I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome to
another 3ABN Today Program.
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Thank you for joining us
as you do each and every day.
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And I always like to
say thank you for your love
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and your prayers
and financial support.
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We have good news for you today.
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Jesus Christ is coming very soon
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in the clouds of glory,
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all you have to do is accept
the free gift of salvation,
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go and tell what
He's done for you.
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You'll be able
to look up and say,
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"Lo, this is my God
whom we've waited for.
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He's come to save us."
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And He already has a
mansion with your name on it.
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Amen. So don't disappoint Him.
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Right, Yvonne? I'm so excited.
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And isn't it a
great time to be alive
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in the closing
moments of earth's history?
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What a privilege it is.
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And to have
technology that we can sit here
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and literally reach the world.
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Yes. Yes.
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And all the time
we're hearing about
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new people who
have been watching 3ABN
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and who the
gospel, the Holy Spirit
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is just reaching
around the world.
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So it's just, it's exciting.
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Speaking of the
world, that was good segue.
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We are going to hear a lot about
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what's
happening around the world
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because today we're honored
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and privileged to
have Elder Ted Wilson,
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and his wife, Nancy.
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Thank you all
for being here today.
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Of course, he's our
General Conference President,
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for those of you
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who are not Seventh-day
Adventist that don't know.
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We introduce them to you.
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Elder Ted's a
General Conference President
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of Seventh-day
Adventist worldwide,
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and we're so thankful that
you and your lovely wife Nancy
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are here today.
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And it's always a
privilege to have you here.
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And, of course,
they're not guest by any means,
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Greg and Jill Morikone.
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And what Greg and...
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We're gonna have a good
time today in the Lord, right?
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We're looking
forward to it. Absolutely.
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I mean, think about
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what's happening
around the world.
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And we see all this crazy things
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that are happening,
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but somewhere among all of that,
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when we find
Jesus, we find that rock,
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we find that peace that
passeth all understanding
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and the world
didn't give it to us,
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world can't take it away.
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So when we accept Jesus Christ
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as Lord and Savior of our lives,
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life becomes exciting.
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It does.
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You never know
what's gonna happen
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except Jesus made a way
for each and every one of us.
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That's right.
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And He said that
whoever comes in Him,
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He will in no wise cast out.
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So anybody can
come, everyone can come,
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whosoever will, let
Him come. Absolutely.
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I've said Elder
Wilson many times
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before over the
years, people say,
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"Why are you a
Seventh-day Adventist?"
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And I say, "Well,
if I found a church
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that was closer to
the Bible, the doctrines,
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and was closer to
the Bible than Adventist,
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I'd go join it.
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And so I'm not stuck on the name
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Seventh-day Adventist,
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but I'm a Seventh-day Adventist
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because it
teaches a Bible message."
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And we believe
in the whole Bible,
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not just the New Testament.
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So we believe
in the whole Bible,
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and I'm very
thankful and privileged,
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and I'm glad God has
people in all churches.
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You know, I don't know
what church you go to if any.
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We know God has
people in all churches,
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but it's exciting
to as we begin to study
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more and more.
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I used to study
with Jehovah's Witness
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and Mormons, and Pentecostals,
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different people 'cause
I really wanted to know.
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My mother became an
Adventist the year I was born,
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but I just didn't wanna
be one because they were,
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so in my studies,
the more I studied,
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I said, "Man, this church,
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you know, it's amazing
truth that God has given us."
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And then an End Times
message for an End Times people
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to be the
carrier of that message
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handpicked by God
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as the remnant
church is an amazing thing.
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No pride in that at all,
it's humility, humbleness,
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humble that God would trust
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people to take His
message to the world.
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And you have the
toughest position on earth.
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I know President
Trump has a tough position.
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But you have a
great responsibility
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because it's a
spiritual, not only physical
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but a spiritual responsibility
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that to lead about 20
plus million people now
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around the world.
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It's 21 million,
so we pray for you
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and Nancy every day.
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And we always in our travels
when we're talking about it.
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We're so thankful
that you have said,
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"Lord, I'm willing to do
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what You want me to do, send me.
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And I'll go where You send me."
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Both of you,
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and what a
ministry that you have.
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And it's our
privilege here at 3ABN
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to be able to work
together with a church.
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We're not a church,
we don't wanna be one.
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We just wanna lift your hands.
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That's all we're here for.
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So thank you for
being here today,
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we won't call you a guest.
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You've been here before,
but as brothers and sisters,
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thank you for joining us today.
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Thank you, Danny.
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It's a great privilege for
us to be here with each of you,
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Yvonne, and Greg, and Jill.
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I wanna tell you,
you were mentioning
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about all the burdens
and all the challenges
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and all the heavy
load and everything.
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But you know what?
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Every night,
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I can just take
them to the Lord.
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Okay.
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And I tell you,
it's an amazing thing
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to lean on the
Lord not only at night,
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but all through the day.
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Okay.
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And He'll do the same for anyone
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who's watching right now
if you've got a real problem,
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real challenge.
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Don't try and solve
the whole thing yourself.
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That's right.
Others will try to help.
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Yes, you can analyze,
but take it to the Lord.
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Amen. Love it.
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And He will truly
respond because He's promised
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to take our load and
give us a lighter burden.
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What a blessing it
is to serve the Lord.
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Absolutely.
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The old song says,
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"Take your burden to the
Lord and leave it there."
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Yes.
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And that's what we're gonna do.
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You have any
questions for Sister Nancy,
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while she's here?
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You know, I do. I do actually...
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I knew she did.
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I didn't ask her.
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We hadn't talked
about it, but I know that...
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We haven't
talked about it either.
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No.
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You know, it's
often it's a privilege
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and an honor to be
married to a leader
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and it's a challenge.
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What are some of the
challenges that you face,
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you know, as
the wife of a leader
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like Elder Wilson?
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I'm gonna learn something too.
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I think anyone in leadership
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understands that
it's a lonely road.
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And you are
dealing with so many things
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that everyone out
there has no idea about
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all of the angles of
what you're dealing with.
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And so it's very, very easy
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to criticize.
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And I feel like it's,
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that has been one thing
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I have learned how to deal with
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and I let it
roll off my back now
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and I just pray for them
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because you are
often misunderstood
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because of fake news.
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I wanna just say it.
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And I think a lot of
times, a lot of times
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people don't mean harm,
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but they just don't
have the full picture,
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but also just the
stress that I know the load
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that Ted carries.
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You know, I realize
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that God is our burden bearer.
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But I wish in more ways than
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one that I could
help lighten that load,
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you know, because I see him
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wrestling with things,
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but he gives it
to God continually.
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Amen. That's the way to do it.
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So anyway, those
are two of the things
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that sometimes I wish
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he didn't have to deal with,
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you know, the burden
was a little lighter,
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and even when
he gives it to God,
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you know, he
has to deal with it.
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So... That's a
beautiful response.
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But, you know, really
if I can just interject
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and bring in some scripture.
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When you are trying to
the best of your ability
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to follow the Lord's leading.
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And you're
submitting your life every day
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as sinful as you may
be, but you are submitting
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and asking the
Lord to take your life,
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you're
consecrating yourself to Him.
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As we're told every morning
we should consecrate ourselves.
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And then you're following,
you know, the Word of God to,
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according to your understanding,
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and according to God's
leading through the Holy Spirit,
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that you are also being blessed
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by that wonderful
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volume of work called
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the Spirit of
Prophecy, which is, I believe,
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heaven inspired
material which does not take
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in any way the
place of the Bible,
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but points to the
Bible helps to explain
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and expand your understanding.
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And when you're in prayer
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and you're asking the
Holy Spirit to direct you,
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then you can be at peace.
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And you don't have to be
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always worrying
about everything.
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And then you come
back to, you know,
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Christ's beautiful
Sermon on the Mount.
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And in Matthew 5:10, you know,
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"Blessed are those
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who are persecuted
for righteousness' sake,
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for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven."
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You think of what
Christ went through Himself?
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Perfect, He was
God, He was fully human,
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fully God, went
through an enormous situation
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of being persecuted, of
being antagonized by others,
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of being diminished by people.
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And yet He stayed the course.
