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 episode
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of 3ABN's Today program.
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My name is Yvonne Lewis-Shelton,
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and I have the privilege of
hosting a dear friend today,
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and I am excited
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because you're
going to be blessed.
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This is my PQ, I call her PQ
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because she is the project queen
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because she does everything.
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I mean, just think of something,
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and God has blessed
her with so many talents,
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so we are privileged to
have our general manager
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of 3ABN's Kids
Network, Brenda Walsh, my PQ.
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It's a privilege to be here.
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You know, Brenda, I don't
know how you do what you do.
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Your schedule, I tell you this
in private all the time that
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I really want some time
management lessons from you,
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because, I don't know what
time you get up in the morning
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but if you texted at 1
AM, you know, it could be...
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I could send you a text at 1 AM,
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and I'll get an
immediate response.
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It's like, when do you sleep?
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So, thank you for
being with us today.
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It's a privilege to be here.
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And my time is God's time,
you know, God's time is my time
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when we were, we're together.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Well, we're going to
find out more about you
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and your journey today as
well as your latest projects
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which are exciting.
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So after our song
which is going to come
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from Natalia Nesteruk,
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we're going to talk
to our dear Brenda Walsh
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who's going to give us
some time management tips too.
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Natalia is going to
sing "In You Alone".
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When I am weak
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You carry every burden
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When I'm alone
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You're just a breath away
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When I am restless
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You're the one
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Who stills me
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And where I fail
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You always stay the same
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In You alone
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I'm lifted up to heaven
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In You alone
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I soar on borrowed wings
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When I reach the end
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You are just beginning
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In You alone
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I find all that I need
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When I am lost
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You rescue me from danger
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And when I fall
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You pick me up again
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When I resist
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You love past my defenses
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And though I stray
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You're patient to the end
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In You alone
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I'm lifted up to heaven
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In You alone
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I soar on borrowed wings
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When I reach the end
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You are just beginning
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In You alone
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I find all that I need
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In You lone
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I soar on borrowed wings
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When I reach the end
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You are just beginning
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In You alone
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In You alone
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Thank you, Natalia.
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"In You Alone",
what a beautiful song,
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and doesn't she
have a beautiful tone?
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Yes, beautiful.
Loved it, thank you.
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Okay, let's talk.
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So, you know what, I
think, as I said before,
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I think a lot of people
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might not really
know your journey,
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and you have an
interesting journey,
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you know, you have
some great projects out
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that we want to look at
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but I really want
to know more about
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how you got to
this place in your life.
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So were you born
into a Christian home?
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I was.
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My maiden name is Micheff,
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and so I'm one of
the Micheff sisters
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that we cook here on
3ABN and sing on 3ABN.
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But my dad is a pastor,
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and so I'm a
preacher's daughter.
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You're a PK. I'm a PK.
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The PQ is a PK.
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But growing up my dad...
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Before he became a pastor,
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he was what they
call then a colporteur,
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now I think they call
literature evangelist.
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He sold religious books.
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And of course, if he
didn't have any sales,
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there wasn't any paycheck.
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It was, you know, we
lived on those wonder check,
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wonder when the
next one's coming.
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And that's what
daddy always said
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but we really had a
lot of love in our home,
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because mom and
dad made a commitment
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to have a Christ-centered
home, and it is a commitment.
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And more than anything else,
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the most important
thing to them was that
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their children know
Jesus as their personal savior,
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and that they're
preparing them for the kingdom,
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that was their goal.
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And so in our house,
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nothing was allowed in our house
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that wasn't going to
draw us closer to Jesus.
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So if...
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I mean, we didn't have
a television in our house.
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Of course, you know,
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dad called it
the devil's vision,
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and of course 3ABN
wasn't on back then.
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Right. So it wasn't allowed.
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We didn't have
secular music in our home,
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we didn't have novels
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or, you know,
literally when I say nothing,
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and if there wasn't going
to draw us closer to Jesus,
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it was not allowed.
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We never went to anyone
else's house for sleepover.
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My momma used to
say, "You know what,
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I don't know what
they're doing in their home,
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I know what we're
doing at our house.
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So if they want
to come here, fine,
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but you're not
going over there."
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So it didn't matter who it was.
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I mean, it was
not going to happen.
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So mom and dad
made that commitment.
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And we always started
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and ended each day
with family worship,
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and in addition
to family worship
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was our time for
own personal devotions,
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and how important that
was, that you spend some time
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alone with God every single day.
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So your parents really instilled
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from an early age this desire
to know God for your self,
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not just through
them, but for yourself,
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so you had to have
that individual time
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as well as the
family time. Exactly.
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So when you got into your teens,
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was there ever a time
that you kind of strayed,
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was there ever...
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Did you ever kind of
leave... Actually, no.
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I know, it's so typical
that you get to that teen years,
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and you do that but no.
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Of course, I went to
church school all my life,
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I think that actually makes them
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such an advocate
for church school
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and for Christian education.
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I went to the
church school all my life,
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so I've actually never known
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what it's like
not to love Jesus.
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And in my teen
years, I went to academies,
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and I was a
leader in our schools,
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I was the temperament president.
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And I was running
around, and doing things,
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and was active in
the spiritual aspect
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of the school as well.
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And so I would say I
was on fire for Jesus.
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You know, it wasn't until...
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Actually, I had
graduated within the college,
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my first year nursing school
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and the summer
after my first year,
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and I finished that.
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I made a choice God
didn't choose for me,
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and it nearly cost me my life.
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And anytime that you
make, you choose a path
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God doesn't choose for
you, there's consequences.
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You are going to fall,
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you are going
to experience pain,
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and it's not a safe place to be.
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Tell us a bit about
that part of your life?
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Well, I've actually
written a book about it,
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so it's called
"Battered to Blessed".
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I was a battered
wife in my first marriage.
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And not to my
husband now, he's wonderful,
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so not my husband
now. Let's make it perfect.
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Make it clear
it's not this husband.
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Yes, I got precious husband now.
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But my first husband,
he was an FBI detective,
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and he left me
for dead many times,
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and beat me severely
over and over and over again.
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I mean, these
teeth are not my own,
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I've had, you know,
so many ribs broken,
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I've had...
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I really...
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When I say I'm
a walking miracle,
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I know Jesus saved me.
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You know, I am
a walking miracle,
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I know there's a God.
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I've seen Him, I've witnessed.
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And probably the
most powerful prayer
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you can pray are
just three words,
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"Jesus save me."
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And when I cried out,
you know, that I literally,
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you know, I'm laying
on the floor bleeding out.
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I know I'm not going to make it
and all I could to get out was,
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"Jesus, save me."
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And He did. How did you get out?
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How did He bring you out?
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That's a whole long story.
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Give me the
reader's digest version.
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Yeah.
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And it is all in the book.
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Yeah, and I recommend the book.
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I've read the book,
and it is excellent.
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And I think that
there's so many women
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who are dealing with
abuse, whether it's physical,
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whether it's
emotional and you just...
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And some men too, actually. Yes.
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And they just don't
know how to get out,
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or they don't understand
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the cyclic kind of nature of it.
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You don't even know
how to help somebody.
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The one thing that I
really, I love what God's done
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with this book
is that He's used it
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so over and over and over
again to help others where...
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In fact, I was just
recently, you know, at a church,
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and someone came up
to me and said to me,
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"I want you to know,
I'm alive because of you.
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Someone gave me your
book, and it saved my life."
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And I hear that over
and over and over again.
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Sometimes people don't
know how to help somebody,
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they've given the book.
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That's a great
idea. Because you can't...
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Sometimes you don't
really know what to say.
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And many times people will say,
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"Well, why
don't you just leave?"
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But that's...
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And really, that really,
that frustrates me, actually.
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There's so much I feel so
bad because people are saying,
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"Well, you know,
she must like something,
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she stays, you know, I
wouldn't put up with that."
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You know, they
say that so smugly,
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but they don't understand
that abuse is all about control.
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And there's an
anger and a controller,
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and it's mind
manipulation as well.
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So in a short amount of time,
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I believed
everything was my fault,
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it wasn't just in his mind.
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I mean, I deserved it.
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And if you don't even think
you have an option to leave,
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how are you going
to leave? That's right.
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You know, when I
know he could kill me.
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So you get so
emotionally beaten down
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that you just don't feel
like you have any other option.
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"Who's going to want
me", that kind of thing.
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So you're just, you're
in your own little cage.
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It's like a cage. Well.
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And also it's just pretend world
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because you know
that it's your duty
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when anyone else is around
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to play the part of
this devoted happy wife.
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And so you have
to put the smile on,
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nobody knows the
pain behind that smile.
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You know,
because if you get home
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and someone even thought
maybe some thing is wrong,
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you would get beat worse.
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You know what I
mean, nobody knows
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what goes on
behind closed doors.
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So how did God bring you out?
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Do you know, God
used my sister Linda,
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in a nutshell.
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I don't want to give away
for anybody reading the book,
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but God used my sister
Linda in a very special way
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to actually help me get away.
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I wasn't able to leave myself.
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And when she put me on a
plane and sent me to my parents.
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And my dad was
pastoring four churches
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in Texas at the time.
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And it was
actually the first time
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I've ever saw my dad cry
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because when I
got off that plane,
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of course, I'm
in this bloody dress
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and, you know, my
eyes were swollen shut,
00:14:38.31\00:14:40.64
you know, my teeth were
buried in my bottom lip,
00:14:40.68\00:14:43.65
and, you know, just horrible,
and I've got my little baby.
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And my mom, back then,
you could go up to the gate,
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you know, in those days.
