There is a buzz around
3ABN and Dare to Dream.
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What's it all about?
Stay tuned to find out.
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My name is Yvonne Lewis
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and you're
watching Urban Report.
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Hello and
welcome to Urban Report.
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My guests today are
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Danny Shelton, 3ABN's
Founder and President,
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and Shelley Quinn,
Program Development Manager
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and G.E.T. Coordinator.
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Welcome to Urban Report, Danny.
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Thank you, I'm going to
stay here with you today.
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I can't believe that I
get to sit on this side
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and ask you guys questions now!
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Well, yeah, I'm a
little more comfortable
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asking the questions
than answering them for sure.
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Well, this is a subject that
you are intimately familiar with
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I'm so excited and
there's so much going on
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at 3ABN around this whole,
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"Blessing Is on
the Go" initiative
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tell us about it, what is it,
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where did it come from,
give us the scoop on that.
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Well, I've learned
over 31 years of ministry,
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that the blessing
of God is on the go,
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if you want something to happen,
go... take a step into the water
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God will part the
Red Seas, He will...
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Pharaoh's
armies can be behind us
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and mountains on either side,
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but the Lord will
make a way through
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so, today, my main
word, I'd say, my focal point
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and it has been,
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I've tried to keep
it there for 30 years
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is Evangelism,
so I say, you know,
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my repertoire words
may not be that great
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but the main one I want to keep
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in the front of my mind is,
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Evangelism,
Evangelism, Evangelism.
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So in order to
evangelize, you've got to go...
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don't wait on God
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to open the windows of
heaven to pour you out blessings
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where there's not
room enough to receive it,
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just say,
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"Lord, I'm willing to go,
where do you want me to go?"
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and God will bless it.
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He will... and I noticed that
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around here,
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ever since we
started this whole thing,
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with The
Blessing Is on the "Go!"
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everybody is so pumped about it
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because as you get into it,
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you're whole focus
gets deeper with the Lord
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it really waters your spirit,
wouldn't you say that Shelley?
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Absolutely, you know, we
have to add the rest of it
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The Blessing Is on the
"Go!" Evangelistic Team
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and the "Go Evangelistic
Team" is growing like wildfire
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what I'm so excited about
and Danny, this is something
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I haven't shared
this thought with you,
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but the Law of Life
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in the
spiritual and the physical
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"The Law of Life
demands a reproduction"
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in other words, you can't...
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you know, in the physical realm,
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if a species doesn't
reproduce, it is soon extinct
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and our churches have
to reproduce Christians
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or they begin to
dwindle and die off
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you just can't have
this maintenance idea
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but Christians also, if
we are given spiritual life,
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we've got to reproduce to
keep that spiritual life going
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what I am so excited about
this Program in a nutshell,
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is that if you give a monthly
donation of any amount to 3ABN
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to become a part of
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The Blessing Is on the
"Go" Evangelistic Team,
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we will send you a
beautiful certificate
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that certifies you
are a member of 3ABN's
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"Go Evangelistic Team"
and then, what we do is
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we send a book
which is Danny Shelton's
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"The Blessing is on
the Go!" a wonderful book,
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it's so inspiring, and
we send an evangelistic tool
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each month to the "Go
Evangelistic Team" members
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so they are out each month
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it's something very simple,
it can be a CD, a music CD or
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it might be a sermon
DVD, it can be a Bible Study
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but there's something
that they can go share with
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the neighbor or
friend or a family member
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and it makes
evangelism which is simply
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just telling the good
news about Jesus Christ
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it makes it so simple,
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people from 9 to 90
can participate in this
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and people are beginning
to really feel the blessing
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and it is wonderful. Absolutely.
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You know how it's
funny is that Shelley...
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she stays on "high" with this
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I know, I know,
well, you cannot...
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to me... you can't
get a little snippet of it
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without catching
the vision, Amen.
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the vision of it is
to not only support 3ABN,
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but to share the
gospel of Jesus Christ
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with the world, and
a lot of people say,
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"Well, I'm not
good at Bible Studies"
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or "I can't do this"
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well, you can
give a book to someone
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or you can give the
CD to someone, right?
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Absolutely. You can share.
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Absolutely, let
me tell you where...
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give you a little background
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as to where this
all started. Please.
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Thirty-one years ago when
the Lord impressed me to build
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a television
station to reach the world,
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with an undiluted
three angels' message,
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one that would
counteract the counterfeit,
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I knew that I didn't know
anything about television,
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and I didn't have any
education in communication,
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didn't have any money,
and property, equipment,
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any of those things and I said,
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"Lord, I'll go
forward on two conditions"
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I'll never beg for
money and borrow money.