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And when we are
submitting to the Lord,
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then you don't have
to worry about yourself.
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And you can claim these promises
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that if you're persecuted
for righteousness' sake,
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kingdom of heaven is yours.
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"Blessed are you
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when they revile
and persecute you,
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and say all kinds
of evil against you
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falsely for My sake."
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Because the Lord knew exactly
what He was gonna go through
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and what He did go through.
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"Rejoice and be
exceedingly glad,"
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Matthew 5:12,
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"for great is
your reward in heaven,
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for so they
persecuted the prophets
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who were before you."
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So we're not walking on a road
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untrodden in the past,
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the Lord went
through it, so many others.
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And the big thing is,
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just learn to give it
all to the Lord and say,
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"Lord, give me the
wisdom, give me the words,
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give me the manner,
give me the sweetness,
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give me the approach that
I need to get through this
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and I give you all the glory."
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And when You do that,
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you know, you
can sleep securely,
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rest securely.
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I have a feeling
that if you could be
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anywhere you want in the world
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and do anything you wanna do,
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you'd be right there
at the General Conference
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doing exactly what you're doing
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because, you know,
you've been handpicked by God.
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Well, we just put
ourselves in God's hands.
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Absolutely. Jill?
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I was reading Isaiah
Chapter 60 this week.
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You know, the beginning of it,
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"Arise, shine, for
your light has come!
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And the glory of the
Lord is risen upon you."
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And it talks
about the deep darkness
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that covers the world.
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There's people lost and alone
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without any knowledge of Jesus,
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without any knowledge
of the truth in God's Word.
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At 3ABN, our
mission is to proclaim
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an undiluted three
angels' messages to the world,
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and I know that's the mission
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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to proclaim this
gospel to the world.
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So how do you,
Elder Wilson, as a leader,
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encourage and inspire members
to be involved in evangelism?
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I know you have an initiative,
Total Member Involvement
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from the General Conference,
but you can have a passion
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for evangelism yourselves.
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But how do you inspire
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or instill that in other people?
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First of all, let me thank 3ABN
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for what they are doing.
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A great adjunct,
a great blessing,
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a great support to
the evangelistic outreach
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of the church worldwide.
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And what a blessing
it is to hear of people.
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"Oh, the first
time I ever heard about
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the full message
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of God's
precious plan of salvation
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and the Great
Controversy theme."
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I heard it on 3ABN
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or some other
television network,
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we praise God for that.
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But 3ABN is such a
blessing, people hear the truth,
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they may have
known some of the truth,
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but then it becomes so expanded
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because it is Bible based.
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Now, when you
become a Christian,
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it's not as though
you are now on easy street
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and you just
kind of cruise along
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and expect
everything to be given to you.
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Okay.
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And, you know, this is
the way it ought to be,
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you actually run
into a lot of challenges.
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But when you are
born a Christian,
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you are then born a missionary.
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So when you become
a follower of Jesus,
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it's not as though you can just,
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you know, kind of
let everything slide by.
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No, you're becoming
a part of a movement.
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So I'm hoping that everybody
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who's viewing here
today is not imagining,
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well, I think I'll
just become a Christian
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and then I'll just
kind of let the world go by.
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No, you got to be part of it.
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You've got to do
something that will show
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that Christ is in
control of your life
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because when you're
connected with the Lord,
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you cannot help but do
something for someone else.
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Yeah, that's good.
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You cannot help but
lifting their vision
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to what truth is,
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you cannot help but
spending time with His Word
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and also in prayer.
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I don't know what
people do without prayer.
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I mean, throughout the day,
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I'm shooting
little prayers to heaven,
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talking and talking to the Lord,
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as to a friend.
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And that's what
we're told to do.
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And He will hear
and He will respond.
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But this is the
work of everyone,
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not just
pastors, and evangelists,
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or people who are in
the administration of 3ABN.
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Everybody is involved in
Total Member Involvement.
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Every one doing
something for Jesus.
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So the way to try
and encourage people
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to get involved is to tell them
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that the sacrifice
of Christ was so great.
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It was paid.
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Salvation was
paid by Christ for you.
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Just as you
said, when you began,
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the Lord has a place in heaven.
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Yeah.
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He's got your name on the house.
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Yeah.
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And what a privilege,
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but there comes a
responsibility with it.
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And that means you
have to be involved
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in helping
others to know about it.
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So when Jesus comes,
you're not just gonna be there
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by yourself and, "Oh,
yeah, he's in the heaven."
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You're gonna look around,
you're gonna see those others
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that you are sharing the gospel
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with by word and by action.
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It's not only by
word, it's by what we do.
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Yes.
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And so, Total Member Involvement
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is something
that is catching fire
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all over the world.
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And I don't know, Nancy,
you wanna share something?
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I was gonna say you could
think of it as a lifestyle.
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Okay. It's not just an activity.
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It's how we live our lives.
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And if we are truly connected
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with the Lord,
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it should be a part
of our everyday living
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that we are touching
lives in some way or another.
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And if we pray every
morning, Lord, you know,
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I commit this
day into your hands.
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Show me, speak through me,
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show me who needs
an encouraging word.
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You know, how may
I help my neighbors,
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help me to be
sensitive to your leading
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whether it's going
through the checkout line,
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in the grocery
store, or, you know,
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there are hundreds of ways
God wants to use us every day,
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but we have to
realize that we are His hands,
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His feet, His mouth,
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and show me how I
can touch a life today.
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You don't have to
preach a sermon in a church,
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or a tent, or on the street.
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You show by the way you
relate to people around you.
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And I think sometimes
it's so easy in our country
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because it's so
easy to live here.
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We don't really have
hardships like many places do,
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and it's very easy
to become self-centered.
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And think only of,
what do I want to do?
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Yeah.
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How can I have fun today?
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And if we see that,
if we understand that
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true living is serving others
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because that was what...
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How Jesus lived His life.
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We are here to serve.
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And we get much more
enjoyment out of that
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than selfish entertainment.
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That's very true.
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If I can pick up on
that regarding young people,
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you know, in
many churches today,
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including the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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a lot of young people
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simply don't find the church
to be very relevant anymore.
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And they kind of slip away
and people aren't involved,
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they're not involving
the young people in things.
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So our Youth
Ministries Department
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at the highest
level in the church
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our General
Conference Youth Ministries,
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we are focused on two things.
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Gary Blanchard,
our youth director,
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very dynamic fellow.
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And he's got a couple of
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very dynamic associates as well.
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We're focused on two things.
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Number one, a relationship
for young people with God
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through Bible study,
through the Word and prayer.
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Yeah.
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Secondly, service. Yes.
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Doing something for others.
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And when you're involved
in helping other people,
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whether it's in
a humanitarian way,
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whether it is
giving Bible studies,
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whether it is feeding people,
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or cleaning their
house, or whatever it is,
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you're doing
something for somebody else.
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It inoculates you
against selfishness
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and self-centered living,
and it helps young people
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to see a bigger vision.
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So as Nancy said, you
know, this is a way of life.
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Yeah. And it
needs to become that.
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I'm reminded, we used to
live in a very nice country,
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a nice setting in African,
West African Ivory Coast,
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Côte d'Ivoire.
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Very French
speaking, very French oriented,
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and the
president some years ago,
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very benevolent kind of person,
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president for many years there,
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his name was
Félix Houphouet-Boigny.
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And he was a physician actually.
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And president for a long
time there in that country.
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And he had a saying
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that was very,
very much appreciated
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and very well-known.
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In fact, you'd come out
of the airport in Abidjan,
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the capital at that
time, the major city.
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And you'd see
this big panel outside,
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this big billboard.
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And it said in
French la paix...,
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which means peace.
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Okay. Peace.
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Good job. Good job.
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Peace is not a word.
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It's a way of life.
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Oh, that's good.
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And so I like to insert
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or exchange the word peace
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with evangelism.
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Whether it's
personal evangelism,
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public
evangelism, 3ABN evangelism,
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it's not just a word,
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it's a way of life
just as Nancy said.
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That's good.
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So that's really what
Total Member Involvement is.
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And I tell you, I
don't care where you go,
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Nancy and I were
just in Rwanda recently,
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just very, very
few days ago, actually.
