Spring Camp Meeting

Holy Ground Music Hour

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Program Code: SCM190001A


01:22 "Or that is in the waters under the earth.
01:26 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them
01:29 nor serve them.
01:31 For I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God
01:34 visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children... "
02:20 "thy manservant nor thy maidservant,
02:23 nor thy cattle nor thy stranger that is within thy gates... "
03:34 As I walked through the door
03:39 I sensed His presence,
03:43 And I knew this was
03:47 the place where love abounds.
03:54 For this is the temple
04:00 Jehovah God
04:04 abides in...
04:09 We are standing
04:13 in His presence
04:17 on holy ground!
04:24 We are standing
04:31 on holy ground
04:37 and I know
04:41 that there are angels
04:45 all... all around.
04:50 Let us praise -
04:54 let us praise -
04:56 Jesus now!
05:02 We are standing
05:06 in His presence
05:10 on holy ground.
05:18 In His presence
05:20 there is joy beyond measure.
05:28 And at His feet
05:31 peace of mind
05:34 can still be found.
05:39 If you have a need,
05:44 my God...
05:46 He has the answer!
05:51 Reach out and claim it
05:54 for child you're standing
05:57 on holy ground.
06:01 Sing it with me if you know it:
06:03 We are standing
06:08 on holy ground.
06:14 And I know that there
06:18 are angels
06:21 all around.
06:26 Let us praise -
06:29 let us praise -
06:32 Jesus now...
06:37 we are standing
06:40 in His presence,
06:43 we are standing
06:46 in His presence,
06:49 we are standing
06:53 in His presence
06:57 on holy...
07:00 on holy
07:03 ground.
07:08 We are standing on holy ground.
07:16 Praise the Lord! Thank you for joining us
07:19 for 3ABN Spring Camp Meeting 2019.
07:23 Whoever thought we'd live this long, right?
07:25 2019. As they say: "If I'd of known I was going to
07:28 live this long I'd have taken better care of myself. "
07:31 We're glad that each and every one of you are here
07:34 from many different countries around the world.
07:36 Already we found out while ago
07:38 some folk all the way from Australia and Russia,
07:41 California, and I guess on the East Coast.
07:43 Anybody here from the East Coast?
07:45 East side of America? OK... here's some hands.
07:47 So we're glad for those of you watching from around the world.
07:50 Folks, what an opportunity to be here
07:53 living in the closing moments of earth's history
07:55 when Jesus is about to return. Anybody excited?
07:58 Amen! I tell you what: we're excited here at 3ABN.
08:01 We want to thank each and every one of you
08:03 for your love, your prayers and financial support of this
08:07 ministry as we continue and endeavor to take
08:10 this great gospel of the kingdom into all the world.
08:13 Yvonne, you happy tonight?
08:15 I'm happy. You look awful pretty tonight.
08:17 Aw, thank you. That's sweet. Doing OK?
08:19 Thank you! All right... I thought so. OK.
08:22 It's a blessing to be here. I mean, I'm always excited
08:27 about Camp Meeting because I always get something new.
08:30 The Lord always brings some kind of new revelation
08:33 or something through the speakers, through the music.
08:35 So it's just exciting.
08:36 I think it's as exciting for all of us
08:39 to be here as it is for the viewers
08:40 'cause we just love it.
08:42 Absolutely! Brother Bruce and Jacki.
08:44 You got something to tell us tonight?
08:46 I am thankful to be here. This is one of our vacations.
08:50 Vacation at Camp Meeting.
08:52 All right! And I encourage you to do the same.
08:55 Take in all the Camp Meetings you can...
08:58 especially the one here at 3ABN. They're wonderful.
09:00 Oh they are. I agree with you.
09:03 She's agreeing with you.
09:05 Pastor John.
09:07 Well it's good to be here. I mean, I don't sound like me
09:09 but that's OK... I will eventually.
09:11 That's OK... you look like you.
09:13 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
09:15 Pastor Wintley... Bro. Wintley.
09:18 But it's a blessing to look at what God has conceived
09:23 in the minds of those who design the sets.
09:25 I was expecting to see Moses come across the rocks
09:30 And Yul Brenner and all the famous names.
09:34 But it was good to see you, Danny, instead.
09:36 Poor substitute, but that's all they could
09:40 come up with. I was free.
09:41 Not a substitute. As I said a few days ago
09:43 nothing happens outside of God's plan.
09:46 God had a plan for 3ABN and He chose you.
09:49 And we are blessed 35 years later to see that God is still
09:52 going and this gospel is going to the world.
09:55 Praise God! All around the world
09:57 as we are standing here people are being gathered
09:59 into the kingdom because of your faithfulness.
10:01 Thank you, Danny. Sister Shelley.