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And my mom
literally just ran to me,
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'cause she thought
I was going to fall,
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and I almost did.
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And it was the first
time I seen my dad cry,
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that was hard.
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Yeah. Yeah.
00:15:01.80\00:15:03.13
And you know the
really wonderful thing
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about having godly parents,
my mom and dad never once...
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They begged me not to marry him,
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begged me not to marry him,
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but they never
once, to this day,
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have ever said to
me, "I told you so."
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Wow.
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Never, they just loved me. Yes.
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Like the prodigal
daughter that came home,
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and they just loved me. Yes.
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And isn't that the
key to winning someone
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even back to Christ,
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just love them.
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Yes, just love them.
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And that's really...
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I wouldn't be here today
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if God hadn't used
the love of my family,
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my whole family to
just, you know, love me back
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to where, I mean,
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I couldn't even look
anybody in the eye for so long,
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I couldn't...
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You know, it took a
while for me to find my voice
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and to find out, you know,
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where that Brenda
that used to be there,
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she was gone, she was
like just all hazed over.
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And it took a while
for God to bring me back.
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And literally,
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I have committed my
entire life to Jesus.
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I owe Him everything.
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I literally shouldn't be
here sitting talking to you,
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I know that.
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He's my best friend,
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I talk to Him about everything.
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We're talking about time
tables and getting things done.
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I take no credit
for that, it's not me.
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There are no secrets,
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it's like, "Lord,
where are we going?
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What are we doing?
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What do you want me to do today?
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Give me your priority list."
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So it's actually
starting your day
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just laying
everything at His feet
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and letting Him
prioritize your day.
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Yes, and let Him take control
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of what's going to happen today.
00:16:35.89\00:16:37.23
And when it doesn't
turn out the way you want it,
00:16:37.26\00:16:40.26
you don't complain.
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That's okay, Lord, here
we go. It's fine with me."
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You know, when you're letting
God control your schedule
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and you're letting
Him lead and guide,
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you don't have to worry.
00:16:50.84\00:16:52.17
You know, and any
problem that comes up,
00:16:52.21\00:16:53.94
it's not your
problem, it's His problem,
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He'll take care of it.
00:16:55.38\00:16:57.48
Well, let's talk
about moments with God
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because this is
your latest project.
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It's my first
devotional book. Okay.
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It's my first, well, I've
written quite a few books,
00:17:08.12\00:17:10.53
but this is my very
first devotional book.
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I've been writing
devotions on Facebook
00:17:12.79\00:17:15.36
for eight years now.
00:17:15.40\00:17:18.00
I had originally said
six years to somebody.
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And my assistant,
you know, Melissa,
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she said to me straight,
00:17:23.34\00:17:25.84
she didn't correct
me in front of them,
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she said, "You know you've been
doing this eight years, right?"
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Like no.
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I don't know what I
would do without Melissa,
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she is a right, my
right arm. Oh, I know, yeah.
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But I've never
missed a day in eight years.
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I mean, every single
day, writing the devotion.
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And sometimes, you
know, I'm writing them
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at one, two in the morning,
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and they get posted the next,
you know, early in the morning.
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And I'll get up and
read it the next day
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and go, "Wow!
That's really good.
00:17:50.77\00:17:52.77
I know I didn't write that."
00:17:52.80\00:17:54.14
I'm just like, "Okay, wow!
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Lord, you just took right over."
00:17:55.54\00:17:58.24
Because I was so sleepy,
00:17:58.27\00:17:59.81
I know I would
have never written that,
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you know what I mean,
I know they're from God.
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And so then I had been
writing them for quite a while
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and then several years ago,
00:18:08.52\00:18:10.49
God impressed me
that that wasn't enough
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that I should
have a devotional app,
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everybody's into apps,
00:18:13.79\00:18:15.29
and your phone,
so that you could...
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So I literally had an app made,
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and so it looks like this.
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Let me get back here.
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So it's a one-minute devotion,
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and you just
scroll on to read it,
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and then I always
give Bible texts at the end
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because I want to show
00:18:35.91\00:18:37.28
with the Bible
back support I'm saying.
00:18:37.31\00:18:39.45
And then you can
push on the scripture,
00:18:39.48\00:18:42.25
and that's all written
out for you right there.
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And there's
something else about this app,
00:18:44.59\00:18:46.49
there's a button right here,
00:18:46.52\00:18:48.06
and you can push that
and listen to me read it.
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So I not only write them
now, I read them as well,
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so there's an audio version.
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Okay.
00:18:55.13\00:18:56.46
An audio version so...
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You know, apps are so
great because it's so quick.
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It's like bite size, more souls
of the word of these thoughts,
00:19:03.27\00:19:08.24
and so this is great.
00:19:08.28\00:19:10.55
Just recently, just last
year, have one for kids now.
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And let me...
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Well, wait,
let's go back to that,
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how do you get that app?
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Okay, you go to your
app store and download...
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Just type in
Brenda Walsh for my app,
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and it will come up
for as a free download,
00:19:25.63\00:19:28.03
and you just,
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you know, it'll say sharing
God's love, and it's free,
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and you got that,
and then I've got...
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That was free. Wait,
you just brushed over that.
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I think that, you
want to hear that, right?
00:19:37.41\00:19:39.74
It's free, that's awesome.
00:19:39.77\00:19:41.14
Well, I think I'm kind of...
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People know, I assume, I guess
that they know that, you know,
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I've never been about the money,
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I'm a full time
volunteer for 20 years now,
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and I don't make a
penny for what I do,
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and if you look at
all my books and products,
00:19:53.99\00:19:57.19
they're all 3ABN
books and products.
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So I really just want to
get the message in the home.
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I really want to get it
00:20:03.40\00:20:04.73
because it's not
going to help anyone
00:20:04.77\00:20:06.27
if you can't get
it to the people.
00:20:06.30\00:20:08.60
So I got to show you the
one for the kids real quick.
00:20:08.64\00:20:10.81
Yeah, yeah, sure.
00:20:10.84\00:20:12.44
So, this is called Kids
Time, you go to your app store,
00:20:12.47\00:20:14.74
and Kids Time
With Jesus pops up.
00:20:14.78\00:20:16.64
Again, a free download.
00:20:16.68\00:20:18.28
And you can read the devotion,
00:20:18.31\00:20:19.65
and there's
really one something cool
00:20:19.68\00:20:21.02
about the kids app,
00:20:21.05\00:20:22.38
it says watch
3ABN right up here,
00:20:22.42\00:20:25.02
if you just touch that,
00:20:25.05\00:20:26.72
it immediately goes
to what's on the air
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for kids' network
right there. Love it.
00:20:29.49\00:20:31.39
It that not cool? Love it.
00:20:31.43\00:20:32.93
Of course, if
you turn it this way,
00:20:32.96\00:20:34.30
it would go like that.
00:20:34.33\00:20:35.66
Oh, that's...
00:20:35.70\00:20:37.03
It'll immediately go
to what's live on the air
00:20:37.07\00:20:39.23
at that point. At that point.
00:20:39.27\00:20:41.27
Is that not
awesome? That is great.
00:20:41.30\00:20:43.37
So kids can watch kids'
network right there live,
00:20:43.41\00:20:46.17
so we've got now a
devotional app for adults,
00:20:46.21\00:20:49.51
devotional app for kids.
00:20:49.54\00:20:51.51
That's tremendous.
00:20:51.55\00:20:52.95
And I've really just
had just amazing response
00:20:52.98\00:20:56.62
from those devotions as well.
00:20:56.65\00:20:58.62
It's just a...
00:20:58.65\00:20:59.99
And I want to hear, I
want to hear about that.
00:21:00.02\00:21:02.06
But I want to find out from you,
00:21:02.09\00:21:04.13
what's different
about this devotional?
00:21:04.16\00:21:07.26
You know, there are a
lot of devotionals out there
00:21:07.30\00:21:09.96
and devotionals are...
00:21:10.00\00:21:12.70
I love devotionals. Yes.
00:21:12.73\00:21:14.90
What would you say are
the primary differences
00:21:14.94\00:21:18.31
between your devotional
00:21:18.34\00:21:19.87
and the others
that are out there?
00:21:19.91\00:21:21.74
Well, this book
is, for one thing,
00:21:21.78\00:21:25.88
there's a lot of short devotions
00:21:25.91\00:21:27.25
but they're short because
a lot of people will say,
00:21:27.28\00:21:29.95
"I don't have time
to have a devotion."
00:21:29.98\00:21:31.32
And I really want,
00:21:31.35\00:21:32.69
and this is when I was
praying, and God impressed me,
00:21:32.72\00:21:34.56
I wanted to appeal to the person
00:21:34.59\00:21:36.39
that isn't normally gonna
have that moment with God.
00:21:36.42\00:21:40.23
They're like, "I'm too busy,
00:21:40.26\00:21:41.60
I got to go on, I
got to get this, this."
00:21:41.63\00:21:43.77
And I wanted
something that, you know,
00:21:43.80\00:21:47.14
how could they
feel guilty not reading?
00:21:47.17\00:21:49.40
You can't give God
one minute of your time,
00:21:49.44\00:21:51.11
come on. Exactly, exactly.
00:21:51.14\00:21:53.84
And so I wanted to
reach to that person too
00:21:53.88\00:21:56.68
that wouldn't normally,
00:21:56.71\00:21:58.61
you know, have a
daily time with God.
00:21:58.65\00:22:01.62
Also, I wanted a pretty book.
00:22:01.65\00:22:03.95
So if you'd see the
pages inside, you know,
00:22:03.99\00:22:09.32
it's got a
pretty design in here.
