Participants: Danny Shelton (Host), Yvonne Lewis (Host), Jim Brady, Melissa Brady, Tim Parton
Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY015059A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:04 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 00:27 Let my words 00:29 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. 01:08 Hello and welcome to another 3ABN Today program. 01:11 Thank you for joining us as you do each and every day. 01:14 Thank you for your love and your prayers 01:16 and financial support of 3ABN as we endeavor 01:19 to take this great gospel of the kingdom 01:21 unto all the world. 01:22 Have with me today, co-host Dr. Yvonne Lewis. 01:25 Can we just call you Yvonne today? 01:26 Oh, of course. 01:28 'Cause I get little intimidated 01:29 when they start the doctor thing, you know. 01:30 Oh, my goodness. Absolutely. And it's good to have you here. 01:34 Of course general manger of Dare to Dream. 01:37 And you and me, 01:38 both are excited about this program today. 01:40 I know, I love our guests. 01:42 We do and the music, of course Yvonne, 01:45 you know her background a little bit. 01:47 She's of course been in music business 01:49 for a long time, but we have the Jim Brady Trio here. 01:53 And, Jim, it's good to have you here. 01:54 It's a joy to be here. And your lovely wife, Melissa. 01:57 And your son-- 01:59 Just kidding, your grandfather, no, no. 02:02 I was going to say that's little more like it. 02:04 Yeah, your grandpa. 02:05 No, no, Brother Tim Parton. Yes. 02:07 And, Tim, it's good to have you back home. 02:09 Great to be back. 02:10 So Tim spend a lot-- 02:12 spends a lot of time here in Southern Illinois 02:13 in God's country at 3ABN Sound Center. 02:17 And has done a number of projects with us. 02:20 And Tim and I, we get each other a lot, 02:22 but what an incredible musician. 02:24 Oh, man. 02:26 Tim is-- 02:27 you know, we talk about people 02:28 that are in the league by themselves. 02:30 Yeah. Of course, it is Tim. 02:32 Time is in a league by himself. 02:34 I mean I just feel like he is just phenomenal. 02:37 Yeah, outstanding in the field, you mean somewhere? 02:40 That can be either good or bad 02:41 'cause you're in the league of your own. 02:43 That's true but it's good. Well, God has blessed with. 02:47 Tim's been coming here a lots of years 02:49 and I didn't even know that he really sing 02:50 for a number of years, 02:52 and then one day I heard him in the room singing. 02:54 Now, every time we do camp meeting, 02:57 he has to come and we have him sing 02:58 as a God's been good, is that the one? 03:01 Someone you really like right? Yes. Yes. 03:02 And, well, we want to find out little bit, 03:04 then we gonna have these folks signing for you. 03:06 Tim, maybe we will get him to play something for us 03:08 here pretty soon, 03:10 but we want to find out about Jim and Melissa Brady. 03:13 Tell us your background. 03:15 First of all, where you born and raised in a Christian home? 03:17 We were, both of us actually grew up in preacher's homes. 03:20 Okay. 03:21 My dad is an evangelist, 03:22 had been preaching the gospel for almost-- 03:24 What church? Baptist. 03:25 He would serve at a Baptist. Okay. 03:27 I always say we weren't allowed to do anything but eat. 03:30 We can do that, we can eat because our theme song 03:32 was God be with us so we eat again. 03:35 So dad was a conservative Baptist 03:37 but he was an evangelist and traveled the country, 03:39 and Melissa's dad was an evangelist as well. 03:41 Okay. Baptist too. Baptist and that's how we met. 03:44 We met at a camp meeting. 03:45 She was speaking at a camp meeting. 03:46 Okay. Sure. 03:48 We met at a camp meeting in Georgia. 03:49 I was from Texas, she was from Ohio, we met in Georgia, 03:53 and we've known each other for many years. 03:55 And when we got little older, we got married 03:57 and we've been traveling and touring together 03:58 for many years and just ministering together. 04:02 There's nothing greater than ministering with your spouse, 04:04 so we're just so grateful. 04:06 Absolutely. 04:07 Now, a lot of the folk that know you say, 04:08 I've seen that face before but not with the Jim Brady Trio 04:11 but with the Booth Brothers. 04:12 Almost 13 years. 04:14 Tell us a little about the Booth Brothers? 04:15 What an honor to being a part of that ministry. 04:17 Almost 13 years I was with those guys. 04:19 And Melissa and I had traveled with her father 04:22 in evangelistic ministry for many years 04:24 prior to the Booth Brothers. 04:25 But he had gotten sick and came off the road 04:28 and needed to stay close to home 04:29 and Melissa being her only child 04:30 wanted to stay home and take care of her dad. 04:33 And that was the time 04:34 the Booth Brothers have called me 04:35 and they actually just called for me to fill in. 04:37 They said, "Hey, we're on the Gaither tour 04:39 where we need somebody that can sing this part. 04:41 Would you fill in until we find somebody? 04:43 I said sure, I had the time to do it, 04:45 so I jumped on their bus and we can fill in with him 04:47 and almost 13 years later I was still filling in, so. 04:52 Absolutely, great group. 04:54 And then how long have you been with-- 04:56 Tim, how long you guys been together now? 04:58 We started the beginning of this 2015 as Melissa says. 05:02 Wow, yeah. 05:03 Yeah, 2015, we started January 1st our first project. 05:05 Now, how did you hook up with Tim. 05:07 Tell me how that happened? Well, you know what? 05:08 We have known Tim for a long time. 05:10 This is kind of a neat story. 05:12 Many years ago before Melissa and I were even married, 05:14 Melissa had-- 05:16 I know him before he had a beard. 