Participants: John Lomacang. (Host), Brenda Walsh
Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY016069A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:39 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:08 Hello, friends, welcome to 3ABN Today. 01:10 My name is John Lomacang, 01:12 but if you are part of our family, 01:13 you already know that. 01:15 If you're tuning in for the first time, 01:16 remember this network, 01:18 I can't think of a better network 01:20 and I am not being biased or sarcastic. 01:24 What better network than this one to get 01:26 people ready for the most enjoyous and glorious event, 01:29 the coming and the second return of Jesus. 01:32 We have a program today, that's gonna thrill your life, 01:35 challenge you and also give you resources 01:38 to spiritually strengthen your walk with Christ. 01:41 And my guest today is not really a guest, 01:44 I'm going to go ahead and introduce her right away. 01:46 But a person who is a part of our family 01:47 that I have enjoyed and continue to enjoy 01:50 working with none other than Brenda Walsh. 01:53 Good to have you here, Brenda. 01:54 It's good to be here, Pastor John. 01:55 Yes. 01:57 We're kind of... We're growing up together. 01:58 Yes, we have, 01:59 we've been together for a lot of years. 02:01 That's right. 02:02 You've been a part of the 3ABN family 02:03 just roughly how many years. 02:05 Probably about 29 years. 02:06 Wow. 02:08 So I jumped in at the 13 year mark, 02:09 13 years ago, 02:10 and I get a chance sometimes 02:12 to look back on our programs you and your sister, 02:15 and I surely appreciate your husband Tim. 02:17 And your brother, 02:18 your whole family is filled in the ministry area. 02:21 That's right. 02:22 And, but I'm excited about this program today, 02:25 because what we're going to talk about 02:26 friends is something that. 02:29 It takes time to work on, time to put together 02:33 and only time will tell how much a blessing 02:35 what we're going to talk about today will be, 02:37 and in eternity 02:39 we will actually know the real cost 02:42 of what God is going to do 02:44 through what we're going to talk about today 02:46 in this program. 02:47 In our program today, 02:48 we're going to have some wonderful music 02:50 by an artist by the name of Natalia Nesteruk 02:52 singing the song, In You Alone. 03:09 When I am weak, 03:11 You carry every burden 03:16 When I'm alone, 03:19 You're just a breath away 03:23 When I am restless, 03:26 You're the one who stills me 03:31 And where I fail, 03:34 You always stay the same 03:39 In You alone, 03:41 I'm lifted up to heaven 03:46 In You alone, 03:49 I soar on borrowed wings 03:54 When I reach the end, 03:57 You are just beginning 04:01 In You alone, 04:04 I find all that I need 04:09 When I am lost, 04:12 You rescue me from danger 04:16 And when I fall, 04:19 You pick me up again 04:24 When I resist, 04:27 You love past my defenses 04:31 And though I stray, 04:34 You're patient to the end 04:39 In You alone, 04:42 I'm lifted up to heaven 04:46 In You alone, 04:49 I soar on borrowed wings 04:54 When I reach the end, 04:57 You are just beginning 05:02 In You alone, I find all that I need 05:13 In You alone, 05:16 I soar on borrowed wings 05:25 When I reach the end, 05:37 You are just beginning 05:46 In You alone 05:54 In You alone. 06:19 Thank you, Natalia, 06:20 for that wonderful song, In You Alone. 06:23 Friends, you know that only in Christ 06:25 do we live and move and have our being. 06:27 And I've seen that in the person 06:29 that I'm excited to interview today, 06:32 who is a part of this very special program. 06:34 Brenda, as we said earlier, so good to have you here. 06:36 It's a privilege to be here. 06:38 You know, I visited with you in your home, 06:39 my wife and I have. 06:41 We've eaten your wonderful food. 06:44 You are an author, you are hostess. 06:48 You even have your own mascot Max 06:50 for your Kids' Time program. 06:52 And I've just admired the diligence you know, 06:55 I've thought about this and I look at the things 06:57 that you've done for 3ABN, just 3ABN alone. 07:00 It will take some people many lifetimes, 07:02 but the drive and the stamina, 07:04 and Danny and I you know, 07:06 you and Danny go back to childhood. 07:07 Yes. 07:08 Danny and I have said, 07:10 "Brenda has more energy than both of us combine." 07:13 But you know the good thing is you use that 07:14 for the Kingdom of God. 07:16 Amen. 07:17 And I want to thank you for that personally 07:18 and on the air in front of those 07:20 who are part of our television audience, 07:21 but today is a special program. 07:23 When I talk about Kids' Time or your cooking program, 07:26 you have now fallen into a new category, 07:30 and I'm excited what I have in my possession, 07:34 I'm going to get you to sign a copy for me. 07:35 This, I'm not going to say this is the one, 07:37 but I'm looking forward 07:39 to having a personally signed copy... 07:41 That's a promise. 07:42 Of a devotion that will be alongside my breakfast, 07:46 my one of a vitamin 07:48 and my one of a spiritual devotion. 07:50 Thank you so much for putting this together, 07:52 and for the hard work. 07:54 Now for those who are viewing the program for the first time, 07:56 there's a chance somebody is looking in 07:58 for the very first time, 07:59 kind of give us an overview of who you are? 08:01 A kind of some of the things you do 08:03 and where you're from? 08:04 Well, I grew up predominately in the Midwest, 08:08 and I was born in Battle Creek, Michigan. 08:10 And my mom and dad really had 08:13 such an incredible Christ centered home. 08:16 I could not have asked 08:18 for a more loving Christian home to grow up. 08:21 Mom and dad raised five children 08:22 and all five of us are not only in the church today, 08:25 but all five of us are in full time ministry. 08:27 That's right. 08:28 And so my two brothers it's really cool 08:31 how God allows my brothers to work together 08:32 in the same conference, 08:34 and my brother Jim is the executive secretary 08:37 or vice president of the Michigan Conference. 08:39 And then my brother Ken is the youth director 08:41 for Michigan Conference, 08:43 and so they get to work together in Michigan. 08:44 And then my sisters and I run full time ministry 08:47 here at 3ABN 08:48 and so we get to work together sisters 08:51 and our cooking programs. 08:53 We actually started with our... 08:54 you were asking me how long we had been for 29 years, 08:57 but 29 years ago, 08:59 we actually started singing on this network. 09:01 My dad grew up in West Frankfort 09:04 and we've always known all the Sheldon's, 09:06 we all went to the same church on here, 09:07 so we've... 09:09 I grew up as babies, you know, childhood. 09:11 Don't throw away. 09:13 With Danny and so when Danny... 09:15 God impressed Danny to start 3ABN 09:17 and it wasn't just a couple of years 09:18 after that that my... 09:20 he asked my dad if he would host his own program 09:23 and called Walking with the Masters. 