Participants: Danny Shelton & Yvonne Lewis (Host), Shelley Quinn
Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY015093A
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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 00:50 Mending broken people 01:07 Hello and welcome to 3ABN today. 01:09 We have a wonderful program for you today, I'm so excited. 01:13 I've got Shelley Quinn sitting here with me. 01:16 Yes, it's good to be here. Yeah. 01:17 And we have a special guest. 01:19 Our guest is none other than Danny Shelton, 01:22 our founder and president. 01:24 And I get to interview you today. 01:26 I know, I've felt a little-- 01:27 It's a little different feeling, Shelley. 01:29 And Yvonne sitting in this chair, you know. 01:32 We're gonna put you on the hot seat. 01:33 I know. 01:34 I think we can ask him anything we want. 01:36 I'm lot more comfortable doing the interviews 01:38 and I'm being interviewed, you know. 01:40 For sure. 01:41 But God has given you so many gifts, Dan, 01:44 and when we, you know, we're really blessed 01:47 that God has given you the vision to have 3ABN 01:52 and also to write wonderful songs. 01:55 Amen. 01:56 We have great, great songs that you've written 01:58 and today we're gonna be talking about a special project 02:02 that you've done, 02:03 "It's a Beautiful World" tell us about it. 02:06 Okay, as a lot of folk know about-- 02:08 I think it's been three years 02:10 or so may be more ago I wrote "Love Rules!" 02:13 a CD and DVD for children. 02:16 And in that is of course talking about the love of God, 02:21 keeping God's commandments. 02:23 And so what I'm trying to do the world has so many things 02:27 to distract kids and adults from keeping our eyes 02:32 focused on Jesus in the cross of Calvary. 02:35 Because you see children three and four years old 02:38 running to have little phones and they can on the computers, 02:41 they're doing all these things. 02:43 So how is it can we, you know, Satan has all these things 02:46 not that all these things are bad. 02:47 I'm glad for all the media and social media 02:49 because we can use them as Christians. 02:52 But for our young people to keep their eyes on the Lord, 02:56 how can we do that? 02:58 Music seems to be a universal language. 03:00 You take a young child that's six months old, 03:03 eight months old, they don't know 03:04 what's politically correct or not politically correct 03:06 but you give them a little upbeat music 03:08 and you'll see them bouncing. 03:10 Rhythm is something that God has given us, 03:13 timing and rhythm 03:15 and an appreciation for the art of music. 03:18 And so one of the things that I've found is timeless 03:22 ever since we were all, we're close to the same age, 03:25 young children till now is music, 03:28 no matter how old or how young and no matter how much 03:31 the world has changed people still love music. 03:34 It's just defined by different genres. 03:36 Right. Right. 03:37 And so what is it that we have and how we can we use every-- 03:41 To our advantage to get the gospel to the world? 03:44 What's the thing that kids are listening to? 03:46 Music. 03:47 Lot of them listening to the rap music, 03:49 lot of them listening to rock music, 03:51 lot of them listening to do classic music, 03:53 whatever kinds of music but we need to be in there. 03:56 As Christians, Seventh-day Adventist Christians 03:58 we should have something to offer our young people. 04:01 Well, after the "Love Rules!" 04:03 CD and DVD project 04:05 we really got tremendous responses 04:07 from people, from parents. 04:09 I was most impressed that to time I think the-- 04:14 My youngest granddaughter baby Faith, 04:16 I think she was five 04:17 and Jonah was maybe six and one of the-- 04:20 It's called songs was Love God and keep His Commandments. 04:24 I literally put the long version of every commandment. 04:27 And after I gave them one of the CDs, 04:29 I give them to kids and say, "How do you like these songs?" 04:32 If I hear them humming them back 04:34 or singing them I say, okay, that's a good sign. 04:36 And baby Faith and Jonah, 04:38 they knew all of the Ten Commandments. 04:40 So I'd go to churches and I'd say, 04:42 now if I ask you today this isn't any church 04:44 I'd be to stand up 04:46 and recite the Ten Commandments long version 04:48 how many would do it. 04:49 And nobody was jumping up to, people be looking around like-- 04:52 Oh, wow. It's sad, really. 04:53 You know, in a Seventh-day Adventist we preach that 04:55 but this is a way that instills in those young folk 04:59 that as they get older, as they get older 05:02 and they're being distracted by the world, 05:04 they never really forget, it comes back. 05:07 Whatever we put in there, stays there-- 05:10 That's right. For good or bad. 05:12 It's indelibly imprinted upon your mind when the-- 05:14 With the music is what puts it in their mind 05:17 to where they understand it. 05:19 When you have music and you have rhyme, 05:21 one of the things that is so powerful about rap music 05:26 is that it uses rhythm and rhyme 05:29 to actually shape the values of the listeners. 05:33 So why shouldn't we be shaping the values of our children 05:37 through rhythm and rhyme and music. 05:41 I mean, you're just reclaiming the music form for Christ 05:47 and that's what we have to do. 05:48 And we have to implant in our children to give them 05:51 what they need in order to, to deal with life. 05:55 We're told that 90 percent 05:56 of a child's character development 05:59 is really done by the age of six. 06:02 I mean, that's amazing. That's amazing. 