I want to spend my life
00:00:04.27\00:00:09.34
mending broken people.
00:00:09.87\00:00:14.58
I want to spend my life
00:00:15.01\00:00:20.05
removing pain.
00:00:20.75\00:00:25.32
Lord, let my words
00:00:25.85\00:00:30.69
heal a heart that hurts.
00:00:31.33\00:00:35.80
I want to spend my life
00:00:36.26\00:00:41.00
mending broken people...
00:00:41.77\00:00:46.17
I want to spend my life
00:00:46.98\00:00:52.08
mending broken people.
00:00:52.58\00:00:56.82
Hello friends and
welcome to 3ABN Today.
00:01:06.80\00:01:09.26
My name is John Lomacang
00:01:09.46\00:01:10.80
and my wife
Angela is with me today.
00:01:10.83\00:01:12.43
Once again. I'm always happy
00:01:12.63\00:01:13.97
to be here. Any day
above the ground is a good day.
00:01:14.14\00:01:17.57
I like that. I think I
agree with you on that one.
00:01:17.77\00:01:20.18
You know, when we could
agree in the joy of the Lord
00:01:20.58\00:01:24.88
it's a blessed day.
And we are always excited
00:01:25.08\00:01:27.75
to come to you. To come to
your home to share what God has
00:01:27.95\00:01:30.69
in-store. And we have a
wonderful program today.
00:01:30.89\00:01:32.82
Oh! Two of our
favorite people again. YES!
00:01:33.02\00:01:34.92
They fly like birds, don't they?
00:01:35.92\00:01:37.93
We'll find out in just a
moment why she said that.
00:01:38.79\00:01:41.13
As a matter of fact, let's
just go ahead and introduce them
00:01:41.33\00:01:42.73
right away. Charles and Karen
Byrd. Good to have you here.
00:01:42.93\00:01:45.37
Great to be
here... good to be back.
00:01:45.57\00:01:46.90
In Search of Trust and
Thunder in the Holy Land.
00:01:46.94\00:01:48.80
We'll talk about that in a
moment, but it's always good
00:01:49.34\00:01:50.71
to see you. Yeah! We
saw you not too long ago
00:01:50.91\00:01:53.48
at the CALLED Convention.
00:01:53.68\00:01:56.51
And we're going to talk about
some of the exciting things
00:01:56.91\00:01:59.35
that have propelled you to
be involved in what you continue
00:01:59.55\00:02:03.12
to do. And continue
to go forward in faith
00:02:03.32\00:02:06.25
and all the exciting
projects that are on the horizon
00:02:06.45\00:02:09.19
and new materials and
looking back to look forward.
00:02:09.39\00:02:12.86
All of that. We're
glad to have you here today.
00:02:13.06\00:02:14.63
Thank you. So we're
kind of buckled in for
00:02:14.83\00:02:18.37
a really good program. It's
going to be good; I'm excited
00:02:18.57\00:02:20.60
about the program. It's going
to be a Thunder in the Holy Land
00:02:20.80\00:02:22.57
program. So get your umbrellas
because the goodness of the Lord
00:02:22.77\00:02:26.27
is going to thunder on
us today. That's right.
00:02:26.47\00:02:28.48
So we want to thank
you for your prayers
00:02:28.68\00:02:30.01
and all of your
support of 3ABN. Amen! It makes
00:02:30.11\00:02:32.11
a difference, doesn't
it? Absolutely it does!
00:02:32.31\00:02:34.82
To be in the 39th I believe
year of this existing ministry
00:02:35.02\00:02:38.42
to see God's hand
moving in the way He has
00:02:38.62\00:02:40.66
you've made a major
difference in your prayers,
00:02:40.86\00:02:43.53
your financial
support, as well as those of you
00:02:43.73\00:02:47.13
that have come to volunteer.
00:02:47.33\00:02:48.66
We always thank you
for making a difference
00:02:48.70\00:02:50.83
and we encourage you to
continue as we go forward
00:02:51.03\00:02:53.40
in faith getting ready
for the soon return of Jesus.
00:02:53.60\00:02:56.40
But right now,
honey, we have some music
00:02:57.07\00:02:58.47
before we dive into our program.
00:02:58.67\00:03:00.01
Yeah, we do.
Stephanie Dawn and her dad -
00:03:00.11\00:03:02.11
that's right - are going
to share a wonderful selection
00:03:02.31\00:03:05.61
called Sanctuary.
00:03:05.81\00:03:07.42
Lately, I've wondered
00:03:29.94\00:03:33.74
as time hurries on
00:03:33.94\00:03:38.28
what have I done with
00:03:38.91\00:03:42.58
the days come and gone.
00:03:42.78\00:03:47.62
And I remember
00:03:48.22\00:03:51.99
how once I was drawn
00:03:52.19\00:03:56.43
into
00:03:56.63\00:03:58.83
Your sanctuary.
00:03:59.03\00:04:04.84
When did I wander
00:04:12.38\00:04:16.75
so far away?
00:04:16.95\00:04:20.36
How did I get here?
00:04:21.09\00:04:24.59
Why did I stray?
00:04:24.79\00:04:28.93
And can I ever
00:04:29.13\00:04:32.70
find my way
00:04:32.90\00:04:36.50
back to Your
00:04:37.21\00:04:39.31
sanctuary?
00:04:39.61\00:04:45.51
Nothing have I
00:04:47.58\00:04:51.19
on earth but You.
00:04:51.39\00:04:54.72
No one but You
00:04:55.12\00:04:58.69
in heaven.
00:04:58.89\00:05:02.56
So why do I
00:05:02.76\00:05:06.03
continue to do
00:05:06.23\00:05:10.74
everything else
00:05:11.14\00:05:15.08
but come to You?
00:05:15.48\00:05:21.42
All of my folly
00:05:31.86\00:05:36.00
I finally see
00:05:36.20\00:05:39.13
I've nowhere to hide,
00:05:39.53\00:05:42.94
I've no place to flee.
00:05:43.14\00:05:46.81
If I ran to You
00:05:47.21\00:05:50.48
would You run to me
00:05:50.68\00:05:54.85
out from Your
00:05:55.25\00:05:57.45
sanctuary?
00:05:57.65\00:06:03.56
Nothing have I
00:06:05.33\00:06:08.80
on earth but You.
00:06:09.00\00:06:12.23
No one but You
00:06:12.87\00:06:15.60
in heaven.
00:06:15.80\00:06:19.67
So why would I
00:06:20.18\00:06:23.38
continue to do
00:06:23.58\00:06:27.58
everything else
00:06:27.98\00:06:31.69
but come to You?
00:06:32.59\00:06:38.03
I will remember
00:06:40.13\00:06:43.53
what You did for me
00:06:43.73\00:06:47.24
climbing that hill
00:06:48.04\00:06:51.21
to die on that tree.
00:06:51.61\00:06:55.81
Then will I go
00:06:56.21\00:06:59.15
and bend my knee;
00:06:59.35\00:07:03.59
there I'll find
00:07:04.45\00:07:07.06
sanctuary.
00:07:07.26\00:07:13.16
Oh, I'll give You thanks
00:07:17.40\00:07:21.04
for Your sanctuary.
00:07:22.20\00:07:28.21
Thank you so much,
Stephanie, for that song.
00:07:42.59\00:07:45.29
Setting the stage because really
for Thunder in the Holy Land
00:07:45.49\00:07:49.56
and the sanctuary message
you know it's the encapsulation
00:07:49.76\00:07:53.90
of the full three
angels' messages. Amen!
00:07:54.10\00:07:57.64
Actually, it is... yes.
It's the encapsulation of...
00:07:57.84\00:08:00.74
It's all found: "Your way,
O Lord is in the sanctuary. "
00:08:00.94\00:08:03.68
Yeah. Well, thank you so much.
00:08:03.88\00:08:06.11
Charles and Karen:
good to have you here!
00:08:06.31\00:08:08.65
Yeah. Great to be back.
00:08:08.85\00:08:10.39
You know, every time you come
we know you have something new
00:08:10.59\00:08:12.42
on the horizon so today we want
to just kind of do a catch-up.
00:08:12.62\00:08:15.62
Just bring us briefly up
to date. We're not going to go
00:08:15.82\00:08:18.69
through all the great details
but since we saw you last
00:08:18.89\00:08:21.70
what is new?
Well... what's new is
00:08:21.90\00:08:25.93
an 83-year-old
fellow came out from Oregon
00:08:26.33\00:08:29.90
and he said: "I'm here to
help you cut down trees. "
00:08:30.11\00:08:34.81
So we've cut down all the trees.
00:08:35.21\00:08:37.28
Eighty-three? Yeah, 83!
We cut down all the trees
00:08:37.48\00:08:39.95
for our new studio. And a
fellow came out from Washington
00:08:40.15\00:08:44.02
and helped me
burn all the stumps.
00:08:44.22\00:08:45.65
And we're just really close
now to having the property ready
00:08:46.05\00:08:50.43
for the new studio to
produce the I Met God series
00:08:50.63\00:08:54.30
and continue inserting people
into Thunder in the Holy Land:
00:08:54.50\00:08:57.17
pastors and evangelists.
Good! And we'll see that.
00:08:57.37\00:08:59.67
We have some photos and
some videos here to show today.
00:08:59.87\00:09:02.57
We're not going to
go that far yet, but
00:09:02.77\00:09:04.44
you have been working
as a pastor - um-hmm -
00:09:05.57\00:09:08.98
for a number of years.
00:09:09.18\00:09:12.55
I mean, what would encourage
you to leave the security of
00:09:12.75\00:09:15.92
pastoring with all the
insurance and retirement
00:09:16.12\00:09:20.22
to dive into this
project as husband and wife?
00:09:20.42\00:09:24.33
Just kind of... Because there's
a lot of pastors out there
00:09:24.49\00:09:26.86
that are saying: "Hey,
I'm safe and secure from
00:09:27.06\00:09:29.26
all alarm. " And you're in
that context and you dive out
00:09:29.46\00:09:32.23
first in search of truth and
then Thunder in the Holy Land
00:09:32.43\00:09:36.81
through Quest Productions.
