Music... I want to spend my life
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mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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removing pain
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Lord let my words
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heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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mending broken people.
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Music...
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Hello and welcome to 3ABN Live.
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Most certainly.
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I'm Shelley Quinn...
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JD Quinn...
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and we're so happy to have you.
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I'm so sorry, my voice
is kind of squeaky tonight
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and it just
doesn't want to cooperate
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but we're so glad
that you're tuning in.
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It's going to be
an inspiring program.
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Tonight we'll be talking
about: Prayer as Evangelism
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and, you know, I
just want to read to you
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Hebrews 7:25.
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This is one of my
favorite Scriptures
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and it says, "Therefore He... "
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speaking of Jesus...
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"is also able to
save to the uttermost
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those who come
to God through Him,
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since He always lives to
make intercessions for these. "
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What I like to say is this,
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"Intercessory prayer is the
highest calling to ministry. "
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There is no higher
calling to ministry
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and I say that
because we see here
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that it is the ministry of
our risen and exalted Lord.
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He is interceding on our behalf
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all day long...
all night long...
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so, we're going to talk
about the importance of prayer
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and not just
praying... ourselves personally
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or even praying together,
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but prayer as evangelism...
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to see the hand of the
Lord move across the earth
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and boy, have we got
some wonderful people...
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all are prayer warriors.
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Let me introduce
our special guests.
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First we have our dear
friends Jerry and Janet Page.
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Jerry, you are the
Ministerial Secretary
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for the General Conference
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Jerry: You got it right.
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So, the Ministerial
Secretary does what?
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Well, we have a team
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and we have seven people
that travel all over the world
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to every part of the...
every country... everywhere...
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and we work with Pastors...
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our Seventh-day
Adventist Pastors
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and their
spouses... their children...
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their families and our Elders,
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and Deacons and
Deaconesses, so...
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Shelley: You're
a Pastor's Pastor,
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that's what you're saying.
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Jerry: We are... and we
try to resource the people
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in the local level
who resource their pastors
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and work with their
church members and everything,
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so... resourcing and caring
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and trying to
develop things they need.
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Shelley: Amen... amen... and
you all do a lot of traveling,
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how many miles a
year do you travel?
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Jerry: Oh, near
200,000 miles a year...
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have some days out of the home
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but we're
together... that's kind of nice.
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Shelley: That is. JD
Quinn: It certainly is.
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Jerry: And we're still
getting along after this...
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Amen... amen...
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I think you know
that you just said
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that you just
got back from India.
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Jerry: Yeah.
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Right, and then you're
blessed that in a couple of days
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you get to go to West Africa,
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so this is a normal
routine for you all.
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And I fall asleep a lot and
so, you just take over if I do.
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Shelley: Well,
I'll tell you what,
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if you fall asleep
while you're talking,
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we'll just keep
listening, how's that?
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Jerry: That's
good... see what I say.
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Shelley: All
right, and then, Janet,
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we're so glad to have you
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and you all do come as
a couple just as we do,
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we never travel
without one another
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but you are the
Associate Ministerial...
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Janet: One of the Associates.
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Shelley: One of the Associates.
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Jerry: My favorite one.
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Shelley: Your... She
may be your favorite one.
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JD Quinn: Sometimes... yeah.
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And this is something that...
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I don't know if everybody knows,
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I hope you don't
mind me telling this,
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but Janet hated to
travel before she took this job,
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she hated traveling
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and then, you've been traveling
close to 200,000 miles a year
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for the last five
years, that's amazing!
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Jerry: Nine years...
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Nine years, that's right,
this is your second term...
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nine years...
wow, I can't imagine,
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you too, huh,
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now, we also have
someone that we've just met
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but Jonathan Walter, you
are the Ministerial Association
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Communications
Manager for the GC
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but you're also the
Vice-President of GYC
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and I understand...
Jerry said that you were really
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one of the
Founders of GYC in Europe.
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I was part of the
team in Europe that...
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that started it a
couple of years ago.
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Shelley: Wonderful... wonderful.
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JD Quinn: Obviously the
first question people will ask,
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"Where did you grow up?"
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This is not a Texas accent
or a southern Illinois accent.
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Jonathan: That is
correct, I'm from Austria...
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born and raised in Austria,
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I'm half Norwegian...
so my mother is from Norway
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and I grew up
there as a Pastor's kid
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and so, I lived all
over the country there.
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JD Quinn: Amen.
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Never really picked
up fully the accent...
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the local accent
where we moved to
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because, then we would
move again and it changed...
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so, now, I'm
over here in the U.S.
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Okay, and you are married and
what are you doing right now,
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I understand... are
you living in Michigan?
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No, I used to live in Michigan,
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I was the Pastor in Michigan
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and now I moved to
Maryland to work there.
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Okay, okay, well, we're
so glad that you're here
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and as I said,
this is a live program
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so, we're going
to put these three
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on a hot seat
later in the program
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in the second hour...
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if you have
questions or prayer requests
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we really want to get
your prayer requests in
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so, you may e-mail
those to us at: live@3abn. tv
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that's: live@3abn. tv
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or you can phone
us at 618-627-4651
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and we'll be happy
to pray for you tonight,
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we'll be happy...
any... any that...
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prayers that we
don't get to tonight,
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I understand, you all
want to take them with you
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and will pray for them
at the General Conference
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but we also have a
free offer tonight,
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it is revival and reformation...
"Prayer Makes a Difference"
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by Mark Finley
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and we've had a chance
to thumb through this...
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it's a beautiful book
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but it has some
excellent information in it
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and that's again... you can
get this by just e-mailing us
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at: freeoffer@3abn. tv
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or calling 618-627-4651.
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Shelley and I spent probably
about 30 minutes earlier
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in reading through
this, this is fantastic,
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I mean, this is
good, good stuff,
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that is simple to read
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but it's getting
right to the point
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and it covers
"Prayer" from A to Z.
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Great stories.
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Mark's an
excellent author and a writer
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and he is... he
knows how to drill down
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to the most
important thing doesn't he?
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He's a man of
prayer... he lived it.
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Amen, amen.
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All right, JD
Quinn, this is live
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and you get to
introduce our music.
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I do get to introduce
the music and we're blessed
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because we have Moses Brown.
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Moses Brown is
going to be singing
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and his precious wife, Jeanette,
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is going to be
accompanying him on the piano.
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Pause...
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Piano...
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God sent His Son,
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they called Him Jesus;
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He came to love,
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heal and forgive;
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He bled and died
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to buy my pardon,
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An empty grave is there
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just to prove my Savior lives!
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Because He lives,
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I can face tomorrow,
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Because He lives,
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all fear is gone,
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Because I know... yes I know
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He holds the future,
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My life is worth the living,
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Just because He lives!
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And then one day,
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I'll cross that river
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I'll fight life's final
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war with pain;
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And then, as death
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gives way to victory,
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I'll see the lights of glory
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and I'll know
that my Lord lives!
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Because He lives,
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I can face tomorrow,
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Because my God lives,
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all fear is gone,
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Because I know... yes I know
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He holds the future,
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My life is worth the living
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just because He lives,
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Because God lives,
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You can face tomorrow
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Because He lives,
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all fear is gone,
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Because I know, yes I know
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He holds the future,
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My life is worth the living...
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Your life can be
worth the living...
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Oh, our life is worth the living
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Just because my God
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lives.
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Piano.
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Amen.
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Amen, that's
really good, thank you...
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thank you Moses and Jeanette.
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We do... we
appreciate that so much
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and how true that message is,
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well, if you're
joining us just a moment late,
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our special guest
tonight are Jerry and Janet Page
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and Jonathan Walter
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and we're so
glad... they're all here
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from the General Conference
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and Jerry, tonight we're talking
about: Prayer as Evangelism.
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Tell us what that's about.
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Well, in these last nine years,
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especially as we've been
traveling the whole world,
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every place and every country
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we've just become so much
more impressed with the fact
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that... we've always
prayed for evangelism...
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prayed for our methods...
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trying to bathe everything
in prayer and seeing God work
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but we've realized
that in every culture
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and in most every situation
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prayer is one of the
best ways to make friends
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and open the
door for evangelism,
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it is
evangelism, in other words,
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some other cultures
whether it's Moslem or Hindu,
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Buddhist, whatever,
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you can pray with them about
their family or their needs
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those kinds of things
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because they're
very praying people too,
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and it's true in
the west or wherever,
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so, that's our
burden, I guess, tonight...
