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00:06 >> AND WE ARE BACK. MY GUEST IN STUDIO IS DR.,
00:13 PASTOR, CARLTON BYRD WHO IS THE PASTOR OF THE OAKWOOD CHURCH. 00:26 AND DIRECTOR OF BREATH OF LIFE. AND STILL FINDS TIME TO RUN 00:30 SEVERAL EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. 00:34 AND GOD HAS GIVEN HIM A KNACK, AND A NICHE IN THAT AREA. 00:40 BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF OUR FREE OFFER FOR 00:44 THE EVENING, WHICH IS "THE BIBLE TEXTIONARY," WHICH LISTS ANY 00:47 NUMBER OF BIBLE SUBJECTS AND THEN GIVES YOU SEVERAL TEXTS TO 00:53 BUTTRESS EACH AND EVERY POINT. POCKET SIZE, SOMETHING YOU CAN 00:57 USE FOR BIBLE STUDY FOR YOUR OWN EDUCATION. 01:01 IT WILL BE OUR PRIVILEGE AND PLEASURE TO THE END THIS TO YOU, 01:07 IF YOU CALL 618-627-4651, 618-627-4651, OR 01:14 FREEOFFER@3ABN.TV. ALSO SHOULD YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, 01:16 COMMENTS, SOMETHING YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN ON, SOMETHING WE TALKED 01:18 ABOUT -- WE PRETTY MUCH DEALT WITH THE PASTOR'S PERSONAL 01:22 HISTORY AND THE BLESSINGS GOD HAS BROUGHT INTO HIS LIFE. 01:26 CALL US IF YOU WILL, 618-627-4651. 01:31 OR LIVE@3ABN.TV. AND WE'LL TRY TO TAKE A LITTLE 01:37 TIME TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE IN THE NEXT LITTLE LITTLE BIT. 01:40 WHEN WE LEFT, AND BEFORE WE GO TO OUR MUSIC, I WAS ASKING YOU, 01:45 AND YOU WERE RESPONDING TO THE KIND OF STUDENT THAT COMES TO 01:48 THE CAMPUS OF OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY. 01:51 THAT YOU ARE SEEING AND MINISTERING TO. 01:53 WALK US THROUGH THAT. >> WE SPOKE BEFORE THE BREAK, 01:57 PARTICULARLY WITH OUR DOCTRINE, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHY. 02:01 I MOVE FROM NOW THEORY TO PRACTICE, AND THERE ARE 02:04 LIFESTYLE PRACTICES AS CHRISTIANS, AND SPECIFICALLY 02:10 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, THAT WE ADHERED TO AND FOLLOWED. 02:15 THAT IS A AN EVEN BIGGER WHY. WHY DO WE DO THIS? 02:19 WHY CAN'T WE DO THIS? >> YES. 02:21 >> AND YOU HAVE GOT TO BE PREPARED TO GIVE AN ANSWER. 02:25 SO YOU HAVE THE WHY FOR THE DOCTRINE, AND THEN THE WHY FOR 02:29 THE PRACTICE? AND YOU HAVE GOT TO BE WILLING 02:33 TO GIVE AN ANSWER. THE DOCTRINAL QUESTION IS A BIT 02:36 EASIER TO ANSWER. >> OKAY. 02:38 YEAH. >> IT'S A BIT EASIER. 02:40 THE LIFESTYLE PRACTICE OF WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO, AND WHAT NOT, 02:45 THAT CAN BE A BIT MORE CHALLENGING. 02:48 BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT IS UP TO ONE'S INTERPRETATION. 02:53 BECAUSE THE BIBLE IS NOT JUST GOING TO COME OUT AND SAY YOU 02:56 CAN DO THIS OR YOU CAN'T DO THAT. 02:58 A LOT OF THAT IS INTERPRETATION. SO YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO 03:02 DEAL WITH THAT. WE'RE LIVING -- WHAT IS 03:05 HAPPENING IN THE LARGER WORLD. THE CHURCH, ANY STUDENTS AND THE 03:09 CAMPUS, THEY ARE A MICRO KOS OF THAT. 03:14 THERE IS THE BELIEF THAT THERE IS NO ABSOLUTE TRUTH. 03:17 YOUR TRUTH IS YOUR TRUTH. MY TRUTH IS MY TRUTH. 03:21 AND AS LONG AS YOUR TRUTH DOESN'T CONFLICT WITH MY TRUTH, 03:26 WE'RE OKAY. THAT'S VERY PREVALENT IN THE DAY 03:32 IN WHICH WE LIVE. AND THAT'S A PROCESS FOR ME. 03:35 I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, THE OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY CHURCH HAS 03:41 MULTIPLE CONSTITUENCIES TO WHICH IT MINISTERS. 03:44 YOU HAVE PEOPLE FIRST WHO ARE SENIOR ADULTS, WHO HAVE RETIRED 03:48 AND MOVED TO THE HUNTSVILLE AREA, BECAUSE IT IS A CONCLAVE, 03:54 IF YOU WILL OF ADVENTISTS. >> INCLUDING EX-PRESIDENTS, 03:59 ET CETERA, ET CETERA. >> EXACTLY. 04:01 SO THEY HAVE NEEDS, AND THOSE SPIRITUAL NEEDS MUST BE MET. 04:05 THE SENIOR ADULT POPULATION. THEN YOU HAVE PERSONS WHO ARE 04:09 CONNECTED TO THE UNIVERSITY. >> UH-HUH. 04:11 >> SO YOU HAVE ADMINISTRATORS, PROF 04:16 PROFESSORS, STAFF MEMBERS, AND THEY HAVE NEEDS, AND THOSE NEEDS 04:19 ARE DIFFERENT THAN A RETIREE'S NEEDS. 04:22 THEN YOU HAVE A PART OF THE CAMPUS AS WELL, STUDENTS. 04:25 >> YES. >> STUDENTS, THEY HAVE NEEDS, 04:28 AND SO THOSE NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT THAN A FACULTY MEMBER OR STAFF 04:33 MEMBER'S NEEDS OR RETIREE'S NEEDS. 04:39 THEN YOU HAVE INDIGENOUS HUNTSVILLE RESIDENTS, WHO HAVE 04:44 NO CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSITY. THEY WATCH ON 3ABN THE BREATH OF 04:50 LIFE, OR WATCH THE LOCAL TELEVISION OR LISTEN ON THE 04:54 RADIO, AND THEY BECAME MEMBERINGS THROUGH THOSE 04:58 MEDIUMS, AND THEY JUST HAPPEN TO BE LIVING IN HUNTSVILLE. 05:02 THEIR NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT THAN A STUDENT'S NEEDS, A FACULTY 05:06 MEMBER'S NEEDS, A STAFF MEMBER'S NEEDS, AND A RETIREE'S NEEDS. 05:13 >> SURE. >> THEN YOU HAVE A WHOLE OTHER 05:16 POPULATION THAT ARE NOT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS. 05:21 AND THAT'S OUR TARGET POPULATION. 05:23 THEY COME AND VISIT. SO THEY ARE NOT EVEN SEVENTH-DAY 05:27 ADVENTIST. THEY ARE NOT CONNECTED TO THE 05:29 INSTITUTION IN ANY WAY. SO THERE ARE CERTAIN LANGUAGE 05:33 TERMS THAT WE HAVE, 3ABN. WHAT IS 3ABN? 05:37 >> OR ADVENTISM. >> OR MESSAGE MAGAZINE, AND GC. 05:43 SO YOU HAVE THAT POPULATION. >> YEAH. 05:46 >> THEN YOU HAVE THE POPULATION OF PERSONS WHO WATCH BREATH OF 05:50 LIFE -- >> YEAH. 05:53 YEAH. >> TOTALLY DIFFERENT, OKAY? 05:55 AND THEN EVEN WITHIN THOSE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS, YOU HAVE 05:59 AGES, YOU HAVE COLLEGE STUDENTS' NEEDS MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THAN 06:04 THE ACADEMY STUDENTESTS' NEEDS, SO YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT. 06:09 YET SABBATH MORNING I'M CALLED TO MINISTER TO ALL OF THESE 06:13 DIFFERENT GROUPS. WORSHIP, STYLE OF MUSIC. 06:17 MUSICAL GENRE, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT. 06:20 PREACHING STYLE. YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT. 06:24 SOME PEOPLE WANT TEACHING. SOME PEOPLE JUST WANT TO BE 06:29 INSPIRED. SOME PEOPLE WANT BIG WORDS. 06:32 SOME PEOPLE SAY JUST USE WORDS I CAN UNDERSTAND. 06:36 SO IT'S MORE OF AN OCEAN, AND WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE 06:40 TODAY -- GETTING BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, THEY ARE DEALING WITH 06:43 SERIOUS THINGS TODAY. THINGS THAT WHEN YOU AND I WERE 06:47 THERE, WE WOULD NEVER THINK OF. BUT THEIR ACCESS IN THIS 06:51 INFORMATION AGE TO SO MUCH, THERE ARE A LOT OF TEMPTATIONS 06:54 OUT THERE, AND, YOU KNOW, BUT GOD CALLS US TO MINISTER. 