I wanna spend my life, I
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wanna spend my life,
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I wanna spend my life,
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I wanna spend my life.
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Hello and welcome to another
3ABN Today, Live, Behind the
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Scenes program.
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Wow, Jill, I think I
got all the words out.
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So glad that you have
joined us this evening.
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Thank you very much for
being a part of the 3ABN family.
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And I love these 3ABN Behind
the Scenes programs because
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it's really telling what God is
doing through this ministry but
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also it's report on
your ministry, right?
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We're all in this together.
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So I know we tell you it seems
like every program but we do
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truly thank you for your
continued prayers for 3ABN,
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also your financial
support of this ministry.
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Without you and of course the
Lord Jesus Christ we would not
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be able to reach the world.
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So it's just amazing because
there are so many opportunities
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for 3ABN and I'm just excited
to be alive at this moment in
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earth's history, right?
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It's a privilege and
the same for you as well.
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There's a work for us to do.
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Sometimes it may be easy
to say, okay I'm just watching
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them on 3ABN.
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God has a work for you
to do that can be supporting
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ministries such as 3ABN but
also doing a work in your local
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community, your local church.
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So I'm excited
about tonight's program.
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I am indeed.
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3ABN is all about evangelism.
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Go ye, take this everlasting
gospel message from Revelation
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14 to the entire world.
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Tonight we have exciting
evangelistic updates for you.
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Pastor John Dinzey
just returned from Cuba.
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So we're going to hear
what God is doing in Cuba.
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3ABN is going to Paris
and we're going to talk to you
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about evangelism in Paris.
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We have an upcoming
evangelistic series in Mexico
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and translation, Guatemala
I think maybe, translations of
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3ABN programs into many
different languages and the
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Bible study
guides and so much more.
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Camp meeting.
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Camp meeting, yes.
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So I'm excited about tonight.
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The family, we're going to
trade out family for the two
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hours but the family tonight,
Mr. Danny and Dr. Yvonne.
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We could say mom and dad
but so glad you're here tonight.
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Thank you for having us tonight.
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It's great to be here.
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It's been a
cold week, hasn't it?
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Boy, I tell you what, here
in southern New York, it's been
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chilly but it's all relative
based on where you live.
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I was in Minnesota yesterday
and it was 12 below zero.
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Wind chill was a
lot worse than that.
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So this thing, when we came
home, it was 30 degrees or well
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maybe 35 degrees warmer.
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So normally what we would think
was cold and we got off the
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plane and said, this
doesn't feel bad at all.
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Very relative, isn't it?
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That's true.
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time in earth's history.
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So I'm just so
thankful for the opportunity.
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40 years of ministry and God
has allowed us to continue and
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as long as he gives us
breath and health, we plan on
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continuing getting
the gospel to the world.
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The undiluted three
angels messages, one that would
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counteract the counterfeit.
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So it's incredible and Yvonne
and I, we love talking about
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our day.
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No matter where we are, we
spend a lot of time talking
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about Jesus coming soon,
talking about evangelism, and
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talking about opportunities,
new roads of communication, new
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highways.
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And one other person is
about our age on here too.
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I'll let the folks decide.
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She's raising her hand.
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Not by looks or anything, I'm
just saying, but who would have
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dreamed 40 years ago,
technology that's there.
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When we were young, they had
Dick Tracy cartoon and he could
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talk on his watch and that,
and that was such a, that was,
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that's ridiculous.
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That could never happen.
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And now it's the technology,
but God's done it for one
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reason.
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the gospel to the world.
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And so he says, I'm gonna
give you every tool to help you.
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And so technology is there,
3ABN, thanks to you at home.
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We're able to use it and we
want to continue and we'll be
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talking about some of these
evangelistic outreaches and new
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ways to reach people.
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And thank you for your love
and your prayers and financial
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support.
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It is a privilege
to be here tonight.
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Ditto.
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I love that.
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That's perfect.
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Coming around the table here,
we have, we're gonna skip past
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to Ryan for one moment.
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We're coming right back to him,
but Sister Shelly Quinn, we're
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so glad you're
here this evening.
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And I know JD can't be on with
you here tonight, but you both
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are an integral
part of the ministry.
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We love being here.
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It's so wonderful to wake
up with purpose every day.
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And our purpose is to reflect
and refract the love, the light
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and the life of Jesus Christ.
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And we just want to thank you
so much for being part of our
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family.
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I love, the one thing I
love about being a Seventh-day
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Adventist, no matter where
we go around the world, we meet
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family, you know, and there's
so many people that watch 3ABN
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and know you.
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It's just, it's, we love you.
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We love you.
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And 3ABN family, we have
family members in many different
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denominations and we
love each one of you.
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What a beautiful thing.
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We hear from people from
many different denominations who
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watch 3ABN and who are
blessed by the messages.
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So praise Jesus.
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I love that, Shelly.
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We are family.
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And I think, I think the reason
it appeals to people of so many
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denominations is
that it is scriptural.
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I mean, it's from the Bible
and we're proving our points by
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scripture.
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Praise God.
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Now we're
introducing Pastor Ryan Johnson.
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So if you've watched 3ABN,
you've seen him host a program
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called Imperative Life Lessons.
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We air that on Dare to Dream
as well as on 3ABN, our parent
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network, as you call it.
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He's been in for camp meeting,
but recently he stepped in as
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the new general manager
of Dare to Dream Network.
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I need a drum roll.
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So Pastor Ryan,
we're glad you're here.
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And your lovely wife, Anissa,
will be joining you in a few
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months.
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It is an honor to be here.
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It really is.
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It's an honor to be in the
work at this time in history.
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And I appreciate everything
that you all have said so far.
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I love waking up in
the morning with purpose.
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It's a wonderful thing.
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And I just want to let you all
know that I have asked Shelly
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to just punch me in
the arm whenever I mess up.
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You'll see that.
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And I'll fall into it.
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And she will.
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And she will.
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Have you ever considered that
evangelism itself is evidence
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of the power of God?
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And here's how.
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The world's getting
crazy, have you noticed?
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And it is getting progressively
crazier and crazier.
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And we have this tendency
to focus on the lunacy of the
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world, but think about it.
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The crazier the world gets,
then the more amazing it is
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that God's Word is getting out.
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The harder the devil works,
then the more glorifies God
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that his work is going through.
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And so I appreciate the
ministry of evangelism that we
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have here at 3ABN.
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Yeah, we're excited to
have you on board, Pastor.
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It really is.
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I mean, just
we're very privileged.
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I know, like Jill mentioned,
you've been a part of 3ABN for
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a while, Dr. Yvonne.
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I think he first
came on to Dare to Dream.
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Well, you would know that,
what, is it three years ago?
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Four years ago?
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Oh, no.
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It's been, it's over a decade.
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Okay.
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Wow, yeah.
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Fantastic.
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And he sings?
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He preaches?
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Mom, first of all, okay,
let me go back a little bit.
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So Ryan first, his mother-in
-law and I were in the first
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grade together.
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So this is going back a while.
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We go way, way back.
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Oh, that just came out.
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Didn't you say a while?
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Hey, hey.
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You know.
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But I didn't say it.
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Oh.
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I just went in
some terrible hole.
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Dr. Yvonne, I have to
come around and give you a hug.
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I apologize.
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That's all right.
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It could just mean six months.
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Praise the Lord for a
little bit of powder on my face.
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I think I've
blessed you terribly.
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That's what you call it.
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Unwarned trick.
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That's right.
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This is behind
the scenes, folks.
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Oh, yes.
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I'm sorry.
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I messed up.
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Please forgive me, Dr. Yvonne.
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You did not.
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Let's move on quickly now.
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So I go back with his mother-in
-law and then I don't remember
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how...
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It was redemption, I believe.
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So Pastor Ryan has so many
gifts and one of them has been,
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he had a production company
that produced a, it was a
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documentary kind
of called Redemption.
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And he allowed
Dare to Dream to air it.
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And how many years ago was that?
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Oh, that's...
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About 12?
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Yeah, 12 partitions.
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That's when he first
then came on 3, being...
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So, yeah.
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And he was just so
kind and so gifted.
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And then he did another
documentary and I saw the
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quality of his work.
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And then Jason said to me,
Mom, did you know Ryan can sing?
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I said, what?
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I got to hear him sing.
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I'm like, this
guy has so many gifts.
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So I'm really, really excited
and thankful that you have
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taken the baton and you are now
the General Manager of Dare to
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Dream Network.
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Thank you so much
for your encouragement.
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I cannot reiterate just how
much of an honor it is to work
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with this august group.
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When I first got here, I
was just so impressed with how
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dedicated everyone is.
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But you want to know
something else, friends?
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What you see on the air is
exactly the way everyone is.
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Oh, man.
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Just as kind.
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Oh, man.
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So, Nissa and I are very
excited to be part of the
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family and to participate in
continuing the vision of Dare
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to Dream and when I get a
little chance to talk about it,
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I want to talk about the
progression of the vision,
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which, as you know,
started with Dr. Shelton.
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That's right.
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Go ahead and say
something, Mr. Davis.
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Well, yeah, Yvonne said
something to me some time ago.
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She said, you know, blah, blah,
blah, Ryan, and he can sing,
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you know, and I said, okay,
well, she's a singer and we
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have a lot of musicians,
we have a lot of singers.
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Oh, yeah.
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or there's a couple things
that we always say in ministry,
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people are, they're either
preachers or singers, you know,
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apparently because they'll
tell us how to do it, you know,
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whether people like to do them.
