¤ I WANT TO SPENDING MY LIFE ¤ ¤ SEND MY LIFE ¤ 00:00:03.43\00:00:09.00 ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ 00:00:09.00\00:00:17.65 ¤ REMOVING PAIN ¤ ¤ LORD LET MY WORDS ¤ 00:00:17.65\00:00:28.66 ¤ LET MY WORDS ¤ ¤ HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ¤ 00:00:28.66\00:00:36.63 ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ ¤ BENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ 00:00:36.63\00:00:47.94 ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ 00:00:47.94\00:01:01.06 >> HELLO 3ABN FAMILY. WELCOME TO THE YEAR IN REVIEW. 00:01:08.43\00:01:13.10 AS IT WERE, THIS WOULD BE SOMEWHAT OF ONE OF THE LAST 00:01:13.10\00:01:17.14 PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING FOR THE YEAR 2016, AND WE 00:01:17.14\00:01:21.51 THANK THE LORD THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO SIT DOWN AND 00:01:21.51\00:01:25.21 ENJOY IT WITH US. IT'S A GOING TO BE A TWO-HOUR 00:01:25.21\00:01:29.08 PROGRAM. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW 00:01:29.08\00:01:31.35 GOD LEAD US THROUGH 2016, THE FOUNDATION HE IS LAYING FOR 00:01:31.35\00:01:35.46 2017, WHICH, OF COURSE IS A WALK OF FATE, BECAUSE THE LORD 00:01:35.46\00:01:40.20 DOESN'T SPEND EMAILS. YET HE DOES GIVE US WISDOM TO 00:01:40.20\00:01:44.47 WALK AND TRUST HIM BY FAITH, AND WE HAVE 32 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE 00:01:44.47\00:01:49.54 TO SAY THAT WE SERVE GOD. CAN I HAVE AN AMEN? 00:01:49.54\00:01:53.88 >> AMEN. >> I HAVE AN AUDIENCE OVER HERE 00:01:53.88\00:01:57.75 WHO ARE NOT STRANGERS. SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE 00:01:57.75\00:02:01.28 LONGER THAN I HAVE. WHICH IS TRUE IN MANY CASES 00:02:01.28\00:02:04.79 HERE. SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE AFTER 00:02:04.79\00:02:06.39 I HAVE BEEN HERE, BUT I THINK MAYBE ONLY BRIAN FITS INTO THAT 00:02:06.39\00:02:11.09 CATEGORY. EVERYBODY ELSE HAS BEEN HERE 00:02:11.09\00:02:12.63 BEFORE ME. SO I'LL START WITH THE LADY WHO 00:02:12.63\00:02:16.80 I LOOK UP TO IN SO MANY WAYS, MOLLIE STEENSON, OUR VICE 00:02:16.80\00:02:21.64 PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER. GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. 00:02:21.64\00:02:25.54 >> GREAT TO BE -- ALWAYS GOOD TO BE WITH YOU, EACH OF YOU, AND TO 00:02:25.54\00:02:29.71 BE ABLE TO SHARE WHAT GOD HAS DONE AT 3ABN JUST IN THE LAST 00:02:29.71\00:02:33.11 YEAR. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:02:33.11\00:02:34.18 AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT TODAY ON THE PROGRAM, AND 00:02:34.18\00:02:38.22 YOU ARE SO MUCH A PART OF THAT. I HAVE WALKED INTO YOUR OFFICE 00:02:38.22\00:02:42.56 MANY TIMES, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO SIT IN YOUR SEAT. 00:02:42.56\00:02:46.56 >> I HAVE MORE POPLE TELLING ME THAT. 00:02:46.56\00:02:51.13 >> YOU DO A WONDERFUL JOB. AND IDALIA [ SPEAKING SPANISH ] 00:02:51.13\00:03:00.48 >> GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. >> THANK YOU. 00:03:00.48\00:03:03.14 THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION, IT IS GOOD TO SHARE WHAT GOD HAS 00:03:03.14\00:03:08.55 DONE, AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATE HE IS GOING TO BE DOING. 00:03:08.55\00:03:12.59 >> SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. YOU GUY CONNECTED TO DIFFERENT 00:03:12.59\00:03:19.23 LANGUAGE THAT IS SO MUCH A PART OF 3ABN. 00:03:19.23\00:03:23.87 AND TO THE RIGHT MY BROTHER JUAN. 00:03:23.87\00:03:31.91 JOHN DINZEY. >> IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. 00:03:31.91\00:03:34.74 >> AND THE TOP RIGHT, THE CFO OF 3ABN, BRIAN HAMILTON. 00:03:34.74\00:03:40.58 GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE? >> GOOD TO BE HERE. 00:03:40.58\00:03:42.95 >> ARE YOU GETTING MORE SLEEP? >> YES, NOW THAT THE YEAR IS 00:03:42.95\00:03:48.09 COMING TO AN END, I'M GETTING MORE SLEEP. 00:03:48.09\00:03:52.03 >> YOU SETTLE DOWN FOR A LONG WINTER'S NAP THAT WILL MAKE YOU 00:03:52.03\00:03:56.97 UP A WEEK LATER. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:03:56.97\00:03:59.30 >> GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. >> GOOD TO BE HERE. 00:03:59.30\00:04:01.70 >> WE THINK THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS UNTIL YOU CONFESS 00:04:01.70\00:04:05.74 THAT YOU DO, JILL AND GREG MORIKONE. 00:04:05.74\00:04:08.51 GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. >> THANK YOU. 00:04:08.51\00:04:11.28 >> THE FEARLESS RIGHT HAND JILL AND GREG WORK TIRELESSLY, AS 00:04:11.28\00:04:17.99 GREG TOOK ON NEW RESPONSIBILITIES IN 2016 AND 00:04:17.99\00:04:21.92 JILL WAS ADDED TO A NEW SEAT. I SOMETIMES PULL THEM ASIDE AND 00:04:21.92\00:04:27.23 SAY, HEY, GET SOME REST THIS WEEKEND. 00:04:27.23\00:04:30.13 WAKE UP AT 7:00 INSTEAD OF 6:00 OR 5:00 AS IT WERE DURING THE 00:04:30.13\00:04:35.47 WEEK. SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. 00:04:35.47\00:04:37.81 >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD TO BE HERE. 00:04:37.81\00:04:39.71 >> AND EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IS GOING TO BE SHARING WHAT THE 00:04:39.71\00:04:43.18 LORD HAS DONE IN THEIR PARTICULAR AVENUES OF FUNCTION 00:04:43.18\00:04:47.68 HERE AT 3ABN. AND AS YOU KNOW 3ABN IS NOT A 00:04:47.68\00:04:52.69 MINISTRY WHERE ONE PERSON WEARS ONE HAT. 00:04:52.69\00:04:54.92 WE ALL SWITCH HATS EVERY NOW AND THEN. 00:04:54.92\00:04:57.49 NEW PROGRAM IDEAS COME UP, AND THE LORD GIVES US WISDOM THAT WE 00:04:57.49\00:05:01.96 DON'T POSSESS. AND YOU MAY NOTICE SOMEONE THAT 00:05:01.96\00:05:05.03 IS NOT IN HIS PROGRAM, OUR FEARLESS FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, 00:05:05.03\00:05:10.34 DANNY SHELTON, WHO SURELY DOES BRING TO YOU GREETINGS AND GREAT 00:05:10.34\00:05:14.51 WORDS OF APPRECIATION FROM THE BOTTOM OF HIS HEART. 00:05:14.51\00:05:17.45 I KNOW HE WOULD LOVE TO BE HERE, BUT THERE WERE SOME THINGS IN 00:05:17.45\00:05:21.15 HIS SCHEDULE, BUT SURELY YOU HAVE SEEN HIM BEFORE, AND AS THE 00:05:21.15\00:05:24.92 NEW YEAR COMES IN, WE ASK YOU TO PRAY FOR GOD TO GIVE US 00:05:24.92\00:05:30.49 CONTINUED WISDOM FOR TO BE IN THIS POSITION IS ONE THAT HE 00:05:30.49\00:05:33.53 DOES NOT TAKE LIGHTLY. HE LOOKS BACK ON THE HUMBLE 00:05:33.53\00:05:37.43 BEGINNINGS OF THIS MINISTRY, SOME 32 YEARS NOW, IS IT? 00:05:37.43\00:05:41.20 >> SURE IS. >> AND WHEN HE ASKED THE 00:05:41.20\00:05:44.34 QUESTION -- >> WHICH DON'T ASK GOD CERTAIN 00:05:44.34\00:05:47.51 QUESTIONS, BECAUSE HE MIGHT POINT YOU OUT FOR THE ANSWER 00:05:47.51\00:05:52.78 WHERE ARE WE IN THE MEDIA IN AND GOD HAS POURED ONE IDEA AND 00:05:52.78\00:05:58.02 BLESSING AFTER ANOTHER IN THE MIND OF DANNY SHELTN. 00:05:58.02\00:06:04.16 HE LOOKED AT THE LORD THAT HE SERVES, AND GOD IS STILL A GOD 00:06:04.16\00:06:08.76 OF FAITHFULNESS, AND WHEN GOD SAYS GO FORWARD, DANNY SAYS THE 00:06:08.76\00:06:14.07 BLESSINGS IS ON THE -- >> GO. 00:06:14.07\00:06:16.64 >> IT'S TRUE. THE BLESSING IS ON THE GO! AND 00:06:16.64\00:06:20.74 HE CONTINUE GOING FORWARD BY FAITH. 00:06:20.74\00:06:22.64 SO WE'RE GOING TO COVER A LOT OF THINGS TODAY. 00:06:22.64\00:06:27.52 AND JILL GIVE US ANOTHER VIEW, YOU ARE IN THAT HOT SEAT, I CALL 00:06:27.52\00:06:34.69 IT. GIVE SOME OF OUR LISTENERS AND 00:06:34.69\00:06:39.86 VIEWERS, I ACKNOWLEDGE THE RADIO TOO, AND JUST GIVE US A SPLASH 00:06:39.86\00:06:44.13 BEFORE WE GO INTO THE PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE HEADED FOR THIS 00:06:44.13\00:06:46.77 PROGRAM. >> SURE, ABSOLUTELY. 