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Series Code: TDYL
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00:02 Amen.
00:04 Welcome back to 3ABN Special Thanksgiving Program. 00:07 We're so glad that you joined us again 00:08 on this special Thanksgiving Day 00:10 like we mentioned earlier, 00:11 every day we should be thankful for something 00:13 because God's been so good 00:14 and is so good to each one of us. 00:16 Sweetheart, it's a blessing 00:17 the first hour went by in a hurry, 00:19 we switched out, 00:20 played some musical chairs with our 3ABN family, 00:21 had some music, testimony, a little bit of food. 00:24 I tossed that great apple to you, Mr. Danny, 00:26 at the end of the first hour. 00:28 I love apples. 00:29 And hopefully you do too. 00:31 I do, but I saved it till after the program. 00:33 Yes, that's good. 00:34 I don't have to pick in my teeth. 00:35 You're very smart. 00:37 You've been doing TV a few years. 00:38 So you know all those tricks. 00:40 And this is just a kind of a family thing here. 00:41 I'm just gonna pick this up. 00:43 I don't know if you saw us the first hour. 00:44 This is just a big thank you to my dad. 00:46 You know, my dad grew this pumpkin. 00:48 See, it's got a few little defects. 00:49 So I just started here. 00:50 Thanks, dad for the pumpkin, I better write. 00:54 But he grew it in his garden. 00:55 Those seeds are good too. 00:57 Do you ever cook those? 00:58 You can actually kind of roast them a little bit. 00:59 I take the seeds and put them on, 01:01 just a little bit of like olive oil and salt on a sheet. 01:04 Yeah, some salt and put those seeds in there. 01:06 They're good. 01:07 You can eat them for days after Thanksgiving. 01:08 Pumpkin seeds are really good. They're good for you. 01:11 And they're good to eat. 01:12 High in zinc, especially for men. 01:15 Yeah, that's good. 01:16 So what are we expecting this hour, Sweetie? 01:18 We're having more time with the 3ABN family, 01:21 which is what I love the most 01:23 to be able to spend it with you at home 01:24 and to be able to spend it with our 3ABN family here. 01:27 We've traded out a few people. 01:28 We have Ryan Day, 01:30 and his beautiful wife Stephanie. 01:32 And, Ryan, of course, 01:34 works in our 3ABN Pastoral Department. 01:35 You're doing an incredible job 01:36 and you're a singer and student of the Word. 01:40 We always share Sabbath School Panel together. 01:42 So just so glad to have you here. 01:43 Amen. It's a blessing to be here. 01:45 Especially, during this time of year 01:47 with all the fall leaves. 01:49 Look at them. I know, it look great. 01:51 Beautiful. Yeah. He's flying by. 01:52 That's right. He's flying. 01:54 You know, Ryan, I saw a rake over here too, 01:56 Ryan, around this side of the set. 01:57 I think I just start raking some leaves that's fallen. 02:00 That's right. 02:01 These virtual leaves are better than the leaves. 02:03 You've got a couple big trees in your yard. 02:04 I do. 02:06 If you go by my lawn right now, it's covered in leaves, 02:09 and I've already had someone to come 02:11 and do a mold stem 02:12 and they're already back there again. 02:13 So that's okay. 02:15 What we should do is come by this later today 02:16 and I rake them around your house 02:18 and little fire or something. 02:20 All right, sounds good. 02:22 And, of course, Stephanie is the Principal 02:24 of our Thompsonville Christian School. 02:26 And tell us what this year has been like, Stephanie? 02:29 This year is definitely different 02:31 when we have both virtual 02:34 and in person classes at the same time, 02:37 so it's a little bit different, but we're hanging in there. 02:41 Everyone is doing their very best. 02:44 The kids are still doing their very best 02:46 and so we're having a great time. 02:47 Amen. 02:48 At a time like that I'm so thankful 02:50 for the faithfulness of our God. 02:52 You think we can sing that? Yeah, let's do that. 02:58 Great is Thy faithfulness 03:05 O God my Father 03:11 There is no shadow 03:16 Of turning with Thee 03:22 Thou changest not 03:26 Thy compassions 03:30 They fail not 03:34 As Thou hast been 03:38 Thou forever wilt be 03:43 Everybody at home, sing this with us. 03:46 Great is Thy faithfulness! 03:51 Great is Thy faithfulness! 03:56 Morning by morning 04:00 New mercies I see 04:06 All I have needed 04:10 Thy hand hath provided 04:16 Great is Thy faithfulness 04:22 Lord, unto me! 04:30 Good song. Amen. 04:32 God is definitely great, isn't He, Mr. Danny? 04:33 He provides for our needs, 04:35 you know, for some people, it may, 04:37 I mean, some people this time of year 04:39 may not have very much, 04:40 but God is still good to them. 04:42 Oh, yes, absolutely. 04:43 We serve an incredible God. 04:46 And, you know, people say and we should mean 04:48 that God is good all the time. 04:49 I hear people say, 04:51 "Boy, you know, the Lord did this for me. 04:52 He's so good." 04:54 And my thing is, "Well, what if He didn't do 04:56 for you exactly what you wanted. 04:57 Isn't He still good?" Yeah. 04:59 You know, God is great, 05:00 we say that when I was a little kid 05:02 first meal for the prayer for the meal was God is good. 05:06 God is great. 05:07 All right, so that that's something 05:09 I wanna stick with till I die, you know, 05:11 or till the Lord comes back in the cloud of glory. 05:13 God is good. 05:15 God is great all the time. 05:17 God is good. Amen. 05:19 What is something, Ryan, 05:20 you and Stephanie, you're thankful for? 05:23 Maybe a scripture this year 05:24 or something that stood out to you? 05:26 You know one of my favorite scripture. 05:29 I am reminded on a weekly basis, 05:31 I have to remind myself on a weekly basis, 05:34 the beautiful promise found in Philippians 1:6. 05:37 Yeah, that's good. 05:38 "We can be confident of this very thing, 05:41 that He who has begun a good work in us 05:43 will complete it into the day of Jesus Christ." 05:45 And if there's anything that I've been thankful for, 05:48 through this 2020 year, has been, you know, 05:52 mine and my wife's health, 05:54 you know, through the whole COVID experience, 05:55 we haven't been sick. 05:57 We've gotten to stay at home quite a bit, 06:00 which has been a blessing get to grow 06:01 a little closer to each other. 06:02 And normally, all throughout the day, 06:04 you know, she's at the school and I'm at work here at 3ABN, 06:07 but, you know, we've had some moments, 06:09 some weeks where we've had to stay home, 06:10 you know, and we've, 06:12 while being able to work from home, 06:14 we've been able to kind of grow a little closer together. 06:16 And so if anything else, I'm thankful for my wife, 06:19 she's a blessing in my life, and she's kind of my rock. 06:22 There you go. 06:23 And so, yeah, I'm thankful for her 06:25 and I'm thankful for our Savior Jesus 06:28 because without Him, we wouldn't be where we are. 06:30 What about you, Honey? What do you think before? 06:33 I would say also thankful for friends and family. 06:37 Yes. 06:38 You know, having people call in and just check on you and ask, 06:41 "How are you doing? Or are you feeling okay? 06:44 Or how's school going?" 