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00:12 Hello and welcome back to 3ABN Today Live Behind the Scenes.
00:16 It's a great day in the Lord, a great evening in the Lord, 00:19 I don't know when you're watching us, 00:20 what time of the day it is, all we know is that 3ABN 00:22 goes around the world. 00:23 And thank you so very much for being a part of our family. 00:26 First hour flew by in a hurry 00:28 and I know the second hour will too. 00:31 So neat to talk with Pastor Claude Turner, 00:33 he turns 102 years old next week. 00:37 You know, I thought that I should have mentioned 00:38 on the first hour, 00:39 if you feel so desired to send in something 00:41 just a little happy birthday wish, 00:43 through email or through the letter, 00:45 I guarantee you, he will be encouraged 00:47 and we love hearing from you. 00:49 You know, there's a song that's just been on my brain tonight. 00:53 And it's a song that I used to sing as a child 00:57 and it's still applicable today as adults. 00:59 And that's the song Jesus loves me this I know. 01:03 You know, we talked about being family together, right? 01:05 But ultimately to be family of God. 01:08 Wow, what an incredible thought to think that Jesus loves me 01:13 and to think that Jesus loves you, 01:15 and that He came to this earth to die for the entire world. 01:20 Yes, but you're part of the world 01:22 and He came to die for you. 01:24 What an incredible thought, what, I mean, 01:26 what better way to start the New Year 01:27 than to know that Jesus loves me. 01:30 And to look at God, we talked about the theme earlier, 01:33 that 3ABN has a theme for each year. 01:35 And this year, it's look at God, 01:37 like you were mentioning all the successes, 01:39 it's not our successes, it's not your successes, 01:41 it's God. 01:43 The worries and things that right just go on 01:44 or we think about it like fret and worry and stuff, 01:47 just look at God. 01:49 He's got it taken care of. We have plans, right? 01:50 We want to do these certain things. 01:52 Let's look to God because He has the true direction. 01:55 I tell you, it's just so fun. 01:57 So fun to be partnered up with you and to, of course, 01:59 have God as the captain of our ship 02:01 and to be in this thing together 02:02 because we know that Jesus Christ is coming very, 02:05 very soon. 02:06 And we counted a privilege, Jill and I do, 02:08 we know you do, too, to be a part of God's work. 02:13 It's humbling, isn't it? 02:15 But we can have an impact in somebody's life for eternity. 02:17 Anyway, I'm so excited. 02:19 We have some family with us here this evening. 02:22 And we've done some musical chairs. 02:23 We have indeed. 02:24 I love Behind the Scenes because we get to share 02:26 what God is doing in your ministry. 02:28 That's 3ABN, we get to share, 02:30 look at God and what He is doing 02:32 and what He's done this past year 02:34 and one of the plans for the coming year. 02:36 And we have more of our 3ABN family here. 02:39 To my right is Aunt Francine 02:40 who's the Kids' Network General Manager, 02:43 doing an incredible job I might add. 02:46 And I'm so grateful for your leadership for that network, 02:49 and so glad you're here tonight. 02:50 Thank you. 02:52 I'm delighted to be here and just talk about Jesus. 02:54 Amen. Amen. I love that. 02:56 We kind of got the meme, I don't know if you noticed 02:58 that kind of burgundy look here. 02:59 We didn't plan that. 03:01 And next to you Bobby Davis's tie kind of matches that too. 03:04 I like that. 03:05 Now, Bobby Davis is not always on camera, 03:07 although we wished we could get you more. 03:10 But to me, Bobby is the voice of 3ABN. 03:14 Almost everything that goes out of this ministry 03:16 that's written or scripted, 03:19 or tele prompted, 03:21 would be filtered somehow 03:24 through Bobby and his department. 03:27 Thank you so much, Bobby, for being here. 03:28 It's a pleasure to be here, Jill. 03:30 Thank you. Thank you for asking. 03:32 You've been here a few years. 03:35 It'll be 30 years this year. 03:37 Wow. 03:38 Tell us just a snippet. 03:40 I know we have been talking 03:41 about other stuff here tonight too. 03:43 But tell us just a snippet of your journey, 03:45 what brought you to this ministry? 03:47 Well, what brought me here was God, 03:52 there was no doubt about it. 03:53 Because quite honestly, at the time, 03:56 I worked in commercial television 03:59 and I had no intentions of ever switching 04:02 over to ministry television. 04:05 And the Lord had other plans. 04:07 And I lost my job in commercial television. 04:10 I spent 13 months 04:13 learning how to live on a fraction 04:15 of what I was making. 04:16 And the Lord was, of course, 04:18 working on my heart and finally, 04:21 as a desperation move, I just finally let go 04:26 and let God lead me. 04:27 And when He did, 04:29 this is where I ended up and it's, 04:31 it was a battle to be honest with you. 04:35 I can't say I was eager to come here. 04:38 But I trusted Him enough in all other areas of my life 04:42 to know that He knew where He needed me next 04:44 and big surprise, 04:47 best move of my life no doubt about it, 04:49 and spend the best 30 years of my life. 04:52 We love having you here, Bobby. 04:54 And think of all the hats that Bobby has worn in the years. 04:57 I can't even remember them all. 04:58 I know you've been producer on the road and Studio A, 05:03 the Today program or the Presents program 05:04 back in the day. 05:06 And today. Editing, what else? 05:08 What other stuff have you... 05:09 I was program director for a while 05:11 and also worked in, 05:14 on air promotions for a little bit. 05:15 And then I've more recently gotten into publishing 05:21 and radio. 05:22 And so I don't know. You know, it's amazing. 05:26 I've... You've missed one, Bobby. 05:27 What's that? 05:29 Tour Guide. Oh. 05:30 So let me just share this with you. 05:33 I came, my parents, of course, like many of you know, 05:35 we watched 3ABN since I was a little guy, 05:37 and they came to 3ABN in the mid-90s. 05:39 And Bobby Davis gave the tour. 05:41 I'll never forget it. And he did an excellent job. 05:43 So you're also a tour guide, too. 05:45 But thank you so very much, 05:47 because you made me so excited 05:48 as a young person coming here. 05:49 And you're showing all the studios 05:51 and everything what God was doing here 05:52 'cause this building was brand new. 05:53 I think we came in '97. I think this building was '96. 05:56 Yeah, it was brand new. And anyway, thank you. 05:58 Good tour guide as well. 06:00 I'm glad, if it brought you here, 06:03 then I'm really glad. 06:04 God works in mysterious ways, sir, for sure. 06:07 Coming around the table, more of the family, 06:09 Jason Bradley, 06:11 General Manager of 3ABN's Dare to Dream Network 06:14 and doing an amazing job with that, too, Jason, 06:17 so glad you're here tonight. 06:18 Oh, praise the Lord. 06:19 I'm glad to be here and excited to see 06:22 what God is going to do this year. 06:24 Each year presents new challenges, 06:27 and each year presents a new opportunity for God 06:30 to do something amazing and for us to marvel at it. 06:33 So I'm excited about it. Amen. 06:35 Good evening to your neighbor. 06:37 Good evening, neighbor. 06:38 Right next door to the White House. 06:40 Yeah, you may say, well, that's a strange greeting. 06:42 Well, he's my neighbor 'cause his office is diagonal to mine. 06:45 And oftentimes, our doors are open. 06:46 And I just, you know, 06:48 it's not like talking over the fence, 06:49 we just talk across the hallway, 06:50 that's between our offices. 06:52 But it's great. 06:54 You know, Francine, you're just up the stairs. 