10:03 Well, we just want you to know that we love you
10:06 and we hope that... You're brothers and sisters
10:09 so we hope that we get to shake your hand and
10:11 hug your neck. And I'm always excited to have the opportunity
10:16 to share God's Word. So I can't wait for tomorrow.
10:21 Wish I had four hours,
10:22 but nobody else would give me any of their time.
10:26 Sr. Carmelita Troy, one of our beautiful board members.
10:30 We're so glad that you're here.
10:31 And your dad was Brother Owen Troy -
10:35 right. He was a board member...
10:37 one of our very first board members and literally stayed
10:40 with 3ABN for? What? 30 years nearly.
10:43 Twenty-five? Twenty-eight? Seventeen years on the board
10:46 and then afterwards, yeah.
10:48 Long time. He passed away. Yeah. Praise the Lord!
10:52 What have you got for us tonight?
10:54 I want to just say this evening that I am so blessed
10:58 to be here. When we had the board meeting
11:01 this morning I felt like I was in the presence of God.
11:04 So there is something special.
11:06 Thompsonville is maybe a dot on the map
11:09 but we know that God is here.
11:12 And I know I feel His presence. Amen! Thank you.
11:16 All right. Brother Greg.
11:18 We have Camp Meeting... We look forward to Camp Meeting.
11:20 It's a wonderful time because you are our family.
11:23 And we have it highlighted on our calendar
11:25 with a highlighter as a positive note.
11:28 Yes, Camp Meeting is a lot of work but it's a blessing
11:30 to meet each one of you. You're part of our family.
11:32 I want to say thank you to the crew
11:34 that worked so hard. You see all these rocks?
11:36 They worked at least 5, 6, 7 weeks.
11:39 They were carving all these rocks;
11:40 they were spray painting them.
11:43 We didn't buy these from Hollywood. They actually worked
11:45 very hard on all of these. And you're going to see
11:47 some other sets some of the other nights.
11:49 But this is to give the feel of maybe what the children
11:53 of Israel... what it was like at Mt. Sinai.
11:55 And as I was listening to Mr. Danny sing
11:57 We Are Standing On Holy Ground
11:59 I think about the children of Israel. They were camped outside
12:02 of Mt. Sinai. But then I think about 3ABN.
12:05 It's not holy ground because we make it holy
12:08 because Jesus Christ is the One that makes it holy.
12:10 So again, this is mentioned many times.
12:13 We thank you for your finan- cial support for the ministry
12:15 of 3ABN because it's reaching souls and lives for eternity.
12:18 It's a blessing to see each one of your smiling faces.
12:22 Smile. We're so glad to be here with each one of you.
12:25 I love Camp Meeting! What a privilege to spend time
12:28 with each one of you and what a privilege to open up
12:30 God's Word and to be refreshed spiritually.
12:34 And that's why we come to Camp Meeting
12:36 is for that anointing from the Holy Spirit.
12:38 There's a special couple that has been an integral part
12:41 of the ministry of 3ABN for 11 years.
12:45 They're standing right beside me.
12:47 I'm speaking of Brian Hamilton who has been our CFO
12:51 for the past 11 years and his wife Diane.
12:54 Brian just retired a couple of weeks ago.
12:59 Thank you. And this is a plaque from the family here at 3ABN.
13:05 Wow! Brian is a man of God.
13:08 He has great wisdom and insight.
13:12 He has a passion for those who are oppressed,
13:15 those who are bound in prison.
13:17 He helped launch our prison ministry here.
13:20 This plaque says: "With our deepest appreciation
13:22 Three Angels Broadcasting Network
13:24 honors Brian Hamilton.
13:26 In deep appreciation for your eleven years
13:29 of faithful financial service to the Lord
13:32 and to this ministry as Chief Financial Officer.
13:36 And for your heartfelt service to those who are bound
13:38 and oppressed in prison.
13:40 "If the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. "
13:44 And Brian and Diane have dedicated their lives
13:47 to helping set people free.
13:49 This is for you and the flowers for Diane.
13:51 Diane has done a wonderful job here.
14:01 Wow! I guess... you surprised me.
14:04 This was not expected at all
14:07 but thank you. It's been a blessing to serve.
14:10 And we're not done serving.
14:11 We're still on the board and we're just going to take
14:15 a Sabbatical for a short time.
14:17 So this is one of my first stress-free Camp Meetings.
14:23 OK. Anyway, thank you so much.
14:25 It's going to be really tough on Jason,
14:27 the new CFO, 'cause there's going to be so much money
14:30 from all these folks given
14:32 it's going to take a lot of work to do... Yeah.
14:34 So now Jason can do all that. I'm talking by faith - right?
14:38 that these folks are going to support.
14:40 He'll need help counting. You can help... there you go.
14:42 Diane, thank you as Jill was getting ready to say
14:45 for all that you've done here at 3ABN... are doing.
14:47 You're still working for a bit.
14:49 Brian's got this figured out.
14:50 He's retired and you're still working.
