I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Welcome to 3ABN
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and happy Thanksgiving to
each and every one of you.
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Isn't this a
great day to celebrate?
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It is.
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It is, I love this
time of the year anyway.
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Oh, absolutely. It's great.
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I do too.
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You know, there
are some holidays
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that we as Christians
can't celebrate or shouldn't
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and holidays like Halloween.
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You didn't say any programs,
didn't see this all dressed up
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as witches and
goblins and all that things.
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I've been called
some of the names
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that people dress up
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but I don't try to do that.
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I don't celebrate
it for sure, right?
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But Thanksgiving is
one of these holidays
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that we all have
something to be thankful for.
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We do and you
know, whereas every day,
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we need to count our blessings
and look at what God has done
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but then it's also good
to look over the whole year
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and see just how God,
how far He's brought you.
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Absolutely, well, we have
some of our 3ABN family here
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with us today
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and rather than us
to do the introductions,
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we'll just let you all, John,
we'll start with you and Angie,
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introduce yourself and
maybe say what you do at 3ABN
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and around the world?
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Okay. Well, I'm John Lomacang.
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I'm the pastor
of the Thompsonville
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Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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I also work on a
number of programs,
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director of world
evangelism for 3ABN
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and I host House Calls
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and also A Sharper Focus
which is on Wednesday night.
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Preach, teach, sing
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and whatever the Lord
gives me the opportunity to do,
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I do it for His glory.
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It sounds like we need
to give him something else
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to keep him busy.
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Angie, say, no, no, no. No.
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My name is Angela Lomacang.
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I work at 3ABN Radio
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and I edit programs
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and host a
program called Crossroads
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which is a wonderful
program, a testimony program.
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So I'm privileged
and honored to be here.
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Thank you.
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Folks that listen to the radio
get to see the voice behind,
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you know, their speakers
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whether it's a car
or at home or whatever.
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So that's nice, I'm sure.
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Absolutely.
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My name is Jason Bradley.
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I'm assistant to
the general manager
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of 3ABN's Dare to Dream Network
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and as everybody knows,
we all wear multiple hats.
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So sometimes, it's office work,
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sometimes it's being
in front of the camera,
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sometimes it's
producing programs,
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sometimes it's meeting viewers
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and promoting the
network at conventions.
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But ultimately, it's
just serving the Lord.
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And one of your newer, Jay,
it seems is prison ministry.
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So little recently,
we were in the Bahamas
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and you went to the
prison and was in charge.
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Yes.
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It was absolutely a wonderful
experience out there as well.
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Not a whole bunch of
people showed up but we're,
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you know, Jesus would
have died for just one.
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That's right.
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Yes. That's right.
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Great.
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And I'm Mollie Steenson,
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and I've been at
3ABN now for over 20,
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well, going on 23
years and during that time,
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I have done some of
absolutely everything.
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I've worked in the call center.
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I've run camera
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and, but I think my
main responsibility at 3ABN
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has always been to
hold Danny Shelton's arms up
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and that, that's
what I do at 3ABN.
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Thank you. I needed it for sure.
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I'm Tammy Chance
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and I am one of
the donation managers.
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Donation meaning,
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people give us gifts
sometimes to help the ministry.
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Other than cash
or sometimes cash,
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but it can be almost anything.
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Coins and all
kinds of things, yeah,
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and so we turn that
into money for the ministry,
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and sometimes I sing
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and just whatever need
be, I try to be around.
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You speaking of around,
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you've been around
a long time at 3ABN.
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So well, life in general,
I won't get into that but,
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but been around 3ABN for almost
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I guess since the beginning,
close to the beginning.
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Yeah, I was here
the first few years
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and then I raised my children
and came back 15 years ago.
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Okay. All right.
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My name is Bruce Chance
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and I'm the other
manager with the donation center
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and I just do what
Tammy tells me to do.
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That's smart.
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I find I'm okay,
if I just do that.
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That's very smart.
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Okay. Let's go up to Jay.
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I'm Jay Christian,
general manager of 3ABN Radio.
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Angela and I work together.
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Okay.
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Danny, I've been
here over 18 years.
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Eighteen, wow. Eighteen years.
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That is amazing.
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Yes, it is.
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In that time, we've
seen 3ABN Radio grow a lot
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and praise God for that.
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We started with
absolutely no affiliates
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and almost no listeners.
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A few people maybe knew
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that we were out
there on satellite
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but not that many
and now we have...
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Oh, I hate to give a number.
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The last number I heard
was several hundred affiliates
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around the world.
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And we have a lots
of internet listeners.
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We have a new channel now.
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It's been over a year
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but the music
channel is all music 24/7
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and we have the regular,
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the religious
programming as well.
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I have a music
program, musical meditations,
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and I'm one of
probably everybody at 3ABN
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that wear as many hats
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because it's a
lot of work to do.
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Even though I have
the title general manager,
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I actually manage
just a little bit.
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We have a wonderful staff.
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The staff is just
very self-motivated.
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They know what
they are supposed to do
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and they do it
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and we all have the
crunch work that we have to do.
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Anywhere from
scheduling to production,
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to writing to doing
different things like that.
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And it's just been wonderful.
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We praise God.
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We get emails from people.
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We get phone calls.
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We get all sorts of things.
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Letting people know
they're driving down the road,
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searching for a radio station
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and they hit one of
our affiliates somewhere
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and they are saying something
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that they needed
to know right then
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and they keep listening.
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And we have people in our church
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here at Thompsonville
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that ended up
coming to our church
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by listening to the radio
station that we have here.
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We'll get into
some of that later.
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Great. Yeah, yeah.
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All right. So praise God.
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Who you have
sitting next to you.
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I'm Svetlana Christian.
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I'm 3ABN photographer
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and some do
design and that's all.
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Yeah, my name is Greg Morikone
and I oversee production.
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I work with a
great team in production,
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so my title is
production manager.
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But I have a
wonderful team to work with
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and it's a privilege,
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Jill and I have been a
part of the ministry of 3ABN.
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He left out that he's
also a vice-president.
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I noticed that. I noticed that.
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Well, yeah, we all do
many things here at 3ABN.
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The key is that we are a team
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and the team is moving
forward in a great direction
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and so it's really fun.
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It's been a blessing to
be a part of this ministry.
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All right.
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My name is Jill Morikone
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and I think the best
job title I could have
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is being Greg's wife.
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I'm so blessed by my husband
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and so praise the Lord for that.
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We've been married 15 years.
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I've been at the
ministry here 15 years
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and such a blessing.
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My title would be, I
guess administrative assistant
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to Danny, to the
president and that is a blessing
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and corporate
secretary for the board.
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But it's just a
privilege to serve Jesus.
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No matter where He
calls you, what you do,
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some of my work is
office responsibility.
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Some is camera, in
front of the camera.
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Some is praying with people
and ministering for Jesus.
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So it's a privilege to be here.
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And I'm Chris Shelton.
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She stole my
line, you know that.
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At least I can say it too,
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that's my best job
title being married to you.
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Thank you, honey.
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As far as I work here at 3ABN,
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we are just
basically volunteers.
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We do whatever you ask us to do.
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So we're always
grateful, always blessed by it.
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We have Behold
the Lamb ministries
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which actually was one of
the first programs on 3ABN
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when you, young men
started it many years ago
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and it just, you
know, kind of evolved
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into ministry of its own and,
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but we're very thankful
and very grateful to be here.
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We wear many hats too.
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I love coming here to record
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because when we
recorded Behold the Lamb,
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I'm doing too many things.
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So by the time, I actually
get to what I need to record,
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I'm just like
okay, what do I say now?
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You know, because my brain
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is in five or
six different areas.
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So it's beautiful to come here
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and actually be
able to sit and pray
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and just concentrate
on what we need to give.
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But we love it and we
love being a part of it.
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All right.
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Okay, well I'm Kenny Shelton
and I think she stole my line.
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No, we're so pleased to
be able to work with 3ABN.
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Seeing the, really the results.
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You know, Bible
talks about we're planners
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and you know source
and waters and so on.
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But we are able
to see God showing us
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the results of this station,
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what's happening as
everyone is doing their job
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and I know how
they say it so humbly
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that each one is
doing many different facets,
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and I think
that's part of blessing
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but, you know, when
we all work together,
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there will be souls
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that would be won
to the kingdom of God,
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and that's basically our desire.
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Not only it's work for
Jesus but to one selves for Him.
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So this is an
opportunity, it's a golden.
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We appreciate every
moment, opportunity we get
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to be able to be
with 3ABN personnel.
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We feel like most of the time,
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I don't always say
Behold the Lamb, I say 3ABN.
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They ask me.
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It's good, yeah,
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but we appreciate very much
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being able to
work closely with 3ABN.
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I appreciate you all being here.
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Yeah, I'm Tim Parton.
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I am general manager of
Praise Him, music channel
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and it's a delight
for me to be involved
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as more I guess
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probably one of the
newer members of the family.
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It is a thrill for me
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to everyday get
to work in music,
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and also it's a thrill
for me get to know the staff,
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the family here
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and to see that
it's not just work,
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it's not just
getting business done,
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but it's about
growing in the Lord,
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and it's about seeing God
active in our lives everyday
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in business and in
growing the kingdom.
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So I'm thrilled to be
a part of this ministry.
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How about you.
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You didn't introduce
yourself and what you do,
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what do you do here at 3ABN?
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Okay, well, I'm Yvonne Lewis
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and I am the
general manager of 3ABN's
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Dare to Dream Network
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and I get to co-host
with you on the Today program,
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and I sing and just get
to do a whole lot of things
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that I love to do.
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It's such a blessing to be here.
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Amen.
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Well, I'm so thankful
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for each and
every one of you here
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but we have a lot of people.
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Some are traveling, you
know, this time of the year.
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So we've got people out on
the road that couldn't come
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or otherwise
would have a lot more.
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And we're gonna
have some hopefully,
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if they are up to it,
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some special guests
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that will be here
in just a little bit.
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But so we could
introduce all of our family.
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Jill, Mollie,
about how many folk
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do we have just here at center,
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the world headquarters at 3ABN,
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full-time,
part-time workers, 100 and...
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I'm gonna say 120.
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We have had more in the past
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but would you know,
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the Lord has graced
and blessed us so much
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with employees that
do wear multiple hats
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and can do so many
things and we just praise Him.
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And I'm quick to
tell our employees,
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you are our most valuable asset.
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Got has blessed us
with such incredible people
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from next door,
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across this nation
and from around the world.
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God has sent us employees.
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And we have some folk
who couldn't be here today
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because of logistics.
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Sister Julia Outkina
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and from Russia
and the Russian...
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How many of you have been
to Russia facility over there?
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Let me see your hands.
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I know that Svet has been there
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because that's
where she came from.
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Jay found her on
a trip over there
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and brought her back to America.
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And, of course,
they're husband and wife
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so Julia and her crew,
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we want to say
happy Thanksgiving
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to all of you also.
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Then we have John
and Rosemary Malkovich
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down in Australia
with 3ABN Australia.
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Down under. Down under.
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And of course places
like the Philippines,
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with ambassador being Tejano
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that who is in charge of
the network now over there.
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And so we have
people from around the world
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that are working with 3ABN
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so that we can take
this gospel of the kingdom
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into all the world.
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Then we have Brenda
Walsh who couldn't be here.
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Brenda Walsh, she can't be
here because she's everywhere.
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I don't know anybody
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that travels more
than Brenda Walsh.
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I know, I know.
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She's the time management queen.
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Everywhere we go,
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they'll say, oh Brenda
Walsh was here recently.
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She always beats us there
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wherever we go
with the invitations
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and but a work that she does,
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you know for the cause of God.
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And again, there is a lot
of folk here that's not here
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but we want to enjoy this time
with you and share with you.
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There may be some of you
who are by yourselves right now
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on a day like this
and you feel lonely.
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You feel like, you
know, it's just me.
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No it's not. We're your family.
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Let us come into your home
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and, you know, laugh
with us, cry with us,
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whatever you want to do.
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Pray for us, we
will pray for you.
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Some of those, some
of you watching this
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that are incarcerated today.
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Some of you are
watching from hospital beds
00:14:53.66\00:14:55.72
and listening,
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and so for all of us, we
just want to get together
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because if there is one
thing that we should be doing
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is giving thanks
to our heavenly Father
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and for the plan of salvation
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that each and every one
of us, each and everyone.
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Christ died that not
any should perish, right?
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But all should
have eternal life.
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I mean, that's
a wonderful thing.
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We can talk about it
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but we really won't
understand that kind of love
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till we get to heaven.
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But I know this, I'm
very thankful, Tammy,
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why don't you maybe lead us
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in a chorus of thank
you Lord for saving my soul
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and then maybe we feel
like, we'll jump in with you.
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Please do.
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Thank you Lord
for saving my soul
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Thank you Lord
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For making me whole
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Thank you Lord
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For giving to me
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Thy great salvation
00:16:07.63\00:16:11.17
So rich and free
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Oh, that is so beautiful.
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You got to do
that again by yourself.
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Thank you Lord
00:16:18.84\00:16:22.74
For saving my soul
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Thank you Lord
00:16:27.32\00:16:31.05
For making me whole
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Thank you Lord
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For giving to me
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Thy great salvation
00:16:44.23\00:16:48.27
So rich and free
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Why don't we all
get some harmony going
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and you sing with us at home.
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Lead us, Tammy.
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Thank you Lord
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For saving my soul
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Thank you Lord
00:17:08.32\00:17:11.66
For making me whole
00:17:11.69\00:17:16.77
Thank you Lord
00:17:16.80\00:17:20.47
For giving to me
00:17:20.50\00:17:25.74
Thy great salvation
00:17:25.77\00:17:29.44
So rich and free
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One more time at home sing
it like you mean it now, right?
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Thank you Lord
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For saving my soul
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Thank you Lord
00:17:45.83\00:17:49.36
For making me whole
00:17:49.40\00:17:54.57
Thank you Lord
00:17:54.60\00:17:58.27
For giving to me
00:17:58.31\00:18:03.65
Thy great salvation
00:18:03.68\00:18:07.58
So rich and free
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I need a testimony.
Somebody needs to testify.
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Kenny, at back,
I'm looking at you.
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Give me a testimony right now.
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We thank about this season
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and it was mentioned
while ago, count your blessings.
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I think the song you
lead, count your blessings,
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name them one by one,
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and lately, I've been
thinking about those blessings.
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It's not just
today, it's not yesterday,
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but it's all year long
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and every day, I try
to count my blessings
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and say thank you
Lord for being so good,
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and so kind, and so
gracious for someone like me.
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You know, we can all
put our self in that,
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those who are at home,
00:18:46.59\00:18:47.92
those who are
watching and listening
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is God is so good to
each and every one of us.
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Every day of our life,
the air that we breath,
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you know, the house we
live, everything belongs to Him.
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And He gives all those as a gift
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and sometimes we
forget to say thank You God.
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Thank You for what You've done.
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Thank You for
every breath that I take.
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It is a gift from God
and I'm thankful for grace.
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I mean, thank God for
grace and for salvation.
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It is so full and it is so free.
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I look forward to that day
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when Jesus shall come
with all these test and trials
00:19:17.59\00:19:21.29
and these things
that our loved ones
00:19:21.32\00:19:23.49
are going through, you know.
00:19:23.53\00:19:25.29
It's going to be over with.
It's going to be in the past.
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We won't have to
think about it anymore.
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And everything is
gonna become new and refresh,
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and I praise God for that,
00:19:32.80\00:19:34.60
and so I'm looking
forward to that day.
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And I know each one here,
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for those who are
going through things today
00:19:37.44\00:19:39.64
in your life at home,
00:19:39.67\00:19:41.54
you know, I encourage
you to lift up your head,
00:19:41.58\00:19:43.85
your redemption draweth nigh.
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The signs of the time
tell us that Jesus is coming,
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and I can't thank of
a more wonderful time
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here at Thanksgiving
00:19:51.19\00:19:53.15
and like say real true holiday.
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Thanksgiving, we can
just lift our hearts to God
00:19:54.99\00:19:57.26
and say thank You.
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I know, probably everyone here
whatever you've been through,
00:19:59.56\00:20:02.26
I'm learning, I'm
learning to lean on Him more.
00:20:02.30\00:20:06.03
I'm learning to realize
that every breath I take
00:20:06.07\00:20:09.07
belongs to Him.
00:20:09.10\00:20:10.44
So let's give Him
praise, give Him honor
00:20:10.47\00:20:12.97
and give Him glory
00:20:13.01\00:20:14.34
and just, and let those
things that so easily beset us,
00:20:14.38\00:20:17.41
maybe yesterday, the day before,
00:20:17.45\00:20:19.35
or maybe the heartache
00:20:19.38\00:20:20.72
that some of you
have been through,
00:20:20.75\00:20:22.08
lay it aside right now.
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Let's take this time
00:20:23.62\00:20:25.22
to be in the
presence of the Almighty God.
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Let's just see what God can
do for each and every one of us.
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And then we'll be
singing one of these days
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as my sister was
and each one of you,
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one of those day...
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I've been looking forward
to, maybe you don't know,
00:20:36.00\00:20:38.07
Danny playing
the piano some day.
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All right. Yeah.
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So I want to thank him
in advance, people like Tim.
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Tim would you
move over and let him.
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I'm glad to.
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Oh, you said some day.
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That might be a
mistake at this point in time.
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But you know, just praying,
00:20:51.85\00:20:53.18
what a blessing that is
to have the musical abilities
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and things that God gives.
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So when I hear each one
sing and play instruments
00:20:57.72\00:21:00.79
and preach the
word and teach the word,
00:21:00.82\00:21:02.92
I think, man what a blessing
and it all belongs to Him.
00:21:02.96\00:21:08.03
You know, all the
results, all the good things
00:21:08.06\00:21:10.07
that happen belong to Him.
00:21:10.10\00:21:11.73
So a lot of times people ask me,
00:21:11.77\00:21:13.10
what do you do, what do you...
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I show up.
00:21:14.50\00:21:16.20
I simply show up
and God does the work.
00:21:16.24\00:21:18.77
He does the
convicting. That's a big thing.
00:21:18.81\00:21:21.21
That's a big thing.
00:21:21.24\00:21:22.58
So I want to praise
Him for that opportunity
00:21:22.61\00:21:24.08
that He gives me
00:21:24.11\00:21:25.71
each and every
day to lift my voice
00:21:25.75\00:21:27.52
to say thank You
Lord for saving my soul.
00:21:27.55\00:21:30.19
So it's a good Thanksgiving
and I praise Him for that.
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Sometimes you spend
maybe a few extra moments
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with family, and
friends, and different ones,
00:21:38.23\00:21:41.16
and maybe some who don't realize
00:21:41.20\00:21:43.06
about being
grateful and thankful.
00:21:43.10\00:21:44.57
Maybe we can be
a reminder to them.
00:21:44.60\00:21:46.80
Maybe we can be
that blessing to them
00:21:46.84\00:21:48.30
so rather than to be blessed,
00:21:48.34\00:21:49.80
I want to be a
blessing this Thanksgiving day.
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And part of that blessing
00:21:52.37\00:21:53.71
is being here
with each one of you
00:21:53.74\00:21:55.08
and being a part of 3ABN.
00:21:55.11\00:21:56.44
We appreciate, thank you.
00:21:56.48\00:21:58.05
Tim, has God been good to you?
00:21:58.08\00:21:59.71
He has been
extremely good to me.
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We'll put you on the spot.
00:22:01.52\00:22:02.85
Why don't you tell
us about it in the song?
00:22:02.88\00:22:04.22
Okay.
