Hello
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and welcome back to
3ABN's special 40th anniversary
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program.
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Thank you for being a part
of the 3ABN family and I know we
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tell you this often but thank
you, we truly mean it for your
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continued prayers and
your financial support for the
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ministry of 3ABN.
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Here we are, thanks to God and
of course you, 3ABN is here 40
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years later going strong
and pressing forward in spite of
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the times that we are living in.
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God is good, God is faithful
all the time and this last hour
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we enjoy some really special
testimony roles, the second
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hour Jill, we have more
roles we are going to be talking
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about what 3ABN is currently
doing, how God is blessed and
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the ministry has grown.
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Mr. Danny from that one network
so to speak, as Molly Stevenson
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has said it's like 3ABN had
lots of babies and so all the
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other networks, radio networks,
God developed those through the
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years.
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But as I think about 3ABN and
the leadership team, you talked
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about the board earlier,
Mr. Danny we are blessed with a
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really strong board of
directors here at 3ABN and of
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course Mr. Bruce Farley he
is the chairman of the board and
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been a part of the 3ABN family,
he and his wife Jackie for
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many, many years.
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We have of course, Carmelita,
that's right go ahead.
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Board meeting before him, Mr.
Merlin, and Joanne great people
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and so then Bruce later took,
when I first met Bruce I think
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he was still out in the world
and he really dedicated his
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life to the Lord and it's an
incredible blessing to us and
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always encouraging and so
we not only have great board
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members that love the Lord but
they literally friends that we
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love, brothers and sisters,
we love visiting with them,
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spending time with them and all
of our board members we have.
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And I'm thinking about because
this is neat because you had
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Mr. Merlin and their son Bruce
right now he's on the board and
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then you had Mr. Owen Troy and
now we have Carmelita's on the
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board.
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was one of the first people
I think he was communication
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director North American
Division when we first got
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started and he caught the
vision was one of the first
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people in the church, the
conference that came literally
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flew here to see what was going
on and said that he appreciated
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it and loved it and that he
we asked him at one point would
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you be a board member he said
absolutely we'll do it so he
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worked for the church and we're
a separate 501c3 organization
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and you know a lay organization
and so I guess as I look that
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was a big leap of faith because
he didn't really know us so to
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be associated, you know,
work for the church and yet
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represent the lay ministry.
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Maybe could have got him in
some hot water, but it didn't.
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Fortunately, the Lord knew
what he was doing, but always a
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blessing like
Merlin Farley, too.
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Merlin was always, always said,
he was a man of few words, but
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when he talked, that
old commercial said, E.F.
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Hutton, when they
talk, people listen.
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It doesn't say, well, Merlin
Farley is one you wanted to
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listen to.
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Amen.
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something?
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at Andrews Academy.
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She has a great mind and
just a wonderful addition to the
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board.
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years.
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Yeah.
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the metal for the roof.
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It's still there today.
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That's right.
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And so that's, as you can see,
we were building it in 85, so
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it's going on 40 years, about
38, 39 years that that's been
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there.
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his at ASI in
1985, Big Sky, Montana.
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So we told him we were
building, and he talked to Pat,
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and we got to know him some.
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And the rest of the McNeills
family have been a blessing
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also, and great
friends, and great advisors.
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That's right.
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and Pat's one of those, too.
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He's like Merlin, he doesn't,
like I'm a motor mouth, not
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him, Pat just listens, and then
boom, he's this, this, and when
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he does, we say,
okay, we should listen.
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He's very, very, God has sent
us some great people with great
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minds, honestly.
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Mr. Paul Carmi, you know,
another great leader, ministry
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-minded, he and his
wife, incredible people.
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Yeah, and all the experience
they come with, you know, in
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the building, and then Paul's
got into television, and things
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that he never thought he would.
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And they came from concrete
business, construction, and so
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our people, Farley's
were construction, McNeills is
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construction, concrete,
and then Paul Carmi, and all of
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these.
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then work in ministry,
too, and great blessing.
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Amen.
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Then I'm thinking of Pastor
David Shin, you know, Jill and
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I know him, we
went to school with him.
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We did?
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Yep.
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blessing to be able to serve
with him, and the rest of the
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board, of course, in ministry.
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Yeah, I was just going to say,
David, even back in those days,
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he was a student of the Word.
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He had a good mind for knowing
the Word of God, and just so
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grateful for his leadership
here with the board as well.
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Oh, and people are blessed
when he's on the air with his
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sermons, when we have him
here at camp meeting, and all of
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that.
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saw his dedication, and so
his spiritual strength, and to
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stay, what we say, focused on
the three angels' messages, and
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not going here to there,
and he's got, you know, solid.
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And that's what God has given
us, all of these people are
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solid in the message.
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That's right.
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We praise the Lord for that.
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You know, Dr. Yvonne, I'm
thinking of, you know, just the
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team, right, that
God has brought here.
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I'm thinking of Jason Bergman.
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He's not able to be with us on
the set this evening, but Jason
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Bergman is our CFO, and his
wife Francine, of course, leads
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our 3ABN kids'
network, their daughter Amanda.
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And I think about how God
brings everybody here, our
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staff that we have here running
these cameras in the control
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room right now.
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But then we're also reminded of
you, because you are also part
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of the team.
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one of us, to help
spread the Gospel to the world.
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And so we're just
blessed this evening.
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We're sharing these
testimonies, not to talk about,
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hey, it's just what we've done,
but it's about what we've done.
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That's including you.
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And then we look to Jesus
Christ as the captain of this
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ship, 3ABN.
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That's how we're
able to reach the world.
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We've been hearing these
testimonies this evening, so,
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so very encouraged.
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But, Jill, we have a couple
of free offers, right, this
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evening, and then we're going
to be going to what 3ABN is
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doing right now.
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Amen.
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YouTube, you can just go
on YouTube and type in Mending
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Broken People 3ABN,
and that'll come up.
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Or you can call us for the
free DVD, Mending Broken People,
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it's several hours long, just
the miracle stories of what God
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did and the
founding of this ministry.
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You can call us
at 618-627 -4651.
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That's 618-627-4651, or you can
send us an email, live at 3ABN
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.TV, and just say, yes, I would
like this DVD, and give us your
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address.
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back and ask for it.
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So, it helps if you send
the address when you send in the
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request.
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one you wear on
your suit collar.
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They just came in, so we would
love to send that out to you
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free as well.
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And as Greg mentioned, as we
talk here, we started with the
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One Network, and then 3ABN grew
to ten television networks, and
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all the radio channels as well.
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So, Bobby Davis has been here
for many years, worn many hats
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in many different capacities
at 3ABN, and he wrote and put
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together this role, and the
crew did an incredible job as
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well.
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Let's look at it.
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We focus specifically
on three departments.
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There's so many departments
at 3ABN, but this is production,
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which is the heart
of everything we do.
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The call center, which connects
with you at home, as well as
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our pastoral department.
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So, let's go to
that role right now.
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Hello, I'm Bobby Davis.
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And when we think of how
God brought 3Angels Broadcasting
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Network into existence, and
how he sustains it today, our
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hearts are filled
with gratitude and love.
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Who could have imagined how God
would make it possible for us
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to reach nearly every
inhabitant on earth with the
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Gospel, but
today it's a reality.
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Viewers now receive Christ
-centered programs on Dish
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Network and 7Satellites,
hundreds of broadcast stations,
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and online at 3ABN.tv.
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They watch 3ABN on smart TVs
with Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV,
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Roku, YouTube, and
MySDA TV set -top boxes.
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Thousands of cable
systems carry 3ABN, and you can
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download our free 3ABN Plus app
onto any smart TV, smartphone,
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tablet, or mobile device.
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God has fulfilled the dream,
he gave Danny Shelton, for a
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television station that
would reach the world with the
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undiluted 3Angels messages
of Revelation 14, and grown this
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ministry from one
television network to ten.
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Under the leadership of
Greg and Joe Morricone, our 3ABN
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flagship network offers a wide
variety of programs, including
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biblical teaching, children's
programs, inspirational music,
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health education, cooking
programs, marriage enrichment,
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and more.
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We also broadcast live coverage
each year of the Adventist
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Layman Services and Industries
Convention and the Generation
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Youth Christ Conference, along
with our summer and fall camp
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meetings from
3ABN's worship center.
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3ABN Latino Network is under
the leadership of John DINZEY
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and is a source of inspiring
Christian programming and live
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evangelistic events that can
be seen by nearly 700 million
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Spanish and
Portuguese speakers worldwide.
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3ABN Russia has headquarters in
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, and is
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under the leadership of Julia
OUtkina, producing innovative
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youth programs, children's
programming, music, and
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powerful preaching for millions
of Russian-speaking viewers.
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Under the leadership of
Francine Bergman, 3ABN Kids
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Network produces programs to
help young viewers learn about
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Jesus through Bible stories,
science experiments, cooking,
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crafts, music, and nature.
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3ABN Proclaim is our preaching
and teaching channel, offering
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life -changing messages and
practical counsel for our daily
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walk with Jesus.
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3ABN Dare to Dream Network
offers urban audiences programs
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designed for spiritual growth
and tools to address issues
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like substance abuse, the
erosion of the family unit, and
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chronic health concerns.
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Under the leadership of Moses
Primo, 3ABN Francais Network
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proclaims the three angels'
messages of Revelation 14 to
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220 million
people who speak French.
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Our 3ABN Praise Him Music
Network is under the leadership
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of Ryan Day and brings
glory and honor to God through
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Christian music and
powerful testimonies.
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3ABN Canada Channel is
our newest addition, and under
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Craig Cleveland's leadership,
they're busy recording
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testimonies and program
material tailored for Canada.
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In addition, 3ABN International
Network broadcasts across
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Europe, Africa, Asia,
and Oceania on satellite and
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worldwide on the internet,
featuring many of our parent
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companies' programs and series
from 3ABN Australia under the
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leadership of John and Rosemary
Malkovich and other ministries
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outside the Americas.
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3ABN has five radio
networks and channels, too.
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Jay Christian is
general manager for 3ABN Radio,
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offering a unique lifestyle
format with talk, music, and
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inspiration.
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He also manages 3ABN
Radio Music Channel, a source of
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Christian music and spiritual
encouragement where the message
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is in the music.
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Radio 3ABN Latino features
talk, Bible study, and music in
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Spanish and is rebroadcast by
many radio stations throughout
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the Americas.
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3ABN Russia Radio streams
online sermons, Christian
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music, health programs,
Bible studies, and children's
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programming 24 hours a day.
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And 3ABN Radio Australia,
under the leadership of John
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Malkovich, features programs
tailored for audiences down
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under who listen via a large
network of AM and FM stations
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throughout
Australia and New Zealand.
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So how can 3ABN best minister
to those who still haven't
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heard about Jesus?
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That's a question
we ask ourselves daily.
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And while every department
plays an important role, a few
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have a tremendous
impact on our audience.
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3ABN begins with programming,
and we're grateful for our
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production manager, Jorge
Jaque, and his talented team who
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develop new ideas, set designs,
graphics, and animation for
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each series.
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They work with our
administration to ensure that
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all our programs glorify God
and stay focused on proclaiming
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the three angels'
messages to the world.
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God provides us with amazing
technology, and today most of
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our studios have LED walls that
allow us to quickly change the
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set by changing the background.
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Furniture is placed, lights
are adjusted, and cameras are
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positioned with the goal of
making each program attractive
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but never distracting
viewers from the message.
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As we prepare to record,
our team gathers to ask God's
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blessing on today's productions.
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You see, we can do everything
right, but only the anointing
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of the Holy Spirit can give our
hosts the words that will touch
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hearts.
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Only God can give us wisdom
to deal with problems that come
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up, and His hand keeps all
our equipment working properly.
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Leading the team for each
program is a producer who keeps
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a watchful eye over production
and tries to anticipate any
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problem before it happens.
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Our director calls for camera
shots, graphics, and video
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rolls.
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hosts and guests, and our video
and graphics operator brings up
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video graphics and pictures, as
well as the names and titles of
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the host and the
guests on the screen.
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Then there's our on-site
editor who corrects any visual
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mistakes during the recording,
like a bumped camera or a
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misspelled name.
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In the studio, our floor
director cues the host to their
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camera, keeps track of time,
and informs the director of any
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problems in the studio
while they're recording.
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Camera operators listen
carefully to the director,
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changing camera angles or
zooming in and out at their
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request.
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A jib operator sweeps a camera
attached to a long boom through
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the air to produce those
beautiful flying shots, and our
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dedicated team of engineers are
on constant standby to fix any
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piece of equipment
that might break down.
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God wants us to work in
unity, and television production
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certainly requires that.
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But what a joy it is, since
we remember always that we are
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really working for the Master.
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3ABN's Pastoral Department has
direct contact with our viewers
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and listeners.
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This dedicated team stands on
the front line of the spiritual
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battle we're in, answering
hundreds of calls and countless
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Bible questions each week,
as well as carefully reviewing
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programs for content.
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Under the leadership of J.D.
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Quinn, these dedicated workers
attend to each caller who
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reaches out for
encouragement and prayer.
