Hello, friends, and welcome back
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to 3ABN Thursday Night Live.
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We are here with
Little Light Studios
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and we've been
having a wonderful time.
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My name's Ryan Day.
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If you're just now joining us,
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hey, it's never
too late to join us
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'cause we're still gonna
continue our conversation
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about how Hollywood
and movies and video games
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and all of these
different media aspects
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are affecting our brain
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and all of the
different hidden agendas
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that the enemy is trying to use
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to affect people
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and to pull
them away from Christ
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or to give them
a false perception
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of Jesus Christ, our savior.
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And so we're here
with Scotty Mayer,
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director and speaker
of Little Light Studios.
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We also have
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Brother Keith Detwieler with us,
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producer and speaker
for Little Lights Studios,
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and we have a
new brother with us,
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Alex Castillejos,
did I say that right?
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Yeah, you said it
right. My good friend.
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Me and Alex go
back a little bit.
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We're friends and so
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it's a blessing to have
you joining us here, Brother.
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We're gonna get into
talking about the Spanish side,
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the Espanol side of
Little Light Studios
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in just a little bit,
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but if you're at home right now,
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we're gonna be
asking some questions
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throughout the second hour,
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getting a little deeper
into some future projects
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and a little bit more
about Little Light Studios.
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But if you have a question,
send us in your questions.
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There's two ways to do that.
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We wanna bring
that up right now.
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First you can text us.
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So send your question
via text at (618) 228-3975.
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Or you can email us
your question if you'd like,
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as the email
address is right there,
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it's live@3abn.tv.
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So text us, email us,
send in those questions.
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I wanna kind of start out
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with just the
question or two right now,
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and then we'll
get right back into
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what we came to
talk about tonight,
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which is Little Light Studios
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and how you're
positively affecting
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so many people.
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So here it is,
question number one,
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this person says,
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"Do you think
that Christian movies
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are the same thing over and over
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and what needs to change
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in order for people to
enjoy Christian films again?"
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I'll just throw
it out there and let,
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whoever wants to
respond, respond.
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Anybody? Anybody.
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You know, Christian movies
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I think are sort
of up against a lot,
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like we talked about
in the earlier hour here,
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you know, Hollywood
has a lot of resources,
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a lot of money.
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They're paying people who
are the professional actors
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and these actors are
good at what they do.
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And so, you know, when
it comes to Christianity,
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it was always kind
of looked at as like,
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it's kind of cheesy
or it's like low budget
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or, you know, they
just don't have the access
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to the financial
push to make them
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what the other movies look like.
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So I think that, that
might just kinda clear the air,
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why they look so differently,
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but they're starting to
become some Christian movies
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that are out there
that are really giving
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Hollywood a run for their money.
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You know the new
series "The Chosen,"
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you know, this is
taking the world by storm.
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In fact, no other movie
franchise thing in history
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has ever done this kind of like
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pay it forward
type of social funding
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to basically get
the movies ready.
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Yeah 'cause they're not,
you know, owned by like Netflix
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or a streaming
service or a big company.
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So yeah, absolutely.
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And, you know, I appreciate
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what they're aiming at
to do on this production.
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You know, I've
heard many, many people
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that are being
exposed to the story of Jesus
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that they have
never heard of it.
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I mean, it's
going around the world
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and some of these people
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don't have any
context of who Jesus is
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and this is sort of a way
to introduce them to the topic
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and hopefully will
peak their curiosity
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to make them look into it more.
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I see. Wow, appreciate that.
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I appreciate that so much.
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Question number two.
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This person says,
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"Are all of the Hollywood
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and sitcom
actors into the occult?"
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And then they say here,
even in a mild form of worship,
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whatever that means.
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But, yeah, I could kind of,
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you know, are all
Hollywood sitcom actors
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into the occult, I guess.
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Is it occult related?
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So...
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I think that
would be a far stretch
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to say that all of them are,
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I think a lot of people like,
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you know, like Scotty,
they go down with hopes
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and dreams and good intentions.
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And some of them
I think gets sucked
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into some things
that they, you know,
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a few years later realize
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I never wish I would
have been involved in this.
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And I know you can
expand on this more,
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but you know, aside from
whether there's something,
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occult or there an agenda,
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let's just talk
about the lifestyle
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that people get
involved in, right?
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Scotty, you went
down to Hollywood
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and within months, right?
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Yep.
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You're walking away
from your Christianity
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and you're
getting involved in things
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that you were
never involved in before.
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Yeah.
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I mean, with growing up
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in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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you know, you
have a health message.
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You live a pretty decently
kosher life, if you would.
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And yeah, within
months I was at the parties
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and doing all the
things that you see,
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you know, the
mainstream celebrities doing.
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And it was really
this just sort of like
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enticing world
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that's, you know,
grander than life out there
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and you start
making these choices.
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So I would agree with Keith.
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I don't think that
everybody down there
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has some agenda
against, you know, God.
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And is gonna do it,
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but we know through
the story that Jesus told.
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Do you remember
when He told the story
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about casting the
demon out of the man's mind
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and the man swept up his mind
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and the demon came back around
to check on the man's house
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and see if he had filled
it and he didn't fill it.
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So he went around and he
got seven more unclean spirits
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and came back
and filled the man.
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And he was worse
off than he was before.
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What that story tells me
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is that we can easily be
filled with the Holy Spirit,
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or we can be
filled with another spirit
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and not even know it.
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So I think a lot of people
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that are in
operation under Satan's kingdom
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may not even be aware of that,
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but are definitely
fighting for his kingdom.
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Sure.
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So I'm gonna ask this
question to you first, Scotty,
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but it's gonna
help us to open the door
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to introduce our
friend Alex here,
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who is covering the
Espanol Spanish side
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of Little Lights Studios.
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But obviously in the beginning,
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it kinda started I'm
sure as an English project
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and then the door
opened for someone to come in
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and start doing
Spanish translation
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and getting the
content out there.
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So tell us a little
about how that came about,
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and then we're
gonna get into Alex
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and how he has affected many
people within this ministry?
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Believe it or not,
Alex has actually worked
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with us for eight years.
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So he's been on board
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with Little Light
Studios for a long time.
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And in the very beginning,
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we would travel around the world
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and you know, most of
the world speaks Spanish.
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In fact, that's what we're
gonna speak in heaven, right?
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The language is Spanish.
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Isn't that what everybody
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speaks in
Spanish, isn't that right?
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Yeah, so you
better learn some Spanish.
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Yeah, I'm gonna start learning
now, man, I'm from California.
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And you got some points.
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I love that.
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So if you think about it
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in terms of how large the
Spanish speaking church is,
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it's much more large
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than the English side of things.
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And they have the very
same struggles that we do.
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So Alex, recognizing
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that and coming from
Central America said,
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"Hey, I'd love to
help you guys out."
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This poor
gentleman would wake up
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at 3 o'clock in the
morning to translate our videos.
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He would stay up
late in the night
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to translate our
videos because he had a job
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that he was doing
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and put some serious
dedication into the work.
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But God really has blessed.
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We got an opportunity to
really bring him on board
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and it's been nice to
have him part of our team.
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And, you know, I
don't speak Spanish,
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so I can't edit it
if it's in Spanish.
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And so it's really been
a blessing to have somebody
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in our office able to
reach that demographic.
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I think it was about
six or seven years ago.
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I found myself out in Oregon
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doing an
evangelistic series there.
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And this brother and his family
came up smiling from ear to ear
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and we just hit it off
as friends immediately.
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But I remember one
of the first questions
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he asked me was, "Hey,
bro, have you ever heard
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of Little Lights Studio?"
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And I was just like,
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"Man, yeah, I've
heard of Little Lights."
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He's like, "I
work for them, bro.
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I translate, I do
the Spanish translation."
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So it was just,
and he was telling me
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all that he was
doing and I could just
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see the passion.
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And so, Alex, talk to
us a little bit about,
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'cause we've been
spending the last hour
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talking about how
much Little Light Studio
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has impacted so many lives.
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You're on the
Spanish side of things.
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I mean, you've
got this whole world
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opened up to you now.
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What has been some
of your experiences
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in sharing this
content and informing people,
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educating people you know,
from a Spanish perspective,
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what has been
some of the results?
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I mean, first of all,
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I mean it's 665 plus millions
of people who speak Spanish.
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So to bring, when I
learned about the message,
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it's like, do we
have this in Spanish?
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He said, "No, we don't
have it, and we are working on."
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And I was like,
"We need to do this."
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So that's why I was like
3, 3:30, 4:00 in the morning,
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I mean, getting up
and translating this stuff
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and just to bring this
to my community, right?
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Speaking Spanish people and yes,
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I mean, they so accepted
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because it's like, wow,
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I never thought
about this thing.
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You know, I was
like, we just watched,
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you know, anything.
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And you know, soap
operas , telenovela, in Latino
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it's known in
the Latino community
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and, but you know,
movies and Hollywood,
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I mean, Hollywood is worldwide.
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So it's like, wow,
Superman, are you kidding me?
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And you know,
all this stuff also.
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And, but yeah, I
mean, I go like I say,
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you know, I started translating,
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you know, I
helped him to translate
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five different
DVDs, you know, projects.
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And I mean,
like you were saying,
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I mean, it's not, it's not easy.
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I mean, they worked three
years to bring pseudology.
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I mean, it took me eight
months to bring in a Spanish.
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That's amazing.
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And a lot of people's
like, why you gonna do that?
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In other words
like, well it takes time
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and, you know, resources,
you know, stuff like that.
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But, yeah, I mean,
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they asked me after
those five projects,
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it's like, would you
like to go in churches
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in the Latino community
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and share about a
few Hollywood in Spanish.
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Okay. Tell us about that?
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So what's been your
experience with that?
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Do you feel like there's...
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Do you feel like
maybe there's a difference
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in how they perceive it
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or has it just been the
same with the American side
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as it is with the Spanish side?
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Yeah. No, it's
just, it's the same.
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I mean, because to me,
like I said, you know, media,
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Hollywood, I
mean, it's worldwide.
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I mean, if it was maybe
like in the 80s or something,
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I mean, it was
different, but now it's like,
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everybody has a device.
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Everybody has, you know,
things like that, you know,
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and these neighborhoods
talking about this is worldwide.
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So when I go
over there, it's like,
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yeah, I watched that one,
you know, I watched that one,
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and some people was
like, wow, why is that?
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You know, 10 times?
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And I didn't see anything
about how that specific movie
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was attacking God.
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It was attacking
the Ten Commandments.
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And I was like, what?
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You know, so yeah.
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I mean, praise
God, you know, they're,
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you know, it's not like I don't
want you to here in my shirts.
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Yeah. It is very positive.
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And we're growing, you know,
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we growing trying to
bring more material videos
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in our YouTube
channel and people's like,
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yeah, thank you so
much for this material.
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We need it. Amen.
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Sometimes you feel a bit like
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Elijah on the
Mount Carmel, right?
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You know what I mean?
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It's like, I don't
think that the people,
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you know they got lulled
into following this false god
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and in the same way,
like we talked about earlier,
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you know, Baal
had some parallels
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to the stories of God.
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And you know, I don't think that
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it was just this
way over here thing.
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It was like very close to
the, you know, real story,
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but just often
enough to be a counterfeit.