07:00 HE CALLS US TO PREACH. HE CALLS US TO BE SOULS BESIDE 07:06 STILL WATERS, AND WE HAVE TO DO THAT. 07:09 BUT YOU ARE DEALING RIGHT NOW WITH A VERY MOBILE CAMPUS. 07:13 YEARS AGO, I'M PRETTY SURE WHEN YOU WERE THERE, OAKWOOD WAS 07:18 PRIMARILY A RESIDENTIAL CAMPUS. NOW EVERYONE HAS A CAR, AND IF 07:25 THEY DON'T HAVE A CAR, THEY KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS A CAR. 07:28 [ LAUGHTER ] >> MY PARENTS TELL ME STORIES 07:31 WHEN THEY WERE THERE. I HAVE MY STORIES, JUST -- OTHER 07:35 LITTLE THINGS. CURFEW. 07:37 THE TIME IS MUCH DIFFERENT TODAY THAN WHAT IT FORMALLY WAS. 07:41 >> YEAH. >> YOU KNOW, SO ALL OF THESE 07:44 THINGS ARE THINGS YOU MUST CONSIDER. 07:46 >> AND YOUR CALL TO MINISTER TO ALL OF THOSE SETS AND SUBSETS, 07:50 AND TELL ME IF I'M WRONG WITH THIS -- 07:53 >> OKAY. >> -- BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST A 07:55 DIRTY WORD, BUT THERE ISN'T AN ASPECT -- AND I SAY REQUEST 08:01 GREAT RESPECT AND DEFERENCE -- OF -- OF 08:05 ENTERTAINMENT. I'M TREADING AS LIGHTLY AS I CAN 08:07 ON THIS. >> OKAY. 08:08 >> YOU HAVE TO BE ENGAGING -- >> VERY. 08:11 >> -- TO YOUR AUDIENCE. >> VERY. 08:13 >> BECAUSE ALL DURING THE WEEK, THEY ARE FUNCTIONING AT A LEVEL 08:17 WHERE THEY ARE BEING PREACHED TO BY SECULAR MEDIA. 08:22 THEY ARE BEING ENTERTAINED, AND IF YOU ARE DRY AND DOGMATIC, YOU 08:26 ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THEM VERY, VERY LONG. 08:29 >> NO. >> SO YOU HAVE GOT TO PUT YOUR 08:31 WINE IN BOTTLES THAT IS ATTRACTIVE TO THEM. 08:34 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND THAT'S A CHALLENGE, 08:36 BECAUSE WHAT ATTRACTS A 20 YEAR OLD, MAY NOT NECESSARILY ATTRACT 08:41 A 70 YEAR OLD. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 08:43 >> SO YOU HAVE TO TREAD THAT LINE, AND HOLD THAT AUDIENCE. 08:47 IF THEY ARE NOT LISTENING, YOU ARE NOT GETTING IT IN THERE. 08:51 SO THAT'S ANOTHER BURDEN THAT YOU HAVE TO WRESTLE WITH. 08:53 >> BIG BURDEN. AND THE REALITY IS BECAUSE OF 08:57 THE HIGH PROLIFERATION OF THE THINGS IN MEDIA, THAT'S 09:01 CRITICAL, BECAUSE ONLY JESUS -- SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING 09:04 TO GET IS IN THAT 45-MINUTE BLOCK. 09:07 >> PRECISELY. >> AND YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE CHOICES 09:09 AND OPTIONS TODAY. WHEN I WAS A STUDENT AT OAKWOOD, 09:13 AT A CERTAIN TIME, THE RESIDENT ASSISTANT WOULD COME BY, AND 09:18 TELL YOU, YOU HAVE GOT TO GET UP AND GO TO CHURCH. 09:21 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THAT'S NOT THE CASE TODAY. 09:24 [ LAUGHTER ] >> SOME PEOPLE, I'M TIRED. 09:29 SO IT HAS TO BE SPIRITUALLY ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH THAT THERE IS 09:33 A DESIRE, LET ME GO. >> YEAH, LET ME GO. 09:37 >> WITH THE PROLIFERATION OF MEDIA TODAY, ANOTHER THING YOU 09:41 MUST LOOK AT, A STUDENT CAN SAY IT'S RAINING TODAY. 09:45 IT'S COLD TODAY. I'M JUST GOING TO STAY IN THE 09:49 DORMITORY. I CAN WATCH PASTOR BYRD ON THE 09:52 INTERNET TODAY. >> AND THAT'S TRUE YOU CAN. 09:55 >> YEAH, YOU ARE THERE. SO YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT AS 09:58 WELL. SO IT HAS TO BE SUCH THAT YOUR 10:02 OFFERING IS SUCH THAT IT IS STRONG ENOUGH TO GET EVERYONE -- 10:05 >> YES. >> -- OUT OF THE BED. 10:10 [ LAUGHTER ] >> -- AND COME DOWN TO WORSHIP. 10:12 YOU ARE DEALING WITH INDIVIDUALS, SOME OF OUR MORE 10:17 SEASONED SAY I JUST WANT TO COME ANYWAY. 10:21 AND WE SEE THAT EVERYWHERE, I WOULD DARE SAY AROUND THE WORLD, 10:26 BUT IT IS EVEN THAT MUCH MORE APPARENT WITH THE HIGH 10:30 CONCENTRATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE. >> UH-HUH. 10:32 WHAT KIND OF NUMBERS ARE -- SOMETIMES THE ONLY WAY 10:36 YOU CAN GET A READ ON NUMBERS -- OF THE STUDENT BODY 10:39 ARE YOU BAPTIZING DURING THE YEAR? 10:42 DOES A LARGE PORTION OF THE STUDENT BODY COME CONVERTED? 10:46 OR ARE YOU SEEING THEM CONVERTED AS PART OF THEIR COLLEGE 10:50 EXPERIENCE? >> MOST OF THEM COME -- WHEN I 10:52 QUOTED 400 EARLIER. THOSE WERE JUST RESIDENTS IN 10:58 HUNTSDALE. >> MOST OF THE STUDENTS WHO COME 11:01 FROM OAKWOOD, MOST COME FROM A RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND, AND MOST 11:06 SOME FROM A SEVENTH -DAY ADVENTIST BACKGROUND. 11:15 BUT JUST BECAUSE THEY COME FROM THEIR ROOTS DOES NOT MEAN THEY 11:19 ARE CONVERTED. AND TO SAFELY CONVERT THAT IS 11:24 HIGHLY SUBJECTIVE. >> UH-HUH. 11:27 >> BUT MOST OF THEM COME WITH SPIRITUAL OR RELIGIOUS ROOTS IF 11:31 YOU WILL. >> OKAY. 11:32 >> BUT MANY OF THEM COME TO OAKWOOD -- THOSE ARE GOD'S 11:39 GROUNDS, THEY ARE SACRED. AND THEY FIND JESUS. 11:42 OR IF THEY HAVE ALREADY KNOWN JESUS, THEY INCREASE THEIR WALK 11:50 WITH JESUS. AND I THINK IT IS NECESSARY FOR 11:54 ME TO HELP THEM IN THEIR WALK. I WANT TO BE VERY SENSITIVE TO 11:58 ALL PEOPLE. >> UH-HUH. 12:00 >> SENIOR ADULTS, MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS, YOUNG ADULTS, TEENS, 12:06 CHILDREN. WE HAVE GOT TO BE SENSITIVE TO 12:08 EVERYONE. BUT -- BUT I'M 44 YEARS OLD. 12:11 >> UH-HUH. >> I HAVE BEEN IN THE CHURCH ALL 12:13 OF MY LIFE. I HAVE HEARD THE SABBATH, THE 12:17 SECOND COMING, THE DATE OF THE DEAD, STEWARDSHIP. 12:20 BUT VERY, VERY, VERY PASSIONATE FOR ME IS THAT 18 YEAR OLD, THAT 12:26 19 YEAR OLD, THAT WE HAVE GOT TO HIT IT WITH THEM NOW. 12:30 BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, WE ARE GOING TO LOSE THEM. 12:34 MY DAUGHTER IS 15 YEARS OLD. I WANT HER TO LOVE THE LORD AND 12:37 LOVE THE CHURCH. IF I DON'T HAVE HER BY NOW, I 12:41 NEED TO REEVALUATE MYSELF. SO WITH THE STUDENTS SOMETIMES 12:48 THEIR DRESS ARE RAISE AN EYEBROW, AND THEIR MUSIC RACES 12:53 ANOTHER EYEBROW, BUT I'M THANKFUL THEY ARE IN CHURCH. 12:57 AND IF THEY ARE THERE, WE CAN LOVE THEM, HELP TEACH THEM, AND 13:02 TRAIN THEM, BUT YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE SPACE BY WHICH 13:06 THEY CAN MAKE A MISTAKE. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE PATIENT WITH 13:13 THEM. I WOULD NOT BE WHERE I AM TODAY 13:15 IF MY PARENTS, MY FAMILY MEMBERS, CHURCH MEMBERS WERE NOT 13:19 PATIENT WITH ME, UNDERSTOOD ME, AND HELPED GUIDE ME ALONG THE 13:24 WAY. AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN BE 13:27 DOGMATIC. YOU MUST PREACH WITH US, SAITH 13:31 THE LORD, BUT THERE IS A WAY THAT DO YOU THAT. 13:37 >> I FOUND OUT -- I USED TO BE PASTOR LOMACANG PASTOR'S. 13:51 AND I KNEW THEY WERE RUNNING THE STREETS. 