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00:08 >> AND WE ARE BACK. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
00:12 AGRO-EVANGELISM. EVANGELISM THAT EACH OF US IS 00:16 CALLED TO DO PERSONALLY FOR OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. 00:26 WHEREVER YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE STORE, IN THE SUPERMARKET, 00:29 ON THE PLANE, YOU ARE CALLED TO LIFT UP THE LIGHT OF JESUS. 00:39 AND ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT TONIGHT. 00:42 AND I AM VERY, VERY EXCITED BECAUSE OF THIS SUBJECT MATTER. 00:48 AND THE FAMILY IS HERE. WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM ALL 00:53 HERE. AND WHEN WE LEFT, JILL, YOU WERE 00:58 WALKING US THROUGH INTERCESSORY PRAYER, WHICH I INCLUDED IN 01:02 AGRO-EVANGELISM, BECAUSE IT IS A MEASURE OF EVANGELISM. 01:04 >> AMEN. >> AND BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE 01:08 LORD. SO LET'S CONTINUE. 01:10 >> I THINK INTERCESSORY PRAYER IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL WAYS 01:13 THAT WE CAN WITNESS FOR THE LORD JESUS. 01:16 WHAT IS AN INTERCESSOR? A PERSON WHO INTERVENES ON 01:21 BEHALF OF ANOTHER. ESPECIALLY WITH PRAYER. 01:24 GOING BEFORE THE FATHER, AND INTERVENING, INTERCEDING ON 01:30 SOMEONE ELSE'S BEHAVE. I WANT TO READ THIS ONE MORE 01:34 TIME. TURN WITH ME TO ISAIAH 29. 01:38 WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT INTERCESSORY PRAYER FOR OTHER 01:42 PEOPLE. BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I JUST 01:43 WANT TO TALK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT OUR OWN NEED FOR AN INTERCESSOR, 01:48 THAT IS THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. ISAIAH 59 IS KIND OF A SUMMARY 01:54 OF THE MAJOR ISSUE IN THE BOOK OF ISAIAH, AND THAT IS 02:01 SEPARATION FROM GOD THE FATHER. WE KNOW IN THE BEGINNING, 02:05 A -- SIN CREATED FEAR AND GUILT. SIN CREATED SEPARATION FROM GOD 02:09 THE FATHER. WE SEE THAT IN GENESIS 3, 02:13 REMEMBER ADAM AND EVE THEY ALWAYS WALKED WITH GOD IN THE 02:18 COOL OF THE DAY, AND AFTER THEY PICKED OF THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT 02:24 AND SINNED, WHAT HAPPENED? GOD CAME IN THE COOL OF THE DAY, 02:29 AND THEY HID THEMSELVES AND THEY WERE AFRAID. 02:31 SIN CREATED A CHASM BETWEEN US AND GOD. 02:37 AND WE NEEDED AN INTERCESSOR, SOMEONE TO BRIDGE THE GAP. 02:47 ISAIAH 59:1-2 IS A CONDITION WE FIND OURSELVES IN, WHEN WE ARE 02:56 IN THAT SIN. YOUR SINS HAVE SEPARATED YOU 02:59 FROM GOD AND YOUR SINS HAVE HIDDEN HIS FAITH FROM YOU, SO 03:02 THAT HE WILL NOT HEAR. HAVE YOU EVER FELT THAT WAY? 03:08 I KNOW I HAVE. THERE HAVE BEEN TIME WHEN I HAVE 03:12 BEEN PRAYING, AND I FEEL LIKE MY PRAYERS HIT THE CEILING, AND 03:17 THEY BOUNCE BACK AND COME BACK DOWN. 03:19 SOMETIMES THAT'S THE RESULT OF SEPARATION FROM MY SOUL AND 03:22 JESUS. NOW THAT DOES NOT MEAN HE WANTS 03:24 TO SEPARATE FROM ME. IT MEANS THAT SOMEHOW THAT SIN 03:28 IS STANDING IN THE WAY. AND IF YOU GO ON THROUGH ISAIAH 03:33 59 -- WE WON'T READ THE WHOLE THING -- BUT IT TALKS ABOUT 03:36 GOD'S PEOPLE BEING IN DARKNESS, STUMBLING AROUND AT NOON, AND 03:41 THEN IN VERSE 14, IT TALKS ABOUT JUSTICE BEING TURNED BACK, 03:47 RIGHTEOUSNESS STANDING FAR OFF, TRUTH FALLING IN THE STREET. 03:52 EQUITY CANNOT EVEN ENTER. SO THIS IS A DARK PLACE. 03:55 AND THEN WE SEE IN VERSE 16, HE SAW THERE WAS NO MAN AND 04:02 WONDERED THAT THERE WAS NO INTERCEPTOR, THEREFORE HIS OWN 04:11 RIGHTEOUSNESS SUSTAINED HIM. AND TO THOSE WHO TURN FROM 04:16 TRANSGRESSION IN JACOB. SO WE'RE ALL SEPARATED FROM THE 04:21 FATHER, BUT JESUS IS OUR IN INTERCESSOR, HE BRIDGES THE GAP 04:28 BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH. AND GOD DEMONSTRATES HIS OWN 04:31 LOVE FOR US, IN THAT WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS, WHILE WE WERE 04:36 STILL ESTRANGED FROM GOD, HE DIED FOR US. 04:43 AND JUSTIFIED BY HIS BLOOD, WE WERE BROUGHT BACK INTO 04:48 RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST. WE SHALL WILL SAVED FROM THAT 04:52 WRATH AND JUDGMENT AND SEPARATION. 04:56 SO YOU MIGHT FEEL FAR FROM GOD. RIGHT NOW HE IS REACHING OUT HIS 05:00 HANDS FEELING LOVE. AND HE SAYS I LOVE YOU. 05:03 I DIED FOR YOU WHILE YOU WERE IN YOUR FILTH AND IN YOUR SIN, AND 05:08 I WANT TO RECONCILE YOU BACK TO ME BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST. 05:14 AND THEN ONC GOD REDEEMS US HE CALLS US TO DO THE SAME THING. 05:18 HE CALLS US TO STAND IN THE GAP FOR OTHER PEOPLE BY SAYING THE 05:22 SAME THING, SHELLEY, I DON'T MEAN WE CAN REDEEM OTHER PEOPLE, 05:27 BUT HE CALLS US TO PRAY AND INTERCEDE FOR THE SALVATION OF 05:32 OTHER PEOPLE. I THINK ABOUT MOSES, EXODUS 32, 05:37 THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL -- REMEMBER THEY JUST 05:39 HAD -- EL -- BUILT THE GOLDEN CALF, AND MOSES COMES DOWN AND 05:49 SEES THAT, AND HE PRAYS BEFORE GOD, AND HE SAYS -- FORGIVE 05:55 THEIR SINS AND BLOT OUT MY NAME. WOW! 05:59 TO SEE THAT -- THAT SENSE OF LOVE? 06:04 >> YES. >> SOMEONE ELSE IS SHOWING. 06:05 TO THINK THAT I'M WILLING TO -- TO FORFEIT THAT ETERNITY, 06:09 GOD, AND I WANT YOU TO SAVE MY SISTER OR MY BROTHER INSTEAD, 06:15 THAT IS LOVE FOR SOMEONE ELSE, AND IN ORDER TO TRULY INTERCEDE 06:19 FOR SOMEONE, WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE THE LOVE OF CHRIST. 06:22 NATURALLY WE ARE SELFISH. AND I THINK ABOUT MY OWN THINGS, 06:26 MY OWN PROBLEMS. GOD CALLS ME TO GET OUT OF 06:29 MYSELF, AND TO PRAY FOR THE NEEDS OF OTHER PEOPLE. 06:33 HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? I GO TO GOD AND ASK FOR HIS 06:37 LOVE. ASK HIM TO PUT THAT LOVE FOR 06:39 SOULS IN MY HEART FOR OTHER PEOPLE. 06:41 I THINK ABOUT JESUS. IN LUKE 22:32, HE SAYS SIMON, 06:47 SIMON, SATAN HAS DESIRE TO SHIFT [ INAUDIBLE ], BUT I HAVE 06:56 [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> AMEN. 06:57 >> AND WHEN YOU ARE CONVERTED STRENGTHEN YOUR BRETHREN. 07:01 SO IF YOU HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVE COWORKERS, 07:05 NEIGHBORS, PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE THAT ARE NOT CONVERTED; THAT 07:09 DON'T KNOW THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, YOU CAN INTERCEDE, YOU 07:13 CAN STAND IN THE GAP RIGHT NOW FOR THEM BEFORE THE FATHER, AND 07:18 YOU CAN SAY, LORD JESUS, I AM PRAYING FOR THEM, AND KNOWING 07:23 AND BEIEVING THAT GOD CAN SAVE THEIR SOULS. 