Participants: Duawne Starling (Host), Yvonne Lewis (Host), Celestine Barry
Series Code: MGNH
Program Code: MGNH000023
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00:01 Magnify the Lord with me
00:04 Magnify the Lord 00:08 Jesus alone is worth 00:11 Magnify Him 00:17 Hello everyone, and welcome to "Magnify Him." 00:20 My name is Duawne Starling. 00:22 And I'm Yvonne Lewis. Thank you for tuning in. 00:25 Once again, we're going to present artist to you 00:28 who are focused on 00:29 lifting up the name of Jesus with their gifts. 00:32 Yes, we are and the songs you will hear 00:34 will truly lift up our magnificent God. 00:37 So stay tuned, 00:38 don't turn that dial as we lift up the name of Jesus 00:42 and we're gonna magnify Him. 00:44 Magnify the Lord with me 00:47 Magnify Him 00:53 We are so excited at "Magnify Him" 00:56 to have none other than Celestine Barry. 00:59 How are you? Good. 01:01 Very good to have you. 01:02 Thank you so much for having me. 01:03 Now you're no stranger to 3ABN, the 3ABN family, 01:07 but this is your first time on "Magnify Him," correct? 01:10 That's right, that's right. Yes. 01:11 Yes. So welcome. 01:12 It's a blessing to be here. 01:13 Welcome. Thank you. 01:15 I like to start off our interviews 01:17 by giving our viewers, 01:19 you know, some background information 01:20 so where are you originally from? 01:24 I came from Philippines 01:26 Philippines, yes. 01:27 I got here in the US in '99. 01:30 Okay. 01:32 And live in Chicago. 01:35 Did you speak any English before you came to America? 01:37 Nope. Not really just yes or no. 01:40 Yes or no. Yes. 01:41 Now how did you learn, did you learn by book, 01:43 did you learn by conversation? 01:45 I think conversation with my husband. 01:47 Okay. 01:48 Now you've been married how long? 01:50 Almost 14 years. 01:51 Oh, excellent. Yes. 01:53 Excellent and your husband is a musician as well? 01:57 Yes. 01:58 So what types of music do you do together, 02:01 do you co-write together or? 02:03 Yes, well, 02:05 his musical background is like progressive rock. 02:10 Okay. 02:11 So one day when I ask him, when we get married 02:13 and ask him to try to write a Christian song. 02:18 Yeah. 02:19 So from his musical background 02:20 there was a huge challenge for him. 02:24 Okay. 02:25 But he did it anyway for the Lord. 02:26 Amen. 02:27 So I praise the Lord for that 02:30 and so we did our first recording in 2004, 02:35 it's all originals. 02:36 Okay. 02:37 And so that's how our ministry got started. 02:41 Now when you're writing music, 'cause I'm a writer as well 02:44 and I always like to ask other songwriters, 02:47 what is your formula, do you start with a melody, 02:50 do you start with an idea then develop it 02:53 or do you kind of do both at the same time? 02:55 I think for me, I started with the lyrics. 02:59 Okay. 03:00 Yeah I get some ideas and just write it down 03:02 and then share with my husband, 03:04 show it him and then he write music 03:06 and we collaborate this and there. 03:08 Yeah. Yeah. 03:09 So you left the Philippines, you moved to Chicago. 03:12 Yes. 03:13 And but you're no longer in Chicago. 03:14 No. No. 03:15 Not anymore, I just moved. 03:18 And you're living where now? 03:21 Just right around the corner, like 5 minutes away from here. 03:24 I love it, I love it. Yes. 03:26 So what brought you from, you know, 03:28 the windy city to the 3ABN area? 03:31 I believe it's God is leading at this way. Yeah. 03:35 Because I didn't know this place at all 03:38 and it just happened that I get invited from 03:41 one of the member here. 03:42 Okay. 03:43 And to sing a special music, 03:44 so I did and then I just like the place, 03:47 it's just quiet and I've been 03:49 wanting to move to the countryside. 03:51 Yes. 03:52 Kind of thing, so it is like answered prayer for me. 03:56 So the next thing that we should be hearing form you, 03:59 I know you have one CD currently. 