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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 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:39 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:10 Hello and welcome to 3ABN Today. 01:12 Thank you for joining us as you do each and every day. 01:16 I have a special guest with me, 01:17 somebody I've known most of my life now. 01:19 She's not as old as I am but, 01:21 well, not too far behind either. 01:23 I'll leave it at that 01:25 'cause I want to stay in good terms 01:26 with my Sister Brenda Walsh. 01:29 Brenda, it's so good to have you here. 01:30 It's good to have you too. Known as Miss Brenda. 01:32 Now when I say sister or sisters, 01:35 she's my sister in the Lord. 01:37 And of course, I've known your family, 01:39 and our parents knew each other, 01:40 and your dad was raised here in Southern Illinois. 01:43 That's right, right here in West Frankfort. 01:44 And moved away for a lot of years, you all did, 01:47 but you had a reason to come back 01:50 about once a month as grandma and grandpa, 01:52 all right, were still here in the area. 01:55 I used to spend my summers here with my grandparents as well. 01:57 Yeah, yeah, absolutely. 01:59 So we grew up more as family. 02:01 Maybe like cousins or brothers and sisters. 02:03 But anyway, we've known each other a long time. 02:05 And about 30 years or so ago, we first went on the air. 02:10 Your dad was one of the first speakers, presenters here. 02:12 That's right. 02:13 And then you and the sisters came 02:15 and would sing on his program. 02:16 That's right. 02:18 In fact, dad's program was called 02:19 Walking With The Master, and it aired for 11 years, 02:22 and then he did another series for a year 02:24 with Give Me The Bible. 02:25 So you can actually watch those today 02:28 if you go on YouTube. 02:29 And type in, you know, "Micheff" 02:33 and you can watch his programs, 02:35 and they're still very popular and still watched. 02:37 And, Mom and Dad, if you're watching, 02:39 you know I love you, right? 02:40 I don't know how many times 02:42 he took me to places like Meramec Caverns 02:45 over in Missouri or down in Garden of Gods, 02:47 and Giant City State Park, and all that. 02:50 He would take... 02:51 Your folks would take all the kids, 02:53 and I was raised kind of poor, 02:56 I didn't realize it at the time, 02:57 but your folks would even supply food for us, 03:00 sandwiches and things like that. 03:02 Your mother would make all of that 03:03 so when the kids from the church would go, 03:06 you know, somewhere, they would take us. 03:08 And so it was such a neat experience to have the... 03:11 And they've always loved kids, so no wonder... 03:13 Well, our Saturday night socials at the church 03:15 when Daddy got out there 03:17 and played games with all of us. 03:18 Yeah, there was a little hall. 03:20 We didn't have a hall at our little church, 03:21 so St. Marks Hall there 03:23 on St. Louis Street in West Frankfort, 03:25 and we would rent that very cheaply, 03:28 and then we'd play all the games, 03:29 and he would kind of lead up, quite a character, quite a guy. 03:32 He was always the life of the party. 03:34 He was, absolutely, absolutely. 03:35 And we love you so much. 03:37 But now your brothers and sisters, 03:41 you're all in ministry. 03:43 Tell us a little bit. 03:44 Oh, Mom and Dad raised five children 03:46 and all five of us are not only in the church, 03:49 we are, all five of us, 03:50 leaders in the church and in ministry. 03:54 My sisters and I have been here at 3ABN for, 03:57 you know, 30 years now in 3ABN Ministry together, 04:01 and our brothers are in ministry, 04:02 they're ordained ministers as well, our dad's a minister. 04:05 And they get a chance to minister together too. 04:09 It's really awesome 04:11 how God allows the sister to administer together 04:12 and then our brothers, 04:14 my brother Jim is the new Conference President 04:18 of the Michigan Conference, Jim Micheff. 04:19 Right. Yeah. 04:20 And my younger brother Ken 04:22 is the Youth Director for Michigan Conference. 04:24 He's got, you know... 04:27 Both of them got really a wonderful opportunity 04:29 to minister together 04:31 and we do really appreciate that. 04:33 So ministry is not new to the Micheff family, 04:37 but it was your parents and we saw... 04:38 Yes. 04:40 Growing up, that they're so dedicated to the Lord, 04:42 and to His Word, and to the beliefs 04:45 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church 04:47 which are built on the Bible. 04:49 And so consequently, 04:51 you have all this family of children 04:54 who were involved in ministry, 04:56 and you, of course, 04:57 Miss Brenda, have been with 3ABN 05:00 and The Kids Time for how many years? 05:02 Almost 20 years. Almost 20 years. 05:04 And she's been our cheapest investment 05:06 because we don't pay her. 05:07 She's been a volunteer all of these years, 05:09 believe that or not, doesn't ask for anything. 05:12 But we do appreciate so much what you do. 05:14 And we've offered to pay her in the past, 05:16 but she said, "No, the Lord will provide." 05:18 And obviously, He has. Amen. 05:20 And we're so blessed. 05:21 But today, we're going to be talking 05:23 about your Bedtime Stories. 05:25 When I grew up, 05:27 they had the Uncle Arthur Bedtime Stories, 05:29 but now they have the Miss Brenda. 05:31 Now who published these? 05:32 Pacific Press. Pacific Press. 05:34 Nampa, Idaho. Okay, and you have five. 05:37 There's five hardcover books. 05:38 They're beautiful books with pictures inside, 05:41 and there's a good balance 05:45 in these books of girl stories, boy stories. 05:48 If you would... 05:50 When I was, you know, writing these stories, 05:52 I was collecting them from everywhere, 05:54 when I traveled everywhere, 05:55 I speak in churches every weekend, 05:56 and I would be asking for, 05:58 "Do you have a good character building story about a child?" 06:01 All of the stories have to be about children. 06:03 And so everywhere I'd go from all over the world, 06:06 I would collect these stories and I would say, 06:08 "Look, all you have to do is email me what happened. 06:11 I'll write the story, just give me all the facts." 06:13 And so that was really an incredible... 06:18 I had a hard time even like deciding 06:20 which one would be in this book, 06:21 you know, and which one... 06:23 'cause so many good ones, so... 06:24 Absolutely. 06:25 We're going to find out more about that in a minute. 06:28 We're going to do some music now with Kids Time. 06:30 They always have music. That's right. 06:32 And so I travel around the world as Brenda does 06:36 and many churches, most churches I go to, 06:40 some of the folk who say they love Kids Time singers, 06:43 and the music in Kids Time 06:45 happen to be anywhere from 70 to 95 years old, 06:49 and some of them say, 06:51 "Oh, that's my favorite program on 3ABN, is the Kids Time." 06:55 So we can see why, but today we have some of the singers 06:58 and this is off of a DVD we did some time ago, 07:02 and the song is going to be It's A Beautiful World. 