05:17 Yeah or a partial beard as you can say. 05:19 Yeah, partial beard. He had hair. 05:21 He is still working on that. 05:22 But many years ago Melissa had tried up with the group 05:25 called the Lesters. 05:26 And Tim was playing piano for the Lesters, 05:28 and Melissa was going to go sing with the Lesters, 05:30 but her mom and dad had some health issues at that time. 05:34 And so she didn't take the job, 05:35 but we met Tim way back when he was with the Lesters. 05:38 And then years had passed 05:40 and I joined a group called the Booth Brothers 05:42 and he was with the Spears 05:44 and different groups over the years, 05:45 but he ended up with the group called Legacy Five. 05:48 And while I was with the Booth Brothers 05:49 and he was with Legacy Five, 05:51 we did a tour together called the Jubilee tour. 05:53 Okay. 05:54 And so Tim and I have spend a lot of hours 05:56 in the studio together. 05:58 We've toured together. 05:59 We've been on the road together 06:01 so we've known each other for a long time. 06:02 And we began to think about doing this new trio. 06:06 The only guy we could think of was Tim and just-- 06:08 we loved his heart 06:10 and his talent speaks for itself. 06:11 And so we knew he was the right fit 06:13 and when we called him and asked him about he was, 06:16 he was in and I think God had begun to prepare 06:19 all of our hearts for this. 06:20 Well, I hope he stays longer with you than he did us, 06:22 so we had him about a year and then he left us, 06:25 I don't know if he got mad at us 06:27 or the fact we didn't pay you had anything to do with? 06:30 It certainly didn't have to do with you 06:32 but I wouldn't take that on. 06:36 I have a very short attention span. 06:38 If he tries to leave, we'll send him back to you, 06:40 okay so. 06:41 Okay. All right. 06:43 We just keep him back before. There you go, yeah. 06:44 All right, well, what we're gonna have you do 06:45 is some music and we gonna get some more of your story 06:47 in just a little bit 06:49 but the first song is 'The Love of God' 06:51 and it has to be one of the greatest songs 06:53 ever written. 06:54 But on this particular we have something in common, 06:57 your arranger, 06:58 tell us a little bit about the arranger? 06:59 It is a really neat story, 07:01 Larry Goss who we all know and love. 07:03 We had announced a new group 07:05 and we weren't going to call Larry 07:06 Larry to produce the album because it's a little-- 07:08 he is expensive. 07:10 And we thought we're a new group, 07:11 we can't afford, you know, our budget won't allow it. 07:13 When Larry heard the announcement 07:15 of the new group, he called me up and he said, 07:17 "Come over to the house, I got something for you." 07:19 I said, "What's he doing." 07:20 So I went over to his music room 07:22 there his house and he knew 07:23 this was my favorite hymn of all time. 07:26 So he began playing this arrangement 07:28 to The Love of God. 07:29 And I said, "Is this for us?" 07:30 He said, "It is if you want it." 07:32 We took the arrangement, recorded the arrangement, 07:34 had no idea that before we can even release the album 07:38 that unexpectedly Larry passed away, 07:40 but this was one of the last arrangements 07:42 he did. 07:43 And I tell you what? It is just gorgeous. 07:45 And every night we sing this song, 07:47 we think of Larry, his music lives on. 07:50 Larry, I think an incredible arranger 07:52 and we talked about the other night, 07:54 we were talking about it, not just, you know, technically 07:57 but the heart that he had 07:59 and the anointing that was on him. 08:01 So what we want you do, 08:02 we want you guys to get ready to sing. 08:04 And, Yvonne, this is going to be really good 08:06 and as you know, this is one of my... 08:08 all time favorite songs too, The Love of God, 08:10 especially the second verse, 08:12 Could we with ink the ocean fill, 08:14 it's so beautiful. 08:16 And I don't know, I heard Allison Speer 08:17 one time said that and, you know, 08:20 you don't know whether how much of all this is true 08:22 but it sure sound good, I will say that. 08:24 But she said that they found the scroll 08:26 on back in around 1100 AD or something 08:29 on in the mental home, I guess it was. 08:31 Maybe it's time during a Reformation, 08:33 when someone was in prison imprisoned 08:35 and literally wrote the song verse. 08:37 And when you hear the words, you will understand 08:39 that it was written way back, it talks about the quills 08:42 and every stalk, you know, on earth a quill 08:44 and every man a scribe by trade, 08:47 so we're gonna listen right now to the Jim Brady Trio. 09:04 The love of God is greater far 09:11 Than tongue or pen could ever tell 09:16 It goes beyond the highest star 09:22 And reaches to the lowest hell 09:28 The guilty pair bowed down with care 09:34 God gave His Son to win 09:41 His erring child 09:44 He reconciled 09:47 And pardoned from his sin 10:09 Could we with ink the ocean fill 10:15 And were the skies of parchment made 10:23 And every stalk on earth a quill 10:30 And every man 10:32 A scribe by trade 10:39 To write 10:42 The love of God above 10:48 Would drain the ocean dry 10:54 Nor could the scroll contain the whole 11:00 Though stretched from sky 11:03 To sky 11:09 O love of God 11:15 How rich and pure! 11:18 How measureless and strong! 11:25 It shall forevermore endure 11:31 The saints' and angels' 11:35 song 11:39 It shall 11:42 Forevermore endure 11:48 The saints' and angels' 11:52 Song 11:56 How wonderful how marvelous 12:02 This precious love 12:07 Of God 12:09 The precious love 12:13 Of God. 12:26 That's a two hander. 