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Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY017109A
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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 01:08 Hello, and welcome to another 3ABN Today program. 01:11 We are so thankful that you have joined us today 01:14 as you do each and every day. 01:16 I don't know how your day is going, 01:17 but I know here at 3ABN, it's a busy time of the year 01:21 and things are going well. 01:22 The Lord Jesus Christ is blessing, 01:25 but we want to thank you 01:26 for partnering with the ministry of 3ABN. 01:29 Some of you, maybe this year, 2017 was the first year 01:32 that you decided to start supporting this ministry 01:36 and some of you maybe have been supporting 01:38 since the very beginning. 01:39 And you know as that song was playing, 01:41 "I want to spend my life mending broken people," 01:44 we don't usually plan many of our programs sometimes, 01:47 I thought of just ask you that before we get into it, 01:49 because we want to talk about 01:50 some exciting things here today, 01:52 but that song has a neat story behind it 01:55 on how that song was picked, 01:56 "I want to spend my life mending broken people," 01:59 because I think, Mr. Danny, that that is all of our mission 02:02 is to spend our lives mending broken people, 02:05 but also touching lives for eternity. 02:07 So I've already introduced Mr. Danny, 02:09 in kind of a roundabout way as to who we have joining us. 02:10 I was thinking that how to introduce our family. 02:12 Yeah, we do. That's right. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 02:14 I got ahead of myself. 02:15 But we have Mr. Danny 02:16 who's usually sitting in this seat. 02:18 It's kind of unusual for us to be sitting here. 02:19 I like it here. 02:21 Do you really? Oh, yeah. 02:22 I like it over there too. 02:23 I like it over there. 02:25 Then we have Dr. Yvonne Lewis with us as well 02:27 and Mollie Steenson. 02:28 It's a blessing to have all three of you here. 02:30 Thank you for mentoring us, younger folk through the years, 02:34 but you know, Jill and I have been blessed 02:35 to be a part of this ministry. 02:37 So now there is a story behind that song 02:39 that you heard in the open. 02:42 We had just started 3ABN, 02:44 I don't know if we were on the air just a short time 02:48 and one night about eight or nine o'clock at night, 02:50 I heard a knock on my door and I went and answered. 02:53 We weren't near as skeptical back then 02:55 when somebody knocks at your door 02:57 late at night or later at night. 02:59 I opened it up 03:00 and it was a young lady that I knew 03:02 that I had produced some music for her in Nashville. 03:04 I used to take people, 03:06 Melanie Walker, and she had a cassette. 03:08 Yeah, cassette tape, not a CD. That's a few years ago. 03:10 Yeah. Got a cassette tape in. 03:12 She said, "There's this new song that I heard 03:14 and it just reminds me so much of your ministry 03:17 and what you're doing 03:20 and the Lord told me to bring this to you 03:22 and give it to you, 03:25 and maybe you can use it somewhere." 03:27 And at that time 03:28 I was producing for quite a few folks 03:30 so a lot of folk would... 03:32 It was not uncommon to bring you some music 03:34 or say may be you could record this 03:36 or somebody could, 03:37 so I didn't think too much about it, 03:39 but I thought it was nice. 03:40 And I put it away for a while, 03:42 and then one day we were traveling somewhere 03:44 and put it in the cassette in the car, 03:48 and I heard the song, 03:49 "I want to spend my life mending broken people," 03:51 and I said you know what? 03:53 That she's right, the Lord did send her 03:55 and we've been singing it ever since 03:57 and kind of using it 03:58 as a theme song of this ministry. 04:00 But here's what I really found out. 04:01 Our intention was to help people, 04:05 you know, through the power, anointing of the Holy Spirit 04:08 to make this a Mending Broken People Network 04:11 but I found out that 04:12 3ABN has been the great mender for me. 04:16 The heart mender as our friend, Aaron Wilburn, 04:18 wrote a song called "Heart Mender" 04:19 that through the last 30-some years 04:23 that I praise God 04:24 that 3ABN was there for me when I needed Him 04:27 and so hopefully 04:29 we're there for you when you need help. 04:32 So... Yeah. 04:34 What a tremendous theme song, if you want to call it that. 04:36 I call it the opening to our flagship program 04:38 because I know that it always touches my heart 04:41 when you actually sit down 04:42 because you know you hear it so many times, 04:44 but if you sit down and listen to the words, 04:45 wow, they're very, very powerful. 04:47 And I think that's... 04:49 Excuse me, the whole purpose of this ministry 04:51 is to mend broken people, 04:52 we are broken, 04:53 every one of us is broken by sin. 04:55 We all have baggage. 04:57 Some of us more than others, 04:59 but I know I have my share of baggage from the past. 05:01 And God says, "I can heal you, I can mend you, 05:04 I can restore you, 05:05 I can stand you up as my witness." 05:07 And each one of us within the ministry here 05:10 have been mended, 05:11 but you at home have been mended. 05:12 And we hear stories of people 05:14 who have come to a knowledge of Jesus 05:17 as a result of something that they heard on 3ABN. 05:21 I think of a gentleman from Michigan, 05:23 and we just recently heard from him in the office, 05:25 his name is Philip, 05:26 and he said he had channel-surfed for years 05:29 looking for truth, looking for Jesus, 05:32 and then he stumbled, one of those words, 05:35 stumbled across 3ABN, he found 3ABN, 05:38 and what a difference it's made in his life, 05:41 and he wanted to connect 05:42 with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 05:43 I called the local pastor. 05:45 I couldn't get in touch. 05:46 And then all of a sudden, 05:47 I heard from a friend who works in Michigan 05:50 and they said my husband is attending a men's retreat 05:53 and Phillip is there. 05:54 Wow, praise the Lord. So praise the Lord. 05:56 That being mended, you know, 05:58 and that's the purpose of this ministry, 06:00 and that's what we want to talk about today 06:03 because of your gifts, 06:04 because of your support of this ministry, 06:08 people all over the world are being mended 06:09 for Jesus Christ. 06:11 One of the verses says, 06:12 "When I see my brother stumble and all his dreams crumble, 06:16 let me be there for I too fail. 06:19 When I see his heart breaking from a wrong turn he's taking, 06:24 let me be there for I remember well." 06:27 So each of us, the writer is saying, 06:30 you know, "I'm not perfect. 06:32 And I've been exactly where he is, 06:34 but by God's grace now I want to share, 06:37 you know, the mending that God's done 06:39 in putting my heart back together. 