Participants: C.A. Murray (Host), Danny Shelton (Host), Mark & Teenie Finley
Series Code: TL
Program Code: TL017541B
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00:02 ♪ >> ALL RIGHT.
00:14 I WOULD SAY WELCOME BACK. WOULD YOU? 00:17 >> SO WOULD I. THE BIBLE SAYS A GOOD REPORT 00:20 MAKES THE BONES FAT. AND WE HAVE FATTENED UP FOR FROM 00:26 THE FIRST HOUR. GOOD STUFF. 00:28 >> I LOVE IT. WE ARE GOING TO GO TO SOME 00:32 MUSIC, AND WE HAVE PASTOR JOHN -LOMACANG, AND AFTER THAT, YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE TO HEAR WHAT 00:41 PASTOR MARK AND TEENY HAVE TO SAY, BUT JOHN IS GOING TO BE 00:52 TH THINGS -- SINGING. 01:00 ♪ ♪ MY FAITHFUL FATHER ♪ 01:09 ♪ ENDURING FRIEND ♪ ♪ YOUR MERCY IS LIKE A RIVER 01:23 WITH NO END ♪ ♪ IT OVER -- OVERWHELMS ME ♪ 01:34 ♪ COVER MY SINS ♪ ♪ EACH TIME I COME INTO YOUR 01:42 PRESENCE ♪ ♪ I STAND IN WONDER ONCE AGAIN ♪ 01:53 ♪ YOUR GRACE STILL AMAZES ME ♪ ♪ YOUR LOVE IS STILL A MYSTERY ♪ 02:08 ♪ EACH DAY ♪ ♪ I FALL ON MY KNEES ♪ 02:16 ♪ YOUR GRACE STILL AMAZES ME ♪ ♪ YOUR GRACE STILL AMAZES ME ♪ 02:54 ♪ YOUR PAIN TO MAKE ME WHOLE ♪ ♪ YOU ARE THE AUTHOR AND THE 03:04 HEALER OF MY SOUL ♪ ♪ WHAT CAN I GIVE YOU ♪ 03:14 ♪ LORD, WHAT CAN I SAY ♪ ♪ I KNOW THERE'S NO WAY TO REPAY 03:27 YOU ♪ ♪ ONLY TO OFFER YOU MY PRAYER ♪ 03:39 ♪ YOUR GRACE STILL AMAZES ME ♪ ♪ YOUR LOVE STILL A MYSTERY ♪ 03:51 ♪ EACH DAY I FALL ON KNEES ♪ ♪ BECAUSE YOUR GRACE STILL 04:00 AMAZES ME ♪ ♪ YOUR GRACE STILL AMAZES ME ♪ 04:19 ♪ HE'S DEEPER, HE'S STRONGER ♪-♪ GIVE DEEPER ♪ ♪ GIVE WIDER ♪ 04:34 ♪ GIVE STRONGER ♪ ♪ GIVE HIGHER THAN ANYTHING MY 04:47 EYES CAN SEE ♪ ♪ YOUR GRACE STILL AMAZES ME ♪ 04:56 ♪ YOUR LOVE STILL A MYSTERY ♪ ♪ EACH DAY, I FALL ON Y KNEES ♪ 05:10 ♪ BECAUSE YOUR GRACE STILL AMAZES ME ♪ 05:18 ♪ YOUR GRACE STILL AMAZES ME ♪ ♪ 05:47 >> THANK YOU, PASTOR JOHN. WELL DONE, "YOUR GRACE STILL 05:52 AMAZES ME." AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 05:57 SOME AMAZING ACTS OF GRACE, MARK AND TEENY FINLEY. 06:03 JUST A FABULOUS FIRST HOUR. WE WANT TO SEGUE, AND I ENDED UP 06:09 TALKING ABOUT LEGACY, YOU HAVE BEEN SERVING THE LORD FOR MANY, 06:13 MANY YEARS, AND THE LORD IS NOW MOVING INTO A DIFFERENT ASPECT 06:19 OF MINISTRY. WE WERE THERE SEVERAL YEARS AGO, 06:21 BUT YOU ARE UP AND RUNNING NOW. >> YEAH, WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL 06:26 THE LIVING HOPE SCHOOL OF EVANGELISM. 06:29 IT FOCUSES ON SHORT-TERM COURSES. 06:32 HE FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON PASTORS AND LAY PEOPLE, LAY LEADERS. 06:37 OUR COURSES ARE TYPICALLY FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS. 06:42 TIMES WE'LL START ON A TUESDAY AND END THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY, 06:47 AND WE TEACH BASIC PRINCIPLES OF EVANGELISM, WE TEACH GROWTH, 06:54 HEALTH OUTREACH. WE'LL TEACH COURSES IN THE 07:01 PROPHETIC PROXIMATION OF GOD'S WORD. 07:04 WE'RE HAVING AMAZING EXPERIENCES WITH PASTORS. 07:07 WE HAVE CONFERENCES THAT WILL SEND THEIR PASTORS WIH US, 07:11 SOMETIMES 15, 20, 25 PASTORS AT A TIME. 07:15 WE'RE BEGINNING TO HAVE PASTORS COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. 07:18 JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD PASTORS COME FROM BRAZIL TO BE 07:22 WITH US. >> WOW. 07:23 >> AND PASTORS FROM AUSTRALIA HAVE VISITED US. 07:28 PASTORS FROM EUROPE. WE HAVE LAY WORKSHOPS FROM LAY 07:33 LEADERS TO TRAIN LAY BIBLE WORKERS, FOR EXAMPLE. 07:36 WE HAD 70 TO 90 OF THEM JUST A WEEK OR SO AGO. 07:42 CLASSES FOR EXAMPLE THAT TEENY WILL TEACH FOR HEALTH MINISTRY 07:45 DIRECTORS AND WE -- SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CLASSES COMING OUT OF OUR 07:50 CENTER. OUR CENTER IS IN HAY MARKET, 07:55 VIRGINIA. AND THE WHOLE THING IS JUST A 07:58 MIRACLE CENTER, AND IT'S UP AND FUNCTIONING. 08:01 OUT OF THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC PROGRAMS FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL. 08:04 WE HAVE MANY OF THOSE PROGRAMS SINCE LAST YEAR, TEENY. 08:08 >> OH, YEAH. WE HAD 16 HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR 08:13 THE COMMUNITY, FROM COOKING WELL, TO STRESS MANAGEMENT, AND 08:17 EVEN A NEW ONE WE JUST DI CALLED BETHLEHEM AND BEYOND 08:22 WHERE WE COMBINE GOING THROUGH THE LIFE OF JESUS AND OUR 08:27 ARCHEOLOGY PROGRAM, AND THEN WE SHARED FOODS ON THE BIBLE AND 08:31 WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE HAD IN JESUS TIME, AND SO WE HAD -- AND 08:36 WE HAD 20 PRGRAMS ON BIBLICAL PROGRAMS FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND 08:41 WE NOW HAVE AT LEAST 20-SOME PEOPLE IN OUR BIBLE STUDIES AS A 08:46 RESULT -- AS A RESULT OF IT. >> PRAISE THE LORD. 08:49 >> YEAH, WE HAVE AN 18,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY, AND IN 08:55 THAT FACILITY, REALLY FOUR THINGS HAPPEN. 08:57 FIRST WE HAVE WHAT WE WOULD CALL OUR COMMUNITY CENTER OR 09:02 FELLOWSHIP HALL, BEAUTIFUL APPOINTED KITCHEN THERE. 09:05 WE CAN RUN ALL KIND OF HEALTH PROGRAMS OUT OF IT, WE HAVE RUN 09:11 A HEALTH EXPO OUT OF IT, THAT'S IN OUR HEALTH CENTER. 09:15 THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE OUR CLASSROOM SPACE, AND A 09:19 LITTLE BOOK CENTER WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO PURCHASE 09:23 BOOKS AND EVANGELISTIC MATERIALS, BUT WE HAVE A 09:26 BEAUTIFUL CLASSROOM, SO THAT'S THE SECOND ASPECT IS OUR SCHOOL 09:30 OF EVANGELISM. THEN WE HAVE A SMALL MEDIA 09:33 CENTER AND TRAINED A MEDIA TEAM, AND WE ARE DOING SOME AMAZING 09:38 THINGS WITH OUR TEAM IN SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED 09:42 ABOUT. >> WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN 09:44 REACHING 161 COUNTRIES FROM OUR LITTLE MEDIA CENTER. 09:48 >> OH, WOW. >> WE HAVE A MAP ON THE WALL AND 09:52 WE HAVE LITTLE RED PINS THAT GO IN WHERE WE HAVE GOTTEN PEOPLE 09:56 FROM THOSE COUNTRIES LISTENING. >> AMAZING. 10:00 >> DANNY, YOU'LL RECALL, WE WERE THERE BEFORE IT GOT UP AND 10:08 RUNNING, AND IT WAS IMPRESSIVE EVEN AT THAT STAGE, WE'LL HAVE 10:13 TO COME BACK. >> YEAH, YOU WOULD BE WELCOME. 10:16 WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME BACK. 10:18 >> WE WOULD LOVE IT. >> AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE 10:23 OUR CHURCH. IT'S A GROWING CHURCH. 