09:24 So my dad had a program 09:27 that my sisters and I sing on every one of those program 09:29 and Walking with the Master aired for 11years. 09:32 and then, he went on to do 09:33 some give me the Bible programs as well, 09:36 and so we've been doing singing on the network the longest, 09:40 you know, for about 29 years. 09:42 And then, about 26 years ago, 09:44 started doing healthy cooking programs 09:46 and really helping people learn 09:48 how to make delicious food that was healthy for them. 09:52 That's right, non meat. 09:54 No meat. All vegetarian. 09:55 All vegan vegetarian. 09:57 And, you know what? 09:58 Whenever you and your sisters are here cooking, 10:01 it's like no one goes to lunch. 10:04 I mean very few people go to lunch 10:06 because we're waiting. 10:07 Well, they've got 20 minutes left. 10:09 Well, they've got 15 minutes left and sometimes, 10:11 when it's like toward the end of the day, 10:13 my wife doesn't even cook, 10:14 we just come over here 10:15 and just whatever is remaining we just all get our dinner. 10:17 And thank you for that because we always appreciate 10:20 those not just the healthy spiritual side, 10:22 but the healthy physical side, 10:24 it's been a blessing to us too. 10:25 And it's fun we know the employees as well. 10:27 I don't know if other cooks do this that come 10:29 but one of the things 10:30 if we have anything left over in the kitchen, 10:32 we created on the spot so that we don't waste a thing, 10:34 we were taught, 10:36 our momma taught us do not waste things 10:37 so whatever we may having ingredients left over. 10:40 We're up there cooking out 10:41 and we put that out for employees as well 10:43 even though it wasn't on the air. 10:44 So yeah, so we get that out there. 10:46 That's true and adding to that... 10:49 Sixteen years ago. Sixteen years ago. 10:52 I was asked to start Kids' Time, 10:53 and it's hard to believe we're going on 16 years 10:56 and it's amazing to me 10:59 how widespread today 11:02 we have a Bible study club for kids 11:04 as well that God impressed me to start 14 years ago. 11:07 My mom's our Kids' Club director. 11:09 We call it Kids' Club, 11:11 and we have over 35,000 kids 11:14 enrolled in Bible studies right now from 100 11:17 and I think mom said 119 different countries... 11:19 What? Yeah, right now today. 11:22 I didn't know that until just now. 11:23 Yeah, it's amazing. 11:24 And so my mom is the Kids' Club director. 11:27 She's got those lessons coming and going all the time, 11:30 FedEx is at our house all the time. 11:33 UPS is at our house, the mail, 11:35 everybody in her town knows her 11:37 because mail bags come in and out. 11:38 That's right. 11:40 And it's amazing what God's doing with just that alone, 11:42 so when I think about 11:45 what God is doing with the Kids' Time ministry, 11:48 the health ministry and where God is leading 11:51 and it's about six years ago, 11:53 God led me into even another area 11:56 because I've been, 11:57 you know, with singing with my sisters 11:58 in cooking and... 12:00 and then the kids shows 12:01 and then also authoring books and then speaking. 12:05 I've been speaking in churches 12:06 for about probably about 15 years now. 12:12 And I sometimes follow you, 12:14 I remember going to the Bahamas and they said, 12:16 "Brenda was here just two weeks ago, 12:18 and the place was jam-packed 12:19 and she did a program for kids." 12:21 And they said, 12:22 "The adults were excited about the kids program." 12:25 And some of them came and said, "Oh, I don't have children. 12:27 I just love Kids' Time myself." 12:29 So it's not just young people 12:30 that are being impacted by Kids' Time. 12:32 Well, God's kids come in all ages 12:34 and that we had an amazing time in the Bahamas 12:37 and next time you go, say, 12:40 hello to my really good friends 12:41 Tom and Gwen Hannah who I always stay with. 12:43 They have a bedroom that's Miss Brenda's bedroom. 12:45 And I absolutely love my family in the Bahamas really. 12:50 I call them my family but, 12:51 yeah, we had a packed out place 12:53 and even the news media showed up in town 12:56 because they'd heard that Miss. Brenda was there 12:57 and Kids' Time is the most popular 12:59 children's program in Bahamas. 13:01 So... 13:02 You know, I would not have thought that 13:04 but I was there. 13:05 I know, I mean I heard the reports, 13:07 the people that had hosted us. 13:08 I thought man, 13:09 "Brenda packed it out, Brenda really..." 13:11 And you know what? 13:12 It's what you're doing for the children's lives, 13:13 transforming their lives. 13:15 And it's not Brenda's packing out, 13:16 it is what God's doing, you know, through me. 13:18 It's nothing to do with me and no, 13:20 and it's and it's not me personally anyway, 13:23 it's that people are watching 13:24 and God's using that program to touch hearts for him 13:27 and that's really what I get excited about. 13:29 So God's given me a ministry for both adults and kids. 13:35 I do prayer seminars all over the world and... 13:37 That right. 13:39 I'm getting ready to do with AFCOE 13:41 Amazing Fact School of Evangelism in Europe. 13:43 I'm getting ready to go to Portugal to do 13:44 a one week school where I teach 13:47 just on prayer and having a closer walk with God. 13:50 So I do personal seminars for conferences 13:52 and I speak in churches and camp meetings 13:55 and so I've been doing that for an awful long time, 13:58 and then God started a new ministry 14:01 within me in addition to it, 14:03 nothing's been replaced 14:04 but in addition to about six years ago, 14:07 I started posting a daily devotion on Facebook. 14:11 That's right. 14:12 Well, I started that because, you know, 14:13 there was so much controversy about Facebook and social media 14:16 and everything and when I was that, you know, 14:19 if I'm having trouble sleeping at all I pray, 14:21 and I have a lot of people to pray for 14:23 and I fall asleep praying most nights. 14:24 And so, I was there praying about 14:27 all that my list of people I was praying for the day, 14:30 and God just impressed me about, 14:32 you know, how important 14:35 this social media could be used for him. 14:37 That's right. 14:39 And I had never even thought about that, 14:40 and most people post what they eat for the day 14:42 or pictures of where they go and their kids, 14:44 and I'm not saying any of that is bad. 14:46 But God just really impressed me 14:47 that I could, you know, 14:48 what an incredible opportunity 14:50 that I could put a spiritual message out there 14:53 and within seconds people 14:54 around the world are reading it. 14:56 That's true. 14:57 I mean you think about, that's powerful. 14:59 I mean today's media gives us a door 15:01 that we didn't have 15, 20 years ago, 15:03 and to use it for the Lord's work. 15:06 It's not created for the Lord's work 15:08 but to use it for God's work, it's exponential. 15:11 I mean, I think about today, 15:12 some of the great speakers in our church, 15:14 some of the bedrock of our church. 15:16 It took many, many years to know 15:18 what they were doing 15:19 because we didn't have the media 15:20 that we have today. 