07:17 It's a beautiful world that God made 07:22 Just for you and for me 07:26 He created all in six days 07:31 I have faith to believe 07:35 The Bible tells the story 07:40 Of God's great power and glory 07:44 He made the life, the earth, and sea 07:49 He made the flowers and the buzzing bumblebees 07:55 It's a beautiful world that God made 08:00 Just for you and for me 08:04 God created everything in just six days. 08:07 On the first day, God created light. 08:10 And on the second day, He made the heavenly skies. 08:13 On the third day, 08:15 He created the grass, the trees, and the plants. 08:17 On the fourth day, 08:19 He created the sun, the moon, and the stars. 08:22 And on the fifth day, God created the fish 08:25 and all the wonderful sea creatures in the water, 08:28 and He created all the birds in the air. 08:32 It's a beautiful world that God made 08:38 Just for you and for me 08:41 He created all in six days 08:46 I have faith to believe 08:50 The Bible tells the story 08:55 Of God's great power and glory 09:00 He made the light, the earth, and sea 09:04 He made the flowers and the buzzing bumblebees 09:10 It's a beautiful world that God made 09:15 Just for you and for me 09:19 And on the sixth day, 09:20 He created all the beautiful animal life on the earth. 09:24 But He also created something very special that sixth day, 09:28 yes, special and dear to the heart of God. 09:31 You guessed it, He created you and me. 09:37 The Bible tells the story 09:41 Of God's great power and glory 09:46 He made the light, the earth, and sea 09:51 He made the flowers and the buzzing bumblebees 09:57 It's a beautiful world that God made 10:02 Just for you and for me 10:06 After creating everything in just six days, 10:09 the Bible says that God rested. 10:11 Let's read about it in Genesis 2:1-3, 10:15 "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished 10:17 and all the host of them. 10:19 And on the seventh day, 10:21 God ended His work which He had made, 10:23 and He rested on the seventh day 10:25 from all His work which He had made. 10:27 And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it 10:31 because that in it He had rested from all His work 10:34 which God created and made." 10:39 It's a beautiful world that God made 10:44 Just for you and for me 10:47 He created it all in six days 10:53 I have faith to believe 10:56 It's a beautiful world Such a beautiful world 11:01 It's a beautiful world It's a beautiful world 11:05 It's a beautiful world Such a beautiful world 11:09 It's a beautiful world It's a beautiful world 11:14 It's a beautiful world Such a beautiful world 11:21 Amen. 11:23 Amen, that brings back lots of memories. 11:24 It sure does. 11:26 Love seeing the kids there and of course, Trinity, 11:29 and Justin Lee is there and a bunch of others. 11:31 Granddaughter Faith and... 11:32 Faith and Jonah. And our precious little Nori. 11:35 She's not little anymore. 11:36 No, I think a lot of the folks from here, 11:39 but some of the folks that came from different areas, 11:41 also Samara who... 11:42 A lot of my Kids Time singers, 11:44 you know, they've been on Kids Time Praise, 11:46 they'll recognize where I've worked on that project. 11:47 Samara there who had one of the lead, 11:49 she's with Aeolians is on our latest project. 11:51 At Oakwood University. 11:53 Yeah, for our camp meeting here. 11:55 Give Him Glory project, 11:57 so she sang in the studio with us. 11:59 So it's really neat to see these young people growing up 12:02 and that God is blessing. 12:04 It is a beautiful world, isn't it? 12:06 I'm so thankful that 12:09 we have an opportunity as Christians to share Jesus 12:13 in the marketplace to a lost and dying world. 12:16 And you've been doing this for many years 12:18 reaching the young people. 12:20 But you have something very special, 12:22 and I really want to center in on this. 12:24 Miss Brenda's Bedtime Stories, maybe you could hold that up. 12:28 These are really nice, hardcover, 12:31 and they're similar to what Pacific Press 12:34 put out for so many years. 12:35 And they've put out and of course 12:37 the Uncle Arthur and all of those, 12:39 the Bible stories and Bedtime Stories. 12:41 But these are true stories. 12:43 All true stories, character building stories. 12:45 You've gathered from around the world. 12:47 What I don't understand is how she has time to do all of this 12:52 and all the traveling that she does, all of the articles, 12:55 the prayer things that she does, 12:57 all of the other material, I do not understand, 13:00 I've tried to figure out where you get this much time, 13:03 and I have no idea. 13:05 But anyway, God bless you. 13:06 Well, when you turn, 13:08 you know, your life over to Jesus and say, 13:11 "Take control of my calendar, take control of my schedule. 13:14 Lord, what do You want me to accomplish today?" 13:16 He does. 13:17 I mean, I didn't find out this 13:19 until after these books were actually printed 13:23 that Uncle Arthur, when he was writing, 13:24 he didn't write all his books in one year. 13:27 Sometimes there was a couple of years in between those books 13:29 and the miracle of what God did and, you know, 13:33 these books are so prayed over, Danny. 13:35 I got to tell you, every single story 13:37 in here is prayed over. 13:39 "Lord, do You want this story in this book? 13:41 Do You want it in this book?" 13:42 You know, or maybe in another time, 13:44 but this isn't going in this book. 13:45 I mean, I literally just prayed my way through these 13:49 and it's really amazing to me how God does lead and guide, 13:53 and He guides your schedule. 13:54 But these books, 13:55 I was in full production of Kids Time programs 13:58 the year these books came out. 14:00 So we never missed one production date. 14:03 So all of our programs got put out that year, 14:06 and I think we had more than 20 programs, 14:08 I think, we put out for Kids Time. 14:09 That's not counting Kids Time Praise. 14:10 So we got all those, all this full production at Kids Time, 14:13 plus I was speaking every week and flying 14:17 and God still allowed 14:19 all five of these books to get out in one year, 14:21 all five in one year. 14:23 So if that's not God, the blessing, 14:26 you know, I don't know what is. 14:29 And like I said, I went, you know, soliciting stories, 14:33 and trying to find stories, and then weeding out stories, 14:36 and then collecting pictures. 14:39 And like anything, Danny, you don't... 14:41 You know, God gives me a good team 14:43 and I have an incredible team. 14:45 I have an awesome assistant, Melissa Hoffman, 14:48 who is the most amazing copy editor. 14:51 I wouldn't write a thing 14:53 without her looking at what I write. 14:55 I've been writing daily devotions on Facebook 14:57 for almost 10 years now, and I like her looking at... 15:02 I try to, it's almost a game now to me, like a competition, 15:05 I try to write it so perfectly 15:07 she's not going to find one thing wrong. 15:09 And I'll feel real good about, and I say, "Okay, so..." 15:12 She'll look it over before it's posted, and she goes, 15:15 "That's misspelled, you got an extra space here, 15:17 you got a comma here, no comma here." 15:19 And she said, "That's a colon, you don't need that." 15:21 And she said, "You got too many exclamation points." 