Well, I'll answer first -
00:09:37.01\00:09:39.37
OK - by saying
how secure can you be
00:09:39.57\00:09:42.84
when you're under the
shadow of the Almighty?
00:09:43.04\00:09:45.11
What's more secure
than that? That is so true!
00:09:45.31\00:09:47.28
As long as you feel
like the Lord has called you
00:09:47.48\00:09:49.25
to something and He's faithful.
00:09:49.45\00:09:51.35
He's always been faithful.
00:09:51.55\00:09:52.95
We kind of were
singing in the car yesterday
00:09:53.46\00:09:57.23
on the way up here:
we've come this far by faith
00:09:57.43\00:10:01.56
leaning on the Lord
00:10:01.76\00:10:03.30
and trusting in His Holy Word.
00:10:03.50\00:10:05.60
How long has it been since
you started Quest Productions?
00:10:05.80\00:10:09.80
Well we started QuestLine
Productions back when I was
00:10:10.01\00:10:13.34
still pastoring
in Wisconsin. Um-hmm.
00:10:13.54\00:10:14.98
And the conference
worked closely with us
00:10:15.18\00:10:17.58
when we made In
Search of the Truth
00:10:17.78\00:10:19.31
but I never intended it
to... I had to put a name to it
00:10:19.51\00:10:24.19
so I gave it
QuestLine Productions
00:10:24.39\00:10:25.95
because I had to have
some kind of a name. But...
00:10:26.15\00:10:28.12
But it wasn't that I thought
that this was going to be any
00:10:28.32\00:10:30.83
long-term thing. I was
just... When I did In Search of
00:10:30.99\00:10:34.60
the Truth we were just creating
a series that I could put on
00:10:34.80\00:10:37.07
local cable access
before I did local evangelism.
00:10:37.27\00:10:39.67
It was truly
self-centered in the sense of:
00:10:39.87\00:10:42.37
"This is me and my ministry. "
00:10:42.57\00:10:44.17
But then obviously the
Lord did something great
00:10:44.37\00:10:48.38
and greater and now even greater
00:10:48.58\00:10:50.21
and as He's dragging us along.
00:10:50.41\00:10:52.58
But you asked the question which
I thought was a good question:
00:10:52.78\00:10:55.72
"Why would you do that? Why
would you leave the security? "
00:10:55.92\00:10:58.49
And... And I think that
the real reason was... was
00:10:59.42\00:11:02.39
because in my own personal life
00:11:02.59\00:11:04.73
I was actually as a
young person growing up
00:11:04.93\00:11:07.70
serving an impotent God.
00:11:07.90\00:11:09.23
Hmm. My God could
not actually help me
00:11:09.93\00:11:13.87
accomplish what He
called me to accomplish.
00:11:14.07\00:11:16.10
Which what He has called
us to accomplish is holiness
00:11:16.84\00:11:19.77
and righteousness and perfection
00:11:19.97\00:11:21.91
and goodness and love.
00:11:22.11\00:11:24.35
And I tried. I mean, I
wanted to be a good person.
00:11:24.55\00:11:28.92
I wanted to follow God in
the steps that He was leading.
00:11:29.12\00:11:32.35
But my God was
very very impotent.
00:11:32.99\00:11:35.42
It wasn't that I was a
bad person all the time
00:11:35.62\00:11:38.59
but in critical times
when I knew I should be here
00:11:38.79\00:11:43.33
and I was choosing
to be somewhere else
00:11:43.53\00:11:46.03
and I wanted Him to
change me. And I prayed:
00:11:46.23\00:11:49.84
"Lord, give me a
new heart. " You know?
00:11:50.04\00:11:51.87
And it was just like
nothing was happening.
00:11:52.07\00:11:53.68
And what I didn't
realize at the time
00:11:53.88\00:11:57.21
at least for me
personally was that... that God
00:11:57.41\00:12:01.92
isn't going to "dink"
you. That's a word that I have
00:12:02.12\00:12:05.42
kind of have where
He just kind of hits you
00:12:05.62\00:12:06.96
and all of a sudden you just
are something totally different.
00:12:07.06\00:12:11.86
You know: I'm
black and I become white.
00:12:12.06\00:12:14.46
I'm white and I become black.
00:12:14.66\00:12:16.00
That kind of a difference.
He doesn't do that to people.
00:12:16.03\00:12:17.93
What He does is
offer you a relationship
00:12:18.13\00:12:21.80
where that relationship "by
beholding we become changed. "
00:12:22.00\00:12:24.64
And I didn't understand
that; I didn't realize that
00:12:25.77\00:12:28.61
even though I'd been
raised in a Christian home
00:12:28.81\00:12:30.51
and never darkened the
door of a public school system.
00:12:30.71\00:12:33.18
And finally I
ended up marrying Karen
00:12:33.72\00:12:36.28
because she was like just
one step away from perfection.
00:12:36.48\00:12:40.39
Ahhh! And you know, by
beholding you become changed.
00:12:40.59\00:12:43.32
Righteousness by association.
00:12:43.53\00:12:45.76
You know: I'm with her.
00:12:45.96\00:12:47.30
And then that didn't work.
00:12:47.46\00:12:49.90
And I came home one
day and I told Karen:
00:12:50.83\00:12:52.83
"You know, I don't believe
in God any more. I'm done. "
00:12:53.03\00:12:55.74
Wow! And here she thought
00:12:55.94\00:12:57.34
she'd just married
a future pastor. Yes!
00:12:57.54\00:12:59.54
And her dad was a pastor.
00:12:59.74\00:13:01.44
And so that was
transformational for me
00:13:01.84\00:13:04.81
because the Lord spoke
to my heart and He said:
00:13:05.21\00:13:08.08
"I want you to go
back to Steps to Christ. "
00:13:08.28\00:13:09.95
Beautiful book! Wow!
00:13:10.45\00:13:12.05
I said: "Lord, I've read
that book. It's boring. "
00:13:12.25\00:13:14.09
He said: "No.
Study it inductively. "
00:13:14.86\00:13:17.73
So I picked it up
'cause I knew what that meant.
00:13:18.59\00:13:21.03
And the first chapter
was God's Love for Man.
00:13:21.43\00:13:22.96
Well I know He loves
me but that's not helping.
00:13:23.16\00:13:25.10
The second chapter was:
A Sinner's Need for Christ.
00:13:25.50\00:13:27.40
I know that's the problem.
00:13:27.80\00:13:29.87
The 3rd chapter
was repentance. Hmm.
00:13:30.71\00:13:34.21
And there was nothing in
my mind. There was no Teflon.
00:13:35.14\00:13:38.28
I mean there was just
Teflon. There was no tape;
00:13:38.48\00:13:40.72
there was no nail;
there was no Velcro.
00:13:40.92\00:13:43.22
Nothing. Repent what? Re...
00:13:43.42\00:13:47.69
Repent of what?
What is repentance?
00:13:47.89\00:13:49.79
I don't even
know what that means.
00:13:49.99\00:13:51.36
I didn't have a clue of
what the word repent meant.
00:13:52.19\00:13:55.80
So I took my Strong's
Exhaustive Concordance
00:13:56.50\00:13:58.73
and I went through every
single word on repentance.
00:13:58.93\00:14:03.91
And I wrote down in my journal:
"If this was the only text
00:14:04.11\00:14:06.57
I had, what would I
know about repentance? "
00:14:06.78\00:14:08.84
Oh wow! And when I got
finished doing that process
00:14:09.04\00:14:12.15
I discovered that repentance
is just like your hand.
00:14:12.55\00:14:15.45
It's one hand.
Repentance: it's one thing
00:14:15.65\00:14:19.39
but it's got five fingers.
00:14:19.59\00:14:21.06
And repentance has
five parts. That's right.
00:14:21.26\00:14:23.29
And the first two parts are the
parts that I get involved with.
00:14:23.49\00:14:25.89
You look at the goodness of God.
00:14:26.83\00:14:28.63
Behold His goodness;
focus on His goodness.
00:14:28.83\00:14:31.47
Everything good.
Claim His promise.
00:14:32.37\00:14:33.87
Look at all the goodness of God.
00:14:34.07\00:14:35.40
Read biographies of
faith. Read the stories of faith
00:14:35.44\00:14:37.54
but focus on how
God shows up. Yes!
00:14:37.74\00:14:40.74
The second thing
is is when God says:
00:14:41.41\00:14:43.41
"Listen, I don't
like this about you. "
00:14:43.61\00:14:44.95
"You know, you're
beating on your wife.
00:14:45.28\00:14:46.92
You're drinking;
you're taking drugs.
00:14:47.12\00:14:48.68
You're selfish; you're
prideful; you're arrogant.
00:14:48.88\00:14:50.72
I don't like that. I want to
change that & make you whole. "
00:14:51.12\00:14:54.86
And then you take that and
you say: "Lord, give me the gift
00:14:55.72\00:14:58.13
of repentance over that.
" And you're specific about
00:14:58.33\00:15:00.56
what that is. It's not like:
"Honey, if I've done anything...
00:15:00.76\00:15:05.37
If I've ever done
anything to bother you,
00:15:05.57\00:15:08.60
please forgive me. "
None of this is generic
00:15:08.80\00:15:10.84
but specifically
- Amen - you ask Him
00:15:11.04\00:15:14.01
for the gift of repentance
in that thing. You know?
00:15:14.21\00:15:17.01
And then the next two
things are where He shows up.
00:15:17.21\00:15:20.42
Now you wouldn't do
the first two without
00:15:20.75\00:15:22.72
God inspiring you,
prompting you, leading you.
00:15:22.92\00:15:26.79
But you have to actively engage.
00:15:27.56\00:15:29.42
Just like when you get in a
car you have to put the key in
00:15:29.62\00:15:31.76
and turn the ignition. You
have to push the start button.
00:15:31.96\00:15:34.46
So you have to be involved.
00:15:34.66\00:15:36.13
Then He does the next two
things. They happen in you
00:15:36.33\00:15:38.97
but comes from outside
of you to inside of you.
