Participants: Jill Morikone (Host), JeAnn Cherie’ Davis
Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY017037A
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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 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:07 Hello, and welcome to another 3ABN Today program. 01:10 My name is Jill Morikone, 01:12 I'm so glad that you have taken time 01:14 from your day to join us here together. 01:17 You know, every time I hear the open 01:19 to this program 01:20 I want to spend my life mending broken people 01:24 and hear Danny sing that song. 01:26 It ministers to my heart, 01:27 that is the purpose of the ministry of 3ABN, 01:31 spending our lives mending broken people. 01:34 Of course, we can't do any mending, 01:36 it all comes as a result of the work 01:39 of the Lord Jesus Christ, 01:40 as the work of the Holy Spirit, 01:42 and thank you for partnering with us 01:45 and helping to mend broken people 01:47 and helping to spread 01:49 the undiluted Three Angels' Messages 01:50 to a lost and dying world. 01:52 I'm excited about our program today 01:55 'cause we have a wonderful woman of God, 01:57 we have a woman who has a passion for ministry 02:00 and just taking a look at her, 02:02 you wouldn't have any idea of some of her background, 02:04 but we're gonna hear some of that story today. 02:07 And my special guest is JeAnn Cherie Davis 02:11 and you are the president of His Hem ministries and, JeAnn, 02:15 it's just a privilege to have you here, welcome. 02:17 Thank you. 02:18 Thank you, it's a privilege to be here at 3ABN. 02:20 So tell me where you are from? 02:22 I am from originally from Lodi, California. 02:26 I grew up and was raised there and I live in Auburn, 02:29 California now. 02:30 Oh, okay, so you traveled just a little bit 02:32 to come in here to 3ABN. 02:34 Yes. 02:35 So we're going to unpackage her testimony and story 02:37 and more of His Hem, 02:39 but tell me when I hear the name His Hem ministries, 02:41 it makes me think of the woman 02:44 who reached out her hand 02:45 and just touched the hem of Jesus' garment. 02:46 Yes. 02:48 Was that the inspiration for the ministry or...? 02:50 Yes, most definitely. 02:52 We need to reach out and touch the hem of Jesus' garment. 02:55 As we do that He heals us. 02:58 And as we look at the story 02:59 of the woman that touched His garment, 03:02 she was healed by her faith. 03:03 Amen, amen, so tell me in a nutshell 03:06 what is His Hem ministries 03:08 or what does His Hem ministry do? 03:10 His Hem ministry is a ministry 03:13 that helps to support Bible workers 03:15 or gospel workers. 03:16 And our passion is to get as many gospel workers 03:19 out into God's vineyard as possible. 03:24 And there is such a great need for gospel workers 03:28 and unfortunately 03:29 that there it doesn't seem to be the funding to fund them, 03:32 and so our hope and our passion is to reach as many people 03:37 as possible to help support this great needed work. 03:42 Amen, you've taken the great commission literally. 03:44 We always like to start with the scripture 03:46 and I want to encourage you to turn in your Bible 03:48 to Matthew 28, 03:50 I ask JeAnn if there is a scripture that they like, 03:53 with their ministry and this is one of them. 03:55 Yes. 03:56 And we're gonna have you read another one, 03:58 but we're in Matthew 28, 04:00 this is the great commission and financially supporting, 04:04 empowering Bible workers to share their gospel message 04:06 is the great commission, so that's powerful. 04:09 Matthew 28:18-20, 04:11 "Jesus came and spoke to them saying, 04:13 "All authority..." 04:15 I'm used to King James, it says "All power." 04:16 Yes. 04:17 "All authority has been given to me 04:19 in heaven and on earth, 04:21 go therefore and make disciples of all nations, 04:24 baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son 04:27 and of the Holy Spirit. 04:28 Teaching them to observe all things 04:31 that I have commanded you and low I am with you always, 04:35 even to the end of the age." 04:37 And you have a scripture you like to connect with this one, 04:39 what's that one? 04:41 Yes, it is John 14, 04:45 um, excuse me, it is John 15:16, 04:52 and the word says, "You have not chosen me, 04:55 but I have chosen you and ordained you, 04:58 that you should go and bring forth fruit 05:01 and that your fruit should remain, 05:03 that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father 05:06 in my name He may give you." 05:09 And I just love those two verses together 05:11 because God chooses us, 05:14 you know, to go in and out and minister for Him. 05:17 And He is the one that chooses us, 05:19 that ordains us that we should bring forth fruit. 05:22 And so God wants us 05:24 and commissions all of His children 05:27 to bring forth fruit, to go reach another soul for Christ. 05:30 Amen. 05:31 To go tell someone about Jesus and about your love for Jesus, 05:36 and if you love Jesus it should be no problem 05:38 with telling others about your love for Him. 05:41 Amen, absolutely, that's right, 05:43 I love that 'cause we're all a ye, go ye, 05:46 and God calls we're all chosen 05:48 to go out and to share the gospel, 05:50 so I can't wait to hear your testimony. 05:51 Thank you. 05:52 And can't wait to hear the stories 05:54 of what God is doing through the Bible workers, 05:56 so we're looking forward to that. 05:58 But first we're gonna go through some music. 06:00 We have ET Everett, with us just now 06:03 and the song she will be ministering 06:04 on the piano is "In the Garden". 11:50 Thank you so much ET Everett, 11:52 what a wonderful blessing she is to the ministry of 3ABN. 11:56 She is our sound center manager 11:58 and every time you get to talk to ET, 12:00 you hear her heart, 12:01 her heart for God and for other people, 12:03 for evangelism and she has a beautiful touch 12:05 on the piano. 12:07 So thank you ET, "In the Garden". 