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You know, when I was a
carpenter, it seemed like
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everybody was a carpenter.
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They wanted to tell
you how to do your work.
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But I said, oh, he's a singer.
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She said, no, I
mean, he's a singer.
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And I said, oh, he's a singer.
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So this is our
kind of lingo at home.
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She goes, no, he's
a singer, a singer.
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So now that tells you something
that says, okay, this guy is
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very good at what he does.
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And she said it's a great gift.
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And so it is, so we're blessed
to have you because we always
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got room and
need some good music.
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So that's right.
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to get labeled as a singer only.
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This guy preaches with
the fire of the Holy Spirit.
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He's the man of the
Word, a good preacher.
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And I have somebody that is
not a Seventh-day Adventist who
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watches 3AB and all the time.
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And I told her you were coming
and she was going, oh, man,
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that guy preaches my way.
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Thank you for that
encouragement, by God's grace.
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Pastor Ryan, why don't you tell
us a little bit of your story.
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I know the whole program is
not about that, but just tell us
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your story, maybe your journey,
because you didn't start out to
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be a pastor or a minister.
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So just share with us your
story so people get to know you
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and your family a little bit.
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Yeah, I'd be honored to do so.
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Firstly, I would like to take
a minute to introduce my team.
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We have a fantastic team
working with the Dare to Dream
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Network.
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She carries a lot of weight.
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In many ways.
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No, no, no, no, no.
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No, I messed up.
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No, no, no, no, no.
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The best way to do
it is just keep going.
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Yeah, just keep going.
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But her influence is incredible.
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I also work with Brother Ricky
Carter, who's been on several
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programs.
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And we have some new
things that are coming out.
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And I want you to know that
when you see things, Brother
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Ricky has his handprint,
his thumbprint, in that he is
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working tirelessly.
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And he's a bit of
a preacher as well.
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And then there's my lovely
wife, Anissa, who is the true
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boss.
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She is going to be
finishing out the school year.
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She's a math teacher at one
of the Adventist Academies, the
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Thunderbird Academy in Arizona.
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So after the school
year, she'll be coming here.
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And we will work in
the ministry together.
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That is a wonderful thing.
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No, I did not set out to be a
preacher, but I knew that I was
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supposed to be a pastor.
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I lost my best
friend when I was young.
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And I talked a little bit
about this on one of our urban
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reports some time ago.
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And it still hurts.
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A lot of people will ask,
how did you come to terms?
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I didn't come to terms.
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I came to grips, not to terms.
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I'm still working that out.
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And a lot of us were
really, really heartbroken.
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But that began my
journey away from God.
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And I was very, very
angry at God, yes ma'am.
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Can I ask, how did
you lose your best friend?
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He was shot.
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He'd been at church earlier
that day and just pulled up to
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a traffic light.
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And random gang
initiate came in and shot him.
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And it hurts.
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It's a sudden loss.
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It hurts, yeah.
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It's amazing that I think back
on how many years have gone by
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because some pains
are always yesterday.
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But I was very angry.
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I mean cursingly angry at God.
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And one day I was in a
restaurant and I was dating a
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young lady.
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And it's not a Nissa, so I
forget her name and will never
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remember it.
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I have a Nissa
Nija as I like to say.
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Oh, that's good.
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It blew my mind.
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But the young lady was
there and I was having this
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conversation about how I would
never have anything to do with
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God, anything to do
with ministry, anything to...
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Because my parents
are church -going folk.
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And so this is a thing when the
child wanted to go here and the
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parents, especially if you've
got a scary person like my
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mama, you know.
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So this was a
pertinent conversation.
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We were in a red robin.
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And while I was talking about
what I would not do for God, a
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young man, a young Caucasian
fellow came in the door and
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weaved his way
around the tables.
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And we're talking and I'm
looking at him and he comes up
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and this is set up about right.
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He came to the edge
of the table like here.
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And when I think about
it, I cannot see his face, the
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features, but the
generality is I'd say 18, 19.
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He turns to the young lady
whose name I can't remember and
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he says hello to her, extends
his hand and he's just holding
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on to her hand like, you know,
and the bravado is coming up.
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What are you
doing holding her hand?
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What is this?
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I mean, you know, I see we...
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That's right.
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He then turns and if I'm
remembering these details, it
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was kind of a weird dance here.
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He extends his hand and I
grab it and I just clamp down on
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this young man's hand and I
say in my best, my best gruff
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Batman voice, may I help you?
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And he didn't...
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says, you wouldn't believe me
if I told you and I go try me.
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He said, all right, God
sent me here to tell you...
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Whoo, I knew you
were going to say this.
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...that you will be a pastor.
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Now here's the thing because
I have faced death many times
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between now and then.
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He said, you will preach before
very large audience of people.
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And there were times after I
preached to 500 folk and then I
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was laying on the death bed.
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I have type 1 diabetes and
I was like, well, the Lord has
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come through and the Lord said,
no, that's not what I said and
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he brought me back and
then there were times and it was
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something else where the Lord
has come through and the Lord
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said, that's not what I said
and he brought me back and it
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was when I was
invited to come here.
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You feel me?
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Oh, I do, absolutely.
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I'm relating.
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The Lord is going
to have his way anyway.
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So he says this to me
and I was just a young, angry
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whippersnapper.
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Is that Texan whippersnapper?
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Yes, that's whippersnapper.
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What did you say?
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Does that translate?
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That's what I said.
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And I did not know the path
that lay before but I was angry
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at him.
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him and the young lady says,
don't go, but I followed him
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and he was far enough away that
he could go out the little side
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door like the door that
says, don't open because...
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but there was no alarm on it
and the door could close just a
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split second before I went
out the door and he was gone.
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I knew what I
was supposed to be.
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Now what were you going
to do if you caught him?
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You know what, you were the
second person to ask me that.
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Dina Mortataya, a good friend
of ours who lives in Texas,
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asked me that question, what
would you have done had he been
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there?
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But I knew what I was supposed
to be and so like any obedient
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young man, I pursued
a career in medicine.
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And the Lord stood in the path
every single time until one day
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when my health was really bad,
I made a deal with the Lord.
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Okay, Lord, let me finish
the medical and then I will
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immediately go and
I will be a pastor.
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And the Lord said, okay, he did
this and then it was just days
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later that I got the call.
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We are looking for an associate
pastor and that's been years.
00:20:05.57\00:20:09.84
I've since been ordained
and all of that but I look back
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over my life and it's a good
feeling to see that the Lord
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has been guiding the whole time.
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It also gives the confidence
that where Nyssa and I are
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right now is a product of
where the Lord wanted us to be.
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So yeah, that's
a bit of our story.
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It's just a great story.
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Can I just add one thing?
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Because it is so amazing.
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I remember sitting in a little
town of 5,000 people in the
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middle of Texas and I was
learning to journal my prayers
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and listen for the Lord.
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And he speaks like a sentence
at a time and it's kind of
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like, what do you mean Lord?
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And he said, look it up.
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But then he told me he was
going to join me to one that
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was running fast after him.
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I knew that was him because
I'm going, wait, I thought you
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called me to full-time ministry.
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Why are you going to
join me to something?
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But he said, you will
speak into all the world.
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And December the 31st of 2002
was my first time on 3AB and
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other, well, we'd
been at ASI interview.
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But I remember I'm just sitting
there and he said, told you you
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were going to
speak into all the world.
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And it was like, wow
Lord, he's so amazing.
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But that could
have been an angel.
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I believe that it was.
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I do.
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That someone would walk in and
complete a conversation that he
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had not been a part of.
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Wow.
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It was just, the young lady,
just tears were in her eyes.
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But I am sad to report, I was
such an angry young man that my
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tears of humility did not
come until much later, but they
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came.
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because I was
already in my mind.
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I bet you that was an angel.
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Because he's going out and I
was thinking you were going to
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say he disappeared.
00:22:01.28\00:22:02.38
Couldn't see him and I thought,
now what did you really think
00:22:02.52\00:22:05.22
you could do to an angel?
00:22:05.22\00:22:06.32
Because you didn't know.
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And that had been a battle you
probably wouldn't have wanted
00:22:09.19\00:22:11.69
to get into.
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I would like to add that of the
two things that he told me that
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day, you'll be a preacher and
then the nature of it, I would
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never with anyone
share that second part.
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My parents, my
wife, until I got here.
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And now I can
share that testimony.
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Wow.
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Yeah, what God has done.
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I can't wait to meet your mama.
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Oh.
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You know Pastor Ryan, before we
move on to talking about Cammy
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and such, maybe talk to that
person right now that says, you
00:22:41.12\00:22:43.12
know, I don't even know
actually what my purpose is in
00:22:43.12\00:22:45.66
life.
00:22:45.66\00:22:47.50
but there are some people that
say, I don't even know what God
00:22:47.66\00:22:50.97
has in store.
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I would say firstly, we do
not discount the power and the
00:22:53.27\00:22:57.47
significance of prayer.
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Do not.
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We very often talk about prayer
in such a way that it's, we
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think of it as a
psychological security blanket.
00:23:04.98\00:23:08.32
It's just a thing that we
put on to make ourselves feel
00:23:08.75\00:23:11.02
better, but not at all.
00:23:11.02\00:23:12.49
It is conversation with our God.
00:23:12.49\00:23:14.29
So I would firstly say to
that person, pray, but I've been
00:23:14.66\00:23:18.03
praying, wonderful, pray.
00:23:18.03\00:23:19.56
There's another
aspect to prayer, listening.
