¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ ¤ SPEND MY LIFE ¤ 00:00:03.40\00:00:08.07 ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE, 00:00:08.07\00:00:22.35 REMOVING PAIN ¤ ¤ LORD, LET MY WORDS ¤ 00:00:22.35\00:00:26.15 ¤ LET MY WORDS ¤ ¤ HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ¤ 00:00:26.15\00:00:33.73 ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ 00:00:33.73\00:00:44.51 ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ 00:00:44.51\00:00:57.59 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO OUR THURSDAY NIGHT 3ABN "TODAY 00:01:06.66\00:01:13.47 LIVE." WE'RE SO EXCITED YOU HAVE TAKEN 00:01:13.47\00:01:16.34 TIME OUT FROM YOUR SCHEDULE TO JOIN US. 00:01:16.34\00:01:17.91 AND MOLLIE, IT IS JUST A PRIVILEGE TO CO-HOST WITH YOU 00:01:17.91\00:01:21.94 THIS EVENING, AND TO OPEN UP THE WORD OF GOD AND SHARE WITH 00:01:21.94\00:01:29.02 FRIENDS AT HOME. >> IT IS ALWAYS A JOY TO BE HERE 00:01:29.02\00:01:31.95 AND TO BE WITH YOU, AND TO BRING YOUR GUESTS INTO YOUR LIVING 00:01:31.95\00:01:36.83 ROOM. AND WE HAVE AN AMAZING GUEST 00:01:36.83\00:01:39.36 TONIGHT. >> WE DO. 00:01:39.36\00:01:41.36 SOMETIMES WE DO WHAT WE CALL BEHIND THE SCENES, WHERE WE 00:01:41.36\00:01:44.67 SHARE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AT 3ABN, BUT TONIGHT'S PROGRAM, 00:01:44.67\00:01:49.20 WE'RE GOING TO BE SHARING WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD CHURCH, 00:01:49.20\00:01:53.61 IN THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 00:01:53.61\00:01:55.74 OUR GUEST TONIGHT IS INVOLVED WITH PRAYER MINISTRY AT THE 00:01:55.74\00:01:58.71 GENERAL CONFERENCE THERE IN SILVER SPRINGS, MARYLAND. 00:01:58.71\00:02:02.52 AND SHE IS AN INCREDIBLE WOMAN OF GOD, A WOMAN OF FAITH, A 00:02:02.52\00:02:08.66 WOMAN OF PRAYER. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING 00:02:08.66\00:02:11.16 ABOUT PRAYER, AND ABOUT WHY WE SHOULD PRAY. 00:02:11.16\00:02:13.56 THE TITLE OF TONIGHT'S PROGRAM IS "DARING TO ASK FOR MORE," AND 00:02:13.56\00:02:17.77 I JUST LOVE THAT TITLE, AND I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT OUR GUEST AND 00:02:17.77\00:02:22.24 THE PROGRAM. AND OUR SPECIAL GUEST IS MELODY 00:02:22.24\00:02:24.47 MASON. AND WE'RE SO PRIVILEGED TO HAVE 00:02:24.47\00:02:26.57 YOU HERE AT 3ABN. >> THANK YOU. 00:02:26.57\00:02:28.84 IT IS A BLESSING TO BE HERE. >> IT'S A BLESSING TO HAVE YOU 00:02:28.84\00:02:32.31 HERE. WE WERE TRYING TO REMEMBER WHEN 00:02:32.31\00:02:34.48 WE FIRST MET. I WANT TO SAY IT'S OVER TEN 00:02:34.48\00:02:37.89 YEARS AGO. >> YEAH. 00:02:37.89\00:02:39.39 >> MAYBE GETTING CLOSER TO 15 YEARS AGO, AND THE FIRST TIME I 00:02:39.39\00:02:43.26 MET MELODY, SHE WAS EXHIBITING AT A BOOTH, AND I THINK YOU WERE 00:02:43.26\00:02:50.20 STILL WORKING AS A NURS. >> I WAS. 00:02:50.20\00:02:53.17 >> AND GREG AND I WERE JUST DOWN THE ROAD IN THE BOOTH SPACE, AND 00:02:53.17\00:02:57.54 I REMEMBER BEING IMPRESSED BY HER WALK WHERE GOD, BY HER 00:02:57.54\00:03:03.11 PASSION FOR PRAYER EVEN THEN. AND THEN AS WE HAVE MET UP AT 00:03:03.11\00:03:07.35 VARIOUS CONVENTIONS, YOU HAVE JUST BLESSED MY HEART, AND SHE 00:03:07.35\00:03:10.99 IS MY FRIEND AND SITSER IN JESUS. 00:03:10.99\00:03:13.59 AND I'M SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE. 00:03:13.59\00:03:16.16 TELL US JUST A LITTLE BIT -- WHAT IS THE PRAYER 00:03:16.16\00:03:22.30 MINISTRY AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE, AND WHAT ARE THEY 00:03:22.30\00:03:26.10 INVOLVED IN? >> THEY ARE HELPING THE WHOLE 00:03:26.10\00:03:31.94 WORLDWIDE CHURCH TO PRAY AND BE ON THEIR KNEES. 00:03:31.94\00:03:34.54 AND WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TEN DAYS OF PRAYER, SHARING 00:03:34.54\00:03:40.15 RESOURCES, SPECIFICALLY TO HELP PEOPLE PRAY. 00:03:40.15\00:03:43.15 >> AMEN. >> YEAH, THERE'S A LOT. 00:03:43.15\00:03:45.49 >> IT'S UNDER THE LEADERSHIP AND DIRECTION OF JANET PAIGE. 00:03:45.49\00:03:53.83 >> YES. >> AMEN. 00:03:53.83\00:03:56.40 THAT'S WONDERFUL. AND REVIVAL AND REFORMATION. 00:03:56.40\00:04:01.20 >> YES. >> WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 00:04:01.20\00:04:04.71 BUT FIRST WE WANT TO GO BACK TO MELODY'S OWN JOURNEY, AND HER 00:04:04.71\00:04:10.05 JOURNEY INTO PRAYER, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, MOLLIE, THIS IS A 00:04:10.05\00:04:14.02 PROGRAM ON PRAYER, AND WE WANT TO GO TO THE LORD IN PRAYER. 00:04:14.02\00:04:18.79 BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET'S LOOK AT OUR SCRIPTURE. 00:04:18.79\00:04:24.03 >> LET'S READ THE SCRIPTURE TOGETHER. 00:04:24.03\00:04:26.13 NOW TO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO DO EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL 00:04:26.13\00:04:31.30 THAT WE ASK OR THINK ACCORDING TO THE POWER THAT WORKING IN US. 00:04:31.30\00:04:36.91 YOU KNOW, THAT SCRIPTURE IS A SCRIPTURE THAT DANNY SHELTON HAS 00:04:36.91\00:04:41.78 CLOSED HOW MANY PROGRAMS? THOUSANDS OF PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT 00:04:41.78\00:04:46.82 THE YEARS BECAUSE WE ARE SO AWARE HOW MARVELOUS OUR GREAT 00:04:46.82\00:04:55.22 SAVIOR IS. >> YEAH. 00:04:55.22\00:04:56.93 >> HE DOES EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY ABOVE WHAT WE COULD 00:04:56.93\00:05:03.30 ASK. >> YES, AND IT GOES PERFECTLY 00:05:03.30\00:05:06.03 WITH THE TOPIC. TO ASK FOR MORE. 00:05:06.03\00:05:09.70 BECAUSE GOD ASKS US TO DO EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY MORE THAN 00:05:09.70\00:05:14.81 WE CAN ASK OR THINK. AND LET'S PRAY. 00:05:14.81\00:05:19.88 >> HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST COME TO YOU THIS EVENING, AND WE JUST 00:05:19.88\00:05:24.89 WANT TO PRAISE YOU FOR THE INCREDIBLE GOD THAT YOU ARE. 00:05:24.89\00:05:29.09 YOU SAY CALL UNTO ME AND I WILL ANSWER THEE, AND SHOW THEE GREAT 00:05:29.09\00:05:34.36 AND MIGHTY THINGS. SO FATHER WE ARE JUST PRAYING 00:05:34.36\00:05:37.57 THIS EVENING FOR A SPECIAL OUTPOURING OF YOUR HOLY SPIRIT, 00:05:37.57\00:05:42.00 AND FATHER, WE ARE PRAYING FOR HEARTS AND LIVES TO BE CHANGED 00:05:42.00\00:05:46.14 BY THE THINGS WE'RE SHARING IN OUR LIVES AS WELL, FATHER, WE 00:05:46.14\00:05:51.38 DESPERATELY NEED YOU. >> AMEN. 00:05:51.38\00:05:53.25 >> AND WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE THE GOD THAT COMES TO US IN OUR 00:05:53.25\00:05:57.89 NEED. WE PRAISE YOU FOR YOU ARE ABOUT 00:05:57.89\00:06:00.06 TO DO. WE LOVE YOU FATHER IN YOUR 00:06:00.06\00:06:04.33 PRECIOUS NAME. >> AMEN. 00:06:04.33\00:06:05.69 IF YOU AT HOME ARE SAYING I'M NOT SURE HOW TO HAVE A PRAYER 00:06:05.69\00:06:09.96 LIFE. I'M NOT SURE IF GOD EVEN WANTS 00:06:09.96\00:06:13.00 TO HEAR MY PRAYER, THIS PROGRAM IS FOR YOU. 00:06:13.00\00:06:15.94 AND IF YOU ARE STUMBLING IN PRAYER AND TRYING TO PRAY, BUT 00:06:15.94\00:06:20.44 SAY THERE HAS TO BE MORE TO A PRAYER LIFE THAN WHAT I M 00:06:20.44\00:06:25.28 CURRENTLY DOING, THIS PROGRAM IS FOR YOU. 00:06:25.28\00:06:27.38 AND IF YOU HAVE A PASSIONATE PRAYER LIFE ALREADY, GOD WANTS 00:06:27.38\00:06:34.06 US TO GO EVEN DEEPER IN OUR EXPERIENCE. 00:06:34.06\00:06:38.36 SO THIS PROGRAM IS FOR YOU AS WELL. 00:06:38.36\00:06:40.60 SO NO MATTER WHERE YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THAT SPIRITUAL 00:06:40.60\00:06:45.93 SPECTRUM, THIS IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM, BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO 00:06:45.93\00:06:48.50 GIVE US TOOLS AND KEYS THROUGH PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE THROUGH THE 00:06:48.50\00:06:52.74 WORD OF GOD, HOW KEEP ONE OF US CAN EXPERIENCE THAT JOURNEY WITH 00:06:52.74\00:06:58.55 JESUS IN OUR OWN PRAYER LIFE. BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, WE ARE 00:06:58.55\00:07:03.69 GOING TO GO TO OUR MUSIC.-WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE GALE JONES 00:07:03.69\00:07:08.49 MURPHY. SHE IS AN INCREDIBLE PIANIST, AND THE SONG SHE WILL 00:07:08.49\00:07:15.00 BE DOING FOR US IS "THE LORD WILL MAKE A WAY SOMEHOW." 