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Lanny Wolfe and 3ABN Family

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00:01 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:07 ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:19 ♪ REMOVING PAIN ♪ ♪ LORD, LET MY WORDS ♪
00:27 ♪ LET MY WORDS ♪ ♪ HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ♪
00:33 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪
00:50 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE.
01:07 ♪ IT FEES SO GOOD BEING HERE
01:26 AGAIN ♪ ♪ IT FEELS SO BEING HERE AGAIN ♪
01:34 ♪ IT FEELS SO GOOD, JUST BEING HERE AGAIN ♪
01:41 ♪ OH, WHAT PEACE ♪ ♪ OH, WHAT JOY ♪
01:47 ♪ OH, WHAT IRREPLACEABLE COMFORT I ENJOY ♪
01:54 ♪ WHEN GOD'S CHILDREN GET TOGETHER ♪
01:57 ♪ AND SWING PRAISES TO THE KING ♪
02:01 ♪ THIS FEELING I JUST WOULDN'T TRADE FOR ANYTHING ♪
02:06 ♪ IT FEELS SO GOOD ♪ ♪ JUST BEING HERE AGAIN ♪
02:12 ♪ IT FEELS SO GOOD, FEELING WHAT I FEEL AGAIN ♪
02:19 ♪ THERE'S JUST NOTHING I LIKE BETTER THAN GOD'S CHILDREN
02:26 GETTING TOGETHER ♪ ♪ IT FEELS SO GOOD JUST BEING
02:29 HERE AGAIN ♪ ♪ JUST LOOK AROUND AND YOU WILL
02:40 SEE HAPPY FACES WHERE SAD FACES USED TO BE ♪
02:47 ♪ FOR JESUS SAVED US BY HIS MERCY ♪
02:51 ♪ HE PLACED US IN THIS FAMILY ♪ ♪ AND NOW THIS FELLOWSHIP MEANS
02:58 ALL THE WORLD TO ME ♪ ♪ IT FEELS SO GOOD JUST BEING
03:05 HERE AGAIN ♪ ♪ IT FEELS SO GOOD, FEELING WHAT
03:13 I FEEL AGAIN ♪ ♪ THERE'S JUST NOTHING I LIKE
03:19 BE BETTER THAN GOD'S CHILDREN
03:23 GETTING TOGETHER ♪ ♪ IT FEELS SO GOOD JUST BEING
03:26 HERE AGAIN ♪ ♪ THERE'S JUST NOTHING I LIKE
03:30 BETTER THAN GOD'S CHILDREN GETTING TOGETHER ♪
03:33 ♪ IT FEELS SO GOOD JUST BEING HERE AGAIN ♪
03:41 >> AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE SAID -- >> AMEN!
03:45 >> ALL RIGHT. PRAISE THE LORD.
03:48 WELCOME TO 3ABN TODAY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, THANK
03:51 YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF 3ABN AS
03:56 WE ENDEAVOR TO TAKE THIS GREAT GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM INTO ALL
04:01 OF THE WORLD. WE ARE HAVING FUN TODAY.
04:07 IS IT OKAY FOR US TO BE HAPPY? >> ABSOLUTELY.
04:12 >> I HAD A PREACHER SAY IF YOU'RE HAPPY LET YOUR FACE SHOW
04:18 IT. AND WITHOUT JESUS THERE'S NO
04:20 HOPE, RIGHT? WITH HIM, THERE'S EVERYTHING.
04:23 HOPE FOR ETERNAL LIFE, SALVATION.
04:26 IT'S AN AMAZING THING TO GET TOGETHER WITH GOD'S WONDERFUL
04:31 PEOPLE. MELODY JUST SHOWED ME -- RIGHT
04:33 BEFORE HE STARTED, WE ACTUALLY RECORDED THIS SONG WITH YOUR
04:37 MOTHER WHEN YOU WERE, WHAT, NINE YEARS OLD.
04:42 WE'LL HAVE TO PLAY THAT? MELODY HAD THIS HIGH VOICE, AND
04:47 ABOUT 95% OF THE SONGS WE SANG WERE LANNY WOLFE SONGS.
04:52 LET'S INTRODUCE LANNY WOLFE AT THE PIANO.
04:57 IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. >> GOOD TO BE HERE.
05:00 >> MARIETTA WEBSTER SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
05:02 YOU KNOW WE LOVE YOU, RIGHT? WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL WOMAN AND
05:07 WOMAN OF GOD, AND SOMEONE WE LOOKED UP TO FOR A LONG TIME.
05:12 AND STANDING BESIDE ME IS BROTHER BILLY BLACKWOOD.
05:15 I'M GOING TO HUG YOU. IT'S SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.
05:20 >> IT'S AN HONOR TO BE PART OF THE SHOW TONIGHT.
05:25 YOU HAD TO TRAVEL TODAY, BUT LORD CHANGED THE PLANS AND HERE
05:30 YOU ARE. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
05:33 OF COURSE EVERYONE KNOWS YVONNE,-AND I'M SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE HONEY.
05:40 YOU LOOK PRETTY TODAY. HOW AM I DOING?
05:46 >> YOU ARE DOING GOOD. >> WE HAVE LADYE LOVE-SMITH, AND
06:00 MELODY SHELTON-FIRESTONE, TAMMY CHANCE, AND RYAN DAY, WE'RE SO
06:04 GLAD YOU ARE A PART OF THE 3ABN FAMILY.
06:09 AND TIM PARTON THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE CAUSE OF
06:13 GOD, AND SO I JUST -- I'M BLESSED TODAY, AND IT'S OUR HOPE
06:19 AND PRAYER WHEN THIS PROGRAM IS OVER, YOU WILL BE DRAWN CLOSER
06:24 TO THE LORD. YOU WILL HAVE A PEACE THAT
06:28 PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING. SURELY THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
06:31 IS IN THIS PLACE. >> AMEN.