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that is to say... prayer is not
before, after, and behind prayer
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it is evangelism...
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but it is
evangelism in the best way
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and it opens people's heart,
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gives God a chance to show them
what's going on in their lives
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and to work miracles for them
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and it can help
people want to to know Jesus
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better than anything.
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So, prayer is the wedge
for everyone that works out
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which I certainly believe
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because I think that
the whole world right now
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is needing hope and
even if they're not familiar
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really with the
Savior that we believe in,
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there is hope
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and, of course, through
the aid of the Holy Spirit
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miracles happen.
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You know, I know
that your personal story
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that... a lot of people
prayed for you all, Janet,
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even when you were in ministry
as a Pastor and Pastor's wife,
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what was their
specific prayer for you
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because I know
that after they prayed,
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you told me once,
people kept praying
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and you thought,
"What are they doing?"
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And God changed your life.
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Well, they attended a
Seminar Camp Meeting...
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people were... the
leader of the Seminar...
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the Pastor, got them to
commit to pray for us every day
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because he was the new President
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and the Seminar
was on the Holy Spirit
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and how important it is,
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we pray for the baptism of
the Holy Spirit every day...
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throughout the day...
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not just for
ourselves but for our children
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but he got them to
commit to pray for us
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as their leaders...
for the Holy Spirit.
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At that time, I didn't realize
how important it was to pray
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for the baptism of
the Holy Spirit every day.
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God grabbed ahold
of you all, didn't He?
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But it was two years later
but during those two years,
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we'd be in a different
church almost every Sabbath,
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someone somewhere
would come up and say,
00:15:23.02\00:15:25.19
"We're praying
for you and Jerry,
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we're praying for the
Holy Spirit in your lives... "
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and I didn't... at
that time I thought...
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"So they're praying,
what good does that do?
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You know, I've tried prayer
and it didn't work for me. "
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But literally, two years later,
my life was turned upside down
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God just changed everything.
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I never want to go back
to the way it was either.
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Amen...
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amen...
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But you know,
Jerry, sometimes people...
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I don't know, the way I say it,
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you know, Jesus
was talking about
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that the measure we use
would be measured back to us
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and I think that
sometimes we put God in a box.
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We pray these
little bitty prayers
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kind of like
it's almost secondary
00:16:04.26\00:16:06.56
to whatever
we're doing or the work
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and I think the
Lord wants us to increase
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the measure of our expectation
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because the measure we use
will be measured back to us
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and I know Jonathan
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that God just recently
did something through you...
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you are a Vice-President of GYC
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and tell us what
happened in Iceland.
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Janet: Do you know what GYC is?
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Let's find out what GYC is
and then we'll go from there.
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Well, GYC is a movement
of young... young people.
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JD Quinn: Meaning what?
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Meaning everything between
15 to 35 and above and beyond,
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and young at heart
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but it's a
movement of young people
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and an Organization that seeks
to inspire our young people
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to take sacrificial
initiative for Christ.
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So, we desire to
help young people
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find their purpose in Christ...
their identity in Christ
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and then their
mission in Christ.
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Shelley: And what
does GYC stand for?
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It stands for
Generation, Youth, Christ
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because those are
sort of the core elements
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of our Organization
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and we want to...
it's a global movement...
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it's a grassroots movement,
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it's not organized
by the official church
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but just by Seventh-day
Adventist Christians...
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by young people who want
to do something for Jesus.
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Amen.
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It's volunteer
driven... volunteer run...
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and the Lord has blessed it
over the years, it's almost...
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almost 20 years now
that it's been around.
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Shelley: That's unbelievable.
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And so, GYC puts up
an annual Conference
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where thousands of young people
from all around the world come
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and there are many affiliate
conferences around the world
00:17:41.72\00:17:44.56
in Europe... you
mentioned it earlier,
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and then, in South America,
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we are about to
start one in Brazil,
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the Lord has been blessing...
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Jerry: Philippines, Indonesia...
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Jonathan: Philippines...
all over the world.
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It's just neat to see how
God has been using young people
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in a special way.
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And I know... I
know here at 3ABN...
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I know that people have
been planning all year long
00:18:00.58\00:18:04.18
for the next one.
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I remember, three or
four or five years ago,
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he says, "Oh yes, we're going
to GYC... we're going to... "
00:18:07.98\00:18:10.92
and it just kind of... as
you were mentioning a while ago,
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it just kind of, "Really?
00:18:13.89\00:18:15.86
What's so special about GYC
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that you're
planning a year ahead...
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I mean, I wish that we
planned a year ahead...
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I mean, so,
there is something...
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it is a grassroots movement
that has really taken off
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and, of course, it's centered
around our Lord and Savior.
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That's right, the
Bible... and mission...
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and our prophetic identity
as Christians in the last days
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is at the core of...
of what GYC stands for.
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And we've been happy to
partner with 3ABN over the years
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you know, you've been
broadcasting the Conference
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and it's been a
huge blessing as well.
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So, tell us how
you chose Iceland...
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you're Vice
President of missions,
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tell us how you chose Iceland.
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Well, I need to go a
little bit back on this,
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over the last couple of years,
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the Lord has really put on
the.. on the leaders of GYC
00:19:04.07\00:19:06.98
the burden of prayer.
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We've realized that
you can organize things
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in a wonderful way,
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you can do wonderful
things through human methods,
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but we... and as
Jerry was sharing,
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you can pray before
and after... but prayer...
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the importance of prayer has
really been put on our hearts,
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and so, we
really... we prayed about it
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and we asked God to show us
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how can we make
a greater emphasis
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on prayer for young people
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because prayer seems
so dusty to some people...
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like, what does... you
know, what does prayer do?
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And what God did is...
He brought revival to GYC
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we have a Prayer Room
at our annual conference
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and I have a
picture here with us
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so they're going to
put it on the screen for us
00:19:44.81\00:19:46.21
of the Prayer Room
00:19:46.28\00:19:48.08
and what we have seen
is that young people desire
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a real experience
with God through prayer.
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Just last...
last couple of years,
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we have seen
1,000s of young people
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coming at six a.
m. in the morning...
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this is voluntary, you know,
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just to unite in prayer
00:20:00.13\00:20:01.76
pleading for the Lord
to empty their hearts,
00:20:01.80\00:20:04.10
of sin and selfishness
00:20:04.13\00:20:06.63
and just to be
filled with the Holy Spirit
00:20:06.67\00:20:09.40
and to... to find
a purpose and clarity
00:20:09.44\00:20:12.11
and it's just so
beautiful to see how God has...
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has done that in the past
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and we are seeing how that
has changed the direction of GYC
00:20:16.28\00:20:20.35
so, seeing the revival
that came through that prayer
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in the Prayer Room at GYC...
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we thought, how can that
also be taken into Missions
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and so, over the
last two years...
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well, about two years ago,
00:20:33.83\00:20:35.33
we have been
praying and thinking,
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"How can we... how can
we make a mission for God
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that makes a difference?"
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And the idea came
about to go to Iceland...
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a country that is
not a typical place
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where people go
for mission trips.
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It's right between the
United States and... and...
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and... or North
America and Europe,
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it's a first world
country... highly secular
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and the Christian
church has not very...
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I mean, people
are Christian on paper
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but there's not really a strong
Christian presence anymore
00:21:07.43\00:21:11.37
in Iceland
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and we thought, "Hey, what if
we tried to reach that country?"
00:21:12.77\00:21:16.10
And so, all
kinds of ideas came up,
00:21:16.14\00:21:18.17
"Well, we could go and knock
on every door in the country. "
00:21:18.21\00:21:20.44
"We could do
evangelistic meetings... "
00:21:20.48\00:21:21.88
we could do all kinds of things
00:21:21.94\00:21:23.28
but God made it very
clear for us to... to...
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to take a different approach
and that was not easy to accept
00:21:28.38\00:21:32.79
because when God put
the idea in our hearts
00:21:32.82\00:21:36.06
to just go and pray,
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we were kind of thrown into
a little bit of a tension there
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because you...
you think about it,
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you know, when we say...
we want to do a mission trip,
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you know, people go
and build churches...
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they build houses...
00:21:46.30\00:21:47.64
they... they do
something tangible,
00:21:47.67\00:21:49.37
right, and so, when
you pray you feel like
00:21:49.40\00:21:53.38
you're not doing anything
that is physical in a way.