12:27 Praise Him. Praise the Lord. 12:29 Between fighting back the tears and the chills and-- 12:33 Absolutely. Oh, man, it's so beautiful. 12:35 Absolutely fabulous. Of course, Larry is all over that. 12:37 He is and I just miss him so much. 12:40 This is on the brand new project, 12:42 brand new, we used to call them records 12:44 but they says when you do that. 12:46 Yeah. Yeah. 12:48 So records but it's called "A New Chapter," is that right? 12:49 It's correct. Okay, "A New Chapter." 12:51 And that's obviously 12:54 a new chapter in you all's life, right? 12:56 Absolutely. And your music life. 12:57 That's the most incredible arrangement. 12:59 Isn't it? 13:01 And that is, that's hard to keep back the tears. 13:04 You guys are fabulous harmony, absolutely. 13:07 Their blend is so beautiful. Isn't it? 13:09 You know, I mean it's-- 13:11 Here you have husband and wife and you have Tim 13:14 and it's just like their voices just mesh so beautiful there. 13:18 See there. 13:19 That gives me, that gives me strength 13:21 to why people can't sing. 13:22 Oh, my goodness. You guys can sing. 13:24 I can't believe you. Sometimes they can. 13:27 Sometimes, yeah. Oh, my goodness. 13:29 Well, we know when we were beat, 13:30 but this gives me courage. 13:34 They are up there. You guys are up the street. 13:36 This is good. But we give God the credit for it. 13:38 Absolutely. 13:40 And I know that you do, 13:41 and we can joke around about it some, 13:43 but absolutely thank you that is so beautiful. 13:45 We want to talk about the next song 13:47 and the God of What's To Come. 13:48 And I think you wrote that. 13:49 Yes, that's actually song 13:51 Melissa and I wrote with the friend of ours 13:52 when we were starting this new group. 13:54 We wanted to write our hearts on this new project, 13:57 wanted to express where we were at in our lives, 13:59 and as writers you tend to do that. 14:01 You know, you write where you are in your life 14:04 and the Christian walk is seasons. 14:06 You know, there is seasons 14:07 and it's really a walk of faith, is what it is. 14:10 And when God nudges you to do something new, 14:12 sometimes you have to leave the familiar and the safe 14:16 and step out of the familiar to step into the unknown 14:19 to follow God, you know, and there sometimes 14:22 as humans we have fear and we have those insecurities, 14:26 and we sometimes worry about it. 14:28 But I got to tell you, when you know 14:30 God is nudging you just take that leap of faith, 14:32 take that leap of faith, when you know it's God, 14:35 and don't be surprised when He shows up and blesses 14:37 'cause that's exactly what He has done for us 14:39 and that's what we put in the song 14:40 'cause He is the God of what's to come. 14:42 He is the God that has brought us this far, 14:44 the God of our past, 14:45 the God of everything before us, 14:46 but He is also the God of everything 14:48 is to come in our lives. 14:49 And so, we try to express that in this song 14:51 and Larry Goss once again produced this for us 14:53 and it's just-- 14:55 the song goes over really well when we sing it in concert. 14:57 I think it's because people can relate to that. 15:00 You know, there's a lot of people you get, 15:02 you get comfortable where you are at. 15:04 But God wants us to take that leap of faith 15:05 and step forth in faith. 15:07 And I think when you do, 15:08 there's great blessings awaiting. 15:11 Danny just wrote a book called "The Blessings on the Go." 15:15 And so, I mean that just fits that whole concept, 15:18 when you step out in faith, God blesses. 15:21 Yes, He does. Absolutely. 15:22 What we gonna do, we gonna ask you to go back up 15:24 and sing, then we'll have you stay up there few minutes 15:28 because they're gonna do a song, 15:29 it's written by a friend of ours 15:31 for over 35 years, we've been friends with Aaron Wilburn. 15:34 Sounds like Home to Me, what beautiful song 15:37 that is and I think about it often, Aaron and Gaither, 15:40 a vocal band do it sometime ago, 15:42 what an incredible job, 15:43 so I can't wait to hear you all do this too, 15:46 but right now we gonna be doing the God of What's to Come. 15:50 And my favorite author says something like this, 15:54 she says we don't have to fear the future. 15:56 All we have to do is look at the past 15:58 to see where God has led us. 16:00 And how He has brought us so now we can go forward, 16:04 we can get that new chapter of life, 16:06 expecting the miracles. 16:07 I have reason to believe in miracles 16:09 like the dawn expects the sun, I will not accept defeat 16:12 for my trust in Him is complete 16:14 and my victory has already been won. 16:17 Now, they're gonna be singing to us, 16:19 "the God of What's to Come." 16:32 Took a while to summon up 16:35 The courage and the faith 16:38 But Lord I knew I heard you calling me 16:44 Took a step away from the familiar and the safe 16:49 Followed you into uncertainty 16:54 Believing that the best is yet to be 17:00 Because you are God 17:03 God of What's to Come 17:05 The Mighty and Most High Sovereign One 17:11 You are God of all that's been before 17:14 In countless victories won 17:16 So I can trust You 17:18 And I will trust you 17:21 God of what's to come 17:27 Change is never easy even for the bravest hearts 17:33 Especially when you can't see what's in store 17:38 But all the lives 17:39 And all the pages of my life so far 17:44 Testify how you are faithful to Lord 17:49 You will be with me and you will go before 17:54 Because you are God 17:57 God of What's to Come 18:00 The Mighty and Most High Sovereign One 18:05 You are God of all that's been before 18:08 In countless victories won 18:10 So I can trust You 18:13 And I will trust you 18:15 God of what's to come 18:19 There have been works that You prepare for me to do 18:24 And my unknown tomorrow's are already seen by you 18:31 You are God 18:36 God of What's to Come 18:38 The Mighty and Most High Sovereign One 18:43 You are God of all that's been before 18:46 In countless victories won 18:48 So I can trust You 18:51 And I will trust You 18:54 For I will trust You 18:56 And I will trust You 18:59 God of what's tocome 19:05 To come. 19:16 I think I might have to shout up in the air. 19:18 We've been having church. 