>> AND WE ARE BACK. MY
GUEST IN STUDIO IS DR.,
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PASTOR, CARLTON BYRD WHO IS THE
PASTOR OF THE OAKWOOD CHURCH.
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AND DIRECTOR OF BREATH OF LIFE.
AND STILL FINDS TIME TO RUN
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SEVERAL EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS
DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
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AND GOD HAS GIVEN HIM A
KNACK, AND A NICHE IN THAT AREA.
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BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I WANT TO
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BUTTRESS EACH AND EVERY POINT.
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DEALT WITH THE PASTOR'S PERSONAL
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TIME TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE
IN THE NEXT LITTLE LITTLE BIT.
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WHEN WE LEFT, AND BEFORE WE GO
TO OUR MUSIC, I WAS ASKING YOU,
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AND YOU WERE RESPONDING TO THE
KIND OF STUDENT THAT COMES TO
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THE CAMPUS OF
OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY.
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THAT YOU ARE
SEEING AND MINISTERING TO.
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WALK US THROUGH THAT. >>
WE SPOKE BEFORE THE BREAK,
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PARTICULARLY WITH OUR
DOCTRINE, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHY.
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I MOVE FROM NOW THEORY
TO PRACTICE, AND THERE ARE
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LIFESTYLE PRACTICES AS
CHRISTIANS, AND SPECIFICALLY
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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS,
THAT WE ADHERED TO AND FOLLOWED.
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THAT IS A AN EVEN
BIGGER WHY. WHY DO WE DO THIS?
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WHY CAN'T WE DO THIS? >> YES.
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>> AND YOU HAVE GOT TO BE
PREPARED TO GIVE AN ANSWER.
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SO YOU HAVE THE WHY FOR THE
DOCTRINE, AND THEN THE WHY FOR
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THE PRACTICE? AND YOU
HAVE GOT TO BE WILLING
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TO GIVE AN ANSWER. THE
DOCTRINAL QUESTION IS A BIT
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EASIER TO ANSWER. >> OKAY.
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YEAH. >> IT'S A BIT EASIER.
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THE LIFESTYLE PRACTICE OF WHY
WE DO WHAT WE DO, AND WHAT NOT,
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THAT CAN BE A
BIT MORE CHALLENGING.
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BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT IS
UP TO ONE'S INTERPRETATION.
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BECAUSE THE BIBLE IS NOT JUST
GOING TO COME OUT AND SAY YOU
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CAN DO THIS OR
YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
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A LOT OF THAT IS INTERPRETATION.
SO YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO
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DEAL WITH THAT.
WE'RE LIVING -- WHAT IS
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HAPPENING IN THE LARGER WORLD.
THE CHURCH, ANY STUDENTS AND THE
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CAMPUS, THEY ARE
A MICRO KOS OF THAT.
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THERE IS THE BELIEF THAT
THERE IS NO ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
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YOUR TRUTH IS YOUR
TRUTH. MY TRUTH IS MY TRUTH.
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AND AS LONG AS YOUR TRUTH
DOESN'T CONFLICT WITH MY TRUTH,
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WE'RE OKAY. THAT'S
VERY PREVALENT IN THE DAY
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IN WHICH WE LIVE. AND
THAT'S A PROCESS FOR ME.
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I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, THE
OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY CHURCH HAS
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MULTIPLE CONSTITUENCIES
TO WHICH IT MINISTERS.
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YOU HAVE PEOPLE FIRST WHO ARE
SENIOR ADULTS, WHO HAVE RETIRED
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AND MOVED TO THE HUNTSVILLE
AREA, BECAUSE IT IS A CONCLAVE,
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IF YOU WILL OF ADVENTISTS.
>> INCLUDING EX-PRESIDENTS,
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ET CETERA, ET
CETERA. >> EXACTLY.
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SO THEY HAVE NEEDS, AND THOSE
SPIRITUAL NEEDS MUST BE MET.
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THE SENIOR ADULT POPULATION.
THEN YOU HAVE PERSONS WHO ARE
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CONNECTED TO THE
UNIVERSITY. >> UH-HUH.
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>> SO YOU HAVE
ADMINISTRATORS, PROF
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PROFESSORS, STAFF MEMBERS, AND
THEY HAVE NEEDS, AND THOSE NEEDS
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ARE DIFFERENT
THAN A RETIREE'S NEEDS.
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THEN YOU HAVE A PART OF
THE CAMPUS AS WELL, STUDENTS.
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>> YES. >>
STUDENTS, THEY HAVE NEEDS,
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AND SO THOSE NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT
THAN A FACULTY MEMBER OR STAFF
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MEMBER'S NEEDS
OR RETIREE'S NEEDS.
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THEN YOU HAVE INDIGENOUS
HUNTSVILLE RESIDENTS, WHO HAVE
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NO CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSITY.
THEY WATCH ON 3ABN THE BREATH OF
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LIFE, OR WATCH THE LOCAL
TELEVISION OR LISTEN ON THE
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RADIO, AND THEY BECAME
MEMBERINGS THROUGH THOSE
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MEDIUMS, AND THEY JUST HAPPEN
TO BE LIVING IN HUNTSVILLE.
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THEIR NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT THAN
A STUDENT'S NEEDS, A FACULTY
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MEMBER'S NEEDS, A STAFF MEMBER'S
NEEDS, AND A RETIREE'S NEEDS.
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>> SURE. >> THEN
YOU HAVE A WHOLE OTHER
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POPULATION THAT ARE NOT SEVENTH
DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS.
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AND THAT'S OUR
TARGET POPULATION.
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THEY COME AND VISIT. SO
THEY ARE NOT EVEN SEVENTH-DAY
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ADVENTIST. THEY ARE
NOT CONNECTED TO THE
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INSTITUTION IN ANY WAY.
SO THERE ARE CERTAIN LANGUAGE
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TERMS THAT WE
HAVE, 3ABN. WHAT IS 3ABN?
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>> OR ADVENTISM. >> OR
MESSAGE MAGAZINE, AND GC.
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SO YOU HAVE THAT
POPULATION. >> YEAH.
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>> THEN YOU HAVE THE POPULATION
OF PERSONS WHO WATCH BREATH OF
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LIFE -- >> YEAH.
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YEAH. >>
TOTALLY DIFFERENT, OKAY?
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AND THEN EVEN WITHIN THOSE
DIFFERENT POPULATIONS, YOU HAVE
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AGES, YOU HAVE COLLEGE STUDENTS'
NEEDS MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THAN
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THE ACADEMY STUDENTESTS'
NEEDS, SO YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT.
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YET SABBATH MORNING I'M CALLED
TO MINISTER TO ALL OF THESE
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DIFFERENT GROUPS.
WORSHIP, STYLE OF MUSIC.
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MUSICAL GENRE, YOU
HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT.
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PREACHING STYLE. YOU
HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT.
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SOME PEOPLE WANT TEACHING.
SOME PEOPLE JUST WANT TO BE
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INSPIRED. SOME
PEOPLE WANT BIG WORDS.
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SOME PEOPLE SAY JUST
USE WORDS I CAN UNDERSTAND.
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SO IT'S MORE OF AN
OCEAN, AND WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
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TODAY -- GETTING BACK TO YOUR
QUESTION, THEY ARE DEALING WITH
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SERIOUS THINGS TODAY.
THINGS THAT WHEN YOU AND I WERE
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THERE, WE WOULD NEVER THINK
OF. BUT THEIR ACCESS IN THIS
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INFORMATION AGE TO SO MUCH,
THERE ARE A LOT OF TEMPTATIONS
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OUT THERE, AND, YOU KNOW,
BUT GOD CALLS US TO MINISTER.
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HE CALLS US TO PREACH. HE
CALLS US TO BE SOULS BESIDE
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STILL WATERS, AND
WE HAVE TO DO THAT.
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BUT YOU ARE DEALING RIGHT
NOW WITH A VERY MOBILE CAMPUS.
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YEARS AGO, I'M PRETTY SURE
WHEN YOU WERE THERE, OAKWOOD WAS
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PRIMARILY A RESIDENTIAL CAMPUS.
NOW EVERYONE HAS A CAR, AND IF
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THEY DON'T HAVE A CAR,
THEY KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS A CAR.
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[ LAUGHTER ] >> MY
PARENTS TELL ME STORIES
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WHEN THEY WERE THERE. I
HAVE MY STORIES, JUST -- OTHER
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LITTLE THINGS. CURFEW.
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THE TIME IS MUCH DIFFERENT
TODAY THAN WHAT IT FORMALLY WAS.
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>> YEAH. >> YOU
KNOW, SO ALL OF THESE
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THINGS ARE THINGS
YOU MUST CONSIDER.
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>> AND YOUR CALL TO MINISTER TO
ALL OF THOSE SETS AND SUBSETS,
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AND TELL ME IF
I'M WRONG WITH THIS --
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>> OKAY. >> --
BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST A
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DIRTY WORD, BUT THERE ISN'T
AN ASPECT -- AND I SAY REQUEST
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GREAT RESPECT AND
DEFERENCE -- OF -- OF
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ENTERTAINMENT. I'M
TREADING AS LIGHTLY AS I CAN
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ON THIS. >> OKAY.
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>> YOU HAVE TO BE
ENGAGING -- >> VERY.
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>> -- TO YOUR AUDIENCE. >> VERY.
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>> BECAUSE ALL DURING THE WEEK,
THEY ARE FUNCTIONING AT A LEVEL
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WHERE THEY ARE BEING
PREACHED TO BY SECULAR MEDIA.
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THEY ARE BEING ENTERTAINED, AND
IF YOU ARE DRY AND DOGMATIC, YOU
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ARE NOT GOING TO
HAVE THEM VERY, VERY LONG.
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>> NO. >> SO YOU
HAVE GOT TO PUT YOUR
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WINE IN BOTTLES THAT
IS ATTRACTIVE TO THEM.
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>> THAT'S RIGHT. >>
AND THAT'S A CHALLENGE,
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BECAUSE WHAT ATTRACTS A 20 YEAR
OLD, MAY NOT NECESSARILY ATTRACT
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A 70 YEAR OLD. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
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>> SO YOU HAVE TO TREAD THAT
LINE, AND HOLD THAT AUDIENCE.
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IF THEY ARE NOT LISTENING,
YOU ARE NOT GETTING IT IN THERE.
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SO THAT'S ANOTHER BURDEN
THAT YOU HAVE TO WRESTLE WITH.
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>> BIG BURDEN. AND
THE REALITY IS BECAUSE OF
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THE HIGH PROLIFERATION OF
THE THINGS IN MEDIA, THAT'S
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CRITICAL, BECAUSE ONLY
JESUS -- SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING
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TO GET IS IN
THAT 45-MINUTE BLOCK.
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>> PRECISELY. >> AND
YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE CHOICES
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AND OPTIONS TODAY. WHEN
I WAS A STUDENT AT OAKWOOD,
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AT A CERTAIN TIME, THE RESIDENT
ASSISTANT WOULD COME BY, AND
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TELL YOU, YOU HAVE GOT
TO GET UP AND GO TO CHURCH.
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>> THAT'S RIGHT. >>
THAT'S NOT THE CASE TODAY.
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[ LAUGHTER ] >>
SOME PEOPLE, I'M TIRED.
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SO IT HAS TO BE SPIRITUALLY
ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH THAT THERE IS
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A DESIRE, LET ME
GO. >> YEAH, LET ME GO.
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>> WITH THE PROLIFERATION OF
MEDIA TODAY, ANOTHER THING YOU
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MUST LOOK AT, A STUDENT
CAN SAY IT'S RAINING TODAY.
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IT'S COLD TODAY. I'M
JUST GOING TO STAY IN THE
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DORMITORY. I CAN
WATCH PASTOR BYRD ON THE
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INTERNET TODAY. >>
AND THAT'S TRUE YOU CAN.
