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Series Code: TDYL
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00:14 >> THAT'S ALL RIGHT. YOU MADE IT BACK.
00:16 WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF FUN HERE. IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, WE'RE HERE WITH CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS. 00:21 YOU SEE ALL THE FOLKS, THIS IS REAL WORK. THIS IS GOING TO WHAT PRISON? 00:27 >> DAYTON, OHIO, WOMEN'S PRISON. THIS IS WHAT THEY DO FULL TIME. 00:32 OUR FOLKS HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO VOLUNTEER AND MAKE THIS HAPPY. WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE HERE, LEMUEL VEGA. 00:43 THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW THIS MINISTRY IS CLOSE TO YOUR HEART. 00:47 >> OH, IT IS. IT IS ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVORITES. 00:50 I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO AND SEE FOR MYSELF HOW IT IMPACTS THE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE THESE BAGS. IT'S SO HEART WARMING TO SEE. 01:02 AND YOU KNOW -- YOU KNOW THESE ARE FIRST STEPS FOR PEOPLE LEADING THEM TO JESUS. GIVING THEM SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. 01:10 GIVING THEM HOPE. FOR ME, I JUST LOVE THIS MINISTRY. 01:15 I JUST SEE IT DOING SO MUCH GOOD. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE DAYTON WOMEN'S PRISON OR WOMEN'S PRISONS IN GENERAL. 01:24 I WAS GOING THROUGH A WOMEN'S PRISON IN INDIANAPOLIS. THERE WEREN'T MANY PEOPLE IN THE VISITING ROOM. 01:30 THERE WEREN'T MANY PEOPLE. THE CHAPLAIN SAYS AT A MEN'S PRISON THE WOMEN WILL BRING THEIR CHILDREN. 01:40 THE MEN FOLK, WHEN THE WOMAN GETS LOCKED UP, THE MEN FOLK DON'T VISIT. THERE IS VERY LITTLE VISITATION. 01:51 THEY DON'T BRING THE CHILDREN. I DO WANT TO SAY, DANNY, YOU MADE AN APPEAL FOR PEOPLE TO HELP THE MINISTRY. 01:59 WHAT WE ALWAYS TELL THE INMATES AND WE'LL TELL THE VIEWERS, THANK GOD, NUMBER ONE, FOR THESE PACKAGES. THANK GOD, NUMBER ONE. 02:09 THINK YOUR ADMINISTRATION, NUMBER TWO. THANK THE SPONSORS THAT THEY WRITE A LETTER OF APPRECIATION, WE TOWARD FORWARD THOSE TO PEOPLE. 02:18 THANK GOD, NUMBER ONE. YOUR ADMINISTRATION, NUMBER TWO. 02:24 AND THE PEOPLE NO. THREE. WE CARE ABOUT YOU. 02:27 >> WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR NEEDS. >> WE HAD AN ELECTRIC FORK TRUCK. 02:36 WE HAD A SEMI TRUCK THAT ISN'T OURS. WE KEEP FIXING IT. 02:41 IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE OUR OWN SEMI TRUCK. WE ARE ABLE TO USE IT. 02:46 IT'S NOT OURS. DOWN THE ROAD WE HOPE TO GET OUR OWN WAREHOUSE. 02:50 WE ARE RENTING ONE. THAT HASN'T COME TO FRUITION. 02:53 GOD IS IN CHARGE. HE KNOWS. 02:57 DAY BY DAY WE KEEP MOVING FORWARD. >> HOW ABOUT SOMEBODY BRINGING YOU ON MICROPHONE. 03:07 MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOME OF THE FOLKZ. . 03:13 >> YOU CAN SING, CAN YOU PREACH, CAN YOU TALK. SOMEONE CAN BE ON THE LINE LIKE THIS. 03:19 AN ASSEMBLE LINE PUTTING FOOD TOGETHER FOR THESE FOLKS. CALEB, ALL RIGHT. 03:30 YOU WATCHED HIM GROW UP. >> RICKY. 03:36 COME ON EVERY OVER HERE FOR A SECOND. HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN WITH DARE TO DREAM? 03:43 >> MAYBE JUST FIVE MONTHS? >> IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME PACKING THESE PACKAGES? 03:49 >> DEFINITELY, YES. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT ALL OF THIS WHAT IS TAKING PLACE? 03:55 >> THIS IS AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF IT, FIRST OF ALL. IT'S AMAZING JUST TO SEE HOW MUCH IS BEING ABLE TO BE PROVIDED FOR ALL THE PRISONERS AND GLAD WE CAN BE THE HANDS OF JESUS. 04:09 >> AMEN. THANK YOU. 04:11 >> RICKY HAS BEEN WITH US FIVE MONTHS. HE HAS BEEN HERE PHYSICALLY FOR FIVE MONTHS. 04:18 RICKY HAS BEEN WITH DARE TO DREAM FOR -- HOW MANY YEARS, RICKY. 15 YEARS. 04:24 >> SINCE THE BEGINNING. >> HEY, BOB, COME ON OVER HERE REAL QUICK. 04:30 WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE ON THE CREW THAT ARE SUBBING OUT AND GOING THROUGH, EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET IN ON THIS. EVERYONE WANTS TO FILL THESE PACKAGES AND HELP OUT THE PRISONERS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. 04:42 BROTHER BOB, WHAT IS YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT PACKING THESE BAGS FOR THE INMATES? >> IT'S BEEN WAY TOO LONG SINCE I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO. IT MY WIFE UNEL I MOVED HERE NINE YEARS AGO. 04:55 WITH 3ABN. WE USED TO DO THIS BEFORE WHEN THE PROGRAM GOT KICKED OUT OF THE PRISON MINISTRY WITH COVID. 05:04 >> YOU RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR THE INMATES. >> YES, INDEED. 05:07 WE CAN'T DO ENOUGH FOR THEM. GOD PROVIDES. 05:11 >> AMEN. THANK YOU, BROTHER BOB. 05:12 THANK YOU. >> ANYBODY ELSE? 05:18 ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO TALK TO -- LARRY, COME ON OVER. WE NEED YOU, LARRY. 05:25 WE NEED YOU OVER HERE. YOU HAD A POWERFUL TESTIMONY. 05:30 POWERFUL TESTIMONY. >> YES, YES. 05:34 >> COWBOY. >> COWBOY LARRY. 05:36 >> LARRY, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HELPING PACK THESE BAGS? THIS ISN'T YOUR FIRST RODEO. 05:43 >> NO. HOW MANY YEARS WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS? 05:46 SEVEN YEARS? >> SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS. 05:50 >> WHAT WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE ON THE NEW PROGRAM WE REPORTED THIS WEEK? >> IT WAS POWERFUL. 05:58 SAYING WHAT I SAID, IT BAILOUT BACK THINGS I WOULD RATHER FORGET AND I HAD FORGOTTEN. IT WAS POWERFUL. THREE DAYS WE WERE IN THERE. 06:09 >> PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR IT. WHEN THEY FIRST ASKED ME, I KIND OF FROZE. 06:17 ALL OF THESE THINGS COME INTO MY MIND HOW TERRIBLE OF A PERSON I HAD BEEN. THEN I GOT EMOTIONAL. 06:26 IT WAS A BRIEF PART OF IT, ANYWAY. >> WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRANSPARENCY. 