Participants: Danny Shelton (Host), Kenny & Chris Shelton (Host), Shelley Quinn (Host), Henry Martin, Israel Prasad, Jon Wood, Ron & Marta Davis
Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY015077A
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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 00:29 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 01:06 Hello, and welcome to 3ABN today. 01:09 I'm Chris Shelton and I'm here 01:10 with my husband Pastor Kenny Shelton. 01:13 And Pastor Kenny, we are so blessed today 01:15 because we get to introduce some wonderful interviews 01:19 that were done in 2015 at ASI in Spokane, Washington. 01:24 Amen, Amen. 01:25 And our first interview is Henry Martin, 01:28 yeah, the Better Life Broadcasting Network 01:30 and my brother Danny goes back 01:32 about 30 years to Big Sky, Montana. 01:35 I mean what an interview, you know. 01:37 ASI when you meet a lot of people, 01:39 they have interesting stories 01:40 and they want to tell these stories 01:42 how God has blessed them. 01:43 So you won't want to miss this one, stay tuned. 01:45 I love it because ASI brings all these ministries 01:50 from around the world together. 01:52 And I love seeing how 3ABN has played such a vital role. 01:58 And how they are able to reach out, 01:59 how they are able to expand, 02:01 how we are all together as a unit, 02:03 able to reach souls for Jesus. 02:06 Amen, watch this, you're gonna love it. 02:10 I have the privilege of sitting here with Henry Martin. 02:13 And, hi, Henry. How are you doing? 02:15 Good to see you, Danny. Yeah, you too. 02:17 Henry and I have been friends for almost exactly 30 years. 02:21 And the reason I know that is, 02:23 we're sitting here at ASI Convention 2015. 02:27 Henry and I met 02:29 at the ASI Convention in Big Sky, Montana in 1985. 02:34 That seems like a long time ago in some ways and other ways, 02:39 just a short time, Henry. 02:41 Yes, the good Lord has blessed you in many ways. 02:43 Well, He has blessed you too. 02:45 And the work you and your wife have done for so many years 02:48 and the health work 02:49 and you have a tremendous story. 02:51 I first heard about it in 1985. 02:54 And we were speaking 02:56 here the other night at the convention, 02:58 and I saw Henry in the audience 02:59 and I was talking about this 30 years, 03:02 and 30 years ago this week, no one knew anything about 3ABN 03:07 because it was only a dream in our heads. 03:10 And so we were just starting building that property, 03:14 was building a building and some folk came to me, 03:17 Marvin and Rosella McColpin 03:20 and they said you need to go to Big Sky, Montana. 03:23 Well, I didn't know where Big Sky was. 03:25 I never heard of ASI, didn't mean anything to me. 03:29 I said, "Well, who is it?" 03:30 Well, Adventist business people. 03:33 They said that they loved the Lord and health ministries 03:36 and I said, "Well, I don't have the money to go." 03:38 And a man called me named Dale McBride from-- 03:41 From San Diego. 03:43 San Diego and Dale said, 03:44 "Well, you ought to go to that." 03:46 And I didn't know Dale, but he knew a friend of mine. 03:49 I said, "Dale, I don't have the money. 03:50 If the Lord wants me to go, 03:52 He'll pay for me to go to Big Sky, Montana." 03:55 I hung up the phone and got out on my knees, 03:58 was praying about it and the phone rang. 04:00 I picked it up and it was Dale again. 04:03 Dale said, "Well, maybe I could be that 04:05 answer to praye for you. 04:07 So I'll pay your way out there. 04:09 I'll get you rooms, I'll pay your food, 04:11 and I'll pay your airfare if you'll go." 04:14 I went to Big Sky, Montana. 04:16 Rosella McColpin was so-- 04:18 Henry, she was so happy that we were there 04:21 and she thought everybody ought to know about these young guys 04:24 that are building a television station. 04:27 It was visionary news. It really was. 04:30 Well, it was. 04:31 And so all we had was, I remember a floor 04:34 and a shell of a building 04:36 and she was asking everybody if I could speak. 04:39 But you were a Vice President of ASI, 04:42 you knew how that operated. 04:44 How did that work? 04:45 Well, lots of people would come 04:47 and wanted to have stage time or microphone time, 04:52 but the difficulty was that things 04:54 were pretty well planned out and because of the plans, 04:57 they also wanted to plan some recreation. 05:00 And their recreation, 05:02 they had programmed for Friday afternoon. 05:06 And that's when the interesting thing took place. 05:10 All right, it began to rain. 05:12 What happened is, 05:13 as I wasn't asking anybody to speak, 05:15 but Rosella was so excited, she says 05:19 "I really want this young guy to speak." 05:21 And they said "Well, our program is planned out." 05:23 And I understood that, 05:24 so I told her, "Let's don't talk about it. 05:27 If the Lord wants me to speak, He'll open a door." 05:29 Well, Henry and Phil Winstead and the leaders there, 05:32 Ellsworth McKee, 05:34 I think he was one of the ASI Chapter Presidents. 05:36 They had free time schedule. 05:38 You're 7,500 feet up in the air in Big Sky, Montana. 05:41 The ski resort and they were gonna have rides 05:43 from I think, one to five or one to six 05:46 and let people just go up and enjoy the weather. 05:48 But guess what it came, a tremendous rainstorm 05:51 and I remember setting in a meeting that morning 05:54 and it was raining, raining, 05:56 and we were literally in the clouds 05:58 when you're that high. 05:59 We were in the clouds 06:01 and there's someone was speaking upfront 06:03 and I was in a meeting and I saw Henry, 06:05 I thought you were motioning to me, were you? 06:09 I was. 06:10 But you don't really know me? 06:12 No, that's correct. 06:13 But I heard that you had a story to tell. 06:16 Something that was absolutely visionary, 06:19 a television broadcast that could reach around the world. 06:23 Okay. 06:24 So I thought that the ASI members 06:26 had to learn about that. 06:29 They had to and here with the terrible storm 06:33 that had occurred, 06:34 there wasn't any reason for them to go outdoors, 06:37 but I thought, well, I wonder if Danny Shelton 06:42 would be willing to tell his story. 06:45 I'll never forget. I saw him in this crowd. 06:49 There was 200 to 300 people and kind of motioning, 06:53 as I looked his way and I thought, 06:55 well, he doesn't know me. 06:56 I knew who you were. 06:57 I've been there, so you were introduced 06:59 and the president, who they were. 07:01 But so finally I went like this. 07:04 Not wanting to make a scene, just and I saw him nod yes. 07:09 So I still thought, well, surely he is not talking to me. 07:13 He doesn't know me. But it looked like he was-- 07:15 So I said, I'll get up and walk by 07:17 and if he stops me then I'll know it's him. 07:19 If he doesn't, I'll just walk on, 07:20 you know, like I'm going to the restroom or something. 