Participants:
Series Code: TDYL
Program Code: TDYL240030B
|
00:02 .
00:11 Hello and welcome back to 3ABN Behind the Scenes. 00:14 Again, we're so glad that you've joined us. 00:16 The first hour went by in a hurry and I know the second hour will 00:20 too. 00:24 3ABN has for evangelism, but that includes you too. 00:28 We were talking about books that you can, of course, get through 00:31 3ABN, pass out in your community. 00:33 We're talking about the brand new booklet, the one on abortion, and 00:37 that is available, Jill, this evening. 00:39 You'll give us some of those details and how they can order that 00:41 booklet this evening by the case to hand out in your communities. 00:44 We're also talking about evangelism using YouTube. 00:47 Ricky was sharing that with us, which is absolutely incredible. 00:50 You can do evangelism with your thumb. 00:52 That's because you're using your thumb to push the little buttons on 00:54 your phone and you can be sitting in your chair. 00:56 And it's amazing how YouTube will kind of, in a sense, do the 00:59 evangelism for you. 01:00 And that's by subscribing. 01:02 And you know, when you hear the word subscribe, it sounds like 01:04 money, but there is no fee to subscribing to 3ABN's YouTube 01:10 channel. 01:13 You can just kind of go back and look at the first hour if you want, 01:15 but there's a little button where you can hit all and then you get 01:17 notifications. 01:21 are doing searches, let's say on prophecy or other topics that 3ABN 01:25 presents. 01:28 And this second hour, Jill, is going to be about evangelism, too. 01:31 Amen. 01:34 We met her at our 3ABN School of Discipleship. 01:37 She came in from Australia and she'd been reading in the book of 01:40 Hebrews about the remains there for a rest for the people of God. 01:44 And she thought, what is this rest about? 01:45 And she kept reading and it talked about Sabbath rest. 01:48 So she said she went to YouTube, to the internet, and she typed in, 01:52 Sabbath, what is Sabbath? 01:55 And guess what popped up? 01:57 3ABN Sabbath School panel. 02:03 Seventh -day Adventist. 02:04 So YouTube evangelism, it really works. 02:07 It does. 02:12 And they just go and they type things, they search for things and 02:15 3ABN programming can be pushed as it were, their direction, so that 02:19 they can see it. 02:24 people would stumble across. 02:26 They flip a channel and they find 3ABN. 02:28 Now you just search in the internet and you can find 3ABN. 02:30 Yeah, amazing, absolutely. 02:32 We have some more family here with us tonight. 02:36 We traded out family from the first to the second hour. 02:38 We'll start over at this end. 02:40 Our dad, the other half of Shelly Quinn, we had Shelly sitting right 02:43 next to us here on the first hour. 02:46 But JD Quinn, who's of course our pastoral department manager, and 02:50 we're so glad to have you here tonight. 02:51 Well, thank you, it is a blessing to be here. 02:54 We love talking about 3ABN. 02:57 You know, if you're from Texas, everything's always big, okay? 03:03 And southern Illinois, there's nothing bigger than 3ABN. 03:08 A little bitty town with a big, big ministry and we're here for you. 03:12 This is evangelism. 03:13 It is. 03:14 And the reach of 3ABN is incredible as well. 03:17 We were talking about it on the first hour about 3ABN Sabbath 03:19 School Connect and how it was amazing this past Friday, how 03:22 people were reaching out. 03:24 Daniel, you were on that from all parts of the world. 03:26 So the reach of 3ABN is huge. 03:28 It is, and JD's going to be sharing some pastoral statistics and 03:32 information on what's happening with the 3ABN pastoral department. 03:35 Sitting next to JD is Daniel Perrin. 03:38 We always call you on Sabbath School panel Professor Perrin. 03:41 But that's just because he's a teacher for so many years. 03:43 But you're the assistant pastoral department manager. 03:46 And Daniel, we're so glad to have you here tonight. 03:48 Yes, it's good to be here. 03:49 I don't think anybody stumbles across 3ABN. 03:52 That's a good point. 03:53 They are led there. 03:54 And that's partly why I'm here too. 03:56 You know, led here, but I did not anticipate it. 03:59 God brings people to work. 04:01 And I'm glad to work here. 04:02 I'm glad to be here. 04:03 It's always good to be sitting next to JD. 04:05 That's right. 04:07 And I agree with you as far as the stumble across. 04:09 We kind of say in quotes, stumble across this really divine 04:12 appointment. 04:13 And it's neat to think about. 04:14 We hear these stories over and over again, Daniel. 04:15 But the timing in somebody's life where if they'd found 3ABN a year 04:20 earlier, it wouldn't have actually fit exactly what they were 04:22 searching for. 04:23 So the timing, God's timing is always perfect. 04:25 So praise God for that. 04:26 And God bringing you here and everybody here is God's perfect 04:29 timing as well. 04:30 So we're thankful you're part of the family. 04:31 Talking about the timing of that, thank you for being a part of God's 04:34 family here, of course, 3ABN. 04:36 Amen. 04:39 children, some of which work here at 3ABN. 04:42 We're so grateful for that. 04:44 Coming around the table, Dee Hildebrand. 04:46 Dee is a fixture at 3ABN. 04:49 We could say this because she's been here for many years, served as 04:53 3ABN Production Coordinator for many years and then semi-retired 04:56 and worked harder than even before the semi-retirement. 04:58 She is 3ABN Special Projects Coordinator and we're glad you're 05:03 here tonight. 05:03 I only do the fun things. 05:04 It's great. 05:05 I love it. 05:09 had before all the time. 05:11 And God still works miracles. 05:12 I love, you're right, divine appointments. 05:15 It's wonderful. 05:18 I was calling on repairs and whatever and I had this technician 05:21 on the phone. 05:26 and we were talking about making an appointment and I said, we can't do 05:30 it on Saturday because we're Sabbath keepers. 05:33 He goes, are you Adventist? 05:36 I'm like, yes, Thompsonville Seventh-day Adventist Church. 05:39 He goes, I'm new Adventist, baptized three months ago. 05:42 He had an accent. 05:46 3ABN and tell him how to get his app on his cell phone. 05:51 And it helped me. 05:53 3ABN made a difference in David and I's lives when we became new 05:56 Adventists because we could watch 3ABN and we learned in amazingly 06:01 speedy way. 06:02 I mean, far faster than just going to church. 06:04 So it was like such a thrill that God answered this technician's 06:09 prayer, but he also used me to do it. 06:11 And so it was very thrilling and camp meetings coming. 06:14 Yes. 06:18 minutes. 06:19 Absolutely. 06:23 She and her husband, Gary, moved here. 06:25 Is it two or three years now? 06:26 Two years. 06:27 Two years. 06:30 clerk. 06:31 Well, thank you for having me. 06:32 I'm happy to be here. 06:33 You know, and it's great too because Henry, your son, he just 06:37 started working some part-time here at 3ABN just here recently. 06:41 So great to have Henry on board. 06:42 Six days. 06:43 Yeah, that's great. 