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We're grateful for our 2,500
3ABN prayer warriors worldwide
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who receive urgent prayer
requests and pray for others
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just as Jesus prayed for us.
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What a comfort it is to our
audience to know that prayers
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on their behalf are ascending
to Heaven day and night.
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J.D.
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volunteers send out hundreds
of Bible studies, spiritually
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uplifting books, and 3ABN Bible
study guides to prisoners every
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month.
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Many who receive their high
-quality study Bible right back
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in tears to thank us, saying
that no one has ever given them
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anything so precious.
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Another hub of evangelistic
activity is our 3ABN Call
00:17:05.25\00:17:09.32
Center.
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orders for literature and
materials are shipped worldwide
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each month by an amazing
team of workers who also answer
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questions about our products
and programs and print smaller
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items in our print shop.
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They listen carefully and treat
each caller with kindness and
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understanding, knowing that
some of them are elderly shut
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-ins and have limited
interaction with the outside
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world.
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They never forget that 3ABN
is the Mending Broken People
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Network.
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As we celebrate 40 years of
changing lives for eternity,
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I'm reminded of how God
instructed Joshua to have
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elders from each tribe of
Israel pick up a stone from the
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Jordan River and pile them on
the shore of the Promised Land
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as a testament of their amazing
journey and a symbol of their
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trust in God.
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In the same way, we remember
that each person who comes to
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the Lord by watching or
listening to our networks is a
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living testament
that Jesus still saves.
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So rejoice with us as we
recount the miracles that
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brought 3ABN into existence and
have changed so many lives for
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eternity.
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We hope you'll catch the vision
God gave to Danny Shelton so
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many years ago.
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3ABN is about people who care.
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It's about people who work and
volunteer in this ministry in
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every department, not
just the ones I've mentioned.
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And it's about people like you
who pray and give sacrificially
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so that those who haven't heard
about Jesus can have the same
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hope.
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Thank you for
being our 3ABN family.
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We love you and we
thank God for you every day.
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Amen.
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Thank you so very much, Bobby.
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And again, praise the Lord for
the growth of 3ABN through the
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years.
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Lord to build a television
station that would reach the
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world, did you have any
idea, Mr. Danny, of how big 3ABN
00:19:10.68\00:19:14.28
would become?
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I mean, he said no.
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It was just step by step,
day by day, whatever door God
00:19:16.28\00:19:18.99
opened, he stepped through
it, and here is 3ABN today.
00:19:18.99\00:19:22.86
So praise God for that.
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Mr. Danny, it's amazing
also the technology, how it's
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changed through the years, too.
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It has changed tremendously.
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I mean, now that you have your
social media, first of all your
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smart phones and all of that.
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I got one years ago, probably
in the late 90s or early 2000s
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when they came out, and it was
too smart for me, so I took it
00:19:40.61\00:19:44.01
back and went back to my
split, what do you call it?
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Flip phone.
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And so I remember telling,
I took it back and they said,
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what's wrong with it?
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I said, it's too smart for me.
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I finally caught
up with some of it.
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They made it more
simple for us now.
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But no, we had no idea where
we were going, but to see the
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technology just tells me that
Jesus is anxious to come back.
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Maybe we as Christians aren't
doing what we should do and the
00:20:05.23\00:20:08.50
timing we should, and He's
like, I'm going to help you.
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I'm going to give
you some technology.
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You can reach millions and
hundreds of millions of people,
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because heaven is not heaven
until God's children are home.
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So no, our crew is, they're
always, we're state of the art
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here, and thanks to you for
those of you that donate and
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help support this, but I can't
say enough about our production
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crew that they're always on
the top, I call it on top of
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everything, and thank the
Lord for good minds, young minds
00:20:36.46\00:20:39.00
that are keeping us up there.
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I always said, if it had
been up to me, I'd be dragging
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things around, I wouldn't
even have been at the wheel.
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So I'm not that
inventive of a mind.
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I can imagine things,
but I don't create them.
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You're very
entrepreneurial though, you are.
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Absolutely, but
I agree with you.
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I think to me we have the best,
most creative, most gifted team
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here in the whole world.
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Maybe I'm a little slanted
or biased with that, but they're
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incredible.
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that do on major networks that
come here and have told Yvonne
00:21:13.17\00:21:17.17
and told us, your crew is
the best crew that we've ever
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worked with.
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And we could name you names
that they work with and foreign
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people, most people would
recognize, but they said, your
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crew and what you
do is state of the art.
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Praise the Lord.
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sending the people
here that need to be here.
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That's right, amen, for sure.
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We have another
testimony to go to.
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We do indeed.
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This hour and a half we
want to go into some of those
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testimonies.
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This is Sister Larnetta.
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She has an incredible story,
and Curtis and Paula Aikens
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feature into it too, so
let's go to that right now.
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My name is Larnetta Gulley.
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I was born and raised in
Detroit, Michigan, but during
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my married and having children
years, I moved to Ann Arbor,
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Michigan, and I eventually also
worked for the University of
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Michigan.
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So go blue.
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I first discovered 3ABN in 2015.
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I was at home recovering from
a second spine reconstructive
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surgery, and I was receiving
short-term disability, but I
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was also having to pay
out of pocket for my medical
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insurance, and I began
to not be able to maintain.
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With rent and food, I
just couldn't afford it, so I
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started cutting back on
services, and one of them was
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cable, and once I did that,
I started watching TV over the
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air, and there were two
channels that came in, ION, and
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then another channel that I'd
never seen, I wasn't familiar
00:22:54.44\00:22:58.44
with, so it's about two weeks
later, ION phases out, so I'm
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left with this channel that I'm
not familiar with, so I begin
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to watch it, listen to it, And
then, you know, the logo came
00:23:10.05\00:23:16.32
up.
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It said, 3ABN.
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And I'm like,
okay, what is that?
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And then I'd watch some
more and it said, 3 Angels
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Broadcasting Network.
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And I'm still
going, okay, what is that?
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You know, and if you preach and
teach Jesus, I can, I can watch
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that.
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I can.
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And so I did.
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I began to look at
some of the sermon series.
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And of course, the message
of 3ABN, the 3 Angels messages,
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the end time prophecies.
00:23:41.12\00:23:43.05
And so I just became
more and more interested.
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And that's how I
started watching 3ABN 24-7.
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I was maybe in the living room
because my TV was located in
00:23:55.30\00:23:59.30
the bedroom.
00:23:59.30\00:23:59.67
And I heard this real
distinctive voice say, get all
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the goodies.
00:24:04.71\00:24:05.14
I'm like, who is that?
00:24:05.87\00:24:07.18
So I go into my
bedroom to see who this was.
00:24:07.61\00:24:09.84
And there was
Paula and Curtis EAKINS.
00:24:10.65\00:24:13.05
We're the health ministries
director for the South Central
00:24:13.25\00:24:16.08
Conference of 7 Day Adventists.
00:24:16.08\00:24:17.95
That's covering five
states, Alabama, Mississippi,
00:24:17.99\00:24:20.29
Tennessee, and Kentucky.
00:24:20.49\00:24:21.36
So we told them about health
evangelism, Christ's method,
00:24:21.82\00:24:24.99
and also God's servant
ministry, that as well.
00:24:25.06\00:24:27.96
And it was a Wednesday and they
were presenting their cooking
00:24:28.36\00:24:31.13
show.
00:24:31.13\00:24:31.50
So I watched it.
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Curtis is so knowledgeable.
00:24:34.90\00:24:37.17
And I was
learning things from him.
00:24:37.94\00:24:39.47
And then Paula, you
know, cooking all the different
00:24:39.77\00:24:42.81
recipes and everything.
00:24:42.81\00:24:44.01
So I began to make sure I, you
know, watched their show, you
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know, whenever
they were on Wednesdays.
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And so then I want to say about
a year later, they were doing a
00:24:51.05\00:24:56.46
conference in
Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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Larnetta was watching
when they were doing all this.
00:24:59.29\00:25:02.70
She was watching it and
said, oh, I'm going to go to the
00:25:02.70\00:25:02.73
healthy heart conference.
00:25:06.00\00:25:07.10
I've been watching Curtis
and Paula in cooking shows and I
00:25:07.47\00:25:10.34
got to go because
she lived in that area.
00:25:10.34\00:25:12.11
Curtis gave his own private
cell number and I contacted
00:25:12.51\00:25:17.05
him.
00:25:17.05\00:25:17.48
So she called me personally.
00:25:17.71\00:25:19.78
She said, Curtis, I
want to go, but I don't have
00:25:20.08\00:25:21.88
transportation.
00:25:21.88\00:25:22.58
So that's how we met her
from 3ABN exposure watching our
00:25:23.08\00:25:27.12
presentation.
00:25:27.12\00:25:27.69
We had breakfast together
and we just started talking.
00:25:28.29\00:25:30.33
She began talking about herself
and how much she loved 3ABN.
00:25:30.46\00:25:34.00
And she loved the recipes
and the conversation going on.
00:25:34.23\00:25:37.90
And so it was set.
00:25:37.90\00:25:39.47
He and Paula Ubered me to
Murfreesboro and I attended the
00:25:40.04\00:25:45.57
conference with them.
00:25:45.57\00:25:46.54
Larnetta was sold.
00:25:47.11\00:25:47.91
She was sold.
00:25:48.48\00:25:48.94
We knew she loved Jesus.
00:25:49.04\00:25:50.15
Yes.
00:25:50.38\00:25:54.22
but she was anxious about the
material she had been hearing
00:25:54.52\00:25:57.52
about God and she was
anxious to know more about God.
00:25:57.52\00:26:00.66
So I became her private teacher.
00:26:00.89\00:26:03.32
So I was sending two
studies, two at a time.
00:26:03.69\00:26:07.36
She was sending them back until
she finished all 14 lessons.
00:26:07.50\00:26:11.67
And the major one, the major
one was when she sent it back
00:26:11.87\00:26:15.10
and we saw on there that
question, are you interested in
00:26:15.10\00:26:18.74
being a Seventh-day Adventist?
00:26:18.74\00:26:20.08
And she said, yes.
00:26:20.44\00:26:21.74
And then she decided to get
baptized into the Seventh-day
00:26:22.41\00:26:26.05
Adventist Church.
00:26:26.05\00:26:26.78
They came to my
baptism and that was precious.
00:26:27.18\00:26:31.05
So when she got ready to go
into the water, we were down
00:26:31.22\00:26:34.96
front.
00:26:34.96\00:26:35.56
And when they got
ready to take her under...
00:26:35.89\00:26:37.23
We just finished
walking in from North Alabama.
00:26:37.23\00:26:39.13
We walked in.
00:26:39.29\00:26:40.06
Honey, there she is.
00:26:40.16\00:26:41.33
And I took a picture of her in
the baptismal pool and there it
00:26:41.36\00:26:45.73
was.
00:26:45.73\00:26:51.04
a family.
00:26:51.04\00:26:58.55
because it has caused me to
rethink my Christianity, my...
00:26:58.55\00:27:06.72
Not the beliefs, but
who am I as a Christian?
00:27:06.72\00:27:15.33
Am I superficial?
00:27:15.50\00:27:16.43
Am I just...
00:27:17.67\00:27:18.73
Do I just have head
knowledge and heart knowledge?
00:27:18.73\00:27:22.20
3AbN impacted me by showing
me truth, teaching me truth,
00:27:24.47\00:27:33.08
things that I never
even heard of before.
00:27:33.08\00:27:36.48
3AbN has allowed me to
try and find the narrow way.
00:27:39.12\00:27:44.93
If he can deliver
me, he can do it for you.
00:27:45.23\00:27:48.86
You never know who you're going
to reach, who needs to hear.
00:27:49.00\00:27:54.54
It's priceless.
00:27:54.67\00:27:55.50
And I still play 3AbN
at least on one TV 24-7.
00:27:55.70\00:28:00.18
So yeah, I love it
and I'm so grateful.
00:28:00.68\00:28:04.15
I'm really grateful.
00:28:04.85\00:28:05.61
40 years of
changing lives for eternity.
00:28:07.62\00:28:10.35
What a precious testimony.
00:28:12.52\00:28:14.32
When I hear these testimonies,
I can't get full because it's
00:28:15.39\00:28:19.79
just showing the power
of God in everybody's life.
00:28:19.79\00:28:22.83
And they're watching 3APN.
00:28:23.30\00:28:25.37
It's just such a blessing
to be a part of your ministry.
00:28:25.87\00:28:29.94
We can't do this without you.
00:28:30.01\00:28:31.87
So it's such a blessing to be
a part of this ministry that's
00:28:32.11\00:28:35.98
getting the
Gospel out to everyone.
00:28:35.98\00:28:38.45
And then look at Curtis
and Paula with Bible studies.
00:28:38.58\00:28:42.08
And we'll bring her
over there to the meeting.
00:28:42.35\00:28:45.99
What a blessing.
00:28:46.32\00:28:47.29
So shout out to
Curtis and Paula as well.
00:28:47.96\00:28:49.82
What always amazes me is
the people that want truth.
00:28:50.23\00:28:55.13
How God didn't have it
seem like, you know, this is
00:28:55.40\00:28:59.77
terrible.