06:42 I want to be able to be there for someone else." 06:45 Because a lot of times we tend to 06:46 sometimes when we see somebody stumble, 06:48 sometimes we tend to attack even more like, 06:50 "Oh, they're down. 06:51 Let me just hit them some more." 06:52 You know, and we can come at him at other angles 06:54 but I think that's a key right there 06:55 is to be there and to lift them up with Jesus, 06:58 be the hands and the feet of Jesus 07:00 for them for sure. 07:02 Boy, that's powerful. 07:04 Yes, we also have, 07:05 you got a scripture you want to share with us. 07:07 Absolutely, we talk about mending broken people, 07:10 and the scripture I had 07:11 actually does not even fit at the moment 07:13 so I'm gonna refer to another one. 07:14 Okay, that sounds good. 07:17 The one I'm thinking of now is in Psalm 07:19 and I'll look it up for you in a moment, 07:20 but it says, "The Lord heals the broken heart. 07:23 And He mends their wounds." 07:25 And that's what this ministry is all about. 07:28 Healing the brokenhearted and mending their wounds. 07:31 And today we're gonna to talk about 07:32 how God is using you and your finances at home 07:36 to mend broken people 07:38 and to bring them out of darkness 07:40 back into His marvelous light. 07:42 So we're going to talk about year end giving 07:45 what you can do at home to support this ministry. 07:49 You know, I think, 07:51 and I appreciate always, Mr. Danny, 07:52 you know, from the very beginning 07:53 you have not believed in begathons. 07:55 You know, we set up, you know, all these phone lines 07:58 and we're there, you know, on what you've seen begathons, 08:01 we don't believe in that here. 08:03 We believe that the Holy Spirit is speaking to each one of you 08:06 and whatever he's impressing you to do, 08:09 that's the important thing 08:10 is to obey what you feel impressed. 08:12 So today we again want to bring our needs before you 08:16 because we believe that's right. 08:17 You know, how do you know that we have needs 08:19 if we don't bring them before you? 08:21 But God has supplied every one of our needs for 33 years. 08:26 And I know, God won't quit, 08:28 but He needs you to be involved in that 08:31 because you're the hands and the feet 08:33 for this ministry of 3ABN. 08:36 God is the one that does the impressing 08:37 but you actually have to obey His calling. 08:40 So we appreciate again 08:41 your support of the ministry of 3ABN 08:43 because sometimes, I know, when we're out and about, 08:45 I actually have by my desk, I have my computer monitor, 08:49 and by my desk I have a little envelope of 08:52 where one lady had donated $1 to the ministry of 3ABN. 08:57 I've had that envelope for many, many years. 09:00 Of course, the dollar went into the ministry of 3ABN, 09:02 I didn't keep the dollar. 09:03 I just kept the envelope as a reminder, 09:05 but I received it when I was at the call center many years ago. 09:08 And it touched me in such a way because it's easy to just say, 09:11 "Oh, a dollar, that's, whatever," 09:13 but those are all important because they all add up. 09:15 And I know that that lady gave 09:17 probably about everything she had, 09:18 she gave sacrificially. 09:20 Let me tell you something. 09:21 I am encouraged about 2018. Me too. 09:25 And I'll tell you why. 09:26 If they can get a shot of that y'all know what this is? 09:28 Well, that looks like they're shiny. 09:29 That's a penny. 09:30 That's a shiny new penny. 09:32 And this has given me, Mollie, tremendous courage 09:36 because 10 minutes before we came on the air 09:39 approximately, 09:41 Jill handed me a letter that was personally written to me. 09:45 And I opened it up, 09:46 and someone wrote a bunch of cuss words. 09:48 They basically called me some names 09:50 and he said some terrible things 09:53 but then it made me feel better 09:55 because they said, "And your associates." 09:57 So it wasn't just me, it was all of you too. 09:59 All of us. 10:00 So that made me feel any better. 10:02 But he's like, you know, 10:05 saying all these terrible things. 10:06 And for some reason, 10:08 he put this penny in the envelope. 10:10 And I said, Corinthian says, 10:12 "You can do nothing against the gospel but for it." 10:15 Yeah. That's true. 10:16 Now that's a deal? Yes, it's a deal. 10:18 So this penny that he was, I guess, 10:21 sending us to make fun of, you know, 10:22 here's how much I'll help you, 10:24 I think, God can make a lot out of nothing, right? 10:27 If he can create the earth and create humans 10:30 from the dust of the ground 10:32 and breathed into man the breath of life, 10:34 I think, this penny that this person sent in, 10:37 if I can use the word in as hate, 10:39 I think God can use this 10:41 and make something mighty out of this penny. 10:45 What do you say, you guys agree with me? 10:46 I agree 100%. Absolutely. 10:48 I believe that it can. I believe it's biblical. 10:49 So this we want to hang on to, 10:51 in fact I'm gonna ask you to put this in your office, 10:55 maybe put it in a little frame somewhere. 10:57 Yes. 10:58 Just that because it reminds me. 11:00 Yeah, wow! 11:01 Greg talked about a dollar, 11:03 it reminded me back 16-17 years ago, 11:05 I don't remember for sure, somewhere around 2000, 11:08 that we had a meeting at church. 11:11 Oh, yes. 11:13 And it was in the evening, 11:14 like a Sabbath evening after sundown 11:16 and so Dee Hildebrand was saying 11:18 "We have several items to come across, 11:21 but first let's get this one out of the way." 11:24 She said, "For some reason, 11:25 we don't know why someone sent a dollar 11:30 and said this is to go towards the church school." 11:32 She said, "Well, of course, we don't have a church school, 11:34 we're not gonna build a church school I'm sure, 11:37 so we need to find the closest church school 11:40 would be in Marion about 30 minutes away." 11:43 So we just need to take a vote to send that to Marion. 11:48 And what she didn't know was about four that morning 11:51 that I'd been awakened, and I woke up, 11:54 and it was like this impression, 11:56 we need a church school, 11:58 we have all these people working, 11:59 near 100 plus people whatever. 12:01 And for our children, 12:03 we need a church school for these kids 12:05 and even the community kids 12:07 if they want to come to a church school. 12:09 But I said to myself, 12:12 "Well, that's not the Lord, that's me." 12:15 I've got too many things on my plate right now 12:17 and I'm not worried about a church school. 12:19 This is something I'm just not gonna do 12:22 because I can't imagine Lord. 12:24 He's impressed us 12:25 to build television and radio to reach the world. 12:27 A church school? 12:28 Yeah, some church school, 12:29 so I know we're not gonna worry about this, Mollie. 12:32 So then I put it out of my mind, 12:34 I go back to sleep. 12:35 Then that very evening, 12:37 here's Dee saying somebody sent a dollar, 12:40 so Brother Ron Hogue who's now resting in Jesus 12:43 who became a member of our church 12:45 through watching 3ABN. 12:48 He said that he used to, you didn't know him, Yvonne. 