¤ >> WELCOME BACK.
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IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US,
WE'RE HERE WITH MY WIFE YVONNE.
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WE HAVE BEEN
HAVING A GREAT TIME.
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>> WE HAVE. >> AND
ELDER TED AND HIS WIFE
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NANCY WILSON.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
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I DON'T KNOW ANYONE WHO IS
BUSIER AND TRAVELS MORE THAN
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THEY DO. SO THANK
YOU FOR TAKING THE
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TIME. 3ABN, WE
SUPPORT YOU, 100%.
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WE BELIEVE GOD HAS
PUT YOU WHERE YOU ARE.
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THERE IS NO PROGRAM THAT WE'RE
DOING ANY TIME 24/7 THAT IF YO
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FEEL PROMPTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
TO SAY I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO
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THE WORLD CHURCH, THAT WE WON'T
MOVE ASIDE THE PROGRAMMING AND
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INTERRUPT IT TO PUT WHAT YOU
HAVE TO SAY, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE
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THAT GOD HAS LEAD YOU, IS
LEADING YOU, GUIDING YOU, SO
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3ABN IS YOUR NETWORK. SO
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT TO
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BOTH OF YOU THAT WE'RE HERE
TO SUPPORT YOU AND WHAT YOU ARE
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DOING IN THE WORLD OF
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS.
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WE BELIEVE GOD HAS
PEOPLE IN ALL CHURCHES.
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A LOT OF CHURCHES
BELIEVE THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES.
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QUELL, WE DON'T. WE
BELIEVE GOD HAS PEOPLE IN ALL
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CHURCHES, IT'S YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO GIVE PRESENT
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TRUTH TO A LOST
AND DIEING WORLD.
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AND BEFORE WE COME BACK TO THE
REST OF THE INTERVIEW HERE, AND
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THE REST OF THE TOPICS, WE
HAVE A SONG WRITTEN BY DAVID
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HUNTSINGER. AND IT'S
ENTITLED "THEY SANG A
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NEW SONG," AND WE HAVE RYAN
DAY, WHO IS NOW HERE WITH 3ABN
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FULL-TIME, HERE WORKING IN
OUR MUSIC DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS
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PREACHING. AND RYAN
JUST LOST HIS MOTHER,
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SO IT'S REALLY A TOUGH TIME
FOR THEM, SO WE PRETAPED THEM
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SINGING THIS. AND HE
IS GOING TO MINISTER TO
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YOU NOW. "THEY SANG A NEW SONG."
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KROOER
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.
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>> GLORY. >> I
THINK I NEED A COAT.
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I'M GETTING
CHILLS. THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
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>> WHAT AN INCREDIBLE SONG.
DAVID HUNTSINGER JUST TAKES THE
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WORDS OF THE BIBLE AND THEN
WRITES THE MUSIC, SUCH BEAUTIFUL
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MUSIC. AND THEN WE HAVE RYAN.
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REGGIE AND LADYE LOVE
WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON THIS.
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AND THEY COULDN'T BE HERE.
AND RYAN JUST LITERALLY SHOWED
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UP. AND TIM
PARTON SAID THERE IS A
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MAN WHO IS HERE.
AND I SAID IS HE GOOD?
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AND HE SAID HE IS
KIND OF LIKE DAVID PHELPS.
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AND I LAUGHED. AND HE
SAID, NO, I'M SERIOUS.
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AND HE CAME TO JOIN THE
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
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BECAUSE OF THE BOOK.
AND NOW WE HAVE HIRED HIM
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FULL-TIME, SO PRAY FOR HIM --
IT HAS ONL BEEN A COUPLE OF DAYS
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OR SO BACK AFTER HIS MOTHER
DIED, AND PRAY FOR HIS WHOLE
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FAMILY, BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT
LOSS, AND HE IS GOING THROUGH A
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REALLY ROUGH
TIME. SO GOD BLESS YOU.
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>> YES. >> SO
ELDER WILSON IS AND NANCY
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WILSON IS THE PRESIDENT
OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE.
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AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE
HIM ON THE HOT SEAT TONIGHT.
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[ LAUGHTER ] >> WE
LIKE TO GET KIND OF A
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STATE OF THE UNION, SO WE WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
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THE CHURCH AND THE GROWTH
OF THE CHURCH, AND WHAT YOU SEE
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HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD, AND
WHILE SATAN IS COMING IN WITH
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THIS DOCTRINE OR THAT, AND YOU
HAVE SOME GREAT NEWS FOR US TOO.
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>> FIRST OF ALL LET ME ADD BY
GREAT THANKS FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL
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SONG. THEY SANG
AS IT WERE A NEW SONG
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BEFORE THE THROWN. AND
MAY WE ALL JOIN IN, IN THAT
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NEW SONG. >> YES.
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>> ALL THROUGH THE POWER OF GOD.
YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING A LITTLE
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EARLIER THAT I JUST WANT TO
COMMENT ON, AND THAT IS, -YOU --
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YOU EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR
WHAT GOD IS DOING, THROUGH MY
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MINISTRY AND -- AND WORK, AND
YOU MENTIONED THAT TWICE NOW.
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AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT
WE GIVE GOD ALL OF THE GLORY.
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>> AMEN. >> IT'S
NOTING THAT WE ARE
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DOING PER SE. WE'RE
TRYING TO FOLLOW GOD'S
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WORD TO UNDERSTANDING THE
LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, TO
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PRAY, TO FEEL THE DIRECT LEADING
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND WE'RE
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TOLD IN -- IN LUKE 11:13, THAT
IF THOSE OF US WHO ARE EVIL WANT
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TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS, CERTAINLY
THE HEAVENLY FATHER WANTS TO
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LIVE THE HOLY
SPIRIT TO US. >> UH-HUH.
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>> AND I -- I ATTENDED A MEETING
NOT TOO LONG AGO, A FEW -- FEW
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DAYS AGO, ACTUALLY, NANCY WAS
WITH ME, WHERE CHAPLAIN BARRY
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BLACK WHO IS A RETIRED ADMIRAL
FROM THE NAVY, ET CETERA, AND A
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VERY KEEN BIBLE STUDENT.
HE WAS BEING HONORED AT A
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PARTICULAR EVENT, AND HE WAS
GIVEN A PARTICULAR HONOR PLAQUE
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OR WHATEVER IT WAS, BUT HE
PREACHED A SERMON THAT WAS SO
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POWERFUL, BECAUSE IT WAS SO FULL
OF THE WORD OF GOD, AND THE LORD
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HAS HELPED HIM TO MEMORIZE
SCRIPTURE IN SUCH A MAGNIFICENT
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WAY. AND HE
URGED THE AUDIENCE TO
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CLAIM JAMES 1:5 EVERY DAY, WHERE
IF YOU LACK WISDOM, ASK GOD AND
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HE WILL GIVE IT TO YOU. AND
LUKE 11:13, AND OF COURSE, I
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HAVE ASKED FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT
TO WORK IN MY LIFE, BUT I NOW AM
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TRYING TO CLAIM
THAT IN A SPECIFIC WAY.
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THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL GUIDE
MY LIFE AND GIVE ME THE POWER OF
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THE HOLY SPIRIT. SO
ANYTHING WE DO, WE WANT TO
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BASE ON THE WORD OF GOD. WE
ALSO BELIEVE ON THE POWERFUL
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INSTRUCTIONS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN
THROUGH THE WRITINGS OF ELLEN
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WHITE IN WHAT WE CALL THE SPIRIT
OF PROPHECY, AND WHEN YOU HEAD
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REVELATION 19:10, IT TELL US
IN A VERY -- VERY SPECIFIC WAY,
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REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR SPIRIT
OF PROPHECY, WHICH IS A POWERFUL
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WITNESS OF GOD'S POWER, AND IT
SAYS HERE THAT -- I FELL AT HIS
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FEET TO WORSHIP HIM, BUT HE SAID
TO ME, THAT YOU DO NOT DO THAT,
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I AM YOUR FOLLOW SERVANT
AND YOUR BROTHEREN WHO HAVE THE
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TESTIMONY OF JESUS, WORSHIP GOD
FOR THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS IS
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THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT GOD IS
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INSTRUCTING AND ENCOURAGING US
THROUGH WONDERFUL COUNSEL THAT
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HE HAS GIVEN TO US. AND
LATER ON -- A FEW MINUTES
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FROM NOW, I WANT TO READ
A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THE
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CHURCH, AND ALSO WHAT GOD WANTS
US TO DO, SO IN OUR WORK, WE
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JUST WANT TO DO
GOD'S WILL. >> UH-HUH.
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>> AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE HIM
ALL OF THE GLORY, BUT I REALLY
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APPRECIATE WHAT 3ABN HAS
OFFERED, TO ALLOW THE CHURCH TO
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SPEAK TO PEOPLE IN GENERAL, AND
THE CHURCH MEMBERS TO HELP THEM
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FOCUS ON THAT WHICH IS TRUE
AND HONEST AND OF GOOD REPORT.
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THOSE THING WHICH ARE
POSITIVE AND MISSION FILLED.
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>> UH-HUH. >>
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
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IS GROWING RAPIDLY IN
SO MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD.
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>> UH-HUH. >> AND
ACTUALLY WHERE IT'S
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GROWING THE MOST IS IN AREAS
THAT ARE PART OF THE DEVELOPING
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WORLD. WHERE
PERHAPS PERSONAL WEALTH
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AND A COMFORTABLE SETTING IS NOT
QUITE AS PREVALENT AS IT IS IN
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PLACES LIKE
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
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>> UH-HUH. >> AND
PEOPLE SEE THINGS IN A
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MUCH CLEARER WAY -- THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD AND
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EVIL, AND THINGS ARE NOT JUST SO
GRAY AND THIS KIND OF THING, BUT
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THEY ARE FILLED WITH THE POWER
OF GOD AND THEY SEE TRUTH AND
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THEY ACCEPT IT. WE ARE
SEEING ENORMOUS GROWTH IN
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AFRICA. I GREW
UP IN NORTH AFRICA.