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Amen.
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And when we look in the Bible,
we see so often that a part of
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the transforming experience
that many of these patriarchs
00:23:28.87\00:23:33.34
had was not just learning
to pray, but learning how to
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listen.
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Lord, show me how to recognize
your leading, how to know my
00:23:37.48\00:23:43.49
purpose when you
say, there it is.
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That's what I would say.
00:23:46.22\00:23:47.22
You know, you could ask
three people that and get three
00:23:47.86\00:23:49.99
different answers.
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This one is mine.
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No, it's excellent.
00:23:52.03\00:23:53.16
It's a good one.
00:23:53.26\00:23:56.77
you that say, you know
what, I'm just here by accident.
00:23:56.77\00:23:58.37
There's no reason for
me to be here on earth.
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There is a reason for
you to be here, to be alive.
00:24:00.34\00:24:03.54
As we've been talking about
this evening, there's a reason
00:24:03.57\00:24:05.54
that we're here today and it's
a privilege to be alive at this
00:24:05.54\00:24:09.18
moment in earth's history.
00:24:09.18\00:24:10.15
God has something
special for you to be doing.
00:24:10.21\00:24:12.18
And so, yeah,
don't get discouraged.
00:24:12.55\00:24:14.05
And I love that.
00:24:14.05\00:24:14.08
That's fantastic.
00:24:14.78\00:24:15.75
Yes, listen.
00:24:15.95\00:24:16.55
It is powerful.
00:24:17.55\00:24:18.65
God brought you here
for such a time as this.
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You know, God calls people here.
00:24:20.89\00:24:23.16
We believe everybody who walks
through these doors is called
00:24:23.32\00:24:26.56
to be part of this ministry.
00:24:26.56\00:24:28.13
And that's no exception
with you and your precious wife.
00:24:28.13\00:24:31.17
God called you, preparing you
all those years ago for what He
00:24:31.27\00:24:35.60
has in store for you
right here at this moment.
00:24:35.60\00:24:37.74
So, praise Jesus for that.
00:24:38.11\00:24:39.27
It's amazing.
00:24:39.27\00:24:39.91
Yeah, of course.
00:24:40.74\00:24:41.01
Shelly.
00:24:41.04\00:24:41.71
Thank you for your faith in us.
00:24:41.71\00:24:42.18
Amen.
00:24:42.41\00:24:42.84
Shelly, can we talk
about camp meeting coming up?
00:24:43.88\00:24:46.58
Yeah, I thought
you'd quit crying.
00:24:46.58\00:24:47.55
I just love that story.
00:24:47.65\00:24:48.95
Thank you for sharing.
00:24:49.12\00:24:50.15
Oh, boy, have we got
a camp meeting for you.
00:24:50.79\00:24:55.16
June the 4th
through June the 7th.
00:24:55.42\00:24:59.06
And the title is Preparing
to Proclaim the Final Cry.
00:24:59.33\00:25:06.43
So, it starts
Wednesday night, June the 4th.
00:25:06.60\00:25:09.37
We'll have the music hour.
00:25:09.44\00:25:11.04
Then the first sermon is
Wake Up, The Hour is Urgent.
00:25:11.27\00:25:15.04
And that's Christopher
Hudson, who so many people love.
00:25:15.08\00:25:18.18
The power of the everlasting
gospel, the only true gospel.
00:25:18.55\00:25:22.62
That's Carlos Munoz from
Amazing Facts will be with us.
00:25:22.85\00:25:26.42
Then Thursday, we begin early.
00:25:26.82\00:25:28.66
We've got breakfast.
00:25:28.76\00:25:29.66
Hey, we've got
wonderful food, free food.
00:25:29.89\00:25:33.60
And then so
breakfast, then it's...
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I'm going to go
through these quickly.
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Reconciled and restored
and up close and personal
00:25:38.00\00:25:40.70
relationship, Wently Phipps,
indwelt, baptized and led by
00:25:40.70\00:25:45.41
the Holy Spirit, Jill Morricone.
00:25:45.41\00:25:47.24
Then we have Dr. Jim Markham.
00:25:47.24\00:25:49.94
And I'm not sure exactly
what his program is, but I think
00:25:49.98\00:25:52.68
he's taking our
medical questions.
00:25:52.68\00:25:54.48
And then that evening,
well, that afternoon, we've got
00:25:54.98\00:25:58.49
production tours,
playing giving, more music that
00:25:58.49\00:26:02.19
evening.
00:26:02.19\00:26:02.72
Are we ready
for the latter rain?
00:26:03.16\00:26:05.23
David Shin, Latter Rain
Preparation, Repentance and
00:26:05.33\00:26:09.20
Humility, Pavel
Goya will be joining us.
00:26:09.20\00:26:13.00
And then on Friday,
again, breakfast, Latter Rain
00:26:13.40\00:26:16.87
Preparation, Faith and
Obedience with John Jensey, and
00:26:16.87\00:26:21.61
then Latter Rain
Preparation, Reflecting Christ's
00:26:21.61\00:26:25.78
Righteousness and Love.
00:26:25.78\00:26:27.48
I'll get to do that one.
00:26:27.78\00:26:29.18
Then Latter Rain Preparation,
Unity of Believers, Pavel Goya.
00:26:29.62\00:26:35.36
Then again, production
tours and playing giving.
00:26:36.36\00:26:39.89
And you have time.
00:26:40.06\00:26:40.93
You know, it's
beautiful about camp meeting.
00:26:41.03\00:26:42.63
It's like a little bit
of heaven, a little taste of
00:26:42.63\00:26:46.30
heaven.
00:26:46.30\00:26:50.24
So you'll have time to do that
in the afternoon, that evening,
00:26:50.64\00:26:53.51
more music.
00:26:53.61\00:26:54.58
And then Understanding the
Final Deception, Christopher
00:26:55.01\00:26:58.65
Hudson, People Need the Lord,
The Harvest is Ripe, Brother
00:26:58.65\00:27:04.12
Ryan Johnson.
00:27:04.12\00:27:05.15
And then Sabbath morning, we've
got the Sabbath School Panel
00:27:05.79\00:27:10.36
and then we'll
have Divine Worship.
00:27:10.36\00:27:12.99
I don't know, I'll ask you that
in a minute, what you're going
00:27:13.19\00:27:16.00
to do.
00:27:16.00\00:27:20.90
Sharing the Final Cry, that's
Kenny Shelfhead, Receiving the
00:27:20.90\00:27:25.84
Remnant into the Fold.
00:27:25.84\00:27:27.64
I like that one, James
Rafferty, and Standing Firm
00:27:28.38\00:27:33.31
Till Christ Returns,
Pastor John Lomacate.
00:27:33.31\00:27:36.22
We want to invite you down.
00:27:36.52\00:27:38.12
There's going to be wonderful
children's programs and we have
00:27:38.12\00:27:41.86
some free spaces that you can
come and bring your RV or your
00:27:41.86\00:27:46.36
camper or pitch a tent.
00:27:46.36\00:27:47.86
But we just want you to come
join us because I'm going to
00:27:48.30\00:27:51.60
tell you something, you
can watch it on TV and it's
00:27:51.60\00:27:54.37
wonderful to watch.
00:27:54.37\00:27:55.67
But you don't get the same
sense of the anointing as when
00:27:56.34\00:28:01.54
you're in the room.
00:28:01.54\00:28:03.21
And sometimes the anointing
is so strong, it's almost like a
00:28:03.45\00:28:07.45
net is falling over.
00:28:07.45\00:28:09.58
So just come join
us, let us hug you, Nick.
00:28:10.35\00:28:13.29
Amen.
00:28:14.26\00:28:17.16
Great time, Mr. Danny.
00:28:17.39\00:28:18.56
It is a little taste of heaven
because you have people from
00:28:18.93\00:28:22.30
everywhere, all different
cultures coming together and
00:28:22.30\00:28:25.10
that's how heaven's going to be.
00:28:25.10\00:28:26.40
And it's just like the
messages are so inspiring.
00:28:26.80\00:28:30.47
I just love the messages.
00:28:30.51\00:28:32.84
My husband's working on his.
00:28:33.27\00:28:35.18
Yes, Mr. Danny.
00:28:35.18\00:28:36.41
Chalk waves.
00:28:36.61\00:28:37.48
It's called chalk waves.
00:28:37.85\00:28:39.05
I like it.
00:28:39.85\00:28:40.72
Jill's writing
that down, I am, too.
00:28:41.05\00:28:42.82
Chalk waves.
00:28:42.85\00:28:43.35
Yeah, in case I forget.
00:28:43.42\00:28:44.62
You won't.
00:28:46.82\00:28:47.92
I was troubled by getting old.
00:28:48.36\00:28:50.66
Tell us the theme, actually,
for camp meeting because it's a
00:28:50.79\00:28:53.06
powerful theme for camp meeting.
00:28:53.06\00:28:54.46
It's preparing to proclaim
the final cry is the overarching
00:28:54.83\00:29:00.37
theme.
00:29:00.37\00:29:00.87
And I'm just so excited about...
00:29:01.30\00:29:05.77
Chalk waves, that's a
good sermon time, Mr. Danny.
00:29:05.77\00:29:07.74
That is a good sermon time.
00:29:07.78\00:29:09.21
This is something we all need.
00:29:09.71\00:29:11.41
It is.
00:29:11.81\00:29:12.68
Preparation, what are
chalk waves all about?
00:29:12.81\00:29:14.58
Well, we'll just have to wait
and see what the Lord gives us.