06:31 >> PRAISE GOD. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY. 06:36 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. I GET THE BENEFIT OF IT. 06:42 THANK YOU, LARRY. >> VOLUNTEERING FOR OVER 20 YEARS. 06:48 WHERE DID I MEET YOU? WHAT CHURCH WAS THAT A LONG TIME AGO? 06:52 I WENT OUT ON THE EAST COAST? WASHINGTON NEW HAMPSHIRE. 07:05 WE WERE OUT THERE AND THIS GUY CAME WITH THE COWBOY HAT AND BOOTS AND HAD A LITTLE COWBOY. I'M FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND I'VE GOT HORSES. 07:15 I DON'T WEAR THE COWBOY HAT BUT I WEAR THE BOOTS. I SAID THIS GUY, WHERE IS HE FROM? 07:21 HE CAME AFTER THE SERVICE, CAME OUT AND WE STARTED TALKING. SO THEN WASN'T LONGE WE GOT A -- LONG WE GOT A CALL. 07:32 HE WANTED TO COME AND VOLUNTEER. NOW IT'S BEEN OVER 20 YEARS. 07:36 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> AMEN. 07:39 IT WAS INTERESTING WHILE WE WERE RECORDING THIS PROGRAM THIS PAST WEEK, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN ORANGE JUMP SUITS WALKING DOWN THE STREET. WE'RE JUST WALKING DOWN THE STREET. 07:52 GETTING SOME LOOKS. AT FIRST NOBODY IS LOOKING. 07:54 THEN THEY SEE THE ORANGE JUMP SUITS. WE GO OUT TO EAT. 08:00 THERE WS A COMMENT MADE TO ROBERT. THEY WERE SAYING, I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE, YOU GOT THE GUARD, YOU GOT INMATES. 08:11 THEY ARE TAKING THE INMATES OUT TO EAT. YOU HAVE PREACHERS AND EVERYBODY IS HAPPY. 08:18 [LAUGHTER] >> IT WAS INCREDIBLE. 08:20 THERE WAS A FEDERAL COURTHOUSE NEXT DOOR. >> SPEAKING OF THAT, YOU DID ALL OF THAT FOR A REASON. 08:29 NEW PROGRAM. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 08:31 >> WE GOT SOME VIDEO. >> THIS VIDEO WE WANT TO SHOW NOW IS ACTUALLY THE SET-UP THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE SCHOOL. 08:40 WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. >> ALL RIGHT. 08:43 >> LEMUEL, WHY DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT THIS VIDEO. >> IT TAKES A LOT PREP TRIWORK TO GET READY FOR. 08:52 THIS. >> WE DID THIS AT THE SCHOOL HERE IN THOMPSONVILLE. 08:55 THE STUDENTS ARE GOING DOWN AND PICKING THE PRODUCT. WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THE YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE CAN BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM IN YOUR CHURCH IN YOUR AREA. 09:05 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS. THE CHILDREN ARE TAKING THE LITERATURE AND FILLING THE BAGS AND GOING DOWN THE LINE. 09:13 WE DID 400 PACKAGES. THEY SET A COUPLE OF HOURS ASIDE. 09:18 WE BACKED THE TRUCK AND TRAILER IN THERE AND UNLOADED AND SET UP AND THEN WE DID AS MUCH AS TIME PERMITTED. THEN WE MOVED IT HERE. 09:26 THE CAMERA AND CREW AND EVERYBODY SET IT UP HERE. THIS IS REAL. 09:32 HAD IS LIVE. THIS IS THE TRUCK WHERE WE SET EVERYTHING UP. 09:37 GOD IS GOOD. EVERY ONE OF THESE BAGS REPRESENTS HOPE TO THESE PEOPLE. 09:42 WE HAVE GOTTEN LETTERS, ONE LADY OPEN THE BAG. SHE SAID THERE WAS HOPE IN THE BAG. 09:48 ANOTHER LADY SAID "I SAW JESUS IN THE BAG." THAT'S THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 09:53 PRAISE THE LORD. DANNY, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE 3ABN STAFF, THE TEAM AND MINISTRY, YOU SHARE WITH ALL KINDS OF MINISTRIES. 10:01 THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO WITH CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS. >> THE WHOLE ADMINISTRATION, GREG AND JILL, THE WHOLE BOARD, THERE IS NO ONE THAT'S ASSOCIATED IN OUR LEADERSHIP THAT IS NOT 100% BEHIND YOU AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING. 10:16 WE ARE ALL THERE. WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE A PART OF ALL OF THIS. 10:23 GOOD TO SEE THE FOLKS WORKING. IT'S A HUGE JOB. 10:27 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE VIDEO. WE HEAR ABOUT. IT BUT UNLESS YOU SEE THE WORK AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK TAKING ALL OF THIS, SETTING IT UP. 10:41 THIS IS WRAP THE TRUCK BACKED UP 30 FEET FROM US. HERE WE ARE PACKING NOW. 10:48 >> THIS IS 900 PACKAGES. SO IF YOU CAN ENVISION 6,000 PACKAGES. 10:55 A WHOLE SEMI TRUCK AND TRAILER FULL. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE NUMBERS. 10:59 BUT IT'S ABOUT THAT ONE MORE THAT GETS A PACKAGE. >> YES, YES. 11:05 >> I HAVE TO KNOW WHY THE BREAD. WHY ARE YOU TEMPTING ME WITH THE BREAD. 11:11 >> IT'S SMELLING SO GOOD. >> IT'S SOMETHING SO SIMPLE -- OFFICE. 11:17 >> IT'S ANOTHER SIMPLE ANALOGY, JASON AND I WORKED WELL TOGETHER ON ANALOGIES. YOU MADE AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE. 11:24 YOU MADE AN APPEAL TO THE WORLD. I'M APPEALING TO THEM TO SPONSOR 3ABN AS WELL. 11:29 3ABN IS TAKING THE GOSPEL AROUND THE WORLD LITERAL REALLY, CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS IS GOING BEHIND BARS. JASON YOU HAD A SCRIPTURE TO READ ABOUT BREAD, WOULD YOU DO THAT. 11:42 >> IT'S ECCLESIASTES, CHAPTER 11, VERSE 1. IT SAYS CAST YOUR BREAD UPON THE WATERS. 11:47 WILL YOU FIND IT AFTER MANY DAYS. >> AMEN. 11:50 CAST YOUR BREAD. YOU CAN GO TO A PRISON OR A JAIL, YOU CAN HELP SOMEBODY CAST YOUR EFFORTS ON THE WATER. 11:59 JESUS WILL BLESS YOU. HE WILL HELP YOU. 12:02 WHATEVER IT IS, TRUST IN HIM. IT MAY NOT AB FINANCIAL GIFT. 12:07 BUT HERE IS MY LIFE, TAKE IT, REMAKE IT, MOLD IT SO I CAN BE A REPRESENTATION OF JESUS FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. CAST YOUR BREAD ON THE WATER AND IT WILL RETURN TO YOU. 12:20 >> AMEN. YOU HAVE SOME MONEY HERE, LEMUEL. 12:23 WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS MONEY? >> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MONEY. 12:29 >> IS THIS A DONATION? >> WHAT I SHARE WITH THE INMATES AT THE CLOSE OF THE SERVICE. 12:34 WE'VE BEEN THERE HALF HOUR, 45 MINUTES. WE CLOSE THE SERVICE. 12:38 GET READY TO HAVE PRAYER. I SAID WE'LL TAKE UP AN OFFERING NOW. 12:44 WILL THE DEACONS PLEASE STAND. WE'LL PICK UP AN OFFERING. 