Participants: John Lomacang
Series Code: OTR
Program Code: OTR000819
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01:01 Hello, and welcome to
01:02 Three Angels Broadcasting Network. 01:04 We are right here in our worship center here 01:06 in Southern Illinois, West Frankfort, 01:08 Thompsonville area, Southern Illinois. 01:10 We have a wonderful crowd 01:11 from almost every state in the union 01:14 and several countries 01:15 also represented and yes, 01:17 this is spring camp meeting, 2007, 01:19 and we've been having a wonderful time. 01:21 And you all had a good time in camp meeting so far? 01:22 Yes! 01:24 And when we're talking about a good time, 01:25 we're not just talking about food, right? 01:27 There's been some pretty food, 01:28 Trieste and Gane is doing a good job 01:29 cooking for you all too, right? 01:31 Yeah. But... 01:32 Oh that got him, boy, I see now if we wanna get 01:36 Adventist excited, let's talk about food, right? 01:38 We all get excited about that. 01:40 Well, we not only have good food, 01:43 but we've been having good spiritual food. 01:45 And I am so thankful to all the folk 01:47 who have come and who donate their time. 01:49 And I wanna thank all of you. 01:51 I am amazed, I was saying to Brandy yesterday, 01:53 we went into the lounge and cut line. 01:56 Somebody said we cut line and I know we did but we ask 02:01 and anyway they said we could, but I was standing there 02:03 and I said, I want you to look at 02:04 all of these people. 02:06 Some of these folk have driven a 1,000, 2,000 miles to be here 02:10 and what are they doing? 02:11 They're serving. 02:13 They're in the line serving, they're helping 02:15 with the cooking, they're doing parking, 02:17 they're doing cleaning, they're doing anything 02:19 that needs to be done. 02:20 Folks, you all have a servant's heart 02:21 and that's what Jesus wants us to have is a servant's heart. 02:24 So I want to say a special thank you to 02:26 all of the volunteers that come here 02:29 and are willing to work. 02:30 Some folk miss out on some of the services 02:33 just so they can be preparing food 02:35 or helping in whatever areas. 02:37 How about all the people that are, 02:39 you notice, the young people, 02:40 they have all these classes, all of these things 02:43 going nearly all day long. 02:44 People are volunteering. 02:46 They're driving from a 1000, 2000 miles away. 02:50 They're not getting to come into the main auditorium, 02:53 but they're here. 02:54 Someone said, "Would you work with the children?" 02:56 They say, "Yes, we'll do," volunteering their time. 02:58 That is a... 02:59 You all are special people. Thank you. 03:01 And I praise the Lord that you all are here. 03:03 And I think we've been having a wonderful time 03:05 and I just praise God, for each and every one of you. 03:08 For those of you at home, thank you for your love, 03:10 your prayers, and financial support 03:12 of Three Angels Broadcasting Network, 03:14 as we endeavor to take this gospel into all the world. 03:17 This year, we've called it a year of victory, 03:19 may not always feel like it in our lives, right? 03:21 I mean, if we're being honest, may not always feel like 03:25 the year of victory, but it is a year of victory. 03:26 You know why? 03:28 Because Jesus is greater than Satan, isn't He? 03:30 Greater is He that is in us than He that is in the world. 03:34 So we don't care what Satan is throwing at us. 03:36 He's a defeated foe and when we get, 03:39 when we look at the whole picture, 03:41 it's simply this, we are all sinners in 03:43 need of a Savior and as we submit 03:45 and commit our lives to Jesus, 03:47 He says, I'm willing, you're on My side, 03:50 My blood will cover your sins when you're repentant, 03:53 you're sorry and now we belong to Jesus, 03:56 and what better place to be 03:57 than in the arms of Jesus, right? 03:59 Sheltered in the arms of God. 04:01 So today, we have a lot to be thankful for, 04:03 a lot to be grateful for, and thankful 04:06 for the risen Savior that we serve. 04:08 It's our hope and our prayer here at 3ABN 04:11 that if you're not a Christian today, 04:13 that you will accept Jesus Christ as Lord 04:15 and Savior of your life and if you are a Christian, 04:17 we're hoping that maybe if sometimes we call it a rut 04:21 here in Southern Illinois, we kind of our 04:23 Christian experience gets in a little rut, 04:25 and we lose our first love. 04:27 It's our hope and prayer 04:28 that if that's happened to any of us here, 04:31 that at this camp meeting will be renewed 04:34 and will fall in love with Jesus again. 04:36 And when we leave here, 04:38 will be more determined than ever. 04:40 Jennifer sings that song, I am determined, right? 04:43 To follow the Lord, serve the Lord. 04:44 We will be more determined than ever 04:46 to take this great three angels' messages 04:49 that God has entrusted to this church 04:51 and to all the world. 04:52 So based on the year of victory, 04:54 our theme song is Victory in Jesus, 04:56 and I'm gonna ask Pastor John Lomacang 04:58 to come out and lead us and then introduce our music. 05:02 Are you ready to sing about victory? 05:04 Amen. Well let's... 05:05 Those of you joining us via satellite, television, 05:07 internet, however you're joining us, 05:09 we're gonna raise our voices to the glory of God 05:11 because victorious people ought to sing about victory. 05:14 Let's sing the song together, 05:16 Victory in Jesus, 05:17 the words will appear on your screen 05:19 and let's raise our voice this evening. 05:20 Are you ready? Here we go. 05:22 I heard an old, old story 05:26 How a Savior came from glory 05:30 How He gave His life on Calvary 05:34 To save a wretch like me 05:37 I heard about His groaning 05:41 Of His precious blood's atoning 05:44 Then I repented of my sin 05:48 And won the victory 05:50 Raise that chorus, victory. 