the light of the world is
shining, prepare your hearts to
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proclaim the final cry.
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This is 3ABN
Summer Camp Meeting.
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Hello, 3ABN family.
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Welcome to opening
night of 3ABN Camp Meeting.
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This is our summer camp
meeting, preparing to proclaim
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the final cry.
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We have people just coming in
now, our 3ABN family, and I had
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the opportunity just before
we went live to talk to a few of
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you.
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Because it feels like home.
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When you come together, you
are part of the 3ABN family.
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And for those of you
at home, welcome as well.
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You are part of the family.
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We're so glad you're tuning in.
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This is, of
course, our music hour.
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And then we have two
hours of preaching tonight.
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And we are looking forward
to the anointing of the Holy
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Spirit as we prepare
to proclaim the final cry.
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Amen.
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Thank you, as Jill mentioned.
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You are part of the 3ABN family.
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I was literally just
minutes ago down in the RV park.
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I may look a
little sweaty, but wow.
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You still look cute.
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I don't know.
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I'm just Greg.
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But there are many of you from
all over have made, traveled
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many miles to be here, saw a
number that are not quite here
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yet.
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But what a blessing.
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This is a time
of revival, right?
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We come here for fellowship,
but also spiritual renewal.
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And the wonderful thing about
each one of you is you all are
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evangelistically minded.
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You like to share the gospel.
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And so when you come here,
get filled, you then go back to
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your homes, your churches, your
workplaces and share what you
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have learned here.
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Mr. Danny, a
blessing to be here, isn't it?
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Oh, I tell you, it is.
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In this building, let's
see, this is about 21 years, I
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think, since we
had camp meeting.
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Our first one here,
I think, was in 2004.
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And some of you, I think I hear
a phone ring and that's OK or a
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call from somewhere.
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They say call
him up, call him up.
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But some of the faces that I
see out here was here in 2000
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back in 2004.
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Anybody been here for 20 years?
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Ever come to 3AB
and camp meeting?
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I knew some of the folks there
from Missouri for sure and some
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of the other places.
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Somebody I think out here you
said came for camp meetings at
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our very first.
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From Tasmania, somebody
had come all the way over from
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Australia.
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Incredible.
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We plan on having a great
weekend because we've been
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praying and asking for the
anointing of the Holy Spirit.
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And when the Lord is here
and we move out of the way, some
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great, mighty,
marvelous things will happen.
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It's so great to be here.
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We love to see your faces.
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We love it when you come
and we can look out and see you.
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And of course, we
love you at home as well.
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We're so
thankful that you're here.
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And this is a time of renewal.
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This is a time of recommitment
where we can recommit ourselves
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to Jesus.
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So what a
blessing it is to be here.
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And I'm looking forward to just
worshiping the Lord with you.
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And now we have Pastor
Ryan and Anissa Johnson with us.
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You know, Jason Bradley was our
Dare to Dream general manager
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for years, and he married his
beautiful wife and they moved
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over to California.
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And the Lord brought us Pastor
Ryan Johnson and his wife,
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Anissa.
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assistant.
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Is that how it works?
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She's the boss.
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So we're so glad
to have you here.
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Anything on your
heart you want to share?
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I just want to say it
feels wonderful to be home.
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Amen.
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I love that.
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Yes, I totally agree.
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The family atmosphere is not
just something that they talk
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about.
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It pervades every
aspect of the ministry.
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And being new, it is wonderful
to be considered family.
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You know, in these final days,
the Holy Spirit is doing work
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all over the world.
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Is he not?
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Yes, he is.
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And that includes the urban
ministry in our inner cities.
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And that is the demographic
that is under the purview of
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the Dare to Dream network.
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So keep us in prayer as we
continue to spread the gospel
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where it is needed most.
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Amen.
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He's a man of many talents.
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Mr. Danny, he could almost be
like our bodyguard or something
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or I don't know.
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I'm going to see that he
goes with me everywhere I go.
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But he also sings, you
know, and so what a blessing.
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Yeah, we're going to be blessed
in just a few minutes by him.
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Amen.
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Yeah.
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Praise the Lord.
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So glad you all are here.
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What a blessing.
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Amen.
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Thank you.
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And then Pastor James and Reese
Raffrey, they've been here for
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many, many years.
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But we are just in the process.
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This is news to
all of you, maybe.
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But we have a brand new 3ABM
program that we're launching.
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It's called
3ABM Truth for Today.
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We believe we are living
in the last moments of Earth's
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history.
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We need to know why we believe
what we believe and how we can
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prove that from the Word of God.
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This new series will feature
different integral beliefs that
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we can find in the Word.