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>> YEAH, YOU ARE THERE. SO
YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT AS
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WELL. SO IT HAS
TO BE SUCH THAT YOUR
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OFFERING IS SUCH THAT IT IS
STRONG ENOUGH TO GET EVERYONE --
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>> YES. >> -- OUT OF THE BED.
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[ LAUGHTER ] >> --
AND COME DOWN TO WORSHIP.
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YOU ARE DEALING WITH
INDIVIDUALS, SOME OF OUR MORE
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SEASONED SAY I JUST
WANT TO COME ANYWAY.
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AND WE SEE THAT EVERYWHERE, I
WOULD DARE SAY AROUND THE WORLD,
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BUT IT IS EVEN THAT MUCH
MORE APPARENT WITH THE HIGH
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CONCENTRATION OF
YOUNG PEOPLE. >> UH-HUH.
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WHAT KIND OF NUMBERS ARE
-- SOMETIMES THE ONLY WAY
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YOU CAN GET A READ ON
NUMBERS -- OF THE STUDENT BODY
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ARE YOU
BAPTIZING DURING THE YEAR?
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DOES A LARGE PORTION OF THE
STUDENT BODY COME CONVERTED?
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OR ARE YOU SEEING THEM CONVERTED
AS PART OF THEIR COLLEGE
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EXPERIENCE? >> MOST
OF THEM COME -- WHEN I
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QUOTED 400 EARLIER.
THOSE WERE JUST RESIDENTS IN
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HUNTSDALE. >> MOST
OF THE STUDENTS WHO COME
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FROM OAKWOOD, MOST COME FROM
A RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND, AND MOST
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SOME FROM A SEVENTH
-DAY ADVENTIST BACKGROUND.
00:11:06.80\00:11:15.70
BUT JUST BECAUSE THEY COME FROM
THEIR ROOTS DOES NOT MEAN THEY
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ARE CONVERTED. AND TO
SAFELY CONVERT THAT IS
00:11:19.87\00:11:24.75
HIGHLY SUBJECTIVE. >> UH-HUH.
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>> BUT MOST OF THEM COME WITH
SPIRITUAL OR RELIGIOUS ROOTS IF
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YOU WILL. >> OKAY.
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>> BUT MANY OF THEM COME
TO OAKWOOD -- THOSE ARE GOD'S
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GROUNDS, THEY ARE
SACRED. AND THEY FIND JESUS.
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OR IF THEY HAVE ALREADY KNOWN
JESUS, THEY INCREASE THEIR WALK
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WITH JESUS. AND I
THINK IT IS NECESSARY FOR
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ME TO HELP THEM IN THEIR WALK.
I WANT TO BE VERY SENSITIVE TO
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ALL PEOPLE. >> UH-HUH.
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>> SENIOR ADULTS, MIDDLE-AGED
ADULTS, YOUNG ADULTS, TEENS,
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CHILDREN. WE HAVE
GOT TO BE SENSITIVE TO
00:12:06.65\00:12:08.79
EVERYONE. BUT --
BUT I'M 44 YEARS OLD.
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>> UH-HUH. >> I HAVE
BEEN IN THE CHURCH ALL
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OF MY LIFE. I HAVE
HEARD THE SABBATH, THE
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SECOND COMING, THE DATE
OF THE DEAD, STEWARDSHIP.
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BUT VERY, VERY, VERY PASSIONATE
FOR ME IS THAT 18 YEAR OLD, THAT
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19 YEAR OLD, THAT WE HAVE
GOT TO HIT IT WITH THEM NOW.
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BECAUSE IF WE DON'T,
WE ARE GOING TO LOSE THEM.
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MY DAUGHTER IS 15 YEARS OLD.
I WANT HER TO LOVE THE LORD AND
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LOVE THE CHURCH. IF I
DON'T HAVE HER BY NOW, I
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NEED TO REEVALUATE MYSELF.
SO WITH THE STUDENTS SOMETIMES
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THEIR DRESS ARE RAISE AN
EYEBROW, AND THEIR MUSIC RACES
00:12:48.53\00:12:53.97
ANOTHER EYEBROW, BUT I'M
THANKFUL THEY ARE IN CHURCH.
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AND IF THEY ARE THERE, WE CAN
LOVE THEM, HELP TEACH THEM, AND
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TRAIN THEM, BUT YOU HAVE TO GIVE
THEM A LITTLE SPACE BY WHICH
00:13:02.18\00:13:06.28
THEY CAN MAKE A MISTAKE.
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE PATIENT WITH
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THEM. I WOULD NOT
BE WHERE I AM TODAY
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IF MY PARENTS, MY FAMILY
MEMBERS, CHURCH MEMBERS WERE NOT
00:13:15.86\00:13:19.96
PATIENT WITH ME, UNDERSTOOD ME,
AND HELPED GUIDE ME ALONG THE
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WAY. AND I DON'T
THINK THAT WE CAN BE
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DOGMATIC. YOU MUST
PREACH WITH US, SAITH
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THE LORD, BUT THERE IS
A WAY THAT DO YOU THAT.
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>> I FOUND OUT -- I USED TO
BE PASTOR LOMACANG PASTOR'S.
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AND I KNEW THEY
WERE RUNNING THE STREETS.
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I FOUND OUT JUST THIS PAST YEAR,
WHEN I HAD HIM PASSING OUT THE
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CHURCH BULLETINS, HE WAS PUTTING
IN ANNOUNCEMENTS TO THE PARTY
00:14:00.07\00:14:04.51
THAT NIGHT. [ LAUGHTER ]
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>> I FOUND OUT YEARS
LATER -- >> REVELATION.
00:14:05.91\00:14:09.11
>> REVELATION INGEED.
IN THAT JOHN LOMACANG WAS
00:14:09.11\00:14:16.85
PUTTING NOTICES
IN THE BULLETINS.
00:14:16.85\00:14:20.29
BUT I STUCK WITH HIM
AND HE HAS COME TO THE LORD.
00:14:20.29\00:14:23.89
DO YOU THINK COMING FROM A
PASTORAL SETTING TO AN ACADEMIC
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BACKGROUND HELP A LITTLE
BIT? WHAT YOU DID AT THOSE OTHER
00:14:31.33\00:14:34.57
CHURCHES GAVE YOU SOME SKILLS
THAT YOU COULD USE AT OAKWOOD
00:14:34.57\00:14:38.47
UNIVERSITY? >> DEFINITELY.
00:14:38.47\00:14:39.84
AND I WOULD DARE TO SAY, C.A.
THAT THAT PREPARATION IN THE
00:14:39.84\00:14:45.55
PARISH HAS DEFINITELY HELPED
ME. THE LORD HAS ALLOWED ME THE
00:14:45.55\00:14:49.92
PRIVILEGE OF PASTORING,
RURAL CHURCH, CITY CHURCH, SMALL
00:14:49.92\00:15:01.83
CHURCH, BIG
CHURCH. I'M VERY CLEAR THE
00:15:01.83\00:15:04.17
UNIVERSITY -- THEY ARE CHARGED
WITH THIS RESPONSIBILITY, TO
00:15:04.17\00:15:11.31
EDUCATE STUDENTS. >> YES.
00:15:11.31\00:15:13.68
>> I'M VERY CLEAR ON THAT.
MY ROLE IS TO HELP GROW THEM
00:15:13.68\00:15:17.95
SPIRITUALLY. AND I'M
VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
00:15:17.95\00:15:19.88
>> UH-HUH. >> I
WOULD DARE TO SAY IF MY
00:15:19.88\00:15:23.99
BACKGROUND WAS SOLELY ACADEMIC,
I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT
00:15:23.99\00:15:27.72
AS EFFECTIVELY AS I DO.
SO THOSE EXES -- EXPERIENCES
00:15:27.72\00:15:36.77
HAVE HELPED ME. AT
THE END OF THE DAY, THE
00:15:36.77\00:15:43.14
COMMON DENOMINATOR IS
THE SAME. THEY NEED JESUS.
00:15:43.14\00:15:46.98
AND THEY STRUGGLE WITH THE
SAME THINGS THAT EVERYONE ELSE
00:15:46.98\00:15:54.62
STRUGGLES WITH.
EVERYBODY HAS A THROWN IN THEIR
00:15:54.62\00:15:57.65
FLESH. >> YES.
00:15:57.65\00:15:58.92
YES. >> AND THE
LORD WILL KEEP THAT
00:15:58.92\00:16:01.99
THORN THERE, UNTIL
WE FULLY SURRENDER.
00:16:01.99\00:16:04.26
I REMEMBER A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
00:16:04.26\00:16:08.50
DOING WEEK OF PRAYER AT
THE GENERAL HEADQUARTERS.
00:16:08.50\00:16:11.60
AND ONE OF THE MEMBERS TOLD ME,
PREACH TO US LIKE YOU PREACH ON
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SABBATH MORNINGS, BECAUSE THOUGH
WE'RE LEADERS IN THE CHURCH, THE
00:16:18.11\00:16:23.21
SAME STRUGGLES OTHERS
HAVE, WE HAVE AS WELL.
00:16:23.21\00:16:26.85
SO I WOULD SAY THAT HAS
DEFINITELY BEEN A BLESSING TO
00:16:26.85\00:16:30.55
ME. AND I PRAY TO THE STUDENT
00:16:30.55\00:16:33.29
MEMBERSHIP AND THE
STUDENT BODY. >> WELL SAID.
00:16:33.29\00:16:38.09
I WANT TO SEGUE INTO BREATH
OF LIFE BECAUSE -- WHICH CAME
00:16:38.09\00:16:46.57
FIRST? >> BREATH OF LIFE.
00:16:46.57\00:16:48.87
>> I THOUGHT SO.
>> DID YOU HAVE ANY
00:16:48.87\00:16:53.31
INTREPIDATION ABOUT ADDING
TO YOUR PORT FELLOW, BREATH OF
00:16:53.31\00:17:05.05
LIFE? >> YES, DEFINITELY.
00:17:05.05\00:17:07.69
AS YOU HAVE PROBABLY
SAID, BREATH OF LIFE IS A HUGE
00:17:07.69\00:17:11.86
RESPONSIBILITY IN
AND OF ITSELF. >> YES.
00:17:11.86\00:17:13.63
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
ATTRACTED ME TO OAKWOOD WITH
00:17:13.63\00:17:17.93
BREATH OF LIFE, AND COMING
TO THE CAMPUS -- BECAUSE THE
00:17:17.93\00:17:20.80
ADVANTAGE OF ATLANTA,
IT WAS IN AN URBAN AREA.
00:17:20.80\00:17:23.94
IT WAS A CITY. SO
THEREFORE, WE HAD IMMEDIATE
00:17:23.94\00:17:27.44
MINISTRY IN A CITY. >> YES.
00:17:27.44\00:17:28.91
>> BUT ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT ATTRACTED ME ABOUT GOING TO
00:17:28.91\00:17:32.65
OAKWOOD CHURCH AND
ACCEPTING THAT RESPONSIBILITY AS
00:17:32.65\00:17:36.99
SPEAKER/DIRECTOR OF BREATH OF
LIFE AS WELL, WAS YOU WOULD HAVE
00:17:36.99\00:17:41.46
AMBASSADORS, YOUNG PEOPLE AFTER
THEIR MAT RICK LAGS AT OAKWOOD,
00:17:41.46\00:17:47.60
THEY WOULD LEAVE AND BE
AMBASSADORS FOR BREATH OF LIFE.
00:17:47.60\00:17:50.73
SO AS OUR TEAM WOULD GO TO
DIFFERENT CITIES, THEY WOULD BE
00:17:50.73\00:17:53.94
ABLE TO SAY, OH, YES, THAT
IS THE MINISTRY OF THE SEVENTH
00:17:53.94\00:18:03.28
DAYDAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
00:18:03.28\00:18:06.31
SO THEY KNOW BREATH OF LIFE.
