I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, friends,
welcome to 3ABN Today.
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My name is John Lomacang,
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but if you are
part of our family,
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you already know that.
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If you're tuning
in for the first time,
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remember this network,
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I can't think
of a better network
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and I am not being
biased or sarcastic.
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What better network
than this one to get
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people ready for the most
enjoyous and glorious event,
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the coming and the
second return of Jesus.
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We have a program today,
that's gonna thrill your life,
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challenge you and
also give you resources
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to spiritually strengthen
your walk with Christ.
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And my guest today
is not really a guest,
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I'm going to go ahead
and introduce her right away.
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But a person who is
a part of our family
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that I have enjoyed
and continue to enjoy
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working with none
other than Brenda Walsh.
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Good to have you here, Brenda.
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It's good to be
here, Pastor John.
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Yes.
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We're kind of...
We're growing up together.
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Yes, we have,
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we've been
together for a lot of years.
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That's right.
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You've been a
part of the 3ABN family
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just roughly how many years.
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Probably about 29 years.
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Wow.
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So I jumped in
at the 13 year mark,
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13 years ago,
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and I get a chance sometimes
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to look back on our
programs you and your sister,
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and I surely
appreciate your husband Tim.
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And your brother,
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your whole family is
filled in the ministry area.
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That's right.
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And, but I'm excited
about this program today,
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because what we're
going to talk about
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friends is something that.
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It takes time to work
on, time to put together
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and only time will
tell how much a blessing
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what we're going to
talk about today will be,
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and in eternity
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we will actually
know the real cost
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of what God is going to do
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through what we're
going to talk about today
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in this program.
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In our program today,
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we're going to have
some wonderful music
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by an artist by the
name of Natalia Nesteruk
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singing the song, In You Alone.
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When I am weak,
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You carry every burden
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When I'm alone,
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You're just a breath away
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When I am restless,
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You're the one who stills me
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And where I fail,
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You always stay the same
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In You alone,
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I'm lifted up to heaven
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In You alone,
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I soar on borrowed wings
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When I reach the end,
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You are just beginning
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In You alone,
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I find all that I need
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When I am lost,
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You rescue me from danger
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And when I fall,
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You pick me up again
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When I resist,
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You love past my defenses
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And though I stray,
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You're patient to the end
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In You alone,
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I'm lifted up to heaven
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In You alone,
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I soar on borrowed wings
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When I reach the end,
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You are just beginning
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In You alone, I
find all that I need
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In You alone,
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I soar on borrowed wings
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When I reach the end,
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You are just beginning
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In You alone
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In You alone.
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Thank you, Natalia,
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for that wonderful
song, In You Alone.
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Friends, you know
that only in Christ
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do we live and
move and have our being.
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And I've seen that in the person
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that I'm excited
to interview today,
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who is a part of
this very special program.
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Brenda, as we said earlier,
so good to have you here.
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It's a privilege to be here.
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You know, I visited
with you in your home,
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my wife and I have.
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We've eaten your wonderful food.
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You are an
author, you are hostess.
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You even have
your own mascot Max
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for your Kids' Time program.
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And I've just admired
the diligence you know,
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I've thought about this
and I look at the things
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that you've done for
3ABN, just 3ABN alone.
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It will take some
people many lifetimes,
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but the drive and the stamina,
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and Danny and I you know,
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you and Danny go
back to childhood.
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Yes.
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Danny and I have said,
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"Brenda has more energy
than both of us combine."
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But you know the
good thing is you use that
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for the Kingdom of God.
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Amen.
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And I want to thank
you for that personally
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and on the air in front of those
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who are part of our
television audience,
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but today is a special program.
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When I talk about Kids'
Time or your cooking program,
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you have now fallen
into a new category,
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and I'm excited what
I have in my possession,
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I'm going to get you
to sign a copy for me.
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This, I'm not going
to say this is the one,
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but I'm looking forward
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to having a
personally signed copy...
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That's a promise.
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Of a devotion that will
be alongside my breakfast,
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my one of a vitamin
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and my one of a
spiritual devotion.
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Thank you so much for
putting this together,
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and for the hard work.
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Now for those who are viewing
the program for the first time,
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there's a chance
somebody is looking in
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for the very first time,
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kind of give us an
overview of who you are?
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A kind of some
of the things you do
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and where you're from?
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Well, I grew up
predominately in the Midwest,
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and I was born in
Battle Creek, Michigan.
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And my mom and dad really had
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such an incredible
Christ centered home.
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I could not have asked
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for a more loving
Christian home to grow up.
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Mom and dad raised five children
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and all five of us are
not only in the church today,
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but all five of us
are in full time ministry.
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That's right.
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And so my two
brothers it's really cool
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how God allows my
brothers to work together
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in the same conference,
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and my brother Jim is
the executive secretary
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or vice president of
the Michigan Conference.
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And then my brother
Ken is the youth director
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for Michigan Conference,
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and so they get to
work together in Michigan.
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And then my sisters and
I run full time ministry
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here at 3ABN
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and so we get to
work together sisters
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and our cooking programs.
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We actually started with our...
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you were asking me how
long we had been for 29 years,
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but 29 years ago,
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we actually started
singing on this network.
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My dad grew up in West Frankfort
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and we've always
known all the Sheldon's,
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we all went to the
same church on here,
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so we've...
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I grew up as
babies, you know, childhood.
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Don't throw away.
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With Danny and so when Danny...
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God impressed
Danny to start 3ABN
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and it wasn't
just a couple of years
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after that that my...
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he asked my dad if he
would host his own program
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and called
Walking with the Masters.
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So my dad had a program
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that my sisters and I sing
on every one of those program
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and Walking with the
Master aired for 11years.
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and then, he went on to do
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some give me the
Bible programs as well,
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and so we've been doing singing
on the network the longest,
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you know, for about 29 years.
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And then, about 26 years ago,
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started doing
healthy cooking programs
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and really helping people learn
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how to make delicious
food that was healthy for them.
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That's right, non meat.
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No meat. All vegetarian.
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All vegan vegetarian.
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And, you know what?
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Whenever you and your
sisters are here cooking,
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it's like no one goes to lunch.
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I mean very few
people go to lunch
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because we're waiting.
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Well, they've
got 20 minutes left.
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Well, they've got 15
minutes left and sometimes,
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when it's like
toward the end of the day,
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my wife doesn't even cook,
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we just come over here
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and just whatever is remaining
we just all get our dinner.
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And thank you for that
because we always appreciate
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those not just the
healthy spiritual side,
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but the healthy physical side,
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it's been a blessing to us too.
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And it's fun we know
the employees as well.
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I don't know if other
cooks do this that come
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but one of the things
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if we have anything
left over in the kitchen,
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we created on the spot so
that we don't waste a thing,
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we were taught,
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our momma taught
us do not waste things
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so whatever we may
having ingredients left over.
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We're up there cooking out
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and we put that out
for employees as well
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even though it
wasn't on the air.
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So yeah, so we
get that out there.
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That's true and
adding to that...
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Sixteen years
ago. Sixteen years ago.
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I was asked to start Kids' Time,
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and it's hard to
believe we're going on 16 years
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and it's amazing to me
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how widespread today
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we have a Bible
study club for kids
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as well that God impressed
me to start 14 years ago.
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My mom's our
Kids' Club director.
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We call it Kids' Club,
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and we have over 35,000 kids
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enrolled in Bible
studies right now from 100
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and I think mom said
119 different countries...
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What? Yeah, right now today.
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I didn't know
that until just now.
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Yeah, it's amazing.
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And so my mom is
the Kids' Club director.
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She's got those lessons
coming and going all the time,
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FedEx is at our
house all the time.
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UPS is at our house, the mail,
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everybody in her town knows her
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because mail
bags come in and out.
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That's right.
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And it's amazing what God's
doing with just that alone,
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so when I think about
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what God is doing with
the Kids' Time ministry,
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the health ministry
and where God is leading
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and it's about six years ago,
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God led me into
even another area
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because I've been,
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you know, with
singing with my sisters
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in cooking and...
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and then the kids shows
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and then also authoring
books and then speaking.
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I've been speaking in churches
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for about probably
about 15 years now.
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And I sometimes follow you,
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I remember going to
the Bahamas and they said,
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"Brenda was here
just two weeks ago,
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and the place was jam-packed
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and she did a program for kids."
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And they said,
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"The adults were
excited about the kids program."
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And some of them came and said,
"Oh, I don't have children.
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I just love Kids' Time myself."
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So it's not just young people
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that are being
impacted by Kids' Time.
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Well, God's
kids come in all ages
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and that we had an
amazing time in the Bahamas
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and next time you go, say,
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hello to my really good friends
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Tom and Gwen Hannah
who I always stay with.
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They have a bedroom
that's Miss Brenda's bedroom.
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And I absolutely love my
family in the Bahamas really.
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I call them my family but,
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yeah, we had a packed out place
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and even the news
media showed up in town
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because they'd heard
that Miss. Brenda was there
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and Kids' Time
is the most popular
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children's program in Bahamas.
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So...
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You know, I would
not have thought that
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but I was there.
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I know, I mean I
heard the reports,
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the people that had hosted us.
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I thought man,
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"Brenda packed it
out, Brenda really..."
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And you know what?
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It's what you're doing
for the children's lives,
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transforming their lives.
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And it's not
Brenda's packing out,
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it is what God's
doing, you know, through me.
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It's nothing to
do with me and no,
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and it's and it's
not me personally anyway,
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it's that people are watching
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and God's using that
program to touch hearts for him
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and that's really
what I get excited about.
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So God's given me a ministry
for both adults and kids.
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I do prayer seminars
all over the world and...
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That right.
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I'm getting
ready to do with AFCOE
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Amazing Fact School
of Evangelism in Europe.
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I'm getting ready
to go to Portugal to do
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a one week school where I teach
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just on prayer and
having a closer walk with God.
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So I do personal
seminars for conferences
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and I speak in
churches and camp meetings
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and so I've been doing
that for an awful long time,
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and then God
started a new ministry
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within me in addition to it,
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nothing's been replaced
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but in addition to
about six years ago,
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I started posting a
daily devotion on Facebook.
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That's right.
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Well, I started
that because, you know,
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there was so much controversy
about Facebook and social media
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and everything and
when I was that, you know,
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if I'm having trouble
sleeping at all I pray,
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and I have a lot
of people to pray for
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and I fall asleep
praying most nights.