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And back in 2016,
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we had some public
evangelistic meetings,
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focusing on Total
Member Involvement,
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getting all the
members involved,
00:21:41.70\00:21:43.83
not just pastors and
elders, and but everybody,
00:21:43.87\00:21:47.94
and they got so excited.
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Church members just said,
"Yes, let's just get involved."
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I mean, it was fantastic.
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They had literally,
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I don't know a
couple thousand meetings
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across that little
country of Rwanda in 2016
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because the Holy Spirit
blessed in a marvelous way,
00:22:03.95\00:22:08.19
working through lay
people and the rest of us,
00:22:08.22\00:22:11.99
over 110,000,
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about 110,000
people were baptized.
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Mercy.
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Unbelievable. Praise the Lord.
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In that little country
because of that baptism
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and the emphasis, the
membership grew to about
00:22:24.17\00:22:28.14
850,000 people in
that little country.
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Wow! Amazing.
00:22:31.38\00:22:32.71
Nancy and I were just
there just a few days ago,
00:22:32.75\00:22:35.55
as I said, maybe
three, four weeks ago.
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Three and half weeks ago.
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And they celebrated
100 years of the presence
00:22:38.95\00:22:44.53
of the Seventh-day
Adventist Church in Rwanda.
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And do you know by
the end of this year 2019,
00:22:48.23\00:22:53.34
they are anticipating
with the Holy Spirit's blessing
00:22:53.37\00:22:57.67
and guidance
throughout to reach a membership
00:22:57.71\00:23:00.78
of 1 million
Seventh-day Adventists.
00:23:00.81\00:23:03.45
Wow! Praise the Lord.
00:23:03.48\00:23:04.81
Unbelievable. That is.
00:23:04.85\00:23:06.45
So, you know, they
have a population of
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about 12 million in Rwanda.
00:23:09.05\00:23:12.12
And that means, one
out of every 12 people
00:23:12.15\00:23:15.09
that you pass on the
street is gonna be a member
00:23:15.12\00:23:17.59
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:23:17.63\00:23:19.69
And it's much of that is
00:23:19.73\00:23:21.23
because of Total
Member Involvement.
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Church members who are
engaged in doing something.
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Amen.
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And if I can segue also,
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we have an emphasis
00:23:34.01\00:23:35.34
on those who are
marginalized also.
00:23:35.38\00:23:39.75
Those who don't seem to be
part of the ongoing activities,
00:23:39.78\00:23:45.35
visually
impaired, hearing impaired,
00:23:45.39\00:23:48.69
speaking impaired,
00:23:48.72\00:23:50.96
people who might be
disabled in some way physically,
00:23:50.99\00:23:55.86
orphans, widows,
00:23:55.90\00:23:58.23
people who aren't not
all always in the forefront,
00:23:58.27\00:24:03.04
but are on the periphery,
00:24:03.07\00:24:04.77
and we've called this
special needs ministries.
00:24:04.81\00:24:07.98
We're
transitioning now to a new name,
00:24:08.01\00:24:10.18
which I guess
everything could be called this,
00:24:10.21\00:24:12.51
but this new name is
Possibility Ministries
00:24:12.55\00:24:16.62
to help people
realize their potential.
00:24:16.65\00:24:18.79
That's good. Yeah.
00:24:18.82\00:24:20.16
And it's amazing
in the last four years
00:24:20.19\00:24:23.49
to see how many people
in many of these areas,
00:24:23.53\00:24:27.53
these categories are now
00:24:27.56\00:24:29.40
not only being paid
attention to and accommodated,
00:24:29.43\00:24:33.64
but much more than that
they are actually involved
00:24:33.67\00:24:36.77
in the evangelistic
outreach of the church
00:24:36.81\00:24:39.87
and that's why
everyone is to be involved,
00:24:39.91\00:24:42.81
Total Member Involvement.
00:24:42.84\00:24:44.91
Oh, I'm doing a lot of
speaking but I'm just excited.
00:24:44.95\00:24:46.98
I'm excited why
you're here. That's great.
00:24:47.02\00:24:48.88
You're here.
00:24:48.92\00:24:50.25
We always say the
blessing is on the go.
00:24:50.29\00:24:52.09
Matthew 28:18-20.
00:24:52.12\00:24:53.79
"All power is given
Me in heaven and earth.
00:24:53.82\00:24:56.19
Go ye therefore."
00:24:56.22\00:24:57.69
So when I go to churches, I say,
00:24:57.73\00:25:00.00
"How many years you are here?"
00:25:00.03\00:25:01.36
And they look at you and I say,
00:25:01.40\00:25:02.73
"Every hand you'd raise it
unless you don't have one."
00:25:02.76\00:25:05.73
That there ye,
00:25:05.77\00:25:07.30
it didn't just
say go Elder Wilson,
00:25:07.34\00:25:09.20
go Mark Finley, go
Jill in the world, it said,
00:25:09.24\00:25:11.81
"Go ye into all the world."
00:25:11.84\00:25:13.68
So would you accept
that free gift of salvation?
00:25:13.71\00:25:16.58
You can't contain it. Yep.
00:25:16.61\00:25:18.31
You can't contain it.
00:25:18.35\00:25:19.68
Now what's
happening and maybe talk to us
00:25:19.71\00:25:21.65
a little bit about it.
00:25:21.68\00:25:23.02
Twenty one million
people, that's great.
00:25:23.05\00:25:25.25
But 21 million people
as a church and as a people
00:25:25.29\00:25:29.39
when we read
Revelation, we get to the end,
00:25:29.42\00:25:32.59
some of the churches, one
of them is called Laodicea.
00:25:32.63\00:25:36.13
And tell us, that is something
00:25:36.16\00:25:38.40
that seems to no matter
what church or where you are,
00:25:38.43\00:25:41.34
even within family sometimes
and personal church families
00:25:41.37\00:25:44.57
or world church,
that's a problem,
00:25:44.61\00:25:47.18
that because the
devil knows, right?
00:25:47.21\00:25:51.45
When people are on the go,
00:25:51.48\00:25:54.08
that opens room
for the Holy Spirit
00:25:54.12\00:25:55.95
and invitation
for the latter rain.
00:25:55.98\00:25:57.65
The devil is doing everything
he can do to stop that.
00:25:57.69\00:25:59.82
So maybe talk to
us a little bit about
00:25:59.85\00:26:01.99
where we need to go and
where our mind should be
00:26:02.02\00:26:04.46
and how do we get
past this or through this
00:26:04.49\00:26:07.36
and keep focused on Jesus?
00:26:07.40\00:26:10.50
You know, any culture,
00:26:10.53\00:26:14.34
even if it is
economically challenged,
00:26:14.37\00:26:17.57
can be part of Laodicea.
00:26:17.61\00:26:20.78
If you allow the
surroundings to lull you
00:26:20.81\00:26:25.15
into some kind of
a safety approach.
00:26:25.18\00:26:29.18
Yes.
00:26:29.22\00:26:30.55
And, but the
biggest challenge is with,
00:26:30.59\00:26:36.19
I would say,
economically advantaged places.
00:26:36.22\00:26:40.10
Okay.
00:26:40.13\00:26:41.46
And you will
know, I mean, you know,
00:26:41.50\00:26:43.23
our viewers, and each of us
00:26:43.26\00:26:44.90
will know places
where it seems like,
00:26:44.93\00:26:48.57
you know, life's
pretty, pretty good.
00:26:48.60\00:26:51.41
And we don't have to worry about
00:26:51.44\00:26:52.77
some of the very
basic things of life.
00:26:52.81\00:26:55.34
Wherever that is the case
00:26:55.38\00:26:57.15
unless you are really
in touch with the Lord
00:26:57.18\00:27:00.72
and feeding on His Word,
00:27:00.75\00:27:03.08
you will become self-satisfied.
00:27:03.12\00:27:06.62
You will become complacent,
00:27:06.65\00:27:08.82
you will become
rather neutralized.
00:27:08.86\00:27:12.09
And that's what
Revelation 3 is talking about.
