3ABN Today LIVE

Evangelism in the South England Conference

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Participants: C.A. Murray (Host), Danny Shelton (Host), Emmanuel Osei, John Dinzey, Kenny Shelton, Shelley Quinn

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00:06 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪
00:16 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ REMOVING PAIN ♪
00:28 ♪ LORD LET MY WORD ♪ ♪ HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ♪
00:38 ♪ I WANT TO SPENDING MY LIFE MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪
00:50 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪
01:15 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO 3ABN TODAY LIVE, MY NAME IS CA
01:24 MURRAY. WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS -- WELL
01:27 SOME OF THIS HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 32 YEARS.
01:31 [ LAUGHTER ] >> A LONG TIME, YEAH.
01:33 >> WITH YOUR LOVE, YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS MINISTRY, WE HAVE TAKEN
01:38 THE GOSPEL, AND CONTINUE TO TAKE THE GOSPEL AROUND THE WORLD.
01:43 I THINK HAL STEENSON ACTUALLY SAID THREE QUARTERS OF THE
01:48 WORLD'S SURFACE IS COVERED BY WATER, AND 3ABN COVERS THE REST.
01:54 AND WE PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT. THAT'S GOD'S DESPERATION TO SAVE
02:00 EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD ON EARTH.
02:04 >> UH-HUH. >> WE'RE A TOOL IN THE HAND OF
02:07 GOD FOR THE SALVATION OF THE SOULS OF MEN AND WOMAN IN THESE
02:11 LASTS DAYS OF THIS EARTH. DANNY SHELTON, GOOD TO HAVE YOU
02:16 HERE. >> THANK YOU, IT'S GOOD TO BE
02:19 HERE. >> YOU ARE LOOKING GOOD.
02:20 >> PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT. I HOPE YOU DON'T GET NEW
02:24 GLASSES. JUST KEEP YOUR SAME ONES.
02:27 [ LAUGHTER ] >> IF I'M LOOKING GOOD, KEEP
02:30 THOSE OLD GLASSES. 3ABN IS PROOF THAT GOD IS
02:33 WILLING TO USE ANYBODY WHO IS WILLING TO BE USED.
02:36 >> AMEN. >> SO IF YOU ARE WILLING TO BE
02:39 USED BY GOD, THERE IS SOMETHING GREAT AND MIGHTY AND MARVELOUS
02:45 IN STORE FOR YOU. PEOPLE THAT CAN GIVE THAT LIVES
02:55 IF NECESSARY, AND TODAY YOU AND I HAVE THAT PRIVILEGE AND
03:00 RESPONSIBILITY. WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BE A PAR OF
03:03 THE CLOSING WORK IN EARTH'S HISTORY.
03:06 TO THINK ABOUT WHEN JESUS WAS ON THE CROSS HE SAW EACH AND EVERY
03:11 ONE OF US. HE SAW YOU.
03:13 AND SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE STANDING UP, GIVING AN END
03:17 TIME'S MESSAGE FOR THE END TIMES PEOPLE.
03:22 >> AMEN. >> OUR ANNIVERSARY WAS JUST A
03:27 FEW DAYS AGO. NOVEMBER 15TH, IT HAS BEEN 32
03:32 YEARS. BUT GOD HAS BLESSED IN SPITE OF
03:35 US. WE ARE ALL IMPERFECT.
03:38 SO ARE YOU, SO DON'T JUDGE US. YOU ARE JUST AS BAD AS WE ARE.
03:43 BUT THANKFULLY WE'RE SAVED BY GRACE.
03:46 >> AMEN. >> WE HAVE A HEAVENLY FATHER WHO
03:49 IS WILLING TO FORGIVE AND FORGET.
03:54 WE HAVE INCREDIBLE GUESTS. IT IS GOING TO BE AN INCREDIBLE
04:01 PROGRAM, WE KNOW THAT. >> AMEN.
04:04 >> WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST ALL THE WAY FROM LONDON ENGAND.
04:08 >> WE DO. WE'LL START AT THE BACK, KENNY
04:14 SHELTON, AND SOMEBODY YOU HAVE KNOWN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS --
04:19 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
04:22 >> GOOD TO BE HERE. >> PASTOR JOHN DINZEY WHO IS THE
04:27 GENERAL MANAGER OF 3ABN LATINO NETWORK.
04:31 AND THE LAY DIY SHELLEY QUINN WHO IS -- I CALL HER BLESSINGS
04:36 ON THE GO MAVEN. BECAUSE THAT IS HER BURDEN, AND
04:39 WHEN YOU CALL HER THAT, SHE LIGHTS UP BECAUSE THAT IS SO
04:43 CLOSE TO HER HEART. >> AMEN.
04:45 >> AND OUR SPECIAL GUEST -- WE USE THAT TERM A LOT, BUT THIS IS
04:50 A SPECIAL GUEST. WE ADDED HIM TO THE FAMILY, THIS
04:54 IS DR. EMMANUEL OSEI, PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH ENGLAND CONFERENCE.
04:59 >> ALL RIGHT. >> HE DROPPED IN FROM LONDON.
05:03 HE IS PLAYING HOOKY THERE FOR ONE DAY.
05:07 >> WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU DID. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE
05:11 TODAY. >> THANK YOU.
05:12 THANK YOU. THE PRIVILEGE IS MINE, AND WE
05:15 HAVE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT 3ABN, AND IT'S JUST AN HONOR AND JOY
05:19 TO FLY AND JUST TO BE HERE AND TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT 3ABN IS
05:23 ALL ABOUT. I'M REALLY HONORED TO BE HERE.
05:26 >> PRAISE THE WORLD. YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A TOUR.
05:29 YOU DIDN'T GET TO SEE ALL OF IT THIS TRIP.
05:32 >> YES. >> I KNOW YOU HAVE TO LEAVE
05:34 RIGHT AFTER THE PROGRAM, SO YOU ARE ON A TOUGH SCHEDULE.
05:37 >> I AM. >> BUT WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT
05:39 YOU STOPPED BY HERE. >> PRAISE THE LORD.
05:42 >> WE WANTED TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT YOU, BUT
05:45 BEFORE WE DO, WE HAVE SPECIAL MUSIC.
05:48 >> ALL RIGHT. >> I THINK TODAY WE HAVE
05:50 PROBABLY ONE OF FAVORITE SINGERS EVER.
05:55 AND THIS IS SISTER YVONNE LEWIS, AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL SONG, "IN
06:03 CHRIST ALONE." ♪
06:23 ♪ IN CHRIST ALONE, MY HOPE IS FOUND ♪
06:27 HE IS MY LIGHT, MY STRENGTH, MY SONG ♪
06:30 ♪ THIS CORNERSTONE ♪ ♪ THIS SOLID GROUND ♪
06:37 ♪ THROUGH THE FIELDS THAT ARE STRONG ♪
06:49 ♪ ♪ ♪ MY COMFORT ♪
06:59 ♪ HERE IN THE LOV OF CHRIST I STAND ♪
07:12 ♪ IN CHRIST ALONE ♪ ♪ HE TOOK ON FLESH ♪
07:17 ♪ FOR AT THE GARDEN, HELPLESS BABE ♪
07:23 ♪ THE LOVE AND THE RIGHTEOUSNESS ♪
07:28 ♪ BORN BY THE ONES HE CAME TO SAVE ♪
07:34 ♪ UPON THE CROSS JESUS DIED ♪ ♪ FOR GOD WAS SATISFIED ♪
07:45 ♪ FOR EVERYTHING ON HIM WAS LAID ♪
07:49 ♪ HERE IN CHRIST I LIVE ♪
08:08 ♪ OH, OH, OH ♪ ♪ OVER THE GROUND HIS BODY
08:20 LAID ♪ ♪ AND THEN DARKNESS CAME ♪
08:25 ♪ THEN BURSTING FORTH IN GLORIOUS DAY ♪
08:30 ♪ UP FROM THE GRAVE HE ROSE AGAIN ♪
08:34 ♪ AND AS HE STANDS IN VICTORY ♪ ♪ THIS CURSE HAS LOST ITS GRIP
08:45 ON ME ♪ ♪ FOR I AM HE, AND HE IS MINE ♪
08:55 ♪ BUT FOR THE FLESH AND BLOOD OF CHRIST ♪
09:03 ♪ NO GUILT IN LIFE ♪ ♪ NO FEAR IN DEATH ♪
09:08 ♪ THIS IS THE POWER OF CHRIST IN ME ♪
09:13 ♪ FROM MY FIRST CRY ♪ ♪ TO FINAL BREATH ♪
09:19 ♪ JESUS COMMANDS MY DESTINY ♪ ♪ NO SCHEME OF MAN CAN EVER
09:34 PLUCK ME FROM HIS HAND ♪ ♪ IF HE RETURNED TO TAKE ME
09:42 HOME ♪ ♪ HERE IN THE POWER OF CHRIST I
09:51 STAND ♪ ♪ HE NEVER PLUCKED ME FROM HIS
09:56 HAND ♪ ♪ HERE IN THE HEART OF CHRIST ♪
10:12 ♪ THE LORD ♪
10:25 >> AMEN. >> EVERY TIME I HEAR HER DO THAT
10:31 SONG -- YOU CAN'T PULL JUST ANYBODY OFF OF THE STREETS TO -HIT THOSE TWO NOTICE
10:38 BACK-TO-BACK. AND THAT SONG WAS WRITTEN BY AN
10:41 ENGLISHMAN AND AN IRISHMAN. >> MAKE THE DOCTOR HAD A HAND IN
10:46 THE WRITING. >> YOU NEVER KNOW.
