Participants: Danny Shelton (Host), C.A. Murray, John Lomacang, Kenny Shelton
Series Code: TL
Program Code: TL016501A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:07 Hello, and welcome to 3ABN Today Live. 01:11 This is our first live live of the New Year. 01:14 Okay. 01:15 So we wish our viewing and listening audience, 01:18 wherever you may be, a happy new year. 01:20 And we have so much on the plate 01:23 for this coming year. 01:24 And we're very, very excited 01:26 because God has some wonderful things 01:28 that He's going to do with us, for us, to us, through us, 01:30 and you're going to be part of it all. 01:32 Brother Danny Shelton, president and founder, 01:34 good to have you here. 01:35 Pastor, how you doing? I am doing well. 01:36 All right. I am doing well. 01:38 It's great to be here, isn't it? 01:39 It is good to be here. 01:40 Great to be alive in closing moments of earth's history. 01:42 Let's introduce our other guests. 01:44 And I want to just thank the folks 01:45 for their support this past year. 01:47 We have Pastor John Lomacang. Good to be here. 01:49 Pastor John and Pastor Kenny Shelton. 01:50 It's good to have you guys here now. 01:52 Good to be here. 01:53 All of us were just recently just came back, 01:55 so we're a little bit on jet lag time 01:57 and six hours ahead. 01:58 We're all, we were in London for a while. 02:00 And John you stated, he said, what time is it? 02:03 Depends where you are. John couldn't enough. 02:04 He couldn't get enough, 02:06 he had to spend a couple of his days. 02:07 Well, actually, my wife's birthday 02:09 was on January 12th, 02:10 but she want to be there, 02:11 she had not been there since she was born, 02:13 to spend time with her folks in London. 02:14 So we got back last night. 02:16 So right now I'm asleep in London somewhere, 02:18 my body is here. 02:19 Yeah. Yeah. 02:21 Kenny jut asked me, said, 02:22 what time is it over there about now? 02:23 I said, it's about time where we are staring at the ceiling. 02:26 Yeah, about 2:00 in the morning right now over in London time. 02:30 But we had great meetings there. 02:31 And I want to say to our viewers 02:33 since this is first time C.A's 02:34 and we're doing a "Live tour" behind the scenes. 02:37 Thank you so much for your love, 02:39 and your prayers, and financial support 02:41 this past year, 2015. 02:43 Didn't start out so great 02:45 for several months and, you know, 02:47 financially I'm talking about, 02:49 but you all stepped up to the plate, 02:50 the last half of this and literally every month. 02:53 The Blessing On The Go thing, 02:55 we weigh more than doubled the amount of monthly donors 02:59 that has taken us 30 years to get in six months time, 03:02 so we've got I think maybe 25 to, 03:05 I'm not sure how many new ones, maybe 1,500, 2,000 people 03:09 who are now have joined the Blessing On The Go. 03:11 That's when we, you send a monthly donation 03:14 to 3ABN of any amount, we send you a certificate, 03:17 your evangelistic, there you go Blessing Is On The Go, 03:20 evangelistic team member. 03:21 And then, every month we will send you a tool, 03:24 evangelistic tool to make you suddenly become an evangelist. 03:27 You don't have to go to school four years or six years, 03:30 you just become the evangelist. Indeed. 03:31 And because now you're witnessing for Jesus. 03:34 The blessing of God is on the go. 03:36 Now it doesn't always have to be, 03:39 and someone help me 03:40 understand this today, CA, we got a letter. 03:42 And I try to go, Joe brings them to me, 03:44 we try to go through as many as we can, Brother Kenny. 03:46 And this person said, you know what, 03:48 you talk about the Blessing On The Go, 03:50 but I can't really go anywhere. 03:52 I'm not physically able to go anywhere. 03:54 But we want you to know 03:56 we're still a team member because, you know, 03:57 we talk, and we help, and we support. 03:59 I said, hey, that's going. Amen. 04:01 If you have a telephone, right, 04:03 you got a e-mail, you got a, 04:05 you know, can write a letter. 04:06 And you're witnessing to someone 04:08 and you're telling folk about the Lord 04:10 and encouraging them about going to church, 04:13 watching 3ABN, all these things, 04:15 you're a part of the Blessing Is On The Go. 04:17 God honors that. So it's not how far you go. 04:20 If it were we would have chalked up 04:21 a few points this last week or two, going to London, right? 04:26 Those are pretty good sized trip, you know, 04:28 we've been to Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong, 04:30 and you name it, you know, countries around. 04:32 But that's not the way it works. 04:34 The blessing of God is on the go, 04:35 and that's when you're willing to say, 04:37 "Lord, come into my life, 04:39 forgive me for my sins because You're faithful 04:42 and just to forgive me for my sins 04:44 and cleanse me from all unrighteousness." 04:45 Amen. 04:46 "Now take me, I come to the foot of the cross." 04:48 So I always tell people, the gospel is very simple, 04:51 it's about come and go. 04:52 You come to the foot of the cross, 04:53 confess your sins, 04:55 and then go and tell what Jesus has done. 04:57 He says, He'll be faithful 04:59 and just to forgive us from our sins 05:00 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 05:04 In December, we ended, 05:05 I think with the largest 05:08 and sometimes you're hesitant to say it 05:10 because you think people are going to quit giving. 05:11 But as I said, we were way behind all year, 05:14 but God finished this with the highest, 05:16 I think amount of donations, 05:18 and the total amount in the history of 3ABN 05:21 this December, this past. 05:22 So thank you. 05:24 Praise the Lord, and thank you and for that, 05:27 because now guess what, all the bills got paid, 05:29 all the bills got paid and we're going into January. 05:32 No one, 2015 is behind us, 05:34 nobody's waiting with their hand out. 05:37 So thank you for what you do for the cause of God, 05:39 and all those of you who are giving 05:41 your monthly support. 05:43 There's a few people called and said, 05:44 "I feel really terrible, 05:46 I was giving $10 a month" and some older folk and said, 05:50 "I may not be able to do it for a few months. 05:52 Should I give my, I'll give my certificate back?" 05:55 We said, "Absolutely not. Your Blessing On The Go. 05:58 If you can't give a month or two, you have problems, 06:00 it's not about what you do every month, 06:02 it's what in general, you're praying for 3ABN, 06:04 you're supporting 3ABN, doesn't make any difference." 06:08 We just want you to be and us to be on the same team 06:12 together and you are. 06:13 So thank you for your love, your prayers, 06:15 your financial support of 3ABN 06:18 as we take this gospel of the kingdom 06:20 into all the world. 06:21 Praise the Lord. 06:23 C.A., we've entitled, 06:24 we had a day of prayer and we entitled, 06:25 we call it every year, Kenny, we come up with a name, 06:28 something, and this year is the year of Evangelism. 06:31 Amen. Praise the Lord. 06:33 All right, somebody take it from me, what's that mean? 06:34 That means go! 06:36 You know, this is an exciting time 06:38 in earth's history to be living. 06:39 And so, when we talk about the Blessings On The Go, 06:42 and giving and balancing the books financially, 06:44 it's all about really the kingdom. 06:46 I was, I was taking into consideration, 06:48 just today Angie and I was talking about it. 06:51 We got a call early this morning 06:52 which was not really early 06:54 but late when you consider London, 06:55 but getting home at 11 o'clock at night really doesn't help. 06:58 And we were saying, "Man, 07:00 there's so much happening in the world today. 07:02 But what we want to know is that our time, 07:03 our strengthen, and our energies 07:05 is going to the proclamation of the gospel, 07:07 getting people ready for the coming of the Lord." 07:10 And we had a lady that, just before we left London, 07:14 this lady was not able to, she wasn't walking, 07:17 she was in her own wheelchair, and she says, 07:20 she grabbed my hand as I was walking past her. 07:21 And it's funny you said that a moment ago, 07:23 and she said, "Tell Danny Shelton, 07:26 I can't walk but I'm on the Go Team." 07:28 Praise the Lord. 07:30 Wonderful. All right. 