06:45 Or anything like that, 06:47 definitely thankful for friends as well. 06:50 And even, you know, the family that's distant 06:52 that we haven't seen in quite some time, 06:54 but they're still calling and asking about us. 06:57 So that's a blessing as well. 07:02 So I know that we have some more people 07:03 that have actually written in. 07:04 Thank you so much 07:06 for the things that you're thankful 07:07 for how long you've been watching 3ABN. 07:09 Stephanie, you have someone there 07:10 that wrote in their name. 07:13 Yes, Patty Port Miss. Patty Port Miss. 07:18 She says, "I am thankful for a sound mind and salvation. 07:22 I am from Colfax, North Carolina. 07:25 Started watching 3ABN in 1985. 07:31 I feel like I know all of you 07:32 and will continue to pray for your ministry." 07:35 Mr. Danny, that's right 07:36 at the very beginning, isn't it? 07:37 That is, very beginning for sure. 07:39 Yeah. 07:40 Amen. Ryan. 07:42 Yeah, I've got one here sent in. 07:43 I don't, I guess it's Doreen, maybe, 07:46 there's not a particular name here, I guess given, 07:49 but they emailed in and they said, 07:50 "Hello, 3ABN families. 07:52 We give thanks to our wonderful loving God 07:55 for everything from the time we wake up, 07:59 excuse me, the time we wake up and the time we go to bed. 08:03 If we were to count our list, 08:08 our blessings, the list is endless. 08:12 Many time we forget, 08:13 even the simple things 08:15 like being able to wake up another day, 08:17 and the breath of life." 08:19 And so this person is just going on to talk 08:21 about how they are thankful for life in general. 08:23 Being able to wake up, 08:24 and we all should be able to say... 08:26 Be thankful for that, 08:27 to be able to wake up every morning 08:29 and breathe another fresh breath of air. 08:30 And so that is something to be thankful for. 08:33 Amen. Amen. 08:34 Tim, do you have one? Yeah. 08:36 I've got one here from... 08:37 Well, I'll... 08:38 You can play the piano and read that. 08:40 Well, may be. We'll see. 08:42 You know what, let me just pause. 08:43 I'll just pause for this. 08:46 It says, 08:47 "Thank you for broadcasting godly inspired music. 08:50 It fills my heart with joy and hope 08:53 from a grateful heart." 08:55 Adam from Western Cape, Republic of South Africa. 09:00 Amen. Thank you so much. 09:02 Incredible. 09:03 Yvonne, do you have one? Yes, yes. 09:05 "Hello, 3ABN. 09:06 I am Anita and I'm writing from Jamaica. 09:09 I started watching 3ABN maybe over 10 years ago. 09:12 2020 has been a very challenging 09:15 and also eye-opening year. 09:17 What I'm most thankful for my good health 09:20 and the good health of my family. 09:22 My sweet brand new niece born a month ago, 09:25 having a career I totally love and enjoy doing. 09:29 And I'm most thankful for God's grace 09:31 and everlasting mercy." 09:33 And that's from Anita. 09:35 Isn't that amazing? Yes. 09:37 Thinking of God's greatness. Amen. 09:39 3ABN literally going around the world, 09:41 three angels in the air, 09:44 giving the everlasting gospel to the lost and dying world. 09:47 To God be the glory great things 09:48 He has done. 09:50 Can we do that, Tim? Yeah. 09:52 To God be the glory 09:55 Great things He has done 10:00 So loved He the world that He gave us 10:05 His Son 10:07 Who yielded His life 10:10 an atonement for sin 10:15 And opened the life-gate that all may go in 10:22 Sing it together. 10:23 Praise the Lord, praise the Lord 10:27 Let the earth hear His voice 10:30 Praise the Lord, praise the Lord 10:34 Let the people rejoice 10:37 O come to the Father 10:41 Through Jesus the Son 10:44 And give Him the glory 10:48 Great things He has done. 10:51 Wow, what a great old song. 10:53 Our hymns of the church. 10:55 I love that. Thank you. 10:57 Stephanie, is there a scripture you have? 10:59 Yes. 11:00 That mean something special to you. 11:02 Definitely, my favorite is Philippians 4:6-7. 11:06 And it says, "Be anxious for nothing, 11:09 but in everything by prayer and supplication, 11:13 with thanksgiving, 11:15 let your requests be made known to God, 11:18 and the peace of God, 11:20 which surpasses all understanding, 11:22 will guard your hearts 11:24 and your minds through Christ Jesus." 11:27 Amen. Amen. 11:28 My favorite. 11:30 That's a powerful scripture. 11:31 Thank you both so much for being here. 11:33 Thank you for being part of the 3ABN family. 11:35 We love and appreciate both of you. 11:37 We're going to switch out 11:39 and play some more musical chairs, 11:40 but now we're gonna go to another roll 11:42 with our 3ABN family. 11:44 This is the Pastoral department. 11:46 We tried to get 11:47 some of the departments together, 11:48 had to wear masks, 11:50 but still wanted to give 11:51 a special thanksgiving greeting to you at home. 11:54 Know that we appreciate you and that we love you, 11:56 and then I think we're going to hear 11:58 from Pastor Jose Del Valle as well. 12:01 Happy Thanksgiving 12:02 from your 3ABN Pastoral Ministries Team. 12:04 I just wanna introduce each one of us here 12:06 we have Mitch, we have Don, 12:08 we have Jill, we have Ryan, we have Claude, 12:10 and we also have Jenny and Irish and Barbara. 12:15 What do you think about all this? 12:17 Thanksgiving. 12:18 Well, there's a beautiful song Psalm 100:4 says, 12:20 "Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, 12:22 and into His courts with praise, 12:24 be thankful unto Him, and bless His name." 12:26 So we're very thankful we have 3ABN 12:29 to kind of give us a family, family of God, right? 12:32 We're all family of God, so very thankful for that. 12:34 And tell us about your precious mama? 12:36 I have a 97-year-old mother 12:38 that God has given many years of life 12:40 and I am so grateful for that. 12:43 And we just wanna thank 12:44 each one of you for your viewership, 12:47 for your support, for just your dedication 12:50 and continue to take care of each one of us. 12:53 We love you and we thank you 12:54 and we wish you a happy Thanksgiving! 12:58 I say think about the time you call 3ABN for pray 13:03 and the call back Ladle, 13:06 telling you how he was answering. 13:10 It blesses you to know 13:15 how God uses this ministry. 13:19 We want to thank you 13:21 because you are opening your heart 13:24 to the message of the Holy Spirit 13:27 because where other cannot reach 13:31 radio and television can. 13:33 They wish live in need of good love. 13:38 Many families are bless, 13:41 might the peace of God with you always 13:47 for ours 3ABN Production Team. 13:52 Thank you. 13:53 So we're so grateful for our 3ABN Team. 13:55 Amen. 13:57 You know, 3ABN would not be what it is without you, 13:59 of course, 14:00 and without the Lord Jesus Christ, 14:02 but it would not be what it is without our family here. 14:04 We have such an incredible team at 3ABN, don't we? 14:07 We do, you know, and it's staff 14:08 we really don't call them staff, 14:10 we call them family members and everyone just works hard, 14:12 you know, to make programs such as this possible 14:15 and so it's just neat to see them work together 14:17 and the common goal is to spread the gospel 14:19 around the world. 14:20 Amen. We've traded out some family. 14:22 Now we have Pastor Johnny Dinzey 14:24 or Pastor John Dinzey, 14:26 General Manager for 3ABN Latino and your beautiful wife, 14:30 Idalia or I call you Mrs. Dinzey... 