00:22:09.36\00:22:11.73
Yes, it's got color in it.
00:22:11.76\00:22:13.09
Yeah, it's got color
in it, and it's pretty.
00:22:13.13\00:22:14.46
I wanted something
that was attractive,
00:22:14.50\00:22:16.13
and that's usually
not something you'll find.
00:22:16.16\00:22:18.40
And I think one
of my biggest things
00:22:18.43\00:22:20.74
that set this book apart
00:22:20.77\00:22:22.10
from every other
devotional book out there
00:22:22.14\00:22:24.64
is that this book is timeless.
00:22:24.67\00:22:28.94
"Moments with God" is a
book that you could have
00:22:28.98\00:22:32.45
and use it all day.
00:22:32.48\00:22:34.02
Use it year
after year after year,
00:22:34.05\00:22:35.38
and here's why.
00:22:35.42\00:22:37.45
You can read
these devotions yourself
00:22:37.49\00:22:40.76
on the date that it says,
00:22:40.79\00:22:42.12
so you can go to
January one, two, three, four,
00:22:42.16\00:22:44.43
and read it day by day, okay.
00:22:44.46\00:22:46.33
Or you can go to an
index in the back of the book.
00:22:46.36\00:22:51.13
And in this index,
00:22:51.17\00:22:55.24
you can choose the
devotion that you need,
00:22:55.27\00:22:59.41
that speaks to
your heart that day.
00:22:59.44\00:23:01.58
You know, when I'm writing these
00:23:01.61\00:23:03.55
and putting in the datum,
00:23:03.58\00:23:04.91
I don't know what
you individually need.
00:23:04.95\00:23:06.92
But you might get up and
maybe you're really struggling,
00:23:06.95\00:23:09.02
you've got a health diagnosis
that you weren't expecting,
00:23:09.05\00:23:12.15
and you're really discouraged.
00:23:12.19\00:23:13.66
Well, you can go to a
lot of different devotions,
00:23:13.69\00:23:16.09
there's ones on
health, and healing,
00:23:16.12\00:23:18.09
and praying for healing,
there's also on discouragement.
00:23:18.13\00:23:21.33
So you go to the devotion
in the back, look it up,
00:23:21.36\00:23:23.93
and then all the page
numbers of those titles,
00:23:23.97\00:23:27.30
and go to the devotion you need,
00:23:27.34\00:23:29.00
and have that devotion that day.
00:23:29.04\00:23:30.87
Oh, I love that.
00:23:30.91\00:23:33.01
When I was
looking through the book,
00:23:33.04\00:23:36.71
and like I said,
I love devotions,
00:23:36.75\00:23:38.41
so I've been reading
this one, and I love it.
00:23:38.45\00:23:41.42
I looked at the index,
00:23:41.45\00:23:42.88
and I thought,
"Wow, this is great,
00:23:42.92\00:23:44.55
because it's by subject."
00:23:44.59\00:23:46.22
By subject.
00:23:46.25\00:23:47.59
So not only, as you said,
00:23:47.62\00:23:49.56
not only can you
do the day by day,
00:23:49.59\00:23:51.49
which I like that
day by day thing too,
00:23:51.53\00:23:54.03
but also whatever you need,
00:23:54.06\00:23:55.93
and whatever someone else needs.
00:23:55.96\00:23:57.30
Someone else needs.
00:23:57.33\00:23:58.67
And here's something.
Let's talk about that.
00:23:58.70\00:24:00.04
Yeah, Yvonne,
here's really something
00:24:00.07\00:24:01.94
that I love about this,
00:24:01.97\00:24:03.30
and I use this
book all the time,
00:24:03.34\00:24:04.97
I will always use
this book for that.
00:24:05.01\00:24:06.84
And if people
only bought it after,
00:24:06.88\00:24:08.94
like say, "Oh, they got it,
00:24:08.98\00:24:10.31
and they finished it for a year.
00:24:10.35\00:24:11.68
And, oh, it's
another devotion book."
00:24:11.71\00:24:13.05
No, keep this book
out on your coffee table,
00:24:13.08\00:24:14.98
on your, you
know, your desktops,
00:24:15.02\00:24:18.59
someplace you can get to it easy
00:24:18.62\00:24:20.12
because here's
what I do all day long.
00:24:20.16\00:24:22.39
I get a call
from somebody saying,
00:24:22.42\00:24:24.53
"Oh, please pray for so and so
00:24:24.56\00:24:25.99
because they are
going through this,
00:24:26.03\00:24:27.36
so they're having
marital problems,"
00:24:27.40\00:24:28.93
you know, "she just
found out she has cancer."
00:24:28.96\00:24:31.13
Or some other kind of
thing, whatever it is,
00:24:31.17\00:24:34.67
'cause there's all
these topics in the back.
00:24:34.70\00:24:36.87
I go and pull this book
out, I go look at the one,
00:24:36.91\00:24:39.31
"Oh, the one on
healing," and I go turn to it,
00:24:39.34\00:24:42.21
I take my cell phone,
00:24:42.24\00:24:43.61
I click a picture, I
take a picture of it,
00:24:43.65\00:24:46.41
and I text it to that person,
00:24:46.45\00:24:48.55
and say, "I just
want to share something
00:24:48.58\00:24:50.29
to help encourage you today."
00:24:50.32\00:24:51.69
Oh, nice.
00:24:51.72\00:24:53.05
And it's such a witnessing tool.
00:24:53.09\00:24:54.56
I can't even tell you
00:24:54.59\00:24:55.92
how many times
I've heard from people,
00:24:55.96\00:24:57.79
you know, I've had phone calls,
00:24:57.83\00:24:59.16
people I've
tried to send the text
00:24:59.19\00:25:00.60
call me up and say,
00:25:00.63\00:25:01.96
"You have no idea
how at this very moment
00:25:02.00\00:25:04.10
I needed to hear that."
00:25:04.13\00:25:05.70
And I'll say, "But God did."
00:25:05.73\00:25:07.57
You know, I don't
know, but God did,
00:25:07.60\00:25:09.20
I just want to be, you
know, there as God servants,
00:25:09.24\00:25:14.31
to do what ever it
is He wants me to do.
00:25:14.34\00:25:16.21
Yeah. And when He
wants me to do it.
00:25:16.24\00:25:17.88
And so that is a wonderful,
wonderful witnessing tool,
00:25:17.91\00:25:20.72
this book is.
00:25:20.75\00:25:22.08
Even if it
wasn't a devotional book
00:25:22.12\00:25:23.62
that you could read everyday,
00:25:23.65\00:25:25.09
this book is a witnessing tool.
00:25:25.12\00:25:27.42
And you can just reach
out and keep helping people.
00:25:27.46\00:25:31.26
It's really great
00:25:31.29\00:25:32.63
because not only can
you call somebody with it,
00:25:32.66\00:25:35.60
but you can give it
as a gift to someone
00:25:35.63\00:25:38.33
who is going through whatever,
00:25:38.37\00:25:40.67
and they can sit and look
at all these different issues,
00:25:40.70\00:25:45.57
family issues,
00:25:45.61\00:25:46.94
or if they have
fear, or financial issue.
00:25:46.98\00:25:49.91
I mean all of
these different things.
00:25:49.94\00:25:51.58
That's right.
00:25:51.61\00:25:52.95
And it addresses all of that,
00:25:52.98\00:25:54.35
so you can give
this as a gift to someone
00:25:54.38\00:25:58.15
who is hurting
00:25:58.19\00:25:59.52
and you don't
really know what to say,
00:25:59.55\00:26:01.36
give them this.
00:26:01.39\00:26:03.12
It's so amazing
00:26:03.16\00:26:04.49
that we have
things like this to give,
00:26:04.53\00:26:07.80
because it makes
such a difference
00:26:07.83\00:26:09.56
in people's lives.
00:26:09.60\00:26:10.93
People need tools.
00:26:10.97\00:26:12.30
People need a way
to connect with God.
00:26:12.33\00:26:16.10
And this is a
great way to connect.
00:26:16.14\00:26:18.47
It really is.
00:26:18.51\00:26:19.94
And I try to,
00:26:19.97\00:26:22.64
like the different
topics that are in here,
00:26:22.68\00:26:25.71
we cover forgiveness,
00:26:25.75\00:26:27.08
we cover just believing
in God, you know, on prayer.
00:26:27.12\00:26:30.65
And one thing God impressed
me is don't be preachy,
00:26:30.69\00:26:33.62
I'm not trying to
just preach to you,
00:26:33.66\00:26:37.09
I want God to
use these devotions
00:26:37.13\00:26:40.00
to inspire you, to
uplift you, to encourage you.
00:26:40.03\00:26:44.17
That's what, you know,
00:26:44.20\00:26:45.53
you don't need to
wake up in the morning
00:26:45.57\00:26:47.27
and, "Oh, boy!"
00:26:47.30\00:26:48.64
You know, get, you know,
00:26:48.67\00:26:50.17
knocked in the
head by two-by-four
00:26:50.21\00:26:51.54
of all the things
you're doing wrong.
00:26:51.57\00:26:53.34
That's not what
this book is about.
00:26:53.38\00:26:55.68
This book is really to
bring you closer to Jesus,
00:26:55.71\00:26:58.71
to want you to have
that time alone with Him.
00:26:58.75\00:27:02.78
And here's one really
awesome thing about...
00:27:02.82\00:27:05.39
When you spend
time in God's presence,
00:27:05.42\00:27:07.96
you might be a person
that's not used to doing that,
00:27:07.99\00:27:10.56
and you've made the effort
00:27:10.59\00:27:11.93
to spend time in God's presence.