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And so, you know, I
don't know about you guys,
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but I feel a bit
like sometimes like,
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you know, today we need
to make this choice today,
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which God are we gonna serve
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and let's serve Him
with all of our heart.
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Yeah. I think it
starts off, you know, young.
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You know, I think
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that the really the start is
with like, with the cartoons,
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you know, starting
when they're young.
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And so then they
learn these ideas,
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they learn, you
know, follow your heart.
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They learn get rid of the law.
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They learn magic witchcraft
and sorcery are perfectly okay.
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They also learn, you know,
communicating with the dead
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is just part of everyday life.
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They learn all
those things growing up
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and then what's the next step?
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Superheroes, right?
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It's like a progression.
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And so, I think the devil,
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you know, he's
just starting young
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and we just grow up
that way and it seems normal.
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So I know, I know you have kids,
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Alex, you have kids.
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Do you have any
kids, Brother? I have four.
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Okay. So you guys have kids.
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I don't have any kids, but
I'm just asking you in general,
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there may be a parent
at home watching right now,
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hearing all that you're saying
and saying, oh my goodness.
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You know, I let my
kids watch these things.
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I let them watch the movies.
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They're familiar
with the Supermans
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and the Batmans
and the Spidermans
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or the Disney movies and
all the things, you know.
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So what would be
your advice to a parent
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who maybe, I mean,
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they're just, they're
hearing all of this tonight,
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or maybe they've
watched one of your DVDs
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and it's like, oh,
my goodness now what?
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So what would you do
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'cause obviously
this is affecting kids
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from a very, very early age.
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And we have parents
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that literally
allow the television,
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these movies to
be their babysitter
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while they're cleaning house
or while they're getting job,
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their work done on
the side or whatever.
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So, you know, what would
be your advice to a parent
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who is struggling with this?
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Because it seems to
be a part of our culture.
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It seems to be an
American cultural,
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Western cultural thing
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that, you know,
television, movies, video games,
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you know, oh, it's
not that bad, right?
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So just let them do it.
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And so unpack that a little bit?
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The beauty about God is
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there's no time too
late to turn to Him.
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Right.
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You know, you see these examples
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in these stories, in the Bible
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where people have
turned at all ages,
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young, middle, old.
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And so I think God
is just saying, listen,
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when you see this presented
and you need to make a choice,
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turn from those ways
and go the other direction.
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So, you know,
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you can't beat
yourself up as a parent,
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we've all done it wrong, right?
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You know, it's like,
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I think you, you
have to consider that,
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you know, Adam and
Eve a perfect couple
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will not possibly not have
their first born in heaven.
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I mean, that's a
solemn thought right there.
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And so, you
know, this is not easy.
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Parenting is
difficult, but at the same time,
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it's like, there's no time
to say, oh, it's gone too far.
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We have seen people literally
that you would have looked at
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and said, there is no way
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that guy is gonna come
to my church and preach.
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And then a year later
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we see them preaching up
front with a Bible and a tie.
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And you're just
like, wow, praise God.
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So I would say to that
parent, just start now,
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turn your hearts to God.
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If you don't know how to do it,
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get on your hands and knees
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and say, God,
show me how to do it.
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He's a God of answered prayers.
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He will not ignore you.
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He will lead you
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into the paths of righteousness.
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He promises to do
so. Praise the Lord.
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I like the way the Bible puts
what Scotty was just saying,
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this comes from Isaiah 55:6-7.
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It says,
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"Seek the Lord
while He may be found,
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call upon Him while He is near.
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Let the wicked forsake His way,
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and the
unrighteous man his thoughts.
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Let him return to the Lord,
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and He will have mercy on him
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and to our God for He
will abundantly pardon."
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And so I always tell parents,
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you know, it depends.
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And the reason I say that is
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at what point are you bringing
this information to the child?
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There's a difference
between 3 and 13 and 17, right?
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If they are three,
remember you're the parent.
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You can mold that
situation pretty easily,
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you know, and
build, I always tell them,
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build on the foundation of time.
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What we're really talking
about is time management.
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Do our entire
lives just revolve around
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what the next thing to watch,
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play, scroll through is,
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or do they
revolve around the idea
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that we're gonna
go to God and ask God,
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God, what would You have
me do with my time? Right?
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Because we're bought
with a price, the Bible says.
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So we really owe our allegiance,
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if you will to God
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and our time should be His time.
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The other thing is,
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if you're bringing it, you know,
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to the kid on the
other end of the spectrum,
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they're 16, 17 years old.
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And you just, all of a
sudden shut everything off,
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kill your Wifi,
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throw all the TVs out, all that.
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You're probably gonna get
a very rebellious response.
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And I'm not saying,
don't explain it to them.
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You need to explain it to them.
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You need to have
reasons when you come to them.
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And this is why
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we are going to make
these changes in our lives.
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But don't bring it in such a way
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that's going to
cause or create rebellion
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because in a couple of years,
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they're moving on
outside of your home.
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And if they're moving
on outside of your home
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and you burn a bridge, right?
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Instead of
continuing to build a bridge,
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now, who do they go to?
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Who do they turn to
when they have questions,
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when they have those
hard situations in life?
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You need to be there for them.
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And you need to make sure that
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they know you love
them no matter what.
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Amen.
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Alex, I know you have children.
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Yes. Okay.
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So there came a
point in your life
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where you were introduced
to Little Light Studios.
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Were you into like
movies, you know, video games.
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Was your family, did you,
00:17:55.67\00:17:57.01
were your kids raised
on some of these movies?
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Was there a transition point
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in your home at
some point in time?
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Or were they not
raised upon these things?
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You know, Veggie
Tales stuff like that.
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I didn't like this name
00:18:07.55\00:18:08.88
because there's
witchcraft stuff like that,
00:18:08.92\00:18:10.99
but they were watching TV.
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They were watching TV.
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And I remember, you know
00:18:14.09\00:18:15.56
learning about
Little Light Studios
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and I was like,
00:18:17.56\00:18:18.89
what's, you
know, who's those guys,
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you know, I need to
find out more about them.
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So I went over there
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and I remember
they have a few clips,
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you know, The Magic Kingdom
the Mulan thing and YouTube.
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And I was like, what?
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I mean, you know, and you
know, my girls in that time,
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I mean, you know,
they were younger,
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you know, they were way younger.
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And I tried to explain it.
00:18:38.88\00:18:40.75
I tried to explain to
them and you know, luring army,
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we're like, that's how it is.
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I mean, I don't know,
00:18:47.89\00:18:49.22
but I mean, that's
how it is in my house,
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it's like, this is it,
this is it, this is it,
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and we explained to them
00:18:53.46\00:18:54.80
just like, Keith was saying,
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you know, and I
guess different parents,
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they told the
kids, how will you,
00:19:00.07\00:19:01.40
you know, but we
are to care like that.
00:19:01.44\00:19:03.37
So we came together
through Little Light Studios,
00:19:03.41\00:19:06.14
you know, they
talk about this thing,
00:19:06.17\00:19:07.51
they talk about this thing.
00:19:07.54\00:19:08.88
And I'm sorry, but
we're not gonna be watching
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that kind of stuff in our home.
00:19:10.58\00:19:12.88
And they're like, wow,
yeah, we all understand.
00:19:12.91\00:19:15.12
So you talked to Sophie and Lucy
00:19:15.15\00:19:17.75
and they're like,
yeah, they totally like,
00:19:17.79\00:19:19.39
no, we don't watch
that because whatever.
00:19:19.42\00:19:20.76
And then when they
go with their friends,
00:19:20.79\00:19:22.42
even though in the
Christian environment,
00:19:22.46\00:19:25.26
they're like, oh,
you don't watch that.
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You haven't watched that movie.
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No, we haven't watched it.
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That's amazing.
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I think it's the simple concept
of teaching how to fish, right?
00:19:30.97\00:19:33.80
As a parent, we have
the child in our home
00:19:33.84\00:19:35.77
for a short amount of time.
00:19:35.80\00:19:37.51
It really is a
short amount of time.
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And your job is to teach them
00:19:39.24\00:19:42.08
to be able to stand
on their own two feet.
00:19:42.11\00:19:44.28
If you're the one
that's constantly making
00:19:44.31\00:19:46.61
all their decisions for them
00:19:46.65\00:19:47.98
and then they turn
18 and you're like,
00:19:48.02\00:19:49.35
okay, good luck.
00:19:49.38\00:19:50.72
You know, it's your
decision from here on out.
00:19:50.75\00:19:52.65
A lot of times, they're unaware
of how to make that decision.
00:19:52.69\00:19:56.22
So, you know,
people will always ask,
00:19:56.26\00:19:58.49
you know, okay,
00:19:58.53\00:19:59.86
so you guys are against
the TV and stuff like this.
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Do you own a TV?
00:20:01.36\00:20:02.83
Yes. I own a TV.
00:20:02.86\00:20:04.30
Well, what do you
let your kids watch?
00:20:04.33\00:20:06.17
And it's like,
00:20:06.20\00:20:07.54
my TV is not
connected to the cable.
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I control what's on it.
00:20:10.84\00:20:12.51
Meaning like, we talk
about what we're able to watch.
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And I learned something.
00:20:16.48\00:20:18.15
Kids just want to
hang out with you.
00:20:18.18\00:20:20.08
And so every time that my kids
wanted to do something like,
00:20:20.12\00:20:23.89
hey dad, you know,
let's watch something.
00:20:23.92\00:20:25.72
I would say, you know what?
00:20:25.75\00:20:27.09
Let's go outside
and throw a ball.
00:20:27.12\00:20:28.46
Let's go outside and do this.
00:20:28.49\00:20:30.03
Let's go
outside and ride a bike.
00:20:30.06\00:20:31.49
So now I trained my children
to associate fun with dad
00:20:31.53\00:20:35.60
as doing something not
sitting in front of the TV.
00:20:35.63\00:20:38.27
And I'll tell you what?
00:20:38.30\00:20:39.63
It is such a blessing.
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My TV can sit
there for many days
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and never even be turned on,
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but it's there because
I want my kids to know,
00:20:44.94\00:20:48.11
I can't take you completely away
00:20:48.14\00:20:50.55
from any of these influences.
00:20:50.58\00:20:52.51
You're gonna have to stand
on your own two feet someday.
00:20:52.55\00:20:55.22
You're gonna have
to make those choices.
00:20:55.25\00:20:56.89
It's gonna be around you.
00:20:56.92\00:20:58.25
If you go to
school, your friends
00:20:58.29\00:20:59.62
are gonna be into
it and this and that.
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How do you begin to deal with it
00:21:01.02\00:21:02.36
from that point forward?
00:21:02.39\00:21:03.83
So I kind of come at it
from a education standpoint.
00:21:03.86\00:21:07.66
I want my kids to
understand the reasons why,
00:21:07.70\00:21:09.73
but also to be able
to make those decisions.
00:21:09.76\00:21:11.23
That's amazing.
00:21:11.27\00:21:12.70
I can just imagine
the success stories
00:21:12.73\00:21:14.90
that you guys have
received over the years.
00:21:14.94\00:21:17.97
And you were telling
me a little bit about one.
00:21:18.01\00:21:20.28
I know you're
gonna get to that story,
00:21:20.31\00:21:21.91
but share with us
some success stories
00:21:21.94\00:21:23.65
that you guys have had,
00:21:23.68\00:21:25.01
people that have
seen your content
00:21:25.05\00:21:26.38
wrote into you.