12:09 If you are just joining us 12:10 my special guest is JeAnn Cherie Davis. 12:13 And we are so glad to have you here, JeAnn, 12:15 you are with His Hem ministry 12:17 and we share just a little bit of what the ministry is, 12:20 but take us back, 12:21 when I see you sitting here just a beautiful woman, 12:23 a woman of God and I think probably 12:27 she has never had any problems in her whole life. 12:30 And your life has just been very comfortable and pleasant, 12:33 but I don't know how am I doing so far. 12:36 You are completely off. 12:39 So take us back, where you born in a Christian home? 12:43 Yes, I was. 12:45 I was born into an Adventist home 12:47 and I remember as a little girl 12:49 I loved going to Sabbath school, 12:51 I loved singing all the little songs 12:53 and hearing about Jesus 12:55 and, you know, just growing up in the church, 12:58 and when I was 11 years old, 13:00 I went to a prophecy seminar 13:03 and at the end of the prophecy seminar 13:05 and I did have some Bible studies, 13:07 I got baptized. 13:08 Oh, that's great. 13:10 And I was so on fire for Jesus at the end of that seminar 13:13 that I just wanted to, I wanted to be in ministry, 13:16 I wanted to be an evangelist, go tell everybody about Jesus, 13:19 to get involved in ministry. 13:21 But when I told that to my mom, she didn't know what to do, 13:25 but she went to the church 13:26 and so she talked to some of the ladies in the church 13:29 and they actually said that I was too young, 13:33 that to bring me back in a few years 13:35 and then they would see what they could do. 13:38 And at that moment I felt the rejection 13:40 on most of my church 13:42 and it was at the rejection 13:44 and the pain that came from that and... 13:46 Yeah, that's pretty serious 'cause you're, you know, 13:49 a young child just wanting to follow God, 13:51 wanting to evangelize and share Jesus 13:54 and then they're telling you, no, you can't do that. 13:57 Did you feel like it was a rejection from God as well 13:58 or just from the church? 14:00 No, from the church, 14:01 and I believed that the devil came in 14:07 and he started working 14:10 as I started to having those feeling 14:13 and he made them go deeper, 14:15 and I didn't realize as a young little girl 14:16 what's happening. 14:17 Right. 14:19 So he knew that he, 14:20 the devil knew he had a couple of years 14:21 before my mom would be taking me back 14:24 and he worked kindly in my life 14:27 and I did not even know when I became a teenager, 14:30 I started listening to secular music, 14:32 you know, obvious, my grandpa 14:34 who was not brought up Christian got my brother 14:37 and I a little radio and, you know, 14:39 when I turned that little radio on, 14:41 it was like a whole different world. 14:43 I hadn't listened to that type of music 14:45 and I didn't realize what a power music 14:50 has over your mind 14:53 and that music turned me from a loving little Christian girl 14:57 into a very rebellious girl a few years later. 15:01 So you had the simmering resentment 15:03 against the church, 15:04 because they wouldn't let you evangelize and help, 15:07 and then Satan used the tool 15:09 or the avenue of music to pull you into rebellion. 15:12 He pulled me away and it was very slight, 15:14 here and there. 15:15 It wasn't something that happened, 15:17 you know, instantly. 15:18 It was overtime 15:20 and he got himself into my life without me even knowing it, 15:25 and before I knew it 15:27 I didn't want to listen to my parents anymore 15:30 and I didn't want to listen to my teachers. 15:32 And my parents said, what happened to our little, 15:35 wonderful little girl? 15:36 What's happened to her? 15:38 And they didn't know and I turned my, you know, 15:43 over the years I turned myself against them 15:46 and against the church and, 15:48 you know, most importantly against God 15:51 and before I knew it, 15:52 I was just out in the world 15:54 and thought that the world had something better to offer me 15:56 than God did and I was so wrong. 16:00 Was there an age you made a conscious choice like, 16:03 I'm choosing to walk away from the church 16:05 or from my parents or from how I was raised or guard, 16:08 or would you think it was just a step by step gradual? 16:10 It was step by step, I made wrong step here, 16:13 wrong choice there, chose the wrong friends, 16:16 made some, you know, bad choices in life. 16:19 But it all seemed fine, 16:20 I didn't know it wasn't like something 16:22 that seemed like it was bad. 16:23 It was just, you know, the devil make sin fun, 16:27 you know, otherwise none of us would do it. 16:29 That's right. 16:31 You know, and all the glitter and the shimmer of this world 16:35 and the things when you are growing up. 16:37 Oh, you know. 16:39 Oh, you can do this and you can do that. 16:41 And there is so many different things 16:42 that you can get into. 16:43 For a while I was into modeling, 16:45 and then I got into different, I got into dancing, 16:50 and the club scene, and I started drinking, 16:55 and doing other things 16:57 that I don't need to give the devil glory for. 17:00 And, you know, just one bad choice after the other 17:03 and before I knew it, 17:04 I was just up to here in the world, 17:09 and I was lost and didn't even know it. 17:13 And one day Lord came to me 17:15 and it was just a miracle how it happened, 17:19 I heard Him speak to me. 17:21 Oh, wow. 17:22 He said, "JeAnn, it's time to come home." 17:24 How old were you? 17:26 Oh, I was probably 28 or 29, 17:31 may be 30 right in that area 17:32 and when He said to come home, I knew what He meant. 17:38 He meant, it was time to come back to Him, 17:40 it was time to come back to the church 17:42 and He said that "He was coming soon" 17:44 and then if He came that day that I would be lost 17:48 and I knew that what the Lord spoke was true. 17:52 I would have been lost 17:53 and it was like a knife stabbed in my heart. 