Participants: Greg & Jill Morikone (Host), Brian Hindman
Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY015039A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:07 Amen. 01:08 Hello, friends, welcome to 3ABN Today. 01:10 My name is Greg Morikone. 01:12 I have my wife Jill next to me. 01:14 The reason I said "Amen" 01:15 right as we came to you here today 01:17 is because I love that song, "Mending Broken People", 01:21 "I want to spend my life mending broken people", 01:24 and I know that's Jill and my desire 01:26 and I hope it's yours at home as well. 01:28 Thank you again for joining us 01:29 as you do each and every day here at 3ABN. 01:32 We're so blessed and are privileged 01:33 to be a pert with you. 01:35 I know at times it may seem a little bit like 01:37 we're on this side of the camera 01:38 and you're on that side, but you know 01:41 you're very much a part of 3ABN because of your prayers, 01:45 your financial support for the ministry. 01:47 I know many of you supporter 3ABN for many years 01:50 and you have ministered 01:52 to countless people around the world 01:54 and today we have an exciting program 01:57 of a young man that has given his life to Jesus Christ, 02:02 it's a testimony 02:03 and I tell you Jill and I have met he and his wife, 02:06 who's not on the set with us today, 02:08 but just a wonderful couple and a great story 02:11 of what God has done in their lives. 02:13 And, I know they do have something 02:15 to be thankful for as well because you have life today 02:17 and God is good and I know that Jill 02:20 and myself have so many blessings in our lives 02:23 that the list can go on and on. 02:25 But today is a good day because Jesus loves us, 02:28 Jesus died for us, and we have the gift salvation. 02:30 Amen. 02:31 Absolutely we're excited today about the program 02:34 as Greg mentioned because we have, 02:35 we don't want to wait any longer, 02:37 before we go to the music and we do the scripture, 02:40 I want to introduce you to our special guest. 02:43 His name is Brian Hindman, and, Brian, welcome. 02:46 I'm going to reach across and shake your hand. 02:48 Oh, it's a privilege to meet you. 02:50 We are so glad to have you here at 3ABN. 02:53 I know you have a tremendous testimony. 02:55 We've heard just bits and pieces 02:57 but we're going to package his whole story for you. 02:59 And you're going to get to hear 03:00 what God has done in his life. 03:03 He has an unlikely beginning. 03:05 And, we see where God took him from 03:07 and what God is doing in his life now 03:09 and what God can do in your life at home as well. 03:12 First we want to go a scripture. 03:14 Part of his testimony has to do with Bible memorization. 03:17 And, one of these scriptures 03:18 is a scripture Brian especially likes. 03:21 Um, and, he'll share more with that, 03:23 with you later, but right now 03:24 I just want to read the scripture. 03:25 It's Second Corinthians, chapter five, 03:29 it's one of my favorites as well. 03:31 Second Corinthians, chapter five, verse 17,>> 03:35 "Therefore if any man", we could say if any woman, 03:39 "Be in Christ, he or she is a new creation. 03:43 Old things are passed away. 03:45 Behold! 03:47 All things are become new." 03:49 And, we're going to learn today 03:50 what Jesus Christ has done in the life 03:53 of Brian Hindman 03:54 and in the life of his wife as well and his family. 03:58 We're going to see how God took them 03:59 and made those old things pass away 04:02 and what God is doing now, 04:03 the new things he is working in their life. 04:05 But first we're going to go to music. 04:07 We have Rosemary Malkiewycz with us here today 04:11 and she's a precious-- she and her husband John 04:16 coordinate with 3ABN Australia-- 04:18 directors there at 3ABN Australia, 04:21 and we're do blessed to have her with us here 04:23 and she's going to sing a song entitled, 04:25 "No One Ever Cared For Me Like Jesus". 04:44 I would love to tell you what I think of Jesus 04:52 Since I found in Him a friend so strong and true 04:59 I would tell you how He changed my life completely 05:06 He did something that no other friend could do 05:12 No one ever cared for me 05:20 Like Jesus 05:26 There's no other friend 05:32 So kind as He 05:41 No one else could take the sin 05:48 And darkness from me 05:57 O how much 06:00 He cares for me 06:10 Ev'ry day He comes to me 06:13 With new assurance 06:18 More and more I understand 06:21 His words of love 06:25 But I'll never know just why He came to save me 06:32 Till some day I see His precious face above 06:38 No one ever cared for me 06:46 Like Jesus 06:52 There's no other friend 06:57 So kind as He 07:06 No one else could take 07:11 The sin and darkness from me 07:22 O how much 07:25 He cares for me 07:36 O how much 07:39 He cares for me 07:48 He cares for me 07:58 Amen. 07:59 Thank you so much, Rosemary, well done. 08:02 To God be the glory. 08:03 What a great song, "No One Ever Cared For Me", 08:06 for you, like Jesus Christ, great message in song. 08:10 Well, Brian, I tell you 08:11 we had a little chance to visit, 08:13 before we went here on the air, 08:15 and a fantastic story 08:16 of what God has done in your life, 08:17 but before we go back to the beginning 08:19 tell us a little bit about your family, 08:21 now I know you are married 08:22 and you some have children, or a child. 08:24 Yes, yes, I am currently married to Teresa 08:28 and I met her at church, 08:30 which I think is a very good place to meet someone. 08:34 We actually were at church together for five years 08:37 before I got up the courage to talk to her. 08:39 Literally five years. 08:40 She's a beautiful woman. 08:41 I married out of my league, 08:43 there's no question about it, no question. 08:45 You're a great couple. 08:46 And, my dad was pasturing the church 08:48 where we met at 08:50 and finally I got the nerve to call her up 08:52 and ask her out and we have been 08:55 together mostly ever since then. 08:56 So-- 08:57 How many years you've been married? 08:59 We've been married 18 years now. 09:00 Congratulations. And, God is very good. 09:02 We have one child, a son, Jacob, 09:05 and he is 15 and he is very active 09:10 with working on mechanical things 09:12 and he's just a very outgoing kid. 09:14 He likes to be outdoors 09:15 and so we live in the mountains of Western North Carolina 09:18 and it's a beautiful place to go hiking, waterfalls, 09:21 camping, backpacking, we enjoy being outside 09:24 as much as possible. 09:25 Amen. 09:27 Your story could have taken a very different turn. 09:30 You know, we look at where you are today 09:32 and what God is doing in your life today 09:33 so take us all the way back to the beginning 09:36 and tell us a little bit about 09:37 your birth story from the beginning. 09:39 Well, you know, it's very interesting. 09:41 When I was born my mom was 15 years old 09:44 and she was a sophomore in high school 09:48 and my dad as I understand 09:49 was also a sophomore in high school 09:51 and they were faced with a big dilemma. 09:55 You know, I was born in the same year that 09:57 the abortion was legalized in the United States 10:00 and I don't think my mom ever wrestled with that decision, 10:03 but she did keep it a secret for eight and a half months 10:07 until I was actually, almost born, 10:09 even from her parents. 