10:26 IT HAS ANYWHERE FROM 140 TO 150 PEOPLE ON A SABBATH. 10:30 AND I'M THERE ABOUT 35 TO 40% OF MY TIME. 10:33 AND THERE ARE TIMES -- THE LAST TIME I MREECH -- PREACHED I 10:41 THINK WE HAD 450 PEOPLE THERE. THOSE THINGS HAPPEN THERE, 10:49 INTEGRATED TOGETHER, AND WE ARE SEEING GOD DO SOME AMAZING 10:53 THINGS. THE BUILDING IS A MIRACLE 10:55 BUILDING. IT'S A BUILDING THAT COST -- BUT 10:57 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MEDIA CENTER AND FURNISHINGS AND 11:01 EVERYTHING, IT'S ABOUT A $4 MILLION STRUCTURE. 11:04 >> IT'S ALL PAID FOR. [ LAUGHTER ] 11:06 >> IT'S ALL PAID FOR. >> IT HAS NO MORTGAGE. 11:09 >> PRAISE THE LORD. PRAISE THE LORD. 11:11 >> AND I'LL TELL YOU AN INTERESTING STORY -- THERE WAS A 11:14 TIME -- BECAUSE WHEN WE STARTED THIS, TEENY WOULD GO DOWN TO THE 11:19 PROPERTY AND PRAY AND PRAY. AND SHE CAME BACK TO ME AND SAID 11:23 MARK, WE NEED TO START THIS SCHOOL OF EVANGELISM, WE NEED TO 11:27 LEAVE A LEGACY. WE NEED TO PASS THIS ON. 11:30 WE'RE GETTING OLDER. AND I JUST DISMISSED IT, SAYING 11:34 LOOK, WE TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD, BUT I HAVE A PERSISTENT 11:46 WIFE. WE HAD NO FINANCES, BUT WE WENT 11:49 THROUGH A STRUGLE WHEN GOD GIVES YOU A VISION HE DOESN'T -GIVE YOU ALL OF THE ANSWERS. 11:54 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> HE MAY GIVE YOU A DREAM, BUT 11:58 HE DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE ANSWERS, AND THERE WAS A TIME THAT I WAS 12:04 REALLY, REALLY STRUGGLING. TEENY AND I HAPPENED TO BE IN 12:08 FLORIDA. I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE FINANCES 12:10 WERE COMING FROM. YOU STAKE YOUR LIFE ON A 12:14 BUILDING -- YOU STAKE GOD'S REPUTATION ON IT, AND I WAS 12:18 PRAYING, AND I WAS ON MY KNEES ONE DAY, AND I REMEMBER IT LIKE 12:23 IT WAS YESTERDAY. AND I SAID, OKAY, GOD, WE DON'T 12:26 HAVE ANYMORE FINANCES. GOD, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN 12:29 HERE? AND I WAS KIND OF FEELING A 12:31 LITTLE DISCOURAGED. I GOT A CALL FROM JIM GILLEY WHO 12:35 WAS THE PRESIDENT OF 3ABN AT THE TIME. 12:39 HE SAID THERE WAS A DONOR WHO LEFT SOME MONEY, AND WHEN HE 12:44 LEFT THE MONEY TO 3ABN, HE DESIGNATED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF 12:49 THAT MONEY TO GO TO THE NEW LIVING HOPE SCHOOL OF 12:53 EVANGELISM. I SAID WHAT? 12:54 AND HE TOLD ME THE FIGURE, AND IT WAS A SIZABLE FIGURE. 12:59 AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT, THAT WAS THE RAILING I NEEDED. 13:03 THAT WAS THE ENCOURAGEMENT. >> YES. 13:05 YES. YES. 13:06 >> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. THE SCHOOL OF EVANGELISM, I 13:11 WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THERE ARE 13:13 PLACES PEOPLE CAN GO, AND I WAS JUST TALKING TO YVONNE YESTERDAY 13:18 AND HER SON JASON, WHO IS 31, 32 YEARS OLD, LAYMAN, LOVES THE 13:24 LORD, AND SEVERAL YEARS AGO HE REDEDICATED HIS LIFE TO THE 13:30 WORLD. AND IS A DARE TO DREAM ASSISTANT 13:33 TO THE MANAGER THERE. BUT HE HAS SUCH A BURDEN FOR 13:38 SOULS, AND HE IS ONE WHO WOULD NEVER THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE 13:42 GOTTEN UP AND SPOKEN IN PUBLIC. HE JUST NOT -- WOULDN'T CONSIDER 13:48 HIMSELF A PUBLIC SPEAKER, BUT EVERY TIME WE ASK HIM OR CALL ON 13:53 HIM TO DO SOMETHING, HE IS THERE. 13:55 AND HE WANTS TO DO SOMETING, BUT HE CAN'T TAKE OFF A YEAR OR 13:59 TWO YEARS AND GO, AND I WAS JUST TALKING TO HER YESTERDAY, AND 14:04 SHE SAID JASON WANTS TRAINING, BUT HE CAN'T TAKE OFF FOUR 14:09 MONTHS OR SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR, AS LAYMAN, HOW -- HOW TO 14:12 SPEAK -- HOW DO I KNOW WHAT TO DO? 14:15 I WANT TO DO IT, BUT I'M SCARED TO GET UP, AND, YOU KNOW, I 14:18 REALLY DON'T KNOW. I NEED SOME TRAINING, BUT 14:21 SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO LITERALLY QUIT YOUR JOB. 14:25 SOMETHING ONLINE, SOMETHING I CAN GO FOR A WEEK OR TWO WEEKS. 14:29 >> YEAH, THAT'S THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT OUR CENTER BECAUSE 14:32 IT'S SHORT-TERM TRAINING. AND WE HAVE A SEMINAR COMING UP, 14:37 IN FACT NOVEMBER 17TH TO 19, WE HAVE A SEMINAR ON PREACHING, SO 14:42 MARK WILL BE DOING THIS SEMINAR ON TRAINING ELDERS AND OTHERS 14:46 WHO WANT TO LEARN HOW TO PREACH, AND THEY CAN COME, THEY ARE 14:50 STILL SIGN UP FOR THAT SEMINAR, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ONE SESSION 14:55 THAT WE'LL DO ON EVANGELISTIC PREACHING AS WELL. 14:59 AND SO -- >> WOW. 15:01 OKAY. >> WE CAN HAVE -- WE WOULD BE 15:03 DELIGHTED TO HAVE HIM COME. >> WE'LL INVITE HIM. 15:05 YOU GET HIM THERE, AND WE'LL FEED HIM AND TAKE CARE OF HIM. 15:09 >> WE'LL DO IT. >> WE START FRIDAY NIGHT 15:13 NOVEMBER 17TH, IT'S VERY, VERY SHORT, AND THEN FOLLOW THROUGH 15:16 WITH BOOKS AND OTHER THINGS AND WORKSHEETS FOR THEM. 15:19 THE FIRST SESSION, I'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT IS A SERMON? 15:23 HOW DO YOU WRITE A SERMON WHAT ARE THE INGREDIENTS IN GOOD 15:27 PREACHING? WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE 15:29 FIRST SESSION. THE SECOND SESSION, I'LL TALK 15:32 ABOUT LETTING THE TEXT TALK. A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL COME AND 15:35 THEY WILL SAY I WANT TO PREACH -- I THINK I KNOW WHAT 15:37 THE TOPIC IS. I'M GOING TO PREACH ON FAITH OR 15:41 HOPE, AND THEY TRY TO LOOK THROUGH THE BIBLE AND GET THE 15:46 TETH, RATHER THAN THAT, WE'RE GOING TO SAY LET'S START NOT 15:50 WITH WHAT I WANT TO SAY, BUT WHAT DOES GOD WANT TO SAY? 15:53 AND WE'LL SHOW OUR CLASS HOW TO TAKE A TEXT AND LOOK AT THAT 15:57 TEXT, ANALYZE THAT TEXT, THERE'S SOMETHING I CALL SEEING WITH A 16:01 PENCIL. WHEN I PREPARE A NEW SERMON IT 16:04 TAKES ME ABOUT 12 TO 14 HOURS TO PREPARE THAT SERMON. 16:09 AND THE WAY I START IS TYPICALLY WITH THE TEXT. 16:15 WITH THE BIBLICAL PASSAGE. AND SATURATE MY MINE WITH THE 16:27 TEXT. FOR ME IF I'M STUDYING ON THE 16:31 LIFE OF CHRIST, I READ THE BOOK OF AGES, IF I'M STUDYING ON 16:36 SALVATION, I'LL READ WHAT ELLEN WHITE SAYS, I LOOK AT THE TEXT, 16:41 THE BACKGROUND OF THE TEXT, THE CONTEXT OF THE TEXT, WHAT DID IT 16:45 MEAN TO THE PEOPLE THAT IT WAS FIRST ADDRESSED TO? 16:49 WHAT LESSONS DO WE HAVE FROM THAT TEXT TODAY? 