00:07:15.00\00:07:19.27 ¤ ¤ LIKE A SHIP THAT'S PASSED AND 00:07:19.27\00:07:38.02 DRIVEN ¤ ¤ BATTERED BY AN ANGRY SEA ¤ 00:07:38.02\00:07:45.99 ¤ WHEN THE STORMS OF LIFE ARE RAGING ¤ 00:07:45.99\00:07:53.67 ¤ AND IT'S FURY FALLS ON ME ¤ ¤ I WONDER, LORD, WHAT HAVE I 00:07:53.67\00:08:05.91 DONE ¤ ¤ THAT MAKES THIS RACE SO HARD 00:08:05.91\00:08:12.55 TO RUN ¤ ¤ THEN I SAY TO MY SOUL, DON'T 00:08:12.55\00:08:20.46 WORRY BECAUSE THE LORD WILL MAKE A WAY SOMEHOW ¤ 00:08:20.46\00:08:27.04 ¤ THE LORD WILL MAKE A WAY SOMEHOW ¤ 00:08:27.04\00:08:38.68 ¤ WHEN BENEATH THE CROSS I BOW ¤ ¤ HE WILL TAKE AWAY YOUR 00:08:38.68\00:08:47.42 SORROWS ¤ ¤ JUST LET HIM HAVE YOUR BURDEN 00:08:47.42\00:08:55.43 NOW ¤ ¤ AND WHEN THE WORLD BEARS DOWN 00:08:55.43\00:09:05.97 SO HEAVY, YOU FEEL THE WEIGHT UPON YOUR BROW ¤ 00:09:05.97\00:09:10.38 ¤ THERE'S A SWEET BELIEF IN KNOWING THAT THE LORD WILL MAKE 00:09:10.38\00:09:18.72 A WAY SOMEHOW ¤ ¤ I TRY TO DO MY BEST ¤ 00:09:18.72\00:09:27.83 ¤ IN SERVICE ¤ ¤ AND I TRY TO DO THE BEST THAT 00:09:27.83\00:09:34.20 I CAN ¤ ¤ AND WHEN I TRY TO DO THE RIGHT 00:09:34.20\00:09:44.25 THING ¤ ¤ EVILS PRESENT ON EVERY HAND ¤ 00:09:44.25\00:09:49.55 ¤ WELL, I LOOK BACK AND I WONDER WHY ¤ 00:09:49.55\00:09:56.56 ¤ GOOD FORTUNE SEEMS TO PASS ME BY ¤ 00:09:56.56\00:10:03.06 ¤ THEN I SAY TO MY SOUL ¤ ¤ BE PATIENT, BECAUSE THE LORD 00:10:03.06\00:10:11.34 WILL MAKE A WAY SOMEHOW ¤ ¤ I KNOW THE LORD WILL MAKE A 00:10:11.34\00:10:17.55 WAY SOMEHOW ¤ ¤ WHEN BENEATH THE CROSS I BOW ¤ 00:10:17.55\00:10:31.46 ¤ HE WILL TAKE AWAY YOUR SORROWS ¤ 00:10:31.46\00:10:37.30 ¤ JUST LET HIM HAVE YOUR BURDENS RIGHT NOW ¤ 00:10:37.30\00:10:45.81 ¤ AND WHEN WE WORLD BEARS DOWN SO HEAVY ¤ 00:10:45.81\00:10:52.31 ¤ YOU FEEL THE WEIGHT UPON YOUR BROW ¤ 00:10:52.31\00:10:58.12 ¤ THERE'S A SWEET RELEASE IN KNOWING THAT THE LORD WILL MAKE 00:10:58.12\00:11:04.86 A WAY SOMEHOW ¤ ¤ OH, THERE'S A SWEET RELEASE IN 00:11:04.86\00:11:16.57 KNOWING THAT THE LORD WILL MAKE A WAY SOMEHOW ¤ 00:11:16.57\00:11:30.35 >> YOU KNOW, JILL NOT ONLY IS THAT LADY AN AMAZING PIANIST, 00:11:38.86\00:11:42.16 BUT SHE CAN SING. >> SHE CAN INDEED, MISS MOLLIE. 00:11:42.16\00:11:47.10 I MEMBER THE FIRST TIME I THINK I EVER HEARD PLAY AND SING, OVER 00:11:47.10\00:11:51.97 20 YEARS AGO, GREG AND I WERE IN FLORIDA, AND SHE WAS PLAYING AT 00:11:51.97\00:11:57.58 THE CHURCH. WE WERE THERE WITH A GROUP FROM 00:11:57.58\00:12:04.29 COLLEGE, AND SHE SAID I'LL GIVE YOU A CONCERT. 00:12:04.29\00:12:07.59 AND WE HAD OUR OWN PRIVATE BLESS CONCERT. 00:12:07.59\00:12:13.70 AND WHAT A BLESSING. I'M EXCITED ABOUT TONIGHT'S 00:12:13.70\00:12:18.23 TOPIC. OUR SPECIAL GUEST IS MELODY 00:12:18.23\00:12:19.93 MASON, AND WE'RE JUST SO BLESSED TO HAVE YOU MELODY. 00:12:19.93\00:12:24.17 >> THANK YOU. >> SO THIS FIRST HOUR, WE WANT 00:12:24.17\00:12:27.81 TO ESPECIALLY UNPACK YOUR OWN JOURNEY. 00:12:27.81\00:12:30.85 HOW YOU EVEN GOT INVOLVED IN DARING TO ASK FOR MORE. 00:12:30.85\00:12:33.75 BUT YOU WANTED TO START WITH A LITTLE STORY ABOUT DARING TO ASK 00:12:33.75\00:12:37.42 FOR MORE. >> YES, I WANTED TO SHARE A 00:12:37.42\00:12:41.29 STORY THAT HAS INSPIRED ME. A THAT IS ABOUT THE GREAT 00:12:41.29\00:12:48.00 ALEXANDER THE GREAT. HE WAS ALSO A COMPASSIONATE 00:12:48.00\00:12:53.07 RULER. AND ONE DAY OUT OF EVERY YEAR, 00:12:53.07\00:12:55.87 HE WOULD INVITE RANDOM PEOPLE TO HIS KINGDOM, AND BASICALLY GIVE 00:12:55.87\00:12:59.71 THEM WHATEVER THEY ASKED. THIS ONE YEAR THIS MAN CAME 00:12:59.71\00:13:03.38 BEFORE HIS THROWN, AND HE STARTED SPEAKING TO THE 00:13:03.38\00:13:09.02 MEDIATOR, SAYING TELL THE KING I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PALACE. 00:13:09.02\00:13:14.39 WELL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID YOU CAN'T ASK FOR A PALACE. 00:13:14.39\00:13:18.96 THESE PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR FOOD, FOR MONEY TO SEND THEIR 00:13:18.96\00:13:22.30 CHILDREN TO SCHOOL OR MEDICAL CARE. 00:13:22.30\00:13:24.50 AND YOU ARE ASKING FOR A PALACE? AND HE SAID YES, I WOULD LIKE A 00:13:24.50\00:13:29.37 PALACE, AND I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE FULLY FURNISHED, AND THE 00:13:29.37\00:13:35.61 SPOKESMAN IS GETTING MORE AND MORE UPSET. 00:13:35.61\00:13:38.45 BUT THE KING SAYS WHAT IS THE MAN ASKING FOR, AND THE 00:13:38.45\00:13:44.29 SPOKESMAN WHISPERS IN HIS EAR, HE IS ASKING FOR A PALACE, AND 00:13:44.29\00:13:49.09 HE WANTS IT TO BE FULLY FURNISHED, AND HE HAS LOTS OF 00:13:49.09\00:13:57.40 FRIENDS. WELL, THE KING THINKS ABOUT THAT 00:13:57.40\00:14:02.10 A MOMENT, AND THEN HE SITS UP STRAIGHTER AND SMILES AND SAYS 00:14:02.10\00:14:06.21 REQUEST GRANTED. AND THE SPOKESMAN WAS LIKE, HOW 00:14:06.21\00:14:09.88 CAN YOU GRANT SUCH A REQUEST? AND HE KING SAYS YOU SEE WHAT 00:14:09.88\00:14:13.88 THESE PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR. THEY DON'T NEED A KING TO -- TO 00:14:13.88\00:14:18.02 GRANT THIS REQUEST. BUT THIS IS THE FIRST REQUEST 00:14:18.02\00:14:21.66 THAT HAS MADE ME FEEL LIKE THE KING I AM, FOR ONLY I CAN GRANT 00:14:21.66\00:14:27.36 THIS REQUEST. AND THAT STORY HAS JUST REALLY 00:14:27.36\00:14:31.17 INSPIRED ME OF THE FACT OF THE INCREDIBLE GOT THAT WE SERVE. 00:14:31.17\00:14:35.30 WE SERVE THE KING OF THE UNIVERSE, WHERE WE'RE TOLD IN 00:14:35.30\00:14:39.77 JEREMIAH 32-17 HE STRETCHED OUT THE HEAVENS BY HIS GREAT POWER, 00:14:39.77\00:14:45.98 AND THERE'S NOTHING TOO HARD FOR ME. 00:14:45.98\00:14:48.28 AND WE'RE OFTEN STUCK ON THE SUPERFICIAL, LORD LET ME FIND MY 00:14:48.28\00:14:54.79 KEYS OR THIS OR THAT, AND HE CARES ABOUT THOSE DETAILS, BUT 00:14:54.79\00:14:58.73 HE WANTS US TO ASK FOR MORE. AND THAT INSPIRED ME TO GO TO 00:14:58.73\00:15:05.93 EPHESIANS 3:20. >> AMEN. 00:15:05.93\00:15:08.24 THAT REMINDS ME OF SMALL S 2:8. >> AMEN. 00:15:08.24\00:15:16.95 >> YOU THINK GOD WANTS US TO ASK FOR THE WORLD FOR JESUS. 00:15:16.95\00:15:20.72 I MEAN, THAT'S A BIG PRAYER. >> YEAH. 00:15:20.72\00:15:23.62 >> YEAH, AND SO MANY TIMES WE FOCUS THOSE LITTLE THINGS. 00:15:23.62\00:15:30.99 AMEN. YOU HAVE A KEY IN FRONT OF YOU? 00:15:30.99\00:15:35.83 >> YES, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT PRAYER, AS CHRISTIANS, BUT WE 00:15:35.83\00:15:40.90 DON'T PRAY. AND IN ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS 00:15:40.90\00:15:44.37 "STEPS TO CHRIST," WHERE ARE THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD 00:15:44.37\00:15:50.48 RELUCTANT TO PRAY WHEN PRAYER IS THE KEY IN THE HAND OF FAITH TO 00:15:50.48\00:15:56.55 UNLOCK HEAVEN'S WAREHOUSE? SO GOD HAS GIVEN US THIS KEY. 00:15:56.55\00:16:02.02 BUT THINK ABOUT IT. WHAT GOOD IS A KEY GOING TO DO, 00:16:02.02\00:16:06.06 IF WE JUST LEAVE IT ON THE SHELF? 00:16:06.06\00:16:08.60 [ LAUGHTER ] >> OR -- OR WE LEAVE IT BESIDE 00:16:08.60\00:16:12.87 OUR BED, OR WE TAKE IT TO WORK AND PUT IT ON THE SHELF, OR WE 00:16:12.87\00:16:17.97 CARRY IT ON OUR KEY RING? WHAT GOOD IS IT GOING TO DO? 00:16:17.97\00:16:22.41 WE HAVE TO STICK IT IN THE LOCK, BUT NOT ONLY STICK IT IN THE 00:16:22.41\00:16:28.02 LOCK, IT'S STILL NOT GOING TO WORK UNLESS WE TURN IT. 00:16:28.02\00:16:32.12 AND WHAT TURNS THE KEY? FAITH TURNS THE KEY. 00:16:32.12\00:16:35.56 SO GOD HAS GIVEN US THIS INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE KEY THAT 00:16:35.56\00:16:39.83 WE NEED TO USE, AND DARE TO ASK FOR MORE. 00:16:39.83\00:16:43.13 >> SO WHAT IF SOMEONE SAYS -- WHAT IF SOMEONE IS. 00:16:43.13\00:16:47.14 WAING -- WATCHING NOW, AND THEY SAY I UNDERSTAND I HAVE THE KEY, 00:16:47.14\00:16:54.18 BUT I DON'T HAVE FAITH. >> THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO COME 00:16:54.18\00:16:58.45 HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD. SO WE HAVE TO BE IMMERSING OUR 00:16:58.45\00:17:02.35 MINDS -- OUR LIVES WITH SCRIPTURE, AND FAITH WILL GROW. 00:17:02.35\00:17:06.19 >> AMEN. SO WHEN I LOOK AT YOU, I WOULD 00:17:06.19\00:17:09.06 THINK MELODY HAS A GREAT LIFE. SHE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT GOD, AND 00:17:09.06\00:17:14.10 SUCH A DEEP PRAYER LIFE, AND WOW. 00:17:14.10\00:17:16.67 BUT WERE YOU ALWAYS THAT WAY? >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 00:17:16.67\00:17:21.94 YOU KNOW, I WAS VERY BLESSED. I HAVE A WONDERFUL FAMILY, AND I 00:17:21.94\00:17:25.81 EVEN BROUGHT PICTURES TO SHARE OF MY FAMILY. 