Well, good evening
and we're so happy that
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you could join us on
our live tonight because
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we have some
exciting things to talk about.
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This is Ruthie
Jacobsen and she'll be our
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co-host this evening,
Ruthie is absolutely no
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stranger to 3ABN.
You're on 3ABN long
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before I was
ever on 3ABN. Maybe.
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And you'd have been,
in directing the prayer
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ministries of the
North American Division of
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Seventh-day Adventist
for a number of years.
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And before I went
there as a Vice-President
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you have been there
and you're still there
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long after I've
left. That's right.
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And we're gonna be
talking about some great
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things, but Ruthie I
just wanted to bring you
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upto date, our
viewers upto date on some
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exciting things that
are happening at 3ABN.
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You know, last year
the Lord gave us the
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Pillars Project,
that's right; this was most,
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one of the most
successful projects in the
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history of Three
Angels Broadcasting Network.
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And it is just gone
out around the world.
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And we have been so
excited, Camille and I
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were overseas,
we were in England.
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What do we hear?
We heard one of the
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songs from our
pillars, album and it was just
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beautifully done by a
local individual there.
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And last week or so
we were at a funeral for
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A.W Roddy, a
good friend of ours.
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And all over the,
the speaker comes the
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sound of some of
the pillars music,
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it was so comforting at
that particular funeral.
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Now, this year a new
project very close to
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that and Danny
Shelton is working on that
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right now, they're
over at the Sound Center
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in fact, I was
trying to get Danny to run
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by here for a few
minutes, but every minute
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is counting because
it's just a little over a
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month there me
almost two months I guess,
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but until our Camp
Meeting and we're going
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to have this music
ready, and I've got Danny
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on this phone. So, he
is on the speaker phone.
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Danny can you
hear me? I can hear you
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Brother Jim. Alright,
and I'm hoping that our
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viewers can hear
you because we weren't
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able, we didn't have
time to really hook up
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our regular workup
here. And so, I still wanted
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to talk to you and
tell me little bit about
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what's going on
at the Sound Center.
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Well, first of all
this time you call me once
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before you were
doing the live and I didn't
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know you were doing a
live and I call to you.
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Yeah, that's right.
And I don't know if you
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remember that. I do.
And, and you had left
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your phone or kept
your phone with you and I
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guess it rang
there, but anyway tonight
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at least you've
asked me to give an update,
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yes, and say hi to
Ruthie and all the other
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guests that are
there. That's alright.
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And I know Ruthie
loves the Gospel music,
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that's right, yes.
And for sure, but we're
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doing an incredible
project, we're calling it
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Pillars hymns, it's
not you know our last
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these all original
music, but we have taken
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from the oldest
Adventist hymns and some
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of the hymns from as
far back as the first
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book that came
out I think in 1869,
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but I picked out
some wonderful songs and
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we have employed
Tim Parton full time.
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Tim is a natural
you know, Ruthie you
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probably know Tim,
I do, he played in so
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many groups.
Tell him hello for us.
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And a nationally
known songwriter and piano
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player, wonderful,
and actually he's a
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singer also, but we
have Tim working on this
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full time with us
with Bobby Bradley and
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E.T. Everett and of
course you and John and
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C.A. Murray and
myself and we're actually
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putting together.
And today we've been
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tracking in fact
for the last two days,
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we have a rhythm
section coming in that's
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putting down all the
basic music and for the,
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all of the Pillars
song. And so, we've got that
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all accomplished
right here at our 3ABN
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Sound Center. Next
week we'll have a variety
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of singers. This
year we're gonna have John
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Lomacang and Yvonne
Lewis and I mean we're
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gonna do a song and
C.A. Murray and Melody
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and Reggie & Ladye
Love Smith, at with on
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our last one. So, we
have a few new singers
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this year, but next
week we're gonna spend
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most of the week,
everybody going in and
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trying to put on
their finish locals.
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And then the
following week we're putting
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down a huge choir, it
will be over 60 voices,
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down in Nashville,
we'll be going there and
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doing some backup
singing, putting that
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altogether and then
the following week we've,
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the strings Kris
Wilkinson who did the strings
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for the first project.
Now, the Pillars Project
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is also doing all
the string arranging,
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so she will be
putting on all the string,
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then there is the
matter of rushing back here
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Jim and getting,
trying to get all of this done
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and hopefully if we
get it done by may night
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that it will be
pressed and by Camp Meeting
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we should have
a finished CD for,
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for everybody. Wow!
That is really tremendous.
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We are excited about
it. We keep every chance
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we get, we get to run
over to the Sound Center
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and, and just look
in and see watch some of
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the things that
are being done there,
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but Danny, we really
are looking forward to
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this, just as we
looked forward to the Pillars
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Project and we
were not disappointed,
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God really blessed with that.
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This is gonna be
huge Jim. Yeah, it is, we
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really believe that
the Lord is gonna use this,
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and the Lord is
using the good music.
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And folks sometimes
it's hard to find good
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music today. Even
among Christian people.
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And so, music that
would, many of us feel
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comfortable with. You
know, the pillars music
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was the kind of music
you feel comfortable with
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and Danny tells me
that this is gonna be the
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same, isn't that
right Danny? Jim this,
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this music, when the
pioneers were writing
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this music they were
anxiously looking at the
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second coming, in
fact it's something new to
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many of the
believers finding out the Jesus
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was indeed
coming back again. Yeah.
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And so, there is so
much excitement and so
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much joy and so, the
songs are so positive.
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And each song
shouldn't left by the way side.
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These are all part
of the pillars, are way
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marked to this
church that here bring us to
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where we are today.
So, the folks won't be
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disappointed, I
didn't know how we could take
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these songs, but
after listening to the
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arrangements and
Tim and E. T, and Bobby
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and everybody is
working on, I'm, I'm
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tremendously
excited. I think it's a great,
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great project that
the people are gonna love
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it. And most of
all be blessed by.
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I know I should,
I have been already.
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Wow! That's just great Danny.
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Well, listen keep
us posted on this,
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we're gonna get
some more information on
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our next behind the
scenes. And I hope we
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can get you in here
and, and talk about it
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then. And also maybe
give us B-roll footage
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and so forth where
we can. Well, see some
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of the actual things
that are happening over
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there. And we
look forward to that.
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Okay, thank so much
and God bless you all
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on the program
tonight. God bless Danny,
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we'll see you
later, bye-bye. Bye-bye.
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Well, we're excited
here I want to tell you the
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Lord, Ruthie is
doing something fantastic.
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This is gonna be
huge. It is, and you know,
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we found out
recently we, we never really
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kind of knew, how
many people could see if
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they are really turned
on their television sets.
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How many people
could watch a program like
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this tonight? No,
they don't have to hook up
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to another cable,
don't have to hook up a
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satellite, don't have
to do anything different.
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How many you know,
just by our television,
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okay, how many
could watch? And we found
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out recently 1.65
billion people can turn
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on their sets and watch 3ABN.
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But what about,
what about the Internet?
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Well, that's another
2 million, two billion
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excuse me, that's
another two billion but,
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but you see we
believe that God is setting
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this up. And we want
you folks and this is
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a prayer objective
that I hope that everybody
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that views 3ABN will
start to talk about and
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to pray about to the
Lord. And that is that
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more people
would turn on. You see,
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a lot of people are
watching the televisions
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tonight, but they're
not watching us could
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be we are one of
the channels they get.
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And listen, you take
in Europe they've got,
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they've got a satellite
over there that is just
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like Direct TV
here except it's free to
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everybody say, so
everybody in the nation
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and those all those
nations over there can
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pick it up. And we
have other places around
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the world that are
like that plus we're on over
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a thousand cable
outlets right here on the US,
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Dish Network a 135
stations that we own
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that we're on. So,
what our prayer objective
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now is Lord is there
the, the whole mechanics
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are setup, please
Holy Spirit inspire them to
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look. Amen. And
we're, we're finding people
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walking in a
Churches on a, on a weekly
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basis, that's right,
I mean by the hundreds
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folks. It happens
quite often in Las Vegas.
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Oh! In Las Vegas it's happening
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over-and-over
again, yeah. And all the
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Churches in Las
Vegas, the Paradise,
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the Mountain View,
recently I've mentioned
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that Marvin Ray and
his book talks about
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having down to
Mountain View and ask him
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how are you
baptizing so many peoples?
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And they said, we
baptize 40 to 50 people
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every year just they
walk in the door from
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3ABN. Wow! So, it
is amazing what God is
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doing. Now, we
want to pray. And I want
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to, and Ruthie I'm
gonna ask you to pray
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tonight before we
begin, but I want to read
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the real, a part of
the real Lord's Prayer.
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That is John 17.
That's right. Now, the model
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prayer is just
so dear to my heart.
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And I say it often
the Lord's Prayer and
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I love it. And
especially when it's get down
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that last part we'd
say, forgive us our debts
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as we forgive our
debtors, forgive us those
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that that are not
our friends just as much
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as we would want
to God to forgive us.
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And so, and then we
use to have a lot of
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exercise in
forgiveness here, I want to tell
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you that that,
that's a, a fact, but I want
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to read this text
because Jesus says here,
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first of all in
verse 13 He says,
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"But now I come to
you that these things I
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speak in the world
that they may have My
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joy fulfilled in
themselves." Jesus says,
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I want you to have
My joy. Wow! I want His
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joy, His joy; I
mean that's genuine joy.
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And He says, I want
you yo have it. He said,
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"I have given them your word.
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And the world has
hated them because they're
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not of the, of the
world just as I am not of the
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world." Then verse 15
He says, "I do not pray
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that you should take
them out of the world,
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but that you should
keep them from the evil
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one. They are not of
the world, just as I am
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not of the world.
Sanctify them by your
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truth: your word is
truth. Tonight God's word
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is truth. Amen.
