Participants: C.A. Murray (Host), John Dinzey (Host), Armando Miranda
Series Code: TLB
Program Code: TLB011505
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00:10 We are back for our second hour,
00:11 I am in the company of LFA John Dinzey, 00:14 the General Manager of 3ABN Latino and Pastor 00:18 Armando Miranda who is a General Vice President 00:20 of the General Conference of Seventh-Day 00:22 Adventists, a mouthful, yes but also chairs the 00:26 Revival & Reformation Committee, 00:28 and we have been talking about the work 00:31 of that committee. This hour we wanna get 00:33 into some specifics that the committee is fostering 00:38 for revival & reformation at the local church level, 00:41 the local conference level even in your 00:42 own personal life. And we need to just take, 00:45 just a second pastor and talk about how the 00:48 Seventh-day Adventist church is structured. 00:51 You have the General Conference which 00:53 superintends the work of the world 00:56 and as a General Vice President walk us 00:57 through the levels down to the local church. 01:00 Well the most important level of the church 01:03 is the local church, amen, because if we don't 01:05 have any local church, we don't have any local 01:08 conference, and a union and a division, 01:11 and even the General Conference. 01:13 So the base is the local church, it's the most 01:18 important level, and then from that level the 01:22 local church, the group of churches they are, 01:28 they compose that we call the conference local 01:32 feel or local conference or association in some 01:35 areas of the world, and after that the group of 01:39 conferences or missions or associations or 01:44 confederation different name but is local feel 01:49 they are, they form the union. The union level is, 01:56 is the constituency level of the general conference, 02:04 so the unions are just formed by local 02:11 conferences in some areas, some countries, 02:14 in some cases, or states in some countries, 02:20 and the group of unions they form the division 02:26 and the group of division we have 13 divisions 02:31 that encompass the whole world they form 02:35 the General Conference. So, the General conference 02:40 is the world, the world headquarters, 02:45 headquarters of the church but basically 02:49 we depend in each level of the church to go 02:54 to the base of the church, yes, and we are not 02:56 independent works or bodies, we are interrelated, 03:02 yes, interconnected, so is the local church, 03:07 local conference, unions and we have more 03:11 than 500 local fields or conference, 03:15 we have more than a 106 unions all over the world, 03:19 and we have 13 union divisions in the 03:23 General Conference, praise the God, 03:25 that we operates. And the church is, 03:27 what I like also is the church is organized in 03:30 such a way that even the pastors at the local level 03:35 cannot become dictators, conference presidents 03:37 cannot become dictators, unions because they 03:39 can be removed by the brethren above. 03:45 Well actually by the brethren below, 03:47 by the brethren below, because its representative, 03:51 everybody is voted in and we say that because 03:54 it is important that these kinds of initiatives 03:56 though they may start at the General Conference, 03:58 the strength of them is being accepted at the 04:01 local church, sure. And of course all that your 04:03 committee is doing is trying to get Revival 04:06 and Reformation to get these fires lit in the 04:08 local church and at that point it will keep 04:11 on burning. If the members and refugees, 04:14 and the pastors and are also in fire for the Lord, 04:17 then we know that this is something that 04:18 is of God and not just some program but 04:21 a move of God in the body of Christ and 04:23 that's what we want. Yeah, yeah, that's true, 04:26 yeah, yeah, yeah, that's the way we operate. 04:27 Praise God, yeah, before we sort of loose 04:29 you like you go I know you got lots to talk about. 04:32 The pastor has brought with us with him 04:33 a syllabus for us go through this night, 04:38 so there is a lot to talk about. 04:39 Well we gonna call on Emily Felts Jones just now 04:42 to give us our music for this, 04:44 this particular hour and she is going to be 04:47 singing something really, really beautiful 04:50 Somebody's praying and that's what we need 04:51 at this point, amen, in time of earth's history, 04:53 we need praying people. 04:54 Emily Felts Jones, someone's praying. 05:18 Somebody's praying; because I can feel it 05:27 Somebody's praying for me. 05:34 Mighty hands are guiding me 05:39 To protect me from what I can't see 05:44 Lord I believe, Lord I believe 05:53 That somebody's praying for me. 06:17 Angels are watching; I can feel it 06:26 Angels are watching over me. 06:33 There's many miles ahead till I get home 06:38 Still I'm safely kept before your throne 06:43 Because Lord I believe, Lord I believe 06:52 Your angels are watching over me 07:01 Well, I've walked the barren wilderness 07:04 Where my pillow was a stone 07:08 And I've been through the darkest caverns 07:13 Where no light had ever shown. 07:16 But still I went on because there was someone 07:22 Who was down on their knees 07:28 And Lord I thank you for those people 07:32 Praying all this time for me. 07:48 Somebody's praying; because I can feel it 07:57 Somebody's praying for me 08:05 Mighty hands are guiding me 08:09 To protect me from what I can't see. 08:14 And Lord I believe, I do believe 08:23 Somebody's praying for me. 08:32 Somebody's praying for me. 09:04 Amen, Somebody's praying for me, 09:06 praise God, Emily Felts Jones well done. 09:08 I got to read just a letter before we let Pastor 09:11 Miranda talk about some of the things that 09:12 the group that he is working with are 09:17 doing the Revival & Reformation Committee. 