00:22:04.25\00:22:05.59
Lately I've been looking
back, along this winding road
00:22:14.06\00:22:20.54
To the old familiar markers
of all the mercies I have known
00:22:20.57\00:22:28.41
I know it may sound simple
but it's more than a cliche
00:22:28.44\00:22:34.95
For there's no
better way to tell you
00:22:34.98\00:22:39.45
Than to say
00:22:39.49\00:22:43.89
God's been good in my life
00:22:43.93\00:22:51.43
And I feel blessed
beyond my wildest dreams
00:22:51.47\00:22:55.97
When I go to sleep each night
00:22:56.00\00:22:59.54
And though I've had
my share of hard times
00:22:59.57\00:23:03.91
I wouldn't
change them if I could
00:23:03.95\00:23:08.18
For through it all
00:23:08.22\00:23:11.85
God's been good
00:23:11.89\00:23:17.09
The times replay and I can see
00:23:20.90\00:23:24.27
That I've cried
some bitter tears
00:23:24.30\00:23:28.10
But I felt His arms around me
00:23:28.14\00:23:31.54
As I faced my greatest fears
00:23:31.57\00:23:35.74
You see I've had
more gains than losses
00:23:35.78\00:23:39.21
And I've known
more joy than hurt
00:23:39.25\00:23:43.12
As His grace rolled down upon me
00:23:43.15\00:23:48.86
So undeserved
00:23:48.89\00:23:51.76
For God's been good in my life
00:23:51.79\00:23:58.43
And I feel blessed
beyond my wildest dreams
00:23:58.47\00:24:02.87
When I go to sleep each night
00:24:02.90\00:24:06.17
And though I've had
my share of hard times
00:24:06.21\00:24:10.55
I wouldn't
change them if I could
00:24:10.58\00:24:14.52
For through it all
00:24:14.55\00:24:17.99
God's been so good
00:24:18.02\00:24:22.79
For you see God
has been my Father
00:24:22.82\00:24:26.43
My Savior and my Friend
00:24:26.46\00:24:29.60
His love was my beginning
00:24:29.63\00:24:32.73
And His love will be my end
00:24:32.77\00:24:36.67
Now, I could spend forever
00:24:36.71\00:24:39.84
Trying to tell you everything
00:24:39.87\00:24:43.68
He is
00:24:43.71\00:24:48.68
But the best way
that I can say it
00:24:48.72\00:24:53.89
Is simply this
00:24:53.92\00:24:56.19
God's been so good
00:25:00.80\00:25:06.33
In my life
00:25:06.37\00:25:09.90
And I feel so blessed
beyond my wildest dreams
00:25:09.94\00:25:15.64
When I go to sleep each night
00:25:15.68\00:25:19.05
And though I've had
my share of hard times
00:25:19.08\00:25:24.85
I might even
change them if I could
00:25:24.89\00:25:28.86
But through it all
00:25:28.89\00:25:32.39
Every step of the way
00:25:32.43\00:25:34.43
Through it all
00:25:34.46\00:25:37.20
God's been good
00:25:37.23\00:25:43.37
And if you know
this song, sing with me.
00:25:43.41\00:25:45.77
God is so good
00:25:45.81\00:25:52.11
God is so good
00:25:52.15\00:25:58.29
God is so good
00:25:58.32\00:26:03.36
He's so good to me
00:26:03.39\00:26:09.00
Sing it one more time.
00:26:09.03\00:26:10.50
God, you're so good
00:26:10.53\00:26:12.00
God is so good
00:26:12.03\00:26:16.57
So good to me
00:26:16.60\00:26:18.24
Oh, God is so good everyday
00:26:18.27\00:26:25.55
God is so good
00:26:25.58\00:26:31.12
He's so good
00:26:31.15\00:26:35.26
To me
00:26:35.29\00:26:41.00
Now all the people say, amen.
00:26:41.03\00:26:43.93
Speaking of God being so good,
I think we have some special,
00:26:43.97\00:26:48.30
a special surprise
with special family members
00:26:48.34\00:26:52.61
that we haven't
seen here in a while
00:26:52.64\00:26:54.88
and they are gonna tell
you that God's been good.
00:26:54.91\00:26:59.31
Johnny and Idalia Dinzey,
we're so glad that you're here.
00:26:59.35\00:27:04.15
And you guys just
heard Tim was talking about,
00:27:04.19\00:27:07.99
singing about God's been good.
00:27:08.02\00:27:11.36
But you were in, both of you
00:27:11.39\00:27:13.86
in a terrible
automobile accident
00:27:13.90\00:27:18.40
not too long ago.
00:27:18.43\00:27:19.77
Probably seems forever to you.
00:27:19.80\00:27:21.90
But time wise,
about when was it,
00:27:21.94\00:27:24.01
Johnny, do you
remember it at what date?
00:27:24.04\00:27:26.07
This was October 15th.
00:27:26.11\00:27:27.78
Okay.
00:27:27.81\00:27:29.14
We were in Cadillac, Michigan
00:27:29.18\00:27:31.55
and the 10th anniversary
of Strong Tower Radio,
00:27:31.58\00:27:34.95
3ABN affiliate
00:27:34.98\00:27:36.55
and they also have TV,
00:27:36.58\00:27:37.92
broadcasting
3ABN most of the time.
00:27:37.95\00:27:40.56
Okay.
00:27:40.59\00:27:41.92
So you're through
with the meetings.
00:27:41.96\00:27:44.49
You're traveling
from there, going where?
00:27:44.53\00:27:49.73
We're through with the meetings
00:27:49.76\00:27:51.17
and so we were gonna drive home
00:27:51.20\00:27:55.70
when about two miles later
00:27:55.74\00:28:00.48
a terrible,
terrible thing happened
00:28:00.51\00:28:02.44
and Idalia can
share how it happened.
00:28:02.48\00:28:04.51
Yeah, we don't have
to get in all the detail
00:28:04.55\00:28:06.28
of who did what but you ended up
00:28:06.31\00:28:08.72
and we call it a wreck
down here in Southern Illinois,
00:28:08.75\00:28:11.75
you had wreck, right?
00:28:11.79\00:28:13.12
Yes. Accident.
00:28:13.15\00:28:14.49
It was an accident.
00:28:14.52\00:28:15.86
It was a wreck
00:28:15.89\00:28:17.23
and when I
slammed on the brakes,
00:28:17.26\00:28:18.93
it had been raining, so we skid,
00:28:18.96\00:28:22.20
you know, we
crossed and the Lord said,
00:28:22.23\00:28:25.07
turn right, I said turn right,
00:28:25.10\00:28:28.60
you know, you
have a split second,
00:28:28.64\00:28:30.37
you know, when the Lord
prompts you to do something
00:28:30.41\00:28:33.14
so important to
follow and I turned
00:28:33.17\00:28:37.15
and I know that the Lord turned
right for me and the angels
00:28:37.18\00:28:40.48
because as I turned right,
00:28:40.52\00:28:42.75
we were impacted
by the other vehicle
00:28:42.78\00:28:47.62
and we ended up
somewhere in the ditch,
00:28:47.66\00:28:52.29
somewhere and the other vehicle
00:28:52.33\00:28:54.63
in the cornfield too,
00:28:54.66\00:28:56.53
and I just couldn't breathe.
00:28:56.56\00:29:00.94
And all of a sudden,
00:29:00.97\00:29:02.40
there was a face that took
the air bag out of the window
00:29:02.44\00:29:08.01
and she says, I am a nurse.
00:29:08.04\00:29:09.94
My name is so and so,
00:29:09.98\00:29:11.58
and I am here to
take your vitals.
00:29:11.61\00:29:13.82
I want to see how you're doing.
00:29:13.85\00:29:16.12
And all of a sudden,
00:29:16.15\00:29:18.02
there were ten people
around the vehicle with us.
00:29:18.05\00:29:22.42
I said, "Where
did you come from?
00:29:22.46\00:29:24.96
Where did you come from?"
00:29:24.99\00:29:26.73
"We live in this area.
00:29:26.76\00:29:28.30
We heard the accident
00:29:28.33\00:29:29.90
and we ran over to
see if we could help you."
00:29:29.93\00:29:32.50
Amen.
00:29:32.53\00:29:33.87
And I know those were
angels that the Lord sent
00:29:33.90\00:29:38.01
to attend to our needs
00:29:38.04\00:29:40.88
and, Johnny, he was saying,
00:29:40.91\00:29:43.55
he could not feel his legs.
00:29:43.58\00:29:48.15
He repeated that.
00:29:48.18\00:29:49.68
And I said drive her
00:29:53.46\00:29:56.32
and you hear your
husband of 23 faithful years
00:29:56.36\00:30:01.53
saying that, I said, Lord,
00:30:01.56\00:30:05.07
my world kind of went into shock
00:30:05.10\00:30:07.30
in my memory, in my mind,
00:30:07.34\00:30:09.50
and I said, Lord,
help me not lose control.
00:30:09.54\00:30:12.84
Help me that my
thoughts may be focused on you.
00:30:12.87\00:30:15.98
What do I do,
00:30:16.01\00:30:17.35
Lord, I just wanted to scream,
you know, in desperation.
00:30:17.38\00:30:21.32
But the Lord says,
turn your eyes upon Jesus.
00:30:21.35\00:30:24.95
All right. Yes.
00:30:24.99\00:30:26.42
I focused, I
know that the movies
00:30:26.45\00:30:30.83
that we watch about Jesus' life,
00:30:30.86\00:30:33.70
I know, it's just
a symbol, you know.
00:30:33.73\00:30:35.86
So we can relay the story.
00:30:35.90\00:30:38.87
But I focused his eyes
00:30:38.90\00:30:43.34
and the message that
I received was remember
00:30:43.37\00:30:46.24
when He was on the
cross, He did not make a sound.
00:30:46.27\00:30:50.38
He turned His
thoughts and His voice
00:30:50.41\00:30:52.55
to His Father and I said,
00:30:52.58\00:30:55.52
Lord, help me do that.
00:30:55.55\00:30:57.19
I want to do that.
00:30:57.22\00:30:58.95
And the only
thing I could whisper is
00:30:58.99\00:31:01.92
Jesus, Jesus,
00:31:01.96\00:31:05.73
Jesus continually.
00:31:05.76\00:31:09.20
I don't know
00:31:09.23\00:31:10.57
what anyone is
going through at this time
00:31:10.60\00:31:12.50
but when you
whisper the sweet, powerful,
00:31:12.53\00:31:16.44
all mighty name of Jesus,
00:31:16.47\00:31:19.11
His peace that passeth
00:31:19.14\00:31:21.74
all understanding
will come to your heart.
00:31:21.78\00:31:24.35
But you had major injuries.
00:31:24.38\00:31:27.35
Tell us what some of these were?
00:31:27.38\00:31:29.58
Well, Danny, sitting
there in the passenger seat
00:31:29.62\00:31:35.49
and realizing,
you know, we're alive.
00:31:35.52\00:31:41.50
But then looking at Idalia,
00:31:41.53\00:31:44.87
leaning back and
struggling to breathe,
00:31:44.90\00:31:50.71
and I asked her
00:31:50.74\00:31:54.88
how do you feel, she says,
00:31:54.91\00:31:57.41
I have pain in my chest
and I can hardly breathe,
00:31:57.45\00:32:01.68
and it's a horrible feeling
00:32:01.72\00:32:05.19
to know that
someone you love is in pain
00:32:05.22\00:32:08.92
and there is really nothing
00:32:08.96\00:32:10.89
you can do to
alleviate the pain.
00:32:10.93\00:32:14.16
So we were praying
00:32:14.20\00:32:16.53
but at the same time
thankful to be alive.
00:32:16.56\00:32:18.33
Yes, we stopped and
prayed, that's right.
00:32:18.37\00:32:21.40
And so,
00:32:21.44\00:32:24.87
when that lady
appeared at her window
00:32:24.91\00:32:28.54
and the window was shattered,
00:32:28.58\00:32:30.58
the windshield was shattered.
00:32:30.61\00:32:32.41
She moved these things aside,
00:32:32.45\00:32:35.55
and it was good that
the window was shattered
00:32:35.58\00:32:38.35
because the door
could not be opened.
00:32:38.39\00:32:40.26
Yes, that's right.
00:32:40.29\00:32:41.62
They had to use some
machines to open the door
00:32:41.66\00:32:43.73
to have access to her.
00:32:43.76\00:32:45.96
But when she said,
00:32:45.99\00:32:49.03
I'm a nurse, right away I said,
00:32:49.06\00:32:53.57
God already sent a nurse.
00:32:53.60\00:32:55.84
That's right.
00:32:55.87\00:32:57.27
We're gonna be okay.
00:32:57.31\00:33:00.78
Well, she has ten
broken, and ten broken ribs.
00:33:00.81\00:33:05.81
Wow. Her elbow was dislocated.
00:33:05.85\00:33:08.85
Of course, it's
been put back in place.
00:33:08.88\00:33:11.59
Many cuts on her left arm
00:33:11.62\00:33:15.19
and two of the
cuts were deep enough
00:33:15.22\00:33:19.46
and long enough for
them to put stitches on them.
00:33:19.49\00:33:23.00
The rest were smaller
00:33:23.03\00:33:24.37
but not as deep
and then right now,
00:33:24.40\00:33:28.40
of course, the elbow
was put back in place.
00:33:28.44\00:33:31.87
I don't know if you
want to show your arm
00:33:31.91\00:33:33.24
but she can hardly lift her arm.
00:33:33.27\00:33:37.08
Therapy will be taking place
00:33:37.11\00:33:39.48
and her shoulder and
her arm are of concern.
00:33:39.51\00:33:44.09
That's what the
orthopedic surgeon said.
00:33:44.12\00:33:47.22
So her kidney,
because she only has one.
00:33:47.26\00:33:52.09
I donated my
other kidney in 2001.
00:33:52.13\00:33:56.36
And so we were concerned
because it was bleeding
00:33:56.40\00:34:00.07
and a third of the
kidney was bruised.
00:34:00.10\00:34:03.30
Wow.
00:34:03.34\00:34:04.67
And the lungs
were bruised as well
00:34:04.71\00:34:09.54
and I had...
00:34:09.58\00:34:12.31
My injuries were minor,
00:34:12.35\00:34:13.68
both my knees were
impacted and my feet,
00:34:13.72\00:34:18.15
both feet and my shin,
I had a cut in my shin.
00:34:18.19\00:34:21.62
It wasn't, it was long enough
00:34:21.66\00:34:23.46
but not deep
enough for stitches.
00:34:23.49\00:34:25.36
Amen.
00:34:25.39\00:34:26.73
But both my knees were swollen
and my foot swollen as well.
00:34:26.76\00:34:32.27
I can walk a little
better now but not at 100%.
00:34:32.30\00:34:35.40
Also we'll be doing
some physical therapy.
00:34:35.44\00:34:38.44
But when we got out of the car,
they asked me, can you walk?
00:34:38.47\00:34:44.81
I said, I can try
because after a while,
00:34:44.85\00:34:47.95
you know, I said, I
couldn't feel my legs
00:34:47.98\00:34:49.32
and I really couldn't.
00:34:49.35\00:34:50.69
That was so, so painful
and I just couldn't feel them.
00:34:50.72\00:34:55.99
But I slowly tried to move them
00:34:56.02\00:34:58.86
and when there was this
smoke inside the vehicle,
00:34:58.89\00:35:02.83
I tried to, you know,
00:35:02.86\00:35:04.50
I look at the
vehicle pictures now
00:35:04.53\00:35:08.84
and I realized that
what I tried to do then was,
00:35:08.87\00:35:11.71
boy that wasn't smart.
00:35:11.74\00:35:13.21
I tried to turn
the car on. Yeah.
00:35:13.24\00:35:16.18
Because I wanted
to lower the window
00:35:16.21\00:35:18.15
because to get the smoke out.
00:35:18.18\00:35:19.98
And when it
couldn't, I couldn't,
00:35:20.02\00:35:22.08
I tried to open the door
and push it with my right leg
00:35:22.12\00:35:25.89
a little bit open
to get the smoke out.
00:35:25.92\00:35:28.76
There wasn't much
smoke but I wanted to move,
00:35:28.79\00:35:30.59
I was coughing, so
I wanted to get it out
00:35:30.63\00:35:32.16
and I didn't want
her to start coughing
00:35:32.19\00:35:34.43
with all her pain.
00:35:34.46\00:35:36.16
And so they took us both
in ambulances to make sure.
00:35:36.20\00:35:41.17
I didn't even
look at the vehicles,
00:35:41.20\00:35:43.44
at the vehicle when we
got out because my focus was,
00:35:43.47\00:35:47.48
you know, just as
they were taking her out
00:35:47.51\00:35:50.38
and time seems
eternal, you know.
00:35:50.41\00:35:52.78
Yes.
00:35:52.81\00:35:54.15
Please help her get
out, then the machines were,
00:35:54.18\00:35:56.38
you could hear the
sound of the machine
00:35:56.42\00:35:59.35
to try to get her out,
00:35:59.39\00:36:01.12
and I was like please hurry
00:36:01.16\00:36:02.49
and I said, Lord,
please sustain her,
00:36:02.52\00:36:04.23
sustain us, help her,
00:36:04.26\00:36:07.30
and finally they
were able to get her out.
00:36:07.33\00:36:09.36
I could hear her, you know,
00:36:09.40\00:36:12.73
utter painful
sounds and my neck was hurt
00:36:12.77\00:36:16.60
and they have
put a neck brace on,
00:36:16.64\00:36:17.97
but when she would make
those horrible painful sounds,
00:36:18.01\00:36:21.94
I would turn and say
please don't turn your head,
00:36:21.98\00:36:23.85
you know, you
could have a neck injury.
00:36:23.88\00:36:25.71
But I couldn't
help it, you know.
00:36:25.75\00:36:27.28
Anyway, I saw her
being put into an ambulance
00:36:27.32\00:36:31.09
as I was being put into another,
00:36:31.12\00:36:33.25
and I said, I hope they
take us to the same hospital
00:36:33.29\00:36:36.16
because I, you know,
00:36:36.19\00:36:37.53
I don't want to
be apart from her
00:36:37.56\00:36:38.89
in this great hour of need.
00:36:38.93\00:36:41.96
So at the
hospital, they took my X-rays
00:36:42.00\00:36:46.30
and while I'm in the room
00:36:46.33\00:36:48.50
and they're
trying to figure out,
00:36:48.54\00:36:49.87
you know, what to do with me.
00:36:49.90\00:36:52.07
A nurse comes in and says,
your wife has internal injuries
00:36:52.11\00:36:56.48
and we may need to
do emergency surgery
00:36:56.51\00:36:58.91
and we are not able
to handle that here.
00:36:58.95\00:37:01.85
So we're gonna have to
take her to another hospital.
00:37:01.88\00:37:05.25
I asked to be taken to her room.
00:37:05.29\00:37:07.22
While I was there,
00:37:07.26\00:37:08.59
they said, your
neck, your neck is okay,
00:37:08.62\00:37:10.29
you don't have any broken bones.
00:37:10.33\00:37:11.66
They took X-ray of
my neck and my legs.
00:37:11.69\00:37:13.80
You don't have any broken bones
00:37:13.83\00:37:15.16
and we were
talking to each other.
00:37:15.20\00:37:16.53
How do you feel,
00:37:16.56\00:37:17.90
where is your pain
and these type of things,
00:37:17.93\00:37:19.53
and they managed to get
us on the same ambulance
00:37:19.57\00:37:23.07
and I was grateful for that.
00:37:23.10\00:37:25.04
The driver was, I
was in the front seat,
00:37:25.07\00:37:26.71
the driver tried to keep me busy
00:37:26.74\00:37:28.08
because I kept looking back.
00:37:28.11\00:37:30.05
Because every
little bump was painful,
00:37:30.08\00:37:33.58
you know and I wanted
to, you know, say hurry up,
00:37:33.62\00:37:36.55
you know, go as fast as you can.
00:37:36.58\00:37:38.02
Let us get there but again,
he has to be careful as well.
00:37:38.05\00:37:40.52
That's right.
00:37:40.56\00:37:41.89
But at the other hospital,
00:37:41.92\00:37:43.26
it was determined
that her internal injuries
00:37:43.29\00:37:45.26
did not require
emergency surgery.
00:37:45.29\00:37:47.30
Amen. So praise
the Lord for that.
00:37:47.33\00:37:50.13
They had to monitor her kidney
00:37:50.17\00:37:52.20
because it was
bleeding for several days.
00:37:52.23\00:37:55.20
But the doctor said,
00:37:55.24\00:37:56.84
we believe your
kidney will be fine.
00:37:56.87\00:37:58.67
Amen.
00:37:58.71\00:38:00.04
And so it was one-third
of the kidney was injured.
00:38:00.08\00:38:02.88
So when you have only one,
you know, we were concerned.
00:38:02.91\00:38:06.65
So by God's grace,
we've made this far.
00:38:06.68\00:38:08.08
Amazing.
00:38:08.12\00:38:09.45
So, Tim, you're
gonna have to sing
00:38:09.48\00:38:11.85
that again for them
00:38:11.89\00:38:13.22
because I just heard
them say, God's good.
