I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome
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to another 3ABN
Today Family Worship.
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We're so grateful that
you have joined us here
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this Friday evening
as we open the Sabbath.
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I don't know how
your week's been,
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but I know here at 3ABN is,
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it seemed like
we always mentioned,
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it's been busy
but it's been good,
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and it's always a blessing
to spend this time with you,
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around our family
table here at 3ABN
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but also you at home,
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you know, you're just
as a part of the family
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as those that are here
with us each Friday evening.
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But thank you for your
prayers and financial support
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for the ministry of 3ABN.
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It's making a difference
in other people's lives
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for eternity.
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There are souls that are coming
to the knowledge of truth.
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We get those wonderful
letters here into the office
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every week, and
that's always encouraging.
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Every day. Oh, every day.
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Yeah, that's for sure.
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But we have a wonderful family
here with us this evening,
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don't we all the way
from around the world.
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That's right.
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We love 3ABN Family Worship
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because it's an
opportunity, a privilege
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to be able to
come into your home,
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to be able to
share with you at home
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and open up God's
Word and study together,
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you are part of the 3ABN family.
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And as Greg mentioned,
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we have part of our
3ABN family here with us
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around the table.
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One of the members here
would be no stranger to you,
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because she's been
part of 3ABN for many years,
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and another couple of
people have been here before,
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and one is brand new.
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I'm speaking of our
3ABN Russian family.
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And we're gonna
start with my sister here
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who's been part of the
ministry for many, many years.
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Julia Outkina,
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you are Executive
Director of 3ABN Russia,
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and my sister and my mentor,
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and it's always a privilege
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when you can be here at 3ABN
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and we can share
together, so thank you, Sis.
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You know,
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you're saying I'm your mentor,
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but you're my mentor too
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and even
concerning this program,
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you know, Jill
expanded our borders
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or to say Jill
expanded our possibilities
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because for us to
participate in a 3ABN program
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all held in English
and discussing the Bible,
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it's a
completely new experience.
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But then with it all,
it's not about people,
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it's about God,
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it's about our
worldwide 3ABN family,
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and then God leads us
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and it's His program as
all the programs at 3ABN,
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they are God's programs.
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But He does it through people
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and praise the Lord that,
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you know, such
people as Greg and Jill
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that they expand
our possibilities.
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So we're excited
about this coming program.
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And thank you so much
for making it practical
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because it's going, not to
be a theological discussion,
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it's going to be a
practical thing in our lives.
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Amen.
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You know, we
appreciate you very much, Julia,
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you know, I know, of course,
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that Danny Shelton does too
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'cause, you know,
you and he go way back
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to the beginning of 3ABN Russia.
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And it's amazing, the miracles,
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you know, and we're
talking about miracles
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and things today,
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but to me, when Jill
and I were at 3ABN Russia,
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oh, several years
ago, what an amazing...
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Yeah.
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What's the word to
describe it, experience,
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it was for us to be there.
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We have seen many pictures
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and many videos
through the years,
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but to be there
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on that ground
where God has built.
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But you said God has built,
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He's used human
instruments and human beings
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to make it possible but wow,
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what an experience.
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We just want to
say thank you again
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for your continued
support for 3ABN Russia
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because it is
doing an amazing work,
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reaching lives in
the Russian language.
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I mean, we don't, we
can't even put numbers on it
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as to what God is doing,
but it's just phenomenal.
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Thank you, again, as Jill
mentioned for your leadership,
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and she sends these
wonderful little emails
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to us too throughout the year.
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And they're always full
of such wisdom and insight
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and we just
appreciate you so much.
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Praise the Lord.
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It's to me when
we went to Russia,
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it was life changing.
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It was.
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I know we got to
see each one of you
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around the table here as well.
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But just to see what they
do with the facility there
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with so little
and yet they produce
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and accomplish so much.
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So we're talking tonight,
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you mentioned a practical topic,
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Julia, we're talking
about God's work, evidence,
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as we see evidence of
God's work in the miracles
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that He does in the Word of God
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and we see
miracles in the Bible,
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but there's real life
miracles taking place today.
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And we're gonna
share some of them
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that God has done in our lives.
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So let's keep
introducing the family.
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Sitting next to Julia is Daniil,
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and I'm not gonna
begin to pronounce
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your last name so...
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Patsukevich.
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Okay.
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And Daniil, you've
been at 3ABN Russia,
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I think 10 years, is that right?
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Yeah, 10 years.
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And you're
Director of Production.
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Tell us what that entails
or what that is like at Russia?
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I would call
myself kind of a father
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to all the new production crew,
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to all the new
workers in production crew.
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It is something
new that I'm doing.
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I'm awed at the
dedication of these young people
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whom we invite
to work as support
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of 3ABN Russia's crew,
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they come to work by the hours.
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Some of them are students,
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some of them are graduates,
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just recent
graduates from school.
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And he said, "I feel how
good the production's become
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because of the
dedicated involvement
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of the young church members."
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Amen.
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So is your background,
Daniil, in communications
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or in television?
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No, none of that.
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Isn't that neat, how God uses,
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if we just make
ourselves available
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and our talents what God can do?
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He said, I didn't know
that God was planning for me
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to work at 3ABN Russia.
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And when I was studying,
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I needed to earn
my living somehow
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and then that idea came for me
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to try to work at 3ABN Russia,
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and then how wonderful
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it has all been
turned around by God.
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I can say to that,
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one of the special
miracles of God in my life,
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because since
then, for 10 years,
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I have been serving
the Lord at 3ABN Russia.
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Amen.
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That's a wonderful miracle
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because one of
the miracles of God
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in our lives is
the way He leads us.
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Amen.
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You know, you might not
know you're a young person,
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and what does God
want me to do with my life
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and the way He leads
and guides and directs,
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so that's wonderful, Daniil.
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On this side, we
have Vadim Trusyuk
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Yes. Oh, yay.
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That was a little easier for me.
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And, Vadim, you've been at
3ABN Russia, is it 14 years?
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Yes. Okay.
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And you are Director
Coordinator of Production,
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this would involve
what different departments?
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'Cause there're
several departments in there?
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Video production,
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radio production,
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publishing.
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See, speaking in tongues.
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So, video, radio...
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Publishing...
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Web. Web.
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Broadcasting. Broadcasting.
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Web.
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Archive. Okay.
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And more and more likes
in USA I have many hats.
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Yeah.
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That's exactly what
I was gonna say, Vadim,
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you wear many hats.
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Yes.
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And you have a wonderful wife.
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Yes. And one little baby.
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Yes. Yes.
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Oh, yeah. And your wife's name?
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Irena. Irena.
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Little baby? Achtung.
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And he's three,
is he three, four?
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Three and a half years.
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Three and a half.
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Three and a half.
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We appreciate you and
also the work that you do.
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It's a lot of dedication,
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you know, Sister Julia,
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you know, the crew
that you have there,
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we're so impressed,
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you're a blessing.