10:49 >> BUT IT WAS THE NUMBER 1 SONG IN THE CHRISTIAN WORLD FOR A
10:55 COUPLE OF YEARS, AND A DIFFICULT PIECE OF MUSIC TO SING.
11:00 >> ABSOLUTELY. YOU WON'T HEAR ME SING THAT.
11:03 >> AMEN TO THAT. [ LAUGHTER ]
11:05 >> WHAT A GREAT SONG. >> GREAT SONG AND WELL DONE
11:08 DR. YVONNE LEWIS. OUR GUEST IS DR. EMMANUEL OSEI
11:12 WHO IS THE ACTING PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH ENGLAND CONFERENCE.
11:15 WE WANT TO FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU.
11:18 >> YES, SIR. >> BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, YOU
11:20 KNOW, DANNY WHEN WE STARTED THIS WHOLE ENGLAND ODYSSEY, YOU ASKED
11:27 US TO MAKE A CONTACT, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH -- I SAY GONE
11:32 THROUGH -- THREE PRESIDENTS SINCE WE BEGAN.
11:35 BECAUSE WE FIRST CONTACTED SAMUEL DAVIS.
11:38 >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> AND WHO WAS GUNG HO, BUT HE
11:42 SAID WE HAVE A SESSION COMING UP, AND MY TIME IS ENDING.
11:46 AND I DON'T KNOW WHO IS COMING IN BEHIND ME, BUT I'M YES.-pSO I CAME BACK AND TOLD DANNY, I
11:53 SAID WE HAVE GOT YES TENTATIVELY.
11:57 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WE GOT PASTER DAVIS, BUT HE
12:00 WASN'T GOING TO BE THERE LONG. AND THEN DR. DELISSA CAME AND
12:06 HAD THAT SAME ENTHUSIASM THAT PASTOR DAVIS HAD.
12:11 AND OF COURSE HE HAD HEALTH CHALLENGES THAT SIDELINED HIM
12:14 JUST A BIT, AND OF COURSE WE'RE PRAYING FOR HIM.
12:17 >> ABSOLUTELY. GREAT MAN.
12:18 >> UH-HUH. UH-HUH.
12:20 HAD THE SAME ENERGY, AND WE HAD NEATING WITH THE CONFERENCE
12:25 SECRETARY, CONFERENCE TREASURER, SOME OF THE PASTORS, AND THERE
12:28 WAS SUCH ENERGY IN THE ROOM, AND AS OF THIS TAPING, PASTOR JOHN
12:42 LOMACANG IS UNDER THE WEATHER A LITTLE BIT HIMSELF.
12:46 AND HE IS ON HIS WAY TO FLORIDA BECAUSE HIS WIFE'S MOTHER
12:50 PASSED. SO HE IS NOT HERE, AND NOTHING
12:53 WOULD KEEP HIM FROM THIS APPOINTMENT EXCEPT FOR TRAGEDY
12:58 IN THE FAMILY. >> HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO
13:01 THIS. >> YEAH, HE WAS.
13:02 >> WHT I NEEDED WAS CONFIRMATION.
13:05 BECAUSE A LOT OF TIME YOU WAKE UP IN THE NIGHT AND YOU HAVE
13:08 THOUGHTS, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE LORDS.
13:11 AND YOU SAY, DID I HAVE PIZZA LAST NIGHT?
13:14 OR WHAT WAS I THINKING ABOUT BEFORE I WENT TO BED.
13:17 BUT I JUST WOKE UP IN THE MORNING A YEAR-PLUS-NOW AGO.
13:22 AND THIS THOUGHT -- TWO PLACES, ACTUALLY.
13:26 ONE OF THEM WAS GO TO LONDON. I HAD BEEN PRAYING ABOUT
13:32 EVANGELISM, AND LONDON CAME TO MY MIND, DOCTOR.
13:35 NO REASON IN PARTICULAR. I HAVE ONLY BEEN THERE IN
13:40 TRANSIT FROM TIME TO TIME, TRAVELING FROM EUROPE OR
13:42 ELSEWHERE. BUT IT HAS BEEN YEARS AGO SINCE
13:45 I HAD BEEN THERE, SO I DIDN'T HAVE A BURDEN FOR LONDON, BUT
13:50 THERE WAS THIS STRONG IMPRESSION, GO TO LONDON.
13:52 AND I ASKED CA I SAID DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY IN LONDON?
14:01 AND HE SAID I DO. HE KNOWS SOMEBODY EVERYWHERE.
14:05 SO HE SAID WELL, I DO, AND I SAID, WELL, THIS IS ON MY HEART,
14:09 BUT WE NEED CONFRMATION, IF -- SOMETIMES IF WE'RE
14:13 PREPARED TO GO AND THEY ARE NOT, THEN THAT'S THE LORD SAYING,
14:17 OKAY, IT'S NOT THE TIMING. SO THAT'S WHEN YOU CAME BACK AND
14:23 SAID GOOD NEWS, AND WELL, WE DON'T KNOW.
14:27 I SAID WELL, THIS PRESIDENT IS ALL FOR IT, BUT HE IS PROBABLY
14:31 NOT GOING TO BE HERE MUCH LONGER.
14:33 SO THE DOCTOR GAVE US THE CONFIRMATION THAT WE NEEDED WHEN
14:38 WENT TO VISIT, AND YOU CAN TELL THEM HOW HE SAID IT.
14:42 HE WASN'T SURE WHY HE WAS ELECTED, BUT NOW HE THINKS THIS
14:47 IS THE REASON. >> YEAH, HE SAID I'M NOT SURE
14:50 WHY THEY WOULD ELECT A SICK MAN TO BE THE PRESIDENT, BUT I THINK
14:53 THIS IS WHY. I'M HERE TO ASSIST IN THIS.
14:56 AND IT WAS A VERY SPIRITUAL, GOOD MEETING, AND GOOD ENERGY,
15:00 AND IT REALLY CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS ENERGY COMING FROM THE
15:03 CONFERENCE. BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW.
15:05 YOU KNOW? WE'RE COMING FROM ACROSS THE
15:08 POND, AS IT WERE TO HELP. BUT WE JUST WANT TO ASSIST WHAT
15:12 THEY ARE DOING, AND HE SAID YES. AND OF COURSE HE WAS SIDELINED
15:17 AND HAD TO TAKE A LITLE LEAVE, AND WE DID NOT KNOW THE GOOD
15:22 DOCTOR, BUT WHEN WE CAME TO MEET HIM, HE FOUND THE SAME ENERGY
15:25 AGAIN. THE SAME DESIRE, SAME ENERGY,
15:31 STATELY MAN, GODLY MAN, GOOD-LOOKING MAN.
15:36 SPIRITUALMAN, COMPETENT MAN -- >> OKAY.
15:39 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT HE HAD THE SAME ENERGY.
15:44 >> YES. >> THE SAME ENERGY FOR
15:48 EVANGELISM, A LOVE FOR THE CITY, AND A LOVE TO SEE THE WORD OF
15:52 GOD GO OUT. >> GIVE US -- GIVE US SOME OF
15:55 YOUR BACKGROUND. YOU HAVE BEEN IN MINISTRY A
15:57 NUMBER OF YEARS. >> YEAH, IF I WERE TO GO RIGHT
16:03 BACK, WHEN -- WHEN I LEFT SCHOOL, I -- I WENT INTO COLLEGE
16:08 AND BEGAN TO PURSUE MY STUDIES IN THE AREA OF ELECTRONIC
16:14 ENGINEERING. >> REALLY?
16:15 >> REALLY? >> THAT WAS MY LOVE.
16:18 ENGINEERING. >> IS THAT IN ENGLAND OR --
16:20 >> IN ENGLAND, YEAH. BACK IN ENGLAND.
16:23 >> YOU WERE BORN WHERE? >> GHANA WEST AFRICA.
16:28 >> [ INAUDIBLE ]? >> NO.
16:30 MY MOTHER HAS BEEN ANNED A VAN ADVERTISE AS FAR AS I HAVE
16:35 KNOWN. WENT TO AN ADVENTIST SCHOOL AND
16:39 GREW UP AS AN ADVENTIST, BUT MY FATHER WAS A PRESS BAH TIERIAN.
16:44 AND WE CAME TO THE U.K. IN THE 60S.
16:49 SO WE CAME TO THE U.K. THERE, AND ATTENDED SCHOOL AND INTO
16:53 COLLEGE, AND AS I SAID, MY -- MY LOVE AND MY POSITION WAS IN
16:58 ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING. >> OKAY.
17:00 >> SO BACK IN THE '70S, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BUILD LITTLE
17:05 TRANSISTOR RADIOS, AND PUT COMPONENTS TO IT, AND THEN TURN
17:11 THE VARIABLE NOB AND YOU CAN HEAR SOUNDS.