00:17:25.81\00:17:28.24 MY PARENTS MODELED TO ME PRAYER GROWING UP. 00:17:28.24\00:17:32.45 I REMEMBER MY FATHER AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING, I WOULD HEAR HIM 00:17:32.45\00:17:37.95 PRAYING, AND THAT JUST REALLY, REALLY INSPIRED ME, SO I'M SO 00:17:37.95\00:17:43.66 THANKFUL FOR PARENTS AND FAMILY THAT HAVE REALLY SHOWN ME A 00:17:43.66\00:17:48.36 GLIMPSE OF WHAT TRUE CHRISTIANITY REALLY IS LIKE. 00:17:48.36\00:17:53.34 >> SO YOU GREW UP IN A FAMILY LIKE THIS. 00:17:53.34\00:17:55.80 >> YES. YES. 00:17:55.80\00:17:57.27 AND AS I SHARE THE PICTURES OF MY FAMILY, I ALSO WANT TO SHARE 00:17:57.27\00:18:04.41 ABOUT TWO NEW ADDITIONS TO THE FAMILY WE JUST HAD. 00:18:04.41\00:18:08.32 TWO BABY GIRLS THAT WERE BORN. >> THIS IS YOUR MOM AND DAD. 00:18:08.32\00:18:12.22 >> THIS IS MY MOM AND DAD AND BROTHERS AND THEIR WIVES, AND 00:18:12.22\00:18:15.82 THESE ARE THE TWO BABIES WHICH HAVE JUST COME LAST YEAR. 00:18:15.82\00:18:20.50 >> FROM YOUR BROTHERS. >> FROM MY BROTHERS AND THEIR 00:18:20.50\00:18:25.00 WIVES, YES. >> UH-HUH. 00:18:25.00\00:18:26.74 >> AND BOTH OF THEIR NAMES ARE BECAUSE OF FAITH STORIES. 00:18:26.74\00:18:30.61 THE ONE BABY'S NAME IS DARLENE ROSE, AND SHE WAS NAMED AFTER A 00:18:30.61\00:18:37.25 POW IN WORLD WAR II, AND HOW HER FAITH STAYED SO STRONG, 00:18:37.25\00:18:42.48 HER -- SHE HAS A WHOLE STORY, EVIDENCES NOT SEEN ON THE STORY 00:18:42.48\00:18:47.66 OF DARLENE ROSE. >> I LOVE THAT BOOK. 00:18:47.66\00:18:50.29 >> YES. >> THERE IS A BOOK OUT ABOU 00:18:50.29\00:18:52.29 IT -- >> YES. 00:18:52.29\00:18:53.73 >> I REMEMBER THAT. AND IT'S COMING BACK NOW WHEN 00:18:53.73\00:18:56.87 YOU SAID THAT WHOLE STORY. >> YES. 00:18:56.87\00:18:58.90 >> AND IT'S A POWERFUL TESTIMONY OF A WOMAN WHO STAYED STRONG 00:18:58.90\00:19:03.84 DURING ALL OF THIS. >> AND HOW TO HANG ON TO FAITH. 00:19:03.84\00:19:08.68 CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING IN A PRISON CAMP AND HOLDING ON TO 00:19:08.68\00:19:16.12 JESUS IN THE MIDST OF THAT. >> YES. 00:19:16.12\00:19:19.19 AND THE OTHER BABY WAS NAMED AFTER AN EARLY CHRISTIAN MARTYR 00:19:19.19\00:19:25.99 FROM EARLY 1800 AD. AND SHE WOULD NOT RENOUNCE HER 00:19:25.99\00:19:31.10 FAITH. AND THEY SAID JUST OFFER INCENSE 00:19:31.10\00:19:34.54 TO CAESAR, AND SHE SAID NO, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT, I'M NOT 00:19:34.54\00:19:40.48 GOING TO DENY JESUS. AND SHE STAYED STRONG, AND SHE 00:19:40.48\00:19:43.85 WAS TAKEN TO THE LIONS, AND SHE DIDN'T EVEN FEEL THE PAIN 00:19:43.85\00:19:49.08 BECAUSE HER FAITH WAS SO STRONG TO THE VERY END. 00:19:49.08\00:19:52.59 SO THE REASON I SHARE THESE STORIES, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS 00:19:52.59\00:19:56.49 COMING IN THE FUTURE, BUT GOD IS ALLOWING EACH OF US TO GO 00:19:56.49\00:20:01.16 THROUGH OUR OWN TIMES OF TESTING NOW. 00:20:01.16\00:20:03.90 I HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH ANY TRIALS LIKE ANY OF THI. 00:20:03.90\00:20:07.30 YOU KNOW, I GREW UP IN A -- IN A SUPPORTIVE FAMILY. 00:20:07.30\00:20:11.77 BUT I FEEL LIKE I GREW UP IN A WILDERNESS CHRISTIANITY 00:20:11.77\00:20:16.51 EXPERIENCE. I REMEMBER GOING TO CHURH AS A 00:20:16.51\00:20:18.65 CHILD, AND A TEENAGER, AND REALLY -- NOT SEEING A LOT OF 00:20:18.65\00:20:22.28 LIFE, NOT ENJOYING IT, NOT REALLY SO EXCITED ABOUT BEING 00:20:22.28\00:20:26.19 PART OF THE CHUCH, AND JUST FEELING LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING 00:20:26.19\00:20:30.86 MISSING, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, AND SO LIFE WENT ON. 00:20:30.86\00:20:34.46 I GAVE MY LIFE TO CHRIST AT A YOUNG AGE. 00:20:34.46\00:20:37.60 I BECAME A MODERN MARTHA. DOING THIS, DOING THIS, 00:20:37.60\00:20:42.47 TRAVELING HERE, TRAVELING THERE, INVOLVED IN MANY DIFFERENT MIN 00:20:42.47\00:20:47.04 TRIES, AND VERY ACTIVE. BUT SOMETHING WAS MISSING, AND I 00:20:47.04\00:20:49.94 FELT THAT. AND I STARTED PRAYING THAT GOD -WOULD GIVE ME A DEEPER 00:20:49.94\00:20:54.52 EXPERIENCE, BUT BEFORE HE DID THAT, HE ALLOWED ME TO WALK 00:20:54.52\00:20:57.85 THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT EXPERIENCE. 00:20:57.85\00:20:59.55 AND I'M NOT GOING TO SHARE THE DETAILS HERE. 00:20:59.55\00:21:06.73 BUT I HAD VERY DISILLUSIONED IN MY EXPERIENCE WITH GOD, AND 00:21:06.73\00:21:10.87 IRONICALLY IT HAD TO DO WITH PRAYER. 00:21:10.87\00:21:14.07 BECAUSE I PRAYED FOR SOMETHING VERY SPECIFICALLY, AND I FELT 00:21:14.07\00:21:17.94 LIKE HE LET ME DOWN. >> YOU FELT LIKE GOD SAID KNOW 00:21:17.94\00:21:22.04 TO A REQUEST THAT WAS DEEP WITHIN YOUR HEART? 00:21:22.04\00:21:24.65 >> UH-HUH. AND IT BASICALLY SHOOK THE WHOLE 00:21:24.65\00:21:29.35 CORE FOUNDATION OF MY FAITH, AND I CAME TO THE POINT WHERE I 00:21:29.35\00:21:33.99 THOUGHT, WELL, WHY PRAY? IF GOD IS GOING TO DO WHAT HE IS 00:21:33.99\00:21:40.86 GOING TO DO, WHY PRAY? AND I STOPPED READING THE BIBLE, 00:21:40.86\00:21:45.60 I STOPPED PRAYING, AND THIS SPIRALLED ME INTO A VERY BAD 00:21:45.60\00:21:52.61 DEPRESSION, THAT LATED ALMOST THREE YEARS. 00:21:52.61\00:21:55.21 >> I CAN RELATE WITH YOU ON THAT, BECAUSE I WENT THROUGH A 00:21:55.21\00:21:59.81 TIME OF -- AND IT WAS -- AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, WHERE 00:21:59.81\00:22:04.15 I -- I FELT LIKE GOD DIDN'T HEAR MY PRAYERS OR ANSWER MY PRAYERS 00:22:04.15\00:22:08.46 UNTIL I CAME TO THE REALIZATION THAT IN MY CASE, MY PRAYER 00:22:08.46\00:22:14.66 CONCERNED ANOTHER PERSON'S WILL, THEIR FREE WILL, AND GOD -- GOD 00:22:14.66\00:22:19.83 CAN ANSWER A PRAYER, BUT HE CAN CHANGE SOMEBODY'S WILL. 00:22:19.83\00:22:23.37 >> THAT'S POWERFUL. >> BUT IT TOOK A WHILE FOR ME TO 00:22:23.37\00:22:26.71 COME TO THAT REALIZATION, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT -- THAT FEELING 00:22:26.71\00:22:31.71 OF DISILLUSIONMENT. >> YES, THIS WHOLE CRISIS 00:22:31.71\00:22:35.38 JUST -- JUST ROCKED ME TO THE CORE, AND THE REASON I BELIEVE 00:22:35.38\00:22:38.85 IS BECAUSE MY FAITH AND MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD WAS NOT 00:22:38.85\00:22:42.52 FOUNDED ON HIS WORD. IT WAS FOUNDED ON -- 00:22:42.52\00:22:45.29 >> FEELINGS. >> -- ON MY FEELINGS, ON 00:22:45.29\00:22:49.53 SITUATIONS, ON CHANGING TRANSIENT THINGS, AND SO WHEN 00:22:49.53\00:22:52.73 THINGS -- YOU KNOW, LIFE DIDN'T WORK OUT AS -- AS I HAD PRAYED 00:22:52.73\00:22:56.17 AND HOPED ALL OF THESE YEARS, I BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, STOPPED. 00:22:56.17\00:23:00.54 >> RIGHT. >> BUT GOD -- PRAISE THE LORD, 00:23:00.54\00:23:03.91 HE IS MERCIFUL, HE PULLED ME OUT OF THAT TIME OF DESPAIR. 00:23:03.91\00:23:12.32 IT WAS REALLY, REALLY BAD. PEOPLE WOULD NEVER IMAGINE I AM 00:23:12.32\00:23:16.26 DOING WHAT I AM DOING TODAY, BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY DARK 00:23:16.26\00:23:20.43 EXPERIENCE. BUT GOD PULLED ME OUT. 00:23:20.43\00:23:22.70 I ENDED UP ALSO ON A PRACTICAL NOTE, I ENDED UP DOING A 00:23:22.70\00:23:28.50 DEPRESSION RECOVERY PROGRAM, WHICH IS A POWERFUL PROGRAM, AND 00:23:28.50\00:23:32.54 IT REALLY TRANSFORMED MY LIFE. >> I WANTED TO SPEND A MOMENT ON 00:23:32.54\00:23:36.54 THAT, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH EITHER DEPRESSION 00:23:36.54\00:23:42.38 OR STRUGGLE WITH FEELING LIKE GOD IS NOT ANSWERING MY PRAYERS, 00:23:42.38\00:23:48.02 SO SINCE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THAT, I JUST PUSH GOD 00:23:48.02\00:23:52.86 AWAY. YOU KNOW, LIKE MY FAITH CAN'T 00:23:52.86\00:23:54.20 TAKE THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT, SO YOU PUSH AWAY. 00:23:54.20\00:23:58.40 SO DURING THIS DARK PLACE -- I WANT TO DWELL JUST A LITTLE BIT 00:23:58.40\00:24:02.17 ON THE STPS GOD USED TO BRING YOU OUT OF THAT. 00:24:02.17\00:24:05.41 I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WATCHING TONIGHT THAT ARE IN THAT PLACE. 