13:55 I FOUND OUT JUST THIS PAST YEAR, WHEN I HAD HIM PASSING OUT THE 14:00 CHURCH BULLETINS, HE WAS PUTTING IN ANNOUNCEMENTS TO THE PARTY 14:04 THAT NIGHT. [ LAUGHTER ] 14:05 >> I FOUND OUT YEARS LATER -- >> REVELATION. 14:09 >> REVELATION INGEED. IN THAT JOHN LOMACANG WAS 14:16 PUTTING NOTICES IN THE BULLETINS. 14:20 BUT I STUCK WITH HIM AND HE HAS COME TO THE LORD. 14:23 DO YOU THINK COMING FROM A PASTORAL SETTING TO AN ACADEMIC 14:31 BACKGROUND HELP A LITTLE BIT? WHAT YOU DID AT THOSE OTHER 14:34 CHURCHES GAVE YOU SOME SKILLS THAT YOU COULD USE AT OAKWOOD 14:38 UNIVERSITY? >> DEFINITELY. 14:39 AND I WOULD DARE TO SAY, C.A. THAT THAT PREPARATION IN THE 14:45 PARISH HAS DEFINITELY HELPED ME. THE LORD HAS ALLOWED ME THE 14:49 PRIVILEGE OF PASTORING, RURAL CHURCH, CITY CHURCH, SMALL 15:01 CHURCH, BIG CHURCH. I'M VERY CLEAR THE 15:04 UNIVERSITY -- THEY ARE CHARGED WITH THIS RESPONSIBILITY, TO 15:11 EDUCATE STUDENTS. >> YES. 15:13 >> I'M VERY CLEAR ON THAT. MY ROLE IS TO HELP GROW THEM 15:17 SPIRITUALLY. AND I'M VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. 15:19 >> UH-HUH. >> I WOULD DARE TO SAY IF MY 15:23 BACKGROUND WAS SOLELY ACADEMIC, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT 15:27 AS EFFECTIVELY AS I DO. SO THOSE EXES -- EXPERIENCES 15:36 HAVE HELPED ME. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE 15:43 COMMON DENOMINATOR IS THE SAME. THEY NEED JESUS. 15:46 AND THEY STRUGGLE WITH THE SAME THINGS THAT EVERYONE ELSE 15:54 STRUGGLES WITH. EVERYBODY HAS A THROWN IN THEIR 15:57 FLESH. >> YES. 15:58 YES. >> AND THE LORD WILL KEEP THAT 16:01 THORN THERE, UNTIL WE FULLY SURRENDER. 16:04 I REMEMBER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF 16:08 DOING WEEK OF PRAYER AT THE GENERAL HEADQUARTERS. 16:11 AND ONE OF THE MEMBERS TOLD ME, PREACH TO US LIKE YOU PREACH ON 16:18 SABBATH MORNINGS, BECAUSE THOUGH WE'RE LEADERS IN THE CHURCH, THE 16:23 SAME STRUGGLES OTHERS HAVE, WE HAVE AS WELL. 16:26 SO I WOULD SAY THAT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A BLESSING TO 16:30 ME. AND I PRAY TO THE STUDENT 16:33 MEMBERSHIP AND THE STUDENT BODY. >> WELL SAID. 16:38 I WANT TO SEGUE INTO BREATH OF LIFE BECAUSE -- WHICH CAME 16:46 FIRST? >> BREATH OF LIFE. 16:48 >> I THOUGHT SO. >> DID YOU HAVE ANY 16:53 INTREPIDATION ABOUT ADDING TO YOUR PORT FELLOW, BREATH OF 17:05 LIFE? >> YES, DEFINITELY. 17:07 AS YOU HAVE PROBABLY SAID, BREATH OF LIFE IS A HUGE 17:11 RESPONSIBILITY IN AND OF ITSELF. >> YES. 17:13 >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ATTRACTED ME TO OAKWOOD WITH 17:17 BREATH OF LIFE, AND COMING TO THE CAMPUS -- BECAUSE THE 17:20 ADVANTAGE OF ATLANTA, IT WAS IN AN URBAN AREA. 17:23 IT WAS A CITY. SO THEREFORE, WE HAD IMMEDIATE 17:27 MINISTRY IN A CITY. >> YES. 17:28 >> BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ATTRACTED ME ABOUT GOING TO 17:32 OAKWOOD CHURCH AND ACCEPTING THAT RESPONSIBILITY AS 17:36 SPEAKER/DIRECTOR OF BREATH OF LIFE AS WELL, WAS YOU WOULD HAVE 17:41 AMBASSADORS, YOUNG PEOPLE AFTER THEIR MAT RICK LAGS AT OAKWOOD, 17:47 THEY WOULD LEAVE AND BE AMBASSADORS FOR BREATH OF LIFE. 17:50 SO AS OUR TEAM WOULD GO TO DIFFERENT CITIES, THEY WOULD BE 17:53 ABLE TO SAY, OH, YES, THAT IS THE MINISTRY OF THE SEVENTH 18:03 DAYDAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 18:06 SO THEY KNOW BREATH OF LIFE. BREATH OF LIFE IS NOT FOREIGN TO 18:09 THEM. SO THAT HELP EVEN BEYOND ME AND 18:13 MY TENURE AS SPEAKER/DIRECTOR, THAT HELPS BECAUSE THERE IS AN 18:18 AREA OF WHAT BREATH OF LIFE IS. SO THAT IS VERY, VERY CRITICAL 18:23 FOR ME IN GOING TO OAKWOOD. >> UH-HUH. 18:27 >> ANOTHER THING THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT WAS THIS WOULD BE AN 18:30 OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY THEOLOGY STUDENTS, 18:34 MUSIC STUDENTS, AND COMMUNICATION STUDENTS TO GET ON 18:38 THE JOB HANDS ON TRAINING WITH A MEDIA MINISTRY. 18:41 >> UH-HUH. >> SO WITH BREATH OF LIFE BEING 18:45 THERE, WE RECORD EVERY SABBATH THAT I PREACH THERE. 18:47 YOU HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ENGAGING IN THAT WORK, 18:51 AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. >> OH, YES. 18:54 >> WHEN NBC TELEVISION DID OUR CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, YOU HAD ALL 19:05 OF THE PROFESSALS FROM MAJOR NETWORKS CAME IN, AND STUDENTS 19:10 WERE ABLE TO RUB SHOULDERS WITH THEM. 19:13 AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. WE HAVE TO DO A GOOD JOB IN 19:17 SUCCESSOR PLANNING. WITH PRODUCERS, WRITERS, FLOOR 19:21 DIRECTORS, CAMERA MEN, CAMERA WOMEN, SO BREATH OF LIFE ON A 19:25 COLLEGE CAMPUS AFFORDS THAT OPPORTUNITY. 19:28 >> SO A GOOD MARRIAGE. MORE WORK FOR YOU. 19:31 >> IT IS. >> BUT A GOOD FIT. 19:33 >> YES. >> I WANT TO ASK YOU -- AND I 19:35 THINK WE'LL GO TO OUR MUSIC WHILE YOU'RE MULLING OVER THIS 19:41 QUESTION, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS BREATH OF LIFE IN THE 19:45 CONSTELLATION OF MEDIA MINISTRY, AND WHERE IS IT GOING IN THE 19:49 FUTURE? BUT WHILE HE IS PONDERING THAT 19:51 QUESTION, I WANT TO GO TO OUR SECOND MUSICAL PIECE FROM 19:59 NEVILLE PETER. HE IS GOING TO BE SINGING A 20:02 REALLY BEAUTIFUL SONG, "FORGET ABOUT MYSELF." 20:05 ♪ 20:16 ♪ I FORGET ABOUT MYSELF ♪ ♪ WHEN I WORSHIP YOU ♪ 20:24 ♪ WHEN I WORSHIP YOU ♪ ♪ I FORGET ABOUT MYSELF ♪ 20:35 ♪ WHEN I WORSHIP YOU ♪ ♪ WHEN I WORSHIP YOU ♪ 20:45 ♪ NOT JUST ONLY IN YOUR TEMPLE ♪ ♪ BUT EVERY SECOND OF THE DAY ♪ 20:59 ♪ I FORGET ABOUT MYSELF ♪ ♪ WHEN I WORSHIP YOU ♪ 21:10 ♪ LORD, I FORGET ABOUT MYSELF ♪ ♪ WHEN I HONOR YOU ♪ 21:21 ♪ WHEN I HONOR YOU ♪ ♪ I FORGET ABOUT MYSELF ♪ 21:31 ♪ WHEN I HONOR YOU ♪ ♪ LORD IN HUMBLENESS, I'M 21:46 COMING ♪ ♪ IN OBEDIENCE TO YOUR WILL ♪ 21:54 ♪ SO I FORGET ABOUT MYSELF ♪ ♪ WHEN I WORSHIP YOU ♪ 22:06 ♪ LORD I'M COMING WITH MORE THAN JUST A SACRIFICE OF PRAISE ♪ 22:20 ♪ I'M BRINGING A HEART ♪ ♪ THAT LONGS TO KNOW YOU ♪ 22:30 ♪ AND ALL, ALL YOUR WONDERFUL WAYS ♪ 22:36 ♪ GOD I WISH, LORD, I WISH THAT I COULD SHOW YOU ♪ 22:44 ♪ JUST HOW MUCH THAT I ADORE YOU ♪ 22:50 ♪ SO I FORGET ABOUT MYSELF ♪ ♪ FATHER, I FORGET ABOUT 22:57 MYSELF ♪ ♪ LORD, I FORGET ABOUT MYSELF ♪ 23:15 ♪ WHEN I WORSHIP YOU ♪ ♪ THERE'S NO TIME TO THINK ABOUT 23:24 ANYTHING ELSE ♪ ♪ NO ♪ 23:30 ♪ WHEN I WORSHIP YOU ♪ 23:43 >> AMEN. WELL DONE. 23:48 "FORGET ABOUT MYSELF." WHEN YOU COME TO THE PRESENCE OF 23:50 THE LORD, YOU KIND OF FORGET ABOUT YOURSELF. 