00:15:39.17\00:15:42.84
And it's when He
gives you sorrow for sin
00:15:43.04\00:15:45.27
and the joy for
righteousness. Amen!
00:15:45.47\00:15:48.71
And then He gives
you a hatred for sin -
00:15:48.91\00:15:50.68
yes - and a love for
righteousness. That's right!
00:15:50.88\00:15:53.18
So He does that and
that's the "new heart. "
00:15:53.58\00:15:57.42
There you go.
That's the born again.
00:15:57.82\00:16:00.02
And that born-again
experience happens daily.
00:16:00.42\00:16:04.83
Um-hmm. Moment by moment.
00:16:05.03\00:16:06.83
Issue by issue; step by step.
00:16:07.23\00:16:10.00
And it's
transformational. Called growth.
00:16:10.20\00:16:12.63
It's called growth in grace.
00:16:12.83\00:16:14.17
So the same thing
that leads you to Christ
00:16:14.30\00:16:15.87
is how you grow in Christ.
00:16:16.07\00:16:17.41
And so He does that.
And as a result of that
00:16:17.81\00:16:20.28
you turn away. And you
don't just turn away outwardly
00:16:20.48\00:16:24.81
like: "I'd really like
to look at some pornography
00:16:25.21\00:16:28.42
but the Lomacangs are here
and they might see me do it.
00:16:28.62\00:16:32.42
You know... the neighbor may.
00:16:33.59\00:16:35.86
I'm at work and the IT
guy may catch me doing this. "
00:16:36.06\00:16:39.59
So I would but
I won't because...
00:16:39.79\00:16:43.00
No, no, no. The
Spirit of Prophecy says -
00:16:43.20\00:16:45.33
Ellen White says in
her book Steps to Christ:
00:16:45.53\00:16:47.90
"Until we turn away in heart. "
00:16:48.10\00:16:49.74
That's right... beautiful. And
that's the in-heart experience
00:16:49.94\00:16:53.11
that He gives you. That's where
He: "I don't want to do that. "
00:16:53.31\00:16:56.44
"I want to be different. "
00:16:57.45\00:16:59.51
And if you really feel that way
it's a lot easier to turn away
00:16:59.71\00:17:02.22
from sin not just
after you've done it
00:17:02.42\00:17:05.22
but before you've done it.
00:17:05.72\00:17:07.72
Because you've willed. Um-hmm.
00:17:07.92\00:17:10.19
And you turn away in
heart before you even get there.
00:17:10.39\00:17:13.26
That's what Jesus
did. That's what Jesus did.
00:17:13.46\00:17:15.20
Turned away before.
Before... I like that.
00:17:15.40\00:17:17.70
So I'm hearing you say
then there was a conversion -
00:17:18.13\00:17:19.93
absolutely - that
took you. Not just an idea
00:17:20.14\00:17:23.00
to start QuestLine Productions.
00:17:23.20\00:17:25.44
QuestLine
Productions. Absolutely.
00:17:25.64\00:17:27.51
There was a
conversion that took place.
00:17:27.71\00:17:29.24
And that's what made me
willing to become a pastor
00:17:29.44\00:17:32.48
when I really don't have
the aptitude for being a pastor.
00:17:32.68\00:17:35.75
Hmm. In fact when I went
to Johnson Econo Research and
00:17:35.95\00:17:38.82
Development Center and they
tested me on all my aptitudes
00:17:38.85\00:17:41.66
I said: "I was
thinking about being a pastor. "
00:17:41.86\00:17:43.26
They said: "Don't do that...
00:17:43.46\00:17:44.79
you do not have the
gift for pastoring. "
00:17:44.83\00:17:47.60
And in many ways, I don't.
00:17:48.26\00:17:50.50
Pastoring is hard for me.
In fact, everything I've done
00:17:50.90\00:17:54.04
is hard. Life is hard for me.
00:17:54.24\00:17:56.60
Being happy is hard for me.
00:17:57.61\00:17:59.27
Living is hard for me.
00:17:59.47\00:18:00.81
And so God did something
profound there where He put me
00:18:01.51\00:18:06.08
there and then used me.
00:18:06.28\00:18:07.92
And then I've had no
training in script writing.
00:18:08.65\00:18:11.05
No training in fundraising.
00:18:11.25\00:18:12.59
No training in videography.
00:18:12.69\00:18:14.49
No training in any of that
00:18:14.69\00:18:16.36
but He had me step
out of the safety net -
00:18:16.56\00:18:20.36
yeah - and do this work
- um-hmm - with no training
00:18:20.56\00:18:23.06
because He wanted this message
of transformation to come out.
00:18:25.10\00:18:29.67
And really that's in
many ways the missing link
00:18:29.87\00:18:32.91
with all of our
church members - Wow! -
00:18:33.11\00:18:34.88
is they haven't had a
conversion experience.
00:18:35.08\00:18:38.85
They haven't had a
transformation. Yeah.
00:18:39.25\00:18:40.92
And the world hasn't had it;
that's why we're going insane.
00:18:41.32\00:18:44.72
Wow! Yeah... that's true.
00:18:44.92\00:18:46.55
And so that's why
I'm doing what I'm doing.
00:18:46.76\00:18:48.96
Beautiful! He
qualifies the called.
00:18:49.16\00:18:52.36
Yeah... Amen! But
qualifies the called.
00:18:52.56\00:18:54.46
Exactly. Not just
called but qualified.
00:18:54.66\00:18:56.46
And that book Steps to
Christ is a powerful book.
00:18:56.67\00:18:59.90
We're giving a
family Bible studies now
00:19:00.10\00:19:02.54
using that book and of
course the Word of God.
00:19:02.74\00:19:04.94
But we know your series
Thunder in the Holy Land
00:19:05.34\00:19:08.58
has aired on 3ABN many years.
00:19:08.78\00:19:11.41
Why did you name it
Thunder in the Holy Land?
00:19:12.08\00:19:14.88
That's a good question.
00:19:15.08\00:19:16.42
Every episode -
the 26 episodes -
00:19:17.79\00:19:19.99
is a teaching of Jesus. Um-hmm.
00:19:20.19\00:19:21.59
Every episode is
something He taught.
00:19:21.79\00:19:23.43
So I actually did that in-
tentionally because I discovered
00:19:24.09\00:19:27.83
that Baptists believe in Jesus
and Lutherans believe in Jesus.
00:19:28.03\00:19:32.30
Muslims believe in Jesus.
00:19:32.70\00:19:34.67
And I wanted to call it
Thunder in the Holy Land
00:19:35.17\00:19:37.31
because every episode
is something He taught
00:19:37.51\00:19:39.87
and every time He opened
His mouth it caused a storm
00:19:40.08\00:19:42.21
of controversy.
00:19:42.41\00:19:43.75
Umm. "I and My Father are One. "
00:19:43.78\00:19:45.91
"Stone Him! "
00:19:46.11\00:19:47.62
"Love your
enemies. " "And I do...
00:19:47.82\00:19:49.95
except for Muslims. "
00:19:50.35\00:19:51.69
Well, if that's your attitude
then you're not a Christian.
00:19:51.95\00:19:55.76
You can say: "I'm a Christian.
" You can go to church
00:19:55.96\00:19:57.69
but I don't care
what denomination you are
00:19:57.89\00:20:00.43
you can say: "I'm a
Christian" but if you don't love
00:20:00.63\00:20:02.66
your enemies - and they may not
be as far away as Saudi Arabia -
00:20:02.93\00:20:06.87
right - or whatever
they may be your spouse.
00:20:07.17\00:20:11.07
Yes. You know, I
love in the Peanuts comic
00:20:11.27\00:20:16.78
Linus, he says:
"I love humanity.
00:20:16.98\00:20:20.62
It's people I can't stand. "
00:20:20.82\00:20:22.75
And so if you love
everybody except for your wife
00:20:24.39\00:20:29.16
or your husband or
your kids - right -
00:20:29.36\00:20:30.99
or the person you have to
work with. "I don't love them
00:20:31.19\00:20:33.56
because they're
annoying. They bother me. "
00:20:33.76\00:20:36.43
Do you love them
enough to die for them?
00:20:37.37\00:20:40.60
And if the answer is "No"
00:20:40.80\00:20:42.14
that's what you ask
for repentance over.
00:20:42.24\00:20:43.87
You know, that's what's missing
today in the Christian world.
00:20:44.07\00:20:46.21
We have this world that is
all obsessed over politics.
00:20:46.41\00:20:49.18
Christians hating Christians
and Christians are arguing with
00:20:49.38\00:20:52.08
Christians, and it's sad
that the nation and the world
00:20:52.28\00:20:55.85
has become a place
where Christians are showing
00:20:56.05\00:20:58.35
their worst side, and
they're connecting Christ to it.
00:20:58.55\00:21:01.46
So that's very necessary,
and I think if I'm following you
00:21:01.66\00:21:04.03
carefully that's because
there's no internal conversion.
00:21:04.23\00:21:06.83
It's an external
commitment to something
00:21:07.03\00:21:09.90
but not an internal
conversion to someone.
00:21:10.10\00:21:12.57
And they're not asking: "Lord,
give me love for that person.
00:21:12.77\00:21:17.37
I don't like
them... I don't love them.
00:21:17.57\00:21:20.48
Would You love
them through me? " Amen!
00:21:20.68\00:21:23.01
I like that. Now
you have reporters
00:21:24.21\00:21:27.52
that you use in a lot
of your videos. Right.
00:21:27.68\00:21:30.15
And you had young ethnically
diverse group of young people.
00:21:30.35\00:21:35.62
Why not use
yourself in all the videos?
00:21:36.96\00:21:39.63
Well number one: people
really vibrate to young people
00:21:40.96\00:21:45.37
when they see that commitment.
And ethnically diverse because
00:21:45.57\00:21:51.21
that's the world we live in.
00:21:51.41\00:21:52.74
And it also gave the
young people an opportunity
00:21:52.77\00:21:58.75
to work for the
Lord in their youth.
00:21:58.95\00:22:02.88
Um-hmm. So multi, multi reasons.
00:22:03.08\00:22:06.39
We have to empower the
young people. I love it!
00:22:06.59\00:22:07.92
We have to call them
to service. That's right.