17:13 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> IT WAS WONDERFUL.
17:15 IT WAS LIKE A CREATION TO ME. BUILD LITTLE AMPLIFIERS.
17:20 SO THAT WAS MY LOVE AND PASSION. AND I THOUGHT I'M GOING TO
17:24 PURSUE A CAREER IN THIS AREA. >> UH-HUH.
17:27 >> SO I REMEMBER AS I WAS GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY TO BEGIN MY
17:33 FIRST DEGREE, WE SAT IN THIS LECTURE THEATER, ABOUT 80 OR 90
17:40 STUDENTS, AND THE PROFESSOR CAME ALONG -- THIS WAS THE VERY FIRST
17:44 DAY, AND I REMEMBER IT CLEARLY -- THE PROFESSOR COMES
17:47 ALONG AND SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF YOU STUDENTS SITTING
17:51 HERE, I'M TELLING YOU THAT A DEGREE IS ONLY A STEPPING-STONE
17:55 TO DOING SOMETHING ELSE. AND THEN HE MADE A PREDICTION.
18:00 HE SAYS I GUARANTEE YOU PERHAPS A HANDFUL OF YOU WILL REMAIN IN
18:07 THIS AREA OF ENGINEERING. SO I SAT IN THE BACK OF THE
18:11 LECTURE THEATER, AND I SAID TO MYSELF, YOU KNOW, HE MUST BE
18:15 TALKING ABOUT THESE OTHER STUDENTS, BUT NOT ME.
18:18 BECAUSE I HAVE A PASSION. I KNOW WHAT I'M ABOUT, AND THIS
18:21 IS WHERE I'M GOING. YOU KNOW?
18:23 BUT HE PROVED ME WRONG. BECAUSE IT WAS COMING UP TO THE
18:28 THIRD YEAR OF MY DEGREE THAT I SENSED THE CALL TO MINISTRY.
18:33 >> HUM. SO YOU WERE IN THIS A LITTLE
18:37 WAYS. THREE YEARS IN.
18:38 >> THREE YEARS. YES.
18:41 SO BEFORE GRADUATION I SENSED THE CALL TO MINISTRY, AND THAT'S
18:45 BECAUSE IN MY LOCAL CHURCH I HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN
18:48 VARIOUS PROGRAMS IN THE YOUTH PROGRAM OF THE CHURCH IN
18:52 PARTICULAR, SO THERE WAS A PASSION JUST GIVEN BIBLE STUDIES
18:56 AND GETTING -- INVOLVING YOUTH WORK AND -- AND I SENSED GOD
19:01 CALLING ME. THAT THIS IS WHERE HE WANTS KNOW-pBE.
19:05 THERE IS A PASSION. THERE IS A LOVE FOR DOING THE
19:09 WORK OF GOD, DOING BIBLE STUDIES AND SEEING PEOPLE'S LIVES CHANGE
19:14 AS A RESULT. >> YES.
19:15 >> AND THAT'S THE GREATEST CONVICTION THAT CAME TO ME,
19:19 THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO SPENDING MY ENTIRE LIFE DOING
19:24 THIS. >> AH-HA.
19:26 >> SO I BEGAN TO WRESTLE WITH MYSELF, WHAT AM I DOING IN THIS
19:31 LECTURE THEATER, PREPARING FOR A DEGREE IN ELECTRONIC
19:36 ENGINEERING, AND I HAD TO WRESTLE, SHOULD I STEP OUT OF
19:40 THIS, AND JUST LEAVE THIS BEHIND AND JUST PURSUE MY STUDIES IN
19:44 PREPARING FOR MINISTRY? >> UH-HUH.
19:47 >> BUT GOD TOLD ME TO STICK IT OUT.
19:49 >> WELL -- >> UH-HUH.
19:50 >> AND, YOU KNOW, I DID STICK IT OUT.
19:53 IT'S ONLY AFTERWARDS THAT I REALIZED THE REASON WHY GOD
19:57 ASKED ME TO STICK IT OUT. BECAUSE UPON COMPLETION OF THAT
20:02 DEGREE, I WAS LOOKING FOR WORK IN ORDER TO ACCUMULATE FUNDS TO
20:07 GO TO THE SEMINARY TO TRAIN FOR MINISTRY.
20:11 >> AH-HA. >> AND GOD OPENED CERTAIN DOORS
20:15 FOR ME, AND HERE I WAS WORKING IN THE ENGINEERING FIELD,
20:20 ACCUMULATING FUNDS, AND WHEN I EVENTUALLY WENT TO COLLEGE TO
20:27 BEGIN MY MINISTERIAL TRAINING, THEY SAID TO ME, WELL, YOU DON'T
20:32 NEED TO START FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
20:35 YOU ALREADY HAVE A DEGREE. SO WE CAN ALLOW YOU TO DO THE
20:39 LICENSE, DO THE BIBLICAL LANGUAGES, AND SOME OF THE
20:44 COURSES BEFORE GETTING ON TO THE MASTERS.
20:46 SO I SAID THANK YOU, LORD. NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WANTED
20:49 ME TO STICK THIS OUT, SO I DID THAT, AND WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE
20:57 MY MINISTERIAL TRAINING, AND I CAME OUT IN 1988.
21:02 AND I BEGAN MY INTERNSHIP, AND WENT THROUGH THE LICENSE, AND
21:08 WAS ORDAINED FIVE YEARS AFTER INTO THE GOSPEL MINISTRY.
21:13 >> YEAH. JUST THINKING IF HE EVER GETS
21:16 TIRED, WE CAN PUT HIM UNDER MOSES THERE.-HE HAS A DEGREE.
21:24 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AREN'T YOU MAZED, THAT THE
21:28 TECHNOLOGY YOU TALKED ABOUT AS A YOUNG BOY --
21:31 >> YES. YES.
21:33 >> -- WE DID THAT TOO, AND OUR BROTHER RONNIE, WE WOULD MAKE
21:37 LITTLE TRANSISTOR RADIOS -- >> RIGHT.
21:42 RIGHT. >> AND THAT TECHNOLOGY WHERE IT
21:43 HAS COME. >> RIGHT.
21:46 >> MEN RUNNING TO AND FRO, KNOWLEDGE HAS INCREASED.
21:50 FOR YEARS EVERYBODY THOUGHT KNOWLEDGE HAS INCREASED, BUT
21:53 RIGHT NOW, THEY TELL US WITHIN TEN MORE YEARS FROM TODAY WHAT
21:58 WE'RE DOING TODAY WILL BE OBSOLETE ALMOST IN
22:02 COMMUNICATIONS. THAT'S HARD TO IMAGINE, BUT IF
22:04 WE LOOK BACK 10, 15 YEARS AGO, OUR YOUNG GENERATION, THEY CAN'T
22:11 IMAGINE BEING WITHOUT CELL PHONES AND COMPUTERS AND iPADS
22:15 AND iPODS, YOU CAN BE 20 YEARS OLD AND NOT IMAGINE A WORLD
22:20 WITHOUT IT. OF MOST US ARE LIKE THIS IS JUST
22:25 A CONVENIENCE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
22:28 SO WITH THAT BACKGROUND, I'M SURE YOU KEEP ABREAST OF ALL OF
22:33 THIS, AND ALL OF THESE CHANGES. >> I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS
22:36 BLESSED US WITH THIS TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TO BE ABLE TO SPREAD
22:40 THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION. >> AMEN.
22:43 >> IT'S JUST SO WONDERFUL. PLACES WHERE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO
22:47 GO PHYSICALLY THROUGH MODERN TECHNOLOGY.
22:50 WE'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, YOU
22:55 KNOW? SO I BELIEVE THIS IS GOD'S
22:58 DOING, AND IT HAS PROVED TO BE A BLESSING FOR MYSELF AND MANY
23:03 OTHERS WHO HAVE COME TO FAITH AS A RESULT OF HEARING THE GOSPEL
23:07 THROUGH DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGICAL MEANS.
23:09 >> YES. PRAISE THE LORD.
23:10 >> YEAH. >> SO YOU ARE THE ACTING
23:12 PRESIDENT. >> YEAH.
23:13 >> RIGHT NOW. OF THE SCC, RIGHT?
23:16 >> PRESENTLY, YES. MY -- MY OFFICIAL WAS AS THE
23:26 SECRETARY OF THE CONFERENCE. >> OKAY.
23:28 >> HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF HIS ILLNESS, I'M STANDING IN FOR A
23:32 SHORT WHILE. AND HE IS DOING MUCH BETTER NOW.
23:36 SO WE HOPE TO SEE HIM SHORTLY, AND I'LL CONTINUE MY POSITION
23:41 THERE. >> YOU HAVE BEEN TRAINED FOR IT.
23:42 >> YES. YES.
23:44 YES. THAT'S GREAT.
23:45 EVERY WEEK WHEN I WRITE OUT TO -pALL OF THE ELDERS AND PASTORS, WE ALWAYS TAKE TIME TO PRAY FOR
23:53 HIM, AND HE IS NOT THE ONLY MINISTER WHO IS ILL.
23:57 A NUMBER OF OUR PASTORAL STAFF OR THEIR SPOUSES ARE ILL.