10:11 And, so they had a quick decision to make 10:14 and they decided to put me up for adoption 10:16 and even though my mom was very young 10:17 and even had some younger siblings, 10:19 they though that it would be better to be adopted 10:20 and not be, even though they considered having, 10:23 raising me themselves, my grandparents. 10:26 That's a difficult decision, you know, for your mom-- 10:28 I really can't imagine. 10:30 Biological mom and dad to make, absolutely. 10:32 Yes, very much. 10:33 Yeah, well, praise the Lord, they decided to give you life. 10:35 Amen. 10:37 I'm thankful for that and what is so amazing to me 10:40 is that when they decided to put me up for adoption 10:42 they did want to make sure 10:43 that I was adopted by a Seventh-day Adventist family. 10:46 I was adopted by none other than 10:48 a Seventh-day Adventist pastor and his wife, pastor Charles 10:51 and Linda Hindman and I'm very grateful 10:54 because God, I believe, had a purpose in my life 10:56 even from the beginning. 10:58 And, I've often wondered, 10:59 you know, Jeremiah, chapter 1:5 says, 11:01 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you. 11:03 Before you were born I set you apart." 11:06 And I've wondered, does that really, 11:07 does that apply to me, 11:08 "Before you were born I knew you and I formed you", 11:11 and I was born as a result of an accident, 11:13 but yet God has seen fit to allow me to live 11:17 and so I have been blessed 11:18 by the advantages of Adventist Education, 11:21 the schooling that I've had, the loving parents that I had, 11:25 all the way to the present, 11:26 to sitting here on this set of 3ABN is a blessing. 11:29 You know, that's anything of what God can do, isn't it? 11:31 Because you're saying you were a result of an accident 11:33 but that's where God can take something, 11:36 as long as we're willing, and makes something beautiful. 11:39 You know, that's where it's almost to me, 11:40 almost a mockery of Satan. 11:42 Satan tries to disrupt, to steal, kill and destroy 11:44 but, you know, Romans 8:28 says, 11:46 "All things work together for good", 11:47 so God is there to make something beautiful 11:51 out of our lives if we're willing, 11:53 and that's the key. 11:54 Absolutely. 11:55 So, Pastor and Mrs. Hindman-- 11:56 Adopted you. That adopted you. 11:59 What is their story, were they wanting to adopt, 12:01 how did they get in touch? 12:02 Tell us about that. 12:03 Well, very interesting. 12:05 They were not raised in the church 12:06 as Seventh-day Adventists and so they came to this church 12:09 and they really appreciated 12:10 and valued the message of the Adventist church so much 12:13 that when they decided they wanted to have children, 12:16 my mom as I understand, had had two miscarriages 12:19 and did not think she was going to be able to have a child. 12:22 But through the working of providence 12:25 there was pastor that they knew, 12:27 another friend that found out about 12:29 this other situation with my biological family 12:32 and agreed to serve as a kind of go-between 12:35 to carry me from one family to the other 12:39 and, so that I could be adopted by pastor Hindman. 12:43 And, it really is just amazing 12:45 because I still have a contact with that person 12:47 that carried me in their arms even today, that pastor. 12:51 So you were adopted two or three years 12:53 after you were born or-- 12:55 I was three days old, as I understand. 12:56 Isn't that amazing? 12:58 It is, it is amazing. 12:59 Amen. 13:00 And, that's again God's perfect timing 13:02 because you're parents now were wanting a child, 13:06 asking God for a child, your biological mom and dad 13:10 weren't so sure what to do, 13:12 they felt they should put you up for adoption, 13:14 and here God place you in this wonderful family. 13:16 Yes, it's just like you say that, 13:18 "All things work together 13:19 for good to them that love Him", 13:20 and the interesting thing also is my, 13:23 when I was adopted by pastor Hindman 13:26 is that about 11 months later they actually did have a child, 13:31 and so I have a sister Kristin 13:33 who is, uh, we're not related obviously flesh and blood 13:38 but I couldn't be closer too, 13:39 another sibling than my sister Kristin. 13:42 And, we're very close in age so that we've been very close, 13:47 even though we were younger that 13:48 closeness in age caused a lot of me picking on her. 13:52 Normal sibling rivalry type of stuff. 13:54 Yes, yes. 13:56 But I've been very fortunate that my parents, 14:00 they were committed Adventist Education 14:02 form day one and when it was time for me 14:05 to go to first grade, the near Adventist school 14:08 was over an hour away and they said, 14:10 doesn't matter we're driving you to that school. 14:13 And, so I've been able to attend 14:15 Seventh-day Adventist schools all the way through college. 14:18 And, I know that's made 14:19 an eternal difference in my life. 14:21 Now when you got to college, I just want to touch on this 14:24 'cause it's going to come up later in your testimony, 14:25 when you got to college 14:27 you were starting out in theology, is that correct? 14:30 Yes, I did. 14:31 I started out in theology 14:32 and since from a young age I thought that God-- 14:35 I looked up to my dad greatly, my adopted dad, 14:39 and I thought, you know I would love to be just like him. 14:41 And, as many young children idolize their parents, 14:46 but I was so nervous with public speaking 14:48 that when I took the classes for preaching, 14:52 "Intro to Preaching and Intermediate Preaching", 14:55 I just said, I can't do this, 14:56 I can't do this every week, Lord, this is too much. 14:59 And, so the Lord saw fit to, 15:01 I got some counsel from a godly friend 15:04 to go in education because my own experience 15:06 in Adventist Education was so rich, 15:09 with so many friends and also faculty members that 15:12 just took a personal interest in me, 15:14 that I though I would love to go back 15:16 and be able to be in that same position 15:18 to give back to other young people 15:21 that are in that developmental stage 15:23 when they're not sure what they want to do 15:25 with their life and what God might 15:26 want for them to do. 15:28 And, so I've been working in Adventist Education 15:30 now seventeen and a half years. 15:32 And, it's a high royal privilege. 15:34 Oh, it is. 15:35 It is an amazing privilege. 15:36 You know, what's amazing, Greg, 15:37 is as I listened to Brian you think, 15:40 how can he be nervous, 15:42 you know, because he communicates, 15:43 he's articulate, he shares well, 15:45 and you think, that's what God is doing in his life 15:48 and that's incredible, we're going to see 15:50 the transformation that's taking place, 15:52 that's exciting. 15:54 So tell me, as we jump forward to that, 15:56 um, you were raised in a Seventh Adventist home, 15:59 wonderful parents, adopted but you call them your parents. 16:03 Yes I do. 16:04 And raised in the church, 16:06 you taught seventeen and a half years, 16:08 and yet at the same point was there something missing 16:13 in your relationship with Jesus? 16:14 Yes, ma'am. 16:15 There was something missing. 