00:22:07.96\00:22:09.86
Ellen White was a teenager
when God called her to speak.
00:22:10.73\00:22:15.13
Yes, she was!
00:22:17.00\00:22:19.00
She was a teenager.
Fifteen was it? Seventeen?
00:22:20.14\00:22:22.97
Seventeen... I think seventeen.
00:22:23.17\00:22:25.44
Yeah. But yes, as you're talk-
ing about it. So we have some
00:22:25.64\00:22:28.34
pictures of some
of the young people
00:22:28.54\00:22:29.88
that I'd like you to walk
us through and kind of give us
00:22:29.94\00:22:32.08
where are they right
now. They were with you
00:22:32.28\00:22:33.68
in the Middle
East? They were with us!
00:22:33.88\00:22:35.22
They were with us in
Bethlehem for 4-1/2 months.
00:22:35.28\00:22:37.45
Many of your viewers
actually when they contact us
00:22:37.65\00:22:39.52
they say: "Where are
those young people? "
00:22:39.72\00:22:41.79
"What are they doing? "
00:22:41.99\00:22:43.32
So we thought we'd
share with you today
00:22:43.36\00:22:45.76
some pictures of the
young people. Andrea:
00:22:45.96\00:22:48.83
she married 7 years
ago to Danny Thompson
00:22:49.03\00:22:52.60
and they have two
lovely children. Beautiful!
00:22:52.80\00:22:55.50
They grow... This is
them visiting our property
00:22:55.90\00:23:00.88
not too long ago.
00:23:01.04\00:23:02.54
They live in the country
and do lots of growing of
00:23:06.01\00:23:08.62
their own food. Very
active in the local community
00:23:08.82\00:23:13.66
with many of the churches
with Bible studies and so forth.
00:23:13.86\00:23:16.86
One of the fun things they
do... really neat things they do
00:23:17.06\00:23:19.73
is give respite
to foster parents
00:23:19.93\00:23:22.33
and also parents
with disabled children.
00:23:22.53\00:23:25.57
Give them respite. And
they work with the family
00:23:25.77\00:23:28.70
business as well
managing rental property.
00:23:28.90\00:23:31.84
But just doing all
kinds of things. And then
00:23:32.04\00:23:34.34
Levi: he is... Is
Levi? Yeah. Is that Levi?
00:23:34.54\00:23:39.35
He got married oh
probably a couple years ago -
00:23:39.55\00:23:41.55
something like
that - to Deborah.
00:23:41.75\00:23:43.35
She's an Italian.
They're in Michigan.
00:23:43.55\00:23:45.85
I meant to tell you
that Andrea was in Wisconsin.
00:23:46.05\00:23:48.22
Then Levi is in Michigan
00:23:48.42\00:23:50.69
and they are
building a ministry home.
00:23:50.89\00:23:55.70
So the bottom part is
going to be a youth center
00:23:55.90\00:23:59.17
and they're building
a home on the top level.
00:23:59.37\00:24:02.10
And just a youth
center for young people.
00:24:02.30\00:24:05.27
In many ways he says
they're just really wanting to
00:24:05.47\00:24:08.74
reach young people.
Right now he said he's
00:24:08.94\00:24:11.65
studying with an 11-year-old boy
that just has had no exposure
00:24:11.85\00:24:16.25
to God or the Bible or
anything... Christianity.
00:24:16.45\00:24:20.99
And he said to him:
"Does this book tell me
00:24:21.19\00:24:24.69
what God wants me to do?
Because, " he says, "I don't
00:24:24.89\00:24:27.00
know what He wants me to
do and I wouldn't want to do
00:24:27.20\00:24:29.53
something to hurt Him. " Ooh.
00:24:29.73\00:24:31.07
Bless his heart.
Precious. Look at that.
00:24:31.10\00:24:32.57
The heart of a child. So
Levi is definitely continuing
00:24:32.77\00:24:36.04
his ministry. And then Steven:
00:24:36.24\00:24:38.67
he's in Texas
and his wife Erika.
00:24:38.87\00:24:43.24
They're there, and
they're both entrepreneurs.
00:24:43.45\00:24:45.31
He's actually. Look
like a power couple. Yes.
00:24:45.51\00:24:48.38
Like a power couple there.
00:24:48.58\00:24:50.12
And he has his own
Jamaican bar-b-que business.
00:24:50.52\00:24:56.29
Oh, he's Jamaican? No.
He cooks Jamaican I guess.
00:24:56.49\00:25:00.23
My family's Jamaican.
00:25:00.43\00:25:02.36
I don't really know, but anyway
00:25:03.20\00:25:05.40
I know he's from New
York. That's all I know.
00:25:05.60\00:25:07.17
But he is a student pilot.
He's been working for 7 months
00:25:08.14\00:25:12.57
on a commercial
license eventually.
00:25:12.77\00:25:14.78
Oh, nice! So then she works with
00:25:14.98\00:25:17.08
non-profits. Has her own
business working with them.
00:25:17.28\00:25:20.52
So a lot of people are wonder-
ing: "What's happened to those
00:25:20.72\00:25:22.88
young people? " They
lived with us for 4-1/2 months
00:25:23.08\00:25:26.02
over in Israel and we
all got to... we're a family
00:25:26.22\00:25:29.69
there for a while.
Amen. Took tours together
00:25:29.89\00:25:32.33
as well as out on the
site doing... filming.
00:25:32.53\00:25:37.77
Thank you for that update
because a lot of times we see
00:25:37.97\00:25:40.00
young people doing the
same thing here when it comes to
00:25:40.20\00:25:42.74
a lot of the children's
programs through the years
00:25:42.94\00:25:44.74
and then all of a
sudden "Boom! " they're 21.
00:25:45.14\00:25:48.08
What happened? How come you?
00:25:48.28\00:25:50.08
It's kind of like a
nostalgia thing: helping people
00:25:50.28\00:25:52.35
to see that the
ministry is progressing.
00:25:52.55\00:25:54.22
And it's good to know
how God impacted their lives.
00:25:54.42\00:25:57.75
Steven said he's
also helping in his church
00:25:57.95\00:26:00.36
in the
communications dept. I love it!
00:26:00.56\00:26:03.16
What is the real
purpose for Behind the Scenes?
00:26:03.36\00:26:06.19
Well, Behind the
Scenes of Thunder...
00:26:07.56\00:26:13.20
I mean, the whole
reason we've done Thunder is
00:26:13.40\00:26:17.11
because we want to equip the
local church and laity. Um-hmm.
00:26:17.31\00:26:22.61
That's the real
Behind the Scenes of Thunder
00:26:22.81\00:26:25.21
in the Holy Land.
Thunder in the Holy Land is
00:26:25.41\00:26:26.75
more than just a
nice program on 3ABN.
00:26:26.88\00:26:30.45
It was meant to be a
small group Bible study.
00:26:30.85\00:26:34.42
And when people
miss that little detail
00:26:35.09\00:26:37.99
it can... and I don't want to
say something disparaging about
00:26:38.19\00:26:41.26
my own
program... but it can become
00:26:41.46\00:26:43.30
religious
entertainment. Umm. OK.
00:26:43.50\00:26:45.30
A lot of times programs
are religious entertainment.
00:26:45.50\00:26:48.40
They're not transformative.
00:26:48.60\00:26:49.94
And Thunder in the Holy
Land was meant to introduce us
00:26:50.31\00:26:52.57
to Jesus and experience
Jesus and get close to Jesus.
00:26:52.77\00:26:56.28
And that's why... Many of
your listeners may not know
00:26:56.48\00:27:00.22
that there are lessons. Yes!
00:27:00.42\00:27:02.78
That's right!
Tell us about them.
00:27:02.98\00:27:04.45
These lessons are
online. They are free. Free!
00:27:04.65\00:27:08.29
You go to our
website you can download it.
00:27:08.49\00:27:10.16
You can print it off. Um-hmm.
00:27:10.36\00:27:11.69
And I tell people:
"This is the magic sauce. "
00:27:11.89\00:27:17.37
The videos are good. The
videos are good but this!
00:27:17.57\00:27:20.84
When you're walking through
it. This is the magic sauce.
00:27:21.00\00:27:23.84
And if you ignore this
you've ignored the part that
00:27:24.04\00:27:27.34
makes it profound. Why?
00:27:27.54\00:27:29.34
Because what this
document does is it takes people
00:27:29.54\00:27:32.18
and puts them in the
presence of the Holy Spirit
00:27:32.38\00:27:34.55
where they start having a con-
versation with the Holy Spirit.
00:27:34.75\00:27:37.15
OK? So the first couple of pages
00:27:37.35\00:27:41.49
is every verse that's
going to be in the Bible study.
00:27:41.69\00:27:45.49
So as they're watching the
video they fill in the blanks.
00:27:45.89\00:27:48.53
See? Um-hmm. Oh! So if
you had a small group...
00:27:48.73\00:27:50.60
So let's go small group.
We're going to do a small group
00:27:50.80\00:27:52.70
and we're going
to do a Bible study.
00:27:52.90\00:27:54.24
So I had this out to
everybody. We watch the video
00:27:54.27\00:27:56.07
for 30 minutes. As we go
through you fill in the blanks.
00:27:56.27\00:27:58.77
I love that. So it's
very straightforward.
00:27:58.97\00:28:00.94
And a lot of times when an evan-
gelist gets up and he preaches
00:28:01.14\00:28:04.68
the people go out and
they go: "That was really good
00:28:04.88\00:28:07.22
but I can't
reproduce what he did. "
00:28:07.42\00:28:09.05
So they go home and say:
00:28:09.25\00:28:11.15
"Did you know that dead people
are sleeping in the grave? "
00:28:11.35\00:28:13.76
"Where'd you ever
hear nonsense like that? "
00:28:13.96\00:28:15.29
"I don't know but the
preacher said it! " Yes.
00:28:15.32\00:28:16.66
Well now they've
got all the verses.
00:28:16.83\00:28:18.53
They've got the lesson...
they've got the lesson.
00:28:18.73\00:28:20.26
But the real miracle happens
when they flip this paper over.