14:54 She's still working for a couple more months here
14:56 in our Planned Giving and Trust Services Dept.
14:59 And you have been such an integral part of the ministry
15:01 as well. We love both of you.
15:03 We're going to miss you, but we know that you'll
15:06 be back with us some time.
15:07 We know that by faith.
15:08 And we are so grateful for Jason Bergmann,
15:11 our new CFO. And his wife Francine...
15:14 which I'm sure we'll see some time this weekend...
15:16 is our new Kids Network general manager.
15:18 You know, Jason is the one walking around with an offering
15:20 plate all the time. You'll recognize him.
15:23 Now some of the other board members are here.
15:25 I think I see C.A. over there. He's retired to Panama.
15:29 He and Irma. And Mollie Sue and Hal... they're here.
15:31 They retired to Alabama.
15:33 Where are they? Y'all are gettin' old.
15:35 I don't know what happened. You retired
15:37 and went home. No you're not... you all look great.
15:39 And let's see... Pat McNeilus is around here somewhere.
15:42 Pat... there you go... and Rhonda.
15:45 We're glad you all are here.
15:46 So anybody else we're missing
15:48 that was at the board meeting today? But anyway...
15:50 Greg Thompson. Greg Thompson... that's right.
15:53 He's not here tonight but was on the meeting.
15:55 So again, thank you so much for what you do
15:57 for the cause of God. And we're going to continue now
16:00 with our program as The Law of Love & Liberty
16:03 for this whole weekend.
16:05 Again, thank you all for what you've done
16:06 for the cause of God.
16:08 And I think we're going to be blessed with...
16:09 Yvonne, you're going to be singing. Yes.
16:12 Then in between I won't announce the other singers.
16:14 You'll know them, I believe, as they come out.
16:16 But we have little promos in between
16:19 that we're going to be playing.
16:20 So what are you going to sing for us tonight?
16:22 It's a medley of... a Jesus medley.
16:28 So recently I have been blessed
16:30 and privileged to be able to study
16:34 some of the names of God.
16:36 And it's so interesting because you find out
16:39 a lot about God's character through His different names.
16:44 Like Jehovah Rapha - my healer -
16:47 or Jehovah Jireh - my provider -
16:50 or El Shaddai or El Roi
16:56 or Jehovah Nissi.
16:58 All of these names are some of the names of God
17:02 but one of the sweetest names
17:04 is Yeshua... Jesus.
17:07 Jesus... what a beautiful name that is!
17:40 What a beautiful name it is,
17:45 what a beautiful name it is:
17:49 the name of Jesus Christ
17:54 my King.
17:56 What a beautiful name it is!
18:00 Nothing compares to this.
18:04 What a beautiful name it is:
18:07 the name of Jesus...
18:13 Jesus.
18:19 Jesus,
18:22 Jesus - sing with me -
18:25 Jesus...
18:29 there's something
18:32 about that name!
18:39 Oh, Master,
18:43 Savior,
18:45 Jesus...
18:49 like the fragrance
18:52 after the rain.
18:59 Jesus,
19:02 Jesus,
19:04 oh Jesus...
19:09 let all heaven
19:12 and earth proclaim:
19:19 kings and kingdoms
19:24 may all pass away
19:28 but there's something
19:32 about
19:34 that name!
19:45 All hail the power of Jesus' name,
19:50 let angels prostrate fall.
19:55 Bring forth the royal diadem
20:00 and crown Him
20:03 Lord of all...
20:08 bring forth the royal
20:11 diadem
20:13 and crown Him
20:16 Lord of all.
20:23 Let every kindred
20:26 every tribe
20:27 on this terrestrial ball
20:32 to Him all majesty ascribe
20:37 and crown Him
20:40 Lord of all...
20:44 to Him all majesty ascribe
20:49 and crown Him
20:51 Lord of all.
21:02 All hail the power of Jesus' name,
21:07 let angels prostrate fall.
21:12 Bring forth the royal diadem
21:17 and crown Him
21:20 Lord of all...
21:26 bring forth the royal diadem
21:32 and crown Him Lord...
21:37 and crown Him Lord...
21:42 and crown Him
21:45 Lord of
21:49 all!
22:00 Amen!
22:04 Yvonne, what do the Ten Command- ments mean to you personally?
22:06 You know, when I was younger, Danny,
22:09 it just felt like the Ten Commandments were
22:13 restrictive. OK. But it's really a hedge of protection.
22:19 You know, the idea of the law of liberty.
22:22 The Ten Commandments are really protective.
22:25 They protect us from harm.
22:27 And they're so comprehensive. Yes. You know, when you think
22:31 about how ten rules can just cover basically everything.
22:37 So it's really... To me it's a beautiful thing.
22:40 The law of God is protective. All right. I'm thankful for
22:44 the law of God because it is indeed as you said
22:46 a law of love and a law of liberty.