05:52 O victory in Jesus My Savior, forever 05:59 He sought me and bought me 06:03 With His redeeming blood 06:07 He loved me ere I knew Him 06:10 And all my love is due Him 06:14 He plunged me to victory 06:17 Beneath the cleansing flood 06:21 I heard about His healing 06:25 Of his cleansing pow'r revealing 06:29 How He made the lame to walk again 06:32 And caused the blind to see 06:36 And then I cried, 06:38 "Dear Jesus Come and heal my broken spirit" 06:43 And somehow Jesus came And bro't to me the victory 06:49 Are you ready? Here we go. 06:50 O victory in Jesus My Savior, forever 06:58 He sought me and bought me 07:01 With His redeeming blood 07:05 He loved me ere I knew Him 07:09 And all my love is due Him 07:12 He plunged me to victory 07:16 Beneath the cleansing flood 07:20 I heard about a mansion 07:23 He has built for me in glory 07:27 And I heard about the streets of gold 07:30 Beyond the crystal sea 07:34 About the angels singing 07:38 And the old redemption story 07:41 And some sweet day I'll sing up there 07:45 The song of victory 07:48 O victory in Jesus My Savior, forever 07:55 He sought me and He bought me 07:59 With His redeeming blood 08:03 He loved me ere I knew Him 08:06 And all my love is due Him 08:11 That's right. 08:13 We're gonna sing this chorus one more time, are you ready? 08:15 If you haven't joined us, here we go. 08:17 O victory in Jesus He's my Savior, forever 08:25 He sought me and bought me 08:29 With His redeeming blood 08:32 He loved me ere I knew Him 08:36 And all my love is due Him 08:39 He plunged me to victory 08:43 Beneath the cleansing flood 08:50 Can you say amen? Amen. 08:51 Isn't it good to know that when you sing like that, 08:54 Ellen White says, "When we sing, 08:56 the devil has to flee because he cannot occupy 08:59 the place that Jesus solely reserves for Himself. 09:02 The Lord inhabits the praises of His people." 09:06 You know, we always are blessed 09:08 by the ministry of Steve Darmody 09:09 and as I've listened through the years, 09:11 it seems like he's gotten better and smoother. 09:14 A voice that is not only smooth, 09:16 but the voice that is filled with a resonant Holy Spirit 09:19 that comforts those who are in challenges 09:23 of their lives and reminds us that one great day, 09:26 we're gonna be in the presence to sing 09:28 in the face of Jesus that song of victory. 09:32 He's going to bless us with two wonderful songs, 09:34 One More Day, and To Be Like Jesus. 09:37 Let's make Steve Darmody welcome this evening. 09:46 You know, we may not think of it this way right now. 09:50 How blessed we are to have this life 09:51 with Christ because, 09:53 you know, our lives are filled with trials and difficulties. 09:56 But you know, one day we will tell 09:58 all the unfallen beings how wonderful it is. 10:02 One more sun 10:06 One more sky 10:11 One more time to hide 10:15 In the green pasture by Your side 10:20 One more prayer 10:23 that I can pray 10:28 Thank You for one more day 10:37 One more time that I can rest 10:45 And feel the comfort 10:48 of Your love Your peace, 10:51 Your happiness 10:54 One more soul 10:58 to send Your way 11:03 Thank You for one more day 11:11 I used to think 11:14 that I could make it on my own 11:20 Never knowing 11:22 that You were with me all along 11:28 But, oh how good it feels to know 11:33 That You are there 11:37 And I love the time we share 11:46 One more song 11:49 to sing Your praise 11:54 An opportunity to share Your sweet 11:59 and precious ways 12:03 One more time 12:07 that I can say 12:11 Thank You for one more day 12:19 You know there's an old hymn that we're all familiar with, 12:23 entitled the sweet hour of prayer. 12:26 Very last line, last stanzas in the last line 12:31 describes the time 12:33 when we'll be caught up together 12:35 and we will ascend to meet 12:36 and forever be with the Lord in the air, 12:39 but we will look back on earth 12:41 and regret the loss of what? 12:47 The precious sweet hours of prayer 12:50 we've had with Christ. 12:54 I used to think that I could make it 13:00 on my own 13:04 Never knowing 13:06 You were with me all along 13:12 But, oh how good it feels to know 13:17 That You are there 13:22 And I love the time we share 13:30 One more song 13:34 to sing Your praise 13:39 An opportunity to share 13:42 your sweet 13:45 And your precious ways 13:48 One more time 13:52 that I can say 13:56 Thank You for one more 14:01 Thank You for one more 14:05 Thank you for one more day 14:13 Lord, I thank you 14:17 for one more day 14:42 Amen. 14:49 Coming to the 3ABN Camp Meeting, 14:51 being a part of the remnant people 14:53 that go by the name of Christian 14:56 means that you're seeking to have your life 14:59 transformed into His image. 15:03 A little boy is crying for affection 15:10 A little girl needs a hand to hold 15:17 And oh, how he loves those little children 15:24 How he longs to be a friend 15:29 to young and old 15:33 His tender spirit welcomes all 15:39 who seek Him 15:41 His giving heart 15:43 asks little in return 15:48 And I have found his promises faithful 15:54 I seek to live my life 15:59 that I may learn 16:02 To be like Jesus 16:11 To be like Jesus 16:17 To be the one 16:20 I was created to be 16:30 To be like Jesus 16:34 To be like Jesus 16:43 May all who see my heart 16:48 Find him in me 17:02 When I received 17:05 His supreme salvation 17:09 His heavenly love 17:12 Filled my earthly soul 17:17 And I became a new creation 17:22 My brokenness 17:24 He made completely whole 17:28 And through the darkness of this world 17:32 I've been commissioned 17:35 To be a light that shines 17:38 For Him alone 17:41 Surrounded by His infinite mercy 17:48 May my life always be known 17:57 To be like Jesus 18:05 To be like Jesus 18:12 To be the one 18:15 I was created to be 18:25 To be like Jesus 18:29 To be like Jesus 18:41 My only earthly goals fulfilled 18:47 When I'm centered 18:51 In His will 18:54 May all who see my life 18:59 Find Him 19:04 in me 19:27 Amen. 19:30 Thank you, Steve. 