15:22 So when you put something on Facebook, 15:23 in a matter of seconds the whole world is connected. 15:25 Instagram, I love your... 15:26 I love your devotions even on Instagram, 15:28 the placards, the sayings. 15:29 That's right. All that is created. 15:30 In addition to the devotions 15:33 and you're right we have Instagram, 15:34 I'm on Twitter, I'm on... 15:36 I cover them all 15:37 because that night 15:39 when God impressed me that I needed to do that. 15:40 I knew what a commitment that was because I'm like, 15:43 "Lord, I have no time," 15:44 I like where am I gonna do this, 15:46 and I was actually here in my little 3ABN apartment. 15:50 I got down on my knees and I said, 15:53 "Lord, I know that it's just Your voice call me," 15:55 because the more time you spend with Jesus, 15:57 the more you know His voice. 15:58 That's right. 15:59 And I knew that was Jesus to ask me to do this 16:01 and so I said, "Lord, you know my time is yours. 16:04 My life is yours, and if you want me to do this, 16:08 then I know that you're going to give me 16:10 everything I need to do it." 16:11 And he really does, 16:13 I mean sometimes it's two in the morning 16:14 and I'm, before I roll in bed, 16:16 and I'm writing out that devotion trying to post. 16:17 That's true. 16:18 I know you... 16:20 I know, you know how to use your time wisely. 16:21 And I so every single day, 16:24 I have not missed one day in six years of posting 16:27 a daily devotion on Facebook. 16:29 And they only allow you to have 5000 friends on Facebook. 16:32 Wow. 16:33 That's way many-many years ago. 16:35 So isn't that the... 16:36 that's all they will let you to have. 16:38 And I've reached the max, I'm sure you have. 16:40 Well, yes, but what I did was 16:41 because I want to reach more than 5000 16:43 so I started a public page, 16:46 so it's Brenda Walsh Ministries, 16:47 so you can get Brenda Walsh 16:49 and then Brenda Walsh Ministries is unlimited. 16:52 So because it's a public page. 16:54 So I post the same devotion on each one 16:56 and also people that will come 16:58 and they will ask me to like 17:02 they'll send you a friend request. 17:03 If somebody... 17:05 there's always some, we have 5000 friends. 17:06 Somebody is at some point is passing away 17:09 or you know dropping off Facebook or whatever. 17:13 So I keep a list of all those that are wanting to be friends. 17:15 So I go through and soon as one opens 17:17 I put one on there as well, 17:19 but I've been posting that for a long time 17:21 for the devotions 17:23 and then several years ago, God impressed me, 17:26 he want to carry even further. 17:28 And that was to put out an app on your phone 17:34 that you could, you know, 17:38 have a devotion right there in your hand, 17:39 on your phone, and it's available, 17:41 you just go to Bren... 17:42 just type in my name Brenda Walsh 17:44 at your app store with your Android or iPhones 17:46 and you can get a daily devotion. 17:48 And it's also got, 17:50 in fact I have my phone here I can show you. 17:53 That's right. 17:55 You know, I just found out about 17:56 this previews of the program. 17:59 What's nice about these, friends, 18:00 and if you're thinking about this. 18:02 There are those of you that don't carry books. 18:04 You live a part of the digital generation, 18:06 we have you in mind. 18:07 Brenda thought about that also. 18:09 So if you don't want a book, you can still stay connected. 18:11 Talk about that...? 18:13 So I have the app here on my phone so you can, 18:16 it's a one minute devotion. 18:18 There's also if you get the script scripture, 18:21 you can touch that 18:23 and the scripture comes up and... 18:27 Yeah, I got you. 18:28 There it is, there's a scripture. 18:29 That's included on the devotion. 18:31 And the devotion and then there's an audio view button, 18:32 so you just push the button and you can hear me read it. 18:35 Some people like the audio version 18:37 because they can hear my voice and inflection 18:41 and how I meant it, 18:42 and so and others liked it just because they said, 18:45 "Hey, I go to, they have devotion with me everyday 18:47 on their day to work, you know. 18:48 So people that wouldn't have taken the time 18:50 to read a devotion will listen to it. 18:52 That's true. 18:53 Travelling on the train, 18:55 on the plane sometimes between stops. 18:57 It's a dynamic tool. 18:59 So it's a wonderful tool 19:02 to just bring people closer to Jesus, 19:05 and then a couple of years ago, God impressed me once again, 19:09 you know, that Brenda, 19:10 you know, that's not enough you know, 19:12 we've got the daily devotion on Facebook. 19:14 And I've got the app out 19:15 and people can see that anywhere in the world 19:18 but to write a devotional book. 19:20 let me launch into this because this is... 19:22 I'm holding in my hand 19:25 and this is not just a devotional book 19:27 but this devotional book has been chosen 19:30 by major publishers Pacific Press in co, 19:33 in conjunction with 3ABN books. 19:35 This is going to be a book of the year 19:37 and now that's just different than 19:38 just a regular book 19:40 2017 Devotional Book of the Year, 19:42 which means, Brenda, 19:43 this is not just going to be in English. 19:45 Right. 19:46 But it's going to be translated into languages 19:48 in our world field 19:49 because our churches are all over the world 19:51 and yearly people always say, 19:53 "I need a new devotional." 19:55 And kind a round maybe 19:57 as we're getting toward the end of the year, 19:58 many people start making their plans. 20:00 And the church sends out resources to say, 20:02 well, here's what's available. 20:04 I am excited about this book, Moments with God. 20:08 Let me just read the sub caption, 20:10 One Minute Devotions to Encourage, 20:12 Inspire and Spiritually Change your Life. 20:16 Now not just to give you information 20:17 but spiritual change. 20:18 That's right. 20:20 You know, if you're not changing, 20:21 you are stagnant. 20:23 If you are not growing, you are dying. 20:24 That's right. And I'm excited about this. 20:26 When I looked in the book today, 20:27 I looked at, you know, 20:29 the foreword, the acknowledgements, 20:30 the special things. 20:32 Talk about your team for a moment 20:34 because I have... 20:35 I mean, 20:37 you have a team of dynamic women. 20:40 Amen. 20:41 Powerful movers and shakers that are so resourceful, 20:45 so well skilled, 20:46 they have worked with you 20:48 to put together a dynamic resource 20:50 and this book is amazing. 20:52 I want you to talk about your team for a moment 20:54 because, I know 20:55 you couldn't do it without them. 20:57 I'm really glad you asked that, Pastor John, 20:58 because God really... 21:01 When He does things He does it right, 21:03 He gets it right. 21:04 And He brings people together to accomplish, 21:07 you know, His task and His goals, 21:09 and you know, 21:10 God brought the most amazing team together 21:14 almost nine years ago now 21:16 when He brought my assistant Melissa Hoffman into my life 21:20 and also Chrystique Neibauer. 