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Participants: Danny Shelton (Host), C.A. Murray (Host), Yvonne Lewis, Shelley Quinn, Tim Parton, Greg Morikone

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Program Code: TL017506A


00:05 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:09 ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:18 ♪ REMOVING PAIN ♪ ♪ LORD, LET MY WORDS ♪
00:30 ♪ LET MY WORDS ♪ ♪ HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ♪
00:36 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪
00:45 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪
01:06 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO 3ABN "TODAY LIVE."
01:12 MY NAME IS CA MURRAY ALLOW ME TO THANK YOU FOR SHARING JUST A
01:16 LITTLE BIT OF YOUR DAY WITH US. TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT I CALL
01:20 THIS GOD-BREEZE PARTNERSHIP THAT IS BOTH A BLESSING TO YOU, WE
01:25 PRAY, AND CERTAINLY A BLESSING TO US AS WE JOIN HANDS AND
01:31 HEARTS TOGETHER TO TELL THE WORLD THAT CHRIST IS COMING
01:35 SOON, AND TO GET THE WORLD READY FOR THE SECOND COMING OF OUR
01:39 LORD AND SAVIOR. >> AMEN.
01:42 >> WE KNOW WE COULD NOT DO WHAT WE ARE CALLED TO WITHOUT YOUR
01:48 PARTNERING. SO THAT COMES FROM THE BOTTOM OF
01:51 OUR HEARTS, BECAUSE WE REALIZE GOD HAS PUT YOU THERE TO HELP US
01:57 DO WHAT WE ARE ALL CALLED TO DO, AND THAT IS SHARE JESUS CHRIST.
02:04 I'M HERE WITH MY FRIEND -- >> GOOD TO BE HERE.
02:07 >> YOU ARE ON A ROLE. WE OUGHT TO LET YOU PREACH FOR A
02:14 WHILE. [ LAUGHTER ]
02:15 >> THE LORD IS KIND. AND WE HAVE GREG MORIKONE,
02:18 PRODUCTION MANAGER. GOOD-LOOKING YOUNG GUY.
02:22 >> YEAH. IT IS NOT FAIR.
02:24 >> IT'S NOT FAIR AT ALL. ANYBODY SUB-40 -- I USED TO SAY
02:29 SUB-40, BUT I THINK YOU ARE JUST ABOUT THERE NOW.
02:32 >> I HAD MY 40TH BIRTHDAY, BUT I STILL FEEL LIKE A TEENAGER.
02:39 >> AND TO US YOU ARE. [ LAUGHTER ]
02:41 >> TO THE MEN ON THIS SET. WE CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE WOMEN.
02:44 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT WAS QUICK.
02:49 >> DR. YVONNE LEWIS. GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
02:55 >> THANK YOU. >> YEARS AGO WE WERE ON A SHOW
03:01 SOMETHING, AND BERRY BLACK WAS INTRODUCED HER.
03:04 AND BARRY WAS IN SCHOOL, I THINK WITH YOU.
03:08 AND HE SAID BOY, YVONNE LOOKS GOOD.
03:12 SHE IS NO BABY, BUT SOMEHOW SHE IS HOLDING TOGETHER PRETTY WELL.
03:17 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO GET
03:19 UP AND SING AFTER IT WAS OVER. AND SHE CAME OVER AND SAID, I
03:23 OWE YOU ONE. >> I DIDN'T RENDER EVIL FOR
03:28 EVIL. >> YOU DID NOT.
03:31 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT HE REALLY TOLD ON HIMSELF
03:33 TOO, BECAUSE HE IS NO BABY EITHER.
03:35 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT'S RIGHT.
03:36 >> IN THE MIDDLE, THE LADY SHELLEY QUINN PROGRAM
03:43 DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
03:44 >> EASY FOR YOU TO SAY. >> SHELLEY WEARS SO MANY HATS.
03:48 IT WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME TO GO THROUGH THEM ALL.
03:52 WE APPRECIATE SO MUCH WHAT YOU DO AND HAVE DONE FOR THE LAST
03:57 13, 14 -- HOWEVER LONG IT HAS BEEN NOW.
04:00 >> IT HAS BEEN 14 YEARS ON 3ABN. AND 12 YEARS SINCE WE MOVED
04:07 HERE. >> AND LET ME SHOW YOU HOW TO DO
04:12 IT, AND SHELLEY, YOU HAVEN'T AGED A BIT.
04:14 [ LAUGHTER ] >> YOUR NOSE IS GROWING.
04:16 >> YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO REPENT.
04:19 >> HONESTLY, YOU LOOK GREAT. THE LOD HAS BLESSED YOU, AND
04:24 YOUR HUSBAND TREMENDOUSLY. WHAT A GREAT ASSET YOU ARE TO
04:28 THIS MINISTRY. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
04:30 >> SHELLEY IS A HARD-WORKING PERSON.
04:35 AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, BROTHER TIM PARTON.
04:38 YOU HAVE GOT A LITTLE GRAY AT THE TEMPLE.
04:42 HE IS SPRAYS THAT IN, IN THE MORNING.
04:45 >> NO, IT IS WORKED FOR. [ LAUGHTER ]
04:47 >> I CALL HIM DOCTOR TIM BECAUSE ANYBODY CAN DO WHAT HE CAN DO
04:53 WITH THE PIANO, YOU SHOULD HAVE DOCTOR IN FRONT OF YOUR NAME.
05:00 >> I'M JUST BLESSED TO HAVE AN AUDIENCE, AND YOU THAT REALLY
05:05 DOESN'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. [ LAUGHTER ]
05:11 >> WE'RE ALL ON A ROLE TODAY. SOMETIMES IT IS SO MUCH FUN TO
05:16 WORK HERE. BECAUSE THE RUMORS ARE TRUE.
05:19 WE REALLY DO LIKE EACH OTHER. AND WE DO LOVE EACH OTHER.
05:23 AND WE TRAVEL TOGETHER, AND IT'S FUN TO COME TO WORK WITH PEOPLE
05:26 WHO LOVE THE LORD AND WHO LOVE EACH OTHER.
05:29 >> ABSOLUTELY. AND THE OTHER THING IS, EVERY
05:34 DAY ON THE WAY TO WORK, WE PRAY -- WELL, J.D. IS DRIVING,
05:42 BUT I PRAY THE WHOLE WAY. BUT WHEN I HAD THE SURGERY AND
05:46 HAD TO TAKE OFF THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
05:49 EVERY DAY I'M THANKING YOU GOD, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME HAVE A
05:54 PURPOSE. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME WORK IN
05:57 YOUR HARVEST FIELD. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GET UP
06:00 AND IT'S SO EXCITING TO KNOW YOU GET TO DO SOMETHING FO GOD.
06:06 >> UH-HUH. IT'S A BLESSING.
06:08 >> I USED TO GO DOWN TO OWEN BRADLEY, WHO REALLY IS CREDITED
06:15 WITH BRINGING IN HIS FAMILY, AND MAKING NASHVILLE THE COUNTRY
06:23 MUSIC CAPITOL OF THE WORLD. AND THERE IS A STATUE OF HIM,
06:29 AND I WAS TALK TO HIM ONE DAY, AND I WAS SHOWING HIM A SINGER
06:33 THEY JUST THOUGHT WAS SO GREAT, YOU KNOW?
06:36 AND HE PUT IN THE CD AND LISTENED IT TO.
06:38 AND JUST TURNED AROUND TO ME AND SAID HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO
06:42 BE HERE? AND I SAID, WELL, I'LL BE HERE A
06:45 COUPLE OF DAYS. AND SAID, I ENJOY IT WHEN YOU
06:49 COME BY AND WE CAN TALK. AND I SAID YOU DIDN'T COMMENT ON
06:52 THE SINGER. AND HE SAID OH, WELL, HE'S A
06:58 SINGER. AND HE PRODUCED PATSY KLEIN, AND
07:02 SOME OF THESE -- AND HE SAID, WELL, HE JUST SINGS.
07:09 HE DOESN'T COMMUNICATE. IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW GREAT OF
07:14 VOICE YOU HAVE, 95% OF THE LISTENERS ON RADIO AND
07:19 TELEVISION AND AROUND THE WORLD AREN'T REALLY MUSICIANS OR
07:23 SINGERS, BUT THAT'S WHY YOU CAN TAKE SOME -- AND THEN HE NAMED A
07:27 FEW SINGERS, AND I WON'T DO IT, BECAUSE IT IS JUST OPINION, BUT
07:33 COUNTRY MUSIC SINGERS THAT I HAVE HEARD SINCE I WAS GROWING
07:38 UP, AND I KNEW THOSE FOLKS CAN'T SING.