00:24:05.41\00:24:09.61 WHAT ELSE SPECIFICALLY -- >> GOING THROUGH THE PHYSICAL 00:24:09.61\00:24:14.88 STEPS, TO REBUILD MY MIND AND BODY, THAT WAS A HUGE PART OF 00:24:14.88\00:24:18.92 IT, BUT GETTING BACK TO REALIZING THAT GOD IS WHO HE 00:24:18.92\00:24:23.46 SAYS HE IS. I CAN TRUST HIS WORD. 00:24:23.46\00:24:26.09 HE SAYS NO GOOD THING WILL HE WITHHOLD FROM THEM THAT WALK UP 00:24:26.09\00:24:32.50 RIGHTLY. AND ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR 00:24:32.50\00:24:35.60 GOOD. AND IN HINDSIGHT I'M YEARS PAST 00:24:35.60\00:24:38.87 THIS NOW, BUT IN HINDSIGHT, I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT GOD DID NOT 00:24:38.87\00:24:43.11 ANSWER THE PRAYERS AND THE SITUATION THE WAY I WANTED AT 00:24:43.11\00:24:48.82 THE TIME THAT BROKE MY HEART. BUT AT THE TIME IT WAS A CRISIS 00:24:48.82\00:24:52.25 OF FAITH, AND I THINK THAT MANY OF US COME TO THE POINT WHERE WE 00:24:52.25\00:24:56.36 HAVE TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS OUR FAITH STANDING? 00:24:56.36\00:24:59.13 IS IT ON A SITUATION? IS IT ON PEOPLE? 00:24:59.13\00:25:01.76 IS IT ON HOW THEY TREAT ME? IS IT ON MY FEELINGS OR 00:25:01.76\00:25:08.64 EMOTIONS? OR IS IT BASED ON THE WORD OF 00:25:08.64\00:25:11.47 GOD? AND THAT WAS TRANSFORMAL. 00:25:11.47\00:25:14.04 BUT JUST STARTING OVER AND GETTING BACK INTO THE WORD AND 00:25:14.04\00:25:18.31 PRAYER, HE REBUILT MY FAITH. >> AMEN. 00:25:18.31\00:25:21.02 >> SO I FEEL LIKE I CAME OUT OF THIS WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE, AND 00:25:21.02\00:25:27.06 MY LIFE PREVIOUS TO THIS DARK TIME OF DEPRESSION WAS GOOD. 00:25:27.06\00:25:31.19 IT WASN'T A BAD LIFE, BUT IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING WAS MISSING. 00:25:31.19\00:25:35.80 SO I BEGAN ASKING -- I'M LIKE LORD, I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO 00:25:35.80\00:25:41.00 THAT WILDERNESS CHRISTIANITY. I WANT A DEEPER WALK WITH YOU. 00:25:41.00\00:25:44.87 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. 00:25:44.87\00:25:46.74 I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO, BUT I WAS ON MY KNEES CRYING, AND 00:25:46.74\00:25:51.38 TEARS COMING DOWN MY FACE, AND I'M LIKE, LORD, YOU SAY SUCH AND 00:25:51.38\00:25:56.99 SUCH IN YOUR WORD. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT, BUT I 00:25:56.99\00:26:00.99 BELIEVE. AND THIS IS FOR AN EXPERIENCE, A 00:26:00.99\00:26:03.29 WALK WITH HIM, A FOUNDATION UPON HIS WORD THAT WILL NOT BE 00:26:03.29\00:26:08.53 SHAKEN, TO KNOW THAT HE IS REAL, LIVING AND REAL TODAY. 00:26:08.53\00:26:11.80 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> SO THAT'S WHAT I STARTED 00:26:11.80\00:26:15.77 CRYING OUT FOR, AND GOD BEGAN TO REBUILD AND TRANSFORM MY LIFE, 00:26:15.77\00:26:21.58 AND JUST AMAZING. >> AMEN. 00:26:21.58\00:26:24.31 THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE TESTIMONY TO THE POWER OF GOD, TO THE 00:26:24.31\00:26:27.28 POWER OF HIS WORD, AND THE POWER OF PRAYER. 00:26:27.28\00:26:29.92 AND ONE OF THE KEYS I WROTE DOWN HERE, WANTING AN EXPERIENCE WITH 00:26:29.92\00:26:34.32 GOD. TO ME IF I FULLY TRUST HIM AS MY 00:26:34.32\00:26:37.99 HEAVENLY FATHER, THEN I TRUST THAT WHATEVER CIRCUMSTANCE, 00:26:37.99\00:26:41.80 WHATEVER HAPPENS IN MY LIFE, THAT HE CAN TURN IT AROUND FOR 00:26:41.80\00:26:47.40 GOOD. THAT I CAN STILL TRUST HIM, AND 00:26:47.40\00:26:49.87 HE IS SO GOOD, AND HE IS STILL IS ON THE THROWN, AND HE STILL 00:26:49.87\00:26:55.11 HAD MY -- MY ETERNAL SALVATION IN MIND, AND HE WANTS TO BRING 00:26:55.11\00:27:00.78 ME GOOD GIFTS. >> I THINK IT'S HARFOR PEOPLE, 00:27:00.78\00:27:03.92 WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THESE HARD EXPERIENCES OR WE DON'T 00:27:03.92\00:27:06.86 UNDERSTAND THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO US, HOW DO WE COPE? 00:27:06.86\00:27:10.06 AND THERE'S A TENDENCY TO TURN AWAY LIKE IF WE LOVED ME, HE 00:27:10.06\00:27:15.93 WOULDN'T HAVE ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN. 00:27:15.93\00:27:18.00 BUT WE LIVE IN A BATTLE ZONE. >> ABSOLUTELY. 00:27:18.00\00:27:21.14 >> WE ARE TOLD IN GOD'S WORD THAT WE ARE GOING TO SUFFER 00:27:21.14\00:27:26.17 TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS AND SOME WILL COME FROM OUTSIDE, AND SOME 00:27:26.17\00:27:31.98 COME FROM CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE WE GROW UP IN A BROKEN WORLD, 00:27:31.98\00:27:35.55 BUT HE'LL WIPE AWAY OF THOSE TEARS IN ROMANS 8:18, THE 00:27:35.55\00:27:42.69 RECKONINGS OF THIS PRESENT TIME ARE NOT WORTHY TO BE COMPARED 00:27:42.69\00:27:49.23 WITH WHAT WILL BE REVEALED. SO TO TRY TO SEE WITH HEAVENLY 00:27:49.23\00:27:54.74 PERSPECTIVE REALLY CHANGES THINGS. 00:27:54.74\00:27:57.04 >> TO GOD TOOK YOU OUT OF DARKNESS INTO THAT MARVELOUS 00:27:57.04\00:28:00.64 LIFE. AND THEN YOU WENT TO LOMA LINDA 00:28:00.64\00:28:03.08 AFTER THAT? >> YEAH, I'M A REGISTERED NURSE. 00:28:03.08\00:28:09.95 THINKING THAT I'M GOING TO BE INVOLVED AS A MISSIONARY, OR 00:28:09.95\00:28:14.59 MEDICAL MISSIONARY, AND I STARTED DOING TRAVEL NURSING, 00:28:14.59\00:28:19.69 JUST WANTING TO GET EXPERIENCE IN THE MEDICAL FIELD IN A 00:28:19.69\00:28:24.87 BROADWAY, SO I WOULD BE MORE ABLE TO SERVE. 00:28:24.87\00:28:27.77 AND I WAS LIVING IN LOMA LINDA AFTER COMING OUT OF THIS 00:28:27.77\00:28:31.71 EXPERIENCE AND I JUST STARTED PRAYING, LORD HELP ME -- SHOW ME 00:28:31.71\00:28:35.38 HOW TO BE A WITNESS TO MY PATIENTS. 00:28:35.38\00:28:38.91 SHOW ME HOW TO SERVE YOU. I REMEMBER GOING FROM 00:28:38.91\00:28:41.48 JUST -- JUST TRYING TO BE A GOOD NURSE, TO BEING A NURSE THAT GOD 00:28:41.48\00:28:47.79 WAS IMPRESSING ME WANTING TO SEE IN THE KINGDOM. 00:28:47.79\00:28:51.09 NOT JUST PRAYING WITH MY PATIENTS TO HAVE A GOOD DAY, BUT 00:28:51.09\00:28:55.76 PRAYING WITH THEM TO SEE THEIR LIVES CHANGE. 00:28:55.76\00:28:58.77 AND BEGAN HAVING SOME AMAZING DIVINE APPOINTMENTS. 00:28:58.77\00:29:04.07 I'LL SHARE JUST -- JUST BRIEFLY. I REMEMBER HAVING THIS PATIENT 00:29:04.07\00:29:08.74 THAT HAD COME INTO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE SHE HAD TRIED TO COMMIT 00:29:08.74\00:29:12.95 SUICIDE, AND I KNEW IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS SHE BECAME MY 00:29:12.95\00:29:17.79 PATIENT, THAT GOD INTENDED FOR ME TO TAKE CARE OF HER, AND SHE 00:29:17.79\00:29:26.49 WAS VERY VIOLENT AND UPSET. AND GOD OPENED UP LATER IN THAT 00:29:26.49\00:29:33.13 DAY FOR ME TO TALK WITH HER, AND I SHARED A LITTLE BIT OF MY 00:29:33.13\00:29:37.37 EXPERIENCE, WHICH I JUST SHARED WITH YOU, WHERE I WAS AT A POINT 00:29:37.37\00:29:41.21 THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE. AND HOW CAN YOU PRAY TO A GOD 00:29:41.21\00:29:45.45 THAT YOU DIDN'T TRUST. TO ME I DIDN'T WANT TO SERVE THE 00:29:45.45\00:29:48.32 DEVIL, THE ENEMY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I FELT LIKE I COULDN'T 00:29:48.32\00:29:56.46 TRUST GOD. AND I HAVE BEEN IN THAT PLACE 00:29:56.46\00:29:59.49 WHERE I JUST DON'T WANT TO LIVE, BUT GOD HAS A PURPOSE AND 00:29:59.49\00:30:04.30 RESCUED ME AND BROUGHT ME OUT, SO I SHARED MY STORY WITH THIS 00:30:04.30\00:30:08.64 GIRL AND TEARS OF COURSE COMING DOWN HER FACE, AND LONG STORY 00:30:08.64\00:30:12.91 SHORT, WELL, SHE RIGHT THERE -- WE PRAYED, AND SHE SAID 00:30:12.91\00:30:16.58 SHE WANTED TO GIVE GOD A CHANCE IN HER LIFE, AND WE JUST HAD A 00:30:16.58\00:30:20.65 BEAUTIFUL TIME TOGETHER THAT DAY, BUT AS TIME PROGRESSED, 00:30:20.65\00:30:24.62 LATER ON, I KEPT IN TOUCH WITH HER -- 00:30:24.62\00:30:26.82 >> AMEN. >> AND ACTUALLY INVITED HER TO 00:30:26.82\00:30:30.23 COME TO LIVE WITH ME. >> DID YOU REALLY? 