00:21:26.41\00:21:27.75
Maybe you've met them
at a church somewhere.
00:21:27.78\00:21:29.12
They've told you
how Little Light Studios
00:21:29.15\00:21:31.05
has just changed
their whole perception,
00:21:31.09\00:21:33.89
their whole perspective on life
00:21:33.92\00:21:35.26
and on Hollywood and
all these things, so?
00:21:35.29\00:21:37.36
I'll just bring out
a couple and then maybe
00:21:37.39\00:21:38.99
we can get to
that really neat story.
00:21:39.03\00:21:40.73
I remember one comment we
got on our YouTube channel was
00:21:40.76\00:21:43.93
I became a Christian
00:21:43.97\00:21:45.53
because of your YouTube channel.
00:21:45.57\00:21:48.17
Just that short to
the point and simple.
00:21:48.20\00:21:50.04
And it's just like, wow,
00:21:50.07\00:21:51.87
that an impact is
being made through
00:21:51.91\00:21:54.48
this small little ministry
to change somebody's worldview.
00:21:54.51\00:21:58.25
That's incredible.
00:21:58.28\00:21:59.95
Another one that
00:21:59.98\00:22:01.32
I wouldn't necessarily
call it so successful,
00:22:01.35\00:22:03.28
but it's interesting.
00:22:03.32\00:22:04.65
And it gives me a window into
00:22:04.69\00:22:06.76
what the people
that we're reaching.
00:22:06.79\00:22:08.92
So we had a couple, they
wrote to us and they said
00:22:08.96\00:22:12.59
one of them was
atheist and one was agnostic.
00:22:12.63\00:22:14.90
And they said, we
watch your channel.
00:22:14.93\00:22:17.37
What? That's kind of strange.
00:22:17.40\00:22:19.23
And they said,
00:22:19.27\00:22:20.60
"We're getting married
00:22:20.64\00:22:22.44
or we're thinking
about getting married.
00:22:22.47\00:22:23.97
And we wanted to know
what you thought about that.
00:22:24.01\00:22:27.78
And so can you
give us some advice
00:22:27.81\00:22:29.64
or what does the
Bible say about it?"
00:22:29.68\00:22:31.15
And so I gave them
a little Bible study.
00:22:31.18\00:22:33.45
I've wrote up on, you know,
00:22:33.48\00:22:34.92
this is the
biblical grounds for marriage
00:22:34.95\00:22:36.72
and why you should get married
and these kinds of things.
00:22:36.75\00:22:38.92
And I sent it back to them
00:22:38.95\00:22:40.29
and their
response was kind of like,
00:22:40.32\00:22:41.76
we thought, you'd say that.
00:22:41.79\00:22:43.29
And I don't know to this
day, if they ever got married,
00:22:43.32\00:22:45.99
I don't know if
they'll make that choice,
00:22:46.03\00:22:47.83
but the fact that
they're atheist, agnostic
00:22:47.86\00:22:50.87
writing to us and
asking us a Bible question
00:22:50.90\00:22:54.14
is kind of like, it
just blows your mind.
00:22:54.17\00:22:56.00
Like, why would you even
ask, like, why do you care?
00:22:56.04\00:22:59.07
But they did care.
00:22:59.11\00:23:00.44
It seems like there's a
level of respect there, right?
00:23:00.48\00:23:02.64
And there's some
seeds being sown.
00:23:02.68\00:23:04.01
Absolutely.
00:23:04.05\00:23:05.61
So in our line
of work, you know,
00:23:05.65\00:23:07.35
a lot of people had a
bad experience during COVID
00:23:07.38\00:23:09.52
and a lot of
people lost their jobs,
00:23:09.55\00:23:12.25
but for us,
00:23:12.29\00:23:13.62
and the type of work that we do
00:23:13.66\00:23:15.66
when people were
forced to stay home,
00:23:15.69\00:23:17.56
what did they all do?
00:23:17.59\00:23:18.93
They got on and
watch the YouTube.
00:23:18.96\00:23:20.86
And so it really, actually,
00:23:20.90\00:23:22.23
our viewership
went through the roof
00:23:22.26\00:23:24.27
and our engagement
went through the roof
00:23:24.30\00:23:27.14
and we had these
really like interesting
00:23:27.17\00:23:30.27
you know,
conversations with people
00:23:30.31\00:23:32.07
that I think normally
maybe wouldn't have sat down
00:23:32.11\00:23:34.44
and watched our content.
00:23:34.48\00:23:36.21
And so there's a
video of a couple,
00:23:36.24\00:23:37.68
and I just love this story
00:23:37.71\00:23:39.55
that right before COVID
they were from Los Angeles,
00:23:39.58\00:23:42.72
they were in a
relationship together
00:23:42.75\00:23:45.92
and they
decided to call it quits
00:23:45.95\00:23:47.86
and then COVID happens
00:23:47.89\00:23:49.39
and they start
watching YouTube videos
00:23:49.42\00:23:51.33
and stumble across our ministry.
00:23:51.36\00:23:52.69
So we'll play this little video
00:23:52.73\00:23:54.23
and you can see what
the result of that was.
00:23:54.26\00:23:56.10
Absolutely. Let's play the clip.
00:23:56.13\00:23:57.47
Hi, I'm Daniel Contralas
and this is Mikayla Contralas.
00:24:08.88\00:24:11.88
We just recently got married.
00:24:11.91\00:24:13.48
Power now vested to me,
in the state of California,
00:24:13.52\00:24:15.68
I pronounce you
two, husband and wife.
00:24:15.72\00:24:18.15
Came to Christ as
of March of this year.
00:24:22.86\00:24:25.89
Yeah, it was in March this year.
00:24:30.33\00:24:32.20
March of this year.
00:24:32.23\00:24:34.04
We got exposed
to a lot of things
00:24:34.07\00:24:37.47
that we were not aware of,
00:24:37.51\00:24:39.57
that we were being exposed to
mostly by the mainstream media
00:24:39.61\00:24:42.14
and Little Light helped
us open our eyes to all that.
00:24:42.18\00:24:44.71
Yeah.
00:24:44.75\00:24:46.08
So basically we
broke up actually.
00:24:46.11\00:24:48.05
And was it Jan, February.
00:24:48.08\00:24:51.02
We broke up in February
00:24:51.05\00:24:52.39
and I was just at home alone
00:24:52.42\00:24:55.79
and I was starting to like,
00:24:55.82\00:24:57.46
look at YouTube videos
00:24:57.49\00:24:58.83
and I found
Little Light Studios.
00:24:58.86\00:25:00.86
So I started
sending him clips of it.
00:25:00.90\00:25:03.26
And the first one I
sent you was Peter Pan.
00:25:03.30\00:25:05.93
I remember that.
00:25:05.97\00:25:07.30
And then he
texted me and was like,
00:25:07.34\00:25:09.00
I've been praying.
00:25:09.04\00:25:10.37
And I've been
watching these videos.
00:25:10.41\00:25:11.74
And I even commented
00:25:11.77\00:25:13.11
on the Little
Light Studios pages
00:25:13.14\00:25:15.01
talking about like,
pray for my boyfriend.
00:25:15.04\00:25:17.05
Like he's an
atheist and he's praying.
00:25:17.08\00:25:19.75
And if it wasn't for you,
he would still be an atheist.
00:25:19.78\00:25:23.49
And, you know, after that,
00:25:23.52\00:25:25.49
we started
watching the videos together
00:25:25.52\00:25:27.39
and shortly after
he proposed to me,
00:25:27.42\00:25:30.06
and then we got
married November 14
00:25:30.09\00:25:33.19
and here we are
now in Tennessee.
00:25:33.23\00:25:35.86
Happily
married. Happily married.
00:25:35.90\00:25:38.37
And we are here.
00:25:38.40\00:25:39.73
Wow, man.
That's, that is amazing.
00:25:51.75\00:25:54.92
What's really
neat is like she said,
00:25:54.95\00:25:56.95
she was actually
messaging us and she was saying,
00:25:56.99\00:25:59.75
please pray for
my atheist boyfriend.
00:25:59.79\00:26:02.36
I remember we actually have
a prayer journal at our work.
00:26:02.39\00:26:05.16
We take every single comment
00:26:05.19\00:26:06.63
that comes into
our ministry seriously.
00:26:06.66\00:26:08.86
And when people
engage with us on YouTube,
00:26:08.90\00:26:10.83
we pray for them.
00:26:10.87\00:26:12.20
And so it's been
neat to actually see,
00:26:12.23\00:26:14.37
back here, we're
praying for this guy.
00:26:14.40\00:26:16.34
And then all of a
sudden this couple gets
00:26:16.37\00:26:18.91
not only back together, married.
00:26:18.94\00:26:21.91
He begins to have his
faith awakened in God.
00:26:21.94\00:26:26.55
And we're
sending him Bible studies
00:26:26.58\00:26:28.28
and send him other
things for them to look into
00:26:28.32\00:26:30.79
and books to read
and stuff like that.
00:26:30.82\00:26:32.45
And they ended up
leaving Los Angeles
00:26:32.49\00:26:34.36
and actually live in
Tennessee at this point.
00:26:34.39\00:26:37.23
So that's been really neat.
00:26:37.26\00:26:38.59
The other interesting thing is
00:26:38.63\00:26:40.06
you notice that they
were baptized in t-shirts.
00:26:40.10\00:26:43.00
Those are
t-shirts that we designed
00:26:43.03\00:26:45.13
and they sent us the videos
00:26:45.17\00:26:46.50
and we're like, wow,
that's really incredible.
00:26:46.53\00:26:48.67
That's awesome.
00:26:48.70\00:26:50.04
Yeah, we have
little t-shirt ministry
00:26:50.07\00:26:51.47
that's on our website as well.
00:26:51.51\00:26:53.11
And we wanted people
00:26:53.14\00:26:55.24
to wear their
witness on their clothing.
00:26:55.28\00:26:57.75
And so we would have
different graphic designers
00:26:57.78\00:27:00.22
make these really neat graphics,
00:27:00.25\00:27:02.15
put a Bible verse on it.
00:27:02.18\00:27:03.52
And it's been a
really neat ministry,
00:27:03.55\00:27:06.15
really getting
people out there saying,
00:27:06.19\00:27:07.86
look, we should all
be witnessing, right?
00:27:07.89\00:27:09.62
And here's a subtle
way that you can just,
00:27:09.66\00:27:11.63
you know, put it out there,
00:27:11.66\00:27:12.99
like it says in
Deuteronomy, right?
00:27:13.03\00:27:14.96
Put it on your
doorposts, write it on the walls
00:27:15.00\00:27:17.70
and have it spoken
about on a daily basis, so.
00:27:17.73\00:27:20.70
We'll probably bring
this back up in just a moment.
00:27:20.74\00:27:22.30
Your website, they
can go find these t-shirts
00:27:22.34\00:27:24.74
and many of this
content on your website.
00:27:24.77\00:27:26.68
What's your website, again?
00:27:26.71\00:27:28.04
LittleLightStudios.tv.
00:27:28.08\00:27:30.21
LittleLightStudios.tv.
00:27:30.25\00:27:31.58
There it is on your screen.
00:27:31.61\00:27:32.95
Go there and check them out.