07:31 That's good. 07:32 And she says now don't forget and when you said that 07:34 it reminded me. 07:35 She said, "Tell, I can't walk, but I am on the Go Team." 07:37 Absolutely. 07:38 And that's a praise the Lord. Yeah. 07:40 There are people that believe in the vision. Yeah. 07:41 And see, it takes a collective, it takes a collective effort. 07:45 Those who are behind the scenes, 07:47 in front of the scenes, 07:48 the Bible says God gave to everyone different gifts. 07:52 And so evangelism is one. 07:54 Somebody else has administrative gifts. 07:57 Some have gifts of kindness, gifts of helps. 08:00 We don't think of the gift of help. 08:01 Helping the world go forward, 08:02 that's a gift listed and pliable. 08:04 It is a gift. It is a gift, yes. 08:05 So, Pastor, I need help, and you help me, that's a gift. 08:07 But some people don't have that gift, so they, 08:08 but they may have the evangelistic gift. 08:10 All together, we fill up, 08:12 we fulfill the vision of the entire body of Christ. 08:14 I like that. 08:16 And the body, the Bible talks about the body, 08:17 the hand, the eye. 08:19 Everybody has a specific task. 08:21 And if we all work together, and that's what, 08:23 that's what the evangelistic tool is all about, Danny. 08:25 Yeah. 08:27 The idea that if you cannot go, you cannot give a Bible study, 08:29 here's a tool that you get every month 08:31 that you can designate, you can send it to someone, 08:34 you can give it to a family member, 08:36 then you are an active part of the team, 08:38 you are on the team and you're doing with the team. 08:40 So the fact that you can't get out and get around, 08:43 that's all right. 08:44 If you support those who do get out and get around, 08:47 if you pray, if you use your tool, 08:49 you are an active member of the team. 08:52 And you are one with us and we appreciate that so much. 08:55 We had a... Go ahead, Kenny. 08:56 I was thinking there 08:57 when you talk about evangelism 08:59 and when you read the scripture, 09:00 Spirit of Prophecy, it becomes very clear, 09:02 God doesn't view even evangelism 09:05 the way we view evangelism 09:07 because you just mentioned here, 09:09 each person has a different gift. 09:11 And sometime the gift would be, 09:13 if God says to Mr. Smith over here, 09:16 "What I want you to do is go to work every day. 09:18 I want you to be faithful when you go to work. 09:21 You get that paycheck, you support 3ABN." 09:24 God will count that man 09:26 just as faithful and a soul winner, 09:28 there will be stars in his crown. 09:30 He doesn't have to travel to other countries. 09:33 He doesn't really have to, 09:34 because God has assigned him something to do 09:38 so that this gospel can be preached into all the world. 09:41 So we can all get involved. 09:43 See, we all get involved and do it, 09:45 and I like it because God is so merciful, 09:48 so kind, so good, so fair 09:51 that He looks at every individual 09:53 doing the best that they can. 09:55 And he's going to say to these people, 09:57 because some people say, "If I don't go, 09:58 you know, get Bible studies, 10:00 and I can't travel, I just feel like..." 10:02 Do what God has asked you to do. 10:04 Okay. 10:05 Again, that's just job, 10:07 send the finances to those who are on the frontline, 10:10 get this work done, and let's go home. 10:12 So I'm glad heaven views it little different sometimes 10:15 than we do. 10:16 That's a good point, 10:17 because there are people who feel like, man, I, 10:20 you know, am I really doing what God wants me to do? 10:22 But as you said, if you've got a job 10:24 and you're in a factory every week, you can witness. 10:26 There's a lot of folk, I worked 10:28 when I was young right out of high school 10:29 for a while in a factory. 10:30 And where they made swing sets, you know, 10:32 and it was on a conveyor belt. 10:34 But there's a lot of people around you. 10:36 And when those conveyor belts get so fast 10:38 and you don't get your so many swing, 10:41 parts of those swing on, and it stops, 10:43 and everybody gets mad at you. 10:45 Because you know what they call it peace time, 10:47 you'll hear a lot of folk need Jesus, 10:48 because I've heard a lot of cussing 10:50 when things like that happen 10:51 and things going on and tempers flaring. 10:53 So what Kenny, Brother Kenny is saying, 10:56 if you're going to work every day, 10:57 with coal mines around here, whatever it is, 10:59 you can be a witness to support your church, support ministry, 11:04 and you're doing what God's called you to do. 11:06 Absolutely. 11:07 But Brother John, he's had, 11:08 called John to go around the world. 11:10 So for you, John, probably working in a coal mines, 11:13 that's not what God has called you to do. 11:15 And I'll say hallelujah for that. 11:19 I mean, I'm not even, 11:20 I'm not even take time to think about that one. 11:22 Thank you. 11:23 But being faithful, and I think that's where you're going, 11:25 being faithful to whatever task you're doing, 11:27 witnesses for the Lord. 11:29 Because there are a lot of people 11:30 who are stealing from their job, 11:31 punching the time clock and getting out early. 11:33 A lot of the things, games are being played, 11:34 you know, on, but a person who come to work on time, 11:37 dresses appropriately, is kind, when things go wrong are calm. 11:42 And people watch that, you know. 11:44 And all of that preaches a sermon, 11:46 and all of that says that you have something. 11:48 And people will say, well, I wish I had that. 11:49 I wish I could be calm in those instances. 11:51 I used to work in a Chevy plant when I was in high school 11:53 and there was a fellow 11:55 who was the head of our division. 11:58 And the slightest little thing, 11:59 he would just lose his ever loving mind. 12:01 I've never seen a person, just for little thing, 12:04 he would just get blow up. 12:06 And there was this Adventist there, 12:08 and you talk about a guy with the patience of Job 12:10 and who was his associate. 12:11 Yeah. 12:13 And the contrast between the two was so stark, 12:16 this guy would be just raving, 12:17 and screaming and every curse he'd string words together. 12:19 He was just very inventive, 12:21 put these long list of words together. 12:23 And this Adventist be just as calm 12:24 and wait for him to calm down 12:26 and he said for me, a term that I use, he said, "You know, 12:29 both of us can dive in. 12:30 So I'll stand on shore and hold the rope 12:32 and you dive in and get crazy," you know. 12:34 And people would say, you know, 12:36 this guy is keeping this guy's job 12:38 because he's calm, 12:40 and he was a Seventh-day Adventist. 12:41 And he like to know that Christ can keep you calm 12:44 in the midst of the storm. 12:45 So if you're keeping calm in the midst of the storm, 12:47 you're witnessing for the Lord. 12:48 And believe me, people are seeing that. 12:50 Amen. They're seeing what you're doing. 12:51 And we are accepted according to what we have, 12:53 not according to what we do not have. 12:55 There you go. 12:56 A number of years ago, I think it was in Fairfield, 12:58 in Fairfield, California, 13:00 pastoring when I discovered this scripture. 13:02 I read through the Bible before. 13:03 But, you know, when you do those Bible plans, 13:05 that's why I don't do a Bible reading plan, 13:06 I don't want to, 13:08 I don't want to ice ski through the Bible, 13:09 or water ski, I want to glean through. 13:13 This scripture really made a lot of sense to me, 13:16 praise God for that. 13:17 But it says, "For if," 2 Corinthians 8:12, 13:21 if you're listening. 13:22 "For if there is first a willing mind, 13:26 it is accepted according to what one has, 13:28 and not according to what he does not have." 13:30 That's right. 13:31 I'm willing to do whatever, Lord. 13:33 Somebody say, pray to be, say, Lord, I'm willing to be willing. 13:36 And it continues, 13:38 "For I do not mean that others should be eased 13:41 and you burdened, by your equality, 13:44 that now at this time 13:46 your abundance supplies my lack." 13:49 So in the future, my abundance supplies your lack 13:52 so that there may be equality. 13:54 So there are those who don't have... 13:56 That's right. 13:57 And are being supplied by our abundance. 13:59 There are those who have abundance 14:01 and they're supplying our lack. 14:02 But the Lord says, 14:03 it doesn't mean that you should be burdened 14:06 and you should be eased, but He says, 14:07 I want equality so if you're willing, 14:10 that's where it begins. 