00:28:59.77\00:29:00.40
I can't afford cable anymore.
00:29:00.54\00:29:01.57
So you get rid of that.
00:29:01.60\00:29:02.84
Then you get ION
and another channel.
00:29:03.17\00:29:05.07
So you watch that.
00:29:05.14\00:29:06.17
Then that one fades out.
00:29:06.37\00:29:07.74
You just watch
it on the antenna.
00:29:08.21\00:29:11.15
Thank you.
00:29:11.48\00:29:11.95
It's just a set up by the Lord.
00:29:12.18\00:29:14.08
And then watching that has
been life changing for her.
00:29:14.28\00:29:16.82
But to have people like Curtis
and Paula joining hands and
00:29:17.02\00:29:21.42
saying, Hey, we're here
for you, being there for you.
00:29:21.42\00:29:23.93
She says gave him a private
cell number so he could talk,
00:29:24.23\00:29:27.60
give her Bible studies.
00:29:27.73\00:29:28.63
I mean, that's
really what it's all about.
00:29:28.83\00:29:30.73
And seeing lives change like
this, I mean, that encourages
00:29:30.97\00:29:34.84
us tremendously.
00:29:34.84\00:29:36.07
And Heaven's going to be fun.
00:29:37.27\00:29:38.31
Isn't it though?
00:29:38.37\00:29:39.14
Amen.
00:29:39.14\00:29:39.61
Praise the Lord.
00:29:39.74\00:29:40.21
I love their testimony.
00:29:40.31\00:29:41.61
I love to see friendship
evangelism, you know, and then
00:29:42.14\00:29:46.88
to see how God
works in incredible ways.
00:29:46.88\00:29:50.72
As you referenced, Mr. Danny,
it's so amazing to me just to
00:29:50.72\00:29:54.86
think that everything else
faded away television wise.
00:29:54.86\00:29:58.19
The only thing left is 3aBN.
00:29:58.56\00:30:00.50
So God had his hand in
that knowing what she needed.
00:30:00.73\00:30:04.77
So we've seen it
over and over again.
00:30:05.03\00:30:06.97
Yeah.
00:30:07.60\00:30:07.64
Amen.
00:30:07.90\00:30:08.60
So thank you, Larnetta.
00:30:08.80\00:30:10.17
You are part of the family.
00:30:10.17\00:30:11.31
She said, I feel like
I'm part of the family.
00:30:11.41\00:30:12.84
You are part of the
family and we love you.
00:30:13.17\00:30:15.78
So yeah.
00:30:16.61\00:30:16.95
Amen.
00:30:17.01\00:30:19.71
is Daryl and Cheryl.
00:30:19.71\00:30:21.65
And let's go to that right now.
00:30:22.02\00:30:23.85
My name is Cheryl Berrett.
00:30:30.69\00:30:31.79
I'm from Northern Idaho.
00:30:32.09\00:30:33.53
I grew up in a lot of places.
00:30:34.40\00:30:35.96
My dad, when I was
young, was in the military.
00:30:36.03\00:30:38.63
I've moved basically an average
of once a year until I was out
00:30:39.20\00:30:46.57
of high school.
00:30:46.57\00:30:47.18
My name is Daryl Berrett
and I live in North Idaho now.
00:30:48.31\00:30:52.58
I grew up on a farm and we
had a very close-knit family.
00:30:53.38\00:30:58.82
Had pretty happy
childhood, I think.
00:30:59.19\00:31:01.92
When I was real young, my mom
would take me to the community
00:31:02.69\00:31:06.39
church there in town.
00:31:06.39\00:31:07.46
But by the time I was
six, we stopped going.
00:31:08.26\00:31:14.34
And quite a chunk of time went
by when I didn't attend church
00:31:15.34\00:31:19.21
and was actually not following
God or giving God much thought.
00:31:19.21\00:31:24.28
I didn't grow up
in church really.
00:31:24.71\00:31:27.48
Those first years, my parents
divorced when I was six and my
00:31:27.85\00:31:32.19
mom remarried.
00:31:32.19\00:31:33.56
And we moved some more.
00:31:35.19\00:31:37.09
But she was raised somewhat
in a Lutheran, at least with a
00:31:38.53\00:31:43.06
Lutheran background.
00:31:43.06\00:31:44.00
And we did start attending
church probably about the time,
00:31:44.90\00:31:48.90
I went a few times from
the age of six up to ten.
00:31:49.37\00:31:53.38
And then once we settled down
in the same town for quite a
00:31:53.58\00:31:58.78
while, we went to
church on Sundays.
00:31:58.78\00:32:02.95
So I knew the
background stories.
00:32:04.12\00:32:06.92
To me it was boring and I
wasn't getting anything out of
00:32:07.79\00:32:10.29
it and I didn't
attend very often.
00:32:10.29\00:32:12.36
Once I moved out of the house,
yeah, I didn't attend church
00:32:12.86\00:32:17.60
much until, well, Darrell
and I were probably married.
00:32:17.60\00:32:22.24
And at that time we decided
we would get married at a church
00:32:22.34\00:32:26.34
that his aunt and
uncle were attending.
00:32:26.34\00:32:28.54
And so we met with the pastor
there and we started attending
00:32:28.98\00:32:31.38
church there more frequently.
00:32:31.38\00:32:32.78
We attended that up until
we started watching 3ABN and
00:32:33.15\00:32:38.09
learned that Saturday was the
real Sabbath and it was hard to
00:32:38.09\00:32:46.39
attend Sunday church after that.
00:32:46.39\00:32:48.56
We started having questions.
00:32:48.86\00:32:50.17
We built the house out at
the farm and moved out there and
00:32:50.77\00:32:55.70
found 3ABN on the antenna and
started learning what the truth
00:32:55.70\00:33:00.41
was, what was
actually in the Bible.
00:33:00.41\00:33:05.45
It was much more sense and
was presented in a way that you
00:33:05.45\00:33:08.25
could understand it.
00:33:08.25\00:33:09.38
Watching 3ABN really opened our
eyes to the Biblical truth and
00:33:09.75\00:33:15.49
made it, well, the programs
we were watching made it easy to
00:33:15.49\00:33:21.70
understand.
00:33:21.70\00:33:22.33
Doug Batchelor was doing a
series from Berrien Springs,
00:33:23.10\00:33:28.24
Michigan and I saw that and
it was a revelation seminar type
00:33:28.24\00:33:33.27
thing and I've always
been really interested in
00:33:33.27\00:33:35.51
revelation, wanting to know
what the future held and stuff.
00:33:35.51\00:33:38.88
So I watched that and Pastor
Doug just made everything so
00:33:39.41\00:33:43.79
plain and he backed everything
he said right out of the Bible
00:33:43.79\00:33:47.32
and I was hooked.
00:33:47.32\00:33:49.96
Doug went step by
step through the Bible.
00:33:50.86\00:33:52.69
That's one thing I have found
watching 3ABN is it's out of
00:33:52.79\00:33:57.50
the Bible.
00:33:57.50\00:34:00.67
It's backed up with the
information that's given there
00:34:00.87\00:34:04.07
and in context and we went
through everything he said and
00:34:04.07\00:34:09.84
looked it up and found where
it said that and we could see it
00:34:09.84\00:34:13.55
for ourselves and see that it
hadn't been a verse here and a
00:34:13.55\00:34:17.62
verse here until it all made,
supported their argument and so
00:34:17.62\00:34:22.19
I started learning these things
and then I would go to Sunday
00:34:22.19\00:34:24.66
school and start questioning,
you know, why is it that we're
00:34:24.66\00:34:28.86
going to church on Sunday?
00:34:28.86\00:34:30.13
And they would just look at
me and, you know, give me an
00:34:31.40\00:34:36.37
excuse, you know, that well it
was changed and I thought, well
00:34:36.37\00:34:38.97
I don't see that.
00:34:38.97\00:34:43.24
when there was no answer and
I got just the silent treatment
00:34:43.24\00:34:47.35
pretty much and I
decided, okay, we've got to find
00:34:47.35\00:34:49.75
somewhere else.
00:34:49.75\00:34:50.45
We went to the Moses Lake
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:34:50.92\00:34:54.09
and couldn't believe
how we were accepted there.
00:34:54.09\00:34:57.19
The people were so good at
helping us along and keeping us
00:34:57.59\00:35:03.37
close and teaching us and
we got involved in things.
00:35:03.37\00:35:05.80
We learned so much just from
the seminars on television and
00:35:06.37\00:35:12.14
Sabbath School that it didn't
take long to far exceed what I
00:35:12.14\00:35:18.45
had learned in the past.
00:35:18.45\00:35:19.48
I started to tear up when I
think of the overwhelming love
00:35:20.18\00:35:23.39
that God has for me even though
I turned my back on God through
00:35:23.39\00:35:28.12
my young adult life.
00:35:28.12\00:35:30.03
I would like to say thank you
to everyone involved with the
00:35:30.49\00:35:35.00
3ABN ministry that they've
made a big change in my life.
00:35:35.00\00:35:40.64
I know they've made
changes in other people's lives.
00:35:40.90\00:35:43.54
Without 3ABN we would be a lost
flounder in this world without
00:35:44.74\00:35:51.08
the clear message of hope
that they broadcast daily.
00:35:51.08\00:35:57.05
Amen.
00:36:03.73\00:36:04.19
Praise the Lord.
00:36:04.96\00:36:05.73
I like how they mentioned
in their Biblical truth because
00:36:06.16\00:36:09.93
Mr. Danny that's been
the message that 3ABN has
00:36:09.93\00:36:12.47
proclaimed from
the very beginning.
00:36:12.47\00:36:14.20
The Word of God.
00:36:14.54\00:36:15.40
Not our own just thoughts and
opinions but from the Word of
00:36:16.20\00:36:18.97
God.
00:36:18.97\00:36:19.51
So, praise the Lord for that.
00:36:19.67\00:36:20.91
The other thing, they mentioned
the amazing facts and such and
00:36:21.31\00:36:24.61
that's another beautiful
part of 3ABN Mr. Danny.
00:36:24.61\00:36:26.75
You've built this from the very
beginning and that is we're a
00:36:26.88\00:36:29.55
platform for other
ministries to spread the Gospel.
00:36:29.55\00:36:32.09
I'm just going
to put it out there.
00:36:32.89\00:36:33.92
I believe that God has
blessed 3ABN because of that.
00:36:34.02\00:36:36.19
It's not been just
3ABN programming only.
00:36:36.29\00:36:38.53
You've opened it up to
other ministries such as Amazing
00:36:38.73\00:36:40.76
Facts that is written and such.
00:36:40.76\00:36:41.83
That's really powerful too.
00:36:41.93\00:36:43.47
The Gospel being shared
from many different ministers,
00:36:43.90\00:36:46.03
ministers to different people.
00:36:46.23\00:36:47.17
So, praise the Lord.
00:36:47.64\00:36:48.37
I love how they shared
how they wouldn't be the same.
00:36:48.74\00:36:51.37
You know, they'd be lost
and alone without God using the
00:36:51.37\00:36:55.38
ministry of 3ABN.
00:36:55.38\00:36:56.31
It's true.
00:36:56.41\00:36:56.88
We have more testimonies.
00:36:57.61\00:36:59.38
We do indeed.
00:36:59.51\00:37:03.39
from New York.
00:37:03.39\00:37:04.22
Is it right?
00:37:05.02\00:37:05.32
Okay, good.
00:37:05.42\00:37:06.02
Let's go to her testimony.
00:37:06.05\00:37:07.26
My name is Tawoona Ziegler.
00:37:14.96\00:37:16.80
I am a nurse.
00:37:17.83\00:37:19.00
I work in a community hospital.
00:37:19.03\00:37:20.64
I work on a
medical surgical floor.
00:37:20.84\00:37:22.67
I've been doing that kind
of work for about 15, 16 years
00:37:23.71\00:37:28.58
now.
00:37:28.58\00:37:34.28
There were 10 children in the
household from the time I was
00:37:35.18\00:37:39.12
about 10 years old on.
00:37:39.12\00:37:40.62
There was 10 of us.
00:37:40.79\00:37:42.09
So, we grew up going
to church every week.
00:37:42.39\00:37:45.06
Every Sabbath we would go to
church and fellowship with the
00:37:46.06\00:37:51.40
members there.
00:37:51.40\00:37:52.10
We, at about age 10, I decided
to take a baptismal class and
00:37:52.67\00:37:58.51
become baptized.
00:37:58.51\00:37:59.54
So, at 10 years old, I
was baptized into the church.
00:37:59.64\00:38:02.11
As I reached my teenage years,
I definitely was very anxious
00:38:03.21\00:38:08.85
to get out into the world
and see what the world had to
00:38:08.85\00:38:12.39
offer.
00:38:12.39\00:38:12.82
Church became more of a
something we had to do because
00:38:13.79\00:38:17.89
that's what our
parents expected.
00:38:17.89\00:38:19.59
But once I reached the age
where I was more independent,
00:38:20.40\00:38:24.33
could drive, and I
chose a different path.