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And sitting next to
you is Angela Bucina?
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Buzina. Buzina.
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Okay.
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And how long have
you been at 3ABN Russia?
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It's my third year, in July.
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I am a video editor.
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And I am a photographer.
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When we went to Russia,
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Angie followed us everywhere,
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like taking pictures
of everything taking place
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and she does a
really good job with that.
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Absolutely.
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You have a very good eye
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for
photography, that's for sure.
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So I didn't ask you
'cause I asked Daniil this,
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but did you go to
school for video production
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and you too, did
you go to school for...?
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Angela graduated from
photographer's course...
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Three months. It
took her three months.
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I never got
education in television.
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I got my higher
education in management.
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And it helps me
a lot in my work.
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Oh, yeah,
absolutely. Absolutely.
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If you're
coordinating those departments,
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you're working with
personnel and all of that.
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Praise the Lord.
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Amen. Amen.
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Yeah, mighty things.
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Yeah. Praise the Lord.
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So right into our topic, right?
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As we talk about miracles,
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we should open up in prayer
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before we open up
God's Word, don't you think?
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Yeah, let's pray.
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Father in heaven,
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we are grateful for bringing us
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through another week.
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The weeks can
sometimes be a little bit long.
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But, Lord, we're always
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as we look
forward to the Sabbath,
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what a blessing that is
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where we can rest
from our day to day labors.
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And, Lord, I just pray
for those that are tuning
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in either radio
or viewing tonight,
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that You would bless them
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with a wonderful
Sabbath rest as well.
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I thank You for tonight's
topic as we talk about miracles,
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because You are a
miracle working God.
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And tonight, Lord, we
just want to praise Your name
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for what You are doing
and what You are going to do.
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Thank you as we open Your Word
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for Your Holy Spirit,
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and His presence and blessing.
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In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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Amen.
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Well, let's start
with a kickoff scripture,
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an opening scripture
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and then we'll talk
about miracles from the Bible
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and personal experiences.
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Let's look at Isaiah.
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Isaiah 43:18-19.
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Isaiah is probably
one of my favorite books
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of the Bible.
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You know, the
first half of the book
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deals with judgment
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that people are turning from God
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and there's that judgment.
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But the second half of the book
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is a book of comfort
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and God's saying,
"If you return to Me,
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I will do such a beautiful thing
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in your life."
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And God wants
to heal and restore
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if we turn to Him in repentance.
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So, this verse
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in Isaiah 43:18-19.
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Do you have that,
Julia, you want to read that?
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Do you have an
English Bible? Yes.
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Okay.
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"Remembering in
not the former things,
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neither consider
the things of old.
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Behold, I will do a new thing.
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Now it shall spring
forth, shall you not know it?
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I will even make a way
in the wilderness and rivers
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in the desert."
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Praise the Lord.
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What does that
verse say to all of you?
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In the context of
our today's topic.
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I believe the
most important part
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is the second part
of the second verse.
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"I will even make a way
in the wilderness and rivers
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in the desert."
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So the main thing for us
to know and always to remember
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there is nothing
impossible for God.
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Yeah, 'cause when you
think about a river in a desert,
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impossible, isn't it?
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So, yeah, that's great.
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And then a way
in the wilderness.
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Do you think
'cause this we're thinking
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when I'm thinking of this,
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I'm thinking of
a literal desert.
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And a literal river
running through the desert.
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Or I'm thinking of a wilderness,
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a real wilderness
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and trying to find a
path through wilderness.
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But do you all think
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that we can have
a desert experience
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in our personal lives
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or wilderness experience?
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Yes.
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It reminds very
much of the experience
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of conversion to God
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because when a person
becomes dry and empty,
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and then grabbing on the Lord,
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the Lord fills
the person with water.
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I think Daniil's good. Yeah.
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I would say that this
Bible verse exemplifies
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my own personal life
story, but it's very long.
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I don't know
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if I should
take time to tell it.
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Give us a shorten version, yeah.
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Okay.
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Yeah, I'll make it short.
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It happened when I was
already working at 3ABN Russia.
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I have been a
pastor's kid for all my life.
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And when I came to
3ABN Russia to work,
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my parents were
moved to another place.
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So they were not
initially in Novgorod anymore.
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So for a certain period of time
I lived together with my sister
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in the same apartment.
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And then she left
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and then that was
the period of my growth,
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and that was the
period of my personal trials.
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I was 17-18 at that time.
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So I was all by myself.
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And it didn't take me long
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to start attending
the church less and less.
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And I would ask
myself a question.
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"Do I really need to
go to church on Sabbath?"
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And then I would say to myself,
"I'm working in the studio.
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I hear the sermons every day,
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all day long while we tape them.
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Why do I need to go
to church?" Yeah, okay.
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And after a short while I
realized that I became empty.
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But still the desire to come
back to church was not there.
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I still didn't feel it.
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And then one pastor
from one of the churches
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asked me to help them
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in a technical
way as a technician.
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I was happy to say yes,
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because this is something close
to my heart, to my expertise.
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Then it took me half a year
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to do what they asked me to
do, so half a year was gone.
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Six months
going to church. Okay.
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That's good.
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This was the six months
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when nothing and
nobody influenced me
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except my own choices
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and the influence of God
directly upon my decisions.
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Because no one
really paid attention
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that I was not going to church.
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Because I kept going
to different churches.
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So my pastor might think
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that I was at
another church at that time,
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so that was my personal decision
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that I should
come back to church.
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Amen.
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And now I know
why I go to church.
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I know why I serve the...
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I know why I go to church,
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I know why I serve the Lord,
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I know why I serve the church,
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helping them with
their live broadcasts.
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And why do you go to church?
Why do you serve the Lord?
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I see that through my
service people come to God.
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Secondly...
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I see Lord's blessings
through it upon my life.
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And realizing how He led me
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and protected me all my life,
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I see that He is
present in it all the time.
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Amen.
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Don't you love that?
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When I look at this scripture,
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to me, it's not just
God doing a new thing
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when we're first converted...
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Yeah.
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It's also God can renew in us
00:21:06.76\00:21:09.40
that first love
experience with Jesus like,
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you had grown up in the church,
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your father's a pastor,
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then you kind
of walk away a bit.
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And then God renews in
your heart that experience,
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I love that.
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As we think about
examples in the Bible.
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We're coming to you, Angie,
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as we think about examples
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in the Bible of
miracles that took place.
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I think about Jesus
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and incredible miracles
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that He did when He
walked on this earth.
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You want to talk to
us about one of them?
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When Jesus was on earth,
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He really
performed a lot of miracles.
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Yeah.
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In my memory
His biggest miracles
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are resurrection of Lazarus...
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and of other people who died.
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And feeding multitudes.
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Those are
really amazing miracles
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because the world shows us
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a lot of, so to say
miracles, like miraculous things
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happening in this life.