00:38:13.25\00:38:15.42
Amen. In a chorus.
00:38:15.46\00:38:17.03
Please.
00:38:17.06\00:38:18.39
God's been good in my life
00:38:18.43\00:38:23.97
And I feel so blessed
beyond my wildest dreams
00:38:24.00\00:38:29.90
When I go to sleep each night
00:38:29.94\00:38:33.54
And though I've had
my share of hard times
00:38:33.58\00:38:39.48
I wouldn't
change them if I could
00:38:39.51\00:38:43.95
For through it all
00:38:43.99\00:38:51.03
God's been good
00:38:51.06\00:38:55.86
Idalia, people are saying,
00:38:55.90\00:38:57.67
"Look you were in
this terrible accident,
00:38:57.70\00:39:00.50
you could have died
00:39:00.54\00:39:02.00
just as easily as lived
00:39:02.04\00:39:03.57
and you've been going
through such terrible pain.
00:39:03.61\00:39:06.17
How can she sit
there and say God is good?"
00:39:06.21\00:39:09.44
God has never left
me. God was with me.
00:39:09.48\00:39:14.62
And it is sad to
hear, people say,
00:39:14.65\00:39:20.22
"God allowed this or,
00:39:20.26\00:39:22.42
you know, God wants
to capture attention or,
00:39:22.46\00:39:26.43
you know, send this and
that" but you know what?
00:39:26.46\00:39:30.47
There is a Satan,
00:39:30.50\00:39:33.03
the devil that who is a liar
00:39:33.07\00:39:36.24
and wants to smear God's name
00:39:36.27\00:39:39.67
that wants to
bring confusion and doubt
00:39:39.71\00:39:43.78
of his love and
his power to work
00:39:43.81\00:39:46.85
and transform in our lives.
00:39:46.88\00:39:50.35
God has been faithful and good.
00:39:50.39\00:39:55.19
We have danced,
walk, jump, ran, skipped
00:39:55.22\00:40:00.93
and hopped with
Jesus through this
00:40:00.96\00:40:03.87
an experience like never before.
00:40:03.90\00:40:07.50
I laid in pain, I
didn't, I don't remember
00:40:07.54\00:40:12.47
the seriousness of my condition,
00:40:12.51\00:40:15.51
but I remember
00:40:15.54\00:40:17.51
how close I felt
the Lord covering
00:40:17.55\00:40:19.98
from head to toe.
00:40:20.02\00:40:21.42
Yes, yes. Okay.
00:40:21.45\00:40:22.78
I did not by the
grace of God scream
00:40:22.82\00:40:28.32
or what have you in the room.
00:40:28.36\00:40:30.79
I was constantly, you
know, your mental strength,
00:40:30.83\00:40:35.56
if you asked the Lord,
00:40:35.60\00:40:36.93
He will carry you
through the situation.
00:40:36.97\00:40:39.73
Don't focus on how
big your problem is.
00:40:39.77\00:40:42.50
Focus on how
great and bigger God is,
00:40:42.54\00:40:45.44
and He is the
solution to our problems.
00:40:45.47\00:40:48.08
Okay. Amen.
00:40:48.11\00:40:49.44
He created me. He
is my medical doctor.
00:40:49.48\00:40:53.01
He knows every bone,
00:40:53.05\00:40:54.52
every fiber that this body has
00:40:54.55\00:40:57.75
and He is willing to
mend my heart, my life.
00:40:57.79\00:41:02.79
The song, I
want to spend my life
00:41:02.82\00:41:05.36
mending broken people.
00:41:05.39\00:41:09.33
I want to spend my
life mending broken people
00:41:09.36\00:41:13.00
just like the Lord gave
you that message Danny in song.
00:41:13.03\00:41:17.87
The Lord has mended my heart,
00:41:17.91\00:41:20.51
and there are many people
00:41:20.54\00:41:21.91
who are broken and need mending.
00:41:21.94\00:41:24.95
I want to say that,
00:41:24.98\00:41:26.68
when I was lying
in bed, I don't know,
00:41:26.72\00:41:29.88
I just felt this
urge of singing praises
00:41:29.92\00:41:33.09
to the Lord.
00:41:33.12\00:41:34.92
So I don't have any
makeup and my hair was a mess
00:41:34.96\00:41:38.53
but that's okay.
00:41:38.56\00:41:40.53
Because what is
important is the songs,
00:41:40.56\00:41:45.60
the prayers, the message
00:41:45.63\00:41:48.24
that holds us
up closer to Jesus,
00:41:48.27\00:41:50.51
the strength came from above.
00:41:50.54\00:41:52.17
I have no strength.
00:41:52.21\00:41:53.64
I have no
strength. I am so weak.
00:41:53.68\00:41:56.01
I am a mess, you know.
00:41:56.04\00:41:57.95
And when I would sing
00:41:57.98\00:42:02.82
the blood that Jesus shed for me
00:42:02.85\00:42:07.02
way back in Calvary,
00:42:07.06\00:42:09.86
the blood that gives me strength
00:42:09.89\00:42:13.80
from day-to-day.
00:42:13.83\00:42:17.10
Oh, that song was so special
00:42:17.13\00:42:19.93
and it continues to be
in Spanish and in English.
00:42:19.97\00:42:24.21
Don't worry, I'm not gonna sing.
00:42:24.24\00:42:27.18
We can do it.
00:42:27.21\00:42:28.54
Oh, the blood
00:42:28.58\00:42:29.94
Sing it.
00:42:29.98\00:42:31.31
That Jesus
00:42:31.35\00:42:33.82
Shed for me
00:42:33.85\00:42:39.19
Way back
00:42:39.22\00:42:43.09
On Calvary
00:42:43.12\00:42:48.36
The blood that gives me strength
00:42:48.40\00:42:53.50
From day to day
00:42:53.54\00:42:58.74
It will never lose
00:42:58.77\00:43:04.31
Its power
00:43:04.35\00:43:06.31
Why?
00:43:06.35\00:43:08.28
Because it reaches
00:43:08.32\00:43:11.55
To the highest mountain
00:43:11.59\00:43:18.66
And it flows
00:43:18.69\00:43:21.43
To the lowest valley
00:43:21.46\00:43:28.87
The blood that gives me strength
00:43:28.90\00:43:33.74
From day to day
00:43:33.78\00:43:38.81
It will never lose
00:43:38.85\00:43:44.19
Its power
00:43:44.22\00:43:47.69
Then I heard the other
song Johnny was singing,
00:43:47.72\00:43:49.89
the theme song
was God is so good.
00:43:49.92\00:43:52.56
We sang, sing with us, Idalia.
00:43:52.59\00:43:54.80
Let's do.
00:43:54.83\00:43:56.16
God is so good
00:43:56.20\00:44:00.14
Sing it everybody.
00:44:00.17\00:44:02.40
God is so good
00:44:02.44\00:44:08.68
God is so good
00:44:08.71\00:44:13.42
He's so good to me
00:44:13.45\00:44:18.72
I love Him so.
00:44:18.75\00:44:21.82
I love him so
00:44:21.86\00:44:28.03
I love him so
00:44:28.06\00:44:34.07
I love him so
00:44:34.10\00:44:38.77
He's so good to me
00:44:38.81\00:44:43.81
And God answers prayers.
00:44:43.85\00:44:45.21
We got to do that one.
00:44:45.25\00:44:47.08
God answers prayers
00:44:47.12\00:44:51.35
Yes, he does.
00:44:51.39\00:44:53.15
God answers prayers
00:44:53.19\00:44:59.36
God answers prayers
00:44:59.39\00:45:04.10
He's so good
00:45:04.13\00:45:06.43
To us.
00:45:06.47\00:45:07.80
To us
00:45:07.84\00:45:11.17
Johnny, closing thought?
00:45:11.21\00:45:13.54
You know,
00:45:13.58\00:45:16.18
that morning of that accident
00:45:16.21\00:45:20.22
I had a dream,
00:45:20.25\00:45:21.58
I'm not a prophet
nor claim to be one
00:45:21.62\00:45:23.39
but I told Idalia, I dreamed,
00:45:23.42\00:45:28.36
I was visiting
somebody in the funeral
00:45:28.39\00:45:31.39
and she said, it's
probably my funeral.
00:45:31.43\00:45:36.53
And during this
three and a half weeks,
00:45:36.56\00:45:42.17
there was a time
when there was fluid
00:45:42.20\00:45:44.04
around her lung and blood clots,
00:45:44.07\00:45:48.38
that morning's dream,
the dream came to my mind,
00:45:48.41\00:45:53.31
and I had to ask
myself and I said,
00:45:53.35\00:45:55.22
Lord, is that gonna be true?
00:45:55.25\00:45:58.42
Is she gonna die
because there was a moment,
00:45:58.45\00:46:00.46
three and a half hours
00:46:00.49\00:46:02.29
when she had
fluid around her lungs
00:46:02.32\00:46:04.89
that she could
literally not breathe.
00:46:04.93\00:46:07.66
It was, it was,
00:46:07.70\00:46:10.50
and she couldn't get
enough air in her lungs
00:46:10.53\00:46:15.60
and during these three hours,
00:46:15.64\00:46:17.67
it was like from 11 to...
00:46:17.71\00:46:20.28
Well, three and a
half hours or so anyway.
00:46:20.31\00:46:22.71
She would almost
seem to be falling asleep
00:46:22.74\00:46:26.58
and then it's like her,
00:46:26.61\00:46:28.45
she stopped
breathing for a moment
00:46:28.48\00:46:31.09
and then suddenly,
00:46:31.12\00:46:32.55
she would breathe
00:46:32.59\00:46:34.06
but it was painful to breathe
00:46:34.09\00:46:35.46
because of the fluid
and the broken ribs and...
00:46:35.49\00:46:40.00
Well, glad you
did though, Idalia.
00:46:40.03\00:46:42.36
Glad you kept
breathing, kept fighting it.
00:46:42.40\00:46:45.23
I want to say something, Danny.
00:46:45.27\00:46:47.87
You and Yvonne
called me in a moment
00:46:47.90\00:46:51.67
when I couldn't breathe.
00:46:51.71\00:46:54.11
Johnny had
stepped out of the room.
00:46:54.14\00:46:57.11
I had no one at
that time to say,
00:46:57.15\00:47:02.08
please pray for me,
00:47:02.12\00:47:03.45
intervene,
intercessory prayer I need it.
00:47:03.49\00:47:07.46
Yvonne, Hi, Tita,
Banita on the phone.
00:47:07.49\00:47:11.53
Danny and I are just calling you
00:47:11.56\00:47:13.46
to pray for you.
00:47:13.50\00:47:15.83
Do you remember when
I talked to you guys?
00:47:15.86\00:47:20.10
I couldn't talk. Absolutely.
00:47:20.14\00:47:22.20
I couldn't talk.
00:47:22.24\00:47:23.84
I said, what did
I tell you exact,
00:47:23.87\00:47:25.81
I don't even remember.
00:47:25.84\00:47:27.18
Your voice was so weak. Yes.
00:47:27.21\00:47:30.08
And we were so
worried about you,
00:47:30.11\00:47:34.15
but we turned it
over to the Lord.
00:47:34.18\00:47:36.32
Amen. Prayed for you.
00:47:36.35\00:47:37.69
We prayed for you.
00:47:37.72\00:47:39.05
I said, please
pray, I can't breathe.
00:47:39.09\00:47:41.96
We were shocked,
you answered the phone.
00:47:41.99\00:47:43.69
I couldn't believe it.
00:47:43.73\00:47:45.06
You answered the
phone and you said,
00:47:45.09\00:47:49.23
Johnny stepped out
00:47:49.26\00:47:50.60
just for a second and
so God's timing, you know.
00:47:50.63\00:47:53.74
It's perfect. Yeah.
00:47:53.77\00:47:55.20
But you guys obeyed
00:47:55.24\00:47:56.57
the prompting of the Holy Spirit
00:47:56.60\00:47:58.67
to call me at that precise
time and I could not say enough
00:47:58.71\00:48:05.15
thank you to you
00:48:05.18\00:48:06.85
and my whole 3ABN family,
00:48:06.88\00:48:09.28
my co-workers, my
pastor and his wife,
00:48:09.32\00:48:12.75
who went to visit
00:48:12.79\00:48:14.12
the Traverse City
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:48:14.16\00:48:16.79
though, Grand Rapids
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:48:16.83\00:48:19.06
old Rapid and Cadillac Church
00:48:19.09\00:48:23.70
and whoever those
viewers that came to my,
00:48:23.73\00:48:28.70
you don't know
us but we know you,
00:48:28.74\00:48:31.67
and we watch you
on family worship.
00:48:31.71\00:48:34.91
Yeah, thousands of
people praying for you.
00:48:34.94\00:48:36.91
And they came and prayed for us.
00:48:36.95\00:48:39.21
They are at the hospital
00:48:39.25\00:48:40.75
but to those thousands of people
00:48:40.78\00:48:42.52
that are faithfully
praying for this ministry,
00:48:42.55\00:48:45.89
and for myself and
every single family
00:48:45.92\00:48:49.56
represented in this ministry,
00:48:49.59\00:48:51.13
I want to thank them
00:48:51.16\00:48:52.89
for their faithful
prayers and concern,
00:48:52.93\00:48:56.67
genuine concern
00:48:56.70\00:48:58.17
because the days in this
earth I counted pretty soon,
00:48:58.20\00:49:03.27
very soon we are
going to see the King,
00:49:03.30\00:49:05.57
and we want to
see all in heaven.
00:49:05.61\00:49:08.18
You know, there is something
00:49:08.21\00:49:09.54
that's missing in this testimony
00:49:09.58\00:49:11.35
and because sometimes you wonder
00:49:11.38\00:49:13.25
why do things happen?
00:49:13.28\00:49:14.62
Well, what Pastor Dinzey
and Tita didn't say it was,
00:49:14.65\00:49:18.05
they just came
back from Columbia
00:49:18.09\00:49:20.66
where over 850
souls were snatched
00:49:20.69\00:49:24.39
from the enemy's hand
00:49:24.43\00:49:25.93
by the work that
the Lord had done
00:49:25.96\00:49:27.30
through their lives.
00:49:27.33\00:49:28.96
So this was not arbitrary.
This was not a coincidence.
00:49:29.00\00:49:33.13
The enemy was angry
that he lost over 800 souls,
00:49:33.17\00:49:36.94
not counting those
00:49:36.97\00:49:38.31
who are still
preparing for baptism.
00:49:38.34\00:49:40.54
They went to his
territory, a 176 speakers,
00:49:40.58\00:49:43.31
evangelists under their
direction of 3ABN Latino.
00:49:43.35\00:49:46.68
They are coming
back now on the high
00:49:46.72\00:49:48.38
and the devil is mad at them.
00:49:48.42\00:49:50.42
He said, if I could just show
my anger by taking them out,
00:49:50.45\00:49:54.46
what he meant for evil,
00:49:54.49\00:49:56.32
the Lord turned
it around for good.
00:49:56.36\00:49:58.16
So that's why
this accident happened.
00:49:58.19\00:49:59.56
It was not her inability
to drive or coincidence
00:49:59.59\00:50:02.53
but the devil was angry
that these souls were snatched
00:50:02.56\00:50:04.37
from his kingdom.
00:50:04.40\00:50:05.73
Yeah. Absolutely.
00:50:05.77\00:50:07.10
We, go ahead, Tita.
00:50:07.14\00:50:08.77
Danny and Yvonne
and team, as parents,
00:50:08.80\00:50:13.61
we worry about our
children's spiritual lives.
00:50:13.64\00:50:17.05
We long for
them to be in heaven.
00:50:17.08\00:50:19.41
We long for them to
have a strong relationship
00:50:19.45\00:50:21.98
with the Lord,
00:50:22.02\00:50:23.45
and at times of
trials in the families,
00:50:23.49\00:50:26.19
the children may
turn their hearts
00:50:26.22\00:50:29.56
against the Lord
or blame the Lord.
00:50:29.59\00:50:32.29
But I must testify that
after talking with Samuel,
00:50:32.33\00:50:38.53
he is at peace, he
says, "Mom, I love the Lord.
00:50:38.57\00:50:43.54
You're okay, look at
what the Lord is doing.
00:50:43.57\00:50:46.57
Satan is angry. Okay.
00:50:46.61\00:50:49.34
I am not angry
at the Lord, Mom."
00:50:49.38\00:50:52.31
Caleb, my son, he is 17.
00:50:52.35\00:50:56.48
What do you think
about all these, Son?
00:50:56.52\00:50:59.35
What do you think
00:50:59.39\00:51:00.72
because a lot of
people blame God?
00:51:00.76\00:51:02.89
He says, "Mom, I
was asking the Lord why?
00:51:02.92\00:51:06.16
Why my Mom and Dad? Why?
00:51:06.19\00:51:08.33
Why our family? Why Lord?"
00:51:08.36\00:51:11.87
And in his
meditation and prayers,
00:51:11.90\00:51:14.30
the Lord shared this
impression, this message.
00:51:14.34\00:51:19.44
There are families out there
00:51:19.47\00:51:21.04
that if it would
have happened to them,
00:51:21.08\00:51:23.35
maybe they don't have
00:51:23.38\00:51:24.71
that relationship with the Lord.
00:51:24.75\00:51:26.41
Maybe they don't have the faith.
00:51:26.45\00:51:28.28
Maybe they're in a
fragile walk with the Lord,
00:51:28.32\00:51:32.62
or maybe have not an opportunity
00:51:32.65\00:51:34.69
to know the Lord.
00:51:34.72\00:51:36.06
So the Lord spared that family
to give them an opportunity
00:51:36.09\00:51:40.10
to learn the gospel and
learn about loving the Lord
00:51:40.13\00:51:42.80
in salvation.
00:51:42.83\00:51:44.17
Where our
family, we already know.
00:51:44.20\00:51:46.23
So Mom, Poppy, we
were on speaker phone,
00:51:46.27\00:51:49.60
Johnny can testify, he says,
00:51:49.64\00:51:51.97
"I thank the Lord
that it was our family
00:51:52.01\00:51:54.84
because we have faith in God.
00:51:54.88\00:51:57.15
Because we have
the spiritual support
00:51:57.18\00:51:59.28
and everybody
is praying for you.
00:51:59.31\00:52:02.18
So praise the
name of Jesus." Amen.
00:52:02.22\00:52:04.72
Danny, Yvonne and family.
00:52:04.75\00:52:08.19
We can say that it has been
a horrible, horrible ordeal.
00:52:08.22\00:52:13.03
But we know the
Lord has been with us.
00:52:13.06\00:52:14.76
Amen.
00:52:14.80\00:52:16.13
There were nurses and people
00:52:16.16\00:52:17.50
that would come
into the room and say,
00:52:17.53\00:52:19.47
"I feel something
good in this room.
00:52:19.50\00:52:22.80
I feel like a
presence of angels."
00:52:22.84\00:52:26.11
And the Lord has been with us,
00:52:26.14\00:52:27.61
and we can say the
Lord has been good to us.
00:52:27.64\00:52:30.68
In His mercy and His
grace, we are still here.
00:52:30.71\00:52:33.11
Amen.
00:52:33.15\00:52:34.48
The Lord gave me
song, two, three years ago.
00:52:34.52\00:52:36.69
If you can find me a key for it,
00:52:36.72\00:52:38.29
I'll just do the chords
'cause it will fit here today.
00:52:38.32\00:52:42.42
If I don't cry.
00:52:42.46\00:52:44.16
You've been good to me
00:52:49.76\00:52:53.57
Through all the years
00:52:53.60\00:52:59.11
You've been good to me
00:52:59.14\00:53:02.18
Through joys and tears
00:53:02.21\00:53:06.75
I want to thank you Lord
00:53:06.78\00:53:10.75
For all You've done
00:53:10.79\00:53:16.42
You've been good to us
00:53:16.46\00:53:19.13
Through all the years
00:53:19.16\00:53:23.90
You've been good to me
00:53:23.93\00:53:28.27
Through all the years
00:53:28.30\00:53:32.71
You've been good to me
00:53:32.74\00:53:35.31
All of us
00:53:35.34\00:53:36.68
Through joys and tears
00:53:36.71\00:53:40.52
I want to thank you Lord
00:53:40.55\00:53:45.82
For all You've done
00:53:45.85\00:53:50.13
You've been good to us
00:53:50.16\00:53:53.56
Through all the years
00:53:53.60\00:53:57.87
God's been good to you.