07:42 AND HE SAID NO, BUT THEY KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE.
07:46 COMMUNICATION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ACTUALLY SINGING.
07:49 IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO GET THAT, BUT I UNDERSTAND IN MINISTRY,
07:53 SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE WHAT IS THE GREATEST DELIVERY.
07:57 LIKE MAYBE YOU'RE NOT THIS POWERFUL SPEAKER, BUT IT'S WHAT
08:01 YOU ARE CONVEYING, THE MESSAGE THAT IS REACHING PEOPLE IS WHAT
08:07 WE FOUND OUT, AND WE FOUND OUT YEARS AGO, MY UNCLE USED TO
08:15 SING -- ♪ LIFE IS LIKE A MOUNTAIN
08:20 RAILROAD ♪ AND WE INVITED UNCLE OWEN OUT,
08:25 AND HE SANG, ANDWE HAVE NEVER HAD SO MANY REQUESTS FOR A
08:29 SINGER -- ANYBODY WHO HAD BEEN ON 3ABN, WE THOUGHT WE HAD SOME
08:32 OF THE BEST SINGERS IN THE COUNTRY, BUT PEOPLE LOVED HIM
08:38 BECAUSE HE WAS HONEST, GENUINE, SINCERE, AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET
08:44 THE MESSAGE FROM HERE TO HERE. AND I THINK HE ENDED UP
08:48 RECORDING 22 SONGS. OUR MOST REQUESTED DURING
08:53 PROGRAMS. SO IT TELLS YOU THE WORK WE'RE
08:55 IN, IT'S NOT ABOUT US, AND IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW GREAT -- AND WE'RE
09:00 THANKFUL THAT TIM PARTON -- GOD HAS BLESSED YOU TREMENDOUSLY,
09:04 BUT WHAT YOU ALSO HAVE, TIM IS AN ANOINTING.
09:07 SO THAT ANOINTING ALONG WITH BEING A GREAT MUSICIAN IS AN
09:11 AMAZING GIFT, AND INSTRUMENT GOD CAN USE, SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE
09:15 HAVE ASKED YOU TO JOIN OUR TEAM AND WE HAVE ASKED YOU TO START A
09:20 NEW NETWORK, SO I WAN YOU TO SPEND JUST A FEW MINUTES AND
09:24 TELL US ABOUT THE NETWORK, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SHOW A
09:30 LITTLE CLIP THAT YOU HAVE DONE. >> RIGHT.
09:33 I WAS TOTALLY EXCITED AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE WHEN YOU ASKED ME TO
09:37 TAKE ON THE POSITION OF GENERAL MANAGER OF THE MUSIC CHANNEL, I
09:42 HAVE NOT -- CONSIDER MYSELF A GENERAL MANAGER MATERIAL,
09:47 GENERALLY UNABLE TO MANAGE MY OWN LIFE, BUT GOD HAS SAYS OF
09:52 PUTTING YOU PLACES AND PREPARING YOU FOR THINGS YOU DIDN'T EVEN
09:56 KNOW HE WAS PREPARING YOU FOR AND IT SNEAKS ON YOU IN THT
10:03 WAY, BUT I AM PRIVILEGED TO BE CREATING CONTENT.
10:07 I HAVE MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS OVER THE YEARS IN MUSIC, SO
10:11 I'M -- NOW I'M LOOKING - DEPENDING ON THOSE
10:14 FRIENDSHIPS TO CREATE MUSIC AND -- AND CONTENT FOR THIS
10:19 MUSIC CHANNEL, PRAISE HIM MUSIC. I AM LOOK FORWARD TO A PROGRAM
10:23 THAT I'M GOING TO RELY ON THE AUDIENCE, THE -- THE -- TO
10:29 PARTICIPATE IN REQUESTING SONGS. WE HAVE HAD AN AD, JILL AND GREG
10:35 WERE ON THAT COMMERCIAL, AND SO I LOVE -- I LOVE JUST -- YOU
10:40 KNOW, REALLY THE -- MY FAVORITE PART OF BEING HERE IS GETTING TO
10:44 KNOW YOU, GETTING TO KNOW EACH OF YOU, AND YOU'RE -- EVERYTHING
10:48 THAT YOU DO TO -- TO BRING GLORY TO GOD AND THE WAY WE CAN WORK
10:52 TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. THAT'S MY FAVORITE THING,
10:56 BECAUSE AS I HAVE TRAVELED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BASICALLY
11:00 HAVE DONE ONE NIGHT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN ONE-NIGHT CONCERTS -- WE
11:05 CALL THEM ONE NIGHT STANDS, BUT YOU GET TO KNOW PEOPLE ABOUT
11:09 THAT DEEP. >> RIGHT.
11:11 >> RIGHT. >> BUT HERE I HAVE GOTTEN TO
11:14 KNOW ALL OF YOU AND SEE YOU UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES,
11:18 AND THAT HAS BEEN GREAT. I SEE WHERE YOU ARE HAPPY, SAD,
11:24 FRUSTRATED, AND I SEE JESUS IN EVERY SITUATION, BECAUSE THAT'S
11:27 THE WAY YOU ALL HAVE GROWN IN YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD.
11:31 HE HAS TAUGHT US ALL HOW TO DEAL-pIN THOSE SITUATIONS. SO BACK TO THE REQUEST PROGRAM,
11:35 I AM -- WE STARTED -- WE DID A LITTLE 15-MINUTE KIND OF SAMPLE.
11:40 YOU MAY CALL IT A PILOT O HOW THE PROGRAM IS GOING TO GO.
11:44 I SENT OUT REQUESTS -- PEOPLE RATHER, SEND IN THEIR REQUESTS,
11:49 AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY THE REQUESTS
11:53 THAT HAVE COME IN, AND SOME SONGS THAT I DON'T KNOW, WHICH
11:57 I'M CONSIDERING A CHALLENGE TO LEARN THEM, SOME SONGS THEY
12:01 KNOW, SOME SONGS I KNOW THE HISTORY BEHIND, SO I'M EXCITED
12:06 TO BE PRESENTING THIS PROGRAM. >> WONDERFUL.
12:08 >> AND I HAVE COME TO THE -- THE SITUATION OF FINE -- FINDING A
12:15 TITLE FOR THIS PROGRAM. AND THAT'S WHERE I'M STUMPED.
12:18 >> HUH OH. >> SO AS WE SENT OUT THE PLEA
12:22 FOR REQUESTS FOR PEOPLE TO SEND IN THEIR SONG REQUEST --
12:24 >> OKAY. >> -- NOW I'M ASKING FOR THE
12:27 VIEWING AUDIENCE TO GIVE ME IDEAS FOR THE TITLE OF THIS
12:32 PROGRAM. >> OKAY.
12:33 >> SO -- >> SO HOW DOES THE PROGRAM WORK?
12:37 DO PEOPLE EMAIL YOU FOR -- WITH THEIR REQUESTS OR?
12:40 >> RIGHT. >> AND IT'S SONGS THAT MEAN
12:42 SOMETHING TO THEM? >> YEAH.
12:44 >> ABSOLUTELY. THEY CAN -- THEY CAN EMAIL IT.
12:49 I THINK THEY CAN EVEN CALL THE HEADQUARTERS HERE AND THAT
12:53 INFORMATION WILL COME UP ON THE SCREEN.
12:55 IT DOES -- DURING THE COMMERCIAL.
12:58 BUT YOU CAN ALSO GO ON FACEBOOK, 3ABN, THE FACEBOOK PAGE AND
13:05 ENTER YOUR REQUEST -- >> OR OLD FASHIONED SNAIL MAIL.
13:11 >> YEAH. SONGS YOU GREW UP SINGING IN
13:14 CHURCH OR YOU REMEMBER YOUR PARENTS SINGING TO YOU, OR
13:17 SOMETHING YOU HEARD ON THE RADIO.
13:19 I HAVE HAD SEVERAL REQUESTS OF NEWER SONGS.
13:23 SONGS THAT MINISTER TO YOU THE PURPOSE IS NOT TO HEAR ME
13:26 PLAY IT OR SING IT, BUT IT'S FOR ME TO PLAY -- WE'RE GOING TO
13:30 HAVE THE WORDS ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN SO PEOPLE CAN SING
13:35 ALONG. >> OH, NICE.