00:27:11.96\00:27:13.29
Guess what?
00:27:13.33\00:27:14.66
The more you
spend time with Him,
00:27:14.70\00:27:16.03
the more you
want to be with Him.
00:27:16.06\00:27:18.20
And so your evening devotions,
00:27:18.23\00:27:20.10
they'll start
getting a lot longer
00:27:20.14\00:27:21.60
because you are
spending that time with God.
00:27:21.64\00:27:25.91
And when you spend
time in God's presence,
00:27:25.94\00:27:28.58
it really is transforming.
00:27:28.61\00:27:30.18
The person that you
are is so different,
00:27:30.21\00:27:32.51
you're not that
same person anymore,
00:27:32.55\00:27:33.92
you're more
patient, you're more loving.
00:27:33.95\00:27:35.88
When I'm in a
situation that's frustrating,
00:27:35.92\00:27:38.55
I can just, you know, I
will start saying to myself,
00:27:38.59\00:27:42.09
"Brenda, be like
Jesus. Brenda, be like Jesus."
00:27:42.12\00:27:45.46
You got that
check out, clear cut,
00:27:45.49\00:27:49.50
you know, that's being so,
you know, negative to somebody,
00:27:49.53\00:27:52.97
or to me, even
to you, or whatever.
00:27:53.00\00:27:54.74
I'm just like, "Be like Jesus,
00:27:54.77\00:27:56.44
don't say anything,
just be like Jesus."
00:27:56.47\00:27:58.51
And then I will just say
something sweet or kind to
00:27:58.54\00:28:00.84
and the whole, you know,
00:28:00.88\00:28:02.74
all of a sudden,
her face transforms,
00:28:02.78\00:28:04.35
you know, and she is
like, "Oh, thank you."
00:28:04.38\00:28:07.02
Yeah, I think the key
is, again, when we spend...
00:28:10.19\00:28:14.79
The only thing we can do
to have our natures change,
00:28:14.82\00:28:20.53
because we can't
change our own nature,
00:28:20.56\00:28:23.50
is to spend time with God,
00:28:23.53\00:28:25.20
and that's when
sanctification takes place.
00:28:25.23\00:28:27.44
As we continue
to renew our minds,
00:28:27.47\00:28:31.87
He transforms our character
00:28:31.91\00:28:33.64
and conforms it to
the image of Christ.
00:28:33.68\00:28:36.48
But it doesn't happen
00:28:36.51\00:28:38.11
if we don't spend time with Him.
00:28:38.15\00:28:39.48
If we don't spend time with Him.
00:28:39.51\00:28:40.85
And, you know...
00:28:40.88\00:28:42.85
And you need that
personal relationship,
00:28:42.88\00:28:44.62
you need to know
that you can talk to God,
00:28:44.65\00:28:46.76
you can tell Him everything.
00:28:46.79\00:28:48.86
And, you know, you know
your secret is safe with Him.
00:28:48.89\00:28:50.96
Right. That's true.
00:28:50.99\00:28:53.40
And then don't forget to listen.
00:28:53.43\00:28:55.60
You know, some often,
were telling God all...
00:28:55.63\00:28:57.77
We just have the give-me list,
"Give me this, give me that."
00:28:57.80\00:29:00.40
But we really...
00:29:00.44\00:29:01.94
Our main focus for prayer
00:29:01.97\00:29:03.54
should be to
just get to know Jesus
00:29:03.57\00:29:06.44
as our personal savior.
00:29:06.47\00:29:07.81
It should be that
personal friendship
00:29:07.84\00:29:10.48
that you have with Him.
00:29:10.51\00:29:11.85
And your prayer life
will be so much better,
00:29:11.88\00:29:13.82
it would just be
so much different.
00:29:13.85\00:29:15.35
And one thing that
has just been so uplifting
00:29:15.38\00:29:18.85
and encouraging to me
00:29:18.89\00:29:20.99
since this book has come out
00:29:21.02\00:29:22.36
is hearing from
people that have told me
00:29:22.39\00:29:24.33
what this book
has done for them.
00:29:24.36\00:29:26.66
I was recently at a convention,
and I was walking by.
00:29:26.70\00:29:30.40
And all of a sudden,
00:29:30.43\00:29:31.77
this man came
running up after me,
00:29:31.80\00:29:33.57
and he grabbed me by the
arm, and he said, "Excuse me,"
00:29:33.60\00:29:35.47
he said, "You're Brenda Walsh?"
00:29:35.50\00:29:36.84
I said, "Yes," and
I said, "How are you?"
00:29:36.87\00:29:38.81
And I gave him a great big hug,
you know, I'm kind of hugger.
00:29:38.84\00:29:41.44
And he said, "Oh,
I've got to tell you,"
00:29:41.48\00:29:43.61
he said, "Your devotional book,"
00:29:43.65\00:29:45.55
he said, "Has meant so
much to my wife and I,"
00:29:45.58\00:29:49.35
he said, "You probably
hear this all the time,"
00:29:49.38\00:29:52.45
he said, "And I
know you're in bit."
00:29:52.49\00:29:54.16
And I said, "No,
I'm not ever too busy,
00:29:54.19\00:29:55.99
you know, to
hear a praise report."
00:29:56.02\00:29:58.43
And he goes, "Well, I've
got a praise report for you,"
00:29:58.46\00:30:00.50
he said, "I've got four kids,
00:30:00.53\00:30:02.30
they all four" he
said, "were raised
00:30:02.33\00:30:04.13
and went to our church schools,
00:30:04.17\00:30:06.43
they were raised in the
church, they knew right, wrong.
00:30:06.47\00:30:08.44
And all of them left," he
said, "my wife and I" he said,
00:30:08.47\00:30:11.74
"certain church
each week" and he said,
00:30:11.77\00:30:13.78
"our kids aren't there,
our grandkids aren't there,
00:30:13.81\00:30:17.48
our great
grandkids are not there."
00:30:17.51\00:30:19.61
And he said,
"When we heard you say,"
00:30:19.65\00:30:23.39
I think it was a little thing
I've done on Facebook actually,
00:30:23.42\00:30:27.72
you know, give a
gift for eternity.
00:30:27.76\00:30:30.23
He said, "We decided
that we were going to do that
00:30:30.26\00:30:32.06
with our kids,
00:30:32.09\00:30:33.43
we were going to, you know,
give them a gift for eternity."
00:30:33.46\00:30:36.43
And he said, "I don't even
know how to tell you this."
00:30:36.46\00:30:38.83
He said, "We sat down with them.
00:30:38.87\00:30:40.34
We said, 'Look,
00:30:40.37\00:30:41.70
when we give this to you,'"
00:30:41.74\00:30:43.07
he said, "we wanted them to know
00:30:43.10\00:30:44.44
how important
what this is like,"
00:30:44.47\00:30:45.81
'we're not preaching to
you, we're just asking you,
00:30:45.84\00:30:47.84
we know you love us,
but if you really love me,
00:30:47.88\00:30:50.95
I'm asking do one thing for me.
00:30:50.98\00:30:52.85
I'm asking you to just try
to read one devotion a day.
00:30:52.88\00:30:56.38
That's all I'm asking.'"
00:30:56.42\00:30:57.75
And then he said, you know,
"Our kids were kind of like,
00:30:57.79\00:30:59.52
'Come on,' you know,"
00:30:59.55\00:31:00.89
and then he said,
"But they were like,
00:31:00.92\00:31:02.82
'And, you know, maybe.'"
00:31:02.86\00:31:04.36
"Well," he said,
00:31:04.39\00:31:05.73
"Then my wife and I
decided that wasn't enough.
00:31:05.76\00:31:08.06
We can't just
give them Brenda's book
00:31:08.10\00:31:09.43
and expect that to, you
know, save them for the kingdom.
00:31:09.46\00:31:12.13
We started
lifting them up in prayer
00:31:12.17\00:31:14.30
and those
devotions every single day,"
00:31:14.34\00:31:16.64
he said, "I got to
tell you" and tears now,
00:31:16.67\00:31:18.41
rolling down
his cheeks, he said,
00:31:18.44\00:31:20.21
"All four of my
kids are back in church."
00:31:20.24\00:31:22.64
And he said, "I've got
grand kids coming in church."
00:31:22.68\00:31:24.68
And he said, "We're
filling up, you know,
00:31:24.71\00:31:26.55
half of our little
church now, you know."
00:31:26.58\00:31:28.85
And he said, "Brenda,
00:31:28.88\00:31:30.22
they started
with these devotions."
00:31:30.25\00:31:32.39
And he said, "I don't
know how to thank you."
00:31:32.42\00:31:34.32
Of course, I'm crying, you know.
00:31:34.36\00:31:35.69
Of course, of course.
00:31:35.72\00:31:37.93
And it just
really touched my heart.
00:31:37.96\00:31:39.29
But I've heard so many
stories, I've heard stories,
00:31:39.33\00:31:41.30
and people have
taken these devotions.
00:31:41.33\00:31:44.13
Excuse me. And they're now...
00:31:44.17\00:31:47.20
There's
baptisms because of them.
00:31:47.24\00:31:49.04
And I might be a volunteer,
00:31:49.07\00:31:52.37
but I will share
these devotions with my dad,
00:31:52.41\00:31:55.01
or these praise reports.
00:31:55.04\00:31:56.48
And I'll call up my
dad and say "Oh, daddy,
00:31:56.51\00:31:58.98
here I just
heard from so and so"
00:31:59.01\00:32:00.72
and he will say, "Bibby,"
00:32:00.75\00:32:03.28
my name is Bibby,
"you're over paid."