23:53 YOU FOCUS ON -- YOU FOCUS ON GOD. 23:56 WE HAD TALKED ABOUT -- I FORGOT MY QUESTION. 24:00 >> BREATH OF LIFE. >> RIGHT. 24:02 THE REASON I DID IS BECAUSE SOMETHING ELSE POPPED IN MY MIND 24:06 IN US DISCUSSION. YOU TALKED ABOUT THOSE DIFFERENT 24:11 CONSTITUENCIES AT SCHOOL. YOUR BIG ONE IS THE STUDENT 24:18 BODY, RIGHT? THOSE KIDS ARE AWAY FROM HOME 24:22 MANY OF THEM. THAT'S YOUR -- YOUR TARGET 24:27 DEMOGRAPHIC, IS IT NOT? >> IT DEPENDS, HONESTLY. 24:30 AND I'M NOT TRYING TO DODGE THE QUESTION. 24:32 MY GREATEST CALLING, I'LL BE HONEST IS EVANGELISM. 24:36 SO THE STUDENTS, THEY ARE IMPORTANT. 24:39 MY SENIORS THEY ARE IMPORTANT. THE YOUTH ARE IMPORTANT. 24:43 BUT THE GREATEST POPULATION FOR ME WHEN I PREACH IS THAT 24:47 POPULATION THAT UNLESS THEY HEAR THE GOSPEL BETWEEN NOW AND THE 24:51 COMING OF THE LORD, THEY WILL BE LOST. 24:54 >> YEAH. >> AND THAT MAY BE THE SMALLEST 24:59 NUMERICAL POPULATION THAT ARE SITTING IN CHURCH. 25:02 >> YES. >> THAT MAY BE THE SMALLEST 25:06 NUMERICAL GROUP. BUT FOR ME -- AT THE END OF THE 25:11 DAY, THAT'S WHAT THE LORD IS CALLING ME TO DO. 25:13 I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, I PREACH TO TWO PEOPLE, THE PERSON 25:16 WHO MAY BE HEARING THE GOSPEL FOR THE FIRST TIME. 25:19 AND THE PERSON WHO MAY BE HEARING THE GOSPEL FOR THOUGH 25:24 THE LAST TIME. >> POWERFUL. 25:27 >> THAT STUDENT BODY DEFINITELY. BUT FOR ME THE GREATEST WOULD BE 25:31 THAT GROUP. >> ALL RIGHT. 25:32 I ACCEPT THAT. AND HAVING SAID SO, MY QUESTION 25:36 HAS COME BACK TO ME -- WHICH IS BREATH OF LIFE UNDER YOUR WATCH, 25:40 IT'S A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL MINISTRY, WAS SUCCESSFUL WHEN 25:44 YOU TOOK THE REINS. >> YES. 25:47 >> BUT WHAT DO YOU SEE AS ITS NICHE, AS ITS GOAL UNDER YOUR 25:53 LEADERSHIP? >> BREATH OF LIFE IS 42 YEARS 25:55 OLD NOW. WE WERE ACTUALLY IN THE 25:58 UNITED STATES, THE FIRST MEDIA OR TELEVISION MINISTRY WITH 26:03 ROOTS IN THE URBAN AREA, WITH BLACK PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY. 26:07 >> UH-HUH. >> OUR FIRST SPEAKER/DIRECTOR, 26:11 GREAT MAN OF GOD. >> OH, YES. 26:14 >> PASTOR CD BROOKS. HE JUST RECENTLY PASSED. 26:20 AND WE PRAISE GOD FOR THE FOUNDATION HE LAID. 26:23 AND FOLLOWING HIM, A GREAT PREACHER, RECENTLY RETIRED. 26:29 NO ONE COULD TEACH A SERMON LIKE ELDER PIERSON. 26:34 AT ITS CORE, BREATH OF LIFE WHILE IT IS A MEDIA MINISTRY, AT 26:39 ITS CORE, IT HAS SOUGHT TO MINISTER TO THE URBAN MASSES IN 26:43 NORTH AMERICA. >> UH-HUH. 26:45 >> WITH PUBLIC EVANGELISM. DURING ELDER BROOKS TENURE, NOT 26:50 JUST BEING ON TELEVISION WEEKLY, BUT ALSO MAJOR PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS 26:54 WERE STARTED, AND THEY WERE ENGAGED IN, AND I WOULD SAY THAT 27:00 13 CHURCHES IN NORTH AMERICA WERE STARTED AS A RESULT OF 27:03 BREATH OF LIFE CAMPAIGN. >> VERY TRUE. 27:05 >> SO AT ITS CORE, EVANGELISM, WHEN ELDER PIERSON TOOK OVER, WE 27:10 BEGAN TO MOVE INTO THE INTERNET AGE, AND HE SERVED AS ONE OF OUR 27:14 NET THEORY SPEAKERS HERE IN NORTH AMERICA. 27:17 SO AGAIN, EMPHASIS ON EVAN EVANGELISM, BUT ALSO UTILIZED, 27:23 IF YOU WILL, THE INTERNET. WHEN IT WAS PASSED ON TO ME, 27:28 AGAIN, EVANISM -- EVANGELISM. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PLANT TWO 27:39 NEWTURES. >> PRAISE GOD. 27:40 >> SO, AGAIN, EVANGELISM IS AT THE CORE OF WHO WE ARE. 27:45 >> UH-HUH. >> AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I WOULD 27:48 LIKE TO TAKE BREATH OF LIFE EVEN WITH ALL OF THE INTERNET AND 27:52 ACCESS TO TELEVISION WE HAVE NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT GO 27:56 MORE MAIN STREAM. >> UH-HUH. 27:57 >> DURING THE TIME I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO UFSH -- SERVE, THE LORD 28:05 HAS BLESSED, NBC, AND ABC REQUESTED TO DO A CHRISTMAS AND 28:16 EASTER SPECIAL THAT WAS BROADCAST EVERYWHERE. 28:19 AND I PRAISE GOD FOR THAT. AND NOW NBC HAS CALLED AND THEY 28:24 WOULD LIKE TO AIR IT IN 2017. SO WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED 28:29 ABOUT THAT. SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO 28:31 UTILIZE THE TOOLS WE HAVE FOR PUBLIC EVANGELISM IN URBAN 28:37 AREAS, AND ALSO TAKE OUR MESSAGE EVEN MORE MAIN STREAM. 28:40 ALSO SINCE YOURS TRULY HAS BEEN THE SPEAKER/DIRECTOR DIFFERENT 28:45 FROM MY TWO PREDECESSORS, BREATH OF LIFE IS CHURCH-BASED. 28:49 WHICH MAKES IT DIFFERENT. WE HAVE FOUND THAT TELL 28:59 EVANGELISTS MANY OF THEM ARE BASED AT A CHURCH. 29:02 >> YES. >> YEARS AGO PEOPLE WOULD CALL 29:04 IN AND INQUIRE, WELL, WHERE IS THEIR CHURCH? 29:06 >> YEAH. >> AND IT REALLY WASN'T A 29:10 CHURCH, THEY WOULD GO FROM CITY TO CITY AND JUST RECORD IN THE 29:14 STUDIO, WHEREAS NOW, WE HAVE PICKED UP THE MODALITY AS WELL, 29:19 WHERE THE PASTER IS A SPEAKER/DIRECTOR, BUT HE HAS A 29:24 CHURCH. >> YES. 29:25 >> SO HE IS PREACHING NOT TO A CAMERA, BUT TO A LIVE STUDIO 29:30 AUDIENCE, SO THEREFORE THERE IS A LEVEL OF CALL AND RESPONSE, 29:33 WHICH IS CRITICAL WITHIN THE URBAN SETTING. 29:35 >> UH-HUH. >> WE ALSO SEE THAT BREATH OF 29:37 LIFE CANNOT BE LIMITED TO A BLACK AUDIENCE. 29:40 WHILE IT HAS ITS ROOTS IN THAT AUDIENCE, AND WE WILL REMAIN 29:45 FAITHFUL AND TRUE TO THAT AUDIENCE, WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE 29:48 OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC AND CULTURES AND WHAT NOT, THAT WE MUST ALSO 29:53 MINISTER AND APPEAL TO, AND WE'RE SEEKING TO DO THAT AS 29:57 WELL. BEING CHURCH BASED, YOU HAVE THE 29:59 CHOIR SITTING BEHIND YOU, YOU ARE IN A CHURCH ENVIRONMENT, AND 30:02 WHAT NOT, AND IT'S A GOOD THING. WE GET CALLS ALL THE TIME. 30:07 PEOPLE INQUIRING. WE WANT TO COME TO YOUR CHURCH. 30:10 SO WE NOW HAVE A CHURCH THAT YOU CAN COME TO. 30:13 IRONICALLY, I JUST GOT A CALL THIS WEEK, THERE WAS A FAMILY IN 30:17 CINCINNATI, OHIO, AND THEY HAVE BEEN WATCHING BREATH OF LIFE. 30:20 AND THEY CALLED US, AND SAID DO YOU HAVE AN AFFILIATE IN OUR 30:24 AREA? AND WE REFERRED THEM, AND THEY 30:27 WENT TO THE LOCAL CHURCH THERE. THEY ARE NOW BAPTIZED. 