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And so, I was
there praying about
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all that my list of people
I was praying for the day,
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and God just impressed me about,
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you know, how important
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this social media
could be used for him.
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That's right.
00:14:37.77\00:14:39.11
And I had never
even thought about that,
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and most people post
what they eat for the day
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or pictures of where
they go and their kids,
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and I'm not saying
any of that is bad.
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But God just really impressed me
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that I could, you know,
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what an incredible opportunity
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that I could put a
spiritual message out there
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and within seconds people
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around the world are reading it.
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That's true.
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I mean you think
about, that's powerful.
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I mean today's
media gives us a door
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that we didn't
have 15, 20 years ago,
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and to use it
for the Lord's work.
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It's not created
for the Lord's work
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but to use it for
God's work, it's exponential.
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I mean, I think about today,
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some of the great
speakers in our church,
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some of the
bedrock of our church.
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It took many, many years to know
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what they were doing
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because we didn't have the media
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that we have today.
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So when you put
something on Facebook,
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in a matter of seconds
the whole world is connected.
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Instagram, I love your...
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I love your
devotions even on Instagram,
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the placards, the sayings.
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That's right.
All that is created.
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In addition to the devotions
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and you're right
we have Instagram,
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I'm on Twitter, I'm on...
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I cover them all
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because that night
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when God impressed me
that I needed to do that.
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I knew what a commitment
that was because I'm like,
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"Lord, I have no time,"
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I like where am I gonna do this,
00:15:44.97\00:15:46.88
and I was actually here
in my little 3ABN apartment.
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I got down on my
knees and I said,
00:15:50.11\00:15:52.98
"Lord, I know that it's
just Your voice call me,"
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because the more
time you spend with Jesus,
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the more you know His voice.
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That's right.
00:15:58.52\00:15:59.85
And I knew that was
Jesus to ask me to do this
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and so I said, "Lord,
you know my time is yours.
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My life is yours, and
if you want me to do this,
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then I know that
you're going to give me
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everything I need to do it."
00:16:10.00\00:16:11.47
And he really does,
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I mean sometimes
it's two in the morning
00:16:13.00\00:16:14.40
and I'm, before I roll in bed,
00:16:14.44\00:16:16.00
and I'm writing out
that devotion trying to post.
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That's true.
00:16:17.51\00:16:18.84
I know you...
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I know, you know how
to use your time wisely.
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And I so every single day,
00:16:21.71\00:16:24.51
I have not missed one
day in six years of posting
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a daily devotion on Facebook.
00:16:27.25\00:16:29.08
And they only allow you to
have 5000 friends on Facebook.
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Wow.
00:16:32.45\00:16:33.79
That's way many-many years ago.
00:16:33.82\00:16:35.52
So isn't that the...
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that's all they
will let you to have.
00:16:36.93\00:16:38.69
And I've reached the
max, I'm sure you have.
00:16:38.73\00:16:40.16
Well, yes, but what I did was
00:16:40.20\00:16:41.70
because I want to
reach more than 5000
00:16:41.73\00:16:43.93
so I started a public page,
00:16:43.97\00:16:46.47
so it's Brenda Walsh Ministries,
00:16:46.50\00:16:47.87
so you can get Brenda Walsh
00:16:47.90\00:16:49.40
and then Brenda Walsh
Ministries is unlimited.
00:16:49.44\00:16:52.51
So because it's a public page.
00:16:52.54\00:16:54.28
So I post the same
devotion on each one
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and also people that will come
00:16:56.78\00:16:58.88
and they will ask me to like
00:16:58.91\00:17:02.25
they'll send you
a friend request.
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If somebody...
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there's always some,
we have 5000 friends.
00:17:05.15\00:17:06.62
Somebody is at some
point is passing away
00:17:06.65\00:17:09.82
or you know dropping
off Facebook or whatever.
00:17:09.86\00:17:13.09
So I keep a list of all those
that are wanting to be friends.
00:17:13.13\00:17:15.56
So I go through
and soon as one opens
00:17:15.60\00:17:17.73
I put one on there as well,
00:17:17.77\00:17:19.33
but I've been
posting that for a long time
00:17:19.37\00:17:21.87
for the devotions
00:17:21.90\00:17:23.51
and then several
years ago, God impressed me,
00:17:23.54\00:17:26.68
he want to carry even further.
00:17:26.71\00:17:28.48
And that was to put
out an app on your phone
00:17:28.51\00:17:33.98
that you could, you know,
00:17:34.02\00:17:38.05
have a devotion
right there in your hand,
00:17:38.09\00:17:39.75
on your phone,
and it's available,
00:17:39.79\00:17:41.29
you just go to Bren...
00:17:41.32\00:17:42.66
just type in my
name Brenda Walsh
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at your app store with
your Android or iPhones
00:17:44.06\00:17:46.39
and you can get
a daily devotion.
00:17:46.43\00:17:48.23
And it's also got,
00:17:48.26\00:17:50.17
in fact I have my
phone here I can show you.
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That's right.
00:17:53.74\00:17:55.07
You know, I just found out about
00:17:55.10\00:17:56.44
this previews of the program.
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What's nice
about these, friends,
00:17:59.21\00:18:00.58
and if you're
thinking about this.
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There are those of you
that don't carry books.
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You live a part of
the digital generation,
00:18:04.41\00:18:06.48
we have you in mind.
00:18:06.51\00:18:07.85
Brenda thought about that also.
00:18:07.88\00:18:09.22
So if you don't want a book,
you can still stay connected.
00:18:09.25\00:18:11.95
Talk about that...?
00:18:11.99\00:18:13.32
So I have the app here
on my phone so you can,
00:18:13.36\00:18:16.52
it's a one minute devotion.
00:18:16.56\00:18:18.09
There's also if you
get the script scripture,
00:18:18.13\00:18:21.63
you can touch that
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and the
scripture comes up and...
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Yeah, I got you.
00:18:27.17\00:18:28.50
There it is,
there's a scripture.
00:18:28.54\00:18:29.87
That's included on the devotion.
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And the devotion and then
there's an audio view button,
00:18:31.27\00:18:32.94
so you just push the button
and you can hear me read it.
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Some people like
the audio version
00:18:35.58\00:18:37.25
because they can hear
my voice and inflection
00:18:37.28\00:18:41.52
and how I meant it,
00:18:41.55\00:18:42.92
and so and others liked
it just because they said,
00:18:42.95\00:18:45.12
"Hey, I go to, they have
devotion with me everyday
00:18:45.15\00:18:47.22
on their day to work, you know.
00:18:47.26\00:18:48.62
So people that
wouldn't have taken the time
00:18:48.66\00:18:50.59
to read a
devotion will listen to it.
00:18:50.63\00:18:52.33
That's true.
00:18:52.36\00:18:53.70
Travelling on the train,
00:18:53.73\00:18:55.06
on the plane
sometimes between stops.
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It's a dynamic tool.
00:18:57.37\00:18:59.17
So it's a wonderful tool
00:18:59.20\00:19:02.80
to just bring
people closer to Jesus,
00:19:02.84\00:19:05.01
and then a couple of years ago,
God impressed me once again,
00:19:05.04\00:19:09.18
you know, that Brenda,
00:19:09.21\00:19:10.55
you know, that's
not enough you know,
00:19:10.58\00:19:12.18
we've got the daily
devotion on Facebook.
00:19:12.21\00:19:14.08
And I've got the app out
00:19:14.12\00:19:15.45
and people can see
that anywhere in the world
00:19:15.48\00:19:18.72
but to write a devotional book.
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let me launch into
this because this is...
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I'm holding in my hand
00:19:22.96\00:19:25.19
and this is not
just a devotional book
00:19:25.23\00:19:27.60
but this devotional
book has been chosen
00:19:27.63\00:19:30.07
by major publishers
Pacific Press in co,
00:19:30.10\00:19:33.30
in conjunction with 3ABN books.
00:19:33.34\00:19:35.24
This is going to
be a book of the year
00:19:35.27\00:19:37.31
and now that's
just different than
00:19:37.34\00:19:38.77
just a regular book
00:19:38.81\00:19:40.14
2017 Devotional
Book of the Year,
00:19:40.18\00:19:42.41
which means, Brenda,
00:19:42.44\00:19:43.88
this is not just
going to be in English.
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Right.
00:19:45.35\00:19:46.68
But it's going to be
translated into languages
00:19:46.72\00:19:48.05
in our world field
00:19:48.08\00:19:49.42
because our churches
are all over the world
00:19:49.45\00:19:51.45
and yearly people always say,
00:19:51.49\00:19:53.82
"I need a new devotional."
00:19:53.86\00:19:55.29
And kind a round maybe
00:19:55.32\00:19:57.16
as we're getting
toward the end of the year,
00:19:57.19\00:19:58.56
many people start
making their plans.
00:19:58.59\00:20:00.60
And the church sends
out resources to say,
00:20:00.63\00:20:02.86
well, here's what's available.
00:20:02.90\00:20:04.67
I am excited about
this book, Moments with God.
00:20:04.70\00:20:08.30
Let me just
read the sub caption,
00:20:08.34\00:20:10.11
One Minute
Devotions to Encourage,
00:20:10.14\00:20:12.57
Inspire and
Spiritually Change your Life.
00:20:12.61\00:20:16.11
Now not just to
give you information
00:20:16.14\00:20:17.58
but spiritual change.
00:20:17.61\00:20:18.95
That's right.
00:20:18.98\00:20:20.32
You know, if
you're not changing,
00:20:20.35\00:20:21.68
you are stagnant.
00:20:21.72\00:20:23.05
If you are not
growing, you are dying.
00:20:23.08\00:20:24.42
That's right. And
I'm excited about this.
00:20:24.45\00:20:26.09
When I looked in the book today,
00:20:26.12\00:20:27.92
I looked at, you know,
00:20:27.96\00:20:29.29
the foreword,
the acknowledgements,
00:20:29.32\00:20:30.96
the special things.
00:20:30.99\00:20:32.46
Talk about your
team for a moment
00:20:32.49\00:20:34.20
because I have...
00:20:34.23\00:20:35.60
I mean,
00:20:35.63\00:20:37.17
you have a team
of dynamic women.
00:20:37.20\00:20:40.50
Amen.