07:23 So I went up to you 07:25 and I'll never forget the words he said. 07:27 He's such a humble man, he said "Can I impose on you, 07:31 can we impose on you to speak to us this afternoon." 07:37 And Henry, only heaven 07:41 will be able to reveal that decision you made 07:46 because that was our springboard. 07:49 I met May Chung there, 07:50 who was a great supporter of 3ABN for many years 07:53 till her death in the last few years. 07:55 Ellsworth McKee, the McKee Foods. 07:58 I met numerous other people there that have supported. 08:03 I ended up meeting McNeilus through ASI. 08:06 Then, people began to hear about us, the grassroots level. 08:10 People who caught the vision and could give $50 or $100. 08:14 And people didn't know us. 08:15 We were literally just building. 08:18 It was only a dream. 08:19 But ASI, because of Henry Martin 08:22 was listening to the Holy Spirit 08:24 and said, you know what, I'm gonna take a chance 08:26 because you didn't really know, you only heard the story. 08:30 And the Lord must have prompted you is for real. 08:33 But it was an exciting story. 08:35 It was something that anybody that's looking forward 08:38 to the soon coming of the Lord 08:40 would certainly be tuned in on that kind 08:44 of a dramatic spectacular kind of story 08:48 and I just, I wanted to hear it 08:51 and I wanted the ASI members to hear it too. 08:54 Yeah. 08:56 Well, as I think back over, 08:58 he asked me to speak and I got up-- 09:00 I don't know if I spoke 20 minutes, 09:01 30 minutes or whatever it was, 09:04 hoping people would catch the vision of this, 09:06 but what was, people may not understand 09:09 30 years later, Henry, 09:11 you can get 3ABN now in your telephones. 09:13 Just download it on your app 09:15 and you can watch 24/7, six networks. 09:17 In 1985, there was not one television station 09:22 giving Seventh-day Adventist programming 09:23 anywhere in the world, not even a local station. 09:27 And here I was talking about building a television network 09:31 giving the Three Angels' messages to the entire world. 09:34 So people when they caught that vision said, wow, 09:37 nobody is doing that, so they either thought 09:39 this is great or oh, boy, this guy, 09:41 he's out left field somewhere. 09:43 But it was an exciting story that had to be told. 09:46 And anybody that would be apprehensive about that 09:49 or want to slow it down, 09:52 they were to be questioned, I think. 09:55 I think it was an absolutely 09:57 spectacular, miraculous, providential event. 10:03 Well, I appreciate you feeling that way 10:05 and obviously then the Holy Spirit 10:07 impressed you of that 10:09 because it took you to be a visionary 10:10 to take a chance on somebody that 10:13 you didn't know but you heard the story. 10:15 And May Chung as I said 10:16 and others began to catch the story, 10:18 Dale McBride, so many people from ASI, 10:21 you, everywhere that later that I would go, 10:24 the people knew Henry Martin. 10:26 Well Henry told us about what you're doing. 10:27 What is that you're doing? 10:29 And just your influence 10:30 because you were Vice President of ASI, 10:33 people respected you and so just your influence 10:38 got other people to listen to our story 10:41 because all we were done. 10:42 Now, I thought I was, you know, 10:44 I didn't think of myself as that young. 10:46 I was 33-years-old, almost 34-years-old. 10:49 Now I look at that as a kid. Somebody 33 is a kid. 10:53 They come to me and talk about 10:54 reaching the world, it's like, boy, they don't-- 10:57 How could they possibly think they could do this? 10:59 That's pretty ambitious. 11:01 Well, it is. It was ambitious. 11:04 But we didn't know it at that time. 11:05 We just knew what the Lord had impressed. 11:07 So we decided to go forward. So you allowed me to speak. 11:11 I don't know if I told you this 11:13 but only in the last year or so, 11:15 someone sent me a cassette tape. 11:17 Back then it was cassette tapes recorded by Dan Houghton. 11:20 Dan and his wife were very young 11:23 and they actually recorded 11:26 the sermons there as you would know. 11:28 I remember meeting him there. 11:30 I'm sure, so someone sent me a cassette tape of the-- 11:35 My, my talk and I listened to it 11:39 and I said, "Wow, this guy 11:40 he is obviously got this little, 11:42 he's got a hick accent from somewhere I don't know. 11:45 You know where he's from." 11:47 But I listened to and I said, "I don't think 11:49 I would have supported me 11:50 if I was sitting in the audience 11:52 and didn't know me?" 11:53 Because I'm not sure, you know, 11:55 that when I listen to the tape back I thought, 11:57 "How did people support it?" 11:59 Then it hit me. 12:00 "It wasn't about me, it was about God. 12:02 It's about the Holy Spirit. 12:03 It's not the messenger that's important 12:05 it's the message and God has impressed us 12:08 with the message to reach the world 12:10 with Three Angels' messages." 12:12 And so people in spite of 12:14 and I want to encourage those watching today. 12:17 May be you say "Well, I can't really do anything 12:20 or I don't have a gift to speak or I can't." 12:23 You know what we all have a testimony. 12:25 Henry has an incredible testimony 12:26 and I heard it way back then. 12:28 Used to be a what, Mercedes dealer? 12:30 Yeah, that's true. 12:31 And you got out of business why? 12:34 Well, we had opportunity to serve in New York 12:39 with a television operation as we were invited to, 12:44 to serve in Detroit 12:45 with a multicultural evangelistic program. 12:49 And we were invited to come to Country Life, Paris, 12:51 a vegetarian restaurant in the City of Paris, 12:55 France and live at an outpost down close to Fontainebleau. 13:00 And we talked it over as a family 13:03 and knelt in prayer and determined to go to France. 13:07 So we sold our company after 55 years in the family 13:12 and journeyed overseas for the year 13:15 that we promised him. 13:17 Amazing and at a time you were fairly young man. 13:19 I knew you are older than me 13:22 so I didn't know how old you were 13:23 but now as I look back, I said, 13:25 "Wow, when you did this you were fairly young man." 13:28 So you really were stepping out in faith 13:29 because once you sell it, 13:31 you probably not gonna get it back. 13:32 That's true. 13:34 Have you had any regrets? 13:36 Well, I miss some of our customers 13:38 and I miss some of our employees. 13:40 We had 35 employees and they were like family. 13:44 Okay. 13:45 But I recognize now that business conditions today 13:50 are different than they were back then. 13:52 The economic concerns are sobering 13:58 and yet it just makes us realize 14:00 and now is the time to get out of the city, 14:03 go where we can raise some fruit and vegetables 14:07 and get away from the dense population base 14:11 and consider what we should sell 14:14 and when we should sell it, 14:16 because economics are gonna change dramatically soon. 14:20 Wow. 14:22 I hope all of our viewers are listening to that 14:24 and because it really make so much sense. 