30:30 >> AMEN. >> SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 30:40 CHRISTIANS. SO WHILE WE'RE BASED IN 30:42 HUNTSVILLE, WE STILL HAVE A REACH, NATIONALLY AND 30:46 INTERNATIONALLY WITH OUR PROLIFERATION AGAIN AND THE 30:49 GROWTH OF MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, PEOPLE NOT JUST HERE IN THE 30:54 UNITED STATES, BUT ABROAD, THEY ARE ABLE TO WITNESS AND VIEW 30:58 BREATH OF LIFE. I GOT A TEXT MAIL FROM SOMEONE 31:00 YESTERDAY THEY WERE IN KENYA. AND THEY SAID YOUR MINISTRY IS 31:04 REALLY, REALLY GLOBAL. I'M SITTING HERE AND WATCHING 31:07 3ABN, AND I'M SEEING YOU OVER HERE IN KENYA, AND THEY TOLD ME 31:10 WHAT I WAS PREACHING AND WHAT NOT. 31:13 SO EVEN NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD GROWTH WITH MEDIA AND 31:17 INTERNATIONAL MEDIA, BREATH OF LIFE CANNOT JUST BE IN 31:23 HUNTSVILLE, NOT JUST IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT GLOBALLY, AND 31:26 WE THANK GOD FOR THAT. WE ALSO WANT TO BE ENGAGED NOT 31:30 JUST IN THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL, BUT ALSO IN THE SOCIAL 31:33 GOSPEL. >> AMEN. 31:34 >> RECENTLY, OR EARLIER THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE HEARD 31:39 ABOUT THE FLINT WATER CRISIS. >> OH, YES. 31:42 >> BREATH OF LIFE WE GALVANIZED OUR TEAM AND TOO TWO BIG TRUCKS 31:50 TO FLINT, MICHIGAN, AND WE HAD A WATER RALLY. 31:53 AND WE INVITED PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO A HIGH SCHOOL 31:59 AUDITORIUM UM THERE. THE LORD BLESSED, AND WE GAVE 32:03 OUT THOUSANDS OF BOTTLES OF WATER. 32:05 >> PRAISE THE LORD. I HAD NOT HEARD ABOUT THAT. 32:08 >> UH-HUH. SO IN ADDITION TO THE PREACHING 32:10 OF THE GOSPEL, THE SINGING OF THE GOSPEL, WE MUST ENGAGE IN A 32:15 SOCIAL GOSPEL. >> YEAH, IT'S WONDERFUL TO KNOW 32:18 THAT YOU PUT LEGS ON THE GOSPEL AND MOVE OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, 32:23 AND DEAL WITH NEEDS AS THEY ARE ON THE GROUND. 32:27 >> CORRECT. >> PRAISE THE LORD. 32:29 >> AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT MANY MINISTRIES THAT DO THESE TYPES 32:32 OF THINGS, THAT IS A MEAN OF ATTRACTION FOR PEOPLE TO WATCH 32:37 AND WANT TO ENGAGE AND PARTICIPATE IN YOUR MINISTRY. 32:43 JESUS WON PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE, THEN HE BATHED THEM. 32:47 >> YEAH, FOLLOW ME. VERY, VERY POWERFUL AND 32:56 PERTINENT STATEMENT. YOU HAVE DONE EVANGELISM IN 33:01 NORTH AMERICA AND OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA. 33:03 >> YES. >> WHAT MAKES IT SO TOUGH -- IF 33:07 I'M ASKING THE QUESTION CORRECTLY -- OR PERHAPS EVEN 33:11 BETTER WALK US THROUGH THE CHALLENGES TO MODERN DAY 33:15 EVANGELISM. IT IS NOT THE SAME. 33:16 OF COURSE IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IT USED TO BE. 33:22 BUT FROM YOUR VANTAGE POINT, AND YOU DO A LOT OF MEETINGS, WALK 33:26 US THROUGH SOME OF THE CHALLENGES TO SUCCESSFUL 33:31 EVANGELISM IN NORTH AMERICA. >> WE LIVE IN A HIGHLY SECULAR 33:36 CULTURE IN NORTH AMERICA. I MEAN THERE ARE DISTRACTIONS 33:40 THAT THE DEVIL HAS SENT COMING FROM EVERY DIRECTION. 33:43 SO WITH THAT, IT MAKES IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR 33:47 PEOPLE TO EVEN SAY, OKAY, GOD, THE BIBLE? 33:52 BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A HIGHLY SECULAR WORLD. 33:55 EVEN IN NORTH AMERICA, THE YIELD IS DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT AREAS 34:00 IN NORTH AMERICA. SO LET'S SAY THE NORTHEAST. 34:04 THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES IS MUCH MORE 34:06 SECULAR THAN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 34:09 >> TRUE. >> IN THE SOUTH THERE IS STILL A 34:12 BIBLE BELT WHERE PEOPLE -- AT LEAST THERE'S A COMMON GROUND. 34:15 WE BELIEVE IN JESUS. WE BELIEVE IN GOD. 34:17 WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS GOD'S INSPIRED WORD. 34:21 THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS IN NORTH AMERICA, HOWEVER, THAT YOU 34:24 ARE NOT EVEN WORKING WITH THAT. HIGHLY, HIGHLY SECULAR. 34:28 ANOTHER THING WE'RE DEALING WITH, THAT MAKES IT VERY 34:32 DIFFICULT, WE LIVE IN A VERY, VERY BUSY SOCIETY. 34:37 >> VERY MUCH SO. >> YEARS AGO, I WAS READING SOME 34:42 STATISTICS, AND I DISCOVERED THAT YEARS AGO, YOU HAD MORE 34:48 ONE-WAGE EARNING PERSONS IN OUR HOMES. 34:51 WHEREAS TODAY IF IT'S A TWO-PERSON HOME, HUSBAND-WIFE, 34:55 IN MORE CASES THAN NOT, BOTH PERSONS HAVE TO EARN THEIR WAGES 34:59 OUTSIDE OF THE HOME. >> UH-HUH. 35:01 >> SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR MAJOR CITIES, PEOPLE WAKING UP 35:05 AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING, GETTING DRESSED, HAVING BREAKFAST. 35:12 6:30, 6:45, THEY ARE OUT OF THE HOUSE, TAKING THE KIDS TOO 35:15 SCHOOL. THEY GO TO WORK. 35:17 THEY HAVE A LONG COMMUTE. THEY ARE SITTING IN TRAFFIC. 35:22 THEY GET OFF WORK. 6:00 THEY ARE COOKING DINNER, 35:26 PREPARING FOR THE NEXT DAY. 9:00, 10:00 THE NEWS COMES ON, 35:30 WATCH THE NEWS. THEY ARE GOING TO BED. 35:33 IT'S JUST THE TIME ELEMENT, WHEREAS YEARS AGO WITH ONLY ONE 35:36 PERSON WORKS OUTSIDE OF THE HOME, YOU HAD THE PERSON WORKING 35:40 INSIDE THE HOME THAT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF 35:44 DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLD CHORES AND WHAT NOT. 35:46 THAT'S ANOTHER CHALLENGE WE'RE FACING TODAY THAT FORMALLY WAS 35:49 NOT THERE. >> UH-HUH. 35:51 >> ALSO PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION. 35:53 SO WHEN YOU ENGAGE IN A REVIVAL OR A PUBLIC EVANGELISTIC 36:00 CAMPAIGN, PEOPLE NOW HAVE THE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, AND THEY 36:03 WILL GO CHECK OUT WHAT YOU PREACH. 36:06 THEY ARE GOING TO PROVE, IF YOU WILL, WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO 36:10 PREACH. >> THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE 36:13 REFERENDUM OF EVERYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. 36:18 >> YES, WHEREAS YEARS AGO THERE WERE NO CHECKS AND BALANCES. 36:22 TODAY YOU HAVE THAT. NUMBER 4, YOU CITED IT A LITTLE 36:26 EARLY. THE COSTS FOR EVANGELISM. 36:30 YOU TOLD US EARLIER THAT YOU GOT $3,000 IN A BUDGET. 36:33 IN THAT PROBABLY WOULD LAST ONE OR TWO DAYS -- 36:36 >> YEAH. IF THAT MUCH. 36:38 >> IF THAT MUCH, IN A LARGE-SCALE MEETING TODAY. 36:41 >> YES. >> YOU KNOW, SO THE COSTS OF 36:44 MINISTRY. I TELL PEOPLE ALL THINK TIME. 36:48 SALVATION IS FREE, BUT MINISTRY TAKES MONEY. 36:50 SO THE COSTS OF MINISTRY TODAY MAKE IT EVEN THAT MUCH MORE 36:55 CHALLENGING. >> UH-HUH. 36:56 >> SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SECULAR, WHEN YOU LOOK AT MORE 37:00 THAN ONE WAGE EARNER OUTSIDE OF THE HOME, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 37:06 COST, AVAILABILITY AND TIME, AND THE INTERNET AND ACCESS TO 37:10 INFORMATION, MUCH DIFFERENT TODAY THAN WHAT IT FORMALLY WAS. 37:13 AND THEN I'LL SHARE THIS ONE, BECAUSE WE CAN GO ON AND ON 37:16 ABOUT THIS. BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE MORE WE 37:23 ACCUMULATE IN WEALTH -- >> OH, YES. 37:25 >> -- AND IN GOODS, THE LESS THE RELIANCE ON THE SUPERNATURAL. 