00:30:30.23\00:30:32.96 >> SHE ENDED UP LIVING WITH ME FOR THREE OR FOUR MONTHS. 00:30:32.96\00:30:38.60 AND I WALKED HER THROUGH THE DEPRESSION RECOVERY PROGRAM THAT 00:30:38.60\00:30:42.04 I HAD JUST BEEN THROUGH. AND WE ARE STILL IN TOUCH TODAY. 00:30:42.04\00:30:45.57 >> ARE YOU REALLY? >> IT HAS BEEN OVER TEN YEARS 00:30:45.57\00:30:48.81 SINCE THAT EXPERIENCE HAPPENED. SHE HAS BEEN DRUG FREE. 00:30:48.81\00:30:51.91 SHE IS MARRIED NOW WITH CHILDREN, AND IT IS JUST SO 00:30:51.91\00:30:55.45 AMAZING SEEING HOW GOD IS WORKING. 00:30:55.45\00:30:57.72 AND SHE STILL HAS A LOT OF GROWTH THAT IS NEEDED, BUT THESE 00:30:57.72\00:31:01.62 EXPERIENCES -- AND I HAVE MULTIPLE EXPERIENCES LIKE THIS, 00:31:01.62\00:31:04.76 WHICH I DON'T HAVE TIME TO SHARE, GOD BEGAN TO GIVE ME, AND 00:31:04.76\00:31:09.16 JUST LIKE, LORD, I DON'T HAVE WHAT I NEED, BUT I WANT TO BE 00:31:09.16\00:31:12.93 USED BY YOU. I FEEL LIKE I'M A BROKEN 00:31:12.93\00:31:16.14 OFFERING, AND THAT'S WHAT HE SAYS HE WANTS, BROKEN OFFERINGS. 00:31:16.14\00:31:20.44 WE FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER BEFORE I CAN BE 00:31:20.44\00:31:24.71 USED BY GOD, AND HE JUST SAYS JUST GIVE ME YOUR HEART. 00:31:24.71\00:31:29.95 >> JUST TO BE MADE WILLING TO BE USED BY THE LORD. 00:31:29.95\00:31:32.82 >> AMEN. >> THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL. 00:31:32.82\00:31:36.09 I THINK YOU HAVE TOUCHED ON SOMETHING THAT IS PROBABLY 00:31:36.09\00:31:40.80 MINISTRIES TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, MELODY, AND THAT IS YOU HAD YOUR 00:31:40.80\00:31:45.03 MENTAL IMAGE OF WHO GOD IS, AND I THINK YOU HAD THE RIGHT IMAGE, 00:31:45.03\00:31:48.84 AND IT GOT -- IT GOT SHATTERED -- 00:31:48.84\00:31:51.27 >> UH-HUH. >> AND -- AND IT HAD TO BE 00:31:51.27\00:31:54.81 RESTORED. >> UH-HUH. 00:31:54.81\00:31:56.08 >> AND THROUGH THAT SHATTERING, WHAT IT DID WAS A BROKENNESS 00:31:56.08\00:32:03.49 WITHIN YOU, THAT AS SOON AS YOU LAY IT OUT BEFORE THE LORD, HE 00:32:03.49\00:32:07.66 IS ABLE TO FILL YOU, EVEN IN YOUR BROKENNESS, AND ALSO, A 00:32:07.66\00:32:11.86 STATEMENT THAT YOU MADE, IS THAT YOU THANK GOD THAT HE DIDN'T 00:32:11.86\00:32:17.77 ANSWER THAT PRAYER. >> AMEN. 00:32:17.77\00:32:19.73 >> ON -- ON THIS SIDE. IT'S SO HARD ON THE FRONT 00:32:19.73\00:32:23.24 SIDE -- >> RIGHT. 00:32:23.24\00:32:24.64 >> OF A SITUATION. >> RIGHT. 00:32:24.64\00:32:26.94 >> TO REALIZE ON THE BACKSIDE OF IT, YOU ARE GOING TO PRAISE GOD, 00:32:26.94\00:32:31.88 THANKING GOD FOR UNANSWERED PRAYER. 00:32:31.88\00:32:33.98 THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE CERTAINLY DO THAT, AND I THINK 00:32:33.98\00:32:37.45 THAT'S TOUCHING SO MANY PEOPLE. YOUR TESTIMONY IS ONE THAT 00:32:37.45\00:32:41.09 TOUCHES SO MANY HEARTS. >> AMEN. 00:32:41.09\00:32:43.32 >> AMEN. >> I -- I THINK OF PAUL, GOD 00:32:43.32\00:32:49.86 COMFORTS US SO WE CAN SEND THAT COMFORT TO SOMEONE ELSE. 00:32:49.86\00:32:53.70 YOU WENT THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE, GOD COMFORTED YOU, 00:32:53.70\00:32:58.17 HEALED YOU, AND RESTORED YOU, AND THEN YOU SHARED IT WITH A 00:32:58.17\00:33:03.95 GIRL WHO TRIED TO TAKE HER LIFE, AND SHE IS PASS THAT ON TO 00:33:03.95\00:33:09.55 OTHERS. >> AMEN. 00:33:09.55\00:33:12.02 I'M JUST REALLY PRAYING TO BE USED BY GOD, AND SOMEHOW 00:33:12.02\00:33:15.86 CONTRIBUTE TO HIS WORK, AND ABOUT THIS TIME, PASTER MEYERS, 00:33:15.86\00:33:23.10 WHOM I KNOW YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH -- 00:33:23.10\00:33:26.43 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> HE HAD A VISION TO JUST TRAIN 00:33:26.43\00:33:30.34 PEOPLE HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE, AND SO WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT 00:33:30.34\00:33:35.74 BRAIN STORMING AND BROUGHT A TEAM TOGETHER TO START THIS 00:33:35.74\00:33:39.68 MINISTRY, AND WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WE WERE DOING, BUT 00:33:39.68\00:33:43.45 PRAISE GOD, HE WAS LEADING US, AND ARME STARTED ABOUT THIS 00:33:43.45\00:33:48.96 TIME. AND I REMEMBER THIS GIRL CAME AS 00:33:48.96\00:33:51.76 PART OF THE MINISTRY TEAM, AND SHE WANTED US TO HAVE MORNING 00:33:51.76\00:33:55.23 PRAYER TIMES BEFORE THE MAIN MESSAGES, AND WE KIND OF 00:33:55.23\00:33:59.00 STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE WE WERE ALREADY HAVING PEOPLE 00:33:59.00\00:34:05.24 COME A LITTLE BIT EARLY. AND PEOPLE CAME -- 00:34:05.24\00:34:07.64 >> WOW. >> AND AS PEOPLE CAME, I MEAN BY 00:34:07.64\00:34:10.51 THE END OF THE FIRST CONFERENCE THAT WE HAD -- LET ME BACK UP. 00:34:10.51\00:34:14.32 WE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE MANY PEOPLE AT THE 00:34:14.32\00:34:18.12 CONFERENCE. WE NEEDED LIKE 300 OR SO. 00:34:18.12\00:34:20.72 BUT WE PRAYED AND GOD BROUGHT OVER 350 PEOPLE. 00:34:20.72\00:34:24.53 >> WHAT YEAR WAS THAT? >> 2009. 00:34:24.53\00:34:27.10 >> OKAY. >> YES, 2009. 00:34:27.10\00:34:30.33 BUT ANYWAY HE JUST BLESSED, BUT THE PRAYER TIMES WERE JUST 00:34:30.33\00:34:34.47 POWERFUL, THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS BEING POURED OUT AT 6:00 IN THE 00:34:34.47\00:34:40.01 MORNING, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR DEVOTIONS AT 7:00, AND WE SAW 00:34:40.01\00:34:45.68 HEALINGS TAKE PLACE WITHIN MARRIAGES WITHIN FAMILIES, WITH 00:34:45.68\00:34:49.18 YOUNG PEOPLE, AND SO THIS MINISTRY IS TAKING OFF, AND I 00:34:49.18\00:34:52.82 GET TO BE PART OF IT. I WAS DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING 00:34:52.82\00:34:56.49 FOR THE MINISTRY, AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING TO SEE THOUGH 00:34:56.49\00:35:00.06 ANSWERS TO PRAYER. SO AFTER THAT WE WERE LIKE, 00:35:00.06\00:35:03.20 WELL, WE DON'T NEED TO JUST BE PRAYING AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING, 00:35:03.20\00:35:07.70 WE NEED TO BE PRAYING ALL DAY LONG. 00:35:07.70\00:35:10.27 SO WE STARTED THE PRAYER ROOM, AND WE'RE SEEING MORE HEALING 00:35:10.27\00:35:15.11 AND MIRACLES TAKING PLACE WITHIN THAT. 00:35:15.11\00:35:18.25 AND TO ME IT FELT LIKE ADDS FIRE TO DYNAMITE, THE COMBINATION OF 00:35:18.25\00:35:25.72 PRAYER AND STUDYING GOD'S WORD, WHAT HE WILL DO, IT WAS 00:35:25.72\00:35:29.99 PHENOMENAL. SO I'M SEEING ALL OF THIS HAPPEN 00:35:29.99\00:35:32.86 WITH ARME AS A TEAM. AND I'M CONTINUING TO GO DEEPER 00:35:32.86\00:35:37.80 MYSELF, I'M LIKE, LORD, I WANT TO SEE MORE OF THESE THINGS IN 00:35:37.80\00:35:41.90 MY OWN LIFE TOO. >> AMEN. 00:35:41.90\00:35:43.71 >> SO I STARTED REALLY GETTING MORE EARNEST IN THE WORD. 00:35:43.71\00:35:48.44 I WOULD TAKE THESE -- THESE PRAYER REQUESTS, AND PUT THEM ON 00:35:48.44\00:35:53.45 COLORFUL CARDS -- I THINK I EVEN GAVE YOU A PICTURE OF THEM. 00:35:53.45\00:35:56.72 >> YES. >> AND THEN ON THE BACKSIDE I 00:35:56.72\00:36:01.06 WOULD PUT THESE BIBLE PROMISES. AND AS GOD WOULD ANSWER THEM, I 00:36:01.06\00:36:05.79 WOULD FOLD THEM UP -- THOSE ARE ACTUALLY ANSWERED PRIORS. 00:36:05.79\00:36:09.10 >> ALL OF THEM? >> ALL OF THEM THAT ARE FOLDED 00:36:09.10\00:36:13.17 UP, THOSE ARE ANSWERED PRAYERS, SO I WOULD FOLD THEM UP AND PUT 00:36:13.17\00:36:18.24 THEM IN A JAR, AND IT WAS SO ENCOURAGING TO ME TO SEE THE JAR 00:36:18.24\00:36:25.45 FILL UP. >> YES. 00:36:25.45\00:36:27.55 >> AND THERE IS SO MUCH I SHOULD CARE -- I JUST DON'T HAVE TIME. 00:36:27.55\00:36:32.05 BUT SINCE 2009, WE HAVE DONE PROBABLY CLOSE TO 30 00:36:32.05\00:36:36.79 CONFERENCES -- >> FOR ARME. 00:36:36.79\00:36:39.59 >> WITH ARME BIBLE CAMP. WE HAVE HAD 15 TO 20000 PEOPLE 00:36:39.59\00:36:44.67 COME THROUGH. >> THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 00:36:44.67\00:36:46.84 >> AND I STILL HEAR FROM PEOPLE EVERY DAY, IN FACT I HAVE A 00:36:46.84\00:36:52.54 COWORKER THAT CAME TO WORK WITH US, AND SHE SAID WHAT TURNED MY 00:36:52.54\00:36:56.88 LIFE AROUND WAS I CAME TO AN ARME CONFERENCE. 