12:47 THEY DON'T HAVE NO MONEY IN PRISON, JAIL, FOR THE MOST PART. WE'LL TAKE UP AN OFFERING. 12:53 WHAT WE CAN GIVE IS WE CAN GIVE OUR HEART. THAT'S AN APPEAL WE SHARE AT THE PRISON. 12:58 THIS IS A $20 BILL. THIS IS AN ANALOGY WE USED THIS WEEK. 13:04 I HEARD A STORY. IT'S NOT MY IDEA. 13:06 WE TAKE A $20 BILL AND CRUMPLE IT UP. THEY ASK HOW MANY PEOPLE WANT THIS. 13:15 PEOPLE RAISE THEIR HAND. I'LL TAKE. IT THEN YOU CRUMPLE IT UP. 13:19 THEN YOU SAY HOW MANY PEOPLE STILL WANT IT? IT'S ALL CRUMPLED. 13:25 WHY WOULD YOU STILL WANT IT. >> IT STILL HAS VALUE. 13:29 >> HOW MUCH VALUE. >> $20. 13:33 >> WE WERE CREATED FROM THE BEGINNING, GOD CREATED THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH. GOD SAID LET US MAKE HUMAN TIP IN OUR IMAGE. 13:41 WHOSE IMAGE WERE WE CREATED? GOD. 13:45 THE D.N.A. THAT RUNS WARM IN OUR VEINS, ADAM AND EVEN CREATED IN PERFECTION. NOW THEY HAVE SINNED. 13:59 NOW WE ARE BORN WITH THE HANDICAP IN OUR NATURE. WE ARE WORTH THE ORIGINAL, PLUS, BECAUSE JESUS DIED FOR US. 14:09 YOU SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, GOD WILL UNCRUMPLE YOU, HE WILL HELP YOU, YOUR VALUE IS STILL INFINITE IN HIS EYES. IF YOU PUT A FRESH 20 IN IN YOUR WALLET, OR YOU PUT THE CRUMPLED 20 IN YOUR WALLET, I BET YOU REMEMBER WHERE YOU SPENT THIS ONE. 14:28 WILL YOU REMEMBER WHERE YOU SPENT THE CRUMPLED ONE, BECAUSE THIS STANDS OUT. WE AS CRUMPLED AND RUMPLED INDIVIDUALS, WE STAND OUT FOR JESUS. 14:42 WE ARE ENGRAVED ON THE PALM OF HIS HAND. >> $20 BILLS ARE IN BETTER SHAPE BECAUSE THE $1 BILLS ARE HANDLED BY MILLIONS OF CHRISTIANS. 14:59 THEY DON'T GET MANY 20s. SHOULDN'T HAVE BROUGHT THAT UP. 15:05 I SEE LITTLE BITTY SHOES THERE. >> THESE ACTUALLY WERE MADE IN PRISON BY AN INMATE. 15:13 THESE ARE LITTLE LEATHER BABY SHOES AND THEY WERE MADE BY AN INMATE IN A MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON. WE HAVE LITTLE FLY SWATTERS. 15:22 IF THEY ARE GOOD THEY CAN DO LEATHER CRAFT. THAT IS SOMETHING THEY CAN DO. 15:28 THIS WAS GIVEN TO US. IT WAS GIVEN TO US. IT WAS MADE BY SOME INMATES. 15:33 THIS IS A PHOTO ALBUM. THIS IS MADE OUT OF RAMEN NOODLE PACKS, ALL FOLDED. 15:41 THEY ARE ALL MADE IN THE RIGHT WAY. THEN IT HAS A LITTLE THING -- IT'S A PHOTO ALBUM. 15:49 SOMEONE SAID I WOULD LIKE TO BUY THAT. THEY GIVE ME A PRICE. 15:53 I SAID IT'S NOT FOR SALE. THE PRICE WENT UP. 15:57 I SAID IT'S A GIFT. IT'S SPECIAL. 15:59 THEY WANTED TO GIVE MORE MONEY. I SAID IT'S NOT FOR SALE. 16:03 I WANT SO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT NOT BEING FOR SALE. I WAS ASKED TO GO ON A NETWORK. 16:09 THEY WANTED MY STORY. THEY WANTED ME TO COME BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING A PROGRAM AND THEY OFFERED ME MONEY. 16:15 THEY SAID WOULD YOU COME? IF THEY ASKED ME TO COME -- BUT WHEN THEY PUT A PRICE ON IT. 16:22 WE'LL GIVE OUR STORY AND SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD BUT I DON'T PUT A PRICE ON WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR ME. >> IT'S UNIQUE, TOO. 16:31 I'LL ASK WHOEVER MADE THIS IN PRISON, MAKE ONE THAT SAYS St. LOUIS CARDINALS. >> THEY CAN DO THAT. 16:41 >> I BET YOUR MOM WOULD LOVE TO BUY THAT, AS MUCH AS SHE DOESN'T LIKE FLIES. >> OR BEAT ME HE WITH IT. 16:54 >> JAY, ANYBODY ELSE, BEFORE WE GET BACK? >> I WILL GIVE THAT TO YOU. 17:00 >> OH, THANK YOU. >> WHY DON'T YOU COME ON OVER HERE. 17:05 HE IS ON CAMERA, SO HOPEFULLY NOTHING GOES WRONG, IT IS LIVE. COME ON OVER. 17:16 >> NOW, IAN IS A GUARD. YOU WERE WALKING DOWN IN YOUR GUARD DUTY. 17:20 I DIDN'T NODE IF YOU WERE GOING TO GET ARRESTED OR NOT. WE MIGHT VISIT YOU IN JAIL. 17:27 >> I WAS A SECURITY GUARD. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. 17:30 IT WAS QUITE INTERESTING. WE SAW THEM IN UNIFORM. 17:35 WE GOT A LOT OF AWKWARD LOOKS ON OUR WAY WALKING TO AND FROM. >> WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS THAT LEMUEL WAS SHARING DURING THIS WEEK? 17:45 >> THE ILLUSTRATIONS, THEY WERE FANTASTIC. THE WAY THAT HE CAN TAKE SIMPLE ITEMS AND CREATE A SPIRITUAL STORY FROM IT. 17:53 THAT'S JUST EASY FOR EVERYONE TO RELATE TO. IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BE THERE AND A PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO LEMUEL GIVE THESE ILLUSTRATIONS AND THESE OBJECT LESSONS. 18:02 >> AMEN. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT IS TAKING PLACE HERE TODAY WITH ALL OF THESE PACKAGES THAT WILL BE GOING OUT? 18:09 >> IT'S FANTASTIC. EVEN MY SON AT THE SCHOOL WAS PART OF THIS. 18:13 ALL OF THESE VOLUNTEERS ARE GIVING UP THEIR TIME TO PUT THESE PACKAGES TOGETHER. IT WILL CHANGE LIVES AND MAKE PEOPLE SMILE AND BRING HAPPINESS INTO THEIR LIVES. 18:23 PROUD OF THEM. >> YOU HAVE THE WHOLE FAMILY INVOLVED. 18:26 YOUR WIFE IS ON CAMERA, TOO. >> THAT'S GREAT. 18:34 THAT'S GREAT. >> IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE WEEK. 18:37 >> I WOULD LIKE TO PUT UP AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS. WE HAVE TIME FOR A FEW MORE. 18:43 YVONNE, YOU HAVE A FEW. >> I DO. 18:47 >> YOU CAN TEXT QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, 200618-228-3975. BE SURE TO TEXT THAT. 18:56 OR YOU CAN LIVE@3ABN.TV. IF YOU WANT TO CALL US, LET'S GO THROUGH A FEW QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. 19:09 >> SURE. THE FIRST ONE IS LEMUEL VEGA AND CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS BE ABLE TO SEND THEIR PACKAGES TO RED ONION STATE PRISON IN POWELL, VIRGINIA? 19:21 >> WE WERE THERE -- ACTUALLY, YES. THEY NEED POUND, VIRGINIA. 19:27 THEY HAVE 8,000, 1200 INMATES. IT'S NOT A BIG PRISON, BUT IT'S A SUPER MAX, BY GOD'S GRACE WE DID EVERY PRISON YOU IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO. 19:41 THAT'S 30,000 INMATES. THEY DIDN'T GET A GREAT BIG PACKAGE BUT WE VISITED RED ONION. 