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Program Code: TDY190003A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:09 Hello and welcome to another 3ABN Today program. 01:12 I'm Jason Bradley, 01:13 and I am so excited to talk to the guests 01:16 that we have here today 01:18 because they have such a powerful, powerful testimony, 01:21 and they are on fire for the Lord. 01:23 So without further ado, 01:25 why don't I just go ahead and introduce you guys? 01:27 We have Pastor Garhett Morgan of the Michigan Conference 01:30 of Seventh-day Adventists, 01:32 and we have his lovely wife Dakota Morgan. 01:35 And you are at Strong Tower Radio 01:37 and you are a social media consultant. 01:39 Yeah. 01:40 Nice. Yes, sir. 01:42 Nice. Blessing to be here. 01:43 It's a blessing to have you here. 01:45 Yeah. Amen. 01:46 So, you know, I had a chance to talk to you 01:48 a little bit before, 01:50 you know, even it came on the set. 01:52 And I was just impressed with your journey. 01:55 Okay. 01:56 And so I want to bring that... 01:58 But I want to start with how you were raised. 02:00 Sure. 02:01 Where were you born? 02:02 Were you raised Adventists? 02:04 Yeah. 02:05 It's funny, you know, my wife and I, 02:07 we grew up probably, what, 15 minutes from each other? 02:08 Yeah, just about. 02:10 And so I was raised very, I guess you could say, 02:13 orthodox Seventh-day Adventist, if you want to say that. 02:17 I was actually homeschooled from a very early age. 02:20 My mom did a wonderful job of doing that. 02:22 I've got five siblings who are younger than I am. 02:24 Wow. 02:25 And so they're still in that process. 02:28 But a big part of our curriculum was, 02:30 you know, the 28 Fundamental Beliefs 02:32 that Seventh-day Adventists have. 02:33 Oh, really? 02:34 Yeah. Okay. 02:36 And, you know, I always loved going to Church, 02:37 my favorite day was Sabbath, you know, Sabbath school was... 02:40 The Church was an all-day event. 02:42 And evangelism was exciting to me. 02:45 And so by the time I was like 15, 02:48 I could probably break down the 2,300-day prophecy, 02:51 and things like this like it just excited me. 02:52 At 15? 02:54 Oh, yeah. 02:55 How old are you now? 02:56 I'm 23. Twenty-three, okay. 02:58 We'll get back to that in a moment. 02:59 Okay. All right. 03:01 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Amen. Amen. 03:02 So by the time you were 15, 03:03 you could break down the whole 2,300 day prophecy. 03:05 Yeah. 03:07 What was it like being homeschooled? 03:09 You know, it was good. 03:10 You know, a lot of people say 03:11 that homeschooling is a disadvantage 03:13 because you're not around other kids, 03:15 socializing and all that stuff. 03:17 But that wasn't the case, 03:19 we had other homeschoolers in the area, 03:21 her cousins and some other people 03:22 that we were able to socialize with. 03:24 But it really helps you talk like an adult 03:27 because obviously you only talk to is adults. 03:29 So that was nice. 03:31 Wow. 03:32 But anyway, it was great being raised like that. 03:35 But I was definitely missing something, 03:39 and this wasn't any fault of my parents. 03:42 This is on me, but, 03:44 you know, I knew all this head knowledge, 03:46 but when it came down to a relationship with Christ, 03:49 it really wasn't there. 03:51 Mm-hm. Yeah. 03:53 I want to unpack that in a minute. 03:54 Okay. 03:56 You just said that you knew her cousins and stuff 03:59 when you were younger, so. 04:00 Yeah. 04:02 Dakota, when did you guys meet? 04:04 So we met at our homeschool group 04:06 when we were probably... 04:08 I was probably 9, he was probably about 10. 04:11 Okay. 04:12 He was the loudest boy I had ever met. 04:14 She didn't like me. 04:16 I was just... 04:18 I was like, "Who is this kid? Like he is wild." 04:23 So we kind of got off to a rocky start initially. 04:27 He was best friends with my cousins, 04:28 and they all ran around like wild kids. 04:31 But yeah, that's kind of how we met 04:33 was in our homeschool group, 04:35 and then kind of grew up around each other, so... 04:38 So were you raised Adventist? 04:40 Yeah, I was... 04:41 We grew up going to church and stuff, 04:44 but our church life 04:46 and our home life was a little bit different. 04:48 As an older kid, my dad made some choices 04:51 that led to some physis and bad habits 04:54 that kind of affected our home life a little bit. 04:59 And so growing up, 05:02 I knew I was right, 05:03 but I did see a little bit of a difference 05:05 between my home life and church life. 05:07 And so that was kind of something 05:09 that I had to reconcile for myself. 