As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
Today special program.
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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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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, friends,
welcome to 3ABN Today.
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I'm John Lomacang and I
have my lovely wife with me.
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Good to have you here,
honey. I'm happy to be here.
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I am blessed to be
alive in these last days
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and I know you are too.
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That's right.
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And today our program
is entitled Jumping Off
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The Edge.
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You probably wonder
what on earth is that.
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You have to stay
tuned to find out.
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We're not even gonna let
them see who our guests are yet.
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Not yet? Not yet.
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But we do want to
thank you for your prayers
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and your financial support
of 3ABN as we continue going
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and growing getting ready
for the coming of our Lord
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and we're
excited about that too.
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But today you're
going to be challenged,
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you might say I'm living
in the safe zone of ministry,
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the safe zone of life
and you might be saying
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God needs to do
something in my life like get me
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to jump off the
edge and you'll find out
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what that is because
our guests have done that
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and you'll find out
how tremendously God
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is diversifying their ministry
to reach a pool of people
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that really
represent our entire world.
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Yeah, and I'm
excited about the program.
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That's right.
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We're gonna learn a lot,
and we're going to show you
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how you can get
involved in ministry.
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And jump off the edge.
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I love that. Okay.
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Who do you have
for music, honey?
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Okay, we have Lady Love Smith.
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She's gonna share a song
entitled God Gave The Song.
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You ask me why my heart
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Keeps singing
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How can I sing
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When things go wrong
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For since I've found
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The source of music
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I just can't help it
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'Cause God gave the song
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Come walk with me through fields
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And forests
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We'll climb those hills
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And still hear that song
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For even hills
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Resound with music
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But they just can't help it
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'Cause God gave the song
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And I see I see
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Because Because
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I'm happy I'm happy
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And I see I see
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Because Because
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I found the source
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Of music
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And I just can't help it
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'Cause God gave the song
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For since I've found
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The source of music
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I just can't help it
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'Cause God gave The song
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God gave The song
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Thank you so much, Lady Love.
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We appreciate that
song, God Gave The Song.
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God is the giver of
every good and perfect gift
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and Lady sings
that so beautifully.
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Thank you for that good
segue because this couple,
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Charles and
Karen Byrd, by the way,
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glad to have you here today.
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Amen. What a privilege to
be here with you all again.
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Yeah, you are no
strangers to 3ABN,
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but today you're
going to kind of show us
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how God encouraged you
to bungee jump in ministry.
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That's the phrase I like to use,
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jumping off the edge, it's
kind of like bungee jumping.
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Yeah. But we want
to know who you are.
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There's someone that may be
tuning in for the first time.
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And they want to
know who are the Byrds.
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I know you're a
ministerial couple,
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you've pastor in, you
were pasturing for many years.
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Tell us about yourself?
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Which one?
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We went into pasturing in 1986,
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from deaning, from being...
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He was an assistant
dean at Blue Mountain Academy
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and then went into pasturing
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because he did
have a religion degree.
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And I was a dental
hygienist for many years,
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as long as well
as the pastor's wife.
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It's a job in and of
itself being a pastor's wife.
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So we've
pastured in Pennsylvania,
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and on the island of
Saipan as a missionary pastor
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and hygienist.
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And then we stepped
out of pastoral ministry
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into Life Talk Radio for.
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Charles was the first
live call and talk show host
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of the life Talk Radio Network,
Life Quest with Charles Byrd
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at that point in
time, that was in '93.
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And then back into pasturing...
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Pastored in Upper
Columbia Conference,
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Washington Conference,
pastored in Wisconsin,
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for about 10 years, had a call
to go to Hawaii or Wisconsin.
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What a tough choice.
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Anyway, we went to Wisconsin.
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Yeah, yeah, that
I was feelings too.
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I called Karen
and I said, I said,
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would you like to go home?
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And she said home?
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I said, well when you consider
home, what do you think of?
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And she said... Wisconsin.
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I said, Yeah. She said...
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Well, let's go to Hawaii.
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The Lord turned our hearts.
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That night, we
spent the night in prayer.
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And the Lord
called us to Wisconsin.
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And I have to say
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that when you
follow the Lord's leading,
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He does things.
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There would be no
In Search of the Truth,
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which aired on 3ABN
and in Hope Channel,
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there would be no
Thunder in the Holy Land
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if I hadn't been in Wisconsin.
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So that's where it
all got started for me.
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So radio ministry kind of again.
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And then we most recently
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were pasturing in
Grants Pass, Oregon.
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I was a senior
pastor of the Grants Pass
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Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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We'll talk more about
that a little bit later,
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but until we
jumped off the edge again.
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Okay.
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And you had
formerly done a program
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called Thunder in the Holy Land.
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Talk about that briefly?
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Well, Thunder in the Holy Land
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was not actually
made for television,
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even though it's
aired wonderfully on 3ABN
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and we partnered with
3ABN on that project for years.
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Yes. Thankful for
that partnership with 3ABN.
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3ABN was very
supportive in us ramping up
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to that Thunder in Holy Land.
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And while we
were living in Israel
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for four and a half months,
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they even did a Skype interview
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from the Holy Land.
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So living in
Bethlehem was pretty exciting.
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Every night they would have
concussion bombs go off and,
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but we enjoyed
living in Bethlehem.
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We enjoyed making
Thunder in the Holy Land
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while we were living there.
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What does that mean
Thunder in the Holy Land?
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Why thunder, the word thunder?
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Well, every episode in
Thunder in the Holy Land
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is a teaching of Jesus.
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And so every time
Jesus opened His mouth
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that caused a
storm of controversy.
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I and my Father
are one, stone Him.
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And so we wanted
to lift up Jesus.
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We wanted every Bible
study to be a teaching of Jesus
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something He taught,
something He believed.
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Because I thought, if we
can't agree on what Jesus said,
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and we're
claiming to be Christian,
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you know why Jesus
said love everybody?
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Well, I do except for Muslims.
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Well, then
you're not a Christian,
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because He said, love everybody.
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Everyone. Good point.
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But then you also
were creating some tools.
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Talk about those tools,
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because I remember you
and I talked about that once.
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I saw you at a pastors' meeting,
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as you were introducing
Thunder in the Holy Land
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about how that tool could
be effective in evangelism.
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Talk about that briefly?
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So the intention of thunder
was to be not a video for 3ABN,
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although they've
used it wonderfully.
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It was meant to be a
Bible study for local churches.
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And we did something very
unusual, something very unique.
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We built it from the
ground up even in Israel.
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So that a local pastor
could replace me as the host,
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and then it would
become their video series.
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So if you are out
giving a Bible study
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when you got near
the end, you'd say,
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would you like to meet
the host of the series?
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Oh, can I? Yeah.
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The host is a personal
friend of mine. Really?
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And the next week,
they bring their pastor.
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And the beauty of that is
as the pastor's teaching truth,
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the church members
are loving on the people.
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And it was
designed from the ground up
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to be a Bible study series
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and that's the intent of
Thunder in the Holy Land,
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small group Bible studies,
and it's been powerfully used.
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One pastor said in one year
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he had 53
baptisms using Thunder.
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Another pastor said
to me, he said, you know,
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he said, "We
believe in evangelism.
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It was up in Canada.
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We do evangelism
in Canada," he said,
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"And it's not unusual
for us to have one baptism,
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sometimes two, often none."
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And so he came and got inserted,
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taught his
church family to use it,
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they started 19 small groups.
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When it was all said and done,
they finished up with about 16
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and they had 19 baptisms.
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They did it again
and had 14 baptisms.
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Anyway, in two years, he
had close to 50 baptisms.
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And now it's the church
members who are involved.
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It's the church
members and in a day and age
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when pastors are
multitasking, as pastors do,
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and multi churching.
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It's up to the
church members to win souls.
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And that's the only way
we're going to get here.
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If we wait for the
pastor, the evangelist,
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the professional, we're
never going to get there,
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the church members
have to be anointed.
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Every Christian is to
be a co-worker with God
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and be a part
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of the great gospel commission.
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As church members,
it's our responsibility
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to ask the Lord, how He wants us
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to be a co-worker, and
some people call us and say,
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this is something I could do.
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I don't necessarily know
all the answers to everything,
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but I could
gather a group together,
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I could push the button for play
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and then just ask them
what their impression was,
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and help them
understand what they said.