14:11 Amen. 14:12 And I got a term you always use, 14:14 God asks Moses, what's that in your hand. 14:16 What do you got, you know? 14:17 There's a fellow here, Bobby, 14:19 he picks us from the airport sometimes. 14:20 We are parked in a no-parking zone, 14:22 so a cop came over. 14:23 He says, "Move that car." 14:24 So Bobby said, I'm just speaking of CA Murray. 14:28 He said, "Well, move the car." Bobby said, "Okay. 14:30 By the way, before I move it, here's a tract for you." 14:33 Go on. "Here's a tract." 14:34 And you could see his shoulders drop, 14:36 and you know, he got calmer, 14:37 and he said, "Thank you very, very much." 14:39 And I think you know, that's a, that's witnessing, 14:42 that's evangelism. 14:43 You defuse the situation with the love of God, 14:45 because the cop was mad. 14:47 "Move the car", you know. 14:48 "Okay. I am moving. 14:49 God bless you, here's a tract." 14:51 You know, that's good. 14:52 And I was thinking while ago for young people, 14:53 we actually are going somewhere in this program, 14:55 we're talking now. 14:56 This is just our intro, right? 14:57 Yeah. 14:59 London, Bible topics, all that. 15:01 But I was thinking, you know, for young people, especially, 15:03 I wish I could have do-overs. 15:06 You know, get do-overs 15:08 and your effects to certain people. 15:10 Like Kenny and I, we were very competitive, 15:12 that's an understatement, very competitive ballplayers. 15:16 Whether it was a fast pitch softball, 15:18 whether it was basketball, I don't care if it's ping-pong, 15:21 we were very competitive. 15:23 So we had our teams, yet we were church members 15:26 and considered ourselves Christians 15:28 but I could argue with the best of them. 15:30 Somebody do something, the umpire, 15:32 I don't know how many I've really, 15:33 given them a piece of my mind. 15:35 But you look back, you can't do much about that now 15:37 other than say I'm sorry, but maybe it's too late. 15:40 Wouldn't it be better had I really had the patience 15:43 and really understood relationship. 15:45 But thankfully God had patience with me for a long enough time 15:49 that I developed relationship with the Lord. 15:52 Not that I still don't do things because I have a tendency, 15:55 I am what you sees what you get, 15:57 and I don't tend to hide feelings. 15:59 So if something happens, 16:01 I don't, I never yell and scream, 16:02 I am not, you all round, 16:03 but I'm a straightforward is what you get. 16:06 My deal with the policeman, we call them cop. 16:09 I'm waiting on somebody to come out the door, 16:11 he walks over and says, "Move your car." 16:14 And there was a car in front of me 16:15 so I had to wait for it to move. 16:17 He took his flashlight 16:19 and kind of tapped the car and said, "I said move it." 16:22 What did I do, I didn't hand him a tract, 16:24 I said, "You get, you don't do that anymore. 16:26 That's, you get that flashlight and you put it back in there 16:30 because you're not going to hit my car. 16:31 You know, I can't move." 16:33 So I caught myself, I say now, 16:34 I probably could've been a little easier on him. 16:36 So but Bobby and Garland, we talk about, yeah. 16:41 We talk about, they go to the airport. 16:44 I've had so many people tell me, 16:46 these drivers of yours 3ABN, 16:48 from the time they pick us, so these would be visitors, 16:50 folks coming here to sing, to whatever, 16:52 they are the kindest people, they showed Jesus to us. 16:56 By the time we get to 3ABN, we love it 16:58 because they're telling us all about the ministry 17:01 and about what the ministry does 17:03 and the purpose. 17:04 And I can't tell you how many times 17:06 for Bob and Garland too, and their families, 17:08 their wives, how good impression 17:11 because they're always witnessing to people. 17:13 So God give me that also. Amen. 17:15 I think what we want to do is we want to have a prayer, 17:18 then we're going to have some music, 17:19 right, by Gerri Lynn. 17:21 I think, Kenny, our niece 17:22 is going to be singing here in abit. 17:23 Amen. 17:25 But, maybe we could ask Brother Kenny, 17:26 if you would say a special prayer for us. 17:28 And then by God's grace, 17:31 we got some exciting things to cover. 17:34 And we want to do this together with you. 17:35 And then little later on, 17:36 we're going to take some calls from you, 17:38 Bible questions, comments, whatever's on your mind, 17:41 we'd love to hear from you. 17:42 You going to pray. 17:44 You know, I just want to ask the folks at home. 17:45 Some of them, if they can, they could even kneel. 17:47 We're kind of in our chairs here, 17:49 but you know, they can pray along with us. 17:51 And it's important that we all be on the same page. 17:53 So let's all pray. 17:55 Let's ask for the power of the Holy Spirit, shall we? 17:57 Merciful Father in heaven, again, 17:58 and truly we thank You for the privilege of prayer. 18:01 We thank You that we can call You our Father. 18:03 We're thankful to be part of the family of God. 18:06 Unworthy as we are, because of Jesus, 18:09 because of His sacrifice made up on Calvary's cross, 18:12 we may have that chance for eternal life. 18:15 Lord, I thank You for that blood 18:16 that cleanses us from all sin, all unrighteousness. 18:20 Now, Father in heaven, I praise You 18:22 as You send the Holy Spirit, 18:24 we ask for the Holy Spirit to come and descend upon us, 18:27 open our hearts and open our minds 18:29 and be with God's children who are listening and watching. 18:33 We pray their minds and hearts will be open, 18:34 we're living in an awesome time of earth's history. 18:37 There's a work to be done. 18:39 And, oh, Lord, we want to be in the vineyard. 18:40 There are those who are crying out 18:42 by the hundreds of thousands, 18:43 Lord, I want to go to work, so many don't know how. 18:48 I pray that You will bless this program 18:50 as thou that see fit. 18:51 Words will be spoken that will encourage 18:53 those who want to get out of their chair 18:55 but they don't know how. 18:57 And we pray the Holy Spirit will help us now, 18:59 anoint every word, every prayer, 19:00 every song, every thought 19:02 that would bring honor and glory 19:03 to the King of kings, and Lord of lord. 19:05 I thank You for hearing, thank You for answering prayer, 19:07 Thank You for my brothers that sat around here, 19:09 and for all of 3ABN. 19:10 And in Jesus' name we pray, and it's his for his sake. 19:13 Amen. Amen. 19:14 Danny, Danny something just popped in my mind 19:16 to make the program a little more interactive. 19:18 If there are those of you 19:20 who are getting a very special response 19:23 to your evangelism tool, 19:25 or if you have a unique way 19:26 that you are using your evangelism tool, 19:28 email us or call us tonight. 19:30 We'd like to use that information. 19:31 Because usually when we talk about this 19:33 is on behind the scenes, which is pre-recorded. 19:35 So we don't get a chance to talk to you live. 19:36 But if you've had a good response 19:38 to your evangelism tool, 19:39 maybe you've given you someone, they thank you for it, 19:41 or using it in a unique way, 19:43 get that to us and we want to read it tonight, 19:45 because that will encourage others 19:46 and maybe give them good ideas. 19:48 Because, you know, you're getting it every month, 19:51 what are you doing with it? 19:52 How is it blessing others? 19:53 And we surely would like to hear that, 19:55 this very night. 19:57 Our music is coming from Gerri Lynn Shelton Mendenhall. 20:00 All right. It's easy for you to say. 20:03 Who we watch grow up, kind of on 3ABN. 20:05 Well, we have. Yeah. 20:06 As little girl. A little girl. 20:07 Wonderful young niece, right, Kenny? 20:09 Amen. Still a baby to us now. 20:11 You know, of course, she has her baby now, in case, 20:14 and you know what great folk. 20:15 But we love Gerri Lynn and God has gifted her. 20:17 Married to a jet pilot? 20:19 Yeah. Absolutely. 20:20 And God has gifted her with music. 