14:27 We were talking off camera about the events 14:30 and things that have happened even in this past year 14:33 that we know Jesus is coming very soon. 14:34 That's true. 14:36 I mean, when you look at this five, 14:37 four Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage 14:41 that's trampling on God's law. 14:43 At creation, God instituted marriage and the Sabbath 14:47 and you trample on either one of those, 14:49 it's like you're trampling on God's law. 14:51 And when we tell God we don't want Him, He leaves. 14:54 Holy Spirit is a great gentleman. 14:55 So we as a country, so where is that gonna lead. 14:58 It's gonna lead to devastation 15:00 and ruins but God has given us an opportunity 15:03 while we have it to give 15:05 the Three Angels' messages to the world, to stand up 15:08 and now it's not the time to be quiet. 15:10 If you're watching now, now it's the time to say, 15:11 "Lord, what would You have me to do with my resources, 15:15 with the talents that You have given me?" 15:18 Well, I'm so grateful that in our, 15:22 in our state Oregon we have the opportunity 15:26 to carry the signal of 3ABN into cities of all sizes. 15:33 And not only Oregon but Washington, 15:36 California and Nevada, 15:38 the signals of 3ABN are disseminated. 15:43 So people can get it on a variety of receivers 15:48 and I'm just grateful 15:50 that the Lord has opened up opportunities 15:54 for the broadcast media to touch hearts and lives, 15:59 even the managers of Better Life Broadcasting. 16:03 Absolutely Ron and Marta Davis, great people. 16:06 True. Yeah. 16:07 Who came into the church who watching 3ABN themselves? 16:11 Now they're managers of Better Life reaching 16:14 all Oregon and Washington, even California. 16:16 Now have an opportunity 16:18 that we're gonna interview them later 16:19 about getting into L.A. 16:21 Exciting time, Henry. 16:23 That's what's exciting. 16:24 You're reaching the whole L.A. basin. 16:27 Absolutely. Absolutely. 16:30 Henry Martin, thank you so much for coming. 16:32 Enjoyed this time together. 16:33 We get to see each other about once or twice a year 16:36 but soon when the Lord comes, 16:38 we'll be able to spend a lot of time together. 16:40 I look forward to that 16:41 and I think He has just preserved my life, 16:43 so that perhaps I can see Him coming in the clouds of glory. 16:46 Oh, wouldn't that be great. And you too. 16:48 Thank you. All right, I agree with you. 16:50 All right, God bless. Thank you so much, Henry. 16:53 Thank you. 16:55 Fantastic. Amen. 16:56 You know, in this next interview, 16:58 this one is done by Sister Shelley Quinn 17:00 and it is with Jon Wood and Israel Prasad. 17:03 Fantastic, how God in His providence 17:06 has called him into ministry 17:08 and they're doing a fantastic work. 17:10 I like the part where we were back, 17:11 we were listening 17:13 and Jon said "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God." 17:16 Yes, absolutely. When we do this, what happens? 17:18 Yeah. 17:20 All these things will be added unto us. 17:22 Look what God can do 17:24 when we step out in faith for Him. 17:26 Amen, they're doing a wonderful work Jesus for Asia. 17:29 And they're doing a tremendous work there 17:31 and when you watch this, you will be blessed. 17:33 You'll see how God has worked in each of their lives. 17:36 Watch this, you'll enjoy it. 17:39 And we're coming to you again from the ASI Convention floor. 17:43 We're here at 3ABN's booth. 17:45 Joining us now are two gentlemen 17:47 that have an amazing story about stepping out in faith 17:52 and what God can do. 17:53 So what I'd like to do is introduce you to-- 17:56 We'll begin actually on the far end to Jon Wood. 18:00 And, Jon, you're the president of Jesus for Asia. 18:04 That is correct. Yes. 18:05 Well, we welcome you here. 18:07 Jon actually used to be an employee at 3ABN. 18:10 That is correct. Yes, I did. 18:11 So we'll kind of, give a little story about that in a minute. 18:15 But we also have Israel Prasad 18:18 who is the field director for Jesus for Asia 18:21 and you oversee all of India and... 18:25 Nepal. Nepal. 18:26 And Andaman Islands. 18:27 All right, that's how many people? 18:30 Population? 18:32 1.21 billion. 18:35 1.21 billion people, 18:37 that's a big enough field to oversee. 18:39 Yeah. 18:41 Well, we know we've had Jon, we've interviewed you before. 18:44 Jesus, it was Jesus for India. Yes. 18:47 Well, how has it changed to Jesus for Asia? 18:50 Well back, just a couple years after we started, 18:52 we saw the need to grow and we saw more opportunities 18:56 in other countries besides India 18:58 and so we figured that we do an upgrade. 19:00 All right, now let's-- you're celebrating 10 years. 19:04 Yes. Tell us-- 19:06 Just give us a little short synopsis of the story 19:09 of how the Lord brought you into this ministry. 19:12 Well, I was converted in '96 19:14 and then I got a call to come to 3ABN and work. 19:18 We had just purchased a house but the Lord-- 19:21 We know it was a gift from the Lord 19:22 and He says, "Can I have my house back?" 19:24 And we figured that if the Lord gave us a gift, 19:27 it would be better to keep the giver than the gift. 19:29 So we gave up the house and moved to 3ABN, 19:32 spent two years working in a faith based ministry. 19:35 And I'd grown up hearing that you know 19:37 "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God" 19:38 and all these other things will be added. 19:39 I've never seen it. 19:41 Never seen anybody that believed it 19:42 and here we were working 19:44 for someone that really believed it. 19:45 And not only that, but my paycheck 19:46 was getting paid every month based on that promise. 19:50 And so we were called to PUC and then that spring, 19:55 Danny-- no it's January 2001 19:58 Danny Shelton asked if I would come 20:00 and help with an evangelistic series in India. 20:03 And during that evangelistic series, 20:04 I saw 40,000 people sitting on the ground 20:06 listening to a gospel presentation 20:09 and I realized, you know, there's a huge-- 20:11 The fields are ripe for harvest 20:14 and there's so few laborers out there. 20:15 And so like, well, how can I start doing? 20:18 And over the next few years a vision developed of-- 20:20 It's a twofold vision of reaching the un-reached 20:24 and also engaging 20:25 the North American Church with missions. 20:27 Because my parents were missionaries, 20:29 but it seems as though we've kind of fallen away 20:30 from being engaged with that work. 20:33 And so we started by faith, 2005, Jesus for Asia, 20:40 now we start-- I tried in 2004 20:42 but my wife realized that-- 20:45 Well, at the inside that it was me wanting to do it 20:48 rather than the Lord guiding and directing. 