37:31 WHATEVER THAT SUPERNATURAL IS FOR PEOPLE. 37:33 >> UH-HUH. >> SO YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE 37:36 DRIVING DIRT ROADS, WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE AIR CONDITION, YOU 37:40 KNOW, WE WANTED THE LORD TO COME. 37:42 IT'S HOT. BUT NOW THAT WE DRIVE A LITTLE 37:49 BETTER, DRESS A LITTLE BETTER, LIVE A LITTLE BETTER, THE LORD 37:54 CAN COME, BUT I'M COMFORTABLE. SO YEARS AGO, IF MY TIRE WENT 38:00 FLAT, I'M STRANDED. THIS IS TERRIBLE. 38:02 DO I HAVE THE MONEY TO BUY A NEW TIRE? 38:06 TODAY LET ME CALL MY ROADSIDE SERVICE, LET ME CALL AAA. 38:11 I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, I'LL JUST CHARGE IT ON THE CREDIT 38:16 CARD. >> WHERE YEARS AGO, LORD HELP 38:19 ME. SO THERE IS LESS RELIANCE ON THE 38:23 SUPERNATURAL. WHATEVER THAT IS FOR PEOPLE. 38:24 >> VERY TRUE. VERY TRUE. 38:25 AND THE FACT IS THERE IS JUST SO MUCH MORE STUFF, SO MUCH MORE 38:31 THINGS GOING ON TO DISTRACT, DISSUADE, DISCOURAGE, WHATEVER. 38:39 YOU KNOW, YOU BUY A CABLE SYSTEM IN YOUR HOUSE. 38:42 YOU HAVE GOT 500 CHANNELS. >> UH-HUH. 38:45 >> THE AVERAGE PERSON HAS ABOUT 12 TO 17 CHANNELS THEY WATCH 38:50 PRETTY MUCH ALL THE TIME. BUT YOU HAVE 500 CHOICES. 38:53 AND THEN HERE COMES EVANGELISTS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PULL THAT 38:59 MIND TOWARDS CHRIST. IT'S A BIG CHALLENGE. 39:01 >> IT'S A CHALLENGE. IT'S A CHALLENGE. 39:04 AND PEOPLE FOR SPIRITUAL THINGS OR RELIGIOUS THINGS, AND HOW WE 39:08 PACKAGE THAT, THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE MUCH GREATER TODAY. 39:14 >> YES. >> SO WHEN THEY SEE TELEVISION 39:17 MINISTRY, AND THE LIGHTS AND CAMERA, ACTION, PEOPLE ON A 39:20 LOCAL LEVEL WANT TO SEE THAT. >> YES, THEY DO. 39:23 >> WHEN YOU SEE DIFFERENT WORSHIP PROGRAMMING, AND IT'S A 39:26 HIGH LEVEL, BE IT THE INTERNET, BE IT TELEVISION, PEOPLE WANT TO 39:30 SEE THAT ON A LOCAL LEVEL. >> YES. 39:33 >> SO THAT -- YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH TODAY. 39:36 IT'S TOUGH. BUT EVEN IN IT BEING TOUGH, GOD 39:39 HAS STILL CALLED US TO GO. >> PRAISE GOD. 39:43 >> GOD SAID GO YE THEREFOR, TEACH ALL NATIONS. 39:49 BAPTIZE THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLLY 39:54 GHOST. >> UH-HUH. 39:55 >> SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S CHALLENGING, WE STILL HAVE TO 39:58 GO. >> YES. 40:00 >> AND WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD TODAY, ISIS. 40:07 WHAT WE SAW IN ITALY, THE EARTHQUAKE. 40:10 THE FLOODING IN LOUISIANA. THE RACIAL OVERTONES IN OUR 40:13 WORLD. ALL OF THESE THINGS POINT TO THE 40:15 FACT OF A SOON-COMING SAVIOR. SO DESPITE THE CHALLENGES AND 40:20 THE TIMES IN WHICH WE LIVE, GOD STILL CALLS US TO GO. 40:24 SO WE MAY NOT GET 200, BUT HE MAY GIVE US 20, OR 2, BUT THAT'S 40:32 STILL 2 MORE THAN WE HAD. >> RIGHT. 40:35 AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THAT 20 OR 2 IS GOING TO DO WITH THEIR 40:41 LIVES TO EXPAND THE REACH OF THEIR GOSPEL. 40:45 YOU MAY BAPTIZE A MARK FINLEY. WHO KNEW. 40:47 THERE IS A DIP, AND THEN THEY EXPAND THAT MINISTRY BY TENS OF 40:51 THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, 40:54 AS YOU GO BEYOND. IN YOUR MINISTRY, WHAT DO YOU 41:01 THINK IS THE GREATEST IMPEDIMENT TO TRUE SPIRITUALITY IN THESE 41:08 LAST DAYS? IF THERE'S ONE THING 41:11 THAT -- WHAT IS A WORD I CAN USE -- DRAWS IN, DISTRACTS, 41:16 SUCKS IN THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE, IS THERE ONE THING, OR ANY 41:20 NUMBER OF THINGS, OR A CONSTELLATION OF THINGS. 41:24 >> IT'S A CONSTELLATION OF THINGS. 41:26 THIS ANSWER MAY BE GENERAL, BUT I'LL TRY IT, SECULARISM. 41:30 >> UH-HUH. >> WE JUST LIVE IN A SECULAR 41:34 ENVIRONMENT. >> HUM. 41:35 >> HIGHLY SECULAR. AND SECULAR IMPACTING ALL THE 41:40 DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS. >> YES. 41:42 YEAH. >> OKAY? 41:43 >> YEAH. >> SO WHAT IS SECULAR FOR AN 18 41:46 YEAR OLD, MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS SECULAR FOR AN 80 YEAR 41:50 OLD. BUT THE DEVIL HAS STILL THROWN 41:52 SOMETHING SECULAR. >> YES. 41:54 YES. YES. 41:55 >> AND WE LIVE IN A HIGHLY SECULAR WORLD. 41:57 HERE IN NORTH AMERICA, IF WE WERE EVEN TO GO TO EUROPE, 42:02 HIGHLY SECULAR. AND TO COMBAT THAT IS VERY 42:05 DIFFICULT. AND WE SEE THAT SECULAR IN ROAD 42:09 NOT JUST IN OUR WORLD, BUT ALSO IN OUR CHURCH. 42:12 >> IN OUR CHURCH. YES. 42:14 >> AFFECTING OUR MEMBERS. WE JUST LIVE IN A HIGHLY SECULAR 42:18 WORLD, AND PRACTICES TODAY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SHUNNED ON 50 42:22 YEARS AGO. >> UH-HUH. 42:25 >> YOU KNOW? >> UH-HUH. 42:25 >> SO WE HAVE GOT TO MOTIVATE OUR MEMBERSHIP -- THE PASTOR 42:29 CAN'T DO IT ALONE. >> TRUE. 42:31 >> WE HAVE TO MOTIVATE OUR MEMBERSHIP TO UNDERSTAND THAT 42:34 OUR CHIEF RESPONSIBILITY, OUR CHIEF REASON FOR EXISTENCE IS 42:41 EVANGELISM. WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO THAT. 42:43 SO I GREW UP IN A HOME THAT WHEN MY FATHER WAS PASTORING, EVERY 42:47 YEAR THERE WAS THE EXPECTATION BY THE CONFERENCE AND THE LOCAL 42:51 CHURCH TO ENGAGE IN SOME TYPE OF PUBLIC EVANGELISTIC INITIATIVE. 42:56 WHETHER THERE WAS ANY ECONOMIC BUDGET OR NOT. 42:59 THERE WAS STILL -- I CAN HEAR SOME OF THE OLD PRESIDENTS, OUR 43:05 LEADERS, I WAS A LITTLE BOY, BACK IN THOSE DAYS FAMILIES WENT 43:09 TO THE PASTOR'S MEETINGS, AND I COULD HEAR THE LEADER SAYING A 43:16 TENT WILL ARRIVE IN YOUR CITY ON SUCH AND SUCH A DATE. 43:21 AND I WOULD HEAR THE PASTOR SAYING ELDER I DIDN'T REQUEST A 43:24 TENT. I KNOW YOU DIDN'T. 43:26 BUT A TENT WILL BE ARRIVING. BUT THERE WAS THIS NOTION THAT 43:31 THERE HAD TO BE SOME FORM OF PUBLIC EVANGELISM THAT WOULD 43:39 TAKE PLACE. THAT WAS IN MY DNA. 43:42 THERE HAS TO BE SOME PUBLIC EVANGELISM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHO 43:47 WE ARE. >> UH-HUH. 43:49 I RECALL MY FIRST MEETING WITH -- IN SEPTEMBER IN 43:52 NORTHEASTERN WE HAD THE WORKER'S MEETING, THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH 43:56 RESERVED FOR THE GUYS WHO HAD DONE EVANGELISM IN THE SUMMER, 44:00 AND THEY GOT ALL OF THE AIR TIME AND SPEAKING TIME. 44:03 AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT -- YOU HAD TO SIT THERE AND 44:06 BE QUIET. AND THEY WOULD DRAW IT OUT AND 44:10 TALK ABOUT THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER, AND I SAID NEXT YEAR I'M 44:14 GOING TO GET UP THERE -- >> YES, SIR. 44:17 YES, SIR. >> SO MY MOTIVATION WAS PERHAPS 44:24 DISENGINOUS, BUT GOD BLESSED, AND ONCE YOU DO IT, IT PASSES ON 44:31 NOW. >> INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH THAT YOU 44:35 SAID THAT, THE MOTIVE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE BEST, BUT PRAISE 44:39 GOD, HE CAN TAKE OUR IMPERFECTIONS AND MAKE 44:44 PERFECTION, AND IT COMES OUT RIGHT. 