And He says, I want to
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sanctify my people
by My word of truth.
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Amen, amen. And
tonight Ruthie you know,
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we've got so many
people that have so
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many challenges,
that's right, challenges with
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their children,
challenges with their money,
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challenges with their,
their job, health, health,
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every kind of
challenge that there is,
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that's right, their
marriages, that's right.
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And would you lift
our viewers up in prayer
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tonight? Would you
do that? Absolutely,
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let's pray. Father
in Heaven, we are so
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thankful for the
wonderful gift and the
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privilege of prayer.
Thank you that prayer
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is as strong as God
is. Thank you for giving
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us such a, an
amazing gift. And Lord as we
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heard tonight a
little earlier thank you for
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this wonderful music
project and thank you
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for blessing it. And
all the people who will be
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blessed because of
it. And as Jim just
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mentioned we don't
know the people who are
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watching, but
you do. And you know,
00:13:39.26\00:13:41.98
that young person or
that older person who
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struggling with
something, maybe it's an
00:13:45.65\00:13:48.14
addiction, maybe
it's a health issue,
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maybe it's a family
member, maybe it's a
00:13:51.58\00:13:54.83
terminal illness, but
Lord we thank you that
00:13:54.84\00:13:58.54
there is power in
Your word, that's right,
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Your promises are
true and that You will
00:14:01.14\00:14:03.72
never leave us or
forsaken us. Amen.
00:14:03.73\00:14:06.28
So, Lord we thank
you that you are present,
00:14:06.78\00:14:09.30
not only here with us,
but this is your world.
00:14:09.71\00:14:14.29
In Psalm 2 you tell
us that the father says
00:14:15.39\00:14:19.08
to the son, today I
have given you the whole
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earth for your
inheritance. So, Lord
00:14:21.67\00:14:24.58
put Your arms around our planet,
00:14:24.59\00:14:26.79
it's just a
little blue dot in space,
00:14:27.08\00:14:29.39
but Jesus died. So,
for us and so you're not
00:14:29.73\00:14:35.17
willing that any
should perish, we ask for a
00:14:35.18\00:14:37.49
special blessing
for each one tonight
00:14:37.50\00:14:40.90
because we come to
you in the strong name
00:14:41.27\00:14:43.34
of Jesus, amen.
Amen, praise the Lord.
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Well you know
Ruthie, you remember
00:14:48.74\00:14:51.09
Ben Parish,
you're saying you know,
00:14:51.10\00:14:52.87
that so beautifully
often sang with George
00:14:52.88\00:14:55.17
Vandeman and for
George's programs I
00:14:55.18\00:14:58.11
enjoyed Ben's
music so very much.
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And not long ago his
son Todd was here with
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his wife Lisa. And
they sing for us and
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we're going to listen right now
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as they sing "One More Voice."
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Listen to the singing
of the people of the Lord,
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Filling all the
earth with songs of praise;
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For, by many millions
now, the Savior is adored
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I have also joined
in the song they raise!
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One More voice to sing
of Jesus and his boundless
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Love divine, one more
voice to join in worship
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One more voice it will be mine!
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One more voice to
speak His goodness,
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Tell of His rich
gifts out poured,
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Add my song to swell the chorus
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One more voice
Here's one more voice,
00:16:49.62\00:16:55.36
One more voice
to praise the Lord!
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Maybe just a few will
hear the song of praise I sing,
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But, my friend, I'll
sing it just the same;
00:17:15.12\00:17:21.50
Daily and with
gratitud I'll worship Christ my
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King Wonderful and
precious is His name!
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One More voice to sing
of Jesus and his boundless
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Love divine, one more
voice to join in worship
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One more voice it will be mine!
00:17:57.98\00:18:04.20
One more voice to
speak His goodness,
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Tell of His rich
gifts out poured,
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Add my song to swell the chorus
00:18:17.62\00:18:23.69
One more voice
Here's one more voice,
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One more voice
to praise the Lord!
00:18:30.68\00:18:40.12
One more voice to
speak His goodness,
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Tell of His rich
gifts out poured,
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Add my song to swell the chorus
00:18:56.97\00:19:03.01
One more voice
Here's one more voice,
00:19:03.43\00:19:09.42
One more voice
to praise the Lord!
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Well, I tell you he
can sing and she can too.
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It's beautiful.
Yeah really, really,
00:19:34.38\00:19:36.46
praising the Lord, one
marvel. And so, well you
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brought some
guests with you tonight,
00:19:39.86\00:19:41.94
tell me who you
brought and introduce them
00:19:42.07\00:19:44.53
for me, would you? I
do, and I'll be glad too.
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Okay. Well, Marian
Parson is the prayer
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coordinator and she
is also on the pastoral
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staff, Jim did you know that?
00:19:51.22\00:19:52.54
No, I didn't know
that, but I have known
00:19:52.58\00:19:54.14
Marian for a long
time. Because you were
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the president, yes, of
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Arkansas-Louisiana,
right, that's right.
00:19:57.96\00:20:00.15
And so, Marian
Parson is a prayer
00:20:00.16\00:20:02.74
coordinator. And
she has been doing some
00:20:02.75\00:20:05.32
wonderful things
for the teenagers
00:20:05.33\00:20:07.69
at Ozark Academy.
And she brought Raquel,
00:20:07.70\00:20:11.43
alright, McIntyre.
Okay. And she is a senior,
00:20:11.44\00:20:15.60
so we're glad to
have her and then,
00:20:17.14\00:20:19.31
glad to be here,
Obadiah Wright is from
00:20:19.32\00:20:21.86
Fletcher Academy
in North Carolina.
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Alright, okay. So,
we've got a good group
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and I'm so glad
that they're here. Well,
00:20:27.38\00:20:29.59
that's great.
Well, listen I know the
00:20:29.60\00:20:31.96
Marian has come from Gentry.
00:20:31.97\00:20:34.95
And my good
friend Mike Dale has been
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very ill, that's
right. And I, I, and we
00:20:40.90\00:20:43.96
were praying
hard, we had about 1500
00:20:43.97\00:20:48.70
plus Prayer
Warriors from this group.
00:20:48.71\00:20:52.26
Oh! That's
wonderful, praying for Mike,
00:20:52.39\00:20:53.85
wonderful. And tell
us, give us a little up.
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Does he know that?
I hope he knows that.
00:20:57.43\00:21:00.05
And I hope he
does too because tell
00:21:00.06\00:21:02.57
us a little bit about
what's going on. Well,
00:21:02.58\00:21:04.88
I'm very happy to
report tonight Jim
00:21:04.89\00:21:07.23
that Mike Dale in on
the road to recovery.
00:21:07.24\00:21:10.55
Amen. And those
prayers plus thousands
00:21:10.56\00:21:14.39
of others and all
of the students at
00:21:14.40\00:21:17.41
Ozark Academy
were praying diligently
00:21:17.42\00:21:20.54
for Mike. Yeah. God
has heard those prayers.
00:21:20.55\00:21:23.16
And tonight he is
in rehab recuperating
00:21:23.17\00:21:26.30
and he's anxious to
be back at his post.
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Let me tell you a
little bit about Mike Dale;
00:21:29.32\00:21:30.93
Mike Dale was an
outstanding public
00:21:30.94\00:21:33.40
school teacher in
Texas, Cana, Texas.
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He was teacher of
the year many times
00:21:36.31\00:21:40.38
and, and administrator
I, I don't know of all
00:21:40.39\00:21:44.25
the positions he
held, but I think principal
00:21:44.26\00:21:46.38
and so forth of
some schools there.
00:21:46.39\00:21:48.19
And just tremendous
he took early retirement.
00:21:48.63\00:21:51.67
I know that when I
was there Mike used
00:21:51.68\00:21:53.73
to help us at our
Camp Yorktown Bay and
00:21:53.74\00:21:57.39
he was very much
into that. He later became
00:21:57.40\00:22:01.86
Principal at
Ozark Adventist Academy.
00:22:01.87\00:22:05.18
And then
recently he was sick with,
00:22:05.19\00:22:08.77
it was a very serious
case of viral pneumonia,
00:22:08.78\00:22:11.86
is that what it
was? Yes, actually they,
00:22:11.87\00:22:15.32
they said he had
double pneumonia,
00:22:15.33\00:22:17.64
a typical
pneumonia. Right. Mike was
00:22:17.65\00:22:20.68
extremely sick, yes.
Mike's desire has been
00:22:20.69\00:22:24.69
that God be in
control of Ozark Academy.
00:22:24.70\00:22:29.54
Yeah. He is a praying man, yes,
00:22:29.55\00:22:32.29
I can tell you that. Yes, he is.
00:22:32.30\00:22:33.73
And he has had on
his heart a burden
00:22:33.74\00:22:38.19
for the students,
and we'll share more
00:22:38.20\00:22:41.46
you know, a little
bit about what took
00:22:41.47\00:22:43.08
place there, alright,
and Mike's part in that.
00:22:43.09\00:22:46.19
Alright, but he, he
was flown from a hospital
00:22:46.20\00:22:50.51
there in
Northwest Arkansas, yes,
00:22:50.52\00:22:53.47
to Kansas City, is that correct?
00:22:54.52\00:22:57.14
That's correct,
that's correct. And he was
00:22:57.15\00:22:58.31
put in intensive
care there in a very
00:22:58.32\00:23:00.73
large hospital. He
was, and, on a ventilator.
00:23:00.74\00:23:04.05
Okay. Mike was on the ventilator
00:23:04.06\00:23:06.85
I'm sure well over
a month. One month.
00:23:06.86\00:23:10.44
We, we recently recognized the
00:23:10.45\00:23:13.98
seriousness of
his illness, yes, but
00:23:13.99\00:23:16.37
praise God,
prayers answered, Mike
00:23:16.38\00:23:20.11
is making phone
calls, okay, on his
00:23:20.12\00:23:22.10
own cell phone.