06:04 You think about that, that whatever we put in that 06:07 child up to six years old, 06:08 that's 90 percent of his development 06:11 as to which way he or she may tend to go in life 06:14 not that the Lord can't come in and change all of that. 06:17 But so that's why it's so important 06:19 for parents and grandparents 06:21 to be giving these children something-- 06:22 What I know a lot of parents 06:24 do they put their young children to bed at night 06:26 and they'll put these CDs on, 06:28 so that the kids go to sleep hearing songs about 06:32 in this case Love God and keep His Commandments. 06:35 On the new one, it's called, "It's A Beautiful World." 06:38 And so I got to thinking about it, 06:39 you know, creation today when we were growing up 06:43 almost everybody believed in creation, 06:45 now they don't believe in God. 06:46 And if there's no God then there's no creation. 06:49 Or even people who believe in God 06:50 don't believe in a literal six-day creation. 06:53 No, absolutely and there is actually-- 06:55 I hate to say there's people that in different denominations 07:00 of religions whether it's Baptists, 07:02 Methodists, Adventists whatever who just what you said, 07:05 they don't really believe in a six-day creation week. 07:07 They don't take the Bible for what it says. 07:10 And so I wrote the "Love Rules!" CD and DVD 07:14 but, Yvonne, I didn't plan on writing anymore. 07:17 And because once I would get one, 07:20 then I would just, I mean, I could be doing anything 07:23 and all of a sudden song would come into my mind, 07:26 just as, so I would run to the computer, 07:28 if I'm traveling and take an iPad 07:30 I'd be on airplane, I'd start typing out something. 07:33 Once in a while I'd just be get up early in the morning 07:36 and pray and always what I do is open the Bible 07:39 and I start reading and certain things will hit me. 07:42 Lord, give me a topic for today. 07:44 And something jumps out like that 07:46 so I sit down and I start-- 07:48 but almost every time the words and the music come together. 07:52 And I'm not sure how that happens 07:55 and I play little guitar, so I hear a chords 07:58 and so I'm thinking C, F, G as I'm bring in the melody out 08:04 and I can tell instantly if it's gonna work or not. 08:07 But most of these songs I really didn't have to work. 08:10 So I said, they must be of the Lord 08:11 because I check them by the truth is this truth? 08:16 Is it consistent with the Bible message 08:18 that God is love? 08:20 And so when I do that I say, okay, that one says Lord. 08:23 Well, I did this one project went over well, 08:26 lots of folks of thousands of people bought those 08:29 and the kids listening to them and I go to church 08:31 and as people say, oh, I love the Love Rules! 08:34 But I didn't intend to do another one 08:36 and I got to thinking about creation one day, 08:38 you know, that's amazing adults and in churches and seminaries. 08:43 You can go to certain seminaries 08:44 and people don't believe in the six-day creation week. 08:46 You don't-- 08:48 And so many people around us in the world 08:49 they don't believe in God. 08:51 And it's like, wow, we need to-- 08:53 Let me do something. 08:54 So I got thinking about "It's a Beautiful World." 08:56 And is said, as Christians we ought to understand 08:59 what a beautiful this is but it's beautiful 09:01 because God created it. 09:03 While there is ugliness of sin, death, disease, and sickness 09:06 that's not forever that's for a short time. 09:09 So hit the right timing when God was ready 09:13 and we believe that's very soon. 09:14 Jesus is ready, He is coming back 09:16 to redeem His children. 09:17 But I've got to thinking about it 09:19 what happened on each day of creation. 09:21 Now I'm not going to ask you all that 09:23 but I want to ask you at home as I can't see your hands, 09:26 how many of you if I ask you right now, 09:28 I don't care how old you are if you're 80 years old. 09:30 If is say, tell me what happened 09:32 on day one of creation? 09:33 Tell me what happened on day two. 09:35 Day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven, 09:39 most of us would have to stop 09:42 and think I'm not exactly what-- 09:44 Say the firmament. What is the firmament? 09:46 And what is the firmament. 09:47 Yeah, what is the firmament, 09:49 I know there's somewhat you could-- 09:50 I couldn't do it. Yeah, what I'm saying. 09:52 So that's why we're gonna do this 09:53 first song this the moment. 09:54 But it's called, "It's A Beautiful World" 09:56 and the Lord gave it to me like that. 09:58 And so I hope you enjoy it. 10:00 We name the CD, we got a bunch of children here 10:02 that's working with us from younger ages. 10:05 My youngest grandchildren baby Faith and Jonah, 10:09 they want to be on at least the couple of songs. 10:11 So they had learned these songs inside 10:13 and out before we actually did the DVD. 10:16 So I said, absolutely you guys, 10:18 come on and join so that they help us 10:20 on a couple of the songs. 10:21 And, you know, the beauty of what you just said 10:23 is that the way you weave scripture 10:27 into this music and as you said, 10:30 it's the rhythm in the rhyme that children-- 10:33 This just makes it easy 10:35 for children to learn biblical truths. 10:38 And it's something that I know that 10:40 I've got these for my nieces and niece and nephews. 10:45 But this is something that children can learn 10:49 and recite back and it's fun to do this, 10:52 it's actually fun for the whole family. 10:55 But the problem with some of these-- 10:56 I'm gonna say, you got one problem 10:57 with some of these songs. 10:59 The tunes are so catchy that once you play them 11:02 then it's in your mind the rest of the day. 11:04 Good. That's right. 11:05 It's exactly what we want. 11:07 Now Shelley has been here about 12 years or so, 11:09 she has never-- Anything I've ever asked her to do, 11:11 she always says yes. 11:13 I said, "Do you want to be on the program 11:15 with Yvonne and me and "It's A Beautiful Word." 11:17 And she said yes. 11:19 But will you give me one of those DVDs 11:20 that the new "It's A Beautiful Word." 11:22 So I had to bargain with her. Give me the DVDs, yes. 11:23 I had to bargain with her to be on the program, 11:25 you know, today. 