Participants: Pr. Marquis Johns (Host), Kenneth Ambrose
Series Code: TNJ
Program Code: TNJ000033
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00:01 The following program discusses sensitive issues.
00:03 Parents are cautioned that some material 00:05 may be too candid for younger children. 00:08 Welcome to The New Journey, 00:09 a program about real life people 00:12 with real life testimonies doing real life ministry 00:14 for Jesus Christ. 00:16 I'm your host, Pastor Marquis Johns. 00:18 Join us on The New Journey. 00:55 I'm not only the host 00:57 of The New Journey television program, 01:00 I'm also a full-time pastor 01:01 at Allegheny's Conference Metropolitan 01:03 Seventh-day Adventist Church. 01:05 And there are these occasions in the life of a pastor 01:09 where you get to learn that what you're doing 01:11 is actually impacting your congregants 01:14 and fellow Christians. 01:16 In February, we had the opportunity 01:19 to baptize today's guest, Brother Kenneth Ambrose Sr., 01:24 his wife, and six of their children. 01:28 Just before that baptism, and or shortly thereafter, 01:31 he received news 01:33 that was not only devastating to him personally 01:36 but was devastating to his family. 01:38 And we here at Metro have tried our best 01:40 to pray with and minister to him 01:44 through this difficult process. 01:46 On today's show, what we'll do is we'll hear something 01:49 just a little bit different than we're used to listening. 01:52 This is a story not about a new journey only 01:55 but about a journey. 01:57 A journey that the Lord impressed me should be shared 02:00 with as many people we possibly share with. 02:03 So I would like to invite at that point, 02:06 Brother Kenneth Ambrose Sr. 02:09 It's a pleasure to be here, Pastor Johns. 02:10 Thank you very much for being with us. 02:12 Now we know that your story is not... 02:15 It's not going to be easy getting through this. 02:16 I know. 02:18 This is going to be one of those stories, 02:21 one of those testimonies if you will, 02:22 that by God's grace will reach perhaps someone's heart. 02:27 We'll get them to appreciate life 02:29 as they currently are experiencing. 02:32 And I want to talk about 02:33 and I want to pick up from just... 02:36 Let's pick up from January of this year. 02:37 When did you get the news that we are referring to? 02:40 When did you get the news that you had... 02:42 Tell us about your health? 02:44 Lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, 02:46 2008 going to 2009, 02:49 I had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and I went for a checkup 02:54 because I'm a physical person, you know, 02:55 I always do the right thing, eat the right food, no smoking, 02:59 no drink, I was born into the Christian faith. 03:02 And I worked for the government. 03:05 I've been through a lot of asbestos, 03:08 lead, paint, mold, and you name it, chemicals, 03:12 I worked for the navy or army base. 03:15 I've been exposed to a lot of stuff like that. 03:17 I don't know if that contributed to 03:19 what I'm going through now 03:20 but myself and my brother was in the same, 03:24 you know, place. 03:25 He got it before me but it so happened 03:28 that my own progressed to the fourth stage 03:32 when I caught it. 03:34 By the time you caught it, it was already in stage four? 03:36 It was already in stage four, yes. 03:38 I've been fighting this, 03:39 I thought I could beat it by the grace of God. 03:41 So I took a lot of treatment and it went into remission. 03:46 Then... When did it go into remission? 03:48 In 2010. Okay. 03:51 Felt good. 03:52 But a couple of months or six months 03:55 after it came back again. 03:58 Brought me to NIH Center. 04:02 What is NIH, for the viewers who don't know, what is NIH? 04:05 NIH, the medical center of health. 04:10 So they have a protocol for me there. 04:14 I went under the protocol, intense chemo every day, 04:20 intense chemo. 04:21 I got sick, I got everything coming to me. 04:24 So by the time I finally, three to four 04:27 or six, seven months, went away again. 