Participants: Jim Gilley (Host), Ruthie Jacobsen (Host), Marian Parson, Obadiah Wright, Raquel McIntyre
Series Code: TLB
Program Code: TLB011510
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00:11 Now you were talking about the young
00:12 lady that's depressed. And I found a book 00:17 that I would highly recommend for people 00:20 who if, anybody that's fighting depression. 00:23 Anyone who is discouraged or if you know 00:26 someone that is and you wanna get a book for 00:29 them and this one somebody, 00:32 Ruthie didn't give this to me, a mutual friend 00:35 did, but it's written by Ruthie Jacobsen. 00:39 Well I just got it this past week. 00:42 And I read it, I give it to Camille I said, 00:45 honey you got to read this. She is already 00:48 wanting to share it with other members of our 00:50 family, Marian, you're gonna be getting one 00:53 if you are watching because you know I was 00:56 gonna be bringing it to you this weekend. 00:58 So, Five Secrets for Peace in a Storm. 01:03 And the words of a song that have meant so 01:06 much to us, is the song Till The Storm Passes By, 01:13 they written in the back here. 01:14 And by the way when you get this book you 01:17 get a free download of the music of that song. 01:23 That's done by group Greater Vision. 01:26 Aha Gerald Wolfe, he sold to us. 01:29 Alright Gerald Wolfe does it, and so the, 01:34 just a quick deal on those words if you've 01:36 never heard them. In the dark of the midnight 01:39 have I oft hid my face, when the storm howls 01:43 above me, and there's no hiding place. 01:45 Mid the crash of the thunder, 01:47 Precious Lord, hear my cry; Keep me safe 01:51 till the storm passes by. 01:54 There are storms that come to people in life, 01:58 I don't care who you are, you will have a storm, 02:01 the chorus goes, Till the storm passes over, 02:04 Till the thunder sounds no more, 02:06 Till the clouds roll forever from the sky; 02:09 Hold me fast, let me stand in the hollow 02:12 of Thy hand, Keep me safe till the storm 02:15 passes by. Lot of good stories in here. 02:19 There was a story in here by Pastor Glenn Coon. 02:22 Glenn Coon was a great friend of mine and 02:25 I loved him so very much and I love to read 02:29 his material and there's a very good story 02:31 in here by Glenn Coon. Glenn Coon used to 02:34 call a good friend of mine that worked with 02:36 me and his name, the friend's name was 02:39 Steve Pigg. And so he would call and when he 02:43 would answer he would say Brother Pigg, 02:45 Brother Coon. So, Brother Coon was talking 02:47 to Brother Pigg. And that, I always got a kick 02:51 out of that, but listen you will want this book 02:54 and how do you get it, go to your ABC you 02:57 can pick it up there. We'll put an address 03:00 for Ruthie on before the end, Amazon. 03:03 So, amazon.com, you can get it there. 03:05 And there are a lot of places you can get this 03:08 book, you'll wanna get it. Its not an 03:09 expensive book, so it's only what 695 or 03:13 something like that. But it's not gonna cost you 03:16 a whole lot of money. But, it is worth it, 03:19 it will inspire you and encourage you, 03:24 I promise you that. So, Ruthie didn't know I was 03:26 gonna talk to you about this book and I went 03:29 back and had them scan it real quick, 03:32 'cause I just wanted to let you know this 03:34 has been an encouragement to me. 03:40 This is a book I wish I'd written, I really do, 03:41 and it is really very inspiring. 03:45 Welcome back, I know the questions are coming, 03:48 some of them are already starting to shuffle 03:51 in back there. And so keep them coming, 03:54 we'll get to them. I'm hoping we have time and 03:57 I think we will have some time to handle some 03:59 questions. So, please bring them on, 04:01 Ruthie, let's continue. 04:03 Well I am just excited about hearing these 04:06 stories and what God is doing. But, I wanted 04:09 to say as a result of the prayer conference in 04:13 October, what has been happening in 04:15 the lives of these young people? 04:19 Well Ruthie, God has opened the doors for many 04:22 of these young people to be able to go and 04:26 give their testimonies, all over. 04:28 And as you said, they overcome by the blood 04:31 of the lamb and the word of their testimony 04:34 and that's what God is allowing them to do and 04:36 of course Raquel is one of those, that has been 04:38 able to do that both at the North American 04:40 division year end meetings and then again we 04:43 are blessed for her to be able to come here. 04:46 But we'd have a number of opportunities, 04:47 I've been taking these young people to the 04:50 various places for prayer conferences and 04:52 they're helping to lead in these conferences. 04:55 And they're doing an amazing job, 04:57 God has given me. The young people are not 04:59 leaders of tomorrow, no, no. They're 05:01 leaders of today, absolutely today. 05:03 They are the leaders of today, right. 05:05 And you know an interesting unexpected 05:07 blessing has happened at the Ozark Academy 05:11 Gentry Seventh-Day Adventist Church. 05:12 Oh tell us about that. 05:14 As most Adventist churches we have you know 05:17 a small group of usually older people that show 05:20 up on Wednesday night for prayer meeting. 05:23 Well since these young people have been so 05:27 excited inspired they've been showing up to 05:30 prayer meeting as well, which has in turn 05:35 inspired the adults, since that prayer conference 05:40 last October our prayer meeting 05:42 attendance has quadrupled, wow. 05:45 Because the kids are involved, because the kids 05:47 are involved and because the adults also want 05:50 that experience, yes. And they've recognized that 05:53 that comes through prayer, yeah. 05:56 And that comes through fellowship and 05:58 prayer together because that's how we 06:00 encourage one another, that's right. 06:03 You know I wanna ask these kids some questions, 06:05 Raquel, tell us where are you from, 06:09 tell us a little bit about your background, 06:11 would you? Tell us about yourself? 06:13 Okay. I'm from Killeen, Texas, alright. 06:16 I was born and raised there, 06:19 I grew up Adventist and. 06:24 Now Killeen, is a big army base there, it's 06:26 next to Fort Hood, okay, this is smaller town. 06:29 And there is real nice church there and a 06:31 hospital not too far away. Yes, yes, 06:33 Metroplex Adventist Hospital, right. 