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00:00 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:06 ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:18 ♪ REMOVING PAIN ♪ ♪ LORD, LET MY WORDS ♪
00:25 ♪ LET MY WORDS ♪ ♪ HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ♪
00:33 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪
00:44 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪
01:08 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO OUR THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE PROGRAM,
01:12 THIS IS A BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST OF THE YEAR,
01:17 THE FIRST LIVE PROGRAM OF 2019. HARD TO BELIEVE, ISN'T IT?
01:21 BUT GOD BROUGHT US THROUGH 2018 AS A VERY BLESSED YEAR.
01:25 WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THIS
01:29 MINISTRY, 3ABN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S THE LORD'S, BUT IT'S YOURS TOO.
01:35 WE COULDN'T HAVE MADE IT WITHOUT YOUR GIFTS.
01:41 JILL AND I JUST CAME BACK FROM GYC --
01:46 >> WE FLEW IN YESTERDAY. >> FLEW IN YESTERDAY, BUT IT WAS
01:53 A REAL BLESSING THERE AT GYC TO SEE MANY LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN
01:57 CHANGED BECAUSE OF THIS MINISTRY AT 3ABN.
01:59 SO THANK YOU. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
02:02 YEAR, 2019, TO SEE WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR THIS MINISTRY.
02:06 >> AMEN. I LOVE GYC, BECAUSE IT GIVES ME
02:11 AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDEDICATE MY LIFE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
02:15 AND IT COMES RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND WE
02:19 WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU AS WE BEGIN THIS NEW YEAR, TO DEDICATE
02:27 YOUR LIFE, AND TO WE SAY THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH THIS
02:31 MINISTRY FOR 34 YEARS. SOME OF YOU HAVE JUST JOINED AS
02:35 IT WERE THE 3ABN FAMILY, AND WE'RE EXCITED THAT YOU ARE PART
02:39 OF THE FAMILY. WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE OUR FAMILY
02:42 HERE AROUND THE TABLE, AND WITH THE STUFF WE'RE GOING TO BE
02:46 TALKING ABOUT WITH GYC AND UPDATES AND NEW PLANS, SO THERE
02:50 IS A LOT OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
02:53 WE HAVE DANNY SHELTON OUR FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, AND
02:55 ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE, DANNY. >> IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE.
02:58 I LOVE BEING HERE WITH MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND WIFE OF
03:03 COURSE. >> ABSOLUTELY.
03:05 YOUR BEAUTIFUL WIFE YVONNE, WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A LITTLE BIT
03:08 BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN OFF WITH CHRISTMAS BREAK.
03:11 >> I KNOW. WE MISSED YOU GUYS TOO.
03:14 >> GOOD TO BE HOME. >> YES, GREAT TO HAVE YOU HOME.
03:17 >> SITTING NEXT TO YOU IS JASON BRADLEY, GENERAL MANAGER OF DARE
03:23 TO DREAM NETWORK. AND YOU WERE WITH US AT GYC AS
03:27 WELL. >> YES.
03:29 WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL CONFERENCE. PEOPLE WONDER WHERE THE YOUNG
03:32 PEOPLE WENT IN THE CHURCH, GO TO GYC, AND YOU WILL FIND THEM.
03:37 >> THEY HAD OVER 5,000 THERE. AND TIM THIS IS YOUR FIRST GYC.
03:43 >> RIGHT. IT WAS, AND IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE
03:46 HOW TODAY'S YOUTH WORSHIP THE LORD AND HOW MUCH THEY LOVE HIM,
03:50 AND IT'S JUST WONDERFUL. I LOVE THEIR HEARTS, AND LOVE
03:54 THE -- THE SERMONS, THE -- BUT IT WAS FUN TO BE IN THE EXHIBIT
03:59 HALL AND HAVE THE YOUNG PEOPLE COME UP AND TALK ABOUT HOW THEY
04:03 HAD GROWN UP WATCHING 3ABN, AND TO BE HONEST SOME OF THEM HAD
04:07 NOT WATCHED FOR A WHILE, BUT WE WERE ASKING FOR IDEAS, AND SO
04:10 THEY WERE GOING TO START WATCHING.
04:12 THEY WERE SAYING, WE WANT TO START WATCHING, SO WE'RE GIVING
04:20 IDEAS, BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO WATCH SOMETHING THAT IS MAYBE
04:23 RELEVANT TO THEIR LIFE, AND WE HAVE ONLY HAVE SO MANY HOURS IN
04:26 THE DAY, SO HOPEFULLY WE WANT OUR TV TIME TO BE RELEVANT AND
04:34 PURPOSEFUL. SO IT WAS WONDERFUL.
04:35 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, 3ABN TO GO TO GYC, AND FOR THE
04:39 WONDERFUL WORK THAT THE PRODUCTION CREW DID.
04:42 I MEAN INCREDIBLE TO BE ABLE TO AIR THAT AND ALL OF THE
04:47 WORK -- I MEAN, TIRELESS, THE HOURS THAT THEY SPENT FROM
04:51 MOR MORNING TO NIGHT.
04:57 >> WE GOT TO WATCH QUITE A BIT OF IT AT HOME.
05:01 I TURNED IT ON, AND YOU WERE PLAYING THE PIANO AND PLAYING
05:11 WITH A TRUMPET PLAYER. IT WAS WONDERFUL.
05:18 >> I MET CARLO THE NIGHT BEFORE -- HE WAS
05:23 ASKING -- BECAUSE YOU HAD INTRODUCED US, AND CARLO WAS
05:27 SAYING HE WASN'T SURE HIS ACCOMPANYIST WAS GOING TO BE
05:35 THERE, SO WE KNEW EACH OTHER FOR ABOUT -- A COUPLE OF HOURS.
05:40 >> IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. BEAUTIFUL.
05:42 HE TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE SAYING THEY WATCHED THESE YOUNG PEOPLE,
05:45 YOU ARE TALKING 20S EVEN UP TO 30S, LATE TEENAGERS, AND I WAS
05:55 IN MISSISSIPPI, AND A MAN THAT WAS 6'5", 6'5", ALL MUSCLES, AND
06:06 JUST BIG STRAPPING MAN WITH A DEEP VOICE.
06:09 HE CAME UP AND SAID MR. SHELTON -- LOOKED DOWN LIKE
06:14 THIS -- I'M SO GLAD TO MEET YOU. I HAVE BEEN WATCHING YOU SINCE I
06:18 WAS A BABY. [ LAUGHTER ]
06:21 >> I WAS LIKE HAVE WE BEEN ON THAT LONG?
06:24 THIS WA NOT A KID. THIS WAS A BIG MAN.
06:27 AND HE SAID I HAVE BEEN WATCHING YOU SINCE I WAS A BABY.
06:31 AND I WAS LIKE OH, MY, MY, I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW LONG WE HAD
06:36 BEEN ON THE YEAR. >> I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST CAME
06:42 TO 3ABN, WE WERE TRANSFERRING DURING THAT Y-2K, AND I WAS IN
06:48 THIS STUDIO RUNNING CAMERA NEW YEAR'S EVE, AND WE GOT OUR
06:53 GENERATORS GOING JUST IN CASE THERE WAS A BIG CRASH.
06:56 I REMEMBER RUNNING CAMERA RIGHT INTO THE NEW YEAR, AND OF COURSE
07:02 NOTHING HAPPENED. AND 19 YEARS LATER, 3ABN IS
07:07 STILL HERE. 3ABN IS GOING TO BE 35 YEARS OLD
07:12 THIS YEAR. >> IN NOVEMBER.
07:13 >> AND ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE SEEN THROUGH THE YEARS,
07:18 THE TECHNOLOGY, AND THE NETWORKS THAT HAVE JOINED.
07:23 IT IS AMAZING. >> IT IS AMAZING.
07:26 WHEN WE WENT ON THE AIR FIRST I THINK IN 1986 WHEN WE WENT ON IN
07:32 APRIL. WE STARTED IN '84, THE IDEA OF
07:37 GOING ON AIR PART-TIME IN '86, AND WERE YOU BORN THERE?
07:44 >> THAT'S A GREAT YEAR. I LOVE IT.
07:47 [ LAUGHTER ] >> OKAY.
07:47 THAT'S WHEN WE WERE ON THE AIR, AND WE WERE THE ONLY ADVENTIST
07:52 TELEVISION STATION ON PLANET EARTH THAT WAS 24 HOURS A DAY
07:56 WITH -- WE CALL IT THE ADVENTIST, OR THE BIBLE MESSAGE,
08:00 BUT THE ONLY STATION SHOOTING THE SATELLITE REACHING
08:04 NORTH AMERICA. THERE WERE ONLY ABOUT A MILLION
08:06 OR SO OF THE DISHES. THEY WERE 10 OR 12-FOOT DISHES,
08:11 BUT WE THOUGHT WHAT A MIRACLE, BECAUSE WHEN YVONNE AND I GREW
08:16 UP, WITH THE LITTLE BITTY TVS THAT WERE THIS BIG, AND THEY
08:20 WERE BLACK AND WHITE AND THINGS, SO WHEN YO SAW SUDDENLY HERE WE
08:26 ARE IN THESE BIG GIGANTIC DISHES IN THE YARD, AND THINK NEARLY A
08:31 MILLION PEOPLE -- NOT JUST AROUND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, BUT BY
08:35 GOING TO SATELLITE WHAT NEW TECHNOLOGY.