00:32:03.32\00:32:07.16
That's my pay.
00:32:07.19\00:32:08.82
That really is just...
00:32:08.86\00:32:11.39
That means the world to me.
00:32:11.43\00:32:13.40
And I had one woman
that bought 500 books.
00:32:13.43\00:32:17.57
She said she decided
00:32:17.60\00:32:18.93
instead of giving
out Christmas presents,
00:32:18.97\00:32:22.17
she was going to give
out my devotion books.
00:32:22.20\00:32:25.24
And she gave one
to all her family,
00:32:25.27\00:32:28.28
kids,
grandkids, great grandkids,
00:32:28.31\00:32:30.65
and all her friends
that didn't know Jesus.
00:32:30.68\00:32:34.95
And I got a call from her.
00:32:34.98\00:32:36.32
You know, four of her six
kids are coming back to church,
00:32:36.35\00:32:40.36
she's got three granddaughters
that were baptized.
00:32:40.39\00:32:42.82
I mean she had a
praise report just...
00:32:42.86\00:32:44.86
I was like, "Thank you, Jesus."
00:32:44.89\00:32:46.86
You know, who buys 500 books?
00:32:46.90\00:32:48.63
Five hundred not even 50.
00:32:48.66\00:32:51.40
I know, 500 books.
Five hundred books.
00:32:51.43\00:32:53.64
And she said,
there's still just...
00:32:53.67\00:32:55.90
You know, she is hearing,
00:32:55.94\00:32:57.27
you know, just
praise report again.
00:32:57.31\00:33:00.08
She is lifting them
up in prayer everyday.
00:33:00.11\00:33:03.21
And I was going to say that
00:33:03.24\00:33:04.58
that in
conjunction with the book,
00:33:04.61\00:33:07.68
your job's not done
when you just give the book,
00:33:07.72\00:33:10.39
you give the book,
00:33:10.42\00:33:11.79
and you pray for the person
to whom you've given that book
00:33:11.82\00:33:14.72
because that's
what really seals it.
00:33:14.76\00:33:19.26
That's right.
00:33:19.29\00:33:20.63
You sense the Holy Spirit.
We're not the Holy Spirit.
00:33:20.66\00:33:22.00
That's right.
00:33:22.03\00:33:23.77
The Lord will send the
Holy Spirit to that person
00:33:23.80\00:33:26.43
who's reading the book
00:33:26.47\00:33:27.80
to convict them of
what they're reading.
00:33:27.84\00:33:29.60
That's right. That's His job.
00:33:29.64\00:33:31.04
That's His job.
00:33:31.07\00:33:32.41
And when we start
thinking that we are,
00:33:32.44\00:33:35.31
it's about the
messenger and not the message
00:33:35.34\00:33:37.18
and, you know, one
that gives us the message,
00:33:37.21\00:33:39.11
we're in trouble. That's right.
00:33:39.15\00:33:40.48
And that's not real witnessing.
00:33:40.52\00:33:42.08
And really, I
would just want my life
00:33:42.12\00:33:44.35
to be a witness for Jesus.
00:33:44.39\00:33:45.99
Yes.
00:33:46.02\00:33:47.72
And so when I think
00:33:47.76\00:33:49.09
I'm actually working
on my next one already...
00:33:49.12\00:33:50.99
You know what,
that's why you're PQ.
00:33:51.03\00:33:53.76
Tell us about your next one?
00:33:53.80\00:33:55.26
Well, I haven't even chosen.
00:33:55.30\00:33:56.63
This is so new, I haven't
even chosen the title for it,
00:33:56.67\00:33:58.60
but I only got about
six more devotions to write,
00:33:58.63\00:34:00.90
and that will be done.
00:34:00.94\00:34:02.27
And so I'm just
now working with...
00:34:02.30\00:34:04.17
CQ is my graphic designer
and our 3ABN graphic designer,
00:34:04.21\00:34:08.44
she is amazing.
She's incredible.
00:34:08.48\00:34:10.58
And so I just
was talking with her
00:34:10.61\00:34:12.11
even last night about
what the cover should look like
00:34:12.15\00:34:14.72
and what...
00:34:14.75\00:34:17.15
I'm brainstorming titles,
00:34:17.19\00:34:18.52
anybody out there
who had a title for me,
00:34:18.55\00:34:20.02
let me know.
00:34:20.06\00:34:21.72
And the next one,
00:34:21.76\00:34:23.16
because titles are
really hard, aren't they?
00:34:23.19\00:34:25.03
They are, they are.
00:34:25.06\00:34:26.39
And they're
important. They're important.
00:34:26.43\00:34:27.76
Because it kind of lets people
know what the book is about
00:34:27.80\00:34:30.57
and all that.
00:34:30.60\00:34:31.93
But you not only have this in,
00:34:31.97\00:34:34.00
and "Moments
with God" by the way,
00:34:34.04\00:34:35.54
is the current devotional.
00:34:35.57\00:34:37.81
You not only have
it in this format,
00:34:37.84\00:34:40.58
but you have it in
another format as well.
00:34:40.61\00:34:42.31
Tell us about it. I
do. I'm so glad you...
00:34:42.34\00:34:44.21
You know what, I totally
forgot to tell you, thank you.
00:34:44.25\00:34:46.15
You're so awesome about
that, you're a wonderful host.
00:34:46.18\00:34:47.75
Praise the Lord.
00:34:47.78\00:34:49.12
Well, I'll just give it to
you, this is an audio book,
00:34:49.15\00:34:51.85
because there's many people
00:34:51.89\00:34:53.36
who can't read
for a lot of reasons,
00:34:53.39\00:34:56.73
maybe the most
obvious are for the blind,
00:34:56.76\00:34:59.46
but you'll be
surprised how many others,
00:34:59.49\00:35:02.10
there's a lot
of seniors citizens
00:35:02.13\00:35:03.63
that have, you know,
trouble with their eyesight.
00:35:03.67\00:35:06.97
Or I can't even tell,
so it's an audio book,
00:35:07.00\00:35:10.31
it's my voice
reading the devotions.
00:35:10.34\00:35:12.84
And so I have so
many truck drivers
00:35:12.87\00:35:14.88
that have given
me just phone calls,
00:35:14.91\00:35:16.81
and texts, and
emails, telling me,
00:35:16.85\00:35:19.21
and even letters, telling me
00:35:19.25\00:35:20.58
how much they
worshiped with me everyday
00:35:20.62\00:35:23.45
and going down the road.
00:35:23.49\00:35:25.12
And I have mothers that say,
00:35:25.15\00:35:26.86
"Hey, on the way I
drive my kids to school,
00:35:26.89\00:35:28.46
we have
devotions with Ms. Brenda."
00:35:28.49\00:35:30.13
And so I have had so
many people telling me
00:35:30.16\00:35:32.29
how much this means to them.
00:35:32.33\00:35:33.80
One lady told me it
changed her whole life,
00:35:33.83\00:35:36.87
she has dyslexia.
00:35:36.90\00:35:38.23
And she said, "I
usually don't read devotions,
00:35:38.27\00:35:41.00
reading is very hard for
me, and it's frustrating to me,
00:35:41.04\00:35:43.71
and so I just
skip it all together,"
00:35:43.74\00:35:45.81
and she said,
00:35:45.84\00:35:47.54
"Someone gave me
your audio book."
00:35:47.58\00:35:49.98
And she said,
"It changed my life."
00:35:50.01\00:35:51.35
She goes, "I found Jesus
00:35:51.38\00:35:53.58
in a way I've
never found Him before."
00:35:53.62\00:35:55.35
She goes, "I know
what you mean now,
00:35:55.38\00:35:57.65
when you say He's
your best friend."
00:35:57.69\00:35:59.45
Wow. I was like,
"Thank you Jesus."
00:35:59.49\00:36:00.82
Beautiful, yes.
00:36:00.86\00:36:02.19
Because that
what it's all about.
00:36:02.22\00:36:03.99
That's right.
00:36:04.03\00:36:05.36
What are
00:36:05.39\00:36:07.96
some of your favorite
devotions in this book?
00:36:08.00\00:36:10.90
And I want you to share one
with our audience if you would?
00:36:10.93\00:36:13.80
Well, we're talking
about doing titles, you know,
00:36:13.84\00:36:15.57
I need to come
up with 365 titles,
00:36:15.60\00:36:18.17
it's a real challenge
00:36:18.21\00:36:19.54
because some of them, I
have, you know, Free in Jesus,
00:36:19.57\00:36:23.98
No one is
Perfect, Living in Fear,
00:36:24.01\00:36:25.91
God Wins the Battle,
Don't Clean the Fish.
00:36:25.95\00:36:29.42
And I tried to come up
with some creative ones too,
00:36:29.45\00:36:31.92
you know, Out of
the Driver's Seat.
00:36:31.95\00:36:33.72
I've got one,
that's Busy, Busy, Busy.
00:36:33.76\00:36:36.79
I don't know that
I have a favorite one
00:36:36.83\00:36:38.79
because that'd be like
trying to pick a favorite child.
00:36:38.83\00:36:42.23
Right, right, right.
00:36:42.26\00:36:43.60
But there's one
here that I like,
00:36:43.63\00:36:44.97
that's Removing the Plank.
00:36:45.00\00:36:46.47
Oh, let's hear it.
00:36:46.50\00:36:47.84
And it says,
00:36:47.87\00:36:49.20
and I always have the
scripture that goes with it.