06:34 ♪ IN THE MIDST OF HIS CHILDREN ♪ ♪ THE LORD SAID HE WOULD BE ♪
06:45 ♪ IT DOESN'T TAKE VERY MANY ♪ ♪ IT CAN BE JUST TWO OR THREE ♪
06:52 ♪ AND THEN I FEEL THAT SAME SWEET SPIRIT ♪
07:00 ♪ THAT I FOUND ALL TIMES BEFORE, FOR SURELY, I CAN SAY THAT I
07:11 HAVE BEEN WITH MY LORD ♪ ♪ SURELY ♪
07:19 ♪ THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD IS IN THIS PLACE ♪
07:28 ♪ I CAN FEEL HIS MIGHTILY POWER ♪
07:33 ♪ AND HIS GRACE ♪ I CAN HEAR THE RUSH OF ANGEL'S
07:39 WINGS ♪ ♪ I SEE GLORY ON EACH FACE ♪
07:46 ♪ SURELY THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD IS IN THIS PLACE ♪
07:57 ♪ THERE'S A HOLINESS AROUND US ♪ ♪ AS GOD'S GLORY FILLS THIS
08:07 PLACE ♪ ♪ I TOUCH THE HEM OF HIS
08:11 GARMENT, AND I CAN ALMOST SEE HIS FACE ♪
08:16 ♪ AND MY HEART IS OVERFLOWING ♪ ♪ WITH THE FULLNESS OF HIS JOY ♪
08:26 ♪ I KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT ♪ ♪ THAT I HAVE BEEN WITH THE
08:31 LORD ♪ ♪ SURELY THE PRESENCE OF THE
08:45 LORD IS IN THIS PLACE ♪ ♪ I CAN FEEL HIS MIGHTY POWER
08:51 AND HIS GRACE ♪ ♪ I CAN HEAR THE RUSH OF ANGEL'S
08:59 WINGS ♪ ♪ I SEE GLORY ON EACH FACE ♪
09:04 ♪ SURELY THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD IS IN THIS PLACE ♪
09:17 >> WELL, PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME, WHERE DO YOU GET SONGS, HOW DO
09:22 YOU GET SONGS? THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS I NEVER
09:26 KNOW WHEN THEY ARE COMING, AND I NEVER KNOW WHERE THEY ARE
09:30 COMING. THIS NEXT SONG I WAS IN FLORIDA
09:34 I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE IN NEW YORK, SO
09:40 I WAS GETTING READY IN MY HOTEL ROOM IN FLORIDA, AND GOD JUST
09:46 DROPPED THIS ON ME. AND I WAS PLANNING ON SLEEPING
09:51 ON THE PLANE BETWEEN FLORIDA AND NEW YORK.
09:54 WELL, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
10:02 IT IS "WE GIVE YOU PRAISE," AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT
10:08 TODAY. ♪ WE GIVE YOU PRAISE ♪
10:12 ♪ WE GIVE YOU PRAISE ♪ ♪ WE GIVE YOU PRAISE, LORD,
10:28 YOU'RE WORTHY ♪ ♪ WITH ALL THE PRAISE, WE GIVE
10:37 YOU PRAISE ♪ ♪ WE GIVE HIM GLORY AND PRAISE ♪
10:45 >> LET'S ALL SING IT. ♪ WE GIVE YOU PRAISE ♪
10:50 ♪ WE GIVE YOU PRAISE ♪ ♪ WE GIVE YOU PRAISE, LORD, YOU
11:04 ARE WORTHY ♪ ♪ WITH HANDS UP RAISED, WE GIVE
11:11 YOU PRAISE ♪ ♪ WE GIVE YOU GLORY AND PRAISE ♪
11:23 >> WELL, SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT WE WERE TAPING FOR 3ABN,
11:31 THE THIRD VOICE OF THE TRIO FOR ALMOST FIVE DECADES, DAVE
11:38 PETERSON, PASSED AWAY, AND LAST SPRING, IT HAS BEEN VERY
11:44 DIFFICULT FOR MARIETA AND I AND HIS FAMILY TO COME TO GRIPS WITH
11:56 THE FACT THAT DAVE IS NO LONGER WITH US.
12:01 HE HAD THIS WIDE RANGE OF DYNAMICS.
12:05 HIS PERSONALITY WAS INFECTIOUS WHEN HE WOULD COME INO THE
12:08 ROOM, HE WOULD JUST LIGHT IT UP WITH JOY AND LAUGHTER.
12:14 HIS LOVE FOR GOD UNMISTAKABLE. HIS LIFE -- HE SPENT ALL OF HIS
12:21 LIFE, ALL OF HIS LIFE, SINGING AND PREACHING THE GOSPEL, AND SO
12:26 WE WANT TO DEDICATE THIS NEXT SONG TO DAVE'S WIFE BONITA, AND
12:33 THE REST OF HIS FAMILY, BECAUSE DAVE SANG ON THIS SONG,
12:40 AND -- SO AND JESUS REALLY DID MEAN EVERYTHING TO DAVE
12:51 PETERSON. SO WE DEDICATE THIS TO HIS WIFE.
12:57 >> VERY HUMBLE MAN OF GOD. >> HE WAS.
13:00 ♪ A COOL DRINK OF WATER ON A HOT SUMMER DAY ♪
13:08 ♪ AND RIGHT IN THE DARKNESS THAT DRIVES THE FEAR AWAY ♪
13:19 ♪ A SHELTER FROM THE STORM ♪ ♪ JESUS IS ALL OF THE ♪
13:34 ♪ AND TRUE TO MY SOUL ♪ ♪ JESUS, JESUS ♪
13:51 ♪ JESUS, JESUS ♪ ♪ WITHOUT HIM, WHERE WOULD I
14:09 BE ♪ ♪ HE'S A FRIEND TO THE
14:18 FRIENDLESS ♪ ♪ WHEN THERE'S NO PLACE TO GO ♪
14:24 ♪ BEATEN AND BATTLED ♪ ♪ HE'S A SHEPHERD WHO LOVES ME ♪
14:39 ♪ JESUS, IS ALL OF THE AND MORE TO MY SOUL ♪
14:52 ♪ JESUS, JESUS ♪ ♪ HE MEANS ALL THE WORLD TO ME ♪
15:11 ♪ JESUS, JESUS, WITHOUT HIM WHERE WOULD I BE ♪
15:25 >> PRAISE THE LORD. ♪
15:35 ♪ I FEEL GOOD ♪ ♪ I FEEL GOOD ♪
15:39 ♪ JUST TO KNOW I HAVE BEEN REDEEMED, I FEEL GOOD ♪
15:46 ♪ I FEEL GOOD ♪ ♪ JUST TO KNOW I HAVE BEEN
15:52 REDEEMED MAKES ME FEEL GOOD ♪ ♪ OH, HOW WELL DO I REMEMBER,
15:56 ALL OF THE DAYS I SPENT IN SIN ♪ ♪ WITH NO THOUGHT OF DOING ALL
16:01 OF THE THINGS I SHOULD ♪ ♪ BUT THEN THE SAVIOR FOUND ME
16:09 AND GENTLY TOOK ME IN, MAKES ME WANT TO SHOUT HALLELUJAH, I FEEL
16:17 GOOD ♪ ♪ I FEEL GOOD, JUST TO KNOW I
16:23 HAVE BEEN REDEEMED, I FEEL GOOD ♪
16:27 ♪ I FEEL GOOD, JUST TO KNOW I HAVE BEEN REDEEMED MAKES ME FEEL
16:32 GOOD ♪ ♪ NOW I'M ON MY WAY TO HEAVEN
16:35 AND I'M SINGING AS I GO ♪-♪ I'M SO GLAD MY NAME IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK ♪
16:43 ♪ JUST TO KNOW HE IS LISTENING, AND I'M READY NOW TO GO ♪
16:48 ♪ MAKES ME WANT TO SHOT HALLELUJAH, I FEEL GOOD ♪-♪ I FEEL GOOD, I FEEL GOOD ♪
16:56 ♪ JUST TO KNOW I HAVE BEEN REDEEMED MAKES ME FEEL GOOD ♪
17:02 ♪ I FEEL GOOD ♪ ♪ JUST TO KNOW I'VE BEEN
17:10 REDEEMED MAKES ME FEEL GOOD ♪ ♪ WHEN MY TRAVELING DAYS ARE
17:13 OVER, AND I REACHED THAT HAPPY PLACE, EVERYTHING UP THERE WILL
17:19 BE JUST LIKE IT SHOULD ♪ AND I WHEN I STEP INSIDE THAT
17:24 CITY, AND I SEE MY JESUS' FACE ♪ I'M GOING TO SHOUT TO ALL OF THE
17:32 WORLD I FEEL GOOD ♪ ♪ I FEEL GOOD, I FEEL GOOD, JUST
17:38 TO KNOW I'VE BEEN REDEEMED MAKES ME FEEL GOOD ♪
17:42 ♪ I FEEL GOOD, I FEEL GOOD, JUST TO KNOW I'VE BEEN REDEEMED MAKES
17:50 ME FEEL GOOD ♪ ♪ JUST TO KNOW I'VE BEEN
17:56 REDEEMED MAKES ME FEEL GOOD ♪ ♪ I FEEL GOOD ♪
18:11 ♪ I FEEL GOOD ♪ >> WHOO!