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I said, "beg" because
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there were a couple
of Christian stations
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back then already on the air,
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and it seemed like
they begged for money,
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in fact, they would ask
Melody and me to come sing
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and I said, "Man, those people
are just begging for money"
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so I said, "Lord I'm
not going to do that,
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I'm not going to fight
this thing, if this is you,
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you'll have to
supply all the need. "
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That's the way I will
know whether it's God or not
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and so, over the years,
we've been really conscious
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not to try to have "beg-a-thons"
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or
"praise-a-thons" or "telethons"
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and yet what is happening
to the ministry after 30 years,
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I'm going to use it
like... as a foundation
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our foundation are people
who give on a monthly basis
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is only...
really... it's amazing...
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eight, nine,
ten thousand at most
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people out of 18
million Adventists
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let alone all the
other folks watching,
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you know, actually
give a monthly gift.
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How many? Eight to ten thousand
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but that's not every month,
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that's not... they
give a monthly gift
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it's just... that
many people give a month
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maybe it's a
one-time gift, but our donors
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our monthly donors
are way less than that,
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so, what's happening is,
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as we grow and go
into all the world,
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Jesus said, "Go ye
into all the world"
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it's like we have, Shelley,
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our structure is
going out like this
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because our foundation is small
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and so I said, "Lord,
we really need something
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this is the first
time that I can see
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doors are opening
with things happening
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in the world, and the politics
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and here in
America, changing the...
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literally, redefining marriage
into same-sex marriage,"
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I mean, that's a
slap to God in the face
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"Lord, if we ever need
to be awake, it's right now"
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and so, how can
we do this because
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our financial base is this big,
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and yet our needs are this big,
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so, I was praying about it
and I just woke up one morning,
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I don't know if it was
three or four in the morning,
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"The Blessing is on the
go" I've said that for years,
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and all of a sudden it hit me
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you know what?
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in order to have
revival and reformation,
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which Jesus is coming
back for a victorious church,
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he's coming back
for a purified bride,
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a church that's on
"fire" so to speak for Him
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and a church triumphant
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and yet when I look around me,
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I don't see the
church triumphant,
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I don't see it triumphant,
and I don't see your church...
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whatever church you go
to either... triumphant...
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I'm saying, "All
of us as Christians,
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there has to be
revival and reformation"
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well, all the Networks get on,
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"Give money,
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Grandma, we got to
have your five bucks,
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we've got to have
all of these things,"
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and you do, it
takes millions of dollars
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for 3ABN, we're 501c3 supporting
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or independent ministry,
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so we don't get tithes
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or offerings or
money from the church.
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And I think
that's an important...
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I just want to stop
there for one second Danny,
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because I think
that's an important point
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that a lot of people
think that when they're giving
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like on Media Sabbath
or something like that,
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that they're giving
to 3ABN and they're not,
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they're not giving to 3ABN
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because 3ABN
receives money independently
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but not from the churches.
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Right and rightfully so,
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but it's just that
people don't always, as you say,
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know that because we are
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a supporting or
independent ministry
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but my thing was
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"Lord, we need
revival and reformation"
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and yet we need
finances to go forward
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and all of a sudden
this idea came to me
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"The blessing is on
the go Team members"
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Evangelistic Team
Members so what happens is,
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we tell people,
as Shelley just said,
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"if you give any
monthly donation,
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whether it's $5, $50, a $100,
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whatever the Lord
impresses you to give
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on a monthly basis,
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then we send you this little
plaque she was telling us about,
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Certificate, saying that
you are a "Go Ye" Team Member,
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Evangelistic Team Member,
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Let's put it
back up on the screen,
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so they can see what they get.
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But the benefit of this
and what really hit me is,
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Yvonne, was that now,
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it encourages, when
you become a team member,
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you now become an Evangelist.
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Come on now...
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So it's not like... just give...
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just send 3ABN some money
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because all the
money in the world
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really won't
impact this church enough
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that we're going to
find victory through money,
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you don't find it,
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whether it's the
Adventist Church,
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the Baptist
Church, or anything else,
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you could have
billions of dollars
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and that's not
going to set the pace
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for Jesus to come back
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what's going to set the
pace for Jesus to come back,
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he said, "when you
go into all the world. "
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See, the blessing
of God is on the "Go. "
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Jesus says, "All power is
given me in heaven and earth.