00:36:49.24\00:36:50.57
This is John 8:7,
00:36:50.61\00:36:51.97
"He raised Himself
up and said to them,
00:36:52.01\00:36:55.04
'He who is
without sin among you,
00:36:55.08\00:36:57.28
let him throw a
stone at her first.'"
00:36:57.31\00:37:01.08
There's a big difference
00:37:01.12\00:37:02.45
between pointing
out the faults of others
00:37:02.48\00:37:04.32
and confronting
someone who is wrong to you.
00:37:04.35\00:37:07.22
The Bible clearly
states in Matthew 18:15,
00:37:07.26\00:37:10.46
"If your brother
sins against you,
00:37:10.49\00:37:12.63
go and tell him his fault,
between you and him alone."
00:37:12.66\00:37:17.03
God doesn't want
us to spread gossip
00:37:17.07\00:37:18.80
and complain to
everyone around us
00:37:18.83\00:37:20.60
about how we are mistreated.
00:37:20.64\00:37:22.64
Instead,
00:37:22.67\00:37:24.01
He tells us to go directly
to that person privately
00:37:24.04\00:37:27.38
and work it out."
00:37:27.41\00:37:28.81
And if you continue reading,
the rest of the text, it says,
00:37:28.84\00:37:32.45
"If he listens to you,
you have gained a brother.
00:37:32.48\00:37:36.45
God has given us
that instructions
00:37:36.48\00:37:38.22
so that fences can be
mended and relationships saved.
00:37:38.25\00:37:42.46
He wants us to
have peace in unity,
00:37:42.49\00:37:44.89
fighting and bickering
among us is displeasing to God.
00:37:44.93\00:37:48.60
However, many
people misuse this text
00:37:48.63\00:37:51.50
to justify pointing
out the faults of others.
00:37:51.53\00:37:55.20
The Bible makes it very clear
how God feels about judging.
00:37:55.24\00:37:59.21
Just read Matthew 7:1,
00:37:59.24\00:38:01.24
"Judge not that
ye be not judged."
00:38:01.28\00:38:04.31
And Matthew 7:5 states,
00:38:04.35\00:38:06.31
"You hypocrite,
00:38:06.35\00:38:07.68
first take the
plank out of your own eye,
00:38:07.72\00:38:09.98
and then you will see clearly
00:38:10.02\00:38:12.19
to remove the speck
from your brother's eye."
00:38:12.22\00:38:15.29
Wow, it doesn't get
much clear than that.
00:38:15.32\00:38:18.63
Which one of us is without sin
00:38:18.66\00:38:20.80
that we can set
ourselves up as judge and jury?
00:38:20.83\00:38:25.07
Only God knows hearts
00:38:25.10\00:38:26.77
and is qualified to
be a fair and just judge.
00:38:26.80\00:38:30.64
Let's try harder to
keep our own lives pure
00:38:30.67\00:38:33.71
and leave the judging to God."
00:38:33.74\00:38:35.94
Okay, nice.
00:38:35.98\00:38:37.65
You know,
00:38:37.68\00:38:39.01
I think God inspired
me to put this one in here
00:38:39.05\00:38:41.25
because, honestly,
00:38:41.28\00:38:43.42
I think judging each
other is one of the things
00:38:43.45\00:38:46.42
that is just like a
disease in our churches today.
00:38:46.45\00:38:51.39
And it doesn't matter
what denomination you're in.
00:38:51.43\00:38:53.33
That's right.
00:38:53.36\00:38:54.70
You know, when
people are judging others
00:38:54.73\00:38:57.07
and not uplifting,
00:38:57.10\00:38:58.43
church should really be a
place where people can feel safe
00:38:58.47\00:39:01.07
to come to and feel loved.
00:39:01.10\00:39:03.24
Instead of
coming in and walking in
00:39:03.27\00:39:04.74
and everyone's
talking about so and so,
00:39:04.77\00:39:06.37
"Oh, did you see..."
00:39:06.41\00:39:07.88
You know, and they're judging,
00:39:07.91\00:39:09.24
they're judging their hair,
they're judging their clothes,
00:39:09.28\00:39:10.95
they're judging, you
know, everything about them.
00:39:10.98\00:39:13.25
And that's not going
to draw people to Jesus.
00:39:13.28\00:39:15.48
Right. It's going
to move people away.
00:39:15.52\00:39:18.75
So I think that's really
one thing that's, you know,
00:39:18.79\00:39:22.42
God put on my
heart to put on here.
00:39:22.46\00:39:24.76
But there's so many,
there's about forgiveness,
00:39:24.79\00:39:26.83
there's so many people here
00:39:26.86\00:39:28.20
that have had
something done wrong to them,
00:39:28.23\00:39:29.56
and they just can't forgive.
00:39:29.60\00:39:30.93
Would you read one on
forgiveness for us please?
00:39:30.97\00:39:32.70
Yes, I can go to
the index in the back.
00:39:32.73\00:39:34.47
Yeah, yeah, I love that.
00:39:34.50\00:39:36.34
And then, I'm going to
go back under forgiveness,
00:39:36.37\00:39:38.11
and there's a
whole bunch of them,
00:39:38.14\00:39:39.47
so I would just... Oh, yeah.
00:39:39.51\00:39:40.84
'Cause people
struggle with that, don't they?
00:39:40.88\00:39:42.41
They do.
00:39:42.44\00:39:43.78
They really struck,
they want to hold on to that.
00:39:43.81\00:39:45.61
Yeah, it's so hard
sometimes to let go of the pain
00:39:45.65\00:39:50.69
that someone
else has caused you.
00:39:50.72\00:39:52.35
Yes.
00:39:52.39\00:39:54.29
But when you realize that
00:39:54.32\00:39:55.76
God just expects us
to turn it over to Him,
00:39:55.79\00:39:58.66
meaning that, you know,
we can't just, in an instant,
00:39:58.69\00:40:02.43
say, "Okay, I
forgive you and it's over."
00:40:02.46\00:40:05.07
But God can just put you.
00:40:05.10\00:40:07.37
God can give you
that forgiveness.
00:40:07.40\00:40:08.74
He can give you that
00:40:08.77\00:40:10.11
and change your
heart toward that person.
00:40:10.14\00:40:12.07
You know, people
have asked me like,
00:40:12.11\00:40:14.98
"How is it that you
came from such a dark place
00:40:15.01\00:40:18.08
where you were
just so beaten down,
00:40:18.11\00:40:19.61
and now you're on
television everyday,
00:40:19.65\00:40:21.42
going smile, and,
"Hi boys and girls."
00:40:21.45\00:40:22.98
And they're
like, "Wait a minute,
00:40:23.02\00:40:24.35
how did that happen?" Yeah.
00:40:24.39\00:40:26.05
And honestly,
it's about forgiveness
00:40:26.09\00:40:28.09
because I couldn't be
here working for Jesus today
00:40:28.12\00:40:32.53
if I'm still
hanging on to all that pain,
00:40:32.56\00:40:35.03
and that anger,
and that bitterness.
00:40:35.06\00:40:36.87
Yes. You know, it's a choice.
00:40:36.90\00:40:39.13
I can hang on to all
that justified anger,
00:40:39.17\00:40:42.44
and no one would blame you.
00:40:42.47\00:40:43.81
If they knew all the...
00:40:43.84\00:40:45.17
'Cause most of the bad
stuff is not in the book.
00:40:45.21\00:40:47.78
People would not
be able to read it,
00:40:47.81\00:40:51.05
that it is got
so edited out all,
00:40:51.08\00:40:52.91
but most of the really
horrible stuff I went through
00:40:52.95\00:40:55.65
is not even in the book.
00:40:55.68\00:40:57.02
If people knew my
story, they wouldn't blame me.
00:40:57.05\00:40:59.35
They'd say "Okay,
00:40:59.39\00:41:00.72
I don't blame
her for being angry."
00:41:00.76\00:41:02.09
You have the right to be angry.
I have a right to be angry.
00:41:02.12\00:41:04.09
But I can choose to hold
on to that justified anger,
00:41:04.13\00:41:06.86
nobody blame me for,
00:41:06.90\00:41:08.23
or I can choose
God's gift of joy,
00:41:08.26\00:41:09.93
but I cannot have both.
00:41:09.96\00:41:11.40
I have to choose either the joy,
00:41:11.43\00:41:13.87
or the pain, and the
anger, and the bitterness,
00:41:13.90\00:41:16.91
and I choose the joy.
00:41:16.94\00:41:18.27
How did you forgive him?
00:41:18.31\00:41:20.11
How did you get your
place for forgiveness?
00:41:20.14\00:41:21.48
You know, it
came through prayer.
00:41:21.51\00:41:22.84
It came through prayer,
00:41:22.88\00:41:24.21
pleading with God to put
that forgiveness in my heart
00:41:24.25\00:41:26.38
'cause I didn't have it.
00:41:26.41\00:41:27.92
I didn't have it.
00:41:27.95\00:41:29.28
I wanted to see him suffer
00:41:29.32\00:41:30.65
the worst possible painful death
00:41:30.69\00:41:32.45
that you could imagine.
00:41:32.49\00:41:34.12
And it was my daddy
praying with me one night,
00:41:34.16\00:41:37.66
because I just
couldn't get past the pain.
00:41:37.69\00:41:41.20
And daddy's telling me, he said,
00:41:41.23\00:41:43.13
"Bibby, you need to
forgive." My name is Bibby.
00:41:43.16\00:41:45.97
He said, "Bibby,
you need to forgive."
