I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome to
another 3ABN Today program.
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We are so thankful that
you have joined us today
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as you do each and every day.
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I don't know how
your day is going,
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but I know here at 3ABN,
it's a busy time of the year
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and things are going well.
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The Lord Jesus
Christ is blessing,
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but we want to thank you
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for partnering with
the ministry of 3ABN.
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Some of you, maybe this
year, 2017 was the first year
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that you decided to
start supporting this ministry
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and some of you
maybe have been supporting
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since the very beginning.
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And you know as
that song was playing,
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"I want to spend my
life mending broken people,"
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we don't usually plan
many of our programs sometimes,
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I thought of just ask you
that before we get into it,
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because we want to talk about
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some exciting things here today,
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but that song has a
neat story behind it
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on how that song was picked,
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"I want to spend my
life mending broken people,"
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because I think, Mr. Danny,
that that is all of our mission
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is to spend our lives
mending broken people,
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but also touching
lives for eternity.
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So I've already
introduced Mr. Danny,
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in kind of a roundabout way
as to who we have joining us.
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I was thinking that how
to introduce our family.
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Yeah, we do. That's
right. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
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I got ahead of myself.
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But we have Mr. Danny
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who's usually
sitting in this seat.
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It's kind of unusual
for us to be sitting here.
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I like it here.
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Do you really? Oh, yeah.
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I like it over there too.
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I like it over there.
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Then we have Dr.
Yvonne Lewis with us as well
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and Mollie Steenson.
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It's a blessing to
have all three of you here.
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Thank you for mentoring us,
younger folk through the years,
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but you know, Jill
and I have been blessed
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to be a part of this ministry.
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So now there is a
story behind that song
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that you heard in the open.
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We had just started 3ABN,
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I don't know if we were
on the air just a short time
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and one night about
eight or nine o'clock at night,
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I heard a knock on my
door and I went and answered.
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We weren't near as
skeptical back then
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when somebody
knocks at your door
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late at night or later at night.
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I opened it up
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and it was a
young lady that I knew
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that I had produced some
music for her in Nashville.
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I used to take people,
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Melanie Walker,
and she had a cassette.
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Yeah, cassette tape, not a
CD. That's a few years ago.
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Yeah. Got a cassette tape in.
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She said, "There's
this new song that I heard
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and it just reminds me
so much of your ministry
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and what you're doing
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and the Lord told
me to bring this to you
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and give it to you,
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and maybe you can
use it somewhere."
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And at that time
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I was producing
for quite a few folks
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so a lot of folk would...
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It was not uncommon
to bring you some music
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or say may be
you could record this
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or somebody could,
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so I didn't think
too much about it,
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but I thought it was nice.
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And I put it away for a while,
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and then one day we
were traveling somewhere
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and put it in the
cassette in the car,
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and I heard the song,
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"I want to spend my
life mending broken people,"
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and I said you know what?
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That she's right,
the Lord did send her
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and we've been
singing it ever since
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and kind of using it
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as a theme song
of this ministry.
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But here's what
I really found out.
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Our intention
was to help people,
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you know, through the power,
anointing of the Holy Spirit
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to make this a
Mending Broken People Network
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but I found out that
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3ABN has been the
great mender for me.
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The heart mender as
our friend, Aaron Wilburn,
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wrote a song
called "Heart Mender"
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that through the
last 30-some years
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that I praise God
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that 3ABN was there
for me when I needed Him
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and so hopefully
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we're there for
you when you need help.
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So... Yeah.
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What a tremendous theme song,
if you want to call it that.
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I call it the opening
to our flagship program
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because I know that it
always touches my heart
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when you actually sit down
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because you know you
hear it so many times,
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but if you sit down
and listen to the words,
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wow, they're
very, very powerful.
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And I think that's...
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Excuse me, the whole
purpose of this ministry
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is to mend broken people,
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we are broken,
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every one of us
is broken by sin.
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We all have baggage.
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Some of us more than others,
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but I know I have my
share of baggage from the past.
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And God says, "I can
heal you, I can mend you,
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I can restore you,
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I can stand you
up as my witness."
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And each one of us
within the ministry here
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have been mended,
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but you at home
have been mended.
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And we hear stories of people
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who have come to
a knowledge of Jesus
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as a result of something
that they heard on 3ABN.
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I think of a
gentleman from Michigan,
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and we just recently
heard from him in the office,
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his name is Philip,
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and he said he had
channel-surfed for years
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looking for
truth, looking for Jesus,
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and then he
stumbled, one of those words,
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stumbled across
3ABN, he found 3ABN,
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and what a difference
it's made in his life,
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and he wanted to connect
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with the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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I called the local pastor.
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I couldn't get in touch.
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And then all of a sudden,
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I heard from a
friend who works in Michigan
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and they said my husband
is attending a men's retreat
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and Phillip is there.
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Wow, praise the
Lord. So praise the Lord.
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That being mended, you know,
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and that's the
purpose of this ministry,
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and that's what we
want to talk about today
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because of your gifts,
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because of your
support of this ministry,
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people all over the
world are being mended
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for Jesus Christ.
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One of the verses says,
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"When I see my brother stumble
and all his dreams crumble,
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let me be there for I too fail.
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When I see his heart breaking
from a wrong turn he's taking,
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let me be there
for I remember well."
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So each of us,
the writer is saying,
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you know, "I'm not perfect.
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And I've been
exactly where he is,
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but by God's grace
now I want to share,
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you know, the
mending that God's done
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in putting my
heart back together.
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I want to be able to be
there for someone else."
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Because a lot
of times we tend to
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sometimes when we
see somebody stumble,
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sometimes we tend to
attack even more like,
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"Oh, they're down.
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Let me just hit them some more."
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You know, and we can
come at him at other angles
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but I think
that's a key right there
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is to be there and to
lift them up with Jesus,
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be the hands and
the feet of Jesus
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for them for sure.
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Boy, that's powerful.
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Yes, we also have,
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you got a scripture
you want to share with us.
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Absolutely, we talk
about mending broken people,
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and the scripture I had
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actually does not
even fit at the moment
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so I'm gonna
refer to another one.
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Okay, that sounds good.
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The one I'm
thinking of now is in Psalm
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and I'll look it up
for you in a moment,
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but it says, "The Lord
heals the broken heart.
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And He mends their wounds."
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And that's what this
ministry is all about.
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Healing the brokenhearted
and mending their wounds.
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And today we're
gonna to talk about
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how God is using you
and your finances at home
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to mend broken people
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and to bring
them out of darkness
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back into His marvelous light.
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So we're going to
talk about year end giving
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what you can do at home
to support this ministry.
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You know, I think,
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and I appreciate
always, Mr. Danny,
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you know, from
the very beginning
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you have not
believed in begathons.
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You know, we set up, you
know, all these phone lines
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and we're there, you know,
on what you've seen begathons,
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we don't believe in that here.
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We believe that the Holy Spirit
is speaking to each one of you
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and whatever he's
impressing you to do,
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that's the important thing
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is to obey what
you feel impressed.
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So today we again want to
bring our needs before you
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because we believe that's right.
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You know, how do you
know that we have needs
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if we don't
bring them before you?
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But God has supplied every
one of our needs for 33 years.
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And I know, God won't quit,
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but He needs you
to be involved in that
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because you're
the hands and the feet
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for this ministry of 3ABN.
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God is the one
that does the impressing
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but you actually
have to obey His calling.
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So we appreciate again
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your support of
the ministry of 3ABN
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because sometimes, I
know, when we're out and about,
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I actually have by my desk,
I have my computer monitor,
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and by my desk I
have a little envelope of
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where one lady had donated
$1 to the ministry of 3ABN.
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I've had that
envelope for many, many years.
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Of course, the dollar
went into the ministry of 3ABN,
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I didn't keep the dollar.
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I just kept the
envelope as a reminder,
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but I received it when I was at
the call center many years ago.
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And it touched me in such a way
because it's easy to just say,
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"Oh, a dollar,
that's, whatever,"
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but those are all important
because they all add up.
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And I know that that lady gave
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probably about
everything she had,
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she gave sacrificially.
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Let me tell you something.
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I am encouraged
about 2018. Me too.
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And I'll tell you why.
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If they can get a shot of
that y'all know what this is?
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Well, that looks
like they're shiny.
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That's a penny.
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That's a shiny new penny.
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And this has given me,
Mollie, tremendous courage
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because 10 minutes
before we came on the air
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approximately,
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Jill handed me a letter that
was personally written to me.
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And I opened it up,
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and someone wrote a
bunch of cuss words.
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They basically
called me some names
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and he said some terrible things
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but then it made me feel better
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because they said,
"And your associates."
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So it wasn't just me,
it was all of you too.
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All of us.
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So that made me feel any better.
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But he's like, you know,
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saying all
these terrible things.
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And for some reason,
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he put this
penny in the envelope.
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And I said, Corinthian says,
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"You can do nothing
against the gospel but for it."
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Yeah. That's true.
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Now that's a
deal? Yes, it's a deal.
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So this penny
that he was, I guess,
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sending us to
make fun of, you know,
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here's how much I'll help you,
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I think, God can make a
lot out of nothing, right?
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If he can create the
earth and create humans
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from the dust of the ground
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and breathed into
man the breath of life,
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I think, this penny
that this person sent in,
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if I can use
the word in as hate,
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I think God can use this
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and make something
mighty out of this penny.
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What do you say,
you guys agree with me?
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I agree 100%. Absolutely.
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I believe that it can.
I believe it's biblical.
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So this we want to hang on to,
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in fact I'm gonna ask you
to put this in your office,
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maybe put it in a
little frame somewhere.
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Yes.
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Just that because it reminds me.
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Yeah, wow!
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Greg talked about a dollar,
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it reminded me
back 16-17 years ago,
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I don't remember for
sure, somewhere around 2000,
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that we had a meeting at church.
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Oh, yes.