19:20 I know we have been church up in the air. 19:21 Is it, absolutely. 19:23 It does sound, it's just wonderful. 19:25 Really, I love the blend, 19:27 I love the way they phrased their music, 19:30 the songs are wonderful. 19:31 You guys are just such a blessing. 19:33 They really are. 19:35 We are so thankful they're today. 19:37 We've told them to stay up, 19:38 ask them to stay up at the piano and they said yes. 19:41 And then pretty soon, 19:42 Tim's even said that he will do a piano solo. 19:45 And now we always enjoy that for sure. 19:47 But right now they're gonna do-- 19:48 I think it's a beautiful song, a friend of ours Aaron Wilburn 19:52 and Aaron has, I don't know 19:54 how many YouTube hits he ever gets on his 19:56 but he does a song that says something like it, 19:59 if your nose is running money out, 20:01 my nose is running money out, I will blow it on you, 20:03 that got like 7 or 8 million hits, 20:06 I don't know what that says about the audiences 20:07 and all of that but anyway this song's a beautiful song. 20:12 Aaron's been a friend for many, many years. 20:14 I love his music and it's simple songs 20:17 and but it reaches the heart. 20:19 And I think that's the key, you know, 20:22 the simplicity of them can just penetrate your soul. 20:25 Absolutely. "Sounds Like Home" to me. 20:40 Somewhere just 20:42 Across the Jordan River 20:49 There's a place of everlasting joy 20:57 And peace 21:01 Where the tree of life 21:04 Is flowing there forever 21:11 And a crown of life 21:15 Is waiting there for me 21:22 That sounds like home to me 21:28 Like where I want to be 21:33 There'll be no tears 21:38 To fill our eyes again 21:46 The hills will echo 21:49 with the story 21:52 As we sing of His grace and glory 21:59 Where the saints of God will be 22:05 That sounds like home to me 22:16 They say 22:19 There is only joy 22:22 Inside 22:25 That city 22:30 A crystal river 22:33 flowing by the tree 22:40 Of life 22:45 No pain 22:48 Or disappointments there 22:54 To hurt us 22:58 For Jesus Christ 23:05 Himself 23:08 Will be 23:12 The light 23:17 That sounds like home to me 23:25 Like where I want to be 23:32 There'll be no tears 23:37 To fill our eyes 23:41 Again 23:46 The hills will echo 23:49 With the story 23:52 As we sing of His grace and glory 23:59 Where the saints of God will be 24:05 That sounds like home to me 24:13 The hills will echo 24:17 with the story 24:21 As we sing of His grace 24:25 And glory 24:34 Where the saints of God will be 24:41 That sounds like home to me. 25:06 Amen. Isn't that beautiful. It is so beautiful. 25:08 I want to sing with them. 25:10 Maybe we can make it the Brady quartet. 25:11 Next time, oh the quartet. Maybe next time. 25:15 I've already asked first but. 25:17 Or else announce the Brady quintet. 25:19 Oh, quintet, that's okay. Yeah, go for it. 25:21 Well, I think the way it's meant for us 25:25 to sing with them is to buy their CD and then-- 25:28 And sing along. 25:29 Sing with, we can be singing along and speaking to that, 25:32 those of you at home, we're gonna put up their address 25:34 in just a little bit 25:35 and so you want to write this down. 25:37 We'll tell ahead of time about their website, 25:39 how you can contact them. 25:41 And I know they got lot of product and things 25:44 that you want to see 25:45 and information and all of that, 25:47 so where there're going to be concerts, 25:49 all of them I'm sure is on their website. 25:51 But it's a privilege to have you guys here today. 25:54 We're honored. Thank you. 25:56 These are some great Baptist singers. 25:58 All right. All right. 25:59 I want to go little bit about your own personal testimony. 26:02 We got a few minutes. 26:04 Just because your dad is an evangelist 26:05 as you all know, it doesn't mean 26:07 that all of the kids are going to become Christians. 26:11 Did you go through any period in your life 26:13 where lot of times PK kids, 26:14 you know, they want to go different directions, 26:17 but somehow, 26:18 through God's grace and mercy, they come around. 26:20 Did you, you look like 26:21 you never had a problem in your life. 26:23 No, I had a couple of brothers who did that for me. 26:26 But no, you know what? 26:27 I came to know the Lord at 5 years old. 26:29 And, you know, you think about, you know, just living 5 years, 26:33 you know, you don't think you don't have a great testimony. 26:35 But I tell you what a great testimony 26:37 is one who came to the Lord 26:38 that early was able to walk with the Lord all these years. 26:41 And I remember that morning well, 26:42 my dad was preaching that morning 26:44 and when he got done, 26:45 he usually would come down to the front 26:47 and kneel and pray or sit at the front row 26:50 and he got through preaching that day, 26:52 and I walked up to him and I said, 26:53 I know I'm young 26:55 but I understand what you're talking about. 26:56 And my dad led me to the Lord. 26:58 And that was the greatest decision 27:00 I ever made, greatest day of my life. 27:01 And I didn't realized it really then how amazing salvation is 27:05 but the longer I live and the older I get, 27:08 the more I realize 27:09 how much we really received in that moment of salvation. 