07:26 GOD IS NOT WILLING THA ANY SHALL PARRISH, BUT THAT ALL 07:30 SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE. I WANT TO LOOK AT JUST A COUPLE 07:35 OF MORE THINGS. IF YOU LOOK AT HOW TO BECOME AN 07:39 INTERCESSOR, I THINK GOD CALLS US TO ASK HIM FOR SOULS FOR HIS 07:45 KINGDOM. PSALMS 2:8, ASK FOR ME, AND I 07:48 WILL GIVE YOU THE HEATHEN FOR YOUR INHERITANCE. 07:53 SO WHEN WE INTERCEDE, WE DON'T JUST INTERCEDE FOR FAMILY 07:57 MEMBERS, ALTHOUGH THAT IS IMPORTANT. 08:00 WE JUST DON'T INTERCEDE FOR COWORKERS OR NEIGHBORS, ALTHOUGH 08:04 THAT IS IMPORTANT. WE ARE TO INTERCEDE FOR THE 08:08 WORLD. WE ARE TO INTERCEDE FOR THE 08:11 HEATHEN, FOR THE GENTILES, AND WE ARE ALSO CALLED TO INTERCEDE 08:16 FOR OUR ENEMIES. THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT, JESUS 08:20 SAID PRAY FOR THOSE WHO DESPITEFULLY USE YOU AND CURSE 08:25 YOU, THOSE PEOPLE WHO GIVE YOU A HARD TIME, WE'RE CALLED TO 08:30 INTERCEDE FOR THEM AS WELL. I WANT TO CLOSE WITH A STORY. 08:35 [ INAUDIBLE ] WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR AND LEADER IN THE CHURCH IN 08:40 CHINA, AND HE SPENT THE LAST, WHAT, 20 YEARS OF HIS LIFE IN 08:44 PRISON. WHEN HE WAS CONVERTED, HE WAS A 08:47 YOUNG MAN, 17, 18, YOUNG MAN. AND IN COLLEGE HE WROTE DOWN A 08:52 LIST OF HIS FRIENDS. SHELLEY IF I WROTE A LIST OF MY 08:56 FRIENDS, I MIGHT COME UP WITH 10, 15, OR 20. 08:59 HE WROTE 70 NAMES ON HIS LIST. 70 PEOPLE. 09:03 AND EVEY DAY, HE INTERCEDED FOR THEIR SALVATION. 09:09 HE DID NOT JUST PRAY ONCE OR TWICE A DAY, HE WOULD PRAY 09:13 THROUGHOUT CLASSES. HE WOULD WAKE UP IN THE NIGHT 09:17 AND SPENDING HOURS PRAYING FOR THESE PEOPLE. 09:19 BUT HOW MANY OF THE 70 PEOPLE CAME TO KNOW JESUS? 09:24 ALL BUT ONE. ALL BUT ONE OF THE PEOPLE HE 09:28 PRAYED FOR CAME TO ACCEPT JESUS. AND EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT 09:32 THAT STORY, IT CONVICTS AND CHALLENGES ME IN MY OWN LIFE TO 09:38 GO DEEPER IN MY PRAYER WALK, TO PRAY FOR FERVENTLY, AND MORE 09:47 EARNESTLY PRAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE. AND ONE MORE THING -- POOR 09:53 PASTOR -- BUT ONE MORE THING. SOMETIMES PEOPLE CALL ME AND 10:00 SAY, JILL, PRAY FOR ME. GOD HEARS YOUR PRAYERS AND NOT 10:06 MINE. GOD HEARS ALL PRAYERS. 10:08 HE HEARS THE CRY OF OUR HEARTS. >> AMEN. 10:11 >> SO JUST GO BEFORE THE FATHER AND POUR OUT YOUR HEART. 10:16 >> AMEN. I AM SO EXCITED. 10:19 >> I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE MORE THING. 10:22 IF YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO PRAY WITH POWER AND TO PRAY FOR 10:26 OTHERS -- START YOUR PRAYERS OFFER -- WELL, FIRST OF ALL, YOU 10:30 SAID THAT SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE THEY ARE BOUNCING OF THE -WALLS, START YOUR PRAYERS OFF 10:36 CONFESSING YOUR SINS AND ASK FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT. 10:39 IN ROMANS 8:26, IT SAYS LIKEWISE THE SPIRIT ALSO HELP US IN OUR 10:46 WEAKNESSES, FOR WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE SHOULD PRAY FOR, BUT THE 10:52 SPIRIT HIMSELF MAKES INTERCESSION FOR US. 10:56 SO AS YOU PRAY FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT -- AND THAT'S ONE THING 11:00 THAT IS SO POWERFUL ABOUT J.D.'S PRAYER MINISTRY IS -- WHEN HE IS 11:05 PRAYING WITH SOMEBODY, HE ALWAYS IMMEDIATELY SAYS, I DON'T EVEN 11:10 KNOW HOW TO PRAY. LET ME -- LET'S -- DO YOU FIND 11:14 IF WE ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO PRAY WITH US. 11:16 >> AMEN. >> AND MANY TIMES WHEN HE IS 11:19 PRAYING FOR SOMEONE OVER THE PHONE, HE'LL BE PRAYING AND 11:24 SAYING STUFF, AND PEOPLE WILL JUST BE WEEPING AND CARRYING ON, 11:28 SAYING, ONLY GOD COULD HAVE KNOWN THAT. 11:31 IT'S BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS LEADING HIM. 11:33 >> WELL SAID. WELL SAID. 11:35 GO AHEAD. >> I WAS JUST THINKING 11:37 TOO -- YOU KNOW, IT DOES SOMETHING FOR ONE'S OWN PERSONAL 11:40 LIFE WHEN YOU PRAY FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. 11:42 >> OH, IT DOES. >> THAT AND ALSO MEMORIZING 11:46 SCRIPTURE ALSO JUST DOES SOMETHING SPIRITUALLY. 11:49 AND PASTOR YOU BROUGHT THIS UP ON A PREVIOUS PROGRAM, THE BIG 11:55 CASH REGISTER TAPE WHERE YOU HAVE WRITTEN DOWN SOMEBODY'S 11:58 NAME -- AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY NAMES ARE ON THAT ROLL, BUT 12:04 TO PRAY FOR THEM AND THINK HOW GOD HAS ANSWERED THOSE PRAYERS 12:09 IS A POWERFUL THING. BUT IT DOES SOMETHING 12:12 PERSONALLY. >> IT DOES. 12:13 >> IT TAKES US THEN, OUTSIDE OF OURSELVES. 12:16 >> OH, YES. VERY GOOD POINT. 12:18 I'M ALLOWING YOU MUCH SLACK. WHAT -- YOU KNOW -- HOW DO YOU 12:23 HOLD THE REINS ON THE HOLY SPIRIT? 12:26 [ LAUGHTER ] >> I REALIZED WHEN I ASSEMBLED 12:29 THIS GROUP, I SAID THIS IS A GROUP WHO KNOWS THE LORD, AND 12:36 SOMEBODY WILL SAY SOMETHING THAT WILL GENERATE SOMETHING IN YOUR 12:39 MIND. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PRAYER AND 12:42 THEN MOVE TO JOHNNY DINZEY. AND I'M GOING TO CUT THIS IN 12:45 HALF, BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE LONG. 12:47 THERE IS A LADY HERE -- THIS IS SECOND TESTIMONIES 318, THIS 12:53 IS -- SOMETHING THAT TOUCHED MY HEART YEARS AGO. 12:57 SHE HAS BEEN AFFLICTED FOR A LONG TIME, AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU 13:03 ARE IN PAIN FOR A LONG TIME -- WHEN YOU ARE IN PAIN FOR 13:06 A LONG TIME, IT TENDS TO MESS WITH YOUR HEAD, IT DOES. 13:09 >> IT DOES. >> AND THIS WOMAN WAS VERY 13:13 SUGGESTIVE, PEOPLE WERE BEGINNING TO SAY MAYBE YOU HAVE 13:15 SECRET STUFF IN YOUR LIFE. AND SHE IS BEGINNING TO TAKE 13:19 THAT STUFF UNTO HERSELF. SO ELLEN WHITE GAVE HER COUNSEL, 13:23 AND SHE SAID YOU ARE EXTREMELY SENSITIVE. 13:26 SHE IS LETTING PEOPLE TALK INTO HER HEAD. 13:29 YOU -- YOU FEEL DEEPLY AND HAVE NOT POSSESSED THE POWER TO THROW 13:34 OFF CARE PRO-PLEXTY AND DISCOURAGEMENT OF MIND. 13:38 I SAW THAT GOD WOULD BE A PRESENT HELP IF YOU ONLY TRUST 13:42 YOURSELF IN HIM, BUT YOU WORRY YOURSELF OUT OF THE ARMS OF YOUR 13:53 LOVING SAVIOR. HOW SHALL HE NOT WITH HIM FREELY 14:01 GIVE US ALL THINGS. WE MAY CLAIM MUCH OF OUR 14:06 HEAVENLY FATHER. WE MAY BELIEVE IN GOD. 14:10 WE MAY TRUST HIM, AND BY DOING SO GLORIFY HIS NAME. 14:14 EVEN IF WE ARE OVERCOME OF THE ENEMY WE ARE NOT CAST OFF OR 14:22 FORSAKEN. CHRIST IS AT THE RIGHT HAND OF 14:25 GOD FOR US. IF ANY MAN SINS WE HAVE AN 14:29 ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER JESUS CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUS. 14:33 YOU NEED NOT CAST AWAY YOUR CONFIDENCE. 