Lord, thank You for providing
for the Ministry of 3ABN.
00:19:37.97\00:19:40.41
Thank You that
we're able to still expand
00:19:40.44\00:19:42.81
and grow and go
around the world.
00:19:42.84\00:19:45.25
We just pray now,
Lord, for special blessing
00:19:45.28\00:19:47.42
on each of the
people that are giving
00:19:47.45\00:19:49.68
and, Lord, supporting Your work.
00:19:49.72\00:19:51.49
It's not our work,
but it's Your work.
00:19:51.52\00:19:53.99
Lord, again, we pray
for a special blessing upon
00:19:54.02\00:19:55.89
Mr. Danny, as he
brings us the message today.
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In Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen.
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So very grateful today to
hear from Mr. Danny Shelton,
00:20:01.53\00:20:04.63
who's the founder and
corporate consultant of 3ABN.
00:20:04.67\00:20:07.87
He's a mentor to Greg and I.
00:20:07.90\00:20:09.67
He's a man of God.
He's a man of wisdom.
00:20:09.70\00:20:11.74
He's a man of faith and I
know we're going to be blessed
00:20:11.77\00:20:14.84
by what the Lord has
through him to us today.
00:20:14.88\00:20:18.48
Mr. Danny.
00:20:18.51\00:20:21.78
Thank you, Greg and Jill.
00:20:21.82\00:20:25.52
Good morning to folks watching
and listening around the world.
00:20:25.55\00:20:29.69
And what a privilege
to be working for the Lord
00:20:29.72\00:20:32.09
in the closing
moments of earth's history.
00:20:32.13\00:20:34.43
Such a privilege
to work here at 3ABN,
00:20:34.46\00:20:36.60
with so many
wonderful brothers and sisters
00:20:36.63\00:20:39.20
who love the Lord and
joining hands with you
00:20:39.23\00:20:41.47
from around the world.
00:20:41.50\00:20:42.84
We want to thank you for
your love and your prayers
00:20:42.87\00:20:45.14
and financial support
of 3ABN as we endeavor
00:20:45.17\00:20:47.84
to take this great
gospel of the kingdom
00:20:47.88\00:20:50.75
into all the world.
00:20:50.78\00:20:52.28
And one time someone
told me this years ago,
00:20:52.31\00:20:55.78
they wrote me a letter and said,
00:20:55.82\00:20:57.55
when Jesus was
hanging on the cross,
00:20:57.59\00:20:59.82
you were on His mind.
00:20:59.85\00:21:01.76
They said He could
look down the stream of time
00:21:01.79\00:21:03.73
and see a people
that would be willing
00:21:03.76\00:21:06.13
to give their lives
unto death, if necessary.
00:21:06.16\00:21:09.26
And you're one of those.
00:21:09.30\00:21:10.63
Well, I want to tell you
today, you're one of those,
00:21:10.67\00:21:12.57
Greg and Jill is
one of those, Yvonne.
00:21:12.60\00:21:14.74
And I could go on
through our whole list of all
00:21:14.77\00:21:16.44
of our folk here, but
each and every one of us.
00:21:16.47\00:21:20.24
It's no accident that we're here
00:21:20.28\00:21:21.88
in the closing
moments of earth's history.
00:21:21.91\00:21:24.21
Sister Shelley Quinn,
00:21:24.25\00:21:25.58
she usually puts out
the titles for us too,
00:21:25.61\00:21:28.18
what we're going to talk about,
whether we call it a sermon,
00:21:28.22\00:21:30.52
I call myself a talk
rather than the sermon.
00:21:30.55\00:21:33.86
And, but when I talk, she
usually gives the subjects
00:21:33.89\00:21:37.69
and this one is
called Expanding the Kingdom.
00:21:37.73\00:21:40.60
Well, it kind of goes
back to what I've been talking
00:21:40.63\00:21:43.13
about for many, many years.
00:21:43.16\00:21:46.13
And that's the go ye,
00:21:46.17\00:21:48.04
that's a great gospel commission
00:21:48.07\00:21:49.77
found in Matthew 28:18-20.
00:21:49.80\00:21:53.68
And so today, while
we'll talk about that,
00:21:53.71\00:21:57.28
I'm going to share
some miracle stories
00:21:57.31\00:21:59.25
because I don't
know how to get up
00:21:59.28\00:22:01.08
and talk about God and
talk about and encourage you
00:22:01.12\00:22:04.19
to reach out to a
lost and dying world.
00:22:04.22\00:22:06.76
Unless you hear, maybe
you've never been in ministry
00:22:06.79\00:22:11.06
and you need the encouragement.
00:22:11.09\00:22:12.43
So today I'm really here.
00:22:12.46\00:22:13.86
We're not talking
about, look what we've done.
00:22:13.90\00:22:16.06
We're going to talk
about, look what God has done
00:22:16.10\00:22:19.03
and what He wants to do in
each and every one of our lives.
00:22:19.07\00:22:23.34
So based on that, I may
sound a little bit like a rerun.
00:22:23.37\00:22:27.88
And it reminds
me once of a story.
00:22:27.91\00:22:30.05
I heard about a
preacher and the church
00:22:30.08\00:22:32.41
got a brand-new preacher.
00:22:32.45\00:22:33.78
They hadn't had one in a while.
00:22:33.82\00:22:35.15
They were so happy to
have this new preacher,
00:22:35.18\00:22:37.55
young guy and
the very first week
00:22:37.59\00:22:39.72
he preached a great sermon.
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I mean, the people
couldn't get over it.
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During potluck
they talked about it,
00:22:44.33\00:22:46.46
during the week they
talked to each other,
00:22:46.49\00:22:48.16
man, we've got a great choice.
00:22:48.20\00:22:50.30
We had a great choice.
00:22:50.33\00:22:52.00
The conference
actually sent him there.
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They sent us a great pastor.
00:22:54.14\00:22:55.64
We love it.
00:22:55.67\00:22:57.01
The very next Sabbath.
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They had invited people
and a few more people came
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and he preached the same sermon.
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So, people looked
around at each other
00:23:04.51\00:23:06.72
a little bit like, well,
I wonder why he did that.
00:23:06.75\00:23:10.25
Okay.
00:23:10.29\00:23:11.62
So, well let's give him a break.
00:23:11.65\00:23:13.12
It's a new
preacher. Maybe he forgot.
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Third Sabbath.
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Come to our church everybody.
00:23:18.19\00:23:19.53
We've got a new preacher.
00:23:19.56\00:23:20.90
This guy's really good.
00:23:20.93\00:23:22.26
He's really preaching.
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Third week, guess what?
00:23:24.33\00:23:25.83
Same sermon.
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Okay. Now things changed.
00:23:27.50\00:23:29.44
Now things changed because now
all of a sudden, they call us.
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So, we better get
the board together.
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We got to call the preacher in
00:23:34.08\00:23:35.91
and see what in
the world is going on.
00:23:35.94\00:23:38.08
So, they called him in.
00:23:38.11\00:23:39.45
Pastor, you've preached
three sermons for three weeks.
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Yes.
00:23:42.85\00:23:44.19
Every one of them is the same.
00:23:44.22\00:23:46.05
Yes.
00:23:46.09\00:23:47.89
What sermon do you
have for this coming week?
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Not the same one.
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Yes.
00:23:53.46\00:23:54.80
Why would you
preach four sermons...
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Is that the
only sermon you have?
00:23:56.73\00:23:58.57
Oh, no, I've got lots of them.
00:23:58.60\00:24:00.57
Why don't you
use the other ones?
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Well, he said, I
haven't seen any changes,
00:24:03.04\00:24:05.44
everything that I've
brought up and mentioned.
00:24:05.47\00:24:07.71
I haven't seen people change.
00:24:07.74\00:24:09.34
I don't think I've
been of any effect.
00:24:09.38\00:24:11.48
So, until I do, I think
I'll just keep preaching
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the same sermon.
00:24:13.92\00:24:15.25
So maybe I'm kind of that way.
00:24:15.28\00:24:17.29
That I love sharing the stories
of the gospel of the Lord,
00:24:17.32\00:24:20.59
Jesus Christ and
how the Lord is willing
00:24:20.62\00:24:24.33
to whatever we need to
take the gospel to the world.
00:24:24.36\00:24:27.90
So that's the
great gospel commission.
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I want you to read it with me.
00:24:29.86\00:24:31.27
It's in Matthew 28:18-20.
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And if you have your
Bibles follow along, please.
00:24:34.64\00:24:36.67
And Jesus came
and spake in to them,
00:24:36.71\00:24:38.51
saying all power is
given Me in heaven and earth.
00:24:38.54\00:24:41.84
Go ye therefore
and teach all nations,
00:24:41.88\00:24:44.28
baptizing them in the name
of the Father, and of the Son,
00:24:44.31\00:24:48.25
and the Holy
Ghost, teaching them what?
00:24:48.28\00:24:51.42
Teaching them to
observe all things
00:24:51.45\00:24:54.12
whatsoever I have commanded you
and lo, I am with you always,
00:24:54.16\00:24:58.19
even unto the end of the world.
00:24:58.23\00:25:00.20
Now, each of these
verses could be a whole sermons
00:25:00.23\00:25:03.87
within themselves.
00:25:03.90\00:25:05.23
But today I want to touch
on just maybe three main points
00:25:05.27\00:25:08.90
of each of these verses.
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The very first one
Jesus says, verse 18,
00:25:11.14\00:25:14.08
all power is given Me.
00:25:14.11\00:25:16.18
The dictionary says
one's whole entrust,
00:25:16.21\00:25:18.71
energy or property to
give one's all it says,
00:25:18.75\00:25:22.22
or it could be to lose all.
00:25:22.25\00:25:23.89
But it says
often all represents.
00:25:23.92\00:25:26.22
And I love this
one, the entire universe.
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So, the little word,
three letters, A-L-L.
00:25:30.13\00:25:33.40
And so, when you
think about our Creator God,
00:25:33.43\00:25:36.10
who created the entire universe,
00:25:36.13\00:25:38.53
He's sitting here saying to us,
00:25:38.57\00:25:40.50
and these words,
all power is given Me
00:25:40.54\00:25:43.44
in heaven and earth.
00:25:43.47\00:25:44.81
This little tiny word
now suddenly becomes huge.
00:25:44.84\00:25:47.88
It becomes the whole
universe because the creator
00:25:47.91\00:25:51.65
of the universe says
all power is given Me.
00:25:51.68\00:25:54.48
And now guess what He's saying?
00:25:54.52\00:25:56.05
I'm going to give that
power to you to take the gospel
00:25:56.08\00:25:59.75
of the kingdom
into all the world.
00:25:59.79\00:26:01.12
So, Philippians 4:13,
00:26:01.16\00:26:03.59
I can do all
things through Christ
00:26:03.63\00:26:06.19
who strengthens me,"
00:26:06.23\00:26:07.56
that little word all again.
00:26:07.60\00:26:08.93
We can go again
to Philippians 4:19.
00:26:08.96\00:26:11.93
I know I'm
running through these.
00:26:11.97\00:26:13.30
You can write them
down if you don't have time,
00:26:13.34\00:26:15.40
but write them
down, read them later.
00:26:15.44\00:26:17.11
"My God shall
supply all of your need
00:26:17.14\00:26:19.27
according to His
riches and glory."
00:26:19.31\00:26:21.08
Then Romans 8:28,
00:26:21.11\00:26:23.85
for we know that all
things and what I'm doing here
00:26:23.88\00:26:27.28
is keep bringing back that word,
00:26:27.32\00:26:29.48
that is so complete.
00:26:29.52\00:26:31.25
When Jesus says go
ye into all the world,
00:26:31.29\00:26:34.52
He's just made some promises,
00:26:34.56\00:26:36.73
go therefore and
teach all nations
00:26:36.76\00:26:38.93
He says in 19, baptizing
them in the name of the Father,
00:26:38.96\00:26:42.56
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
00:26:42.60\00:26:44.10
You say, well,
I'm not a preacher.
00:26:44.13\00:26:45.70
I don't know how
to do any of that.
00:26:45.73\00:26:47.64
Where in the world would I get
the resources for all of this?
00:26:47.67\00:26:50.61
Well, let me tell you something.
00:26:50.64\00:26:51.97
The blessings of God
really are on the go.
00:26:52.01\00:26:55.51
Now, many of you heard me
say that before, I'm sure.
00:26:55.54\00:26:58.28
And I've said it
many, many times,
00:26:58.31\00:26:59.81
but the
blessings on your own life,
00:26:59.85\00:27:01.98
the blessings of your ministry,
when you go into ministry
00:27:02.02\00:27:05.59
and we each should is on the go.
00:27:05.62\00:27:08.82
Once you settle in your
mind that Jesus has all power
00:27:08.86\00:27:11.39
and He's willing to
use you as a conduit,
00:27:11.43\00:27:14.43
nothing should stop you
from carrying God's directive
00:27:14.46\00:27:17.77
for your ministry, right?
00:27:17.80\00:27:19.30
Yes.
00:27:19.33\00:27:20.67
And even including
a worldwide ministry,
00:27:20.70\00:27:22.84
because He says
this, we just read twice.
00:27:22.87\00:27:25.34
He says, teach all
nations, the whole,
00:27:25.37\00:27:28.28
that little word,
all universe again.
00:27:28.31\00:27:30.85
Right? Okay.
00:27:30.88\00:27:32.25
So, the question
you may be asking
00:27:32.28\00:27:34.52
and each and every one of you
00:27:34.55\00:27:35.95
is how do I do
my part in expanding
00:27:35.98\00:27:38.99
the gospel of
Jesus into all the world.
00:27:39.02\00:27:42.79
People ask me that often as
we travel from church to church.
00:27:42.82\00:27:47.36
So, I want to talk
about that a little bit.
00:27:47.40\00:27:50.13
As I mentioned today, I don't
want to just talk about 3ABN
00:27:50.17\00:27:53.17
and what we're doing.
00:27:53.20\00:27:54.57
I want to talk
about what God is doing,
00:27:54.60\00:27:56.30
what He's willing
to do through anyone
00:27:56.34\00:27:58.91
who's willing to be used.
00:27:58.94\00:28:00.48
So, number one, make sure
it's God who's calling you.
00:28:00.51\00:28:04.61
Okay.
00:28:04.65\00:28:05.98
Are you trying to
fulfill your dream for your life
00:28:06.01\00:28:09.42
or you're trying, you
want God to fulfill his dream
00:28:09.45\00:28:13.49
and plan for your life?