16:53 AND IN OUR THIRD SESSION WE CALL IT WINDOWS TO THE SOUL. 16:57 HOW DO YOU SILL STRAIGHT A SERMON. 17:01 YOU NEVER BUILD A SERMON AROUND A STORY. 17:03 THE STORY ILLUSTRATES THE SORE SERMON. 17:07 THEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW TO MAKE APPEALS. 17:10 REALLY SOME PEOPLE THINK APPEAL COMES AT THE END OF THE SERMON. 17:15 ACTUALLY THE SERMON IS AN APP POLE. 17:18 SO WE TALK ABOUT THAT. AND THEN A LOT OF LAY PEOPLE ARE 17:23 QUITE AFRAID OF HOLDING A PUBLIC EVANGELISTIC MEETING. 17:29 AND TEENY HAD HELD A NUMBER OF PUBLIC EVANGELISTIC MEETING. 17:36 >> NOT A NUMBER, BUT A FEW. [ LAUGHTER ] 17:40 >> TELL ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE. 17:42 >> I GREW UP IN MAINE, THIS PORTLAND, MAINE. 17:45 I WAS BORN AND RAISED THERE, AND THEN I WANTED TO GO BACK AND DO 17:49 SOMETHING FOR THAT CHURCH, BECAUSE THEY HAD MINISTERED TO 17:52 ME AS A 14, 15-YEAR-OLD CHILD, BECAUSE I BECAME AN ADVENTIST AT 17:58 ABOUT THAT TIME, SO I WENT BACK TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE, AND 18:02 HELD AN EVANGELISTIC MEETING, AND USED MARK'S SERMONS, AND 18:06 PREACHED THEM, AND WE HAD -- THERE WERE 18:12 APPROXIMATELY -- MAYBE 100 AND SOME ATTENDING THE CHURCH AT 18:16 THAT TIME, AND WE BAPTIZED SEVERAL. 18:19 THERE WERE 30-SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE BAPTIZED. 18:23 SO IT WASN'T A BIG MARK FINLEY CAMPAIGN. 18:25 BUT IT WAS A TEENY FINLEY HUMBLE LAYPERSON PREACHING THESE 18:31 MESSAGES, SO WE LEAVE THAT OTHER LAY MEMBERS CAN PREACH AS WELL. 18:35 SO I WILL HAVE A SIMPLE HUMBLE SESSION ON LAY PREACHING, ON 18:41 SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN DO IN EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS. 18:45 >> YEAH, BUT ISN'T THAT VERY BIBLICAL, THAT JESUS SAID GO YE 18:57 INTO ALL OF THE WORLD. IT SAYS EVERY HAND SHOULD GO. 19:05 SO ALL OF US, SO REALLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS WHAT GOD CALLED 19:09 EACH OF US, SO RATHER THAN TO DEPEND ON JUST HIM, WE NEED A 19:15 WHOLE LOT OF TEENIES TO GO OUT WITH SMALLER MEETINGS. 19:20 WHICH COUSIN'S HUSBAND THEY WENT FOR YEARS. 19:30 WHEN WE FIRST BUILT IN RUSSIA, AND GENE WOULD GO BACK EVERY 19:34 YEAR, AND GO TO SMALL CHURCHES AND GET 20 BAPTISMS, GET 15. 19:38 THE NEXT YEAR HE WORKED IN THE SUMMERS, SO IN THE WINTERS -- WE 19:43 WOULD GO IN THE WORST TIME BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN HE COULD 19:47 TAKE OFF WORK, AND LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE 19:51 BAPTIZED, BUT IT WASN'T A JOHN CARTER-TYPE MEETING, BUT SEVERAL 19:58 CHURCHES WERE BUILD, BECAUSE A LAYMAN SAID I'M GOING TO TAKE 20:02 THIS SERIOUSLY. AND EVERY YEAR SOULS GAME TO THE 20:06 LORD. SO IF ALL OF US DID THAT, HOW 20:10 QUICKLY WOULD THIS GOSPEL GET TO THE WORLD? 20:12 >> WE HAVE ALREADY HAD LAY PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY EXCITED 20:15 ABOUT COMING. WE HAD A LAYPERSON FROM 20:21 CHATTANOOGA, ALMA, AND SHE CAME THROUGH OUR CLASSES THIS LAST 20:27 SUMMER. AND SHE IS ALL EXCITED, SAID SHE 20:29 HAS NOT PREACHED BEFORE, BUT SHE WANTS TO DO THIS, AND SO SHE IS 20:34 BRINGING, ACTUALLY A VAN FULL OF PEOPLE -- 20:36 >> AMEN. >> -- FROM CHATTANOOGA TO COME 20:40 TO THIS PARTICULAR CLASS ON NOVEMBER 17TH. 20:43 >> WHEN TEENY WAS PREACHING THERE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF 20:47 SOUTHERN MAINE, I WOULD GO AS I COULD -- 20:50 >> YOU WEREN'T STANDING AND SHE HAD TO PREACH IN FRONT OF YOU? 20:53 >> NO, I WAS SITTING. I WAS THE AMEN COURSE. 20:57 SHE CAN TELL YOU A REALLY FUNNY EXPERIENCE WHAT HAPPENED ONE 21:02 NIGHT WHEN SHE WAS PREACHING AND HER GRAPHICS WENT OUT. 21:05 >> WELL, I WAS VERY DEPENDANT ON THOSE GRAPHICS, AND I WAS A 21:11 PREACHING ON THE SEVEN PLAGUES, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THOSE 21:17 GRAPHICS WENT OUT -- WENT DOWN. AND I THOUGHT WHAT DO I DO NEXT? 21:23 NOW MARK WASN'T THERE ON MANY OF THE OTHER SERMONS AND THAT 21:32 PARTICULAR NIGHT HE WAS THERE. AND I THOUGHT I DON'T KNOW IF I 21:37 CAN JUST PICK UP MY BIBLE AND DO IT LIKE HE DOES. 21:39 ALL OF A SUDDEN, I WAS IMPRESSED THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY 21:46 SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY UNUSUAL. I LOOKED OUT THERE. 21:49 I SAW HIM, AND I SAID, MY GOOD FRIEND MAK FINLEY IS OUT THERE, 21:54 AND I THINK HE CAN COME UP HERE AND FINISH THIS SERMON. 21:59 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND SO I HAD HIM COME UP, BUT 22:02 THE INTERESTING THING THAT HAPPENED WAS THAT ALL THIS TIME 22:06 THERE WERE PEOPLE WORKING TO SEE IF THEY COULD GET THE GRAPHICS 22:09 UP, AND SO HE PICKED UP EXACTLY -- PICKED UP HIS BIBLE, 22:14 EXACTLY WHERE I LEFT OFF, STARTED WORKING THROUGH THE 22:18 SEVEN -- WHERE I FINISHED -- >> SHE FINISHED ON ABOUT THE 22:24 THIRD PLAYING, SO I PREACHED THIRD PLAGUE, FOURTH PLAGUE, 22:31 FIFTH PLAGUE. >> AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY GOT 22:34 THE GRAPHICS BACK UP, AND IT PICKS UP RIGHT WHERE HE WAS, AND 22:38 SO HE SAID, WELL, MY WIFE WILL COME UP AND FINISH THIS SERMON. 22:42 [ LAUGHTER ] >> I LOVE IT. 22:44 >> AND I THOUGHT OH KNOW. BUT GOD REALLY BLESSED THAT 22:47 NIGHT. SO I KNOW LAY PEOPLE WITH 22:49 PREACH, EVEN IF THEY ARE A LITTLE AFRAID. 22:52 THAT'S NOT MY -- I'M MORE OF A TEACHER THAN A PREACHER -- 22:56 >> BUT YOU DO THAT WELL. >> BUT -- 23:01 >> AND LET ME PAY YOU A COMPLIMENT WHILE YOU ARE LIVE TO 23:05 SMELL YOUR FLOWERS. YOU KIND OF KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE A 23:09 HOLD OF A MARK FINLEY SERMON, IT'S GRAPHIC HEAVY. 