06:55 You know, as soon as you come up the stairs, 06:56 we all have our offices here but it's a great family. 06:59 And, you know, and again, 07:00 we just think about the privilege, 07:02 Francine, you know, that all of us have, you know, 07:04 you're specifically focusing in on the young people. 07:08 And that's such an important aspect of the Ministry of 3ABN. 07:13 We've had a burden for children 07:14 since Bobby that would be with a Janice's Attic 07:16 or when Donna McNeilus did Kids Time way back in the day 07:19 maybe before Janice Smith... 07:21 We did, yeah. Yes. 07:23 That was back in... 90s. 07:25 Mid 90s. Mid 90s. 07:27 Yeah, well, we didn't have a network at that point. 07:29 So then it grew into a network. 07:31 And wow, what God is doing, I know you hear a lot of, 07:36 can I say correspondents from young people and their parents? 07:38 I do. 07:39 Tell us a little bit about that 07:41 'cause that's encouraging for you, isn't it? 07:42 It is. 07:43 It's very encouraging, because sometimes they share 07:45 about what program they like to watch 07:47 and then they write 07:49 that they want to give their heart to Jesus, 07:51 how they are shining for Jesus. 07:53 And that to me is rewarding that we are making an impact. 07:57 But it's not only the children, 07:59 what's interesting is sometimes I get letters 08:02 or emails from adults. 08:04 That's great. 08:05 And they like seeing the young people, 08:07 and that can influence their hearts in a different way 08:12 than adults can. 08:13 And so I see that time and time again. 08:15 And that is really what is so encouraging 08:18 that even though I feel inadequate sometimes, 08:22 that God's Holy Spirit is still influencing their hearts 08:25 long before we can. 08:26 That's true. 08:28 So in the first hour, Francine, we talked about being at GYC. 08:31 And you and your husband, Jason, who's our CFO, 08:33 here at 3ABN doing an incredible job. 08:35 And Amanda. Daughter Amanda is here too. 08:38 But you know, GYC is for a Generation Youth for Christ. 08:41 Yes, we're talking about youth, 08:43 but they're actually some younger children 08:44 that are attending there with their parents too. 08:45 And to see them excited right about the network, 08:48 that's pretty neat, isn't it? 08:49 It is fun, because you'll have these three year old girls, 08:51 and they come up to you and give you a hug 08:53 or something like that. 08:55 And they want a little picture or something. 08:56 But you know, it's the influence 08:58 of showing who Jesus is. 09:00 And we're imperfect, 09:02 but if we can only reflect the life of Jesus a little bit, 09:06 that's, that makes all the difference. 09:08 So, yes, it's very wonderful to see these kids 09:12 that want to come in to future programs, 09:14 and we'll talk about it a little bit later. 09:15 But we have some more things coming. 09:18 Well, I think we should, go ahead. 09:19 I was just going to say speaking of Jesus, 09:21 and representing Him is really the theme of your new program, 09:24 Jesus My Light, which launches tomorrow. 09:30 It does. 09:31 Yes, tomorrow Friday it launches tomorrow. 09:35 So we're excited about this, long coming. 09:37 Praise the Lord. Kids Network. 09:38 So talk to us about Jesus My Light? 09:40 Well, I am so excited 09:41 because this has been some time in production. 09:44 And we wanted to focus on Jesus 09:46 because we know in John 8:12, 09:50 that Jesus talks about Him being the light, 09:52 for I am the light of the world. 09:54 He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, 09:56 but have the light of life. 09:59 And then we talk about a little bit 10:02 about Ellen G. White, and Ellen G. White says 10:05 just like Jesus would be the sun, 10:08 we can be like the moon and reflect His character. 10:10 And so that is the purpose that I wanted to focus on 10:15 is everything around Jesus. 10:16 But what is really nice is that we have Tim, 10:20 our favorite musician. 10:23 Super talented. And he is so talented. 10:26 And he wrote a beautiful song that's very catchy. 10:30 You can't miss it. 10:31 And maybe we can highlight that song here in a little bit. 10:34 I don't know if this is a good time. 10:35 Yeah. Should we go to that roll? 10:36 I would like to. What are we getting ready to see? 10:38 So we are going to see 10:39 just the chorus part of Jesus My Light, 10:42 there's a lot more verses to it. 10:44 And it has something when my heart begins to fear, 10:47 He is my light. I can smile for He is near. 10:50 As you know, many songs are fit to poems. 10:53 And so Tim helped, we talked about 10:55 what we could include, but he did a beautiful job. 10:58 When I'm feeling blue and feeling sad, He is my light. 11:02 He reminds me I can be glad. 11:03 And then it goes to the theme song, He is my light. 11:06 Yes, Jesus is my light. Praise the Lord. 11:08 Amen. 11:09 So, and we want every child to see the light of Jesus. 11:11 Amen. So this is just, go ahead, a snippet, right? 11:14 Yes. 11:15 So that theme song then the timbrel 11:16 is used for your open music. 11:18 Is that right for Jesus my light? 11:19 It is. It is. 11:21 And you'll just see a little glimpse 11:22 of the chorus part 11:23 so you won't get the whole song, 11:25 and the whole song is a beautiful song 11:26 that very catchy. 11:28 All right, so let's go to that roll right now. 11:32 Jesus my light 11:34 There's Jesus my light 11:36 And here is the darkness 11:38 And He is your light 11:41 Wherever He lives 11:42 He leaves more light bright 11:45 I'll shine for Jesus 11:48 Jesus my light 11:51 Are you excited about Jesus? We hope you are. 11:55 We are thrilled to present Jesus My Life, 11:57 a brand new series 11:58 that will help kids examine the character of Jesus, 12:02 and how we too can reflect His character. 12:05 Join me, Aunt Francine and the kids in the tree house 12:09 as we discover the life of Jesus 12:11 and His mission to save each of us. 12:13 We will start our adventure with a dedication of Jesus 12:16 and journey through His childhood experiences 12:19 while we uncovered the beginning of His ministry. 12:22 There's so much we can learn about Jesus, 12:25 will you let Him be the light of your life? 12:28 Be sure to join us 12:29 and tell your friends about our friend, Jesus. 12:34 Amen. I love that. 12:36 And I'm super excited 12:38 about the launch of the program tomorrow. 12:39 Me too. 12:40 I just want to say first of all, 12:42 Tim did a great job with that open, 12:44 with the music, I love that, it's very catchy. 12:47 But the program itself, you know, 12:49 you have the open and then it leads into that program. 12:51 But you have a lot of wonderful components 12:54 with the Bible stories and talking about Jesus 12:58 and our nature, it's incredible. 12:59 Yes. Well, I don't know about you. 13:02 But as a child, I always wanted a tree house. 13:06 And kids love tree house, 13:07 because that is kind of their realm, 13:09 they can decorate it the way they want to. 13:12 And so, we wanted to have it in the tree house 13:15 where they could learn about Jesus 13:16 and have it be totally their place to learn about Him. 13:21 And so we have it in the tree house 13:24 hoping that maybe later on, 13:26 they can go for a walk, and we have crafts 13:28 and different components like that. 13:30 But yes, and these Bible scenes, really, 13:33 we're trying to capture the character of Jesus. 13:36 Now that's hard to do, 13:37 because we don't have a lot written about Jesus 13:40 as a small boy, for example. 13:42 And yet, His character 13:45 is what we want the kids to reflect. 