18:17 >> LORD, HAVE MERCY. >> I FELT LIKE I NEEDED A
18:25 TAMBOURINE FOR THAT ONE. [ LAUGHTER ]
18:30 ♪ SO MANY HAVE CALLED YOU, LORD ♪
18:39 ♪ MIGHTY IN THEIR HEART ♪ ♪ THEY KNOW IT'S NOT TRUE ♪
18:49 ♪ FOR THEY HAVE WOWED TO OTHER GODS THAT THEY HAVE WORSHIPPED
19:01 MORE THAN YOU ♪ ♪ THE FORTUNE CAME AND WENT ♪
19:13 ♪ BUT AS FOR ME, MY HEART'S RESERVED FOR YOU AND YOU ALONE ♪
19:31 ♪ LORD, I WORSHIP YOU ♪ ♪ LORD, I WORSHIP YOU ♪
19:45 ♪ WITH ALL MY HEART AND MIND AND SOUL ♪
19:49 ♪ I WORSHIP YOU ♪ ♪ THERE'S NOTHING I WOULD RATHER
20:05 DO THAN GIVE MY WARM EMBRACE TO YOU ♪
20:13 ♪ NOW AND FOREVER MORE, DEAR LORD, I WORSHIP YOU ♪
20:25 ♪ THERE'S NOTHING I WOULD RATHER DO ♪
20:32 ♪ THAN LIFT MY WARM EMBRACE TO YOU ♪
20:42 ♪ NOW AND FOREVER MORE ♪ ♪ DEAR LORD, I WORSHIP YOU ♪
20:57 >> THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL. >> AMEN.
20:59 >> THAT IS SO NICE. >> LANNY WOLFE, ALL OF THESE
21:03 SONGS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU OVER SO MANY YEAR, AND WE JUST
21:06 KEEP SINGING, AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE BIBLE, I MEAN, YOU CAN
21:11 READ SCRIPTURES OVER AND OVER AND OVER, AND WHAT YOU HAVE
21:15 WRITTEN GOD HAS GIVEN YOU IN THE PEN, AND YOU HAVE DONE IT, AND
21:19 THEY NEVER GET OLD. WHEN WE LISTEN TO THE MESSAGE,
21:22 WE HAVE TO BE DRAWN CLOSER TO JESUS.
21:25 I AM TODAY. AND I'M MY HOPE AND PRAYER THAT
21:28 EVERYONE WATCHING HERE TODAY HEARS SOME MUSIC, AND I'M
21:32 PRIVILEGED -- I STARTED TO SAY, SOME OF US AREN'T -- I'LL SPEAK
21:37 FOR MYSELF -- NOT NECESSARILY THE GREATEST SINGERS, BUT WE
21:42 LOVE HERE WORSHIPPING THE LORD. AND BILLY, IT IS SUCH A
21:47 BLESSING, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WEREN'T PLANNING ON BEING HERE,
21:51 BUT TE LORD BROUGHT YOU HERE. SPEAK TO US A MINUTE.
21:55 GIVE US SOME WORD. >> WE ALL GREW UP WITH THESE
21:59 SONGS. AND I'M REMINDED OF A SCRIPTURE
22:01 IT SAYS WHERE TWO OR THREE ARE GATHERED IN HIS NAME, THERE HE
22:07 IS IN THEIR MIDST. SO WHEN WE GATHER LIKE THIS, THE
22:12 VERY PRESENCE OF GOD COMES INTO THE ROOM.
22:15 GOD, WHEN WE'RE BY OURSELVES, GOD CAN SHOW UP AND MINISTER TO
22:18 US, BUT THE PLACE WHEN THERE'S TWO PEOPLE, JESUS SAID WHERE TWO
22:22 OR MORE OF YOU -- THERE'S A REASON HE SAID THAT.
22:25 BECAUSE THE PLACE OF AGREEMENT, THE PLACE WHEN TWO PEOPLE COME
22:29 TOGETHER AND SEEK THE LORD, HE HONORS THAT WITH HIS PRESENCE IN
22:33 A SPECIAL WAY, AND WE SENSE THAT TODAY, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU
22:38 SENSE THAT. YOU KNOW, THE PRESENCE OF THE
22:40 LORD IS TANGIBLE. IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN FEEL.
22:43 SOMETHING YOU CAN KNOW IS REAL. AND NOT JUST KNOW ABOUT HIM, BUT
22:47 KNOW HIM. >> YES.
22:49 >> AND HE WILL MAKE HIS PRESENCE KNOWN TO YOU.
22:52 WE PRAY AS WE WORSHIP TODAY, THAT THAT TANGIBLE PRESENCE OF
22:56 THE LORD COMES RIGHT IN THE PLACE WHERE YOU ARE.
22:59 AND IF YOU ARE LIKE US, YOU GO THROUGH DAYS WHEN YOU KNOW GOD
23:05 IS WITH YOU. WE NEED TO KNOW THAT THE
23:08 PRESENCE OF THE LORD IS ALWAYS WITH US.
23:10 HE'S IN THIS PLACE TODAY. HE CAN BE WHERE YOU ARE TODAY.