00:53:57.90\00:53:59.23
Amen.
00:53:59.27\00:54:00.60
Those of you at home,
God's been good to you too.
00:54:00.64\00:54:02.77
Maybe this time together, today,
00:54:02.80\00:54:05.37
you're sitting there
feeling sorry for yourself.
00:54:05.41\00:54:08.11
You're having a pity
party. You're doing whatever.
00:54:08.14\00:54:11.68
Maybe you're conscious about it.
00:54:11.71\00:54:15.02
All these things
and you're saying
00:54:15.05\00:54:17.25
but I didn't get this
and I wanted to do that,
00:54:17.29\00:54:19.52
but this person seems like
00:54:19.55\00:54:21.02
everything they
touch turns to good
00:54:21.06\00:54:23.79
and everything is bad for me.
00:54:23.83\00:54:25.16
But if you count your blessings,
00:54:25.19\00:54:27.06
I promise you,
00:54:27.10\00:54:28.43
you're gonna find that
God has been good to you.
00:54:28.46\00:54:30.13
That's right.
00:54:30.17\00:54:31.50
God has been good
to you and, you know,
00:54:31.53\00:54:32.97
we're talking, we
have seen Brother Kenny
00:54:33.00\00:54:34.34
go through some things.
00:54:34.37\00:54:35.70
Jay is going through some things
00:54:35.74\00:54:37.34
that Jay has a
lot of hair normally.
00:54:37.37\00:54:39.54
He will tell you a little bit
00:54:39.57\00:54:40.91
why later that
hair is not there.
00:54:40.94\00:54:42.28
He didn't just decide that,
00:54:42.31\00:54:43.78
hey, I think I'll shave my head.
00:54:43.81\00:54:45.15
There is reasons for it.
00:54:45.18\00:54:46.51
Many of us have
been through situations
00:54:46.55\00:54:49.48
but the devil is out to steal,
00:54:49.52\00:54:51.02
kill and to
destroy but Jesus says,
00:54:51.05\00:54:53.05
"I've come to give you life
and give it more abundantly."
00:54:53.09\00:54:55.22
That's right.
00:54:55.26\00:54:56.59
Somebody said well,
well, I noticed you,
00:54:56.62\00:54:58.66
one guys actually said,
00:54:58.69\00:55:00.03
well, I noticed
you Adventist die too,
00:55:00.06\00:55:02.26
and I said, so
what's so bad about that?
00:55:02.30\00:55:05.20
Well, if the devil comes
to steal, kill and destroy,
00:55:05.23\00:55:07.87
Jesus says, "He
come to give you life
00:55:07.90\00:55:09.47
and give it more abundantly."
00:55:09.50\00:55:11.54
So, so why don't you live?
00:55:11.57\00:55:12.97
I said, "That's not
necessarily abundant life
00:55:13.01\00:55:16.24
on this earth for eternity."
00:55:16.28\00:55:17.61
The Bible says,
00:55:17.65\00:55:18.98
"There's one appointed
time for every man to die.
00:55:19.01\00:55:21.28
Blessed in the sight of the Lord
00:55:21.32\00:55:22.88
are the death of His saints.
00:55:22.92\00:55:24.25
That's right. So
God's been good to us.
00:55:24.29\00:55:26.65
When Kay, melody's mother,
00:55:26.69\00:55:30.83
my first wife
died in an automobile,
00:55:30.86\00:55:32.99
I had the same
accident situation.
00:55:33.03\00:55:35.43
She died, she
was dead in minutes.
00:55:35.46\00:55:37.97
But we didn't say,
oh, look what God did.
00:55:38.00\00:55:41.20
We were mad at
God. We can't do that.
00:55:41.24\00:55:43.47
We say, God's been
good. God's been good.
00:55:43.51\00:55:45.44
You know why?
00:55:45.47\00:55:46.81
Because I have no doubt
that at the resurrection
00:55:46.84\00:55:49.61
that she won't come
forth from the grave.
00:55:49.64\00:55:52.01
God knew that and
so the important thing
00:55:52.05\00:55:53.98
is not what
happens to us so much here,
00:55:54.02\00:55:56.82
whether people
love us or hate us,
00:55:56.85\00:55:58.65
or whether
everything goes our way
00:55:58.69\00:56:00.66
because all who live
Godly shall suffer persecution,
00:56:00.69\00:56:04.46
and there is all
types of persecutions
00:56:04.49\00:56:06.36
that we could go
through and spend hours,
00:56:06.39\00:56:08.43
but we don't need to.
00:56:08.46\00:56:09.80
The fact is, our
soul belongs to God.
00:56:09.83\00:56:12.50
The devil can rob
you of your health.
00:56:12.53\00:56:14.40
He can rob you of your home,
00:56:14.44\00:56:16.50
your cars, almost
everything that you have,
00:56:16.54\00:56:20.38
and our life can be cut short,
00:56:20.41\00:56:22.01
but he can't rob us of our soul,
00:56:22.04\00:56:24.28
because our soul belongs to God.
00:56:24.31\00:56:26.05
So when we dedicate it to Him,
00:56:26.08\00:56:27.98
we submit and commit
our live to Jesus, we win.
00:56:28.02\00:56:31.42
That's all there is to
it. Satan has no power.
00:56:31.45\00:56:34.16
"Greater is he that is in us
than he that is in the world."
00:56:34.19\00:56:38.26
Johnny and
Idalia is proof of it.
00:56:38.29\00:56:39.63
Kenny is proof of it.
00:56:39.66\00:56:41.03
Tammy has been
going through stuff.
00:56:41.06\00:56:42.40
Proof of it.
00:56:42.43\00:56:43.77
I don't know if anybody up here.
00:56:43.80\00:56:45.13
Chris, you've been
going through things.
00:56:45.17\00:56:46.50
Anybody up here.
00:56:46.53\00:56:47.87
Mollie, you've been
going through some things
00:56:47.90\00:56:49.24
for several years.
00:56:49.27\00:56:50.61
I can name
virtually every one of us,
00:56:50.64\00:56:51.97
especially us older ones.
00:56:52.01\00:56:53.44
Jill and Greg, I'm
sorry if the Lord tarries,
00:56:53.48\00:56:55.24
your time is coming too,
00:56:55.28\00:56:56.75
you know, so, but you know what?
00:56:56.78\00:56:58.78
That's just an act of the enemy
00:56:58.81\00:57:00.62
but it doesn't change
our relationship with God.
00:57:00.65\00:57:03.15
It doesn't change
how good He's been to us
00:57:03.18\00:57:05.69
because He could
have let us all die.
00:57:05.72\00:57:08.16
When that flood came,
00:57:08.19\00:57:09.56
He didn't have to save
Noah and that little folk,
00:57:09.59\00:57:12.66
few folk in that Ark.
00:57:12.69\00:57:14.10
He could have said,
I am sick of people.
00:57:14.13\00:57:16.06
They have not treated me right.
00:57:16.10\00:57:17.93
They talk about me.
00:57:17.97\00:57:19.47
They don't even, in fact,
00:57:19.50\00:57:20.84
some of them
don't talk about me.
00:57:20.87\00:57:22.20
They don't even know, I exist.
They claim, I don't exist.
00:57:22.24\00:57:24.51
I think, I'll just
get rid of everybody.
00:57:24.54\00:57:26.47
Because I'm
happy, I'm all powerful.
00:57:26.51\00:57:28.74
I don't need these folks.
00:57:28.78\00:57:30.81
But somehow
00:57:30.85\00:57:32.35
through great love,
00:57:32.38\00:57:36.08
great love,
00:57:36.12\00:57:38.69
He grew the tree
that He knew would be used
00:57:38.72\00:57:41.52
to make the old rugged cross.
00:57:41.56\00:57:44.46
I'm getting choked up.
00:57:44.49\00:57:46.53
God planted the seed
that He knew would grow
00:57:46.56\00:57:51.20
and He nurtured it
00:57:51.23\00:57:52.57
and allowed it to
grow to become the tree
00:57:52.60\00:57:56.44
that He would be
nailed to the cross.
00:57:56.47\00:57:58.61
You know why?
00:57:58.64\00:57:59.97
Because the devil
didn't take Jesus' life.
00:58:00.01\00:58:04.05
The people around
Him that crucified Him,
00:58:04.08\00:58:06.31
they didn't take His life.
00:58:06.35\00:58:07.92
The beauty of this
is, He gave His life.
00:58:07.95\00:58:11.32
The Bible says, "For
God so loved the world
00:58:11.35\00:58:13.82
that He gave His
only begotten Son
00:58:13.86\00:58:16.02
that whosoever
shall believe in Him
00:58:16.06\00:58:18.76
should believe in
him, shall not perish
00:58:18.79\00:58:20.96
but have ever lasting life."
00:58:21.00\00:58:23.80
So God's been good.
00:58:23.83\00:58:25.17
Amen. I think God's been good.
00:58:25.20\00:58:26.60
Tammy, we got to sing
that, your chorus again.
00:58:26.63\00:58:29.54
Thank you Lord, right?
00:58:29.57\00:58:30.91
Because He's the
one that's saving.
00:58:30.94\00:58:32.27
He's the salvation in this.
00:58:32.31\00:58:36.54
Thank you Lord
00:58:36.58\00:58:40.45
For saving my soul
00:58:40.48\00:58:45.52
Thank you Lord
00:58:45.55\00:58:49.56
For making me whole
00:58:49.59\00:58:54.46
Thank you Lord
00:58:54.50\00:58:58.07
For giving to me
00:58:58.10\00:59:03.30
Thy great salvation
00:59:03.34\00:59:07.28
So full and free
00:59:07.31\00:59:11.85
Yvonne, talk to us.
00:59:11.88\00:59:14.68
Oh, you know, I was sitting here
00:59:14.72\00:59:16.75
thinking about how the outcome
could have been so different,
00:59:16.79\00:59:20.96
and yet just knowing
00:59:20.99\00:59:23.76
that God has had His hand
00:59:23.79\00:59:26.39
on Tita and Johnny,
00:59:26.43\00:59:30.47
and on Kenny and on Chris,
00:59:30.50\00:59:34.24
and on Jay and Mollie,
00:59:34.27\00:59:38.54
and on all of us, all of us.
00:59:38.57\00:59:41.14
Everybody has something,
00:59:41.18\00:59:42.84
everybody is going
through something and yet
00:59:42.88\00:59:45.95
we don't go through it alone.
00:59:45.98\00:59:48.35
We have the Lord, God,
00:59:48.38\00:59:50.29
the omnipotent,
omniscient, omnipresent,
00:59:50.32\00:59:55.02
God who says, I'm
never gonna leave you.
00:59:55.06\00:59:58.39
I'm never gonna forsake you.
00:59:58.43\01:00:01.03
And so as I
listened to Idalia talk about
01:00:01.06\01:00:05.33
what she's been
through and Johnny,
01:00:05.37\01:00:06.94
what they've been through.
01:00:06.97\01:00:09.10
It does my heart
such good to know
01:00:09.14\01:00:11.04
that they did not do it alone.
01:00:11.07\01:00:13.94
And the presence of
God was felt in that room.
01:00:13.98\01:00:18.35
When my dad was ill and
toward the end of his life,
01:00:18.38\01:00:22.38
I just, I felt the
presence of God in his room.
01:00:22.42\01:00:25.25
That's right. Amen.
01:00:25.29\01:00:27.02
And so just as Danny was
saying, you are not alone.
01:00:27.06\01:00:30.43
This can be a very
lonely time for many people
01:00:30.46\01:00:35.23
because they feel like,
you know, they are alone,
01:00:35.26\01:00:37.77
nobody is there,
nobody loves them
01:00:37.80\01:00:40.04
but you are loved
and you are cared for.
01:00:40.07\01:00:43.97
God has a plan for you,
and if you just seek Him,
01:00:44.01\01:00:48.68
He will let you
know what that plan is
01:00:48.71\01:00:51.61
and you will walk
in that divine plan
01:00:51.65\01:00:54.68
and your life will
be totally different.
01:00:54.72\01:00:57.59
Just trust in God
01:00:57.62\01:01:00.06
and know that
01:01:00.09\01:01:01.42
there is rich
fulfillment for you.
01:01:01.46\01:01:04.89
There is a text
in Psalm that I read
01:01:04.93\01:01:07.66
and I don't remember where
is but it has to do with you
01:01:07.70\01:01:11.53
going through the
fire and the water
01:01:11.57\01:01:15.30
but, and it's not the
one in Isaiah, Isaiah 43:1-3.
01:01:15.34\01:01:19.34
It's a different one.
01:01:19.37\01:01:20.71
And it says that,
but at the end of it,
01:01:20.74\01:01:23.01
God will bring you
to rich fulfillment.
01:01:23.04\01:01:26.82
And so know that
01:01:26.85\01:01:28.95
there is rich fulfillment
for you in God's plan.
01:01:28.98\01:01:33.25
Okay.
01:01:33.29\01:01:34.62
Well, you and Tim
get together quickly
01:01:34.66\01:01:36.46
and you've got to sing us
a little chorus right now.
01:01:36.49\01:01:38.86
I think some type
of Thanksgiving chorus
01:01:38.89\01:01:41.33
or so that you got.
01:01:41.36\01:01:42.70
What you got in
your heart. Do it again.
01:01:42.73\01:01:44.97
I just want to thank You, Lord
01:01:45.00\01:01:52.77
I just want to thank You, Lord
01:01:52.81\01:01:57.61
My Lord
01:01:57.65\01:02:00.22
I just want to praise Your name
01:02:00.25\01:02:07.79
I just want to praise the Lord
01:02:07.82\01:02:11.03
Sing it again, it's beautiful.
01:02:11.06\01:02:13.19
Oh
01:02:13.23\01:02:15.73
I just want to thank my Lord
01:02:15.76\01:02:20.64
Oh, yes, I do
01:02:20.67\01:02:22.90
I just want to thank You, Lord
01:02:22.94\01:02:30.61
I just want to
praise Your holiness
01:02:30.65\01:02:38.22
I just want to praise You
01:02:38.25\01:02:43.22
Lord
01:02:43.26\01:02:46.59
Anymore to that song?
Anybody know any more?
01:02:46.63\01:02:48.96
Tim, you, John?
01:02:49.00\01:02:50.37
Oh, you came into my
heart one very special day
01:02:50.40\01:02:58.01
You came into my life
To show me a better way
01:02:58.04\01:03:05.45
And you said, you
would never depart
01:03:05.48\01:03:09.32
And that is why I say
01:03:09.35\01:03:13.92
I just want to thank You, Lord
01:03:13.96\01:03:21.43
I just want to thank You, Lord
01:03:21.46\01:03:28.70
I just want to thank You, Lord
01:03:28.74\01:03:36.51
I just want to
praise Your holy name
01:03:36.54\01:03:43.79
I just want to thank You, Lord
01:03:43.82\01:03:50.73
All right. You know what?
01:03:50.76\01:03:52.39
We've been hearing
from all of us old folks
01:03:52.43\01:03:54.30
with their aches and their pains
01:03:54.33\01:03:55.70
and things happening.
01:03:55.73\01:03:57.07
Not just Johnny
and Idalia is old,
01:03:57.10\01:03:58.43
but they are younger
01:03:58.47\01:03:59.80
but they still
going through a lot.
01:03:59.83\01:04:01.74
I want to hear from Jason.
01:04:01.77\01:04:03.20
I want to hear what Jason's
got on his heart this morning
01:04:03.24\01:04:05.67
because I think God's
been calling Jason to preach.
01:04:05.71\01:04:10.21
So, Jason, what's
on your heart today?
01:04:10.25\01:04:12.75
I see, you got your Bible there.
01:04:12.78\01:04:14.55
Well, you know,
one of the things
01:04:14.58\01:04:15.92
that I love about the
God that we serve is that
01:04:15.95\01:04:18.75
He not only creates
us but He sustains us.
01:04:18.79\01:04:22.16
When you go back to
the story of creation
01:04:22.19\01:04:24.26
and you look at when
man came to the earth,
01:04:24.29\01:04:27.83
everything was in place.
01:04:27.86\01:04:30.23
He entrusted us
01:04:30.27\01:04:32.23
with what
belongs to Him to manage.
01:04:32.27\01:04:35.27
So He creates us
and He sustains us.
01:04:35.30\01:04:38.04
Another thing
that I love is that
01:04:38.07\01:04:40.31
He gave us basic instructions
before leaving earth,
01:04:40.34\01:04:43.61
the Bible, the Word of God.
01:04:43.65\01:04:45.31
And in Psalm 116:12 it says,
01:04:45.35\01:04:48.92
"What shall I
render unto the Lord
01:04:48.95\01:04:50.69
for all his benefits toward me?"
01:04:50.72\01:04:54.42
And then this is a study Bible
01:04:54.46\01:04:56.32
so I have Patriarchs
and Prophets here too,
01:04:56.36\01:04:59.13
page 187, this is beautiful.
01:04:59.16\01:05:02.00
"The Christian should
often review his past life
01:05:02.03\01:05:04.93
and recall with gratitude
the precious deliverances
01:05:04.97\01:05:08.47
that God has wrought for
him, supporting him in trial,
01:05:08.50\01:05:11.37
opening ways before him
01:05:11.41\01:05:13.27
when all seemed
dark and forbidden,
01:05:13.31\01:05:16.54
refreshing him
when ready to faint.
01:05:16.58\01:05:19.25
He should recognize all of them
as evidences of the watchcare
01:05:19.28\01:05:22.92
of heavenly angels.
01:05:22.95\01:05:24.59
In view of these
innumerable blessings
01:05:24.62\01:05:27.66
he should often ask,
01:05:27.69\01:05:29.02
with subdued and grateful heart,
01:05:29.06\01:05:31.89
"What shall I
render unto the Lord
01:05:31.93\01:05:33.70
for all His benefits toward me?"
01:05:33.73\01:05:36.23
You know,
Thanksgiving is a beautiful time
01:05:36.26\01:05:38.87
because family can come together
01:05:38.90\01:05:40.67
and we can share
what we are thankful for.
01:05:40.70\01:05:43.84
You know, everybody
that knows me, knows that
01:05:43.87\01:05:46.07
I love Thanksgiving
especially for the food.
01:05:46.11\01:05:48.48
The food.
01:05:48.51\01:05:49.84
Jason's thankful
for food every day.
01:05:49.88\01:05:52.08
Absolutely.
01:05:52.11\01:05:53.55
Angie, when he goes on a
trip, if you follow his Facebook
01:05:53.58\01:05:57.52
and sometimes instead
of showing where he's been,
01:05:57.55\01:06:00.52
he shows his plate of food.
01:06:00.56\01:06:02.82
Yes.
01:06:02.86\01:06:04.19
And so while I love food,
01:06:04.23\01:06:05.83
food hasn't been
loving me as much lately.
01:06:05.86\01:06:08.40
The metabolism is
slowing down but thanks,
01:06:08.43\01:06:12.03
but Thanksgiving
is such a great time
01:06:12.07\01:06:14.94
because we have so many
things to be thankful for.
01:06:14.97\01:06:18.04
You know, there
are so many instances,
01:06:18.07\01:06:20.91
things that we have
been spared from that
01:06:20.94\01:06:22.51
we don't even
realize, that we don't even see
01:06:22.54\01:06:25.48
that one day
when we get to heaven,
01:06:25.51\01:06:27.15
we can thank our guardian angels
01:06:27.18\01:06:30.12
and thank our heavenly
Father for protecting us
01:06:30.15\01:06:33.25
during these times.
01:06:33.29\01:06:34.62
You know, I'm so thankful that
01:06:34.66\01:06:36.32
Johnny and
Idalia are here with us
01:06:36.36\01:06:38.99
because if that would
have been a couple inches
01:06:39.03\01:06:41.56
in a different direction,
that could have been it.
01:06:41.60\01:06:44.83
But God spared you guys
and I'm so grateful for that,
01:06:44.87\01:06:47.54
and it's just a
realization that time is short
01:06:47.57\01:06:51.51
and the devil,
the devil is angry
01:06:51.54\01:06:53.64
and he is mad at the
work that's going forth
01:06:53.68\01:06:56.54
because he
knows he's gonna lose.
01:06:56.58\01:06:59.78
You know, it's already stated.
01:06:59.81\01:07:02.42
He is, he is a loser.