Alright. And he is up and
00:23:22.11\00:23:25.04
around he's,
he's got a little ways
00:23:25.05\00:23:26.68
to go, but I
have full confidence
00:23:26.69\00:23:30.00
by next school year
Mike is gonna be back
00:23:30.01\00:23:32.95
at his post. Okay,
and as a, as a student.
00:23:32.96\00:23:36.40
Raquel is from
Ozark. That's right;
00:23:36.63\00:23:39.27
you're one of his
students. Yes. And
00:23:39.28\00:23:41.81
tell us how, how
was this impacting
00:23:41.82\00:23:43.94
the students. It,
it was really shocking
00:23:43.95\00:23:47.54
to lot of us
because we see Mr. Dale
00:23:47.55\00:23:50.65
as like a strong I
don't know powerful figure,
00:23:50.66\00:23:54.72
because he always
stories of his past
00:23:54.73\00:23:57.29
and how. Yeah. He's overcome so
00:23:57.30\00:23:58.70
many situations,
yes, so hearing this
00:23:58.71\00:24:00.95
and knowing about
it was really shocking
00:24:00.96\00:24:03.37
to us like you
know, you have to go
00:24:03.38\00:24:04.95
through this kind
of. Yeah, yeah, but the,
00:24:04.96\00:24:07.96
the young people
there have been praying
00:24:07.97\00:24:09.93
for him as you mentioned, yes,
00:24:09.94\00:24:11.73
and you've,
you've seen an answer to
00:24:11.74\00:24:14.05
your prayer. Oh!
Yes. Well, listen Mike
00:24:14.06\00:24:16.22
if you're watching
tonight we love you,
00:24:16.23\00:24:18.11
we continue to pray
for you and we believe
00:24:18.12\00:24:20.98
that you are really
on the road to recovery.
00:24:20.99\00:24:23.74
And God is gonna
restore your strength,
00:24:23.75\00:24:26.39
some of us have had some major
00:24:26.40\00:24:28.37
illnesses at time
and we know God can
00:24:28.38\00:24:30.69
restore your
strength that He can give you
00:24:30.70\00:24:32.93
that energy that
you had in the past;
00:24:32.94\00:24:35.18
you'll have it
again when He heals you.
00:24:35.19\00:24:37.91
So, just know that
we're thinking about you
00:24:37.92\00:24:40.48
and we're praying
about you. Well listen,
00:24:40.49\00:24:43.34
tell me some more
about what's going on?
00:24:43.35\00:24:45.38
Well you know,
the emphasis now is
00:24:45.39\00:24:47.63
on revival. Yes.
Revival and praying
00:24:47.64\00:24:51.04
and getting to
know God intimately and
00:24:51.05\00:24:54.20
the young people
have had an amazing
00:24:54.21\00:24:58.07
experience, it was the weekend,
00:24:58.08\00:25:00.65
the last weekend
in October. Well,
00:25:00.66\00:25:03.01
tell us what
happened? This, this is
00:25:03.02\00:25:05.33
something, if you
haven't heard this,
00:25:05.34\00:25:07.27
my son would say,
this is gonna knock your
00:25:07.28\00:25:09.28
socks off. Okay,
well I've got my boots
00:25:09.29\00:25:11.34
on tonight, so
I'll have to get over
00:25:11.35\00:25:13.09
the boots. This is
amazing. Well, at the
00:25:13.10\00:25:16.49
end of October we
hosted a prayer conference
00:25:16.50\00:25:19.86
at our school,
yes, and I'm not sure
00:25:19.87\00:25:21.74
how many students
were there, we had
00:25:21.75\00:25:23.49
about 400 I think,
yeah of course to 400
00:25:23.50\00:25:25.61
and I was about
70 student like team
00:25:25.62\00:25:28.30
leaders that we, we
went off to a separate
00:25:28.31\00:25:30.92
camp and we were supposed to get
00:25:30.93\00:25:32.86
training, I guess
on how to lead the
00:25:32.87\00:25:35.78
conference. And when
we went there we were
00:25:35.79\00:25:39.75
all surprised I
remember the first day that we
00:25:39.76\00:25:42.18
were there, when we
first got there I was
00:25:42.19\00:25:45.05
wondering when
dinner wave, and I was
00:25:45.06\00:25:48.15
asking around, I
was like when is dinner
00:25:48.16\00:25:50.10
time, does
anyone know when dinner
00:25:50.11\00:25:51.38
time is, you
know, I was answering
00:25:51.39\00:25:52.65
the sponsors who
had a schedule, over
00:25:52.66\00:25:55.17
the schedule was, so
we could find it out.
00:25:55.18\00:25:56.81
And nobody,
nobody had a schedule,
00:25:56.82\00:26:00.04
nobody knew when
the program started
00:26:00.05\00:26:02.50
and I was like I
don't, I don't understand,
00:26:02.51\00:26:05.35
why doesn't
anyone have a schedule of
00:26:05.36\00:26:07.05
what's going on.
And type A, type A.
00:26:07.13\00:26:10.69
Yes, and from then,
from then on like the
00:26:10.70\00:26:14.65
Holy Spirit just led
from our first program
00:26:14.66\00:26:17.69
we knew that it
was just gonna be
00:26:17.70\00:26:20.44
I don't a lot, we
experienced the, the
00:26:20.45\00:26:23.81
lively personality of
Pastor Gary, okay, and
00:26:23.82\00:26:27.55
he let us through
and he taught us how to
00:26:27.56\00:26:29.92
basically let move
ourselves out of way
00:26:29.93\00:26:32.04
let the Holy Spirit
lead and throughout that
00:26:32.05\00:26:33.79
whole training camp
we, we let go and let
00:26:33.80\00:26:38.63
God lead and. Amen.
Well, and you know his,
00:26:38.64\00:26:43.38
his goals were, he
wanted you to learn to
00:26:43.39\00:26:45.90
give you
testimony. Yes. And to be able
00:26:45.91\00:26:49.14
to lead a small
group Bible study. Yes.
00:26:49.15\00:26:51.53
And but most of all
to pray. Yes. And he did
00:26:51.54\00:26:56.55
not want things
to be structured. No.
00:26:56.56\00:26:58.95
He wanted you to
learn to depend on God.
00:26:58.96\00:27:01.52
And I think that
came through didn't it?
00:27:02.42\00:27:04.12
Oh! Yes. Oh! Yes. You
know, sometimes when the
00:27:04.13\00:27:06.52
schedules are too
tight it seems like the
00:27:06.53\00:27:09.26
Holy Spirit doesn't
work as well, as when
00:27:09.27\00:27:11.45
there it is. But
we put him in a fence,
00:27:11.46\00:27:13.23
yeah, you know, when
we put those schedules
00:27:13.24\00:27:15.28
and you know,
give him time like, the
00:27:15.29\00:27:17.01
Holy Spirit when
he's gonna be able to
00:27:17.02\00:27:19.34
come out and do
his work and it's.
00:27:19.35\00:27:21.51
Isn't that amazing
that we as puny human
00:27:21.52\00:27:24.17
beings, have the
audacity to do something
00:27:24.18\00:27:26.53
like that, limit God,
yeah, we can limit God,
00:27:26.54\00:27:28.13
you know, we can
tell Him what He can do.
00:27:28.14\00:27:30.11
Yeah. Which is, it
is, I mean he know shake
00:27:30.12\00:27:33.63
his head, yeah,
but I think this is one
00:27:33.64\00:27:36.75
reason why he likes
working with teenagers,
00:27:36.76\00:27:39.19
yes, because the
Lord enjoys working with
00:27:39.20\00:27:41.86
young people because
they are more willing
00:27:41.87\00:27:44.63
to be open and
obedient and they don't know
00:27:44.64\00:27:48.19
what doesn't work.
No, no that's right.
00:27:48.20\00:27:50.60
And then once
you get away from the
00:27:50.84\00:27:53.99
schedule philosophy
and you get in to allowing
00:27:54.00\00:27:58.80
the Holy Spirit to
lead some wonderful
00:27:58.81\00:28:02.53
and beauty things
can tape. Marian, what
00:28:02.54\00:28:04.55
happened on Friday
night? Well, Ruthie we
00:28:04.62\00:28:08.27
brought the, the
young people back from
00:28:08.28\00:28:11.52
the training and
they were, by the time we
00:28:11.53\00:28:15.45
finished the training
on Friday morning they,
00:28:15.46\00:28:18.76
they were so
excited and then they began
00:28:18.77\00:28:21.97
to wonder how
could this happened to
00:28:21.98\00:28:24.73
the students that
were just coming on to
00:28:24.74\00:28:26.70
campus for the, for
the prayer conference.
00:28:26.71\00:28:30.95
And you had a lot
of different schools
00:28:30.96\00:28:32.57
represented. We
did, we had schools from
00:28:32.58\00:28:35.34
Illinois from of
course Ozark Academy
00:28:35.35\00:28:37.83
we had students from Texas, from
00:28:37.84\00:28:40.79
Ouachita Hills
Academy, from Midland Adventist
00:28:40.80\00:28:44.95
Academy in Kansas
City. And then many
00:28:44.96\00:28:47.94
students that were
home schooled, high
00:28:47.95\00:28:50.49
school students.