15:23 I'm like, you know... 15:25 I'm like, "Okay." 15:26 So, you know, she's... 15:29 God chooses the right people to come into your life 15:31 and to be such an amazing year, 15:33 He's given me a talent for writing, 15:35 He brings me a copy editor, 15:37 and then CQ or Chrystique Neibauer 15:41 is my graphic designer, she's also the, 15:44 you know, head of graphic design 15:46 for 3ABN here. 15:47 And she, you know, has designed all the covers, 15:50 all the inside pages, and everything, 15:52 and a designer can put it all together, 15:54 but then you need a copy editor 15:56 to make sure that everything is spelled right, 15:58 and you go over and you copy-edit, 15:59 copy-edit, copy-edit. 16:01 So these have really been gone over with a fine-tooth comb. 16:04 And so I give credit first and foremost to Jesus 16:08 and also to my incredible team. 16:10 I couldn't do it without them. 16:11 But it was really an incredible project, putting this together. 16:16 I not only asked people to give me their stories, 16:19 their personal stories. 16:22 In fact, I asked you for a story in here. 16:24 You gave me a story for one of these. 16:27 But I also asked best-selling authors to give me stories. 16:30 So we have Jerry D. Thomas, 16:31 and Kay Kuzma, Kay Rizzo, and, you know, 16:35 beautiful writers that gave me stories 16:40 that are in the book. 16:41 And also, I asked our church leaders 16:44 to give me stories. 16:45 John Bradshaw gave me stories, 16:47 and Doug Batchelor, and Ken Cox, and Mark Finley. 16:52 I wanted to have a well-balanced... 16:54 And that's what God gave us. 16:55 So you're not just getting Miss Brenda's stories, 16:57 there are a couple of my personal stories 16:59 in each volume, 17:00 but it's not the Miss Brenda's stories 17:03 that are filled with, 17:05 it's a balance of stories in each book. 17:08 And there's a lesson index that you can look at. 17:12 And let's say you're having trouble with your child 17:15 being honest. 17:16 So you can go at bedtime, 17:18 you can look up under the lesson index under honesty, 17:20 and there's all the stories 17:21 that are going to deal with that. 17:23 So you might just say, "You know what, 17:24 why don't we read this one tonight?" 17:26 And see that it kind of just subtly helped them through. 17:29 So that lesson index is a parent tool 17:32 to really help their children. 17:34 Absolutely. 17:35 And in this day, you know, of technology, 17:38 people may say, "Well, why books? 17:40 You know, kids don't really read books." 17:42 They actually do. 17:44 And if you go to Amazon and all these places, 17:46 the amount of people downloading books, 17:49 you know, are by the hundreds of millions, 17:52 and I'm amazed that people say, 17:54 "Well, I don't know if kids will read books." 17:57 No, they read them. 17:58 And I want to tell you something else 17:59 about these bedtime stories, I learned this firsthand. 18:03 I didn't look for different stories, 18:06 which is a good idea on different subjects, 18:08 but Trinity, my youngest, 18:12 and so Trinity, she's 18 now. 18:15 So I'm not reading them to her now. 18:17 She's old enough to read them herself, 18:19 but when she was a little younger, 18:21 just few years ago, 18:23 every night, I would go into her room 18:25 before we said our prayers and we picked up, 18:28 and just read through. 18:30 We'd read one story after another. 18:32 And then after we did them, maybe all the way through. 18:35 Then I'd say, "Is there any favorite story?" 18:37 And sometimes she would say, "Well, let's go back" 18:39 'cause you don't get it in one reading. 18:41 I mean, I can honestly say that you read the books, 18:44 the story's great, but you don't get it all. 18:48 When I would reread the story, 18:50 something new pops out every time, 18:52 and it's like when you get a CD, 18:54 you listen to the song once 18:55 but you'll find yourself listening to it 18:58 over, and over, and over 18:59 and then learning the words and singing them. 19:02 So I remember when Melody was young, 19:04 and this takes us way back. 19:06 Sorry, Melody. 19:07 Way back when she was young, 19:09 we had Uncle Arthur Bedtime Stories and the Bible stories, 19:12 but she would remember, to this day, 19:15 she remembers some of those stories 19:18 and of course, around the Christmas time, 19:20 I go down and I'll read, you know, we start with the... 19:23 So though they may be put out in the '50s, 19:26 they're still relevant 19:27 because it's just like your Bible is, 19:29 they were Bible stories. 19:30 Then he had the Uncle Arthur Bedtime Stories, 19:34 this is newer, updated versions of stories. 19:38 Different stories than what's in it. 19:39 I get asked that all the time. 19:41 Oh, no, absolutely different. New stories. 19:43 And different people and different families. 19:45 I mean, I'll talk about something a little touchy 19:48 to some people, but back in the '50s, 19:50 you know, the bedtime stories, 19:52 I actually have met people who said, 19:54 "I never read my kids because every story in it 19:57 and every picture in it was white people." 20:00 And so, you know, that's not a true world for us. 20:02 That's right. 20:04 But these, you have blacks, you have Latinos, 20:06 you have Orientals, this is very... 20:07 All God's rainbow colors are represented. 20:10 That's right, all of them are. 20:11 And the stories are represented 20:13 from different people from their different cultures. 20:16 And so this is something that anybody can get. 20:19 And be happy about it and read and feel included. 20:22 And I think nowadays, that is important. 20:24 That's not a political move, 20:26 it's just simply the changing world 20:28 in which we live 20:29 and we understand people better than we used to. 20:33 And so being aware... 20:34 And you've done a great job doing that. 20:37 So anyone who reads these books are going to feel 20:40 they're included and their stories are valid 20:43 and that people will... 20:45 That's right. And that's important. 20:46 And that was intentional, that's definitely God giving me 20:50 that wisdom and direction to do that. 20:53 So that didn't just happen, I know. 20:55 And in fact, Danny, on Kids Time, from day one, 20:58 you're not ever going to find one Kids Time Program 21:01 that just represents white people. 21:03 All Gods... 21:05 Or any one culture. 21:06 Or any one culture, 21:08 it represents all God's children 21:11 of all colors. 21:12 I love that song I sang as a child 21:14 and I know you did too, 21:16 you know, Jesus loves the children of the world, 21:18 red and yellow, black and white, 21:19 all are precious in His sight. 21:21 And I mean that, and I love all kids, 21:23 Jesus loves all kids, and they need to feel. 21:26 You know, everyone needs to feel included. 21:29 So that was intentional for sure. 21:33 We're going to talk about, in a minute, 21:34 you have the audio books also, which is pretty neat. 21:38 But I want to say something about the book itself. 