01:07:02.45\01:07:05.02
God is victorious.
01:07:05.05\01:07:07.02
And so, now is the
time to surrender our lives
01:07:07.06\01:07:12.49
fully to the Lord.
01:07:12.53\01:07:14.00
You know, there
is no time to play.
01:07:14.03\01:07:16.20
Amen.
01:07:16.23\01:07:17.80
Now, Momma,
01:07:17.83\01:07:19.17
there's a lots of
mothers out there,
01:07:19.20\01:07:21.37
they are discouraged right now.
01:07:21.40\01:07:25.97
You would ask me that right now.
01:07:26.01\01:07:28.88
You would ask me that right now.
01:07:28.91\01:07:30.31
Their sons, their
daughters, they've raised them.
01:07:30.35\01:07:33.55
They feel like in
Lord, they are not there.
01:07:33.58\01:07:35.95
How are you feeling right
now when you hear your son Jason
01:07:35.98\01:07:38.55
who is not always
been living for the Lord
01:07:38.59\01:07:41.16
till the last few years.
01:07:41.19\01:07:42.52
That's right. That's right.
01:07:42.56\01:07:43.89
What does that do for
you and how does that,
01:07:43.93\01:07:45.26
how do we encourage the others?
01:07:45.29\01:07:46.63
It just lets me know
that God hears our prayers.
01:07:46.66\01:07:50.67
You know, for years, I
prayed for my children,
01:07:50.70\01:07:54.30
and I asked God
to please save them,
01:07:54.34\01:07:56.60
and I'm still praying
01:07:56.64\01:07:59.14
that God will not
just save but keep
01:07:59.17\01:08:01.44
because the enemy is so busy,
but I prayed and I remember,
01:08:01.48\01:08:07.32
I was praying about my older son
01:08:07.35\01:08:11.09
and that at one point he
was, it was years and years ago
01:08:11.12\01:08:14.22
and he had gotten
involved with the wrong people
01:08:14.26\01:08:16.42
and I was saying, Lord,
01:08:16.46\01:08:18.39
please don't let
him die in his sins.
01:08:18.43\01:08:20.23
Please don't, please.
01:08:20.26\01:08:23.10
And I was just
crying before the Lord,
01:08:23.13\01:08:25.73
and I remember vividly
that the Lord spoke to my heart
01:08:25.77\01:08:31.11
and quoted that
verse in Isaiah that said,
01:08:31.14\01:08:33.21
I will contend with
them, that contend would be
01:08:33.24\01:08:36.14
and I will save thy children,
and I've seen God do it.
01:08:36.18\01:08:40.22
He's doing it, He's
done it in the life of Jason
01:08:40.25\01:08:43.32
and He's continuing to do
it, and He's working on Mark,
01:08:43.35\01:08:46.59
and He will work on your child.
01:08:46.62\01:08:49.92
Your child belongs to Him too,
01:08:49.96\01:08:52.03
and He loves your
child more than you do.
01:08:52.06\01:08:54.70
So just, just you be faithful
01:08:54.73\01:08:57.57
and you set the right
example for your children
01:08:57.60\01:09:01.10
and ask God to
keep you in his way
01:09:01.14\01:09:04.11
and keep your
children before the Lord,
01:09:04.14\01:09:07.38
dedicating them to Him
and watch what God does.
01:09:07.41\01:09:11.41
Don't be discouraged.
01:09:11.45\01:09:12.78
It might not happen when
right when you wanted to,
01:09:12.81\01:09:15.58
but it will happen
01:09:15.62\01:09:17.35
because God will
answer our prayers.
01:09:17.39\01:09:19.55
All right. This is good.
01:09:19.59\01:09:21.22
Jason, you have
something to add?
01:09:21.26\01:09:22.62
There is nothing
like a praying mother.
01:09:22.66\01:09:25.56
Nothing like a praying mother.
01:09:25.59\01:09:26.93
There you go. Okay.
01:09:26.96\01:09:29.03
Mollie Sue.
01:09:29.06\01:09:30.83
What's on your heart today?
01:09:30.87\01:09:32.20
Don't you love it when Mollie,
you just hand her microphone,
01:09:32.23\01:09:34.74
she's doesn't playing
anything and all of a sudden,
01:09:34.77\01:09:37.11
you just feel this
anointing coming out.
01:09:37.14\01:09:39.17
What are you
want to encourage us,
01:09:39.21\01:09:40.58
this is
Thanksgiving, it's a happy time,
01:09:40.61\01:09:43.65
and what's on your heart today?
01:09:43.68\01:09:45.25
You know, I look around and seem
01:09:45.28\01:09:46.98
we are all just a
mess here at 3ABN.
01:09:47.02\01:09:49.58
We are a mess
that God has touched.
01:09:49.62\01:09:51.85
Every one of us
has been through some,
01:09:51.89\01:09:54.32
and if it wasn't for
the grace and mercy of God,
01:09:54.36\01:09:56.79
we wouldn't be here.
01:09:56.83\01:09:58.16
But we've all experienced that
touch from God on our lives,
01:09:58.19\01:10:01.53
and we've been
through difficulties.
01:10:01.56\01:10:03.13
And I just think
about myself, you know,
01:10:03.16\01:10:06.33
this is just like
a little trite saying
01:10:06.37\01:10:08.20
but I am a little
Alabama country girl.
01:10:08.24\01:10:10.74
I was raised in
the country in Alabama.
01:10:10.77\01:10:13.17
I owned a farm.
01:10:13.21\01:10:15.81
We had cotton
fields and I tell people,
01:10:15.84\01:10:18.21
I came from the
cotton fields in Alabama
01:10:18.25\01:10:20.32
to the cornfields in Illinois.
01:10:20.35\01:10:22.12
Now how on
earth did that happen?
01:10:22.15\01:10:23.79
Only God could do
something like that
01:10:23.82\01:10:26.72
and this is Thanksgiving.
01:10:26.76\01:10:28.96
I am thankful.
01:10:28.99\01:10:30.33
Are you all thankful here today?
01:10:30.36\01:10:31.86
I'm so thankful and I'm grateful
01:10:31.89\01:10:33.50
because you know what?
01:10:33.53\01:10:34.86
I could still be back in
the cotton field in Alabama
01:10:34.90\01:10:36.87
accomplishing
absolutely nothing.
01:10:36.90\01:10:38.90
But you know, my life is
going to account for something.
01:10:38.93\01:10:42.67
There are people has an effect
of the grace and mercy of God
01:10:42.70\01:10:49.08
and the call He
has placed on my life.
01:10:49.11\01:10:50.75
They are gonna
be in the kingdom.
01:10:50.78\01:10:53.01
You know, and that,
01:10:53.05\01:10:54.98
only God could do
something like that,
01:10:55.02\01:10:56.92
and so I am just
grateful here today
01:10:56.95\01:10:59.35
to be a part of this ministry
and that I have got a son
01:10:59.39\01:11:03.53
and his name is
Jeremy Allen Steenson.
01:11:03.56\01:11:06.36
He is a mighty fan of God.
01:11:06.39\01:11:08.13
He's full of grace,
and mercy, and power,
01:11:08.16\01:11:10.67
and he is a mighty man of God.
01:11:10.70\01:11:12.73
He is still in the making.
01:11:12.77\01:11:14.30
But Jason, honey,
you're still in the making too.
01:11:14.34\01:11:16.81
We've all got ways to go
and none of us have arrived,
01:11:16.84\01:11:19.77
but because of God, we
are going to accomplish,
01:11:19.81\01:11:23.11
and you know what?
01:11:23.14\01:11:25.05
He is gonna be in
heaven with the best of us.
01:11:25.08\01:11:27.62
All right. Amen and amen.
01:11:27.65\01:11:29.28
Praise the Lord.
01:11:29.32\01:11:30.65
Greg, what's on
your heart right now?
01:11:30.69\01:11:33.72
You know, I really like
the Thanksgiving time of year.
01:11:33.76\01:11:36.39
There are so many
things to be thankful for.
01:11:36.42\01:11:38.89
You know, as already,
01:11:38.93\01:11:40.26
I have mentioned
already in this program,
01:11:40.30\01:11:41.83
and I know also which
you mentioned earlier,
01:11:41.86\01:11:45.23
Mr. Danny and several
others, that this time of year
01:11:45.27\01:11:48.00
can actually be a
lonely time for some people
01:11:48.04\01:11:50.07
because they look,
they sit at their table
01:11:50.11\01:11:52.44
for their Thanksgiving dinner
or even in their living room
01:11:52.47\01:11:54.51
just, you know,
their daily lives
01:11:54.54\01:11:56.34
and somebody is missing, missing
01:11:56.38\01:11:58.65
because they are
sleeping in Jesus.
01:11:58.68\01:12:00.92
And so that's
sad, you know, because
01:12:00.95\01:12:02.28
you have a family
member, a loved one, a friend
01:12:02.32\01:12:05.12
and even here I think
about our own 3ABN family.
01:12:05.15\01:12:07.49
We've had several this year
01:12:07.52\01:12:09.12
that have gone
to sleep in Jesus.
01:12:09.16\01:12:11.16
But it's with great hope, right,
01:12:11.19\01:12:12.89
and anticipation
that we look forward
01:12:12.93\01:12:14.73
to Christ soon return.
01:12:14.76\01:12:16.33
And Jill and I went
to college together.
01:12:16.36\01:12:18.83
It's a great
privilege to go together.
01:12:18.87\01:12:20.50
We didn't go
together as husband and wife.
01:12:20.54\01:12:22.27
She was one of
the students there
01:12:22.30\01:12:24.41
and I was too,
and praise the Lord,
01:12:24.44\01:12:27.61
He brought her into my life
01:12:27.64\01:12:28.98
and we got married 15 years ago,
01:12:29.01\01:12:30.71
and she's a tremendous
blessing to me in my life.
01:12:30.75\01:12:33.45
But we traveled in a little
touring choir at the school
01:12:33.48\01:12:36.55
and that Jill played the
piano and I attempted to sing
01:12:36.58\01:12:38.92
a few songs here and
there with the choir,
01:12:38.95\01:12:41.16
but one of the
songs that we sing
01:12:41.19\01:12:43.09
was entitled the blessed hope
01:12:43.12\01:12:45.76
which is
referencing 1 Thessalonians 4,
01:12:45.79\01:12:49.03
and it talks about
01:12:49.06\01:12:50.40
how we can comfort
one another with the words
01:12:50.43\01:12:52.17
that Jesus
Christ is coming soon.
01:12:52.20\01:12:55.44
So yes, it's sad, I
mean, we realize in this earth
01:12:55.47\01:12:57.84
that there are trials
and things that come our way,
01:12:57.87\01:13:00.31
including those that we love
01:13:00.34\01:13:01.98
that have gone to sleep in Jesus
01:13:02.01\01:13:03.81
but it's with great
anticipation, I know,
01:13:03.85\01:13:06.15
even I have family
members and friends
01:13:06.18\01:13:07.68
that have gone
to sleep in Jesus,
01:13:07.72\01:13:09.18
that we look forward
to Christ's soon return.
01:13:09.22\01:13:10.85
So I have a lot
to be thankful for
01:13:10.89\01:13:12.39
and you do too.
01:13:12.42\01:13:13.89
We can be in our
own sphere of sadness,
01:13:13.92\01:13:16.86
but God wants us
to get out of that
01:13:16.89\01:13:18.49
and actually serve others.
01:13:18.53\01:13:21.73
You know, because it's
easy to just think and think
01:13:21.76\01:13:23.37
and think on
the negative things,
01:13:23.40\01:13:24.73
but this time of the
year, it's like, okay,
01:13:24.77\01:13:26.10
how can I help somebody else?
01:13:26.13\01:13:27.70
So if you're alone like, okay,
01:13:27.74\01:13:29.34
if I can't get out of the house,
01:13:29.37\01:13:30.84
maybe I can ride a
little car to someone I know
01:13:30.87\01:13:32.77
that maybe needs a
little encouragement,
01:13:32.81\01:13:34.61
or if you can't
get out of the house
01:13:34.64\01:13:35.98
to maybe go visit somebody
01:13:36.01\01:13:38.05
and then what you'd
find will happen is that
01:13:38.08\01:13:40.38
you yourself become happy
and it cheers your own soul.
01:13:40.42\01:13:43.75
So anyway, I just want
to encourage you with that.
01:13:43.79\01:13:45.69
Absolutely love it.
01:13:45.72\01:13:47.06
Tim, do you know the song...
01:13:47.09\01:13:48.46
I'm happy in the Lord anyway
01:13:48.49\01:13:52.26
And it really doesn't matter
01:13:52.29\01:13:54.70
What comes my way today
01:13:54.73\01:13:56.26
I'm going to wear a smile
01:13:56.30\01:13:57.87
Hold my head up high and say
01:13:57.90\01:14:00.40
I'm happy in the Lord, anyway
01:14:00.44\01:14:02.90
Let's do it again.
01:14:02.94\01:14:04.37
I'm happy in the Lord anyway
01:14:04.41\01:14:08.48
And it really doesn't matter
01:14:08.51\01:14:10.95
What comes my way today
01:14:10.98\01:14:12.61
I'm going to wear a smile
01:14:12.65\01:14:14.48
Hold my head up high and say
01:14:14.52\01:14:16.85
I'm happy in the Lord, anyway
01:14:16.89\01:14:21.69
All right. Sister
Jill, what's on your heart?
01:14:21.72\01:14:25.49
What a blessing
this program has been.
01:14:25.53\01:14:27.96
As I think back over this year,
01:14:28.00\01:14:30.73
to me this past year has
been a time of stretching.
01:14:30.77\01:14:34.27
I know from my
own self personally,
01:14:34.30\01:14:37.01
my own walk with Jesus,
01:14:37.04\01:14:39.17
a time of getting
deeper into His Word,
01:14:39.21\01:14:42.18
a time of
experiencing Him in a way
01:14:42.21\01:14:46.05
that I have not
done that before.
01:14:46.08\01:14:48.85
A time of growing closer
01:14:48.88\01:14:50.72
to my brothers and
sisters here at 3ABN
01:14:50.75\01:14:53.76
in a deeper way than
I experienced before.
01:14:53.79\01:14:57.43
I know many people
as we've been sharing
01:14:57.46\01:14:59.63
have been stretched by trials.
01:14:59.66\01:15:03.10
But God is over
all and He sees us,
01:15:03.13\01:15:07.64
and He knows and
He's working His character
01:15:07.67\01:15:13.04
the beauty of Jesus
into our hearts and lives.
01:15:13.07\01:15:18.25
Just this morning, I
was reading Jeremiah 9:23,
01:15:18.28\01:15:22.48
"Let not the wise
man glory in his wisdom."
01:15:22.52\01:15:26.89
And I don't know how many times
I've come before the Father
01:15:26.92\01:15:29.82
and said, "God, I
don't have wisdom."
01:15:29.86\01:15:32.23
And he says in James,
01:15:32.26\01:15:33.60
"If you lack wisdom, let him ask
01:15:33.63\01:15:36.43
and it will be given to him."
01:15:36.46\01:15:38.87
It says,
01:15:38.90\01:15:40.24
"Let not the mighty
man glory in his might."
01:15:40.27\01:15:42.40
Do you feel weak today?
01:15:42.44\01:15:44.21
He says, "My grace
is sufficient for you.
01:15:44.24\01:15:49.21
Let not the rich man
01:15:49.24\01:15:52.58
glory in his riches."
01:15:52.61\01:15:56.22
Do you feel like,
you don't have money,
01:15:56.25\01:15:58.35
you don't have even
the necessities for life.
01:15:58.39\01:16:01.52
God says, "My God
will supply all your needs
01:16:01.56\01:16:06.26
according to his glory
and riches by Christ Jesus."
01:16:06.29\01:16:10.90
But the text continues,
01:16:10.93\01:16:12.37
what are we
supposed to glory in,
01:16:12.40\01:16:14.17
"But let him that
glory, glories in this
01:16:14.20\01:16:17.44
that he
understands and knoweth me
01:16:17.47\01:16:20.18
that I am the Lord
01:16:20.21\01:16:23.91
who exercises loving kindness."
01:16:23.95\01:16:27.05
"Judgment and
righteousness in the earth,
01:16:27.08\01:16:30.02
for in these things I
delight says the Lord."
01:16:30.05\01:16:34.12
God has called us
here as a 3ABN family.
01:16:34.16\01:16:37.66
God has called you at
home as part of the 3ABN family
01:16:37.69\01:16:43.30
to have a part in proclaiming
the three angels' messages
01:16:43.33\01:16:48.17
to a lost and dying world.
01:16:48.20\01:16:49.77
One of my favorite
scriptures is 2 Corinthians 4.
01:16:49.80\01:16:52.67
"We have this
treasure in earthen vessels."
01:16:52.71\01:16:55.34
New Living
Translation says jars of clay.
01:16:55.38\01:16:58.61
That's all any of us are.
01:16:58.65\01:17:00.62
We have nothing
special in ourselves to merit
01:17:00.65\01:17:03.95
that we are worthy of service.
01:17:03.99\01:17:05.65
We are empty,
broken jars of clay.
01:17:05.69\01:17:08.69
God says, by the
power of His spirit,
01:17:08.72\01:17:10.89
He will fill us
with His Holy Spirit,
01:17:10.93\01:17:14.16
He will stand us up
01:17:14.20\01:17:16.40
so that we can be His witnesses.
01:17:16.43\01:17:18.50
The treasure,
01:17:18.53\01:17:19.87
the glorious
gospel of Jesus Christ,
01:17:19.90\01:17:22.40
He pours into
us as jars of clay,
01:17:22.44\01:17:25.74
that we can share that message
with the lost and dying world.
01:17:25.77\01:17:31.41
So I don't know
01:17:31.45\01:17:32.78
where you are today
in your walk with Jesus,
01:17:32.81\01:17:35.38
but don't wait another moment.
01:17:35.42\01:17:37.59
If you have not
accepted Him as your Savior,
01:17:37.62\01:17:40.12
today is the day of salvation.
01:17:40.16\01:17:42.82
We saw the Dinzeys here.
01:17:42.86\01:17:44.39
We are not guaranteed
tomorrow. Make a choice today.
01:17:44.43\01:17:49.70
Give your heart to Him.
01:17:49.73\01:17:51.33
Serve Him with
everything you have,
01:17:51.37\01:17:53.57
and if you
already walk with Him,
01:17:53.60\01:17:55.27
make a covenant to
recommit your life to Jesus.
01:17:55.30\01:17:59.84
He will pour
His Spirit into you,
01:17:59.87\01:18:02.11
His anointing
01:18:02.14\01:18:03.48
so that you can
go out and share Him
01:18:03.51\01:18:06.38
with the lost and dying world.
01:18:06.41\01:18:08.98
Amen. Praise the Lord.
01:18:09.02\01:18:10.35
And I would say,
never be discouraged
01:18:10.39\01:18:12.42
no matter what people
say or think about you
01:18:12.45\01:18:15.32
because as I mentioned a
while ago, the Bible says,
01:18:15.36\01:18:18.06
"All who live Godly
shall suffer persecution."
01:18:18.09\01:18:20.63
So sometimes when
you're sitting there
01:18:20.66\01:18:22.76
and it helps, I'll admit it,
01:18:22.80\01:18:24.13
it helps to have a
great family around us.
01:18:24.17\01:18:26.47
But there is times in my life
01:18:26.50\01:18:27.84
when I haven't had someone there
01:18:27.87\01:18:29.60
and you tend to get discouraged,
01:18:29.64\01:18:31.61
but you don't
have to be discouraged
01:18:31.64\01:18:33.71
because we've been hearing today
01:18:33.74\01:18:35.88
that God is on your side.
01:18:35.91\01:18:38.58
And I've said so many times
01:18:38.61\01:18:40.28
before when we read
the back of the book,
01:18:40.32\01:18:42.15
it says they overcame
him by the blood of the Lamb
01:18:42.18\01:18:44.72
and the word of their testimony.
01:18:44.75\01:18:46.45
So we know that when
we accept Jesus Christ
01:18:46.49\01:18:48.96
as Lord and Savior of our
life and we get discouraged,
01:18:48.99\01:18:52.26
all we have to do is
look at the back of the book.
01:18:52.29\01:18:54.43
Read Revelation, read
Daniel, read Revelation,
01:18:54.46\01:18:57.17
read these
prophecies that says in the end
01:18:57.20\01:19:00.44
we will overcome by
the blood of the Lamb
01:19:00.47\01:19:02.40
and the word of our testimony.
