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00:03 >> AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, WE ARE LIVING IN UNPRECEDENTED TIMES. JOIN US NOW FOR TODAY'S SPECIAL PROGRAM.
00:15 I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE♪ 00:28 ♪ REMOVING PAIN♪ ♪ LORD, LET MY WORD♪ 00:42 ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE♪ 00:48 ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE. 01:04 [♪♪] 01:19 >> WELCOME TO 3 ABE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AS YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY. 01:22 PRAISE THE LORD. I HEAR A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON. 01:26 >> I KNOW. IT'S BUSY. 01:29 ACTIVITY. >> ABSOLUTELY. 01:32 SO IS WE HAVE BROTHER LEMUEL VEGA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 01:36 >> THANK YOU. >> WHAT AN INCREDIBLE MINISTER THAT YOU HAVE. 01:42 JASON BRADLEY, THIS BREAD IS DRIVING ME CRAZY. I DIDN'T EAT SUPPER, SO I ATE TWO OR THREE. 01:49 IF YOU SEE A LITTLE GONE NOW OR THEN, WILL YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING. TONIGHT I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM. 01:57 IVAN, TELLEYVONNE, TELL US WHAT WE CAN EXPECT. >> ONE OF MY FAVORITE MINISTERS IS CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS. 02:09 FROM THE VERY OUTSET, I HAVE BEEN SO IS IMPRESSED WITH WHAT BROTHER LEMUEL HAS DONE WITH THE INMATES AND WITH -- HE WILL TELL WHAT HE DOES. I'M JUST SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR MINISTER. 02:24 IT IS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL. >> HANDS DOWN WE ARE THANKFUL FOR 3ABN AND THE PRISON MINISTER YOU FOLKS PROVIDE. 02:33 IT HAS GROWN HUGE AND YOU ARE REACHING OUT EVERY DAY TO THE PASTORS AND THE INMATES SENDING BOOKS AND BIBLES AND MATERIALS. IT'S AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER. 02:45 >> WE DO A LOT OF PROGRAMS BYI NEVER HAVE THIS MANY PEOPLE BEHIND ME WORKING. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? 02:51 GR ACTUALLY THIS IS AN AMAZING DAY. WE ARE MAKING LIVE 900 GIFT PACKAGES. 02:57 THEY ARE GOING TO THE DAYTON, OHIO, WOMEN'S PRISON. WHAT WE SEE BEHIND ME. 03:04 >> WHAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW, IN THEIR CHURCHES, THEIR GARAGES, THEIR SCHOOLS. WE CAN DO THIS. 03:10 WE CAN DO THIS. WE CAN GET EVERYTHING SET UP AND MAKE PACKAGES. 03:14 MAYBE THERE IS A JAIL IN SOMEONE'S AREA. MAYBE THERE IS AN OPEN DOOR IN OKLAHOMA OR TEXAS. 03:21 WE WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THEIR AREA. >> WHAT WOULD PEOPLE DO? 03:28 WOULD THEY SET IT UP -- THEY CONTACT YOU FOR HOW TO DO IT? >> THERE ARE A COUPLE OF WAYS. 03:35 IF THEIR CHURCH WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR A CHURCH IN OKLAHOMA, MAYBE IT'S 2,000 INMATES. WE WOULD ASSEMBLE THE BAGS, DELIVER THEM TO THE PRISON, SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SPONSOR THAT. 03:48 IF THEY WANT THEIR ACADEMY INVOLVED. WE CAN COME TO THE GYMNASIUM WITH A SEMI TRACTOR-TRAILER WITH PRODUCTS AND HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE CHURCH MAKE A LINE AND ASSEMBLE THEM. 03:58 THEN WE TAKE THEM TO THE LOCAL PRISON. >> THAT'S GREAT. 04:02 >> THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. >> IT'S INCREDIBLE THE OPENING GOD HAS GIVEN YOU TO GET IN SO MANY PRISONS AROUND AMERICA. 04:10 I'M AMAZED. IT'S NOT EASY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, TO GET IN. 04:17 YET, ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO REACH THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. >> DANNY, WE SEE THE SAME WAIL WITH THE MINISTER OF 3ABN. 04:26 HOW IT STARTED. HOW IT GREW. 04:28 HOW IT WENT ON SATELLITE AND OTHER COUNTRIES. THE 3ABN IS DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FREE WORLD, AND INCARCERATED BECAUSE THEY ARE ABLE TO GET THE 3ABN MESSAGE IN THERE, TOO. 04:40 MY FRIEND DAVID UP THE ROAD. HE WAS IN PRISON. 04:43 HE HEARD ABOUT THE LITTLE CHURCH SERVICE Y'ALL WERE HAVING ONCE A WEEK. HE SAVED UP HIS MONEY AND GOT A TRANSISTOR RADIO. 04:50 NOW HE HAS A 3ABN RADIO. HE LISTENS TO 3ABN RADIO. 04:55 SO ONE STORY OF A LIVE ENCOURAGED FOR CHRIST. >> AMAZING. 05:02 >> YOUR VIEWERS MAY HAVE A QUESTION OR QUESTIONS FOR LEMUEL. IF YOU DO, WE HAVE A WAY FOR YOU TO REACH HIM. 05:08 YOU CAN TEXT TONIGHT. TEXT HIM AT 618-228-39. 05:24 SEND YOUR TEXTS IN. YOU CAN CALL US AT 618-627- OR E-MAIL YOUR QUESTIONS LIVE AT 3ABN.ORG. 05:37 LIVE @3ABN.ORG. >> REACHING EVERYONE FROM NINE TO 90. 05:42 >> THAT'S RIGHT, THE TECHIES AND NOT TECHIES. >> IF UPDATE TO BE FIRST ON THE LIST MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR QUESTION FOR LEMUEL. 05:52 BE SURE AND START TEXTING OR CALLING IN AND WE'LL TAKE SOME OF THOSE AND LET YOU ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. >> I WAS TRYING TO WRITE THAT NUMBER DOWN. 06:04 SOMEBODY HAVE A PEN IN THEIR HAND. >> 618-228-3975. 06:13 >> HOPEFULLY THEY WILL LEAVE THAT UP FROM TIME TO TIME, PUT IT ON THE SCREEN AND CAN YOU GET THAT. >> WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, LEMUEL, TALKING ABOUT YOUR MINISTER MINISTRY IS DOING AROUND AMERICA. 06:29 REACHING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET AN IDEA HOW IT STARTED. 06:35 LET ME GUESS. I'M NOT A PROPHET OR SON AFTER PROPHET BUT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU WERE BORN IN A FAMILY WITH WHAT WE USED TO CALL THE SILVER SPOON. 06:44 NOW THEY CALL IT PRIVILEGE. YOU WERE BORN IN A PRIVILEGED FAMILY AND EVERYTHING WENT YOUR WAY AND YOU GREW UP WITH A LOT OF MONEY AND A HEART TO HELP PEOPLE INCARCERATED. 06:57 HOW AM I DOING SO FAR? >> THAT'S A GREAT PERSPECTIVE. 07:03 I WAS BORN IN A VERY WEALTHY FAMILY IN THE LORD. JESUS WAS THE CENTER OF PRAYER, WORSHIP. 