06:44 Today is the sixth day. 06:46 Yeah, great young man. 06:47 You're going to be talking about camp meeting too. 06:49 Yeah, we'll be talking about camp meeting. 06:50 Amen. 06:52 Enjoy everyone. 06:52 Amen. 06:53 Yes, that's great. 06:54 And we have also another person that you haven't seen yet, but 06:57 you've course no stranger to you on 3ABN. 06:59 That's Pastor John Denzi. 07:02 And he's joining us via Skype all the way from Mexico. 07:05 And I believe, are you there, Pastor John Denzi? 07:10 I think there he is. 07:11 Yes, I am here. 07:12 3ABN actually Tuxla, Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico, way south in 07:18 Mexico. 07:19 And you and your lovely wife Mrs. Denzi are there and Randy Bermejo 07:24 is there. 07:25 Tell us what's going on in Mexico. 07:27 We know it's very exciting, but tell our folks at home. 07:30 Oh, this is exciting. 07:32 This is about evangelism. 07:33 And that's why 3ABN is here because we are participating in an 07:39 evangelistic campaign that is nationwide organized by the unions 07:45 of Mexico. 07:46 We have been invited to participate. 07:48 And the evangelistic campaign is called Jesus is Sufficient. 07:53 Jesus is Sufficient. 07:54 And the speaker is Pastor Luis Orozco. 07:58 And behind me you see the title of the evangelistic campaign. 08:02 I'm actually on the set because they're not on right now. 08:06 So that's why I'm here. 08:07 So this is the fourth nationwide evangelistic campaign that they 08:13 have organized. 08:19 And they are doing a magnificent job. 08:21 They have united to bring a nationwide evangelistic campaign. 08:26 All the unions participate. 08:28 There are actually 43 local conferences in Mexico. 08:33 And these 43 conferences are participating. 08:35 This is like, you remember the NET series with Pastor Mark Finley, 08:40 Doug Batchelor, and others that participate in the NET series. 08:44 What is different about this is that today, conferences have 08:48 webpages. 08:49 Conferences also have YouTube pages. 08:51 Not only that, people, members of the church have YouTube pages. 08:56 So this is giving this a nationwide reach in a way that has really 09:03 making history. 09:04 So there are 43 local conferences, 23 radio stations have united to 09:10 broadcast this evangelistic campaign. 09:12 And of course, Homes of Hope. 09:15 There are churches open all across the nation broadcasting the 09:20 evangelistic campaign. 09:22 But there are people in their homes inviting their neighbors, inviting 09:24 their friends, inviting their families. 09:26 So this is really an amazing thing. 09:28 And we have pictures that illustrate some of that. 09:31 And you'll be able to see those. 09:32 So interestingly enough, they are also providing a service for the 09:38 hearing impaired. 09:39 They are also receiving a signal. 09:40 And each night, it is increasing. 09:43 Last night, there were 370 people tuning in. 09:48 As a matter of fact, some people have put, like, a projector 09:52 outside. 09:55 people sit there, and they listen to the evangelistic campaign. 09:59 So it's an amazing thing. 10:00 They have the conference here, the union. 10:03 I'm actually in the Chiapas, Mexico Union. 10:06 This is where the signal is originating from. 10:09 Each year, a union has a turn. 10:12 A union selects the speaker. 10:14 And this here is Pastor Luis Orozco. 10:16 The interesting thing is that this union has been transformed into an 10:19 evangelism center. 10:21 The leaders of the union here have given up their offices, and it has 10:25 become like a prayer room, or it has become like an editing bay. 10:31 And so it's an amazing thing that is happening here. 10:34 And we have to ask the question, well, what does 3ABN bring to the 10:39 table? 10:41 3ABN is on cable here. 10:43 It's actually the only 7-day evidence channel on cable. 10:46 But not only are we on cable locally, we are on dozens of cable 10:51 stations across Mexico. 10:53 And actually, we're on over 1,300 cable stations across the world. 10:58 And of course, 3ABN also brings about 30, somewhere between 30 and 11:03 35, local television channels that are broadcasting. 11:07 So 3ABN brings a lot to the evangelistic campaign. 11:10 Also, it is Brother Randy Bermejo that is working with 3ABN right 11:16 now. 11:20 So he's actually managing the streaming service. 11:23 That streaming goes directly to our master control. 11:27 From our master control at 3ABN, the signal also goes to other 11:31 organizations, including Hope Channel Intramurica is picking up 11:35 our streaming. 11:40 they may be on and radio stations or TV stations. 11:43 So this is a huge undertaking. 11:45 Now, please listen to this because your prayers are needed. 11:49 About 5,000 people are baptized every year in these efforts. 11:52 This year, they are hoping for more. 11:54 And it's a matter of prayer. 11:58 And we believe that God is going to bless us each night and an appeal 12:02 is made and people come forward for baptism. 12:04 It's an amazing thing that God is doing here. 12:07 And 3ABN, of course, participates whenever we can in evangelistic 12:11 campaigns. 12:18 Amen. 12:19 Now, that's an exciting report. 12:20 And we will definitely join with you in prayer. 12:22 And, of course, we're inviting you. 12:23 You heard Pastor John Denzi inviting you at home to join in 12:26 prayer for those that will be getting baptized very soon. 12:30 It's exciting what the Lord is doing. 12:32 It's amazing of the reach again of 3ABN Latino. 12:34 Pastor John, you were talking about all those cable stations there 12:37 across Mexico and, of course, around the world that carry 3ABN 12:41 Latino. 12:45 sites? 12:48 in. 12:53 or in their homes or communities where they're inviting other people 12:57 in to sit down and watch? 12:59 Did we understand that correctly? 13:01 Well, let me go back to that. 13:03 It's actually 370 hearing-impaired sites. 13:08 That's just hearing-impaired sites. 13:12 There are several thousand churches. 13:13 I don't have that detailed. 13:15 Several thousand churches in the country of Mexico that have their 13:21 churches open and they have a projector. 13:25 And so they are also participating. 13:27 Interesting also is that there are people that apparently don't even 13:32 have a TV station, so they're actually using their cell phones to 13:36 put the signal on for their families. 13:38 And, of course, some people have tablets, some people have 13:40 computers. 13:44 Evangelistic Campaign that shows the name of the Evangelistic 13:49 Campaign. 13:53 In this video, you see, of course, the music part. 13:57 And this video shows us all that there's a huge undertaking. 14:03 It's very well organized. 14:05 And there's special music. 14:07 And the music is wonderful music. 14:09 Actually, this is music that 3ABN viewers will enjoy. 14:13 This is Pastor Luis Orozco that you see on the screen preaching. 14:16 And the Lord uses him. 14:17 He has a particular way of preaching that really attracts 14:22 people. 14:22 And this is why he was selected. 14:24 And he is making appeals that are really touching hearts. 