00:06:46.77\00:06:48.27 I WAS THINKING BEFORE I GIVE THAT OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE 00:06:48.27\00:06:51.31 DOING HERE IN THE PROGRAM TODAY, YOU SAID THE BLESSING IS ON THE 00:06:51.31\00:06:55.84 GO, AND WE SPEAK THAT. BUT GOD HAS ALSO TAUGHT US TO 00:06:55.84\00:06:59.78 WALK THAT. COMING HERE TO 3ABN, YOU LEARN 00:06:59.78\00:07:03.08 IT'S NOT JUST WHAT YOU SPEAK WITH YOUR MOUTH, BUT IT'S HOW 00:07:03.08\00:07:06.12 YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE, AND TO WALK OUT IN FAITH, MOVING FORWARD, 00:07:06.12\00:07:11.49 THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING. SO TODAY WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE 00:07:11.49\00:07:14.93 WITH YOU AT HOME WHAT GOD HAS DONE THROUGH THIS MINISTRY THIS 00:07:14.93\00:07:18.20 LAST YEAR -- 2016. WE DON'T HAVE OUR WHOLE FAMILY 00:07:18.20\00:07:26.84 HERE. DANNY SHELTON IS NOT HERE. 00:07:26.84\00:07:30.41 YVONNE LEWIS IS NOT HERE. SHELLEY AND J.D. QUINN ARE IN 00:07:30.41\00:07:39.85 TEXAS. AND WE HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS IN 00:07:39.85\00:07:43.56 PANAMA HOLDING THE FORT DOWN. THEY ARE A BLESSING TO THIS MIN 00:07:43.56\00:07:46.59 I HAVE AS WELL. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS 00:07:46.59\00:07:49.23 SHARE SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING THAT HAS TAKEN PLAYER HERE THIS 00:07:49.23\00:07:52.13 LAST YEAR, SOME OF THE HIGH POINTS SOME OF THE EVANGELISM. 00:07:52.13\00:07:56.50 WE WENT TO LONDON. SOME OF THE HIGH POINTS OF THAT. 00:07:56.50\00:08:00.48 BRIAN HAMILTON IS HERE TO SHARE ABOUT PRISON MINISTRY, AND WHAT 00:08:00.48\00:08:03.48 GOD IS DOING THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF CHRISTMAS BEHIND 00:08:03.48\00:08:07.02 BARS, THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF 3ABN PRISON MINISTRY, AND WHAT 00:08:07.02\00:08:10.89 GOD IS DOING WITHIN THE PRISON SYSTEM. 00:08:10.89\00:08:13.52 WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THE FINANCES OF 3ABN AND HOW GOD HAS 00:08:13.52\00:08:18.16 BROUGHT US THROUGH, AND GREG IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 00:08:18.16\00:08:21.10 PRODUCTIONEN OF THINGS AND THE PROGRAMMING THAT HAS BEEN 00:08:21.10\00:08:25.23 PRODUCED I KNOW MOLLIE HAS INCREDIBLE TESTIMONIES OF WHAT 00:08:25.23\00:08:28.80 GOD IS DOING. PEOPLE BEING BAPTIZED BECAUSE OF 00:08:28.80\00:08:31.77 THIS MINISTRY, WE HAVE IDALIA AND PASTOR JOHNNY SHARING WHAT 00:08:31.77\00:08:37.01 IS GOING ON THIS PAST YEAR, THE EVANGELISM WITH 3ABN LATINO. 00:08:37.01\00:08:42.88 AND WE HAVE THE FUND RAISER AND BLESSING IS ON THE GO! AND THEN 00:08:42.88\00:08:46.12 WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT NEXT YEAR. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:08:46.12\00:08:48.42 >> WHAT IS COMING UP NEXT YEAR, AS WELL. 00:08:48.42\00:08:51.46 >> SO THI YEAR IN -- IN REVIEW IS A PROGRAM OF WE'RE 00:08:51.46\00:08:55.10 TRYING -- THE ONLY CHALLENGE WE HAD WAS WHAT TO LEAVE OUT. 00:08:55.10\00:08:59.20 BECAUSE SO MANY GOOD THINGS HAVE HAPPENED HERE. 00:08:59.20\00:09:01.24 AND 3ABN IS LIKE A -- AT TIMES I LOOK AT 3ABN AS A BATTLESHIP. 00:09:01.24\00:09:07.98 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL WE NEED ON BOARD AND WE ARE BRAVING THE 00:09:07.98\00:09:11.78 DIFFICULT WATERS OF OUR JOURNEY, BUT AT TIMES WE'RE LIKE A CANOE. 00:09:11.78\00:09:16.08 WE'RE GOING FORWARD ON A SINGLE ORE BY FAITH, BUT STILL WE'RE 00:09:16.08\00:09:22.02 GOING FORWARD, AND BECAUSE OF ALL OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, THOSE 00:09:22.02\00:09:29.40 MONTHLY DONATIONS CONTINUE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:09:29.40\00:09:31.50 AND SOME OF YOU JUST JOINED OUR FAMILY IN 2016, SOME OF YOU JUST 00:09:31.50\00:09:36.97 BECAME AWARE OF THIS MINISTRY. THANK YOU FOR BECOMING PART OF 00:09:36.97\00:09:41.11 OUR MINISTRY, AND IF YOU HAVE COME TO VOLUNTEER WE SURELY 00:09:41.11\00:09:45.61 APPRECIATE THAT. BUT AS WE LOOK AT 2017 WE NEED 00:09:45.61\00:09:48.58 AS MANY PEOPLE ON BOARD AS WE POSSIBLY CAN HAVE. 00:09:48.58\00:09:51.99 THE ANALOGY DANNY USES WE'RE LIKE A TRIANGLE UPSIDEDOWN. 00:09:51.99\00:09:58.29 OUR FOUNDATION SOMETIMES IS HERE, WHEN WE HAVE SO MANY 00:09:58.29\00:10:02.56 DEMANDS THAT ARE EXPANDING US OUT. 00:10:02.56\00:10:04.60 BUT AS YOU JOIN WITH US IN YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT, WE CAN 00:10:04.60\00:10:09.94 BECOME MORE OF A CUBE, AND WE DON'T LIVE AND BREATHE OF 00:10:09.94\00:10:17.21 OURSELVES, YOU ALLOW US TO WAKE UP IN ACCOUNTING AND BREATHE, 00:10:17.21\00:10:22.85 AND GENERAL MANAGER, 3ABN LATINO, 3ABN RADIO, THEY ARE 00:10:22.85\00:10:28.42 ABLE TO BREATHE BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU RESPOND TO US BY YOUR 00:10:28.42\00:10:32.16 LETTERS, PRAYERS, COMMENTS, AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 00:10:32.16\00:10:35.23 SO CONTINUE PARTNERING WITH US AS WE GO FORWARD INTO 2017 AND 00:10:35.23\00:10:40.10 WE KNOW GOD WILL BLESS. TO KNOW THE WILL OF GOD IS GREAT 00:10:40.10\00:10:48.08 KNOWLEDGE, TO ACCOMPLISH THE WILL OF GOD IS A GREAT 00:10:48.08\00:10:51.85 ACHIEVEMENT. WE DON'T KNOW GOD'S WILL, BUT HE 00:10:51.85\00:10:54.88 GIVES US THE POWER TO ACCOMPLISH IT BY HIS GRACE. 00:10:54.88\00:10:58.12 WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH MUSIC. >> OKAY. 00:10:58.12\00:11:01.12 >> ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PROJECTS IS A CAVALRY, LOVE FOUND A WAY 00:11:01.12\00:11:06.66 PROJECT THAT DANNY SHELTON -- I'M AMAZED THAT THE 00:11:06.66\00:11:09.50 LORD GIVES HIM SONGS LIKE HE DOES. 00:11:09.50\00:11:12.90 SOMETIMES WHEN DANNY SAYS TO ME, HEY, JOHN, GUESS WHAT I FOUND A 00:11:12.90\00:11:17.94 NEW SONG, I KNOW A NEW PROJECT IS ON THE WAY. 00:11:17.94\00:11:21.28 THINK ABOUT -- HOW MANY YEARS DID YOU START THE PROJECTS? 00:11:21.28\00:11:25.01 ABOUT 2008? 2009? 00:11:25.01\00:11:27.55 AROUND THAT TIME, I THINK THE FIRST PILLARS PROJECT CAME OUT. 00:11:27.55\00:11:34.72 YOU KNOW HOW I REMEMBER, THAT'S WHEN I GOT MY VOCAL INJURY. 00:11:34.72\00:11:38.66 AND I THINK YEARLY WE HAVE BEEN DOING PROJECTS -- 00:11:38.66\00:11:42.90 >> MAYBE EVERY TWO. >> ONE YEAR WE SKIP, BUT THEN 00:11:42.90\00:11:47.57 THE NEXT YEAR WE DID TWO PROJECTS. 00:11:47.57\00:11:49.80 >> OKAY. >> AND THEY HAVE BEEN PROJECTS 00:11:49.80\00:11:51.71 THAT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE BY YOUR SUPPORT, BUT THEY HAVE PAID FOR 00:11:51.71\00:11:55.71 THEMSELVES. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:11:55.71\00:11:56.88 >> AND WE SAY THAT, BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO KNOW WE'RE NOT JUST 00:11:56.88\00:12:01.18 TAKING YOUR MONEYS AND PUTTING PROJECTS TOGETHER. 00:12:01.18\00:12:04.95 BUT THESE ARE TOOLS OF MINISTRY. AND WE HAVE A PROJECT CALLED 00:12:04.95\00:12:08.89 LOVE FOUND A WAY, IT'S A ALL ABOUT CALVARY. 00:12:08.89\00:12:16.83 IT IS THE RIGHT SEASON TO PUT THIS PROJECT IN SEASON'S HAND. 00:12:16.83\00:12:21.57 IT COULD BE A FRIEND THAT IS ALREADY A CHRISTIAN, OR SOMEBODY 00:12:21.57\00:12:26.68 THAT NEEDS TO KNOW CHRIST. WE HAD A NUMER OF WELL-KNOWN 00:12:26.68\00:12:30.95 SINGERS FROM NASHVILLE -- >> LENNY WOLFE, REGGIE SMITH 00:12:30.95\00:12:39.65 PRODUCED IT. THEY JUST DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB. 00:12:39.65\00:12:42.89 AND A LOT OF THEM WE RECORDED THEM AT SPRING CAMP MEETING WITH 00:12:42.89\00:12:47.00 THE LED BACKGROUND. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:12:47.00\00:12:48.80 AND MATTER OF FACT, THE CD IS AVAILABLE, BUT THE DVD WILL SOON 00:12:48.80\00:12:57.27 BE AVAILABLE. >> THAT'S CORRECT. 