And so, we had all these
00:28:50.50\00:28:53.63
students coming on
campus and these seventy
00:28:53.64\00:28:56.78
began to
wonder, how can we make,
00:28:56.79\00:29:00.15
allow them to have
the same experience
00:29:00.16\00:29:03.07
we just had? And
we smiled because we
00:29:03.08\00:29:06.24
knew that there was
nothing they could do,
00:29:06.25\00:29:08.61
or nothing we could do. And so,
00:29:08.62\00:29:11.44
when they got back
over to the Academy Campus
00:29:11.45\00:29:14.89
they began, they
gathered in a room and
00:29:14.90\00:29:18.07
they began to try to
plan something and they
00:29:18.08\00:29:21.28
couldn't agree on what
should be done and then
00:29:21.29\00:29:23.54
one of them said, wait a minute,
00:29:23.55\00:29:25.01
what's going on
here? This is, this is not
00:29:25.02\00:29:27.82
the way it
happened out there. And so,
00:29:27.83\00:29:30.94
they were all down
on their knees, pleading
00:29:30.95\00:29:34.34
with the Lord for
the young people that
00:29:34.35\00:29:36.71
were coming onto the
campus that they would
00:29:36.72\00:29:38.37
have that same
experience. Yeah. And
00:29:38.38\00:29:40.90
that was when the Holy
Spirit took over again.
00:29:40.91\00:29:44.13
I like, I like
something I would didn't get
00:29:44.14\00:29:46.90
to be there, so I
have just been enjoying
00:29:46.91\00:29:50.29
this vicariously,
but I have many of us
00:29:50.30\00:29:53.27
who weren't
there have been blessed
00:29:53.28\00:29:54.76
over-and-over by
hearing these stories,
00:29:54.77\00:29:56.68
but I understand
that Gary Burns stood up
00:29:56.69\00:29:59.23
on Friday night and
just welcome to people
00:29:59.24\00:30:02.19
and introduce the
weekend and then he
00:30:02.20\00:30:03.99
said, now you
aren't gonna see me
00:30:04.00\00:30:06.05
or other adults
here on this platform
00:30:06.06\00:30:08.38
all weekend. The
young people are in
00:30:08.39\00:30:10.58
charge and he
prayed and he walked off.
00:30:10.59\00:30:13.58
Yes. And I guess it
was quiet for a minute
00:30:13.59\00:30:16.28
or two and then
finally young people came
00:30:16.29\00:30:19.12
up and started
giving their testimonies.
00:30:19.13\00:30:21.02
Tell us what happened
Raquel? That that night
00:30:21.03\00:30:23.98
was really amazing,
people opened up and
00:30:23.99\00:30:26.83
share testimony
they were confessing,
00:30:26.84\00:30:29.08
singing song,
sharing personal experience
00:30:29.09\00:30:32.84
and that was great
because once people
00:30:32.85\00:30:34.87
start doing it and
there was at the end
00:30:34.88\00:30:37.13
of the stage you had
to sit in line basically
00:30:37.14\00:30:39.54
to go next and the
line just kept getting
00:30:39.55\00:30:41.42
longer-and-longer
people kept wanting to share
00:30:41.43\00:30:43.62
more-and-more it
was wonderful like how
00:30:43.63\00:30:46.07
you like one
person's testimony would
00:30:46.08\00:30:48.13
encourage some,
inspire, people yes. Yeah.
00:30:48.14\00:30:51.34
Tell us about, is
that Craig the big tall kid
00:30:51.35\00:30:55.55
with iPhone,
Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, yes,
00:30:55.56\00:30:58.68
tell us about that,
that's wonderful story.
00:30:58.69\00:31:00.92
He was, he was
inspire to go up and share
00:31:00.93\00:31:03.50
his personal
experience with his music and
00:31:03.51\00:31:06.14
his iPod and how he
was so connected with
00:31:06.15\00:31:08.18
his iPod and all the
music on it, he would
00:31:08.19\00:31:10.45
always listen to it,
that was like his escape
00:31:10.46\00:31:12.46
I guess, and. But
this was dark music. Yes,
00:31:12.47\00:31:15.95
heavy metal that
kind of music. And he went
00:31:15.96\00:31:20.75
up there and deleted
all his music on his,
00:31:20.76\00:31:22.88
in front of
everybody, is that right?
00:31:22.89\00:31:25.84
He said, this is
Caleb with all of his music.
00:31:25.85\00:31:28.94
This is Caleb
deleting all of his music,
00:31:28.95\00:31:31.90
all of music. And
he made a good point
00:31:31.91\00:31:33.01
while he did that,
he was like you can't
00:31:33.02\00:31:34.65
just you know, throw
it all the way without
00:31:34.66\00:31:37.06
filling it was
something good or else it's
00:31:37.07\00:31:39.79
just gonna refill with
trash. Right. You know,
00:31:39.80\00:31:41.81
and so he, he had
played a song you know
00:31:41.82\00:31:44.36
a Christian song
that he enjoyed and it was
00:31:44.37\00:31:46.12
wonderful. I thought
that point was really
00:31:46.13\00:31:47.77
important. And I understand that
00:31:47.78\00:31:49.63
kids came up you
know, and surrounded him
00:31:49.64\00:31:52.06
and prayed for him.
You know, that's one
00:31:52.07\00:31:54.79
of the things
about teenagers you see,
00:31:54.80\00:31:57.62
such encouragement
and such support for
00:31:57.63\00:31:59.99
one another, if one
person's crying they're
00:32:00.00\00:32:02.10
all crying. Yeah,
that's right. If, if one
00:32:02.11\00:32:04.27
person is laughing
they're all laughing.
00:32:04.28\00:32:05.79
Amen. And they know
that they, their parents
00:32:05.80\00:32:08.74
understand, that's
right, another thing
00:32:08.75\00:32:10.62
about for
teenagers is that, an adult
00:32:10.63\00:32:15.50
might try to fool
a kid, but kids can't
00:32:15.51\00:32:19.20
fool each other.
And they understand
00:32:19.21\00:32:21.75
exactly where
you're coming from. And
00:32:21.76\00:32:24.31
it really, I mean
you get through faster I
00:32:24.32\00:32:26.68
think than adults. I
used to tell the kids
00:32:26.69\00:32:29.62
you are smarter
now than you're ever
00:32:29.63\00:32:32.41
gonna be, you
never gonna be this smart
00:32:32.42\00:32:35.08
again. You just keep
getting dumber. Yeah,
00:32:35.09\00:32:37.10
yeah. And I've, I've
told them you are in an
00:32:37.11\00:32:41.38
enviable position
because adults will
00:32:41.39\00:32:44.62
listen to you, your
parents listen to you
00:32:44.63\00:32:47.57
and children look up
to you like you know,
00:32:47.58\00:32:50.26
you know everything.
And so, teenagers are in
00:32:50.27\00:32:53.88
a very strategic and
important position in
00:32:53.89\00:32:57.17
our Church today.
That's right. That means
00:32:57.18\00:32:59.23
we need to step
up, we need to. Yeah,
00:32:59.24\00:33:00.89
that's right. It's
like I don't know when I
00:33:00.90\00:33:02.69
think about teenagers
and are like the great
00:33:02.70\00:33:05.75
opportunity that
we have, it makes me
00:33:05.76\00:33:08.16
think of my math
class for one reason,
00:33:08.17\00:33:11.05
our teacher Mr.
Fisher he always ask for
00:33:11.06\00:33:14.60
like people to,
who like shout out the
00:33:14.61\00:33:16.62
answers, so he can
maybe write it on the board
00:33:16.68\00:33:18.53
or whatever, and
some of us may know how
00:33:18.54\00:33:22.40
to find the answer,
and some of us may already
00:33:22.41\00:33:24.01
have the answer, but
they're, they're always
00:33:24.02\00:33:26.24
be like a moment of
silence like people are
00:33:26.25\00:33:28.63
scared to shout out
the answer or people like
00:33:28.64\00:33:31.65
the people that know
the answer they won't
00:33:31.66\00:33:33.03
say it because they
know somebody else has it
00:33:33.04\00:33:35.42
or somebody else who
find it first, so they
00:33:35.43\00:33:37.10
can say it. And I
feel like that's what we're
00:33:37.11\00:33:38.91
doing in the Church
like we know, waiting,
00:33:38.92\00:33:41.26
yes we're waiting and
it's the moment of the
00:33:41.27\00:33:43.05
silence like somebody
needs to say the answer,
00:33:43.17\00:33:45.52
someone needs to
you know, step out there
00:33:45.53\00:33:47.79
like we know the
answer, or some of us know how
00:33:47.80\00:33:50.30
to find it, but
we're not, we're waiting on
00:33:50.31\00:33:52.60
someone else to do
it. That's a wonderful
00:33:52.61\00:33:54.62
example Raquel,
that's exactly where we are.
00:33:54.63\00:33:57.51
And I think God is
saying, what are you
00:33:58.21\00:33:59.79
waiting for? Yes,
like myself you've like,
00:33:59.80\00:34:02.31
I know you guys
have the answer; you guys
00:34:02.32\00:34:04.04
have your calculators
in front of you to find
00:34:04.05\00:34:05.84
the answer, that's
like God find it and
00:34:05.85\00:34:07.64
waiting. It's like a
Bible right there. Yeah,
00:34:07.65\00:34:08.90
right there the
answers, right. Well and
00:34:08.91\00:34:11.51
you know, I wanted
to, to ask Oby a question
00:34:11.52\00:34:15.90
in a minute too,
but jump in when you see
00:34:15.91\00:34:19.75
something that
because we all are,
00:34:19.76\00:34:21.58
are excited about
this, that's right, and I
00:34:21.59\00:34:23.43
don't want to leave
anybody out. Can I tell
00:34:23.44\00:34:27.43
what happened
Saturday night? Yes. And wasn't
00:34:27.44\00:34:30.06
even there, but I've
told this so many times
00:34:30.07\00:34:33.06
you'd think I was
there. Yeah, on Sabbath
00:34:33.07\00:34:36.41
morning they had
testimonies and Bible
00:34:36.42\00:34:38.97
study, on Sabbath
afternoon they went
00:34:38.98\00:34:41.51
out in the
community, yes, and gave books
00:34:41.52\00:34:44.66
away and prayed
with people, yep, and
00:34:44.67\00:34:46.69
then in the
evening when they came back
00:34:46.70\00:34:48.81
they were usually
the kids get up and
00:34:48.82\00:34:53.76
again there's a long
line waiting you know,
00:34:53.77\00:34:56.37
to tell what
happened. Because there is a
00:34:56.38\00:34:58.28
lot of excitement,
yes, lot of excitement,
00:34:58.29\00:35:00.66
but one of the
first people was a girl by
00:35:00.67\00:35:05.56
the name of
Brooke, Brooke she was 14,
00:35:05.57\00:35:09.05
yes, and she came
up and told her story,
00:35:09.06\00:35:13.13
she was an addicted alcoholic.