20:23 And I'm so thankful when she's able to come. 20:24 They live down in Mississippi but when they're here, 20:26 enable to sing with us, for us. 20:28 Amen. 20:43 If there ever was a time 20:46 I needed You before Lord, 20:51 I need You now 20:55 And if there was a trial I couldn't handle on my own 21:03 That's how this feels somehow 21:08 And if there ever was a child crying out for help 21:16 That's what this song's about 21:21 If there ever was a time I needed You before Lord, 21:28 I need You now 21:33 If there ever was a Friend 21:37 Who always kept His Word Lord, 21:43 I know it's You 21:46 For there's never been a time 21:49 that You've left me all alone 21:53 Or been untrue 21:57 And if I know anything 22:02 it's that You will meet my need 22:06 Just like You always do 22:11 So I'm leaning on Your Love and counting on Your Grace 22:18 Just to see me through 22:22 I need You to remind me 22:28 how faithful You have been 22:35 And when I'm at my weakest 22:41 that's where Your Strength begins 22:48 If there ever was a time 22:52 I needed You before Lord, 22:58 I need You now 23:01 And if there was a trial I couldn't handle on my own 23:09 That's how this feels somehow 23:14 And if there ever was a child crying out for help 23:22 That's what this song's about, all about 23:27 If there ever was a time I needed You before Lord, 23:35 I need You now 23:40 If there ever was a Friend, 23:43 Lord I know it's You 23:47 And I need You now 23:53 I need 23:58 You now 24:08 Amen. That's a two hander. 24:10 Beautiful. Gerri Lynn, thank you so much. 24:13 What a gift, what an anointing that she has. 24:15 John and CA, we're all just commenting 24:17 and John says, she's feeling that song, 24:20 she's been through something 24:22 that God has brought her through. 24:23 Yeah, she's, how I said, 24:24 I would love to know where she is in her life 24:27 at that moment she sings that song. 24:28 Yeah. 24:30 Because it's coming across quite differently 24:31 than just I am recording a song, 24:33 I'm just singing to the cameras. 24:34 It's coming across this ministry from the heart. 24:37 Absolutely. 24:38 If ever was a time I need you, Lord, it's now. 24:40 All right. We've got a free offer tonight. 24:42 Looks like a little one but there's a lot of information 24:44 it unfolds on you, there you go. 24:47 And it says, "Does God's Authority Matter?" 24:51 And of course, it shows state buildings, 24:53 look like government buildings, it shows church, 24:55 it shows the Ten Commandments, the insights, the antichrist, 24:58 the gender revealed, 25:00 the seal of God or the mark of the beast. 25:02 So it's got a whole lot of things here. 25:03 I'm surprised, I can read this without my glasses tonight. 25:06 "What was God's promise of the new covenant?" 25:09 You know, and the scriptures too here, "Does God's, 25:11 what's the difference between the law of God 25:13 and the law of Moses?" 25:14 All of that is on this. 25:16 It's a great little 3ABN tract they put together. 25:19 So hopefully, you can get this and you want it. 25:22 It's free offer at (618) 627-4651 25:27 or you can e-mail freeoffer@3abn.tv, 3abn.tv. 25:33 And we'll make sure that you get this, 25:35 you can read it, 25:36 and then use it as an evangelistic tool, 25:39 give it to somebody else that you know 25:41 and who you think needs it. 25:42 Amen. 25:44 So Dr. Murray, 25:45 we're going to talk about London some. 25:46 What's your state of the union, if we ask you, 25:51 kind of give us a summary of London, our trip, 25:54 what would you say? 25:56 You know, God is so good 25:58 and Pastor John said it tonight, 25:59 and you say it often, 26:01 this is a great time to be alive. 26:02 Thank you. 26:03 It's a wonderful time to be alive 26:05 and to stand still sometimes 26:07 and see the salvation of the Lord. 26:09 And when we can't, God can. 26:11 And when we don't quite know what to do, 26:13 God will show us what to do. 26:16 He gave London to you one night 26:19 as something that He just planted in your spirit. 26:22 We went over with one thing in mind 26:25 and the Lord is sort of rearranged 26:28 it just a little bit. 26:30 But it's exciting to see the hand of God move 26:33 and the ark of God, to see what God is doing. 26:37 We went over to London, and I think we can all, 26:40 we were at four different churches. 26:41 I was in Balum, you were in Hampstead, 26:43 Kenny was in Central, and you got Croydon. 26:46 And I think, you know, 26:47 we can all say to a man that the enthusiasm, 26:51 one for evangelism is strong among the people. 26:54 And secondly, the love of 26:56 and support of 3ABN broadcasting network 26:58 is equally strong. 27:00 When my pastor got up in the morning 27:02 and I said someone from 3ABN was there, 27:04 there was this cheer. 27:06 And we have enough sense of enough humility 27:07 not to take that personally. 27:09 Not to say that's for us because it's about Jesus, 27:11 and it's about what this ministry 27:13 is doing to touch lives. 27:14 And people are excited, 27:16 when you touch them 27:17 and when you do something for them 27:18 with them, to them, through them, they're excited. 27:20 So that's what that was all about. 27:21 It's not any kind of personal thing for us. 27:22 We saw that 3ABN is making inroads 27:26 among the members in London. 27:28 Absolutely. And they have evangelism. 27:30 Can you all say yes to that? 27:31 Yeah, absolutely. 27:33 And you mentioned something about a slight change. 27:35 What is exciting still about that is 27:38 the Lord never alters anything to make it worse. 27:41 Okay. That's true. 27:42 All right. Well said. 27:44 'Cause Lord never alters anything to make it worse. 27:46 Yeah. 27:47 Because He doesn't see as we see, 27:50 we pray for the Lord's will to be done, 27:53 and in spite of us His will is done. 27:55 Yes. 27:56 So what's coming down the road for evangelism, 28:00 it's a humbling thing when I think of that title 28:03 that has been bestowed upon me, I thought, okay, 28:06 you've heard the straw that breaks the camel's back. 28:09 This is-- 28:11 it's not a straw though, it's a, it's a joy 28:13 because I said, to Danny and even before this, 28:15 I said to Danny, I've been here for since 2003 28:19 and evangelism is the heartbeat 28:21 that I want to bring to not only the world 28:23 but to this local community, this local community. 28:26 'Cause you know sometimes 28:27 you could go so far to collect a grape 28:29 when the ones that are right here are rotting. 28:31 Yeah. Yes. 28:32 So we were talking about the director 28:33 of world evangelism including Thompsonville, 28:36 West Frankfurt, Marion, Mount Vernon, 28:40 Illinois Conference and all that. 28:42 But so in the slight change God says, 28:47 the glory shall not be less in than the former. 28:52 How am I saying that? 28:53 Let me, I am going to find the scripture 28:55 and actually, the glory of the latter 28:57 shall not be less than the glory of the former. 28:58 That's it. 29:00 So God is working out things, 29:01 you know, according to His plan. 29:02 As Ellen White says, 29:04 Testimonies to Ministers, page 500, 29:06 "He'll take the reins into His own hands 29:08 and work completely contrary to any human planning." 29:11 And we see God doing that. 29:12 We just simply say, "Lord, make us willing to be willing." 29:15 Now, Danny, 29:16 we got some pictures of the Sunday meeting, 29:17 I want to talk about that in a moment, 29:19 but, all right, 29:20 Sabbath morning we disperse to various churches. 29:22 Sabbath afternoon we come to Brixton, 29:24 the sort of mother church, it's one of the oldest ones. 29:27 And I think you'll agree, since we were all on stage, 29:30 we didn't get a chance to take many pictures 29:31 because we were you know, ministering 29:34 but you could not put another body 29:36 in the Brixton Church. 29:37 That's a big church. Yeah. 29:39 And it's a good size church 29:40 but people were along the walls, 29:41 along the back, the seats were full. 29:44 We get back to the hotel, 29:45 we go out and had something to eat. 29:47 And of course, you and I were just happen to be in a lobby 29:49 and we sat down, it's midnight, we're talking 29:52 because we can't sleep. 29:53 And then two were saying, 29:55 "Lord, what do you want us to do?" 29:56 You know there are so many options, 29:57 so many directions, 29:59 and so we're just, we're talking. 30:01 My wife's there, Yvonne was there, 30:02 and we're kind of just putting beans in a pot 30:04 and trying to come up with some answer 30:05 and say, "Lord, what do we do? 30:07 What do we do? 30:08 What do we do?" 30:09 And I think Sunday, 30:11 the light kind of came on. 30:12 You know, things kind of changed a little bit. 30:14 First of all, I've got to commend my pastor 30:17 who preached under the anointing 30:18 of the Holy Spirit. 