16:17 In spite of the fact that I was surrounded 16:19 by all of these terrific influences, 16:22 godly parents, godly teachers, godly friends at school, 16:26 I still was living a very Laodicean lifestyle. 16:30 Nothing that was extremely bad 16:32 that would be your quote, you know, major reed-flag sins, 16:36 but just, you know, the message to the Laodicean church, 16:39 they think that they are okay 16:40 but they have the spiritual poverty 16:42 because they have self-righteousness 16:45 and a self-absorbed interest 16:46 of which I think I was involved with, 16:49 just really living for myself 16:52 although going to church and not against the church, 16:55 but not engaged in wanting to do 16:57 something to help further the ministry of your church. 17:01 Yeah, absolutely. 17:02 Do you think that's happening a lot, 17:04 the Laodicean in our churches? 17:07 I do, and since I work with young people, 17:09 they are on the frontline of Satan's attacks. 17:12 I can tell you that 17:13 there are so many distractions today. 17:14 While there is tremendous potential for good 17:17 with the internet and with satellite 17:19 and television and media, 17:21 but they are also to equal or greater degree 17:25 a tool for diversion and distraction. 17:28 And, many young people especially fall 17:32 into the distractions that are leading them away 17:34 from the sure foundation of the word of God. 17:37 And, so it's very easy I think to become absorbed 17:40 in just the here and now, and selfish interests 17:44 but God has a higher and holier calling 17:46 on each one of us. 17:47 And, when we realize that there will be a change. 17:50 Yeah, absolutely. 17:52 Yeah, for sure. 17:53 You know, as I'm thinking about the Laodicean, 17:55 'cause you mentioned Laodicean 17:56 and you felt that you were Laodicean, 17:59 something took place that, kind of, 18:00 you realized that you were in that state. 18:03 So tell us a little bit about that. 18:04 Yes. 18:06 Well, if I can back up for just a little bit 18:07 and mention a story. 18:10 While working in education I've been teaching-- 18:12 Let me just interrupt you too real quickly. 18:13 We love stories, so anytime we got a story 18:16 this is great, so yeah, please tell us the story. 18:17 Certainly. 18:18 Well, while working in education 18:20 at Mount Pisgah Academy for the last 17 years, 18:22 I'm also an alumnus of the school 18:24 and it's a wonderful school 18:25 located at the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina. 18:28 Well, I was teaching this one young fellow 18:31 and when he came as a freshman he was not a local student, 18:35 he had to fly in from out of town. 18:37 In my first year I was the Assistant Dean 18:40 and this student was so shy that 18:42 he rode in the back seat of the car` 18:44 when I had to drive him to the airport, 18:46 and so although the front seat was open, 18:48 he would not sit. 18:49 And, I was thinking to myself, I've got to say something 18:52 to encourage this little fellow. 18:54 And he must be so painfully shy and quiet that, 18:58 how can I reach out to him, 18:59 and so those are the kind of students 19:00 and opportunities you treasure as an educator, 19:02 to reach out and have an influence 19:04 and encouragement on a young person's life. 19:07 Well, it just so happens I was the class sponsor 19:10 of this same student when he came as a freshman 19:12 for four years. 19:13 And, by his senior year 19:15 he had a tremendous spiritual revival in his own heart, 19:19 and he asked for permission from the administration 19:21 could he put on an evangelistic series. 19:24 Okay, so this shy student, 19:26 who would sit in the back seat of the car, 19:28 is asking to put on an evangelistic series. 19:31 You're probably like, wow, what a transformation. 19:35 Okay, so continue. 19:36 It really was, it was hard to believe. 19:38 And, but the Lord, once the Lord gets a hold of you-- 19:40 That's right. 19:41 You cannot keep it to yourself. 19:43 You will have to share it with someone else. 19:45 So what happened? 19:46 Well, he got permission. 19:47 This wasn't going to be just a simple evangelistic series, 19:51 he wanted to get his friends involved 19:52 and so he got about five of his friends 19:55 involved in preaching a full share Him campaign. 19:58 They split up and each preached about 20:00 five of six sermons. 20:01 What is share Him? 20:03 It is an evangelistic series that tries to reach out 20:05 and just go through our basic teachings 20:08 and doctrines and messages 20:09 of the Seventh-day Adventist church. 20:10 With slide presentations. 20:11 Slide presentation, yes. 20:12 Where you have a computer 20:13 and you can just kind of follow along. 20:15 You still have to practice and study ahead of time 20:17 if you want to present it as clearly as possible. 20:20 Sure, and they were presenting this program-- 20:22 Putting the work in to do that. 20:23 Yes. 20:24 And, I was amazed they wanted to do 20:26 the special music, 20:28 they wanted to do the announcements, 20:31 they wanted-- the young people that is, 20:32 they wanted to do the parking, 20:33 they actually secured the use of a tent 20:37 that was about two miles from the school 20:39 on a busy highway. 20:41 Our school is, kind of, located off 20:42 the main interstate. 20:44 But off of a main four-lane highway, 20:46 not an interstate but just the highway. 20:48 And, so there will be as many people 20:50 as possible that would come by and attend these meetings. 20:52 And so there were quite a few that came to the meetings 20:55 and there were few that were baptized 20:57 and came into our local church as a result of that. 20:59 Praise the Lord. 21:00 And, uh-- 21:02 Are you going to tell us this young, shy young man. 21:04 Well, if you fast forward a years later-- 21:06 Can you tell us his name? 21:07 Yes, his name was Justin McNeilus. 21:10 Isn't that amazing? 21:12 Dynamic speaker on GYC especially we see him there. 21:14 Absolutely, a strong leader in the church-- 21:16 Oh yeah, absolutely. 21:17 GYC, president of GYC 21:19 for several years, a dynamic speaker 21:21 and we love the McNeilus family here at 3ABN as well. 21:25 So that's incredible, the transformation. 21:27 It is incredible. 21:29 And, the story continues on because, 21:30 I think what you are leading too, 21:32 years later as he went on and became very active with GYC 21:35 and became the president, 21:36 I think for seven years, in 2011, 21:40 he had been president for a number of years 21:41 and said, you know Mr. Hindman, 21:43 you need to come to one of our GYC meetings, 21:45 one of our conferences. 21:46 So he invited you. 21:47 Personal invitation. 21:48 And, you know, I've watched GYC on 3ABN before. 21:54 The meetings, you know, are, 21:55 I know you guys show those, especially the evening sessions 21:59 and those are just phenomenal. 22:01 I'd heard the speakers, Eric Walsh, 22:03 I remember him speaking, going through earlier GYC 22:06 and thinking boy, this is fantastic. 22:08 But there's nothing like being there 22:11 around thousands of young people, 22:13 I know their target age is 18 to 35, 22:15 but when he invited me I think I was around 37-38, 22:18 I was a little bit outside the target age, 22:20 but he said, you've got to come. 22:22 And, so he actually made it possible for our family, 22:24 our whole family, my wife, my son and I, 22:26 to go to Houston, Texas in 2011 22:29 and to be there, and-- 22:31 What an experience? 