19:35 He's not bad for tenor singer, is he? 19:39 I'm standing here, of course, with Pastor Wintley Phipps. 19:41 Wintley, it's good to have you here. 19:43 Oh, it's great to be here. 19:44 And You're one of the busiest man 19:46 that I know on the face of the earth. 19:47 Oh, well. 19:48 You travel on airplanes every week, I guess. 19:51 I've been on an airplane once or twice a week 19:53 for almost 30 years, every single week of my life, 19:57 but I heard an old black preacher say 19:59 someone asked him one day, 20:01 "All that traveling, don't you get tired?" 20:04 And he laughed and said, Yeah, 20:05 he said, "Sometimes I get tired," 20:07 he said, but you know what? 20:08 "It's still better than picking cotton." 20:14 All right. Love it. 20:16 So when you put it in perspective, 20:18 there's a lot of worse things we could be doing. 20:20 That's right, everything is relevant and right. 20:21 That's good. 20:23 I'm gonna remember that sometime. 20:24 I didn't pick cotton, but I picked tomatoes. 20:26 That's right. 20:27 So it's better than picking tomatoes, too. 20:29 And I know that you're, in fact, in just a week or so, 20:32 you're going somewhere and you've been invited. 20:35 Tell us what's happening there? 20:36 Yes. 20:38 I have been honored, been asked to sing 20:41 for the opening of the Billy Graham library. 20:46 You know, every president has a library 20:50 and it's opening on the 30th in Charlotte, North Carolina, 20:56 and they kind of made me a little nervous 21:00 because they said, I'm singing between 21:03 three living US presidents. 21:05 So that's a little nerve wracking. 21:07 Well, yeah, it might be, 21:10 I suppose they lost my cell phone numbers but... 21:12 Yeah. 21:14 So well, anyway, we'll talk about that later on 21:18 but I just assumed. 21:19 We want to talk about World of Praise Network. 21:22 Tell the folks out here about World of Praise Network? 21:24 Well, God is raising up an amazing opportunity for us 21:29 to minister to people 21:31 in the urban cities of this country. 21:35 And I'm so excited about it. 21:37 Because, you know, 21:41 if our cities go, 21:43 so goes the rest of this country. 21:46 You've got to understand that and that's where most 21:49 of the people in America live today 21:53 in these urban areas, and so, 21:56 we're gonna get in and we've gotta get in 21:58 with unique messages and unique perspectives. 22:02 We got to speak to them in the technology 22:06 and in the language that they understand. 22:10 Amen. 22:11 You know, even the servant of God says, 22:14 "You speak to people, as God gives you opportunity 22:19 upon points of faith on which you can agree first." 22:25 Let me ask you a question. 22:28 Can you do this without compromising the message? 22:32 Absolutely. 22:34 What you have to do, first of all, 22:37 is to understand that 22:39 behind the message are principles 22:43 that are timeless and universal. 22:46 Okay. 22:47 Believe me, and you have to present 22:50 those principles 22:52 and you have to present it in a way that you connect. 22:56 For example, 22:57 if somebody is struggling with health issues, 23:00 you speak to that first, servant of God says 23:03 that opens the heart. 23:06 Amen. 23:07 So that when you do speak of testing truths, 23:10 when you do speak of this last day message, 23:13 they will listen in a way that 23:16 they won't if you didn't come that way. 23:19 And so God is doing, 23:20 and also the technology is changing. 23:25 I wish I could tell you that television 23:30 is the future. 23:34 But it may not be. 23:36 It may not be. 23:37 It may be what's happening today 23:39 but we're going to have to change, 23:41 you know, that's why I love reading 23:43 Ellen White, you know, because the Spirit of Prophecy 23:46 has so many powerful principles to guide us. 23:49 One of the things she says is that 23:52 when the enemy becomes acquainted 23:56 with your strategies, 23:59 for you to win the war 24:02 you have to change your strategies. 24:06 That's powerful. 24:07 I mean and it's common sense. 24:09 You know, by the time the devil catches up 24:13 with how you'd carrying out God's work, 24:17 Ellen White says, you're gonna have to change 24:19 your strategies to stay ahead of him. 24:22 Amen. 24:23 That's true and that's why 3ABN, 24:25 we're not sticking 24:26 with just downlink UHF stations, 24:28 we've gone the cable... 24:29 Cable is changing. 24:31 So we've gone on the Verizon, you know, AT&T, Quest, 24:36 all of these phone companies 24:38 now are offering broadcast signals. 24:41 So now we've signed with those. 24:43 We're using the internet 24:44 where people can get us 24 hours a day. 24:46 And now we're also changing, 24:48 I call it MO TV with the MO Box 24:50 that Moses Primo has come up with that 24:53 I believe that World of Praise is gonna be on there. 24:56 World of Praise is gonna be on there, 24:57 and let me tell you how powerful this is. 24:59 This will amaze you but... 25:02 I some years ago sang 25:05 with Bill Gaither at Carnegie Hall, 25:10 and I made a presentation of Amazing Grace 25:12 and the black notes on the piano, etc. 25:15 And someone took that clip and put it on the internet, 25:21 on YouTube. 25:23 Now, I know most of y'all don't know what YouTube is. 25:27 But YouTube is a phenomenon, 25:31 a worldwide phenomenon, 25:33 where people are watching every kind of video 25:37 you can imagine on YouTube. 25:40 So somebody put that up on YouTube. 