17:58 But I didn't know how to come back home, 18:01 I didn't know how lost I was and it took a little while, 18:05 I started reading my Bible again 18:07 and the Holy Spirit started working in my life 18:11 and really started convicting me 18:12 and different things happened in my life 18:17 that brought me to the point 18:19 where I just had to cry out to Jesus. 18:21 To come rescue me and to save me, 18:24 'cause I realized that I got into the point, 18:26 that I could not get out of the life that I was living, 18:29 that I needed somebody stronger than I and that was not human, 18:34 it would have taken a divine, 18:37 divinity in order to rescue me, 18:40 and I knew that there was only one person to turn to 18:42 and that was Jesus. 18:43 Amen, amen. 18:45 Jesus is everything to me, 18:47 because when I cried out to Him, 18:48 He did, He came in like my mighty champion 18:51 and He, I said, Lord, whatever you have to do, 18:54 do whatever it takes to change my life and He did. 18:58 See, that's a prayer of surrender. Yes. 19:00 You know that's a prayer of willingness, okay, 19:02 God whatever you have, whatever it takes, I'm willing. 19:06 And so, do you think before that point 19:09 were you not willing to make that surrender? 19:12 I was so inbound, I was like in chains, 19:18 I had tried to get out of this way of life of alcohol 19:21 and drugs and all these things. 19:23 And you tried and you couldn't get out. 19:24 And I couldn't get out, 19:25 because the devil kept pulling me back in 19:27 and literally I could feel him pulling like, 19:30 never I would try to leave that whole way of life. 19:33 But I had all the, that was the life I lived, 19:35 it was my friends, it was life in the fast lanes, fast cars, 19:39 fast money, fast everything, 19:41 everything seemed fun, fun, fun. 19:43 And going back to, you know, 19:47 a normal way of life whenever I tried to get out, 19:51 he just kept pulling me back in 19:53 and so it did, it take full surrender. 19:55 Yes. 19:56 It took me coming to the point of realizing, 20:01 I don't wanna live like this anymore, you know. 20:03 On my 30th birthday 20:05 I thought I could just shut everything off 20:07 and walk away from it all. 20:09 My 30th birthday came and went 20:11 and that's when I realized that I needed some help. 20:15 Amen. 20:16 And when Jesus coming and speaking to me, 20:18 that I was lost and I needed to be found, 20:21 and I just, I'm so thankful today for Jesus 20:23 what He's done in my life. 20:24 Amen. 20:26 How He never gave up on me, 20:27 how He saved me from death many times, 20:30 and that He had a purpose and a plan for my life 20:32 and that was to fulfill what He put into my heart 20:35 when I was 11. 20:36 Yes, yes. 20:38 And that was, that He wanted me to be in ministry. 20:40 Amen. 20:41 And so what a blessing, 20:43 so many, so many years later 20:45 that no matter what I went through 20:47 and what the things that I have done, you know, 20:50 no matter how far you get away from Jesus, 20:53 that you can still come back to Him, 20:55 and Jesus is always there and He wants to save everyone, 21:00 and all we have to do is surrender our hearts to Him 21:04 and realize that He loves us and He cares for us 21:08 and He wants more than anything to be our savior, 21:10 to be our Lord 21:12 and just to be able to take us home with Him 21:14 when He comes. 21:15 Amen, what an incredible testimony, 21:17 JeAnn, I just think no matter where you are right now, 21:20 you might be feeling like, I'm in those chains, 21:23 I'm wrapped up in that addiction, 21:26 I've tried and I can't get out 21:28 and I don't know how to change the way I'm living, 21:31 go to the Lord Jesus Christ. 21:32 Amen. 21:34 Surrender, open up your heart to Him, 21:37 allow Him to come and fall in love with Jesus 21:40 and allow Him to change you. 21:41 That's powerful, now we will fast forward, 21:44 we could spend the whole time on your testimony, 21:46 it's an incredible testimony. 21:47 Yes, see, that's what it's all about, 21:49 it's about falling in love with Jesus. 21:50 Because Jesus has so many things 21:52 that He wants to do with you. 21:54 And when you fall in love with Him, the whole world, 21:56 the door is open for you to be able to live the life 22:00 that He want you to live. 22:02 That's it. 22:03 He wants us, 22:04 He wants to give us the abundant life 22:06 and I just, my last really powerful statement 22:09 I want to make up my testimony is that, 22:14 God has so much more in store for you 22:17 and no matter how much fun you might think 22:18 that the world is, 22:19 it's nothing 22:21 because I'm so thankful for the last 14 years 22:23 that the Lord has had me in ministry 22:26 and no matter what fun I had out in the world, 22:28 it's been nothing compared to what Jesus has done 22:32 with me in my life in the last 14 years. 22:34 It is been so fulfilling 22:36 and so thrilling to work for the Lord. 22:38 Amen, oh, that's incredible. 22:40 Praise the Lord 22:41 and He's fulfilled the desire of your heart, 22:43 you had when you were 11 years old, so you went, 22:45 you came back to Jesus, came back to the church. 22:48 Then you went to Amazing Facts College of Evangelism. 22:52 I did. 22:53 And the year 2011 I graduated from AFCOE 22:57 and once again the Lord just instilled in my heart 23:01 even more the desire to reach souls for Him, 23:05 the desire to have such a passion 23:10 for those that are lost, 23:12 not only out in the world that don't know Jesus 23:15 or may have the wrong vision of Him and who He is. 23:21 But also for those in the church, 23:23 I just have such a passion to raise up God's army 23:29 and to revive them and to have the church know 23:35 that we are so close to Jesus' soon return, 23:39 and that we don't have time anymore 23:42 to just be playing church, 23:45 that we need to surrender our lives to the Lord 23:50 or to re-surrender 23:52 and to put on the robe of Christ's righteousness 23:55 to allow Him to finish the work in us. 23:58 So that He has those that can stand true to Him. 24:01 Amen. 24:03 That those that can stand 24:04 no matter if everything else around them falls, 24:08 that they will stand true 24:09 to their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 24:11 Amen. 24:12 And when He has those with His character, 24:16 He can send them out 24:17 and this whole world will be changed, 24:19 there will be so many people that will, that are lost, 24:23 that will be able to see these are truly God's people. 