00:20:40.54\00:20:41.87
Powerful movers and
shakers that are so resourceful,
00:20:41.90\00:20:45.27
so well skilled,
00:20:45.31\00:20:46.91
they have worked with you
00:20:46.94\00:20:48.28
to put together
a dynamic resource
00:20:48.31\00:20:50.55
and this book is amazing.
00:20:50.58\00:20:52.35
I want you to talk
about your team for a moment
00:20:52.38\00:20:54.28
because, I know
00:20:54.32\00:20:55.78
you couldn't do it without them.
00:20:55.82\00:20:57.15
I'm really glad you
asked that, Pastor John,
00:20:57.19\00:20:58.95
because God really...
00:20:58.99\00:21:01.12
When He does
things He does it right,
00:21:01.16\00:21:03.16
He gets it right.
00:21:03.19\00:21:04.53
And He brings people
together to accomplish,
00:21:04.56\00:21:07.53
you know, His
task and His goals,
00:21:07.56\00:21:09.06
and you know,
00:21:09.10\00:21:10.43
God brought the most
amazing team together
00:21:10.47\00:21:14.30
almost nine years ago now
00:21:14.34\00:21:16.10
when He brought my assistant
Melissa Hoffman into my life
00:21:16.14\00:21:20.88
and also Chrystique Neibauer.
00:21:20.91\00:21:23.35
And it's amazing to me how...
00:21:23.38\00:21:25.71
I mean this
couldn't be a coincidence,
00:21:25.75\00:21:27.22
I know it's a divine appointment
00:21:27.25\00:21:29.32
that God brought us together
00:21:29.35\00:21:30.69
and because by myself
00:21:30.72\00:21:33.96
what God can do with what he
00:21:33.99\00:21:36.96
with just me is so much greater
00:21:36.99\00:21:38.76
when He puts
other people with you.
00:21:38.79\00:21:40.33
You know and Melissa has,
is certified in copy editing.
00:21:40.36\00:21:44.67
She can go through,
00:21:44.70\00:21:47.14
I can look at a page
00:21:47.17\00:21:48.70
and I'm writing
and I have her look at.
00:21:48.74\00:21:50.51
I wouldn't think
of writing anything
00:21:50.54\00:21:51.87
without her looking at it.
00:21:51.91\00:21:53.24
Because she'll look,
00:21:53.27\00:21:54.61
I'll look and I think it's great
00:21:54.64\00:21:55.98
and she'll look at
it and she goes okay,
00:21:56.01\00:21:57.35
and like just second
she's like that's misspelled,
00:21:57.38\00:21:59.48
you got two extra spaces here.
00:21:59.51\00:22:01.18
You need to take
that colon out of here.
00:22:01.22\00:22:03.45
You only need a comma
here and that's misspelled.
00:22:03.49\00:22:05.99
And I'm like, ha.
00:22:06.02\00:22:07.36
I mean, there's
somebody that can edit.
00:22:07.39\00:22:09.09
And she does it that fast.
00:22:09.12\00:22:10.93
I mean she just sees...
00:22:10.96\00:22:12.29
Oh yes, it's
something that's in her.
00:22:12.33\00:22:15.26
And I was good in
spelling at school
00:22:15.30\00:22:17.20
but not like this.
00:22:17.23\00:22:18.57
I mean that she takes
it to a whole new level
00:22:18.60\00:22:20.97
and then Chrystique Neibauer
is a graphic designer, amazing.
00:22:21.00\00:22:24.37
Not just good, she's dynamic.
00:22:24.41\00:22:25.74
She's dynamic.
00:22:25.77\00:22:27.11
In fact she's the
head of the graphic design
00:22:27.14\00:22:29.91
department here at 3ABN.
00:22:29.94\00:22:31.28
Thanks to you.
00:22:31.31\00:22:32.65
And, you know,
00:22:32.68\00:22:34.02
because you know
00:22:34.05\00:22:35.38
God brought her
into my life first.
00:22:35.42\00:22:36.75
I told Danny, when
Danny hired her, I said,
00:22:36.79\00:22:38.12
"You got to share her."
00:22:38.15\00:22:39.49
You know we've
been working together
00:22:39.52\00:22:40.96
for a long time.
00:22:40.99\00:22:42.32
In fact, Chrystique did
00:22:42.36\00:22:43.69
all the designs of
quite a few of my books,
00:22:43.73\00:22:45.29
you know, all the bedtime
story books for children.
00:22:45.33\00:22:46.96
That's right.
00:22:47.00\00:22:48.56
Melissa is the one
that worked with me
00:22:48.60\00:22:49.93
on all the
insides and Chrystique
00:22:49.96\00:22:52.43
which I call CQ you know,
00:22:52.47\00:22:54.80
did all the graphic design work,
00:22:54.84\00:22:56.57
so not just on my
bedtime story books
00:22:56.60\00:22:59.47
but if you go
look at all my books,
00:22:59.51\00:23:01.58
I mean, you can
go to Brendawalsh.com
00:23:01.61\00:23:03.04
and see, click on story
00:23:03.08\00:23:04.85
you'll see all my
books and products.
00:23:04.88\00:23:06.48
Most of that is all
graphic designed by CQ.
00:23:06.51\00:23:09.72
You know I remember
when she came into your life
00:23:09.75\00:23:11.89
because before that
it was like Mark Bond
00:23:11.92\00:23:14.36
doing some projects with you.
00:23:14.39\00:23:15.82
And then Mark Bond
and I team together,
00:23:15.86\00:23:17.53
I did your DVDs,
00:23:17.56\00:23:19.26
your DVD layouts
on your DVD covers.
00:23:19.29\00:23:21.96
That's right.
00:23:22.00\00:23:23.33
And we worked together on that.
00:23:23.37\00:23:24.70
And then I
remember you were coming out
00:23:24.73\00:23:26.57
with some new
project and I said,
00:23:26.60\00:23:27.94
"Well, you know, let me know."
00:23:27.97\00:23:29.30
When you say,
00:23:29.34\00:23:30.67
"Well, I have this girl name CQ,
00:23:30.71\00:23:32.04
I have learned so much from her.
00:23:32.07\00:23:34.08
She's not just a designer,
not just a graphic designer,
00:23:34.11\00:23:36.38
but she's got an eye.
00:23:36.41\00:23:37.75
She's amazing. That's amazing.
00:23:37.78\00:23:40.02
And to see both
of those, you know,
00:23:40.05\00:23:42.52
the graphic design here
00:23:42.55\00:23:45.12
God's chosen me to write books
00:23:45.15\00:23:46.76
and he brings me a
graphic designer to my life
00:23:46.79\00:23:48.82
that we can work
together full time
00:23:48.86\00:23:50.36
and assistant
that is a copy editor,
00:23:50.39\00:23:52.79
and not just a copy editor,
she has attention to detail.
00:23:52.83\00:23:55.50
She has my same work ethic.
00:23:55.53\00:23:57.27
She has my same
strive for perfection.
00:23:57.30\00:23:59.53
That's right.
00:23:59.57\00:24:00.90
And, you know,
00:24:00.94\00:24:02.27
if you're not a perfectionist
00:24:02.30\00:24:03.64
it's you drive anybody
else crazy that wasn't,
00:24:03.67\00:24:05.17
you know, so
00:24:05.21\00:24:07.11
and I want things done right.
00:24:07.14\00:24:08.48
When I grew up,
00:24:08.51\00:24:09.84
well enough or good enough
00:24:09.88\00:24:11.21
wasn't in my
parent's vocabulary.
00:24:11.25\00:24:13.08
They taught us that's
not in God's vocabulary.
00:24:13.11\00:24:15.32
Good enough isn't, we
do our best for Jesus.
00:24:15.35\00:24:17.49
And that's just
the way I grew up.
00:24:17.52\00:24:19.05
It's something that's in me,
00:24:19.09\00:24:20.66
and one thing that I really
just praise Jesus for is that
00:24:20.69\00:24:25.99
God also chose
Melissa to be my assistant,
00:24:26.03\00:24:28.63
and she's been
working with me now
00:24:28.66\00:24:30.77
for almost nine
years, and she...
00:24:30.80\00:24:32.93
I don't know what I
would do without her
00:24:32.97\00:24:34.50
and she's
absolutely the most amazing,
00:24:34.54\00:24:38.44
you know,
coworker but also friend,
00:24:38.47\00:24:40.64
and I surprised her
00:24:40.68\00:24:42.94
which is harder to do
pull anything up over Melissa
00:24:42.98\00:24:46.18
but I actually
have a special thanks
00:24:46.21\00:24:47.85
page in this book...
00:24:47.88\00:24:49.22
That's right, you do.
00:24:49.25\00:24:50.59
For a thank you page to her.
00:24:50.62\00:24:53.25
Besides myself,
00:24:53.29\00:24:54.62
nobody's read this
book more than she has
00:24:54.66\00:24:56.02
because she has gone
over and over and over.
00:24:56.06\00:24:59.53
And so I wanted to surprise her,
00:24:59.56\00:25:01.83
I wanted a special
thanks page in there
00:25:01.86\00:25:03.60
and I know, if she
knew ahead of time,
00:25:03.63\00:25:04.97
she would never...
00:25:05.00\00:25:06.33
She'd say, no,
it's not going in there,
00:25:06.37\00:25:07.70
you know, she would
have never, she is so humble.
00:25:07.74\00:25:09.07
She's not a person who
wanted to take the credit
00:25:09.10\00:25:10.44
but she does it so wonderful.
00:25:10.47\00:25:11.81
She is the
behind the scenes person
00:25:11.84\00:25:13.51
and she likes being there.
00:25:13.54\00:25:14.98
Well, so I had to put a
fake page into somebody,
00:25:15.01\00:25:18.25
you know, I put a
thank you page into somebody
00:25:18.28\00:25:20.15
and it was a fake page
00:25:20.18\00:25:21.52
and that person
knew it was a fake page
00:25:21.55\00:25:22.88
and so whenever
we'd print anything off,
00:25:22.92\00:25:25.72
the fake page got used and
so this got switched out...
00:25:25.75\00:25:27.82
So you snuck it on.