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Go ye therefore... "
so what He just said is,
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that there is no excuse
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for not taking the
gospel to the world,
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because He set the stage,
all power is given... who?
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Jesus says, "All power is
given me in heaven and earth.
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Go ye therefore... "
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so what He says is,
as Dr. Walt used to say,
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"He's counted His resources
in advance when He said,
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'Go ye into all the
world'" Hmmm... hmmm...
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So, what we need is, I
said 3ABN, we... financially
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this is the toughest
position we've ever been in,
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and yet, I don't want to
go on the air because I said,
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"Lord, I'm not going to beg
for money, this is Yours... "
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but the Lord really
showed me this, I am convinced,
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that the Blessing on the
"Go" Evangelistic Team Member,
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so, what happens is when
you give a monthly donation
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of any size, then we
send you an Evangelistic tool
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whether it's a DVD,
it could be CDs or music
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might be the books,
it could be preaching
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and what you do... you take it
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and maybe you need to
listen to it or watch it,
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and you say, "Lord, what
would you have me to do?"
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you can't sell
something that you don't own
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that you don't have, right?
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If you don't have a
relationship with Jesus,
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please don't try to sell it
because the world can see it,
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they know "false religion"
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so, what I'm encouraging you,
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I said, "Lord this could
be that grassroots movement,
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the latter rain,
why not begin here
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and why not begin now?"
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and so, I said, "Okay... "
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You're preaching brother.
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Well, I don't know, sorry but...
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No, I love it...
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no, no, no, we love
that... we want that.
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But absolutely, so
this is what's gong to get
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the grassroots
movement involved,
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so, we're asking people,
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"Submit and commit
your life to Jesus"
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and then as we
send these to you,
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you can benefit
spiritually but then,
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you give them to someone else,
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you don't sell it,
it was given to you,
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so you send...
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whether it's the little book,
"The Blessings is on the Go"
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whether it's the CD,
John Lomacang's got on music
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how pertinent to this time,
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we have it on almost
every topic you can imagine.
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"What happens to
you when you die,"
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"The Sabbath," we'll
have it on "Salvation"
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all kinds of topics and you
can give these to your friends
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and your neighbors, I
tell people, your enemies,
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give them to everybody,
because this is what I believe
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when people get involved,
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when we get involved,
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that's when we begin
to feel the Holy Spirit,
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and begin to realize...
just today, somebody said,
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"How do I know God is real,
how do I know God is real?"
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and I said, "Well, that tells me
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that you're not really
doing anything for Him"
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because once you
accept that I am...
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that once you accept that...
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yeah, and they
were Christian by name,
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but I said, "Once you accept
Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior,
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you'll go and
tell... " they said,
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"Well, I'm not a preacher,
and I don't know what to do"
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I said, "Go and tell
what He's done for you. "
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You're greatest asset is
your own personal testimony
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of what God has done for you.
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No one can argue with that,
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they can try, but you know
what Jesus has done for you.
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So now, as you
begin to go forward,
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you will feel, literally,
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I can feel and sense
and I have for years now,
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the anointing
of the Holy Spirit,
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you do too when
you're up singing...
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Shelley, when you're
up preaching or talking,
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you sense this and
the world didn't give it
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and the world
can't take it away.
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That's right, that's
right, so right now...
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so that's what I want to
see for each and every Viewer
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of Dare to Dream or 3ABN...
all the Networks that we have,
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is that a personal relationship
with the Lord Jesus Christ
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so the "Blessing is on the
Go Evangelistic Team Member,"
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that's just saying, "Guess what,
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we're all on the same team
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and now we are
going to equip you
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with tools, that
you become an Evangelist
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in your own right," to
me, this was a "win-win"
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because I said,
"Thus saith the Lord... "
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we're not saying,
"Grandma, just give us this,
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Grandma, give us that"
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it's "No, how do we start
something that's a 'Movement?'"
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Shelley, I like the
way you talk about it,
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it's not... this is
not an event or a Program,
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this is a Movement,
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it's going to continue
till Jesus comes and we believe
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it could be the
beginning of the latter rain
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to get everyone
involved in evangelism.
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You have given me so
much to chew on right now
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it's almost like...
there's so much to this but
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when you dissect
this, this whole movement,
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is, as Shelley
mentioned earlier,
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it is for the growth of the
individual as well as the church
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so we're all benefitting,
when I give this to someone,
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it's not just for
them, it's also for me
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and it also
grows the local church,
00:14:16.82\00:14:18.89
this is a win-win kind
of situation for everyone.