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NANCY AND I
LIVED IN WEST AFRICA.
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I GREW UP IN THE COUNTRY
OF EGYPT AND NORTH AFRICA.
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I LOVE THE
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA.
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THE HUGE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE
IN THE MIDDLE EAST ARE WONDERFUL
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PEOPLE JUST LIKE ANY
OF US. THEY LOVE FAMILY.
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THEY LOVE GOD. THEY LOVE LIFE.
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AND SO MANY OF THEM ARE WAITING
TO HEAR THIS PRECIOUS TRUTH.
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SO PRAY FOR THE
PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
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PRAY FOR THE I'M IN AFRICA.
PRAY FOR THOSE IN ASIA, ALL OVER
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THE WORLD. IT'S A
POWERFUL WITNESS THAT GOD
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IS DOING THROUGH HIS PEOPLE.
WE ARE SEEING EXPLOSIVE GROWTH
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IN PLACES LIKE EAST AFRICA, AND
CENTRAL AFRICA, WHERE THEY ARE
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INVOLVED IN TOTAL
MEMBER INVOLVEMENT.
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EVERYBODY DOING
SOMETHING FOR JESUS.
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EVERYBODY UNITED
IN A POWERFUL WAY.
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>> CHILDREN. >> CHILDREN.
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NANCY TELL THEM ABOUT WHEN WE
WERE IN RWANDA, WHICH IS RIGHT
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IN THE CENTER OF AFRICA.
YOU PREACHED YOUR OWN SERIES OF
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MEETINGS IN AFRICA. >> DID.
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FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND
I AGREED TO DO IT ONLY ON
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THE CONDITION THEY
WOULD GIVE ME A TINY CHURCH.
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[ LAUGHTER ] >> SO
THEY CAME TO PICK ME UP
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AND TAKE ME UP THE MOUNTAIN, AND
WHEN I BECAME AWARE OF WHERE I
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WAS EXPECTED TO PREACH, I WANTED
TO JUMP OUT OF MY SKIN AND RUN
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AWAY. I HAD ABOUT 3,000 PEOPLE
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THERE -- >> OH.
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>> -- IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL --
>> A LITTLE CHURCH OF 3,000.
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>> IT WAS OUTSIDE. IT
WAS A BEAUTIFUL SETTING.
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AND IT WAS A THRILLING
EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE IT IS SO
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DIFFERENT WHEN YOU
ARE THE ONE PREACHING.
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WHEN YOU ARE THE
ONE TEACHING. >> YES.
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>> AND I FELT LIKE I WAS BLESSED
MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE, BECAUSE I
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HAVE KNOWN THIS MESSAGE FOR SO
MANY YEARS, BUT WHEN YOU TEACH
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IT YOURSELF, IT'S JUST
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CLEAR MESSAGE.
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AND IT WAS VERY EXCITING,
AND VERY THRILLING TO SEE PEOPLE
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ACCEPT IT. >> YES.
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>> AND -- AND -- AND SO
-- AND I KNEW IT WASN'T ME,
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BECAUSE -- YOU KNOW, I WAS NOT
A TRAINED TEACHER OR PASTOR, BUT
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IT WAS THE HOLY SPIRIT. >> YES.
00:17:12.79\00:17:15.43
>> AND IT WAS A VERY HUMBLING
THING SO HAVE A LITTLE PART IN
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IT, KNOWING THAT IT
WAS ALL GOD DOING IT.
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>> THAT YOU WERE THE
VESSEL THROUGH WHICH GOD WORKED.
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>> THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. I
WAS A WILLING VESSEL, BUT IT
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WAS ALL HIM
BRINGING IN SUCCESS. >> YES.
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>> AND IT WAS A
VERY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE.
00:17:35.78\00:17:39.82
>> DANNY AND I JUST HEARD A
STORY ABOUT CHURCH GROWTH, ABOUT
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A THEOLOGIAN THAT HAD
GONE TO THE MIDDLE EAST --
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>> MOST INCREDIBLE STORY.
>> I THINK YOU SHOULD TELL IT.
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BECAUSE YOU ARE
BETTER AT TELLING IT.
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>> IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST
INCREDIBLE STORIES I EVER HEARD,
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THAT SOMEONE YOU KNOW -- MAYBE
WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AFTER THE
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PROGRAM, BUT WAS TRAVELING IN
THE MIDDLE EAST, AND HE MET AN
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AMMON -- THAT'S HOW
YOU SAY IT? >> UH-HUH.
00:18:10.82\00:18:13.66
>> SO THIS PERSON SAID TO HIM
THAT I NEED TO TALK TO YOU, AND
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I WANT YOU TO COME AND MEET WITH
SOME OTHER AMMONS, A GROUP OF
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US. AND SO HE SAID, WELL, OKAY.
00:18:24.23\00:18:26.80
HE SAID I WENT TO THIS PLACE,
AND WHEN I WENT IN, THERE WAS
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ALWAYS OF THESE MEN THERE,
AND I FIRST FEARED FOR MY LIFE.
00:18:31.27\00:18:36.08
I THOUGHT HUH OH,
I'M IN A BAD POSITION.
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>> UH-HUH. >> AND
HE SAID WHEN I WENT IN,
00:18:39.21\00:18:43.08
3ABN WAS ON IN THE LIVING ROOM.
AND HE SAID THE MAN SAID, THE
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LORD CAME TO ME IN A
DREAM AND TOLD ME TO WATCH 3ABN.
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>> WOW. >> WOW.
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>> ISN'T THAT SOMETHING.
>> THE LORD CAME TO ME IN A
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DREAM AND TOLD ME TO WATCH 3ABN,
THAT I WOULD FIND THE TRUTH, AND
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I HAVE FOUND THE TRUTH AND ALL
OF THE AMOMS WITH ME, THEY HAVE
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FOUND THE TRUTH. AND TO
SEE YOU HERE, WE WANT YOU
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TO TEACH US, AND
THAT'S WHAT HE HAS BEEN DOING.
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I MEAN IS THAT A
PRAISE THE LORD OR WHAT?
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THAT'S AMAZING. AND
YOU WILL KNOW -- I'LL TELL
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YOU AFTER THE PROGRAM, BUT HE
SAID YOU CAN'T SAY THIS OR GIVE
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ANY AREAS OR NAMES BECAUSE THIS
COULD -- A LOT OF PEOPLE COULD
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BE IN TROUBLE. BUT
ISN'T THAT AN AMAZING STORY.
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>> GOD IS USING ANGELS AND
DREAMS TO HELP PEOPLE IN VERY
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UNIQUE PEOPLE
GROUPS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
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>> YES. >> ALL OVER THE WORLD.
00:19:43.71\00:19:45.58
AND IT'S NOT JUST IN THE MIDDLE
EAST, IT'S IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
00:19:45.58\00:19:50.65
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >>
BUT CHURCH GROWTH IS TAKING
00:19:50.65\00:19:54.16
PLACE LIKE THIS IN
MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
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HEALTH OUTREACH, COMMUNITY
OUTREACH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH,
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YOUNG PEOPLE DOING
THINGS. MUSIC OUTREACH.
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PERSONAL WITNESSING. I
MEAN -- AND OF COURSE HEALTH
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OUTREACH, ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT
THINGS COMBINED, GOD IS USING
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PEOPLE TO BE ABLE
TO UP TO THE LIVES.
00:20:16.95\00:20:21.95
WE'RE SEEING
EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IN AFRICA.
00:20:21.95\00:20:25.39
IN ONE REGION, THEY HAVE GONE
OVER 4 MILLION BAPTIZED MEMBERS.
00:20:25.39\00:20:31.26
>> WOW. >> IN
THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN
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INDIAN OCEAN
DIVISION. OVER 4 MILLION.
00:20:36.33\00:20:39.03
THE EAST CERTAIN -- CENTRAL
DIVISION IS GROWING ALSO.
00:20:39.03\00:20:49.51
ENORMOUS CHALLENGES,
BUT ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITIES.
00:20:49.51\00:20:52.61
IN SOUTH AMERICA -- YOU -- THEY
JUST HAD A -- I TELL YA, THE
00:20:52.61\00:20:58.92
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DRIVING THE
CHURCH IN SOUTH AMERICA AND IN
00:20:58.92\00:21:02.86
AFRICA. IT'S
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
00:21:02.86\00:21:06.36
THEY JUST HAD A PATH
FINDER CAMP-A-RE, WHICH IS LIKE
00:21:06.36\00:21:13.77
BOY SCOUTS OR GIRL SCOUTS.
THEY HAD ONE -- ABOUT FIVE YEARS
00:21:13.77\00:21:21.11
AGO IN SOUTH AMERICA.
THEY HAD ABOUT 30,000 YOUNG
00:21:21.11\00:21:24.25
PEOPLE COME. FIVE
YEARS LATER NOW OR SO, THEY
00:21:24.25\00:21:27.28
WERE OVERWHELMED
WITH APPLICATIONS.
00:21:27.28\00:21:30.79
THEY GOT SO MANY APPLICATIONS,
THEY HAD TO HAVE TWO SIDE BY
00:21:30.79\00:21:39.29
SIDE -- YOU KNOW, SEQUENTIAL
EVENTS CAMP-A-REES OF 50,000
00:21:39.29\00:21:49.47
EACH ONE.
ESSENTIALLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
00:21:49.47\00:21:52.44
>> AND THEY CALLED THEM
THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA.
