Music...
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Song...
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Audience: Amen... clapping.
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Praise the Lord for
this wonderful music.
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We greet all of you.
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Our dear Brothers and Sisters,
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our guests and the audience
of the 3ABN Live Broadcast.
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In Russian...
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We welcome you to
this celebration...
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this special worship
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dedicated to
the 27th anniversary
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of 3ABN ministry in Russia.
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And first of all, we're thankful
to God for this special event.
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Psalmist says, "Praise
the Lord, all ye nations:
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glorify Him, all the tribes. "
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And what is the reason for this?
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For the mercy of
the Lord is forever
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and thanks to His mercy and
His faithfulness, we're here
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and 3 Angels Company exists
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in Russian...
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and before we will
joyfully sing to our Lord,
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we will hear
the choir performing
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the song called Jerusalem.
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Song.
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Audience: Clapping.
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Pause...
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I would like to
express our gratitude
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in Russian...
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to the choir and to the soloist,
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to Yan and to the Conductor
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after such a wonderful hymnal
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in Russian...
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my heart is trembling
and I would like to sing too
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in Russian...
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and we would like to
express our joy in Psalm,
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"Joyful,
joyful, we adore thee. "
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In Russian...
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I invite the church to glorify
our God and to sing this song.
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Song.
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In Russian...
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more...
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For the word of prayer,
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I'd like to invite
to this platform...
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Pastor and
Director of Media ministries
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of the Euro-Asia
Division, Daniil Reband.
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Let's pray.
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Our Father in heaven,
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we glorify Your name,
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for the wonderful
salvation that You have given us
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in Jesus Christ.
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In Russian...
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When we come to
this house of prayer,
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to this place of worship,
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we thank you for Your mercy.
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We thank You for Your church
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which is proclaiming
the message of salvation
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in Russian...
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and bowing down our
heads before You in prayer,
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we would like to thank you
for the ministry of the 3ABN.
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In Russian...
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We thank you for dedicated
workers of this Company,
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we thank you for the ministry
they perform each day here.
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We ask you Father,
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accept our worship
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and bless us.
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Bless the adults...
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bless young people and children,
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bless those who
praise Your name in singing,
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and, in a special
way, bless the preacher.
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Be with him...
with your Holy Spirit,
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and give him your
special message today,
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let those who
suffer will be comforted,
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in Russian...
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let those who are
tired, get power from You
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and help each one
of us to glorify You
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until that wonderful day
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when we will see
you face to face,
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we thank you and we
exalt Your holy name,
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in the name of Jesus,
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Amen.
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Audience: Amen.
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Pause...
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more pause...
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some more pause...
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Song.
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Audience: Amen. Clapping.
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Thank you for
the beautiful music,
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all right
children, you hear the music,
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it's time for
the children's story,
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come on down to the front,
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in Russian...
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we're going to
have a little story,
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we're going to have some
benches for you to sit on here,
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in Russian...
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music...
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that's a really
fun song, I like that.
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Good morning, how are you?
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Very good.
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Good, I want to thank
my interpreter, Elona,
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for helping me this morning.
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in Russian...
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I have a story that happened to
me just a couple of weeks ago.
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In Russian...
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I was driving down the
highway... wooo woooo...
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I wanted to turn
left onto a country road,
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in Russian...
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so I was driving down
the country road, woooo...
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in Russian...
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and I suddenly saw two
animals on the side of the road,
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and I put on my
brake, oooorrrr...
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do you know what
the animals were?
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one was brown
and about this big.
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Had ears just
stuck up about this tall,
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had a little tail...
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what do you think it was?
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A rabbit...
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A rabbit.
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A rabbit... that's right...
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the other animal
was not a rabbit.
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It had a little
fuzzy tail about this long,
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small little ears...
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little whiskers...
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any idea what it was?
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Maybe it was a cat?
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That's close... but not a cat...
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squirrel...
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that's right...
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is that what you
thought it was too?
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Do you know what the squirrel
and the rabbit were doing?
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The rabbit was eating grass
and clover... chomp... chomp...
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eating very calmly...
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it was even eating a
little flower beside the road,
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chomp...
chomp... chomp... mmmm...
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what do you think
the squirrel was doing?
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The squirrel was upset...
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it's tail was going chuk,
chuk, chuk, chuk, chuk, chuk...
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and it's little mouth was
going, choo, choo, choo, choo,
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choo, choo, choo,
choo, choo, choo, choo,
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right in the rabbit's face.
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The squirrel was
upset at the rabbit.
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I don't know what they
were saying to each other
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because I don't know
squirrel and rabbit talk,
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but I can only imagine
that the squirrel was saying,
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"Rabbit...
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you are in my yard...
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this is my grass...
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my flowers...
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don't eat them... "
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but the rabbit
wasn't upset at all.
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Do you know the lesson I learned
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from the rabbit
and the squirrel?
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There is a verse in the Bible,
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it's in Ephesians chapter 4,
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verse 32
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and it says, "Be ye
kind one to another,
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tender-hearted,
forgiving one another,
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even as God for Christ's
sake hath forgiven you. "
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In Russian...
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Was the squirrel
being kind to the rabbit?
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She was evil...
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Evil... yes... I agree,
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the squirrel was not
being very kind to the rabbit.
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Do you know that God wants
us to be kind to each other?
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When we're
playing with our toys,
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it's good to share our toys.
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What's another way
that we can be kind
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to our brothers or
sisters, any ideas?
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In Russian...
00:29:26.23\00:29:45.41
That sounds good...
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So, we can put our
toys into the box...
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That's very, very good.
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Any other thoughts
of how we can be kind
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to our brothers or sisters?
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We can share...
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Very good, anything else?
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How about being kind to
our mommies and daddies?
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In Russian...
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We can love them
very, very, very much.
00:30:28.16\00:30:30.53
That's good, let's see
what this young lady has to say.
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We can help our parents around
the house and clean our toys
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and also, make our beds.
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Oh, that's very good.
00:30:45.31\00:30:46.64
In Russian...
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I need to learn
to make my bed too.
00:30:49.01\00:30:51.61
Oh, you know, water flowers...
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Hmmm... that's very good.
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Why does Jesus
want us to be kind?
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Do you have any ideas?
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This young lady
has all the answers.
00:31:10.30\00:31:15.00
In Russian...
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We need to vacuum our
house and wash the dishes.
00:31:23.28\00:31:26.68
This young lady
is doing a great job.
00:31:26.72\00:31:33.39
So, remember that Jesus wants
us to be kind to each other,
00:31:33.42\00:31:42.50
to even people
that we may not know...
00:31:42.53\00:31:44.87
we're in the store and we
can hold the door open for them.
00:31:44.90\00:31:48.04
In Russian...
00:31:48.07\00:31:56.68
Or we can smile and
say, "Jesus loves you. "
00:31:56.75\00:32:05.05
So, this coming week,
00:32:05.09\00:32:10.03
let's remember to
be kind to each other,
00:32:10.06\00:32:12.66
your brothers and sisters,
00:32:12.69\00:32:14.03
to help mummy and daddy
00:32:14.06\00:32:15.40
and to be kind to our
neighbors and those that we see.
00:32:15.43\00:32:17.40
In Russian...
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That's it, remember to do
that this week, God bless you.
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Pause...
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Piano...
00:32:50.47\00:32:59.41
It's an honor to speak
00:32:59.44\00:33:04.38
the name of Jesus
00:33:04.41\00:33:09.58
A pleasure to
proclaim His holiness
00:33:09.62\00:33:17.99
It's my soul's desire
00:33:18.03\00:33:21.66
to make Him Lord of everything
00:33:21.70\00:33:28.57
A privilege just to live
00:33:28.60\00:33:32.47
for my King,
00:33:32.51\00:33:38.91
Jesus is life
00:33:38.95\00:33:44.95
to me...
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Jesus is life
00:33:49.49\00:33:54.40
to me
00:33:54.43\00:33:59.30
He's the heartbeat inside
00:33:59.33\00:34:04.31
He's the air that I breathe
00:34:04.34\00:34:10.58
Jesus is life
00:34:10.61\00:34:17.45
to me...
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He's the music I just
can't keep from singing
00:34:24.33\00:34:33.60
The joy that carries
me through every storm
00:34:33.64\00:34:42.48
He's the peace that goes beyond
00:34:42.51\00:34:46.68
what I can't understand
00:34:46.72\00:34:52.52
He's the grace that
won't stop holding my hand
00:34:52.55\00:35:02.03
Jesus is life
00:35:02.06\00:35:07.77
to me...
00:35:07.80\00:35:12.47
Jesus is life to me
00:35:12.51\00:35:20.82
He's the heartbeat inside
00:35:20.85\00:35:25.99
He's the air that I breathe
00:35:26.02\00:35:31.23
Jesus is life
00:35:31.26\00:35:37.00
to me
00:35:37.03\00:35:42.40
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
00:35:42.47\00:35:52.05
There's just something about
00:35:52.08\00:35:56.72
that name
00:35:56.75\00:36:02.92
Master, Savior, Jesus
00:36:02.96\00:36:11.13
Like the
fragrance after the rain
00:36:11.17\00:36:20.88
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
00:36:20.91\00:36:29.55
Let all heaven and earth
00:36:29.58\00:36:33.49
proclaim
00:36:33.56\00:36:39.73
Kings and kingdoms
00:36:39.76\00:36:44.17
will all pass away
00:36:44.20\00:36:48.54
but there's something about
00:36:48.57\00:36:55.81
that name
00:36:55.84\00:37:01.45
He's the heartbeat inside
00:37:01.48\00:37:06.19
He's the air that I breathe
00:37:06.22\00:37:14.93
Jesus is life
00:37:14.96\00:37:20.14
to me...
00:37:20.17\00:37:25.51
me.
00:37:25.57\00:37:31.95
Amen.
00:37:31.98\00:37:38.32
Audience: Clapping.
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Amen.
00:37:41.56\00:37:42.89
Thank you Tim.
00:37:42.92\00:37:44.99
Hello, hello...
00:37:45.03\00:37:51.07
Happy Sabbath...
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Oh, how about
our American friends,
00:37:55.47\00:37:58.07
I need to hear a
response, "Happy Sabbath. "
00:37:58.11\00:38:00.18
Happy Sabbath.
00:38:00.21\00:38:02.24
Isn't it wonderful to
come to the house of the Lord?
00:38:02.28\00:38:09.52
For our folks
here at the church...