20:50 So that put me into six months of prayer 20:53 seeking the Lord morning, day and morning, noon, and night, 20:56 Lord, I want to work for You, 20:57 show me how to work for You in a way 20:59 that it's not me coming up with the job description 21:02 but You guiding and directing and you planting something 21:05 and starting something, make it clear and He did. 21:08 He says, "I want you to stay." 21:10 And what He was looking for was my obedience. 21:13 Your submission. Exactly. 21:15 And when I submitted, I had that peace 21:17 but then this was the winter in December 2004, 21:23 the year of the tsunami. 21:24 And I went to India four days after the wave hit India 21:28 and I interviewed the survivors on the beach 21:31 and went home with that video. 21:34 My students took it, and says teaching at PUC 21:36 the video Program, edited it, 21:38 and that weekend they raised $6,000 for ADRA. 21:41 And I took what they edited, put it on the web 21:43 and somebody donated $2,000 for the, 21:46 the work right there on that beach 21:47 that I was doing the interviews. 21:49 And out of that we hired some Bible workers 21:51 as well as provide rice for some families 21:53 that were in need and then it's like, 21:56 wow, this works really well, you know, 21:58 $50 a month you can hire a Bible worker in India. 22:01 And so we started hiring more and starting-- 22:03 This thing started growing. 22:04 And then my wife and I decided this require, 22:07 this, this needs full time development, 22:11 full time attention. 22:12 So by faith, we submitted our resignation 22:15 and we didn't have anywhere to go, 22:17 we didn't have a bank account, we didn't have a nest egg 22:20 but we figured that if God is calling, 22:22 He'll provide. 22:23 So you learn, you learned that 3ABN motto 22:26 well while you were working there? 22:28 Exactly. Yes. 22:29 It is such an inspiration. 22:30 And so we moved out and my sister who was in Idaho, 22:37 they had built a house on 45 acres 22:39 and about 400 feet away built my parents' house. 22:43 They were gonna stay there for the rest of their lives. 22:45 But two weeks after we made our decision not knowing 22:48 where we're gonna go, they called and said, 22:50 "We've been called by God to move to Montana." 22:54 So that June two weeks after they moved out of the house 22:56 we moved in. 22:58 It was perfect because we have little kids 23:00 and when I was travelling over in India and Thailand, 23:03 my parents were right there to take care of my wife 23:05 and my kids while I was gone so-- 23:07 Amen. 23:08 All right, so tell us and I don't know 23:10 which of you would prefer to answer this question. 23:12 What does Jesus for Asia do? What are some of your programs? 23:16 Yeah. Israel? 23:19 Yeah in India we have widow projects 23:22 and we have orphanage 23:24 and then evening schools for the children 23:27 who are forced to go as child labors. 23:31 You know, who doesn't have good education or food. 23:34 So we started this ministry for them, 23:36 giving them free education 23:38 and a nutritious diet every day, 23:41 that is for the evening schools for the children. 23:44 And then we have Bible workers. 23:46 Nearly we have 280 Bible workers 23:49 who are going throughout India 23:51 and, you know, establishing churches, 23:55 new churches in new areas 23:56 when they go the way the people are, 23:59 you know, welcoming them, it's amazing. 24:02 It's like they're waiting for someone 24:04 to come share about Jesus, 24:06 because there are so many people 24:08 who have never heard about Jesus. 24:10 When our volunteers, when our Bible workers 24:12 they go into these villages when they see them, 24:14 you know, they're very happy. 24:17 And we have been blessed by so many new churches. 24:20 For the last nine, ten years God has used us and through us, 24:24 through this ministry there were so many souls 24:27 won for the heavenly kingdom. 24:28 Amen. And... Yeah. 24:30 I was just going to ask now the evening program 24:33 that you do for these children these children are age-- 24:36 What are the ages? 24:37 They are from first grade to tenth grade 24:40 which is six to thirteen years. 24:43 All right, so you have children 24:44 who had been forced into child labor. 24:47 They would not be getting nutritious food 24:49 if it weren't for them coming in the evening to be educated, 24:53 to help them improve. 24:56 I mean they're not only getting food, 24:57 you're educating them scholastically. 25:01 Do you also teach them Bible? 25:03 Oh, yes it's a three hour program. 25:05 We teach them two hours of only education 25:08 and half an hour we teach them Bible. 25:10 Every day we teach them stories, 25:13 different stories from Bible, teaching them how to pray, 25:17 teaching them songs about Jesus 25:19 and also there is something very important 25:21 that they do every day, recite memory verses. 25:25 Amen. 25:26 They by heart the memory verse and at the end of the week, 25:29 on Fridays we don't call it a Sabbath, 25:31 we call it as talent night, you know, where we-- 25:34 The children they come, 25:36 they recite those five days memory verses. 25:39 Some they draw pictures and some they come 25:42 and share what God has done for them 25:44 in the past five days, you know, the witness. 25:47 Some would come and say, you know, I lost my pencil, 25:50 I prayed, God gave me my pencil and, you know. 25:53 What about the lady with the head on the rope? 25:54 Oh, yeah. Tell that story. 25:56 That's an amazing, you know story. 25:58 In the beginning when we started this ministry 26:00 when God inspired us 26:01 to start this ministry for the children, 26:04 we had a tough time. 26:05 Satan was really upset with us. 26:07 He was trying all the ways to stop this ministry. 26:10 But God is more powerful than him. 26:13 He showed us through this ministry 26:14 because even, there were so many obstacles, 26:18 God took us through that. 26:20 You know, they said we were 26:22 stealing kidneys from the children. 26:23 We were giving free education and free food 26:26 and we are stealing kidneys from the children. 26:29 You know, we didn't have a good opening at all 26:30 but now those people who said, we were doing all these things, 26:34 they are coming for prayer. 26:36 They're saying, "Can you come and pray for us?" 26:38 We have got a very good reputation. 26:40 God's name is really proclaimed in that village, 26:43 especially with this incident 26:45 because of these things happening, 26:46 we saw a lady, you know, rushing to our evening school 26:50 with her holding her son's hand. 26:53 She had this band tied on her forehead. 