06:35 So you went to school, an Adventist 06:37 school or Public School? 06:38 I went to school at a Church school and I've 06:39 been in private education all my life, 06:41 all of your life? Yes all my life. 06:43 Were your folks involved in anyway with the 06:46 military? No, they're involved with medical 06:49 works? My mom is a physician. 06:51 Your mom is a physician, yeah, well alright. 06:53 And so go ahead and, I didn't mean interrupt 06:56 you, just want to get some of those questions. 06:58 Oh no I'm. What are you playing to do in life? 07:02 Have you prayed about that? Yes. 07:04 I've planned to, I'm a senior so I've planned 07:06 to go to Oakwood University next year and 07:08 study nursing. Okay. By God's grace and 07:12 continue to, I guess the medical kind of stuck 07:15 to me my mom she kind of rubbed off on me 07:17 in medicine. But, growing up she is always 07:20 been a strong spiritual influence on my life, 07:23 yes. She is such a good spiritual foundation, 07:27 she has carried me and my two older bothers, 07:31 okay. Like she is just, I don't know I think 07:33 that's where I get my, yeah, that's my 07:37 inspiration, exactly. She must be excited to 07:41 see what you, how you have grown in the 07:45 last few months. You know Raquel you are 07:47 going to Oakwood University last Thursday 07:49 night we had another exciting program here. 07:54 We had the young people form Oakwood that 07:56 are involved with NAPS, the National 07:58 Association for Prevention of Starvation. 08:01 Yes. I believe you will be back here as a NAPS 08:05 member one of these days. My brother is 08:07 actually a NAPS member. Is he in NAPS? 08:09 Yes, yes he is. He wasn't here last week 08:10 even though, no, no. But, he was definitely 08:12 a part of that. Okay. Went to Africa with 08:14 them on a mission trip. Oh yes, alright. 08:17 Well I didn't miss my guess then too far. 08:21 And Obadiah, tell us little bit about yourself, 08:23 sure where are you from your mom and so 08:26 forth. Well my mom and dad is Wayne and 08:29 Laura Wright, I was born in West Virginia, 08:32 moved to Oklahoma. Experienced you know 08:36 the warnings of tornadoes, oh yeah, 08:38 and the things there and then moved to 08:41 North Carolina where I've been ever since for 08:43 about eight years and grew up in the 08:46 elementary school there. I went to the 08:50 academy; I've been there for three years 08:51 Fletcher Academy. I work over there in the 08:55 retirement home for the elderly in the kitchen 08:58 Fletcher Park Inn, a great place, great people 09:00 and I've really, I enjoyed my teachers, 09:05 they're really loving, caring and also just 09:11 being able to be in an environment, in an 09:13 atmosphere really around there whether there 09:15 is strong Adventist community, it's really 09:18 helped and it's great. He has an influence too, 09:22 okay, at the academy and in his local churches, 09:26 one of the pastors said to me you need to 09:28 meet Obadiah, alright. He said that kid is going 09:31 somewhere. Is he said that huh? Yeah. 09:34 Wow. I wanna when I graduated I would like to 09:38 go evangelistic school; evangelism is my passion, 09:41 okay. To spread the name of Jesus wherever 09:42 I can and then I would like to hopefully 09:45 become, whether it be a minister or a chaplain 09:48 at a school. Wherever the Lord calls me to 09:52 spread the name of Jesus is where I wanna go. 09:54 Alright. Well that is the goal of anyone who's 10:01 really born again whether they're mechanic or 10:04 whether they're a business person, 10:06 whether they're in the medical field whatever 10:08 it's to spread the word of Jesus. Well listen, 10:11 let's listen again to the Parishes sing for us 10:16 and they're going to do 10:17 the song "How Beautiful." 10:35 How beautiful the hands that served 10:42 the wine and the bread 10:46 and the sons of the earth. 10:49 How beautiful the feet that walked? 10:56 the long dusty roads 11:00 and the hills to the cross. 11:04 How beautiful How beautiful 11:17 How beautiful is the body of Christ. 11:31 How beautiful the heart that bled 11:38 that took all my sin and bore it instead. 11:46 How beautiful the tender eyes 11:52 that chose to forgive and never despise. 12:00 How beautiful How beautiful 12:13 How beautiful is the body of Christ. 12:22 And as He laid down His life 12:29 we offer this sacrifice 12:36 That we will live just as He died: 12:43 Willing to pay the price 12:50 Willing to pay the price. 12:58 How beautiful the radiant Bride 13:06 Who waits for her Groom 13:09 With His light in her eyes. 13:13 How beautiful when humble hearts give 13:19 The fruit of pure lives So that others may live. 13:27 How beautiful How beautiful 13:40 How beautiful is the body of Christ. 13:55 How beautiful the feet that bring 14:01 The sound of good news And the love of the King. 14:09 How beautiful the hands that serve 14:15 The wine and the bread And the sons of the earth. 14:23 How beautiful How beautiful. 14:36 How beautiful is the body of Christ 14:54 How beautiful. 15:04 Wow well that's a beautiful song and 15:06 while we were listing to that, 15:10 Oby, what did you say? 15:11 I was just thinking how you know its music 15:14 that softens the heart and prepares the 15:17 heart to receive the message and without the 15:21 music I think that walls would still be built up in 15:24 people's hearts, yeah, against receiving Jesus 15:27 and. Right, I agree, well here is one that is 15:32 personally for you, it's not one that I should be 15:35 read over the air, but someone is talking 15:39 about it's a grandfather or your grandmother 15:44 I guess, that is concerned about a grandson 15:50 of theirs at Fletcher and they want you to pray 15:54 for him, because he is having some struggles, 15:56 I will. So, I will just pass that along to you and 16:00 you and some of the students there can 16:02 quietly begin to pray and encourage him. 16:05 He is discouraged and he needs encouragement 16:08 right now. Another for to Oby, it's says 16:13 Fletcher Academy says hello we are watching 16:16 you at night and then here is one that's says, 16:20 I went to Union College about 1949 that was 16:24 back before they had hair, now it says we had 16:28 a week of prayer and we had a response like 16:31 what you're talking about. You know some of 16:34 us had been through weeks of prayer that 16:38 were like that, yes. And the life changing, yes, 16:44 they can be life changing and some of us made 16:46 decisions, that's right, like that, that have been 16:49 life long decisions. It says we were on fire for 16:52 the Lord but now here is comes the statement, 16:55 it says then after the weekend was over one of 16:57 the teachers said okay weekend prayer is over 16:59 now back to real life. Please don't tell any of 17:03 your students that and I agree with that 17:06 statement. Unfortunately that teacher made 17:09 a big mistake, what they were probably talking 17:12 about, we used up on your assignments now 17:15 that's over and we are gonna come 17:17 through to end. And try to see what we can. 17:21 On the other side of the scale I think it was 17:25 back in 1995 we had our first prayer conference 17:29 at Ozark Academy, that's right. 