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Because when you talk
about what you just listened to,
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and you connect the
facts with your heart,
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with your impression,
and then it makes a deeper,
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the Holy Spirit
works deeper there.
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Our High Calling, page 299 says,
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"Every true Christian will feel
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that he has something to do
for the salvation of souls."
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And I challenge myself,
I challenge the listeners,
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if you don't have
any burden for souls,
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just double-check, you
might not be a true Christian,
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you may have a name, a
label like love everybody,
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well, except for a next
door neighbor, he's such a jerk,
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you know?
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Well, you may not
really be a Christian,
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you just may have the title.
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And my Amish
neighbor used to say,
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oh, them are named Christians.
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I still do.
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I still pray, Lord, give me
because we can only receive it
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from the Lord, a love for souls.
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And I was really
touched not too many months ago
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when we received a
donation in the mail.
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And I discovered
it was a prisoner.
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He gave a donation
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from whatever he can
receive in the prison.
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Probably watching
3ABN, saw Thunder.
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Yeah, I think he was watching.
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He just really appreciated
Thunder and would love to have
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a Bible study
with it, and so forth.
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And so, I said,
connect me with your chaplain
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and let's see
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how we can legally
get it into your library.
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And so we did. The
chaplain requested it.
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And so now
that's in their library
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so they can have
personal Bible studies.
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That's such pet peeve, isn't
it to get the people to work.
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So many people put all
the work on the pastor.
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It's the members who
ought to work together.
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You know, what I like about that
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is it's an evangelistic series,
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and the pastor is
the one presenting it.
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But as you said, all
the members have to do
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is put that in
whether it's a DVD
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and just press play, and
then people ask questions
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afterward and then they
are learning as they go along.
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And they're engaging...
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Engaging the people
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And those questions are
all prepared to just take them
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and walk through.
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That's good.
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But you talk
about inserting hosts.
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How many people have you
inserted since this started
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'cause pastors and all that?
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Nearly 100. Oh.
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Nearly 100 pastors,
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evangelists, conference workers,
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laypeople have come.
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We've had churches
that didn't have a pastor.
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And they said,
pastors come and go,
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we're going to get inserted,
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you know, and so they just came
and got inserted into Thunder.
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What about languages?
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Are there in
different languages?
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Unfortunately, Thunder is
not in any other languages.
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Although it is, I will jump in
here and say, it is subtitled.
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Is that the right word?
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And so, the hearing
impaired have really enjoyed
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having that available
because it is subtitled.
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So we have a version of
that for the hearing impaired.
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And as a result of Thunder,
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which has been
smuggled into countries
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that it
shouldn't be allowed into.
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In fact, when I
lived at an orphanage,
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one of the orphans
in that very orphanage
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is working now in
some closed countries.
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And he asked, "Can I
take this into the country
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and make copies quietly there?"
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And many Bible
studies are happening
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in closed countries
using Thunder in the Holy Land.
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And as a result of it
being not only in America,
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but it's literally being
used around the world now.
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We've been asked over
and over and over and over,
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can we have something
like Thunder in our language?
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And I had a quick,
very easy answer for that.
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No, we can't do that
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because I had to raise $450,000,
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I had to get a crew
together, I had to go to Israel,
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I had to live in Bethlehem
for four and a half months.
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You can't just replicate
that over and over and over.
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So I know it can't be done.
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And I'm pretty smart.
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That's why I know these things.
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Until one morning, I'm reading
from my Bible, and it says,
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is anything too
hard for the Lord?
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And, of course,
that's a rhetorical question.
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I know what the correct answer
to that is and I bowed my head,
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and I confessed, I
said, "Lord, I'm sorry,
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because nine times
I've told people no."
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Nine times I've told people no.
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And Your verse
says, it can be done.
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I know it can't be done,
but that's my limited knowledge.
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You have all knowledge.
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So I said, "How
could it be done?"
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And He began to speak to me.
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And the first thing he said was,
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don't take
Mohammed to the mountain,
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bring the mountain to Mohammed.
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In other words, do
it all green screen,
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don't take them on location,
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bring the
location to the studio.
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Okay.
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And so I thought, okay, yeah,
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but you still
have camera operators.
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That's a big expense,
if you're talking language
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after language, after
language, all that salary.
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I say, now, if there
were such a thing as cameras,
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that just knew
where to be by themselves.
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I've never
heard of such a thing.
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But if there was such a thing
that a camera would move around
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and zoom in and
zoom out low or high.
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Anyway, I thought
about it, I thought about
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the different pieces that
would be needed to put something
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like this together,
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you can't do it post-production.
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No. Because
post-production eats you alive.
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So Karen and I got on a plane,
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we flew to Las Vegas
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to the National
Association of Broadcasters
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and we found out that
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everything that
God had impressed me
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with had been created.
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Everything,
even to the level now
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where you don't even
have to push the buttons
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to tell the camera
to go to the next place.
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That will be
prompted in the teleprompter,
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as the script goes by
the cameras will just go
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where they're supposed to go.
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Look at that. So we
now know we can do it.
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We can do this new series
and the new series has a name.
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It's called I Met God.
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Matter of fact,
we have a picture
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that kind of illustrates that.
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Let's just check that out here.
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It's the series
we're working on.
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It's in a four-part
series, I Met the God of Health,
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I Met the God of Science,
I Met the God of Prophecy,
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and I Met the
God of Relationship.
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And it'll be 13 episodes
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of each of those which
will end up being 52 episodes,
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one for every week of the year.
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What kind of topics do
you have that lead someone
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to make their
decision to follow the Lord?
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Well, there's a whole raft
of people all around the world
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who don't
believe in a Creator God,
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not just atheists.
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And so, I Met the God
of Science will help them
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to see that
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there is a living real God.
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I Met the God of
Health, there are so many people
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all around the world,
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and more people in
the advanced countries
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than in the second
world, third world countries
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who are eating
simpler and healthier,
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but it seems like
everybody who gets to America
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and where all
these processed foods
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they become unhealthy and God
speaks to us through our mind.
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And if we end up in a
place where we're unhealthy,
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then how do we meet that God?
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So we have a series on health.
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I Met the God of Prophecy,
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there's only two
reasons we believe,
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and one is experience,
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but a Buddhist
has an experience,
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a Muslim has an experience,
a Mormon has an experience,
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they have a
burning in their bosom.
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But just because you have
an experience doesn't mean
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it's valid in relationship
with the God of creation.
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That's right.
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You know, so we want
them to have an experience
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that's based on the truth
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and that truth is
narrowly focused on prophecy.
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Because if I can tell you
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what's going to happen tomorrow,
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the next day, the
next day, the next day,
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if I can tell you what's going
to happen 100 years from now,
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1000 years from now,
00:20:36.13\00:20:37.47
and I'm dead on
right how do I do that?
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Because there's
a God and He knows,
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and so you base it on
something that's immovable.
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Today, I'm
having a bad hair day,
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I'm having more and
more of those, John.
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And so, it doesn't
matter how I feel today.
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One of our great
supporters, love him to death,
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just lost his wife.
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He went to the hospital
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and while he
was in the hospital,
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his wife dies.
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So it's a double whammy.
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I love this family to death.
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You could say where is God?
00:21:15.30\00:21:17.24
Well, why doesn't He understand?
00:21:17.27\00:21:19.47
Why would He allow
that to happen to me?
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And we have these bad
days, not just because of hair,
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but because of
real-life circumstances.
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That's right.
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And when you know
that there's a God
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who nothing
takes Him by surprise.
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Nothing is out of His
will or out of His hand.
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When you know that God,
it'll carry you through there.
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When you're thrown to the lions,
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you're still faithful.
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That's right.
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When you're sold as a slave
and then thrown into prison
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for not going to bed
with the boss's wife.
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That would never
work on television.
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That's true.
00:21:48.97\00:21:51.31
When you have
those hurtful experiences
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where people say
things that are hurtful,
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then you just...
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You have an anchor
because that God of prophecy,
00:22:00.52\00:22:02.18
He knows me. He
knows me by name.
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He cares. Amen.