00:12:57.27\00:12:59.14 >> BUT THIS IS THE PERFECT SEASON TO GIVE. 00:12:59.14\00:13:01.71 GIVE A GIFT THAT CONTINUES TO GIVE. 00:13:01.71\00:13:03.85 BUT THIS IS A SONG THAT DANNY WROTE CALLED "GETHSEMANE," AND, 00:13:03.85\00:13:08.28 YOU KNOW, I HAVE HEARD ABOUT "GETHSEMANE" IN SURMONTHS AND 00:13:08.28\00:13:12.49 PREACHING, BUT WHEN I HEARD THE LYRICS THAT REGGIE INTERPRETS SO 00:13:12.49\00:13:18.26 WONDERFULLY, I THOUGHT, WOW, FOR THE LORD TO POUR THAT INTO 00:13:18.26\00:13:23.00 DANNY'S MIND IS A BLESSING. I HOPE THIS SONG INSPIRES YOU TO 00:13:23.00\00:13:27.10 GET THIS PROJECT AND EXTEND THIS BLESSING INTO SOMEONE ELSE'S 00:13:27.10\00:13:31.67 LIFE. 00:13:31.67\00:13:34.31 ¤ 00:13:35.88\00:13:40.15 -¤ ALL THE WAY FROM HEAVEN'S SPLENDOR ¤ 00:13:45.49\00:13:54.40 ¤ BROUGHT IN FLESH IN A MANAGER ¤ 00:13:54.40\00:14:00.70 ¤ JESUS CAME TO [ INAUDIBLE ] ¤ ¤ FATHER NOT MY WILL BUT THINE 00:14:00.70\00:14:16.85 BE DONE ¤ ¤ WAS THE PRAYER HE PRAYED ¤ 00:14:16.85\00:14:21.89 ¤ GOD'S ONLY SON ¤ ¤ SO HE DRANK THE BITTER CUP FOR 00:14:21.89\00:14:27.40 YOU AND ME ¤ ¤ HE SUFFERED GETHSEMANE ¤ 00:14:27.40\00:14:40.51 ¤ THROUGH BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS ¤ 00:14:40.51\00:14:44.75 ¤ EACH DROP OF BLOOD HE SHED ¤ ¤ BROUGHT ME A MILLION YEARS ¤ 00:14:44.75\00:14:58.49 ¤ GOD'S CROWNING SACRIFICE ¤ ¤ HIS FLAWLESSNESS ¤ 00:14:58.49\00:15:09.64 ¤ NOW RISEN FROM THE GRAVE ¤ ¤ HE IS THE GREAT I AM ¤ 00:15:09.64\00:15:25.32 ¤ ALL ALONG HE FELL FORSAKEN ¤ ¤ IN THE GARDEN HIS HEART WAS 00:15:25.32\00:15:36.30 BREAKING ¤ ¤ YET HE CHOSE TO DIE ON 00:15:36.30\00:15:40.70 CALVARY ¤ ¤ JESUS BLESSED SAVIOR AND 00:15:40.70\00:15:54.65 REDEEMER ¤ ¤ ALL THROUGH HIM I NOW 00:15:54.65\00:16:00.69 SURRENDER ¤ ¤ COULD I DO LESS AFTER ALL HE'S 00:16:00.69\00:16:05.33 DONE FOR ME ¤ ¤ HE SUFFERED GETHSEMANE ¤ 00:16:05.33\00:16:17.51 ¤ THROUGH BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS ¤ 00:16:17.51\00:16:24.81 ¤ EACH DROP OF BLOOD HE SHED, BROUGHT ME A MILLION YEARS ¤ 00:16:24.81\00:16:36.42 ¤ GOD'S CROWNING SACRIFICE ¤ ¤ HIS FINEST LAMB ¤ 00:16:36.42\00:16:50.94 NOW RISEN FROM THE GRAVE ¤ ¤ HE IS THE GREAT I AM ¤ 00:16:50.94\00:17:03.92 ¤ HE COULD HAVE LEFT US TO DIE IN OUR SINS ¤ 00:17:03.92\00:17:09.56 ¤ A LOVE LOST ¤ ¤ BUT GREAT COULD CHANGE HOW THE-STORY ENDS 00:17:09.56\00:17:22.64 ¤ ¤ JESUS' BLOOD WOULD FALL ¤ ¤ HE SUFFERED GETHSEMANE ¤ 00:17:22.64\00:17:38.82 ¤ THROUGH BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS ¤ 00:17:38.82\00:17:42.92 ¤ EACH DROP OF BLOOD HE SHED, BROUGHT ME A MILLION YEARS ¤ 00:17:42.92\00:17:54.84 ¤ GOD'S CROWNING SACRIFICE ¤ ¤ HIS FINEST LAMB ¤ 00:17:54.84\00:18:07.12 ¤ NOW RISEN FROM THE GRAVE ¤ HE IS THE GREAT I AM ¤ 00:18:07.12\00:18:19.93 ¤ GOD'S CROWNING SACRIFICE ¤ ¤ HIS FINEST LAMB ¤ 00:18:19.93\00:18:32.11 ¤ NOW RISEN FROM THE GRAVE ¤ ¤ HE IS THE GREAT I AM ¤ 00:18:32.11\00:18:45.85 ¤ NOW RISEN FROM THE GRAVE ¤ ¤ JESUS IS THE GREAT I AM ¤ 00:18:45.85\00:19:01.30 ¤ 00:19:03.30\00:19:14.85 [ APPLAUSE ] 00:19:17.42\00:19:20.56 >> CAN WE SAY PRAISE -- THE LORD? 00:19:24.36\00:19:29.53 >> PRAISE GOD. >> THAT REMINDS US IN SO MANY 00:19:29.53\00:19:33.17 WAYS OF THE JOURNEY OF 3ABN, CALVARY. 00:19:33.17\00:19:37.11 AND THIS SONG WAS CO-WRITTEN BY LANNY WOLFE AND DANNY SHELTON. 00:19:37.11\00:19:41.14 AND I REMEMBER THAT VERY WELL WHEN DANNY BROUGHT THE IDEA TO 00:19:41.14\00:19:47.12 LANNY WOLFE WHO WAS HAVING BREAKFAST IN NASHVILLE, AND 00:19:47.12\00:19:51.69 DANNY SAID THE LORD GAVE ME THIS SONG, BUT I DON'T HAVE ALL OF 00:19:51.69\00:19:54.69 THE WORDS. AND LANNY WITH ALL OF HIS 00:19:54.69\00:19:59.63 EXPERIENCE THROUGH THE YEARS, MORE THAN 700 SONGS, THE LORD 00:19:59.63\00:20:04.47 LEAD HIM TO THE DRAWING BOARD, AND THEY CAME UP WITH THIS 00:20:04.47\00:20:08.44 BEAUTIFUL SONG. AND IN THE VIDEOS THAT YOU 00:20:08.44\00:20:13.48 RECEIVE, THE LYRICS WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN. 00:20:13.48\00:20:16.48 AND MANY PEOPLE APPRECIATE THE LYRICS. 00:20:16.48\00:20:19.55 >> I REALLY LIKE THAT PHRASE THAT SAYS ONE DROP OF BLOOD, ME 00:20:19.55\00:20:23.75 1 MILLION YEARS. IT'S ETERNITY. 00:20:23.75\00:20:29.66 I WAS READING ABOUT ELLEN WHITE STANDING ON THE EDGE OF 00:20:29.66\00:20:38.57 ETERNITY. AND I CAN'T EVEN COMP 00:20:38.57\00:20:41.90 PREHENGD -- COMPREHEND THAT. WHAT A BLESSING. 00:20:41.90\00:20:45.67 WHAT A BLESSING. AND LIFE IS A PRESSURE THING. 00:20:45.67\00:20:49.38 SO SAVING SOULS FOR ETERNITY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE A PART OF. 00:20:49.38\00:20:55.45 THAT'S WHAT YOU AT HOME BY SUPPORTING 3ABN HAVE BEEN 00:20:55.45\00:20:58.45 INVOLVED IN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, IS PEOPLE FOR ETERNITY, 00:20:58.45\00:21:03.59 AND YOU CAN'T GET BETTER THAN THAT. 00:21:03.59\00:21:06.90 >> THAT'S TRUE. WE SEE PEOPLE BEING BAPTIZED. 00:21:06.90\00:21:10.73 BUT ONE PLANTS, ANOTHER WATERS, AND GOD GIVES THE INCREASE. 00:21:10.73\00:21:15.30 AND WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN WE'LL KNOW WHAT GOD HAS REALLY DONE 00:21:15.30\00:21:19.37 THROUGH THE MINISTRY. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE 00:21:19.37\00:21:24.61 DONE. AND ADD THIS TO YOUR STOCKINGS, 00:21:24.61\00:21:27.28 YOU CAN GET A COPY BY CALLING US AT 3ABN, THE PHONE NUMBER IS 00:21:27.28\00:21:32.19 618-627-4651, AND AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE 00:21:32.19\00:21:37.03 ADDRESS WHICH IS PO BOX 220, WEST FRANKFORT, ILLINOIS. 00:21:37.03\00:21:43.40 THERE IS STILL TIME TO GIVE AND GET THIS INTO SOMEBODY'S LIFE. 00:21:43.40\00:21:47.94 MOLLIE WE TALK ABOUT THE JOURNEY OF THE CROSS, ALL OF YOU KNOW 00:21:47.94\00:21:51.64 THE JOURNEY OF THE CROSS. THERE'S VICTORY, BUT IT'S A DARK 00:21:51.64\00:21:55.28 ROAD. AND HERE AT 3ABN, WE HAVE HAD 00:21:55.28\00:21:57.95 THAT JOURNEY. THIS PROJECT IS VERY INDICATIVE 00:21:57.95\00:22:00.38 OF WHAT OUR JOURNEY WAS LIKE IN 2016. 00:22:00.38\00:22:03.32 SHARE THAT WITH US. >> WELL, I THNK WE WOULD BE 00:22:03.32\00:22:06.79 REMISS IF WE DJT MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE WALK THROUGH 00:22:06.79\00:22:10.36 DIFFICULT TIMES -- >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:22:10.36\00:22:11.56 >> HERE AT 3ABN. PEOPLE MOSTLY SEE OUR -- OUR 00:22:11.56\00:22:17.93 REJOICING AND OUR VICTORY POINT, AND WE'RE GOING TO REHEARSE OUR 00:22:17.93\00:22:23.41 VICTORY POINTS TODAY. BUT THE YEAR OF 2016 WAS A 00:22:23.41\00:22:25.41 DIFFICULT YEAR. >> UH-HUH. 00:22:25.41\00:22:27.21 >> BUT THERE WERE STANCES THAT WE TOOK BASED ON GOD'S WORD, AND 00:22:27.21\00:22:33.08 ONE OF THEM IS TRUST IN THE LORD WITH -- 00:22:33.08\00:22:34.95 >> ALL OF YOUR HEART. >> ALL OF YOUR HEART. 00:22:34.95\00:22:39.85 AND IN ALL OF YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE WILL 00:22:39.85\00:22:42.72 DIRECT YOUR PATH. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:22:42.72\00:22:44.59 >> I CAN REMEMBER TIMES WHEN IT WOULD SEEM AS THOUGH DARKNESS 00:22:44.59\00:22:48.63 WERE OVERWHELMING, BUT WE ALWAYS HAD TO REALIZE THAT GOD IS 00:22:48.63\00:22:53.87 ULTIMATELY IN CONTROL, AND -- AND I HAVE THIS QUOTE 00:22:53.87\00:22:56.50 FROM SISTER WHITE, AND I GREW -- DREW A LOT OF -- JUST 00:22:56.50\00:23:02.44 ENCOURAGEMENT FROM IT, AND IT STARTS OUT IN THE DARKEST DAY. 00:23:02.44\00:23:05.41 NOW I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT IN 2016 WE ACTUALLY WALKED THROUGH 00:23:05.41\00:23:09.75 THE DARKEST DAYS THIS MINISTRY HAS EVER BEEN THROUGH, I HAVE 00:23:09.75\00:23:12.62 BEEN HERE GOING ON 21 YEARS, AND THERE HAVE BEEN HARD DAYS, BUT I 00:23:12.62\00:23:19.26 ALSO KNOW THOSE HARD DAYS MADE US STRONGER. 00:23:19.26\00:23:22.53 IT'S A LIKE THAT BUTTERFLY, THIS COMING OUT OF THE COCOON STAGE, 00:23:22.53\00:23:30.34 IF IT DIDN'T HAVE STRUGGLES IT WOULD NEVER FLY. 00:23:30.34\00:23:35.41 SO THIS YEAR WE STOOD ON THIS, IN THE DARKEST DAY. 00:23:35.41\00:23:38.75 >> OKAY. >> WHEN APPEARANCES SEEM SO 00:23:38.75\00:23:42.75 FORBIDDING, SHE SAYS, FEAR NOT. HAVE FAITH IN GOD. 00:23:42.75\00:23:46.19 HE IS WORKING OUT HIS WILL, DOING ALL THINGS WELL ON BEHALF 00:23:46.19\00:23:51.66 OF HIS PEOPLE. GOD IS ABLE AND WILLING TO 00:23:51.66\00:23:57.63 BESTOW UPON HIS SERVANTS ALL OF THE STRENGTH THEY NEED. 00:23:57.63\00:24:01.14 AND PASTOR JOHN, I THINK WE HAVE ALL EXPERIENCED THAT THIS YEAR, 00:24:01.14\00:24:04.81 BECAUSE THERE WERE TIMES -- AND POOR BRIAN HE HAS TO LOOK AT THE 00:24:04.81\00:24:08.94 FINANCES, AND I KNOW FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES AREN'T THE ONLY 00:24:08.94\00:24:12.68 ISSUES THAT WE GO THROUGH -- >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:24:12.68\00:24:14.52 >> -- BUT WHEN -- WHEN THE FINANCES ARE DOWN, THEN OUR 00:24:14.52\00:24:19.72 ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND GROW AND GROW ARE CERTAINLY 00:24:19.72\00:24:24.96 IMPACTED. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:24:24.96\00:24:25.79 >> AND SO WE HAVE TRUSTED IN THE LORD WITH ALL OF OUR HEART, AND 00:24:25.79\00:24:28.96 WE HAVE ALLOWED HIM TO DIRECT OUR PATH, AND I THINK BRIAN WILL 00:24:28.96\00:24:35.47 SHARE, WE HAVE PUT IN EVERY AREA WE KNOW TO CUT IN, AND THEN WE 00:24:35.47\00:24:40.01 TRUSTED GOD. AND HE HAS BROUGHT IT THROUGH 00:24:40.01\00:24:42.81 IT, PASTOR JOHN. >> AMEN. 00:24:42.81\00:24:44.38 >> WE ARE IN THE CLOSING DAYS OF 2016, AND, AGAIN, I'M TAKING 00:24:44.38\00:24:50.22 BRIAN'S WORDS THAT HE IS GOING TO SHARE, OUR BILLS ARE PAID. 00:24:50.22\00:24:54.69 SO WE PRAISE GOD AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. 00:24:54.69\00:24:58.46 AND I SAY IT AGAIN, TRUST IN THE LORD WITH -- 00:24:58.46\00:25:03.97 >> ALL OF YOUR HEART. >> -- ALL OF YOUR HEART. 00:25:03.97\00:25:07.94 >> AND BRIAN MOLLIE MADE REFERENCE TO YOU QUITE A BIT. 00:25:07.94\00:25:11.31 TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE JOURNEYS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A VERY -- YOU 00:25:11.31\00:25:14.91 ARE LIKE -- IN SOME SENSE IF THE SPOKES ON YOUR WHEEL BREAK, THEN 00:25:14.91\00:25:21.12 YOU WALK OUT OF THAT OFFICE WITH NEWS THAT IS NOT SO GREAT. 00:25:21.12\00:25:26.35 >> THIS YEAR BEGAN WITH QUITE A DOWNTURN FOR US. 00:25:26.35\00:25:30.59 AND THERE WERE SOME PRETTY DARK DAYS FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS, BUT 00:25:30.59\00:25:36.33 THE GOOD NEWS IS WE DID ADJUST OURSELVES TO THE NEW REALITIES, 00:25:36.33\00:25:40.57 IT LOOKED LIKE FINANCIALLY, AND THE LORD HELPED US WITH THOSE. 00:25:40.57\00:25:44.81 BUT OUR -- OUR END OF THE YEAR, THE LORD -- THE NUMBERS HAVEN'T 00:25:44.81\00:25:49.18 ALL FALLEN YET, BUT I HAVE FAITH TO LEAVE THAT HE HAS MADE UP FOR 00:25:49.18\00:25:54.22 US ALL THAT WE HAD LOST IN THOSE FIRST FEW MONTHS. 00:25:54.22\00:25:56.99 >> AMEN. >> HAVE BEEN MADE UP BY THE END 00:25:56.99\00:26:00.16 OF THE YEAR. >> AMEN. 00:26:00.16\00:26:02.99 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> IT IS JUST AMAZING. 00:26:02.99\00:26:05.86 IT IS A WALK BY FAITH HERE AT 3ABN. 00:26:05.86\00:26:08.46 THERE ARE OFTENTIMES -- I LOOK AT PHYLLIS -- PHYLLIS HAS ONE OF 00:26:08.46\00:26:15.20 THESE ACCORDION BINDERS, AND I SEE IT BULGING WITH BILLS, AND 00:26:15.20\00:26:19.94 THEN I LOOK AT THE DAY'S MAIL OF CHECK, AND I GO, THERE'S NO WAY. 00:26:19.94\00:26:25.28 IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE WOMAN WITH JUST A FEW DROPS OF OIL, AND SHE 00:26:25.28\00:26:29.45 KEEPS POURING THAT OIL AND IT KEEPS COMING OUT. 00:26:29.45\00:26:32.75 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SOMEHOW THAT WORKS LIKE THAT 00:26:32.75\00:26:35.02 AT 3ABN WITH THE DOLLARS. >> AMEN. 00:26:35.02\00:26:37.43 >> AMEN. >> TODAY I WAS LOOKING AT 00:26:37.43\00:26:42.66 PHYLLIS'S ACCORD AN BINDER. IT STILL IS THICK, BUT IT IS 00:26:42.66\00:26:50.07 PRACTICALLY EMPTY. >> PRAISE THE LORD. 00:26:50.07\00:26:52.91 >> I GO THANK YOU LORD. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THIS 00:26:52.91\00:26:55.94 DAY WHEN -- IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, EVEN TOWARDS THE 00:26:55.94\00:26:59.71 MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, I DIDN'T THINK WHAT I SAW TODAY. 00:26:59.71\00:27:06.72 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> IT WASN'T ANYTHING WE DID, IT 00:27:06.72\00:27:10.53 JUST -- THE LORD HAD PLANS -- PLANS HE HAD PUT INTO 00:27:10.53\00:27:14.10 PLACE YEARS EARLIER THAT MATURED TO US THIS YEAR, OTHER -- OTHER 00:27:14.10\00:27:18.33 THINGS, JUST AMAZING. JUST AMAZING. 00:27:18.33\00:27:20.64 >> AMEN. >> AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY 00:27:20.64\00:27:23.24 THE JOURNEY IS, GOD DOESN'T SAY I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT IS 00:27:23.24\00:27:26.81 ARRANGE THE CORNER, HE JUST SAYS KEEP GOING. 00:27:26.81\00:27:29.94 AND AT ONE POINT HE PARTED THE WATERS, BUT THE OTHER TIME HE 00:27:29.94\00:27:34.25 WAITED FOR THEM TO PUT THEIR FEET IN THE WATER. 00:27:34.25\00:27:36.82 I LIKED THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE STORY WHERE THE WOMAN SAID 00:27:36.82\00:27:40.32 TO ELIJAH, I ONLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF OIL. 00:27:40.32\00:27:43.73 MY WIFE AND I READ THAT DEOTION EARLIER THIS WEEK. 00:27:43.73\00:27:48.23 AND I SAID HONEY WE HAVE TO PUT A SERMON TOGETHER CALLED POURED 00:27:48.23\00:27:56.60 OUT. AND GOD SAID JUST KEEP POURING, 00:27:56.60\00:27:59.54 AND HE SAID -- DON'T BE SPARING. AND WE WANT YOU TO KNW THAT THE 00:27:59.54\00:28:04.48 OIL -- THE DROPS OF OIL THAT HAVE COME FROM YOUR HOME, YOUR 00:28:04.48\00:28:08.65 FAMILY, OUR -- YOUR FINANCES, HAVE IN FACT GIVEN NOT ONLY 00:28:08.65\00:28:12.92 BRIAN, BUT GIVEN US REASONS TO REJOICE, AND SURELY WHEN DANNY 00:28:12.92\00:28:20.43 WAKES UP EACH DAY AND GOES TO THE LORD AND SAYS FATHER WE NEED 00:28:20.43\00:28:24.00 MORE OIL, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING SO FAITHFUL. 00:28:24.00\00:28:28.77 AND ALSO THE PROGRAMMING. >> I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU 00:28:28.77\00:28:31.81 JUST SAID, WE RECEIVE MUCH MAIL IN THE OFFICE. 00:28:31.81\00:28:35.41 AND JUST YESTERDAY A LETTER CAME IN -- AND IT WAS NOT ACTUALLY 00:28:35.41\00:28:39.68 ADDRESSED TO DANNY. THIS ONE JUST SAYS DEAR LETTER 00:28:39.68\00:28:45.82 READER, AND FOR SOME REASON, THEY SAID JILL WOULD YOU WANT TO 00:28:45.82\00:28:48.92 ANSWER THIS ONE? AND I SAID OKAY. 00:28:48.92\00:28:51.66 IT'S A PRECIOUS WOMAN, AND I SAT AT MY DESK AND I CRIED. 00:28:51.66\00:28:55.46 SHE SAID I HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING 3ABN MONTHLY, BLESSING IS ON THE 00:28:55.46\00:29:00.47 GO! AND I RAISED IT TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND SHE SAID, I'M VERY 00:29:00.47\00:29:06.81 DISCOURAGED ABOUT WHAT I CAN GIVE. 00:29:06.81\00:29:08.31 I FEEL LIKE WHAT I GIVE IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. 00:29:08.31\00:29:12.55 AND MAYBE GOD HAS TAKEN GOOD CARE OF ME, AND ALL OF THIS SHE 00:29:12.55\00:29:16.65 SAID, BUT I'M JUST -- 3ABN MINISTERS TO ME, I WATCH IT ON 00:29:16.65\00:29:23.06 SABBATH, SHE IS HARD-OF-HEARING, SO SHE TURNS THE VOLUME UP HIGH, 00:29:23.06\00:29:28.46 BUT SHE JUST SAY SAID, I'M DISCOURAGED WITH WHAT I CAN 00:29:28.46\00:29:32.30 GIVE. AND WE WANT TO TELL YOU AT HOME, 00:29:32.30\00:29:37.11 NO AMOUNT IS TOO SMALL. GOD TAKES THE LITTLE BIT OF OIL 00:29:37.11\00:29:42.51 THAT IS POURED THAT YOU GIVE, AND GOD TAKES THAT AND 00:29:42.51\00:29:51.35 MULTIPLIES IT AND POURS IT OUT OVER THE WORLD, AND BECAUSE OF 00:29:51.35\00:29:55.36 WHAT THIS WOMAN HAS GIVEN, WHEN SHE GETS TO HEAVEN, SOMEONE IS 00:29:55.36\00:30:00.13 GOING TO COME AND SAY, I'M HERE, BECAUSE YOU GAVE OF YOURSELF, 00:30:00.13\00:30:04.33 YOUR MONEY. AND SHE THINKS IT'S NOTHING, BUT 00:30:04.33\00:30:06.70 IN THE EYES OF THAT PERSON WHO FOUND PERSON, IT'S EVERYTHING. 00:30:06.70\00:30:11.07 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> I'M THINKING OF THAT WIDOW'S 00:30:11.07\00:30:14.41 MIGHT, AND THE STORY DEPICTED IN THE BIBLE CONCERNING THAT. 00:30:14.41\00:30:19.58 SHE IS THE ONE THAT VERBALIZED THE WIDOW'S MIGHT IT WAS THE 00:30:19.58\00:30:26.05 LORD JESUS CHRIST. HE IS THE ONE THAT WAS WATCHING 00:30:26.05\00:30:29.42 AND SAW WHAT SHE WAS DOING, AND COMMENDED HER ON -- ON WHAT SHE 00:30:29.42\00:30:33.80 GAVE. IT'S NOT EQUAL GIVING. 00:30:33.80\00:30:35.63 WE HAVE SAID THIS SO MANY TIMES. IT'S EQUAL SACRIFICE. 00:30:35.63\00:30:39.57 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND SO SOMEONE THAT CAN GIVE 00:30:39.57\00:30:42.54 A MILLION DOLLARS AND NEVER MISS IT. 00:30:42.54\00:30:44.87 THAT'S NOT NEARLY AS IMPATING AS THAT LITTLE LADY THAT CAN 00:30:44.87\00:30:49.38 GIVE THE WIDOW'S MIGHT. BUT THAT'S ALL SHE HAS TO GIVE. 00:30:49.38\00:30:53.72 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND JOHN, I'M THINKING 00:30:53.72\00:30:55.98 ABOUT -- AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT 00:30:55.98\00:31:00.19 THE YEAR 2016 WAS THE YEAR OF -- >> EVANGELISM. 