00:27:32.98\00:27:34.32
We're gonna bring that back
up probably a couple more times
00:27:34.35\00:27:36.18
before the program ends tonight,
00:27:36.22\00:27:37.95
but go check it out.
00:27:37.99\00:27:39.32
I was on there today.
00:27:39.35\00:27:40.69
I was just
perusing, which I always,
00:27:40.72\00:27:42.06
you know, I'm
always on, you know,
00:27:42.09\00:27:43.43
looking at
different ministries websites.
00:27:43.46\00:27:44.79
And I think I've
looked at you guys' website
00:27:44.83\00:27:46.26
couple of times over
the past two or three years,
00:27:46.29\00:27:48.33
but I mean beautiful website
00:27:48.36\00:27:50.93
and you guys, I
mean, it seems like
00:27:50.97\00:27:52.30
you just have your hands
in just about everything.
00:27:52.33\00:27:54.27
And so it's a blessing to see
00:27:54.30\00:27:55.64
what the Lord is
doing through you guys.
00:27:55.67\00:27:57.61
Got a question.
00:27:57.64\00:27:58.97
Again, we've got questions.
00:27:59.01\00:28:00.34
So if you want to
send in your questions,
00:28:00.38\00:28:01.71
it's not too late,
00:28:01.74\00:28:03.08
we've got a few of them here
00:28:03.11\00:28:04.45
and then I'll try to get through
00:28:04.48\00:28:05.81
before the night is up.
00:28:05.85\00:28:07.18
But if you want to send in
your question real quickly,
00:28:07.22\00:28:08.55
two ways to do that.
00:28:08.58\00:28:09.92
You can text it
in at (618) 228-3975.
00:28:09.95\00:28:13.79
Again, (618) 228-3975.
00:28:13.82\00:28:17.03
Text in your question,
00:28:17.06\00:28:18.39
or you can email
in your question.
00:28:18.43\00:28:20.56
There it is right
there live@3abn.tv,
00:28:20.60\00:28:24.13
live@3abn.tv.
00:28:24.17\00:28:26.50
So send us your questions.
00:28:26.53\00:28:28.20
Here it is, guys.
00:28:28.24\00:28:30.11
How would you respond
to someone who says that
00:28:30.14\00:28:33.58
entertainment
could never cause them
00:28:33.61\00:28:35.54
to turn from God?
00:28:35.58\00:28:40.05
We have evidence.
00:28:40.08\00:28:42.82
Yeah, Alex said it.
00:28:42.85\00:28:44.45
Living evidence.
00:28:44.49\00:28:46.59
I am, you know,
00:28:46.62\00:28:48.36
I grew up in the Christian faith
00:28:48.39\00:28:50.29
and I had an
intellectual understanding.
00:28:50.33\00:28:53.33
I read the
Conflict of the Ages series
00:28:53.36\00:28:54.90
in high school.
00:28:54.93\00:28:56.26
My parents were big
into the Spirit of Prophecy,
00:28:56.30\00:28:58.53
and I had an
understanding of the Bible.
00:28:58.57\00:29:02.97
And when I was
presented with the world,
00:29:03.00\00:29:06.37
even though I knew
00:29:06.41\00:29:07.74
the path that I was choosing,
I would have lost my soul.
00:29:07.78\00:29:10.98
And I know that
if I would have died,
00:29:11.01\00:29:12.88
I would not have gone to heaven.
00:29:12.91\00:29:14.25
I could have said that
00:29:14.28\00:29:15.62
with a 100% of my
confidence in that.
00:29:15.65\00:29:19.42
And so, I always
ask this question
00:29:19.45\00:29:22.09
when people come up, you know,
00:29:22.12\00:29:24.36
if you are in love
with your spouse, right?
00:29:24.39\00:29:27.86
Would you watch something
that demeans your spouse,
00:29:27.90\00:29:32.07
slams your spouse,
00:29:32.10\00:29:33.57
puts your spouse
in a wrong light?
00:29:33.60\00:29:35.17
No, you would say that,
00:29:35.20\00:29:36.54
I couldn't watch
something like that.
00:29:36.57\00:29:37.91
If they were just
being straight mean to him,
00:29:37.94\00:29:39.74
right or her.
00:29:39.77\00:29:41.18
And so it's like, you know,
00:29:41.21\00:29:43.24
we see these things in the media
00:29:43.28\00:29:45.31
that are attacking
God, and that's my God,
00:29:45.35\00:29:48.82
like that's who died for me,
00:29:48.85\00:29:51.59
literally
followed me into the depths
00:29:51.62\00:29:53.79
of where I had run away from Him
00:29:53.82\00:29:56.29
and won me back.
00:29:56.32\00:29:57.66
And it's like, I feel that
00:29:57.69\00:29:59.79
why would I
wanna watch something
00:29:59.83\00:30:01.56
that is contrary to Him
00:30:01.60\00:30:04.10
or His will or
anything else like that.
00:30:04.13\00:30:06.74
And so I kind of want
00:30:06.77\00:30:08.34
to reframe that
question and be like,
00:30:08.37\00:30:11.14
why would you not
wanna turn that off
00:30:11.17\00:30:14.11
if it has anything to do
00:30:14.14\00:30:15.81
with opposite thoughts than God?
00:30:15.84\00:30:17.91
That's amazing.
00:30:17.95\00:30:19.28
That's a great
point. That's great.
00:30:19.31\00:30:20.65
So you're living proof.
00:30:20.68\00:30:22.02
You're living proof
00:30:22.05\00:30:23.39
that someone can
be in the church,
00:30:23.42\00:30:25.55
be associated with the church,
00:30:25.59\00:30:27.32
familiar with Scripture,
familiar with the Bible,
00:30:27.36\00:30:29.72
but then kind of
gets sucked into that part
00:30:29.76\00:30:32.69
due to Hollywood
and movies and all that.
00:30:32.73\00:30:34.96
So, absolutely.
00:30:35.00\00:30:36.33
That's a powerful
explanation, Brother.
00:30:36.36\00:30:37.70
I have actually a Bible verse
that I wanna share with you
00:30:37.73\00:30:40.04
'cause that
really illustrates it.
00:30:40.07\00:30:41.90
Romans 1:32 says,
00:30:41.94\00:30:44.97
"Knowing them that commit
00:30:45.01\00:30:46.74
such things are
worthy of death."
00:30:46.78\00:30:48.91
Meaning if you rob someone
or you kill someone, right?
00:30:48.94\00:30:52.28
That action really
from the law standard
00:30:52.31\00:30:56.02
is punishable by death
00:30:56.05\00:30:58.52
in the sense of the
second death, right?
00:30:58.55\00:31:00.69
But it says not only
those that do those things,
00:31:00.72\00:31:03.89
but those that
take pleasure in them
00:31:03.93\00:31:05.89
that do them.
00:31:05.93\00:31:07.26
So if I'm watching
movies of other people sinning,
00:31:07.30\00:31:10.67
am I not taking
pleasure in that action?
00:31:10.70\00:31:13.27
That if I was to do it myself,
00:31:13.30\00:31:15.10
there would be a
judgment for that action.
00:31:15.14\00:31:17.07
But if I also take
pleasure in that action,
00:31:17.11\00:31:19.84
by the biblical definition
00:31:19.87\00:31:21.64
I'm doing it as well.
00:31:21.68\00:31:23.45
Okay.
00:31:23.48\00:31:24.81
That's a great point.
00:31:24.85\00:31:26.18
In fact, that maybe
not on the exact same note,
00:31:26.21\00:31:28.45
but this, this next question
00:31:28.48\00:31:29.82
kind of is
similar to the nature of
00:31:29.85\00:31:31.82
what you just said.
00:31:31.85\00:31:33.19
This person says,
00:31:33.22\00:31:35.92
I was at church one day
00:31:35.96\00:31:37.29
and one of the
members said to me
00:31:37.33\00:31:38.66
that he was going home
to watch a cowboy movie,
00:31:38.69\00:31:41.06
Jesse James.
00:31:41.10\00:31:42.43
He said that he could watch him,
00:31:42.46\00:31:45.77
I guess, on the Sabbath
00:31:45.80\00:31:47.14
because Jesse James
was a type of Jesus.
00:31:47.17\00:31:49.77
Please tell us
the truth about that?
00:31:49.80\00:31:52.57
Is Jesse James a type of Jesus?
00:31:52.61\00:31:54.01
What movie is that?
00:31:54.04\00:31:55.38
I mean, that's,
00:31:55.41\00:31:56.75
hey, there's people out there
00:31:56.78\00:31:58.11
that may be experiencing
that or may have that opinion.
00:31:58.15\00:31:59.78
I mean, I suppose
somebody could think that,
00:31:59.81\00:32:03.28
but I lived in
Missouri for 25 years.
00:32:03.32\00:32:08.09
And it's interesting.
00:32:08.12\00:32:10.13
I always thought it was
odd that Jesse James was,
00:32:10.16\00:32:13.26
you had all this memorabilia
in homes and things like this.
00:32:13.29\00:32:17.00
And it's like,
okay, wait a minute.
00:32:17.03\00:32:18.60
The guy was a robber
and he killed people.
00:32:18.63\00:32:22.77
That to me is
not a type of Christ.
00:32:22.80\00:32:25.61
You know, the Bible says
00:32:25.64\00:32:28.01
what is it?
00:32:28.04\00:32:29.38
Is it John 10:10?
00:32:29.41\00:32:30.75
Let me look it up here.
00:32:30.78\00:32:32.11
I think it says,
00:32:32.15\00:32:33.48
"The thief has come to
steal and kill and destroy,
00:32:33.52\00:32:37.45
but I am come that
they might have life
00:32:37.49\00:32:39.39
and have it more abundantly. "
00:32:39.42\00:32:40.96
So if somebody is coming
00:32:40.99\00:32:42.32
and they're behaving
in that way right here.
00:32:42.36\00:32:45.66
Oh, I'm in Matthew.
Well, I think I quoted it.
00:32:45.69\00:32:47.50
Yeah, absolutely.
00:32:47.53\00:32:49.63
If somebody is
behaving that way,
00:32:49.66\00:32:51.07
that's not a type of Christ.
00:32:51.10\00:32:52.63
You know, the only Christ
00:32:52.67\00:32:54.44
you're gonna
find is in the Bible.
00:32:54.47\00:32:57.77
And if it doesn't match
up, it's not a type of Christ.
00:32:57.81\00:33:00.34
Absolutely.
00:33:00.38\00:33:01.71
That's a great response.
00:33:01.74\00:33:03.08
Absolutely. Okay.
00:33:03.11\00:33:04.45
So this one
comes, this person says,
00:33:04.48\00:33:06.72
I know we are
at the end of time.
00:33:06.75\00:33:08.68
My grandson is 10 years old.
00:33:08.72\00:33:10.89
Mom and dad do not
take him to any church.
00:33:10.92\00:33:13.82
They feel it as
normal to play video games.
00:33:13.86\00:33:16.52
How do I, as a grandparent
encourage or entice them
00:33:16.56\00:33:20.40
to watch any of
this information?
00:33:20.43\00:33:22.86
This is very scary.
00:33:22.90\00:33:24.83
It is very scary.
00:33:24.87\00:33:26.20
And I would like
to say, you know,
00:33:26.23\00:33:27.57
as a grandparent,
I can only imagine
00:33:27.60\00:33:30.57
if you aren't exposed
to these kinds of things.