22:32 It was life changing. 22:34 Wow. Amen. 22:35 It was life changing to be with so many young people, 22:39 to be around all-- day and night 22:41 from the morning devotionals all the to the plenary sessions 22:44 to the seminars to the evening sessions, 22:46 it was a spiritual feast. 22:48 And, my soul was quickened, 22:50 my heart was quickened, my wife, my son and I, 22:52 all of us went forward at the close of that 22:55 GYC conference and made an appeal, 22:58 when they called for an appeal rather, 22:59 to really recommit and give our lives 23:01 entirely into God's hands. 23:03 And, things have changed since then. 23:04 Wow. 23:05 Dramatically changed in my life. 23:07 So that was where you're realizing, 23:08 you mentioned a few minutes ago 23:10 being in the Laodicean state. 23:12 Kind of a little sleep, happy and what you're at and not-- 23:15 I guess involved but not really involved, 23:17 and having a heart change experience. 23:18 So it was at GYC that God got a hold of you 23:22 and you made radical changes, it sounds like. 23:23 Yes, incredible. 23:25 So walk us down that path. 23:27 All right, well-- 23:28 'Cause it can't be easy, I mean 'cause, okay, 23:29 the reason I'm bringing this stuff is that 23:31 we have viewers at home. 23:32 You know, they are sitting there saying, 23:33 well, you know, I have really done too much, 23:35 you know, I enjoy where I am, I enjoy going to church, 23:38 not really involved, so there are people 23:40 that were in your state, are in your state, 23:42 where you were several years ago. 23:43 So walk us through that 23:45 because this is an encouragement to you at home 23:47 because when you hear somebody's testimony 23:49 it's like, okay all fine and good, 23:51 but Brian here today is going to share with us 23:54 how God has changed him 23:55 and that means God can change you, 23:57 He can change me because I know my daily walk 23:59 with him has it's ups and downs, 24:01 but I know it's that sanctification process, 24:03 which is accepting Jesus Christ 24:04 into my life each and every day. 24:06 So, Brian, tell us a little bit more 24:07 what happened and how that change took place. 24:10 Well, let me go back to that verse, 24:11 St. Corinthians 5:17, 24:12 and I would invite our viewers to actually put your name 24:16 where it says, "any man", 24:17 put your name there and read the verse as follows, 24:20 I'll put it with my own name, 24:21 "Therefore if Brian Hindman be in Christ 24:24 he is a new creature", and then it says 24:26 "Old things are passed away". 24:27 "Behold". 24:28 And, so when we become, yes, "behold", 24:30 notice there is a change. 24:32 And, so some of the things in my life that changed, 24:34 are the use of my time. 24:36 And, this might seem like such a simple thing, 24:39 but our time -- You said, our time. 24:41 T-I-M-E. Yes, sir. 24:43 Just a little word. 24:44 A little word but has huge implications. 24:47 You know, it doesn't matter 24:48 if it's Bill Gates or Warren Buffett, 24:51 whoever the richest man in the world is, 24:52 he does not have more time in a day than you and I do. 24:55 We all are allowed a certain amount of time. 24:58 And, I heard a wise preacher many years ago 25:01 preach a simple sermon 25:02 where he gave the following illustration 25:04 I'd love to share with your viewers. 25:05 Please. 25:06 He said, I want you to think about your day 25:08 and what you do every day. 25:09 And, he says, I want you to take out sleeping, 25:12 take out eating, 25:14 if you're a student take out going to school, 25:16 if you're not a student you're working take out your job, 25:19 he says, I want you to think about 25:20 the two or three things 25:21 that you spend the most time doing, 25:22 exclude those other things. 25:24 And, so he said, now I want you to think about this, 25:27 whatever you spend the most time doing 25:29 is what you automatically value the most. 25:33 By default, you subconsciously 25:36 or consciously value what you spend your time doing. 25:39 And, I noticed that I was spending my time 25:42 in things like lots of TV, 25:45 lots of self-absorbed entertainment and amusement, 25:48 and so our characters are being shaped by the things 25:51 that we spend or time doing. 25:53 And, so although, like, 25:55 I was watching lots of sports and news on TV, 25:57 and you might say, well, those are true, 25:59 you know, if you look at Philippians 4:8, 26:00 what sort of things are true, well there's more to it 26:02 if you look at the rest of the verse. 26:04 Honest, just, lovely, good rapport, virtue, praise 26:07 and so just because it's true 26:10 it still was a waste of my time. 26:12 Watching so much of these sports things 26:13 when they're going to play again, 26:14 I realize, the next year 26:16 and the next year and the next year, 26:18 they're going to keep playing those games. 26:20 And, In fact I looked up 26:21 the word "game" in the dictionary, 26:22 and would you believe the word game, 26:24 there are several definitions, but the primary definition is, 26:28 "An activity engaged in for diversion 26:30 or amusement"-- 26:32 Diversion, you're thinking diversion. 26:33 And, so that came to my mind I thought, 26:35 wait a minute, 26:36 when does a Christian ever need to be diverted 26:38 from the word of God, 26:41 and from his mission on this earth, 26:42 which is to proclaim the message 26:44 that Jesus is coming soon. 26:46 And, that we have a savior for sinners. 26:49 And, so there's never a time I need to be diverted 26:51 from that and if a game, now this applies to card games, 26:54 table games, sports games, 26:55 not only was I watching lots of games, 26:57 I was playing lots of games, city league basketball, 26:59 city league football, but those things were taking 27:02 so much of my time and may be 27:03 four or five minutes in the word of God. 27:05 And, so when you contrast the four or five hours 27:08 in other diversions and games, 27:10 four five minutes in the word of God, 27:12 what does it say, 27:13 whatever you spend the most time doing, 27:14 that's where I'm placing what I value the most 27:16 even though I professed to love the word of God more than 27:19 other things on TV 27:20 I wasn't showing it by my actions. 27:22 You know, Paul tells us 27:23 that we are changed by beholding, 27:25 by beholding we become changed. 27:26 So what we behold, what spend time in, 27:29 impact our spiritual life, 27:31 impacts who we are and what we become. 27:35 So what you're saying is God radically altered 27:38 you and your family, what you did with your time, 27:42 more time in the word of God. 27:43 Now what did your wife think about this? 27:44 Was she onboard all the way or-- 27:46 Oh, I am thankful, praise the Lord, 27:48 for a godly wife, and as Proverbs 31 says, 27:52 chapter 31, I don't know what verse, 27:54 about a godly woman is worth more than rubies 27:56 and if you look at the value of rubies 27:58 they are worth even more than diamonds and other-- 28:00 they are extremely valuable, 28:02 And, so a godly woman, my wife actually, 28:05 because we were at the GYC together 28:06 we experienced the same convictions together, 28:09 she actually got on the phone 28:10 and called the cable company to cancel our cable for us. 28:16 Now I don't want to cancel 3ABN 28:18 because this is a tremendous blessing. 