23:14 >> AMEN. ♪
23:17 >> I'M GOING TO SING A SONG THAT LANNY WROTE, AND I DON'T KNOW
23:23 HIS STORY ON HOW HE WROTE IT, BUT IT WAS FOR A CHRISTMAS
23:27 MUSICAL, BUT IT'S A SONG THAT I LIKE TO SING ALL YEAR LONG.
23:32 HE TALKS ABOUT THE LORD SEEKING FOR US, AND THE WAY THIS SONG IS
23:38 WRITTEN, IT TELLS A STORY, AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE GREATNESS
23:46 OF GOD, HIS OMNIPOTENCE, ALL OF THE GLORIOUS THINGS ABOUT HIM,
23:52 AND THEN HE KNEW ME A LONG TIME AGO, AND IN THIS FIRST VERSE IT
23:59 TALKS ABOUT THE ETERNITY PASSED, AND HE WAS SEEKING ME EVEN WAY
24:05 BACK THEN BEFORE -- I DIDN'T KNOW I EXISTED, BUT HE HAD A
24:10 PLAN, AND HE HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE, AND WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING
24:15 TODAY, I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF THIS SONG, AND
24:19 MAYBE GOD IS SEEKS -- SEEKING FOR YOU, AND YOU HAVEN'T PAID
24:27 ATTENTION, OR YOU HAVEN'T RECOGNIZED WHAT IT WAS, BUT YOU
24:31 JUST KEEP PRAYING AND SEEKING HIS FACE, AND YOU'LL KNOW WHAT
24:36 IT IS. SO LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF THIS
24:38 SONG. IT TALKS ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL
24:40 LOVE THA GOD HAS FOR US. ♪ FROM THE SPLENDOR OF HEAVEN,
24:51 THE WORLD DOWN BELOW ♪ ♪ FROM A MANAGER TO AN OLD
25:01 RUGGED TREE ♪ ♪ FROM THE DAWN OF CREATION ♪
25:08 ♪ THROUGH THE CORRIDORS OF TIME ♪
25:14 ♪ THE SAVIOR WAS LOOKING FOR ME ♪
25:26 ♪ HE WAS REACHING FOR ME ♪ ♪ BUT I RESISTED HIS TOUCH ♪
25:37 ♪ INSTEAD I SAW FOR OTHER THINGS THAT BROUGHT ME SO MUCH ♪
25:47 ♪ THINGS OF VALUE IN EARTH'S MARKET ♪
25:55 ♪ BUT ALL THE TIME I WAS SEEKING, I WAS SEEKING FOR HIM ♪
26:09 ♪ OH, I REACHED OUT TO JESUS CRYING LORD, HEAR MY PLEAD ♪
26:23 ♪ FOR I WANT YOU TO CARRY AL OF ME ♪
26:29 ♪ AND THEN OUT OF DARKNESS I SAW HIS LIGHT GIVING ME A BRAND NEW
26:40 START ♪ ♪ OH PRAISE THE LORD, JESUS
26:47 FOUND ME WHEN I GAVE HIM ALL OF MY HEART ♪
26:52 ♪ HE WAS SEEKING FOR ME ♪ ♪ JESUS WAS SEEKING FOR ME ♪
27:02 ♪ THOUGH I KNEW HIM NOT ♪ ♪ STILL HE LOVED ME AND WAS
27:09 SEEKING FOR ME ♪ ♪ HE WAS SEEKING FOR ME ♪
27:16 ♪ JESUS WAS SEEKING FOR ME ♪ ♪ THOUGH I KNEW HIM NOT, HE
27:27 LOVED ME, AND WAS SEEKING FOR ME ♪
27:31 ♪ HE WAS SEEKING FOR ME ♪ ♪ YES, JESUS WAS SEEKING FOR
27:40 ME ♪ ♪ THOUGH I KNEW HIM NOT ♪
27:44 ♪ HE LOVED ME AND WAS SEEKING FOR ME ♪
27:49 ♪ HE WAS SEEKING FOR ME ♪ ♪ JESUS WAS SEEKING FOR ME ♪
27:59 ♪ THOUGH I KNEW HIM NOT, HE LOVED ME AND WAS SEEKING,
28:10 SEEKING FOR ME ♪
28:16 >> AMEN. >> AMEN.
28:18 >> WELL, I WAS LISTENING TO A MESSAGE, AND THERE WAS A LINE IN
28:24 THE MESSAGE THAT SAID MY HOUSE IS FULL, BUT MY FIELD IS EMPTY.
28:30 NOW, TO ME ANY SONGWRITER IN THE GOSPEL ARENA THAT WOULD HEAR
28:35 THAT, SHOULD SIT UP, WAKE UP, TAKE NOTE.
28:38 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IS AMAZING
28:41 TO ME IS HOW DIFFERENT SONGWRITERS CAN BE IN THE SAME
28:45 PLACE, AND NOT ALL BE A -- WHAT? IMPACTED BY WHAT I CALL MOMENT
28:52 OF TRUTH. JOE YEWING'S WIFE WAS A GREAT
29:04 SONGWRITER, AND SHE NEVER WROTE THIS SONG.
29:06 SO I SAID I GOT IT. SO I WROTE THIS SONG IN TWO
29:11 WEEKS, MY HOUSE IS EMPTY. ♪ THERE IS PEACE AND CONTENTMENT
29:16 IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE ♪ ♪ AND NO ONE IS TURNED AWAY ♪
29:34 ♪ THERE IS SINGING AND LAUGHTER ♪
29:38 ♪ AS THE OTHERS PASS BY ♪ ♪ THAT THE HOUSE IS SINGING ♪-♪ MY HOUSE IS FULL ♪
30:00 ♪ BUT MY FIELD IS EMPTY ♪ ♪ OH WHAT WORDS THESE MADE ♪
30:18 ♪ IT SEEMS MY CHILDREN ALL WANT TO STAY AROUND MY TABLE ♪
30:25 ♪ BUT NO ONE WANTS TO WORK IN MY FIELD ♪
30:33 ♪ NO ONE WANTS TO WORK IN MY FIELD ♪
30:44 ♪ PUSH AWAY FROM THE TABLE ♪ ♪ LOOK OUT THROUGH THE
30:56 WINDOWPANE ♪ ♪ JUST BEYOND THE HOUSE APLENTY
31:02 LIES A FIELD OF GOLDEN GRAIN ♪ ♪ AND IT'S RIGHT [ INAUDIBLE ] ♪
31:19 ♪ IN THE HOUSE OF FULL OF CHILDREN DID THE FATHER SADLY
31:32 SAY ♪ ♪ MY HOUSE IS FULL ♪
31:35 ♪ BUT MY FIELD IS EMPTY ♪ ♪ OH THERE'S SO MUCH WORK FOR ME
31:48 TODAY ♪ ♪ IT SEEMS MY CHILDREN ALL WANT
31:55 TO STAY AROUND MY TABLE ♪ ♪ BUT NO ONE WANTS TO WORK IN MY
32:02 FEEL ♪
32:09 ♪ NO ONE WANTS TO WORK IN MY FIELD ♪
32:28 >> I REMEMBER, MELODY, ONCE AGAIN YOU WERE PROBABLY EIGHT OR
32:32 NINE YEARS OLD, SINGING -- >> I WROTE IT WHEN I WAS TEN.