13:36 >> I REMEMBER AROUND OUR PIANO --
13:39 >> SORRY. >> GO AHEAD.
13:41 >> WHEN MY FAMILY SANG, AND WE WOULD RATHER AROUND THE PIANO TO
13:45 SING AT HOME. WE WOULD HAVE FRIENDS OVER, THAT
13:49 WAS A BIG PART OF GROWING UP AND LEARNING THE HYMNS AND SONGS OF
13:53 THE DAY. >> ABSOLUTELY.
13:54 WELL, I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING THE VIDEO, HOW ABOUT YOU?
13:58 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> WHY DON'T WE WATCH THE VIDEO.
14:00 ♪
14:09 ♪ I HEARD AN OLD, OLD STORY ♪ ♪ HOW A SAVIOR CAME FROM GLORY ♪
14:16 ♪ HOW HE GAVE HIS LIFE ON CAVALRY TO SAVE A WRETCH LIKE
14:23 ME ♪ ♪ I HEARD ABOUT HIS
14:27 [ INAUDIBLE ] ♪ ♪ OF HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD RUN
14:31 [ INAUDIBLE ] ♪ ♪ AND I PENTED OF MY SIN, AND
14:37 WON THE VICTORY ♪ ♪ OH, VICTORY IN JESUS ♪
14:44 ♪ MY SAVIOR FOREVER ♪ ♪ HE SOUGHT ME AND BOUGHT ME
14:51 WITH HIS REDEEMING BLOOD ♪ ♪ HE LOVED THE AIR I BLEW HIM,
15:00 AND ALL OF MY LOVE IS DUE HIM ♪ ♪ HE PLUNGED ME TO VICTORY
15:08 BENEATH THE CLEANSING FLOOD ♪ ♪ I HEARD ABOUT HIS HEALING, OF
15:15 HIS CLEANSING POWER REVEALING ♪ ♪ HOW HE MADE THE NAME TO WALK
15:21 AGAIN, AND CAUSED THE BLIND TO SEE ♪
15:25 ♪ AND THEN I CRIED DEAR JESUS ♪ ♪ COME AND HEAL MY BROKEN
15:33 SPIRIT ♪ ♪ AND SOMEHOW JESUS CAME AND
15:37 BROUGHT TO ME THE VICTORY ♪ ♪ OH, VICTORY ♪
15:43 ♪ IN JESUS ♪ ♪ MY SAVIOR FOREVER ♪
15:49 ♪ HE SOUGHT HE AND HE BOUGHT ME WITH HIS REDEEMING BLOOD ♪
15:56 ♪ HE LOVED THE AIR I BLEW HIM ♪ ♪ AND ALL MY LOVE IS DUE HIM ♪
16:05 ♪ HE PLUNGED ME TO VICTORY ♪ ♪ BENEATH THE CLEANSING FLOOD ♪
16:13 >> I HOPE YOU ARE SINGING ALONG AT HOME.
16:17 SING IT OUT LOUD. ♪
16:20 ♪ I HEARD ABOUT A MANSION ♪ ♪ HE HAS BUILT FOR ME IN GLORY ♪
16:27 ♪ AND I HEARD ABOUT THSE STREETS OF GOLD BEYOND THE
16:35 CRYSTAL SEA ♪ ♪ ABOUT THE ANGELS SINGING ♪
16:39 ♪ AND THE OLD REDEMPTION STORY ♪ ♪ AND SOME SWEET DAY I'M GOING
16:45 TO SEE HIM UP THERE, THE SONG OF VICTORY ♪
16:50 ♪ OH, VICTORY IN JESUS ♪ ♪ MY SAVIOR FOREVER ♪
16:58 ♪ HE SOUGHT ME AND BOUGHT ME WITH HIS REDEEMING BLOOD ♪
17:02 ♪ ♪ HE LOVED I KNEW HIM ♪
17:10 ♪ AND ALL MY LOVE IS DUE HIM ♪ ♪ HE PLUNGED ME TO VICTORY ♪
17:18 ♪ BENEATH THE CLEANSING FLOOD ♪
17:30 >> AMEN! YES, WE HAVE VICTORY IN JESUS.
17:33 AND THAT SONG WAS REQUESTED BY ANDREW IN NEW HAZELTON BRITISH
17:41 COLUMBIA. THAT WAS MY VERY FIRST REQUEST.
17:43 ANDREW I THANK YOU. I HOPE YOU ARE WATCHING.
17:47 YOU ALSO REQUESTED . . . ♪
18:01 >> THE WEDDING SONG BY FREDERICK MENDELSON FROM GERMANY, I THINK
18:06 IS WHAT YOU SAID. SO I HAD TO MAKE SURE I GOT THE
18:09 RIGHT ONE. SO THANKS FOR THE REQUEST, AND
18:11 THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU WHO SENT REQUESTS, AND WHAT A THRILL
18:14 TO WATCH THE SONGS AND WATCH EVEN MORE, THE PLACES FROM
18:19 AROUND THE WORLD THAT I RECEIVED REQUESTS FROM.
18:23 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
18:24 THANK YOU, AND CONTINUE TO SEND IN THOSE REQUESTS.
18:28 THAT SONG "VICTORY IN JESUS," THAT WE SANG WAS WRITTEN IN 1939
18:36 BY EUGENE BARTLETT. HE HAD AROUND THAT TIME -- HAD A-STROKE, AND IN THE LAST TWO
18:44 YEARS OF HIS LIFE, IT IS SAI HE WROTE THAT SONG WHEN HE WAS
18:48 UNABLE TO REALLY DO ANYTHING THAT HE HAD BEEN ABLE TO DO
18:51 PRIOR TO THAT. HE WAS A BUSINESSMAN AND A MUSIC
18:54 TEACHER. HE WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO
18:56 PERFORM, AND YET HE HAD VICTORY IN JESUS.
18:59 SO THAT'S A GREAT MESSAGE TO EACH ONE OF US, NO MATTER WHAT
19:03 YOU ARE GOING THROUGH INLIFE, GOD GIVES US THE VICTORY,
19:08 BECAUSE WE ARE OVERCOMERS IN CHRIST.
19:18 TAKISHA SENT IN A QUESTION OF A GREAT SONG WRTTEN BY A GREAT
19:22 FRIEND OF MINE. RODNEY GRIFFIN WROTE A SONG
19:26 CALLED "GOD WANTS TO HEAR YOU SING".
19:30 AND ACTS TALKS ABOUT PAUL AND SIGH LUS BEING IN PRISON.
19:34 BUT AT ABOUT MIDNIGHT AS PAUL AND SILAS WERE SINGING, HYMNS OF
19:39 PRAISE TO GOD, AND THE PRISONERS WERE LISTENING TO THEM -- AND IN
19:44 VERSE 26, IT SAYS EVERYONE'S SHACKLES WERE UNFASTENED.
19:51 THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE THAT HAPPENED, AND I JUST MAKE THAT
19:55 DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN THE FACT THAT THEY WERE SINGING
19:59 HYMNS OF PRAISE TO GOD. AND IT WASN'T THE EARTHQUAKE
20:03 THAT CAUSED THE CHAINS TO BE LOOSENED, I DON'T THINK.
20:07 I BELIEVE AND I TRUST THAT IT WAS MY GOD.
20:10 GOD DID IT. I WILL GIVE HIM THE GLORY FOR
20:13 THAT. SO NOW IF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH
20:17 ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU ARE BOUND BY, I KNW FOR
20:23 SURE -- BECAUSE IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME -- THAT WHEN WE SING
20:28 PRAISE TO GOD, THINGS ARE CHANGED, CHAINS ARE BROKEN.