11:27 Isn't that awesome. 11:28 Well, let's take a listen to "It's A Beautiful World." 11:40 It's a beautiful world that God made 11:45 Just for you and for me 11:49 He created all in six days 11:54 I have faith to believe 11:58 The Bible tells the story 12:02 Of God's great power and glory 12:07 He made the light, the earth, and sea 12:12 He made the flowers and the buzzing bumble bee 12:18 It's a beautiful world that God made 12:23 Just for you and for me 12:27 God created everything in just six days. 12:30 On the first day, God created light. 12:33 And on the second day, He made the heavenly skies. 12:36 On the third day, He created the grass, 12:38 the trees and the plants. 12:40 On the fourth day, He created the sun 12:43 the moon, and the stars 12:45 And on the fifth day God created the fish 12:47 and all the wonderful sea creatures in the water. 12:50 And He created all the birds in the air. 12:55 It's a beautiful world that God made 13:01 Just for you and for me 13:04 He created all in six days 13:09 I have faith to believe 13:13 The Bible tells the story 13:18 Of God's great power and glory 13:22 He made the light, the earth, and sea 13:27 He made the flowers and the buzzing bumble bee 13:33 It's a beautiful world that God made 13:38 Just for you and for me 13:42 And on the sixth day, He created 13:43 all the beautiful animal life on the earth. 13:46 But He also created something very special that sixth day. 13:51 Yes, special and dear to the heart of God. 13:54 You guessed it, He created you and me. 14:00 The Bible tells the story 14:04 Of God's great power and glory 14:09 He made the light, the earth, and sea 14:14 He made the flowers and the buzzing bumble bee 14:19 It's a beautiful world that God made 14:25 Just for you and for me 14:29 After creating everything in just six days, 14:32 the Bible says that God rested. 14:34 Let's read about it in Genesis 2:1-3, 14:38 "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, 14:40 and all the host of them. 14:42 And on the seventh day God ended His work 14:44 which He had made 14:46 and He rested on the seventh day 14:48 from all His work which He had made. 14:50 And God blessed the seventh day, 14:52 and sanctified it, because that in it 14:55 He had rested from all His work 14:57 which God created and made." 15:01 It's a beautiful world that God made 15:07 Just for you and for me 15:10 He created all in six days 15:16 I have faith to believe 15:19 It's a beautiful world 15:21 Such a beautiful world 15:24 It's a beautiful world It's a beautiful world 15:28 It's a beautiful world 15:30 Such a beautiful world 15:33 It's a beautiful world It's a beautiful world 15:37 It's a beautiful world 15:39 Such a beautiful world 15:42 I'm about moving around here. 15:43 I know, just love it though. 15:45 I mean-- And it's so beautiful to watch. 15:47 It is and it's happy, it's upbeat. 15:50 It gives the creation so that the children can remember 15:54 what was done on each day, it's wonderful. 15:57 We thank you. 15:58 Well, we're happy to do it and little bit we'll talk 16:00 more about the young people involved 16:02 they're helping us and also our crew, 16:04 our production crew 16:06 and the work that the graphics and we don't leave anybody out. 16:09 But this is a big project 16:10 when you take a bunch of young people like this 16:13 and you learn all of these songs, 16:15 then you put graphics and video shots 16:17 to match all of this is huge. 16:19 Brenda Walsh was a great support 16:21 in all of this of course and many others. 16:23 And we'll talk about that in a little bit more but-- 16:25 Yeah, this is why I was twisting your arm, 16:27 really I've already got the CDs 16:29 but I just knew I've had little nieces 16:32 and nephews that are from four to eight, 16:34 nine years old and I knew this would be 16:36 something that one I will sit-down and watch 16:38 because the graphics are so beautiful. 16:40 Yeah. Yeah. 16:41 Well, you have another song here 16:43 "I Love You, Lord" tell us a little bit about it. 16:45 Well, this song actually was one of my-- 16:47 I actually wrote several years ago, 16:49 I was in Nashville on the way home we done a recording. 16:52 And I got to thinking go through the whole story, 16:55 we got to thinking about the goodness of God. 16:57 And all I could say is, I love you, Lord. 17:00 And I thought, you know, God inhabits praise of this people. 17:03 "I Love You, Lord," so this little song came to me 17:06 and we'll show it right now. 17:23 I love you I love you, Lord 17:29 I love you, Lord I really do 17:35 I love you 17:38 I love you, Lord 17:41 I love you, Lord I really do 17:47 My Savior, Creator, Redeemer and hymn 17:53 You are the reason I see 17:58 I love you 18:01 I love you, Lord 18:04 I love you, Lord I really do 18:10 I love you 18:13 I love you, Lord 18:17 I love you, Lord I really do 18:22 The Bible says in 1 John 4:8 "That God is love." 18:27 And Romans 5:8 says, 18:29 "That God showed His love to us, 18:31 in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us." 18:36 Do you love Jesus? 18:37 Jesus loves us and wants us to show Him 18:40 that we love Him too. 18:42 In John 14:15 He says, "If you love Me, 18:46 keep My commandments." 18:47 When we keep God's commandments, 18:49 we are showing Him that we love Him too. 18:52 So let's obey God and keep His commandments. 18:56 Then we all can sing. 18:58 I love you 19:01 I love you, Lord 19:04 I love you, Lord I really do 19:10 I love you 19:13 I love you, Lord 19:16 I love you, Lord I really do 19:22 The joy that You bring to my heart everyday 19:29 Gives me a reason to say 19:35 I love you 19:40 I love you, Lord 19:43 I love you, Lord I really do 19:49 I love you 19:52 I love you, Lord 19:55 I love you, Lord I really do 20:17 Amen. Amen. 20:19 You know, it's great you have some really talented 20:22 young people on this project. 