01:19:02.44\01:19:03.91
So whenever you
feel down and out,
01:19:03.94\01:19:05.97
or you feel maybe,
John, when people really
01:19:06.01\01:19:08.88
will call it dog
can use the most,
01:19:08.91\01:19:10.91
instead of getting discouraged,
that's when you stand up
01:19:10.95\01:19:13.42
and say, you know what?
01:19:13.45\01:19:14.78
Praise God from
whom all blessings flow.
01:19:14.82\01:19:16.89
I won't be discouraged. I
stayed up late last night.
01:19:16.92\01:19:20.09
I was answering letters.
01:19:20.12\01:19:21.46
Someone wrote me and said,
01:19:21.49\01:19:23.32
you need to step
down from the ministry
01:19:23.36\01:19:25.79
and you know, you should
have stepped down years ago.
01:19:25.83\01:19:28.06
You have no business in ministry
01:19:28.10\01:19:30.40
because you are a
controversial figure,
01:19:30.43\01:19:34.14
they said.
01:19:34.17\01:19:35.50
And so we believe
that you should step down
01:19:35.54\01:19:38.77
because controversy
shouldn't surround you.
01:19:38.81\01:19:40.98
So I bothered to
write back and said, boy,
01:19:41.01\01:19:43.48
wouldn't that be too
bad for Jesus and for God
01:19:43.51\01:19:46.88
because in heaven the
devil started a controversy,
01:19:46.92\01:19:51.09
attacked God's character
and a third of the angels left.
01:19:51.12\01:19:55.49
So surely God must be guilty.
01:19:55.52\01:19:57.53
I mean, going by
this train of thought
01:19:57.56\01:19:59.13
is what the man says, but
a third of the angels left,
01:19:59.16\01:20:02.23
so I wonder if God should
just get rid of us all because,
01:20:02.26\01:20:05.67
or we shouldn't believe in Him
because there is controversy,
01:20:05.70\01:20:08.34
the great controversy
01:20:08.37\01:20:09.70
between good and
evil is going on.
01:20:09.74\01:20:11.51
I said, controversy, he says,
01:20:11.54\01:20:13.88
you should be able to
get along with everybody.
01:20:13.91\01:20:15.84
And I said, I wonder,
so I wrote back and said,
01:20:15.88\01:20:18.45
I wonder if Steven
felt like he'd gotten along
01:20:18.48\01:20:20.78
with everybody
when he got stoned.
01:20:20.82\01:20:22.55
I wonder, you know,
I wonder how Peter felt
01:20:22.58\01:20:24.69
when he was
crucified upside down.
01:20:24.72\01:20:26.82
You know, and I
started going through.
01:20:26.86\01:20:28.52
I said, I could go through
this with hours and hours.
01:20:28.56\01:20:31.69
I said, why would I step down
to please the enemies, right?
01:20:31.73\01:20:37.37
Jesus say, go, the
blessing is on the go,
01:20:37.40\01:20:39.97
and the devil says stop.
01:20:40.00\01:20:41.34
So any time someone tells you,
01:20:41.37\01:20:43.00
well, you
shouldn't be out doing this.
01:20:43.04\01:20:44.37
You're not perfect
01:20:44.41\01:20:45.74
and we're not,
we're all imperfect.
01:20:45.77\01:20:47.44
I've made mistakes,
you've made mistakes.
01:20:47.48\01:20:48.94
We all have.
01:20:48.98\01:20:50.31
But any time
somebody discourages you,
01:20:50.35\01:20:53.01
the last thing
you want to do is say,
01:20:53.05\01:20:54.52
well, I guess I'm
really not fit for ministry.
01:20:54.55\01:20:57.12
I guess, I'm
really not fit to witness
01:20:57.15\01:20:59.49
to my fellow neighbor.
01:20:59.52\01:21:01.22
We're not, we can't do
it, but through Jesus Christ
01:21:01.26\01:21:03.63
we can accomplish all things.
01:21:03.66\01:21:04.99
So I want to
encourage you today,
01:21:05.03\01:21:06.73
it doesn't make any difference
what people say about you.
01:21:06.76\01:21:09.40
Don't be
discouraged, somebody oh, well,
01:21:09.43\01:21:11.33
I don't go to church anymore.
01:21:11.37\01:21:12.70
Somebody offended me they said,
01:21:12.73\01:21:14.54
why would you
allow somebody else
01:21:14.57\01:21:17.54
to do something bad to you
01:21:17.57\01:21:20.38
because all you
have to do is say, Lord,
01:21:20.41\01:21:22.81
I'm gonna serve
you no matter what.
01:21:22.84\01:21:24.58
So you don't play
into the hands of the enemy
01:21:24.61\01:21:26.78
when someone comes
and discourages you.
01:21:26.82\01:21:29.18
No, you stand up
and say, praise the Lord
01:21:29.22\01:21:31.75
from whom all blessings flow.
01:21:31.79\01:21:33.36
I'm the sinner saved by
grace and hopefully you are too.
01:21:33.39\01:21:36.96
But I'm not about to step down.
01:21:36.99\01:21:38.86
If the Lord wants
me out of ministry,
01:21:38.89\01:21:40.96
He will take me out of ministry
01:21:41.00\01:21:42.76
and I understand
that if I stay in ministry
01:21:42.80\01:21:45.33
till I'm 95, John, and I die,
01:21:45.37\01:21:47.84
there is
somebody that would say,
01:21:47.87\01:21:49.24
I knew the Lord will get rid
of that terrible guy, you know.
01:21:49.27\01:21:52.44
I knew it, he should
have stepped down years ago.
01:21:52.47\01:21:54.88
That's the way people are.
01:21:54.91\01:21:56.24
But do you think, I
really care about that?
01:21:56.28\01:21:58.01
No, I'm just
thankful that after 33 years,
01:21:58.05\01:22:02.35
it's now been 33
years ago we're impressed
01:22:02.38\01:22:04.92
to build a television
station to reach the world.
01:22:04.95\01:22:07.46
I was 33 years old
then, I was a young man.
01:22:07.49\01:22:10.23
Now, 33 years later,
you can do the math, right?
01:22:10.26\01:22:14.00
But I'm so blessed
that if I die today,
01:22:14.03\01:22:16.40
I'll never regret anything
that I've been working for God
01:22:16.43\01:22:19.77
and being in ministry.
01:22:19.80\01:22:21.14
I love it. I'm so thankful.
01:22:21.17\01:22:22.94
I look at Greg
and Jill and I feel,
01:22:22.97\01:22:25.14
I feel guilty, I
feel like I don't think
01:22:25.17\01:22:27.58
I ever was as
dedicated to this ministry
01:22:27.61\01:22:30.75
as Greg and Jill.
01:22:30.78\01:22:32.11
They work
constantly and I'm telling you,
01:22:32.15\01:22:34.25
you need to take some time off.
01:22:34.28\01:22:35.62
Take a half hour here and there.
01:22:35.65\01:22:37.25
No, I'm just kidding.
01:22:37.29\01:22:38.89
But they are so dedicated,
they leave no job undone.
01:22:38.92\01:22:42.79
That means work on
Fridays when most of us work,
01:22:42.82\01:22:45.56
you know, our workers
here we do ten hours a day,
01:22:45.59\01:22:48.20
four days a week
but they do Fridays,
01:22:48.23\01:22:50.20
they do Sundays
everyday but Sabbath.
01:22:50.23\01:22:52.37
Then they travel.
01:22:52.40\01:22:53.74
They do all kinds of ministry.
01:22:53.77\01:22:55.47
And I'm so thankful
that God has brought you
01:22:55.50\01:22:57.74
young folk here
that you have caught
01:22:57.77\01:23:00.08
the vision of
getting the undiluted
01:23:00.11\01:23:03.04
three angels' messages,
01:23:03.08\01:23:04.71
one that would counteract
01:23:04.75\01:23:06.08
the counterfeit
into all the world.
01:23:06.11\01:23:07.72
And, Jason, for
you, for you young folk
01:23:07.75\01:23:10.49
that's coming in,
it give us such hope
01:23:10.52\01:23:13.39
as should the Lord tarry
that 3ABN is in good hands.
01:23:13.42\01:23:16.52
So, folks, we want you
all to uplift Greg and Jill
01:23:16.56\01:23:20.16
and Jason, all the young,
01:23:20.20\01:23:21.53
Tammy, you're in that
pretty young group too,
01:23:21.56\01:23:23.26
so we're gonna put you there.
01:23:23.30\01:23:26.67
You're under 50.
01:23:26.70\01:23:28.04
You're still there,
the rest of us you know.
01:23:28.07\01:23:30.04
But anyway, don't
be discouraged today.
01:23:30.07\01:23:31.91
Be thankful that
you are where you are
01:23:31.94\01:23:35.04
and that God is
willing to use anyone
01:23:35.08\01:23:37.25
who is willing to be used,
01:23:37.28\01:23:38.95
and you were not
born by accident.
01:23:38.98\01:23:41.28
When Jesus was on the
cross, you were on His mind.
01:23:41.32\01:23:44.62
And I always like to
say, He could look down
01:23:44.65\01:23:46.32
the stream of
time and see at people
01:23:46.35\01:23:48.36
who would be willing to
give their lives unto death
01:23:48.39\01:23:50.49
if necessary for
the cause of God.
01:23:50.53\01:23:52.49
What an honor to be alive
01:23:52.53\01:23:54.33
in these closing
moments of earth's history.
01:23:54.36\01:23:57.10
Let's be happy in the Lord
01:23:57.13\01:23:58.47
I'm happy in the Lord anyway
01:23:58.50\01:24:02.34
And it really doesn't matter
01:24:02.37\01:24:04.77
What comes my way today
01:24:04.81\01:24:06.51
I'm gonna wear a smile
01:24:06.54\01:24:08.31
Hold my head up high
01:24:08.34\01:24:09.88
And say I'm happy
in the Lord anyway
01:24:09.91\01:24:14.18
Yes, I'm happy
in the Lord anyway
01:24:14.22\01:24:17.39
How was that Tim?
01:24:17.42\01:24:18.75
I just go anywhere
01:24:18.79\01:24:20.12
and Tim goes right
with you, isn't that?
01:24:20.16\01:24:21.56
Has no idea what
key you're singing in,
01:24:21.59\01:24:23.99
what you're gonna do
if you're gonna tag it
01:24:24.03\01:24:25.96
and go back and he stays
right with you, great job.
01:24:25.99\01:24:28.93
Tammy, you got your microphone.
01:24:28.96\01:24:30.30
What's on your heart?
01:24:30.33\01:24:31.70
Well, talking about
discouragement and Christian
01:24:31.73\01:24:34.80
going through things.
01:24:34.84\01:24:36.17
I remember back
several years ago,
01:24:36.20\01:24:38.17
we had a cousin
that lost her mother
01:24:38.21\01:24:41.14
and he said...
01:24:41.18\01:24:42.54
To him he said,
it was unbelievable.
01:24:42.58\01:24:44.15
He said, she was
just the model mother.
01:24:44.18\01:24:46.55
She was just the
most devout Christian.
01:24:46.58\01:24:49.48
Why her?
01:24:49.52\01:24:50.85
He said, why her?
And I said why not?
01:24:50.89\01:24:53.96
And he looked at me
like that, it seemed cruel.
01:24:53.99\01:24:57.13
I said no, I'm saying
just because we're Christians,
01:24:57.16\01:24:59.86
does that mean we're
exempt from all these trials,
01:24:59.89\01:25:02.86
and heartaches,
and death, and strokes,
01:25:02.90\01:25:04.83
and the things that happen?
01:25:04.87\01:25:06.90
No, it's because as
Tita said, there is Satan,
01:25:06.94\01:25:11.24
there is a God,
there is a controversy.
01:25:11.27\01:25:14.51
And I'm just thankful today
that the Lord brings us through
01:25:14.54\01:25:18.08
and we joked before the program
01:25:18.11\01:25:20.05
that I might take time to
be thankful for my brothers.
01:25:20.08\01:25:25.39
At least, you joked about.
01:25:25.42\01:25:28.22
I told her, it's
only a two hour program.
01:25:28.26\01:25:30.06
Don't spend over saying hour
so talking about Kenny and me,
01:25:30.09\01:25:33.19
her brothers, you know,
just cut it to 59 minutes
01:25:33.23\01:25:36.23
and 55 seconds or something.
01:25:36.26\01:25:38.43
But we do know that the
Lord has brought Kenny through.
01:25:38.47\01:25:42.00
Our oldest brother has been
01:25:42.04\01:25:43.51
through terrible
times, terrible health
01:25:43.54\01:25:45.54
and he was at my
house last night.
01:25:45.57\01:25:47.41
And I never thought,
01:25:47.44\01:25:48.78
I would see him
at my house again.
01:25:48.81\01:25:50.15
Praise the Lord.
01:25:50.18\01:25:51.51
And you've had problems
01:25:51.55\01:25:52.88
and the Lord has
brought us through.
01:25:52.91\01:25:54.25
I had surgery this year
01:25:54.28\01:25:55.98
and I mean every,
everywhere I look,
01:25:56.02\01:25:59.35
there is heartache,
there is health problems.
01:25:59.39\01:26:02.56
I look around when
I was in the hospital,
01:26:02.59\01:26:04.49
I look around at
the people coming
01:26:04.53\01:26:06.16
and going and you say,
01:26:06.19\01:26:08.43
everywhere, every
town the doctors are full,
01:26:08.46\01:26:11.83
the hospitals are full.
01:26:11.87\01:26:14.24
So many health problems.
01:26:14.27\01:26:15.97
What is going on?
01:26:16.00\01:26:18.17
It's the world, it's
the way Satan made it.
01:26:18.21\01:26:20.58
He wants to kill us.
He wants to destroy us.
01:26:20.61\01:26:23.85
But God came to
give us eternal life,
01:26:23.88\01:26:27.22
and I can sum it up by
saying as the song says,
01:26:27.25\01:26:30.59
to God be the glory,
great things He has done.
01:26:30.62\01:26:32.59
Okay. All right, good deal.
01:26:32.62\01:26:34.82
Sister Chris,
what's on your mind?
01:26:34.86\01:26:37.16
A lot.
01:26:37.19\01:26:40.20
But I just want
to praise the Lord.
01:26:40.23\01:26:42.06
This has been quite an emotional
01:26:42.10\01:26:45.90
Thanksgiving program.
01:26:45.93\01:26:47.94
It's brought a lot of memories.
01:26:47.97\01:26:50.51
You know, when I listen to Tita.
01:26:50.54\01:26:53.11
In a moment, you know,
all of us were justified,
01:26:53.14\01:26:55.61
but we begin to walk
this road of sanctification.
01:26:55.64\01:26:59.55
And one thing
that has given me hope
01:26:59.58\01:27:01.75
on this up and down
01:27:01.78\01:27:03.32
as were a roller
coaster ride of sanctification
01:27:03.35\01:27:06.72
is that God will not
allow anything to touch
01:27:06.76\01:27:10.23
the apple of His eye
01:27:10.26\01:27:12.13
unless He okays it
and He trusts us with it.
01:27:12.16\01:27:16.60
So all of us have
been experiencing that,
01:27:16.63\01:27:20.74
that spiritual warfare
01:27:20.77\01:27:22.84
and during that
spiritual warfare,
01:27:22.87\01:27:24.24
I can remember as a
little girl thinking,
01:27:24.27\01:27:26.61
you know, whether times are good
01:27:26.64\01:27:28.11
or whether times are rough,
01:27:28.14\01:27:29.71
Lord, help me to
keep my eyes on You.
01:27:29.74\01:27:32.25
Amen. There you go, come on.
01:27:32.28\01:27:36.89
It's all right. Yeah.
01:27:36.92\01:27:39.25
I just want to love Him
and I felt a call to serve Him
01:27:39.29\01:27:45.26
at a very young age.
01:27:45.29\01:27:49.06
And as I listen to these stories
01:27:49.10\01:27:51.43
even about the breathing,
my heart went back to January
01:27:51.47\01:27:55.87
and you were there,
01:27:55.90\01:27:57.24
we saw Kenny
struggled to breath,
01:27:57.27\01:28:01.54
and there were
times during the night
01:28:01.58\01:28:03.14
that he would quit
breathing and he would wake up
01:28:03.18\01:28:06.11
and just, you know,
01:28:06.15\01:28:07.48
because we didn't know
if he was gonna make it.
01:28:07.52\01:28:11.02
Our youngest daughter,
01:28:11.05\01:28:13.32
see we have
asthma in our family too
01:28:13.36\01:28:15.52
and our youngest
daughter, she died in my arms.
01:28:15.56\01:28:18.86
She quit breathing
and her last words were,
01:28:18.89\01:28:22.50
help me.
01:28:22.53\01:28:25.37
There's trials,
there's struggles in this life
01:28:25.40\01:28:29.27
and I often remind her,
01:28:29.30\01:28:32.11
God didn't save you
01:28:32.14\01:28:34.01
for you to go
out into the world.
01:28:34.04\01:28:35.94
He didn't save you to be lost.
01:28:35.98\01:28:38.01
That's good. He
wants us to be saved.
01:28:38.05\01:28:41.22
So whether you're
going through a high time,
01:28:41.25\01:28:43.85
you're up on the mountaintop
or you're down in the valley,
01:28:43.89\01:28:47.92
He's seeking to save
those which are lost.
01:28:47.96\01:28:51.59
And you mentioned
I've been having trouble,
01:28:51.63\01:28:53.13
I haven't shared
that really openly,
01:28:53.16\01:28:56.33
but I praise God for
you guys, for my family.
01:28:56.36\01:29:00.07
Because while Pastor
Kenny was in the hospital,
01:29:00.10\01:29:03.20
I was having some
difficulties with my lymph nodes
01:29:03.24\01:29:07.28
and I had a doctor palpitate
01:29:07.31\01:29:09.21
and said that they
palpitated malignant,
01:29:09.24\01:29:12.21
and I was having
trouble with insurance.
01:29:12.25\01:29:15.42
I didn't let him do a biopsy
01:29:15.45\01:29:17.85
and when they
began to get better
01:29:17.89\01:29:19.65
with some
treatments over this summer,
01:29:19.69\01:29:22.72
I got a little
careless, a little lazy
01:29:22.76\01:29:25.56
and they came to ahead
01:29:25.59\01:29:27.16
and it got really
bad a few weeks ago.
01:29:27.20\01:29:31.70
And I went to have a thermogram.
01:29:31.73\01:29:34.00
I hear people talking
about thermology on 3ABN
01:29:34.04\01:29:37.51
and Dr. Yvonne,
she told me about that
01:29:37.54\01:29:40.41
and Dr. Lisa told me about that.
01:29:40.44\01:29:43.24
And the test
didn't come back good.
01:29:43.28\01:29:46.11
But you know, through
it all God has given peace,
01:29:46.15\01:29:50.05
which has been up and
down but He's given peace
01:29:50.09\01:29:52.49
and He's waking me up early,
01:29:52.52\01:29:54.02
and I'm doing
treatments in the morning.
01:29:54.06\01:29:55.79
I'm doing things during the day.
01:29:55.82\01:29:58.63
Same with our spiritual walk.
01:29:58.66\01:30:01.80
When you
realize that thin thread
01:30:01.83\01:30:07.50
between life and death,
01:30:07.54\01:30:09.27
between eternal
salvation and damnation,
01:30:09.30\01:30:12.87
we need to get busy,
we need to do all we can.
01:30:12.91\01:30:16.64
We need to be
getting up early saying,
01:30:16.68\01:30:18.71
Lord, wake me up early.
01:30:18.75\01:30:20.98
Help me to get
ready, get ready, get ready
01:30:21.02\01:30:24.89
and right before we
started our program,
01:30:24.92\01:30:27.42
you mentioned sharing
and I just kind of opened
01:30:27.46\01:30:31.86
Spirit of Prophecy up
and I saw in Early Writings,
01:30:31.89\01:30:34.23
it says and this is
such a wonderful hope.
01:30:34.26\01:30:38.13
It says that
Christ will not leave
01:30:38.17\01:30:40.47
the most holy place
until every soul is sealed
01:30:40.50\01:30:45.77
for eternity for
salvation or for damnation.
01:30:45.81\01:30:50.35
We have a choice.