00:41:46.00\00:41:47.34
He says "You're not
going to move past this pain
00:41:47.37\00:41:48.97
till you forgive."
00:41:49.00\00:41:50.34
And I said,
"Daddy, how do I forgive?
00:41:50.37\00:41:52.07
How do I forgive?"
And I'm crying and crying.
00:41:52.11\00:41:54.91
And dad just
took me in his arms.
00:41:54.94\00:41:56.68
And he said, "Honey," he said,
00:41:56.71\00:41:58.05
"God doesn't
expect you to love him
00:41:58.08\00:41:59.41
with your human life,
00:41:59.45\00:42:00.78
it's not possible."
00:42:00.82\00:42:02.15
He said, "Of course, you can't.
00:42:02.18\00:42:03.79
You can love him
with God's love."
00:42:03.82\00:42:07.06
And, you know, it clicked.
00:42:07.09\00:42:08.92
I was like, "He's
right, I can't do it."
00:42:08.96\00:42:11.89
And we prayed for God to
put in extra measure of love,
00:42:11.93\00:42:15.16
His love in my heart.
00:42:15.20\00:42:16.97
And I can tell you today,
00:42:17.00\00:42:18.33
I would not have been
able to move on past that pain
00:42:18.37\00:42:21.74
had God not put
that love in my heart.
00:42:21.77\00:42:24.21
And I can love
him with God's love.
00:42:24.24\00:42:26.01
Doesn't mean I have
to ever see him again,
00:42:26.04\00:42:27.81
doesn't mean I have to
have a relationship with him,
00:42:27.84\00:42:30.41
people mistake that.
00:42:30.45\00:42:32.01
That's right.
00:42:32.05\00:42:33.38
There needs to
be an understanding
00:42:33.42\00:42:34.75
of what real forgiveness is.
00:42:34.78\00:42:36.12
Exactly.
00:42:36.15\00:42:37.49
It doesn't mean that it's even,
00:42:37.52\00:42:38.85
like a reinstatement of
the former relationship,
00:42:38.89\00:42:41.72
doesn't
necessarily mean that. No, no.
00:42:41.76\00:42:43.89
I mean, there's
people I have talked to
00:42:43.93\00:42:46.36
and counseled with who say,
00:42:46.39\00:42:48.20
"You know, well, I
want to forgive but..."
00:42:48.23\00:42:50.37
maybe they were
molested by a family member,
00:42:50.40\00:42:52.30
and they don't want
to ever see that family.
00:42:52.33\00:42:54.40
I said, "You don't
have to see them again
00:42:54.44\00:42:55.80
but you do have to forgive,
00:42:55.84\00:42:57.21
'cause God says,
'If we don't forgive,
00:42:57.24\00:42:58.97
He's not going to forgive us.'"
00:42:59.01\00:43:00.51
So our salvation depends on
it and so does our happiness.
00:43:00.54\00:43:04.75
If I hang on to
that pain and anger,
00:43:04.78\00:43:07.62
it will destroy
every ounce of happiness
00:43:07.65\00:43:10.39
I will have on this
earth and in the earth to come,
00:43:10.42\00:43:12.95
'cause I won't be
there. That's right.
00:43:12.99\00:43:15.12
Is it worth it?
I choose the joy.
00:43:15.16\00:43:18.56
It will
destroy. It will destroy.
00:43:18.59\00:43:20.56
It takes root. That's right.
00:43:20.60\00:43:22.36
That why Bibles call
that root of bitterness.
00:43:22.40\00:43:24.83
It takes root,
and then it grows,
00:43:24.87\00:43:28.14
and so you chose
joy. I choose the joy.
00:43:28.17\00:43:30.77
And this says...
00:43:30.81\00:43:32.14
This one is, "Forgive,
forget, move on," okay.
00:43:32.17\00:43:37.41
Oh, I love it, go ahead.
00:43:37.45\00:43:38.78
All right, "This text is
found in Colossians 3:12 to 13,
00:43:38.81\00:43:43.49
"Put on tender mercies,
kindness, humility, meekness,
00:43:43.52\00:43:47.49
longsuffering,
bearing with one and another,
00:43:47.52\00:43:49.89
and forgiving one and another.
00:43:49.92\00:43:51.59
If any one has to
complaint against another,
00:43:51.63\00:43:54.46
even as Christ forgave you,
00:43:54.50\00:43:56.97
so you also must do."
00:43:57.00\00:44:00.64
Our human hearts
have a difficult time
00:44:00.67\00:44:02.74
understanding forgiveness.
00:44:02.77\00:44:04.67
We all want forgiveness
00:44:04.71\00:44:06.04
and pray for grace and
mercy even begging God for it.
00:44:06.07\00:44:09.98
But few are willing
to give it themselves.
00:44:10.01\00:44:13.62
Forgiveness is about making
a decision to move forward
00:44:13.65\00:44:17.45
and allowing God to
release us from the past.
00:44:17.49\00:44:21.49
Holding grudges only
causes pain and bitterness.
00:44:21.52\00:44:24.56
And contrary to
what we may think,
00:44:24.59\00:44:27.03
revenge does
not bring happiness.
00:44:27.06\00:44:30.33
We can't change the past
00:44:30.37\00:44:31.83
but we can change
how we respond to it.
00:44:31.87\00:44:35.64
We can choose to hang
on to justified anger,
00:44:35.67\00:44:38.41
or we can choose
God's gift of joy."
00:44:38.44\00:44:41.54
I didn't know that was
going to be in this one.
00:44:41.58\00:44:43.85
This is great.
00:44:43.88\00:44:45.21
You know, I'm just
talking from my heart in these.
00:44:45.25\00:44:46.68
You know, and
you just picked one,
00:44:46.72\00:44:48.48
so praise the Lord,
yeah. Yeah, I just picked one.
00:44:48.52\00:44:50.35
But we can't have
both, we must choose.
00:44:50.39\00:44:53.79
If we hang on to all
that hurt, pain, and anger,
00:44:53.82\00:44:56.83
we will miss out on any
hope of happiness on this earth
00:44:56.86\00:45:00.46
and in the new earth to come,
00:45:00.50\00:45:02.23
because we won't be there.
00:45:02.26\00:45:04.93
God says that if we
won't forgive others,
00:45:04.97\00:45:07.10
then He won't forgive us.
00:45:07.14\00:45:09.77
Is there any hurt in our
lives that is really worth
00:45:09.80\00:45:12.84
missing out on
eternity with Jesus?
00:45:12.87\00:45:15.98
Sometimes the pain is so deep
00:45:16.01\00:45:17.91
that forgiving
doesn't seem humanly possible.
00:45:17.95\00:45:21.42
But all things
are possible with God.
00:45:21.45\00:45:24.79
He can put love in our hearts.
00:45:24.82\00:45:26.55
And even when we cannot
love with our own human love,
00:45:26.59\00:45:30.06
we can love that
person with God's love.
00:45:30.09\00:45:33.36
Ask God to put
forgiveness in our hearts
00:45:33.40\00:45:35.90
and then forgive,
forget and move on with Jesus."
00:45:35.93\00:45:41.67
Nice.
00:45:41.70\00:45:43.57
See it's just enough
00:45:43.61\00:45:45.71
to give you some tools to do it,
00:45:45.74\00:45:47.34
but not enough to
beat you over the head.
00:45:47.38\00:45:49.41
Amen.
00:45:49.44\00:45:50.78
And it's great, really,
00:45:53.68\00:45:55.02
because so many people
are grappling with that.
00:45:55.05\00:45:57.32
They really
are. It is. You know.
00:45:57.35\00:45:58.79
And there's also devotions
in here about believing God.
00:45:58.82\00:46:01.69
There's people
that, "Is God real?"
00:46:01.72\00:46:03.79
There's devotions about
recognizing God's voice.
00:46:03.83\00:46:07.00
Like, how do you know
00:46:07.03\00:46:08.36
when the Holy
Spirit's talking to you?
00:46:08.40\00:46:09.73
How do you know
it's not another spirit?
00:46:09.76\00:46:11.10
How do you know it's
really God talking to you?
00:46:11.13\00:46:13.64
I mean, there's a lot of things
that are addressed in here,
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answered prayer.
00:46:16.17\00:46:18.11
So there's jealousy, gossip.
00:46:18.14\00:46:20.88
I mean, there's so many
things that, it just little,
00:46:20.91\00:46:23.55
but not preachy.
00:46:23.58\00:46:25.31
I don't wanted to be...
00:46:25.35\00:46:26.68
These are really
written to just...
00:46:26.72\00:46:30.52
When I say
encourage, inspire you,
00:46:30.55\00:46:32.19
and be more like Jesus,
that's really just to help.
00:46:32.22\00:46:35.16
We have enough
stuff weighing us down.
00:46:35.19\00:46:37.79
We need just to hear
00:46:37.83\00:46:40.16
a word of encouragement
from God, each day.
00:46:40.20\00:46:43.33
Our days would not
be the same without it.
00:46:43.37\00:46:45.70
You know, it really wouldn't.
00:46:45.73\00:46:47.17
If we were trying to
meddle through on our own,
00:46:47.20\00:46:50.47
we'll fail every time.
00:46:50.51\00:46:51.97
We will...
00:46:52.01\00:46:54.51
We can't survive without Jesus
as our guide, we will fail.
00:46:54.54\00:46:58.48
Well, because
He's our power source.
00:46:58.51\00:47:01.52
You know, we don't
have the power ourselves,
00:47:01.55\00:47:03.52
but He has it.
00:47:03.55\00:47:04.89
And as long as we
stay connected to Him,
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we're good. Amen.