00:35:13.14\00:35:16.29
Oh! Wow! At 14, 14, yeah.
00:35:16.30\00:35:19.36
And her home
situation as a human being
00:35:19.37\00:35:23.64
we would look at
that and say, that's
00:35:23.65\00:35:25.03
totally hopeless,
yeah, that's hopeless.
00:35:25.04\00:35:27.25
But with God there
are no hopeless cases.
00:35:27.26\00:35:30.81
No, nothing. And I
just want to say that
00:35:30.82\00:35:32.82
into the camera
tonight wherever you are with
00:35:32.83\00:35:35.66
God there are no hopeless cases.
00:35:35.67\00:35:37.94
That's right. God
can do anything for you.
00:35:37.95\00:35:40.81
Yes. That night
when Brooke came up
00:35:40.82\00:35:43.82
and gave her
testimony she said, I want to
00:35:43.83\00:35:48.28
be baptized, yeah,
I've never been baptized.
00:35:48.29\00:35:51.03
And so, the
correct me if I'm wrong
00:35:51.04\00:35:54.08
because I wasn't there, but she,
00:35:54.09\00:35:56.64
the pastor took her
aside and questioned
00:35:56.65\00:35:59.57
her and made sure
that she understood
00:35:59.58\00:36:01.16
and she was ready for Baptism.
00:36:01.17\00:36:02.84
And then she was
baptized, but that night
00:36:02.85\00:36:06.67
I don't know if I can
tell this without a lot
00:36:06.68\00:36:10.41
of emotion because
this is so amazing,
00:36:10.42\00:36:13.62
that night from
about 8 O'clock until
00:36:13.63\00:36:17.48
2 O'clock in the
morning these kids
00:36:17.49\00:36:20.91
were giving their
testimonies weeping
00:36:20.92\00:36:23.02
together, praying
together and 50 were
00:36:23.03\00:36:25.60
baptized. Wow!
Wow! Really amazing.
00:36:25.61\00:36:28.52
Is that revival? Yes,
it is. Absolutely it is.
00:36:28.53\00:36:32.31
It's the kind of
revival that our pioneers had.
00:36:32.32\00:36:36.16
That's right. And
they would pray sometimes
00:36:36.17\00:36:38.55
all night long, this
is not an extreme thing
00:36:38.56\00:36:42.39
folks, it's
something that we honestly are
00:36:42.40\00:36:45.05
all gonna have to
start being more involved
00:36:45.06\00:36:47.35
with, if we're going
to have the fortification
00:36:47.36\00:36:50.59
of our souls that
we're gonna need to live
00:36:50.60\00:36:53.76
in the times
that we're living in,
00:36:53.77\00:36:55.69
you look at the
things that are happening
00:36:55.70\00:36:57.15
in Japan as far as the
nuclear fall out situation,
00:36:57.16\00:37:01.71
we don't know
where that's going,
00:37:01.72\00:37:04.45
and we don't know
some of the things that
00:37:04.46\00:37:07.01
are going to start
happening in this world
00:37:07.02\00:37:09.96
we must be ready and
there's no way we can
00:37:09.97\00:37:12.99
do it without being
fortified by the word
00:37:13.00\00:37:15.18
of God, that's
right, and by prayer.
00:37:15.19\00:37:17.28
It's the only
way. And I remember,
00:37:17.29\00:37:20.05
I remember
after, when I was at the
00:37:20.06\00:37:21.63
prayer conference,
the North American Prayer
00:37:21.64\00:37:24.02
Conference at the
Cove, you know, there was,
00:37:24.03\00:37:27.75
there were some
young people there not
00:37:27.76\00:37:29.22
many of us, but the
ones that were there
00:37:29.23\00:37:31.33
I could see something
you know, in them and,
00:37:31.34\00:37:34.88
and so one night I
was, I was in well saying,
00:37:34.89\00:37:39.09
it was just kind of
like a watch type thing
00:37:39.10\00:37:41.27
and me and these
boys. Billy Graham Coves
00:37:41.28\00:37:43.89
near Asheville. Me, me
and this boy we started,
00:37:43.90\00:37:47.17
we start talking
and, and, and sharing our
00:37:47.18\00:37:51.16
faith with each other
and, and kind of connecting
00:37:51.17\00:37:53.39
on a spiritual level
really and, I remember
00:37:53.40\00:37:56.52
that night we, we
just started praying
00:37:56.53\00:38:00.15
and we just prayed for hours.
00:38:00.16\00:38:02.42
And I, I, I barely
knew this, this person,
00:38:02.43\00:38:05.25
but because we connected on a
00:38:05.26\00:38:07.45
spiritual level we
weren't, we weren't
00:38:07.46\00:38:09.19
afraid and, and it
was like we sparked each
00:38:09.20\00:38:12.42
other I mean, if
this person, wow! This
00:38:12.43\00:38:13.96
person is, is, is
willing to, to pray with me.
00:38:13.97\00:38:17.62
And, and, and the
way they're pouring out
00:38:17.63\00:38:19.94
their heart to God
I mean we wee pouring
00:38:19.95\00:38:21.41
our hearts out like
things in our personal
00:38:21.42\00:38:23.34
life that to God you
know, with his person
00:38:23.35\00:38:26.46
right next to us and
it really strengthen us
00:38:26.47\00:38:28.94
and being with other
young people there and,
00:38:28.95\00:38:30.87
and it was, it was,
it was a great experience
00:38:30.88\00:38:33.94
spiritual relationship.
It's true, isn't it Oby
00:38:33.95\00:38:36.46
that when
somebody is praying about a
00:38:36.47\00:38:38.93
problem or a situation,
the Holy Spirit reminds
00:38:38.94\00:38:42.61
you, yes, you know,
that's something that
00:38:42.62\00:38:45.31
you can identify
with that and not only do
00:38:45.32\00:38:48.22
I want you to pray
for him, but you can pray
00:38:48.23\00:38:49.98
for yourself. And it
strengthens both of you.
00:38:49.99\00:38:52.74
Good, that's right.
And especially when,
00:38:52.75\00:38:54.91
especially when
you're willing, when
00:38:54.92\00:38:57.64
someone sees that,
well this person is
00:38:57.65\00:38:58.94
willing to share
what in their life has,
00:38:58.95\00:39:03.06
has brought them
down, this person really
00:39:03.07\00:39:05.49
and most people
don't want to admit their
00:39:05.50\00:39:06.60
faults, yeah, and
when they see that they're,
00:39:06.61\00:39:08.68
they're like well
this person cares you know
00:39:08.69\00:39:11.84
and, and, and is
trusting with us and,
00:39:11.85\00:39:13.43
and it's a way to
strengthen each other.
00:39:13.44\00:39:15.55
That's one of the
beauties I think in
00:39:15.56\00:39:18.44
working with young people. Yes.
00:39:18.45\00:39:20.01
Because you don't
play games, or at least
00:39:20.02\00:39:23.43
as not as much as
some adults, we as adults
00:39:23.44\00:39:26.28
tend to do, you're
just willing to look at the
00:39:26.29\00:39:30.87
bottom line and say,
who are we trying to kid,
00:39:30.88\00:39:33.20
we need God. Yeah,
yeah. And that's really what
00:39:33.21\00:39:36.44
we all. As adults we're
a little more guarded and
00:39:36.45\00:39:40.17
we little more
careful, but yeah a young
00:39:40.18\00:39:43.31
person is very open. A
young person is a child
00:39:43.32\00:39:47.75
who's grown big and
the Lord said, except
00:39:47.76\00:39:50.88
we become as
little children and that's
00:39:50.89\00:39:53.74
true for those of us
who have really grown big
00:39:53.75\00:39:56.70
unless we become
as little children,
00:39:56.71\00:39:59.22
trusting in Him,
having faith in Him,
00:39:59.23\00:40:02.18
then He says,
we want really have
00:40:02.19\00:40:04.45
that connection.
Child like in our
00:40:04.46\00:40:06.67
faith and trust. Yeah. Ruthie,
00:40:06.68\00:40:08.88
can I share with you
what was taking place
00:40:08.89\00:40:11.91
at the back of
the church? Please.
00:40:11.92\00:40:13.87
On that Saturday
night, as adults we were
00:40:13.88\00:40:18.00
not allowed to go upfront,
00:40:18.01\00:40:20.01
but we really didn't want to,
00:40:20.63\00:40:21.71
aren't you
glad? I'm so thankful.
00:40:21.72\00:40:23.68
I was at the back
of the Church praying
00:40:24.89\00:40:26.68
as I was ordered to by Gary.
00:40:26.69\00:40:28.85
And of course that
was what I want to do,
00:40:29.86\00:40:31.96
but as we were
back there praying
00:40:32.30\00:40:33.82
the church was
fairly dark except for
00:40:34.26\00:40:37.14
the lights upfront
and as I walked around the
00:40:37.15\00:40:41.09
very back of the
Church I almost stumbled
00:40:41.10\00:40:43.95
over some boys that
were laying faced down
00:40:43.96\00:40:48.28
pleading with God
for these kids that had
00:40:48.29\00:40:52.52
come to that
conference that they would
00:40:52.53\00:40:54.61
yeild their hearts to the Lord,
00:40:54.62\00:40:56.10
from their school, from
this all of the schools.