08:39 THEN WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS, THEY CAME UP WITH A -- A DISH
08:44 NETWORK, THEY CALLED IT, AND IT HAS A DISH THAT WAS ONLY ABOUT 3
08:47 FEET AROUND. WELL YOU ARE USED TO 10 AND
08:52 12-FOOT GIANT DISHES, AND NOW THESE PEOPLE BEGAN TO BUY MANY
08:57 MORE OF THOSE, WELL, WE GOT ON THAT, SKY ANGEL IT WAS CALLED.
09:01 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND TO SEE THAT TECHNOLOGY, I
09:05 SAID WHERE CAN IT GO? HOW CAN TECHNOLOGY GO ANY
09:10 BETTER, ANY FASTER THAN THIS? AND I REMEMBER -- AND IT HAS
09:14 BEEN ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO AT LEAST.
09:16 I WAS WATCHING A TV PROGRAM, AND THERE WAS A SCIENTIST ON, AND
09:20 THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND SATELLITES, THIS
09:23 NEW INVENTION OF GOING 22,300 MILES TO SPACE COMING DOWN INTO
09:30 HOMES OF PEOPLE IN JUST A FEW SECONDS, TRAVELLING AT THE SPEED
09:34 OF LIGHT, AND HOW WONDERFUL. AND THIS MAN HAD THE NERVE TO
09:37 SAY, DO YOU THINK THIS IS SOMETHING?
09:41 YOU WAIT ANOTHER 15 TO 20 YEARS, THE WORLD WILL CHANGE SO MUCH,
09:46 YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT. YOU WILL THINK YOU WERE LIVING
09:49 IN THE 1700S NOW, AS IF YOU WERE LIVING IN THE 1700S.
09:55 IN ONLY 10 TO 15 YEARS, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A WORLD THAT YOU
10:00 DON'T RECOGNIZE AND TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS WILL BE
10:04 BEYOND YOUR BELIEFS, AND I LISTENED TO HIM, AND IT WENT
10:08 OVER MY HEAD, BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE'RE THERE.
10:10 I MEAN YOU ARE REACHING NORTH AMERICA, NOT AROUND THE
10:12 WORLD AT THE TIME, BUT IN A SPLIT SECOND.
10:16 NOW LOOK AT IT TODAY. SPEAKING OF THAT, THE NEW APP
10:23 THAT IS COMING OUT -- THE HAVE OUR PHONES, AND WHO WOULD HAVE
10:27 DREAMED BACK THEN, THAT HERE 25 TO 30 YEARS LATER, YOU CAN WATCH
10:35 TV ON YOUR TELEPHONES, AND WE HAVE AN APP.
10:40 >> WE DO. FOR PRAISE HIM MUSIC NETWORK.
10:46 [ APPLAUSE ] >> THIS PAST
10:47 TUESDAY -- WEDNESDAY -- YESTERDAY, IT LAUNCHED, AND I'M
10:51 THRILLED THAT IT'S NOW ON ANDROID AND OS OR MAC, I GUESS
10:56 YOU COULD SAY. IT'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE ON
11:01 ROKU, AND THE APPL TV, ON YOUTUBE, OF COURSE, YOU CAN
11:06 WATCH US AT 3ABNPRAISEHIM.TV, STREAMING --
11:12 >> IT'S ALL MUSIC. >> IT'S ALL MUSIC, YES.
11:16 >> SO FOR TECHNOLOGY WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT GOD HAS
11:19 OPENED -- I SEE IT AS HIM OPENING DOORS.
11:21 >> HE DID. GOD GIVE US THIS TECHNOLOGY.
11:25 LITERALLY NOW 3ABN CAN BE SEEN ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, BUT THE
11:29 WAY THINGS HAVE CHANGED WHEN YOU USED THE WORD APP WHO WOULD KNOW
11:34 WHAT THAT MEANT YEARS AGO.-YESTERDAY I WAS AT WAL-MART AND THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL ABOUT
11:44 THIS TALL. HER DAD WAS BUYING SOMETHING FOR
11:47 THE COMPUTER, AND HE SAID, I THINK THIS WOULD WORK.
11:51 SHE SAID DAD, THAT WON'T WORK. HE SAID WHY NOT?
11:55 SHE SAID IT DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH HARD DRIVE FIRST OF ALL, YOU
12:00 WILL GET THIS AND THAT. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, SHE WAS
12:03 TALKING OVER MY HEAD. FIRST I WAS THINKING THIS GUY
12:06 DOESN'T KNOW -- AND PRETTY SOON I WAS LIKE, I GUESS I DON'T KNOW
12:12 MUCH EITHER. HE SAID WHAT DO I NEED TO GET
12:16 HONEY? SHE SAID LET ME SHOW YOU.
12:18 I MEAN SHE WAS PROBABLY SEVEN YEARS OLD.
12:21 SO YOU THINK OF THAT -- THE TECHNOLOGY THESE YOUNG PEOPLE
12:26 HAVE CAUGHT ON TO IT QUICKER THAN SOME OF US --
12:29 >> WAS THERE ANYTHING AROUND WHEN YOU WERE A LITTLE KID THAT
12:31 YOU WERE EXPLAINING TO YOUR PARENTS LIKE THAT?
12:34 I MEAN -- >> WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN MY
12:37 PARENTS WERE AMAZED WHEN WE WENT FROM REEL TO REEL, AND THEY CAME
12:41 8 TRACKS. THAT WAS AMAZING FOR ALL OF US.
12:45 AND THEN COLORED TELEVISION CAME AROUND, AND WE KIND OF WATCHED
12:48 IT TOGETHER, BUT THERE WAS NO GROWTH SPURT SO MUCH THAT IT
12:54 WENT WAY AHED OF YOU. THEN YOU WENT TO CASSETTES --
12:58 >> SURE. SURE.
12:59 >> AND I MEAN, YOU WATCHED THAT. BUT TODAY YOUR 7-YEAR-OLD
13:04 KIDS -- AND MY GRANDKIDS THE YOUNGEST ARE 11 AND 12, AND THEY
13:09 KNOW ALL KINDS OF STUFF. AND I SEE PARENTS ALL THE TIME,
13:12 WE WANT TO LOO ON THE INTERNET OR SOMETHING -- OH, HAVE THE
13:17 KIDS DO IT. WE ALL DO IT.
13:19 BUT IT'S AMAZING THE TECHNOLOGY. AND IT'S FOR ONE PURPOSE, HEAVEN
13:25 IS NOT HEAVEN UNTIL GOD'S CHILDREN ARE HOME.
13:28 SO THE LORD HAS OPENED UP THIS KNOWLEDGE TO MAN.
13:32 BECAUSE HE SAID GO YE INTO ALL OF THE WORLD, AND WE DIDN'T
13:36 REALLY DO IT. IF EVERYONE THAT ACCEPTED JESUS
13:43 TOLD SOMEONE ELSE, PROBABLY EVERYONE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS -EVERYONE WOULD KNOW ABOUT JESUS.
13:50 SO THE LORD SAID, I AM GOING TO HELP YOU.
13:55 BECAUSE I WANT MY CHILDREN HOME FOR ETERNITY.
14:00 SO THIS TECHNOLOGY -- SO THANK YOU, YOU LISTENERS, BECAUSE
14:05 WITHOUT YOU, WE COULDN'T BE REACHING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
14:08 OF PEOPLE EVERY DAY AROUND THE WORLD, AND SOME OF THE LETTERS
14:11 AND EMALS WE GET ARE INCREDIBLE.
14:14 I JUST RECEIVED ONE, I WAS TALKING TO Y'ALL ABOUT.
14:18 >> OH, YES. >> A WOMAN SAYS THIS CHANGED HER
14:22 LIFE COMPLETELY. WHAT SHE HAS KNOWN FOR YEARS,
14:25 BUT COULDN'T PROVE, AND NOW SHE READ THE BOOK HE SENT TO ALABAMA
14:30 A HALF A MILLION BOOKS, AND THEN ANOTHER HALF A MILLION, AND SAID
14:35 WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT HAS MADE IN MY LIFE, AND NOW I HAVE
14:38 SOMETHING SOLID, AND I'M WORSHIPPING GOD, KEEPING ALL OF
14:44 HIS COMMANDMENTS, AND TO SEE ALL OF THIS HAPPENING IS SUCH AN
14:49 AMAZING THING. SO I PRAISE GOT TO EVEN BE HERE
14:53 SO MANY YEARS LATER, BECAUSE NOW IT HAS BEEN HALF OF MY LIFE, SO
14:58 I CAN'T IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT 3ABN, BUT A LOT OF CHANGES, AND
15:02 THIS YEAR, WE HAVE SOME NEW THINGS HAPPENING.
15:05 >> WE DO. WE JUST ADDED PRAISE HIM, AND
15:09 ALSO THE KIDS' NETWORK. WE HAVE SOME CHANGES, I'LL LET
15:18 YOU EXPAND ON THAT. BUT IT REACHES DIFFERENT GROUPS,
15:22 DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AND I THINK IT'S NEAT TO
15:26 SEE HOW GOD HAS DONE THIS, AND HOW HE HAS GROWN THIS MINISTRY
15:30 THAT STARTED OUT WITH NOTHING TO WHAT GOD HAS DONE.