25:42 I didn't do it. 25:43 But all of a sudden, it took off. 25:47 And it is now the most watched Christian video 25:52 worldwide on YouTube. 25:55 Amen. All right. 25:56 It is unbelievable, I didn't expect it. 26:00 As a matter of fact, in the last couple of months, 26:04 over half a million people have downloaded it 26:08 and many of them have responded 26:09 how much they've been blessed by it and you know, 26:12 I'm gonna say this is the old days, 26:14 Danny, remember in the old days 26:15 people used to walk up to you and say, 26:17 I saw you on television. 26:18 Now they say, I saw you on YouTube. 26:22 I saw you on the internet if you just put my name in, 26:25 Wintley Phipps on YouTube and just watch, it's amazing. 26:30 Somebody sent that to my personal email address 26:33 so I just punched the button and I saw you singing that 26:36 on YouTube and next they'll be saying 26:38 I saw you on MO TV. 26:40 That's right. That's right. That's right. 26:43 And the other thing that's really incredible 26:46 is that this generation of young people 26:50 are watching computer screens 26:54 more than they are watching television. 26:59 Now isn't that mind blowing? That is. 27:01 This generation spent, of young people, 27:05 they spend more time in front of a computer screen. 27:09 Remember when we used to say, 27:10 we gotta get them away from that television. 27:12 They're getting away from their television, 27:14 but they're on something else now, 27:16 and that is their computer screen. 27:17 And if we're going to reach them, 27:20 we've got to reach them through this technology 27:23 and it is critical because you know, 27:26 one other thing, 95% of all teenagers 27:32 in America do not attend any church. 27:39 Ninety five percent, that's a Barna Study. 27:43 Ninety five percent of all teenagers in America 27:46 do not attend any church regularly. 27:49 And many of them are getting their faith content 27:54 from the internet. 27:57 That's where they're getting their religion from today. 28:00 And there are a lot of people right now watching us 28:03 on their computer screens. 28:05 That's true. 28:06 Some are even watching it on their iPods and other devices. 28:09 Somebody is sitting down... 28:11 You mean, they're watching us right now? 28:14 Yeah, they are. 28:17 I should have looked in the mirror. 28:20 So it's a new day and that's World of Praise 28:25 is designed to reach this generation 28:29 in the urban areas, using the perspectives 28:34 that will capture their imagination 28:37 and their attention and using the technologies 28:40 that they're receiving 28:42 most of their information through. 28:43 World of Praise, hopefully, this thing is coming together. 28:46 Progress is making, you have a little studio, 28:49 you're cranking out programming. 28:51 We're gathering program together to get literally 28:54 a network going. 28:56 An exciting announcement too, 28:59 with the help of the Palm Bay Church, 29:03 in Palm Bay, Florida, we have purchased, 29:08 the church has purchased 14 acres of land. 29:14 And it is our hope to build by the grace of God 29:18 a television studio that is also a worship center. 29:22 Much like what you're looking at right here today 29:25 where people come to worship, but we also tape programming 29:31 and broadcast programming from that, that place. 29:35 So God is good. 29:36 Thank you, Pastor Phipps. 29:38 So we'll be seeing you in a bit. 29:39 You have a special, can you give us a little hint, 29:41 what are you going to be preaching about tonight? 29:43 Oh, stay tuned. 29:44 Okay. All right. God bless. 29:47 Hey, I'm going to introduce right now a friend of ours, 29:50 and Pastor John Lomacang 29:52 and he's gonna be singing for us. 29:53 Praise God. 30:12 There are places 30:14 I remember All my life 30:21 Though some have changed 30:24 Some forever not for better 30:29 Some are gone 30:32 And some remain 30:35 All these places have their moments 30:40 With people and friends 30:43 I've known before 30:46 Some are dead and some are living 30:52 But in my life 30:55 I love them all 31:05 But of all these friends 31:08 And loved ones 31:11 There is no one compared with you 31:17 And these memories lose their meaning 31:22 When I think of love as something new 31:28 Though I know I'll never lose affection 31:33 For people and friends 31:36 I met before 31:39 I know I'll often stop 31:41 And think about them 31:45 But in my heart 31:48 I love you more 31:59 But soon we'll come 32:03 to the end of life's journey 32:08 And perhaps 32:10 we'll never meet anymore 32:17 Till we gather in heaven's 32:21 Bright city 32:25 Far away 32:27 on that beautiful shore 32:33 So if we never meet again 32:37 This side of heaven 32:42 As we struggle through this world 32:46 And its strife 32:51 There's another meeting place somewhere in heaven 32:59 It's by the beautiful river of life 33:07 Where the charming roses 33:10 Bloom forever 33:16 And where separations come no more 33:24 So if we never meet again 33:28 This side of heaven 33:32 I will meet you on that beautiful shore 33:48 Amen. 33:56 All right, thank you, John. 33:58 I'm going to walk out here to the crowd for a second. 34:00 I'm looking, is anybody here named Norma? 34:03 Let's see. 34:04 Is there a Norma around here somewhere? 34:06 Where's Norma? Here's the Norma. 34:08 I'm gonna come back and talk to you. 34:09 Can you meet me in the aisle over here? 34:15 You know what I should come here. 34:16 You stay right there. I'm sorry. 34:18 I'll come around that way. 34:19 No, I changed my mind. 34:22 I didn't realize how long the aisle was, 34:24 it's about the same distance for you. 34:26 I'm gonna do, can I hold your hand a second? 34:28 Can you come up here just a little bit. 34:29 All right. 34:31 She's saying, 34:33 "What in the world is going on?" 34:35 All right, let me get you up here 34:36 in a little bit of light. 