27:12 What an amazing gift that we have. 27:15 And so the longer I live, 27:17 the more grateful I'm for that moment, 27:18 but I'm grateful for mom and dad 27:20 who lived it in front of me. 27:22 And I knew at a young age, I needed a savior 27:25 and, you know, it's really been, it's been 27:28 just the greatest decision of my life. 27:30 So I'm so grateful. 27:31 Were you ever tempted to go out into the world to sing 27:34 because the gift that you have is so amazing 27:36 and the world can be so seductive. 27:38 Did you ever thought about that? 27:40 No, you know, I really have never had a desire to sing 27:42 any other kind of music but I'll tell you what I did. 27:44 Mom and dad if they see this show, 27:48 We were only allowed to listen to gospel music growing up. 27:51 They just, all they would have is gospel music 27:52 which I loved and I felt in love 27:54 with that in an early age, 27:55 but I did love some of the secular music, 27:57 just some of them, just the quality that was, 27:59 you know, that went into the production, 28:01 so we had an old car out at the back of our property 28:04 that the battery was still hooked up. 28:05 Car didn't run but the radio worked. 28:07 And I go out there and I listen to some Lionel Richie 28:10 and some other kind, I mean Chicago and some of that. 28:13 But you know what, no, I really, 28:15 I love music in general. 28:16 I'm grateful for that but I love about this music is 28:20 the lyrics separates it from any other kind of music 28:22 and what I love about it is the musicality is beautiful, 28:26 the harmony is beautiful, the notes are beautiful 28:29 but the lyric can change your life. 28:31 Simple as this, it sounds like home to me. 28:33 I mean it really makes you look forward to heaven. 28:35 And whatever your problems are around you to know 28:39 that very soon this is all over. 28:41 Absolutely. 28:42 And it gives you such hope and such encouragement 28:44 and so gospel music can do that, none of the other. 28:48 I used to-- 28:49 I'm lot older than you but I used to-- 28:50 my folks had mostly gospel too, they did some country. 28:53 My dad and mother were country western musicians 28:56 before they became Christians, 28:57 but they quit, but I'll go out and look at me, 29:00 I'm as helpless, you know, that song, mystery, 29:03 that type 'cause I always like the chords 29:05 and I thought I'm gonna get my guitar 29:07 and see if I can play some of those chords, 29:09 so I like to have it but when it call comes 29:11 right back down to it, as you said, 29:14 it's nothing has answers for this world's, 29:16 problem today, problems today except songs that 29:20 and testimonies of the Lord Jesus Christ. 29:23 Our greatest asset is our personal testimony 29:26 and most songs are born out of, 29:29 you're songwriter your personal testimony. 29:31 Absolutely. 29:32 Speaking that, we have a song I think coming up next. 29:35 It says every cry 29:37 and I think this was born out of your testimony. 29:39 It really was. 29:40 There was, we were on a ship to Canada and I had, 29:43 we've gone over to do a whole lot of concerts 29:45 and I shut my phone off 29:46 because the roaming charges are expensive 29:48 and I just turned my phone off, 29:50 we did a whole string of concerts. 29:52 And when we came to the boarder to cross back into the US, 29:55 I turned my phone back on and I know 29:57 I just had multiple messages from home. 30:00 And I thought something must be wrong, 30:01 I better call and see what's up. 30:03 Well, I called home and got hold of my mom 30:05 and she's like, I'll tell you your sister Debra 30:07 who is my older sister, 30:08 she said she's been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. 30:12 And they're going to do surgery immediately 30:14 and then radiation and chemo to follow. 30:16 And in that moment, you know, 30:18 we've walked with the Lord all of our lives. 30:20 And we believe that God is with us 30:21 through everything that we faced. 30:23 We believe that so much we give our lives for that truth, 30:26 but in that moment, 30:27 you still feel the pain for your family, 30:29 your heart still breaks for your family. 30:31 And I wondered what I would say to them, 30:33 to try to encourage my sister and my family. 30:36 And so I had a long ride back 30:37 from the border of Canada to Nashville, 30:40 and I had some time on my hands so I thought, 30:42 well, soon as I get back to Nashville, 30:43 I'll fly to see my sister. 30:45 But I thought, what will I say to her in that moment. 30:47 And I thought, well, I'm a songwriter, 30:49 I can usually say it better in a song 30:51 than I can say it just walk up and say it to her. 30:54 So I had some time 30:55 and I sat and wrote a little song for her. 30:58 And I went down and sang it to her. 30:59 I didn't have a recorder or arranger, 31:01 just took a guitar and played for her and saying, 31:03 and it really was a lot of encouragement 31:05 for her at that moment. 31:07 And the amazing thing was 31:08 when we start to singing the song out, 31:11 people started hearing it, 31:12 we get more emails 31:13 and more comments about the song 31:15 and people say, 31:16 you may have written that for your sister 31:17 but those lyrics were for me, I needed to hear that. 31:21 And so that's one of the amazing thing 31:22 of this message is you can 31:24 write it for someone in particular 31:26 but is relative, 31:27 people are all going through something. 31:30 And I remember hearing Zig Ziglar 31:32 say one time, "Treat everyone as though they're hurting 31:35 and you'll be treating them in the proper manner." 