Well, certainly, we just
want to thank you so much
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for being with us today.
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We have Pastor Mel Matthews
has been our special guest.
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And God has certainly proved
Himself faithful in your life.
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Amen. Has He not?
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You know, as I look
back and, of course,
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Vietnam has
been a long time ago.
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But I can see step by step
how God has guided my life.
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Even when I was
not following Him,
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He was always there.
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He was always there and able,
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and through His
love and His goodness
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to draw me back to Him.
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And He's just blessed
my life in so many ways,
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and I've just
loved the Lord so much
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because of all those things.
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And I am so grateful to be
able to give this testimony
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to such a
larger audience tonight
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I've ever been
able to do before.
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Amen.
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Well, you
certainly, you took a stand,
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God provided the way out
and He is faithful even...
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You know, there're so many times
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that I feel in my life
that I've been faithless,
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but He's faithful in His
love, He'll chase you down.
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What would you say to
someone who is thinking
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if they are
Seventh-day Adventist,
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we've just got 30 seconds.
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Would you join the volunteer
or what should they expect?
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We have a number at
Seventh-day Adventist
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that they have.
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And, but you do not have
the right to have Sabbath off
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or not to bear
arms depending upon
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what you choose
as your specialty.
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You know, if you're volunteering
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to be a chaplain's assistant,
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obviously bearing
arms is not a thing
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that you have to
probably cope with.
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But once again, you know,
if you're in a combat unit
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and volunteering
as a infantrymen,
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you're going to have to deal
with your company commander.
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And that's the
only right you have.
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Okay, so we're gonna have to
really give that some serious
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thought before
they do volunteer work.
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Pastor Mel, thank you so much...
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God bless you, Shelley.
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For joining us today
and sharing your testimony.
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For those of you at
home, our prayer is that
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the grace of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ,
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the love of the Father,
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and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
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will be with you always.
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Amen.
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