04:31 And felt good again, looked for job, 04:34 going to work, it came back again. 04:36 When did it come back? 04:37 Came back in 2011, yeah, the second time. 04:40 That was... 04:42 From there on, that was downhill from there 04:44 as I went back to the hospital center, 04:48 they treated me again for the same thing 04:50 and my body was filled with so much of chemical, so much, 04:54 you know, saturated with chemicals, 04:56 my body couldn't take it anymore, 04:58 that's what the doctor told me. 05:00 Well, let's not get there just yet. 05:03 So January the second time it comes back. 05:05 Obviously, it is more aggressive... 05:07 More aggressive. 05:09 And so when did you break news 05:13 about the second reoccurrence to your wife? 05:17 Well, it seems it happened I told her, my wife, 05:22 what was going on 05:23 because she was in all the meetings with me, 05:25 the docs told me. 05:27 She was there when the doctor stopped the chemo 05:29 in the middle of the treatment, stopped all chemo 05:33 because they said, they said to me, was going away 05:36 and making it spread more in my body 05:38 and I said, "Stop it." 05:40 So when they're stopping they told me, 05:42 "Mr. Ambrose, there is nothing more 05:44 we can do for you and they gave me 05:46 six months to live." 05:51 May 4th they told me that. 05:55 So when did you share that information? 05:59 When did you call the children? 06:00 And how many kids do you and your wife have? 06:02 Well, me and my wife have six children. 06:04 Six children. How long have you been married? 06:05 Ten years. Ten years. Six kids. 06:07 When did you call the kids and say, 06:10 "You know, dad has news?" 06:12 Well, not right away because they were doing 06:14 so good at school, I didn't want to interrupt 06:16 what's going on. 06:17 I was trying to really beat this 06:20 and go another route, you know, 06:22 by doing herbal treatment and it was working for a while. 06:25 Even the folks are mature, helped me along the way, 06:29 you know, to get the herbal treatment. 06:32 But when I get back from the herbal treatment center, 06:37 the protocol changed for me. 06:39 I didn't get back on the protocol 06:41 where they teach me that what to do 06:44 and because it was a hard road to really 06:46 travel with that, you know, in Tennessee. 06:49 Yeah. 06:51 So you didn't tell them right away? 06:53 No. 06:54 But when did you eventually have, 06:56 you found yourself 06:57 that you have some breaking news? 06:59 Well, when I got more ill, when the lesions started 07:04 coming out in my legs and in my stomach, 07:07 it was very bad and it was, you know, 07:10 making me rotten all over to say the least. 07:13 I started telling them what I'm being going through. 07:15 Lot of crying... 07:17 Now, did they know that you had been 07:18 fighting cancer since away? 07:20 They didn't know but I have a positive outlook 07:23 and a positive mind. 07:24 It's like you look at me, you wouldn't think 07:26 nothing happened because I was always positive, 07:28 always praying, they always spurned at me, 07:30 so I never really... 07:32 I think, you know, I prayed so God will heal me, 07:35 cleanse me every day. 07:37 So they didn't think of nothing 07:38 but their grades started dropping at the time. 07:42 And that's what called you and your wife to decide, 07:45 "Well this time we are not going to tell them. 07:47 We're going to see if we can beat it." 07:49 And so you kind of stayed off from sharing 07:52 this unfortunate news with them. 07:54 But in May when you get to know that you only have six months, 07:59 again, I want to really kind of get the viewers to understand 08:03 what the process is from your perspective, 08:05 as well as probably possible the reaction children gave. 08:09 Now tell us the age range of your six children. 08:12 They are 15, 13, 12, and 10 because in the process 08:16 I have two set of twins in between. 