21:42 It's not like just you get the book and have the kids, 21:45 "Okay, go read them." 21:47 What I found out with Trinity, 21:49 and so me being older and her being younger, 21:54 sometimes when you're young, 21:55 like I was only 20 when Melody was born, and if I look back, 21:59 I could do things a lot different. 22:01 Well, Trinity came into my life at a later age, 22:04 and I'm so thankful God brought her 22:06 and gave me the opportunity to be her daddy 22:09 for so many years. 22:10 But literally, every night, 22:12 I would go in and it was the time 22:14 we spent together. 22:16 Because when we went in, I would say, 22:18 "Okay, tell me when you're ready for bed," 22:21 and we had a certain time, "when you're ready for bed, 22:23 I'll come in the room." 22:24 And then we'll pick out a Miss Brenda story, 22:27 and read it, and then we prayed. 22:29 But we always found time to talk, like in today, how... 22:33 And this is only just in the last few years, 22:35 in other words, 22:37 when she's older, even up to teenager. 22:38 So these aren't just for like 7, 8, 10 years old, 22:41 though they're great, 22:43 they can understand them, but the story... 22:44 I enjoyed them. 22:45 So I enjoyed reading the stories, 22:47 and I'm older than a teenager by the way. 22:51 And as I opened it up just now, I hadn't even... 22:53 I didn't do that on purpose, 22:55 but here's a picture that has to do with Melody. 22:58 That's right, your grandkids. The grandkids on here. 23:01 And so a story, these are again, true stories. 23:04 But what I found most important about 23:07 this is the time that we spent together 23:09 'cause everybody's so busy on their iPhones and, 23:12 you know, their own thing they're doing, 23:14 but when I would go in there to read the story, I could say, 23:17 "How did things go today at school?" 23:18 "Oh, well, Papa, this happened or that happened." 23:21 And we find ourselves really in a conversation 23:25 that you really need to be. 23:27 And so you then understand your own child 23:30 more than you might normally 23:32 because everybody's got their own things going. 23:34 So the fact that we had an appointment every night, 23:37 in other word, every night 23:40 when I was home or wasn't traveling, 23:42 and that I was there, 23:44 and that's most of the time we were together, 23:46 I go in, and we pick out a story, 23:48 we read the story, then we talk about it. 23:50 And then... 23:52 And of course, you get to read her own story 23:53 about her own horse Dee Dee 23:55 and what happened there where the Lord blessed. 23:58 But the time that you spend with your child is invaluable. 24:04 Now so why... 24:06 In fact, that's the most important gift 24:08 you can give your child is time, your time. 24:11 It absolutely is. 24:12 And, you know, today, I'm so thankful. 24:14 She's starting this fall Southern Adventist University, 24:19 and she's going into social work. 24:21 And so it's a ministry to her, she looked at something else 24:25 that would be a lot more money, 24:27 but she says, "I want to be able to..." 24:29 She came from a family situation 24:32 that I able to take her at a very young age, 24:35 she says, "I want to be able to relate to kids, 24:38 like I was and where I came from." 24:40 And it's all because of ministry. 24:43 And so I'm so thankful, 24:44 and these books are a big part of that. 24:46 Now you have the audio book. 24:48 So why, Brenda, 24:50 do you need audio books if you have the hardcover book? 24:54 Well, that's a good question, and when I encourage people 24:57 to purchase the Bedtime Stories, 24:59 they say, you know, it's not an either-or. 25:02 Both the audio books and the bedtime story books 25:06 are equally important 25:08 because, yes, these are wonderful 25:10 to read at bedtime, 25:12 Sabbath afternoons, anytime really, 25:14 but you can also, with the audio book, 25:16 it's my voice reading the stories. 25:18 And so they can put, 25:20 you know, if they're traveling on a road trip, 25:22 if they're, you know, going back and forth, 25:23 you can put in the CD player, they can, you know, 25:26 download it to their iPhones now and their iPads 25:29 and they can be listening to the stories. 25:31 A mother told me, she said, oh, she said, 25:33 "My daughter has to go in for kidney dialysis all the time. 25:38 She's, you know, has a health issues." 25:41 And she said, "Those bedtime stories 25:44 have just helped her make it through." 25:47 I've got another child that's, you know, with cancer, 25:50 she said, "I can't even tell you 25:52 how many hours and hours it's helped her pass that day, 25:54 get the time off the pain that she's in. 25:56 I mean, it takes her mind off the pain," 25:57 she said, "just listening to those stories." 26:00 And it's kind of funny, I was in Melbourne, Australia, 26:04 and I was in one of those shopping malls 26:06 and my dad loves those, 26:08 you know, sheepskin slippers over there. 26:10 Every time I go, I bring them back. 26:12 I knew they have them at this one place, it's big. 26:14 I like them too, by the way, not saying anything. 26:18 I'll be there again in November, so... 26:21 All right, I'm going in a couple months, 26:22 so I'll make sure I bring you some. 26:24 Tell me your size. That worked all right, okay. 26:28 So I'm in this open-air market, and I'm looking, 26:31 you know, for my dad's slippers, 26:33 and so I'm giggling and laughing 26:34 with the women's ministries leader 26:36 that was with me, 26:37 and all of a sudden I hear someone 26:39 on the whole next aisle go, "That's Miss Brenda! 26:42 I know that voice anywhere." 26:44 And they came tearing around, 26:45 and come running down the aisle towards me, 26:47 and she said, "I knew it, I knew it, I knew it." 26:49 She said, "We listen to your stories 26:52 every single night." 26:54 She said, "I'd know that voice anywhere." 26:55 Wonderful, yeah. 26:57 So, you know, that just... 26:58 When God allows you to know how He has used you, 27:01 you know what I call that, Danny, 27:02 I call that a Holy Spirit hug. 27:04 Absolutely. 27:05 You know, honestly, it's just like, 27:07 "Wow, okay, that's why I do what I do." 27:10 And when I call my dad, and I'll say, 27:12 "Daddy," I said... 27:13 He'll always ask me, "You got your praise report?" 27:16 I'll say, "Oh, Daddy, I got to tell you, but I just, 27:18 you know, talked with this mother, 27:20 and told me about her daughter, 27:21 and she's given her heart to Jesus, and all these, 27:23 you know, because of these books." 27:25 And my daddy will say, my nicknames Bibby, 27:28 he'd say, "Bibby, you are overpaid. 27:32 You might be a volunteer but you're overpaid." 27:34 Overpaid. Yeah, because that's my pay. 27:37 I mean, you just don't get better than that. 27:39 You can't put a price on a soul. 27:42 And when you got a precious little one that's learning 27:44 about Jesus and coming close to Him, that is just priceless. 27:49 And the other thing about these books is that 27:52 these books are non-doctrinal on purpose. 27:55 These books are to help kids fall in love with Jesus. 27:59 This is the first step, 28:01 they're not going to care about that. 28:02 Just pounding doctrine into kids 28:04 isn't going to help them 28:05 want to find their way to Jesus. 