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The first one is the
investigative judgment, the
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everlasting gospel and the
investigative judgment from the
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Word of God.
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That mini series will be
airing on 3ABM next weekend.
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Friday night in Sabbath.
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It's a five-part series.
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Incredible speakers.
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You can look forward to that.
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And in conjunction with that,
Pastor James Raffrey, the Lord,
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put on your heart, and I
know on Greg's heart because he
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asked you to work on this too,
but a brand new book, Silencing
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the Accuser, a
Gospel Investigation of the
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Investigative Judgment.
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So talk to us about that.
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Before he does, I just want to
say this was kind of funny how
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God works, but it's
a divine appointment.
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So we had some discussions
about the investigative
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judgment.
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I called Pastor James in
my office and I said, Pastor
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James, can you
write a book in one week?
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And so get this though,
he didn't even bat an eye.
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He was like, yes, I can.
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And then he told me this story
because this is amazing how God
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works.
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Talk to us about that.
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Yeah, so it's been
a burden on my heart.
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You know, we as Seventh-day
Adventists are very good with
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the truth and with the
doctrines, but we're weak when
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it comes to the Gospel at
times, and we don't always
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emphasize or bring Christ into
our evangelistic meanings, our
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evangelistic emphasis.
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So I've been
evangelist for many, many years.
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I've traveled
all over the world.
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I've sung in many places,
in the showers, of course.
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I was going to say, I've never
heard you sing, Pastor James.
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And as I've done evangelism,
I've noticed in my own growth
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and understanding the need to
bring Christ in more and more,
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to push him in more and more.
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So when Greg asked me to write
this book, I said, you know,
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I've already got a couple of
tracks that I put together on
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this, and the only limitation
is going to be the word count.
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And of course, I was eager
to do it because my heart is
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really into helping people
to understand that we have
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powerful Gospel truth in the
investigative judgment, but we
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don't always come at it in
the right way as Seventh-day
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Adventists.
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why the investigative judgment
is such good news from that
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perspective.
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-day timeline, and there's a
nice, beautiful chart in there,
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and all of that is there.
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In fact, there's a little bit
more of that in there, a little
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bit more evidence that we've
been given as we've moved down
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through time.
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But everything is
saturated in Jesus Christ.
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I'm really excited about this.
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Just a lot of good
insights and thoughts.
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So this booklet is available
right now at Camp Meeting.
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We've been printing it at our
call center, the initial run.
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Any size donation, you can
just pick it up and grab it and
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share it with people.
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It's at the booth.
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For those of you at home, it
is available now online at our
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store, 3ABN.TV, and you
can order it that way as well.
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It's literally
hot off the press.
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I mean, they're printing
right now at our call center, so
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praise God.
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praise God for that.
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And I just want to mention,
Recy actually wrote a new book,
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too, which we have available
at the call center, too.
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Talk to us, Recy,
about conquering the crave.
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So conquering the crave kind of
approaches, I guess, our health
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from a different perspective.
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A lot of times when we think
about eating or drinking to the
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glory of God, we always have
like a specific food or drink
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that we think we need
to be eating or not eating.
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And yet those are like
superfluous things, really,
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when we deal with the core
of what's going on, it's the
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crave.
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that our problem with the
crave is really inherent in our
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nature.
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and be strong where maybe
we're weak, we'll recognize that
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source and know that
Christ is the answer.
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Amen.
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So you can get
that at the booth.
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That's available
at the booth as well.
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So we got lots of new resources.
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Amen.
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Now let's open in prayer.
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Dr. Yvonne, how about
opening prayer for us, please.
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Holy Father, what a
gift it is for us to be here.
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What a privilege it
is for us to worship you.
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Thank you for your goodness,
your mercy, your kindness, your
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love.
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are here,
bringing them here safely.
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And we just pray that your
Spirit will just overtake us
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this week.
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Thank you again for all
that you do and for who you are.
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We praise you
and bless your name.
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In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Amen.
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Well, I think it's
time to do some music.
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What do you all think?
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That's right.
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Yes, sir.
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Oh, Farah's
already at the piano.
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And they're going
to come and bless us.
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And then Pastor Ryan, I
think you're next, right?
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Yes, sir.
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All right.
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Let's do it.
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Okay.
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I hear my mocking
voice among the scoffers.
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It was my sin
that held him there.
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It was accomplished.
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His dying breath
has brought me life.
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I know that it is finished.
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I
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will not boast in anything.
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No gifts, no power, no wisdom.
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But I will
boast in Jesus Christ.
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His death and resurrection.
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Why should I
gain from His reward?
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I cannot give an answer.
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But this I know
with all my heart.