31:37 So we're all hurt, we all go through difficulties 31:39 and that's why this song was born 31:41 and I'm thankful it's been a blessing to a lot of people. 31:44 Absolutely. 31:45 So we want you all to do for us at this time, every cry. 31:49 Yvonne, I'm so blessed, 31:50 this program, I just really feel 31:52 that I'm drawing closer to Jesus. 31:54 Yes. 31:55 And not only the quality of the music 31:58 but the songs. 32:00 And I've heard some of the other songs 32:01 that Jim has written and Melissa 32:04 and absolutely the people who know the voice of the Lord 32:08 and know how to communicate and what a gift. 32:10 I'm so thankful that they're using their time, 32:12 their talents, their abilities for the Lord. 32:15 You talk about singing in the world 32:17 and you did that for a while. 32:18 I did. 32:20 And but you came back to the Lord 32:21 and I know, you've got gold and platinum makers 32:24 and you sing with, you know, 32:25 the Whitney Houston's and all of that, 32:27 but I've heard you say, 32:28 the greatest moments of your life have been 32:32 since you came back to Jesus. 32:33 Oh, yes, by far. 32:34 And none of that ever compares. 32:36 You can't compare singing about 32:38 Charmin bathroom tissue and Jesus Christ. 32:40 You know, what I mean. I mean, there's no comparison. 32:43 The money is not too bad by the way. 32:45 Well, the money, the money but, 32:47 but in terms of the experience and in terms of just, 32:51 its redemptiveness, you just can't, 32:53 you just can't compare it, 32:54 so it's the most wonderful decision 32:58 that I ever made just like Jim has said earlier 33:00 was coming to the Lord. 33:02 Amen. All right. It's just wonderful. 33:03 We're gonna be blessed as they sing "Every Cry." 33:17 When you face 33:20 Life's great disappointments 33:28 And answers are so hard to find 33:36 There is One 33:38 You can always depend on 33:46 To walk every step by your side 33:56 Every cry is heard 34:01 By the Father 34:06 Not one tear from your eye goes unseen 34:16 He lovingly cares 34:21 For His children 34:25 Let His love be 34:28 The strength that you need 34:35 There's a deep settled peace 34:41 When you know Him 34:44 You can rest 34:47 Just knowing He cares 34:54 No matter 34:56 What's waiting before you 35:03 He has promised 35:06 He'll always be there 35:13 Every cry is heard 35:18 By the Father 35:22 Not one tear 35:25 From your eye goes unseen 35:32 He lovingly cares 35:37 For His children 35:42 Let His love be 35:44 The strength that you need 35:51 Every cry is heard 35:56 By the Father 36:00 Not one tear 36:03 From your eye goes unseen 36:10 He lovingly cares 36:15 For His children 36:20 Let His love be 36:22 The strength that you need 36:29 He lovingly cares 36:36 For His 36:40 Children 36:45 Let His love be 36:48 The strength that you need. 37:20 He lovingly cares for His children. 37:21 Absolutely. 37:23 And, you know, every time you go through some thing, 37:25 you can just sense when you pray, 37:28 you can sense that God has got you. 37:30 You read the word, you know, God's not gonna let you fall, 37:33 that personal touch that Jesus has is just, 37:38 it's just incomprehensible. 37:39 That's amazing. 37:41 You know, there's another song that says 37:42 He is big enough to rule this might universe, 37:45 yet He is small enough to live within our hearts. 37:48 And, I think there is more to the story, 37:51 I'd like to hear the rest of the story 37:52 after you sing the song, 37:54 but for your sister and Melissa, 37:56 tell us what happened now after? 37:59 Well, Jim's sister was diagnosed with the cancer 38:01 about five years ago. 38:03 Yes. 38:04 And she had surgery, chemo, radiation 38:07 and she was doing really well. 38:09 The cancer was in remission. 38:11 And about two years ago, the cancer came back. 38:14 And it was devastating to our family 38:16 because we know what that means, 38:17 you know, once that comes back, it comes back more viciously 38:21 and we got a call form her 38:23 and this was the amazing thing that God did. 38:26 The day that she walked into the doctor's office 38:28 to get that diagnose says yes, the cancer is back. 38:32 She walked out to her car and turned on the ignition 38:35 and her radio started playing and it was that song. 38:39 And she called Jim, and she said, 38:41 God did that just for me. That's right. 38:44 And I love knowing he is a personal savior 38:47 and when we needed the most, 38:49 what we need will be on that television show 38:52 that we're watching 38:53 or on the radio to be the word from the Lord 38:56 that says, I still love you. 38:59 I'm still taking care of you. And I'm so thankful for that. 39:02 I'm so thankful that God did that for her 39:06 because it encouraged me as well. 39:07 Amen. 39:08 So we can say that's coincidence 39:10 or divine providence, right? 39:12 But we know which one it is. Absolutely. 39:14 Divine providence 39:16 because coincidences would happen once in a while 39:18 but in the line of ministry that we're in, 39:22 we see these miracles happen all the time. 39:25 So we know they are not coincidences 39:27 but they're divine providence. 39:29 And I'm glad we serve that God of mighty miracles 39:32 and that God that gives us the comfort. 39:34 You know, this life 39:36 and we talk about with our viewers quite a bit. 39:39 This life is not all there is. 39:40 So people say, well, 39:42 you know, how come you guys are Christians 39:44 and you still get sick and we notice you still die. 39:48 Some of you may live a little longer 39:49 but some of you, you know, kids get die 39:52 and whatever happens. 