00:25:27.86\00:25:29.19
Snuck it in and we
were able to pull it off
00:25:29.22\00:25:30.93
and actually this
book just came out,
00:25:30.96\00:25:34.03
it was FedEx to me
and just this last week
00:25:34.06\00:25:37.83
and I presented it to her
00:25:37.87\00:25:41.20
and I didn't wanted
her just to happen upon
00:25:41.24\00:25:43.20
and I wanted to know
that that this was really
00:25:43.24\00:25:46.31
just token of my
love and appreciation,
00:25:46.34\00:25:48.31
and I got to tell you she cried.
00:25:48.34\00:25:51.18
She was blown away.
00:25:51.21\00:25:53.08
She didn't had
no idea whatsoever
00:25:53.11\00:25:55.55
and I couldn't have
done it without CQ helping me
00:25:55.58\00:25:58.45
as well to make that surprise.
00:25:58.49\00:26:00.26
But yeah, God gave
us an incredible team.
00:26:00.29\00:26:02.66
I picked out the pictures
00:26:02.69\00:26:04.13
but CQ did all
the designing work
00:26:04.16\00:26:05.93
for this book.
00:26:05.96\00:26:07.40
And inside the
book has inside pages,
00:26:07.43\00:26:09.70
I wanted a pretty book.
00:26:09.73\00:26:11.07
I know a lot of
the devotional books
00:26:11.10\00:26:12.60
for churches are just
plain white and black print,
00:26:12.63\00:26:15.50
but I wanted
something that was really,
00:26:15.54\00:26:17.34
you know, a pretty book
00:26:17.37\00:26:18.71
and also this is
a timeless book so.
00:26:18.74\00:26:21.38
And so if you look inside
you've got some inside pages.
00:26:21.41\00:26:23.41
Beautiful pages.
00:26:23.45\00:26:24.78
Where we just have some leaves
00:26:24.81\00:26:26.15
that carry out the leaves
of the tree theme on the cover.
00:26:26.18\00:26:28.72
Yes.
00:26:28.75\00:26:30.09
And in this book is different,
00:26:30.12\00:26:31.95
John, than other
devotional books.
00:26:31.99\00:26:34.79
Most devotion books,
00:26:34.82\00:26:36.16
you see they start with
January one, two, three,
00:26:36.19\00:26:38.06
and go out till December.
00:26:38.09\00:26:39.43
This book does that as well.
00:26:39.46\00:26:40.83
You'll see all the
dates on each one but in it...
00:26:40.86\00:26:43.53
I know, I'm glad
you're gonna share this
00:26:43.57\00:26:45.30
because I...
00:26:45.33\00:26:46.67
when I saw that.
00:26:46.70\00:26:48.34
Let me just tell you,
I'm not going to tell you
00:26:48.37\00:26:49.70
where Brenda is headed
00:26:49.74\00:26:51.07
but I just go
and quickly say it.
00:26:51.11\00:26:52.44
No, no, go ahead
and share it, it's fine.
00:26:52.47\00:26:53.81
A lot of times you
read a devotional book
00:26:53.84\00:26:55.18
and you'll say,
00:26:55.21\00:26:56.54
oh, man I know it says
something about prayer,
00:26:56.58\00:26:59.11
it was about integrity
00:26:59.15\00:27:00.48
but I'm not exactly
sure what month it was
00:27:00.52\00:27:03.18
or what page it was.
00:27:03.22\00:27:04.59
In the back of this
book there is also an index.
00:27:04.62\00:27:08.42
Now I'm thinking
back on devotions.
00:27:08.46\00:27:10.63
I don't know of
any devotions I have
00:27:10.66\00:27:13.03
that I have an
index in the back of it.
00:27:13.06\00:27:15.20
You can go into the
index page in the back
00:27:15.23\00:27:17.63
from addiction to anger
00:27:17.67\00:27:19.13
to assurance to
attitude to Bible study choices,
00:27:19.17\00:27:22.07
and it will let
you know what page
00:27:22.10\00:27:24.21
and when you turn to that page.
00:27:24.24\00:27:25.57
And I notice
there are many words
00:27:25.61\00:27:27.08
that are used in
various devotions
00:27:27.11\00:27:29.34
which makes it a
lot easier to target
00:27:29.38\00:27:32.01
what you might
want to talk about.
00:27:32.05\00:27:33.42
You might be a
public speaker and say,
00:27:33.45\00:27:35.65
"I need something
about honesty or integrity."
00:27:35.68\00:27:38.59
Where can I find that?
00:27:38.62\00:27:39.95
This devotion,
Brenda, that's ingenious,
00:27:39.99\00:27:42.86
this devotion has those...
00:27:42.89\00:27:44.59
It make this
book timeless really
00:27:44.63\00:27:45.96
because one of the
things that you know
00:27:45.99\00:27:48.16
you've read your devotion book
00:27:48.20\00:27:49.76
through the year cover to cover,
00:27:49.80\00:27:51.13
you think I
don't need this again
00:27:51.17\00:27:52.50
but this book meets a
different need as well.
00:27:52.53\00:27:55.27
Let's say you
get up in the morning
00:27:55.30\00:27:56.64
and you are so discouraged.
00:27:56.67\00:27:59.17
You don't even feel like
you can go on with your day.
00:27:59.21\00:28:02.28
And so instead of reading
the devotion for June 3rd,
00:28:02.31\00:28:05.41
because it's June 3rd
00:28:05.45\00:28:06.78
you're going to go in the
back of that book in there
00:28:06.82\00:28:08.28
and under discouragement,
00:28:08.32\00:28:09.65
there is listed
all of the devotions
00:28:09.68\00:28:11.99
that it talk
about discouragement.
00:28:12.02\00:28:13.52
So you can or
that are about courage
00:28:13.56\00:28:15.96
or about faith or whatever it is
00:28:15.99\00:28:17.56
you can go there
00:28:17.59\00:28:18.93
and it meets your need
that you need for that day.
00:28:18.96\00:28:20.70
That's right.
00:28:20.73\00:28:22.06
Maybe you have a health
issue, maybe it's a finances
00:28:22.10\00:28:23.83
that you don't even know
how you're going to make it,
00:28:23.87\00:28:25.77
you know, your bills are all due
00:28:25.80\00:28:27.97
and so you go to tender finances
00:28:28.00\00:28:30.57
and you get the devotion
00:28:30.61\00:28:32.27
that meets your
need for that day.
00:28:32.31\00:28:34.38
That's true.
00:28:34.41\00:28:35.74
And so you can
use this book any time
00:28:35.78\00:28:38.38
year after year after year
00:28:38.41\00:28:39.91
as a resource to really
meet your spiritual need
00:28:39.95\00:28:42.92
for what you need that day.
00:28:42.95\00:28:44.35
And I know what you mean by that
00:28:44.39\00:28:45.72
because there are days
00:28:45.75\00:28:47.09
I have like on my iPad
I have so many devotions.
00:28:47.12\00:28:48.79
We are in the digital age where
00:28:48.82\00:28:50.69
all of Ellen
White's devotions are here,
00:28:50.73\00:28:52.13
all devotion books you say.
00:28:52.16\00:28:53.63
But if you look up by
subject, it's hard to find that.
00:28:53.66\00:28:56.77
That's right.
00:28:56.80\00:28:58.13
You know it's a
timeless obviously in the age
00:28:58.17\00:29:00.04
that these books were
written that was not included.
00:29:00.07\00:29:02.40
There'd be a lot of work
today and in the indexes,
00:29:02.44\00:29:04.21
she does have external indexes,
00:29:04.24\00:29:06.51
but to have it all
contained within one book
00:29:06.54\00:29:09.14
because there are those days,
00:29:09.18\00:29:10.61
somebody might say,
00:29:10.65\00:29:11.98
"Oh man, I feel so friendless,
00:29:12.01\00:29:15.65
or I feel forsaken,
00:29:15.68\00:29:17.02
does this book say...
00:29:17.05\00:29:18.92
Oh, there it is gentlemen,
00:29:18.95\00:29:20.62
it's God's love, God's plan,
00:29:20.66\00:29:21.99
God's power, it's all in here.
00:29:22.02\00:29:23.63
So it's not a...
00:29:23.66\00:29:24.99
You don't have to
follow it day-by-day by-day,
00:29:25.03\00:29:27.20
but it is designed if
you want to do that to follow
00:29:27.23\00:29:29.86
from the beginning of the
year all the way to the end.
00:29:29.90\00:29:32.50
But there's some
other features here,
00:29:32.53\00:29:34.20
because I'm looking at
this book and I'm thinking,
00:29:34.24\00:29:36.91
I'm getting ideas by the way,
00:29:36.94\00:29:38.41
I'm not stealing any of it
00:29:38.44\00:29:40.54
but I'm getting ideas...
00:29:40.58\00:29:42.11
You don't have to
steal, I give them to you.
00:29:42.14\00:29:43.65
You know nothing is original.
00:29:43.68\00:29:45.41
We all kind of look at it
00:29:45.45\00:29:46.78
but this has a lot of
original features in it
00:29:46.82\00:29:49.28
that I'm really excited about.
00:29:49.32\00:29:51.45
Talk about the
devotional package
00:29:51.49\00:29:54.26
before I get to another
feature devotional package.
00:29:54.29\00:29:56.69
Well, this is the morning adult,
00:29:56.73\00:29:59.69
our morning
devotional book of the year
00:29:59.73\00:30:01.46
for our church for 2017
00:30:01.50\00:30:03.70
and then there's
an evening devotional
00:30:03.73\00:30:05.73
and so usually a morning
and an evening devotion book.
00:30:05.77\00:30:07.37
Okay.
00:30:07.40\00:30:08.74
And so the evening
devotional book is usually
00:30:08.77\00:30:10.67
by Ellen G. White book
00:30:10.71\00:30:12.44
and this is a
book that marries this,
00:30:12.47\00:30:17.68
so you can see this is
00:30:17.71\00:30:19.05
The Faith I Live By is the title
00:30:19.08\00:30:22.12
for the evening devotional.
00:30:22.15\00:30:23.72
So these are two books for this.
00:30:23.75\00:30:25.25
I have the morning one
00:30:25.29\00:30:26.62
then The Faith I
Live By is the evening one
00:30:26.65\00:30:29.79
and then they did
something really special.
00:30:29.82\00:30:31.59
They made it a
gift boxed set as well.
00:30:31.63\00:30:34.16
There's both of the books,
00:30:34.20\00:30:35.53
all both together, you can see.