22:49 It's amazing to me that God first wrote the 10 Commandments,
22:53 gave them to Moses, with His own fingers
22:56 on the tables of stone.
22:57 And now they're written in our hearts and in our minds.
23:00 Yes. And I'm always amazed that people for some reason
23:03 try to do away with the law of God
23:06 when they are a transcript of God's own character.
23:09 Um-hmm. Can you imagine that?
23:10 So God is love, so when we look at the Ten Commandments
23:13 it's the love of God. And so He gave it to us for a reason.
23:17 That's right. To live healthy, happy, long lives on this earth
23:21 and direct us to life everlasting.
23:24 That's right. And when you do... it kind of...
23:27 It is that mirror, you know, so you can say
23:29 "How am I doing? " Well: "Am I coveting? "
23:32 "Oh, wow! I saw this and I really wanted it. "
23:34 It just lets you know where you are.
23:37 It is a law of love.
23:39 It is. And again, a law of liberty.
23:41 I didn't understand that. I'm like you: when I was younger
23:44 I said: "Oh boy, I have to do this; I can't do that. " Yes!
23:46 Yes. But when you understand God and His love for fallen man
23:50 it gives you freedom. That's right.
23:53 So you know what? I don't have to try to earn my way
23:56 to heaven... because I can't.
23:58 Salvation cannot be bought. It is a free gift -
24:02 um-hmm - from our Creator God.
27:52 Amen!
27:54 I got to know God when I was 39.
27:57 This happened when Pastor John Carter
27:59 and 3ABN came to my city Nizhny Novgorod
28:02 and I started attending the first ever evangelistic program
28:06 there. And it was the first time when
28:10 I heard about the law of God when I realized what it is.
28:13 And I thought: "Oh, no! I won't agree with that.
28:17 I'll live like everyone else.
28:19 I am a good person.
28:21 Nevertheless I don't keep quite a bit from that law
28:25 and it doesn't mean that I'm bad. "
28:28 So I was resisting that law.
28:31 And then, you know, through Pastor Carter's program
28:35 the Lord's love started penetrating my heart.
28:40 And then He started convicting me of my sin.
28:43 And He would say: "Julia, this is wrong to do it. "
28:47 And I would say: "No... it's OK. "
28:49 He would say: "Julia, this is a sin. "
28:52 And I would say: "No. "
28:53 And then, you know, a moment came that was
28:56 the moment of my conversion
28:57 when I just said: "Yes, Lord, it is a sin and I agree.
29:02 You are right and I am wrong.
29:04 I don't want to keep being this way any longer. "
29:07 And then what happened: He put the law - His law -
29:11 into my heart. And you know, the desire for sin
29:15 was gone. It was not pleasurable any more.
29:19 It was something that I never wanted since then.
29:24 And I want to say that the law of God
29:28 written on the tables of our heart
29:31 is the law of liberty from sin.
29:44 Redeemed! How I love to proclaim it!
29:49 Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.
29:53 Redeemed through His infinite mercy...
29:57 His child and forever I am.
30:01 Redeemed! Redeemed!
30:05 Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.
30:10 Redeemed through His infinite mercy...
30:14 His child and forever I am.
30:20 Redeemed and so happy in Jesus...
30:24 no language my rapture can tell.
30:28 I know that the light of His presence
30:32 with me doth continually dwell.
30:36 Redeemed! Redeemed!
30:40 Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.
30:45 Redeemed through His infinite mercy...
30:49 His child and forever I am.
30:55 I think of my blessed Redeemer,
30:59 I think of Him all the day long.
31:03 I sing for I cannot be silent...
31:07 His love is the theme of my song!
31:11 I said love is the theme of my song...
31:15 oh, His love is the theme of
31:19 my song!
31:24 Redeemed! Redeemed!
31:28 Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.
31:32 Redeemed through His infinite mercy...
31:36 His child and forever I am...
31:40 His child and forever I am...
31:44 oh, His child
31:46 and forever
31:48 I am!
31:57 Amen!
32:00 I grew up in a New Testament church,
32:02 and I was taught that the Ten Commandments were nailed
32:04 to the cross. Of course, we kept 9 of those 10.
32:09 Sadly, the only one that we ignored
32:11 was the one that God said to remember:
32:13 His holy Sabbath. And remember? At 50 years old
32:16 God led me in a deep study of the sanctuary
32:20 and His covenant of righteousness by faith.
32:23 And I learned that the Ten Commandments
32:26 are 10 promises of what living in covenant relationship
32:30 with God is like. They are the Bill of Rights of His government
32:35 and the heart of the new covenant as well as the old.
32:39 They guarantee God's rights as our Creator
32:41 and our rights - really - as His covenant community.
32:46 Once I realized this truth
32:48 I began celebrating His holy Sabbath day.
32:52 The day that God says that this is a sign
32:55 He is the One who sanctifies us.