15:33 >> AND NO ONE MINISTRY CAN REACH THE ENTIRE WORLD, SO I'M
15:37 THANKFUL FOR IT IS WRITTEN, AND ALL OF THE OTHER MINISTRIES,
15:41 AMAZING FACTS -- AS WE GO DOWN THE LINE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE
15:44 THERE ARE SO MANY MINISTRIES, AND BY -- WE KNOW FROM TRYING TO
15:49 PRODUCE PROGRAMMING, THAT YOU CAN -- IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO
15:52 PRODUCE 24-HOUR-A-DAY PROGRAMMING, THAT IS NEW
15:56 PROGRAMMING, SO THE MORE PEOPLE PRODUCING THE BETTER.
16:00 IF YOU TURN ON OTHER NETWORKS, AND EVERY TWO OR THREE HOURS,
16:08 YOU'LL SEE THE SAME PROGRAM AGAIN.
16:12 BECAUSE -- WHY? BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PRODUCE
16:15 ENOUGH. THE MORE PEOPLE PRODUCING, THE
16:18 BETTER. AND OUR CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING,
16:19 FOR INSTANCE -- >> YEAH.
16:21 >> -- STARTING THIS YEAR, BRENDA WALSH HAS GONE INTO HER OWN
16:26 MINISTRY, AS YOU KNOW, BRENDA HAS VOLUNTEERED FOR SOMETHING
16:30 LIKE 18 YEARS AND PRODUCES HUNDREDS IF NOT MAYBE A FEW
16:35 THOUSAND PROGRAMS, SHE AND HER SISTERS, I SHOULD SAY, TOGETHER
16:39 HAVE ALL DONE A GREAT JOB. BUT BRENDA HAS DECIDED SHE WANTS
16:44 TO BUILD A STUDIO IN TENNESSEE, AND THE 3ABN BOARD LOOKED AT
16:48 THAT, AND SAID WE HAVE NEW STUDIOS HERE, AND IT WOULD BE
16:52 VERY EXPENSIVE AND COST A LOT OF MONEY, IN FACT A FEW MILLION
16:57 DOLLARS, AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS GOING, BUT SHE
17:01 CAME TO OUR BOARD LAST SUMMER, AND SAID I REALLY FEEL IMPRESSED
17:05 THAT I WANT TO DO THIS, AND I WANT TO BE NEAR A COLLEGE THERE
17:10 ARE SO MANY RESOURCES. AND WE SAID PRAISE THE LORD, WE
17:15 SUPPORT YOU. SO BRENDA IS STEPPING OUT IN HER
17:19 OWN MINISTRY. AND SHE STARTED HER OWN
17:23 NON-PROFIT, SO SHE HAS HER BOARD TOGETHER AND HER TEAM MEMBERS,
17:26 AND SHE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING.
17:29 AND 3ABN WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING NOW FOR A NEW GENERAL MANAGER,
17:33 AND WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS, BECAUSE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE
17:37 TO PRODUCE CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING, BECAUSE I DON'T
17:39 THINK YOU CAN GET ENOUGH. IF THERE'S OTHER NETWORKS
17:42 PRODUCING IT, BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH
17:45 EVERYONE THAT WE CAN, BECAUSE OF THE CHILDREN.
17:49 IT'S THE TIME TO REACH THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE
17:53 YOUNG, BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT REACHING THEM FOR JESUS, THE
17:56 DEVIL IS, SO THERE'S SO MANY, SO WE PRAISE THE LORD, FOR THE
18:00 CHILDREN, FOR THE CHILDREN'S NETWORK, SO BE PRAYING FOR 3ABN
18:05 NETWORK. AND BRENDA WALSH'S NEW MINISTRY
18:08 AS SHE GOES FORWARD ALSO, AND HOPEFULLY THE END RESULT WILL BE
18:16 MANY MORE CHILDREN IN HEAVEN. >> I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE
18:20 CONTENT. I'M THINKING ABOUT GYC, AND IT
18:23 SEEMS LIKE WE JUST KEEPS SAYING THE SAME THING, THEY ARE ALL ON
18:28 FIRE FOR JESUS CHRIST, BUT YOU CAN REALLY SEE IT.
18:31 AND A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE GREW UP WATCHING 3ABN.
18:36 AND YOU MENTIONED THAT TALL STRAPPING YOUNG MAN --
18:41 >> YEAH. >> I MET A YOUNG MAN, AND HE
18:44 SAID WE USED TO EXERCISE WITH YOU WHEN WE WERE 6, AND 5 YEARS
18:50 OLD. >> I SAID YOU HAVE GOT TO BE
18:52 KIDDING? I SAID THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO,
18:56 I HATE TO SAY. BUT IT'S NEAT TO SEE THE
19:00 DEDICATION OF SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE.
19:02 >> IT IS. IT IS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE SO
19:05 MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ON FIRE FOR THE LORD, AND WHEN YOU ARE
19:09 LOOKING AT ALL OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE AT GYC, YOU HAVE TO
19:12 RECOGNIZE THAT THEY MADE AN INVESTMENT IN THEIR SPIRITUAL
19:17 WALK WITH THE LORD, BECAUSE IT'S NOT FREE TO TRAVEL TO HOUSTON OR
19:26 STAY IN A HOTEL, BUT THEY WANTED TO BE THERE.
19:29 AND THEN THEY HAD THE PRAYER ROOM THAT STARTED REALLY EARLY,
19:34 AT WHAT? 6:00?
19:39 >> 5:45. >> 5:45 AM.
19:42 SO THEY ARE GOING TO THESE EVENTS.
19:45 THEY ARE GOING TO THE PRAYER ROOM.
19:47 THEY ARE GOING ON OUTREACH AND WITNESSING TO OTER PEOPLE, AND
19:51 IT'S JUST -- GYC IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE, FAVORITE TIMES.
19:54 >> YEAH IT IS VERY EXCITING. I'M THINKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT
19:58 NETWORKS -- THE GENERAL MANAGER, I THINK YOU, TIM, DR. YVONNE,
20:03 DARE TO DREAM, AND NOW YOU HAVE HANDED IT OFF TO JASON.
20:07 >> SHE IS STILL FOUNDER AND CONSULTANT.
20:10 >> SHE IS. >> YEAH, AND DOING A GREAT JOB.
20:13 I KNOW YOU WANTED TO MENTION SOMETHING TOO, BUT ALL OF THE
20:18 GENERAL MANAGERS OF THE NETWORK. >> ABSOLUTELY.
20:21 WE ARE SO BLESSED WITH THE LEADERSHIP.
20:25 3ABN COULD NOT EXIST WITHOUT PEOPLE.
20:27 WE HAVE THE CREW THAT WORKS TO HELP PRODUCE PROGRAMS.
20:31 WE HAVE PRODUCERS AND SO MANY PEOPLE HERE AT 3ABN, BUT I JUST
20:35 WANT TO THANK OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM.
20:38 EACH ONE OF THE GENERAL MANAGERS OF ALL OF THE NETWORKS.
20:41 I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO BRENDA FOR HER KID'S
20:47 NETWORK. AND WE ARE PRAYING FOR HER AND
20:50 HER NEW VENTURE THAT SHE IS STEPPING OUT IN THERE IN THE
20:55 COLLEGE DALE AREA. AND WE ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING A
21:00 NEW GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE CHILDREN'S NETWORK AS WELL.
21:03 SO IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE IMPACT THAT THIS MINISTRY HAS.
21:08 WE WERE AT THE BOOTH A LADY CAME UP TO ME AND SHE IS FROM SOUTH
21:13 AFRICA. SHE HAD NEVER BEEN TO A GYC, AND
21:19 SHE SAID I LOVE THE MINISTRY, AND I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M HERE,
21:23 AND SHE WAS SO EXCITED, YOU KNOW, TO MEET THE 3ABN TEAM.
21:27 SHE WAS EXCITED TO ATTEND FOR HERSELF.
21:30 THE PASTOR IS THE PRESIDENT OF GYC, AND HE SAID HE WAS JUST
21:34 ASKING PEOPLE, SO HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT GYC?
21:37 OR WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE? AND HE SAID THE PEOPLE WOULD
21:41 SAY, OH, I SAW IT ON 3ABN, AND I WANTED TO CHECK IT OUT FOR
21:47 MYSELF. >> PRAISE THE LORD.
21:49 >> SO IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO PARTNER WITH THEM.
21:55 >> ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
22:00 PRAYER ROOM, AND OUR CREW HAD TO LEAVE EARLIER WITH THE TRUCK TO
22:10 BE ON TIME, SO WE WOULD BE WALKING TO THE CONVENTION
22:13 CENTER, TO THE TRUCK, AND ALL OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE -- THERE WERE
22:17 LOTS OF THEM AT 5:45, OR EVEN EARLIER, 5:30, ON THEIR WAY TO
22:22 THE PRAYER ROOM, AND CLOSE TO A THOUSAND YOUNG PEOPLE THERE JUST
22:26 PRAYING, SINGING HYMNS, ABSOLUTELY AMAZING TO SEE THAT
22:30 TYPE OF DEDICATION. >> JILL YOU WENT TO THE PRAYER
22:33 ROOM. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
22:35 >> IT WAS POWERFUL. I SAID I GOT TO GET UP THIS
22:38 MORNING, GET THERE ON TIME, SO I WENT IN AT 5:45.