12:51 But he, was he colorful or what? 12:53 Yes, very much so. 12:54 And he was Pentecostal, 12:56 and he said he watched 3ABN a lot, 12:59 but he would drive out to where our church is on Sabbath, 13:03 just sit in the driveway 13:05 and watch people go in the parking lot 13:07 and watch them go out. 13:08 He said, "I just wanted to see 13:10 if these people are like they are on TV." 13:12 So one day, I'm at West Frankfort Lake, 13:16 I have a friend and we're out there fishing. 13:18 We don't get time to do that. Oh, yeah. 13:20 We were on the dock. 13:21 And we were just really there for a short time. 13:23 And so I had somebody with me who really wanted to fish. 13:25 And I said, "Wait, we can just throw in." 13:27 So this guy come up to me and comes up and he says, 13:31 "You don't know me, but I know you. 13:32 I watch you on TV all the time. 13:34 And I want to start coming to your church. 13:36 What do you think about that something to that effect." 13:38 I'm like well, praise the Lord. Yes, absolutely. 13:40 He came, he and his wife, 13:41 and they became members of the church and back in. 13:44 So at this meeting, he raises his hands 13:48 we're getting ready to take the vote. 13:50 And he says, "Wait a minute, sister. 13:52 If somebody sent a dollar towards the church school 13:56 rather than to send it off maybe we should pray, 13:59 maybe the Lord wants us to have a church school." 14:01 That's right. Amen. 14:02 So that one who said they use that term seed money. 14:05 But that dollar maybe that's what God sent us 14:09 to get our attention. 14:11 And so I said, "You know, really, 14:12 I think that's a good idea, why don't we table it?" 14:15 And then shortly after that God opened up the doors, 14:18 we built a beautiful school over here, 14:21 never raised the money from the public. 14:23 The Lord impressed people, they gave to it. 14:25 The school was paid for all in faith. 14:28 So now we're looking at this penny. 14:31 That's right. 14:32 Now we have a penny. 14:34 So someone sent that, but I have to go back to. 14:37 You can do nothing against the gospel but for it. 14:40 So for those of you watching, if you get that spiritually, 14:43 you think about it and you pray about it. 14:45 And I'm going to promise you that God's gonna do 14:48 some great and mighty and marvelous things 14:50 in this New Year. 14:52 Amen. I'm excited too for 2018. Yes. Yes. 14:55 Yes, Mollie. 14:56 You know, what is so encouraging to me, Danny. 14:59 I've been here, I guess, I'm going on 23 years. 15:02 Boy, there's been some good, bad, and ugly has been 15:04 over the last 23 years. 15:07 But you know the good so far outweighs the bad, 15:10 and we've been through such difficult times. 15:13 And you know, I'm going to say 23 years ago when I first came, 15:18 do you know there were rumors going around. 15:20 Y'all won't believe this. 15:21 Rumors going around that 3ABN wasn't going to make it. 15:24 Yeah, 23 years ago. That we were going under. 15:26 Going under. 15:28 That there is no way 15:29 this ministry is going to make it. 15:31 You know what? 15:32 Today, there are rumors going around 15:33 that 3ABN is not going to make it, 15:35 but, Danny, have we made it 15:36 through every storm, every battle? 15:38 And you know why? 15:40 What did John Dinzey say about 3ABN? 15:43 We are a ministry of divine origin. 15:48 And God has provided. 15:51 And you know, this is a program where we wanted to come to you, 15:55 our viewers, our listeners, our supporters 15:57 and tell you that this is the end of the year, 16:01 we want to go out of the end of this year 16:03 in the black so badly. 16:05 Oh, we want to go out of the end of this year 16:07 so badly in the black. 16:08 And God has always provided all of our need 16:12 according to His riches and glory 16:14 through Christ Jesus. 16:16 He's done it through you, His people. 16:18 So what we're doing, 16:20 we're not going to come to you with a sob story. 16:22 You know what? God is on the throne. 16:23 That's right. 16:25 And He is providing for us the whole 23 years 16:28 although there have been rumors and you name it, it's happened. 16:32 It's come against this ministry but God has seen us through. 16:36 Not only have we survived some of the hardest hits, 16:40 I believe a ministry could take, 16:42 we've thrived, 16:46 didn't just survive, 16:48 we are thriving in the midst of this. 16:50 And God isn't through. 16:52 I mean, you would not believe 16:54 the plans, and dreams, and visions 16:58 that God has given this ministry 17:00 for this upcoming year. 17:01 It is amazing what God is doing through just these simple folk 17:07 that God has entrusted a vision to. 17:09 You know, in this Adventist Church, 17:11 God has entrusted an end time message 17:16 for an end time people, entrusted it to us. 17:19 And it's our responsibility to get this message 17:23 to the whole world. That's right. 17:24 Now what we've got here at 3ABN is a piece of equipment. 17:29 It's called cameras, and satellites, 17:33 that's what the equipment is. 17:34 All of this that's necessary 17:37 to get the message to the satellite 17:39 which then gets it down into the homes 17:41 and Danny can tell you all that technical stuff, 17:45 but in order for us to do this, we have to have help. 17:50 So God has given us this amazing ability 17:55 to get the message into the whole world. 17:58 But for us to do this, we've got to have your help. 18:02 And this isn't a story of anything 18:04 other than victory and jubilation 18:07 because there's no doubt in any one of our hearts 18:10 that God is going to continue to provide for this ministry. 18:14 But, you know, I think we come to you 18:16 because I see how blessed. 18:19 Greg and Jill, are you blessed? Oh, amen. 18:21 Oh, God is raising them up 18:23 and has put such a call and anointing on their life. 18:25 Danny and Yvonne, are y'all blessed? 18:27 Oh, yes. 18:28 Oh, we are all so blessed 18:30 and we want to share those blessings with you, 18:34 as we all come together and we all do our part, 18:38 then the whole gets accomplished. 18:40 So we are inviting you to be a part of this ministry, 18:44 to get the message of this kingdom 18:47 to the whole world 18:48 because what's going to happen 18:49 when this message goes to the whole world? 18:51 Jesus will come. 18:53 Jesus will come again. 18:54 And I've got some scriptures to share with you, 18:57 but I'm gonna hush for now. 18:59 Somebody else's story, Yvonne. 19:01 She's starting to preach. 19:03 That's very good. 19:04 Yvonne, when CA tells a story, when he first came here now, 19:07 he had worked for the church for 25 years. 19:09 You know the conference 19:11 and so he came here on faith ministry. 19:13 And so, he said, you know, he'd heard us say, 19:17 well, we don't have any money or what have you, 19:19 but he says in the church when they say that, 19:21 we always have some pushing you feel somewhere 19:24 that we can pull from or pull. 19:26 And he said, 19:27 "I came to the first day of prayer in January." 