24:05 SO WE HAVE TO TAKE TIME TO PAY FOR THEM.
24:09 HEALTH IS PROVING TO BE A REAL CHALLENGE FOR MANY OF OUR
24:13 WORKERS. WE TAKE TIME TO PRAY FOR ALL OF
24:17 THEM. >> AS MINISTERIAL DIRECTOR, YOU
24:20 ARE SORT OF THE PASTOR'S PASTOR. >> RIGHT.
24:23 >> YOU HAVE INCITE TO THE STRESSES THAT THE STAFF IS GOING
24:27 THROUGH. >> MINISTRY IS PARTICULARLY
24:29 CHALLENGING. SO MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT AS
24:31 MINISTERS, WE ARE SUPERMEN OR SUPERWOMEN.
24:37 WE'RE ORDINARY HUMAN BEINGS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
24:40 >> UH-HUH. >> WE HAVE AREAS OF WEAKNESSES.
24:43 YOU CUT US, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE BLOOD.
24:47 AND WE ARE ALSO PRONE TO ALL KINDS OF DISEASES AND ILLNESSES.
24:50 WE HAVE OUR SHORTCOMINGS. WE'RE HUMAN BEINGS.
24:54 WE'RE ONLY INVOLVED IN MINISTRY BECAUSE OF GOD'S GRACE.
24:58 >> AMEN. AMEN.
24:59 WELL SAID. >> GOD IS ABLE TO USE US IN HIS
25:04 OWN WAY TO BLESS OTHER PEOPLE THROUGH PREACHING, MEN AND WOMAN
25:10 COME TO ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST. >> YES.
25:14 YOU KNOW, DANNY WHEN ELLEN WHITE SAYS AND THE BIBLE GETS BACK TO
25:18 THIS ALSO, THAT WE NEED TO PRAY FOR OUR LEADERSHIP, PRAY FOR OUR
25:22 PASTORS, IT'S VERY, VERY TRUE. BECAUSE YOU SEE A MAN OR WOMAN
25:27 STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU, IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY GET A PASS ON
25:31 TRIAL, OR A SCHOLARSHIP THROUGH LIFE.
25:33 THEY ARE FIGHTING SOME OF THE SAME STUFF THEY ARE PREACHING
25:37 ABOUT. WE NEED TO PRAY FOR DANNY
25:39 SHELTON, MOLLIE STEENSON, THE LEADERSHIP OF 3ABN.
25:43 DO NOT THINK THEY ARE NOT UNDER ATTACK BY THE END -- THE
25:56 ENEMY. YOU JUST HAD A WORKER'S MEETING
25:59 WHERE YOU BROUGHT SOMEONE IN TO TALK ABOUT PASTORAL BURNOUT.
26:02 >> THAT'S RIGHT. WE HAD A WORKERS' MEETING JUST
26:07 LAST WEEK. WE TOOK ALL OF OUR PASTORAL
26:11 WORKERS TO MONTENEGRO, WHERE WE HAD A VERY GOOD TIME WITH
26:17 LECTURES, BUT ALSO RECREATIONAL TIME.
26:20 THEY NEED SOME DOWNTIME. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
26:22 >> AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNWIND AND REFLECT UPON THEIR MINISTRIES,
26:27 AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO -- TO LISTEN TO WHAT MEMBERS GO
26:33 THROUGH, AND WHAT WE OURSELVES HAVE GONE THROUGH.
26:38 PASTORAL BURNOUT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT -- IT KIND OF SNEAKS
26:41 UP ON YOU. BECAUSE AS MINISTERS, THERE IS
26:45 ALWAYS THAT PERSON TO GO AN VISIT.
26:47 >> YES. >> THERE IS ALWAYS THIS PHONE
26:49 CALL TO MAKE. >> AMEN.
26:51 >> THERE IS ALWAYS THIS BIBLE STUDY TO COMPLETE.
26:55 THIS SERMON TO FINISH. AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY ON THE GO,
27:00 AND WITHOUT KNOWING IT. WE ARE JUST BURNING OURSELVES
27:03 OUT. BUT WHEN WE THINK THAT, WELL, I
27:05 HAVE TO DO THIS, SO OFTEN WE ARE GUILT-RIDDEN IF WE DON'T DO
27:10 THAT. >> YES.
27:11 >> AND THAT'S THE EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE
27:16 BROUGHT OUR PASTORS TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS.
27:22 WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE JAY PEREZ FROM FLORIDA HOSPITAL
27:28 COME. AND THIS SEEMS TO BE HIS AREA.
27:30 HE LIKES TO TALK TO MINISTERS THAT WE ARE FIRST HUMAN BEINGS,
27:34 BEFORE WE ARE PASTORS. >> YES.
27:37 >> SO WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR HUMANITY.
27:40 WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS. WE ARE HUSBANDS, FATHERS
27:45 GRANDFATHERS, AND WE NEED TO PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE.
27:49 GOD CALLS US TO MINISTRY, BUT WE MUST RECOGNIZE OUR OWN HUMANNESS
27:53 IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT THAT WAY. >> ABSOLUTEABSOLUTELY.
28:02 FOR SOME OF US I SAW AN ADDED STRESS WHEN I WENT TO LONDON,
28:07 FROM JUST TRYING TO GET FROM A TO Z.
28:16 I WOULD SAY HOW LONG IS IT? AND HE WOULD SAY IT'S GOING TO
28:20 BE AN HOUR. AND I WOULD FIND OUT THAT IT'S
28:24 SIX MILES AWAY. AND THERE ARE SIGNS THAT SAY
28:28 BASICALLY TAXI RIDE, 40 MINUTES, WALKING 45.
28:31 [ LAUGHTER ] >> SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL WALK.
28:39 NOW THAT'S NOT JUST LONDON, THAT'S NEW YORK, CHICAGO.
28:44 >> YES. >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE MAY
28:47 SUGGEST, IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, WE HAVE THE OPEN FIELDS AND THE
28:52 WOODS, AND THE DEER, AND RELAXING AREAS.
28:55 SO WHILE I'M GLAD TO BE IN THE CITIES IN MINISTRY, I'M ALWAYS
29:02 GLAD TO LOOK OUT AT THE HORSES IN THE PASTORS.
29:07 >> YEAH, I MUST SAY AS WE WERE DRIVING IN FROM THE AIRPORT TO
29:11 3ABN, I LOOKED AROUND, AND I -- JUST THE SCREENRY, JUST THE
29:19 GREEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S THERAPEUTIC IN AND OF ITSELF.
29:22 THE LOVELY LAKES THAT YOU HAVE HERE.
29:25 IT'S JUST SO PEACEFUL, SO SERENE, TRANQUIL, AND I THINK
29:31 I'M FALLING IN LOVE WITH THIS PLACE.
29:38 [ LAUGHTER ] >> IF I COULD STAY HERE, I
29:40 WOULD. >> WELL, WE MAY WORK THAT OUT.
29:42 WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME BACK AND DO A SERIES FOR US HERE
29:48 AT 3ABN. A PREACHER'S SERIES.
29:51 SO THAT IS AN OPEN INVITATION. >> ALL RIGHT.
29:53 >> SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO STAY AT LEAST A FEW WEEKS.
29:57 AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL GUILTY, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ONLY
30:02 MINISTERING TO THE CHURCH BUT TO THE WORLD.
30:05 >> ALL RIGHT. >> AND WE'LL SERVE YOU SOME GOOD
30:08 HOME COOKING. >> OKAY.
30:10 GOOD. [ LAUGHTER ]
30:11 >> WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHEN YOU FOUND OUT THAT THESE
30:14 AMERICANS WERE WANTING TO COME OVER AND BRING SO MANY PEOPLE.
30:17 BECAUSE WE FIRST TALKED ABOUT MAYBE GETTING A ONE -- A BIG
30:22 AUDITORIUM OF PLACE -- LIKE WHAT IS IT -- COPPER --
30:25 >> RIGHT. >> THAT AUDITORIUM.
30:28 RIGHT. SO AT FIRST I WAS DISAPPOINTED,
30:30 BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO DO THAT, AND THEN THEY SAID IT MAY
30:35 BE BETTER TO BREAK UP INTO TEN OR 12 CHURCHES, AND THEN WHEN I
30:41 WENT OVER AND SAW THE LOGISTICS OF GETTING PEOPLE TO COME TO ONE
30:46 PLACE, AND KNOWING IT IS AFTER WORK AND IN TRAFFIC HOURS, IT IS
30:50 ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DO WHOE BIG MEETINGS FOR A LONG PERIOD
30:54 OF TIME. >> YEAH.
30:54 >> IF YOU HAVE A BIG EVENT OR SPORTING EVENT OR WEEKEND, YOU
30:59 ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GET PEOPLE, BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
31:02 TWO OR THREE WEEKS, SO I THINK IT WAS A GREAT IDEA, NOT ONLY
31:07 FOR THAT, BUT TO HELP BRING REVIVAL AND REFIRMATION.
31:16 YOU TALKED ABOUT PASTOR BURNOUT, I SEE LAYMAN BURNOUT TOO.