32:57 And He changed my Christian experience
33:00 to one of total dependence upon Him.
33:03 You know, the thing that I like about the Ten Commandments,
33:06 Shelley, is that it reflects God's character.
33:08 It helps me recognize the moral standards
33:11 that He wants me to live by.
33:12 I know that Jesus came to exalt the law.
33:16 And what He taught about living in the spirit of the law
33:19 makes me recognize just how much I need Him.
33:22 God is so good that He gives me parameters
33:25 for living in relationship with Him.
33:27 And I thank Him daily for empowering me
33:30 by the aid of the Holy Spirit
33:32 to walk according to His will. Amen. Amen.
33:49 In the beginning
33:54 of time
33:56 He was the Creator.
34:04 Into existence
34:08 He spoke
34:10 the heavenly blue.
34:18 And with one mighty swoop
34:22 of His hand
34:25 He threw out the stars...
34:28 He knew where they'd land.
34:32 So if you think
34:35 you're just drifting along
34:39 then I have good news!
34:46 And if He hung the moon,
34:53 I know He will help you.
35:00 And if He holds
35:02 the sparrow in flight,
35:08 He'll hold you too.
35:15 Consider
35:17 the lilies of the field,
35:22 how much more He loves you.
35:29 In the beginning of time,
35:32 you were on His mind
35:36 when He hung the moon.
35:44 Now you may feel like
35:49 the world weighs hard on your shoulders.
35:57 And even your closest friend
36:03 in life
36:05 is pulling away.
36:12 Though you have tried so hard
36:17 and lost
36:19 there is still hope.
36:22 Look to the cross:
36:26 there you will see
36:29 just how much the Savior really loves you
36:35 today!
36:40 And if He hung the moon,
36:47 I know He will help you.
36:54 And if He holds
36:57 the sparrow in flight,
37:02 He'll hold you too.
37:09 Consider the lilies of
37:14 the field...
37:16 how much more He loves you.
37:23 In the beginning of time
37:26 you were on His mind
37:31 when He hung the moon...
37:37 In the beginning of time
37:41 you were on His mind
37:48 when He hung the moon...
37:56 He hung the moon.
38:06 Amen!
38:09 I have to be honest with you:
38:11 at first I viewed the Ten Commandments as a burden.
38:14 Of course, this was when I was out of the church.
38:17 But then as I began to really get to know Christ
38:21 and develop a personal relationship with Him
38:24 I began to view the Ten Commandments
38:28 as such a blessing.
38:30 I started to imagine a world
38:32 where people honored their mother and father.
38:36 I started to imagine a world where nobody stole anything.
38:41 Nobody killed anybody.
38:43 Nobody committed adultery; nobody bore false witness;
38:47 nobody lied.
38:48 Imagine a world like that.
38:50 And I started to realize that God wants to protect us
38:56 from the painful results that sin brings.
39:01 He loves us so much that
39:03 He sent His only begotten Son to die for us on the cross.
39:07 And so as I look at the Ten Commandments
39:10 I'm just blown away by how much God loves us,
39:14 how much He wants to see us happy,
39:17 and how much He wants to spend eternity with us.
39:21 I now view the Ten Commandments as such a wonderful blessing -
39:26 a transcript of God's character -
39:28 and I see His love for me.
39:57 Teach me, God, to be true.
40:03 Teach me how to grow,
40:09 to be kind and gentle.
40:15 Teach me how to obey...
40:21 to be good
40:26 and be faithful.
40:32 Show me the way...
40:35 show me Your pathway
40:38 to follow You
40:42 and change my life completely.
40:48 Be willing to do
40:51 everything I can!
40:56 Oh, Jesus, teach me how
41:01 to forgive
41:06 and oh, Jesus, teach me how
41:12 to forget
41:15 all the things I should leave behind.
41:19 Give me peace of mind.
41:25 Though everything will pass away
41:30 emptiness replaced by love.
41:56 I trust You; I adore you
42:01 with all my heart.
42:06 To be with You in the realm of heaven
42:12 never to depart!
42:17 Open my eyes,
42:20 open my heart
42:22 teach me today.
42:28 Make me holy,
42:30 make me faithful,
42:33 show me the way.
42:44 Oo-oo-oo-oo
42:49 oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
42:52 show me the way...
43:13 Teach me, God, to be true.
43:20 Teach me how...
43:23 show me the way.
43:30 Amen!
43:36 Amen. Thank you so much.
43:38 You all being blessed so far?
43:40 Amen! Where'd all those folk come from?
43:42 They weren't here earlier.
43:45 You came! Thank you... praise the Lord!
43:48 All right! I'm blessed already.
43:49 I'm sitting back and I get to hear all of this.
43:51 God has blessed 3ABN with a lot of talent, hasn't He?
43:55 And what I love about it is all the folk give honor
43:58 and glory and praise to the Lord.