00:28:20.46\00:28:23.83
Oh? This is the
miracle sauce right here.
00:28:24.23\00:28:29.00
They're impression questions
except that it's kind of
00:28:29.20\00:28:31.94
misnamed because all these
numbers down the side there
00:28:32.14\00:28:36.08
they're not really questions.
They're just statements
00:28:36.28\00:28:38.28
that are reiterating what
they just saw in the video.
00:28:38.48\00:28:42.02
Yes. The question
comes is when they read one
00:28:42.22\00:28:45.02
like #1: Jesus claimed to
be the Lord of the Sabbath.
00:28:45.22\00:28:49.32
Right. If His
Sabbath doesn't exist
00:28:49.52\00:28:51.89
it makes you wonder what?
Would He be Lord of it if...
00:28:52.09\00:28:55.63
If it doesn't
exist, is He Lord of it?
00:28:55.83\00:28:58.00
And then we turn to
the people and we say:
00:28:58.20\00:28:59.90
"What's your
impression? " Oh, I like that!
00:29:00.10\00:29:02.30
And when we say that up
at the top of this document
00:29:02.50\00:29:04.91
there are possible responses.
00:29:05.11\00:29:08.14
Oh! So if I said to Angie:
"Angie: Jesus claimed to be
00:29:08.34\00:29:11.71
Lord of the Sabbath. If
His Sabbath doesn't exist,
00:29:11.91\00:29:14.65
it makes you wonder
how He could be Lord of it.
00:29:14.85\00:29:17.12
What's your impression? "
00:29:17.32\00:29:18.75
OK, I see that A: I never
thought about that before.
00:29:18.95\00:29:21.89
I like that! I love
that! That gives me hope.
00:29:22.09\00:29:23.53
Yes! That's interesting.
00:29:23.73\00:29:25.46
That's news to me. "So
Angie, I'm going to actually
00:29:25.66\00:29:28.26
let you do it. I'm going to
let you pick which statement...
00:29:28.46\00:29:32.03
which of these impresses you? "
00:29:32.23\00:29:35.57
And you notice that there's J.
00:29:35.97\00:29:37.91
Oh, other. Other. Because
I'm not trying to fit you
00:29:38.11\00:29:41.41
into a shoehorn. I'm
not trying to make you
00:29:41.61\00:29:43.88
this is the size shoe
you've gotta be in. This is
00:29:44.08\00:29:46.25
the box you've gotta be in. Yes.
00:29:46.45\00:29:47.78
I'm not going to do that to you.
You can go anywhere you want.
00:29:47.95\00:29:49.88
What's your
impression? That gives me hope.
00:29:50.09\00:29:52.42
So as soon as you give me
an answer then I'm going to
00:29:52.62\00:29:55.52
follow up with: "What
about that gives you hope? "
00:29:55.72\00:29:58.56
Ahh. So what
about that disturbs you?
00:29:58.76\00:30:02.33
What about that encourages you?
00:30:02.53\00:30:03.90
What about that?
And I'm going to ask you
00:30:04.10\00:30:05.77
to unpack that a little bit.
00:30:05.97\00:30:07.44
And then you would unpack that.
Why does that give you hope?
00:30:07.84\00:30:10.97
I never saw that before.
00:30:12.04\00:30:13.41
OK, never saw it
before. It's in the Word of God!
00:30:13.61\00:30:16.24
Because a lot of times you
don't hear from the audience -
00:30:16.44\00:30:19.41
that's right - how
they feel about it.
00:30:19.61\00:30:20.95
They're sitting there
sometimes and saying: "I wish I
00:30:20.98\00:30:23.49
could say something. "
And they're just kind of like
00:30:23.69\00:30:26.25
receivers and not even
able to express what they felt
00:30:26.45\00:30:29.69
or what their
impression is about the answers.
00:30:29.89\00:30:32.06
What this does, too, is
it takes... they just...
00:30:32.26\00:30:35.50
You know, when you watch
something on Biblical truth
00:30:35.70\00:30:38.73
it might be new to you.
And you receive the facts -
00:30:38.93\00:30:41.80
right - but you
only just heard them.
00:30:42.00\00:30:45.24
But this gives you a chance
to process them in your heart
00:30:45.44\00:30:48.74
and where the Holy Spirit
can be there talking to you.
00:30:48.94\00:30:51.61
'Cause when you say
"What's your impression? "
00:30:51.81\00:30:53.95
you really kind of have
to go to your right brain
00:30:54.15\00:30:56.05
to get an impression.
Um-hmm... I like that.
00:30:56.25\00:30:58.19
And there's no wrong answer.
00:30:58.39\00:30:59.72
There IS no wrong
answer. You're just asking:
00:30:59.75\00:31:01.12
"What's your impression?
" And that allows the person
00:31:01.32\00:31:04.59
to think about that
and transfer that truth
00:31:04.79\00:31:09.06
from their head to their heart.
00:31:09.26\00:31:11.07
To consider it with their heart.
00:31:11.27\00:31:13.20
I like that! I like that.
00:31:13.40\00:31:14.77
So it's designed that way
built it. If you look at these
00:31:14.97\00:31:17.67
possible responses
they're pretty much emotions.
00:31:17.87\00:31:21.01
That gives me
hope! That's an emotion.
00:31:21.74\00:31:24.51
That's news to me!
00:31:25.65\00:31:27.98
That's amazing!
00:31:28.18\00:31:29.52
They're all emotional responses.
00:31:29.65\00:31:31.02
So you're going to go over to
your right brain to your heart
00:31:31.22\00:31:33.59
and you're going to check-in.
The Spirit of Prophecy says
00:31:33.79\00:31:36.73
"If you get their mind... " Yes.
00:31:36.93\00:31:38.96
"and you didn't get their
heart you didn't get them. "
00:31:39.16\00:31:41.06
Hmm. Right.
00:31:41.46\00:31:42.80
Because we're
whole beings. Right.
00:31:42.83\00:31:44.47
And there's a whole lot
of people who will tell you
00:31:44.67\00:31:46.74
"Saturday's the Sabbath.
" "You shouldn't eat that. "
00:31:47.14\00:31:50.81
You know, whatever.
They're speaking truth
00:31:51.21\00:31:54.74
but the way they're speaking
it is not attractive at all.
00:31:55.14\00:31:58.88
The mind not the heart.
00:31:59.08\00:32:00.42
The mind not the
heart. It's not in the heart.
00:32:00.62\00:32:02.48
I want to go to the other
questions because now when you
00:32:02.68\00:32:04.25
look at this what kind
of results have you gotten
00:32:04.45\00:32:06.89
for the Thunder in
the Holy Land series?
00:32:07.29\00:32:10.03
Using this series?
00:32:10.23\00:32:11.56
Yeah, well this has probably
been one of the most encouraging
00:32:11.66\00:32:14.83
things because as you know
00:32:15.03\00:32:17.83
we actually
insert pastors into it.
00:32:18.03\00:32:21.67
And so we've got nearly
100 pastors, evangelists,
00:32:21.87\00:32:25.57
who've been inserted into this.
00:32:25.77\00:32:28.04
And to hear from them...
00:32:28.24\00:32:29.74
to hear their responses...
00:32:29.94\00:32:31.51
So at the CALLED
Convention one pastor came up
00:32:31.71\00:32:33.62
and I said: "Hey, have
you been using? " "Oh, yeah! "
00:32:33.82\00:32:36.08
I says: "About... " I says:
00:32:36.28\00:32:37.82
"I know that baptism is
virtually never one thing. "
00:32:38.02\00:32:41.69
You know: "I had a Thunder
in the Holy Land Bible study
00:32:42.09\00:32:44.03
and I got baptized.
" It's: "I met someone
00:32:44.23\00:32:46.49
who met me in a time of trial.
00:32:46.70\00:32:50.47
And then they encouraged me
and then they offered a study.
00:32:50.67\00:32:53.94
I went to an evangelistic...
" So it's multiple things.
00:32:54.14\00:32:56.20
But I asked them: "How many
have you used Thunder with? "
00:32:56.40\00:32:58.87
And they began to share with me.
00:32:59.34\00:33:01.41
One pastor said: "You know
I've had over 50 baptisms. "
00:33:01.61\00:33:04.31
Hmm! Carol came
by. I didn't know Carol
00:33:04.51\00:33:07.78
but she came by the
booth and she said...
00:33:07.98\00:33:10.19
She saw that it was the
Thunder booth and she said:
00:33:10.39\00:33:13.15
"This is the best
Bible study ever! "
00:33:13.56\00:33:16.56
And I said: "Oh
really? Why do you say that? "
00:33:16.76\00:33:18.73
And she says: "Well,
because every time I use it
00:33:18.93\00:33:21.26
it get another
baptism. " Wow! Amen!
00:33:21.46\00:33:23.50
And I didn't realize it when
she first started talking to me
00:33:23.70\00:33:26.27
but her husband is one of
the pastors who's been inserted.
00:33:26.47\00:33:28.90
So she took her husband's
video Bible study 'cause it's
00:33:29.30\00:33:32.27
his Bible study... doesn't
have Pastor Byrd in it...
00:33:32.47\00:33:35.68
it has her husband in it
00:33:35.88\00:33:37.85
and she uses it and
shares it with people.
00:33:38.05\00:33:40.32
Using the material but
he's the presenter? Right.
00:33:40.52\00:33:42.45
He's the presenter. And then
the young people are the same.
00:33:42.65\00:33:44.85
We have an actual response from
one of those that are using...
00:33:45.05\00:33:47.76
that use the Thunder in
the Holy Land series. Yes.
00:33:47.96\00:33:52.09
Let's look at that real quickly.
00:33:52.29\00:33:53.63
So there's a boy
named Josiah Miller
00:33:54.33\00:33:55.83
back in Hutchinson. Last year
he went to Maplewood Academy.
00:33:56.03\00:33:59.50
And he wasn't always
into spiritual things
00:33:59.90\00:34:04.31
or stuff like
that. He was more into
00:34:04.54\00:34:08.14
video games and
that kind of thing.