31:22 WE DON'T WANT TO GET IN A RUT BECAUSE WE DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
31:27 SO FOR MEMBERS IT'S GOOD TO HAVE EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS, BECAUSE
31:33 WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO US IF WE GO OUT AND PREACH TO OTHERS, AND
31:40 THEY COME INTO CHURCHES, AND WE'RE NOT SPIRITUALLY LIVE.
31:44 SO THIS WORKED OUT, AND WE SAID WHATEVER YOU GUYS DECIDE, SO
31:49 WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT YOU ALLOWED US TO BE A PART.
31:52 AND OF COURSE WE HAVE SOME OF THE SPEAKERS HERE.
31:57 PASTOR JOHN WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE.
31:59 BUT WE WANTED TO TALK TO THEM A LITTLE BIT TOO.
32:02 AND SHELLEY, GOING TO LONDON FOR YOU, TELL US YOUR THOUGHT
32:07 PROCESS, AND WHAT YOU PREPARED FOR, AND -- TO GO OVER AND DO AN
32:13 EVANGELISTIC SERIES ALL THE WAY INTO LONDON.
32:15 >> I REMEMBER, OH, PROBABLY TEN YEARS AGO, THE FIRST TIME I WAS
32:22 MINGLING MINISTERING. AND I WOULD SAY SOMETHING AND
32:26 THINK DOES THIS TRANSLATE? THE ONE THING ON MY MIND IS
32:31 THAT -- AND THIS IS SOMETHING THE LORD JUST KEEPS IMPRESSING
32:35 HIM. THE UNIFYING THEME OF THE
32:38 SCRIPTURE IS THAT GOD IS A COVENANT MAKER AND A COVENANT
32:42 KEEPER. SO WHAT I WANTED TO IN PART WAS
32:45 THAT -- AND I THINK THIS WAS THE MANDATE, REALLY, IS THAT WE WERE
32:50 TRYING TO SHOW THE LOVE OF GOD BEHIND EVERYTHING.
32:53 AND FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WHAT GOD IS
32:57 ASKING IS LET ME LOVE YOU. >> UH-HUH.
33:00 >> UH-HUH. >> AND IF YOU WILL RECEIVE MY
33:03 LOVE, HE IS CON STANLEY SAYING, I WILL GOOD YOUR GOD.
33:08 YOU WILL BE MY PEOPLE. >> AMEN.
33:11 >> SO IT WAS SOMETHING THAT IN THE PREPARATION, IT'S DIFFERENT
33:14 WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO A DIFFERENT COUNTRY SOMEHOW, THAT
33:18 YOU THINK DIFFERENTLY, BECAUSE YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE CERTAIN
33:21 THAT YOU DON'T USE THE SAME PHRASEOLOGY THAT YOU MIGHT BE
33:24 FAMILIAR WITH, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT ALWAYS TRANSLATES.
33:28 SO IT MAKES YOU THINK DIFFERENTLY FIRST, BUT IT WAS
33:33 SUCH A BLESSING GETTING READY. PASTOR AUGUSTUS LAWRENCE WAS THE
33:45 PASTOR, BUT HE WAS OUT OF TOWN, SO PASTOR STEVE ROBERTS WAS THE
33:51 HOST PASTOR. THE PEOPLE WERE LOVELY.
33:54 SO LOVING. AND WE JUST HAD -- IT WAS A
33:57 WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. YOU KNOW, THEY MADE US HONORARY
34:01 MEMBERS. [ LAUGHTER ]
34:02 >> MAN. >> AND WE -- THIS -- THE STUDIES
34:07 THAT WE GAVE WERE REALLY PROVING THE VERACITY OF THE BIBLE.
34:12 >> UH-HUH. >> PROVING WHO JESUS WAS, WHY
34:15 YOU CAN TRUST HIM, AND THEN GOING THROUGH THE VARIOUS STAGES
34:21 OF UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S SALVATION BELONGS TO GOD.
34:26 IT'S ALL HIS WORK, BUT WE HAVE GOT TO SURRENDER, AND WE DON'T
34:32 OBEY TO BE SAVED, BUT WE OBEY, BECAUSE THAT'S THE FRUIT OF
34:37 SALVATION. SO WE REALLY HAD A WONDERFUL
34:39 TIME. ONE THING THAT YOU SAID WAS
34:42 ABOUT THE REVIVAL AND REFORMATION, I WAS AMAZED HOW
34:49 MANY PEOPLE WITHIN THE CHURCH WOULD SAY, NOW WE UNDERSTAND WHY
34:53 WE BELIEVE WHAT WE BELIEVE. SO THE CHURCH, VERY GREAT
34:57 ATTENDANCE, WE WERE PLEASED WITH THE NIGHT-BY-NIGHT ATTENDANCE.
35:01 >> YEAH. >> UH-HUH.
35:03 >> AND IT WAS -- I THINK -- WHAT I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE DONE
35:06 WAS GONE INTO THE CHURCH FOR TWO OR THREE NIGHTS BEFORE YOU
35:10 ACTUALLY START TO MAKE PEOPLE -- I THINK THEY GOT MORE
35:13 EXCITED AS WE GOT -- WERE GOING ALONG TO TRY TO INVITE MORE
35:17 PEOPLE. >> OKAY.-OKAY.
35:19 >> UH-HUH. UH-HUH.
35:20 >> SO IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
35:22 >> THE LOGISTICS FROM YOUR END OF IT, BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE ALL
35:26 OF THESE PASTORS, AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE INTERRUPTED AS TO
35:30 WHAT THEY ARE DOING, AND YOU HAVE TO EVERYBODY MAKE
35:34 ADJUSTMENTS TO PREPARE FOR EVANGELISM.
35:38 TELL US HOW ALL OF THIS CAME ABOUT, BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAD TO
35:42 BE ON BOARD, OF COURSE. >> RIGHT.
35:44 RIGHT. IN THE PAST -- IN THE PAST, WE
35:50 HAVE HELD EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS, GENERALLY IN A TENT.
35:53 SO PEOPLE WILL ALL CONVERGE INTO ONE LOCATION, AND WE WILL HAVE
35:59 THESE SERIES OF MEETINGS. THESE WERE IN THE '80S, BUT
36:04 TIMES HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN. >> ABSOLUTELY.
36:07 >> YOU CAN'T GET PEOPLE COMING INTO THE -- ONE LOCATION TO RUN
36:11 MEETINGS. >> UH-HUH.
36:12 >> AND BESIDES, THE WAY WE LOOKED AT IT, WE FELT THAT WE
36:19 WOULD LIKE EVERY MEMBER TO BE INVOLVED IN SOME KIND OF
36:26 EVANGELISM. SO IT'S POSSIBLE TO BE IN A
36:29 LARGE CROWD AND STILL FEEL LONELY.
36:32 >> VERY TRUE. >> SO WHEN WE HAVE SMALLER
36:35 GROUPS, AND EVANGELISM TAKING PLACE IN SMALLER GROUPS, PEOPLE
36:39 CAN PARTICIPATE AND FEEL A PART OF IT.
36:42 SO THE WHOLE IDEA OF HAVING THESE NINE DIFFERENT VENUES WITH
36:47 THE HOST PASTORS, WITH MEMBERS RALLYING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, WAS
36:52 A GOD-INSPIRED IDEA. >> UH-HUH.
36:56 >> UH-HUH. >> BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE MEMBERS
36:59 BEING A PART OF THIS WHOLE SERIES AND SHARING THAT THEY
37:04 THEMSELVES ARE THERE. >> UH-HUH.
37:07 >> I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TRAVELING AROUND TO ALL OF THE
37:11 DIFFERENT VENUES, AND, YOU KNOW, THE BUZZ THAT EXISTED --
37:15 >> UH-HUH. >> -- TO SEE MEMBERS RUNS FROM
37:19 PLACE TO PLACE, AND BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN -- BECAUSE OF MODERN
37:23 TECHNOLOGY -- >> UH-HUH.
37:25 >> -- YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO COULD BE IN ONE VENUE -- THEY
37:30 COULD PICK UP THEIR iPAD, AND SAY, LOOK YOU KNOW, I WANT TO
37:35 GET THE -- THE PRAISE TEAM OR THE SONG SERVICE THAT'S TAKE
37:39 PLACE IN VENUE A, AND SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TUNE IN AND
37:43 LISTEN TO THAT. >> UH-HUH.
37:45 >> AND THEN I WANT TO LISTEN TO SHELLEY, WHO IS IN ANOTHER AREA,
37:53 AND THEY ARE TUNE IN AND LISTEN TO SHELLEY PREACH.
37:56 AND I WANTED TO TUNE IN TO THE ROAD TO LISTEN TO KRCA PREACHING.
38:05 THIS IS THE BEAUTY OF TECHNOLOGY.
38:07 >> AMEN. >> THAT GOD HAS GIVEN TO US.
38:11 BUT EVERY PERSON WAS INVOLVED. AND THIS WAS THE REAL BLESSING
38:14 OF HAVING YOU GUYS COME TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND RUN THESE
38:19 SERIES OF MEETINGS. UP TO TODAY IT IS STILL TALKED
38:24 ABOUT, AND THE IMPACT THAT YOU HAVE MADE STILL CONTINUES TO
38:28 LINGER, SO WHICH WE GIVE GLORY TO GOD.