00:27:12.13\00:27:15.53
Where Laodicea
00:27:15.56\00:27:17.17
and it actually is talking about
00:27:17.20\00:27:18.53
a place in Turkey
00:27:18.57\00:27:20.57
which was a place
where the water was lukewarm.
00:27:20.60\00:27:24.87
It wasn't really hot.
00:27:24.91\00:27:26.24
It wasn't really cold.
00:27:26.27\00:27:28.18
Now, I don't know about you
00:27:28.21\00:27:30.65
but the other day we
were with some relatives
00:27:30.68\00:27:34.15
and Nancy's oldest brother says,
00:27:34.18\00:27:36.89
"I never end a shower
without turning it on cold."
00:27:36.92\00:27:42.32
Oh.
00:27:42.36\00:27:44.03
He's a brave soul.
00:27:44.06\00:27:46.46
And you know,
and more power to him
00:27:46.49\00:27:48.23
because I don't
really like that.
00:27:48.26\00:27:50.63
He does it once in a while. Oh.
00:27:50.67\00:27:52.37
Yeah, I like it. I can't do it.
00:27:52.40\00:27:53.74
It's a good
thing, it stimulates.
00:27:53.77\00:27:55.17
It makes us feel good.
00:27:55.20\00:27:56.54
If it's morning, not at night.
00:27:56.57\00:27:59.77
But so cold can be good.
00:27:59.81\00:28:02.88
Hot, I love hot. Oh, yeah.
00:28:02.91\00:28:05.05
I grew up in Cairo,
Egypt and I like hot weather.
00:28:05.08\00:28:09.18
I don't mind hot weather.
00:28:09.22\00:28:10.82
Nancy has a
harder time with that.
00:28:10.85\00:28:12.52
I have a harder time with cold.
00:28:12.55\00:28:13.89
She likes cold.
00:28:13.92\00:28:15.39
But so hot and
cold, we can understand.
00:28:15.42\00:28:19.19
Lukewarm is just
kind of uncomfortable.
00:28:19.23\00:28:23.37
And so that's what
the Lord is saying, says,
00:28:23.40\00:28:28.20
"You think
00:28:28.24\00:28:30.04
that you are rich and wealthy,
00:28:30.07\00:28:34.34
and really,
00:28:34.38\00:28:37.08
you don't know what
you're talking about
00:28:37.11\00:28:38.91
because you're
wretched, miserable,
00:28:38.95\00:28:40.78
poor, blind, and naked
00:28:40.82\00:28:43.15
because you don't
see as I see," God says.
00:28:43.18\00:28:46.22
Yes. Yeah.
00:28:46.25\00:28:47.59
So in Revelation 3,
He gives us the answer,
00:28:47.62\00:28:52.86
the antidote.
00:28:52.89\00:28:54.33
He says I want
you to buy from me.
00:28:54.36\00:28:56.77
Don't buy it from somebody else.
00:28:56.80\00:28:58.30
Don't get it from
some impure source.
00:28:58.33\00:29:01.84
Get it from me,
gold refined in the fire.
00:29:01.87\00:29:06.27
In other words, the
Christian experience,
00:29:06.31\00:29:09.51
you got to go
through some challenges
00:29:09.54\00:29:11.38
and I'm gonna refine
you, I'm gonna help you,
00:29:11.41\00:29:13.18
I'm gonna lean on me
00:29:13.21\00:29:14.78
and I'll really
make you pure gold.
00:29:14.82\00:29:16.79
Amen.
00:29:16.82\00:29:18.15
You know, and then he says
00:29:18.19\00:29:20.69
that you can be rich,
then you're gonna be rich,
00:29:20.72\00:29:22.96
white garments,
that you may be clothed
00:29:22.99\00:29:26.36
that the shame of your nakedness
00:29:26.39\00:29:28.10
may not be revealed.
00:29:28.13\00:29:29.76
That robe of
righteousness of Christ,
00:29:29.80\00:29:33.34
the pure robe of righteousness,
His righteousness,
00:29:33.37\00:29:37.41
not our attempt to be righteous.
00:29:37.44\00:29:40.51
Yes.
00:29:40.54\00:29:41.98
By grace we are saved,
that, not of ourselves,
00:29:42.01\00:29:45.05
it is the gift of God.
00:29:45.08\00:29:46.41
Ephesians Chapter
2 and other places
00:29:46.45\00:29:49.15
which will tell us
00:29:49.18\00:29:50.85
this is an amazing gift,
00:29:50.89\00:29:53.99
and we need to
accept it by grace
00:29:54.02\00:29:56.19
and not try to earn it.
00:29:56.22\00:29:58.46
Our response because
the Lord is working in us
00:29:58.49\00:30:01.50
is what then helps
us to do good works,
00:30:01.53\00:30:05.70
not because we
are earning our way
00:30:05.73\00:30:07.70
to heaven.
00:30:07.74\00:30:09.07
You know, maybe
sometimes people allege that
00:30:09.10\00:30:12.81
Seventh-day
Adventists are legalists
00:30:12.84\00:30:14.68
trying to work
their way to heaven.
00:30:14.71\00:30:16.41
None of us will get to heaven
00:30:16.44\00:30:18.25
except by the
grace of Jesus Christ.
00:30:18.28\00:30:19.91
Yes. Amen. That's right.
00:30:19.95\00:30:22.02
And that grace working
in us begins to change us
00:30:22.05\00:30:25.12
to will and to do of...
00:30:25.15\00:30:27.46
His good pleasure.
00:30:27.49\00:30:29.02
Of God's will for
our lives, you know.
00:30:29.06\00:30:32.36
So it's an amazing
process, justification
00:30:32.39\00:30:36.63
which is this
robe of righteousness,
00:30:36.67\00:30:38.77
but also the
trials you go through
00:30:38.80\00:30:41.80
where you can be
refined, become pure gold,
00:30:41.84\00:30:45.47
and then He says,
00:30:45.51\00:30:49.21
"You need to get some
eye salve for your eyes.
00:30:49.24\00:30:54.35
So you can see clearly so that
00:30:54.38\00:30:58.05
you're not
blinded by the devil."
00:30:58.09\00:31:00.52
You're not blinded
by your own sufficiency,
00:31:00.56\00:31:03.63
but you are
understanding the full picture
00:31:03.66\00:31:07.06
of what God has
in store for you,
00:31:07.10\00:31:09.90
and who you are and
your great need of Me.
00:31:09.93\00:31:13.50
So as we come to
the very end of time,
00:31:13.54\00:31:15.74
and let me tell you, I
believe, Nancy believes,
00:31:15.77\00:31:17.87
we are living in
the very end of time.
00:31:17.91\00:31:19.67
I mean, Jesus is coming so soon.
00:31:19.71\00:31:22.44
And, you know, if
people keep saying,
00:31:22.48\00:31:25.55
"Oh, well, you know,
00:31:25.58\00:31:27.52
that's just kind of
a some historical thing
00:31:27.55\00:31:32.05
and I don't really believe it."
00:31:32.09\00:31:33.42
You know, you can say,
"Well, if you're saying that,
00:31:33.46\00:31:35.36
then you are helping to
fulfill 2 Peter Chapter 3,
00:31:35.39\00:31:40.50
"That scoffers will
come in the last day say,
00:31:40.53\00:31:44.03
'Where is the
promise of His coming?'
00:31:44.07\00:31:46.50
You know, for since
the fathers fell asleep,
00:31:46.53\00:31:48.47
all things continue as they were
00:31:48.50\00:31:50.54
from the
beginning of creation.'"
00:31:50.57\00:31:52.01
So I believe that the
Lord is coming so soon
00:31:52.04\00:31:55.54
and He wants us to become
00:31:55.58\00:31:58.41
really hot for
Him and not lukewarm.
00:31:58.45\00:32:01.18
Yes.
00:32:01.22\00:32:02.55
And the only way to do
that is to be in connection
00:32:02.58\00:32:05.82
with Christ every day,
00:32:05.85\00:32:09.39
and the urgency of our
message, the urgency, you know,
00:32:09.42\00:32:13.90
I'm drawn to
that John Chapter 9,
00:32:13.93\00:32:17.47
where Jesus is
speaking in verse 4.
00:32:17.50\00:32:20.10
Jesus is saying Himself
00:32:20.14\00:32:21.84
and how much
more than should we.