00:29:16.08\00:29:19.82
But we got quite a bit
together, but it's going to,
00:29:20.06\00:29:22.82
it'll join with the rest,
but it's going to be about the
00:29:22.82\00:29:25.83
everlasting gospel.
00:29:25.83\00:29:26.93
And what is the gospel because
there's so many, you know, you
00:29:27.30\00:29:31.03
say, as you said a while ago,
several different people, they
00:29:31.03\00:29:34.57
have different answers when
it comes to the gospel, even
00:29:34.57\00:29:37.07
within our own church.
00:29:37.07\00:29:38.37
And there are some things that
variables, but there's things
00:29:38.81\00:29:41.91
that are solid that we have to
have, need to have in order to
00:29:41.91\00:29:46.82
be ready for Jesus, in order to
where he can use us so that we
00:29:46.82\00:29:51.32
can then be used as vessels of
honor to get this great gospel
00:29:51.32\00:29:55.49
message, you know,
into all the world.
00:29:55.49\00:29:57.69
Because Jesus is coming soon.
00:29:57.69\00:30:00.43
I know people say, oh, well,
I thought my grandpa, you know,
00:30:00.96\00:30:03.97
my great grandpa
thought Jesus was coming.
00:30:04.07\00:30:05.90
They thought, you know, early
in the church, Jesus is coming.
00:30:06.10\00:30:09.70
And so, you know, and my
grandpa, my parents thought
00:30:09.77\00:30:12.44
Jesus was coming.
00:30:12.44\00:30:13.27
Why would you say that?
00:30:13.81\00:30:15.48
Have basically, Ryan, have
the gall to sit and say, you
00:30:15.68\00:30:19.58
believe Jesus is
coming, what's different?
00:30:19.58\00:30:21.48
I said, oh, I can tell you.
00:30:21.55\00:30:23.02
When the Bible says that
in the end, knowledge will be
00:30:23.15\00:30:27.82
increased and men
shall run to and fro.
00:30:27.82\00:30:30.26
So in the 1900s, you
know, maybe they got, you got a
00:30:30.89\00:30:36.00
better horse to ride or you
finally got trains in the late
00:30:36.00\00:30:39.43
1800s and 19th.
00:30:39.43\00:30:41.10
But technology, literally,
if the world lasts another
00:30:41.10\00:30:46.47
thousand years, because when
this gospel of the kingdom is
00:30:46.47\00:30:49.64
preached into all the world,
that's when Jesus is coming
00:30:49.64\00:30:51.65
back, right?
00:30:51.65\00:30:57.49
you improve on the quickness
of getting the gospel to the
00:30:57.49\00:31:01.02
world?
00:31:01.02\00:31:01.42
So technology
is there right now.
00:31:01.82\00:31:03.16
As we're speaking to you at
home, the signal is going up 22
00:31:03.19\00:31:06.39
,300 miles to space, traveling
at the speed of light, which is
00:31:06.39\00:31:10.50
186,200 miles per second, going
on how many satellites, Greg?
00:31:10.50\00:31:15.24
Eight or nine?
00:31:15.87\00:31:16.77
Eight satellites are literally
around the world, coming back
00:31:17.14\00:31:21.11
into the homes through
satellites or cables or
00:31:21.11\00:31:24.01
through, you know, internet,
all kinds of ways using social
00:31:24.01\00:31:29.15
media now.
00:31:29.15\00:31:32.69
So if my grandpa was young,
what have you, there was no way
00:31:33.82\00:31:36.76
to get this gospel to the world.
00:31:36.76\00:31:38.33
And well, yeah,
Jesus is coming soon.
00:31:38.69\00:31:40.83
And of course, for us that
die in the Lord, that's it.
00:31:41.03\00:31:44.93
It's a matter of our race
is run, we'll rest till Jesus
00:31:44.97\00:31:48.17
comes.
00:31:48.17\00:31:52.57
And God has given
us this technology.
00:31:53.07\00:31:55.01
So I say, why wait any longer?
00:31:55.11\00:31:57.21
Because three seconds,
you can't improve on that.
00:31:57.55\00:32:00.25
I mean, you know,
no matter how long.
00:32:00.48\00:32:02.78
So I do believe
Jesus is coming soon.
00:32:02.95\00:32:05.05
And we're seeing technology
like we've never seen before in
00:32:05.05\00:32:09.09
this language thing,
you guys, it's incredible.
00:32:09.09\00:32:11.53
Yeah, go ahead.
00:32:13.03\00:32:13.70
I get so excited every
time we start talking about the
00:32:14.20\00:32:17.30
languages that our programming
is being translated into Hindu
00:32:17.30\00:32:24.71
and Arabic and Chinese and
all of these different languages
00:32:24.71\00:32:28.84
that we can now get into these
places where the gospel is not
00:32:28.84\00:32:34.98
readily accessible.
00:32:34.98\00:32:36.08
But we can get into them,
into people's homes and without
00:32:36.48\00:32:41.49
others knowing who
could do them harm.
00:32:41.49\00:32:43.56
It's just such,
it's so exciting to me.
00:32:43.89\00:32:46.39
And I'm so thankful that now
we have a way to reach everybody
00:32:46.39\00:32:51.47
with the good news of Jesus.
00:32:51.47\00:32:53.54
Jenny was Googling something
a couple of weeks ago and it
00:32:53.64\00:32:58.77
didn't have
anything to do with me.
00:32:58.77\00:33:00.41
And all of a sudden
he said, well, I'll be.
00:33:00.44\00:33:03.31
And I said, what?
00:33:03.35\00:33:04.25
He said, this is you
preaching in Chinese.
00:33:04.31\00:33:07.55
Oh, that's right.
00:33:08.38\00:33:10.75
So we hit it.
00:33:10.75\00:33:12.45
That's amazing.
00:33:13.72\00:33:14.86
I can think about it a few
years ago, even when we started
00:33:14.86\00:33:17.03
the ministry 40 years ago,
there was no social media, no
00:33:17.03\00:33:21.83
internet.
00:33:21.83\00:33:22.23
I mean, it literally was 3ABN.
00:33:22.86\00:33:25.47
If you wanted to watch
Adventist programming 24-7, we
00:33:25.50\00:33:28.90
were the only network in the
world, only Adventist network
00:33:28.90\00:33:32.61
in the world or at
least network giving Adventist
00:33:32.61\00:33:35.74
message, which we
say is the Bible message.
00:33:35.74\00:33:37.88
And you were so limited.
00:33:38.55\00:33:39.71
And now anybody can take, when
Jesus said, go ye into all the
00:33:40.02\00:33:44.12
world, Dr. Thompson used to
say he counted his resources in
00:33:44.12\00:33:48.76
advance and found
he wasn't wanting.
00:33:48.76\00:33:50.46
So when he says, go ye into all
the world, you can do that now
00:33:50.63\00:33:53.96
with your telephone.
00:33:53.96\00:33:54.73
You can go anywhere, you can
get on social media and people
00:33:55.66\00:33:58.97
can hear and watch and listen
to you anywhere around the
00:33:58.97\00:34:02.00
world.
00:34:02.00\00:34:06.24
Now that people who've never
been, you know, had a voice, we
00:34:06.68\00:34:10.51
get on and say, oh, wow,
people are listening to me.
00:34:10.51\00:34:12.81
So now we get into all kinds of
subjects we probably shouldn't
00:34:12.81\00:34:15.85
be rather than giving the
gospel to the world, you know,
00:34:15.85\00:34:19.35
because we get into politics,
we get into arguments with
00:34:19.42\00:34:23.39
people and we're using this,
the devil is distracting us.
00:34:23.39\00:34:26.13
But it's incredible, the
technology and AI is just
00:34:26.39\00:34:31.17
amazing that
all the language is.
00:34:31.17\00:34:33.30
So there's no longer a language
barrier as far as getting the
00:34:33.47\00:34:37.84
gospel to the world.
00:34:37.84\00:34:38.91
So literally speak it and it
can translate it into languages
00:34:39.04\00:34:43.18
and even, which is scary, can
show in your image and it looks
00:34:43.18\00:34:47.25
like you're
speaking in that language.
00:34:47.25\00:34:49.42
I mean, that's how scary it is.
00:34:49.58\00:34:51.02
It's very scary.
00:34:51.72\00:34:52.42
That's very true.
00:34:52.62\00:34:53.56
Talking about camp meeting is
that, again, it's talking about
00:34:54.16\00:34:56.76
a time of fellowship and
family get together, right?
00:34:56.76\00:34:59.83
We're talking about
you being our family.
00:34:59.83\00:34:59.86
And I also want to mention too
that 3ABN camp meeting is not
00:35:02.73\00:35:05.73
just for Seventh-day
Adventists, all right?
00:35:05.73\00:35:07.34
That's right.
00:35:07.40\00:35:08.44
Because we know the majority
that watch 3ABN are not Seventh
00:35:08.60\00:35:11.14
-day Adventists but
you're searching for truth.
00:35:11.14\00:35:12.77
And so come to camp meeting.
00:35:13.14\00:35:14.38
You don't have to be, I've
had some people say, well, it's
00:35:14.48\00:35:16.41
just kind of an
Adventist get together.
00:35:16.41\00:35:17.68
No, anybody can
come to camp meeting.
00:35:18.11\00:35:19.41
Just be blessed, come.
00:35:19.48\00:35:20.98
We're talking about the RV park.