07:11 BEFORE WE GO TO BED, BEFORE WE -- WE WERE BORN POOR BUT WE WERE BORN FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACK. >> OKAY. 07:20 >> MOM MOVED TO CHICAGO WITH DAD TO GET JOBS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE CHILD. 1-YEAR-OLD. 07:24 SO I GREW UP THE FIRST FOUR, FIVE, SIX YEARS OF MY LIFE IN THE CITY. I WAS ROBBED ON CENTRAL PARK ON THE GARFIELD CONSERVATORY WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY THERE BY MYSELF UNDER THE VIADUCT. 07:41 GOING TO CHURCH SCHOOL, MY WORKED HARD CLEANING HOUSE TO SEE SENDS US TO SCHOOL. FIRST GRADE WENT GOOD. 07:49 I REMEMBER HELPING PACKING BAGS FOR FOLKS IN AFRICA. SECOND GLADE IT WAS TERRIBLE. 07:55 IT WAS AWFUL. SCHOOL WAS A MISERABLE MESS FROM THEN ON. 08:00 I WANTED TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT. THE TEACHERS GOT IT WRONG, THEY KEPT PUTTING ME IN THE CORNER, STANDING MEDIUM IN THE CORNER. 08:09 I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THE CORNER. I SAT IN THE OFFICE. 08:17 NO WRONG TO THEM. I WAS A MISGUIDED CHILD. 08:21 13 YEARS OLD, I TOLD MOM, I DON'T WANT NO MORE KISSES, NO MORE HUGS, I'M A TEENAGER. I'M 13. 08:31 >> EMANCIPATED. A LITTLE CAKE. 08:32 BETWEEN THE AGE OF 13 AND 18 -- HOW MANY YEARS IS THAT? >> FIVE. 08:36 >> I'M SITTING IN THE COUNTY JAILS. 18 YEARS OLD FACING 10 TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON. 08:41 THERE I AM. I HAD MONEY. 08:42 I HAD MONEY. I GOT THE BEST ATTORNEY MONEY COULD BYPASS IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. 08:48 I HAD MONEY. GOD JUST SHOWED ME THAT HE IS THE ONE, HE CONTINUED TO GUIDE ME AND DIRECT ME. 08:56 I DIDN'T GET OUT OF IT WITH MY ATTORNEY. WENT TO MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON. 09:01 THE FIRST WORDS I HEARD WHEN I WENT IN THE BACK GATE OF THAT PRISON, 18 OTHER GUYS, I WAS SHACKLED AND HANDCUFFED TO SOME DUDE. HE IS DOING LIFE IN PRISON. 09:14 YOU KNOW? I ONLY GOT EIGHT YEARS. 09:20 I GOT EIGHT YEARS. YOU GET DOWN THERE, THEY ARE DOING 20, 30, 40, LIFE. 09:26 AND WE GOT A LITTLE BLANKET AND OUR SHOES AND STUFF. WALKING PAST FROM THE INTAKE AREA OVER TO THE A & O. 09:35 THIS GUY IS SWEEPING THE STREET BEHIND THE KITCHEN, HE SAYS I'LL GIVE YOU A SHANK FOR YOUR WATCH. I SAID WHAT DID YOU SAY? 09:44 HE SAID I'LL GIVE YOU A SHANK FOR YOUR WATCH. MAN THIS IS FOR REAL. 09:49 THEN I REALLY -- YOU DON'T FOOL WITH PEOPLE. WHATEVER. 09:54 I HAD FRIENDS ALL OVER THE PRISON. I HAD FRIENDS. 09:59 PRISON IS PRISON. I WAS ON THIS SIDE OF TH SEGREGATED. 10:03 DON'T TELL ME I CAN'T SIT WITH THESE FOLKS. I'M ME, I GOT FRIENDS EVERYWHERE. 10:09 PRISON WAS A BLESSING IN OF ITSELF. PRISON DOESN'T CHANGE ONE'S LIFE. 10:14 JUST BECAUSE YOU LOCK SOMEONE UP AND YOU PAY YOUR DEBT TO SOCIETY, THAT DON'T CHANGE THE INSIDE. I GOT OUT OF PRISON. 10:21 I WAS HURTING. I WANTED TO DO RIGHT. 10:24 I WANTED TO DO RIGHT. I GOT TO LOOKING AROUND AT ALL THE BOATS AND MOTORCYCLES AND FANCY -- I HAD ALL OF THAT STUFF. 10:33 MAN, I KNOW HOW TO GET STUFF. I STARTED GOING BACK TO GARY, INDIANA. 10:39 FOR $300, YOU WRAP UP A PACKAGE, GIVE IT TO THE POLICE AND THEY TAKE IT IN AND TAKE IT TO YOUR FRIENDS. THEN THEY START SENDING YOU ALL OF THIS MONEY IN A POST OFFICE BOX. 10:49 I GOT IT FIGURED OUT NOW. IT'S NOT THAT WAY. 10:53 SICK AND READY TO DIE. SUICIDAL, OR GO BACK TO PRISON. 10:58 I WENT TO TREATMENT. WHERE YOU GO FOR DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. 11:01 I WANTED CHANGE IN MY HEART. SO I THOUGHT I WILL TRY. 11:04 THE DOCTORS TELL YOU YOU NEED MEDICATION, ANT BEAUCE ANTABUSE. THE PSYCHIATRISTS PUT ME ON MEDICATION. 11:16 AND I PRAYED. I SAID DEAR JESUS PLEASE HELP ME. 11:21 >> HOW OLD WERE YOU NOW? >> I WAS 35 YEARS OLD. 11:29 YOU WENT 32 THROUGH LOTS OF UPS AND DOWNS. >> I GOT OUT OF PRISON AT 24. 11:35 I WAS MORE FREE IN THE MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON, JASON, THAN I WAS BEHIND A 30-FOOT WALL THAN OUT THERE STRUGGLING WITH ALL OF THAT JUNK. >> IS THAT'S MY STORY. 11:48 I ASKED JESUS FOR HELP IN MY LIFE. SIX YEARS LATER, THE PASTOR CAME TO PRAY FOR ME IN THAT TREATMENT CENTER. 11:57 I LEFT TREATMENT WITH NO MEDS. GOD HAD ANOTHER PROGRAM. 12:02 I STARTED READING. THE PASTOR, HIS WIFE HAD THE IDEA OF MAKING LITTLE PACKAGES FOR THE FOLKS IN THE COUNTY. 12:08 SHE SAID WE WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING FOR -- MAN, THEY WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. LITTLE LUNCH-SIZED BACKS WITH GRANOLA BOOKS, A DEVOTIONAL. 12:21 THE HURT AND THE PAIN AND THE AWFULNESS OF THAT CONDEMNATION, SELF-CONDEMNATION. YOU DID WRONG, YOU'RE GOING TO PRISON. 12:31 >> IS YOU GAVE YOUR HEART TO THE LORD. YOU FOUND A CHURCH SOMEWHERE. 12:37 >> YEP. >> IS AN AREA WHERE YOU LIVED? 12:39 >> YEP, YEP. IT WAS THE CHURCH'S IDEA TO MAKE PACKAGES. 12:42 THE FIRST YAR IT WAS 400 PACKAGES. NEXT YEAR, 600. 12:47 THEN 1,000, 1200, ON AND ON. IT GREW TO WHERE WE WERE DOING ALMOST 5,000 A YEAR AT COUNTY JAILS. 12:54 WE WOULD BE FINISHED BY CHRISTMAS. SOMEONE NAMED IT CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS. 12:59 IT WASN'T ME. THERE WAS A BROCHURE AND THAT'S HOW IT GOT ITS NAME. 13:06 IT WAS ALWAYS FINISHED BY CHRISTMAS. CHRISTMAS ONLY LASTS 30 DAYS. 13:10 IT WENT NOVEMBER, DECEMBER. THEN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER. 13:14 THEN JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER. NOW IT'S YEAR ROUND. 13:20 >> HOW LONG HAS THAT BEEN SINCE YOU STARTED, YOU GAVE YOUR HEART TO THE LORD? >> 25 YEARS? 13:27 >> THAT MUST HAVE BEEN, WHAT, 20 YEARS THAT YOU CAME HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME. 15, 20 YEARS. 13:34 I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW LONG THAT WAS. >> OUR HOPE WAS TO LET CHURCHES KNOW, LIKE THE PASTOR'S WIFE, THEY COULD MAKE 3 OR 400 PACKAGES AND GO TO THE COUNTY JAIL. 13:46 IF THAT JAIL SAYS NO, CALL ANOTHER ONE. THERE IS ANOTHER ONE, ANOTHER ONE. 13:52 DON'T STOP, GOD WILL MAKE A WAY. >> WHAT WITH DO THEY PUT IN THE PACKAGES? 