14:32 Oh, you can call me Idalia, Mrs. Dinzey, Tita, yes. 14:36 So glad you both are here. 14:38 We love you both and are so grateful 14:40 for your ministry here. 14:41 Praise the Lord. 14:43 So we just heard from Pastor Jose Del Valle too, 14:45 he's the Latino Production Manager 14:47 and he is doing a great job. 14:49 The crew respects him and of course, 14:51 we appreciate his heart for ministry. 14:53 He's trying hard to learn English, 14:54 so I'm a little ahead of him. 14:57 I guess a little bit not too much. 15:00 I'm still learning English. 15:02 Right? 15:03 I'm still learning Spanish. I'll translate for you. 15:07 Mr. Danny, thank you. Welcome. 15:09 We've got something good here in front of you all 15:11 in front of us on the coffee table here, 15:13 a little table here, 15:14 which we're gonna talk about in just a moment. 15:16 I probably shouldn't be talking about coffee table, right? 15:18 Would that be posting table? Yeah. 15:22 We've got some great drink here. 15:25 We'll talk about just a moment, but Pastor Johnny, 15:26 you've been here now for about 30? 15:29 Thirty-one. Thirty-one years. 15:32 It's a long, long time 15:33 to be part of the Ministry of 3ABN, Mr. Danny. 15:34 Absolutely. 15:36 Do you remember when he showed up? 15:37 I do. Absolutely, I remember. 15:39 Single man. Yes, he was single. 15:41 And I remember when he brought Tita 15:43 to visit for the first time. 15:46 Yes, John Dinzey had hair when he got here. 15:51 But what a fantastic team both of you are, 15:53 and I know Jill and I are appreciative of both of you 15:55 and man, your heart for ministry as well. 15:57 Your sons were born here. 15:59 Now they're grown. 16:00 Caleb is here part of our staff, 16:02 as we're talking about our staff, 16:03 our employees, our families. 16:05 He's running camera here now as we speak, 16:06 but we just appreciate your family so very much. 16:09 But tell us something that you're thankful 16:10 for a scripture that means something 16:12 to each of you? 16:13 I actually have a scripture because for many years, 16:17 this Psalm has impacted me 16:19 because of the way it's written. 16:21 Because four times in the Psalm it says, 16:26 oh, that men would praise the Lord, 16:28 but that word, 16:30 Hebrew word is also oh, give thanks. 16:32 And I will read the first verse and just the eighth verse. 16:35 It says, "O give thanks unto the Lord, 16:37 for He is good, 16:39 for His mercy endureth forever." 16:43 But this word thanks 16:44 is the same word that's used in verse 8. 16:46 "Oh, that men would praise the Lord for His goodness, 16:49 and for His wonderful works to the children of men!" 16:52 And as you read it, 16:53 you will notice that it that verse 8 16:56 is repeated three more times. 16:58 And it's really a need for us 17:04 to express our Thanksgiving to the Lord 17:06 because He does so much for us. 17:08 He does so much for us 17:10 that we really can't keep up with Him 17:13 to give Him thanks, in a sense, 17:16 but we really need to stop and give thanks to the Lord 17:18 every single day 17:19 because He's constantly doing things. 17:21 I mean, when you wake up, 17:24 He's already been busy doing things for you. 17:27 Keep your heart going, keeps your blood flowing. 17:29 I mean, He's just one... 17:31 Never sleeps, never sleeps. Yes. 17:33 Something you're thankful for, then you're thankful for life. 17:36 You're just... I'm thankful for life. 17:38 You know, I was thinking as I was coming up here 17:40 that I'm thankful for my family, 17:43 thankful for my wife, my children, 17:46 but I remember many years ago hearing Gonzalo Santos, 17:50 telling the miracle stories of 3ABN, 17:52 some of them because more followed. 17:54 And I was at church and I walked in 17:58 and he was sharing some of the miracles. 17:59 And I think he was sharing the miracle 18:01 of the three phase power being found on the property 18:04 that it's almost like my mouth dropped open. 18:07 And I said to myself, "What? 18:10 You mean God is doing miracles like these in America?" 18:14 Because I remember being in Sabbath School, 18:17 you know, listening to the stories 18:18 of Papua New Guinea, they done, 18:20 this miracle happened in Africa, 18:22 this miracle happened, 18:24 but when I heard that, I said, in my mind, I said, 18:28 "I would love to work in a place like that, 18:30 where God is doing so many wonderful things." 18:32 I didn't know that a few years later, 18:35 He would put me here. 18:36 Yes. 18:37 And you've been here now 31 years 18:39 and head of 3ABN Latino. 18:40 Incredible blessing. 18:41 I'll tell a little story on Johnny. 18:43 Okay. 18:44 We, after a few years, we got our production team, 18:47 we started working. 18:48 One of my brothers was in charge of production. 18:50 And he said, "I think it'd be good 18:52 if we just maybe give an honor for a worker, 18:55 I have a worker of the month." 18:57 So we said okay, 18:58 so we probably had 20 or people so then at the time, maybe 30. 19:02 And so at the end of the first month, 19:04 he came to me and he said, you know, Johnny Dinzey. 19:06 I wanna give this to Johnny 19:07 and he's just exemplary in everything that he does 19:10 and he's just so conscientious, just so 19:13 we said okay, so the next month 19:14 he came he said, 19:16 I think we're gonna have give this to Johnny Dinzey. 19:18 Again, finally, by the third month, he said, 19:20 "I know we better quit," he said. 19:21 "Then I'm gonna have give this 19:23 to Johnny Dinzey again, " he said. 19:24 That's not gonna look right to everybody else 19:26 'cause, you know, so we quit John 19:28 or kind of no one's got in it. 19:30 Since then no one put it up. 19:33 And he still may it do it. 19:35 I think he would. He still might end up with it. 19:37 So many wonderful people here... 19:38 We're here putting up with Tita, 19:40 you'll get it some kind of reward. 19:43 Amen to that. 19:46 I wanna say this 19:47 because after being here 31 years, 19:50 you've seen it. 19:51 I've seen it 19:52 that we've had people leave 3ABN 19:54 for one reason or another, 19:56 you know, they wanna work somewhere else, family, 19:59 but we've had so many people come back. 20:02 Yeah. And work here again. 20:04 And so I said, "Wow, that says something 20:08 about the place 20:09 that people are willing to come back." 20:13 Well, you can say, well, it's not the pay. 20:17 What is it? 20:18 Well, I would like to think that a lot of them come back 20:22 because they know that here they're making a difference 20:24 to bring the gospel to Jesus, 20:26 the gospel of Jesus Christ to people all over the world. 20:29 It gives us such purpose to know that. 20:31 Yes. 20:32 Mrs. Dinzey, what are you thankful for? 20:34 What's on your heart? 20:35 Oh, when we think about things, thanking the Lord, 20:39 for things in your heart, in your mind, 20:43 just connect to such a way that I'm already tearing up, 20:49 it just moves you greatly because who am I, 20:53 you know, as I was making the recipe for this juice, 20:57 you see how the pulp is separated, 20:59 and the juice is over there. 21:01 So I see the need 21:05 of staying connected with Christ, 21:08 when the juice separates, and make Lord, 21:12 the juice is separating, 21:13 but let me not separate from You. 21:16 So what the kitchen, it's a sermon to choose itself. 