19:30 And he said, "Danny gets up and said, 19:32 'Well, I have to tell everybody we're broke. 19:35 And he said, I thought, did I hear him right? 19:38 We're broke. 19:39 He said, "Yes, we're broke." 19:41 And he said two or three people or several in the back said, 19:43 "Amen, you know, praise the Lord." 19:46 What is wrong with these people? 19:48 He said, "We're broke," and he gives all these terms. 19:51 He didn't say this. He didn't say that. 19:53 He said, "We're broke." 19:54 And he said, "The good news is that we're broke, 19:59 we don't have any money, but God has the money, 20:01 and we're going forward by faith 20:03 and we're ending the year, you know, in the black. 20:07 We don't owe anybody anything, but we are broke. 20:09 But hey, it's a step forward by faith." 20:12 So he said, "I didn't get it at first," 20:14 but now he does. 20:15 Yeah, yeah. Yeah. 20:16 You know, to me, 20:18 one of the things that's so important is that 20:19 the Word of God is going to move forward. 20:22 We are at the very end of time. 20:25 And we have to join together to get this job done 20:30 and we can. 20:31 We are doing it by the grace of God. 20:33 We're going to continue to do it by the grace of God. 20:36 But we have to have you to help, 20:39 and we partner in this work. 20:42 To me it's so beautiful 20:44 that we can come together with a common cause 20:47 to get the Word out to a lost and dying world. 20:50 There's so many people, you know, I think, 20:53 as Christians sometimes, we just assume 20:55 that people have at least heard about Jesus 20:58 or know something about Him. 21:00 But there's so many people in prisons, for example, 21:02 who've never heard about Jesus. 21:05 And their lives, they're just wasting away without him. 21:09 And one of the things that we're trying to do 21:11 with Dare to Dream 21:12 is to get Dare to Dream on these different hard drives 21:17 because we can't use the internet there. 21:19 So get it on hard drives on MySDATV boxes 21:22 and take them into the prisons, 21:24 preprogrammed with months 21:26 of Dare to Dream programming on them, 21:30 just to air within the prison cells 21:32 and to give them some hope, to give them Jesus, 21:36 and so that's one of the things that we're requesting 21:39 from you, viewers, to help us, we need $25,000 21:43 to get enough of these hard drives 21:47 to meet the needs of 50 facilities. 21:49 Fifty? Fifty. 21:50 Well, that is incredible if you think about 21:52 how many people are in those 50 facilities? 21:53 Exactly, and the turnover. 21:55 You know, sometimes depending on the facility, 21:57 some places are kind of holding places, 21:59 then some more long-term 22:02 but, you know, to just get the Word 22:04 and I think, Richard Bland once said, 22:08 "Inmates are either gonna have Christ or crime." 22:13 Because when they're in prison, 22:16 you're around people who do that. 22:18 That's what they do. 22:20 So you're either gonna study with them 22:22 because you have a lot of time, 22:24 or you're gonna study the Word of God. 22:26 Let's give them the Word of God 22:28 which gives them hope, which then, you know, 22:31 changes that whole recidivism paradigm 22:34 and people won't be on that treadmill. 22:37 They'll be able to come out and serve God, 22:39 go to their local church and just serve the Lord, 22:43 and that is a beautiful thing. 22:45 But we need your help to do it. 22:47 Amen. Amen. 22:48 So that's a specific thing. I like specific things. 22:50 When I always give, 22:52 I want to know what it's going for it, 22:53 how it helps spread the gospel, 22:55 so $25,000 to Dare to Dream 22:58 to help get Dare to Dream in 50 prisons. 23:01 Fifty prisons. 23:02 So what are some other specific things 23:04 that people could donate to or donate for? 23:06 I know, Mollie, you mentioned satellite and cameras, 23:09 and that's vital 23:10 because that's the spread of the gospel, 23:12 but is there anything else specific 23:14 that any of you think of 23:16 that someone can specifically give toward? 23:18 Well, of course new programming. 23:19 Oh, yeah. 23:21 And that cost a tremendous amount of money 23:22 for new programming, 23:24 but it's worth it. 23:25 And so when you look at all the new programs 23:29 and we've done some programs recently, 23:31 not only this past year, but the new ones coming, 23:34 and then also just evangelism in general, 23:37 because we're doing some on the ground this coming year 23:39 like in Phoenix, 23:41 here in February and early March 23:45 to do evangelism. 23:47 Send the preachers there. That's right. 23:49 You know, send the remote trucks 23:50 to be able to bring those to use. 23:52 So evangelism, evangelism, evangelism! 23:55 That's why we're so positive about the future 24:00 is because God blesses the message, 24:03 not necessarily the messenger. 24:04 Now I always feel like I've been blessed, 24:06 but what I mean by that is 24:08 if I die today, or get thrown out, 24:10 or whatever happens, 24:11 the ministry will still go forward 24:13 as long as we concentrate on the message 24:16 that God has given us to give as a people 24:19 to a lost and dying world. That's right. 24:21 And that's the three angels' messages into the entire world, 24:24 and as long as we focus on that, 24:26 God's going to bless. 24:28 Yeah, I agree. 24:29 Anything coming to mind, Mollie? 24:31 Well, I was just thinking people don't feel a need 24:34 to give to just the mundane everyday. 24:37 You know, we have to have electricity, 24:40 we have to have water, the employees need to be paid 24:43 because they've become accustomed 24:45 to eating three meals a day, 24:47 and insurance and, you know, it takes a lot to keep the... 24:52 And the finances are like the grease 24:55 that keeps the mechanism oiled, so it can move forward. 25:01 But I'm thinking of the satellite cost, 25:04 and the cost that it takes 25:08 for us to send our signal to satellite 25:10 that then it goes to satellite and then it's disseminated, 25:16 that's a good word, all over the world 25:19 and it is just as powerfully an evangelistic tool 25:23 as those cameras are, 25:25 but that's how we get the message 25:28 over into these other countries. 25:31 And do you know, we're on in Great Britain... 25:34 We're on every inhabited continent receives the Gospel 25:38 of the Lord Jesus Christ through this, 25:41 the means of Three Angels Broadcasting Network 25:44 and that satellite bill every month 25:46 is extremely important that we continue on the satellite, 25:50 so I want to just encourage you, 25:53 if you would like to be a part of getting this gospel 25:56 all over the world, 25:58 there is an area that really needs your help. 26:02 I appreciate it too when people send, 26:04 and they do quite often, send a certain amount 26:07 whether it's 100 or 1,000 or sometimes more 26:10 and just say for whatever your needs are, 26:12 because that way we can use for operations if we need to. 26:17 And so to me, it's great that people will give us that, 26:21 but if you have something on your heart that you want, 26:24 specifically to go to Russia, you know, 26:26 we have the Russia work that's incredible work, 26:28 but it cost probably 30,000 a month. 