00:33:30.61\00:33:33.27
Even watching some of our videos
00:33:33.31\00:33:35.21
might be a little bit like,
00:33:35.24\00:33:36.85
you know, jolting to you.
00:33:36.88\00:33:39.71
But at the same time you know,
00:33:39.75\00:33:42.08
I would say
build that relationship
00:33:42.12\00:33:44.52
with that grandchild,
00:33:44.55\00:33:46.15
to the point where
they put trust in you.
00:33:46.19\00:33:49.06
A child will trust you if
you build that relationship.
00:33:49.09\00:33:52.33
If you just come
in guns blazing like,
00:33:52.36\00:33:54.16
hey, this is
right, this is wrong,
00:33:54.20\00:33:55.53
this is this, you
shouldn't do that.
00:33:55.56\00:33:57.23
You may get some defense there
00:33:57.27\00:33:58.63
or, you know, you may
ruin a relationship or a bridge
00:33:58.67\00:34:02.04
that you have with your child
00:34:02.07\00:34:04.31
because that's really
the child's parent, right?
00:34:04.34\00:34:07.11
And so as a grandparent,
00:34:07.14\00:34:08.58
you can be there
in a loving manner.
00:34:08.61\00:34:11.15
And I think that, you know,
00:34:11.18\00:34:12.55
there's a lot of ways
that you can do research.
00:34:12.58\00:34:14.88
For example, you
may not need to know,
00:34:14.92\00:34:18.42
you know, all the
details of the superhero movies
00:34:18.45\00:34:21.56
to be able to say to your child,
00:34:21.59\00:34:24.36
hey, there's some things
00:34:24.39\00:34:26.13
that are brought up
in some of these movies
00:34:26.16\00:34:27.80
that are kind of
00:34:27.83\00:34:29.16
different concepts of the Bible,
00:34:29.20\00:34:30.87
you know, and get
the child to tell you,
00:34:30.90\00:34:32.93
hey, you know, if you're
watching these kind of movies
00:34:32.97\00:34:35.20
or playing this
kind of video games,
00:34:35.24\00:34:36.57
tell me about that.
00:34:36.60\00:34:37.94
Or what's that like?
00:34:37.97\00:34:39.31
And if they say, well,
I really like fortnite,
00:34:39.34\00:34:41.04
you know, I like to run around
00:34:41.08\00:34:42.58
and shoot and kill everybody
00:34:42.61\00:34:43.95
and be the last person standing.
00:34:43.98\00:34:45.55
That's what the
game is all about, right?
00:34:45.58\00:34:47.68
So then as a grandparent,
00:34:47.72\00:34:49.08
you can then go
back and be like,
00:34:49.12\00:34:50.75
well, what do you think
00:34:50.79\00:34:52.19
the Bible has to
say about killing?
00:34:52.22\00:34:54.89
And instead of, you know,
just maybe instead of killing.
00:34:54.92\00:34:57.66
What about being
angry with your brother?
00:34:57.69\00:34:59.39
What about those?
00:34:59.43\00:35:00.76
So you can use those experiences
00:35:00.80\00:35:02.86
then to just drop
little nuggets of truth
00:35:02.90\00:35:05.57
into the child and you know,
00:35:05.60\00:35:07.97
but build that relationship
00:35:08.00\00:35:09.34
so that the child will trust
what it is that you're saying.
00:35:09.37\00:35:11.37
That's amazing.
00:35:11.41\00:35:12.74
Another thing that I'll suggest
00:35:12.77\00:35:14.11
to your parents
or grandparents is
00:35:14.14\00:35:16.24
you can take our
material and share it
00:35:16.28\00:35:18.95
in a way that's
very non-threatening.
00:35:18.98\00:35:20.75
And what I like to tell them is,
00:35:20.78\00:35:22.12
you know, watch whatever,
00:35:22.15\00:35:24.22
you know, the subject matter is,
00:35:24.25\00:35:26.49
then give it to the
person that you want to see it
00:35:26.52\00:35:28.86
and say,
00:35:28.89\00:35:30.23
"Hey, I watched this.
00:35:30.26\00:35:31.79
I'd like to know
what you think about it."
00:35:31.83\00:35:34.73
You haven't told
them your position, right?
00:35:34.76\00:35:37.57
You have given it to them,
00:35:37.60\00:35:38.93
you've elevated their
opinion in their eyes.
00:35:38.97\00:35:41.97
And you've already
built in a response
00:35:42.00\00:35:44.81
where they need
to come back to you
00:35:44.84\00:35:46.68
and dialogue about it.
00:35:46.71\00:35:48.58
They may not agree.
00:35:48.61\00:35:50.15
You need to be prepared
to answer those objections,
00:35:50.18\00:35:52.41
or you may find that
00:35:52.45\00:35:53.78
they come away from it and say,
00:35:53.82\00:35:55.42
wow, that made a lot of sense.
00:35:55.45\00:35:57.22
So you've
planted seeds either way.
00:35:57.25\00:36:00.26
So what do you believe will be,
00:36:00.29\00:36:03.12
considering all that you guys do
00:36:03.16\00:36:05.79
in the work that you're
doing in Little Lights Studios?
00:36:05.83\00:36:07.96
What do you think will be
00:36:08.00\00:36:09.33
the ultimate
impact within the church?
00:36:09.36\00:36:11.13
Moving forward as a result
00:36:11.17\00:36:12.53
of the work that
you guys are doing?
00:36:12.57\00:36:13.90
Because I can
imagine moving forward,
00:36:13.94\00:36:16.27
you know, you guys
are still relatively young
00:36:16.30\00:36:19.87
within the
context of our church.
00:36:19.91\00:36:21.31
So a lot of people are coming
to know Little Lights Studios,
00:36:21.34\00:36:24.05
more and more people
are coming to know you,
00:36:24.08\00:36:25.78
the work that you're doing.
00:36:25.81\00:36:27.18
I mean, when I think of,
00:36:27.22\00:36:28.68
you know, the media,
Hollywood movies, video games,
00:36:28.72\00:36:31.55
I think Little Light Studios.
00:36:31.59\00:36:32.92
So, you know, what do
you see moving forward,
00:36:32.95\00:36:35.89
so how this is
going to impact the church
00:36:35.92\00:36:37.86
and how perhaps
00:36:37.89\00:36:39.23
what steps that the
church needs to take in
00:36:39.26\00:36:41.36
getting this message out.
00:36:41.40\00:36:43.33
I believe our mission was
the three angels' message.
00:36:43.37\00:36:46.63
In fact, you know it's
great that we're on the 3ABN
00:36:46.67\00:36:50.31
which is the three
angels' message network, right?
00:36:50.34\00:36:53.61
That is a message of saying,
okay, first and foremost,
00:36:53.64\00:36:56.38
I give God the glory
for everything, right?
00:36:56.41\00:36:58.71
And then the
second and third angel
00:36:58.75\00:37:00.55
is really coming out of
the systems of the world,
00:37:00.58\00:37:03.35
not having the
character of the world
00:37:03.39\00:37:05.55
written on your forehead.
00:37:05.59\00:37:06.99
That's really
what we're getting at.
00:37:07.02\00:37:09.06
We're really getting at that.
00:37:09.09\00:37:10.43
The more you
engage with this media,
00:37:10.46\00:37:12.13
the more that you
pay attention to it.
00:37:12.16\00:37:13.90
It's a simple process, right?
00:37:13.93\00:37:16.43
There was a study that
was done in Time Magazine,
00:37:16.46\00:37:18.70
where they were
looking at celebrity worship
00:37:18.73\00:37:21.10
and they'd studied for 10 years
00:37:21.14\00:37:23.10
people that
followed certain celebrities,
00:37:23.14\00:37:25.27
like I love that person.
00:37:25.31\00:37:26.68
I watch all their movies.
00:37:26.71\00:37:28.04
I pay attention to everything
00:37:28.08\00:37:29.41
that they do in
the world, right?
00:37:29.44\00:37:30.78
And they studied what
happens to those people.
00:37:30.81\00:37:33.01
And the conclusion of the
study was really interesting.
00:37:33.05\00:37:35.98
They said, because these people
00:37:36.02\00:37:38.62
form bonds in their
minds with those celebrities,
00:37:38.65\00:37:41.79
they're able to assimilate
00:37:41.82\00:37:43.32
the celebrities'
characteristics in themselves.
00:37:43.36\00:37:46.16
Now I want you
to think about that.
00:37:46.19\00:37:47.76
If I focus on a
particular celebrity
00:37:47.80\00:37:50.43
and their movies,
00:37:50.47\00:37:51.80
I can take
00:37:51.83\00:37:53.17
their
characteristics onto myself.
00:37:53.20\00:37:54.90
Now let me flip
that conversation around.
00:37:54.94\00:37:57.11
If I focus on Jesus
00:37:57.14\00:37:58.84
and I do nothing,
but learn about Jesus.
00:37:58.87\00:38:01.84
And soak Him into my life
00:38:01.88\00:38:04.08
by studying and
watching what He's doing,
00:38:04.11\00:38:08.28
do I not take on His
character in real life?
00:38:08.32\00:38:10.72
So really I believe
that's kind of the heart
00:38:10.75\00:38:14.49
of what we're trying to do.
00:38:14.52\00:38:16.06
And hopefully
00:38:16.09\00:38:17.43
this will re-get our
church excited about,
00:38:17.46\00:38:20.03
we need to be ready.
00:38:20.06\00:38:21.40
Jesus is coming soon.
00:38:21.43\00:38:22.76
We wanna be putting on
that robe of righteousness,
00:38:22.80\00:38:26.23
not engaging in the
things of the world.
00:38:26.27\00:38:29.10
We're not supposed
to be part of the world.
00:38:29.14\00:38:31.54
We're supposed
to be in the world,
00:38:31.57\00:38:32.91
but not part of that world.
00:38:32.94\00:38:34.44
Amen.
00:38:34.48\00:38:35.81
By beholding, we
become changed, right?
00:38:35.84\00:38:37.91
And I think of that conversation
00:38:37.95\00:38:39.65
that Jesus had
with Nicodemus in John 3
00:38:39.68\00:38:42.72
where Jesus says, you know,
00:38:42.75\00:38:44.12
as Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness,
00:38:44.15\00:38:46.12
so shall the Son
of man be lifted up.
00:38:46.15\00:38:48.09
If we're beholding
the uplifted Savior,
00:38:48.12\00:38:50.66
we're gonna be changed
into likeness of His character
00:38:50.69\00:38:53.53
and His mind, right?
00:38:53.56\00:38:54.90
Let this mind be in you,
which is also in Christ Jesus,
00:38:54.93\00:38:57.83
and so beholding Him.
00:38:57.87\00:38:59.20
When we're beholding
these movies, these games,
00:38:59.23\00:39:01.60
all of the
Hollywood has to offer
00:39:01.64\00:39:03.54
just what you said,
00:39:03.57\00:39:04.91
which is so
terrifying to think about
00:39:04.94\00:39:06.57
that there's a reason
00:39:06.61\00:39:07.94
why they call them stars, right?
00:39:07.98\00:39:09.88
You know, you have to
look up and behold the stars,
00:39:09.91\00:39:12.28
and that's
exactly what we're doing
00:39:12.31\00:39:13.72
when we're idolizing
00:39:13.75\00:39:15.08
and worshiping
these individuals.