21:21 You would think what, you're kidding me, 21:24 but you get 21:25 so many spiritual lessons applied. 21:27 So I'm thankful for my husband, my godly husband, 21:32 I'm thankful that my boys have a godly father 21:36 that they can imitate, 21:37 you know, he has worked with them and taught them. 21:41 And our home is blessed 21:42 because he has taken the role of being a father seriously. 21:46 And he is our priest in our home. 21:49 So we respect Bobby, you know, some people call me. 21:53 They asked me why you call him Dinzey? 21:55 Well, because at work and businesses and stuff, 21:58 I want to respect him. 22:01 He is my husband, 22:03 but then he's got a different role at work. 22:05 You know what I mean? 22:06 So let's not, you know, weaken that. 22:09 So, but I'm thankful for all of you guys. 22:12 I'm thankful for Danny. 22:14 I stood up with him for so many years since 1994. 22:17 I got married into the ministry. 22:20 And I used to hear people 22:23 talking hours off work at church, 22:27 at the table, at the picnics, 3ABN 22:31 hey, did you hear that Sarah like this. 22:33 Did you hear about this? 22:34 I mean, you guys, 22:36 don't you guys take a break from work? 22:38 And now I'm here, sleeping 3ABN, talking 3ABN. 22:42 Everywhere, at the grocery store, 22:45 in the mall, any opportunity. 22:47 So praise the Lord. 22:49 And I wanna thank God for Yvonne 22:52 for the godly woman that she is. 22:54 I've texted her at 6:00 in the morning. 22:56 And I've asked her to pray 22:58 because I know that you pray for your children at that time. 23:01 And I'm thankful for Jill, what a godly woman you are. 23:06 So thank you for being you 23:09 and for letting the Lord work in your life. 23:11 So you can bless our lives too. 23:13 And Mr. Morikone, you are a blessed man. 23:16 And you have blessed us too. 23:17 So thank you for who you represent. 23:21 And it is, you guys are an inspiration. 23:24 And I am very thankful for my co-workers, 23:28 they're a family, I may not see them, 23:30 you know, this COVID has made us stay home 23:35 and we kind of fulfilling at a place 23:37 because we're on the go all the time. 23:39 You know, gone here, gone there. 23:41 So we've learned to adapt, not only to live with COVID, 23:44 you know, situations, but also get back in the, 23:48 you know, rhythm, a different rhythm. 23:51 So, but anyway never too busy to cook. 23:54 So, you know, God's given you 23:56 a tremendous gift of hospitality. 23:58 You know, that's a tremendous gift 23:59 you love people 24:01 and I tell you have many gifts and many talents 24:02 you brought to the Ministry of 3ABN, 24:04 but I want you to tell us about what this, 24:06 we asked you to give us a little recipe and Jill, 24:08 you can talk about it too, 24:09 'cause I think it's gonna be on the website 24:11 as someone wants to make this, 24:12 but tell us what we've got here because anything that you make, 24:15 we all wanna eat. 24:17 Mrs. Dinzey makes it, 24:18 I'm first in line to eat it 24:20 because you're an amazing cook 24:22 and you have an amazing heart for ministry, so. 24:24 Thank you for the encouragement. 24:25 Well, praise the Lord that the Lord has blessed us 24:28 with fruits and veggies. 24:30 And this time, the Lord just simply asked me 24:33 to share this recipe, it's just apple, ginger juice. 24:38 And as she talks about it, I'm gonna get up and get some. 24:40 Tell us about it? Oh, sure. 24:43 No problem. 24:44 This side does not have carrots and this one has carrot. 24:47 Okay. 24:49 Now I used the carrots just because of the color. 24:52 Of course, it's got nutrition. 24:54 We have Dr. Yvonne Lewis Shelton 24:55 here with us 24:57 so I'm not gonna talk much about health 24:59 because she's the expert in that area, 25:01 but it's got ginger, lemon... 25:05 Good for immune system. And... 25:07 Lemon is also good for immune system. 25:08 Definitely. Johnny... 25:10 The ginger definitely breaks up the mucous membranes... 25:15 This is the time to be drinking. 25:17 Yeah, absolutely. Ginger and lemon. 25:19 So... 25:20 There's a lot of health benefits then. 25:22 Definitely. Yes. 25:23 And they say an apple a day keeps the doctor away. 25:26 Well... So what if I eat three? 25:29 You're gonna be a strong and healthy. 25:32 Oh, this is good. 25:34 It's very good. 25:36 Refreshing and good for you. 25:38 That ginger is amazing. Yeah. 25:42 So this is on the website, right? 25:44 Yes. 25:45 That's how we can get the recipe. 25:46 Yes. 25:48 'Cause at home you can make this juice yourself. 25:49 It doesn't take very long does it to make? 25:50 No, it does not take long. 25:53 You should serve it right away, in that way doesn't separate, 25:56 I don't know if Tim Parton 25:58 still would be able to try it... 25:59 I'd love it. Yeah. 26:01 You want it. Which one? 26:02 The one with carrot or ginger? 26:05 They all have ginger. Oh, I'll take the carrot. 26:09 The carrot one. 26:10 So in our home... 26:12 It is excellent. We make it... 26:15 I have a big pot on the stove that does not leave 26:18 except for washing and rinsing, 26:20 but I made 26:22 fresh ginger root tea every morning 26:24 and we drink that throughout the day, 26:27 in the evening. 26:28 And anyway, our family really enjoys it 26:32 because it's very good. 26:34 And it's very good. 26:36 Which one did you get, Mr. Danny? 26:37 I got the ginger. We got ginger too. 26:39 Yeah, I love it. Oh, yeah. 26:40 This is such an amazing... 26:42 You can come and bring it to us every day at my house. 26:44 I'll take some over for Dr. Yvonne. 26:49 She's gonna take some to Yvonne. 26:51 Thank you, Tita. 26:53 Well, I'm gonna enjoy this for noon. 26:55 Be that way. 26:57 Thank you, Mrs. Dinzey. This is the winner. 26:59 Oh, you're welcome. I'm glad you enjoy that. 27:02 Praise the Lord. 27:03 Thank you for the opportunity to serve as well. 27:05 Thank you. 27:07 It's a blessing to be teamed up with each one here at 3ABN. 27:10 In just a minute or so we have left at this segment, 27:12 Pastor Johnny, tell us about Cuba 27:14 'cause even with COVID going on in 2020, 27:16 God has opened an incredible door. 27:18 Just touch briefly on Cuba 27:19 and what's happening with that update? 27:21 The good news is 27:23 that our programming is in Cuba. 27:24 That's right. 27:26 Six weeks of programming has arrived in Cuba. 27:28 Yes, that's huge. Praise God. 27:30 In spite of COVID it made it... 27:32 In spite of COVID. 27:34 Praise the Lord. Yeah. 27:35 And people step forward, Mr. Danny, 27:36 'cause when we presented that, what a couple months ago, 27:38 that God had opened this incredible door, 27:40 people step forward, 27:42 like you've seen through all the years 27:43 and got behind the project. 27:45 Yeah, they're gonna continue to... 27:48 I know they will because there's a lot, 27:49 there's a big country to cover. 27:51 Oh, yeah. 27:52 Over 11 million, I believe is the population in Cuba. 27:55 So it has the potential of reaching everyone in Cuba, 27:58 and it's the first Christian channel 28:00 on the package. 28:01 That's what's amazing. 28:03 That's what's amazing. Yes. 28:05 And Dinzey just mentioned to me 28:07 that we could have PDF material on there. 28:10 Oh, yes. 28:11 That's an option so we're starting to... 28:14 Bible studies. 28:16 Yes, absolutely. 28:17 Bible study materials and recipes. 28:18 That's right. 