28:07 These are character building stories 28:08 to introduce kids to Jesus 28:10 and help them to want to be more like Him. 28:14 And so that's the benefit of having the audio books 28:16 that you can listen to them everywhere you go. 28:20 Of course, reading the stories to them 28:24 first hand is the best thing, 28:25 but there are children that, 28:27 you know, may not have a parent 28:28 that's going to read to them at night. 28:30 And so they could fall asleep listening these. 28:34 I know my grandsons 28:36 who are old enough to read themselves, 28:39 they still love listening to my stories, 28:41 you know, on the audio book. 28:43 In fact, I have a picture, I'm having my grandson... 28:46 Okay. 28:47 Do a promo for me for these books 28:49 that we're going to air on Kids Network. 28:51 Let's show a little clip of him. 28:52 This is Jason. He loves these books. 28:54 So he said, "Oh, Grandma, I'll do a promo for you." 28:57 So he said after this event, 29:00 you know, he's going through 29:02 and he's, you know, point to everything, 29:04 and I'm off-camera since he doesn't have to talk, 29:07 telling him what to do, I say, "Turn the pages now, Jason, 29:10 and point to this, point to that." 29:12 And he's doing it all. 29:13 And after we were all done, he goes, 29:16 "Grandma, I would not want your job. 29:19 That's hard work." 29:22 Well, isn't he adorable? 29:24 I just love him. 29:25 And he's quite a bit older now but when we shot that, 29:29 but we're getting ready to release a new promo 29:32 for the book with him in it. 29:34 Oh, good. 29:35 And they were just precious, but yeah, these are... 29:38 The reason these are so valuable, 29:40 and we don't like to talk about a lot of times, 29:42 but we are in a spiritual warfare. 29:44 The devil wants our children. 29:46 He can destroy the church by destroying the family. 29:51 That's right. 29:52 And so he's going to start with our young people. 29:54 And for us to close our eyes and not believe 29:56 that our kids are being indoctrinated, 30:00 you know, in bad ways, it would be very foolish of us. 30:04 That's right. 30:05 It would be spiritually foolish of us. 30:07 So we have to combat that. 30:08 We're in a spiritual warfare, and some people say, 30:10 "Well, I don't like to think of that. 30:12 How can you be in warfare when you're spiritual?" 30:14 Well, there's a great controversy 30:16 going on between good and evil, between Christ and the devil. 30:20 So Christ is involved in a spiritual warfare. 30:24 We, as a result of sin, are also in spiritual warfare. 30:29 And so we have to equip our children 30:31 just like our armies do, our soldiers, 30:35 to go out on the front line of battle. 30:38 They don't send anyone out with no armor on 30:41 or with no protection, they send them out. 30:44 So the Bible says, 30:46 "We're to put on the whole armor of God." 30:48 And that whole armor is not the physical armor, 30:52 it's the spiritual armor. 30:54 That's right. 30:55 David tried to put on Saul's armor physically, 30:56 it was a hundred and whatever pounds, 30:58 he couldn't hardly walk with it. 30:59 So he took it off, but he put on the spiritual armor of God. 31:04 And then all of a sudden, 31:05 he was able to face Goliath and to do his job. 31:08 That's right. 31:09 So what this is doing, 31:11 it's equipping our kids to be prepared 31:14 because they're in, and we all are, 31:16 in a spiritual battle, whether we like it or not. 31:19 So we can't turn our heads, we can't blink our eyes. 31:22 I know parents 31:23 who let their kids listen to all kinds of stuff, 31:25 put on headphones just to babysit 31:27 'cause they're like, "I don't know 31:29 what to do with them, 31:30 and I can't get them to listen anymore, 31:32 I can't get them to read." 31:33 And my deal is that's because you, not them, 31:36 the reason they're that way is 31:38 you have let them put this junk in their ears 31:41 for hours at a time. 31:43 That's right. 31:44 You're letting them watch all these videos, 31:45 you're letting them, 31:47 and that's why we wrote these two projects, 31:50 The Love Rules and It's A Beautiful World, 31:52 one of the songs you just saw, I did that. 31:54 So our parents would have something to equip them 31:59 to give to the children to counteract the information 32:04 that they're already getting. 32:05 That's right. 32:07 And they're getting a lot of junk out there 32:08 and, you know, you've heard this as children, 32:10 garbage in, garbage out. 32:11 Yeah. 32:12 You know, so how do we expect our kids 32:14 to turn out to love Jesus 32:15 when we aren't feeding them spiritually? 32:17 Yeah, I just read a story where there's a ministry, 32:21 it's called, I think it's Coming Out Ministries, 32:23 and they're teaching young people 32:28 about homosexuality and how you can overcome it, 32:31 and there's actually a movement, 32:33 we're in the city, that everybody's against them, 32:35 saying, "This is not right 32:37 because they could influence young people 32:39 and you shouldn't influence the young people." 32:42 I was like, "Wait a minute, 32:44 so if we don't, who is influencing? 32:46 Exactly. 32:48 Those who are pro-homosexuality are doing it." 32:50 So there's no middle ground. 32:52 You can't just say, "Well, just turn on the TV. 32:56 Well, this happened, that happened." 32:58 We're on one side or the other, whether we like it or not. 33:01 So that's why to have tools like these bedtime stories, 33:05 the audio books, and the other. 33:07 You have another book, the prayer. 33:09 This is a book, Prayer Promises For Kids 33:12 because this is a little book 33:14 that is about, it's really... 33:18 My friend Kay Kuzma and I wrote this together, 33:21 co-wrote this together, and it's a book 33:23 that is to help kids pray claiming Bible promises. 33:27 And on each page, there's color pictures 33:30 that depicts what's going on in the prayer, 33:32 and these are prayers that are for kids of things 33:35 that kids face, 33:36 things that they would pray about. 33:38 Maybe it's for homework, making friends, bullies, 33:41 you know, eating disorders, you know, going to school 33:46 and fitting in, and making the right friends, 33:48 making good choices, 33:50 there's all the things that kids deal with. 33:52 And it's important to really help kids 33:56 learn how to pray claiming Bible promises 33:59 'cause that's a powerful way to pray. 34:00 But, Danny, honestly, in this day and age, 34:03 the families that I meet, 34:06 like you said, that they're feeding their kids 34:08 so much of our worldly things and not spiritual things, 34:11 it's affecting the outcome of our children. 34:14 Absolutely. 34:15 We wonder why our Sabbath school rooms 34:17 are empty 34:18 because, you know, as soon as kids have a chance to leave, 34:21 they're not coming back and they're not there. 34:24 And families I talk to don't even know 34:25 what family worship is anymore. 34:27 When I grew up, and I know you did too, 34:31 you know, every morning and every evening, 34:34 we had family worship. 34:35 And it didn't matter, 34:37 you know, how late we would be to an appointment, 34:39 or school, or doctors, or whatever, it didn't matter. 