19:47 WE WOULD BE ABLE TO IF A CHURCH WANTS TO HELP WITH THAT PROJECT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHIPPING WOULD BE. 19:54 IF THEY WOULD APPROVE IT, THEY WILL DO IT. >> THAT'S GREAT. 20:00 >> WE WOULD LIKE TO SET AND PRISON MINISTRY IN VERMONT IN THE NORTHEAST KINGDOM. HOW DO I GO ABOUT GTTING THIS STARTED AND ROLLING. 20:10 >> THE FIRST THING YOU NEED IS CONTACT YOUR CHAPLAIN OR JAIL COMMANDER. GO TO THE CHAPLAIN AND SAY WE HAVE A FEW VOLUNTEERS, WHAT DO YOU NEED US TO DO? 20:19 HE MAY NOT NEED A BIBLE STUDY. BUT HE MAY NEED A MENTOR TO HELP BALANCE A CHECK BOOK BUT SHOW THEM YOU ARE WILLING TO SERVE, WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO. 20:34 MAYBE WE NEED BIBLES. YOU START THAT RELATIONSHIP. 20:38 THAT'S MY THOUGHT TO GET IT ROLLING. IF HE SAYS NO, GO TO THE NEXT COUNTY JAIL. 20:46 DRIVE 100 MILES AND GO TO THE NEXT COUNTY JAIL. >> HELLO MR. VEGA, I'M FROM CALIFORNIA, I'M DISABLED, 66. 20:57 SINGLE WOMAN. I WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH WOMEN'S PRISON MINISTRY. 21:02 CAN MR. VEGA GO OVER HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN THE WOMEN'S PRISON MINISTRY AND BRING IN 3ABN AND WHAT IS BEHIND YOU TO A PRISON HERE. >> WOMEN'S MINISTRY. 21:18 >> AGAIN, I WOULD CONTACT THE CHAP LISTEN AT THAT FACILITY AND OFFER THEIR SERVICES AND SEE WHAT IS AVAILABLE. AS YOU BUILD THAT FRIENDSHIP. 21:26 HEY, WE HAVE THIS FRIENDSHIP CHRISTMAS BEHIND BHARS THAT WE'RE APART OF. THEY CAN GOOGLE AND SEE WHAT WE DO. 21:34 WE HAVE TAKEN PACKAGES TO FLORIDA WELL AS WELL. START THAT RELATIONSHIP. 21:39 >> SOMEBODY HAS A BURDEN, THEY WANT TO DO IT, SHOULD THEY GO TO THE CHURCH TO SEE IF THERE WHERE OTHER PEOPLE AND THEN MAYBE GO -- >> THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE. 21:50 >> GET A FEW PEOPLE TOGETHER. THEN MAYBE CONTACT AND GET DIRECTION ON WHAT TO DO. 21:56 >> IF THERE IS A WILLINGNESS AS A CHURCH -- I DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE A INDIVIDUAL, BUT IF THE CHURCH IS NOT ON BOARD, THEY STILL HAVE A GARAGE. >> HOW HAS COVID IMPACTED YOUR BEING ABLE TO GET INTO THE PRISON? 22:14 >> WHEN COVID FIRST STARTED, EVERYBODY WAS LOCKED DOWN, SEGREGATED, COULDN'T DO NOTHING. OH, MAN. 22:21 I KEPT GETTING GROCERIES AND DOING OTHER THINGS AND SHARING WITH THE AMISH PEOPLE. THEN I GOT A CALL FROM THE PRISON. 22:28 I GOT A CALL FROM A PRISON AND HE SAID WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR THE INMATES? YOU GOT A BAG A WOMENS OR SOMETHING? 22:38 CAN YOU DO SOMETHING? I PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE LIKE THIS AND TOOK IT TO THEM. 22:44 THEY SAID THAT IS WONDERFUL. THEN I THOUGHT, I MADE A PACKAGE FOR THIS PRISON AND I WENT TO THIS PRISON DOWN THE ROAD. 22:54 THEY SAID THAT WOULD BE GREAT. FROM THEN ON, IT'S MORE RECEPTIVE NOW. 23:04 THESE BAGS MEAN TEN TIMES MORE THAN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. >> AMEN. 23:11 THANK YOU, LEMUEL FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU ARE DOING. I KNOW YOU HAVE HELPED IN THE TEXAS WHERE I LIVE AND GO TO CHURCH. 23:17 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> PRAISE THE LORD. 23:22 >> I WORK WOMEN'S PRISON MINISTRY, I NEVER HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IN LIFE. NO LOVE NO, INTELLIGENT GUIDANCE. 23:30 MANY HAVE BEEN AABUSED. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO WRITE WORDS FROM THE BIBLE. 23:37 GOD GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS GREAT WORK. HAVE YOU BEEN TO HANCOCK STATE PRISON IN SPARTA, GEORGIA? 23:44 >> WE WERE TO A COUPLE OF PRISON IN GEORGIA BUT HANCOCK DON'T RING A BELL. >> SHE SAYS I AM WILLING TO GET A DONATION SO THEY CAN GET SOME BOOKS. 23:55 MY GRANDSON IS THERE. >> IF HER GRANDSON INSIDE THE PRISON WOULD CONTACT THE CHAP CHAPLAIN OR THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND SAY WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN BRING PACKAGES TO EVERYBODY. 24:11 THE INMATES CAN MAKE THE CONNECTION AND HE CAN CONTACT US. SO THAT WOULD WORK. 24:16 DANNY, WHAT THE ONE LADY SAID SHE IS THANKFUL THE WOMEN CAN BE LOVED. THAT'S WHAT SHE DID FOR THAT MAN ON THE STREET. 24:26 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THAT LADY IS SAYING. >> AMEN. 24:31 >> WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR A PACKAGE THAT IT COSTS FOR CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS GIFT PACKAGES. >> ON AN AVERAGE YOU COULD DO A GREAR BAG HALF FULL FOR $10. 24:43 THESE PACKAGES WILL BE $5. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 24:47 >> THAT'S BECAUSE YOU GET THEM FOR A FRACTION. >> CORRECT. 24:53 SOMETIMES WE ARE ABLE TO GET A BIG ALLOTMENT OF STUFF. SOMETIMES IT'S STUFF THAT WILL BE OUTDATED BUT IT'S FRESH AND STILL GOOD. 25:05 >> WHEN AN INMATE IS RELEASED AND HAS NO FAMILY OR FRIENDS, HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO HELP THEM TO GET A NEW START IN LIFE? >> WE HAVE HELPED DIFFERENT INMATES. 25:16 WE HAD A GUY GETTING OUT OF JAIL, HE COME AND LIVED WITH US. WE HELPED HIM WITH LAUNDRY. 25:24 WE HAD A COUPLE OF INMATES LIVING IN OUR HOME. WE HELPED THEM GET THEIR CDL LICENSE. 25:32 MANY TIMES THEY GET OWN AND START DRINKING AND DOING DRUGS AND SOMETIMES HAVE PAROLE ISSUES. THE MOBILE HOME PARK WHERE WE LIVE DON'T ALLOW PEOPLE THAT -- WE ARE KIND OF BLOCKED IN RIGHT NOW. 25:46 WE DON'T KNOW HOW. DAVID GOT OUT OF PRISON AND CAME TO 3ABN AND VOLUNTEERED. 25:52 HE HAD HIS CDL LICENSE NOW AND HE IS IS DOING GOOD, ON THE ROAD WE TRY TO HELP PEOPLE GET A DRIVER'S LICENSE. IF THEY ARE WILLING GOD WILL WORK WITH THEM AND WALK WITH THEM. 26:08 IF THEY GO THAT WAY, THEY CAN GO BACK TO PRISON. IT'S TOUGH. 26:16 THIS MINISTRY, HOW HAS IT STRENGTHENED YOUR FAITH? >> BOY, WHEN I SEE THE LORD OPEN DOORS. 26:23 THE PRISON WHERE I WAS IMPRISONED. WE HAD ONLY BEEN TO COUNTY JAILS. 26:29 WE WANTED TO GO TO THIS PRISON WHERE I HAD BEEN IMPRISONED. I ASKED THE CHAPLAIN. 