00:36:56.88\00:36:59.05 AND I WAS LIKE, OH, MY WORD, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT. 00:36:59.05\00:37:03.79 SO IT'S SO EXCITING. GOD'S PEOPLE GOT ON THEIR KNEES, 00:37:03.79\00:37:09.92 GOT IN THE WORD, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS BEEN POURED OUT. 00:37:09.92\00:37:14.00 >> WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME PRAYING IN 00:37:14.00\00:37:18.37 MY OWN CLOSET AND MY SPENDING TIME IN PRAYER WIT GOD, VERSUS 00:37:18.37\00:37:22.77 COMING TOGETHER WITH OTHER BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND PRAYING 00:37:22.77\00:37:27.04 TOGETHER? HOW DOES THAT IMPACT OR CHANGE 00:37:27.04\00:37:29.01 IN A GREATER CAPACITY? >> WE ARE TOLD IN MATTHEW 18:19, 00:37:29.01\00:37:35.55 [ INAUDIBLE ] THAT IT SHALL BE DONE FROM OUR FATHER, WHICH IS 00:37:35.55\00:37:39.12 IN HEAVEN. WILL IS A POWER IN UNITY, IN 00:37:39.12\00:37:43.32 AGREEMENT THAT SURPASSES THE INDIVIDUAL. 00:37:43.32\00:37:45.43 NOW THE INDIVIDUAL IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE 00:37:45.43\00:37:47.93 TO START IN THE PRAYER CLOSET. IF WE WANT TO HAVE -- YOU KNOW, 00:37:47.93\00:37:51.77 AN EFFECTIVE MINISTRY, OR BE EFFECTIVE WITH OUR CHILDREN OR 00:37:51.77\00:37:55.44 FAMILY, IT STARTS IN OUR OWN PRIVATE PRAYER CLOSET, NOT JUST 00:37:55.44\00:38:00.71 WITH YOUR FAMILY OR ON THE STAGE AT CHURCH, BUT THERE IS A 00:38:00.71\00:38:05.18 BEAUTIFUL POWER IN UNITY, OF COURSE WE SEE THAT POURED OUT AT 00:38:05.18\00:38:12.25 P PENT 00:38:12.25\00:38:14.12 PENTECOST. >> YES. 00:38:14.12\00:38:14.82 >> BUT I'M JUST TAKING THESE PROMISES AND PRAYING, AND I DID 00:38:14.82\00:38:20.03 WHAT I LIKE TO CALL A TAKE NO THOUGHT LIST MATTHEW 6:31 SAYS 00:38:20.03\00:38:25.50 TAKE NO THOUGHT OF WHAT YOU SHALL EAT OR DRINK, OR HOW YOU 00:38:25.50\00:38:31.31 SHALL WILL CLOTHED, I JUST STA 00:38:31.31\00:38:40.02 STARTED PRAYING DIFFERENT THINGS. 00:38:40.02\00:38:42.32 I HAD WALKED AWAY FROM NURSING TO DO FULL-TIME MINISTRY, 00:38:42.32\00:38:46.99 BECAUSE WE HAD SO MANY REQUESTS, SO I STARTED TRAVELING FULL-TIME 00:38:46.99\00:38:52.66 WORKING IN PRAYER MINISTRY, SO I WALKED AWAY FROM MY INCOME. 00:38:52.66\00:38:56.56 >> SO YOU ARE STEPPING OUT BY FAITH. 00:38:56.56\00:38:59.20 >> I'M STEPPING OU BY FAITH. AND I SAID LORD YOU SAY TAKE NO 00:38:59.20\00:39:05.51 THOUGHT, AND I'M GIVING YOU THESE BURDENS I HAVE, AND I SAW 00:39:05.51\00:39:11.21 HIM PROVIDE IN AMAZING WAYS, OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER. 00:39:11.21\00:39:16.15 >> ANY EXPERIENCE YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US? 00:39:16.15\00:39:18.92 >> ONE EXPERIENCE IS A LITTLE FUNNY, BUT WE NEEDED GRAVEL FOR 00:39:18.92\00:39:25.36 OUR DRIVEWAY. SO I PUT ON MY TAKE NO THOUGHT 00:39:25.36\00:39:29.33 LIST, GRAVEL. SO I'M GIVING THIS LIST TO GOD 00:39:29.33\00:39:33.00 EVERY DAY. MY DAD COMES TO THE OFFICE, AND 00:39:33.00\00:39:35.87 SAYS MELODY CAN YOU HELP ME DRIVE THE TRUCK, SO WE CAN GET 00:39:35.87\00:39:40.58 TRAVEL. AND I'M LIKE GRAVEL? 00:39:40.58\00:39:43.81 AND HE SAID, THE CHURCH DOWN THE ROAD JUST PAVED THEIR DRIVEWAY 00:39:43.81\00:39:49.75 AND THEY SAID WE CAN HAVE THEIR GRAVEL. 00:39:49.75\00:39:52.22 AND I WAS LIKE, I HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR GRAVEL. 00:39:52.22\00:39:56.79 WE GOT FOUR TRUCKLOADS OF FREE GRAVEL. 00:39:56.79\00:40:00.20 AND MY MOM SAYS IN ALL OF THESE YEARS WE LIVED ON THIS FARM, WE 00:40:00.20\00:40:05.87 HAVE NEVER HAD FREE GRAVEL, AND I WAS LIKE, MOM, DID YOU PRAY 00:40:05.87\00:40:09.77 FOR IT? [ LAUGHTER ] 00:40:09.77\00:40:10.67 >> AND I LIKE TO SHARE THAT TESTIMONY, BECAUSE GOD CARES 00:40:10.67\00:40:15.34 ABOUT THE GRAVEL UNDER OUR FEET. WE'RE DARING TO ASK FOR MORE. 00:40:15.34\00:40:20.42 WE'RE ASKING TO SEE SOULS SAVES, AND THAT IS, REALLY, THE THRUST 00:40:20.42\00:40:25.65 OF -- OF WHAT I WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IN PRAYER, BUT HE DOES 00:40:25.65\00:40:29.32 CARE ABOUT THE DETAILS. >> AMEN. 00:40:29.32\00:40:32.19 >> AND IT HAS BEEN REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THAT. 00:40:32.19\00:40:34.76 AND LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY INCOME. 00:40:34.76\00:40:38.67 AND I JUST MOVED FORWARD IN FAITH, AND HE BROUGHT IN THE 00:40:38.67\00:40:43.74 FUNDS THAT I NEEDED EVERY MONTH. >> I THINK YOU ARE CHALLENGING 00:40:43.74\00:40:49.04 US ALL TO DARE TO ASK FOR MORE. >> I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT, 00:40:49.04\00:40:55.65 MOLLIE, I DON'T THINK I HAVE NEVER MADE A TAKE NO THOUGHT. 00:40:55.65\00:40:59.72 >> I UNDERSTAND THE SCRIPTURE, BUT I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE 00:40:59.72\00:41:05.03 LIST. >> THAT MEANS, DON'T STRESS. 00:41:05.03\00:41:07.83 GIVE IT TO GOD. SO I WROTE ON THE LIST, AND I 00:41:07.83\00:41:13.54 SAID, OKAY.-GOD, YOU KNOW WHAT I NEED. I'M TRUSTING YOU. 00:41:13.54\00:41:19.31 >> AMEN. INSTEAD OF PRAYING IT OVER 00:41:19.31\00:41:23.08 DAY -- FOR MOST PEOPLE, I BELIEVE OUR ENTIRE PRAYER LIST 00:41:23.08\00:41:29.58 WOULD BE ABOUT THE TAKE NO THOUGHT LIST. 00:41:29.58\00:41:36.49 GOD, I WANT TO DIFFERENT JOB. GOD, I NEED A BETTER HOUSE. 00:41:36.49\00:41:40.96 GOD, GIVE ME GRAVEL IN MY DRIVEWAY. 00:41:40.96\00:41:43.63 I NEED FOOD. THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE WOULD 00:41:43.63\00:41:47.67 WANT TO PRAY FOR. AND IF YOU PUT IT ON THE LIST, 00:41:47.67\00:41:51.71 GOD, YOU KNOW THE LIST, AND NOW HERE, I'M GOING TO BE PRAYING 00:41:51.71\00:41:55.98 FOR THE BIG THINGS. >> YEAH. 00:41:55.98\00:41:58.91 THE -- THE FOUNDATION FOR THE TAKE NO THOUGHT LIST IS THAT 00:41:58.91\00:42:04.69 MELODY HAD COMMITTED HER LIFE TO THE LORD, GIVEN UP HER SOURCE OF 00:42:04.69\00:42:09.42 INCOME, AND TOTALLY TRUSTING IN GOD TO PROVIDE FOR YOU. 00:42:09.42\00:42:12.56 >> AMEN. >> UH-HUH. 00:42:12.56\00:42:14.46 >> AMEN. SO HOW DID THE LORD TRANSITION 00:42:14.46\00:42:17.83 YOU. YOU STEPPED OUT INTO FULL-TIME 00:42:17.83\00:42:20.54 MINISTRY, AND THEN YOU TRANSITIONED TO WORK AT THE 00:42:20.54\00:42:23.44 GENERAL CONFERENCE. >> YEAH, THIS WAS KIND OF A 00:42:23.44\00:42:26.54 PROCESS, BECAUSE AS GOD WAS WORKING WITH THE PRAYER 00:42:26.54\00:42:29.61 MINISTRY, OF COURSE WE WERE SEEING SO MANY LIVES CHANGED AND 00:42:29.61\00:42:34.62 MIR -- MIRACLES. AND ARME BY THE WAY, STANDS FOR 00:42:34.62\00:42:41.76 ARM ME, EQUIP ME. SO IT'S NOT ABOUT ANYTHING 00:42:41.76\00:42:48.83 MILITARY, BUT ARMING ACTIVE MISSIONARIES A-R-M-E. 00:42:48.83\00:43:00.04 AND WE HAD A REQUEST FROM JERRY AND JANET PAIGE. 00:43:00.04\00:43:05.98 THEY HAD JUST MOVED THERE TO BRING A PRAYER TEAM TO THE GC. 00:43:05.98\00:43:10.45 SO WE WENT THERE THAT FIRST YEAR, AND THIS WAS THE FIRST 00:43:10.45\00:43:13.19 YEAR THAT ELDER WILSON WAS IN OFFICE, AND HE HAS A HUGE BURDEN 00:43:13.19\00:43:17.56 FOR PRAYER JUST TO GET PEOPLE BACK INTO TH WORD, AND I 00:43:17.56\00:43:22.10 APPRECIATE THIS SO MUCH ABOUT HIM, AND HE BROUGHT JERRY AND 00:43:22.10\00:43:25.87 JANET IN, AND THEN THEY CALLED OUR PRAYER TEAM. 00:43:25.87\00:43:28.90 AND I WAS LIKE, ARE YOU SERIOUS? WE'RE JUST KIDS. 00:43:28.90\00:43:33.94 BUT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. I REMEMBER THAT FIRST YEAR 00:43:33.94\00:43:37.58 RUNNING THE PRAYER ROOM, AND LEADERS WERE COMING INTO THE 00:43:37.58\00:43:42.52 ROOM, THE DIVISION PRESIDENTS, UNION PRESIDENTS, AND EXECUTIVE 00:43:42.52\00:43:46.82 SECRETARIES AND LEADERS, CRYING AND WEEPING, AND PRAYER PRAYING 00:43:46.82\00:43:53.46 LORD TAKE US DEEPER. I REMEMBER ONE OF THE TOP 00:43:53.46\00:43:56.77 LEADERS SAYING MEL DIY I HAVE BEEN COMING HERE FOR 50 YEARS, 00:43:56.77\00:44:01.10 AND I HAVE NEVER FELT THE POWER AS I DID THIS YEAR. 00:44:01.10\00:44:05.64 GOD IS WORKING. >> WOW. 