34:37 Your name is Norma Willington? 34:39 Wellman. Wellman. 34:40 All right. Where are you from? 34:42 Carrollton, Ohio. All right. 34:44 You wrote in it, let's get over a little more 34:46 this way, won't get you in the light. 34:47 Okay. 34:49 Now you wrote a letter to Shelley and me 34:51 a few weeks ago, 34:53 and I said this was an incredible testimony. 34:56 And then I was surprised 34:57 they said the lady who wrote the letter 34:59 is in the audience tonight, and I said, 35:01 I wonder if I could get her to give her testimony. 35:04 So you're probably used to being on television, right? 35:07 No. Oh, no. 35:08 Is this first time? Yes. 35:10 I wouldn't worry about all the people 35:12 looking at us. 35:13 It's no big deal. Right? Okay. 35:14 Now, honestly, you have an incredible testimony. 35:17 And why don't you maybe share with us about what happened 35:21 when you were thinking about, she wrote and said, 35:23 "I was thinking about 35:25 passing out the Ten Commandments, 35:26 but I just didn't really feel like it the book that weekend." 35:29 Tell us about it? 35:30 Well, I had, it was the Sabbath, 35:33 and I'd been to church and I heard some bad news 35:37 and I was going through some really bad things. 35:40 So when I got home, I thought about going out 35:43 and I got my book bag ready and, 35:46 and I was feeling so bad. 35:47 I just went to bed and cried, cried, and cried 35:51 and I had this thought come to me. 35:53 Get up, wash your face and go out 35:55 and pass out those books. 35:57 And I was still feeling really bad 36:01 and I just couldn't do it, and I just laid there 36:03 and I cried and cried and cried, 36:04 some more it was quite a while and I got the feeling 36:09 or the impression again. 36:11 Get up and wash your face 36:13 and go out and pass out these books. 36:15 And so I knew it was the Lord. 36:18 And so I got up and I got ready. 36:20 I don't even think I washed my face. 36:22 I just was... 36:23 After him telling you three times. 36:26 Twice. Twice, okay, I'm sorry. 36:29 Twice, and well, you know. 36:33 That's okay. I'm just having fun. 36:35 All right, sorry. I messed up your story. 36:37 Okay. Forgive me. 36:38 So anyways, I got the books 36:41 and I got down on my knees and I prayed. 36:44 I prayed for the, you know, that they be given to, 36:49 you know, people would be blessed 36:51 by the books I gave and I asked the Lord, I said, 36:54 "Lord, You show me where you want me to go." 36:57 And so the thought, well, I don't even know 37:01 if I thought about it then. 37:03 But when I got out, see, 37:04 I had to walk to where I was going. 37:06 It was about a half a mile away, ended up. 37:09 The thought came into my mind where to go. 37:12 And so I went up on this street and I started knocking 37:16 on the doors and most of the people, nobody was home. 37:20 In fact, I don't even remember before I got to this one home. 37:26 And there's little old lady came to the door. 37:29 She was probably about 87 years old. 37:32 And I asked her, 37:35 she opened the door up just a little bit, 37:37 and I handed her the book inside 37:39 and I told her I had a gift book 37:40 for her and she took it. 37:44 And then she said, Well, I can't see to read very well. 37:49 So she didn't want it. 37:50 And I said, normally I wouldn't have pressed it. 37:53 But I just said, do you have somebody here 37:56 that can help you read? 37:57 Well I talked softly and she couldn't hear me. 38:01 So she opened up the door a little bit more 38:04 to hear what I was saying. 38:06 And when she did, I smelled gas. 38:09 And I, I told her, I said, I smell gas. 38:13 I said, you need to call the gas company. 38:16 And she couldn't smell anything. 38:19 And I said, well, do you have a gas stove? 38:22 And she said, yes. 38:23 And she wanted me to come in and look at it. 38:27 And I was a bit reluctant to go 38:29 in because you never know about people. 38:32 But I did and I checked the stove out. 38:36 But every all the burners were off 38:38 and so I could still smell the gas. 38:42 And she told me she had a gas furnace 38:44 down the cellar. 38:46 And I was even more reluctant to go down there. 38:52 But I started down the steps. 38:54 Well, I couldn't smell anything. 38:56 So I said no, I don't smell anything, 38:57 I said, we need to call the gas company. 38:59 Well, she couldn't see 39:01 well enough to read the phone book. 39:04 So she took me into this little room 39:06 that had one of these rotary dial phones 39:08 and so I'm trying to call the gas company 39:12 and I get this automated voice. 39:14 And it tells me to push this button 39:16 and push that button and there's no buttons to push. 39:19 And so I thought, well, when she said to, 39:22 you know, if it was an emergency to push two, 39:25 I dialed it, well, it didn't work. 39:27 So anyways, I remembered 39:31 that she was holding a telephone 39:33 when she came to the door. 39:35 And I asked her, I said, 39:36 where is that little phone you were holding. 39:38 So, she couldn't remember but I remembered it 39:41 laying somewhere. 39:42 So I found it and I said, we got to get out of here, 39:45 I said, and don't turn on any lights. 39:49 I said it could explode. 39:51 So we get out on the porch, and I called the gas company. 39:55 About probably an hour later, 39:57 the gas man came and he thought I lived there. 40:02 And I said, No, I was passing out these books 40:04 and I gave him one. 40:07 And so anyways, when he went in the door, 40:12 I could hear the machine going off, the gas. 40:17 And then he came to know that she had a bad leak 40:21 and it was in a really bad place. 