Isn't it exciting to
see how God motivates
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people to get out
and help be His hands and
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His feet?- to give
people abundant life.
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Tamara, you look
like you're about to pop
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over there. What did
you want to say? - Well,
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I see God used the
health message. God
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helped me with a
part of my life that was a
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problem. I weighed
over 250 pounds, and
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through the health
message, it gave me
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hope, I lost this
weight, and it opened
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the door for me to
truly accept Christ in
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every area of my
life. And I see that with
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Farm Stew. As we
are giving people hope
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and we're helping them
with their health, it is
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opening the door for
them to give them hope
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in every area of their
life so they can accept
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Jesus Christ, so they
can come to know the God
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of love. - Amen.
Well, Joy, I know that John
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10:10 is a scripture
that is close to your heart
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about giving
people- or, providing life
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abundant. - Amen.
So, I love John 10:10,
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and it's our theme
verse for our ministry,
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because in this
one verse is the Great
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Controversy. It
says, "The thief does not
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come except to steal,
to kill, and to destroy,"
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and those three
things- we see those things:
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death, poverty, and
destruction in so many
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people's hearts and in
their lives. And yet, Jesus
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says, "I have come
that they might have
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life and that they
have it more abundantly."
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And what we're
seeing in Tamara's story,
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in my own story
with the health message,
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which maybe I'll come
back and share sometime
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again, but in all
these children's lives and
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in our trainers themselves,
we see this transformation
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being possible. We see
that Jesus equips families
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with what they need
to care for their own
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children. - I just
want to thank you from the
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bottom of my
heart, because each one of
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you are an inspiration.
Joy, thank you so much
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for your commitment
and dedication to the
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Lord, and to think that
you've gone from Mennonite
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to Seventh-Day Adventist,
and you were absolutely
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transformed. But
Dr. Fred, thank you for
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what you're doing.
- Thank you. - And I
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know you've got the
passion for these people.
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- I just want to
say I have 9 other board
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members that are
just fantastic. We have
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strong, engaged-
and many volunteers - I
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praise God; I thank
you. - Amen. Thank you
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so much, Tamara, as
well. And for those of you who
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are at home, our prayer
for you is that the grace
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of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ, the love
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of the Father, and
the fellowship of the Holy
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Spirit will be with you always.
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