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Shelley: But when
you say, "Go and pray"
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are you talking about praying
with the people of Iceland?
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Jonathan: Well, many things,
first of all, the... the...
00:22:02.28\00:22:06.09
the group of the mission itself
had to be bathed in prayer
00:22:06.12\00:22:09.89
but then, yes, we
would go and pray for people,
00:22:09.92\00:22:13.36
we would pray with
people at their doors,
00:22:13.40\00:22:16.00
what we did was, we
would go from door to door
00:22:16.03\00:22:18.77
knocking on doors...
offering to pray with them
00:22:18.80\00:22:22.97
and give them an
opportunity to connect with God.
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Janet: Did you plan to
do that to begin with or
00:22:26.11\00:22:29.11
was it at first, you
were just going to go and pray
00:22:29.14\00:22:31.61
in the country?
00:22:31.68\00:22:33.01
Yes, so, we... we were just
thinking about what we should do
00:22:33.05\00:22:35.65
and we said, "Okay, pray but
how should we be doing this?"
00:22:35.68\00:22:38.92
we thought about just
praying for the country
00:22:38.95\00:22:40.72
and just "Prayer Walking"
00:22:40.76\00:22:42.09
but then, God
made it very clear...
00:22:42.12\00:22:43.86
we should... we
should engage with the people
00:22:43.89\00:22:45.73
and we did both,
00:22:45.76\00:22:47.33
we had teams "prayer
walking" around the cities
00:22:47.40\00:22:50.20
and throughout all the streets.
00:22:50.27\00:22:51.63
We had people praying for
every home that we came across,
00:22:51.67\00:22:54.44
in the capital region
where 75% of the country lives
00:22:54.47\00:22:58.11
and then we had
people praying with people
00:22:58.14\00:23:01.38
from door to door.
00:23:01.41\00:23:03.08
Shelley: Okay,
explain "Prayer Walking"
00:23:03.11\00:23:05.05
because there's going to be
somebody that's talking about...
00:23:05.08\00:23:07.52
"What do you mean... you're
walking while you're praying?"
00:23:07.55\00:23:09.95
What does it mean?
00:23:09.98\00:23:11.32
Jonathan: That's pretty much it.
00:23:11.35\00:23:12.69
Janet: With your eyes open.
00:23:12.72\00:23:14.06
Jonathan: Yes, yes, yes.
00:23:14.09\00:23:15.42
Shelley: What's the
purpose of "Prayer Walking"
00:23:15.46\00:23:17.66
what is the objective?
00:23:17.69\00:23:19.09
Jonathan: So,
"Prayer Walking" really,
00:23:19.13\00:23:20.70
the objective is to...
to be in a mindset of prayer
00:23:20.73\00:23:24.13
and to let God
show your mission field
00:23:24.17\00:23:27.14
to know... to...
to... when you "Prayer Walk"
00:23:27.17\00:23:29.87
you're very intentional in
how you look at your territory
00:23:29.90\00:23:32.17
and you start interceding
for people you see...
00:23:32.21\00:23:35.18
you start interceding
for every home that you see
00:23:35.21\00:23:38.11
and you are
claiming territory for God,
00:23:38.18\00:23:40.22
when you think of
Joshua... the book of Joshua...
00:23:40.28\00:23:43.72
God told him every...
where you put your foot
00:23:43.75\00:23:47.12
this is your... you're claiming
that territory for God in a way,
00:23:47.16\00:23:50.59
and so we... we wanted to...
00:23:50.63\00:23:53.16
we saw the power
of prayer and presence
00:23:53.19\00:23:55.53
because when you are
there and you're praying,
00:23:55.56\00:23:58.07
that means the
devil has no space there.
00:23:58.10\00:24:00.37
You are bringing the angels
and the Holy Spirit with you
00:24:00.40\00:24:04.11
as you go... not
that God can't get there
00:24:04.14\00:24:06.21
but as you're
interceding specifically
00:24:06.27\00:24:08.31
for certain houses and people,
00:24:08.34\00:24:09.71
God has now... in the
light of the great controversy
00:24:09.74\00:24:13.01
between good and evil...
00:24:13.05\00:24:14.38
here is now an opportunity
to work in that situation
00:24:14.42\00:24:17.79
and that's what we saw at
the doors... in many, many ways.
00:24:17.82\00:24:21.26
Jerry: Let me just intercede,
one of our great burdens is,
00:24:21.29\00:24:24.69
we don't really believe enough
00:24:24.73\00:24:26.70
that there's a real
war going on unseen...
00:24:26.73\00:24:29.16
between Satan and
his angels and Christ
00:24:29.20\00:24:31.60
Daniel 10 talks about how
Gabriel could not get to Daniel
00:24:31.63\00:24:35.27
for 21 days and
fight through the Prince
00:24:35.30\00:24:37.14
so, this... this
idea of going and praying
00:24:37.17\00:24:40.44
or walking or
driving or whatever,
00:24:40.48\00:24:42.51
also, is that that thing of...
00:24:42.54\00:24:44.51
every earnest
prayer of faith we pray...
00:24:44.55\00:24:46.58
God sends an angel to
be stationed somewhere
00:24:46.61\00:24:48.38
that's most difficult...
00:24:48.42\00:24:50.15
2nd Corinthians 10
talks about the strongholds,
00:24:50.19\00:24:51.95
how we need to talk on the
strongholds in this world...
00:24:51.99\00:24:53.99
they're
everywhere... we can tell you,
00:24:54.02\00:24:55.66
every country,
every culture, every...
00:24:55.72\00:24:57.33
and... and we're not
going to break through them
00:24:57.36\00:25:00.80
without some massive
prayer, so, it's a real war
00:25:00.83\00:25:04.23
and so, the Prayer Walking
seems kind of like we're just
00:25:04.27\00:25:06.80
somewhere around
doing something stupid
00:25:06.84\00:25:08.64
but we're really
stationing angels.
00:25:08.67\00:25:10.41
Jonathan: It was
very intentional for us.
00:25:10.44\00:25:12.07
I remember, this
meant a lot to me,
00:25:12.11\00:25:16.04
I think the first
year we went to Soquel,
00:25:16.08\00:25:17.85
we were invited there,
00:25:17.88\00:25:19.71
I don't know, we're going
back probably ten years ago,
00:25:19.75\00:25:21.82
before... and that
was what intentionally
00:25:21.88\00:25:25.99
you had your soldiers... your...
00:25:26.02\00:25:28.22
I'm going to say, your people...
00:25:28.26\00:25:30.43
Shelley: Explain what Soquel
is for people who don't know.
00:25:30.46\00:25:33.60
Southern
California Camp Meeting.
00:25:33.63\00:25:35.53
Janet: Central California.
00:25:35.56\00:25:36.93
JD Quinn: Excuse
me... big, big difference,
00:25:36.97\00:25:39.03
excuse me...
let's correct that...
00:25:39.07\00:25:41.20
but you had the people walking
through the facilities praying.
00:25:41.24\00:25:47.01
Janet: The Sabbath before it
began, it began Thursday night,
00:25:47.04\00:25:50.75
we invited anyone who could come
00:25:50.78\00:25:52.91
and "prayer
walk" the whole area.
00:25:52.95\00:25:55.08
Amazing things happened,
00:25:55.12\00:25:57.19
because as what you
talked about earlier,
00:25:57.22\00:26:00.12
just trying to stay in
touch with God and how to pray
00:26:00.16\00:26:02.66
we felt impressed to pray
00:26:02.69\00:26:04.69
that people cleaning the
restrooms would be converted.
00:26:04.73\00:26:07.06
I had no idea who cleaned the
restrooms because we were new
00:26:07.10\00:26:10.77
and come to find out
they had someone almost 24/7
00:26:10.80\00:26:14.34
because you have
1,000s of people...
00:26:14.37\00:26:16.04
you know what
that would create...
00:26:16.07\00:26:17.67
that year, three
people were converted...
00:26:17.71\00:26:20.98
gave their
hearts to Jesus Christ.
00:26:21.01\00:26:22.51
It was just incredible.
00:26:22.54\00:26:24.18
Shelley: You know what people
don't understand, I think,
00:26:24.21\00:26:25.95
is... it's kind of like,
00:26:26.01\00:26:28.52
"What do you mean
'Intercessory Prayer?'"