00:31:00.19\00:31:05.16 >> WHICH WE DID. BUT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 2017, 00:31:05.16\00:31:09.53 AND IT'S THE YEAR OF SACRIFICE, AND SOMETHING THAT SO MANY OF US 00:31:09.53\00:31:13.10 HAVE DETERMINED FOR THE MINISTRY OF 3ABN, WE WILL MAKE A 00:31:13.10\00:31:17.81 SACRIFICE, EACH ONE OF US ARE FINDING AREAS IN OUR PERSONAL 00:31:17.81\00:31:21.51 LIVES, WHERE WE CAN MAKE A SACRIFICE THAT WILL ENHANCE THE 00:31:21.51\00:31:25.81 MINISTRY OF 3ABN, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT US PERSONALLY HERE 00:31:25.81\00:31:30.59 AT 3ABN, BECAUSE SOULS ARE THE DIRECT RESULT OF THE SACRIFICES 00:31:30.59\00:31:36.02 MADE FOR 3ABN. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:31:36.02\00:31:38.39 THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. PASTOR DINZEY. 00:31:38.39\00:31:43.30 >> THAT REMININGED ME OF SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY 00:31:43.30\00:31:46.30 IMPACTFUL TO ME. WE WERE IN GUATEMALA, I THINK 00:31:46.30\00:31:50.44 TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, AND IT HELPED ME TO SEE HOW PEOPLE 00:31:50.44\00:31:54.14 APPRECIATE 3ABN. WE WERE -- WE WERE THERE BECAUSE 00:31:54.14\00:31:58.41 IDALIA WAS INVITED TO SPEAK AT A WOMEN'S MINISTRY RETREAT, AND 00:31:58.41\00:32:03.45 THEY ASKED ME TO SPEAK TOO, BY THE WAY. 00:32:03.45\00:32:07.49 [ LAUGHTER ] >> I SAID OKAY. 00:32:07.49\00:32:10.43 BUT SHE WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER. >> OKAY 00:32:10.43\00:32:12.79 >> BUT PART OF THIS -- THE CONFERENCE PRESIDENT SAID LET'S 00:32:12.79\00:32:15.66 GO TO THE SCHOOLS SO YOU CAN TALK TO THE KIDS. 00:32:15.66\00:32:18.77 SO WE SPOKE TO THE CHILDREN AT DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS. 00:32:18.77\00:32:26.68 AND WE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT 3ABN AND WHAT 3ABN IS DOING. 00:32:26.68\00:32:31.25 AND AT THE END OF ONE OF THOSE SESSIONS A LITTLE BOY CAME TO ME 00:32:31.25\00:32:35.85 AND SAID HERE I WANT TO GIVE THIS OFFERING FOR 3ABN TO 00:32:35.85\00:32:40.22 CONTINUE PREACHING THE GOSPEL. >> AMEN. 00:32:40.22\00:32:42.92 >> AND I WAS SHOCKED. AND I DIDN'T WANT TO DO FOR A 00:32:42.92\00:32:46.93 MOMENT. SHOULD I GIVE IT BACK? 00:32:46.93\00:32:49.83 WHAT SHOULD I DO? AND I KEPT THINKING ABOUT THIS, 00:32:49.83\00:32:51.83 AND WE WERE LEAVING, AND I SAID TO THE CONFERENCE PRESIDENT, YOU 00:32:51.83\00:32:55.70 KNOW, A LITTLE BIT BOY GAVE ME AN OFFERING FOR 3ABN LATINO, AND 00:32:55.70\00:33:02.48 I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH THIS IS, AND I WAS HESITANT SHOULD I 00:33:02.48\00:33:10.09 TAKE IT? AND HE SAID HOW MUCH DID HE GIVE 00:33:10.09\00:33:12.75 YOU? AND I SAID HE GAVE YOU THIS 00:33:12.75\00:33:15.02 MUCH. AND HE SAID, HUM, HE GAVE 00:33:15.02\00:33:16.96 YOU -- IT WASN'T HIS LUNCH MONEY, BUT IT WAS LIKE SNACK 00:33:16.96\00:33:21.20 MONEY. SO THAT LITTLE BOY MADE A 00:33:21.20\00:33:23.97 SACRIFICE. AND HE SAID YOU SHOULDN'T GIVE 00:33:23.97\00:33:25.53 IT BACK TO HIM. HE BELIEVED IN WHAT HE WAS 00:33:25.53\00:33:28.97 DOING. AND IT WAS -- I DON'T KNOW 00:33:28.97\00:33:31.51 $0.35, $0.65, BUT THAT WAS HIS GIFT TO CONTINUE PREACHING THE 00:33:31.51\00:33:36.78 GOSPEL. AND I WANT TO SAY WHATEVER 00:33:36.78\00:33:39.31 AMOUNT YOU GIVE IS A BLESSING, BECAUSE THE LORD PUT IN YOUR 00:33:39.31\00:33:43.75 HEART THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN DO, AND THE LORD PUTS IT TOGETHER 00:33:43.75\00:33:48.26 WITH THE OTHER $0.35 OR $0.65 TO MAKE UP FOR WHAT IS GOING TO BE 00:33:48.26\00:33:53.76 DO AT 3ABN, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE FILE SHRUNK A LITTLE BIT, 00:33:53.76\00:33:58.93 THE MAIL KEEPS BRINGING MORE. >> YEAH. 00:33:58.93\00:34:02.14 >> SO WE ARE GREATLY THANKFUL TO THE LORD AND OUR VIEWERS. 00:34:02.14\00:34:06.44 I WANT TO SEE THIS -- I WANT TO IN THE NAME OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE 00:34:06.44\00:34:11.15 THAT THIS YEAR HAVE MADE A DECISION TO BE BAPTIZED TO COME 00:34:11.15\00:34:14.45 BACK TO THE LORD, IN THEIR NAME I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU 00:34:14.45\00:34:17.59 HAVE DONE TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE, BECAUSE 3ABN IS ON THE AIR TO 00:34:17.59\00:34:21.42 BRING THAT MESSAGE TO THOSE HOMES, TO THOSE PRISONS, TO 00:34:21.42\00:34:25.29 THOSE HOSPITALS, WHEREVER THEY ARE, THAT IS HELPING PEOPLE 00:34:25.29\00:34:29.76 BECOME MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT GOD'S WORD, MAKE DECISIONS FOR 00:34:29.76\00:34:33.27 JESUS CHRIST, AND THEY MAY NEVER BE ABLE TO THANK YOU, PERHAPS 00:34:33.27\00:34:36.84 UNTIL YOU GET TO HEAVEN -- >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:34:36.84\00:34:39.24 >> BUT IN THEIR NAME FOR NOW, I WOULD SAY THANK YOU, AND MAY GOD 00:34:39.24\00:34:43.24 CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU. >> THANK YOU. 00:34:43.24\00:34:45.75 IN THAT IS VERY WELL SAID. ALL KINDS OF PICTURES COME TO MY 00:34:45.75\00:34:49.55 MIND. SOME OF THESE LOCAL STORIES WE 00:34:49.55\00:34:52.75 HAVE IN THOMPSONVILLE, YOU HAVE TO COME TO THOMPSONVILLE TO 00:34:52.75\00:34:56.66 UNDERSTAND. WE JUST GOT A GENERAL DOLLAR, 00:34:56.66\00:34:59.26 WHICH IS LIKE, THE WORLD OPENED UP TO US. 00:34:59.26\00:35:03.06 >> LIKE CHRISTMAS. >> IT SAVES US 20 MILES ROUND 00:35:03.06\00:35:06.53 TRIP GOING TO WAL-MART. BUT SOMETIMES WE GO TO THE GAS 00:35:06.53\00:35:09.70 STATION WHICH IS LIKE EVERYTHING HERE IN TOWN. 00:35:09.70\00:35:12.17 >> UH-HUH. >> AND SOMETHING WILL BE LIKE 00:35:12.17\00:35:15.88 $15.37, AND SOMEBODY WILL HAVE $0.35, AND THE LADY WILL SAY 00:35:15.88\00:35:20.48 JUST TAKE TWO PENNIES FROM THAT JAR. 00:35:20.48\00:35:22.98 >> UH-HUH. >> IT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. 00:35:22.98\00:35:24.82 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THE TWO PENNIES. 00:35:24.82\00:35:28.12 IT'S SITTING THERE WAITING FOR ALL OF THE OTHER FUNDS TO 00:35:28.12\00:35:31.96 CONNECT WITH IT. I LOVED THE WAY YOU SAID THAT 00:35:31.96\00:35:35.56 PASTOR DINZEY. THE ENDS ARE PROVIDING FROM 00:35:35.56\00:35:38.33 DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. SO WHEN THE LORD CALLS ON YOUR 00:35:38.33\00:35:42.27 HEART TO BE A PART OF THE $0.02, WHATEVER THE AMOUNT MAY BE, NO 00:35:42.27\00:35:47.14 IT IS BEING POURED INTO A KAUFFERS, AND THERE'S NO 00:35:47.14\00:35:54.78 DISTINCTION. IT IS ALL TOGETHER USED BY GOD 00:35:54.78\00:35:57.09 TO ACCOMPLISH WONDERFUL THINGS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS WE 00:35:57.09\00:36:00.56 HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHING THIS YEAR. 00:36:00.56\00:36:02.86 MOLLIE YOU MENTIONED THIS IS THE YEAR OF EVANGELISM, AND 3ABN 00:36:02.86\00:36:06.93 TOOK ON A CHALLENGING TASK. BECAUSE 3ABN STARTED WITH 00:36:06.93\00:36:13.67 EVANGELISM. KENNETH COX. 00:36:13.67\00:36:15.77 GIVE ME SOME OTHER NAMES. >> JOHN CARTER. 00:36:15.77\00:36:18.91 >> OH, THE FEARLESS JOHN CARTER. >> AND SOME OF THE SPANISH -- 00:36:18.91\00:36:27.68 >> MARK FINLEY. >> DAVID ASHAR. 00:36:27.68\00:36:30.55 >> DAVID ASHAR, AND EVANGELISM IS THE REASON 3ABN EXISTS. 00:36:30.55\00:36:36.93 >> ANOTHER NAME I WANT TO MENTION IS TONY OOBRACUS. 00:36:36.93\00:36:49.60 >> HE WAS GOOD. >> THAT WAS BEFORE ME. 00:36:49.60\00:36:55.08 [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> ENGLISH AND SPANISH, THEY 00:36:55.08\00:36:58.65 LOVE -- >> YES. 00:36:58.65\00:36:59.75 >> WHAT WE HAVE NOTICED IS WHEN GET INVOLVED IN EVANGELISM, IT 00:36:59.75\00:37:04.39 AWAKENS IN EACH OF OUR VIEWERS AND LISTENERS THE DESIRE TO SAY 00:37:04.39\00:37:08.39 THAT'S THE 3ABN I'M SUPPORTING, BECAUSE SOULS COME TO CHRIST IN 00:37:08.39\00:37:14.10 ENGLISH, SPANISH, RUSSIAN, OR WHATEVER, SOULS ARE BEING 00:37:14.10\00:37:18.37 STIRRED, AND THE ENEMY IS BEING IMPACTED. 00:37:18.37\00:37:21.64 LET'S LOOK AT THE DARK ROLE WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH, THE DEVIL IS 00:37:21.64\00:37:25.01 NOT UPSET WITH ANYBODY WHO IS IMPACTING HIS KINGDOM. 