13:46 So how do you capture that and see the... 13:49 That's why we have that Bible scene component, 13:51 so that we can see 13:53 how Jesus handled different situations, 13:55 maybe He didn't get upset in the carpenter shop, 13:57 for example, or how He might have handled 14:01 helping other people and had that compassion. 14:03 So that's what we wanted to highlight in. 14:06 I love the theme. I mean, it's just great. 14:07 I mean, Jesus My Life, it's fantastic. 14:09 And yeah, I mean, all of us 14:11 like we're talking about the song originally. 14:13 You know, Jesus loves me. 14:14 Jesus should be the theme of everything right that we do. 14:17 So thank you for, I mean, doing a whole program, 14:19 a whole series on this... 14:20 It's been fun. It's been real fun. 14:22 Jason, I see you got something looks like 14:24 you want to share there. 14:25 Yeah. 14:26 You know, Francine, you mentioned earlier, 14:28 you even get letters and emails from parents and everything. 14:30 I got a text message from a parent 14:33 that said the 3ABN Kids is amazing. 14:36 MY KIDS LOVE IT, all caps, and I love the science program. 14:42 It couldn't remember the name, 14:43 but he expressed different parts 14:45 of the world and all of that stuff. 14:47 So yeah, people love the Kids Network, 14:50 that's doing amazing thing. 14:51 And there's more coming with the Kids Express 14:53 and more programs that are coming in the future. 14:56 So we're excited about that. 14:58 But one thing that I want to highlight too 15:00 is that with the programming of Jesus My Light, 15:04 we wanted kids to be able to be reinforced, 15:07 I guess is what I'm trying to say 15:09 to be able to dive into the Bible, 15:11 because that is our source. 15:13 And whatever age, we try to make it age appropriate, 15:17 but of course three year olds would have a difficult time. 15:20 But we have many Bible studies that can go with that. 15:24 And so this is the book 15:25 where we have not only coloring books, 15:27 but also word searches, or dot to dot, 15:32 and sometimes we even have places 15:34 where you can look for a little ginger 15:35 like in this one. 15:36 Oh, fun. I love this. 15:38 May I see one of those? 15:39 Okay, so you just mentioned this at the end. 15:41 This is a great activity book, coloring book. 15:44 But you said inside, there's actually... 15:47 Where's ginger? Which is, I found one. 15:51 Oh, you did. 15:52 'Cause you've been here multiple times. 15:53 She is and then kids could email me and tell me 15:56 how many times they found her. 15:57 Now that's fun. This is very nice. Wow. 15:59 You want to see them, Bobby, Jason sorry, 16:00 we kind of hogged them over here. 16:02 So again, this goes along then with Jesus My Light program. 16:06 And this is not the only one, we're hoping to do a few more. 16:09 So we have another date, 16:11 doing the Bible scenes in April 11 through the 14th. 16:14 And then we hope to do the tree house aspect 16:17 of it in June, 16:18 the 20th started through the 23rd. 16:21 So we're excited, 16:23 and hopefully we'll come up with another book. 16:24 Amen. I love that. 16:27 I love the thought of the book correlating with the program 16:31 and putting that together and then teaching, 16:34 you know, and reinforcing, 16:35 I like the word you used, reinforcing that. 16:37 So you've done an amazing job putting this together. 16:40 We're super excited about the launch 16:41 tomorrow on Kids Network. 16:43 And we're going to air it on parent network 16:45 starting in March. 16:46 But when does it air, this is putting you on the spot. 16:48 If you don't know the times, 16:50 where can they go to check that out? 16:51 They can check it out at 3abnkids.tv 16:54 on their website there. 16:56 But I know that the first one is at 7:45, 16:58 Friday evening. 17:00 Yay. Wow, wait. 17:01 That's tomorrow evening, and they can watch it 17:03 then on Kids Network to start with, 17:05 then you said parent will follow along little later. 17:07 Follow in a couple months or five, six weeks here. 17:10 Yep. Yeah. 17:11 Yeah. Fantastic. 17:12 Oh, yeah. No, it's always exciting. 17:14 You know, we again talked about, 17:15 you know, the hearing from the kids. 17:17 And, of course, kids are very important 17:18 because they're the generations that are following us, right? 17:20 They'll be in leadership before we know it. 17:22 And to raise them in the way of the Lord, 17:25 that's just so important. 17:27 Thank you so much for the work that you're doing. 17:29 I know you have so few more things going on 17:30 but we're going to go to you, 17:32 Bobby Davis, again, like you mentioned, 17:34 you've been here 30 years, 17:35 which is quite a while 'cause you think about 3ABN 17:38 being in existence for 37 years. 17:41 So you came not long after 3ABN began. 17:45 But you've got some magazines in front of you, 17:46 you got a number of things to share with us. 17:49 Sure. What's going on? 17:50 Well, one of the things 17:52 that I've really been excited about now for, 17:55 let's see, since 2004, is the idea of a magazine, 17:59 which I wish I could take credit for, 18:01 but it had nothing to do with me. 18:03 At the time, I was producing the Today program, 18:06 I was producing Grandma's House, 18:08 which is a kids' program 18:10 that still runs on some of the networks. 18:13 And I was getting worn out from traveling 18:18 to be quite honest. 18:19 And I remember saying to the Lord, 18:22 "You know, Lord, if there's anything else 18:24 you want me to do, please let me know. 18:26 Because, you know, this is just wearing me down." 18:29 And I'm not complaining 18:32 because it was a wonderful career. 18:34 It really was, but I was ready for a change. 18:37 And, you know, the Lord knew something that I didn't know. 18:40 And that was that He wanted me in publishing. 18:43 And the next thing I know, shortly after that, 18:46 or at that time, somebody walked into my office 18:50 and handed me the four page newsletter and said, 18:53 "Bobby, we really need you to take this newsletter." 18:56 And I thought, "Oh, boy." 19:00 And I suppose confession is hard on the soul 19:04 and good for the reputation. 19:06 I'm going to just confess to you guys, 19:08 I wasn't real happy about that. Wow. 19:10 Because I... Did it seem scary? 19:13 It was, no, it just felt like it was way outside 19:17 of what I was used to doing 19:18 and it was not a switch in careers. 19:23 It was in addition to what I was doing, 19:24 and I felt like, "Okay, this is a lot more," 19:29 but I thought, "Okay, I'm going to do this." 19:31 And I didn't complain, not publicly, but honestly, 19:35 I did grumble in my spirit. 19:37 And there were a few people that I talked to, 19:40 that I shouldn't have grumbled about, 19:42 and the Lord convicted me. 19:45 I read an Ellen White quote, actually, that in the book, 19:50 Christ's Object Lessons 19:51 and she was talking about the parable of the talents. 19:55 And I'm paraphrasing badly here 19:58 but towards the end of the chapter, 19:59 she talks about the man who had one talent 20:03 and then gave it back or buried it 20:05 and then gave it back. 20:06 And he's called the wicked servant. 20:09 And he accused the master of being a hard master. 20:13 And she says that Master is Jesus, 20:15 He gave everything to us. 20:18 And to be accused of being a harsh Master 20:22 is like a slap in the face of Christ. 20:25 And she said, in essence, 20:28 and how I understood it at the time, 20:29 the quote is a little different. 20:31 But in essence, the point was, make no mistake, 20:34 even if you don't lose your eternal life. 20:38 If you are one of those people that buried your talents, 20:41 even if you make it to heaven, 20:42 you're going to spend the rest of eternity 20:45 knowing you could have done more for your Master 20:47 and you chose not to. 20:50 And that was a stake to my heart. 