38:31 >> PRAISE GOD. >> I HAVE TO SAY THE HOSPITALITY
38:34 WAS INCREDIBLE. AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.
38:37 WE FELT SO WELCOME, BUT YOU ASK IN PREPARATION, THE ONE -- THE
38:42 MOST DIFFICULT, I THINK, SERMON THAT I PUT TOGETHER WAS ON
38:47 HEALTH. I MEAN, IT'S NOT THAT IT WAS
38:49 DIFFICULT TO CREATE. IT WAS JUST OUCH, OUCH, OUCH.
38:53 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BECAUSE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
38:56 BURNOUT, AND YOU RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
38:59 THE IMPORTANCE OF REST. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT DRINKING
39:03 ENOUGH WATER. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH
39:06 REEATING PROPERLY. AND YOU ARE LIKE OH, LORD,
39:11 FORGIVE ME OVER AND OVER. THAT WAS THE ONE THAT HAD THE
39:14 MOST IMPACT ON ME WHEN I WAS PREPARING PERSONALLY.
39:18 [ LAUGHTER ] >> YEAH
39:19 >> KENNY WHAT ABOUT YOU. YOUR GOING TO LONDON, WHAT YOU
39:24 EXPECTED, WHAT YOU SAW. TELL US, YOU AND CHRIS A LITTLE
39:27 BIT -- YOUR STORY. >> YOU KNOW, I -- IT WAS -- I
39:30 CAN SAY IT WAS A BIGGER BLESSING THAN WHAT I EVEN ANTICIPATED.
39:38 BECAUSE GOD SAID I'LL GIVE YOU ABUNDANTLY MORE THAN YOU ARE
39:42 ABLE TO DO. SO THAT WAS ALL OF OUR PRAYERS.
39:46 HOW CAN GOD USE US? WE GO OVER THERE NOT JUST TO GO
39:52 SOMEPLACE. WE HAVE BEEN EVERYWHERE, AND
39:54 IT'S OKAY, BUT THE POINT IS, THERE'S A REASON WHY WE WENT.
39:59 THERE IS A REASON THAT GOD HAD US.
40:02 THERE IS A REASON WHY EACH OF US ENDED UP IN THE CHURCH THAT WE
40:06 DID. WHETHER WE WERE TRYING TO PICK
40:11 OR DO. GOD ORCHESTRATED WHERE WE ENDED
40:16 UP WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN. THE THING THAT GOES THROUGH OUR
40:20 MIND SOMETIMES -- PASTOR YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN DIFFERENT
40:23 ONES THAT TRAVEL. AND SISTER SHELLEY, YOU
40:26 MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. THE FIRST THING IS, ARE WE GOING
40:30 TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE? DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, DIFFERENT
40:34 CULTURES, THE ENEMY WANTS YOU TO THINK ALONG THOSE LINE.
40:38 BUT I GOT TO THINKING, WE'RE HUMANITY.
40:43 GOD IS NOT GOING TO SEND YOU WHERE HE CAN'T USE YOU.
40:47 HE IS NOT GOING TO SEND YOU UNLESS HE IS GOING TO DO
40:52 SOMETHING GREAT. >> OKAY.
40:55 >> WE WENT EXPECTING GREAT THINGS TO HAPPEN.
40:58 WE NEVER DOUBTED THAT GOD WASN'T GOING TO WIN OUT.
41:02 WE NEVER DOUBTED THAT THE ENEMY WASN'T GOING TO TRY TO KICK AND
41:07 SHOW DIVISION. BUT WHAT WE SHOW TO SEE WAS THE
41:10 WORD OF CHRIST, AND THE WORKERS WHO WENT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO
41:14 GO. THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS
41:17 TAKE ANOTHER TRIP SOMETIME. [ LAUGHTER ]
41:20 >> BUT WHEN IT'S FOR THE CAUSE OF CHRIST, IT IS DIFFERENT.
41:25 AND IF YOU DON'T MIND I'LL JUST READ THIS REAL QUICK.
41:30 I READ THAT BOOK EVANGELISM. I LEARN SO MUCH EVERY TIME I GO
41:36 THROUGH THIS. AND I WANT TO USE THIS AS A MAP.
41:40 INTERESTING BECAUSE IT'S TALKING ABOUT EUROPE HERE, AND GOING, SO
41:45 ANYWAY IT SAYS HABITS AND CUSTOMS ARE DIFFERENT HERE FROM
41:49 WHAT THEY ARE IN AMERICA. >> YES.
41:51 >> BUT NOTICE THIS. BUT HUMAN NATURE IS THE SAME
41:56 HERE AS THERE. >> AMEN.
41:58 >> AND THE BROTHER REN WHO HAVE TAKEN HOLD OF THE TRUTH IN THE
42:03 HEART ARE WILLING TO WORK, IF THEY ONLY COME UP EDUCATED ON
42:07 HOW TO DO IT, AND PEOPLE SHOW THEM WHAT TO DO.
42:10 THINKING OF THE WORK IN EUROPE, IT SEEMS TO ME I CAN HARDLY
42:16 CONTAIN MYSELF IN THE BODY WHEN I REALIZE THESE THINGS.
42:21 AND SHE WAS SAYING HERE, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS, AND THE LORD
42:25 SHOWS ME, I CAN'T HARDLY CONTAIN MYSELF.
42:28 >> OKAY. >> AND I KIND OF FELT MYSELF
42:31 THAT WAY, AND EACH ONE HERE, I COULD HARDLY CONTAIN MYSELF FOR
42:36 THE THOUGHT OF WHAT GOD WAS GOING TO DO, THE POSSIBILITIES.
42:39 I HAVE SEEN WHAT GOD IS WILLING TO DO FOR YOU, BUT IT IS JUST
42:44 ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH WHAT GOD WILL DO FOR YOU.
42:48 THEREFORE, WE WANT TO AROUSE YOUR FAITH AND TO GET YOUR IDEAS
42:54 BROADENED, MAY THE LORD NOTICE THE BURDEN OF WORK UPON EVERY
42:58 ONE OF YOU WHO BELIEVE THE TRUTH.
43:00 EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED. EVERYONE WANTED TO BE INVOLVED,
43:04 AND WHERE WE WERE HAD, JUST HAD SOME OF THE MOST HELPING HANDS
43:10 AND WONDERFUL PEOPLE. WE ENJOYED IT THOROUGHLY, WE DID
43:18 FEEL AT HOME. ANYTHING THAT WE NEEDED OR
43:21 WANTED, WE JUST HAD TO PUT IT FORWARD, AND SOMEBODY GOT IT.
43:25 WHAT A BLESSING FOR ME. IT WAS A BLESSING.
43:29 IT WAS GROWTH. IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE, AND I JUST
43:32 WOULD NOT TRADE THAT FOR ANYTHING.
43:35 I HAVE LEARNED FROM THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR THE
43:40 OPPORTUNITY TO GO SPREAD THE WORD OF THE LORD.
43:42 >> SOMETHING THAT THE LORD REALLY IMPRESSED UPON MY MIND IS
43:46 TO TEACH PEOPLE TO INCREASE YOUR MEASURE OF EXPECTATION.
43:50 THAT'S WHAT SHE IS SAYING THERE, IS THAT WHEN WE GO AND WE
43:55 EXPECT -- WE SOMETIMES PUT GOD IN A BOX, DON'T WE?
43:58 >> WE DO. >> AND OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE
44:02 LITTLE, WHY SHOULDN'T HE JUST MEET OUR EXPECTATIONS.
44:06 >> DOESN'T AT IT SAY ACCORDING TO YOUR --
44:09 >> FAITH. >> -- FAITH.
44:10 SO GOD HELPS INCREASE OUR FAITH. WE DON'T SEE ONE, WE SEE A
44:16 HUNDRED. >> AMEN.
44:17 >> EVERY PERSON YOU SEE, KENNY, GOING DOWN THE STREET, THEY ARE
44:21 A PERSON THAT I DIED OF, THEY ARE A PERSON THAT I LOVE.
44:26 I LOVE EVERYBODY JUST THE SAME, AND YOU NEED TO LOOK THROUGH
44:29 THOSE EYES WHEN YOU SEE THIS PERSON.
44:32 THEY MA NOT MEASURE UP, BUT YOU LOOK THROUGH THE EYES OF CHRIST
44:37 AND YOU WILL FIND A LOVE FOR THAT PERSON.
44:39 >> ABSOLUTELY. PASTOR OVER THE YEARS -- NOW
44:42 THERE IS A NUMBER OF TELEVISION MINISTRIES IN AMERICA.
44:47 THERE'S EVANGELICALS. BAPTISTS.