00:34:08.34\00:34:10.25
But during the summer he
saw the Thunder in the Holy Land
00:34:10.88\00:34:14.58
Bible studies and it
literally changed him.
00:34:14.78\00:34:17.45
His parents told me
this after he went to college
00:34:17.85\00:34:19.85
after he started attending
Union College. He is now
00:34:20.06\00:34:24.99
so... he's so on fire for Jesus
00:34:25.19\00:34:28.16
and those studies
are what inspired him.
00:34:28.36\00:34:31.50
He said that he told his parents
00:34:31.70\00:34:33.37
that seeing those young
people that on fire for Jesus
00:34:33.57\00:34:36.50
just set a spark in his life
00:34:36.71\00:34:39.47
and he's just on
fire for Jesus now.
00:34:39.67\00:34:41.68
Amen! Don't you
love that testimony?
00:34:42.61\00:34:44.38
So you're getting a chance
to see the fruit of the labor.
00:34:44.58\00:34:47.22
Amen! Right. Not only
just bringing people to baptism
00:34:47.42\00:34:49.92
but transforming
and changing lives.
00:34:50.12\00:34:51.89
And here's the important thing:
00:34:52.09\00:34:53.79
what I'm doing now... I
used to pray: "Lord, make me
00:34:54.19\00:34:57.19
a soul winner. " And when
I prayed that I was sincere.
00:34:57.39\00:34:59.36
I wanted to... I wanted to
have results like Pentecost.
00:34:59.56\00:35:03.06
I mean, I wanted hundreds,
thousands of people to be
00:35:03.26\00:35:05.83
brought to the Lord. Yes.
I wanted it to go big because
00:35:06.03\00:35:08.34
God is big and He's got
the Holy Spirit and He can do
00:35:08.54\00:35:10.54
big things so I'm
expecting big things.
00:35:10.74\00:35:12.51
So instead of making
me a profound soul winner
00:35:12.91\00:35:15.28
He made me the person
who pounded out the sword
00:35:16.48\00:35:19.98
that nearly 100
pastors and hundreds more
00:35:20.18\00:35:24.45
of their members are using.
00:35:24.65\00:35:27.12
And in fact, when I was
at the CALLED Convention
00:35:27.32\00:35:29.36
John Boston II he came up to us
00:35:29.56\00:35:32.59
and I didn't know him.
He's been in Australia.
00:35:32.79\00:35:37.30
I've never once talked to him.
00:35:37.50\00:35:39.57
In fact, let's watch that video
- show us - of what he said.
00:35:39.97\00:35:44.04
All right. OK.
I'm John T. Boston II,
00:35:44.24\00:35:47.54
Associate Director for
the North American Division
00:35:47.74\00:35:49.94
Evangelism Institute.
00:35:50.15\00:35:51.58
I came there from the
South Pacific where I served in
00:35:51.78\00:35:54.18
Australia as an evangelist.
00:35:54.38\00:35:55.82
We use Thunder in the Holy
Land for a very specific reason.
00:35:56.22\00:35:59.65
The postmodern mind is
not about indoctrination...
00:35:59.85\00:36:02.82
it's about introduction...
it's an experience.
00:36:03.02\00:36:04.79
That's exactly what
Thunder in the Holy Land does.
00:36:04.99\00:36:07.10
Absolutely encourage it.
I look forward to using it
00:36:07.30\00:36:10.00
across North America with
my students and in the field.
00:36:10.20\00:36:12.97
Wow! Great!
00:36:14.04\00:36:16.00
I never heard of him before.
00:36:16.20\00:36:18.21
If he hadn't come by the CALLED
Convention and talked to me
00:36:18.41\00:36:20.28
I wouldn't have
known he was even using
00:36:20.48\00:36:21.84
Thunder in the Holy Land.
00:36:22.04\00:36:23.38
So he's getting results.
00:36:23.45\00:36:24.78
The encouraging
thing he said to me was:
00:36:24.98\00:36:26.31
"I'm going to use
this with my students. "
00:36:26.41\00:36:27.82
"I'm going to
help other people. "
00:36:28.02\00:36:29.38
Ellen White made a statement
that was very profound to me.
00:36:29.78\00:36:32.25
Talking about child-rearing.
She said: "Make it
00:36:32.45\00:36:34.59
as easy as possible for
your children to obey. "
00:36:34.79\00:36:37.53
Oh! Make it as easy as possible.
00:36:37.93\00:36:40.16
Don't try to make
it difficult. Right.
00:36:40.36\00:36:41.70
Obedience is
already difficult enough.
00:36:41.83\00:36:43.26
Make it as easy as possible.
00:36:43.47\00:36:44.87
I think the same would apply
with: "How do we get our church
00:36:45.27\00:36:48.84
members to share Jesus? "
00:36:49.04\00:36:50.37
Make it as easy as possible.
EASY as possible. I like that.
00:36:51.17\00:36:54.11
Make it as easy as possible.
00:36:54.31\00:36:55.78
Now I understand that
you also are doing something
00:36:55.98\00:36:57.85
for the 3ABN audience
making this material available.
00:36:58.05\00:37:03.89
We are. Make it as
easy as possible for them.
00:37:04.89\00:37:06.86
Make it as easy as
possible. Let's talk about that.
00:37:07.06\00:37:09.02
So 3ABN has been making Thunder
in the Holy Land available
00:37:09.22\00:37:13.43
for $325 for the whole set
00:37:13.63\00:37:15.93
which is cheap when
you think "A soul for $325?
00:37:16.13\00:37:18.83
That's cheap. " Twice that:
00:37:19.03\00:37:21.87
you get two souls then
you divide the $325 in half.
00:37:22.07\00:37:24.81
And so on and
so forth. You know?
00:37:25.01\00:37:26.57
It diminishes
that cost per soul.
00:37:26.78\00:37:28.84
We at QuestLine Productions
have been selling it for $325.
00:37:29.81\00:37:33.11
Yes. Well right now we
want to make it available
00:37:33.52\00:37:36.12
for 70% off. What?
We want as many people
00:37:36.32\00:37:40.22
to use it as possible
00:37:40.42\00:37:41.76
and so we're making it
available for just $99.
00:37:41.92\00:37:45.29
Look at that! And
that's just through our website
00:37:45.49\00:37:50.17
so you need to go to QLP.tv
00:37:50.37\00:37:52.60
and you can get it for just $99.
00:37:52.80\00:37:56.17
And it's 26? Twenty-six episodes
00:37:56.37\00:37:59.11
in a beautiful boxed set.
00:37:59.31\00:38:02.24
What a deal! It's
just another way of...
00:38:02.44\00:38:05.85
We're trying to make it
more available to more people.
00:38:06.05\00:38:09.92
To empower others
to use the series.
00:38:10.12\00:38:11.95
Now let me ask a question.
This series that is set up:
00:38:12.15\00:38:15.12
are you the
speaker in this series?
00:38:15.32\00:38:18.19
Or is this one
that people could?
00:38:18.39\00:38:20.30
This is the one
where I'm the host - OK -
00:38:20.50\00:38:22.63
and then the young
people do most of the talking.
00:38:22.83\00:38:24.73
I just start it
middle it and end it.
00:38:24.93\00:38:26.63
I act like the
evening news anchor
00:38:26.84\00:38:28.50
and I turn it
over to live reporters.
00:38:28.70\00:38:31.14
And what's fun about that:
it has a National Geographic
00:38:31.34\00:38:33.71
look and feel because
like when we're talking about
00:38:33.91\00:38:35.74
what happens when you die,
00:38:35.94\00:38:37.28
the young people are
in Lazarus' first tomb.
00:38:37.58\00:38:40.18
Hmm. And it was interesting
when we were in Israel
00:38:40.38\00:38:42.78
there's the very
spot Jesus was crucified
00:38:42.98\00:38:45.75
right here and right here.
00:38:45.95\00:38:48.62
I like that. And right here.
00:38:48.82\00:38:50.43
Well obviously He
couldn't have been... No!
00:38:50.63\00:38:52.39
crucified in 3
different places, you know.
00:38:52.59\00:38:54.46
But to my knowledge
there's only one place
00:38:55.06\00:38:57.93
that claims to be Lazarus' tomb.
00:38:58.13\00:38:59.80
And it matches the
descrip- tions that we have read
00:39:00.64\00:39:05.41
and so I think it probably was.
00:39:05.61\00:39:07.74
And Lazarus isn't there
00:39:07.94\00:39:09.64
because Jesus can raise
people from the dead. AMEN!
00:39:09.84\00:39:12.45
So they're in
Lazarus' first tomb so it has
00:39:12.65\00:39:13.98
a National
Geographic look and feel.
00:39:14.02\00:39:15.48
I like that... I like that.
00:39:15.68\00:39:17.02
And also this is
another way we are
00:39:17.25\00:39:20.59
trying to get a little
bit more sales: to help
00:39:20.79\00:39:23.79
fund the I Met
God Project as well.
00:39:23.99\00:39:26.49
OK. So it's a way that you can
be a blessing in your community,
00:39:26.70\00:39:30.23
in your church, as
well as help us with the new
00:39:30.43\00:39:34.04
I Met God Project. Wow!
00:39:34.24\00:39:35.57
When you were here
last time you sold your home
00:39:35.74\00:39:37.94
and you put the
proceeds towards the ministry?
00:39:38.14\00:39:40.78
Yes. Nearly $230,000.
00:39:40.98\00:39:44.21
Oh wow! You say that...
00:39:44.41\00:39:46.88
God had done that so we
just gave it back to Him.
00:39:47.08\00:39:52.02
It's God's
money. We belong to Him.
00:39:52.22\00:39:53.99
Amen! So what is
the project now then?
00:39:54.19\00:39:56.22
Well I just have to
pause just a minute on this.
00:39:57.29\00:40:02.50
I kind of grimace because...
00:40:02.90\00:40:05.27
because I'm at the stage
where I should be thinking about
00:40:05.47\00:40:07.70
retirement. I should be thinking
about... What am I doing?
00:40:07.90\00:40:10.97
having a home paid for
00:40:11.17\00:40:12.77
and then I'm
giving the money away.