00:38:24.37\00:38:28.34
I chose to do my own thing and
mingle with as many people from
00:38:28.50\00:38:35.51
the world as I could.
00:38:35.51\00:38:36.61
There were many nights where
I would be out partying with my
00:38:37.58\00:38:41.42
friends on the weekends
and too tired to go to church.
00:38:41.42\00:38:46.86
So, I drifted away from the
church in my heart, definitely,
00:38:47.36\00:38:51.33
I would say, in
my teenage years.
00:38:51.49\00:38:54.30
I know I focus mainly on making
money and my job and acquiring
00:38:55.56\00:39:03.04
things and acquiring a new
house, acquiring a new car,
00:39:03.04\00:39:10.81
acquiring just things, but it
just didn't satisfy because I'd
00:39:10.95\00:39:16.22
always be
shopping for something new.
00:39:16.22\00:39:18.35
I'd always want
something new when that got old.
00:39:18.35\00:39:21.66
I always listened to the radio.
00:39:22.69\00:39:24.29
I was a big talk radio listener
and talk radio was always very
00:39:24.53\00:39:30.73
satisfying for me, but during
COVID with everything, talk
00:39:30.73\00:39:34.34
radio was very upsetting for me.
00:39:34.34\00:39:38.27
One day I went to my
hairdresser and she said, Oh, I
00:39:38.41\00:39:42.08
have 3ABN on.
00:39:42.08\00:39:43.65
I can get 3ABN on my TV.
00:39:43.95\00:39:45.81
Like, Oh, okay.
00:39:45.98\00:39:47.18
I've never really watched
it before, but I would like to
00:39:47.95\00:39:50.99
watch it.
00:39:50.99\00:39:51.65
I said, Sure.
00:39:51.82\00:39:52.62
Yeah.
00:39:52.82\00:39:53.22
So we watched it and I asked
her like, Well, how do you, how
00:39:54.02\00:39:57.89
do you have that on your TV?
00:39:57.89\00:39:59.26
It's not, it's not a regular
TV channel on our cable network,
00:39:59.56\00:40:03.93
but she was able to show
me that she goes, Oh, you just
00:40:03.93\00:40:07.64
need to get the
app on your phone.
00:40:07.64\00:40:09.20
When I got home, I downloaded
the app and started listening
00:40:09.47\00:40:14.51
and there were just so many
programs that just touched my
00:40:14.51\00:40:20.45
heart.
00:40:20.45\00:40:27.52
wasn't too late for me
to come back to Christ and,
00:40:27.52\00:40:33.63
and that even though I'm a
sinner, that God still loves me
00:40:37.67\00:40:47.84
and that he wants
me in his kingdom.
00:40:47.84\00:40:56.05
So I didn't, it didn't, I
didn't understand it when I was
00:40:57.79\00:41:03.19
younger.
00:41:03.19\00:41:08.50
listening, it made me
want to draw closer to him.
00:41:08.50\00:41:13.74
I started taking time to read
the book that he's given us,
00:41:13.74\00:41:18.81
the Bible, and just the
messages that were presented
00:41:18.81\00:41:25.18
were just, just made me realize
that Jesus died for me too, not
00:41:25.18\00:41:33.05
just something that we think
about every Easter and he died
00:41:33.05\00:41:38.93
because he loved me
and he still loves me.
00:41:38.93\00:41:43.40
So I'm grateful for 3ABN.
00:41:45.10\00:41:48.60
They've given me
so much inspiration.
00:41:50.21\00:41:53.71
I listen to the sermons and
when I'm doing kitchen cooking
00:41:54.84\00:42:01.85
and I'm out doing yard work,
I have my phone with me and I
00:42:01.85\00:42:06.59
just can't get enough of
listening to the Word as I go
00:42:06.59\00:42:15.83
about my day and as I ride
in my car, I like to listen to
00:42:15.83\00:42:21.54
3ABN also.
00:42:21.54\00:42:22.77
It's been a
tremendous blessing for me.
00:42:23.17\00:42:26.88
I was re-baptized in 2021 and
recommitted my life to Christ
00:42:27.24\00:42:34.92
and I'm just so thankful for
the local church to welcome me
00:42:34.92\00:42:42.19
back and be part of
the Church of Christ again.
00:42:42.19\00:42:47.23
How beautiful is that?
00:42:54.04\00:42:56.07
One thing that struck me to
Tawoona's testimony was it's
00:42:56.54\00:43:01.21
never too late.
00:43:01.21\00:43:02.34
The Lord will just come
after us wherever we are.
00:43:02.54\00:43:06.95
He loves us so much that
wherever we are, whatever we've
00:43:06.95\00:43:12.09
done, nothing is too great,
nothing is too bad for Jesus to
00:43:12.09\00:43:19.16
just come and take us.
00:43:19.16\00:43:20.50
And then the other thing is she
was pursuing, and I can relate
00:43:20.53\00:43:24.10
to this, she was pursuing
all these material things and
00:43:24.10\00:43:27.94
finding that
that doesn't satisfy.
00:43:27.94\00:43:30.57
Only Jesus can satisfy.
00:43:30.91\00:43:33.27
So we're so thankful that
the Lord used 3ABN to reach her.
00:43:33.27\00:43:38.71
What a
blessing, what a blessing.
00:43:38.81\00:43:40.62
I was here selfishly thinking,
you know what, these kind of
00:43:40.72\00:43:44.62
testimonies is worth getting a
little beat up once in a while.
00:43:44.62\00:43:47.79
People don't like
what we're preaching.
00:43:47.82\00:43:49.39
They don't like 3ABN.
00:43:49.72\00:43:51.16
They don't like
anything about us.
00:43:51.19\00:43:52.76
They'll write us these letters
or send us these voicemails.
00:43:53.16\00:43:56.36
But you know what, go ahead.
00:43:56.60\00:43:57.57
If you want to keep
doing that, this is worth it.
00:43:57.80\00:43:59.77
That's right, I agree with you.
00:43:59.77\00:44:01.07
It's amazing these testimonies
of lives being changed because
00:44:01.07\00:44:05.41
God is your ministry, those
of you at home, this is your
00:44:05.41\00:44:08.84
ministry.
00:44:08.84\00:44:09.58
We're here maybe in
administration, but it's your
00:44:09.94\00:44:11.75
ministry without you.
00:44:11.75\00:44:12.98
These people would not
have heard this message through
00:44:13.35\00:44:16.58
3ABN.
00:44:16.58\00:44:17.25
So once again, we thank you.
00:44:17.65\00:44:19.42
You know what I loved about it?
00:44:19.82\00:44:20.96
I loved that it was the
hairdresser who witnessed her.
00:44:20.99\00:44:23.83
So she's on this journey,
and right now she's seeking
00:44:23.99\00:44:27.86
material things, trying
to fill that void inside.
00:44:27.86\00:44:31.37
And yet the hairdresser says,
hey, could we put on 3ABN as
00:44:31.80\00:44:35.94
she's doing her hair?
00:44:35.94\00:44:37.14
So I love that
because she's being a witness.
00:44:37.37\00:44:40.54
And then Tawoona can
say, well, how can I get that?
00:44:41.18\00:44:43.31
The 3ABN app.
00:44:43.55\00:44:45.48
So there's so many ways
that you can evangelize at home.
00:44:45.61\00:44:50.65
You might be in a hairdresser
capacity or any other job, and
00:44:51.25\00:44:55.76
you could be putting on 3ABN,
and you can be witnessing that
00:44:55.76\00:45:00.70
way to other people.
00:45:00.70\00:45:01.96
I love that.
00:45:02.13\00:45:02.60
Yeah, absolutely.
00:45:02.96\00:45:03.73
And also I've heard a number
of these testimonies where they
00:45:04.17\00:45:06.13
talked about their local church
was so warm and so inviting and
00:45:06.13\00:45:09.84
welcoming them back.
00:45:09.84\00:45:10.97
That's key, too, because I hate
to say it, but I've been to a
00:45:11.31\00:45:14.58
few churches where they
may not be quite so warm.
00:45:14.58\00:45:16.34
So make sure that your church
is warm and inviting for people
00:45:16.61\00:45:19.78
that are coming
to your local church.
00:45:19.78\00:45:21.45
We have another
testimony that we want to go to.
00:45:21.85\00:45:23.89
This is from Arlena, and
she's from Medford, Oregon.
00:45:23.89\00:45:27.12
Let's go to that right now.
00:45:27.12\00:45:28.69
My name's Arlena, and I'm 73
years old right now, and I live
00:45:35.86\00:45:40.87
in Medford, Oregon.
00:45:40.87\00:45:42.14
We went to a congregational
church when I was growing up.
00:45:43.34\00:45:49.11
My favorite part about
the church was the music.
00:45:49.48\00:45:52.45
I loved to hear everybody
singing in the church at the
00:45:53.38\00:45:56.02
same time.
00:45:56.02\00:45:56.58
I felt closest to the
Lord when that was happening.
00:45:57.49\00:45:59.92
I was married for 28 years to
a intelligent man that I met in
00:45:59.92\00:46:09.16
college.
00:46:09.16\00:46:09.76
We moved to an agricultural
county in California and lived
00:46:10.40\00:46:16.24
free and the
hippie culture lifestyle.
00:46:16.24\00:46:20.14
As soon as we were married,
I found out that he wanted
00:46:20.64\00:46:25.91
nothing to do with church.
00:46:25.91\00:46:27.22
As his wife, I ended up
doing whatever he wanted to do.
00:46:27.22\00:46:32.45
So we didn't have any
kind of religion for 28 years.
00:46:33.79\00:46:37.96
We did not
practice anything like that.
00:46:38.16\00:46:40.26
I don't want to
keep living like this.
00:46:40.76\00:46:42.36
It's too much.
00:46:43.13\00:46:43.70
I want to have a
Christian lifestyle.
00:46:44.00\00:46:45.37
So I moved.
00:46:47.47\00:46:49.50
We went through the divorce,
and I moved to Medford, Oregon.
00:46:50.31\00:46:56.31
When I first came here,
I attended over 30 church
00:46:56.31\00:47:00.42
services in at least 20
churches here because I didn't
00:47:00.42\00:47:06.25
know which church to go to.
00:47:06.25\00:47:08.36
And all of them were nice.
00:47:09.72\00:47:11.73
They were great people in there.
00:47:12.43\00:47:14.56
I loved the music.
00:47:14.60\00:47:15.80
I just didn't know
which church to go to.
00:47:16.67\00:47:20.40
But in the background, God
had a particular church that he
00:47:20.57\00:47:25.24
wanted me to go to.
00:47:25.24\00:47:26.47
Here's how that happened.
00:47:27.21\00:47:28.38
One day, I was watching TV, and
all of a sudden, a new channel
00:47:29.71\00:47:34.82
came on there that I had never
seen before, and there were
00:47:34.82\00:47:38.65
some children singing Christian
songs and playing instruments.
00:47:38.65\00:47:44.76
And I thought,
who are these kids?
00:47:45.56\00:47:48.46
And what is this program?
00:47:49.46\00:47:51.63
I didn't know
anything about the channel.
00:47:51.63\00:47:54.77
I just, as a music teacher, was
drawn to the children because
00:47:55.34\00:47:59.64
that's what I'm doing.
00:47:59.64\00:48:00.58
I was teaching
music in the schools.
00:48:00.68\00:48:02.41
I found out later that it
was Three Angels Broadcasting
00:48:02.74\00:48:05.85
Network, and that was
being shown on Better Life
00:48:05.85\00:48:09.48
Television.
00:48:09.48\00:48:10.19
There were health programs,
which I'm very interested in.
00:48:10.72\00:48:13.69
There was sermons
from Adventist churches.
00:48:14.16\00:48:17.26
There were all kinds of cooking
shows, which I loved vegan and
00:48:18.13\00:48:23.77
vegetarian cooking anyway.
00:48:23.77\00:48:25.03
One of the speakers
started talking about the Fourth
00:48:25.50\00:48:28.54
Commandment and about how
we should be worshiping on the
00:48:28.54\00:48:34.11
seventh day, not
on the first day.
00:48:34.11\00:48:36.31
I was really shocked when I
first heard that news a lot.
00:48:37.85\00:48:41.52
Here I am, 52 years old, and I
had never heard of that before.
00:48:42.02\00:48:46.52
I thought that only
Jewish people worshipped on the
00:48:46.52\00:48:51.36
Sabbath, not Christian people,
but later I learned that the
00:48:51.36\00:48:58.60
Sabbath was
established at creation.
00:48:58.60\00:49:00.84
Once I realized that
God's Fourth Commandment was a
00:49:02.04\00:49:07.11
commandment and not just a
suggestion, I really took that
00:49:07.11\00:49:11.88
seriously, and I started going
to church every Sabbath, but it
00:49:11.88\00:49:19.32
was difficult with my family
at first because they thought I
00:49:19.32\00:49:27.03
was going into a cult.
00:49:27.03\00:49:28.90
They said, everybody worships
on Sunday, but after I got
00:49:30.20\00:49:34.90
baptized into the church,
they realized that I was very
00:49:34.90\00:49:38.74
serious about being an
Adventist and following God's
00:49:38.74\00:49:42.68
commandments totally, and
I wanted to serve the Lord.