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And it was in the evening,
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like a Sabbath
evening after sundown
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and so Dee Hildebrand was saying
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"We have several
items to come across,
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but first let's get
this one out of the way."
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She said, "For some reason,
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we don't know why
someone sent a dollar
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and said this is to go
towards the church school."
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She said, "Well, of course,
we don't have a church school,
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we're not gonna build
a church school I'm sure,
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so we need to find
the closest church school
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would be in Marion
about 30 minutes away."
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So we just need to take a
vote to send that to Marion.
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And what she didn't know
was about four that morning
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that I'd been
awakened, and I woke up,
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and it was like this impression,
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we need a church school,
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we have all
these people working,
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near 100 plus people whatever.
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And for our children,
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we need a church
school for these kids
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and even the community kids
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if they want to
come to a church school.
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But I said to myself,
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"Well, that's not
the Lord, that's me."
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I've got too many
things on my plate right now
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and I'm not worried
about a church school.
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This is something
I'm just not gonna do
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because I can't imagine Lord.
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He's impressed us
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to build television and
radio to reach the world.
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A church school?
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Yeah, some church school,
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so I know we're not
gonna worry about this, Mollie.
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So then I put it out of my mind,
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I go back to sleep.
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Then that very evening,
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here's Dee saying
somebody sent a dollar,
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so Brother Ron Hogue
who's now resting in Jesus
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who became a
member of our church
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through watching 3ABN.
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He said that he used to,
you didn't know him, Yvonne.
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But he, was he colorful or what?
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Yes, very much so.
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And he was Pentecostal,
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and he said he
watched 3ABN a lot,
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but he would drive out to
where our church is on Sabbath,
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just sit in the driveway
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and watch people
go in the parking lot
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and watch them go out.
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He said, "I just wanted to see
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if these people are
like they are on TV."
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So one day, I'm at
West Frankfort Lake,
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I have a friend and
we're out there fishing.
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We don't get time
to do that. Oh, yeah.
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We were on the dock.
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And we were just
really there for a short time.
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And so I had somebody with
me who really wanted to fish.
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And I said, "Wait,
we can just throw in."
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So this guy come up to
me and comes up and he says,
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"You don't know
me, but I know you.
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I watch you on TV all the time.
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And I want to start
coming to your church.
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What do you think about
that something to that effect."
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I'm like well, praise
the Lord. Yes, absolutely.
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He came, he and his wife,
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and they became members
of the church and back in.
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So at this
meeting, he raises his hands
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we're getting
ready to take the vote.
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And he says,
"Wait a minute, sister.
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If somebody sent a
dollar towards the church school
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rather than to send it
off maybe we should pray,
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maybe the Lord wants us
to have a church school."
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That's right. Amen.
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So that one who said
they use that term seed money.
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But that dollar maybe
that's what God sent us
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to get our attention.
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And so I said,
"You know, really,
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I think that's a good
idea, why don't we table it?"
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And then shortly after
that God opened up the doors,
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we built a
beautiful school over here,
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never raised the
money from the public.
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The Lord impressed
people, they gave to it.
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The school was
paid for all in faith.
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So now we're
looking at this penny.
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That's right.
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Now we have a penny.
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So someone sent that,
but I have to go back to.
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You can do nothing
against the gospel but for it.
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So for those of you watching,
if you get that spiritually,
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you think about it
and you pray about it.
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And I'm going to
promise you that God's gonna do
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some great and
mighty and marvelous things
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in this New Year.
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Amen. I'm excited
too for 2018. Yes. Yes.
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Yes, Mollie.
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You know, what is so
encouraging to me, Danny.
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I've been here, I
guess, I'm going on 23 years.
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Boy, there's been some
good, bad, and ugly has been
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over the last 23 years.
00:15:04.83\00:15:07.57
But you know the good
so far outweighs the bad,
00:15:07.60\00:15:10.64
and we've been
through such difficult times.
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And you know, I'm going to say
23 years ago when I first came,
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do you know there
were rumors going around.
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Y'all won't believe this.
00:15:20.62\00:15:21.95
Rumors going around that
3ABN wasn't going to make it.
00:15:21.98\00:15:24.95
Yeah, 23 years ago.
That we were going under.
00:15:24.99\00:15:26.96
Going under.
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That there is no way
00:15:28.36\00:15:29.69
this ministry is
going to make it.
00:15:29.72\00:15:31.06
You know what?
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Today, there are
rumors going around
00:15:32.46\00:15:33.80
that 3ABN is not
going to make it,
00:15:33.83\00:15:35.16
but, Danny, have we made it
00:15:35.20\00:15:36.53
through every
storm, every battle?
00:15:36.56\00:15:38.80
And you know why?
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What did John
Dinzey say about 3ABN?
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We are a
ministry of divine origin.
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And God has provided.
00:15:48.34\00:15:51.18
And you know, this is a program
where we wanted to come to you,
00:15:51.21\00:15:55.08
our viewers, our
listeners, our supporters
00:15:55.12\00:15:57.75
and tell you that this
is the end of the year,
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we want to go out
of the end of this year
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in the black so badly.
00:16:03.73\00:16:05.29
Oh, we want to go out
of the end of this year
00:16:05.33\00:16:07.23
so badly in the black.
00:16:07.26\00:16:08.86
And God has always
provided all of our need
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according to
His riches and glory
00:16:12.93\00:16:14.74
through Christ Jesus.
00:16:14.77\00:16:16.10
He's done it
through you, His people.
00:16:16.14\00:16:18.41
So what we're doing,
00:16:18.44\00:16:19.97
we're not going to come
to you with a sob story.
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You know what?
God is on the throne.
00:16:22.51\00:16:23.95
That's right.
00:16:23.98\00:16:25.31
And He is providing
for us the whole 23 years
00:16:25.35\00:16:28.25
although there have been rumors
and you name it, it's happened.
00:16:28.28\00:16:32.89
It's come against this ministry
but God has seen us through.
00:16:32.92\00:16:36.52
Not only have we survived
some of the hardest hits,
00:16:36.56\00:16:40.86
I believe a ministry could take,
00:16:40.90\00:16:42.63
we've thrived,
00:16:42.66\00:16:46.63
didn't just survive,
00:16:46.67\00:16:48.10
we are thriving
in the midst of this.
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And God isn't through.
00:16:50.94\00:16:52.67
I mean, you would not believe
00:16:52.71\00:16:54.78
the plans, and
dreams, and visions
00:16:54.81\00:16:58.15
that God has given this ministry
00:16:58.18\00:17:00.12
for this upcoming year.
00:17:00.15\00:17:01.55
It is amazing what God is doing
through just these simple folk
00:17:01.58\00:17:07.12
that God has
entrusted a vision to.
00:17:07.16\00:17:09.39
You know, in
this Adventist Church,
00:17:09.42\00:17:11.63
God has entrusted
an end time message
00:17:11.66\00:17:16.46
for an end time
people, entrusted it to us.
00:17:16.50\00:17:19.93
And it's our responsibility
to get this message
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to the whole
world. That's right.
00:17:23.44\00:17:24.77
Now what we've got here at
3ABN is a piece of equipment.
00:17:24.81\00:17:29.38
It's called
cameras, and satellites,
00:17:29.41\00:17:33.01
that's what the equipment is.
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All of this that's necessary
00:17:34.62\00:17:37.02
to get the
message to the satellite
00:17:37.05\00:17:39.22
which then gets it
down into the homes
00:17:39.25\00:17:41.92
and Danny can tell you
all that technical stuff,
00:17:41.96\00:17:45.13
but in order for us to do
this, we have to have help.
00:17:45.16\00:17:50.47
So God has given us
this amazing ability
00:17:50.50\00:17:55.57
to get the message
into the whole world.
00:17:55.60\00:17:58.44
But for us to do this,
we've got to have your help.
00:17:58.47\00:18:02.28
And this isn't a
story of anything
00:18:02.31\00:18:04.91
other than
victory and jubilation
00:18:04.95\00:18:07.65
because there's no
doubt in any one of our hearts
00:18:07.68\00:18:10.55
that God is going to continue
to provide for this ministry.
00:18:10.59\00:18:14.19
But, you know, I
think we come to you
00:18:14.22\00:18:16.62
because I see how blessed.
00:18:16.66\00:18:19.06
Greg and Jill, are
you blessed? Oh, amen.
00:18:19.09\00:18:21.20
Oh, God is raising them up
00:18:21.23\00:18:22.96
and has put such a call
and anointing on their life.
00:18:23.00\00:18:25.93
Danny and Yvonne,
are y'all blessed?
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Oh, yes.
00:18:27.60\00:18:28.94
Oh, we are all so blessed
00:18:28.97\00:18:30.87
and we want to share
those blessings with you,
00:18:30.91\00:18:34.68
as we all come
together and we all do our part,
00:18:34.71\00:18:38.05
then the whole
gets accomplished.
00:18:38.08\00:18:40.02
So we are inviting you to
be a part of this ministry,
00:18:40.05\00:18:44.89
to get the
message of this kingdom
00:18:44.92\00:18:47.19
to the whole world
00:18:47.22\00:18:48.56
because what's going to happen
00:18:48.59\00:18:49.92
when this message
goes to the whole world?
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Jesus will come.
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Jesus will come again.
00:18:53.23\00:18:54.63
And I've got some
scriptures to share with you,
00:18:54.66\00:18:57.43
but I'm gonna hush for now.
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Somebody else's story, Yvonne.
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She's starting to preach.
00:19:01.17\00:19:03.17
That's very good.
00:19:03.20\00:19:04.54
Yvonne, when CA tells a story,
when he first came here now,
00:19:04.57\00:19:07.51
he had worked for
the church for 25 years.
00:19:07.54\00:19:09.88
You know the conference
00:19:09.91\00:19:11.25
and so he came
here on faith ministry.