00:21:52.44\00:21:56.18
>> THAT'S GREAT. >> I
MEAN, THE PEOPLE ARE JUST
00:21:56.18\00:22:00.22
LIVE. IN
INTER-AMERICA, WE JUST CAME
00:22:00.22\00:22:03.35
FROM THERE, THE LORD IS
JUST -- HE IS DOING SOMETHING
00:22:03.35\00:22:07.76
HIGHLY UNUSUAL, BECAUSE HE KNOWS
THAT WE'RE AT THE VERY END OF
00:22:07.76\00:22:11.76
TIME. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
00:22:11.76\00:22:12.63
THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND
WE'RE SEEING MIRACULOUS
00:22:12.63\00:22:17.80
THINGS. IN ASIA,
SOME MARVELOUS THINGS
00:22:17.80\00:22:20.30
ARE TAKING PLACE. AND
SO GOD IS -- IS GROWING HIS
00:22:20.30\00:22:25.24
PEOPLE, NOT SIMPLY SO WE CAN
ADD UP STATISTICS, AND MAKE NICE
00:22:25.24\00:22:30.45
BOASTFUL REPORTS ABOUT IT, BUT
BECAUSE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE
00:22:30.45\00:22:34.85
UNDERSTANDING THE PROPHETIC ROLE
THAT THIS MOVEMENT, THE ADVENT
00:22:34.85\00:22:40.49
MOVEMENT HAS AT THE END OF
TIME AND THAT THIS IS NOT JUST
00:22:40.49\00:22:46.06
ANOTHER CHURCH, IT IS A MOVEMENT
BORN OF GOD, PREPARING PEOPLE
00:22:46.06\00:22:50.13
FOR THE COMING OF JESUS, AND
WARNING THEM OF WHAT IS GOING TO
00:22:50.13\00:22:53.94
COME ON THIS EARTH,
BUT GIVING THEM GREAT HOPE.
00:22:53.94\00:22:57.94
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PRECIOUS
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST MESSAGE
00:22:57.94\00:23:00.91
CAN BRING. SO WE'RE
IN -- WE'RE WORKING IN,
00:23:00.91\00:23:05.15
LIKE, OVER 215 COUNTRIES OF THE
WORLD, OVER 21 MILLION BAPTIZED
00:23:05.15\00:23:09.98
MEMBERS, AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER
THOSE WHO CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO
00:23:09.98\00:23:12.52
BE CONNECTED TO THE ADVENTIST
CHURCH, IT'S EVEN LARGER, BUT WE
00:23:12.52\00:23:18.06
DON'T SIT HERE AND PAT OURSELVES
ON THE BACK BECAUSE OF THAT.
00:23:18.06\00:23:22.90
WHEN YOU THINK WILL ARE OVER
7.5 BILLION PEOPLE, THEN YOU
00:23:22.90\00:23:27.10
BEGIN TO SEE
THE GREAT CHALLENGE.
00:23:27.10\00:23:28.97
THAT'S WHY W NEED TO PRAY
EARNESTLY FOR THE LATTER RAIN OF
00:23:28.97\00:23:33.74
THE HOLY SPIRIT. TO
PREPARE OUR OWN HEARTS AHEAD
00:23:33.74\00:23:37.38
OF TIME. SO WE
CAN RECEIVE THE FORMER
00:23:37.38\00:23:41.28
RAIN, SO WE CAN RECEIVE THE
LATTER REIGN, AND QUESTION WITH
00:23:41.28\00:23:45.15
BE UNITED IN OUR EFFORTS.
WE HAVE 13 WORLD DIVISIONS OR
00:23:45.15\00:23:50.93
REGIONAL AREAS. AND
THESE REGIONAL AREAS HAVE
00:23:50.93\00:23:54.76
THEIR OWN ADMINISTRATIVE
CONNECTIONS, BUT THEY ARE VERY
00:23:54.76\00:23:58.40
CONNECTED TO THE
GENERAL CONFERENCE, OR THE WORLD
00:23:58.40\00:24:01.74
HEADQUARTERS.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE DIFFERENCES OF
00:24:01.74\00:24:04.01
OPINION. WE HAVE
CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE,
00:24:04.01\00:24:07.21
PEOPLE DON'T AGREE.
WE TAKE VOTES, AND SOME
00:24:07.21\00:24:11.55
INDIVIDUALS DON'T SEE IT THE WAY
THAT THE VOTE WAS TAKEN, BUT I
00:24:11.55\00:24:17.12
WANT TO TELL YOU THAT IN
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE WORLD
00:24:17.12\00:24:21.86
CHURCH IS VERY MUCH BEHIND
WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR THIS
00:24:21.86\00:24:25.56
CHURCH. >> GOOD.
00:24:25.56\00:24:26.23
>> AND IT'S
SUPPORTING THE WORLD CHURCH.
00:24:26.23\00:24:29.03
>> UH-HUH. >> AND
THERE ARE SOME AREAS
00:24:29.03\00:24:31.90
WHERE WE HAVE DIFFERENCES,
BUT THEY ARE ALSO SUPPORTING THE
00:24:31.90\00:24:35.30
WORLD MISSION PROGRAM, AND
IN ONE OF OUR MAJOR DIVISIONS,
00:24:35.30\00:24:41.78
WHERE WE HAVE HAD SOME
DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, AND SOME
00:24:41.78\00:24:47.25
REAL CHALLENGES, WE HAD A
MEETING JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO --
00:24:47.25\00:24:51.02
>> UH-HUH. >> --
AND WE PRAYED EARNESTLY
00:24:51.02\00:24:54.62
ABOUT IT. WE WERE
ABLE TO MEET WITH THE
00:24:54.62\00:24:58.89
DIVISION OFFICERS, THESE
REGIONAL OFFICERS, AND WE OPENED
00:24:58.89\00:25:04.23
GOD'S WORD. WE
STUDIED GOD'S WORD.
00:25:04.23\00:25:08.04
WE KNELT AND PRAYED TOGETHER.
WE ASKED FOR THE LORD TO BE
00:25:08.04\00:25:11.41
PRESENT AT THE MEETING AND
FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE THERE.
00:25:11.41\00:25:14.98
>> AMEN. >> AND I
WANT TO TELL YOU THE
00:25:14.98\00:25:18.01
HOLY SPIRIT MOVED
IN A MARVELOUS WAY.
00:25:18.01\00:25:20.98
>> AMEN. >> WHERE
THERE HAD BEEN A LOT OF
00:25:20.98\00:25:26.65
FRICTION AND RHETORIC AND
DIFFERENCE OF OPINIONS, AND THE
00:25:26.65\00:25:35.80
HOLY SPIRIT WORKED
IN A MARVELOUS WAY.
00:25:35.80\00:25:38.57
WE WANT TO FOCUS ON
WHAT GOD WANTS US TO BE.
00:25:38.57\00:25:43.27
IN JOHN 17, JESUS PRAYED FOR
THE UNITY OF HIS PEOPLE, BECAUSE
00:25:43.27\00:25:47.21
THAT IS A SIGN TO THE WORLD
OF HOW HE WANTS US TO PROCEED.
00:25:47.21\00:25:52.98
SO THINGS ARE HAPPENING,
MANY GOOD THINGS IN THE CHURCH.
00:25:52.98\00:25:56.82
AND I DON'T THINK THAT
PEOPLE OUGHT TO SIT AROUND AND
00:25:56.82\00:25:59.52
CRITICIZE, AND OH,
WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS?
00:25:59.52\00:26:02.36
AND WHY -- GET INVOLVED
WITH THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH.
00:26:02.36\00:26:05.49
WHEN YOU DO THAT, SO MANY OF
THESE OTHER CONDITIONS PEOPLE TO
00:26:05.49\00:26:10.20
DROP OFF, AND
THEY SEEM TO DISAPPEAR.
00:26:10.20\00:26:14.24
PEOPLE'S CRITICISM AND WHAT
SOMEBODY SAYS ABOUT YOU ON THE
00:26:14.24\00:26:17.71
BLOG -- LET ME TELL YOU, I HAVE
LONG SINCE LEARNED TO NOT WORRY
00:26:17.71\00:26:24.31
ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE SAY
ABOUT ME, OR ABOUT THE CHURCH --
00:26:24.31\00:26:29.35
>> PRAISE THE LORD. >>
YOU NEED TO PRAY FOR THOSE
00:26:29.35\00:26:33.22
PEOPLE. YOU NEED
TO PRAY FOR YOURSELF
00:26:33.22\00:26:35.22
THAT YOU WILL BE CALM AND
LOVING AND CARING, THAT YOU WILL
00:26:35.22\00:26:40.83
LISTEN. WE NEED
TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE.
00:26:40.83\00:26:42.63
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS,
BUT NOT BECOME DISCOURAGED BY
00:26:42.63\00:26:47.80
WHAT PEOPLE SAY. >>
OR DISTRACTED BY IT.
00:26:47.80\00:26:50.47
>> OR DISTRACTED.
AND I MIGHT AD -- THIS IS
00:26:50.47\00:26:54.11
SOMETHING -- AND NANCY YOU
CAN ADD TO, IF YOU WANT TO ON
00:26:54.11\00:26:59.25
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT THERE
ARE SOME VERY STRANGE RUMORS
00:26:59.25\00:27:04.35
THAT GO AROUND. >>
YOU MEAN ABOUT THE CHURH?
00:27:04.35\00:27:07.36
>> ABUT PROPHECY, ABOUT PEOPLE,
ABOUT PROCESS, AND I'LL NAME A
00:27:07.36\00:27:11.66
FEW THINGS. >> UH-HUH.
00:27:11.66\00:27:16.50
>> SOME RUMOR THAT HAS BEEN
GOING AROUND FOR A NUMBER OF
00:27:16.50\00:27:20.20
YEARS NOW, AND IT CHANGES WITH
THE CHANGING PRESIDENTS OF THE
00:27:20.20\00:27:23.84
UNITED STATES -- >> OKAY.
00:27:23.84\00:27:25.17
>> -- BUT THAT THE POPE
CONTACTED THE PRESIDENT OF THE
00:27:25.17\00:27:29.74
UNITED STATES, WHO WAS TO
CONTACT TED WILSON, THAT THE
00:27:29.74\00:27:33.78
NATIONAL SUNDAY LAWS WERE
GOING TO BE ENACTED VERY SOON.