28:20 Within the package 28:21 because the packages that we have 28:23 our programs in there 28:24 so that people can get them and view them in their homes, 28:28 but yes, there's a folder that has articles, 28:32 health articles, Bible topics, 28:34 and you can even put PDF books like Idalia said. 28:37 Praise the Lord. 28:38 That's as big a deal as Russia 28 years ago. 28:41 I mean, in Cuba that people can hear the gospel 28:44 and 3ABN throughout the nation. 28:46 That's incredible. 28:48 That's the two-hander. Praise the Lord. 28:50 Thank You Jesus. Amen. 28:52 Thank you so much for your leadership 28:53 with 3ABN Latino 28:55 and for being part of the 3ABN family. 28:57 I'm going to drink while we go to the next roll 29:00 from our 3ABN family. 29:01 Let's go to that now. 29:03 We're so thankful for you our 3ABN family at home 29:06 wherever you're watching or listening from, 29:08 but I'm standing here with Leon Brown. 29:11 Now he's a volunteer here at 3ABN, but, Leon, 29:13 when did we first meet? 29:15 It was during camp meeting, I think in 2009, 29:19 Ten Commandments Weekend. 29:21 And I mentioned then that I wanted to come 29:24 and volunteer here at 3ABN. 29:25 You did. 29:27 With God's timing, it has finally worked out. 29:29 And this year I was able to get here 29:31 and now I'm enjoying my time here as a volunteer. 29:35 You know, Leon, you've been to many camp meetings. 29:37 You're very faithful for those of you 29:38 that have attended camp meeting or have watched. 29:40 You'll see Leon usually sitting on the front row 29:42 at camp meeting, 29:44 but God has finally brought you here 29:45 over 10 years later. 29:46 Yes. 29:48 Your experience been a blessing here? 29:49 It's been a blessing. 29:50 I thank God and praise Him for the ability 29:53 and the timing to do it. 29:54 Amen. 29:56 And we thank you again, 29:57 our family there at home and, Leon, 29:58 we thank you, 30:00 and the other volunteers at 3ABN. 30:01 You're welcome. 30:03 Hi, my name is Donald Owen. 30:04 This is my wife, Janelle Owen. 30:06 And we are just so thankful 30:07 for this time of year Thanksgiving. 30:10 What a blessed time of year that family and friends 30:12 can get together and spend quality time. 30:14 It's been 30:15 a very interesting year this year, 30:17 but we know that God can make a way. 30:18 And what are you thankful for Janelle? 30:20 I'm thankful for you. 30:22 I'm thankful for getting 30:24 through this hard times this year, 30:26 the COVID-19, 30:28 and just everything that's been going on. 30:30 I'm thankful for our family and thankful for our supporters 30:34 and those of the 3ABN family out there. 30:37 Thank you so much for what you do for God 30:40 and for us, 30:41 and just really thankful for the health that we have. 30:44 Amen. 30:46 I got a scripture I like to give a promise. 30:48 It's from 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18. 30:52 "Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. 30:54 In every thing give thanks, 30:56 for this is the will of God 30:57 in Christ Jesus concerning you." 30:59 Amen. 31:00 We want to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! 31:05 Thank you, Donald and Janelle, and then before that was Leon, 31:07 and I just wanna say thank you to all of our volunteers 31:10 here at 3ABN that helped us, help us out on a daily basis. 31:14 They're a blessing to us. 31:15 They're just as important as our paid employees here too, 31:18 you know, it's just again, 31:19 people that have a heart for ministry. 31:21 And so we're just thankful for the volunteers 31:23 that help out here at 3ABN. 31:24 Amen. 31:26 Speaking of having a heart for ministry, 31:27 we have traded out 31:28 and we have two more of the 3ABN family 31:31 who definitely have a heart for ministry. 31:32 Jay Christian 31:34 is the General Manager of 3ABN Radio 31:36 and your beautiful wife, Sveta is... 31:40 Photographer. 31:42 Photography and layout and design. 31:44 And am I missing 31:45 something you work in publishing? 31:46 Am I missing anything else? No. 31:48 Your website too, 31:49 maybe some stuff of the website. 31:50 Yes, website. 31:52 Yes. Graphics. 31:53 Yeah, graphics too. Absolutely. 31:55 You both do an amazing job. 31:56 And thank very much. Well, praise God. 31:57 Thank you. Yes. 31:59 Jay, you've been here how many years? 32:00 Months longer than you. 32:02 Okay, that's 20 some years, 21 years. 32:05 Twenty-one. Yeah. 32:06 So I came in August of '99. 32:08 And you came here in September of '99. 32:11 And, Sveta, your connection with 3ABN goes way back. 32:14 Yeah. 32:15 I work for 3ABN from 2000. 32:18 Russia. 3ABN Russia. 32:19 Yeah. And now work for 3ABN. 32:23 You were baptized at Elder Carter meeting 32:25 in '92, right? 32:27 Yeah. Our first series over there. 32:29 Yeah. It's incredible. 32:30 So your connection is even before 2000? 32:32 All the way back to that. 32:34 You met Julia, then? 32:36 Yeah. 32:38 I like to tell her that she's older than me 32:41 because she was baptized... 32:42 We were both baptized in '92. 32:45 She was baptized in June. 32:47 And I was baptized in August. 32:49 Oh, that makes sense. 32:51 She's couple months older than me. 32:54 She lets me get away with that. 32:58 So I do clarify that. 33:00 What you meant by that? 33:02 But yeah, what a powerful team both of you are 33:04 and thank you so much 33:05 for your dedication to the Lord. 33:07 And again, we're talking Thanksgiving, 33:09 there's something, Jay, 33:10 that's on your heart that you're thankful for 33:12 maybe a scripture that comes to mind. 33:14 You know, that was the toughest thing 33:17 to sit down and figure out, 33:19 you know, all the, I mean, 33:21 I could talk for a long time to be thankful. 33:25 Before I was baptized in '92, I was in New Age for 20 years. 33:30 And I'm so thankful that God is patient. 33:34 Yeah. Yeah. 33:35 And I'm so glad 33:36 that God is long-suffering and waits 33:38 'cause he suffered through... 33:40 I was gonna say 20 years, but longer than that 33:43 because before I got to New Age, 33:44 I was kind of a handful too, 33:46 but He waited and waited and waited and was patient. 33:52 And at the right time, 33:53 the exact right time I learned about God, 33:58 about Jesus, about the truth of the Bible, 34:00 about the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 34:02 And it took nothing to decide which way I was going to go 34:08 'cause this made the most sense. 34:09 I could tell exactly 34:11 that the Bible was absolutely right, 34:14 but that's one of the things I'm most thankful for 34:16 is God's patience, His long-suffering. 34:19 And He waited for me most of my life. 34:24 And I know He does that with all of us, 34:27 you know, I'm not just the lone example. 34:29 I think everybody can look at this 34:32 and say the Lord waited on me. 34:34 So I'm very thankful for His patience. 34:38 As far as the... 34:39 And I am thankful for my wife. 34:41 I'm thankful for Russia. 34:44 That's where my wife is from. 34:46 And so, you know, I'm thankful for that country. 34:50 You were going over to help with radio 34:51 not to get a wife, right? 34:55 I think your first intentions. 34:57 Well, yeah, that's one of the reasons 34:58 that I went there. 35:00 Sveta came over with Julia to visit in 2008. 