44:00 Nobody back here is talking about themselves.
44:02 We're all giving... I listen to the singers,
44:05 the speakers. Everybody's interested in one thing:
44:08 that's to take the talent God has given them
44:10 and give it to a lost and dying world.
44:13 Yvonne and I wanted to talk to you for just a few minutes.
44:16 And I wanted to... Again, I say this and I don't
44:19 just say it without meaning it. It's from the heart.
44:22 I want to thank you for your love and your prayers
44:24 and financial support. I have noticed something.
44:26 Over the years there's times that it seems like there's
44:29 real heavy attacks on 3ABN. Sometimes not as much.
44:35 But here's what we notice:
44:37 when we have Camp Meetings on the three angels' messages
44:40 what happens? Attack! Devil gets angry, doesn't he?
44:44 The devil gets angry and attacks.
44:45 You have Camp Meeting on the Ten Commandments
44:49 and the devil gets angry. That's right.
44:51 Have you ever noticed that in your own life?
44:53 When you're really doing something for Jesus
44:57 and you're really committed
44:59 that's when it seems like the devil wants to hit you
45:01 the worst, right?
45:03 But you know what? The beauty of this is
45:06 that... I'm with you... I'm with you...
45:08 Hang in there... that's right.
45:10 We're there. I like people talk back to me.
45:12 OK? OK. But we've noticed
45:17 that every time we really focus
45:20 on evangelism, doing something really special,
45:22 the devil... He's got a head like a young turnip.
45:26 My dad used to say: "Boy, you've got a head
45:27 like a young turnip. " The devil never learns
45:29 he's a defeated foe, right?
45:32 And we serve a God who is greater than the devil.
45:35 "Greater is He that is in us
45:37 than he that is in the world. "
45:39 And so what I want to let you know
45:42 though there's lots of things and lots of opposition
45:45 we're... we can't say we're upset about it.
45:48 Because what Pastor Odle used to say: "You know,
45:52 if you're not butting heads with the devil
45:54 you must be running along beside him. "
45:56 So we don't want to do that, right?
45:58 We'd rather be butting heads with the devil.
46:00 So we're blessed!
46:02 And if I could do anything I wanted to do
46:04 in this whole world, Yvonne -
46:06 and you know this -
46:08 anything I could do in this whole world
46:10 I'd be right here doing just what I'm doing right now.
46:13 After 34... November will be 35 years.
46:15 Isn't that amazing?
46:17 Thirty-five years, and I'm al- ways amazed when I go somewhere
46:20 and these men about 6'3" or 6'4", have big deep voices
46:25 say: "Brother Danny, I really love 3ABN.
46:28 I've been watching you since I was a baby. "
46:31 And all of a sudden it hits me how old I am
46:34 and how long 3ABN has been in existence.
46:38 But I'm so thankful for each and every one of you.
46:42 See, 3ABN is not about individuals.
46:45 And that's the thing: people come and people go.
46:47 Right? People come and people go.
46:50 3ABN is about getting a message to the world.
46:53 Jill gave us a little talk this morning
46:56 and she listed several things.
46:58 And what is 3ABN, and our vision is to continue
47:02 to take an undiluted three angels' messages -
47:05 one that would counteract the counterfeit -
47:08 into all the world.
47:09 And that's why God blesses. Even when we mess up
47:12 individually God continues to bless
47:16 the ministry of 3ABN.
47:18 We can repent; God forgives us from that...
47:20 whatever it is that we're doing. And you in your life
47:22 He's willing to forgive you whatever if you're really sorry.
47:26 And God will use you to do great and mighty, marvelous
47:29 things when you come in the name of the Lord.
47:31 And so I think it's an incredible blessing of God
47:35 that all of these years after a board meeting today
47:38 Carmelita said she felt like she was standing on holy ground.
47:42 You realize, and this is amazing: if you could be
47:44 sitting where we sit every day
47:46 and in the EXCOM meetings that we have, and we're looking
47:50 at the millions and millions of dollars it takes
47:52 every year to continue to grow this ministry
47:55 into all the world and that we can sit here today
47:59 and say "We have no long-term debt. "
48:01 We have no long-term debt where we're paying interest on
48:04 loans. Isn't that amazing? After all these years!
48:07 It's a miracle... it really is. And we always see God's hand
48:12 moving in this ministry. This ministry is bigger
48:14 than any one person. That's why it's not called
48:16 Danny Shelton Ministries.
48:18 This is Three Angels Broadcasting Network.
48:21 And God's hand has been on this ministry from its inception.
48:25 That's why He keeps blessing
48:27 and blessing and blessing.
48:29 That's why you're here.
48:30 That's why so many people
48:31 who watch 3ABN will just walk into a church
48:35 ready to be baptized.
48:36 Because they have seen the gospel being presented to them
48:41 and they go into churches ready... ready for baptism.