34:41 Nothing was going to shortchange 34:43 our time with God. 34:44 And families today don't even know how to worship. 34:47 We just completed 34:49 a brand new program on Kids Network 34:51 called Bible Treasures with Rich Aguilera. 34:53 It's for our Kids Time ages, kids ages 10 to 15, 34:57 it's a worship program, 15-minute worship program. 35:00 And we have a Tiny Tot Worship Program 35:01 that my sister Cinda hosted to, 35:05 you know, help the tiny tots so that they have... 35:07 Right. 35:09 These books are another way to have worship. 35:11 Parents will say, 35:12 "My kids get bored with worship, 35:14 they don't pay attention." 35:15 Why not start having worship with a story 35:18 because these are true character building stories 35:21 that will introduce kids to Jesus. 35:23 So I guarantee you, 35:25 they read a story a day for family worship, 35:28 that child is not going to be bored. 35:29 They are going to like... 35:31 And those stories are going to just linger with them. 35:34 When I talked with Mark Finley, 35:36 when I asked him if he would give me stories, 35:38 he said, "Brenda, 35:39 I would be proud to give you stories. 35:40 I would be happy to give you stories." 35:42 He said, "Of all the things that I read..." 35:45 And his wife, he said, will say the same thing. 35:47 When they were younger, 35:48 it was the Uncle Arthur Bedtime Stories 35:49 because he said, "Those stories kept playing... 35:52 The message in those stories 35:54 would play in my mind over and over, 35:55 I remember them because it was a story." 35:58 He said, "That had really... 36:00 If I credited anything to have the most impact on me 36:05 becoming the person I am today, it would be those stories." 36:08 He said, "I would be happy." 36:09 I said, "Well, I'm thinking about writing another five." 36:11 And he goes, "I'll give you one for everyone." 36:13 So, you know... 36:15 I'd be all for it. 36:16 I think it's incredible. 36:18 But again, you won't just read them once, 36:20 it's not something you read, 36:21 you'll read them over and over again. 36:23 You've read every story. 36:25 I've read every story, 36:26 and I've read them probably more than I'd say 36:27 maybe two or three times 36:29 because as long as she's willing to listen 36:31 and showed an interest in them, 36:33 and we did by talking about it. 36:35 In other words, you don't just 36:36 "Okay, it's time to read the story." 36:38 You talk about it and say, 36:39 "Now what do you think about this? 36:40 Well, what about that?" 36:42 Then we would say our prayers. 36:43 It strengthens the child's faith 36:46 because they see other young people 36:47 just like themselves. 36:49 Now to you and me, 36:51 Trinity's horse was having problems 36:54 that may not for a lot of people 36:55 won't affect anything, 36:56 but in her mind, God did, and we saw it. 37:00 See, He cares about everything, 37:02 nothing so small that God doesn't care about. 37:04 That's right. 37:05 But a lot of times, we just think 37:07 it's the big things in life. 37:08 That's right. 37:10 But when these children say, "You know what, 37:11 I prayed and I saw God answer this prayer," 37:13 that's life-changing. 37:15 They'll remember that the rest of their life. 37:17 They will. 37:18 They may at times stray, but they'll come back to it 37:20 because... 37:21 And that's what this is, 37:23 is literally a series of stories 37:26 that show the power of God in our lives, 37:30 in young people's lives particularly here 37:33 so they can understand it and relate to it. 37:38 And so these are wonderful. 37:39 So I would encourage you. 37:41 Now I may put on more work than she wants, 37:44 but if you've got some great stories... 37:45 That's right. Send them to me. 37:47 Maybe we need some more, you know, five more books. 37:50 So you have a total of ten 37:53 but maybe you should send your stories, 37:55 your great stories of... 37:58 I'm going to call, faith-building stories 38:00 of relationships of young people, 38:03 maybe your son, your daughter, 38:04 might be a nephew, a niece, 38:06 someone that you saw God working in their lives 38:09 and how they were drawn closer to the Lord. 38:11 And I like to say miracle stories. 38:13 God's in the business of doing miracle stories 38:15 for young people just like He is in older people. 38:17 Amen. 38:19 So I can't stress enough that we're in a battle, 38:24 there is no in-between, you can't sit on the fence, 38:27 you can't watch it, 38:28 you are either promoting the gospel of Jesus Christ 38:32 to your children and your grandchildren 38:34 or you're against it. 38:36 Do you know, Danny... 38:37 You're either for or against, there's no in between. 38:39 I was signing books at a church, 38:41 I won't tell you which one, not that long ago, 38:43 and there were children that came up 38:45 and they were looking at the books 38:47 and "Mommy, mommy, please can we have these books? 38:49 Can we have these books?" 38:51 And she said, "Now how much are those books?" 38:53 And I told her, you know, how much they were, 38:55 and they're really not that much 38:56 for these quality books, 38:58 and she's says, "Well, 39:00 you've been wanting that new Nintendo game, 39:02 so now, you know, if you want that new game, 39:06 then you won't be able to get these books." 39:09 And he goes, 39:11 "Well, you told me I could have that game." 39:12 "Well, if you're going to have these books, then you..." 39:14 And she literally stood there 39:16 and talked him out of these books. 39:19 I was like... 39:20 And that game that they wanted was more money. 39:22 Yeah. 39:23 You know, and I'm thinking, "What is she thinking?" 39:26 Yeah. 39:28 It's something that you see all the time 39:30 that people spend a lot of money 39:31 for their kids for worldly things, 39:34 nothing's going to bring them closer to Jesus... 39:36 But when it comes to something that's going to... 39:38 Most of it will take them farther away. 39:39 Exactly. 39:41 But you were talking about answered prayer 39:42 and how God answers prayer, 39:44 I have such an incredible answer 39:45 to prayer story while writing these books 39:47 that today, 39:49 even today when I think about it, I could just cry 39:51 because God just answered such... 39:53 We had... 39:54 I had, you know, all these out in one year I said. 39:57 Well, we had a deadline to get those out 39:59 because if you don't get them out 40:01 before camp-meeting 40:02 and get all the camp-meeting sales 40:03 and get them all pushed out, 40:05 you want them all out there 40:06 or they don't really want to promote them 40:08 till the following year. 40:09 So there was a deadline for print for me, 40:11 and I had one story left, 40:14 we find the pictures for everything, 40:16 and I had one story, and I was, 40:18 you know, I had Melissa and CQ, 40:20 we were actually at CQ's house, 40:22 and we were all trying to find the pictures to this one story. 40:26 The story was of a family, a mother had given me a story, 40:29 her daughter had cerebral palsy, 40:32 and she had told this beautiful heartwarming story 40:34 of how her daughter wanted to run in a school race, 40:38 and, you know, without giving all the details, 40:42 coach had picked her up and taken her across, 40:45 you know, and run with her. 40:47 And so we were trying to find pictures 40:51 that would depict what's going on in this race, 40:54 and the mother did not want me 40:55 to use her daughter's name or pictures. 