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His wounds have paid my ransom.
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Why should I
gain from His reward?
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I cannot give an answer.
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But this I know
with all my heart.
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His wounds have paid my ransom.
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Only human, I'm just a man.
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Help me believe in what I
could be and all that I am.
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Show me the stairway
that I have to climb.
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Lord, for my sake, teach
me to take one day at a time.
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One day at a time.
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Sweet Jesus, that's
all that I'm asking of You.
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Just give me the strength to
do every day what I have to do.
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Because
yesterday's gone, sweet Jesus.
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And tomorrow may never be mine.
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So help me today.
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Show me the way
one day at a time.
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Do you remember
when you walked among?
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Lord Jesus, you know, if you're
looking below, that it's worse
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now than then.
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All this pushing and
shoving, it's crowding my mind.
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So Lord, for my sake, teach
me to take one day at a time.
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One day, sweet Jesus, that's
all that I'm asking of You.
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Just give me the strength to
do every day what I have to do.
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Because
yesterday's gone, sweet Jesus.
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And tomorrow may never be mine.
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So help me today.
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Show me the way
one day at a time.
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Oh, help me today.
00:16:52.17\00:16:58.51
Show me the way
one day at a time.
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Oh,
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they will rejoice
with my heart and my voice.
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All my life I will give
to the one who redeemed me.
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I will worship the Christ
and for Him sacrifice everything
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that I am.
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At the feet of the
Lamb I will rejoice.
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I will arise with the sun
and lift my hands to the one who
00:18:15.16\00:18:24.67
has created the
heavens and the earth.
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All through the day I will sing
praise to the Lord God my King.
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And when the shadows have
fallen, I will not fear He is
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with me.
00:18:47.49\00:18:48.42
I will rejoice with
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my will given to
the one who redeemed me.
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I will worship the Christ
and to Him sacrifice everything
00:19:02.84\00:19:11.51
that I am.
00:19:11.51\00:19:13.98
At the feet of the
Lamb I will rejoice.
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I will give to the
one who redeemed me.
00:19:59.73\00:20:05.30
I will worship the Christ
and to Him sacrifice everything
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that I am.
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At the feet of the
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Lamb I will rejoice again.
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I say rejoice.
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Isn't that wonderful?
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Praise the Lord.
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Thank you, Tim.
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And you wake up the next
morning and you say, Lord,
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forgive me?
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And next week you
say, Lord, forgive me?
00:20:56.69\00:20:59.15
And every time you say,
Lord, forgive me, He's there to
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forgive you.
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Well, this song talks about
the reason why, because we could
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never fall farther
than His grace can reach.
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Oh,
00:21:13.10\00:21:13.70
you can still put up with me.
00:21:34.99\00:21:39.06
I know I put you to
the limit, or so it seems.
00:21:40.06\00:21:53.01
I start each day with good
intentions, then fill you in a
00:21:54.01\00:22:04.15
thousand ways.
00:22:04.15\00:22:06.59
But still you keep forgiving
me of the same mistakes.
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No faults, no wrong, no dark
of night can hide me from your
00:22:21.04\00:22:32.38
eyes.
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I cannot fall a climb farther
than your grace can reach.
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I know you've heard
this prayer I'm praying, but
00:22:52.17\00:23:00.18
I don't deserve your
mercy but once again.
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You say no faults, no wrong, no
dark of night can hide me from
00:23:18.93\00:23:29.84
your eyes.
00:23:29.84\00:23:31.61
I cannot fall a climb farther
than your grace can reach.
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Rock of ages, cleft for me.
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God bless us all,
the weak and weary.
00:24:03.77\00:24:09.64
We are captives of
our flesh and blood.
00:24:11.18\00:24:16.69
But our only freedom is
the refuge of your love.
00:24:18.29\00:24:29.53
You say no faults, no wrong, no
dark of night can hide me from
00:24:29.53\00:24:41.44
your eyes.
00:24:41.44\00:24:51.42
I cannot fall a climb farther
than your grace can reach.
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Farther than
your grace can reach.
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Your grace can reach.
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Suspended above the world that
he made and below his home in
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the sky.
00:26:04.23\00:26:06.59
And flesh came down to man
and man raised him up to die.
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And there on the tree the
destiny of every fallen man was
00:26:22.14\00:26:38.69
hailed by nails driven through
His sinless feet and hands.
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Somewhere between Heaven and
Earth stood a symbol of grace
00:26:53.01\00:27:03.39
not based on our word.
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It was there we
endured what we deserved.
00:27:07.66\00:27:15.73
For a cross held the hope
of the world somewhere between
00:27:16.20\00:27:24.81
Heaven and Earth.