BREATH OF LIFE IS NOT FOREIGN TO
00:18:06.31\00:18:09.32
THEM. SO THAT
HELP EVEN BEYOND ME AND
00:18:09.32\00:18:13.86
MY TENURE AS SPEAKER/DIRECTOR,
THAT HELPS BECAUSE THERE IS AN
00:18:13.86\00:18:18.69
AREA OF WHAT BREATH OF LIFE IS.
SO THAT IS VERY, VERY CRITICAL
00:18:18.69\00:18:23.83
FOR ME IN GOING TO
OAKWOOD. >> UH-HUH.
00:18:23.83\00:18:27.57
>> ANOTHER THING THAT WAS VERY
IMPORTANT WAS THIS WOULD BE AN
00:18:27.57\00:18:30.97
OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS,
PARTICULARLY THEOLOGY STUDENTS,
00:18:30.97\00:18:34.41
MUSIC STUDENTS, AND
COMMUNICATION STUDENTS TO GET ON
00:18:34.41\00:18:38.05
THE JOB HANDS ON
TRAINING WITH A MEDIA MINISTRY.
00:18:38.05\00:18:41.95
>> UH-HUH. >> SO
WITH BREATH OF LIFE BEING
00:18:41.95\00:18:45.19
THERE, WE RECORD EVERY
SABBATH THAT I PREACH THERE.
00:18:45.19\00:18:47.96
YOU HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE
ACTUALLY ENGAGING IN THAT WORK,
00:18:47.96\00:18:51.99
AND THAT'S A GOOD
THING. >> OH, YES.
00:18:51.99\00:18:54.60
>> WHEN NBC TELEVISION DID OUR
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, YOU HAD ALL
00:18:54.60\00:19:05.97
OF THE PROFESSALS FROM MAJOR
NETWORKS CAME IN, AND STUDENTS
00:19:05.97\00:19:10.75
WERE ABLE TO RUB
SHOULDERS WITH THEM.
00:19:10.75\00:19:13.21
AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE TO DO A GOOD JOB IN
00:19:13.21\00:19:17.25
SUCCESSOR PLANNING. WITH
PRODUCERS, WRITERS, FLOOR
00:19:17.25\00:19:21.19
DIRECTORS, CAMERA MEN, CAMERA
WOMEN, SO BREATH OF LIFE ON A
00:19:21.19\00:19:25.56
COLLEGE CAMPUS
AFFORDS THAT OPPORTUNITY.
00:19:25.56\00:19:28.50
>> SO A GOOD
MARRIAGE. MORE WORK FOR YOU.
00:19:28.50\00:19:31.50
>> IT IS. >> BUT A GOOD FIT.
00:19:31.50\00:19:33.34
>> YES. >> I WANT
TO ASK YOU -- AND I
00:19:33.34\00:19:35.77
THINK WE'LL GO TO OUR MUSIC
WHILE YOU'RE MULLING OVER THIS
00:19:35.77\00:19:41.88
QUESTION, WHAT DO YOU
SEE AS BREATH OF LIFE IN THE
00:19:41.88\00:19:45.61
CONSTELLATION OF MEDIA MINISTRY,
AND WHERE IS IT GOING IN THE
00:19:45.61\00:19:49.85
FUTURE? BUT WHILE
HE IS PONDERING THAT
00:19:49.85\00:19:51.55
QUESTION, I WANT TO GO TO
OUR SECOND MUSICAL PIECE FROM
00:19:51.55\00:19:59.43
NEVILLE PETER. HE IS
GOING TO BE SINGING A
00:19:59.43\00:20:02.80
REALLY BEAUTIFUL
SONG, "FORGET ABOUT MYSELF."
00:20:02.80\00:20:05.13
¤
00:20:05.13\00:20:08.67
¤ I FORGET ABOUT MYSELF
 ¤ ¤ WHEN I WORSHIP YOU ¤
00:20:16.81\00:20:24.55
¤ WHEN I WORSHIP YOU ¤
¤ I FORGET ABOUT MYSELF ¤
00:20:24.55\00:20:35.70
¤ WHEN I WORSHIP YOU
¤ ¤ WHEN I WORSHIP YOU ¤
00:20:35.70\00:20:45.74
¤ NOT JUST ONLY IN YOUR TEMPLE ¤
¤ BUT EVERY SECOND OF THE DAY ¤
00:20:45.74\00:20:59.69
¤ I FORGET ABOUT MYSELF
¤ ¤ WHEN I WORSHIP YOU ¤
00:20:59.69\00:21:10.57
¤ LORD, I FORGET ABOUT
MYSELF ¤ ¤ WHEN I HONOR YOU ¤
00:21:10.57\00:21:21.58
¤ WHEN I HONOR YOU ¤ ¤
I FORGET ABOUT MYSELF ¤
00:21:21.58\00:21:31.12
¤ WHEN I HONOR YOU ¤ ¤
LORD IN HUMBLENESS, I'M
00:21:31.12\00:21:46.84
COMING ¤ ¤ IN
OBEDIENCE TO YOUR WILL ¤
00:21:46.84\00:21:54.88
¤ SO I FORGET ABOUT
MYSELF ¤ ¤ WHEN I WORSHIP YOU ¤
00:21:54.88\00:22:06.59
¤ LORD I'M COMING WITH MORE THAN
JUST A SACRIFICE OF PRAISE ¤
00:22:06.59\00:22:20.90
¤ I'M BRINGING A HEART ¤
¤ THAT LONGS TO KNOW YOU ¤
00:22:20.90\00:22:30.48
¤ AND ALL, ALL
YOUR WONDERFUL WAYS ¤
00:22:30.48\00:22:36.02
¤ GOD I WISH, LORD, I
WISH THAT I COULD SHOW YOU ¤
00:22:36.02\00:22:44.19
¤ JUST HOW MUCH
THAT I ADORE YOU ¤
00:22:44.19\00:22:50.40
¤ SO I FORGET ABOUT MYSELF
¤ ¤ FATHER, I FORGET ABOUT
00:22:50.40\00:22:57.77
MYSELF ¤ ¤ LORD, I
FORGET ABOUT MYSELF ¤
00:22:57.77\00:23:10.02
¤ WHEN I WORSHIP YOU ¤ ¤
THERE'S NO TIME TO THINK ABOUT
00:23:15.62\00:23:24.07
ANYTHING ELSE ¤ ¤ NO ¤
00:23:24.07\00:23:30.31
¤ WHEN I WORSHIP YOU ¤
00:23:30.31\00:23:37.55
>> AMEN. WELL DONE.
00:23:43.45\00:23:48.76
"FORGET ABOUT MYSELF."
WHEN YOU COME TO THE PRESENCE OF
00:23:48.76\00:23:50.33
THE LORD, YOU KIND OF
FORGET ABOUT YOURSELF.
00:23:50.33\00:23:53.83
YOU FOCUS ON --
YOU FOCUS ON GOD.
00:23:53.83\00:23:56.50
WE HAD TALKED ABOUT
-- I FORGOT MY QUESTION.
00:23:56.50\00:24:00.24
>> BREATH OF LIFE. >> RIGHT.
00:24:00.24\00:24:02.57
THE REASON I DID IS BECAUSE
SOMETHING ELSE POPPED IN MY MIND
00:24:02.57\00:24:06.31
IN US DISCUSSION. YOU
TALKED ABOUT THOSE DIFFERENT
00:24:06.31\00:24:11.28
CONSTITUENCIES AT SCHOOL.
YOUR BIG ONE IS THE STUDENT
00:24:11.28\00:24:18.72
BODY, RIGHT? THOSE
KIDS ARE AWAY FROM HOME
00:24:18.72\00:24:22.89
MANY OF THEM.
THAT'S YOUR -- YOUR TARGET
00:24:22.89\00:24:27.03
DEMOGRAPHIC, IS IT NOT?
>> IT DEPENDS, HONESTLY.
00:24:27.03\00:24:30.07
AND I'M NOT TRYING
TO DODGE THE QUESTION.
00:24:30.07\00:24:32.67
MY GREATEST CALLING,
I'LL BE HONEST IS EVANGELISM.
00:24:32.67\00:24:36.77
SO THE STUDENTS,
THEY ARE IMPORTANT.
00:24:36.77\00:24:39.27
MY SENIORS THEY ARE IMPORTANT.
THE YOUTH ARE IMPORTANT.
00:24:39.27\00:24:43.51
BUT THE GREATEST POPULATION
FOR ME WHEN I PREACH IS THAT
00:24:43.51\00:24:47.55
POPULATION THAT UNLESS THEY HEAR
THE GOSPEL BETWEEN NOW AND THE
00:24:47.55\00:24:51.05
COMING OF THE
LORD, THEY WILL BE LOST.
00:24:51.05\00:24:54.12
>> YEAH. >> AND
THAT MAY BE THE SMALLEST
00:24:54.12\00:24:59.53
NUMERICAL POPULATION
THAT ARE SITTING IN CHURCH.
00:24:59.53\00:25:02.33
>> YES. >> THAT
MAY BE THE SMALLEST
00:25:02.33\00:25:06.17
NUMERICAL GROUP. BUT
FOR ME -- AT THE END OF THE
00:25:06.17\00:25:11.01
DAY, THAT'S WHAT THE
LORD IS CALLING ME TO DO.
00:25:11.01\00:25:13.58
I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, I
PREACH TO TWO PEOPLE, THE PERSON
00:25:13.58\00:25:16.75
WHO MAY BE HEARING THE
GOSPEL FOR THE FIRST TIME.
00:25:16.75\00:25:19.85
AND THE PERSON WHO MAY BE
HEARING THE GOSPEL FOR THOUGH
00:25:19.85\00:25:24.25
THE LAST TIME. >> POWERFUL.
00:25:24.25\00:25:27.32
>> THAT STUDENT BODY DEFINITELY.
BUT FOR ME THE GREATEST WOULD BE
00:25:27.32\00:25:31.13
THAT GROUP. >> ALL RIGHT.
00:25:31.13\00:25:32.13
I ACCEPT THAT. AND
HAVING SAID SO, MY QUESTION
00:25:32.13\00:25:36.23
HAS COME BACK TO ME -- WHICH IS
BREATH OF LIFE UNDER YOUR WATCH,
00:25:36.23\00:25:40.20
IT'S A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL
MINISTRY, WAS SUCCESSFUL WHEN
00:25:40.20\00:25:44.57
YOU TOOK THE REINS. >> YES.
00:25:44.57\00:25:47.04
>> BUT WHAT DO YOU SEE AS ITS
NICHE, AS ITS GOAL UNDER YOUR
00:25:47.04\00:25:53.31
LEADERSHIP? >>
BREATH OF LIFE IS 42 YEARS
00:25:53.31\00:25:55.68
OLD NOW. WE WERE ACTUALLY IN THE
00:25:55.68\00:25:58.99
UNITED STATES, THE FIRST MEDIA
OR TELEVISION MINISTRY WITH
00:25:58.99\00:26:03.49
ROOTS IN THE URBAN AREA,
WITH BLACK PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY.
00:26:03.49\00:26:07.93
>> UH-HUH. >> OUR
FIRST SPEAKER/DIRECTOR,
00:26:07.93\00:26:11.37
GREAT MAN OF GOD. >> OH, YES.
00:26:11.37\00:26:14.87
>> PASTOR CD BROOKS.
HE JUST RECENTLY PASSED.
00:26:14.87\00:26:20.38
AND WE PRAISE GOD FOR
THE FOUNDATION HE LAID.
00:26:20.38\00:26:23.48
AND FOLLOWING HIM, A GREAT
PREACHER, RECENTLY RETIRED.