00:30:35.56\00:30:37.07
And then,
00:30:37.10\00:30:38.43
so you can buy them individually
00:30:38.47\00:30:39.80
or there's the set,
00:30:39.83\00:30:41.17
they have a nice box
sleeve, and you can pull,
00:30:41.20\00:30:42.80
you know, it
holds two of the books,
00:30:42.84\00:30:44.31
right, both the books,
00:30:44.34\00:30:45.77
and you'll see
on the spine there
00:30:45.81\00:30:47.84
are pictures of
each of the books
00:30:47.88\00:30:49.48
and that just... It stands out.
00:30:49.51\00:30:50.85
It stands out,
it's a deluxe gifts set
00:30:50.88\00:30:52.88
and something else
that has never been done.
00:30:52.91\00:30:55.55
This is new for our
devotional book of the year
00:30:55.58\00:30:58.02
for our church is
for the first time ever
00:30:58.05\00:31:00.42
there's going
to be an audio book
00:31:00.46\00:31:02.06
that goes with it.
00:31:02.09\00:31:03.43
And Moments with God,
00:31:03.46\00:31:05.36
and that's my voice
reading the devotions each day,
00:31:05.39\00:31:08.86
so as you're driving in the car,
00:31:08.90\00:31:10.87
you can put the disk in
and have me read the devotions.
00:31:10.90\00:31:14.04
And as an
author most of my books
00:31:14.07\00:31:16.71
that I have authored so
far have had audio books,
00:31:16.74\00:31:19.07
and so when I
presented that to Pacific Press,
00:31:19.11\00:31:21.54
they loved the
idea so they said, "Wow!
00:31:21.58\00:31:23.18
If you can do that,
that would be awesome."
00:31:23.21\00:31:24.55
So for the first time ever
00:31:24.58\00:31:27.28
we have an audio book
00:31:27.32\00:31:28.65
so you can purchase them
separately or as a package.
00:31:28.68\00:31:32.52
And you know what...
00:31:32.55\00:31:35.12
the holidays are
not too far away.
00:31:35.16\00:31:36.66
That's right.
00:31:36.69\00:31:38.03
But there's no
special time of the year.
00:31:38.06\00:31:39.86
People have birthdays
and gifts and anniversaries,
00:31:39.89\00:31:42.10
and if you want to
invest in someone's life
00:31:42.13\00:31:43.97
to make a lasting a
generational impression.
00:31:44.00\00:31:47.54
This is
something that's wonderful.
00:31:47.57\00:31:48.90
What I also like about
00:31:48.94\00:31:50.27
the audio book
is that you can...
00:31:50.31\00:31:51.64
If you're driving to
work, if you're on the plane,
00:31:51.67\00:31:53.58
if you have an iPad or an iPod
00:31:53.61\00:31:55.21
and you want to just rip it in
00:31:55.24\00:31:56.71
and make it for
college students.
00:31:56.75\00:31:59.01
That's right.
00:31:59.05\00:32:00.38
You know a lot
of college students
00:32:00.42\00:32:01.75
they can't
carry all these books,
00:32:01.78\00:32:03.12
they're living
in the digital age,
00:32:03.15\00:32:04.49
the iPad, the iPod, the Android.
00:32:04.52\00:32:06.59
They could just rip that in
and go through their devotions.
00:32:06.62\00:32:10.66
In the morning as
they're on their way to class,
00:32:10.69\00:32:13.36
but that's very ingenious,
00:32:13.40\00:32:15.13
and the other
thing about that...
00:32:15.16\00:32:17.13
Let me go back to that in
the back of the book here.
00:32:17.17\00:32:21.14
It's the devotional app
you talked about earlier,
00:32:21.17\00:32:26.04
we covered that,
00:32:26.07\00:32:27.41
but with this CD
you can put in your car.
00:32:27.44\00:32:30.65
That's right.
00:32:30.68\00:32:32.01
If you, if you can't hardly see,
00:32:32.05\00:32:34.48
you can still have
devotions with Miss Brenda.
00:32:34.52\00:32:36.92
That's the other
nice thing about it.
00:32:36.95\00:32:38.29
I have a lot of truck drivers
00:32:38.32\00:32:39.65
that have thanked me
over and over and over again
00:32:39.69\00:32:41.86
for all the audio
books to my books they say,
00:32:41.89\00:32:43.73
"We listened to all your books
00:32:43.76\00:32:45.39
because we don't
have time to read,
00:32:45.43\00:32:47.00
we're always on the road."
00:32:47.03\00:32:48.36
But we really appreciate
your audio books and I've had,
00:32:48.40\00:32:52.77
you know, truck drivers
00:32:52.80\00:32:54.14
that have shared with me
00:32:54.17\00:32:55.50
how they gave
their heart to Jesus
00:32:55.54\00:32:56.87
because another trucker
00:32:56.91\00:32:58.24
gave them their
audio book, you know.
00:32:58.27\00:32:59.61
You know that's an
entire new audience...
00:32:59.64\00:33:01.18
I mean that's an entire
00:33:01.21\00:33:02.54
existing realistic
audience, truck drivers.
00:33:02.58\00:33:04.35
That's right.
00:33:04.38\00:33:05.71
They can't pull over
and read all the time.
00:33:05.75\00:33:07.08
No.
00:33:07.12\00:33:08.45
When they pull
over, they want to sleep.
00:33:08.48\00:33:09.82
Exactly. Wow.
00:33:09.85\00:33:11.19
And they're
supposed to sleep too.
00:33:11.22\00:33:12.55
Well, they're supposed to sleep.
00:33:12.59\00:33:13.92
Yeah. But...
00:33:13.96\00:33:15.29
It's and I...
00:33:15.32\00:33:16.66
and when I was praying about
what topics to put in the book,
00:33:16.69\00:33:20.33
I really tried to, you
know, I mean I literally prayed,
00:33:20.36\00:33:23.50
this book is so prayed over,
John, you just can't imagine.
00:33:23.53\00:33:26.33
I know that God's
anointing is on it
00:33:26.37\00:33:28.97
because of just
how prayed for it is
00:33:29.00\00:33:31.44
and I don't take credit
00:33:31.47\00:33:32.81
for any of the
inspiration for it at all.
00:33:32.84\00:33:35.84
None of it
because as my daddy says
00:33:35.88\00:33:38.21
"You don't steal God's glory."
00:33:38.25\00:33:40.22
I like that.
00:33:40.25\00:33:41.58
You know when you pray
and you ask God to bless,
00:33:41.62\00:33:44.62
you know, your project,
00:33:44.65\00:33:46.15
you don't go and
take credit for it,
00:33:46.19\00:33:47.59
that's God's project.
00:33:47.62\00:33:48.96
That's right.
00:33:48.99\00:33:50.33
And this is not my
project, it's God's project,
00:33:50.36\00:33:52.16
and he really, I
just prayed about which...
00:33:52.19\00:33:55.43
what are people
needing in their lives
00:33:55.46\00:33:59.20
and a lot of the
ideas for, you know,
00:33:59.23\00:34:02.90
what to even
write about came from
00:34:02.94\00:34:04.97
my personal phone calls
from talking with people,
00:34:05.01\00:34:07.98
or when I go to speak
and someone pulls me aside,
00:34:08.01\00:34:10.21
and say, I'm
struggling with this
00:34:10.25\00:34:11.58
or I'm struggling with that
00:34:11.61\00:34:12.95
or you know
they'll send me emails,
00:34:12.98\00:34:14.42
and I'll get comments, you know,
00:34:14.45\00:34:16.69
from the
Facebook you know and say,
00:34:16.72\00:34:18.05
you know, yes,
00:34:18.09\00:34:19.42
but you know is
there really a God.
00:34:19.45\00:34:20.79
And, you know, or
you know I feel like,
00:34:20.82\00:34:23.32
I feel like I quit going
to church you know years ago,
00:34:23.36\00:34:25.49
because all the church does is
00:34:25.53\00:34:28.03
they want to judge
me and I actually...
00:34:28.06\00:34:30.80
one of the devotions called,
00:34:30.83\00:34:32.17
you know, don't clean the fish
00:34:32.20\00:34:33.60
came out of...
00:34:33.64\00:34:35.60
I like that.
00:34:35.64\00:34:37.14
And that's when I, you know,
00:34:37.17\00:34:38.64
we talked about this
00:34:38.67\00:34:40.01
but I pulled a
little yellow tag there
00:34:40.04\00:34:41.38
because I chose this,
00:34:41.41\00:34:42.74
I like the title because
my brother is a fisherman
00:34:42.78\00:34:45.01
and that's in the
heritage of the French there
00:34:45.05\00:34:46.98
in the Virgin
Islands fishing village,
00:34:47.02\00:34:49.32
and what's nice about this.
00:34:49.35\00:34:50.69
I mean pastors,
00:34:50.72\00:34:52.05
let me just talk to the pastors,
00:34:52.09\00:34:53.82
you can get a lot
of great sermon titles
00:34:53.86\00:34:55.66
or even sermon suggestions,
don't clean the fish.
00:34:55.69\00:34:58.36
You know, the Lord says,
00:34:58.39\00:34:59.73
"I will make you fishers of men.
00:34:59.76\00:35:01.10
He didn't say,
00:35:01.13\00:35:02.46
"He'll make us
cleaners of fish."
00:35:02.50\00:35:03.83
That's right.
00:35:03.87\00:35:05.20
I like that,
"Do not judge others
00:35:05.23\00:35:06.57
and you will not be judged."
00:35:06.60\00:35:07.94
That a very ingenious title,
00:35:07.97\00:35:09.74
but I was looking
through some of the others here.
00:35:09.77\00:35:11.11
Let me just read a
short portion of this.
00:35:11.14\00:35:12.47
Sure.
00:35:12.51\00:35:13.84
It says, It is not our job
00:35:13.88\00:35:15.24
to point out the
faults of others however,
00:35:15.28\00:35:17.75
too often we feel
that our duty to do so."
00:35:17.78\00:35:21.08
If you've ever been in
the situation where people.
00:35:21.12\00:35:23.25
What's the phrase they use,
this is constructive criticism.
00:35:23.28\00:35:26.76
That's right.
00:35:26.79\00:35:28.12
You know, it's like saying,
00:35:28.16\00:35:29.49
I'm gonna break
your building down
00:35:29.52\00:35:30.86
but it won't hurt.