20:52 At that point, I just locked my door and fell to my knees. 20:57 And I wept, I'll be honest with you, I cried. 21:00 And I asked the Lord for forgiveness. 21:02 And I promised Him that 21:04 if that's what He wanted me to do, 21:06 then I was happy to do it. 21:07 And I got up a different man, a changed man. 21:11 And within a few weeks, 21:14 somebody at the call center mentioned to me 21:18 that he thought that we should start combining 21:21 our program schedule, 21:22 which was a separate mailing with our newsletter. 21:26 He says, "Why don't you make a little magazine 21:28 or something out of it." 21:29 And I thought, "That's different." 21:32 And so I went upstairs and talked to Michael Pruitt, 21:35 who worked in publishing at the time. 21:37 And he says, "Well, I used to work on a magazine 21:40 called Young Disciples magazine. 21:42 And I said, "So you know how to do this? 21:43 He goes, "Well, yeah." 21:45 And so the two of us got together. 21:47 And I don't know, at some point in there, 21:49 I really got excited about it. 21:51 And we talked to Danny about it. 21:53 And he said, "Let's do it." 21:55 And then it was like, "Oh, oh, I don't know how to do this." 21:59 And, you know, the Lord started blessing. 22:02 And what started off as a small magazine grew 22:05 very large very quickly, 22:07 and our subscription rate went sky high. 22:09 And that was 2004. 22:14 That means it was 18 years ago. 22:16 Is that right? Yeah. 22:17 And it's been going ever since. 22:19 At one point, we downsized to a newsletter 22:22 for a little bit for about a year 22:24 and then it went right back to the magazine format. 22:26 And I've just, I've had a ball. 22:29 You know, a few years later, I was writing in my taxes, 22:35 what my job description was, and I wrote TV producer, 22:38 and I stopped, and I said, 22:40 "I don't produce much television anymore. 22:43 You know, my primary job now is a magazine editor." 22:49 And it dawned on me that for several years, 22:52 you know, I had not seen that transition happen. 22:56 But because the magazine grew so quickly 22:58 and needed so much more time, 23:00 I was transitioned out of all that traveling, 23:03 I still produce the Today program and things like that. 23:06 But eventually, all of that live events 23:09 and those kinds of things. 23:11 I was pretty much taken out of that, 23:13 that traveling that was wearing me down 23:15 and given something else to do for the Lord. 23:18 And I was commenting to somebody the other day, 23:21 you know, most people are lucky to be able to say are blessed, 23:25 I don't believe in luck, 23:26 or are blessed to be able to say 23:27 they've had one career that they truly loved. 23:31 And I've had two and a half, 23:33 because now I got into radio too. 23:35 But anyway, it's interesting to me 23:38 that the Lord knows how to bless 23:42 whatever talent we have. 23:44 And I was just speaking with a young man last night 23:47 who has many, many talents. 23:50 And he doesn't know which one of them to choose. 23:53 And he's thinking as a human being 23:56 to develop the talents that he thinks he needs to develop. 24:01 And while that's good to develop our talents, 24:03 he's doing it for many of the wrong reasons. 24:05 And I said, you know, you might want to ask God, 24:07 what He wants you to do. 24:09 Because when you offer yourself to Him, 24:12 and you allow Him to use whatever talents you have, 24:15 He will do nothing but multiply them. 24:18 And He's the one that multiplies them not me, 24:20 believe me. 24:21 So, Bobby, we are gaining new viewers, 24:24 listeners all the time. 24:26 So this may be the first time that they're even hearing 24:28 about 3ABN World Magazine. 24:30 So tell us what's inside of this magazine 24:33 that you're referring to. 24:34 So they and then how can they actually get one of these? 24:36 Okay. 24:38 Each of these magazines come out every month. 24:41 And for one thing, they have a President's letter. 24:45 That's from you, Greg, 24:47 and Greg has been sharing all kinds of personal stories, 24:52 which I think is really neat 24:54 because he also shares a lot of pictures. 24:57 We've seen pictures of Greg when he was a little boy 25:00 playing a trumpet and many others. 25:02 But it's a personalized letter from Greg 25:05 to each of our viewers. 25:06 Also, we have a news and events article, 25:10 which usually involves either, 25:13 well, it's usually our cover story, 25:15 and in this case, 25:17 it was actually this man sitting right next to me. 25:19 But, you know, 25:21 our anniversary edition came out last November, 25:23 with Greg and Jill and Danny on it. 25:26 And it talks about, you know, 25:29 what has happened in the last year, and also, 25:32 what is coming, that we see coming. 25:35 There's a special feature that can either be a testimony 25:38 of one of our employees or somebody 25:42 that's also a department sometimes is featured. 25:47 In this particular edition, it was publishing department, 25:50 and Adam Dean and Janelle, 25:54 and Svetlana and several others 25:57 that work with us in publishing. 25:59 Then there's a section in the middle 26:02 that is a program schedule. 26:04 And this is for our parent network. 26:07 And it gives the different times 26:10 for all the different programs. 26:12 We have mentioned some times of new products 26:16 that people can get through our call center, 26:18 and also new programs that are coming up. 26:21 And then there's always a section called Change Lives, 26:25 which is letters from viewers and listeners and readers. 26:30 Isn't that, I love this section. 26:32 Yeah, that's powerful. It's really powerful. 26:33 You know they did a study years ago about which parts 26:36 of a magazine or newsletter people look at. 26:39 And the letters are right after the front cover, 26:42 everybody turns to letters 26:44 'cause they really enjoy the letters. 26:46 Then we have a section called How can I Help? 26:49 In the back, and these are projects 26:52 that we can get behind and really donate 26:55 to specifically in most cases. 26:58 And then we have either a recipe 27:02 from one of our 3ABN Today program cooks, 27:06 or also now this year we Rise Rafferty's Health Help, 27:11 which is a tongue twister here for me, Health Help. 27:15 And she has been giving us some tremendous... 27:18 Yeah, that's great. Insights into health. 27:21 It's a full magazine for sure. 27:23 What I like about this too, 27:25 is that sometimes I have international people 27:28 calling and wanting to get the World Magazine 27:30 and it's a little difficult for them. 27:31 But even if you can't, 27:34 because by the time we mail it to you, 27:35 it might not come in time. 27:37 But I like the aspect that we can get it online. 27:40 So download it online. 27:41 And so that is an easy access. It is. 27:45 I like how we can, anybody can have access to it. 27:48 That's right. 27:49 Bobby does an incredible job as Managing Editor 27:52 of the World Magazine. 27:54 Yeah, you're amazing, Bobby, an amazing writer, 27:56 you're creative, 27:58 sometimes other people sometimes write things 28:00 and then you would edit that and massage it 28:02 and put it together. 28:03 You do an amazing job with it. 28:05 I just wanted to mention this real quickly. 28:07 You mentioned the How can I Help page 28:09 and you think, okay, well, we just put those needs out. 28:11 But you at home read that, and you respond. 28:14 This is the December issue of the World Magazine. 