26:38 THE WORD WAS NO. I ASKED THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR. 26:42 I SAID WOULD YOU ASK AND THE ANSWER WAS NO. I SAID, OKAY, I UNDERSTAND. 26:48 YOU DON'T WANT THE BIG BAGS, WHAT ABOUT A LITTLE BAGIE WITH SALTED PEANUTS. THE ANSWER WAS NO AND DON'T ASK NO MORE. 26:59 WE CONTINUED TO PRAY. LORD WE KNOW YOU CAN MAKE A WAY, NOT OUR WILL BUT THY WILL. 27:05 IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR WAS WORKING OUT AT THE RECREATION YARD AND THE WARDEN GOT MOVED TO A FAR AWAY PRISON ON TUESDAY OF THIS COMING WEEK SO THE NEXT WARDEN SAID YES. SHE SAW THE WHOLE STATE OF INDIANA AND IT CONTINUES TO GROW AND GROW. 27:30 AS WE SEE HIM DOING -- THS IS HUGE TO TAKE THESE PACKAGES IN. THIS IS HUGE. 27:40 JESUS SAYS GOYE UNTO ALL THE WORLD, THAT INCLUDES THESE FACILITIES. SOMETIMES WE THINK OVERSEAS. 27:48 BUT RIGHT HERE WHEREVER YOU LIVE IN THE WORLD, YOUR OWN LOCAL AREA AND COMMUNITIES IS WHERE YOU CAN BE A HELP AND BE A BLESSING TO PEOPLE. TO ME THIS IS THE KIND OF PROGRAM I LOVE DOING. 28:03 FROM THE BEGINNING ON 3ABN WE HAD NO IDEA, REALLY, WHAT WE WANTED TO TO DO. WE SAID, LORD WE ARE WILLING TO GO FORWARD. 28:14 THEN HE BRINGS PEOPLE, LIKE EACH OF YOU HERE, LEMUEL, ALL THE DIFFERENT MINISTRIES. 3ABN IS REACHING PEOPLE. 28:24 TO ME, I'M THANKFUL FOR ALL THE PREACHERS AND THE SINGERS AND ALL OF THIS, TO HAVE MINISTRIES. THE PRISON MINISTRY, RICHARD VAN WAS PUTTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, IF NOT MILLIONS OF PIECES OF LITERATURE INTO PRISONS. 28:42 YEARS LATER, RICHARD GETS UP IN AGE, LIKE ME -- HOW AM I DOING? >> I'LL SEE YOU AT MY HOUSE AFTER. 28:55 >> I'LL LEAVE THE LIGHT ON FOR YOU. >> NOW, LEMUEL COMES FROM YEARS AGO AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS THING IS GROWING AND GROWING AND GROWING. 29:09 YOU SAY HOW WILL WE KEEP DOING THIS, BUT THEN THE LORD ALWAYS OPENS A DOOR. I THINK TONIGHT IS ONE OF THOSE DOORS THAT WILL BE OPENED. 29:17 I WANT TO HEAR YOUR WISH LIST ONE MORE TIME. YOU GAVE IT TO US A LITTLE TOO FAST. 29:22 THE THINGS THAT YOU COULD NEED THAT YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU NEED. NOT JUST WANT OR DESIRES, BUT YOU NEED. 29:29 YOU STARTED OUT WITH A TRUCK. TELL US ABOUT THE TRUCK. 29:33 >> WE NEED HOME MADE THINKING OF YOU CARDS. EACH OF THESE HOME MADE CARDS ARE WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD. 29:39 WE NEED USED BIBLES. WE NEED PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR US. 29:43 WE WOULD LIKE OUR OWN SEMI TRACTOR. A LADY SAID IF YOU GET YOUR CDL, I HAD SEFERG PICKED OUT EXCEPT THE COLOR. 29:54 THE ENGINE AND EVERYTHING. SHE DIDN'T SEND THE MONEY. 30:00 THAT INSPIRED ME TO GET MY CDL. IF I HAVE A NEW TRUCK COMING, I NEED MY LICENSE. 30:07 WE GOT THIS OLD TRUCK, THE BRAKES SEIZED UP. WE WOULD LIKE OUR OWN TRUCK. 30:15 WE NEED A COUPLE OF DRY SEMI TRAILERS. WE HAVE SOME REFRIGERATED SEMI TRAILERS. 30:25 BATTERIES FOR ELECTRIC FORK TRUCKS. WE WOULD LIKE OUR OWN WAREHOUSE. 30:30 THOSE ARE ALL THINGS IN GOD'S TIMING AND AS PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO HELP. >> YOU NEED TO STORE ALL OF THESE SUPPLIES AND PRODUCTS THAT COME IN. 30:42 YOU NEED A PLACE TO PUT ALL OF THAT AND TO LOAD IT FROM THERE ON TO THE TRUCKS. >> AND TAKE IT TO THE PLACES LIKE HERE, SET UP AND BRING 120 PEOPLE FOR FOUR HOURS AND THEY BAG IT AND PUT IT BACK ON THE SEMI TRAILER, THEN YOU HAVE IT SCHEDULED TO GO TO A PRISON. 31:03 IT'S PHENOMENAL. >> FOLKS WATCHING TONIGHT, THERE WILL BE A FEW, WHETHER THEY GIVE $10, $20, A FEW, YOU MIGHT COULD SAY I'LL SEND $1,000 FOR THE TRUCK OR FOR THE $4,200 FOR THE BATTERIES. 31:24 YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DO $10,000. YOU MAY SAY I'VE GOT A TRUCK AND I'M HAPPY TO DONATE THIS TRUCK. 31:34 LET US KNOW. CONTACT LEMUEL, WE'LL PUT THE WEBSITE UP, CHRISTMASBEHINDBARS.ORG. 31:44 THEY WILL HAVE THE PHONE NUMBER TO GET TO HIM. LET HIM KNOW WHAT THE LORD IMPRESSED ON YOU TO DO. 31:50 WE WANT YOU TO PRAY ABOUT. IT LORD, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE ME TO DO FOR THIS MINISTRY. I CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIOUS MYSELF SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING. 32:01 I'M SO THANKFUL HE IS HERE. AND SEEING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT AND KNOWING THESE ARE GOING TO WOMEN'S PRISONS. 32:11 PEOPLE WILL BE TOUCHING THESE. THEY WILL BE RECEIVING THIS. 32:13 THIS MAY BE THE ONLY GIFT THEY GET THIS YEAR. THEN THEY HAVE IS THE CARDS INSIDE. 32:21 THERE MAY BE A BIBLE. THERE IS LITERATURE. 32:25 ALL OF THESE THINGS. TO ME, I COULDN'T IN GOOD CONSCIOUS NOT HELP WHEN I SEE THE NEED BECAUSE THINK HOW BLESSED WE ARE THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING. 32:37 IF YOU ARE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM, MORE THAN LIKELY YOU ARE IN A POSITION YOU CAN DO SOMETHING. PRAYER IS IMPORTANT. 32:43 WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYER. BUT ALSO MAYBE IT'S A $5 GIFT OR $10 OR $100 GIFT. 32:52 IT'S NOT FOR ME. IT'S NOT FOR 3ABN OR LEN OR JASON. 32:56 IT'S FOR THE INMATES THAT LITERALLY AROUND AMERICA. I'M AMAZED HOW MANY PLACES THEY GO AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE SPENT TO GET THE GOSPEL TO THESE PEOPLE. 33:11 FEEDING THEM PHYSICALLY. FEEDING THEM SPIRITUALLY. 33:15 I POURED OUT MY HEART. I CAN'T DO ANY MORE. 33:18 IT'S OUT THERE. WHAT DO YOU THINK? 33:21 >> I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE HOW YOU WOULD FEEL BEING ISOLATED AND ALONE AND WITHOUT ANYONE'S SUPPORT. THEN SOMEONE COMES AND GIVES YOU SOMETHING, SOME KIND OF TREAT. 33:40 THE MORE I READ ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN PRISONS, THE MORE IMPRESSED I AM THAT THE NEED IS SO GREAT FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR THE GOSPEL. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR THEM. 33:53 THOSE WHO GET OUT, IF THEY CONTINUE ON THAT PATH OF SEEKING GOD, THEY HAVE A NEW LIFE. THEY ARE NEW CREATORS IN CHRIST. 