20:23 Absolutely. Absolutely. 20:24 All volunteers actually. 20:26 It's tremendous, tremendous. 20:27 Let's just kind of acknowledge them 20:29 because we need to say who they are. 20:31 The names are little, 20:32 I couldn't read those without glasses. 20:33 Can you read it? 20:35 I never have my glasses on so 20:36 hopefully I won't batch the names up. 20:38 But Daniel Babb, Farah Berry, Samerah Bordon, 20:42 Caleb Dinzey, Jonah Firestone, Faith Firestone, your babies, 20:47 Ashley Gonzalez, Corbana Hodges, Honoria Hodges, 20:51 Justin Mandol, Noah Mandol, 20:53 Trinity Murray, Stephanie Ramone, 20:57 Duchais Rover, Cameron C.J. Sanders. 21:00 And Stephanie was the one who just did the solos. 21:02 Yeah, beautiful voice. Lovely. 21:05 Jonae Sanders, Jonaesia Sanders, 21:07 and Sam Santiago. 21:10 These are-- I mean, they are so talented. 21:12 And some of these like, Samerah that you'll be hearing 21:14 quite a bit she is really a good singer. 21:17 She was on the last Love Rules too, we kind of featured her. 21:20 She just had such a gift for sing. 21:22 You like her singing too. I really do. 21:23 And her talking is just, I mean, just beautiful 21:27 and she just does it in such a so heartfelt, 21:30 you know, that she just so good at it. 21:31 So we ask her when do you come back 21:33 and help us with that again. 21:35 Yeah. And she did, you know. 21:36 Now the next one on the list, is something that-- 21:41 It's a song that is actually teaching adults 21:45 because I know what Lanny Wolfe had to say after, 21:48 he heard seven is the perfect number. 21:52 Do you want to share that story now or after? 21:56 Well, I'll just say about how we've wrote it 21:58 because in the Bible when you look at it, 22:01 God has the thing, I don't know why maybe we'll find 22:04 when we get to heaven but as we say, 22:06 He has a thing for numbers in seven is His perfect number. 22:10 There is seven, seven, seven all through the Bible. 22:13 The fourth commandment is actually remember 22:15 the Seventh-day to keep it holy. 22:18 And when I share with people they say, 22:20 well, it doesn't make any difference 22:21 just long as you keep one day in seven. 22:23 I say, well, if you've married and there was a six, 22:26 you know, six women up there, seven women to choose from. 22:29 Could you just go home with anyone of them 22:31 or does it make a difference which one you, 22:33 you know, which one you choose if you're a man for instance. 22:36 So, of course seven God designated 22:39 that for a reason otherwise He would have said 22:41 just keep from one day, right, and seven. 22:44 But He didn't. 22:45 He said, remember that remember the very first word 22:48 He said of the fourth commandment. 22:49 Why would He say, if somebody if, Yvonne, you said to him, 22:52 "Hey, when you go to town, would you remember 22:55 to bring me back of subway sandwich in Chile. 22:58 You said it because you say, why did you-- 23:01 Because you know that probably last time 23:03 you guys asked me to it, I forgot. 23:05 So you're saying, remember, so don't forget it. 23:08 Isn't it interesting the only commandment 23:10 that most of the Christian world forgets 23:13 is the one it says remember is the fourth commandment, 23:15 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 23:17 Six day thou shall labor, but the seventh day 23:20 is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." 23:22 So, I wanted to show it's not just happen stance 23:26 but there are numerous things 23:27 as you go through the Bible on seven. 23:30 So, we decided even in the music that we sing, 23:33 you know, in the days of the week, 23:35 seven, keeps coming up. 23:37 So, if it's important to God, it should be important to us. 23:40 Right. 23:42 So, we wrote "Seven's The Perfect Number." 23:44 This is one of my favorites by the way. 23:45 Good. 23:51 Seven's the perfect number in God's holy book 23:57 He sanctified and blessed it 24:00 Come on, let's take a look 24:02 He created the heavens and the earth 24:05 And He rested from all His work 24:09 Seven's the perfect number in God's holy book 24:15 Genesis 2:1-3, "Thus the heavens 24:18 and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 24:22 And on the seventh day 24:23 God ended His work which He had made, 24:26 and rested on the seventh day 24:28 from all His work which He had made. 24:30 And God blessed the seventh day, 24:32 and sanctified it, 24:34 because that in it He had rested from all His work 24:37 which God created and made." 24:59 Seven's the perfect number in God's holy book. 25:05 Hey, boys and girls. 25:06 Did you know that seven is the perfect number 25:08 even in the music that God gave us? 25:11 There are seven notes in the major musical scale. 25:14 All other notes are just the variations 25:16 of the seven major notes. 25:18 Let's count them. 25:20 Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti. 25:24 Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti. 25:27 Or we can start with C. 25:29 C, D, E, F, G, A, B. 25:32 C, D, E, F, G, A, B. 25:35 And it still comes out to the number seven. 25:39 Man named the notes 25:40 but God created the seven major sounds of music. 25:46 Seven's the perfect number in God's holy book 25:51 He sanctified and blessed it 25:54 Come on, let's take a look 25:56 He created the heavens and the earth 26:00 And he rested from all his work 26:03 Seven's the perfect number in God's holy book 26:09 The number Seven is the most important number in the Bible. 26:13 There are seven days in the week 26:15 and did you know there are seven colors in the rainbow? 26:19 Joshua marks around here at the seven times 26:22 for the walls of tumbling down. 26:24 Captain Naaman dipped into the water 26:26 seven times to be healed. 