17:30 And a friend of ours, Jim Moon who is a 17:33 very successful pastor now in Colorado just 17:38 doing all kinds of things in the community, 17:40 God is really blessing that, yes. 17:43 I want to say kid, he's really not a kid, 17:45 but he is a young man. He said that at the 17:48 Ozark Teen Prayer Conference back in 1995 17:52 is when the Lord really spoke to his heart 17:55 about taking the ministry. Right, right. 17:57 He said he'd been fighting it, he didn't think 18:00 he should do that but he said, it just came 18:03 through to him loud and clear at that prayer 18:05 conference. I'd like to speak to this very issue 18:10 we recognized this past year the importance 18:15 of the adults encouraging, yeah, and 18:19 mentoring these young people because we 18:22 so often tend to look at them and think they 18:27 don't have any serious thoughts about God. 18:30 But, that is not true, yeah. And God is really 18:34 wanting an army of youth to be able to finish 18:38 the work. And our role in that army of youth 18:43 is to mentor, encourage them and never to 18:46 discourage them. We have one person asking 18:50 here if we ever have payer conferences for 18:54 adults. All the time. And this person wants 18:57 to know would you do one in Indiana, 18:59 or do you have any plan in Indiana? 19:02 Yes, and we have a prayer conference 19:04 coordinator in Indiana, and I think she has had 19:08 some smaller once but Cathy did you hear 19:11 that? Aright. She'll start planning one, 19:14 she will start planning, and we'll work with 19:15 her we'll encourage her. Alright. And then they 19:17 had one other question were there any 19:19 non-Adventist teams involved in any of these 19:23 team prayer conference and if so what effect 19:26 did it have on them? You know we've really 19:28 trying to encourage our teenagers to invite 19:33 their friends, because most of these kids have 19:36 non-Adventist friends. And there were probably 19:39 a number of kids that have not been baptized. 19:44 And that was a big part of that result of the 50 19:48 baptisms and so even though they may have 19:52 been in Adventist homes, or even in Adventist 19:55 schools they had not yet made their decision 19:57 for Christ. And that's the goal. I love the story 20:02 that these kids were out in the community 20:05 prayer walking, yes and they saw this young 20:09 man getting his, come out of his house, 20:10 getting his car and he wasn't, he didn't turn on 20:14 the motor and back out of the drive way. 20:18 And so they went over to his car, and they 20:20 tapped on his window and he said what's going 20:23 on? And they said well we're just, they 20:25 introduced themselves, we're just out prayer 20:27 walking and he said what? And they said we 20:30 are just praying for people in the community, 20:34 can we pray for you? You know a lot of viewers 20:36 are probably saying what, what is prayer 20:38 walking? Well prayer walking is just two or 20:40 three people walking down the street you can 20:43 do this in your home too, yeah. 20:45 You can do it in the church, but you are just 20:47 walking one person prays out loud, 20:50 and one person, the other person prays silently. 20:53 But, it's a powerful experience, because you're 20:56 praying for the people whether you see them 20:58 or not. Just praying for the people in this 21:00 house or that house and, that's right, 21:02 that's right. We don't know what their problems 21:04 are but God does but you're just praying for 21:06 them. If you're going by a high school you 21:08 pray for the problems that are there, yeah, 21:11 the sex, the violence, the drugs, right, 21:13 the problems. If you're going by a tavern you 21:16 pray for the people whose lives are destroyed 21:19 by alcohol, yes, yes. And if you are going by 21:22 a police station you pray for them for their 21:24 safety for wisdom and for their success, yeah. 21:28 And wherever you are the Lord puts the prayer 21:31 in your heart, and people sometimes say well 21:33 couldn't I just stay home and pray. 21:35 Well yeah you can, but it's not the same as if 21:39 you're out there on that turf, some about isn't 21:41 it? And the Lord puts the prayer and the concerns 21:44 of those people. So, they knocked on the window, 21:46 they did, and what happened? And he said 21:48 so you're out prayer walking? 21:51 And they said yes could we pray for you? 21:53 And he said sure. So they'd prayed for him and 21:57 then they invited him to come to the Teen 21:59 Prayer Conference, okay, at the Gentry Church, 22:03 he came. Is that a fact? And while they were 22:05 giving their testimonies he came up and he said 22:09 do you know I just had the most wonderful 22:11 experience with these two guys coming and 22:14 praying for me, wow, and now to be here in 22:17 this group and to hear these testimonies and 22:19 to see how God is working, I just think we 22:21 ought to do this city wide, yeah. 22:24 I think all the churches are to be coming 22:26 together praying for one another, yeah. 22:28 And you feel it when somebody is praying for 22:29 you, you know, you can sense a sense of peace 22:32 about you that somebody, wow, somebody 22:35 is praying me or, wow, you know. 22:36 Amen, Marian, I wanted to say, you started to 22:39 say something. Well I was just gonna to further 22:42 expand this story on this young man, 22:45 I don't know whether we mention or not but 22:47 the baptisms finally ended at 3 O'clock in the 22:50 morning, wow. And as it turned out that was 22:52 Halloween morning, wow. And we took that 22:55 holiday back from the devil, amen, amen, amen. 22:58 And this young man actually he and I were the 23:01 last two to leave the church. And as we were 23:04 walking out and he was sharing with me how 23:08 blessed he was, he picked up a catalog from 23:12 Southwestern Adventist University and he said 23:14 do you think it be alright if I took this? 23:17 I said oh yes, that be just great, absolutely. 