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But those miracles
are either a deceit
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or they can be just
easily explained what happened.
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But Jesus made miracles,
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did perform miracles
that cannot be repeated,
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no one can do them.
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Yeah, no one can, you know,
00:23:09.98\00:23:13.82
and no one can
accept those miracles
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except through faith
and except through trust
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to the Lord.
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I think that a lot of people
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who saw those miracles...
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They believed in God
and they followed God.
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And their life
filled with His light,
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with His love for
people, with His Holy Spirit.
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And it seemed to me being filled
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with what He gave them,
00:24:00.54\00:24:02.54
they came to Him
and they came to God.
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That's great.
00:24:07.38\00:24:08.71
I'm convinced
that for many people,
00:24:13.78\00:24:16.55
God's miracles, Jesus'
miracles play a major role.
00:24:16.58\00:24:20.86
Yeah, he wants
to add an example.
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Yeah.
00:24:25.66\00:24:28.36
Angela mentioned
resurrection of Lazarus.
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At 3ABN Russia
about half a month ago
00:24:37.81\00:24:41.44
just before coming here,
00:24:41.48\00:24:42.98
we recorded a Christian musical.
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All of our workers
has multiple tasks,
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multiple responsibilities.
00:24:54.36\00:24:56.02
That sounds like here, sorry.
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When the time came
that we needed to go
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and it was a
massive musical with...
00:25:13.61\00:25:18.71
with about 50
people participating in it.
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It was about Mary
Magdalene, and Jesus
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and there were massive,
00:25:24.49\00:25:25.82
you know, episodes there,
so we went to tape on location.
00:25:25.85\00:25:30.23
And so Vadim says that
00:25:30.26\00:25:32.43
Daniil being the
director of video production
00:25:32.46\00:25:35.06
and him being the administrator
00:25:35.10\00:25:37.43
of all the
different kinds of production,
00:25:37.47\00:25:40.67
they went there as
just camera people.
00:25:40.70\00:25:42.94
And when we stood there taping,
00:25:47.28\00:25:50.18
behind the
cameras taping this stage,
00:25:50.21\00:25:53.92
it was the moment
00:25:53.95\00:25:56.45
when Lazarus was resurrected.
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And since we know the Bible,
00:26:01.12\00:26:04.09
we knew what was
going to happen next...
00:26:04.13\00:26:09.23
but taping that episode.
00:26:09.26\00:26:14.67
Yeah, they just
both showed one another
00:26:18.27\00:26:21.28
that they had goose bumps.
00:26:21.31\00:26:23.01
Wow. Yeah.
00:26:23.04\00:26:25.71
That was amazing.
00:26:29.55\00:26:32.85
You know, question for you
00:26:32.89\00:26:34.39
'cause, you know,
we're talking about Jesus
00:26:34.42\00:26:36.36
being on this earth
and performing miracles.
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Some people say
thousands of years ago...
00:26:40.83\00:26:45.43
that was then...
00:26:45.47\00:26:47.24
what about now?
00:26:47.27\00:26:48.60
And I would say
that those miracles
00:26:53.38\00:26:55.58
that happened
thousands of years ago
00:26:55.61\00:26:58.15
they still affect us,
00:26:58.18\00:26:59.78
and there are miracles of today
00:26:59.81\00:27:02.45
that are new and that continue.
00:27:02.48\00:27:04.85
Amen.
00:27:04.89\00:27:06.59
There are new
Christ's miracles today.
00:27:11.53\00:27:13.83
There are our personal miracles
00:27:17.27\00:27:19.40
that have gone
through our experience.
00:27:19.43\00:27:21.64
And they give us
strength and inspiration
00:27:28.21\00:27:31.25
and more trust to God...
00:27:31.28\00:27:35.08
because they are
our personal miracles.
00:27:35.12\00:27:37.55
And we hope to actually
00:27:37.59\00:27:38.92
get to some of
those personal miracles.
00:27:38.95\00:27:40.29
I know we're talking about
some of the biblical miracles,
00:27:40.32\00:27:42.42
but it's powerful, isn't it?
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It is.
00:27:43.83\00:27:45.16
You know, I
think about Revelation,
00:27:45.19\00:27:46.53
it says, they overcame,
00:27:46.56\00:27:47.90
meaning the
saints at the last time,
00:27:47.93\00:27:49.26
they overcame Satan,
by the blood of the Lamb,
00:27:49.30\00:27:52.63
and by the word
of their testimony.
00:27:52.67\00:27:56.17
And they did not love
their lives until their death.
00:27:56.20\00:27:58.17
So you just think there is power
00:27:58.21\00:28:00.98
when we share what
God is doing in our life,
00:28:01.01\00:28:04.51
because it encourages you
in your own walk with God,
00:28:04.55\00:28:08.32
but it
encourages other people too.
00:28:08.35\00:28:10.39
So, Vadim, how about you
00:28:10.42\00:28:12.02
talk to us about the Israelites,
00:28:12.05\00:28:15.42
and some miracles we see
from the children of Israel?
00:28:15.46\00:28:19.33
I didn't know how
about other people...
00:28:23.87\00:28:26.20
but I think that when
those who know the Bible
00:28:33.27\00:28:37.18
talk about how
Israelites left Egypt...
00:28:37.21\00:28:42.48
and when we talk
about those miracles.
00:28:42.52\00:28:44.49
So with me the main
thing that comes to my mind
00:28:51.86\00:28:55.13
is how the waters of
the Red Sea departed.
00:28:55.16\00:28:58.23
How people walked in
the desert for 40 years.
00:29:01.30\00:29:06.94
And then the same miracle,
00:29:06.98\00:29:08.68
the same kind
of miracle happened
00:29:08.71\00:29:10.41
when Joshua departed the
waters of the Jordan River.
00:29:10.45\00:29:15.15
Heading into Canaan.
00:29:15.18\00:29:16.52
Yes.
00:29:16.55\00:29:17.89
So for God there
is nothing impossible,
00:29:28.23\00:29:30.13
and when you draw a
picture in your imagination
00:29:30.17\00:29:32.80
how that could be.
00:29:32.83\00:29:34.17
Then our sinful mind cannot,
00:29:44.38\00:29:47.02
our limited mind
cannot comprehend
00:29:47.05\00:29:49.92
all the scale of it.
00:29:49.95\00:29:51.55
He has watched a
movie that is called Exodus,
00:29:58.69\00:30:02.03
God, Gods and
Kings, something like this.
00:30:02.06\00:30:05.77
And that movie shows the exodus
of the Israelites from Egypt.
00:30:08.80\00:30:13.21
And when Moses
raises his hands up,
00:30:17.88\00:30:20.88
then the waters of
the Red Sea depart.
00:30:20.92\00:30:23.08
My mind cannot see how
they felt at that moment
00:30:29.26\00:30:34.03
just witnessing how
the waters departed.