00:40:56.11\00:40:58.76
I walked around
the hallway and in
00:40:59.30\00:41:01.86
the overflow room
on the outside a boy
00:41:01.87\00:41:05.39
came out of the
room and he said,
00:41:05.40\00:41:07.11
Mrs. Parson, could
you please come here,
00:41:07.12\00:41:09.12
my friend needs
you to pray with her?
00:41:10.04\00:41:12.59
And so, I went in
thinking that she was
00:41:13.15\00:41:15.83
you know,
struggling and she was in tears
00:41:15.84\00:41:19.96
just pouring her
heart out and I said,
00:41:20.42\00:41:23.34
what is it?
What, what's troubling
00:41:23.35\00:41:25.22
you know, and
she said, my friends,
00:41:25.23\00:41:27.58
I'm just pleading with the Lord,
00:41:27.59\00:41:29.48
my friends haven't yet yielded
00:41:29.49\00:41:32.44
to the Holy Spirit. And she,
00:41:32.45\00:41:35.65
her heart was so
full for her school
00:41:35.66\00:41:38.53
classmates that she
was pleading and crying
00:41:38.54\00:41:42.78
asking God to reach
them. Don't you think
00:41:43.54\00:41:46.82
this is the kind
of love that God wants
00:41:46.83\00:41:50.02
us all to have? Absolutely.
00:41:50.03\00:41:52.10
For the people who
are lost. Absolutely,
00:41:52.11\00:41:54.60
and when we
really want to have that,
00:41:54.61\00:41:59.18
God gives it to
us. Had a good friend
00:41:59.19\00:42:01.43
by the name of
Ray Rushing and Ray
00:42:01.44\00:42:03.05
told me that one
time he was at a Church
00:42:03.06\00:42:05.15
in Dallas, Texas and he said,
00:42:05.16\00:42:07.56
we would pray
and we were praying
00:42:07.57\00:42:10.18
for souls? And
he said that was one
00:42:10.19\00:42:12.92
young man that he
said, when I came on
00:42:12.93\00:42:16.18
in he was lying
face down. That's right.
00:42:16.19\00:42:18.72
He said, he was a
Bible, a Bible College,
00:42:19.05\00:42:23.01
a Bible College
president of a small
00:42:23.02\00:42:25.75
Bible college as
he was lying face down
00:42:25.76\00:42:29.50
and he was praying and he said,
00:42:29.99\00:42:31.31
I could, he was
praying out loud oh! God,
00:42:31.32\00:42:33.54
please make me a soul winner;
00:42:33.55\00:42:36.44
please make me a soul winner.
00:42:36.69\00:42:38.61
Amen. He was
praying this prayer over
00:42:38.62\00:42:40.92
and over again and he said,
00:42:40.93\00:42:42.66
I knelt beside Him, and we began
00:42:42.67\00:42:44.98
to pray together.
And he said that was
00:42:44.99\00:42:47.37
the first time I
ever made Billy Graham.
00:42:47.38\00:42:49.59
And Billy Graham
was that young college,
00:42:50.28\00:42:53.17
Bible college
president. Amen. Who went from
00:42:53.99\00:42:56.11
there to holding
the meeting that he held
00:42:56.12\00:42:58.34
out in
California and became, amen,
00:42:58.35\00:43:00.95
a soul winner
because he was asking God,
00:43:01.27\00:43:04.70
make me a soul
winner. And you know,
00:43:04.71\00:43:07.47
I think that all
of us want that and we
00:43:07.48\00:43:09.60
get a Free
Offer for you tonight.
00:43:09.61\00:43:11.64
And it's "How to Grow in Jesus."
00:43:12.03\00:43:14.58
Right now you
and I need to grow as
00:43:15.21\00:43:17.95
never before.
This is a great little
00:43:17.96\00:43:20.04
book by Marvin
Moore, we're gonna send
00:43:20.05\00:43:22.32
it to you, it's our Free Offer,
00:43:22.33\00:43:23.94
you can get it by
calling 618-627-4651 or
00:43:24.28\00:43:29.84
you can email us
at freeoffer@3abn.org.
00:43:29.85\00:43:35.97
And please do
that, we need to hear
00:43:36.47\00:43:38.55
from you, we want to hear
00:43:38.56\00:43:39.57
from you and
you're going to want to
00:43:39.58\00:43:41.63
have this little
book. Now, the second
00:43:41.64\00:43:44.43
half of our
program Ruthie we're gonna,
00:43:44.44\00:43:46.48
if we can get time
to get through them.
00:43:47.23\00:43:48.99
We're gonna have some
questions and you know,
00:43:50.05\00:43:53.10
the address for questions is,
00:43:53.11\00:43:55.44
questions what
is it, at 3abn.org,
00:43:55.89\00:44:00.73
live@3abn.org. And you can send
00:44:00.74\00:44:04.42
your questions to that address;
00:44:04.43\00:44:07.07
put them in here,
any kind of question
00:44:07.66\00:44:09.47
about prayer,
revival, things of that nature,
00:44:09.78\00:44:13.09
618-627-4651 for
your questions or
00:44:14.69\00:44:18.69
live@3abn.org.
And we'll be looking
00:44:19.01\00:44:23.79
forward to
those, those questions,
00:44:23.80\00:44:25.36
yes. I'd like to
say something more
00:44:25.78\00:44:27.53
about Billy
Graham. Okay. He had been
00:44:27.54\00:44:31.00
speaking and he had been holding
00:44:31.01\00:44:33.60
evangelistic
crusades, but something
00:44:34.01\00:44:36.78
happened in Los
Angeles. Yes. And all the church
00:44:36.79\00:44:41.18
has got
together and they decided
00:44:41.19\00:44:42.68
that there we're gonna
pray for months before,
00:44:42.69\00:44:46.01
yes, his crusade.
And he said that was
00:44:46.02\00:44:49.86
when God turned
everything. Oh! Yes,
00:44:49.87\00:44:52.31
absolutely. While
they were praying the,
00:44:52.32\00:44:55.16
the crime rate went down, yeah,
00:44:55.17\00:44:58.64
and everything
changed in that City
00:44:58.65\00:45:01.02
of Los Angeles. And
so, he said I want to,
00:45:01.03\00:45:04.68
to continue with
this, but I will never go
00:45:04.69\00:45:07.17
into a city that
doesn't have a city
00:45:07.18\00:45:09.78
wide prayer, yeah, yeah,
00:45:09.79\00:45:11.36
serious. Then
people would realize
00:45:11.37\00:45:12.65
he was just in a
great big old tent on a,
00:45:12.66\00:45:14.91
a vacant lot. Yeah. It
was not some kind of a,
00:45:15.68\00:45:18.83
a great
auditorium or great stadium
00:45:18.84\00:45:22.11
or anything of that
nature, it was about as
00:45:22.12\00:45:24.73
primitive as you can get in that
00:45:24.74\00:45:26.41
first meeting,
right, but God continued to
00:45:26.42\00:45:28.92
bless it and
night after night people
00:45:28.93\00:45:31.15
were receiving Jesus Christ and
00:45:31.16\00:45:33.71
He went from there, if my memory
00:45:33.72\00:45:35.59
serves me
right, Boston to Pastor
00:45:35.60\00:45:39.08
Harold John Ockenga's
Church there the park,
00:45:39.52\00:45:42.97
I guess called Park
Street to Presbyterian
00:45:43.80\00:45:46.17
and held his second meeting in a
00:45:46.46\00:45:48.31
Church there. And that began
00:45:48.32\00:45:50.48
to grow and grow
and then they went out
00:45:50.49\00:45:52.90
to one of the
places there for a stadium,
00:45:52.91\00:45:58.20
actually an indoor
type stadium and I'm
00:45:58.21\00:46:00.65
trying to
remember the name of it,
00:46:00.66\00:46:01.84
but it's where the
Celtics play and the
00:46:01.85\00:46:04.90
so forth the old
one and there they held
00:46:04.91\00:46:08.10
a larger thing,
but these meetings
00:46:08.11\00:46:10.63
were started out
small, yeah, and God continued
00:46:10.64\00:46:13.69
to bless them. And as the people
00:46:13.70\00:46:15.70
prayed then
things began to happen.
00:46:15.71\00:46:18.03
Do you know that
man is incredible,
00:46:18.04\00:46:20.00
they just celebrated I think his
00:46:20.60\00:46:22.03
90th birthday.
Yes. And but he was
00:46:22.04\00:46:24.71
telling his
friends and his family.
00:46:24.72\00:46:26.42
You know, I don't the Lord is
00:46:26.79\00:46:27.76
finished with me I
think there are some
00:46:27.77\00:46:29.56
more things He
wants me to do. Yeah.
00:46:29.57\00:46:31.51
And it may not be
in the huge crusades
00:46:31.95\00:46:34.85
that He used to
have, but He's giving Billy
00:46:34.86\00:46:37.75
Graham ideas
that He can carry out,
00:46:38.11\00:46:40.88
or carry them out
through other people,
00:46:40.89\00:46:43.22
he's just there,
that's right, praying
00:46:43.23\00:46:44.79
and studying and
wanting to be used,
00:46:44.80\00:46:47.48
it's beautiful. And Billy Graham
00:46:47.49\00:46:49.26
if you're watching
tonight we want you
00:46:49.27\00:46:50.93
to know that we
really appreciate
00:46:50.94\00:46:52.75
your ministry of
bringing, amen, many,
00:46:52.76\00:46:54.62
many people to
Christ. And there are so
00:46:54.63\00:46:56.99
many people that are part of the
00:46:57.00\00:46:58.64
Three Angels
Messages found that gave
00:46:58.65\00:47:02.17
their hearts to
Jesus. Oh! Yes, in a Bally
00:47:02.18\00:47:04.36
Graham crusade.