32:36 >> WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO BE TRUTHFUL HERE TODAY.
32:41 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT WHAT AN INCREDIBLE SONG.
32:43 THAT'S REALLY -- THAT'S A MESSAGE FROM THE LORD, IT'S
32:48 BIBLICAL. MY HOUSE IS FULL, BUT MY FEEL IS
32:53 EMPTY. WHERE ARE THE REAPERS?
32:55 AND THAT'S YOU AND ME. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.
32:59 I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY THE BLESSING OF GOD IS ON THE GO,
33:03 BILLY. NOT WHEN WE'RE SITTING AROUND,
33:06 BUT THE BLESSING OF GOD IS ON THE GO.
33:09 SO THE HARVEST IS READY, SO WE HAVE TO DO OUR PART, AND GOD
33:14 DOES THE REST. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY
33:17 PARTICULAR TALENT, YOU JUST TELL YOUR OWN PERSONAL TESTIMONY.
33:24 IT'S NOT HOW MANY SCRIPTURES YOU KNOW AND HOW MUCH BIBLE YOU
33:29 MEMORIZED, I IT'S YOUR OWN PERSONAL TESTIMONY.
33:32 NO ONE CAN DEBATE YOU ON WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU IN YOUR
33:36 LIFE. I MEAN, GOD HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME.-JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, I WENT
33:42 THROUGH OPEN HEART SURGERY, AND WE SAY PRAISE THE LORD.
33:49 BECAUSE GOD WAS GOOD TO ME BEFORE THAT.
33:54 HE WAS GOOD TO ME THAT I MADE IT THROUGH SURGERY.
33:57 SO GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME. SO I'M THANKFUL THAT GOD IS GOOD
34:03 TO ME. ♪ I WAS SO LOST UNTIL YOU CAME
34:11 AND FOUND ME ♪ ♪ I WAS SO BLIND, BUT NOW I
34:19 SEE ♪ ♪ THAT I'M SO BLESSED ♪
34:25 ♪ YOUR LOVE SURROUNDS ME ♪ ♪ TO THANK YOU, LORD, WOULD TAKE
34:34 ETERNITY ♪ ♪ YOU HAVE BEEN GOOD TO ME ♪
34:43 ♪ THROUGH ALL THE YEARS ♪ ♪ HELP ME LORD ♪
34:49 ♪ YOU HAVE BEEN GOOD TO ME THROUGH JOY AND TEAS ♪
34:54 >> I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN MAKE IT THROUGH.
34:57 ♪ I WANT TO THANK YOU, LORD, OH, FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME ♪
35:07 ♪ YES, YOU'VE BEEN GOOD TO ME ♪ ♪ THROUGH ALL THE YEARS ♪
35:16 ♪ WHEN I WAS WEAK ♪ ♪ YOUR SONG ARMS CARRIED ME ♪
35:26 ♪ WHEN ALONE I FELT YOUR HAND MANY MINE ♪
35:34 ♪ IN ALL LIFE'S UPS AND DOWNS, LORD, YOU HAVE BEEN THERE FOR
35:40 ME ♪ ♪ WITH THE GRATEFUL HEART, GOT
35:43 TO THANK YOU ONE MORE TIME ♪ ♪ FOR YOU HAVE BEEN GOOD TO ME ♪
35:52 ♪ THROUGH ALL THE YEARS ♪ ♪ YOU'VE GOOD TO ME THROUGH JOY
36:05 AND TEARS ♪ ♪ I WANT TO THANK YOU, LORD, FOR
36:14 ALL YOU'VE DONE ♪ ♪ YOU HAVE BEEN GOOD TO ME ♪
36:21 ♪ THROUGH ALL THE YEARS ♪ >> I WANT THANK YOU.
36:27 ♪ I WANT TO THANK YOU, LORD ♪ ♪ FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE ♪
36:37 ♪ YOU HAVE BEEN GOOD TO ME ♪ ♪ THROUGH ALL THE YEARS ♪
36:46 >> MERCY, MERCY. >> YES.
36:49 >> THANK YOU, LORD. >> I TELL YOU, I'M OVERFLOWING
36:53 TODAY. HONESTLY.
36:55 THINK OF THE GOODNESS OF GOD THAT HE COULD LOVE US ENOUGH TO
36:59 REACH DOWN TO FALLEN MN AND SAY I'M GOING TO MAKE A PLAN OF
37:04 SALVATION. A PLAN OF SALVATION FOR -- NONE
37:06 OF US DESERVE IT. THERE'S NO GOOD IN US
37:10 WHATSOEVER. BUT JESUS LOVED US SO MUCH.
37:14 >> HOW GOOD IS GOD? >> HE HAS BEEN GOOD TO US.
37:17 AND HE WILL BE GOOD TO US CONTINUALLY.
37:21 WHEN WE FEEL LIKE HE IS NOT GOOD TO US, IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE NOT
37:29 LISTENING TO HIM. >> MY FAVORITE SCRIPTURE, FOR I
37:32 KNOW THE PLANS THAT I HAVE FOR YOU, DECLARES THE LORD, PLANS TO
37:37 PROSPER YOU AND NOT TO HARM YOU. PLANS TO GIVE YOU HOPE AND A
37:42 FUTURE. NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
37:45 CHRISTIANS, THEY FIND OF HAVE THIS VISUAL IMAGE OF THE
37:49 IMPORTANCE OF THIS SCRIPTURE. PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET, STICK IT
37:54 IN YOUR BIBLE, BUT THIS IS HOW BIG AND HOW IMPORTANT THIS
37:59 SCRIPTURE IS FOR WHAT GOD WANTS IT TO MEAN TO US.
38:03 FOR I KNOW THE PLANS THAT I HAVE FOR YOU, THAT I HAVE FOR YOU.
38:07 WOW, ALL OF MY LIFE, I HAVE LIVED BY KNOWING THAT GOD HAS A
38:13 PLAN FOR MY LIFE. I WAS BORN WITH FLAT FEET, OKAY?
38:18 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND DIDN'T REALLY KNOW IT
38:20 UNTIL WE STARTED BUYING SCHOOL SHOES, SO WE WENT TO THE
38:24 SHOE -- SHOE STORE THEN, HELLO. AND BOUGHT BUSTER BROWN SHOES.
38:30 NOW SOME OF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE.
38:33 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT GOES WAY BACK.