09:20 it says, Marcie is writing, she says my husband 09:23 passed away and well I was grieving the pastor 09:27 and his wife came to help. She says they set up 09:31 3ABN for me and it has caused me to have 09:34 a personal revival because I'm not watching 09:37 TV or movies and eating. It has also caused me 09:40 to loose x number of pounds as well. 09:43 Now its clear but the number of pounds 09:46 is blanked out, we can't see how many pounds 09:48 she lost but it says she lost a number of pounds, 09:51 so Marcie I want you to email us back and tell us 09:54 how many pounds you've lost watching 3ABN 09:57 because there is a number here but its blurred out, 09:59 and I don't know if this was on purpose or by 10:03 accident, but I can't see it, see it, 10:06 you loose we don't know how many pounds 10:07 and I think you want us to know how many pounds, 10:09 its in plurals, yes, its more than 10 it's a double 10:14 number, 100 okay Rob tells us 100 pounds, 10:19 praise the Lord, so she has lost 100 pounds 10:21 watching 3ABN and having person of a, 10:23 pastor that's pretty good. Praise the Lord, 10:26 we are right even in that direction, 10:28 yes praise the Lord, you get closer to the lord 10:31 you have revival and loose a 100 pounds, 10:34 that's not bad. Praise the Lord, praise God, 10:36 praise God. Thank you Marcie for sending that in, 10:38 that's wonderful, praise the Lord. 10:41 Pastor your committee has outlined a number 10:44 of steps and initiatives, walk us through some 10:46 of those things and I know you got some 10:48 Ellen White quotes that are very powerful 10:50 that we need to hear. Sure you know Elder 10:53 Wilson the General Conference President 10:56 is committed to seek the Lord personally 11:01 as the majority, of everybody in the church 11:06 but as the leader of the church he has the passion 11:11 to bring before the church members, 11:16 the things that the Lord is asking for us, 11:18 and I would like to share with you and the public 11:22 one of the quotes, at least three quotes from 11:31 the Spirit of Prophecy. The first one its found 11:32 in the selected messages volume one, 11:34 page 121 and it says: "A revival of true godliness 11:40 among us is the greatest and most urgent 11:43 of all our needs. To seek this should be 11:47 our first work." Praise God, 11:50 its our first is the most urgent and our first work 11:55 is just to seek the Lord, to seek the Revival 11:58 and Reformation. The second one is found 12:01 in Testimonies volume 7 page 286, and it says" 12:11 a revival, God's people sorry, 12:14 God's people will not endure the test unless 12:17 there is a revival and a reformation. 12:22 And the third one its found in Messages 12:27 for the Young People, 317 and this is a very 12:32 important quote, "Let there be a reformation 12:38 among the people of God," amen, amen, 12:41 so the only way how can we not only accomplish 12:45 the task but enjoy the life and to be persons, 12:51 real Christians, and happy people is just to seek 12:57 the Lord, and to seek for the revival 12:59 and reformation. In base of that we just 13:05 presented some initiatives to first of all to the 13:10 GC President and the officers and then we went 13:14 through the Administrative Committee 13:18 and the different commission until we 13:21 just went to the Annual Council the executive 13:25 committee, yes, and that occasion it was 13:28 October 2010, we just presented first of all 13:35 a document and this document its called 13:41 God's Promised Gift and its amazing how the 13:47 Lord just led the group the Revival and 13:53 Reformation Committee, yes, to develop this 13:58 document, and finally when this document was 14:02 presented to the executive committee, 14:06 it was amazing how the Lord show his mercy 14:11 and His power, His presence among the group. 14:15 And God's Promise Gift is the title and then 14:18 it says an urgent appeal for Revival, Reformation, 14:23 Discipleship, and Evangelism, 14:26 because the true revival is not only to prayer 14:32 and seek the Lord in a specific way and read 14:37 the Bible, but the result of revival is to 14:43 accomplish the mission of the church, yes, yes, 14:46 when the Lord is in us when the Holy Spirit 14:50 is something reeled in us there is a fire, yes, yes, 14:58 inside of us, amen, and we cannot just be just 15:03 there seated and studying the Bible, 15:06 yes and praising God's name is not the real 15:11 revival, yeah, when something like that happen, 15:14 the true revival just bring the people together 15:18 before the Lord and just transform the life 15:21 of the people. But at the same time just burn 15:27 and consuming fire is just coming, 15:32 and we share the love of God, yes. 15:35 We go to the people and show the wonderful 15:39 news of salvation, so this document just go 15:43 through the different stages of the church, 15:46 the early church, and then we just go to the 15:52 appeal the section of the appeal to the church 15:57 and that is something I would like to share 15:58 with you, yes. It says therefore as 16:04 representatives of the world church and on 16:07 behalf of our entire membership, 16:10 we commit ourselves, and there are seven things. 