34:03 NOT ONLY ARE YOU DOING SOMETHING FOR THE KINGDOM, YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING FOR SOCIETY AS WELL. IT JUST MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHEN PEOPLE CAN HOOK INTO THAT ANCHOR. 34:16 JESUS IS THE ANCHOR. >> I FORGOT I HAD MY PHONE WITH ME. 34:21 YOU HAVE YOURS, I NOTICE. SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL TEXT ME THROUGH THE PROGRAM. 34:26 I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT. I HAVE MY PHONE HERE. 34:30 IF THE LORD IMPRESSED YOU TO TEXT TO SAY "I WILL GIVE SOMETHING." YVONNE HAS HER PHONE. 34:39 JASON, I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR PHONE IS WITH YOU. ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TEXT TO SAY THEY WANT TO SUPPORT THE MINISTRY, FEEL FREE TO DO SO. 34:46 WE ARE WATCHING OUR PHONES RIGHT NOW. >> I'D LIKE TO SAY, DANNY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I WAS INVITED TO GO TO THIS PRISON, A FAMILY, MOM AND DAD CALLED ME AND ASKED IF I WOULD VISIT THEIR SON. 35:03 HE WAS REALLY SICK. THEY FEARED HE WOULD DIE PRETTY SOON. 35:08 I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE CHAPLAIN. I WAS THERE WHEN I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE, WE HAD OUR SHOES OFF, SHAKE DOWN AND PATTED DOWN. 35:19 THE STAFF ASKED THE CHAPLAIN, WHO ARE YOU HERE TO SEE? CHAPLAIN GAVE THEM THE MAN'S NAME. 35:25 HE SAID THEY DIDN'T CALL YOU LAST NIGHT? HE DIED. 35:31 MAN, I FELT SO BAD. I WAS A DAY LATE. 35:34 I DIDN'T MAKE IT IN TIME. I HAD AN APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED AND I WENT, WE WERE THERE. 35:38 I TOMORROW THE CHAPLAIN, I SAID WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO. HE SAID, YOU GET ON THE ROAD. 35:46 I SAID WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? HE SAID I WILL GO BACK TO THE WARD BECAUSE THEY LOST ONE OF THEIR OWN. 35:52 I SAID I WANT TO GO WITH YOU. HE SAID NO, YOU GO ON. 35:56 I SAID I HAVE THIS TIME SCHEDULED. WE WALKED UP ON THE WARD AND THE FIRST INMATE, THEY WERE'LL SICK AND ONLY HAVE SHORT TIMES TO LIVE. 36:08 I ASKED AND INMATE ABOUT JESUS. HE SAID I KNOW ABOUT JESUS BECAUSE OF A T.V. PROGRAM TALKING ABOUT JESUS. 36:17 I WALKED OVER TO ANOTHER BED, THIS GUY COULDN'T TALK. HE WAS THAT FAR GONE. 36:23 I JUST OPEN THE BIBLE AND I SAID THE LORD -- I STARTED READING THE 23rd PSALM. I SAID THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD. 36:34 I SAID IS THE LORD YOUR SHEPHERD? HE SHOOK HIS HEAD AND BEGAN TO CRY. 36:39 I HELD HIS HANDS. WE HAD PRAYER. 36:43 HE SQUEALED MY HAND SO HARD, HE BEGAN TO CRY. I PRAYED THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT I MISSED WILL BE IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. 36:52 MAYBE IT WAS THAT INVITATION TO GO BACK FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL. YOU NEVER KNOW. 36:57 YOU SHARED HOPE WITH THAT ONE PERSON. I LOVE YOU BUDDY. 37:02 THAT WAS THE INVITATION, THE CALL. >> I LOVE WHAT YOU SHARE ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATION. 37:11 ONE OF OUR EPISODES WE TALKED ABOUT THE DEATH ROW VOLUNTEER. LEMUEL, IF YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON THE SHEET, THE DIFFERENT SHEETS. 37:22 THE DIFFERENT COLORED SHEETS. >> DO YOU WANT TO CLOSE IT WITH THE VOLUNTEER? 37:28 >> WHEN YOU GO INTO PRISON, YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE ANALOGY FRIENDLY THINGS. I TAKE A ROAD MAP. 37:34 THEY SAID YOU CAN'T TAKE A MAP. WHEN THEY ESCAPE, THEY WILL KNOW WHERE THEIR AT. 37:41 SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A SHEET. YOU TAKE THREE COLORED SHEETS. 37:46 A BLUE ONE, BLACK ONE, GREEN ONE. WHATEVER. 37:49 THEN YOU ASK FOR THREE VOLUNTEERS. THE INMATES COME TO THE FRONTS. 37:53 YOU TURN THEM AROUND SO THEY ARE FACING THE AUDIENCE. YOU PUT ONE SHEET AROUND THIS ONE, NOW YOU HAVE THREE INMATES WITH THREE DIFFERENT COLORED SHEETS. 38:03 YOU ASK THE AUDIENCE, WHICH COLOR WOULD YOU SAY REPRESENTS THE WORST? THEY SAY THE BLACK ONE. 38:12 IT'S THE DARKEST, THE GLOOMIEST. WHICH REPRESENTS THE SECOND RATIO OF SIN IN MAYBE THE BLUE ONE. 38:22 I SAID WHEREVER WE ARE, AS WE COME TO JESUS JUST AS WE ARE. THERE IS A CROSS BEHIND US. 38:30 THEN I HAVE SOMEONE UNFOLD THE WHITE SHEET IN FRONT OF THEM AS WE BEGIN TO PRAY. THIS IS WHAT JESUS WILL DO FOR YOUR LIFE. 38:39 HE COVERS US ON THE WHITE SHEET, THE RIGHTEOUSNESS. I WANT TOE SHARE ISAIAH CHAPTER 61 VERSE 10, I WILL GREATLY REJOICE IN THE LORD, MY SOUL SHALL BE JOYFUL IN MY GOD BECAUSE HE HAS CLOTHED ME ME WITH THE GARMENT OF SALVATION, AS THE BRIDEGROOM ADORNS HIMSELF WITH ORNAMENT AND THE BRIDE ADORNS HERSELF WITH JEWELS. 39:09 JACE ISEN SHARED AND ONE OF THE ANALOGIES, IF YOU ARE ON DEATH ROW. HE SHARED. 39:17 BASICALLY IF YOU WERE ON DEATH ROW AND SOMEBODY CAME UP TO YOU AND SAID, HEY, I WANT TO STEP IN YOUR PLACE AND TAKE YOUR CHARGE. I WANT TO TAKE YOUR PLACE. 39:27 I WANT TO DIE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO. WOULD YOU BE LOYAL TO THAT INDIVIDUAL? 39:33 SOMEBODY DID THAT FOR YOU. THE ONE WHO DID THAT FOR YOU WAS JESUS. 39:39 JESUS DID THAT FOR YOU. NOW THE QUESTION FOR YOU IS, WILL YOU BE LOYAL TO JESUS? 39:46 WILL YOU BE LOYAL TO HIM? WE ENTERED INTO THIS DEATH SENTENCE PUT ON US WHEN ADAM AND EVE MADE THE DECISION TO DO WHAT GOD TOLD THEM NOT TO DO. 39:58 THEY ATE THE FRUIT. EVER SINCE THEN, SIN HAS JUST BEEN THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL. 40:07 JESUS CAME ALONG. HE DIED FOR US. 40:10 SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY THAT DEATH PENALTY. WILL YOU ACCEPT HIM, WILL YOU SERVE HIM, WILL YOU BE LOYAL TO HIM? 40:19 THOSE ARE QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO ASK YOURSELF. IF YOU HAVE NEVER ACCEPTED CHRIST IN YOUR LIFE, I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO DO SO. 40:26 PRAY THIS SIMPLE PRAYER. JUST SAY, DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, I AM A SINNER NEED AFTER SAVIOR. 