08:18 Okay. Yeah. 08:19 So I told them and there was a lot of crying went on. 08:23 Like I said, their grades started dropping 08:25 and we showed them everything is going to be okay 08:28 because people over this world is praying for me, 08:30 all over the globe is praying for me. 08:32 I got into prayer line, my children praying for me, 08:35 the community church praying for me. 08:38 And every church I think of in this world, 08:39 praying for me. 08:41 There are lot of people know me, folks know me. 08:44 So when you told the kids in May, 08:47 first there was a lot of crying... 08:51 Was there a one common 08:53 or any one thing that one of the kids said 08:56 that really, really grabbed you, 08:58 that any one thing that any one of them said. 09:01 Yeah, they said a lot of them are praying for God 09:05 for a long time. 09:06 "Why God is not healing my father? 09:09 Why God is taking time for healing?" 09:11 So I tell them, "God do everything in His time 09:14 and it is not what we want and God has plan for you too." 09:20 I tell them they got to keep praying. 09:22 All we can do is pray 09:23 and ask God for healing and cleansing. 09:25 And I spent more time with my family, 09:28 but I think my spouse couldn't really take it 09:32 because I was this 09:33 big strong guy doing everything, 09:35 we go everywhere, 09:36 and all of a sudden I couldn't do it anymore. 09:38 How much weight have you lost? 09:40 I lost about 40 pounds. 09:42 Yeah, but I also changed my diet tremendously, 09:45 you know, that's the reason why I lost the weight. 09:48 It was strictly greens, right. 09:50 And our doctor told me 09:51 if I wasn't doing the greens, 09:53 and doing what I'm doing, I wouldn't have been here. 09:56 So that's what keep me here. 09:58 Praise, all the praises to God for helping me. 10:01 The best is going to come out. 10:03 And so the kids have been concerned 10:06 why God didn't showed up sooner for their dad. 10:10 So what is the family worship like? 10:13 What are you saying to the kids? 10:15 I'm sure that their concern is we're losing our dad 10:19 or we have been told that our dad isn't gonna be here. 10:21 What is the conversation like at home 10:24 on a day to day basis between you? 10:25 Sometimes they don't talk about it at all. 10:28 Some of them don't want to hear about it 10:30 because every time we talk about it, 10:33 it makes the kids feel very sad. 10:36 So I try to avoid the topic at all costs. 10:40 Only when we are praying, 10:41 we discuss it as much as possible 10:44 but always I try not to really... 10:46 Because when they go to school, it really upset them. 10:48 And their friends that know me, when they go to school 10:51 'cause I'm accustomed going to the school, 10:53 I'm playing the music for them 10:54 and talking with all the kids at school, 10:56 so they kind of miss me coming there 10:58 and doing all that stuff with the kids. 11:00 And they ask them, how am I doing? 11:05 And my kids tell them, everybody gets sad. 11:08 I mean, I don't want to kind of feeling for them, you know. 11:11 So I try to stay positive and strong at all costs. 11:16 So, Brother Ambrose, what led you and the family, 11:18 I'm going to go back a little bit, 11:19 we're going to get to May and the subsequent months, 11:22 but what led you and the family to come for the baptism 11:26 that we were having here in my show. 11:27 We had just completed a series in January, 11:31 at the end of February, the appeal was made 11:34 and we look up and you, your wife, kids 11:37 and we had the awesome privilege, 11:38 Pastor Billing and I have of baptizing all of you 11:41 at the same time. 11:43 But what was going on, 11:44 walk us through those couple of weeks 11:47 or that week that you led up to the series 11:50 and then led to your guys this decision to be baptized? 11:54 Well, when I was at NIH with an infection, 11:59 I spent a month and half in the hospital. 