00:35:21.35\00:35:22.98
We do have one here
that's right next to the worship
00:35:23.15\00:35:25.05
center.
00:35:25.05\00:35:27.12
You can just walk or we have
golf carts and you can get back
00:35:27.16\00:35:29.16
and forth from your RV to
the main auditorium sanctuary.
00:35:29.16\00:35:32.76
But those RV park
spots fill up quickly.
00:35:33.09\00:35:36.40
And I understand, Jill, I think
is it already a third full?
00:35:36.46\00:35:39.20
It is already
getting close to half.
00:35:39.20\00:35:40.50
Yeah, reserved already.
00:35:40.50\00:35:41.94
And so here it is, February.
00:35:42.34\00:35:43.71
So we encourage
you to call 3ABN.
00:35:43.84\00:35:45.61
The number's there on
your screen, 618-627-4651.
00:35:45.64\00:35:49.48
Just call 3ABN and they
have to reserve that spot.
00:35:49.58\00:35:52.28
Isn't that correct?
00:35:52.35\00:35:52.98
It's complimentary.
00:35:53.08\00:35:54.28
You don't pay anything but you
have to register and sign up in
00:35:54.32\00:35:57.82
order to get that RV spot.
00:35:57.82\00:35:59.79
And I know a lot of people
now stay in Airbnbs locally or
00:35:59.82\00:36:02.99
local hotels or you
can come and camp for free.
00:36:02.99\00:36:05.93
And we have the bath
house all set up there for you.
00:36:06.09\00:36:09.53
And we did some extra
improvements since the last
00:36:09.53\00:36:12.40
time because we had like 85
tenters, remember that, at Camp
00:36:12.40\00:36:15.57
Mead?
00:36:15.57\00:36:18.57
So now we have some more
showers there so there won't be
00:36:19.14\00:36:21.74
such a long line.
00:36:21.74\00:36:22.74
So just come on down.
00:36:23.48\00:36:24.68
We would love to
spend this time together.
00:36:24.78\00:36:27.12
It was amazing, you know, last
summer at Camp Mead, you know,
00:36:27.38\00:36:29.28
it's been a while
since it's been that full.
00:36:29.35\00:36:30.85
But I remember people, because
we're trying to bring in more
00:36:30.95\00:36:32.72
chairs, people were sitting
on the floor around the outside
00:36:32.72\00:36:34.72
perimeter.
00:36:34.72\00:36:35.12
It was so full.
00:36:35.16\00:36:36.12
And like Jill was saying, it's
a great problem, right, to have
00:36:36.39\00:36:38.59
so many people looking
for truth, excited about
00:36:38.59\00:36:41.06
fellowship,
excited to come to 3ABN.
00:36:41.06\00:36:43.70
So we're looking
for the same this year.
00:36:43.83\00:36:45.67
Again, those dates
are June 4 through 7.
00:36:45.70\00:36:49.07
Pre-Kids meetings.
00:36:49.37\00:36:50.04
Yes.
00:36:50.51\00:36:52.51
Amen.
00:36:52.51\00:36:52.94
Free food.
00:36:53.44\00:36:54.21
Free food, I was
going to say that.
00:36:54.51\00:36:55.78
Yeah, free food.
00:36:56.14\00:36:56.85
So yeah.
00:36:57.11\00:36:59.05
That's why it's so important
too because 3ABN, we praise the
00:36:59.38\00:37:04.25
Lord for it and our Board
of Directors and leadership.
00:37:04.25\00:37:07.29
But the message has
not changed in 40 years.
00:37:07.29\00:37:09.86
That's right.
00:37:09.86\00:37:09.89
If you look at around us,
our own church, other churches
00:37:11.09\00:37:15.30
going from one side to the
other, you know, hard to stay
00:37:15.30\00:37:19.20
right down the middle or where
the Lord would have us to be.
00:37:19.20\00:37:21.84
And things that are accepted
now that are anti-Bible, anti
00:37:22.10\00:37:26.74
-God, wouldn't have dreamed
even 20 years ago, maybe 10 or
00:37:26.74\00:37:30.55
15 years ago,
things are changing.
00:37:30.55\00:37:32.88
So people are looking for truth.
00:37:32.98\00:37:34.88
They are.
00:37:34.88\00:37:39.85
because we've not changed.
00:37:39.85\00:37:41.52
Our speakers are still sticking
with the Bible and that should
00:37:41.62\00:37:46.33
be just a no-brainer.
00:37:46.33\00:37:48.63
You know, hey, Ryan, your
preachers are all sticking with
00:37:49.03\00:37:51.70
the Bible.
00:37:51.70\00:37:52.30
That should just be, duh.
00:37:52.33\00:37:53.57
But nowadays, that's
almost like a commodity.
00:37:54.00\00:37:56.64
I mean, it's a rarity because
people are going to the left,
00:37:56.77\00:38:00.04
going to the right because
the devil knows a house divided
00:38:00.04\00:38:00.08
against itself can't stand.
00:38:03.11\00:38:04.68
But 3ABN, that's why I think
people, so many say, we want to
00:38:05.58\00:38:09.88
come, we want
to be a part of it.
00:38:09.88\00:38:11.35
These subjects and Shelly, you
and others who get the outlines
00:38:11.95\00:38:16.79
and get the sermons together
and then the people coming
00:38:16.79\00:38:19.83
together, it's all going to
end up that there's only one way
00:38:19.83\00:38:24.33
out of this world and that's
through the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:38:24.33\00:38:27.24
And we can talk about it and
put it on all kinds of titles.
00:38:27.67\00:38:31.14
Well, this is
this subject, that.
00:38:31.81\00:38:33.84
But when you come here, our
goal is that if you don't know
00:38:33.84\00:38:37.38
Jesus, you will find him here
and you'll take him with you.
00:38:37.38\00:38:41.52
And that you also find that
God has something for you to do.
00:38:41.52\00:38:45.02
You're not just to be a watcher
or just a listener, but there
00:38:45.12\00:38:48.82
are ways that you can share.
00:38:48.82\00:38:50.26
As we say, used to somebody
said, well, I can't get out of
00:38:50.46\00:38:53.16
my house.
00:38:53.16\00:38:53.73
I can't do, my health is bad.
00:38:53.86\00:38:55.43
Now you can pick up your phone.
00:38:55.70\00:38:56.93
You know, you can reach
people around the world.
00:38:57.80\00:39:00.64
So finding that God has
something valuable, as they
00:39:00.64\00:39:05.67
say, a lady wrote a
letter years ago and said, never
00:39:05.67\00:39:09.84
change what you're doing.
00:39:09.84\00:39:10.95
God has called 3ABN,
called you in 3ABN to ministry.
00:39:11.11\00:39:14.52
She said, when Jesus was
hanging on the cross, you were
00:39:14.92\00:39:17.25
on his mind.
00:39:17.25\00:39:17.89
And that's with each
and every one of you.
00:39:18.22\00:39:20.29
When Jesus was hanging on
the cross, you were on his mind,
00:39:20.36\00:39:23.89
you and me.
00:39:23.93\00:39:24.93
I mean, so what a privilege.
00:39:25.09\00:39:26.29
He could see down that stream
of time and realize there'd be
00:39:26.36\00:39:29.20
people willing to give their
lives unto death if necessary
00:39:29.20\00:39:32.73
for the cause of God.
00:39:32.73\00:39:34.20
So we want to be that.
00:39:34.67\00:39:36.07
I know you do too and so do
we, but getting together really
00:39:36.14\00:39:39.91
helps us.
00:39:39.91\00:39:43.98
know, fired up for the Lord.
00:39:43.98\00:39:45.38
And so that's
what camp meeting does.
00:39:45.41\00:39:46.98
It brings brothers and
sisters together and encourages.
00:39:47.08\00:39:50.75
It does.
00:39:51.15\00:39:54.72
time you leave here, if
you come with an open mind and
00:39:54.72\00:39:57.39
heart, the Lord says, if you
seek with me, seek for me with
00:39:57.39\00:40:00.93
all your heart, guess what?
00:40:00.93\00:40:02.10
We're going to find.
00:40:02.20\00:40:02.76
We're going to find it.
00:40:02.96\00:40:03.73
That's right.
00:40:03.73\00:40:03.77
And we'll be blessed.
00:40:04.33\00:40:08.54
to interact with you
rather than just through the
00:40:08.54\00:40:11.81
television screens.
00:40:11.81\00:40:12.97
Speaking of getting together,
tomorrow night we're in
00:40:13.81\00:40:17.48
Jamaica.
00:40:17.48\00:40:17.85
So we look
forward to seeing you.
00:40:18.61\00:40:21.68
If you live in Jamaica, a
number of the 3ABN family, you
00:40:21.68\00:40:26.29
will both be there, Mr. Danny
and Dr. Yvonne, Pastor John
00:40:26.29\00:40:29.86
Lomacane and Angela, Tim
Parton, Ricky and Jasmine
00:40:29.86\00:40:33.53
Carter and Greg and myself.
00:40:33.53\00:40:34.86
So join us tomorrow night.
00:40:35.40\00:40:37.13
We'll be at the Andrews
Memorial, Seventh-day Adventist
00:40:37.13\00:40:39.73
Church there in Kingston.
00:40:39.73\00:40:41.37
So we're very excited
about that joining together.
00:40:41.84\00:40:46.11
And then all day on Sabbath,
we'll be at the Northern
00:40:46.11\00:40:48.68
Caribbean University.
00:40:48.68\00:40:49.71
So at the Gymnatorium, I
think is what they call it.