26:28 No one said seven of the clean animals into the heart 26:31 and we could go on and on, 26:33 but the truth is... 26:35 Seven's the perfect number in God's holy book 26:41 He sanctified and blessed it 26:44 Come on, let's take a look 26:46 He created the heavens and the earth 26:50 And he rested from all his work 26:53 Seven's the perfect number in God's holy book 26:59 Seven's the perfect number 27:02 in God's holy book 27:11 Seven is the perfect number. 27:13 Seven, you know, the sevenfold Holy Spirit, 27:16 seven is the number of perfection. 27:18 That's right. That's right. 27:19 But I just love what Lanny Wolfe had to say 27:23 because when he first started this song, 27:25 he said, "Oh, you've given me something to think about. 27:29 This is the son or this whole project actually, 27:33 even though it ministers to children 27:35 and its teaching children. 27:37 Adults seem to like this just as much and you learn like 27:40 many people probably didn't know 27:43 that they were seven major notes. 27:45 That all the music in the world has been written 27:48 around these seven major notes. 27:50 Amazing. 27:51 Yeah, it's incredible, to think about all the music 27:54 whether it's classical or down to, to rock music or whatever, 27:59 they're seven major, major notes on their, you know, 28:02 A, B, C, D, E, F, G, you know, it goes back again A, B,C, D 28:06 just keeps going, the piano up and down. 28:08 There's really seven, 28:09 when you hit the eighth note, it's an octa, 28:11 you know, so it's the same. 28:12 It's God's creative power is so infinite. 28:16 And the fact that, there are just seven notes... 28:19 That's right. Right. 28:20 He just keeps, because God has created the music. 28:23 Yeah. So, it's incredible. 28:25 That says mind boggling to me as I travel 28:27 I just got back from London. 28:29 Again, and I've traveled around the world, 28:31 and I'll be sitting at airports or in the airplanes. 28:34 And I think there's getting close 28:36 to seven billion people on planet Earth. 28:39 God takes about six inches and gives in that six inches, 28:43 every six inches has two eyes and nose and mouth, teeth, 28:47 hair, two ears and yeah, with just so little 28:51 of what's not that skin 28:53 almost everybody in the world looks different. 28:55 Yeah. 28:56 Now how can you do paint seven billion of, 28:59 be confine to that, and everybody be individual, 29:02 I mean, that's amazing, and they say, 29:04 the snow flake to that, I don't know, I don't. 29:05 Here is something that just amazed me, 29:07 Did you know that no two leaves are identical 29:11 just like snowflakes. 29:12 Think of the billions of leaves in the world 29:15 and no two are same. 29:16 I don't know, if I can deal with it right now really. 29:18 That's incredible. 29:20 When we actually contemplate the greatness of God, 29:24 and, and, and His creative power, 29:26 it actually and I think I've mentioned this before 29:28 it actually kind of re-wires our brains 29:31 when we start thinking about 29:33 how infinite an amazing God is, so... 29:35 God is just it's creation never stops. 29:39 He is the creator which is why the Sabbath, 29:43 it's so important because we honor Him as creator 29:46 on the Sabbath. 29:48 And do you ever tried to contemplate heaven? 29:51 Yes. I do. 29:53 But it does mind boggling to... 29:54 Yeah, that is mind boggling, but it's fun 29:57 and it's fun to teach children to contemplate. 29:58 I always think about one of my dad's favorite texts 30:01 as I have not seen nor they heard, 30:03 neither has it entered into the heart of man 30:05 the thing that God has prepared 30:06 'cause we think we've seen it all. 30:08 Yeah. 30:09 We go to some majestic place, 30:11 and so, hey, that was a good intro to the next song, 30:15 Shelley which is simply entitled "Heaven." 30:28 Heaven such a beautiful place 30:33 We'll see Jesus face to face 30:36 All sorrow and pain He will erase 30:41 heaven's such a beautiful place 30:45 Have you ever wondered what Heaven will be like? 30:48 The Bible says in 1corinthians 2:9, 30:51 "But as it is written, 30:53 eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, 30:56 neither have entered into the heart of man, 30:59 the things which God hath prepared 31:01 for them that love him." 31:04 Heaven such a beautiful place 31:08 We'll see Jesus face to face 31:12 All sorrow and pain He will erase 31:17 heaven such a beautiful place 31:20 We have so much beauty here on earth 31:23 that we can be hold. 31:24 All the beautiful lakes and streams and oceans 31:27 filled with all of the colorful and wondrous creatures 31:30 from the sea world to the highest snowcap mountains 31:34 pointing towards God's created heaven. 31:37 And yet it suddenly occurred to me 31:39 why heaven is so much more beautiful 31:41 than this old earth of ours. 31:43 It's not just about what heaven 31:45 had is that makes it so wonderful, 31:47 it's also about what heaven does not have. 31:50 Do you know what's missing in heaven? 31:52 It's in and why is there no sin in heaven 31:56 because Jesus is there. 31:58 Imagine a place where there is no sickness, no pain, or death. 32:02 I can't wait for heaven. 32:04 How about you? 32:07 Heaven such a beautiful place 32:11 We'll see Jesus face to face 32:15 All sorrow and pain He will erase 32:20 heaven such a beautiful place 32:24 Heaven such a beautiful place 32:28 We'll see Jesus face to face 32:32 All sorrow and pain He will erase 32:36 heaven such a beautiful place 32:41 Heaven such a beautiful place Heaven such a beautiful place 32:52 You know, Ellen White said that we should contemplate heaven 32:56 and how are they think about the life of Jesus, 32:59 think about heaven. 