00:47:07.29\00:47:08.62
We're good.
00:47:08.66\00:47:09.99
If we disconnect...
00:47:10.03\00:47:11.36
That's right.
Then we have no power.
00:47:11.39\00:47:12.89
You know, I have
some powerful tools
00:47:12.93\00:47:15.00
I want to share
real quick with you.
00:47:15.03\00:47:16.77
That was my next...
00:47:16.80\00:47:18.67
That was my next move.
00:47:18.70\00:47:20.04
These are some really
just powerful prayer tools
00:47:20.07\00:47:24.51
to help you in your prayer life.
00:47:24.54\00:47:28.31
There's many people
that don't know how to pray.
00:47:28.34\00:47:30.78
And there's
promises in the Bible
00:47:30.81\00:47:32.65
that are in there for a reason.
00:47:32.68\00:47:34.35
God gives us
those promises for us
00:47:34.38\00:47:36.48
to pray, claim, and believe.
00:47:36.52\00:47:37.85
But when was the last
time, Yvonne, you said or heard
00:47:37.89\00:47:40.12
a pastor even claim
Bible promises in his prayer?
00:47:40.16\00:47:43.56
You rarely hear
someone pray that way,
00:47:43.59\00:47:45.13
and yet it's a
powerful, powerful way to pray.
00:47:45.16\00:47:47.53
So God impressed
me to write this book
00:47:47.56\00:47:50.87
"Passion Prayer Promises".
00:47:50.90\00:47:52.57
And I ask my friend, Kay Kuzma,
00:47:52.60\00:47:54.57
she would help me
with this project.
00:47:54.60\00:47:57.04
And God really
just gave us these.
00:47:57.07\00:48:00.01
We have over
100 different things
00:48:00.04\00:48:02.18
you want to pray about.
00:48:02.21\00:48:04.21
And in this...
00:48:04.25\00:48:05.98
On the left side is a prayer,
00:48:06.01\00:48:07.68
claiming Bible
promises for that need.
00:48:07.72\00:48:10.05
Whatever it is,
00:48:10.09\00:48:11.42
whether it's addictions,
whether it's, you know, health,
00:48:11.45\00:48:14.42
finances,
healing, whatever it is,
00:48:14.46\00:48:16.29
you go to that, and there's
a prayer on the left side,
00:48:16.32\00:48:19.23
claiming Bible
promises for this need.
00:48:19.26\00:48:21.13
Let's say you know how to
pray, you don't need that.
00:48:21.16\00:48:24.03
So on the right
side of the pages,
00:48:24.07\00:48:25.93
it's all the promises
are written out in full
00:48:25.97\00:48:28.24
on the right side of the page.
00:48:28.27\00:48:29.60
So that while you're praying,
00:48:29.64\00:48:30.97
'cause you'll be a lot of things
00:48:31.01\00:48:32.34
you're praying
about, you flip through,
00:48:32.37\00:48:33.71
and you claim those promises
right there in front of you,
00:48:33.74\00:48:35.68
and you pray those and
claim those promises back to God
00:48:35.71\00:48:38.01
in your prayer.
00:48:38.05\00:48:39.38
Then on the bottom of each page
00:48:39.41\00:48:40.95
is even additional
scripture for more promises
00:48:40.98\00:48:43.99
that you can go to God's
word and claim for your own.
00:48:44.02\00:48:46.55
That apply to this situation,
00:48:46.59\00:48:48.62
so addiction or whatever...
00:48:48.66\00:48:50.86
Whatever your need is. Wow.
00:48:50.89\00:48:52.23
And usually, when I'm praying,
it's a lot more than one.
00:48:52.26\00:48:54.36
So I'm praying, and
I'm flipping through,
00:48:54.40\00:48:55.80
and I'm claiming these promises.
00:48:55.83\00:48:57.53
Yvonne, it's what my daddy says,
00:48:57.57\00:48:59.13
"Get serious with God."
00:48:59.17\00:49:00.50
You know, and I'm really
just putting God to the test
00:49:00.54\00:49:03.84
and we should.
00:49:03.87\00:49:05.21
This book comes
in a sharing version,
00:49:05.24\00:49:07.78
it comes in a deluxe
version, and out in Spanish.
00:49:07.81\00:49:10.48
And what's the difference
00:49:10.51\00:49:11.85
between the sharing
version and the deluxe?
00:49:11.88\00:49:13.21
It's the same content inside.
00:49:13.25\00:49:15.28
This was just made
with a little thinner pages
00:49:15.32\00:49:18.19
and more inexpensive way
to share, so it costs less.
00:49:18.22\00:49:21.26
This one here has thicker pages,
00:49:21.29\00:49:22.99
it's got gold pages inside,
00:49:23.02\00:49:24.53
it's just a prettier book,
it's a wonderful gift book.
00:49:24.56\00:49:27.20
And then the Spanish version
actually is really awesome.
00:49:27.23\00:49:31.80
They put pictures in there.
00:49:31.83\00:49:33.44
Look, it's even
translated into other languages.
00:49:33.47\00:49:35.64
Yes.
00:49:35.67\00:49:37.01
So it's the same content inside,
00:49:37.04\00:49:40.51
only these pictures
that depict what's going on.
00:49:40.54\00:49:42.64
They used...
00:49:42.68\00:49:44.18
Kay and I did a book called
"Prayer Promises for Kids",
00:49:44.21\00:49:47.18
and I had pictures in that book.
00:49:47.22\00:49:49.58
And so the Spanish...
00:49:49.62\00:49:53.15
International division,
they decided to do that to put.
00:49:53.19\00:49:55.86
And I love it, it's beautiful.
00:49:55.89\00:49:57.69
I think it's better
than our English version,
00:49:57.73\00:49:59.73
but...
00:49:59.76\00:50:01.10
So you have three choices,
00:50:01.13\00:50:03.06
but they're
incredible prayer tools,
00:50:03.10\00:50:04.73
and they're very inexpensive,
and you can order here at 3ABN
00:50:04.77\00:50:07.77
or on my
website BrendaWalsh.com.
00:50:07.80\00:50:10.14
That's great.
00:50:10.17\00:50:11.51
You know, many
people have made resolutions
00:50:11.54\00:50:16.98
at the beginning of
the year or whatever,
00:50:17.01\00:50:19.05
and they don't keep
them throughout the year.
00:50:19.08\00:50:21.55
But this is a way,
many times you say,
00:50:21.58\00:50:23.49
"Well, I'm just going to
spend more time with God.
00:50:23.52\00:50:26.69
So, how do I do
that? Like, what do I do?
00:50:26.72\00:50:29.36
Like, my prayers,
00:50:29.39\00:50:30.73
my prayers are
like two minutes long,
00:50:30.76\00:50:32.33
you know, my
prayer time is not..."
00:50:32.36\00:50:34.36
You need tools.
00:50:34.40\00:50:35.73
You need tools,
00:50:35.76\00:50:37.10
and you can start
with "Moments with God"
00:50:37.13\00:50:38.47
'cause it is a
one minute devotion.
00:50:38.50\00:50:41.64
And then we are
going to find yourself
00:50:41.67\00:50:43.04
wanting to linger
in God's presence.
00:50:43.07\00:50:44.41
And you will want to
pray claiming God's promises.
00:50:44.44\00:50:47.21
Absolutely, absolutely.
00:50:47.24\00:50:49.48
And you have the deluxe
version and the sharing version.
00:50:49.51\00:50:52.81
And the sharing version.
00:50:52.85\00:50:54.18
So either one will be good.
00:50:54.22\00:50:55.55
People need to
know how to reach you,
00:50:55.58\00:50:58.42
'cause they're going to
want "Moments with God".
00:50:58.45\00:51:00.69
They're going to want
"Passionate Prayer Promises".
00:51:00.72\00:51:03.26
And I've also written
quite a few other books
00:51:03.29\00:51:05.43
that they can find
in there as well, so.
00:51:05.46\00:51:07.60
How many books have
you written all together?
00:51:07.63\00:51:09.60
I think about 17.
00:51:09.63\00:51:12.93
Oh my!
00:51:12.97\00:51:14.30
See, that's why you are the PQ.
00:51:14.34\00:51:15.94
Seventeen! That's all God.
00:51:15.97\00:51:17.77
You know what,
you need more to do.
00:51:17.81\00:51:19.44
I think we need to...
00:51:19.47\00:51:20.81
I'm actually working
on another book right now.
00:51:20.84\00:51:22.58
I'm hoping to have out by
the end of the year, so yes.
00:51:22.61\00:51:25.65
My goodness.
00:51:25.68\00:51:27.02
Well, let's take
a look and find out
00:51:27.05\00:51:30.19
just how you can
reach Brenda Walsh
00:51:30.22\00:51:34.26
and get these books.
00:51:34.29\00:51:36.29
If you'd like to
purchase Brenda's new book,
00:51:42.40\00:51:44.53
Moments with God,
00:51:44.57\00:51:46.07
you can do so on
a variety of ways.
00:51:46.10\00:51:48.37
You can write to
her at PO Box 220,
00:51:48.40\00:51:51.34
West Frankfort, Illinois 62896.
00:51:51.37\00:51:54.64
That's PO Box 220, West
Frankfort, Illinois 62896.
00:51:54.68\00:52:00.65
You can call
her at 865-776-4908.
00:52:00.68\00:52:05.19
That's 865-776-4908.
00:52:05.22\00:52:10.13
You can also visit her
online at BrendaWalsh.com.
00:52:10.16\00:52:14.03
That's BrendaWalsh.com.
00:52:14.06\00:52:17.07