00:32:21.87\00:32:23.91
He says, "I must
work the works of Him
00:32:23.94\00:32:26.27
who sent Me while it is
day, the night is coming
00:32:26.31\00:32:28.74
when no one can work."
00:32:28.78\00:32:30.15
There is an urgency
00:32:30.18\00:32:31.88
that each of us need to possess.
00:32:31.91\00:32:33.25
Amen.
00:32:33.28\00:32:34.62
And that can only come as
we are daily in connection
00:32:34.65\00:32:36.95
with the Lord
and He opens our eyes
00:32:36.99\00:32:39.39
with special eye
salve so that we can see.
00:32:39.42\00:32:42.46
Anyway I get excited about it.
00:32:42.49\00:32:43.89
Oh, that's great.
00:32:43.93\00:32:45.26
I think there is
such a spiritual lethargy
00:32:45.29\00:32:49.00
that is kind of predominant.
00:32:49.03\00:32:51.67
And if we don't stay connected,
00:32:51.70\00:32:54.44
if we don't make a real
effort to connect with the Lord,
00:32:54.47\00:32:59.14
we'll be distracted constantly
00:32:59.17\00:33:01.34
because the enemy is
always trying to distract us.
00:33:01.38\00:33:03.81
So if we don't make that
conscious decision to say,
00:33:03.85\00:33:07.35
I need to plug into
the source right now,
00:33:07.38\00:33:10.95
and talk to the
Lord and read the word.
00:33:10.99\00:33:13.89
You just, you can
fall into that thing
00:33:13.92\00:33:16.86
where you just get
swept away with the lethargy.
00:33:16.89\00:33:20.16
Amen. Great.
00:33:20.20\00:33:21.60
I think that
happens when we realize
00:33:21.63\00:33:24.37
that scripture is our only hope.
00:33:24.40\00:33:27.64
It's our only
source of strength.
00:33:27.67\00:33:29.00
That's good.
00:33:29.04\00:33:30.37
And prayer because
as soon as we become,
00:33:30.41\00:33:33.91
begin to feel self-sufficient,
00:33:33.94\00:33:36.11
well, I've kind of
arrived, you know...
00:33:36.14\00:33:38.15
Yes.
00:33:38.18\00:33:40.58
We are in a dangerous place.
00:33:40.62\00:33:43.02
That's right.
00:33:43.05\00:33:44.39
And if we can sense
every day that without,
00:33:44.42\00:33:46.79
you know, we are nothing
without that connection...
00:33:46.82\00:33:50.59
That's right.
00:33:50.63\00:33:52.29
To God
00:33:52.33\00:33:53.66
and we have to
be emptied of self.
00:33:53.70\00:33:58.63
But we can't do that ourselves.
00:33:58.67\00:34:00.10
We have to come
to Him to do that.
00:34:00.14\00:34:03.00
And I have a dear prayer partner
00:34:03.04\00:34:06.37
and we've talked about
00:34:06.41\00:34:07.74
how we are sinful by nature
00:34:07.78\00:34:11.95
and without God in our lives
00:34:11.98\00:34:13.75
we have no control
and we've talked about
00:34:13.78\00:34:17.32
the struggle it is to
die to self and she said,
00:34:17.35\00:34:21.52
you know, when she
pointed this out one day
00:34:21.56\00:34:23.53
it was brilliant.
00:34:23.56\00:34:24.89
She said, "You
know when you're dead,
00:34:24.93\00:34:26.29
you don't respond to anything."
00:34:26.33\00:34:28.73
So I know when I hear something
00:34:28.76\00:34:33.00
or I have thoughts or feelings
00:34:33.03\00:34:36.71
that I know are not
00:34:36.74\00:34:39.34
what they should be I think,
00:34:39.37\00:34:40.71
oops, self is not dead.
00:34:40.74\00:34:42.34
It's a red flag
because if self was truly dead,
00:34:42.38\00:34:46.55
I wouldn't respond in my heart,
00:34:46.58\00:34:48.68
in my mind or by my words,
00:34:48.72\00:34:53.79
you know, the wrong way
because self would be dead.
00:34:53.82\00:34:56.46
Right. It's a constant struggle.
00:34:56.49\00:34:58.49
It's true. Yeah.
00:34:58.53\00:35:00.80
Earlier you mentioned
about youth and young people,
00:35:00.83\00:35:03.30
getting them
excited about the Lord.
00:35:03.33\00:35:05.43
There's a new emphasis, correct?
00:35:05.47\00:35:07.60
When your mission
youth young people...
00:35:07.64\00:35:09.30
Oh, yes.
00:35:09.34\00:35:10.67
Tell us a little bit about that?
00:35:10.71\00:35:12.04
I still like to
consider myself youth,
00:35:12.07\00:35:13.54
I mean, older side of youth.
00:35:13.58\00:35:15.64
Enjoy where you can.
00:35:15.68\00:35:17.01
You are. You are.
00:35:17.05\00:35:19.01
But this is intriguing to me,
00:35:19.05\00:35:20.38
sounds like one
year in mission service,
00:35:20.42\00:35:21.75
I'm not quite sure.
00:35:21.78\00:35:23.82
Let me assure you
that... I can join.
00:35:23.85\00:35:25.99
You and Jill not
only look younger,
00:35:26.02\00:35:29.32
you are younger.
00:35:29.36\00:35:30.69
Yeah. Thank you.
00:35:30.73\00:35:33.43
They like to
remind us here at 3ABN
00:35:33.46\00:35:35.33
and in our
administrative meetings.
00:35:35.36\00:35:36.70
Oh, yes. You're middle age now.
00:35:36.73\00:35:38.33
And we think, "No,
we're still young."
00:35:38.37\00:35:40.97
Thank you.
00:35:41.00\00:35:43.64
Well, we have some
dynamic young people
00:35:43.67\00:35:46.88
all over the world.
00:35:46.91\00:35:48.24
I mean, in some
parts of the world,
00:35:48.28\00:35:51.21
the church itself
00:35:51.25\00:35:53.52
is maybe 50% young people.
00:35:53.55\00:35:57.59
Is it really? I
mean, young people.
00:35:57.62\00:35:59.29
We're talking about
like, you know, 25 and younger,
00:35:59.32\00:36:03.12
25 years old or
younger, 30 years.
00:36:03.16\00:36:05.39
That's higher percentage
actually than I thought.
00:36:05.43\00:36:07.86
Oh, it's enormous.
00:36:07.90\00:36:10.17
And the young
people are so vibrant
00:36:10.20\00:36:12.30
and they're so happy
to be part of the church.
00:36:12.33\00:36:15.27
Amen.
00:36:15.30\00:36:17.17
They get involved, you know,
00:36:17.21\00:36:18.54
in all kinds of
community outreach,
00:36:18.57\00:36:20.78
evangelistic activities,
literature distribution,
00:36:20.81\00:36:24.81
doing things for
people, and the church itself
00:36:24.85\00:36:28.98
just becomes alive
because of this young people.
00:36:29.02\00:36:32.39
And I'd like to
encourage so many people
00:36:32.42\00:36:36.19
out there in local churches,
00:36:36.22\00:36:38.66
get to know the young
people in your church.
00:36:38.69\00:36:41.00
That's good.
00:36:41.03\00:36:42.36
Get to at least know their name,
00:36:42.40\00:36:44.17
and just greet them.
00:36:44.20\00:36:45.53
You know, Marisse,
it's great to have you here
00:36:45.57\00:36:48.30
this Sabbath day or, you know,
00:36:48.34\00:36:50.81
it's wonderful to have
you as part of our church.
00:36:50.84\00:36:54.64
Adam, thank you for
being part of our youth group.
00:36:54.68\00:36:57.81
Get to know the
names of these young people
00:36:57.85\00:36:59.88
and make them feel welcome
00:36:59.91\00:37:01.25
and then get them
involved in something.
00:37:01.28\00:37:02.65
Yes.
00:37:02.68\00:37:04.02
But we have a program
called One Year in Mission.