00:19:11.28\00:19:13.88
And so, he said, you
know, he'd heard us say,
00:19:13.92\00:19:17.02
well, we don't have
any money or what have you,
00:19:17.05\00:19:19.15
but he says in the
church when they say that,
00:19:19.19\00:19:21.19
we always have some
pushing you feel somewhere
00:19:21.22\00:19:24.36
that we can pull from or pull.
00:19:24.39\00:19:26.43
And he said,
00:19:26.46\00:19:27.80
"I came to the first
day of prayer in January."
00:19:27.83\00:19:30.27
And he said,
"Danny gets up and said,
00:19:30.30\00:19:32.30
'Well, I have to tell
everybody we're broke.
00:19:32.33\00:19:35.30
And he said, I
thought, did I hear him right?
00:19:35.34\00:19:38.17
We're broke.
00:19:38.21\00:19:39.54
He said, "Yes, we're broke."
00:19:39.57\00:19:41.04
And he said two or three people
or several in the back said,
00:19:41.08\00:19:43.75
"Amen, you know,
praise the Lord."
00:19:43.78\00:19:46.51
What is wrong with these people?
00:19:46.55\00:19:48.42
He said, "We're broke,"
and he gives all these terms.
00:19:48.45\00:19:51.19
He didn't say
this. He didn't say that.
00:19:51.22\00:19:53.25
He said, "We're broke."
00:19:53.29\00:19:54.66
And he said, "The good
news is that we're broke,
00:19:54.69\00:19:59.19
we don't have any
money, but God has the money,
00:19:59.23\00:20:01.83
and we're going forward by faith
00:20:01.86\00:20:03.93
and we're ending the
year, you know, in the black.
00:20:03.97\00:20:07.20
We don't owe anybody
anything, but we are broke.
00:20:07.24\00:20:09.80
But hey, it's a
step forward by faith."
00:20:09.84\00:20:12.21
So he said, "I
didn't get it at first,"
00:20:12.24\00:20:14.14
but now he does.
00:20:14.18\00:20:15.51
Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
00:20:15.54\00:20:16.88
You know, to me,
00:20:16.91\00:20:18.25
one of the things
that's so important is that
00:20:18.28\00:20:19.61
the Word of God is
going to move forward.
00:20:19.65\00:20:22.58
We are at the very end of time.
00:20:22.62\00:20:25.29
And we have to join
together to get this job done
00:20:25.32\00:20:30.33
and we can.
00:20:30.36\00:20:31.69
We are doing it
by the grace of God.
00:20:31.73\00:20:33.40
We're going to continue
to do it by the grace of God.
00:20:33.43\00:20:36.06
But we have to have you to help,
00:20:36.10\00:20:39.67
and we partner in this work.
00:20:39.70\00:20:42.00
To me it's so beautiful
00:20:42.04\00:20:44.04
that we can come
together with a common cause
00:20:44.07\00:20:47.24
to get the Word out to
a lost and dying world.
00:20:47.28\00:20:50.25
There's so many
people, you know, I think,
00:20:50.28\00:20:53.35
as Christians
sometimes, we just assume
00:20:53.38\00:20:55.78
that people have at
least heard about Jesus
00:20:55.82\00:20:58.45
or know something about Him.
00:20:58.49\00:21:00.12
But there's so many
people in prisons, for example,
00:21:00.16\00:21:02.96
who've never heard about Jesus.
00:21:02.99\00:21:05.49
And their lives, they're
just wasting away without him.
00:21:05.53\00:21:09.56
And one of the things
that we're trying to do
00:21:09.60\00:21:11.47
with Dare to Dream
00:21:11.50\00:21:12.83
is to get Dare to Dream on
these different hard drives
00:21:12.87\00:21:17.14
because we can't
use the internet there.
00:21:17.17\00:21:19.27
So get it on hard
drives on MySDATV boxes
00:21:19.31\00:21:22.94
and take them into the prisons,
00:21:22.98\00:21:24.65
preprogrammed with months
00:21:24.68\00:21:26.85
of Dare to Dream
programming on them,
00:21:26.88\00:21:30.42
just to air
within the prison cells
00:21:30.45\00:21:32.65
and to give them some
hope, to give them Jesus,
00:21:32.69\00:21:36.22
and so that's one of the
things that we're requesting
00:21:36.26\00:21:39.36
from you, viewers, to
help us, we need $25,000
00:21:39.39\00:21:43.00
to get enough of
these hard drives
00:21:43.03\00:21:47.04
to meet the
needs of 50 facilities.
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Fifty? Fifty.
00:21:49.30\00:21:50.64
Well, that is
incredible if you think about
00:21:50.67\00:21:52.14
how many people are
in those 50 facilities?
00:21:52.17\00:21:53.51
Exactly, and the turnover.
00:21:53.54\00:21:55.44
You know, sometimes
depending on the facility,
00:21:55.48\00:21:57.71
some places are
kind of holding places,
00:21:57.75\00:21:59.68
then some more long-term
00:21:59.71\00:22:02.05
but, you know,
to just get the Word
00:22:02.08\00:22:04.35
and I think,
Richard Bland once said,
00:22:04.39\00:22:08.76
"Inmates are either
gonna have Christ or crime."
00:22:08.79\00:22:13.60
Because when they're in prison,
00:22:13.63\00:22:16.23
you're around
people who do that.
00:22:16.26\00:22:18.60
That's what they do.
00:22:18.63\00:22:20.00
So you're either
gonna study with them
00:22:20.04\00:22:22.74
because you have a lot of time,
00:22:22.77\00:22:24.21
or you're gonna
study the Word of God.
00:22:24.24\00:22:26.41
Let's give them the Word of God
00:22:26.44\00:22:28.71
which gives them
hope, which then, you know,
00:22:28.74\00:22:31.95
changes that whole
recidivism paradigm
00:22:31.98\00:22:34.65
and people won't
be on that treadmill.
00:22:34.68\00:22:37.29
They'll be able to
come out and serve God,
00:22:37.32\00:22:39.79
go to their local
church and just serve the Lord,
00:22:39.82\00:22:43.29
and that is a beautiful thing.
00:22:43.32\00:22:45.36
But we need your help to do it.
00:22:45.39\00:22:47.10
Amen. Amen.
00:22:47.13\00:22:48.46
So that's a specific
thing. I like specific things.
00:22:48.50\00:22:50.83
When I always give,
00:22:50.87\00:22:52.20
I want to know
what it's going for it,
00:22:52.23\00:22:53.84
how it helps spread the gospel,
00:22:53.87\00:22:55.80
so $25,000 to Dare to Dream
00:22:55.84\00:22:58.44
to help get Dare to
Dream in 50 prisons.
00:22:58.47\00:23:01.11
Fifty prisons.
00:23:01.14\00:23:02.48
So what are some
other specific things
00:23:02.51\00:23:04.25
that people could
donate to or donate for?
00:23:04.28\00:23:06.82
I know, Mollie, you
mentioned satellite and cameras,
00:23:06.85\00:23:09.55
and that's vital
00:23:09.58\00:23:10.92
because that's the
spread of the gospel,
00:23:10.95\00:23:12.95
but is there
anything else specific
00:23:12.99\00:23:14.92
that any of you think of
00:23:14.96\00:23:16.29
that someone can
specifically give toward?
00:23:16.32\00:23:18.19
Well, of course new programming.
00:23:18.23\00:23:19.66
Oh, yeah.
00:23:19.69\00:23:21.03
And that cost a
tremendous amount of money
00:23:21.06\00:23:22.70
for new programming,
00:23:22.73\00:23:24.27
but it's worth it.
00:23:24.30\00:23:25.67
And so when you look
at all the new programs
00:23:25.70\00:23:29.00
and we've done
some programs recently,
00:23:29.04\00:23:31.44
not only this past
year, but the new ones coming,
00:23:31.47\00:23:34.71
and then also just
evangelism in general,
00:23:34.74\00:23:37.35
because we're doing some
on the ground this coming year
00:23:37.38\00:23:39.95
like in Phoenix,
00:23:39.98\00:23:41.85
here in February and early March
00:23:41.88\00:23:45.45
to do evangelism.
00:23:45.49\00:23:47.29
Send the preachers
there. That's right.
00:23:47.32\00:23:49.09
You know, send the remote trucks
00:23:49.12\00:23:50.59
to be able to
bring those to use.
00:23:50.63\00:23:52.49
So evangelism,
evangelism, evangelism!
00:23:52.53\00:23:55.56
That's why we're so
positive about the future
00:23:55.60\00:24:00.04
is because God
blesses the message,
00:24:00.07\00:24:03.10
not necessarily the messenger.
00:24:03.14\00:24:04.67
Now I always feel
like I've been blessed,
00:24:04.71\00:24:06.47
but what I mean by that is
00:24:06.51\00:24:08.04
if I die today,
or get thrown out,
00:24:08.08\00:24:10.45
or whatever happens,
00:24:10.48\00:24:11.81
the ministry
will still go forward
00:24:11.85\00:24:13.85
as long as we
concentrate on the message
00:24:13.88\00:24:16.79
that God has given
us to give as a people
00:24:16.82\00:24:19.65
to a lost and dying
world. That's right.
00:24:19.69\00:24:21.69
And that's the three angels'
messages into the entire world,
00:24:21.72\00:24:24.66
and as long as we focus on that,
00:24:24.69\00:24:26.90
God's going to bless.
00:24:26.93\00:24:28.26
Yeah, I agree.
00:24:28.30\00:24:29.63
Anything coming to mind, Mollie?
00:24:29.66\00:24:31.00
Well, I was just thinking
people don't feel a need
00:24:31.03\00:24:34.40
to give to just
the mundane everyday.
00:24:34.44\00:24:37.44
You know, we have
to have electricity,
00:24:37.47\00:24:40.34
we have to have water,
the employees need to be paid
00:24:40.38\00:24:43.58
because they've
become accustomed
00:24:43.61\00:24:45.41
to eating three meals a day,
00:24:45.45\00:24:47.65
and insurance and, you know,
it takes a lot to keep the...