23:20 Fine young man, a Christian young man and 23:23 you know so as far as non-Adventists are 23:25 concerned he came he didn't intend to come 23:29 to the prayer conference, but he ended up 23:31 because you know these ]kids even want to step 23:33 further within prayer walking. They knocked 23:35 on the doors and said who they were and said 23:40 can we pray for you as there's something that 23:41 you would like us pray for us, alright. 23:43 And they were Adventists or former Adventists 23:47 that opened their doors and they started calling 23:50 their friends and said do you know who just came 23:52 by, and prayed for me? It was kids from that 23:55 prayer conference. You know something you 23:58 talked about saying you have something that 24:01 you want us to pray for us. Camille and I, 24:04 your wife we were in Hiawassee, 24:06 Georgia and we went to eat with two friends. 24:11 And it was Don and Ruthie Jacobsen. 24:14 And as we gathered to have the meal and Don 24:18 was picking up the checks, I felt so good 24:20 about going out. But, but anyway as we 24:24 gathered around the table the waitress came 24:27 up and then Don said to her we're getting ready 24:31 to have the blessing. We would like to invite you 24:33 to join us, and do you have anything that you 24:37 would like for us to pray for? Amen. 24:39 And you know she did. She had a couple of 24:41 requests, things that were happening in her life, 24:44 things that she had need for with her husband. 24:47 And she poured out her heart there and then 24:51 Don led us in prayer I will tell you something, 24:55 the whole different atmosphere for that meal, 24:59 and for that waitress, amen, just from 25:02 asking her including her in the prayer. 25:05 You know so many times in the restaurant we 25:07 kind of just wanna bow our heads and say 25:11 amen you know and that's about it. 25:15 I even have a friend who doesn't even do that, 25:17 he just simply says to everybody, are we all 25:20 thankful for this food? And we say, 25:22 yes we are, well Lord you heard us, 25:24 we're thankful, amen. And that mean you never 25:28 it has a position of praying, you know and I'm 25:30 not criticizing that. And I'm saying if that's his 25:33 way of praying, okay. But Don made this a 25:37 spiritual event for the full time of us. 25:40 He often does that, yeah, and I don't think 25:43 we've ever had anyone refuse, I bet you 25:46 haven't? No one has ever said no I don't have 25:50 any reason to have you praying for me. 25:51 It maybe the first time anyone's every prayed 25:54 for them, yeah. And i moved that girl, I'll 25:57 tell you. In our little town I think so, in our 25:59 little town we are in the Bible belt, yes. 26:02 And it is more common to see people bow their 26:06 heads and pray and thank God for the food 26:08 they're not. Now in some cities that's not true, 26:12 but in our area people just do that as a common 26:16 thing. Alright now here's one more question here, 26:19 it says please announce the name of Ruthie 26:23 Jacobsen's book again. So, I'm gonna do it, 26:26 here it is 5 Secrets for Peace in a Storm, 26:31 5 Secrets for Peace in a Storm. 26:33 Well write it down, go to your ABC to more if 26:36 you have wanted post by and tell them, 26:38 I want this book if they don't have it, 26:40 tell them get it right away and you'll be 26:43 wanting to get some for some friends. 26:44 Because it is, listen I'm not hawk in a book, 26:48 they didn't even know I was gonna talk about 26:50 this book tonight. I'm just telling you this meant 26:53 so much to me this week. I read it, 26:57 I read it in one sitting and it's an easy read, 27:01 it's an easy read and Camille read it and it 27:05 encouraged both of us. You know there are 27:07 a lot of times folks, you have storms it maybe 27:09 even a spiritual storm. The devil is always doing 27:13 what he can to create a storm at 3ABN. 27:17 You know something the Lord is so much more 27:18 powerful, these storms are just, they just push 27:22 away and it's every time there's a storm the 27:25 Gospel goes out in a greater way than every 27:28 before. One soul dedicated to Christ can 27:31 conquer all the powers of darkness combined, 27:33 amen, it's amazing. Amen. Well you know 27:35 somebody told me they said as long as we're 27:39 on planet earth, we're either in a storm or 27:42 we're going into one or we're coming out of 27:44 one. Yeah. Because there are just so many 27:47 things happening, the things, the disasters 27:51 and the earthquakes, the wars, the horrible 27:56 things that are happening now used to be 27:58 once every 50 years, or once every 10 years, 28:02 now it's almost every day, yeah. 28:04 And people are hurting for lots and lots of 28:06 reason, yes. Marian, now I come back to you, 28:09 because you came up with a creative idea of 28:13 a 40 and I think we have some graphics, 28:17 you sent some photos I would like to have us 28:20 see those, you got a big clock and you let 28:24 people sign up, okay here is on the screen you 28:27 can see this. Forty hour fast and pray vigil, 28:31 tell you us about that. Actually Ruthie, 28:32 I can't take credit for that, our pastor at 28:35 Gentry, Pastor Ray House, he camp up with 28:38 this idea and then he just said, how about, 28:41 now here is the table, making a clock, 28:43 here is the table, this is a roundtable and 28:46 people could come and sign up. 28:48 They could come up and we put the every 28:51 hour for 40 hours on this table. 28:54 And then encourage people to come and 28:58 commit to pray for an hour. Do they come to 29:01 church and pray? Well sometimes they did, 29:04 but we did during the middle of the night, 29:07 allow people to stay home and pray. 29:09 And we had every hour of that 40 hours filled 29:13 and many of the hours we're with a lot of 29:15 people, not just one, yes. But, I've heard so 29:18 many testimonies and I myself was tremendously 29:22 blessed. I took the midnight hour, I just, 29:26 they were empty and I thought well I can take 29:29 those. And I spend that first hour on Friday 29:32 night and it was a week ago, tomorrow that 29:36 we had this 40 hours and God blessed so much. 29:41 You started on the Friday night? 