00:22:04.92\00:22:06.32
Also over the last year
in the series, I Met God,
00:22:06.35\00:22:09.26
what has happened in
the production aspects
00:22:09.29\00:22:11.43
of that, to help
diversify that for soul-winning
00:22:11.46\00:22:14.86
around the world?
00:22:14.90\00:22:17.57
In the I Met God Project,
00:22:17.60\00:22:19.47
there have been
some major developments.
00:22:19.50\00:22:21.54
I was here just about a year
ago and now it's a year later.
00:22:21.57\00:22:25.27
So what's happened?
00:22:25.31\00:22:27.08
Well, first thing, God
sent a whole troop of volunteers
00:22:27.11\00:22:30.81
that basically sat down
with me on a regular basis said,
00:22:30.85\00:22:33.35
okay, what are
you going to do now?
00:22:33.38\00:22:35.82
Because he's pasturing
and also... That's right.
00:22:35.85\00:22:37.72
That's true, yeah.
00:22:37.75\00:22:39.09
We needed that.
00:22:39.12\00:22:40.46
And here's the really
exciting miracle story here.
00:22:40.49\00:22:45.03
One of my elders in
my church came to me
00:22:45.06\00:22:47.63
and he came to my office,
says, Pastor Byrd, he said,
00:22:47.66\00:22:50.60
"We need to think
about world missions."
00:22:50.63\00:22:53.10
And I said, "That
sounds like a great idea."
00:22:53.13\00:22:56.30
"So I tell you what,
you put a proposal together,
00:22:56.34\00:22:58.17
bring it to the
board, and I'll support you."
00:22:58.21\00:22:59.77
Okay.
00:22:59.81\00:23:01.14
So a month later, he
comes to me, says, "Pastor Byrd,
00:23:01.18\00:23:03.65
we need to be doing
some for world missions."
00:23:03.68\00:23:06.11
And I said,
"That's a great idea."
00:23:06.15\00:23:09.05
"Put a proposal
together, bring it to the board,
00:23:09.08\00:23:11.79
and I'll support you."
00:23:11.82\00:23:13.69
So about a month later
comes to me says, "Pastor Byrd,
00:23:13.72\00:23:15.59
we need to be doing
something for world missions."
00:23:15.62\00:23:18.26
In other words, you do it.
00:23:18.29\00:23:20.66
You've pastored
long enough to know,
00:23:20.70\00:23:22.03
that's what this means.
00:23:22.06\00:23:24.23
And I said to him,
we've had this discussion.
00:23:24.27\00:23:27.87
You put a proposal and
he says, "I can't do that.
00:23:27.90\00:23:31.47
I'm not comfortable with that."
00:23:31.51\00:23:32.84
I said, "God
gave you this burden.
00:23:32.87\00:23:35.68
You put it
together, I will support it."
00:23:35.71\00:23:39.48
So I put the
weight on him. So he did.
00:23:39.51\00:23:42.28
He got a group
of about 28 members
00:23:42.32\00:23:44.59
of the church
together, they talked about this
00:23:44.62\00:23:46.79
and in the
process of this timing,
00:23:46.82\00:23:49.46
he asked me about
the I Met God Project.
00:23:49.49\00:23:51.96
He's telling me
about come on over,
00:23:51.99\00:23:53.80
he invited me home for lunch
00:23:53.83\00:23:55.16
and we went to
his house and he says,
00:23:55.20\00:23:56.53
"Tell me about I Met God."
00:23:56.56\00:23:57.90
So I told him
that it's a Bible study
00:23:57.93\00:23:59.60
for the languages of the world
that can be quickly reproduced
00:23:59.63\00:24:02.30
into another language
for 10 cents on the dollar
00:24:02.34\00:24:06.01
and reproduce it over
and over and get it out.
00:24:06.04\00:24:08.44
Just give it to them.
They can reproduce it.
00:24:08.48\00:24:10.41
Pastors can use it,
church members can use it,
00:24:10.45\00:24:11.98
put it on to whatever,
00:24:12.01\00:24:13.45
they can use it
on their cell phones,
00:24:13.48\00:24:14.82
they get, it's there to use.
00:24:14.85\00:24:16.89
Right. So he says
that's world missions.
00:24:16.92\00:24:20.22
Okay.
00:24:20.26\00:24:21.59
So when this
group of 28 got together
00:24:21.62\00:24:22.96
they chose three projects.
00:24:22.99\00:24:25.93
They wanted to
raise $6,000 for God pods
00:24:25.96\00:24:28.80
for Papua New Guinea
through Adventist World Radio.
00:24:28.83\00:24:33.07
And they wanted to raise $10,000
00:24:33.10\00:24:35.14
to build a school in India.
00:24:35.17\00:24:38.34
And because they asked me,
00:24:38.37\00:24:39.74
"How much is your
project going to cost?"
00:24:39.77\00:24:41.14
And when I told
them, they about fainted,
00:24:41.18\00:24:42.61
and they said, "We're not going
to set a goal for your project,
00:24:42.64\00:24:44.81
we'll just raise
whatever we can."
00:24:44.85\00:24:47.42
And so when they
launched this project,
00:24:47.45\00:24:50.09
they launched it just as
COVID shut everything down
00:24:50.12\00:24:53.89
which is a very bad time to
start a fund raising project
00:24:53.92\00:24:57.09
when you can't
even go to church.
00:24:57.13\00:24:59.89
And, but that's
when we started by faith.
00:24:59.93\00:25:03.93
And by the end of the year,
00:25:03.97\00:25:06.43
they hadn't raised 6000
for Papua in New Guinea,
00:25:06.47\00:25:09.57
they'd raised eight.
00:25:09.60\00:25:11.64
And they hadn't raised $10,000
to build a school in India,
00:25:11.67\00:25:15.34
they'd raised 12.
00:25:15.38\00:25:16.71
Amen.
00:25:16.75\00:25:18.08
And then for the
I Met God Project
00:25:18.11\00:25:21.28
they had raised $35,000.
00:25:21.32\00:25:24.82
Amen. Amen.
00:25:24.85\00:25:26.19
And then December
at the end of the year,
00:25:26.22\00:25:28.46
when you always
are stressing out
00:25:28.49\00:25:30.23
about your church budget
we were in the black by 14,000
00:25:30.26\00:25:34.86
and our score was in the black.
00:25:34.90\00:25:36.33
Ellen White says that if
we will make world missions
00:25:36.36\00:25:39.23
a part of our
ministry as a local church,
00:25:39.27\00:25:43.07
then there will
be a reflex action
00:25:43.10\00:25:45.67
that will take care
of the local church.
00:25:45.71\00:25:47.58
That's right.
00:25:47.61\00:25:48.94
The home finances of
that church will be taken care
00:25:48.98\00:25:50.88
of when we focus on mission.
00:25:50.91\00:25:54.28
So when the church started 2021,
00:25:54.32\00:25:57.82
they picked four projects,
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and since the
beginning of January 2020,
00:26:00.09\00:26:05.73
we've now raised
$187,000 for I Met God.
00:26:05.76\00:26:10.43
We have a $75,000 grant
that has been given to us
00:26:10.47\00:26:15.00
if people will match it.
00:26:15.04\00:26:18.14
And the Lord has blessed us
00:26:18.17\00:26:22.04
because the local church said,
00:26:22.08\00:26:24.38
we want to think
beyond the local church walls.
00:26:24.41\00:26:26.48
Wow. Praise God for that.
00:26:26.51\00:26:28.55
Now, the studio
contribution, talk about that,
00:26:28.58\00:26:30.75
and we have some
pictures, but lead us into that?
00:26:30.79\00:26:33.25
So, so...
00:26:33.29\00:26:35.66
Let me start first. Go ahead.
00:26:35.69\00:26:38.46
One of the other
things that we started doing
00:26:38.49\00:26:40.80
with our
volunteer team, they said,
00:26:40.83\00:26:43.70
we should have
united prayer weekly,
00:26:43.73\00:26:46.17
just praying
weekly for this project,
00:26:46.20\00:26:48.44
because nothing really
happens unless you're praying
00:26:48.47\00:26:52.24
and so every Friday we would,
00:26:52.27\00:26:54.94
and this was
during COVID and so forth.
00:26:54.98\00:26:56.54
So we have the blessing of zoom
00:26:56.58\00:27:00.65
and so we would get together
and we would pray and pray.