00:40:49.98\00:40:52.98
So you've been there before,
I know, but we'll be having a
00:40:53.01\00:40:57.09
Sabbath school
church afternoon, music and
00:40:57.09\00:41:00.19
testimonies.
00:41:00.19\00:41:03.02
I love those opportunities
we have, you know, to go out and
00:41:03.43\00:41:06.16
connect in with the 3ABN family.
00:41:06.16\00:41:07.93
You know, and even if someone
doesn't live in Jamaica and you
00:41:08.76\00:41:11.30
want to grab a
last-minute ticket...
00:41:11.30\00:41:12.70
Yes!
00:41:12.70\00:41:13.20
...to Jamaica.
00:41:13.57\00:41:14.07
It's a good time of year to go.
00:41:14.27\00:41:15.64
Well, you're leaving
us with 6 inches of snow.
00:41:16.54\00:41:19.34
Yeah, just how it worked out.
00:41:21.31\00:41:22.98
So yeah, we're
looking forward to that.
00:41:22.98\00:41:24.35
Again, a great
time of fellowship.
00:41:24.35\00:41:25.58
And I believe there's also the
following weekend, you're going
00:41:26.25\00:41:29.92
to be doing a women's
ministry event in Texas.
00:41:29.92\00:41:33.05
We'll be at the Grand Prairie
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:41:33.15\00:41:35.12
there just outside of Dallas.
00:41:35.12\00:41:36.59
This is with the Texas
Conference, so that will be
00:41:36.83\00:41:39.66
March 1st.
00:41:39.66\00:41:40.60
And looking forward
to that time together.
00:41:40.60\00:41:43.00
Then we're going north.
00:41:43.33\00:41:44.33
You can look on 3ABN's website.
00:41:44.40\00:41:45.63
I don't know the
dates up there yet.
00:41:45.73\00:41:46.80
April 19th, I think we
have a graphic for that too.
00:41:47.04\00:41:49.37
We're going to Toronto.
00:41:49.37\00:41:50.61
So we'll be there
in Toronto April 19th.
00:41:50.61\00:41:53.51
Looking forward to being
there with our 3ABN family.
00:41:53.51\00:41:56.34
We're at the
Filipino Church for that.
00:41:56.51\00:41:59.15
So looking forward to that too.
00:41:59.48\00:42:00.65
The Toronto
Filipino Adventist Church.
00:42:00.72\00:42:03.12
So looking forward to that.
00:42:03.62\00:42:06.62
of traveling.
00:42:06.62\00:42:06.92
I know, I know.
00:42:07.96\00:42:08.82
It's a blessing to
write that fellowship.
00:42:09.36\00:42:10.86
The rallies are special to
me because we get to go to these
00:42:10.99\00:42:15.90
different churches and we
get to meet the people there.
00:42:15.90\00:42:18.67
That's right.
00:42:18.67\00:42:19.27
And it's just a time of...
00:42:19.27\00:42:22.30
It's inspiring.
00:42:22.30\00:42:23.34
It's just really inspiring.
00:42:23.97\00:42:25.51
So I love the rallies too.
00:42:25.77\00:42:27.01
Yeah, get to meet the people.
00:42:28.11\00:42:29.08
I know we were just at GYC.
00:42:29.18\00:42:30.85
Jill and I were there.
00:42:30.88\00:42:31.71
And you get to meet so many
people and we get to hear your
00:42:32.11\00:42:34.45
stories.
00:42:34.45\00:42:38.12
you were hearing
Pastor Ryan's testimony too.
00:42:38.12\00:42:40.79
You all have incredible stories.
00:42:40.79\00:42:41.92
This gentleman came past the
booth and he said, you know he
00:42:42.02\00:42:45.59
said I was just chilling or
just relaxing on a Saturday, he
00:42:45.59\00:42:49.56
said.
00:42:49.56\00:42:52.57
laying back, relaxed.
00:42:52.57\00:42:53.74
And he said, I came across 3ABN
and you just think about the
00:42:53.77\00:42:57.07
timing of this.
00:42:57.07\00:43:00.48
worship and he said, that was
a question I've had for like my
00:43:00.48\00:43:02.88
entire life.
00:43:02.88\00:43:03.68
And he said, you
think of the timing of that.
00:43:03.91\00:43:05.08
I'm just flipping through the
channels and I hear the speaker
00:43:05.15\00:43:07.35
mention a word that just,
hmm, I'm interested in that.
00:43:07.35\00:43:10.69
And he said, I just
stay on that channel.
00:43:10.69\00:43:12.15
He said, that was 10 years ago.
00:43:12.35\00:43:13.69
He said, I'm really
involved in my local church.
00:43:13.72\00:43:15.66
I'm so excited about
how God has led in my life.
00:43:15.66\00:43:18.39
So these stories we tell you
is to encourage you because he
00:43:18.66\00:43:21.86
found 3ABN and you have made
a difference in that man's life.
00:43:21.86\00:43:26.13
And he is an example of
thousands untold numbers around
00:43:26.57\00:43:30.17
the world and
that's thanks to you.
00:43:30.17\00:43:31.84
You know Mr. Danny, I know
we need to go to you Pastor Ryan
00:43:31.84\00:43:34.31
and update on Dare to Dream.
00:43:34.31\00:43:35.28
But just talking about
our donors Mr. Danny, you were
00:43:35.91\00:43:37.75
mentioning earlier
about 40 years, right?
00:43:37.75\00:43:40.18
That's how 3ABN,
we're faith based ministry.
00:43:40.18\00:43:42.52
We don't receive, we're
supporting ministry to the
00:43:43.02\00:43:44.79
Seventh Adamist Church but
the church doesn't support us
00:43:44.79\00:43:47.09
financially in any way.
00:43:47.09\00:43:48.19
And it's up to our people
at home, our family at home.
00:43:48.42\00:43:50.99
And what's neat too is
that we've seen those that have
00:43:51.06\00:43:54.93
never given before feel
impressed of the Holy Spirit to
00:43:54.93\00:43:58.27
give.
00:43:58.27\00:44:00.70
3ABN.
00:44:00.70\00:44:03.74
impressed.
00:44:03.74\00:44:08.64
give back to make a difference
in somebody else's life.
00:44:08.64\00:44:11.81
That's powerful,
that is so powerful.
00:44:12.18\00:44:14.18
But what a difference they make.
00:44:14.18\00:44:15.25
And I would like to say as God
opens more and more doors for
00:44:15.62\00:44:19.49
3ABN to reach more and more
people, you think the devil is
00:44:19.49\00:44:22.16
happy about it?
00:44:22.16\00:44:22.96
No, he's not.
00:44:22.99\00:44:23.89
And so there's times like
the giving, you know, we really
00:44:24.49\00:44:28.63
don't know.
00:44:28.63\00:44:32.37
this week, this
month after 40 years.
00:44:32.37\00:44:35.40
It'd be nice if we had a bunch
of chains somewhere, a bank,
00:44:35.47\00:44:39.14
Ryan, and we had it.
00:44:39.51\00:44:40.48
Now that you're here,
it's too late to go back.
00:44:40.74\00:44:43.08
I'll let you know, we really
don't know how we're going to
00:44:43.08\00:44:45.78
pay you.
00:44:45.78\00:44:46.55
Now that you're here and signed
up, I don't know how you...
00:44:46.98\00:44:49.68
Now we tell you the news.
00:44:49.68\00:44:50.62
We don't know how
you're going to get paid.
00:44:50.65\00:44:52.29
There's no guarantee next week.
00:44:52.49\00:44:53.76
But the only thing I can tell
you is for the last 40 years,
00:44:54.09\00:44:57.63
everybody's gotten paid
that the Lord has provided.
00:44:57.73\00:45:01.00
But I would like you to pray
and ask the Lord what he would
00:45:01.30\00:45:04.20
have you to do because the
devil hates this message that
00:45:04.20\00:45:08.57
we have to give to the world.
00:45:08.57\00:45:10.04
And so one of the ways that
he works is to try to discourage
00:45:10.04\00:45:15.21
people to give,
to do other things.
00:45:15.21\00:45:17.58
And so without your love
and your prayers and financial
00:45:17.85\00:45:20.98
support, we'd all just be
sitting around a table talking
00:45:20.98\00:45:23.89
to ourselves and
not to the world.
00:45:23.89\00:45:26.05
So we want you and ask you to
prayerfully join hands with us
00:45:26.42\00:45:30.96
in supporting this ministry as
we continue to take the Gospel
00:45:30.96\00:45:35.46
into all the world.
00:45:35.46\00:45:36.20
Thank you in advance.
00:45:36.26\00:45:37.53
Amen.
00:45:38.17\00:45:38.47
That's right.
00:45:39.10\00:45:39.67
Yeah, no, I
agree with that 100%.
00:45:39.93\00:45:42.00
Pastor Ryan, I know we only
have like 11 minutes left or so
00:45:42.00\00:45:44.34
of this first hour, but give
us some updates and some of the
00:45:44.34\00:45:46.84
plans for 3ABN Dare to Dream.
00:45:46.84\00:45:48.58
You've kind of hit
the ground running.
00:45:49.08\00:45:50.38
That's a very
accurate statement.
00:45:51.68\00:45:53.38
It has always been the vision
of Dare to Dream to educate the
00:45:53.55\00:45:59.22
people in the urban communities
concerning the problems that
00:45:59.22\00:46:03.43
face the urban communities.