00:27:33.78\00:27:37.82
>> UH-HUH. >> THERE
IS ABSOLUTELY NO TRUTH
00:27:37.82\00:27:41.92
IN ALL OF THIS --
SOMEBODY CONTACTING SOMEBODY.
00:27:41.92\00:27:44.29
>> THANK YOU. >> NOW,
I BELIEVE 100% IN WHAT
00:27:44.29\00:27:51.53
SCRIPTURE POINTS OUT AND
THE WONDERFUL BOOK "THE GREAT
00:27:51.53\00:27:59.24
CONTROVERSY," AND OUR
VIEWERS NEED TO READ "THE GREAT
00:27:59.24\00:28:05.45
CONTROVERSY," BY ELLEN
WHITE FROM THE BEGINNING OF
00:28:05.45\00:28:08.98
CHRISTIANITY TO THE END OF
TIME, IT PREDICTS THAT EVEN THIS
00:28:08.98\00:28:12.45
WONDERFUL COUNTRY IN
WHICH WE LIVE, THAT HAS PROMOTED
00:28:12.45\00:28:17.86
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND FREEDOM OF
CONSCIENCE AND LET ME THANK GOD
00:28:17.86\00:28:23.67
FOR THE WONDERFUL WAY
IN WHICH HE HAS BLESSED THE
00:28:23.67\00:28:27.50
UNITED STATES -- >> YES.
00:28:27.50\00:28:29.84
>> -- AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES
IN HELPING LEGISLATURES AND
00:28:29.84\00:28:34.11
THOSE IN AUTHORITY TO RECOGNIZE
THAT THE FOUNDATION OF A PROS
00:28:34.11\00:28:40.28
FERROUS WONDERFUL COUNTRY IS
TO PROVIDE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND
00:28:40.28\00:28:46.65
RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION,
AND WHEN YOU BASE YOUR NATION
00:28:46.65\00:28:50.29
UPON GOD AND A BELIEF IN
GOD, HE IS GOING TO BLESS.
00:28:50.29\00:28:54.50
AND GOD HAS BLESSED THIS
COUNTRY, BUT WE UNDERSTAND IN
00:28:54.50\00:29:04.84
PROBABLY THE SOMEWHAT
NEAR FUTURE, THIS COUNTRY WILL
00:29:04.84\00:29:10.41
REPUDIATE THE VERY PILLARS AND
FOUNDATIONS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
00:29:10.41\00:29:17.45
THAT IT HAS
ENUNCIATED OVER THE YEARS.
00:29:17.45\00:29:20.12
I KNOW THAT NATIONAL SUNDAY LAWS
WILL COME IN, IN THIS COUNTRY
00:29:20.12\00:29:25.66
AND AROUND THE WORLD.
BUT RUMORS ARE NOT THE WAY TO
00:29:25.66\00:29:28.66
MAKE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN.
THEY WILL HAPPEN REGARDLESS OF
00:29:28.66\00:29:32.53
WHETHER SOMEONE THINKS
THEY ARE HAPPENING OR NOT.
00:29:32.53\00:29:34.70
>> RIGHT. >> SO YOU
GET A RUMOR LIKE THAT.
00:29:34.70\00:29:38.07
ALSO WITHIN OUR CHURCH, WE
HAVE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSION ON A
00:29:38.07\00:29:42.04
TOPIC OF COMPLIANCE,
COMPLIANCE TO POLICIES.
00:29:42.04\00:29:46.72
COMPLIANCE -- WHAT WE VOTE AS A
MAJORITY, WE THEN AGREE THAT WE
00:29:46.72\00:29:52.45
WILL WORK WITH, EVEN IF WE
DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT WAS VOTED.
00:29:52.45\00:29:57.03
I MEAN I CAN REMEMBER THINGS
THAT WERE VOTED IN OUR EXECUTIVE
00:29:57.03\00:30:01.93
COMMITTEE THAT I DIDN'T
AGREE WITH, BUT WE VOTE THEM.
00:30:01.93\00:30:06.87
WE SAY THIS IS OUR CHURCH,
I'M GOING TO MOVE WITH IT, EVEN
00:30:06.87\00:30:11.54
THOUGH I DON'T AGREE WITH IT.
SO WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
00:30:11.54\00:30:19.25
DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS.
SOME PEOPLE SAY NO, I WILL NOT
00:30:19.25\00:30:23.95
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT WHAT THE
CHURCH IS DOING, BECAUSE IT'S
00:30:23.95\00:30:28.39
ACCORDING TO MY CONSCIENCE.
WELL, NOBODY IS GOING TO FORCE
00:30:28.39\00:30:31.36
ANYONE AGAINST THEIR CONSCIENCE.
THAT'S -- I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO
00:30:31.36\00:30:36.13
ABIDE BY THAT, BUT THOSE WHO ARE
GIVEN RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN THE
00:30:36.13\00:30:42.34
CHURCH, HAVE TAKEN ALSO A VERY
CAREFUL UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN
00:30:42.34\00:30:48.18
WE VOTE SOMETHING, WE NEED
TO WORK TOGETHER, AND THE WAY
00:30:48.18\00:30:51.98
POLICIES WORK, AND THE WAY THAT
AGREEMENTS WORK, IS THAT WE HAVE
00:30:51.98\00:30:58.59
A COLLEGIAL RESPECT FOR EACH
OTHER AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD'S
00:30:58.59\00:31:04.43
WORK. >> OKAY.
00:31:04.43\00:31:05.23
>> AND PEOPLE HAVE COME UP WITH
SOME OF THE STRANGEST IDEAS THAT
00:31:05.23\00:31:09.80
THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IS GOING
00:31:09.80\00:31:13.23
TO REACH DOWN INTO LOCAL
CHURCHES AND CONTROL PEOPLE
00:31:13.23\00:31:17.14
THROUGH COMPLIANCE COMMIT'EES
AND ALL OF THIS KIND OF THING.
00:31:17.14\00:31:23.41
WE HAVE SET UP COMPLIANCE
COMMITEES WHICH HAVE SIMPLY
00:31:23.41\00:31:31.59
ADVISORY THROUGH THE
REGULAR STRUCTURE OF THE CHURCH.
00:31:31.59\00:31:34.46
NOT THROUGH SOME KIND OF SUPER
POWERED BACKGROUND GRAB OF POWER
00:31:34.46\00:31:43.03
OR SOMETHING. VERY
STRANGE THINGS THAT PEOPLE
00:31:43.03\00:31:45.70
COME UP WITH. SO IF
PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS OR
00:31:45.70\00:31:49.30
CONCERNS, THEY NEED TO FIND OUT
FROM THOSE IN AUTHORITY, WHETHER
00:31:49.30\00:31:52.77
OR NOT WHAT THEY ARE HEARING
IS TRUE, OR IS SIMPLY SOME
00:31:52.77\00:31:58.25
FABRICATION, AND LOOK TO
THE WORD OF GOD, AND DON'T BE
00:31:58.25\00:32:03.22
DISCOURAGED BY WHAT YOU HEAR ALL
THE TIME, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT
00:32:03.22\00:32:06.82
GOD HAS A PLAN, AN THAT
LEADERS-IN GOD'S CHURCH, BY AND
LARGE ARE TRYING TO FOLLOW GOD'S
00:32:06.82\00:32:14.73
WILL, AND THAT WE'RE NOT PAR
OF SECRET SOCIETIES TRYING TO DO
00:32:14.73\00:32:19.37
THIS AND THAT, WE'RE JUST SIMPLE
HUMBLE PEOPLE LIKE EVERYONE
00:32:19.37\00:32:24.84
ELSE, TRYING TOO --
TO FOLLOW GOD'S WILL.
00:32:24.84\00:32:28.61
SO MY ADVISE TO PEOPLE WHO
ARE LISTENING OR VIEWING OR
00:32:28.61\00:32:33.55
WHATEVER, DON'T BELIEVE
EVERYTHING YOU HEAR OR SEE,
00:32:33.55\00:32:36.22
BECAUSE EVEN IN THE VERY END
OF TIME, THE DEVIL WILL TRY TO
00:32:36.22\00:32:43.32
IMPERSONATE JESUS
HIMSELF. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
00:32:43.32\00:32:45.23
>> AND WHEN YOU SEE THIS
GLAMOROUS BEING, SO SAYS I AM
00:32:45.23\00:32:49.93
CHRIST, AND I CHANGE THE DAY OF
SANCTITY FROM SATURDAY TO SUNDAY
00:32:49.93\00:32:55.44
FROM SABBATH TO SUNDAY, IF YOU
DON'T KNOW YOUR BIBLE, AND YOU
00:32:55.44\00:33:00.34
SEE SOMETHING, AND YOU HER
SOMETHING, YOU ARE GOING TO BE
00:33:00.34\00:33:03.51
TEMPTED TO BELIEVE IT, EVEN
THOUGH IT IS COMPLETELY AGAINST
00:33:03.51\00:33:06.75
GOD'S WORD. >> RIGHT.
00:33:06.75\00:33:08.45
>> SO TEST THINGS ACCORDING
TO GOD'S WORD, AND FIND OUT
00:33:08.45\00:33:16.02
INFORMATION. ANYWAY
I HAVE BEEN TALKING TOO
00:33:16.02\00:33:17.96
MUCH NOW. >> YOU
HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT.
00:33:17.96\00:33:20.86
THAT'S WHY DOCTRINES ARE
IMPORTANT, IMMORTALITY OF THE
00:33:20.86\00:33:25.57
SOUL. >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:33:25.57\00:33:26.67
WHEN YOU DIE, YOU HAVE
SLEEP IN THE GRAVE, RIGHT?