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That means to be
praying for someone else,
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you're holding them
before the throne of grace
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asking for God to
intercede on their behalf
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and people will say,
00:26:38.59\00:26:39.93
"Well, doesn't God
do these things anyway?"
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but you know,
how I explain it is
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it is like... see...
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God will never
force Himself on anyone,
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He will not coerce,
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so, He has
intentionally limited Himself,
00:26:52.57\00:26:56.18
it's like handcuffs
of love that He has said,
00:26:56.21\00:26:59.78
"Okay, I've given you free will,
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I'm not going to
interfere without permission
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so, like, when I prayed for
my sister who was a drug addict,
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she wasn't praying for herself
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and so, God had His
handcuffs of love on
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and it's like, to
me, when you're praying,
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it's... you're
giving God permission
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to intercede and
intervene in her life.
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So, he's doing something
in a response to your prayer
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that might not
happened if you hadn't prayed.
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Janet: Right, right,
I'm convinced the reason is,
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it's just like witnessing.
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The very rocks could cry
out... angels could do it...
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but God wants us to do it,
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the same way with prayer,
because we are so blessed.
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Incredible.
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That's what we
saw... the young people...
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we had 50 young people
from all around the world,
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that's a miracle in itself
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because we had
so many challenges,
00:27:49.93\00:27:51.47
the devil was really trying to
stop this mission from happening
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I'm not going to go
into all the details
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He brought 50 young people...
exceeded our expectations...
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I prayed for 20 and
the Lord brought us 50
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from six continents...
from all over the world,
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I think that He
did that on purpose
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because He wants us to spread
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and, I mean, we had people
from the Philippines flying in,
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young and old...
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some people had never
been on a mission trip before,
00:28:13.19\00:28:15.12
some people had
never been to GYC before,
00:28:15.16\00:28:17.03
and they came
and were transformed,
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I mean, we all
were including myself,
00:28:20.03\00:28:22.90
we all experienced revival
and transformation of our hearts
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and a transformation
of our prayer life,
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these young... some young
people were sharing with me...
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they were saying,
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"I had never prayed before
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in, you know, to...
in such an intensity,
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I've never prayed
this much in my entire life
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that I prayed
in this one week. "
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And so, we just
saw an incredible
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transformation of life,
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I have a couple of
pictures we can put on...
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on the screen for our Viewers.
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This is actually
from the GYC Prayer Room
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you see there
were lots of people
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praying together unitedly.
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Shelley: At 6
o'clock in the morning
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that you could get
those young people.
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Jonathan: Thousand
people... it was incredible.
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If you can go to
the next pictures...
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we see here...
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the next one should be
about... from Iceland...
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here's an interesting thing,
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we didn't notice,
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but in the exact same
time that we were there,
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there was Pride
Week going on in Iceland.
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If you go to the next picture,
you see they had the colors
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even within the church.
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This is the central
major church of Iceland,
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and so, there was
this... this glorification of...
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of sin going on in
the exact same timeframe
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that we were there
for our prayer mission
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and so, we just felt
the great controversy
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that goes to
the next level there
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and it just gave us more
reason to pray and intercede
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as you were sharing for
people who are struggling
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with the issues of
this world and with sin,
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and so, to the point of...
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of intercession and connecting
people with God in Iceland
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because it is so
secular of a country
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as well as many
other countries in Europe.
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There is... there is a
great need for people to connect
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with something spiritual.
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They don't realize
that there is a God.
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Young people have no
memory of the gospel,
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they don't... they
have not heard of it...
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I remember one young person
I had a divine appointment with
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when I was going on
"prayer walking" there,
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he was maybe 13... 14 years old
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and I shared with
him what I'm doing,
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I said, "Do you want prayer...
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anything I can pray
for you in your life?"
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And he said, "What is prayer?"
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He had never even
heard of that before.
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Shelley: That's unbelievable.
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Jonathan: And he was telling me,
00:30:36.53\00:30:37.87
"Well, I
struggle with depression"
00:30:37.90\00:30:39.23
a 13... 14-year-old
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and so we prayed together.
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Another time, we...
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I mean, these... they're
called as divine appointments,
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I came to one door
and knocked on the door
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and there was this lady
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and I told her
what we were doing,
00:30:49.91\00:30:51.91
she's like, "God
sent you here" she said...
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"my son is
struggling with depression
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and with alcoholism
00:30:58.75\00:31:00.09
and I... I need prayer...
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I need something
to happen here. "
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And so, we prayed...
we held hands together...
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I never met this person before,
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and she hugged me
twice and thanked me
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and multiple
times, people told us,
00:31:09.76\00:31:11.77
"You know, you're a miracle. "
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"Thank you... you made my day. "
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And to see how... how
the face of people changes
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when you pray with them,
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you know, you might...
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when you pray for a person...
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I remember one person...
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a 20-year-old... young man...
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I knocked on the
door, he opened the door...
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and I thought, "Oh dear,
he's just going to send me away,
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he's probably not interested
in anything spiritual... "
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but that's not true... we
all long for spiritual things
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we just don't realize it
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and so, I told
him what we're doing
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and he said, "Well, I had my
wisdom teeth removed recently
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and it's hurting,
can you pray for that?"
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I'm like, "Sure, let's pray"
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and so, we prayed,
right there and then
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and afterwards, I could
just see in his face that...
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we prayed for small
little funny thing almost,
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but the point is
not so much always in
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what you're praying for
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but just in the fact that
you're having a spiritual moment
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because this young person might
have never had the Holy Spirit
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so... so present in his life
as he had it in that moment.
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So, when you pray with people
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who have never had a
connection like that before,
00:32:21.10\00:32:23.41
they're feeling and
experiencing something that...
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that goes into the heart.
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Shelley: Amen.
00:32:27.44\00:32:28.78
Jonathan: And so, it
was just beautiful to see
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that people were crying
after we prayed with them
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and the Lord just connected
us with all these people
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and this is one of the most
secular countries in the world.
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We always say, "Oh,
evangelism doesn't work. "
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Well, I'll tell
you, prayer works.
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But you know, had you gone in
00:32:41.96\00:32:44.59
and done a typical
"Evangelistic Series"
00:32:44.63\00:32:49.80
sending out... sending
out brochures or something,
00:32:49.83\00:32:53.60
it probably had
very little response
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but because you had
that personal interest
00:32:57.17\00:33:00.18
and you were involving
God and the Holy Spirit,
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God moved.
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Jonathan: I think a key
point was our United Prayer.
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I have a couple of more
pictures that people can see
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if you can put
that on there right now,
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this is the group... not
all of them but most of them
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as we gathered there, we
stayed at a little school
00:33:12.85\00:33:15.06
in the countryside
00:33:15.09\00:33:16.42
and if you go to
the next picture,
00:33:16.46\00:33:18.39
you'll see, we spent our
mornings in united prayer
00:33:18.43\00:33:21.20
just like the
Prayer Room we saw earlier
00:33:21.23\00:33:22.96
and if you go to
the next picture,
00:33:23.00\00:33:25.37
I think there are
a couple more here,
00:33:25.40\00:33:26.84
just pleading
that God will use us
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and pleading...
interceding for a city...
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interceding for the people
that we would meet that day
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just bathing it in prayer
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because we know the
devil is trying to stop us...
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we had all kinds of
issues with car problems
00:33:37.75\00:33:40.05
and not getting around
but the Lord worked it out
00:33:40.08\00:33:43.05
and He just blessed
us in a wonderful way.
00:33:43.08\00:33:45.99
So, God gave us an
opportunity to experience Him...
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experiencing Him in
this secular environment
00:33:50.49\00:33:55.23
and He proved to us
that the most important work
00:33:55.26\00:33:59.70
for evangelism is prayer
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and prayer is
evangelism as you were saying.
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Shelley: Amen.
00:34:04.07\00:34:05.41
But these people,
as you think about it,
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they need the
truths of the Bible
00:34:07.21\00:34:10.41
but before they
can be presented...
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before we present the
truths of the Bible with them,
00:34:13.62\00:34:15.45
they need a connection with God
00:34:15.48\00:34:17.02
and so that was, I
think, the key point
00:34:17.05\00:34:20.19
so, yeah, evangelistic
meetings and the seminars...
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the Bible
Studies... they will come
00:34:23.09\00:34:24.89
but the first step is a
connection with your Maker.