00:37:04.05\00:37:08.56
It's an
opportunity for young people
00:37:08.59\00:37:12.86
to take 10
months out of the year,
00:37:12.89\00:37:16.56
and to actually go
to a particular place,
00:37:16.60\00:37:18.97
doesn't have to be
outside of their country,
00:37:19.00\00:37:21.30
but in organized
program to actively reach out
00:37:21.34\00:37:26.04
to the community and evangelism
00:37:26.07\00:37:28.04
and in all kinds of
service opportunities.
00:37:28.08\00:37:30.38
That's good.
00:37:30.41\00:37:31.75
The leader in this,
they have taken it by storm
00:37:31.78\00:37:35.75
is what we call the region
00:37:35.78\00:37:38.15
in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:37:38.19\00:37:39.69
called the South
American Division.
00:37:39.72\00:37:42.02
They have hundreds,
literally thousands right now,
00:37:42.06\00:37:46.59
I think probably
about 2000 or 3000,
00:37:46.63\00:37:49.46
who are actively involved
00:37:49.50\00:37:51.17
in little groups
all over South America,
00:37:51.20\00:37:55.14
reaching out to people,
Bible studies, singing groups,
00:37:55.17\00:37:59.74
community outreach,
00:37:59.77\00:38:01.11
all kinds of things,
touching the lives of people
00:38:01.14\00:38:03.95
in an unusual way.
00:38:03.98\00:38:05.91
These young people
who are part of this,
00:38:05.95\00:38:08.85
they will never
be the same again.
00:38:08.88\00:38:11.32
Yeah. That's right.
00:38:11.35\00:38:12.69
So when they go
into a profession,
00:38:12.72\00:38:14.06
when they get
into a local church,
00:38:14.09\00:38:15.42
when they're doing, you
know, things that professionals
00:38:15.46\00:38:18.99
and adults begin to
do and everything else,
00:38:19.03\00:38:21.50
they will be different people.
00:38:21.53\00:38:22.96
Yes.
00:38:23.00\00:38:24.33
And it's so
exciting and other divisions,
00:38:24.37\00:38:26.27
other regions of the world
00:38:26.30\00:38:27.70
now are becoming very
excited about and they...
00:38:27.74\00:38:31.27
We have another
wonderful program called
00:38:31.31\00:38:33.51
1000 Missionary Movement,
00:38:33.54\00:38:35.14
which is primarily
been in Asia-Pacific area,
00:38:35.18\00:38:38.31
but is also in other places.
00:38:38.35\00:38:40.72
Dynamic young
people who are reaching out
00:38:40.75\00:38:43.28
and other places in the world
00:38:43.32\00:38:45.25
are beginning to see
the potential of this.
00:38:45.29\00:38:48.46
So the young
people are just awesome.
00:38:48.49\00:38:51.49
I was gonna say
it's not just students
00:38:51.53\00:38:53.80
that take a year out
of their school year...
00:38:53.83\00:38:55.40
Young professionals.
00:38:55.43\00:38:57.10
We met a number of
young professionals,
00:38:57.13\00:39:00.10
who had, you
know, maybe an attorney
00:39:00.14\00:39:02.40
or an accountant or whatever,
who have taken a year off
00:39:02.44\00:39:06.37
and have enjoyed it so much.
00:39:06.41\00:39:08.44
They've stayed another year.
00:39:08.48\00:39:09.81
And they are contributing
in a tremendous way.
00:39:09.84\00:39:13.52
And many of them are
working in our centers
00:39:13.55\00:39:17.99
of influences in large cities.
00:39:18.02\00:39:20.86
And it's a huge asset.
00:39:20.89\00:39:24.76
These are centers
that we're establishing
00:39:24.79\00:39:26.83
in large cities
00:39:26.86\00:39:28.20
'cause that's another big area
00:39:28.23\00:39:29.56
that we're focusing
on mission of the cities.
00:39:29.60\00:39:31.37
Yes.
00:39:31.40\00:39:32.73
Helping people in
these huge metropolitan areas
00:39:32.77\00:39:35.20
to know that there is hope.
00:39:35.24\00:39:36.91
Something beyond just
yourself and fighting for,
00:39:36.94\00:39:39.14
you know, an existence.
00:39:39.17\00:39:40.71
So these centers of influence
are touching many lives.
00:39:40.74\00:39:44.35
And young people
are working in these
00:39:44.38\00:39:46.45
to reach out to others.
00:39:46.48\00:39:47.82
That's great.
00:39:47.85\00:39:49.18
I was going to
ask about the cities,
00:39:49.22\00:39:50.79
and we haven't
told you this yet.
00:39:50.82\00:39:52.15
But starting the second
quarter of this coming year,
00:39:52.19\00:39:56.29
3ABN will be in Chicago
00:39:56.32\00:39:58.46
to 2.1 million
viewers in the city.
00:39:58.49\00:40:01.40
Oh, fantastic.
00:40:01.43\00:40:02.86
Miracle or what, 2.1
million viewers on cable.
00:40:02.90\00:40:07.04
And I think also
Atlanta looks like Atlanta.
00:40:07.07\00:40:10.21
I'm not sure it's...
00:40:10.24\00:40:11.57
It's not solidified yet,
but they're working toward it.
00:40:11.61\00:40:12.94
Yes.
00:40:12.97\00:40:14.31
Yes, but Chicago
is supposed to be
00:40:14.34\00:40:15.68
the second quarter to
2.1 million in the inner
00:40:15.71\00:40:20.02
within the City of Chicago
00:40:20.05\00:40:21.95
will be hearing the
three angels' messages 24/7.
00:40:21.98\00:40:24.39
Praise God.
00:40:24.42\00:40:25.75
And recently where
Michigan and Wisconsin
00:40:25.79\00:40:28.26
how many viewers do
we add through cable?
00:40:28.29\00:40:30.83
It was one
1.1... 1.1, 1.2 million.
00:40:30.86\00:40:33.26
1.1, 1.2 million.
00:40:33.29\00:40:34.63
The entire million
00:40:34.66\00:40:36.00
in the entire state of Michigan.
00:40:36.03\00:40:37.47
3ABM getting in some
of these major cities.
00:40:37.50\00:40:40.87
So it's amazing
what God is doing.
00:40:40.90\00:40:42.64
They're near to us.
00:40:42.67\00:40:44.01
Talk a little bit
about and I can't believe
00:40:44.04\00:40:45.37
our time is
getting down so close.
00:40:45.41\00:40:47.71
But we wanna talk a little bit,
00:40:47.74\00:40:49.08
you said while
ago you believe Jesus
00:40:49.11\00:40:50.58
is coming soon, why?
00:40:50.61\00:40:52.28
And people will say to me,
00:40:52.31\00:40:53.75
"Well, my grandparents
thought Jesus was coming and,
00:40:53.78\00:40:56.52
you know, their grandparents
00:40:56.55\00:40:57.92
before them
thought Jesus was coming."
00:40:57.95\00:41:00.06
What's different?
00:41:00.09\00:41:01.72
Everyone will have
their own perspective.
00:41:01.76\00:41:03.69
Mine is I say, "Well,
Daniel says, you know,
00:41:03.73\00:41:06.16
men shall run to
00:41:06.19\00:41:07.53
and fro knowledge be increased."
00:41:07.56\00:41:08.90
So let me ask you a question.
00:41:08.93\00:41:10.43
Right now we can
send messages around,
00:41:10.47\00:41:14.34
as we're speaking, is
going up to satellite to
00:41:14.37\00:41:16.71
22,300 miles to space,
00:41:16.74\00:41:18.84
connecting to other satellites
down in the homes of people,
00:41:18.87\00:41:22.21
anywhere on planet earth
00:41:22.24\00:41:23.58
that people really
wanna watch in three seconds.
00:41:23.61\00:41:25.78
Now I say, "Now how much
00:41:25.81\00:41:28.45
could technology
improve or speed improve
00:41:28.48\00:41:31.02
if the world lasted
another thousand years."
00:41:31.05\00:41:33.09
So it tells me when this gospel
00:41:33.12\00:41:34.76
the kingdom should
be into all the world.