00:46:03.43\00:46:04.76
And these could be financial
problems and they are in many
00:46:04.99\00:46:08.30
cases, family development
problems, problems with, here's
00:46:08.30\00:46:13.80
something, how to
be an effective father.
00:46:13.80\00:46:16.14
That is something that we
talked about on one of the
00:46:16.60\00:46:18.77
Today shows and I was really
touched by the testimony the
00:46:18.77\00:46:21.24
brother gave.
00:46:21.24\00:46:21.78
And we invite you
to come and join us.
00:46:23.01\00:46:26.01
We have our YouTube channel.
00:46:26.21\00:46:27.82
We have our website.
00:46:28.18\00:46:30.05
And our website
is d2dnetwork .tv.
00:46:30.55\00:46:35.16
So we invite you
to come and join us.
00:46:35.56\00:46:37.73
But I want you to know, we
would also like to come and
00:46:37.79\00:46:40.36
join you.
00:46:40.36\00:46:40.96
And so part of our vision
is to get into the community.
00:46:41.46\00:46:44.37
And what I'm saying is, you
never know, we may be showing
00:46:44.67\00:46:47.24
up at a church near you.
00:46:47.24\00:46:48.47
So we're going to come
and do rallies and just really
00:46:48.84\00:46:51.54
fellowship in the Lord.
00:46:51.54\00:46:53.34
And also we implore you, just
as Brother Shelton was saying,
00:46:53.68\00:46:58.81
to share this gospel.
00:46:59.28\00:47:00.85
We are in this together.
00:47:00.88\00:47:02.12
Go ahead and share that website
with somebody because you never
00:47:02.12\00:47:06.65
know who it is that
needs an encouraging word.
00:47:06.65\00:47:10.46
So just share and let the
Lord do what the Lord is doing.
00:47:10.96\00:47:13.50
Here are a couple of things.
00:47:14.00\00:47:15.06
We have some new
programming coming up.
00:47:15.10\00:47:17.03
There is a series of
shorts called The Missing Piece.
00:47:17.03\00:47:20.24
That's P-E-A-C-E.
00:47:20.60\00:47:23.04
Look for that.
00:47:23.07\00:47:24.24
And thank you so much,
Dr. Shelton and Brother Ricky
00:47:24.67\00:47:28.18
Carter for your hard work there.
00:47:28.18\00:47:29.74
Also, I'm going to be bringing
Brother Ryan Mack to come back
00:47:30.98\00:47:34.98
in and continue to
share some of his wisdom.
00:47:34.98\00:47:36.85
Man, he's got some
energy, doesn't he?
00:47:37.15\00:47:38.69
Oh, man, and so much knowledge.
00:47:38.72\00:47:40.52
And so much knowledge.
00:47:40.52\00:47:41.72
And the name of
his program is...
00:47:42.46\00:47:44.33
Dollars and Cents.
00:47:44.33\00:47:45.19
Dollars and Cents.
00:47:45.53\00:47:47.13
And so we invite
you to check that out.
00:47:47.23\00:47:49.40
He has a word for
God's people in this day.
00:47:49.76\00:47:53.50
We're also wanting to
increase our youth involvement.
00:47:53.74\00:47:56.27
Now we have several things
that I've been talking to my
00:47:56.27\00:48:01.11
superior about.
00:48:01.11\00:48:02.24
And getting approval.
00:48:02.78\00:48:08.25
But here's one of the things
that we have already talked
00:48:08.45\00:48:12.25
about.
00:48:12.25\00:48:12.75
These YouTube and Facebook
shorts, it seems like they're
00:48:13.46\00:48:17.03
not going to go away.
00:48:17.03\00:48:17.83
They match the attention
span of our main demographic.
00:48:18.19\00:48:24.33
And so we're going to be asking
young people, young people,
00:48:24.33\00:48:29.40
make sure you have
your stuff together.
00:48:29.40\00:48:31.04
Make sure that you don't have
things the Lord would not be
00:48:31.27\00:48:35.38
pleased with on
your social media.
00:48:35.38\00:48:37.38
We would like you to provide
shorts that we can then air and
00:48:37.78\00:48:42.02
we can then put out.
00:48:42.02\00:48:43.12
And thereby you
become a part of the Gospel.
00:48:43.52\00:48:45.75
But also, nobody
speaks to youth like youth.
00:48:45.79\00:48:48.62
And so that's
going to be coming.
00:48:48.72\00:48:50.69
And then we have something
special that's coming down the
00:48:51.13\00:48:53.50
road.
00:48:53.50\00:48:55.73
Something very visual,
something very special that
00:48:55.96\00:48:58.77
we're going to
be putting together.
00:48:58.77\00:49:00.20
And so may the Lord bless us as
we continue the mission He has
00:49:00.57\00:49:04.54
given to us.
00:49:04.54\00:49:05.14
And do keep us in prayer.
00:49:05.41\00:49:06.98
Amen, yeah, exciting.
00:49:07.01\00:49:08.58
I know, isn't it?
00:49:09.21\00:49:10.35
It's really exciting
because it's so important to...
00:49:10.51\00:49:14.32
And I'm so thankful that
the Lord sent Ryan here because
00:49:14.32\00:49:17.75
it's to carry on the
whole mission and vision.
00:49:17.75\00:49:22.09
I mean, Danny and I, from the
beginning, the Lord gave us to
00:49:22.09\00:49:27.10
look at the inner city, to
see what the needs are there.
00:49:27.10\00:49:31.50
And then design
programming around that.
00:49:31.53\00:49:34.67
And Ryan is carrying that on.
00:49:35.27\00:49:36.84
So it's a blessing,
it's really a blessing.
00:49:37.24\00:49:39.77
I'm so excited that
the Lord sent you here.
00:49:40.38\00:49:43.38
And we're so grateful that you
are carrying on the mission and
00:49:43.51\00:49:48.32
vision of 3ABN, Dare to Dream,
and you're inserting new things
00:49:48.32\00:49:54.26
into it.
00:49:54.26\00:49:54.92
So we love that.
00:49:55.16\00:49:56.12
Fresh insights, yes, yes, yes.
00:49:56.49\00:49:59.96
So that's really
great, it's exciting.
00:49:59.96\00:50:01.76
I love the vision,
I love the insight.
00:50:02.76\00:50:04.37
I love the continuation of the
vision that God gave to both of
00:50:04.50\00:50:07.77
you with the casting of that.
00:50:07.77\00:50:09.10
And you birthed
that and walked that out.
00:50:09.27\00:50:12.74
And then Jason Bradley took up
the mantle and carried it out.
00:50:12.81\00:50:16.54
And then now Pastor Ryan.
00:50:17.08\00:50:18.68
So it's a beautiful thing to
see that progression and to see
00:50:18.68\00:50:21.88
the message not change.
00:50:21.88\00:50:23.79
To see the Gospel continue
to go forward with power.
00:50:24.12\00:50:27.16
And I love reaching out
and engaging with the youth.
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I have a second, I feel bad.
00:50:30.69\00:50:34.10
I have hardly talked
about Jason all of my time.
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Jason, my
predecessor, is a good friend.
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And I like to look at the
progression of the vision in
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these stages.
00:50:45.47\00:50:46.01
He had an
insistence on excellence.
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Excellence, excellence.
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And Jason, my brother, we
love you very much for your
00:50:51.88\00:50:54.22
ministry.
00:50:54.22\00:50:54.48
You have big shoes to fill.
00:50:54.88\00:50:57.45
Not even going to try to
fill those shoes, just going to
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benefit from the big
footprint and proceed forward.
00:51:00.12\00:51:04.69
So I just wanted to say that.
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Oh, that's great.
00:51:06.19\00:51:07.20
And you know, we find also that
a lot of you at home actually,
00:51:07.40\00:51:10.37
maybe you watch Parent, we call
this the Parent Network, but
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actually watch the other
networks too, Watch the Kids
00:51:13.34\00:51:15.20
and Dare to Dream
and all of that too.
00:51:15.20\00:51:17.24
Music, oh yeah, all
the different networks.
00:51:18.01\00:51:19.87
So it's the whole family of
networks that's spreading the
00:51:19.94\00:51:22.81
Gospel around the world.
00:51:22.81\00:51:24.58
And I think it was last summer
camp meeting, going back to
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camp meeting, the first
time that you've attended a 3ABN
00:51:27.98\00:51:31.29
camp meeting, because I know
you spoke, but did you attend
00:51:31.29\00:51:33.22
one before that?
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I had never
attended one live, no.
00:51:34.16\00:51:36.29
Yeah, it's a blessing, right?
00:51:36.32\00:51:37.46
To fellowship, see everyone
there, so enthusiastic to be
00:51:37.53\00:51:40.26
together.
00:51:40.26\00:51:40.63
Shelly is right.
00:51:40.86\00:51:42.03
Watching, it is a blessing,
and praise the Lord that we have
00:51:42.80\00:51:45.70
that availability.
00:51:45.70\00:51:46.43
But when you're there,
oh the Spirit is there.
00:51:47.07\00:51:50.17
One other thing we didn't
mention is also we have other
00:51:51.81\00:51:54.54
ministries bring their exhibits.
00:51:54.54\00:51:55.81
So we kind of have what we call
a booth area, a little exhibit
00:51:55.88\00:51:58.51
area, so in between meetings
you can go out and fellowship.
00:51:58.51\00:52:00.68
The musicians have
their tables there as well.
00:52:00.85\00:52:03.39
So it is a great
time of fellowship.