00:37:25.01\00:37:28.61 SO I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS WE GOT ATTACKED SO MUCH IS BECAUSE 00:37:28.61\00:37:32.61 WE ATTACKED HIS KINGDOM. >> IF DANNY WOULD HAVE SAID THIS 00:37:32.61\00:37:37.55 IS THE YEAR OF GREAT REJOICING. THAT WOULDN'T HAVE FRIGHTENED 00:37:37.55\00:37:42.36 THE ENEMY AT ALL. AND I'M THINKING ABOUT THE 00:37:42.36\00:37:48.30 EMAILS AND SO FORTH THAT WE GET FROM AREAS OF THE WORLD WHERE IT 00:37:48.30\00:37:52.40 IS AGAINST THE LAW -- YOU ARE PERSECUTED IF YOU BECOME A 00:37:52.40\00:37:57.64 CHRISTIAN, AND WE HEAR THESE GREAT TESTIMONIES OF PEOPLE THAT 00:37:57.64\00:38:01.01 IN THESE AREAS OF THE WORLD THAT HAVE STARTED UNDERGROUND 00:38:01.01\00:38:07.62 CHURCHES AND THE PERSECUTION THAT THEY RECEIVE AND THREAT 00:38:07.62\00:38:13.09 THAT IT IS, JUST TO ACCEPT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR LORD 00:38:13.09\00:38:18.83 AND SAVIOR. THINGS WE TAKE SO FOR GRANTED 00:38:18.83\00:38:22.53 BECAUSE OF THE ABILITY FOR 3ABN TO ZOOM THROUGH THE AIRWAVES AND 00:38:22.53\00:38:27.34 INTO HOMES WHERE NO ONE COULD KNOCK ON A DOOR AND GO IN THERE 00:38:27.34\00:38:32.01 AND INTO THOSE HOMES -- >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:38:32.01\00:38:36.18 >> -- BUT THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF TELEVISION AND RADIO, AND 00:38:36.18\00:38:42.15 SOMETHING THAT WE ALL KNOW IS THAT THERE ARE DOWN AND OUTERS 00:38:42.15\00:38:46.76 THAT NEED THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND WE CALL THEM THE UP AND 00:38:46.76\00:38:51.76 OUTERS. THEY CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT 00:38:51.76\00:38:54.20 EITHER. THEY GET UP AND TURN ON THEIR 00:38:54.20\00:38:56.83 TELEVISION, AND THERE IS 3ABN. HOW MANY TESTIMONIES DO WE GET 00:38:56.83\00:39:00.67 FROM PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY HAD NO INTENTION OF WATCHING A 00:39:00.67\00:39:04.67 RELIGIOUS TELEVISION NETWORK, BUT THEY COME ACROSS THE SIGNAL, 00:39:04.67\00:39:08.98 EVEN AT TIMES WHERE THERE -- TELEVISION GETS STUCK 00:39:08.98\00:39:12.58 ON 3ABN AND WON'T GO ANYWHERE. BUT THAT IS THE POWER OF 00:39:12.58\00:39:17.05 EVANGELISM THROUGH MEDIA IS TO GET INTO DARKENED AREAS OF THE 00:39:17.05\00:39:21.49 WORLD, DARKENED AREAS OF OUR HEART, EVEN TO THOSE WHO 00:39:21.49\00:39:27.50 NEED -- WE ALL NEED THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU 00:39:27.50\00:39:32.60 NEVER FIND JESUS. Y'ALL KNOW THAT, RIGHT? 00:39:32.60\00:39:35.90 >> JESUS FINDS US. >> JESUS FINDS US. 00:39:35.90\00:39:40.04 SO THROUGH THESE AIRWAVES HE IS CHASING DOWN THOSE WHO NEED HIM 00:39:40.04\00:39:44.05 SO BADLY, IMPACTING THEIR HEARTS AND DRAWING THEM OUT OF THAT 00:39:44.05\00:39:48.82 DARKNESS. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:39:48.82\00:39:49.65 AND ALSO EVANGELISM BEHIND BARS WITH 3ABN. 00:39:49.65\00:39:54.06 SOME OF THE INSTITUTIONS YOU GO TO, 3ABN IS SEEN THERE. 00:39:54.06\00:39:57.99 >> YES, WE ADDED ONE THIS YEAR. I WISH WE COULD HAVE ADDED MORE 00:39:57.99\00:40:01.80 THAN ONE, BUT NEW MEXICO. >> UH-HUH. 00:40:01.80\00:40:05.83 >> LOST CRUSUS, NEW MEXICO. AND IT WAS THROUGH THE EFFORTS 00:40:05.83\00:40:13.07 OF AN INMATE. IN FACT IN TODAY'S MAIL, I 00:40:13.07\00:40:17.68 RECEIVED A CHRISTMAS CARD -- >> OH. 00:40:17.68\00:40:19.61 >> OH. >> AND IT -- IT LOOKS -- IT 00:40:19.61\00:40:22.82 LOOKS LIKE A COMMERCIALLY DONE CHRISTMAS CARD, BUT IT'S 00:40:22.82\00:40:27.86 HAND -- HAND MADE. >> WOW. 00:40:27.86\00:40:30.63 >> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CARD, AND IT'S FROM SHANE IN NEW MEXICO, 00:40:30.63\00:40:35.56 THE YOUNG MAN THAT WAS SO INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US GET 00:40:35.56\00:40:41.57 OUR STATION INTO THAT FACILITY. >> AND INMATE MADE IT? 00:40:41.57\00:40:45.47 >> AN INMATE MADE IT. AND HE IS AN ARTIST, AND HE MADE 00:40:45.47\00:40:49.01 THIS CARD AND SENT IT, AND I JUST RECEIVED IT TODAY WHEN WE 00:40:49.01\00:40:53.45 WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT REVIEWING WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE 00:40:53.45\00:40:57.15 IN PRISON MINISTRY. AND JILL ASKED KNOW GO THROUGH 00:40:57.15\00:41:00.99 SOME THINGS. I THINK THIS YEAR -- AND I DON'T 00:41:00.99\00:41:03.43 MEAN FOR -- FOR ANY OF THIS TO BE BRAGGING, OKAY? 00:41:03.43\00:41:07.76 >> RIGHT. >> THIS IS JUST REVELLING IN 00:41:07.76\00:41:11.37 WHAT GOD HAS DONE. >> RIGHT. 00:41:11.37\00:41:13.00 >> AND WE HAVE BEEN THE INSTRUMENT THAT GOD HAS USED. 00:41:13.00\00:41:17.14 BUT THINK OF LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF INMATES WHO HAVE WRITTEN TO 00:41:17.14\00:41:22.41 3ABN. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:41:22.41\00:41:23.18 >> AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TIME ON THEIR HANDS, SO SOMETIMES 00:41:23.18\00:41:26.28 THEIR LETTERS ARE LONG. THEY BARE THEIR SOULS TO US, AND 00:41:26.28\00:41:36.56 TALK ABOUT THEIR DARK PAST, AND EACH LETTER GETS REVIEWED 00:41:36.56\00:41:41.56 CAREFULLY, GETS LOVINGLY RESPONDED TO. 00:41:41.56\00:41:43.93 AND SOME LITERATURE IS ALWAYS SENT WITH IT. 00:41:43.93\00:41:46.13 I THIK OF -- OVER 3,600 STDY BIBLES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO 00:41:46.13\00:41:52.51 HANDS OF INMATES THAT REQUESTED IT. 00:41:52.51\00:41:55.54 FREE OF CHARGE. NOW THAT COST US SOMETHING LIKE 00:41:55.54\00:42:00.45 $50,000. BESIDES THE POSTAGE, YOU KNOW? 00:42:00.45\00:42:02.75 BUT THE LORD MADE THAT POSSIBLE. >> PRAISE THE LORD. 00:42:02.75\00:42:06.72 >> THE LORD OPENED THE DOOR SO WE COULD DO THAT. 00:42:06.72\00:42:10.09 >> AND THOSE ARE NICE STUDY BIBLES TOO. 00:42:10.09\00:42:13.40 >> YEAH. >> VERY NICE. 00:42:13.40\00:42:15.30 >> THIS YEAR REMNANT HAS COME OUT WITH A STUDY BIBLE FOR A 00:42:15.30\00:42:22.50 PRISON EDITION, AND WE'RE USING THAT THIS YEAR. 00:42:22.50\00:42:25.17 IN FACT WE ORDERED THE FIRST 300 OF THEM. 00:42:25.17\00:42:28.58 BY FAITH WE MADE AN APPEAL FOR DONATIONS TO COME IN TO HELP US 00:42:28.58\00:42:32.58 TO THAT, SO WE ARE TRUSTING THAT WILL HAPPEN, AND SO WE PLACED 00:42:32.58\00:42:37.42 THE ORDER FOR 300 OF THEIR BIBLES. 00:42:37.42\00:42:41.29 >> BECAUSE YOU HAVE A WAITING LIST, RIGHT? 00:42:41.29\00:42:43.12 >> YEAH, WE HAD TO -- IN NOVEMBER, THINGS WERE A LITTLE 00:42:43.12\00:42:46.80 BIT TIGHT US TO, SO I HAD TO SAID, NO, WE CAN'T PULL THOSE AT 00:42:46.80\00:42:51.43 THIS TIME. JUST HOLD UP. 00:42:51.43\00:42:52.90 BUT WE BELIEVE THE LORD IS GOING TO HELP US -- 00:42:52.90\00:42:55.17 >> AMEN. >> AND HE SURELY HAS. 00:42:55.17\00:42:58.14 >> YEAH. >> AND IN THE LATINO COUNTRIES, 00:42:58.14\00:43:01.18 I THINK THAT YOU -- HAVEN'T YOU VISITED A PRISON IN -- 00:43:01.18\00:43:04.45 >> YES, WE HAVE. >> JUST ABOUT EVERY TIME WE GO 00:43:04.45\00:43:07.68 TO A -- IF THERE'S A WINOW OF OPPORTUNITY, WE GO TO THE 00:43:07.68\00:43:13.99 PRISONS. THE LAST ONE WE WENT TO WAS A 00:43:13.99\00:43:17.89 WOMAN'S PRISON -- >> IN COLUMBIA. 00:43:17.89\00:43:26.67 AND THERE WERE LADIES THEE WERE BABIES. 00:43:26.67\00:43:33.11 SO WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THERE WE PUT ON MUSIC AND WERE 00:43:33.11\00:43:37.58 PREACHING TO THE LADIES >> YES, THERE WERE ABOUT 200 00:43:37.58\00:43:42.22 WOMEN THERE. BABIES EVERYWHERE. 00:43:42.22\00:43:45.29 NURSING THEIR BABIES -- >> IN THE PRISON? 00:43:45.29\00:43:48.59 >> IN THE PRISON, YES. THE SYSTEM IN THE SPANISH 00:43:48.59\00:43:52.43 COUNTRIES IT'S SLIGHT DIFFERENT. THE FAMILY NEEDS TO TAKE THE 00:43:52.43\00:43:57.23 FOOD TO THE PRISONERS. IF YOUR ARE IN JAIL, YOUR FAMILY 00:43:57.23\00:44:02.10 BRINGS YOU FOOD. SO WE HAVE GONE TO MEN'S PRISONS 00:44:02.10\00:44:08.01 AS WELL, YOU SEE OLD FOLKS, THEIR PARENTS TAKING FOOD TO 00:44:08.01\00:44:14.15 THEIR CHILDREN OR EVEN THE GRANDKIDS, BECAUSE THE PARENTS 00:44:14.15\00:44:18.05 ARE WORKING, SO IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT CULTURE. 00:44:18.05\00:44:22.72 IT'S INTERESTING HOW YOU CAN JUST WALK THROUGH THE CAMPUS AND 00:44:22.72\00:44:26.13 THE INMATES ARE ALL MINGLING WITH YOU. 00:44:26.13\00:44:29.16 SO IT'S DIFFERENT -- >> IT'S DIFFERENT. 