14:28 And it is all, of course, the work of the Holy Spirit working in 14:31 hearts and drawing people to the Lord. 14:34 Because when the Word of God is preached, we know that it will not 14:38 return to him void and he will use any instrument that surrenders. 14:41 And we see that there's a lot of prayer. 14:43 He's always asking, when you see him, he'll say, please pray for me. 14:47 And he is being prayed for. 14:49 This is a young man that is blind. 14:52 And he says, people see the sun, but they don't see what I see. 14:58 And he has spiritual eyesight that allows him to connect to the Lord. 15:02 And every night, people are baptized. 15:04 And we just praise the Lord for what is going on because this is 15:07 like an awakening that is happening because the unions, they have 15:11 talked about uniting and they're uniting their efforts. 15:15 And it's a tremendous blessing to see the union presidents come here 15:20 and they participate as well. 15:22 And we just praise the Lord because 3ABN is a part of this historic, 15:28 evangelistic campaign here in Mexico City, in Chiapas, Mexico. 15:33 Thank you so much, Pastor Johnny Yu and Mrs. Denzi and Brother Randy 15:37 for being there. 15:38 Thank you for your leadership with 3ABN Latino. 15:41 Thank you for the clarification. 15:43 There's thousands of churches being involved and joining together and 15:47 those home groups as well. 15:48 So praise the Lord that the Gospel message is going out and we're 15:52 joining in prayer that there will be a rich harvest of souls. 15:56 Amen, absolutely. 15:57 And I echo what Jill says. 15:58 Thank you for your leadership, Pastor John Denzi. 16:00 We continue to pray for you. 16:01 And safe travels back because one week from tonight, 3ABN Fall 16:05 Homecoming starts. 16:06 And I know you all will be here. 16:10 are going on there. 16:11 Thank you again. 16:11 God bless you. 16:12 Have a great evening. 16:14 What a blessing. 16:17 and yeah, it's just exciting to see. 16:19 You know, we know we're living in the end times. 16:22 And wow, just to see the work of God still exploding in a good way 16:26 around the world and so many people that are looking for truth, looking 16:30 for answers in the world full of chaos. 16:32 And we know that Camp Meeting is coming, like I just said, a week 16:36 from tonight. 16:37 So excited about that. 16:39 And it's a revival of righteousness right here on the campus of 3ABN. 16:44 And we know many of you have already signed up to come. 16:46 Those of you bringing RVs have signed up because you have to do 16:49 that if you're bringing an RV. 16:50 Also, we know some of you are bringing tents. 16:52 We have a really nice bath house here at 3ABN. 16:55 And we're expecting quite a good crowd here for fall, which we 16:59 normally do. 17:02 summer spring camp meeting that we have. 17:04 It's a little bit less people here and some people like that. 17:08 But we know the messages will be really, really powerful. 17:11 So if you can make it here, that's great. 17:13 If you can't, of course, you can join us right here on 3ABN and 3ABN 17:16 Radio. 17:18 But speaking of camp meeting, we have Dee and Kelly. 17:21 There are many people that help make camp meeting happen. 17:24 But when you drive into the parking lot of the worship center where 17:27 camp meeting happens, you'll see these two ladies at the information 17:31 center. 17:32 Why do you like camp meeting, Dee? 17:34 Well, I've always enjoyed camp meeting. 17:36 Even when I was in production, I enjoyed it. 17:38 But now, now, I'm at the information booth and I get to meet 17:44 everybody and see people. 17:45 I'm out there. 17:46 I'm not behind the scenes helping camp meeting happen. 17:49 I'm out there getting to meet you and interact with you. 17:52 And you get the kids and you get just a wide variety of people. 17:56 And it's just, it's so exciting because they're excited. 18:00 And it just blesses my soul more than it blesses everybody else. 18:05 So at least I hope we're a blessing and helpful because we do a lot of 18:09 things for camp meeting. 18:10 These are these extra hats we all wear during camp meetings. 18:14 Oh, yes. 18:18 And I've been out there for three years. 18:20 That'll be four. 18:21 This will be my fourth. 18:22 But coming back, you know, the people that come back every time 18:25 and seeing them and seeing how, what they've done in their life or 18:29 what's been going on in their ministries, it's great to see 18:31 everyone. 18:34 Right, so we have our own golf carts. 18:37 So we do have golf carts that we did have before, but we have two 18:40 red. 18:41 What do we use them for? 18:47 meetings or going to, when the browse around is open, bring them 18:51 up to the browse around or to... 18:53 Even to the meals too. 18:54 Yep, to the meals. 18:55 Yep, for people that are... 18:57 Any place you need to go. 18:59 Yep, just wave us down and say hi. 19:00 And what color are they? 19:01 They're candy apple red. 19:03 I'm so excited, so much fun. 19:06 And they have a roof over them now. 19:09 Yep, and it's a six-seater and a four-seater that we have. 19:11 So we have two and it's very exciting. 19:13 And both of you are the drivers of these golf carts the majority of 19:15 the time, so what a blessing. 19:16 And thank you for doing that. 19:18 There's other people that jump in and help too, but we're the main 19:22 ones. 19:25 you have a question, if you don't, whether it's a camper or someone 19:30 tending or RV or even if you're just driving in or coming in from a 19:35 hotel or whatever, you need to come to the information booths. 19:38 We can help you. 19:40 You have maps and information. 19:42 Yes, that's right. 19:46 That's good. 19:47 Talk to us a little bit about the tent camping aspect too because 19:50 that to me is just a really neat aspect of 3ABN. 19:53 If you've never been to 3ABN, I've had this from time to time, 19:56 especially if somebody comes from a really big city, they're like, 19:59 whoa. 20:01 I mean, like really in the country. 20:03 So we actually have a really nice campus that people can really enjoy 20:06 nature so they can bring a tent. 20:07 Talk to us a little bit about the tent. 20:08 We don't really have like a campground. 20:12 We have grass everywhere. 20:14 So you're not just camped right next to, you can be camped together 20:18 as a group or next to somebody if you want, or you can kind of go out 20:22 away from other tenters. 20:23 You kind of pick your own spot, but it's all grassy. 20:26 We have seven different zones this year. 20:28 So we have A through H. 20:32 So we have that. 20:34 And so you can choose what zone you're going to be in and then just 20:37 let us know. 20:39 It is a first come, first serve, yeah. 20:40 And it's free. 20:41 People don't have to pay to come. 20:43 And there's water available. 20:45 Of course, we have the bath house. 20:47 With flush toilets. 20:48 With flush toilets, yes. 20:49 We have flush toilets, yes. 20:51 So it's not roughing camping. 20:54 We had someone bring their log cabin tent and had a couch in it 20:59 and everything. 20:59 It was kind of interesting. 