00:35:30.89\00:35:32.23
Really this is very good.
00:35:32.26\00:35:33.60
So this devotion brings
up a lot of the travel ideas,
00:35:33.63\00:35:37.53
the situations you've been
00:35:37.57\00:35:38.90
and the people you've
met whether younger or older.
00:35:38.93\00:35:40.97
That's right.
00:35:41.00\00:35:42.34
Controlling anger,
this is a powerful title,
00:35:42.37\00:35:45.27
You are not an Accident.
00:35:45.31\00:35:47.51
I can identify with this being
abandoned at three months old.
00:35:47.54\00:35:49.68
Yes. Yes.
00:35:49.71\00:35:51.11
And there are people that may be
00:35:51.15\00:35:52.48
watching the program that say,
00:35:52.51\00:35:53.85
you know, nobody cares
for me, nobody wants me.
00:35:53.88\00:35:55.48
They could be bullied in school.
00:35:55.52\00:35:57.22
A feeling that they're
left out of the in crowd.
00:35:57.25\00:35:58.89
You're not an accident.
00:35:58.92\00:36:00.56
What about the
people that get upset.
00:36:00.59\00:36:01.92
If you got upset if
there's one January 24th,
00:36:01.96\00:36:04.39
controlling your anger.
00:36:04.43\00:36:05.89
That's right. That's powerful.
00:36:05.93\00:36:07.26
I mean these are not just...
00:36:07.30\00:36:08.96
These are relevant
up-to-date topics of real life
00:36:09.00\00:36:12.43
as its happening.
00:36:12.47\00:36:13.80
I have one here
called, No Deep Sea Diving,
00:36:13.84\00:36:15.74
and it says,
00:36:15.77\00:36:17.74
"When you have
done something wrong
00:36:17.77\00:36:19.11
that you regret,
00:36:19.14\00:36:20.48
guilt often will
raise its ugly head
00:36:20.51\00:36:22.18
and can torment
you relentlessly.
00:36:22.21\00:36:25.48
Thankfully God has the
remedy for removing guilt
00:36:25.51\00:36:28.55
and that's through repentance
and receiving His forgiveness.
00:36:28.58\00:36:32.12
You will always
feel so much better
00:36:32.15\00:36:33.89
once you have
confessed your sin."
00:36:33.92\00:36:36.52
And then it goes on,
you know, to talk about it.
00:36:36.56\00:36:39.79
I just read this
one line that says,
00:36:39.83\00:36:42.43
"Confessed your sins
and allow Jesus to bury them
00:36:42.46\00:36:45.43
in the deepest part of the ocean
00:36:45.47\00:36:47.47
and then don't
go deep sea diving."
00:36:47.50\00:36:50.57
That's right.
00:36:50.61\00:36:51.94
He put out of the sea...
00:36:51.97\00:36:53.31
Leave them buried.
00:36:53.34\00:36:54.68
We have to say,
the Lord throws it
00:36:54.71\00:36:56.04
into the sea and puts
out a no fishing sign.
00:36:56.08\00:36:57.41
Exactly. See.
00:36:57.45\00:36:58.78
But so many times we pray,
00:36:58.81\00:37:00.22
we ask God to
forgive us and we, you know,
00:37:00.25\00:37:02.62
God buries them and He does,
00:37:02.65\00:37:03.99
He buries them in the
deepest part of the ocean
00:37:04.02\00:37:05.55
and then we go deep sea diving,
00:37:05.59\00:37:06.92
because we got to...
00:37:06.96\00:37:08.29
we get off our knees and
we pull it back up again.
00:37:08.32\00:37:09.66
And there's no deep sea diving.
00:37:09.69\00:37:11.93
When God forgives, He forgives
00:37:11.96\00:37:14.43
and it says if we never sinned.
00:37:14.46\00:37:16.50
And you know we need
to have the faith in God
00:37:16.53\00:37:19.00
to believe that He
has the power to forgive
00:37:19.03\00:37:21.87
and forget to bury that sin.
00:37:21.90\00:37:25.51
But so often, we
don't forgive ourselves,
00:37:25.54\00:37:27.28
we can forgive
somebody else easier
00:37:27.31\00:37:28.94
than we can forgive ourselves.
00:37:28.98\00:37:30.31
You know, I want to go back
00:37:30.35\00:37:31.68
on the word
devotion for a moment,
00:37:31.71\00:37:33.05
because devotion has a...
00:37:33.08\00:37:34.55
We've used that
word so many times
00:37:34.58\00:37:36.25
and some of you have,
00:37:36.28\00:37:37.62
you know, devotions all
lined up in your library.
00:37:37.65\00:37:39.72
Devotion means
not just devotional
00:37:39.75\00:37:42.72
but devotion to God.
00:37:42.76\00:37:44.09
That's right.
00:37:44.13\00:37:45.46
A constant, and you know,
00:37:45.49\00:37:46.83
if you're not continually
growing you're dying.
00:37:46.86\00:37:49.86
If you don't
have a way of getting
00:37:49.90\00:37:51.30
spiritual nourishment daily,
00:37:51.33\00:37:53.80
you could be a person
00:37:53.84\00:37:55.17
that your body is
taking out all the energy.
00:37:55.20\00:37:56.81
You know the reason
why we sell vitamins today
00:37:56.84\00:37:59.17
is because we live in a society
00:37:59.21\00:38:00.54
where people are
largely undernourished.
00:38:00.58\00:38:03.04
Largely they don't have
the nutrition that they need
00:38:03.08\00:38:05.85
so they have these substitutes.
00:38:05.88\00:38:07.38
One person who is a
part of this program,
00:38:07.42\00:38:09.05
part of 3ABN Network he said,
00:38:09.08\00:38:10.55
"You know if you ate naturally,
00:38:10.59\00:38:11.95
if you ate the
things that God produces
00:38:11.99\00:38:13.69
directly from the earth,
00:38:13.72\00:38:15.06
you would not
have to buy substitutes
00:38:15.09\00:38:17.29
like vitamins off the shelves."
00:38:17.33\00:38:18.66
That's right.
00:38:18.69\00:38:20.03
Now in many cases
people do as a supplement.
00:38:20.06\00:38:21.40
However, there are
so many substitutes
00:38:21.43\00:38:24.17
in people's lives
00:38:24.20\00:38:25.53
because they don't
have time to be devoted.
00:38:25.57\00:38:27.80
But you know what,
00:38:27.84\00:38:29.17
I don't have time
not to be devoted.
00:38:29.20\00:38:31.54
People will ask me
so often they'll say,
00:38:31.57\00:38:33.48
"Brenda how do you do all that."
00:38:33.51\00:38:35.84
And you know my
time belongs to Jesus.
00:38:35.88\00:38:37.98
I couldn't do
anything without consulting,
00:38:38.01\00:38:41.65
you know, my Lord
and Savior every day,
00:38:41.68\00:38:43.89
"Lord, direct my path.
00:38:43.92\00:38:45.25
What do you want me to do?
00:38:45.29\00:38:46.62
What should I do today?
00:38:46.65\00:38:47.99
What, you know,
where do You want me to go?
00:38:48.02\00:38:51.53
If I don't pray
about everything,
00:38:51.56\00:38:53.43
how could I do anything?
00:38:53.46\00:38:54.80
That's right.
00:38:54.83\00:38:56.16
This started from when I
was just even a little girl,
00:38:56.20\00:38:57.93
mom and dad raised us.
00:38:57.97\00:38:59.37
We never had in our home,
00:38:59.40\00:39:00.94
it was such a
Christ centered home,
00:39:00.97\00:39:02.44
nothing was allowed in our home
00:39:02.47\00:39:04.21
first of all if
that wasn't to bring us
00:39:04.24\00:39:05.57
closer to Jesus, nothing.
00:39:05.61\00:39:06.94
So we didn't grow
up with the television
00:39:06.98\00:39:08.54
or we didn't grow
up with secular books
00:39:08.58\00:39:11.15
or secular music
00:39:11.18\00:39:12.51
or and if it wasn't going
to draw us closer to Jesus,
00:39:12.55\00:39:16.08
it wasn't going
to be in our home.
00:39:16.12\00:39:18.15
And what was super important
was our devotional time.
00:39:18.19\00:39:22.66
We were encouraged to
have our personal devotions
00:39:22.69\00:39:24.99
for as long, as long
as I have awaking memory,
00:39:25.03\00:39:27.43
I know that, I know about that,
00:39:27.46\00:39:29.16
you know, just as
a little tiny girl
00:39:29.20\00:39:31.97
having my own time with Jesus.
00:39:32.00\00:39:34.20
Besides that, we
had family worship
00:39:34.24\00:39:36.57
every single morning
and every single night.
00:39:36.60\00:39:39.61
It didn't
matter what appointment
00:39:39.64\00:39:40.98
we might be late to,
00:39:41.01\00:39:42.34
if we were, you know,
00:39:42.38\00:39:43.71
rushing off in the morning
00:39:43.75\00:39:45.08
and we were going
to be late for school
00:39:45.11\00:39:46.45
because everything's going wrong
00:39:46.48\00:39:47.82
and you know what,
00:39:47.85\00:39:49.18
we didn't rushed
our time with God,
00:39:49.22\00:39:50.95
that was not allowed.
00:39:50.99\00:39:52.42
We could be late to
whatever appointment it was,
00:39:52.45\00:39:54.72
didn't mean if it was
school or doctor's appointment
00:39:54.76\00:39:56.69
or anything else didn't matter.
00:39:56.73\00:39:58.06
We'll be late to that
00:39:58.09\00:39:59.43
but we are not gonna
short change God on His time.
00:39:59.46\00:40:02.73
And so, you know...
00:40:02.76\00:40:04.27
That's devoted.
00:40:04.30\00:40:05.63
That's devoted and when you,
00:40:05.67\00:40:07.10
when your parents set that
tone as the head of the house.
00:40:07.14\00:40:10.81
Don't you know that you grow
up knowing how important God is?
00:40:10.84\00:40:14.34
You know, it
makes a huge difference.
00:40:14.38\00:40:15.94
So every single morning,
00:40:15.98\00:40:17.78
every single night was devotions
00:40:17.81\00:40:19.65
as family together.
00:40:19.68\00:40:22.38
But then, on top of that
was our personal devotions.