00:39:15.12\00:39:16.82
We live in a culture
that idolizes these people,
00:39:16.85\00:39:19.75
and it's amazing
how people have become,
00:39:19.79\00:39:21.89
they're dressing like them.
00:39:21.92\00:39:23.26
They're talking like them.
00:39:23.29\00:39:24.63
They're shaping
their lifestyles,
00:39:24.66\00:39:26.90
trying as much as they
can to shape their lifestyles
00:39:26.93\00:39:29.70
and practices according
to these certain celebrities
00:39:29.73\00:39:32.10
that they follow.
00:39:32.13\00:39:33.47
And it's scary, man,
00:39:33.50\00:39:34.84
there's a certain
psychological battle
00:39:34.87\00:39:36.84
that's going
there, going on there.
00:39:36.87\00:39:38.61
The parallels are all there.
00:39:38.64\00:39:40.78
It's just we have to
open our eyes to them.
00:39:40.81\00:39:43.65
The reason why they
put stars in the stone
00:39:43.68\00:39:46.72
is to immortalize
those characters into their,
00:39:46.75\00:39:50.32
that's why they
call them stars, right?
00:39:50.35\00:39:51.69
In fact, the
ancient belief when in Egypt
00:39:51.72\00:39:55.12
was when those Egyptians died,
00:39:55.16\00:39:58.26
that they actually went
into the stars in heaven
00:39:58.29\00:40:00.56
and people would
follow him as that, right.
00:40:00.60\00:40:02.70
Well, think about
00:40:02.73\00:40:04.07
what is that
character written in stone?
00:40:04.10\00:40:06.50
We also have a
character written in stone.
00:40:06.53\00:40:09.00
Isn't that
interesting? That's right.
00:40:09.04\00:40:10.44
So the devil's got a counterfeit
00:40:10.47\00:40:11.94
for everything that God does.
00:40:11.97\00:40:13.48
He says, no, don't, don't follow
00:40:13.51\00:40:15.04
this character written in stone,
00:40:15.08\00:40:17.25
follow the ones that are written
00:40:17.28\00:40:18.65
in our worldly stones.
00:40:18.68\00:40:20.02
It's amazing.
00:40:20.05\00:40:21.38
And we have a seminar
00:40:21.42\00:40:22.75
that's called
false system of worship.
00:40:22.78\00:40:25.39
That's right.
00:40:25.42\00:40:26.76
That's why we
had all information
00:40:26.79\00:40:28.22
where we're sharing right now.
00:40:28.26\00:40:30.53
And the one thing
that I really enjoy
00:40:30.56\00:40:32.86
and, you know, being part
of the Little Lights Studios,
00:40:32.89\00:40:35.23
the mission of Little
Light Studios is educate.
00:40:35.26\00:40:39.93
Educate the young
people, adult young, you know,
00:40:39.97\00:40:42.37
kids and stuff like that
00:40:42.40\00:40:43.77
to become a
Christian in this 21st century
00:40:43.81\00:40:47.24
under pop culture,
00:40:47.28\00:40:48.74
you know, how entertaining
all the stuff and seriously,
00:40:48.78\00:40:52.45
I mean, God is, you know,
had been blessing the ministry
00:40:52.48\00:40:55.88
just to speak and make videos
00:40:55.92\00:40:59.25
on YouTube or
seminars and stuff like that
00:40:59.29\00:41:02.12
to just to reveal
the character of God.
00:41:02.16\00:41:04.53
Absolutely.
00:41:04.56\00:41:05.89
You mentioned there, you
know, Little Lights Studios
00:41:05.93\00:41:08.10
is there to educate.
00:41:08.13\00:41:09.46
That's essentially what
Jesus' ministry was all about,
00:41:09.50\00:41:11.33
in the Great Commission,
00:41:11.37\00:41:12.70
making disciples of all nations.
00:41:12.73\00:41:14.07
To make a disciple,
00:41:14.10\00:41:15.44
you have to teach them,
you have to educate them.
00:41:15.47\00:41:16.87
That's exactly what Jesus
has done to the disciples.
00:41:16.91\00:41:18.97
And they would
continue that work.
00:41:19.01\00:41:20.54
And so you guys
are educating people.
00:41:20.58\00:41:22.44
I know I've been educated,
00:41:22.48\00:41:23.81
opened my eyes
to a lot of things.
00:41:23.85\00:41:25.18
I didn't even have a clue about
00:41:25.21\00:41:26.55
in reference to movies and games
00:41:26.58\00:41:28.48
and you know the psychology
and the science behind,
00:41:28.52\00:41:31.95
you know, all the, when
you're fixating your mind
00:41:31.99\00:41:34.86
and your eyes upon that screen
00:41:34.89\00:41:36.66
with all of the
flashes and everything
00:41:36.69\00:41:38.09
that it's doing to you
on a neurological level,
00:41:38.13\00:41:40.53
it's scary.
00:41:40.56\00:41:41.90
It really, really is.
00:41:41.93\00:41:43.26
And you just don't
realize how powerful it is.
00:41:43.30\00:41:45.13
One of the verses that we kind
of use a lot in our ministry
00:41:45.17\00:41:47.90
is Ephesians 5:11?
00:41:47.94\00:41:49.27
It says, "Have no fellowship
00:41:49.30\00:41:51.34
with the
unfruitful works of darkness,
00:41:51.37\00:41:53.31
but rather expose them."
00:41:53.34\00:41:54.68
That's right.
00:41:54.71\00:41:56.04
And it's interesting it
says "Unfruitful" right?
00:41:56.08\00:41:58.88
They're not gonna bear any fruit
00:41:58.91\00:42:00.38
as opposed to,
if you're in Christ,
00:42:00.42\00:42:01.98
what are you gonna do?
00:42:02.02\00:42:03.35
You're going to bear
the fruits of the spirit.
00:42:03.39\00:42:05.52
There's no fruit in
the works of darkness.
00:42:05.55\00:42:08.26
That's right.
00:42:08.29\00:42:09.79
That's powerful.
00:42:09.82\00:42:11.59
So moving forward,
00:42:11.63\00:42:13.06
how do you guys,
what are you guys doing?
00:42:13.09\00:42:14.60
What's your plans to expand
00:42:14.63\00:42:15.96
the work of
Little Light Studios?
00:42:16.00\00:42:17.33
'Cause I feel
like since, you know,
00:42:17.37\00:42:19.00
I don't know,
seven or eight years ago
00:42:19.03\00:42:20.37
when I first kind of
was introduced to you guys,
00:42:20.40\00:42:21.90
you guys have really expanded
00:42:21.94\00:42:23.57
substantially since then.
00:42:23.61\00:42:24.94
So what's your plans
moving forward from here?
00:42:24.97\00:42:26.44
Praise God, like, you know,
inviting a Spanish department
00:42:26.47\00:42:29.64
and having some young
people jump on board with us.
00:42:29.68\00:42:32.71
We hired a young
person actually very recently
00:42:32.75\00:42:36.32
that had some training in
the video production world,
00:42:36.35\00:42:40.26
but he really has an
interest in 3D technology.
00:42:40.29\00:42:43.06
And it was amazing.
00:42:43.09\00:42:44.43
He jumps on board with us.
00:42:44.46\00:42:45.79
I mean little
skills in the sense of it.
00:42:45.83\00:42:49.26
And the other day, you know,
he voiced his interest in 3D.
00:42:49.30\00:42:53.34
And so we said,
00:42:53.37\00:42:54.70
"Okay, let's give him
the tools for the 3D."
00:42:54.74\00:42:56.07
We bought him some software.
00:42:56.10\00:42:57.44
Within a week
00:42:57.47\00:42:58.84
he's producing some
amazing stuff for us.
00:42:58.87\00:43:02.18
So these young
kids are just talented.
00:43:02.21\00:43:04.61
And if we just
create the environment,
00:43:04.65\00:43:07.38
set the tools in front of them,
00:43:07.42\00:43:09.32
they can create
some amazing things.
00:43:09.35\00:43:12.05
So our goal really,
00:43:12.09\00:43:13.42
we've been actually gifted
a wonderful piece of property.
00:43:13.46\00:43:17.36
We're in the beginning
stages of building a facility.
00:43:17.39\00:43:19.76
So it's taken 12 years
for us to get to this spot.
00:43:19.79\00:43:23.57
God has provided a,
00:43:23.60\00:43:25.37
build a spot for
us to work out of,
00:43:25.40\00:43:27.74
but it was never our own.
00:43:27.77\00:43:29.40
And so this is the first time
00:43:29.44\00:43:30.77
that we're actually
setting our feet on the ground
00:43:30.81\00:43:33.91
and saying, let's build a system
00:43:33.94\00:43:37.05
and a studio where
young people wanna come.
00:43:37.08\00:43:40.92
They wanna use their talents.
00:43:40.95\00:43:42.58
And we're pumping out
00:43:42.62\00:43:43.95
some talented kids
out of our schools,
00:43:43.99\00:43:45.89
but we're losing a lot of
them to the worldly system.
00:43:45.92\00:43:48.72
So we wanna
really open up our doors
00:43:48.76\00:43:51.16
and have some of
these young people
00:43:51.19\00:43:52.53
kinda help us creatively
00:43:52.56\00:43:54.10
and really get
involved in God's work.
00:43:54.13\00:43:56.40
Amen.
00:43:56.43\00:43:57.77
You guys wanna
add anything to that?
00:43:57.80\00:43:59.13
No.
00:43:59.17\00:44:00.50
It's just fascinating, you know,
00:44:00.54\00:44:01.87
come in the morning
and just to hear, you know,
00:44:01.90\00:44:03.24
about, you know, great comments
00:44:03.27\00:44:04.84
and please pray
for me or this thing
00:44:04.87\00:44:06.91
and how are your
DVDs, video impact my life.
00:44:06.94\00:44:11.81
And it's just great.
00:44:11.85\00:44:13.18
You know, it's kinda
like the punch to keep going.
00:44:13.21\00:44:16.32
You know what I'm saying?
Like their passion, okay.
00:44:16.35\00:44:18.25
Let's do it again, man.
00:44:18.29\00:44:19.62
Let's this work
this thing together.
00:44:19.65\00:44:20.99
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:44:21.02\00:44:22.69
All right.
00:44:22.72\00:44:24.06
I've been waiting
to ask this question
00:44:24.09\00:44:25.43
because I know that
00:44:25.46\00:44:27.20
when this is
gonna kind of help us
00:44:27.23\00:44:28.56
segue into some of
your future projects,
00:44:28.60\00:44:32.07
'cause we were talking
a little bit about that
00:44:32.10\00:44:34.04
earlier this evening,
00:44:34.07\00:44:35.40
but this question says,
00:44:35.44\00:44:37.34
could you share a little
bit about some of the agendas
00:44:37.37\00:44:40.88
that are put into
popular Japanese animation?
00:44:40.91\00:44:44.78
I know a lot of people
00:44:44.81\00:44:46.15
that seem
obsessed with this genre.
00:44:46.18\00:44:48.28
So I'm guessing maybe
00:44:48.32\00:44:49.98
the anime popular Japanese
cartoon anime type stuff.
00:44:50.02\00:44:54.72
It's a big thing.
00:44:54.76\00:44:56.09
It's not some like, I
mean, I know a lot of people
00:44:56.12\00:44:57.56
who are into this.