21:00 I hadn't heard about that. 21:01 They had a couch in it. 21:02 It was fun. 21:02 Oh, yeah. 21:03 It was a blow-up couch. 21:05 But it was still a couch. 21:07 It was a very cute log cabin. 21:09 But the thing that to me is exciting is that three of them talk 21:12 about you being part of the family, but actually families do come with 21:15 their kids and the whole family comes and enjoys great kids' 21:18 meetings. 21:22 And some of these friendships go on after they leave camp meeting, too. 21:25 So it's very much a family. 21:28 We get to know people. 21:30 And one of the reasons we're doing the zones like we are is so that we 21:34 can get a hold of people in tents. 21:36 If there's an emergency. 21:39 phone numbers and stuff so we can contact you if we need to. 21:43 Everybody's organized. 21:44 So thank you for y'all's organization. 21:45 Very organized. 21:46 Talk to us a little bit about... 21:47 We mentioned in the first hour about a hayride, brand new. 21:50 So Lord willing with the weather cooperating. 21:52 Talk to us about that Sabbath night. 21:54 After the last meeting. 21:55 After the meetings. 21:57 That's kind of how we wrap up camp meeting except for breakfast. 22:00 We have this nice little bow tie at the end of camp meeting. 22:03 So we'll have a bonfire and popcorn. 22:09 And it's time for family to get together and meet with the friends 22:13 that you've met. 22:14 So we have this... 22:15 It's not a new wagon. 22:17 It was given to us. 22:19 But Jim refurbished it. 22:21 Now Jim doesn't do anything halfway. 22:23 This is a gorgeous wagon. 22:26 It's got slanted backs on it. 22:28 And he put stairs on it. 22:29 I don't care if you're very young or you're very old. 22:32 You can still get up into the hay wagon. 22:34 It's not a problem. 22:36 And it'll be a lot of fun. 22:37 So it's just a short ride. 22:39 Just pray for good weather. 22:41 So just come and enjoy yourself and just have a good time at camp 22:45 meeting. 22:47 It'll be a tractor. 22:49 It's a tractor. 22:50 So it'll smell good. 22:53 Okay. 22:54 Yeah, but camp meeting is a great time. 22:56 And again, talking about the help and the kids' meetings, Daniel, I 22:59 know your family actually helps out a lot at camp meeting. 23:02 A lot of your kids help out volunteering at the, what do you 23:06 call it? 23:06 Cafeteria. 23:10 Yeah, exactly. 23:11 They work so hard, yes. 23:12 But talk to us about the prayer time at camp meeting. 23:15 Because to me, that's a wonderful way to start camp meeting each day. 23:19 That's right. 23:23 We pray at the end of the day, certainly. 23:25 But we gather for a special prayer time of about an hour every 23:29 morning, right before breakfast. 23:32 And Donald, he's another one up there in the pastoral department. 23:36 He especially is just very energetic about this. 23:39 And the numbers, what we find is that people might think getting up 23:42 that early is difficult. 23:44 But once you experience that time of gathering together for prayer, 23:47 the numbers always swell. 23:49 And then the last day sometimes is the biggest. 23:52 And we just really encourage people, if you're here for camp 23:54 meeting, definitely, make it a point to come to the prayer room. 23:59 And you don't, the thing is, sometimes people think, I can't 24:01 pray out loud. 24:02 You don't have to. 24:03 That's right. 24:05 You are there and you're praying, you know, quietly while others are 24:08 praying out loud. 24:09 And then some people discover, I can pray out loud too. 24:12 And it's such a blessing. 24:13 It's so encouraging. 24:14 Amen. 24:18 Truly, I was just shocked. 24:21 Just the energy of everybody being on the same page, praying to the 24:24 same God. 24:25 It was absolutely amazing. 24:27 It's a precious time. 24:28 It was a precious time. 24:29 And I've seen a lot of people, we're talking about 152 people. 24:35 And I guess we've been doing it for the last four or five years. 24:38 And every year just continues to grow. 24:41 You know, people might think, how can you pray for an hour? 24:44 Well, we break it down into shorter periods of time with topics. 24:48 And then we share a Bible verse and introduce the topic. 24:51 And then at the end, we have a little song just to draw people's 24:54 attention back together and then move on to another topic. 24:57 And there's different varieties of ways that you can lead people in 25:00 prayer. 25:01 And so we try to do it differently. 25:03 So there's some creativity and, you know, it's new every time, new 25:08 every morning. 25:13 pray with people, you can get involved in a real deep, intense 25:15 prayer, which is good too. 25:16 Every type of prayer has its place. 25:19 But I like when you're in a large group of people, they're shorter 25:21 prayers. 25:25 I love that. 25:28 Yes, isn't it though? 25:29 You know, the thing that really surprised me, I came from Central 25:31 Texas. 25:36 If you're in a farming business, it's pretty difficult, you know, to 25:39 raise anything on 10 inches of rain. 25:42 Here we average probably 45 to 50 inches of rain a year. 25:45 We're talking about campus size, where we're not just sitting here, 25:49 just pressed in like you're coming out of a football game or 25:53 something, you know. 25:54 How large is our campus? 25:56 100 acres, 120 acres? 25:58 Yes, 200, over 200 acres total. 26:01 So we've got plenty of room for you to roam. 26:03 That's what we're saying, to have that special time for yourself. 26:07 And the beautiful thing about it is, it's so pretty and green. 26:12 I mean, here big business is mowing. 26:16 In Texas, it's not so much. 26:18 It's not so much. 26:23 don't have to mow at all. 26:25 Let them do the mowing for you. 26:26 They handle that for us. 26:28 But this is a special campus. 26:29 If you haven't been to 3ABN, just to see how beautiful it is. 26:35 I mean, Danny Shelton, he's a visionary. 26:40 Oh yes, all the way. 26:42 I mean, 3ABN started just with an idea, just with a prayer that came 26:47 through. 26:48 Do you act on it or not? 26:50 A lot of people are given gifts, but they don't act it out. 26:54 Boy, this is, and I mean, 40 years. 26:58 What a gift, what a gift. 26:59 So again, we invite you to camp meeting. 27:01 It starts next Thursday. 27:03 That is September 26th, goes through Sabbath night. 27:06 Come on down, come on over, come on up, wherever you are, come to 3ABN 27:09 camp meeting. 27:10 You're part of the family. 27:11 And again, if you cannot, come here in person. 27:13 Of course, watch on 3ABN. 27:15 I believe, Jill, it starts at 6 p .m. 27:16 Central time with the music hour. 27:18 We'll have a couple of sermons that evening as well, starting Thursday 27:21 night. 27:22 But again, I was talking to a gentleman. 27:24 His name is Mr. Jerry. 27:25 He's coming from the Carolinas. 27:27 And he's coming over to camp meeting. 27:29 And he said, I'm going to come a little bit early, he said, and just 27:31 kind of hang out and enjoy the scenery and things. 27:35 And then he said, you know, I'm actually bringing a donation. 27:37 I said, okay. 27:41 donation center. 27:44 some items, a lot of people bring some coins or some jewelry or some 27:46 other different items for our donation center. 