00:44:05.64\00:44:08.11 DID YOU PRAY ALL DAY, SORRY -- >> YEAH. 00:44:08.11\00:44:10.38 >> DURING THE ANNUAL COUNCIL. >> YEAH, WE HAD A PRAYER ROOM 00:44:10.38\00:44:16.58 OPEN ALL DAY LONG, SO THAT'S HOW IT STARTED, AND THEN AFTER DOING 00:44:16.58\00:44:20.59 THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THEY KEPT ASKING US BACK, I WAS 00:44:20.59\00:44:25.06 REALLY CONVICTED. I OFTENTIMES START THE NEW YEAR 00:44:25.06\00:44:29.13 WITH TIME OF PRAYER AND FASTING, JUST TO GO DEEPER IN MY OWN 00:44:29.13\00:44:33.34 WALK. I WAS CONVICTED THIS ONE YEAR, 00:44:33.34\00:44:35.30 WHEN I WAS DOING 21 DAYS OF PRAYER AND FASTING, STARTING IN 00:44:35.30\00:44:40.68 JANUARY, THAT I NEEDED TO PRAY AND FAST FOR 21 DAYS AT THE 00:44:40.68\00:44:45.81 GENERAL CONFERENCE. WE NEED TO LIFT UP THE ARMS OF 00:44:45.81\00:44:49.52 OUR LEADERS, AND THOSE IN ANY POSITION OF AUTHORITY, THE ENEMY 00:44:49.52\00:44:54.36 IS TRYING TO KNOCK THEM DOWN, AND YOU THINK ABOUT EXODUS -- I 00:44:54.36\00:44:59.79 DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EXODUS 12 OR 17 WHERE MOSES IS PRAYING FOR 00:44:59.79\00:45:06.10 THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, BUT HE CAN'T HOLD UP HIS ARMS. 00:45:06.10\00:45:10.87 HIS ARMS ARE FALLING. THEY ARE GETTING WEAK. 00:45:10.87\00:45:14.34 SO I WAS INSPIRED THAT WE NEED TO LIFT UP THE ARMS OF OUR 00:45:14.34\00:45:18.81 LEADERS, SO WE GOT OPEN THE DOORS FOR US TO DO, THREE WEEKS, 00:45:18.81\00:45:23.02 21 DAYS OF PRAYER AND FASTING, AND THIS STARTED IN 2012. 00:45:23.02\00:45:27.76 THREE WEEKS OF PRAYING FOR THE LEADERS, AND WE HAD THE NAMES OF 00:45:27.76\00:45:31.89 ALL F O THOSE WORKING AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE, AND THOSE 00:45:31.89\00:45:35.30 COMING IN FOR THE EXECUTIVE MEETING, WE WERE PRAYING FOR 00:45:35.30\00:45:39.17 THEM BY NAME. >> DID YOU WALK THROUGH OFFICES? 00:45:39.17\00:45:42.90 >> YES, GOD PROVIDED FOR US TO GET INTO THE GENERAL CONFERENCE 00:45:42.90\00:45:48.24 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. WE STARTED AT 3:00 IN THE 00:45:48.24\00:45:53.28 MORNING -- HERE YOU SEE A PICTURE -- AND WE WOULD START IN 00:45:53.28\00:45:57.79 THE BASEMENT, JUST GIVING OUR HEARTS TO GOD. 00:45:57.79\00:46:01.82 IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE JUST WALK THROUGH A BUILDING. 00:46:01.82\00:46:05.16 WHAT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED? NOTHING UNLESS THE HOLY SPIRIT 00:46:05.16\00:46:08.60 IS PRESENT. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE 00:46:08.60\00:46:11.50 WAS NOTHING BETWEEN US AS A TEAM; THAT WE ARE IN UNITY AND 00:46:11.50\00:46:16.30 WE ARE WALKING UNDER THE BLESSING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 00:46:16.30\00:46:21.21 SO WE WOULD PRAY FOR EACH DEPARTMENT PERSONS BY NAME. 00:46:21.21\00:46:25.31 AGAIN, THERE ARE SO MANY TESTIMONIES, I'LL SHARE TWO 00:46:25.31\00:46:30.32 BRIEFLY. 3:45 ONE MORNING, ONE OF MY 00:46:30.32\00:46:35.06 FELLOW PRAYER TEAMMATES WAS PRAYING. 00:46:35.06\00:46:40.10 WE SAID LORD HELP THEM RECOGNIZE THE NEED OF A DEEPER WALK. 00:46:40.10\00:46:44.67 AND LORD, IF ANYBODY IS NOT WALKING WITH, AS THEY SHOULD, 00:46:44.67\00:46:50.41 CONVICT THEM. AND WE WERE PRAYING, IF THERE IS 00:46:50.41\00:46:53.58 ANYBODY THAT IS ASLEEP RIGHT NOW, THAT IS NOT LIVING WITH 00:46:53.58\00:46:57.85 YOU, GET THEM OUT OF THEIR BEDS, AND HELP THEM TO REPENTH. 00:46:57.85\00:47:04.79 LATER I READ ON ONE OF THE CHURCH WEBSITES, AT 3:45 THIS 00:47:04.79\00:47:11.29 MORNING, I WOKE UP OUT OF MY SLEEP AND GOT ON MY KNEES AND 00:47:11.29\00:47:17.03 REPENTED, AND GOD CONVICTED ME OF THINGS THAT WERE NOT RIGHT. 00:47:17.03\00:47:22.60 AT 3:45. >> AND IT'S THE PERSON YOU 00:47:22.60\00:47:25.57 PRAYED FOR? >> NO, WE'RE PRAYING IN GENERAL. 00:47:25.57\00:47:29.11 >> YOU DON'T KNOW THEIR WALK WITH GOD -- 00:47:29.11\00:47:31.01 >> EXACTLY. EXACTLY. 00:47:31.01\00:47:34.08 >> BUT HE HEARD YOUR PRAYER AND ANSWERED YOUR PRAYER AND YOU 00:47:34.08\00:47:37.85 HAVE PROOF OF IT. >> YES, AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS 00:47:37.85\00:47:42.86 JUST A TINY EXAMPLE OF HOW GOD IS WORKING. 00:47:42.86\00:47:46.06 BUT HE JUST GAVE US LITTLE GLIMPSES. 00:47:46.06\00:47:49.76 AFTER WE HAD BEN THERE A COUPLE WEEKS, WE HAD EMPLOYEES COME TO 00:47:49.76\00:47:53.97 US AND SAY COULD YOU PLEASE PRAY FOR ME. 00:47:53.97\00:47:58.67 I DON'T HAVE A WALK WITH GOD AS I SHOULD. 00:47:58.67\00:48:02.21 CAN YOU PLEASE PRAY FOR ME? AND WE'RE LIKE, YES, THIS IS 00:48:02.21\00:48:06.61 WHAT WE HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR. BEHIND THE SCENES, WE SAW GOD 00:48:06.61\00:48:12.59 BRING UNITY INTO DEPARTMENTS. WE DIDN'T KNOW ISSUES WERE GOING 00:48:12.59\00:48:17.66 ON. BUT JANET SAID THIS PERSON JUST 00:48:17.66\00:48:21.40 SHARED SUCH AND SUCH, HOW GOD IS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES. 00:48:21.40\00:48:28.24 WE EVEN -- I REMEMBER ONE SECURITY GUARD, HE WASN'T VERY 00:48:28.24\00:48:33.27 EXCITED WHEN WE FIRST STARTED GOING IN AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING. 00:48:33.27\00:48:38.91 HE IS LIKE WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE DOING? 00:48:38.91\00:48:41.65 WE STARTED IN 2012, AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT EVERY YEAR SINCE. 00:48:41.65\00:48:47.56 AND EVERY YEAR WE HAVE SEEN DIFFERENT MIRACLES. 00:48:47.56\00:48:50.83 WE HAVE SEEN THE CHURCH COME TOGETHER IN GREATER UNITY AND 00:48:50.83\00:48:54.20 PRAYER, AND OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S ISSUES AND STRUGGLES WE ALL 00:48:54.20\00:48:59.27 HAVE, WE'RE HAVING THEM AS A CHURCH, AS FAMILIES, AS LOCAL 00:48:59.27\00:49:06.17 CONGREGATIONS, BUT STILL ABOVE ALL OF THIS, WE SEE GOD WORKING. 00:49:06.17\00:49:10.48 I BROUGHT A PICTURE WHERE YOU SEE US ALL COMING TOGETHER, IT'S 00:49:10.48\00:49:15.15 JUST BEAUTIFUL, SEEING HOW GOD HAS WORKED, BUT BACK TO THE 00:49:15.15\00:49:19.52 SECURITY GUARD, SO WE'RE GOING IN, AND PRAYING, AND -- AND HE 00:49:19.52\00:49:26.06 TELLS US -- THIS IS AFTER WE HAVE DONE THIS SEVERAL YEARS. 00:49:26.06\00:49:29.56 HE SAYS CAN YOU PRAY FOR MY WIFE, SHE HAS JUST BEEN 00:49:29.56\00:49:34.80 DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER. SO WE STARTED PRAYING FOR THEM. 00:49:34.80\00:49:38.27 AT THE END OF THE TIME, THE FINAL DAY WE CAME IN, HE WAS IN 00:49:38.27\00:49:46.85 TEARS, AND HE SAID WE WENT BACK TO THE DOCTOR, AND THE TUMORS 00:49:46.85\00:49:51.69 ARE ALL GONE. >> PRAISE JESUS. 00:49:51.69\00:49:53.56 >> IT'S CLEAR. IT'S ALL GOD. 00:49:53.56\00:49:55.66 AND HE WAS CRYING, AND THE OTHER SECURITY GUARD STARTED CRYING, 00:49:55.66\00:50:03.16 AND HE SAID I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, THE DOCTOR, AND HE 00:50:03.16\00:50:07.94 SAID BECAUSE THERE IS A GROUP PRAYING. 00:50:07.94\00:50:11.54 HE CARES ABOUT EACH ONE OF US. IT HAS JUST BEEN AN AMZING, 00:50:11.54\00:50:16.28 AMAZING JOURNEY SEEING WHAT GOD IS DOING. 00:50:16.28\00:50:21.22 >> WHAT INCREDIBLE TESTIMONY, MELODY. 00:50:21.22\00:50:24.32 MY OWN HEART IS CONVICTED. MY OWN HEART AND WALK WITH 00:50:24.32\00:50:28.66 JESUS, AND GOD CALLING ME TO DARE TO ASK FOR MORE, TO HAVE -THAT DEEPER WALK AND DEEPER 00:50:28.66\00:50:35.53 PASSION FOR PRAYER, AND TO SEE THE HEALINGS TAKING PLACE, THE 00:50:35.53\00:50:40.90 PHYSICAL, BUT THE EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL, THE HEALING WITHIN 00:50:40.90\00:50:44.44 DEPARTMENTS. I'M JUST THINKING, MOLLY, MAYBE 00:50:44.44\00:50:48.44 WE NEED THE PRAYER TEAM TO WALK THE HALLS AT 3ABN. 00:50:48.44\00:50:52.08 COME IN AN PRAY AND FAST OVER THE MINISTRY. 