13:59 WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? >> DEVOTIONAL MATERIAL. 14:02 WE HAVE HOME MADE THINKING-OF-YOU CARDS THAT PEOPLE MAKE. INMATES DON'T GET MAIL VERY OFTEN. 14:10 HOME MADE THINKING OF YOU CARD GOES IN. CREATION MAGAZINE GOES IN. 14:13 WE HAVE THE BOOK "WHAT IS AFTER COVID-19," THOSE ARE GOING IN THE BACK. 3ABN DONATED BRAND NEW BOOKS HERE. 14:25 EVERY WOMAN TELL DAYTON, OHIO, WOMEN'S PRISON IS GETTING ONE OF YVONNE'S BOOKS. IF I THOUGHT AHEAD I WOULD HAVE HAD HER SIGN BOOK BEFORE HANDS. 14:38 DEVOTIONAL MATERIALS COME FROM ALL OVER. SOME PEOPLE DONATE MATERIALS. 14:43 BIBLES. WE PUT BIBLES, WE TAKE BIBLES. 14:46 WE NEED USED BIBLES IF PEOPLE WANT TO SEND THOSE. THINKING OF YOU CARDS, DEVOTIONAL BOOKS. 14:56 ALSO AN ENVELOPE IN THE BOTTOM OF EVERY BAG. IN THE ENVELOPE IT HAS 3ABN OFFER, PRAYER REQUEST, BIBLE STUDY. 15:05 THEY CAN WRITE TO 3ABN. THERE IS PROBABLY EIGHT OR TEN OTHER MINISTRIES WITH THEIR OFFER IN THERE. 15:11 THEY WERE ABLE TO WRITE. THEY SEND IT TO US AND WE FORWARD IT TO THE MINISTRIES. 15:16 THE GRAN OLA BARS, SNACKS AND CHIPS WHERE. >> WHERE DO THEY COME FROM? 15:23 >> WE GOT GRANOLA BARS, WE ARE ABLE TO GET DISCOUNTED PRODUCTS. SOMETHING THAT MAYBE COSTS $1.99 WE CAN GET IT FOR 49 CENTS. 15:35 WE'LL BUY 10,000 OF THEM. SO ON, SO FORTH. 15:39 SOME THINGS ARE DONATED. >> GREAT, CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS. 15:45 IT'S LIKE CHRISTMAS NO MATTER WHAT TIME OF THE YEAR YOU SHOW UP, IT'S LIKE CHRISTMAS. LIKE AMAZON COMING TO OUR HOUSE QUITE A BIT. 15:54 IT'S LIKE CHRISTMAS. SO YOU ARE SUPPLYING, AGAIN, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF THESE. 16:03 HOW MANY PRISONS, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY PRISONS YOU HAVE BEEN? OR YOU LOST COUNT? 16:09 >> THE OTHER DAY I TRIED THINKING ABOUT IT. THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO NUMBER THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. 16:19 MY AUNT MAKES ALL THE BIBLE STUDIES. SHE SAYS WE DO 50 TO 60,000 A YEAR. 16:25 >> THAT'S INCREDIBLE. >> I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING WITH LEMUEL. 16:29 >> AMEN. >> TO SOME OF THE PRISONS. 16:31 JASON AND I HAVE GONE. WHEN I TELL YOU THAT IT IS THE MOST -- IT'S THE RICHEST EXPERIENCE. 16:40 BECAUSE THE INMATES ARE SO GRATEFUL. THEY SO APPRECIATE ANYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR THEM. 16:46 THEY SO APPRECIATE IT. BUT THIS IS SUCH A WONDERFUL WAY TO GET THE GOSPEL TO THEM. 16:52 YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE SITTING THERE FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS AND NO ONE IS THINKING OF YOU BECAUSE MANY TIMES THE FAMILIES TURN THEIR BACKS ON THEM. NO ONE IS THINKING OF YOU. 17:04 SOMEONE COMES WITH A BAG FULL OF GOODIES. AND THEN SANITARY ITEMS AND HYGIENE ITEMS. 17:13 ALL OF THESE THINGS. THEN GIVE THE GOSPEL. 17:17 YOU ARE MEETING THEM AT THEIR POINT OF NEED. I JUST THINK IT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING. 17:23 LEMUEL, WE ARE NOT LIFTING YOU UP, WE ARE LIFTING UP THE JESUS IN YOU. BUT HE WILL GO -- HE WILL SLEEP IN HIS TRUCK. 17:32 HE HAS LITERALLY, LITERALLY BROKEN HIS BACK WORKING FOR THE LORD. HE LIVES, EATS, SLEEPS, DRINKS CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS. 17:45 THIS IS HIS LIFE AND HIS MINISTRY. THE LORD HAS REALLY BLESSED HIM. 17:51 WE SUPPORT WHAT YOU ARE DOING BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING. >> SOMETIMES CHRISTIANS MIGHT SAY, WELL, I'LL PRAY FOR YOU. 18:05 WE HAVE THE MEANS TO MEET THE NEEDS. BUT WE ARE KIND OF SAYING, I'LL PRAY FOR YOU, WHATEVER. 18:11 WHAT LEMUEL IS DOING IS PROVIDING PACKAGES, MEETING THE NEEDS AND TALKING TO THEM. GETTING TO KNOW THEM. 18:18 THEN LEADING THEM TO CHRIST. >> YOU HAVE BEEN ON NUMEROUS TRIPS, WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR YOU? 18:25 WHAT DO YOU SEE? >> IT'S A TREMENDOUS BLESSING. 18:28 AT FIRST I DIDN'T WANT TO GO. TO BE HONEST. 18:30 I DIDN'T WANT TO GO. AFTER YOU GET TO THE JAIL AS A RESIDENT. 18:42 AFTER THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO GO IN THERE AND HEAR THE DOORS CLOSED BEHIND YOU. WHEN I WENT, IT WAS THE MOST INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. 18:50 I WAS HOOKED AFTER THAT. YOU GO TO BE A BLESSING. 18:53 YOU COME OUT MORE BLESSED THAN WHEN YOU WENT IN. IT'S ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. 19:00 >> YOU'VE BEEN TO ARKANSAS, ALABAMA, INDIANA. YOU HAVE TRAVELED A LONG WAY. 19:07 THE WHOLE TEAM HAS COME TO SING AND SHARE AND SPEAK. THE BEAUTY OF CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS, IF A JAIL HAS 3500 INMATES, EVERY ONE GETS A PACKAGEN NOT JUST THE CHRISTIANS, NOT JUST THE ONES WHO COME TO CHURCH SERVICE. 19:27 SPEAKING OF EVERY INMATE GETTING A PACKAGE. ITEM THE 120ER ABOUT THE MUSLIM GUY THAT TURNED DOWN THE PACKAGE. 19:35 >> YEAH, YEAH. GATESVILLE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, JOLIET, ILLINOIS. 19:40 YOU AND I WENT TO THE BACK DOCK AND UNLOADED. HALF OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE DOING LIFE IN PRISON. 19:47 I WAS WALKING BACK TO WITH A NUMBER OF BAGS. I HEARD THE CHAPLAIN TALKING ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT GUYS BACK THERE. 19:57 HE SAYS I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW SOMETHING, HE INSTEAD WHEN THE CHRISTIANS COME IN, THEY BRING SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. WHEN YOUR PEOPLE COME IN, THEY JUST BRING SOMETHING FOR Y'ALL. 20:08 THAT WAS THREE YEARS AGO. THIS YEAR WE GOT A LETTER. 20:12 THE LETTER SAID, "I GAVE MY BAG AWAY. " 20:17 WOW THAT'S INTERESTING. THERE WAS A MUSLIM GUY ON THE DORM. 20:21 HE REFUSED HIS BAG. THE STAFF WAS PASSING THEM OUT. 20:25 HE DIDN'T WANT IT. THIS GUY OBSERVED THAT. 20:28 HE SAID, MAN, HE TOOK AM THE CHRISTIAN LITERATURE OUT OF HIS BAG. HE HAD SOCKS AND HYGIENE ITEMS. 