00:41:34.79\00:41:36.93
So with technology,
you can't really improve
00:41:36.96\00:41:39.63
on three seconds,
00:41:39.66\00:41:41.00
so we have to be
right there to the end,
00:41:41.03\00:41:43.40
but in your
perspective, why is it
00:41:43.43\00:41:46.10
that you really believe Jesus
is coming soon for our viewers
00:41:46.13\00:41:48.84
that maybe we are a
little caught up Laodicean,
00:41:48.87\00:41:51.21
maybe we're just
00:41:51.24\00:41:52.57
somewhat
discouraged as you said,
00:41:52.61\00:41:53.94
we're looking at self
instead of serving others.
00:41:53.98\00:41:57.91
Talk to us a
little bit about that?
00:41:57.95\00:41:59.75
Well, first of all,
you just see and look,
00:41:59.78\00:42:04.15
if you're at all
interested in world news.
00:42:04.19\00:42:08.62
Every day, you will see
00:42:08.66\00:42:10.83
on your preferred news website
00:42:10.86\00:42:14.96
or whatever you're looking at,
00:42:15.00\00:42:17.30
the absolute
atrocities that are taking place
00:42:17.33\00:42:20.94
all over the globe.
00:42:20.97\00:42:22.30
Yes.
00:42:22.34\00:42:23.67
The way that people are
losing heart about life itself,
00:42:23.71\00:42:28.31
confusion, absolute distraction
00:42:28.34\00:42:32.25
on the part of so many people
00:42:32.28\00:42:35.32
because they're not sure
00:42:35.35\00:42:37.02
what is really gonna
happen in the future.
00:42:37.05\00:42:39.79
Things are
literally falling apart.
00:42:39.82\00:42:42.42
Now right now, as we speak,
00:42:42.46\00:42:45.53
I didn't check today but,
00:42:45.56\00:42:47.10
you know, the
stock market seems to be
00:42:47.13\00:42:48.60
doing pretty well
and has for quite a while
00:42:48.63\00:42:51.20
in the United States
that could change momentarily,
00:42:51.23\00:42:56.50
but political
situations around the world,
00:42:56.54\00:42:59.87
social settings,
fulfillment of scripture,
00:42:59.91\00:43:03.95
all these things are happening
00:43:03.98\00:43:05.71
with such a
powerful acceleration,
00:43:05.75\00:43:09.45
that it tells me that the end of
00:43:09.48\00:43:12.52
the world is very soon.
00:43:12.55\00:43:14.46
People don't have
the answers anymore.
00:43:14.49\00:43:16.02
You know,
politicians can't fix things
00:43:16.06\00:43:18.06
like they used to be able to.
00:43:18.09\00:43:19.76
And things are
just in such disarray.
00:43:19.79\00:43:22.16
Nancy and I travel a
lot, all over the world.
00:43:22.20\00:43:26.43
And we get a chance to observe
and see what is happening.
00:43:26.47\00:43:30.51
And also observe people
00:43:30.54\00:43:33.17
and how they're
responding to things.
00:43:33.21\00:43:35.74
To me, this is a huge indicator
that the Lord is coming soon
00:43:35.78\00:43:41.02
because people
are just without hope,
00:43:41.05\00:43:44.22
so many of them.
00:43:44.25\00:43:45.62
Secondly, the
prophetic understanding
00:43:45.65\00:43:48.72
of the books of especially
Daniel and Revelation,
00:43:48.76\00:43:53.80
and we just came
from speaking every year
00:43:53.83\00:43:56.97
we try to do this,
in fact, next year,
00:43:57.00\00:43:58.87
we're gonna do it twice
public evangelistic activities.
00:43:58.90\00:44:03.24
And, you know, to
see how the Holy Spirit
00:44:03.27\00:44:06.54
touches people's
lives and changes them
00:44:06.57\00:44:09.44
and helps them to accept truth.
00:44:09.48\00:44:11.21
This to me is a huge
indication that the Holy Spirit
00:44:11.25\00:44:14.92
is moving all across the
planet in a powerful way.
00:44:14.95\00:44:18.25
Amen.
00:44:18.29\00:44:19.62
But the very fulfillment
of the Books of Daniel
00:44:19.65\00:44:22.26
and Revelation
and those prophecies
00:44:22.29\00:44:24.63
which I know 3ABN
is very attuned to,
00:44:24.66\00:44:27.96
and you present
those kinds of things.
00:44:28.00\00:44:30.70
That tells us that we
are in the tips of the toes
00:44:30.73\00:44:34.70
of the statue of
Daniel Chapter 2.
00:44:34.74\00:44:36.71
Amen. Toenails.
00:44:36.74\00:44:38.07
At the toenails. That's right.
00:44:38.11\00:44:39.44
And the Lord's
return is imminent.
00:44:39.47\00:44:41.94
Yes.
00:44:41.98\00:44:43.31
And so I could
just see that, you know,
00:44:43.35\00:44:47.15
we're just hanging
on with our fingernails,
00:44:47.18\00:44:51.02
to the very, very
end of time scenario,
00:44:51.05\00:44:53.92
but we shouldn't be
afraid, we shouldn't be upset,
00:44:53.96\00:44:56.26
we shouldn't be nervous
00:44:56.29\00:44:58.29
because the Lord's
gonna carry us through...
00:44:58.33\00:45:00.20
Amen.
00:45:00.23\00:45:01.56
You know, and
He's gonna be coming.
00:45:01.60\00:45:02.93
He says, "I'll be with
you to the very end of time."
00:45:02.96\00:45:05.60
And that's a wonderful promise.
00:45:05.63\00:45:07.40
Part of, you know,
00:45:07.44\00:45:09.17
the Great
Commission, Matthew 28.
00:45:09.20\00:45:11.54
But I'm gonna be
with you to the very end.
00:45:11.57\00:45:13.48
Yes.
00:45:13.51\00:45:14.84
When Jesus was
hanging on the cross,
00:45:14.88\00:45:16.21
we were on His mind.
00:45:16.24\00:45:17.58
So what a shame it
would be to sleep through
00:45:17.61\00:45:19.38
the most exciting times
of earth's history, right?
00:45:19.41\00:45:21.72
Exactly. We should be awake.
00:45:21.75\00:45:23.08
It won't be too long.
00:45:23.12\00:45:24.45
Yvonne too will
be able to look up.
00:45:24.49\00:45:26.22
Jesus will come
back and we can say,
00:45:26.25\00:45:27.86
"Hallelujah,
We're Home at Last!"
00:45:27.89\00:45:29.99
Speaking of
that, that's the song
00:45:30.03\00:45:31.59
that we're gonna
play for you right now.
00:45:31.63\00:45:35.86
Do you know what I'm gonna say,
about three to five minutes.
00:45:35.90\00:45:39.10
Lari Goss puts together
00:45:39.13\00:45:41.37
what you're about
to hear right now.
00:45:41.40\00:45:43.20
Praise God.
00:45:43.24\00:45:44.57
"Hallelujah,
We're Home at Last!"
00:45:44.61\00:45:46.71
Reggie and Ladye...
00:45:46.74\00:45:48.08
Hallelujah to the Lamb!
00:46:00.39\00:46:04.43
Hallelujah to the Great I AM!
00:46:04.46\00:46:08.76
Hallelujah, all pain is past!
00:46:08.80\00:46:12.87
Hallelujah, we're home at last
00:46:12.90\00:46:18.14
There's excitement in Heaven
00:46:18.17\00:46:21.11
Like there's never been before
00:46:21.14\00:46:26.41
Jesus stands up
Heaven is changed
00:46:26.45\00:46:29.75
Forevermore and more
00:46:29.78\00:46:34.19
The angels surround the Savior
00:46:34.22\00:46:37.89
To escort the Son of Man
00:46:37.93\00:46:41.93
He returns to earth victorious
00:46:41.96\00:46:46.13
To fulfill salvation's plan
00:46:46.17\00:46:53.51
Hallelujah to the Lamb!
00:46:53.54\00:46:57.55
Hallelujah to the Great I AM!
00:46:57.58\00:47:01.82
Hallelujah, all pain is past!
00:47:01.85\00:47:05.92
Hallelujah, we're home at last!