00:33:26.67\00:33:31.81
AND SO UNTIL -- NET L
LOSS -- UNTIL JESUS'S SECOND
00:33:31.81\00:33:41.38
COMING. BUT MANY
BELIEVE WHEN A PERSON
00:33:41.38\00:33:44.05
DIES THEY GO STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN
OR HELL, THEY COMMUNICATE WITH
00:33:44.05\00:33:49.69
THE DEAD. YOU SET
YOURSELF UP TO BELIEVE
00:33:49.69\00:33:51.79
YOU CAN
COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEAD.
00:33:51.79\00:33:54.00
IF THERE IS A SPIRIT LOOSE -- IN
FACT THERE IS A CHRISTIAN MOVIE,
00:33:54.00\00:34:00.10
AND BY PEOPE WHO USED TO BE
PART OF OUR CHURCH, ACTUALLY,
00:34:00.10\00:34:03.77
BUT THEY ARE PRODUCING, THAT
IS SHOWING PEOPLE WHO DIED, AND
00:34:03.77\00:34:08.44
BASICALLY THEY -- LIKE ONE THAT
SHOWED A TRAILER OF A LITTLE BOY
00:34:08.44\00:34:12.85
WHO -- WHO SAW HEAVEN AND
SAW HIS GRANDPARENTS AND THEN HE
00:34:12.85\00:34:16.79
CAME BACK AND TOLD THEM,
HEY, OUR GRANDPARENTS GAVE ME A
00:34:16.79\00:34:24.33
MESSAGE TO GIVE TO YOU.
THEY ARE SETTING THEMSELVES UP
00:34:24.33\00:34:30.13
FOR A FALL. SO IT
IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
00:34:30.13\00:34:35.27
KNOW -- WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
WHEN WE DIE, WE'RE ASLEEP UNTIL
00:34:35.27\00:34:40.54
JESUS COME, THEN WE WOULDN'T
BE SIDETRACKED BY ALL OF THIS
00:34:40.54\00:34:46.11
STUFF. >> THAT'S
WHY WE HAVE TO STUDY.
00:34:46.11\00:34:49.18
BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS THAT BY
MY WORD I WILL NOT SIN AGAINST
00:34:49.18\00:34:56.32
THEE. AND IT'S
WHAT HOLDS US AND KEEPS
00:34:56.32\00:34:59.46
US SAFE. AND I'M
TRYING TO MEMORIZE MORE,
00:34:59.46\00:35:02.53
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IF I HAVE
A SLEEPLESS NIGHT, I FIND THAT
00:35:02.53\00:35:08.57
JUST QUOTING SCRIPTURE IN
MY MIND IS SO COMFORTING AND SO
00:35:08.57\00:35:13.24
ENCOURAGING, BECAUSE
IT'S GOD SPEAKING TO ME.
00:35:13.24\00:35:15.81
>> UH-HUH. >> AND I
THINK ONE OF SATAN'S
00:35:15.81\00:35:19.38
BIGGEST PLOYS IS TO KEEP US
SO BUSY THAT WE CROWD GOD OUT OF
00:35:19.38\00:35:24.92
OUR LIVES. >> UH-HUH.
00:35:24.92\00:35:27.52
>> AND HE KNOWS THAT IF WE DON'T
TAKE THAT TIME EVERY DAY WITH
00:35:27.52\00:35:34.93
JESUS, JUST ONE
ON ONE -- >> RIGHT.
00:35:34.93\00:35:36.87
>> NOT -- I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
CHURCH OR PRAYER MEETING OR ANY
00:35:36.87\00:35:42.00
OTHER MEETING AT CHURCH, THIS IS
JUST ONE ON ONE TIME BETWEEN ME
00:35:42.00\00:35:46.84
AND GOD, TO TALK TO HIM, TO
LISTEN TO HIS VOICE, TO READ HIS
00:35:46.84\00:35:54.48
WORD, AND TO ABSORB IT, AND, YOU
KNOW, WE KNOW WE NEED TO PRAY
00:35:54.48\00:36:00.22
BEFORE WE STUDY AND ASK THE
HOLY SPIRIT TO GIVE US SPIRITUAL
00:36:00.22\00:36:05.56
DISCERNMENT, AND WHAT CAN I
LEARN TODAY IN THE SCRIPTURE
00:36:05.56\00:36:08.46
THAT I CAN APPLY TO MY OWN LIFE,
BECAUSE GOD MAKES IT PRACTICAL
00:36:08.46\00:36:14.37
FOR HERE AND NOW. IT'S
NOT JUST WRITTEN FOR 4,000
00:36:14.37\00:36:18.77
YEARS AGO, OR 2,000 YEARS AGO.
IT'S APPLICABLE TO OUR DAILY
00:36:18.77\00:36:24.61
LIVES. AND A FRIEND ONCE TOLD ME
00:36:24.61\00:36:26.25
SHE SAID DO YOU
KNOW WHAT BUSY MEANS?
00:36:26.25\00:36:28.85
I SAID, NO. WELL, I
DO IT'S WHEN YOU ARE
00:36:28.85\00:36:34.02
FRANTICALLY RUNNING AROUND, AND
HE IS SAID, IT MEANS BEING UNDER
00:36:34.02\00:36:41.36
SATAN'S YOLK. AND
IT'S SO EASY TO GET SO
00:36:41.36\00:36:46.30
CAUGHT UP IN LIFE TODAY THAT
WE CROWD THE LORD OUT, AND IT'S
00:36:46.30\00:36:52.67
ONLY AS WE ARE PERMANENTLY
ATTACHED TO HIM THAT WE CAN LIVE
00:36:52.67\00:36:57.68
THE ABUNDANT LIFE FOR
HE LONGS FOR US TO LIVE.
00:36:57.68\00:37:03.49
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> LET
ME PICK UP ON WHAT NANCY
00:37:03.49\00:37:06.72
HAS SAID. IN THIS
AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA --
00:37:06.72\00:37:09.86
>> UH-HUH. >> --
WHEN YOU ARE ABSORBED, YOU
00:37:09.86\00:37:13.36
KNOW, BY -- BY
THESE LITTLE DEVICES --
00:37:13.36\00:37:16.46
>> YEAH. [ LAUGHTER ]
00:37:16.46\00:37:17.80
>> AND THERE ARE MANY
POWERFUL THINGS ABOUT IT.
00:37:17.80\00:37:21.30
WE NOW HAVE CELL PHONE
EVANGELISM, IT IS REALLY
00:37:21.30\00:37:24.61
BECOMING A POWERFUL TOOL. I
MEAN YOU -- YOU CAN HAVE -- I
00:37:24.61\00:37:28.31
HAVE THE BIBLE ON
HERE. I HAVE OTHER SPIRITUAL
00:37:28.31\00:37:32.81
ENCOURAGEMENT RIGHT ON THIS,
SO -- BUT WHEN YOU ARE SO DRIVEN
00:37:32.81\00:37:37.79
BY WHAT OTHER
PEOPLE SAY -- >> UH-HUH.
00:37:37.79\00:37:40.26
>> AND DO. >> --
AND DO, SOCIETY BECOMES
00:37:40.26\00:37:45.06
THE DETERMINING FACTOR, RATHER
THAN YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
00:37:45.06\00:37:48.53
THE WORD OF GOD
SAYS. >> OH, YEAH.
00:37:48.53\00:37:51.33
>> AND THAT'S WHERE WE
GET INTO -- WE GET INTO A WAR
00:37:51.33\00:37:55.50
BETWEEN WHAT SCRIPTURE SAYS AND
WHAT SOCIETY SAYS IS POLITICALLY
00:37:55.50\00:38:01.51
CORRECT. >> UH-HUH.
00:38:01.51\00:38:02.64
>> AND POLITICAL
CORRECTNESS -- YES, WE NEED TO
00:38:02.64\00:38:06.28
BE KIND. WE
NEED TO BE ACCEPTING.
00:38:06.28\00:38:08.98
WE NEED TO BE LOVING TO PEOPLE,
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE THE
00:38:08.98\00:38:13.89
WORD OF GOD AS THE DEFINING
FACTOR IN WHAT IS GOOD AND EVIL.
00:38:13.89\00:38:18.63
>> AMEN. >> YOUR
MIND IS NOT THE FINAL
00:38:18.63\00:38:22.23
DETERMINING
FACTOR. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
00:38:22.23\00:38:23.90
>> IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING FAR
BEYOND YOU, SO THIS WHOLE IDEA
00:38:23.90\00:38:28.00
THAT NANCY IS -- IS -- IS
SUGGESTING, WHICH IS A VERY -- A
00:38:28.00\00:38:34.34
VERY IMPORTANT POINT, WE NEED TO
BE ABSORBING GOD'S INSTRUCTION
00:38:34.34\00:38:37.75
TO US ON A DAILY
BASIS. >> UH-HUH.
00:38:37.75\00:38:40.72
>> AND SPENDING TIM IN PRAYER
AND IN AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
00:38:40.72\00:38:44.69
HIS WORD IS SAYING TO US,
WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY, AS SHE WAS
00:38:44.69\00:38:51.13
SAYING, VERY RELEVANT.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING OF 2,000,
00:38:51.13\00:38:54.93
4,000 YEARS AGO. IT
IS VERY RELEVANT TODAY
00:38:54.93\00:38:58.30
BECAUSE IT COMES FROM
THE THROWN ROOM OF HEAVEN.
00:38:58.30\00:39:01.47
THE SAME GOD THAT WROTE AT THE
VERY BEGINNING THROUGH MOSES,
00:39:01.47\00:39:06.68
AND ON THROUGH THE NEW TESTAMENT
IS THE VERY GOD WHO IS ALIVE
00:39:06.68\00:39:10.35
TODAY AND IS SPEAKING TO US IN
MANY WAYS THROUGH SCRIPTURE AND
00:39:10.35\00:39:16.58
THROUGH THE HOLY
SPIRIT SPEAKS TO US.