27:49 We then turn those around, sell them at a good price. 27:53 You know, God blesses with that. 27:54 And then that money is immediately turned right back into the ministry 27:56 of 3ABN. 27:57 So Jerry's coming to camp meeting. 27:58 But when he's coming, he's actually bringing some items with him that 28:01 3ABN then can sell. 28:02 So it's just a great time of fellowship. 28:04 Love camp meeting. 28:05 Thank you for what each one of you do. 28:06 I know the pastoral department usually does tours. 28:09 So if you've not been or you've been before, want to see the 28:12 studios where we are right here this evening, see where Sabbath 28:14 School panel is recorded, that sort of thing. 28:16 We do tours. 28:17 Let's see, fall. 28:18 That would be Friday after noon, I believe it is. 28:21 I'll be about... 28:22 245 to 330. 28:24 Yes, something like that. 28:26 215 maybe? 28:27 It's an open space in there, you know. 28:30 Yeah. 28:34 Point them in the right direction so we won't leave you lost trying 28:37 to wander around. 28:38 So yeah, for sure. 28:39 If you're bringing an RV, you need to register. 28:42 If you're bringing a tent, you don't have to register in advance. 28:45 But if you're bringing an RV, you need to register in advance because 28:48 we only have so many spots for that. 28:50 But the call center is open tonight. 28:51 So you can call us right now at 618 -627-4651. 28:57 That number again is 618-627-4651. 29:01 And you just say, I'm coming to camp meeting. 29:04 I'm bringing my RV. 29:05 They'll ask you a couple of questions about that. 29:08 But it's complimentary. 29:09 You don't have to pay anything to stay. 29:11 And just register because we would love to have you here. 29:15 And the food is free. 29:17 Absolutely, everything is complimentary. 29:19 The gospel is free as well. 29:21 And that's the bottom line, absolutely. 29:23 Feed your body and your spirit. 29:25 That's right. 29:27 So I mentioned earlier, and I forgot to pitch it back to you, but 29:29 about the books. 29:31 same number this evening and maybe talk about that cost too. 29:34 Absolutely. 29:35 So the abortion books will be here next week. 29:38 So this is the focus on Truth About Abortion. 29:41 So we've had sponsors who've covered the printing costs of the 29:45 book. 29:45 Praise the Lord for that. 29:47 So all you need to pay is the cost of the shipping and the handling 29:50 for that. 29:51 So there's 200 booklets in a case. 29:54 You can order the cases right now at 618-627-4651. 30:01 And there's $30 for the shipping and handling for the case, so an 30:05 entire case for $30 for that shipping and handling. 30:09 Or you can go online, 3abn.tv, and you can order as well if you'd like 30:14 the cases that way. 30:16 In addition, we talked the first hour about Shelley's book, 30:19 Spotless, The Everlasting Covenant. 30:23 We're just getting ready to reprint, do the second printing of 30:26 that for the book in English and in Spanish because it's translated 30:30 into Spanish now as well. 30:32 And if you want to help sponsor the printing of that book so that it 30:37 can be given away free, just the cost of the shipping again, if you 30:41 want to help sponsor that, we've had a great response come in. 30:45 I would say over half is already sponsored. 30:48 So praise the Lord for that. 30:50 But you can call us at 3abn as well if you'd like to help sponsor that. 30:53 Or go online and donate. 30:55 The fund code is 317-317. 30:58 That's for Spotless. 30:59 And we'd love to be able to get that book out, have an even wider 31:04 distribution because it's all about the gospel, righteousness by faith. 31:08 And if I can mention this, this is a wonderful opportunity. 31:12 If you come to our campus, if you enjoy the camp meeting here in 31:15 person, and these books, rather than spending it for freight, you 31:19 can probably save the shipping for what it cost you to get here. 31:22 That's right, correct. 31:24 That's something to think about. 31:26 Another reason to come to camp meeting in person. 31:28 Amen. 31:28 Yes. 31:31 We've been talking a lot about the first set. 31:34 And we have it, and many of you have it already. 31:36 But the second set will be here by next week. 31:40 You can pre-order it if you'd like. 31:43 The second set, the first set is called Looking Higher. 31:46 The second set is called Searching Deeper. 31:50 And we're calling it our Prophecy Set. 31:52 So Daniel, why don't you talk to us about what people can find in this 31:56 second set. 32:02 Sure, and it's been a great privilege. 32:04 You know, we opened the program talking about evangelism worldwide. 32:08 And these Bible studies, they're like a little evangelism series. 32:13 They go out somewhere, and then we don't know where they go. 32:16 And a little evangelism series happens around a kitchen table, or 32:20 in a prison cell, or over the phone. 32:22 Because I know people have, you know, shipped a set off to a family 32:25 member, and then they meet once a week. 32:26 And over the phone, they read through it together. 32:29 And then as the Lord leads, continue to ask and answer more 32:32 questions. 32:33 So the second set, it follows the same format. 32:36 It'll look just like this, just a different color, and different 32:39 pictures on the front. 32:40 But it'll pick up exactly, pretty much where we left off. 32:43 The first set kind of introduces basic Bible doctrines to people who 32:48 may already know something, or even those who know absolutely nothing. 32:52 You could start right here. 32:53 And then the second set, I'm just going to walk you through the 32:55 topics that we find in there. 32:57 It starts with a relationship with Jesus. 33:00 So you've got the doctrines. 33:02 You've got beliefs founded on the Bible, founded on Jesus. 33:05 And you begin to take those in by saying, I want to know the God of 33:09 the Bible. 33:12 So especially dealing with prayer. 33:13 That's what that first lesson is all about. 33:15 Getting to know Jesus through a relationship of prayer. 33:18 That's powerful. 33:18 Amen. 33:19 The next two lessons following that go together. 33:23 The second one is about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. 33:26 So when we've asked God into our life, what happens? 33:29 What is the fruit that begins to be formed? 33:32 And so detailing what the Bible tells us about different fruits of 33:35 the Spirit. 33:36 Leading into the next one, which is on the spiritual gift of prophecy, 33:40 which is an active gift that the Holy Spirit gives. 33:44 And God is still communicating to his people. 33:48 And so what is the gift of prophecy? 33:50 And how can we understand it? 33:51 How can we look for it and identify it in the world today? 33:54 And then the next seven lessons go through prophecy. 33:58 Three of them on Daniel. 33:59 We'd love to, of course, take all the stories of Daniel. 34:03 But really we focus in a little bit on the story that zooms in on 34:08 Daniel 2 and Daniel 7 together in the first prophecy lesson. 