12:03 I got to my knees and prayed saying, 12:05 "God, if you bring me through this..." 12:08 Because I've been baptized, 12:10 I grew as a Seventh-day Adventist, 12:12 I was born as Seventh-day Adventist, 12:13 dedicated as Seventh-day Adventist, 12:14 I was baptized when I was 11 years of age, okay? 12:17 So I asked God, I said, 12:19 "God, please let me get through this. 12:22 I will rededicate myself and my family to you." 12:27 And He did. 12:28 Got me through it because I thought 12:29 I was never going to be here and I just Him every day, 12:33 making me live some more. 12:35 So I said, "Lord, just help me to get through this 12:39 with these kids and to see these kids grow." 12:42 And He brought me through, He brought me through 12:44 in the same time, I myself, I asked God, 12:49 "You spare my life and I will get my kids baptized." 12:51 And all my family baptized unto the Lord 12:54 and that's what I did. 12:55 Now I'm so happy that there was a very, very happy day for me, 12:59 a very emotional day for me. 13:01 And my son was very emotional and, you know, 13:04 that's what happened. 13:05 I'm so thankful for that. 13:07 So you really... 13:11 What spurred that decision was you wanting to be sure 13:16 that having forbid, you asked before the time, 13:20 you were unable to see your children. 13:22 Exactly. 13:24 You wanted to have been present to see your children 13:26 give their lives to Christ 13:28 and that through the process of baptism. 13:31 Yes. 13:32 And so this was the emphasis, this was what spurred you 13:33 on you to say, "Hey guys, 13:35 what we're going to get baptized." 13:37 Yes. 13:38 And so, you know, the appeal is made, 13:41 you've already been struggling 13:42 Since '08 with the cancer. 13:45 And you get... 13:47 One time it goes into remission 13:49 and we are, you know, rejoicing... 13:51 Rejoicing. 13:53 It comes back and it's more aggressive 13:55 and you go and you begin the chemo, 13:59 you let the kids know, you let everybody know, 14:01 "Hey, you know, it's not looking good." 14:05 But then the baptism happens 14:06 but then shortly after the baptism, 14:08 I mean, and I think that most people miss this, 14:10 Brother Ambrose, when you get baptized, 14:12 most people think that, "Oh, I've been baptized 14:13 and now everything is gonna get better, 14:15 everything is gonna be all right." 14:17 And the baptism ensures 14:19 where you will be in the life hereafter. 14:21 Exactly. 14:22 It does not ensure that the next day everything is, 14:24 you know, all the traffic is gonna part 14:26 so you can get through and, you know, 14:28 you're gonna go to your bank 14:29 and now where there was zero balance, 14:31 there is now hundreds of thousands of dollars. 14:33 It just ensures that you have now major call... 14:36 Exactly. 14:37 And so in February, you and the whole family, 14:39 you guys get baptized, we go through 14:41 the month of March, 14:45 April, and then May. 14:50 Let's go into that, let's go to May. 14:52 May was a rough time. 14:56 I'm in hospital and I'm taking treatment, 14:59 intense treatment. 15:01 I mean, I'm lying there and I'm crying 15:03 and even some doctor from this church 15:07 was one of my doctor. 15:08 I can't remember her name, but I saw her, 15:10 she was in this church. 15:11 She supported me, she prayed for me 15:13 and she, you know, gave me some encouraging words. 15:17 And everything was going well until I started seeing 15:23 the chemo was making the tumors spread more 15:29 and that's when they stopped it. 15:30 They say, "Well, this chemo, 15:31 we gave you the strongest chemo, 15:33 it's not working, you know, and they stopped it. 15:35 And they say, they called me, 15:37 they called all the doctors around 15:38 and discussed what they had to discuss. 15:40 They say, "Mr. Ambrose, we got to come to a conclusion 15:45 and a decision. 15:47 Now, we don't want to scare you." 15:49 I was positive, just to hear 15:51 what they'd say, friends gathered around 15:53 and everyone gathered around, 15:55 and said, "Mr. Ambrose, you got six months to live." 16:00 Okay, I say, "That's by man's standards 16:04 but God has some plans for me different." 16:08 So I get that positive feeling. 16:10 If I didn't cry, or didn't break down, 16:12 I didn't do anything, I just pray. 16:14 And the doctors that are around me, 16:17 asked the doctors, "Can I pray with you?" 16:19 And I prayed with the doctors and my friends. 