20:35 HEARTS ARE MENDED. LISTEN TO THIS SONG, "GOD WANTS
20:42 TO HEAR YOU SING." ♪ THEIR CHAINS WERE FASTENED
20:50 TIGHT DOWN AT THE JAIL THAT NIGHT ♪
20:54 ♪ STILL PAUL AND SILAS WOULD NOT BE DISMAYED ♪
20:58 ♪ THEY SAID IT'S TIME TO LIFT OUR VOICE ♪
21:04 ♪ SING PRAISES TO THE LORD ♪ ♪ LET'S PROVE THAT WE WILL TRUST
21:11 HIM COME WHAT MAY ♪ ♪ GOD WANTS TO HEAR YOU SING ♪
21:20 ♪ WHEN THE WAVES ARE CRASHING AROUND YOU ♪
21:26 WHEN THE FIERY DARTS SURROUND YOU ♪
21:29 ♪ WHEN DESPAIR IS ALL YOU SEA ♪ ♪ GOD WANTS TO HEAR YOUR VOICE ♪
21:34 ♪ WHEN THE WISEST MAN HAS SPOKEN ♪
21:38 ♪ AND SAID YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE IS AS HOPELESS AS CAN BE ♪
21:46 ♪ THAT'S WHEN GOD WANTS TO HEAR YOU SING ♪
21:57 ♪ GOD LOVES TO HEAR OUR PRAISE ♪ ♪ ON OUR CHEERFUL DAYS ♪
22:05 ♪ WHEN THE PLEASANT TIMES OUTWEIGH THE BAD BY FAR ♪
22:12 ♪ BUT WHEN SUFFERING COMES ALONG ♪
22:16 ♪ AND WE STILL SING HIM SONGS ♪ ♪ THAT IS WHEN WE BLESS OUR
22:28 FATHER'S HEART ♪ ♪ GOD WANTS TO HEAR YOU SING ♪
22:32 ♪ WHEN THE WAVES ARE CRASHING ROUND YOU ♪
22:37 ♪ WHEN THE FIERY DARTS SURROUND YOU ♪
22:41 WHEN DESPAIR IS ALL YOU SEE ♪ ♪ GOD WANTS TO HEAR YOUR VOICE
22:46 WHEN THE WISEST MAN HAS SPOKEN ♪ ♪ AND SAID YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE IS
22:55 AS HOPEFUL AS CAN BE ♪ ♪ THAT'S WHEN GOD WANTS TO HEAR
23:02 YOU SING ♪ ♪ THAT'S WHEN GOD WANTS TO HEAR
23:12 YOU SING ♪
23:29 >> THAT'S RIGHT. HERE ARE SOME SONGS THAT I THINK
23:31 YOU WILL KNOW, AND THE LYRICS ARE GOING TO BE ON THE SCREEN,
23:36 SO YOU FEEL FREE TO SING ALONG. I'LL PLAY FOR YOU.
23:40 YOU SING FOR ME. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT
23:43 TIME. ♪
24:48 ♪
25:53 >> I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM DANE WHO LIVES IN EASTERN KENYA.
25:59 HE WANTS TO HEAR THIS SONG. SING ALONG.
26:02 ♪
27:27 >> SING THAT COURSE AGAIN. ♪
27:30 BLESSED JESUS, BLESSED JESUS ♪ ♪ THOU HAS BROUGHT US THINE WE
27:38 ARE ♪ ♪ BLESSED JESUS, BLESSED JESUS ♪
27:45 ♪ THOU HAS BROUGHT US THINE WE ARE ♪
28:04 ♪
28:15 >> AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE SAID -- >> AMEN.
28:18 >> AMEN. >> GOOD JOB TIM.
28:20 THAT'S GOING TO BE FUN. >> IT IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF
28:24 FUN. AS I MENTIONED IN THAT PROGRAM
28:26 THAT LAST SONG, A GENTLEMEN FROM KENYA WROTE IN.
28:30 SO I JUST -- I LOVE TO SEE THE FACT THIS -- THIS AFFIRMS THAT
28:34 THIS IS A WORLDWIDE NETWORK, AND IT JUST -- I LOVE THE FACT THAT
28:39 PEOPLE SING THE SAME SONGS ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
28:42 >> AMEN. >> WE ARE TRULY FAMILY.
28:44 >> YES. >> AND SO I -- I WANT PEOPLE TO
28:47 KNOW IF THERE IS SOMEBODY ELSE WATCHING IN KENYA, AND THEY ARE
28:51 WATCHING TV, AND THEY SEE THAT SONG, THEY KNOW SOMEBODY ELSE IN
28:55 KENYA IS SINGING IT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO FORM
28:58 COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD WHERE WE GET TOGETHER AND SING
29:01 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS
29:04 EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU MIGHT PUT SOMEBODY ON SKYPE TO LET THEM
29:08 SING THE SONG THEY REQUESTED. >> THAT IS MY HOPE.
29:11 >> MAYBE IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. THAT WOULD REALLY BE NEAT.
29:14 >> THAT WOULD BE. >> GREAT POSSIBILITY.
29:18 SO THANK YOU FOR THE VISION AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING, AND LET
29:21 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE. >> I LIKE THAT TOO, BECAUSE
29:24 REALLY IT'S LIKE YOU ARE SITTING IN YOUR LIVING ROOM.
29:27 WE'RE WORKING ON A SET FOR YOU, WHICH IS EXCITING, AND REALLY,
29:30 YOU ARE COLLECTING SONGS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE IT ON THE
29:34 CALENDAR TO START RECORDING SOME OF THESE SONGS SHORTLY.
29:37 SO YOU ARE READY FOR REQUESTS TO COME IN.
29:40 >> ABSOLUTELY. AND HE SAID SING IT WITH ME, YOU
29:44 KNOW HOW MANY OF US WOULD LIKE TIM TO ACCOMPANY US.
29:50 [ LAUGHTER ] >> A REALLY INEXPENSIVE WAY --
29:51 >> YOU DON'T WANT TO HIRE HIM. [ LAUGHTER ]
29:53 >> BUT THIS IS A FREEWAY TO DO IT.
29:56 ENJOY IT. AND MAYBE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN
29:59 RECORDER AT HOME -- >> THERE YOU GO.
30:02 THERE YOU GO. >> I WAS THINKING WHEN TIM
30:05 PARTON WAS ACCOMPANYING ME, WHICH COULD BE TRUE.
30:10 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> ABSOLUTELY.
30:14 AND YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF NEW PROGRAMS AND THINGS FOR THE
30:18 PRAISE HIM MUSIC CHANNEL. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
30:20 >> SO AS IT GROWS, WE'LL KEEP PEOPLE UP ON THAT.
30:25 THANK YOU FOR YOU ARE DOING? >> THANK YOU.
30:29 >> YVONNE WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? >> I JUST THINK IT'S PHENOMENAL.
30:35 TIM BRINGS SUCH A WONDERFUL SPIRIT TO 3ABN.
30:38 AND HE IS SO HUMBLE. WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET
30:43 WITH TIM. IT'S REALLY, REAL.
30:46 AND SO IT'S JUST A BLESSING -- HIS GIFT -- HIS
30:48 GIFTS ARE JUST INCREDIBLE. SO WE'RE JUST SO HAPPY THAT YOU
30:52 ARE HERE, AND THEN BRINGING SOME NEW KIND OF FLAVOR TO THE
30:57 NETWORK IS ALSO GOOD. HAVING PEOPLE CALL IN AND SING
31:01 AND ALL OF THAT. THAT'S GREAT.
31:02 I LOVE IT. >> I THINK ABOUT, YEARS AGO, I
31:06 HAD A FRIEND, AND HE BELONGED -- IT WAS A DIFFERENT
31:08 CHURCH THAN OURS, AND I KNOW GOD HAS PEOPLE IN ALL CHURCHES, BUT
31:13 THIS PARTICULAR CHURCH JUST SAID NAME IT, CLAIM IT.
31:16 SO THE YOUNG MAN GREW UP WITH MY OELSD BROTHER, TOMMY.
31:22 AND TOMMY PLAYED MUSIC EVER SINCE HE WAS A CHILD.
31:27 HE JOINED THIS CHURCH AND BOUGHT AN ORGAN, AND HAD IT FOUGHT HIS
31:32 HOUSE, SO HE TOLD MY BROTHER AND ME, I'M GOING TO BE
31:36 PLAYING -- YOU KNOW, SHORTLY, I'M GOING TO BE PLAYING FOR
31:40 CHURCH. AND SO I SAID WELL I DON'T KNOW
31:43 YOU TAKE PIANO LESSONS? NO, I NEVER PLAYED BEFORE?
31:47 SO I SAID ARE YOU PRACTICING? HE SAID NO.
31:50 I SAID HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PLAY FOR CHURCH IN HE SAID EVERY DAY
31:54 WHEN I GET HOME FROM WORK, I SIT DOWN TO THE ORGAN, AND I SAID
32:01 LORD, I WANT THE SAME GIFT THAT TOMMY HAS.
32:04 AND I'M GOING TO CLAIM IT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE IT TO ME.