01:30:50.38\01:30:52.25
Be thankful for that choice.
01:30:52.28\01:30:54.78
Be thankful for Jesus
and never ever let Him go.
01:30:54.82\01:30:59.72
Amen. Jim, give us a key of C.
01:30:59.75\01:31:03.83
Surely the presence of the Lord
01:31:03.86\01:31:08.83
Is in this place
01:31:08.86\01:31:10.20
Sing it with me.
01:31:10.23\01:31:11.57
I can feel His mighty power
01:31:11.60\01:31:16.14
And His grace
01:31:16.17\01:31:20.78
I can hear the
brush of angels' wings
01:31:20.81\01:31:25.85
I see glory on each face
01:31:25.88\01:31:31.35
Surely the presence of the Lord
01:31:31.39\01:31:37.76
Is in this place
01:31:37.79\01:31:41.56
There's a holy hush around us
01:31:41.60\01:31:45.93
As God's glory feels this place
01:31:45.97\01:31:51.21
I've touched the
hem of His garment
01:31:51.24\01:31:55.84
I can almost see His face
01:31:55.88\01:32:00.22
And my heart is overflowing
01:32:00.25\01:32:05.75
With the fullness of His joy
01:32:05.79\01:32:10.59
For I know without a doubt
01:32:10.63\01:32:15.63
That I've been with my Lord
01:32:15.66\01:32:20.80
Sing it.
01:32:20.84\01:32:22.17
Surely the presence of the Lord
01:32:22.20\01:32:28.34
Is in this place
01:32:28.38\01:32:30.95
I can feel His mighty power
01:32:30.98\01:32:36.08
And His grace
01:32:36.12\01:32:40.96
I can hear the
brush of angels' wings
01:32:40.99\01:32:46.03
I see glory on each face
01:32:46.06\01:32:51.57
Surely the presence of the Lord
01:32:51.60\01:32:58.04
Is in this place
01:32:58.07\01:33:01.54
What we are finding out today
01:33:01.58\01:33:02.91
is just because
you're a Christian,
01:33:02.94\01:33:05.08
it doesn't mean you're
exempt from all the things.
01:33:05.11\01:33:07.62
The Bible says, "The
rain falls on the just
01:33:07.65\01:33:09.75
as well as the unjust."
01:33:09.78\01:33:11.75
The difference is,
01:33:11.79\01:33:13.12
we're all gonna
go through storms
01:33:13.15\01:33:14.69
but when you go
through the storm
01:33:14.72\01:33:16.46
and you invited
Jesus to be with you,
01:33:16.49\01:33:18.59
there is a peace in
the midst of that storm.
01:33:18.63\01:33:21.33
There is a piece that
passeth all understanding.
01:33:21.36\01:33:24.57
The world can't give it you
01:33:24.60\01:33:26.13
and the world
can't take it away.
01:33:26.17\01:33:27.74
But you get that when you submit
01:33:27.77\01:33:29.24
and commit your life
to the Lord Jesus Christ.
01:33:29.27\01:33:31.67
Angie, you're not
usually on television
01:33:31.71\01:33:34.74
talking or preaching.
01:33:34.78\01:33:36.11
You're here assisting
your husband and helping
01:33:36.14\01:33:38.38
but you always have...
01:33:38.41\01:33:39.75
The God always
gives you things to say.
01:33:39.78\01:33:41.38
What's on your heart today?
01:33:41.42\01:33:43.35
I'm not an eloquent speaker.
01:33:43.39\01:33:45.22
I'm the type of
woman that as Mollie says,
01:33:45.25\01:33:47.76
I hold my husband's arm up.
01:33:47.79\01:33:51.23
And that's why I work in radio.
01:33:51.26\01:33:54.90
And when I'm...
01:33:54.93\01:33:56.26
I'm just so thankful for
life, life is a blessing.
01:33:56.30\01:34:00.84
Many people are not alive today
01:34:00.87\01:34:02.97
but to be alive and
to have health is wealth.
01:34:03.00\01:34:06.07
I always say that.
01:34:06.11\01:34:07.68
And I've known my husband
since I was 16 years old.
01:34:07.71\01:34:11.81
Oh, wow.
01:34:11.85\01:34:13.18
And that's a long time
and we've grown together.
01:34:13.21\01:34:18.22
We've had our difficulties and,
01:34:18.25\01:34:21.76
but the Lord has
always been with us,
01:34:21.79\01:34:24.09
always, and many families
01:34:24.13\01:34:27.10
are broken up this time of year.
01:34:27.13\01:34:29.03
Many husbands, wives,
children are not together.
01:34:29.06\01:34:32.27
But I'm very
grateful that I have
01:34:32.30\01:34:34.14
a husband that loves me,
01:34:34.17\01:34:35.50
that cares for
me and through thick
01:34:35.54\01:34:38.07
and through thin, I
mean, God has been with us.
01:34:38.11\01:34:40.98
When I watched the
news, I get so discouraged.
01:34:41.01\01:34:43.65
When I watch the news
today or listen to the news
01:34:43.68\01:34:46.82
on the radio,
it's so discouraging.
01:34:46.85\01:34:48.98
But when I pick up the Word
of God, it is so encouraging.
01:34:49.02\01:34:53.22
The Word of God,
01:34:53.25\01:34:54.82
it just brings light to my heart
01:34:54.86\01:34:57.43
and as a family,
my husband and I,
01:34:57.46\01:34:59.86
we have worshiped
every day, every night.
01:34:59.89\01:35:02.76
We cannot leave our
house without the Lord.
01:35:02.80\01:35:05.60
We cannot leave the
house without prayer.
01:35:05.63\01:35:08.04
We don't sleep, right.
01:35:08.07\01:35:09.64
And so I'm just
thankful for the Word of God
01:35:09.67\01:35:12.11
which is truly alike to my life.
01:35:12.14\01:35:14.94
So thank you. Amen.
01:35:14.98\01:35:16.98
Thank you so much. John?
01:35:17.01\01:35:20.35
You know, Danny, you
made a statement a moment ago
01:35:20.38\01:35:22.02
which was a confirmation of
what the Lord was telling me
01:35:22.05\01:35:24.09
just about three
minutes earlier about rain.
01:35:24.12\01:35:26.65
You know, rain can
cause a flower to grow
01:35:26.69\01:35:28.76
or could wash a house away.
01:35:28.79\01:35:31.26
The same rain, the Lord
allows to come into our lives
01:35:31.29\01:35:34.76
and this morning
after we read a devotion,
01:35:34.80\01:35:36.33
matter of fact we read
two, they were so good.
01:35:36.36\01:35:39.23
And I said, honey,
Daniel is the only one
01:35:39.27\01:35:42.84
that knows what
it's like to sleep
01:35:42.87\01:35:45.31
on the breast of the lion.
01:35:45.34\01:35:48.24
The lion probably
thought to himself
01:35:48.28\01:35:50.35
why can't I eat this man?
01:35:50.38\01:35:54.38
I'm hungry.
01:35:54.42\01:35:56.15
I've been waiting
for two days to eat
01:35:56.18\01:35:58.65
and here he is laying on my,
01:35:58.69\01:36:00.19
he is so close, I can't eat him.
01:36:00.22\01:36:02.89
And I never thought of
from the lion's perspective.
01:36:02.92\01:36:05.33
This is new to me.
01:36:05.36\01:36:06.70
And I said, honey,
the Lord has given me
01:36:06.73\01:36:08.06
some providential
thoughts this morning.
01:36:08.10\01:36:09.93
I said, Daniel
said, you are gonna eat
01:36:09.96\01:36:12.73
but it's not gonna be me.
01:36:12.77\01:36:14.50
Just wait a
while, there is gonna,
01:36:14.54\01:36:16.14
a great meal
that's been prepared
01:36:16.17\01:36:17.51
for you right now.
01:36:17.54\01:36:18.91
And I thought, the
thought came to me,
01:36:18.94\01:36:20.88
was so profound, the only
one that had to be concerned
01:36:20.91\01:36:26.48
about being devoured
was the ones that put Daniel
01:36:26.51\01:36:30.39
in that situation.
01:36:30.42\01:36:32.75
And I thought, God
allows us to go through
01:36:32.79\01:36:34.86
trials and sometimes
they are of our own making.
01:36:34.89\01:36:38.13
But sometimes, it's because
of the environment we are in,
01:36:38.16\01:36:41.16
the difficulty around us.
01:36:41.20\01:36:42.53
The same goes this way, it says,
01:36:42.56\01:36:45.43
it is not happy
people that are thankful
01:36:45.47\01:36:47.47
but thankful
people that are happy.
01:36:47.50\01:36:49.47
Yes.
01:36:49.50\01:36:50.84
And when Paul the Apostle
in 1 Thessalonians 5:18 says,
01:36:50.87\01:36:54.71
and everything give thanks
for this is the will of God.
01:36:54.74\01:36:58.08
What is God's will?
01:36:58.11\01:36:59.45
Give thanks, for
this is the will of God
01:36:59.48\01:37:01.78
and Christ Jesus concerning you.
01:37:01.82\01:37:03.79
And so we came
through, we began 2017
01:37:03.82\01:37:08.32
by not sliding into
it but by our commitment
01:37:08.36\01:37:11.59
and covenant at the end of 2016
and this year, we said, I said,
01:37:11.63\01:37:16.56
honey, I cannot just be
a regular pastor anymore.
01:37:16.60\01:37:19.83
I've got to be, the
same on stage as off stage.
01:37:19.87\01:37:24.67
The same as off
camera as on camera.
01:37:24.71\01:37:27.18
I don't want to
preach and be lost.
01:37:27.21\01:37:29.68
I want Christ to be in our
home not just in my pulpit.
01:37:29.71\01:37:33.28
I don't want Him just to
be in my song but in my life.
01:37:33.31\01:37:36.28
And we have
committed whether tired or not,
01:37:36.32\01:37:38.22
at some nights I'm
tired, Angie says let's read
01:37:38.25\01:37:40.66
and we're going
through the Bible now
01:37:40.69\01:37:42.02
and it's taken
on such a meaning.
01:37:42.06\01:37:43.53
Last night, I
was, after I came back
01:37:43.56\01:37:45.43
from playing basketball, I said,
01:37:45.46\01:37:46.80
honey, let me just take a shower
01:37:46.83\01:37:48.16
for as soon as I'm drying
off, I said, honey don't forget,
01:37:48.20\01:37:49.83
we got to read the
second half of 2 Samuel 3
01:37:49.86\01:37:53.34
because we're not done yet.
01:37:53.37\01:37:54.70
She says, oh I'm ready.
01:37:54.74\01:37:56.20
And then we sat on the
bed, turn our light on,
01:37:56.24\01:37:58.67
turn everything else off.
01:37:58.71\01:38:00.04
Turn the news off
and just read our Bibles
01:38:00.08\01:38:01.88
and go to sleep
01:38:01.91\01:38:03.24
with the Word of
God in our minds.
01:38:03.28\01:38:04.81
Wake up this morning,
before we got out of bed,
01:38:04.85\01:38:07.28
honey, let's read
and we have devotions
01:38:07.32\01:38:09.65
and God put that in my life
and I say to those of you...
01:38:09.68\01:38:12.75
Somebody may be in a
lions' den right now.
01:38:12.79\01:38:15.72
But God will not allow the devil
01:38:15.76\01:38:17.96
to devour His servants.
01:38:17.99\01:38:20.43
All Daniel had to
be was a servant of God
01:38:20.46\01:38:22.76
and what has made a
difference in our lives,
01:38:22.80\01:38:25.60
the Lord is opening doors.
01:38:25.63\01:38:27.14
About a few months ago,
we were reading in Isaiah 60.
01:38:27.17\01:38:29.97
The word, the
phrase double honor
01:38:30.01\01:38:32.71
and my wife said,
oh, the Lord is gonna
01:38:32.74\01:38:34.88
really bless you this year,
01:38:34.91\01:38:36.41
but then He
opened a door for her.
01:38:36.44\01:38:38.01
She's not a public speaker
but He opened a door for her
01:38:38.05\01:38:41.22
to speak at a
woman's prayer breakfast.
01:38:41.25\01:38:44.39
And she did such an
amazing job and I said, honey,
01:38:44.42\01:38:46.89
it's not double honor
for me but it's honor-honor.
01:38:46.92\01:38:50.56
He wants to honor both of us
but we've got to be faithful.
01:38:50.59\01:38:54.03
And so I want to encourage you,
it may be raining in your life,
01:38:54.06\01:38:57.87
let the rain cause you to grow.
01:38:57.90\01:39:00.20
But don't let the
torrential rains of life
01:39:00.24\01:39:02.00
wash your house away.
01:39:02.04\01:39:03.94
Rain fall on everybody.
01:39:03.97\01:39:05.97
But God may want
to water your life,
01:39:06.01\01:39:08.08
not to wash it away.
01:39:08.11\01:39:09.71
So I'm thankful that here we are
01:39:09.74\01:39:11.48
in this Thanksgiving
season with a lovely wife,
01:39:11.51\01:39:14.42
35 years we're going on.
01:39:14.45\01:39:16.45
A woman who has said yes to me
01:39:16.48\01:39:19.89
after we celebrated
our 25th anniversary
01:39:19.92\01:39:22.59
and we're about
preparing for our 35th
01:39:22.62\01:39:25.89
and I said, honey, I
just want to thank you
01:39:25.93\01:39:27.76
for one thing, for keeping me.
01:39:27.80\01:39:30.90
I'm covetous of that phrase,
01:39:30.93\01:39:32.53
and I don't use the
word covetous at all,
01:39:32.57\01:39:34.47
but I love it when
Pastor Wintley Phipps
01:39:34.50\01:39:36.00
said to his wife.
01:39:36.04\01:39:37.51
If you leave me,
I'm going with you.
01:39:37.54\01:39:41.14
And I just want
to say that today,
01:39:41.18\01:39:42.71
honey, wherever you
go, I just want to be there
01:39:42.74\01:39:44.58
and we're looking
forward with thanks,
01:39:44.61\01:39:45.98
thankful hearts to be
in the kingdom together.
01:39:46.01\01:39:47.75
That's good.
01:39:47.78\01:39:49.12
You know, little
flowers never worry
01:39:49.15\01:39:50.52
when the wind begins to
blow, for if it never rained,
01:39:50.55\01:39:53.79
they would never, never grow.
01:39:53.82\01:39:56.73
Pastor John, sing us something.
01:39:56.76\01:39:58.83
And we just have one
saying, I must say this.
01:39:58.86\01:40:00.36
Now our saying
is, what is it honey?
01:40:00.40\01:40:02.70
Together forever.
01:40:02.73\01:40:04.87
Eternity in view.
01:40:04.90\01:40:06.23
That's our daily commitment.
01:40:06.27\01:40:07.60
We're looking
forward to eternity.
01:40:07.64\01:40:08.97
If you think
she's beautiful now,
01:40:09.00\01:40:10.34
you wait till you
see her in the kingdom.
01:40:10.37\01:40:12.34
She is beautiful.
01:40:12.37\01:40:13.71
What are you
going to sing for us?
01:40:13.74\01:40:16.21
What was the
song, Tim? Give thanks.
01:40:16.24\01:40:19.45
Give thanks
with a grateful heart
01:40:19.48\01:40:26.72
Give thanks to the Holy One
01:40:26.76\01:40:32.19
Give thanks
01:40:32.23\01:40:34.53
Because He's
given me a lovely wife
01:40:34.56\01:40:40.80
Give thanks
with a grateful heart
01:40:46.01\01:40:52.15
Give thanks to the Holy One
01:40:52.18\01:40:58.15
Give thanks
01:40:58.19\01:41:00.69
Because He's given us
01:41:00.72\01:41:04.79
New lives
01:41:04.83\01:41:10.60
And now let the weak say
01:41:10.63\01:41:16.57
I am strong
01:41:16.60\01:41:20.61
Let the poor say
01:41:20.64\01:41:23.08
I am rich
01:41:23.11\01:41:26.72
Because of what the Lord
01:41:26.75\01:41:30.29
Has done for us
01:41:30.32\01:41:37.63
And now let the weak say
01:41:37.66\01:41:42.43
I am strong
01:41:42.46\01:41:47.00
Let the poor say
01:41:47.04\01:41:49.77
I am rich
01:41:49.80\01:41:53.51
Because of what the Lord
01:41:53.54\01:41:56.98
Has done for us
01:41:57.01\01:42:04.82
We give thanks
01:42:04.85\01:42:09.09
Amen.
01:42:09.12\01:42:10.59
Well, I have to say
he's the only person
01:42:10.63\01:42:13.36
I've ever seen in my
life who can sing and cry
01:42:13.40\01:42:16.26
and still sound good.
01:42:16.30\01:42:17.63
That's true.
01:42:17.67\01:42:19.00
My voice starts
breaking like a teenager
01:42:19.03\01:42:21.10
and it already has
here today trying to sing.
01:42:21.14\01:42:23.71
He's singing like
he's doing an album.
01:42:23.74\01:42:25.67
When he's crying,
tears running down his face,
01:42:25.71\01:42:27.34
beautiful.
01:42:27.38\01:42:28.71
Thank you for that testimony.
01:42:28.74\01:42:30.08
I want to go back to
Jay Christian right now.
01:42:30.11\01:42:32.98
Jay, you've been going,
01:42:33.01\01:42:34.35
you and Svet have
been going through
01:42:34.38\01:42:36.48
some really
life changing events.
01:42:36.52\01:42:41.02
I want you to
talk to us about it
01:42:41.06\01:42:43.09
for just a little bit that
01:42:43.12\01:42:45.73
what you're going
through right now?
01:42:45.76\01:42:49.30
Well, the one thing that people
probably don't like to hear
01:42:49.33\01:42:53.67
is when the doctor says,
you have incurable cancer.
01:42:53.70\01:42:57.24
We can't cure it.
01:42:57.27\01:42:58.61
We can treat it
but it's not curable.
01:42:58.64\01:43:03.58
I've been blessed in
so many different ways
01:43:03.61\01:43:06.21
and I can tell
you that I was blessed
01:43:06.25\01:43:09.58
about 12 years
ago when I was told
01:43:09.62\01:43:11.69
I was going to get this disease,
01:43:11.72\01:43:13.69
if I lived long enough.
01:43:13.72\01:43:15.62
It's multiple myeloma
and it's a blood cancer,
01:43:15.66\01:43:21.03
it's a part of the
blood cancer lymphoma,
01:43:21.06\01:43:23.77
leukemia and multiple myeloma.
01:43:23.80\01:43:27.87
It's in the...
01:43:27.90\01:43:29.24
They call it bone cancer,
it's original bone cancer
01:43:29.27\01:43:31.47
not a metastasize.
01:43:31.51\01:43:33.38
But I had a precursor disease
01:43:33.41\01:43:34.98
that they
discovered by accident.
01:43:35.01\01:43:36.61
I didn't even know it
and so for 10 to 12 years,
01:43:36.64\01:43:39.45
they've been watching me to
see when this would manifest
01:43:39.48\01:43:43.45
and I got the test on
the day that I hit the right,
01:43:43.49\01:43:49.76
the right numbers, if you
want to call it that for them
01:43:49.79\01:43:52.49
to be able to say that
you officially have it.
01:43:52.53\01:43:55.33
We can now
treat you. They can't.
01:43:55.36\01:43:56.93
They don't treat you
for it ahead of time.
01:43:56.97\01:43:59.17
It's not effective. So
when you officially have it.
01:43:59.20\01:44:02.84
So you can't get it
any earlier than I got it.
01:44:02.87\01:44:06.57
So they started the
treatment immediately.
01:44:06.61\01:44:09.34
And I came to a
realization in this, Danny,
01:44:09.38\01:44:14.08
and that is that
01:44:14.12\01:44:17.32
when you trust the Lord,
01:44:17.35\01:44:24.09
the question that people
ask is how can you trust God
01:44:24.13\01:44:29.20
because you're sick?
01:44:29.23\01:44:30.97
You have this
disease, you're a Christian.
01:44:31.00\01:44:34.30
Not just in name only.
01:44:34.34\01:44:37.74
And, you know, I
had to think about this
01:44:37.77\01:44:41.91
and what came to me,
01:44:41.94\01:44:43.95
the thought and I
take no credit for this.
01:44:43.98\01:44:48.45
If you can't trust God
when times are not good,
01:44:48.48\01:44:52.52
when can you trust Him?