23:13 AND YOU COULD PREACH A WHOLE SERMON WITH NO WORDS, BECAUSE 23:17 IT'S VERY LINEAR, THE POINTS FLOW VERY, VERY WELL. 23:21 AND IT'S VERY ADAPTABLE, YOUR STYLE IS VERY ADAPTABLE TO A 23:26 NON-PROFESSIONAL PERSON THAT THEY CAN TAKE THAT AND RU 23:28 THROUGH IT. YOU CAN DO IT AT NIGHT BECAUSE 23:31 YOU WRITE WELL FOR EVERYONE. >> YOU KNOW, CA WE TALKED ABOUT 23:35 LEGACY. WE'RE AT PLACE IN OUR LIVES NOW, 23:42 THAT WE MAY LIVE TO A HEALTHY HUNDRED, BUT I AM WISE ENOUGH TO 23:48 KNOW, AND TEENY IS WISE ENOUGH TO KNOW, THAT IF JESUS DOESN'T 23:52 COME, WE HAVE REALLY GOT TO PASS ON WHAT WE HAVE. 23:55 THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING 24:00 HERE ON THE BOOK OF REVELATION. BEAUTIFUL BACKDROP, THE BEST I 24:04 HAVE EVER SEEN THAT 3ABN HAS DONE, AND SO I'LL DO 24 MEETINGS 24:09 THIS WEEK HERE, TEENY WILL DO NINE OR TEN ON HEALTH, AND WE'RE 24:14 JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, BUT I AM TOTALLY COMMITTED TO 24:19 GIVING AWAY WHATEVER WE KNOW, WHATEVER WE HAVE. 24:21 >> UH-HUH. >> WE ARE JUST SO ANXIOUS AND 24:25 THAT'S WHY WE'RE THRILLED WITH THE SCHOOL OF EVANGELISM AT 24:28 LIVING HOPE, BECAUSE WHEN WE TAKE PASTORS FOR FIVE OR SEVEN 24:32 DAYS, WE STAY WITH THEM FROM EARLY IN THE MORNING TO LATE AT 24:36 NIGHT. WE EAT TOGETHER, WE FELLOWSHIP 24:40 TOGETHER, WE TALK TOGETHER. WE HAVE THIS LEGACY THAT WE JUST 24:43 WANT TO GIVE AND GIVE AND GIVE EVERYTHING WE HAVE, EVERYTHING 24:47 WE KNOW, SHARE OUR MATERIALS. WE DON'T WANT TO HOLD THESE 24:54 THINGS CLOSE. ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE, WE WANT 24:56 TO SHARE. >> YEAH. 24:58 >> YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW EXCITED THE BRAZILIANS WERE WHEN THEY 25:02 CAME. MOST DID NOT SPEAK ENGLISH, BUT 25:04 THEY HAD TWO PASTORS THAT DID SPEAK ENGLISH, AND THEY WERE 25:08 TAKING TURNS TRANSLATING, AND THEY WERE JUST SITTING THERE IN 25:13 RAPPED ATTENTION, BECAUSE THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO TAKE 25:20 IT BACK TO BRAZIL. >> WOW. 25:21 >> AND THERE WAS JUST AN EXCITEMENT HAVING THEM THERE. 25:25 >> PEOPLE MAY HAVE WONDERING IF WE HAVE ANY OPENINGS 25:29 NOVEMBER 17TH AND 18 FOR OUR PREACHING SEMINAR, AND WE DO. 25:33 IF THERE ARE THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME TO THE PREACHING 25:38 SEMINAR THAT'S AT OUR LIVING HOPE CENTER OF EVANGELISM. 25:44 >> AND THERE'S NO CHARGE. >> WE DON'T MAKE ANY CHARGE FOR 25:47 A CLASS. >> YOU CAN'T GO, YOU HAVE 25:50 ALREADY GRADUATED. >> THE BIBLE SAYS FREELY 25:54 RECEIVE, AND FREELY GIVE. >> THEY DO HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF 25:57 THEIR HOUSING -- >> SURE. 25:59 >> -- AND WE HAVE A GOOD HOTEL THERE THAT THEY ARE PUT UP IN, 26:04 ABOUT 15 MINUTES FROM OUR CENTER. 26:06 >> UH-HUH. >> AND THEY USUALLY EAT THEIR 26:10 MAIN MEAL AT THE CENTER. >> YEAH AND IT'S A MODERATE FEE 26:16 FOR THEIR MEALS. AND TEENY MAKES THE MEALS WITH A 26:22 TEAM. AND THEY WILL GO AWAY FEELING SO 26:27 HEALTHY WHEN THEY ARE DONE. IN PARTICULAR THEY LOVE THE SOY 26:33 BANANA SPLIT. >> OH THAT SOUNDS GOOD. 26:36 [ LAUGHTER ] >> LET ME GIVE A PHONE NUMBER. 26:41 MY ASSISTANT'S NAME IS JOY. AND THE PHONE NUMBER IS 26:51 301-680-6619. ALL INFORMATION ON OUR SCHOOL, 26:59 301-680-6619. THAT'S MY ADMINISTRATIVE 27:04 ASSISTANT. THEY ALSO CAN GO ON TO MY 27:07 FACEBOOK PAGE OR OUR HOPE LIVES 365 WEBPAGE, EITHER ONE OF 27:13 THOSE. AND MARK FINLEY FACEBOOK, AND 27:15 HOPE LIVES 365. WE'RE DOING A LOT OF SOCIAL 27:20 MEDIA, BUT I CAN ALWAYS BE CONTACTED AT THE GENERAL 27:24 CONFERENCE. WE'RE PUTTING UP OUR WEBPAGE 27:32 HOPELIVES365.COM. YOU CAN CHECK THAT OUT. 27:35 OR YOU CAN CHECK OUT MY FACEBOOK PAGE. 27:40 WE HAVE ABOUT 30,000 PEOPLE FOLLOWING US. 27:48 AND IT'S JUST PASTOR MARK FINLEY ON FACEBOOK. 27:51 AND THEY CAN GET THAT. >> YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL MEDIA 27:54 CENTER HERE AT 3ABN. WE JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT, AND 27:58 WE HAVE JUST A VERY, VERY SMALL MEDIA CENTER IN THE BACK OF OUR 28:03 CHURCH, BUT AT FIRST WE THOUGHT WE NEEDED SOMETHING LARGER, BUT 28:07 WE HAVE SEEN THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY VERY GOOD FOR US, 28:10 BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WHEN PASTORS AND OTHERS COME TO OUR 28:14 CENTER, THEY CAN SEE THAT IT'S PRODUCIBLE. 28:18 >> OKAY. >> THAT THEY CAN DO IT IN THEIR 28:21 CHURCH. THAT THEY JUST NEED SOME KIND OF 28:23 ROOM WHERE THEY CAN HAVE A SMALL MEDIA CENTER, AND THEY CAN REACH 28:27 THE WORLD, BECAUSE WE'RE REACHING 161 COUNTRIES. 28:31 >> WOW. >> SO IT'S JUST AMAZING, AND 28:35 OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL CENTER HERE AT 3ABN. 28:39 WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. BUT OUR LITTLE CENTER IS 28:43 ADEQUATE FOR US, AND I THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR 28:48 WHAT THE CHURCHES CAN DO, THE LOCAL CHURCH CAN HAVE A MEDIA 28:52 CENTER AS WELL, SO WE WANT TO HAVE A WHOLE TRAINING ON HOW TO 28:55 HAVE A MEDIA CENTER, AND SO WILL BE SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE AS 29:01 WELL. >> WE'RE REALLY ANXIOUS WITH OUR 29:03 SOCIAL MEDIA TOO. WE'RE SEEING AMAZING THINGS. 29:06 I PRODUCED 70 PROGRAMS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, 7-0 -- 29:12 >> YOU HEAR THAT CA? I GOT TO GET YOUR SCHEDULE 29:17 BEEFED UP A LITTLE BIT. TAKING A VACATION TO PANAMA AND 29:20 ALL OF THAT. THAT'S OUT FROM NOW ON. 29:23 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND HERE IS WHAT WE'RE 29:25 DOING -- WE HAVE -- YOU CAN FINE THIS ON HOPELIVES365. 29:37 I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF ONE I HAVE DONE RECENTLY. 29:40 IT IS CALLED HOW TO GET THROUGH CANCER, AND I DID A PROGRAM ON 29:45 WHERE IS GOD WHEN I HAVE CANCER? AS HE LEFT ME? 29:47 >> YES. >> AND ONE OF THE VERY PROMINENT 29:52 ADVENTIST BUSINESSMEN CALLED ME AND HE SAID MY ADMINISTRATIVE 29:58 ASSISTANT'S HUSBAND HAS CANCER, AND HE SAID WE WANT HIM TO WATCH 30:02 IT, AND THEY WATCHED IT, AND I TALKED TO HER, AND SHE SAID MY 30:06 HUSBAND AND I WATCHED THAT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES OVER THE WEEKEND 30:09 AND JUST CRIED AS WE SAW IT. IT GAVE US SUCH HOPE. 30:14 A YOUNG PASTOR FROM COLORADO SAW IT, AND HE SAID I HAVE A WOMAN 30:18 IN THE HOSPITAL. SHE IS DYING OF CANCER, AND SHE 30:21 KEEPS SAYING GOD IS GOING TO HEAL ME. 30:25 AND EVERY DAY SHE IS GETTING WORSE. 