48:45 This ministry is bigger than any one person.
48:48 This is God's ministry.
48:49 And every day we see His hand working in this ministry.
48:54 It's not our ministry... it's God's ministry.
48:56 That's right. And it's your ministry
48:58 because without you we have no ministry. That's right.
49:00 We couldn't do anything. My dad used to say:
49:03 "I'm so poor I couldn't feed a sick chicken. "
49:05 Now some of you are not farmers.
49:07 You may... Don't dwell on that too long.
49:10 Don't worry about it. It just meant you were kind of poor.
49:13 So we couldn't feed a lot of chickens, and then
49:15 he would explain to me: "Son, a sick chicken...
49:18 chickens don't each much and sick ones eat even less.
49:20 I couldn't even afford one of those. "
49:22 So without you all we couldn't do what we're doing.
49:25 But I'm amazed that time and time again
49:28 just when we need a miracle...
49:31 a financial miracle, any kind...
49:33 just when we need it, it happens.
49:35 Yes. There's times there's no money in the bank.
49:37 We talked about it at board meeting.
49:38 I remember we were going on faith so much -
49:41 several years ago - that we got to the end
49:45 of the month... We got to our satellite time
49:48 our transponder bill was $250,000 or more a month
49:53 and we needed $90,000 to pay our satellite fees
49:58 and we had to have by like, whatever day.
50:00 Say on a Thursday.
50:02 A week or two in advance the money wasn't there in the mail.
50:05 So I remember saying to Mollie...
50:07 I went in to do a program. The mail wasn't there yet.
50:10 I said: "When I come out I want you to show me
50:13 where that money came from.
50:14 I have no doubt that God is going to supply this $90,000. "
50:18 'Cause if we don't when the satellites out
50:20 we're off the air... we're black.
50:22 So I said: "There's no nothing, no signal.
50:26 But I know God has got the money
50:28 and we can still wire it this afternoon. " It was the very day
50:31 we had to have it. So I came out of the program.
50:34 I expected Mollie Sue to be jumping up and down.
50:37 And there she is. Mollie, raise your hand.
50:39 I expected Mollie Sue to be jumping up and down
50:42 and say: "Guess what? We got 90 some thousand. "
50:44 I looked at her, I said: "Mollie, did the Lord give us
50:48 some money? " Or "How much did He give us? "
50:50 is what I think I said.
50:51 And she said: "Well, we didn't get that much. "
50:53 And I'm like: "What? "
50:55 She said: "No... we didn't really. "
50:56 And I said: "He's always supplied every need. "
50:59 I don't know if there was $10,000 or something.
51:02 Wasn't a lot... but I knew we needed $90,000.
51:05 It just hit me, you know: "What is going on here?
51:09 Couldn't be God... has to be something. "
51:11 So as we're talking I looked on her desk.
51:14 And anything that says personal, if you write to me that Danny
51:17 Shelton personal it'll go... I open it.
51:20 So I saw a certified letter there
51:22 and I said: "What's that, Mollie? "
51:23 She said: "Oh, that's just a personal letter for you. "
51:26 And I said: "Well let me open it. "
51:28 I opened it up with my hand up.
51:30 There was a check in it for $90,000
51:33 Amen! that someone had sent to us.
51:37 Now we had time by faith to get that money
51:40 and say: "Look, we're going to wire it or we'll send it to you
51:43 overnight. You'll have it whatever... " I don't know
51:45 the exact arrangements. But we have seen that
51:48 time and time and time again.
51:51 And it lets us know that God is on the throne.
51:54 He's still leading. When He says to "Go ye
51:57 into all the world" He will provide every need.
51:59 That's right. But He does it through each and every one
52:02 of you. And so I'm going to ask you this year
52:05 in the midst of a lot of attacks that's on 3ABN
52:08 by different people, different individuals,
52:10 we expect that. Because when you're doing something
52:14 and you're exposing Satan to the world
52:17 people aren't going to like it.
52:18 And many of those are within the church... not just without.
52:21 But you know what? God's business is taking the gospel
52:24 to the world. He made it our business.
52:26 Said: "Go ye into all the world" and He will supply every need
52:29 if we're faithful to the commission that He gave
52:32 each and every one of us as Christians and in particular
52:35 as Seventh-day Adventist Christians
52:37 to get the three angels' messages to the world.
52:40 So I'm excited. I can tell you this:
52:42 in all the years - the 30-some years -
52:44 I don't think I've ever been more excited
52:46 to be a part of a ministry than I am today.
52:49 And I'm telling you that with my hand up.
52:51 Yvonne can tell you. And I don't know if I'm dumb
52:54 or what, but I don't lose any sleep over stuff, do I?
52:56 You really don't. You would know that better than anybody.
52:59 It's really amazing... he really doesn't.
53:02 The Lord's given him peace and he just goes to sleep.