00:26:23.48\00:26:29.92
NO ONE COULD TEACH A
SERMON LIKE ELDER PIERSON.
00:26:29.92\00:26:34.96
AT ITS CORE, BREATH OF LIFE
WHILE IT IS A MEDIA MINISTRY, AT
00:26:34.96\00:26:39.59
ITS CORE, IT HAS SOUGHT TO
MINISTER TO THE URBAN MASSES IN
00:26:39.59\00:26:43.77
NORTH AMERICA. >> UH-HUH.
00:26:43.77\00:26:45.80
>> WITH PUBLIC EVANGELISM.
DURING ELDER BROOKS TENURE, NOT
00:26:45.80\00:26:50.61
JUST BEING ON TELEVISION WEEKLY,
BUT ALSO MAJOR PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS
00:26:50.61\00:26:54.74
WERE STARTED, AND THEY WERE
ENGAGED IN, AND I WOULD SAY THAT
00:26:54.74\00:27:00.08
13 CHURCHES IN NORTH AMERICA
WERE STARTED AS A RESULT OF
00:27:00.08\00:27:03.05
BREATH OF LIFE
CAMPAIGN. >> VERY TRUE.
00:27:03.05\00:27:05.22
>> SO AT ITS CORE, EVANGELISM,
WHEN ELDER PIERSON TOOK OVER, WE
00:27:05.22\00:27:10.79
BEGAN TO MOVE INTO THE INTERNET
AGE, AND HE SERVED AS ONE OF OUR
00:27:10.79\00:27:14.60
NET THEORY SPEAKERS
HERE IN NORTH AMERICA.
00:27:14.60\00:27:17.97
SO AGAIN, EMPHASIS ON EVAN
EVANGELISM, BUT ALSO UTILIZED,
00:27:17.97\00:27:23.41
IF YOU WILL, THE INTERNET.
WHEN IT WAS PASSED ON TO ME,
00:27:23.41\00:27:28.58
AGAIN, EVANISM  -- EVANGELISM.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PLANT TWO
00:27:28.58\00:27:39.65
NEWTURES. >> PRAISE GOD.
00:27:39.65\00:27:40.99
>> SO, AGAIN, EVANGELISM
IS AT THE CORE OF WHO WE ARE.
00:27:40.99\00:27:45.09
>> UH-HUH. >> AS WE
MOVE FORWARD, I WOULD
00:27:45.09\00:27:48.16
LIKE TO TAKE BREATH OF LIFE EVEN
WITH ALL OF THE INTERNET AND
00:27:48.16\00:27:52.53
ACCESS TO TELEVISION WE HAVE
NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT GO
00:27:52.53\00:27:56.10
MORE MAIN STREAM. >> UH-HUH.
00:27:56.10\00:27:57.74
>> DURING THE TIME I HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO UFSH  -- SERVE, THE LORD
00:27:57.74\00:28:05.78
HAS BLESSED, NBC, AND ABC
REQUESTED TO DO A CHRISTMAS AND
00:28:05.78\00:28:16.02
EASTER SPECIAL THAT
WAS BROADCAST EVERYWHERE.
00:28:16.02\00:28:19.16
AND I PRAISE GOD FOR THAT.
AND NOW NBC HAS CALLED AND THEY
00:28:19.16\00:28:24.67
WOULD LIKE TO AIR IT IN 2017.
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED
00:28:24.67\00:28:29.27
ABOUT THAT. SO WE
WANT TO CONTINUE TO
00:28:29.27\00:28:31.57
UTILIZE THE TOOLS WE HAVE
FOR PUBLIC EVANGELISM IN URBAN
00:28:31.57\00:28:37.01
AREAS, AND ALSO TAKE OUR
MESSAGE EVEN MORE MAIN STREAM.
00:28:37.01\00:28:40.65
ALSO SINCE YOURS TRULY HAS BEEN
THE SPEAKER/DIRECTOR DIFFERENT
00:28:40.65\00:28:45.69
FROM MY TWO PREDECESSORS,
BREATH OF LIFE IS CHURCH-BASED.
00:28:45.69\00:28:49.09
WHICH MAKES IT DIFFERENT.
WE HAVE FOUND THAT TELL
00:28:49.09\00:28:59.63
EVANGELISTS MANY OF
THEM ARE BASED AT A CHURCH.
00:28:59.63\00:29:02.34
>> YES. >> YEARS
AGO PEOPLE WOULD CALL
00:29:02.34\00:29:04.44
IN AND INQUIRE, WELL,
WHERE IS THEIR CHURCH?
00:29:04.44\00:29:06.91
>> YEAH. >> AND
IT REALLY WASN'T A
00:29:06.91\00:29:10.98
CHURCH, THEY WOULD GO FROM CITY
TO CITY AND JUST RECORD IN THE
00:29:10.98\00:29:14.55
STUDIO, WHEREAS NOW, WE HAVE
PICKED UP THE MODALITY AS WELL,
00:29:14.55\00:29:19.59
WHERE THE PASTER IS A
SPEAKER/DIRECTOR, BUT HE HAS A
00:29:19.59\00:29:24.93
CHURCH. >> YES.
00:29:24.93\00:29:25.59
>> SO HE IS PREACHING NOT TO
A CAMERA, BUT TO A LIVE STUDIO
00:29:25.59\00:29:30.73
AUDIENCE, SO THEREFORE THERE
IS A LEVEL OF CALL AND RESPONSE,
00:29:30.73\00:29:33.47
WHICH IS CRITICAL
WITHIN THE URBAN SETTING.
00:29:33.47\00:29:35.70
>> UH-HUH. >> WE
ALSO SEE THAT BREATH OF
00:29:35.70\00:29:37.97
LIFE CANNOT BE
LIMITED TO A BLACK AUDIENCE.
00:29:37.97\00:29:40.34
WHILE IT HAS ITS ROOTS IN THAT
AUDIENCE, AND WE WILL REMAIN
00:29:40.34\00:29:45.78
FAITHFUL AND TRUE TO THAT
AUDIENCE, WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE
00:29:45.78\00:29:48.82
OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC AND CULTURES
AND WHAT NOT, THAT WE MUST ALSO
00:29:48.82\00:29:53.62
MINISTER AND APPEAL TO,
AND WE'RE SEEKING TO DO THAT AS
00:29:53.62\00:29:57.23
WELL. BEING CHURCH
BASED, YOU HAVE THE
00:29:57.23\00:29:59.43
CHOIR SITTING BEHIND YOU, YOU
ARE IN A CHURCH ENVIRONMENT, AND
00:29:59.43\00:30:02.70
WHAT NOT, AND IT'S A GOOD THING.
WE GET CALLS ALL THE TIME.
00:30:02.70\00:30:07.54
PEOPLE INQUIRING. WE
WANT TO COME TO YOUR CHURCH.
00:30:07.54\00:30:10.31
SO WE NOW HAVE A
CHURCH THAT YOU CAN COME TO.
00:30:10.31\00:30:13.68
IRONICALLY, I JUST GOT A CALL
THIS WEEK, THERE WAS A FAMILY IN
00:30:13.68\00:30:17.85
CINCINNATI, OHIO, AND THEY HAVE
BEEN WATCHING BREATH OF LIFE.
00:30:17.85\00:30:20.32
AND THEY CALLED US, AND SAID
DO YOU HAVE AN AFFILIATE IN OUR
00:30:20.32\00:30:24.95
AREA? AND WE
REFERRED THEM, AND THEY
00:30:24.95\00:30:27.09
WENT TO THE LOCAL CHURCH
THERE. THEY ARE NOW BAPTIZED.
00:30:27.09\00:30:30.46
>> AMEN. >>
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
00:30:30.46\00:30:40.04
CHRISTIANS. SO
WHILE WE'RE BASED IN
00:30:40.04\00:30:42.84
HUNTSVILLE, WE STILL
HAVE A REACH, NATIONALLY AND
00:30:42.84\00:30:46.81
INTERNATIONALLY WITH OUR
PROLIFERATION AGAIN AND THE
00:30:46.81\00:30:49.54
GROWTH OF MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA,
PEOPLE NOT JUST HERE IN THE
00:30:49.54\00:30:54.38
UNITED STATES, BUT ABROAD, THEY
ARE ABLE TO WITNESS AND VIEW
00:30:54.38\00:30:58.09
BREATH OF LIFE. I GOT
A TEXT MAIL FROM SOMEONE
00:30:58.09\00:31:00.52
YESTERDAY THEY WERE IN KENYA.
AND THEY SAID YOUR MINISTRY IS
00:31:00.52\00:31:04.46
REALLY, REALLY GLOBAL.
I'M SITTING HERE AND WATCHING
00:31:04.46\00:31:07.03
3ABN, AND I'M SEEING YOU OVER
HERE IN KENYA, AND THEY TOLD ME
00:31:07.03\00:31:10.87
WHAT I WAS
PREACHING AND WHAT NOT.
00:31:10.87\00:31:13.57
SO EVEN NOW BECAUSE WE
HAVE HAD GROWTH WITH MEDIA AND
00:31:13.57\00:31:17.27
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA,
BREATH OF LIFE CANNOT JUST BE IN
00:31:17.27\00:31:23.88
HUNTSVILLE, NOT JUST IN THE
UNITED STATES, BUT GLOBALLY, AND
00:31:23.88\00:31:26.78
WE THANK GOD FOR THAT. WE
ALSO WANT TO BE ENGAGED NOT
00:31:26.78\00:31:30.15
JUST IN THE PREACHING OF THE
GOSPEL, BUT ALSO IN THE SOCIAL
00:31:30.15\00:31:33.99
GOSPEL. >> AMEN.
00:31:33.99\00:31:34.92
>> RECENTLY, OR EARLIER THIS
YEAR, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE HEARD
00:31:34.92\00:31:39.29
ABOUT THE FLINT
WATER CRISIS. >> OH, YES.
00:31:39.29\00:31:42.10
>> BREATH OF LIFE WE GALVANIZED
OUR TEAM AND TOO TWO BIG TRUCKS
00:31:42.10\00:31:50.31
TO FLINT, MICHIGAN,
AND WE HAD A WATER RALLY.
00:31:50.31\00:31:53.88
AND WE INVITED PEOPLE IN
THE COMMUNITY TO A HIGH SCHOOL
00:31:53.88\00:31:59.61
AUDITORIUM UM THERE. THE
LORD BLESSED, AND WE GAVE
00:31:59.61\00:32:03.62
OUT THOUSANDS OF
BOTTLES OF WATER.
00:32:03.62\00:32:05.72
>> PRAISE THE LORD. I
HAD NOT HEARD ABOUT THAT.
00:32:05.72\00:32:08.42
>> UH-HUH. SO IN
ADDITION TO THE PREACHING
00:32:08.42\00:32:10.39
OF THE GOSPEL, THE SINGING OF
THE GOSPEL, WE MUST ENGAGE IN A
00:32:10.39\00:32:15.30
SOCIAL GOSPEL. >>
YEAH, IT'S WONDERFUL TO KNOW
00:32:15.30\00:32:18.33
THAT YOU PUT LEGS ON THE GOSPEL
AND MOVE OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY,
00:32:18.33\00:32:23.64
AND DEAL WITH NEEDS AS
THEY ARE ON THE GROUND.
00:32:23.64\00:32:27.38
>> CORRECT. >> PRAISE THE LORD.
00:32:27.38\00:32:29.21
>> AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT MANY
MINISTRIES THAT DO THESE TYPES
00:32:29.21\00:32:32.58
OF THINGS, THAT IS A MEAN OF
ATTRACTION FOR PEOPLE TO WATCH
00:32:32.58\00:32:37.25
AND WANT TO ENGAGE AND
PARTICIPATE IN YOUR MINISTRY.
00:32:37.25\00:32:43.79
JESUS WON PEOPLE'S
CONFIDENCE, THEN HE BATHED THEM.