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Somewhere between time
and space Somewhere between
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judgment and grace He
became a sin He'd never know.
00:27:40.16\00:27:51.93
And as the skies turned black
His Father turned His back and
00:27:52.57\00:28:00.31
for that moment
He was left alone.
00:28:00.31\00:28:06.85
Somewhere between Heaven and
Earth stood a symbol of grace
00:28:12.05\00:28:22.66
not based on our word.
00:28:22.66\00:28:26.77
It was there He
endured what we deserved.
00:28:27.07\00:28:35.14
For a cross held the hope
of the world somewhere between
00:28:35.28\00:28:44.05
Heaven and Earth.
00:28:44.05\00:28:50.09
stood a symbol of
grace not based on our word.
00:28:53.36\00:29:00.54
It was there
00:29:00.54\00:29:02.64
we endured for a cross
held the hope of the world
00:29:06.61\00:29:14.35
somewhere between Heaven
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and Earth.
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Suspended above the world that
He'd made and below His home in
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the sky.
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We're so happy to be
back at camp meeting.
00:30:15.54\00:30:18.95
Are y'all glad?
00:30:19.35\00:30:20.15
Y'all, we're just getting going.
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It's going to be a great,
great, wonderful week all the
00:30:22.75\00:30:25.39
way through
Sabbath and here we go.
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Hang on and get ready.
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The Lord's
going to do some work.
00:30:28.76\00:30:30.06
He's already done some work
in my life on this drive up here
00:30:30.79\00:30:33.33
today.
00:30:33.33\00:30:33.73
Me too.
00:30:34.56\00:30:35.06
He was driving really fast.
00:30:35.23\00:30:36.63
No, we're so happy to be
here again with you and the 3ABN
00:30:38.70\00:30:41.94
family.
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And I was just thinking when
we were singing about that, the
00:30:43.14\00:30:44.84
cross, you know, and I thought
about the other day, I think it
00:30:44.84\00:30:49.34
was just last night we were
sitting on our deck and we were
00:30:49.34\00:30:51.45
just talking about all the
different miracles that God
00:30:51.45\00:30:54.42
did, that Jesus did when He was
on Earth and all the different
00:30:54.42\00:30:57.12
ones in the Bible and great
ones, the sight to see, healing
00:30:57.12\00:31:02.12
the leper.
00:31:02.12\00:31:02.79
Raising the dead.
00:31:03.12\00:31:03.83
Yes, all of those things.
00:31:04.16\00:31:05.46
Amazing.
00:31:05.59\00:31:09.03
just desperately
wanting that miracle?
00:31:09.03\00:31:10.93
And sometimes that miracle
is the one you receive and
00:31:12.07\00:31:15.84
sometimes it's not the miracle
you get, but God has a bigger
00:31:15.84\00:31:21.71
plan and a better miracle
that maybe you can't see at that
00:31:21.71\00:31:24.45
moment.
00:31:24.45\00:31:25.01
And we were talking about the
cross and we were talking about
00:31:25.68\00:31:28.02
all those things and Reggie
said, but you know what the
00:31:28.02\00:31:29.92
greatest miracle of all is?
00:31:29.92\00:31:31.19
The one that He did at
the cross for us that make all
00:31:32.12\00:31:34.79
those miracles, you know,
makes it where we can do that.
00:31:34.79\00:31:38.83
He died on the cross.
00:31:39.03\00:31:40.23
Yes.
00:31:40.46\00:31:40.76
And rose again.
00:31:40.90\00:31:41.70
It makes all of
those miracles possible.
00:31:41.80\00:31:43.70
Absolutely.
00:31:43.83\00:31:44.33
But He gave His
only begotten Son for us.
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Whosoever believes
in Him shall be saved.
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So those things you're going
through that are so hard or
00:31:50.44\00:31:52.57
your child or your family,
those hard, hard times, Jesus
00:31:52.57\00:31:57.48
has come to give life.
00:31:57.48\00:31:58.75
He's going to see you through
that however it plays out right
00:31:58.88\00:32:03.42
here on earth one day.
00:32:03.42\00:32:04.62
But He's going to never leave
you and He came so that all of
00:32:04.99\00:32:09.19
us could have life.
00:32:09.19\00:32:10.13
That's the biggest promise
and I can't wait to hear all the
00:32:10.53\00:32:13.33
things that the speakers
are going to speak about tonight
00:32:13.33\00:32:16.30
and all through the weekend.
00:32:16.30\00:32:17.90
There's room at the cross
for you, for your son, for your
00:32:18.37\00:32:24.44
daughter, for your
wayward sister or brother.