00:50:52.08\00:50:55.98 >> YES, WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN. MELODY, YOU ARE GIVING ANSWERS 00:50:55.98\00:51:00.69 TO QUESTIONS -- >> YES. 00:51:00.69\00:51:02.16 >> -- BUT YOU ARE NOT JUST GIVING US YOUR PLATITUDE, YOU 00:51:02.16\00:51:05.79 ARE GIVING US YOUR LIFE, HOW YOU ARE LIVING YOUR LIFE. 00:51:05.79\00:51:09.96 IT'S NOT JUST INTELLECTUAL, BUT IT'S BY EXPERIENCE, AND I 00:51:09.96\00:51:14.60 APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. YOU HAVE LAID YOUR LIFE DOWN, 00:51:14.60\00:51:17.24 AND I LOVE THIS -- THIS PRAYER MINISTRY. 00:51:17.24\00:51:20.61 IT IS -- WHAT PRAYER DOES IS IT RAISES UP A STANDARD, AND I WAS 00:51:20.61\00:51:24.88 JUST LOOKING HERE IN ISAIAH 59, I BELIEVE IT IS, 59:19, WHEN THE 00:51:24.88\00:51:36.46 EMMY COMES IN LIKE A FLOO, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD RAISES UP A 00:51:36.46\00:51:40.50 STANDARD. HOW DOES THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD 00:51:40.50\00:51:43.37 RAISE UP A STANDARD? BY PEOPLE WHO ARE PRAY THE 00:51:43.37\00:51:47.17 PRICE, NOT PAY THE PRICE, BUT PRAY. 00:51:47.17\00:51:49.87 >> PRAY THE PRICE. >> AND RAISE UP THAT STANDARD. 00:51:49.87\00:51:52.61 AND YOU ARE STARTED IN OUR WORLD HEADQUARTERS, WHAT BETTER PLACE 00:51:52.61\00:51:57.35 FOR IT THAN WITH OUR LEADERS. THANK THE LORD FOR THAT. 00:51:57.35\00:52:01.08 >> AMEN. NOW THIS ALSO SPREAD TO CHINA. 00:52:01.08\00:52:06.99 >> YEAH. GOD HAS BEEN WORKING -- WHAT HAS 00:52:06.99\00:52:10.13 BEEN REALLY EXCITING FOR ME SINCE I HAVE BEEN AT THE GC IS 00:52:10.13\00:52:14.40 SEEING HOW GOD IS WORKING ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 00:52:14.40\00:52:19.07 HE IS ACTUALLY WORKING ALL AROUND THE WORLD, AND THAT'S WHY 00:52:19.07\00:52:24.01 I WANTED TO SHARE ABOUT CHINA. THIS DIDN'T START BECAUSE OF US, 00:52:24.01\00:52:29.14 IT IS SHOWING THAT GOD IS, W WOE -- GOD IS WORKING ALL AROUND 00:52:29.14\00:52:37.52 THE WORLD. THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST 00:52:37.52\00:52:40.92 CHURCHES IN THE WORLD. THEY HAVE ALL OF THESE BIBLE 00:52:40.92\00:52:44.09 STUDY GROUPS. MARK FINLEY VISITED HE ASKED THE-pPASTOR, WHAT IS THE SECRET TO 00:52:44.09\00:52:49.83 YOUR SUCCESS? YOU KNOW? 00:52:49.83\00:52:51.67 YOU ARE GROWING EXPONENTIALLY, AND THE PASTOR TOLD HIM WE HAVE 00:52:51.67\00:52:56.54 OVER 200 PEOPLE THAT COME INTO THIS CHURCH EVERY MORNING TO 00:52:56.54\00:53:01.11 PRAY. >> PRAISE THE LORD. 00:53:01.11\00:53:02.18 >> AND GOD IS WORKING. AND HE WILL WHEREVER WE WILL 00:53:02.18\00:53:06.65 STEP OUTSIDE OF OUR COMFORT ZONE, AND JUST BE WILLING. 00:53:06.65\00:53:09.98 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT WE NEED TO ASK HIM. 00:53:09.98\00:53:13.76 SHOW US WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR ME AND MY CHURCH? 00:53:13.76\00:53:17.86 BUT IT STARTS WITH US. >> AMEN. 00:53:17.86\00:53:20.63 I KNOW YOU TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD, SO GIVE US JUST A SNIPPET 00:53:20.63\00:53:26.00 OF SOME OF THE COUNTRIES AND AREAS? 00:53:26.00\00:53:29.20 >> YEAH, I JUST -- SEEING GOD WORK IN MANY DIFFERENT PLACES, 00:53:29.20\00:53:34.68 JUST VERY EXCITED VISITING THE PHILIPPINES. 00:53:34.68\00:53:37.71 I WENT TO A YOUTH CONFERENCE, PHILIPPINES FOR CHRIST. 00:53:37.71\00:53:44.69 THEY HAD 100 DAYS OF PRAYER LEADING UP TO THIS PRAYER 00:53:44.69\00:53:48.89 CONFERENCE -- NOT PRAYER CONFERENCE -- YOUTH CONFERENCE 00:53:48.89\00:53:52.09 THAT WE HAD. I WENT IN TO PRAY WITH THE YOUNG 00:53:52.09\00:53:55.53 PEOPLE AT 5:00 IN THE MORNING. YOU KNOW HOW MANY YOUNG PEOPLE 00:53:55.53\00:53:59.50 THERE WERE? THERE WERE 400 YOUNG PEOPLE, 00:53:59.50\00:54:03.37 JUST ON THEIR FACES, JUST PLEADING TO GOD FOR A DEEPER 00:54:03.37\00:54:09.14 WALK, AND A DEEPER EXPERIENCE, AND IT HAS JUST BEEN BEAUTIFUL 00:54:09.14\00:54:13.05 TO SEE. I MINE IT IS HAPPENING. 00:54:13.05\00:54:15.85 >> NOW I THINK ABOUT GYC, THEY HAVE A POWERFUL PRAYER ROOM AT 00:54:15.85\00:54:26.93 GYC, AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE COME EARLY THERE TO PRAY. 00:54:26.93\00:54:31.73 >> YES, THAT HAS BEEN A HUGE BLESSING. 00:54:31.73\00:54:34.54 WE HAVE BEEN PART OF IT. I DON'T REMEMBER, ACTUALLY HOW 00:54:34.54\00:54:37.64 IT STARTED, BUT GOD IS REALLY GROWING IN THE HEARTS OF OUR 00:54:37.64\00:54:41.68 YOUNG PEOPLE. >> AND IN THE NEWS RIGHT NOW 00:54:41.68\00:54:44.21 THERE IS SO MUCH NEGATIVE, THAT WE CAN BECOME DEPRESSED AND 00:54:44.21\00:54:48.92 MOROSE WHEN WE LOOK INTO THE WORLD, AND WE THINK THERE IS NO 00:54:48.92\00:54:53.19 HOPE. THIS IS HOPE. 00:54:53.19\00:54:54.59 YOUNG PEOPLE NOT JUST HERE IN THESE UNITED STATES, BUT ALL 00:54:54.59\00:54:58.83 OVER THE WORLD THAT ARE COMMITTING AND SUBMITTING THEIR 00:54:58.83\00:55:02.66 LIVES TO THE LORD AND PRAYING FOR A DEEPER WALK. 00:55:02.66\00:55:06.17 THERE IS THAT GRASSROOTS THAT WILL CATCH FLAME AND -- AND 00:55:06.17\00:55:12.17 THERE IS HOPE. >> GOD TELLS US HE IS WELL 00:55:12.17\00:55:16.38 PLEASED WHEN WE MAKE THE HIGHEST DEMANDS UPON HIM THAT WE MAY 00:55:16.38\00:55:22.75 GLORIFY HIS NAME IF WE HAVE FAITH IN HIS PROMISES. 00:55:22.75\00:55:27.09 >> AMEN. HE IS WELL PLEASED WHEN WE MAKE 00:55:27.09\00:55:30.29 THE HIGHEST OF DEMANDS UPON HIM. I HOPE AND PRAYER THAT YOUR 00:55:30.29\00:55:34.96 HEART HAS BEEN ENCOURAGED DURING THIS FIRST HOUR OF OUR THURSDAY 00:55:34.96\00:55:39.40 NIGHT LIVE. I KNOW MY HEART HAS BEEN. 00:55:39.40\00:55:43.57 MELODY HAS A BOOK WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, CALLED "DARING TO 00:55:43.57\00:55:49.41 ASK FOR MORE," AND IT'S POWERFUL, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT 00:55:49.41\00:55:54.42 GOD WANTS YOU AND I TO DO, SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU FEEL YOU 00:55:54.42\00:56:00.42 ARE IN YOUR OWN JOURNEY WITH JESUS. 00:56:00.42\00:56:03.29 MAYBE YOU FEEL EVEN AFRAID TO PRAYER. 00:56:03.29\00:56:06.16 DON'T BE AFRAID TO DARE TO ASK FOR MORE. 00:56:06.16\00:56:08.76 MAYBE YOUR ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE JOURNEY, AND IT SEEMS LIKE 00:56:08.76\00:56:12.47 GOD IS SAYING NO TO SOMETHING LIKE MELODY SHAED, AND YOU ARE 00:56:12.47\00:56:18.54 SAYING, I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH GOD RIGHT NOW, 00:56:18.54\00:56:22.38 BECAUSE OF THAT, AND BECAUSE OF THE PAIN IN THAT, DON'T BE 00:56:22.38\00:56:25.95 AFRAID TO BRING THAT BEFORE THE FATHER, TO TRUST HIM WITH YOUR 00:56:25.95\00:56:31.09 LIFE, TO SPENDING TIME IN HIS WORD, AND THEN BEGIN TO DARE TO 00:56:31.09\00:56:35.46 ASK FOR MORE. MAYBE YOU HAVE A WALK WITH GOD, 00:56:35.46\00:56:38.76 AND GOD SAYS I WANT IT TO BE THAT MUCH DEEPER, AND THAT'S 00:56:38.76\00:56:43.70 WHERE I AM TONIGHT. THAT'S WHERE I AM TONIGHT. 00:56:43.70\00:56:46.47 I JUST FEEL LIKE IN MY OWN WALK, MY OWN EXPERIENCE WITH GOD, GOD 00:56:46.47\00:56:51.91 WANTS ME TO GO DEEPER. HE WANTS ME TO DARE TO ASK FO 00:56:51.91\00:56:56.14 MORE. HE WANTS ME TO SPEND MORE TIME, 00:56:56.14\00:56:59.01 AND I ALREADY DO, BUT I NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME IN HIS WORD, 00:56:59.01\00:57:03.08 MORE TIME IN PRAYER, BECAUSE EACH ONE OF US ARE IN THE BATTLE 00:57:03.08\00:57:07.59 LINES FOR THE LORD JESUS, SO THE NEXT HOUR YOU DO NOT WANT TO 00:57:07.59\00:57:11.26 MISS. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 00:57:11.26\00:57:13.66 OVERCOMING DISTRACTIONS. MELODY WILL TALK ABOUT EMOTIONAL 00:57:13.66\00:57:17.67 TIME AND BREACHES AND SPIRITUAL FORT INDICATION, AND ALL OF 00:57:17.67\00:57:20.94 THOSE THEMES IN DARING TO ASK. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 00:57:20.94\00:57:24.74 PRAYING THE WORD OF GOD, AND PROMISES THAT YOU CAN CLAIM AT 00:57:24.74\00:57:29.18 HOME. WHAT TO DO WHEN GOD SAYS, WE 00:57:29.18\00:57:31.61 HAVE ALREADY TOUCHED ON THAT, BUT WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. 00:57:31.61\00:57:35.32 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MELODY FOR BEING HERE. 00:57:35.32\00:57:37.95 AND DON'T GO AWAY, WE WILL BE BACK FOR THE SECOND INCREDIBLE 00:57:37.95\00:57:42.09 HOUR OF WHAT GOD CAN DO IN YOUR LIFE AND MINE WHEN WE DARE TO 00:57:42.09\00:57:46.70 ASK FOR MORE. ¤ 00:57:46.70\00:57:49.50