00:40:22.42\00:40:26.19
And so to me, if you want your,
00:40:26.22\00:40:28.79
if you want to find out
00:40:28.82\00:40:30.16
what God wants you
to do for that day.
00:40:30.19\00:40:31.53
How are you going to know
00:40:31.56\00:40:32.89
if you're not
drawing close to Him?
00:40:32.93\00:40:34.26
If you're not really being
spiritually enriched that day,
00:40:34.30\00:40:38.23
you don't have
your walking steps,
00:40:38.27\00:40:40.64
you don't know
what you're going to do.
00:40:40.67\00:40:42.00
You don't have, you know,
00:40:42.04\00:40:43.37
your marching
orders for that day.
00:40:43.41\00:40:45.17
It's like
cutting off your oxygen.
00:40:45.21\00:40:46.57
If you're not connected
to the only source of success
00:40:46.61\00:40:49.51
which is Jesus Christ,
00:40:49.54\00:40:51.05
you are breathing
from substitute places.
00:40:51.08\00:40:53.62
Things are coming into your life
00:40:53.65\00:40:54.98
that's not gonna
enhance your growth with Christ.
00:40:55.02\00:40:56.79
That's why I like this
one, "Weeds in your garden."
00:40:56.82\00:40:59.52
I did a devotional not too many,
00:40:59.55\00:41:01.22
not too long ago in
3ABN World magazine,
00:41:01.26\00:41:03.29
weeding out your garden, and,
00:41:03.32\00:41:05.73
but that's the
thing in our lives,
00:41:05.76\00:41:07.30
we do have those.
00:41:07.33\00:41:08.96
What impresses me though is not,
00:41:09.00\00:41:11.53
it's not just the fact that
we can stay connected to God.
00:41:11.57\00:41:16.50
But when we look back
on what God accomplishes
00:41:16.54\00:41:19.04
through those
who stay connected.
00:41:19.07\00:41:20.51
That's right.
00:41:20.54\00:41:21.88
I mean I think about...
00:41:21.91\00:41:23.24
I'm just going
to go back to you.
00:41:23.28\00:41:24.61
I'm not, I'm not praising you,
00:41:24.65\00:41:25.98
but I'm just looking at
the way that you use your time.
00:41:26.01\00:41:27.52
I mean, Kids'
Time, cooking, travel,
00:41:27.55\00:41:29.32
speaking, authoring,
00:41:29.35\00:41:32.85
you even have,
this blew me away.
00:41:32.89\00:41:35.49
You even have
different colored neck scarves.
00:41:35.52\00:41:39.26
Yes.
00:41:39.29\00:41:40.63
For Max. Yes.
00:41:40.66\00:41:42.00
The Kids' Time mascot
and you guys regularly match.
00:41:42.03\00:41:45.70
I mean all the time you match,
00:41:45.73\00:41:47.24
and you're thinking
always about ministry.
00:41:47.27\00:41:50.17
Not just about doing this thing
00:41:50.21\00:41:52.51
and it's not things
you do but it's ministry.
00:41:52.54\00:41:54.88
And it's again God
bringing people in your lives,
00:41:54.91\00:41:57.05
all those scarves were selling
00:41:57.08\00:41:58.58
by the head of our
wardrobe department
00:41:58.61\00:42:01.22
Lucy Neuharth,
00:42:01.25\00:42:02.58
and she volunteers all the time,
00:42:02.62\00:42:04.35
she even donated
all the material.
00:42:04.39\00:42:06.72
You know, there's more
scarves in the wardrobe
00:42:06.76\00:42:08.56
than I have clothes to wear.
00:42:08.59\00:42:11.03
You know, I mean she and she...
00:42:11.06\00:42:13.76
that's her ministry is
sewing for our Kids' Network.
00:42:13.80\00:42:17.17
That is dynamic.
00:42:17.20\00:42:18.53
I want to hit one more
topic before I talk about
00:42:18.57\00:42:20.14
some of the other
resources you have.
00:42:20.17\00:42:22.17
Bad things happen.
00:42:22.20\00:42:23.54
I can't think of a
topic that comes up
00:42:23.57\00:42:25.01
more than any one
because people say,
00:42:25.04\00:42:26.78
if there's really a God,
00:42:26.81\00:42:28.74
why do bad things
happen to good people?
00:42:28.78\00:42:31.45
That's right.
00:42:31.48\00:42:32.81
Why there's so many
evil things in the world,
00:42:32.85\00:42:34.58
but you know the
reality is there's
00:42:34.62\00:42:35.95
a lot of good in the world
00:42:35.98\00:42:37.32
which means God does exist.
00:42:37.35\00:42:39.12
And so this answers
the question John 10:10,
00:42:39.15\00:42:41.62
"The thief does not
come except to steal,
00:42:41.66\00:42:43.12
to kill, and to destroy."
00:42:43.16\00:42:44.53
And so, I say to people
00:42:44.56\00:42:45.89
when I preach a sermon
on this particular text.
00:42:45.93\00:42:48.06
I say, we need
to stop blaming God
00:42:48.10\00:42:50.27
and start taking
the blame to the person
00:42:50.30\00:42:52.30
who is really to
blame for what is happening
00:42:52.33\00:42:54.07
in our world.
00:42:54.10\00:42:55.44
Bad things will
happen, you know why?
00:42:55.47\00:42:56.91
We're in enemy's
territory. That's right.
00:42:56.94\00:42:58.74
And this is a
very dynamic devotion.
00:42:58.77\00:43:00.74
I want to take some
of the time here to go
00:43:00.78\00:43:02.74
to some of the
other resources now.
00:43:02.78\00:43:04.91
Before we cap off this devotion,
00:43:04.95\00:43:07.75
on the back of this,
00:43:07.78\00:43:09.88
you also have a caption
that helps people to understand
00:43:09.92\00:43:13.66
how they could
apply this devotion.
00:43:13.69\00:43:15.52
Right.
00:43:15.56\00:43:16.89
Because in the
visit I talk about that
00:43:16.93\00:43:18.26
for a brief moment because,
00:43:18.29\00:43:19.63
I know that you
thought about these words
00:43:19.66\00:43:21.00
as you put them here,
00:43:21.03\00:43:22.36
but on the back of this book,
00:43:22.40\00:43:23.73
just read that first
paragraph for me there.
00:43:23.77\00:43:25.33
"Life is busy; it's hard
to find a moment to ourselves,
00:43:25.37\00:43:29.00
a moment to think, to pray
00:43:29.04\00:43:31.47
and to connect with God.
00:43:31.51\00:43:33.41
Yet the busier we are,
00:43:33.44\00:43:35.24
the more we need that moment
when we can take a breath,
00:43:35.28\00:43:38.81
and remember that
00:43:38.85\00:43:40.18
we are not in this world alone."
00:43:40.22\00:43:41.82
Wow.
00:43:41.85\00:43:43.85
That's what this
vitamin is all about,
00:43:43.89\00:43:46.76
this devotional book.
00:43:46.79\00:43:48.12
So when you get my copy...
00:43:48.16\00:43:52.26
You get your copy
00:43:52.29\00:43:53.63
I'm going to
look forward to that.
00:43:53.66\00:43:55.00
But now, Brenda, I'm just,
00:43:55.03\00:43:56.36
I cannot encourage you enough
00:43:56.40\00:43:57.73
if you're watching this program.
00:43:57.77\00:43:59.10
Obviously, if you watching
you're hearing what I'm saying.
00:43:59.13\00:44:01.27
But if you may be
listening on the radio,
00:44:01.30\00:44:03.81
you need to contact
00:44:03.84\00:44:05.37
and we'll give
you the information
00:44:05.41\00:44:06.74
at the end of this program,
00:44:06.78\00:44:08.11
how to get in touch
with Brenda Walsh ministries,
00:44:08.14\00:44:10.08
and how to get
in touch with 3ABN
00:44:10.11\00:44:11.45
to get a copy of
this new devotion,
00:44:11.48\00:44:13.68
Moments with God One
Minute Devotions, both.
00:44:13.72\00:44:16.75
you can get it as the 2017
Devotional Book of the Year.
00:44:16.79\00:44:20.36
You can get it on
audio book for those of you
00:44:20.39\00:44:23.06
that like to listen on the plane
00:44:23.09\00:44:25.03
and for the students in college,
00:44:25.06\00:44:26.39
we haven't forgotten you.
00:44:26.43\00:44:27.93
You can rip this into
your iPad or you Android
00:44:27.96\00:44:30.63
or whatever device you have,
00:44:30.67\00:44:32.00
so that you can take the time
00:44:32.03\00:44:34.30
to give yourself the
spiritual nourishment
00:44:34.34\00:44:36.40
that you definitely need.
00:44:36.44\00:44:38.57
Often I ask
people, "Did you eat today?
00:44:38.61\00:44:39.94
They say, "What do
you mean did I eat today?
00:44:39.97\00:44:41.64
Of course, I ate today.
00:44:41.68\00:44:43.01
I never forgot the
quotation from Ellen White,
00:44:43.04\00:44:45.55
that the word of God
is more important to us
00:44:45.58\00:44:48.88
than the physical
food of our lives.
00:44:48.92\00:44:50.25
Amen.
00:44:50.29\00:44:51.62
That's why I
thank you for this book.
00:44:51.65\00:44:52.99
Now let me catapult
the time we have left
00:44:53.02\00:44:54.36
to some of the other
resources you have because,
00:44:54.39\00:44:56.02
Brenda, talk about your
00:44:56.06\00:44:57.69
passionate
prayer promises briefly?
00:44:57.73\00:45:00.13
That's one of the most
incredible prayer tools.
00:45:00.16\00:45:02.96
I'm so proud of that book,
00:45:03.00\00:45:04.33
I co-wrote that
with my friend Kay Kuzma.
00:45:04.37\00:45:05.93
Yes.
00:45:05.97\00:45:07.30
And it really followed
my book passionate prayer.
00:45:07.34\00:45:09.50
When I wrote a
book Passionate Prayer,
00:45:09.54\00:45:12.84
that is just filled
with my own personal
00:45:12.87\00:45:14.94
answered prayer stories,
00:45:14.98\00:45:16.44
faith building stories.