26:31 People would be amazed, 26:32 it cost us millions of dollars here every year 26:35 to continue to not only maintain but to grow, 26:39 millions of dollars, 26:41 and yet not one penny comes from the church. 26:44 And it shouldn't because we're a supporting ministry, 26:47 the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 26:48 but not an official part of it like the other channels, 26:51 Hope Channel, what have you, 26:53 they are supported by the church 26:55 and church offerings. 26:56 3ABN, we're dependent on your offerings 26:59 because without what you give there is no other income, 27:03 so when CA said, he came here and found out, 27:06 you know what? 27:07 There's nothing up his sleeve. 27:09 He doesn't have any... 27:10 They're broke. Yeah. 27:11 He said, "We broke" like this. 27:13 We broke. 27:15 And so he found out, we broke. 27:17 And so he said there's really nothing 27:19 but there's also nothing 27:21 like the experience in a faith walk. 27:22 Yes. 27:24 And so year after year, you see God bless. 27:27 So it's right now to think that we could end this year 27:31 and depending on all of you, 27:33 and I believe with God's blessings, 27:35 we'll end up totally financially, 27:36 as we call it in the black, 27:38 to go forward each month knowing it's going to be 27:40 a million to two million dollars 27:42 spent by faith, 27:44 because you do this in advance. 27:45 And then God continues to bless, 27:47 so thank you again for what you do. 27:49 It's incredible actually 27:51 to think about 33-years of ministry. 27:54 And these folk continuing to give, 27:56 and those some of you've been giving from the beginning 27:59 and some are brand new, 28:01 but I want to say thank you to all of you. 28:03 You know, I was thinking all the way back to, I guess, 28:05 I don't know why this story always sticks in my mind, 28:07 but I believe it's the McColpins, you know, 28:09 that I mean they sacrificed, 28:12 didn't they? They did. 28:13 To come here, 28:14 this is when you we're building the uplink building, 28:16 and for some reason, I always remember the ripe, 28:18 was that the cantaloupe? Yeah. 28:19 They would cut it open on the back 28:21 of their station wagon, 28:22 and wasn't that at the little tailgate. 28:23 Well because they, yeah. 28:25 And then the Lord blessed them 28:26 because they actually sold some land 28:28 or went out on the limp and said, 28:29 "God, we're going to give you this much money." 28:31 And then the Lord blessed. 28:32 And you know all those details to that story. 28:34 They went out by faith, they had read. 28:36 I put out a little, I had my Commodore 64, 28:39 just got a new computer. 28:40 And I wrote on a little newsletter. 28:43 They probably don't even know about the Commodore 64. 28:45 One of the first computers, you know, 28:47 to be into a home computer. 28:49 And so I wrote a little newsletter, 28:51 and I think we sent out 200. 28:54 And Rosella McColpin said, she was at the post office in, 28:58 I think, Ooltewah, Tennessee down there, 28:59 and someone had gotten a letter and shared it with her. 29:03 And we talked about building a television station 29:05 to reach the world. 29:07 We didn't really have a TV station, 29:08 but we had property donated. 29:10 We were in the process of digging the footings. 29:12 She caught the vision, didn't she? 29:14 And she and her husband were going to Wisconsin 29:15 but they said, 29:17 "I wonder if we could just come to Southern Illinois." 29:19 So they came and stayed nearly all week. 29:21 Now they had a station wagon, I remember that, 29:24 but it wasn't particularly new or nice vehicle. 29:27 They didn't particularly dress really well or really poor. 29:30 They just, you didn't consider them 29:33 as somebody with money or potential 29:35 but they stayed the whole week and said, 29:37 "We just want to see your building." 29:38 And we said, "Well, we're just buying fuel, 29:40 5 gallons at a time and digging footings 29:43 and what have you, you know, 29:44 and so that that's all we can do." 29:47 And so they just every day, they would come out. 29:50 So finally, I said to them, 29:51 "Hey, would you like to go in to lunch? 29:53 You can go to our house. 29:55 And we'll eat lunch." 29:56 And they said, "Oh, you don't, you mean you go to... 30:00 First I said, you want to go into town, they had a bonanza, 30:03 this was in Bend and I said, 30:06 "Would you want to go to eat with." 30:07 And they said, "Oh, you go to restaurants. 30:09 Oh, we wouldn't spend any money on restaurants." 30:12 So then I said, "Well, Okay." 30:14 So I said, "Well, would you want to come to our house, 30:18 maybe we can fix something to eat there." 30:20 "Oh, no, you live about 10 miles away. 30:22 We wouldn't use the gas to go back all way." 30:24 So I said, "Well, what do you do for eating?" 30:26 And they said, "Oh, well, we have" 30:27 they opened the tailgate. 30:29 And they said, "Oh, we got plenty of food. 30:30 We brought with us. 30:31 No use in you wasting money and gas, just eat with us." 30:34 And they had a can of green beans. 30:37 A can of green beans. 30:39 A can of green beans and they opened it up. 30:41 And they had a muskmelon, we call it cantaloupe. 30:43 And they said, "Look, here we got some green beans 30:46 and we have some cantaloupe." 30:47 The bread had been out, it was too warm, the bread. 30:50 You could tell it was past its due date. 30:52 So I didn't want to deal with the bread. 30:55 They said, "Hey, why don't you just share it with us. 30:57 We have plenty." 30:58 And I said, "Well, you know what," 31:00 'cause he said I'll never forget this. 31:02 "Where could you ask for anything better than this?" 31:04 My mind started thinking of all places and restaurants, 31:07 but I didn't say anything. 31:09 Incredible. 31:10 So I said, "Well, you know, really, I'm not that hungry. 31:12 We don't have to eat today." 31:13 So we waited till supper. 31:14 But they by faith, before they left, 31:17 they each wrote us a check for $25,000. 31:20 They asked what it would take to shell up that building, 31:22 $50,000. 31:24 So I said, they must have money. 31:26 I found out, they're both retired, 31:28 went home. 31:29 They didn't have that money in the bank. 31:32 So they wrote and asked us to hold the check 31:35 for like a week or so. 31:36 They went home, and they had built a home 31:39 and had quite a bit of property 31:40 and borrowed the money against the home. 31:43 And some day, we can show, 31:45 we still have the footage of them coming up later 31:47 and saying and they're on that pink set, 31:50 we had a mom set. 31:51 Oh. I recall. 