14:37 POOR TREMBLING SOUL -- I HAVE A SONG FROM THAT LINE. 14:39 REST IN THE PROMISES OF GOD. IN SO DOING, THE ENEMY'S TETHERS 14:46 WILL BE BROKEN. HE IS NOT THE WHISPERING OF THE 14:50 ENEMY -- YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO PUT 14:55 THINGS IN YOUR BRAIN. YOU GET ALL OF THIS STUFF. 15:00 GO FREE OPPRESSOR, BE OF GOOD COURAGE, SAY TO YOUR DISPONDING 15:06 HEART, HOPE THOU IN GOD, AND I SHALL YET PRAISE HIM WHO IS MY 15:12 HEAL AND MY CONTINENCE AND MY HAPPINESS. 15:22 TURN FROM EVERY DISAGREEABLE THOUGHT, AND THINK OF THE 15:27 PRESSURE JESUS, DWELL UPON HIS POWER TO SAVE, HIS UNDIEING LOVE 15:32 FOR YOU, EVEN YOU -- I KNOW THAT THE LORD LOVES YOU -- HERE IS 15:37 THE PART THAT JUST SHAKES MY WORLD -- IF YOU CANNOT RELY ON 15:41 YOUR OWN FAITH, RELY ON THE FAITH OF OTHERS. 15:44 WE BELIEVE, AND HOPE FOR YOU. GOD ACCEPTS OUR FAITH IN YOUR 15:51 BEHALF. >> WOW. 15:52 >> HOW DOES THAT SAY ABOUT INTERCESSORY PRAYER, WHEN I PRAY 16:01 FOR YOU, GOD ACCEPTS OUR PRAYER. BE CHEERFUL, INDULGING IN THESE 16:12 DOUBTS, YOU DISHONOR GOD. THERE IS PEACE IN BELIEVING AND 16:16 JOY IN THE HOLY GHOST. THERE IS MORE, BUT I WANT TO 16:20 JUST LEAVE THAT THERE, BUT WHEN WE PRAY FOR OTHERS -- GOD HEARS 16:24 THAT PRAYER. IF YOU CAN'T PRAY FOR YOURSELF 16:28 FIND SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS THOUSAND -- HOW TO PRAYER. 16:33 SO LT'S GO TO OUR SECOND -- >> MAY I SAY SOMETHING? 16:37 >> INDEED YOU MAY. >> I ALSO IN MY OWN LIFE HAVE 16:41 TOLD GOD HOW I THINK HE SHOULD ANSWER THE PRAYER. 16:44 [ LAUGHTER ] >> SO SOMETIMES I'M 16:45 LIKE -- YEAH, GREG, JUST FORGET THAT. 16:48 GOD KNOWS WHAT IS BEST. SO GOD, JUST PLEASE, JUST TAKE 16:52 CARE OF THE SITUATION. SO THEN I'M LIKE IT'S NOT 16:55 HAPPENING THE WAY I HOPED IT WOULD HAPPEN, AND THEN I GET 17:00 STRESSED AND WORRIED -- SO JUST TRUST GOD. 17:03 >> AMEN. >> ANYWAY. 17:05 >> A LOT OF PRAYER REQUESTS. >> JILL WE'LL START WITH YOU. 17:09 >> THIS IS FROM SUE, PLEASE PRAY FOR MY DAUGHTER TABATHA, SHE IS 17:19 GOING WITH A GAY LIFESTYLE, PLEASE PRAY THAT THE BONDS OF 17:24 SATAN WILL BE BROKEN FROM HER AND HER FRIEND ALISON. 17:28 >> [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> AMEN. 17:30 >> YOU HAVE MORE? >> I DO. 17:34 >> READ THEM ALL. >> SALVATION FOR FAMILY MEMBERS, 17:40 CHARLES [ INAUDIBLE ] LISA, -pCAR CAROLINA, EGYPT, CARLOS, CASEY, 17:52 TYLER, VELMA, ROY, [ INAUDIBLE ] ASIA, CAROLYN, ELEANOR, JOHN, 18:04 CHANTELLE, RUSSELL -- >> HALLELUJAH. 18:07 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> AMEN. 18:09 READ THEM ALL. >> PRAY FOR GALA AND FAMILY. 18:16 ROGER AND DEBBIE AND FAMILY. PRAY FOR MY SON RON WHO HAS LEFT 18:20 THE CHURCH. >> UH-HUH. 18:23 SHELLEY. >> ONE FROM BARBADOS SAYING 18:27 PRAYS FOR GRANDSON DIMITRI THAT GOD WILL NOT ALLOW HIS PARENTS 18:31 TO LEAD HIM ASTRAY. PLEASE PRAY FOR HER SONS. 18:36 THEY HAVE LEFT THE CHURCH. SHE WANTS THEM TO COME BACK. 18:39 PLEASE PRAY FOR HER DAUGHTER'S HUSBAND MARK THAT HE WILL ACCEPT 18:43 THE LORD. >> AMEN. 18:45 >> ANOTHER SAYS PRAYER FOR SON JEFF AND HIS WIFE, HE IS NO 18:51 LONGER GOING TO CHURCH, ALSO FOR TIM. 18:54 PRAY FOR JACOB, ELAINE, EDWARD, NETTY, AND MANY OTHERS. 19:02 AND ONE MORE SAYS PRAY FOR JEAN, TERESA, WAYNE AND RODNEY. 19:07 >> AMEN. >> AMEN. 19:11 PASTOR? >> PLEASE PRAY FOR MARGARET, 19:13 ANOTHER HERE IS PRAY FOR MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. 19:16 WE ALL HAVE THAT BURDEN FOR SURE. 19:19 CINDY AND JOY, BILLY, NANCY, MAKAYLA, DOUG, TO GIVE THEIR 19:23 LIFE TO CHRIST. >> AMEN. 19:25 >> JOHNNY, IF YOU WILL? >> YES. 19:29 PRAYER FOR KARA, AND FRIEND WADE, SON BRIAN, SHAN SHAWNA, 19:38 HANNAH, DIANE HAS BEEN FASTING AND PRAYING, AND SAYS PLEASE 19:42 PRAY FOR HER CHURCH AND FOR HER PRISON MINISTRY THERE AND SOME 19:48 FAMILIES ARE BEING PULLED APART. MARK, TODD, AND RENEE, PRAYER 19:52 FOR THEM. AND I HAVE MORE HERE. 19:55 PRAYER FOR SON AMEN TO FIND A CHURCH, PRAYERS FOR HER DAUGHTER 20:06 RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL RECOVERING FROM ABORTION 20:12 COMPLICATIONS. PRAYER FOR THE FLETCHER FAMILY. 20:14 HUSBAND AND HERSELF AND CHILDREN WILL DRAW CLOSE TO GOD AND BE 20:18 PART OF GOD'S CHURCH. AMEN. 20:21 PLEASE PRAY FOR CHILDREN PAUL AND NEAL. 20:26 PLEASE PRAY FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN, AND. 20:29 PLEASE PRAY FOR MY DAUGHTER DIANE THAT SHE WILL COME BACK TO 20:32 THE TRUTH THAT SHE WAS RAISED IN. 20:35 PRAYERS FOR SON TO FIND A JOB AND HIS SON, NIECES AND NEPHEWS 20:41 AND THEIR SALVATION. PLEASE PRAY FOR MY BROTHER 20:44 JEROME AND HIS CHILDREN. AND WE HAVE SOME STATES HERE 20:47 ALABAMA AND SOME OTHERS. CHRISTY, SUE, LARRY, KEVIN, AND 20:52 KURT, ALL -- OH, HERE IS A DUPLICATE CHRISTY SUE, LARRY 20:59 KEVIN, AND KURT. PRAYER FOR KARA. 21:02 I ALREADY READ THAT ONE. >> LOTS OF GAMES. 21:05 >> GREG? >> THIS ONE SAYS PLEASE PRAY FOR 21:08 MY STEPSON HE IS AN ALCOHOLIC. MY DAUGHTER -- FOR MY DAUGHTER 21:15 ROCHELLE, AND FOR MY GRANDDAUGHTER ELIZABETH FOR MY 21:18 FAMILY FOR GOD TO INTERCEDE THERE. 21:20 PLEASE PRAY FOR MY BROTHER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, HER HUSBAND, AND 21:25 STEPBROTHER CAMERON, OLDER CYSTRY KATHY -- YOU KNOW WHAT IS 21:30 NEAT, PASTOR IS THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE BURDEN 21:35 OF INTERCESSORY PRAYER ON THE HEART. 21:38 AND THAT'S ENCOURAGING. PLEASE PRAY FOR AMBER, ZACH, 21:43 DALE, CINDY, JOE, LUKE, STEVE, AND NANCY. 21:46 AND THIS IS FOR FAMILY. SHE IS THE ONLY CHRISTIAN IN HER 21:50 FAMILY, AND SHE IS LEARNING ABOUT THE SABBATH AND THE 21:53 ADVENTIST CHURCH, AND THEY ARE GIVING HER A HARD TIME ABOUT IT. 21:58 PLEASE PRAY FOR MY SON CHUCK. PRAYER FOR LARRY AND HELEN. 22:03 MIKE FOR HIS SALVATION. WOW, THIS IS GREAT. 22:08 REQUEST PRAYER FOR HER CHILDREN, FOR THEIR SALVATION. 22:14 LEETTON, SIGH MOAN, GARY, MARJORIE, AND PRAYERS FOR HER 22:22 SON. WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE CHRISTIAN 22:25 HOME BUT HAS WANDERED AWAY FROM GOD. 22:29 FOR JOHN, PATSY, DORIS, AND JOHN AGAIN. 22:32 >> YOU KNOW, WE'RE READING THESE NAMES QUICKLY -- 22:34 >> UH-HUH. >> TO US, WE DON'T KNOW THE 22:38 PEOPLE. THEIR NAMES TO US, BUT GOD SEES 22:40 THE FACE AND THE PERSON. >> AMEN. 22:43 >> GOD TAKES NOTICE. AND GOD ALREADY IS AT WORK. 22:46 >> AMEN. >> SO WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO 22:49 KEEP SENDING IN YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS, BECAUSE HEAVEN IS 22:53 TAKING NOTICE. >> AND JOHN, I'M GOING TO ASK 22:56 YOU TO PRAY OVER THIS PARTICULAR BATCH. 