00:32:24.44\00:32:27.38
There's room at the cross.
00:32:28.44\00:32:29.78
Whenever they come, He says,
all you come to me, all you who
00:32:30.28\00:32:33.28
are weary, and I
will give you rest.
00:32:33.28\00:32:35.42
There's room at
the cross for you.
00:32:41.59\00:32:50.30
There's room at the cross for
00:32:51.30\00:32:59.64
you.
00:33:03.18\00:33:04.08
Though millions have come,
there's still room for one.
00:33:04.61\00:33:15.92
Yes, there's room
at the cross for you.
00:33:16.76\00:33:28.64
The cross upon which Jesus died
is a shelter in which we can
00:33:32.77\00:33:47.62
hide and its grace so
free, it's sufficient for me.
00:33:47.62\00:34:00.17
And deep is its
fountain, as wide as the sea.
00:34:01.64\00:34:11.98
There's room at
the cross for you.
00:34:13.25\00:34:21.26
There's room at
the cross for you.
00:34:22.29\00:34:30.20
There's still room for one.
00:34:38.27\00:34:42.54
Yes, there's room
at the cross for you.
00:34:43.35\00:34:52.29
Though millions have come,
there's still room for one.
00:34:53.29\00:35:07.50
Yes, there's room
at the cross for you.
00:35:12.61\00:35:23.12
That changes
everything, doesn't it?
00:35:32.39\00:35:34.50
Changes everything.
00:35:34.86\00:35:35.96
We have hope in
the Lord, you guys.
00:35:36.50\00:35:38.30
We have hope in the Lord.
00:35:38.37\00:35:39.30
And that's why it's so great
this weekend for camp meeting
00:35:39.90\00:35:42.20
because we're all together,
believers together, and we're
00:35:42.20\00:35:46.24
the family of God.
00:35:46.24\00:35:47.21
We'll have to sing
that one later this week.
00:35:48.61\00:35:50.25
Family of God, all together,
and you guys sing it with us
00:35:50.98\00:35:53.21
for sure.
00:35:53.21\00:35:53.95
We want to sing another
song that we recorded many, many
00:35:54.42\00:35:57.59
years ago in Toronto, Canada
with the Gaither Homecoming
00:35:57.59\00:36:01.49
Group.
00:36:01.49\00:36:01.99
And this was a song that we
actually recorded that we had
00:36:03.93\00:36:08.36
heard overseas in Ireland,
and my uncle loved Irish music.
00:36:08.36\00:36:12.80
And he called me and said, hey,
you know, I'm not doing well.
00:36:13.60\00:36:17.04
I might be passing, you know,
away soon, and I want you to
00:36:17.07\00:36:22.34
sing that, you
know, at my celebration.
00:36:22.34\00:36:24.38
I said, oh, come on,
let's don't talk about that.
00:36:24.48\00:36:26.88
Let's have a good
day and everything.
00:36:27.02\00:36:28.22
He said, I'm having a great
day, but I'm just telling you
00:36:28.22\00:36:30.45
what I want.
00:36:30.45\00:36:31.02
And I said, yes, sir.
00:36:31.82\00:36:33.02
And so we did that and then
put together this song, and we
00:36:33.72\00:36:36.83
ended up singing it on the
Gaither Homecoming, and it goes
00:36:36.83\00:36:41.40
like this.
00:36:41.40\00:36:42.06
And oh, my soul so weary
When troubles come And my heart
00:37:05.69\00:37:15.86
burdened And I am still And
wait here in the silence Until
00:37:15.86\00:37:28.44
you come And sit awhile with
me And you raise me up So I can
00:37:28.44\00:37:42.09
stand on mountains.
00:37:42.09\00:37:44.03
And you raise me up
to walk on stormy seas.
00:37:44.23\00:37:52.60
And I am strong when
I am on your shoulders.
00:37:53.74\00:38:02.51
And you raise me up
to more than I can be.
00:38:03.45\00:38:14.52
And you raise me up so
I can stand on mountains.
00:38:45.89\00:38:54.03
And you raise me up
to walk on stormy seas.
00:38:54.03\00:39:02.04
And I am strong when
I am on your shoulders.
00:39:02.74\00:39:11.31
And you raise me up
to more than I can be.
00:39:11.31\00:39:23.69
There is no life, no
life without its hunger.
00:39:25.23\00:39:32.30
Each restless heart
beats so imperfectly.
00:39:32.80\00:39:38.61
Sometimes I think
I glimpse eternity.
00:39:48.45\00:39:54.89
You raise me up so I
can stand on mountains.
00:39:55.29\00:40:03.73
You raise me up to
walk on stormy seas.