00:24:47.68\00:24:52.52
And the finances
are like the grease
00:24:52.55\00:24:55.96
that keeps the mechanism
oiled, so it can move forward.
00:24:55.99\00:25:01.16
But I'm thinking
of the satellite cost,
00:25:01.20\00:25:04.47
and the cost that it takes
00:25:04.50\00:25:07.97
for us to send our
signal to satellite
00:25:08.00\00:25:10.81
that then it goes to satellite
and then it's disseminated,
00:25:10.84\00:25:16.44
that's a good
word, all over the world
00:25:16.48\00:25:19.71
and it is just as
powerfully an evangelistic tool
00:25:19.75\00:25:23.55
as those cameras are,
00:25:23.59\00:25:25.19
but that's how
we get the message
00:25:25.22\00:25:28.59
over into these other countries.
00:25:28.62\00:25:31.26
And do you know,
we're on in Great Britain...
00:25:31.29\00:25:34.43
We're on every inhabited
continent receives the Gospel
00:25:34.46\00:25:38.33
of the Lord Jesus
Christ through this,
00:25:38.37\00:25:41.30
the means of Three
Angels Broadcasting Network
00:25:41.34\00:25:44.34
and that
satellite bill every month
00:25:44.37\00:25:46.88
is extremely important that
we continue on the satellite,
00:25:46.91\00:25:50.88
so I want to just encourage you,
00:25:50.91\00:25:53.11
if you would like to be a
part of getting this gospel
00:25:53.15\00:25:56.89
all over the world,
00:25:56.92\00:25:58.39
there is an area that
really needs your help.
00:25:58.42\00:26:02.26
I appreciate it
too when people send,
00:26:02.29\00:26:04.33
and they do quite
often, send a certain amount
00:26:04.36\00:26:07.00
whether it's 100 or
1,000 or sometimes more
00:26:07.03\00:26:10.17
and just say for
whatever your needs are,
00:26:10.20\00:26:12.63
because that way we can use
for operations if we need to.
00:26:12.67\00:26:17.01
And so to me, it's great
that people will give us that,
00:26:17.04\00:26:21.38
but if you have something
on your heart that you want,
00:26:21.41\00:26:24.71
specifically to go
to Russia, you know,
00:26:24.75\00:26:26.78
we have the Russia
work that's incredible work,
00:26:26.82\00:26:28.95
but it cost
probably 30,000 a month.
00:26:28.98\00:26:31.09
People would be amazed,
00:26:31.12\00:26:32.45
it cost us millions of
dollars here every year
00:26:32.49\00:26:35.72
to continue to not
only maintain but to grow,
00:26:35.76\00:26:39.69
millions of dollars,
00:26:39.73\00:26:41.06
and yet not one penny
comes from the church.
00:26:41.10\00:26:44.27
And it shouldn't because
we're a supporting ministry,
00:26:44.30\00:26:47.20
the Seventh-day
Adventist Church,
00:26:47.24\00:26:48.57
but not an official part
of it like the other channels,
00:26:48.60\00:26:51.84
Hope Channel, what have you,
00:26:51.87\00:26:53.21
they are supported by the church
00:26:53.24\00:26:54.98
and church offerings.
00:26:55.01\00:26:56.34
3ABN, we're
dependent on your offerings
00:26:56.38\00:26:59.41
because without what you
give there is no other income,
00:26:59.45\00:27:03.79
so when CA said, he
came here and found out,
00:27:03.82\00:27:06.22
you know what?
00:27:06.25\00:27:07.59
There's nothing up his sleeve.
00:27:07.62\00:27:09.16
He doesn't have any...
00:27:09.19\00:27:10.53
They're broke. Yeah.
00:27:10.56\00:27:11.89
He said, "We broke" like this.
00:27:11.93\00:27:13.70
We broke.
00:27:13.73\00:27:15.06
And so he found out, we broke.
00:27:15.10\00:27:17.60
And so he said
there's really nothing
00:27:17.63\00:27:19.43
but there's also nothing
00:27:19.47\00:27:21.00
like the
experience in a faith walk.
00:27:21.04\00:27:22.74
Yes.
00:27:22.77\00:27:24.11
And so year after
year, you see God bless.
00:27:24.14\00:27:27.28
So it's right now to think
that we could end this year
00:27:27.31\00:27:31.95
and depending on all of you,
00:27:31.98\00:27:33.31
and I believe
with God's blessings,
00:27:33.35\00:27:35.15
we'll end up
totally financially,
00:27:35.18\00:27:36.82
as we call it in the black,
00:27:36.85\00:27:38.49
to go forward each
month knowing it's going to be
00:27:38.52\00:27:40.92
a million to two million dollars
00:27:40.96\00:27:42.36
spent by faith,
00:27:42.39\00:27:44.03
because you do this in advance.
00:27:44.06\00:27:45.66
And then God continues to bless,
00:27:45.69\00:27:47.36
so thank you
again for what you do.
00:27:47.40\00:27:49.16
It's incredible actually
00:27:49.20\00:27:50.97
to think about
33-years of ministry.
00:27:51.00\00:27:54.40
And these folk
continuing to give,
00:27:54.44\00:27:56.91
and those some of you've
been giving from the beginning
00:27:56.94\00:27:59.84
and some are brand new,
00:27:59.87\00:28:01.21
but I want to say
thank you to all of you.
00:28:01.24\00:28:03.81
You know, I was thinking
all the way back to, I guess,
00:28:03.85\00:28:05.48
I don't know why this
story always sticks in my mind,
00:28:05.51\00:28:07.52
but I believe it's
the McColpins, you know,
00:28:07.55\00:28:09.68
that I mean they sacrificed,
00:28:09.72\00:28:12.12
didn't they? They did.
00:28:12.15\00:28:13.49
To come here,
00:28:13.52\00:28:14.86
this is when you we're
building the uplink building,
00:28:14.89\00:28:16.22
and for some reason, I
always remember the ripe,
00:28:16.26\00:28:18.33
was that the cantaloupe? Yeah.
00:28:18.36\00:28:19.76
They would cut
it open on the back
00:28:19.79\00:28:21.13
of their station wagon,
00:28:21.16\00:28:22.56
and wasn't that at
the little tailgate.
00:28:22.60\00:28:23.93
Well because they, yeah.
00:28:23.97\00:28:25.30
And then the Lord blessed them
00:28:25.33\00:28:26.67
because they
actually sold some land
00:28:26.70\00:28:28.14
or went out on
the limp and said,
00:28:28.17\00:28:29.87
"God, we're going to
give you this much money."
00:28:29.90\00:28:31.34
And then the Lord blessed.
00:28:31.37\00:28:32.71
And you know all
those details to that story.
00:28:32.74\00:28:34.28
They went out by
faith, they had read.
00:28:34.31\00:28:36.68
I put out a little,
I had my Commodore 64,
00:28:36.71\00:28:39.25
just got a new computer.
00:28:39.28\00:28:40.95
And I wrote on a
little newsletter.
00:28:40.98\00:28:43.39
They probably don't even
know about the Commodore 64.
00:28:43.42\00:28:45.85
One of the first
computers, you know,
00:28:45.89\00:28:47.39
to be into a home computer.
00:28:47.42\00:28:49.86
And so I wrote a
little newsletter,
00:28:49.89\00:28:51.89
and I think we sent out 200.
00:28:51.93\00:28:54.16
And Rosella McColpin said,
she was at the post office in,
00:28:54.20\00:28:58.00
I think, Ooltewah,
Tennessee down there,
00:28:58.03\00:28:59.80
and someone had gotten a
letter and shared it with her.
00:28:59.83\00:29:03.34
And we talked about
building a television station
00:29:03.37\00:29:05.81
to reach the world.
00:29:05.84\00:29:07.18
We didn't really
have a TV station,
00:29:07.21\00:29:08.71
but we had property donated.
00:29:08.74\00:29:10.65
We were in the process
of digging the footings.
00:29:10.68\00:29:12.78
She caught the
vision, didn't she?
00:29:12.81\00:29:14.15
And she and her
husband were going to Wisconsin
00:29:14.18\00:29:15.85
but they said,
00:29:15.88\00:29:17.22
"I wonder if we could just
come to Southern Illinois."
00:29:17.25\00:29:19.72
So they came and
stayed nearly all week.
00:29:19.75\00:29:21.62
Now they had a station
wagon, I remember that,
00:29:21.66\00:29:24.29
but it wasn't particularly
new or nice vehicle.
00:29:24.33\00:29:27.33
They didn't particularly dress
really well or really poor.
00:29:27.36\00:29:30.73
They just, you
didn't consider them
00:29:30.77\00:29:33.13
as somebody with
money or potential
00:29:33.17\00:29:35.47
but they stayed the
whole week and said,
00:29:35.50\00:29:37.57
"We just want to
see your building."
00:29:37.61\00:29:38.94
And we said, "Well,
we're just buying fuel,
00:29:38.97\00:29:40.94
5 gallons at a time
and digging footings
00:29:40.98\00:29:43.35
and what have you, you know,
00:29:43.38\00:29:44.85
and so that
that's all we can do."
00:29:44.88\00:29:47.08
And so they just every
day, they would come out.
00:29:47.12\00:29:49.98
So finally, I said to them,
00:29:50.02\00:29:51.59
"Hey, would you
like to go in to lunch?
00:29:51.62\00:29:53.76
You can go to our house.
00:29:53.79\00:29:55.16
And we'll eat lunch."
00:29:55.19\00:29:56.52
And they said, "Oh, you
don't, you mean you go to...
00:29:56.56\00:30:00.46
First I said, you want to go
into town, they had a bonanza,
00:30:00.50\00:30:03.67
this was in Bend and I said,
00:30:03.70\00:30:06.07
"Would you want
to go to eat with."
00:30:06.10\00:30:07.87
And they said, "Oh,
you go to restaurants.
00:30:07.90\00:30:09.60
Oh, we wouldn't spend
any money on restaurants."