00:28:13.52\00:28:15.16
I'm going to say
that one more time.
00:28:15.19\00:28:16.93
Are you, when you
want to go in ministry,
00:28:16.96\00:28:18.86
you're feeling called?
00:28:18.89\00:28:20.46
Are you trying to
fulfill your dream
00:28:20.50\00:28:26.00
or God's will for your life?
00:28:26.03\00:28:28.27
There is a big difference.
00:28:28.30\00:28:29.64
I remember about
three or four years
00:28:29.67\00:28:31.47
after we went on the
air back in the late 80s,
00:28:31.51\00:28:35.14
I had this
preacher call me and he was,
00:28:35.18\00:28:38.08
we were talking and one
day he said, I'm just so upset.
00:28:38.11\00:28:41.48
Things aren't going my way.
00:28:41.52\00:28:42.98
He had started a TV program,
00:28:43.02\00:28:44.92
hence he was having
all kinds of issues.
00:28:44.95\00:28:47.32
And 3ABN was continuing to grow.
00:28:47.36\00:28:49.76
We were growing and
growing and growing.
00:28:49.79\00:28:52.06
So, he said, I
watched, I set here at home.
00:28:52.09\00:28:54.63
And he said, I just
beat my chest sometimes.
00:28:54.66\00:28:57.33
And I say, God, why
did you give that ministry,
00:28:57.37\00:29:00.57
why'd you give 3ABN to him.
00:29:00.60\00:29:03.20
Danny's doing and
all of his folk up there
00:29:03.24\00:29:05.67
and in his workers, why
did you give it to them?
00:29:05.71\00:29:08.48
I want, I wanted it.
00:29:08.51\00:29:10.41
Lord, I wanted to be on TV.
00:29:10.45\00:29:12.25
He's telling me this.
00:29:12.28\00:29:13.62
Lord, I wanted to be on TV
since I was in high school.
00:29:13.65\00:29:17.35
I wanted to be
known around the world.
00:29:17.39\00:29:19.59
And now here,
God picks the place
00:29:19.62\00:29:22.02
in a little
cornfield in Southern Illinois.
00:29:22.06\00:29:24.59
I'm in Florida, I'm in an area
where a lot of people around,
00:29:24.63\00:29:28.30
but he picks that
area and he chooses you.
00:29:28.33\00:29:31.10
You don't seem to care
whether you're on TV or not.
00:29:31.13\00:29:33.50
And I've always
wanted to be on TV.
00:29:33.54\00:29:37.51
And now that I'm a preacher,
00:29:37.54\00:29:38.87
I really want to
use this platform
00:29:38.91\00:29:41.14
to get the gospel to the world,
00:29:41.18\00:29:42.74
but I don't want to just
have a 30-minute program.
00:29:42.78\00:29:45.28
I want my own
television network.
00:29:45.31\00:29:49.35
He quieted down.
00:29:49.38\00:29:50.72
He talked about as
fast as I just did.
00:29:50.75\00:29:52.72
He quieted down a minute
and he said, Brother, Danny,
00:29:52.75\00:29:58.06
do you have any
idea why God chose you
00:29:58.09\00:30:01.63
for this ministry instead of me?
00:30:01.66\00:30:04.53
And I said, well, I'm
not sure why He chose me,
00:30:04.57\00:30:08.94
but I think
listening to yourself,
00:30:08.97\00:30:11.17
you may understand
why he hasn't chosen you.
00:30:11.21\00:30:13.88
And I didn't mean
to be hurtful to him,
00:30:13.91\00:30:16.31
but I heard too many I's.
00:30:16.34\00:30:18.51
I wanted to be on television.
00:30:18.55\00:30:20.52
I want to be known.
00:30:20.55\00:30:22.25
I want to do this.
00:30:22.28\00:30:23.62
I want to do that.
00:30:23.65\00:30:24.99
And so.
00:30:25.02\00:30:26.35
that's what I'm saying when God
is calling you into ministry,
00:30:26.39\00:30:30.09
make sure one of the
first things you want to do
00:30:30.13\00:30:33.29
is to make sure
that, guess what?
00:30:33.33\00:30:37.20
You are following
what God wants you to do
00:30:37.23\00:30:40.40
and not what you
want to do, right?
00:30:40.44\00:30:43.44
Because you may have gone areas.
00:30:43.47\00:30:45.34
I've been in many areas
00:30:45.37\00:30:47.61
and I'm still in
that from time to time,
00:30:47.64\00:30:49.51
you get in areas
that are uncomfortable.
00:30:49.54\00:30:51.68
You're not sure,
really, where do I go?
00:30:51.71\00:30:53.78
This is a first.
00:30:53.82\00:30:55.15
I don't care how many
years you've been in ministry.
00:30:55.18\00:30:56.95
We're going on 37.
00:30:56.99\00:30:58.55
We still run into
things, Greg and Jill and I,
00:30:58.59\00:31:01.19
and we're meeting
and our meetings like,
00:31:01.22\00:31:02.86
well, I'm never run
across that one before.
00:31:02.89\00:31:05.56
What do we do?
00:31:05.59\00:31:06.93
So, okay, so now you
said, Lord, I'm ready to go,
00:31:06.96\00:31:10.10
I feel like You're
calling me into ministry,
00:31:10.13\00:31:12.60
but maybe let me check that out.
00:31:12.63\00:31:15.20
So what I do?
00:31:15.24\00:31:16.57
The next thing you do
is you try the spirits
00:31:16.60\00:31:18.87
to the law and to the testimony.
00:31:18.91\00:31:20.38
You know, the scripture,
Isaiah 8:20, if there's,
00:31:20.41\00:31:24.11
if they don't speak the
truth, there's no light in them.
00:31:24.15\00:31:26.98
So what I have to do now
00:31:27.02\00:31:28.35
is I've got to put it to a test.
00:31:28.38\00:31:29.88
Now, when the Lord impressed
me, it was November 14th,
00:31:29.92\00:31:32.75
late night hours, early morning
hours, November 15th in 1984.
00:31:32.79\00:31:38.06
And the Lord impressed me.
00:31:38.09\00:31:39.83
I was trying to sleep
and the Lord impressed me.
00:31:39.86\00:31:42.63
I want you to build
a television station
00:31:42.66\00:31:44.57
that will reach the world
00:31:44.60\00:31:45.93
with an undiluted
three angels' messages,
00:31:45.97\00:31:48.34
one that would
counteract the counterfeit
00:31:48.37\00:31:50.41
into all the world.
00:31:50.44\00:31:51.91
Now, folks, I have
to tell you something
00:31:51.94\00:31:53.84
that is not Danny Shelton.
00:31:53.88\00:31:55.21
That's not the way I
thought, was not my thinking.
00:31:55.24\00:31:58.48
I had never thought
about going into all the world
00:31:58.51\00:32:02.78
because it just would
be impossibility for me.
00:32:02.82\00:32:07.42
But as I heard this
voice, I had to try the spirits
00:32:07.46\00:32:11.63
because I said,
well, wait a minute.
00:32:11.66\00:32:12.99
Why?
00:32:13.03\00:32:14.36
Lord, why doesn't the church
00:32:14.40\00:32:16.77
build television
stations to reach the world.
00:32:16.80\00:32:18.93
Now, why did I, was I having
that conversation with God?
00:32:18.97\00:32:22.00
Let me take you back.
00:32:22.04\00:32:23.37
My daughter and I were
traveling and we were singing.
00:32:23.41\00:32:26.34
This was the early 80s.
00:32:26.37\00:32:27.71
And we were singing on
some television networks.
00:32:27.74\00:32:30.51
And so every television
network I would go to,
00:32:30.55\00:32:33.28
we would see people
there that they would have
00:32:33.31\00:32:36.42
their prayer
counselors, they called them.
00:32:36.45\00:32:38.35
People were calling
in and I thought, Lord,
00:32:38.39\00:32:41.56
where are we as Seventh-day
Adventist in the media?
00:32:41.59\00:32:44.99
There's 24 hour
religious networks.
00:32:45.03\00:32:48.06
And I'm thankful for our,
00:32:48.10\00:32:49.56
It Is Written
program and Breadth of Life.
00:32:49.60\00:32:51.57
And some of the
others that we have
00:32:51.60\00:32:53.37
that's on a half
hour Sunday morning
00:32:53.40\00:32:55.14
in some cities in
the United States.
00:32:55.17\00:32:57.44
But these people have
taken authority over television
00:32:57.47\00:33:01.08
and they're 24/7,
00:33:01.11\00:33:02.81
but yet so much of the
stuff I heard was not the truth.
00:33:02.84\00:33:06.41
So I had this burden,
every place we would go,
00:33:06.45\00:33:12.22
one of the places
I went, they said,
00:33:12.25\00:33:13.62
oh, we can't
wait for the rapture.
00:33:13.66\00:33:15.22
When the rapture comes,
00:33:15.26\00:33:16.59
you know, God Himself is going
to come down to this channel
00:33:16.62\00:33:19.26
here in California or wherever.
00:33:19.29\00:33:21.26
And you know, the disciples,
00:33:21.30\00:33:22.66
and they're going
to preach to those here
00:33:22.70\00:33:24.50
that were left
behind for seven years.
00:33:24.53\00:33:26.84
I'm like, Lord, where are
we as Seventh-day Adventists
00:33:26.87\00:33:30.01
in the media?
00:33:30.04\00:33:31.37
Shouldn't we be the
heads instead of the tails.
00:33:31.41\00:33:34.34
So you try to spirit.
00:33:34.38\00:33:35.71
So I said in my
simplicity, okay, Lord,
00:33:35.74\00:33:40.28
my first thing
was, I've told you is,
00:33:40.32\00:33:42.22
well, shouldn't a
church do this Lord?
00:33:42.25\00:33:45.05
Why don't you have
the church do this?
00:33:45.09\00:33:47.52
But the voice I heard
said, it wasn't audible.
00:33:47.56\00:33:51.03
But in my head, when it
said, build an undiluted
00:33:51.06\00:33:54.46
three angels' television
station reached the world
00:33:54.50\00:33:57.17
with an undiluted
three angels' messages,
00:33:57.20\00:33:59.67
one that would
counteract the counterfeit.
00:33:59.70\00:34:01.37
I never thought that way before.
00:34:01.40\00:34:03.30
I had never thought about
00:34:03.34\00:34:05.31
the three angels'
messages that much.
00:34:05.34\00:34:07.11
And I tell people
now back then I could,
00:34:07.14\00:34:09.91
I was raised in
the Adventist Church.
00:34:09.94\00:34:11.58
My mother became an
Adventist the year I was born.
00:34:11.61\00:34:14.55
And so now I could
argue with you about,
00:34:14.58\00:34:18.09
debate somebody
about the Sabbath
00:34:18.12\00:34:20.22
and the state of the dead.
00:34:20.26\00:34:21.59
I could even about
health, certain things like,
00:34:21.62\00:34:24.23
you know, you name the subject.
00:34:24.26\00:34:25.83
What happens to
you after you die?
00:34:25.86\00:34:27.80
You know, how
long does hell burn,
00:34:27.83\00:34:29.96
all of these types of things.
00:34:30.00\00:34:31.57
But really I had
never really studied
00:34:31.60\00:34:34.14
the three angels' messages.
00:34:34.17\00:34:36.00
And so for me to
think, and to hear this voice,
00:34:36.04\00:34:38.54
to build a television station
that will reach the world
00:34:38.57\00:34:41.44
with an undiluted
three angels' messages,
00:34:41.48\00:34:45.01
one that would counteract
the counterfeit was not me.
00:34:45.05\00:34:48.05
So I said, okay,
Lord, this is not me.
00:34:48.08\00:34:50.39
So my trying to
spirits is Isaiah 8:20.
00:34:50.42\00:34:53.79
What if there were
a television station
00:34:53.82\00:34:56.29
to reach the world 24/7.
00:34:56.32\00:34:59.19
Now I didn't have any
idea of how this could happen,
00:34:59.23\00:35:02.03
but it was giving the, what
we call the Adventist message,
00:35:02.06\00:35:05.27
which is really, I
want to make this clear
00:35:05.30\00:35:07.80
to all of our
viewers, the Bible message.
00:35:07.84\00:35:10.21
A complete message,
including the Old Testament
00:35:10.24\00:35:13.71
and the New
Testament, including all 10
00:35:13.74\00:35:16.41
of the commandments of God.
00:35:16.44\00:35:17.88
What if there were possible,
there was a television station
00:35:17.91\00:35:22.05
that could reach the world
and it was giving truth 24/7.
00:35:22.08\00:35:26.62
Would that be of the Lord
or would that be of the devil?
00:35:26.65\00:35:29.76
Well, that, wasn't
a very hard decision.
00:35:29.79\00:35:32.09
I said, okay, that's
got to be of the Lord.
00:35:32.13\00:35:34.53
So I said, okay, Lord, I'll
go forward on two conditions.
00:35:34.56\00:35:38.17
Now, I don't know
if I'm supposed to do
00:35:38.20\00:35:39.53
that or not.
00:35:39.57\00:35:40.90
But I had seen the
people in the Bible
00:35:40.94\00:35:42.27
put out fleeces sometimes.
00:35:42.30\00:35:44.21
So I said, well,
okay, maybe I can do that.
00:35:44.24\00:35:47.01
So I said, and I don't
know if word is innocence
00:35:47.04\00:35:51.48
or ignorance, maybe both.
00:35:51.51\00:35:53.58
I said, well, Lord, I'll
go forward on two conditions.
00:35:53.62\00:35:56.72
If this is really
You, I won't beg for money.
00:35:56.75\00:35:59.39
I won't borrow money.
00:35:59.42\00:36:01.42
Now, as I always tell folk,
and some of you've heard me say
00:36:01.46\00:36:04.16
it before, that was pretty easy.
00:36:04.19\00:36:06.66
When I'd gone to these, a lot
of these TV stations to sing,
00:36:06.70\00:36:10.47
I felt like they
were begging for money.
00:36:10.50\00:36:12.73
And I said, I'm
not going to do this.
00:36:12.77\00:36:14.20
If this is the Lord,
He'll supply every need.
00:36:14.24\00:36:17.37
And then I said, I won't
beg for money or borrow money.
00:36:17.41\00:36:20.24
Well, guess what?
00:36:20.28\00:36:21.61
I didn't have any credit.