44:46 WHEN I WAS A YOUNGER MINISTER, AND I WOULD HEAR THESE GREAT 44:52 PEOPLE OF GOD -- BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT WOULD CALL YOUR NAME 44:55 AND YOU HAD TO RESPOND. AND HOW MANY -- THAT WAS THE 45:00 CRY? HOW MANY? 45:01 >> OH, YEAH. >> BUT I WOULD LISTEN TO THOSE 45:04 GREAT MEN OF GOD TELL WHAT GOD HAS BLESSED THEM WITH, AND LIKE 45:07 YOU, THAT'S GOING TO BE ME. >> YEAH. 45:09 >> AND LIKE YOU, THE FEVER, ONCE YOU GET IT -- 45:13 >> YEAH, ONCE YOU GET THE FEVER. I CAN RECALL, EVERYBODY HAD 45:18 A -- A STORY. ONE STORY THAT KIND OF JUMPS 45:21 OUT. AND I SAID LORD I WANT TO HAVE A 45:24 STORY LIKE THAT. THAT WAS GENUINE. 45:26 I WANT TO HAVE A LIFE THAT I SEE CHANGE. 45:29 I WANT TO SEE SOMEBODY PUT DOWN THE WINE BOTTLE. 45:32 I WANT TO SEE A PROSTITUTE GIVE UP HER -- AND THE LORD GAVE ME A 45:37 COUPLE OF THEM. AND ONCE YOU SEE THAT KIND OF 45:40 DRAMATIC CHANGE IN LIFE, FIRST OF ALL IT ASSURES YOU THAT YOUR 45:44 PREACHING ISN'T IN VAIN. AND THAT IT AIN'T YOU IT'S GOD. 45:49 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND THREE, IF SOMEONE TURNS 45:52 FROM SIN TO A LIFE OF LOVING THE LORD, IT AIN'T NOTHING TO BE 45:57 PROUD ABOUT, IT'S SOMETHING TO BE VERY HUMBLED ABOUT. 46:00 THAT GOD USES YOU TO TURN A LIFE AROUND. 46:04 AND I REMEMBER BAPTIZING A YOUNG LADY WHO -- HER MOTHER -- WHEN 46:09 SHE CAME TO THIS COUNTRY, HAD WELDED A CHAIN AROUND HER NECK. 46:14 IT WAS SOME GOD OR IDOL, AND SHE WAS TO GO TO COLLEGE AND THEN GO 46:19 BACK HOME TO MINISTER TO HER OWN PEOPLE. 46:21 SHE WAS WORKING ON HER MD, AND SHE CAME FOR BAPTISM, AND SHE 46:26 HAD THIS THING AROUND HER NECK, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, AND 46:30 FOR HER TO TAKE THAT OFF WAS A GREAT AFFRONT TO -- TO HER MOM. 46:35 AND I REMEMBER SHE CAME TO THE -- THE BAPTISM THE NIGHT 46:40 BEFORE WITH HER BUNDLE. YOU REMEMBER THE BUNDLE. 46:43 >> YES. >> AND SHE HAD GOTTEN A BOLT 46:46 CUTTER AND POPPED THIS THING OFF, YOU KNOW. 46:49 AND SHE WENT BACK -- I THINK IT WAS THAILAND OR SOMEPLACE, AND I 46:53 HAVE NOT SEEN HER SINCE, BUT YOU TALK ABOUT A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN 46:59 SOMEONE'S LIFE. SHE WAS WORSHIPPING, ANCESTORS, 47:03 AND DRINKING THINGS, AND I SAW HER PUT THAT STUFF DOWN AND PICK 47:06 UP JESUS, AND IT WAS THE MOST HUMBLE WONDERFUL THING. 47:10 IS THERE ANYTHING THAT POPS OUT AT YOU AS FAR AS SOMEONE WHO 47:14 MADE A DRAMATIC CHANGE THAT STAYED WITH YOU EVEN AFTER ALL 47:17 OF THESE YEARS? >> I CAN VERY MUCH REMEMBER AN 47:21 INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS JUST LIVING ANY KIND OF WAY. 47:23 YOU TALK ABOUT THE STREETS. THE TREATS. 47:26 >> YEAH. >> YOU KNOW? 47:29 AND STUMBLED IN MY TENT MEETING IN TA -- TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA. 47:41 THE INDIVIDUAL CAME ON IN, BEGAN TO LISTEN. 47:43 DIDN'T LEAVE A NAME, NO ADDRESS. WE USE THE QUIZ CARD TO GET THE 47:48 DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION. NONE OF THAT. 47:50 WOULDN'T SPEAK TO ANYBODY. CAME ONE NIGHT, KEPT COMING, I 47:56 MADE THE APPEAL. THAT INDIVIDUAL CAME DOWN THAT 47:58 AISLE, AND YOU LOOK AT THAT PERSON NOW, AND YOU SEE WHO THEY 48:03 ARE, WHAT GOD HAS DONE NOT JUST ON THE INSIDE, BUT THE OUTSIDE, 48:08 AND I WAS I HAD A MEETING AT ONE OF OUR CHURCH MEETINGS 48:12 SOMEWHERE, A CAMP MEETING OR SOMETHING, AND THE INDIVIDUAL 48:14 CAME UP TO ME, AND LOOKED ME IN THE EYE, AND I LOOKED AT THE 48:19 INDIVIDUAL, AND YOU KNEW, AND YOUR MIND WENT BACK TO WHO THEY 48:23 WERE, AND YOU SEE NOW WHO THEY ARE -- 48:25 >> YES. >> -- IT'S HUMBLE. 48:30 >> YEAH, IT IS. THAT GOD WOULD USE ME TO BE 48:34 INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT PERSON'S LIFE. 48:35 AND YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN IT. >> NO, YOU CAN'T. 48:39 >> YOU CANNOT EXPLAIN IT. BUT THAT'S WHAT GOD HAS CALLED 48:42 US TO. AND IT AFFIRMS TO YOU, YOUR 48:45 CALLING. AND IT ALSO AFFIRMS TO YOU THAT 48:47 THERE IS A GOD. GOD IS ALIVE, AND STILL MOVING. 48:51 >> YEAH. >> AND SO THESE EXPERIENCES, 48:54 EVERYBODY HAS A STORY. I PREACH AND TELL PEOPLE, 48:58 EVERYBODY IS AN EX-SOMETHING. >> YES, SIR. 49:01 >> BUT GOD WILL BRING YOU THROUGH HIS BLOOD, AND PEOPLE 49:05 WILL MAKE DECISIONS TO FOLLOW JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REST OF 49:08 THEIR LIVES. SO FOR ME WHEN I GO FROM CITY TO 49:11 CITY, AND I SEE PEOPLE, AND THEY SAY DO YOU REMEMBER ME? 49:14 THAT -- THAT TAKES IT. >> PRAISE GOD. 49:17 PRAISE GOD. >> YEAH. 49:18 >> OUR TIME IS GETTING AWAY FROM US, BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU A 49:22 QUICK STORY. MY VERY FIRST MEETING, I 49:25 REMEMBER PREACHING, AND A LADY -- I CAN REMEMBER -- AND 49:28 THIS IS GOING BACK TO 1979. RAN IN THE TENT. 49:34 SHE HAD ON A BLUE TWO-PIECE SUIT WITH WHITE PIPING, RED SHOES, 49:43 RED HAT. TALL, 5'10" MAYBE. 49:50 >> OH. >> CAME INTO THE TENT AND WAS 49:53 LISTENING TO ME PREACH. AND CAME EVERY NIGHT AFTER THAT. 49:56 AND ENDED UP BAPTIZING HER. AND SHE TOLD ME THE STORY, SHE 50:00 SAID PASTOR, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I HAD NO 50:03 INTENTION OF COMING INTO YOUR MEETING. 50:05 I WAS OUT WITH A RELATIVE OF MINE -- NOT A CLOSE RELATIVE, 50:10 BUT HE WANTED TO DATE ME. AND HE FELT SINCE WE HAD KNOWN 50:13 EACH OTHER FOR KIDS, THAT ONCE WE GOT A FEW DRINKS IN EACH 50:18 OTHER, HE WAS GETTING ALL KINDS OF HANDSY. 50:22 AND HE WAS PAWING ME. AND I RAN IN THE TENT TO GET 50:27 AWAY FROM HIM. AND SHE SAID I HAD A FIFTH OF 50:31 LIQUOR IN MY PURSE, WHICH WHEN I LEFT THE MEETING THAT NIGHT, I 50:36 FINISHED. AND THAT WAS THE LAST LIQUOR I 50:40 DRUNK UNTIL THIS DAY. AND SHE STAYED IN THE CHURCH, 50:43 AND I ENDED UP BURYING HER. BUT SHE STARTED OUT RUNNING AWAY 50:48 FROM SOME GUY WHO WAS GETTING A LITTLE PHYSICAL WITH HER, AND 50:51 RAN INTO THE ARMS OF JESUS, AND BECAME A FAITHFUL MEMBER UNTIL 50:56 SHE PASSED. THAT IS A FAITHFUL MEMBER. 