00:32:43.79\00:32:47.13
>> YEAH, FOLLOW ME.
VERY, VERY POWERFUL AND
00:32:47.13\00:32:56.67
PERTINENT STATEMENT.
YOU HAVE DONE EVANGELISM IN
00:32:56.67\00:33:01.24
NORTH AMERICA AND
OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA.
00:33:01.24\00:33:03.24
>> YES. >> WHAT
MAKES IT SO TOUGH -- IF
00:33:03.24\00:33:07.85
I'M ASKING THE QUESTION
CORRECTLY -- OR PERHAPS EVEN
00:33:07.85\00:33:11.59
BETTER WALK US THROUGH
THE CHALLENGES TO MODERN DAY
00:33:11.59\00:33:15.09
EVANGELISM. IT IS NOT THE SAME.
00:33:15.09\00:33:16.62
OF COURSE IT IS MORE
EXPENSIVE THAN IT USED TO BE.
00:33:16.62\00:33:22.23
BUT FROM YOUR VANTAGE POINT, AND
YOU DO A LOT OF MEETINGS, WALK
00:33:22.23\00:33:26.27
US THROUGH SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES TO SUCCESSFUL
00:33:26.27\00:33:31.37
EVANGELISM IN NORTH AMERICA.
>> WE LIVE IN A HIGHLY SECULAR
00:33:31.37\00:33:36.14
CULTURE IN NORTH AMERICA.
I MEAN THERE ARE DISTRACTIONS
00:33:36.14\00:33:40.75
THAT THE DEVIL HAS SENT
COMING FROM EVERY DIRECTION.
00:33:40.75\00:33:43.59
SO WITH THAT, IT MAKES IT
INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR
00:33:43.59\00:33:47.29
PEOPLE TO EVEN SAY,
OKAY, GOD, THE BIBLE?
00:33:47.29\00:33:52.23
BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A
HIGHLY SECULAR WORLD.
00:33:52.23\00:33:55.53
EVEN IN NORTH AMERICA, THE YIELD
IS DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT AREAS
00:33:55.53\00:34:00.47
IN NORTH AMERICA. SO
LET'S SAY THE NORTHEAST.
00:34:00.47\00:34:04.01
THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF
THE UNITED STATES IS MUCH MORE
00:34:04.01\00:34:06.61
SECULAR THAN THE SOUTHERN
PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:34:06.61\00:34:09.21
>> TRUE. >> IN THE
SOUTH THERE IS STILL A
00:34:09.21\00:34:12.18
BIBLE BELT WHERE PEOPLE -- AT
LEAST THERE'S A COMMON GROUND.
00:34:12.18\00:34:15.35
WE BELIEVE IN
JESUS. WE BELIEVE IN GOD.
00:34:15.35\00:34:17.99
WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE
IS GOD'S INSPIRED WORD.
00:34:17.99\00:34:21.02
THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS IN
NORTH AMERICA, HOWEVER, THAT YOU
00:34:21.02\00:34:24.36
ARE NOT EVEN WORKING WITH
THAT. HIGHLY, HIGHLY SECULAR.
00:34:24.36\00:34:28.66
ANOTHER THING WE'RE
DEALING WITH, THAT MAKES IT VERY
00:34:28.66\00:34:32.97
DIFFICULT, WE LIVE IN A
VERY, VERY BUSY SOCIETY.
00:34:32.97\00:34:37.84
>> VERY MUCH SO. >>
YEARS AGO, I WAS READING SOME
00:34:37.84\00:34:42.41
STATISTICS, AND I DISCOVERED
THAT YEARS AGO, YOU HAD MORE
00:34:42.41\00:34:48.72
ONE-WAGE EARNING
PERSONS IN OUR HOMES.
00:34:48.72\00:34:51.12
WHEREAS TODAY IF IT'S A
TWO-PERSON HOME, HUSBAND-WIFE,
00:34:51.12\00:34:55.82
IN MORE CASES THAN NOT, BOTH
PERSONS HAVE TO EARN THEIR WAGES
00:34:55.82\00:34:59.36
OUTSIDE OF THE HOME. >> UH-HUH.
00:34:59.36\00:35:01.40
>> SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR
MAJOR CITIES, PEOPLE WAKING UP
00:35:01.40\00:35:05.40
AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING, GETTING
DRESSED, HAVING BREAKFAST.
00:35:05.40\00:35:12.47
6:30, 6:45, THEY ARE OUT OF
THE HOUSE, TAKING THE KIDS TOO
00:35:12.47\00:35:15.98
SCHOOL. THEY GO TO WORK.
00:35:15.98\00:35:17.18
THEY HAVE A LONG COMMUTE.
THEY ARE SITTING IN TRAFFIC.
00:35:17.18\00:35:22.35
THEY GET OFF WORK. 6:00
THEY ARE COOKING DINNER,
00:35:22.35\00:35:26.19
PREPARING FOR THE NEXT DAY.
9:00, 10:00 THE NEWS COMES ON,
00:35:26.19\00:35:30.23
WATCH THE NEWS.
THEY ARE GOING TO BED.
00:35:30.23\00:35:33.09
IT'S JUST THE TIME ELEMENT,
WHEREAS YEARS AGO WITH ONLY ONE
00:35:33.09\00:35:36.70
PERSON WORKS OUTSIDE OF THE
HOME, YOU HAD THE PERSON WORKING
00:35:36.70\00:35:40.57
INSIDE THE HOME THAT HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF
00:35:40.57\00:35:44.07
DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLD
CHORES AND WHAT NOT.
00:35:44.07\00:35:46.64
THAT'S ANOTHER CHALLENGE WE'RE
FACING TODAY THAT FORMALLY WAS
00:35:46.64\00:35:49.31
NOT THERE. >> UH-HUH.
00:35:49.31\00:35:51.01
>> ALSO PEOPLE HAVE
ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
00:35:51.01\00:35:53.62
SO WHEN YOU ENGAGE IN A
REVIVAL OR A PUBLIC EVANGELISTIC
00:35:53.62\00:36:00.96
CAMPAIGN, PEOPLE NOW HAVE THE
ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, AND THEY
00:36:00.96\00:36:03.89
WILL GO CHECK
OUT WHAT YOU PREACH.
00:36:03.89\00:36:06.03
THEY ARE GOING TO PROVE, IF
YOU WILL, WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO
00:36:06.03\00:36:10.80
PREACH. >> THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE
00:36:10.80\00:36:13.77
REFERENDUM OF EVERYTHING
THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH.
00:36:13.77\00:36:18.14
>> YES, WHEREAS YEARS AGO THERE
WERE NO CHECKS AND BALANCES.
00:36:18.14\00:36:22.44
TODAY YOU HAVE THAT.
NUMBER 4, YOU CITED IT A LITTLE
00:36:22.44\00:36:26.45
EARLY. THE COSTS FOR EVANGELISM.
00:36:26.45\00:36:30.09
YOU TOLD US EARLIER THAT
YOU GOT $3,000 IN A BUDGET.
00:36:30.09\00:36:33.62
IN THAT PROBABLY WOULD
LAST ONE OR TWO DAYS --
00:36:33.62\00:36:36.29
>> YEAH. IF THAT MUCH.
00:36:36.29\00:36:38.19
>> IF THAT MUCH, IN A
LARGE-SCALE MEETING TODAY.
00:36:38.19\00:36:41.50
>> YES. >> YOU
KNOW, SO THE COSTS OF
00:36:41.50\00:36:44.67
MINISTRY. I TELL
PEOPLE ALL THINK TIME.
00:36:44.67\00:36:48.17
SALVATION IS FREE,
BUT MINISTRY TAKES MONEY.
00:36:48.17\00:36:50.71
SO THE COSTS OF MINISTRY TODAY
MAKE IT EVEN THAT MUCH MORE
00:36:50.71\00:36:55.68
CHALLENGING. >> UH-HUH.
00:36:55.68\00:36:56.54
>> SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
SECULAR, WHEN YOU LOOK AT MORE
00:36:56.54\00:37:00.62
THAN ONE WAGE EARNER OUTSIDE OF
THE HOME, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
00:37:00.62\00:37:06.42
COST, AVAILABILITY AND TIME,
AND THE INTERNET AND ACCESS TO
00:37:06.42\00:37:10.53
INFORMATION, MUCH DIFFERENT
TODAY THAN WHAT IT FORMALLY WAS.
00:37:10.53\00:37:13.70
AND THEN I'LL SHARE THIS
ONE, BECAUSE WE CAN GO ON AND ON
00:37:13.70\00:37:16.87
ABOUT THIS. BUT IT
APPEARS THAT THE MORE WE
00:37:16.87\00:37:23.07
ACCUMULATE IN
WEALTH -- >> OH, YES.
00:37:23.07\00:37:25.64
>> -- AND IN GOODS, THE LESS THE
RELIANCE ON THE SUPERNATURAL.
00:37:25.64\00:37:31.25
WHATEVER THAT
SUPERNATURAL IS FOR PEOPLE.
00:37:31.25\00:37:33.18
>> UH-HUH. >> SO
YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE
00:37:33.18\00:37:36.58
DRIVING DIRT ROADS, WHEN WE
DIDN'T HAVE AIR CONDITION, YOU
00:37:36.58\00:37:40.39
KNOW, WE WANTED
THE LORD TO COME.
00:37:40.39\00:37:42.99
IT'S HOT. BUT NOW
THAT WE DRIVE A LITTLE
00:37:42.99\00:37:49.06
BETTER, DRESS A LITTLE BETTER,
LIVE A LITTLE BETTER, THE LORD
00:37:49.06\00:37:54.24
CAN COME, BUT I'M COMFORTABLE.
SO YEARS AGO, IF MY TIRE WENT
00:37:54.24\00:38:00.28
FLAT, I'M
STRANDED. THIS IS TERRIBLE.
00:38:00.28\00:38:02.44
DO I HAVE THE
MONEY TO BUY A NEW TIRE?
00:38:02.44\00:38:06.41
TODAY LET ME CALL MY ROADSIDE
SERVICE, LET ME CALL AAA.
00:38:06.41\00:38:11.02
I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, I'LL
JUST CHARGE IT ON THE CREDIT
00:38:11.02\00:38:16.59
CARD. >> WHERE
YEARS AGO, LORD HELP
00:38:16.59\00:38:19.16
ME. SO THERE IS
LESS RELIANCE ON THE
00:38:19.16\00:38:23.00
SUPERNATURAL.
WHATEVER THAT IS FOR PEOPLE.
00:38:23.00\00:38:24.60
>> VERY TRUE. VERY TRUE.
00:38:24.60\00:38:25.97
AND THE FACT IS THERE IS JUST
SO MUCH MORE STUFF, SO MUCH MORE
00:38:25.97\00:38:31.31
THINGS GOING ON TO DISTRACT,
DISSUADE, DISCOURAGE, WHATEVER.
00:38:31.31\00:38:39.51
YOU KNOW, YOU BUY A
CABLE SYSTEM IN YOUR HOUSE.
00:38:39.51\00:38:42.28
YOU HAVE GOT 500
CHANNELS. >> UH-HUH.
00:38:42.28\00:38:45.82
>> THE AVERAGE PERSON HAS ABOUT
12 TO 17 CHANNELS THEY WATCH
00:38:45.82\00:38:50.39
PRETTY MUCH ALL THE
TIME. BUT YOU HAVE 500 CHOICES.
00:38:50.39\00:38:53.60
AND THEN HERE COMES EVANGELISTS,
YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PULL THAT
00:38:53.60\00:38:59.03
MIND TOWARDS CHRIST.
IT'S A BIG CHALLENGE.
00:38:59.03\00:39:01.44
>> IT'S A
CHALLENGE. IT'S A CHALLENGE.