39:53 And we say, you know, that's why we need a savior. 39:56 That's why we need a new earth. 39:57 Since Satan was loosed on this earth, 39:59 he is the prince of this earth, 40:01 but we serve the God of the universe. 40:03 So soon and very soon when Jesus comes back, 40:06 all of that's erased, the song, you know, it turn bright, 40:10 turn your eyes upon Jesus, 40:12 look full in his wonderful face, 40:13 the things of earth will grow strangely dim. 40:15 And when he comes back, 40:17 we won't even remember, we won't even remember, 40:20 I wrote a song several years ago. 40:22 I was carpenter before I went into 3ABN, 40:24 I was one a pole barn building and it was way up high 40:27 and the sun was coming up in the morning 40:29 and all of a sudden, it reminded me 40:31 of the second coming. 40:33 And, you know, there are songs that says 40:35 when we've been there 10,000 years 40:37 and all of this novel send and it hit me, 40:39 we don't need 10,000 years to enjoy or appreciate 40:43 or be awed by God in His glory, in His majesty and eternity, 40:48 the first foment of eternity, 40:50 so I wrote a song, the first moment of eternity 40:53 and that's what's really going to happen here 40:54 all the things that seemed so bad, 40:58 so bad now is simply will all be wiped away. 41:02 And so now, we have an eternity to spend together. 41:05 If you're not a Christian today, 41:07 we're inviting you to accept the Lord Jesus Christ 41:09 as Lord and savior of your life. 41:11 There is no other, 41:13 we're all born terminal on this earth. 41:15 We don't like to think about it. 41:16 We see this beautiful baby and I've got the grandchildren 41:20 but should the Lord tarry, 41:22 everyone of us are born terminal. 41:24 The only out is to literally submit and commit our lives 41:28 to the Lord Jesus Christ. 41:29 Amen. 41:30 And so then, after we do that, what do we do? 41:32 The Bible says go and tell. 41:34 Go and tell what He has done for us, 41:35 so your greatest asset is your personal testimony 41:39 of what God has done for you. 41:41 Speaking of that, Melissa, 41:43 I'd like to hear a little bit about you, your testimony. 41:46 Did you... 41:49 you know, probably baptized in early age. 41:51 Did you ever leave the Lord? 41:53 I didn't, I was too scared. 41:58 You know, I'm the only child, daddy's girl 42:01 and I grew up in a Christian home, 42:03 although my dad, 42:05 he didn't give his heart to the Lord until I was five. 42:07 And he was rock and roller, drugs, I mean he dealt drugs, 42:12 he was in a really rough life in his early days 42:15 from that he ran away from home at 13 42:18 and didn't give his heart to the Lord until he was 26. 42:20 So he had 13 years of living a rough life. 42:23 And when he gave his heart to the Lord, 42:26 he was wholeheartedly for Jesus from that moment on. 42:29 And so, I was raised in a very conservative home 42:33 and my dad never had to do much disciplining, 42:37 all he had to do was look me. 42:39 And if I though the was disappointed at me, 42:40 my heart was broken. 42:42 So I stayed pretty closed to home 42:45 and I think also what the Lord did for me. 42:48 I gave my heart to the Lord as a teenage girl 42:51 and then because I traveled with my parents 42:54 doing evangelistic work. 42:56 Dad would preach sermons 42:57 and mom and I would sing with him. 42:59 I think having that creative outlet in my life 43:02 and being able to understand a little bit better 43:06 about what serving God was at a young age, 43:09 just made me love it that much more. 43:11 And so that's why I don't think, 43:13 I never really had a desire to do anything else 43:15 except for what I was already doing. 43:17 And so, as an adult now I look back on it 43:20 and thank God for it because I realized 43:23 it probably kept me out of a lot of trouble. 43:25 Absolutely. 43:26 And imagine the difference in your life 43:29 had your father not found the Lord. 43:31 You would have been born into that 43:32 and raised in that type of atmosphere, 43:34 may not be here today. 43:36 Exactly. And he may not either. 43:38 And so, you know, 43:40 it's an incredible time to be alive 43:42 in the closing moments of earth's history. 43:44 And again, I'm so thankful you guys are here, 43:46 I think we gonna have time for Mr. Tim Parton. 43:50 Now, Tim, give us a little bit of your background. 43:52 Now, your dad was musical also, right? 43:56 And your parents were, Tim, what about your folks. 43:58 Tell us about your folks? 44:00 Sure. Now, you were born where? 44:02 I was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Yes, sir. 44:04 I was born into a singing family, 44:06 so that's the thing that we all have in common. 44:08 Each of us were born into the same families 44:10 or musical families and I was... 44:14 I gave my life to Christ when I was seven. 44:17 And you know, one of the things 44:18 that I think I have struggled the most with 44:21 in my walk is not having that time when I-- 44:28 there was something bad that went wrong in my life that, 44:31 you know, that I strayed from God. 44:32 And so because we talk to so many people 44:34 that they say, well, you got to have something 44:36 that you were saved from, 44:38 you know, something that was devastating in your life 44:40 that you made you a bad person. 44:42 Saved form sin. Right. 44:43 That's the thing, you know, you're saved from sin, 44:45 being born into a sinful nature but we're sinners 44:49 and so giving our life to Christ, 44:51 it doesn't mean we have to be saved from anything bad, 44:53 it just means that we're surrendering our life to God 44:56 and choosing to follow Him for the rest of our life 44:58 and so I've been so honored to have been literally 45:02 the path has been laid open for me. 45:03 You talk about providence, 45:05 God has opened so many doors for me 45:06 and given me the talent and then open the door, 45:09 it's just like He gave it to me then opened the door for me 45:12 and I mean, I couldn't have it any easier. 