00:38:09.55\00:38:12.55
3ABN Center...
00:38:12.59\00:38:18.89
it's so great to see you again.
00:38:18.93\00:38:23.60
Russia is our second home.
00:38:23.63\00:38:27.54
I started to say,
"My second home... "
00:38:27.57\00:38:32.47
but my family and our 3ABN Crew,
00:38:32.51\00:38:35.38
they're all saying,
"This is our second home. "
00:38:35.41\00:38:37.58
In Russian...
00:38:37.61\00:38:45.55
It's great to be in
the house of the Lord
00:38:45.59\00:38:51.63
on His holy Sabbath day.
00:38:51.66\00:38:55.33
Last night we were
blessed by Pastor John Lomacang
00:38:55.36\00:39:04.64
and he brought us a
message from the Word of God
00:39:04.67\00:39:11.55
and the music was amazing.
00:39:11.58\00:39:16.55
The Americans
and Russians united.
00:39:16.58\00:39:22.69
For our Viewers around the
world, we want to welcome you.
00:39:22.72\00:39:29.86
This is a great weekend,
00:39:29.90\00:39:35.20
we are here in Russia,
Nizhny Novgorod Russia,
00:39:35.24\00:39:40.74
27 years of 3ABN Russia.
00:39:40.78\00:39:47.75
I can't believe that
much time has passed.
00:39:47.78\00:39:54.49
Julia hasn't aged at all.
00:39:54.52\00:39:59.39
I've changed a
lot... she looks the same...
00:39:59.43\00:40:05.50
Danny speaking in Russian...
00:40:05.53\00:40:06.87
She didn't
repeat that, I noticed.
00:40:06.90\00:40:14.41
So, we welcome you
from around the world
00:40:14.44\00:40:16.41
and we have some special music,
00:40:16.44\00:40:18.25
we've already had music,
00:40:18.28\00:40:19.98
we're going to have
preaching this afternoon,
00:40:20.02\00:40:21.85
so, we want you to
stay tuned to 3ABN...
00:40:21.88\00:40:23.92
most of the day you tune in
00:40:23.95\00:40:26.05
and I promise
you, you'll be blessed.
00:40:26.09\00:40:27.56
In Russian...
00:40:27.59\00:40:35.60
more Russian...
00:40:35.63\00:40:39.63
How many believe in miracles?
00:40:39.67\00:40:43.71
How many believe in miracles...
00:40:43.74\00:40:48.34
let me see your hands...
00:40:48.38\00:40:50.98
Amen, praise the Lord.
00:40:51.01\00:40:53.42
I have reason to
believe in miracles.
00:40:53.45\00:40:58.62
Like the dawn expects the sun,
00:40:58.65\00:41:05.16
and I will not accept defeat
00:41:05.19\00:41:09.93
for my trust in Him is complete
00:41:09.96\00:41:14.64
and my victory
has already been won.
00:41:14.67\00:41:20.11
We serve a God of miracles
00:41:20.14\00:41:25.01
and today, we're
going to be recounting
00:41:25.05\00:41:26.65
some of those
incredible miracles
00:41:26.68\00:41:29.05
that God
performed for 3ABN Russia.
00:41:29.08\00:41:38.53
But before we get too involved
00:41:38.56\00:41:44.27
and we get to
recounting these miracles
00:41:44.30\00:41:50.77
we want to bring you a video
that I'm sure you will enjoy.
00:41:50.81\00:41:58.15
Video...
00:41:58.18\00:42:33.52
In the 1990s,
00:42:33.55\00:42:36.05
there was a difficult
situation in the country.
00:42:36.08\00:42:38.25
Severe lack of decent
work... no ways to earn money...
00:42:38.29\00:42:42.02
many people just hit
the bottom including myself.
00:42:42.06\00:42:45.16
My biggest problem was
that I didn't understand at all
00:42:45.19\00:42:48.16
why I should live
00:42:48.20\00:42:49.60
and I even had
thoughts about ending my life.
00:42:49.63\00:42:52.77
One afternoon I was working
on a shed beside my house
00:42:52.80\00:42:56.07
and my house
was locked as usual.
00:42:56.10\00:42:58.11
When I left the shed,
00:42:58.14\00:42:59.47
I saw that the door of my
house was for some reason open.
00:42:59.51\00:43:02.51
I became concerned that
someone wanted to rob me
00:43:02.54\00:43:05.78
and hurried in.
00:43:05.81\00:43:07.15
To my surprise
there was no one in...
00:43:07.18\00:43:09.15
what was even more
surprising... the TV was on...
00:43:09.18\00:43:12.22
I saw that it was
a testimonial program
00:43:12.25\00:43:14.76
that Julia
Outkina was the host of
00:43:14.79\00:43:16.62
and that in a strange way
they were talking about things
00:43:16.66\00:43:19.69
that were an
answer to my question
00:43:19.73\00:43:21.46
that had distinctly sounded
in my heart the day before.
00:43:21.50\00:43:24.13
What is the meaning of my life?
00:43:24.17\00:43:25.97
Why do I live?
00:43:26.00\00:43:27.64
That 3ABN Russia's program
"Face to Face" was an answer
00:43:27.67\00:43:30.47
to my spiritual search
00:43:30.51\00:43:31.84
and as a result, my
spiritual thirst was satisfied.
00:43:31.87\00:43:35.61
Music...
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With its signal, 3ABN
Russia potentially reaches
00:43:37.15\00:43:40.52
more than 144 million people
00:43:40.55\00:43:42.65
living in Russia
00:43:42.68\00:43:44.02
and lots of people in
the neighboring countries
00:43:44.05\00:43:46.25
of the former Soviet Union.
00:43:46.29\00:43:47.62
Due to around the clock
broadcasting of two satellites,
00:43:47.66\00:43:51.79
Express 81 and Express 82.
00:43:51.83\00:43:56.20
It was 1998, I was 18 years old,
00:43:56.23\00:43:59.27
and I accidently watched
the program, "Face to Face"
00:43:59.30\00:44:02.17
with 3ABN Russia.
00:44:02.20\00:44:03.54
There were people
talking about God,
00:44:03.57\00:44:05.41
how they pray
and ask Him for help.
00:44:05.44\00:44:08.08
I became very
curious, "Who is God?"
00:44:08.11\00:44:09.88
"What kind of person is He?"
00:44:09.91\00:44:11.31
I wrote a letter to the 3
Angels to send me a Bible.
00:44:11.35\00:44:14.52
Thus, my
conversion journey began.
00:44:14.55\00:44:17.02
I'm very grateful to
God that our network exists
00:44:17.05\00:44:20.16
and tells people
about Him... about His love
00:44:20.19\00:44:23.29
and about His salvation.
00:44:23.32\00:44:27.10
I watch your Programs and each
time I become stronger in faith.
00:44:27.13\00:44:31.27
You bring people good and
you light up empty hearts.
00:44:31.33\00:44:34.60
Music...
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During 27 years of 3ABN Russia,
00:44:37.27\00:44:40.14
we have produced
over 10,000 programs
00:44:40.18\00:44:42.88
and 136 Series...
00:44:42.91\00:44:44.95
these are
Bible-based programs on family,
00:44:45.01\00:44:49.78
health...
00:44:49.82\00:44:52.29
parenting...
00:44:52.32\00:44:53.66
Children's shows...
00:44:53.69\00:44:55.69
videos of nature and music...
00:44:55.72\00:44:59.13
programs for youth...
00:44:59.16\00:45:02.90
and of course,
personal testimonies...
00:45:02.93\00:45:08.60
sermons...
00:45:08.64\00:45:10.91
and theological discussions.
00:45:10.94\00:45:15.84
Ungrounded anxiety, fears,
lack of self-confidence...
00:45:15.88\00:45:20.48
there is
inferiority complexes...
00:45:20.52\00:45:22.78
all this was a part of
my life until I met God.
00:45:22.82\00:45:27.12
This happened thanks
to Pastor John Carter
00:45:27.16\00:45:29.86
and 3ABN Evangelistic
Program held in my city in 1992.
00:45:29.89\00:45:34.36
I got to meet God
00:45:34.40\00:45:36.46
and the result was, I
was healed spiritually
00:45:36.50\00:45:39.90
became a mature whole person,
00:45:39.93\00:45:42.10
and I dedicated all
my life to serving God.
00:45:42.14\00:45:46.78
Music...
00:45:46.81\00:45:49.71
We actively work on
distribution of our programs
00:45:49.74\00:45:52.71
through social
media and YouTube.
00:45:52.78\00:45:54.95
We have more than 18,000
Viewers and Subscribers there.
00:45:54.98\00:46:02.02
I came to the point of my life
00:46:02.06\00:46:03.56
when I asked,
"Lord, why is it so?
00:46:03.59\00:46:05.99
Why some people
speak about You fondly
00:46:06.03\00:46:08.43
and others in
another... where are You?
00:46:08.46\00:46:10.83
Lord, show me Your truth.
00:46:10.87\00:46:12.37
Then I saw an advertising poster
about the arrival of John Carter
00:46:12.40\00:46:16.50
jointly with Three
Angels Broadcasting Network.
00:46:16.54\00:46:19.07
I began to attend the Program,
I really liked everything
00:46:19.11\00:46:23.51
and I remember the
moment when it dawned upon me,
00:46:23.55\00:46:26.51
"Dima, this is an
answer to your prayer,
00:46:26.55\00:46:29.05
what is happening right now
is the answer to your prayer
00:46:29.08\00:46:32.72
and so, at 15 years
of age on June 6, 1992,
00:46:32.75\00:46:36.29
I took a conscious
decision to be baptized.
00:46:36.32\00:46:39.83
Music...
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We offer our Viewers Bible Study
Course for Adults: New Life,
00:46:42.76\00:46:46.84
Bible Study Course
for children: New Earth,
00:46:46.87\00:46:49.84
various brochures and
booklets on spiritual growth,
00:46:49.87\00:46:53.01
physical health,
00:46:53.04\00:46:54.38
relief from addictions,
00:46:54.41\00:46:55.81
personal faith journeys.
00:46:55.84\00:46:57.41
During 27
years, we have received
00:46:57.45\00:47:00.25
about 110,000
letters from Viewers
00:47:00.28\00:47:02.85
and send them more
than 43,000 Bibles,
00:47:02.88\00:47:05.42
more than 18,000
children's Bibles,
00:47:05.45\00:47:08.96
and about 230,000
books and brochures.