16:13 The first one it says: To personally place 16:17 priority on seeking God for spiritual revival 16:20 and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in latter-rain 16:24 power in our own lives, our families, 16:27 and our ministries. And they go through the 16:30 different items here but I would like to read 16:34 the seventh, and it says to urgently appeal 16:39 to and invite our entire church membership to 16:43 join us in opening our hearts to life-changing 16:48 power of the Holy Spirit, which will transform our 16:51 lives, our families, organizations and our 16:54 communities. And the last part it says we urge 17:04 every church administrator, departmental leader, 17:08 institutional worker, health worker, literature 17:13 evangelist, chaplain, educator, pastor, 17:16 and church member to join us in making revival, 17:19 reformation, discipleship, and evangelism the 17:22 most important and urgent priority in our 17:26 personal life in our areas of ministry. We 17:30 are confident that as we seek Him together, 17:35 God will pour out His Holy Spirit in abundant 17:38 measure, the work of God on earth will be finished, 17:43 and Jesus will come. With the aged apostle john 17:49 on the Isle of Patmos we out, even so come, 17:56 Lord Jesus. Yeah when I was down for annual 17:58 concert I got that document five times. 18:03 Everybody is saying you got to read this 18:04 document that has been produced 18:06 I think Jim gave me one and someone at the 18:08 door gave me one, another friend gave me 18:10 one and someone else get one so and 18:11 I left the five because everybody said you 18:13 go to read this thing and its entirely because 18:16 it is a call for revival and reformation 18:19 in the church. It talks about historical revival 18:22 reformation and how we can have that 18:23 and how we need that in our last days, 18:25 and how we need to put that really first among 18:28 our priorities ,everything else has to lineup 18:31 behind that, that's the most important work. 18:33 Is that document available in the web page 18:37 revivalandreformation.org. Yes its available and 18:42 not only in English but also we have it in Spanish, 18:45 wonderful. We have available and you can just 18:49 use it and you can print it, and you can share 18:53 the document. And let me tell you that everywhere 18:57 where the document is read, the spirit of the 19:01 Lord in special way move the people to accept 19:04 the cove to be revived to seek the Lord. 19:08 Its amazing how the Lord is working, yeah, 19:10 so it was the first initiative that we just 19:14 presented to the Annual Council and they 19:16 accepted that, and they brought it that and 19:19 every division just did the same, but also we have 19:24 other initiatives, for example 777 Worldwide 19:31 Holy Spirit Prayer Fellowship. 19:33 777 you know its very interesting because 19:37 777 is just opposite to 666, 666 you know 19:42 what's that mean is the mark of the beast, 19:45 yes, and 777 is the perfect number, yes, 19:51 and but that's mean Seventh-day Adventist, 19:57 yes, praying seven days a week at 7 o' clock. 20:04 Say it one more time Armando. Seventh-day 20:06 Adventist, yes, praying seven days a week 20:09 at 7 o' clock. That's am and pm right, yes, 20:14 and its amazing how the people will do, 20:16 the church members and many people are 20:20 accepting the call, and the invitation to be part 20:23 of this great movement. We are praying 777 20:30 and we are praying for the out pouring of the 20:33 Holy Sprits presence and power, 20:36 amen because we have recognized that the 20:38 only way how can will we transform and also 20:44 the only way we can just fulfill the mission 20:47 of the church, yes, yes, preaching the gospel, 20:50 and this is the second initiative 777, 777, 20:53 and I would like to invite all those who are just 20:56 watching us, just to be engaged in this wonderful 21:01 experience, praise God. Can you imagine everyday 21:04 at 7 am and 7 pm we are joined a millions of 21:11 millions of people around the world. Yes, 21:12 literally, millions of people around the world. 21:14 And that's mean we are praying 24 hours a day, 21:18 yes, because no matter where you are at 21:20 7am and 7pm we are praying for the pouring 21:24 of the Holy Spirit, for the baptism with the 21:26 Holy Spirit but if you go to different 21:30 time zone yes, yes, you gonna find that 21:33 we are praying 24 hours a day, praise the Lord, 21:35 praise the Lord. Praise the Lord but there is a 21:38 power in the prayer and I like to show at least 21:42 two or three quotes from the Spirit of Prophecy 21:45 and Prayer. The first one I mean to ask to show 21:51 on the screen the first one on prayer. 21:55 "At the sound of fervent prayer, 22:04 Satan's whole host trembles." Amen, 22:07 it's amazing, there is power in Jesus name, 22:11 and every time we pray we are connected with 22:16 the throne of God, praise God and Satan's tremble 22:20 that means host tremble because of the power 22:24 of prayer. Yeah, I like that quote, yeah, yeah, 22:27 because it tells you that it's not just one of them 22:30 that trembles its the whole host of Satan trembles, 22:33 yeah, yeah, with the sound of fervent prayer. 22:35 You know I think it's safe to say or even dare 22:38 to say that if you don't feel a need for revival 22:44 and reformation you need revival and reformation, 22:46 very true, very true. If you don't feel you 22:49 need it pray for it because you really do, 22:52 you really do. And let me tell you this is not 22:54 only for the Adventist church members, 22:58 this is for everybody, yes, yes, because every 23:00 human being needs to be protected and blessed 23:05 for the Lord, and they always trying to bring us 23:10 to another level of life, amen, to be revived, 23:13 to be real persons who enjoy the real life. 23:17 Yes, praise God. And you know I would like to 23:20 share with you another quote from the Sprit of 23:23 Prophecy, this is from the Great Controversy, 23:27 page 525 and it says: "It is part of God's plan 23:32 to grant us in answer to the prayer of faith, 23:36 that which He would not bestow if we did not 23:41 thus ask." Now that's, that's, its amazing, 23:44 that's a powerful of all. It's his plan which means 23:48 you gotta ask. You know so we say God know 23:50 what I want so if he knows I am not going 23:52 to be bothered, but he says if you don't ask 23:55 you don't get. You know it's his plan for us 23:57 to ask, he wants you to