00:39:01.44\00:39:04.44
AND PEOPLE FOR SPIRITUAL THINGS
OR RELIGIOUS THINGS, AND HOW WE
00:39:04.44\00:39:08.48
PACKAGE THAT, THEIR EXPECTATIONS
ARE MUCH GREATER TODAY.
00:39:08.48\00:39:14.12
>> YES. >> SO WHEN
THEY SEE TELEVISION
00:39:14.12\00:39:17.12
MINISTRY, AND THE LIGHTS
AND CAMERA, ACTION, PEOPLE ON A
00:39:17.12\00:39:20.66
LOCAL LEVEL WANT TO
SEE THAT. >> YES, THEY DO.
00:39:20.66\00:39:23.66
>> WHEN YOU SEE DIFFERENT
WORSHIP PROGRAMMING, AND IT'S A
00:39:23.66\00:39:26.90
HIGH LEVEL, BE IT THE INTERNET,
BE IT TELEVISION, PEOPLE WANT TO
00:39:26.90\00:39:30.53
SEE THAT ON A
LOCAL LEVEL. >> YES.
00:39:30.53\00:39:33.64
>> SO THAT -- YOU
KNOW, IT'S TOUGH TODAY.
00:39:33.64\00:39:36.94
IT'S TOUGH. BUT EVEN
IN IT BEING TOUGH, GOD
00:39:36.94\00:39:39.81
HAS STILL CALLED US
TO GO. >> PRAISE GOD.
00:39:39.81\00:39:43.71
>> GOD SAID GO YE
THEREFOR, TEACH ALL NATIONS.
00:39:43.71\00:39:49.15
BAPTIZE THEM IN THE NAME OF THE
FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLLY
00:39:49.15\00:39:54.32
GHOST. >> UH-HUH.
00:39:54.32\00:39:55.22
>> SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S
CHALLENGING, WE STILL HAVE TO
00:39:55.22\00:39:58.46
GO. >> YES.
00:39:58.46\00:40:00.16
>> AND WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING
IN OUR WORLD TODAY, ISIS.
00:40:00.16\00:40:07.54
WHAT WE SAW IN
ITALY, THE EARTHQUAKE.
00:40:07.54\00:40:10.14
THE FLOODING IN LOUISIANA.
THE RACIAL OVERTONES IN OUR
00:40:10.14\00:40:13.74
WORLD. ALL OF
THESE THINGS POINT TO THE
00:40:13.74\00:40:15.88
FACT OF A SOON-COMING SAVIOR.
SO DESPITE THE CHALLENGES AND
00:40:15.88\00:40:20.08
THE TIMES IN WHICH WE
LIVE, GOD STILL CALLS US TO GO.
00:40:20.08\00:40:24.32
SO WE MAY NOT GET 200, BUT HE
MAY GIVE US 20, OR 2, BUT THAT'S
00:40:24.32\00:40:32.16
STILL 2 MORE
THAN WE HAD. >> RIGHT.
00:40:32.16\00:40:35.06
AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THAT 20
OR 2 IS GOING TO DO WITH THEIR
00:40:35.06\00:40:41.17
LIVES TO EXPAND THE
REACH OF THEIR GOSPEL.
00:40:41.17\00:40:45.14
YOU MAY BAPTIZE A
MARK FINLEY. WHO KNEW.
00:40:45.14\00:40:47.74
THERE IS A DIP, AND THEN THEY
EXPAND THAT MINISTRY BY TENS OF
00:40:47.74\00:40:51.91
THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW,
00:40:51.91\00:40:54.82
AS YOU GO BEYOND. IN
YOUR MINISTRY, WHAT DO YOU
00:40:54.82\00:41:01.09
THINK IS THE GREATEST IMPEDIMENT
TO TRUE SPIRITUALITY IN THESE
00:41:01.09\00:41:08.36
LAST DAYS? IF THERE'S ONE THING
00:41:08.36\00:41:11.47
THAT -- WHAT IS A WORD I
CAN USE -- DRAWS IN, DISTRACTS,
00:41:11.47\00:41:16.37
SUCKS IN THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE,
IS THERE ONE THING, OR ANY
00:41:16.37\00:41:20.78
NUMBER OF THINGS, OR A
CONSTELLATION OF THINGS.
00:41:20.78\00:41:24.21
>> IT'S A
CONSTELLATION OF THINGS.
00:41:24.21\00:41:26.45
THIS ANSWER MAY BE GENERAL,
BUT I'LL TRY IT, SECULARISM.
00:41:26.45\00:41:30.32
>> UH-HUH. >> WE
JUST LIVE IN A SECULAR
00:41:30.32\00:41:34.46
ENVIRONMENT. >> HUM.
00:41:34.46\00:41:35.26
>> HIGHLY SECULAR. AND
SECULAR IMPACTING ALL THE
00:41:35.26\00:41:40.53
DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS. >> YES.
00:41:40.53\00:41:42.86
YEAH. >> OKAY?
00:41:42.86\00:41:43.50
>> YEAH. >> SO WHAT
IS SECULAR FOR AN 18
00:41:43.50\00:41:46.33
YEAR OLD, MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN
WHAT IS SECULAR FOR AN 80 YEAR
00:41:46.33\00:41:50.81
OLD. BUT THE
DEVIL HAS STILL THROWN
00:41:50.81\00:41:52.94
SOMETHING SECULAR. >> YES.
00:41:52.94\00:41:54.54
YES. YES.
00:41:54.54\00:41:55.58
>> AND WE LIVE IN A
HIGHLY SECULAR WORLD.
00:41:55.58\00:41:57.95
HERE IN NORTH AMERICA, IF
WE WERE EVEN TO GO TO EUROPE,
00:41:57.95\00:42:02.22
HIGHLY SECULAR. AND
TO COMBAT THAT IS VERY
00:42:02.22\00:42:05.79
DIFFICULT. AND WE
SEE THAT SECULAR IN ROAD
00:42:05.79\00:42:09.86
NOT JUST IN OUR WORLD,
BUT ALSO IN OUR CHURCH.
00:42:09.86\00:42:12.76
>> IN OUR CHURCH. YES.
00:42:12.76\00:42:14.20
>> AFFECTING OUR MEMBERS. WE
JUST LIVE IN A HIGHLY SECULAR
00:42:14.20\00:42:18.30
WORLD, AND PRACTICES TODAY THAT
WOULD HAVE BEEN SHUNNED ON 50
00:42:18.30\00:42:22.24
YEARS AGO. >> UH-HUH.
00:42:22.24\00:42:25.01
>> YOU KNOW? >> UH-HUH.
00:42:25.01\00:42:25.77
>> SO WE HAVE GOT TO MOTIVATE
OUR MEMBERSHIP -- THE PASTOR
00:42:25.77\00:42:29.28
CAN'T DO IT ALONE. >> TRUE.
00:42:29.28\00:42:31.25
>> WE HAVE TO MOTIVATE OUR
MEMBERSHIP TO UNDERSTAND THAT
00:42:31.25\00:42:34.22
OUR CHIEF RESPONSIBILITY, OUR
CHIEF REASON FOR EXISTENCE IS
00:42:34.22\00:42:41.22
EVANGELISM. WE HAVE
TO GET BACK TO THAT.
00:42:41.22\00:42:43.43
SO I GREW UP IN A HOME THAT WHEN
MY FATHER WAS PASTORING, EVERY
00:42:43.43\00:42:47.50
YEAR THERE WAS THE EXPECTATION
BY THE CONFERENCE AND THE LOCAL
00:42:47.50\00:42:51.03
CHURCH TO ENGAGE IN SOME TYPE OF
PUBLIC EVANGELISTIC INITIATIVE.
00:42:51.03\00:42:56.91
WHETHER THERE WAS ANY
ECONOMIC BUDGET OR NOT.
00:42:56.91\00:42:59.17
THERE WAS STILL -- I CAN HEAR
SOME OF THE OLD PRESIDENTS, OUR
00:42:59.17\00:43:05.61
LEADERS, I WAS A LITTLE BOY,
BACK IN THOSE DAYS FAMILIES WENT
00:43:05.61\00:43:09.75
TO THE PASTOR'S MEETINGS, AND
I COULD HEAR THE LEADER SAYING A
00:43:09.75\00:43:16.79
TENT WILL ARRIVE IN YOUR
CITY ON SUCH AND SUCH A DATE.
00:43:16.79\00:43:21.50
AND I WOULD HEAR THE PASTOR
SAYING ELDER I DIDN'T REQUEST A
00:43:21.50\00:43:24.83
TENT. I KNOW YOU DIDN'T.
00:43:24.83\00:43:26.97
BUT A TENT WILL BE ARRIVING.
BUT THERE WAS THIS NOTION THAT
00:43:26.97\00:43:31.67
THERE HAD TO BE SOME FORM
OF PUBLIC EVANGELISM THAT WOULD
00:43:31.67\00:43:39.28
TAKE PLACE. THAT WAS IN MY DNA.
00:43:39.28\00:43:42.68
THERE HAS TO BE SOME PUBLIC
EVANGELISM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHO
00:43:42.68\00:43:47.26
WE ARE. >> UH-HUH.
00:43:47.26\00:43:49.39
I RECALL MY FIRST
MEETING WITH -- IN SEPTEMBER IN
00:43:49.39\00:43:52.33
NORTHEASTERN WE HAD THE WORKER'S
MEETING, THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH
00:43:52.33\00:43:56.23
RESERVED FOR THE GUYS WHO HAD
DONE EVANGELISM IN THE SUMMER,
00:43:56.23\00:44:00.87
AND THEY GOT ALL OF THE
AIR TIME AND SPEAKING TIME.
00:44:00.87\00:44:03.84
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT
-- YOU HAD TO SIT THERE AND
00:44:03.84\00:44:06.37
BE QUIET. AND THEY
WOULD DRAW IT OUT AND
00:44:06.37\00:44:10.28
TALK ABOUT THIS, THAT, AND THE
OTHER, AND I SAID NEXT YEAR I'M
00:44:10.28\00:44:14.28
GOING TO GET UP
THERE -- >> YES, SIR.
00:44:14.28\00:44:17.12
YES, SIR. >> SO MY
MOTIVATION WAS PERHAPS
00:44:17.12\00:44:24.26
DISENGINOUS, BUT GOD BLESSED,
AND ONCE YOU DO IT, IT PASSES ON
00:44:24.26\00:44:31.07
NOW. >>
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH THAT YOU
00:44:31.07\00:44:35.20
SAID THAT, THE MOTIVE MAY NOT
HAVE BEEN THE BEST, BUT PRAISE
00:44:35.20\00:44:39.57
GOD, HE CAN TAKE OUR
IMPERFECTIONS AND MAKE
00:44:39.57\00:44:44.51
PERFECTION, AND
IT COMES OUT RIGHT.
00:44:44.51\00:44:46.15
WHEN I WAS A YOUNGER MINISTER,
AND I WOULD HEAR THESE GREAT
00:44:46.15\00:44:52.42
PEOPLE OF GOD -- BECAUSE THE
PRESIDENT WOULD CALL YOUR NAME
00:44:52.42\00:44:55.56
AND YOU HAD TO RESPOND.
AND HOW MANY -- THAT WAS THE
00:44:55.56\00:45:00.23
CRY? HOW MANY?
00:45:00.23\00:45:01.00
>> OH, YEAH. >> BUT
I WOULD LISTEN TO THOSE
00:45:01.00\00:45:04.07
GREAT MEN OF GOD TELL WHAT GOD
HAS BLESSED THEM WITH, AND LIKE
00:45:04.07\00:45:07.80
YOU, THAT'S GOING
TO BE ME. >> YEAH.
00:45:07.80\00:45:09.67
>> AND LIKE YOU, THE
FEVER, ONCE YOU GET IT --
00:45:09.67\00:45:13.21
>> YEAH, ONCE YOU GET THE FEVER.