00:40:04.90\00:40:12.11
And I am strong when
I am on your shoulders.
00:40:12.11\00:40:21.22
You raise me up to
more than I can be.
00:40:22.22\00:40:32.49
Oh Lord, you raise me
up to more than we can be.
00:40:32.49\00:40:48.08
Amen.
00:41:04.53\00:41:05.03
Beautiful.
00:41:06.36\00:41:06.86
Thank you so much.
00:41:07.66\00:41:09.33
Reggie and Lady, we met 20 some
odd years ago and we've just
00:41:10.00\00:41:16.50
bonded.
00:41:16.50\00:41:17.01
You know, when you're
Christians, you have something
00:41:17.64\00:41:20.08
in common.
00:41:20.08\00:41:20.81
So from the time we
met, we've just been so.
00:41:21.08\00:41:23.58
And you and Yvonne, when you
guys met, it's just like, you
00:41:23.88\00:41:27.08
know, they were in the studio
and never sang together and the
00:41:27.08\00:41:29.78
Lord just blessed.
00:41:29.78\00:41:30.89
And so it's incredible
to have you guys here.
00:41:31.12\00:41:33.49
They literally, let's scoot
up a little bit, they travel
00:41:33.69\00:41:36.16
around the world
this full time for them.
00:41:36.16\00:41:39.23
And so we're grateful that
they'll spend a few days with
00:41:39.29\00:41:42.86
us.
00:41:42.86\00:41:46.00
four or five nights a week.
00:41:46.03\00:41:47.37
About 70, 75.
00:41:47.90\00:41:48.74
Still riding in buses, right?
00:41:48.84\00:41:50.44
Still riding all night in buses
and go to the next place and go
00:41:50.81\00:41:54.34
again.
00:41:54.34\00:41:54.88
But it's amazing what you guys
do and how consistent you've
00:41:55.58\00:41:59.01
been for the Lord.
00:41:59.01\00:42:00.28
And I respect you and love you.
00:42:00.48\00:42:02.48
But they asked me to sing
just a while ago with no notice.
00:42:03.42\00:42:07.69
They asked me to come out
and sing a song with them.
00:42:07.72\00:42:09.99
So no practice, no notice.
00:42:10.29\00:42:11.63
So this is my excuse before
in case anything goes south.
00:42:11.63\00:42:15.73
If it goes alright,
forget I said this, okay?
00:42:16.43\00:42:19.13
But I loved, at first I knew
I loved Danny as a brother when
00:42:19.33\00:42:23.57
first of all, he
beat me in ping pong.
00:42:23.57\00:42:25.34
And secondly, when he had the
greatest three-point shot I'd
00:42:26.24\00:42:29.11
ever seen next to
Stephen Curry, you know?
00:42:29.11\00:42:31.58
You think he's better than me?
00:42:31.91\00:42:33.25
Well, no, it's
close, it's close.
00:42:33.52\00:42:35.42
But I knew, first of all,
I wanted him to be on my team
00:42:35.75\00:42:38.95
wherever that was
because it was unbelievable.
00:42:38.95\00:42:41.39
But I just fell in love with
that guy because when he came
00:42:41.39\00:42:43.99
on the ship, you
had a 3ABN hat on.
00:42:43.99\00:42:46.13
And I'm like,
3ABN, what is that?
00:42:46.76\00:42:48.80
And then we got to talking
and just became best buddies
00:42:49.26\00:42:52.27
forever and now we've traveled
all over the world together
00:42:52.27\00:42:54.44
preaching and singing.
00:42:55.20\00:42:56.10
Absolutely, I love it.
00:42:56.40\00:42:57.47
Love doing ministry.
00:42:57.51\00:42:58.31
What are we going to sing?
00:42:58.41\00:42:59.07
Are you going to sing with us?
00:42:59.07\00:42:59.87
Yeah.
00:43:00.21\00:43:03.14
How do you like that?
00:43:03.48\00:43:04.41
You're on a need-to-know basis.
00:43:05.08\00:43:06.72
I'll point to you
when it's time to go.
00:43:07.78\00:43:09.48
OK?
00:43:09.48\00:43:09.92
So, really, I'm just
feeling it, it sounds like.
00:43:12.32\00:43:14.62
I will serve thee Because I
love thee You have given life
00:43:18.46\00:43:35.38
to me I
00:43:35.38\00:43:39.31
was nothing Before you found me
00:43:42.48\00:43:51.49
Given life to
00:43:55.20\00:44:00.17
me Heartaches
Broken pieces Ruin life
00:44:05.17\00:44:19.49
or touch is what I
long for, I've given life.