22:43 I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
22:45 AND I HAVE BEEN IN PRAYER GROUPS, BUT THERE WERE SO MANY
22:49 HUNDREDS, HUNDREDS, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, AND WE ALL SAT
22:54 CROSS-LEGGED ON THE FLOOR OR KNELT.
22:58 AND THEY KEPT SAYING PRESS TOGETHER, BECAUSE WE WERE JUST
23:03 PACKED. AND NOW THEY SAID, WE'RE GOING
23:05 TO HAVE A SESSION OF PRAISE. AND SOMEONE WOULD CALL OUT,
23:09 BLESS THE LORD ALL MY SOUL -- AND THE WHOLE GROUP SAID
23:13 AMEN. AND THEN SOMEONE ELSE SAID LORD
23:16 I PRAISE YOU FOR THIS OR FOR THAT, AND IT WAS AMAZING.
23:25 >> AND THEN THE DEVOTIONAL SERVICE IS NEXT RIGHT AFTER
23:28 THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD SEND LIVE.
23:31 JUST REALLY A VERY SPIRITUAL HIGH.
23:34 >> I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE BEEN THERE, BUT I DON'T THINK I
23:37 WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SIT ON THE FLOOR CROSS LEGGED.
23:41 I'M TOO OLD AND STIFF. I WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONLY ONE
23:44 STANDING IN THE CORNER. >> FOR THE PEOPLE WITH
23:48 EXPERIENCE -- >> EXPERIENCE.
23:55 [ LAUGHTER ] >> MY KNEES ARE GETTING A
23:58 LITTLE -- [ LAUGHTER ]
23:58 >> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WLL BE GOD FOR US AT 3ABN
24:03 TOO, IS TO INCLUDE MORE PROGRAMMING THAT IS DIRECTED AT
24:05 THAT DEMOGRAPHIC. ON DARE TO DREAM, ON THE PRAISE
24:10 NETWORK, ON THE PARENT NETWORK, BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE TO SEE
24:14 PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE THEM, WHO LOOK LIKE THEM.
24:17 AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE -- THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING
24:19 TO DO. >> YEAH.
24:21 >> AND WE HAVE SO MANY ISSUES THAT -- THAT CONFRONT YOUNG
24:25 CHILDREN, AND TEENAGERS, AND YOUNG ADULTS, AND WE HAVE TO
24:30 COUNTERACT THE COUNTERFEIT HERE. THAT'S OUR MISSION.
24:32 >> IT IS. >> AND SO I THINK THAT IT'S
24:35 REALLY IMPORTANT TO REACH OUT TO THAT DEMOGRAPHIC AS WELL, AND
24:39 ACROSS THE BOARD FROM THE CHILDREN ALL THE WAY THROUGH
24:43 SENIOR CITIZENS. >> YES.
24:45 >> IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. >> WE RECEIVED A LOT -- LIKE I
24:49 SAID, WE MADE A PLEA FOR IDEAS FROM THE YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THEY
24:53 ARE VERY INGENIOUS. JUST HAVE GREAT IDEAS, AND IT'S
24:58 ABOUT THE RELEVANCE OF THEIR DAILY LIVES.
25:01 >> UH-HUH. >> THEY DON'T WANT NECESSARILY
25:04 TO -- WELL, THEY JUST -- THEY WANT -- THEY WANT TO BE REAL.
25:08 THAT'S WHAT I THINK I LOVE MOST ABOUT THE KIDS.
25:11 THEIR RESPONSES WERE JUST REAL ABOUT HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH
25:15 THE DAY. >> YEAH.
25:16 >> SO IT IS EXCITING, AND I AGREE WITH YOU.
25:19 WE WANT -- WE WANT MORE OF THAT. >> YEAH.
25:23 YEAH. >> AND REGARDING THE PRAYER, THE
25:25 RENEWAL -- WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE --
25:28 >> REVIVAL RE -- REFORMATION INITIATIVE AT THE GENERAL
25:42 CONFERENCE. >> THANK YOU.
25:42 SO WE'RE EXCITING TO BE PARTNERING AS SUCH WITH THE TEN
25:52 DAYS OF PRAYER DOT ORG. STARTING JANUARY 9TH THROUGH THE
25:58 19TH. AND EACH DAY THEY ARE
26:00 ENCOURAGING YOU TO SPENDING AN HOUR OF PRAYER -- WE'RE DOING
26:03 THE SAME FORMAT THAT YOU EXPERIENCED THAT MORNING, JILL,
26:07 PRAISING, CONFESSING, INTERSEEDING, AND THANKSGIVING.
26:13 AND SO I'M GOING TO BE DOING A 30-MINUTE PROGRAM BEGINNING ON
26:19 JANUARY 9TH AT 7:00 PM, AND I'LL BE SPENDING A HALF AN HOUR, AND
26:26 USING THE OUTLINE FROM THE TEN DAYS OF PRAYER WEBSITE, WHERE
26:33 YOU CAN WATCH AND PRAY ALONG WITH ME.
26:36 I LOVE PRAYER. I GREW UP IN A TRADITION WHERE
26:40 WE PRAYED OUT LOUD TOGETHER IN CHURCH, AND HEARING THAT SOUND
26:44 WAS JUST EXCITING TO ME. IT REALLY DREW ME IN, SO THE
26:49 UNITED PRAYER HAS ALWAYS BEEN A -- A HUGE THING TO ME, SO I'M
26:53 EXCITED ABOUT THIS. IT WILL JUST BE ME ON THE SET,
26:57 BUT -- BUT I KNOW PRAYER -- HOPEFULLY THERE WILL
27:01 BE THOUSANDS OF YOU WATCHING, SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT, AND
27:05 IN FACT, NEXT WEEK LIVE -- WOULD I BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE'LL BE
27:09 DOING A -- A MOMENT OF THAT? >> WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT FOR
27:13 THE THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE TALK ABOUT NEW YEAR'S DEDICATION.
27:16 >> A WEEK FROM TONIGHT. >> HOPEFULLY AT THE WORSHIP
27:21 CENTER. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT,
27:23 BUT ABOLUTELY. >> I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO THE
27:28 WEBSITE TENDAYSOFPRAYER.ORG. >> SO HOW CAN PEOPLE WATCH YOU
27:36 AT 7:00 CENTRAL? >> GO TO 3ABNPRAISEHIM.TV.
27:43 OR GO ON THE APP -- THE NEW PRAISE HIM APP OR THE 3ABN APP.
27:49 HOPEFULLY ROKU WILL BE SET UP BY THAT TIME.
27:51 >> YEP. >> AND APPLE TV.
27:57 YOUTUBE -- >> ABSOLUTELY.
27:59 >> SO THOSE -- THOSE ARE WAYS THAT YOU CAN GO ON AT 7:00 PM
28:04 CENTRAL STARTING ON THE 9TH THROUGH THE 19TH.
28:07 THAT'S 11TH DAY. SO ON THE 11TH DAY, WE'LL BE
28:14 DOING SOME REJOICING. I LOVE PRAYER.
28:16 I THINK IT'S VITAL. WE HAVE A LOT TO PRAY ABOUT.
28:21 >> AMEN. >> THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR
28:26 ME TOO, TIM. WHEN WE STARTED 3ABN, BEFORE
28:29 THAT I GREW UP IN A SOMEWHAT MUSICAL FAMILY.
28:35 BUT I -- AFTER MELODY MOTHER'S WAS IN THE CAR -- CAR ACCIDENT,
28:40 AND DIED, MELODY AND I -- I WAS DOING CONSTRUCTION, BUT I QUIT
28:47 BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE HER, SO WE STARTED PRODUCING
28:53 RECORDS, AND I ENDED UP PUTTING A STUDIO IN MY HOME, AND IT WAS
28:57 LIKE THIS -- I HAD A 90 DEGREE -- MY HOUSE WAS LIKE
29:01 THIS, SO I JUST PUT A LITTLE SPOT IN THERE, AND PUT A ROOM IN
29:05 A BEDROOM, WITH GLASS AND MADE A LITTLE RECORDING STUDIO, SO I
29:10 STARTED RECORDING FOR PEOPLE. HAD A LITTLE 8-TRACK SYSTEM,
29:14 THEN I GRADUATED TO A LITTLE 16-TRACK.
29:18 SO I WAS KIND OF THE ENGINEER, AND IF THEY NEEDED RHYTHM,
29:24 GUITAR OF SOMETHING, AND TOMMY WOULD PLAY THE SYNTESIZER WE
29:28 CALLED IT -- >> OH, YEAH.
29:30 >> AND IF THEY NEEDED BACKUP SINGING, WE WOULD TRY TO DO
29:34 THAT -- JUST TO HELP PEOPLE LOCALLY.
29:37 SO WHEN WE BUILT OUR FIRST BUILDING IN '85, WE STARTED
29:41 BUILDING OUT TWO MILES NORTH OF THIS FACILITY HERE IN
29:45 THOMPSONVILLE, SO WE BUILD THIS 16,000-SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING.
29:51 SO I WENT TO ONE END AND MEASURED IT ALL, AND I SAID THIS
29:55 IS GOING TO BE OUR RECORDING STUDIO, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO
29:58 DO MUSIC. BECAUSE THAT WAS MY LOVE.