I CAN RECALL, EVERYBODY HAD
00:45:13.21\00:45:18.08
A -- A STORY. ONE
STORY THAT KIND OF JUMPS
00:45:18.08\00:45:21.98
OUT. AND I SAID
LORD I WANT TO HAVE A
00:45:21.98\00:45:24.05
STORY LIKE THAT.
THAT WAS GENUINE.
00:45:24.05\00:45:26.15
I WANT TO HAVE A
LIFE THAT I SEE CHANGE.
00:45:26.15\00:45:29.16
I WANT TO SEE SOMEBODY
PUT DOWN THE WINE BOTTLE.
00:45:29.16\00:45:32.49
I WANT TO SEE A PROSTITUTE GIVE
UP HER -- AND THE LORD GAVE ME A
00:45:32.49\00:45:37.27
COUPLE OF THEM. AND
ONCE YOU SEE THAT KIND OF
00:45:37.27\00:45:40.34
DRAMATIC CHANGE IN LIFE, FIRST
OF ALL IT ASSURES YOU THAT YOUR
00:45:40.34\00:45:44.94
PREACHING ISN'T IN VAIN.
AND THAT IT AIN'T YOU IT'S GOD.
00:45:44.94\00:45:49.58
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >>
AND THREE, IF SOMEONE TURNS
00:45:49.58\00:45:52.98
FROM SIN TO A LIFE OF LOVING
THE LORD, IT AIN'T NOTHING TO BE
00:45:52.98\00:45:57.35
PROUD ABOUT, IT'S SOMETHING
TO BE VERY HUMBLED ABOUT.
00:45:57.35\00:46:00.92
THAT GOD USES YOU
TO TURN A LIFE AROUND.
00:46:00.92\00:46:04.99
AND I REMEMBER BAPTIZING A YOUNG
LADY WHO -- HER MOTHER -- WHEN
00:46:04.99\00:46:09.16
SHE CAME TO THIS COUNTRY, HAD
WELDED A CHAIN AROUND HER NECK.
00:46:09.16\00:46:14.74
IT WAS SOME GOD OR IDOL, AND SHE
WAS TO GO TO COLLEGE AND THEN GO
00:46:14.74\00:46:19.17
BACK HOME TO
MINISTER TO HER OWN PEOPLE.
00:46:19.17\00:46:21.61
SHE WAS WORKING ON HER MD, AND
SHE CAME FOR BAPTISM, AND SHE
00:46:21.61\00:46:26.68
HAD THIS THING AROUND HER NECK,
AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, AND
00:46:26.68\00:46:30.42
FOR HER TO TAKE THAT OFF WAS A
GREAT AFFRONT TO -- TO HER MOM.
00:46:30.42\00:46:35.16
AND I REMEMBER SHE CAME TO
THE -- THE BAPTISM THE NIGHT
00:46:35.16\00:46:40.46
BEFORE WITH HER BUNDLE.
YOU REMEMBER THE BUNDLE.
00:46:40.46\00:46:43.50
>> YES. >> AND
SHE HAD GOTTEN A BOLT
00:46:43.50\00:46:46.57
CUTTER AND POPPED
THIS THING OFF, YOU KNOW.
00:46:46.57\00:46:49.20
AND SHE WENT BACK -- I THINK IT
WAS THAILAND OR SOMEPLACE, AND I
00:46:49.20\00:46:53.68
HAVE NOT SEEN HER SINCE, BUT YOU
TALK ABOUT A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN
00:46:53.68\00:46:59.18
SOMEONE'S LIFE. SHE
WAS WORSHIPPING, ANCESTORS,
00:46:59.18\00:47:03.12
AND DRINKING THINGS, AND I SAW
HER PUT THAT STUFF DOWN AND PICK
00:47:03.12\00:47:06.99
UP JESUS, AND IT WAS THE
MOST HUMBLE WONDERFUL THING.
00:47:06.99\00:47:10.99
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT POPS
OUT AT YOU AS FAR AS SOMEONE WHO
00:47:10.99\00:47:14.46
MADE A DRAMATIC CHANGE THAT
STAYED WITH YOU EVEN AFTER ALL
00:47:14.46\00:47:17.30
OF THESE YEARS? >> I
CAN VERY MUCH REMEMBER AN
00:47:17.30\00:47:21.10
INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS
JUST LIVING ANY KIND OF WAY.
00:47:21.10\00:47:23.37
YOU TALK ABOUT THE
STREETS. THE TREATS.
00:47:23.37\00:47:26.44
>> YEAH. >> YOU KNOW?
00:47:26.44\00:47:29.54
AND STUMBLED IN MY TENT MEETING
IN TA  -- TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA.
00:47:29.54\00:47:41.29
THE INDIVIDUAL CAME
ON IN, BEGAN TO LISTEN.
00:47:41.29\00:47:43.96
DIDN'T LEAVE A NAME, NO ADDRESS.
WE USE THE QUIZ CARD TO GET THE
00:47:43.96\00:47:48.50
DEMOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION. NONE OF THAT.
00:47:48.50\00:47:50.93
WOULDN'T SPEAK TO ANYBODY.
CAME ONE NIGHT, KEPT COMING, I
00:47:50.93\00:47:56.00
MADE THE APPEAL. THAT
INDIVIDUAL CAME DOWN THAT
00:47:56.00\00:47:58.94
AISLE, AND YOU LOOK AT THAT
PERSON NOW, AND YOU SEE WHO THEY
00:47:58.94\00:48:03.14
ARE, WHAT GOD HAS DONE NOT JUST
ON THE INSIDE, BUT THE OUTSIDE,
00:48:03.14\00:48:08.65
AND I WAS I HAD A MEETING
AT ONE OF OUR CHURCH MEETINGS
00:48:08.65\00:48:12.55
SOMEWHERE, A CAMP MEETING OR
SOMETHING, AND THE INDIVIDUAL
00:48:12.55\00:48:14.72
CAME UP TO ME, AND LOOKED ME
IN THE EYE, AND I LOOKED AT THE
00:48:14.72\00:48:19.76
INDIVIDUAL, AND YOU KNEW, AND
YOUR MIND WENT BACK TO WHO THEY
00:48:19.76\00:48:23.50
WERE, AND YOU SEE
NOW WHO THEY ARE --
00:48:23.50\00:48:25.60
>> YES. >> -- IT'S HUMBLE.
00:48:25.60\00:48:30.04
>> YEAH, IT IS. THAT
GOD WOULD USE ME TO BE
00:48:30.04\00:48:34.18
INSTRUMENTAL IN
THAT PERSON'S LIFE.
00:48:34.18\00:48:35.58
AND YOU CAN'T
EXPLAIN IT. >> NO, YOU CAN'T.
00:48:35.58\00:48:39.25
>> YOU CANNOT EXPLAIN IT.
BUT THAT'S WHAT GOD HAS CALLED
00:48:39.25\00:48:42.65
US TO. AND IT
AFFIRMS TO YOU, YOUR
00:48:42.65\00:48:45.69
CALLING. AND IT
ALSO AFFIRMS TO YOU THAT
00:48:45.69\00:48:47.76
THERE IS A GOD. GOD IS
ALIVE, AND STILL MOVING.
00:48:47.76\00:48:51.83
>> YEAH. >> AND
SO THESE EXPERIENCES,
00:48:51.83\00:48:54.10
EVERYBODY HAS A STORY.
I PREACH AND TELL PEOPLE,
00:48:54.10\00:48:58.33
EVERYBODY IS AN
EX-SOMETHING. >> YES, SIR.
00:48:58.33\00:49:01.50
>> BUT GOD WILL BRING YOU
THROUGH HIS BLOOD, AND PEOPLE
00:49:01.50\00:49:05.21
WILL MAKE DECISIONS TO FOLLOW
JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REST OF
00:49:05.21\00:49:08.64
THEIR LIVES. SO FOR
ME WHEN I GO FROM CITY TO
00:49:08.64\00:49:11.58
CITY, AND I SEE PEOPLE, AND
THEY SAY DO YOU REMEMBER ME?
00:49:11.58\00:49:14.88
THAT -- THAT
TAKES IT. >> PRAISE GOD.
00:49:14.88\00:49:17.09
PRAISE GOD. >> YEAH.
00:49:17.09\00:49:18.49
>> OUR TIME IS GETTING AWAY FROM
US, BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU A
00:49:18.49\00:49:22.59
QUICK STORY. MY
VERY FIRST MEETING, I
00:49:22.59\00:49:25.33
REMEMBER PREACHING, AND A
LADY -- I CAN REMEMBER -- AND
00:49:25.33\00:49:28.03
THIS IS GOING BACK TO
1979. RAN IN THE TENT.
00:49:28.03\00:49:34.97
SHE HAD ON A BLUE TWO-PIECE SUIT
WITH WHITE PIPING, RED SHOES,
00:49:34.97\00:49:43.58
RED HAT. TALL, 5'10" MAYBE.
00:49:43.58\00:49:50.09
>> OH. >> CAME
INTO THE TENT AND WAS
00:49:50.09\00:49:53.15
LISTENING TO ME PREACH. AND
CAME EVERY NIGHT AFTER THAT.
00:49:53.15\00:49:56.29
AND ENDED UP BAPTIZING HER.
AND SHE TOLD ME THE STORY, SHE
00:49:56.29\00:50:00.53
SAID PASTOR, I'M GOING TO
TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I HAD NO
00:50:00.53\00:50:03.97
INTENTION OF
COMING INTO YOUR MEETING.
00:50:03.97\00:50:05.97
I WAS OUT WITH A RELATIVE OF
MINE -- NOT A CLOSE RELATIVE,
00:50:05.97\00:50:10.21
BUT HE WANTED TO DATE ME.
AND HE FELT SINCE WE HAD KNOWN
00:50:10.21\00:50:13.94
EACH OTHER FOR KIDS, THAT
ONCE WE GOT A FEW DRINKS IN EACH
00:50:13.94\00:50:18.81
OTHER, HE WAS
GETTING ALL KINDS OF HANDSY.
00:50:18.81\00:50:22.95
AND HE WAS PAWING ME.
AND I RAN IN THE TENT TO GET
00:50:22.95\00:50:27.39
AWAY FROM HIM. AND
SHE SAID I HAD A FIFTH OF
00:50:27.39\00:50:31.99
LIQUOR IN MY PURSE, WHICH WHEN
I LEFT THE MEETING THAT NIGHT, I
00:50:31.99\00:50:36.50
FINISHED. AND THAT
WAS THE LAST LIQUOR I
00:50:36.50\00:50:40.80
DRUNK UNTIL THIS DAY.
AND SHE STAYED IN THE CHURCH,
00:50:40.80\00:50:43.30
AND I ENDED UP BURYING HER.
BUT SHE STARTED OUT RUNNING AWAY
00:50:43.30\00:50:48.31
FROM SOME GUY WHO WAS GETTING
A LITTLE PHYSICAL WITH HER, AND
00:50:48.31\00:50:51.58
RAN INTO THE ARMS OF JESUS, AND
BECAME A FAITHFUL MEMBER UNTIL
00:50:51.58\00:50:56.25
SHE PASSED. THAT
IS A FAITHFUL MEMBER.
00:50:56.25\00:50:58.99
I DIDN'T RUN HER OUT OF THAT
CAR AND INTO THE TENT, GOD DID.
00:50:58.99\00:51:03.83
>> YES. >> AND IT
DOES MAKE YOU HUMBLE.
00:51:03.83\00:51:07.40
AND I WISH THAT MORE PEOPLE
HAD THAT EXPERIENCE OF LEADING
00:51:07.40\00:51:10.43
SOMEBODY TO THE LORD, YOU KNOW?
EVEN IF YOU JUST CALL THE PERSON
00:51:10.43\00:51:13.84
TO COME TO CHURCH WITH YOU.