24:27 These people have been walking with Jesus 24:29 and I want what they have. 24:30 Amen, amen. 24:32 There is no powerful witness for Christianity 24:34 than your own personal testimony. 24:35 Then we've seen Jesus lived out in your life, 24:40 you know, there is a quote from Ellen White says 24:42 something about a loving and lovable Christian 24:44 and I think that's powerful, 24:46 it's Jesus inside shining out to other people. 24:49 So you met and married your husband. 24:50 Yes. 24:52 And then tell us about the beginning 24:53 of how you got involved in His Hem ministries? 24:56 So after graduating from AFCOE, 24:59 Pastor Doug Batchelor was the one who hired me at 25:02 the Sacramento Central Seventh-day Adventist Church, 25:05 and I have been there working ever since 2012. 25:08 As a Bible worker? 25:09 As a Bible worker, yes, 25:10 and to date there have been over 60 baptisms. 25:15 Praise the Lord. Amen. 25:17 Oh, that's wonderful. 25:18 Yes, and many of those that have been baptized 25:20 are out now being disciples and making other disciples, 25:25 which we're gonna tell you about 25:26 a little bit later in the program. 25:30 Also His Hem started 25:32 through the administrative pastor there, 25:35 Pastor Harold White, 25:37 upon his retirement in 2014 25:39 he knew that he didn't want to just retire, 25:43 he want to retire as a pastor 25:44 but he knew that the Lord was calling him 25:47 to create a ministry for soul winning. 25:52 He had also a passion for souls 25:55 and when he saw me coming into the church, 25:58 we worked very well together in reaching souls for Jesus, 26:01 and in fact he helped also mentor me. 26:03 Amen. 26:04 And you know he came to me and he said, "JeAnn, 26:07 how would you like also working for His Hem ministry 26:11 and helping His Hem ministry." 26:13 And I am so thrilled to be a part of His Hem ministry 26:17 and to reaching souls for God's kingdom 26:20 with helping to support Bible workers. 26:22 Amen. 26:23 So tell us the organizational structure, 26:26 how that works with His Hem ministries? 26:28 Do people contact you and say, "Okay, 26:31 I want to be supported" or do you, 26:34 how do you find your Bible workers? 26:35 May be let start there. 26:36 So we find our Bible workers, lot of them go through AFCOE, 26:43 Amazing Facts College of Evangelism 26:45 and there are many that come out of there 26:48 and they had all this training just like I did, 26:52 and many of them, 26:53 there aren't any jobs for them to go to, 26:56 because many of the conferences aren't, 26:59 don't have the funds to support Bible workers 27:02 and many of the churches don't have the funds 27:04 to support Bible workers 27:05 and so here it's a shame 27:07 because you get all this training 27:09 and then there is no place for you to go to. 27:11 Yes. 27:12 Or it's clear on the other side of the world 27:14 and you are not may be ready to move there. 27:16 You know, there is many different, um, 27:19 or there is some opportunity. 27:22 Like when I graduated there was opportunity in Thailand, 27:24 and, you know, in the Philippines 27:26 and in different places, 27:29 but since I was married I cannot just take off 27:31 over half way around the world 27:32 and go to these different places. 27:35 Praise the Lord that God answered my prayers, 27:37 I just prayed and it was interesting He... 27:40 The Lord inspired me to go to Pastor Doug, 27:42 and talk to him, 27:43 and the Lord opened the door for me to be a Bible worker. 27:47 And so His Hem ministry 27:49 gets Bible workers through AFCOE and also, 27:53 we also train members to be Bible workers. 27:56 Oh, that's exciting. 27:58 Yes, so that's another facet of His Hem ministry. 28:03 And that is my passion to go around 28:04 and train church members to be Bible workers, 28:07 because we need a large, large army of members 28:12 that are willing to reach souls for God's kingdom. 28:14 I'm only one person 28:16 and I can only reach so many people, 28:17 but if I train a whole bunch of people to go out 28:20 and a whole bunch of members 28:22 to take part in this great gospel commission, 28:26 then we will be able to reach so many more people for Jesus. 28:28 And they in turn train other people, 28:30 it's like the ripple effect. 28:32 You train this church and then they in turn train others. 28:34 So you travel around, is it a weekend series? 28:37 Is it several weeks long? 28:38 How long is the training for that? 28:40 Yes, well, right now it's weekend training, 28:44 it's very quick, you know, 28:46 the thing is just if you just give people some tools 28:48 and God uses these tools with the people. 28:52 First of all what you really need 28:54 is a heart that is surrendered. 28:57 Yes. 28:58 And as you surrender your heart 29:00 and you have a passion for souls, 29:03 God will use a little that you have, 29:06 to go reach many more people. 29:08 You know, you just keep learning as you go. 29:12 And, so it's very important that people know 29:15 that you don't have to be a scholar, 29:17 you don't have to be a pastor, 29:19 you don't have to have your M.Div 29:23 to be able to reach souls for Jesus. 29:25 You just have to love Jesus, you know, 29:27 and to be able to be equipped, to be able, 29:32 to have a little training, 29:33 I mean, you don't have to have four months. 29:35 You don't have to necessarily go through, 29:37 'cause many people don't have four months of their... 