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And when someone becomes a
good Evangelistic Team Member,
00:14:22.96\00:14:26.39
they are supporting
evangelism around the world,
00:14:26.43\00:14:29.20
we're going to be doing
00:14:29.23\00:14:30.57
huge evangelistic
events around the world,
00:14:30.63\00:14:34.37
so they're supporting that,
00:14:34.40\00:14:36.07
they're supporting the
missionary mission of 3ABN
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but as you said,
00:14:40.38\00:14:41.71
when Danny first
started talking about this,
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it was just like...
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the Holy Spirit
was just all over us
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all over me, and I thought,
00:14:50.39\00:14:51.95
"Lord, we can talk
about revival and reformation
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till the cows come home,
and nothing is going to get done
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until we go out and share,"
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when I was in Israel
last year, I remember that
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when you look at
the Sea of Galilee,
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the Jordan River feeds
into the Sea of Galilee,
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and the Sea of
Galilee is teaming with life,
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it is beautiful
00:15:16.88\00:15:18.55
and this living water
comes to the Sea of Galilee
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and then it goes out
of the Sea of Galilee,
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and goes on further south
and it ends up in the Dead Sea.
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Why is the Dead Sea "dead?"
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It's fed with the
same living water,
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it's because there is no outlet
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so now, for us as Christians,
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if we are receiving the
living water of the Holy Spirit,
00:15:40.20\00:15:43.61
and we just sit there
and try to hold on to it
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for ourself, we're only doing
Bible Study for our own benefit,
00:15:46.88\00:15:49.64
we don't share our testimony,
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if we don't get
out and tell something
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there's got to be an outlet,
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"we learn to teach,
we teach to learn" right?
00:15:56.45\00:15:58.69
but so many people will say,
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"I don't have a ministry,
I don't know what to do,"
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as a "Go"
Evangelistic Team Member,
00:16:03.79\00:16:06.59
once again, not
only are you supporting
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all of the Evangelistic
efforts around the world,
00:16:09.36\00:16:11.97
but now, you get
that monthly tool
00:16:12.00\00:16:14.70
and pray, I ask
you to pray and ask God
00:16:14.74\00:16:18.14
who should I be
sharing this tool with,
00:16:18.17\00:16:21.11
and then, once
you give it to them,
00:16:21.18\00:16:24.05
your job's not over, and
that's the simple part...
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giving it to them,
you need to keep praying
00:16:26.72\00:16:28.58
that God will
encourage them to listen,
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that He'll open up their
eyes of their understanding
00:16:30.52\00:16:33.86
and that you'll be...
if they ask you a question
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that you don't
know how to answer,
00:16:37.33\00:16:38.66
have them call us,
have them call the church,
00:16:38.69\00:16:41.10
don't worry, just
get out there and share.
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Absolutely, and I was
going to mention that...
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that's such an important point,
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pray before you
give that to someone,
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ask the Lord to whom
you should give that gift
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because He knows
where He wants it to go
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but you are a team member
00:16:57.35\00:16:59.75
when you join the
"Go" Evangelistic Team,
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you are a member of
this worldwide movement,
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we want to finish the work
00:17:06.12\00:17:08.02
and get ready for
the Lord to return
00:17:08.06\00:17:10.06
and this is absolutely the way.
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I think some people will say,
00:17:11.79\00:17:14.03
"Well, I only
have like $5 or $10,"
00:17:14.10\00:17:17.67
ask the Lord, just ask the Lord
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what He would have you to do
00:17:20.47\00:17:23.10
and then He's going
to supply it for you,
00:17:23.17\00:17:25.87
this is an investment
also just like tithing, to me,
00:17:25.91\00:17:30.25
tithe and offerings are
kind of... a test of faith,
00:17:30.28\00:17:34.55
so this is, ask the Lord,
00:17:34.58\00:17:36.62
just when he
would have you to give
00:17:36.69\00:17:39.19
and then, obey,
and just set it up
00:17:39.22\00:17:41.66
as a monthly recurring
bill, I find that... to me...
00:17:41.69\00:17:45.76
that's the easiest way to do it,
00:17:45.79\00:17:47.40
you don't have
to see it anymore,
00:17:47.50\00:17:48.90
you don't have to do it anymore,
00:17:48.93\00:17:50.33
you just set it up
once as a recurring,
00:17:50.37\00:17:52.87
online, kind of
banking thing, and that's it,
00:17:52.90\00:17:56.50
it is easy, it's done.