00:40:12.97\00:40:14.58
But you know, there's
a promise in God's Word.
00:40:15.18\00:40:17.71
It says... Jesus said
in the teachings of Jesus:
00:40:17.91\00:40:21.92
"There's no one
who's left their house
00:40:22.12\00:40:24.05
or their land who's not
going to get 100 fold more
00:40:24.25\00:40:28.26
in THIS LIFE AND eternal life. "
00:40:28.46\00:40:31.49
Wow! And I never asked
God to make good on this.
00:40:31.69\00:40:36.67
I've never gone to the
Lord and said: "You said...
00:40:36.87\00:40:39.50
that You'd give me houses.
" Like magic? You know? Right.
00:40:39.70\00:40:43.24
But I did hold that verse
up and put my finger on it
00:40:43.44\00:40:45.97
and say: "Lord,
I'm not asking for me.
00:40:46.17\00:40:47.91
I'm asking that You
fund the I Met God Project. "
00:40:48.11\00:40:50.55
"I've given my all. I
want You to match that.
00:40:50.75\00:40:55.72
To triple that. To
give me more than that.
00:40:55.92\00:40:58.82
To give me
everything I need for that. "
00:40:59.02\00:41:00.56
And He's been doing
that. We're not all there yet.
00:41:01.52\00:41:03.73
OK. But I just want to
talk about the promises of God.
00:41:03.93\00:41:08.90
Yes. So I don't
have a house to live in.
00:41:09.10\00:41:11.60
So we're
renting an old farmhouse
00:41:12.00\00:41:14.04
but we've got enough land to put
a house there on the property.
00:41:14.44\00:41:18.17
And we actually
drew up plans for a house
00:41:19.07\00:41:22.48
because you can always dream.
00:41:22.68\00:41:24.01
And I looked at plans, I looked
at plans, I looked at plans
00:41:24.05\00:41:26.82
and every time I talked to Karen
"What do you think about this? "
00:41:27.02\00:41:29.12
"That's really nice,
but it doesn't have this. "
00:41:29.32\00:41:31.75
"Oh, what do
you think of this? "
00:41:32.15\00:41:33.69
'It doesn't have that. "
00:41:34.19\00:41:35.59
She always had something
that she didn't like about it.
00:41:36.42\00:41:39.19
Or more specifically
something that you forgot.
00:41:39.39\00:41:42.60
Something that
wasn't there but she wanted.
00:41:42.80\00:41:44.73
Or something that was
there that we didn't need that.
00:41:44.93\00:41:46.47
Right. Yeah. Exactly.
00:41:46.67\00:41:48.00
So finally I got tired of
all that. I sat down and I drew
00:41:48.27\00:41:50.64
my own house
plans. Oh, you did? I did!
00:41:50.84\00:41:52.91
I drew my own house plans.
00:41:53.11\00:41:54.44
Of course not
that I can afford this
00:41:54.61\00:41:56.18
because I gave up
all the money, you know.
00:41:56.58\00:41:58.75
A little bit of equity
is about all we have. Yeah.
00:42:00.15\00:42:03.08
And then somebody
came to me and they said:
00:42:03.89\00:42:09.09
"Well I'll just give you
the money to finish building
00:42:10.59\00:42:12.99
that house and you pay
me back as you're able. "
00:42:13.19\00:42:15.10
Wow. Wow!
00:42:16.36\00:42:18.37
And then I said: "You
know God's promises are true! "
00:42:19.40\00:42:22.20
Amen! God's promises are true.
00:42:22.40\00:42:24.54
You know, I didn't ask.
00:42:24.94\00:42:27.08
Yeah. I didn't ask for that.
00:42:27.28\00:42:28.91
So we're going to have a studio
and a home right next to it
00:42:29.44\00:42:32.15
thanks to someone who believes
in what we're trying to do.
00:42:32.35\00:42:35.38
Wow! Donated the land.
00:42:35.58\00:42:36.92
Let's put up a picture.
You have a picture of the land
00:42:37.09\00:42:39.52
cleared. We do; we
do. Let's see that.
00:42:39.72\00:42:41.69
We have cleared the land.
00:42:41.89\00:42:43.66
This used to be all solid trees.
00:42:43.86\00:42:45.69
Wow! And we've leveled it off.
00:42:45.89\00:42:47.76
We're about to hopefully here...
00:42:47.96\00:42:50.57
One man cut all the trees.
00:42:50.77\00:42:52.80
All the trees.
That's a lot of cutting!
00:42:53.00\00:42:54.90
Dallas Hilligoss
came out from Oregon.
00:42:55.10\00:42:57.34
Paid his own way out.
00:42:57.54\00:42:58.87
Paid for his
rental site for his camper
00:42:58.97\00:43:01.84
and just stayed up
there and worked with me.
00:43:02.04\00:43:03.95
Helped me knock it all out.
00:43:04.15\00:43:05.48
Skil saw? It was a chainsaw.
00:43:05.51\00:43:08.35
His was a Husky
and mine was a SKIL.
00:43:08.55\00:43:10.72
That's a lot of work, but
then you know what you do is
00:43:11.79\00:43:14.09
there's faith without work and
then there's faith WITH works.
00:43:14.29\00:43:18.79
That's the evidence of work.
00:43:18.99\00:43:20.70
"Lord, I'm cuttin' these
trees down because I know that
00:43:20.90\00:43:22.90
You will provide all of our
need" Yes! "according to Your
00:43:23.10\00:43:25.80
plan according to the
purpose of our lives. "
00:43:26.00\00:43:27.90
And you know the
passage: Romans 8:28. Go ahead,
00:43:28.30\00:43:31.47
say it for us: "And
we know that all things
00:43:31.67\00:43:33.71
work together for
good for those who love God
00:43:33.91\00:43:35.98
and those that are the called
according to His purpose. "
00:43:36.18\00:43:37.88
If you love Him;
if you're called.
00:43:38.08\00:43:39.41
I love Him and I
know He called me.
00:43:39.51\00:43:40.98
That's right, that's right. Yes.
00:43:41.18\00:43:42.88
You have another
photo with the walls up?
00:43:43.08\00:43:45.25
No... I don't have a
photo with the walls up. Oh!
00:43:45.45\00:43:47.69
But this is what the new
studio is going to look like.
00:43:47.89\00:43:50.93
The tallest part of the
building there in the back:
00:43:51.09\00:43:54.73
that's where the studio will be.
00:43:54.93\00:43:56.26
The front part
will have four offices,
00:43:56.40\00:43:59.03
a production
room, an editing suite,
00:43:59.23\00:44:03.34
a little kitchenette and a
work room and a green room.
00:44:03.54\00:44:06.34
Yeah. So we're ready to go
with the I Met God Project.
00:44:06.54\00:44:11.58
Wow! And why are you
pushing so hard on this project?
00:44:11.78\00:44:14.12
This is really... You
just said a moment ago
00:44:14.32\00:44:16.02
and I want to go back to
what you... rewinding that audio
00:44:16.22\00:44:18.35
here. You said: "At
this point in my life
00:44:18.55\00:44:21.59
I should be looking
for a beach somewhere
00:44:22.99\00:44:25.43
and a pair of slippers. "
00:44:25.63\00:44:27.40
That's never going to
happen with this visionary.
00:44:27.96\00:44:30.10
But as a pastor - and I
know this is true about a lot of
00:44:30.30\00:44:33.77
pastors - there's this
thing called "retire. "
00:44:33.97\00:44:36.60
Well what that actually means
is just get a new set of tires.
00:44:36.81\00:44:40.31
Retire the tires?
Retread the thing.
00:44:40.61\00:44:43.04
Yeah. But this is a call...
this is not just a passion.
00:44:43.24\00:44:46.78
Talk about that for a moment.
00:44:46.98\00:44:48.32
This is not just a
passion... this is a call.
00:44:48.35\00:44:50.89
When we were asked multiple
times by multiple languages
00:44:52.79\00:44:56.86
"Can we have something
like Thunder in our language? "
00:44:57.06\00:44:59.03
"Can we have something
like Thunder in OUR language? "
00:44:59.43\00:45:01.53
"Can we do that? "
"Can we have that? "
00:45:01.73\00:45:04.43
My answer was "No"
00:45:04.63\00:45:06.27
because I knew it was
going to be too difficult.
00:45:06.47\00:45:08.20
And then God
comes along and He says:
00:45:09.20\00:45:11.34
"You CAN do it. "
00:45:12.24\00:45:13.84
"This is how you can do it. "
00:45:14.04\00:45:15.48
"Here's the
equipment you can use. "
00:45:15.68\00:45:17.01
And He put it all in my head.
00:45:17.15\00:45:18.61
Went to Las Vegas
National Assoc. of Broadcasters
00:45:18.81\00:45:22.28
and all the equipment that
He put in my head was there.
00:45:22.65\00:45:24.22
Equipment I'd
never heard of before.
00:45:24.42\00:45:25.75
Cameras that just walk
around the floor by themselves.
00:45:26.89\00:45:30.03
Zoom in, zoom
out... all by themselves.
00:45:30.23\00:45:31.76
Big cameras that look like what
you have here in this studio
00:45:32.26\00:45:35.70
except there isn't
somebody behind it.
00:45:35.90\00:45:37.23
They're just walking
around doing their own thing.
00:45:37.27\00:45:38.70
Expensive!
00:45:39.10\00:45:41.10
It will be expensive but
it will be cost-effective
00:45:41.30\00:45:44.34
because we'll do language
after language after language
00:45:44.54\00:45:47.08
after language
after language. Wow!
00:45:47.28\00:45:48.78
And that's what God wants.
00:45:49.71\00:45:52.28
He said in Matthew 24:14
00:45:52.48\00:45:56.05
that when "this
gospel of the kingdom goes
00:45:56.25\00:45:58.55
to every nation,
goes to every kindred.
00:45:58.75\00:46:02.26
When all the nations
have heard I will come back. "
00:46:02.46\00:46:06.29
And you and I, and you do
the same thing here at 3ABN,
00:46:07.30\00:46:11.00
you're literally all over
the world through satellite.
00:46:11.20\00:46:13.20
We're giving the
world a chance to know.