00:36:21.64\00:36:22.98
I'm working hand to mouth.
00:36:23.01\00:36:24.61
Just trying to
every day as I can get by.
00:36:24.65\00:36:27.88
So I'm not, I
don't have any money.
00:36:27.92\00:36:29.58
I don't have credit.
00:36:29.62\00:36:30.95
I couldn't borrow very
much money if I had one and two.
00:36:30.99\00:36:34.69
So, Lord, I'll go
forward on two conditions.
00:36:34.72\00:36:38.86
I won't beg for
money, borrow money. Okay.
00:36:38.89\00:36:40.96
Then the next step, I'm talking
to you now, the next step,
00:36:41.00\00:36:43.53
the Lord's
impressing you what to do.
00:36:43.57\00:36:45.33
You've tried to spirits.
00:36:45.37\00:36:46.70
What do you? Do?
00:36:46.74\00:36:48.07
You step out in
faith and you do it.
00:36:48.10\00:36:50.14
If God directed you, He
will supply your every need.
00:36:50.17\00:36:53.94
Right?
00:36:53.98\00:36:55.31
Just take these
steps one at a time.
00:36:55.34\00:36:56.68
I'm not talking about us.
00:36:56.71\00:36:58.21
I'm talking about you right now.
00:36:58.25\00:36:59.58
So please listen carefully
00:36:59.61\00:37:01.58
to what I'm
about to say right now.
00:37:01.62\00:37:03.79
Timing is everything.
00:37:03.82\00:37:06.12
I'm going to say it again.
00:37:06.15\00:37:07.49
Timing is everything.
00:37:07.52\00:37:09.16
When God impresses you
to do something, don't wait,
00:37:09.19\00:37:14.53
don't put it off, don't plan.
00:37:14.56\00:37:16.83
Don't get a bunch
of people together
00:37:16.87\00:37:18.53
and get committees together,
00:37:18.57\00:37:19.90
You know, they say committees
keep minutes, but lose time.
00:37:19.93\00:37:23.51
You've probably heard that.
00:37:23.54\00:37:24.91
Don't say, well,
let me figure this out
00:37:24.94\00:37:27.08
because I can
guarantee you that the devil
00:37:27.11\00:37:30.45
would love for you to
wait and just talk about it.
00:37:30.48\00:37:33.48
So in my case, I
really had no reason
00:37:33.52\00:37:36.02
to dream about building a
station to reach the world
00:37:36.05\00:37:39.15
with the worldwide network.
00:37:39.19\00:37:41.32
How could it ever be a reality?
00:37:41.36\00:37:43.93
But the next morning
after I was impressed,
00:37:43.96\00:37:47.50
I felt I had to do something,
00:37:47.53\00:37:49.46
I almost felt like there
was something in my shoes
00:37:49.50\00:37:51.63
that were burning that I
just had to do something.
00:37:51.67\00:37:54.20
I'd had this conversations.
00:37:54.24\00:37:56.60
I felt like with the
Lord during the night,
00:37:56.64\00:37:59.17
but I couldn't just sit still.
00:37:59.21\00:38:00.71
I didn't want to
say, well, let me see
00:38:00.74\00:38:03.01
Lord open up the
windows of heaven
00:38:03.04\00:38:04.71
and pour me out a blessing
00:38:04.75\00:38:06.28
where there's not
room enough to receive it.
00:38:06.31\00:38:08.82
I said, no, I'm
not going to do that.
00:38:08.85\00:38:11.05
Go ye into all the world.
00:38:11.09\00:38:13.56
Go ye, the blessing
of God is on the go.
00:38:13.59\00:38:16.22
So I didn't know what to do?
00:38:16.26\00:38:17.59
Next morning I'm knocking
at my brother Kennedy's door
00:38:17.63\00:38:19.89
at 6 o'clock in the morning.
00:38:19.93\00:38:21.56
Because I know
he's an early riser.
00:38:21.60\00:38:23.67
And so he's going to be there.
00:38:23.70\00:38:25.20
So I told him, Kenny,
00:38:25.23\00:38:26.70
this is what the
Lord's impressed me to do.
00:38:26.74\00:38:28.54
Well, he could
have laughed at me.
00:38:28.57\00:38:29.90
He could have,
you know, said Danny,
00:38:29.94\00:38:31.71
go back to bed, whatever.
00:38:31.74\00:38:33.27
He didn't, he
said, well, whatever,
00:38:33.31\00:38:35.28
if that's what the Lord
wants, you know, count me in.
00:38:35.31\00:38:37.78
I, I'm part of it.
00:38:37.81\00:38:39.31
I'm going to be with you.
00:38:39.35\00:38:40.85
So then I said,
well, what do I do now?
00:38:40.88\00:38:43.35
Oh, Hal and Mollie Steenson.
00:38:43.39\00:38:45.75
Yeah, they're
charismatic pastors at the time.
00:38:45.79\00:38:48.59
Many of you know Hal and Mollie.
00:38:48.62\00:38:50.56
And Mollie, God rest her soul.
00:38:50.59\00:38:52.66
She's now resting in the Lord.
00:38:52.69\00:38:54.46
And we missed her
tremendously here at 3ABN
00:38:54.50\00:38:57.50
and her husband,
Hal, he's still going.
00:38:57.53\00:39:00.14
So keep praying for Brother Hal.
00:39:00.17\00:39:01.67
And Brother Hal, if
you're listening, God bless.
00:39:01.70\00:39:03.74
We love you.
00:39:03.77\00:39:05.11
But I said, I
got to do something.
00:39:05.14\00:39:06.47
So what am I going to do?
00:39:06.51\00:39:07.84
So I decided to go
out to their church.
00:39:07.88\00:39:09.74
Why did I go to their church?
00:39:09.78\00:39:11.65
Because they had a
little television studio.
00:39:11.68\00:39:14.38
They were producing programs
for a local television station.
00:39:14.42\00:39:19.95
And so sometimes
my daughter Melody
00:39:19.99\00:39:22.66
and I had sang on the station.
00:39:22.69\00:39:24.33
So I said, well, if I'm
going to be in television,
00:39:24.36\00:39:27.10
I probably should go
out and see what it entails.
00:39:27.13\00:39:32.70
I'd been in
front of the cameras,
00:39:32.73\00:39:34.80
but I'd never been
behind the cameras.
00:39:34.84\00:39:37.77
So I said, okay, now
what else am I going to do?
00:39:37.81\00:39:40.84
Well, let me go visit
that local television station
00:39:40.88\00:39:43.88
in the area.
00:39:43.91\00:39:45.25
So what happened is my dream
00:39:45.28\00:39:47.25
began to grow
instead of diminishing.
00:39:47.28\00:39:49.68
See, the Lord kept me
focused on the positive.
00:39:49.72\00:39:52.89
So that's what I
want you to think about.
00:39:52.92\00:39:55.12
See being raised poor because
of my father's disability
00:39:55.16\00:39:57.99
and only had a
high school education,
00:39:58.03\00:40:00.23
had no money, had no property.
00:40:00.26\00:40:02.20
Don't have any
qualifications, really.
00:40:02.23\00:40:04.77
I was living, as they say,
00:40:04.80\00:40:06.43
from hand to mouth week to week,
00:40:06.47\00:40:08.27
trying to make a living
and just making enough money
00:40:08.30\00:40:11.14
to pay the bills.
00:40:11.17\00:40:12.54
And it seemed like it
was an impossible dream,
00:40:12.57\00:40:16.54
but everything changed.
00:40:16.58\00:40:19.21
Now I want you to listen
to this really closely too.
00:40:19.25\00:40:22.15
And this may be your life.
00:40:22.18\00:40:23.82
What you're just
hearing, maybe you say,
00:40:23.85\00:40:25.92
well, Lord, I'm not qualified.
00:40:25.95\00:40:27.59
I don't have anything, Lord.
00:40:27.62\00:40:30.93
I don't even
know where to begin.
00:40:30.96\00:40:33.06
I don't have money. I
don't have an education.
00:40:33.09\00:40:36.06
I've got six kids
or, you know, whatever.
00:40:36.10\00:40:38.80
I just don't know what to do.
00:40:38.83\00:40:41.34
And when you say to
the Lord, okay, Lord,
00:40:41.37\00:40:45.74
if this is really You and
You want me to go forward,
00:40:45.77\00:40:49.21
I'll go forward.
00:40:49.24\00:40:50.58
I'm going to trust You.
00:40:50.61\00:40:51.95
And I step out in faith, go,
ye, the blessing is on the go.
00:40:51.98\00:40:57.05
Everything will change.
00:40:57.09\00:40:58.42
What happened? It
changed my whole life.
00:40:58.45\00:41:00.52
All of those impossible
dreams became a reality
00:41:00.56\00:41:04.23
with one encounter with God.
00:41:04.26\00:41:06.96
That's all it took,
was one encounter with God,
00:41:07.00\00:41:10.07
took my doubts away
and I can promise you.
00:41:10.10\00:41:13.47
I've never doubted God
and His Word and the blessings
00:41:13.50\00:41:17.41
that He would continue to
bless 3ABN for almost 37 years.
00:41:17.44\00:41:21.18
I promise you that, no matter
how bleak things have looked
00:41:21.21\00:41:24.48
and have we been
through all kinds of situations?
00:41:24.51\00:41:27.08
Absolutely.
00:41:27.12\00:41:28.45
We have.
00:41:28.48\00:41:29.82
Have I been through personal
problems and disappointments
00:41:29.85\00:41:32.65
in my life in the
last 37 years or so,
00:41:32.69\00:41:35.56
if you don't
believe it, look at me.
00:41:35.59\00:41:37.19
And some of you remember when
I used to look a lot younger
00:41:37.23\00:41:39.59
and look a lot better.
00:41:39.63\00:41:40.96
Right? So
that's part of it. Yes.
00:41:41.00\00:41:43.23
Have I been
through these things?
00:41:43.26\00:41:44.60
Have you been
through these things?
00:41:44.63\00:41:46.43
Absolutely, we have, but
I have never doubted, never,
00:41:46.47\00:41:51.34
my right hand up as
we say before the Lord,
00:41:51.37\00:41:54.24
He knows I'm telling the truth.
00:41:54.28\00:41:55.78
I've never
doubted since that night,
00:41:55.81\00:41:58.41
since the Lord said,
build a television station
00:41:58.45\00:42:00.85
that will reach the
world with an undiluted
00:42:00.88\00:42:02.92
three angels' messages,
00:42:02.95\00:42:04.45
one that would
counteract the counterfeit.
00:42:04.49\00:42:06.59
I've never doubted
that God would do His part.
00:42:06.62\00:42:11.16
Now I've been worried
about myself doing my part.
00:42:11.19\00:42:14.03
We've had many people
come and many people go,
00:42:14.06\00:42:17.13
but what the
Lord also has shown me
00:42:17.17\00:42:18.87
and He will show you this too.
00:42:18.90\00:42:21.10
It's not about the messenger,
it's about the message.
00:42:21.14\00:42:24.71
We'll talk about that
a little bit later on,
00:42:24.74\00:42:27.18
but that's what
God is looking for.
00:42:27.21\00:42:29.18
And that's what
He's going to bless.
00:42:29.21\00:42:30.81
As I said, people come and go.
00:42:30.85\00:42:32.21
We get people come.
00:42:32.25\00:42:33.62
And then over the
years, no matter who you are
00:42:33.65\00:42:35.32
and you meet people, we're
all can, it can happen to us.
00:42:35.35\00:42:38.22
We can get full of ourselves.
00:42:38.25\00:42:39.59
Pastors can get
full of themselves.
00:42:39.62\00:42:41.22
Evangelists thinking
all, look at me, I'm really,
00:42:41.26\00:42:44.99
you know, God's using me.
00:42:45.03\00:42:46.36
I'm doing all these things.
00:42:46.39\00:42:47.73
No, God is blessing
you in spite of you.
00:42:47.76\00:42:52.37
But see, He says His
word will not return void.
00:42:52.40\00:42:56.27
So it doesn't, you
don't have to be, that's why,
00:42:56.30\00:42:58.44
when I'd watch some
of these TV stations,
00:42:58.47\00:43:00.91
I remember in
the very beginning,
00:43:00.94\00:43:02.94
I'm like, Lord,
these TV stations,
00:43:02.98\00:43:05.38
some of these that I'm watching,
00:43:05.41\00:43:06.75
there was a couple
of channels in the 80s.
00:43:06.78\00:43:09.22
And I said, there are so
many things are so far off,
00:43:09.25\00:43:13.02
biblically on,
their theology is off.
00:43:13.05\00:43:16.56
So how can you be
blessing those people?
00:43:16.59\00:43:20.10
And one night I had a
dream and in this dream, I was,
00:43:20.13\00:43:24.60
I don't know where I was,
00:43:24.63\00:43:25.97
but I was in the
midst of an apple orchard.
00:43:26.00\00:43:28.97
And the apples
were huge and the trees
00:43:29.00\00:43:33.17
were all hanging down loaded
with these ripe red apples.
00:43:33.21\00:43:38.71
And all I had to
do is just reach out
00:43:38.75\00:43:40.35
and pluck them, just like this.
00:43:40.38\00:43:42.32
I could walk around.
00:43:42.35\00:43:43.69
I didn't see God, but
it was just He and I talk.
00:43:43.72\00:43:46.39
And I said, Lord, what are
all of these ripe red apples?
00:43:46.42\00:43:51.66
And I'm going to take you back
before I gave you God's answer
00:43:51.69\00:43:55.23
because I had been traveling
00:43:55.26\00:43:57.87
start since my
daughter and I sang,
00:43:57.90\00:43:59.63
and ever since I was impressed
00:43:59.67\00:44:01.07
to build this television station
00:44:01.10\00:44:02.97
for the next
couple of months or so
00:44:03.00\00:44:05.14
we had what we call
engagements on weekends to sing.
00:44:05.17\00:44:08.44
I would get up and tell
people we're going to build
00:44:08.48\00:44:10.45
an Adventist television
station to reach the world.
00:44:10.48\00:44:12.98
We're going to
counter, counteract.
00:44:13.01\00:44:15.28
Because I heard
counteract the counterfeit.
00:44:15.32\00:44:17.32
So I'm going to counteract
and I would name names,
00:44:17.35\00:44:19.82
this network and that network.
00:44:19.85\00:44:22.26
And we're going to
do, you know, whatever.
00:44:22.29\00:44:24.76
So this night I have the dream.