33:00 And how wonderful to teach our children of all ages 33:05 this truth is to get them to thinking about this, 33:09 I love it. I know. 33:10 And to remind us about the beauties of heaven 33:13 and what we can expect 33:14 and just to just start thinking about it. 33:17 It's tremendous, it's tremendous. 33:19 Our next song is "The Lord Still Leads" 33:21 set it up for us a little bit. 33:23 This was one I actually wrote for the Love Rules project. 33:27 I didn't ended up not using it. 33:30 Then I kind of went back and re-looked at it and said, 33:32 you know, I think it's a really good 33:35 because we need to know 33:36 that God is always in control of our life. 33:39 We never have to worry about, you know, 33:42 we-- Ellen White makes a statement 33:44 if we don't have to worry about the past or the future 33:47 'cause all we have to do is look the past 33:48 how God has let us. 33:50 That's right. 33:51 And so, I went back over some Bible characters 33:53 like whether it'd be Jonah or whether it's be Daniel 33:55 some of these others. 33:57 And said, "let's see how the Lord show young people." 34:00 You can be confident no matter what situ-- 34:03 you can be in the belly of the whale or or big fish. 34:06 You can be in a lion's den but you don't have to worry 34:10 if God, if you were a God wants you to be 34:12 and He leads He'll get you out of it. 34:14 Let's take a look. 34:19 Revelation tells the story of three angels in the sky, 34:22 they shout and sing and the message they bring 34:25 as a message from God on high. 34:28 Well, the devil is loose And he's running about 34:32 Trying to tempt all men 34:36 The end is near but we need not fear 34:39 Like candle in the lion's den 34:42 Oh, the Lord still leads and he still guides 34:46 He'll shut the lion's mouth 34:49 If we tempt from sin and followed him 34:53 He'll see save us there is no doubt 34:59 Don't know was in the belly of the fish 35:02 For we on things at nice 35:06 The devil try to take his life God saved him from his light 35:12 Oh, the Lord still leads and He still guides, 35:17 He'll shut the lions mouth 35:20 If we tempt from sin and followed him 35:24 He'll save us there is no doubt 35:33 The Lord will save us when we call upon his holy name 35:40 Oh, sinner wants you come on him 35:43 On Christ you can depend 35:46 Oh, the Lord still leads and He still guides 35:52 He'll shut the lions mouth 35:55 If we tempt from sin and followed him 36:01 He will save us there is no doubt 36:05 He will save us there is no doubt 36:16 Now that was a lot of food, isn't it? 36:18 I know, I know. 36:19 It's so happy and upbeat 36:21 and you just want to kind of hum along with it. 36:22 Yeah. 36:24 Which most of the songs are if understood the slower songs 36:27 but they're upbeat, they're happy, 36:30 you just want to sing with them. 36:31 I didn't intend as I mentioned earlier 36:33 to do other whole project 36:34 but one day it just one of these songs came to me, 36:37 so I just kind of put it aside 36:38 and month or so or weeks later whatever 36:41 another song came to me. 36:43 And it's a song writer some of you've written songs 36:46 you might understand what I am about to say, 36:48 there was no fighting going on. 36:49 Sometimes you work with the song, you work with it, 36:52 you write it out, and you write it yourself. 36:54 Oh, man, I'm just gonna have to put that on the shelf 36:56 I'll come back later. 36:57 These songs literally some of these came into airport 37:00 I was walking down the terminals. 37:01 And the airport one of them came to me 37:03 'cause something happened 37:05 the Lord still leads and He still guides 37:06 He'll shut the lions mouth. 37:08 So I said, I've got to get it sit down somewhere 37:10 and start writing this but the melody's came too. 37:12 Like I don't write the words, I didn't write the music 37:15 and then try to get words to match it, 37:17 I didn't try to do it vice versa. 37:19 I just simply, Oh, the Lord still leads 37:22 and He still guides. 37:24 I said, that works. 37:25 He will shut the lions mouth. 37:27 So I give God to credit for him 37:28 I'm not a prolific song writer. 37:30 I don't spent time and never studied how to write songs, 37:33 never spent a lot of time doing it. 37:35 Written some songs over the years, 37:37 but I knew God wanted these songs out apparently 37:40 because He gave him to me 37:42 and each one's different the melodies are different, 37:45 chords that I might not usually use 37:47 certain progressions in other songs came to me and this. 37:53 Something that kids catch onto and young kids, 37:57 you know, catch onto it 37:58 but yet then it was important that we do scriptures 38:01 and so almost every song we put scriptures up 38:04 for these the young people to learn themselves. 38:06 I gave God the credit because I realized, 38:08 I didn't really sit down to do this, 38:11 these happened and then one just came after another. 38:13 And I kind of had to shut it off at the end of this. 38:16 So, I 've been too busy after this 38:18 when we did hallelujah you were home at last 38:20 and then wrote several songs 38:22 and some with you and Larry Golson, 38:24 others have totally different style. 38:26 Yeah. 38:27 But who knows I don't know for third group 38:29 that'll ever come but if they started to come in, 38:31 I guess we'll set down and do another one. 38:32 But I want to say, I can't say enough 38:34 for the young people there, 38:36 ages from, you know as young as 7 to 38:39 I think 18 is the oldest in the group there, 38:42 but these young people all of that DVD, 38:44 we did in one day... 38:45 That's amazed. 38:46 Isn't that amazing? Yeah, did it. 38:48 Of course, we had the sound track, you know, 38:49 the music ready and all that, 38:50 but we did that all in, in one day. 38:52 That's thanks to Brenda Walsh, I mean, 38:53 that woman, she knows how to put together a project, 38:57 organize and get it together. 