26:57 We thought something wrong, you know. 26:58 We were really scared. And she came and she said. 27:01 "What did you teach my son?" And, you know, we were-- 27:05 "I had this terrible headache, I was lying on my bed. 27:08 My son came and asked me what's wrong with you? 27:11 When I told him that I'm having terrible headache, 27:14 he touched my head and he knelt and prayed, 27:17 my headache was completely gone." 27:19 Praise God. 27:20 She said, "Teach him more about this." 27:22 Oh, praise the Lord. That was an amazing thing. 27:25 You know, I think what's wonderful is that-- 27:28 Now you had a very nice paying job in a call center. 27:33 Yes. 27:35 Before you met Jon 27:36 and became involved in this ministry. 27:40 And actually you're making-- 27:41 You're actually making less than 27:44 what you used to tithe. 27:45 I'll just put it that way working for, Jesus for Asia. 27:51 But you know the culture. 27:54 You're there, you're living there full time 27:56 and as you see the needs you-- 27:59 God is directing you to meet the needs. 28:02 Tell us about the women who are widowed in India? 28:06 Yes particularly, I'm talking about this village 28:08 where we have this evening school. 28:10 You know, I was amazed to see, 28:12 there were so many widows particularly in that village. 28:14 So many what? 28:16 Widows in that particular village. 28:17 Okay. 28:19 And you know, the most difficult part was-- 28:21 The sad thing was I saw these ladies 28:24 since they were not respected in the society. 28:27 They were left just like that 28:29 and, you know, to have a livelihood, 28:31 they were forced to do bad things. 28:34 So what you're saying is these women had no education, 28:37 no job training, so they were forced to do 28:39 something that was degrading to them to feed their children. 28:43 Exactly to have a livelihood, you know. 28:45 And that is when I was praying, 28:47 "Oh, Lord, You love these widows. 28:49 What can we do for them?" 28:51 And that is when God inspired us 28:53 to start a widow project 28:55 and we started the sewing classes. 28:57 You know, before I could come to America 28:59 when I told them that I'm going to meet 29:02 the people who are supporting you, 29:03 they said "Please tell them, our lives have changed now." 29:07 We have got a very good reputation now in the society 29:10 because we have this, you know, livelihood, business. 29:13 They have a skill, they've learned to be seamstresses 29:16 that they can educate 29:18 and feed their children, that's amazing. 29:22 Now besides India and Nepal, 29:24 what other areas are you working in, Jon? 29:27 We're working in mainly in Thailand, 29:29 the Philippines and little bit in Indonesia. 29:31 Okay. 29:32 In Thailand we have missionaries, 29:34 the old fashioned missionaries in the bamboo huts. 29:37 They also have missionaries in the cities like Bangkok. 29:40 Even though it has 12 million people 29:42 there's only 1,200 Adventist. 29:44 of those are foreigners 29:47 so there's many parts of Bangkok 29:49 where there's no Adventist, 29:50 not even any Christian presence. 29:52 Many people that I've talked to, 29:54 never heard the name of Jesus Christ. 29:56 And so we have missionaries going in there. 29:58 We also have media work. 30:00 We have a team up in northern India 30:01 that's translating videos 30:04 and things into the local languages 30:06 of which I'm told there's like 78. 30:09 So we are working on four languages 30:11 but we are also working on getting the "Desire of Ages" 30:14 back into print in Thai as well as the "Great Controversy." 30:18 In the Philippines we have Bible workers, 30:21 we also work with a broadcasting program 30:24 and we also have a ministry 30:26 that's kind of a sister ministry 30:27 or a nephew ministry or son ministry. 30:30 Something. 30:32 We were having a camp meeting once 30:33 and the theme was claim your inheritance 30:35 which is based on Isaiah 54:3 30:38 "And thy seed shall inherit the heathen," 30:41 you know, thy seed shall inherit the-- 30:44 Seed shall get the heathen 30:46 for inheritance something like that. 30:47 And he says I claim South Philippines 30:50 as my inheritance. 30:51 And so now he's got 20 Bible workers 30:54 up in the mountains going into un-reached people groups 30:57 and tribes and stuff like that. 30:58 So that's part of it. 30:59 And we also work closely with the broadcasting station 31:03 out of Indonesia that covers all of Indonesia 31:06 in the local language, Bahasa. 31:08 Oh, that's amazing. 31:09 Well, there is so much more that you are doing 31:12 but you are doing city evangelism, 31:13 you are jungle evangelism. 31:15 You are trying to-- you are doing camp meetings 31:18 where they really are teaching people 31:21 that the blessing is on the go to get other people involved. 31:25 And we want to give you the opportunity 31:28 if the Lord's impressing you. 31:29 Perhaps you would like to go and be a volunteer, 31:32 may be for an evangelistic series or to-- 31:35 I know, you need volunteers for many different reasons 31:38 or perhaps the Lord is investing 31:40 or inspiring you or impressing you 31:44 to invest something in His wonderful work. 31:47 You know, our missionary giving is down. 31:52 So we need to keep that focus on reaching 31:57 those who are un-reached in this world 31:59 and not just spend our time trying to reach 32:02 those who have all of the benefits 32:06 right at their feet. 32:07 So what you can do is go to JesusforAsia, 32:12 you can either type in Jesusfor or Jesus and the number four, 32:17 JesusforAsia.org. 32:21 And that is how you can either support 32:24 or perhaps sign up to be a volunteer. 32:27 Thank you so much. 32:28 Thank you. Thank you. 32:30 Pastor Kenney? Yes. 32:31 Jesus for Asia, you know, those people 32:35 they are so closed off 32:36 because their form of worshipping 32:38 and the way they live is so different. 32:41 But what a work, what a calling? 32:43 Oh, absolutely. 32:44 And even they are going to the Philippines 32:45 and Indonesia and so on. 32:47 And the miracles that share. 32:49 You see, God is doing a great work. 32:51 He is doing a tremendous work around the world 32:54 and He is working through people. 32:57 So if you want to be one of those, 32:58 you know, you need to lay your life on the line say, 33:00 "God, take me and use me. 33:02 I want to win souls for the kingdom." 33:04 And I guarantee you, God will send you some place 33:07 that you can win souls for Him. 33:08 So that's exciting. 33:10 When you hear those kinds of things at ASI, 33:11 that's what ASI is all about, 33:13 3ABN involved together to get these messages out 33:16 so we can all be inspired to go do something for Jesus. 33:18 Another example of blessings are on the go. 33:21 Amen. Now this last interview. 33:23 We've met these people Ron and Marta Davis. 33:25 Yes. 33:27 They have an affiliate network of 3ABN. 33:29 They use a lot of 3ABN programming 33:32 and their network is called Better Life TV 33:35 and it is where? 