30:20 All right. Powerful message. 30:21 Good message. 30:22 Powerful message, preached the word. 30:24 I mean, well done. 30:25 And it, this is meeting they have every year. 30:27 And where at? 30:29 This is at the Newbold College. 30:30 In fact, let's go to our pictures just now 30:32 and we'll kind of walk just, walk there. 30:33 There's the Newbold College sign. 30:37 Hour and a half maybe out of central London. 30:40 So we had to drive a little ways. 30:42 And let's go to the next picture. 30:44 And let we'll just rewind some. 30:45 That's, there's two pictures of the crowd, 30:47 that's the crowd from this side, 30:49 then the next picture 30:50 is the crowd from the other side. 30:53 And the third picture is the crowd from the middle. 30:57 You know, this was, from what they said, 31:00 maybe twice as big as it usually is. 31:02 And it's something they have over here. 31:03 And they have another room somewhere... 31:05 Overflow. 31:06 Overflow rooms also... 31:07 And they had a fire, 31:09 they had a security warning announcement. 31:11 They said, please, we cannot, 31:13 we are in violation 31:15 of the fire code already, please... 31:17 And this was early in the morning. 31:19 This is in the morning. 31:20 Yeah, you haven't even done your worship yet, 31:21 and they're saying, please people, 31:23 we got too many people in here, 31:24 you got to sit down, you can't line the walls. 31:25 But it was barely across the campus, 31:27 look at close circuit. 31:29 Well, it was, praise the Lord. So there was enthusiasm. 31:32 This is, this was lay members, elders of the church, 31:35 church leaders, and pastors, 31:37 along with conference individuals. 31:39 So there's this energy, they want to do, 31:41 and they want 3ABN stuff. 31:43 Now, the next picture is a picture of our pastor 31:46 and somebody is excited there. 31:47 Yeah, somebody. 31:48 He must have said something good. 31:50 It was a two hander back there. 31:51 You know, one thing was that in that meeting 31:54 was so exciting, 31:55 it's not like being 31:57 in a regular church meeting as it were. 31:58 Yes. 31:59 People were getting excited about the front row seats. 32:05 No one came in the back. 32:07 When they came in, they were going for the front seats. 32:11 They were all filled up first and then it were backwards. 32:15 You know, Pastor Kenny, as pastor 32:17 and people who are used to speaking for people, 32:21 that is an indication. 32:22 Come on. 32:23 John, you know this, of the energy in the room. 32:25 When a brethren works from front to back, 32:27 and not back to front, something's going on. 32:30 That's right. Something's going on. 32:32 Pastor, give us just a dodge, 32:34 just a broad brush stroke of what you had to say, 32:37 and what you were trying to say that morning. 32:38 Well, I pointed out in the Book of Acts, 32:41 the Bible says in Acts 4:12 32:43 that they spoke the word of God with boldness. 32:46 And when I read that, I said, well, 32:48 where else in Acts does it talk about the word of God. 32:50 Twelve times in the Book of Acts 32:52 where it talks about the success 32:53 of the New Testament Church, 32:55 it always connects it to preaching the word. 32:57 And I said if the preaching of the word 32:58 was needed at the inauguration of the church, 33:01 how much more is it needed 33:02 at the coronation of the church. 33:04 If it was needed to get the church started, 33:06 it's going to be needed to get the church, 33:08 the work finished. 33:10 And so the thing that Satan attacked in the garden 33:12 was the word of God. 33:14 The thing he came to Jesus with that 33:15 he distorted was the word of God. 33:17 The thing that Jesus overcame 33:19 the devil with was the word of God. 33:20 And the very thing that He's been fighting 33:22 through all these centuries 33:23 that's diluted among so much of Christian of today 33:26 is the word of God. 33:27 No wonder when Jesus comes back, 33:30 He's going to have written on his thigh, 33:32 the phrase, the word of God. 33:34 And so I said, if the church need it 33:36 to get the work started, 33:37 it's going to need it to get the work finish. 33:39 And so I said, I speak about nothing 33:40 other than the word of God. 33:42 And so I'll share that's a little cue 33:43 in just a moment. 33:45 But you know, praise God, the word is, 33:46 if the church need it to get the fire going, 33:49 it's going to need it to finish the work. 33:51 And that's the only thing that Satan is upset with. 33:54 By the way, in the armor of the Christian, 33:57 it's the only offensive weapon. 33:59 Precisely. 34:00 Everything else is to stop the blows, the helmets, 34:01 stop the hits, the shield of faith, 34:04 the breastplate of righteousness, 34:05 you know, feet shot with the gospel. 34:07 But the only thing that is going to do some harm 34:09 is the sword of the spirit, 34:11 sharper than any two edge sword. 34:12 So cut it, use it to cut up error, 34:15 use it to cut up darkness, 34:17 use it to separate people from death 34:18 and bring them to life, 34:20 but never use it to wound another individual. 34:21 Amen. 34:23 So I said, don't let your life burn, 34:25 let your light shine to the glory of God. 34:26 And the fog that we were in Saturday night, 34:29 I use that term because we didn't know what to do, 34:31 clear away because when you stood up, 34:32 I saw in your eyes and heard from your mouth that. 34:35 So Danny is on this thing. 34:36 And you were talking to the audience 34:38 who was with you that we could see now 34:41 where God was beginning to move. 34:43 And so that Sunday meeting with a fabulous meeting. 34:46 And the spirit of God was there. Next picture. 34:48 I think we still got a couple more. 34:49 And of course, as the president stood up, 34:51 he kind of co sign what we were saying. 34:52 This is. 34:54 Dr. Richard de Lisser and nice fellow. 34:57 And you and he were talking and communicating 34:59 and things are going really quite well. 35:03 I think there's a couple more. 35:05 This is exciting. 35:07 This is Cecilia Duncan. 35:10 She brought with her, her Go Evangelism certificate. 35:13 Yeah. 35:15 That's her certificate there. She was really, really happy. 35:18 There were many others who have their certificate, 35:20 who are members of the team. 35:22 But she brought hers with her because she wanted you to know, 35:24 I'm part of the team. 35:25 Absolutely. 35:27 And so she's part of the evangelism team 35:28 and she brought it. 35:30 And so we take a picture. I met her too. 35:31 I said, she said, "Danny signed it." 35:32 I said, but he's here, go get the original signature. 35:34 I mean, he signed it by hand. 35:36 I don't know how, you did that, that was, you know, 35:39 somebody may not have heard that 35:40 but every one of these certificates 35:42 were hand southern. 35:43 Yeah, they are not stamp. 35:44 I read everyone, I pray over everyone 35:46 and then sign them myself 35:47 because I wanted to keep up to see how many coming in. 35:51 We got a couple more. 35:53 This is a fellow, this is Neville Kelly. 35:57 He actually sold a piece of property in Florida 36:01 to get to 3ABN. 36:02 And what's interesting because he told me, 36:03 he said, this is my vacation property. 36:05 He said, we kind of want to get out of London in the winter 36:08 and go down to Florida. 36:10 So I was just impressed to do it, 36:11 and I made call to 3ABN. 36:13 His story is kind of funny 36:14 because he didn't tell his wife. 36:15 Yeah. 36:17 And when you going to kind of release a piece of property, 36:18 it's your vacation property, 36:20 you need to get your wife on board. 36:21 And, so she was a little irritated as I recall, 36:24 but the spirit hit her too and she said, you know, 36:25 what if God is telling you to sell it, sell it. 36:28 So he either is in the process of doing it or has done it 36:32 but they're going to spend their winters in cold London, 36:35 sacrifice... 36:37 And what was unusual, he was praying about what to do and... 36:40 Oh, yes, yeah, great story. Yeah. 36:42 You can tell it because you're a part of it. 36:43 Well, he said he was praying to what to do with his property 36:47 but he needed some encouragement 36:49 or something, he said. 36:50 And basically if Danny would call me, he said to me, 36:54 if Danny would call me. 36:55 And he said right after that I called him, 36:57 right after he prayed. 