28:19 I've been greatly blessed by the messages 28:21 that are presented on 3ABN. 28:23 But we were watching so much things, 28:25 even though Home and Garden Television, 28:27 you know, some of those they're not bad 28:29 but when they take away from your time 28:30 in the word of God, it was a distraction. 28:33 Now watch this, as my wife calls the cable operator 28:35 and calls to cancel our cable, 28:38 the operator was in shock, you mean are you transferring 28:42 because-- you're cancelling 28:43 because you're getting satellite or you're getting, 28:45 is there something wrong? 28:47 And, so they did everything 28:48 they could to try and keep us with their service. 28:53 They even offered free premium channels, 28:56 the HBO, Cinemax and whatever things, 28:58 and my wife, I was listening to the conversation, 28:59 she was very kind and she said, I don't think you understand, 29:02 we don't want any channels from your televisi-- 29:06 coming into our house. 29:08 And, they did all that they could to try 29:09 and convince her and then finally when they realized 29:11 there was nothing they could do, 29:13 okay that's going to be 65-70 dollars 29:15 to disconnect you cable, thank you and have a nice day. 29:18 So even disconnecting, you know, 29:21 they were still trying to be like, all right, 29:22 I'm going to get you. 29:23 But since we done that, you know, my son is well, 29:26 he enjoys doing things more 29:28 outside continuously and it's just-- 29:30 You get more time in the word of God. 29:31 Exactly, much more time in the word of God 29:33 and spirit of prophesying. 29:34 It has been-- the distraction 29:36 isn't there anymore. 29:37 And, so we are a changed family. 29:40 You know, I'm going to just touch 29:41 on the word also of balance, 29:42 because I know the answer to this 29:45 but I'm going to ask this question to you. 29:46 Okay, so right now for the last number of years 29:49 you have hold-up in a little room 29:51 just studying God's word all by yourself like a monk? 29:54 Not at all. 29:55 Exactly. Not at all. 29:56 So that's what I'm getting at, is balance because we-- 29:59 to study the word of God in our time is wonderful, 30:02 that should be our priority. 30:03 But then I know you're going to get to the sharing aspect, 30:05 and what we do with the word of God 30:07 when we put it inside because we can continue to fill 30:09 but we've got to spread it to others. 30:11 So it comes down to balance 'cause like you said, 30:13 your son likes to go outside and exercise. 30:15 It's not-- we're not trying to say you 30:17 just get rid of everything and you just like-- 30:19 No, no you have to replace it with something good. 30:21 Exactly. You're absolutely right. 30:22 That is sometimes the key. 30:23 I think may be where-- remember 30:24 where Jesus is talking about the man 30:26 that swept this house clean but then replaced it 30:30 with seven more wicked spirits, more wicked than the first, 30:33 and so you can't just clean the house 30:35 and then just leave it and think you're okay. 30:37 You've got to replace it with good things 30:38 because the rest of that verse, 30:39 St. Corinthians 5:17 says, 30:41 "Behold all things are become new", 30:43 and so new thoughts, new desires, 30:46 all of those things which in our family 30:49 we began to become serious about our family devotions. 30:52 That's fantastic. 30:53 Become very serious, I mean, every day morning and evening, 30:58 every day to become very serious 30:59 about spending that time together 31:01 and even spending time, 31:03 even when we were apart from each other during the day, 31:05 in our jobs and at school, to pray together at 12:15, 31:08 and so to pray three times a day 31:10 even when we were apart from each other, 31:12 those are important things as well. 31:13 Absolutely. 31:15 But a desire to share what God has done for me, 31:18 has just, it has just, 31:20 I don't want to use the word "consumed" 31:22 because that sounds terrible, 31:23 but it has just overtaken me to the point 31:26 where it's all I want to talk about now, 31:27 is the word of God, but I want to study 31:29 like you say from the-- Jesus spent His time 31:32 in the mountains and the multitudes. 31:34 In Desire of Ages, there he is from the mountains 31:36 is when He spent His time in prayer 31:37 and studied the word of God. 31:38 We still have to have that personal communion. 31:41 But then to you go to the multitudes, 31:43 Anak, also the same example, he wasn't a hermit. 31:46 When I called to separate ourselves completely, 31:49 we are called-- I mean the Light of the World 31:51 and Salt of the Earth, 31:52 you must in contact with those you hope to help. 31:54 Because then it strengthens, 31:56 also I know when I'm able to share with others 31:58 what God is doing for me, that strengthens, 32:00 I know, my own spiritual walk 32:02 and just so-- you at home, I don't know 32:05 if you can catch his enthusiasm, 32:06 I mean, us here on the set, it's contagious. 32:08 What God is doing in your life, and did you catch earlier, 32:11 he said he afraid of public speaking, 32:13 should I tell you 32:14 that I'm sure there are millions of people 32:16 may be watching this testimony, to God be the glory for that, 32:18 but that's where God, 32:19 I mean you're bubbling over with Jesus Christ in your life. 32:22 And that's the transformation, you know, 32:24 that God effected and to me that's powerful. 32:26 Because what took place at that GYC in 2011 in Houston, 32:31 God got a hold of your life, I like to think of that 32:34 personal relationship with Jesus. 32:36 You know, not that you didn't have that 32:37 before but He said, okay, reprioritize your time 32:40 and spend that in My word 32:42 and then when we read the Bible, 32:45 you can't get enough of it. 32:46 You know, you want more and more 32:48 as the deer pants for the living water, 32:51 you know, my soul pants after Jesus. 32:52 So that's a beautiful thing. 32:53 And, then after that I'm thinking 32:56 of how you were trained in theology in college began 32:58 and then you said, no, I'm afraid to do that 33:00 so I'm going to become a teacher. 33:02 And, then you went to GYC in Houston and God worked 33:06 and is in the process of transforming your life 33:08 and then as a result of that you started getting invitations 33:11 to go out and speak, 33:13 and something took place at GYC, right? 33:16 Was it the following GYC? 33:17 It was two GYC's later, a GYC in Orlando 33:22 that I was actually asked to present a seminar 33:24 on The Great Controversy. 33:25 You know, I'm a history teacher, 33:27 I do teach also a Bible class as well, 33:29 I treasure that, junior Bible. 33:31 But I teach world history, 33:32 American history and American government. 