44:51 THERE ARE A LOT OF MINISTRIES ON TELEVISION, 3ABN IS ONE OF
44:55 THOSE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
44:58 GET, AND I HAVE GOTTEN OVER THE YEARS, MANY, MANY TIMES, AND
45:01 PEOPLE WHO END UP COMING TO THE LORD AND JOINING THE CHURCH,
45:05 SAYS WE CAN'T BELIEVE WE TURNED ON YOUR NETWORK, ONE PASTOR WAS
45:10 PREACHING. IT WENT TO A TOTALLY DIFFERENT
45:13 MINISTRY, AND THEY PREACHED THE SAME THING --
45:15 >> KOCHL ON NOW. >> -- THAT LITERALLY CONFIRMED
45:19 WHAT THIS PASTOR LATER ON, KENNETH COX CAME ON AND HE
45:24 PREACHED. ELLER BROOKS CAME ON, AND THEY
45:27 SAID YOUR NETWORK, EVERYBODY IS IN UNITY.
45:31 THEIR MESSAGE IS ONE VOICE THAT IS REACHING.
45:34 >> COME ON NOW. >> AND IT SO PENETRATED OUR
45:39 HEARTS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU LISTEN TO SOME OF THE OTHER NETWORKS,
45:42 THIS PREACHER BELIEVES THIS, THIS ONE BELIEVES THAT.
45:46 SO WHETHER WE'RE IN EUROPE -- YOU ARE A PASTOR
45:50 THERE, WHETHER IT'S OUR PASTORS HERE, OR IN AFRICA OR BRAZIL --
45:54 >> COME ON. >> -- IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY
45:56 DIFFERENCE. IT'S ALL ONE VOICE.
45:59 IT'S ONE MESSAGE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US.
46:02 AND THE SECOND HOUR WE ACTUALLY HAVE GOT SOME PICTURES AND
46:06 VIDEOS, AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW SOME BAPTISM SO IT IS REALLY
46:12 GOING TO GET GOOD HERE. BUT JOHNNY WE WANT TO HEAR A
46:17 LITTLE BIT FROM YOU. >> IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING FOR
46:21 ME. AS I'M LISTENING HERE, I
46:23 REMEMBER THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, YOU WERE INVITED TO THE GENERAL
46:27 CONFERENCE FOR SOME MEETINGS OF MULTI-CULTURAL -- HOW TO REACH
46:33 DIFFERENT PEOPLE. AND YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO GO, SO
46:36 MY WIFE AND I WERE ABLE TO GO. AND I REMEMBER ONE UNION
46:41 PRESIDENT GET UP FROM AUN OF THESE AREAS IN THE WORLD, AND HE
46:45 SAID WE DESPERATELY NEED YOUR PRAYERS.
46:48 WE ARE LOOSING OUR MEMBERS TO SECULARISM, THE WORLDLY MINDED,
46:54 AND AS I BEGAN TO HEAR THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, I BEGAN TO
46:59 WONDER, WHAT IS IT LIKE IN LONDON IN AND THEN WE HEAR -- I
47:03 DON'T THINK IF IT WAS PASTOR LOMACANG, OR CA THAT SAID THERE
47:09 ARE 80,000 REGISTERED WITCHES OVER THERE.
47:12 SO I SAID THE CHURCH IS UP A GREAT CHALLENGE OVER THERE.
47:16 >> YEAH. >> I BEGAN TO DO A LOT OF
47:19 PRAYER. PRAYER IS THE MAJORITY OF
47:21 GETTING PREPARED FOR AN EVENT OR CAMPAIGN.
47:27 >> YES. >> WE WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH
47:31 AND PRAYER WAS ALWAYS MENTIONED, AND THERE WAS -- ONE TIME I
47:35 ASKED THE PASTOR TO PLEASE ASK THE CHURCH TO PRAY FOR -- FOR
47:38 US, THAT WE WERE PREPARING FOR THESE MESSAGES, AND THE PASTOR
47:43 SAID THE CHURCH IS IN PRAYER, AND THEY ARE HAVING INDIVIDUAL
47:49 ISLE -- VIGILS. AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY
47:55 THAT. THE CHURCH HAD EMBRACED THE
47:59 EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN. THEY WERE INSPIRED BY WHAT WAS
48:02 TAKING PLACE. I BELIEVE THE CONFERENCE
48:06 APPARENTLY DID GOOD WORK SPREADING THE NEWS.
48:08 3ABN IS COMING. LET'S PREPARE.-pAND I HEAR THEY WENT OFF PASSING
48:13 OUT FLIERS IN THE COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY AROUND IS MAINLY
48:18 MUSLIM. AS YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE
48:21 ROAD, YOU SEE THE PEOPLE DRESSED UP DIFFERENTLY AND THE STORES,
48:25 AND YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT IN AMERICA --
48:28 >> NOT IN FRANKFORT, ILLINOIS. [ LAUGHTER ]
48:31 >> THAT'S RIGHT. SO ANYWAY, MATTER OF FACT ALWAYS
48:34 WHEN -- WHEN WE ARRIVED ANOTHER THE CHURCH, SURE ENOUGH YOU SEE
48:38 PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, BUT THE PREPARATION WAS MUCH
48:42 PRAYER -- >> AMEN.-p>> -- AND THE -- SUMMARIZING THE
48:45 CHURCH, THE CHURCH IS IN A COMMUNITY THAT -- AS IN MANY
48:51 OTHER COMMUNITIES ALL AROUND THE WORLD, THEY -- THEY -- THEY ARE
48:54 LIKE A BEACON OF LIGHT IN THAT COMMUNITY.
48:57 AND I WAS ENCOURAGED RIGHT THERE ON THE FRONT OF CHURCH, THEY
49:05 PREPARE A MEAL FOR THE COMMUNITY.
49:07 AND I ASKED HOW IS THIS GOING FOR YOU?
49:09 OH, IT'S WONDERFUL. MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING.
49:12 SO THE CHURCH IS REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND DURING THE
49:16 EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN, I NOTICED THAT GOD WAS PREPARING THE
49:22 PEOPLE -- MORE THE PEOPLE OF THE CHURCH.
49:26 AND I KNEW THAT THE LORD WAS GOING TO BLESS BECAUSE OF SOME
49:30 THINGS THAT HAPPENED ALONG THE WAY, INCLUDING THIS.
49:33 AS WE WERE DRIVING FROM THE AIRPORT, AND IT TOOK A LONG
49:37 TIME. OF COURSE WE HAD TO STOP AND
49:40 DROP OFF J.J., AND SHELLEY QUINN, AND PASTOR CA -- I KNOW
49:48 WE SPLIT AT ONE POINT. SO WE ARE THREE MILES FROM THE
49:51 CHURCH AFTER TRAVELING ALL NIGHT, AND THE VEHICLE JUST --
49:54 >> QUIT. >> STOPPED.
49:56 >> OH, MY. >> OH.
49:58 >> AND THE DRIVER KEPT TURNING THE IGNITION, AND IT KEPT
50:03 GOING -- THAT SOUND THAT SAYS I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS.
50:06 I THINK I'LL TURN ON ONE OF THESE MOMENTS.
50:09 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT IT NEVER DID.
50:11 SO HE HAD TO CALL A -- A TOWING COMPANY OR SOMEBODY TO COME LOOK
50:16 AT THE VEHICLE, MEANWHILE WE GOT INTO TAXIS, AND HE WAS THERE
50:20 UNTIL 11:00-SOMETHING AT NIGHT. AND THIS WAS LIKE 3:00 IN THE
50:25 AFTERNOON, 5:00, I DON'T REMEMBER.
50:31 AND I SAW THE CONGREGATION REACTING TO THE MESSAGES.
50:35 PEOPLE TAKING NOTES, AND PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION.
50:39 YOU KNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING ON. GOD WAS DOING SOMETHING IN THE
50:42 HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE PEOPLE. >> AMEN.
50:46 CA, YOU OF COURSE FACILITATED THIS, PUT IT TOGETHER, AND GREG
50:49 AND JILL MORIKONE, THEY ARE -- THEY ARE INVALUABLE WHAT
50:53 THEY DID. BUT YOU WERE GETTING -- YOU
50:56 KNOW, PEOPLE TOLD US, WHEN WE MENTIONED, DOCTOR, THAT WE WERE
51:00 GOING TO LONDON, THEY SAID WHY LONDON IN IF YOU WANT TO GET
51:05 BAPTISMS, GO TO AFRICA, BRAZIL, THE HOT SPOTS WHERE THERE ARE
51:10 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, AND THAT WAY YOU GET -- YOU KNOW.
51:13 AND SO PRAYING ABOUT IT, WE SAID MAYBE THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO GO
51:17 TO PLACES IN EUROPE OR LONDON. AND GO TO THE CITIES WHERE IT IS
51:22 THE MOST DIFFICULT, WHERE YOU CAN'T JUST -- I MEAN WE WERE IN
51:26 INDIA, AND WE WOULD GET 40, 50,000 PEOPLE A NIGHT WHEN I WAS
51:31 THERE YEARS AGO, LITERALLY, AND 200 TRUCKS WERE HAULING PEOPLE
51:36 FROM EVERYWHERE. BUT IN THE CITIES IT'S A TOTALLY
51:39 DIFFERENT -- I MEAN SO MUCH -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY NATIONS ARE
51:43 REPRESENTED -- ALMOST EVERY NATION IN THE WORLD, I GUESS,
51:46 THERE IN LONDON, AND LONDON TO ME IS REALLY THE CAPITOL OF
51:52 EUROPE. >> YEAH.