00:30:34.06\00:30:36.73
So when they walk
along the bottom of the sea
00:30:40.44\00:30:43.71
and to their
right and to their left
00:30:43.74\00:30:45.91
tall walls of the water...
00:30:45.94\00:30:49.04
What kind of faith
that should have been
00:30:52.75\00:30:56.12
just to take the
courage of stepping in there
00:30:56.15\00:30:59.42
and going among
the waters, I mean,
00:30:59.45\00:31:03.09
in the middle of the waters.
00:31:03.12\00:31:08.10
And then all
the further miracles
00:31:08.13\00:31:09.53
that happened in the desert.
00:31:09.56\00:31:13.84
They constantly
had water to drink.
00:31:13.87\00:31:18.47
They had food to
eat, manna from heaven.
00:31:18.51\00:31:21.51
And when they went through
the Jordan River the same way,
00:31:27.02\00:31:30.39
the same miracle happened.
00:31:30.42\00:31:33.76
All this shows
how powerful God is.
00:31:33.79\00:31:38.49
You know, what is
amazing, Vadim, is as...
00:31:38.53\00:31:41.30
I mean, it had been
very powerful experience
00:31:41.33\00:31:43.26
for the people that experienced
the departing of, you know,
00:31:43.30\00:31:46.43
the Red Sea and
walking on the ground.
00:31:46.47\00:31:49.07
It wasn't muddy,
they didn't get stuck.
00:31:49.10\00:31:53.11
But can you imagine
though also the stories
00:31:53.14\00:31:56.08
that were told down
through the generations
00:31:56.11\00:31:58.41
of what took place
and how that encouraged
00:31:58.45\00:32:00.48
the future generations of Israel
00:32:00.52\00:32:03.02
as to what God had done then.
00:32:03.05\00:32:04.39
And I think it's important
for the miracles that happened
00:32:10.19\00:32:12.66
in our own personal lives...
00:32:12.69\00:32:16.67
to share them...
00:32:16.70\00:32:20.74
because again, that
encourages other people...
00:32:20.77\00:32:24.21
and maybe their desert
or wilderness experience.
00:32:24.24\00:32:27.38
Yeah, there are small miracles
happening in our lives too.
00:32:31.31\00:32:36.18
For example, Elisha with an ax.
00:32:36.22\00:32:40.09
That's an
amazing story, isn't it?
00:32:40.12\00:32:42.12
Such miracles happen in our life
00:32:46.66\00:32:48.80
and we are witnesses to them.
00:32:48.83\00:32:50.17
Yes.
00:32:50.20\00:32:53.80
For example, we had a miracle
with Angela, very recently.
00:32:53.84\00:32:57.37
Oh, yay!
00:32:57.41\00:32:58.74
Tell us about it.
00:32:58.77\00:33:02.91
Yeah, tell us.
00:33:02.94\00:33:04.61
During my life...
00:33:09.72\00:33:11.05
God always sends me some
amazing, miraculous stories.
00:33:15.06\00:33:20.70
I was born in 1991...
00:33:26.50\00:33:28.17
and my family attended
Pastor John Carter's program...
00:33:34.01\00:33:38.58
and was baptized there.
00:33:38.61\00:33:41.82
It was in 1992 in our
city in Nizhny Novgorod.
00:33:41.85\00:33:45.72
You were a year old then, wow.
00:33:45.75\00:33:48.42
She's a baby.
00:33:48.46\00:33:49.89
So I can say the time
I'm a believer from my birth.
00:33:52.96\00:33:56.13
Yes.
00:33:56.16\00:33:57.50
So one of the
miracles that has just happened
00:34:04.91\00:34:07.48
during my trip here.
00:34:07.51\00:34:08.84
I was supposed to get my visa.
00:34:12.08\00:34:14.05
There were such
serious obstacles to that.
00:34:17.75\00:34:20.79
Because over a year
00:34:25.79\00:34:27.13
I was not even
invited for an interview.
00:34:27.16\00:34:29.46
This was related
00:34:34.04\00:34:35.54
to the reduction of personnel
00:34:35.57\00:34:40.98
in some consulates in Russia.
00:34:41.01\00:34:42.94
And then God performed a miracle
00:34:50.15\00:34:52.09
that I was
invited for an interview
00:34:52.12\00:34:54.46
to the far away part of
Russia instead of Moscow.
00:34:54.49\00:34:59.13
Okay.
00:34:59.16\00:35:00.50
It had been my lifelong dream
00:35:05.60\00:35:08.14
that sometimes I
come to that city,
00:35:08.17\00:35:10.41
it was the first one
on the list of my wishes.
00:35:10.44\00:35:15.31
That was a big miracle for me.
00:35:19.11\00:35:20.85
And for me it was an indicator
00:35:26.55\00:35:28.32
that taking me
to that very city,
00:35:28.36\00:35:30.73
God is approving
00:35:30.76\00:35:32.46
of the whole
situation with my visa.
00:35:32.49\00:35:37.67
Of course I was very...
00:35:37.70\00:35:39.50
nervous at the beginning
whether I get my visa or not.
00:35:39.53\00:35:44.11
And then when I was told
00:35:44.14\00:35:45.47
what city I was
invited to go to.
00:35:45.51\00:35:50.55
I didn't have a doubt,
00:35:50.58\00:35:52.15
I knew that God
was arranging all that.
00:35:52.18\00:35:56.02
Amen.
00:35:56.05\00:35:58.55
And everything will
be as He wants it to be.
00:35:58.59\00:36:04.23
For me that was
really a miracle.
00:36:04.26\00:36:06.06
Yeah.
00:36:06.09\00:36:07.43
And another little miracle
00:36:10.77\00:36:12.57
that happened
here quite recently.
00:36:12.60\00:36:14.94
It happened so that I
brought some money with me
00:36:21.21\00:36:25.08
that I had
collected for a long time
00:36:25.11\00:36:27.45
and brought it
with me to buy gifts.
00:36:27.48\00:36:30.02
And I lost that money,
00:36:34.49\00:36:35.92
I couldn't find it
00:36:35.96\00:36:37.36
and I was so
much worried about it.
00:36:37.39\00:36:41.03
I was so much frustrated by it.
00:36:41.06\00:36:45.50
We looked everywhere we could.
00:36:45.53\00:36:47.70
And I was kind of
down in low spirits...
00:36:50.97\00:36:54.71
that I won't be able to
make my relatives happy,
00:36:58.81\00:37:02.82
bringing them gifts
from the United States.
00:37:02.85\00:37:06.69
And this is your first
time in the United States?
00:37:06.72\00:37:09.06
Yeah.
00:37:09.09\00:37:10.46
And then after all
that frustration experience,
00:37:17.87\00:37:21.57
I just became peaceful,
00:37:21.60\00:37:24.61
I relaxed.
00:37:24.64\00:37:28.38
And the thought came to me
00:37:28.41\00:37:29.81
"If this is how it
is supposed to be...