38:59 I want to thank Yvonne Lewis for helping 39:01 with the backgrounds and arrangements 39:02 so when to do it, 39:04 sing in parts, she actually 39:05 we'd have somebody to sing to Melody, 39:07 and she would sing a part 39:09 and my daughter Melody would sing another part, 39:11 we'd send him to the kids ahead of time 39:13 and when we wanted alto we would say, 39:16 now you sing with Melody learn it that part, 39:19 then one with-- with Yvonne should sing 39:21 the ops that we wouldn't call. What would you call it? 39:23 Give me the melody. 39:24 The melody or whatever then, would say okay. 39:27 Now you sing we've learned this song with Yvonne, 39:30 so when they came together they sing it, 39:32 everybody knew their parts that way. 39:34 And so thank you and Melody both for doing all of that-- 39:37 for helping and working with the arrangements. 39:39 Oh, it was a blessing really. Yeah. 39:40 I mean, just to be able to be used to do this was great. 39:44 But this whole project to me 39:48 the inspiration that God gave you 39:50 just knowing that you know-- 39:51 you were can't do it, the Lord really.. 39:54 God wanted project to happen-- 39:55 He wanted this project out. 39:57 And you were can't do it so we praise the Lord for that. 40:00 And you-- I want to take back what I just said 40:02 when he'd said, he wanted out for children. 40:03 This-- I don't want it just limit this to, 40:06 this is as you said, they were kids from 6 to 18 40:09 and kids love this of all ages 40:12 that this is a great project for youth. 40:14 And I know, a lot of your grandma's and grandpa's 40:17 that are-- have been buying these CDs 40:20 and now the DVDs are available. 40:23 But It's A Beautiful World is something that-- 40:26 it seems like people are ordering in two's 40:28 they get one for the grandchildren, 40:30 one for themselves. 40:32 It sounds which is great, which is great. 40:34 Tell us about "Ready Or Not." 40:36 Well, "Ready Or Not" is just-- 40:38 when you look around this we turn on the news, 40:40 we see everything that's happening. 40:42 We can choose not to focus on the gospel. 40:44 We can choose to fo-- not focus on heaven. 40:48 And we think that we can just turn away 40:50 from it and do our own thing 40:51 and everything will be all right. 40:53 But Jesus is coming "Ready Or Not" 40:55 that's the point of this song, 40:57 we want young people to figure this out 40:59 and older people too. 41:00 Just because we're not going to church, 41:02 just because we say-- you know, 41:04 what I don't really want to live a Christian. 41:05 I'm gonna live the way I want to live. 41:07 That doesn't change things 41:09 Jesus is coming back ready or not. 41:11 So whether we live 10 years here or 80 years or 90 years 41:15 that's not what's most important-- 41:17 what's most important is 41:18 what do we do during the time that we are here. 41:21 How do we recognize, 41:23 that this is the smallest part of eternity. 41:26 Is right here, is this serve because when Jesus comes 41:29 we talk about the end that's really the beginning 41:32 'cause it's the beginning of life everlasting. 41:34 So I want people to keep in mind, 41:36 we maybe out doing whatever we want to do in the world 41:39 but Jesus is coming ready or not. 41:42 And I'm praying that anymore-- you have to pray for me 41:44 that I'm ready I'm praying for you all 41:46 that you are ready when Jesus comes 41:48 we'll look up and say, Lord, this is our God 41:50 and we waited for it He has come to save us. 41:52 Amen. 41:54 Let's listen to Ready or not. 42:05 Jesus is coming 42:07 Ready or not 42:09 He's coming in clouds 42:11 The trumpets will sound 42:12 The devil rise will meet him in the sky 42:16 He's coming He's coming 42:18 Ready or not 42:20 He's coming He's coming 42:22 Ready or not. 42:24 1 Thessalonians 4:16 explains what happens 42:28 when Jesus returns to this earth. 42:30 "For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven 42:33 with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, 42:36 and with the trump of God, 42:38 and the dead in Christ shall rise first, 42:40 then we which are alive and remain 42:43 shall be caught up together with them in the cloud, 42:47 to meet the Lord in the air, 42:49 and so shall we ever be with the Lord." 42:53 Jesus is coming 42:54 Ready or not 42:56 He's coming in clouds 42:58 The trumpets will sound 43:00 The devil rise will meet him in the sky 43:03 He's coming He's coming 43:05 Ready or not 43:07 He's coming He's coming 43:09 Ready or not. 43:11 When Jesus came to earth the first time, 43:14 He came quietly as a baby born in Bethlehem. 43:17 This time He'll be coming as king of kings 43:20 and Lord and Lord's. 43:22 Mathew 24:30 says, 43:25 "And they shall see the Son of man 43:27 coming on the clouds of heaven with great power and glory." 43:31 And revelation 1:7 reads, "Behold, 43:35 He is coming with clouds, and every eye shall see Him." 43:40 Jesus is coming 43:42 Ready or not 43:43 He's coming in clouds 43:45 The trumpets will sound 43:47 The devil rise will meet him in the sky 43:50 He's coming He's coming 43:53 Ready or not 43:54 He's coming He's coming 43:56 Ready or not. 43:59 Yes, boys and girls. Jesus is coming Ready or not. 44:02 Jesus wants us to live our lives 44:04 so that we will be ready to meet him 44:06 whenever He comes back in the clouds of heaven. 44:09 Matthew 24:42, 44 says, "Watch therefore: 44:14 for ye know not the hour your Lord doth come. 44:18 Therefore be ye also ready: 44:20 for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh." 44:27 Jesus is coming 44:29 Ready or not 44:31 He's coming in clouds 44:32 The trumpets will sound 44:34 The devil rise will meet him in the sky 44:38 He's coming He's coming 44:40 Ready or not 44:41 He's coming He's coming 44:44 Ready or not 44:45 He's coming He's coming 44:48 Ready or not. 44:54 Amen. Yeah. Amen. 44:55 He's coming ready or not. We have to be ready. 