22:59 NOTICE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING, HAVE LEFT THE CHURCH, 23:02 PRAY THAT THEY COME BACK. >> YES. 23:04 >> THAT'S A CONSISTENT THEME. CONNIE IS IN DENVER, AND SHE 23:08 WANTS PRAYER FOR HER TWO BOYS. THEY ARE MARRIED WITH CHILDREN. 23:13 PASCAL, CLOWE WHICH -- CHLOE, SHE IS IN THE HOSPITAL, BECAUSE 23:24 SHE TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE. >> AMEN. 23:31 >> PRAY THAT ALL WILL BE READY FOR HEAVEN WHEN JESUS COMES. 23:36 SO THIS IS OUR SECOND GROUP. JOHNNY IF YOU WILL TAKE THESE 23:40 NAMES TO THE LORD IN PRAYER. >> OUR LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER WE 23:44 COME BEFORE YOU IN JESUS NAME, AND HEAVENLY FATHER WE READ MANY 23:49 NAMES, AND YOU KNOW THEM -- EACH ONE. 23:51 >> AMEN. >> WE THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU 23:54 HAVE ALREADY TAKEN NOTICE. YOU KNOW THE SITUATION AND THE 23:58 DIFFICULTY THAT EACH PERSON IS FACING, AND FATHER WE PRAY FOR 24:02 THOSE THAT HAVE CALLED AND PRAYING FOR OTHERS THAT ARE 24:05 SICK. BE WITH THEM. 24:09 BE AT THEIR SIDE. AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE READY FOR-HEALING NOW, HEAL THEM. 24:15 FATHER WE ALSO PRAY FOR MARRIAGES THAT ARE IN DANGER. 24:18 WE HEARD OF FAMILIES BEING PULLED APART. 24:21 THE DEVIL IS WORKING HARD, BUT WE KNOW YOU WORK HARDER. 24:26 WE PRAY YOU SEND YOUR HOLY ANGELS TO STOP THE DEVIL AND TO 24:31 RESTRAIN, AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL WORK IN THE HEARTS OF 24:36 HUSBANDS AND WIVES. AND FATHER WE PRAY FOR THOSE 24:39 THAT ONCE WALKED AMONG US, THAT WERE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH, THAT 24:44 FOLLOWED JESUS. THEY WERE YOUR CHILDREN, AND 24:46 STILL ARE, BUT THEY HAVE DRIFTED AWAY FOR SOME REASON, WE PRAY 24:50 THAT YOU WILL DRAW THEM -- DRAW THEM TO YOU. 24:52 >> AMEN. >> WORK IN THEIR HEARTS. 24:55 LET THEM THIS NIGHT NOT HAVE THE COMFORT OF GOING TO SLEEP 24:59 WITHOUT GIVING THEMSELVES TO THE LORD. 25:01 >> AMEN. >> YES. 25:03 >> WE PRAY HEAVENLY FATHER FOR FINANCIAL SITUATIONS THAT ARE 25:06 ALSO A PART OF THE LIFE OF THOSE THAT HAVE CALLED, AND FATHER 25:11 EACH AND EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE, EACH AND EVERY SITUATION WE PRAY 25:14 FOR YOUR HOLY ANGELS TO COME TO THEM. 25:18 >> AMEN. >> AND WE PRAY THAT EVERYONE 25:20 THAT KNOWS AND CEASE YOU BRING AN ANSWER TO THEIR PRAYER, HELP 25:24 THEM TO PAUSE THANK YOU. >> AMEN. 25:26 >> WE ASK YOU FATHER FOR THESE BLESSINGS THROUGH THE HOLY AND 25:31 BLESSED NAME. >> AMEN. 25:33 >> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, JOHNNY. 25:36 WHY WE HAVE THE SPOTLIGHT ON YOU. 25:38 LET'S STICK WITH YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT. 25:40 BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT THIS GROWTH IN THE LATINO 25:44 CHURCH, AND YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS. 25:47 >> WELL, I WILL SHARE THOSE IF WE HAVE TIME. 25:50 BUT I DO WANT TO START WITH 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17, BECAUSE OF THE 25:56 MENTION THERE OF THE MINISTRY THAT GOD GIVES TO EACH AND EVERY 25:59 ONE OF US. >> AMEN. 26:03 >> THEREFORE IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION. 26:08 OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY. BEHOLD ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME 26:12 NEW. >> PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT. 26:15 >> NOT ALL THINGS ARE OF GOD WHO HAS RECONCILED HIMSELF TO US, 26:20 AND HAS GIVEN US THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION. 26:25 HE HAS GIVEN THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION, SO I WANT TO 26:29 ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE ON THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION. 26:34 SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY HAVE THE MINISTRY OF GOSSIP. 26:37 THE MINISTRY TO COME TO CHURCH AND GOSSIP ABOUT OTHERS, AND 26:41 LOOK AT THE FAULTS OF OTHERS, AND SHARE THAT WITH OTHER 26:45 PEOPLE, THAT'S NOT A MINISTRY THAT THE LORD GAVE US. 26:49 IT'S NOT. THE LORD GAVE US THE MINISTRY OF 26:53 RECONCILIATION, SO IF YOU FIND A FAULT IN SOMEBODY ELSE, PRAY FOR 26:56 THAT PERSON, PRAY FOR THAT FAULT. 27:00 GET OFF OF THOSE OTHER MINISTRIES, AND GET IN THE 27:03 MINISTRY THAT THE LORD GAVE YOU, RECONCILE OTHERS TO THE LORD 27:09 JESUS CHRIST. I WILL READ ANOTHER VERSE HERE, 27:11 AND THAT IS VERSE 19 AND 20, THAT IS THAT GOD WAS IN CHRIST 27:16 RECONCILING THE WORLD TO HIMSELF, NOT IMPUTING THEIR 27:20 TRESPASSES TO THEM, AND HAS COMMITTED TO US THE WORD OF 27:24 RECONCILIATION. NOW THEN WE ARE AMBASSADORS FOR 27:28 CHRIST AS THOUGH GOD WERE PLEADING THOUGH US. 27:30 CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT GOD PLEADING -- GOD PLEADING THROUGH 27:34 US, WE IMPLORE YOU ON CHRIST BEHALF BE RECONCILED TO GOD. 27:38 AND JUST FOR A MOMENT, I ASK, WHAT IS AN AMBASSADOR? 27:42 MAYBE SOMEBODY HERE CAN HELP ME OUT WITH THAT. 27:45 >> A REPRESENTATIVE. >> A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 27:48 GOVERNMENT. >> A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 27:51 GOVERNMENT. LOOKING AT THIS DEFINITION, IT'S 27:56 A REPRESENTATIVE FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER COUNTRY. 27:59 THE HIGHEST REPRESENTATIVE FROM ONE COUNTRY IN ANOTHER COUNTY. 28:05 AND SO WHO ARE WE AMBASSADORS OF? 28:09 THE KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 28:12 >> LOVE IT. >> SO YOU ARE AN AMBASSADOR FOR 28:14 THE LORD, AND THAT'S A HIGH PRIVILEGE, HIGH HONOR. 28:19 AND THE LORD SAYS GO YE AND TEACH ALL NATIONS, AND SO WE 28:24 HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF -- THE BLESSING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, IF 28:27 WE CHOOSE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 28:29 >> TO OBEY AND GO, THE LORD WILL GIVE US WORDS TO SPEAK. 28:35 THE LORD WILL GUIDE US. I MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY HERE 28:38 AT THE CHURCH, THAT THE LORD IS WILLING TO DO WHAT HE HAS DONE 28:43 BEFORE. AND WHAT HE HAS DONE BEFORE IS 28:45 THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT TALK TO PEOPLE AND SAY GO OVER THERE AND 28:48 TALK TO THAT PERSON. >> YES. 28:50 >> OR GO OVER THERE AND SHARE SOMETHING WITH THE PERSON. 28:53 IT MAY BE A LOAF OF BREAD, OR A FISH DINNER. 28:57 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT WHATEVER IT IS THE LORD 28:59 CALLS DO YOU DO, DO IT. YOU KNOW THE INTERESTING THING 29:03 IS, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE 29:07 ENTERTAINED ANGELS ON [ INAUDIBLE ]. 