30:01 I LOVED DOING MUSE I HAD BEEN IN THE STUDIO IN NASHVILLE, AND
30:07 TAKEN A LOT OF PEOPLE, SO I JUST ASSUMED WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A
30:11 MUSIC STUDIO, AND IT SEEMED -- THE TIME WE GOT THE
30:14 REST OF THE STUDIO AND THE OFFICES READY, THERE WAS NO ROOM
30:19 FOR THE RECORDING STUDIO TO REALLY CONCENTRATE ON MUSIC.
30:23 I COULD HAVE SAID, LET'S JUST DO IT, BUT I SAID NO, IT'S NOT THE
30:27 TIME, SO FINALLY, THEN, IN ABOUT '95, WE BUILT THIS NEW FACILITY
30:33 HERE THAT WE'RE STILL IN, AND 30 OR 40,000 SQUARE FEET OR
30:38 WHATEVER IT IS.-pSO UPSTAIRS, TIM, I WENT UPSTAIRS AND MARKED OUT, THIS IS
30:44 WHERE OUR NEW MUIC STUDIO IS GOING TO BE.
30:48 YVONNE, I WAS EXCITED. I SAID WE HAVE GOT IT.
30:54 WE BOUGHT A SOUND BOARD. I SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, THE
30:59 TIME WE GOT THE TWO STUDIOS DONE AND ALL OF THE OFFICES AND THE
31:04 PEOPLE WE NEEDED, AND WE BEGAN TO GROW, AND OVER THE YEARS WE
31:10 HAD 100 EMPLOYEES, AND WE HAD NO ROOM FOR THIS MUSIC STUDIO, AND
31:14 TO GET INTO MUSIC. AND I WAS LIKE, THAT'S WHAT I
31:17 REALLY WANTED TO DO, BUT THE LORD HAD OTHER PLANS.
31:22 IT JUST WASN'T THE RIGHT TIMING. SO I SAID, GO AHEAD AND USE THAT
31:26 ROOM -- BOTH ROOMS. WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO IT.
31:29 SO THEN WE DECIDED OUT IN BACK WHAT WE CALL THE BOSS
31:35 AUDITORIUM. I SAID WE CAN BUILD OUT THERE.
31:37 THAT ENDED UP, WE NEEDED THE SPACE.
31:39 NOW WE BUILT OUT RADIO, BUT FINALLY ONE DAY I WAS WALKING
31:43 OUT IN THE WOODS, WE HAD LITTLE FRUIT TREES OUT THERE, AND I WAS
31:49 WALKING 18, 19 YEARS AGO, AND AN IMPRESSION CAME TO ME.
31:54 IT'S TIME, YOU CAN BUILD THE STUDIO.
31:58 BUT MY DREAM WOULD BE TO HAVE A MUSIC CHANNEL, BECASE I HAVE
32:01 SEEN THAT MUSIC WILL TOUCH PEOPLE WHEN PREACHING WON'T.
32:05 YOU THINK ABOUT IT, PEOPLE -- YOU -- YOU MAYBE YOU
32:09 DON'T HAVE THE BEST MARRIAGE AT HOME, AND YOU ARE NOT GETTING
32:12 ALONG, AND ONE OF YOU IS USED TO THE OTHER ONE TELLING YOU WHAT
32:16 TO DO, OR YOU KNOW -- NOW YOU COME HOME FROM WORK -- YOUR BOSS
32:21 HAS BEEN TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO ALL DAY.
32:24 AND YOU TURN ON THE TV, AND THE GUY SAYS IF YOU DON'T DO THIS,
32:27 YOU ARE GOING TO HELL. AND IT IS LIKE EVERYBODY IS JUST
32:31 BOSSING ME. [ LAUGHTER ]
32:32 >> AND I THOUGHT ALWAYS IF WE JUST HAD SOME BEAUTIFUL MUSIC
32:36 THAT SOMEBODY COULD COME HOME AND JUST ENJOY AND PRAISE THE
32:40 LORD, AND IT MIGHT HELP THE RELATIONSHIP AT HOME, AND MAYBE
32:44 THE ATTITUDE THE WAY THINGS ARE AT WORK, AND THIS WOULD BE SO
32:48 GREAT. FINALLY 34 YEARS LATER, AND YOU
32:52 HAVE THE PRAISE HIM MUSIC CHANNEL.
32:54 >> RIGHT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
32:56 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> AND YOU ARE THE GUY TO DO IT.
32:59 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE VISION, THE TREATMENT OF THAT,
33:03 AND THANK YOU FOR PURSUING IT AND NOT GIVING UP UNTIL IT WAS
33:06 DONE. I'M -- I'M SO BLESSED, AND IT'S
33:10 A WORK IN PROGRESS. BECAUSE WE'LL BE ADDING NEW
33:14 PROGRAMS, AND AS YOU WRITE IN AND TELL US WHO YOUR FAVORITE
33:18 ARTISTS ARE, AND AS WE FIND -- FIND NEW SINGERS AND
33:23 SONGWRITERS AND MUSICIANS AND IF YOU ARE -- IF YOU KNOW OF
33:27 SOMEONE OR IF YOU ARE -- EVEN GRAPHIC ARTISTS, A LOT OF THE
33:31 FINE ART, THERE'S GREAT WAYS -- WE JUST WANT TO KNOW
33:35 HOW -- HOW DO YOU PRAISE HIM? >> THAT'S GOOD.
33:37 >> WE WANT TO BUILD UP A LIBRARY OF ARTISTS.
33:41 IT'S NOT TO GLORIFY US. THIS ISN'T THE VOICE OR
33:47 "AMERICAN IDOL," YOU KNOW, THIS IS GENUINELY, HOW DO WE PRAISE
33:50 HIM? >> YES.
33:51 >> SO OUR HEARTS ARE PURE IN DESIRE TO GLORIFY GOD THROUGH
33:56 QUALITY MUSIC -- WE WANT TO BE A STATION AND A NETWORK THAT HAS
34:02 A -- A STANDARD, A DEFINITE STANDARD OF QUALITY, BUT I'M
34:07 EXCITED. I TRULY AM.
34:09 AND I -- BETWEEN EXCITED AND OVERWHELMED.
34:13 THAT'S WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW. [ LAUGHTER ]
34:14 >> WE UNDERSTAND THAT. >> BUT IT'S COOL.
34:16 I LOVE IT. AND IT GIVES ME SUCH PURPOSE.
34:20 >> IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO SAY THAT WAY FOR A WHILE.
34:24 >> I'M STILL YOUNG. BETWEEN ME AND THE LORD, WE HAVE
34:27 GOT THIS. >> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
34:29 PRAYERS, AND NEXT WEEK, MR. DANNY IS OUR CORPORATE DAY
34:33 OF PRAYER AT 3ABN, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS -- EVER
34:36 SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE, YOU HAVE HAD THE CORPORATE DAY OF PRAYER,
34:41 AND TO ME IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BLESSING.
34:45 I THINK ABOUT YOU MR. JAY, THAT WAS INSTRUMENTAL FOR YOU.
34:49 YOU CAME TO A DAY OF PRAYER, AND WE GET REPORTS FROM THE MANAGER,
34:56 ANY NETWORK, INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT FROM MR. DANNY.
35:00 THERE'S PRAYER. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF FOOD.
35:03 IT'S A NICE TIME OF FELLOWSHIP AS A MINISTRY OF 3ABN.
35:06 I KNOW FOR ME AS A YOUNG PERSON, TRYING TO FIND MY WAY, IT GIVES
35:11 YOU A REFOCUS, AND YOU HAVE A THEME PICKED, AND THAT'S THE
35:15 YEAR OF PRAYER. >> YES.
35:17 >> AND THAT KIND OF FITS WITH EVERYTHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
35:22 HERE. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
35:25 >> PRAYERS ARE THE ONLY WAY OUT OF THIS WORLD.
35:28 I MEAN EVERY ONE OF US ARE BORN TERMINALLY ILL.
35:33 >> YEAH. >> YOU LOOK AT OLDER PEOPLE, AND
35:37 SAY, WELL -- YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A TERMINALLY ILL DISEASE, WELL
35:43 WE'RE ALL BORN THAT WAY. ONLY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST DO WE
35:47 GET OUT OF THAT. BUT RIGHT NOW THE DEVIL IS OUT
35:50 TO STEAL, KILL, AND DESTROY. BUT JESUS SAID I HAVE COME SO
35:56 THAT YOU WILL HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY.
36:00 THE DEVIL KNOWS A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF IS GOING TO FALL.
36:09 A CHURCH -- THERE'S ISSUES IN POLITICS, AND THE COUNTRY, AND
36:13 THE WORLD, AND RUMORS OF WARS, AND I WAS WATCHING A PROGRAM THE
36:19 OTHER NIGHT ABOUT HOW MANY MORE EARTHQUAKES AND LITERALLY
36:23 DISASTERS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, THEY ARE PREDICTING -- THEY SAID
36:28 LIKE THE WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN. AND THAT HIT ME, BECAUSE IT WAS
36:31 ANT CHRISTIAN NETWORK, AND THEY WERE SAYING THE DISASTERS ARE
36:35 GOING TO BE AT A RATE THIS WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN.