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Shelley: So what kind
of effect did this have
00:34:28.56\00:34:30.80
on the local churches?
00:34:30.87\00:34:32.20
Jonathan: That was a
very exciting thing to...
00:34:32.23\00:34:35.54
the local churches would
have about 140 active members,
00:34:35.57\00:34:40.44
140 or so...
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and we... we told
them that we were coming
00:34:41.84\00:34:45.15
and we collaborated
with the local leaders
00:34:45.18\00:34:48.48
and we invited
them to join us as well
00:34:48.52\00:34:51.75
and few of them actually
joined us on the prayer mission
00:34:51.82\00:34:53.52
and that was a blessing
00:34:53.56\00:34:54.89
and I remember on the first
Sabbath that we were there,
00:34:54.92\00:34:58.33
one of the ladies came
with us and she was so excited
00:34:58.36\00:35:01.70
because she had
never done this before
00:35:01.73\00:35:03.37
and she's a physical therapist
00:35:03.43\00:35:05.33
and she said, "I want
to... I want to do this...
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continue this in
the work that I do
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and she... I didn't mention,
we actually used also these
00:35:10.74\00:35:14.81
Glow Tracts when
we were praying...
00:35:14.84\00:35:17.45
when we prayed with people,
00:35:17.51\00:35:18.85
we would always
give them a Glow Tract
00:35:18.88\00:35:20.22
called: Talking with God.
00:35:20.25\00:35:22.05
This is a little tract
that just talks about prayer.
00:35:22.08\00:35:24.85
We translated it into Icelandic
00:35:24.89\00:35:26.65
and so we would
give it to people
00:35:26.69\00:35:28.39
and on there,
there was also a website
00:35:28.42\00:35:31.96
that they can go to
if they want more prayer
00:35:31.99\00:35:34.30
or more Bible Studies
00:35:34.33\00:35:35.66
or anything that they want.
00:35:35.70\00:35:37.03
We had thousands of
people go to that website
00:35:37.07\00:35:39.57
but, you asked
about the local members,
00:35:39.60\00:35:41.70
that lady... she... she
said she was going to use this
00:35:41.74\00:35:44.57
and she did and
sure enough in that week
00:35:44.61\00:35:46.98
as we were going
from door to door,
00:35:47.01\00:35:49.31
we met somebody who that
church member had witnessed to
00:35:49.34\00:35:52.51
just a couple of days before
00:35:52.55\00:35:54.48
and the Lord just
connected us again.
00:35:54.52\00:35:56.89
Another effect that this
mission had on the locals
00:35:56.95\00:36:00.72
was that we had the
blessing of... of...
00:36:00.76\00:36:04.66
of seeing revival take place
00:36:04.69\00:36:06.83
individually
but also as a group.
00:36:06.86\00:36:09.53
They were having an
important conference meeting
00:36:09.56\00:36:12.07
and at the opportunity there,
00:36:12.10\00:36:14.37
we were pleading for their
00:36:14.40\00:36:15.80
Constituency
Meeting of the Conference
00:36:15.84\00:36:17.61
and we were told that they
could feel a different spirit
00:36:17.64\00:36:21.08
taking place there
00:36:21.14\00:36:22.78
and, in fact, the
church members there decided
00:36:22.81\00:36:25.58
that their three major
leaders of the Conference
00:36:25.61\00:36:28.32
all three of
them are from now on
00:36:28.38\00:36:30.75
responsible for
Prayer Ministries.
00:36:30.79\00:36:33.09
Jerry: They
brought this on officially
00:36:33.15\00:36:34.59
at the Constituency Meetings,
"You're all... all officers
00:36:34.62\00:36:36.26
are now Prayer
Ministries Coordinators.
00:36:36.29\00:36:37.69
Shelley: Praise the Lord,
00:36:37.73\00:36:39.13
now, I think you brought
a short video, did you not?
00:36:39.16\00:36:41.66
Yes, so... we had a feeling that
God would do something special
00:36:41.70\00:36:47.94
and so, we wanted
to... we wanted to document
00:36:48.00\00:36:51.41
this... this experiment...
this prayer experiment
00:36:51.44\00:36:54.84
and so, we
brought a videographer
00:36:54.88\00:36:57.08
Danitte Trasmetz and
she's working right now
00:36:57.15\00:37:01.35
on putting
together this documentary
00:37:01.38\00:37:03.05
but she sent me the introduction
of the documentary video
00:37:03.08\00:37:05.95
which we will be releasing
00:37:05.99\00:37:07.49
and we'll gladly give it to you
to show on 3ABN if you want to
00:37:07.52\00:37:10.69
but we have the
introduction video here
00:37:10.73\00:37:13.43
so we can play that
right now for people to see.
00:37:13.46\00:37:15.46
Shelley: All right, thank you.
00:37:15.50\00:37:16.83
Video.
00:37:16.87\00:38:21.16
Lord, give me Iceland.
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Video continues.
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Hmmm... I got chill bumps
when he said, "Give me Iceland"
00:38:49.82\00:38:53.76
that's the kind of
prayers God likes to hear
00:38:53.80\00:38:56.70
not just praying for
this or praying for that
00:38:56.73\00:38:59.63
but "Give me Iceland" amen.
00:38:59.67\00:39:02.30
And I've got to say,
00:39:02.34\00:39:03.97
we cannot take any
credit for what happened.
00:39:04.01\00:39:06.21
It was truly the Lord...
it was truly answered prayer
00:39:06.24\00:39:10.68
and I can tell...
00:39:10.71\00:39:12.15
the missionaries who
went... they can testify to this
00:39:12.18\00:39:14.25
because at times, we
seemed quite unorganized
00:39:14.28\00:39:16.22
but the Lord
just worked things out
00:39:16.28\00:39:18.59
but I'll have to say this,
00:39:18.62\00:39:20.06
what was really
beautiful about this is
00:39:20.09\00:39:21.89
we ourselves
felt like an answer...
00:39:21.92\00:39:24.89
we were the answer
00:39:24.93\00:39:26.46
to a prayer that has
been prayed long before.
00:39:26.49\00:39:29.36
I was told that a
group of people in Iceland
00:39:29.40\00:39:32.40
had been praying for
God to do something...
00:39:32.43\00:39:35.44
to bring people to help them
00:39:35.47\00:39:38.24
to bring revival and to...
00:39:38.27\00:39:41.01
to reach out to their
country in a large way
00:39:41.04\00:39:43.78
and they had
been praying for years
00:39:43.81\00:39:46.18
and we only found
out about this later,
00:39:46.21\00:39:48.52
but they saw that as
an answer to their prayer
00:39:48.55\00:39:51.92
but here's the
interesting thing.
00:39:51.95\00:39:53.36
It was not just people from
00:39:53.42\00:39:55.46
the Seventh-day
Adventist Church praying,
00:39:55.49\00:39:57.09
when we were
going from door to door,
00:39:57.13\00:39:58.66
one of our missionaries
knocked on one person's door
00:39:58.69\00:40:01.20
and shared with
them what we were doing
00:40:01.23\00:40:03.20
and the people there couldn't
believe what we were doing
00:40:03.23\00:40:06.27
because here are all
these foreigners coming...
00:40:06.33\00:40:08.24
they're used to foreigners in
Iceland... all the tourists...
00:40:08.27\00:40:10.87
but here are these people coming
not to check out all the sites
00:40:10.91\00:40:13.48
but to pray and
they were saying,
00:40:13.51\00:40:15.98
they were saying,
"Well, we are also Christians
00:40:16.01\00:40:19.05
and we have been
praying for revival in Iceland
00:40:19.08\00:40:22.08
and so, now you are here.
00:40:22.12\00:40:23.82
So, God has been
answering prayers
00:40:23.85\00:40:25.72
and this is not the end,
00:40:25.75\00:40:27.59
this is just the
beginning, of course.
00:40:27.62\00:40:29.56
We just... we
just give God the glory
00:40:29.59\00:40:31.46
and praise Him for...
for the many miracles,
00:40:31.49\00:40:33.46
I mean, many more
stories I could share here.
00:40:33.50\00:40:35.50
But wait... wait one second
before you go, let me ask you,
00:40:35.53\00:40:38.37
how did that
affect the team members?