00:44:24.79\00:44:26.66
I said, Lord, what are
all of these ripe red apples,
00:44:26.70\00:44:30.10
this beautiful,
this hanging down.
00:44:30.13\00:44:32.93
And it's just like He
said to me, these are people.
00:44:32.97\00:44:36.81
These represent people
who've come to the knowledge
00:44:36.84\00:44:39.27
of the truth through
these other networks.
00:44:39.31\00:44:43.75
They've come off of
drugs, they've come off alcohol,
00:44:43.78\00:44:46.68
they've come off of all their
problems, their bad habits,
00:44:46.72\00:44:50.45
they've surrendered
their lives and now you
00:44:50.49\00:44:53.56
with giving the three
angels' messages, 3ABN,
00:44:53.59\00:44:56.99
are ready, these ripe red
apples ready to be plucked.
00:44:57.03\00:45:00.30
What God taught me was
something very important.
00:45:00.33\00:45:03.30
Man is not my enemy
because I disagree with someone
00:45:03.33\00:45:08.00
because I look at some preacher
and say, oh, boy, he's a phony.
00:45:08.04\00:45:11.61
And maybe he is, or
because I look at somebody else
00:45:11.64\00:45:14.14
or they look at me because
people look at me the same way.
00:45:14.18\00:45:17.45
What I learned about that
is our enemy is the devil.
00:45:17.48\00:45:22.65
I'm going to say it again.
00:45:22.68\00:45:24.02
Our enemy is the devil.
00:45:24.05\00:45:25.39
It is not each other.
00:45:25.42\00:45:27.06
And this disunity is
the division in the church
00:45:27.09\00:45:31.16
that's keeping this
gospel of the kingdom
00:45:31.19\00:45:34.16
from going into all the world.
00:45:34.20\00:45:36.63
My hope and prayer today is
that each and every one of us,
00:45:36.67\00:45:42.24
me included will pray,
Lord, help us to be one.
00:45:42.27\00:45:45.67
Remember the disciples
that came in one accord.
00:45:45.71\00:45:48.98
When they came in one
accord, we're not talking
00:45:49.01\00:45:50.75
about a little car around
here they call it accord, right?
00:45:50.78\00:45:53.82
We're saying them when
they came in one accord,
00:45:53.85\00:45:55.68
one mind, one
heart, guess what God did?
00:45:55.72\00:45:59.22
He poured out His Holy Spirit.
00:45:59.25\00:46:00.66
When He began to pour out
His Holy Spirit on people.
00:46:00.69\00:46:03.36
Then when they went forward,
00:46:03.39\00:46:04.99
people could see
the Jesus in them.
00:46:05.03\00:46:06.93
I, if I be lifted up
from this earth will draw,
00:46:06.96\00:46:10.47
that little word
again, all men to me.
00:46:10.50\00:46:15.60
Now, I've learned
a lot in 37 years.
00:46:15.64\00:46:18.94
I'm still learning.
00:46:18.97\00:46:20.31
I don't have it all.
I still make mistakes.
00:46:20.34\00:46:22.51
I still can't believe
that I do some of the things
00:46:22.54\00:46:25.58
that Lord only by Your grace
00:46:25.61\00:46:29.92
and I want you to
think about your life today.
00:46:29.95\00:46:31.85
You say I'm not
fit for ministry.
00:46:31.89\00:46:34.36
I have people tell me I'm not,
00:46:34.39\00:46:36.62
I'm just not good
enough to go to church.
00:46:36.66\00:46:38.39
I had a guy
that I knew for years
00:46:38.43\00:46:40.50
and he traveled with me.
00:46:40.53\00:46:42.40
And, I won't
give too much details
00:46:42.43\00:46:44.73
because some of you
would know who he is,
00:46:44.77\00:46:46.70
but he's a wonderful guy.
00:46:46.74\00:46:48.60
But I would say, hey, when
you want to come to church,
00:46:48.64\00:46:51.11
you want to come to church.
00:46:51.14\00:46:52.47
He would say, I
just can't go to church.
00:46:52.51\00:46:54.41
I ask why not?
00:46:54.44\00:46:55.78
I'm not good enough.
00:46:55.81\00:46:57.35
I said, I'm not either.
00:46:57.38\00:47:00.78
We can go to church because
of Christ's righteousness
00:47:00.82\00:47:03.69
because He shed His
blood on the cross of Calvary
00:47:03.72\00:47:07.42
for you and me.
00:47:07.46\00:47:08.92
Therefore we can stand
perfect before the Father.
00:47:08.96\00:47:11.63
So all we have to do
is to confess our sins,
00:47:11.66\00:47:14.76
realize that we're
sinners, confess our sins.
00:47:14.80\00:47:18.17
The Bible says in 1 John 1:9,
00:47:18.20\00:47:20.00
"He's faithful and just
to forgive us from our sins
00:47:20.04\00:47:23.74
and to cleanse us from,"
00:47:23.77\00:47:27.04
there's that word again,
00:47:27.08\00:47:28.74
"all unrighteousness."
00:47:28.78\00:47:31.11
Isn't that amazing
00:47:31.15\00:47:32.48
how that word
just keeps popping up?
00:47:32.51\00:47:34.82
All when I'm
thinking about universe,
00:47:34.85\00:47:36.85
the creator of the universe
is willing to forgive us
00:47:36.89\00:47:41.46
from our sins and cleanse
us from all unrighteousness.
00:47:41.49\00:47:44.89
So no, God uses
us in spite of us.
00:47:44.93\00:47:47.60
We are not each other's enemies.
00:47:47.63\00:47:49.66
We've let, and I
won't get into it now,
00:47:49.70\00:47:51.57
but maybe at some point,
00:47:51.60\00:47:53.23
and you know what
I'm talking about.
00:47:53.27\00:47:54.64
We've let
politics divide the church.
00:47:54.67\00:47:56.54
We've let all kinds of
things divide the church of God.
00:47:56.57\00:48:01.01
We should not be changing.
00:48:01.04\00:48:02.44
The thing that I
want to encourage you
00:48:02.48\00:48:04.15
when you're in ministry,
when God gives you a message,
00:48:04.18\00:48:06.98
when He gives you a message,
a mission, stay focused on it.
00:48:07.02\00:48:11.09
Now the waiting part, I
believe that if I had waited
00:48:11.12\00:48:14.79
even a week or two to
start the go ye directive,
00:48:14.82\00:48:18.06
you know, I said, I
got up that next morning.
00:48:18.09\00:48:20.33
I believe God would have allowed
00:48:20.36\00:48:21.96
the devil to talk me out of it.
00:48:22.00\00:48:25.23
Think about that for a minute.
00:48:25.27\00:48:26.74
The Lord's
impressing you to do something
00:48:26.77\00:48:29.97
and you want to think about it.
00:48:30.01\00:48:31.71
So your tendency is,
that's a huge task, Lord.
00:48:31.74\00:48:36.98
How could You ask me to do that?
00:48:37.01\00:48:39.78
That's, I can't do that.
00:48:39.81\00:48:41.82
That's a big task.
00:48:41.85\00:48:43.45
What you will do is
you will talk yourself out
00:48:43.49\00:48:46.92
of doing what
God's called you to do.
00:48:46.96\00:48:49.19
So, and don't spend
too much time planning,
00:48:49.22\00:48:52.19
because remember it's
not about you anyway, right?
00:48:52.23\00:48:55.46
So don't spend too much
time planning, just go forward.
00:48:55.50\00:48:58.53
In the beginning, the
Lord's impressing you.
00:48:58.57\00:49:00.80
I go, I ended up at my
brothers, as I just mentioned.
00:49:00.84\00:49:03.51
I ended up at Hal and
Mollie Steenson's church.
00:49:03.54\00:49:06.81
They all encouraged me,
went to the television station
00:49:06.84\00:49:10.15
to see how it worked.
00:49:10.18\00:49:11.75
And so, that's all I
knew how to do, but see,
00:49:11.78\00:49:16.38
I really believe
this with all my heart,
00:49:16.42\00:49:18.75
that if you don't do what
God's impressing you to do,
00:49:18.79\00:49:22.12
He will pass you right on by
and He'll go to somebody else
00:49:22.16\00:49:27.70
and they will be
doing what really
00:49:27.73\00:49:29.56
He had planned for your life.
00:49:29.60\00:49:31.93
You know how I know that?
00:49:31.97\00:49:33.60
It's happened at
least three times
00:49:33.64\00:49:36.04
that I know of
within a year or two
00:49:36.07\00:49:38.47
after 3ABN went on the air,
00:49:38.51\00:49:41.04
I started going to
a different churches
00:49:41.08\00:49:44.48
and I would tell my story,
00:49:44.51\00:49:46.21
the Lord impressed to
build this television station.
00:49:46.25\00:49:48.82
Then this little
lady donated property.
00:49:48.85\00:49:51.82
Then I would say, then
the power lines was there,
00:49:51.85\00:49:54.76
the electricity.
00:49:54.79\00:49:56.12
People came up from Tennessee
00:49:56.16\00:49:57.49
and they gave the first
50,000 to erect the station.
00:49:57.53\00:50:01.56
And so the Lord impressed us,
00:50:01.60\00:50:03.40
and now we're getting
ready to go on satellite.
00:50:03.43\00:50:05.80
And that satellite is
going to cover north America,
00:50:05.83\00:50:08.24
and then eventually the world.
00:50:08.27\00:50:10.31
After the service,
three different occasions,
00:50:10.34\00:50:13.81
one was the lady in Chicago.
00:50:13.84\00:50:15.78
She came up to me and she
had worked some in television.
00:50:15.81\00:50:18.75
She said, I know every
word that you're saying is true.
00:50:18.78\00:50:23.15
I said, really?
00:50:23.18\00:50:24.52
She said, yes,
because, and I don't remember
00:50:24.55\00:50:26.92
the exact years, but two
or three years ago, whatever,
00:50:26.96\00:50:30.26
the Lord
impressed me the same thing.
00:50:30.29\00:50:32.29
He came to me and I wrestled
with Him just like you did,
00:50:32.33\00:50:37.77
because He's told me to
build a television station
00:50:37.80\00:50:40.34
that would reach the world
00:50:40.37\00:50:41.90
almost exactly what he told you.
00:50:41.94\00:50:43.57
But she said, I'm one person.
00:50:43.61\00:50:45.81
I don't have any money.
00:50:45.84\00:50:47.18
I work for a TV station.
00:50:47.21\00:50:49.64
There's no way I could do it.
00:50:49.68\00:50:51.31
And so I didn't do it.
00:50:51.35\00:50:54.08
Now, I see that God
called me and I missed out.
00:50:54.12\00:50:56.95
I was over in
Indiana at a church,
00:50:56.99\00:51:00.82
told a story,
maybe months later.
00:51:00.86\00:51:03.46
A man came up to me and he said,
00:51:03.49\00:51:06.90
every word
you're saying is true.
00:51:06.93\00:51:09.86
I know it
because I'm an engineer.
00:51:09.90\00:51:13.20
He said, I'm a
television engineer.
00:51:13.23\00:51:14.70
I worked for, I don't
remember what network it was.
00:51:14.74\00:51:17.97
I worked for network.
00:51:18.01\00:51:19.84
And I've been thinking
that I was so impressed,
00:51:19.87\00:51:23.18
Adventist should
have television station
00:51:23.21\00:51:25.75
to reach the world.
00:51:25.78\00:51:27.32
And so I got this
impression one night
00:51:27.35\00:51:29.98
to build a television
station to reach the world.
00:51:30.02\00:51:32.82
But I couldn't do that.
00:51:32.85\00:51:35.12
I didn't have the money.
00:51:35.16\00:51:36.62
I don't, you know, I know
how to build the stations,
00:51:36.66\00:51:40.00
but I don't know anybody.
00:51:40.03\00:51:41.36
How would I put it together?
00:51:41.40\00:51:42.73
I don't know
anything about programming.
00:51:42.76\00:51:44.47
I don't have any, I just can't.
00:51:44.50\00:51:47.54
Lord, I can't do it.
00:51:47.57\00:51:49.87
So I didn't.
00:51:49.90\00:51:52.87
Third place I went to,
exact same thing happened.
00:51:52.91\00:51:57.01
Another person came up.
00:51:57.05\00:51:58.58
I know you're telling the truth.
00:51:58.61\00:52:00.32
Ten years later
when Jim Gilley was here,
00:52:00.35\00:52:03.08
Jim told the story on the air.
00:52:03.12\00:52:06.39
And like 1979 or 1980,
00:52:06.42\00:52:09.42
he was working at the
North American division
00:52:09.46\00:52:12.43
and was at the
General Conference.
00:52:12.46\00:52:14.66
And he said, he went
to the General Conference
00:52:14.70\00:52:16.50
and said, we need to build
Adventist television station
00:52:16.53\00:52:20.34
24/7 to reach the world.
00:52:20.37\00:52:23.81
But he said, I
couldn't get anywhere.
00:52:23.84\00:52:25.91
No one would go for it.
00:52:25.94\00:52:28.71
Everybody said, there's
just no way we can do that.
00:52:28.74\00:52:31.28
That's huge.
00:52:31.31\00:52:32.65
It would cost a
tremendous amount of money.
00:52:32.68\00:52:34.72
We're not able to do it.
00:52:34.75\00:52:36.48
You know, let's
just don't do it.
00:52:36.52\00:52:39.29
So he said, I
just forgot about it.
00:52:39.32\00:52:42.56
Then about six years later,
he said, the very first time
00:52:42.59\00:52:46.73
I heard you, you were in Texas,
in Keene talking to the church
00:52:46.76\00:52:50.97
in Sabbath school.
00:52:51.00\00:52:52.33
I was there and I
said, I'm on board
00:52:52.37\00:52:55.50
because I know this is God's
will, because that's exactly
00:52:55.54\00:52:59.24
what the Lord
impressed me six years before.
00:52:59.27\00:53:02.88
So, folks, if the
Lord is impressing you
00:53:02.91\00:53:04.98
to do something, don't wait.
00:53:05.01\00:53:07.22
Don't try to hire
a bunch of people.
00:53:07.25\00:53:10.09
Don't find out, you
know, all they say that,
00:53:10.12\00:53:13.25
I won't go into that
story about the perspective.
00:53:13.29\00:53:15.42
Do you have a perspective?
00:53:15.46\00:53:16.93
Don't worry about all that.