28:17 And How can I Help on that issue 28:19 was the 3ABN Russia studio needs 28:22 and how we had that great need for an LED wall? 28:25 Well, one of our viewers 28:26 and listeners and readers read this magazine 28:31 and gave us a call and said I want to donate 28:33 the funds for that LED wall, 28:37 and the Lord blessed tremendously because of that. 28:40 So I love that. What an incredible thing. 28:43 Jason, I'm just looking here at the recipe aspect. 28:45 Mr. Foodie. I was excited about that. 28:47 So, you know, right here it says saut,ed cabbage 28:49 and carrots with coconut. 28:51 What is, what recipe do you have in your... 28:53 Butternut squash stuffing. Wow. 28:55 Okay, Bobby, what's your recipe? 28:57 This one says topsoil. 28:59 I don't know. Okay, topsoil. 29:00 I don't think I want to eat that. 29:02 Creamy celery soup. 29:04 Yeah, that sounded pretty good. 29:07 Yes, it is. 29:09 But as, you know, it's great food for the, 29:10 for us physically, but also great food for the soul. 29:13 And so you can get this, 29:14 we actually will send it to you in the mail... 29:17 It's free. If you'd like to receive it. 29:18 That's right. 29:19 It comes out monthly, it has a program schedule. 29:21 We will send it to you internationally as well. 29:22 Like Francine said, though, it is down loadable. 29:25 You can go to our website, 3abn.tv and it's right there. 29:28 You'll see each version, 29:29 I think we go back several issues as well. 29:31 Several years. Yes, several years. 29:33 So a great magazine, great way to keep in contact with us 29:36 and for us to feel a little bit more in touch with you. 29:37 So feel free to call us, write us and we'll gladly send 29:40 that to you complimentary. 29:41 Amen. 29:43 Speaking of writing, just before we move 29:44 over to Jason here. 29:46 I want to talk about the blog a moment. 29:47 This is something that we launched in 2021 last year. 29:51 We decided that we need another avenue 29:54 to help spreading the gospel. 29:56 You know, there's television, there's radio, 29:58 there's the printed page, 30:00 and there's also the written word 30:02 that people like to go online to connect with a blog, 30:05 to connect with people that way, 30:07 and we have a 3ABN blog 30:08 with several of our 3ABN people here who write it. 30:11 So talk to us about that? 30:13 Well, it's called 3ABN Kindling. 30:17 And that's the website as well 3abnkindling, 30:20 I believe .org or .tv 30:22 And it has monthly articles 30:27 from four or five different people, 30:30 some months have five different Mondays, 30:32 it comes out as an email to those who sign up for it. 30:36 But, of course, you can just go online and look at it. 30:40 And it covers everything from nutrition, 30:44 you know, Rise has a blog 30:46 on there called Rise's Pieces. 30:50 I'm gonna say it right. Great title. 30:52 I love it. Great energy. 30:54 And, oh, we've had all kinds of blogs about money matters, 31:00 we have blog about recovery, 31:04 we also have Tim, 31:08 Tim Parton does one. Wisdom seeker. 31:10 Wisdom seeker, and these are very personal stories. 31:14 You know, a blog is a very personal thing. 31:16 And it's real life, 31:20 it's real things 31:23 that these authors have learned or are learning 31:27 and they're very, they're shared from the heart. 31:30 I just edited one yesterday that will be coming up soon. 31:34 From J.D. Quinn, 31:36 powerful story from his pastoral ministry, 31:40 phone calls and things that happen in pastoral ministries, 31:42 real life problems and solutions, 31:47 and always, always pointing back to the Word of God. 31:50 And we have some of our young people who write some as well. 31:53 That's right. Excited about that. 31:55 So you can go to 3bn.tv click on the blog, 31:59 and you can read it or you can subscribe. 32:01 And that way, every Monday I get my, every Monday, 32:04 it pops in my inbox, and then I can read that. 32:06 And I love that. 32:07 And it also has an audio version. 32:09 I'm sorry, not the blog, the blog doesn't. 32:11 I'm jumping ahead to Faith Light, my bad. 32:14 Faith Light is also something you can subscribe to. 32:16 Yes. 32:18 It comes out, it's a daily devotional 32:19 and it comes out every morning at 5 o'clock 32:20 in the morning Central. 32:22 So you can read that when you get up in the morning, 32:23 have your time with God. 32:24 And that has an audio portion. Yes. 32:26 We've turned it into a podcast. 32:29 And you can listen to it or you can read it. 32:32 Yeah, and I'm so blessed by the authors 32:37 that send in those different devotionals. 32:42 Many of them are from our 3ABN family, 32:45 people that you would not see on television necessarily, 32:48 but who have a talent for writing 32:50 and writing for the Lord and that desire to share 32:53 that devotional thought with our audience and I'm, 32:57 I guess, as an editor in the background, 33:00 I'm blessed first, you know, and for me, 33:03 it's just a joy to see those things keep coming, 33:06 and keep going out into the world. 33:07 I like the audio part of it. 33:09 Because sometimes, I mean, my daughter might read it with me. 33:12 But we also like the audio part 33:14 because you hear the emotions coming through so. 33:17 That's right. No, it's very important. 33:19 You're right. I like that very much. 33:20 Many of the authors actually read their own, 33:22 not all of them, but many of them 33:24 will actually read it themselves. 33:25 I love that. 33:27 So you can subscribe to that too, 33:28 just go to 3abn.tv and you can subscribe there. 33:30 It's called 3ABN Faith Light, 33:32 and you can subscribe there for that. 33:34 And we also have podcasts. 33:36 We touched on that with the audio portion for Faith Light. 33:38 But we have podcasts, I think and CJ Lingle, 33:41 he works so hard. 33:43 And every week the Sabbath School panel, 33:45 you can watch it but it's also a podcast. 33:48 And we have 100 Days of Prayer, 33:49 which is just a time of prayer 33:51 and with a music bed underneath and you can, 33:54 that's a podcast so we have a lot 33:55 of different options for that. 33:57 Yeah, absolutely. 33:58 We've mentioned a lot of different websites and things. 34:01 The key is like Jill just mentioned 3abn.tv 34:04 When you go there to that website, 34:06 you'll find contact information for you too, Aunt Francine. 34:09 You're talking about, you know, people, 34:11 kids contacting you trying to find the little dog 34:13 in the coloring book, the podcasts, 34:15 the devotional, the different networks, 34:18 all those links are right there. 34:19 How to contact us, 3abn.tv 34:23 One thing I want to mention during and, Jason, 34:25 going to you, and I'll just reference 34:27 you on this too is that you know technology 34:29 and things change. 34:31 And this is one thing that just keeping a lookout 34:33 for if you watch 3ABN on your phone. 34:37 You've heard us mention about 3ABN+ 34:40 and you can see the logo right now on your screen, 34:42 it says 3abnplus.tv 34:45 And that's a new platform that 3ABN has gone 34:48 to on like Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV... 34:53 Online. Online as well. 34:55 What that gives you is you get all of our live streams. 34:58 It's okay, that's good. 34:59 You get all of the radio streams as well, that's good. 35:02 What you get in addition to that, 35:04 that's why it's 3ABN+ is VOD. 35:07 Now you're saying what's VOD? 35:09 Let me just tell you what VOD stands for, video on demand. 35:14 Video on demand, think of YouTube. 35:16 If you're familiar with YouTube, 35:18 YouTube is pretty much video on demand. 35:20 Well, 3ABN has their own YouTube, let's say of 3ABN. 35:23 So on the same platform, 35:27 may I say you can watch all the live streams 35:29 like you're watching this program now, 35:31 or you can watch a video on demand, which is beautiful, 35:33 Bible Q and A, let's say, or Sabbath School Panel. 