00:40:38.43\00:40:41.80
Yes, well, I said earlier that
00:40:41.84\00:40:45.07
there was personal
revival taking place,
00:40:45.11\00:40:48.01
we had the opportunity
to just pray through some
00:40:48.04\00:40:50.65
personal
struggles that people had.
00:40:50.68\00:40:52.25
We were able to train
some of the missionaries
00:40:52.28\00:40:55.62
on effective intercessory
prayer and just how to...
00:40:55.65\00:40:59.19
how to pray and how to
have a relationship with God,
00:40:59.22\00:41:01.96
you know, young people
struggle with these questions
00:41:01.99\00:41:04.69
and... so we had
transformation there,
00:41:04.73\00:41:08.33
but then also
they would go home...
00:41:08.36\00:41:11.07
we are still in
contact with all of them
00:41:11.13\00:41:13.54
and they were
sharing some of the things
00:41:13.57\00:41:15.34
that are taking
place in their lives,
00:41:15.37\00:41:17.47
one person was
messaging me today
00:41:17.51\00:41:19.14
and I have to
just read this to you,
00:41:19.17\00:41:21.41
they were
saying... it was Esther...
00:41:21.44\00:41:23.58
she said, "After
coming back from Iceland
00:41:23.61\00:41:25.65
and learning about
the power of prayer,
00:41:25.68\00:41:27.62
I started sharing about
it to everyone around me...
00:41:27.68\00:41:30.45
with my church members,
friends and even non-Christians,
00:41:30.49\00:41:33.86
ever since then, our church
has become a praying church.
00:41:33.92\00:41:37.26
In any situation, the
first thing we would do
00:41:37.29\00:41:40.23
as church leaders is to
come together, kneel and pray.
00:41:40.26\00:41:43.87
So far, we've seen miracles.
00:41:43.90\00:41:46.07
Our hearts have been
converted and comforted
00:41:46.10\00:41:49.14
financial resources
have been provided by God
00:41:49.17\00:41:52.17
and outside of church,
00:41:52.21\00:41:53.74
my friends and I have started
a prayer ministry in our college
00:41:53.78\00:41:56.31
experiencing many blessings.
00:41:56.34\00:41:58.48
Every week,
we'd gather in a room
00:41:58.51\00:42:00.22
to pray for all the students and
to claim the campus for God. "
00:42:00.25\00:42:03.35
And I have many others.
00:42:03.39\00:42:05.32
One missionary
came home and was...
00:42:05.35\00:42:08.82
he and his wife were
struggling with health
00:42:08.86\00:42:12.16
and so, for years they had been
looking at different specialists
00:42:12.19\00:42:17.50
to find out what...
what is wrong with her
00:42:17.53\00:42:21.20
and they just couldn't find out,
00:42:21.24\00:42:22.70
they had 100,000
dollars in medical bills already
00:42:22.74\00:42:25.04
and so, at least partially
00:42:25.07\00:42:28.04
inspired by the
prayer work that we did,
00:42:28.08\00:42:29.94
they said, "Why don't we...
00:42:29.98\00:42:31.45
why don't we just
pray about this more
00:42:31.48\00:42:33.11
and have an anointing?"
00:42:33.15\00:42:34.48
And some of our missionaries
did the anointing with her
00:42:34.52\00:42:38.19
and would you believe...
48 hours after the anointing,
00:42:38.22\00:42:41.99
she was healed of those issues
00:42:42.02\00:42:43.76
and all the other things
were clarified there for them
00:42:43.79\00:42:48.26
so God is just inspiring
young people to pray more
00:42:48.30\00:42:52.07
and claim the promises
and claim their campuses.
00:42:52.10\00:42:55.84
I have a whole
bunch of other stories
00:42:55.87\00:42:57.21
but the Lord has
changed young people here
00:42:57.24\00:43:00.34
to make them prayer warriors
00:43:00.38\00:43:02.28
where before, there
was not a strong interest
00:43:02.31\00:43:05.21
and it has
changed the perspective...
00:43:05.25\00:43:07.22
it has changed the
way to look at cities.
00:43:07.25\00:43:09.18
The greatest mission field right
now around the world are cities,
00:43:09.22\00:43:12.69
and it's changed
the way you see it
00:43:12.72\00:43:14.82
because we're all
used to living in cities
00:43:14.86\00:43:17.43
and doing our business there,
00:43:17.46\00:43:18.79
but cities are, I mean,
there are strongholds of Satan
00:43:18.83\00:43:23.63
everywhere...
00:43:23.67\00:43:25.00
Centers of
Influence from the devil
00:43:25.03\00:43:26.60
and what we tried to make
our young people see in Iceland
00:43:26.63\00:43:29.74
was to identify these places
00:43:29.77\00:43:31.67
so that you can start praying
to break down those barriers,
00:43:31.71\00:43:34.91
praying to break
down those strongholds
00:43:34.94\00:43:36.64
in those cities and God has...
00:43:36.71\00:43:39.58
God has... is
willing to do that.
00:43:39.61\00:43:42.22
There are many testimonies,
00:43:42.25\00:43:43.59
in fact, I think you had
Alex Niculaescu on this program
00:43:43.62\00:43:47.06
not too long ago,
00:43:47.09\00:43:48.42
and he was sharing some of that
00:43:48.46\00:43:49.79
and he was part of
our mission as well.
00:43:49.82\00:43:51.46
Shelly: Praise God.
00:43:51.49\00:43:52.93
The power of prayer
00:43:52.96\00:43:54.33
and breaking down the
strongholds of the devil,
00:43:54.36\00:43:56.26
because we can
certainly not do that
00:43:56.30\00:43:58.93
the Lord can break
down the devil, certainly.
00:43:58.97\00:44:02.20
A little bit of backstory
is that Europe... the T E D...
00:44:02.24\00:44:06.84
we call it the
Trans-European Division,
00:44:06.88\00:44:09.18
the leaders were at the...
00:44:09.21\00:44:11.08
our recent annual
council just last month
00:44:11.11\00:44:13.68
and the President and
his Vice-President came
00:44:13.72\00:44:16.22
and were just bubbling over
what had happened in Iceland
00:44:16.25\00:44:19.32
because they had been
praying for it and working
00:44:19.35\00:44:21.66
and just needed to see the
spiritual revival break through
00:44:21.69\00:44:24.19
and amazing things had happened,
00:44:24.23\00:44:25.93
the president was
on a meeting with us
00:44:25.96\00:44:28.40
and I had Jonathan
share and then and he spoke
00:44:28.43\00:44:30.37
and he said, "I just
called the President of Iceland
00:44:30.40\00:44:33.40
and he said that he was in
our little church this week
00:44:33.44\00:44:36.44
and there was a
woman there... a guest...
00:44:36.47\00:44:39.17
and he asked her
why she was there,
00:44:39.21\00:44:40.58
well, somebody
had come to her door
00:44:40.61\00:44:41.94
and prayed with her
00:44:41.98\00:44:43.51
and she just came to see
what these people were like
00:44:43.55\00:44:45.78
and so, breaking down walls
through prayer is just amazing..
00:44:45.81\00:44:50.32
we're seeing
that around the world
00:44:50.35\00:44:51.89
in so many different ways and
I think all of us can do that.
00:44:51.92\00:44:55.39
General talking about a
neighbor we're working with
00:44:55.42\00:44:58.16
and different...
different ways we're seeing
00:44:58.19\00:45:00.33
that we can reach out to people
who don't even believe in Jesus
00:45:00.40\00:45:03.06
whether they got a
kid problem or whatever,
00:45:03.10\00:45:05.67
you can pray with them...
what a difference it makes.
00:45:05.70\00:45:07.60
You've heard this saying,
00:45:07.64\00:45:09.50
"People don't
care how much you know
00:45:09.54\00:45:11.51
till they know
how much you care. "
00:45:11.54\00:45:13.48
Pastor: Yes.
00:45:13.51\00:45:14.84
Shelley: And I think that's it,
00:45:14.88\00:45:16.21
sometimes we want
to just bombard people
00:45:16.24\00:45:18.58
with Biblical doctrines...
with truths of the Bible
00:45:18.61\00:45:21.92
but if they don't know
00:45:21.95\00:45:23.89
that we really have a
personal interest in them,
00:45:23.92\00:45:26.72
they could care less.
00:45:26.76\00:45:28.09
And that's what...
that was so obvious...
00:45:28.12\00:45:29.82
you could see that
these people are hungering...