00:39:16.58\00:39:18.82
>> UH-HUH. >>
RATHER THAN TO SIMPLY SAY,
00:39:18.82\00:39:21.52
WELL, I WONDER WHAT THIS PERSON
SAYS AND THIS -- I GUESS I'LL
00:39:21.52\00:39:25.79
FORM MY OPINION BASED ON
THAT. SOCIETY IS BECOMING SO
00:39:25.79\00:39:30.50
PERVASIVE, THAT SOON RIGHT
AND WRONG WILL BE LOST SIGT OF,
00:39:30.50\00:39:34.67
ACCORDING TO WHAT GOD SAYS.
>> THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO LOOK
00:39:34.67\00:39:37.91
BACK TO THE BIBLE.
>> IT'S HAPPENING NOW.
00:39:37.91\00:39:40.74
>> IT IS. >> IT IS
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
00:39:40.74\00:39:44.15
>> -- UH-HUH. >> SO
WE HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL
00:39:44.15\00:39:58.93
ABOUT OUR TIME WITH GOD,
OTHERWISE SATAN WILL DISTRACT
00:39:58.93\00:40:04.93
US. SO WE HAVE
TO BE INTENTIONAL TO
00:40:04.93\00:40:08.40
SET SOME TIME
ASIDE FOR GOD. >> UH-HUH.
00:40:08.40\00:40:13.14
>> CAN YOU IMAGINE IF -- SOCIAL
MEDIA, IF WE USED THAT TO GET
00:40:13.14\00:40:28.32
THE GOSPEL AROUND
THE WORLD? >> UH-HUH.
00:40:28.32\00:40:30.66
>> THESE COUNTRIES HAVE PHONES.
AND I MEAN, THIS IS JUST AN
00:40:30.66\00:40:35.43
AMAZING THING THAT IF WE USED
IT FOR THE GOOD -- THAT'S WHY AT
00:40:35.43\00:40:39.30
3ABN WE HAVE APPS THAT YOU GO TO
3ABN AND GET ALL EIGHT NETWORKS,
00:40:39.30\00:40:46.04
24/7, DIFFERENT LANGUAGES,
AROUND, SO ANWHERE IN THE
00:40:46.04\00:40:48.68
WORLD, PEOPLE CAN WATCH IT.
BUT PEOPLE SEND ME THINGS, AND I
00:40:48.68\00:40:53.45
HAVE GOT ON AND HEAR PEOPLE
TALKING ABOUT ME FOR INSTANCE.
00:40:53.45\00:40:57.49
WHEN YOU ARE IN A FISH BOWL AND
YOU ARE MUCH MORE THAN ME, BUT
00:40:57.49\00:41:04.23
WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT YOU, AND
THEY'LL SAY, OH, HE DID SUCH AND
00:41:04.23\00:41:09.76
SUCH, AND SOMEONE ELSE
WILL SAY ARE YOU SURE IN OH, NO.
00:41:09.76\00:41:14.67
SO AND SO TOLD MY
SISTER-IN-LAW AND SHE TOLD ME.
00:41:14.67\00:41:19.37
AND THEY ARE LIKE, THAT'S GOOD,
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SPREAD
00:41:19.37\00:41:25.08
ANY GOSSUP. >> RIGHT.
00:41:25.08\00:41:33.59
>> BUT USING ALL OF THE TOOLS
THAT GOD HAS GIVEN UP IS SO
00:41:33.59\00:41:39.46
IMPORTANT. >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:41:39.46\00:41:40.80
LET ME POINT OUT -- THIS IS
A SENSITIVE SUBJECT -- BUT TO
00:41:40.80\00:41:44.77
POINT OUT ONE PARTICULAR TOPIC,
WHERE SOCIETY HAS SO SHAPED
00:41:44.77\00:41:49.20
PEOPLE'S VIEWS IN THE
LAST -- ESPECIALLY EIGHT TO TEN
00:41:49.20\00:41:54.74
YEARS -- >> UH-HUH.
00:41:54.74\00:41:56.78
>> -- WHERE NOW PEOPLE
ARE TRYING TO -- THOSE WHO ARE
00:41:56.78\00:42:02.55
TRYING TO FOLLOW THE SCRIPTURE,
THEY ARE TRYING TO REINTERPRET
00:42:02.55\00:42:10.29
SCRIPTURE TO WHERE IT WILL
CONFIRM WITH WHAT SOCIETY SAYS
00:42:10.29\00:42:14.86
IS POLITICALLY CORRECT.
AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE
00:42:14.86\00:42:27.38
LGBTQIA, WHERE WE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND WHERE PEOPLE HAVE
00:42:27.38\00:42:31.01
COME FROM, AND THE CHALLENGES.
BUT SCRIPTURE IS VERY CLEAR
00:42:31.01\00:42:35.08
ON -- LET'S TAKE FOR INSTANCE,
WELL, HUMAN SEXUALITY IN
00:42:35.08\00:42:46.03
PARTICULAR, BUT MARRIAGE.
THE BIBLE IS VERY CLEAR THAT
00:42:46.03\00:42:49.73
MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN
ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN.
00:42:49.73\00:42:51.87
>> UH-HUH. >> NOT
BETWEEN A HOMOSEXUAL
00:42:51.87\00:42:57.24
ARRANGE. THE BIBLE
IS VERY CLEAR ABOUT
00:42:57.24\00:43:02.58
HOMOSEXUALITY. THE
BIBLE IS VERY CLEAR ABOUT
00:43:02.58\00:43:06.31
ERRANT HETEROSEXUAL ACTIVITY.
THE BIBLE IS VERY CLEAR THAT
00:43:06.31\00:43:10.59
HUMAN BEINGS NEED TO LIVE
ACCORDING TO CERTAIN REGULATIONS
00:43:10.59\00:43:17.49
AND RULES. AND IF
YOU FAIL, IF YOU SIN,
00:43:17.49\00:43:20.83
THERE IS A LOVING SAVIOR WHO IS
WILLING TO FORGIVE AND HELP YOU
00:43:20.83\00:43:28.27
BEGIN A NEW LIFE. SO
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
00:43:28.27\00:43:32.91
CHURCH CERTAINLY WANTS TO BE
CARING AND LOVING, TAKING INTO
00:43:32.91\00:43:37.11
CONSIDERATION WHERE PEOPLE
HAVE COME FROM, AND WHAT THEIR
00:43:37.11\00:43:39.38
SITUATION IS, BUT TO TAKE THEM
TO A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN FIND
00:43:39.38\00:43:44.89
VICTORY IN JESUS, WHERE THE LORD
CAN BRING ABOUT A -- AS IT SAYS
00:43:44.89\00:43:49.82
IN THE SCRIPTURE, THAT ANYONE
WHO IS IN CHRIST, THEY ARE A NEW
00:43:49.82\00:43:54.83
CREATURE. THIS IS
A SUPER NATURAL THING
00:43:54.83\00:43:57.43
THAT TAKES PLACE.
HUMAN BEINGS CANNOT EXPLAIN
00:43:57.43\00:44:01.57
THAT. THE
CONVERSION EXPERIENCE IS WHY
00:44:01.57\00:44:05.14
DRUNKARDS BECOME SOBER, IT'S WHY
MEAN PEOPLE BECOME LOVING CARING
00:44:05.14\00:44:14.82
PEOPLE, WHY PEOPLE WHO ARE
SELFISH, BECOME THE MOST GIVING
00:44:14.82\00:44:20.42
PEOPLE. IT'S
CHANGE THAT TAKES PLACE
00:44:20.42\00:44:23.06
INTERNALLY, BY THE
POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:44:23.06\00:44:25.79
AND ANY PROBLEM THAT WE FACE,
JESUS DOES HAVE THE ANSWER.
00:44:25.79\00:44:29.13
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> AMEN.
00:44:29.13\00:44:31.53
>> SO THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCH ACCEPTS THE BEAUTY OF
00:44:31.53\00:44:40.01
BIBLICAL
SEXUALALTIVE -- BIBLICAL
00:44:40.01\00:44:48.35
SEXUALITY, AND HOMOSEXUALITY
IS NOT WHAT GOD ACCEPTS.
00:44:48.35\00:44:53.22
FOR SOME PEOPLE THEY MIGHT
SAY THAT'S A TERRIBLE AFFRONT TO
00:44:53.22\00:44:58.39
PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT POLITICAL
00:44:58.39\00:45:00.10
CORRECTNESS SAYS, BUT GOD SAYS
HE WANTS US TO COME TO HIM AS WE
00:45:00.10\00:45:05.23
ARE, AND ACCEPT HIM,
AND HE WILL CHANGE US.
00:45:05.23\00:45:08.80
YOU DO NOT ACCEPT JESUS AFTER
YOU STRAIGHTEN YOURSELF UP,
00:45:08.80\00:45:12.51
AFTER YOU PULL
YOURSELF UP BY YOUR BOOTSTRAPS.
00:45:12.51\00:45:17.91
YOU COME TO JESUS AND YOU SAY,
LORD, I AM HELPLESS, I NEED YOU,
00:45:17.91\00:45:25.85
AND THEN IS WHEN GOD WORKS
SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY IN YOUR
00:45:25.85\00:45:30.39
LIFE. THAT'S THE CONVERSION
00:45:30.39\00:45:32.29
EXPERIENCE, AND WE
DO IT WITH GOD'S LOVE.
00:45:32.29\00:45:35.96
>> AMEN. >> I
REALLY WOULD LIKE OUR
00:45:35.96\00:45:38.90
VIEWERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT
GOD HAS PLAN, AND THAT PLAN IS
00:45:38.90\00:45:43.47
SOMETHING THAT HE CAN HELP TO
PUT INTO EFFECT, AND IT IS ONLY
00:45:43.47\00:45:47.01
THROUGH HIS POWER. >>
YOU HIT IT EXACTLY -- I
00:45:47.01\00:45:50.21
MEAN -- THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
BECAUSE YVONNE AND I HAVE TALKED
00:45:50.21\00:45:55.25
ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES.