33:36 You know, it's in Grants Pass, Oregon. 33:39 Oregon. 33:40 And when they first started, 33:41 they were only gonna work how long? 33:43 Oh, just a few months, they say. 33:45 But God had other plans 33:47 and we are gonna get to hear about those other plans. 33:49 Yeah, absolutely. 33:51 And, you know, the beautiful thing is we have-- 33:53 We've got to meet these people 33:54 several different occasions at ASI meetings. 33:57 And every time we've met these folks, 34:00 you can just sense the Spirit of God working through 34:02 and they love Jesus. 34:04 And I'm telling their work shows it 34:07 and we pray God for them. 34:09 So let's be praying, shall we 34:10 that we can all be involved in this. 34:12 And watch this next interview. Watch it. 34:16 I'm here sitting with Ron and Marta Davis. 34:18 It's good to have you all here. 34:19 You look like twins today, but I'll have to tell you, 34:21 she's little prettier. 34:23 I hope you are probably glad about that, right. 34:26 She is a lot prettier. 34:28 Well, now that's a good answer. That's a very good answer. 34:31 If you guys watching at home, you want to get that answer. 34:34 She is very pretty. That's the way to do it. 34:36 Guys, director of Better Life Television and where? 34:41 Grants Pass, Oregon is our headquarters. 34:43 Grants Pass, Oregon is where the headquarters. 34:44 But, Marta, 15 years ago you guys took over, right? 34:49 Yes. The network. 34:50 The television station has become a huge network. 34:53 Yes. 34:54 But you were planning on staying how long? 34:56 Six to eight months is what we agreed to-- 34:57 That's good. 34:59 Until they found somebody who can-- 35:00 Do what they were doing. 35:02 Do what they were doing, you know. 35:03 I told John Carter that when I want him 35:04 to go to Russia to build a facility I said, 35:06 "Probably three to four months" 35:07 and it was like four, five, six years down there. 35:10 But you guys be there 15 years. Fifteen. 35:13 Did you ever dream 35:14 in your wildest imagination 15 years ago 35:17 where you would be today. 35:19 Well, you know, we loved the Lord since 1979 35:23 and we knew God had something for us to do 35:26 but we didn't think broadcasting 35:29 or in the media was any part of it. 35:32 So but He has a way of working things out 35:37 and, you know, I think if people were willing to do 35:40 what God wants them to do, 35:42 then God will make the way for it 35:44 for whatever He has in mind. 35:46 Absolutely, and it's probably why He chose you 35:48 because you didn't really want to be on television. 35:50 No. 35:52 So I never really wanted to be that, 35:53 had no desire either so sometimes 35:55 may be that makes you good instruments, 35:57 God can use you 35:58 if that's not your desire for self 36:01 but for His honor and for His glory. 36:02 That's right. 36:03 And you guys have done it, you done it well. 36:05 I want to spend a little bit of time talking about from-- 36:09 You're there in Grants Pass, the one station to the burden 36:13 that Lord has put on your heart and the miracles-- 36:17 I know we only have a short time 36:19 but I want to use-- 36:20 I don't use it lightly miracles. 36:22 Miracles, somebody ask me "What is a miracle?" 36:24 And I said, "All I know if God's involved 36:27 it's something man can't do." 36:28 That's right. 36:30 Doesn't make any difference how big the amount of money 36:31 or little amount of money or if it's something 36:35 we can't do that we know God orchestrated to me, 36:38 that's a miracle. 36:39 It's out of our hands. That's right. 36:41 Better Life has been a miracle 36:42 because thing that have happened 36:43 have been just amazing, literally, amazing to us. 36:48 Why don't you tell us a little bit, 36:49 you started there at Grants Pass, 36:51 you begin to branch out. 36:53 Right. 36:55 When we started there, we were broadcasting 36:56 just on a few stations in Southern Oregon there 37:00 and when we got, we developed-- 37:04 Actually, Danny, we are as far as I know 37:07 the only Seventh-day Adventist broadcasting organization 37:11 in the United States 37:13 that has a four power television station 37:16 that carries with it a must demand four cables companies 37:19 and satellite providers to carry the signal 37:25 on their basic offerings. 37:26 And so we developed that and after that was developed 37:30 I was praying, "God, what will we do from here?" 37:32 I mean, you know, we were all over Southern Oregon 37:35 and a little bit of Northern California 37:38 and He gave us the directive I believe to go ye 37:40 into all of Oregon and further into California. 37:43 And we can talk with you about that idea 37:46 and you said, "go ye" you know, basically. 37:49 Yeah, absolutely. 37:50 And so, since then He has provided-- 37:54 We agreed, Lord, we will do that 37:57 but You need to provide the opportunities 37:59 and the resources to do that because, you know, we are not-- 38:02 We don't know how to do those things. 38:04 And so, but so people have been calling us 38:07 about stations available and things like that. 38:09 And so as we take steps toward that opportunity 38:13 things happened, they developed. 38:15 And so what is really miraculous 38:17 about the, there is, 38:20 there are a lot of many, not a many miracle 38:23 but in all of this there's been miracles throughout. 38:26 Now we are broadcasting to 82 percent 38:29 of the population in Oregon, imagine that. 38:32 It's amazing. I mean, that's incredible. 38:34 Eighty two percent of population 38:35 can get our broadcast 38:37 all way from Southern Washington 38:39 which is a station out of Portland 38:42 right on down through the I-5 Corridor 38:46 all the way through Oregon 38:48 and then further contagiously now 38:51 right on down into the Bay Area, Sacramento. 38:54 And just two weeks ago, 38:56 we started broadcasting in San Jose. 38:59 Wow. 39:01 That's 27 television stations now that God has done. 39:04 I mean, no credit to us. Right. 39:07 But it's happened in ways that you just, 39:10 you marvel at, you know. 39:11 And then in a few weeks 39:14 we will be on the 28th in Monterey area. 39:19 And, but God's not done yet 39:21 and, you know, after that we are looking-- 39:24 He's shown us that there is a television station 39:26 for sale in Los Angeles. 39:28 Oh, wow. That's big. And that's huge. 39:30 That's huge. Seventeen million people. 39:31 Seventeen million people. That can reach. 39:34 That be the potential viewing audience there. 39:37 Wow. Isn't that amazing? 39:38 So we are praying about that and seeing what God can do 39:41 and if any of our viewers, your viewers-- 39:43 Absolutely. 39:44 You know, can have an interest in helping us with that. 39:47 Well, they do. 39:49 I know they do already because we've seen it 39:50 every time wherever 3ABN working with Better Life 39:54 and to get the gospel to the world, 39:56 that's what our viewers are all about. 