44:59 We have to be ready. We do. 45:02 I love the next song that we're getting ready to do 45:05 because it's-- because it teaches our dietary 45:09 kind of health, health focus, yeah. 45:12 Yeah, health reform-- in a song tells about it. 45:15 Well, I haven't heard many songs 45:17 it really how do you deal with, with health reform, 45:19 you know, what the Bible says in the Old Testament, 45:22 the New Testament and how do you do it. 45:24 And so I just got to thinking about it 45:26 and I've always heard this saying, 45:28 my mother used to say it 45:30 and we've actually had physicians come here 45:31 and they say, hey, "You Are What You Eat." 45:33 So, I said, do you know what? 45:34 If that's true, you know, then I think we should look at it 45:38 and maybe try to write a song. 45:39 So I put it together and did a little study on it 45:41 went into Genesis and went into the New Testament, 45:44 Old Testament and we came up with the song, 45:47 "You Are What You Eat." 45:49 "You Are What You Eat," let's watch. 45:58 You are what you eat 46:00 I've been told 46:01 If this is true 46:03 I plan to grow 46:08 Let's think and look at what the Bible has to say 46:11 About the foods we eat each day 46:15 Genesis tells about fruits, nuts, and grains 46:18 Leviticus tells us what else remained 46:24 Let's read about it in Genesis 1:29, 46:27 "And God said, 'See, 46:28 I have given you every herb that yields seed 46:31 which is on the face of all the earth, 46:33 and every tree whose fruit yields seed, 46:36 to you it shall be for food.'" 46:38 The Book of Leviticus describes 46:39 the two categories of animal food, 46:42 clean and unclean. 46:43 God commands that His people only eat clean meat 46:46 as described in Leviticus the 11th Chapter. 46:50 No pig. No catfish. 46:51 No mice. No rabbit. 46:53 No shrimp. No squirrel. 46:55 No oysters. No dog or cat. 46:57 No snakes. 47:00 Let's take a look at what the Bible has to say 47:03 About God's plan for us each day 47:06 To be healthy and happy in every way 47:10 This is God's plan for us each day 47:16 Boys and girls we belong to Jesus 47:18 and because He loves us, He has given us great advise 47:22 on how to be healthy and happy. 47:24 Let's read 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. 47:27 "Or do you not know that your body is the temple 47:30 of the Holy Spirit who is in you, 47:32 whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 47:35 You were bought with a price, 47:37 therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, 47:42 which are God's." 47:45 Now I know The truth's been told 47:48 And with God's help I plan to go 47:53 Aren't you glad that God has a plan for your life? 47:56 3 John 2 tells us what that plan is? 47:59 "Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things 48:03 and be in health, just as your soul prospers." 48:07 Jeremiah confirms this plan in Chapter 29:11. 48:11 "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, 48:13 says the Lord, 48:15 thoughts of peace and not of evil, 48:17 to give you a future and a hope" 48:20 If you give your life to Jesus 48:23 and take care of your body by exercising and eating 48:26 the right kinds of food then you too can sing. 48:30 Now I know the truth's been told 48:33 And with God's help I plan to grow 48:40 And with God's help I plan to grow 48:43 I plan to grow 48:51 I can't believe we are running out of time. 48:54 I know. I know it. 48:55 We want to get to this next song. 48:57 It's-- "I Have A Song In My Heart," listen, watch. 49:12 I have a song in my heart 49:14 And praise on my lips I have peace I have joy 49:18 And love that won't quit 'Cause Jesus says my song here 49:23 Brings me happiness 49:28 I have a song in my heart 49:31 And I am blessed I am blessed 49:36 When Jesus is the center of our joy, 49:38 we will have a song in our heart and that song is Jesus. 49:42 Let's read about it in Exodus 15:2. 49:45 "The Lord is my strength and my song, 49:47 and He is become my salvation." 49:50 And Isaiah 12:2 says, 49:52 "Behold, God is my salvation, 49:54 I will trust and not be afraid, 49:56 for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song." 50:02 I have a song in my heart and praise on my lips 50:06 I have peace I have joy 50:08 And love that won't quit 'Cause Jesus says my song here 50:13 Brings me happiness 50:18 I have a song in my heart 50:21 And I am blessed I am blessed 50:26 When we love Jesus, the Bible promises us peace of mind. 50:30 And Psalm 1:19:165 it says, 50:33 "Great peace have they which love thy law 50:36 and nothing shall offend them." 50:38 And John 14:27 says, "Peace I leave with you, 50:42 my peace I give unto you not as the world giveth, 50:46 give I unto you. 50:47 Let not your heart be troubled, 50:49 neither let it be afraid." 50:52 I have a song in my heart and praise on my lips 50:57 I have peace I have joy and love that won't quit 51:00 'Cause Jesus says my song here 51:03 Brings me happiness 51:08 I have a song in my heart 51:11 And I am blessed I am blessed 51:17 Do you have happiness enjoy in your heart today. 51:20 The Bible says that when we give our hearts to Jesus, 51:23 He brings happiness enjoy into our lives. 51:26 Isaiah 55:12 says, 51:29 "For ye shall go out with joy, 51:31 and be led forth with peace, 51:33 the mountains and the hills shall break forth 51:35 before you into singing, 51:37 and all the trees of the filed shall clap their hands." 51:42 I have a song in my heart and praise on my lips 51:46 I have peace I have joy and love that won't quit 51:50 'Cause Jesus says my song here 51:53 Brings me happiness 51:58 I have a song in my heart 52:01 And I am blessed I am blessed 52:06 I have a song in my heart 52:09 And I am blessed I am blessed 52:13 I am so blessed |
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