IT'S THE POLITICAL CLIMATE, AND
00:45:55.25\00:45:58.62
IT'S -- IT'S -- YOU WATCH ALL OF
THE LIBERAL NEWS, AND IT MAKES
00:45:58.62\00:46:05.66
YOU THE BAD GUY IF YOU
SAY ANYTHING ABOUT EVEN THE
00:46:05.66\00:46:09.73
BIBLE -- I KNOW OF A
CHURCH -- AND I'M SURE YOU ARE
00:46:09.73\00:46:13.64
AWARE OF IT TOO, WHERE THEY
HIRED AN OPENLY -- MAN SAID I'M
00:46:13.64\00:46:19.77
A GAY, OPENLY, BUT HIRED HIM AS
A MUSIC DIRECTOR IN THE CHURCH.
00:46:19.77\00:46:25.08
WELL, THERE MAY BE SOME, BUT
NORMALLY WE'RE NOT TO JUDGE WHAT
00:46:25.08\00:46:30.29
SOMEBODY DOES. BUT
WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS I'M
00:46:30.29\00:46:34.22
OPENLY HOMOSEXUAL, AND THE
PEOPLE SAID WE FELT LIKE WE NEED
00:46:34.22\00:46:38.03
TO LOVE AND SUPPORT HIM, SO WE
BROUGHT HIM IN AND SAID THIS IS
00:46:38.03\00:46:43.73
WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR PEOPLE
TO BRING THEM IN AND LOVE THEM.
00:46:43.73\00:46:48.17
AND I SAID, BUT WHAT IF I CAME
TO YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO BE YOUR
00:46:48.17\00:46:53.74
TREASURER, AND MY DAD WAS A
THIEF, AND I'M A THIEF, AND I
00:46:53.74\00:46:57.65
STEAL A LITTLE BIT.
CAN I BE YOUR TREASURER?
00:46:57.65\00:47:02.08
THE CHURCH IS GOING
TO SAY, NO. WHY NOT?
00:47:02.08\00:47:05.82
>> -- BECAUSE IT'S
WRONG. BASED ON WHAT?
00:47:05.82\00:47:12.69
BECAUSE THAT'S STEALING. OKAY.
00:47:12.69\00:47:14.60
SO I COME TO THE NEXT CHURCH AND
I SAY I WOULD LOVE TO BE YOUR
00:47:14.60\00:47:19.80
YOUTH DIRECTOR AND I SMOKE
POT A LITTLE BIT, AND DO DRUGS A
00:47:19.80\00:47:23.04
LITTLE BIT, BUT BASICALLY I'M
A GOOD PERSON, AND I REALLY FEEL
00:47:23.04\00:47:27.18
LIKE I COULD DO WHAT YOU WAT ME
TO DO, AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
00:47:27.18\00:47:31.28
SAY? YOU ARE
GOING TO SAY, NO, NO,
00:47:31.28\00:47:33.75
THAT'S THE LAST INFLUENCE
WE WANT AROUND OUR KIDS?
00:47:33.75\00:47:36.15
. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HIRE YOU.
00:47:36.15\00:47:38.52
WHY NOT? WELL,
BECAUSE THAT'S WRONG.
00:47:38.52\00:47:41.19
WELL, WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WRONG
IN WELL, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE,
00:47:41.19\00:47:45.23
THAT'S WRONG. I CAN
GO DOWN EVERY COMMANDMENT
00:47:45.23\00:47:48.96
AND THEY WILL TELL ME NO.
BUT ON THIS ONE, THEY WILL SAY
00:47:48.96\00:47:56.37
IT'S DIFFERENT. AND
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR
00:47:56.37\00:48:00.24
ACADEMIES, THEY ARE DOING
SURVEYS AND ABOUT 40% SAY IT
00:48:00.24\00:48:07.08
ISN'T AN ISSUE. SO
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT
00:48:07.08\00:48:11.22
ANYBODY INDIVIDUALLY, OR ANY ONE
SIN, BECAUSE IF I SAID HEY, I'M
00:48:11.22\00:48:15.92
AN ADULL -- ADULTER, BUT THIS IS
THE ONE THING THAT PEOPLE WILL
00:48:15.92\00:48:24.90
SAY THIS IS DIFFERENT, AND
HE IS MADE THAT WAY, BUT WE HAVE
00:48:24.90\00:48:30.94
TO -- IF ALL OF THE OTHER
COME MANAGED -- COMMANDMENTS ARE
00:48:30.94\00:48:39.95
IMPORTANT, SO IS THIS ONE.
NONE OF US ARE PERFECT, BUT ON
00:48:39.95\00:48:46.19
THE OTHER HAND WE
CAN'T CONDONE OPEN SIN.
00:48:46.19\00:48:50.36
>> ONLY BY THE GRACE OF JESUS
THAT WE ARE ABLE TO LIVE OUR
00:48:50.36\00:48:56.97
LIVES ACCORDING TO HIS WILL.
EXCEPT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD
00:48:56.97\00:49:00.80
THERE GO WE AS WELL AS OTHERS.
SO THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT US
00:49:00.80\00:49:06.34
PERSONALLY, THAT IS
BETTER THAN SOMEBODY ELSE.
00:49:06.34\00:49:08.88
IT IS AS WE SUBMIT TO THE LORD,
AND TRULY UNDERSTAND HIS WILL
00:49:08.88\00:49:12.91
FOR OUR LIVES, AND
HIS POWER TO CHANGE US --
00:49:12.91\00:49:15.88
>> RIGHT. >> UH-HUH.
00:49:15.88\00:49:18.12
>> -- THAT WE CAN THEN LIVE
LIVES THAT ARE AN HONOR TO HIM.
00:49:18.12\00:49:24.49
>> I THNK THAT'S A
VERY IMPORTANT POINT.
00:49:24.49\00:49:27.36
BECAUSE GOD
DOESN'T SAY TO YOU, CHA
00:49:27.36\00:49:33.64
CHANGE. HE SAYS
I WILL GIVE YOU THE
00:49:33.64\00:49:35.44
POWER TO CHANGE. GOD
DOESN'T JUST TELL US, DO
00:49:35.44\00:49:38.87
THIS, THIS, AND THIS, AND THINK
THAT WE CAN DO IT ON OUR OWN.
00:49:38.87\00:49:43.24
WITHOUT HIM, WE CANNOT DO IT,
BUT WITH HIM, WE CAN MAKE ALL OF
00:49:43.24\00:49:50.45
THESE CHANGES. BUT WE
HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT
00:49:50.45\00:49:54.59
IT IS FIRST IN
ORDER TO SUBMIT TO GOD.
00:49:54.59\00:49:57.63
AND WE HAE MINISTRIES -- LIKE
COMING OUT MINISTRIES THAT GO
00:49:57.63\00:50:01.80
INTO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES AND TALK
00:50:01.80\00:50:05.37
ABOUT VICTORY. THESE
ARE FORMALLY -- THESE ARE
00:50:05.37\00:50:09.84
FORMERLY GAY PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN TRANSFORMED THROUGH THE
00:50:09.84\00:50:17.61
POWER OF GOD. AND
THEY TALK ABOUT VICTORY
00:50:17.61\00:50:21.05
THROUGH CHRIST. SO I
THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE
00:50:21.05\00:50:24.45
SUPPORTIVE OF MINISTRIES LIKE
THIS, BECAUSE THEY ARE PREACHING
00:50:24.45\00:50:27.39
TRUTH. THEY ARE
SAYING, YOU CAN BE
00:50:27.39\00:50:30.26
DELIVERED. GOD HAS A BETTER WAY.
00:50:30.26\00:50:33.06
THEY ARE SAYING GOD HAS
SOMETHING BETTER FOR YOU.
00:50:33.06\00:50:35.90
>> AND I WANT TO -- I WANT
TO ENCOURAGE INSTITUTIONS AND
00:50:35.90\00:50:40.57
CHURCHES TO AVAIL THEMSELVES
OF COMING OUT MINISTRIES.
00:50:40.57\00:50:44.61
THIS PARTICULAR
MINISTRY -- >> YES.
00:50:44.61\00:50:46.81
>> -- THEY ARE VERY SINCERE,
DEDICATED PEOPLE, AND WE NEED TO
00:50:46.81\00:50:51.45
GIVE ENCOURAGEMENT TO PEOPLE
WHO CAN IDENTIFY WITH OTHERS AND
00:50:51.45\00:50:55.95
SHOW THEM WHAT JESUS
HAS DONE IN THEIR OWN LIVES.
00:50:55.95\00:50:58.82
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >>
SO COMING OUT MINISTRIES
00:50:58.82\00:51:02.39
DOING VERY WONDERFUL WORK.
>> AND THEY WILL BE THE FIRST TO
00:51:02.39\00:51:08.13
TELL US THAT THEY WERE IN THIS
OTHER LIFE -- SOME OF THEM FOR
00:51:08.13\00:51:13.23
MANY YEARS, BUT THEY
ARE MUCH HAPPIER NOW.
00:51:13.23\00:51:18.31
THEY HAVE THAT PEACE AND JOY
THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE IN THEIR
00:51:18.31\00:51:22.04
PREVIOUS LIFE. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
00:51:22.04\00:51:23.85
>> BECAUSE -- I WAS JUST LOOKING
UP 1 CORINTHIANS 3:19, THE
00:51:23.85\00:51:30.29
WISDOM OF THE WORLD
IS FOOLISHNESS TO GOD --
00:51:30.29\00:51:35.36
>> UH-HUH. >> GOOD.
00:51:35.36\00:51:36.52
>> -- AND IT IS ONLY AS WE SEE
THINGS THROUGH GOD'S EYES, AND
00:51:36.52\00:51:42.20
WE KNOW THAT
TRUTH NEVER CHANGES.