00:53:16.96\00:53:18.29
Go forward and watch
what God has you to do.
00:53:18.33\00:53:21.06
The next, this
one's a tough one.
00:53:21.10\00:53:24.90
When you don't blame
things on other people, okay?
00:53:24.93\00:53:28.94
Take the responsibility.
00:53:28.97\00:53:31.07
Don't wait on others.
00:53:31.11\00:53:32.74
Because I've seen that so
many times people come to me.
00:53:32.77\00:53:35.41
Well, if you
thought about building this
00:53:35.44\00:53:37.11
and it wouldn't
even be television,
00:53:37.15\00:53:39.11
they'll say, well,
the Lord impressed me
00:53:39.15\00:53:40.72
to do this ministry but
I think 3ABN should do it.
00:53:40.75\00:53:44.29
You'd be good at it.
00:53:44.32\00:53:45.65
I said, well, wait a minute.
00:53:45.69\00:53:47.02
You just said the
Lord impressed you, right?
00:53:47.06\00:53:49.06
Well, yeah. Then why 3ABN?
00:53:49.09\00:53:50.73
Well, you guys
have the resources.
00:53:50.76\00:53:52.66
I said, you have the exact
same resources that we have,
00:53:52.69\00:53:56.97
the Lord and the
Holy Spirit to work on it.
00:53:57.00\00:53:59.70
So people say, oh, well,
00:53:59.73\00:54:01.50
I really wanted to do something,
00:54:01.54\00:54:03.04
but my church didn't support me.
00:54:03.07\00:54:04.97
Excuses. See the
devil loves excuses.
00:54:05.01\00:54:08.34
So when the Lord is
impressing you to do something,
00:54:08.38\00:54:10.81
don't say, well, you know,
my church didn't support me,
00:54:10.85\00:54:16.48
my pastor didn't support me,
00:54:16.52\00:54:17.99
My husband didn't
support me, you know?
00:54:18.02\00:54:20.52
So when things don't
go right, what do you do?
00:54:20.56\00:54:22.76
You take responsibility.
00:54:22.79\00:54:24.59
Here's where the
devil has a hay day.
00:54:24.63\00:54:27.36
Literally has a
hay day, excuses.
00:54:27.40\00:54:29.70
There's an old song
says excuses, excuses,
00:54:29.73\00:54:32.23
I hear them every day,
the devil, he'll supply them.
00:54:32.27\00:54:35.97
If from church, you
stay away, you know.
00:54:36.00\00:54:39.71
So anyway, I won't even go
with the rest of that song.
00:54:39.74\00:54:42.28
I've repeated it before,
00:54:42.31\00:54:44.45
but I want to encourage you,
00:54:44.48\00:54:46.08
never be discouraged.
00:54:46.11\00:54:48.45
There's no reason, all
heaven is on your side.
00:54:48.48\00:54:51.25
I want to tell you, even
after 37 years of ministry,
00:54:51.29\00:54:55.22
3ABN still deals
with the opposition.
00:54:55.26\00:54:58.36
Virtually every
day there is times
00:54:58.39\00:55:00.96
that we deal with opposition
sometimes within the church,
00:55:01.00\00:55:04.80
sometimes without it.
00:55:04.83\00:55:06.27
But why not?
00:55:06.30\00:55:08.24
I mentioned it earlier.
00:55:08.27\00:55:09.60
I said sometimes if we're
in, I've mentioned other people
00:55:09.64\00:55:12.44
and look, if we're not
butting heads with the devil,
00:55:12.47\00:55:15.48
then we must be
running alongside of him.
00:55:15.51\00:55:17.45
So don't be discouraged.
00:55:17.48\00:55:19.15
Don't let the devil
discourage you, go forward.
00:55:19.18\00:55:22.22
Don't worry about oppositions.
00:55:22.25\00:55:24.22
I want to go up now and
talk about some of the things
00:55:24.25\00:55:26.45
that we can be encouraged about.
00:55:26.49\00:55:27.82
Okay?
00:55:27.86\00:55:29.19
I'm kind of telling you
what not to be discouraged
00:55:29.22\00:55:31.36
about, but let's talk
about being encouraged.
00:55:31.39\00:55:33.63
I want to talk
about the goodness of God
00:55:33.66\00:55:35.76
and I want to talk
about God's timing.
00:55:35.80\00:55:38.80
It's no accident again.
00:55:38.83\00:55:40.94
I believe in divine providence.
00:55:40.97\00:55:42.74
We do not
believe in coincidence.
00:55:42.77\00:55:45.27
We don't believe in accidents,
00:55:45.31\00:55:46.94
but we believe in
divine providence.
00:55:46.98\00:55:49.34
So I want to go back to timing.
00:55:49.38\00:55:51.61
When the Lord impressed
us to build this station,
00:55:51.65\00:55:53.88
we didn't have anything.
00:55:53.92\00:55:55.28
Now think of this timing.
00:55:55.32\00:55:56.89
The first Wednesday
night after I was impressed
00:55:56.92\00:55:59.45
to build a station, I
went to prayer meeting.
00:55:59.49\00:56:01.59
Now I have to
tell you the truth.
00:56:01.62\00:56:02.96
I didn't always back
then go to prayer meeting.
00:56:02.99\00:56:05.73
Maybe don't always
now and should more,
00:56:05.76\00:56:08.06
but I'm just saying a
lot of times I didn't go.
00:56:08.10\00:56:11.20
I show up for prayer
meeting and there's a woman.
00:56:11.23\00:56:14.04
Now our prayer meeting there
in little West Frankfort Church
00:56:14.07\00:56:16.10
had about 12 people in it.
00:56:16.14\00:56:18.31
But there was a lady
who showed up, 77 years old,
00:56:18.34\00:56:21.14
I believe, her
name Fonda Summers.
00:56:21.18\00:56:23.24
She came to that
meeting because my mother
00:56:23.28\00:56:26.45
had gotten a card from
a literature evangelist
00:56:26.48\00:56:29.02
who said, hey, this
lady ask about books,
00:56:29.05\00:56:31.89
maybe you'll want to go see her.
00:56:31.92\00:56:33.42
So my mother drove out
towards Thompsonville area
00:56:33.46\00:56:36.73
to find the lady,
she talked to her.
00:56:36.76\00:56:38.76
Her name was Fonda Summers.
00:56:38.79\00:56:40.50
I think she belonged
to the Methodist Church
00:56:40.53\00:56:43.16
and invited her to
come to prayer meeting.
00:56:43.20\00:56:45.93
So that Wednesday night
she came to prayer meeting.
00:56:45.97\00:56:49.34
Now is this coincidence.
00:56:49.37\00:56:51.17
I'll keep saying
this or divine providence.
00:56:51.21\00:56:53.61
She comes to
prayer meeting that night.
00:56:53.64\00:56:55.61
I stand up and say, tell them,
look the Lord's impressed me
00:56:55.64\00:56:58.68
to build a television
station to reach the world,
00:56:58.71\00:57:02.02
and prayer meetings over,
we'd go home two nights later,
00:57:02.05\00:57:04.75
Friday night, my mother
calls me, Danny, guess what?
00:57:04.79\00:57:07.86
Fonda Summers, the little lady
00:57:07.89\00:57:09.26
that was at
church Wednesday night.
00:57:09.29\00:57:10.63
Yes.
00:57:10.66\00:57:11.99
She said she went home and said,
00:57:12.03\00:57:13.36
Lord, I'd like, was praying.
00:57:13.40\00:57:14.73
Lord I'd like to do
something to help these folk,
00:57:14.76\00:57:17.23
but I don't have any money.
00:57:17.27\00:57:18.70
I don't have anything.
00:57:18.73\00:57:20.07
The Lord said to me, she says,
00:57:20.10\00:57:22.50
what is this you
have in your hand?
00:57:22.54\00:57:24.94
Well, I don't have any, I
got six acres of property.
00:57:24.97\00:57:28.01
I mean my house and
everything's on the front.
00:57:28.04\00:57:29.98
Maybe I could give him two acres
00:57:30.01\00:57:31.78
in the back of the
property, if that would help.
00:57:31.81\00:57:35.35
Well, now really
Thompsonville 600 West Frankfort
00:57:35.38\00:57:38.69
was about 9,000.
00:57:38.72\00:57:40.06
Thompsonville about 600.
00:57:40.09\00:57:41.89
If you're going to build a
TV station to reach the world,
00:57:41.92\00:57:44.46
that's probably not
where you're going to figure
00:57:44.49\00:57:46.56
that you want to be in the
back of somebody's property,
00:57:46.59\00:57:49.80
out in the middle of Timbuktu,
right, in the boondocks.
00:57:49.83\00:57:53.10
But she says,
Fonda Summer said, well,
00:57:53.13\00:57:55.80
the Lord impressed
her to give some property.
00:57:55.84\00:57:58.64
So I said,
well, praise the Lord.
00:57:58.67\00:58:00.34
That's good.
00:58:00.38\00:58:01.71
Well, I mentioned I
had gone to a TV station.
00:58:01.74\00:58:03.98
I talked to an
engineer named Clarence Larson.
00:58:04.01\00:58:06.75
Clarence said to me, I
know what you're doing.
00:58:06.78\00:58:09.78
I think of advent or Shelton's
00:58:09.82\00:58:11.92
he said as
singers and carpenters.
00:58:11.95\00:58:14.26
And he said, I don't
think of you building stations.
00:58:14.29\00:58:17.06
Because I've seen you on ours,
00:58:17.09\00:58:18.93
but I've been doing
an engineering study
00:58:18.96\00:58:20.86
for another station
about going to satellites,
00:58:20.90\00:58:23.57
which I knew
nothing about and satellites
00:58:23.60\00:58:26.27
and taking signals that would
go all across North America.
00:58:26.30\00:58:29.60
And I said, really?
00:58:29.64\00:58:30.97
And he says, get this.
00:58:31.01\00:58:32.71
He says, I've been studying
on my little Apple II computer.
00:58:32.74\00:58:36.34
And I think there's a
place out towards Thompsonville
00:58:36.38\00:58:39.65
that would be free
of microwave signals,
00:58:39.68\00:58:42.35
where you could
send satellite signals
00:58:42.38\00:58:45.39
to space 22,300
miles to hit a satellite
00:58:45.42\00:58:49.12
that then would send signals
all around North America,
00:58:49.16\00:58:52.23
down into TV
stations, down into homes,
00:58:52.26\00:58:55.13
through big satellite dishes.
00:58:55.16\00:58:57.57
And I said, wow, property,
she's saying out this way,
00:58:57.60\00:59:02.77
Clarence says, so we get
Scientific Atlanta from Georgia
00:59:02.80\00:59:06.47
come out and do a
study on properties.
00:59:06.51\00:59:09.58
I said to them, I
have some property.
00:59:09.61\00:59:12.18
I'll never forget
what the man said.
00:59:12.21\00:59:14.15
No, you don't know if
you have property or not.
00:59:14.18\00:59:16.45
Let us come to your area.
00:59:16.48\00:59:17.85
We'll do a study and
see if any of that...
00:59:17.89\00:59:20.56
Let's see if any of
that, there's property anywhere
00:59:20.59\00:59:24.03
that would be free of
microwave interferences.
00:59:24.06\00:59:26.49
Because your Illinois
Bell and all these different
00:59:26.53\00:59:29.00
microwave signals flying.
00:59:29.03\00:59:30.37
And you, if you're
going to satellite,
00:59:30.40\00:59:32.27
you can't have interference.
00:59:32.30\00:59:34.04
So I said, well, I
actually, I have two properties.
00:59:34.07\00:59:36.14
He said two piece,
two acres of property.
00:59:36.17\00:59:38.37
He said, you
don't know that work.
00:59:38.41\00:59:40.58
I said, well, come
up and do the test.
00:59:40.61\00:59:42.31
They did not only did it work.
00:59:42.34\00:59:44.18
He said, this is the only
area spot in the entire area
00:59:44.21\00:59:48.28
you can send satellite
signals to any of the 20.
00:59:48.32\00:59:51.39
I think it was 20 or
21 satellites in space
00:59:51.42\00:59:54.49
right now that
can be down linked
00:59:54.52\00:59:56.73
anywhere across North America.
00:59:56.76\00:59:58.29
Can you imagine
what that did to us
00:59:58.33\01:00:01.26
in the beginning to say,
01:00:01.30\01:00:03.70
oh, the Lord has, this is real.
01:00:03.73\01:00:07.70
That dream build a station what?
01:00:07.74\01:00:10.41
The Lord impresses
people. I don't even know.
01:00:10.44\01:00:12.91
It's that's timing
01:00:12.94\01:00:14.48
is what I want to
talk to you about.
01:00:14.51\01:00:15.84
God shall supply all your need,
but the timing is so important.
01:00:15.88\01:00:19.95
Had she not been
to prayer meeting?
01:00:19.98\01:00:21.68
Had I not been
at that same time?
01:00:21.72\01:00:24.09
How things work
is divine providence.
01:00:24.12\01:00:27.16
I went and when Clarence,
01:00:27.19\01:00:29.06
the engineer I
was telling you about.
01:00:29.09\01:00:31.03
And so, the
timing of meeting him
01:00:31.06\01:00:34.26
and I knew him from
before, but meeting him
01:00:34.30\01:00:36.23
and finding out he
only lives a couple
01:00:36.26\01:00:38.07
of country blocks from me
01:00:38.10\01:00:39.43
and start working with this
man to do engineering studies.
01:00:39.47\01:00:42.74
I could go through over
and over and over again.
01:00:42.77\01:00:45.57
Now we needed money.
We needed some money.
01:00:45.61\01:00:47.38
The lady gave us the property.
01:00:47.41\01:00:48.84
We needed money
to build the roads.
01:00:48.88\01:00:50.85
So, $6,000, we
didn't have any money,
01:00:50.88\01:00:54.22
but I talked to the guy
who delivers the gravel.
01:00:54.25\01:00:56.65
Well, he could do it the
next, like five days later.
01:00:56.69\01:00:59.69
So, I told him by faith,
01:00:59.72\01:01:01.32
bring the gravel
because it was fall.
01:01:01.36\01:01:03.19
It was starting to going
to, I knew it was going to rain.
01:01:03.22\01:01:05.09
We wouldn't be
able to get through all
01:01:05.13\01:01:06.49
our 1400 feet to get to
the back of her property.
01:01:06.53\01:01:10.27
We needed to get road dug
and get some gravel in there.