36:58 I don't call that many people. 36:59 So I'm not sure what prompted, it it's been a while, 37:02 to call maybe he'd ask questions 37:04 and I felt like I needed to call him. 37:06 But the timing was for him right. 37:08 And he said, okay, 37:10 this is what I'm supposed to do with this property. 37:12 So that has pretty neat, how that God, 37:14 when you ask for something whether it's a sign, 37:16 whether it be me, you, or somebody else, 37:18 the Lord sometimes will give us what we need. 37:20 And that's interesting, that's the specific fleece. 37:22 I didn't want Mollie Steenson to call, I don't want Brian, 37:24 I don't want Danny Shelton to call. 37:26 Sit down, wait a few minutes, bang, you call. 37:29 I find people are responding, 37:31 they're responding to the call of God in their lives, 37:35 just like you talk about giving, Brother Danny, 37:37 he's talking about giving. 37:39 You have people that will call and they'll, you know, 37:40 they will say something like, 37:42 "The Lord impressed me to do something several weeks ago 37:45 and I didn't do it." 37:47 But not another day, man said, 37:49 you know, not another day is going to pass by 37:51 until I do exactly what God said to do. 37:54 He said give to get this gospel preached unto all the world. 37:57 Good. 37:58 My wife is not here to say whether I should or I shouldn't, 38:01 I'm doing it anyway because God said to do it. 38:03 Amen. 38:04 This is a tract, 38:06 the walk that people are taking right now. 38:08 Yes. 38:10 When we were there 38:11 at the Central Church there in London, 38:14 you know, everybody had their church. 38:16 And I just thought about this 38:17 because this is what you've been talking about. 38:19 The presence of 3ABN was an awesome thing, 38:25 people were hungering and thirsting. 38:28 They were being fed from 3ABN. 38:30 They want more of that in their, 38:33 their church are wanting more truth spoken. 38:36 And what, not 20 minutes into the sermons, 38:39 like the Lord said, 38:40 just close it up and do something else. 38:42 And so through it all, there was just a call 38:45 that was made and confessing of sin 38:47 and people wanted to change their heart 38:49 and their life with tears. 38:51 In fact the whole church 38:53 was there in the aisles, you see. 38:55 But they came hungry, Danny, they've been watching 3ABN, 38:59 hands went up and said, we want to be On The Go, 39:01 we want to do something. 39:03 Their heart was ready 39:04 when they heard the call to respond. 39:06 This is the key, they respond. 39:09 You said, first, there will be willing heart, 39:11 Pastor, little while back. 39:12 They were willing, 39:13 they were looking for someone to lead them 39:15 to do something right then and right there, 39:17 and the first thing is confession of sin, 39:19 getting the heart right, ready to work for God 39:22 when He opens the door for do more work there in London. 39:25 So I was really excited. And what a day. 39:27 I know... I'm sorry, John. 39:28 The power continued all day. Amen. 39:30 Because on Saturday evening, after a full day... 39:34 Go on. 39:36 You stayed up, I stayed up because I said, this is London, 39:39 I could come and just share principles of evangelism 39:42 but let me find out 39:43 what's happening here in London. 39:45 And by God's grace, 39:46 He led me to a Barna Research 39:48 about the diversities of the groups 39:50 that London has to deal with, 39:53 the different ethnic groups, the different socio-ethnic, 39:55 socio-economical groups. 39:58 People that are, I mean, 39:59 the challenges that are happening as of 2015. 40:03 And I shared with them, 40:04 and I went to the back of one of the pastors 40:05 and he said, "Praise God for this. 40:08 You know, you've done something 40:09 that nobody else has done for us. 40:11 You've come to London to talk to us about London. 40:14 You didn't come to us to talk to us about. 40:16 New York or talk to us about Thompsonville, 40:18 you told us what's actually happening in our own backyard." 40:21 And then Pastor CA came afterwards 40:24 and lit the place up. 40:26 You kind of told three phrases at there, 40:28 that story at the end about the goat. 40:29 Come on, just give me a tidbit of it. 40:31 And this is powerful 40:33 because sometimes you might be in a position 40:37 where people want to just throw dirt on you 40:40 when you're trying to do something of God's work. 40:41 I'm gonna set up that way. 40:43 Tell the, please tell the story. 40:44 Sometimes people want to throw dirt on you 40:46 because you might be in the way of doing the Lord's will. 40:50 And what did you say? I have it on video. 40:51 By the way, we'll show you one behind the scenes. 40:54 Well, John gave a powerful, pragmatic presentation of 40:59 this is what we face, these are the kinds of things. 41:01 And we're very much appreciative of that. 41:05 But I said, one of the things we can do, 41:07 deeds of kindness tear down walls of separation 41:11 and build bridges to salvation. 41:12 Particularly when you're dealing with 41:14 a post Christian mindset, 41:16 deeds of kindness will begin to open up doors 41:19 that a straight doctrinal presentation will not do. 41:22 And of course, we've all seen that quotation 41:24 from Ministers of Healing, pages 143-147, 41:27 Christ never alone will have true success 41:29 working with the people, He minister to their needs, 41:31 then they can follow me. 41:33 Many times you want to start with the 'follow me' 41:35 and forget about the needs. 41:36 So I'm saying deeds of kindness 41:38 will break down those walls of separation 41:40 and build bridges of salvation, 41:42 which turns evangelism from an event, 41:44 like calling in a preacher to a process. 41:47 Perpetual way. 41:48 So it's working all the time because the truth is, Danny, 41:50 Kenny, and John, that when we call an evangelist meeting, 41:54 we say, go, get your friends. 41:56 Well, the longer you've been an Adventists, 41:58 your friends are sitting in pew next to you every Sabbath. 42:01 Those are your friends 42:02 because you haven't really spread out. 42:04 But deeds of kindness will tear down walls of separation 42:07 and build bridges to salvation. 42:09 And so we gave a number of examples 42:11 of how you can do that. 42:12 It's cheap, it doesn't cost a lot of money. 42:15 It only cost a smile and a loving hand. 42:17 And anybody can do it. 42:19 Yes. Anybody can do it. 42:20 So these are kind of tear down walls. 42:22 I talked about a fellow who had a pet goat, 42:24 who fell down a well 42:26 and he thought the goat was dead. 42:28 And so he began to bury the goat, 42:30 is going to be it's tomb but the goat wasn't dead, 42:32 he was just stung by that fall. 42:33 So when the first shovel of dirt hit him, 42:35 he stood up and revive, began to call up 42:37 but the man could not hear. 42:38 Because the tractor was so loud. 42:40 Because the tractor was so loud. 42:41 But it was a wise goat. 42:43 So every time a shovel of dirt hit him, 42:44 he would shake it off, pack it down, 42:46 and he rise up a little higher, you know. 42:48 So every shovel he shake it off, 42:49 pack it down, and rise up a little higher. 42:51 And he was able to escape. 42:52 Yeah. 42:54 So I told them that when you try to serve the Lord, 42:56 and you know this, 42:57 when you try to do anything to Lord, 42:58 there are going to be those 43:00 who want to throw dirt on your aspiration. 43:01 They're going to say, you're too old, 43:03 too young, too black, too white, 43:04 too rich, too poor, whatever. 43:05 Yeah. Right. 43:07 So why should you exist 43:08 under the weight of their disillusion... 43:11 Don't let them bury you under it. 43:12 Don't let them bury you under that dirt. 43:13 That's right. 43:15 So when someone tells you, you can't make it, 43:17 why would you sit there and take it. 43:19 That's right. 43:21 You just got to stand up and shake it. 43:22 That's right. 43:23 So I said, okay, now I know you are straight proper Brits, 43:25 but we're gonna shake it this afternoon. 