OR -- OR SEND THE INVITATION,
00:51:13.84\00:51:18.14
YOU ARE PART OF THAT CHAIN THAT
TAKES THEM FROM SINNER TO SAINT.
00:51:18.14\00:51:21.98
AND THAT'S A VERY
HUMBLE WONDERFUL THING.
00:51:21.98\00:51:24.65
>> VERY
HUMBLING, VERY WONDERFUL.
00:51:24.65\00:51:26.88
AND WHEN WE GET AS A CHURCH
AND OUR MEMBERSHIP, ALL OF US
00:51:26.88\00:51:32.09
INVOLVED, AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL
EVANGELISM, EVERYBODY DOING IT,
00:51:32.09\00:51:36.66
MOST CHALLENGES WE EXPERIENCE
AS A CHURCH, THEY WILL BE
00:51:36.66\00:51:40.50
ALLEVIATED. >> YES.
00:51:40.50\00:51:41.16
>> IF WE JUST GET IN THERE, AND
SEE THAT EVERYBODY WE DO, BE IT
00:51:41.16\00:51:45.70
SABBATH SCHOOL, COMMUNITY
SERVICE, EVERYTHING WE DO, MUST
00:51:45.70\00:51:49.57
SOME KIND OF WAY LINK TO EVAN
00:51:49.57\00:51:53.91
EVANGELISM. OH,
WHAT A POWERFUL THING.
00:51:53.91\00:51:55.64
>> YES. >> I'M
LONGING -- A COUPLE OF
00:51:55.64\00:51:58.41
MONTHS AGO, I READ WHERE ALMOST
A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE
00:51:58.41\00:52:02.92
BAPTIZED IN RWANDA. I WAS
SO EXCITED I WANTED TO GET
00:52:02.92\00:52:06.45
ON THE PLANE AND GO, GO.
LET ME BE A PART OF THAT.
00:52:06.45\00:52:10.16
BUT I LONG FOR NORTH AMERICA,
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HUNDRED
00:52:10.16\00:52:14.13
THOUSAND PEOPLE GAVE
THEIR LIVES TO THE LORD.
00:52:14.13\00:52:16.26
I LONG FOR THE DAY WHEN THAT
HAPPENS IN THE UNITED STATES.
00:52:16.26\00:52:19.03
AND I BELIEVE IT CAN.
AND I BELIEVE IT WILL.
00:52:19.03\00:52:23.04
IT IS GOING TO FALL. >> OH, YES.
00:52:23.04\00:52:25.21
>> IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO THE
00:52:25.21\00:52:28.24
DAY THAT HAPPENS, AND I JUST
PRAY IT CAN BE A PART OF IT.
00:52:28.24\00:52:33.01
>> WITH YOU, WITHOUT YOU, OR ALL
AROUND YOU, BUT IT IS GOING TO
00:52:33.01\00:52:37.59
FALL. >> IT IS GOING TO FALL.
00:52:37.59\00:52:38.92
>> I WANT TO PUT UP
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR PASTOR
00:52:38.92\00:52:42.69
DR. CARLTON BYRD. HE
DOES GET AWAY TO SPEAK.
00:52:42.69\00:52:45.03
I KNOW THAT. I HAVE SEEN HIM.
00:52:45.03\00:52:47.30
BUT HIS SCHEDULE IS VERY FULL
WITH BREATH OF LIFE, WITH THE
00:52:47.30\00:52:51.33
OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY. BUT
HE DOES RUN MEETINGS, AND HE
00:52:51.33\00:52:56.17
DOES PREACH DIFFERENT PLACES,
AND IF YOU PRAY AND GET AN EARLY
00:52:56.17\00:53:01.31
START, YOU CAN PROBABLY GET HIM.
FOLKS SHOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE
00:53:01.31\00:53:05.25
CONTACT, SUPPORT THE BREATH OF
LIFE, BECAUSE THAT'S VERY, VERY
00:53:05.25\00:53:08.98
IMPORTANT, OR SPEAK WITH
DR. BYRD PERSONALLY, OR PERHAPS
00:53:08.98\00:53:12.05
INVITE HIM TO YOUR CHURCH
OR GROUP MEETING OR TO CONSIDER
00:53:12.05\00:53:14.86
RUNNING A MEETING IN YOUR AREA,
HERE IS THE INFORMATION YOU NEED
00:53:14.86\00:53:21.23
BREATH BREATH OF
LIFE:  OR BREATH OF
00:53:21.23\00:53:34.64
LIFE, ONE
WORD,.TV. BREATH OF LIFE.TV.
00:53:34.64\00:53:41.48
AND YOU CAN CATCH
HIM. HE IS A GOOD GUY.
00:53:41.48\00:53:44.35
HE WILL PROBABLY COME
IF YOU TALK NICE TO HIM.
00:53:44.35\00:53:47.99
I THINK HE WOULD DO SO.
YOU HAVE BEEN MINISTERING HOW
00:53:47.99\00:53:51.19
LONG? >> 22 YEARS.
00:53:51.19\00:53:52.69
>> LORD HAS BROUGHT YOU A LONG
WAY IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
00:53:52.69\00:53:55.30
>> YES. YES.
00:53:55.30\00:53:56.56
>> PRAISE THE
LORD. PRAISE THE LORD.
00:53:56.56\00:53:58.47
TALK TO ME JUST A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE THANKFULNESS YOU HAVE
00:53:58.47\00:54:04.61
FOR BEING ASKED TO
SERVE IN THE CAUSE OF CHRIST.
00:54:04.61\00:54:08.81
IT'S NOT A BURDEN TO
YOU. WE CAN SEE THAT.
00:54:08.81\00:54:11.91
>> NO. >> IT'S WORK, BUT IT IS
00:54:11.91\00:54:14.18
SOMETHING YOU
SEEM TO LOVE TO DO.
00:54:14.18\00:54:16.08
WHY IS THAT? >> I LOVE THE LORD.
00:54:16.08\00:54:18.85
I LOVE PEOPLE,
AND I ENJOY WHAT I DO.
00:54:18.85\00:54:21.66
AS YOU SEE WHEN WE TALK HERE,
YOU CAN SEE THE PASSION COMING
00:54:21.66\00:54:25.39
OUT. I LOVE THE LORD.
00:54:25.39\00:54:27.13
I LOVE PEOPLE. AND I
JUST WANT TO DO MY BEST,
00:54:27.13\00:54:30.37
YOU KNOW, TO SERVE GOD.
YOU KNOW, I WANT TO HEAR THE
00:54:30.37\00:54:33.00
LORD SAY TO ME,
WELL DONE. >> YES.
00:54:33.00\00:54:35.84
>> I LIKE BASKETBALL. >> UH-HUH.
00:54:35.84\00:54:38.17
>> SO THERE IS A BASKETBALL TERM
THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE PLAYING
00:54:38.17\00:54:42.08
GAMES, THE COMMENTATORS WILL SAY
THE PLAYERS NEEDS TO LEAVE IT ON
00:54:42.08\00:54:47.05
THE COURT. LeBRON
NEEDS TO LEAVE IT ON THE
00:54:47.05\00:54:49.82
COURT. AFTER THE
GAME IS OVER, YOU
00:54:49.82\00:54:51.79
CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT, AND SAY
WOULD HAVE, COULD HAVE, SHOULD
00:54:51.79\00:54:56.66
HAVE. YOU HAVE
GOT TO LEAVE IT ON THE
00:54:56.66\00:54:59.19
COURT. GIVE IT YOUR ALL.
00:54:59.19\00:55:01.03
TO ME THAT'S HOW I
FEEL ABOUT MINISTRY.
00:55:01.03\00:55:04.00
IF THE LORD SHOULD COME
DURING MY LIFETIME, PRAISE GOD.
00:55:04.00\00:55:08.70
BUT SHOULD I FALL ASLEEP
AND HEAR HIS VOICE AT THE SECOND
00:55:08.70\00:55:14.01
COMING, I WANT TO SAY I GAVE MY
ALL, I LEFT IT ALL ON THE COURT.
00:55:14.01\00:55:18.61
I GAVE IT MY ALL. SO
THAT DRIVES ME EVERY SINGLE
00:55:18.61\00:55:21.58
DAY THAT I WAKE UP,
THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME BREATH.
00:55:21.58\00:55:25.09
AS I HAVE GOTTEN OLDER,
I HAVE TO LEARN BALANCE.
00:55:25.09\00:55:28.99
MY WIFE HELPS ME WITH THAT.
BUT I WANT TO LEAVE IT ON THE
00:55:28.99\00:55:33.60
COURT, AND GIVE GOT MY ALL.
AND AS SOMEBODY SAID AS I WALK
00:55:33.60\00:55:37.87
ALONG, THEN MY
LIVING SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN.
00:55:37.87\00:55:41.44
>> PRAISE GOD. YOU
SAID SOMETHING VERY EARLY ON
00:55:41.44\00:55:44.31
IN OUR SITTING TOGETHER.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE BLESSING OF
00:55:44.31\00:55:48.44
FAITHFULNESS. >> UH-HUH.
00:55:48.44\00:55:49.38
>> THAT IF YOU ARE FAITHFUL TO
GOD, GOD HAS PROVEN THAT HE WILL
00:55:49.38\00:55:53.98
BE FAITHFUL TO YOU. >> YES.
00:55:53.98\00:55:55.58
>> HE IS GOING TO CAUSE YOU TO
WALK IN VICTORY AND TRIUMPH, BUT
00:55:55.58\00:56:00.62
HE IS GOING TO NEED SOMEONE WHO
HAS DETERMINED THIS I WILL DO.
00:56:00.62\00:56:06.13
I HAVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW
JESUS, WHEREVER HE LEADS.
00:56:06.13\00:56:10.93
AND ONCE YOU MAKE
THAT DETERMINATION.
00:56:10.93\00:56:13.27
THERE IS NO CEILING, NO LIMIT
TO WHAT GOD CAN DO FOR YOU, WITH
00:56:13.27\00:56:17.51
YOU, TO YOU, AND
THROUGH YOU. >> YES.
00:56:17.51\00:56:19.84
>> THERE'S JUST NO LIMIT.
AND I THINK YOUR LIFE HAS -- HAS
00:56:19.84\00:56:26.55
BESPOKEN THAT. >> OKAY.
00:56:26.55\00:56:28.52
>> THAT THUS FAR IN YOUR
MINISTRY, GOD HAS GIVEN YOU
00:56:28.52\00:56:33.66
SUCCESS, NOT SO YOU CAN SAY,
HEY, I'M DR. CARLTON BYRD, BUT
00:56:33.66\00:56:38.29
I'M JUST FOOLISH ENOUGH TO
GO WHEREVER WE WANTS ME TO GO.
00:56:38.29\00:56:46.67
AND WE SERVE A GOD
WHO CAN DO ANYTHING --
00:56:46.67\00:56:50.34
>> BUT FAIL. >> -- BUT FAIL.
00:56:50.34\00:56:52.51
>> SO THANK YOU
MAN. >> THANK YOU.
00:56:52.51\00:56:54.24
IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE.
AND I JUST WANT TO TELL OUR
00:56:54.24\00:56:57.45
VIEWERS -- >> YOU
HAVE TO DO IT IN TWO
00:56:57.45\00:57:00.58
SECONDS. >> GOD
BLESSES PEOPLE, NOT
00:57:00.58\00:57:03.05
PLACES. >> AMEN.
00:57:03.05\00:57:04.65
OUR TIME HAS FAST
SLIPPED INTO ETERNITY.
00:57:04.65\00:57:07.69
WE WISH YOU GRACE AND PEACE.
BYE-BYE, GOOD NIGHT, AND GOD
00:57:07.69\00:57:10.76
BLESS. ¤
00:57:10.76\00:57:13.96