29:42 We started on Friday at 5 O'clock, 29:45 and it went until Sunday morning at 9 O'clock. 29:49 And we ended the 40 hours with an Agape 29:51 Breakfast. The fellowship was so sweet, 29:54 isn't that beautiful? And you know some 29:57 amazing things happened, this was not just to 29:59 see if we could fill up the 40 hours, no. 30:02 There was a purpose in this, first of all we have 30:05 many people who one time came to church and 30:09 we're part of our fellowship who no longer 30:12 walk with us. And our burden has been to 30:15 reclaim those who no longer worship with us. 30:20 And then there was another focus and that 30:22 was in a couple of weeks well that actually 30:25 beginning April 22 we're having Lay-evangelism 30:29 ShareHim meetings. And there will be five 30:32 including one group of young people from 30:35 Ozark Academy, some of those have just 30:38 returned this week from the Philippines and 30:42 did ShareHim evangelism in the Philippines, 30:45 they're fired up, they are ready to keep going. 30:49 What was the result? The results of the 40 30:53 hours people have come back into church that 30:57 we have not seen in years. No. And besides 30:59 that other thing, what was the result of the 31:02 Philippines. The Philippines. Well maybe 31:05 Raquel could answer that better than I could? 31:07 Oh no, I didn't, but one of my friends her name 31:11 was Honey she went and I happened to be in 31:14 her room with when another girl was in there 31:17 as well my friend Natalie and they were 31:19 talking and Natalie was like listen, listen come 31:23 here, come here and you know she is Honey 31:24 so fired up, she is so fired up. And Natalie was 31:28 so excited because it incited the, the passion 31:32 and desire that she felt during the prayer 31:34 conference. And she was just so encouraged 31:36 by Honey's fire and passion that she had 31:39 came back from the Philippines with, 31:41 that she wanted to fill that way again and she 31:43 just knew that passion and that fire, 31:45 she was so encouraged. You know these 31:48 ShareHim meetings are so fantastic. 31:52 Pastor Bob Folkenberg has put together a 31:54 ministry that has impacted the world for 31:58 Christ. And you're gonna have a ShareHim 32:01 convention or whatever it is weekend, yes, 32:04 next week as a week from this Friday night, 32:07 from tonight actually. A week from tonight it's 32:09 actually begin. It starts next Thursday night, 32:10 right. And you are gonna be speaking? 32:12 I'll be speaking at the, you'll be speaking, 32:14 at the Gentry Church which is the Ozark 32:16 Academy Church right across the street, 32:18 right. But, we are gonna have people from 32:21 all over the United States come to this meeting. 32:24 And we're excited about that. I'm gonna be 32:26 speaking there on Friday night, and I'll be 32:30 looking forward to being with you I've spoken 32:32 at a number of these with Bob and we really 32:36 believe in his ministry. Absolutely. 32:37 Folks if you are anywhere in that area or 32:39 if you can be there plan to come and be a 32:42 part. If you have any question about it, 32:44 you just call ShareHim and go on the Internet 32:48 you will look up ShareHim you'll find them on the 32:50 website, get in touch with them and find out 32:53 how you can be a part or how you're gonna 32:54 attend that meeting. And you know these 32:57 meetings are bathed in prayer. Oh, yes they 32:59 are, absolutely, absolutely. And you 33:01 went to Africa. Yes, actually I was blessed 33:06 to be able to go first to Tanzania in 2009. 33:11 And then or 2008 rather and then in 2009 I 33:15 was able to go to Zambia. And I'll tell you it 33:17 gets in your blood, and I'm looking forward 33:21 to the ShareHim meetings I'll be one of the 33:24 speakers there at Gentry. Okay. Alright. 33:27 Well listen this is one more statement, 33:31 it's not a request, it's not a question but it's 33:34 a message for Raquel. It says the girl's dorm 33:38 at Ozark Adventist Academy is watching and 33:41 praying for you. Praise the Lord. 33:42 We love you Raquel. So, they just want to 33:45 let you know, we do too, that's right. 33:48 Now do you know anything about this, 33:50 this is, it was a question that came in or 33:53 a statement, is there a world day of prayer 33:56 coming up that you know about, 33:58 every Sabbath is a good day to pray. 34:01 And any time you're thinking about that, 34:05 they talking about this 40 hour, yes, a lot of 34:09 us have been involved in 24 hour prayer and 34:11 we have seen miracles take place in a 24 hour, 34:17 we usually would start sometime like on 34:20 Friday and go all night long until noon on 34:23 Sabbath, that's right. And we've just seen 34:26 miracles take place at one church, 34:29 just give you quick story but the show how 34:32 revival can happen. There were two men 34:37 Adventists had been in business together, 34:39 and they fell out. It was a horrible thing, 34:42 it split that church some sided with one 34:45 family other sided with the other family. 34:47 It kept that church from having the power of 34:51 the Holy Spirit, there was no question. 34:54 And so the prayer vigil was organized and 34:59 unbeknownst, these two men, these two men 35:02 were not speaking to each other, they would 35:03 have nothing to do with each other. 35:06 Somehow the Lord did not let them see that 35:10 the other was signing up for that, I mean they 35:12 signed up for 12 O'clock midnight, 35:15 both of him did. It's good. And they showed 35:18 up on the steps of the church at the same 35:22 time. Wow. And one of them said to the 35:25 other he said I had no idea you were gonna 35:27 be here and the other said likewise and they 35:31 said you know something we can't go in there 35:34 and pray until we get some things understood. 35:39 And they sat there and said there is no way 35:40 we can untangle all the problems we had. 35:44 Let's just bury them and let's go in there and 35:47 pray together, amen. They went in there 35:50 and started praying, I want to tell you what 35:52 happened. Thank the Lord for cell phones, 35:55 people started calling, hey you know what's 35:58 happening at the church? These two men have 36:03 mended, their hearts are one again. 