38:36 >> AND WE PUT COOKIES IN THEM. OKAY.
38:40 TO KIND OF BUILD UP THE ARCH, SUPPORT THE ARCH?
38:44 >> COOKIES? >> THEY ARE COMMON
38:51 COOKIES -- YOU DIDN'T EAT THEM. >> THAT'S SHOWING THEIR AGE.
38:58 >> IT WAS PADDING. SO I THOUGHT I'LL JUST LIVE WITH
39:02 THIS. I HAVE COOKIES IN MY SHOES.
39:05 [ LAUGHTER ] >> SO SEVENTH GRADE COMES, AND I
39:09 GOT OUT OF PE BECAUSE I HAD FLAT FEET, AND AT THE TIME I THOUGHT
39:13 IT WAS REALLY KIND OF COOL, HEY, I DON'T HAVE TO TAKE PHYS-ED,
39:18 BUT IN RETROSPECT, RYAN, NOW I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE INS AND
39:23 OUTS AND DETAILS OF FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, AND BIBLE.
39:26 SO IF I'M WATCHING A FOOTBALL GAME, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT
39:30 IS HAPPENING AT THE YARD LINE AND ALL OF THE PENALTIES AND ALL
39:33 OF THAT -- >> IT'S NOT REALLY THAT
39:36 IMPORTANT. [ LAUGHTER ]
39:37 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WHEN OTHER GUYS WERE PLAYING
39:41 FOOTBALL, I WAS PLAYING THE PIANO.
39:45 I TOOK LESSONS AT AGE 9 FROM FRANK MEYER.
39:49 AND HE GAVE ME A LESSON -- HE WOULD DRAW CARTOONS THROUGH MY
39:56 LESSON. SO I WAS WITH HIM FOR TWO YEARS,
40:00 THEN HE TOLD ME, I'M MOVING TO FLORIDA.
40:04 WELL, I DON'T THINK HE DID. BUT FROM THEN OUT IT WAS JUST
40:09 GOD AND ME AND JOHN W PETERSON AND WILLIS.
40:15 SO I TAUGHT MYSELF HOW TO PLAY THE PIANO, AND AT AGE 16 I WROTE
40:21 MY FIRST SONG. >> LET'S HERE -- HEAR IT.
40:29 >> IF YOU PROMISE YOU DON'T LAUGH.
40:33 >> NO, WE WON'T PROMISE. >> OKAY.
40:37 ♪ GOD IS WONDERFUL, HE SAVED MY SOUL FROM SIN ♪
40:42 >> I WONDER WHAT IS COMING. ♪ ONCE MY SOUL IS BLIND, BUT NOW
40:48 I SEE WITHIN ♪ ♪ SOON I'M GOING HOME ♪
40:53 ♪ TO LIVE FOREVER MORE ♪ ♪ GOD SHALL BE THEN MORE
41:00 WONDERFUL THAN BEFORE ♪ [ LAUGHTER ]
41:05 >> SO THAT'S WHAT GOD GAVE ME AT 16.
41:10 I GOT A SCHOLARSHIP TO OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.
41:14 STARTED OU IN ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING.
41:16 I COULD HAVE STAYED WITH THAT, BUT I DECIDED I DIDN'T WANT TO
41:20 DEVOTE MY LIFE TO BUILDING, BUILDINGS, SO I SWITCHED TO -BUSINESS EDUCATION, MATH, AND
41:27 AFTER SIX YEARS AT OHIO STATE AND TWO DEGREES IN BUSINESS, GOD
41:34 CALLED ME UP AND SAY, BY THE WAY, MY PLAN FOR YOU IS NOT TO
41:40 BUILD BUILDINGS, BUT MY PLAN FOR YOU IS TO BUILD SONGS.
41:45 >> YEAH. >> BECAUSE I TRUSTED GOD, I WENT
41:48 BACK TO SCHOOL, GOT MY FIRST DEGREE IN MUSIC EDUCATION.
41:51 >> OKAY. >> SO IT'S LIKE I WATED GOD'S
41:55 PLAN FOR MY LIFE. THE REAL PROBLEM WE HAVE IS A
41:59 LOT OF TIME, TIM, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
42:03 WE FLOUNDER AROUND TRYING TO FIND IT.
42:05 IT WAS 1968, AND I WAS JUST READY TO TURN 26, SO I GOT THIS
42:12 INVITATION FROM THE ARMY TO TAKE A PHYSICAL.
42:15 WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF VIETNAM WAR, AND I'M TELLING YOU --
42:21 >> BUT YOU WERE FLAT FOOTED. >> I'M TELLING YOU WHEN I GOT
42:25 THE LETTER -- WHEN I GOT THE LETTER, MY WORLD CRASHED DOWN,
42:29 BECAUSE MY MIND WAS THINKING ABOUT THE 68,000 YOUNG MEN AND
42:34 WOMEN THAT DIDN'T COME BACK FROM VIETNAM, AND I THOUGHT LORD, IF
42:39 I GO TO VIETNAM, THERE IS SUCH A GOOD CHANCE THAT I WILL NEVER
42:43 COME BACK. I WILL NEVER GET TO TAKE
42:46 ADVANTAGE OF ALL OF THE SCHOOLING.
42:48 SO RELUCTANTLY I TOOK THE PHYSICAL -- WELL, I HAD TO.
42:51 THERE WAS NO CHOICE. I WAITED FOR THE LETTER.
42:54 THE LETTER CAME BACK, AND I OPENED IT, AND IT WAS WE ARE
43:01 SORRY TO INFORM YOU, YOU HAVE BEEN REJECTED FOR SERVICE IN THE-pUNITED STATES ARMY.
43:07 REASON, FLAT FEET. >> THERE YOU GO.
43:09 >> WHAT A BLESSING. >> OKAY.
43:11 >> SO AFTER THAT, I -- I STARTED WRITING.
43:14 I GOT A SECOND MASTER'S DEGREE IN MUSIC, FORMED A TRIO, WE GOT
43:20 A RECORDING CONTRACT. I STARTED TEACHING YOUNG PEOPLE
43:26 IN BIBLE COLLEGE FOR 20-SOME YEARS, AND RIHT BEFORE MY 42ND
43:32 BIRTHDAY, 1982, I WENT TO THE VINCENT COMPANY WITH ENOUGH
43:38 SONGS FOR TWO MUSICALS, MY PLAN, MY PLAN.
43:43 AND THE PRESIDENT LAUGHED IT OFF, AND THEY SAID CHURCHES
43:48 WON'T BY MUSICALS, BUT THEY WILL BUY CHRISTMAS.
43:52 WHY DON'T YOU WRITE A SONG ABOUT EYE SARAH -- ISAIAH 9:6.