04:01 Are you still co-writing, 04:03 are you still preparing for another project 04:05 to release another CD? 04:07 Yes, we did one in 2004 and another in 2009 04:14 and now we just release last May 04:16 and we're planning to do another one. 04:19 Oh, excellent. Yes, yes. 04:21 You've been busy. 04:22 Yeah, very busy, praise the Lord. 04:24 I love that, I love that. 04:26 So we are looking forward to your ministry 04:29 and I would love to know just a little snippet about 04:31 what you'll be doing for us here on "Magnify Him." 04:36 "Orphans of God" and "My Redeemer Lives." 04:40 Yes, I love that song "My Redeemer Liveth." 04:43 I know that you'll be blessed 04:45 and I know that your hearts will be ministered too, 04:47 by the ministry of Celestine Barry. 05:03 Who here among us has not been broken 05:11 Who here among us is without guilt or pain 05:18 So oft' abandoned by our transgressions 05:26 If such a thing as grace exists 05:30 Then grace was made for lives like this 05:38 There are no strangers 05:42 There are no outcasts 05:46 There are no orphans of God 05:54 So many fallen, but hallelujah 06:01 There are no orphans of God 06:22 Come ye unwanted and find affection 06:30 Come all ye weary, come and lay down your head 06:37 Come ye unworthy, you are my brother 06:45 If such a thing as grace exists 06:49 Then grace was made for lives like this 06:56 There are no strangers 07:00 There are no outcasts 07:04 There are no orphans of God 07:11 So many fallen, but hallelujah 07:19 There are no orphans of God 07:28 O blessed Father, look down upon us 07:35 We are Your children and we need Your love 07:43 We run before Your throne of mercy 07:50 And seek Your face to rise above 07:58 There are no strangers 08:02 There are no outcasts 08:06 There are no orphans of God 08:13 So many fallen, but hallelujah 08:21 There are no orphans 08:25 There are no strangers 08:28 There are no outcasts 08:32 There are no orphans of God 08:39 So many fallen, but hallelujah 08:53 There are no orphans of God 09:07 There are no orphans of God 09:28 For I know that my redeemer lives 09:32 and at the last He will stand upon the earth. 09:45 Who taught the Sun 09:48 Where to stand in the morning 09:54 And who told the ocean 09:57 You can only come this far 10:03 And who showed the moon 10:08 Where to hide till evening 10:12 Whose words alone can 10:15 Catch a falling star 10:20 Well I know my Redeemer lives 10:30 I know my Redeemer lives 10:38 Let all creation testify 10:43 With this life within me cry 10:48 I know my Redeemer lives 10:56 Yeah, yeah 11:00 The very same God 11:04 That spins things in orbit 11:09 He runs to the weary 11:12 The worn and the weak 11:18 And the same gentle hands 11:24 Hold me when I'm broken 11:28 They conquer death to bring me victory 11:36 Now I know my Redeemer lives 11:45 I know my Redeemer lives 11:54 Let all creations testify 11:59 Let this life within me cry 12:04 I know my Redeemer 12:10 He lives to take away my shame 12:18 And He lives forever I'll proclaim 12:27 That the payment of my sin 12:32 Was the precious life He gave 12:37 But now He's alive and there's an empty grave 12:47 And I know my Redeemer lives 12:56 I know my Redeemer lives 13:05 Let all creation testify 13:10 Let this life within me cry 13:15 I know my Redeemer 13:19 I know, I know my Redeemer lives 13:27 I know that I know my Redeemer lives 13:35 I know that, I know that, I know that, 13:37 I know that, I know He lives 13:41 My Redeemer lives 13:44 Because He lives I can face tomorrow 13:49 He lives, He lives, I go with Him this morning. 13:55 Yeah, He lives, He lives, 14:04 I know, my Redeemer lives 14:10 My Redeemer, He lives 14:24 Magnify the Lord with me 14:27 Magnify Him. 14:34 You know, one of the benefits 14:37 of being one of the hosts on "Magnify Him," 14:40 is that you get to hear artists from everywhere, 14:43 the best artists and another thing is 14:46 I get to interview these artists 14:49 and one of my absolute favorite artist 14:52 is my co-host and brother, Duawne, Duawne. 14:56 Yvonne. 14:57 I'm so glad, you know, I just have to tell everybody, 15:01 your being here with us on "Magnify Him" 15:04 to me is just so providential, God sent you. 15:07 Yeah, definitely. 