20:35 THIS GUY WAS POOR. HE HAS BEEN IN PRISON MANY YEARS IN HIS 70s, I BELIEVE. 20:39 HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE TO LOOK OUT FOR HIM. THIS MAN PUT A NOTE ON THE PACKAGE AND SAID THIS IS FOR YOU, NO STRINGS ATTACHED. 20:50 HE LAID THE PACKAGE ON HIS BUNK. THE MAN CAME BACK. 20:55 HE PICKED UP THE PACKAGE. HE READ THAT. 20:57 HE OPENED HIS BAG. HE LAID EVERYTHING OUT ON HIS BED. 21:01 THEN HE STOOD UP. HE SAID OVER THE GALLERY -- THEY CALL IT A GALLERY. 21:06 I SAY IT'S A DORM. HE HOLLEREDS OTHER THAN THE GALLERY. 21:10 "I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF YOU CHRISTIAN BROTHERS GAVE THIS TO ME, BUT I TANK YOU AND I THANK YOUR GOD." THAT WAS THE WHOLE DORM THEY COULD SEE THAT EXAMPLE. 21:24 THAT'S CHRIST OFFERING TO HUMANITY EVEN THOUGH WE PERHAPS HAVE REJECTED IT. HE MAKES IT A WAY THROUGH 3ABN OR CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS OR OTHER MINISTRIES TO STILL COME AND BRING AGAIN AND AGAIN. 21:36 PRAISE THE LORD. >> AMEN. 21:38 AMEN. THAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL. 21:41 >> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE REACTIONS THAT YOU GET AFTER YOU HAVE GIVEN THESE PACKAGES? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE REACTIONS THAT YOU GET. 21:50 >> BEFORE THE PACKAGES, YOU AND I HAVE SEEN. IT THEY ARE ALL LINED UP COMING OVER THERE. THEY ARE GOING FOR THE BAG. 21:58 THEY COME IN AND SIT DOWN IN THE CHAPEL. MAN, WE HAVE PRAYER, THERE ARE SONGS. 22:05 LITTLE SNIPPETS, ANALOGIES, SCRIPTURE, SONGS. SOMETIMES WE'VE GOT 20 MINUTES, SOMETIMES 30. 22:14 WHATEVER WE HAVE. EVEN 10 MINUTES, WE'LL WORK WITH 10 MINUTES. 22:18 AS THEY LEAVE, THEY HAVE THEIR BAGS, THEIR CARDS, THEIR HAND SHAKE. THEY JUST WALK OUT AND LOOK YOU IN THE EYE AND SAY "THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 22:27 SOMEONE CARED FOR ME, THANK YOU." ONE BIKER DUDE AT THE PRISON WHEN I WHAT'S IN PRISON, HE DIDN'T HAVE NO SHIRT O TATTOOS FROM HERE TO HERE. 22:36 WE WERE WALKING DOWN AND HE STOPPED AND SAID "I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW -- HE HAD EVERYTHING LAID OUT ON HIS BED. HE SAID I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME TODAY IS MORE THAN WHAT MY PEOPLE HAVE DONE FOR ME DURING MY WHOLE BID. 22:52 LITTLE THINGS LIKE. THAT GOD IS DOING THE LOVE. 22:56 GOD IS PUTTING HOME IN THEM. >> IT'S AN AMAZING THING THAT YOU DO. 23:02 MOST OF US DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES, WE THINK WE ARE NOT LOVED OR SOMEONE DIDN'T GIVE US ATTENTION WE NEEDED. WE ARE SLIGHTLIED, WHAT HAVE YOU. 23:15 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PEOPLE -- YVONNE AND I WERE TRAVELING. WE MET A PERSON. 23:21 WE HAD BEEN THROUGH A FEW TIMES. A MAN IN HIS 40S. 23:25 WHEN HE WAS YOUNG, ABOUT 7 YEARS OLD, HE LIVED WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER. SOMEBODY CAME IN AND KILLED HER IN FRONT OF HIM. 23:33 HE DIDN'T EVEN TALK FOR YEARS AFTER THAT. HE ENDED UP BEING A PERSON, AN ALCOHOLIC. 23:42 FOR YEARS HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO HOLD A JOB. IN THE COMMUNITY YOU CONSIDER AN OUTCAST. 23:49 PEOPLE KNOW HIM. HE ENDED UP HURTING HIMSELF. 23:53 I DON'T GO INTO DETAILS. HE GOT HURT. 23:57 HE WILL HAVE TO GO TO ANOTHER PLACE. I DON'T SAY WHERE IT IS. 24:02 ANOTHER PART OF THE COUNTRY. TO HAVE THIS WORK DONE BECAUSE IT WAS A REALLY TERRIBLE DEAL. 24:13 WE HEARD ABOUT IT. HE DIDN'T HAVE A TICKET. 24:16 HE HAD TO GET THERE BUT DIDN'T HAVE A PLANE TICKET. SO WE DECIDED, WELL, WE'LL PAY FOR THE TICKET. 24:24 IT WAS LIKE 120 BUCKS OR SOMETHING. SO WE DID. 24:28 I SAW HIM ON THE ROAD, I STOPPED AND TOLD HIM, YOU GET TO GO TOMORROW. HE COULDN'T COME UP WITH THE MONEY AND HE WANTED TO GO. 24:36 HE WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. HE BEGAN TO WEEP. 24:41 I SAID TO HIM, WHICH REALLY SURPRISED ME THE REACTION. I SAID, HEY, I LOVE YOU, BUDDY. 24:50 HE BURST INTO TEARS. HE GRABBED MY HAND AND PUT HIS HEAD ON IT SAYING, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 24:56 HE WENT ON AND ON. I TOLD HER, I DON'T THINK THERE IS VERY LITTLE CHANCE ANYONE SINCE HE HAS BEEN 7, 8 YEARS OLD AND HE HAS NO FAMILY, NOBODY. 25:13 I DOUBT ANYONE HAS SAID THAT THEY LOVE HIM. >> AND MEANT IT. 25:17 >> IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO HIM. HIS RESPONSE WAS NOT WHAT I EXPECTED. 25:24 HE WAS BROKEN ABOUT IT. WHEN YOU SAY YOU BRING THESE GIFTS AND THINGS INTO SOME OF THESE PRISONERS, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE INCARCERATED. 25:32 MANY OF THEM MAY NEVER HAVE HEARD IN 20 YEARS, 30 YEARS, ANYBODY LOOK AT THEM AND SAY, I LOVE YOU, BUDDY. THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE DOING. 25:44 I WANT TO TALK IN A MOMENT, I REMEMBER, YOU CAN E-MAIL US OR TEXT US HERE. THEY CAN PUT THE NUMBERS UP ON THE SCREEN. 25:54 WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR LEMUEL. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW DOES ALL OF THIS GET DONE? 26:00 WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM? IT COMES FROM YOU. 26:03 WE WANT TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS. WE ARE ONE MINISTRY. 26:10 WE WORK TOGETHER. HE SUPPORTS US. 26:14 WE SUPPORT HIM, WHAT HE IS DOING. WHEN HE IS IN THE PRISON, REACHING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, WE ARE IN THE PRISONS REACHING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BECAUSE OUR LITERATURE FROM 3ABN THIS GOES WITH HIM ALSO. 26:28 I WILL ASK YOU TONIGHT MAYBE IF YOU WANT TO TEXT OR WRITE OR CALL AND JUST SAY, HEY, I WANT TO SUPPORT CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS. MAYBE YOU WANT TO MAKE A GIFT TONIGHT. 26:40 CAN YOU DO IT, JUST CALL THE NUMBERS AND SHARE HOW YOU CAN DO IT. IF YOU WANT TO PRAY ABOUT IT, WE WANT TO MIC SURE WE CENTER AN ADDRESS AND A WEBSITE. 