44:05 AND CAME BACK, AND HE SAID, LANNY, QUOTE, YOU CAN WRITE A
44:11 BETTER SONG. I BEGGED, PLEADS, EVERYTHING,
44:14 THEY FINALLY LET ME PUT THIS SONG IN THE CHRISTMAS MUSICAL.
44:19 I SUGGESTED THAT WE DO A DUET ARRANGEMENT, DON MARSH DID ONE
44:27 ORCHESTRATION, THE PRESIDENT SAID, I DON'T LIKE IT.
44:32 THROW IT AWAY. START OVER.
44:35 SO I DID A SECOND ARRANGEMENT, AND THEN THE REST IS HISTORY.
44:40 THE REST IS HISTORY. AND THE NAME OF THAT SONG, OF
44:46 COURSE, WAS NOT GOD IS WONDERFUL, BUT 26 YEARS LATER,
44:51 MORE THAN WONDERFUL. >> ALL RIGHT.
44:52 >> CAN YOU IMAGINE, YVONNE WHEN I WAS JUST A 16 YEAR OLD KID
44:57 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT GOD WANTED ME TO DO, AND HE GAVE ME
45:01 A SONG, AND HE IS THINKING, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS NOW.
45:05 I'M GIVING YOU YOUR FIRST SONG, BUT 26 YEARS DOWN THE PIKE, I'M
45:10 GOING TO GIVE YOU A SONG THAT IS MORE WONDERFUL THAN THIS ONE.
45:13 >> COME ON. >> NOW PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, IF
45:18 I HAD MY WAY AT THE BENSON COMPANY, AND WE WOULD HAVE
45:22 WRITTEN A SECOND-COMING MUSICAL, THE SONG MORE WONDERFUL WOULD
45:28 NEVER HAVE BEEN SIGNED, IT WOULD NEVER BEEN WRITTEN, IT WOULD NOT
45:33 HAVE BEEN, BUT I KNOW THE PLANS THAT I HAVE FOR YOU, AND I'M
45:37 HERE TO TELL YOU, FOLKS, THAT LIKE, WE SERVE A GOOD GOD, AND
45:41 HE LOVES US, AND HE HAS A GREAT PLAN FOR US, SO SANDY AND
45:48 LARNEL, THAT SANG IT TO -- ABOUT HIM.
45:56 SO NOW INSTEAD OF SINGING ABOUT HIM, WE MADE IT PRAISE AND
46:00 WORSHIP, AND THEY ARE SINGING TO HIM IN "YOU ARE MORE WONDERFUL".
46:07 WATCH OUT SANDY AND LARNEL. >> WE LOVE THIS SONG.
46:11 >> I LOVE HOW YOU GUYS SING IT. >> PRAISE THE LORD.
46:16 >> GIVE GOD THE GLORY. >> AMEN.
46:22 ♪ OH, YOU PROMISED US THAT YOU WOULD BE A COUNSELOR ♪
46:35 ♪ MIGHTY GOD AND PRINCE OF PEACE ♪
46:41 ♪ YOU PROMISED US THAT YOU WOULD BE A FATHER ♪
47:01 ♪ YOU'RE EVERYTHING YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD BE ♪
47:18 ♪ JESUS, JUST HOW MUCH YO REALLY MEAN TO ME ♪
47:30 ♪ YOU'RE MORE WONDERFUL THAN MY CAN CONCEIVE ♪
47:37 ♪ YOU'RE MORE WONDERFUL THAN MY HEART CAN BELIEVE ♪
47:45 ♪ YOU GO BEYOND MY HIGHEST HOPE ♪
47:52 ♪ AND FONDEST DREAM ♪ ♪ YOU'RE EVERYTHING ♪
47:59 ♪ YOU'RE EVERYTHING ♪ ♪ THAT MY SOUL EVER LONGED FOR ♪
48:08 ♪ EVERYTHING THAT YOU PROMISED AND SO MUCH MORE ♪
48:13 ♪ YOU ARE MORE THAN AMAZING ♪ ♪ MORE THAN AMAZING ♪
48:18 ♪ MORE THAN MARVELOUS ♪ ♪ MORE THAN I HOPED YOU WOULD
48:29 EVER BE ♪ ♪ YOU ARE MORE THAN WONDERFUL ♪
48:32 ♪ JESUS, THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE TO ME ♪
48:41 ♪ YOU'RE EVERYTHING ♪ ♪ YOU'RE EVERYTHING ♪
48:50 ♪ EVERYTHING THAT YOU PROMISED ♪ ♪ AND SO MUCH MORE ♪
48:56 ♪ YOU'RE MORE THAN AMAZING ♪ ♪ MORE THAN AMAZING ♪
49:01 ♪ MORE THAN MARVELOUS ♪ ♪ MORE THAN MARVELOUS ♪
49:09 ♪ MORE THAN I HOPED YOU WOULD EVER BE ♪
49:12 ♪ YOU'RE MORE THAN WONDERFUL ♪ ♪ MORE THAN WONDERFUL ♪
49:20 ♪ JESUS, YOU ARE MORE THAN WONDERFUL TO ME ♪
49:33 ♪ JESUS, YOU ARE MORE THAN WONDERFUL TO ME ♪
49:46 [ APPLAUSE ] >> AMEN.
49:48 PRAISE THE LORD. WOW, BEAUTIFUL.
49:50 >> WOW. >> LANNY, WE HAV GOT ABOUT SIX,
49:55 SEVEN MINUTES LEFT. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
49:58 THIS IS YOUR PROGRAM. I'M ENJOYING THIS AND BEING
50:01 BLESSED. AREN'T YOU ALL?
50:02 >> I WOULD LIKE TO RELAY A SHORT STORY ABOUT A MISSIONARY ON
50:10 FURLOUGH, AND HE TRUE STORY TO HIS CHURCH.
50:15 HE SERVED AT A SMALL HOSPITAL IN AFRICA.
50:21 HE WOULD RIDE HIS BIKE TO THE CITY TO GET MEDICINES AND
50:27 SUPPLIES. ONE TRIP TO THE CITY, HE SAW TWO
50:30 BOYS FIGHTING, AND ONE WAS SEVERELY HURT.
50:35 SO HE TENDED TO HIS WOUNDS. LORD HIM ABOUT THE LORD, WENT
50:39 BACK HOME EVERYTHING WAS FINE. TWO WEEKS LATER, WENT BACK TO
50:43 THE CITY, AND THAT SAME BOY CAME UP TO HIM AND SAID REMEMBER ME?
50:48 AND HE SAID, YES. AND HE SAID, WE FOLLOWED
50:52 YOU -- BECAUSE THIS WAS A TWO-DAY JOURNEY, AND IN THE
50:56 MIDDLE THEY HAD TO CAMP OUT IN THE JUNGLE.