43:27 So I made them all get out of their seats, 43:28 let everybody stand up. 43:29 I said, okay, the next time they tell you, 43:31 you can't make it, 43:33 are we just going to sit there and take it? 43:34 No, we're going to shake it. 43:37 So they shook it all, and packed it down, 43:39 and they had a good time with that. 43:40 So between the two of us, I think we got them stirred up 43:44 because they wanted to be stirred up. 43:45 They came, encouraged to be stirred up. 43:48 Yeah, in evangelism. 43:49 And the beauty of that, in my devotion this morning, 43:51 even as early as I got up with this lag, 43:54 read the devotion this morning, 43:55 which was just inspirational to me. 43:57 Mercy. 43:58 And I'm going to just give you a tidbit into the message 44:00 on this Sabbath. 44:01 It's going to be a short one 44:02 because we have a wonderful service of, 44:04 you know, we'll talk about that in the second half 44:05 eulogizing somebody very important to 3ABN. 44:08 But you've heard the phrase, 'Many are called 44:11 but few are chosen.' 44:13 That has alluded me for so many years. 44:15 I like to deal with those difficult topics, 44:17 'Many are called but few are chosen.' 44:18 And it led me to Isaiah 8:6 where the Lord, 44:23 where the Godhead was speaking amongst themselves, 44:27 who will go for us and whom shall I send. 44:31 In Isaiah, that was not directed to Isaiah. 44:35 Isaiah, and he was so connected to God, 44:39 he overheard a divine conversation 44:42 and he responded, he said, "I will go. 44:45 Here I am, send me." Amen. 44:47 He was not asked. 44:48 And so what came out inspiration, 44:51 matter of fact, Oswald Chambers brought this out 44:53 and then I went to what Ellen White had to say, 44:55 and I looked at Bible all the through and I said, 44:57 that's what we need to know about here in Thompsonville 45:01 and in the world, 45:02 that the God in heaven is saying, 45:06 "Who can we trust on in the earth to go for us?" 45:08 Come on now. 45:10 "Who cares about heaven's agenda? 45:13 Who has put heaven's priority above their own? 45:16 Who cares about souls more than us? 45:19 Is there anybody in the earth listening to who, 45:22 who's going to go, who can we send?" 45:24 And Isaiah was so in tune with God, 45:26 he said, "I hear you, Lord, here I am, send me." 45:30 And so God is saying to those of us 45:32 who are a part of 'Go evangelism,' 45:35 get initiative and the Blessings On The Go. 45:38 Heaven, in these closing hours are saying, 45:41 people are going to Christless graves, 45:43 but we can't go, who will go for us? 45:46 And we're saying, 3ABN, here I am, Lord, send me. 45:50 So that's why I'm so excited about this. 45:51 Whenever God send you, 45:53 you are responding to heaven's agenda 45:56 and heaven's initiative, and then He says, 45:59 the same applies to every one of us, not just to Isaiah. 46:03 So how does many are called but few are chosen goes? 46:07 Many are called, who will go for us? 46:09 Who will go for us? 46:11 Isaiah chose to respond. Amen. 46:13 God didn't choose him, he chose them. 46:14 It's powerful. 46:16 And it show, and I am sorry, Danny. 46:18 Go ahead. 46:19 How anxious the Lord is to use His people. 46:20 We set there Saturday night, you, Yvonne, Erma, and myself. 46:24 John's up in his room, same burden, 46:26 you know, same burden. 46:27 Asking the Lord, show us what You want us to do. 46:30 That's right. 46:32 How do you want us to attack this thing? 46:33 And we're willing to do it. 46:34 And as early as the next morning, 46:36 God is already answered that prayer. 46:38 Our prayers being fulfilled. Absolutely. 46:40 What happened is several months ago, you know, 46:42 when I was impressed, I just woke up in London 46:45 and I said to CA, do you know anybody in London? 46:49 We need to call the church officials, 46:51 or conference and say, look, 46:52 3ABN's willing to come 46:54 if you want to hold some huge evangelistic meetings. 46:57 Now here's my thought, and we'll get, 47:00 how Lord doesn't always do our thought. 47:02 He may give you a thought 47:03 but then you may take that somewhere 47:06 that He didn't really intend to do. 47:08 But my thought was, 47:10 let's go turn London upside down. 47:11 We'll rent the hugest, largest venue we can get, 47:14 let's bring in top evangelist, you know, 47:17 that I can think of John Carter for instance who's preached to 47:22 literally hundreds of thousands of people. 47:24 Let's go in there and let's you know, 47:26 advertise all over the city, let's do these things. 47:29 So I'm ready to go. 47:31 Because those of you know, I don't really let it rest. 47:34 Yeah, really and decided. 47:36 It doesn't do any good letting grass grow under your feet. 47:38 And I feel like sometimes that 47:40 we spend too much time planning. 47:41 And so we used to have a thing in the offices that says 47:44 'Committees keep time but, keep minutes but lose time.' 47:47 And so usually if something comes I like to try to 47:51 get to the law and the testimony, you know. 47:53 So going to London. This must be good. 47:55 At the General Conference session we had, 47:58 they give a lot of facts and figures 47:59 and one of those Europe 48:01 as one of the slowest growing areas in our world church 48:04 to bring people into the Seventh-day Adventist church. 48:08 So we called, CA got hold of Dr. Richard de Lisser. 48:12 Actually Sam Davis, was the last president 48:14 who was just going to leave... 48:16 Oh, that's right. Yeah, yeah. 48:17 And then he puts us in touch with the new president, right? 48:19 Correct. 48:21 And so the new president said, you know what, 48:23 he's very supportive, 48:24 would love for us to work together. 48:26 So the first time just a few of us went, 48:28 we went over, John and CA and myself, 48:31 we went over and met with some of the pastors 48:35 and the conference president. 48:36 And Elder Richard said, 48:38 "You know I feel like God has put me here 48:40 for such an hours as this and given me another chance." 48:44 He's having some health issues. 48:45 "And He's put me here. 48:47 And I think I know why, it's for evangelism." 48:49 And so I'm still of the mindset, 48:51 this is what we're going to do, 48:52 let's go out and witness to, you know, 48:55 get thousands of people into arena. 48:57 Get people, giving their hearts to Jesus, baptize them. 49:00 I'm still of that mindset. 49:02 We come back home, I go back a few weeks later, 49:04 Moses Primo and I, we take 49:06 which is one of the greatest tools ever 49:09 in the history of 3ABN 49:11 and I think the church My SDA TV. 49:13 Amen. 49:14 It's literally a little tool like a Roku box, 49:17 only gets a lot of the Adventist channels. 49:20 And it does all kinds of thing, programming on demand. 49:23 If you miss this program for instance, 49:25 and you're working or whatever, you're gone, 49:26 you can come back and watch it a week or two later. 49:28 I mean, it has so many advantages, 49:30 incredible picture. 49:32 I mean, the high def stuff, it's really a wonderful tool. 49:34 So we took it over to talk to them 49:36 about maybe promoting My SDA TV. 49:39 So again, we're still talking about huge venue's, 49:42 let's do this, you know. 49:44 We went and looked at one, the copper box over there 49:47 while we're there and it will hold 7,500, 8,000 people, 49:50 one of the larger venues they're. 49:52 Very hard to get. 49:53 So we said let's do this. 49:55 Well, we start talking, 49:56 and then the conference president 49:59 begin to talk to us, he said, "You know we have some ideas 50:01 where 3ABN still work if rather than going, 50:05 getting a huge venue, it's very expensive 50:07 and to rent time on television and to do all of this, 50:10 would we be, would you all help us 50:14 bring over Pastor Kenny, Pastor John, Pastor CA, 50:17 some other speakers that won't", 50:19 we have confirmed with them yet, 50:20 "But come over here and help us in all of these churches 50:24 that we just talked about and numerous more." 50:26 Well, to me, at first I have to be honest with you, 50:28 it seemed like a let down because I'm thinking about 50:30 reaching thousands and thousands of people 50:33 who've never heard the gospel. 50:34 But that is evangelism. 50:36 But what really is taking place 50:39 and I believe among the leadership 50:41 of the conference realizes and wants it, 50:44 and so to the people is revival. 50:47 Amen. 50:49 So it occurred to me that we need, 50:51 before we do something huge I believe that we need revival 50:55 in each of the churches. 