00:30:09.64\00:30:12.37
So then I said, "Well, Okay."
00:30:12.41\00:30:14.58
So I said, "Well, would
you want to come to our house,
00:30:14.61\00:30:18.18
maybe we can fix
something to eat there."
00:30:18.21\00:30:19.98
"Oh, no, you live
about 10 miles away.
00:30:20.02\00:30:21.98
We wouldn't use the
gas to go back all way."
00:30:22.02\00:30:24.42
So I said, "Well,
what do you do for eating?"
00:30:24.45\00:30:26.05
And they said,
"Oh, well, we have"
00:30:26.09\00:30:27.56
they opened the tailgate.
00:30:27.59\00:30:29.06
And they said, "Oh,
we got plenty of food.
00:30:29.09\00:30:30.43
We brought with us.
00:30:30.46\00:30:31.79
No use in you wasting money
and gas, just eat with us."
00:30:31.83\00:30:34.86
And they had a
can of green beans.
00:30:34.90\00:30:37.73
A can of green beans.
00:30:37.77\00:30:39.10
A can of green beans
and they opened it up.
00:30:39.13\00:30:40.97
And they had a muskmelon,
we call it cantaloupe.
00:30:41.00\00:30:43.67
And they said, "Look,
here we got some green beans
00:30:43.71\00:30:46.21
and we have some cantaloupe."
00:30:46.24\00:30:47.84
The bread had been out,
it was too warm, the bread.
00:30:47.88\00:30:50.11
You could tell it
was past its due date.
00:30:50.15\00:30:52.91
So I didn't want to
deal with the bread.
00:30:52.95\00:30:54.98
They said, "Hey, why
don't you just share it with us.
00:30:55.02\00:30:57.29
We have plenty."
00:30:57.32\00:30:58.65
And I said,
"Well, you know what,"
00:30:58.69\00:31:00.02
'cause he said
I'll never forget this.
00:31:00.06\00:31:02.16
"Where could you ask for
anything better than this?"
00:31:02.19\00:31:04.79
My mind started thinking
of all places and restaurants,
00:31:04.83\00:31:07.93
but I didn't say anything.
00:31:07.96\00:31:09.30
Incredible.
00:31:09.33\00:31:10.67
So I said, "Well, you know,
really, I'm not that hungry.
00:31:10.70\00:31:12.03
We don't have to eat today."
00:31:12.07\00:31:13.40
So we waited till supper.
00:31:13.44\00:31:14.87
But they by
faith, before they left,
00:31:14.90\00:31:17.71
they each wrote us
a check for $25,000.
00:31:17.74\00:31:20.31
They asked what it would
take to shell up that building,
00:31:20.34\00:31:22.84
$50,000.
00:31:22.88\00:31:24.21
So I said, they must have money.
00:31:24.25\00:31:26.11
I found out,
they're both retired,
00:31:26.15\00:31:28.18
went home.
00:31:28.22\00:31:29.55
They didn't have
that money in the bank.
00:31:29.58\00:31:32.12
So they wrote and
asked us to hold the check
00:31:32.15\00:31:35.22
for like a week or so.
00:31:35.26\00:31:36.76
They went home, and
they had built a home
00:31:36.79\00:31:39.03
and had quite a bit of property
00:31:39.06\00:31:40.70
and borrowed the
money against the home.
00:31:40.73\00:31:43.87
And some day, we can show,
00:31:43.90\00:31:45.73
we still have the
footage of them coming up later
00:31:45.77\00:31:47.94
and saying and
they're on that pink set,
00:31:47.97\00:31:50.41
we had a mom set.
00:31:50.44\00:31:51.77
Oh. I recall.
00:31:51.81\00:31:53.27
You were on the mom
set, on that pink mom set,
00:31:53.31\00:31:56.71
and he said, six months
after, these are retired people,
00:31:56.75\00:32:00.15
six months after
we went out in faith,
00:32:00.18\00:32:03.08
"God blessed us with
more than enough money,
00:32:03.12\00:32:07.02
more than enough money
to give all of that money
00:32:07.06\00:32:10.16
that we gave you.
00:32:10.19\00:32:11.53
We didn't miss it."
00:32:11.56\00:32:12.89
Yeah, praise the Lord.
00:32:12.93\00:32:14.26
That's an
inspiration, do you know that?
00:32:14.30\00:32:15.63
Yeah. That really is.
00:32:15.66\00:32:17.00
Because these people
stepped out in faith,
00:32:17.03\00:32:18.37
and God promises to bless us.
00:32:18.40\00:32:19.83
You know, I mean,
it's in the scripture.
00:32:19.87\00:32:21.64
God promises to do that.
00:32:21.67\00:32:23.10
It may not
always be financially.
00:32:23.14\00:32:25.37
I know, sometimes
for Jill and myself,
00:32:25.41\00:32:26.88
we even talk about
wow, the tires on our cars,
00:32:26.91\00:32:28.88
they just never seem to
wear out or something else,
00:32:28.91\00:32:31.75
maybe we don't
get sick, you know,
00:32:31.78\00:32:33.11
all these little
blessings that God gives to us,
00:32:33.15\00:32:35.48
we have to recognize
and be thankful for them.
00:32:35.52\00:32:38.55
We also have a special project.
00:32:38.59\00:32:40.59
And this is "Magnify
Him" by you, Dr. Yvonne Lewis.
00:32:40.62\00:32:44.43
Yay. A special, this is a CD.
00:32:44.46\00:32:47.36
And it's, we want to actually
play one of the songs here
00:32:47.40\00:32:50.23
coming up shortly.
00:32:50.27\00:32:52.50
But this project,
this is going to be,
00:32:52.53\00:32:54.90
I don't want to
say, it's a fundraiser,
00:32:54.94\00:32:56.44
but if someone
gives a special donation,
00:32:56.47\00:32:58.24
tell us about that, Dr.
Yvonne, and the project?
00:32:58.27\00:33:00.41
Yes, the proceeds
will go to Dare to Dream.
00:33:00.44\00:33:02.84
Because we really need
to build up Dare to Dream.
00:33:02.88\00:33:07.12
We have lots of needs
00:33:07.15\00:33:08.68
as we just talked about
with the prison for example,
00:33:08.72\00:33:11.62
its programming,
00:33:11.65\00:33:12.99
we're always trying
to develop new programs
00:33:13.02\00:33:15.22
as you know, Greg, and so.
00:33:15.26\00:33:17.39
It's great.
00:33:17.43\00:33:18.76
Praise the Lord.
00:33:18.79\00:33:20.13
I'm so excited about
where God is taking us.
00:33:20.16\00:33:22.30
But again, we need your help
00:33:22.33\00:33:24.70
and so this project is really
a fundraiser for Dare to Dream.
00:33:24.73\00:33:29.50
Not for me, it's
for Dare to Dream,
00:33:29.54\00:33:31.51
so we're really excited.
00:33:31.54\00:33:33.07
She's put blood,
sweat, and tears,
00:33:33.11\00:33:34.54
if you can use that term.
00:33:34.58\00:33:36.58
People may not realize that.
00:33:36.61\00:33:37.95
So it's a sacrificial gift
00:33:37.98\00:33:40.42
because hours,
and hours, and hours,
00:33:40.45\00:33:42.22
in the studios doing all of this
00:33:42.25\00:33:44.32
and putting all of this together
00:33:44.35\00:33:46.25
to come up with
this "Magnify Him."
00:33:46.29\00:33:48.09
In fact, you wrote the
song, didn't you the title song?
00:33:48.12\00:33:50.23
The title song,
yes, praise the Lord.
00:33:50.26\00:33:52.06
It was the theme song
for one of our programs
00:33:52.09\00:33:54.66
on Dare to Dream,
our music program.
00:33:54.70\00:33:56.60
And I had asked the Lord.
00:33:56.63\00:33:58.30
I said, "Lord, we really
need a theme song for it?
00:33:58.33\00:34:00.44
Would you give it to me?"
00:34:00.47\00:34:01.80
And you know, I'm
really not a songwriter.
00:34:01.84\00:34:04.11
Well, you are not...
00:34:04.14\00:34:05.47
But praise the Lord.
00:34:05.51\00:34:06.84
And He gave it to me.
00:34:06.88\00:34:08.21
And He gave me the
tune and the lyrics.
00:34:08.24\00:34:11.28
And so I was just so excited.
00:34:11.31\00:34:13.58
So the Lord, He just
provides everything we need.
00:34:13.62\00:34:17.59
So I'm thankful. I'm
excited about the project.
00:34:17.62\00:34:19.45
Well, this is the first
CD that you've done in what,
00:34:19.49\00:34:21.96
almost 20 years?
00:34:21.99\00:34:23.32
Oh, wow, yeah,
since the late '90s.
00:34:23.36\00:34:25.29
Wow! Nearly 20 years.
00:34:25.33\00:34:27.10
Now her last CD, her gospel
CD, you know, when we do these,
00:34:27.13\00:34:32.07
we will get sometimes
backup singers to help us do.
00:34:32.10\00:34:35.40
Her backup singers,
00:34:35.44\00:34:37.14
and I don't
know very many people
00:34:37.17\00:34:38.51
who could say this,
00:34:38.54\00:34:39.87
was Cissy Houston
and Luther Vandross.
00:34:39.91\00:34:44.05
Those were your backup singers?
00:34:44.08\00:34:45.41
Yeah, they sang
background for that.
00:34:45.45\00:34:47.68
They are some of
the backup singers
00:34:47.72\00:34:49.35
that you might
recognize, you know,
00:34:49.38\00:34:50.99
Whitney's mother, and Houston,
and Luther Vandross, of course,
00:34:51.02\00:34:55.52
and so they
actually did you back up.
00:34:55.56\00:34:57.36
Well, you didn't
have them this time,
00:34:57.39\00:34:59.26
but you still had some
good friends and some...
00:34:59.29\00:35:01.33
Yeah.
00:35:01.36\00:35:02.70
In fact, she actually
would do some of her own backup.