00:47:08.99\00:47:12.46
Music...
00:47:12.49\00:47:14.80
I really like the adventures
of Bible Studies for kids.
00:47:14.83\00:47:18.23
When a brochure arrives,
it's like a holiday for me.
00:47:18.30\00:47:21.67
Music...
00:47:21.70\00:47:24.14
This year, for the fifth time,
3ABN Russia has participated
00:47:24.17\00:47:27.88
in Moscow Annual CSTB -
Telecom and Media Convention.
00:47:27.91\00:47:31.58
This participation gives
us a wonderful opportunity
00:47:31.61\00:47:35.22
to present 3ABN Russia to Cable
Operators of our vast country
00:47:35.25\00:47:38.35
and to personally meet with
potential broadcast partners.
00:47:38.39\00:47:41.26
Currently our signal
from two Russian Satellites
00:47:41.29\00:47:44.33
is rebroadcast around the globe,
00:47:44.36\00:47:46.26
by more than 170 Cable Operators
00:47:46.29\00:47:49.03
and 7 IPTV Platforms.
00:47:49.06\00:47:50.97
Their coverage is more than
520 cities and towns of Russia.
00:47:51.00\00:47:55.10
We have 3ABN Russia Network
00:47:55.14\00:47:59.21
in the most massive
package for subscribers.
00:47:59.24\00:48:01.98
As regards its viewership...
00:48:02.01\00:48:04.11
it's one of the
most popular ones.
00:48:04.15\00:48:06.25
"You have very good specialists
and kindhearted people
00:48:06.28\00:48:10.65
working at your Network
00:48:10.69\00:48:12.02
and currently, this is why your
content is so kind and homey,
00:48:12.05\00:48:15.12
you produce programs
that today are very realistic
00:48:15.16\00:48:18.59
in our television
00:48:18.63\00:48:19.96
that are desirable to be
watched by the whole family...
00:48:20.00\00:48:22.46
that should be
watched, I would say. "
00:48:22.50\00:48:24.47
"May your channel always
be... because need you. "
00:48:24.50\00:48:30.67
Music...
00:48:30.71\00:48:40.92
Audience: Amen. Clapping...
00:48:40.95\00:48:46.99
In Russian...
00:48:47.02\00:48:49.32
Dear Friends, today we have
with us, at this celebration,
00:48:49.36\00:48:53.70
our representatives of
different church organizations.
00:48:53.73\00:49:01.97
In Russian...
00:49:02.00\00:49:07.41
They have come here to
congratulate Three Angels
00:49:07.44\00:49:10.98
on this anniversary.
00:49:11.01\00:49:12.71
In Russian...
00:49:12.75\00:49:23.86
Today with us is
Director of Euro-Asia
00:49:23.89\00:49:26.70
of Media of Euro-Asia
Division, Daniil Reband,
00:49:26.73\00:49:31.60
and his wife Ludmilla
00:49:31.63\00:49:33.23
who is also a worker
of Euro-Asia Division.
00:49:33.27\00:49:35.67
Let him...
00:49:35.70\00:49:39.57
In Russian...
00:49:39.61\00:49:47.98
In our Society,
00:49:48.02\00:49:56.32
it is common
before you congratulate
00:49:56.36\00:50:01.03
the person who has birthday,
00:50:01.06\00:50:03.33
we can congratulate
their parents first.
00:50:03.37\00:50:06.77
In Russian...
00:50:06.80\00:50:11.04
And one of the parents is
present here on the platform...
00:50:11.07\00:50:14.24
Danny Shelton.
00:50:14.28\00:50:16.08
In Russian...
00:50:16.11\00:50:25.85
Danny, you asked
yesterday to raise hands
00:50:25.89\00:50:30.06
of those who were baptized
00:50:30.13\00:50:32.59
during the ministry
of John Carter and 3ABN
00:50:32.63\00:50:38.70
and we saw many hands...
00:50:38.73\00:50:42.30
but I would like
to ask one more thing,
00:50:42.34\00:50:49.04
what about the leadership
of the local conference?
00:50:49.08\00:50:56.85
In Russian...
00:50:56.89\00:51:07.03
You will be pleased to
know that all three officers
00:51:07.06\00:51:11.93
chief officers of the
Conference came to the church
00:51:11.97\00:51:17.37
through the ministry
of John Carter and 3ABN.
00:51:17.41\00:51:19.97
And today, they're strong
ministers in the work of God
00:51:20.01\00:51:27.12
and they lead
people to their Savior
00:51:27.15\00:51:34.72
and this is the most
souls that's saved for eternity.
00:51:34.76\00:51:43.26
In Russian...
00:51:43.30\00:51:50.84
I would like not just to
say the words of appreciation
00:51:50.87\00:51:54.84
but to present this
thing of appreciation
00:51:54.88\00:51:59.21
it's a Biblical Verse...
00:51:59.25\00:52:00.98
which says that the one
who started this good work
00:52:01.02\00:52:09.42
will continue to do it until
the day of the Lord's coming
00:52:09.46\00:52:17.83
and may it to be continued.
00:52:17.87\00:52:22.04
So, now we come
to the 3ABN Russia.
00:52:22.07\00:52:30.21
In Russian...
00:52:30.25\00:52:36.28
I think we know you from the
very beginning of your ministry
00:52:36.32\00:52:41.16
and I want to utter a word...
00:52:41.19\00:52:47.03
in Russian...
00:52:47.06\00:52:54.54
which I think reflects in
the best way our relationship.
00:52:54.57\00:53:00.18
In Russian...
00:53:00.21\00:53:05.38
I mean the 3ABN and Media
Ministries of Euro-Asia Division
00:53:05.41\00:53:10.92
In Russian...
00:53:10.95\00:53:12.69
and one of your employees
is the author of this work.
00:53:12.72\00:53:16.42
Elena...
00:53:16.46\00:53:18.43
in Russian...
00:53:18.46\00:53:24.43
in the subject of the
message which she sends to me,
00:53:24.47\00:53:30.81
"For many years,
I can see this work
00:53:30.84\00:53:37.45
and this work is cooperation.
00:53:37.48\00:53:42.28
In Russian...
00:53:42.32\00:53:50.19
Thanks to the
Lord and thanks to you
00:53:50.23\00:53:53.66
for your
cooperation through all this.
00:53:53.70\00:53:56.36
In Russian...
00:53:56.40\00:53:59.93
And on behalf of
Euro-Asian Division,
00:53:59.97\00:54:02.00
I'd like to give you this
00:54:02.04\00:54:05.27
and the grace of the
Lord will strengthen you,
00:54:05.31\00:54:09.21
strengthen your employees,
00:54:09.24\00:54:12.71
and you would continue to preach
the three angels' message.
00:54:12.75\00:54:20.29
May the Lord bless you. "
00:54:20.32\00:54:22.46
Thank you very much.
00:54:22.49\00:54:24.86
Audience: Clapping...
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In Russian...
00:54:32.67\00:54:39.71
With us we have Pastor Alexander
who is an Executive Secretary
00:54:39.74\00:54:47.58
of the West-Russian
Union of our church.
00:54:47.62\00:54:50.62
Accept our congratulations,
Happy Birthday to you,
00:54:50.65\00:54:59.86
in Russian...
00:54:59.89\00:55:10.77
almost 400
congregations in West Russia...
00:55:10.81\00:55:15.11
28,000 church members praise
God for you and your ministry.
00:55:15.14\00:55:21.75
In Russian...
00:55:21.78\00:55:32.76
You do something that
is even hard to imagine...
00:55:32.79\00:55:36.46
the written word of God...
you make visible to people
00:55:36.50\00:55:41.20
in Russian...
00:55:41.24\00:55:48.91
and may your three Angels
00:55:48.94\00:55:51.55
proclaim the
three angels' message
00:55:51.61\00:55:54.32
until the day of the Lord.
00:55:54.35\00:55:55.75
Danny and Julia:
Thank you so much...
00:55:55.78\00:56:02.62
Audience: Clapping...
00:56:02.69\00:56:04.53
In Russian...
00:56:04.56\00:56:16.57
Congratulations
from the President
00:56:16.60\00:56:18.84
of the local Volga-Vyatka
Conference, Pastor Alexander.
00:56:18.87\00:56:22.64
In Russian...
00:56:22.68\00:56:29.15
Dear Danny... dear Julia...
00:56:29.18\00:56:31.82
in Russian...
00:56:31.85\00:56:37.99
on one hand, I am an official
representative of our conference
00:56:38.03\00:56:42.66
in Russian...
00:56:42.70\00:56:48.34
on the other hand, as
Pastor Daniil told already
00:56:48.37\00:56:53.07
in Russian...
00:56:53.11\00:57:02.12
I am a person who in
1992, was present in the crusade
00:57:02.15\00:57:06.89
conducted by Dr. John Carter.
00:57:06.96\00:57:10.66
In Russian...
00:57:10.73\00:57:13.80
Well, I didn't know
who is behind all this
00:57:13.83\00:57:17.93
in Russian...
00:57:17.97\00:57:33.18
but today knowing the
story I understand that
00:57:33.21\00:57:37.19
God made this
salvation possible in my life
00:57:37.22\00:57:40.69
through your ministry
and through your work.
00:57:40.76\00:57:44.06
In Russian...
00:57:44.09\00:57:52.40
You have heard His
call to start this ministry
00:57:52.43\00:57:55.97
and it all started very simple,
00:57:56.00\00:58:02.94
in Russian...
00:58:02.98\00:58:07.72
but we see now how wide
and broad this ministry is
00:58:07.75\00:58:13.86
and how many people are
watching your Programs today.
00:58:13.89\00:58:19.66
How many people write letters...
00:58:19.69\00:58:24.40
in Russian...
00:58:24.43\00:58:29.47
we see that
people ask questions,
00:58:29.50\00:58:32.17
they are hungry and
thirsty for the Word of God.
00:58:32.21\00:58:35.44
in Russian...
00:58:35.48\00:58:39.51
so I sincerely thank you
00:58:39.55\00:58:41.45
in Russian...
00:58:41.48\00:58:48.06
that you accepted the call
00:58:48.09\00:58:49.42
and I am one of the results
of the fruits of your ministry.
00:58:49.46\00:58:54.93
Danny: Amen.
00:58:54.96\00:59:01.10
In Russian...