16:21 So wait a minute. 16:22 You get a diagnosis 16:24 that you only have six months to live. 16:25 You call the doctors and said, "Can I pray with you?" 16:27 Yes. Okay. 16:28 I called the doctors around and said, 16:30 "I want to pray with you. 16:31 I want to thank you for the time 16:33 you took to treat me and tell me the truth 16:38 what's going on with me." 16:39 And I prayed, I prayed, and I prayed. 16:41 Some would get involved praying with me, 16:44 and I was positive about everything, you know, 16:47 but God have a different plans for me. 16:49 You know, so that's how I faced that battle. 16:53 That was from May 4th to June 4th, 16:57 June 4th to July 4th. 16:59 July 4th to August 4th. 17:02 August 4th to September 4th, Four months, 17:05 September 4th to October 4th is five months. 17:09 We're almost at the end of October. 17:11 Right. coming up is November. November. 17:13 Which will make six months. 17:15 Right. November 5th is my birthday. 17:17 That's when I wish to rest in peace. 17:20 Yeah. 17:21 How are you feeling today with November 5th 17:27 looming over you, coming that day... 17:32 I mean, I can imagine 17:33 what it would be like to wake up 17:35 with a time clock knowing that there is a particular day 17:38 that it should be my day of expiration 17:41 and you are very positive about the situation. 17:45 But as we approach that day, Brother Ambrose, 17:47 how are you feeling? 17:49 What are you thinking? 17:50 How do you process the emotions in less than... 17:55 At this point it would be probably less than two weeks. 17:58 Pastor Johns, I'm so positive and upbeat 18:04 because God has a plan for me. 18:07 You understand? 18:09 And I've put everything in His hands, 18:11 everything in His hands. 18:13 I did all my sobbing, I did all my crying, 18:15 I did everything, 18:17 but I pray to Him each and every day. 18:19 That's how I keep the faith and be positive. 18:21 It's a rough and a hard road to travel, 18:24 but as long as you have God in your life 18:26 and you come to a decision, if you have to go, 18:29 you want to make your path clear... 18:32 So you make sure you be safe when you go over there. 18:36 With my grandmother's there, my mother's there, 18:38 my father's there, some of my brothers 18:40 and sisters are there so I wouldn't be alone. 18:42 But I got to make my path clear. 18:44 And it's my children, you know, to live in Christ. 18:49 What you're saying is basically, 18:51 you know that by God's grace, 18:53 your grandmother and family members 18:55 have already gone asleep in Jesus... 18:56 Right. 18:57 You know that if you've made your call 18:59 and election show it now, 19:01 that you'll be able to see them when God comes 19:04 and the dead in Christ rise first. 19:06 Exactly. 19:07 And so how are you encouraging and helping the kids 19:11 and the wife to remain positive 19:12 because as this day approaches. 19:15 Well, mostly it's the kids I'm trying to, you know, 19:20 encourage the kids to spend some moments with me, 19:23 "Don't give up faith. 19:25 Don't give up faith. 19:28 Whatever I teach you from birth, you know, 19:30 and I teach you the Bible, I teach you to do things, 19:33 just take it with you wherever you go." 19:36 That's how I try to deal with each and every day 19:38 because I don't want to discuss it too much 19:40 with the kids that really upset them 19:42 because I have a very emotional kids 19:43 and they're very close to me and I love them very well 19:47 and all the ones who I had before 19:49 are very, very emotional. 19:51 So they supported in everything I do, 19:53 whatever I do I would say they supported me, 19:55 so that's the best thing I could be. 19:57 So we know where you were. 19:59 We know that, you know, 20:01 big strong man working for the government, 20:05 come down with asbestos, it may be that... 20:07 I don't know what it is. 20:09 And the cancer begins to grow in your body, get treatment, 20:15 goes into remission, flares back up, 20:18 comes back even more aggressive. 