34:13 And then Daniel 8 with an explanation of the sanctuary, which 34:17 is just a wonderful topic. 34:19 Everything that we do zooms in on the sanctuary. 34:22 And then Daniel 9 is the next one, which is that prophecy that points 34:27 in on Jesus, the exact time that he came. 34:30 And then that gives more light on Daniel 8 and the sanctuary. 34:34 And then we move into the three lessons on Revelation. 34:37 And there's one on what is the Antichrist? 34:41 What do we find in both Revelation 12 and 13? 34:45 And the next lesson focuses on the United States in Bible prophecy. 34:49 And for those who are unfamiliar, it paints a picture that we find 34:54 through the Bible about the times that we're living in right now. 34:57 And people will see the Bible is talking about stuff that's 34:59 relevant, things that we see happening before us. 35:03 And then what is the mark of the beast? 35:05 And people are interested to know what does the Bible say about this? 35:09 And so using just the Bible and things that are clearly understood 35:13 in God's Word, what's the mark of the beast? 35:16 And so if you're wondering what that is, go and read this when it 35:20 comes out. 35:21 And the final four lessons, all right? 35:24 Kind of still on prophecy, we have the Millennium. 35:26 What happens after the second coming? 35:28 There's a period of a thousand years. 35:30 And what does the Bible say about that? 35:32 And then we get to what is, what does the Bible say about heaven and 35:37 the new earth and eternal life? 35:39 Because there's some misunderstanding about that. 35:41 And the Bible is actually really clear when you put one text side by 35:45 side with another and you let scripture explain itself, what is 35:48 heaven and the new earth. 35:50 Now, the last two lessons are response lessons because people 35:54 have studied the Word of God and hopefully they've been praying 35:56 through this process. 35:58 And maybe some others in their study time have helped add more to 36:02 it by pointing to other Bible texts that we couldn't have space to 36:06 include here. 36:07 But the last two studies are response lessons. 36:10 The first one is the response of baptism and making a decision 36:14 saying, Lord, I want to accept everything that you've offered me. 36:17 And the final lesson, and somebody said that it didn't seem to make 36:20 sense why you put that as the last one, but the last one is on 36:24 stewardship. 36:25 It's not stewardship just of coins and dollar bills. 36:28 It is about saying, you gave everything for me and therefore 36:33 Lord, I'm going to dedicate myself and all that I have to you. 36:36 That's the essence of stewardship. 36:38 Everything about me, not only the money in my pocket, but my very 36:41 life, my health, my time, my relationships, everything belongs 36:45 to God. 36:47 And, of course, this isn't the end of Bible study. 36:49 All of this. 36:51 We say this first set is an introductory set, but the whole 36:54 thing is an introduction to a life of following God. 37:00 The Lord has used you tremendously. 37:02 The lessons are clear. 37:04 They're biblical. 37:05 They're consistent. 37:06 They're engaging. 37:07 I love in the back they have the QR code where you can get more 37:10 information on our 3ABM Bible Answers website. 37:13 There's videos connected with it. 37:15 There's ways that there's a summary at the end and what does this mean 37:19 for my life today. 37:20 So we want to encourage you. 37:22 If you want, you can, we'll call it pre-order. 37:25 The Bible study is actually the first shipment is air freighted in 37:28 time for camp meeting and won't be here till next week. 37:30 And then the rest are coming on the slow boat, you could say the 37:34 shipment. 37:37 toward the end of October. 37:38 But if you want to pre-order, you're welcome to do that. 37:41 One set, this is either the first set or the second set is available 37:45 for a suggested donation of $8. 37:48 That includes the shipping. 37:49 Or what we recommend is the order 10 sets. 37:53 If you get 10 sets, it's the suggested donation of $30. 37:56 So that breaks it down to $3 a set that includes shipping in the 38:01 United States. 38:04 States. 38:09 Now it's a pre-order because you probably won't get it till toward 38:11 the end of October, but you can call us at 618-627-4651. 38:18 We'll also have them available for download for free at our website. 38:23 We have all the first set already there. 38:25 The second set is not up yet, but it will be up shortly for that as 38:28 well. 38:32 Word of God and to study the Word. 38:34 Use these lessons in your home and in your communities. 38:38 Can I interject something here? 38:41 I know that this has been... 38:44 This right here has been your dream for as long as I've known you. 38:51 3ABN needs its own Bible studies. 38:55 Well, unbeknownst to us, we were waiting for that right person. 39:01 Sometimes you try to get a little bit ahead or you drag your feet. 39:05 We were waiting, patiently waiting and the right person showed up. 39:09 This wasn't on his radar screen. 39:11 And we didn't know Daniel Perrin and then here he comes and wow, 39:14 praise God. 39:15 This man is a true student. 39:17 Very, very dedicated. 39:19 He's not one who jumps up every 5 minutes and wants to go get a drink 39:23 of water or walk the halls. 39:26 He's a student. 39:27 He's in there. 39:28 He gets there, he puts his 10 hours in. 39:31 He's focused. 39:33 And he thinks about it when he's at home too He'd be like, wake up in 39:36 the morning or going to bed at night. 39:38 Like, oh, this is how we should do it. 39:40 So, you're right, J.D. 39:41 Amen. 39:47 and we've got a platform to share it around the world. 39:50 We wonder how God works sometimes, you know. 39:53 Well, I don't guess he hears our prayers. 39:55 He hears our prayers. 39:57 He just says, hey, let me handle this, J.D. 40:00 God's perfect timing, right? 40:02 That's exactly right. 40:03 Yeah, I know for sure. 40:07 layout here, you know, there are many people for whom it's true that 40:11 a picture is worth a thousand words and there are lessons in here where 40:15 you open up and you look at a picture and it tells you what's on 40:18 that page or it tells you what's in that lesson. 40:20 So, for those of you who are visually oriented, you'll be 40:23 blessed by what you see as well as what you read. 40:25 It's a whole team because you have the proofreaders and all those copy 40:27 editors and it goes through a pastoral team as well. 40:29 So, it's quite a group effort but it's fun, right, studying the Word 40:33 of God. 40:36 out here but talk to us about the pastoral department, what you do, 40:40 there's a... 40:43 roll at the end of that because he participated in something really 40:46 special recently. 40:47 But talk to us about your team and what goes on there. 40:49 Let me say this in 25 words or less, okay? 40:52 All right. 40:53 Maybe add a few more words. 40:55 That's okay, take your time. 40:56 We have plenty of time. 40:58 Mending broken people. 40:59 Three words right there is what the pastoral department is all about. 