00:45:29.86\00:45:31.49
we're more isolated than ever,
00:45:31.53\00:45:32.96
technology has
isolated us from each other
00:45:32.99\00:45:36.36
and if you just show up
00:45:36.40\00:45:37.73
and you do it in
a prayerful mindset,
00:45:37.77\00:45:40.64
and showing that you care,
00:45:40.67\00:45:42.67
the Lord can make
a huge difference...
00:45:42.70\00:45:44.77
He can transform lives...
00:45:44.81\00:45:47.38
He can transform that situation
00:45:47.44\00:45:49.24
and bring light and
hope to these people's hearts
00:45:49.28\00:45:52.51
and we saw that multiple times,
just the fact that you are there
00:45:52.58\00:45:57.22
and that you care,
they're willing to listen
00:45:57.25\00:46:00.86
and they're
willing to see who you are
00:46:00.89\00:46:03.22
and as you said,
people have come to church
00:46:03.26\00:46:05.99
and we did not
present any doctrines,
00:46:06.03\00:46:08.40
we just came to pray with them
00:46:08.46\00:46:09.96
but the Lord will lead
them to the Bible truths
00:46:10.00\00:46:12.80
and transform their
lives through the Word.
00:46:12.83\00:46:16.27
I know Jerry, that
when you were elected
00:46:16.30\00:46:19.64
as the Central
California Conference President,
00:46:19.67\00:46:23.98
that Soquel Camp Meeting
which has been long running
00:46:24.01\00:46:30.35
but it was really
declining in attendance
00:46:30.39\00:46:33.62
to the point, people were
even thinking about perhaps...
00:46:33.66\00:46:36.59
They had voted
to sell the grounds
00:46:36.62\00:46:38.13
and not have
Camp Meeting anymore
00:46:38.16\00:46:39.63
but members were very upset
00:46:39.66\00:46:41.06
so we... we went to the Lord
00:46:41.10\00:46:42.43
and said, "Lord,
what shall we do?"
00:46:42.46\00:46:43.80
He led us through a prayer
experience to keep it going.
00:46:43.83\00:46:46.03
And then, I know,
00:46:46.07\00:46:48.24
these are people of
prayer, I guarantee you,
00:46:48.27\00:46:50.37
because Janet, tell us a
story, like, you'd be praying...
00:46:50.41\00:46:53.91
how much should we be
asking for in our offering?
00:46:53.94\00:46:56.88
One thing I want
to be sure is said
00:46:56.91\00:46:59.81
is the people
that are most blessed
00:46:59.85\00:47:02.68
by us praying with them is us.
00:47:02.72\00:47:04.69
I have prayer partners that meet
every Tuesday in California,
00:47:04.72\00:47:09.76
they meet every Wednesday
and for years I would thank them
00:47:09.79\00:47:14.83
thank them for
spending the two-and-a-half...
00:47:14.86\00:47:16.90
three hours praying
00:47:16.93\00:47:18.27
and that's a lot of
time out of your busy life,
00:47:18.30\00:47:20.84
and they would tell me over
and over... they still do...
00:47:20.87\00:47:23.67
"Will you quit thanking us,
00:47:23.71\00:47:25.17
we are so blessed by
meeting and praying... "
00:47:25.21\00:47:27.88
because one of the rules is,
00:47:27.91\00:47:29.38
they don't pray
for their own needs,
00:47:29.41\00:47:31.68
it's totally to
pray for the world
00:47:31.71\00:47:33.72
and the problems in the world,
00:47:33.75\00:47:35.68
and they tell you,
it's changed their lives...
00:47:35.72\00:47:38.35
it's drawn them closer to God,
00:47:38.39\00:47:39.89
it's gotten them involved
in reaching out to others,
00:47:39.92\00:47:42.12
but we are the most blessed.
00:47:42.16\00:47:44.19
Job 42:10...
00:47:44.23\00:47:45.56
Job 42:10 says Job's
captivity was turned around
00:47:45.59\00:47:49.83
when he prayed for his friends.
00:47:49.86\00:47:51.73
Shelley: He was doubly blessed.
00:47:51.77\00:47:53.54
Yeah, my life's been
so changed and blessed...
00:47:53.57\00:47:56.37
captivity has been turned around
00:47:56.40\00:47:57.87
because of spending
more time praying for others
00:47:57.91\00:47:59.34
than I do myself.
00:47:59.37\00:48:00.71
Shelley: Amen.
00:48:00.74\00:48:02.08
Well, I certainly
would challenge everyone...
00:48:02.11\00:48:03.95
everyone can pray
00:48:03.98\00:48:05.31
and maybe that
people don't realize
00:48:05.35\00:48:08.28
that there are warriors
that are anxious to assist us
00:48:08.32\00:48:13.25
in our prayers
that's our responsibility.
00:48:13.29\00:48:17.09
You hear it so often because
prayers are answered daily
00:48:17.13\00:48:20.70
that the fervent prayers of
the righteous man availeth much
00:48:20.73\00:48:24.27
and you think, "Wow"
00:48:24.30\00:48:26.67
and then you find out that you
are one of those that's praying
00:48:26.70\00:48:30.11
and the prayers
are being answered
00:48:30.14\00:48:32.11
and sometimes, well,
first of all for me personally,
00:48:32.14\00:48:36.18
it just motivates
me a 1,000 times more
00:48:36.21\00:48:39.05
because it is
making a major difference
00:48:39.08\00:48:41.88
and then the
phone starts ringing
00:48:41.92\00:48:43.92
because I understand
that you pray for people
00:48:43.95\00:48:47.12
and prayers are answered
00:48:47.16\00:48:48.76
and it's just
kind of a... amazing.
00:48:48.79\00:48:52.49
Jonathan: We're told
that prayer and faith
00:48:52.56\00:48:55.00
can do what no power
on earth can accomplish
00:48:55.03\00:48:57.43
but we have to
make the point though
00:48:57.47\00:49:00.67
you can pray once, yes,
00:49:00.70\00:49:02.30
and the interaction we
had at the doors in Iceland
00:49:02.34\00:49:04.77
there was a blessing
and it changed their lives
00:49:04.81\00:49:07.18
but we collect
the prayer requests
00:49:07.21\00:49:09.14
so, we would have...
00:49:09.18\00:49:10.51
we had actually groups
praying all around the world
00:49:10.55\00:49:12.45
as we were going out.
00:49:12.48\00:49:13.82
We shared the prayer requests
through our phones right away
00:49:13.85\00:49:16.32
with everyone... so,
thousands of people praying
00:49:16.35\00:49:18.85
but then, we
collected these prayer requests
00:49:18.89\00:49:21.39
and we will
continue to pray for them...
00:49:21.42\00:49:23.79
continually intercede
00:49:23.83\00:49:25.16
because it's not just a
one thing and then we're gone,
00:49:25.19\00:49:27.63
but continual dedication
to intercede for people
00:49:27.66\00:49:31.30
who need the Lord
00:49:31.33\00:49:32.67
because when they see
their prayer requests answered
00:49:32.70\00:49:35.47
they're going to
come running for more.
00:49:35.50\00:49:37.37
They're going to come like,
00:49:37.41\00:49:38.74
"Who are you
people? You have a God,
00:49:38.77\00:49:40.11
He hears prayers. "
00:49:40.14\00:49:41.48
Shelley: He hears...
and speaking of that,
00:49:41.51\00:49:44.45
this is a live program and
we will be taking your questions
00:49:44.48\00:49:49.95
or prayer requests.
00:49:49.98\00:49:51.32
You may e-mail
us at: live@3abn. tv
00:49:51.35\00:49:55.19
or 618-627-4651.
00:49:55.22\00:50:00.30
That's 618-627-4651.
00:50:00.36\00:50:05.37
Prayer requests are
beginning to come in,
00:50:05.40\00:50:07.27
of course, we certainly
will be praying for these
00:50:07.34\00:50:09.04
so that is: live@3abn. tv.
00:50:09.07\00:50:12.71
Shelly: Okay, why don't
you read a couple of those?
00:50:12.74\00:50:15.58
I will be happy to,
00:50:15.61\00:50:17.05
here's from John and Nancy...
needs prayer for cancer.
00:50:17.08\00:50:20.32
We will be praying
for each one of these.
00:50:20.35\00:50:22.95
Mother requesting
urgent prayers for a job
00:50:22.98\00:50:25.55
and salvation for her son.