26:50 I WILL ENCOURAGE YOU. THIS IS THE LEAST OF THESE, MY BROTHER. 26:54 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, THEY ARE ARE -- MANY ARE LIFE IN PRISON. LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. 27:05 YET NO ONE IS SHOWING THEM THE LOVE OF JESUS. FOR HIM TO COME IN AND BRING THE GOODIES, BUT THE PHYSICAL FOOD AND THAT BREAD IS DRIVING ME CRAZY. 27:18 THE PHYSICAL FOOD AS WELL AS THE SPIRITUAL FOOD. >> YES. 27:22 >> IT'S AN AMAZING THING. HE CAN'T DO IT, WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU. 27:29 IN A BIT, I'D LIKE TO PUT UP HIS WEBSITE. MAYBE YOUO KNOW IT, LEMUEL, TO LET PEOPLE KNOW. 27:40 CONTACT CHRISTMASBEHINDBARS.ORG. WE'LL LEAVE THAT UP. 27:44 YOU CAN GO TO THAT SITE AND YOU CAN MAKE A DONATION TO THEM. OR YOU CAN MAKE A DONATION TO 3ABN, IT WILL BE TAX DEDUCTIBLE. 27:54 IF YOU PUT "CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS." WE DON'T TAKE OUT MONEY FOR HANDLING. 28:01 WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT. IF YOU SEND $100 T GOES $100 TO THIS CAUSE. 28:07 THIS, TO ME IS ONE OF THE GREATEST WAYS WE AS CHRISTIANS CAN DO SOMETHING. RATHER THAN TALK ABOUT CHRISTIANITY,ING THERE FOR THOSE WHO NEED THE HELP. 28:17 >> WE CAN MAKE SUCH A DIFFERENCE. WHAT I SEE WHEN I GO WITH LEMUEL, PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY. 28:26 THEY SO NEED THE WORD. WHEN YOU GO IN AND YOU TALK AND LEMUEL CAN TALK FROM EXPERIENCE BECAUSE HE'S BEEN THERE. 28:34 HE IS EXPERIENCED WHAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING. HE CAN GO IN AND SAY, LOOK WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR ME. 28:41 HE CAN DO IT FOR YOU. IT GIVES THEM HOPE. 28:44 MANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE HOPELESS. THEY DON'T HAVE HOPE. 28:47 THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. SOME OF THEM ARE IN THERE FOR LIFE. 28:53 WE CAN SET THEM FREE THROUGH THE WORD. >> RIGHT. 28:58 >> THEY ARE FREE INDEED. >> TO HELP PAINT THE PICTURE, THINK ABOUT OUR CURRENT SITUATION TODAY WITH COVID AND ALL OF THE QUARANTINE AND ALL OF THAT STUFF AND HOW LONELY PEOPLE FEEL AND HOW ISOLATED PEOPLE FEEL IN THAT SITUATION. 29:14 IMAGINE FACING 20 TO LIFE. RIGHT NOW YOU'RE ON LOCKDOWN 23 HOURS A DAY. 29:19 YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF YOUR CELL. YOU CAN'T CLOSE YOUR EYES. 29:23 WE WERE CREATED TO SOCIALIZE. TO RELATE TO PEOPLE. 29:28 THEY CAN'T DO THAT. >> THERE ARE NO VISITS FOR A YEAR. 29:32 NO FAMILY. NONE OF THAT. 29:38 THESE PACKAGES GIVE THAT HOPE. THEY PROVIDE THEM -- TALK ABOUT THE SUICIDE RATE. 29:48 >> THANK YOU, DANNY, FOR YOUR APPEAL. I APPRECIATE THAT. 29:51 SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A TOOTHBRUSH. EVERY MOURNING THE WHOLE WORLD USES A TOOTHBRUSH. 29:58 WHEN YOU GO TO JAIL THEY GIVE YOU A TOOTHBRUSH. IT'S A LITTLE TOOTHBRUSH. 30:05 IT'S A CHEAP TOOTHBRUSH. IT GOES FLAT IN THREE BRUSHINGS. 30:09 WE TRY TO GET TOOTHBRUSHES FOR A GOOD PRICE. WE HAVE TO CUT THE HANDLES OFF SO THEY ARE A TRAVEL SIZE. 30:19 BUT SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE. THAT SUICIDE RATE. 30:21 WE WENT TO A MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON. I WILL NOT NAME THE STATE. 30:25 I GOT THERE AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING. 8:00, 9:00, 10:00. 30:30 THE CHAPLAIN COMES OUT. WE HAD A ROUGH NIGHT LOST NIGHT, SORRY YOU HAD TO WAIT SO LONG. 30:37 >> ROUGH NIGHT? >> WE HAD TWO INMATES OVERDOSE ON DRUGS. 30:53 >> MAN, THAT'S ROUGH NIGHT. FOUR PEOPLE DIDN'T GET A BAG OF OUT OF 2,400 INMATES FOUR PEOPLE DIDN'T GET A BAG. 31:04 I SAID CAN WE COME BACK FOR EASTER? >> IF IT'S THAT ROUGH, TWO INMATES COMMITTED SUICIDE. 31:21 TWO INMATES OVERDOSED ON DRUGS. FOUR INDIVIDUALS. 31:25 WE WENT TO THE NEWCASTLE FACILITY, WE HAD THE SEMI UNLOADED. WE HAD TO TAKE A BREAK. 31:33 WE ARE SITTING THERE WITH THE INMATES. THEY CAN'T GO NOWHERE BECAUSE THEY ARE COUNTED IN THIS AREA. 31:40 >> I SAID CAN ANYBODY TELL ME WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU? WE GO AND ONE INMATE SAID, IN PRISON, IF SOMEONE IS ON SUICIDE WATCH, THEY WILL PUT YOU, IF YOU ARE AN INMATE OUTSIDE THEIR CELL. 31:57 EVERY EIGHT HOURS ANOTHER INMATE COMES SITS OUTSIDE HIS CELL. IF THEY WANT TO TALK, THEY HAVE SOMEBODY. 32:05 IF THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK, THEY JUST SIT THERE. HE WAS A SUICIDE WATCHER. 32:10 IT HAD BEEN SIX WEEKS, TWO MONTHS THAT THEY HAD NO ONE -- CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS WAS COME TO COME THE PRISON. THEY SAID -- HE TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T HAVE ONE, OR THEY ONLY HAD ONE. 32:25 I FORGET. THEY ONLY HAVE ONE SUICIDE WATCH INITIATED SINCE THEN KNEW THE BAGS WERE COMING. 32:32 THEY WERE LOOKING FORWARD. THEY HAD IN YEARS PAST, SINCE THEY KNEW IT WAS COMING, THEY HAD NOT HAD ONE, OR ONLY ONE SUICIDE WATCH INITIATED IN THAT TIME PERIOD. 32:46 >> WE AS CHRISTIANS KNOW THAT JESUS IS COMING BACK. WE HAVE THAT HOPE EVEN IN THE MIDST OF COVID OR PANDEMIC OR LOCKDOWN OR WHATEVER THE COUNTRY IS GOING THROUGH, REELING FROM. 32:59 WE HAVE THAT HOPE. >> AMEN. 33:09 >> YOU IN THE ILLINOIS AREA, YOU WENT TO ONE OF OUR AREAS IN BENTON. >> WE GOT THE NEW PROGRAM. 33:17 >> JASON, TELL US ABOUT IT. WE WANT TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT O THAT. 33:21 ESPECIALLY FOR THE FOLKS THAT LIVE AROUND HERE. IT'S A HUMAN THERE OFF THE BENTON SQUARE. 33:31 LET'S WATCH A VIDEO ABOUT IT. JESUS TAUGHT IN PARABLES. 33:48 PEOPLE WOULD UNDERSTAND AND HE WOULD EXPLAIN THE PARABLES AND ALL OF THAT. THE BREAD ON THE TABLE. 34:06 THE $20 BILL. A TRASH CAN, APPLES. 34:10 THERE ARE SO MANY ILLUSTRATIONS AND PARALLELS TO THE GOSPEL THAT ARE DRAWN. WE WERE RECORDING THOSE PROGRAMS. 34:21 WE COVERED 13 EPISODES. IT WAS JUST A TREMENDOUS BLESSING. 34:26 WE HEARD A POWERFUL TESTIMONY. WE HAD THE CLIP OF THAT. 34:34 WE WANT TO SEE THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES FOOTAGE AS WELL. >> LET'S GO TO THE FIRST VIDEO. 