40:57 They had pictures but she didn't want. 40:58 So that means we had to get stock pictures 41:00 and we could not find any pictures of a girl 41:04 that was 12-years-old that, 41:06 you know, had cerebral palsy, and we looked and we looked. 41:09 Now our deadline is 8:30 that next morning. 41:12 We were working hard, by 9 o'clock at night, 41:15 there still we haven't found pictures 41:16 and we were looking and Melissa's googling, 41:18 and googling, and all of us are working, can't find it. 41:23 So we get down, we pray, 41:26 we go back to work, looking, we can't find it. 41:29 Now it is almost midnight and we don't want to give up. 41:32 If we don't find the pictures to this last story, 41:35 we will not go to press the next day. 41:38 And all of a sudden, Melissa said, "You know what, 41:40 I found a picture of a boy with cerebral palsy." 41:44 And she said, 41:45 "Maybe since they wanted to disguise the story, 41:47 they'll just let us make it a boy." 41:48 And I said, "I don't feel good about that, 41:50 but let's call and see." 41:54 So she said, "Well, I don't know 41:55 if this is even related, 41:56 it was on a blog somewhere and I don't even know 41:58 if they're related to this boy." 41:59 And so I said, "Give me the number." 42:01 And she yells, "Brenda, it's midnight." 42:02 I said, "Find out where that number is." 42:04 And she goes, "It's California. 42:05 Well, it's only 9 o'clock there, 42:07 let's do it." 42:08 You know, I said okay. 42:10 So I dialed the number to tell them... 42:11 I asked for the father's name and he goes, 42:14 "Well, you're speaking to him." 42:16 And I nearly about, you know, fell out of my chair 42:18 and I said, so now I'm so excited. 42:20 I said, "I can't believe it, I'm so excited to talk to you." 42:22 And he's like, "Who is this crazy woman?" 42:25 And I said, "Oh..." 42:26 I said, "Let me tell you who I am." 42:27 I said, "Are you at your computer?" 42:29 He goes, "Yeah, I work on my computer late at night." 42:31 And I said, "Type in BrendaWalsh.com, 42:34 that's my website. 42:35 So you'll know who you're talking to." 42:37 So he did and he goes, "Oh..." 42:38 He said, "So you're in ministry." 42:40 And I said, "Let me tell you 42:41 why I'm so desperate to talk to you." 42:42 And I said, "My assistant found on the blog 42:44 and we have one more story, 42:45 if we don't make this story by 8:30 in the morning, 42:47 we miss the deadline, 42:48 and it will be another year before these books get out. 42:51 It's so critical." 42:52 And he goes, he said, 42:55 "Well, can I tell you the story behind this?" 42:58 And he told me his son's story. 43:00 It was almost identical to the girl's story. 43:02 And he told me how his... 43:04 When his son was born, his wife said, 43:07 "Either you give the boy up for adoption or I'm leaving." 43:11 And he said, "I couldn't do it, I couldn't abandon my son. 43:14 And so his mother left us and I have raised this boy. 43:17 And every day," he said, "I thank God for this boy. 43:21 He's got the best spirit, 43:22 he's brilliant, he goes to school." 43:24 And then he told me the story 43:26 of how his son had wanted to run 43:28 so desperately and he literally told me that whole story. 43:31 And when he got done, I said, 43:35 "How would you feel if I rewrote this story 43:37 and I wrote your son's story? 43:39 Would you be willing to give his pictures?" 43:41 He goes, "Yeah." 43:42 I said, "But I need the pictures now." 43:44 And I said, "I'll stay up all night and write the story, 43:46 but I need the pictures now. 43:47 I would need a picture of the medal he got, 43:49 I would need the picture of him in his wheelchair 43:52 with this communication board." 43:53 He goes, he said, 43:55 "I'll send them to you right now." 43:56 And I said, 43:58 "Well, I need a release form signed 43:59 or I can't use them." 44:00 He goes, "Well, fax it to me. I'll fax it to you right now." 44:02 Literally, within 30 minutes, 44:05 I have all the pictures for this story, 44:07 and in fact, it's the second-to-last story 44:10 in the last book. 44:12 It's called The Impossible Race, 44:16 and I have the boy's real pictures in here in fact. 44:21 I'm going to just put this like that. 44:23 It is just the most amazing story. 44:27 And he said, "Well, could you use his real name?" 44:31 I said, "Absolutely." 44:32 There you go. Hold it right there. 44:33 Okay. 44:35 He says, "Could you use his nickname?" 44:36 And he said, "They call him Cool Bobby B." 44:39 I said, "Absolutely." 44:40 So I rewrote that story. 44:42 You guys are not going to want to miss this story. 44:44 Oh, no. 44:45 I have never told this story at a children's store 44:47 where people are crying, adults too. 44:49 It is the most amazing story. 44:50 God just answered so many prayers, Danny. 44:53 We got down on our knees, we thanked Jesus. 44:55 I mean, that's how much... 44:58 Now this might seem like a little thing to somebody, 45:01 but it made the difference of people 45:02 being able to have the books, 45:05 you know, right then and there rather than wait a year 45:08 and God gave us that story for that book. 45:10 He wanted that Cool Bobby B story 45:12 in this book. 45:14 It was amazing. He's always on time, isn't He? 45:15 He is always on time. 45:16 You know, like my grandma Micheff 45:18 always said, you knew grandma Micheff. 45:19 Oh, yeah. 45:21 She'd say, you know, "Well, you know, hon," 45:22 she said, "the Lord," she said, "He never gets in a hurry, 45:27 but He always gets there on time." 45:29 Yeah. 45:30 Yeah, your grandma Micheff, 45:31 she was an amazing, amazing woman. 45:34 And I remember, as a child, when she prayed, 45:37 I thought I said, "She's named every president, 45:41 she's named everybody in the whole world." 45:44 She's brilliant. Oh, yes, she was. 45:45 And her prayers were long, 45:47 well, when you're eight or nine years old, 45:48 you're ready to get out of church, you know. 45:51 But she had powerful prayers, as I got a little older, 45:54 I understood it. 45:56 This woman had a relationship with God. 45:59 I mean, it was amazing 46:00 because anything that someone mentioned during church 46:04 or Sabbath school, pray for somebody 46:07 or this person had something wrong with him, 46:09 when they would say, 46:11 "Sister Micheff, would you close with prayer," 46:13 she would remember every bit of that 46:15 and bring all of that out, 46:17 like how did she remember all of this stuff 46:20 because her heart was in tune to pray. 46:23 With Jesus, to pray for others 46:25 to be a blessing to somebody else. 46:27 So what an incredible grandma. 46:28 Do you know there's a story... 46:31 And I wrote a book called Passionate Prayer. 46:33 And it's all my faith-building stories, 46:36 prayer-building stories, 46:37 you can find it on my website BrendaWalsh.com, 46:39 but there's one chapter in there for grandma Micheff. 