35:37 The beautiful thing of video on demand is you can play it 35:39 and say, "Oh, wait a minute, I think Greg, 35:42 I think he missed focus scripture or something? 35:45 Or what did he say? 35:46 I want to write that down." 35:47 You can stop, 35:49 you can back up just a little bit 35:50 or all the way to the beginning if you want 35:51 and then listen to it again, pause, 35:53 go do something else, feed the dog. 35:55 I don't know, eat lunch, then you can pick it up again. 35:57 That's the beautiful thing of video on demand. 35:59 So 3ABN+, Jason, is going to be launched on the phone soon. 36:04 That's Android and Apple. 36:06 This has been long time in coming. 36:08 We've tried to work out all the bugs, right? Yes. 36:11 There's always little challenges 36:12 when we update the app. 36:13 So the app that you currently have, 36:15 for those of you that have a phone, 36:16 I have an Android phone, let me go to my 3ABN app. 36:19 Okay, it looks like this, right? 36:21 That's how you're used to seeing it, 36:23 the 3ABN app on your phone. 36:25 It's going to change just a little bit, 36:27 Jason's how it's going to change, 36:28 it's going to be 3ABN+, you're going to watch, 36:30 get the live streams, plus the video on demand 36:33 that's coming soon. 36:34 So keeping a lookout for that. 36:37 Changes are inevitable, right? Absolutely. 36:39 We're just trying to find, 36:41 3ABN is trying to find more ways that we can evangelize. 36:43 Jason, you've always been a strong supporter 36:45 of the ability to share an online evangelism, right? 36:48 So having things like this, you can share them easier, 36:51 isn't that correct? 36:52 Absolutely. And you know, it's so needed. 36:55 Because as you're walking down the street, 36:57 or you're driving down the highway, 36:59 there's so many things that are vying for our attention. 37:03 True. 37:04 So why not put the gospel in a format 37:07 that is accessible by everyone 37:09 and so that I'm excited about that. 37:13 You can watch what's airing live, 37:15 as you said, or you can go and see VOD, 37:18 what's on demand. 37:19 So that creates a lot of opportunities. 37:22 People want to watch what they want to watch 37:23 when they want to watch it. 37:25 So, it's exiting. 37:26 That's another beautiful thing, isn't it? 37:27 Yeah, that's true. When you want to watch 37:29 it. Yes. Yes. 37:31 So, yeah, I'm looking forward to that. 37:32 And a lot of people it seems like 'cause we get to look 37:34 at some of the analytics, 37:36 and I see a lot of numbers on the app. 37:39 Yes, on phone. 37:40 So a lot of people are watching on their phone. 37:42 So yeah, it'll be interesting to see 37:44 what the 3abnplus.tv well, yeah, 3ABN+. 37:48 Oh, yeah, absolutely. 37:49 Yeah, that's coming soon. 37:51 So tell us about Dare to Dream, some exciting things. 37:53 You have some incredible updates of what God is doing? 37:54 Yes. God is good. 37:57 God is... Look at God. 37:58 Look at God. That's the theme. 38:00 Last year was the year of expansion. 38:03 And we've seen how God has just been stretching the networks, 38:06 stretching the ministry, 38:07 and we're looking at God in Dare to Dream. 38:10 Now I want to share this passage that Dare to Dream 38:14 is clinging to this year. 38:15 Okay. 38:16 And it's taken from Luke Chapter 4, 38:18 will begin in verse 16, 38:19 and just kind of walk down a little bit. 38:22 "So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. 38:25 And as His custom was, 38:27 He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day 38:30 and stood up to read. 38:32 And He was handed the book of the Prophet Isaiah. 38:35 And when He had opened the book, 38:36 He found the place where it was written, 38:39 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, 38:41 because He has anointed me 38:43 to preach the gospel to the poor, 38:45 He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, 38:48 to proclaim liberty to the captives, 38:51 and recovery of sight to the blind, 38:53 to set at liberty those who are oppressed, 38:56 to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.' 39:00 Then He closed the book and gave it back 39:02 to the attendant and sat down. 39:05 And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue 39:07 were fixed on Him.'" 39:09 And so, you know, with Dare to Dream 39:11 with the programs that are going to be coming out 39:14 that we have in the pipeline 39:15 and some program concepts, 39:18 we want to make sure that its Holy Spirit filled. 39:21 And so we always pray before we do any program, 39:24 you know, we pray before we have meetings, 39:27 we're in prayer, right? 39:29 We want the Holy Spirit deeply, 39:31 deeply involved in these things. 39:33 And also to preach the gospel to the poor. 39:37 This is an all-inclusive message. 39:39 This message is for everyone. 39:41 You know, it doesn't matter what your economic class 39:45 is or anything, it is for everyone, 39:47 so we want to preach the gospel to the poor. 39:50 There are so many brokenhearted people 39:52 that are out there in our world today 39:54 and we want to mend, 39:56 this is the mending broken hearted people network. 40:01 And so we want to share that hope, 40:05 the hope of Christ with them. 40:06 And so that's another thing that Dare to Dream 40:09 wants to do, and to proclaim liberty to the captives. 40:13 There are so many people that are held in bondage to sin 40:17 and shackled by sin 40:19 that we want to be able to liberate the captives. 40:22 And the way that we do that is by pointing them to Christ. 40:25 And so that's our focus for this year 40:27 and recovery of sight to the blind. 40:29 You know, there are people that are out there that are, 40:31 they've been walking with the Lord, 40:33 and then they strayed away. 40:34 And, you know, me, being one of them. 40:37 I walked with the Lord for like, roughly 14 years, 40:40 and then I left for 14 years and then came back. 40:44 We want to reach those people, we want to tell them, 40:47 "Look, come back to the Lord, 40:49 He's longing to spend eternity with you. 40:52 He's standing there with open arms waiting to receive you." 40:55 So Dare to Dream, we want to have programs 40:58 that embody that as well, 41:00 and to set at liberty those who are oppressed, 41:04 to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, 41:07 and just to tell people to look at, look at God. 41:09 Amen. That's what we want to do. 41:11 So we have some exciting program concepts 41:14 that are currently in the works. 41:18 So don't expect to see them tomorrow, 41:20 but they're currently in the works. 41:21 So we've got hidden in plain sight 41:24 is a television series that really exposes 41:26 the dark side of the entertainment industry 41:30 and shows how it's intertwined with the occult, 41:32 and it will show you Scripture, 41:36 the truth, and then it will show you 41:39 some of the err 41:40 and what is being pushed on people. 41:42 And it's so important 41:43 because people are being swept up, 41:45 and they don't even realize 41:47 that they think it's just an innocent type 41:48 of program or show or, 41:52 and it's not, it's not. 41:54 We want to have a lifestyle program, 41:56 you know, we have to deal with health, 41:58 so many people are experiencing health challenges 42:01 and complications, you know, we're going to have a panel 42:05 that's comprised of so many various health professionals. 