34:42 THE COUNTY JAIL, USED TO BE. IT'S A MUSEUM NOW. 34:46 BUT BACK THEN IN THE SHELTON GANG DAYS, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. >> THESE ARE THE JAIL CELLS. 34:55 THESE ARE REALLY, REALLY, TIGHT SPACE. WHEN WE WERE SITTING IN THOSE, I COULDN'T IMAGINE BEING LIVING THERE FOR 20 YEARS. 35:05 20 TO LIFE. NOT TO MENTION IT WAS PRETTY COOL BACK THERE. 35:09 YOU THINK ABOUT THE WINTER IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND ALL OF THAT. NOW YOU HAVE LEMUEL WITNESSING AND MINISTERING AND DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST WITH SPREADING THE GOSPEL. 35:22 GOING FROM CELL TO CELL. TALK TO COME THE INMATES AND SHARING THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST. 35:29 LOOK HOW TIGHT THAT SPACE IS. ON TOP OF THAT, IF YOU NOTICE, THERE IS A TOILET BACK THERE AS WELL. 35:36 YOU'VE GOT TWO PEOPLE IN THE CELL. YOU HAVE A TOILET RIGHT IN BETWEEN THOSE BUNKS. 35:42 THAT IS NO WAY TO LIVE. ANY TIME WE CAN PROVIDE HOPE AND SHARE THAT HOPE, WE WILL DO THAT. 35:51 LEMUEL, SPEAK TO WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT HERE. >> THAT'S AN ANALOGY WE USE. 35:57 THIS IS MY BROTHER, LARRY. THAT'S LUCAS. 36:00 HE IS FROM 3ABN. HE WAS USED BY THE DEMONSTRATION. 36:05 THIS IS A REAL TESTIMONY. HE IS A VOLUNTEER HERE AT 3ABN. 36:09 HE CAME AND WAS WILLING TO BE USED IN THAT PROGRAM. A WONDERFUL BLESSING. 36:15 >> ABSOLUTELY. HIS TESTIMONY WAS QUITE POWERFUL. 36:19 WE HAD PRAYER AND WE'LL TAKE' LOOK AT THAT VIDEO AS WELL. >> THE ILLUSTRATIONS SPOKE TO ME AS WELL, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THESE AND RECORDING THESE DIFFERENT EPISODES JUST TO SEE HOW YOU CAN LOOK AT PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING AND DRAW A SPIRITUAL APPLICATION, WHETHER IT'S THE APPLE, WHETHER IT'S THE $20 BILL. 36:46 THE BREAD, THE WATER, THE TRASH CAN. WE TALKED ABOUT TRASH OR TREASURE. 36:52 THERE WERE SO MANY ILLUSTRATIONS THAT WERE SHARED THAT WERE REALLY FOCUSED ON. >> IT'S A PROGRAM OF PARABLES BASICALLY? 37:06 >> MODERN-DAY PARABLE. THEN USUALLY THERE IS AN APPEAL AS WELL. 37:09 WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME TO THE LORD. WE WANT PEOPLE TO FOLLOW CHRIST. 37:14 THERE IS ALSO AN APPEAL THAT'S MADE, TOO TO INVITE MEDIUM TO ACCEPT JESUS. >> WHEN YOU GO TO JAILS AND PRISONS THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY YOU HAVE TO GO FROM CELL TO CELL. 37:24 THE TIME IT TAKES YOU TO OPEN THE BAG, CAN YOU TELL THEM, GOD LOVES YOU, WE ARE THINKING FOR YOU, WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU, THERE IS HOPE FOR YOUR LIFE THROUGH JESUS. SOME PEOPLE YOU HAVE 30 MINUTES, SOME PEOPLE YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES. 37:39 IT'S AMAZING. SOMETIMES THEY BRING IN TWO OR THREE HUNDRED AND SOMETIMES IT'S 30 MINUTES. 37:45 THEN THEY GO OUT AND GET THEIR BAGS. WHATEVER TIME WE HAVE WE WANT TO CLICK AND MAKE IT WORK FOR THE FACILITY. 37:52 AS WE TALK TO THESE PEOPLE, IT'S LIKE A TELEPHONE HANGING ON THE WALL. YOU SAY YOU GOT TO MAKE THAT CALL TO JESUS. 38:01 HOW MANY TIMES YOU GET A BUSY SIGNAL. JESUS AIN'T THAT WAY. 38:05 THE PHONE HANGING ON THE WALL, YOU USE WHAT YOU CAN TO DEMONSTRATE HOPE TO THEIR LIFE. >> BEAUTIFUL. 38:13 BEAUTIFUL. INTERESTING. 38:15 YOU WENT TO THAT MUSEUM, THE OLD COURTHOUSE OFF THE SQUARE. THE FIRST BEETLE RECORD EVER SUNG IN AMERICA WAS IN THAT RAID QUO STATION THERE. 38:34 -- RADIO STATION THERE. THERE IS A LITTLE MUSEUM WITH A LOT OF HISTORY THERE. 38:41 SOME OF THE BEETLE SISTERS LIVED THERE. THE JAIL THERE THAT WAS BACK, CHARLEY BERGER, THERE IS A PLACE CAN YOU LOOK AT AND THE OLD CARS. 38:56 HE WAS HUNG ON THE BENTON SQUARE, THE LAST PERSON IN ILLINOIS. HE AND THE SHELTON GANG, HE HAD A FEUD GOING ON MANY, MANY YEARS WITH BOOT LEGGING AND WHO WAS GOING TO CONTROL THINGS IN THE PROHIBITION GAMES. 39:16 IT'S VERY INTERESTING. WHEN YOU COME TO 3ABN, STOP BY SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND VISIT THAT LITTLE MUSEUM THERE. 39:23 >> THE HISTORIC JAIL MUSEUM. I WANT TO THANK ROBERT RAY FOR LETTING US USE THE FACILITY, THE MUSEUM. 39:34 IT REALLY OPENED THE DOORS FOR US. DEFINITELY WORTH GOING TO SEE. 39:37 >> I WANT TO SAY THE HOSPITALITY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS IS HANDS DOWN PHENOMENAL. IF ANYBODY HAS EVER BEEN THROUGH A ROUNDS ABOUT, HERE IN ILLINOIS, THEY GIVE YOU -- YOU PULL UP, YOU GO. 39:48 YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP. THE SERVICE AT THE RESTAURANTS AND THE PEOPLE. 39:53 COME AND SEE THE MUSEUM. COME TO BENTON COUNTY, BENTON, ILLINOIS AND SPEND TIME HERE. 39:59 COME AND SEE 3ABN. >> I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TESTIMONY. 40:05 I'M DYING TO LOOK AT THAT. >> TELL US ABOUT IT. 40:08 >> WE HAVE A POWERFUL EPISODE THAT WE DID. WE GET TO HEAR A WONDERFUL TESTIMONY. 40:16 THIS IS FROM LARRY. LARRY WAS SHARING HIS TESTIMONY. 40:20 IT REALLY PULLED AT THE HEARTSTRINGS. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT RIGHT NOW. 40:27 >> WHAT WILL IS PROFIT A MAN IF HE GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD AND LOSES HIS OWN SOUL? WHAT WILL A MAN GIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS SOUL? 40:36 WE ARE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT TRY TO GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD AND GOT CAUGHT ROBBING A BANK AND INCARCERATED. THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT AIN'T GOT CAUGHT AND THEY ARE TRYING TO GAIN SOMETHING OTHER THAN SALVATION. 40:48 THEY ARE TRYING TO GAIN MONEY, FINANCES, STATUS, WHATEVER IT IS. WHAT THEY DON'T REALIZE, THEY ARE JUST PICKING UP TRASH. 40:59 IT'S EMPTY INSIDE. NO MATTER THE BANK ACCOUNT, THERE IS NO PEACE, THERE IS NO SECURITY. 