00:47:05.95\00:47:09.12
At the sound of the last trump
00:47:17.63\00:47:21.04
The dead in Christ will rise
00:47:21.07\00:47:25.81
We're going home at last
00:47:25.84\00:47:29.14
We'll surround the sea of glass
00:47:29.18\00:47:34.02
No more empty mansions
00:47:34.05\00:47:37.15
No vacant seats
around the throne
00:47:37.19\00:47:42.12
Heaven is finally Heaven
00:47:42.16\00:47:45.49
When God's children are home
00:47:45.53\00:47:53.03
Hallelujah to the Lamb!
00:47:53.07\00:47:57.11
Hallelujah to the Great I AM!
00:47:57.14\00:48:01.28
Hallelujah, all pain is past!
00:48:01.31\00:48:05.41
Hallelujah, we're home at last!
00:48:05.45\00:48:10.39
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
00:48:13.52\00:48:17.19
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah to the Lamb!
00:48:17.23\00:48:25.10
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah to the Lamb!
00:48:25.13\00:48:30.47
Hallelujah to the Great I AM!
00:48:30.51\00:48:34.74
Hallelujah, all pain is past!
00:48:34.78\00:48:38.81
Hallelujah, we're home at last!
00:48:38.85\00:48:42.98
Hallelujah, we're home at last!
00:48:43.02\00:48:47.92
Hallelujah,
00:48:50.99\00:48:55.56
we're home, We're home at last!
00:48:55.60\00:49:00.44
Home at last!
00:49:03.51\00:49:07.74
Praise the Lord.
00:49:07.78\00:49:09.54
Amen.
00:49:09.58\00:49:12.51
Amen. Wow.
00:49:12.55\00:49:13.88
No more empty
mansions, no vacant seats...
00:49:13.92\00:49:16.52
Seats around the throne.
00:49:16.55\00:49:18.29
That's my
favorite line right there.
00:49:18.32\00:49:20.42
No vacant seats
around the throne.
00:49:20.46\00:49:22.62
Heaven is finally heaven
when God's children are home.
00:49:22.66\00:49:25.86
Yeah. Amen.
00:49:25.89\00:49:27.23
Think about that.
00:49:27.26\00:49:28.60
And from heaven's perspective...
00:49:28.63\00:49:29.96
Yeah. No more empty mansions.
00:49:30.00\00:49:32.73
No vacant seats
around the throne.
00:49:32.77\00:49:35.10
Great for all of us.
That's a win-win, right?
00:49:35.14\00:49:36.81
Amen.
00:49:36.84\00:49:38.17
Jesus comes to
redeem His people.
00:49:38.21\00:49:39.77
And as people get to
meet Him face-to-face.
00:49:39.81\00:49:43.24
I just wanna say one thing
00:49:43.28\00:49:44.61
I think He is even more anxious
00:49:44.65\00:49:47.12
for that day to
come than we are.
00:49:47.15\00:49:49.22
Than we are because He knows all
00:49:49.25\00:49:51.92
and we have no idea, I
have not seen nor ear heard
00:49:51.95\00:49:55.16
either enter the heart of man.
00:49:55.19\00:49:56.52
Our time is almost gone.
00:49:56.56\00:49:57.89
Talk to us a little bit
with changing technology,
00:49:57.93\00:50:00.53
changing every
year almost every day.
00:50:00.56\00:50:03.26
What are we doing
00:50:03.30\00:50:04.63
in the digital
world as a church?
00:50:04.67\00:50:06.00
What some of the...
00:50:06.03\00:50:07.37
How are we
keeping up with the pace?
00:50:07.40\00:50:09.20
Well, not only 3ABN does this,
00:50:09.24\00:50:12.11
but many other
aspects of the church,
00:50:12.14\00:50:14.74
using the internet
and satellite activity
00:50:14.78\00:50:18.71
and all of that,
and social media today
00:50:18.75\00:50:21.72
is just so prevalent.
00:50:21.75\00:50:23.99
It's absorbing
people's minds and many times
00:50:24.02\00:50:26.82
it's not that
great for them, you know,
00:50:26.86\00:50:28.56
they compare themselves
then with other people
00:50:28.59\00:50:31.23
and what looks good
00:50:31.26\00:50:32.59
and people can
become discouraged.
00:50:32.63\00:50:34.33
So we need to bring
them hope on social media.
00:50:34.36\00:50:36.90
We need to bring them
00:50:36.93\00:50:38.27
something that takes
their eyes off themselves
00:50:38.30\00:50:41.30
and brings them
closer to the Lord.
00:50:41.34\00:50:44.74
We have some
beautiful initiatives,
00:50:44.77\00:50:47.34
digital evangelism initiative,
00:50:47.38\00:50:50.21
where we're not only
00:50:50.25\00:50:51.65
going to be
putting a lot more content
00:50:51.68\00:50:54.18
on the internet to help people
00:50:54.22\00:50:57.69
find things easier in
their search engine optimization
00:50:57.72\00:51:01.56
to find things
that are of real value,
00:51:01.59\00:51:05.49
and then also to
help guide people
00:51:05.53\00:51:08.40
who are interested
in a specific things
00:51:08.43\00:51:12.27
electronically and
legally, of course,
00:51:12.30\00:51:14.84
and because we have
all these challenges today
00:51:14.87\00:51:17.04
through the use of social media,
00:51:17.07\00:51:18.61
but do
everything in a proper way
00:51:18.64\00:51:20.78
to guide people
towards helping them
00:51:20.81\00:51:23.58
know things of truth,
00:51:23.61\00:51:26.28
guiding them to
studies of the Bible
00:51:26.31\00:51:28.42
to interesting things
00:51:28.45\00:51:29.98
that will appeal to them
00:51:30.02\00:51:32.29
in terms of a truly
00:51:32.32\00:51:36.39
eternal value as opposed to
00:51:36.42\00:51:38.43
just something very
peripheral or earthly.
00:51:38.46\00:51:42.36
So there are a lot
of wonderful initiatives
00:51:42.40\00:51:44.63
that are taking place.
00:51:44.67\00:51:46.74
And the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:51:46.77\00:51:48.10
is working in this
area along with many others
00:51:48.14\00:51:50.84
partnering with
various organizations
00:51:50.87\00:51:54.48
including ASI of
which 3ABN is apart.
00:51:54.51\00:51:58.71
So it's an exciting thing.
00:51:58.75\00:52:00.42
We also have,
00:52:00.45\00:52:01.92
as we mentioned
earlier in the program,
00:52:01.95\00:52:03.72
the Spirit of Prophecy
writings by Ellen G. White
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that I believe
are inspired by God.
00:52:08.02\00:52:10.56
We have a new initiative
that we're working on,
00:52:10.59\00:52:12.69
we're not totally
opening it up yet,
00:52:12.73\00:52:15.46
but it's for
people all over the world
00:52:15.50\00:52:18.50
to be able through
programmed activity
00:52:18.53\00:52:23.54
to translate this
into local languages
00:52:23.57\00:52:26.71
as volunteers.
00:52:26.74\00:52:28.08
Wow, that's great.
00:52:28.11\00:52:29.44
And we're
investing money in the system
00:52:29.48\00:52:31.88
so that volunteers can do this,
so that those writings can be
00:52:31.91\00:52:35.65
in multiple
languages around the world,
00:52:35.68\00:52:38.42
and not just in English
00:52:38.45\00:52:39.79
and a few other
prominent languages.
00:52:39.82\00:52:42.19
So these are the kinds of things
00:52:42.22\00:52:44.76
that the church
is involved with,
00:52:44.79\00:52:46.83
that are really
gonna make a difference.
00:52:46.86\00:52:48.56
Jesus is serious
about coming back isn't it?
00:52:48.60\00:52:51.07
He's very serious
about coming back.
00:52:51.10\00:52:52.43
Amen.
00:52:52.47\00:52:53.80
He's gonna give us
the technology and say,
00:52:53.84\00:52:55.17
"Look, if you're a little lazy,
00:52:55.20\00:52:56.54
get on this at
least use this technology.
00:52:56.57\00:52:58.57
Let's get this
gospel into all the world."
00:52:58.61\00:53:00.61
We're gonna have
to take a short break,
00:53:00.64\00:53:01.98
go to news break.
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We'll be back for
a closing thought.
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