21:23 And it's amazing to me how... 21:25 I mean this couldn't be a coincidence, 21:27 I know it's a divine appointment 21:29 that God brought us together 21:30 and because by myself 21:33 what God can do with what he 21:36 with just me is so much greater 21:38 when He puts other people with you. 21:40 You know and Melissa has, is certified in copy editing. 21:44 She can go through, 21:47 I can look at a page 21:48 and I'm writing and I have her look at. 21:50 I wouldn't think of writing anything 21:51 without her looking at it. 21:53 Because she'll look, 21:54 I'll look and I think it's great 21:56 and she'll look at it and she goes okay, 21:57 and like just second she's like that's misspelled, 21:59 you got two extra spaces here. 22:01 You need to take that colon out of here. 22:03 You only need a comma here and that's misspelled. 22:06 And I'm like, ha. 22:07 I mean, there's somebody that can edit. 22:09 And she does it that fast. 22:10 I mean she just sees... 22:12 Oh yes, it's something that's in her. 22:15 And I was good in spelling at school 22:17 but not like this. 22:18 I mean that she takes it to a whole new level 22:21 and then Chrystique Neibauer is a graphic designer, amazing. 22:24 Not just good, she's dynamic. 22:25 She's dynamic. 22:27 In fact she's the head of the graphic design 22:29 department here at 3ABN. 22:31 Thanks to you. 22:32 And, you know, 22:34 because you know 22:35 God brought her into my life first. 22:36 I told Danny, when Danny hired her, I said, 22:38 "You got to share her." 22:39 You know we've been working together 22:40 for a long time. 22:42 In fact, Chrystique did 22:43 all the designs of quite a few of my books, 22:45 you know, all the bedtime story books for children. 22:47 That's right. 22:48 Melissa is the one that worked with me 22:49 on all the insides and Chrystique 22:52 which I call CQ you know, 22:54 did all the graphic design work, 22:56 so not just on my bedtime story books 22:59 but if you go look at all my books, 23:01 I mean, you can go to Brendawalsh.com 23:03 and see, click on story 23:04 you'll see all my books and products. 23:06 Most of that is all graphic designed by CQ. 23:09 You know I remember when she came into your life 23:11 because before that it was like Mark Bond 23:14 doing some projects with you. 23:15 And then Mark Bond and I team together, 23:17 I did your DVDs, 23:19 your DVD layouts on your DVD covers. 23:22 That's right. 23:23 And we worked together on that. 23:24 And then I remember you were coming out 23:26 with some new project and I said, 23:27 "Well, you know, let me know." 23:29 When you say, 23:30 "Well, I have this girl name CQ, 23:32 I have learned so much from her. 23:34 She's not just a designer, not just a graphic designer, 23:36 but she's got an eye. 23:37 She's amazing. That's amazing. 23:40 And to see both of those, you know, 23:42 the graphic design here 23:45 God's chosen me to write books 23:46 and he brings me a graphic designer to my life 23:48 that we can work together full time 23:50 and assistant that is a copy editor, 23:52 and not just a copy editor, she has attention to detail. 23:55 She has my same work ethic. 23:57 She has my same strive for perfection. 23:59 That's right. 24:00 And, you know, 24:02 if you're not a perfectionist 24:03 it's you drive anybody else crazy that wasn't, 24:05 you know, so 24:07 and I want things done right. 24:08 When I grew up, 24:09 well enough or good enough 24:11 wasn't in my parent's vocabulary. 24:13 They taught us that's not in God's vocabulary. 24:15 Good enough isn't, we do our best for Jesus. 24:17 And that's just the way I grew up. 24:19 It's something that's in me, 24:20 and one thing that I really just praise Jesus for is that 24:26 God also chose Melissa to be my assistant, 24:28 and she's been working with me now 24:30 for almost nine years, and she... 24:32 I don't know what I would do without her 24:34 and she's absolutely the most amazing, 24:38 you know, coworker but also friend, 24:40 and I surprised her 24:42 which is harder to do pull anything up over Melissa 24:46 but I actually have a special thanks 24:47 page in this book... 24:49 That's right, you do. 24:50 For a thank you page to her. 24:53 Besides myself, 24:54 nobody's read this book more than she has 24:56 because she has gone over and over and over. 24:59 And so I wanted to surprise her, 25:01 I wanted a special thanks page in there 25:03 and I know, if she knew ahead of time, 25:05 she would never... 25:06 She'd say, no, it's not going in there, 25:07 you know, she would have never, she is so humble. 25:09 She's not a person who wanted to take the credit 25:10 but she does it so wonderful. 25:11 She is the behind the scenes person 25:13 and she likes being there. 25:15 Well, so I had to put a fake page into somebody, 25:18 you know, I put a thank you page into somebody 25:20 and it was a fake page 25:21 and that person knew it was a fake page 25:22 and so whenever we'd print anything off, 25:25 the fake page got used and so this got switched out... 25:27 So you snuck it on. 25:29 Snuck it in and we were able to pull it off 25:30 and actually this book just came out, 25:34 it was FedEx to me and just this last week 25:37 and I presented it to her 25:41 and I didn't wanted her just to happen upon 25:43 and I wanted to know that that this was really 25:46 just token of my love and appreciation, 25:48 and I got to tell you she cried. 25:51 She was blown away. 25:53 She didn't had no idea whatsoever 25:55 and I couldn't have done it without CQ helping me 25:58 as well to make that surprise. 26:00 But yeah, God gave us an incredible team. 26:02 I picked out the pictures 26:04 but CQ did all the designing work 26:05 for this book. 26:07 And inside the book has inside pages, 26:09 I wanted a pretty book. 26:11 I know a lot of the devotional books 26:12 for churches are just plain white and black print, 26:15 but I wanted something that was really, 26:17 you know, a pretty book 26:18 and also this is a timeless book so. 26:21 And so if you look inside you've got some inside pages. 26:23 Beautiful pages. 26:24 Where we just have some leaves 26:26 that carry out the leaves of the tree theme on the cover. 26:28 Yes. 26:30 And in this book is different, 26:31 John, than other devotional books. 26:34 Most devotion books, 26:36 you see they start with January one, two, three, 26:38 and go out till December. 26:39 This book does that as well. 26:40 You'll see all the dates on each one but in it... 26:43 I know, I'm glad you're gonna share this 26:45 because I... 26:46 when I saw that. 26:48 Let me just tell you, I'm not going to tell you 26:49 where Brenda is headed 26:51 but I just go and quickly say it. 26:52 No, no, go ahead and share it, it's fine. 26:53 A lot of times you read a devotional book 26:55 and you'll say, 26:56 oh, man I know it says something about prayer, 26:59 it was about integrity 27:00 but I'm not exactly sure what month it was 27:03 or what page it was. 27:04 In the back of this book there is also an index. 27:08 Now I'm thinking back on devotions. 