50:56 Because if we have a large venue 50:58 and let's say a thousand people join the church, 51:01 but if it's a church that's not in unity, 51:03 there's not a lot of love, 51:04 there's problems within the people. 51:06 So what I see now, John, and CA, really this first step, 51:10 they have a plan, 51:12 the conference there does a three or four year plan. 51:14 But the first step is going into all of these churches 51:18 and bringing revival and reformation in the churches 51:22 so the churches now 51:23 become one as though the day of Pentecost. 51:26 And now Jesus can be lifted up, I if I be lifted up. 51:29 This earth will draw all men unto me. 51:32 So I think in 17th, 51:34 they're planning on Mark Finley coming over. 51:35 But of all the churches are prepared, 51:37 so we're going to do our part. 51:39 We said, look, it's not our place, 51:41 we work with the church, 51:43 whatever the church wants us to do we're willing to do. 51:45 But as we went to Newbold and the college there, 51:50 and someone was talking upfront, 51:52 it suddenly occurred to me. 51:54 This my SDA box, it can be an advantage in so many areas. 51:58 Oh, yes. 52:00 One is, so Dr. Richard de Lisser 52:02 was sitting beside me and I leaned over and I said, 52:05 "What if we give a channel to you?" 52:07 Let me talk to Moses, 52:09 but give one for your conference 52:10 that you can do anything you want. 52:11 Between now and September, 52:13 we're still going to hold meetings throughout 52:15 and they want you all to come for a few weeks 52:16 and all of us to come for two to three weeks over there 52:19 and really, really hit the churches, 52:22 the major churches in the London area 52:24 with revival. 52:26 And so I said, what if we got you a channel, 52:29 could get you a channel 52:30 that you could put anything you want. 52:32 So when you're having meetings together, 52:34 when you want to have workshops together it would be like, 52:37 John, it will be like a digital bulletin 52:40 where people can update all the time. 52:42 And plus, they've got equipment over there, 52:45 they've got a big communication department, 52:47 they've got high-def cameras. 52:49 They can start taping their own sermons, 52:52 their preaching, their music. 52:53 In fact, I talked to the doctor today and he said, 52:56 they already have a 60 minute program they developed. 52:58 He's sending it to us tomorrow. 53:00 Wants us to look at it. 53:01 And so now I've talked to Moses, 53:04 he says, "Yes, we can do it." 53:05 So they'll have an entire channel 53:07 that will be used in that area. 53:09 Now the witnessing tool, the little, the smallest 53:12 My SDA box is a little thing about, 53:15 there you go, it's on the right hand side. 53:17 Thank you. But what a production. 53:19 You can take that and stick it in the back of your television, 53:22 as long as you've got the internet, 53:24 and that'll do almost everything the big boxes do. 53:26 But it's an European, 53:28 I think it's 50 maybe 50 pounds for the smallest, 53:31 60 pounds or something for the largest. 53:34 But already some calls came today. 53:37 We want to give some of these to new members 53:40 and people visiting our churches. 53:42 What a great, 24/7, 3ABN, and all of our channels, 53:45 it has Amazing Facts. 53:46 I think LLB, few of the Hope channels on it, 53:49 the number, and now it's going to have 53:51 the England channel there, London, 53:54 for their conference, their channel. 53:56 And so we went over there, we've have a, literally Moses, 54:01 today were looking at sending hundreds of them over there, 54:04 at a time may be 500. 54:06 We have a young lady there name Kathy, 54:07 that they'll be putting up on the screen there, not here, 54:11 but in London on that channel, 54:13 and it'll tell you how to get it, 54:14 it's a phone number. 54:16 You contact. 54:17 So those of you watching this, delayed in London, 54:19 and if you're up tonight, you're up early in the morning. 54:21 But when it's re-shown here 54:23 that you want to contact Kathy and say, 54:26 I want some My SDA boxes. 54:28 Already they're ordering them two at a time, three at a time. 54:31 Then churches are saying, we want to order some. 54:33 So this thing helps bring revival and reformation 54:36 because we're exposing. 54:38 What's happening is when we expose our self to the gospel, 54:41 something's going to happen. 54:43 Something's going to happen. 54:44 When you're exposed to the gospel 54:46 something is going to happen. 54:48 And that, you know what that is, 54:49 your life is going to be changed. 54:51 So it's just like me. 54:52 And what a blessing to be able to have such little tools. 54:55 When we started, Kenny, the great 12, 14 foot dish, 54:58 $2,000 for these. 55:00 Now you're looking at less than $100 to get these My SDA boxes, 55:04 24/7, numerous channels and radio channels as well. 55:08 We maybe going to put on a full time music channel, 55:11 you know kids' channels, all of these on this thing, CA. 55:14 Your Proclaim is on it. 55:15 And so it's life changing for us. 55:18 So the big step for London this year, 55:21 before we go out to the public, let's clean the house. 55:25 And I say that because we need to do that, 55:26 and we just do some house cleaning at home. 55:28 Let's get our lives, our churches 55:31 so that when we have the public evangelism, 55:33 whatever the church decides to do 55:36 that the people going to come into a church 55:38 where people loving Jesus. 55:39 They are going to be praising the Lord and say, 55:42 "What do You want me to do?" 55:43 That's right. 55:44 You have, what do You want me to? 55:46 I'm ready to go, 55:47 I want to be part of the Blessings On The Go. 55:48 You know, Danny, this article just got released, 55:50 I believe in the next magazine or this magazine, 55:53 and this is before we even went to London. 55:55 I pray, Lord, what do You want me to write? 55:57 Listen to this, and this is coming up in the next issue. 55:59 "If the church is not revive or awakened or renewed, 56:02 it is not ready for a new interest. 56:04 Using the analogy of Jesus, 56:06 no one puts a new wine in old wine skins. 56:09 Or else the new wine will burst the wine skins and be spilled. 56:12 The first and most vital step in the success of London 2016 56:16 is revival of the members of the South England Conference. 56:19 Yeah. Amen. 56:20 So that's how, that's the first wave. 56:21 Begin, the Lord says, first, go to the Lord, 56:24 sheep of the house of Israel, start there, 56:26 get that place ready 56:28 so that when the wave can be used to build, 56:29 people can come into and revive the church. 56:31 And that revival will also be evangelistic. 56:34 There will be those who will come to the church. 56:35 And their personal ministry director mentioned 56:38 before the audit, he said, 56:40 one of our big problems is retention. 56:42 Two reasons, one, because they come into a cold church 56:44 and they cool down and they go back out. 56:45 Two, because the society is so aggressively secular that it 56:49 that it begins to suck people back out. 56:51 And what I mentioned him was that one of the ways 56:53 that we found in the States to keep people in 56:55 is to really evangelize them by putting a My SDA. 57:01 That will help you. 57:02 If you're losing 40 percent of your people, 57:03 then something's wrong. 57:05 But it is a mistake and anybody done evangelism knows this, 57:08 it is a mistake to think that 57:10 once you pull them out of the baptismal pool, 57:11 you got a settled Seventh-day Adventist. 57:13 You do not give a person who need more work, 57:15 you have a baby. 57:17 And so if you put one of these in their home 57:19 then they are constantly feeding themselves 57:23 and it will help them with their attention. 57:25 They like that idea. Yeah. 57:27 Amen. All right. Wonderful. 57:28 All right. What's happening to this hour? 57:29 Yeah. It's about gone. 57:31 And when you come back, what we'd like you do is call. 57:33 If you have questions, your comments, 57:34 if it's about evangelism, whatever it's about, 57:37 we've got a great crew here, they all got their bibles 57:39 or swords with them. 57:40 And so we'll try to answer your question. 57:42 So we'll be back in just a moment. |
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