33:34 And so at the theme for the GYC in Orlando 33:38 was before men and angels, 33:39 with The Great Controversy theme 33:41 which to me is very important to understand, 33:44 very interesting as well. 33:45 I try to, in my history classes, 33:46 incorporate a lot of scripture 33:49 and spirit of prophecy as you can see 33:50 how God has involved Himself throughout all of history, 33:54 both corporately and individually, 33:56 God has a plan and He is working 33:59 to accomplish that plan, and so-- 34:02 but at GYC in Orlando, I allowed to, 34:05 I was actually asked to present a seminar on the book, 34:08 The Great Controversy. 34:09 And, I've read that book about five times 34:12 and so I need, it needs to be reread every-- 34:14 I think I'm to reread it once a year. 34:17 But it is, it's so powerful, 34:18 but to present a seminar there 34:20 and to share it with some of the other people came, 34:22 what God was doing in my life and it was just, 34:25 it was such a blessing. 34:26 I was going to say, that must have been amazing, 34:28 because here you'd just been at GYC two years before, 34:31 it made a major transformation, by God's grace in your life, 34:35 then to be asked, you said you were asked, 34:37 couple of years later to come back. 34:38 How special that must have been. 34:40 Yes, I think Justin might have had to do something with that. 34:43 He didn't personally call me, 34:44 but he I think might have put a bug in someone's year, 34:47 I think you can call my old history teacher, 34:48 but I think he even realized 34:50 that I was making some big changes 34:53 in terms of just a desire to talk about spiritual things, 34:56 you know, when you really love Jesus, 34:57 it just overflows in your life naturally. 34:59 It's not forced, it's something that you just 35:02 want to talk about all the time. 35:04 And, so some was students, actually my son was a freshman 35:07 at Mount Pisgah Academy just last year, 35:09 they asked and said, 35:10 does your family do anything besides talk about 35:12 the Bible when you're at home. 35:13 And, my son Jacob said, 35:15 no that's pretty much all they talk about. 35:17 Because my wife and I are on the same page, 35:19 we're like minded in that and so we just talk about 35:22 what is it God wants us to do next. 35:24 And, she enjoys, like I mentioned off camera 35:27 that prayed the same prayer 35:28 which I think is mentioned in the book, 35:30 The Great Controversy, William Miller said, 35:31 I will go and speak for you, Lord, 35:34 when he had this burning conviction 35:35 that Jesus was coming soon, 35:37 but just please have someone invite me, 35:39 because he'd never been invited anywhere. 35:41 Well, I thought, similarly, I'm really nobody. 35:43 No one's going to call me. 35:45 Well, after I prayed that prayer 35:46 it wasn't 30 minutes later, 35:48 but I believe it was actually less than a week later. 35:50 That I was contacted by a local pastor 35:52 in the area where I live and he said, 35:54 you know, would you be willing to speak for me 35:57 in a couple of months here at such and such a church. 35:59 And, since that time about four years ago, 36:02 I've tried to keep track, 36:04 I've spoken at I think 13 of 14 36:05 different churches all by invitation. 36:09 And, so I just praise the Lord 36:11 for the opportunity to speak for Him. 36:12 And, so while I'm still scared of public speaking, 36:14 when you really love Jesus, when you really Jesus, 36:19 that grows so much to such a degree 36:21 that it overpowers the fears and concerns of personal-- 36:27 what if I look bad, what if I sound bad, 36:29 what if I say something that isn't clear in someway, 36:32 if I can talk about my best friend Jesus 36:34 then I'm going to take that opportunity every time 36:37 if it's at all possible, I'm going to take that chance. 36:39 So... 36:40 encourage our listeners to get out and try 36:43 and find places where Jesus will call you to do his work 36:46 because there's a lot of work to be done. 36:49 Amen. 36:50 Thank you for saying that, 36:51 'cause I think God has a call in each one of our lives. 36:54 You know, we're not all called to go out and preach, 36:56 we're called to do ministry and many different facets 36:59 and avenues and I don't where you are today 37:01 and you walk with Jesus but listening to Brian here, 37:05 and my heart is so blessed and I see the anointing 37:08 of the Holy Spirit over his life 37:10 and I just see what God is doing in his life 37:13 and I just want to encourage you at home. 37:15 Open up your hearts to the Lord Jesus. 37:17 Say, okay, God, I'm going to reprioritize my time, 37:21 I'm going to put first the kingdom of God 37:23 and His righteousness, 37:25 and know then that God is going to pour 37:27 in these abundant blessings. 37:28 And, so we're going to give you, 37:30 in a few moments at the end of the program, 37:31 we want to make sure we give you Brian's contact information 37:34 if you would like to invite him to come to your church 37:37 or your area to speak 37:38 'cause he's a passionate testimony 37:41 of what God is doing in his life. 37:42 But we want to see what God is doing currently, 37:45 you have just, you've been teaching 37:47 seventeen and a half years and God is like Abraham, 37:50 calling you and your wife out form this and saying, 37:53 now I'm calling you into full time ministry. 37:56 So tell us about that and that decision. 37:58 Well, you know, life has it's challenges 38:02 and about a year ago my adopted father, 38:05 pastor Charles Hindman, 38:06 he passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack. 38:08 Sorry. 38:09 And, it was, I had already been preaching 38:12 in some his churches he had invited me, 38:14 that was, he was still pasturing at the age of 71. 38:17 He did not want to retire, he had said, 38:19 I don't see retirement in the Bible 38:20 so as long as I can work I'm going to keep working. 38:23 Praise the Lord. 38:24 He had just such a love of truth 38:25 and love of Jesus Christ, 38:27 Who is the Way, the Truth and the Life, 38:28 and so I, after he passed away, 38:32 when he came into the church he never really had a pastor 38:34 because he spent over 40 years of his life in ministry. 38:37 When I found out, in the middle of the night 38:39 I got a phone call that said 38:41 that he had passed away from a heart attack, 38:43 I decide I want to preach the sermon. 38:46 I said, this would be an extreme test of my faith, 38:49 but I want to do it. 38:50 At the funeral. 38:51 At his funeral, and so I said, I want to do this 38:54 and even though conference President 38:56 was there all conference officials, 38:58 you know, when a pastor passes away, 38:59 there were many other pastors 39:01 that were there of his colleagues 39:02 from years from the Carolinas. 39:04 But I said, I want to be the one, 39:06 as weak and feeble as I am preach a message 39:09 that I believe my dad would want to hear 39:12 and would really appreciate. 39:14 And, so I got up and the Lord helped me 39:16 to be able to preach The Three Angels message, 39:19 The Blessed Hope of the Resurrection, 39:22 right over my own father's casket and so-- 39:26 but it was a huge blessing and I'll always treasure 39:28 that as one of the greatest privileges in my life 39:30 to preach the gospel over the man 39:32 who adopted me and gave me all those advantages 39:35 that finally the Lord, finally I chose, 39:37 it's still a choice to actually engage 39:42 and take advantage of what God had done for me. 39:45 And, so but from that point, 39:46 it wasn't just a knee-jerk reaction 39:48 because my dad passed away but I thought, 39:50 you know, I want to stand in the place 39:51 where my dad had once stood, I want to go out, 39:54 whether it's evangelism, whether its pastoral ministry, 39:56 some type if revival ministry, 39:58 I want to do something more for the lord, 40:00 and so I have recently just resigned my position 40:06 working as a history teacher at Mount Pisgah Academy and-- 40:09 That's a difficult decision. 