29:08 SO WHAT THE LORD ASKS YOU TO DO, DO IT. 29:11 >> UH-HUH. >> WOW, A STORY CAME TO MIND. 29:15 DO YOU MIND IF I SHARE THIS STORY. 29:21 >> I CAN'T HOLD THE REINS. >> THIS WAS A PASTOR THAT TOLD 29:25 THE STORY OF HOW GOD WORKS. AND THERE WAS THIS LADY, SHE WAS 29:30 SWEEPING ON HER PORCH -- IN HER -- IN BRAZIL, ACTUALLY, AND 29:34 SHE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS THIS -- ACROSS FROM HERE THERE 29:41 WAS THIS FIELD AND TRUCKS HAD BEEN PARKED THERE THROUGHOUT 29:44 THROUGH THE NIGHT, THEY WERE NOT WORKING IN THE SUN, PUTTING THE 29:47 TENTS TOGETHER -- IT W-- WAS A CIRCUS. 29:54 AND SHE SAW THEM, AND THEY WERE OUT IN THE SUN, AND THEY WERE 30:01 SWEATING. AND SO SHE WENT TO HER HOUSE AND 30:04 GOT ALL OF HER LEMONS AND MADE A BIG PAIL OF LEMONADE. 30:11 AND STARTED ASKING WHO WANTS SOME LEMONADE? 30:17 AND SO SHE WAS GOING FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER. 30:21 AND ONE OF THE SUPERVISORS WAS JUST LOOKING AT HER. 30:25 AND FINALLY SHE GOT TO HIM. WOULD YOU LIKE SOME FRESH COLD 30:30 LEMONADE? AND HE GOES WHO ARE YOU. 30:32 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND SHE SAYS -- I DON'T 30:34 REMEMBER HER NAME -- SHE SAYS I'M MARY, AND I LIVE ACROSS THE 30:40 STREET. HE SAYS YOU MUST BE AN ANGEL. 30:45 AND SHE SAID NO, I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET. 30:50 AND HE SAID NO YOU MUST BE AN ANGEL. 30:53 NOBODY HAS DONE THIS FOR US. NO, I'M JUST MARY, AND I'M JUST 31:00 DOING WHAT JESUS WOULD DO IF YOU ARE HEAR. 31:03 THIS JESUS THAT YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO KNOW HIM. 31:05 ANY GOD THAT MOVES A PERSON TO DO THIS FOR OTHER PEOPLE, WE 31:09 WANT TO KNOW THIS GOD, AND YOU SEEM TO BE SUCH A HAPPY PERSON, 31:13 WE WANT TO KNOW MORE. SHE SAID I CAN GIVE YOU BIBLE 31:19 STUDIES. AND HE SAID WHAT ABOUT TOMORROW. 31:21 AND SHE STARTED DOING BIBLE STUDIES FOR THESE PEOPLE. 31:26 YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, MOST OF THE CIRCUS PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED. 31:33 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> AND ONE OF THEM IS THE CLOWN,-pAND WHEN HE DOES HIS ACTS, YOU 31:39 KNOW -- [ LAUGHTER ] 31:40 >> HE HAS THAT SMILE PAINTED ON -- 31:42 >> YES. >> HE PAUSES IN THE MIDDLE OF 31:46 THIS, AND HE SAID, NOW, I MADE YOU LAUGH, BUT SOME OF YOU WERE 31:50 SAD WHEN YOU CAME HERE, AND FOR MANY YEARS I HAD THIS SMILE 31:53 PAINTED ON MY FACE, BUT I WAS SAD INSIDE. 31:57 BUT RECENTLY I FOUND JESUS CHRIST. 32:00 AND NOW I HAVE PAINTED SMILE AND A REAL SMILE. 32:03 >> AMEN. AMEN. 32:05 >> AND SO HE SAYS IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE JESUS I KNOW, WE HAVE 32:09 CARDS THAT WE'RE PASSING OUT. AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE PASSED OUT 32:13 CARDS ALL OVER, AND PEOPLE ARE TAKING BIBLE STUDIES, AND THEY 32:17 ARE DOING MARVELOUS WORK. SO IF WE LISTEN TO THE LORD, THE 32:23 LORD WILL LEAD US TO PEOPLE. >> AMEN. 32:26 >> MY WIFE IS -- SHE DOES LIKE FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM. 32:30 YOU MENTION A STORE NAMED WAL-MART -- 32:34 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WHEN WE GO TO WAL-MART, IT'S 32:38 UNBELIEVABLE TO ME. SHE KNOWS A LOT OF THE LADIES BY 32:41 NAME, SALLY, HOW ARE YOU? AND THEY HUG HER. 32:44 AND MARY, HOW IS IT GOING? AND I HAVE BEEN WITH HER AS SHE 32:49 TALKS TO THEM. AND SOME HAVE TOLD HER, PRAY FOR 32:52 ME, I HAVE CANCER. I AM GOING TO HAVE AN OPERATION. 32:56 AND SHE HAS THIS MINISTRY WITH THE LADIES THERE, AND IT'S 33:01 AMAZING. AND GOD USES HER IN A MIGHTY 33:04 WAY, AND I PRAISE THE LORD FOR THIS, THAT WE CAN SHARE THE 33:10 GOSPEL WITH PEOPLE. I'M SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT THE 33:14 SADDEST PEOPLE IN THE U.S. [ LAUGHTER ] 33:16 >> SO DO WE HAVE ANY TIME FOR THAT? 33:18 >> YEAH, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF PUT IT ON SPEED DIAL. 33:22 >> OKAY. IN -- IN THE UNITED STATES OF 33:24 AMERICA, THE -- THE SPANISH COMMUNITY IN THE SEVENTH-DAY 33:29 ADVENTIST CHURCH IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING GROUPS IN THE 33:35 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, AND SO WE ASK, 33:37 WHAT -- WHAT -- WHAT IS MAKING THIS HAPPEN? 33:40 AND I -- I -- I TOSSED THIS QUESTION OUT TO A GROUP OF 33:45 PASTORS THAT, YOU KNOW, WERE PART OF AN EMAIL, AND THEY 33:47 STARTED GIVING THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS GOING 33:50 ON, AND IN SOME WAYS, THERE'S A COMMON GROUND THAT A LOT OF 33:55 SPANISH PEOPLE HAVE. THEY COME FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY, 33:57 AND SOME ARE FAR AWAY FROM FAMILY. 34:00 A CHURCH BECOMES THEIR FAMILY. AND THEY CONNECT WITH PEOPLE 34:04 FROM THEIR COUNTRY OR OTHER COUNTRIES, BECAUSE THEY IDENTIFY 34:08 WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES THEY ARE FACING. 34:10 THAT IS ONE FACTOR. AND THE FACTOR IS THE 34:14 PASTORS -- IT'S PART OF THEIR LIFE TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO AN 34:20 EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN IN THE SPRING AND FALL, AND TO TALK TO 34:23 YOUR FRIENDS AND DO BIBLE STUDIES. 34:25 AND THEY ARE DOING BIBLE STUDIES PRACTICALLY ALL YEAR LONG, AND 34:30 WHEN IT COMES TO THE SPRING, THEY BRING THE PEOPLE THEY HAVE 34:35 BEEN DOING BIBLE STUDIES WITH. AND THESE ARE THEIR 34:38 NEIGHBORS -- BECAUSE THE SPANISH PEOPLE ARE VERY -- GREETING ONE 34:42 ANOTHER, AND THEY HUG ONE ANOTHER -- 34:44 >> OH, YEAH. >> AND IT'S -- YOU COME TO THE 34:47 CHURCH, AND THEY SAY -- DO YOU HAVE ANYPLACE TO GO? 34:51 WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO OUR HOME. 34:54 YOU CAN GET INVITED TO SOMEBODY'S HOME, AND YOU DON'T 34:57 KNOW EVEN KNOW WHO THEY ARE. AND THERE THEY ARE. 35:00 AND THIS IS THE COMMUNITY OF THE SPANISH PEOPLE. 35:04 >> AMEN. >> AND IT'S INTERESTING, GOD IS 35:07 MOVING IN HEARTS ALL OVER THE WORLD. 35:09 THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IS ONE OF THE FASTEST-GROWING 35:16 DENOMINATIONS IN THE WORLD. >> YES. 35:18 >> AND PEOPLE NEED TO WAKE UP TO UNDERSTAND THAT JESUS CHRIST IS 35:21 COMING SOON. JESUS SAID ALL POWER IS GIVEN 35:25 UNTO ME IN HEAVEN AND EARTH. GO YE. 35:29 SO THE LORD IS GOING TO USE THEM. 35:31 SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU -- ASK THE LORD TO USE YOU 35:35 IN SOME WAY, AND YOU CAN -- YOU ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING THAT 35:41 NOBODY ELSE HAS, THAT'S YOUR PERSONAL TESTIMONY. 35:43 >> AMEN. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 35:45 >> 3ABN IS A WONDERFUL TOOL FOR EVANGELISM. 