00:17:56.54\00:17:58.81
So you can just
go to our website.
00:17:58.84\00:18:01.11
Go to the website
and 3abn. tv website
00:18:01.14\00:18:06.05
or D2Dnetwork. tv go
to the website, donate,
00:18:06.08\00:18:11.25
become a G.E.T. member
just like that, it's so easy.
00:18:11.29\00:18:16.32
You can do it, I do
it where it takes out
00:18:16.36\00:18:17.69
automatically, I don't
have to worry about it,
00:18:17.73\00:18:19.19
or I don't forget
about it each month,
00:18:19.23\00:18:21.03
and so, to me,
that's an easy way to do it,
00:18:21.06\00:18:23.87
and you don't miss it
that much when it comes,
00:18:23.90\00:18:26.33
but, you know,
Yvonne, there is a Movement
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that's been going on
for the last 15 or 20 years,
00:18:28.77\00:18:30.97
in a lot of the
Evangelical churches
00:18:31.04\00:18:33.48
it's the, "Name
it, claim it" you know,
00:18:33.51\00:18:35.88
"Well, if you give to God,
He'll give you so much more"
00:18:35.91\00:18:38.98
and I heard one man say,
00:18:39.01\00:18:40.72
"If you sow your old Cadillac,
God will give you a new one. "
00:18:40.75\00:18:43.82
all of this stuff is so selfish
because it's all turning back...
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"I'll give... as long as I get"
yeah, what I get back in return,
00:18:47.26\00:18:50.53
so that's not
what we're doing here,
00:18:50.56\00:18:52.26
and that's what I
want people to understand,
00:18:52.29\00:18:53.70
this is not about...
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when we're sowing
seeds and giving money,
00:18:55.06\00:18:57.77
it's not sowed that somebody
personally benefits from it,
00:18:57.80\00:19:00.77
it's not even yourself, to
give, and a lot of people...
00:19:00.80\00:19:04.54
that's the
preaching that they give,
00:19:04.57\00:19:06.34
this is totally different,
the seed that we're sowing,
00:19:06.37\00:19:10.08
that you're sowing,
when you support 3ABN,
00:19:10.11\00:19:12.58
is when you get the tools back
00:19:12.61\00:19:14.68
you are sowing
seeds into your neighbors,
00:19:14.72\00:19:17.02
your friends, people at church,
00:19:17.05\00:19:18.39
everybody that goes to
church is not a Christian,
00:19:18.42\00:19:20.62
if you haven't
figured that out by now,
00:19:20.69\00:19:22.16
you might want to think about
that... for just a little bit,
00:19:22.22\00:19:24.93
so, it's like,
00:19:24.96\00:19:26.53
"Who am I going to give this
to, oh, I'm kind of bashful,"
00:19:26.59\00:19:29.76
how about starting with
some of the people in church?
00:19:29.80\00:19:31.80
you know, because,
we really need this,
00:19:31.83\00:19:34.04
so these tools... they will
help draw us closer to Jesus,
00:19:34.07\00:19:37.11
they'll keep our
minds spiritually focused
00:19:37.14\00:19:39.94
so I want people to know,
this is not about a Movement
00:19:39.97\00:19:43.11
of, "Hey, give to us
and it's going to help us,
00:19:43.14\00:19:47.25
we're going to
build big buildings
00:19:47.32\00:19:48.65
and we're going to do all this,"
00:19:48.68\00:19:50.02
it has nothing to do
with that, it has to do...
00:19:50.05\00:19:52.32
with me, what
excited me the most is,
00:19:52.35\00:19:54.39
"Lord, we're asking for
souls, we want you to come back,
00:19:54.42\00:19:57.93
we say, we believe
you're coming soon,"
00:19:57.96\00:19:59.56
but the church has to show it,
we have to be alive and well,
00:19:59.59\00:20:04.23
people don't want...
as I already mentioned,
00:20:04.27\00:20:06.30
they don't want something...
00:20:06.33\00:20:08.47
you can't sell something that
you don't own or you don't have,
00:20:08.50\00:20:10.81
so when we reflect
Jesus in our lives,
00:20:10.87\00:20:13.54
as we submit and
commit our lives to Him,
00:20:13.58\00:20:16.24
He says, "I... if I be
lifted up from this earth,
00:20:16.28\00:20:19.08
will draw all men unto me"
00:20:19.11\00:20:21.72
and so each of us
has an opportunity
00:20:21.75\00:20:24.25
but a lot of folks say,
"Well, I'm not a very good,
00:20:24.29\00:20:26.82
I'm not a very
good communicator,
00:20:26.86\00:20:28.96
I can't talk, I can't
preach, I can't sing,"
00:20:28.99\00:20:32.26
well in this case
you don't have to,
00:20:32.29\00:20:33.66
because you know,
you can pass out a book,
00:20:33.70\00:20:35.46
you can give a CD or a DVD
but I had somebody tell me once,
00:20:35.50\00:20:40.17
I was at a beautiful
home and the guy said...