00:44:30.73\00:44:45.58
I will serve Thee
because I love Thee.
00:44:53.05\00:45:04.03
You have given life to me.
00:45:04.03\00:45:14.21
There was nothing
before you found me.
00:45:20.02\00:45:28.76
You have given life to me.
00:45:28.76\00:45:43.07
You have given me
peace, broken pieces.
00:45:48.48\00:45:56.55
Your eyes are white, you died
00:45:57.72\00:46:06.59
was what I longed for.
00:46:14.97\00:46:22.31
You have given life to me.
00:46:22.31\00:46:34.49
You have given
00:46:34.49\00:46:39.49
life to me.
00:46:44.00\00:46:50.17
You have given life to me.
00:47:05.05\00:47:07.52
You have given life to me.
00:47:07.56\00:47:08.82
You have given life to me.
00:47:09.02\00:47:33.65
You have given life to me.
00:48:00.04\00:48:02.84
You have given life to me.
00:48:02.84\00:48:02.88
You have given life to me.
00:48:03.51\00:48:06.58
I went to visit the shrine of
Plenty and found its storerooms
00:48:22.66\00:48:39.01
all filled with dust.
00:48:39.01\00:48:42.78
I bowed at altars of gold
and silver and as I knelt there
00:48:44.35\00:49:01.80
they turned to us.
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So I'll worship only
at the feet of Jesus.
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His cup alone, my holy
grail, there'll be no other gods
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before him.
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Just Jesus only will never fail.
00:49:44.55\00:49:53.82
The call of fortune made me
a pilgrim to journey to fame's
00:49:54.82\00:50:14.58
promised heights.
00:50:14.58\00:50:16.24
But as I climb the promise
faded and winds blew lonely all
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through the night.
00:50:36.77\00:50:40.40
So I'll worship only
at the feet of Jesus.
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His cup alone, my holy
grail, there'll be no other gods
00:50:54.12\00:51:13.57
before him.
00:51:13.57\00:51:16.50
Just Jesus only will never fail.
00:51:17.27\00:51:27.45
Just desert dust and empty
shadows all promises just turns
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to lies.
00:51:48.67\00:51:50.07
You know why?
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For the gods of
earth fail and betray me.
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But you alone
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I'll worship only
at the feet of Jesus.
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His cup alone, my holy
grail, there'll be no other gods
00:52:28.01\00:52:47.13
before him.
00:52:47.13\00:52:49.60
Just Jesus only
for he will never fail.
00:52:50.50\00:53:01.34
Just Jesus only
for he will never fail.
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Amen.
00:53:16.22\00:53:16.69
Isn't it so good to
know that Jesus never fails?
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If we think about the journey
that we're all on and each one
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of us is on a journey, a
journey that we don't know how
00:53:31.44\00:53:34.94
it's going to end.
00:53:34.94\00:53:36.08
Life is so unpredictable.
00:53:37.08\00:53:39.08
It brings to us, without our
permission, challenges that are
00:53:39.31\00:53:43.82
great and small.
00:53:43.82\00:53:44.69
And when we look at the dates,
you know, 22, 23, 24, 25, 2024
00:53:45.22\00:53:52.69
has been such a challenging
year for my wife and my family.
00:53:52.69\00:53:55.70
We say when we look back on
it, we don't know how we made it
00:53:57.23\00:53:59.67
through it.
00:53:59.67\00:54:00.27
She lost her
brother in March of 2024.
00:54:01.14\00:54:03.61
I lost my sister in April 2024.
00:54:03.77\00:54:05.97
I lost my niece
six months later.
00:54:06.51\00:54:08.54
How ironic that at my sister's
graveside, there with her only
00:54:08.61\00:54:12.81
daughter, we're lamenting
the loss of her mom, only six
00:54:12.81\00:54:16.72
months later, she's buried
right on top of her mother.
00:54:16.72\00:54:20.19
What do you do
when that happens?
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How do you go beyond
those moments and find that you
00:54:23.69\00:54:26.76
continue worshiping God when
sometimes you say, Lord, work
00:54:26.76\00:54:30.40
this out for me.
00:54:30.40\00:54:31.53
I remember being my sister's
bedside and she had been, Tim,
00:54:32.63\00:54:36.50
she'd been
partying since I was 16.
00:54:36.60\00:54:39.34
She was 19.
00:54:39.44\00:54:40.54
We were three years apart and
when we left the church, I was
00:54:40.71\00:54:43.55
only 13 years old.
00:54:43.55\00:54:44.85
And I remember very well back,
and I won't tell you what year
00:54:46.25\00:54:48.75
it was because you saw that in
my age-up, but I'm still young,
00:54:48.75\00:54:52.32
praise God.