30:27 SO WE GOT HER THE VIDEO. HOW DO GET THROUGH CANCER, WHERE 30:33 IS GOD IN CANCER? AND THE WOMAN WATCHED IT IN THE 30:37 HOSPITAL, AND SHE SAID NOW I'M AT PEACE, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS 30:41 SINGLE TRUTH, WHAT I'M MORE INTERESTED IN, THAN MY HEALING, 30:46 IS GIVING GOD GLORY. >> AMEN. 30:49 >> SO THERE'S SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN MY INDIVIDUAL 30:54 HEALING. >> UH-HUH. 30:55 >> WHEN I WAS CHALLENGED WITH MY HEALTH PROBLEMS ABOUT FOUR YEARS 30:59 AGO, THE THOUGHT WAS THAT I MAY HAVE MULTIPLE MYLOMA. 31:09 YOU MAY LIVE FOUR TO SEVEN YEARS IF YOU HAVE IT. 31:13 AND IT WAS REALLY A TOUGH TIME IN MY LIFE. 31:17 YOU REALLY THINK A LOT IN YOUR LIFE. 31:19 >> UH-HUH. >> AND I REALLY WAS -- WAS 31:22 THINKING A GRAT DEAL WHEN I WAS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 31:25 WITH ONE OF THE SPECIALISTS, AND HE SAID I'M GOING TO SEND YOU TO 31:29 AN ONCOLOGIST, AND WHEN I WAS WALKING TO THE ONCOLOGIST, IT 31:38 HIT ME THAT'S NOT GYNECOLOGIST. [ LAUGHTER ] 31:43 >> THIS GUY THINKS I MAY HAVE CANCER, SO WE WENT THERE. 31:46 AND VERY, VERY CHALLENGING. THEY CHECKED AND THEY SAID THE 31:50 SIGNS ARE THERE, SOME OF THE LEVELS ARE UP. 31:52 AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. AND I CALLED TEENY AND SHE 31:56 CALLED OUR CHILDREN, AND THEY WERE UPSET, AND SO FORTH. 31:59 AND I BEGAN TO PRAYER, AND I SAID TO TEENY, I SAID, YOU KNOW, 32:03 I'M NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY PRAY FOR HEALING. 32:07 SHE SAID I AM. [ LAUGHTER ] 32:09 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> I SAID BUT THIS IS WHAT I'M 32:13 GOING TO PRAY FOR, WHATEVER GLORIFIES GOD WITH MY BODY, 32:18 THAT'S WHAT I WANT. IF I CAN BE MORE GLORY TO GOD TO 32:23 DEMONSTRATE FAITH AND I DIE, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO. 32:27 AS DIFFICULT AS THAT IS. I WANT TO GIVE GLORY TO GOD. 32:32 AND EVENTUALLY THEY BACKED UP THE DIAGNOSIS, IT WAS SOMETHING 32:40 CALLED PRE-MULTIPLE-MILOMA, SO I LIVE WITH THAT. 32:48 AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I'M SO PASSIONATE ABOUT 32:54 PREACHING, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW. 32:56 >> SURE. >> BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING 32:58 IN YOUR LIFE IS NOT WHETHER YOU DIE FROM CANCER. 33:03 THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OF YOUR LIFE IS WHETHER YOU CAN LIVE 33:07 GRACIOUSLY WITH IT. >> OKAY. 33:09 >> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN YOUR LIFE IS GIVING GLORY TO GOD 33:13 IN WHATEVER HAPPENS TO YOU IN YOUR LIE. 33:15 AND THAT VIDEO HAS JUST GONE VIRAL. 33:18 THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS HAVE WATCHED IT. 33:21 WHEN I DO THESE THREE TO FIVE-MINUTE VIDEOS, ONE OF THEM 33:27 ARE PRACTICAL THINGS. YOU CAN GET THEM ON FACEBOOK OR 33:32 HOPE LIVES 365. I DO ONES ON HOW TO GET THROUGH 33:37 A DIVORCE. HOW TO GET THROUGH DEPRESSION. 33:40 AND THERE IS ONE CALLED TRUTH STILL LIVES, WHERE I TAKE ON THE 33:45 MOST DIFFICULT, DIFFICULT BIBLE QUESTIONS. 33:51 ROMANS 14, THE RAPTURE THEOLOGY, AND I ANSWER THEM IN FIVE OR SIX 33:56 MINUTES, TRUTH STILL LIVES. >> OKAY. 33:58 LOVE IT. >> WE HAVE FOUND -- WE HAVE HAD 34:01 AS MANY AS 90 TO 100,000 PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME ON OUR FACEBOOK 34:11 PAGE. WE HAVE A FRIEND NAMED MATTHEW 34:14 GREY AND HE IS COORDINATING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, AND HE IS DOING 34:18 FABULOUS JOB. AND IT'S ALL VOLUNTEER. 34:24 WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THEM. 34:29 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT THESE ARE YOUNG ADULTS 34:32 THAT ARE TREMENDOUSLY COMMITTED. >> AND DOING A LOT OF SELF 34:36 LEARNING, JUST GOING ON THE INTERNET OR OTHER SOURCES TO 34:39 JUST LEARN HOW TO DO THIS, AND HE IS ABSOLUTELY DOING A 34:43 FABULOUS JOB. >> AMEN. 34:45 >> MARK I WAS INTERESTED HOW YOU SAID IT EARLIER, GOD IS NOT 34:52 WAITING ON MORE HURRICANES AND WHAT HAVE YOU, AND I THOUGHT 34:55 THAT WAS INTERESTING THE WAY YOU SAID IT, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE AND 34:59 OUR INSURANCE COMPANIES SAY THIS IS AN ACT OF GOD, ALL OF THE 35:04 HURRICANES, EVERYTHING BAD THAT HAPPENS, AND MANY PEOPLE LOSE 35:07 THEIR FAITH IN GOD, BECAUSE THEY LOSE THEIR HOME AND THEIR LOVED 35:11 ONES, BUT IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE YOU WERE PUTTING THE BLAME ON 35:17 THAT -- YOU WERE ALMOST LIKE GOD WAS WATCHING THAT WITH A SAD 35:20 HEART. EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT, 35:22 BECAUSE IN LIGHT OF ALL OF THE HURRICANES, BECAUSE MILLIONS OF 35:25 LIVES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED OUT THERE ALL OF THE ISLANDS, AND 35:29 HERE IN AMERICA. HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH SUCH -- AND 35:33 YOU PROBABLY HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT. 35:36 HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THESE TERRIBLE THINGS THAT ARE 35:40 HAPPENING AND NOT BLAME GOD FOR IT? 35:42 YOU KNOW, I'M READING A BOOK RIGHT NOW THAT IS ONE OF THE 35:46 MOST THOUGHT-PROVOKING BOOKS I HAVE EVER HEAD. 35:50 IT'S CALLED "THE INSANITY OF GOD." 35:54 IT'S AN AMAZING BOOK. IT TELLS THE STORY OF A 35:58 MISSIONARY THAT WENT TO SOMALIA IN THE EARLY '90S, AND HE SEES 36:03 THOUSANDS DYING EVERY DAY. THEY DRIVE DOWN THE STREET AND 36:07 THERE ARE DEAD BODIES. THERE IS A FAMINE IN THE LAND, 36:13 AND HE CAN'T WORK THROUGH THIS WHOLE ISSUE OF EVIL. 36:17 AND HE BEGINS TO SAY DOES CHRISTIANITY REALLY WORK THERE? 36:22 HE DEVELOPS FOUR FRIENDS, AND THEY ARE KILLED BECAUSE THEY 36:25 BECOME CHRISTIANS, AND HE IS SAYING WHERE IS GOD IN ALL OF -pTHIS? 36:29 >> HUH HUH. >> HE BEGINS TO TRAVEL THE 36:32 WORLD. HE GOES TO THE FORMER SOVIET 36:35 UNION, AND TALKS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN PRISON FOR THEIR FAITH. 36:38 HE GOES TO CHINA, HE TRAVELS TO THE PLACES THAT ARE THE MOST 36:44 REPRESSIVE ON CHRISTIANITY, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND THIS IS THE 36:48 CONFUSION HE COMES TO. GOD NEVER PROMISES FREEDOM FROM 36:52 SUFFERING. HE DOES PROMISE US THAT HE WILL 36:54 BE WITH US. >> AMEN. 36:56 >> SO THE NATURAL DISASTERS THAT WE SEE, THAT TAKE AWARE 37:00 HOMES -- JUST ONE OF OUR TEAM -- ONE OF OUR CHURCH 37:03 MEMBERS WENT DOWN TO MEXICO AFTER THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE 37:07 THERE, JUST A FEW WEEK S BACK, AND HE TELLS ABOUT THAT PASTOR 37:14 WHO LOST EVERYTHING. ANOTHER PASTOR ON A ROOF RESCUED 37:17 FROM THINK FLOODING IN HOUSTON, AND GOD NEVER PROMISES US. 37:23 WE HAVE THIS IDEA IF YOU BELIEVE IN GOD YOU ARE GOING TO BE 37:27 WEALTHY, HEALTHY, AND WISE. THAT'S NOT BIBLICAL. 