36:06 And they are praying together, they went 36:09 through the one hour and they kept praying 36:12 together and they kept growing. 36:15 Now the pastor had taken 7 O'clock in the 36:18 morning because he thought I'll go there and 36:23 I'll probably be the only one there but 36:27 because there was nobody singed up for 36:29 seven. So, he'd said I'll go there and sign up 36:31 for that I'll go, then he said that I'll start 36:33 working on my sermon and I'll be ready for 36:36 church. So, he got to the church, he was a 36:40 little bit late in fact, and when he drove into 36:44 the parking lot he couldn't believe the 36:45 number of cars when he went inside he 36:48 couldn't believe the number of people. 36:50 And the Lord had healed that church through 36:53 prayer and I will, that's a wonderful story. 36:56 And I will tell you something that this is how 37:00 God works when you're praying, 37:02 He can change hearts, that's right, amen, 37:05 that's right, He really is. Yes. And so I hope 37:09 that the 40 hour, it runs through the Sabbath 37:13 hours and up to breakfast time on Sunday, 37:15 is that what it is? That's right. 37:18 It starts Friday nights, it started Friday evening 37:20 at 5 O'clock and it went clear through the 37:24 Sabbath, okay, and all Saturday night, 37:28 and then Sunday morning at 9 O'clock we 37:30 convened for a beautiful Agape Breakfast 37:35 that our Pastor's wife some and his mother, 37:37 precious ladies had put together yeah. 37:40 And we finished up, we had devotionals, yes, 37:43 10 devotionals and actually used Mark 37:46 Finley's book, Revive Us Again, okay. 37:49 We used chapters from that book and started 37:52 out with the, the Laodicean message, 37:56 because the pastor felt that this was really 37:58 important that we consider who we are, 38:03 where we are and what is the remedy? 38:07 Wow. And then we went into Mark Finley's 38:09 book and we, seven of us, each took a chapter 38:14 from Revive Us Again and we shared the 38:17 message in that chapter. And then our Pastor 38:20 Ray House finished up with the last chapter of 38:23 that book and with prayer. You know I like 38:26 that 40 hours because you remember they're 38:29 40 days and nights and 40 days that Christ 38:33 was in the wilderness and I love this 40 hour 38:37 I think it's very Biblical and it has a beautiful 38:40 ring to it so. Well I would like to share just 38:42 an answer to prayer. Just as we were 38:45 convening for the breakfast, my cell phone 38:48 rang and it was a friend from Herrin, Illinois 38:55 and he said Marian, there is a 10 year old boy 38:58 who was in intensive care in the hospital I 39:01 just got a call from his grandmother, 39:03 this boy is having severe seizures and he is 39:06 at death door, would you please pray and 39:08 I said friends, I will do more than that, 39:11 and he said we have 48 people seated here 39:15 are ready to star a prayer breakfast. 39:18 I said we will all pray for him, and we did. 39:22 I got a call that this young boy was now 39:26 awake, still in ICU but the doctor said this is 39:30 truly he is going to make a breakthrough. 39:34 And the boy was talking and able to converse 39:37 with his family. And so that was absolutely 39:40 an answer to prayer. And don't you think 39:42 Marian that you are going to continue to 39:45 see results? Oh absolutely, of these 39:47 40 hours. Yes, we are in fact we've been 39:52 meeting in a pretty good size room for prayer 39:55 meeting, last night we had to bring in more 39:59 chairs and the room was full to more than 40:02 capacity, yeah. Probably good thing the 40:04 fire department wasn't there, I'm not sure if 40:06 it was legal. But, we know now that we're 40:09 gonna have to move back into the sanctuary 40:11 because we've got too many people for this, 40:14 for our prayer meeting room. You know I 40:16 know Ray House, your pastor very well. 40:18 And a lot of people don't realize that he is 40:21 the grandson of Ray Turner, that's right. 40:23 And Ray Turner played a big part in my life, 40:28 and, being for that, along with Ray, 40:31 with Fordyce Detamore and some of these 40:34 individuals, and Ray, a great soul winner, 40:37 great singer but he led 100s and 1000s of people 40:43 to Christ one on one. And Ray is named after 40:47 him Ray House and he is a very spiritual young 40:52 man. Now here is something and I'm gonna 40:55 ask Raquel to lead us in this prayer, 40:57 'cause we're gonna have a special prayer right 40:59 here and it says I'm praying for a lifestyle 41:04 center in Las Vegas. Some people don't 41:06 realize, but 3ABN has had a tremendous impact 41:10 in Las Vegas. That's right. We have a station 41:14 there, it has been analog but we are moving 41:17 forward by faith, we don't have the money but 41:19 we are gonna go on anyway and there is 41:23 some of these like Minneapolis, Las Vegas 41:26 some of these that we must move over to 41:29 digital and we've taken to digital. 41:31 It makes a stretch it first, when I first looked 41:34 at that I thought more the devil has figured 41:36 out something now because, it's gonna be 41:39 such a hard financial thing on us that we will 41:42 have to shut down stations. You know 41:45 something the Lord is providing the money 41:47 and now instead of one station we will have 41:51 four; we will have four channels instead of one. 41:56 So, God has multiplied you see when the devil 42:00 thinks he's got you turned, God turns it into 42:02 something else. So, we've got four channels 42:05 that we're be able to put it on there. 42:07 And Las Vegas I was telling to people the 42:11 other night about the book by Brother Ray, 42:16 Marvin Ray the pastor at Napa Valley and in 42:19 that book he tells about his visit to the 42:22 Mountain View Church and I mentioned it earlier, 42:24 yeah, how many people are baptized at that 42:28 church? Paradise Valley, about the same thing, 42:31 Calvin Rock tells me about the same thing from 42:34 his church. So, 30, 40 each of those churches 42:38 every year are being baptized in Las Vegas. 42:42 There is another factor in Las Vegas, 42:45 Peter Neary, yeah, who has been here more 42:49 than a month is the pastor of the Paradise 42:53 Church in Las Vegas and he was really called 42:56 to be a conference president and on the way 42:58 he felt like the Lord was speaking to him and 43:00 telling him that he didn't want him to be a 43:03 conference president he wanted him to pastor 43:05 the Paradise Church in Las Vegas. 