00:35:02.73\00:35:04.73
You did your own?
00:35:04.77\00:35:06.10
On some of the songs, yeah.
00:35:06.13\00:35:07.47
She would do like nine times go,
00:35:07.50\00:35:10.17
each time sing a
part and do another part
00:35:10.21\00:35:12.41
and stack it and
make her own choir,
00:35:12.44\00:35:14.61
trying to save
instead of paying people.
00:35:14.64\00:35:16.81
But she's got a great range
and a great gift for music.
00:35:16.85\00:35:20.42
But this has been
nearly 20 years in the making,
00:35:20.45\00:35:22.58
so everywhere I'm
with her for sure,
00:35:22.62\00:35:24.89
when we're traveling people are,
00:35:24.92\00:35:26.25
"Do you have a CD or DVD?"
00:35:26.29\00:35:28.59
And so, all these
years, she's had to say no.
00:35:28.62\00:35:31.86
And we never really
formally gave this thing
00:35:31.89\00:35:34.30
what I call a kick off here
00:35:34.33\00:35:35.66
and I think, today,
00:35:35.70\00:35:37.03
since there's a
little bit of time,
00:35:37.07\00:35:38.40
we can do that.
00:35:38.43\00:35:39.77
And Yvonne, maybe you
can feel free in a bit,
00:35:39.80\00:35:41.50
I know, you said, you
want to play one of the songs.
00:35:41.54\00:35:43.04
We want to go to
one of the songs.
00:35:43.07\00:35:44.41
Yes. Yeah, we sure do.
00:35:44.44\00:35:45.77
I want to read some
of the songs from this,
00:35:45.81\00:35:47.61
this wonderful
Marvelous In Our Eyes,
00:35:47.64\00:35:50.48
Wonders Never
Cease, In Christ Alone.
00:35:50.51\00:35:54.08
Yeah, so powerful.
00:35:54.12\00:35:55.85
My Help Cometh From The
Lord, Magnify Him, Just In Time.
00:35:55.88\00:36:01.06
That's a powerful song as well.
00:36:01.09\00:36:02.42
Let Your Kingdom
Come, Just Once More.
00:36:02.46\00:36:05.73
I love that song. Yes.
00:36:05.76\00:36:07.10
I do too.
00:36:07.13\00:36:08.46
When you sing that
song, it is so anointing,
00:36:08.50\00:36:09.83
I love that song.
00:36:09.86\00:36:11.20
Praise the Lord.
00:36:11.23\00:36:12.57
Your Grace Still Amazes
Me, and Praise His Holy Name,
00:36:12.60\00:36:16.00
another powerful song.
00:36:16.04\00:36:17.51
Yeah, 10 songs on the CD.
00:36:17.54\00:36:18.91
You know what's
incredible is that
00:36:18.94\00:36:20.28
God has given you such a gift.
00:36:20.31\00:36:21.74
You know, I mean, I know
you used it for many years.
00:36:21.78\00:36:24.48
You could say
singing in the world
00:36:24.51\00:36:25.91
and for Jesus and whatever.
00:36:25.95\00:36:27.85
But to me, you're a
woman who sold out for God,
00:36:27.88\00:36:31.19
sold out for His kingdom,
and the anointing on you,
00:36:31.22\00:36:34.59
when you sing, it comes through.
00:36:34.62\00:36:36.46
And this is an
incredible project.
00:36:36.49\00:36:37.99
We have it in the car,
00:36:38.03\00:36:39.69
and we listen
to it all the time.
00:36:39.73\00:36:41.40
And you need to get a DVD
project of this together too.
00:36:41.43\00:36:44.63
There will be. I
would love to do that.
00:36:44.67\00:36:46.57
And praise the Lord. Thank you.
00:36:46.60\00:36:47.94
Several of the songs
are on DVD, just DVD.
00:36:47.97\00:36:49.77
They are.
00:36:49.80\00:36:51.14
We need to put them together.
00:36:51.17\00:36:52.51
That's true. That's right, yeah.
00:36:52.54\00:36:53.88
That's true.
00:36:53.91\00:36:55.24
To me, the one of the
things about this project is
00:36:55.28\00:36:57.48
each song has its own message
00:36:57.51\00:37:01.85
and, like if you're feeling,
if you're needing some help,
00:37:01.88\00:37:07.79
be needing God to help you,
00:37:07.82\00:37:09.16
"My Help Cometh From The
Lord" is such a powerful song
00:37:09.19\00:37:12.46
or if you're messed
up and you feel like,
00:37:12.49\00:37:16.16
"Lord, please,
I messed up again,
00:37:16.20\00:37:18.30
please forgive
me just once more."
00:37:18.33\00:37:20.54
If you're thinking
about the second coming,
00:37:20.57\00:37:23.30
and you're just
really anticipating like
00:37:23.34\00:37:26.94
Jesus coming in the
clouds just in time,
00:37:26.98\00:37:30.05
you know,
calling you by your name.
00:37:30.08\00:37:31.91
I mean, all of
these things to me,
00:37:31.95\00:37:33.78
the CD, the songs on it,
00:37:33.82\00:37:37.69
just taking
myself away from it now,
00:37:37.72\00:37:40.06
the songs on it just
has such powerful messages
00:37:40.09\00:37:44.16
to encourage you.
00:37:44.19\00:37:45.53
So even if you might not
need encouraging right now,
00:37:45.56\00:37:48.63
you might know somebody
who does, who's really hurting
00:37:48.66\00:37:51.60
and needs to hear something
00:37:51.63\00:37:54.24
that's gonna make
them feel better, you know,
00:37:54.27\00:37:56.67
so I feel like that's
what this project can do
00:37:56.71\00:38:00.81
by the grace of God
00:38:00.84\00:38:02.18
because it's the Holy
Spirit that's injected it.
00:38:02.21\00:38:05.71
So we want to encourage you
00:38:05.75\00:38:07.08
actually to get one for yourself
00:38:07.12\00:38:08.75
but not only for yourself,
but for others that you know.
00:38:08.78\00:38:11.65
So in other words,
we're saying quantity, okay?
00:38:11.69\00:38:14.79
But get this.
00:38:14.82\00:38:16.16
Now you may have missed it,
00:38:16.19\00:38:17.53
but she said the
proceeds go to Dare to Dream,
00:38:17.56\00:38:20.20
and Dare to Dream,
00:38:20.23\00:38:21.73
one of our networks
or channels here at 3ABN
00:38:21.76\00:38:23.70
is doing a great work.
00:38:23.73\00:38:25.07
We continue to get
tremendously positive feedback
00:38:25.10\00:38:27.64
for the network,
for the channel as well.
00:38:27.67\00:38:30.61
So let's go to one of the
songs that's on this project
00:38:30.64\00:38:34.31
and it's
entitled In Christ Alone.
00:38:34.34\00:38:36.95
In Christ alone my hope is found
00:38:53.66\00:38:59.60
He is my light,
my strength, my song
00:38:59.63\00:39:04.61
This
cornerstone, this solid ground
00:39:04.64\00:39:10.08
Firm through the
fiercest drought and storm
00:39:10.11\00:39:14.98
What heights of
love, what depths of peace
00:39:15.02\00:39:20.22
When fears are
stilled and strivings cease
00:39:20.26\00:39:25.66
My comforter, my all in all
00:39:25.69\00:39:30.77
Here in the love
of Christ I stand
00:39:30.80\00:39:37.47
In Christ alone
Who took on flesh
00:39:43.55\00:39:49.02
Fullness of God in helpless babe
00:39:49.05\00:39:54.09
This gift of
love and righteousness
00:39:54.12\00:39:59.56
Scorned by the
ones He came to save
00:39:59.59\00:40:04.63
Till on that cross as Jesus died
00:40:04.67\00:40:10.01
The wrath of God was satisfied
00:40:10.04\00:40:15.38
For ev'ry sin on Him was laid
00:40:15.41\00:40:20.45
Here in the
death of Christ I live
00:40:20.48\00:40:26.76
There in the ground His body lay
00:40:46.37\00:40:51.85
Light of the
world by darkness slain
00:40:51.88\00:40:56.52
Then bursting
forth in glorious day
00:40:56.55\00:41:02.02
Up from the grave He rose again
00:41:02.06\00:41:06.96
And as He stands in victory
00:41:07.00\00:41:12.13
Sin's curse has
lost its grip on me
00:41:12.17\00:41:17.51
For I am His and He is mine
00:41:17.54\00:41:22.94
Bought with the
precious blood of Christ
00:41:22.98\00:41:29.68
No guilt in
life no fear in death
00:41:35.52\00:41:41.33
This is the
pow'r of Christ in me
00:41:41.36\00:41:46.30
From life's first
cry to final breath
00:41:46.33\00:41:51.77
Jesus commands my destiny
00:41:51.81\00:41:56.61
No pow'r of
hell no scheme of man
00:41:56.64\00:42:01.75
Can ever pluck me
00:42:01.78\00:42:04.95
From His hand
00:42:04.99\00:42:09.82
Till He returns to take me home
00:42:09.86\00:42:14.96
Here in the pow'r
of Christ I'll stand
00:42:15.00\00:42:20.10
No pow'r of
hell no scheme of man
00:42:20.14\00:42:25.31
Can ever pluck me
00:42:25.34\00:42:28.64
From His hand
00:42:28.68\00:42:32.28
Till he returns to take me home
00:42:32.31\00:42:36.52
Here in the pow'r of Christ
00:42:36.55\00:42:44.29
I'll stand
00:42:44.33\00:42:51.27
Amen. Wow.
00:42:58.44\00:43:00.11
What an incredible song.
00:43:00.14\00:43:02.01
Every time Miss Yvonne
sings high, I think, you know,
00:43:02.04\00:43:05.31
you just get
those notes and hit them
00:43:05.35\00:43:07.12
and it soars so effortlessly,
00:43:07.15\00:43:10.39
even though I
can't say the word,
00:43:10.42\00:43:11.85
but effortlessly.