32:09 WELL HIS FATHER WAS A GUITAR PLAYER THAT ACTUALLY PLAYED WITH
32:13 MY DAD YEARS AGO IN COUNTRY MUSIC, IN THE LATE 40S AND 50S,
32:17 SO HE SAID -- HE SAID I KNOW MUSIC.
32:20 AND HE HIT IT. AND I SAID, WELL, NOT TODAY.
32:24 AND HE SAID THE NEXT DAY I PRAY RIGHT BEFORE I SAT DOWN, AND HE
32:31 SAID I WANT THAT SAME GIFT. AND I REMEMBER TELLING MY
32:35 BROTHER THAT, AND HE SAID I'M THINKINGLY BE UPSET IF THAT
32:40 WORKS. [ LAUGHTER ]
32:41 >> A LOT OF THINGS I'M GOING TO BE UPSET ABOUT --
32:46 >> SADLY ENOUGH HE JUST -- TWO OR THREE YEARS OR SO AGO,
32:49 HE -- HE IS RESTING IN JESUS. HE PASSED ON AS WE SAY.
32:54 HE NEVER DID PLAY. HE HAD THE ORGAN PROBABLY 20
32:58 YEARS, AND NEVER DID TAKE LESSONS, BUT HE KEPT ALWAYS
33:02 THINKING, I'M GOING TO PLAY. SO WHEN JESUS COMES AND THERE'S
33:09 ORGANS IN HEAVEN, I BET HE CAN PLAY THEN.
33:15 BUT WE DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY WHAT YOU DO.
33:17 IT IS AMAZING AND IT IS A GIFT. BUT ALL OF US HAVE GIFTS.
33:22 >> THAT'S RIGHT. .
33:23 >> YOU HAVE GIFTS, BUT IT'S US TO US TO -- IF I CAN USE THE
33:28 TERM -- HONE IN ON THESE GIFTS. WHETHER IT'S SPEAKING OR
33:33 SINGING. MAYBE IT'S JUST THE GIFT OF
33:36 HOSPITALITY TO THOSE AROUND YOU. IT'S THE GIFT OF CARING FOR
33:40 OTHERS. WHATEVER IT IS, THE MORE YOU DO
33:43 IT, THE MORE GOD WILL BLESS IT. A LOT OF FOLKS SAY I DON'T HAVE
33:48 ANY GIFTS. WE ALL HAVE GIFTS.
33:50 SOMETIMES IT'S A WHAT COMES TO YOU NATURALLY -- LIKE WHEN I WAS
33:54 A KID, I HAD THREE OLDER BROTHERS, THEY WERE MAD AT ME,
33:59 BECAUSE THEY SAID, MOM, DAD, MAKE HIM SHUT UP.
34:03 HE TALKS ALL THE TIME. HE DOESN'T QUIT TALKING.
34:06 SO I WOULD SING ALL THE TIME. AND MY BROTHERS WOULD SAY, DAD,
34:10 MAKE HIM BE QUIET. HE WOULD SAY, BOYS AS LONG AS HE
34:14 IS SINGING, HE IS FINE. IF HE IS CRYING OR SOMETHING,
34:20 I'LL STOP HIM. BUT WHEN HE'S SINGING JUST LEAVE
34:24 HIM ALONE.-BUT I WAS SOMETHING I ENJOYED DOING, WAS TALKING, AND YEARS
34:31 LATER, I WAS SPEAKING AT ONE OF THE CHURCHES, AND WHEN THE
34:35 SERVICE WAS OVER -- I WAS PROBABLY IN MY LATE 30S OR SO,
34:38 THE SERVICE WAS OVER, AND A PERSON CAME UP AND SAID TO MY
34:43 BROTHER RONNIE, WOW, IS THIS THE FIRST TIME -- HE SAID THIS IS
34:48 THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HEARD HIM SPEAK PUBLICLY.
34:50 THEY SAID ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT YOUR BROTHER CAN SPEAK LIKE
34:54 THAT? AND HE SAID, NO, I HAVE -- MY
34:58 BROTHER RONNIE IS STRAIGHT TO THE POINT.
35:00 HE SAID I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN HE CAN TALK, BUT FINALLY ALL OF
35:05 THAT HOT AIR HAS TURNED INTO SOMETHING GOOD.
35:08 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND HE SAID WHEN HE WAS A KID
35:11 HE TALKED ALL THE TIME. HE SAID IT IS FINALLY -- AFTER
35:15 ALL OF THESE YEARS, I SEE THAT GOD HAS USED IT.
35:20 SO WHEN GOD TAKES YOUR GIFT, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, IT CAN TURN
35:25 INTO SOMETHING GOOD FOR HIS NONE HONOR AND GLORY.
35:28 SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TIM, FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
35:32 I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS AT HOME FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF 3ABN.
35:38 FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING MORE MONEY
35:42 THAN WE HAVE BEEN TAKING IN. AND AS EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT IS
35:46 NOT GOOD, BUT THE LORD HAS BLESSED AND WE ENDED UP THIS
35:51 YEAR IN VERY GOOD SHAPE. BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE
35:54 MAKING SO MANY CUTS LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, TO GET REALLY AN
35:59 BALANCED BUDGET, SO GOD HAS REALLY BLESSED THAT, AND WE MADE
36:02 A LOT OF CUTS AND -- FROM PERSONNEL TO NEWS LETTERS TO YOU
36:09 NAME IT TO WHAT YOU CAN DO, SO SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE
36:13 OUR OUTREACH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE MINISTRY AND SEE
36:17 WHAT KIND OF CUTS QUESTION MAKE. BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MONEY.
36:21 ONE OF THE THINGS WE CUT, SHELLEY, WAS THE NEWSLETTER.
36:25 >> YES. OR THE MAGAZINE.
36:27 >> I'M SORRY THE MAGAZINE. THE WORLD MAGAZINE, AND MADE IT
36:31 SOMETHING MUCH SMALLER, BUT THINK I YOU CAN STILL GO ONLINE
36:35 AND GET QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION THAT YOU MIGHT NOT
36:38 GET IN THE NEW -- WHAT DO WE CALL THE NEWS LETTER? IT'S NOT
36:44 WORLD MAGAZINE ANYMORE? >> THE NEW NEWSLETTER FOR NOW.
36:51 >> OKAY. THE NEW NEWSLETTER.
36:58 AND PEOPLE HAVE SAID WE REALLY MISS THAT.
37:00 BUT THE SAVINGS BETWEEN THIS -- I DON'T KNOW HOW THICK
37:03 IT WAS, UP TO 60 PAGES OR WHAT HAVE YOU DOWN TO THE 10 OR 12
37:08 PAGES IS SAVING US, GET THIS, OVER $25,000 A MONTH.
37:13 >> YEAH. >> $25,000 A MONTH.
37:15 AND A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT IS NOT THERE, YOU CAN GO ON OUR
37:22 3ABN WEBSITE AND GET A LOT OF THE INFORMATION.
37:26 BUT IT IS SAVING US $25,000 A MONTH.
37:29 THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL OF THE LABOR THAT IT TAKES TO HAND IT,
37:34 MAIL IT OUT, TO DO ALL OF THIS. SO WE ARE SAID IN SENDING IT TO
37:39 THE CHOIR, SO TO SPEAK, WE'RE SENDING YOU THE PERMANENT FACTS,
37:44 UPDATES -- IT'S STILL A GOOD NEWSLETTER.
37:46 >> LET'S NAUGHT UP ON THE SCREEN.
37:49 IT'S A GOOD-LOOKING NEWSLETTER. >> YES.
37:52 >> THAT'S THE END OF THE YEAR ONE RIGHT THERE.
37:55 BUT IT'S THE COLORS, THE PICTURES, FULL COLOR, GREAT
37:59 ARTICLES, SHORT CONCISE, YOU CAN READ IT ALL IN ONE SITTING.
38:03 IT'S REALLY WELL DONE. >> ABSOLUTELY.
38:05 SO WE'RE JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE KNOW
38:10 HOW TO DO TO CUT COSTS, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CUT
38:14 EVANGELISM, BECAUSE THAT HAS TO BE FOREMOST.
38:16 AND THAT'S OUR MISSION, IS TO TAKE THE UNDILUTED 3 AN INGEELS
38:24 MESSAGE AND ONE THAT WOULD COUNTER ACT IN ALL OF THE WORLD.
38:27 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF
38:32 THIS MINISTRY. AND THE BLESSING IS ON THE GO!
38:37 SHELLEY HAS BEEN SUCH A GREAT HELP TO THIS MINISTRY.