46:43 It's called "Prayed Up and Ready To Go" 46:45 because grandma would always say, 46:46 "Honey, got to be prayed up. 46:47 Are you prayed up and ready to go?" 46:49 Well, it's a story of my last four days 46:52 with my grandmother. 46:53 I was with her when she died, 46:55 and it is the most amazing heart-wrenching, just... 46:59 because she was a prayer warrior. 47:01 Yeah. 47:02 And she taught me so much about how to live, 47:06 but she taught me how to die. 47:08 When she first learned that she was dying, 47:09 and I won't tell the story 47:11 'cause you got to read the book, 47:12 it's an amazing story. 47:14 But when she first learned she was dying, 47:15 and I raced to her hospital room, 47:16 and I'm saying, "Grandma, grandma!" 47:18 And I said, "Is there any news or is there any hope?" 47:22 She goes, "Haven't you heard, honey? 47:24 I'm going to die." 47:25 And I'm like, "What?" 47:27 I'm like, "Wait a minute." 47:28 And I'm thinking maybe I misunderstood. 47:29 And she goes, "No, honey, the doctor said 47:31 I've got some big hole in my intestine." 47:33 And she said, "Doctor said I could be, 47:36 you know, maybe an hour or two, maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow, 47:39 no longer than two weeks." 47:40 She said, "Why, I do hope I get to die on the Sabbath," 47:43 this was Friday. 47:45 She said, "Isn't that exciting! 47:46 I get to die." 47:48 Oh, my, my. 47:49 And it is the most beautiful story 47:52 of a woman who loved Jesus so much 47:55 and witness to everybody in that hospital, 47:57 everyone, "Do you know the Lord? 47:59 Do you know when you die in Jesus, 48:01 give your heart to Him, 48:02 you're just going to go to sleep in Jesus." 48:03 And she said, "And the next voice 48:05 I hear would be Jesus calling me 48:07 from that grave, isn't that wonderful? 48:09 Oh, honey," and she'd go to sleep 48:11 and she'd say, "Am I still here?" 48:13 You know, she just... 48:14 It is a wonderful story, "Prayed Up and Ready To Go" 48:17 in that book Passionate Prayer. 48:19 You know, being a prayer warrior, 48:20 Danny, 48:24 that is how we have a relationship with Jesus. 48:27 We don't have a relationship with Jesus without prayer 48:29 and also listening to God's words to us 48:32 through God's Holy Word. 48:34 And so it's not... 48:35 When you're having a conversational relationship 48:37 with someone, 48:38 it can't be one person doing all the talking. 48:39 You know, it's got to be a two-way street. 48:41 Yeah. 48:42 And we need to listen too, and God will speak to us 48:43 through His Word. 48:45 God's going to speak to kids through these books, 48:47 and He does, and He already does. 48:48 I get letters all the time from kids 48:52 who are blessed by these books, 48:56 have given their heart to Jesus from these books. 48:58 One little boy wrote me a letter 49:00 and he said, "Miss Brenda," 49:02 he said, "I wanted you to know 49:03 that I don't use bad words anymore." 49:07 And I was like, "Thank you, Jesus. 49:08 Okay, he gets it," you know? 49:10 And another little girl told me 49:11 that she was tempted to steal a candy bar 49:14 and she didn't do it. 49:17 She put it back. She picked it up. 49:18 She was thinking about it. 49:20 She knew no one's looking. She said, "I knew it." 49:21 And then she said, "I remembered your story of, 49:25 you know, somebody stealing in the book." 49:29 And she said, "I put it back." 49:30 And she said "No, I don't want to miss out on heaven." 49:33 Okay. 49:35 So, you know, it really is... 49:38 Important to teach our children 49:40 who Jesus is, how much He loves them, 49:43 and that He's coming back soon. 49:44 Yeah. 49:46 And this is really just a powerful soul witnessing tool 49:48 to help children know more about Jesus. 49:51 The Bible says, "Train up a child 49:53 in the way he should go." 49:54 And I mean, I'm amazed 49:57 when I look around and we have to... 50:00 Sometimes, it's tougher for us older folks to understand 50:04 what our young people are dealing with, 50:06 the social media, 50:08 the things that they can watch on their phone,... 50:11 on their Some of them have iPads 50:13 or computers things that... 50:15 Texting. 50:16 Oh, I mean, it's terrible. It is. 50:19 And so they're constantly, the world... 50:23 I'm going to say the secular, 50:26 you know, or secularization of our children is terrible 50:31 because the world is going to put it in there 50:34 and they're influenced by the devil. 50:35 We have to be putting in 50:37 to our young people the Word of God. 50:40 And without that, 50:42 how can they possibly ever know right from wrong 50:45 because you listen to what's going on 50:48 and every wind of doctrine is being blown? 50:52 We have young people in our churches who are saying, 50:55 "Well, I don't see anything wrong 50:56 with same-sex marriage 50:57 or I don't see anything wrong with abortion or whatever" 51:00 because the media that they're listening to 51:02 and watching so promotes all of this stuff, 51:05 they think it's okay. 51:07 We have an opportunity to ground these kids in Jesus 51:10 first of all, and these type of books 51:12 will do that. 51:13 Once they are grounded in that God is alive and well, 51:17 that Jesus came and gave His life for us 51:20 on the cross of Calvary, 51:21 He's now ever interceding 51:23 at the right hand of the Father, 51:24 and that someday when this life is over, 51:27 we are going to face the Maker, 51:29 we're either going to be ready for heaven 51:31 or we're going to be lost for eternity. 51:33 And so once they understand this, 51:35 they're grounded and rooted, but it starts somewhere. 51:38 These stories are great to have, 51:41 Miss Brenda's Bedtime Stories. 51:43 The books, the audio books are a great start. 51:46 The music CDs, anything that you can get 51:49 that promote Jesus Christ and Him crucified 51:53 and they show faith-building stories 51:56 that your child's not out there, 51:57 they never have to be alone. 51:59 They're always going to have Jesus. 52:01 Once they understand that, 52:02 that's the road to them growing spiritually 52:06 and winning this spiritual warfare. 52:08 So I'm encouraging each and every one of you, 52:10 contact Miss Brenda 52:12 and look at all of the information she has, 52:15 especially on the young people here, 52:17 the prayer book, promises, 52:19 you really need that, 52:21 but these bedtime stories, the audio. 52:23 She has a number of other books too 52:24 for us older folks. 52:25 So what I'd like to do 52:27 is I want to go to an address right now, 52:29 then we're going to have a news break 52:30 and we'll be back for closing comment. 52:35 If you would like to find out more 52:37 about Miss Brenda's Bedtime Stories, 52:39 please visit her website BrendaWalsh.com. 52:43 Each volume in this set 52:44 includes more than 25 delightful true stories 52:48 to help children learn about forgiveness, 52:50 answered prayer, obedience, and much more. 52:54 You may order the story books or audio books online 52:57 at BrendaWalsh.com. 53:00 If you would like to invite Brenda 53:01 to speak in your area, 53:02 just give her a call 53:04 at area code (865) 776-4908. 53:09 That's (865) 776-4908. 53:14 Or email her at brenda@BrendaWalsh.com. |
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