00:49:42.68\00:49:49.42
God was always there
with me and leading me.
00:49:50.15\00:49:54.36
He was always in the
background, but I almost had to
00:49:56.62\00:50:00.60
hit bottom before the
Lord really stepped in.
00:50:00.60\00:50:05.90
So I am so thankful for the
Lord, number one, leading me
00:50:06.20\00:50:11.54
one day at a time through all
the trials and tribulations of
00:50:11.54\00:50:16.48
life, but always being there
as my best friend because today,
00:50:16.48\00:50:22.35
and for 25 years, I have
been watching 3ABN and other
00:50:22.85\00:50:28.86
wonderful Adventist programs
like Amazing Facts, Amazing
00:50:28.86\00:50:34.10
Discoveries, It Is Written.
00:50:34.10\00:50:36.23
There's so many Adventist
programs available now.
00:50:36.60\00:50:39.87
Just at the click of my remote
on the TV that I can have going
00:50:39.87\00:50:45.67
all the time in the background
in my home, when you listen to
00:50:45.67\00:50:50.45
these people day after day
and realize they're speaking the
00:50:50.45\00:50:55.65
truth from the Bible, I mean,
if the Bible is the total Word
00:50:55.65\00:50:59.62
of God, then that is
what I'm hearing on 3ABN.
00:50:59.62\00:51:03.09
I love the Lord, and that's
what I want to be doing for the
00:51:03.53\00:51:07.96
rest of my life, and I
really want to thank 3ABN for
00:51:07.96\00:51:13.90
providing those kind of
programs for people to learn
00:51:13.90\00:51:16.71
all about the Sabbath and all
about all these other things in
00:51:16.71\00:51:20.14
the Bible.
00:51:20.14\00:51:20.64
40 years of
changing lives for eternity.
00:51:21.84\00:51:25.65
Amen.
00:51:26.95\00:51:27.52
What a great testimony.
00:51:27.65\00:51:29.38
Thank you, Sister Arlena.
00:51:30.45\00:51:31.72
We had the privilege to meet
her just about a year ago when
00:51:31.79\00:51:35.62
we were out at Bruce and
Jackie Farley's church there in
00:51:35.62\00:51:38.36
Medford, Oregon, and Bruce
said, There's a lady and we've
00:51:38.36\00:51:41.00
got to have you meet.
00:51:41.00\00:51:42.03
So just a precious woman of God.
00:51:42.23\00:51:44.70
Thank you, Arlena, for being
willing to share your testimony
00:51:44.93\00:51:47.47
when our crew went out
and got those testimonies.
00:51:47.47\00:51:50.57
In the Northwest, the Pacific
Northwest, there's a gentleman
00:51:50.77\00:51:55.04
by the name of Mel Kimmel,
who the Lord has used to be
00:51:55.04\00:51:59.55
instrumental in starting many
of these what we call downlink
00:51:59.55\00:52:04.22
stations.
00:52:04.22\00:52:08.22
they can flip a
channel and they can get 3ABN.
00:52:08.59\00:52:11.89
They don't need to have cable.
00:52:12.69\00:52:14.20
And so our crew had the
opportunity to sit down with
00:52:14.56\00:52:17.80
Brother Mel and to hear
just a bit of his heart.
00:52:17.80\00:52:21.30
Incidentally, I taught his son
in Academy years ago, so this
00:52:22.90\00:52:28.74
makes me feel a little old, but
he was the parent of one of my
00:52:28.74\00:52:32.85
students.
00:52:32.85\00:52:33.25
That's right.
00:52:33.25\00:52:37.55
right now.
00:52:37.55\00:52:38.59
My name is Mel Kimmel.
00:52:46.09\00:52:47.13
I'm currently from
Prosser, Washington.
00:52:47.13\00:52:49.10
My parents divorced when I was
like 5 years old, and so I was
00:52:49.46\00:52:53.70
raised by my mother and
my neighbor kid, who was an
00:52:53.70\00:52:58.74
Adventist, said, well, why
don't you go to church school?
00:52:58.74\00:53:02.08
I was more than glad to make a
change and make a try, but when
00:53:02.08\00:53:07.95
I went to church
school, I felt like I came home.
00:53:07.95\00:53:10.39
I had a side job of satellite
television, which is the reason
00:53:10.92\00:53:16.96
I got involved with 3ABN.
00:53:16.96\00:53:18.43
I was in communications
and I was in the communication
00:53:18.56\00:53:23.83
business as far as
satellite television as well.
00:53:23.83\00:53:26.23
As time progressed, I heard
about 3ABN, and as I started
00:53:26.40\00:53:33.27
watching their program, I
thought, well, that's something
00:53:33.27\00:53:35.48
I can do, so I got into
inquiring about putting in a
00:53:35.48\00:53:42.68
station, and I felt that being
not raised an Adventist and
00:53:42.68\00:53:48.22
coming into the church
because of conviction and the
00:53:48.22\00:53:52.63
experience of going to
church school, I had experienced
00:53:52.63\00:53:55.50
something that totally changed
my life, and it was an oasis in
00:53:55.50\00:54:01.10
a very troubled start to be
able to come into the faith and
00:54:01.10\00:54:07.68
I knew that was something I
wanted to share and I'm not an
00:54:07.68\00:54:11.75
evangelist, I'm not gifted with
speech and that was something I
00:54:11.75\00:54:17.45
could do was put up these
stations, I mean we put in
00:54:17.45\00:54:21.99
eleven stations and it was
not really us but all the people
00:54:21.99\00:54:28.03
that got behind
us that did this.
00:54:28.03\00:54:31.43
When you see the results, it's
like a shot in the arm to see
00:54:32.00\00:54:38.37
somebody who does see the truth
and they said, man, for all
00:54:38.37\00:54:43.65
these years I believed this and
now all of a sudden I'm able to
00:54:43.65\00:54:47.72
see the clear picture.
00:54:47.72\00:54:48.78
God has given each and
every one of us a talent and you
00:54:49.55\00:54:53.49
don't want to hide it, you
want to use it for God and bless
00:54:53.49\00:54:56.89
others.
00:54:56.89\00:54:57.29
I can't say what heartwarming
it does to you to see somebody
00:54:58.46\00:55:04.70
come into the church.
00:55:04.70\00:55:05.73
It's amazing to see the picture
with 3ABN because you have so
00:55:06.30\00:55:13.01
many different selections
of programming and so many
00:55:13.01\00:55:16.14
different aspects and angles.
00:55:16.14\00:55:18.51
It's like how come one person
painted the picture this way
00:55:18.75\00:55:22.55
and another
paints it another way.
00:55:22.55\00:55:24.15
All this is to be attributed to
what is being put out there and
00:55:24.99\00:55:32.69
what is able to
affect the lives.
00:55:32.69\00:55:35.13
What were maybe just a little
pebble in the water but the
00:55:36.20\00:55:39.43
ripples go on and on for quite
a while and we don't know until
00:55:39.43\00:55:45.57
we get to heaven
whose lives we touched.
00:55:45.57\00:55:47.78
We really have a lot to be
thankful for the efforts put
00:55:48.54\00:55:52.18
forth.
00:55:52.18\00:55:52.68
It's hard to
express our gratitude.
00:55:53.42\00:55:55.32
I mean, the good Lord is going
to reward each one and give
00:55:55.62\00:56:00.36
them thanks for
what they've done.
00:56:00.36\00:56:03.39
I just pray that the amount
of people will be more than what
00:56:04.13\00:56:08.60
we can number.
00:56:08.60\00:56:09.33
40 years of
changing lives for eternity.
00:56:10.37\00:56:13.90
Amen.
00:56:15.80\00:56:15.84
I want to tell you something.
00:56:16.50\00:56:17.77
Kimmel is one of my favorites
and this guy has, I'm guessing
00:56:18.17\00:56:23.88
30 years, it's been so many
years now that when there was no
00:56:23.88\00:56:27.42
other technology, there was
cable and regular television
00:56:27.42\00:56:30.75
but no social media, no
apps, no other way to get.
00:56:30.75\00:56:35.72
I think probably even before
Dish Network we actually, but
00:56:35.72\00:56:39.79
he started putting these
downlink stations so we were
00:56:39.79\00:56:42.56
shooting to North America,
22 ,300 miles to space, hit a
00:56:42.56\00:56:47.14
satellite and come down through
North America so then we would
00:56:47.14\00:56:50.27
build a station with the
antenna, the tower, the antenna
00:56:50.27\00:56:53.14
and then you had the little
shack we always call it, you
00:56:53.14\00:56:56.34
know, where you put the
transmitter and so then that
00:56:56.34\00:56:59.95
would be broadcast into maybe
20, 30, 40 miles depending.
00:56:59.95\00:57:03.95
And Kimmel just volunteered,
he just seemed to come out of
00:57:03.95\00:57:07.62
nowhere and we made contact
with each other and so we put
00:57:07.62\00:57:11.66
in one station, then another
and then another and some of
00:57:11.66\00:57:15.53
the Northwest they get a lot
of snow and I remember there's
00:57:15.53\00:57:18.23
times that he couldn't, you
know, it was very hard to even
00:57:18.23\00:57:20.97
get up to the transmitter to
try to during a snow storm to
00:57:20.97\00:57:25.11
make sure that everything was
clean and the signal was clean
00:57:25.11\00:57:28.04
and He's put in thousands and
thousands of hours and so much
00:57:28.04\00:57:34.55
volunteering that
it's been amazing.
00:57:34.55\00:57:37.02
And a lot of times he
raised the money himself too.
00:57:37.32\00:57:39.85
He would raise the money, we
need a station here, help raise
00:57:39.99\00:57:43.63
the money, install the
station, put it in with all the
00:57:43.63\00:57:47.60
knowledge that he has.
00:57:47.60\00:57:48.76
So he's one of the most humble
men that I know and we don't
00:57:48.83\00:57:51.47
get to talk very often, but
Mel, thank you, my hat's off to
00:57:51.47\00:57:54.84
you and praise the Lord.
00:57:54.84\00:57:56.14
You will need to spend eternity
in heaven because there's gonna
00:57:56.44\00:57:59.41
be no telling how
many thousands, potentially
00:57:59.41\00:58:02.34
thousands of people that say,
thank you for what you did for
00:58:02.34\00:58:06.48
the cause of God.
00:58:06.48\00:58:07.35
I came to Jesus.
00:58:07.48\00:58:08.88
So God bless you.
00:58:09.35\00:58:11.12
Amen.
00:58:11.39\00:58:11.99
Yeah, he's such an
evangelist at heart, isn't he?
00:58:12.49\00:58:14.66
Evangelism is on his mind.
00:58:14.86\00:58:16.06
Some of these stories and
testimonies that we're hearing
00:58:16.46\00:58:18.43
this evening actually have come
from some of those down links
00:58:18.43\00:58:20.50
that he installed
years and years ago.
00:58:20.50\00:58:23.33
You know, there's many,
many different aspects how three
00:58:23.87\00:58:26.03
have been ministers to others
around the world and one is
00:58:26.03\00:58:28.57
through prison ministry.
00:58:28.57\00:58:30.17
And of course, 3ABN's partnered
with, of course, Lemuel Vega
00:58:30.37\00:58:34.14
and Christmas Behind Bars.
00:58:34.14\00:58:35.34
We've worked with him for many
years, providing literature,
00:58:35.38\00:58:37.51
going on site, shooting
some programs like Unshackled, I
00:58:37.85\00:58:40.58
think, Dr. Yvonne and
Free Indeed through the years.
00:58:40.58\00:58:43.82
And so we want to go to a
special role that Ben and Pam,
00:58:44.02\00:58:47.02
they went to visit, Lemuel
Vega there at some prisons.
00:58:47.06\00:58:51.03
So let's go to
that role right now.
00:58:51.09\00:58:52.89
As part of the mission of
changing lives for eternity,
00:58:53.90\00:58:57.13
3ABN and Christmas Behind Bars
partnered together to put 3ABN
00:58:57.13\00:59:02.34
Bible studies into the hands
of incarcerated men and women
00:59:02.34\00:59:05.71
across the country.
00:59:05.71\00:59:06.94
Brother Lemuel, what would
you think if we were to do a
00:59:07.48\00:59:11.18
special edition of the
3ABN Bible study guide for the
00:59:11.18\00:59:14.92
prisoners that you could put 60
,000 Bible study sets into the
00:59:14.92\00:59:19.82
bags?
00:59:19.82\00:59:20.19
That's amazing.
00:59:20.26\00:59:20.92
How many Bible
studies are in there?
00:59:21.12\00:59:22.66
14 lessons, and we want
to include all 14 lessons.
00:59:22.96\00:59:26.39
3ABN viewers graciously
supported the project, and
00:59:27.13\00:59:30.83
thousands of Bible study
sets started to be assembled by
00:59:30.83\00:59:34.14
volunteers.
00:59:34.14\00:59:34.80
Additionally, inmates from
the Putnamville Correctional
00:59:35.77\00:59:38.77
Facility helped with the
assembly of the Bible study
00:59:38.77\00:59:41.38
guides and shared how
it changed their lives.