37:33 JOHN THE BAPTIST DIDN'T EXPERIENCE THAT. 37:37 HIS HEAD WAS CUT OFF BECAUSE OF HIS FAITH. 37:40 AND YOU LOOK AT THE CHRISTIAN MARTYRS IN THE EARLY CENTURIES. 37:44 SO GOD HAS NOT PROMISED US, CERTAINLY IF WE LIVE WITH THE 37:49 ADVENTIST HEALTH MESSAGE, WE WILL LIVE LONGER AND HEALTHIER 37:54 LIVES, BUT STILL WE'RE IN A WORLD OF HEART ACHE. 37:58 GOD IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, BECAUSE WE ARE IN A PLANET IN 38:03 REBELLION AGAINST GOD. THERE ARE TIMES THAT BAD THINGS 38:06 HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE. >> AMEN. 38:08 >> BUT TREMENDOUS PROMISE OF GOD IS TWOFOLD, NUMBER 1 I WILL GO 38:20 THROUGH THIS FOR YOU. >> AMEN. 38:22 >> WE CAN HELP PEOPLE LIVE LONGER HEALTHIER AND HAPPIER. 38:28 WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED HEALTH TO THE MAX. 38:30 >> OKAY. >> AND HEALTH TO THE MAX IS A 38:33 PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE TEACHING PEOPLE AND HELPING 38:36 PEOPLE TO SEE HOW THEY CAN GIVE LONGER, HEALTHIER AND HAPPIER, 38:40 HOW THEY CAN REDUCE SOME OF THESE CHRONIC DISEASES, SUCH AS 38:44 CANCER, HOW THEY CAN ACTUALLY REVERSE DIABETES, TO HOW THEY 38:50 CAN REVERSE HEART DISEASE, AND HOW THEY CAN ACTUALLY BE HELPED 38:55 WITH THEIR OBESITY. RIGHT NOW IN THIS COUNTRY OF THE 38:58 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WE HAVE 66.2% THAT ARE EITHER 39:03 OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE. AND NOW THERE IS SOME STUDIES 39:07 THAT ARE SHOWING THAT THERE'S A LINK BETWEEN OBESITY AND CANCER, 39:12 AND SO WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM COMING UP, NOVEMBER 14TH, 39:19 NOVEMBER 21ST, NOVEMBER 28TH, AND DECEMBER 5, FOUR CONSECUTIVE 39:24 PROGRAMS ON HEALTH TO THE MAX, AND THIS IS FOR THE COMMUNITY 39:28 ALL AROUND US, NOT ONLY IN HAY MARKET WHERE WE ARE, BUT ALSO 39:33 GAINESVILLE, AND THE SURROUNDING TOWNS. 39:36 SO WE'RE ALREADY TAKING REGISTRATIONS FOR HEALTH TO THE 39:41 MAX IN THAT AREA. SO OUR GOAL IS TO HELP PEOPLE 39:45 HAVE BETTER HEALTH, HAVE A BETTER SPIRITUAL LIFE, AND AS 39:48 MARK MENTIONED, WE DO WANT TO PASS THIS ON TO OTHER PASTORS 39:53 AND LAY PEOPLE AS WELL, BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, DANNY, THEY WANT 39:57 TO WORK. THEY ARE PART OF GO YE, AND THEY 40:00 ARE PART OF SPREADING THE MESSAGE. 40:03 >> ISN'T IT A BLESSING OF GOD THAT YOU -- AND I DON'T KNOW 40:06 WHICH ONE OF YOU CAME UP -- OR IF IT HIT YOU ALL AS ONCE THAT 40:11 SAID WE NEED TO BUILD A CENTER HERE, AND YOU STARTED THE LONG 40:16 JOURNEY, THE PROCESS OF FAITH, BUT NOW YOU SIT BACK AND IT 40:20 PROBABLY SEEMS UNREAL. THE 17TH AND 18TH, THAT WEEKEND 40:26 WE HAVE THIS SERIES, AND THE 12TH AND THE 14TH, WE HAVE THE 40:32 HEALTH TO THE MAX, AND ALL OF THESE THINGS TO SEE THAT LITTLE 40:37 REALITY IN YOUR MINE, HAS NOW COME TO FRUITION WITH GOD'S 40:43 BLESSINGS, AND IT IS PAID FOR. AND WHAT I WANTED TO TALK TO OUR 40:48 VIEWERS ABOUT - AND I HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME MINE SET, I'M SURE, 40:54 BUT WHEN YOU THINK OF PASTOR MARK FINLEY, ASSISTANT TO THE 40:59 PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE, ALL OF THESE -- YOU 41:04 JUST ASSUME THT EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO IS PID FOR BY THE 41:07 CHURCH, AND THAT'S JUST -- I MEAN I COULD SEE PEOPLE THINKING 41:10 THAT, BECAUSE, WELL, YOU ARE WITH THE GENERAL CONFERENCE, I'M 41:15 SURE THAT MONEY, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. 41:19 >> NO, AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS A FAITH MINISTRY, AND THAT'S 41:24 WHY I FELT IMPRESSED -- THE LORD -- TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT -pBUT I KNOW IT TAKES OPERATIONS, 41:44 AND THOSE OPERATIONS CAN ONLY CONTINUE BY FINANCES THAT COME 41:47 IN. TO BUILD TV STATIONS TO RAISE 41:48 THE MONEY FOR THEM IS THE EASIEST THING, THE HUNDRED 41:53 THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH TO KEEP THEM OPERATING THAT PEOPLE DON'T 42:01 SEE, SO THAT'S FOLK HAVE COME HERE AND I'M SURE THEY HAVEN'T 42:07 SAID A WORD TO YOU, AND BECAUSE SOME OF YOU MAY JUST BE JOINING 42:13 US THIS SECOND HOUR, AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN THAT CENTER IS 42:17 MAKING A DIFFERENCE AROUND THE WORLD. 42:20 PEOPLE ARE COMING, TAKING BACK FROM BRAZIL, DIFFERENT 42:24 COUNTRIES, AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO GROW. 42:26 AND THE MORE IT GROWS THE MORE EXPENSIVE THOSE MEALS GET, AND 42:30 THE TOOLS GET, AND ALL YOU ARE DOING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND AT 42:36 SOME POINT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE TO WRITE 42:44 ANSWER TO ANSWER, AND IT GROWS. >> YEAH, WE NEED AN ASSISTANT 42:51 FOR MARK, AND THAT'S A BIG NEED, BECAUSE WE HAVE TH 42:57 RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TEACHING AND PREACHING -- 43:00 >> THAT WAS A QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK. 43:04 YOU ARE THE PRINCIPLE PRESENTER -- YOU TWO? 43:08 >> YES. WE TYPICALLY TEACH IN THE 43:11 MORNINGS AND AFTERNOONS. THEN I PREACH A LATE CLASS. 43:18 SHE GOES AND PREPARES FOOD. THEN I'LL TEACH A COUPLE OF 43:24 CLASSES. THEN IN THIS EVENINGS, WE'RE OUT 43:26 IN THE COMMUNITY, AND OUR SCHOOL IS SO RAPIDLY EXPANDING. 43:32 I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT OUR SCHOOL WOULD EXPAND SO RAPIDLY. 43:35 BUT NOW WE'RE STARTING A SECOND ADVENTURE DURING THE SUMMER IN 43:40 ENGINEER LAN, AND WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE TRANSEUROPEAN DIVISION, 43:45 AND WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 200 PASTORS FROM EUROPE THAT WILL COME TO 43:51 OUR INTENSIVE. WE ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL 43:56 COOPERATION WITH SOUTHERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY, AND IN THE 44:01 SUMMER SOMETIME, WITH WE'RE ABLE TO TEACH MASTER'S PROGRAMS. 