15:08 And it is just, it's such a blessing to have you 15:11 and when I listen to you sing, 15:13 your voice is like, it's like liquid silk. 15:16 I mean, it just, it's-- Thank you. 15:18 And you minister. Yes. 15:20 When did you decide 15:22 that you wanted to really minister for God? 15:25 I'm so glad that you asked that question. 15:27 I was actually, 15:28 I was singing background for Donnie McClurkin, 15:30 we were doing a concert, 15:32 it was in Hartford, Connecticut. 15:34 It was in March of 1999. Wow. 15:40 And I was standing on stage, he was doing altar call 15:44 and normally what he would do is, 15:46 he'll do the altar call and he pray for people 15:48 and he'd go down to the floor and he'd pray for people. 15:51 But this particular day, he wasn't leaving the stage 15:53 and there was a young guy and I saw him, 15:56 my spirit just leaped out to him 15:58 and I felt like I was supposed to pray for him, 16:01 but that was out of my nature, you know, 16:03 but God said, go do it. 16:05 And it was that night when I did it, 16:07 it was that night that God said, 16:09 I've more for you than just singing. 16:12 That's the entry, you know, 16:13 but there's more to your ministry than just singing. 16:16 So had you been writing just before then or? 16:19 I had been, I've always been writing. Okay. 16:21 It started with poems when I was a kid 16:23 and it turned into songs 16:25 and high school and throughout college I was writing but-- 16:29 And I wrote the two songs 16:30 that I'll be doing later on, in this show. 16:32 Tell us about that, what-- 16:34 Give us some background on those songs. 16:37 The first one that you're gonna do is. 16:38 Is "Free." "Free." 16:40 Because I wrote "Free" because 16:41 I believe so many Christians walk around bound 16:45 and the Word says in Galatians, 16:47 I think it's 5:30 or something like that, 16:50 that "It's for freedom sake that Christ has come 16:54 and he has set you free." 16:55 Come on, come on. 16:56 "So don't be burden by a yoke of slavery." 17:01 And we walk around burden by a yoke of slavery, 17:04 so I really wrote that song to encourage people 17:08 to accept the freedom that they already have and walk in it. 17:11 Oh, that's beautiful, beautiful. Yeah. 17:14 And what about the other one? 17:15 "I Can Do This," now of all the songs I've ever written 17:18 that's probably the closest to me. 17:20 Really, why? 17:21 I wrote it to myself and I remember, 17:24 I study David a lot, King David. Okay. 17:26 And David he encouraged himself, 17:28 you know, when he was being-- 17:29 When he was being pursued by Saul and running, 17:32 hiding out in caves, there was nobody around 17:34 to encourage him and he said, 17:35 "Take courage my soul." 17:37 So I often believe that there won't be people around to say, 17:42 you know what, good job 17:43 or something as simple as you look nice today, you know, 17:46 sometimes we'll have to look at ourself in the mirror 17:48 and say, I can do whatever it is 17:51 that we're challenged with, 17:53 but the key is that we have to do it with the strength of God. 17:56 That's right. We can't do it alone. 17:58 We can do all things through Christ. 17:59 All things, all things. 18:01 Yes, amen, amen. 18:02 You know, one of the things that I noticed you 18:05 and I know I've mentioned it before, 18:07 in our interview before, 18:08 when you were an artist on "Magnify Him." 18:10 But I'm so impressed 18:13 by the way you are with your wife and children, 18:17 I mean, again, I know I mentioned it before but to me, 18:20 that's such an important piece. 18:21 You take them everywhere with you 18:24 and we were all going to dinner yesterday, 18:27 I noticed you were on the phone with your baby girl. 18:30 Yes. She's your oldest, right? 18:31 Yes. 18:32 And then you talk about your wife all the-- 18:34 There's just, this love you tell us about your family 18:38 and what they mean to you. 18:40 I don't even know if I could put in words what they mean. 18:44 They mean, aside from God, they mean everything. 18:48 And if I'm not with them then I need to let them know 18:51 that I'm with them spiritually 18:53 and even as far as a little song that I wrote 18:57 when my, oldest is 7 but when she was a baby 19:00 and I would sing it to her when she goes to sleep. 