40:22 He didn't know if he could get it, get to it. 40:25 But he was going to try. 40:28 So I went out and passed out the rest of the books, 40:30 and I came back and he was heading in there 40:33 and oh, no, he came out and went around the house 40:39 to turn off the gas. 40:41 And she was sitting on the swing 40:43 and she kept saying, 40:44 "You saved my life. 40:46 You saved my life." 40:47 And I said, "No," I was down on my knees. 40:49 "It was God that saved your life. 40:51 He showed me where to go." 40:53 And then after I passed out the books, 40:58 came back, he was gonna head inside 41:00 and try to fix that. 41:03 And she was, I went back to see if she was okay. 41:06 Then I went on down back home. 41:09 And later I called her and she was so excited. 41:11 She kept telling me you saved my life and I'm like, 41:14 "No, God saved your life." 41:17 And she said that he had fixed the gas leak 41:20 and he didn't charge or anything. 41:22 So. All right. 41:23 That says, isn't that incredible testimony? 41:25 Thank you, Norma. 41:27 But can I say something else? 41:33 I wouldn't have had those books 41:36 had not two people that work here, 41:40 Jim and Mary Jo Madison, 41:42 come bringing them all the way back 41:43 to our church, when her father had died 41:48 and they were having a memorial service. 41:52 And they brought them back for our church to give out. 41:54 Now, it was all of us working together 41:56 and you given him to us 41:58 and other people paying for him, so. 42:01 All right. Thank you, Norma. 42:02 God bless 42:08 Isn't that a great testimony? 42:10 I'm gonna ask Dwight Hall 42:11 from Remnant Publications to come out. 42:13 But you see, she didn't feel like doing that. 42:17 She said, No, I'm gonna go back to bed. 42:19 She was crying, feeling, just having a terrible day. 42:23 But she did listen to the Lord and by her getting up, 42:26 she obviously saved a life physically. 42:29 I liked her letter she said, we may have saved two lives 42:32 you know, the books 42:33 because she gave it to the gas man too, 42:34 how about that I really appreciate, 42:36 I appreciate that. 42:37 Dwight How about that story? 42:39 I was listening back there and what's so amazing is that 42:42 it's all about teamwork, right? 42:45 It wasn't just her handing out the book. 42:47 She listened to that still small voice, 42:49 but somebody from here got her the books 42:51 and there's a quote that I read. 42:54 Do you know that our guardian angels, 42:56 you all believe you have guardian angels? 42:58 Amen. 42:59 We're told that our guardian angels 43:00 watch everything that we do, not only that, 43:04 they take every bit of our means 43:07 that we give away, that we donate, 43:09 the books that we give out, 43:10 those whatever we do, 43:12 and by faith when we're in heaven, 43:13 those angels will let us know what those books did, 43:17 what those funds did. 43:18 Amen? 43:20 So we don't know what's gonna happen 43:22 with all these things that are going on, 43:24 but God is working on us as a people. 43:26 It takes teamwork, every one of us. 43:28 I'm excited. 43:29 It's great and you've printed up 43:31 these Ten Commandments Twice Removed books. 43:32 How many of y'all print it up now 43:34 and gotten out with the help of the people? 43:36 Is that total or just this year, Danny? 43:38 Total probably about, let's see, six, 43:41 probably close to seven million books. 43:42 Wow, isn't that amazing? Amen. 43:44 Seven million books. 43:48 Thing it is I have to put weights in my shoes 43:50 because when I start talking about this, 43:52 I wanna start floating in the air. 43:54 You probably get scared and so would I, 43:55 but it's just exciting to see what God's doing. 43:58 I'm thankful for what you do and what Remnant does 44:01 and how you helped and you're sending out 44:02 to zip codes, people are wanting these books 44:06 passed out and so there, you're actually sending 44:09 the whole zip codes for people. 44:11 Also you all have been sending out these books 44:14 and you all have been sponsoring them 44:16 to cover every state in the United States with, 44:22 and you may have how many states we have so far? 44:25 Yeah, it again, it's so exciting and... 44:27 Of course, is to churches, you're sending these 44:30 to every church in America. 44:32 Right now, all the Christian denomination, 44:35 Catholics, Baptists, you name it, 44:37 there was around 257,000 in the United States churches. 44:42 And right now because of all your help, 44:44 the people that are obviously watching, 44:46 not just the ones here, 44:47 we've gotten out 38 states completely. 44:50 Amen, 38. 44:52 And we've gotten five states that are partial, 44:54 which makes it 43 and so I don't want anybody 44:57 to quit yet because I want to see us get 44:59 to every church in the United States 45:03 and it's because of your help 45:04 that we're getting these things out like this. 45:06 And pastors, remember, it's not just one person, 45:10 these church represents millions of people, 45:12 Danny, millions. 45:14 It really does. 45:15 And we appreciate all that you all are doing to support, 45:17 but we have something else that's really exciting. 45:19 I wanna take the next few minutes 45:21 and talk about Bibles for Africa. 45:23 And what's happening, some incredible things 45:25 are happening, an opportunity. 45:27 Dwight is a mover and shaker. 45:28 And he's always, he's a visionary. 45:30 So he goes from one thing to another to another, 45:33 but he always completes what he starts of this one 45:35 before he goes to another one. 45:37 I appreciate that about him. 45:38 Tell us about Bibles for Africa? 45:41 We were praying this year saying, 45:43 Lord, what can we do to get to reach more 45:46 of the world and how can we get more people involved? 