35:49 >> AMEN. >> WE HAVE COPIES OF PROGRAMS, 35:51 YOU CAN ORDER COPIES OF PROGRAMS FROM 3ABN. 35:55 AND SHARE THEM, POINT PEOPLE TO THE 3ABN WEBSITE. 35:57 YOU KNOW WHAT SOME PEOPLE ARE DOING? 36:00 LET ME SHARE WITH YOU. SOME PEOPLE KNOW THAT 3ABN IS ON 36:03 IN THEIR COME PUN MUNTY -- I CAN TELL YOU STORIES AGO GUATEMALA 36:10 AND OTHER PLACES, THEY SAY BY THE WAY, DO YOU HAVE 3ABN. 36:15 WHAT IS 3ABN? LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT IT.-AND SO THEY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO 36:21 WATCH. WATCH CHANNEL SUCH AND SUCH IN 36:24 THAT CABLE COMPANY. AND SO THIS HAS BEEN VERY, VERY 36:29 EFFECTIVE. AND I ALSO BELIEVE -- THIS IS A 36:31 PERSONAL BELIEF, THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO 36:34 STAND UP AND SAY LET'S DO THIS. AND PEOPLE WILL -- WILL -- WILL 36:38 FOLLOW SOMEBODY THAT STANDS UP TO LEAD. 36:41 OF COURSE TALK TO YOUR CHURCH. DON'T JUST GET UP AND START 36:44 DOING A THING ON YOUR OWN. DON'T BE THE LOAN RANGER 36:48 EVANGELIST. [ LAUGHTER ] 36:49 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> WORK WITH THE CHURCH MEMBERS. 36:51 >> AMEN. >> AND SO PEOPLE ARE WAITING. 36:56 I NOTICED THIS A FEW YEARS BACK WHEN WE WERE PRINTING -- I THINK 37:02 IT WAS -- THE TEN COMANNEDMENTS TWICE REMOVED. 37:11 WE WERE TAKE SO MANY CALLS. AND PEOPLE WERE SAYING I NEED TO 37:15 GET UP AND DO SOMETHING NOW. AND 3ABN STARTED LIKE A MOVEMENT 37:19 OF PEOPLE GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR, PASSING OUT THE BOOK THE TEN 37:24 COMMANDMENTS TWICE REMOVED. >> AMEN. 37:32 >> AND IT WAS AMAZING WHAT GOD DID THROUGH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 37:36 TWICE REMOVED. SO I SAY TO YOU, ASK THE LORD, 37:40 WHAT CAN I DO IN MY CHURCH AND MY COMMUNITY THAT WILL GET THE 37:44 PEOPLE IN OUR CHURCH INTERESTED IN DOING SOMETHING FOR OTHERS. 37:48 >> AMEN. JOHNNY I HAVE TO CUT YOU SHORT. 37:51 >> YOU HAVE TO CUT ME SHORT. >> AND I KNOW SHELLEY WOULD HAVE 37:56 GOTTEN ON THAT ROAD WITH BLESSING IS ON THE GO! BUT I 38:00 RAINED HER IN TIGHTLY, OR SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. 38:03 SO WHEN YOU WENT INTO THAT -- I WAS THINKING I SHOULD HAVE BEEN 38:08 SAYING -- [ LAUGHTER ] 38:09 >> THAT IS SO CLOSE TO HER HEART. 38:12 GREG -- >> YES. 38:16 >> -- DOING THINGS ON THE SABBATH TO LIFT UP JESUS IS 38:20 EVANGELISM. >> IT IS. 38:20 >> AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO WALK US THROUGH. 38:23 >> YEAH, I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION TOO, REALLY EVANGELISM, 38:28 WHICH I JUST APPRECIATE THIS TOPIC. 38:30 I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC. I'M TALKING TO MYSELF HERE TO 38:36 GET CAUGHT UP IN MY OWN SELF. I CAN BE PUMPING GAS LIKE THIS. 38:41 LIKE, OKAY? I HOPE SOMEONE REALIZES I'M 38:44 HAVING A BAD DAY. WHY DON'T I BE THE FIRST ONE TO 38:46 GIVE THEM A SMILE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 38:48 >> OR YOU CAN BE SITTING AT HOME, AND YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF 38:52 YOUR HOUSE, AND YOU ARE WISHING FOR SOMEONE TO VISIT. 38:55 YOU CAN'T VISIT, BECAUSE LET'S SAY YOU ARE HAND BOUND, BUT YOU 38:59 CAN WRITE A CARD. IT'S EASY. 39:02 OKAY. [ LAUGHTER ] 39:03 >> I'M GOING TO TELL ON MYSELF HERE A LITTLE BIT. 39:05 WE CAN TEND TO THINK ABOUT OUR OWN JOURNEY, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. 39:10 WE NEED TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AND FILL OURSELVES WITH JESUS. 39:13 BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE AND THEIR 39:17 JOURNEY. SO TODAY, I LANDED -- WAS ON A 39:20 TRIP, AND I LANDED EARIER TODAY IN ST. LOUIS, AND WHAT DO YOU 39:24 CALL THAT THING -- THE JETWAY? YOU GO FROM THE PLANE TO THE 39:28 TERMINAL? >> YEAH. 39:29 >> OKAY. SO I WAS WALKING UP THE JETWAY, 39:32 AND I REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH MY SHO, AND I LOOKED 39:35 DOWN AND I SAW MY SHOE LACE DANGLING ALONG, SO I STARTED 39:41 SWINGING MY LEG TO THE SIDE, BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO TRIP, 39:45 BECAUSE I DIN'T WANT TO LOOK LIKE A FOOL, AND I DIDN'T WANT 39:50 TO HOLD EVERYONE UP IN THE JETWAY, AND SO I GOT OUT TO THE 39:55 TERMINAL, I FOUND A CHAIR, AND SAT DOWN, AND I DIDN'T TAKE BUT 40:07 TWO, THREE, FOUR STEPS, AND I HIT WATER WITH MY RIGHT FOOT AND 40:11 I NEARLY FELL DOWN, SO I WAS TRYING TO KEEP FROM TRIPPING ON 40:14 MY SHOE LACE EARLIER. I TIE IT, AND I TAKE TWO OR 40:18 THREE STEPS AND I NEARLY FALL DOWN IN THIS PUDDLE OF WATER. 40:25 AND I DIDN'T SAY WATCH OUT. THERE'S WATER THERE. 40:28 SOMEONE ELSE DON'T FALL. I'M LIKE I'M THANKFUL I DIDN'T 40:31 FALL DOWN, AND I JUST KEPT ON -pWALKING. AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK IN MY 40:38 OWN JOURNEY, I NEED TO SAY, WATCH OUT. 40:41 LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THIS. AND I'M JUST -- AGAIN, GETTING 40:45 BACK TO THE THING OF GETTING OUT OF OURSELVES, I'M NOT PREACHING 40:49 TO YOU, BUT I HAVE BEEN CONVICTED HERE AS WE HAVE BEEN 40:53 TALKING -- I NEED TO GET OUT OF MYSELF. 40:56 I CAN ALWAYS SAY I'M TOO TIRED. OR I DON'T FEEL LIKE DOING THAT. 41:02 THAT'S NO EXCUSE. GOING TO DOING GOOD ON THE 41:09 SABBATH. GENESIS 2, CHRIST RESTED FROM 41:13 HIS TOIL. WHAT THAT DOESN'T MEAN FOR US IS 41:17 WE JUST REST AND SLEEP ON THE SABBATH DAY. 41:20 GOD RESTED FROM HIS NORMAL TOIL OF CREATING THE EARTH. 41:25 AND THERE ARE SO MANY EXAMPLES OF WHAT GOD DID -- OR JESUS 41:30 CHRIST DID WHEN HE WAS HERE ON EARTH. 41:34 HE DID SO MUCH GOOD. I WANT TO TURN TO LUKE 13 -- AND 41:39 DOING GOOD ON THE SABBATH. LET'S LOOK AT -- WOW, THIS WOULD 41:43 BE KIND OF LONG. LET'S GO TO LUKE 13:10, 41:48 AND -- AND IT SAYS AND HE WAS TEACHING IN ONE OF THE 41:53 SYNAGOGUES -- THAT'S JESUS.-SO JESUS WAS TEACHING IN ONE OF THE SYNAGOGUES ON THE SABBATH 42:00 DAY. AND THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO HAD A 42:03 SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY FOR 18 YEARS, AND COULD NOT LIFT UP 42:09 OURSELVES. SO I'M ENVISIONING THAT SHE WAS 42:13 BENT OVER. AND WHEN JESUS SAW HER, HE 42:16 CALLED TO -- CALLED HER TO HIM, AND SAID TO HER, WOMAN, THOUSAND 42:24 ART LOOSE FROM THINE INFERMTY. AND HE LAID HIS HANDS ON HER 42:28 AND IMMEDIATELY SHE WAS MADE STRAIGHT, AND SHE GLORIFIED GOD.