41:04 We know that there's a need. 41:05 So, we know if there's a need, how are we going to solve this need? 41:09 Well, let's have a prayer warrior. 41:11 Let's have two prayer warriors. 41:13 Let's have three prayer warriors. 41:14 And now we've got lots of prayer warriors not only at this location 41:20 but around the world. 41:22 Let me just, I would like to just go through some quick names real 41:26 quick of our team, all right? 41:28 The two of us, the two of us. 41:31 Joe O'Brien, Mitch Owen, Donald Owen, Ron Baird, Claude Turner, our 41:37 precious 104-year-old soldier that's still soldiering out there. 41:41 His wife Anne, Rich Fullmer, a friend of your father's. 41:47 Yes, that's right. 41:47 He was the head elder at... 41:50 At Parker'sburg Church. 41:53 Daniel Marconi, your dad. 41:55 Ian Vandervault is working part -time there. 41:58 He's got a full-time job here. 42:00 Terry Stanley got a full-time job here but they're volunteering in 42:03 our department. 42:04 Abby Cornea, she works and she's writing letters. 42:08 We have four people in the prison ministry that are absolutely do the 42:12 work of 20 people. 42:13 And that's Delores Faith, Celife, Celife, thank you, you always know 42:18 the right how to say that. 42:20 And Glenn, so thank you Jesus that they're part of our team. 42:24 Every one of them is dedicated. 42:26 What do we do? 42:28 We can sit here and talk about it but what do we do? 42:31 If I can just take two minutes I can tell you what we do. 42:34 We review books and programs. 42:36 We have prayer warriors out there. 42:38 We have around 2,500 prayer warriors around the world, not just 42:42 here in Southern Illinois, around the world. 42:45 You...Mexico, I mean we... 42:46 There's thousands of churches in every country and they're hungry 42:50 for 3-A-B-N. 42:52 If someone wants to be a prayer warrior, how can they sign up to be 42:55 a prayer warrior? 42:59 Amen, amen. 43:00 How can they sign up for that? 43:01 Well, you just go to our web page, look under pastoral, script down 43:07 how to become a prayer warrior, 3-A -B-N prayer warrior. 43:10 Needless to say, this is very important to separate the good from 43:14 the bad. 43:15 Each person who wants to be a prayer warrior is vetted. 43:19 So we want to make sure that we have people that we're all on the 43:22 same page that's in love with Jesus. 43:24 And boy, do we need you. 43:26 The Lord loves hearing and He loves our praise. 43:29 And so that's what we're here for. 43:31 This has nothing to do with us. 43:33 You know, I think they call James, camel knees. 43:36 I've heard that, I don't know if that's right or not because he's on 43:38 his knees all the time praying. 43:40 We're looking for camel knees. 43:43 That's what we're looking for. 43:45 We also have... 43:47 We all do special tasks. 43:49 What's a special task? 43:50 Well, it may be proof in the 3-A-B -N magazine that you receive every 43:54 month. 43:55 That's part of our team. 43:57 Story time at the church school. 43:58 We have a church school here that many of our students... 44:02 I mean, Henry was going to... 44:03 I guess he's still going to our church school. 44:06 But there's people... 44:07 So that's one of our tasks. 44:10 Prison ministry. 44:11 Oh my goodness, my goodness. 44:14 They are working hard. 44:15 There's a lot of really hurting people that are behind bars right 44:19 now. 44:22 I know that I would rather be outside and not have anything to do 44:26 rather than be inside and trying to fill that time. 44:30 This last year or this last quarter, this last quarter, 3 44:34 months, we sent out 1,200 Bibles. 44:39 Amen. 44:40 1,200 Bibles. 44:42 And that's not that we're just... 44:45 They request a Bible. 44:47 We have people from all walks of life. 44:51 I'd like to have one of these Bibles. 44:52 This is for prisoners only. 44:54 Those incarcerated. 44:56 We love... 44:57 And so let me just kind of take... 45:00 This last quarter, we're going to talk about quarter and then if you 45:03 want to take that times four, that will kind of give you an annual 45:05 take. 45:06 We took over 2,100 calls. 45:13 Then let's move over here to letters. 45:15 The letters come in. 45:17 These are letters that people are looking for prayer. 45:20 We did over 1,100 of those. 45:24 How much literature did we send out in prison ministries only? 45:29 Well that was 2,600 pieces of mail in addition to the 1,200 Bibles. 45:39 That's incredible. 45:41 Then what's really happening now is that we're beginning... 45:44 People are texters. 45:45 They love to text because they can do that on their private time and 45:48 not get hung up spending all day talking. 45:51 And so this last quarter nearly 300 of those texts. 45:55 That's growing every month. 45:57 YouTube, that's really going. 46:00 More people are sending those all the time. 46:01 And that's a time that we can... 46:04 That we review those and then we can reply. 46:07 You know, Jesus loves you. 46:08 Here's a scripture that goes and fits your issues. 46:11 Last quarter we took over 12,000 contacts calling in to our little 46:20 pastoral department up here, our prison ministry. 46:24 We took over 12,000 contacts. 46:28 Whether that's a piece of literature, a phone call, a prayer 46:31 here, prayer there. 46:32 Now you just take that times four. 46:35 We're talking about 50,000 contacts a year and a little office 46:39 upstairs. 46:46 hurting. 46:46 Their hearts are breaking. 46:48 Sometimes we have wonderful... 46:51 We as a human race have a wonderful life. 46:54 There are many people out there, maybe a misfortune has caught them. 46:59 And where do I go? 47:01 They go to the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords. 47:05 We're just merely little helpers down here. 47:08 Somebody's got to make a phone call. 47:11 Somebody's got to have a kind word, share a scripture. 47:15 There's where we fit in. 47:18 Our priority is answering phone calls. 47:21 Sometimes we're taking hundreds of calls a day sometimes. 47:25 Sometimes it breaks our heart whenever we may not be able to get 47:29 to the next call because we're on a current call. 47:33 Sometimes it's called a trauma center upstairs. 47:37 Because I mean, there's battles being fought there. 47:40 This is not that Jesus made me down to sleep, you know. 47:44 This is, I mean, there's battles that are going on up there. 47:48 And so we're prayed up and that goes back to why we need people 47:53 that are vetted, that loves Jesus and that doesn't mind getting their 47:58 feet dirty and fighting against an enemy. 48:01 That's exactly right. 48:02 So on 25 words plus, that's what we do. 48:07 No, that's great, J.D. 48:08 Thank you for your leadership. 48:09 You've been there for years and thank you so much for your tireless 48:12 effort for the cause of God. 48:13 And you're inspiring because you have a lot of energy and the love 48:16 of Jesus comes out and you like your work. 48:18 That comes out too. 48:20 And it's just neat to see how the Lord has grown you. 48:23 Years ago, you would not have imagined being in the Pastor's 48:25 department and hear God and His timing put you there for such a 48:28 time as this and you're making an impact. 