45:49 It takes everybody, it takes you, 45:51 it takes people that are out there, 45:52 people that maybe not even call themselves Christians, 45:55 how Lord can we reach this world 45:57 like the leaves-of-autumn with books 45:59 and we decided, we had somebody, 46:02 the southern Indian Ocean African division president 46:05 that came to ASI last August and he said, 46:08 and he came up to our booth and he said, 46:09 I know about Remnant, you print good quality books. 46:13 He said, "We would like to see you 46:15 get us two million books to two million people 46:19 in our division by next year." 46:21 And so they flew into Remnant, and we talked 46:25 and we prayed about it, we said, we'll do this. 46:26 Well, I flew over there, Danny, in October 46:29 and that was amazing. 46:31 There was a coliseum filled with people 46:32 that were taking Bible studies from lay people. 46:35 There was around 45,000 people in this stadium. 46:38 It wasn't from an evangelistic series 46:39 and I like evangelist series, these are lay people. 46:42 Lay people getting involved, amen? 46:44 Like you folks. 46:46 And so they were doing this and as I was talking, 46:48 I said, well, where are their Bibles. 46:52 They don't have Bibles. 46:54 They don't have money. 46:55 Some people will go four days. 46:57 Think about this, four days, no food, only water 47:00 so they can buy a Bible. 47:03 And we've got Bibles, I've got probably five 47:05 or six Bibles sitting on my shelf, 47:07 they will go four days with no food 47:09 because they don't make any money. 47:11 There's probably 35, 40% that are unemployed, 47:14 they have no job. 47:15 And 35% of those, the people in Southern Africa 47:18 have the HIV virus between ages 15 and 30. 47:21 Do we need to get to those people? 47:22 Yeah. 47:24 And so we got, we said, 47:25 well, we've got to get Bibles out 47:26 and we, we said, we're going to get 47:28 four million Bibles out between January 47:31 and December of this year. 47:33 We've just gotten 300,000 Bibles 47:35 that we're shipping over there and we've been shipping, 47:38 we shipped a container of 110,000 books like 47:41 Ten Commandments books, Danny, they're anxious to get those. 47:44 I've been over there three times 47:45 in the last five months 47:47 and those people over there watch 3ABN. 47:49 Amen. Amen. 47:50 I love it when people, when I go around, 47:52 they said, I saw you on 3ABN and I want you to know, 47:54 you tell Danny, you tell the people of 3ABN 47:56 that we watch that show not because of Danny 48:00 or you but because there's truth, 48:03 and we are blessed 48:04 and we're telling people about it. 48:05 It's exciting. 48:07 Amen. You can clap about that. 48:13 And, Danny, the neat thing about it is, 48:15 is that now people are calling us because 48:17 we're getting these Bibles, these Bibles right here, 48:20 Red Letter edition. 48:21 It's got a topical index in the back for $2 a Bible. 48:25 Can you imagine? 48:27 A Bible and not a cheap Bible. 48:28 What I mean by that is it's a cheap price. 48:31 I don't like cheap things. 48:32 I like cheap prices, but I like good quality stuff. 48:35 And we're getting those out. 48:36 We've got Baptists, we've got Catholics, 48:39 we have all the Christians out there, 48:41 they are saying, we wanna be a part of this. 48:42 How do people here 48:44 if they wanted to be a part of this? 48:45 How do they... 48:47 How do they help sponsor these? 48:49 There's two things you can do. 48:50 Send your used Bibles that are good used Bible, 48:54 send them to us and get on your knees 48:56 and pray what God would have you get 48:57 for every $2 that you give, 49:00 we get one Bible out, 49:01 and that's including a freight over to Southern Africa. 49:04 Amen. I mean, that's amazing. 49:07 Are you excited? 49:08 Yes. Amen. 49:10 I think we just have time. 49:11 Do you have that DVD clip ready? 49:13 Yes Were they able to get it? They got it, yes. 49:15 Just tell us quickly who you're interviewing? 49:18 We got a letter in the mail, we're getting lots of letters, 49:20 we got this letter and it's from Pastor CD Brooks. 49:23 How many you know Pastor CD Brooks? 49:25 He was watching Danny, I bet you can't guess 49:27 what station he was watching. 49:29 Oh, 3ABN, of course. 49:30 Amen, and him and his wife were watching. 49:32 He said he was in bed, they were watching the show 49:35 and he said this Bibles for Africa came on 49:38 and he gave a donation and he is excited. 49:41 And so this little clip tells about what, how he felt. 49:44 Let's see it right now. 50:26 I want you to let everyone know how you kind of got involved. 50:28 How did you find out about all this? 50:31 Dwight, it was almost accidental. 50:33 My wife and I were relaxing in bed 50:36 and you know there are not a lot of things 50:37 you can look at on television, 50:39 but we turned to one of our own stations 50:42 and you popped up with another fellow 50:46 and I wondered, what they're gonna talk about. 50:49 And you introduce this thing, Bible for Africa. 50:52 I'll never forget it. 50:53 I rose up and I said honey, 50:55 we can do that and she said, yes, we can. 50:58 It was just like our minds met. 51:01 And then we wrote you a letter and what a privilege 51:04 we think it was to be a part of it. 51:08 If we had the money, we'd be all of it, 51:10 you know, but to be a part of that 51:13 was a great blessing to us 51:15 and then to think of how much the Bible means 51:19 personally to these individuals. 51:21 Over here, we got Bibles lying around, 51:24 and we don't touch them. 51:26 I look forward to something, I almost dare 51:29 not think it 51:32 because I know who win souls. 51:35 Men don't. 51:37 God does, the Holy Spirit does. 51:39 I know that. 51:40 And yet the promise is that when we get to heaven, 51:44 people will come up and say towards you 51:47 who invited me here. 51:49 There are people listening to tapes and watching DVDs 51:55 that you don't know anything about. 