-OH, BOY, LOOK AT VERSE 14, AND 42:35 THE RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE ANSWERED WITH INDIGNATION 42:40 BECAUSE THAT JESUS HAD HEALED HER ON THE SABBATH DAY, AND HE 42:43 SAID TO THE PEOPLE, THERE ARE SIX DAYS IN WHICH MEN OUGHT TO 42:48 WORK, IN THEM, THEREFORE, COME AND BE HEALED AND NOT ON THE 42:52 SABBATH DAY. SO HERE THIS LEADER OF THE 42:55 SYNAGOGUE WAS TELLING THE PEOPLE DON'T COME TO THE SABBATH TO BE 43:02 HEALED. AND THE LORD THEN ANSWERED AND 43:05 SAID THOU HYPOCRITE, DOTH NOT EACH ONE OF YOU ON THE SABBATH 43:11 LOSE HIS OX AND ASS FROM THE STALL, AND OUGHT NOT THIS WOMAN 43:18 BE A DAUGHTER OF ABRAHAM. THAT'S QUITE A REDUKE -- 43:24 >> YES. >> HE IS SAYING YOU ARE GOING TO 43:27 LET YOUR ANIMALS LOSE, BUT YET YOU ARE SAYING I CAN'T HEAL HER 43:31 ON THE SABBATH DAY. THERE ARE MULTIPLE 43:36 THINGS -- THERE'S ONE WITH THE WITHERED HAND. 43:39 THE MAN AT THE POOL OF BETHESDA. AND IT'S INTERESTING TO ME TOO, 43:46 JUST DOING STUDY ON THIS -- THESE PEOPLE THAT WERE 43:50 HEALED -- MAYBE THE MAN BY THE POOL, THE BLIND MAN ALSO, HE WAS 43:55 HEALED ON THE SABBATH DAY WHEN CHRIST SPIT INTO THE DUST AND 43:59 MADE IT CLAY AND PUT IT INTO HIS EYES. 44:03 AND THEY ARE ALL NOT REALLY LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO DIE IN THE 44:08 NEXT SECOND OR TWO, BUT CHRIST WAS HEALING THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE 44:12 IT WAS FOR THEIR BENEFIT. >> UH-HUH. 44:15 >> YEAH. >> AND SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT 44:18 EXAMPLE FOR ALL OF US, AS FAR AS DOING GOOD ON THE SABBATH. 44:23 MY DAD WAS A HOME HEALTH NURSE, AND HE WOULD TAKE MY SISTER AND 44:27 MYSELF OUT -- WE WERE JUST -- I DON'T KNOW LITTLE SQUIRTS, JUST 44:31 IT WILLING SPROUTS -- THAT SOUNDS BETTER -- 44:34 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND WE REALLY COULDN'T CARRY 44:36 A TUNE, BUT HE WOULD HAVE US THERE SINGING IN THE HOMES OF 44:39 THESE PATIENTS ON THE SABBATH DAY. 44:46 AND WE WOULD SING LIKE LITTLE TUNES LIKE JESUS LOVES ME AND 44:52 SUCH, AND I THINK THINGS LIKE THAT IF YOU WANT TO CALL THAT 44:56 EVANGELISM, GOING TO SOMEONE'S HOUSE, OR EVEN AT CHURCH IF 45:01 SOMEBODY IS SITTING BY THEMSELVES SAY, HEY, HOW ARE YOU 45:05 DOING? EVEN IF YOU ARE FEELING A LITTLE 45:07 LOW, AND YOU PUT THT CLOWN SMILE ON THAT WASN'T REAL -- IT 45:10 WAS PAINTED ON ORIGINALLY, AND THEN IT BECAME A REAL SMILE 45:16 UNDERNEATH, IT WILL GIVE US REAL SMILES OURSELVES. 45:18 >> AMEN. >> BY DOING GOOD ON THE SABBATH 45:22 DAY. >> YOU MINISTER LONG ENOUGH, YOU 45:24 GET THE STORIES ON EVERYTHING. I WAS IN FREE PORT RHODE ISLAND, 45:29 MY FIRST ELDERS HOME BURNED DOWN. 45:32 AND I SAID, OKAY, NO SERMON TODAY. 45:35 LET'S GO HOME, CHANGE HER CLOTHES AND HELP HIM. 45:39 AND PEOPLE WERE LIKE, I WANT MY SERMON. 45:42 WELL, YOUR SERMON ARE GOING TO BE IN THE STREETS. 45:45 SO WE CHANGED OUR CLOTHES AND HELPED HIM GET WHAT HE SHOULD 45:51 SALVAGE, BUT HE SPENT THE DAY -- IT WAS IN THE SUMMERTIME 45:54 SO IT WAS A LONG DAY -- WE SPENT THE WHOLE DAY TRYING TO HELP. 45:59 AND THE NEIGHBORS CAME OUT AND SAID WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? 46:02 AND HE HAD A NEIGHBOR HE HAD LIVED NEXT TO FOR QUITE A WHILE, 46:07 AND HE SAID THIS IS MY CHURCH. AND WE WERE FILTH, YOU SMELL 46:15 BAD, YOU LOOK WORSE, BUT YOU ARE PRAISING THE LORD. 46:19 >> THAT'S A GREAT POINT. IT'S NOT JUST SITTING THERE 46:23 DOING BIBLE STUDIES. AND IT WAS ON THE SABBATH, 46:26 BECAUSE SOMEBODY COULD SAY, OH, DEAR, YOU ARE DOING HARD 46:30 PHYSICAL LABOR, DON'T DO THAT. LET THEM SUFFER FOR 24 HOURS, 46:34 AND THEN HELP. WHEN 2008 THE HURRICANE WE HAD 46:39 HERE -- >> YES. 46:40 >> I REMEMBER PEOPLE FROM THE CHURCH WENT TO SOME OF THE 46:43 CHURCH MEMBERS WITH CHAIN SAWS, AND IT WAS ON SABBATH, AND THEY 46:47 HAD A MAJOR NEED WITH THE TREES DOWN. 46:50 I BELIEVE THAT'S HONORABLE TO GOD. 46:53 >> IT PUTS LEGS ON THE GOSPEL AND IT SHOWS YOU ARE REAL PEOPLE 46:58 WHO CARE, NOT ONLY ABOUT THE KINGDOM COME, BUT ADVANCING THE 47:03 KINGDOM NOW. >> WE HAVE OUR LAST GROUP. 47:07 LET'S READ THEM QUICKLY, AND THEN I'LL ASK FOR A PRAYER. 47:11 LET'S START WITH JILL. >> PRAYER FOR DAUGHTER IN CANADA 47:15 BRIDGET. SHE IS HAVING SEIZURES. 47:17 AND PRAYER FOR FRED AND HIS FAMILY. 47:20 >> PRAYER FOR JABON TO GET OFF DRUGS, AND FOR MICHELLE IN 47:28 PHOENIX TO GET OFF DRUGS. PRAYER FOR PATRICK, ALSO. 47:32 SHE HAS PAIN IN HER BACKS, FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS, NOTHING 47:37 WORKING. PRAYER FOR YVONNE FOR HER TO 47:39 COME BACK TO CHURCH. >> PLEASE PRAY FOR MY HUSBAND 47:42 WHO USED TO BE IN THE CHURCH. PLEASE PRAY FOR JIM AND JILL AND 47:47 KURT, HIS FAMILY MIKE AND KNOLLY. 47:54 >> I HAVE HERE LOU ELLA IS ASKING PRAYER FOR BETTY. 47:57 SHE LEFT THE CHURCH AND IS BITTER ABOUT THE CHURCH AND 48:01 RELIGION. SHELBY FAMILY FOR SALVATION AND 48:06 HEALING. MORGAN NEEDS HEALING FOR A WHOLE 48:13 IN HIS EAR. AND THIS CALLER IS 96, HER 48:16 NEIGHBORS NEED SALVATION. >> AMEN. 48:18 >> 96 YEARS OLD. >> WOW. 48:20 >> AND THIS SAYS -- SHE HAS SIX CHILDREN AND TWO ARE ADVENTISTS, 48:25 AND IS REQUESTING PRAYERS FOR THE OTHER FOUR. 48:28 >> THIS SAYS PRAY FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN. 48:35 SHE WANTS THEM TO FIND THE LORD. PRAY FOR JIM, BYRON, JAMES, 48:43 WARREN, SHARLY, MARY, AND VARIOUS FAMILY MEMBERS, NO NAME. 48:47 AND THEN PRAY FOR MY HUSBAND KARL, OUR SONS SETH, OUR 48:54 DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, OUR GRANDDAUGHTER, AND MYSELF. 48:58 SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO STAND IN THE NEED OF PRAYER OUT 49:02 THERE. AND JILL? 49:03 >> I JUST WAS THINKING -- WE RECEIVED THIS EMAIL TODAY AT 49:07 3ABN, AND IT IS A PRAYER REQUEST, SO AS WE WERE TALKING 49:11 ABOUT THIS. THIS IS PRAYER FOR 49:14 SOMEONE -- IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE MINISTRY HERE AT 3ABN AS 49:20 WELL, WITH STRONG TOWER RADIO. GEORGE IS ON HOSPICE AND IS VERY 49:26 SICK. SO I JUST WANT TO LIST HIM AS 49:29 WELL. >> PASTOR? 49:30 >> YES, LET'S PRAY. OUR KIND GRACIOUS LOVING 49:36 HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BOLDLY TO THE THROWN BECAUSE OF JESUS. 49:42 WE COME CLAIMING YOUR BLOOD, WE COME CLAIMING AND ASKING FOR 49:47 FORGIVENESS OF SIN THAT OUR PRAYERS MAY BE HEARD TONIGHT. 49:50 WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD 49:52 HERE. WE'RE THANKFUL FOR LEARNING MORE 49:54 ABOUT YOU, AND WERE THANKFUL FOR THOSE PHONE CALLS. 49:59 WE REALIZE THERE ARE MANY, MANY SUFFERING TONIGHT. 