00:44:57.59\00:44:58.93
And so that's your field, man.
00:44:58.96\00:45:00.70
So let's talk about how
this is affecting people.
00:45:00.73\00:45:02.56
What's your thoughts on
it? It's a very big field.
00:45:02.60\00:45:04.67
In fact, for years, people,
00:45:04.70\00:45:07.07
you know, we get a
lot of suggestions on
00:45:07.10\00:45:08.64
what projects to work on.
00:45:08.67\00:45:10.27
You know, either
frustrated parents
00:45:10.31\00:45:12.04
or young people
that are like, you know,
00:45:12.07\00:45:13.61
"Oh, I'm really
struggling in this place.
00:45:13.64\00:45:15.84
Can you guys please
put some information out,
00:45:15.88\00:45:17.48
help us understand this topic?"
00:45:17.51\00:45:20.02
And I was never
really big into anime.
00:45:20.05\00:45:23.69
And when we talk about anime
00:45:23.72\00:45:25.32
for the audience that
doesn't quite understand
00:45:25.35\00:45:27.26
what that means,
00:45:27.29\00:45:28.62
it's Japanese animation.
00:45:28.66\00:45:29.99
So it's cartoons
coming from Eastern cultures.
00:45:30.03\00:45:33.86
And there's a lot
of spiritual themes
00:45:33.90\00:45:36.40
in some of those things.
00:45:36.43\00:45:37.77
And that's what people
are really getting at is like,
00:45:37.80\00:45:39.83
they don't quite understand
because they're very complex.
00:45:39.87\00:45:42.70
They're very adult.
00:45:42.74\00:45:44.07
In fact, a lot of
very inappropriate things
00:45:44.11\00:45:47.58
that are placed in them.
00:45:47.61\00:45:49.11
And so we did this documentary
00:45:49.14\00:45:51.11
one of the biggest ones
00:45:51.15\00:45:52.75
that kinda came out,
00:45:52.78\00:45:54.22
I guess that most
of the kids know about
00:45:54.25\00:45:56.75
years ago is
called Dragon Ball Z.
00:45:56.79\00:45:58.95
Now there's 600
and something episodes.
00:45:58.99\00:46:02.09
So we're not
talking a two-hour movie,
00:46:02.12\00:46:04.79
we're talking about,
00:46:04.83\00:46:06.26
you start watching
when you're five years old
00:46:06.29\00:46:08.60
and maybe you're done
when you're 13, you know?
00:46:08.63\00:46:12.50
And what's really
interesting about this
00:46:12.53\00:46:14.00
is they're just not shy.
00:46:14.04\00:46:15.37
One of the heroes of
the story is Mr. Satan.
00:46:15.40\00:46:17.87
And he drives a car
with a 666 on the side.
00:46:17.91\00:46:20.11
You know, it's just
like that bold in your face.
00:46:20.14\00:46:23.11
But when we sat
down and we kinda said,
00:46:23.14\00:46:25.11
okay, let's
really talk about this.
00:46:25.15\00:46:26.72
Let's really
understand this topic.
00:46:26.75\00:46:29.35
We started with 20 years ago.
00:46:29.38\00:46:31.99
Here's some of the
animations that were coming out.
00:46:32.02\00:46:34.69
Until we got to today,
00:46:34.72\00:46:36.29
what's the most popular ones
00:46:36.32\00:46:37.79
that are hitting
our U S soil today?
00:46:37.83\00:46:40.06
And the latest one is
called Seven Deadly Sins.
00:46:40.10\00:46:42.70
That just, has been out
for a couple of seasons now,
00:46:42.73\00:46:45.13
but it was the fourth
most watched thing on Netflix,
00:46:45.17\00:46:48.40
just a few months ago.
00:46:48.44\00:46:49.94
And the Seven Deadly Sins,
the entire anime is battling
00:46:49.97\00:46:54.18
the Ten Commandments.
00:46:54.21\00:46:55.61
In fact, the entire
purpose of the anime
00:46:55.64\00:46:58.91
is to completely
destroy the Ten Commandments
00:46:58.95\00:47:02.32
and that the Seven
Deadly Sins are the winners.
00:47:02.35\00:47:05.25
Now that's just alarming to me
00:47:05.29\00:47:07.19
that they can put something
out there in our public.
00:47:07.22\00:47:09.59
Our general public is
aware of the Ten Commandments.
00:47:09.62\00:47:12.53
I've never met
someone that doesn't know
00:47:12.56\00:47:13.96
what the Ten Commandments are.
00:47:14.00\00:47:15.33
Have you? Right.
00:47:15.36\00:47:16.70
I mean, no, but we're
growing into a cultural mindset
00:47:16.73\00:47:20.17
where people may be aware of it,
00:47:20.20\00:47:21.74
but they have no clue
00:47:21.77\00:47:23.44
as to the individual
aspects of the Ten Commandments.
00:47:23.47\00:47:25.81
They may have heard that
word, but I agree with you.
00:47:25.84\00:47:27.71
I've never heard of anyone
who doesn't know about them
00:47:27.74\00:47:29.98
or never heard of them,
00:47:30.01\00:47:31.35
but we certainly are
seeing the fruits of people
00:47:31.38\00:47:33.62
that are, have
no clue about them
00:47:33.65\00:47:35.25
in general, right?
00:47:35.28\00:47:36.62
So this project was a
really interesting project.
00:47:36.65\00:47:38.65
We'd never done
an animation before.
00:47:38.69\00:47:40.66
And when we sat
down and we said,
00:47:40.69\00:47:42.02
"Let's do something
that would really resonate
00:47:42.06\00:47:44.16
with people that are
involved in this genre."
00:47:44.19\00:47:47.70
And so, we actually,
our graphic designer,
00:47:47.73\00:47:50.23
we had to teach
her how to animate
00:47:50.27\00:47:52.20
using the animation program.
00:47:52.23\00:47:54.84
And, of course,
it took her a week
00:47:54.87\00:47:56.20
and she had the
thing mastered, you know,
00:47:56.24\00:47:57.97
that's what a
20-year-old will do.
00:47:58.01\00:47:59.94
You know, you
give me the program
00:47:59.97\00:48:01.31
and I'd be like six
years down the road,
00:48:01.34\00:48:02.74
like, what's it doing?
00:48:02.78\00:48:04.28
But we learned how to animate.
00:48:04.31\00:48:06.82
We did it animation style.
00:48:06.85\00:48:09.58
And so, it was
really kinda neat.
00:48:09.62\00:48:11.75
We chart
characters and, you know,
00:48:11.79\00:48:13.36
even Alex made it
into the end of the video,
00:48:13.39\00:48:15.16
which was really cool.
00:48:15.19\00:48:16.52
You have to watch it, Bro.
00:48:16.56\00:48:17.89
Yeah, have a Spanish guy.
00:48:17.93\00:48:19.26
I love it. All right.
00:48:19.29\00:48:20.63
That's nice.
00:48:20.66\00:48:22.00
It really was a neat project
00:48:22.03\00:48:23.37
and we actually just finished it
00:48:23.40\00:48:24.73
even about a month ago.
00:48:24.77\00:48:26.10
It's a four-part series.
00:48:26.13\00:48:27.47
We haven't released
it out even on DVD yet.
00:48:27.50\00:48:29.10
It's only available digitally.
00:48:29.14\00:48:31.07
So you can get
that from our website.
00:48:31.11\00:48:32.94
Okay.
00:48:32.97\00:48:34.31
Let's put that website back
up again just one more time.
00:48:34.34\00:48:36.34
If you want to
contact Little Lights Studios,
00:48:36.38\00:48:39.08
you wanna know
what it is that they do,
00:48:39.11\00:48:40.78
look at some of their
past projects, future projects.
00:48:40.82\00:48:43.95
You wanna stay
connected to them.
00:48:43.99\00:48:45.75
You need to go to their website.
00:48:45.79\00:48:47.29
So let's put that website
up there for our viewers,
00:48:47.32\00:48:49.59
LittleLightStudios.tv.
00:48:49.62\00:48:52.06
Can't get any
simpler than that, right?
00:48:52.09\00:48:53.90
LittleLightStudios.tv.
00:48:53.93\00:48:55.80
Go there, I promise
you will be blessed indeed.
00:48:55.83\00:48:59.07
Are there any other projects
00:48:59.10\00:49:00.44
that we might need to
know about in the near future
00:49:00.47\00:49:02.17
or ones recently
that you've done or...
00:49:02.20\00:49:03.67
Yeah.
00:49:03.71\00:49:05.04
Keith talked about the
video Bible study series
00:49:05.07\00:49:06.64
and some of the Bible studies,
00:49:06.68\00:49:08.01
because our real
passion is not necessarily
00:49:08.04\00:49:10.28
just exposing the darkness.
00:49:10.31\00:49:12.45
Our real passion
is leading people
00:49:12.48\00:49:14.48
to the very source of truth.
00:49:14.52\00:49:16.12
That's the Word of God.
00:49:16.15\00:49:17.49
And so, we've picked up
this whole other project
00:49:17.52\00:49:19.15
called video Bible studies.
00:49:19.19\00:49:20.52
Okay. Yeah.
00:49:20.56\00:49:21.89
So several years ago we started
this project and you know,
00:49:21.92\00:49:25.16
we'll do videos and
we get lots of questions
00:49:25.19\00:49:27.76
like, well, how did
you come up with that idea?
00:49:27.80\00:49:30.27
Where did you get
that in the Bible?
00:49:30.30\00:49:31.97
So we thought, well, what
if we made short little videos
00:49:32.00\00:49:34.90
and they're all so
far, five minutes or less,
00:49:34.94\00:49:37.84
and they taught
you a spiritual truth,
00:49:37.87\00:49:40.64
they're very fast paced,
very graphically well done.
00:49:40.68\00:49:45.81
And then each one of them,
00:49:45.85\00:49:47.18
we also made a Bible
study really nicely laid out
00:49:47.22\00:49:50.89
and everything
that went more in depth.
00:49:50.92\00:49:53.62
And so the video is
really designed to get you
00:49:53.66\00:49:56.42
to the Bible study
and in the Word of God.
00:49:56.46\00:49:58.73
And so, these are
nice little projects
00:49:58.76\00:50:01.36
that we're putting together
00:50:01.40\00:50:02.73
that we can direct
people to as a resource and say,
00:50:02.76\00:50:06.63
"Hey, here's how we
got that information.
00:50:06.67\00:50:08.54
Here's the Bible study
on it in the video format
00:50:08.57\00:50:10.97
and in the print format.
00:50:11.01\00:50:12.37
Okay. Now is this the
one we have the video on?
00:50:12.41\00:50:14.51
We had a video clip on?
00:50:14.54\00:50:15.94
So this video clip
that we actually have
00:50:15.98\00:50:18.21
is for a kind of
a different project.
00:50:18.25\00:50:19.98
As you can notice,
00:50:20.02\00:50:21.35
we have 50
million things going on.
00:50:21.38\00:50:23.08
We're a small team
with big ambitions, right?
00:50:23.12\00:50:25.95
And we believe in a big God.
00:50:25.99\00:50:27.82
So we're gonna aim at this.
00:50:27.86\00:50:29.89
Part of the problem
with producing videos
00:50:29.92\00:50:31.83
with a small team is
we're up against a system
00:50:31.86\00:50:35.90
that's spending a lot of money.