50:58 I DIDN'T RUN HER OUT OF THAT CAR AND INTO THE TENT, GOD DID. 51:03 >> YES. >> AND IT DOES MAKE YOU HUMBLE. 51:07 AND I WISH THAT MORE PEOPLE HAD THAT EXPERIENCE OF LEADING 51:10 SOMEBODY TO THE LORD, YOU KNOW? EVEN IF YOU JUST CALL THE PERSON 51:13 TO COME TO CHURCH WITH YOU. OR -- OR SEND THE INVITATION, 51:18 YOU ARE PART OF THAT CHAIN THAT TAKES THEM FROM SINNER TO SAINT. 51:21 AND THAT'S A VERY HUMBLE WONDERFUL THING. 51:24 >> VERY HUMBLING, VERY WONDERFUL. 51:26 AND WHEN WE GET AS A CHURCH AND OUR MEMBERSHIP, ALL OF US 51:32 INVOLVED, AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL EVANGELISM, EVERYBODY DOING IT, 51:36 MOST CHALLENGES WE EXPERIENCE AS A CHURCH, THEY WILL BE 51:40 ALLEVIATED. >> YES. 51:41 >> IF WE JUST GET IN THERE, AND SEE THAT EVERYBODY WE DO, BE IT 51:45 SABBATH SCHOOL, COMMUNITY SERVICE, EVERYTHING WE DO, MUST 51:49 SOME KIND OF WAY LINK TO EVAN 51:53 EVANGELISM. OH, WHAT A POWERFUL THING. 51:55 >> YES. >> I'M LONGING -- A COUPLE OF 51:58 MONTHS AGO, I READ WHERE ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE 52:02 BAPTIZED IN RWANDA. I WAS SO EXCITED I WANTED TO GET 52:06 ON THE PLANE AND GO, GO. LET ME BE A PART OF THAT. 52:10 BUT I LONG FOR NORTH AMERICA, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HUNDRED 52:14 THOUSAND PEOPLE GAVE THEIR LIVES TO THE LORD. 52:16 I LONG FOR THE DAY WHEN THAT HAPPENS IN THE UNITED STATES. 52:19 AND I BELIEVE IT CAN. AND I BELIEVE IT WILL. 52:23 IT IS GOING TO FALL. >> OH, YES. 52:25 >> IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. AND I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO THE 52:28 DAY THAT HAPPENS, AND I JUST PRAY IT CAN BE A PART OF IT. 52:33 >> WITH YOU, WITHOUT YOU, OR ALL AROUND YOU, BUT IT IS GOING TO 52:37 FALL. >> IT IS GOING TO FALL. 52:38 >> I WANT TO PUT UP CONTACT INFORMATION FOR PASTOR 52:42 DR. CARLTON BYRD. HE DOES GET AWAY TO SPEAK. 52:45 I KNOW THAT. I HAVE SEEN HIM. 52:47 BUT HIS SCHEDULE IS VERY FULL WITH BREATH OF LIFE, WITH THE 52:51 OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY. BUT HE DOES RUN MEETINGS, AND HE 52:56 DOES PREACH DIFFERENT PLACES, AND IF YOU PRAY AND GET AN EARLY 53:01 START, YOU CAN PROBABLY GET HIM. FOLKS SHOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE 53:05 CONTACT, SUPPORT THE BREATH OF LIFE, BECAUSE THAT'S VERY, VERY 53:08 IMPORTANT, OR SPEAK WITH DR. BYRD PERSONALLY, OR PERHAPS 53:12 INVITE HIM TO YOUR CHURCH OR GROUP MEETING OR TO CONSIDER 53:14 RUNNING A MEETING IN YOUR AREA, HERE IS THE INFORMATION YOU NEED 53:21 BREATH BREATH OF LIFE: OR BREATH OF 53:34 LIFE, ONE WORD,.TV. BREATH OF LIFE.TV. 53:41 AND YOU CAN CATCH HIM. HE IS A GOOD GUY. 53:44 HE WILL PROBABLY COME IF YOU TALK NICE TO HIM. 53:47 I THINK HE WOULD DO SO. YOU HAVE BEEN MINISTERING HOW 53:51 LONG? >> 22 YEARS. 53:52 >> LORD HAS BROUGHT YOU A LONG WAY IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 53:55 >> YES. YES. 53:56 >> PRAISE THE LORD. PRAISE THE LORD. 53:58 TALK TO ME JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THANKFULNESS YOU HAVE 54:04 FOR BEING ASKED TO SERVE IN THE CAUSE OF CHRIST. 54:08 IT'S NOT A BURDEN TO YOU. WE CAN SEE THAT. 54:11 >> NO. >> IT'S WORK, BUT IT IS 54:14 SOMETHING YOU SEEM TO LOVE TO DO. 54:16 WHY IS THAT? >> I LOVE THE LORD. 54:18 I LOVE PEOPLE, AND I ENJOY WHAT I DO. 54:21 AS YOU SEE WHEN WE TALK HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE PASSION COMING 54:25 OUT. I LOVE THE LORD. 54:27 I LOVE PEOPLE. AND I JUST WANT TO DO MY BEST, 54:30 YOU KNOW, TO SERVE GOD. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO HEAR THE 54:33 LORD SAY TO ME, WELL DONE. >> YES. 54:35 >> I LIKE BASKETBALL. >> UH-HUH. 54:38 >> SO THERE IS A BASKETBALL TERM THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE PLAYING 54:42 GAMES, THE COMMENTATORS WILL SAY THE PLAYERS NEEDS TO LEAVE IT ON 54:47 THE COURT. LeBRON NEEDS TO LEAVE IT ON THE 54:49 COURT. AFTER THE GAME IS OVER, YOU 54:51 CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT, AND SAY WOULD HAVE, COULD HAVE, SHOULD 54:56 HAVE. YOU HAVE GOT TO LEAVE IT ON THE 54:59 COURT. GIVE IT YOUR ALL. 55:01 TO ME THAT'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT MINISTRY. 55:04 IF THE LORD SHOULD COME DURING MY LIFETIME, PRAISE GOD. 55:08 BUT SHOULD I FALL ASLEEP AND HEAR HIS VOICE AT THE SECOND 55:14 COMING, I WANT TO SAY I GAVE MY ALL, I LEFT IT ALL ON THE COURT. 55:18 I GAVE IT MY ALL. SO THAT DRIVES ME EVERY SINGLE 55:21 DAY THAT I WAKE UP, THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME BREATH. 55:25 AS I HAVE GOTTEN OLDER, I HAVE TO LEARN BALANCE. 55:28 MY WIFE HELPS ME WITH THAT. BUT I WANT TO LEAVE IT ON THE 55:33 COURT, AND GIVE GOT MY ALL. AND AS SOMEBODY SAID AS I WALK 55:37 ALONG, THEN MY LIVING SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN. 55:41 >> PRAISE GOD. YOU SAID SOMETHING VERY EARLY ON 55:44 IN OUR SITTING TOGETHER. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE BLESSING OF 55:48 FAITHFULNESS. >> UH-HUH. 55:49 >> THAT IF YOU ARE FAITHFUL TO GOD, GOD HAS PROVEN THAT HE WILL 55:53 BE FAITHFUL TO YOU. >> YES. 55:55 >> HE IS GOING TO CAUSE YOU TO WALK IN VICTORY AND TRIUMPH, BUT 56:00 HE IS GOING TO NEED SOMEONE WHO HAS DETERMINED THIS I WILL DO. 56:06 I HAVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS, WHEREVER HE LEADS. 56:10 AND ONCE YOU MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. 56:13 THERE IS NO CEILING, NO LIMIT TO WHAT GOD CAN DO FOR YOU, WITH 56:17 YOU, TO YOU, AND THROUGH YOU. >> YES. 56:19 >> THERE'S JUST NO LIMIT. AND I THINK YOUR LIFE HAS -- HAS 56:26 BESPOKEN THAT. >> OKAY. 56:28 >> THAT THUS FAR IN YOUR MINISTRY, GOD HAS GIVEN YOU 56:33 SUCCESS, NOT SO YOU CAN SAY, HEY, I'M DR. CARLTON BYRD, BUT 56:38 I'M JUST FOOLISH ENOUGH TO GO WHEREVER WE WANTS ME TO GO. 56:46 AND WE SERVE A GOD WHO CAN DO ANYTHING -- 56:50 >> BUT FAIL. >> -- BUT FAIL. 56:52 >> SO THANK YOU MAN. >> THANK YOU. 56:54 IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE. AND I JUST WANT TO TELL OUR 56:57 VIEWERS -- >> YOU HAVE TO DO IT IN TWO 57:00 SECONDS. >> GOD BLESSES PEOPLE, NOT 57:03 PLACES. >> AMEN. 57:04 OUR TIME HAS FAST SLIPPED INTO ETERNITY. 57:07 WE WISH YOU GRACE AND PEACE. BYE-BYE, GOOD NIGHT, AND GOD 57:10 BLESS. ♪ |
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