40:32 I WANT TO INVITE CHRIST INTO MY LIFE AND, LORD, I WANT HIM TO REIGN SUPREME AND GUIDE MY LIFE, CLEANSE ME FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. 40:50 SAY THAT SIMPLE PRAYER. >> GOING ALONG WITH THAT IS FIRST JOHN 9. 40:56 IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND CLEARANCE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. THE SIMPLICITY OF THE GOSPEL IS POWER IN ITS SIMPLICITY. 41:13 >> PEOPLE SAY, WHAT CAN I DO? WHAT CAN I DO? 41:20 THE LORD, IF YOU ARE WILLING, GODS GOD WILL USE YOU, WOULD YOU EVER DREAM YOU WOULD BE DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING, PROGRAMMING AND PREACHING AND MANAGING DARE TO DREAM? YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT POTENTIAL WAS IN YOU TO DO WHAT YOU ARE DOING. 41:39 >> I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD BE IN CHURCH LET ALONE FULL-TIME MINISTRY. GOD IS INCREDIBLE. 41:46 THE WAY THAT HE CAN TAKE SOMEONE'S LIFE AND TURN A ALL THE WAY AROUND IS JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. THANK GOD FOR HIS PATIENCE. 41:58 >> YVONNE AND ME WERE TALKING ABOUT 90-YEAR-OLD UNCLE BUCK. HE IS INFAMOUS. 42:05 HE IS A LEGEND IN THE SHELTON FAMILY. HE WAS TALKING TO US. 42:09 HE SAID, MAN, THE GROWTH IN JASON, I WATCH 3ABN ALL THE TIME. WE HEAR FROM FROM THE TIME YOU CAME WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED. 42:21 YOU GAVE YOUR HEART TO THE LORD. THEN HE SAID IT DOESN'T HURT HE IS GOOD-LOOKING AND SMART. 42:29 BUT TO SEE THE GROWTH IN HIM. SO IT'S YOUR DEDICATION TO THE LORD. 42:37 WHEN YOU CAME HERE, YOU WERE DOING A JOB, YOU HAD NO IDEA WHAT YOU WERE DOING. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 42:45 >> THANKFUL THAT HE HAS BEEN FAITHFUL EVEN THOUGH I DON'T DESERVE IT. IT HE HAS BEEN FAITHFUL. >> YOU WERE THRILLED ABOUT IT. 42:58 >> OH, IT WAS EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT IT OR TALK ABOUT IT, I GET CHOKED UP. I KNOW WHAT GOD HAS DONE IN BOTH OF MY CHILDREN'S LIVES. 43:09 I'M SO GRATEFUL. I'M SO GRATEFUL. 43:13 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT, REALLY, TO SAY. ANYBODY WHO ACCEPTS JESUS BECOMES A NEW CREATOR IN CHRIST. 43:22 ALL OF THE OLD THINGS THAT PASS AWAY, ALL THINGS ARE MADE NEW IN HIM. LISTENING TO YOUR TESTIMONY EARLIER TODAY, THIS OTHER PROGRAM YOU HAD DONE ON YOUTUBE. 43:38 I WAS THINKING, LOOK WHAT GOD HAS DONE. YOU KNOW? 43:44 WHEN YOU WALK IN YOUR DIVINE PURPOSE. THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE DOING. 43:49 THE LORD HAS TAKEN YOUR LIFE AND TURNED YOUR TRAJECTORY AROUND SO THAT YOU ARE WALKING IN YOUR DIVINE PURPOSE AND REACHING PEOPLE FOR HIM. THERE IS NO GREATER PRIVILEGE THAN THAT. 44:03 I FEEL LIKE I'M PREACHING RIGHT NOW. >> WE HAVE 12 MINUTES OR SO LEFT IN THE PROGRAM. 44:11 MAYBE WE CAN GET TIM AND GINGER TO DO ANOTHER SONG. "HIS NAME IS WONDERFUL." 44:19 JAY, AS YOU SAID, YOU HELP PEOPLE TO LEAD THEM IN PRAYER. YOU TALKED ABOUT, LEMUEL, THE SIMPLICITY OF THE GOSPEL. 44:28 ISN'T THAT GREAT THAT ALL OF US CAN UNDERSTAND IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A THEOLOGIAN OR GO TO SEMINARY. 44:38 YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS. YOU CAN BE A WITNESS BECAUSE YOUR OWN TESTIMONY, OUR LIFE IS OUR GREATEST ASSET. 44:49 ONCE YOU ACCEPT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IN YOUR LIFE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TELL PEOPLE WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR YOU. I AM THANKFUL THAT WE SERVE A GOD AND HIS NAME IS WONDERFUL. 45:02 LET'S HEAR TIM AND GINGER NOW. 48:04 >> HIS NAME IS WONDERFUL. HE IS THE GREAT SHEPHERD. 48:05 THE ROCK OF ALL AGES. ALL MIGHTY GOD. 48:08 INCREDIBLE TO SERVE A RISEN SAVIOR. I TELL YOU, I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE EXCITED ABOUT THINGS HAPPENING AROUND US, BECAUSE WE ARE LIVING IN A VERY CLOSING MOMENTS OF EARTH'S HISTORY. 48:20 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TURN ON THE NEWS CHANNEL, TURN ON ANY CHANNEL AND YOU WILL SAY WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON. WE ARE RIGHTS IN THE MIDST OF IT. 48:33 JESUS IS ABOUT TO COME. WHERE ARE YOU AND ME TODAY? 48:37 HAVE WE GIVEN OUR LIFE TO JESUS? LORD, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE US TO DO. 48:43 YOU HAVE TALENTS YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT. TAKE ME AND USE ME AS I AM. 48:52 GOD CAN OPEN DOORS AND CAN YOU DO GREAT AND MIGHTY, MARVELOUS THINGS WHEN YOU COME IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. PEOPLE WILL TEACH, THURMAN, WHEN HE WAS YOUNG HE PRACTICED ALL THE TIME. 49:09 HE WOULD THROW BETWEEN HIS LEGS, IT WOULD HAVE STILL HIT THE MARK BECAUSE HE CAME IN THE NAME OF THE WORLD. IT'S NOT WHAT WE CAN DO IT'S WHAT GOD CAN DO. 49:20 I SEE YOU HAVE, IT LOOKS LIKE COINS AND MONEY THERE. WE BETTER TALK ABOUT, WE HAVE FIVE OR SIX MINUTES. 49:27 TELL US WHAT IS GOING ON. >> FIRST OF ALL, YOU NOT ONLY TOLD THAT GUY, I LOVE YOU BUDDY, YOU MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO GET ON THAT PLANE AND GET HESITATE SURGERY. 49:41 THE TALENT, I THINK OF THE TALENTS IN THE BIBLE. THE GOOD MASTER, THE GOOD STEWARD, HE LOVED TALENTS. 49:47 SOME GOT TWO TALENTS, SOME GOT FIVE TALENTS. SOME WILL GET ONE TALENT. 49:53 IS THAT HOW IT WAS? WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, GOD HAS GIVEN US ALL OF US TALENTS. 50:02 WHEN THE BEHALFER COMES BACK -- WHEN THE MASTER COME BACKS, HE WILL LOOK FOR A GAIN ON THOSE TALENTS. WE WANT TO GAIN AGAIN TALENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, AMEN? 50:18 IT'S ABOUT SERVICE. WHATEVER THE LORD WILL CALL YOU. 50:21 IN WE TAKE OUR TALENT AND BURY IT AND PUT IT THERE, THEN WE HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE COMMISSION OF WHAT JESUS WANT US TO DO WITH OUR TIME. THE LADY WHO RECEIVED A BAG, I WILL TELL YOU, THE WOMAN GOT LOCKED UP. 50:38 SHE GOT PUT IN THE CAGE AND PUT IN THE POD WITH OTHER WOMEN. SOMEBODY HAD THE STRENGTH TO TELL HER ABOUT THE SABBATH. 