05:11 Okay. 05:12 And I love my parents, 05:14 and my parents are both pursuing, 05:15 you know, amazing relationships with God right now. 05:17 But that was definitely something that 05:19 had a part in my growing up. 05:21 Got you. Yeah. 05:22 So it's like a lack of consistency. 05:23 Yeah, a little bit. 05:25 Okay. 05:26 But, you know, through that, 05:28 I had a pretty great childhood. 05:30 I never had a lot that I had to go through, 05:33 and because of that, 05:34 I don't think I had to rely upon Jesus as much. 05:37 She had some more struggles. 05:38 Yeah. 05:40 And so when we met, 05:41 she couldn't necessarily break down Daniel's Sabbath. 05:44 No, not at all. 05:45 But her relationship with Jesus was out of this world. 05:49 Yeah. 05:50 So anyway, different strengths. 05:51 Yeah. 05:53 And we still have that today. 05:54 And you guys are complementing each other very well. 05:56 Well, praise the Lord for that, but 80% her and... 05:59 And on top of that, the fact that she didn't like you 06:02 when you were like nine years old 06:04 and now you're married, 06:05 that means there's hope. 06:08 Amen. Amen. 06:09 There's hope for those out there. 06:10 That's right. Absolutely. 06:12 Well, before we get further into your testimony, 06:15 we have a song by Pastor John Lomacang 06:18 called "I will go." 06:20 Amen. Let's take a look at that now. 06:50 Give me ears to hear Your spirit 06:56 Give me feet to follow through 07:01 Give me hands to touch the hurting 07:07 And the faith to follow You 07:17 Give me grace to be a servant 07:23 Give me mercy for the lost 07:29 Give me passion for your glory 07:34 Give me passion for the cross 07:41 And I will go where there are no easy roads 07:47 Leave the comforts that I know 07:52 I will go and let this journey be my home 07:59 I will go 08:21 I'll let go of my ambition 08:27 Cut the roots that run so deep 08:32 I will learn to give away 08:38 What I cannot really keep 08:51 Help me see 08:55 With eyes of faith 08:59 Give me strength 09:03 To run this race 09:06 And I will go where there are no easy roads 09:13 Leave the comfort that I know 09:19 I will go and let this journey be my home 09:25 I will go 09:32 I will go where, Lord, Your glory is unknown 09:38 I will live for You alone 09:44 I will go because my life is not my own 09:51 I will go 10:04 I will go 10:21 Wow, what a beautiful song and a beautiful message. 10:24 Amen. 10:25 You know, we talked about your growing up. 10:29 I want a transition now into when you left the church. 10:34 Yeah, that's an interesting phrase 10:37 'cause I never missed a Sabbath. 10:41 But I was out of the church. 10:43 Unpack that. You know what I mean? 10:44 Like so when we both turned 16 in Washington state 10:48 where we grew up, 10:50 there's a program where you can do 10:51 dual enrollment 10:53 so you could actually skip junior and senior 10:54 of high school and go to college. 10:55 Right. Wow. 10:57 And so we both did that. 10:58 And so going from, 10:59 you could say, where sheltered environment 11:02 to a public university campus is a big difference. 11:06 Yeah. 11:07 And, you know, at 16, I was a pretty arrogant... 11:11 Okay. 11:12 Type of a guy because of my knowledge 11:13 and no relationship with Jesus. 11:15 And so I went into that school thinking, 11:17 "I'm going to convert this place. 11:18 I'm a modern day Daniel," type of a thing, you know? 11:22 But it had the opposite effect. 11:25 You know, I love people, 11:26 I love to talk and communicate with people. 11:28 And in doing so, 11:30 I started to allow little compromises in my life, 11:35 and ever so slowly, 11:36 those little compromises blew up into bigger things. 11:40 And yeah, 11:43 but praise the Lord for Jesus. 11:44 But, you know, some of those things 11:46 that I fell into weren't necessarily, 11:49 you know, what people would think like 11:50 are big, terrible sins, 11:52 but the music that I started listening to changed 11:55 slowly over time, 11:57 the things I started watching slowly started to change. 12:00 And then at the same time, 12:02 I was working construction too as an electrician. 12:04 And that can often be a pretty rough and rowdy crowd. 12:06 Yes. 12:08 And so language started to change a little bit, 12:11 but, you know, when Friday night came, 12:15 I went home and everything was good. 12:17 On Sabbath morning, 12:18 I tied my tie and put on my suit, 12:20 you know, shook hands and even preached now and then, 12:23 but that was a double life. 12:24 Yeah. 12:26 And that's not fun to live. 12:28 The Bible says, 12:30 you know, "by beholding, we become changed 12:31 and double-minded man is unstable in all his ways." 12:35 Right. 