42:10 So we'll have a nurse practitioner, 42:12 a dietitian, an herbalist, a mental health expert, 42:17 we'll have, let's see what else here, 42:19 we'll have a senior lifestyle coach, 42:22 a naturopathic doctor and a medical doctor as well. 42:25 Good. 42:27 We're going to address issues 42:28 that plague inner city residents 42:30 and it transcends just the inner cities 42:33 but such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, 42:36 cancer, stress, PTSD, abuse, fear, grief, 42:40 depression, anxiety and pain. 42:43 So we want to cover that gamut and more. 42:47 We also have strategies for strongholds, which, 42:51 as we were talking earlier, you know about people 42:53 that are in bondage and shackled by that sin, 42:56 we want to help them with tips and strategies 42:58 from the Word of God that will help combat that. 43:01 And we have so much more, but as we talk about the year 43:06 of expansion from last year, and then look at God this year, 43:11 I'm just looking at what God is doing 43:13 with the Interless system. 43:15 Yes. 43:16 And so the D2D Prison Hard Drive initiative, 43:19 we actually have a video that really kind of explains 43:22 a little bit about what's going on. 43:24 Good. 43:25 And we're praying over the boxes and everything 43:27 that's going out to the transitional houses, 43:30 as well. 43:31 So should we go to that video now, Jason? I would love to. 43:33 Okay. All right. 43:35 Let's go to that roll right now. 43:38 Hi, I'm Jason Bradley, and I'm super excited 43:40 about what is taking place here today. 43:42 I'm standing here with Mr. Danny Shelton, 43:45 Yvonne Shelton, Greg Morikone and Jill Morikone 43:49 and I'm excited because we're about to send 43:53 three boxes to a halfway house. 43:57 Now contained within these boxes are the Gospel 44:01 of Jesus Christ and practical tools for living 44:03 that are going to make such a difference in the lives 44:06 of the men and women that receive them. 44:09 You know, Pop, you've been around for a little while... 44:12 Forever. 44:13 And you've seen quite a few projects here at 3ABN. 44:18 How's it make you feel to see another project 44:22 coming into fruition? 44:23 It's always incredible. 44:24 And as time, years go by, 44:27 technology changes tremendously. 44:29 Now to send this box, 44:31 I'm sure you'll tell us what it is. 44:32 But this Interless system is just something 44:35 that who would have dreamed of it just a few years ago? 44:39 Amazing. Yes, absolutely. 44:41 This D2D Prison Hard Drive initiative 44:44 that is taking place, 3901 programs... 44:48 How many? 44:49 3901 designed to help reduce the recidivism rate. 44:54 In just one of these. In just one of them. 44:56 Wow. Yes. 44:58 And there are three boxes in there. 44:59 They're pre-loaded all those programs? 45:01 Pre-loaded and ready to watch, 45:03 and it doesn't even require internet. 45:04 It's absolutely incredible. Yes, absolutely. 45:07 And, Mother, you started Dare to Dream, 45:10 you co-founded it with Pop here. 45:12 And, you know, this was something 45:14 that you had envisioned as well. 45:16 So how are you feeling today 45:18 as you're seeing this going forth? 45:20 I feel so full right now. 45:22 Because I know that this is what the Lord would have us 45:25 to do to get the gospel to everyone, 45:28 to the incarcerated, 45:29 to those who are in the halfway houses 45:31 who are getting ready to reenter society. 45:34 This is what they need, they need to know about Jesus, 45:37 they need to hear the gospel. 45:39 And all of these programs are designed to help them 45:42 to live out the gospel, 45:46 is practical Christianity. 45:48 And so I'm just super excited and super thankful. 45:52 Amen. 45:53 And Greg and Jill, you guys have been in the trenches. 45:55 And you've been working right along with this project, 45:58 promoting it and doing all of those things as well. 46:00 How are you feeling today? 46:02 You know, there's always been many significant days here 46:05 at the Ministry of 3ABN, 37 years, right, 46:07 3ABN has been in existence. 46:08 Well, today is another one of those significant days, 46:10 you know, what just always touches my heart 46:12 is you think about these boxes going out, 46:14 'cause this is the very first box 46:15 with the Interless boxes inside of it. 46:18 And it's going out to read souls. 46:19 And that's what 3ABN has been all about. 46:21 It's about evangelism. 46:23 So what's incredible is that you the supporter of home, 46:25 you have funded this project. 46:27 Thank you so very much for catching the vision. 46:30 But what's amazing is that we donate, 46:32 we pack, we send this out, 46:33 but we may not know until eternity, 46:35 the full impact of these boxes going out, 46:37 touching lives for eternity 46:38 and that ripple grows and grows. 46:40 So it just, my heart is full too, Dr. Yvonne. 46:43 So very encouraging. Amen. 46:46 I'm just reminded of Isaiah 55, God's word never returns void. 46:50 And you think about those who are lost and alone, 46:53 those who need Jesus, 46:55 those who feel like I'm unredeemable, 46:58 God can't forgive me, those who are incarcerated, 47:01 or in this case, in a halfway house, 47:03 knowing that the gospel, the Word of God 47:06 is going into those places, 47:08 and that people will find Jesus. 47:10 I'm super excited about this project 47:12 and what God's going to do. 47:14 Jay, the technology, 47:16 again, for those who don't know 47:17 is what's amazing to me, 47:19 is the fact that you can put thousands of programs 47:22 on one little box that does not require the internet, 47:25 you don't have to have a satellite dish, 47:27 you don't have to worry about the weather, 47:29 whether it's going to be bad weather 47:30 or good weather, 47:32 and it's programmed in for thousands of hours, 47:34 it could last actually a few years of good, 47:37 fresh content that won't be played over 47:40 and over and over. 47:41 And can be put anywhere, halfway house prisons, 47:44 where they have, you know, restrictions on internet, 47:47 a lot of different things are getting satellite, 47:50 these are simple, you can put up 47:51 and pipe it wherever you want to. 47:53 So it's an amazing technology. 47:54 And then for us to get the opportunity 47:57 with you all spearheading it, 47:59 get the opportunity to send the first ones out, 48:01 I believe it's one of hundreds and even thousands 48:04 that will go into places 48:06 otherwise never to be able to be reached Amen. 48:09 Absolutely. And we're living in the last days. 48:12 And there is a sense of urgency that needs to take place. 48:15 And so I'm looking forward to getting these boxes out. 48:17 But before we seal this box up, and before we add the letter, 48:22 the congratulatory letter as well as the flyer 48:25 and seal it up, we need to pray over it. 48:27 So I'd like to ask you to pray, Mother, over these boxes, 48:31 and if we could just stand over. 48:33 Yes. 48:35 Oh, Lord, we just praise You and thank You so very much 48:38 for the privilege of being able to send these boxes 48:41 and You know who needs to receive them, 48:43 Lord, so please open the doors 48:45 to everywhere that You want these to go. 48:48 And please help that the viewers and listeners 48:50 who will watch these programs will be blessed 48:54 and their hearts will be turned to You, 48:55 we pray, in Jesus' name, amen. 48:58 Amen. Amen. 48:59 Amen. 49:00 So, take our congratulatory letter here, 49:04 we're going to send this out, put that in the box, 49:09 let them know they're getting something very special. 49:12 And then we have the flyer to go with it 49:14 that kind of describes a little bit 49:16 about what's on the box there. 49:18 And then Greg, I'm going to ask you to do the honors 49:21 of sealing these boxes. 