00:43:11.89\00:43:13.29
What a blessing,
00:43:13.32\00:43:14.76
God has given you
such a tremendous gift.
00:43:14.79\00:43:16.73
And I know, this
project, God's gonna use it
00:43:16.76\00:43:20.00
to minister and
bless many people.
00:43:20.03\00:43:22.06
We want to encourage you
a donation to Dare to Dream.
00:43:22.10\00:43:26.27
If you give a
donation to Dare to Dream,
00:43:26.30\00:43:27.80
you can get this CD project.
00:43:27.84\00:43:30.14
You can give $15 donation,
00:43:30.17\00:43:33.14
and that would
cover the cost of the CD.
00:43:33.17\00:43:34.98
But we want to
encourage you to give,
00:43:35.01\00:43:36.61
maybe God's calling you
to give $100 for the CD.
00:43:36.64\00:43:39.81
Maybe He wants
you to give $1,000
00:43:39.85\00:43:42.95
and that would support
the ministry of Dare to Dream,
00:43:42.98\00:43:46.89
maybe God wants you to
give even more than that.
00:43:46.92\00:43:49.42
So whatever God
has put on your heart
00:43:49.46\00:43:52.39
to support the
ministry of Dare to Dream.
00:43:52.43\00:43:54.26
It's an incredible project.
00:43:54.30\00:43:55.63
Praise the Lord.
00:43:55.66\00:43:57.00
We praise Him for it.
00:43:57.03\00:43:58.37
Yes, absolutely.
00:43:58.40\00:43:59.73
Yeah, you know, it's a
blessing the ministry of music.
00:43:59.77\00:44:01.74
Yes.
00:44:01.77\00:44:03.10
I tell you, it reaches the soul,
00:44:03.14\00:44:05.24
reaches my soul in a
unique way music does.
00:44:05.27\00:44:07.58
And I think, you know that
00:44:07.61\00:44:08.94
you've always had music
a big part of your life,
00:44:08.98\00:44:11.68
but also the ministry of 3ABN.
00:44:11.71\00:44:14.42
I think, it's
important, you know,
00:44:14.45\00:44:15.78
because you can touch lives.
00:44:15.82\00:44:18.72
It's a sermon.
00:44:18.75\00:44:20.09
It really is, music is a sermon.
00:44:20.12\00:44:21.76
And maybe they may be
four or five minutes long,
00:44:21.79\00:44:23.63
but, boy, you can touch a life
for eternity through a song.
00:44:23.66\00:44:26.19
Yes, yes.
00:44:26.23\00:44:27.56
I think music can reach people
00:44:27.60\00:44:29.86
in places
sometimes that words can't.
00:44:29.90\00:44:32.17
You know, when you have words
00:44:32.20\00:44:33.84
plus melody and
harmony and all that,
00:44:33.87\00:44:35.87
it just reaches a
place in your spirit that,
00:44:35.90\00:44:39.24
you know, other
things, just words can't.
00:44:39.27\00:44:42.38
And we're talking
about mending broken people.
00:44:42.41\00:44:44.78
Music mends a
broken heart. Yeah.
00:44:44.81\00:44:47.02
You know, I
mean, you think about
00:44:47.05\00:44:48.38
in times of the Bible
when David played for Saul
00:44:48.42\00:44:50.89
and it soothed him.
00:44:50.92\00:44:52.55
And you think
about people struggling,
00:44:52.59\00:44:55.09
people in
hospitals, people dying,
00:44:55.12\00:44:57.73
people with a broken heart,
00:44:57.76\00:44:59.49
and God can use this CD project.
00:44:59.53\00:45:01.80
God can use the
other music projects.
00:45:01.83\00:45:03.73
We have here at 3ABN
00:45:03.77\00:45:05.27
to minister to
those broken hearts.
00:45:05.30\00:45:07.54
You know, Dr. Yvonne,
00:45:07.57\00:45:08.90
I was just sitting
here looking at the CD.
00:45:08.94\00:45:10.27
And I'm sure that you've
shared this before on 3ABN.
00:45:10.31\00:45:13.07
But when did you
realize as a child,
00:45:13.11\00:45:16.51
I'm assuming that
you had a gift for music?
00:45:16.54\00:45:20.05
I'm laughing
because if my dad were here,
00:45:20.08\00:45:23.59
later in life, my dad
told me that he told my mother
00:45:23.62\00:45:27.69
that he said,
"She will never sing."
00:45:27.72\00:45:30.73
She'll never sing because
I was singing all, you know,
00:45:30.76\00:45:34.66
like, I was
trying to learn harmony,
00:45:34.70\00:45:36.30
and I was singing
other parts and all that.
00:45:36.33\00:45:38.43
He just said,
"She's never gonna sing."
00:45:38.47\00:45:42.74
I think, we're
not my parents saying
00:45:42.77\00:45:45.24
and my grandmother saying...
00:45:45.27\00:45:46.61
Okay, so your mother
and your father were both?
00:45:46.64\00:45:48.14
Yeah, my grandmother
was a concert soprano,
00:45:48.18\00:45:50.41
a coloratura soprano
00:45:50.45\00:45:52.51
and on my paternal side,
00:45:52.55\00:45:54.88
my uncle was a
professional pianist,
00:45:54.92\00:45:57.59
so music just ran in my family.
00:45:57.62\00:46:00.16
My parents sang
00:46:00.19\00:46:02.09
with my mother's
sister, and her husband,
00:46:02.12\00:46:04.23
and a group
called "The Versatiles,"
00:46:04.26\00:46:05.89
and they had
really close harmony.
00:46:05.93\00:46:07.43
So music was all
around me my whole life,
00:46:07.46\00:46:09.53
but I didn't
really start singing,
00:46:09.56\00:46:12.37
I think, really till...
00:46:12.40\00:46:14.44
I sang for my
eighth grade graduation,
00:46:14.47\00:46:16.87
so I guess
around the eighth grade,
00:46:16.91\00:46:19.01
I started really
thinking that I maybe could do.
00:46:19.04\00:46:22.41
Thankfully, I
didn't hear my daddy say,
00:46:22.44\00:46:24.65
I would never sing
00:46:24.68\00:46:26.01
because that
would have crushed me.
00:46:26.05\00:46:27.38
That's discouraging.
00:46:27.42\00:46:28.75
Yeah, that would have
crushed me, oh, my God.
00:46:28.78\00:46:30.82
No, but I think it was
around the eighth grade.
00:46:30.85\00:46:33.46
Well, thank you
for using your talents
00:46:33.49\00:46:34.82
for Lord Jesus Christ.
00:46:34.86\00:46:36.19
I know that Jill
and I have been blessed
00:46:36.22\00:46:37.69
by this project Magnify Him.
00:46:37.73\00:46:40.03
So the way to get this
is to go to 3ABN's website
00:46:40.06\00:46:43.00
that may be the
easiest which is 3abn.tv.
00:46:43.03\00:46:47.60
Or if you don't
want to go online,
00:46:47.64\00:46:49.87
you can always
call 3ABN's call center
00:46:49.90\00:46:52.51
during regular business hours
00:46:52.54\00:46:53.88
and that phone
number is (618) 627-4651,
00:46:53.91\00:46:59.01
and be sure to ask
for the Magnify Him,
00:46:59.05\00:47:01.62
and be ready to
give an any size donation
00:47:01.65\00:47:03.92
at least $15 plus or...
00:47:03.95\00:47:06.55
To Dare to Dream.
Yeah, Dare to Dream.
00:47:06.59\00:47:08.12
That's right.
Yes. That's for sure.
00:47:08.16\00:47:09.79
We just have a few moments left
00:47:09.82\00:47:11.23
before we go to
the address roll,
00:47:11.26\00:47:12.63
we want to make sure we
put up the contact for 3ABN.
00:47:12.66\00:47:15.23
And let's take just a moment
00:47:15.26\00:47:16.73
each one of you share
something from your heart.
00:47:16.77\00:47:19.30
We're talking
about year end giving
00:47:19.33\00:47:21.60
right here at
the end of the year.
00:47:21.64\00:47:22.97
And we'll start
with you, Miss Mollie.
00:47:23.00\00:47:24.47
What's on your heart right now?
00:47:24.51\00:47:26.44
Well, I think about the...
00:47:26.47\00:47:30.01
Well, I think about the widow,
00:47:30.05\00:47:32.48
you know, that
gave her two mites.
00:47:32.51\00:47:35.28
And so it makes...
00:47:35.32\00:47:36.72
It leads me to think of
00:47:36.75\00:47:39.12
so many of us that don't
have a whole lot to give,
00:47:39.15\00:47:42.19
and it makes us feel inadequate,
00:47:42.22\00:47:44.86
and like there's
nothing we can do.
00:47:44.89\00:47:47.16
We're just not able to do
00:47:47.20\00:47:50.87
what we would really like to do.
00:47:50.90\00:47:53.17
But in God's economy,
it's not how much you give,
00:47:53.20\00:47:58.57
it's not equal
giving, it's equal sacrifice.
00:47:58.61\00:48:02.04
And God looked, remember,
00:48:02.08\00:48:03.75
Jesus stood back with the
widow that put in her two mites.
00:48:03.78\00:48:07.45
And He said, "She's
given the greatest gift
00:48:07.48\00:48:11.19
because she gave
all that she had."
00:48:11.22\00:48:13.56
So it wasn't how much she gave,
00:48:13.59\00:48:16.09
it was out of the abundance
of her heart she was giving.
00:48:16.12\00:48:19.53
So I want to encourage you
00:48:19.56\00:48:20.90
don't ever think that
any donation you make to God,
00:48:20.93\00:48:24.13
be it to 3ABN or
wherever the Lord directs you,
00:48:24.17\00:48:27.67
don't think that
00:48:27.70\00:48:29.04
it's not vitally
important to His kingdom.