00:46:14.24\00:46:16.87
We're giving the
world a chance to hear.
00:46:17.07\00:46:19.14
And when they've all
heard He can come back.
00:46:19.44\00:46:22.58
I want to go home. Yes!
00:46:22.98\00:46:26.21
Yes! Praise the Lord!
00:46:26.41\00:46:27.98
I was called to
the home of a lady
00:46:28.18\00:46:30.65
who went to the
restroom and her baby came out.
00:46:31.05\00:46:34.82
Oh! Wasn't
supposed to come out now.
00:46:35.02\00:46:37.39
She was this tall.
00:46:38.49\00:46:41.23
Wow! I held her in my hand.
00:46:41.43\00:46:43.57
At that stage of life
they say: "Oh, that's a fetus.
00:46:43.97\00:46:46.74
You can grind that
up; throw it away. "
00:46:46.94\00:46:48.27
But people are marching now:
"They're taking away the rights
00:46:48.37\00:46:51.57
of women! " Well what about
the right of that little girl?
00:46:51.77\00:46:53.64
Um-hmm. She had perfect fingers.
00:46:53.84\00:46:56.61
She had perfect toes. Um-hmm.
00:46:57.01\00:46:59.58
I want to go home.
00:47:01.18\00:47:02.85
All the nonsense, the rioting...
the rioting that's going on now,
00:47:03.05\00:47:06.72
some guy who resisted
the police ended up dying.
00:47:09.02\00:47:14.30
I'm sad about
that... don't get me wrong.
00:47:15.30\00:47:17.10
I don't think that's
right. But then the rioters go
00:47:17.30\00:47:20.57
burn down this guy's restaurant
and burn down this guy's
00:47:20.77\00:47:23.71
convenience store. They
had nothing to do with it.
00:47:23.91\00:47:26.84
But then you hear
the politicians saying:
00:47:27.88\00:47:30.21
"Well, you know, you've
gotta understand them. "
00:47:30.41\00:47:33.75
There's no
understanding craziness!
00:47:34.72\00:47:37.69
Well we're not living in an
environment of understanding.
00:47:37.89\00:47:40.66
There's nothing... And
here's what's happening,
00:47:40.86\00:47:42.62
here's why I think that
Thunder in the Holy Land
00:47:42.82\00:47:47.26
and all evangelism is
very relevant. Very relevant.
00:47:47.46\00:47:50.97
You try to make
sense out of this world
00:47:51.17\00:47:52.50
you can't. It's not going
to make sense. That's right.
00:47:52.63\00:47:54.40
It's designed to
polarize, to divide, to conquer,
00:47:54.60\00:47:57.97
to cause people to become
more angry with each other
00:47:58.17\00:48:00.61
whereas Christians we
should be angry with the devil
00:48:00.81\00:48:03.85
and we should be united
in doing the work of God.
00:48:04.25\00:48:06.82
And this is affecting
so many levels of society
00:48:07.02\00:48:09.55
and in some cases even
affecting the Adventist church
00:48:09.75\00:48:12.29
where we're pulling
in the wrong direction.
00:48:12.49\00:48:14.79
What I like about this
program: we're saying to people
00:48:14.99\00:48:17.06
"Get back to what God
has called you to be. "
00:48:17.26\00:48:19.66
Matthew 24:14 He
just preached on that.
00:48:19.86\00:48:22.36
We just talked about that.
Get back to the things that
00:48:22.56\00:48:24.63
do not divide. Because
the devil knows that if
00:48:24.83\00:48:27.37
we are united... He
knows that if we are united
00:48:27.57\00:48:29.87
in doing the work of God
then the Lord could return
00:48:30.07\00:48:32.97
sooner. That's right. We can't
tell Him when to come back.
00:48:33.17\00:48:35.54
"No man knows the day
nor the hour. " That's right.
00:48:35.74\00:48:37.31
But we can do what is in
our power to hasten the coming
00:48:37.51\00:48:40.25
of the Lord. But all these
issues are not intended to keep
00:48:40.45\00:48:43.45
us working for the
Lord but to keep us
00:48:43.65\00:48:46.42
working against the Lord.
That's right. So let me ask
00:48:46.62\00:48:48.39
this question: what do you think
that the 3ABN audience could do
00:48:48.59\00:48:51.29
to help move
this project forward?
00:48:51.49\00:48:53.40
You talked about the
land. You see the house there.
00:48:53.60\00:48:56.10
And you have an audience that
may say: "Charles and Karen:
00:48:56.30\00:49:00.57
we've heard, we've
watched, we've seen the passion
00:49:00.77\00:49:02.90
of this ministry. "
Yes. "How can we be helpful
00:49:03.10\00:49:05.37
to be able to propel
this going forward? "
00:49:05.57\00:49:07.18
What can you say?
Look in the camera.
00:49:07.38\00:49:08.71
I want to give you a
chance to look at that camera
00:49:08.74\00:49:10.51
and tell. What
would you say to them
00:49:10.71\00:49:12.21
that are listening
and watching this program?
00:49:12.41\00:49:14.32
Well I'm the one
at the phone usually -
00:49:14.48\00:49:17.19
OK - in the office
or getting the mail.
00:49:17.39\00:49:20.69
And I have to tell you
00:49:20.89\00:49:22.42
when a 3ABN listener
00:49:22.62\00:49:26.80
I go to the mail and
I open up this letter...
00:49:27.20\00:49:29.83
A person - you know a donation
- a person I don't even know
00:49:30.03\00:49:33.80
who they are and
God has inspired them
00:49:34.00\00:49:37.74
to give towards this project.
00:49:37.94\00:49:39.81
Every time I do that I
just look up to the Lord
00:49:40.01\00:49:43.21
and I say: "Lord, You're
doing this. Thank you so much.
00:49:43.41\00:49:45.88
You're moving on Your people. "
00:49:46.08\00:49:47.72
And so that's... that's...
listen to what God is moving...
00:49:47.92\00:49:51.79
moving you to do to
help with this project.
00:49:51.99\00:49:55.02
We're a long way from
having it completely funded.
00:49:55.22\00:49:59.56
We're working on the
physical plant right now
00:50:00.20\00:50:02.73
and we hope to have that
finished, up and running by
00:50:02.93\00:50:08.10
January. And then it
will be all the equipment
00:50:08.30\00:50:12.47
and so forth, too. So
00:50:12.67\00:50:14.01
listen to the Lord and ask the
Lord what He would have you do.
00:50:14.94\00:50:18.51
And we're going
to need ambassadors.
00:50:19.95\00:50:22.18
Ahh... what is that?
00:50:22.38\00:50:23.72
So when we do another language
00:50:23.95\00:50:26.25
I don't speak Swahili. Ah-ha.
00:50:26.45\00:50:28.49
I don't speak Tongan.
00:50:28.69\00:50:30.23
I don't speak French or German.
00:50:30.86\00:50:32.96
I don't speak Chinese. Umm.
00:50:33.16\00:50:35.63
We're going to need ambassadors.
We're going to need people
00:50:35.83\00:50:38.13
who are multi-lingual. OK!
00:50:38.33\00:50:39.93
And if you're
watching right now and you say:
00:50:40.14\00:50:42.84
"I'm multi-lingual... I
could translate one of those
00:50:43.04\00:50:45.71
scripts from English
into our native tongue
00:50:45.91\00:50:48.88
and get it ready
for our people. "
00:50:49.28\00:50:50.95
We need ambassadors
who will... who will
00:50:51.35\00:50:54.55
talk to their people and
say: "Hey, we need to fund
00:50:54.75\00:50:57.22
our language portion of
the script. " That's right.
00:50:57.42\00:50:59.12
What it would cost to
produce eight programs
00:50:59.32\00:51:04.66
at the old
Adventist Media Center
00:51:04.86\00:51:06.53
we're going to do 52 programs
in their native language
00:51:06.73\00:51:10.37
"on location. " And
I put that in quotes
00:51:10.57\00:51:13.30
because it will be done
green screen around the world.
00:51:13.50\00:51:15.50
Amen! Well, we're going to need
00:51:15.70\00:51:17.71
people who can go to
their people and say:
00:51:17.91\00:51:19.91
"Hey listen. You
know, you've come from Tonga
00:51:20.11\00:51:21.98
and you're in the
U.S. We can do this.
00:51:22.18\00:51:24.11
You're a lawyer; you're a
doctor. Can you give $25,000
00:51:24.31\00:51:28.42
for this project?
Can you give $50,000?
00:51:28.62\00:51:30.22
Can we make this a
reality for our language? "
00:51:30.62\00:51:33.52
"This is for OUR
language. " That's right.
00:51:33.72\00:51:35.36
And so we're going to need
ambassadors. We're going to need
00:51:35.56\00:51:38.99
fundraising. We're
going to need translators.
00:51:39.19\00:51:42.33
This project is so much bigger
than Charles and Karen Byrd.
00:51:42.73\00:51:45.70
There is no way we can
do this in our strength.
00:51:46.33\00:51:50.54
Absolutely. But we serve
00:51:50.74\00:51:53.51
a church, a body,
that is God's body.
00:51:53.71\00:51:57.65
Amen. We can do this.
00:51:57.81\00:51:59.15
And I just want to also
00:51:59.18\00:52:00.52
remind them of the website.
00:52:00.72\00:52:02.05
Like: Quick! Let's pray.
00:52:08.12\00:52:09.46
OK, I like that. I mean
this is an exciting project.
00:52:09.56\00:52:12.43
Every time you both come here
00:52:12.63\00:52:13.96
I can see the flame is
still burning. How true!
00:52:14.00\00:52:15.56
And God has ignited
you not to consume you
00:52:15.76\00:52:19.40
but to inspire you.
00:52:19.80\00:52:21.60
And once again
as we've pointed out
00:52:21.80\00:52:23.24
we're going to have another
two minutes on the other side
00:52:23.44\00:52:25.44
of the news break. But
QLP.tv is where you can go
00:52:25.64\00:52:30.01
to find out
more. Don't go away...
00:52:30.21\00:52:32.05
we'll be right back.
00:52:32.25\00:52:33.58