00:59:41.38\00:59:44.48
I just wanted to thank the 3ABN
Broadcasting Network for giving
00:59:44.61\00:59:47.52
us the opportunity to give back.
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Bible study number seven comes
up with a lot of really good
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ideas, and it just reminds
us of what's good for our body.
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I want to give back to people.
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I don't want, I want to kind of
change that people's mentality
00:59:57.49\00:59:59.59
that, you know, people in
prison are just in here doing
00:59:59.59\01:00:03.60
whatever.
01:00:03.60\01:00:04.10
But it didn't
stop at Putnamville.
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Lemuel Vega recruited more help
from inmates at the Pendleton
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Maximum Prison in
Pendleton, Indiana.
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The Lord has opened
the doors to the prisons.
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3ABN has been a huge part of
that, taking the gospel to the
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prisoners.
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packages.
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few hours.
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Once the packages were
completed, they were passed out
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to the men and women at
the Newcastle Correctional
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Facility.
01:00:38.37\01:00:39.00
3ABN is committed to helping
those who are incarcerated to
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learn more about Jesus.
01:01:06.70\01:01:08.23
3ABN is truly
changing lives for eternity.
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Happy 40th anniversary, 3ABN.
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Woo!
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Amen.
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Wow, praise the Lord, amen.
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Isn't it exciting to see what
God is doing for those who are
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behind bars, for those who
need the gospel so desperately.
01:01:28.52\01:01:31.85
Praise the Lord and how the
prisoners join hands together
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and help to put
together those Bible studies.
01:01:34.89\01:01:37.93
We love Brother Lemuel
and the entire team there with
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Christmas Behind Bars.
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Speaking of Bible studies,
I just want to give a plug for
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the 3ABN Bible studies.
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We have lessons one to 14.
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This is set number one,
which is Looking Higher, the
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introductory set.
01:01:52.41\01:01:53.24
Set number two
is the prophecy set.
01:01:53.64\01:01:56.71
It's called Searching Deeper.
01:01:56.95\01:01:58.88
You can get both of these.
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They're
downloadable for free online.
01:02:01.18\01:02:03.35
You can just go to 3ABN.tv
and download them or call us at
01:02:03.55\01:02:07.42
3ABN and we would love
to connect you with them.
01:02:07.42\01:02:10.69
And the first set we have
for prison ministry as well.
01:02:10.69\01:02:13.56
And if you're involved in
prison ministry, we would love
01:02:13.73\01:02:16.67
to share them with you.
01:02:16.67\01:02:18.53
Our next role is
actually a reenactment again.
01:02:19.43\01:02:23.94
And this is a viewer who is in
a desperate place in their life
01:02:24.14\01:02:28.38
and God used 3ABN
to turn it around.
01:02:28.38\01:02:31.48
God intervened in a man's life,
saving him from making a tragic
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decision.
01:02:43.29\01:02:43.93
I will call him Frank.
01:02:44.46\01:02:45.53
Frank was feeling
overwhelmed by pain and sorrow.
01:02:45.53\01:02:49.13
Frank was unable to see
a way out of his suffering.
01:02:49.83\01:02:52.43
He made the
decision to end his life.
01:02:52.50\01:02:56.00
Frank was sitting in his
apartment alone and desperate.
01:02:56.71\01:02:59.11
With a gun in his hand, he
waited until late at night and
01:03:00.34\01:03:04.01
turned on the TV as loud as he
could so that no one would hear
01:03:04.01\01:03:08.05
when he shot himself.
01:03:08.05\01:03:09.68
3ABN was on the TV and Pastor
John Carter was delivering a
01:03:10.69\01:03:14.92
message and he heard Pastor
Carter say, friend, Jesus loves
01:03:14.92\01:03:19.59
you, he died for you.
01:03:19.59\01:03:21.36
Those words pierced his
heart and pierced through the
01:03:21.76\01:03:25.93
darkness of his mind.
01:03:25.93\01:03:26.87
He listened intently as Pastor
Carter spoke about the value of
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a soul and how much Jesus cares
for each and every one of us.
01:03:32.31\01:03:36.81
In that moment, Frank
felt a flicker of hope.
01:03:37.31\01:03:40.65
He felt like God was speaking
directly to him through Pastor
01:03:41.48\01:03:45.72
Carter's words.
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Putting down the gun, he called
into 3ABN's pastoral line for
01:03:47.09\01:03:50.83
help.
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encouraged him with scriptures
revealing God's unconditional
01:03:55.40\01:03:59.47
love and his never-ending
mercies and his faithful
01:03:59.47\01:04:03.81
promises to each
and every one of us.
01:04:03.81\01:04:05.67
Through prayer and the
counseling, he discovered that
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he is loved unconditionally by
God and that God has a purpose
01:04:09.74\01:04:15.28
for his life and
that he is of great value.
01:04:15.28\01:04:18.15
Frank is grateful because of
God's love and ability to reach
01:04:18.72\01:04:23.26
us in the darkest moments of
our lives and to give us hope
01:04:23.26\01:04:27.60
and light and life eternal.
01:04:27.60\01:04:30.23
Friend, if you are struggling
with thoughts of suicide, if
01:04:31.73\01:04:35.27
you are struggling with
depression, if you feel like
01:04:35.27\01:04:38.24
you have a heavy load on your
shoulders and you don't know
01:04:38.24\01:04:40.91
what to do,
Jesus is right there.
01:04:40.91\01:04:43.91
He loves you and he has a
way out that you cannot even
01:04:44.58\01:04:48.52
imagine.
01:04:48.52\01:04:48.98
In Matthew chapter 11, verse
28, Jesus says, come unto me,
01:04:49.85\01:04:54.02
all who are weary and
heavy -laden and I will give you
01:04:54.29\01:04:59.16
rest.
01:04:59.16\01:04:59.53
Jesus wants to give you rest.
01:05:00.66\01:05:02.96
He wants to give you that
rest that you need and long for.
01:05:02.96\01:05:03.00
Reach out to him.
01:05:06.43\01:05:07.74
He's at the door of your
heart, knocking right now.
01:05:08.04\01:05:11.27
We want to thank you for
your prayers and your financial
01:05:13.17\01:05:16.44
support that has made possible
stories like the story of
01:05:16.44\01:05:20.85
Frank.
01:05:20.85\01:05:21.35
Thank you for being a part
of 3ABN and 40 years of changing
01:05:22.12\01:05:27.09
lives for eternity.
01:05:27.09\01:05:28.96
Amen.
01:05:35.30\01:05:35.70
Thank you.
01:05:36.03\01:05:40.30
numerous times.
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Sure has.
01:05:41.37\01:05:42.07
Where people
willing to take their life.
01:05:42.30\01:05:45.11
I mean, think what a position
you have to be in, where you
01:05:45.24\01:05:47.78
are in a mental state, and a
lot of people, they have health
01:05:47.78\01:05:51.75
problems.
01:05:51.75\01:05:55.28
They're going through all kinds
of things and people turn on
01:05:55.38\01:05:59.19
the television just in time.
01:05:59.19\01:06:01.79
There are other stories too,
but this one, that's why our
01:06:01.92\01:06:04.86
preachers preaching Jesus.
01:06:04.86\01:06:06.43
And that's why we want them
to preach, you know, friend, if
01:06:06.43\01:06:09.70
you, you know, as Elder Finley
said once on another and we'll
01:06:09.70\01:06:12.53
show that another time.
01:06:12.53\01:06:13.64
If you're thinking about
committing suicide, don't,
01:06:14.40\01:06:18.37
Jesus loves you.
01:06:18.51\01:06:19.44
Elder Carter here is
saying, hey, Jesus loves you.
01:06:20.14\01:06:22.94
He died for you, made a
plan of salvation for you.
01:06:22.94\01:06:25.41
And literally, I
mean, God intervenes.
01:06:25.78\01:06:28.65
So when people want
truth, we have to be there.
01:06:28.65\01:06:28.68
Years ago, people have said to
me, well, I think you'd do much
01:06:31.65\01:06:34.82
better because when we first
went on the air, there was not
01:06:34.82\01:06:37.69
very many 24,
seven Christian stations.
01:06:37.69\01:06:40.13
You would have the Pat
Robertson station where they do
01:06:40.60\01:06:44.80
some Christians, some not.
01:06:44.80\01:06:46.17
But for us, we couldn't.
01:06:46.40\01:06:47.67
I said, what if we
got these phone calls?
01:06:47.90\01:06:50.04
I said, what if at two o'clock
in the morning, we're showing
01:06:50.17\01:06:52.91
Popeye, right?
01:06:52.91\01:06:54.11
Or we're showing some Andy
Griffith show, which is nothing
01:06:54.24\01:06:57.58
about the show, but a
guy's getting ready to, a person
01:06:57.58\01:07:00.88
commit suicide, they'd go
ahead and, you know, we have the
01:07:00.88\01:07:04.75
opportunity 24, seven.
01:07:04.75\01:07:06.29
That's right.
01:07:06.49\01:07:06.99
And so praise the Lord again.
01:07:07.19\01:07:08.82
Thank you for your support.
01:07:08.82\01:07:10.49
And I praise God for
lives that have been changed.
01:07:11.13\01:07:13.90
And in this case, you know,
saved from the grasp of the
01:07:13.93\01:07:17.90
devil.
01:07:17.90\01:07:18.27
Amen, praise the Lord for that.
01:07:18.60\01:07:19.93
And we think about that just
in the nick of time, right, that
01:07:20.14\01:07:22.54
timing of someone speaking
right into the camera lens and
01:07:22.54\01:07:25.04
someone.
01:07:25.04\01:07:25.24
Yep, it's a setup.
01:07:25.71\01:07:26.57
I love it, I love it.
01:07:26.78\01:07:28.34
We had the
opportunity several years ago.
01:07:28.74\01:07:31.21
I talked to Herschel Crippen.
01:07:31.25\01:07:32.91
He's in Oklahoma, and he was
kind enough to let us come to
01:07:32.91\01:07:36.92
his home there and
record his testimony.
01:07:36.92\01:07:39.12
Let's go to that roll right now.
01:07:39.29\01:07:41.42
My name's Herschel Crippen.
01:07:47.50\01:07:49.56
Born in Texas,
raised in Oklahoma.
01:07:50.87\01:07:53.00
And in my younger life, my
dad was an old fan, so we moved
01:07:53.97\01:07:57.81
around a lot.
01:07:57.81\01:07:58.34
I went at least three schools a
year, sometimes more, sometimes
01:07:59.44\01:08:03.24
less, but he finally got out
of the oil field when I was nine
01:08:03.24\01:08:07.68
years old.
01:08:07.68\01:08:08.42
I didn't even begin to find
the Lord until I was like three
01:08:08.88\01:08:12.39
score and 10, but you're
allotted anything over that to
01:08:12.39\01:08:17.26
grace.
01:08:17.26\01:08:22.70
and we talked about an old
pastor, but I found out where
01:08:22.80\01:08:25.20
he had a program
called The Shepherd's Chap.
01:08:25.20\01:08:28.80
He had a 30-minute sermon
and a 30-minute Q&A, people.
01:08:29.07\01:08:33.31
I didn't ask him
questions about the Bible.
01:08:33.44\01:08:35.34
He was the Sabbath keeper, but
I didn't know what the Sabbath
01:08:36.18\01:08:38.68
was then anyway, so it didn't
really matter, you know, but I
01:08:38.68\01:08:43.39
started from
around about 3 A.B .M.
01:08:43.39\01:08:44.75
when I first started here,
and Ronnie Melaschenko had dark
01:08:44.75\01:08:49.89
hair.
01:08:49.89\01:08:50.16
Doug Batchelor looked like
he was about 20-something years
01:08:51.56\01:08:54.46
old, you know, so when I was on
old film footage, you know, it
01:08:54.46\01:08:58.60
was a sermon, it was
Bible -based, and it went by the
01:08:58.60\01:09:01.64
Scripture, you know, and it got
me hooked on watching them, and
01:09:01.64\01:09:07.48
that's a wonderful station now.
01:09:07.48\01:09:09.84
It's my church
and my church family.
01:09:09.91\01:09:13.58
They're around 3 A.B.N.
01:09:14.12\01:09:15.25
They go by Scripture, you
know, they back up what they're
01:09:15.25\01:09:17.65
saying with Scripture, so I
can't get any truer than that.
01:09:17.65\01:09:22.29
I had a little voice telling me
in my head, I'm sure it was the
01:09:22.89\01:09:26.33
Holy Spirit speaking to me,
you know, but you need to get
01:09:26.33\01:09:30.67
baptized, so I talked to
the pastor and told him my
01:09:30.67\01:09:35.24
situation, you know, I told him
I watched 3 A.B.N., they went,
01:09:35.24\01:09:38.14
but I need to get baptized.
01:09:38.77\01:09:40.21
I told him I have some mental
difficulties, and I told him I
01:09:40.51\01:09:42.88
could go to a regular church.