00:59:01.14\00:59:07.24
And from our Conference,
dear Danny and 3ABN Family,
00:59:07.28\00:59:12.71
and also Julia Outkina
00:59:12.75\00:59:18.72
and the workers of
Three Angels Company,
00:59:18.75\00:59:21.76
in Russian...
00:59:21.79\00:59:27.40
with gratitude for the enormous
input in the development
00:59:27.46\00:59:33.30
of media ministries...
00:59:33.34\00:59:34.67
in Russian...
00:59:34.70\00:59:38.44
participating in the
establishing of this Center,
00:59:38.47\00:59:45.01
and proclaiming the
good news in Russia.
00:59:45.05\00:59:52.05
In Russian...
00:59:52.09\00:59:58.16
I was thinking of...
00:59:58.19\00:59:59.63
of the verse we
could place on this plaque,
00:59:59.66\01:00:03.93
in Russian...
01:00:03.97\01:00:08.24
and I recalled words
from 1st Thessalonians
01:00:08.27\01:00:11.21
chapter 1,
01:00:11.24\01:00:16.34
and I read from the
Modern Russian translation
01:00:16.38\01:00:24.25
we always thank
God for all of you.
01:00:24.29\01:00:30.03
Remembering you in our prayers.
01:00:30.06\01:00:33.80
We constantly
remember your active faith
01:00:33.83\01:00:40.87
and your work of love
01:00:40.90\01:00:45.14
the endurance of your
hope in our Lord Jesus Christ
01:00:45.17\01:00:53.55
before the Lord
our God and Father.
01:00:53.58\01:01:00.32
Amen.
01:01:00.36\01:01:02.86
Danny: Beautiful.
01:01:02.89\01:01:11.13
Audience: Clapping.
01:01:11.17\01:01:20.34
In Russian...
01:01:20.38\01:01:31.79
Pastor Vitaly speaking...
01:01:31.85\01:01:43.67
I'm sorry, I didn't
introduce the speaker,
01:01:43.70\01:01:46.63
it is Pastor of the
congregation that...
01:01:46.67\01:01:49.27
it is the biggest
church in Nizhny Novgorod
01:01:49.30\01:01:51.87
that meets in
3ABN Russia's Facility,
01:01:51.91\01:01:54.44
Pastor Vitaly Kisser.
01:01:54.48\01:01:55.91
And Pastor Vitaly just
said that it was a long ways...
01:01:55.94\01:02:01.65
a good number
for 27 years already
01:02:01.68\01:02:05.45
3ABN in Russia here
performed its ministries.
01:02:05.49\01:02:10.49
In Russian...
01:02:10.53\01:02:16.26
I wasn't able to visit
the programs by John Carter.
01:02:16.30\01:02:23.61
I came to the
church a little bit later.
01:02:23.64\01:02:28.64
Russian...
01:02:28.68\01:02:41.02
But I joined the church because
I remember one of the faces
01:02:41.09\01:02:47.00
of Yulio Kimone, I
remember the programs
01:02:47.03\01:02:52.70
which was
entitled, "Face to Face. "
01:02:52.73\01:02:55.80
In Russian...
01:02:55.84\01:03:00.34
When different people
shared their living experiences
01:03:00.38\01:03:04.98
of how they were converted...
01:03:05.01\01:03:06.51
in Russian...
01:03:06.55\01:03:14.72
and I also remembered the
face of Nikolai Konsavich...
01:03:14.79\01:03:22.20
and his... his
pastoral encouragement
01:03:22.23\01:03:29.07
I remember
children... children's program
01:03:29.10\01:03:38.95
Olga Troiska
and Vale Sevestiana,
01:03:38.98\01:03:40.82
in Russian...
01:03:40.85\01:03:47.19
and they impacted
me a lot as a person
01:03:47.22\01:03:52.36
and I was forced to come to God.
01:03:52.39\01:03:59.63
In Russian...
01:03:59.67\01:04:12.68
So, personally from me, I
want to express my appreciation
01:04:12.71\01:04:16.28
to 3ABN for this missionary
spirit working for God.
01:04:16.32\01:04:21.79
In Russian...
01:04:21.82\01:04:33.40
I want... I want also to thank
for the "puddle" that have been
01:04:33.44\01:04:41.11
and which is
before the building.
01:04:41.14\01:04:45.25
Maybe it will disappear one day
01:04:45.28\01:04:48.62
because thanks to this "puddle"
all this building exists now
01:04:48.65\01:04:56.62
and Nizhny Church is
gathering in this building too
01:04:56.66\01:05:05.57
and on behalf of our church,
I want to express our gratitude
01:05:05.60\01:05:13.31
in Russian...
01:05:13.34\01:05:19.91
that 3ABN not just participated
in purchasing of this building
01:05:19.95\01:05:27.52
in Russian...
01:05:27.56\01:05:36.87
but also all of you who entered
01:05:36.90\01:05:39.50
the territory of
this wonderful Center
01:05:39.53\01:05:41.87
could notice that it
was renewed from outward.
01:05:41.90\01:05:46.68
Thanks to participation of 3ABN.
01:05:46.71\01:05:54.28
So, we want to present you
this token of appreciation.
01:05:54.32\01:06:02.12
It is simple but from the heart.
01:06:02.16\01:06:08.86
Thank you.
01:06:08.90\01:06:10.73
Audience: Clapping...
01:06:10.77\01:06:15.57
In Russian...
01:06:15.60\01:06:23.11
Also, we will hear
the words of appreciation
01:06:23.14\01:06:28.02
from the Director...
01:06:28.05\01:06:29.38
or the Principal of
the Christian School
01:06:29.42\01:06:32.69
located in 3ABN
Russia's Evangelism Center,
01:06:32.72\01:06:35.92
Elena Smirnova.
01:06:35.96\01:06:39.23
In Russian...
01:06:39.26\01:06:51.07
Dear Danny... dear Julia,
01:06:51.11\01:06:54.24
I join with Vitaly and
his words of appreciation
01:06:54.28\01:07:00.15
for this wonderful building
01:07:00.18\01:07:01.52
in Russian...
01:07:01.55\01:07:05.52
where our school stays
for 12 years already...
01:07:05.55\01:07:10.56
it grows and develops...
01:07:10.59\01:07:12.46
in Russian...
01:07:12.49\01:07:23.81
and from all our staff,
we thank you for your support
01:07:23.84\01:07:27.31
because 3ABN supported
us for all these 12 years
01:07:27.34\01:07:33.28
and you are our good friends
and we thank God for you.
01:07:33.31\01:07:39.52
In Russian...
01:07:39.55\01:07:50.23
Even our students
have worked for you
01:07:50.27\01:07:53.54
because many of
them participated
01:07:53.57\01:07:56.10
part in your Programs.
01:07:56.14\01:07:57.47
Thank you very much for
your support and your prayers
01:07:57.51\01:08:07.32
and also, financial support.
01:08:07.35\01:08:09.48
We would like to give you
01:08:09.52\01:08:16.93
this small
token of appreciation.
01:08:16.96\01:08:18.83
Audience: Clapping...
01:08:18.86\01:08:26.74
Pause...
01:08:26.77\01:08:30.97
more pause...
01:08:31.01\01:08:35.01
Thank you so very much
01:08:35.04\01:08:43.15
it's been a great privilege
to work with each of you
01:08:43.18\01:08:46.79
and the church here in Russia.
01:08:46.82\01:08:53.70
I'm so thankful for this
service and your gratitude
01:08:53.73\01:08:59.47
with understanding that
your gratitude is to God.
01:08:59.50\01:09:02.70
In Russian...
01:09:02.74\01:09:13.01
we all are all
Brothers and Sisters
01:09:13.05\01:09:17.22
but what an amazing
opportunity for 3ABN
01:09:17.25\01:09:23.93
to meet and become
friends and Brother and Sisters
01:09:23.96\01:09:27.36
with each of you
and all of you here.
01:09:27.40\01:09:30.47
In Russian...
01:09:30.50\01:09:38.37
I've had the privilege of
traveling much of the world
01:09:38.41\01:09:46.21
but 3ABN Russia... all
of you... is home to me.
01:09:46.25\01:09:51.95
In Russian...
01:09:51.99\01:09:57.23
Every time I come to 3ABN Russia
01:09:57.26\01:10:02.63
I feel like I'm
standing on holy ground.
01:10:02.66\01:10:09.10
Now, all of this said, we
have a great work for you to do.
01:10:09.14\01:10:18.81
We're not finished
01:10:18.85\01:10:22.05
we need to light
this city up one more time
01:10:22.08\01:10:29.46
I talked to Pastor Alexander
and his administrative staff
01:10:29.49\01:10:32.56
and said, "Maybe we should
do another big, big evangelism
01:10:32.59\01:10:36.77
campaign in Nizhny.
01:10:36.80\01:10:46.34
They said, "Absolutely"
01:10:46.37\01:10:47.84
and of course
they're already planning
01:10:47.88\01:10:49.34
and have been working
and doing a marvelous work.
01:10:49.38\01:10:52.45
Again, thank you so
much, God bless you.
01:10:52.48\01:10:55.32
In Russian...
01:10:55.35\01:11:06.16
I do want to say
before you leave,
01:11:06.19\01:11:11.33
none of this would be possible
without 3ABN Viewers and donors
01:11:11.37\01:11:16.50
who caught the vision of a
need in Russia 27 years ago.
01:11:16.54\01:11:20.51
In Russian...
01:11:20.54\01:11:36.42
We count it a
privilege and an honor
01:11:36.46\01:11:38.46
and I want to thank
our Viewers at home...
01:11:38.49\01:11:40.33
because of you...
there is 3ABN Russia
01:11:40.36\01:11:43.67
and you see the souls even
here, the Administrative Team
01:11:43.70\01:11:47.30
that have come to know
Jesus because of your love,
01:11:47.34\01:11:49.90
your prayers and
your financial support.
01:11:49.94\01:11:52.07
In Russian...
01:11:52.11\01:12:07.16
God bless.
01:12:07.19\01:12:12.99
Audience: Clapping.
01:12:13.03\01:12:14.76
We are standing on holy ground.
01:12:14.80\01:12:18.93
Piano...
01:12:18.97\01:12:23.24
As I walk through the door
01:12:23.27\01:12:26.81
I sensed His presence...