29:39 To take off of work. 29:41 To take off of their work or to leave their families, 29:43 you know, so it's much quicker training, 29:46 'cause we want to get as many people out there 29:48 as possible, as soon as we can. 29:49 Amen. 29:50 Because I believe the Lord's gonna come very soon. 29:52 Amen, well, this is an exciting ministry, JeAnn, 29:54 and to me one of the most powerful things 29:57 about ministries, 29:58 when we come and feature them on our 3ABN Today program 30:01 is to hear stories, stories of changed lives. 30:05 So give us an example, 30:07 I'm just thinking I have notes here, 30:09 you have Ivan, a missionary in Mexico, 30:12 so tell me about Ivan, 30:13 is he one of the missionaries you support? 30:14 Yes. And tell us about his story? 30:17 So I met Ivan at the Sacramento Central Church 30:20 and he was one of the elders there, 30:22 and he came out to me and he told me, 30:24 you know, I have such a burden for souls 30:26 and I want to go down and reach my country 30:28 'cause I came from Mexico. 30:29 Okay. 30:30 And so he grew up in Mexico 30:32 and then he came to the United States 30:34 and so he had such a burden for souls 30:37 that he relocated his entire family to Mexico 30:40 and His Hem ministry began supporting, 30:43 help support Ivan. 30:45 We would like to help support him full time 30:47 and it's not only him that's down there, 30:49 it's his entire family 30:51 and they are all workers down there. 30:52 So we would like to be able to fully support 30:55 the entire family. 30:57 And so he relocated his family down there 30:59 about a little over a year ago 31:01 and he has been doing great work down there, 31:04 he started with having health expos 31:06 and doing medical missionary work, 31:09 with his family doing hydrotherapy treatment, 31:11 teaching them different, how to eat healthy, 31:14 how to eat raw, how to just eat healthy 31:18 because many people don't know how to, 31:20 what is health, you know. 31:21 No, right. 31:23 It's the right arm of the gospel. 31:24 Yes. Yes. 31:26 So he has been doing this 31:28 and it has actually brought many people 31:30 into connection with him. 31:33 He set up a little tent like structure 31:36 next to the Catholic Church 31:37 and so many of the people 31:38 that are coming into the Catholic Church 31:40 come over to his health presentations, 31:42 and so then he decided to have an evangelistic series 31:46 and many of those people 31:48 that he has been helping and working with 31:50 came to this evangelistic series 31:53 and there have been people that have been baptized. 31:57 Isn't that incredible because you think, 31:58 here you are reaching out with the health message, 32:01 meeting peoples needs, 32:03 right where they are and then ministering to them, 32:06 winning their confidence and then they are encouraged, 32:10 they are open to come into say 32:12 an evangelistic meeting or something. 32:14 Yes, it's incredible. 32:15 In fact there is one elderly gentlemen, 32:18 he, believe he was in his 90s and he was a Catholic 32:22 and so Ivan began working with him 32:24 and sharing the gospel with him, 32:28 sharing the Three Angels' Message 32:29 and the sanctuary message with him 32:31 and he got sick though and before his passing 32:36 he actually accepted Jesus Christ 32:38 as his Lord and Savior. 32:40 Amen. 32:41 And so what a beautiful thing, he was preparing for baptism, 32:44 he wasn't able to get baptized 32:46 but he was anointed and he accepted Jesus 32:48 so, I just love how, you know, the Lord send Ivan there 32:52 just at the right time... 32:53 That's right. 32:55 To reach this man 32:57 and for him to surrender his life to Jesus 32:59 and then he was also working with another lady 33:01 who has rheumatoid arthritis, couldn't walk, 33:04 after giving her some medical, some health treatments, 33:07 medical missionary treatments and so forth 33:10 and natural remedies, 33:11 she is now walking with a walker 33:13 and getting ready to get baptized, 33:15 and so I know that there is pictures of that we have... 33:18 Yeah, let's look at some of those, 33:20 I think we have some pictures here for Ivan. 33:23 This is Ivan in the back with his family 33:26 and the lady that has her arms in water, 33:29 this is the lady who has rheumatoid arthritis. 33:31 Okay. 33:32 Now is that Ivan's family next to her? 33:33 Yes, okay, his wife is over here 33:35 in the black and white 33:36 and these are his children next to him. 33:39 And I can't, I can't remember who the lady is in the white 33:43 but is one of his family members. 33:45 Oh, that's precious. 33:46 Yes, and so they are all down there in Mexico 33:48 and this is a couple of the people 33:52 that came to his evangelistic series 33:54 that got baptized after the series. 33:57 Amen. 33:58 In the river there? 34:00 Yes, and these are some of the people 34:01 that he's working with 34:02 and also some of the people that have gotten baptized 34:05 and his family all of his harvest 34:07 that is happening in Mexico. 34:10 So God is doing a great work down there, 34:12 it's wonderful to see and the work has just begun. 34:15 Yes, absolutely, that's wonderful. 34:18 Praise God for what He is doing. 34:20 You know, when you see the result, 34:23 when you see the souls coming to know Jesus, 34:26 people accepting Jesus 34:27 that would never have known about Him, 34:29 if he had not gone. 34:31 It's an incredible ministry, 34:32 now Ivan's not your only missionary. 34:35 Oh, no, no. So tell us about Goshka. 34:37 So Goshka, oh, she has an amazing story, 34:39 hope if I can tell really quick. 34:41 Yeah. No, take your time. 34:42 I met Goshka in Sacramento, I was having a Bible study, 34:45 Bible study group across the street 34:48 from the state capital 34:49 and that was in an elderly apartment complex 34:56 and I met this gentlemen and his name was Paul, 34:59 he had, I gotten a card through the mail 35:03 and it was interesting how we never sent the card out, 35:07 so this was a whole God thing, okay. 35:10 This is a divine appointment. 