01:09:42.88\01:09:45.21
He agreed to baptize me, and
he told me I was welcome to come
01:09:45.38\01:09:48.22
anytime I wanted to, and I
told him I would if I could.
01:09:48.22\01:09:51.25
Unfortunately, I can't, so
that's just, I guess that's a
01:09:51.85\01:09:55.52
thorn in my flesh.
01:09:55.52\01:09:56.36
Well, Paul had a
thorn in his flesh.
01:09:56.36\01:09:58.09
I guess my head is
my thorn in my flesh.
01:09:58.63\01:10:00.56
I have something wrong with me,
but the Lord said, my grace is
01:10:00.70\01:10:04.57
sufficient to Paul, sufficient
to Paul, sufficient to me, so I
01:10:04.57\01:10:09.00
live with what I have
and do the best I can.
01:10:09.00\01:10:11.27
I watch 3 A.B.N.
01:10:12.14\01:10:17.31
every day.
01:10:17.31\01:10:21.05
They have for children's
programs, exercise programs,
01:10:21.08\01:10:23.39
and eating programs, and
I'm sharing that with my son and
01:10:23.59\01:10:26.52
his wife.
01:10:26.52\01:10:26.96
We've been having Bible study,
have Bible study over here
01:10:27.99\01:10:30.26
every Sabbath
that we can have one.
01:10:30.26\01:10:31.83
They're night and day different
from when we first started
01:10:32.06\01:10:34.20
studying.
01:10:34.20\01:10:34.60
They've got interest going now.
01:10:34.93\01:10:38.40
So I'm thankful the Lord's kept
me around long, be able to get
01:10:40.17\01:10:43.94
them interested.
01:10:43.94\01:10:44.77
I don't know how many days I've
got left, but I hope they get
01:10:46.21\01:10:49.81
interested enough to where they
can carry on whenever I'm out
01:10:49.81\01:10:52.15
of here.
01:10:52.15\01:10:54.45
Well, I'm hoping to get them to
do, but they haven't quite got
01:10:54.55\01:10:58.05
into doing that yet,
but they are learning.
01:10:58.05\01:11:00.56
The Lord is my strength.
01:11:01.92\01:11:03.29
I wouldn't be here right
now if it wasn't for the Lord.
01:11:03.43\01:11:05.83
I'll guarantee you.
01:11:06.03\01:11:06.66
I was a lost soul for 70 years,
so that's a long time to be a
01:11:07.23\01:11:11.73
lost soul, but I finally
woke up and seen the light.
01:11:11.73\01:11:15.04
And I credit that to
old Pastor Arnold Murray.
01:11:16.17\01:11:18.31
He's the one who
first got me interested.
01:11:18.44\01:11:19.87
You know, he opened the
door for me, and then 3ABN.
01:11:19.87\01:11:24.95
in, swung the
door wide open for me.
01:11:25.78\01:11:27.98
What does it say in the book?
01:11:29.85\01:11:31.05
THE WORD will be spread to
everybody before the end comes,
01:11:31.82\01:11:34.62
so they're making a pretty
good effort of spreading it to
01:11:35.76\01:11:38.36
everybody.
01:11:38.36\01:11:38.83
Everybody wants
to hear it anyway.
01:11:39.36\01:11:40.83
Everybody wants to accept it.
01:11:41.30\01:11:42.73
Most of the
world's not going to.
01:11:44.53\01:11:45.83
We know that.
01:11:45.87\01:11:46.47
That's in the book.
01:11:46.57\01:11:47.27
I want to be one of those
that gets raised up out of the
01:11:47.77\01:11:49.97
ground when the Lord
comes and meet him in the air.
01:11:49.97\01:11:52.27
And my children around, all
family ones that get caught up
01:11:53.78\01:11:58.05
after I go up,
meet him in the air.
01:11:58.05\01:12:01.08
I encourage
everybody to watch 3A.B.N.
01:12:01.85\01:12:04.55
No matter what church you go
to, a preacher you listen to,
01:12:04.92\01:12:08.82
if you listen to 3A.B.N.,
you're gonna get the truth.
01:12:09.29\01:12:12.56
The only program on television,
the only channel on television,
01:12:12.76\01:12:15.50
I should say, that I know
01:12:15.50\01:12:16.90
Preaches the truth, tells
the truth, explains the truth,
01:12:18.87\01:12:22.67
according to the
scripture or to the Bible.
01:12:22.74\01:12:25.51
They're not going
by tradition of man.
01:12:25.81\01:12:27.41
They're not going by what
their grandpa did or what their
01:12:27.94\01:12:31.68
grandma did or whatever
they're going by the truth.
01:12:31.68\01:12:34.75
Truth shall make you free.
01:12:36.32\01:12:37.45
3A.B.N.
01:12:38.22\01:12:38.85
has been a blessing for me.
01:12:38.85\01:12:39.95
It'd be a
blessing for anybody else.
01:12:40.12\01:12:42.06
For you to just open up your
eyes and open up your heart.
01:12:43.02\01:12:45.43
If I'm the truth,
it's like I'm theRE.
01:12:46.36\01:12:49.90
AMEN
01:12:56.50\01:12:56.97
Thank you, Brother Herschel.
01:12:57.61\01:12:58.84
What an incredible testimony.
01:12:58.87\01:13:00.64
I love his authenticity and
just sharing about the truth.
01:13:00.91\01:13:05.08
And it keeps coming up through
each one of these testimonies.
01:13:05.31\01:13:08.32
It's not our message.
01:13:09.08\01:13:10.25
It's from the Word of God.
01:13:10.52\01:13:12.52
He had me so relaxed.
01:13:12.69\01:13:13.92
It felt like I'd go sit
down and chair beside him.
01:13:14.06\01:13:16.26
Maybe we split up a watermelon
and eat and spit out the seeds,
01:13:16.26\01:13:20.46
you know?
01:13:20.50\01:13:21.20
Talk about the Bible
and talk about the Lord.
01:13:21.50\01:13:23.73
Just great guy, kind of guy.
01:13:23.97\01:13:25.50
You just feel like
you've known - All your life.
01:13:25.67\01:13:28.00
All your life.
01:13:28.04\01:13:28.60
You're right.
01:13:28.87\01:13:29.57
Thank you for
being part of the 3A.B.N.
01:13:29.97\01:13:31.81
family, Brother Herschel and
reminding us the importance of
01:13:31.91\01:13:34.94
the truth and the Word of God.
01:13:34.94\01:13:36.04
And that's what 3A.B.N.
01:13:36.11\01:13:37.55
proclaims.
01:13:37.78\01:13:41.45
This is Brother WInn Morris.
01:13:41.75\01:13:43.49
He came to our School of
Discipleship and let's hear his
01:13:43.55\01:13:47.59
testimony.
01:13:47.59\01:13:48.22
March 27th, 2021 was a Saturday.
01:13:56.50\01:13:59.93
And my routine on Saturday
was always to wake up and start
01:14:00.84\01:14:04.04
drinking.
01:14:04.04\01:14:04.41
That was my routine.
01:14:04.57\01:14:05.67
I worked during the week.
01:14:05.97\01:14:09.34
drinking as soon
as I woke up, 6 a.m.
01:14:09.34\01:14:11.11
And my wife came in
and about 10 o'clock.
01:14:11.35\01:14:14.08
So I'm pretty good
and drunk at this point.
01:14:14.12\01:14:16.18
My wife came in and
said, come to church with me.
01:14:16.18\01:14:19.22
Now normally I would have been
like, no, I don't worry about
01:14:20.22\01:14:22.69
it.
01:14:22.69\01:14:24.13
Something in me
just said, just go.
01:14:24.63\01:14:26.80
You know, in my drunken
fog, I don't know, but something
01:14:27.86\01:14:30.23
pushed me to go.
01:14:30.23\01:14:31.27
So I decided to go.
01:14:32.00\01:14:33.50
And I walked into
this church drunk.
01:14:33.74\01:14:35.94
I walked in completely
drunk into this church.
01:14:36.34\01:14:39.47
And you know, I heard bits and
pieces, but I'm kind of in my
01:14:39.77\01:14:42.88
fog.
01:14:42.88\01:14:45.91
And I'll never forget, he was
standing up there and he said,
01:14:46.58\01:14:49.45
I used to be an alcoholic.
01:14:50.45\01:14:52.42
I used to have
problem with drugs.
01:14:52.72\01:14:54.49
I used to be a luster.
01:14:54.86\01:14:56.62
And I remember I perked up in
the pew and I said, that's me.
01:14:57.46\01:15:01.36
You know, I thought he was
talking about me specifically.
01:15:02.13\01:15:05.03
So you know, every
characteristic he was listing
01:15:05.70\01:15:07.37
off.
01:15:07.37\01:15:07.97
And so God at that point
started really pressing on me.
01:15:08.90\01:15:12.01
And I felt it.
01:15:12.17\01:15:13.11
I just felt it in that moment.
01:15:13.11\01:15:14.54
And it just brought me to tears.
01:15:14.54\01:15:16.08
I didn't know what to do.
01:15:16.51\01:15:17.38
I didn't know
what was happening.
01:15:17.45\01:15:19.05
Tried to carry that momentum,
but into that following Monday
01:15:19.65\01:15:22.78
on March 29th, 2021, I came
home after work and I was gonna
01:15:22.78\01:15:28.29
go back to my routine.
01:15:28.29\01:15:29.56
I went into my closet where
I hid my alcohol bottles and I
01:15:30.19\01:15:33.23
had one left over
with some alcohol in it.
01:15:33.23\01:15:35.10
And I started to drink it.
01:15:35.10\01:15:36.60
And this is kind of that time
where you can look in your life
01:15:37.43\01:15:40.10
and go, you had that one
moment, that special moment.
01:15:40.10\01:15:43.24
This was that moment in my
life when God made it clear as I
01:15:43.41\01:15:47.84
could see, as if he
was right in front of me.
01:15:47.84\01:15:50.38
He was like, hey, remember that
moment we had just two days ago
01:15:50.38\01:15:50.41
in the church?
01:15:54.25\01:15:55.48
I'm right here.
01:15:56.05\01:15:57.15
I'm right here.
01:15:57.72\01:15:58.79
And I had never read my Bible.
01:15:59.12\01:16:00.92
I didn't understand biblical
stories, but in that moment, as
01:16:01.32\01:16:04.49
clear as I could see, God
was speaking to me saying, look,
01:16:04.49\01:16:07.86
there's two paths here.
01:16:07.86\01:16:07.93
You have two choices.
01:16:09.30\01:16:10.47
You can keep doing this, but
it's a broad road you can take.
01:16:10.47\01:16:14.37
Many people are
gonna take this road.
01:16:15.17\01:16:16.64
This is where a
lot of people go.
01:16:16.67\01:16:17.87
It's very big, but there's this
other path and it's small and
01:16:17.91\01:16:22.01
it's narrow.
01:16:22.01\01:16:22.58
It's gonna be a lot more
difficult, but you need to
01:16:23.11\01:16:25.81
choose.
01:16:25.81\01:16:26.25
Which one are you gonna choose?
01:16:27.38\01:16:28.32
And I took the bottle,
poured out the contents, put the
01:16:28.68\01:16:31.85
bottle down and I
made a choice right there.
01:16:31.85\01:16:34.06
3ABN comes into my life
whenever I had a sister at the
01:16:34.49\01:16:37.43
church tell me about
the school of discipleship.
01:16:37.43\01:16:39.53
And she knew kind of
where I was in my walk.
01:16:39.53\01:16:42.23
I was very on fire, but there's
still a lot of things in my
01:16:42.30\01:16:44.90
life that I would consider I
didn't understand is holding me
01:16:44.90\01:16:47.80
back to just
take that extra step.
01:16:47.80\01:16:49.84
So the 3ABN school of
discipleship really was the
01:16:50.37\01:16:55.01
push I needed.
01:16:55.01\01:16:55.91
And God knew that to get me
there was gonna push me through
01:16:56.38\01:17:00.28
that.
01:17:00.28\01:17:00.78
So God sent me there.
01:17:00.85\01:17:01.88
So if I didn't come to the 3ABN
school of discipleship, I think
01:17:02.12\01:17:06.22
I'd still kind of be stuck
in that I'm trying to find my
01:17:06.22\01:17:08.96
place and I still wanted to
move forward in my walk, but I
01:17:08.96\01:17:13.63
needed to find out these
convictions were true or not.
01:17:13.63\01:17:16.40
And so without going to the
school of discipleship at 3ABN,
01:17:16.83\01:17:20.47
I never would have
punched through those.
01:17:20.50\01:17:21.90
I may have still
held on to them now.
01:17:22.27\01:17:24.07
I'm sure I would have.
01:17:24.11\01:17:25.34
I would still be
struggling with them.
01:17:25.41\01:17:27.21
But that school of
discipleship was what I needed.
01:17:27.98\01:17:30.95
God knew that I needed
that personally for me with the
01:17:31.11\01:17:34.88
roommates I had and the
instructors I had, all that is
01:17:34.88\01:17:38.09
what I needed.
01:17:38.09\01:17:38.92
And that's what God provided.