00:37:29.84\00:37:33.58
then let it be this way...
00:37:33.62\00:37:37.02
because God knows
what is the best for me.
00:37:37.05\00:37:40.86
Very true.
00:37:40.89\00:37:44.86
And thus God
taught me humbleness.
00:37:44.89\00:37:49.16
He polishes my character...
00:37:49.20\00:37:51.30
because I am a
rather moody person
00:37:56.10\00:37:58.74
and my spirits depend...
00:37:58.77\00:38:01.18
how I feel depends on
what's happening in my life.
00:38:01.21\00:38:05.91
So God balances that.
00:38:05.95\00:38:11.82
He teaches me to trust Him.
00:38:11.85\00:38:13.42
And let go of my little troubles
00:38:17.73\00:38:20.06
of those things
that seem troubles to me.
00:38:20.10\00:38:22.73
In the end we found the money.
00:38:26.63\00:38:28.80
Vadim found the money.
00:38:32.34\00:38:33.68
We just want to know
if you've found the money.
00:38:33.71\00:38:37.61
Good job, Vadim.
00:38:37.65\00:38:38.98
As traditional people
00:38:41.75\00:38:43.08
and as people loving
Russian traditions...
00:38:43.12\00:38:48.12
we wanted to have some tea.
00:38:48.16\00:38:49.76
Sevietta gave us some
bags of tea to have along.
00:38:58.07\00:39:03.14
Angela put them into
her backpack, those bags.
00:39:03.17\00:39:06.74
And then when they came home,
00:39:11.01\00:39:12.71
she took that
package of those tea bags,
00:39:12.75\00:39:17.62
they were separate,
they were not in a box.
00:39:17.65\00:39:19.19
She just took them and
she put them in some place,
00:39:19.22\00:39:23.32
just to keep them there.
00:39:23.36\00:39:24.69
And so he says
00:39:29.86\00:39:31.20
when the time
came for us to have tea
00:39:31.23\00:39:33.17
and it was after a while
00:39:33.20\00:39:36.30
they forgot about
the desire to drink tea
00:39:36.34\00:39:38.41
so it took them a while.
00:39:38.44\00:39:40.04
And then he said, look
at that thing and I say,
00:39:40.08\00:39:43.55
"I have never seen
tea greener than this."
00:39:43.58\00:39:47.42
It was money.
00:39:47.45\00:39:49.78
Praise the Lord.
00:39:49.82\00:39:51.19
So the situation
now seems funny to us,
00:39:55.66\00:39:59.79
but God taught me
because it felt very serious.
00:39:59.83\00:40:02.76
And I learned to see,
00:40:07.87\00:40:10.27
to observe those small miracles
00:40:10.31\00:40:12.21
and accept them into my life.
00:40:12.24\00:40:14.94
Go ahead. Well, I
was just gonna say...
00:40:14.98\00:40:16.51
I was
transitioning to Sister Julia
00:40:16.54\00:40:17.88
'cause I know you
have so many miracles,
00:40:17.91\00:40:19.31
personal experiences, miracles,
00:40:19.35\00:40:20.85
we want to hear something
from you too as to what God,
00:40:20.88\00:40:24.12
I mean, I just think
about the whole 3ABN Russia,
00:40:24.15\00:40:26.59
but I don't know you
have something on your heart
00:40:26.62\00:40:28.12
you want to share this evening?
00:40:28.16\00:40:31.49
Yeah, you know,
00:40:31.53\00:40:32.86
I wanted to share
about small things too.
00:40:32.89\00:40:35.80
Because these are
just the recent miracles
00:40:35.83\00:40:37.90
that are happening and,
00:40:37.93\00:40:42.44
you know, Jay and
Sevietta are Christian,
00:40:42.47\00:40:44.04
they took us horseback riding.
00:40:44.07\00:40:47.38
And it was such
a good experience,
00:40:47.41\00:40:50.95
such a nice experience.
00:40:50.98\00:40:53.15
And it was us, it
was their children
00:40:53.18\00:40:56.02
and then there was
a little Russian girl,
00:40:56.05\00:40:59.22
a girl of eight years of age
00:40:59.25\00:41:02.26
who had traveled
00:41:02.29\00:41:03.63
all the way from
Russia to the United States.
00:41:03.66\00:41:05.79
She was not afraid,
00:41:05.83\00:41:07.20
she was used to
something like that.
00:41:07.23\00:41:08.90
And she had
people accompanying her,
00:41:08.93\00:41:11.43
I mean, from
the airline service,
00:41:11.47\00:41:15.10
so it was safe, it was all okay.
00:41:15.14\00:41:17.94
And so the girl,
00:41:17.97\00:41:20.61
the girl was here
00:41:20.64\00:41:21.98
during our
horseback riding experience
00:41:22.01\00:41:24.88
that she went there too.
00:41:24.91\00:41:26.55
And, you know, I had my
American weather forecast,
00:41:26.58\00:41:31.35
because I believe
it is always exact.
00:41:31.39\00:41:33.52
Well, at least
compared to the last one
00:41:33.56\00:41:36.86
it seems to me that it is...
00:41:36.89\00:41:38.26
It's more exact.
00:41:38.29\00:41:39.63
Yeah. Okay.
00:41:39.66\00:41:41.00
And so we were told
00:41:41.03\00:41:43.30
that there's a big
possibility of rain,
00:41:43.33\00:41:46.07
and, you know, before leaving,
00:41:46.10\00:41:50.21
we got together and Jay prayed,
00:41:50.24\00:41:52.67
and it was such
a beautiful prayer,
00:41:52.71\00:41:54.41
and I somehow was impressed
00:41:54.44\00:41:55.84
to translate it
just for a child.
00:41:55.88\00:41:58.65
I didn't know why,
00:41:58.68\00:42:00.02
of course, there were
several children there.
00:42:00.05\00:42:01.38
And I thought I should
minister to the kids, for them.
00:42:01.42\00:42:04.99
You know, 3ABN is
about ministering to kids.
00:42:05.02\00:42:07.06
I believe it's a big
part of our ministry,
00:42:07.09\00:42:09.56
has always been.
00:42:09.59\00:42:11.49
And so I thought,
00:42:11.53\00:42:12.86
I'm going to
translate just for the kids
00:42:12.89\00:42:15.93
to understand.
00:42:15.96\00:42:17.63
Because generally, I mean,
00:42:17.67\00:42:19.63
when I'm in
their company, I relax,
00:42:19.67\00:42:22.07
I usually don't
translate, they understand,
00:42:22.10\00:42:24.11
you see they're
understanding somewhat.
00:42:24.14\00:42:27.51
And, of course, you
know, Sevietta's family too.
00:42:27.54\00:42:30.21
And, so I just started
translating what Jay said
00:42:30.25\00:42:34.58
and Jay said, "Dear Lord,
00:42:34.62\00:42:36.79
we know that it is
supposed to rain today.