ask. That's the plan yes, 23:59 yes, because you know some people just think 24:03 the Lord know what is happening in my life 24:05 but I need, but you know the Lord respects your 24:08 decision, yes, yes. We have the freedom, 24:14 the Lord just created us with the capacity to 24:17 decide it, yes, yes. We are not machine, 24:20 we are just human beings that has the choice 24:26 to request or not to request God's intervention, 24:29 yes, yes. So, when you just prayer you are just 24:32 opening your heart, your mind, your life to the 24:35 influence and power of God and prayer is just 24:40 the way, yes, amen, yes, yes. The next quote 24:45 well seem to be that is the last one in this 24:50 direction is Gospel workers 257 and it says 24:58 The greatest victories gained for the cause 25:02 of God are not the result of labored arguments 25:07 ample facilities, wide influence, 25:09 or abundance of means: they are gained in the 25:14 audience chamber with God, when with earnest, 25:19 agonizing faith men lay hold upon the mighty 25:23 arm of power." Amen. So that the way the 25:27 great victories, yes, are gained just with God 25:33 and his presence, amen, and that's his true prayer. 25:39 Yes, yes, yes, so if we want revival and 25:42 reformation the way has been marked for us, 25:45 yes you know we got to pray and God has said 25:48 about that there are certain things that 25:51 he just not gonna give you unless you ask for them. 25:54 And its not that God is not willing correct, 25:58 but its that he is waiting for us to give him 26:01 the permission towards because He respects 26:05 our freedom of choice, liberty, precisely, 26:09 and he is just willing, you know, 26:11 and if you chose not to ask him and he is waiting, 26:13 waiting, waiting to give it to you. 26:15 He just want you to ask, please ask, 26:17 please ask, and choose not to ask. 26:18 Now pastor before you leave 777 we've got an 26:22 email form Dennis Lowe Senior, 26:25 our church is gearing up for reformation and 26:29 revival, I just want to let you know that each 26:32 night at 7pm when the revival starts every 26:35 member of our church is going to be praying 26:38 at home for revival. We are going to do it at 26:41 7pm and seven nights a week for seven weeks, 26:44 praise the Lord, so that's Dennis Lowe Senior. 26:46 Praise the Lord, so we praise the Lord for that. 26:49 Wonderful and you know the next initiative that 26:53 we just presented to the Executive Committee 26:55 and was accepted and voted, we call that 26:59 Operation Global Rain. Operation Global Rain is 27:02 not new it's an initiative that some years ago 27:06 was just initiated. But Operation Global Rain 27:12 meant that every year in January at the 27:15 beginning of the year we will just set apart 27:20 ten days just for prayer and Bible study. 27:26 This gonna be a worldwide initiative 27:31 not only in NAD, in North American Division, 27:34 its for the whole world, yes, yes, 27:37 Operational Global Rain will just unite us, 27:41 we had that at the beginning of the year this 27:44 year 2011 but we are planning to have this every 27:49 year and we are going to provide some resources. 27:55 These resources will be available in the website 27:59 remember that revival andreformation.org. 28:03 You gonna find that, yeah, that material in that 28:08 website, but also we are going to provide other 28:14 materials that is gonna be ready through the 28:19 ABC's, the Adventist Book Centers for 2012. 28:26 We are just now ready because Mark Finley, 28:31 Mark Finley is just ready and he has the material 28:40 available and he called that ten days on 28:44 the upper room, can you imagine it's a good title, 28:49 it's a wonderful title and he is gonna go through 28:52 the different aspects of the experience of the 28:58 disciples in the upper room when they just seek 29:01 the Lord in special way and then the 29:05 Holy Spirit just was poured it out over them, 29:09 praise God. So, Operation Global Rain 29:12 is gonna be something permanent every year 29:17 the next, every year at the beginning of the year, 29:20 the first ten days of the year, 29:21 not the first ten days we are going to 29:25 allocate time, praise God. And I forgot to 29:27 mention and its very important when we just 29:32 mention prayer we are gonna have I'm sorry for 29:38 that I was a little bit confused it is gonna come 29:42 the days of fasting and prayer, Oh! 29:44 That's coming up yeah is coming up, yeah. 29:46 The next one is strong emphasis on Bible study 29:50 and the Spirit of Prophecy. We are promoting 29:55 the emphasis in studying the Bible and we are 30:00 just producing some material. We have 30:02 a subcommittee who is working on that and 30:04 they have wonderful initiative that we will 30:08 launch this coming days because it's very 30:14 important to provide some resources. 30:16 You know I want to stop there, 30:17 and I'm glad that, that you are adding some 30:21 resources, we throw that term out a lot, 30:24 Bible study, Bible study. There are some people 30:26 who don't really know how to systematically 30:28 study the bible, right. There are people who 30:30 read the Bible and read it religiously I use 30:32 that term but they don't know what we mean 30:35 when we say Bible studies. So, I'm glad that you 30:38 will be providing some materials to assists in 30:42 Bible study, so that even members of church you 30:44 know FA can get maximum use out of 30:48 Bible study time, out of their connection with the 30:50 Bible and I guess that will be at the website 30:51 also we have been talking about this website 30:53 revivaland reformation.org., sure 30:54 revivaland reformation.org. 30:55 revivalandreformation. org. and I'm glad that 30:57 all of these materials will be there we are saying 30:59 it again revivaland reformation.org. 31:01 it is important over and over again because 31:04 so much can be gotten there. Its gonna be 31:05 there because you are practically saying 31:07 that people should stop reading their Bible 31:09 start studying revival. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 31:12 its time to move from just reading to study 31:15 of the word of God. It's very important, yes, 31:17 yes to emphasis that, and you know there are 31:20 different ways how to study the Bible, yes, yes. 31:24 And that's one of the things that we are going 31:25 to promote just to give some ideas, 31:30 some methods how to read the Bible, yes, 31:34 in more effective way, yes, yes, how to be 31:36 impacted by the word of God, so that will be 31:38 also available at the website you know, yes. 31:41 I took at a quick look at the website and there 31:44 are lot of resources there, and free resource, 31:47 you can even hear and watch sermons right there, 31:50 and you know read documents and download 31:53 them if you want to put them in your little 31:54 devices and you know walk away with that, yeah. 31:58 You know I mentioned some of the name 31:59 of the preacher who just provide some sermons 32:02 on our reformation and I forget to mention when 32:06 very particular name is God's man 32:11 Pastor C. D. Brooks, that's my favorite, 32:13 Pastor C. D. Brooks, yes, yes, you know, 32:15 powerful man of God, he preach during the 32:18 Annual Counsel, yes, yes, yes, yes, 32:22 it was one of the most impacting sermon 32:24 that ever heard. Yes it was a powerful message. 32:27 That's C.D. Brooks and the sermon is there, 32:31 all those sermons. Oh! Praise the Lord. 32:33 And apart from that strong emphasis on Bible 32:36 study and Spirit of Prophecy. And let me tell 32:38 you the older departments of the organization 32:42 beginning with the General Conference and 32:44 go to different levels. All the different departments 32:48 are just working together to provide guidance 32:51 in that direction, praise the Lord, but the 32:54 fifth initiative is the Worldwide days of prayer 32:58 and fasting. This is very important because 33:03 we are gonna be united apart from the 777 33:07 we're gonna have every quarter the first Sabbath 33:12 of each quarter we're gonna have the world 33:16 day of prayer and fasting. Its wonderful 33:21 and the next one is coming, its gonna be on 33:24 April the second that's the next worldwide day 33:30 of prayer and fasting and every quater the 33:33 first Sabbath of each quarter we are gonna 33:36 have the worldwide day of prayer and fasting, 33:39 amen. But not only that the first Sabbath every 33:46 at the beginning of each year the first Sabbath 33:52 is gonna be on the world day on prayer and 33:57 fasting for the world Church, okay. 33:59 So we should put that on our calendars, 34:01 every yes, every year, every year the first 34:03 Sabbath of the year, you know 2011 the first 34:07 Sabbath of the year it was Sabbath, generally 34:12 first you got Sabbath, the Sabbath yes, yes, yes. 34:14 No matter what day, what number will be 34:19 the first Sabbath of each year, the beginning 34:23 of each year is gonna be the worldwide day 34:27 of prayer and fasting. Praise God, this is good. 34:30 This is one of the other initiative that we 34:33 are just working on and promoting and also 34:36 we are going to provide some, some material, 34:39 and now I would like to just go to the website. 34:44 Remember we have a wonderful website 34:47 revivalandreformation.org. .org yes and we are, 34:51 we are just using the technology because 34:54 we are sure, we have aware that many people 34:57 are just looking for something and the Lord 35:00 will guide them to go to this website, 35:03 not only that you as a Seventh-day Adventist 35:07 church member or as Christian that you are, 35:10 no matter what denominations you 35:12 belong to you, you can just go to the web 35:15 page and just take advantage of the material 35:22 because we are using the cellphone, 35:25 also the text messaging, there is more phone apps, 35:31 iPhone, iPads and the social media platform 35:35 like Facebook and Twitter to promote and to 35:43 receive some material Even in your iPhone and 35:46 your cellphone you can receive everyday the 35:50 devotion of the day on revival, is that right, 35:54 yeah, a revival. It's available right now, yeah, 35:55 and also you can just receive just in case you 35:59 forget they are gonna remind you everyday 36:04 at 7am at 7pm if you go to the website and you 36:09 just I don't know how to say that but you can 36:14 just receive in your cellphone, okay, so 36:19 if you download that app it will prompt you as a, 36:26 you know I like the idea that you are using 36:28 every avenue of technology, 36:32 I use all of that, the phone I have now is not 36:34 its not a smart phone its not dumb but 36:36 its not really smart, its not a real smart phone 36:39 I cannot download apps like that I can bring 36:41 in something, but there are lot of people who 36:43 do and who bring it, who do it and I like that 36:47 we are using all this, I do I don't tweet yet, 36:49 I'm not a tweeter guy but there are tons 36:52 of people who do, yes, and I'm glad that 36:55 we're using every avenue to get the gospel out 36:58 and to remind people they need to pray at 7am, 37:01 7pm for seven days, really we have to do it 37:05 for the rest of our lives. And once you know 37:07 that when you bow your knee at 7am, 37:09 7pm there are millions of people around the world, 37:12 yes, yes praying with you it encourage you 37:15 to keep on doing that. You know, 37:18 you know what a few weeks ago I was in the 37:24 country of Columbia, South America that belong 37:29 to Inter American division and I was promoting 37:34 Revival and Reformation and the reaction of the 37:38 people was like everywhere, 37:41 the spirit of the Lord just brought together 