40:10 It was very difficult. 40:12 I was asked to do the final vespers of our school year 40:15 and preach the sermon, I made a call for repentance, 40:18 and a call for surrender to Jesus 40:20 at the very close of the school year, 40:22 and pretty much the whole school came forward 40:24 and all together, I asked the entire school 40:26 to hug me at the same time. 40:28 And so for about half an hour, 40:30 I was just in a suffocating hug with high school students, 40:33 but I will treasure that forever 40:35 because there were tears shed, 40:37 but I hoped that it was with the conviction 40:39 that Jesus has a calling on a young person's life 40:41 especially because they have a lifetime of good they can do. 40:44 They have so much opportunities, 40:46 as a young person, that they can give themselves 40:48 and their lives to do the Lord's work. 40:50 And, so when you get to be older 40:51 you don't have as much time left to do 40:53 as much for the Lord. 40:54 And, so anyway-- 40:55 The best part, you know, as far as an educator 40:58 in the Seventh-day Adventist school system 41:00 you have the tremendous opportunity 41:02 of sharing the Gospel, 41:03 you know, with out of your seventeen and a half years? 41:05 That's a lot of young people that you have impacted. 41:08 So Christian education 41:09 is a wonderful thing but God is, 41:10 sort of, moving you in a different direction 41:12 and you stepped out in faith 41:14 'cause you said you just resigned not long ago. 41:17 Can I ask you a question? 41:18 Yes, sir. 41:19 Was that scary? 41:21 It is, but there is a verse in the Bible 41:24 that my dad actually was watching a sermon, 41:29 he was a sermon by Dan Gabbert, 41:32 shortly, right before he had a heart attack 41:34 and I have a notepad that he was writing on 41:36 and he had written on there, you know, 41:38 Dan Gabbert talks a lot about the mind 41:40 and anyway he'd written on there Isaiah 26 verse 3, 41:44 which says, "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, 41:46 whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee", 41:50 and so I used that very verse even for the funeral 41:53 for my own father that, 41:54 that is not based on, it doesn't say 41:57 if you're conditions around you, 41:58 if you lose a parent, if you lose a spouse, 42:00 or you lose your job, that you're suddenly 42:02 not going to have perfect peace. 42:03 That is condition that says, 42:05 if your mind has stayed on Christ that you will have, 42:08 the promise says, you will have perfect peace. 42:10 And, while I don't know where God is calling me to go, 42:12 I believe that he has something that he wants me to do, 42:15 he has a hold on my life 42:17 and I'm just willing to do that. 42:18 I wasn't always willing to go 42:20 and do whatever he wants me to do. 42:22 But I believe now-- 42:25 That reminds me of Abraham. 42:27 You know, stepping out God called him 42:28 to a country he'd never been to before 42:30 but he knew that God was calling him out, 42:31 and so he obeyed and he listened 42:33 and that's what I feel that you and your family, 42:35 your wife your son are doing 42:36 and I know God is blessing you in a proper way. 42:39 And, I know off-air you were talking 42:40 about your love of the scriptures 42:42 and the word of God and share a little bit of that to us 42:46 and to our viewers as well. 42:47 Oh, I would love to do that. 42:48 This is a real treasure. 42:51 I want to-- can I quickly share 42:52 three things about the Bible that are just amazing to me. 42:54 It's three amazing facts about the Bible. 42:57 Number one, the Bible is alive. 43:00 And, what I mean by that, 43:01 1st Peter chapter 1 verse 23 says, 43:03 "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, 43:06 but of incorruptible by the word of God 43:09 which liveth and abideth forever." 43:12 And, so the word "abide" means continuing on, 43:14 it lives and abides being born, 43:16 how, how are we spiritually born, 43:18 it is by receiving by faith the word of God. 43:21 Yeah, into our lives. 43:22 And, so the word of God is alive 43:23 and that's also Hebrew's 4:12, "For the word of God is quick 43:26 and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword." 43:29 It is quick, the word "quick" 43:30 in the King James is "living and active". 43:32 It is a energetic, it gives life to us. 43:36 The book of education, page 126, 43:39 actually says, "The creative energy that spoke 43:42 the world into existence", 43:43 is where, is in the word of God. 43:46 It imparts power, it imparts life 43:49 and so the same power that spoke the worlds 43:51 into existence will also give us 43:54 a spiritual life as we receive it by faith 43:56 and behold it by faith. 43:57 So number one, the word of God is alive. 44:00 And, so when you come in contact 44:01 with the living principles of the word of God 44:03 it will give you spiritual life as Matthew 4:4 says. 44:05 We live on two things, physical food 44:07 but not just bread, but by every word, 44:10 the spiritual food we live on is the word of God. 44:12 Number two, Ephesians chapter 6 verse 17 says, 44:16 "And take the helmet of salvation 44:18 and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." 44:21 This is our weapon in The Great Controversy. 44:23 This is our weapon to defend ourselves. 44:26 Hebrews 4:12 says, the word of God 44:27 is sharper than any two-edged sword. 44:29 Also I like 2nd Corinthians 10:4 which says, 44:32 "For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal 44:36 but mighty through God 44:37 to the pulling down of strongholds." 44:39 The Spirit of prophecy says, 44:40 "The weapons of our warfare are the scriptures." 44:43 When Jesus was under attack in the wilderness, 44:46 he met every attack with "Thus saith the Lord", 44:49 and so this doesn't do me as much good 44:51 if it's across the room and I don't know it, 44:54 than if the devil comes at me 44:55 and I'm in my car and I don't have my Bible on me in someway, 44:58 if I have it my mind I'm able to then defend myself 45:01 from that temptation or whatever 45:03 that attack might be because I know the of God. 45:05 And, then thirdly, Psalm 138 verse 2, 45:09 David writes and says, 45:10 "I will worship toward thy holy temple, 45:12 and praise name for thy loving kindness 45:14 and for thy truth." 45:16 For what? 45:17 "For thou has magnified thy word above all thy name." 45:21 God's word is magnified to such a position, 45:23 it's even Himself magnified above his own name. 45:26 If God places that much special emphasis on His word, 45:29 how much emphasis do we place upon it? 45:32 And, in the book education in that same chapter 45:34 I was referring to earlier, 45:35 a few paragraphs earlier, page 124, it says, 45:39 "As a means of intellectual training, 45:41 the Bible is more effective than any other book, 45:45 or all other books combined." 