01:12:26.84\01:12:32.38
and I knew this was the
place where love abounds
01:12:32.41\01:12:42.32
for this is the temple
01:12:42.36\01:12:47.76
Jehovah God abides in
01:12:47.80\01:12:57.07
We are standing
01:12:57.11\01:13:01.24
in His presence
01:13:01.28\01:13:04.41
on holy ground
01:13:04.45\01:13:11.75
We are standing
01:13:11.79\01:13:18.59
on holy ground
01:13:18.63\01:13:24.80
and I know that there are angels
01:13:24.83\01:13:32.84
all around
01:13:32.87\01:13:38.68
Let us praise... let us praise
01:13:38.71\01:13:45.35
Jesus now...
01:13:45.39\01:13:51.39
We are standing in His presence
01:13:51.43\01:13:58.83
on holy ground...
01:13:58.87\01:14:05.34
I think the words are
on the screen in Russian
01:14:05.37\01:14:07.44
I'm going to ask
all of you at home...
01:14:07.48\01:14:09.88
all of you here
in the auditorium
01:14:09.91\01:14:12.71
to sing in your language
01:14:12.75\01:14:14.65
those around the
world that know the song
01:14:14.68\01:14:16.92
sing it in your language
01:14:16.95\01:14:18.52
we are standing...
01:14:18.55\01:14:20.92
in Russian...
01:14:20.96\01:14:26.76
We are standing
01:14:26.80\01:14:33.37
on holy ground
01:14:33.40\01:14:39.21
and I know that there are angels
01:14:39.24\01:14:45.98
all around
01:14:46.01\01:14:50.69
Let us praise... let us praise
01:14:50.72\01:14:56.66
Jesus now
01:14:56.69\01:15:02.33
We are standing in His presence
01:15:02.36\01:15:08.34
on holy ground...
01:15:08.37\01:15:10.71
one more time, we're
going to do it again,
01:15:10.74\01:15:12.41
We are standing
01:15:12.44\01:15:19.35
on holy ground
01:15:19.38\01:15:25.52
and I know that there are angels
01:15:25.55\01:15:32.53
all around
01:15:32.56\01:15:37.20
Let us... let us praise
01:15:37.23\01:15:42.84
Jesus now
01:15:42.87\01:15:48.34
We are standing in His presence,
01:15:48.38\01:15:54.72
We are standing
in His presence...
01:15:54.75\01:16:00.56
We are standing in His presence
01:16:00.59\01:16:07.10
on holy
01:16:07.13\01:16:12.23
ground.
01:16:12.27\01:16:17.31
Dear Father, we thank You for
Your many wonderful blessings,
01:16:17.37\01:16:25.75
we thank You for Your love,
01:16:25.78\01:16:28.48
we thank You for Your
great plan of salvation
01:16:28.52\01:16:32.75
and Father, we look
forward to seeing You
01:16:32.79\01:16:37.76
it's wonderful now in this life,
01:16:37.79\01:16:42.56
but we look forward to
seeing You face to face
01:16:42.60\01:16:50.01
where we can spend eternity
01:16:50.04\01:16:53.68
with Brothers and
Sisters all around the world...
01:16:53.71\01:16:58.85
every nation, every
kindred, tongue and people.
01:16:58.88\01:17:06.12
Lord, come quickly.
01:17:06.15\01:17:10.19
Thank You for the
opportunity of ministry
01:17:10.23\01:17:15.16
and thank You for people around
the world who catch the vision
01:17:15.20\01:17:24.67
they support
the ministry of 3ABN
01:17:24.71\01:17:27.24
through their prayers
and financial support.
01:17:27.28\01:17:34.35
Father, we again thank you.
01:17:34.38\01:17:38.55
We feel Your
presence here today,
01:17:38.59\01:17:43.22
we pray that each of
us when we leave today,
01:17:43.26\01:17:52.43
we will be drawn closer to You,
01:17:52.47\01:17:56.87
in Jesus' name I pray,
01:17:56.91\01:18:00.68
Amen... "
01:18:00.71\01:18:02.98
you can be seated.
01:18:03.01\01:18:04.95
Oh, I'm blessed...
01:18:04.98\01:18:10.49
had a good
spiritual meal already.
01:18:10.52\01:18:19.83
It's a great
weekend together isn't it?
01:18:19.86\01:18:25.27
We'd like to
reminisce a little bit.
01:18:25.30\01:18:29.74
Is that okay? When
you're together with family
01:18:29.77\01:18:31.31
you like to reminisce.
01:18:31.34\01:18:38.28
I'm going to take you
all the way back to 1991.
01:18:38.31\01:18:44.59
How man can remember
Skolka... can remember 1991?
01:18:44.62\01:18:51.69
Oh, quite a few of you.
01:18:51.73\01:18:53.53
Many of you are too young.
01:18:53.56\01:18:58.50
How many of you
were baptized in 1992
01:18:58.53\01:19:01.84
during the John Carter Series?
01:19:01.87\01:19:10.25
Look at this folks,
keep your hands up...
01:19:10.28\01:19:13.52
isn't that incredible!
01:19:13.55\01:19:14.88
27 years later
and you're still here,
01:19:14.92\01:19:17.39
you found something, didn't you?
01:19:17.42\01:19:26.16
You found something...
you found Jesus, didn't you?
01:19:26.19\01:19:32.40
It wasn't a man that saved you,
01:19:32.43\01:19:36.24
it wasn't even the great
preaching of Elder Carter
01:19:36.27\01:19:38.44
that saved you,
01:19:38.47\01:19:44.75
it was the risen
Savior that saved you
01:19:44.78\01:19:49.68
can you say, "Amen. "
01:19:49.72\01:19:52.52
Audience: Amen.
01:19:52.55\01:19:54.46
In America, we talk
back to the Speakers.
01:19:54.49\01:19:57.39
In Russian...
01:19:57.43\01:20:04.27
In American churches,
the people talk back...
01:20:04.33\01:20:06.43
they talk out loud...
01:20:06.47\01:20:12.41
Russians are a
little more reserved
01:20:12.44\01:20:17.91
but today we want to
untie those fetters on you
01:20:17.95\01:20:20.85
and be unreserved...
01:20:20.88\01:20:23.49
in Russian...
01:20:23.55\01:20:33.70
we want to act
like we're going to act
01:20:33.73\01:20:35.36
when we see Jesus
in the clouds of glory.
01:20:35.40\01:20:37.00
In Russian...
01:20:37.03\01:20:45.67
We'll be saying,
"Praise the Lord. "
01:20:45.71\01:20:51.08
Praise the God.
01:20:51.11\01:20:53.25
Glory hallelujah...
01:20:53.28\01:20:57.05
praise His lovely name.
01:20:57.09\01:21:02.89
Audience:
Praise His lovely name.
01:21:02.92\01:21:07.26
Amen...
01:21:07.30\01:21:09.40
In 1991, towards
the end of the year,
01:21:09.43\01:21:15.20
I received a phone
call from Elder John Carter
01:21:15.24\01:21:19.27
and he asked me,
01:21:19.31\01:21:20.64
"Danny, would you and 3ABN
want to go to Russia with me?"
01:21:20.68\01:21:24.61
In Russian...
01:21:24.65\01:21:31.49
he said, "I'm going
to preach in Moscow.
01:21:31.52\01:21:36.79
I already have a hall rented,
01:21:36.83\01:21:41.10
it's a great hall...
01:21:41.13\01:21:43.90
and I'll be able to preach the
gospel for weeks in Moscow. "
01:21:43.93\01:21:50.74
This almost took my breath away.
01:21:50.77\01:21:55.64
I was born in 1951.
01:21:55.68\01:22:00.32
That's during the Cold War.
01:22:00.35\01:22:05.65
Have the Russians ever
heard of the term "Cold War?"
01:22:05.69\01:22:11.46
Audience: Yes.
01:22:11.49\01:22:12.89
While the United States
and Russia worked together
01:22:12.93\01:22:15.26
in World War 2,
01:22:15.30\01:22:22.64
shortly after...
they became an arms race
01:22:22.67\01:22:25.07
in Russian...
01:22:25.11\01:22:33.11
both countries wanting to
be the super power of the world
01:22:33.15\01:22:42.22
so, I grew up
during the Cold War Era.
01:22:42.26\01:22:47.60
I knew about the wall.
01:22:47.63\01:22:52.17
Anybody ever heard the
term Wall... the Communist Wall?
01:22:52.20\01:22:59.14
Yes, we all have,
01:22:59.17\01:23:01.24
it was a wall... divided us
from being Brothers and sisters
01:23:01.28\01:23:09.52
and then we saw on television
when the physical wall fell
01:23:09.55\01:23:17.73
and then we saw when the wall
fell in Eastern Block countries
01:23:17.79\01:23:22.43
Russia included...
the Ex-Soviet Union.
01:23:22.46\01:23:24.87
In Russian...
01:23:24.90\01:23:34.91
When the Lord said, "Go
ye in to all the world... "
01:23:34.94\01:23:42.42
we at 3ABN went forward
01:23:42.45\01:23:49.26
but there was always
a question in my mind,
01:23:49.29\01:23:53.93
"How are we going to reach
the people behind the wall...
01:23:53.96\01:23:56.80
"the Iron
Curtain" they called it.
01:23:56.83\01:24:03.04
How are we going to
reach all those people
01:24:03.07\01:24:05.11
with the
gospel, we can't come in
01:24:05.17\01:24:06.84
In Russian...
01:24:06.88\01:24:12.05
but God had other plans.
01:24:12.08\01:24:15.28
Elder Carter said, "Danny, would
you come with us to Russia?
01:24:15.32\01:24:21.62
He said, "Do you
want to pray about it?"
01:24:21.66\01:24:27.23
I said, "I don't need to...
01:24:27.26\01:24:30.83
Jesus said, 'Go ye
into all the world... '"
01:24:30.87\01:24:36.40
so, in May of 1992,
01:24:36.44\01:24:41.41
we brought over a lot
of television equipment.
01:24:41.44\01:24:47.85
Elder Carter rented
the "Palace of Sports"
01:24:47.88\01:24:53.56
I had the privilege
of going there yesterday,
01:24:53.59\01:24:58.39
lot of changes on the outside...
01:24:58.43\01:25:02.63
but it still brought
back memories of all of you
01:25:02.66\01:25:05.03
coming night after
night to the meetings.
01:25:05.07\01:25:07.14
In Russian...
01:25:07.17\01:25:15.18
We were so privileged to
join hands with Elder Carter.