36:38 WITHIN TH NEXT TEN YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO SEE UNBEIEVABLE THINGS
36:43 HAPPENING, AND I'M THINKING WARS, AND RUMORS OF WARS, AND
36:48 MANY PLACES AROUND THE WORLD, YOU SEE ALL OF THAT, AND THEN
36:51 YOU SEE WHAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GROWING UP IN.
36:55 BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE OPTIONS THAT THEY HAVE, THAT AREN'T SO
36:59 GOOD. AND GETTING ON THE COMMUNICATION
37:02 TOOL IS GREAT, AND THE HANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE CAN BE TERRIBLE.
37:07 THEY ARE EXPOSED TO THINGS THEY WOULD NEVER BE EXPOSED TO, AND A
37:12 LOT OF OUR PARENTS TEND TO LET THE iPHONE OR GAMES BE THEIR
37:17 BABYSITTER WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THEM.
37:19 SO WE NEED PRAYER. WITHIN OUR CHURCH THERE ARE
37:22 CERTAIN ISSUES THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING OR WE'RE DIVIDED
37:27 OVER, AND THE ONLY ANSWER THROUGH ALL OF THIS IS PRAYER,
37:30 SO 3ABN DEDICATING THIS YEAR AS THE YEAR OF PRAYER JUST SEEMS
37:35 LIKE SOMETHING THE LORD WOULD HAVE US TO DO, PRAYING NOT ONLY
37:39 FOR OUR OWN MINISTRY, BUT FOR YOU AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP AT
37:44 HOME, FOR YOUR CHURCH, AND THE POLITICS AND EVERYTHING AROUND
37:50 THE WORLD SO WE CAN PREPARE. BECAUSE IF WE TAKE OUR EYES OFF
37:55 OF JESUS WE'LL BE SO LOST, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE -- WE WON'T
38:02 EVEN BE AWARE OF THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
38:06 PEOPLE SAY I DON'T THINK IT'S HAPPENING.
38:09 WELL, MAYBE IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING, AND WE NEED TO BE
38:12 AWARE. >> YES.
38:13 >> I HAVE BEEN IN PLACES IN THE WORLD WHEN I SEE 15,000 PEOPLE,
38:19 AND I SEE 40 TO 50 TO SOMETIMES 70,000 PEOPLE COMNG IN PLAES
38:23 LIKE INDA, NEW GUINEA, AND ALL OF THESE HEARING THE GROUPS, AND
38:29 I HAVE BEEN TO SOME OF THESE WHERE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
38:33 PEOPLE COMING -- AND AT NIGHT 15,000 PEOPLE GIVING THEIR LIVES
38:37 AND HEARTS TO JESUS, I SAY THERE'S A GREAT OUTPOURING OF
38:42 THE HOLY SPIRIT, BUT WE SIT BACK AT HOME, AND SAY DOESN'T LOOK
38:48 LIKE ANYTHING IS HAPPENING. SO WE NEED TO PRAY AND ASK THE
38:55 LORD, AND SAY, MAKE ME MORE LIKE YOU, AND AS WE DO THAT, WE'RE
39:00 GOING TO SEE GREAT AND MARVELOUS THINGS HAPPEN IN THE NAME OF
39:03 JESUS. >> AMEN.
39:04 >> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF, STRUGGLE WITH
39:08 PRAYER. LIKE -- YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT'S
39:11 EASY TO SAY LIKE A QUICK PRAYER TO THE LORD AND THEN GO ON ABOUT
39:17 YOUR BUSINESS, BUT TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN INTENSE PRAYER LIKE
39:23 THAT, WAS SOMETHING FOR ME THAT I WAS THINKING HOW CAN MY
39:29 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD GET BETTER.
39:31 BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU DON'T WANT TO PRAY.
39:34 AND WHAT I FOUND, THOGH -- AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS, AND I
39:38 FEEL IMPRESSED TO SHARE IT, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE STRUGGLE
39:42 WITH HAVING TIME. >> ABSOLUTELY.
39:44 >> THE FIRST THING IS I THINK TO TAKE SOME DEDICATED TIME THAT
39:48 YOU SAY THIS IS MY TIME FOR THE LORD.
39:51 NOBODY ELSE. IT'S QUIET.
39:53 AND IT'S YOUR TIME WITH THE LORD, AND YOU CHANGE IT UP.
39:56 YOU DON'T DO IT THE SAME WAY ALL THE TIME.
39:59 LIKE SOME DAYS I'LL HAVE MUSIC.-SOME DAYS I'LL WATCH A SERMON VIDEO, AND IT'S MY -- IT'S MY
40:07 SPECIAL TIME WITH THE LORD, AND IT'S JUST BEEN SO RICH.
40:11 >> GOOD. >> IT HAS BEEN SO RICH.
40:13 NO MATTER WHAT TIME I GO TO BAD -- AND THIS IS THE LORD
40:19 GETTING ME UP. BECAUSE EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS I'M
40:21 NOT A MORNING PERSON. [ LAUGHTER ]
40:24 >> I'M NOT A MOURN -- MORNING PERSON, BUT THE LORD GETS ME UP,
40:34 AND IT'S DARK, AND I'M SITTING THERE, AND THE SUN COMES UP, AND
40:40 I'M TALKING TO THE LORD. THAT'S ANOTHER THING TO SPEAK
40:44 OUT LOUD. IF YOU TALK TO HIM AS THOUH HE
40:47 IS SITTING THERE IN THE ROOM WITH YOU.
40:50 IT IS JUST GREAT. AND YOU HAVE MAYBE AN OUTLINE OF
40:54 WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY, PEOPLE YOU WANT TO PAY FOR, BUT MAKE IT
40:59 DIFFERENT, AND GIVE GOD A SPECIAL TIME EVERY DAY, AND THAT
41:02 HAS -- FOR ME, THAT HAS REALLY BEEN A BLESSING.
41:06 IT'S REALLY ENRICHED MY LIFE AND MY WALK, BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT'S
41:11 JUST LIKE MY OWN TIME WITH HIM, AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE
41:15 LIKE -- YOU KNOW, I KNOW FOR ME BEFORE, I WOULD JUST SAY MY
41:19 LITTLE QUICK PRAYERS OR GO DOWN MY LIST AND GO ON MY WAY, BUT
41:24 IMAGINE IF I CALLED YOU AND SAID THE SAME THING TO YOU EVERY DAY,
41:28 ALL THE TIME. HOW BORING WOULD THAT BE?
41:31 >> EXACTLY. >> AND YOU WOULD JUST SHUT ME
41:35 DOWN PROBABLY, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT.
41:39 BUT, REALLY, THAT'S JUST NOT A RELATIONSHIP.
41:43 >> IT'S NOT. >> YOU KNOW, THE LORD WANTS US
41:46 TO WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH, AND I JUST THINK THAT
41:51 THAT'S -- YOU KNOW IF WE CHANGE UP THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN, JUST
41:55 MAKE THIS YEAR A SPECIAL YEAR WITH THE LORD, A DEEPER RICHER
41:58 YEAR WITH THE LORD. >> IT'S HAVE THING HOW THE LORD
42:03 WORKS, BECAUSE -- SINCE SHE BROUGHT IT UP, BUT WITH DARE TO
42:07 DREAM SHE'S WORK UNTIL 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 AT NIGHT, SO
42:16 DON'T WAKE HER UP EARLY. AND NOW I DON'T CARE HOW LATE
42:22 SHE GOES TO BED AT 6:00 EVERY MORNING, SHE IS UP AND OUT IN
42:30 THE WORSHIP ROOM FOR TWO HOURS SOMETIMES LONGER, AND I SAY I
42:35 KNOW THAT IS GOD. [ LAUGHTER ]
42:38 >> I DON'T CARE -- SHE WOULD SAY, WELL, TELL ME HOW IT WAS.
42:43 TAKE A PICTURE. LET ME KNOW.
42:46 BUT NOW EVERY MORNING, SHE IS UP, BECAUSE IT'S HER AND THE
42:50 LORD, SO, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR OF PRAYER, YOU ARE TAKING THAT VERY
42:54 SERIOUSLY, AND I'M THANKFUL. >> THERE'S SUCH A PROMISE -- THE
42:59 BENEFITS OF PRAYER ARE JUST SO OBVIOUS THAT IT'S ALMOST
43:02 LIKE -- I -- I UNDERSTAND IT'S JUST -- TO ME IT'S ALMOST A
43:08 SATANIC THING THAT KEEPS US FROM PRAYER.
43:11 >> YES. >> AND I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW,
43:12 THAT THE PROMISES THAT SAY WHATEVER YOU ASK IN MY NAME IF
43:17 IT'S ACCORDING TO GOD'S WILL, THAT HE WILL GIVE IT, AND YOU
43:22 HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT, AND IF MY PEOPLE WILL HUMBLE
43:27 THEMSELVES, I BE HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND HEAL THE LAND, SO
43:31 THERE ARE SUCH PROMISES THAT ARE CONNECTED WITH PRAYING TO GOD
43:35 AND TALKING TOGETHER, PRAYING TOGETHER, TALKING ABOUT THE
43:38 LORD. THERE IS A SCRIPTURE IN MALACHI
43:42 3:16 THAT EXCITES ME TO NO END WHEN I THINK ABOUT -- YOU KNOW,
43:47 PRAYING AND TALKING TO EACH OTHER ABOUT THE LORD.