00:42:36.82\00:42:39.52
If it is Your will,
00:42:39.55\00:42:40.96
please make a miracle
that there is no rain,
00:42:40.99\00:42:45.19
but we know that
it is Your nature
00:42:45.23\00:42:47.70
and nature may need rain,
00:42:47.73\00:42:49.40
it may need water.
00:42:49.43\00:42:51.03
So, of course,
we don't want to be
00:42:51.07\00:42:54.17
in the way of Your plan.
00:42:54.20\00:42:57.21
So just do it as You
like think is the best."
00:42:57.24\00:43:02.74
And so we come there for that
horse ride and then, you know,
00:43:02.78\00:43:05.71
there's just the
sky on the way there,
00:43:05.75\00:43:08.82
the sky was dark, it was cloudy.
00:43:08.85\00:43:12.22
Everyone knew that
there was going to...
00:43:12.25\00:43:14.22
that it was going to rain.
00:43:14.26\00:43:15.92
And then, while we were
being given instructions,
00:43:15.96\00:43:19.56
just several
drops of water fell,
00:43:19.59\00:43:22.26
and that's all.
00:43:22.30\00:43:23.87
Yeah.
00:43:23.90\00:43:25.23
And then that little girl,
00:43:25.27\00:43:26.63
that little eight
year old girl says,
00:43:26.67\00:43:29.97
that was a powerful prayer.
00:43:30.01\00:43:33.61
So see what a witness for a girl
00:43:33.64\00:43:36.14
to travel across the world
00:43:36.18\00:43:38.85
to come into this situation,
00:43:38.88\00:43:41.12
and then see how
God performs miracles
00:43:41.15\00:43:45.69
to show people
how He loves them.
00:43:45.72\00:43:48.56
And, you know, in my opinion,
00:43:48.59\00:43:52.03
all God's miracles are different
00:43:52.06\00:43:53.50
from the world's miracles
or the Satan's miracles.
00:43:53.53\00:43:57.67
He does it all
not to impress anyone,
00:43:57.70\00:44:00.90
not to draw our minds
in some, I don't know,
00:44:00.94\00:44:04.77
out of this world
experience or anything.
00:44:04.81\00:44:08.48
All of them are aimed at
the salvation in the end.
00:44:08.51\00:44:14.08
And we may not know,
00:44:14.12\00:44:16.15
we may not see
it but in the end,
00:44:16.18\00:44:18.09
it all helps
people to understand God
00:44:18.12\00:44:20.69
better to understand, you know,
00:44:20.72\00:44:23.22
His plan of
salvation for every person.
00:44:23.26\00:44:25.53
So that was an
amazing miracle in my mind.
00:44:25.56\00:44:28.50
Amen.
00:44:28.53\00:44:29.86
I just love that
00:44:29.90\00:44:31.23
in every experience
that we have in life,
00:44:31.27\00:44:33.23
God wants to work
redemptively in our lives.
00:44:33.27\00:44:36.17
His goal is our salvation
00:44:36.20\00:44:39.27
and no matter what experience
00:44:39.31\00:44:40.78
or what miracle or whatever,
00:44:40.81\00:44:43.14
His goal is salvation,
00:44:43.18\00:44:44.65
so just want
you to know at home,
00:44:44.68\00:44:47.08
that the Lord Jesus loves you
00:44:47.12\00:44:48.52
and He wants to work
a miracle in your heart
00:44:48.55\00:44:52.72
and in your life as well.
00:44:52.75\00:44:54.09
And, Julia,
00:44:54.12\00:44:55.46
I think you had
another testimony
00:44:55.49\00:44:56.83
to share with us.
00:44:56.86\00:44:58.19
Yeah, yeah.
00:44:58.23\00:44:59.56
It was another experience
during that horseback riding.
00:44:59.59\00:45:02.96
You know, I for some
reason I got a naughty horse,
00:45:03.00\00:45:07.34
I had some experience
with horseback riding before.
00:45:07.37\00:45:10.57
And they were also quiet before,
00:45:10.61\00:45:13.31
this one was naughty.
00:45:13.34\00:45:15.58
And you know, me,
00:45:15.61\00:45:17.31
I don't know how to say that,
00:45:21.15\00:45:22.72
you know, I'm
sometimes a perfectionist.
00:45:22.75\00:45:25.39
And, you know,
00:45:25.42\00:45:26.76
having washed my
linen here in washer,
00:45:26.79\00:45:31.56
I just thought, oh, it
hasn't been rinsed enough.
00:45:31.59\00:45:34.40
And I decided to
rinse it manually.
00:45:34.43\00:45:37.03
I just took it out and
then I put it into the bed
00:45:37.07\00:45:39.27
and then I bent too low.
00:45:39.30\00:45:41.40
And then I hurt my back.
00:45:41.44\00:45:43.07
It was some, you know,
clumsy movement or something.
00:45:43.10\00:45:46.61
And my back started
hurting, it does this sometimes.
00:45:46.64\00:45:50.48
And, I just thought,
00:45:50.51\00:45:52.51
"Well, how am I going
to do the horse riding."
00:45:52.55\00:45:54.58
And they said,
00:45:54.62\00:45:55.95
"Oh, the horse is
going to be so quiet
00:45:55.98\00:45:57.82
as it was before."
00:45:57.85\00:45:59.19
And then I get on that
horse, and she, I mean,
00:45:59.22\00:46:02.16
she starts doing what she wants,
00:46:02.19\00:46:03.76
she starts galloping in
the middle of everything.
00:46:03.79\00:46:06.63
And your back's hurting.
00:46:06.66\00:46:08.00
Yeah, and then my back is
hurting, and I'm thinking,
00:46:08.03\00:46:10.60
thinking, "Lord, why are
You allowing this to happen?
00:46:10.63\00:46:15.74
How am I going
to be after this?"
00:46:15.77\00:46:18.74
And I was so,
you know, submissive,
00:46:18.77\00:46:20.61
I just thought, well,
00:46:20.64\00:46:21.98
it must be God's will
for me to go through this,
00:46:22.01\00:46:24.51
but it hurts.
00:46:24.55\00:46:26.75
And then, you know,
I get off the horse,
00:46:26.78\00:46:31.39
and my back is healed, I mean,
00:46:31.42\00:46:34.82
you know, I was holding
my back in such a position.
00:46:34.86\00:46:38.36
As, you know, the
horse doesn't hurt,
00:46:38.39\00:46:40.26
I mean, those
movements don't hurt me.
00:46:40.30\00:46:42.43
And something must have
turned around or something.
00:46:42.46\00:46:45.90
And then I
thought the Lord never...
00:46:45.93\00:46:48.54
and it's a miracle.
00:46:48.57\00:46:49.90
Yeah. It is.
00:46:49.94\00:46:51.27
And the Lord never allows
any kind of pain in our life
00:46:51.31\00:46:54.54
if it's not
redemptive as you are saying,
00:46:54.58\00:46:56.48
you know, it is a big picture.