00:27:00.68\00:27:04.62
I had a whole list of
gathered all list of guidance,
00:27:04.65\00:27:09.59
you know, Bible verses,
and Him guiding our steps,
00:27:09.62\00:27:13.63
Bible verses.
00:27:13.66\00:27:15.00
And so we would just
go through these verses
00:27:15.03\00:27:17.30
and claim the
promises and claim the promises
00:27:17.33\00:27:19.73
and claiming the
promises and thanking Him
00:27:19.77\00:27:24.21
for what He was
doing behind the scenes
00:27:24.24\00:27:26.37
that we didn't
know anything about.
00:27:26.41\00:27:27.74
That's right.
00:27:27.78\00:27:31.35
On that line, Our High
Calling, page 298 says,
00:27:31.38\00:27:34.75
"When the human will
cooperates with the will of God,
00:27:34.78\00:27:37.72
it becomes omnipotent
00:27:37.75\00:27:39.99
and the worker can
make opportunities."
00:27:40.02\00:27:43.73
And that
omnipotence isn't just for us.
00:27:43.76\00:27:46.80
It's to make things happen
00:27:46.83\00:27:48.16
that no one's even
ever thought about.
00:27:48.20\00:27:50.07
In fact, that quote starts out,
00:27:50.10\00:27:51.43
"We are nearing the
close of earth's history,
00:27:51.47\00:27:53.90
soon we shall stand
before the great white throne.
00:27:53.94\00:27:57.21
Your opportunities for
work will soon be past.
00:27:57.24\00:28:00.64
Therefore work
while it's called today.
00:28:00.68\00:28:04.11
And with the help of God,
every true believer can see
00:28:04.15\00:28:07.22
where there is work to be done.
00:28:07.25\00:28:10.15
And when the
human will cooperates
00:28:10.19\00:28:12.05
with the will of God,
it becomes omnipotent,
00:28:12.09\00:28:14.06
the worker can
make opportunities.
00:28:14.09\00:28:16.93
So the
opportunity that came to you
00:28:16.96\00:28:18.46
was hold on to
your home or sell it,
00:28:18.49\00:28:21.40
and let's talk about that
00:28:21.43\00:28:23.23
as we lead into
these three pictures.
00:28:23.26\00:28:24.83
I want you to see that
audience for those on radio
00:28:24.87\00:28:28.87
they'll hear about it,
but tell us what this is?
00:28:28.90\00:28:31.34
We had a
beautiful home in Oregon.
00:28:31.37\00:28:34.31
Karen's mom moved in
with us when we moved there,
00:28:34.34\00:28:36.71
we bought a home
so that it had an ADU,
00:28:36.75\00:28:39.78
additional housing unit in it.
00:28:39.81\00:28:41.78
It had a big garage that
had been carpeted and heated.
00:28:41.82\00:28:45.12
We used that for
the ministry office.
00:28:45.15\00:28:48.26
And Karen led out in all of that
00:28:48.29\00:28:50.43
while I continued to pastor.
00:28:50.46\00:28:51.93
One year ago,
00:28:58.50\00:28:59.83
we'd lived
there for three years.
00:28:59.87\00:29:01.80
Karen's mom passed
00:29:01.84\00:29:03.91
and it hadn't even been a week
00:29:03.94\00:29:07.84
and I saw this blurb
come up on my computer
00:29:07.88\00:29:10.58
and it was like
from Zillow or something,
00:29:10.61\00:29:12.28
and it says your house is worth
00:29:12.31\00:29:13.92
160,000 more
than you paid for it.
00:29:13.95\00:29:16.85
And I said,
"Karen, do you realize
00:29:16.89\00:29:18.55
that if we sold the house
now, we could take that money
00:29:18.59\00:29:20.89
and put it to I Met God?"
00:29:20.92\00:29:22.26
And, of course,
it's been not even a week
00:29:22.29\00:29:24.19
since her mom has passed?
00:29:24.23\00:29:25.59
Yes. And she said...
00:29:25.63\00:29:27.00
Don't even talk
to me about that.
00:29:27.03\00:29:30.70
And I recognized I was probably
out of line in that and I said,
00:29:30.73\00:29:33.90
"Sorry, honey, I won't
talk to you about this."
00:29:33.94\00:29:37.04
And, but I kind of
kept working on it quietly.
00:29:37.07\00:29:41.38
And about two weeks
later, she recognizes
00:29:41.41\00:29:43.78
I'm still working
on it and she said...
00:29:43.81\00:29:46.58
When I said don't
even talk about it.
00:29:46.61\00:29:48.35
I met don't even
think about it right now.
00:29:48.38\00:29:51.89
I'm the executive to my
mom and you know this is.
00:29:51.92\00:29:54.89
Oh, yeah. I said,
"You didn't say that.
00:29:54.92\00:29:56.32
You said don't talk."
00:29:56.36\00:29:57.69
I wasn't
talking, I respected that.
00:29:57.73\00:30:00.43
So finally after we had
00:30:00.46\00:30:01.86
the memorial
service for her mom,
00:30:01.90\00:30:03.57
and the dust had
settled a little bit,
00:30:03.60\00:30:06.17
we actually brought in a realtor
00:30:06.20\00:30:07.74
and the realtor said,
00:30:07.77\00:30:09.10
"No, your house
is not worth 160,000
00:30:09.14\00:30:11.97
more than you paid
for, this property and land
00:30:12.01\00:30:13.94
is worth 180,000 more
than you paid for it."
00:30:13.98\00:30:17.38
So we had a serious conversation
00:30:17.41\00:30:19.81
and as soon as you put
your house up for sale,
00:30:19.85\00:30:22.98
you don't know where
God's gonna take you.
00:30:23.02\00:30:24.82
He may leave me
right there in Grants Pass,
00:30:24.85\00:30:27.26
which would have
been fine with me.
00:30:27.29\00:30:28.62
I enjoyed the church. I
enjoyed the congregation.
00:30:28.66\00:30:31.13
I was doing ministry,
00:30:31.16\00:30:32.49
we were having a
wonderful time with him.
00:30:32.53\00:30:34.63
So I could have stayed
there with them in the Cave
00:30:34.66\00:30:36.46
Junction Church and
my associate pastor,
00:30:36.50\00:30:38.73
we were, well, it's good.
00:30:38.77\00:30:40.94
Could have done
that but if you sell it,
00:30:40.97\00:30:43.51
you don't know what the
Lord is going to do with you.
00:30:43.54\00:30:45.71
And I said if he moves
me away, I can't move now.
00:30:45.74\00:30:49.24
So I said I can't
move until August,
00:30:49.28\00:30:51.41
so we put everything on hold.
00:30:51.45\00:30:53.11
And finally, we
brought in a realtor
00:30:53.15\00:30:55.32
and the realtor
came in and said, "No,
00:30:55.35\00:30:56.82
your house isn't worth 180,000
more than you bought it for,
00:30:56.85\00:31:01.09
it's worth 250,000
more than you paid for."
00:31:01.12\00:31:05.39
And that's when I said,
"How good are you really?"
00:31:05.43\00:31:08.96
and she gave me this look like,
00:31:09.00\00:31:11.17
and I said, "No, really,
00:31:11.20\00:31:12.53
how good are
you at what you do?"
00:31:12.57\00:31:13.90
She says, "I'm pretty good."
00:31:13.94\00:31:16.40
I say, "Okay, up that
25,000, give it another 10%,
00:31:16.44\00:31:20.34
make it 275,000
and you can list it."
00:31:20.38\00:31:22.88
She said, "We can
do that but if you do,
00:31:22.91\00:31:25.11
you're gonna have
to start coming down
00:31:25.15\00:31:26.48
that price right
away if it doesn't sell."
00:31:26.51\00:31:28.48
Right. And I said,
"You go ahead and list it."
00:31:28.52\00:31:31.32
And you prayed. And we prayed.
00:31:31.35\00:31:33.12
And my prayer was, "Lord,
I don't need to leave here.
00:31:33.15\00:31:35.42
I'm already in ministry.
00:31:35.46\00:31:36.96
I don't need to jump off
the edge here on anything.
00:31:36.99\00:31:39.89
I'm good here but
if you want this money
00:31:39.93\00:31:42.56
to go to the I Met God
Project, you can sell it."