35:05 And we met and Julia invited my daughter Carrie, 35:10 who used to work here. 35:12 She invited us to come to Russia to visit. 35:14 And we thought that was an exciting idea. 35:17 So we decided to do it. 35:18 We got there, and I'm there in the middle of Russia. 35:20 And say, "I can't believe I'm in Russia, 35:23 you know, for so long." 35:24 Russia and America were at loggerheads. 35:28 And now there I was in Russia. 35:30 And it was really neat. 35:31 And one of the reasons I wanted to go over there 35:33 is because they were starting radio, 35:35 and they needed some help and some advice 35:39 in helping to set things up. 35:41 And I was very happy to do that. 35:43 And a great team over there. 35:46 As with everybody, such a heart for the Lord, 35:49 every last one of them. 35:51 And so that's one of the reasons 35:52 I was there. 35:54 And praise the Lord for the leadership of Julia. 35:56 Hey, Julia, and thank you so much 35:59 for what you've done for the cause of God. 36:01 She also was baptized in '92 and became a translator, 36:06 and then we hired her for that, 36:07 and then she traveled with John Canter, 36:09 round behind him climbing up and down ladders 36:12 in the cold winter 36:13 and just translating and eventually ended up 36:18 just in the right timing 36:19 when the Lord knew we needed it 36:21 as the general manager, you know, 3ABN Russia. 36:24 And so thank you for what you and all the Russian angels do 36:28 for the cause of God. 36:29 Amen to that. Yes. 36:31 Love you very much. It's very good. 36:33 It's like everybody's still in my heart. 36:37 Yeah. Yes. 36:39 They have an amazing team over there, 36:41 so grateful for Julia's leadership. 36:43 Oh, absolutely. 36:44 She does just an incredible job and the creativity of the team 36:48 and how there's this cohesive unit together 36:51 working together so grateful for what they do. 36:54 We definitely love you to Julia and all of our Russian angels. 36:58 Yes. Sveta, what's on your heart? 37:00 What are you thankful for? 37:02 I thank God for Jay's coming in when, 37:07 here somebody love God because of 3ABN Radio. 37:13 And I thank God 37:15 because 37:20 when we watch 3ABN any story, 37:24 any testimony, 37:26 it's like doesn't matter you're black or white, 37:32 yellow, red. 37:34 Doesn't matter, you adult, 37:36 you child, you poor or you... 37:42 rich. 37:44 God, John 3:16. 37:49 Yes. 37:51 It's because anybody 37:52 and if anybody is very important for God 37:57 and He do the best job for us and for salvation for everybody 38:01 and waiting for us and love us and support us. 38:05 Amen. And I'm very thankful for this. 38:09 Amen. 38:10 Good. Yeah. 38:12 Do you have a scripture you wanna give in Russian 38:14 to the Russian family? 38:15 Yeah. John 3:16 it's like... 38:18 Say it in Russia. Okay. 38:19 Yes, please. 38:30 Amen. 38:31 If I translated that up for you, Yvonne, 38:33 would you believe I knew Russian? 38:35 John 3:16. 38:37 Well, It looks I would think that you know John 3:16. 38:42 That's the truth. 38:44 I know very little Russian. Yeah. 38:46 What a powerful scripture though, Mr. Danny, 38:47 I think you mentioned 38:49 that's one at the top of your list. 38:50 Yeah. It is, John 3:16. 38:52 What does that say? That's my favorite scripture. 38:54 "For God so loved the world, 38:56 that he gave his only-begotten Son, 38:57 that whosoever believeth in him, 38:59 should not perish, but have everlasting life." 39:04 What a contrast. Yeah. 39:05 And then Satan through Satan is gonna be put an end, 39:09 perish through God, through the Lord Jesus Christ, 39:12 salvation forever. 39:14 Scriptures that I lean on, are like Philippians 4:13, 39:18 "I can do all things through Christ strength." 39:20 You know, Philippians 4:19, 39:21 "For my God shall supply all of your need. 39:23 Those are things we lean on, 39:25 but there's one scripture in the Bible 39:27 that I go to often is John 3:16. 39:32 That's what it's all about. 39:33 That's the story. 39:34 Yeah. Amen. 39:36 Yeah, sure. Yeah. 39:37 My scripture was gonna be Philippians 4:13 as well. 39:39 Okay. 39:41 It's one of the great things about Chapter 4 in Philippians. 39:44 It's very positive. Yes. 39:47 I always encourage people 39:49 to start reading from first one. 39:52 And read up even beyond 4:13, 39:55 but from 1 to 13 is just incredible. 39:59 Absolutely incredible, encouraging, 40:01 very positive thinking, and it's just incredible. 40:05 So I'm with you on that. Yeah. 40:08 Okay. Amen. 40:09 Do you have an email before we switch out people? 40:11 Jay, do you have an email 40:12 from someone who wrote in who is? 40:13 Yes, I do. Has some thanks to share. 40:15 Melody wrote in and says, "I'm from Anna, Texas 40:20 and watch 3ABN on YouTube. 40:22 I think I've been watching maybe a couple of years. 40:25 I've been getting the magazine for a few years 40:27 and I had the privilege of attending camp meeting 40:29 a couple of times." 40:31 So Praise God for that. 40:32 She's thankful for many and she many thanks 40:34 she says here are a few. 40:36 "Jesus has to be at the top. 40:39 God's Word full of promises, health, salvation, 40:42 being a Seventh-day Adventist, 40:43 our church and family and friends, 40:46 our ladies Sabbath School class, 40:47 her job, the great boss, freedom to worship. 40:51 Many wonderful Adventist Ministries, 40:53 3ABN, Adventist World Radio, ADRA, Wild Horse Media, 40:59 and Jesus is soon coming." 41:02 Amen. Amen. 41:04 Thank you so much. Thank you, Jay and Sveta. 41:06 We love you both and grateful for, 41:08 you're part of the 3ABN family here. 41:11 We're gonna see some more of our employees, 41:13 our 3ABN family. 41:14 We also wanna thank our 3ABN Australia family. 41:17 We're so grateful for John and Rosemary 41:19 and their leadership. 41:20 So let's start down under. 41:22 John, tell me what you're thankful for? 41:24 I'm thankful for a lot of things, in fact, 41:26 but I'm thankful for 3ABN 41:28 and it's given us the opportunity 41:30 here in Australia to share the gospel 41:31 with the whole world. 41:33 And I'm thankful for family. 41:35 I'm thankful for life. 41:36 I'm thankful for God. I'm thankful for 3ABN. 41:39 I'm thankful for a lot of things too. 41:41 There's a lot to be thankful for. 41:43 And we just wanna say to 3ABN 41:45 and the viewers and listeners around the world 41:47 from 3ABN Australia. 41:48 Happy Thanksgiving! 41:51 Hi, I'm Dee Hilderbrand, 41:53 Production Coordinator here at 3ABN. 41:55 I know that this year is so unusual for us. 41:57 No one thought last Thanksgiving 41:59 that we would be doing all this unusual stuff. 42:02 It's been an unusual and difficult year 42:04 for all of us, 42:06 but, you know, I've been thinking about 42:07 all the things that I'm thankful for 42:10 and that I thank the Lord for 42:12 and I'm so grateful for so many things, 42:14 the list gets longer and longer of how He takes care of us. 42:18 And we don't have to worry about what is going on. 42:21 We don't have to fear. 42:22 I really wanna share a verse with you. 42:25 Proverbs 3:5-6. 42:28 It says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, 42:31 and lean not on your own understanding, 42:34 in all your ways acknowledge Him, 42:36 and He shall direct your paths." 42:38 That means He'll make our paths straight. 