50:46 FIRST TIME SHE EVER HEARD IT. THEN SHE GOT LOCKED UP IN SEGREGATION, ONE OF THOSE CELLS. 50:53 IT WAS WRITTEN ON THE WALL ABOUT THE SABBATH, THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE BIBLE, SATURDAY. IT WAS WRITTEN ON THE WALL. 51:03 IN HER BAG, SOMEONE SPONSORED THAT BAG TO BE PUT TOGETHER. SOMEONE SPONSORED DEVOTIONAL MATERIAL. 51:12 IN HER BAG HER BOOK WAS 10 COMMANDMENTMENTS TWICE REMOVED BY DANNY SHELTON. SHE SAYS I NOW KNOW THAT THE BIBLE SABBATH IS SUNDAY. 51:25 PEOPLE DONATED TO MAKE THAT BAG POSSIBLE. THE LORD GAVE HER THAT BAG OUT OF THE 30 DIFFERENT BOOKS. 51:33 YVONNE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR BOOK THAT YOU HAVE SPONSORED. EVERY WOMEN WILL RECEIVE ONE OF THE BOOKS YOU HAVE WRITTEN. 51:40 IF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO DONATE YOUR BOOKS, CALL 3ABN AND SAY I WANT TO MAKE SURE -- I WANT TO BUY BOOKS, WHATEVER, TO BE USED FOR PRISON MINISTRIES. PRAISE THE LORD. 51:52 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> JAY WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS HERE HERE. 51:57 WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THEY HAVE BEEN BUSY. 52:06 I UNDERSTAND YOU DID 456 BAGS? IS THAT RIGHT? 52:17 456 PACKAGES TONIGHT. >> PRAISE THE LORD. 52:20 >> THEY COMPLETED THE OTHER PORTION OF THE 900. THE STUDENTS COMPLETED THE OTHER PORTION AS A MISSIONARY PROJECT. 52:29 >> NOW WE HAVE THE 900 GOING TO DAYTON WOMEN'S PRISON ON MONDAY. TUESDAY WE GO TO WABASH VALLEY. 52:39 >> YOU CAN BE A PART OF THE MINISTRY, TOO. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CONTACT 3ABN OR LEMUEL'S ADDRESS CHRISTMASBEHINDBARS.ORG. 52:50 SAY I WANT TO HELP FINANCIALLY. MAYBE THIS THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN DO. 52:57 CAN YOU GET THAT INFORMATION. WE ONLY HAVE A FEW MINUTES LEFT. 53:01 MAYBE GIVE US A FEW WORDS. I THINK WE SHOULD GO OUT WITH A PRAYER. 53:06 JAY CLOSE IT OUT WITH A PRAYER, IF YOU WOULD. >> IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOTHING AND HAVE NO ONE. 53:16 YOU CAN BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION FOR THEM BY HELPING US TO GET THE GOSPEL TO THEM BY DONATING WHATEVER YOU CAN. WHATEVER THE HOLY SPIRIT IMPRESSES YOU TO DO. 53:33 DO IT. IT WILL MAKE SUCH A DIFFERENCE FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 53:41 JUST KNOW THAT WHATEVER YOU DO, IT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE KINGDOM, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 53:50 THERE IS NO AMOUNT THAT'S TOO SMALL. NO AMOUNT THAT'S TOO LARGE. 53:55 WHATEVER YOU CAN DO. PLEASE, PLEASE SUPPORT THIS MINISTRY. 53:59 IT MEANS SO MUCH TO SO MANY PEOPLE. >> LEMUEL, CLOSING THOUGHTS? 54:03 >> I AM ASKING OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS LITERAL MI IN PRISON TO NOT GIVE UP HOPE ON JESUS. THE PRISON BARS CANNOT STOP JESUS FROM COMING IN AND THE PRISON BARS CANNOT STOP YOU FROM SPENDING AN ETERNITY IN JESUS EVEN IF YOU HAVE LIFE IN PRISON. 54:22 I WANT TO SAY THERE IS HOPE FOR YOUR LIFE. GOD BLESS YOU. 54:26 WE DO LOVE YOU. THIS IS YOUR 3ABN FAMILY. 54:30 >> JAY, COULD YOU SAY A PRAYER FOR US. >> LET'S PRAY. 54:34 DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE WANT TO COME TO YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE DEATH ROW VOLUNTEER. JESUS CHRIST, AS PEOPLE ARE LISTENING TO US RIGHT NOW, I ASK THAT YOU WOULD POMPT THEM TO ACCEPT JESUS IN THEIR LIFE. 54:53 FATHER I ASK THAT YOU BE WITH THE VIEWERS AND HELP THEM TO SEE THE GREAT VALUE IN CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS. TO TAKE PART IN SUPPORTING THAT MINISTRY AND SPREADING THE GOSPEL TO THOSE THAT ARE INCARCERATED. 55:06 YOU NEVER KNOW HOW MANY SOULS CAN BE WON. FATHER, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO HELP THIS GOSPEL GO FORWARD BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS. 55:20 IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. 55:22 >> I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE WITH THE THOUGHT THAT JESUS IS COMING SOON. THOUGH WE MENTIONED IT SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT. 55:31 IF YOU HEARD NOTHING ELSE, BUT WHEN HE WAS ON THE CROSS, YOU AND ME WERE ON HIS MINDS. HE COULD LOOK DOWN IN TIME AND SEEING PEOPLE WILLING TO GIVE THEIR LIVES IN NECESSARY FOR THE CROSS OF GOD. 55:44 THAT'S YOU AND ME TODAY. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO ASK YOURSELF, ARE THE THINGS THAT I ONCE LOVE IN THIS EARTH AND NOW BEGINNING TO HATE? 55:58 IT'S ABOUT CONTINUAL GROWTH. I'M SO GLAD GOD USES ANY OF US NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. 56:04 YOU MAY SAY I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO GO TO CHURCH. WE ARE ONLY GOOD BY THE GRACE AND MERCY OF A LOVING SAVIOR WHO GAVE HIS LIFE ON THE CROSS AS AN ATONEMENT FOR OUR SINS AND MY SINS. 56:19 WE ARE ALL BORN WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS CALLED DEATH. THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY OUT AND THAT IS THROUGH GOD WHO WAS CRUCIFIED. 56:31 COME TO THE FOOT OF THE CROSS. CONFESS OUR SINS. 56:34 JESUS SAYS WHEN WE CONFESS OUR SINS, FORGIVE US FROM YOUR SINS AND CLEANSE US FROM SOME OF OUR UNRIGHTEOUS. >> ALL. 56:43 >> OKAY. ALL OF OUR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 56:46 AREN'T YOU HAPPY ABOUT THAT? GOD HAS SOMETHING SPECIAL YOU AND YOUR LIFE. 56:51 ASK THE LORD WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE ME TO DO. I PROMISE YOU, HE WILL. 56:56 I HATE TO SAY THIS PART, BUT OUR TIME IS ALL GONE. UNTIL WE SEE YOU NEXT TIME, MAY GOD BLESS AND AND ENRICH YOU WITH MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER HAVE. 57:15 . [♪♪] |
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