20:20 Doctors pronounce, you know, six months. 20:23 We're about two weeks away from that date 20:25 and you're still positive. 20:27 You're still upbeat. 20:28 And this show is... 20:31 this program, excuse me, is about ministry 20:34 and I think that pastors, evangelists, 20:38 sometimes we get that the first most important ministry 20:42 is the ministry to your family, to your kids. 20:45 So I want to couch and frame it that way, 20:48 tell me about the ministry now 20:50 that you have that is your children. 20:53 You know, how is family worship? 20:56 How is the singing together? 20:59 Is it attending church when you can attend church? 21:02 Tell me about that ministry because I view that 21:04 as a ministry and especially with what could potentially be 21:08 a very few more days, you know, fewer days possibly, 21:14 but we're maintaining a positive outlook on that. 21:18 Tell me about ministry, ministering to your children, 21:21 to your wife, to your family. 21:23 As you're priest of your home. 21:25 Well, I do the best that I can at home 21:27 when I could do because most of the time, 21:28 I'm in a lot of pain. 21:31 A lot of pain is only because some of the drugs 21:33 they give me I don't really take them. 21:34 I'm not a drug taker. 21:36 And those drugs are very strong, 21:37 but the doctor told me I got to keep taking the drugs. 21:40 So when I can't make it here, we watch the program at home, 21:43 we study the Bible, we sit down, 21:44 we study the Bible. 21:46 Even though the Bible is little fast 21:47 but we still try to keep up with the program. 21:50 And after you leave we just mark it, 21:53 and we go over it again 21:55 when the screen is off, just go over it 21:56 and see what we studied and see 21:58 if we can comprehend what we studied. 22:01 So that's how we do. 22:03 When we come to church 22:06 by all means necessary we get here. Yeah. 22:09 Now here is what I wanna do. 22:11 That's how ministry is going at home. 22:13 This television program is going to give you 22:15 an opportunity because I'm sure 22:17 that over the last couple of years, 22:19 you're not working. 22:21 Right. 22:22 I'm sure that bills are piling up. 22:24 Yes. Medical bills are piling up. 22:25 Yes. You've got to live somewhere. 22:29 People who rent, they don't say, 22:32 "Oh, okay, don't worry it, we'll wait." 22:35 So I know that those things are happening, 22:36 but in the midst of all that, 22:39 you're still maintaining a positive attitude, 22:42 upbeat, eyes focused on Christ. 22:44 What I would like you to do, Brother Ambrose, 22:45 is look into this camera right here 22:48 and I want you to talk with someone 22:49 who may won't give up on life not realizing 22:53 that a person like yourself is holding on to every second 22:56 and treasuring and seeing it as dear. 22:58 I want you to talk to someone 23:00 who may be in a similar situation as you are 23:03 and I also want you to just share your heart. 23:09 You take the next couple of minutes if you want. 23:11 Just look at the camera and just speak to our viewers. 23:17 What I want to say is 23:19 God is always in control doesn't matter 23:22 what the circumstances was going around. 23:26 He is always in control, 23:27 no matter what obstacles you're going through. 23:29 There's someone in your corner at all time to take care, 23:34 you're financially burdened 23:36 and you just got to put your trust in God 23:38 and He will lead you through that way. 23:42 He will lead you whatever you want to do, 23:44 just put everything in His hands, pray a lot, 23:48 have a lot of connection with people 23:49 who cares about you, who seek your needs. 23:54 And reach out on the prayer line, 23:56 reach out to people who want to pray with you, 23:57 just doesn't matter what time of the night, 24:01 where you are in this world. 24:03 Reach out to people and there is always somebody 24:05 in your corner to pray with you, 24:07 to give you that strength, and that encouragement, 24:10 at my home church, they reach out to me 24:12 and I'm so thankful to be a member of this church. 