00:44:29.16\00:44:31.67 >> BUT -- >> I HAVEN'T BEEN TO ENOUGH 00:44:31.67\00:44:35.07 PRISONS IN THE U.S., BUT YOU LITERALLY GO INTO THE YARD WHERE 00:44:35.07\00:44:40.58 THEY MEET, AND WHEN WENT TO MEXICO, WE WENT INSIDE WHERE 00:44:40.58\00:44:45.15 THEY SLEEP, WHICH WAS INTERESTING. 00:44:45.15\00:44:46.61 >> YES. >> I REMEMBER THE ONE IN MEXICO 00:44:46.61\00:44:49.62 WHERE WENT, THERE WERE LIKE 18 PEOPLE GOING TO SEE ONE PERSON, 00:44:49.62\00:44:52.89 AND EVERYBODY IS LOOKING AT US. >> YES. 00:44:52.89\00:44:56.89 >> AND THEY WERE LIKE, WHO ARE YOU HERE TO SEE? 00:44:56.89\00:45:02.06 >> BECAUSE THEY WATCH 3ABN LATINO THERE, SO THERE WAS A 00:45:02.06\00:45:06.00 CONNECTION, AND THE PARENTS AND THE PASTOR ASKED IF WE WOULD GO 00:45:06.00\00:45:10.97 VISIT IN THE PRISON? AND WHY NOT IF WE HAVE THE 00:45:10.97\00:45:14.58 OPPORTUNITY. WE WOULD LOVE TO. 00:45:14.58\00:45:16.41 MINISTRY IS NOT JUST WATCHING THE PROGRAMMING, BUT ALSO TO 00:45:16.41\00:45:20.32 TOUCH YOU AND HUG YOU AND PRAY WITH YOU. 00:45:20.32\00:45:22.52 WE'RE A FAMILY IN CHRIST, AND WE WANT TO EXPAND THAT -- THAT LOVE 00:45:22.52\00:45:26.39 TO YOU AT HOME. WE DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE US JUST 00:45:26.39\00:45:30.53 ON THE COLD, YOU KNOW, TELEVISION APPARATUS OR ON THE 00:45:30.53\00:45:34.93 COMPUTER OR ON THE iPHONE, THROUGH THE iPADS AND THE APPS. 00:45:34.93\00:45:40.90 THE MINISTRY IS A PERSONAL MINISTRY. 00:45:40.90\00:45:43.34 WE DO LOVE YOU. WE CARE ABOUT YOU. 00:45:43.34\00:45:45.97 THIS IS NOT SACRIFICE HERE TO WORK HERE OR -- NOTHING THAT WE 00:45:45.97\00:45:51.91 DO TO LIFT UP CHRIST IS A SACRIFICE. 00:45:51.91\00:45:56.02 IT'S A PLEASURE AND HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE AMBASSADORS AS 00:45:56.02\00:46:01.62 WE WITH CALLED TO BE. SO AS WE VISIT THE MEN'S AND 00:46:01.62\00:46:05.53 WOMEN'S PRISONS, WE ALSO CONSIDER AND SHARE AS WE 00:46:05.53\00:46:09.03 MENTIONED BEFORE TO VISIT THE CHILDREN IN THE ACADEMIES, 00:46:09.03\00:46:15.97 BECAUSE THEY WATCH 3ABN LATINO. AND THEY LOVE. 00:46:15.97\00:46:20.18 THAT'S WHAT THEY WATCH. THEY WERE RAISED WATCHING THAT. 00:46:20.18\00:46:23.45 BUT ALSO HOLLYWOOD SEEMS LIKE A DREAM. 00:46:23.45\00:46:25.55 I WANT TO BE A MANAGER, A FILMMAKER, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE 00:46:25.55\00:46:29.85 ARE DISTRACTIONS, BUT WHEN YOU PRESENT TO YOUR CHILDREN THAT 00:46:29.85\00:46:33.96 THERE IS A FUTURE OR NEED TO FOCUS ON CHRISTIAN MEDIA, IT 00:46:33.96\00:46:41.26 OPENS UP A DIFFERENT FIELD FOR THE CHILDREN TO FOCUS ON. 00:46:41.26\00:46:44.40 WE'RE NO LONGER TALKING ABOUT THE HOLLYWOOD PROJECTS, BUT WHAT 00:46:44.40\00:46:48.14 PROJECT CAN YOU DO HERE LOCALLY THAT THE WHOLE WORLD CAN SEE? 00:46:48.14\00:46:54.41 BECAUSE WE WANT JESUS TO COME BACK. 00:46:54.41\00:46:56.48 ONE OF THE STORIES THEY REALLY LOVED LISTENING TO WAS OUR LOVE 00:46:56.48\00:47:01.88 STORY FOR EXAMPLE. WHEN WE VISITED THE HIGH SCHOOL 00:47:01.88\00:47:05.75 OR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS, THEY ARE REALLY INTERESTING TO WORK WITH. 00:47:05.75\00:47:09.89 BUT THERE IS THAT RELATIONSHIP. >> YOU MENTIONED THE LOVE STORY. 00:47:09.89\00:47:14.13 >> YES. WELL, IT'S OUR LOVE STORY -- 00:47:14.13\00:47:16.93 >> OH, I GOTCHA. GOTCHA. 00:47:16.93\00:47:20.54 >> AT THAT AGE, YOU ARE LIKE, OH, TELL US SOME MORE. 00:47:20.54\00:47:25.07 WELL, THEN OF COURSE THERE IS A SPECIAL LOVE RELATIONSHIP, AND 00:47:25.07\00:47:29.61 IT'S JESUS CHRIST WHO LOVES THEM, AND NARN THEIR -- THEIR 00:47:29.61\00:47:39.65 PARENTS ARE TRY INSTILL MANNERS AND GOOD RELATIONSHIPS. 00:47:39.65\00:47:48.26 EVENTUALLY IT WILL HIT THEM. IT'S REAL. 00:47:48.26\00:47:51.40 YOU KNOW, I AM SPECIAL, AND I AM HERE WITH A SPECIAL PURPOSE, SO 00:47:51.40\00:47:55.34 THE PROGRAMMING ON 3ABN LATINO, REACHES THE CHILDREN, THE YOUNG 00:47:55.34\00:48:01.44 ADULTS, YOUNG PEOPLE, AND WHEN WE MEET ONE ON ONE, IT'S REALLY 00:48:01.44\00:48:05.61 HUMBLING. I AM MOVED TO TEARS AS TO SEE 00:48:05.61\00:48:08.58 HOW MUCH THEY VALUE WHAT THEY GET OUT OF 3ABN LATINO. 00:48:08.58\00:48:12.75 >> JOHNNY? >> I JUST WANT TO PRAISE THE 00:48:12.75\00:48:16.36 LORD. I HAVE BEEN INSPIRED AND 00:48:16.36\00:48:20.96 ENCOURAGED BY PASTOR BRIAN HAMILTON TO DO THE PRISON 00:48:20.96\00:48:26.60 MINISTRIES. BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN HIM HERE 00:48:26.60\00:48:30.44 LATE HOURS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN HE FINDS TIME TO GO TO 00:48:30.44\00:48:34.38 THESE PRISONS. SOMETIMES HE IS LATE HERE 00:48:34.38\00:48:38.08 BECAUSE HE JUST RETURNED FROM THE MINISTRY, AND HE HAS THE 00:48:38.08\00:48:42.05 THOMPSONVILLE CHURCH INVOLVED. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES 00:48:42.05\00:48:45.15 THE CHURCH DOES THE PACKING OF THE BAGS -- 00:48:45.15\00:48:48.42 >> YEAH, WE HAVE DONE TWO ILLINOIS PRISONS, AND EACH 00:48:48.42\00:48:53.40 PRISON IS LIKE 2500, 2,000 INMATES. 00:48:53.40\00:48:57.83 THAT'S A SEMILOAD OF PRODUCT BROUGHT IN TO OUR GYM. 00:48:57.83\00:49:02.74 AND THEN OUR CHURCH MEMBERS GET TOGETHER AFTER OUR FELLOWSHIP 00:49:02.74\00:49:08.24 MEAL, AND THEY SPENDING ALL AFTERNOON PUTTING THE BAGS 00:49:08.24\00:49:11.81 TOGETHER, AND THEN WE DELIVER THEM. 00:49:11.81\00:49:13.45 AND THAT'S -- WE -- THAT HAS BEEN QUITE A -- FUN EVENT. 00:49:13.45\00:49:17.72 >> UH-HUH. >> AND IT -- IT IMPACTS AN 00:49:17.72\00:49:21.69 ENTIRE PRISON. IT'S ONE THING TO GO IN AND DO A 00:49:21.69\00:49:25.76 SERVICE, YOU HAVE 25, 30, MAYBE 50 GUYS OR WOMEN COME OUT TO 00:49:25.76\00:49:32.30 YOUR SERVICE -- >> AND YOU DO THIS EVERY WEEK, 00:49:32.30\00:49:35.47 THE SERVICE? >> THE SERVICE. 00:49:35.47\00:49:37.74 YEAH, WE DO EVERY WEEK. BUT HOW DO YOU TOUCH THE REST OF 00:49:37.74\00:49:42.74 THE 2,000. THE GIFT BAGS HELPS US TO DO IT. 00:49:42.74\00:49:46.58 AND PASTOR YOU HAVE HELPED US WITH CONCERTS, AND DOING 00:49:46.58\00:49:50.45 CONCERTS IN THE PRISONS, AND THAT TOUCHES -- WE GET SAY, A 00:49:50.45\00:49:54.49 COUPLE HUNDRED OUT FOR A CONCERT. 00:49:54.49\00:49:56.83 THAT MAKES AN IMPACT ON FAR MORE PEOPLE. 00:49:56.83\00:49:59.56 AND THEN THEY COME TO OUR SERVICE AS A RESULT OF THE GIFT 00:49:59.56\00:50:03.13 BAGS AND THE CONCERTS. SO THE LORD HAS REALLY OPENED 00:50:03.13\00:50:07.17 SOME WONDERFUL DOORS FOR US. >> AMEN. 00:50:07.17\00:50:09.34 >> AND IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE -- SOMETHING YOU 00:50:09.34\00:50:11.71 BROUGHT UP THAT I WANT TO SEGUE INTO, IS THE IMPACT NOT ONLY IN 00:50:11.71\00:50:16.38 THE INSTITUTIONS OF PRISONS AND -- AND THE PLACES THAT WE 00:50:16.38\00:50:19.61 ALL AT TEND, AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE TALK TO, BUT ALSO OUR SCHOOL. 00:50:19.61\00:50:25.12 3ABN TOOK ON A PROJECT THAT REALLY HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT 00:50:25.12\00:50:29.69 DIFFERENCE IN -- YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WE TALK ABOUT THE FUNDS 00:50:29.69\00:50:33.03 YOU SEND TO US, BUT 3ABN THROUGH THE LORD'S INSPIRATION, BRINGING 00:50:33.03\00:50:37.70 ONCE AGAIN THIS IDEA TO DANNY SHELTON, HOW COULD WE MAKE A 00:50:37.70\00:50:40.74 DIFFERENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS? IN OUR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, AND 00:50:40.74\00:50:45.67 MOLLIE LET ME GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY -- AND JILL, YOU CAN 00:50:45.67\00:50:49.84 ALSO -- SHARE TOGETHER. THIS PROJECT WE HAVE -- JUST 00:50:49.84\00:50:52.51 UNWRAP THAT FOR ME. BECAUSE I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A 00:50:52.51\00:50:55.28 SIGNIFICANT IMACT TO OUR -SCHOOLS. WHAT IS CALLED 00:50:55.28\00:50:59.09 TRIPLING THE GIVING, OR TRIPLING THE DONATION. 00:50:59.09\00:51:01.22 TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MOMENT. >> ISLE -- I'M GOING TO LET JILL 00:51:01.22\00:51:09.80 COVER THE TRIPLING OF THE GIVING, BUT THE IDEA OF 00:51:09.80\00:51:18.91 SUPPORTING YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND IT'S A FUND RAISERS. 