45:48 You can take an entire Barnes & Noble in one hand, 45:51 if you could put it in your hand, 45:53 and the Bible in the other, 45:54 and everything at Barnes & Noble 45:55 cannot develop your mind 45:57 the same way, intellectually 45:58 and spiritually, as this one book. 46:01 So it's magnified and exalted by God 46:03 to such a magnified position that, 46:05 you know, we should want to spend time with it 46:07 and especially to memorize it and so that's what I'm excited 46:10 and encourage my students to do at the Bible class. 46:12 Amen. 46:13 So you've done a lot of Bible memorization, 46:15 you and your family? 46:16 Do you do it at worship time? 46:18 We do. 46:19 We've got Ten Commandments, Three Angels messages, 46:22 Psalm 91, working on Psalm 103, um, Isaiah 55. 46:27 We do that for our worship 46:29 but also we read Spirit prophecy for our worship 46:31 and of course we read right out of scriptures for our worship. 46:33 We're also following the Revived 46:34 by His word program. 46:36 It is amazing. 46:37 I have my students following that at school 46:39 and it has been a blessing. 46:42 I don't get out of bed every day 46:43 until I read a scripture from the word of God 46:46 and try to review some of my memory verses. 46:48 Amen. Yeah, fantastic. 46:50 You know, I was going to say-- 46:51 were you going to say something? 46:52 No, go ahead. 46:54 Okay, for the word of God 46:55 you are talking about, you mentioned it briefly about 46:57 why we need to have the word of God in our lives. 47:00 Just expound upon that just a little bit 47:02 because this is very important. 47:03 You're talking about when you put the word of God in you 47:06 and let's say you don't have your Bible with you 47:07 or even if you do, 47:08 it's powerful to memorize scripture isn't it? 47:11 Tell us, expound upon a little bit about that. 47:12 It's changing me. 47:13 When you actually memorize the word of God, 47:15 see like I said, I grew up as a pastor's kid, 47:17 I've heard thousands of sermons, 47:18 I've been around spiritual truth and I can, kind of, 47:21 if someone started a verse I can mumble a part of it 47:23 may be, or bits and pieces. 47:26 But to just know it and have the whole thing 47:28 and it is just-- as I mentioned 47:30 to you off-camera, 47:31 I have found myself thinking in the word of God. 47:33 you know as my thoughts, I think in verses 47:36 and so I really treasure the opportunity 47:38 to speak with other people that treasure the word of God 47:41 because we can just, we talk to each other 47:43 with almost just Bible verses. 47:44 It's like the same language. 47:45 It's the same, right it is. 47:46 And, so it is so powerful, it is transformative, 47:49 as Romans 12:2 says, "Be not conformed to this world 47:53 but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." 47:55 It's like Corinthians 18 which you were referring 47:57 to earlier about beholding, 47:59 as in the glass the glory of the Lord 48:00 are changed into the same image. 48:02 We behold Him in His word. 48:04 His character comes through in His word 48:06 and so when you have that 48:07 then you have the very life of God. 48:09 Amen. 48:10 Amen. He's a preacher. 48:11 Yeah, I know I was just thinking that here, 48:13 the Lord has given you a great gift. 48:14 Amen. 48:15 That's the Lord, that's the Holy Spirit, 48:18 that-- spending time in the word, 48:20 and we did not get to this 48:21 but we want to make sure we do get to this. 48:23 God has called you and your wife 48:26 into some sort of a full-time ministry 48:28 and in preparation for either pastoral 48:31 or evangelism or something, you're going to school, 48:34 or you're getting ready to go to school. 48:35 Yes, ma'am, I've applied for Amazing Facts 48:37 College of Evangelism. 48:38 And I've been accepted already, 48:40 so I'm forward to attending there this fall 48:43 but when that course complete there, 48:45 I have no job, no income, 48:47 no plans other than to just see where God leads. 48:50 Well, we know that God has a plan, doesn't He? 48:51 I know He does. 48:52 Yes, just like walking forward by faith. 48:54 Amen. Amen. 48:56 Let's have a special prayer over he-- 48:57 I know his wife isn't here but, 48:59 let's have a special prayer over he 49:00 and his wife and his family, that's just precious, 49:03 the work that God's calling you to do. 49:05 Father in heaven Lord 49:06 we just thank you so much for our brother Brian. 49:09 Lord, you have a special calling on his life. 49:11 I think of how you have spared his life as we heard earlier, 49:14 as just a new born or three days old. 49:17 He really didn't have a home but, Lord, you rescued him 49:19 and he was adopted. 49:21 And, Lord, what a powerful calling 49:24 you have placed on his life. 49:26 We are encouraged as we hear his testimony 49:27 of how You have led in his life. 49:29 And, Lord, to this point now where he and his wife 49:31 and his son have stepped out in faith 49:33 and they really don't know exactly 49:34 where they are going but, Lord, 49:35 we know that You do. 49:37 And so, Lord, we're just encouraged 49:39 by their walk of faith, 49:41 or I think of our viewers at home, 49:43 they may be sitting in their chair 49:44 of wherever thinking, 49:46 wow, look what God has done in their life. 49:48 But, Lord, I know that you can do it each viewer, 49:50 each person that's watching, 49:52 for so long as we surrender our lives to You. 49:55 So that's what we do right now. 49:56 Lord, we just ask You again into our lives 49:58 that our priorities will be right, 50:00 that would search your scriptures, 50:02 that they become a pert of our lives, 50:04 Lord, that we would memorize scripture and, 50:05 Lord, that we would place You first in our lives, 50:08 that's what we want. 50:09 We thank You, we love You, and in Jesus' name we pray. 50:12 Amen. 50:13 Amen. Amen. 50:14 As you can see from this program, 50:16 we have been blessed by hearing Brian share the word of God, 50:20 by hearing him share his testimony 50:22 of what God is doing in and through him. 50:25 If you would like to contact Brian, 50:27 if you'd like him and his family to come 50:29 to come to your area to share from the word of God, 50:32 to share his testimony, to share, to preach. 50:35 We want to give you the opportunity to contact him 50:38 and may be, the Lord just put this on my heart, 50:40 may be God is impressing you to say, 50:43 hey, I want to support him, 50:44 I want to send some financial contributions, 50:47 I want to support him with my prayer, 50:49 I want to support him with something 50:51 that would help he and his family, 50:53 as they're stepping out by faith right now 50:56 like Abraham and Sarah, and going out 50:58 because the call of God is on their lives. 51:00 We want to put up his address. 51:02 You can do just that, 51:03 we'll be back in a moment with a few closing thoughts. 51:09 If you would like to contact Brian 51:11 then you can write to: 51:12 Brian Hindman 2284 Mintew Circle 51:15 Lincolnton, North Carolina 28092 51:27 You can call (828) 450-5574 51:35 Or you can email him at bhindman1973@gmail.com |
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