51:57 But they are listening for a true word 52:01 and they will associate that and the invitation to heaven 52:04 with an individual. 52:06 Somebody will come up and say, Dwight, 52:08 because you got those Bibles to Africa. 52:19 So, folks, if you want to make a sacrifice 52:22 for a great cause and you wanna do it 52:25 with people who are not trying to become rich, 52:30 who are interested in putting your funds 52:33 and your contributions into the work itself 52:37 that of getting these Bibles out to hungry men and women. 52:41 This project rings true. 52:54 Amen. 52:56 All right. 53:00 Dwight, you're planning on not only getting books 53:03 and Bibles to Africa, 53:05 but books into different continents 53:06 by the container load, right? 53:08 By the containers, it's past the cases, folks, 53:10 past pallets, it's containers. 53:11 Dwight told me earlier today, he said, I'm ready, I'm tired. 53:15 I'm ready for Jesus to come back. 53:17 I want to do more than I've ever done before. 53:19 Give us an address if people wanna support 53:22 and find out more information. 53:24 Do we have an address ready? 53:25 It's right on the screen right there. 53:27 All right, let's put it on the screen 53:28 and maybe you can give it to us. 53:29 Okay, it's Remnant Publications, 53:31 649 East Chicago Road, Coldwater, Michigan 49036, 53:36 and the phone number is 517-279-1304. 53:41 Okay, one more time. Okay. 53:43 Remnant Publications, 649 East Chicago Road, 53:46 Coldwater, Michigan 49036, and the number is 517-279-1304. 53:54 And your email? 53:55 Email is remnantpublications.com 53:57 or you look up at yourbiblesaves.com. 54:00 You can remember that, your Bible saves. 54:02 Oh, that's good, your Bible saves. 54:04 Amen, and let, Danny, the bottom line 54:05 is let's put old age out of business. 54:07 All right, let's do it. 54:08 Okay, thanks Dwight. Thank you. 54:10 God bless you. 54:11 I'd like to call out some my family right now. 54:12 Brandi, can you come out, 54:14 Melody and some of the kids come out? 54:16 Can we all come out this way? All right. 54:19 Let's get the kids up front, Melody and Greg, 54:22 you all come up front here for just a second. 54:24 We have a birthday. Come on up here. 54:26 We have a birthday today. 54:28 And we have Jonah. 54:29 Jonah is one year old today. 54:31 And happy birthday to you. 54:35 Happy birthday to you. 54:37 Happy birthday dear Jonah. 54:41 Happy birthday to you. 54:44 Wow. Papa loves you. 54:46 Now, we had a birthday when you have these many kids, 54:48 you have birthdays all the time. 54:50 Yesterday, we had another birthday, 54:52 Jesse, right? 54:53 How old were you? Twelve. 54:56 Okay, what grade you in? 54:58 Six. six. 55:00 All right, you had to think about it for a minute. 55:02 All right, you look good. 55:04 You look like a preacher tonight all dressed up. 55:06 Do you know I love you? 55:07 Okay, God bless you. 55:09 Let me talk to you sister, Haley here. 55:10 Okay. 55:11 Haley, hey, how're you doing, honey? 55:13 Good. Okay, how old are you? 55:15 Thirteen. 55:16 Can you all tell these kids are growing since Kids' 55:18 Time and Tiny Tots? 55:19 Okay, next you, is come over here, buddy. 55:23 What's your name? 55:24 Noah. Noah. 55:25 Is that your name, Noah? 55:27 Yeah. How old are you? 55:28 Seven. 55:30 Have you ever been on television before? 55:31 Yeah. Really, when? 55:34 A lot of times. 55:35 Oh, yeah. 55:37 Lots of times, okay. 55:38 All right. Thank you. I love you too, buddy. 55:40 Hey, Justin Lee, how're you doing? 55:42 I'm doing good. That's good. 55:45 You like to eat? 55:47 Sometimes. Sometimes. 55:49 You was eating a lot last night late. 55:51 Yeah. 55:53 You come to Papa's house and you wouldn't go to sleep, 55:54 all the rest of the kids went to sleep 55:56 but you ate too much and stayed, kept us awake. 55:59 I couldn't sleep. 56:00 Okay. 56:02 All right. You know Papa loves you. 56:03 Yeah. Okay. 56:05 All right. Who do we have back here? 56:06 I think we got Brooke, right? 56:08 Yeah. Brooke, how old are you? 56:10 Fifteen. 56:11 Fifteen and what grade are you in? 56:13 Tenth. Okay. 56:14 Do you know this fellow next to you? 56:17 Yeah, he's my brother, Bradley. 56:20 Is there a year or two difference between you? 56:22 No, we're twins. Oh, Bradley. 56:24 All right. How're you doing? Doing fine. 56:27 Good, listen, we're glad that you're here, 56:28 both of you. 56:30 Glad that y'all love Jesus. 56:31 And we love you too. 56:33 Of course, we got Greg back here and Melody. 56:35 Who else am I leaving out of this family? 56:37 Okay, where's Trinity? 56:39 Did I see Trinity around? 56:41 Trinity's in one of her classes. 56:42 This is Jody, and this is Brandy's brother, 56:47 and Joshua. 56:48 That's a good Bible name, isn't it? 56:49 Joshua is just visiting with us right now. 56:51 He's only been to an Adventist Church 56:53 once or twice in your life. 56:55 So this is new experience for him. 56:57 We like visitors, don't we to come? 56:59 All right. 57:00 Jody, how old are you, honey? Thirteen. 57:03 You and Haley's is about the same age. 57:05 So you girls getting quite a bit of trouble. 57:07 Yeah. Okay. Yeah. 57:09 Well, we're glad that you're here too. 57:10 We love you too. 57:12 And, Brandy, I won't ask your age, all right. 57:14 And we love you and I just glad that for family 57:18 and we're just thankful for the babies 57:20 and for these young people, and these are... 57:23 Should the Lord tarry, it's all of our young folks 57:25 who are at the church, not only tomorrow, 57:27 but some of them are in the church today 57:29 because they're already doing Kids' Times programs. 57:31 You know, our young people have some tremendous resources 57:35 and we need to be using them, don't we? |
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