00:51:42.20\00:51:45.37
TRUTH IS ETERNAL, BECAUSE
GOD NEVER CHANGES, AND HIS TRUTH
00:51:45.37\00:51:49.07
IS -- THE BASIS OF IT IS LOVE.
AND WHAT -- WHAT HE HAS SAID TO
00:51:49.07\00:51:53.91
US, TO SHOW US HOW TO LIVE
THE MORE ABUNDANT LIFE IS JUST
00:51:53.91\00:51:58.55
WRAPPED IN LOVE, BECAUSE HE
WANTS TO PROTECT US FROM PAIN,
00:51:58.55\00:52:03.12
SORROW, AND HURT, AND -- SO
TRUTH NEVER CHANGES, AND I THINK
00:52:03.12\00:52:07.62
TODAY OUR SOCIETY IS
NOT LOOKING HERE FOR TRUTH.
00:52:07.62\00:52:10.93
>> ALL RIGHT. >> THEY
ARE LOOKING TO SOCIETY
00:52:10.93\00:52:14.03
FOR TRUTH. >> THAT'S TRUE.3
00:52:14.03\00:52:15.96
>> AND IT'S -- IT'S -- WELL,
WE SEE THE WORLD IS IMPLODING.
00:52:15.96\00:52:21.74
FAMILIES ARE BEING DESTROYED,
AND -- AND I THINK THAT'S
00:52:21.74\00:52:24.74
WHY -- BECAUSE OF WHAT WE
SEE IN THE WORL, PEOPLE ARE MORE
00:52:24.74\00:52:28.44
RECEPTIVE TO BIBLICAL TRUTH
TODAY THAN THEY EVER HAVE BEEN,
00:52:28.44\00:52:38.32
BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
MEANING IN LIFE, SOMETHING TO
00:52:38.32\00:52:43.73
HANG ON TO, THAT WILL HELP
EXPLAIN WHAT THEY ARE SEEING
00:52:43.73\00:52:48.86
AROUND THEM, AND GIVE THEM HOPE.
AND WE HAVE NO HOPE APART FROM
00:52:48.86\00:52:54.47
JESUS AND STRENGTH APART FROM
HIM, AND JOY APART FROM HIM.
00:52:54.47\00:52:58.11
AND HE IS WILLING, HE IS
LONGING TO GIVE THAT TO US.
00:52:58.11\00:53:03.81
WE KNOW WITH HIM
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
00:53:03.81\00:53:09.05
WITHOUT HIM,
NOTHING IS POSSIBLE.
00:53:09.05\00:53:11.09
>> WE HAVE ABOUT THREE MINUTES
LEFT, SO WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT
00:53:11.09\00:53:14.92
OVER TO YOU ALL -- I
CAN'T BELIEVE TWO HOURS HAS --
00:53:14.92\00:53:19.83
>> IT HAS GONE BY TOO
FAST. I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT A
00:53:19.83\00:53:25.17
WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE IT IS TO
HAVE A WIFE THAT IS SO COMMITTED
00:53:25.17\00:53:29.77
TO THE LORD. SHE
TAKES TIME IN THE MORNING TO
00:53:29.77\00:53:33.21
STUDY GOD'S WORD. SHE DIGS IN.
00:53:33.21\00:53:36.44
SHE IS A REAL PERSON OF PRAYER,
AND IT -- IT JUST MAKES ME SO
00:53:36.44\00:53:42.22
HAPPY TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE THAT
WHO IS ENCOURAGING ME, BUT IN SO
00:53:42.22\00:53:49.86
MANY WAYS. LET ME
READ THREE VERSES THAT I
00:53:49.86\00:53:54.20
THINK WILL ENCOURAGE ALL OF US.
IT'S FROM THE BOOK OF HEBREWS
00:53:54.20\00:53:58.07
FROM THE 4TH CHAPTER. A
FAMILIAR PASSAGE, BUT IT IS SO
00:53:58.07\00:54:04.77
EXCITING, BECAUSE IT TELLS US
THAT JESUS, WHO IS IN THE MOST
00:54:04.77\00:54:08.31
HOLY PLACE OF HEAVEN RIHT
NOW, IN THE LITERAL SANCTUARY.
00:54:08.31\00:54:11.15
I BELIEVE THERE'S
A LITERAL SANCTUARY.
00:54:11.15\00:54:17.32
IT SAYS VERSE 14-16,
SEEING WE HAVE A GREAT HIGH
00:54:17.32\00:54:22.09
PRIEST -- THAT'S JESUS --
WHO HAS PASSED THROUGH THE
00:54:22.09\00:54:25.66
HEAVENING, JESUS, THE SON
OF GOD, LET US HOLD FAST OUR
00:54:25.66\00:54:31.43
CONFESSION. SO HERE
IN THE LAST DAYS WHEN
00:54:31.43\00:54:33.90
SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOCIETY IS
PUSHING US, HOLD FAST TO OUR
00:54:33.90\00:54:38.97
CONFESSION IN THE WORLD OF GOD,
FOR WE DO NOT HAVE A HIGH PRIEST
00:54:38.97\00:54:44.55
WHO CANNOT SEARCH THIEZ WITH OUR
WEAKNESS, BUT WAS TEMPTED AS WE
00:54:44.55\00:54:48.78
ARE, YET WITHOUT SIN. >> YES.
00:54:48.78\00:54:51.55
>> LET US, THEREFORE, COME
BOLDLY TO THE THROWN OF GRACE,
00:54:51.55\00:54:56.19
THAT WE MAY OBTAIN MERCY AND
FIND GRACE TO HELP IN TIME OF
00:54:56.19\00:55:00.80
NEED. AND IF EVER
THERE WAS A TIME OF
00:55:00.80\00:55:02.63
NEED, IT'S NOW. WE
NEED TO COME BOLDLY TO THE
00:55:02.63\00:55:08.87
TIME OF GRACE. I JUST
WANT TO SHARE THAT THE
00:55:08.87\00:55:11.04
CHURCH -- AND
THAT'S ALL OF US TOGETHER.
00:55:11.04\00:55:13.58
NOT JUST PASTORS AND CHURCH
OFFICERS, IT'S EVERYBODY IS
00:55:13.58\00:55:18.91
CALLED TO BE OF SERVICE TO GOD.
EVERYONE WHO IS BORN -- OR WHO
00:55:18.91\00:55:25.92
BECOMES A NEW
CHRISTIAN, IS BORN A MISSIONARY.
00:55:25.92\00:55:29.09
EVERYBODY NEEDS
TO BE PART OF THIS.
00:55:29.09\00:55:31.39
I LEAD IN THIS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE
BOOK, STEPS TO CHRIST, AND IT'S
00:55:31.39\00:55:36.67
A MARVELOUS BOOK, IF OUR VIEWERS
HAVEN'T READ IT, YOU HAVE GOT TO
00:55:36.67\00:55:41.74
GET A COPY OF THIS. THE
CHURCH OF CHRIST IS GOD'S
00:55:41.74\00:55:45.94
APPOINTED AGENCY FOR
THE SALVATION OF MEN.
00:55:45.94\00:55:48.44
IT'S MISSION IS TO
CARRY THE GOSPEL TO THE WORLD.
00:55:48.44\00:55:51.65
I WANT TO URGE EVERY
LOCAL CHURCH, EVERYWHERE, EVERY
00:55:51.65\00:55:55.28
INDIVIDUAL IN THOSE CHURCHES
TO BE PART OF A CHURCH, A LOCAL
00:55:55.28\00:56:00.42
CHURCH THAT IS REACHING OUT
TO THE COMMUNITY IN TOTAL MEMBER
00:56:00.42\00:56:04.96
INVOLVEMENT. OPEN
YOUR CHURCH DOORS, HAV
00:56:04.96\00:56:07.76
COMMUNITY OUTREACH, HEALTH
OUTREACH, HELPING PEOPLE WITH
00:56:07.76\00:56:12.17
COOKING CLASSES, CHILD CARE,
HELPING TO FIND WAYS IN WHICH TO
00:56:12.17\00:56:15.54
TOUCH THE LIVES OF
PEOPLE JUST AS JESUS DID.
00:56:15.54\00:56:18.37
>> AMEN. >> AMEN.
00:56:18.37\00:56:19.84
THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
00:56:19.84\00:56:21.98
OUR TIME IS ABOUT ALL GONE.
I WANT TO ASK OUR FOLKS AT HOME
00:56:21.98\00:56:25.88
TO JOIN US WITH.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO OUT
00:56:25.88\00:56:28.95
PRAYING TODAY. WE WANT
TO PRAY FOR ELDER WILSON
00:56:28.95\00:56:31.82
AND NANCY THAT THE LORD BE
CONTINUE TO PUT A LEGION OF
00:56:31.82\00:56:42.00
ANGELS AROUND THEM.
WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU
00:56:42.00\00:56:45.83
PHYSICALLY, SPIRITUALLY,
MENTALLY, AND WE'RE JUST GOING
00:56:45.83\00:56:50.24
TO GO OUT PRAYING. WE
WANT TO YOU TO JOIN HANS OR
00:56:50.24\00:56:56.24
REACH OUT SYMBOLICALLY.
DEAR FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR
00:56:56.24\00:56:59.78
LIFE AND FOR HEALTH AND
STRENGTH, AND TODAY, HEAVENLY
00:56:59.78\00:57:04.52
FATHER WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT
ELLER WILSON, AND NANCY COULD BE
00:57:04.52\00:57:09.26
HERE WITH US, AND WE JUST
PRAY THAT YOU WILL PROTECT THEM,
00:57:09.26\00:57:13.09
GUIDE THEM, WATCH OVER THEM, AND
YOU WILL BLESS THEM MENTALLY,
00:57:13.09\00:57:19.33
PHYSICALLY, AND SPIRITUALLY.
YOU SAID YOU HAVE COME TO GIVE
00:57:19.33\00:57:22.97
US LIFE AND TO GIVE US . . . ¤
00:57:22.97\00:57:27.98