19:02 So when I'm away, 19:03 I still have to call home and sing that song. 19:05 Oh. 19:06 Because they don't want to hear mommy sing it, 19:07 they want to hear me singing. 19:10 Now does Carmen sing? 19:11 She does, we sing together in a choir 19:13 at Opera College and Dianna McMurry's. 19:15 She does sing, 19:16 she'll tell you that she is not a soloist though. 19:18 Absolutely have to meet them. 19:20 Yes, you do. 19:22 When I come up there. We look forward to that. 19:23 Or when, you know, what bring them here. 19:25 Yeah, I'll bring them here. 19:26 So we can have them on "Magnify Him." 19:28 That would be great. Yes. 19:29 And we also have to give shout out to Monique Anderson. 19:32 Most definitely. 19:33 She was our talent coordinator. Yeah. 19:35 She was the director for "Magnify Him." Yeah. 19:38 She assisted in getting everybody together 19:41 and now she is gone on and moved on to greener pastures, 19:45 so to speak so. 19:46 We love you, Monique. We love you, Monique. 19:49 Anyway, can't wait for our viewers to hear you today. 19:52 As well because you just bring such an anointing to the table. 19:57 Thank you. 19:59 We just know that God has a special plan for you 20:04 and God has a special plan for you, listen and be blessed. 20:18 The truth about freedom is there is a price to pay 20:23 It's not about make a wish and way for come what may 20:28 Sooner or later you know it all comes down to faith 20:33 Just wait, just pray 20:39 As walking this freedom road at times you're by yourself 20:44 And some of those who want to love will now have someone else 20:50 When everything's abandons you, 20:52 you're breathless and depressed 20:54 Believe you'll see that we have wings to fly and be free 21:07 From that tie that binds all you need 21:12 Is to open your mind and see 21:18 You're already free 21:24 So don't be burden by the pain of slavery 21:30 For every chain you'll find that Jesus is the key 21:35 And His love provides us with the opportunity 21:39 To be at peace and we have wings to fly and be free 21:52 From that tie that binds all you need 21:58 Is to open your mind and see 22:03 You're already free 22:25 Believe you'll see that we have wings to fly and be free 22:38 From that tie that binds 22:41 All your need is to open your mind and see 22:48 You've got to see that we have wings to fly 22:57 And be free from the tie that binds all your needs 23:04 Is to open up your mind and see, you're already free 23:17 The truth about freedom is there is a price to pay 23:29 The Word says in Philippians 4:13 23:32 that "I can do all things through Christ 23:34 who strengthens me." 23:35 So for the believer there is nothing, 23:38 nothing that is impossible, 23:40 if you take the hand of the Father and never let it go. 24:02 I can do this, it can be true 24:14 I can stand up, I can make it through 24:25 And I'll be all right so I've been told 24:36 If I only take Your hand and don't let go 24:48 I'll be stronger and cry no longer 24:59 And I'll never wander from Your love, no Lord 25:11 And I'll be wiser now, not like before 25:21 If I only take Your hand don't let go 25:33 I can be the one I intended 25:39 The one that You need 25:44 And I can go beyond the circumstance 25:51 When down on my knees 25:56 When I'm down on my knees 26:04 I see my way now 26:10 Now that I've found 26:16 One who knows how 26:20 And He cares to show 26:26 He'll protect me from 26:32 All that I don't know 26:38 If I only take His hand 26:43 I do believe that I can stand 26:49 If I only take His hand 26:54 I can be a better man 27:00 Lord, I simply take, I'll take Your hand 27:09 Please don't, don't let go 27:21 Don't let go, I'm counting on You 27:41 Magnify Him 27:46 Duawne, what a blessing this program has been 27:48 and how wonderful to hear you. 27:51 You just always bless my soul when you sing. 27:53 Thank you, thank you, 27:54 I told you, that's what my heart loves to do. 27:56 I love ministering in song. 27:58 We can tell, we can tell, it's your passion. 28:01 So until we see you next time 28:03 remember to put Christ first in all things and magnify Him. |
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