01:01:10.30\01:01:13.30
So, we could drive
to build a building.
01:01:13.34\01:01:15.10
My brother and I didn't
know how to build buildings.
01:01:15.14\01:01:17.47
We were carpenters, so
we didn't have the money.
01:01:17.51\01:01:20.71
So, we're praying
about it for several days.
01:01:20.74\01:01:22.48
Oh, Lord, this is huge.
01:01:22.51\01:01:24.71
We don't have $6,000.
01:01:24.75\01:01:26.48
No one had ever given $6,000.
01:01:26.51\01:01:28.82
So, we pray about it
on a, like a day or two
01:01:28.85\01:01:31.95
before that the
gravel was to be delivered.
01:01:31.99\01:01:35.29
I went to the mailbox.
01:01:35.32\01:01:36.86
PO Box, I think was 582 in West
Frankfort, a little small box.
01:01:36.89\01:01:40.50
We've got a bigger
one now, praise the Lord.
01:01:40.53\01:01:42.43
This time, a little
small box and opened it up.
01:01:42.46\01:01:45.57
There were only two letters.
01:01:45.60\01:01:47.17
Now people would hear
about 3ABN. We were young.
01:01:47.20\01:01:50.24
We weren't on the air,
just starting, but I'd put out
01:01:50.27\01:01:53.07
a little newsletters
and handout at churches.
01:01:53.11\01:01:55.44
So, word was
getting around every now
01:01:55.48\01:01:57.11
and then somebody would send
$10 and say, I want to help you
01:01:57.15\01:01:59.75
or $15 or 20, but no, this
one, I opened up two letters.
01:01:59.78\01:02:04.59
I'm like, oh, boy.
First one is for $2,000.
01:02:04.62\01:02:08.02
The lady from Chicago said,
01:02:08.06\01:02:09.69
hey, the Lake Union Herald
did a little story about you
01:02:09.72\01:02:14.13
and your
brothers and your family
01:02:14.16\01:02:15.50
going to build an
Adventist television network.
01:02:15.53\01:02:18.33
And the Lord impressed
me to send you this $2,000.
01:02:18.37\01:02:21.87
I opened up the next letter,
01:02:21.90\01:02:23.44
$4,000 from a guy named Dale
01:02:23.47\01:02:26.47
out in California,
01:02:26.51\01:02:28.08
San Diego area.
01:02:28.11\01:02:29.61
And he said, the
Lord impressed me
01:02:29.64\01:02:31.58
of the urgency
you need this $4,000,
01:02:31.61\01:02:34.85
it's six, two and four,
you don't have to be much
01:02:34.88\01:02:37.12
of a mathematician to
figure that one out $6,000
01:02:37.15\01:02:40.82
just what we
needed to build the road.
01:02:40.86\01:02:43.02
Now, when the Lord says
go ye into all the world,
01:02:43.06\01:02:46.90
we've said it
over and over again.
01:02:46.93\01:02:48.40
He will do if He
hasn't been doing it for you,
01:02:48.43\01:02:50.73
maybe it's because you haven't
stepped out in faith yet.
01:02:50.77\01:02:53.20
So again, when God
blesses us, in spite of us,
01:02:53.23\01:02:56.27
what I'm sharing
you, some of these things,
01:02:56.30\01:02:58.37
He didn't do it
because we're good people.
01:02:58.41\01:03:00.21
None of us are good.
01:03:00.24\01:03:01.88
We're all as filthy rags
in the sight of the Lord,
01:03:01.91\01:03:04.81
but God wants to
do great and mighty
01:03:04.85\01:03:07.12
and marvelous things in us
01:03:07.15\01:03:08.75
and through us as we go forward.
01:03:08.78\01:03:11.09
And I'm just, I'm amazed.
01:03:11.12\01:03:12.62
I'm sitting here
saying, what could I say,
01:03:12.65\01:03:15.66
it's, now it's what do I
not have time to say the clock
01:03:15.69\01:03:19.23
is my enemy.
01:03:19.26\01:03:20.60
There's so many
things that right now,
01:03:20.63\01:03:21.96
it's going through my mind.
01:03:22.00\01:03:23.33
Miracle after miracle
timing, divine providence,
01:03:23.37\01:03:26.50
not coincidence.
01:03:26.53\01:03:27.87
Give you an instance.
01:03:27.90\01:03:29.24
We're on the air out
to two acres of property.
01:03:29.27\01:03:31.27
For a few years,
we start growing,
01:03:31.31\01:03:33.34
ministries is outgrowing.
01:03:33.38\01:03:34.88
We need to buy some property.
01:03:34.91\01:03:36.24
So, I said, well,
let's go out to 149.
01:03:36.28\01:03:38.55
That's the highway between West
Frankfort and Thompsonville.
01:03:38.58\01:03:41.78
See if there's any property,
01:03:41.82\01:03:43.25
one evening, I'm driving by.
01:03:43.28\01:03:45.22
I look up on the right
01:03:45.25\01:03:46.59
and there's some
really beautiful property.
01:03:46.62\01:03:48.16
I don't know how much is there,
01:03:48.19\01:03:49.76
but it had been
farming had been in corn
01:03:49.79\01:03:51.93
or what have you
for the last few years,
01:03:51.96\01:03:54.16
but it was up there empty.
01:03:54.20\01:03:55.73
So, I asked a
neighbor who owns that.
01:03:55.76\01:03:57.53
They told me who
owned the property.
01:03:57.57\01:03:59.37
So, I just felt impressed
back then you could look
01:03:59.40\01:04:02.04
up in phone book and
get a guy's name, right?
01:04:02.07\01:04:04.24
Phone numbers back then.
01:04:04.27\01:04:05.77
So, I went home, I
looked up his phone number.
01:04:05.81\01:04:08.48
So, I called him
and I said, listen,
01:04:08.51\01:04:11.08
I understand
you own the property
01:04:11.11\01:04:13.25
out there on Charlie Good Road.
01:04:13.28\01:04:14.98
It's where our
main administration
01:04:15.02\01:04:16.48
building is right now.
01:04:16.52\01:04:18.09
I said, understand
you own that property.
01:04:18.12\01:04:19.82
Yeah, I do.
01:04:19.85\01:04:21.19
And I said, would that
property by chance be for sale?
01:04:21.22\01:04:25.29
And he was quiet a second.
01:04:25.33\01:04:26.66
And he said for
sale, why do you ask?
01:04:26.70\01:04:30.83
And I said, well, I was
looking for some property
01:04:30.87\01:04:33.70
and I drove by that.
01:04:33.74\01:04:35.07
And it just looked
like it was pretty property.
01:04:35.10\01:04:36.87
I have no idea how
much property you have.
01:04:36.91\01:04:39.11
If it's for sale. He said,
well, no, it wasn't for sale.
01:04:39.14\01:04:41.94
I do have 70 acres there.
01:04:41.98\01:04:44.25
And I said, oh, wow,
because I didn't know
01:04:44.28\01:04:47.02
how much that would cost.
01:04:47.05\01:04:48.58
But I said, oh, 70 acres.
01:04:48.62\01:04:50.75
He said, but you
know, what's interesting.
01:04:50.79\01:04:52.95
He said, my wife
and I we're farmers,
01:04:52.99\01:04:55.09
and we have orchards.
01:04:55.12\01:04:56.52
And this property
that you're talking about
01:04:56.56\01:04:59.19
is about two miles from
the rest of our property
01:04:59.23\01:05:02.63
and I'm getting older now.
01:05:02.66\01:05:04.00
And it's too much
hassle for me to go back
01:05:04.03\01:05:06.77
and forth with my farming
equipment and try to farm this.
01:05:06.80\01:05:10.44
So tonight,
01:05:10.47\01:05:12.84
we were sitting here,
01:05:12.87\01:05:14.38
they're Christian said,
we were sitting here saying,
01:05:14.41\01:05:16.88
I wonder if we
should sell that property.
01:05:16.91\01:05:19.28
Maybe we should put
this property up for sale.
01:05:19.31\01:05:22.05
He said, and you
call the phone rings.
01:05:22.08\01:05:25.32
Now, is that coincidence
or that divine providence?
01:05:25.35\01:05:28.46
So, I said, well,
do you have any idea
01:05:28.49\01:05:31.39
how much you would
take for the property?
01:05:31.43\01:05:32.99
He said, well, we were
just talking about that too.
01:05:33.03\01:05:35.60
He says, would
50,000 be fair enough?
01:05:35.63\01:05:40.24
I said, yes.
01:05:40.27\01:05:41.84
He said, it is,
you want to buy it?
01:05:41.87\01:05:44.61
I said, yes, sir.
01:05:44.64\01:05:45.97
I want to buy it.
01:05:46.01\01:05:47.34
And I hadn't even gone
to look the rest of it.
01:05:47.38\01:05:49.71
I said, I want to buy it.
01:05:49.74\01:05:51.38
So now did I have
$50,000? No, I did not.
01:05:51.41\01:05:54.25
Did not have 50,000.
01:05:54.28\01:05:55.92
So, I said, he said,
when you want to do this,
01:05:55.95\01:05:58.19
I said, as soon as you
can get the title insurance,
01:05:58.22\01:06:01.26
I'll have the money.
01:06:01.29\01:06:02.62
Well, that's going to
take about a week or so.
01:06:02.66\01:06:04.29
I said, okay,
we'll have the money.
01:06:04.33\01:06:05.89
And you know what?
01:06:05.93\01:06:07.26
A week or so later,
01:06:07.30\01:06:08.63
when we went into
Mike Reeve's office in West
01:06:08.66\01:06:10.40
Frankfort attorney,
01:06:10.43\01:06:11.83
we had the money
put down the $50,000.
01:06:11.87\01:06:14.80
God blessed it over and over.
01:06:14.84\01:06:16.17
We began to grow.
01:06:16.20\01:06:17.57
We were growing so
now we needed to say,
01:06:17.61\01:06:19.71
well, now we
need this sanctuary.
01:06:19.74\01:06:22.18
We ended up building a
school and some apartments
01:06:22.21\01:06:25.21
and we needed more property.
01:06:25.25\01:06:27.82
So, across the highway,
01:06:27.85\01:06:30.02
just past towards Thompsonville,
01:06:30.05\01:06:32.55
where we bought
the 70 on the left,
01:06:32.59\01:06:34.99
I would drive by there.
01:06:35.02\01:06:36.36
And I remember years ago
and I'd forgotten about this.
01:06:36.39\01:06:40.03
I drove by and I saw a
property over on the left
01:06:40.06\01:06:42.60
but it's grown up and
you couldn't really see
01:06:42.63\01:06:44.43
what all was there.
01:06:44.47\01:06:45.90
So, I asked Larry Welch
who worked here at the time.
01:06:45.93\01:06:49.10
Why don't you see who owns that?
01:06:49.14\01:06:50.84
How much acreage it is
and see if they'll sell it.
01:06:50.87\01:06:54.28
So, he did.
01:06:54.31\01:06:55.94
And he came back
and he said, oh, yeah.
01:06:55.98\01:06:57.68
And he gave me the lady's name.
01:06:57.71\01:06:59.41
I don't think she would
mind me giving her name,
01:06:59.45\01:07:01.65
but I won't
without her permission.
01:07:01.68\01:07:04.45
So, she, he said, no.
01:07:04.49\01:07:07.22
She said that
she and her husband
01:07:07.26\01:07:08.72
had owned that property.
01:07:08.76\01:07:10.09
He died a number of years ago.
01:07:10.13\01:07:11.59
It's got a nice
little pond on it.
01:07:11.63\01:07:13.63
And they used to
have people out fishing
01:07:13.66\01:07:15.33
and that property
just means a lot to her.
01:07:15.36\01:07:17.73
So, she's not, she
doesn't want to sell.
01:07:17.77\01:07:20.30
So, I said, okay,
so few years went by.
01:07:20.34\01:07:22.80
That's what it was. And then
we ended up with this property.
01:07:22.84\01:07:27.64
I'm talking about
on Charlie Good Road,
01:07:27.68\01:07:29.61
the 70 acres, but now
we're continuing to grow.
01:07:29.64\01:07:32.68
We need some
more. I forget about it.
01:07:32.71\01:07:35.18
So, I look up who she is,
should have thought about it.
01:07:35.22\01:07:39.35
Because it's 10 years later.
01:07:39.39\01:07:40.72
So, I drive in,
knock on her door,
01:07:40.76\01:07:43.26
told her, I said,
hi, I'm Danny Shelton.
01:07:43.29\01:07:45.33
She said, I know who you are.
01:07:45.36\01:07:46.96
She said, you're here
about asking about property.
01:07:47.00\01:07:50.53
And I said, yes.
01:07:50.57\01:07:52.40
And she said,
because I was at a blank.
01:07:52.43\01:07:55.90
You know, I'm like what?
01:07:55.94\01:07:57.27
She said, well, remember
what I told you the last time.
01:07:57.31\01:07:59.67
And she had told, I
guess through Larry,
01:07:59.71\01:08:02.34
she said, I told you, last time
you asked several years ago,
01:08:02.38\01:08:05.91
I would keep this
property till I die.
01:08:05.95\01:08:07.95
Didn't I? I said, you know what?
01:08:07.98\01:08:09.68
I'm sorry. I forgot about it.
01:08:09.72\01:08:11.05
She said, come on
in, you can have minute.
01:08:11.09\01:08:14.12
Come in. I said, yes.
01:08:14.16\01:08:15.59
She said tonight, I was
sitting here praying Lord,
01:08:15.62\01:08:19.09
what should I do
with that property?
01:08:19.13\01:08:21.10
She said, I have a
little building on it.
01:08:21.13\01:08:23.37
People had gone out there.
01:08:23.40\01:08:24.73
They were staying all
night around the pond.
01:08:24.77\01:08:26.87
I was afraid they
were going to drown.
01:08:26.90\01:08:29.30
They were throwing
cans through the windows.
01:08:29.34\01:08:32.97
And I had the
insurance company out here
01:08:33.01\01:08:35.64
and it's just too
much responsibility for me.
01:08:35.68\01:08:38.91
I was praying tonight, Lord,
01:08:38.95\01:08:40.38
what should I do
with this property?
01:08:40.42\01:08:42.72
And she said, you
knocked on my door.
01:08:42.75\01:08:45.45
Now, is that coincidence
or is that divine providence?
01:08:45.49\01:08:48.96
So, I asked her
how much property.
01:08:48.99\01:08:50.96
It was nearly a 100 acres.