37:44 the people and they accept the message and 37:47 something very, very special it was a group 37:51 of young people very committed to the Lord. 37:55 And they just immediately started to work and 38:00 just creating their own website on Revival 38:04 and Reformation and also they put the link 38:06 to our website, not only that, they developed 38:11 a special group of young people. Can you imagine 38:16 300 young people are just connected through 38:20 internet and they are committed to prayer 38:23 everyday. They are spending one hour a day, 38:27 wow, just praying for a specific request 38:31 from different people around the world, 38:34 because their website is just opened to receive 38:41 prayer requests, praise God and they have 38:43 a special section for health problems, 38:46 for family problems and job problems, 38:51 so a lot of things and can you imagine 300 38:54 young people in the different Adventist 38:58 universities in all that places, they had 39:01 committed to pray for one hour specifically, 39:04 amen, and also they are joining us, 39:07 they are part of the 777 initiative. 39:10 They are promoting each one of these initiatives. 39:14 777 that's easy to remember, 39:16 and so I think this is something that you can 39:19 carry with you and easy to explain to 39:21 somebody else, Seventh-day Adventist, 39:23 praying seven days a week at 7 o'clock, 39:26 at 7am and 7pm, yeah that is great, 39:28 that is great. And that the seven initiative 39:33 that we just presented to the Executive 39:36 Committee and was accepted is the great, 39:39 the promotion of some books and one of them 39:42 is the Great Controversy Book reading. 39:45 The Great Controversy Book is one of the 39:49 wonderful books that just not only speak to 39:55 your heart but speak to your conscious you know 40:01 to your mind, to your convictions, 40:03 and just bring the people to study the book 40:09 of Revelation, the last book of the Bible, 40:12 yes very true, and just explain to them how 40:16 to understand the prophecies, and show the 40:20 people how to find comfort and assurance 40:26 that even amid of these conflict of the ages 40:31 the great controversy between good and evil, 40:36 the Lord is in control, yes, yes, 40:40 and millions of people will be affected in the 40:43 positive way because we are going to read again, 40:47 we are reading the Great Controversy as a 40:51 preparation not only for the, for the pouring of 40:55 the Holy Spirit but as a preparation for a major 40:58 praying that we have for 2012. 41:02 The United Conference is promoting the initiative 41:04 to distribute 50 millions of the Great Controversy 41:12 book, wow, 50 millions, it's a great initiative, 41:18 yes, but we need to read again this book in 41:22 2011 in order to be ready for the way how that all 41:26 will lead us, praise God, in the distribution of 41:29 50 millions of the Great Controversy Book. 41:33 I remember annual concert I can't remember 41:35 who is the word leader I'm trying to wreck 41:37 my brain but he had to go to Denver and 41:39 he said as he got snowed in, his plane got 41:41 landed and it couldn't take off and he had 41:44 just his Bible and the Great Controversy and 41:47 he said for a week that's all he had to read, 41:50 Bible and Great Controversy, and he came 41:52 out of that time, he read that book in one week, 41:56 what you read GC, its Great Controversy, 41:58 it's a, it's a deep, and I had a chance to read 42:01 it last year I was just impressed to read it last 42:02 year and Erma and my wife and I was reading 42:04 it again this year it is a powerful book, 42:06 yes it is. But it does let you know that we 42:08 are not spinning out of control, 42:11 we are squarely in the hands of God and the 42:13 prophetic landscape as that is painted moving 42:17 towards the Skatetown is just powerfully 42:20 reaffirmed in that book and I certainly cosigned 42:23 it every, sort of every Adventist, everybody 42:26 ought to read the Great Controversy, 42:28 it is a book for these times, amen, almost more 42:30 than any book you can read. Yes and you know 42:32 pastor perhaps its good to take advantage 42:36 of this opportunity because perhaps there 42:39 are people who don't know the book, 42:43 they are watching our program today they can 42:46 just request a copy of that book, yes because 42:50 we have available for everybody who wants 42:53 to have a copy of that book. 42:55 It's a marvelous book, it is, it is based on the 42:58 Bible specifically the last book of the Bible, 43:04 the Revelation, is very important to understand 43:07 what will happen, and what is happening, 43:09 what is the meaning of the things that are 43:11 happening around the world. Praise God. 43:13 And this book just draw a lot of wonderful 43:17 information that will explain the prophecies. 43:20 Praise God. Now this is just, this is a de facto 43:24 free offer, yes, this is. This a free offer 43:28 in addition to 12 steps in Revival and Reformation 43:31 that you can get from us by e-mailing us at 43:35 free offer @3ABN.org, or 618674651. 43:40 Pastor Miranda has just told us that you can 43:42 get another free book which you really ought 43:45 to have in your library. Can we get 43:46 it at the website? If you don't have that book, 43:50 a lot of people just get the book but if you 43:53 are not an Adventist and you want to order 43:55 book, this is a wonderful opportunity to have one, 43:59 yes, yes, praise God and to read that book, 44:00 Oh! Powerful, powerful, powerful book. 44:02 Really it is, if you are concerned and wondering 44:06 that what is it gonna be like in the end times, 44:08 we are living in them, yes, yeah that book, 44:11 yeah, will guide you through the scriptures 44:13 and will help you understand where we are, 44:17 and in the prophetic landscape as you 44:19 wanna us, if you wanna call it that way and will 44:21 really draw you to Christ. It's really an inspiring, 44:25 inspiring book. It really, really is. As a matter 44:27 of fact I know in fact that book is also available 44:30 on the internet on some websites, yes, in audio, 44:33 yes that true, if somebody you know want this 44:36 is riding their bicycle or walking down the street 44:39 they can listen to The Great Controversy. 