45:14 God has been so good to me. 45:16 He blessed me and gave me this opportunity to sing 45:19 and play the piano and so, 45:21 and here I am with Danny Shelton 45:25 All right, don't make fun. I'm not making fun. 45:27 You knew I'm serious, I love you too. 45:29 Well, I love you too. 45:31 Now, quite a lot of people probably don't realizes 45:34 when you listen to Tim play, 45:36 you assume that he came from the Juilliard School of music, 45:38 right? 45:40 But you don't, I mean, you didn't grow up 45:43 with any technical training, right? 45:45 No, sir. 45:46 You didn't do music theory and you didn't do all that. 45:47 I'll tell you, I took a year and half 45:49 of piano lessons and after the teacher like, 45:51 I couldn't teach him anything, 45:52 I said, you know, you're hopeless. 45:54 I am not able to-- 45:55 You know, truly, I did took lessons 45:57 for year and half and didn't, it didn't take 46:00 so my dad said, 46:02 well, why don't you just start playing for the family. 46:03 And, well, that's-- I went from there. 46:07 See, I took piano for about year and half 46:09 and I don't play like you. 46:12 We need to talk. 46:13 I'll show you some stuff. Okay. Good, good. 46:16 But your gift, people says, 46:18 well, I wish I could play like that, 46:19 I have a brother who plays a piano very well. 46:21 And a relative 46:23 of kind of shirt-tail relative of ours said, 46:25 you know what? 46:26 This is after he has grown. 46:28 My brother started playing at 46:29 three, four, five, six years old, 46:30 played all of his life. 46:32 Well, this fellow became a Christian, 46:33 gave his heart to the Lord 46:35 and went to the church that says, 46:36 basically he named and claim it. 46:37 So he said, come home 46:39 and I'm praying that I will get the same gift as he has. 46:43 So he said, everyday I come home from work, 46:46 I sit down, I bought an organ and I play it. 46:48 And I'll say, no, that gift is not here today. 46:50 And so he said, but it's going to come, 46:53 one of these days, I'm gonna set out. 46:55 My brother said, if he does, I won't be mad about this. 46:58 I had to spend my whole life playing and so. 47:00 Right, just because I didn't take lessons, 47:01 it doesn't mean I haven't practiced 47:03 and work for it for sure. 47:04 He still work, he still work. 47:06 That's the beauty of it. 47:08 The gifts are there, God gives us all gifts 47:11 but it's really what you and I do with those gifts. 47:13 And Tim has dedicated his life to music 47:17 and some of the stuff, you know, 47:19 we can be our serious songs whatever now and then, 47:22 we get him to play something light and fun. 47:25 And I think we're gonna get you 47:26 to do that in just a moment. 47:28 What's the name of the song you're going to be doing? 47:29 "Just A Little While." Okay. 47:30 Just A Little While. Is this a medley? 47:32 Well, it has a song called the William Tell Overture. 47:36 Okay. It's all right. That's the one now. 47:39 When I was a kid, well, you get ready to play. 47:41 When I was a kid, was that the one 47:43 the Lone Ranger. 47:44 Alone Ranger. I think it's a Lone Ranger. 47:45 I didn't know till I was grown 47:47 that there was actually WilliamTell Overture. 47:50 I thought he took it from Lone Ranger. 47:52 I was in this contest one time 47:55 and the question was what is the song, 47:58 what is the song, you know, was there. 48:00 Oh, come on, don't tell me. I said it was the Lone Ranger, 48:01 I didn't say it was William Tell Overture. 48:03 Oh, my goodness, needless to say I lost. 48:06 These folk were too old, 48:07 too young to remember Lone Ranger 48:09 but we know that, don't we? We know that. 48:10 Some of the folks at home. 48:12 Our friend has told us about it. 48:14 Okay. 48:15 So we'll right now going to be blessed 48:16 by Brother Tim Parton, "Just A Little While." 48:22 Music 51:15 All right. How can I can't play like that? 51:17 Well, that's probably about what 99.99% 51:22 of every human being on earth would be saying right now. 51:25 Why can't I play like that? 51:28 One reason is, you and me did not spend 51:31 our whole lives playing the piano. 51:33 That be one of the reasons. 51:34 And so, that's the gift that God has given, 51:36 he just honed it, just like these folks singing. 51:39 Now, what we want to do, our time is just about gone, 51:42 but we want to put up an address. 51:43 If you would like to contact the Trio, 51:46 you can do so at the following address 51:48 and I'm sure they have products, 51:50 you can find out 51:52 where they're going to be in the coming months 51:53 'cause I know if they're around here, 51:55 we gonna plan on going, right? 51:57 For sure. And we did not too long ago. 51:59 That was fun, we went out and got to watch him. 52:01 So we'd like to put up their address right now. 52:06 If you would like to know how you can receive 52:08 one of their products 52:09 or if you would like to contact them, 52:11 you can do so by writing to Brady House Music, 52:14 PO Box 1921, 52:17 Spring Hill, Tennessee 37174. 52:21 That's Brady House Music, PO Box 1921, 52:26 Spring Hill, Tennessee 37174. 52:29 You can call 844-546-2723. 52:34 That's 844-546-2723. 52:38 Or you can visit their website for newsletters, 52:40 music and more at jimbradytrio.com. 52:45 That's jimbradytrio.com. |
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