And all over the world.
00:47:04.37\00:47:07.00
And George
Beverly Shea is a hundred
00:47:07.01\00:47:08.94
and what? He is a little over,
00:47:08.95\00:47:10.58
I think a 102 I
think it is. But you know,
00:47:10.59\00:47:12.73
he can still
sing. He still sings,
00:47:12.74\00:47:14.21
and watches other 3ABN. So,
00:47:14.22\00:47:17.58
he maybe
watching tonight as well,
00:47:17.59\00:47:19.56
if he is, okay,
we're praying that both
00:47:19.57\00:47:22.51
of them have great
health because they
00:47:22.52\00:47:24.17
were great
inspirations to some of us
00:47:24.18\00:47:26.31
as young people
they, they held up Jesus
00:47:26.78\00:47:29.84
Christ and
preached, preached to Christ
00:47:29.85\00:47:32.82
and they were a
great example to us.
00:47:32.83\00:47:35.45
Well, I'd like to say
something else getting
00:47:35.83\00:47:37.27
back to the Ozark
Team Prayer Conference. Yes
00:47:37.28\00:47:40.07
There was a group that came to
00:47:40.08\00:47:42.56
the North American
Division in Silver Spring
00:47:42.57\00:47:44.93
Maryland and they
were there for the year
00:47:44.94\00:47:47.94
end meetings
and they prayed over
00:47:48.02\00:47:50.30
Elder Dan
Jackson and they led out
00:47:50.31\00:47:53.78
in the early
morning prayer, prayer time,
00:47:53.79\00:47:55.84
times and they
went to the prayer room.
00:47:55.85\00:47:58.82
And you know,
Paul Brantley told me
00:47:59.57\00:48:01.66
something he is a
Vice-President he said,
00:48:01.67\00:48:04.74
I was going into
the building one day
00:48:04.75\00:48:06.87
and I just felt like
he had quite a few big
00:48:06.88\00:48:10.49
things in front
of him and he said,
00:48:11.01\00:48:12.80
I just felt
like I needed to pray
00:48:12.81\00:48:14.45
and he said, I
went up to the Chapel
00:48:15.21\00:48:17.21
on second floor
to pray and he said,
00:48:17.22\00:48:20.05
it was just full to
walls with all these
00:48:20.06\00:48:23.51
kids because they
were there praying
00:48:23.52\00:48:25.15
for people. And he said,
00:48:25.16\00:48:27.32
when they
thought they had finished
00:48:27.71\00:48:29.13
praying for
everyone that had come in,
00:48:29.14\00:48:31.64
they were gonna just prayer walk
00:48:32.64\00:48:34.33
in the building and pray for,
00:48:34.34\00:48:35.68
pray for people in
their offices or cubicles
00:48:35.69\00:48:39.13
as they had
request. And he said,
00:48:39.54\00:48:42.88
Paul, told us he
said, I saw them they were
00:48:43.40\00:48:45.36
getting ready to
leave and I said,
00:48:45.37\00:48:46.57
no, no, no
don't go yet I want to
00:48:46.58\00:48:48.78
have prayer. And
so, they prayed for Him
00:48:48.79\00:48:51.33
and He has been
so grateful for that.
00:48:51.34\00:48:54.55
He still, he
still talks about it,
00:48:55.81\00:48:57.87
still thankful for
it. There's something
00:48:57.88\00:48:59.99
about the prayer
and the faith, yes,
00:49:00.00\00:49:02.65
of a teenager.
That's right, very true.
00:49:02.66\00:49:06.18
I know I notice
when, when I go to
00:49:06.19\00:49:09.46
strangers I've,
I've done canvassing
00:49:10.81\00:49:12.43
for a long time and,
and usually I, I, I ask,
00:49:12.44\00:49:14.72
if I can pray with
them before I leave
00:49:14.73\00:49:15.99
and I mean just
hearing from a young
00:49:16.00\00:49:18.63
person that this
young person wants to,
00:49:18.64\00:49:20.06
wants to pray with
me. I mean most young
00:49:20.65\00:49:22.80
people don't have
thought, asking to God
00:49:22.81\00:49:24.40
and just ask you
to pray with somebody,
00:49:24.41\00:49:26.25
right, but I
remember one woman she,
00:49:26.26\00:49:28.77
she was so shocked
that I mean this is a,
00:49:29.42\00:49:32.51
this has been
a, been a time when
00:49:32.52\00:49:34.35
I actually knelt
down to 'cause to get
00:49:34.36\00:49:37.73
down with her level
to pray with her. Yes
00:49:37.74\00:49:39.44
She was just shock that a young
00:49:39.45\00:49:41.14
person would do
that and the impact
00:49:41.15\00:49:43.16
it had on her was amazing,
00:49:43.17\00:49:44.92
she ended up buying 17 religious
00:49:44.93\00:49:47.86
spiritual books,
books for the employees,
00:49:47.87\00:49:50.02
book for other
people because she was so
00:49:50.03\00:49:52.22
touched and, and
for a few minutes
00:49:52.23\00:49:54.47
she was
stunned, she couldn't say
00:49:54.48\00:49:55.61
anything, she
actually almost basically
00:49:55.62\00:49:57.99
dismissed me
because she was so shocked
00:49:58.00\00:50:00.37
and I was
walking down the street.
00:50:00.38\00:50:01.98
And, and her
secretary came running after
00:50:01.99\00:50:03.73
me and said, she wants you
00:50:03.74\00:50:04.71
to come back and that's when she
00:50:04.72\00:50:05.86
told me how,
how, how touched she
00:50:05.87\00:50:08.06
wasn't and she
was just speechless.
00:50:08.07\00:50:10.05
And she just want everything,
00:50:10.06\00:50:11.70
she's like I
don't care what you have
00:50:11.71\00:50:12.79
just, just give
it, I want it all,
00:50:12.80\00:50:14.48
whatever you have I want it.
00:50:14.93\00:50:16.19
Praise the
Lord. And she, she saw
00:50:16.60\00:50:17.82
and it was
amazing. Praise the Lord.
00:50:17.83\00:50:18.88
Praise the
Lord. Now, that was in
00:50:18.89\00:50:19.92
somebody's office. That was in
00:50:19.93\00:50:21.42
somebody's office,
it was a, yeah I was,
00:50:21.43\00:50:23.34
it was actually in a, it was a,
00:50:23.35\00:50:25.84
a business actually
really, yeah, and so.
00:50:25.85\00:50:29.10
Raquel, what have
you seen in your life
00:50:30.63\00:50:33.15
personally as a
result of prayer?
00:50:33.16\00:50:35.78
Wow, I've seen
personally just looking
00:50:37.62\00:50:42.43
at where God has, where God has
00:50:42.44\00:50:44.70
brought me from to where I'm now
00:50:44.71\00:50:46.26
as a result of my
prayer life and my
00:50:46.27\00:50:49.38
personal you know
experiences with Him
00:50:49.39\00:50:51.60
that's I guess the
first hand account of
00:50:51.61\00:50:53.92
what prayer has done for me,
00:50:53.93\00:50:55.48
and what God has
done for me and I don't,
00:50:55.49\00:50:58.35
I don't know
it'd a long segment,
00:50:58.36\00:51:00.44
if I went into,
to places that he,
00:51:00.45\00:51:02.73
move on we've got
a few more minutes,
00:51:02.74\00:51:04.86
so go ahead. But Team Prayer
00:51:04.87\00:51:06.42
Conference though
was five months ago.
00:51:06.43\00:51:08.38
Yeah. And that
is not an experience
00:51:08.77\00:51:11.30
that has just
gone away. Yes one,
00:51:11.31\00:51:14.69
one thing I, I
shared with Ms. Marian
00:51:14.70\00:51:17.24
earlier was ever
since the prayer conference,
00:51:17.25\00:51:19.60
I don't know it
really strengthened my
00:51:19.96\00:51:21.11
faith and my, my
trust in God. And so,
00:51:21.12\00:51:23.68
after ever since
the prayer conference in
00:51:24.23\00:51:26.36
October I've never
set my alarm clock.
00:51:26.37\00:51:28.67
And so, every
morning, every night I pray,
00:51:29.87\00:51:32.43
I pray that He
wakes me up and I know
00:51:32.82\00:51:35.40
that He will, I
trust that He will
00:51:35.41\00:51:36.85
and He always
wakes me up and we,
00:51:36.86\00:51:38.48
we have that
time to spend together
00:51:38.49\00:51:41.37
and He's, I've
never been late to any
00:51:41.38\00:51:44.36
appointment or, wow! Or anything
00:51:44.37\00:51:47.01
and it's just. Raquel there's on
00:51:47.02\00:51:49.45
the screen now
these are the pictures,
00:51:49.46\00:51:52.17
yes, that came
from Ozark Academy,
00:51:52.18\00:51:54.36
these groups of
people praying together.
00:51:54.37\00:51:56.69
Yes. And you can
just see the intensity
00:51:56.70\00:52:01.27
of the prayers.
This is at the NAD,
00:52:02.45\00:52:05.46
okay yeah, there
here. Yeah, that's right.
00:52:05.47\00:52:08.01
And here are
people that care enough
00:52:09.19\00:52:11.20
about one another
and are willing to pray
00:52:11.21\00:52:14.30
and to open the
scriptures together.
00:52:15.70\00:52:17.46
Yes, this is at the
training camp that we
00:52:18.50\00:52:20.17
went to the,
the 70 team leaders,
00:52:20.18\00:52:22.65
okay, this is during
a Bible study we did.
00:52:22.66\00:52:24.94
Kids, kids can
make use of any space,
00:52:25.26\00:52:27.48
they don't care. Oh! Yeah,
00:52:27.49\00:52:28.46
well that's all
yeah. And it has not a
00:52:28.47\00:52:31.25
problem with all.