31:53 You were on the mom set, on that pink mom set, 31:56 and he said, six months after, these are retired people, 32:00 six months after we went out in faith, 32:03 "God blessed us with more than enough money, 32:07 more than enough money to give all of that money 32:10 that we gave you. 32:11 We didn't miss it." 32:12 Yeah, praise the Lord. 32:14 That's an inspiration, do you know that? 32:15 Yeah. That really is. 32:17 Because these people stepped out in faith, 32:18 and God promises to bless us. 32:19 You know, I mean, it's in the scripture. 32:21 God promises to do that. 32:23 It may not always be financially. 32:25 I know, sometimes for Jill and myself, 32:26 we even talk about wow, the tires on our cars, 32:28 they just never seem to wear out or something else, 32:31 maybe we don't get sick, you know, 32:33 all these little blessings that God gives to us, 32:35 we have to recognize and be thankful for them. 32:38 We also have a special project. 32:40 And this is "Magnify Him" by you, Dr. Yvonne Lewis. 32:44 Yay. A special, this is a CD. 32:47 And it's, we want to actually play one of the songs here 32:50 coming up shortly. 32:52 But this project, this is going to be, 32:54 I don't want to say, it's a fundraiser, 32:56 but if someone gives a special donation, 32:58 tell us about that, Dr. Yvonne, and the project? 33:00 Yes, the proceeds will go to Dare to Dream. 33:02 Because we really need to build up Dare to Dream. 33:07 We have lots of needs 33:08 as we just talked about with the prison for example, 33:11 its programming, 33:13 we're always trying to develop new programs 33:15 as you know, Greg, and so. 33:17 It's great. 33:18 Praise the Lord. 33:20 I'm so excited about where God is taking us. 33:22 But again, we need your help 33:24 and so this project is really a fundraiser for Dare to Dream. 33:29 Not for me, it's for Dare to Dream, 33:31 so we're really excited. 33:33 She's put blood, sweat, and tears, 33:34 if you can use that term. 33:36 People may not realize that. 33:37 So it's a sacrificial gift 33:40 because hours, and hours, and hours, 33:42 in the studios doing all of this 33:44 and putting all of this together 33:46 to come up with this "Magnify Him." 33:48 In fact, you wrote the song, didn't you the title song? 33:50 The title song, yes, praise the Lord. 33:52 It was the theme song for one of our programs 33:54 on Dare to Dream, our music program. 33:56 And I had asked the Lord. 33:58 I said, "Lord, we really need a theme song for it? 34:00 Would you give it to me?" 34:01 And you know, I'm really not a songwriter. 34:04 Well, you are not... 34:05 But praise the Lord. 34:06 And He gave it to me. 34:08 And He gave me the tune and the lyrics. 34:11 And so I was just so excited. 34:13 So the Lord, He just provides everything we need. 34:17 So I'm thankful. I'm excited about the project. 34:19 Well, this is the first CD that you've done in what, 34:21 almost 20 years? 34:23 Oh, wow, yeah, since the late '90s. 34:25 Wow! Nearly 20 years. 34:27 Now her last CD, her gospel CD, you know, when we do these, 34:32 we will get sometimes backup singers to help us do. 34:35 Her backup singers, 34:37 and I don't know very many people 34:38 who could say this, 34:39 was Cissy Houston and Luther Vandross. 34:44 Those were your backup singers? 34:45 Yeah, they sang background for that. 34:47 They are some of the backup singers 34:49 that you might recognize, you know, 34:51 Whitney's mother, and Houston, and Luther Vandross, of course, 34:55 and so they actually did you back up. 34:57 Well, you didn't have them this time, 34:59 but you still had some good friends and some... 35:01 Yeah. 35:02 In fact, she actually would do some of her own backup. 35:04 You did your own? 35:06 On some of the songs, yeah. 35:07 She would do like nine times go, 35:10 each time sing a part and do another part 35:12 and stack it and make her own choir, 35:14 trying to save instead of paying people. 35:16 But she's got a great range and a great gift for music. 35:20 But this has been nearly 20 years in the making, 35:22 so everywhere I'm with her for sure, 35:24 when we're traveling people are, 35:26 "Do you have a CD or DVD?" 35:28 And so, all these years, she's had to say no. 35:31 And we never really formally gave this thing 35:34 what I call a kick off here 35:35 and I think, today, 35:37 since there's a little bit of time, 35:38 we can do that. 35:39 And Yvonne, maybe you can feel free in a bit, 35:41 I know, you said, you want to play one of the songs. 35:43 We want to go to one of the songs. 35:44 Yes. Yeah, we sure do. 35:45 I want to read some of the songs from this, 35:47 this wonderful Marvelous In Our Eyes, 35:50 Wonders Never Cease, In Christ Alone. 35:54 Yeah, so powerful. 35:55 My Help Cometh From The Lord, Magnify Him, Just In Time. 36:01 That's a powerful song as well. 36:02 Let Your Kingdom Come, Just Once More. 36:05 I love that song. Yes. 36:07 I do too. 36:08 When you sing that song, it is so anointing, 36:09 I love that song. 36:11 Praise the Lord. 36:12 Your Grace Still Amazes Me, and Praise His Holy Name, 36:16 another powerful song. 36:17 Yeah, 10 songs on the CD. 36:18 You know what's incredible is that 36:20 God has given you such a gift. 36:21 You know, I mean, I know you used it for many years. 36:24 You could say singing in the world 36:25 and for Jesus and whatever. 36:27 But to me, you're a woman who sold out for God, 36:31 sold out for His kingdom, and the anointing on you, 36:34 when you sing, it comes through. 36:36 And this is an incredible project. 36:38 We have it in the car, 36:39 and we listen to it all the time. 36:41 And you need to get a DVD project of this together too. 36:44 There will be. I would love to do that. 36:46 And praise the Lord. Thank you. 36:47 Several of the songs are on DVD, just DVD. 36:49 They are. 36:51 We need to put them together. 36:52 That's true. That's right, yeah. 36:53 That's true. 36:55 To me, the one of the things about this project is 36:57 each song has its own message 37:01 and, like if you're feeling, if you're needing some help, 37:07 be needing God to help you, 37:09 "My Help Cometh From The Lord" is such a powerful song 37:12 or if you're messed up and you feel like, 37:16 "Lord, please, I messed up again, 37:18 please forgive me just once more." 37:20 If you're thinking about the second coming, 37:23 and you're just really anticipating like 37:26 Jesus coming in the clouds just in time, 37:30 you know, calling you by your name. 37:31 I mean, all of these things to me, 37:33 the CD, the songs on it, 37:37 just taking myself away from it now, 37:40 the songs on it just has such powerful messages 37:44 to encourage you. 37:45 So even if you might not need encouraging right now, 37:48 you might know somebody who does, who's really hurting 37:51 and needs to hear something 37:54 that's gonna make them feel better, you know, 37:56 so I feel like that's what this project can do 38:00 by the grace of God 38:02 because it's the Holy Spirit that's injected it. 38:05 So we want to encourage you 38:07 actually to get one for yourself 38:08 but not only for yourself, but for others that you know. 38:11 So in other words, we're saying quantity, okay? 38:14 But get this. 38:16 Now you may have missed it, 38:17 but she said the proceeds go to Dare to Dream, 38:20 and Dare to Dream, 38:21 one of our networks or channels here at 3ABN 38:23 is doing a great work. 38:25 We continue to get tremendously positive feedback 38:27 for the network, for the channel as well. 38:30 So let's go to one of the songs that's on this project 38:34 and it's entitled In Christ Alone. 