44:41 Praise God. They can get it at the website, 44:43 can they order through the website or do you know. 44:46 I don't know if they can access that way but 44:49 they can just send the message to 3ABN and 44:52 you can let us know. And we will pass it 44:54 on we surely yeah, that is to contact us, 44:56 contact us, we will contact them, 44:57 we will make sure that you get the book because 44:59 it is a powerful, powerful work, and if you are 45:06 afraid of the future, you don't know what the 45:07 future holds this will walk you through 45:10 systematically how this thing is gonna wrap up, 45:13 and it will give you the affirmation the certainty 45:17 that time is not long Christ is coming soon but 45:20 you don't have to fear that, it will be a great 45:22 and glorious day and it will help prepare you for 45:25 that day, I recommend it very, very highly. 45:28 And I'm hoping that you know 50 million copies 45:33 of book, it's exciting, are being given away, 45:35 that's exciting, I'm hoping that it will be given 45:38 away in such a short time that there will be 45:41 a need to print more as I mentioned in this 45:43 Spanish program we did. Oh! Yes, yes, 45:48 and the other books that we are just promoting 45:51 for this year specifically with Revival and 45:54 Reformation not only for this year but because 45:57 of these initiatives just started basically from 46:02 the annual council. So, we are just promoting 46:07 two more books the next one is Revive us Again, 46:13 it's a wonderful book that we have, 46:15 and we have that book in Spanish and of course 46:18 in English and Spanish, that's sure, and that book 46:21 is written by Elder Mark Finley, and he has a 46:27 wonderful gift to write in a special way 46:34 that is very inspiring and its is Bible base, 46:42 Revive us Again, yes, its so wonderful, 46:46 wonderful book to read. And the other one 46:51 is True Revival by Ellen G. White is one of the most 46:57 precious, precious jewels that we have. 47:02 This is completion of the writings of the 47:05 Ellen G. White is again I can say that is Bible 47:11 base and very inspiring and will just help 47:17 us to have more insights of God's grace, yeah, 47:23 and power, yeah. So we recommend greatly these 47:27 two books. Can we get this books at 47:29 Adventist book centers, can we get them online. 47:31 Adventists book center you could get it and let me 47:34 tell you that at least one conference that I know 47:40 perhaps there are lot of conference are doing the 47:41 same but one of the conference it's the one 47:47 who is in Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia Cumberland, 47:51 Georgia Cumberland Conference, 47:52 Georgia Cumberland Conference, 47:54 they had 5000 of these book Revive us Again 48:01 to share with the all the families, employees, 48:06 people who work for the organization, 48:08 5000 of these book, wow, they are enjoying 48:11 and in the General Conference complex, 48:13 the human resources, Ruth Parish, who is the 48:17 Director of Human Resources just came 48:19 out with a wonderful idea and the General Conference 48:23 is just providing to each one of the employees 48:26 with these two books and its wonderful to not only 48:31 to receive that but read that books. 48:34 We are promoting that because we know that 48:37 is the way how the spirit will just help us 48:40 to understand, yes, yes, yes the presence of the 48:43 Holy Spirit. Yeah, I can see these books lighting 48:45 fire all over the world, oh yes, oh yes you know 48:47 the lives of individuals. Combining that you know 48:51 the reading of the books, when you are reading 48:53 books about the Bible the angles draw near, 48:58 the Holy Spirit, very true, tries to, to break 49:00 through our minds to make that connection, yes, 49:04 and if we do that in combination with the 49:08 initiatives mentioned you know the prayer 777, 49:12 yeah, revival will takes place, yes very much so, 49:15 and its our greatest need. Yeah, yeah, 49:18 we want to take just a moment here our time 49:19 is slipping, before we loose our time you may 49:23 want to get more information about all of the 49:26 things that, that we talked about this very night. 49:30 This is certainly a move of God among the people 49:32 of God, and you want to be a part of this. 49:35 Should you want more information, 49:36 maybe you contact some individuals at the 49:39 General Conference. Here is some information that 49:43 will help you make contact and really get on board 49:45 this train of Revival and Reformation that is moving 49:48 and sweeping not only across the country but 49:50 around the world as God's people are drawing closer 49:53 to him preparing for the second coming of our Lord 49:56 Jesus Christ. Here's some 49:57 information that you'll need. 50:02 If you would like to learn more about the Revival and 50:04 Reformation initiatives of the Seventh-day 50:06 Adventists church, you may contact to 50:08 General Conference, Seventh-day Adventists. 50:11 Write to them at 12501 Old Columbia Pike, 50:14 Silver Spring, Maryland, 20904 that's General 50:18 Conference, Seventh-day Adventists, 50:20 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, Maryland, 50:25 20904. You can also visit the Revival and 50:29 Reformation website for more information 50:31 as well as for resources, devotional and for the 50:34 worldwide days of prayer and fasting. 