00:20:40.20\00:20:42.54
he was driving a brand-new car,
00:20:42.57\00:20:44.07
he said, "Well,
you can go preach,
00:20:44.14\00:20:45.51
and teach and
talk but I can't...
00:20:45.54\00:20:47.98
I'm not a good
communicator I'm terrible,"
00:20:48.01\00:20:50.18
I said, "You can't
witness for Jesus?"
00:20:50.21\00:20:52.31
he said, "No, you know,
other people can do that"
00:20:52.35\00:20:54.78
I said, "That's a
beautiful car you got,"
00:20:54.82\00:20:57.22
I said, "Where
did you get that?"
00:20:57.25\00:20:58.72
he said, "Well,
what do you mean?"
00:20:58.75\00:21:00.26
I said, "You bought
it? "Yeah," he said,
00:21:00.29\00:21:01.82
I said, "Who bought it for you?"
he said, "Oh, I paid for it"
00:21:01.86\00:21:04.89
I said, "No,
"who made the deal?"
00:21:04.93\00:21:06.33
"Oh, I did," he said,
00:21:06.36\00:21:07.66
I said, "So you can communicate"
00:21:07.73\00:21:09.03
because he said, "I got
a really good deal on it"
00:21:09.06\00:21:11.00
So I said,
00:21:11.03\00:21:12.37
"Oh, so you can communicate
if you really want to"
00:21:12.40\00:21:14.54
so, see, my dad used to say,
"People do what they want to do"
00:21:14.57\00:21:17.67
if we really want to
serve the Lord, we can do it,
00:21:17.71\00:21:20.68
if we're really
excited about Jesus coming back
00:21:20.74\00:21:23.31
it's going to show,
it's going to show...
00:21:23.35\00:21:25.35
you are going to want and
get involved in evangelism
00:21:25.38\00:21:28.95
and why not do it,
00:21:28.98\00:21:30.35
team up with 3ABN so
we can work together.
00:21:30.39\00:21:32.65
Absolutely, and if
you're not excited about it,
00:21:32.69\00:21:35.06
ask the Lord to put a
passion in your heart for it,
00:21:35.09\00:21:37.43
He will do that,
00:21:37.49\00:21:38.83
He will give you
a passion for souls,
00:21:38.86\00:21:41.10
a burden for
souls, I know He will.
00:21:41.13\00:21:43.50
What's been the response so far?
00:21:43.53\00:21:45.77
Oh, we've had an
incredible response so far
00:21:45.80\00:21:48.07
just within the
first couple of months,
00:21:48.10\00:21:50.34
there were over 1,600 people
and it just keeps coming in
00:21:50.37\00:21:53.81
hundreds each week, but
I want to share something,
00:21:53.84\00:21:56.61
and I'm not trying to
contradict what you said about
00:21:56.68\00:21:59.38
not giving to get,
00:21:59.41\00:22:01.88
but it kind of goes with
what you were saying also
00:22:01.92\00:22:04.42
about, "ask the Lord
to give you a passion"
00:22:04.45\00:22:06.52
one of my
favorite Scriptures is,
00:22:06.55\00:22:08.29
1st Thessalonians 3:12
and 13 where Paul says,
00:22:08.32\00:22:11.19
"May the Lord
cause you to increase
00:22:11.23\00:22:14.10
and abound in
love to one another
00:22:14.10\00:22:16.83
so that He may establish your
hearts blameless in holiness"
00:22:16.87\00:22:21.74
don't you want to be
blameless in holiness
00:22:21.80\00:22:24.07
at the return of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ?