00:31:42.60\00:31:46.94
So Thursday, they listed
it, two people came Friday,
00:31:46.97\00:31:50.27
three people
came Saturday night,
00:31:50.31\00:31:51.84
we had a full price
no contingency offer.
00:31:51.87\00:31:55.08
Really?
00:31:55.11\00:31:56.44
So we dare not be
Ananias and Sapphira.
00:31:56.48\00:32:00.52
That's what I was thinking.
00:32:00.55\00:32:02.72
And so all that
money has been set aside
00:32:02.75\00:32:05.12
for the building of
the I Met God studio.
00:32:05.15\00:32:07.59
It isn't going to be
enough but if I give my all,
00:32:07.62\00:32:12.19
maybe some other
people will give some,
00:32:12.23\00:32:14.56
and we can make this a reality.
00:32:14.60\00:32:17.20
It's beautiful. What
about the five acres?
00:32:17.23\00:32:19.80
Let's talk about that?
00:32:19.83\00:32:21.17
Well, here's the
next big miracle.
00:32:21.20\00:32:24.87
Where should we go?
00:32:24.91\00:32:27.08
Well, we were offered five acres
00:32:27.11\00:32:30.81
and I'd sent out a
newsletter that said...
00:32:30.85\00:32:33.45
That's you there
standing on those acres.
00:32:33.48\00:32:35.45
On the five acres.
00:32:35.48\00:32:37.02
I had said to the
Lord, "Lord, I don't know
00:32:37.05\00:32:40.12
what land
you're going to have us
00:32:40.16\00:32:41.49
have but can I have a view?"
00:32:41.52\00:32:43.32
You can always ask?
00:32:43.36\00:32:45.26
If He puts me in the
middle of a valley, that's fine.
00:32:45.29\00:32:47.43
But you know, I asked,
00:32:47.46\00:32:50.07
that property is
right on top of a hill.
00:32:50.10\00:32:51.97
What? Five acres free
of charge on top of a hill.
00:32:52.00\00:32:56.71
But that still doesn't mean
00:32:56.74\00:32:58.07
that's where
we're supposed to go.
00:32:58.11\00:32:59.44
That just means
there's an offer on the table.
00:32:59.47\00:33:01.78
So some of our church
family talk to the Milo Academy
00:33:01.81\00:33:06.75
to see if they would
want us to set up our ministry
00:33:06.78\00:33:09.05
on the campus here.
00:33:09.08\00:33:10.49
So they were working on that.
00:33:10.52\00:33:12.05
And finally on Friday,
00:33:12.09\00:33:14.92
a week before we had to be out
of the house with no decision
00:33:14.96\00:33:18.76
made of where we're
going, they call and said,
00:33:18.79\00:33:22.33
you know, we
can't make this happen.
00:33:22.36\00:33:25.93
Our plan, of course, had been
we're gonna make a decision,
00:33:25.97\00:33:28.97
you know, whatever God
shows us by the end of July.
00:33:29.00\00:33:32.54
So we have a month to know.
00:33:32.57\00:33:34.14
We just love our congregation.
00:33:38.08\00:33:39.41
We're trying to be
sensitive to the Lord's leading
00:33:39.45\00:33:40.78
loving our congregation
it kept getting delayed.
00:33:40.82\00:33:43.59
They were
saying, "How about this,
00:33:43.62\00:33:44.95
how about that, you know?"
00:33:44.99\00:33:46.32
And we're like,
"Okay, let's check that out."
00:33:46.35\00:33:48.46
And so, I began packing,
saying, "Lord, I don't know
00:33:48.49\00:33:53.13
when I'm going to
open this box again
00:33:53.16\00:33:55.46
or where this box is going.
00:33:55.50\00:33:57.10
That faith move, you have
to get that faith move going,
00:33:57.13\00:33:59.67
so that you can
move in the direction
00:33:59.70\00:34:01.37
that God already sees
you're going to be going.
00:34:01.40\00:34:04.31
That's something
that's vitally important.
00:34:04.34\00:34:05.81
A lot of times people
are wanting to get the answer
00:34:05.84\00:34:08.91
and then thank the Lord for it.
00:34:08.94\00:34:10.81
But you got to
sometimes thank God for it
00:34:10.85\00:34:13.11
and get the answer later on.
00:34:13.15\00:34:14.62
Yeah.
00:34:14.65\00:34:15.98
And one of our mottos has been,
00:34:16.02\00:34:17.62
and we've used it several
other times in our ministry
00:34:17.65\00:34:20.16
is one that Charles
on a poster years ago,
00:34:20.19\00:34:24.69
God cannot guide
a stationary object.
00:34:24.73\00:34:27.53
That's right. And so,
so that's why we're okay.
00:34:27.56\00:34:30.97
We're willing to just uproot.
00:34:31.00\00:34:32.80
And whatever you want,
Lord, You guide us and we...
00:34:32.83\00:34:36.67
I had a list of
all the guidance verses
00:34:36.71\00:34:39.04
that I could find.
00:34:39.07\00:34:40.51
And He can't guide
a stationary object
00:34:40.54\00:34:42.98
but if we were in
motion, so to speak.
00:34:43.01\00:34:45.48
He can guide.
00:34:45.51\00:34:46.85
So it was a week,
00:34:46.88\00:34:48.25
I think he actually maybe seven,
00:34:48.28\00:34:50.25
six days maybe before
we actually had to be out
00:34:50.29\00:34:53.05
of the house.
00:34:53.09\00:34:54.42
So I got a call Friday
morning saying, "You know,
00:34:54.46\00:34:56.26
we'd love this to happen,
but it's not going to happen."
00:34:56.29\00:34:58.83
I said, "That's fine."
00:34:58.86\00:35:00.20
That afternoon, like one or two,
00:35:00.23\00:35:04.60
I get a phone
call from my conference
00:35:04.63\00:35:07.30
saying this is unusual,
00:35:07.34\00:35:10.51
but we're gonna pay
for your move to Tennessee.
00:35:10.54\00:35:13.81
What? Yeah, that is unusual.
00:35:13.84\00:35:16.54
And that's a big expense. Yes.
00:35:16.58\00:35:20.08
And I called my
brother and I said,
00:35:20.12\00:35:22.32
"I'm moving down to Tennessee."
00:35:22.35\00:35:24.29
That morning he had
driven out to the country
00:35:24.32\00:35:28.62
and he saw a little
for rent sign so small,
00:35:28.66\00:35:30.79
you could hardly read it.
00:35:30.83\00:35:33.09
And he knew that there
was really nothing to be had.
00:35:33.13\00:35:35.43
So he drove out there.
00:35:35.46\00:35:36.80
And the guy was there
working on and secured
00:35:36.83\00:35:38.37
that farm for us.
00:35:38.40\00:35:40.34
And that night as we
were walking into church,
00:35:40.37\00:35:42.27
he called us and said,
"I got a house for you."
00:35:42.30\00:35:44.97
So in one day,
this isn't gonna work.
00:35:45.01\00:35:48.41
This land is free.
00:35:48.44\00:35:49.78
We've got a house for you
and we're paying for the move.
00:35:49.81\00:35:51.81
Exactly. Talk about that?
00:35:51.85\00:35:53.25
What was provided?
00:35:53.28\00:35:54.62
What did the Lord
provide for you on that?
00:35:54.65\00:35:56.22
So we've got to free
acre, free five acres,
00:35:56.25\00:35:59.29
we got a free move and
we've got a house to rent
00:35:59.32\00:36:02.16
until we get our place built.
00:36:02.19\00:36:05.16
And God did that.
00:36:05.19\00:36:08.66
You know, He's God. Amen.
00:36:08.70\00:36:11.00
And so we're
building a studio that can be,
00:36:11.03\00:36:16.00
where we can produce
language after language.
00:36:16.04\00:36:19.04
In other words,
it'll be 52 episodes.
00:36:19.07\00:36:22.11
So for each language,
00:36:22.14\00:36:23.48
we need three young people
00:36:23.51\00:36:24.98
kind of like
Thunder in the Holy Land.
00:36:25.01\00:36:26.35
I like that.