43:07 So, he went there he volunteered to the 43:11 conference president he said I've never done 43:12 this before, yeah. But, I just feel that this is 43:15 where God wants me. So he was voted in they 43:19 didn't know him, but they voted 50 to 1 to 43:23 accept him, they'd never heard him preach, 43:25 they didn't know him. But, he has just changed 43:29 that church and the Lord is doing it. 43:31 Yeah even before Peter got there, 43:33 they baptized over a 100 in that church from 43:35 3ABN. So even before Peter got there and I 43:38 know Peter is a wonderful spiritual person. 43:41 But, I was gonna tell you is every Wednesday 43:43 Peter fasts, yeah, and some of his people fast 43:46 and they go up on a mountain over looking 43:48 yes, Las Vegas, and they pray for that sin 43:51 city, and it is really making a difference. 43:53 It is making a difference but I will tell you 43:55 something that television is God's median 43:59 in that area. Gets into the home and those 44:02 prayers are answered by their watching that 44:05 television and when people go to Las Vegas 44:07 often times they hit bottom, I mean they hit 44:11 bottom for whatever reason that they went 44:14 there, they sometimes come to the place where 44:16 they know they've got to find God. 44:18 They may not have cable so they're watch 44:22 television on the rabbit ears there. 44:25 And so when they do that they are only able 44:29 to get a few channels ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX 44:34 couple of educations channels, and 3ABN, 44:36 and 3ABN. And we have had people even come 44:40 here and we've baptized them here. 44:43 I tell you it's just a beautiful story, 44:45 well this person continues. Said I wanna 44:47 praying for a lifestyle center in Las Vegas, 44:50 I would like the youth in our churches to be 44:53 involved I want to praise 3ABN with God's 44:57 help they saved my life. With God's help 3ABN 45:03 they say saved my life this person does, 45:06 they're praying for a lifestyle center in 45:08 Las Vegas. I will tell you I don't know if that's 45:11 God's will or not but I want us to lay that 45:15 before if it is His will. We wanna see that 45:18 kind of something happen. Because if there's 45:21 any place people would need a lifestyle center 45:24 is right there in that sin city we'll pray for us 45:29 would you? Okay. Dear heavenly Father I 45:34 would like to come to you now, 45:35 with in prayer and petition for a lifestyle 45:39 center in Las Vegas Lord, sin city seems like 45:43 the devil is dusting off his shoulders, as his, 45:45 he is one or as if he is doing something 45:50 powerful but Lord we all know that you are 45:52 more powerful than Satan and we pray that 45:56 you insight a passion and dive in our young 46:01 people too to get things started for you Lord. 46:06 Help us to understand the importance of your 46:09 Holy Spirit and it's power Lord we pray that 46:13 we can possess that and go forth in your name 46:16 and Lord, lives need to be change and if it's 46:19 your will you can create a place where that can 46:21 happen and I pray that we step up to the 46:25 calling and get things moving for you Lord 46:28 it's important that we realize that your 46:31 Holy Spirit isn't just you know present on the 46:34 weekends on the Sabbath, on whispers 46:37 night, you know Lord I pray that you realize 46:39 that it's, it is for our lives as on a day to day 46:42 basis and we need you everyday, 46:45 every moment, every second of our lives 46:48 and we pray that you come into our lives 46:50 change them and help us to change other 46:53 peoples lives and I pray that you continue 46:57 to bless 3ABN and its ministries as it continues 47:01 to change the lives of many people all over 47:04 the world and in your name I pray. Amen. 47:09 Amen, wow! Thank you so much Raquel, 47:12 we appreciate that and I believe God is gonna 47:15 do something folks. Lot of different ways to reach 47:19 people and the lifestyle center just might 47:22 be the right thing there National Day of Prayer 47:25 tell us about that. Well this is always the first 47:28 Thursday in May, okay. And President Reagan 47:31 signed it into law. So, this has been a 47:35 wonderful thing and it's a great opportunity 47:37 for Christians to come together in a community 47:40 and pray for the nation, yes. To pray for the 47:43 government, to pray for the local police and 47:46 firefighters and mayors and you know just to 47:51 be involved in asking God to do something in 47:53 our nation, it's a wonderful experience. 47:56 And then this weekend, this Sabbath is a 48:01 world day of prayer and fasting. 48:04 And so that's another time when you can get 48:07 together with friends and pray for the world 48:11 and for your community and for your church. 48:14 And I'm glad to see that in many parts of this 48:18 country, in Canada, the conference presidents 48:23 are calling for days of prayer once a quarter 48:27 or once, they want several times of prayer 48:31 throughout this year. So, I just would invite 48:34 you to find out when this is going to be for 48:38 your church and become part of it. 48:41 And then I'd like to also give a special 48:43 invitation because we are saying, 48:46 we're asking people as early as possible this 48:50 year to join the 100,000 prayer warriors who 48:55 will pray every day for and you can see that 48:59 on the screen right now a 100,000 prayer 49:02 warriors are needed, all ages. 49:05 All you have to do is go to your computer and 49:10 on the Internet go to pray4net2011.org. 49:18 Now if you do not have access to the Internet, 49:22 talk to your pastor he can do that for you. 49:25 Here's another invitation, a 100,000 seems like 49:29 a lot of people but I think we have more than 49:31 that. Oh my, we have more than that praying. 49:34 Oh yeah. But we just need to hear from you or 49:37 your church so that we can keep in touch 49:39 with you and we can give you the prayer 49:41 requests, there's going to be an evangelism 49:47 crusade, a net series that will begin in 49:50 September with Ron Clouzet and we want 49:52 to pray for that and for evangelism all over, 49:56 they're gonna be many people holding 49:58 evangelistic crusades. So, we want to pray 50:01 especially for evangelism and for revival. 