01:08:50.99\01:08:52.33
And let me tell you, she
gave, also gave a great deal.
01:08:52.36\01:08:55.73
Wasn't much more
per acre than that.
01:08:55.76\01:08:58.73
And I won't give those
details without her permission,
01:08:58.77\01:09:01.24
but it's amazing.
01:09:01.27\01:09:03.27
So, I can take you time and time
01:09:03.30\01:09:06.14
and time again of
what people would say.
01:09:06.17\01:09:08.88
Well, I don't know if I can go,
01:09:08.91\01:09:11.01
you know, I don't
know if I can do this.
01:09:11.05\01:09:12.95
Look, you can do all
things through Christ
01:09:12.98\01:09:15.22
who strengthens you, how much?
01:09:15.25\01:09:16.95
I can do all things through
Christ who strengthens me.
01:09:16.99\01:09:20.09
The reason that
God is opening up doors
01:09:20.12\01:09:23.06
and He's opening up technology
like with 3ABN to reach
01:09:23.09\01:09:26.39
the world is because heaven
01:09:26.43\01:09:28.43
is not heaven till
God's children are home.
01:09:28.46\01:09:30.73
Heaven is not heaven till
God's children are all there.
01:09:36.64\01:09:41.31
Heaven for the
most part is empty.
01:09:41.34\01:09:43.04
All there may be
mansions been built.
01:09:43.08\01:09:46.05
There's plenty of room,
but God's people aren't there.
01:09:46.08\01:09:51.32
Jesus is coming back
to this earth very soon.
01:09:51.35\01:09:54.89
And when He comes
back, it's ready or not.
01:09:54.92\01:09:58.29
Are we ready? Are we not?
01:09:58.33\01:10:00.60
And I want to be
counted among those that said,
01:10:00.63\01:10:03.37
Lord, send me and
we're willing to go.
01:10:03.40\01:10:08.30
And the Lord wants
you, I'm telling you again,
01:10:08.34\01:10:10.04
this today,
these things not for,
01:10:10.07\01:10:13.17
again, God blesses
us all in spite of us.
01:10:13.21\01:10:16.11
In 1991 in the fall,
Pastor John Carter called me,
01:10:16.14\01:10:20.45
Danny, would you
want to go to Russia?
01:10:20.48\01:10:23.32
Gods opened the doors for,
01:10:23.35\01:10:25.49
to go to Russia
and preach the gospel.
01:10:25.52\01:10:28.09
Communism had just fallen.
01:10:28.12\01:10:30.23
He said, we're going
to do it in May of '92.
01:10:30.26\01:10:32.56
We were going to go to Moscow.
01:10:32.59\01:10:33.93
But then a city opened
up called Nizhny Novgorod,
01:10:33.96\01:10:37.27
Russia, third
largest city in Russia,
01:10:37.30\01:10:39.50
about three and a
half million people.
01:10:39.53\01:10:41.97
Would you want to
go over there with me
01:10:42.00\01:10:43.51
and 3ABN and bring cameras?
01:10:43.54\01:10:45.37
Absolutely. Some of
you've seen the footage.
01:10:45.41\01:10:47.91
If not, we probably
should get it out again
01:10:47.94\01:10:49.81
and show some of
it from time to time.
01:10:49.84\01:10:52.48
But that meet,
at those meetings,
01:10:52.51\01:10:54.95
thousands of people
showed up every night.
01:10:54.98\01:10:57.29
Elder Carter rented a building,
hold about 6,000 people
01:10:57.32\01:11:01.09
and it's seven at most.
01:11:01.12\01:11:02.96
Three nights, he had to
do three services a night.
01:11:02.99\01:11:06.19
It just kept going on and on.
01:11:06.23\01:11:08.16
The crowds built,
thousands of people.
01:11:08.20\01:11:10.50
At the end of the meetings,
01:11:10.53\01:11:11.93
we baptized 2,532
souls there in Russia,
01:11:11.97\01:11:16.47
behind the Iron Curtain
that only a few years before,
01:11:16.50\01:11:19.27
it would be
impossible to get to.
01:11:19.31\01:11:21.68
Now we were there preaching
the gospel and into baptisms.
01:11:21.71\01:11:24.81
The KGB brings out
trucks, sets up tents.
01:11:24.85\01:11:29.28
And so, all these pastors,
01:11:29.32\01:11:31.12
27 pastors can go
out for four hours,
01:11:31.15\01:11:33.89
baptizing people in
the cold Volga River.
01:11:33.92\01:11:37.26
Now all of this happens,
01:11:37.29\01:11:39.59
the president of the conference,
01:11:39.63\01:11:41.56
Vasil Stolyar,
and the vice president
01:11:41.60\01:11:44.03
Alexander Antinuk
came to me and said,
01:11:44.07\01:11:47.54
we have a major problem now,
01:11:47.57\01:11:49.54
while these meetings
have been so successful,
01:11:49.57\01:11:52.51
we don't have a
place to put the people.
01:11:52.54\01:11:54.18
We only have one church
in this entire huge city
01:11:54.21\01:11:57.85
holds 225 people or so.
01:11:57.88\01:12:00.78
And one church is all we
have and it's almost full.
01:12:00.82\01:12:04.52
And now we've
baptized 2,532 people.
01:12:04.55\01:12:08.86
What are we going to do?
01:12:08.89\01:12:10.43
Can we meet together and talk?
01:12:10.46\01:12:12.49
So, we were
staying into Ruscio hotel
01:12:12.53\01:12:15.26
there right
overlooking the Volga.
01:12:15.30\01:12:18.37
And I said
river. And I said, sure.
01:12:18.40\01:12:20.77
So, when can we meet?
01:12:20.80\01:12:22.67
How about
tomorrow morning at 11?
01:12:22.70\01:12:24.34
Can we meet? I said, sure.
01:12:24.37\01:12:25.94
So, I'm standing on the
stairs. Now listen to this.
01:12:25.97\01:12:28.91
God's timing. The
blessing is on the go.
01:12:28.94\01:12:31.31
But I want to
talk about His timing
01:12:31.35\01:12:32.85
again when we're willing,
01:12:32.88\01:12:34.28
I'm standing on a little stairs
coming down and I'm waiting.
01:12:34.32\01:12:37.79
It's about 15 minutes till 11
01:12:37.82\01:12:39.75
and so I'm
waiting on this conference
01:12:39.79\01:12:41.79
pastors to come
to have a meeting.
01:12:41.82\01:12:43.83
We're just going to find a
place in the lobby to meet.
01:12:43.86\01:12:46.49
So, I'm waiting on him.
01:12:46.53\01:12:47.96
And while I do, there's
a man that walks up to me.
01:12:48.00\01:12:50.57
He's an American.
I've never met him before.
01:12:50.60\01:12:53.20
Don't know who
he is. He says, hi.
01:12:53.23\01:12:55.70
He says, my
name is Manny Travis.
01:12:55.74\01:12:58.24
I'm from California.
01:12:58.27\01:12:59.71
Now some of you
may know Manny Travis.
01:12:59.74\01:13:02.01
I had never met Manny.
01:13:02.04\01:13:04.05
So, he said he
had a little recorder,
01:13:04.08\01:13:06.31
little
microphone, little recorder.
01:13:06.35\01:13:07.78
And he said, do
you have just a minute,
01:13:07.82\01:13:12.09
I would like to interview you?
01:13:12.12\01:13:13.76
And, 'cause I'm
going to take it back home
01:13:13.79\01:13:16.62
and tell people what's going on.
01:13:16.66\01:13:18.13
Could I just get
a little interview?
01:13:18.16\01:13:19.76
And I said to him,
01:13:19.79\01:13:21.60
I'm sorry, Mr.
Travis, I can't right now,
01:13:21.63\01:13:24.40
I'm waiting on the
conference leaders.
01:13:24.43\01:13:25.87
And I was
looking down the doorway,
01:13:25.90\01:13:27.57
the hallway waiting for them.
01:13:27.60\01:13:28.94
I said, they're coming in.
01:13:28.97\01:13:30.31
We're going to have a meeting
about that we need to meet.
01:13:30.34\01:13:33.11
I said they
there's, they don't know
01:13:33.14\01:13:35.18
what to do with all
these people we baptized.
01:13:35.21\01:13:37.71
So, he said, I'm
sorry to bother you.
01:13:37.75\01:13:40.62
And I said, what
brought you here?
01:13:40.65\01:13:42.38
Did you come with Elder Carter?
01:13:42.42\01:13:43.92
No, I said, I didn't
come with Elder Carter.
01:13:43.95\01:13:45.69
I just came on my, He
said, I heard it on the air.
01:13:45.72\01:13:49.19
I saw what you were doing.
01:13:49.22\01:13:50.56
And I watched the meetings
and I said, I want to come.
01:13:50.59\01:13:53.29
So, he said, I
heard about the meeting.
01:13:53.33\01:13:54.90
So, I came over here.
That's the way it was.
01:13:54.93\01:13:57.77
I came over here on my own,
01:13:57.80\01:14:00.00
74 years old I
think he said he was.
01:14:00.04\01:14:02.44
I was impressed to
go to Russia by myself,
01:14:02.47\01:14:04.44
made my own arrangements.
01:14:04.47\01:14:05.94
And I said, what do you do?
01:14:05.97\01:14:07.31
He said, well, I'm
just sitting people.
01:14:07.34\01:14:08.68
I'm an usher every night.
01:14:08.71\01:14:10.11
That was a big job
because people were literally
01:14:10.15\01:14:12.65
running over each other to
get seats into this auditorium.
01:14:12.68\01:14:16.55
So, I was just here.
He said, I'm just here.
01:14:16.58\01:14:18.82
So, well, listen,
I'm sorry to bother you.
01:14:18.85\01:14:21.26
I saw the conference president
01:14:21.29\01:14:22.89
and vice president
coming in and it's like,
01:14:22.92\01:14:25.59
the Lord spoke to me.
01:14:25.63\01:14:27.36
Manny walked off.
01:14:27.40\01:14:28.73
I said to Mr.
Travis, Brother Travis,
01:14:28.76\01:14:31.47
come back for a
minute and I said,
01:14:31.50\01:14:32.83
why don't you go sit
down with us in the meeting?
01:14:32.87\01:14:35.50
Oh, I don't have anything
to, I have no reason to.
01:14:35.54\01:14:39.04
I said, well, why
don't you sit with us?
01:14:39.07\01:14:41.61
Because I was feeling bad.
01:14:41.64\01:14:43.24
Because I had kind
of just brushed him off.
01:14:43.28\01:14:45.15
I felt like, man, that's
not a nice way to do somebody.
01:14:45.18\01:14:48.42
I wasn't kind enough to him.
01:14:48.45\01:14:50.22
I was afraid I
wasn't kind enough
01:14:50.25\01:14:51.82
because I was so concentrating
on this that I wanted
01:14:51.85\01:14:54.92
him to know that, hey
look, I'm glad you're here.
01:14:54.96\01:14:57.76
Thankful you're
here. But so, no.
01:14:57.79\01:14:59.66
So, I said, well, come
on and sit down with us,
01:14:59.69\01:15:01.40
let's talk. So,
they had a translator.
01:15:01.43\01:15:04.23
So, they said,
what are we going to do?
01:15:04.27\01:15:06.87
The governor has
opened up 13 buildings
01:15:06.90\01:15:10.47
and they're going
to allow 13 businesses
01:15:10.51\01:15:12.61
there several in Nizhny Novgorod
01:15:12.64\01:15:15.18
that were being
built back 20 years ago
01:15:15.21\01:15:17.51
that the
government never finished.
01:15:17.55\01:15:19.08
So, they're half done.
01:15:19.11\01:15:20.45
Some of them are huge buildings,
01:15:20.48\01:15:21.82
like 200,000 square feet,
01:15:21.85\01:15:24.35
but they're going to
open them up for sale
01:15:24.39\01:15:26.19
for the first time since
communism started in 1917,
01:15:26.22\01:15:30.36
would you help
us buy some property
01:15:30.39\01:15:33.53
and maybe one of those
old buildings we can remodel?
01:15:33.56\01:15:36.53
And I said, yes, but it'd have
to be big enough to hold 20,
01:15:36.56\01:15:40.97
you know, 2,500, plus
this church is going to grow.
01:15:41.00\01:15:43.81
So, we need a building
that's going to be huge.
01:15:43.84\01:15:46.17
Well, there's a
few of them started.
01:15:46.21\01:15:48.18
And I said, well,
why don't you look around
01:15:48.21\01:15:50.98
and see what you can find?
01:15:51.01\01:15:52.58
And I said, maybe
we'll help you buy.
01:15:52.61\01:15:54.05
I said, what do
you think it would cost
01:15:54.08\01:15:55.58
for something like that.
01:15:55.62\01:15:57.39
And I remember
that the president said,
01:15:57.42\01:16:01.42
oh, it costs way too much money.
01:16:01.46\01:16:03.83
I said, well,
just give me an idea.
01:16:03.86\01:16:05.49
Oh, you couldn't afford it.
01:16:05.53\01:16:06.86
I said, well, I can't afford it.
01:16:06.90\01:16:08.56
Maybe the Lord can.
01:16:08.60\01:16:09.93
What do you think it would
cost to buy a piece of property?
01:16:09.96\01:16:14.00
Now, remember people were
making $15 a month at the time,
01:16:14.04\01:16:17.44
Julia Outkina,
PhD in Linguistics,
01:16:17.47\01:16:20.01
who still our director.
01:16:20.04\01:16:21.51
And I won't have much
time to get into that today
01:16:21.54\01:16:24.08
as our director of 3ABN Russia,
she's a PhD in Linguistics.
01:16:24.11\01:16:29.12
And I think making $15 a month,
01:16:29.15\01:16:31.09
her mother's a
physician making 20.
01:16:31.12\01:16:33.66
So, Russia compared to
economy compared to the US then.
01:16:33.69\01:16:37.36
So, they said, you
couldn't afford it.
01:16:37.39\01:16:39.23
There's no way
you can afford it.
01:16:39.26\01:16:41.80
So, I said, what would it
cost? Just give me a figure.
01:16:41.83\01:16:44.27
So finally, he looks at me
01:16:44.30\01:16:46.63
and he says
probably about a $100,000.
01:16:46.67\01:16:51.14
Well, to me, I, you
mean we could build,
01:16:51.17\01:16:54.54
buy a huge facility in Russia,
01:16:54.58\01:16:58.05
never been able to do that
before for only a $100,000,
01:16:58.08\01:17:02.62
they were saying,
oh, this is impossible.