50:37 Go to revivaland reformation.org. 50:40 that's revivaland reformation.org. 50:48 That information is very important but really 50:50 you can get just about everything you will need 50:52 at revivaland reformation.org. 50:54 We gonna flash that all night because 50:55 it is crucially important and we want 50:57 you to visit that website. 50:59 Before our times slips away I know you got 51:01 some interesting news, some exciting news 51:03 on Inter America that you want to share with us 51:04 and SPD. Yes a few days ago the 51:09 General Conference President Elder Wilson was 51:13 attending a big meeting in Dominican Republic, 51:17 this event its part of the launching of Revival 51:23 and Reformation initiatives in Inter 51:25 American Division. We are working since 51:28 the Annual Council but they just organized this 51:33 event with the thousands of people there and 51:39 place report is there, and Johnny was there and 51:43 we just received through satellite the event and 51:50 Pastor Wilson was preaching there, 51:53 and inviting the people to be engage in these 51:58 initiative and more than 300 leaders from 52:02 38 countries, wow, they were there and they 52:06 had special meeting with the GC President 52:10 to just pray together, to study together and also 52:13 to be ready to spread the word, amen and prepare 52:18 the way for the pouring of the Holy Spirit. 52:22 So, wonderful things are just happening, 52:26 thousands let me tell you this literally thousand 52:29 of former Adventists are coming back, praise God, 52:33 through these initiatives in Brazil specifically. 52:36 William Costa, the Communications Director 52:40 of the General Conference and his family were 52:43 there in December, they were just preaching and 52:46 singing and just calling the people to come 52:48 to the Lord and promoting Revival and Reformation 52:53 and one 12, 1200 former Adventists just, 52:59 praise God, came back to the church, 53:01 praise God and also in South Pacific Division 53:05 the Wilson, Ted Wilson was leading some activities 53:11 there meetings there in Papua New Guinea 53:14 more than 100,000 members, church members 53:19 and people just they have a big meeting and he 53:24 was promoting Revival and Reformation, 53:26 praise God, praise the Lord and every where, 53:28 every where something great is happening. 53:31 I was in Greece a few months ago promoting 53:35 the same and you know Greece, France and 53:39 many part of Europe they are difficult areas 53:42 we mentioned some moments ago, 53:46 tough areas but you know the Lord blessed in 53:50 special way, praise God, these kind of initiatives 53:53 and the Lord is doing and will continue to doing 53:56 something great for his church. Praise the Lord, 53:59 praise the Lord. Everyone who just decided 54:00 to be engage and seek in the Lord and be revived, 54:05 praise God, resurrected from the spiritual path, 54:10 praise God. And you mentioned briefly 54:11 something that recently took place in Texas 54:15 where you had about 100. It's amazing 54:20 I was just forgetting that we had more than 54:26 a 100 preachers in Houston, Texas, last week 54:32 we were just finishing preachers from many part 54:36 of the United States, even the NAD President, 54:41 the Division President, the Division Secretary, 54:45 Elder Jackson, there is Brian, Elder Gasio, 54:47 one of the Vice Presidents and myself from the 54:50 United Conference and more than 100 preachers, 54:54 more than a 100 sites, churches and public sites 55:00 we're preaching and we just went together 55:04 to a special meeting and we prayed together, 55:07 we share experiences and the Lord blessed this 55:11 evangelist series, praise God, in special way, 55:13 it was amazing how everybody was just 55:16 connected and was just trying to do their best 55:19 for the Lord, and this is a good model not only 55:22 for North American Division but everywhere, 55:26 we were just joined the group of pastors and 55:29 even live preachers they were there sharing 55:33 their knowledge of the Lord through their 55:37 preaching and thousand of people were just 55:41 not only hearing but just coming to the Lord. 55:43 Praise the Lord. This is so very, very exciting 55:46 and Pastor Miranda I thank you for coming 55:50 and sharing with us, you know Johnny these, 55:51 these initiatives kicked off at Annual Council, 55:55 Annual Council, Annual Council is a gathering 55:59 of world church leaders takes place in the fall 56:01 of the year, October of this past year, 56:03 so these initiatives are just a few months old 56:06 and yet the world has been impacted by 56:09 the power of men and women praying and drawing 56:11 closer to Jesus Christ. And we commit to you, 56:14 we ask you join with us as we pray to seek Revival 56:18 and Reformation in each of our lives, 56:21 that is the only way we are told that we will make 56:22 through the trouble times that are to come 56:24 but our victory is assured as we abide in Christ 56:29 and enter into a time of Revival and Reformation 56:32 that will see us through to the second coming 56:34 of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. My good 56:36 friend LFA Johnny good to have you here. 56:38 It's been great, it's been good to hear all these 56:40 wonderful things and I'm praising the Lord and 56:42 I'll be 777, praise God and pastor thank you 56:45 so very much for coming and being with us, 56:47 oh! It was a pleasure regulating everybody to 56:50 join us in 777 and all the needs of this. 56:53 The Lord is coming, Amen, praise God, amen, amen. 56:55 Our time has fast slipped into eternity allowing 56:57 me now in closing to bit to wish you both grace 57:00 and peace through our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. 57:03 We will see you again soon. 57:04 Bye, bye, good night and God bless. |
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