01:17:39.59\01:17:40.92
And God knows that I was really
searching and I just didn't
01:17:41.29\01:17:45.06
understand.
01:17:45.06\01:17:49.53
of discipleship and meeting
my roommates and meeting them to
01:17:49.53\01:17:53.54
fellowship and meeting the
instructors that allowed me to
01:17:53.54\01:17:56.50
push through those convictions.
01:17:56.50\01:17:57.61
Amen
01:18:03.31\01:18:03.85
Wow.
01:18:03.88\01:18:04.25
Praise God.
01:18:04.25\01:18:04.85
That was powerful, Wasn't it?
01:18:05.25\01:18:05.61
Yes.
01:18:05.61\01:18:05.65
God just meets
you wherever you are.
01:18:10.12\01:18:12.22
Isn't that crucial?
01:18:12.22\01:18:17.69
up.
01:18:17.69\01:18:22.13
now.
01:18:22.13\01:18:28.70
start and to do, they're
making such a profound impact on
01:18:28.70\01:18:32.91
people's lives.
01:18:32.91\01:18:33.78
So praise the Lord.
01:18:33.98\01:18:35.21
We love testimonies like that.
01:18:35.21\01:18:37.61
Oh, yeah.
01:18:37.61\01:18:38.11
Praise God.
01:18:38.15\01:18:38.51
That's proof.
01:18:38.81\01:18:39.45
Sometimes we feel like even
people going to church, well,
01:18:40.42\01:18:43.18
I'm not good enough or I'm
not, you know, into the Bible
01:18:43.49\01:18:46.52
enough.
01:18:46.52\01:18:47.29
I don't know enough or whatever.
01:18:47.32\01:18:49.19
No, today is the
day of salvation.
01:18:49.32\01:18:51.03
So whatever.
01:18:51.23\01:18:52.33
And maybe you're thinking about
going to church, but you're
01:18:52.83\01:18:55.76
waiting till
you get good enough.
01:18:55.76\01:18:56.97
The devil will
tell you, you never are.
01:18:57.10\01:18:58.50
And we're not until we give our
lives to Jesus, but he's good
01:18:58.77\01:19:01.80
enough.
01:19:01.80\01:19:02.17
That's right.
01:19:02.24\01:19:05.37
evangelism, discipleship,
because of like this, people
01:19:05.37\01:19:09.28
coming to this, we have some
that not even members of our
01:19:09.28\01:19:13.25
particular church, but they
come here and they're fed and
01:19:13.25\01:19:16.79
they're growing in the Lord.
01:19:16.79\01:19:17.82
And it's been a tremendous
arm, you know, to the ministry.
01:19:18.09\01:19:22.32
Amen.
01:19:22.52\01:19:22.96
For sure.
01:19:23.49\01:19:24.23
Yeah, praise the Lord.
01:19:24.59\01:19:28.73
anniversary.
01:19:28.73\01:19:29.26
I like the little logo.
01:19:29.66\01:19:31.07
It says, changing lives,
40 years, changing lives for
01:19:31.23\01:19:34.64
eternity.
01:19:34.64\01:19:35.07
Right?
01:19:35.27\01:19:39.07
And our mission and our goal is
to continue on till Jesus says,
01:19:39.51\01:19:43.45
okay, it's all done.
01:19:43.65\01:19:48.02
forward.
01:19:48.02\01:19:51.09
sling things at 3ABN, so to
speak, but it's God's ministry.
01:19:51.09\01:19:54.22
You've told Jill and I that
through the years, it's God's
01:19:54.59\01:19:58.03
ministry to show up at the
ministry and God will take care
01:19:58.03\01:20:00.56
of everything.
01:20:00.56\01:20:04.20
the vision.
01:20:04.20\01:20:04.83
And that's the
message from the Word of God.
01:20:05.13\01:20:07.97
One of the things I love about
this ministry and I think we've
01:20:08.24\01:20:11.14
seen that this whole two and
a half hours, is that God is in
01:20:11.14\01:20:14.74
the business of
many broken people.
01:20:14.74\01:20:16.71
That's you at home.
01:20:17.71\01:20:19.05
That's us.
01:20:19.11\01:20:20.18
All of us are broken by
sin and yet God wants to heal.
01:20:20.22\01:20:24.52
God wants to restore.
01:20:24.85\01:20:26.62
And the theme song of
3ABN, Mending Broken People, Mr.
01:20:27.12\01:20:30.96
Danny, for so many years.
01:20:31.13\01:20:32.23
We want to go to a roll right
now with you all singing this.
01:20:33.33\01:20:37.40
I think it's at an
afterglow from our camp meeting.
01:20:37.60\01:20:40.07
So let's go to that right now.
01:20:40.40\01:20:42.07
When I see my brother stumbles
And all his dreams crumble Let
01:20:42.07\01:20:54.45
me be there For I, I too
fail And when I see his heart
01:20:54.45\01:21:08.40
breaking Oh, from a wrong
turn he's taken, hmm, let me be
01:21:08.40\01:21:18.01
there, for I remember, I
remember well, sing with me, I
want to spend my life,
01:21:18.01\01:21:25.91
mending broken people, I want to
spend my life removing pain Lord
01:21:25.91\01:21:34.82
let my words heal a heart that
hurts I want to spend my life
mending broken people
01:21:34.82\01:21:37.89
When I see a life that's
broken, Lord, give me words.
01:22:09.89\01:22:21.84
That should be
spoken, for I, I Remember
01:22:21.84\01:22:28.41
the pain.
01:22:32.91\01:22:34.68
And when I see teardrops
falling, Lord, remind me of my
01:22:36.92\01:22:46.66
calling.
01:22:46.66\01:22:47.40
Help me restore
their faith in you.
01:22:48.40\01:22:56.94
I want to spend my life mending
broken people. I want to spend
my life removing pain.
01:22:57.14\01:23:09.08
Lord let my words heal a heart
that hurts I want to spend my
life mending broken people
01:23:09.08\01:23:20.06
I want to spend my
life mending broken people.
01:23:32.37\01:23:41.58
I want to spend my
life mending broken people.
01:23:43.55\01:23:55.30
Amen.
01:24:01.57\01:24:02.00
Amen.
01:24:02.27\01:24:02.97
Thank you so
very much, Mr. Danny.
01:24:03.10\01:24:04.14
That is what the ministry
of 3ABN is all about, mending
01:24:04.54\01:24:07.21
broken people.
01:24:07.21\01:24:08.08
And again, here at the close
of this special program, we just
01:24:08.54\01:24:11.25
want to again say thank you
for continuing to stand with the
01:24:11.25\01:24:14.52
ministry of 3ABN.
01:24:14.52\01:24:16.15
Thank you for
standing on the Word of God.
01:24:16.35\01:24:19.09
That's what 3ABN is all about.
01:24:19.19\01:24:20.86
Thank you again for your
support for the ministry of
01:24:21.32\01:24:23.63
3ABN.
01:24:23.63\01:24:27.03
will not be until eternity that
we will fully grasp the full
01:24:27.03\01:24:31.50
impact of 3ABN.
01:24:31.50\01:24:33.90
So what a blessing to
be a part of this ministry.
01:24:34.00\01:24:36.54
Amen.
01:24:37.01\01:24:37.61
I was just reminded of John 15.
01:24:37.71\01:24:39.64
I'm the vine,
you are the branches.
01:24:40.88\01:24:42.31
You know that whole section.
01:24:42.44\01:24:43.58
But this verse, verse 16 says,
you did not choose me, but I.
01:24:43.71\01:24:48.45
I chose you.
01:24:49.22\01:24:50.82
That's good.
01:24:50.82\01:24:51.32
And appointed you.
01:24:51.52\01:24:52.85
That you should
go and bear fruit.
01:24:53.02\01:24:55.06
That's what God
says to each one of us.
01:24:55.82\01:24:58.33
He chose us.
01:24:59.09\01:25:00.33
He wanted us.
01:25:00.53\01:25:01.66
He loves us.
01:25:01.93\01:25:03.26
He died for us.
01:25:03.40\01:25:04.93
He gave us the
truth and the Word of God.
01:25:04.93\01:25:08.64
He anoints us
with the Holy Spirit.
01:25:08.80\01:25:11.21
So you at home, no matter how
lost and alone you feel right
01:25:11.67\01:25:16.04
now, the Lord Jesus
loves you and He chose you.
01:25:16.04\01:25:21.55
Amen.
01:25:21.82\01:25:22.48
Mr. Danny, why don't
you actually close us out?
01:25:23.08\01:25:24.79
We've got another couple
of minutes or so at the end of
01:25:24.79\01:25:26.45
this program.
01:25:26.45\01:25:29.49
faithfulness.
01:25:29.49\01:25:32.23
it is the Lord.
01:25:32.23\01:25:33.03
But thank you for
your faithfulness.
01:25:33.09\01:25:34.60
Listening to the call
that God placed on your life.
01:25:34.93\01:25:37.70
To me, you
said, Lord, here am I.
01:25:38.13\01:25:40.27
Send me.
01:25:40.27\01:25:41.34
Having no idea 40 years
later, we'd still be doing this
01:25:41.44\01:25:44.77
faithfulness to God.
01:25:44.77\01:25:45.67
Praise the Lord for that.
01:25:45.74\01:25:46.54
But that we'd
still be on this earth.
01:25:46.61\01:25:47.78
Here we are.
01:25:47.94\01:25:48.88
But God still called us to
be faithful this very day too.
01:25:49.18\01:25:51.38
Yeah, the only thing I had
going in my favor was I really
01:25:52.01\01:25:55.12
did want the truth to get out.
01:25:55.12\01:25:57.95
You know, to get
out, I was traveling.
01:25:58.19\01:26:00.49
We were singing on
different television stations.
01:26:00.69\01:26:03.46
And I would say where Seventh
-day Adventist in the media.
01:26:03.93\01:26:07.13
Shouldn't we be the heads and
not the tails if we have an end
01:26:07.66\01:26:10.77
times message for
an end times people.
01:26:10.77\01:26:12.80
And I would say, Lord, well,
why doesn't the church, you
01:26:13.03\01:26:15.80
know, the church should
be doing this and the church
01:26:15.80\01:26:17.94
should.
01:26:17.94\01:26:21.41
But when you do it,
you have to be ready.
01:26:21.51\01:26:23.01
But Lord, it's
like he impressed me.
01:26:23.01\01:26:25.21
Why don't you, I want you to
build a television station that
01:26:25.35\01:26:28.55
will reach the world
with an undiluted three angels
01:26:28.55\01:26:31.45
messages.
01:26:31.45\01:26:32.32
One that would
counteract the counterfeit.
01:26:32.42\01:26:33.92
Didn't even know what all of
that meant, but I knew it was
01:26:34.32\01:26:36.79
the Lord.
01:26:36.79\01:26:37.39
I went Isaiah 8:20 to
the law and the testimony.
01:26:37.86\01:26:40.46
They speak not
according to this word.
01:26:40.80\01:26:42.40
There's no light in them.
01:26:42.46\01:26:43.53
I said, if there was a
television station giving the
01:26:43.73\01:26:46.63
Bible message and end times
message to the world, would it
01:26:46.63\01:26:49.74
be the Lord or the devil.
01:26:49.74\01:26:50.91
So that's really all I
did, Yvonne, was just, you know,
01:26:50.91\01:26:54.01
common sense on that point
and said, Lord, I'll go forward.
01:26:54.24\01:26:57.15
But you have to
supply every need.
01:26:57.58\01:26:59.68
And God has done that.
01:27:00.15\01:27:01.25
So I want to encourage you.
01:27:01.52\01:27:03.52
God has something special for
you to do that we are living in
01:27:03.69\01:27:07.49
the closing
moments of our history.
01:27:07.49\01:27:08.92
I praise him for 40 years of
the past, but look forward to
01:27:09.09\01:27:12.66
whatever future that some
of us have here should the Lord
01:27:12.66\01:27:16.20
tarry.
01:27:16.20\01:27:16.83
But God has a plan for you.
01:27:16.87\01:27:18.33
If you're not a Christian,
please give your life to Jesus.
01:27:18.57\01:27:21.57
Confess your sins.
01:27:21.74\01:27:22.60
He is faithful and just to
forgive you from your sins and
01:27:22.94\01:27:25.81
cleanse you from
all unrighteousness.
01:27:25.81\01:27:28.21
And I want to
thank my wife, Yvonne.
01:27:28.31\01:27:30.85
What a blessing that she has
been for so many years in the
01:27:31.15\01:27:34.42
ministry that you're always
encouraging and thank you so
01:27:34.42\01:27:37.79
much.
01:27:37.79\01:27:38.15
So you got a few seconds.
01:27:38.42\01:27:39.79
Take us right out.
01:27:39.92\01:27:40.82
I'm just grateful for
3ABN and for all of you.
01:27:41.99\01:27:44.86
We cannot do this without you.
01:27:44.99\01:27:46.73
Remember that God does have
a plan and He's going to reveal
01:27:46.83\01:27:50.57
it to you.
01:27:50.57\01:27:51.30
God bless you.
01:27:51.40\01:27:51.73
Amen.
01:27:51.87\01:27:52.33