01:25:15.21\01:25:18.91
In Russian...
01:25:18.98\01:25:24.19
We had no idea that at
the end of the meetings,
01:25:24.22\01:25:30.93
there would be 2,532 of you
01:25:30.96\01:25:34.20
to be baptized into the
Seventh-day Adventist Church...
01:25:34.23\01:25:36.90
into Jesus and the Church.
01:25:36.93\01:25:38.63
In Russian...
01:25:38.67\01:25:48.74
I need to hear somebody
talk back to me right now.
01:25:48.78\01:25:53.68
That sounds like a
"Praise the Lord" to me.
01:25:53.72\01:25:58.35
Audience: Praise the Lord.
01:25:58.39\01:26:01.09
Going to the Volga River...
01:26:01.12\01:26:03.76
watching pastors... 27
pastors for four hours at a time
01:26:03.79\01:26:08.53
baptizing people.
01:26:08.56\01:26:15.97
In Russian...
01:26:16.00\01:26:23.31
Even though it was late
May, it was still fairly cold
01:26:23.35\01:26:31.82
but for you who went under the
water, it was much more cold.
01:26:31.85\01:26:35.09
In Russian...
01:26:35.12\01:26:43.20
How many of you were
baptized in the Volga?
01:26:43.26\01:26:48.57
Look at all
these hands baptized...
01:26:48.60\01:26:53.01
that's another "Praise the Lord"
01:26:53.04\01:26:56.98
that's another
"Glory Hallelujah. "
01:26:57.01\01:27:00.92
After the baptisms
01:27:00.95\01:27:04.75
Elder Basile Stolya
01:27:04.79\01:27:08.52
he was the Conference President
01:27:08.56\01:27:12.23
in this Region,
01:27:12.26\01:27:13.80
came to me and said,
"We have a big problem. "
01:27:13.83\01:27:19.47
I couldn't imagine a problem,
there were about 200 members
01:27:19.50\01:27:22.74
in Nizhny...
01:27:22.77\01:27:25.14
in Russian...
01:27:25.17\01:27:27.48
and now you just
add 2,532 new members...
01:27:27.51\01:27:31.21
in Russian...
01:27:31.25\01:27:37.62
"What's the
problem?" I asked him.
01:27:37.65\01:27:42.66
"I have no place to
put 2,500 people... "
01:27:42.69\01:27:45.43
in Russian...
01:27:45.46\01:27:53.47
just a year before, 1991...
01:27:53.50\01:27:59.47
they built a new church.
01:27:59.54\01:28:04.18
Shevchenko Church...
01:28:04.21\01:28:08.78
While they were
deciding to build
01:28:08.82\01:28:16.89
the Conference Leader said,
"How big should we build it?
01:28:16.93\01:28:25.73
We have about 50
members right now,
01:28:25.77\01:28:31.37
but let's think big...
01:28:31.41\01:28:35.74
let's think out-of-the-box...
01:28:35.78\01:28:40.68
let's build for the future,
01:28:40.72\01:28:45.55
let's build a church that
will hold at least 200 people. "
01:28:45.59\01:28:53.23
So, the
beautiful church was built
01:28:53.26\01:28:57.23
holding nearly 200 people
01:28:57.27\01:29:01.24
and Pastor Basile said to me,
01:29:01.27\01:29:05.17
"I can't get 2,532
people in that church,
01:29:05.21\01:29:13.85
can you help us?"
01:29:13.88\01:29:17.05
Now, I knew very
little about Russia...
01:29:17.09\01:29:21.09
only what I heard...
01:29:21.12\01:29:23.63
when I came here, I
found much of it wasn't true.
01:29:23.66\01:29:25.96
In Russian...
01:29:25.99\01:29:32.27
I found you the Russian people
to be some of the kindest,
01:29:32.30\01:29:35.77
gentlest people
that I had ever met
01:29:35.80\01:29:38.04
In Russian...
01:29:38.07\01:29:48.22
and you showed your love and
your support night after night
01:29:48.28\01:29:50.55
at the Carter Meetings.
01:29:50.59\01:29:57.36
You brought flowers
and you brought gifts.
01:29:57.39\01:30:03.60
You always made
us feel so welcomed
01:30:03.63\01:30:08.10
but I didn't know much about
how the Government operated
01:30:08.14\01:30:15.44
so, I said, "Can
we build something?
01:30:15.51\01:30:17.58
Can we buy something?"
01:30:17.61\01:30:26.86
I had not realized
that Nizhny Novgorod
01:30:26.89\01:30:32.83
was one of the first regions
in all of the Ex-Soviet Union
01:30:32.86\01:30:40.37
to allow companies
to privatize property.
01:30:40.40\01:30:49.98
Basically, the owner leases
long-term from the Government.
01:30:50.01\01:30:58.62
So, the Pastor said to me...
he along with Pastor Alexander,
01:30:58.65\01:31:07.26
yes... and are a
number of... of...
01:31:07.30\01:31:09.76
they said buildings... that
had been started construction on
01:31:09.80\01:31:13.57
approximately 20 years ago
01:31:13.60\01:31:15.44
in Russian...
01:31:15.47\01:31:25.78
but none of those are finished.
01:31:25.81\01:31:30.69
They said, "We could,
maybe, rent something"
01:31:30.72\01:31:36.36
and I said, "Let's
try to buy something...
01:31:36.39\01:31:42.03
let's build something. "
01:31:42.06\01:31:44.33
So, they said, "Well, we
can look around in the city
01:31:44.37\01:31:47.24
and find properties. "
01:31:47.27\01:31:52.51
So, out of 11 construction sites
01:31:52.54\01:31:59.15
of big unfinished buildings...
01:31:59.21\01:32:02.55
we looked at several.
01:32:02.58\01:32:06.55
None of them
seemed to really fit
01:32:06.59\01:32:08.89
what I felt we
could build and do
01:32:08.92\01:32:11.19
In Russian...
01:32:11.23\01:32:17.47
Then in reference to
the Pastor's comments
01:32:17.50\01:32:20.00
about the "puddle of water"
01:32:20.04\01:32:26.94
I'm going to talk to
you about divine providence.
01:32:26.98\01:32:35.12
We don't believe in coincidence.
01:32:35.18\01:32:39.72
Do you believe in
divine providence?
01:32:39.75\01:32:44.23
When Jesus was on the
cross, you were on His mind
01:32:44.26\01:32:47.26
in Russian...
01:32:47.30\01:32:53.74
and He's constantly creating
ways for your salvation.
01:32:53.80\01:32:57.07
In Russian...
01:32:57.11\01:33:03.38
Jeremiah says, "He
has plans to prosper us. "
01:33:03.41\01:33:05.68
In Russian...
01:33:05.71\01:33:12.89
Not only
physically but spiritually.
01:33:12.92\01:33:18.39
God wants us to do great
and mighty and marvelous things
01:33:18.43\01:33:22.23
when we come in His name.
01:33:22.26\01:33:30.37
So we were driving
down the highway...
01:33:30.41\01:33:33.64
right out front
here... this highway.
01:33:33.68\01:33:36.88
What's the name of this highway?
01:33:36.91\01:33:39.75
We were driving on this highway,
01:33:39.78\01:33:43.08
and there had
been a lot of water.
01:33:43.12\01:33:46.42
It was flooding over the curb
01:33:46.45\01:33:51.23
and the water was so high
01:33:51.26\01:33:55.96
that when we drove through it,
01:33:56.00\01:33:59.10
water came up into
the engine apparently
01:33:59.13\01:34:03.20
and the car stopped...
01:34:03.24\01:34:05.67
the car stopped...
01:34:05.71\01:34:08.04
my first trip to Russia...
01:34:08.08\01:34:11.21
and I'm stranded in
the middle of a road...
01:34:11.25\01:34:16.32
I have no idea where I am...
01:34:16.35\01:34:19.42
don't even really
know where we're going...
01:34:19.45\01:34:23.86
but God had a plan in mind.
01:34:23.89\01:34:27.73
When the car
stopped and flooded,
01:34:27.76\01:34:31.90
we got out and
stepped through the water
01:34:31.93\01:34:33.74
up onto the grass
01:34:33.77\01:34:39.17
and as I turned
around behind me,
01:34:39.21\01:34:42.84
this is what I saw...
01:34:42.91\01:34:46.48
this is what I saw.
01:34:46.51\01:34:50.62
A big building.
01:34:50.65\01:34:54.69
It didn't look like this,
01:34:54.72\01:34:59.86
it didn't look like this...
01:34:59.89\01:35:05.00
it looked like this...
01:35:05.03\01:35:08.20
I began to... they
were getting the car fixed,
01:35:08.27\01:35:10.64
someone to fix the car,
01:35:10.67\01:35:16.58
so, I started
going through the trees,
01:35:16.61\01:35:21.68
I said, "This
building is huge...
01:35:21.72\01:35:26.76
is this building for sale?"
01:35:26.79\01:35:30.33
"Oh, you couldn't
afford this building... "
01:35:30.36\01:35:36.56
I said, "But this
would be perfect. "
01:35:36.60\01:35:41.00
And they said, "But
this building is so huge. "
01:35:41.04\01:35:44.91
I said, "But God can supply
the need, I'm sure He can. "
01:35:44.94\01:35:52.75
We began to walk around and
walk around this huge facility,
01:35:52.78\01:36:00.52
I knew right then...
God had chosen this place
01:36:00.56\01:36:03.46
in Russian...
01:36:03.53\01:36:10.27
for the 3ABN Russian Center
01:36:10.30\01:36:15.50
and a Facility that would
hold a lot of the new members.
01:36:15.54\01:36:23.65
We were able to
purchase the building.
01:36:23.68\01:36:27.12
When I met with the
President at the Russia Hotel,
01:36:27.15\01:36:34.19
there was an American man
that had come to the meetings,
01:36:34.22\01:36:41.40
I had not met him
01:36:41.43\01:36:44.43
and right before my meeting
with the Russian Leaders,
01:36:44.47\01:36:51.74
he came to me and asked me
01:36:51.77\01:36:53.11
if he could do a
little interview with me
01:36:53.14\01:36:54.94
in Russian...