49:22 Okay, and we're here at the 3ABN call center too. 49:24 A lot of material leaves this place, 49:28 making a difference in the world. 49:29 All right, let's do this. All right. 49:32 We'll close this on up here. 49:37 Got a nice tape gun. 49:48 It looked like you've done that before. 49:50 You know I spent 10 years here at the call center 49:52 and I loved every minute of it. 49:54 What a great place to be. 49:55 Yeah, we'll put a little more tape on it here in a minute 49:57 but we've got the label here From call center to president. 50:00 Well, a good journey here. 50:07 All right, taking the label off. 50:09 And, Jill, I'm going to ask that you do the honors. 50:12 Yay. 50:16 Super excited. 50:17 This is the very first box, 50:19 the first three Interless boxes going out and the gospel, 50:23 3ABN is right in here. 50:25 And it's going to three halfway houses. 50:28 Oh, this is your mike, sorry... That, sorry, we can share. 50:31 That's wonderful. 50:32 Thank you so much for what you have done 50:35 and what you continue to do for the cause of Christ. 50:37 And I just want to appeal to you to pray, 50:40 pray for these boxes, 50:42 pray for the men and the women 50:44 that are about to receive these boxes, 50:46 that their lives will be changed 50:48 and that they will be in the kingdom one day. 50:51 God bless you. Amen. 50:54 What an exciting day that was, Jason, 50:56 to be there at the call center, 50:58 and to know that the very first 51:00 of the three Interless boxes there for the hard drives 51:02 for prisons were going into the halfway house there. 51:05 Look at God. Amen. 51:06 Amen. I'm so excited about this project. 51:08 Absolutely. I am too. 51:10 You know, I think it's so important 51:11 that we impact people in that decision 51:14 making process because they're going to have 51:16 a lot of choices ahead of them. 51:18 And we want them to be equipped with the gospel 51:21 and we want them to know Christ. 51:23 And this is a great way for that to take place. 51:25 Amen. 51:26 I know we're coming down to the end of the program. 51:28 And we'll do some closing thoughts from everyone. 51:29 But, Francine, before, 51:31 we had talked about some upcoming programs. 51:35 So tell us some more what's coming, 51:37 so this year 2022, 51:39 what programs would be recording with Kids Network? 51:41 So besides the Jesus My Light ones, 51:44 we have Kids Express though, 51:45 that's going to be a phenomenal one. 51:47 So where kids can participate virtually 51:52 even through Skype... 51:53 Wonderful. 51:55 Or on and we can talk about 51:56 how they're shining for Jesus 51:57 and also share how they can resolve situations in life. 52:01 So we're hoping that and so if you want to email me, 52:04 be sure to email me and have some kids participate 52:07 and also some more Creation is Science. 52:09 And then we also have some praise coming in along. 52:12 So yes, we're excited about that. 52:14 And the Creation is Science is with Ben Roy? 52:16 Ben Roy, Professor Roy, we call him but yes, 52:19 we like to do some experiments. 52:21 And this time since the weather is not going to cooperate, 52:24 we'll be inside. 52:25 It will still be fun. 52:27 I was gonna say experiments inside. 52:28 Oh, yeah. That's a great program. 52:30 I love it. Good. 52:31 We're at the end of the hour. 52:32 So let's go around the circle 52:34 and just do some closing thoughts 52:35 whatever's on your heart. 52:36 Jason, let's start with you. All right. 52:38 Well, I just want to share from Jeremiah 29:11, 12 52:44 and 13, God has a plan and a purpose for your life. 52:47 "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, 52:49 says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil 52:52 to give you a future and a hope. 52:54 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, 52:56 and I will listen to you. 52:58 And you will seek Me and find Me, 53:00 when you search for Me with all your heart." 53:03 No matter where you are right now, 53:04 you can go to God, He's waiting to hear from you 53:08 and He's got His arm stretched out wide 53:10 waiting to receive you. 53:12 Go to God. Amen. 53:14 Thank you, Jason. Bobby. 53:15 Well, you know what's on my heart 53:17 is that each of us are given talents by the Lord. 53:21 And I think it's so vitally important 53:24 to use those talents for the Lord. 53:25 And when we do that, 53:27 the Lord will always bless our efforts. 53:30 Another thing that is dear to me is stories. 53:33 You know, we love to hear your stories, 53:36 and we encourage you to send us your story. 53:38 In fact, in each magazine, we have an email address, 53:41 it's called 3abnworld@3abn.org 53:46 that you can send us your story that way, 53:48 or you can mail it to us at our PO Box 220, 53:51 West Frankfort, Illinois 628896. 53:54 And I hope to hear from you. 53:58 We love to tell your stories and what God has done for you. 54:02 And we feature them sometimes in our magazine as well. 54:05 And so I would say, please ask the Lord to show you 54:09 what your talents are 54:11 and then use them for the Lord, you'll never go wrong. 54:13 Amen. Thank you, Bobby. It's beautiful. 54:16 I like how Jesus is always working on our character 54:18 and growing those talents, for example, 54:20 and I love stories and I enjoy kids writing to us too. 54:24 And I hope they can share their stories with me as well, 54:27 so that we can use them. 54:28 But, always remember 54:30 that there's gems in the light of Jesus. 54:33 And always look for those glimmers of hope, 54:36 I think that's what I want to say, 54:38 because Jesus was our example 54:40 and we can't go wrong when we follow in His footsteps 54:42 and look to God. 54:44 Amen. Amen. 54:45 I love that. 54:46 When you mentioned stories, 54:48 Bobby, it reminded me of this story 54:49 we were going to reference here tonight. 54:51 This is Coleen from Jamaica 54:53 and she recently contacted us through Instagram. 54:56 She said that she's been watching 3ABN for one year 54:59 and she was recently baptized as the Seventh-day Adventist. 55:03 The programs that she saw on 3ABN 55:06 helped make up her mind about her wanting to join 55:09 the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 55:10 So just a special shout out to Coleen from Jamaica 55:15 and to each one of you who have found Jesus, 55:17 who have found truth, 55:18 or found hope in Him through the Ministry of 3ABN, 55:23 so, I'm excited about that. 55:25 Yeah. Amen. 55:26 Thank you so much, Francine, for being on. 55:29 And, Bobby Davis, and also you too, Jason. 55:32 It's a blessing hosting with you too, Sweetie, 55:34 you know, it's a blessing to be joining you 55:36 as part of our 3ABN family. 55:38 We look forward to great year 2022. 55:41 No matter what comes our way, 55:43 we can look at God. 55:45 And there's been mentioned here, 55:47 so many stories do come into 3ABN. 55:50 We love hearing from you, 55:52 and thank you so much for sharing them. 55:53 And we want to then share them with you. 55:55 Why is that? Well, that encourages you, right? 55:57 Because you sacrificially give to the Ministry of 3ABN. 56:01 Why do you do that? 56:03 It's because you're all about evangelism. 56:05 You've caught the vision that was started 37 years ago here 56:07 at 3ABN that's to spread the gospel around the world 56:11 and make an eternal difference in somebody's life. 56:14 So we thank you so very much. 56:16 We want to encourage you, 56:17 as you start the New Year to dive into the Word of God, 56:20 make the Word of God a part of your life. 56:22 Thank you so very much for being a part of our family. 56:25 God bless you. We'll see you next time. |
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