01:17:02.65\01:17:04.92
There's no way we
could raise that much money.
01:17:04.95\01:17:08.06
So, I said, what
people sometimes do
01:17:08.09\01:17:10.96
when we've been in
ministry for a while.
01:17:10.99\01:17:12.89
And we kind of think
01:17:12.93\01:17:14.26
we know where God is
leading and we shouldn't,
01:17:14.30\01:17:15.73
but our human tendency is.
01:17:15.76\01:17:18.27
So, I say, well, listen,
if you can get us something
01:17:18.30\01:17:22.90
and we can buy
it for a $100,000,
01:17:22.94\01:17:25.37
I'll go back to the States.
01:17:25.41\01:17:26.74
I'm going to tell all
of our American friends,
01:17:26.78\01:17:29.21
I'm going to tell
them about this opportunity
01:17:29.24\01:17:32.21
about we need a
church for all these people.
01:17:32.25\01:17:34.75
We need a center.
01:17:34.78\01:17:36.12
So, these people can
come, they can learn and grow.
01:17:36.15\01:17:39.45
And I said, I'm sure we
can raise that $ 100,000.
01:17:39.49\01:17:43.12
So, I looked over at Mr. Travis,
01:17:43.16\01:17:45.19
who hadn't said a word.
01:17:45.23\01:17:47.36
And he looked at me
and he nodded his head.
01:17:47.40\01:17:49.23
He went.
01:17:49.26\01:17:51.83
And so, I looked at
him and he just smiled.
01:17:51.87\01:17:54.17
He went, I said,
don't you think Mr. Travis?
01:17:54.20\01:17:57.77
He said, now I know
why the Lord impressed me
01:17:57.81\01:18:00.28
to come to Russia.
01:18:00.31\01:18:01.81
I'll give the $100,000.
01:18:01.84\01:18:04.98
Now, if that didn't
give you some chill bumps.
01:18:05.01\01:18:07.95
Now you think about it.
01:18:07.98\01:18:09.48
The timing, God's timing,
the blessing is on the go.
01:18:09.52\01:18:13.72
You go.
01:18:13.76\01:18:15.09
Because I stood
outside the hotel
01:18:15.12\01:18:17.29
and I said, Lord,
because that Psalms 2:8,
01:18:17.33\01:18:20.00
"Came to me, ask of me,
01:18:20.03\01:18:21.36
and I'll give you the
heathen for thine inheritance,
01:18:21.40\01:18:23.53
and the uttermost
parts of the earth
01:18:23.57\01:18:25.13
for thy possessions."
01:18:25.17\01:18:26.90
And I said, Lord, I'm
standing on terra firma.
01:18:26.94\01:18:29.60
What can you do?
01:18:29.64\01:18:30.97
What are you going to do for us?
01:18:31.01\01:18:32.34
But we're here. We made it.
01:18:32.37\01:18:33.71
The blessing of
God is on the go.
01:18:33.74\01:18:35.94
So here we did, we came.
01:18:35.98\01:18:41.02
Manny gave the money.
01:18:41.05\01:18:42.38
We ended up
buying the facilities
01:18:42.42\01:18:45.19
after two or three years,
01:18:45.22\01:18:46.55
and we put a lot
more money in it.
01:18:46.59\01:18:48.62
That facility 28,
01:18:48.66\01:18:50.39
29 years later is
still bringing in souls
01:18:50.43\01:18:56.26
for the kingdom of God.
01:18:56.30\01:18:57.97
I could go on and
on and on. I'm sorry.
01:18:58.00\01:19:00.34
Maybe I took too much
time in the beginning,
01:19:00.37\01:19:02.67
but I want to let you know
01:19:02.70\01:19:04.44
that Jesus says
01:19:04.47\01:19:06.04
all powers given me
in heaven and earth.
01:19:06.07\01:19:08.28
Then he says go, ye therefore.
01:19:08.31\01:19:10.25
Then He says, teaching
them to observe all things
01:19:10.28\01:19:13.21
whatsoever I have commanded you.
01:19:13.25\01:19:15.82
And I believe
as much as anything
01:19:15.85\01:19:18.29
that's teaching the
Ten Commandments of God,
01:19:18.32\01:19:20.66
not nine of them,
not eight of them,
01:19:20.69\01:19:22.72
not seven of them,
because now in our church,
01:19:22.76\01:19:25.16
it seems like, and
the Christian Church
01:19:25.19\01:19:27.16
we're forgetting about
01:19:27.20\01:19:28.53
the sixth and
seventh commandments,
01:19:28.56\01:19:30.30
we don't want to talk about
01:19:30.33\01:19:31.67
those are not
politically correct.
01:19:31.70\01:19:33.07
That's another sermon,
but we have to stand up.
01:19:33.10\01:19:35.67
So, I want to promise
you, do you give all God
01:19:35.70\01:19:38.67
the credit and you trust in Him.
01:19:38.71\01:19:40.68
You go forward when He
impresses you to in ministry,
01:19:40.71\01:19:43.85
you stick to the
message that He's called you.
01:19:43.88\01:19:46.48
Do not look to the left,
do not look to the right.
01:19:46.51\01:19:49.38
Say, Lord, I
will not compromise.
01:19:49.42\01:19:51.32
I'm going to do no
matter how unpopular it is.
01:19:51.35\01:19:54.76
I promise you I'm
going to preach the truth.
01:19:54.79\01:19:59.39
3ABN I can say this in
spite of all of our failures,
01:19:59.43\01:20:02.93
those of you watching for years,
01:20:02.96\01:20:04.73
we've continued
to preach and with,
01:20:04.77\01:20:06.33
by God's grace and
through board members
01:20:06.37\01:20:08.67
that care and
leadership like Greg and Jill
01:20:08.70\01:20:10.81
and others here, Pastor
John, all of those 3ABN has,
01:20:10.84\01:20:14.74
is committed and will continue
01:20:14.78\01:20:17.41
is my promise to
you to give an undiluted
01:20:17.45\01:20:20.02
three angel's
messages, one would counteract
01:20:20.05\01:20:22.82
the counterfeit
and to all the world.
01:20:22.85\01:20:25.69
I'm so thankful
that we serve a God.
01:20:25.72\01:20:28.02
And I'm going to ask my wife
Yvonne to come out right now.
01:20:28.06\01:20:31.46
Yvonne, I'm all excited here.
01:20:31.49\01:20:33.29
I'm sorry, maybe
taken so much time,
01:20:33.33\01:20:36.13
but I want you to
come out and sing for us.
01:20:36.16\01:20:39.07
And I've been
talking about people going,
01:20:39.10\01:20:41.20
the blessing of
God is on the go.
01:20:41.24\01:20:42.90
Yes. And I see Tim is with you.
01:20:42.94\01:20:45.17
You have a song for us.
01:20:45.21\01:20:46.54
What would you
sing for us today?
01:20:46.57\01:20:48.58
I will go. I will go.
01:20:48.61\01:20:50.31
That's the name of
the song? All right.
01:20:50.35\01:20:51.68
Yes, that's the
name of the song.
01:20:51.71\01:20:53.05
Give me ears to hear
01:21:05.99\01:21:10.97
Your Spirit
01:21:11.00\01:21:13.97
Give me feet to follow
01:21:14.00\01:21:18.64
Through Give me
01:21:18.67\01:21:21.98
Hands to touch
01:21:22.01\01:21:24.88
The hurting And the faith
01:21:24.91\01:21:30.62
To follow You
01:21:30.65\01:21:35.26
Lord, give me
01:21:38.69\01:21:40.60
Grace to be Your servant
01:21:40.63\01:21:45.83
Give me
01:21:45.87\01:21:47.44
Mercy for the lot
01:21:47.47\01:21:52.47
Give me
01:21:52.51\01:21:54.21
Passion for Your glory
01:21:54.24\01:21:59.21
Give me
01:21:59.25\01:22:00.98
Passion for the cross
01:22:01.02\01:22:06.96
And I will go
01:22:06.99\01:22:09.36
Where there are no easy roads
01:22:09.39\01:22:14.90
Leave the comforts
01:22:14.93\01:22:17.67
That I know
01:22:17.70\01:22:21.94
I will go
01:22:21.97\01:22:24.37
And let this journey be my home
01:22:24.41\01:22:29.58
I will go
01:22:29.61\01:22:35.28
I will go
01:22:35.32\01:22:39.52
I'll let go
01:22:52.47\01:22:54.80
of my ambition
01:22:54.84\01:22:58.47
Cut the roots that run too deep
01:22:58.51\01:23:04.15
I will
01:23:04.18\01:23:05.88
Learn to give away
01:23:05.91\01:23:10.29
What I cannot
01:23:10.32\01:23:13.36
Really keep Oh,
01:23:13.39\01:23:16.79
What I cannot
01:23:16.83\01:23:20.06
Really keep
01:23:20.10\01:23:24.73
Help me see
01:23:24.77\01:23:29.20
With eyes of faith
01:23:29.24\01:23:34.04
Give me strength
01:23:34.08\01:23:38.31
To run
01:23:38.35\01:23:40.28
This race
01:23:40.32\01:23:43.28
I will go Lord
01:23:47.36\01:23:51.26
Where Your glory
01:23:51.29\01:23:53.19
Is unknown
01:23:53.23\01:23:54.86
I will live for You
01:23:54.90\01:23:58.20
Alone I will
01:23:58.23\01:24:02.04
Go because my life
01:24:02.07\01:24:05.87
Is not my own
01:24:05.91\01:24:07.88
I will go
01:24:07.91\01:24:13.11
I will go
01:24:13.15\01:24:16.15
Lord where Your glory
01:24:16.18\01:24:19.89
Is unknown
01:24:19.92\01:24:21.36
I will live for You
01:24:21.39\01:24:24.89
Alone I will
01:24:24.93\01:24:29.16
Go because my life
01:24:29.20\01:24:33.34
Is not my own
01:24:33.37\01:24:35.97
I will go
01:24:36.00\01:24:41.88
I will go
01:24:41.91\01:24:45.45
I will go
01:24:49.98\01:24:54.79
Amen. Thank you very much.
01:25:02.20\01:25:04.10
What a beautiful song
and beautiful testimony.
01:25:04.13\01:25:08.24
It's my hope and
prayer today that each of us
01:25:08.27\01:25:11.01
and everybody watching
and listening to this around
01:25:11.04\01:25:13.88
the world, that you've
made a commitment to say,
01:25:13.91\01:25:15.74
Lord, here I am,
send me. I will go.
01:25:15.78\01:25:18.48
Many of you can't
physically get out.
01:25:18.51\01:25:20.45
You can't do some of
the things you used to do,
01:25:20.48\01:25:23.32
but you can support 3ABN.
01:25:23.35\01:25:25.59
We're just going to
ask you to pray and say,
01:25:25.62\01:25:27.82
Lord, what would
you have me to do?
01:25:27.86\01:25:29.99
Because as you support
3ABN and all of us together,
01:25:30.03\01:25:33.53
joining hands
together can reach a lost
01:25:33.56\01:25:35.90
and dying world
before Jesus comes back.
01:25:35.93\01:25:38.00
And He's coming back very
soon in the clouds of glory.
01:25:38.03\01:25:41.10
Yvonne, I'm wondering
if you could take us out
01:25:41.14\01:25:43.17
with a closing prayer, or
if you have a word before,
01:25:43.20\01:25:46.91
not, just pray for us.
01:25:46.94\01:25:48.54
Thank you so
much for that message,
01:25:48.58\01:25:50.11
it's so inspiring to
know that the Lord is with us
01:25:50.15\01:25:53.72
and His timing is perfect.
01:25:53.75\01:25:55.52
It is perfect. So,
thank you so much for that.
01:25:55.55\01:25:58.85
Lord, we just praise Your name.
01:25:58.89\01:26:00.42
We thank You so
much that You've given us
01:26:00.46\01:26:02.32
the privilege of going.
01:26:02.36\01:26:04.99
We have the
privilege of serving You.
01:26:05.03\01:26:06.93
And so, we thank
You for that privilege.
01:26:06.96\01:26:08.76
And we pray that
right now that everyone
01:26:08.80\01:26:11.37
that is within the
sound of our voices will seek
01:26:11.40\01:26:14.37
You on the ministry
that you have for them.
01:26:14.40\01:26:17.34
And then they will go
01:26:17.37\01:26:18.77
and they will serve
because one day soon,
01:26:18.81\01:26:21.58
Lord, we know
that You're coming back
01:26:21.61\01:26:23.91
and we cannot wait to see You.
01:26:23.95\01:26:25.95
And so, we thank
You. We praise You.
01:26:25.98\01:26:28.65
We know that You have
a plan for each of us,
01:26:28.68\01:26:31.95
and we thank You for that.
01:26:31.99\01:26:33.32
So, make your plan
clear to each of us Lord,
01:26:33.36\01:26:36.12
so that we might
walk in Your way.
01:26:36.16\01:26:38.43
We thank You and
praise You in Jesus' name.
01:26:38.46\01:26:41.03
Amen. Amen.
01:26:41.06\01:26:43.33
I just say, again, it's our hope
01:26:43.37\01:26:44.90
and prayer that
each and every one of you
01:26:44.93\01:26:46.60
have submitted and
committed your life to Jesus.
01:26:46.63\01:26:49.80
And you can be
part of that go ye.
01:26:49.84\01:26:51.97
As I said earlier, you
may not be able to go out
01:26:52.01\01:26:54.11
physically and do things.
01:26:54.14\01:26:55.81
You can call people.
You can get on the internet.
01:26:55.84\01:26:58.61
There's all kinds
of ways you can do it.
01:26:58.65\01:27:00.42
Just share it
with your loved ones.
01:27:00.45\01:27:02.35
Hey, God bless, go
ye into all the world.
01:27:02.38\01:27:07.86
His body was broken
01:27:07.89\01:27:11.16
so that we could live
01:27:11.19\01:27:12.89
giving us the
gift of eternal life.
01:27:12.93\01:27:16.83
He pursues us relentlessly
with an everlasting love,
01:27:16.87\01:27:22.17
regardless of our
failures and mistakes.
01:27:22.20\01:27:26.01
The one who
loves us like no other.
01:27:26.04\01:27:30.08
This is who Jesus is.
01:27:30.11\01:27:32.31