00:46:56.51\00:46:58.01
So he wanted to
make it better for me.
00:46:58.05\00:47:01.05
And I had to go
through the pain.
00:47:01.08\00:47:03.18
I had to go through the hurt.
00:47:03.22\00:47:05.12
And, you know,
00:47:05.15\00:47:06.49
of course I'm so sorry
for certain moments of doubt
00:47:06.52\00:47:09.66
that I had during that
ride, when I just thought,
00:47:09.69\00:47:12.96
"Lord, why are
You allowing this?
00:47:12.99\00:47:15.46
How am I going to
feel after this ride?"
00:47:15.50\00:47:18.77
So I shouldn't have doubted God
that it would be for my good.
00:47:18.80\00:47:23.81
So whatever
happens is for our good.
00:47:23.84\00:47:26.64
I just wrote that down
'cause that is so powerful.
00:47:26.68\00:47:29.14
The Lord never allows
pain unless it is redemptive.
00:47:29.18\00:47:33.85
Yeah. Wow.
00:47:33.88\00:47:35.22
Yeah, no,
that's powerful. It is.
00:47:35.25\00:47:37.59
Wow.
00:47:37.62\00:47:38.95
Yeah. Yeah, thank you.
00:47:38.99\00:47:40.56
I hope that's touching you
at home as it is us here too,
00:47:40.59\00:47:43.26
you know, 'cause that's where
00:47:43.29\00:47:44.63
I think also God wants us
to look at just the things
00:47:44.66\00:47:46.96
that are
happening in our daily life,
00:47:47.00\00:47:48.33
I mean, this is just
from all your experience here
00:47:48.36\00:47:50.57
are coming here, for sure.
00:47:50.60\00:47:52.73
We are getting close
to running out of time,
00:47:52.77\00:47:54.94
we'd have a prayer
and I think, Vadim,
00:47:54.97\00:47:56.74
do you have something,
a personal miracle story
00:47:56.77\00:47:59.11
that you want to share
here before we go to prayer?
00:47:59.14\00:48:01.31
I'll probably not
dwell on any particular case.
00:48:06.11\00:48:09.48
I want to make an accent
emphasizing that it is true
00:48:14.92\00:48:19.23
that there are
many miracles happening.
00:48:19.26\00:48:21.43
They may be so minor
00:48:25.03\00:48:26.37
that we may not even
regard them as miracles.
00:48:26.40\00:48:31.77
Yeah, we go shopping,
00:48:31.81\00:48:33.38
we pray that God
keeps us safe on the way.
00:48:33.41\00:48:36.18
We come to our destination,
00:48:40.15\00:48:42.88
we didn't know
what was happening
00:48:42.92\00:48:44.85
on the road at that time.
00:48:44.89\00:48:46.22
So we just prayed
00:48:46.25\00:48:47.59
and then we
forgot about that prayer.
00:48:47.62\00:48:48.96
But we don't know where,
00:48:53.46\00:48:55.86
what would have happened
00:48:55.90\00:48:57.23
if we didn't have
the Lord's blessings.
00:48:57.27\00:48:59.07
We may talk so
much about big miracles
00:49:04.07\00:49:06.34
that people have in their lives.
00:49:06.37\00:49:08.28
That people have
had in their lives
00:49:13.11\00:49:15.05
but we should be very attentive,
00:49:15.08\00:49:18.82
observing all the
small answers to prayer.
00:49:18.85\00:49:21.59
Thus we fill
with gratitude to God
00:49:27.96\00:49:30.30
for our life
more and more. Amen.
00:49:30.33\00:49:33.27
I also have a miracle
that I would like to share,
00:49:39.17\00:49:43.11
which is probably an
answer to someone else's prayer.
00:49:43.14\00:49:45.98
In general, I
happen to be a loud person.
00:49:52.39\00:49:55.42
When I come to the studio
00:49:58.59\00:50:00.66
many people may
hear that I'm around.
00:50:00.70\00:50:03.80
And formerly...
00:50:07.84\00:50:09.17
Sometimes my character
would show in what I say
00:50:19.31\00:50:24.92
and in how I say it.
00:50:24.95\00:50:26.76
For example,
00:50:33.53\00:50:34.86
when I saw how
something needed to be done
00:50:34.90\00:50:36.87
during production process,
00:50:36.90\00:50:38.97
I could raise my
voice and make everyone know
00:50:39.00\00:50:43.14
how I really wanted it
and that I insisted on it.
00:50:43.17\00:50:48.78
And people,
unfortunately were hurt by that
00:50:48.81\00:50:54.75
and many complained.
00:50:54.78\00:50:57.35
But I thought I was correct,
00:51:02.99\00:51:05.43
because what we are
doing is we're doing for...
00:51:05.46\00:51:08.56
What we do we do for God,
00:51:08.60\00:51:10.47
and it needs to be done well
00:51:10.50\00:51:12.83
and I was sure about my...
00:51:12.87\00:51:17.34
that I was righteous.
00:51:17.37\00:51:19.64
So you just do everything
to make things happen well.
00:51:19.67\00:51:24.05
And then one
person talked to me...
00:51:30.55\00:51:33.46
And that person told me,
00:51:36.86\00:51:39.76
I don't know who
it was, he or she,
00:51:39.79\00:51:44.43
it's a secret that person said.
00:51:44.47\00:51:46.74
He told me,
00:51:51.87\00:51:53.21
"Do you know that the
host you do praise for you."
00:51:53.24\00:51:55.81
At that time,
00:52:00.22\00:52:01.55
I was a camera person
and the video director,
00:52:01.58\00:52:04.19
we combined those positions.
00:52:04.22\00:52:06.12
And he said,
00:52:06.15\00:52:07.76
it happened that I would come
00:52:07.79\00:52:09.12
to the studio
too late sometimes.
00:52:09.16\00:52:11.83
And since the prayer
takes place in the morning,
00:52:15.13\00:52:17.80
so I missed those prayer
00:52:17.83\00:52:20.50
worship mornings
00:52:20.54\00:52:24.17
when they prayed for me.
00:52:24.21\00:52:25.57
So people put up with me
and when he talked to me,
00:52:33.95\00:52:38.09
I just thought to myself,
00:52:38.12\00:52:40.42
"What is it that
I'm doing wrong?"
00:52:40.46\00:52:42.02
And he told me
00:52:46.86\00:52:48.20
even if you are doing
something really well.
00:52:48.23\00:52:50.13
When people go
back home from work...
00:52:55.50\00:53:00.78
they are upset
00:53:00.81\00:53:02.14
and in low
spirits because of you.
00:53:02.18\00:53:06.51
That really penetrated...
00:53:06.55\00:53:11.02
and we prayed together.
00:53:11.05\00:53:12.39
And after that
00:53:16.86\00:53:18.19
I started praying to God
about changing my personality.