38:53 In Christ alone my hope is found 38:59 He is my light, my strength, my song 39:04 This cornerstone, this solid ground 39:10 Firm through the fiercest drought and storm 39:15 What heights of love, what depths of peace 39:20 When fears are stilled and strivings cease 39:25 My comforter, my all in all 39:30 Here in the love of Christ I stand 39:43 In Christ alone Who took on flesh 39:49 Fullness of God in helpless babe 39:54 This gift of love and righteousness 39:59 Scorned by the ones He came to save 40:04 Till on that cross as Jesus died 40:10 The wrath of God was satisfied 40:15 For ev'ry sin on Him was laid 40:20 Here in the death of Christ I live 40:46 There in the ground His body lay 40:51 Light of the world by darkness slain 40:56 Then bursting forth in glorious day 41:02 Up from the grave He rose again 41:07 And as He stands in victory 41:12 Sin's curse has lost its grip on me 41:17 For I am His and He is mine 41:22 Bought with the precious blood of Christ 41:35 No guilt in life no fear in death 41:41 This is the pow'r of Christ in me 41:46 From life's first cry to final breath 41:51 Jesus commands my destiny 41:56 No pow'r of hell no scheme of man 42:01 Can ever pluck me 42:04 From His hand 42:09 Till He returns to take me home 42:15 Here in the pow'r of Christ I'll stand 42:20 No pow'r of hell no scheme of man 42:25 Can ever pluck me 42:28 From His hand 42:32 Till he returns to take me home 42:36 Here in the pow'r of Christ 42:44 I'll stand 42:58 Amen. Wow. 43:00 What an incredible song. 43:02 Every time Miss Yvonne sings high, I think, you know, 43:05 you just get those notes and hit them 43:07 and it soars so effortlessly, 43:10 even though I can't say the word, 43:11 but effortlessly. 43:13 What a blessing, 43:14 God has given you such a tremendous gift. 43:16 And I know, this project, God's gonna use it 43:20 to minister and bless many people. 43:22 We want to encourage you a donation to Dare to Dream. 43:26 If you give a donation to Dare to Dream, 43:27 you can get this CD project. 43:30 You can give $15 donation, 43:33 and that would cover the cost of the CD. 43:35 But we want to encourage you to give, 43:36 maybe God's calling you to give $100 for the CD. 43:39 Maybe He wants you to give $1,000 43:42 and that would support the ministry of Dare to Dream, 43:46 maybe God wants you to give even more than that. 43:49 So whatever God has put on your heart 43:52 to support the ministry of Dare to Dream. 43:54 It's an incredible project. 43:55 Praise the Lord. 43:57 We praise Him for it. 43:58 Yes, absolutely. 43:59 Yeah, you know, it's a blessing the ministry of music. 44:01 Yes. 44:03 I tell you, it reaches the soul, 44:05 reaches my soul in a unique way music does. 44:07 And I think, you know that 44:08 you've always had music a big part of your life, 44:11 but also the ministry of 3ABN. 44:14 I think, it's important, you know, 44:15 because you can touch lives. 44:18 It's a sermon. 44:20 It really is, music is a sermon. 44:21 And maybe they may be four or five minutes long, 44:23 but, boy, you can touch a life for eternity through a song. 44:26 Yes, yes. 44:27 I think music can reach people 44:29 in places sometimes that words can't. 44:32 You know, when you have words 44:33 plus melody and harmony and all that, 44:35 it just reaches a place in your spirit that, 44:39 you know, other things, just words can't. 44:42 And we're talking about mending broken people. 44:44 Music mends a broken heart. Yeah. 44:47 You know, I mean, you think about 44:48 in times of the Bible when David played for Saul 44:50 and it soothed him. 44:52 And you think about people struggling, 44:55 people in hospitals, people dying, 44:57 people with a broken heart, 44:59 and God can use this CD project. 45:01 God can use the other music projects. 45:03 We have here at 3ABN 45:05 to minister to those broken hearts. 45:07 You know, Dr. Yvonne, 45:08 I was just sitting here looking at the CD. 45:10 And I'm sure that you've shared this before on 3ABN. 45:13 But when did you realize as a child, 45:16 I'm assuming that you had a gift for music? 45:20 I'm laughing because if my dad were here, 45:23 later in life, my dad told me that he told my mother 45:27 that he said, "She will never sing." 45:30 She'll never sing because I was singing all, you know, 45:34 like, I was trying to learn harmony, 45:36 and I was singing other parts and all that. 45:38 He just said, "She's never gonna sing." 45:42 I think, we're not my parents saying 45:45 and my grandmother saying... 45:46 Okay, so your mother and your father were both? 45:48 Yeah, my grandmother was a concert soprano, 45:50 a coloratura soprano 45:52 and on my paternal side, 45:54 my uncle was a professional pianist, 45:57 so music just ran in my family. 46:00 My parents sang 46:02 with my mother's sister, and her husband, 46:04 and a group called "The Versatiles," 46:05 and they had really close harmony. 46:07 So music was all around me my whole life, 46:09 but I didn't really start singing, 46:12 I think, really till... 46:14 I sang for my eighth grade graduation, 46:16 so I guess around the eighth grade, 46:19 I started really thinking that I maybe could do. 46:22 Thankfully, I didn't hear my daddy say, 46:24 I would never sing 46:26 because that would have crushed me. 46:27 That's discouraging. 46:28 Yeah, that would have crushed me, oh, my God. 46:30 No, but I think it was around the eighth grade. 46:33 Well, thank you for using your talents 46:34 for Lord Jesus Christ. 46:36 I know that Jill and I have been blessed 46:37 by this project Magnify Him. 46:40 So the way to get this is to go to 3ABN's website 46:43 that may be the easiest which is 3abn.tv. 46:47 Or if you don't want to go online, 46:49 you can always call 3ABN's call center 46:52 during regular business hours 46:53 and that phone number is (618) 627-4651, 46:59 and be sure to ask for the Magnify Him, 47:01 and be ready to give an any size donation 47:03 at least $15 plus or... 47:06 To Dare to Dream. Yeah, Dare to Dream. 47:08 That's right. Yes. That's for sure. 47:09 We just have a few moments left 47:11 before we go to the address roll, 47:12 we want to make sure we put up the contact for 3ABN. 47:15 And let's take just a moment 47:16 each one of you share something from your heart. 