27:10 I don't know of any devotions I have 27:13 that I have an index in the back of it. 27:15 You can go into the index page in the back 27:17 from addiction to anger 27:19 to assurance to attitude to Bible study choices, 27:22 and it will let you know what page 27:24 and when you turn to that page. 27:25 And I notice there are many words 27:27 that are used in various devotions 27:29 which makes it a lot easier to target 27:32 what you might want to talk about. 27:33 You might be a public speaker and say, 27:35 "I need something about honesty or integrity." 27:38 Where can I find that? 27:39 This devotion, Brenda, that's ingenious, 27:42 this devotion has those... 27:44 It make this book timeless really 27:45 because one of the things that you know 27:48 you've read your devotion book 27:49 through the year cover to cover, 27:51 you think I don't need this again 27:52 but this book meets a different need as well. 27:55 Let's say you get up in the morning 27:56 and you are so discouraged. 27:59 You don't even feel like you can go on with your day. 28:02 And so instead of reading the devotion for June 3rd, 28:05 because it's June 3rd 28:06 you're going to go in the back of that book in there 28:08 and under discouragement, 28:09 there is listed all of the devotions 28:12 that it talk about discouragement. 28:13 So you can or that are about courage 28:15 or about faith or whatever it is 28:17 you can go there 28:18 and it meets your need that you need for that day. 28:20 That's right. 28:22 Maybe you have a health issue, maybe it's a finances 28:23 that you don't even know how you're going to make it, 28:25 you know, your bills are all due 28:28 and so you go to tender finances 28:30 and you get the devotion 28:32 that meets your need for that day. 28:34 That's true. 28:35 And so you can use this book any time 28:38 year after year after year 28:39 as a resource to really meet your spiritual need 28:42 for what you need that day. 28:44 And I know what you mean by that 28:45 because there are days 28:47 I have like on my iPad I have so many devotions. 28:48 We are in the digital age where 28:50 all of Ellen White's devotions are here, 28:52 all devotion books you say. 28:53 But if you look up by subject, it's hard to find that. 28:56 That's right. 28:58 You know it's a timeless obviously in the age 29:00 that these books were written that was not included. 29:02 There'd be a lot of work today and in the indexes, 29:04 she does have external indexes, 29:06 but to have it all contained within one book 29:09 because there are those days, 29:10 somebody might say, 29:12 "Oh man, I feel so friendless, 29:15 or I feel forsaken, 29:17 does this book say... 29:18 Oh, there it is gentlemen, 29:20 it's God's love, God's plan, 29:22 God's power, it's all in here. 29:23 So it's not a... 29:25 You don't have to follow it day-by-day by-day, 29:27 but it is designed if you want to do that to follow 29:29 from the beginning of the year all the way to the end. 29:32 But there's some other features here, 29:34 because I'm looking at this book and I'm thinking, 29:36 I'm getting ideas by the way, 29:38 I'm not stealing any of it 29:40 but I'm getting ideas... 29:42 You don't have to steal, I give them to you. 29:43 You know nothing is original. 29:45 We all kind of look at it 29:46 but this has a lot of original features in it 29:49 that I'm really excited about. 29:51 Talk about the devotional package 29:54 before I get to another feature devotional package. 29:56 Well, this is the morning adult, 29:59 our morning devotional book of the year 30:01 for our church for 2017 30:03 and then there's an evening devotional 30:05 and so usually a morning and an evening devotion book. 30:07 Okay. 30:08 And so the evening devotional book is usually 30:10 by Ellen G. White book 30:12 and this is a book that marries this, 30:17 so you can see this is 30:19 The Faith I Live By is the title 30:22 for the evening devotional. 30:23 So these are two books for this. 30:25 I have the morning one 30:26 then The Faith I Live By is the evening one 30:29 and then they did something really special. 30:31 They made it a gift boxed set as well. 30:34 There's both of the books, 30:35 all both together, you can see. 30:37 And then, 30:38 so you can buy them individually 30:39 or there's the set, 30:41 they have a nice box sleeve, and you can pull, 30:42 you know, it holds two of the books, 30:44 right, both the books, 30:45 and you'll see on the spine there 30:47 are pictures of each of the books 30:49 and that just... It stands out. 30:50 It stands out, it's a deluxe gifts set 30:52 and something else that has never been done. 30:55 This is new for our devotional book of the year 30:58 for our church is for the first time ever 31:00 there's going to be an audio book 31:02 that goes with it. 31:03 And Moments with God, 31:05 and that's my voice reading the devotions each day, 31:08 so as you're driving in the car, 31:10 you can put the disk in and have me read the devotions. 31:14 And as an author most of my books 31:16 that I have authored so far have had audio books, 31:19 and so when I presented that to Pacific Press, 31:21 they loved the idea so they said, "Wow! 31:23 If you can do that, that would be awesome." 31:24 So for the first time ever 31:27 we have an audio book 31:28 so you can purchase them separately or as a package. 31:32 And you know what... 31:35 the holidays are not too far away. 31:36 That's right. 31:38 But there's no special time of the year. 31:39 People have birthdays and gifts and anniversaries, 31:42 and if you want to invest in someone's life 31:44 to make a lasting a generational impression. 31:47 This is something that's wonderful. 31:48 What I also like about 31:50 the audio book is that you can... 31:51 If you're driving to work, if you're on the plane, 31:53 if you have an iPad or an iPod 31:55 and you want to just rip it in 31:56 and make it for college students. 31:59 That's right. 32:00 You know a lot of college students 32:01 they can't carry all these books, 32:03 they're living in the digital age, 32:04 the iPad, the iPod, the Android. 32:06 They could just rip that in and go through their devotions. 32:10 In the morning as they're on their way to class, 32:13 but that's very ingenious, 32:15 and the other thing about that... 32:17 Let me go back to that in the back of the book here. 32:21 It's the devotional app you talked about earlier, 32:26 we covered that, 32:27 but with this CD you can put in your car. 32:30 That's right. 32:32 If you, if you can't hardly see, 32:34 you can still have devotions with Miss Brenda. 32:36 That's the other nice thing about it. 32:38 I have a lot of truck drivers 32:39 that have thanked me over and over and over again 32:41 for all the audio books to my books they say, 32:43 "We listened to all your books 32:45 because we don't have time to read, 32:47 we're always on the road." 32:48 But we really appreciate your audio books and I've had, 32:52 you know, truck drivers 32:54 that have shared with me 32:55 how they gave their heart to Jesus 32:56 because another trucker 32:58 gave them their audio book, you know. 32:59 You know that's an entire new audience... 