35:12 Our church never sent this card out, 35:14 it ended up in my mail box at the church. 35:16 So I called and Paul had been searching, 35:20 he had been searching different denominations 35:23 and it was funny 35:24 because he wanted to start a Bible study group 35:28 and I said I would love to 35:29 and he said, well, tell me a little bit about yourself, 35:33 because I have been studying the Bible 35:34 and I am really starting to be convicted on the Sabbath, 35:37 so if you are not teaching about the Sabbath, 35:39 then I really don't want you 35:40 to come teach my Bible study group. 35:41 I said, perfect. 35:43 I'm a Seventh-day Adventist, so I teach about the Sabbath. 35:45 Amen. 35:47 And so he said, wonderful, 35:48 okay, well, I'll set up the group 35:49 and then, you know, on such and such date 35:51 and you just come 35:53 and so I said, okay, I will be there and it was interesting 35:55 because we conversated over the next few days 35:58 and he said, you know, would you mind 36:00 if there was like even 25 people. 36:02 I said, you know, prepare, 36:03 I'll prepare for as big as you need 36:06 and so anyways when we started, 36:08 I think there was about ten people that came, 36:11 and Goshka ended up being one of these people 36:15 that came and she is originally from Poland. 36:17 Okay. 36:19 And so she was searching, 36:20 so she wanted me to know that 36:21 she was a true seeker from the get go, 36:23 and so she had been through the Catholic Church 36:26 through all these different churches. 36:27 She was kind of even going to the Catholic Church 36:30 at that time, been in the New Age Movement 36:33 and as we begin the Bible studies, 36:35 she just was drinking from the fountains of water 36:39 and she was just coming along so beautifully, 36:42 and so when we came to the Sabbath, 36:45 you know, it was interesting 36:46 because it was right when I began Bible working. 36:48 Okay. 36:49 And so, I thought it was gonna be okay 36:51 if I just gave her the lesson, 36:53 like I was doing with all the other lessons 36:55 up to that point, but she was got so upset, 36:59 she wouldn't come to the Bible study for three weeks. 37:01 She ripped up my card, ripped up the Bible studies, 37:03 she wouldn't have anything. 37:04 So she was upset with the truth of the Sabbath? 37:06 Yes, yes. Okay. 37:07 And so I went back to our staff and I told Pastor Doug 37:10 and the other pastors, I said, let's pray for Goshka, 37:13 I said because, you know, I have a burden for her. 37:16 I just know that God placed her in my life 37:20 for a very important, you know, reason 37:23 and I know that God has plans for her. 37:26 So we began to pray for her and pray for her 37:28 and it took three weeks, 37:30 but God brought us back together 37:32 and it was interesting after I had the Bible study, 37:34 she wasn't there and I said, please, please, please, 37:37 I said I got, I have to talk to Goshka 37:40 and so, it was so funny because one of the guys 37:42 from the Bible study, he ran around the corner 37:44 and he said, she's coming down the elevator, 37:46 she's coming down the elevator. 37:48 Oh, praise Jesus. 37:49 And I had waited for like an hour and half, 37:51 'cause the Lord just told me don't leave. 37:53 Wow. 37:54 And so I went around the corner to see her 37:56 and she couldn't get away from me 37:58 and so, because we have developed a friendship. 38:00 I just walked up to her and threw my arms around her, 38:02 I said, Goshka, I'm so happy to see you, 38:04 I'm so happy to see you. 38:05 And so we went over to the couch 38:07 and we started talking and she goes, 38:08 you know, for the last several weeks 38:10 I haven't been able to sleep at all 38:13 and she goes that God is not been letting me sleep, 38:16 she goes by, I just wanted you to know, 38:17 I don't wanna believe the Sabbath 38:19 because you're teaching it or some church believes it. 38:23 She goes, I wanna know if that's truly God's, 38:25 you know, God's truth 38:27 that the Sabbath really is His holy day. 38:29 And I said, Goshka, I took her hands in mine, 38:31 I said, you know, I love you, 38:33 I said, you're my friend 38:35 and I don't want you to believe this Sabbath 38:37 because of me either. 38:38 I want you to believe the Sabbath is God's holy day, 38:41 I said, so what I want you to do is 38:42 I want you to go back to your room 38:44 and I want you to get down on your knees and pray, 38:46 and I want you to ask the Lord to show you in His word. 38:49 the scriptures that talk about the Sabbath. 38:52 And so I said, and then you let me know what he tells you, 38:56 because I only want you to follow what, 38:57 I always get teary eyes when I'm talking about Jesus 39:00 and what God has done. 39:02 So she went and did that. 39:05 And then the next day, that was on a Wednesday 39:07 and the next day she had called, 39:10 and she said "JeAnn," I was out of town, 39:14 so I couldn't use the phone but she left a message 39:16 and the message was "JeAnn, she goes, 39:19 do you think that I could come to church with you 39:22 on the Sabbath?" 39:23 Oh, wow! 39:25 She goes, I'm willing to give your church a try 39:29 and I was actually speaking in other church that Sabbath 39:31 so I wasn't able to go with her, 39:33 but the following Sabbath she came with me. 39:35 And so the following Sabbath I had no idea that she had... 39:41 She told me that she was wanted to give my church a try, 39:44 but she didn't tell me that she was, 39:45 she had prayed for God to give her a sign 39:47 that was actually His remnant church. 39:49 Oh, wow! That was actually His church. 39:50 Okay. 39:52 Okay, and that's where God want her to be. 39:55 So she, I didn't tell her that Pastor Dough was 40:00 the pastor of our church at that time. 40:03 And she hadn't told me, 40:06 which she had told me later 40:07 that she about six months before that I met her, 40:11 she was living in, well, she was homeless actually 40:16 but she was in a hotel room one night 40:20 and she wanted to know about, 40:23 she prayed to God that He would answer her questions 40:26 about the New Age Movement. 