And where was this?
00:52:31.26\00:52:33.69
This is at Dan
Jack, Elder Dan Jackson's
00:52:33.70\00:52:36.24
house, His house,
yes. Wow! Alright.
00:52:36.25\00:52:40.22
You know, Ruthie,
you mentioned that
00:52:40.23\00:52:42.27
that girl who is just
on, on the floor praying
00:52:42.28\00:52:45.98
interceding for
her friends and it was
00:52:45.99\00:52:49.58
amazing what the Lord brought up
00:52:49.59\00:52:50.80
from my heart,
it sounds like Lord
00:52:50.81\00:52:52.42
help me to see
through Yours eyes,
00:52:52.43\00:52:53.69
help me to feel, where You feel,
00:52:53.70\00:52:55.23
help me to feel
the need for the people
00:52:55.24\00:52:57.93
around me, help
me to, to see it and,
00:52:57.94\00:53:00.08
and to intercede for
it. He touched my heart
00:53:00.09\00:53:03.57
and the Lord
touched my heart in such
00:53:03.58\00:53:04.73
a way that that
whenever an issue
00:53:04.74\00:53:07.06
would arise with
some of my friends
00:53:07.07\00:53:08.82
whether it was
spiritual battles or,
00:53:09.57\00:53:11.93
of battles of the
flesh and different things,
00:53:11.94\00:53:14.21
I would fight
myself pouring out my heart
00:53:15.23\00:53:16.98
to God, to God
crying interceding for this
00:53:16.99\00:53:20.37
other friend of mine even,
00:53:20.38\00:53:23.36
even neighbors
that I had that aren't
00:53:23.37\00:53:25.84
even Christian,
that don't even know
00:53:25.85\00:53:27.05
God totally in the
world I found myself
00:53:27.06\00:53:30.02
one day 'cause this
was, this was a day was a,
00:53:30.03\00:53:32.57
it was a powerful,
it was, I was crying for
00:53:32.58\00:53:35.57
this person to say
because I've been over
00:53:35.58\00:53:37.15
at their house and I had been
00:53:37.16\00:53:38.29
friends with
them. And this girl was
00:53:38.30\00:53:40.26
thinking about
committing suicide.
00:53:40.27\00:53:41.74
This girl, she was, she was,
00:53:42.37\00:53:44.46
she was crying out,
she is like I can't take
00:53:44.47\00:53:46.07
life anymore, there
is no purpose for me,
00:53:46.08\00:53:47.51
I feel like my soul
is so dark that I've no,
00:53:47.52\00:53:49.96
that I've been
taken over by evil that
00:53:49.97\00:53:51.98
I there is no
purpose for me that,
00:53:51.99\00:53:53.83
that my life I, I wanna end it,
00:53:55.04\00:53:56.46
but I can't, I don't
if the God's too. How old?
00:53:56.47\00:53:58.45
She was, she was 18.
00:53:58.94\00:54:00.07
She is like I don't have guts
00:54:01.32\00:54:02.29
to kill myself,
but she is like she,
00:54:02.30\00:54:04.21
and she was going insane,
00:54:04.22\00:54:05.19
just right in front
of me she was there and,
00:54:05.20\00:54:06.64
and nothing I could say. Right.
00:54:06.65\00:54:09.51
Could nothing I
could get across to her
00:54:09.93\00:54:11.98
would do
anything, but I remember
00:54:11.99\00:54:14.37
going home and
I'm pouring my heart
00:54:14.38\00:54:15.74
out to God for
this, for this girl.
00:54:15.75\00:54:17.71
I believe the Lord's
still working with her,
00:54:18.62\00:54:20.32
but it was just it impacted me
00:54:20.59\00:54:23.19
and you know, just praying for
00:54:23.20\00:54:24.62
this person. And it was just
00:54:24.63\00:54:26.92
amazing what, what the Lord
00:54:26.93\00:54:28.72
did and I was actually
one day praying for her
00:54:28.73\00:54:31.15
to come to Church,
and I went into her
00:54:31.16\00:54:33.45
room to wake her
up 'cause she was
00:54:33.46\00:54:35.30
still sleeping, I was like hey,
00:54:35.31\00:54:36.41
you're gonna come to Church.
00:54:36.42\00:54:37.39
And, and she, she said, oh! No,
00:54:37.78\00:54:40.45
no I can't. And I just got
00:54:40.46\00:54:42.14
down on my knees and I prayed;
00:54:42.55\00:54:43.52
I prayed prayed and prayed,
00:54:43.53\00:54:44.50
and she ended up
coming to Church.
00:54:44.51\00:54:45.82
And, and so it's.
How is she doing now?
00:54:46.32\00:54:48.73
She is, she is
still, she has improved,
00:54:49.76\00:54:53.44
she hasn't, she's
gotten out of suicidal.
00:54:53.45\00:54:55.40
I believe the Lord is
still working with her
00:54:56.91\00:54:58.31
and that has
great plans for her, but
00:54:58.32\00:54:59.78
still pray that
she'll submit to the
00:54:59.79\00:55:01.48
Lord one of these
days. Your prayers are
00:55:01.49\00:55:03.29
important. It is. Okay. Raquel,
00:55:03.30\00:55:05.17
the pictures who
are coming on just as
00:55:06.08\00:55:07.62
you were talking
and, and I wanted to say,
00:55:07.63\00:55:11.03
what a big thing that is?
00:55:11.41\00:55:12.92
At night for you
to say to the Lord,
00:55:12.93\00:55:16.24
wake me up, yes,
and, and He does,
00:55:17.02\00:55:19.99
doesn't He? Yeah,
yeah. He wakes you up
00:55:20.00\00:55:21.98
every morning
what time? It's not,
00:55:21.99\00:55:24.16
it's not really
a consistent time,
00:55:24.17\00:55:25.96
and, and there
is, yes, the lately
00:55:25.97\00:55:27.64
has been very early you know,
00:55:27.65\00:55:29.72
around like 5, round the clock.
00:55:29.73\00:55:31.57
And it sounds
insane, but it's wonderful
00:55:31.58\00:55:33.25
because we
struggle for the time during
00:55:33.26\00:55:35.70
the day or you know,
at night it's hard to
00:55:35.71\00:55:37.98
find time you know,
so it's nice to get up
00:55:37.99\00:55:40.79
early fresh, yes.
Aren't you finding,
00:55:40.80\00:55:43.66
aren't you finding
that instead of this
00:55:43.67\00:55:46.03
being a
discipline, and sometimes we
00:55:46.04\00:55:49.11
really need to go
to our prayer time
00:55:49.12\00:55:51.03
as a discipline,
but more than that
00:55:51.04\00:55:54.40
I think the Lord
gives us a hunger
00:55:55.35\00:55:57.47
in our hearts to
spend time with Him
00:55:57.48\00:56:00.19
and to just
say, Lord what do you
00:56:00.84\00:56:02.12
have for me
today? And He tells us
00:56:02.13\00:56:05.25
how much He loves
us and how valuable
00:56:05.26\00:56:07.64
you are to Him?
Yes. Isn't that true?
00:56:07.65\00:56:09.79
Yes, it is a wonderful,
but I don't know every,
00:56:09.80\00:56:13.23
every morning I
have something new
00:56:13.24\00:56:15.85
like I learned
something new just this
00:56:15.86\00:56:18.12
past month and just the journey,
00:56:18.13\00:56:20.28
ever since the
prayer conference.
00:56:20.29\00:56:22.05
God has
definitely shown new things
00:56:22.70\00:56:25.17
to me and, and
taught me different things
00:56:25.18\00:56:26.84
about myself and about Him and
00:56:26.85\00:56:29.83
it's just been an amazing
00:56:30.23\00:56:31.46
experience. Wow! That really is
00:56:31.47\00:56:33.42
and I will tell you this Ruthie,
00:56:33.43\00:56:35.50
that the Lord
wakes me up for prayer.
00:56:35.51\00:56:38.79
And sometimes it's like 12:30,
00:56:38.80\00:56:41.65
1 O'clock and I
think, wow! Lord I don't
00:56:41.66\00:56:44.04
know how I'm
gonna make it tomorrow,
00:56:44.05\00:56:46.03
but you know it's amazing how he
00:56:46.04\00:56:48.24
refreshes us?
That's right. Even though
00:56:48.25\00:56:50.69
we don't get as
many hours of sleep
00:56:50.70\00:56:52.78
as we think we were
gonna get that, that
00:56:52.79\00:56:56.28
prayer time
with Him is something
00:56:56.29\00:57:00.08
that fortifies us
and maybe sometimes
00:57:00.09\00:57:02.89
it doesn't need
to be so structured,
00:57:02.90\00:57:04.55
we've got about 40 seconds here
00:57:04.86\00:57:06.42
until we take our break. So,
00:57:06.43\00:57:08.35
you if you want
to get word to us,
00:57:08.81\00:57:10.91
you can do it, you can send out
00:57:10.92\00:57:13.74
the freeoffer@3abn.org
or questions and those
00:57:13.75\00:57:19.98
are availabl live@3abn.org,
00:57:19.99\00:57:23.80
either way you
can call 618-267-4651.
00:57:24.12\00:57:29.95
So, do that we'll
be looking forward
00:57:30.43\00:57:32.43
to hearing from
you. And we'll be looking
00:57:32.44\00:57:34.82
forward the second
part of this meeting
00:57:34.83\00:57:37.18
we're gonna be
having some experiences
00:57:37.19\00:57:39.97
and we're gonna
get to as many of
00:57:39.98\00:57:41.62
your questions as we
00:57:41.63\00:57:43.12
possibly can.
We'll be right back.
00:57:43.13\00:57:45.58