33:01 I mean that's an entire 33:02 existing realistic audience, truck drivers. 33:04 That's right. 33:05 They can't pull over and read all the time. 33:07 No. 33:08 When they pull over, they want to sleep. 33:09 Exactly. Wow. 33:11 And they're supposed to sleep too. 33:12 Well, they're supposed to sleep. 33:13 Yeah. But... 33:15 It's and I... 33:16 and when I was praying about what topics to put in the book, 33:20 I really tried to, you know, I mean I literally prayed, 33:23 this book is so prayed over, John, you just can't imagine. 33:26 I know that God's anointing is on it 33:29 because of just how prayed for it is 33:31 and I don't take credit 33:32 for any of the inspiration for it at all. 33:35 None of it because as my daddy says 33:38 "You don't steal God's glory." 33:40 I like that. 33:41 You know when you pray and you ask God to bless, 33:44 you know, your project, 33:46 you don't go and take credit for it, 33:47 that's God's project. 33:48 That's right. 33:50 And this is not my project, it's God's project, 33:52 and he really, I just prayed about which... 33:55 what are people needing in their lives 33:59 and a lot of the ideas for, you know, 34:02 what to even write about came from 34:05 my personal phone calls from talking with people, 34:08 or when I go to speak and someone pulls me aside, 34:10 and say, I'm struggling with this 34:11 or I'm struggling with that 34:12 or you know they'll send me emails, 34:14 and I'll get comments, you know, 34:16 from the Facebook you know and say, 34:18 you know, yes, 34:19 but you know is there really a God. 34:20 And, you know, or you know I feel like, 34:23 I feel like I quit going to church you know years ago, 34:25 because all the church does is 34:28 they want to judge me and I actually... 34:30 one of the devotions called, 34:32 you know, don't clean the fish 34:33 came out of... 34:35 I like that. 34:37 And that's when I, you know, 34:38 we talked about this 34:40 but I pulled a little yellow tag there 34:41 because I chose this, 34:42 I like the title because my brother is a fisherman 34:45 and that's in the heritage of the French there 34:47 in the Virgin Islands fishing village, 34:49 and what's nice about this. 34:50 I mean pastors, 34:52 let me just talk to the pastors, 34:53 you can get a lot of great sermon titles 34:55 or even sermon suggestions, don't clean the fish. 34:58 You know, the Lord says, 34:59 "I will make you fishers of men. 35:01 He didn't say, 35:02 "He'll make us cleaners of fish." 35:03 That's right. 35:05 I like that, "Do not judge others 35:06 and you will not be judged." 35:07 That a very ingenious title, 35:09 but I was looking through some of the others here. 35:11 Let me just read a short portion of this. 35:12 Sure. 35:13 It says, It is not our job 35:15 to point out the faults of others however, 35:17 too often we feel that our duty to do so." 35:21 If you've ever been in the situation where people. 35:23 What's the phrase they use, this is constructive criticism. 35:26 That's right. 35:28 You know, it's like saying, 35:29 I'm gonna break your building down 35:30 but it won't hurt. 35:32 Really this is very good. 35:33 So this devotion brings up a lot of the travel ideas, 35:37 the situations you've been 35:38 and the people you've met whether younger or older. 35:41 That's right. 35:42 Controlling anger, this is a powerful title, 35:45 You are not an Accident. 35:47 I can identify with this being abandoned at three months old. 35:49 Yes. Yes. 35:51 And there are people that may be 35:52 watching the program that say, 35:53 you know, nobody cares for me, nobody wants me. 35:55 They could be bullied in school. 35:57 A feeling that they're left out of the in crowd. 35:58 You're not an accident. 36:00 What about the people that get upset. 36:01 If you got upset if there's one January 24th, 36:04 controlling your anger. 36:05 That's right. That's powerful. 36:07 I mean these are not just... 36:09 These are relevant up-to-date topics of real life 36:12 as its happening. 36:13 I have one here called, No Deep Sea Diving, 36:15 and it says, 36:17 "When you have done something wrong 36:19 that you regret, 36:20 guilt often will raise its ugly head 36:22 and can torment you relentlessly. 36:25 Thankfully God has the remedy for removing guilt 36:28 and that's through repentance and receiving His forgiveness. 36:32 You will always feel so much better 36:33 once you have confessed your sin." 36:36 And then it goes on, you know, to talk about it. 36:39 I just read this one line that says, 36:42 "Confessed your sins and allow Jesus to bury them 36:45 in the deepest part of the ocean 36:47 and then don't go deep sea diving." 36:50 That's right. 36:51 He put out of the sea... 36:53 Leave them buried. 36:54 We have to say, the Lord throws it 36:56 into the sea and puts out a no fishing sign. 36:57 Exactly. See. 36:58 But so many times we pray, 37:00 we ask God to forgive us and we, you know, 37:02 God buries them and He does, 37:04 He buries them in the deepest part of the ocean 37:05 and then we go deep sea diving, 37:06 because we got to... 37:08 we get off our knees and we pull it back up again. 37:09 And there's no deep sea diving. 37:11 When God forgives, He forgives 37:14 and it says if we never sinned. 37:16 And you know we need to have the faith in God 37:19 to believe that He has the power to forgive 37:21 and forget to bury that sin. 37:25 But so often, we don't forgive ourselves, 37:27 we can forgive somebody else easier 37:28 than we can forgive ourselves. 37:30 You know, I want to go back 37:31 on the word devotion for a moment, 37:33 because devotion has a... 37:34 We've used that word so many times 37:36 and some of you have, 37:37 you know, devotions all lined up in your library. 37:39 Devotion means not just devotional 37:42 but devotion to God. 37:44 That's right. 37:45 A constant, and you know, 37:46 if you're not continually growing you're dying. 37:49 If you don't have a way of getting 37:51 spiritual nourishment daily, 37:53 you could be a person 37:55 that your body is taking out all the energy. 37:56 You know the reason why we sell vitamins today 37:59 is because we live in a society 38:00 where people are largely undernourished. 38:03 Largely they don't have the nutrition that they need 38:05 so they have these substitutes. 38:07 One person who is a part of this program, 38:09 part of 3ABN Network he said, 38:10 "You know if you ate naturally, 38:11 if you ate the things that God produces 38:13 directly from the earth, 38:15 you would not have to buy substitutes 38:17 like vitamins off the shelves." 38:18 That's right. 38:20 Now in many cases people do as a supplement. 38:21 However, there are so many substitutes 38:24 in people's lives 38:25 because they don't have time to be devoted. 38:27 But you know what, 38:29 I don't have time not to be devoted. 38:31 People will ask me so often they'll say, 38:33 "Brenda how do you do all that." 38:35 And you know my time belongs to Jesus. 