43:53 MALACHI 3:16 SAYS THEN THOSE WHO FEARED THE LORD TALKED OFTEN ONE
43:58 TO ANOTHER. THAT'S REFERRING TO TALKING
44:00 ABOUT HIM TO EACH OTHER, AND TESTIFYING, AND TESTIMONY, AND
44:04 PRAYING TOGETHER. AND THE LORD LISTENED AND HEARD
44:07 IT, AND A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE WAS WRITTEN BEFORE HIM OF THOSE
44:11 WHO RE RENSED AND WORSHIPLY FEARED THE LORD.
44:16 >> AMEN. >> THE LORD IS KEEPING A
44:19 JOURNAL. HE'S KEEPING THE MINUTES OF THE
44:21 BUSINESS MEETING, SO TO SPEAK, OF WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HIM.
44:26 THAT'S HOW EXCITING IT IS FOR HIM TO KNOW THAT HIS CHILDREN
44:29 WANT TO TALK ABOUT HIM AND PRAYER TO HIM, AND THEN VERSUS
44:34 17 SAYS AND THEY SHALL BE MINE SAYS THE LORD OF HOST IN THAT
44:39 DAY WHEN I PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE AND DECLARE THEM TO BE MY JEWELS
44:45 AND I WILL SPARE THEM AS A MAN SPARES HIS OWN SON WH SERVES
44:51 HIM. SO WE REALLY NEED -- WE HAVE NO
44:54 GREATER IMPETUS OR REASON TO PRAY.
44:58 IT'S OBVIOUS THE BENEFITS ARE SO REAL.
45:01 AND IT'S MAKING A CONCERTED EFFORT, AND A LOT OF US HAVE
45:09 MADE PRAYER OUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION, MANY, MANY YEARS, -pAND EVERY YEAR BY THE MIDDLE OF
45:15 JANUARY, OR END OF JANUARY, MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY, WE WANE AND
45:20 FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO FILL OUR TIME WITH.
45:22 >> UH-HUH. >> AND YET WE LIVE IN SUCH A
45:26 NEEDY WORLD. IF YOU HAVE GOT A NEIGHBOR -- IF
45:29 YOU HAVE A HOUSE PLANT IN YOUR HOME, WE COULD PRAY FOR THAT
45:35 HOUSE PLANT. MY HOUSE PLANTS NEED PRAYER.
45:39 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WHEN I CAME HOME FROM GYC NO
45:41 ONE HAD BEEN THERE FOR TEN DAYS TO WATER THEM, SO THEY NEEDED
45:45 MORE THAN PRAYER, BUT I'M SAYING TRULY AND SINCERELY, WE ALL HAVE
45:51 SOMETHING WE CAN PRAY FOR. IT'S -- YEAH, WE JUST DO.
45:54 SO PRAY, PRAY, PRAY. >> YES.
45:56 >> ABSOLUTELY. I LOVE THAT.
45:57 AND WE'RE GOING TO COME TO YOU NEXT, JAY, SO I'M GIVING YOU A
46:02 HEAD'S UP, BECAUSE WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT IS ON YOUR HEART FOR
46:06 THE NEW YEAR WITH PRAYER AND IF YOU WANT TO SHARE ANYTHING ABOUT
46:10 THAT. BUT IN MY OWN EXPERIENCE -- I
46:12 LOVED WHAT YOU SHARED YVONNE, BECAUSE YOU CAN GET IN A RUT
46:16 WITH YOUR TIME WITH GOD, WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE, AND WHEN THE
46:21 ALARM RINGS, AND SOMETIMES I DON'T EVEN HEAR THE ALARM, I
46:26 GUESS I JUST TUNE IT OUT. GREG ALWAYS JUMPS RIGHT OUT OF
46:31 BED, AND WE'LL BE LIKE, JILLY. OH, OKAY.
46:34 THANK YOU. [ LAUGHTER ]
46:36 >> AND THEN IT'S LIKE, I WAN THAT TIME WITH JESUS, AND I HAVE
46:39 THAT, BUT THE THING IS -- YOU CAN -- OKAY.-I'M JUST GOING TO READ A CHAPTER
46:44 AND I AM DONE. NO, YOU WANT YOUR TIME WITH GOD
46:50 EVERY DAY TO BE FRESH AND NEW. AND THIS IS MY OWN PRIVATE
46:58 THINKING, NOTHING SCRIPTURAL HERE.
47:04 BUT I IMAGINE JESUS SITTING ON THE BED GOING CAN YOU GET UP?
47:09 I JUST WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU.
47:11 I LOVE YOU. THE THING THAT MAKES IT REAL FOR
47:15 ME IS PRAYING THE SCRIPTURES BACK TO GOD.
47:18 THE PROMISES YOU TALKED ABOUT, THAT MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN
47:22 MY OWN WALK. WHEN I PRAY, I PRAY, THANK YOU
47:28 FOR THIS. BUT IF I PRAY THE SCRIPTURE AND
47:32 I PRAY IT OUT LOUD, AND I CLIMB THOSE PROMISES OVER OTHER
47:37 PEOPLE'S LIVES, OVER MY LIFE, OVER DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, THAT
47:44 HAS REVOLUTIONS MY LIFE. ONE OF THE SCRIPTURES I'M
47:49 CLAIMING IS PSALM 2:8, ASK OF ME, JESUS SPEAKING --AND I WILL
47:55 GIVE YOU THE HEATHEN FOR YOUR IN
47:59 INHAIR -- INHERITANCE. SO WHAT IF WE GET TO HEAVEN AND
48:05 SOMEONE IS NOT THERE BECAUSE I DIDN'T PRAY FOR THEM?
48:08 I DIDN'T ASK OR INTERCEDE FOR THEIR SALVATION.
48:12 SO THIS YEAR, I WANT TO INTERCEDE MORE.
48:14 I WANT TO BE EVANGELISTIC IN MY PRAYERS, AND I WANT A GREATER
48:19 PASSION FOR SOULS. >> AMEN.
48:21 >> JAY, WHAT IS ON YOURHEART? >> AS I THINK ABOUT THE DAY OF
48:25 PRAYER THAT'S APPROACHING, I REMEMBER YOU SAYING, IF YOU
48:28 LEAVE THIS PLACE AND YOU CAN'T GET IT OUT OF YOUR MIND, PERHAPS
48:31 THIS IS WHERE GOD WOULD HAVE YOU TO BE.
48:34 AND I WAS LIVING IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA AT THE TIME, AND I
48:37 REMEMBER GOING BACK HOME -- I WAS WORKING ABOUT 70 HOURS A
48:42 WEEK. AND I JUST KEPT THINKING ABOUT
48:45 3ABN, AND IT WAS PULLING AT MY HEART, AND IT WAS AT A TIME IN
48:50 MY LIFE WHERE I KNEW I NEEDED A TRANSFORMATION, INSTEAD OF JUST
48:56 BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION. AND SO AS I -- AS I WAS THINKING
49:00 ABOUT 3ABN, AND -- IT JUST KEPT PULLING AT ME, I JUST DECIDED TO
49:05 GO AND SURRENDER MY LIFE TO THE LORD, AND IT WAS LIKE THE BEST
49:10 DECISION THAT I HAVE EVER MADE. AND TIME FLIES OUT HERE FASTER
49:14 THAN LIVING IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. [ LAUGHTER ]
49:18 >> THIS IS TRUE. >> AND WORKING 70 HOURS A WEEK.
49:21 IT GOES SO MUCH FASTER OUT HERE. BUT OVER THE COURSE OF MY YOUNG
49:27 LIFE -- [ LAUGHTER ]
49:28 >> --YOU KNOW, I -- I HAVE COME TO THE REAIZE ACCUSATION THAT I
49:34 NEED THE LORD -- >> YEAH.
49:37 >> -- THAT I AM IN NEED OF HIM.-THAT I'M A WEAK HUMAN BEING, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT I
49:48 CAN'T HANDLE ON MY OWN. AND SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN IN
49:50 OUR LIVES TO WHERE IT REALLY GRABS OUR ATTENTION.
49:53 TO ME IT WAS BEING SICK AND BEING IN THE HOSPITAL AND HAVING
49:57 TO HAD SURGERY -- I HAVE HAD TO HAVE A FEW SURGERIES, AND EACH
50:02 TIME IT WAS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WHERE IT'S LIKE, I CAN'T HEAL
50:06 MYSELF. I'M HELPLESS.
50:08 I HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE DO STUFF FOR ME.
50:11 I HAVE TO HAVE MY MOTHER HELP ME BRUSH MY TEETH BECAUSE I'M TOO
50:16 WEAK TO DO IT. ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT YOU
50:19 CAN'T DO ON YOUR OWN, AND THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED AS HUMAN
50:25 BEINGS. AS I WAS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, AT
50:29 GYC, I REMEMBER TAKING UBER AND GOING TO VARIOUS
50:34 PLACINGS -- MAINLY TO EAT -- [ LAUGHTER ]
50:38 >> -- AND AS I'M TRAVELLING TO THESE PLACES WITH THE UBER
50:44 DRIVERS, I'M TELLING THEM ABOUT THE CONVENTION IN HOUSTON.
50:49 AND AT THE END OF THE RIDE, SOME OF THEM ASKED FOR PRAYER.