51:53 >> BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS THERE, HAPPENS, YOU
51:55 KNOW, AROUND THE WORLD. SO GOING TO LONDON, A NUMBER OF
51:58 PEOPLE TOLD US, YOU KNOW, REALLY, WHY DON'T YOU THINK
52:01 ABOUT GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE EASIER.
52:05 YOU WOULD PROBABLY GET MORE PEOPLE.
52:07 BUT WE SAID YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS WHEE THE LORD IMPRESSED, AND
52:11 THE CHURCH, IF THEY ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH US, WE'RE GOING TO
52:16 GO. NOBODY STATED WAS GOING TO BE
52:18 EASY. BUT WHO IS READY?
52:20 AND WHERE THE LORD WANTS YOU TO GO.
52:23 SO YOU FACILITATED A LOT OF THAT, BUT YOU ALSO SPOKE.
52:27 TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHURCH. >> I'M THINKING, IF WE GOT 200
52:32 TRUCKS FULL OF PEOPLE, YOU STILL COULDN'T GET INTO THAT PLACE.
52:39 LONDON JUST DOES NOT LEND ITSELF TO THAT KIND OF EVANGELISM.
52:45 I REMEMBER THERE WAS A BIG MEETING IN A BIG PARK NEAR
52:50 HOLLOWAY CHURCH. AND I WAS THERE LATER THAT
52:52 SUMMER. AND THAT WAS 30 YEARS AGO.
52:55 WHEN THEY COULD PULL A BIG CROWD INTO ONE CENTRAL AREA, A BIG
53:00 TENT. LONDON AS A CITY IS BEYOND THAT.
53:02 WE FOUND THAT OUT, EVEN IF WE HAD GOTTEN THE COPPER --
53:06 >> COPPER HOUSE, YES. >> COPPER HOUSE.
53:08 WE STILL COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN THE PEOPLE THERE.
53:12 I HAD TO TALK TO JOHN AT CROYDON.
53:16 I WAS IN NORTH LONDON. WE LEFT THE HOTEL AT 8:30.
53:22 WE GOT TO CROYDON AT NOON. >> YEP.
53:27 >> YOU JUST CAN'T GET ACROSS THAT TOWN.
53:30 SO THE IDEA OF SMALLER MEETINGS IS A WAY TO ATTACK THAT TOWN.
53:35 YOU COULDN'T DO IT ANY OTHER WAY.
53:38 >> NO. >> AND THEN WE HAD THE ONE
53:40 MEETING ON SUNDAY WHERE WE ALL CAME TOGETHER.
53:42 WE GOT OUT OF THE HOTEL ABOUT 8:00 IN THE MORNING, AND THE
53:47 MEETING WAS 11:00, AND WE WERE LATE.
53:49 AND THE LAST MEETING, 5:00, 4:00, SABBATH AFTERNOON, WE HAD
53:55 OUR BAPTISM WE GOT ON THE ROAD TO GET TO THE CENTER, AND WE
53:59 WERE LATE. YOU KNOW, YOU JUST CAN'T DO IT.
54:01 YOU CAN'T GET ACROSS THAT CITY. WE WERE IN NORTH LONDON, SO WE
54:05 HAD A GREAT WAYS TO COME, BUT THE IDEA OF ONE CITY-WIDE
54:10 MEETING, THERE ARE A LOT OF TOWNS, I THINK THAT ARE BEYOND
54:14 THAT NOW. YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING A
54:17 LITTLE BIT SMALLER. >> AND MORE PEOPLE GOT INVOLVED.
54:20 AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY. THE LOCAL SINGERS AND MUSICIANS,
54:24 PEOPLE ABLE TO WORK, AND AS YOU SAID, IF IT WAS ONE BIG MEETING,
54:28 YOU GOT A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE. BUT HERE EACH CHURCH AND THE
54:33 MEMBERS GOT INVOLVED, AND THAT DOES A LOT FOR US, AND WE'RE
54:38 ABLE TO HELP AND ASSIST, I MEAN, IT REALLY WAS AMAZING.
54:43 I HAVEN'T BEEN ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, AND I HAVE TRAVELED MUCH
54:45 OF THE WORLD, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MORE RECEPTIVE, MORE
54:51 FRIENDLY, MORE HOSPITABLE THAN ANYWHERE WE HAVE BEEN.
54:58 THANK YOU TO YOU AND ALL OF YOUR FOLK THERE, AND THE PASTORS, AND
55:02 THE ELDERS, AND THE PEOPLE PREPARING MEALS TO GO TO CHURCH
55:07 EVERY NIGHT. WOMEN AND MEN DOWN THERE
55:09 COOKING, AND NOT WORRIED ABOUT, WELL, I HAVE GOT TO GET
55:13 UPSTAIRS. THEY WERE TAKING CARE OF YOU,
55:15 THE HOSPITALITY PART. THE LORD BLESSED.
55:18 WE ONLY HAVE A MINUTE OR TWO YEAR, BUT WE WANT TO GET INTO
55:22 MORE OF WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, THE BAPTISMS, THE
55:26 STORIES -- THERE ARE SOME MIRACLE STORIES THAT HAPPENED.
55:28 >> OH, YEAH. >> TO ME A MIRACLE IS JUST
55:32 SOMETHING THAT MAN CAN'T DO. SOMETHING THAT GOD ORCHESTRATES.
55:36 >> YES. >> IN SPITE OF US.
55:40 SOMETIMES WE TRY TO ORCHESTRATE, AND HE WORKS IN SPITE OF US.
55:45 THE OLDER I GET, THE MORE I LEARN IF I CAN JUST STAY OUT OF
55:51 GODS WAY -- [ LAUGHTER ]
55:52 >> WE ALSO SAY THIS WAS A SETUP. GOD SET IT UP, RIGHT?
55:56 >> AMEN. >> SO WE HAVE SEEN SOME
55:59 INDREADABLE THINGS HAPPEN, SOME MIRACLES HAPPEN, AND WE'RE SO
56:04 THANKFUL THAT THE PASTOR COULD BE HERE TODAY AND TO REALLY JUST
56:08 SAY THANK YOU FROM ALL OF US AND GET YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
56:12 AND WE'LL TAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE RESULTS, AND THE
56:16 BAPTISMS AND WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE BIBLE STUDIES, AND
56:20 PREPARATIONS FOR MORE IN THE SECOND HOUR, WE GEARING TO DO
56:23 VIDEOS AND PICTURES, AND HEAR MORE FROM SOME OF THE PREACHERS.
56:28 AND I LOVE HEARING THE MIRACLE STORIES TOO.
56:32 >> YEP. COME ON.
56:34 >> THIS SOUL -- EVERY SOUL WAS WORTH IT.
56:38 AND PASTOR JOHN, I'M SORRY HE IS NOT HERE, I KNOW HE HAD FABULOUS
56:44 STORIES. BUT THE BLESSING IS ON THE GO.
56:47 WHEN THE LORD SAY GOES TO THE END OF ALL OF THE WORLD, AND WE
56:51 GO TOGETHER. IT WAS SUCH A BLESSING WORKING
56:54 WITH THE ENTIRE CONFERENCE AND SEEING HOW MUCH UNITY -- WHAT
56:58 CAN HAPPEN WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER.
57:00 >> COME ON NOW. >> THAT'S THE BEAUTY.
57:02 >> AND TO SEE HOW THE LORD WORKS, I DON'T KNOW RUBRIC WAS
57:12 USED, BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I COULD NOT HAVE GONE TO A BETTER
57:16 FIT. FABULOUS PASTOR.
57:20 FABULOUS CHURCH. PRAYING BIBLE WORKERS, PRAYING
57:24 CHURCH FULL EVERY NIGHT, AND I THINK EVERYBODY CAN SAY PRETTY
57:27 MUCH THE SAME THING. GOD STEPPED IN AND PLANTED THE
57:30 PERSON TO MEET THE CHURCH AND THE CHURCH TO MEET THE EVAN GAL
57:35 LIST AND THE HOST PASTORS WERE WONDERFUL.
57:39 >> WE COULD NEVER TAKE AWAY ANY GLORY TO OURSELVES.
57:44 GOD HAS BLESSED THE SOUTH ENGLAND CONFERENCE WITH GOOD
57:46 MINISTERS. >> AMEN.
57:48 >> A HEART FOR EVANGELISM, HOSPITABLE AS WELL.
57:52 WE WERE SO HAPPY THAT HE HANDPICKED EACH ONE OF THESE
57:56 VENUES. >> AMEN.
57:57 >> SO YOU COMING WAS NOT BY CHANCE.
57:59 >> OH, NO. >> AND YOU WERE JUST COUPLED
58:02 WITH THE MINISTERS THERE, AND IT WAS A BLESSING.
58:05 >> PRAISE THE LORD. PRAISE THE LORD.
58:07 WE ARE DOWN TO THE LAST SEVERAL SECONDS OF THE FIRST HOUR.
58:10 WE WANT YOU TO JUST RELAX. COME BACK.
58:13 WE HAVE VIDEOS, MORE STORIES, MORE MIRACLES.
58:18 TWO MINUTES AND TWO SECONDS. WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.
58:21 ♪


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