42:40 And we don't have to walk around 42:42 wondering what's going to happen. 42:43 So I wanna wish all of you a very happy Thanksgiving 42:47 and continue to trust in the Lord. 42:51 Hi, my name is Jorge Jaque. 42:52 I am the Production Manager for 3ABN. 42:56 And I'm Lynette Jaque. 42:57 I am an Administrative Assistant 42:59 here at 3ABN. 43:00 And we'd like to thank all of our viewers 43:02 and our donors for the wonderful year 43:04 you've given us with your support 43:05 we have been able to go forward 43:07 and proclaiming the gospel for Jesus Christ. 43:10 And then this has been a very difficult year, 43:12 but we have our heart full of joy 43:17 and spirit of Thanksgiving 43:19 because God has been so good to us, 43:21 we've been able to produce programs that you are... 43:25 I'm sure enjoying. 43:26 And we want to keep doing that next year, 43:30 but in the meantime we wanna wish you 43:32 happy Thanksgiving. 43:36 Thank you, Jorge and Lynette. 43:37 And I just have to say thank you to Jorge. 43:39 He's 3ABN's Production Manager, 43:41 and he does a fantastic job and, 43:43 boy, I tell you, sets like this 43:44 and the crew that is all behind the scenes. 43:46 That's thanks to Jorge and, of course, 43:48 appreciate his wife and Dee before that. 43:50 But again, what a great family we have here at 3ABN 43:53 and I have to say 43:54 these two hours have gone by in a hurry. 43:56 We just again, say thank you for being part of our family. 44:00 It's been just a great time to sit down here 44:01 in our living room 44:03 and the pavilion as we call it out 44:04 here in the woods and seeing the geese fly by, 44:07 I think I heard them fly by a few times. 44:09 I think they may be flying quite a few times. 44:10 They may be flying in circles. I'm not sure. 44:11 I'm sure. 44:15 Maybe it's just another flaw. 44:16 It's a grandbabies. Okay. 44:17 And great, great grandbabies coming after. 44:19 But we hope that you're having a great Thanksgiving, 44:21 you know, again, we're just praising God 44:23 for what He has done and He's continuing to do. 44:26 We've added some more family members 44:27 here on the set. 44:28 We have Shelley and JD Quinn. 44:31 Amen. Lovely to be here. 44:33 This is fun. 44:34 So blessed to have you both here. 44:35 Amen. 44:37 JD, of course, is our Pastoral Department Manager. 44:38 Yes. And I just call him dad. 44:40 Amen. 44:42 Love both you dearly. 44:43 And Shelley, 44:45 3ABN Program Development Manager 44:47 and Producer and my sis. 44:50 Love you all. 44:51 Just love you all so much and it's so good to be here. 44:55 Good to have you here. Beautiful. 44:57 Nothing better than a pavilion outside. 44:59 Yes. Right. Amen. 45:01 Kind of almost smell the fresh air. 45:02 I'm waiting those honking geese to come by. 45:05 They just went, you missed them. 45:06 They're behind you. Got to be fast, huh? 45:10 But I know, you guys, have had a challenging year. 45:12 Shelley, and it's a blessing. 45:14 You know, I don't know what's on your heart 45:15 for what you're thankful for scripture, 45:18 but I know that it's a blessing to have you here 45:19 and sitting on the set, 45:21 you know, from the major back surgery 45:22 that you had, 45:24 and that God's been good, I know. 45:25 Yep. 45:27 And I don't know which was more difficult, 45:28 the spinal surgery or the shoulder replacement 45:31 that was caused because of the spinal surgery, 45:34 but I wanna say one thing, so I don't forget. 45:38 When I was home one day, 45:40 and couldn't use my right arm at all, 45:43 for so many months, and after the surgery, 45:46 and you just barely can move your arm. 45:50 One day, I said, 45:51 "Oh, Lord, I just wanna be able to throw up 45:54 my hands and worship You." 45:59 Did you know only 20% of the people 46:02 that have this surgery 46:03 can get their arm all the way up? 46:05 Praise the Lord. Praise God. 46:07 And so that's one thing I'm so thankful for. 46:10 I mean, my doctor's so impressed, 46:12 and it was just like an answer to prayer, 46:17 you know, it's really... 46:19 So when you prayed 46:20 and you put your arm up that you... 46:21 I was shocked. 46:23 I mean, I didn't even realize I said, 46:24 "I just wanna be able to praise You." 46:28 And then all of a sudden I said, 46:29 I called JD, he was at the office, 46:31 and I said guess what? 46:34 Because I hadn't been able to move it, 46:36 but maybe like this. 46:38 It's exciting. Amen. 46:40 It has really been an interesting journey. 46:43 I mean, sometimes we forget that we started with step one, 46:48 9 months ago or nearly a year ago, 46:52 and then I mean, but boy, 46:53 it's just easy to remind to Shelley, 46:55 you've come 1000 miles since then. 46:56 Oh, yeah. Yeah. 46:57 And just sit there and actually watch it, 47:00 but, you know, this is kind of the way life is, 47:01 it just kind of just goes one step at a time, 47:04 but we can blink, and then we can miss things. 47:06 Yeah. 47:07 It's really easy to get things out of priority, you know, 47:10 so, but we are so thankful for the Lord God. 47:13 And we're so thankful. 47:15 I couldn't have done this without him, of course. 47:17 And I think it's brought us closer even than we were. 47:22 He wasn't too sure about going into this 47:24 if he was gonna be able to do it, 47:26 but he's done incredible job. 47:28 Well, you know, I've been very partial, 47:30 my whole life just being a spoiled brat. 47:34 You know, just really thank You, 47:36 Jesus for that, for those, all those gifts. 47:39 All of a sudden, 47:40 now you're in charge of taking care of somebody. 47:44 And it is an interesting dynamic, 47:48 one step at a... 47:49 But thank you, Jesus, 47:51 that He put in my heart to purposely do this, 47:55 to be determined to do this. 47:58 And it does seem like this, like yesterday, but I mean, 48:02 it's just wonderful to watch someone that you love, 48:04 just, you know, continue to go forward. 48:07 That's right. 48:08 And we thank 3ABN so much, you talk about being thankful. 48:10 Amen. 48:12 You know, to be part of this vineyard, 48:14 to be able to have a purpose every day 48:15 to come to work 48:17 that's going out around the world. 48:19 Amen. Scripture come to mind. 48:22 Shelley... 48:23 I've got one of my favorite scriptures. 48:25 And please forgive me for reading this. 48:27 You know, whenever it's a favorite, 48:29 you'd assume that you can talk all day long about it. 48:32 And I can. 48:33 And I think you'll appreciate it too. 48:34 Philippians 4:13. Oh, yeah. 48:37 Now we have different translations, 48:39 but I love it in the Amplified because I'm a visual person. 48:44 And I can see how the Lord is actually stepping forward 48:47 and assisting me. 48:48 "I have strength for all things in Christ who empowers me." 48:52 Yes. 48:54 Get out of the way Quinn, I'm gonna empower you. 48:57 So consequently, my part, "I am ready for anything, 49:00 equal to anything through Him who Jesus infuses 49:05 that inner strength into me." 49:07 So to me, it just makes all the sense in the world 49:09 that that'd be my favorite 49:11 because I can sure mess things up. 49:14 I think everybody I know can mess things up, you know, 49:17 so just get out of the way, let me do what I know, 49:21 I've got a plan for you so... 49:22 All right. Yeah. 49:23 And I'm gonna read mine actually 49:25 because it's several scriptures together. 