48:30 And I want to go take a little bit of time because we have a number of 48:33 volunteers. 48:35 those people you mentioned are volunteers and we want to go to a 48:38 role here. 48:40 That's a really special role. 48:42 Absolutely. 48:43 Leon is one of our volunteers here. 48:45 And I don't know how often this happens actually. 48:48 I should have been more prepared. 48:49 But we have a veterans' flight and this happens all over the country. 48:53 But they do for retired people who have served, whether it's Army or 48:58 Navy or Air Force or Marines or whatever branch of the military. 49:02 And they fly them to Washington, D .C. 49:06 for an entire day where they can go, they can tour, they can see the 49:10 sites. 49:14 They have a sponsor who goes with them. 49:17 And Leon served in both the Army and the Air Force. 49:22 And he was picked, as it were. 49:24 And selected. 49:26 Selected to be on one of those veterans' flights. 49:28 And we had our crew who was there to meet him when he came off the 49:33 plane. 49:58 All 50:17 right, we've got Army and Air Force Leon Brown. 50:31 The honor flight has landed. 50:33 We have Leon Brown here who was on the honor flight. 50:36 So Leon, how was the experience? 50:38 Amazing. 50:39 That's the only thing I can say. 50:40 It was amazing. 50:42 I've been to D.C. 50:43 many, many times over my lifetime. 50:45 But nothing compares to this. 50:47 Awesome, awesome. 50:48 I love to hear. 50:51 And that sponsor stays, makes sure they get here, makes sure they get 50:54 everywhere, and makes sure they return. 50:56 And this is Leon's sponsor. 50:59 Kevin Reichert. 51:00 Kevin, Kevin, pleasure to meet you. 51:01 How was this experience for you? 51:03 It's a blessing. 51:04 It truly is. 51:06 To finally see, especially these Vietnam guys, getting the true 51:09 welcome home that they deserve. 51:11 And it's just, it's a true blessing. 51:14 So where all did you get to go today, Leon? 51:17 Most of the memorials, we started, I think, for World War II. 51:22 Then we had lunch at FDR Memorial. 51:29 Then we went to Vietnam Memorial. 51:34 I was able to locate a childhood friend of mine. 51:37 We played baseball together when we were young. 51:39 He was killed in Vietnam. 51:41 So I found his name and took a picture of it. 51:45 And the Air Force Memorial is very new, but it is awesome. 51:49 I got pictures of it. 51:52 It's just amazing. 51:54 That's the only thing I can say. 51:56 Awesome, I love to hear it. 51:57 So Leon, I have to ask you, how did it feel when you saw your 3ABN 52:01 family here when you got back? 52:04 Unbelievable. 52:09 The camaraderie at 3ABN, it's like a family. 52:13 And I just feel blessed to be a part of it. 52:18 Amen, amen. 52:18 I love to say that. 52:22 We are family. 52:24 As you can see here, everybody that came to welcome Leon Brown back, 52:27 God bless. 52:30 Amen, amen. 52:32 Amen. 52:34 And again, thank all our veterans. 52:35 We have a number of veterans that are here at 3ABN working or 52:38 volunteering at 3ABN. 52:39 But we again thank the veterans around the world that serve their 52:43 country, countries. 52:44 And Lord, what a blessing that you think about how the Lord has 52:49 protected, you know, and been with these gentlemen and ladies for many 52:53 years and for Leon to go back and actually go to these memorials and 52:56 stuff. 52:59 Amen, where do you want to go to next? 53:01 We only got 4 minutes left. 53:02 We're almost done. 53:07 share whether you want to talk more about camp meeting or about the 53:10 Bible studies or something that's on your heart this evening. 53:14 And JD, we'll start with you. 53:16 Okay, well, if you haven't, we brought up stewardship a while ago. 53:22 Boy, there's nothing better than being a steward for the Lord. 53:25 I don't know if you want to call it payback or whatever. 53:28 You know, like with tithe, boy, we have no problem with paying tithe, 53:32 that's very important to Shelly and I. 53:37 And we have yet to go in the hole. 53:40 You can't out give the Lord. 53:41 You just can't out give him. 53:43 As it is, what I have found, never in a million years what we thought 53:47 we'd have been at 3A being in Southern Illinois. 53:49 You don't leave Texas to go anywhere else. 53:52 But boy, we were impressed and we came here and it's absolutely 53:59 amazing and that you can call the stewardship because of what we all 54:05 do. 54:09 He handles that. 54:11 It's kind of like our responsibility is to sow the seed. 54:15 He's the one that allows the seed to grow. 54:18 And so if we can get that concept in our mind, it takes away a whole 54:22 lot of pressure. 54:23 Oh, I've got to do this, I've got to do that. 54:25 You don't have to do anything. 54:26 You need to show up and be active. 54:28 Be willing to serve the Lord. 54:30 What about you, Daniel? 54:32 Sometimes people ask you what your favorite Bible text is and it's 54:34 kind of hard to narrow it down. 54:36 But one that always comes to mind is Luke 11, 13, that says, if you 54:39 then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how 54:42 much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who 54:46 ask him? 54:50 the activities of 3ABN, but the work of 3ABN is the Holy Spirit's 54:54 work. 54:57 We put something on paper, but the Holy Spirit is bringing the 55:02 conviction and working through it. 55:03 And it's just a privilege to be involved in it, not only with those 55:06 here at the table, but all of you as well. 55:09 That's great, thank you. 55:12 I've watched God for 28 years guide and direct this ministry. 55:17 He's used all of the people to do it, but it's been God's hand that's 55:22 been in charge. 55:28 it's inside too. 55:29 And I've watched God mend people, lots of people here and around the 55:35 world. 55:39 I am so blessed and grateful that God is using me in his ministry. 55:44 Amen. 55:44 Thank you Dee. 55:45 What about you Kelly? 55:47 So the Bible studies, we have a Bible study group that we do every 55:51 Thursday night. 55:56 are just amazing and they're just flow is wonderful and they're just 56:02 a real blessing. 56:03 So, you know, being able, I'm looking forward to the new ones 56:05 that are coming out. 56:06 The second set. 56:07 It's so exciting. 56:09 And then also the abortion book that's coming out. 56:11 I'm excited to see how that goes. 56:14 And you know, yeah. 56:15 All about evangelism. 56:21 that. 56:21 Absolutely. 56:25 meeting. 56:26 So exciting. 56:27 Love to see you there. 56:28 Amen. 56:28 It's good. 56:29 Amen. 56:31 Thank you for being part of the family. 56:33 Love working in ministry together. 56:35 What a privilege it is. 56:36 Not just those here on the set, but everyone behind the camera and 56:40 sitting in their offices. 56:42 And everyone here has a part in spreading the gospel message. 56:46 And that means you at home. 56:48 You are part of our 3ABN family. 56:52 We love you. 56:53 We pray for you. 56:54 Thank you for joining hands together because together we can 56:58 finish the work and go home. 57:00 We will see you next time. |
Revised 2024-09-19