44:08 THEY DO PART OF THEIR WORK WITH US, AND PART OF THEIR WORK AT 44:14 SOUTHERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY. IN ADDITION TO THAT WE HAVE BEEN 44:19 ASKED TO COME TO AFRICA, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LARGE 44:23 EVANGELISTIC SERIES IN TANZANIA THIS YEAR. 44:27 THEY TOLD US WE'LL HAVE A -THOUSAND TO 1100 STUDENTS. SHE WON'T BE COOKING FOR THEM 44:37 THOUGH. [ LAUGHTER ] 44:38 >> SO THAT ONE WILL BE PRETTY EXCITING. 44:40 AND ALSO THE ISRAEL CENTER. >> YEAH, WE'RE STARTING A NEW 44:44 CENTER AS WELL -- AND THE IDEA THERE IS -- THIS WILL LAUNCH IN 44:50 2019. WHAT WE WANT TO DO THERE IS TAKE 44:53 PASTORS TO ISRAEL, TEACH THEM IN THE LAND OF JESUS AND IN THE 44:57 LAND OF THE OP -- APOSTLES IN THE MORNING, AND TAKE THEM OUT 45:07 TO THE SITES IN THE AFTERNOON. AND THEN WE'RE STARTING THE 45:12 ONLINE UNIVERSITY. THE ONLINE UNIVERSITY IS THIS, 45:14 HERE IS THE WEAKNESS IN ALL TRAINING, AND I HAVE BEGUN TO 45:18 SEE THIS THROUGH THE YEARS. PEOPLE MAY GET THEIR 45:22 EVANGELISTIC TRAINING FOR FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS, BUT WHAT HAPPENS 45:27 AFTER THAT? THEY GO BACK. 45:30 DID THEY FORGET ABOUT IT? OR IMPLEMENT IT? 45:36 SO GOD HAS LEAD A PERSON IN OUR CHURCH TO DEVELOP WITH US A 45:40 SCHOOL OF EVANGELISM ONLINE. >> GREAT. 45:42 >> AND WE'LL HAVE 15 TO 20, MAYBE 25 CLASSES. 45:48 PEOPLE CAN TAKE A CLASS ANYPLACE IN THE WORLD. 45:51 WE WANT THEM TO COME TO OUR CENTER, OF COURSE, BECAUSE THERE 45:54 IS SOMETHING ABOUT THAT FACE-TO-FACE, BUT WHEN THEY 45:57 LEAVE THEY CAN TAKE A CLASS ON HEALTH MINISTRIES, A CLASS ON 46:02 PUBLIC EVANGELISM, A CLASS ON LAST-DAY EVENTS, SO WE'RE 46:07 INCREDIBLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONLINE MINISTRY THAT WE'RE 46:10 REALLY DEVELOPING AS WELL. SOCIAL MEDIA EXPLODING. 46:15 AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT GOD IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK, AND, 46:20 AGAIN, WE'RE AT OUR CENTER MAYBE 40% OF OUR TIME, BUT MOST OF THE 46:25 TIME WHEN PEOPLE DONATE TO US, WE'RE OUT DOING EVANGELISM ON 46:29 THE GREAT PLATFORMS OF THE WORLD AS LONG AS GOD GIVES US ENERGY, 46:33 WE KEEP PREACHING AND THE SUPPORT OF OUR PEOPLE HELPS US 46:37 DO THAT. >> TEENY I WAS IN INDIA A NUMBER 46:42 OF YEARS AGO WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER FOLK, AND A LAYMAN, BOB 46:49 PAHLSSON, NOT A PREACHER BUT HE PUTS IN HANDRAILING AND STUFF 46:54 AROUND HOUSES, AWNINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 46:57 THEY INVATED ME TO GO, AND 3ABN TO GO AND DO FILMING AND TAPING 47:03 THERE, WHICH WE DID. AND I SAW BOB GET UP -- EACH 47:06 NIGHT WE HAD AN ESTIMATED 40 TO 50,000 PEOPLE. 47:10 THERE WAS NO BUILDING THAT WOULD HOLD THE PEOPLE, SO ALMOST AS 47:14 FAR AS YOU COULD SEE, AND WE WOULD SEE A HUNDRED TO -- PAT 47:19 AND OTHERS WERE IN CARGE OF TRUCKS, THERE WOULD MAYBE BE A 47:28 HUNDRED, 200 BIG TRUCKS HAULING PEOPLE. 47:30 AND WENT THROUGH THIS ENTIRE SERIES, NOT A WORLD OF HIS OWN. 47:36 HE PREACHED YOUR SERMONS, BUT I ALWAYS SAY THAT GOD BLESSES US 47:41 IN SPITE OF US, SO IT'S NOT REALLY THAT MARK IS DOING IT, 47:45 BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT IMPRESSED YOU, SO YOU ARE SHARING THAT 47:48 WITH OTHERS, THEY TOO CAN BE EFFECTIVE, SO GOD DIDN'T SAY 47:57 MARK FINLEY. GOD SAYS YOU TAKE HIS SERMONS 47:59 AND YOU GO PREACH THEM. >> UH-HUH. 48:02 >> AND 15,000 PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED IN THE ADVENTIST 48:06 CHURCH, THOUSANDS CAME TO JESUS FOR WHAT YOU HAD DONE THAT YOU 48:13 WEREN'T EVEN THERE -- YOU WEREN'T EVEN IN THE COUNTRY, BUT 48:16 YET YOUR WORK -- >> WE REALIZE THAT WE NEEDED TO 48:19 PASS IT ON WHEN WE WERE AT AN ASI CONVENTION, AND A LITTLE BIT 48:25 CAME UP TO MARK AND HE KEPT SAYING, PASTOR FINLEY, I MUST 48:31 TALK TO YOU, AND HE KEPT PULLING HIS SLEEVE AND SAYING PASTOR 48:36 FINLEY, I HAVE TO TALK TO YOU. SO MARK SAID, OKAY, SON, WHAT 48:40 WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT? AND HE SAID PASTOR FINLEY, I 48:44 JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M PRAYING FOR YOU. 48:46 >> WOW. >> WOW. 48:48 >> SO THEN HE -- HE STOPPED FOR A MOMENT, AND THEN HE SAID, AND 48:53 PASTOR FINLEY, YOU ARE GOING TO NEED IT AS YOU TRAVEL ALL OVER 48:57 THE WORLD TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS, ESPECIALLY AT YOUR AGE. 49:03 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND SO WE REALIZED THAT WE 49:06 NEED PASS THIS ON. >> INDEED. 49:09 INDEED. WELL AS YOU SAID, IF YOU WERE A 49:12 YOUNGER MAN, YOU COULD DON'T THIS. 49:16 I'M CONNECTING THE DOTS ON YOUR ITINERARY, YOU HAVE BEEN TO 49:22 CHINA, ENGLAND, AND SPENDING INCREDIBLE TIME AT THIS SCHOOL. 49:26 IT OCCURS TO ME THAT NOBODY GETS A SCHOLARSHIP ON FAITH. 49:30 FROM THE MARK FINLEY TO THE ELDER IN THE LOCAL CHURCH, AND 49:33 WHAT IS INSPIRING ABOUT YOUR TESTIMONY IS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN 49:37 YOU A PLATFORM TO DO WHA YOU HAVE DONE FOR MANY YEARS, NOW 49:41 YOU ARE PASSING THAT LEGACY ON TO OTHERS, AND WHATEVER YOUR 49:45 PLATFORM IS -- IT MAY BE A SMALL CHURCH IN A RURAL SETTING OR A 49:50 CITY CHURCH THAT THIS CAN BE REPLICATED, YOU SAID IT BEFORE, 49:54 IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE, GOD WILL TAKE WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HANDS 49:58 AND USE IT TO HIS GLORY. >> I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THE 50:04 POTENTIAL FOR SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST LAY PEOPLE, AND 50:07 CHRISTIAN LAY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. 50:09 >> AMEN. >> THE HOLY SPIRIT LEADS THEM IN 50:12 THEIR OWN WAY TO GIVE OUT A PIECE OF LITERATURE, TO GIVE A 50:16 BIBLE STUDY, TO GET INVOLVED IN A HEALTH MINISTRY. 50:20 EVERYBODY CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, BUT EVERBODY CAN DO SOMETHING. 