49:28 This is something every, almost every time I pray, 49:33 I thank God for this. 49:35 And this is Philippians 2 beginning with verse 5, 49:39 it says, "Let this mind be in you 49:41 which was also in Christ Jesus, " 49:43 in other words, humble yourselves, 49:46 "who being in a form of God, did not consider it robbery 49:49 to be equal with God 49:50 but made Himself of no reputation, 49:53 taking the form of a bondservant, 49:55 and coming in the likeness of men. 49:57 And being found in appearance as a man, 49:59 He humbled Himself 50:01 and became obedient to the point of death, 50:04 even the death on the cross." 50:05 Powerful. 50:07 And, you know, when I'm thanking God 50:09 and I do daily, 50:11 almost every time I pray I do this, 50:13 but the idea that our God became a man, 50:20 what a sacrifice, and then that He died for us. 50:26 That's the most... 50:27 I've got many favorites, 50:28 but this is probably the foundation of everything 50:31 is to think that God became a man to save us. 50:36 And He took that flesh back to heaven with Him, 50:39 so it's an amazing thought. 50:42 That's one of Mollie Sue's favorite scriptures too, 50:45 you know, we lost, we mentioned that earlier, 50:47 Mollie Sue Steenson recently, and what an incredible loss, 50:53 but everything that we've been talking about 50:55 in the Scriptures, 50:56 when we're getting today, it says, 50:58 "Hey, it's just a short time, 51:00 we're gonna have this great big reunion." 51:01 Amen. 51:02 Hopefully, you'll all be there, and we'll be there too. 51:05 And for those that we've lost our loved ones, 51:08 we'll be able to unite together, 51:09 you know, literally for eternity. 51:12 You know, that's one other thing 51:13 that I want to say I'm so thankful for 51:16 is that I got to work. 51:21 I met Mollie in 2002. 51:22 And I got to work side by side with my friend 51:27 every day for over 15 years. 51:30 I mean, you know, we hadn't moved up, 51:31 but it was so amazing that we had... 51:38 We were sisters. Yeah. 51:40 I mean, in every sense of the word. 51:42 And I'm so thankful for that time that... 51:45 Oh, absolutely. 51:47 Incredible, incredible woman of God. 51:49 She was. She was. 51:50 We're gonna be praying for Brother Hal too 51:52 and his family DeeDee and Jeremy, 51:55 you know, all family too. 51:57 As I think of the end of the year, to me, 51:59 Thanksgiving is almost at the end of the year. 52:01 And you look back, I don't know, 52:03 you might be saying I lost the loved one like 52:05 we lost our precious Mollie Sue. 52:07 Or you might be going through a financial hardship 52:10 or some difficulty with your family, 52:12 but in the midst of all that, God is still good. 52:16 Oh, yeah. God is good. 52:17 So grateful that God is good. 52:20 Tim, that is one of Greg and my favorite songs. 52:22 Ours too. 52:24 Would you mind doing that for us? 52:30 Lately I've been looking back, along this winding road 52:37 To the old familiar markers 52:40 Of all the mercies I have known 52:45 I know it may sound simple 52:49 But it's more than a cliche 52:52 For there's no better way to sing to 52:57 Than just to say 53:01 God's been good 53:05 In my life 53:08 And I feel blessed beyond my wildest dreams 53:13 When I go to sleep each night 53:16 And though I've had my share of hard times 53:20 I wouldn't change them if I could 53:25 For through it all 53:28 God's been good 53:36 The times replay and I can see 53:40 That I've cried some bitter tears 53:44 But I felt His arms around me 53:46 As I faced my greatest fears 53:50 You see I've had more gains than losses 53:54 And I've known more joy than hurt 53:57 As His grace rolled down upon me 54:02 So undeserved 54:06 For God's been good 54:10 In my life 54:13 And I feel so blessed beyond my wildest dreams 54:18 When I go to sleep each night 54:22 And though I've had my share of hard times 54:28 I'd even change some if I could 54:32 But through it all 54:38 my God's been good. 54:46 Amen. Thank you. 54:48 Beautiful. 54:49 You know, Greg, and for our folks at home, 54:52 we talked about a little bit earlier. 54:53 God's been good. 54:55 It's not well, 54:56 did He give me this today 54:57 or did I get that prayer request. 54:59 From the foundation of the world, 55:00 He knew each and every one of us, 55:02 every one of you. 55:03 And it... 55:05 Don't wanna take that out of text, 55:07 but predestined just means that when God gave His Son, 55:09 He created us, 55:11 made a plan for every one of us 55:12 His will none should perish, 55:14 but all should have everlasting life. 55:16 So God is good because in our, 55:20 I wanna say in our dirt, 55:21 when we're groveling around in our dirt. 55:23 God saw something good in everyone of us. 55:25 So while we're talking about things, 55:27 and maybe you've lost friends and loved ones, 55:29 has nothing to do with anything, 55:31 but God is still good. 55:32 God is great as we said earlier 55:34 because of the plan of salvation, 55:36 you and me have a chance for eternal life. 55:38 We're only here a short time. 55:40 The decisions we make will last for eternity. 55:43 Today, it's our hope and prayer, 55:45 that you accept Jesus Christ 55:47 as Lord and Savior of your life. 55:49 You won't regret it. I promise you that. 55:51 Wow, yeah, thank you. Praise the Lord. 55:53 This hour has gone by, 55:54 two hours have gone by in a hurry. 55:56 Dr. Yvonne, would you mind to have 55:58 a short prayer in this video, 55:59 whatever's on your heart, close this out? 56:01 Sure. Thank you. 56:03 Oh, Father, God, we just praise Your name 56:05 and thank You so much. 56:07 Our hearts are full of Thanksgiving 56:09 and praise for You 56:11 because You are so worthy of praise. 56:14 And so right now we stop, 56:15 we pause, and we just worship You. 56:18 And we say, Lord, that we love You, 56:20 and we adore You, 56:21 and we thank You, we bless Your name. 56:24 Please be with each of us and all of our viewers, Lord, 56:27 some who don't have anyone, please be with them. 56:29 Thank You, Lord, 56:31 for all that You do in Jesus' name. 56:33 Amen. Amen. 56:34 Thank you, Dr. Yvonne. Thank you, Dr. Yvonne. 56:37 Love you. Love you. 56:38 And Danny. Thank you, Tim. 56:39 Thank you, Shelley and JD. 56:41 We have such an incredible 3ABN family 56:43 and you are part of that. 56:45 I'm reminded of Philippians 1:3, 56:48 "I thank my God 56:49 upon every remembrance of you, 56:52 always in every prayer of mine making request 56:56 for you with joy, 56:57 for your fellowship in the gospel 56:59 from the first day until now, 57:01 being confident of this very thing, 57:04 that He which begun a good work in you 57:08 will carry it forward to completion." 57:10 I'm so grateful that you have chosen 57:12 to join hands with us here at 3ABN 57:15 to help spread this gospel message 57:17 to a lost and dying world. 57:19 Thank you for being part of the 3ABN family. 57:22 And thank you, Sweetheart. 57:23 What a privilege to minister together. 57:25 Oh, same here. 57:26 What a privilege to serve together. 57:27 Amen. 57:29 Happy Thanksgiving to each one of you. 57:30 Yes. Happy Thanksgiving. 57:31 Happy Thanksgiving. 57:33 I want to spend my life 57:37 Mending broken people... |
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