00:22:24.11\00:22:27.64
Paul is saying that it is
God who is going to do that,
00:22:27.68\00:22:31.21
as He pours His
love into our heart
00:22:31.25\00:22:34.28
by the power of the Holy Spirit
00:22:34.32\00:22:36.35
and as we grow
in the love of God,
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we grow in holiness,
we become more like Him,
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and this is something that
Danny, your focus, to begin with
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may have been on
supporting the world evangelism
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and increasing the foundation
but immediately what I saw was,
00:22:50.30\00:22:53.90
"Lord, this is what you're
going to do, it is so simple,
00:22:53.97\00:22:57.14
this is what you're going to
do to usher in the latter rain"
00:22:57.17\00:23:00.88
because, pray and ask God,
"Fill my heart with your love"
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and I guarantee you, when
God fills you with His love
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as He establishes
you perfect in holiness,
00:23:08.48\00:23:10.92
He is going to give you
that burden for the lost,
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I mean, even since
we've started this,
00:23:14.29\00:23:17.86
my whole focus
personally has changed,
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I feel that burden for the lost,
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Yvonne: Yes, yes.
Danny: Absolutely, absolutely,
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thank you Shelley for doing that
00:23:25.73\00:23:27.40
because it had
actually helped me,
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my point was, earlier, and
I kind of trailed off of it,
00:23:29.00\00:23:32.54
was "the name it... claim it"
00:23:32.57\00:23:33.94
for physical
things, a new car, whatever,
00:23:33.98\00:23:36.85
no, but you can
"name it and claim it"
00:23:36.91\00:23:39.85
because Jesus says,
"All power is given me
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in heaven and earth,
so go ye therefore... "
00:23:41.95\00:23:43.95
so anything we do
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for the cause of God,
00:23:45.49\00:23:46.96
God will bless
that, He will honor that,
00:23:47.02\00:23:49.12
every need will be supplied,
00:23:49.16\00:23:51.03
every need...
that's what He says,
00:23:51.06\00:23:52.89
God's not a liar,
He tells you the truth
00:23:52.93\00:23:54.73
so, whatever it is that you need
to get the gospel to the world,
00:23:54.76\00:23:58.83
you can name that and claim it,
00:23:58.87\00:24:00.47
you can take that, as
they say, "to the bank"
00:24:00.54\00:24:02.37
if you say, "Okay
Lord, I'm going to be...
00:24:02.40\00:24:04.21
I'm going to join 3ABN as
an Evangelistic Team Member,"
00:24:04.24\00:24:07.81
I promise you, God will
supply everything that you need,
00:24:07.84\00:24:11.38
we're going to
give you the tools,
00:24:11.41\00:24:13.25
and as you begin to give
these out and share these,
00:24:13.28\00:24:16.45
watch what it
does in your own life
00:24:16.52\00:24:18.52
see if the "joy of the Lord"
has not become your strength
00:24:18.55\00:24:21.56
you're going to see it because
00:24:21.59\00:24:23.29
you can't share Jesus
without it affecting you.
00:24:23.32\00:24:26.36
That's right, that's
right, and speaking of giving,
00:24:26.43\00:24:29.40
tell us about this book.
00:24:29.43\00:24:31.03
Okay, The Blessing is on the GO!
I wrote this a few months ago,
00:24:31.07\00:24:34.47
and then had no idea
00:24:34.54\00:24:36.67
that we were going to be doing
00:24:36.71\00:24:38.04
The Blessing is on the
Go! Evangelistic Team Member,
00:24:38.07\00:24:40.24
but this book will
help those who say,
00:24:40.28\00:24:42.78
"I'm not an evangelist,
00:24:42.81\00:24:44.31
I don't have any
money, I don't know...
00:24:44.35\00:24:46.88
I don't know how to
start even evangelism,"
00:24:46.92\00:24:49.32
and I just go back and tell you
00:24:49.35\00:24:50.85
how I started when
the Lord impressed me
00:24:50.89\00:24:52.49
to build a television
station to reach the world,
00:24:52.52\00:24:54.96
and some of these
seemed like obstacles
00:24:54.99\00:24:57.29
and mountains,
turned out to be blessings,
00:24:57.33\00:24:59.56
you see, because I believe
00:24:59.59\00:25:01.03
that God is big
enough to move the mountains,
00:25:01.06\00:25:02.76
and so, it will
encourage you hopefully,
00:25:02.80\00:25:05.90
I wrote it for one
reason, is to encourage you
00:25:05.93\00:25:08.10
that everyone of us,
00:25:08.14\00:25:09.47
when it says, "Go ye
into all the world... "
00:25:09.50\00:25:11.11
it's not just "Go, Mark Finley,
00:25:11.14\00:25:13.58
and Brother Byrd
and Doug Batchelor
00:25:13.68\00:25:16.75
and all these folk"
00:25:16.78\00:25:18.11
it's go ye... that's you and me
00:25:18.15\00:25:19.48
that we can become
evangelists for Jesus
00:25:19.51\00:25:22.68
now we may not preach like
John Carter to 50,000 people
00:25:22.72\00:25:25.75
but God can use
us as an Evangelist
00:25:25.79\00:25:28.09
and you know why
He does this, Yvonne?