24:18 Well, Ambrose, again, I know that, you know, 24:24 we here make sure try to do it we can. 24:27 Prayer, you know, an anointing service, 24:31 we've prayed a number of times, 24:33 but I'm sure that 24:35 as you are looking to the future 24:38 and we're looking beyond November 6th... 24:40 Right, I am so. 24:42 We know that the Lord is going to do something 24:44 so that we can look beyond November 6th. 24:46 And we're going to trust whatever you do, 24:49 up to November 6th and thereafter 24:50 we're going to trust whatever you got. 24:52 But I know that right now you are... 24:58 you are every time I see you in church, 25:00 it just does something for me 25:03 because sometimes people just roll over and give up. 25:05 Right. 25:07 People just say, "Well this is my life, fine." 25:09 You know, they don't come to church, they don't. 25:11 And you don't come to church just like, 25:13 you'd always have one nice suit, you know, 25:14 you look good when you come to church. 25:16 Thank you very much. 25:17 And you are living, 25:20 you are living every single moment, 25:22 and trying to ensure that your children's attention 25:25 and focus is on Christ. 25:27 And you were singing, you were singing this song, 25:30 and I would like you to sing if you don't mind. 25:34 There's a verse of that song but before you do so, 25:36 three of your children are here with us. 25:38 I want to invite them to come up 25:40 so that they can join you for a minute. 25:43 I want to invite the kids to come up. 25:49 God is good every time. 25:50 God is wonderful. Amazing. 25:55 Now who do you have with you? 25:57 Selena, Jonathan, and my precious, Shanese. 26:02 She is very emotional. And the other three? 26:04 Their names are... 26:05 Joshua, Jacob, and Joseph. 26:08 Good names. 26:10 And so you were singing a song and your kids 26:13 I think hear this song a little bit 26:15 because as you were singing they were smiling. 26:17 And so if you could give us a verse of that song 26:20 before we go out, I really appreciate it. 26:22 Yes, I want to go up to heaven some day to meet my God 26:30 Oh, I want to go up to heaven some day to meet my God 26:35 But first, I want to make my road clear, 26:39 I want to put my life in His hands Lord, 26:42 I want to go up to heaven some day to meet my God 26:46 Yes, yes, aye 26:48 I want to go up to heaven some day to meet my God 26:54 I want to go up to heaven 26:56 Some day to meet my God 26:59 First, I want to pave my way 27:01 make it clear for me to go and straighten road 27:06 I want to go up to heaven some day to meet my God 27:12 Amen, amen. 27:16 For those who may be watching at home, 27:19 wherever you're watching, what you can glean 27:23 from Brother Ambrose's story is this, 27:25 is that the final word is God's, it's not man's, 27:31 no matter what man says, 27:32 no matter what man determines or what they say, 27:36 God has the final word. 27:38 So every single opportunity that you can, you live, 27:42 and live in Christ. 27:43 Today we've heard a story of someone 27:46 who was sent home, 27:47 told that their days were numbered, 27:50 but he has continued to maintain a positive outlook 27:54 and trust in Christ to rear his family, to pray with them, 27:58 and to sing to the glory of God. 28:00 Someday, he is going to go up there. 28:03 Brother Ambrose is an inspiration 28:05 not only to his family but to all of us here... 28:09 As we say, he comes in, we know, 28:13 we know that we serve a God 28:15 who is able to do exceedingly abundantly 28:18 above all we could ask. 28:20 And so we ask you, our viewers, to join with us now in prayer 28:24 for Brother Ambrose and his family 28:26 and to keep them in your prayers 28:28 as he continues by God's grace beyond November 6th, 28:34 beyond November 6th to and into his new journey. 28:41 We thank you for joining us. 28:43 We bless the Lord for our guest today 28:45 and we ask again to keep all The New Journey show 28:48 and Brother Ambrose and his family. 28:51 God bless you. 28:55 Thank you, Pastor Johns. |
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