00:53:18.23\00:53:20.86
I personally even didn't notice
that anything changed in me.
00:53:24.03\00:53:27.57
But in about a
year or over a year...
00:53:30.87\00:53:33.78
I was told that I'm
as loud as I used to be.
00:53:37.35\00:53:41.98
But my temper is different
00:53:42.02\00:53:44.95
and no one is hurt by what I do.
00:53:44.99\00:53:48.82
Praise the Lord.
00:53:48.86\00:53:50.19
What a miracle in our own lives.
00:53:50.23\00:53:53.09
Ain't that a beautiful thing.
00:53:53.13\00:53:54.46
God wants to work
miracles in your life at home.
00:53:54.50\00:53:57.50
Maybe you're in the desert,
maybe you're in a dry place
00:53:57.53\00:54:00.94
or feel like you're in
the middle of the Red Sea,
00:54:00.97\00:54:03.71
and God wants to
part that water for you,
00:54:03.74\00:54:05.67
and God wants to work
a miracle in your life.
00:54:05.71\00:54:09.04
We're almost out of time,
00:54:09.08\00:54:10.41
but we want to
spend some time in prayer.
00:54:10.45\00:54:12.51
Just a few seconds a piece,
00:54:12.55\00:54:14.05
I think it's all
we have time for.
00:54:14.08\00:54:15.42
So we'll start with Daniil.
00:54:15.45\00:54:20.19
Our Dear Father...
00:54:20.22\00:54:23.96
Thank You for
this amazing family
00:54:23.99\00:54:26.46
that You are giving us.
00:54:26.49\00:54:31.37
Thank You for Your
influence over all of us.
00:54:31.40\00:54:35.70
And thank You
00:54:35.74\00:54:37.07
for Your influence
over our characters.
00:54:37.11\00:54:39.37
Amen.
00:54:39.41\00:54:41.31
Dear Heavenly Father,
00:54:41.34\00:54:42.68
thank You so
much for this program
00:54:42.71\00:54:44.45
for our participation in it,
00:54:44.48\00:54:46.28
for it being so open, so easy,
00:54:46.31\00:54:49.65
not as hard as we
thought it would be.
00:54:49.68\00:54:52.19
And all this is
00:54:52.22\00:54:53.56
because of the
influence of Your Holy Spirit.
00:54:53.59\00:54:56.19
It is all because of the support
00:54:56.22\00:54:58.49
that we feel even
though we are here
00:54:58.53\00:55:00.43
and our viewers are far away,
00:55:00.46\00:55:03.03
it is the support of
Your worldwide family,
00:55:03.06\00:55:06.23
when we are all in You.
00:55:06.27\00:55:07.84
Yes. Thank You, God.
00:55:07.87\00:55:09.30
Our Dear Heavenly Father,
00:55:15.54\00:55:16.88
help us to see You in
all the small things...
00:55:16.91\00:55:21.68
and understand that
without You we can do nothing.
00:55:21.72\00:55:25.45
Amen.
00:55:25.49\00:55:26.82
Amen.
00:55:26.86\00:55:28.86
Our Heavenly Father...
00:55:28.89\00:55:33.53
We thank You for
giving us an opportunity...
00:55:33.56\00:55:37.23
to see You in our lives.
00:55:37.27\00:55:40.64
That you show yourself to us...
00:55:40.67\00:55:45.97
You do through small
situations in our lives.
00:55:46.01\00:55:51.01
You show us how
much You love us.
00:55:51.05\00:55:54.12
Amen. Amen.
00:55:54.15\00:55:56.08
Thank you, God, for Your love.
00:55:56.12\00:55:57.75
Thank you for the
gift of Your Son Jesus
00:55:57.79\00:56:00.46
and the hope we have,
00:56:00.49\00:56:02.46
the assurance of
spending eternity with you.
00:56:02.49\00:56:05.93
I pray for my
brothers and sisters right now.
00:56:05.96\00:56:08.60
Those who might feel hopeless,
00:56:08.63\00:56:10.47
who might feel like
they're in the midst
00:56:10.50\00:56:12.87
of their own
difficult situation.
00:56:12.90\00:56:16.10
We ask God for your healing,
00:56:16.14\00:56:17.81
for your
redemption, for your hope,
00:56:17.84\00:56:19.81
for your deliverance,
00:56:19.84\00:56:21.84
we ask for a
miracle and we thank You
00:56:21.88\00:56:24.78
for what You're going to do.
00:56:24.81\00:56:26.92
Amen.
00:56:26.95\00:56:28.28
Father in
heaven, we're so thankful
00:56:28.32\00:56:29.65
that You are a God of miracles.
00:56:29.68\00:56:31.89
And, Lord, again,
00:56:31.92\00:56:33.25
I'm reminded that I
need to be more conscious
00:56:33.29\00:56:36.52
on a day to day basis,
00:56:36.56\00:56:37.89
moment by moment
of all the miracles
00:56:37.93\00:56:39.59
that You are doing.
00:56:39.63\00:56:40.96
Thank You for
life, and for health,
00:56:41.00\00:56:42.33
and for friends, and for family.
00:56:42.36\00:56:44.23
Lord, thank You
for our family here
00:56:44.27\00:56:45.97
that's around the table.
00:56:46.00\00:56:47.34
I'm also thankful
00:56:47.37\00:56:48.70
for those that are
viewing in and tuning in
00:56:48.74\00:56:50.07
through radio tonight
00:56:50.11\00:56:51.44
for them being
part of our family.
00:56:51.47\00:56:52.81
Lord, thank You again
for the gift of salvation
00:56:52.84\00:56:54.68
and for Your love for us
00:56:54.71\00:56:56.04
and in Jesus'
name we pray, amen.
00:56:56.08\00:56:57.75
Amen.
00:56:57.78\00:56:59.21
What a privilege to share
this Family Worship with you,
00:56:59.25\00:57:02.65
our Russian family,
00:57:02.68\00:57:04.09
we count you as family
and we love each one of you,
00:57:04.12\00:57:07.09
and are grateful
00:57:07.12\00:57:08.46
that you were willing to share
00:57:08.49\00:57:09.82
what God is doing in your
lives with our family at home.
00:57:09.86\00:57:12.46
So thank you.
00:57:12.49\00:57:13.83
And thank you at home
for joining us as well.
00:57:13.86\00:57:17.20
Just what a privilege
to open up God's Word.
00:57:17.23\00:57:20.37
What a joy to call you family,
00:57:20.40\00:57:22.50
know that we
love you here at 3ABN,
00:57:22.54\00:57:25.17
that we pray for
you every single day
00:57:25.21\00:57:28.54
and that most importantly,
00:57:28.58\00:57:29.91
your name is engraved
in on the Father's heart.
00:57:29.94\00:57:33.68
God bless you. Bye-bye.
00:57:33.72\00:57:35.52
Amen.
00:57:35.55\00:57:36.89