00:48:29.07\00:48:31.04
In God's, again, in His economy,
00:48:31.07\00:48:33.91
the way He has
established this great method
00:48:33.94\00:48:39.11
of sowing and
reaping, giving and receiving
00:48:39.15\00:48:42.98
is for everybody's benefit,
00:48:43.02\00:48:44.82
as you sow into the
kingdom, the kingdom is blessed.
00:48:44.85\00:48:48.42
But then you reap what
you sow and you're blessed.
00:48:48.46\00:48:51.29
So I just want to
encourage you today
00:48:51.33\00:48:54.73
just because
you're not able to give
00:48:54.76\00:48:57.33
the thousands and
thousands that you want to give,
00:48:57.37\00:49:00.60
God sees your heart,
00:49:00.64\00:49:02.24
and He blesses the
content of your heart.
00:49:02.27\00:49:06.81
Amen. Well said, Mollie.
00:49:06.84\00:49:08.21
Amen.
00:49:08.24\00:49:10.31
I just want to
piggyback a little bit
00:49:10.35\00:49:11.75
off of what Mollie said.
00:49:11.78\00:49:13.11
You know, we can give,
00:49:13.15\00:49:17.49
and we can give sacrificially.
00:49:17.52\00:49:21.42
And when we do, the
Lord just, He just blesses.
00:49:21.46\00:49:25.46
It's not about, it's
not about how much you give,
00:49:25.49\00:49:28.66
it's just about the
fact that you are giving.
00:49:28.70\00:49:31.13
The fact that
you do have a burden
00:49:31.17\00:49:33.00
to help the cause of God,
00:49:33.03\00:49:34.84
and so if you're being
blessed by this ministry at all,
00:49:34.87\00:49:37.81
and so many of
you say that you are,
00:49:37.84\00:49:39.91
when we go to
different churches, you know,
00:49:39.94\00:49:42.01
Danny and I always hear
how people are watching,
00:49:42.04\00:49:45.01
and they've been blessed,
00:49:45.05\00:49:46.38
they've come to the
Lord through this ministry.
00:49:46.41\00:49:48.25
If you're blessed at all,
this is the end of the year.
00:49:48.28\00:49:51.45
Please give something
to help us to continue
00:49:51.49\00:49:54.66
to move forward
in the power of God
00:49:54.69\00:49:56.99
because God is blessing.
00:49:57.03\00:49:58.73
This ministry is bearing fruit
00:49:58.76\00:50:00.70
so much has come against
it over these past 33 years,
00:50:00.73\00:50:05.57
so much has come against it
00:50:05.60\00:50:07.87
but the gates of
hell will not prevail
00:50:07.90\00:50:10.31
against this ministry
because it is God's ministry.
00:50:10.34\00:50:14.54
And so we just ask
you to give sacrificially,
00:50:14.58\00:50:17.88
ask the Holy Spirit
what he would have you to do,
00:50:17.91\00:50:20.45
and then send a gift to us.
00:50:20.48\00:50:23.52
So many times we
think about tithe
00:50:23.55\00:50:26.72
because the Bible
is specific on tithing,
00:50:26.76\00:50:29.29
but it also says
tithes and offerings.
00:50:29.32\00:50:31.06
Yeah. Oh, good.
00:50:31.09\00:50:32.43
And so a lot of
you that you say,
00:50:32.46\00:50:35.70
"I can't afford to give."
00:50:35.73\00:50:37.33
But you know,
you can pray for us.
00:50:37.37\00:50:39.87
There's lots of
things you can do,
00:50:39.90\00:50:41.24
some of the folk
come and volunteer.
00:50:41.27\00:50:43.20
If you want to come and
volunteer at some point,
00:50:43.24\00:50:45.74
I guess, you maybe get a
hold of Jill or somebody here
00:50:45.77\00:50:48.51
and see if
there's a place for you.
00:50:48.54\00:50:50.48
There's many ways
that you can support
00:50:50.51\00:50:52.55
Three Angels
Broadcasting Network
00:50:52.58\00:50:54.78
and mainly is to
just help lift our hands
00:50:54.82\00:50:57.49
those on the
frontlines as we go forward
00:50:57.52\00:50:59.92
and don't be discouraged
00:50:59.95\00:51:01.69
that God is on the
throne in your life
00:51:01.72\00:51:03.46
and we're talking
about here and supporting.
00:51:03.49\00:51:05.46
But we support you,
and we pray for you.
00:51:05.49\00:51:07.76
If you want to call
us at our prayer lines,
00:51:07.80\00:51:09.50
if you want to write us letters,
00:51:09.53\00:51:11.23
you want to talk to us,
00:51:11.27\00:51:12.60
we're happy to talk
with you and pray with you,
00:51:12.63\00:51:15.10
because we're all family,
and we're on the same team.
00:51:15.14\00:51:18.47
So let us know
what your needs are,
00:51:18.51\00:51:21.81
we'll pray for you.
00:51:21.84\00:51:23.18
And I know that
Jesus is coming very soon.
00:51:23.21\00:51:26.61
And very soon we will be able
00:51:26.65\00:51:28.18
to look up in
the clouds of glory.
00:51:28.22\00:51:30.55
And He's gonna say,
00:51:30.59\00:51:32.19
"Well done thou good
and faithful servant."
00:51:32.22\00:51:34.09
That's the
prayer for each of us.
00:51:34.12\00:51:35.92
But imagine
looking up and say, "Lo!
00:51:35.96\00:51:37.96
This is our God
whom we've waited for.
00:51:37.99\00:51:40.10
He has come to save us."
00:51:40.13\00:51:42.36
Why don't we plan as
Jim Micheff used to say,
00:51:42.40\00:51:45.97
Pastor Micheff, "Let's
plan on meeting on Glory Street.
00:51:46.00\00:51:49.47
We will spend
eternity together."
00:51:49.50\00:51:51.07
Amen. Fantastic.
00:51:51.11\00:51:52.64
Yeah, and I believe that
00:51:52.67\00:51:54.01
we're one big
family like you said.
00:51:54.04\00:51:55.54
You know, we appreciate
you sometimes at camp meeting
00:51:55.58\00:51:58.18
when you're here,
it's always a blessing
00:51:58.21\00:51:59.78
because we get to
meet you then face to face.
00:51:59.81\00:52:01.92
But if we don't on this
earth, we look forward to heaven
00:52:01.95\00:52:05.59
in that great hope
that each one of us have
00:52:05.62\00:52:08.26
especially if
we have loved ones,
00:52:08.29\00:52:09.72
I know, this time
of year can sometimes
00:52:09.76\00:52:11.09
be a little bit sad Christmas,
Thanksgiving time, etc.,
00:52:11.13\00:52:14.20
because we've lost
those that we love.
00:52:14.23\00:52:16.77
But we know that
the rest is temporary
00:52:16.80\00:52:18.70
if they're sleeping in Jesus.
00:52:18.73\00:52:20.07
So what a blessing to
be partnering with you.
00:52:20.10\00:52:23.04
Again, we thank you
00:52:23.07\00:52:24.41
for your support of
the ministry of 3ABN.
00:52:24.44\00:52:26.54
And I know that your life
00:52:26.57\00:52:27.91
has not been the only
one that's been touched,
00:52:27.94\00:52:29.44
but those around the world.
00:52:29.48\00:52:31.48
And I think about technology.
00:52:31.51\00:52:33.01
You know, we're
talking about years ago
00:52:33.05\00:52:34.38
in the uplink building
00:52:34.42\00:52:35.75
and those
massive satellite dishes,
00:52:35.78\00:52:37.39
and it seems to me
now, I've got my cell phone
00:52:37.42\00:52:39.52
which I probably shouldn't have,
00:52:39.55\00:52:40.89
but it's right
beside me in the chair.
00:52:40.92\00:52:43.02
And I heard it ring
buzzing just beside me.
00:52:43.06\00:52:45.19
I forgot to silence it.
00:52:45.23\00:52:46.56
But you think about how
3ABN can now be streamed
00:52:46.59\00:52:49.16
on your phone.
00:52:49.20\00:52:50.53
Whoever would have thought it?
00:52:50.57\00:52:51.90
That's right.
00:52:51.93\00:52:53.27
Correct English. Yeah.
00:52:53.30\00:52:54.64
Not at all.
00:52:54.67\00:52:56.00
But anyway it's
neat how God's message
00:52:56.04\00:52:57.37
is going around the world.
00:52:57.41\00:52:58.74
It seems to me to be almost
faster, and faster, and faster.
00:52:58.77\00:53:02.04
As we look at the prophecy
00:53:02.08\00:53:03.68
and where we are in
this earth's history,
00:53:03.71\00:53:06.38
it's exciting because we do know
00:53:06.41\00:53:08.68
that Jesus Christ
is coming very soon.
00:53:08.72\00:53:10.89
What we want to do right now
is go to 3ABN's address roll,
00:53:10.92\00:53:14.66
so that you can
contact or support us
00:53:14.69\00:53:16.99
as you feel impressed.
00:53:17.03\00:53:21.16
If the Holy Spirit impresses you
00:53:21.20\00:53:22.93
to support 3ABN's
Worldwide Ministry,
00:53:22.96\00:53:25.73
you can do so in
a variety of ways.
00:53:25.77\00:53:27.94
You can write to
3ABN, PO Box 220,
00:53:27.97\00:53:32.01
West Frankfort, Illinois 62896.
00:53:32.04\00:53:35.41
Again, that's 3ABN, PO Box 220,
00:53:35.44\00:53:39.45
West Frankfort, Illinois 62896.
00:53:39.48\00:53:43.02
You can call us
at (618) 627-4651.
00:53:43.05\00:53:47.29
That's (618) 627-4651.
00:53:47.32\00:53:51.29
You can also visit us online
for live programs, schedules,
00:53:51.33\00:53:55.50
and more at 3abn.tv.
00:53:55.53\00:53:58.73
That's 3abn.tv.
00:53:58.77\00:54:02.37