00:50:25.59\00:50:26.96
Probably a single mom just
trying to make everything work
00:50:27.02\00:50:30.06
as best she can
00:50:30.09\00:50:31.43
but she's going
the right direction...
00:50:31.46\00:50:33.56
because she's going to prayer.
00:50:33.60\00:50:34.93
Caller's grandson,
Jesse, needs prayer
00:50:34.96\00:50:37.53
to straighten up his life.
00:50:37.57\00:50:38.90
Her daughter is
recovering from surgery also
00:50:38.93\00:50:41.70
and needs prayer.
00:50:41.74\00:50:43.07
One more, I'll be right quick,
00:50:43.10\00:50:44.74
asking for prayer for
her Bible Study Group, amen.
00:50:44.77\00:50:47.68
"That people will come and
stay who will be committed"
00:50:47.71\00:50:50.58
and for her
husband and her family
00:50:50.61\00:50:52.68
and for her French-speaking
friends going back to Africa,
00:50:52.71\00:50:56.15
that can see 3ABN Francais.
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Amen... amen.
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Why don't we... before we...
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we're almost to the
end of the first hour,
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let's have a prayer before we...
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and what I'd like to do...
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maybe Jonathan,
you've heard some of these,
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but let's just
go around and pray
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as you feel led... pray...
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Jonathan: Lovely, let's pray.
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"Father we just are so thankful
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for the opportunity we
have to come before You
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and we recognize our
desperate need for You
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to be present in our lives...
to transform our lives...
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Lord, we are sinners,
we need Your forgiveness...
00:51:29.78\00:51:33.09
Your cleansing blood,
Lord, and we need transformation
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and so, we fully
cast ourselves upon you...
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all of us here...
all of us watching...
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Lord, we just plead for
you to be in our hearts...
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in our lives and to take us
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because we can't
even give You our hearts,
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You got to... You
got to take it Lord,
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and right now Lord, we
praise You for Your goodness
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and we praise You for all the
promises that You have given us,
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we want to claim those promises
of healing and of strength
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for all these
requests that have come in
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I want to pray for that
request on cancer, Lord,
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You see... we
live in a sinful world
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and we pray Lord,
if it's Your will,
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you will bring healing...
physical and spiritual...
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we know that You will
one day give us a new body
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and we praise and
thank you for that
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Lord, we pray
for healing right now
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for that person
struggling with sickness
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we just thank you
that you hear us. "
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JD Quinn: "Father,
I just want to lift up
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each one of these people
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that are thinking about you,
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Father, there are
people around the world
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that are calling upon Your name.
00:52:35.52\00:52:37.02
Father, we know that
you hear... you see...
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you care...
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you do...
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and so Father, just
give us that holy boldness
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to step out in
faith and trust in You
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and allow you to work in...
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in the behalf of not
only each one of us, Lord,
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but the people that
we lift up for prayer,
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Father, there are
people around this world
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that are looking
for something to do
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and Father, they can
become Prayer Warriors...
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they can just lift up
their friends or neighbors.
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Maybe, perhaps they have
a... a family member, Lord,
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that is fighting
some particular issue
00:53:07.82\00:53:10.22
but don't let
them be afraid, Lord,
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let them step out in faith
and give You a chance to work.
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Father, you say 'just trust you'
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and Father, I just ask Lord
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that you will
put that in our heart
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so that we will
boldly step forward
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and be who you created us to be.
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Father, each one of
us You created to be
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as a disciple for You,
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and Father, sometimes we don't
think that we're worthy of that
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but Father, we can start by...
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by just asking
that first request,
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'Jesus, help me... '
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and Father, then, that
will create another request
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and Father, then we will
see that yes, You do exist...
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so Father, thank You that we
can just take this opportunity
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to lift up Your name...
praise Your name, amen. "
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Janet: "Father, we want
to pray for the young mother
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that needs a job.
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I pray You will help her to know
00:54:06.71\00:54:10.51
that if she's single,
that You will be her husband,
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You tell us that in your
Word, Isaiah and other places,
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it says 'a husband to widows'
00:54:17.25\00:54:18.82
but we found that it's also,
women who've been abandoned
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by their husbands or whoever...
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Lord, You know she needs a job,
00:54:24.46\00:54:26.73
so, we just pray Psalm 32:8
00:54:26.76\00:54:29.13
that You will lead and
guide and direct her steps
00:54:29.16\00:54:31.37
to just the right job
00:54:31.43\00:54:32.77
that will bring in the
amount of income she needs.
00:54:32.80\00:54:34.70
Lord, may she know
that You've done this
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and I thank you. "
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Music...
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Shelley: "Father, we pray for
those who besides this mother
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who's praying
for her son, Jesse,
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there are so many, Lord,
00:54:49.18\00:54:51.92
who want their
children to be saved...
00:54:51.95\00:54:54.96
their spouse to be saved...
00:54:54.99\00:54:56.66
there are people that may be
watching even right now, Father,
00:54:56.73\00:55:00.66
that don't know You and
we ask in the name of Jesus,
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that You will open their eyes
00:55:03.53\00:55:06.07
and turn them from
darkness to light...
00:55:06.10\00:55:08.20
from the power
of Satan to You...
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that they may
receive an inheritance
00:55:10.91\00:55:13.44
among those who are sanctified
by faith in Christ Jesus,
00:55:13.48\00:55:17.91
how we praise You Father...
00:55:17.95\00:55:19.51
how we thank You for
the gift of salvation
00:55:19.55\00:55:23.45
and we thank You Lord that
You want everyone to be saved,
00:55:23.49\00:55:28.92
we ask that Your Holy Spirit
will convict and convince them
00:55:28.96\00:55:34.33
and open their eyes that
they will receive Your Love
00:55:34.36\00:55:38.33
in Jesus' name, amen...
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amen... amen. "
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Well, praise the Lord,
we need to also mention
00:55:42.34\00:55:48.71
the free offer once again.
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JD Quinn: Yes.
00:55:50.11\00:55:51.45
Shelley: And this
wonderful free offer is
00:55:51.48\00:55:53.62
revival and
reformation resource...
00:55:53.65\00:55:57.02
it's called,
"Prayer Makes a Difference"
00:55:57.05\00:56:00.82
and you can get this by e-
mailing us at: live@3abn. tv
00:56:00.86\00:56:07.66
or calling: 618-627-4651
00:56:07.70\00:56:12.03
and we highly recommend this.
00:56:12.10\00:56:16.40
This is by Mark Finely
and we highly recommend that.
00:56:16.47\00:56:19.64
Well, we're going to be taking
a break here in just a minute
00:56:19.67\00:56:22.84
but just kind of
give us a little tease
00:56:22.88\00:56:25.65
of what's coming up
for the second hour.
00:56:25.68\00:56:28.22
Jerry: Well, we got stories that
are happening around the world,
00:56:28.28\00:56:31.95
over a 100 pastors have
been baptized in one area
00:56:32.02\00:56:35.06
of other faiths
00:56:35.09\00:56:36.42
because of a prayer
ministry that was going on
00:56:36.46\00:56:38.99
for several years.
00:56:39.06\00:56:40.40
Shelley: Well, I
can't wait to hear that one.
00:56:40.43\00:56:41.76
Jerry: It's got
stories about "prayer walking"
00:56:41.80\00:56:43.77
and our neighbors
and others so, God is...
00:56:43.80\00:56:45.83
God works through
praying with others.
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Amen and amen, so
remember this is live
00:56:48.54\00:56:51.11
and you can call
in your questions
00:56:51.14\00:56:53.17
or your prayer requests
00:56:53.21\00:56:55.38
or e-mail us at: live@3abn. tv
00:56:55.41\00:56:59.21
or: 618-627-4651.
00:56:59.28\00:57:05.85
How did I do that time?
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JD Quinn: Perfect.
00:57:07.42\00:57:08.76
Shelley: We did, so we do
hope that you will take...
00:57:08.82\00:57:13.60
we're going to take a
quick two-minute break...
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we'll be back in just a moment
00:57:15.46\00:57:17.00
and we're praying
that you will stay tuned
00:57:17.03\00:57:19.90
and... and join
in the fun with us.
00:57:19.93\00:57:22.90
We are so thankful that
you're watching tonight,
00:57:22.94\00:57:26.44
we hope that you
are being blessed.
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Music...
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