00:51:18.91\00:51:22.04 THE SUPPORTERS OF 3ABN ARE GETTING BEHIN OUR SCHOOL 00:51:22.04\00:51:25.91 SYSTEM. THEY WANT TO SEE OUR SCHOOL 00:51:25.91\00:51:29.88 SYSTEMS THRIVE. WE ARE HEARING OF MORE AND MORE 00:51:29.88\00:51:32.75 OF OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR ACADEMIES AND SO FORTH THAT ARE 00:51:32.75\00:51:37.13 UNDERFUNDED AND SO THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT, AND WE WANTED 00:51:37.13\00:51:40.63 TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP THEM. AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO 00:51:40.63\00:51:46.80 DO IS GIVE YOU COMPLETELY FREE -- WE EVEN PAY THE SHIPPING 00:51:46.80\00:51:54.88 FOR 3ABN CD'S AND DVD'S AND WE GIVE THEM TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, 00:51:54.88\00:51:58.58 THEN THEY TAKE THEM INTO THEIR COMMUNITY, AND THEY MAKE THEM 00:51:58.58\00:52:03.75 AVAILABLE TO THEIR COMMUNITY, AND I THINK THEY ARE $15 APIECE. 00:52:03.75\00:52:08.76 >> RIGHT. >> THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE. 00:52:08.76\00:52:10.33 AND WE TALKED WITH OUR LOCAL SCHOOL, AND WE HAVE TALKED WITH 00:52:10.33\00:52:14.03 OTHERS NOW, BEFORE WE STARTED THIS, AND IT WOULD -- WHAT IS 00:52:14.03\00:52:18.23 THE MOST YOU ARE ABLE TO RAISE IN A FUND RAISER? 00:52:18.23\00:52:21.17 AND IT WOULD BE MAYBE -- LIKE $200. 00:52:21.17\00:52:24.74 AND THEY WOULD -- THEIR LITTLE CHILDREN WOULD JUST WORK THEIR 00:52:24.74\00:52:27.84 LITTLE FINGERS TO THE BONE AND DO ALL THEY NEEDED TO DO, BUT 00:52:27.84\00:52:31.18 THEN THE -- THE BOTTOM LINE JUST WASN'T A VERY GOOD BOTTOM LINE, 00:52:31.18\00:52:35.38 SO WE HAVE DETERMINED WHAT WE WANT TO DO, 3ABN, IS TO HELP OUR 00:52:35.38\00:52:41.96 SCHOOL SYSTEM RAISE A MILLION DOLLARS FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION. 00:52:41.96\00:52:44.79 >> WOW. >> AND SO THE SCHOOLS -- OUR 00:52:44.79\00:52:48.93 TEACHERS, OUR PRINCIPALS, SOMEONE IN AN AREA OF 00:52:48.93\00:52:54.60 RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY, GIVE US A CALL. 00:52:54.60\00:52:56.50 AND WE'LL EXPLAIN THE SYSTEM TO YOU, HOW MANY ITEMS DO YOU FEEL 00:52:56.50\00:53:00.88 LIKE YOUR CHILDREN COULD TAKE INTO THE COMMUNITY? 00:53:00.88\00:53:03.41 THEY ARE NOT TAKING CANDY BARS INTO THE COMMUNITY. 00:53:03.41\00:53:06.88 THEY ARE NOT TAKING CANDLES. THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE NO 00:53:06.88\00:53:11.02 SPIRITUAL VALUE. YOU ARE TAKING THE VERY CD'S AND 00:53:11.02\00:53:16.32 DVD'S THAT PASTOR LOMACANG WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, GOD 00:53:16.32\00:53:22.76 BLESSED AND GOD ANOINTED CD'S AND DVD'S, SO OUR LITTLE 00:53:22.76\00:53:26.97 CHILDREN ARE BECOMING EVAN GAL LISTS, TAKING TO THEIR NEIGHBORS 00:53:26.97\00:53:33.17 AN ITEM THEN AND AS THEY SELL IT, AGAIN, 100% OF THE PROCEEDS 00:53:33.17\00:53:39.61 GO RIGHT INTO THAT SCHOOL. AND WE GIVE THEM TO YOU -- LET'S 00:53:39.61\00:53:43.49 SAY 10 ITEMS. TAKE THOSE 10 ITEMS, SELL THEM 00:53:43.49\00:53:49.06 FOR $1 APIECE, AND YOU HAVE $150 ALL YOUR OWN. 00:53:49.06\00:53:54.50 >> JILL WALK US THROUGH THIS GRAPHIC. 00:53:54.50\00:53:56.70 >> YES, IF YOU DONATE 150 TO 3ABN FOR THE PROJECT. 00:53:56.70\00:54:02.17 AND SOMEONE CALLS IN AND THEY SAY I WANT X NUMBER OF CD'S. 00:54:02.17\00:54:09.08 THEN 3ABN WOULD DONATE 20 CD'S AND DVD'S. 00:54:09.08\00:54:12.61 AND THE SCHOOL WOULD IN TURN SELL THAT, AND THEY KEEP 100% OF 00:54:12.61\00:54:19.42 THE PROCEEDS. I LOVE WHAT MOLLIE SAID, BECAUSE 00:54:19.42\00:54:23.93 IT IS PUTTING YOUR EFFORT INTO SOMETHING THAT WILL RETURN A 00:54:23.93\00:54:29.20 VALUE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:54:29.20\00:54:29.96 >> I WORKED AT OUR LOCAL CHURCH SCHOOL FOR TEN YEARS BEFORE I 00:54:29.96\00:54:34.10 CAME ACROSS THE STREET HERE TO 3ABN, AND,YOU KNOW, ON THOSE 00:54:34.10\00:54:38.24 SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, WE WOULD SAY HOW CAN WE RAISE MONEY? 00:54:38.24\00:54:42.41 WE WANT TO CONTINUE ADVENTIST EDUCATION HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY 00:54:42.41\00:54:46.85 FOR OUR LOCAL KIDS, AND YOU HAVE YOUR TRADITIONAL -- YOUR 00:54:46.85\00:54:51.95 CHOCOLATE -- >> COOKIES. 00:54:51.95\00:54:54.52 >> -- YOUR CANDY, COOKIES, CANDLES, BUT THIS PROJECT HAS 00:54:54.52\00:55:00.93 ETERNAL VALUE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:55:00.93\00:55:02.13 >> SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN CONTACTING US, JUST GIVE A CALL. 00:55:02.13\00:55:07.14 ELAINE TAKES A LOT OF THOSE CALLS AT THE CALL CENTER. 00:55:07.14\00:55:11.04 SHE MAKES UP THE AGREEMENT, SHE HAS THE PRINCIPAL SIGN IT, AND 00:55:11.04\00:55:16.81 THEN IT GOES ACROSS TO US AND THEN DANNY WILL SIGN IT. 00:55:16.81\00:55:23.02 THERE ARE FOUR PROJECTS THEY ARE ALL PART OF THE FUND RAISER, YOU 00:55:23.02\00:55:26.82 CAN CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT TO SELL. 00:55:26.82\00:55:28.96 YOU CAN PICK TWO CHILDREN'S PROJECTS, LOVE RULES OR IT'S A 00:55:28.96\00:55:33.66 BEAUTIFUL WORLD. YOU CAN PIC HALLELUJAH, WE'RE 00:55:33.66\00:55:37.40 HOME AT LAST. ALL OF THOSE SONGS ARE FOCUSED 00:55:37.40\00:55:40.47 ON THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS, OR HAVE PILLARS OF OUR FAITH. 00:55:40.47\00:55:44.94 ALL SONGS FOCUSED ON THE -- THE DOCTRINES OF OUR CHURCH, THE 00:55:44.94\00:55:50.68 SECOND COMING. THE STATE OF THE DEAD, BAPTISM, 00:55:50.68\00:55:54.15 AND EACH ONE OF THOSE, AS THE KIDS TAKE THEM AND SELL THEM, 00:55:54.15\00:55:57.72 THEY ARE GIVING LIFE-GIVING TRUTHS THROUGH THE MUSIC -- 00:55:57.72\00:56:01.49 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> INTO THE HOMES OF THOSE 00:56:01.49\00:56:04.19 PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE CONFERENCES INVOLVED, 00:56:04.19\00:56:08.36 AND MANY CHURCH SCHOOLS -- I REMEMBER A LETTER WE GOT. 00:56:08.36\00:56:11.60 SOMEONE SAID THEY RAISED A THOUSAND DOLLARS. 00:56:11.60\00:56:13.77 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> AS A RESULT OF THE FUN 00:56:13.77\00:56:16.60 RAISER. SO PRAISE THE LORD FOR THA. 00:56:16.60\00:56:18.14 >> AND I WANT TO REITERATE, THE SCHOOLS ARE NOT PAYING ANYTHING. 00:56:18.14\00:56:22.01 THEY ARE JUST REQUESTING IT. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:56:22.01\00:56:24.18 >> THEY'LL CALL AND SAY WE NEED 20 CD'S. 00:56:24.18\00:56:28.05 WE'LL SEND OUT THE 20 CD'S COMPLETELY FREE OF CHAGE TO 00:56:28.05\00:56:32.32 THEM. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:56:32.32\00:56:33.56 >> THEY'LL SELL THOSE AT $15 EACH, AND COME UP WITH A 00:56:33.56\00:56:37.23 SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT, AND AS WE WERE POINTING IT OUT, IT TRIPLES 00:56:37.23\00:56:41.03 THE DONATION TO THEM. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, 00:56:41.03\00:56:44.07 YOUR DONATION TO US OPENS THE DOOR FOR US TO SEND THIS PROJECT 00:56:44.07\00:56:48.24 TO THEM. WE PAY THE SHIPPING, AND THEN 00:56:48.24\00:56:50.21 THE DONATION IS TRIPLED. SO WE'RE NOT JUST RECEIVING, BUT 00:56:50.21\00:56:53.61 WE'RE ALSO GIVING. THE BIBLE SAYS IT'S MORE BLESSED 00:56:53.61\00:56:57.28 TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE, AND WE HAVE GIVEN A LOT. 00:56:57.28\00:56:59.95 AND IN THE SECOND HOUR OF THE PROGRAM -- WE HAVE QUITE A BIT 00:56:59.95\00:57:02.98 STILL TO COVER. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN LATINO, OUR 00:57:02.98\00:57:09.66 NEW PROGRAMMING, BLESSING IS ON THE GO! SOME OF THE NEW PROJECTS 00:57:09.66\00:57:12.49 THAT HAVE STARTED THIS YEAR, SOME OF THE NEW PROGRAMMING THAT 00:57:12.49\00:57:15.46 WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2017. 00:57:15.46\00:57:17.80 I'M EXCITED ABOUT OUR FLAGSHIP FRIDAY EVENING PROGRAM, FAMILY 00:57:17.80\00:57:21.97 WOR -- WORSHIP. AND SO IF YOU THINK THAT THE 00:57:21.97\00:57:28.21 PROGRAM IS DONE -- OH, WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED. 00:57:28.21\00:57:31.21 DON'T GO AWAY. WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER, AND WE 00:57:31.21\00:57:33.95 THANK YOU. WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A FEW 00:57:33.95\00:57:36.25 MOMENTS. ¤ 00:57:36.25\00:57:38.65