50:22 >> SOMETHING. >> AND WE GROW SPIRITUALLY AS WE 50:26 GROW OUR FAITH. JESUS SAID IT'S MORE BLESSED TO 50:33 GIVE THAN RECEIVE. SOME PEOPLE COME TO A PLATEAU IN 50:36 THEIR SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE, AND IT KIND OF BECOMES BLAH, BUT 50:39 THEN THE SPIRIT BEGINS LEADING THEM TO SERVICE, AND THEY GET 50:46 INVOLVED, AND THAT INVOLVEMENT JUST REIGNITES THAT SPIRITUAL 50:49 COMMITMENT TO CHRIST. I HAVE JUST WRITTEN A BOOK 50:52 CALLED UNSHAKABLE FAITH, AND IT'S ON THE REFORMATION. 50:56 WE'RE CELEBRATING THE 500TH YEAR OF THE REFORMATION. 51:05 1517, YOU KNOW, UNTIL 2017, AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT BOOK, I 51:08 DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THE BACKGROUND OF THE REFORMERS, AND 51:13 THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT BROUGHT DEEP CONVICTION TO 51:19 MY SOUL. THE DINZEYS MADE THE WORD OF GOD 51:23 THEIR MODEL. THEY WERE NOT SHAPED BY CULTURE 51:26 OR THE POPULAR CHURCH, BUT THE BOOK OF GOD WAS THEIR MOTTO.-WHEN YOU LOOK AT MARTIN LUTHER, 51:34 THE WORD OF GOD HIS MOTTO. AS HE STUDIED THE WORD, IT 51:40 ENLIGHTENED HIS HEART. I REMEMBER READING ABOUT LUTHER, 51:44 WHEN HE FIRST FOUND A BIBLE IN A MONASTERY, HE BEGAN TO REED IT, 51:49 AND AS HE TOOK THAT BOOK IN HIS HANDS, HE SAID I NEVER KNEW A 51:53 BOOK LIKE THIS EXISTED. AND HIS HEART JUST BURNED WITHIN 51:58 HIM. AND HE READ THE BOOK OF ROMANS 52:00 AND IT CHANGED HIS LIFE. AND PEOPLE IN THE TRADITIONAL 52:05 CHURCH, THEIR HEARTS WERE TRANSFORMED BY THE GRACE OF GOD, 52:08 AND THE THING THAT I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH IS THIS. 52:11 THAT THE BIBLE IS RELEVANT. IT MEETS THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE. 52:15 >> AMEN. >> I PREACHED ALL OVER THE WORLD 52:18 TO THE YOUNG AND OLD, EDUCATED AND UNEDUCATED, I STOOD IN 52:23 UNIVERSITIES, ONE OF THE TOP 50 UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD IN 52:27 SOUTH AFRICA, OR I HAVE BEEN IN DIRT ROADS IN THE PHILIPPINES, 52:32 AND PUT A LANTERN ON A TABLE, BUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD SPEAKS TO 52:37 THE YOUNG AND THE OLD, THE SPIRIT OF GOD TOUCHES LIVES AND 52:40 CHANGES THEM THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD. 52:42 IF WE EVER GET AWAY FROM THE WORD, IF WE'RE EVER ALLOWED IN 52:47 THIS CHURCH, THE ADVENTIST CHURCH OR ANY OTHER CHRISTIAN 52:51 COMMUNITY, TO BE SHAPED BY CULTURE, WE WILL LOSE THAT 52:55 VIBRANCE OF FAITH AND BECOME SIMPLY LIKE ANY OTHER RELIGIOUS 53:01 COMMUNION. IT IS THE WORD OF GOD, THE 53:04 TEACHINGS OF THE WORD, THE TRUTH OF THE WORD, THE CHRIST OF THE 53:08 WORD THAT JUST CHANGES OUR LIVES. 53:11 >> ABSOLUTELY. BEAUTIFULLY SAID. 53:12 AND I -- MY BURDEN IS FOR SO MANY PEOPLE WHILE SOCIAL MEDIA 53:18 IS SUCH A GREAT TOOL, IT ALSO CAN BE USED, YOU KNOW, FOR EVIL 53:22 AND BAD AND DIVISION, AND I SEE PEOPLE WITHIN THE CHURCH, 53:26 CHRISTIANS, PROBABLY EVERY CHURCH ON FACEBOOK WHERE PUBLIC 53:30 CAN READ ARGUING ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS OR DISAGREEING ABOUT 53:34 POLITICS AND DOING ALL OF THESE, AND I'M LIKE WHY DONE WE 53:37 TAKE -- IF WE HAVE A TOOL THAT WE CAN USE, WHERE YAY, THOUSANDS 53:44 OF PEOPLE CAN GET ON FACEBOOK AROUND THE WORLD, WHAT IF EACH 53:50 OF US JUST PUT UP JOHN 3:16, YOU KNOW, PUT UP SOMETHING POSITIVE 53:56 AND GOOD THAT REPRESENTS JESUS, AND LIFTS HIM UP. 54:00 AND WHAT WE'RE HEARING IN YOU TONIGHT IS WE HAVE TO STAY TRUE 54:03 TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BIBLE, AND WHEN WE SUBMIT AND COMMIT 54:07 OUR LIFE TO JESUS, THEN WE'RE READY FOR WHATEVER COMES OUR 54:10 WAY, WHETHER IT'S THE SICKNESS, THE DEATH, THE FINANCIAL 54:14 PROBLEMS, HE'S SAYING -- YOU NAME IT, WE MAY NOT ON THIS 54:18 EARTH -- THE BIBLE SAYS IT ONCE APPOINTED A TIME FOR EVERY MAN 54:23 TO DIE, SOIT'S NOT HOW LONG WE LIVE, BUT WHAT HAPPENS TO US 54:27 WHEN WE DIE, ARE WE READY TO MEET JESUS CHRIST AND LIVE IN 54:34 ETERNITY FOR HIM? SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING US 54:37 FOCUS THAT WE'RE ALL HERE FOR A MOMENT, WHETHER WE DIE BEFORE 54:43 JESUS COMES OR LIVE FOR THE SECOND COMING, BUT WE WANT TO BE 54:47 ABLE TO LOOK UP AND SAY THIS IS OUR GOD WE HAVE WAITED FOR. 54:50 HE HAS COME TO SAVE US. >> THAT'S THE ENTIRE GOAL OF OUR 54:54 LIVES IS TO PRESENT JESUS AND HELP OTHERS TO GET INTO THE 54:58 KINGDOM. SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING 55:00 THIS OPPORTUNITY AS WELL AS TO BE ON 3ABN, BECAUSE I KNOW 55:05 THAT'S A GREAT WAY THAT -- GREAT TOOL THAT GOD IS USING TO HAVE 55:10 LITERALLY THOUSANDS AND MILLIONS LEARN ABOUT JESUS. 55:13 >> PRAISE THE LORD. I WANT TO PUT UP. 55:16 WE HAVE LESS THAN TWO MINUTES. I WANT TO PUT UP AN ADDRESS. 55:21 YOU CAN WRITE TO GENERAL CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY 55:25 ADVENTIST MARK FINLEY EVANGELISM, 12501 OLD COLUMBIA 55:30 PIKE, SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND 21904, OR THE PHONE NUMBER IS 55:42 301-680-6000. LET'S LEAVE IT UP FOR A LITTLE 55:45 BIT LONGER. I'M SURE YOU CAN GO TO THE 55:48 WEBSITE ALSO. BUT WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR 55:53 GIFT -- AND WE WANT YOU TO PRAY AND ASK THOUGH HOLY SPIRIT TO 55:58 LEAD YOU TO WHAT YOU CAN DO. MAYBE PHYSICALLY SOMEONE CAN'T 56:04 GO, BUT WE ALL CAN PRAY FOR YOU, AND MOST OF US, CAN HELP 56:09 FINANCIALLY. SO WHATEVER YOU CAN DO THE HOLY 56:11 SPIRIT IS IMPRESSING, AND IF YOU ARE NOT READY TONIGHT, YOU CAN 56:15 GO TO THE WEBSITE AND CONTACT HIM, AND SEND A LOVE GIFT TO SAY 56:22 THANK YOU, MARK AND TEENY FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING. 56:26 >> ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD THIS 56:30 NIGHT IS THE IDEA THAT IF YOU WANT TO, THERE IS A METHODOLOGY 56:34 FOR YOU TO GET TRAINED. THIS IDEA OF THE SHORT-TERM 56:37 TRAINING IS -- IS BRILLIANT, AND IT IS AN IDEA WHO'S TIME HAS 56:41 COME. >> YEAH, AND ONLINE, YOU CAN 56:44 FOLLOW UP AFTER THAT. >> PRECISELY. 56:46 TO REACH OUT, AS DANNY OFTEN SAYS PRAY AND ASK THE LORD WHAT 56:51 WOULD HE HAVE YOU TO DO? WELL, DANNY, MARK, AND TEENY, 56:58 OUR TIME HAS FAST SLIPPED INTO ETERNITY, ALLOW ME TO WISH YOU 57:06 BOTH GRACE AND PEACE IN THE LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. 57:14 BYE-BYE, AND GOD BLESS. ♪ |
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