01:44:52.55\01:44:54.16
That's good. That's good.
01:44:54.19\01:44:55.69
And what are we
trusting God for?
01:44:55.72\01:44:57.73
I'm not going to
live forever unless we,
01:44:57.76\01:45:01.00
unless I and hopefully
many of us here are alive
01:45:01.03\01:45:04.43
to see Jesus come in the clouds.
01:45:04.47\01:45:06.47
Then we'll all be
healed immediately.
01:45:06.50\01:45:10.14
But if that doesn't happen,
01:45:10.17\01:45:12.57
then there will be a
day that I go to sleep
01:45:12.61\01:45:14.28
and we'll wait
for the resurrection.
01:45:14.31\01:45:16.61
And I trust God to
know what to do with me.
01:45:16.64\01:45:21.52
I trust Him to know
01:45:21.55\01:45:23.12
which
resurrection I need to be in.
01:45:23.15\01:45:25.42
That's deep.
01:45:25.45\01:45:26.89
And so when I trust God,
that's what I trust Him for.
01:45:26.92\01:45:32.66
I don't trust Him
to heal me, He can,
01:45:32.69\01:45:35.30
He can touch me and
it can be totally gone,
01:45:35.33\01:45:37.93
and I know that
and I understand that.
01:45:37.97\01:45:40.57
On the other hand,
01:45:40.60\01:45:42.10
I trust my eternity to God.
01:45:42.14\01:45:47.88
I can tell you that
I was truly blessed.
01:45:47.91\01:45:49.94
I was in the hospital.
01:45:49.98\01:45:52.45
For those watching on TV,
you can see my new hairstyle.
01:45:52.48\01:45:56.45
For those listening on radio,
there is no hair to style.
01:45:56.48\01:46:01.49
But I went through a
bone marrow transplant,
01:46:01.52\01:46:07.00
and so I'm on the
other end of that now.
01:46:07.03\01:46:09.56
We'll wait and see how
effective that has been.
01:46:09.60\01:46:11.90
I'll know in a month
or two how effective.
01:46:11.93\01:46:15.20
But in the mean time,
01:46:15.24\01:46:18.11
I've been
blessed in so many ways.
01:46:18.14\01:46:20.28
I can look back over my life.
01:46:20.31\01:46:21.64
I can tell you stories
that will keep you here
01:46:21.68\01:46:23.24
for a long time,
how the Lord blessed me
01:46:23.28\01:46:25.48
even when I wasn't close to Him.
01:46:25.51\01:46:27.32
When I was mad at Him,
when I shook my fist at Him,
01:46:27.35\01:46:29.95
when I called Him names.
01:46:29.98\01:46:31.45
When I didn't feel
close to Him at all.
01:46:31.49\01:46:33.49
I can look at times in my
life when the Lord blessed me.
01:46:33.52\01:46:37.03
And in 1992, praise God, I
found Him or I was gonna say,
01:46:37.06\01:46:41.70
he found me but no, I found Him.
01:46:41.73\01:46:44.57
Because He always knew me.
He always knew where I was.
01:46:44.60\01:46:48.64
And life is always a challenge
when you're a Christian.
01:46:48.67\01:46:52.77
It's always going to be
and I trust God to see me
01:46:52.81\01:46:57.15
through everything that
I need to be seen through
01:46:57.18\01:47:00.02
and I will when I go
to sleep if that happens,
01:47:00.05\01:47:03.39
if the Lord doesn't come first,
01:47:03.42\01:47:04.85
I will trust Him to
know what to do with me.
01:47:04.89\01:47:08.42
The Lord provided...
01:47:08.46\01:47:10.36
I was in the
hospital for three weeks
01:47:10.39\01:47:11.89
for the transplant
01:47:11.93\01:47:13.66
and I had the most
wonderful caregiver there.
01:47:13.70\01:47:18.40
She was there
for most of the time.
01:47:18.43\01:47:19.77
She had to come back
here for camp meeting shortly
01:47:19.80\01:47:22.37
for a brief time but she
was with me all this time.
01:47:22.40\01:47:25.97
She took very good care of me.
01:47:26.01\01:47:27.48
She made me eat when
I didn't want to eat.
01:47:27.51\01:47:30.55
And I definitely
did not want to eat,
01:47:30.58\01:47:32.51
and I would have
lost a lot of weight
01:47:32.55\01:47:34.72
if she hadn't said
eat which is what she did.
01:47:34.75\01:47:39.09
And she was there to take
care of me and to do everything
01:47:39.12\01:47:41.49
that I needed and it
was just a true blessing
01:47:41.52\01:47:44.33
and she's doing that now.
01:47:44.36\01:47:45.73
She's making juice,
she's making great food,
01:47:45.76\01:47:49.36
healthful food for
me and all of that,
01:47:49.40\01:47:51.20
just so many blessings of Lord.
01:47:51.23\01:47:53.00
I praise the
Lord for that, Danny.
01:47:53.03\01:47:55.77
Praise the Lord.
So you can say, Tim.
01:47:55.80\01:47:58.31
You've been good to me
01:48:01.44\01:48:04.81
Through all the years
01:48:04.85\01:48:09.12
You've been good to me
01:48:09.15\01:48:12.29
Through joys and tears
01:48:12.32\01:48:16.79
I want to thank you Lord
01:48:16.83\01:48:20.96
For all You've done
01:48:21.00\01:48:25.27
You've been good to me
01:48:25.30\01:48:28.74
Through all the years
01:48:28.77\01:48:33.27
You've been good to me
01:48:33.31\01:48:38.05
Through all the years
01:48:38.08\01:48:42.32
You've been good to me
01:48:42.35\01:48:46.05
Through joys and tears
01:48:46.09\01:48:49.99
I want to thank you Lord
01:48:50.03\01:48:54.06
For all You've done
01:48:54.10\01:49:00.10
'Cause You've been good to me
01:49:00.14\01:49:05.77
Through all the years
01:49:05.81\01:49:11.21
You've been good to us
01:49:11.25\01:49:17.05
Through all...
01:49:17.09\01:49:19.79
Our whole lives.
01:49:19.82\01:49:21.49
Thank you, Lord, thank You.
01:49:21.52\01:49:23.46
Brother Kenny, we
got a few minutes left.
01:49:23.49\01:49:26.43
Give us a word and
then let's pray for those,
01:49:26.46\01:49:29.56
our brothers and
sisters who are behind,
01:49:29.60\01:49:31.20
I wish you all
could be right here today.
01:49:31.23\01:49:32.70
I wish you could
feel the anointing
01:49:32.73\01:49:34.54
of the Holy
Spirit that we have felt,
01:49:34.57\01:49:36.40
and hopefully you have there,
01:49:36.44\01:49:38.57
and we know that this
is a day of Thanksgiving.
01:49:38.61\01:49:42.04
And while some of you
may say, well, it sound like
01:49:42.08\01:49:43.71
you're telling all your problems
01:49:43.75\01:49:45.08
and your troubles.
01:49:45.11\01:49:46.45
You know what?
01:49:46.48\01:49:47.82
We're praising God that
through the trials and troubles
01:49:47.85\01:49:50.55
and the tribulations
that God is on our side
01:49:50.59\01:49:54.09
and that we have the
promise of eternal life...
01:49:54.12\01:49:56.86
Yes. Through Christ Jesus.
01:49:56.89\01:49:58.53
If you've not made
that decision today,
01:49:58.56\01:50:00.70
today is the day of salvation.
01:50:00.73\01:50:02.43
Brother Kenny,
talk to us a moment
01:50:02.46\01:50:05.17
for the viewer at home
and then say a prayer for us,
01:50:05.20\01:50:08.10
all of us.
01:50:08.14\01:50:09.80
It has been an emotional
day, I think for all of us here.
01:50:09.84\01:50:14.88
It's been a day of
blessings, a day of testimony,
01:50:14.91\01:50:18.31
and day of praise.
01:50:18.35\01:50:19.68
So I look at the tears
01:50:19.71\01:50:21.68
and wiping our
nose and our eyes.
01:50:21.72\01:50:24.55
It's a
blessing, it's a blessing.
01:50:24.59\01:50:26.32
What we are doing is
giving God the praise,
01:50:26.35\01:50:27.76
the honor and the glory
01:50:27.79\01:50:29.19
because as you've been
saying, He's been good to us.
01:50:29.22\01:50:32.49
I often said over
the year, you know,
01:50:32.53\01:50:34.76
go to sleep as mentioned here.
01:50:34.80\01:50:36.36
So go to sleep.
01:50:36.40\01:50:37.73
What could you look
back and say how God has been
01:50:37.77\01:50:39.90
good all of these years.
01:50:39.93\01:50:41.97
He's blessed us when we
were not worthy of a blessing.
01:50:42.00\01:50:45.21
He's blessed us when
it seems like you know,
01:50:45.24\01:50:47.34
we want to do our own
thing but God is calling people,
01:50:47.38\01:50:51.81
He's calling you at home.
01:50:51.85\01:50:53.75
He's calling to come
home, O sinner come home
01:50:53.78\01:50:57.19
and so the plead
of our hearts here,
01:50:57.22\01:50:59.69
I think and our voices together
as one is come to Him now.
01:50:59.72\01:51:03.73
This we say, Thanksgiving day
01:51:03.76\01:51:05.73
and we're smiling
through our tears.
01:51:05.76\01:51:07.96
I'm happy through my tears.
01:51:08.00\01:51:10.27
I really am and
I hear these things
01:51:10.30\01:51:12.03
because I see how God
is working in the last day
01:51:12.07\01:51:14.64
people preparing our hearts
01:51:14.67\01:51:16.84
to give this
message to the world
01:51:16.87\01:51:19.64
and we need to
have that heart of love.
01:51:19.67\01:51:22.38
I read one time
where it talks about that
01:51:22.41\01:51:24.78
unless I have the love
that Jesus had for souls,
01:51:24.81\01:51:27.88
heaven will never be my home.
01:51:27.92\01:51:30.09
And that absolutely floored me.
01:51:30.12\01:51:32.32
You know, it's easy to
pick and choose sometimes,
01:51:32.35\01:51:34.22
but unless I
have that kind of love
01:51:34.26\01:51:35.92
for souls that Jesus has.
01:51:35.96\01:51:37.29
And I said, oh
God, I need some help.
01:51:37.33\01:51:39.29
So today, as you're
watching you might say,
01:51:39.33\01:51:41.73
oh, God, I need some help.
01:51:41.76\01:51:43.63
He's there for you.
01:51:43.67\01:51:45.00
He said, I'll never leave
you, and I'll never forsake you.
01:51:45.03\01:51:47.80
So we can count on that promise.
01:51:47.84\01:51:49.34
I'm asking you to
reach out in faith
01:51:49.37\01:51:50.71
and grasp that promise.
01:51:50.74\01:51:52.24
Say, I know, you
said, you'd never leave me.
01:51:52.27\01:51:53.84
I need you right now like
never before and remember,
01:51:53.88\01:51:56.95
he's always the closest to
you when you need him the most.
01:51:56.98\01:52:00.02
You know, I
sensed there many times
01:52:00.05\01:52:01.65
in my own life, I
sensed Him there now.
01:52:01.68\01:52:03.95
I sensed him in the
life of each one here
01:52:03.99\01:52:05.89
if I heard the testimonies
and everyone that works here
01:52:05.92\01:52:08.62
has been a real
treat and a real blessing.
01:52:08.66\01:52:11.66
So I am claiming right now
that God is doing great things
01:52:11.69\01:52:15.23
for the viewers
of 3ABN, for us here.
01:52:15.26\01:52:17.90
This is only the beginning
of what God's going to do
01:52:17.93\01:52:20.30
as we open our
hearts and our lives to him
01:52:20.34\01:52:23.71
and we're saying we're honest,
we're throwing things out.
01:52:23.74\01:52:26.07
We are talking about death,
we're talking about sickness.
01:52:26.11\01:52:28.51
We're talking about
disease that faces us all
01:52:28.54\01:52:30.95
if Jesus is not gonna,
if He's not coming soon.
01:52:30.98\01:52:34.08
But you know what?
01:52:34.12\01:52:35.45
Through it all,
He's been good to me.
01:52:35.48\01:52:37.85
Through it all, He's
been good to each one of us.
01:52:37.89\01:52:39.85
Through it all, He's
been good to you at home
01:52:39.89\01:52:41.36
and you know, you have.
01:52:41.39\01:52:42.72
How about returning
that praise in Thanksgiving
01:52:42.76\01:52:44.73
right back to Him right now.
01:52:44.76\01:52:46.43
So we have just
a Word of prayer.
01:52:46.46\01:52:47.80
We're gonna pray for you.
Let's praise all together.
01:52:47.83\01:52:52.00
Our Father which art in
heaven, as we come before Thee,
01:52:52.03\01:52:55.10
our hearts are overflowing
with joy and appreciation
01:52:55.14\01:52:59.21
and love for You.
01:52:59.24\01:53:00.98
The things that have been
recounted in each of our hearts
01:53:01.01\01:53:03.68
and lives as many
things went through our minds,
01:53:03.71\01:53:05.91
it's not been spoken.
01:53:05.95\01:53:08.05
But You've read every heart
and every mind and every life.
01:53:08.08\01:53:11.62
You know the desires
of our hearts, and, Lord,
01:53:11.65\01:53:13.82
you know our desire is
to spend eternity with You.
01:53:13.86\01:53:17.39
Our desire is to be
what you want us to be.
01:53:17.43\01:53:20.13
To be where You want us to be.
01:53:20.16\01:53:21.80
To say what you want us to say.
01:53:21.83\01:53:24.13
But we can't do that on our own.
01:53:24.17\01:53:25.53
We're too selfish
and self-centered and,
01:53:25.57\01:53:27.17
Lord, we need you and so
as we lift up Jesus right now
01:53:27.20\01:53:30.91
to these wonderful,
01:53:30.94\01:53:32.27
beautiful people
around the world,
01:53:32.31\01:53:34.28
I pray right now that somebody
01:53:34.31\01:53:36.54
who is making
decision right now.
01:53:36.58\01:53:38.75
I've wandered far away from
you but now I'm coming home.
01:53:38.78\01:53:43.32
And so, Lord, as
they come home right now.
01:53:43.35\01:53:45.92
As you wrap your arms of
love around each one of them.
01:53:45.95\01:53:49.46
May they feel that
comfort, may they feel that joy
01:53:49.49\01:53:52.39
in their heart
that only You can give.
01:53:52.43\01:53:55.06
We're going to pause
to give You praise again.
01:53:55.10\01:53:57.40
Give You honor and glory
because You said I inhabit,
01:53:57.43\01:54:00.17
You love the people
that give you praise
01:54:00.20\01:54:02.97
and give You
honor, and we do that
01:54:03.00\01:54:04.67
at this point in our life again.
01:54:04.71\01:54:06.94
God be with each one.
01:54:06.98\01:54:08.51
And those who have
made that decision,
01:54:08.54\01:54:10.01
Lord, may they reach
out and touch someone else
01:54:10.05\01:54:12.11
and then touch
someone else and someone else
01:54:12.15\01:54:14.42
till this work is finished.
01:54:14.45\01:54:16.05
And that we can go home.
01:54:16.08\01:54:17.45
How wonderful it
would be to meet around
01:54:17.49\01:54:19.42
the throne of God like
we're meeting right here
01:54:19.45\01:54:21.89
with all the 3ABN
viewers and our family here?
01:54:21.92\01:54:25.03
One day, we can
stand on that sea of glass.
01:54:25.06\01:54:27.06
One of these days,
we can stand together.
01:54:27.10\01:54:29.16
What a joyful day that
will be, oh God, preserve us,
01:54:29.20\01:54:31.73
we say and save
us in Jesus' name.
01:54:31.77\01:54:33.77
Amen. Amen. Amen.
01:54:33.80\01:54:36.50
I'm so thankful for
each and every one of you,
01:54:36.54\01:54:38.57
and I'm so thankful for you
01:54:38.61\01:54:40.04
and what a wonderful
Christian woman you are
01:54:40.08\01:54:42.14
and thank you for your love.
01:54:42.18\01:54:43.78
And I want to thank the viewers,
01:54:43.81\01:54:45.61
take just a moment.
01:54:45.65\01:54:46.98
We want to thank you for
your love and your prayers
01:54:47.02\01:54:48.82
and financial support of 3ABN.
01:54:48.85\01:54:51.15
We couldn't
continue without you.
01:54:51.19\01:54:54.06
I feel like we're all
family and when we travel
01:54:54.09\01:54:57.03
from church to
church what a privilege
01:54:57.06\01:54:58.63
as most of us do to
get to meet those of you.
01:54:58.66\01:55:01.33
We were recently in Bermuda
01:55:01.36\01:55:03.37
and met wonderful
brothers and sisters
01:55:03.40\01:55:06.17
like we've never met
and yet as soon as we meet,
01:55:06.20\01:55:09.20
it's like we've known
each other all our life
01:55:09.24\01:55:11.01
because we have
that common thread,
01:55:11.04\01:55:13.41
that love and relationship
with the Lord Jesus Christ.
01:55:13.44\01:55:16.85
I want to thank you
again and ask for your support
01:55:16.88\01:55:21.08
and this is the end of the year
01:55:21.12\01:55:22.98
and a lot of people
hold back their giving
01:55:23.02\01:55:25.25
or they get special
gifts and so I'm gonna ask you,
01:55:25.29\01:55:28.12
they don't do this too
often and we never go out
01:55:28.16\01:55:30.33
and beg for finance.
01:55:30.36\01:55:31.79
But we're gonna ask you to say,
01:55:31.83\01:55:33.29
Lord, what would
You have me to do,
01:55:33.33\01:55:36.16
not only prayerfully
but financially in support
01:55:36.20\01:55:38.60
of Three Angels
Broadcasting Network
01:55:38.63\01:55:41.30
as we endeavor to
take this great gospel
01:55:41.34\01:55:43.41
of the kingdom
into all the world.
01:55:43.44\01:55:45.17
We were recently in
Russia and to see the people
01:55:45.21\01:55:48.18
whose lives have been changed
through Elder John Carter's
01:55:48.21\01:55:52.01
meeting way back in
'92, all the way through now,
01:55:52.05\01:55:54.68
through the
Christian cultural centers,
01:55:54.72\01:55:57.02
through sister Julia
Outkina, and all the people
01:55:57.05\01:56:00.56
that have found Jesus Christ,
01:56:00.59\01:56:02.49
thousands and thousands of them
01:56:02.52\01:56:04.93
and come to the
knowledge of Christ
01:56:04.96\01:56:06.73
because you
cared enough to give.
01:56:06.76\01:56:09.30
You cared enough to support.
01:56:09.33\01:56:10.67
We go to the
Manila, to the Philippines.
01:56:10.70\01:56:12.97
We see churches,
people coming in.
01:56:13.00\01:56:15.17
We go to New Guinea.
We see people coming in.
01:56:15.20\01:56:18.51
Ambassador Tejano who said,
01:56:18.54\01:56:20.38
we're having to
build new churches
01:56:20.41\01:56:21.84
and build them bigger
because people watching
01:56:21.88\01:56:24.05
3ABN are filling them up.
01:56:24.08\01:56:26.68
And we can see
this in different places
01:56:26.72\01:56:28.28
around the world.
01:56:28.32\01:56:29.65
We give God the
honor, and the glory,
01:56:29.68\01:56:31.02
and the praise for this ministry
01:56:31.05\01:56:32.79
and, yes, nobody here is perfect
01:56:32.82\01:56:34.62
but neither you at home,
01:56:34.66\01:56:36.06
but God blesses
us in spite of it.
01:56:36.09\01:56:37.93
He wants to use you
to do something great
01:56:37.96\01:56:40.93
and mighty and marvelous.
01:56:40.96\01:56:43.20
All you have to do is submit
and commit your life to Jesus.
01:56:43.23\01:56:46.03
Come to the foot of the cross
01:56:46.07\01:56:47.60
and then go and tell
what He has done for you.
01:56:47.64\01:56:52.27
Thanks to each and every
one of you for being here today.
01:56:52.31\01:56:55.74
For those of you at
home, bad news on my part is,
01:56:55.78\01:56:58.95
until we see next
time, may the Lord
01:56:58.98\01:57:00.98
richly bless you abundantly
01:57:01.02\01:57:02.48
more than you
could ever ask or think.
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