01:36:55.01\01:36:58.78
and I said, "I'm
sorry, I can't right now,
01:36:58.81\01:37:02.62
I'm waiting on the
Conference President to come in,
01:37:02.65\01:37:04.92
I have a meeting with him. "
01:37:04.95\01:37:08.39
The American
man graciously said,
01:37:08.42\01:37:10.06
"Oh, I'm sorry
for bothering you... "
01:37:10.09\01:37:14.50
and I said, "Oh no,
you're no bother... "
01:37:14.53\01:37:18.90
right then I saw Basile Stolya
coming in and Alexander...
01:37:18.93\01:37:28.61
as I started to meet them,
01:37:28.64\01:37:33.72
I looked at the man and I said..
I was feeling bad by then...
01:37:33.75\01:37:42.19
I said, "Come and sit with us. "
01:37:42.22\01:37:45.03
"Oh no... no... "
he said, "it's okay. "
01:37:45.09\01:37:47.83
"No, no, no,
please... come and sit with us,
01:37:47.86\01:37:52.73
we're talking about how
to house all the members...
01:37:52.77\01:37:55.37
the new members baptized. "
01:37:55.40\01:38:00.34
He sat there quietly,
01:38:00.38\01:38:05.25
and I asked
Pastor Alexander Antonok
01:38:05.28\01:38:10.85
how much would it cost to
build... to buy that facility?
01:38:10.89\01:38:18.93
"Tremendous
amounts of money" he said.
01:38:18.96\01:38:22.90
Now, a lot of you
Russians remember 1992...
01:38:22.93\01:38:30.97
Julia was a Professor at
the English Language School.
01:38:31.01\01:38:33.78
In Russian...
01:38:33.81\01:38:43.75
She was making about
15 or 20 dollars a month.
01:38:43.79\01:38:49.79
Not a day... not a
week... but a month...
01:38:49.82\01:38:53.66
how many of you
remember those days?
01:38:53.70\01:38:57.50
Hmmm... hmmm...
01:38:57.53\01:38:58.87
the young kids
have no idea, do they?
01:38:58.90\01:39:04.34
It was a lot of
money, he told me.
01:39:04.37\01:39:09.74
He said it would probably
cost as much as a $100,000
01:39:09.78\01:39:16.58
and that's to buy
this unfinished building.
01:39:16.62\01:39:23.36
It could take a million
dollars or more to finish it.
01:39:23.43\01:39:32.27
"But I think we could buy it
for about a 100,000," he said.
01:39:32.33\01:39:35.24
100,000 dollars...
01:39:35.27\01:39:39.41
in Russian...
01:39:39.44\01:39:49.75
So, I said, "I'll go back
to America and go on television
01:39:49.78\01:39:54.02
In Russian...
01:39:54.06\01:40:00.46
and I'll ask our
American Brothers and Sisters
01:40:00.50\01:40:03.20
to help buy this Facility. "
01:40:03.23\01:40:12.04
The man sitting next to me that
I didn't know... the American...
01:40:12.07\01:40:15.31
in Russian...
01:40:15.34\01:40:22.55
I looked at him and I said,
"I think we can raise that money
01:40:22.58\01:40:25.19
through our Viewers"
01:40:25.22\01:40:31.53
and he nodded his head...
01:40:31.56\01:40:34.63
then he nodded his head again...
01:40:34.66\01:40:37.63
I said, "I think he's
trying to tell me something... "
01:40:37.67\01:40:44.94
I said, "Are you
trying to tell me something?"
01:40:44.97\01:40:50.11
His name was Manny...
01:40:50.15\01:40:52.58
Manny Trevs...
01:40:52.61\01:40:54.68
he said, "Yes. "
01:40:54.75\01:40:56.75
I said, "You have the $100,000
to purchase this Facility?"
01:40:56.79\01:41:06.26
He said, "Now I know why
God brought me to Russia. "
01:41:06.29\01:41:15.30
He came by himself...
01:41:15.34\01:41:18.27
watched the meetings on 3ABN...
01:41:18.31\01:41:23.81
decided to fly
to Nizhny Novgorod
01:41:23.85\01:41:31.65
and he was an
Usher at the meetings.
01:41:31.69\01:41:39.23
When you came in, he seated you.
01:41:39.26\01:41:46.77
Now, he's seated beside me
01:41:46.80\01:41:48.30
telling me that he will
give the first $100,000.
01:41:48.34\01:41:54.98
I should be hearing
somebody talk back to me by now,
01:41:55.01\01:42:01.62
Audience: Praise the Lord.
01:42:01.65\01:42:02.98
Praise the Lord, right?
01:42:03.02\01:42:04.35
Praise the Lord,
is that coincidence
01:42:04.39\01:42:05.95
or is that Divine Providence?
01:42:05.99\01:42:09.19
Audience: Divine Providence.
01:42:09.22\01:42:11.49
Divine Providence, right,
01:42:11.53\01:42:13.70
I have reason to
believe in miracles
01:42:13.76\01:42:16.03
like the dawn expects the sun...
01:42:16.06\01:42:17.63
in Russian...
01:42:17.67\01:42:29.68
and I will not accept defeat
for my trust in Him is complete
01:42:29.71\01:42:33.11
in Russian...
01:42:33.15\01:42:40.82
and my victory
has already been won.
01:42:40.86\01:42:46.16
You see, Brothers and Sisters,
God had a plan for your life.
01:42:46.19\01:42:51.20
He had a plan for your life.
01:42:51.23\01:42:54.07
Aren't you thankful for that?
01:42:54.10\01:42:58.31
The great God of the universe,
01:42:58.34\01:43:02.51
looked down in
Nizhny Novgorod Russia,
01:43:02.54\01:43:09.32
1992... and He saw you.
01:43:09.35\01:43:15.89
He had designed a plan
from the foundation of the world
01:43:15.92\01:43:18.73
in Russian...
01:43:18.79\01:43:27.37
to see that each
and every one of us
01:43:27.40\01:43:34.21
had the opportunity
01:43:34.24\01:43:38.75
to accept Jesus
Christ as Lord and Savior.
01:43:38.78\01:43:41.88
Isn't that incredible?
01:43:41.92\01:43:44.45
Isn't that good news?
01:43:44.49\01:43:46.92
Somebody praise the
Lord, uplift your hands...
01:43:46.96\01:43:48.82
raise your
hands... praise the Lord.
01:43:48.86\01:43:51.49
If you love Jesus today...
01:43:51.53\01:43:53.93
sing with me, Jesus
loves me this I know
01:43:54.00\01:43:58.77
for the Bible tells me so,
01:43:58.83\01:44:04.37
little ones to Him belong
01:44:04.41\01:44:09.84
they are weak but He is strong
01:44:09.88\01:44:14.48
Yes, Jesus loves me.
01:44:14.52\01:44:17.39
Yes, Jesus loves me...
01:44:17.42\01:44:20.26
again...
01:44:20.29\01:44:21.62
yes, Jesus loves me
01:44:21.66\01:44:24.13
again...
01:44:24.16\01:44:25.83
yes, Jesus loves me
01:44:25.86\01:44:30.57
the Bible tells me so.
01:44:30.60\01:44:35.67
Now, at the end of the
meetings, after six weeks
01:44:35.70\01:44:39.94
we brought over 100,000 Bibles
01:44:39.97\01:44:43.41
in Russian...
01:44:43.45\01:44:52.49
and if you came to a
certain number of nights
01:44:52.52\01:44:55.09
to the Evangelistic meetings,
01:44:55.12\01:44:56.93
in Russian...
01:44:56.96\01:45:01.96
you received a free Bible...
01:45:02.00\01:45:05.50
how many of you here
received one of those Bibles?
01:45:05.53\01:45:09.67
Look at the hands Folks,
01:45:09.70\01:45:11.04
look at those hands...
01:45:11.07\01:45:12.41
somebody get a shot of that...
01:45:12.44\01:45:13.78
look at the hands...
01:45:13.81\01:45:15.44
praise the Lord...
01:45:15.48\01:45:17.28
was this... for how many,
this was your first Bible ever?
01:45:17.31\01:45:25.19
All the hands going up again.
01:45:25.25\01:45:29.26
That's a "Praise the Lord. "
01:45:29.29\01:45:32.39
That's a "Praise the Lord. "
01:45:32.43\01:45:35.23
That's a "thank you Jesus. "
01:45:35.26\01:45:38.03
We were able to
purchase the building,
01:45:38.07\01:45:41.90
I had to go back to America
01:45:41.94\01:45:45.54
just a month or two later,
01:45:45.57\01:45:49.14
I came back
01:45:49.18\01:45:51.21
and I found 60 of
you Church members
01:45:51.25\01:45:56.99
out... cleaning
up this property.
01:45:57.02\01:46:05.56
Trees were being cut,
01:46:05.59\01:46:08.93
1,000s of bricks were
being moved by hand...
01:46:08.96\01:46:16.20
already... working
to finish this building.
01:46:16.24\01:46:23.45
I did not even
have an engineer yet
01:46:23.48\01:46:30.09
but Pastor Alexander
and other church leaders
01:46:30.12\01:46:32.79
had people come and
volunteer every Sunday.
01:46:32.82\01:46:35.49
In Russian...
01:46:35.52\01:46:42.80
One of the trips that I
came in the next few months...
01:46:42.83\01:46:47.77
I saw a huge ladder
01:46:47.80\01:46:53.24
going to the top of
what is now the Studio...
01:46:53.27\01:46:55.94
Television Studio here...
01:46:55.98\01:47:01.65
I said, "Who is up
there? I hear a noise... "
01:47:01.68\01:47:03.85
In Russian...
01:47:03.89\01:47:07.66
They said, "Oh, some of
the volunteers are up there. "
01:47:07.69\01:47:12.23
I said, "What are they doing?"
01:47:12.26\01:47:14.26
"They're drilling...
01:47:14.30\01:47:15.96
trying to drill holes
through the concrete. "
01:47:16.00\01:47:25.57
I said, "What for?"
01:47:25.61\01:47:28.08
They said, "You wanted
a Television Studio... "
01:47:28.11\01:47:35.68
and someone said,
"You need to hand lights
01:47:35.72\01:47:37.39
from the ceiling. "
01:47:37.42\01:47:41.42
So, they're drilling holes to
put rebar in to hang lights. "
01:47:41.46\01:47:44.76
In Russian...
01:47:44.79\01:47:54.50
I climbed up to the top
01:47:54.54\01:47:57.34
and I saw eight of you...
01:47:57.37\01:48:02.54
two of you
01:48:02.58\01:48:04.48
Alexandria
01:48:04.51\01:48:08.85
and Vera
01:48:08.88\01:48:11.05
were all on top of the building
01:48:11.09\01:48:14.16
with hammer and chisel
01:48:14.19\01:48:19.06
these were not young ladies...