00:36:26.38\00:36:27.72
And a host and we will
and, of course, we'll probably,
00:36:27.75\00:36:31.32
in some cases, we might need
in unless we have the privilege
00:36:31.35\00:36:34.16
of bilingual we
may need an interpreter
00:36:34.19\00:36:39.76
and then also for
each language group,
00:36:39.79\00:36:45.63
we are going to do as
much as we can make graphics
00:36:45.67\00:36:48.80
glitter their culture,
00:36:48.84\00:36:52.21
graphics that
match their culture.
00:36:52.24\00:36:54.61
And so they will
receive a Bible study
00:36:54.64\00:36:59.18
with their own people
speaking their own language
00:36:59.21\00:37:02.82
with that graphics
that match their own culture
00:37:02.85\00:37:06.19
as much as possible.
00:37:06.22\00:37:07.86
Now some free office space
was provided, let's just...
00:37:07.89\00:37:11.49
Free office
actually space was provided,
00:37:11.53\00:37:13.60
you have some
pictures about that?
00:37:13.63\00:37:14.96
Yeah. Oh, yeah. Beautiful.
00:37:15.00\00:37:16.33
So we got to Tennessee
and Bake Crafters found out
00:37:16.36\00:37:20.14
that we needed office space.
00:37:20.17\00:37:21.80
And so they
donated this big office
00:37:21.84\00:37:24.77
to hold all of our
office space free of charge
00:37:24.81\00:37:27.71
until our place gets built.
00:37:27.74\00:37:30.48
God did thing after thing
to confirm that things like
00:37:30.51\00:37:34.18
when we arrived there,
we needed a truck to put
00:37:34.22\00:37:36.35
all the studio stuff
on because it was mixed
00:37:36.38\00:37:38.29
with our house stuff.
00:37:38.32\00:37:39.79
And one of the
ministries there loaned us
00:37:39.82\00:37:42.99
like a Ryder truck and
parked around free of charge.
00:37:43.02\00:37:46.59
And then after we moved
into the office, and we said,
00:37:46.63\00:37:50.07
"Boy, what are we gonna do
with all this other stuff."
00:37:50.10\00:37:51.50
We had tried for two
months ahead of time to get...
00:37:51.53\00:37:57.51
Climate-controlled
storage. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:37:57.54\00:37:59.84
And we couldn't find anything.
00:37:59.87\00:38:01.44
And so we
finally found one place
00:38:01.48\00:38:03.48
that had a little tiny one.
00:38:03.51\00:38:04.88
And it wasn't enough.
00:38:04.91\00:38:06.25
But I said,
"Karen, call them and see
00:38:06.28\00:38:07.65
if that's still available."
00:38:07.68\00:38:09.05
And she called and they said...
00:38:09.08\00:38:10.85
"No, I'm sorry, that isn't,
00:38:10.89\00:38:12.29
but just last
night one came available
00:38:12.32\00:38:15.79
that's twice that size."
00:38:15.82\00:38:18.23
And she says, "Its
first come first serve."
00:38:18.26\00:38:20.06
I said, "I will
be there right away."
00:38:20.10\00:38:22.40
She says, "Well, don't speed
I'll save it for you to come."
00:38:22.43\00:38:25.57
So just little
miracle after little miracle.
00:38:25.60\00:38:27.40
Right at the
moment, at the very day
00:38:27.44\00:38:29.64
we needed it because we
had to return that truck.
00:38:29.67\00:38:34.48
This is good.
00:38:34.51\00:38:35.84
We used to sing a song you
may not get it when you want it,
00:38:35.88\00:38:38.35
but it's right on time.
00:38:38.38\00:38:40.25
And that was right on time.
00:38:40.28\00:38:42.28
What are you needing to
propel this project forward?
00:38:42.32\00:38:47.09
Well, right now we have
a $75,000 matching grant.
00:38:47.12\00:38:51.46
Oh, yes, yes.
00:38:51.49\00:38:52.83
That we are just praying, Lord,
00:38:52.86\00:38:55.76
can we match this
by the end of the year?
00:38:55.80\00:38:59.50
And so, we're also in
the building process, honey.
00:38:59.53\00:39:04.01
So in the building process,
and this has happened here
00:39:04.04\00:39:07.28
at 3ABN, it's happened
when I, me and my congregation
00:39:07.31\00:39:10.68
of 30 members built
over a million dollar complex
00:39:10.71\00:39:13.62
in Wapato, Washington
for the Native Americans.
00:39:13.65\00:39:15.98
What?
00:39:16.02\00:39:17.59
A church of 30 doesn't
usually take on that kind
00:39:17.62\00:39:19.79
of an endeavor, but
they move forward in faith
00:39:19.82\00:39:22.59
and God sent people,
He sent Maranatha there.
00:39:22.62\00:39:25.99
And I think there are
builders out there who says,
00:39:26.03\00:39:28.56
"Hey, I can help
build you a studio.
00:39:28.60\00:39:30.50
I've got
equipment, I've got tools.
00:39:30.53\00:39:32.63
I've got supplies."
00:39:32.67\00:39:35.10
And, of course,
people volunteers,
00:39:35.14\00:39:38.27
but never, there's
never enough prayer.
00:39:38.31\00:39:41.04
And every one of our 3ABN
family can pray for us and say,
00:39:41.08\00:39:44.91
God, help them.
00:39:44.95\00:39:46.61
I am reminded of James
Dobson's son one day he said
00:39:46.65\00:39:49.95
that he was working in the house
00:39:49.98\00:39:51.32
and suddenly
realize it was too quiet.
00:39:51.35\00:39:53.96
And so his son Ryan
was very, very small.
00:39:53.99\00:39:57.16
So he went looking for Ryan,
and he went to his bedroom.
00:39:57.19\00:39:59.79
He could tell Ryan had been
there but Ryan wasn't there.
00:39:59.83\00:40:02.53
And so he
looked off of the house
00:40:02.56\00:40:04.13
and he was too small
to get out of the house,
00:40:04.17\00:40:06.20
but he was not in the house.
00:40:06.23\00:40:07.80
So he went to
the door opened it up
00:40:07.84\00:40:09.17
and there was Ryan
in a construction truck
00:40:09.20\00:40:11.14
across the street.
00:40:11.17\00:40:12.87
So he runs across the lawn
00:40:12.91\00:40:15.41
and as he's coming up behind
Ryan, he can hear Ryan talking.
00:40:15.44\00:40:17.78
Ryan is laying on
the back of the truck
00:40:17.81\00:40:19.65
his feet dangling out in space
00:40:19.68\00:40:21.98
and Ryan is saying
somebody helped the boy.
00:40:22.02\00:40:27.96
So that's my prayer.
Somebody helped the boy.
00:40:27.99\00:40:30.56
Amen.
00:40:30.59\00:40:31.93
And, you know, you
talk about the builders,
00:40:31.96\00:40:33.50
the builders
supply, the Lord provided,
00:40:33.53\00:40:36.16
volunteers to
help get the work-ready
00:40:36.20\00:40:38.83
and then even this Ryder truck
00:40:38.87\00:40:42.10
to get the
storage space you needed,
00:40:42.14\00:40:45.77
but the Lord gave you
a larger storage space.
00:40:45.81\00:40:49.54
But those who are
watching our program
00:40:49.58\00:40:51.41
we want to make sure
that they could find a way
00:40:51.45\00:40:52.78
to get involved in this
because I Met God Project
00:40:52.81\00:40:56.35
has so much that's connected
to it and try to put something
00:40:56.38\00:40:59.45
like this together with
diversities of languages
00:40:59.49\00:41:02.76
and similar to the Thunder
in the Holy Land Project,
00:41:02.79\00:41:07.03
you want to make it palatable
for the local churches,
00:41:07.06\00:41:11.07
and also different
places around the world.
00:41:11.10\00:41:13.30
So what kind of
challenge could you put out
00:41:13.34\00:41:15.64
to those who are
watching the program that may,
00:41:15.67\00:41:18.14
you know, get
them excited to say,
00:41:18.17\00:41:19.57
this is what I want to be
able to do to push forward
00:41:19.61\00:41:22.48
the I Met God Project?
00:41:22.51\00:41:24.88
I would say the
first thing is pray,
00:41:24.91\00:41:26.82
Lord, what do You want me to do?
00:41:26.85\00:41:29.35
Because we are counseled so
much that we all as Christians,
00:41:29.38\00:41:34.76
all as saved by Jesus
Christ are to be involved.