38:38 I couldn't do anything without consulting, 38:41 you know, my Lord and Savior every day, 38:43 "Lord, direct my path. 38:45 What do you want me to do? 38:46 What should I do today? 38:48 What, you know, where do You want me to go? 38:51 If I don't pray about everything, 38:53 how could I do anything? 38:54 That's right. 38:56 This started from when I was just even a little girl, 38:57 mom and dad raised us. 38:59 We never had in our home, 39:00 it was such a Christ centered home, 39:02 nothing was allowed in our home 39:04 first of all if that wasn't to bring us 39:05 closer to Jesus, nothing. 39:06 So we didn't grow up with the television 39:08 or we didn't grow up with secular books 39:11 or secular music 39:12 or and if it wasn't going to draw us closer to Jesus, 39:16 it wasn't going to be in our home. 39:18 And what was super important was our devotional time. 39:22 We were encouraged to have our personal devotions 39:25 for as long, as long as I have awaking memory, 39:27 I know that, I know about that, 39:29 you know, just as a little tiny girl 39:32 having my own time with Jesus. 39:34 Besides that, we had family worship 39:36 every single morning and every single night. 39:39 It didn't matter what appointment 39:41 we might be late to, 39:42 if we were, you know, 39:43 rushing off in the morning 39:45 and we were going to be late for school 39:46 because everything's going wrong 39:47 and you know what, 39:49 we didn't rushed our time with God, 39:50 that was not allowed. 39:52 We could be late to whatever appointment it was, 39:54 didn't mean if it was school or doctor's appointment 39:56 or anything else didn't matter. 39:58 We'll be late to that 39:59 but we are not gonna short change God on His time. 40:02 And so, you know... 40:04 That's devoted. 40:05 That's devoted and when you, 40:07 when your parents set that tone as the head of the house. 40:10 Don't you know that you grow up knowing how important God is? 40:14 You know, it makes a huge difference. 40:15 So every single morning, 40:17 every single night was devotions 40:19 as family together. 40:22 But then, on top of that was our personal devotions. 40:26 And so to me, if you want your, 40:28 if you want to find out 40:30 what God wants you to do for that day. 40:31 How are you going to know 40:32 if you're not drawing close to Him? 40:34 If you're not really being spiritually enriched that day, 40:38 you don't have your walking steps, 40:40 you don't know what you're going to do. 40:42 You don't have, you know, 40:43 your marching orders for that day. 40:45 It's like cutting off your oxygen. 40:46 If you're not connected to the only source of success 40:49 which is Jesus Christ, 40:51 you are breathing from substitute places. 40:53 Things are coming into your life 40:55 that's not gonna enhance your growth with Christ. 40:56 That's why I like this one, "Weeds in your garden." 40:59 I did a devotional not too many, 41:01 not too long ago in 3ABN World magazine, 41:03 weeding out your garden, and, 41:05 but that's the thing in our lives, 41:07 we do have those. 41:09 What impresses me though is not, 41:11 it's not just the fact that we can stay connected to God. 41:16 But when we look back on what God accomplishes 41:19 through those who stay connected. 41:20 That's right. 41:21 I mean I think about... 41:23 I'm just going to go back to you. 41:24 I'm not, I'm not praising you, 41:26 but I'm just looking at the way that you use your time. 41:27 I mean, Kids' Time, cooking, travel, 41:29 speaking, authoring, 41:32 you even have, this blew me away. 41:35 You even have different colored neck scarves. 41:39 Yes. 41:40 For Max. Yes. 41:42 The Kids' Time mascot and you guys regularly match. 41:45 I mean all the time you match, 41:47 and you're thinking always about ministry. 41:50 Not just about doing this thing 41:52 and it's not things you do but it's ministry. 41:54 And it's again God bringing people in your lives, 41:57 all those scarves were selling 41:58 by the head of our wardrobe department 42:01 Lucy Neuharth, 42:02 and she volunteers all the time, 42:04 she even donated all the material. 42:06 You know, there's more scarves in the wardrobe 42:08 than I have clothes to wear. 42:11 You know, I mean she and she... 42:13 that's her ministry is sewing for our Kids' Network. 42:17 That is dynamic. 42:18 I want to hit one more topic before I talk about 42:20 some of the other resources you have. 42:22 Bad things happen. 42:23 I can't think of a topic that comes up 42:25 more than any one because people say, 42:26 if there's really a God, 42:28 why do bad things happen to good people? 42:31 That's right. 42:32 Why there's so many evil things in the world, 42:34 but you know the reality is there's 42:35 a lot of good in the world 42:37 which means God does exist. 42:39 And so this answers the question John 10:10, 42:41 "The thief does not come except to steal, 42:43 to kill, and to destroy." 42:44 And so, I say to people 42:45 when I preach a sermon on this particular text. 42:48 I say, we need to stop blaming God 42:50 and start taking the blame to the person 42:52 who is really to blame for what is happening 42:54 in our world. 42:55 Bad things will happen, you know why? 42:56 We're in enemy's territory. That's right. 42:58 And this is a very dynamic devotion. 43:00 I want to take some of the time here to go 43:02 to some of the other resources now. 43:04 Before we cap off this devotion, 43:07 on the back of this, 43:09 you also have a caption that helps people to understand 43:13 how they could apply this devotion. 43:15 Right. 43:16 Because in the visit I talk about that 43:18 for a brief moment because, 43:19 I know that you thought about these words 43:21 as you put them here, 43:22 but on the back of this book, 43:23 just read that first paragraph for me there. 43:25 "Life is busy; it's hard to find a moment to ourselves, 43:29 a moment to think, to pray 43:31 and to connect with God. 43:33 Yet the busier we are, 43:35 the more we need that moment when we can take a breath, 43:38 and remember that 43:40 we are not in this world alone." 43:41 Wow. 43:43 That's what this vitamin is all about, 43:46 this devotional book. 43:48 So when you get my copy... 43:52 You get your copy 43:53 I'm going to look forward to that. 43:55 But now, Brenda, I'm just, 43:56 I cannot encourage you enough 43:57 if you're watching this program. 43:59 Obviously, if you watching you're hearing what I'm saying. 44:01 But if you may be listening on the radio, 44:03 you need to contact 44:05 and we'll give you the information 44:06 at the end of this program, 44:08 how to get in touch with Brenda Walsh ministries, 44:10 and how to get in touch with 3ABN 44:11 to get a copy of this new devotion, 44:13 Moments with God One Minute Devotions, both. 44:16 you can get it as the 2017 Devotional Book of the Year. 44:20 You can get it on audio book for those of you 44:23 that like to listen on the plane 44:25 and for the students in college, 44:26 we haven't forgotten you. 44:27 You can rip this into your iPad or you Android 44:30 or whatever device you have, 44:32 so that you can take the time 44:34 to give yourself the spiritual nourishment 44:36 that you definitely need. 44:38 Often I ask people, "Did you eat today? 