00:50:35.93\00:50:37.27
Hollywood is
throwing a lot of money.
00:50:37.30\00:50:38.63
So our way to manage that
00:50:38.67\00:50:40.97
is to try to
increase our creativity
00:50:41.00\00:50:42.87
and increase our quality.
00:50:42.90\00:50:44.24
But there's certain things
that are hard to get a hold of.
00:50:44.27\00:50:46.04
If you're a
video creator you know,
00:50:46.07\00:50:48.34
we don't have any
footage of the second coming.
00:50:48.38\00:50:50.48
So, you know, how do
you get a hold of that?
00:50:50.51\00:50:52.21
Right?
00:50:52.25\00:50:53.58
But we have animation kids
00:50:53.62\00:50:55.38
that are
amazing with these tools
00:50:55.42\00:50:56.79
and they can
create amazing resources.
00:50:56.82\00:50:58.52
So we started a
company called Video Mission
00:50:58.55\00:51:01.16
that is really
creating stock media
00:51:01.19\00:51:05.19
for Christian video makers.
00:51:05.23\00:51:07.00
And we want to get
the young kids involved.
00:51:07.03\00:51:09.83
So this is our way to do that.
00:51:09.86\00:51:11.20
Amen. All right.
00:51:11.23\00:51:12.57
So I think we
have a clip for that.
00:51:12.60\00:51:13.94
Let's play that right now.
00:51:13.97\00:51:16.37
Hey, everybody, I'm
a video content creator
00:51:16.40\00:51:18.77
that is in constant need
of biblical illustrations.
00:51:18.81\00:51:22.64
Not only do I not
have enough money ever,
00:51:22.68\00:51:25.18
or the resources or
the people or the time
00:51:25.21\00:51:28.12
that it's
difficult to find some ways
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to illustrate biblical topics.
00:51:31.19\00:51:33.25
This is why we
started videomission.com.
00:51:33.29\00:51:35.76
We wanna offer authentic
biblical cinematic footage
00:51:35.79\00:51:39.46
for a price that you can afford.
00:51:39.49\00:51:41.93
In 2018,
00:51:41.96\00:51:43.30
we went over to Morocco
00:51:43.33\00:51:44.67
and teamed up with
four different ministries
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to shoot the Book of Daniel.
00:51:46.07\00:51:47.64
Our purpose is to go through
different sections of the Bible
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and offer footage
that is very high quality,
00:51:51.74\00:51:56.08
but it's gotta be
a reasonable cost.
00:51:56.11\00:51:58.88
We have a need for
all kinds of resources.
00:51:58.91\00:52:02.22
Like people
praying, studying the Bible.
00:52:02.25\00:52:04.79
This is an opportunity
for a worldwide audience
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to be able to
share your content from,
00:52:08.46\00:52:11.29
but also purchase content
from other countries as well.
00:52:11.33\00:52:15.13
We're looking for photographers.
00:52:15.16\00:52:16.63
We're looking for illustrators.
00:52:16.67\00:52:18.23
If you have a
passion for digital media,
00:52:18.27\00:52:21.80
this is an awesome opportunity
00:52:21.84\00:52:23.51
for you to be
able to sell your work
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and make an income.
00:52:25.07\00:52:26.71
I'm very excited to see what
you guys do with this footage
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videomission.com,
00:52:29.74\00:52:31.48
authentic
biblical cinematic footage
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for your guys as
Christian media productions.
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We'll see you guys out there.
00:52:37.22\00:52:38.55
Go win some souls.
00:52:38.59\00:52:39.92
Amen.
00:52:53.13\00:52:54.47
I'm excited about that,
man. You guys are doing so much.
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That's such a blessing.
00:52:56.60\00:52:57.94
I gotta ask this
question to you Scotty though,
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'cause we've talked
about this a little bit
00:52:59.77\00:53:01.48
and I know there's somebody
out there that's wondering.
00:53:01.51\00:53:03.68
You guys live to
expose, as you said,
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exposing this
unfruitful works of darkness.
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You're telling
people about all this
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and you've got all
this incredible information,
00:53:10.29\00:53:13.05
but somebody might be out
there thinking, you know what?
00:53:13.09\00:53:15.92
These guys are
watching all these movies,
00:53:15.96\00:53:17.76
watching all these
films, playing all these games,
00:53:17.79\00:53:19.96
they've gotta be doing that
00:53:20.00\00:53:21.33
in order to have
all this information.
00:53:21.36\00:53:22.70
Isn't that kind of hypocritical?
00:53:22.73\00:53:24.33
You told me about it,
inform us on how you do this.
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It's a question
that comes up a lot.
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And to be honest when I
started working in film,
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that was my idol.
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I loved film.
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I mean, I watched them all,
00:53:36.44\00:53:37.78
rented them all, owned them all.
00:53:37.81\00:53:39.91
And so when we
first started a ministry,
00:53:39.95\00:53:41.68
I was like, cool a ministry,
00:53:41.72\00:53:43.05
where I get to
watch movies all day long
00:53:43.08\00:53:44.79
and point this stuff out, right?
00:53:44.82\00:53:46.89
But I found that the more
that I watched these movies,
00:53:46.92\00:53:49.36
the less I could point it out.
00:53:49.39\00:53:51.09
And what that
really told me was,
00:53:51.13\00:53:53.06
you know, spiritual
things are spiritually discerned
00:53:53.09\00:53:55.43
and it's really God
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that's pointing
these things out to me.
00:53:57.07\00:53:59.10
And so, you don't
study a counterfeit
00:53:59.13\00:54:02.30
to try and find
another counterfeit, right?
00:54:02.34\00:54:04.37
The better, you
know, the genuine,
00:54:04.41\00:54:06.37
the better you can
see the counterfeit.
00:54:06.41\00:54:08.48
And so, we just
actually do research on them.
00:54:08.51\00:54:10.41
We read about them.
00:54:10.45\00:54:12.18
We don't sit down
00:54:12.21\00:54:13.55
and watch the whole
thing through and through.
00:54:13.58\00:54:15.48
Some people will
suggest, watch this scene.
00:54:15.52\00:54:17.42
That's basically how we
come up with this stuff.
00:54:17.45\00:54:19.22
That's awesome. Praise the Lord.
00:54:19.25\00:54:20.62
Guys, I've had
so much fun tonight,
00:54:20.66\00:54:22.42
just talking with
you and learning so much,
00:54:22.46\00:54:24.39
you're doing such a
great work for the Lord.
00:54:24.43\00:54:26.19
We have just a little
over two and a half minutes.
00:54:26.23\00:54:28.26
Maybe just take
a few seconds each
00:54:28.30\00:54:30.87
and give some final thoughts
for our viewers, encourage them
00:54:30.90\00:54:33.97
or just a spiritual
thought from yourself?
00:54:34.00\00:54:35.90
Sure.
00:54:35.94\00:54:37.27
You know, a spiritual
thought I like to appeal
00:54:37.31\00:54:39.67
with generally
on the first night,
00:54:39.71\00:54:41.11
I'm presenting it's
from Psalm 139: 23-24.
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It says this,
00:54:46.11\00:54:47.45
"Search me, O
God, and know my heart,
00:54:47.48\00:54:50.42
try me and know my anxieties
00:54:50.45\00:54:53.09
and see if there is
any wicked way in me
00:54:53.12\00:54:56.22
and lead me in the
way of everlasting."
00:54:56.26\00:54:58.79
And I think that should be
the prayer of all of our hearts
00:54:58.83\00:55:01.86
because if Jesus is coming soon,
00:55:01.90\00:55:04.93
we need to be clean.
00:55:04.97\00:55:07.07
We need to be pure of heart.
00:55:07.10\00:55:08.47
We need to be ready to meet
God and to clear those minds
00:55:08.50\00:55:12.97
and make sure that
they're ready to meet our God.
00:55:13.01\00:55:15.94
Amen. Beautifully said.
00:55:15.98\00:55:17.41
Alex? Yes.
00:55:17.45\00:55:19.21
You know, to me is
like sharing your talent.
00:55:19.25\00:55:22.08
Amen.
00:55:22.12\00:55:23.45
You know, it's time
to share the gospel.
00:55:23.49\00:55:26.79
That's right.
00:55:26.82\00:55:28.16
And if you have your
camera, you have, I smile.
00:55:28.19\00:55:32.79
If you have
something you share, Bro.
00:55:32.83\00:55:34.63
You know what I'm saying?
00:55:34.66\00:55:36.00
And I believe that we're
living in the grace time.
00:55:36.03\00:55:39.47
I mean, seriously, I mean,
you just click the TV is like,
00:55:39.50\00:55:42.27
what, are you kidding me?
00:55:42.30\00:55:43.64
What?
00:55:43.67\00:55:45.01
So I believe that whatever time
00:55:45.04\00:55:46.37
that we have here in this earth.
00:55:46.41\00:55:47.88
That's right.
00:55:47.91\00:55:49.24
Let's share the gospel
00:55:49.28\00:55:50.81
and let's share
your talents for Christ.
00:55:50.85\00:55:53.05
Amen.
00:55:53.08\00:55:54.42
Scotty?
00:55:54.45\00:55:55.78
You know, I
wanna appeal to those
00:55:55.82\00:55:57.22
that are watching out here.
00:55:57.25\00:55:58.59
You are not ever too
young, too old, too tired,
00:55:58.62\00:56:03.43
too whatever to get
involved in God's work.
00:56:03.46\00:56:06.46
I mean every single one of us
can use the tools that we have.
00:56:06.49\00:56:09.96
God has given every single
one of us a talent, a gift,
00:56:10.00\00:56:14.07
something to use to
turn around and win a soul.
00:56:14.10\00:56:17.97
You can learn to
just dive into the Bible
00:56:18.01\00:56:20.88
and learn this information.
00:56:20.91\00:56:22.24
So you can turn around
and help your family members
00:56:22.28\00:56:24.65
and, you know, get
involved in the work,
00:56:24.68\00:56:27.15
whether it be technically
00:56:27.18\00:56:29.15
joining up with a ministry
like us and creating things
00:56:29.18\00:56:32.32
or even
financially, thank you so much.
00:56:32.35\00:56:35.32
Get involved in God's work.
00:56:35.36\00:56:36.69
Amen.
00:56:36.73\00:56:38.06
And if you want to donate
00:56:38.09\00:56:39.69
into support this
ministry financially,
00:56:39.73\00:56:42.16
we're gonna put that
website there on the screen
00:56:42.20\00:56:44.47
as we're preparing to close.
00:56:44.50\00:56:45.83
Again, that's
LittleLightStudios.tv,
00:56:45.87\00:56:48.30
support them, pray for them.
00:56:48.34\00:56:49.67
Guys, thank you so much.
00:56:49.70\00:56:51.04
Appreciate you so
much such a blessing.
00:56:51.07\00:56:52.61
And we thank you
for joining us tonight.
00:56:52.64\00:56:54.61
We hope you've been blessed.
00:56:54.64\00:56:56.04
We're always praying for you.
00:56:56.08\00:56:57.41
We love each and
every one of you.
00:56:57.45\00:56:58.78
Thank you for
joining us here again
00:56:58.81\00:57:00.32
at 3ABN Thursday Night Live
00:57:00.35\00:57:02.18
and until next time, may
God bless you abundantly.
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Have a nice day.
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