47:19 We're talking about year end giving 47:21 right here at the end of the year. 47:23 And we'll start with you, Miss Mollie. 47:24 What's on your heart right now? 47:26 Well, I think about the... 47:30 Well, I think about the widow, 47:32 you know, that gave her two mites. 47:35 And so it makes... 47:36 It leads me to think of 47:39 so many of us that don't have a whole lot to give, 47:42 and it makes us feel inadequate, 47:44 and like there's nothing we can do. 47:47 We're just not able to do 47:50 what we would really like to do. 47:53 But in God's economy, it's not how much you give, 47:58 it's not equal giving, it's equal sacrifice. 48:02 And God looked, remember, 48:03 Jesus stood back with the widow that put in her two mites. 48:07 And He said, "She's given the greatest gift 48:11 because she gave all that she had." 48:13 So it wasn't how much she gave, 48:16 it was out of the abundance of her heart she was giving. 48:19 So I want to encourage you 48:20 don't ever think that any donation you make to God, 48:24 be it to 3ABN or wherever the Lord directs you, 48:27 don't think that 48:29 it's not vitally important to His kingdom. 48:31 In God's, again, in His economy, 48:33 the way He has established this great method 48:39 of sowing and reaping, giving and receiving 48:43 is for everybody's benefit, 48:44 as you sow into the kingdom, the kingdom is blessed. 48:48 But then you reap what you sow and you're blessed. 48:51 So I just want to encourage you today 48:54 just because you're not able to give 48:57 the thousands and thousands that you want to give, 49:00 God sees your heart, 49:02 and He blesses the content of your heart. 49:06 Amen. Well said, Mollie. 49:08 Amen. 49:10 I just want to piggyback a little bit 49:11 off of what Mollie said. 49:13 You know, we can give, 49:17 and we can give sacrificially. 49:21 And when we do, the Lord just, He just blesses. 49:25 It's not about, it's not about how much you give, 49:28 it's just about the fact that you are giving. 49:31 The fact that you do have a burden 49:33 to help the cause of God, 49:34 and so if you're being blessed by this ministry at all, 49:37 and so many of you say that you are, 49:39 when we go to different churches, you know, 49:42 Danny and I always hear how people are watching, 49:45 and they've been blessed, 49:46 they've come to the Lord through this ministry. 49:48 If you're blessed at all, this is the end of the year. 49:51 Please give something to help us to continue 49:54 to move forward in the power of God 49:57 because God is blessing. 49:58 This ministry is bearing fruit 50:00 so much has come against it over these past 33 years, 50:05 so much has come against it 50:07 but the gates of hell will not prevail 50:10 against this ministry because it is God's ministry. 50:14 And so we just ask you to give sacrificially, 50:17 ask the Holy Spirit what he would have you to do, 50:20 and then send a gift to us. 50:23 So many times we think about tithe 50:26 because the Bible is specific on tithing, 50:29 but it also says tithes and offerings. 50:31 Yeah. Oh, good. 50:32 And so a lot of you that you say, 50:35 "I can't afford to give." 50:37 But you know, you can pray for us. 50:39 There's lots of things you can do, 50:41 some of the folk come and volunteer. 50:43 If you want to come and volunteer at some point, 50:45 I guess, you maybe get a hold of Jill or somebody here 50:48 and see if there's a place for you. 50:50 There's many ways that you can support 50:52 Three Angels Broadcasting Network 50:54 and mainly is to just help lift our hands 50:57 those on the frontlines as we go forward 50:59 and don't be discouraged 51:01 that God is on the throne in your life 51:03 and we're talking about here and supporting. 51:05 But we support you, and we pray for you. 51:07 If you want to call us at our prayer lines, 51:09 if you want to write us letters, 51:11 you want to talk to us, 51:12 we're happy to talk with you and pray with you, 51:15 because we're all family, and we're on the same team. 51:18 So let us know what your needs are, 51:21 we'll pray for you. 51:23 And I know that Jesus is coming very soon. 51:26 And very soon we will be able 51:28 to look up in the clouds of glory. 51:30 And He's gonna say, 51:32 "Well done thou good and faithful servant." 51:34 That's the prayer for each of us. 51:35 But imagine looking up and say, "Lo! 51:37 This is our God whom we've waited for. 51:40 He has come to save us." 51:42 Why don't we plan as Jim Micheff used to say, 51:46 Pastor Micheff, "Let's plan on meeting on Glory Street. 51:49 We will spend eternity together." 51:51 Amen. Fantastic. 51:52 Yeah, and I believe that 51:54 we're one big family like you said. 51:55 You know, we appreciate you sometimes at camp meeting 51:58 when you're here, it's always a blessing 51:59 because we get to meet you then face to face. 52:01 But if we don't on this earth, we look forward to heaven 52:05 in that great hope that each one of us have 52:08 especially if we have loved ones, 52:09 I know, this time of year can sometimes 52:11 be a little bit sad Christmas, Thanksgiving time, etc., 52:14 because we've lost those that we love. 52:16 But we know that the rest is temporary 52:18 if they're sleeping in Jesus. 52:20 So what a blessing to be partnering with you. 52:23 Again, we thank you 52:24 for your support of the ministry of 3ABN. 52:26 And I know that your life 52:27 has not been the only one that's been touched, 52:29 but those around the world. 52:31 And I think about technology. 52:33 You know, we're talking about years ago 52:34 in the uplink building 52:35 and those massive satellite dishes, 52:37 and it seems to me now, I've got my cell phone 52:39 which I probably shouldn't have, 52:40 but it's right beside me in the chair. 52:43 And I heard it ring buzzing just beside me. 52:45 I forgot to silence it. 52:46 But you think about how 3ABN can now be streamed 52:49 on your phone. 52:50 Whoever would have thought it? 52:51 That's right. 52:53 Correct English. Yeah. 52:54 Not at all. 52:56 But anyway it's neat how God's message 52:57 is going around the world. 52:58 It seems to me to be almost faster, and faster, and faster. 53:02 As we look at the prophecy 53:03 and where we are in this earth's history, 53:06 it's exciting because we do know 53:08 that Jesus Christ is coming very soon. 53:10 What we want to do right now is go to 3ABN's address roll, 53:14 so that you can contact or support us 53:17 as you feel impressed. 53:21 If the Holy Spirit impresses you 53:22 to support 3ABN's Worldwide Ministry, 53:25 you can do so in a variety of ways. 53:27 You can write to 3ABN, PO Box 220, 53:32 West Frankfort, Illinois 62896. 53:35 Again, that's 3ABN, PO Box 220, 53:39 West Frankfort, Illinois 62896. 53:43 You can call us at (618) 627-4651. 53:47 That's (618) 627-4651. 53:51 You can also visit us online for live programs, schedules, 53:55 and more at 3abn.tv. 53:58 That's 3abn.tv. |
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