44:39 They say, "What do you mean did I eat today? 44:41 Of course, I ate today. 44:43 I never forgot the quotation from Ellen White, 44:45 that the word of God is more important to us 44:48 than the physical food of our lives. 44:50 Amen. 44:51 That's why I thank you for this book. 44:53 Now let me catapult the time we have left 44:54 to some of the other resources you have because, 44:56 Brenda, talk about your 44:57 passionate prayer promises briefly? 45:00 That's one of the most incredible prayer tools. 45:03 I'm so proud of that book, 45:04 I co-wrote that with my friend Kay Kuzma. 45:05 Yes. 45:07 And it really followed my book passionate prayer. 45:09 When I wrote a book Passionate Prayer, 45:12 that is just filled with my own personal 45:14 answered prayer stories, 45:16 faith building stories. 45:18 And when that book came out in that book when I, 45:21 when I would be telling my stories, 45:23 and I was praying with someone, 45:24 I wrote my prayers in the book 45:26 and I always claim Bible promises 45:28 when I pray. 45:29 Well, when that book came out, 45:31 so many people contacted me and said, 45:32 "Brenda, you know, 45:34 how do you learn how to pray claiming Bible promises." 45:36 You think about you when you go to most churches, 45:39 you could hear people praying that way, 45:40 you know, verily do they praying, 45:42 yet those promises are such a powerful way to pray. 45:46 God has them there for us to claim and pray 45:49 and believe for our own. 45:51 And so they started saying, you know, 45:53 asking me, "How do you... 45:55 how do you learn how to pray this way?" 45:57 And I was praying, Lord, 45:58 are you trying to tell me something. 46:00 You know there needs to be something here that helps 46:03 people learn how to pray claiming Bible promises. 46:05 So that's what... 46:08 I thought I had a busy schedule, 46:10 I didn't know how I was going to get through. 46:11 I called Kay Kuzma and I prayed first, 46:14 I said, "Lord, if this is of you, 46:15 is this if you really want this out now, 46:17 you know, let her get excited about this project 46:19 and say yes right now. 46:20 Don't let her even hesitate." 46:22 I put my pleas out there before God. 46:24 And so when I called her up and I said, 46:25 "Kay is there anyway that you'd be 46:27 interested in this project." 46:28 And I told her what God impressed me to do, 46:30 and she was, "What an incredible idea, 46:32 I would love to do that." 46:33 And I was like, "Okay, Lord, there you go." 46:35 So this book, it's a small little book 46:38 that would fit in your briefcase, 46:39 in your purse, you know, 46:40 by your computer, 46:42 in your pocket and just a small little book. 46:45 There's over 100 different things in the book 46:47 that you would want to pray about, 46:48 and different topics alphabetize, 46:51 you can go through which whichever topic you want to, 46:54 index plus they're alphabetized. 46:56 And then on the left side of the page, 46:58 let's say you have one about Salvation of Children, 47:00 and you're praying, 47:02 so you turn to Salvation of Children. 47:03 On the left is a prayer 47:04 claiming Bible promises for that, 47:06 for that need. 47:08 That's to teach you how to pray claming Bible promises. 47:11 Now let's say, you know, how to pray doing that. 47:12 You don't need that. 47:14 So on the right side of the page 47:15 all the promises claimed in that prayer 47:17 are written out in full. 47:18 Then below that is a whole bunch more scripture text 47:22 for more promises on that topic, 47:24 on that thing. 47:25 Very well thought out. 47:26 It is really just a lot of work went into that. 47:28 I know that, I know, 47:31 conferences have purchased these 47:32 for their ministers to give out, 47:34 you know, as gifts for their ministers. 47:36 I spoke at a ministerial retreat, 47:38 you know, some people think, go out, 47:40 what is a woman speaking 47:41 at a ministerial conference but, you know. 47:43 And I was speaking 47:45 and a minister actually came up to me and said, 47:48 he said afterwards, he says, I got to admit he said, 47:50 "It's mandatory that we attend these retreats." 47:53 He said, when I heard there are some women speaking, 47:55 I honestly I didn't want to come 47:57 he said, "But I want to tell you, 47:58 he said, I was so blessed by this weekend. 48:01 He said, "You brought me closer to Jesus," 48:02 and he said, "I just want you to know, 48:05 I want to thank you for this book." 48:08 And he pulled out a book and it was tattered and torn 48:11 and in it was Passionate Promises. 48:13 He said, "I use this book all the time." 48:15 And I said, "Can you tell me, 48:17 I said, do you not use the prayer part?" 48:19 But he goes, "No, no, I use that too. 48:21 If someone calls me at 2 o'clock in the morning 48:23 and I'm sound asleep and I can only think, 48:25 I just put that person's name in there 48:27 and I use that prayer too. 48:28 That's right. 48:29 Let remember for the Lord. That's right. 48:31 It's an incredible prayer to all to really just pray, 48:33 claim and believe God's promises. 48:35 And you have it also prayer promises for kids. 48:37 That's right, to teach... 48:39 You couldn't forget them. 48:40 Can't forget the kids 48:42 and so after that book came out for adults then, 48:44 then one for kids. 48:45 We thought we can't forget kids 48:47 and the kids one is so awesome 48:48 because it has pictures on each page depicting 48:51 what's going on in that prayer with children. 48:54 And so it's to teach kids 48:55 how to pray claiming Bible promises. 48:57 You know what's excited about then 48:58 I go to the Miss Brenda's bedtime stories. 49:01 My wife's brother's daughter is included 49:04 in one of these pictures 49:05 on one of those and she's excited about that. 49:06 She's still growing up 49:08 but I've seen many of the children 49:09 come to be a part of Kids' Time 49:10 that were on your Kids' Time Praise. 49:12 That's right. 49:13 Grown up to be adults and moved on in life. 49:15 I mean only then do I know 49:16 how long you've been with 3ABN. 49:18 I want to talk about some of the other ones 49:19 but I want to do is just remind our audience 49:22 who is listening and watching the program 49:23 that right now what I want to do is 49:25 give you the address, 49:26 the information that you need to get in touch with Brenda 49:28 because what we talked about today, 49:29 these moments with God devotion 49:31 and other resources are available 49:33 at this following address. 49:41 If you would like to purchase Brenda's new book, 49:43 Moments with God, 49:44 you can do so in a variety of ways. 49:46 You can write to her at PO Box 220, 49:49 West Frankfort, Illinois 62896. 49:53 That's PO Box 220, 49:55 West Frankfort, Illinois 62896. 49:59 You can call her at 865-776-4908 50:03 That's 865-776-4908. 50:08 You can also visit her online at BrendaWalsh.com. 50:12 That's BrendaWalsh.com. |
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