41:05 THERE IS NO JOY. NONE OF THAT. 41:08 THEIR CONSTANTLY LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDER MAKING SURE THEY ARE NOT ABOUT TO GET ROBBED OR GET KILLED. MAKING SURE THEY ARE NOT ABOUT TO GO TO PRISON. 41:17 THAT'S NOT A COMFORTABLE LIFESTYLE. >> THAT'S THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THESE BARS. 41:21 NOW THE OTHER SPECTRUM IS FOR PEOPLE INSIDE THE BARS. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 41:26 >> I WONDER IF WE COULD GET ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS. LARRY, WOULD YOU COMING UP HERE? 41:32 HAVE YOU EVER COLLECTED TRASH? >> YES, I HAVE, LIKE MANY PEOPLE. 41:36 >> YOU HAVE COLLECTED TRASH IN YOUR LIFE? I HAVE A TRASH CAN HERE. 41:42 DID YOU EVER HAVE ANGER IN YOUR LIFE? >> ANGER. 41:46 >> ANGLENERANGER IN YOUR LIFE. >> DRUGS. 41:52 >> DRUGS ADDICTION? SOME MANY PEOPLE WITH DRUG ADDICTION. 41:56 >> ALCOHOL. >> ALCOHOL IS ANOTHER. 42:00 >> SHAME. PAIN. 42:01 A LOT OF PAIN. I HAVE MORE THINGS THAN YOU HAVE TRASH HERE IN MY LIFE. 42:12 >> YOU KNOW WHAT, LARRY. AT SOME POINT, YOU WANT TO GET RID OF THAT TRASH, BUT YOU COULDN'T. 42:22 HOW DID YOU MAKE A NEW BEGINNING IN YOUR LIFE? >> I HAD TO LOOK TO THE LORD. 42:30 >> SO HE WAS RUNNING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WANTING CHANGE BUT YOU COULDN'T CHANGE. >> COULDN'T DO. IT I TRIED. 42:36 I SINCERELY WANTED TO. >> THAT WAS FOR ME, TOO. 42:39 THAT'S FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE HURTING ALL ACROSS THE WORLD. NOT JUST IN PRISON. 42:43 YOU ARE HURTING AND YOU'RE SEEKING, YOU WANT TO FILL THAT VOID IN YOUR LIFE. WHAT TOOK PLACE AFTER THAT? 42:52 >> I THINK IT CAME TO A NIGHT WHEN I WAS DRUNK. I WAS ON DRUGS. 42:59 AND OUT ON A MOTORCYCLE WITH A GANG. SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE GOTTEN ME KILLED. 43:06 >> TRASH AND BAGGAGE. >> IS MOST OF IT WAS COMING OUT THAT NIGHT. 43:10 IN THE MORNING, I JUST WOKE UP. BUT I JUST COULDN'T TAKE IT ANY MORE. 43:19 >> YOU WANT TO GET RID OF THAT TRASH. >> I CAN'T DO THIS. 43:24 >> HERE IS HOW WE HAVE TO DO IT. HERE IS THE BEGINNING OF MY LIFE, JASON'S LIFE. 43:30 LORD WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM FIRST AND ACKNOWLEDGE OUR OWN -- AND YOU WANT TO GET RID OF THAT TRASH, RIGHT? >> I DO. 43:38 >> DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER HE WE KNOW WE CAN'T DO IT ON OUR OWNEN YOU GIVE THE GIFT OF YOUR SON JESUS. INCARCERATED, FREE, YET WE ARE EMPTY WITHOUT YOU. 43:51 SAY THIS PRAYER WITH ME. DEAR LORD, PLEASE HELP ME. 43:55 >> DEAR LORD, PLEASE HELP ME. >> I WANT TO, BUT I CAN'T. 43:59 >> HERE IS MY LIFE. TAKE ME AND USE ME. 44:04 DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST PRAY, HE IS WILLING TO SURRENDER THESE THINGS. WE ASK A SPECIAL ANOINTING AND BLESSING AS LARRY REPRESENTATION TO ALL OF THE INCARCERATED, ALL OF THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF YOUR WILL. 44:19 THEY ARE SUFFERING WITH MANY, MANY THINGSEN THEY JUST ASK FOR A SPECIAL BLESSING IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. >> AMEN. 44:29 LETS GET RID OF THE PAIN. LET'S GET RID OF THE UNFORGIVENESS. 44:37 WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SURRENDER. HATE IN YOUR LIFE. 44:42 >> HATE. >> DRUG ADDICTION. 44:43 >> THE DRUG ADDICTION. ALCOHOL. 44:47 >> ALCOHOLISM. >> PAIN. 44:49 GET RID OF IT ALL. >> THE LORD WANTS TO REPLACE THIS WITH JOY. 44:54 HE WANTS TO GIVE US HOPE. HE WANTS TO REPLACE THE HATE WITH LOVE. 45:03 HE WANTS TO CONTINUE TO GIVE US THE SPIRIT OF EVANGELISM. HE WANTS TO CONTINUE TO HELP US, NOW THROUGHOUT ALL ETERNITY. 45:14 HE WANTS TO USES AS A REPRESENTATION BECAUSE THE WORD OF GOD SO GO THEE AND GIVE THE GOSPEL. >> I WANT TO SHARE THIS ENCOURAGING SCRIPTURE WITH YOU. 45:27 IT MADE A DIFFERENCE FOR ME IN MY LIFE. THIS IS FROM SECOND CORINTHIANS, THEREFORE, IF ANY ONE IS IN CHRIST HE IS A NEW CREATION. 45:38 OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY. BEHOLD ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW. 45:43 BY ACCEPTING CHRIST YOU BAM NEW CREATION. >> ALL OF THOSE THINGS PASS AWAY. 45:51 >> I WANT TO PRESENTS THIS BIBLE THAT MANY SPONSORS HAVE MADE POSSIBLE. I WANT THIS TO BE A DAILY PART OF YOUR LIFE. 45:58 WE LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS MINISTRY. GOD BLESS YOU. 46:05 >> AMEN. >> PRAISE THE LORD. 46:06 LARRY IS HERE WORKING TONIGHT, IF THE CAMERA CAN LOCATE HIM. HE HAS THE COWBOY HAS ON. 46:15 THANK YOU, LARRY, THAT WAS GREAT. INCREDIBLE. 46:18 THE NEW PROGRAMS, WHAT ARE WE GETTING? WE'LL GET SAMPLES OF IT. 46:23 >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING QUICK. LARRY IS A VOLUNTEER AT 3ABN. 46:27 HE HAS BEEN HERE 20 YEARS. 20 YEARS. 46:30 HE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE USED. HE IS NOT AN INMATE. 46:35 BUT IT IS HIS REAL LIFE STORY AND CONVERSION. >> BEAUTIFUL. 46:42 >> HE WAS FEELING IT AGAIN AS HE WENT THROUGH THERE. PRAISE THE LORD. 46:47 HE IS ON GOD'S SIDE. THAT'S AMAZING. 46:51 CAN WE GIVE THE ADDRESS AGAIN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS. WE WANT TO DO THAT. 47:00 ALSO, WE ONLY HAVE TEN MORE MINUTES IN THE FIRST HOUR. IN THE SECOND HOUR, WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS. 47:06 YOU CAN CONTACT US HERE AND MAYBE WE CAN PUT UP THE PHONE NUMBER THAT YOU CAN TEXT. 618-228-3975. 47:16 LEAVE THAT UP FOR A FEW MORE SECONDS. TEXT US. 47:19 OR YOU CAN E-MAIL US. live@3abn.tv. 47:27 OR YOU CAN OLD FASHION CALL US, 618-627-4651. WHEN YOU CALL IN, MAYBE THE HOLY SPIRIT IS PRESSING YOU TO SAY, LOOK, I'LL SEND X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS. 47:44 OR JUST PRAY ABOUT IT AND ASK THE LORD WHAT HE WOULD HAVE YOU TO DO IN SUPPORTING THIS MINISTRY TO TAKE CARE OF THE LEAST OF THESE, MY BRETHREN. EVERY INDIVIDUAL IS A SOUL TO GOD THAT HE LOVES JUST AS MUCH AS HE DOES YOU OR ME OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD. 48:03 ALL OF THESE POOM HE DIED FOR. WHEN WE SAY WE ARE NOT AROUND IT, YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT IT SO MUCH. 48:09 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE REALITY TO US ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY NEED MINISTERED TO AND THE LIVES THAT AE CHANGED WITH CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS THROUGH THE YEARS. AREN'T YOU GLAD WE SERVE A LOVING SAVIOR? 