00:54:52.42\00:54:53.02
And I left the church at 13
years old, got involved in the
00:54:53.89\00:54:56.66
nightlife of New York
City, not knowing what to do.
00:54:56.66\00:54:59.53
And at 16, I met my
wife-to-be, my wife, Angela.
00:54:59.59\00:55:04.07
She's watching tonight.
00:55:04.60\00:55:05.53
She's healing from surgery.
00:55:05.63\00:55:07.04
Keep her in your prayer.
00:55:07.34\00:55:08.20
And she started my journey back
to the Lord, 16, 17, 18, still
00:55:09.34\00:55:15.74
partying, still going to
church, still listening to
00:55:15.74\00:55:18.45
sermons, still partying.
00:55:18.45\00:55:19.41
I partied from Thursday to
Sunday, but I still went to
00:55:20.05\00:55:23.52
church.
00:55:23.52\00:55:26.19
preaching.
00:55:26.19\00:55:26.59
And as time went on, the Lord
kept speaking to me, and I kept
00:55:27.79\00:55:30.49
coming closer and closer to the
front until one day we both got
00:55:30.49\00:55:34.46
baptized together at 19.
00:55:34.46\00:55:35.96
Never knowing what the Lord had
in store for us, because life
00:55:37.33\00:55:40.17
is a journey He never tells us.
00:55:40.17\00:55:41.80
And through the ups and downs
of life, here we are today,
00:55:42.60\00:55:45.04
2025, not knowing what
2026 is going to bring.
00:55:45.34\00:55:49.71
So when we have camp meetings
like this, the final cry, it
00:55:51.15\00:55:55.32
just may well be the final cry.
00:55:55.32\00:55:57.92
So what do we do?
00:55:58.92\00:55:59.85
I don't know if Reggie and
Lady are backstage at all, or if
00:56:00.76\00:56:03.96
Danny and Reggie
and Lady are backstage.
00:56:03.96\00:56:05.16
I want to have them come
out, because that song they just
00:56:05.16\00:56:08.00
sang a moment ago.
00:56:08.00\00:56:08.70
Come on out.
00:56:08.76\00:56:09.26
I think it fits so beautifully.
00:56:09.76\00:56:11.47
If you could give Danny a
microphone, if you could find a
00:56:12.70\00:56:14.77
note, tell him, come on out.
00:56:14.77\00:56:16.71
Because I will serve thee.
00:56:17.07\00:56:19.84
Why?
00:56:20.21\00:56:20.64
Because I love thee.
00:56:21.48\00:56:22.54
That should be the only
reason we serve the Lord.
00:56:23.28\00:56:26.61
Not because we have
a better health plan.
00:56:27.25\00:56:28.82
Not because
heaven is ahead of us.
00:56:29.42\00:56:31.39
But because we love Him.
00:56:32.69\00:56:34.56
He loved us.
00:56:34.56\00:56:35.92
We loved Him
because He loved us.
00:56:36.52\00:56:37.86
Amen, somebody?
00:56:37.93\00:56:38.53
Amen.
00:56:39.13\00:56:42.03
You get whatever key
they're in, and we just kind of
00:56:42.23\00:56:43.93
harmonize with them.
00:56:43.93\00:56:44.73
Whatever key,
Reggie, could you see?
00:56:45.23\00:56:47.04
What key could you see?
00:56:47.07\00:56:47.84
I'll sing a lead,
and you harmonize.
00:56:48.07\00:56:49.80
Okay, sounds great.
00:56:49.97\00:56:50.57
Is Danny going to join us?
00:56:51.17\00:56:52.24
Not sure, okay.
00:56:52.97\00:56:53.81
But we'll try together.
00:56:54.08\00:56:58.15
serious, very simple chorus.
00:56:58.15\00:57:00.18
But here's the reason
I want you to sing it.
00:57:00.98\00:57:02.85
If you're serving Jesus for
financial benefits, that's the
00:57:03.39\00:57:07.12
wrong reason.
00:57:07.12\00:57:07.72
If you're serving Him because
He answers your prayer, there
00:57:08.62\00:57:12.09
may be a day when He decides
not to answer the prayer the
00:57:12.09\00:57:15.00
way you pray it.
00:57:15.00\00:57:16.00
But you need to
still serve Him anyhow.
00:57:16.53\00:57:18.07
And so tonight as we begin this
camp meeting about the final
00:57:19.23\00:57:24.77
cry, we want to make sure that
you calibrate your mind, that
00:57:24.77\00:57:28.74
you're serving Him
for the right reasons.
00:57:28.74\00:57:30.18