39:58 It's about getting the gospel to the world. 40:00 Now, you guys, you don't just show 3ABN, 40:03 you have your own studios 40:05 and your own production facility 40:07 so you are also-- they are busy, 40:10 they are not just building TV stations, 40:12 they are busy in production and producing programming 40:15 and people are coming into their churches 40:18 in your area, tremendous amount of people 40:21 and a lot of that's because you are local programming, 40:23 inviting people to whether it's I guess health seminars 40:26 or whatever to your local churches. 40:28 How many did you-- 40:30 I think, I heard you say the other night, 40:32 people do you have any idea just in a couple of churches 40:34 there at Grants Pass 40:35 and Stanford area have been baptized. 40:38 We did interviews with two of our pastors 40:41 at local churches and they made statements 40:44 that were pretty incredible. 40:46 I think there have never been churches before 40:48 where people just walk in the door 40:49 and say, "You know, I'd like to be baptized." 40:51 And they say, "Wow," you know, 40:54 without having gone through any of their programming, 40:57 you know, their Bible studies. 40:59 So they sit down with them and they go over doctrine 41:02 and they are ready to be baptized. 41:04 Sure enough. That's right. 41:05 And not only that but then they become 41:07 core members of the church and they become workers. 41:11 In fact, following their statements, 41:14 they said that over between the two of them 41:17 in a decade over 450 people adult baptisms, 41:23 450 adult baptisms that have come in 41:26 as a result of some contact 41:28 with Better Life, 3ABN programming. 41:31 And you are right, you know, we have developed 41:35 a lot of our own programming. 41:37 We do 20 percent of locally produced programming 41:41 and 80 percent of 3ABN programming. 41:44 And we think that's important 41:45 because it reaches the communities 41:49 where they live and so they can relate 41:51 a little bit better to what is going on. 41:54 So if they see a church service in their area 41:58 and they watch that then they can, 42:01 they become more comfortable and they show up at the church 42:04 and they know people by looking at 42:07 those that have been, you know-- 42:09 They recognize them. Yes. 42:11 Absolutely. 42:12 And others do audience shots or the congregation shots, 42:14 you know, so-- 42:15 And they will say that the baptismal that 42:17 I'm gonna be baptized in is right behind there. 42:21 They know all about it. They are ready. 42:22 So there's many, many reasons why we do that local. 42:25 We try to make connection between 42:31 the church and the community 42:32 and the community to the church 42:34 through the local programming and it's working. 42:37 Now it is, it works beautifully there. 42:39 Yeah. Now, you are the-- 42:42 I'm gonna call the operation, it is not just a little, 42:44 this is a big operation. 42:46 Marta, you guys apparently you are rich, 42:48 you and, Ron, you fund all these yourself, right? 42:51 Oh, I wish we could. I really do but the Lord has-- 42:54 Where does that money come from? 42:55 I mean, I know, I'm into business. 42:57 Yeah. 42:58 I know, it takes a tremendous amount of money. 43:00 Where does that money come from? 43:01 Well, the people have a heart for evangelism 43:03 and they catch the vision and they help. 43:07 And He surprises us all the time with people. 43:10 Viewers and people in local area and-- 43:11 Viewers and local people, people we ran into 43:14 all around the world. 43:15 And so-- 43:16 However we don't get a lot of funding, 43:19 but as God works things out to where every month 43:23 our bills are paid, we are out of debt. 43:26 I mean, we don't have any debt and, you know, payrolls met. 43:31 It's amazing to see how that works. 43:34 And, you know, so we keep going forward 43:36 and He keeps providing and it would never be 43:40 a business plan that any reasonable business man 43:44 would try to lay out. 43:46 I know that. 43:47 You know, because it's just like, wow, 43:48 this is amazing how it works. 43:50 But of course, you know, it would be great 43:53 if every month you knew that you can pay all your bills 43:56 and you could make all of the advancement 43:59 that God has put in your heart to make. 44:01 What a-- you know, what a incredible idea 44:05 that is but where's the faith in that, you know. 44:08 No. Absolutely. So... 44:09 For 24 years till Jim Gilley came to be president, 44:14 I was president, CEO of 3ABN. 44:17 As you know I'm back there again, Jim retired. 44:19 But for 24 years, I never made a budget 44:23 and anytime people would come whether they were 44:25 church employees were there or business people they would say, 44:29 "Well, what's your budget for next year?" 44:31 I don't really bothered to do, and why not, you have to. 44:34 Every business has to have a budget. 44:36 And I said, "If I bake cookies, you know, or if I, you know, 44:41 made a product then I would but I don't." 44:45 In other words I have no control over 44:47 how much money the Lord is gonna impress people to give. 44:50 If my budget is 14 million for instance 44:54 if that's what I spent this past year, then I say, 44:57 "Well, man, let's do 14.4 next year. 45:01 That's probably all would come in." 45:03 But I said, "I'm not gonna limit God. 45:05 Maybe we need 20. You know, so why limit God." 45:08 So all I'm gonna say is this, Lord, this is Your 45:11 "business" ministry and you provide every need. 45:14 So I really as long as everybody is paid 45:18 and bills are paid and we continue to grow. 45:20 I say, "Well, how can you beat that 45:22 because you just said your bills are paid." 45:24 And how many businesses in your area and those watching, 45:29 do you know that 27 television stations, 45:32 all that you are doing, all the employees, you can say, 45:35 we have zero long term debt. 45:37 You can do all the budgeting you want 45:39 and all the planning but that's God. 45:41 That's right. That is God. 45:42 Supplies every need. 45:43 "My God shall supply all your need 45:45 according to His riches in glory through Christ Jesus." 45:48 Let's talk a little bit. 45:49 We got a few more minutes about California. 45:51 What can we do? What are some of the needs? 45:53 How do you want our viewers 45:54 to get involved with L.A. for instance? 45:57 Well, of course, we're looking for some people 45:59 who have influence, okay. 46:03 We don't know how to go about doing that. 46:04 I mean, you know, we don't have 46:06 much influence ourselves and so if somebody out there 46:10 has a vision for before having a-- 46:14 well, 3ABNs programming, 46:16 Better Life programming by the way, 46:19 we are developing four channels now. 46:21 Okay. Okay. 46:22 We have a Better Health TV. Right. 