00:52:03.42\00:52:05.42
And one of the things that
I also enjoy seeing is those
00:52:05.49\00:52:08.26
little breakout sessions
that happen after a message when
00:52:08.26\00:52:11.36
there's a few minutes.
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Let's say maybe a
half an hour or so.
00:52:12.23\00:52:13.60
And I see you talking with
your brothers and sisters there.
00:52:13.90\00:52:16.63
Your Bibles are open.
00:52:16.67\00:52:17.73
There's prayer
time taking place.
00:52:17.83\00:52:19.50
Again, it's about encouragement.
00:52:19.57\00:52:21.47
And then we go back to
our sphere of influence, your
00:52:21.54\00:52:24.31
community, your local church,
to share what you've learned.
00:52:24.31\00:52:27.61
And that's how the Gospel
will go to the entire world.
00:52:27.71\00:52:30.38
So it's a blessing.
00:52:30.45\00:52:31.08
I enjoy camp meetings so much.
00:52:31.15\00:52:32.48
And I love the
prayer time in the morning.
00:52:32.68\00:52:34.05
Oh, I don't always make it.
00:52:34.32\00:52:36.18
But the times I do,
what a blessing it is.
00:52:36.32\00:52:39.02
It's early in the
morning before breakfast.
00:52:39.15\00:52:41.19
But just that time to come
together and seek the Lord's
00:52:41.19\00:52:44.69
face.
00:52:44.69\00:52:50.67
and for us as a ministry.
00:52:50.67\00:52:52.47
And a lot of people attend that.
00:52:52.67\00:52:54.07
They get up early
before they go to bed.
00:52:54.27\00:52:56.60
No, that is...
00:52:56.81\00:52:58.04
And we should
have great music again.
00:52:58.04\00:53:00.18
I won't give you
the names of everybody.
00:53:01.21\00:53:02.88
We're still in dialogue
with a couple of people.
00:53:02.94\00:53:05.35
But they're people that
probably most of you, a lot of
00:53:05.61\00:53:08.52
you will know their names.
00:53:08.52\00:53:10.15
They're very recognizable names
of no matter what church you go
00:53:11.65\00:53:15.72
to.
00:53:15.72\00:53:16.19
But we're working on that.
00:53:16.36\00:53:17.59
Hopefully that will work out.
00:53:17.63\00:53:19.46
Christian people, we
love the Lord, great talent.
00:53:19.73\00:53:22.26
And then of course, I think
Reggie and Lady will be there.
00:53:22.53\00:53:24.37
Our own Ryan Johnson
will be here singing with us.
00:53:24.80\00:53:28.07
I'm sure we haven't asked him
yet, but it would be hard to...
00:53:28.20\00:53:31.11
You wouldn't turn me down
on international television.
00:53:31.11\00:53:33.64
Maybe Ryan?
00:53:33.94\00:53:34.41
He can't say no now.
00:53:35.01\00:53:36.38
Ryan just said yes.
00:53:36.68\00:53:37.51
You just heard him.
00:53:38.68\00:53:39.68
He said yes.
00:53:39.68\00:53:40.48
Tim Parton will be there too.
00:53:40.88\00:53:42.02
Tim Parton, of course, and
our own inside singers that we
00:53:42.08\00:53:45.49
have.
00:53:45.49\00:53:45.85
But it's going to be great.
00:53:47.22\00:53:48.52
Music is great.
00:53:48.79\00:53:49.62
And the people, we do it
because you asked for it.
00:53:50.13\00:53:52.66
And people love the music.
00:53:53.13\00:53:54.50
And music is as important
as prayer, somebody said.
00:53:55.10\00:53:58.20
And so if you think about it,
and that's one of the things in
00:53:58.47\00:54:01.64
our churches when we go,
we're like, why we'll get to our
00:54:01.64\00:54:07.01
music part and
everybody's just like...
00:54:07.01\00:54:09.11
It's like we should
be praising the Lord.
00:54:09.11\00:54:11.38
If we're saying what a friend
we have in Jesus, it doesn't
00:54:12.01\00:54:14.98
have to be some
new song, old song.
00:54:14.98\00:54:16.82
We should be excited about
it and thinking about that.
00:54:16.92\00:54:19.79
Can you imagine being a friend,
what a friend Jesus is to us?
00:54:19.82\00:54:23.73
I mean, it's something
that I think in our churches, we
00:54:24.16\00:54:27.40
really miss out on blessings
because we don't really take
00:54:27.40\00:54:31.17
the music part seriously enough
as part of the worship service
00:54:31.17\00:54:35.87
that draws us closer and
prepares us than for the rest
00:54:35.87\00:54:40.64
of the service.
00:54:40.64\00:54:41.41
And so we're really trying to
concentrate on letting that be
00:54:42.08\00:54:47.05
a big part of the ministry too.
00:54:47.05\00:54:48.38
That's so important.
00:54:48.55\00:54:49.68
I was just thinking as you
were talking about that, that I
00:54:49.72\00:54:51.72
think church can degenerate,
if that's the word, into
00:54:51.72\00:54:55.32
formalism.
00:54:55.32\00:54:56.06
I just come because
it's culturally acceptable.
00:54:56.52\00:54:59.09
I'm supposed to go to church.
00:54:59.36\00:55:00.56
I was raised this way.
00:55:00.60\00:55:02.06
So I just go to
church and we lose the heart.
00:55:02.06\00:55:04.67
We lose this experience.
00:55:04.70\00:55:06.40
We lose Jesus.
00:55:06.40\00:55:07.64
We lose why we go.
00:55:08.04\00:55:09.20
I see we only have a couple of
minutes left and I want to make
00:55:09.94\00:55:13.64
a sad announcement.
00:55:13.64\00:55:15.18
So we lost a great friend, not
only personally to us here, but
00:55:17.01\00:55:22.88
to the ministry of
3ABN this past week.
00:55:22.88\00:55:25.79
Suddenly, Ms. Marylee McNeilis
died suddenly and the wife of
00:55:26.32\00:55:31.79
Garwin.
00:55:31.79\00:55:32.66
And so we want to ask you for
special prayers for Garwin and
00:55:33.06\00:55:36.56
his family, Denzel and Donald,
the entire McNeilis family.
00:55:36.56\00:55:39.97
And you can talk about somebody
and when people die, we say,
00:55:40.97\00:55:44.87
oh, well, they did this.
00:55:45.01\00:55:46.01
They were great people.
00:55:46.14\00:55:47.34
Marylee was one of the most
incredible women, people, male
00:55:47.91\00:55:53.38
or female that I've
ever met in my life.
00:55:53.38\00:55:55.58
What a heart for God.
00:55:55.65\00:55:56.85
What a heart for people.
00:55:56.95\00:55:58.49
Humility, always
serving people, whatever.
00:55:59.59\00:56:02.56
At church, whatever you need.
00:56:03.06\00:56:04.86
She's there, including cooking,
potlucks, doing whatever.
00:56:04.86\00:56:08.00
But an incredible woman, we've
known her for probably 30 plus
00:56:08.50\00:56:11.93
years and just, she
would be missed greatly.
00:56:11.93\00:56:14.40
And words we could do
whole programs and we wouldn't.
00:56:15.80\00:56:18.67
And I don't think the family
would want us to, but I just
00:56:18.74\00:56:21.74
thought words out and we just
attended the funeral a couple
00:56:21.74\00:56:25.01
of days ago.
00:56:25.01\00:56:25.81
And it was just a small family
one, just a very small funeral,
00:56:26.25\00:56:31.09
but sadly missed, but a great
woman resting now for Jesus.
00:56:31.52\00:56:35.46
Yes, yes, she
truly will be missed.
00:56:35.72\00:56:38.89
We became really good friends
and we would send each other
00:56:39.26\00:56:41.66
little gadgets
and things like that.
00:56:41.66\00:56:43.37
And so, yeah, she will be
missed, but praise the Lord for
00:56:43.83\00:56:47.00
the resurrection.
00:56:47.00\00:56:47.64
Amen.
00:56:47.74\00:56:48.17
That's what we hold on to.
00:56:48.57\00:56:50.21
That's what keeps us going.
00:56:50.21\00:56:50.24
Absolutely.
00:56:51.94\00:56:56.28
heart for mission, and like you
said, just a humble servant of
00:56:57.08\00:57:00.32
the Lord.
00:57:00.32\00:57:00.95
So yeah, what a great loss.
00:57:00.98\00:57:02.18
Our hearts, our thoughts, our
prayers are with Mr. Garwin and
00:57:02.18\00:57:06.79
the entire McNeely's family
right now during this deep time
00:57:06.79\00:57:09.96
of loss that we love you
and we're praying for you right
00:57:09.96\00:57:13.19
now.
00:57:13.19\00:57:13.50
Yeah, thank you.
00:57:13.76\00:57:14.73
Thank you so much, Mr. Danny
and Dr. Yvonne, Pastor Ryan, my
00:57:14.93\00:57:19.47
sister Shelly.
00:57:19.47\00:57:20.04
Thank you all for being here.
00:57:20.17\00:57:21.44
Thank you for being
part of the 3Band family.
00:57:21.54\00:57:24.21
Thank you for the privilege
of working together in ministry
00:57:24.31\00:57:27.48
and helping to
proclaim that gospel message.
00:57:27.48\00:57:29.88
We got a full next hour coming
up, more family coming on,
00:57:29.88\00:57:34.22
exciting
evangelistic opportunities.
00:57:34.62\00:57:36.58
Don't go away.
00:57:36.89\00:57:37.72
We'll be right back.
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