38:40 TELL US ABOUT THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
38:43 >> WE HAVE 3,135 WHO ARE RECEIVING THE MONTHLY TOOLS --
38:48 >> OKAY. >> WOW.
38:50 >> -- AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER 148 WHO HAVE DESIGNATE SAYING WE
38:55 WANT OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO GO FULLY TOWARDS WORLD EVANGELISM.
39:01 SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 3,583 -BLESSING IS ON THE GO! MEMBERS. AND WE CALL THEM OUR GO
39:11 EVANGELISM TEAM. AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO
39:13 MUCH. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT -- YOU
39:15 HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE, BUT WHEN DANNY FIRST CAME IN AND
39:19 SAID THE LORD IMPRESSED HIM TO DO THIS, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT
39:23 IMMEDIATELY -- I KNEW THAT THIS WAS FROM GOD.
39:25 AND I KNEW THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT GOD WAS TRYING TO
39:29 GET HIS PEOPLE, HIS IN-TIME PEOPLE OUT OF THE PEWS AND TO
39:35 GET TO THINKING MORE ABOUT REACHING OUT.
39:37 WE NEVER WANT CHURCH TO BE A SOCIAL AFFAIR.
39:40 WE GO TO CHURCH TO WORSHIP THE LORD, BUT ITS NOT JUST A SOCIAL-AFFAIR.
39:46 GOD WANTS HIS PEOPLE TO REACH OUT TO OVER -- OTHERS, AND TO
39:54 SHARE THE GOOD NEWS. IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE GO
40:05 EVANGELISM PROGRAM, GO TO OUR WEBSITE, AND YOU CAN CLICK ON
40:10 THE BANNER, AND YOU CAN SAY, YES, I DEFINITELY WANT TO
40:19 RECEIVE THE ONE A MONTH ASSISTANCE OR IF YOU JUST WANT
40:28 TO DONATE TO THE WORLD EVANGELISM, YOU CAN JUST BECOME
40:34 A GO EVANGELISTIC TEAM MEMBER BY SAYING YES, I WANT TO GIVE A
40:40 RECURRING MONTHLY DONATION. AND I THINK -- ALMOST ALL OF OUR
40:44 EMPLOYEES, I BELIEVE, HERE, ARE ALSO -- WE ALL ARE GIVING TO
40:51 THIS. WE'RE TEAM MEMBERS.
40:52 BUT YOU CAN GO ON THE WEBSITE. GIVE US YOUR INFORMATION, AND IF
40:56 YOU WANT THOSE MONTHLY TOOLS, WE'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING THAT
40:59 YOU ARE SHARE WITH PEOPLE IN YOUR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE OR EVEN
41:02 JUST STRANGERS, BUT THIS IS A WAY THAT YOU CAN BECOME INVOLVED
41:07 OR SIMPLY SUPPORT WORLD EVANGELISM AROUND THE -- AROUND
41:13 THE WORLD. [ LAUGHTER ]
41:14 >> AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE PEOPLE SAY I DON'T THINK
41:17 MY $10 OR $50 A MONTH HELPS. IT REALLY DOES.
41:22 THIS IS WHAT MAINTAINS US. THE BIGGER GIFTS LIKE THIS YEAR,
41:26 TOWARDS THEN OF THE YEAR, IS AMAZING -- PEOPLE STEPPED UP TO
41:30 THE PLATE TO BRING 3ABN, SO WE GOT OVER THE HUMP, AS WE SAY,
41:36 BUT THOSE BIG GIFTS ARE NOT CONSISTENT.
41:43 SO ALL OF THAT COMES IN, AND IT'S ALL INCOME, AND IT'S
41:47 WONDERFUL, AND SPEAKING OF THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH TOO FOR THOSE
41:50 OF YOU THAT CONTACT BROTHER ROY HUNT AND -- AS FAR AS THE
41:55 DEPARTMENT OF WILLS AND TRUSTS, BUT CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITIES,
42:00 ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE SUCH A BLESSING TO 3ABN, SO DON'T
42:04 HESITATE TO CALL AND TALK TO ROY AND EARLINE, AND I KNOW THEY CAN
42:09 HELP YOU. BUT THE BLESSING ON THE GO, THE
42:13 MEMBERS THAT ARE GIVING THE $20, $50, HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH,
42:17 THAT REALLY SUSTAINS US AND KEEPS US GOING.
42:21 WE COUNT ON THAT. AND THE OTHERS REALLY HELP US
42:25 CONTINUE TO GROW. AFTER 32 YEARS WE HAVE NO
42:29 INTENTIONS OF BACKING AWAY, PULLING AWAY FROM EVANGELISM,
42:32 EVERY DOOR THAT OPENS, AND WE KNOW GOD OPENS IT, WE'RE GOING
42:37 TO GO THROUGH IT. PEOPLE SAY WHY ARE YOU DOING
42:41 THIS IF YOU ARE HAVING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS?
42:44 BECAUSE JESUS SAID GO. SO ANY DOOR THAT OPENS, AND WE
42:48 KNOW IT THAT'S LORD -- AND TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING, SO SOME
42:51 OF THE SATELLITES, WE'RE SAVING PROBABLY A HALF A MILLION, MAYBE
42:57 THREE-QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR, ON THE CUTS
43:01 BECAUSE WE CAN SWITCH FROM SATELLITES NOW TECHNOLOGY IS
43:04 CHANGING, AND THERE'S BETTER COMMUNICATION HIGHWAYS THAT YOU
43:07 STILL REACH A LOT OF PEOPLE. HE HAS GOT THE INTERNET, OF
43:12 COURSE, AND THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER WAYS, THAT IT'S AMAZING
43:16 WHAT GOD IS DOING. AND JUS YESTERDAY I SHOWED YOU
43:19 A VIDEO CAMERA. I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD IT, AND I
43:22 WAS SEARCHING IN THE BASEMENT AND I WAS GOING THROUGH SOME
43:26 THINGS, AND PICKED UP THIS CASE, AND IT WAS 1972 OR 3 ONE OF THE
43:33 FIRST TALKIES -- THEY CALLED IT A TALKY THAT WAS FOR HOME THAT I
43:38 BOUGHT IN WEST FRANKFORT, AND I BOUGHT IT WA MELODY WAS ONE OR
43:44 TWO YEARS OLD, AND I WANTED TO TAKE VIDEO OF HER, AND I HAVE
43:48 HER AND SOME OTHERS, AND THEY ARE JUST THREE, FOUR YEARS OLD.
43:52 BUT I'M LOOKING AT THAT TECHNOLOGY AND I THINK WHO CAN
43:56 BELIEVE HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED THAT RIGHT NOW FROM THAT POOR
44:00 QUALITY, ONLY ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, WE BOUGHT -- MAYBE A LITTLE
44:05 LONGER THAN THAT, I GUESS CLOSE TO 20 YEARS AGO, WE BOUGHT
44:10 CAMERAS THAT WERE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN ATLANTA.
44:13 THOSE CAMERAS WERE $160,000 APIECE, BUT BECAUSE THEY USED
44:18 THEM FOR THE OLYMPICS FOR A FEW WEEKS, WE GOT THEM FOR LIKE HALF
44:24 PRICE. THEY ARE TREMENDOUS CAMERAS.
44:26 NOW YOU CAN BUY CAMERAS FOR A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS --
44:32 >> YOU CAN THAT ARE 4K. >> WHICH ARE BETTER?
44:35 >> WHICH ARE BETTER QUALITY FOR A FEW HUNDRED BUCKS.
44:40 THE LENS MAY NOT BE AS GOOD. BUT YOU CAN GET LITTLE CAMERAS
44:47 FOR A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS. >> AND EVEN THE GO-PRO THINGS --
44:51 >> YEAH, WE'RE USING THE DRONES, AND JUST SO -- THESE ARE PLANS
44:55 AND THINGS WE'RE WANTING TO DO. YOU SEE TIM ON THE PIANO
45:00 PLAYING, AND WE HAVE CERTAIN CAMERAS.
45:03 ONE OF THE DIRECTORS SAID HEY, A GO PRO, THAT'S A SMALL CAMERA
45:09 ABOUT THIS BIG. AND RIGHT BY THE PIANO KEY THERE
45:13 IS A LITTLE LEDGE, AND WE SAID HEY, LET'S GET A GO PRO AND
45:19 WE'LL SHOOT ACROSS THE KEYS AND SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
45:25 BUT THAT ONLY COST A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS.