00:41:34.79\00:41:39.83
And so, that's really...
00:41:39.86\00:41:42.90
We really don't even know.
00:41:42.93\00:41:45.13
We're taking one step at a time.
00:41:45.17\00:41:47.34
I mean, yeah, we
have, we finally, you know,
00:41:47.37\00:41:49.17
have plans made for, you know,
00:41:49.20\00:41:52.34
what the studio is
going to look like,
00:41:52.37\00:41:55.64
and a couple of our few offices.
00:41:55.68\00:41:57.71
And so, we are just going okay,
00:41:57.75\00:42:00.88
Lord, what's the next step?
00:42:00.92\00:42:03.92
And we are so
grateful for viewers
00:42:03.95\00:42:06.45
and just people
we don't even know
00:42:06.49\00:42:08.26
who have been
inspired to call and donate.
00:42:08.29\00:42:12.46
It's been such a blessing.
00:42:12.49\00:42:14.10
Donate their time,
donate resources, donate funds.
00:42:14.13\00:42:18.43
Christian Services says,
"Every power of God's servant
00:42:18.47\00:42:21.77
is to be kept in continual
exercise to bring many sons
00:42:21.80\00:42:25.71
and daughters to God."
00:42:25.74\00:42:27.08
Every power? Every power.
00:42:27.11\00:42:29.88
And so when people...
00:42:29.91\00:42:31.25
I can remember
when the Maranatha came
00:42:31.28\00:42:32.78
to our building
project in Wapato,
00:42:32.81\00:42:35.48
it was so cute because
I called them and said,
00:42:35.52\00:42:37.79
"Hey, I got a
project, I need your help on."
00:42:37.82\00:42:39.62
They plan a year to
two years in advance.
00:42:39.65\00:42:42.16
And they said,
"When do you need it?"
00:42:42.19\00:42:43.53
I said, "We need
you in three weeks."
00:42:43.56\00:42:45.23
And they laughed and
they said, "Well, guess what?
00:42:45.26\00:42:48.03
We had a project all planned.
00:42:48.06\00:42:49.90
Everyone's ready to
go, it got canceled.
00:42:49.93\00:42:52.80
We'll bring the whole
group to your church."
00:42:52.83\00:42:54.67
Okay, the Lord cancels.
00:42:54.70\00:42:56.04
And as these
people got out of the car,
00:42:56.07\00:42:58.97
and they would
shuffle like they were...
00:42:59.01\00:43:01.04
Well, some of
them were in their 90s.
00:43:01.08\00:43:03.18
Some of them were in their 80s.
00:43:03.21\00:43:04.58
And I'm thinking,
"Oh, dear, oh, dear."
00:43:04.61\00:43:08.25
Those people were smart.
They had worked for years.
00:43:08.28\00:43:12.19
Maybe they didn't
have the get up and get
00:43:12.22\00:43:13.99
that they used to
have, but they were smart
00:43:14.02\00:43:16.36
and they could build stuff,
customize stuff, change plans.
00:43:16.39\00:43:20.56
It didn't cost us extra.
00:43:20.60\00:43:22.80
It was amazing what
they did. That's right.
00:43:22.83\00:43:26.33
Say that again,
honey. I said Gideon.
00:43:26.37\00:43:28.30
Yeah.
00:43:28.34\00:43:29.90
The Lord narrowed
down the army and sent you
00:43:29.94\00:43:32.61
the quality workers.
00:43:32.64\00:43:33.98
He did.
00:43:34.01\00:43:35.34
And, you know,
when somebody's at 80
00:43:35.38\00:43:36.71
they have a lot of experience
that they've been building
00:43:36.75\00:43:38.21
for a long time,
carpenter's finishing,
00:43:38.25\00:43:41.95
carpenter's people
that have those skills.
00:43:41.98\00:43:43.59
They work smart.
00:43:43.62\00:43:45.09
And I want to go back
to the financial aspects
00:43:45.12\00:43:46.92
of it because I've
been kind of tracking
00:43:46.96\00:43:48.72
as you've been
going through the program,
00:43:48.76\00:43:50.09
how they bring in $35,000
when the guy kept saying,
00:43:50.13\00:43:54.90
but pastor we
need to do something.
00:43:54.93\00:43:56.90
And you said, bring a proposal,
00:43:56.93\00:43:59.63
and the money's kept
going up and up and up and up.
00:43:59.67\00:44:03.14
And then the sale of your home
00:44:03.17\00:44:05.14
that you so
graciously acquiesce to, sadly,
00:44:05.17\00:44:08.98
after even losing your mom.
00:44:09.01\00:44:11.58
But now let's,
let's go back to that
00:44:11.61\00:44:13.28
because I want
our viewers to know
00:44:13.31\00:44:15.08
what they can do
in an action to try
00:44:15.12\00:44:16.82
to because you talked
about a $75,000 grant,
00:44:16.85\00:44:19.32
but that's based on
people being able to match.
00:44:19.35\00:44:22.32
Okay.
00:44:22.36\00:44:23.69
So look at that
camera and kind of,
00:44:23.73\00:44:26.06
both of you just gonna
challenge some of those.
00:44:26.09\00:44:28.53
If you're listening in your car,
00:44:28.56\00:44:29.96
please do not pull
over and look for a camera
00:44:30.00\00:44:32.13
but if you're listening,
this also applies to you.
00:44:32.17\00:44:34.44
Yeah. Okay.
00:44:34.47\00:44:36.30
Well, I want to thank
you so much for all those
00:44:36.34\00:44:40.34
who have given
and have been touched
00:44:40.38\00:44:42.94
by and they've called us
00:44:42.98\00:44:44.31
and said we heard
about that program.
00:44:44.35\00:44:47.45
We watched the program
that you did last year.
00:44:47.48\00:44:49.78
And we were just
so impressed with that
00:44:49.82\00:44:51.75
and I just appeal to
you that you asked the Lord,
00:44:51.79\00:44:55.06
how can I participate?
00:44:55.09\00:44:57.33
How can I give?
00:44:57.36\00:44:58.69
Some people start
an investment program,
00:44:58.73\00:45:00.66
some people say, well,
I'm going to, you know,
00:45:00.70\00:45:04.33
if they're crafty,
they make something
00:45:04.37\00:45:05.80
and they sell and they use
that or they plant something
00:45:05.83\00:45:09.17
and just an investment project.
00:45:09.20\00:45:11.44
There's any number of
things that people can do
00:45:11.47\00:45:13.31
in an investment project,
00:45:13.34\00:45:14.91
and that way you're
involved in helping the Lord
00:45:14.94\00:45:19.11
with a great commission.
00:45:19.15\00:45:20.82
You know, God
says, I've called you
00:45:20.85\00:45:24.22
to be My light in
a world that's dark.
00:45:24.25\00:45:27.66
And we can do that in
so many different ways.
00:45:27.69\00:45:30.19
We can do that in
so many different ways.
00:45:30.23\00:45:32.93
You don't have to make a studio,
00:45:32.96\00:45:35.20
you can go to your next-door
neighbor with a loaf of bread.
00:45:35.23\00:45:37.80
It isn't always big things.
00:45:37.83\00:45:40.44
But I've discovered
that God actually delights
00:45:40.47\00:45:44.44
when we demand
from Him His very best.
00:45:44.47\00:45:47.18
And so we've been praying
00:45:47.21\00:45:48.54
for the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit.
00:45:48.58\00:45:49.91
We're asking you to
pray for the outpouring
00:45:49.94\00:45:51.55
of the Holy Spirit
on the I Met God Project
00:45:51.58\00:45:54.78
that He will send
wisdom, He will send people.
00:45:54.82\00:45:57.52
You know, when I created
Thunder in the Holy Land,
00:45:57.55\00:45:59.25
I had no background
in videography and yet,
00:45:59.29\00:46:03.76
some people have told me
00:46:03.79\00:46:05.13
it's one of the best
programs they've ever seen.
00:46:05.16\00:46:07.40
How can God take someone with
no experience in fund raising?
00:46:07.43\00:46:11.83
How can God take someone with
no experience in videography?
00:46:11.87\00:46:15.77
How can God take someone with
no experience in scriptwriting?