48:30 WE HAVE A SONG, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE, WE HAVE TIM PARTON AND JEN FER PITCHERS. YOU KNOW THE LESTER FAMILY, HE HAS A BEAUTIFUL SONG. 48:47 THIS SONG IS "NO ONE EVER CARED FOR ME LIKE JESUS." 49:18 [♪♪] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 52:00 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. THAT'S TIM PARTON AND GINGER. 52:04 I THINK I SAID JENNIFER. I HAVE KNOWN GINGER FOR 20 YEARS. 52:10 I WAS SURPRISED I DIDN'T REALIZE I NEVER THINK ABOUT HER MARRIED NAME. IT'S ALWAYS THE LESTERS. 52:18 THERE IS GINGER. WAIT A MINUTE, I SHOULD KNOW THAT BY NOW. 52:22 SORRY IS, GINGER. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL JOB. 52:27 TIM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, SUCH INCREDIBLE TALENT. I CAN LISTEN TO MUSIC LIKE THAT ALL DAY. 52:35 >> SO SOOTHING. >> IT IS. 52:37 MAYBE WE'LL GET A CHANCE IN THE SECOND HOUR TO GET ANOTHER SONG. THEY CAN COME AND PLAY AND MINISTER TO ME ALL THE TIME. 52:46 THANK YOU SO MUCH, GINGER AND TIM. BEAUTIFUL. 52:51 >> WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR MINUTES LEFT, LEMUEL. WHAT IS ON YOUR HEART? 52:57 >> SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY INCARCERATION. THE FAMILIES -- FOR EVERY INCARCERATED PERSON, THERE IS CHILDREN, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS. 53:06 SO MANY FAMILIES ARE TOUCHED BY INCARCERATION. WE ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM FROM SEPARATION FROM OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. 53:15 WE FIND THAT REDEMPTION. WHETHER IT'S BEHIND BARS OR IN THE FREE WORLD, IT'S THROUGH THAT RELATIONSHIP ONGOING WITH JESUS. 53:23 WE ALL HAVE FELT THAT PAIN OF SEPARATION INCARCERATED OR NOT. SO WE CAN HAVE THAT PEACE. 53:32 >> AMEN. THIS IS, TO ME, WHAT YOU ARE DOING, AS JASON SAYS, IT'S USING CHRIST'S MESSAGE OF AVENGISM. EVANGELISM. 53:49 WHEN I SEE THE PEOPLE AND SEEP HOW BLESSED THEY ARE, WHEN NO ONE ELSE CARES. THIS IS SAYING WE CARE ABOUT YOU. 53:58 WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN YOU. JESUS HAS NOT FORGOTTEN YOU. 54:04 I'M AMAZED HOW MANY PEOPLE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT JESUS. WE ASSUME BECAUSE WE LIVE IN AMERICA PEOPLE NOME ABOUT JESUS. 54:12 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS. TO TAKE JESUS IN AND SAY HE BROUGHT THIS TO YOU THROUGH ME. 54:21 THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE. >> THEN YOU THINK ABOUT MANY OF THESE PEOPLE THAT REALLY DON'T BELONG THERE. 54:27 THEY ARE WRONGLY ACCUSED. MAYBE FOR WHATEVER REASON, THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER, BUT MAYBE BECAUSE OF RACISM. 54:38 SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING AND THEN SOMEONE IS THERE 20, 30 YEARS. THEY ARE SEPARATED FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS. 54:46 YOU SEE NOW WITH D.N.A. THEY ARE LETTING PEOPLE OUT BUT THERE IS 30 YEARS OF THEIR LIFE THEY CAN'T GET BACK. THESE PEOPLE ARE IN THERE KNOWING -- ALL OF US, AS YOU SAID, WE ARE ALL GUILTY OF SINS IN THE SPIRITUAL SENSE. 55:03 WE ARE ALL IN NEED OF A SAVIOR. THANKS TO THE MINISTRY, CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS, ALL YOU HAVE DONE COMMITTING YOUR LIFE TO, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL BE IN THE KINGDOM. 55:20 ALL OF THESE SUPPLIES, ALL THE THINGS AND THE TRUCKS AND THE WORK, WE JUST SEE A LITTLE BIT OF IT. IT IS LITERALLY -- YVONNE SAYS IT'S THEIR WHOLE LIFE. 55:40 WELL GOT TO HAVE YOUR MONEY FOR THIS OR THAT, BUT THIS IS EASY TO ME. THIS IS HELPING THOSE WHO CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES. 55:48 JAMES WAS SAYING, TRUE CHRISTIANITY IS HELPS THE FATHERLESS OR THE WIDOWS, HELPING THOSE IN NEED. THIS IS SOMETHING, I CAN SAY I WANT TO SUPPORT. 56:01 I, TOO, WILL GIVE. YOU WILL GIVE. 56:03 WE HAVE GIVEN BEFORE. WE WILL GIVE AGAIN. 56:06 BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN THIS MINISTRY. I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE ADDRESS UP OR THE WEBSITE FOR CHRISTMASBEHINDBARS.ORG. 56:20 IF YOU DON'T GET ANY OF THAT CONTACT US AT 3ABN. ANY TIME DURING THE WEEK. 56:29 SOMETIMES WEEKENDS CAN'T. BUT DURING THE WEEK, TEXT US, CALL US, E-MAIL US AND SAY I WANT TO HELP. 56:35 OR SEND YOUR CHECK HERE. YOU SEE THE ADDRESS THERE. 56:41 IT WILL BE ON THE SCREEN OFF AND ON. ASK THE LORD, WHAT WOULD HE HAVE YOU TO DO? 56:47 WHAT WOULD THE LORD HAVE YOU TO DO HELPING THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE EVER BE ABLE TO REACH ON YOUR OWN. BY JOINING HANDS WITH BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT ARE WORKING LITERALLY DAY AND NIGHT TO GET THIS GOSPEL TO THE WORLD. 57:03 THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALL CAN DO. NO EXCUSE. 57:08 I WILL SAY THIS. I WOULD FEEL TERRIBLE GUILTY IF I -- LEMUEL, I WILL GIVE YOU A CHECK BECAUSE THE LORD HAS IMPRESSED ME TO DO SO. 57:19 HOW CAN I NOT? THESE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BEING REACHED. 57:23 THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE CAUSE OF GOD. WE'LL TAKE A SHORT BREAK IN JUST A MOMENT. 57:29 WE'LL COME BACK FOR A SECOND HOUR. WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE VIDEO. 57:33 MAYBE A SAMPLE OF THE NEW PROGRAM, RIGHT? >> WE HAVE QUESTIONS. 57:39 CALL IN AND TEXT YOUR QUESTIONS TO US. LEMUEL IS ON THE HOT SEAT. 57:45 WE'LL BE BACK. |
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