01:48:19.09\01:48:23.53
they're not old ladies...
01:48:23.57\01:48:30.21
I know better than to say that
01:48:30.24\01:48:34.48
in any language...
01:48:34.51\01:48:37.35
they were young
compared to me now
01:48:37.38\01:48:43.75
I asked them
what they were doing.
01:48:43.79\01:48:48.86
They said, "We will do anything
to help get this building done
01:48:48.89\01:48:53.06
for Jesus. "
01:48:53.09\01:48:59.23
I said, "Is anyone paying you?"
01:48:59.27\01:49:03.30
They said, "We
didn't ask for any pay. "
01:49:03.34\01:49:09.78
I was so blessed the other day
01:49:09.81\01:49:11.18
when we were walking
through this building
01:49:11.21\01:49:19.95
and I heard a voice
say, "Danny, Danny... "
01:49:19.99\01:49:25.76
and I looked down
the end of the hall
01:49:25.79\01:49:31.27
and there was
dear sister Alexandria.
01:49:31.30\01:49:35.10
So, we hugged and we kissed
01:49:35.14\01:49:39.71
she was... I will tell her age
only because she's telling it,
01:49:39.74\01:49:48.95
I said, "You
still look beautiful. "
01:49:48.98\01:49:52.85
She said, "I am
81 years old now. "
01:49:52.89\01:49:57.13
Praise the Lord.
01:49:57.16\01:49:59.66
Because of you, this Facility
01:49:59.69\01:50:05.23
is being used by God
01:50:05.27\01:50:09.14
for Television and Media,
01:50:09.17\01:50:12.71
for Church,
01:50:12.74\01:50:14.08
for Schools...
01:50:14.11\01:50:15.84
Bookstores...
01:50:15.88\01:50:18.21
Health Food
Stores... whatever...
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is here because of you...
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your dedication
and your hard work
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and we appreciate
your financial support
01:50:34.26\01:50:36.83
and helping keep
3ABN and the local church
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where they can
continue to grow. "
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In Russian...
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I could tell you many
more stories for hours
01:50:55.28\01:50:58.22
but we don't have time.
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These are stories of God
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and how God had a plan
01:51:09.03\01:51:12.93
and how this plan
has come into a reality
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but we can't quit now,
01:51:20.31\01:51:24.05
we're just getting started.
01:51:24.08\01:51:27.62
Russia is like
America now, it's prospering
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and we have found something...
where prosperity comes
01:51:33.89\01:51:40.16
there's usually
a spiritual decline
01:51:40.20\01:51:45.10
that is happening in
Russia just like America
01:51:45.13\01:51:50.74
but I want each
and every one of you
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to give you an opportunity today
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to ask Jesus for
a brand-new touch
01:51:57.48\01:52:04.35
and while you're contemplating
your life and your relationship
01:52:04.39\01:52:07.46
with Jesus,
01:52:07.49\01:52:13.50
I'm going to ask my wife
Yvonne to come and sing for us.
01:52:13.53\01:52:21.14
Piano...
01:52:21.17\01:52:43.09
Man of sorrows
01:52:43.12\01:52:47.16
God's rejected stone
01:52:47.20\01:52:51.53
Despised by the builders
01:52:51.57\01:52:55.87
And left to stand alone
01:52:55.90\01:53:00.84
But still You kept on loving
01:53:00.88\01:53:05.41
All our sins You called Your own
01:53:05.45\01:53:09.52
Laying Your foundation
01:53:09.55\01:53:13.76
To become our cornerstone
01:53:13.79\01:53:19.93
Lord, You're
marvelous in our eyes
01:53:19.96\01:53:27.17
While we were yet
sinners You came and died
01:53:27.20\01:53:33.04
Yes, You're
marvelous in our eyes
01:53:33.07\01:53:37.28
A more excellent Savior
01:53:37.31\01:53:40.25
Than words can describe
01:53:40.28\01:53:43.12
No longer rejected
01:53:43.15\01:53:48.22
Now You're glorified
01:53:48.26\01:53:53.16
O You're marvelous
01:53:53.19\01:53:56.90
Marvelous
01:53:56.93\01:54:00.20
in our eyes
01:54:00.24\01:54:04.81
piano...
01:54:04.84\01:54:09.34
Master builder
01:54:09.41\01:54:13.98
You taught us all Your skills
01:54:14.02\01:54:18.42
And left us with instructions
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On how You'd have us build
01:54:23.12\01:54:27.20
May we be worthy craftsmen
01:54:27.23\01:54:31.70
Fulfilling all Your plans
01:54:31.73\01:54:36.24
With You as our foundation
01:54:36.27\01:54:40.31
Lord, You're the
rock on which we stand
01:54:40.34\01:54:46.95
Lord, You're
marvelous in our eyes
01:54:46.98\01:54:52.85
While we were yet
sinners You came and died
01:54:52.89\01:54:57.99
Yes, You're
marvelous in our eyes
01:54:58.03\01:55:02.20
A more excellent Savior
01:55:02.23\01:55:05.23
Than words can describe
01:55:05.27\01:55:08.17
No longer rejected
01:55:08.20\01:55:13.17
Now You're glorified
01:55:13.21\01:55:18.21
Lord, You're marvelous
01:55:18.25\01:55:21.08
Marvelous... wonderful
01:55:21.12\01:55:25.95
my God... everlasting King
01:55:25.99\01:55:34.96
Lord, You're
marvelous in our eyes
01:55:35.00\01:55:40.90
While we were yet sinners
01:55:40.94\01:55:43.44
You came and died
01:55:43.47\01:55:45.57
Yes, You're
marvelous in our eyes
01:55:45.61\01:55:50.21
A more excellent Savior
01:55:50.25\01:55:53.08
Than words can describe
01:55:53.11\01:55:55.58
No longer rejected
01:55:55.62\01:56:00.22
Now You're glorified
01:56:00.26\01:56:08.76
You're marvelous,
01:56:08.80\01:56:12.43
marvelous
01:56:12.47\01:56:15.24
You're the marvelous
01:56:15.27\01:56:18.77
so marvelous
01:56:18.81\01:56:22.41
Yes, You're marvelous
01:56:22.44\01:56:25.41
marvelous
01:56:25.48\01:56:28.98
in our
01:56:29.02\01:56:37.03
eyes...
01:56:37.06\01:56:42.73
eyes.
01:56:42.76\01:56:48.34
In Russian...
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Amen... praise the Lord.
01:56:57.25\01:57:00.88
Today I want to pray with you
01:57:00.92\01:57:04.55
and while we're praying today
01:57:04.59\01:57:07.99
I want you to ask
Jesus to come into your life.
01:57:08.02\01:57:15.63
If you've never asked
Him before today is the day.
01:57:15.66\01:57:21.07
If you want a
brand-new touch from Jesus,
01:57:21.10\01:57:22.60
I'm going to ask you to stand.
01:57:22.64\01:57:31.31
God will supply your every need.
01:57:31.35\01:57:37.12
The Lord sees each
and every one of you,
01:57:37.15\01:57:44.19
He knows your heart,
01:57:44.23\01:57:47.13
He knows the
desires of your heart.
01:57:47.16\01:57:51.30
He wants to do something
great and mighty and marvelous.
01:57:51.33\01:57:59.24
When you come in
the name of the Lord,
01:57:59.27\01:58:03.41
God will make the
impossible possible.
01:58:03.45\01:58:08.92
When you forget about self,
01:58:08.95\01:58:11.95
and you magnify Jesus
01:58:11.99\01:58:15.59
nothing is impossible.
01:58:15.62\01:58:19.23
While we have a
great Facility here,
01:58:19.26\01:58:23.20
there are many people
all across Nizhny Novgorod
01:58:23.23\01:58:31.64
that don't know
anything about Jesus.
01:58:31.67\01:58:36.44
To much is
given... much is required.
01:58:36.48\01:58:43.62
God has
supplied your every need.
01:58:43.65\01:58:49.56
Now it's our
privilege and our responsibility
01:58:49.59\01:58:56.73
to share with our neighbors
01:58:56.77\01:59:00.30
what Jesus has done for us.
01:59:00.34\01:59:04.57
Let us pray,
01:59:04.61\01:59:06.57
"Our heavenly Father,
01:59:06.61\01:59:09.64
You are marvelous in our eyes...
01:59:09.68\01:59:13.98
we stand in awe
01:59:14.02\01:59:18.05
we are amazed...
01:59:18.09\01:59:20.96
we're so thankful that You
could look down to this earth
01:59:20.99\01:59:29.33
and see something of value
01:59:29.36\01:59:33.67
when we don't see
anything of value in ourselves,
01:59:33.70\01:59:39.97
we rest secure
knowing that You do
01:59:40.01\01:59:49.98
and that you loved us enough
to make a plan of salvation.
01:59:50.02\01:59:57.93
Now, Father, I pray
for each person here today
01:59:57.96\02:00:02.86
that Lord, that we will renew
02:00:02.90\02:00:05.33
our hearts and our minds to You.
02:00:05.37\02:00:07.24
In Russian...
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Father, You see those standing
02:00:13.51\02:00:18.18
we know the enemy is out
to steal, kill and to destroy
02:00:18.21\02:00:27.26
but You've said that
you've come to give us life
02:00:27.29\02:00:29.22
and give it more abundantly.
02:00:29.26\02:00:35.83
So, Father, today fill
us with Your Holy Spirit.
02:00:35.86\02:00:41.90
Give us a burden and
compassion for the lost
02:00:41.94\02:00:47.94
that we'll go forward today
02:00:47.98\02:00:52.61
leaving this auditorium
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not the same way we came
02:00:55.68\02:01:00.32
but closer and
more dependent on You.
02:01:00.36\02:01:08.43
Thank You Father, for hearing
and answering our prayers.
02:01:08.46\02:01:14.37
Until we meet again,
02:01:14.40\02:01:20.04
and even if we never meet
again this side of heaven,
02:01:20.08\02:01:27.22
thanks to You and to the Cross
02:01:27.25\02:01:33.52
as Brothers and Sisters
02:01:33.56\02:01:36.42
we can meet on
that beautiful shore.
02:01:36.46\02:01:42.90
I ask these things
in the name of Jesus,
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amen. "
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Audience: Amen.
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