53:04 And he doesn't... I might be a little bit concerned
53:07 but he just... he just goes on to sleep!
53:10 No. 'cause I learned a long time ago
53:12 it's God's ministry and it's not all about me.
53:15 When I'm gone... I had, it's been almost eleven months ago
53:19 now, 10-/2 months ago, I had open heart surgery.
53:21 And so when that happened - a quadruple bypass -
53:25 when literally they were getting ready to take me into
53:29 surgery I kept waiting for... where is that shot that's
53:32 supposed to make you have the "don't cares? "
53:34 I didn't get that one.
53:35 And so the anticipation of it. But as I laid there
53:39 I realized what a peace I had.
53:41 And I said: "You know what? " To myself I'm... 'cause there's
53:44 a lot of family and friends were around.
53:46 But I said: "I win either way. "
53:48 "If I die, the first face I'll see is Jesus
53:51 and it'll just seem like a moment. "
53:53 "If I live, I'm back to the family, friends, 3ABN. "
53:58 But I had a peace about 3ABN.
54:00 I wasn't worried what's going to happen
54:02 because it's not built on me.
54:04 It's built on so many people here.
54:07 It's built on God, but He has hand-picked so many people
54:10 like Greg and Jill Morikone, that's come.
54:13 Young folk that's here... you've seen them for years.
54:15 Great leaders. Jason Bergmann, our new CFO.
54:19 I mean... Jason Bradley... all of these
54:21 people coming in that have a burden for the ministry.
54:25 They love people, they love souls; they love the message.
54:27 So when I went there I said: "You know what?
54:30 Either way I win. " And I was so thankful.
54:33 In your own life I want you to know that you can have peace
54:38 that passeth all understanding.
54:39 I don't care what's going on in your life today
54:42 give it to Jesus.
54:43 You give it to Jesus He'll take that from you.
54:46 He'll take that load from you.
54:48 He'll take that weight off your shoulders.
54:50 You'll find yourself whistling a tune
54:52 that's going to be a good tune.
54:54 Something like Jesus loves me, this I know
54:56 for the Bible tells me so.
54:58 So praise God it's not about our feelings.
55:00 It's to realize that we're all sinners saved by grace.
55:04 That's right. And we have an opportunity today
55:07 that we know the message that God has...
55:10 When Jesus was hanging on the cross we were on His mind.
55:13 Amen. So He could see each and every one of us
55:16 would have the opportunity
55:17 to be a part of ministries that are taking the gospel
55:21 into all the world. We don't have time to talk about
55:23 the literally thousands of people around the world
55:26 that are finding Jesus, being baptized.
55:28 Anybody here come to the Lord or baptized in church
55:31 because of 3ABN? All right, here's some hands right here.
55:35 Thank you. Anybody know anybody in your church?
55:38 Anybody in your church walked in because of the ministry?
55:41 Here's hands going up.
55:42 So praise the Lord!
55:44 And I'm just... Again, I'm so thankful.
55:46 And Camp Meeting is a special time.
55:48 It is a special time... it's a great time
55:50 because, again, our spirits get refreshed.
55:53 We hear different perspectives on the Word.
55:55 The Ten Commandments. I mean, what a blessing it is
55:58 to hear about God's law of love and liberty.
56:01 So we're going to be learning new things.
56:03 And all of us are learning, so it's such a blessing.
56:06 Oh yeah, I almost forgot.
56:08 The Ten Commandments Twice Removed books:
56:11 praise the Lord for people who put in money, donate
56:14 for those books. Those of you that want to take some home
56:17 take 100, 200, 500.
56:19 If you promise to pass them out, they're free.
56:22 Doesn't cost you anything.
56:23 You take them, but when you do
56:25 we want you to be able to pass them out to your friends,
56:27 your neighbors, your enemies...
56:29 everybody around. Get your churches involved.
56:31 And so we appreciate you doing that.
56:34 So they're here. Those of you at home:
56:35 I think all it costs you is the shipping, which is like
56:37 22 cents a book. And we want you to take them
56:42 and pass them out. Several million have been out
56:44 and we've seen... several years ago I think,
56:46 Shelley, was it something like 35 or 40 Sunday pastors
56:50 had converted to the seventh-day Sabbath
56:53 just from reading the books... which is amazing.
56:55 In fact, we're going to have one here Sabbath morning
56:58 that he and his entire church made a conversion.
57:02 We'll let him give his own testimony.
57:04 But I'm excited as you can tell.
57:06 God is on the throne, and having Spring Camp Meeting
57:09 is amazing. And so we're looking forward
57:12 to the next few days together.
57:14 Those of you from a distance
57:16 if you get a chance drive here to 3ABN.
57:18 I know that you'll be blessed.
57:20 We're going to take a short break, then right after that
57:24 break we're going to have one of your favorite people and mine:
57:26 Brother James Rafferty. Yes! Can't wait!


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