40:28 And so she was flipping through channels 40:31 and guess who came across the channel? 40:32 Pastor Doug. Pastor Doug. 40:34 Wow. 40:35 And guess what he was talking about? 40:37 New Age? Yes. 40:38 And so every question that she had 40:40 about the New Age Movement, he answered, 40:43 and so she began to watch him. 40:45 Well, when she moved to where I met her at, 40:47 she lost, she couldn't find him on the TV anymore. 40:50 So she never told me about that experience until later. 40:54 So when she went to church with me that Sabbath, 40:57 I sat her on the second row 40:58 and I'm very busy in the church, 41:00 so I said help you 41:01 and she brought one of the other guys said, 41:03 that's in our Bible study and he was also Catholic. 41:05 Sat them on the second row and I left, 41:08 'cause I had many different duties to do. 41:10 So when Pastor Doug came out, 41:12 she told me later after the service. 41:15 'Cause I asked her, I said, how did you like the service? 41:18 And she said, JeAnn, you're not gonna believe this. 41:21 She goes, when you sat me down and when Pastor Doug came out, 41:26 she goes, I looked at him 41:28 and then when his face flashed up on the screen 41:31 she goes that's the man, 41:32 that's the man that I saw 41:34 that was telling me about all the truth. 41:36 She goes when I hear he spoke, I knew it was truth 41:39 and so she told me after the service, 41:41 she goes, JeAnn, I didn't tell you 41:42 I was praying for a sign, 41:44 but God answered my prayer, 41:45 He gave me the sign I was looking for. 41:47 And so she became a member of our church, 41:50 a few months later she was baptized within the church, 41:53 I think there is a picture with all the people 41:55 that were also in her group 41:57 and some of them are baptized at that point and... 41:59 Is she the blonde? 42:01 Yes, she is the blonde from Poland 42:03 and so it's so incredible because from there God wasn't, 42:08 she just began this ministry, 42:09 this DVD ministry of passing out powerful testimonies 42:13 from Pastor Doug, Pastor Bohr, 42:15 many of the other different pastors, 42:18 Walter Veith and many different other pastors 42:20 a powerful messages and she would take them around, 42:24 give them out in our church or in throughout the community, 42:27 and then God moved her up to Placerville. 42:30 She began doing that ministry up there 42:32 and then she met different people, 42:33 now she is back in Georgia working with this ministry, 42:35 this health ministry back in Georgia 42:37 and also just going out making more disciples for Jesus. 42:40 You know, JeAnn, what an incredible testimony. 42:42 Yes. 42:44 My heart is so touched hearing that testimony. 42:46 What God does and how God takes us 42:49 no matter were we are at. 42:51 Here she was asking, wondering about New Age 42:53 and she flipped the channel there is Pastor Doug, 42:56 here she is studying with you and then walks into the church 42:59 having no idea. 43:01 And so that's how God works, God would do anything, 43:04 use any means necessary to save you and I, 43:07 because He loves us, because the Bible says 43:10 He is not willing that any should perish, 43:12 but that all should come to repentance. 43:14 That's beautiful, 43:15 I hope we have time for another testimony. 43:17 I do too. 43:18 Tel me about Ralph and his family? 43:19 So... 43:21 And I think we have a few pictures on this story too. 43:22 Yes. 43:24 So Ralph, it was so interesting too 43:25 because he was praying, 43:26 he was also attending a Catholic Church, 43:28 but he, and he was brought up in the Catholic Church 43:31 but as he got older he realized, 43:33 you know, he just felt 43:35 like there was something that was missing. 43:36 That something wasn't quite right 43:38 and I just want the viewers to know, 43:40 if you're a Catholic and you're listening, 43:42 you know what, God loves you. 43:43 Amen. 43:45 And God has many wonderful people in the Catholic Church, 43:48 but the Bible tells us in the second angel's message 43:52 in Revelation 14. 43:54 Come out of her, my people. 43:55 Come out of her, 43:57 God is calling all of the people 43:58 to come out of all these different churches, 44:00 to come into His remnant, to come into truth, 44:04 to study our Bibles, 44:05 to really realize what the Bible says, 44:07 so Ralph is praying, God, lead me to a church 44:11 that has Your full entire truth. 44:13 Lead me to Your church, 44:15 and so he's watching a Christian show on TV 44:22 and a commercial comes on, 44:23 and Pastor Doug comes on 44:25 and he's offering for anyone 44:29 that wants to come to his church, 44:31 that he'll send the shuttles to come pick them up. 44:34 So Ralph called for the shuttle to come pick him up 44:37 and he came to the church and I got connected with. 44:39 This is Sacramento Central, okay. 44:41 This is Sacramento Central. 44:42 And I got connected with Ralph 44:44 and Ralph and I started Bible study and he said, 44:46 can I bring a couple of members of my family? 44:49 I said sure. 44:50 We ended up with six members of his family 44:53 and praise the Lord, all six of them got baptized. 44:56 Oh. 44:58 And then actually there was a seventh. 44:59 So this is his sister, Enhelica, yes. 45:03 Okay, and that's Pastor Chris Buttery. 45:04 This is Pastor Chris and this is his sister Sofia. 45:07 Okay. 45:09 And this is his nephew Gregory, 45:13 he was later baptized too a few months later, 45:15 this is Sofia's son. 45:18 And this is some more members, this is Andrea. 45:24 Is that Ralph with the tie? 45:25 And this is Ralph with the tie, and this is little Nathan. 45:28 Oh. 45:29 And also Briana. Okay. 45:32 Yes, so it's wonderful and they are doing, 45:34 they are helping with the food ministry at the church 45:38 and also going out giving Bible studies, 45:40 and talking with people in their community about Jesus 45:42 and sharing the gospel. 