45:27 THAT'S THE AMAZING THING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY.
45:30 I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE NEWSLETTER, ALL OF THAT SAVING,
45:33 AND YOU GO ONLINE, IT'S A LOT CHEAPER FOR US TO PUT THOSE
45:37 ARTICLES ONLINE, AND THE NEAT THING ABOUT THAT IS, IS THAT NOW
45:43 WE CAN GO OUT AND MAYBE GET A VIDEO CLIP, AND YOU CAN SEE
45:46 THEIR PICTURE, CLICK ON IT ONLINE, AND YOU CAN SEE THEM,
45:52 HEAR A LITTLE INTERVIEW. WELL, YOU CAN'T DO THAT IN
45:56 PRINT. SO THERE'S OTHER BENEFITS TO IT.
45:58 YOU -- I'M TALKING TOO FAST -- OKAY.
46:01 LET ME JUST STOP HERE. I -- AS A KID -- I'M GOING TO
46:06 TELL ON MYSELF HERE. YOU MAY NOT KNOW BUT AS A CHILD
46:11 I TALK SOD MUCH. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED PARENTS
46:18 MET -- THEY HAD TWO CARS, AND THEY WERE DRIVING HOME, AND I
46:21 WAS WITH MY MOTHER, SMALL CHILD, AND I WAS TALKING SO MUCH, AND
46:26 SHE FLASHED THE LIGHTS AND SAID TO MY DAD, LET'S STOP THE CAR.
46:31 SHE HAD ME CHANGE FROM HER CAR TO MY DAD'S CAR, AND SHE SAID
46:37 GREGORY IS TALKING WAY TOO MUCH, I HAVE HAD ENOUGH.
46:40 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND THE STORY IS TOLD JABERED
46:43 THE WHOLE WAY HOME WITH MY DAD. >> GOOD, I'M NOT ALONE.
46:47 >> THERE YOU GO. [ LAUGHTER ]
46:49 >> OH, MY GOODNESS. DAY OR PRAYER -- IT'S THE YEAR
46:54 OF SACRIFICE. THIS IS THE YEAR OF SACRIFICE,
46:57 AND YOU THROUGH THAT OUT THERE TO US AS THE EMPLOYEES OF 3ABN,
47:01 AND -- AND -- AND -- AND DURING YOUR TALK -- YOU WERE TALKING
47:05 ABOUT IS 3ABN RELEVANT? GREAT QUESTION.
47:08 3ABN IS RELEVANT BECAUSE THE GOSPEL WILL ALWAYS BE RELEVANT.
47:12 >> AMEN. >> THE GOSPEL THAT WE SHARE.
47:16 TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO STAY
47:20 RELEVANT TOO, IS HOW WE'RE DELIVERING THIS MESSAGE, BECAUSE
47:23 SO MANY DOORS ARE OPENING UP VIA DIFFERENT TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY
47:26 AND THINGS, SO IT'S EXCITING TO BE HERE AT 3ABN.
47:30 >> IT IS. SO ALL OF THIS -- WE CAN USE
47:32 THESE LITERALLY TO CUT COSTS. >> WE CAN.
47:37 >> YOU ARE GETTING BETTER EQUIPMENT FOR LESS MONEY THAN WE
47:41 USED TO PAY. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
47:42 >> SO WE'RE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY BIT OF THIS, WHETHER IT'S
47:47 SATELLITE, VERSUS THE INTERNET, AUDIENCES HOW TO TARGET THE MOST
47:51 PEOPLE, AND EVERYTHING IS CHANGING, INCLUDING THE WAY
47:54 PEOPLE BUY. >> THAT'S TRUE.
47:55 >> THERE'S -- I MEAN, OUTLETS LIKE -- BUSINESSES LIKE SEARS,
48:02 AND MACY'S, A LOT OF THESE AROUND THE COUNTRY JCPENNEY,
48:11 SOME OF THOSE ARE LITERALLY -- AND MAYBE SOME OF
48:13 THE DILLARDS, AND LADIES THAT WOULD BE TERRIBLE FOR YOU --
48:20 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND ONE OF THE REASON IS
48:23 PEOPLE ARE BUYING MORE ONLINE. AND THESE STORES ARE SAYING WE
48:27 CAN SELL BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PRODUCTS AND NOT EVEN HAVE TO
48:31 HAVE THE STORES AND KEEP ALL OF THE UPKEEP, SO IT'S NOT LIKE
48:36 THEY ARE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS, IT'S THAT WE CAN DO IT SO MUCH
48:40 CHEAPER AND LET PEOPLE ORDER ONLINE, BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS
48:44 HAVE TIME TO RUN TO THE STORE OR WHATEVER WHAT HAVE YOU.
48:48 THERE ARE ALWAYS THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY ON.
48:51 I JUST AS SOON ORDER SOMETHING ONLINE AND NOT HAVE TO GO
48:56 SHOPPING. BUT I SAID ALL OF THAT TO SHOW
48:58 WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE ALL OF THE CUTS QUESTION.
49:01 BUT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO CONTINUE TO PRAY AND ASK THE LORD WHAT HE
49:06 WOULD HAVE YOU DO, AND I WANT TO BRING UP A SECOND ON THE
49:11 DONATION DEPARTMENT. WHAT IS THIS YOU HAVE IN YOUR
49:14 HAND? YEARS AGO WE STARTED THAT.
49:17 AND SO MAYBE YOU HAVE THINGS THAT ARE JUNK TO YOU, BUT MIGHT
49:20 BE WORTH TO SOMEONE ELSE, SO IF YOU CALL 3ABN DONATIONS, TIM,
49:25 YOU WOULD BE SHOCKED AT SOME OF THE STUFF THAT PEOPLE DONATE,
49:29 AND HOW MUCH MONEY THAT IT IS WORTH.
49:34 LIKE THESE DOLLS, I WOULDN'T DREAM THAT THEY BRING IN SO
49:40 MUCH, AND PEOPLE SEND BOXES OF THEM.
49:42 AND THEY GO ONLINE AND THEY SELL FOR HUNDREDS OR MORE DOLLARS
49:47 APIECE. AND IT'S LIKE YOU HAVE GOT TO BE
49:50 KIDDING ME. BUT ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
49:52 WE JUST HAD A BEAUTIFUL CAR SOMEONE SENT.
49:55 DID YOU SEE THAT CAR, A RED -- >> VIPER.
49:58 >> WHAT WAS IT? >> A DODGE VIPER.
50:02 >> A DODGE VIPER. AND WE HAD IT A WEEK OR TWO AND
50:07 IT SOLD LIKE THAT. WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE DONATE MOTOR
50:12 HOMES. SO SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE IN
50:14 YOUR HAND, CALL BRUCE OR TAMMY, AND SAY, HEY, I HAVE GOT
50:18 WHATEVER IT IS, WOULD THIS BE OF ANY VALUE TO YOU?
50:22 AND THEY GO ONLINE ONCE AGAIN, AND THAT'S WHERE IT'S HEADING.
50:25 >> IT SURE IS. AND 3ABN, AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO
50:30 BOTH RIGHT NOW. FOR SOME OF US IT'S HARDER, THE
50:34 OLDER FOLK TO GET ADJUSTED TO GOING ONLINE AND THE NEW
50:38 COMMUNICATIONS HIGHWAY, TIM. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT
50:42 YOU DO. AS WE START A NEW YEAR, YOU KNOW
50:46 WHAT HAPPENS PEOPLE REALLY GIVE AND SUPPORT AT THE END OF THE
50:50 YEAR, BUT JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, TO SUMMER, IT SEEMS LIKE
50:54 DONATION REALLY GO DOWN, BUT WE WANT TO CONTINUE.
50:57 WE WANT TO DO AN BALANCED BUDGET, AND I BELIEVE GOD IS
51:03 GOING TO ALLOW US TO DO IT, BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING TREMENDOUS
51:06 CUTS THIS YEAR. AND NOT SACRIFICING, THAT'S THE
51:10 BEAUTY OF IT, OUR AUDIENCE, AND NOT SACRIFICING TO BRING SOULS
51:15 TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. >> I BELIEVE THAT 3ABN IS THE
51:21 GREATEST EVANGELISTIC TOOL IN THE HANDS OF THE WORLD.