50:02 BUT THERE'S COMMON GROUND HERE. WE'RE TOUCHING PEOPLE, TOUCHING 50:06 PEOPLE, THERE'S MOMS AND DADS AND CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN 50:10 AND AUNTS AND UNCLES, AND EACH ONE HAS A DESIRE, IT SEEMS HERE 50:14 TO KNOW YOU BETTER. THEY ARE INTERCEDING FOR THEIR 50:17 FAMILY MEMBERS, AND LORD WE'RE INTERCEDING NOW, BECAUSE THERE 50:23 ARE THOSE TONIGHT -- ONE CALL THAT CAME IN THAT SOMEONE TRIED 50:28 TO COMMIT SUICIDE, SOMEONE ON HOSPICE. 50:33 AND THE ONE THAT TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE THOUGHT THERE WAS 50:37 NOTHING OUT THERE FOR THEM. BUT LORD, YOU THERE. 50:40 WE PRAY THAT YOU SEND SOMEBODY TO THAT PERSON RIGHT NOW; THAT 50:44 THEY WOULD HELP THEM. HELP EACH AND EVERY REQUEST. 50:53 MOST OF ALL MAY BELOOK TO JESUS WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF OUR FAITH. 50:57 LORD WE TRUST YOU CAN THESE PRECIOUS PEOPLE TONIGHT. 51:01 WE TRUST YOU. BECAUSE YOU LOVE THEM MORE THAN 51:04 WE COULD EVER LOVE THEM. AND YOU CERTAINLY PROVED THAT ON 51:08 CALVARY'S CROSS. WE THANK YOU FOR HEARING AND 51:11 ANSWERING PRAYER. WE LEAVE THEM IN YOUR CAPABLE 51:16 HANS, AND PLEASE BLESS THEM, HEAL THEM, BRING THEM BACK, 51:20 RESTORE THEM. WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS. 51:25 AMEN. >> AMEN. 51:28 AMEN. IN OUR LAST FEW MOMENTS, I WANT 51:31 TO TALK ABOUT A SERIES OF WRITINGS FROM ELLEN WHITE CALLED 51:36 PUBLIC PRESENCE. SHE TALKS ABOUT AT LARGE 51:43 GATHERINGS WE OUGHT TO BE THERE ON THE GROUND. 51:49 SHE SAYS WE OUGHT TO DRAW NEAR TO MINISTERS OF OTHER FAITHS, 51:53 DON'T SHY AWAY FROM THEM. AND WE HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES 51:57 WHEN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS TWICE REMOVED WAS WRITTEN, THERE WAS A 52:01 CHANCE TO DRAW NEAR. AND WE FOUND THAT MINISTRIES 52:04 WERE HUNGRY FOR THE WORD, FOR THE GOSPEL ALSO. 52:07 AND CAME TO THE CHURCH IN SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS, THEN SHE 52:10 SAYS THIS UNDER THE HEADING DO NOT DEPEND ON MIRACLES. 52:15 SHE SAYS DO NOT DEPEND ON MIRACLES. 52:19 GOD DOES NOT WORK MIRACLES TO ADVANCE HIS TREAT. 52:22 IF A HUSBAND NEGLECTS TO CULTIVATE THE SOIL AFTER SEWING 52:27 HIS SEED, GOD WORKS NO MIRACLE TO COUNTERACT THE SURE RESULT OF 52:33 NEGLECT. SHE IS SAYING IF YOU ARE IN YOUR 52:36 ARMCHAIR, EATING BONBONS AND WATCHING TV, THAT NEIGHBOR NEXT 52:41 DOOR IS NOT GOING TO BE SAVED WHILE YOU ARE SITTING THERE. 52:45 BUT IF YOU GO, THEN IT ALLOWS GOD TO WORK THROUGH YOU, AND TO 52:49 DO MIRACLES. IN THE HARVEST HE WILL FIND HIS 52:55 FIELD BARRON. GOD WORKS ACCORDING TO GREAT 52:59 PRINCIPLES, AND IT IS OUR PART TO MATURE WISE PLAN. 53:03 SO CHURCHES OUGHT TO BE THINKING AND PRAYING, HOW CAN WE MEET 53:09 THIS COMMUNITY AND DRAW THEM TO JESUS. 53:11 IT MAY BE A BIBLE STUDY, BUT IT MAY BE A LOAF OF BREAD, OR JUST 53:15 SOME CARE. IT MAY BE DOING SOME OTHER KINDS 53:18 OF THINGS. TO MATURE PLANS AND SET IN 53:22 OPERATION THE MEANS WHEREBY GOD SHALL BRING ABOUT CERTAIN 53:27 RESULTS. WHEN I WAS AT THE CHURCH, WE 53:29 CAME UP WITH THE MOTHER'S DAY INITIATIVE. 53:32 WE ASKED THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO GIVE US IMPLEMENTS FOR CLEANING 53:38 THE BLOCK. AND WE GOT TOGETHER ON MOTHER'S 53:40 DAY MORNING, AND SOME FOLKS SAID-WE WANT TO STAY IN BED AND CHILL. 53:46 BUT WE CLEANED THE WHOLE BLOCK WHERE THE CHURCH SAT, 53:49 PHYSICALLY, THE STICKS THE BAGS EVERYTHING. 53:51 AND IN THE AFTERNOON WE MADE A NICE FLIER, AND SAID THIS IS THE 53:56 CHURCH'S MOTHER'S DAY GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY. 54:00 THE NEXT SABBATH 20 FAMILIES THAT HAD NEVER BEEN IN THE 54:05 CHURCH BEFORE. 20 FAMILIES. 54:06 JUST WANT TO KNOW, WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE. 54:10 BECAUSE THEY SAW US DOING SOMETHING FOR THEM. 54:11 SO THINK OF WAYS -- BECAUSE THE WAYS ARE THERE. 54:16 THE METHODOLOGIES ARE THERE YOU CAN USE TO REACH THESE 54:21 COMMUNITIES. SHELLEY HAS SAID IT WELL, WE ARE 54:23 ALL PRIESTS, AND CALLED TO LEAD PEOPLE TO THE LORD. 54:28 WE ARE CALLED TO USE WHATEVER GIFTS -- WHAT DID THE 54:31 LORD -- WHAT IS THAT IN YOUR HAND? 54:33 >> UH-HUH. >> USE WHAT IS IN YOUR HAND TO 54:36 SERVE THE LORD. PASTOR JOHNNY HAD SO MUCH -- I 54:39 JUST -- I JUST LOVED THE STORY, YOU KNOW, THE CLOWN FACE IS JUST 54:44 WONDERFUL, AND THE FACT THAT -- THAT FRIENDSHIP 54:47 EVANGELISM, HUGGING EVANGELISM, TOUCHING EVANGELISM IS 54:51 RESPONSIBLE FOR GREAT CHURCH GROWTH, AND THEN PUTTING LEGS ON 54:54 THE GOSPEL, GREG, DOING THINGS THAT SHOW THAT WE ARE CONCERNED 54:59 ABOUT HEAVEN AND YOUR AFTER LIFE, BUT WE ARE ALSO VERY MUCH 55:03 CONCERNED ABOUT THIS LIFE, AND HOW YOU PREPARE FOR THE LORD AND 55:07 THE WALK THAT LEADS TO GLORY. I WOULD LIKE TO -- IN THE 55:11 STRONGEST WAY THANK JILL MORIKONE AND SHELLEY QUINN, 55:16 PASTOR KENNY SHELTON, JOHN DINZEY AND GREG MORIKONE. 55:20 THIS HAS BEEN AN EXCITING STUDY, HASN'T IT? 55:22 >> YES. >> WE HAVE LEARNED A COUPLE OF 55:25 THINGS, AND DONE A FEW THINGS. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU -- FIND 55:29 A WAY TO SERVE THE LORD. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT GOD 55:33 WANTS YOU TO WORK WITH HIM. I HAVE A READING WE WEREN'T ABLE 55:36 TO GET TO WHERE -- THE LORD COULD -- IF HE DESIRED ASK 55:41 ANGELS TO DO THIS WORK, OR HE CAN DO IT HIMSELF. 55:44 THERE ARE MANY TIMES HE STEPS IN AND MAKES UP FOR OUR LETHARGY. 55:50 BUT THINGS WORK BEST WHEN YOU JOIN HANDS WITH GOD TO DO A WORK 55:56 THAT HE WANTS TO DO. THERE ARE SOME PLACES WHERE GOD 55:59 CAN'T GET IN, UNLESS HE GETS IN THERE THROUGH YOU. 56:03 IT IS GOIN TO BE ON THAT JOB OR OUT IN THE STREET. 56:07 SO MANY STORIES COME TO MIND -- I HAVE TO RESIST THE 56:11 TEMPTATION TO DO THEM. BUT FIND SOMETHING TO DO. 56:15 PRAY AND ASK THE LORD WHAT HE WOULD HAVE YOU TO DO TO ADVANCE 56:22 HIS KINGDOM, AND GOD WILL SHOW YOU HAVE, AND THEN DO IT. 56:25 DO IT KNOWING THAT GOD WILL LEAD YOU ALWAYS IN TRIUMPH, AND GOD 56:30 CAN DO ANYTHING BUT FAIL. NOW IN CLOSING, MAY THE LOVE OF 56:35 OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF AND GOD OUR FATHER, WHO HAS 56:38 LOVED US, AND GIVEN US EVER-LASTING CONSOLATION, 56:43 COMFORT YOU AND GIVE YOU EVERY GOOD HOPE BY GRACE, AND 56:48 ESTABLISH YOU IN EVERY GOOD WORD AND WORK IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD 56:51 JESUS CHRIST. WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SOON. 56:53 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. KEEP ON WORKING. 56:56 KEEP ON PRAYING. KEEP ON LOVING. 56:59 KEEP ON SERVING, AND ONE DAY SOON, AND VERY SOON, WE WILL SEE 57:06 HIM. GOOD NIGHT, AND GOD BLESS. 57:08 ♪ |
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