46:24 Well, first of all is Better Life TV 46:26 which is the one that we've been broadcasting. 46:28 Then Better Health TV and 3ABN has provided 46:31 a lot of programming for that. 46:33 You know that, the health message, 46:34 we think that, that people in the big communities 46:39 trying to just go would more likely watch 46:42 health related programming 46:43 than they would religious programming. 46:45 Even though the health related programming is good. 46:47 And then we have a Declare TV program 46:51 where a lot of evangelism happens. 46:53 But then the fourth channel which is launching 46:56 about as we speak basically tomorrow. 47:00 Vida Mejor TV, which is Spanish channel 47:04 which means Better Life TV. 47:06 Vida Mejor TV, but it is your Latino, 47:12 3ABN Latino and we will be putting 47:15 local programming in that too. 47:16 So we want to be able to provide that kind of quality 47:20 Seventh-day Adventist programming into 47:23 the Los Angeles area and so we need somebody 47:28 to help us get around there, introduce us around. 47:31 You know, let others know what's going on 47:34 and what the potential is. 47:36 You know, we believe the Lord is coming soon. 47:37 Absolutely and may be churches that would, 47:38 Ron, invite you guys to come and have a rally, 47:40 to talk about it and you can answer questions. 47:43 So if you are watching and you are in L.A. area 47:47 and you would like to have these folk come Ron and Marta 47:50 bring whomever with them to talk about this. 47:52 What an incredible time to be alive in earth's history. 47:55 Only a few years ago and you couldn't get 47:59 in any of these areas because they had the top 30 markets 48:03 in the United States didn't allow any so-- 48:06 you look 3ABN no one on earth could build new stations 48:09 to cover cities like Chicago, like L.A. 48:13 and only in the last several years since like 48:15 Fios and Verizon and all of these 48:17 started going into cities. 48:19 And now the digital, everything going digital, 48:21 you can have more channels, our channels available 48:25 so it's like Jesus said, "Go ye into all the world." 48:27 He didn't say go into all except the top 48:29 30 markets in America, you know. 48:32 He said, "Go ye into all the world" 48:34 and God has opened those doors. 48:35 He's made a way. 48:36 I mean, isn't that amazing and I was saying little earlier 48:39 30 years ago there was not one television in the world 48:44 that showed Adventist programming 24/7. 48:48 Not one. Not one. 48:49 I don't even know if any Adventist ever owned 48:51 a television station before 30 years ago 48:54 and now look at the differences what God has done. 48:57 Not only the TV stations and sending signals 48:59 everywhere on planet earth but you can take your phones out 49:03 and get a app to do 3ABN or all six channels. 49:07 You guys part of Better Life, 49:08 I don't if you have done the apps yet, 49:10 so if you are going to but you can do it on your phone. 49:13 Literally anywhere in the world watch programming. 49:16 I mean, what a time and technology is so incredible 49:19 and we couldn't do it without us, 49:21 they couldn't do without you. 49:22 So I'm asking you to pray. 49:24 Say, "Lord, what would You have me to do 49:26 Better Life Television, 3ABN." 49:29 Because you help them, you help 3ABN, you help 3ABN. 49:32 We are just all in it. We are one family. 49:35 We are here together. 49:36 I'm thankful you guys have taken the responsibility 49:39 because that means I don't have to worry about 49:41 the production and studios and all the stuff 49:43 out on the west coast. 49:45 That's wonderful to me. 49:46 So if anybody wants to know Better Life, 49:48 3ABN for as I'm concerned we are one. 49:50 We are just together because we have one mission, 49:52 one goal and I particularly love you, guys, 49:55 and thank you for all that you do for the cause of God. 49:58 You are amazing people. You have incredible story. 50:02 I think you guys, didn't you become Adventist through-- 50:05 Through the broadcast. Through 3ABN. 50:06 Better Life with the 3ABN programming 50:09 and Amazing Facts, Doug Batchelor was the guy 50:12 that we saw first and he really spoke to our hearts. 50:15 I almost called him I saw about two minutes ago here 50:18 while we were interviewing, he was incognito. 50:20 What he does in big crowds he puts on hat, you know, 50:23 and he walk by and I once said, hey, Doug, come in here. 50:25 I think you know these folk? But we let him go. I saw him. 50:29 You know, he is wearing a Better Life cap now. 50:33 Did you know that? No. No. 50:35 Well, I would have brought him up. 50:36 I saw this hat, if I've known that for sure, 50:38 I had brought it up so... 50:40 I'll text you a picture. Good. 50:42 I'll tell him to keep wearing it too. 50:44 All right, forget Amazing Facts hat, 50:45 it's right now this meeting Better Life Television. 50:49 But you know what, Amazing Facts, 50:51 Better Life, 3ABN are still one. 50:53 That's exactly. We're all one. 50:54 We support each other, work together. 50:56 We work with Doug and Amazing Facts doing series. 50:59 We gonna do it again this fall, 51:01 every year for since about 1997 I think we started. 51:05 And so I love it and it's wonderful. 51:07 Well, I want to thank you, guys, 51:09 for being here and anything that we can do. 51:11 Our folks at home, we want you to ask the Lord, 51:13 well, you're especially on the west coast out there, 51:16 "What can I do to promote Better Life Television?" 51:19 Because what they are giving is, 51:21 is literally it's a final warning message to the world 51:24 but a message of love that Jesus loves us. 51:27 He died for us. He made a plan of salvation for us. 51:30 He is coming back to redeem His children very soon. 51:33 You and I now all that worries God requires us to do 51:38 is once we accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of our life, 51:41 He says, go and tell what I've done for you. 51:43 Your own personal testimony is the greatest thing. 51:47 It's the only tool that you really have to have, 51:49 tell people what God has done for you. 51:51 That's what we are doing and doing it through media 51:53 to reach millions instead one-on-one. 51:55 So when you join hands with these folks, 51:58 you join with us, we join hands with you. 52:00 The work can be finished. 52:02 Jesus is not waiting-- we are not waiting on Jesus, 52:05 He's waiting on His people to perfect His character 52:08 within our lives so He can come back 52:10 for a purified bride and purified church. 52:13 Ron and Marta, thank you so much. 52:15 God bless you and I know that He is going to-- 52:18 going to continue to bless Better Life Television. 52:21 Yeah. Thank you. 52:22 God bless you, Danny. Thank you. 52:23 God bless you. Thank you. |
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