50:06 Yes, we have a question for Marian and the 50:10 question is why didn't you have a guest 50:13 speaker during the prayer, youth prayer 50:15 conference in October? I'm really glad they 50:18 asked that question. That's a good question. 50:20 You know the first teen prayer conference as 50:22 Ruthie mention was back in 1995, yeah. 50:25 And they didn't have a guest speaker, 50:27 well actually they did it was the Holy Spirit, 50:29 yeah. Well you know I didn't really know that 50:32 much about that prayer conference. 50:34 The young people led out then, the young 50:36 people led out. In 2009 we did have a teen 50:42 prayer conference the first one that I 50:43 coordinated and we did have a speaker 50:48 Ivor Myers and that was very successful 50:51 in fact I had many adults that were little 50:53 upset that it wasn't an adult prayer conference 50:57 but we let them come if they brought 50:58 teenagers. So, it was very successful, 51:01 but as we were planning the one for this 51:04 past year, the Lord just really put on the 51:09 committee's heart that we needed to 51:12 consider doing what was done in 1995 and 51:16 I called Gary Burns and I said Gary, 51:18 would you come, I have no idea what to do. 51:22 And the only answer I could get out of him 51:24 was well you have to pray. And I said well 51:26 Gary of course I pray, I'm a prayer 51:28 coordinator. But he said no I'll come and 51:33 when I ask him you know well what do I need to 51:35 do to prepare? All I could get out of him was 51:38 pray. Yeah. Well now I know what he's 51:40 talking about. But when we planned it we 51:45 prayed about it and I'll tell you when you 51:49 allow the Holy Spirit to get a hold of these 51:53 teenagers more happens. One little 51:57 miracle happened actually we had not 52:00 prepared for a baptism, that wasn't our 52:04 thinking that we would try and get young 52:08 people to be baptized that weekend. 52:10 But our church custodian had filled the 52:15 baptismal tank on Wednesday and she forgot 52:20 to pull the plug, and the heater was left on 52:24 and so the baptismal tank was ready for those 52:28 50 baptisms. You know we can bring in 52:32 good speakers and people are blessed but 52:36 when we let the Holy Spirit take over people 52:40 are baptized, amen. And I'd like to ask 52:42 Raquel, didn't it make a difference? 52:45 Yes I think it was really important, 52:47 I think the opportunity for us to young people 52:50 to sit, that was really important because 52:52 a lot of times we assume the role of just 52:54 sitting back and letting the adults do it, 52:56 yeah. It's not a spectator sport. 52:57 That's right. Yes, and some times I don't 52:59 know teenagers are mistaken we feel like 53:02 we shouldn't be treated like kids but then we 53:05 are too young to lead the church. 53:07 It's very bad understanding that we 53:10 carry and so I thought that opportunity was 53:12 really important for us to have. Wow! 53:14 That is great, well Ruthie, you know a 53:16 number of years ago I remember even 53:18 about the time and just before that prayer 53:21 conference in 1995. Prayer conferences were 53:24 really new in North America, they were. 53:27 And the Lord laid this on your heart, 53:30 I remember when you and Don were in Oregon 53:33 and God you read a book by about George 53:39 Muller and you begin to pray at that time 53:45 prayer, it always been a part of your life 53:47 but then it became a real ministry in your life. 53:52 And since then you've seen hundreds of 53:56 prayer conferences take place. And you've 53:59 seen leaders like Gary Burns develop. 54:03 I remember the first time, I was in the one 54:05 of those early meetings that you had, 54:07 I can't remember where we were. 54:09 We were at some camp and I remember 54:12 that Gary, I believe that was his first time 54:15 to be in one of those prayer meetings, 54:17 prayer conferences. And he has developed 54:21 into such a powerful leader of prayer 54:26 ministries. And the Lord has blessed him, 54:28 and Peter, oh yeah, oh yeah. I just watch 54:31 these young people, young pastors and God 54:35 has empowered them, yes absolutely, 54:39 it's like Dwight. Dwight says, Lord set us a 54:41 blaze, yeah amen. I want to say one other 54:44 thing. Alright but we've got to get this address 54:46 rolled in, okay, because people will not know 54:48 how to reach you if I don't get it in, okay. 54:50 You need to reach Ruthie, this is how you 54:54 can do it also you can order that book, 54:56 5 Secrets, just call it 5 Secrets for Peace 55:00 in a Storm. But, this is 55:01 how you can reach Ruthie. 55:05 If you would like to find out more about prayer 55:07 ministry or to contact Ruthie Jacobsen, 55:10 you can do so by writing to her at 55:12 PO Box 26, Hiawassee, GA, 30546. 55:18 That's PO Box 26, Hiawassee, GA, 30546. 55:24 Or call her at 800-328-0525. 55:28 That number again 800-328-0525, 55:34 call or write her today she 55:36 would love to hear from you. 55:49 Well listen, now you be sure to contact 55:51 Ruthie and you can ask her to come to your 55:53 church. Ruthie we've got a few seconds left 55:56 tell us some things. I just wanted to say 55:58 going back to the 100,000 prayer warriors 56:02 I just want to remind everyone that we 56:03 need everybody to be praying together for 56:07 revival and for evangelism and I wanted 56:09 to thank Oby and his mom because they 56:12 have gone to how many churches and 56:15 invited people and singed them up? 56:16 We have gone to probably 4 or 5 churches, 56:20 we were in contact with probably 15 or 16 56:23 different churches to go there and invite 56:26 people to share people about our passion 56:29 for prayer and how they should, they'll be 56:31 praying to when we got over 350 singed up 56:35 just for visiting. Alright. To be part of the 56:36 100,000. Okay well listen we've come down 56:39 to the end, what a wonderful time we've had 56:42 with these wonderful people. And you until we 56:45 see you again you keep hanging on to Jesus 56:49 trusting in Him, keep praying because He will 56:54 hear He will answer your prayer and keep on 56:58 keeping on with Jesus Christ our Lord, 57:00 our God, our Savior, our Creator, 57:03 He loves you, God bless you. |
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