50:53 THERE WAS ONE THAT HE HAD JUST LOST HIS SON NOT TOO LONG AGO.
50:58 AND HE HAD A ROUGH LIFE. AND HE CAME BACK TO THE LORD --
51:02 >> THAT'S GREAT. >> -- AND IT REALLY GOT TO ME,
51:05 BECAUSE IT'S LIKE PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY FOR THE LORD.
51:08 THEY ARE HUNGRY FOR PRAYER, AND HOW MANY MISSED OPPORTUNITIES DO
51:11 WE HAVE, BECAUSE WE DON'T SPEAK. BECAUSE WE DON'T OPEN OUR
51:15 MOUTHS, BECAUSE WE'RE MAYBE AFRAID TO SHARE ABOUT THE GOD
51:18 THAT WE SERVE. >> UH-HUH.
51:20 >> YEAH. >> HOW MANY TIMES DO WE MISS
51:23 THESE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE COULD BE PRAYING WITH
51:26 INDIVIDUALS ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES AND LIFTING THEIR FAMILIES UP,
51:29 IT WAS JUST -- THIS WAS A GREAT TRIP.
51:32 AND WITH THIS YEAR IN 2019, I'M EXPECTING MAJOR THINGS FOR DARE
51:37 TO DREAM. >> AMEN.
51:38 >> AMEN. >> A LOT OF DOORS TO BE OPENED.
51:42 YOU KNOW, JUST -- IN 2018 WHEN WE WERE AT THE PASTORAL
51:48 EVANGELISM LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, WE MET THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
51:52 WE MET THE ORGANIZERS OF EVENTS THAT CAN PUT US IN THE RIGHT
51:56 PLACES TO PROMOTE THE NETWORK, AND WHEN WE'RE PROMOTING THE
52:02 NETWORK, WE'RE PROMOTING PROGRAMS THAT LEAD PEOPLE TO
52:06 CHRIST. SO GOD IS ORCHESTRATING THESE
52:08 MEETINGS AND OPENING DOORS. AND AT GYC I GOT SEVERAL SOFT
52:13 INVITATIONS TO SPEAK IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
52:15 ONE IN JAPAN AND SOME OF THESE OTHER -- AND -- AND FLORIDA, AND
52:19 SOME OTHER PLACES, BUT GOD JUST CONTINUES TO OPEN THE DOOR, SO
52:23 WHAT I WANT TO SEE FOR DARE TO DREAM IN 2019 IS AN INCREASE IN
52:29 ACCESSIBILITY. I WANT TO SEE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
52:34 CHANGE THE CHANNEL, NOT GO TO --JUST THE APP, BUT TO BE
52:37 ABLE TO CHANGE THE CHANNEL AND SEE DARE TO DREAM.
52:41 BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE THAT WON'T STEP INTO CHURCH, THEY MIGHT BE
52:45 FLIPPING -- FLIPPING CHANNELS IN INNER CITIES AND THEN THEY SEE
52:49 THE PROGRAMMING ON DARE TO DREAM, OH, HO CAN MY FINANCES
52:54 GET BETTER? DOLLARS AND CENTS?
52:57 WHAT CAN I EAT TODAY? I'M TRYING TO LEAD A HEALTHIER
53:03 LIFESTYLE, CREATIVE COOKING. JUST A WIDE VARIETY OF THINGS.
53:07 HOW CAN I SOLIDIFY MY WALK WITH THE LORD?
53:16 WHAT HAVE I BEEN SEARCHING FOR? AND THEN THEY WILL SEE IT ON
53:25 DARE TO DREAM. >> JAY THOUGHT HE WAS TAKING AN
53:30 UBER TO GO SOMEWHERE TO EAT, WHEN IT TURNS OUT HE WAS THE
53:35 CHEF DISHING OUT FOOD TO THE DRIVER.
53:41 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THOSE WITH DIVINE
53:45 APPOINTMENTS. >> I KNOW IN MY OWN LIFE, I
53:48 SPENDING TIME WITH THE LORD EVERY DAY, BUT SOMETIMES YOU CAN
53:51 GET IN A RUT WITH YOUR PRAYER JUST LIKE OKAY, I'M GOING TO DO
53:55 THIS. BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT MEAL
53:57 TIME, DEAR JESUS THANK YOU FOR THIS FOOD, AND THIS DAY, BUT
54:02 REALLY JUST BE APPRECIATIVE OF THIS IS MY LORD AND SAVIOR, AND
54:07 BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP IS ONE OF THE KEY THINGS, AND I WAS
54:11 LOOKING AT YOU AS JASON WAS TALKING ABOUT DARE -- DARE TO
54:17 DREAM, AND I'M THINKING ONLY THE LORD KNOWS HOW MANY TIMES YOU
54:22 HAVE PRAYED FOR YOUR BOY. YOU BROUGHT HIM HERE, AND
54:27 TRANSITIONING NOW INTO THE GENERAL MANAGER OF DARE TO
54:31 DREAM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MUST DO
54:33 TO YOU AS A PARENT AND A MOTHER. >> GOD HAS ANSWERED MY PRAYERS
54:37 AND IS ANSWERING MY PRAYERS WITH MY OLDER SON AS WELL.
54:41 AND I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL. >> CAN I JUST SAY
54:44 SOMETHING -- HOPEFULLY I'M NOT PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT
54:47 THERE IS SOMETHING AT HOME AS A PARENT THINKING ABOUT THEIR
54:51 BABY, NO LONGER A BABY ANYMORE, BUT THEY ARE OUT THERE, MAYBE
54:56 LIVING THE WAY GOD DOESN'T WANT THEM TO.
54:59 MAYBE SPEAK TO THAT PERSON? >> ABSOLUTELY.
55:01 GOD HAS A PLAN FOR THAT CHILD. GOD LOVES THAT CHILD AND HAS A
55:05 PLAN, AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CONTINUE TO INTERCEDE.
55:10 DON'T GIVE UP. JUST CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THAT
55:14 CHILD AND LIFT THAT CHILD UP BEFORE THE LORD, AND AGAIN, GOD
55:19 HAS A PLAN FOR THAT CHILD'S LIFE, AND HIS WORD WILL NOT
55:23 RETURN UNTO HIM VOID. SO QUOTE SCRIPTURE TO THE LORD,
55:27 AND THINGS THAT THE LORD HAS SPOKEN INTO YOUR HEART, JUST
55:30 CONTINUE TO LIFT THAT CHILD UP, AND KNOW THAT GOD IS GOING TO DO
55:34 IT. >> AND IN ALL OF OUR PRAYERS,
55:39 WHETHER IT BE FOR OUR CHILDREN, I HAVE TWO, AND I PRAY FOR THEM
55:45 CONSTANTLY, THEY ARE FAR AWAY FROM ME GEOGRAPHICALLY.
55:49 BUT DON'T EXPECT THAT YOU KNOW THE WAY IT SHOULD BE DONE.
55:52 >> THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. >> THE WAY THAT MAN WOULD DO
55:56 SOMETHING, AND GOD WOULDN'T DO IT THAT WAY, BECAUSE HE KNOWS
55:59 THE WHOLE PICTURE. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
56:01 >> SO IF YOU DON'T SEE A CERTAIN THING HAPPENING, DON'T STOP
56:05 PRAYING. GOD HAS A PLAN.
56:07 >> THAT'S GOOD. >> MR. DANNY, YOU ARE INVITING
56:10 OUR WHOLE AUDIENCE TO JOIN US IN PRAYER, BECAUSE THIS IS THE YEAR
56:13 OF PRAYER FOR 3ABN, BUT NOT JUST FOR 3ABN, BUT IN YOUR OWN LIFE
56:19 AT HOME, AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
56:21 FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW PRAYER WORKS.
56:28 SO THE WAY IT WORKS WITH GOD, WE JUST PUT IT OUT THERE, AND THEN
56:31 GOD TAKES CARE OF IT. HE KNOWS THE BEST WAY.
56:34 >> THERE IS POWER IN PRAYER, AND THAT'S WHY WE INVITE THE
56:39 AUDIENCE TO PRAY WITH US. THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, YOU MAY BE
56:45 BY YOURSELF, BUT YOU ARE NOT. PRAY WITH US.-WE ARE HERE WITH YOU.
56:53 IT'S AN ACT OF FAITH TO SAY, LORD, I BELIEVE YOU CAN ANSWER
56:57 THIS PRAYER. AND AS TIM SAID WE JUST HAVE TO
57:00 TRUST GOD AND LET HIM HANDLE IT. >> AMEN.
57:05 I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE AT THE END OF OUR FIRST HOUR, AND I KNOW WE
57:08 ARE GOING TO SWITCH OUT HERE AT THE BREAK, AND WE'RE GOING TO
57:13 BRING IN JOHNNY AND IDALIA DINZEY.
57:19 BUT WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU STAY
57:24 TUNED, BECAUSE WE HAVE A SPECIAL TESTIMONY BY A YOUNG MOON
57:30 BY -- MAN BY THE NAME OF DYLAN McWILLIAMS.
57:35 WE MET HIM AT GYC. HE WAS BITTEN BY A RATTLESNAKE,
57:41 AND MALLED BY A BEAR, AND BITTEN BY A SHARK.
57:46 SO WE HAVE MUCH MORE NEXT HOUR. SEE YOU THEN.
57:51 ♪


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