00:46:15.80\00:46:19.67
When Lonnie Malashenko came
in, he got inserted into Thunder
00:46:19.71\00:46:22.54
in the Holy Land.
00:46:22.58\00:46:23.91
I asked him what he
thought of the script because I,
00:46:23.95\00:46:26.48
being the baby of the family
and nervous about my product.
00:46:26.51\00:46:30.45
He said, "I fired many
people who cannot write,"
00:46:30.49\00:46:33.32
he says, "this is great."
00:46:33.36\00:46:36.36
And that voice of affirmation
when Ron Klusay came,
00:46:36.39\00:46:39.69
I asked him, "So how do
you feel about the script?"
00:46:39.73\00:46:41.90
He said, "You did your homework,
00:46:41.93\00:46:43.26
I wouldn't be here if you
hadn't done your homework."
00:46:43.30\00:46:45.73
But this is God doing it.
00:46:45.77\00:46:47.20
When I would watch
Thunder afterwards,
00:46:47.24\00:46:49.47
I would say that's
really a great line.
00:46:49.50\00:46:50.84
I wonder who wrote this?
00:46:50.87\00:46:52.67
Because I didn't
take ownership of that.
00:46:52.71\00:46:56.04
God gets ownership of that.
00:46:56.08\00:46:58.28
When the young people would
watch me scrambling in Israel
00:46:58.31\00:47:01.78
to get these scripts written,
00:47:01.82\00:47:03.15
because they weren't all
written when we got there.
00:47:03.18\00:47:04.65
They said, can we write some
00:47:04.69\00:47:06.15
and God anointed
those young people
00:47:06.19\00:47:07.76
to write some of those scripts.
00:47:07.79\00:47:09.82
And it turned out as a powerful
tool that has brought hundreds
00:47:09.86\00:47:13.83
and hundreds of
people to know Jesus.
00:47:13.86\00:47:16.40
God wants to use you,
00:47:16.43\00:47:17.77
whether it's sharing
thunder with your neighbors,
00:47:17.80\00:47:19.53
whether it's praying for
the new I Met God Project,
00:47:19.57\00:47:21.97
whether it's taking
some of your building skills
00:47:22.00\00:47:24.84
and coming, whether it's just
donating to match that 75,000
00:47:24.87\00:47:30.15
and saying, hey, we
can make this happen.
00:47:30.18\00:47:32.85
And I believe that if all
of our work was volunteered,
00:47:32.88\00:47:36.05
I believe we have enough
money to finish the studio.
00:47:36.08\00:47:39.35
If we have to pay for that work,
00:47:39.39\00:47:40.76
that's another thing.
00:47:40.79\00:47:42.12
So pray, like Karen said, "God,
what would you have me do?"
00:47:42.16\00:47:47.10
I don't think we actually
mentioned where that land is.
00:47:47.13\00:47:50.37
Okay. It's in
Cleveland, Tennessee.
00:47:50.40\00:47:53.47
This is not too
far from College dale,
00:47:53.50\00:47:56.67
where College dale is.
00:47:56.71\00:47:58.24
But that's where the land
is in Cleveland, Tennessee.
00:47:58.27\00:48:00.04
And to donate, it's very simple.
00:48:00.08\00:48:03.08
Our website is
very simple, it's QLP,
00:48:03.11\00:48:05.85
just remember by saying quick,
00:48:05.88\00:48:07.58
let's pray qlp.tv
00:48:07.62\00:48:12.09
That's all they have to type
in and there's stuff on there
00:48:12.12\00:48:16.42
they can read
about and they can watch
00:48:16.46\00:48:18.86
what's, you know,
the growing amount
00:48:18.89\00:48:21.80
it's being raised
for it and donate.
00:48:21.83\00:48:25.10
Quest line Productions
00:48:25.13\00:48:26.47
is what QLP stands
for but we like the quick,
00:48:26.50\00:48:28.57
let's pray because
that's our watchword,
00:48:28.60\00:48:30.31
we got to pray about this.
00:48:30.34\00:48:32.01
And we have prayed over so many
things, when technical things.
00:48:32.04\00:48:35.31
I'm not a technician, either.
00:48:35.34\00:48:37.25
I'm not a
lighting expert, either.
00:48:37.28\00:48:39.28
And we would always say God,
00:48:39.31\00:48:40.65
you got to send some technical
angels to help with this.
00:48:40.68\00:48:42.88
And He...
00:48:42.92\00:48:44.25
I think He has some a regular
technical angel assigned to us.
00:48:44.29\00:48:49.59
Because as soon as
he's in trouble, I say,
00:48:49.62\00:48:51.16
Lord, we need that
technical angel again.
00:48:51.19\00:48:53.09
Yeah.
00:48:53.13\00:48:54.46
Well, this ministry
is just a faith ministry.
00:48:54.50\00:48:57.30
Now you have a very
special offer for the viewers.
00:48:57.33\00:49:01.07
Yes, we do.
00:49:01.10\00:49:02.80
We do for Thunder
for the first time...
00:49:02.84\00:49:05.17
For the first time ever,
00:49:05.21\00:49:07.01
because we've been
selling it for 325 for years now
00:49:07.04\00:49:11.88
and we're lowering
that price to just $99.
00:49:11.91\00:49:14.98
And then we'll take those funds,
00:49:15.02\00:49:16.38
and we'll put them
toward the I Met God Project,
00:49:16.42\00:49:18.25
we have a limited supply.
00:49:18.29\00:49:19.62
But as long as that supply
lasts, we're knocking 75% off,
00:49:19.65\00:49:23.26
and I mean 70% off, and
we will allow anyone to buy
00:49:23.29\00:49:27.56
as many sets as
they want for that price.
00:49:27.60\00:49:29.50
How many programs are on there?
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There are 26 episodes
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covering the teachings of Jesus.
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And you can also
just download the lessons,
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your paper lessons.
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So if you gonna have a...
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Once you have the
videos in your hand,
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you can just go to the website,
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print off however many lessons
you need for that lesson.
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And you're free to
go. So they are lessons.
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So the people
viewing can follow along.
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It's not just a
spoon-feeding session,
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it's a time where
people are actually ingesting
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what is being talked about.
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You know what I
like about your passion.
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Every time I meet you,
you always challenge me,
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you always say, hey,
when are you going to come
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and be a stand and I'll
come and use these videos
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and you excite a lot of people.
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That's why you have
more than 100 pastors so far,
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that have been inserted
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in the Thunder in the Holy Land.
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Now you're moving in
the I Met God Project
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that's going to
be equally exciting,
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looking forward to that.
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All the years of
ministry, you know,
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you think about what God
can do we have that passage.
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I can do all things
through Christ who does what?
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Who strengthens me.
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And you find that
when you get to heaven,
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you have a technical angel.
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That's great. This is
a lovely project, honey.
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Many people will
be in the kingdom
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because of what the
Lord has put in your hearts.
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That's right.
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And I know we're going to
come back on the other side
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of our news break,
but I want to encourage
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our listening audience
and our viewing audience.
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I've got to say listening
because my wife is radio,
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can't forget that.
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But you've been challenged.
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This couple really
did take a faith leap.
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Because when the Lord says
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jump over the edge
or jump off the edge,
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He's gonna catch us
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and begin to develop
in our hearts and minds
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and lives the things
that He's always envisioned.
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Thunder in the Holy Land,
you heard about the offer,
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we'll remind you of
that on the other side
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of the news break.
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But I Met God, there
are many people today
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that need to meet
God, the God of science,
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the God of health,
the God of prophecy,
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and so many ways that can make
a difference in their lives.
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They are part of the Advent
movement, that's for sure.
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That's right.
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And so on the other
side of the news break,
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we're going to give
pastor Byrd and his wife Karen
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an opportunity to challenge you.
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But don't go away, we'll be
right back in just a moment.
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We have some closing thoughts
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that we want you
to be informed about.
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Don't go away.
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If you'd like more information,
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you can write to them
at Quest line Productions,
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PO Box 361,
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McDonald, Tennessee 37353.
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Again, Quest line
Productions, PO Box 361,
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McDonald, Tennessee 37353.
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You can call
them at 844-777-5788.
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That's 844-777-5788.
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You can find them online.tv
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Or you can email
them at inf@qlp.tv
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