00:45:16.48\00:45:18.21
And when that book came
out in that book when I,
00:45:18.25\00:45:21.65
when I would be
telling my stories,
00:45:21.68\00:45:23.42
and I was praying with someone,
00:45:23.45\00:45:24.79
I wrote my prayers in the book
00:45:24.82\00:45:26.72
and I always
claim Bible promises
00:45:26.76\00:45:28.52
when I pray.
00:45:28.56\00:45:29.89
Well, when that book came out,
00:45:29.92\00:45:31.26
so many people
contacted me and said,
00:45:31.29\00:45:32.69
"Brenda, you know,
00:45:32.73\00:45:34.06
how do you learn how to
pray claiming Bible promises."
00:45:34.10\00:45:36.67
You think about you
when you go to most churches,
00:45:36.70\00:45:39.40
you could hear
people praying that way,
00:45:39.43\00:45:40.90
you know,
verily do they praying,
00:45:40.94\00:45:42.54
yet those promises are
such a powerful way to pray.
00:45:42.57\00:45:46.01
God has them there
for us to claim and pray
00:45:46.04\00:45:49.81
and believe for our own.
00:45:49.84\00:45:51.18
And so they
started saying, you know,
00:45:51.21\00:45:53.75
asking me, "How do you...
00:45:53.78\00:45:55.12
how do you learn
how to pray this way?"
00:45:55.15\00:45:56.99
And I was praying, Lord,
00:45:57.02\00:45:58.72
are you trying to
tell me something.
00:45:58.75\00:46:00.09
You know there needs to
be something here that helps
00:46:00.12\00:46:03.53
people learn how to
pray claiming Bible promises.
00:46:03.56\00:46:05.96
So that's what...
00:46:05.99\00:46:08.53
I thought I had a busy schedule,
00:46:08.56\00:46:10.17
I didn't know how I
was going to get through.
00:46:10.20\00:46:11.53
I called Kay Kuzma
and I prayed first,
00:46:11.57\00:46:14.27
I said, "Lord,
if this is of you,
00:46:14.30\00:46:15.74
is this if you
really want this out now,
00:46:15.77\00:46:17.81
you know, let her get
excited about this project
00:46:17.84\00:46:19.41
and say yes right now.
00:46:19.44\00:46:20.78
Don't let her even hesitate."
00:46:20.81\00:46:22.28
I put my pleas
out there before God.
00:46:22.31\00:46:24.38
And so when I
called her up and I said,
00:46:24.41\00:46:25.95
"Kay is there
anyway that you'd be
00:46:25.98\00:46:27.45
interested in this project."
00:46:27.48\00:46:28.82
And I told her what
God impressed me to do,
00:46:28.85\00:46:30.22
and she was, "What
an incredible idea,
00:46:30.25\00:46:32.29
I would love to do that."
00:46:32.32\00:46:33.66
And I was like,
"Okay, Lord, there you go."
00:46:33.69\00:46:35.66
So this book, it's
a small little book
00:46:35.69\00:46:38.13
that would fit
in your briefcase,
00:46:38.16\00:46:39.53
in your purse, you know,
00:46:39.56\00:46:40.90
by your computer,
00:46:40.93\00:46:42.26
in your pocket and
just a small little book.
00:46:42.30\00:46:45.00
There's over 100
different things in the book
00:46:45.03\00:46:47.04
that you would
want to pray about,
00:46:47.07\00:46:48.64
and different
topics alphabetize,
00:46:48.67\00:46:51.41
you can go through which
whichever topic you want to,
00:46:51.44\00:46:54.41
index plus they're alphabetized.
00:46:54.44\00:46:56.28
And then on the
left side of the page,
00:46:56.31\00:46:58.21
let's say you have one
about Salvation of Children,
00:46:58.25\00:47:00.65
and you're praying,
00:47:00.68\00:47:02.02
so you turn to
Salvation of Children.
00:47:02.05\00:47:03.39
On the left is a prayer
00:47:03.42\00:47:04.75
claiming Bible
promises for that,
00:47:04.79\00:47:06.62
for that need.
00:47:06.65\00:47:07.99
That's to teach you how to
pray claming Bible promises.
00:47:08.02\00:47:11.36
Now let's say, you
know, how to pray doing that.
00:47:11.39\00:47:12.96
You don't need that.
00:47:12.99\00:47:14.33
So on the right side of the page
00:47:14.36\00:47:15.70
all the promises
claimed in that prayer
00:47:15.73\00:47:17.27
are written out in full.
00:47:17.30\00:47:18.77
Then below that is a
whole bunch more scripture text
00:47:18.80\00:47:22.14
for more promises on that topic,
00:47:22.17\00:47:24.17
on that thing.
00:47:24.21\00:47:25.54
Very well thought out.
00:47:25.57\00:47:26.91
It is really just a
lot of work went into that.
00:47:26.94\00:47:28.94
I know that, I know,
00:47:28.98\00:47:31.31
conferences have purchased these
00:47:31.35\00:47:32.71
for their ministers to give out,
00:47:32.75\00:47:34.08
you know, as gifts
for their ministers.
00:47:34.12\00:47:36.18
I spoke at a
ministerial retreat,
00:47:36.22\00:47:38.75
you know, some
people think, go out,
00:47:38.79\00:47:40.12
what is a woman speaking
00:47:40.16\00:47:41.49
at a ministerial
conference but, you know.
00:47:41.52\00:47:43.76
And I was speaking
00:47:43.79\00:47:45.69
and a minister
actually came up to me and said,
00:47:45.73\00:47:48.20
he said afterwards, he
says, I got to admit he said,
00:47:48.23\00:47:50.33
"It's mandatory that
we attend these retreats."
00:47:50.37\00:47:53.10
He said, when I heard
there are some women speaking,
00:47:53.13\00:47:55.70
I honestly I didn't want to come
00:47:55.74\00:47:57.34
he said, "But I
want to tell you,
00:47:57.37\00:47:58.71
he said, I was so
blessed by this weekend.
00:47:58.74\00:48:01.24
He said, "You
brought me closer to Jesus,"
00:48:01.28\00:48:02.88
and he said, "I
just want you to know,
00:48:02.91\00:48:05.45
I want to thank
you for this book."
00:48:05.48\00:48:08.12
And he pulled out a book
and it was tattered and torn
00:48:08.15\00:48:11.55
and in it was
Passionate Promises.
00:48:11.59\00:48:13.66
He said, "I use
this book all the time."
00:48:13.69\00:48:15.56
And I said, "Can you tell me,
00:48:15.59\00:48:17.03
I said, do you not
use the prayer part?"
00:48:17.06\00:48:19.73
But he goes, "No,
no, I use that too.
00:48:19.76\00:48:21.66
If someone calls me at
2 o'clock in the morning
00:48:21.70\00:48:23.33
and I'm sound asleep
and I can only think,
00:48:23.37\00:48:25.73
I just put that
person's name in there
00:48:25.77\00:48:27.10
and I use that prayer too.
00:48:27.14\00:48:28.47
That's right.
00:48:28.50\00:48:29.84
Let remember for
the Lord. That's right.
00:48:29.87\00:48:31.21
It's an incredible prayer
to all to really just pray,
00:48:31.24\00:48:33.84
claim and
believe God's promises.
00:48:33.88\00:48:35.38
And you have it also
prayer promises for kids.
00:48:35.41\00:48:37.88
That's right, to teach...
00:48:37.91\00:48:39.25
You couldn't forget them.
00:48:39.28\00:48:40.62
Can't forget the kids
00:48:40.65\00:48:41.98
and so after that book
came out for adults then,
00:48:42.02\00:48:44.35
then one for kids.
00:48:44.39\00:48:45.72
We thought we can't forget kids
00:48:45.75\00:48:47.09
and the kids one is so awesome
00:48:47.12\00:48:48.49
because it has
pictures on each page depicting
00:48:48.52\00:48:51.96
what's going on in
that prayer with children.
00:48:51.99\00:48:54.00
And so it's to teach kids
00:48:54.03\00:48:55.60
how to pray
claiming Bible promises.
00:48:55.63\00:48:57.33
You know what's
excited about then
00:48:57.37\00:48:58.70
I go to the Miss
Brenda's bedtime stories.
00:48:58.73\00:49:01.47
My wife's brother's
daughter is included
00:49:01.50\00:49:04.07
in one of these pictures
00:49:04.11\00:49:05.44
on one of those and
she's excited about that.
00:49:05.47\00:49:06.84
She's still growing up
00:49:06.88\00:49:08.21
but I've seen
many of the children
00:49:08.24\00:49:09.58
come to be a part of Kids' Time
00:49:09.61\00:49:10.95
that were on your
Kids' Time Praise.
00:49:10.98\00:49:12.58
That's right.
00:49:12.61\00:49:13.95
Grown up to be
adults and moved on in life.
00:49:13.98\00:49:15.32
I mean only then do I know
00:49:15.35\00:49:16.82
how long you've been with 3ABN.
00:49:16.85\00:49:18.49
I want to talk about
some of the other ones
00:49:18.52\00:49:19.89
but I want to do is
just remind our audience
00:49:19.92\00:49:22.16
who is listening
and watching the program
00:49:22.19\00:49:23.89
that right now
what I want to do is
00:49:23.93\00:49:25.26
give you the address,
00:49:25.29\00:49:26.63
the information that you
need to get in touch with Brenda
00:49:26.66\00:49:28.30
because what we
talked about today,
00:49:28.33\00:49:29.76
these moments with God devotion
00:49:29.80\00:49:31.83
and other
resources are available
00:49:31.87\00:49:33.74
at this following address.
00:49:33.77\00:49:35.40
If you would like to
purchase Brenda's new book,
00:49:41.01\00:49:43.14
Moments with God,
00:49:43.18\00:49:44.58
you can do so in
a variety of ways.
00:49:44.61\00:49:46.85
You can write to
her at PO Box 220,
00:49:46.88\00:49:49.88
West Frankfort, Illinois 62896.
00:49:49.92\00:49:53.22
That's PO Box 220,
00:49:53.25\00:49:55.36
West Frankfort, Illinois 62896.
00:49:55.39\00:49:59.26
You can call her at 865-776-4908
00:49:59.29\00:50:03.67
That's 865-776-4908.
00:50:03.70\00:50:08.74
You can also visit her
online at BrendaWalsh.com.
00:50:08.77\00:50:12.67
That's BrendaWalsh.com.
00:50:12.71\00:50:15.54