51:26 THE FIRST GC THAT WE WENT TO, AND LITTLE PEOPLE WERE COMING IN
51:30 THERE INDIA, AND ONE LITTLE LADY WAS GOING --
51:34 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT -- BUT BECAUSE -- YOU
51:36 KNOW, I THINK THAT GOD IS BEGINNING TO WAKE HIS PEOPLE UP
51:41 TO BECOME INVOLVED IN EVANGELISM, BUT SOME PEOPLE
51:44 THINK I CAN'T PREACH OR DO THIS OR THAT.
51:47 BUT WHEN YOU SUPPORT 3ABN, YOU ARE INVOLVED.
51:51 I MEAN IF THIS IS A GOD-BREED PARTNERSHIP, SO WE'RE SO VERY
51:57 THANKFUL TO YOU, AND WE MEAN THAT FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR
52:03 HEART, BY BECOMING A GO EVANGELISM MEMBER, YOU ARE GOING
52:12 24/7, PLACES WHERE YOU COULD NEVER REACH PEOPLE.
52:14 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BUT THEN YOU ALSO -- THE GOOD
52:17 THING ABOUT BEING A GO EVANGELISTIC TEAM MEMBER IS
52:25 PEOPLE ARE WRITING AND TELLING STORIES ABOUT HOW GOD IS
52:30 BLESSING THEM. SO WHEN YOU START SHARING, YOU
52:33 ALWAYS GET DOUBLY BLESSED. >> AMEN.
52:38 >> SOMEONE MENTIONED BEFORE ABOUT PURPOSE.
52:40 AND I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING ON PURPOSE AT ONE OF THE SABBATHS
52:44 AT OUR CHURCH. WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR PURPOSE, IT
52:47 ALLOWS YOU TO BE CONTENT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU ARE HERE
52:52 FOR A REASON. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE
52:55 CALLED TO BE ON CAMERA. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE
52:58 CALLED TO DO THE TECHNICAL PART, AND WITHOUT BOTH YOU DON'T GET A
53:03 PROGRAM. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED
53:04 TO SUPPORT THIS MINISTRY. THAT'S THEIR CALLING.
53:07 THAT'S THEIR PURPOSE. WE ARE TOLD THAT GOD GIVES
53:12 PEOPLE MIENS SO THEY CAN SUPPORT THOSE THAT DO NOT HAVE MEANS,
53:18 AND THE CALL FOR THOSE MEANS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE LORD
53:25 COMES AGAIN. SALVATION IS FREE, BUT TO
53:27 ADVERTISE, THAT COSTS A LITTLE MONEY.
53:29 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND THERE'S NO WAY AROUND
53:32 THAT. SO ONCE YOU KNOW YOUR PURPOSE,
53:34 IF YOU HAVE TO MAKE A SACRIFICE, YOU CAN TAKE THAT, BECAUSE YOU
53:38 KNOW WHY YOU ARE HERE, AND WHAT YOUR PURPOSE IS.
53:41 AND IF YOU FUNCTION IN THAT PURPOSE, THEN THE CAUSE OF
53:44 CHRIST IS PUSHED FORWARD. >> ABSOLUTELY.
53:48 I HAVE HAD PEOPLE SAY WHY WOULD YOU START A MUSIC CHANNEL, WHEN
53:52 YOU ARE HAVING FINANCIAL STRUGGLES HERE AND THERE.
53:55 I CAN'T TELL YOU OVER THE YEARS HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN TO
54:00 US SAYING I GAVE MY HEART TO JESUS DURING A MUSIC SONG.
54:06 MANY PEOPLE WILL TURN THE CHANNEL WHEN IT IS JUST
54:09 PREACHING, BUT MUSIC IS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE, AS TIM
54:14 MENTIONED EARLIER. AND I TOLD TIM PREPARE FOR THIS,
54:17 BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN IT OVER THE YEARS, WHEN YOU ARE DOING THOSE
54:21 SONGS AND YOU ARE GOING OVER VICTORY IN JESUS, WE HAVE PEOPLE
54:26 THAT SAY I WAS RAISED A CHRISTIAN, BUT I HAVE BEEN IN
54:34 THE WORLD FOR 20 YEARS, BUT I WAS FLIPPING CHANNELS, AND I
54:38 HEARD WHOEVER IT WAS SINGING, AND THAT TOOK ME BACK TO WHEN I
54:42 WAS A KID. I SAT AND LISTENED AND THEN ANY
54:44 NEXT PROGRAM CAME ON, AND THE NEXT ONE, AND THE NEXT ONE, AND
54:48 I GAVE MY LIFE TO JESUS. >> PRAISE THE LORD.
54:52 >> AMY LARSON, SHE WAS SINGING WHEN HE WAS ON THE CROSS, I WAS
54:57 ON HIS MIND. AND A GUY SAID I'M 64 YEARS OLD,
55:02 AND HE CAME TO CHURCH, BECAUSE 3ABN WAS GOING TO BE THERE.
55:06 HE HAD NEVER BEEN A CHURCH MEMBER.
55:08 HE SAID I WAS FLIPPING THE CHANNELS, AND -- AND I HEARD HER
55:12 SINGING WHEN HE WAS ON THE CROSS I WAS ON HIS MIND, AND I GAVE MY
55:16 HEART TO JESUS. SO MUSIC IS AN INCREDIBLE TOOL
55:20 FOR SOUL WINNING. AND -- AND WE CAN DO IT VERY
55:25 INEXPENSIVELY IN HOUSE LIKE THIS TO DO IT.
55:27 SO THAT'S WHY WE GO FORWARD. ANYWAY WE CAN DO IT, AND
55:32 WHATEVER WE SEE SUCCESS IN THE PAST, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
55:36 DO IT. JESUS SAID GO YE IN TO ALL OF
55:40 THE WORLD. AND SO, BY GOD'S GRACE AND WITH
55:43 YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT, THERE'S NO STOPPING OR LOOKING BACK.
55:50 IT'S JUST GO FORWARD. IF I KNEW EVEN IN THE BEGINNING
55:53 ALL OF THAT WE WOULD GO THROUGH, AND ALL OF THE UPS AND DOWNS, I
55:57 WOULD STILL DO IT AGAIN, SHELLEY.
55:59 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> BECAUSE I KNOW GOD IS IN IT,
56:02 AND THIS IS GOD-DRIVEN, AND I COUNT IT A PRIVILEGE TO WORK FOR
56:07 JESUS. >> PRAISE THE WORD.
56:09 PRAISE THE LORD. WE'RE COMING TO THE END OF THIS
56:13 HOUR. GOD PROVIDES THE PERSON AT THE
56:15 TIME, COMES THE TIME, COMES THE NEED, COMES THE MAN.
56:19 TIM PARTON IS A PERFECT FIT. HE IS A FUN GUY, NICE GUY,
56:24 IMMENSELY TALENTED GUY, AND HE'S HUMBLE, AND PERFECT FIT FOR THIS
56:28 KIND OF PROGRAM. SECOND HALF IS COMING UP.
56:33 WE HAVE MORE EVANGELISM TO TALK ABOUT, SPRING CAMP MEETING TO
56:37 TALK ABOUT. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
56:40 SOME CHANGES WE'RE MAKING TO THE PHYSICAL PLANT HERE AT 3ABN,
56:44 SOME EVNGELISM REPORTS WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
56:47 SO WILL IS A LOT -- >> DARE TO DREAM.
56:50 >> DARE TO DREAM. [ LAUGHTER ]
56:52 >> I'LL GET KICKED UNDER THE TABLE --
56:56 >> SHE HAS BEEN SITTING HERE QUIETLY THIS WHOLE HOUR.
57:00 >> AND THEN WE WANT TO GET A REPORT ON YOUR BROTHER.
57:03 AND YOUR GUYS BOUNCED AROUND ON A HORSE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
57:07 >> YEAH, WE'RE DOING OKAY. AND KENNY IS DOING MUCH BETTER.-pHE HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY.
57:13 HE IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL IN FLORIDA.
57:16 MANY OF YOU ARE CALLING, SAYING WE WANT TO VISIT, BUT HE IS
57:21 ACTUALLY OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. STILL HAVING SOME PROBLEMS.
57:24 BUT IT TAKES A WHILE. HE HAD I THINK FIVE BYPASSES,
57:29 BUT GOD A BLESSING, AND HE IS GOING TO BE STRONGER THAN EVER
57:35 AND BACK TO PREACHING VERY SOON, I'M SURE.
57:37 >> OKY. SO WE'LL BE BACK IN TWO MINUTES
57:41 AND TWO SECONDS. WE'LL BE BACK AND WE'LL SEE YOU
57:43 THEN. ♪


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