45:44 Amen. Yes. 45:45 That's incredible, just that's, 45:48 you know what, my heart is so blessed 45:50 by hearing the testimonies, 45:51 but each one of us can get involved in evangelism, 45:55 this is not just okay, 45:56 JeAnn's a wonderful Bible worker 45:58 and this is how God is using her, 46:00 no, God wants to use each one of us in ministry. 46:02 He does. 46:03 So how can our 3ABN family home, 46:06 how can they get involved in ministry, 46:09 especially with your ministry. 46:10 Tell us about that? 46:12 Well, you can help, if you're a Bible worker 46:14 you can contact His Hem ministry 46:16 and we will help place you. 46:18 We also are looking for people 46:21 that want to help support His Hem ministry. 46:24 Financially support, also with prayers, 46:27 lots of prayers, 46:28 and but financial support His Hem ministry 46:31 and helping to get the gospel to the world. 46:33 Yes. 46:35 You know, I believe that the United States of America, 46:38 we need so many gospel workers here, 46:41 the need is so great, 46:43 and so if you as the viewers listen, 46:46 if they can contact His Hem ministry 46:48 and I know you have our contact information here, 46:51 that I am sure that you will post. 46:53 Just to help support us, 46:54 we want to fully fund Ivan and his family down there, 46:58 because they are doing such a great work, 47:00 and fully fund all of our gospel workers, 47:02 and be able to bring many more gospel workers on. 47:04 We would like to be able to support 47:06 as many AFCOE graduates as possible, 47:09 so we can send them out all over the United States 47:11 and the world. 47:13 Amen, now you had some statistics, 47:15 you shared with me. 47:16 Yes. 47:17 It was something about if 10 people trained... 47:21 Yes. So, if... 47:23 It's like the ripple effect what we were talking about. 47:25 Yes, so if can fully fund 100 Bible workers 47:28 and those 100 Bible workers only had 10 baptisms a year, 47:33 that would be 1000 baptisms in one year, 47:37 and then you train those 1000 that got baptized 47:42 to go and make more disciples, 47:45 so those 1000 go out 47:48 and if they only have 10 baptisms a year 47:52 that would be 10,000 baptisms in a year. 47:55 So in two years look at how many baptisms you could have, 47:59 thousands of baptisms. 48:01 That goes back to Matthew 28, 48:02 you know, I think time is short. 48:05 Jesus is coming soon and in Matthew 28, 48:08 we read at the beginning of the program, 48:10 "Go you therefore, go ye and make disciples." 48:13 And that's what God calls us to do, 48:15 to teach, and to preach, 48:16 and to share the love of Jesus, 48:18 to share this gospel message with the lost and dying world. 48:22 I know that's the mission of 3ABN, 48:24 that's the mission of JeAnn Davis 48:26 and His Hem Ministries, 48:28 and that should be each one of our mission 48:30 to get involved in evangelism, get involved in sharing Jesus. 48:34 You had a quote, we talked about earlier, 48:38 I don't know if there is a special quote 48:39 there was one from Manuscript, 48:41 or is another one you would rather share with us. 48:43 There is a couple, 48:44 I'm not for sure how much time we have left, 48:46 but let me see here. 48:48 Let's pick a quote here. 48:50 So from Testimonies for the Church, 48:51 volume 6, page 436, 48:55 it says, "In every church 48:56 the members should be so trained 48:58 that they will devote time 48:59 to the winning of souls to Christ. 49:02 How can it be said of the church, 49:03 "Ye are the light of the world," 49:05 unless the members of the church 49:06 are actually imparting light? 49:09 Let those who have charge of the flock of Christ 49:12 awake to their duty and set many souls to work." 49:16 Amen. Amen. 49:18 We are the light of the world. Yes. 49:20 And we need to get involved, let's read one more quote, 49:22 I think we have time for one more. 49:23 Yes. 49:25 And this is from Manuscript 24, 1903, 49:27 it says "To us also the commission is given, 49:30 we are bitten to go forth as Christ messengers, 49:33 to teach, instruct, and persuade men and women. 49:37 To urge upon their attention, the word of life 49:41 and to us also the assurance of Christ 49:43 abiding presence is given, 49:45 whatever the difficulties with which we may have to contend, 49:49 whatever the trails we have to endure, 49:51 the gracious promises always ours, 49:54 lo, I am with you always, 49:56 even unto the end of the world." 49:58 Amen. 50:00 God does not always promise an easy road, 50:03 but He promises the anointing of His spirit, 50:06 He promises His presence, 50:08 He promises His empowerment and His peace, 50:11 in the midst of the storm. 50:13 So I hope that you have been encouraged today 50:15 by hearing JeAnn's testimony, 50:17 by hearing what God has done in her life, 50:20 and no matter where you are right now, 50:21 God wants to redeem you to set you free, 50:24 and then to encourage you or empower you 50:28 to go forth as His witness. 50:29 What we want to do right now is 50:31 put up the contact information for His Hem Ministries. 50:35 If you would like to get involved 50:37 by financially supporting them and their Bible workers. 50:40 If you would like to pray for them, 50:43 if you would like to have JeAnn come to your church, 50:47 to your community and share how to be trained, 50:52 share how to, in your local area 50:55 you can get involved in sharing the gospel 50:58 and that evangelistic training and giving Bible studies, 51:01 here is how you can do just that, 51:02 and then we will be back with a few closing thoughts. 51:10 If you would like to learn more about His Hem Ministries, 51:13 you can do so by writing to PO Box 2526, 51:18 Citrus Heights, California 95621. 51:21 That's PO Box 2526, 51:25 Citrus Heights, California 95621. 51:29 You can call them at (916) 752-4272. 51:33 That's (916) 752-4272. 51:38 You can also find them online at His-Hem.org. 51:43 That's His-Hem.org. |
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