50:59 SO THE BOY SAID WE FOLLOWED YOU, WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
51:07 WHEN YOU CAMPED OUT, WE -- ME AND MY FIVE FRIENDS WERE GOING
51:13 TO KILL YOU, WE WERE GOING TO STEAL YOUR DRUGS AND YOUR MONEY,
51:17 BUT WHEN YOU WERE COMING UP TO YOUR COME, YOU WERE SURROUNDED
51:22 BY 26 ARMED GUARDS. >> ALL RIGHT.
51:26 >> AND THE MISSIONARY SAID, NO, NO, NO, I WAS THERE BY MYSELF.
51:30 AND THE BOY, SAID, NO, NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, THERE ARE WERE
51:35 26 ARMS GUARDS. I KNOW.
51:38 ALL FIVE US OF SAW THEM AND COUNTED THEM.
51:41 AT THAT MOMENT A GENTLEMEN IN THE CONGRESSATION SAID WHAT DAY
51:51 WAS THAT? >> AND HE SAID THIS DAY.
51:55 HE SAID THAT EVENING I WAS PLAYING GOD WAITING TO PUT AND
52:01 GOD STOPPED ME AND SAID PRAY FOR THIS MISSIONARY, AND I WAS SO
52:07 POWERFUL, I HAD TO GET OUT MY CELL PHONE TO ASK MEN TO COME TO
52:17 MY CHURCH TO PRAY FOR THIS MISSIONARY.
52:22 AND HE SAID WILL ALL OF YOU MEN JOIN ME.
52:27 AND THE MISSIONARY WAS MOSTLY CONCERNED ABOUT COUNTING THE
52:34 MEN. THERE WERE 26 MEN WHO STOOD.
52:39 THAT'S THE GOD WE SERVE. >> AMEN!
52:42 >> I WROTE A NEW SONG THAT IS SIMPLY CALLED, YOU ARE IN OUR
52:52 PRAYS. YOU ARE NOT ALONE IF YOU GOT A
52:55 PROBLEM OUT THERE. I JUST WROTE A NEW SONG, AND
52:57 WE'RE GOING TO SING IT FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
53:02 "YOU'RE IN OUR PRAYERS." ♪ YOU ARE IN A PLACE YOU NEVER
53:09 FOUND YOURSELF BEFORE ♪ ♪ AND YOU'RE NOT SURE JUST WHAT
53:15 TOMORROW HAS IN STORE ♪ ♪ BUT WE'RE TWO OR THREE ARE
53:22 GATHERED, GOD HAS PROMISED TO BE THERE ♪
53:29 ♪ SO NOW WITH FAITH BELIEVING, WE LIFT YOUR NAME IN PRAYER ♪
53:36 ♪ YOU'RE IN OUR PRAYERS ♪ ♪ WE HAVE TOUCHED THE THROWN OF
53:48 GRACE FOR YOU ♪ ♪ HE PROMISED HE WOULD SEE YOU
53:55 THROUGH ♪ ♪ YOU CAN BE SURE THE GREAT I AM
54:00 ♪ ♪ WILL MAKE A WAY JUST FOL HE
54:06 HIS PLAN ♪ ♪ YOU'RE IN OUR PRAYERS, BUT
54:10 BEST OF ALL, YOU'RE IN GOD'S HANDS ♪
54:18 ♪ SOMETIMES YOU FEEL YOU'RE FALLING TEARS ARE CRIED IN
54:26 VANE ♪ ♪ BUT GOD COUNTS THEM ALL ♪
54:30 ♪ AND WITH COMPASSION FEELS YOUR PAIN ♪
54:35 ♪ ACQUAINTED WITH GRIEF AND SORROW ♪
54:38 ♪ THE LORD KNOWS HOW MUCH YOU CAN BEAR ♪
54:45 ♪ HE HAS LAID YOU ON OUR HEARTS, SO NOW WE LIFT YOU UP IN
54:55 PRAYER ♪ ♪ YOU'RE IN OUR PRAYERS ♪
55:01 ♪ WE TOUCHED THE THROWN OF GRACE FOR YOU ♪
55:09 ♪ HE PROMISED HE WOULD SEE YOU THROUGH ♪
55:15 ♪ YOU CAN BE SURE THE GREAT I AM ♪
55:19 ♪ WILL MAKE A WAY, JUST TRUST HIS PLAN ♪
55:24 ♪ YOU'RE IN OUR PRAYERS, BUT BEST OF ALL, YOU'RE IN GOD'S
55:30 HANDS ♪ ♪ YOU'RE IN OUR PRAYERS, BUT
55:36 BEST OF ALL, YOU'RE IN GOD'S HANDS ♪
55:46 >> BROTHER RYAN I WONDER IF YOU WOULD SAY A PRAYER.
55:50 WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE HURTING.
55:52 AND GOD KNOWS ALL OF THEM, AS WE JOIN HANDS TOGETHER AND AS WE
55:59 SAID EARLIER, TWO OR THREE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER, AND WE WANT
56:04 THOSE TO REALLY KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT, YES, YOU ARE IN
56:08 OUR PRAYERS, BUT MOST OF ALL, YOU ARE IN GOD'S HANDS.
56:11 >> OUR LOVING FATHER, LORD, YOU ARE TRULY MORE THAN WONDERFUL.
56:18 PRAISE BE TO YOU, GOD, BECAUSE YOU ARE WORTHY.
56:23 LORD, WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT YOU?
56:27 WE RECOGNIZE, AS SINNERS, THAT WITHOUT YOU, WE ARE NOTHING, AND
56:33 WE PRAISE YOU GOD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO COME
56:36 TOGETHER AND LIFT OUR VOICES IN SONG FOR YOU.
56:40 I PRAY FOR MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, THOSE WHO MAY BE
56:45 STRUGGLING. THOSE WHO MAY BE IN DESPAIR,
56:50 WITH SORROWS AND PAIN. I PRAY FATHER THAT YOU WILL
56:55 BLESS THEM, COVER THEM WITH YOUR SPIRIT.
56:59 SO THAT WHEN THEY LIFT THEIR EYES, THEY WILL SEE JESUS COME
57:06 UP ON THE CROSS, CRUCIFIED FOR THEM.
57:08 WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE, FOR WHO YOU ARE,
57:12 AND WE ASK THESE THINGS IN JESUS NAME.-AMEN.
57:18 >> AMEN. I HAVE BEEN DRAWN CLOSER TO THE
57:20 LORD, SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR FAMILY FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
57:25 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US, AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU,
57:28 BUT RIGHT AFTER THIS HOUR, WE HAVE A SPECIAL SURPRISE FOR YOU.
57:32 WE'RE GOING TO DO A DIAMOND JUBILEE FOR LANNY WOLFE.
57:45 WE ARE GOING TO BE HERE FOR ANOTHER HOUR, AND WE HAVE GREAT
57:49 MUSIC FOR YOU. WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT.
57:51 ♪


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