00:25:28.12\00:25:30.13
Why? He does it
for our own salvation
00:25:30.16\00:25:32.13
That's right.
00:25:32.16\00:25:33.50
God does not need
us to save anybody
00:25:33.53\00:25:35.56
but He allows us to be a part,
00:25:35.60\00:25:38.03
to allow His blessings to flow,
His Spirit to flow through us
00:25:38.07\00:25:42.10
as we're trying to
be a blessing to others,
00:25:42.14\00:25:44.87
for our own
salvation because otherwise,
00:25:44.91\00:25:47.58
I get too selfish, I
think about me, myself, and I,
00:25:47.61\00:25:50.15
when Jesus says that we
have to love one another
00:25:50.21\00:25:52.78
if I love one
another, and I have discovered
00:25:52.81\00:25:55.38
what can give me eternal life
00:25:55.42\00:25:58.39
that it's a free
gift through Christ Jesus,
00:25:58.42\00:26:00.59
then, I've got to share
that with somebody else,
00:26:00.62\00:26:02.66
I have to share it,
00:26:02.69\00:26:04.06
so The Blessing is on the GO!
hopefully, it's a little book
00:26:04.09\00:26:07.30
we'll recount several miracles
that God has blessed us with
00:26:07.36\00:26:10.77
along the way as He
wants to do for you.
00:26:10.80\00:26:12.90
And for
everyone that's watching,
00:26:12.93\00:26:14.80
that calls in today,
00:26:14.84\00:26:16.37
they can get this book for free,
00:26:16.40\00:26:19.04
this is our free offer, we
don't usually do this on...
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You know what, we'll
even pay the postage too.
00:26:21.54\00:26:23.75
Oh, wonderful, well,
see, praise the Lord.
00:26:23.78\00:26:25.95
No gimmicks here...
00:26:25.98\00:26:27.32
No gimmicks, this
is a free book for you
00:26:27.35\00:26:29.55
just e-mail us at: and
the e-mail is on the screen
00:26:29.58\00:26:34.69
freeoffer@3abn. tv
00:26:34.72\00:26:41.40
or call us at 618-627-4651
00:26:41.43\00:26:47.50
that's 618-627-4651 and
you can get this free book.
00:26:47.54\00:26:53.94
Give us a closing
thought if you would
00:26:53.98\00:26:56.54
about Blessing is on the GO!
00:26:56.58\00:26:58.81
I think that the most
important thing in life
00:26:58.85\00:27:04.85
is... we know that the
only thing we can take to heaven
00:27:04.89\00:27:08.62
with us is our character,
00:27:08.66\00:27:09.99
and we have to develop
the character of Christ
00:27:10.06\00:27:12.69
first we have to have
the essence of His love
00:27:12.73\00:27:15.60
that's the
essence of His character,
00:27:15.63\00:27:17.70
but we have to
be turned outward,
00:27:17.73\00:27:19.70
we have quit looking at
just what's going on in our life
00:27:19.73\00:27:24.71
and we have to
reach out to others
00:27:24.74\00:27:26.68
and the Go Evangelistic
Team Members are doing that,
00:27:26.71\00:27:29.88
they're already being
blessed and we want you to join
00:27:29.91\00:27:33.08
my personal vision is
that every Viewer of 3ABN,
00:27:33.11\00:27:38.82
Dare to Dream
or whatever network
00:27:38.85\00:27:40.49
will be involved
00:27:40.56\00:27:42.16
and we will turn
this world upside down.
00:27:42.19\00:27:45.36
Amen. Thank you so much,
00:27:45.39\00:27:46.73
how about you
Danny? Oh, I'll say,
00:27:46.80\00:27:48.40
"Praise God from
whom all blessings flow
00:27:48.43\00:27:50.57
He's ready to come
back, let's do our part. "
00:27:50.63\00:27:53.20
Amen, thank you so
much for being with us
00:27:53.23\00:27:55.37
and you have to come
back on Dare to Dream
00:27:55.40\00:27:57.17
because I don't
get to have you often,
00:27:57.21\00:27:58.91
and thank you for
watching, join us next time
00:27:58.94\00:28:02.11
because it just wouldn't
be the same... without you.
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