12:36 So you left and you went through this... 12:40 You were in church, but you weren't really there 12:44 and you weren't connected spiritually, 12:46 so that double life. 12:49 And when you were like hanging out 12:52 with your co-workers... 12:54 Yeah. 12:55 It's interesting because it goes 12:58 or it points to the fact that, 13:00 you know, we all exert and influence... 13:01 Absolutely. 13:03 Over somebody, whether we realize it or not. 13:04 Yeah. Absolutely. 13:06 And so they had 13:07 a little influence on your life, 13:10 but it was in a negative direction. 13:13 Absolutely. 13:14 And, you know, sometimes I see, 13:16 you know, young people like we are 13:18 that want to find a spouse outside of the church 13:21 and they think that they can influence them, 13:23 and that happens sometimes. 13:24 But that's very rare. 13:26 You know, most of the time, 13:27 the influence goes the opposite direction 13:29 of where you want it to. 13:31 But I remember one day, I went to work, 13:33 and there was someone there I was really struggling with 13:37 because he had done something to one of my family members 13:39 in the past. 13:41 And he said something that went over the line, 13:44 and it got physical pretty quickly. 13:48 And I remember, 13:50 you know, we don't need to go into details with that. 13:54 But remember I quit for that day, 13:56 and I went home, 13:58 and I turned on my radio in my truck there, 14:02 and the words to the song literally said, 14:05 "You are on the wrong side of heaven 14:06 and the righteous side of the hell." 14:08 Wow. 14:09 And when I heard those lyrics, I thought... 14:11 And I heard that song lots of times before 14:13 and I thought, 14:14 "No, Garhett, what have you become?" 14:15 And I went home and I opened my Bible, 14:18 and I went to a verse, Ecclesiastes 12, 14:21 it said, "Fear God, and keep His commandments 14:23 for this is the whole duty of man." 14:26 And I realized that 14:30 what a man looks like in the world 14:32 and what a man of God looks like 14:33 are vastly different. 14:35 Amen. 14:36 Yeah. Amen. 14:37 It's interesting because God spoke directly 14:40 to you through that song and through His Word. 14:43 Right. 14:45 You know, because the situation that you were in 14:48 like that message was for you. 14:50 It was. Yes. 14:52 That's amazing. 14:53 Dakota, what about you? 14:55 Have you ever... 14:56 Did you leave the Church? 14:58 It's kind of little similar to you. 14:59 I didn't necessarily leave the church. 15:01 I was still going to church regularly. 15:04 But later in my, you know, mid-teen years, I started to... 15:09 You know, I was frustrated with the inconsistency that, 15:12 you know, I felt like I was seeing at home 15:14 and in my own life. 15:16 And so I started to, you know, make choices, 15:20 you know, those compromises, 15:21 those creeping compromises down, 15:23 a path that I knew I shouldn't have been on 15:26 and I was dating guys that weren't of our same faith 15:29 and that kind of, 15:31 you know, pulls you in a different direction too. 15:33 And so we were both 15:34 kind of being pulled away from God 15:36 at the same time, 15:37 and, you know, our friendship kind of struggled 15:40 in those times because we know that, 15:42 you know, when we're both... 15:44 And we didn't talk anymore. 15:45 No, we didn't talk hardly at all for those years 15:48 just because we both knew that we were doing things 15:50 that were wrong 15:52 and, you know, that accountability 15:54 wasn't there then, 15:55 and so it definitely was, 15:59 you know, a hard time for both of us in our lives. 16:01 But the Lord brought us back miraculously 16:06 because, you know, later in our teen years, 16:09 probably 18, 19... 16:12 Well, you can go with that story. 16:14 Yeah. 16:15 It just really goes to show that 16:17 you might have young people in your church, 16:18 but you don't know what's going on 16:20 in their lives, really. 16:21 That's true. 16:22 And, you know, I had good friends 16:24 that were older at church, 16:25 and I got a lot of pats on the back for my knowledge. 16:29 But I remember a gentleman on one Sabbath asked me 16:31 how my devotional life was. 16:33 Whoa. 16:35 And I couldn't answer. Yeah. 16:36 Yeah. So I made something up. 16:38 But, you know, ask your young people that, 16:41 and if they don't know, please help them along 16:44 because the best testimony ever 16:46 is someone that never left the church. 16:48 Yes. But the testimony is there. 16:49 Yes. 16:50 That's powerful. 16:52 It's interesting too 16:53 how sin has a gradual progression. 16:55 Like he didn't just go from, 16:56 "Okay, now the 2,300 day prophecy to... 16:59 Okay, now I'm just out, you know..." 17:01 Completely. 17:03 But it was a gradual progression, 17:05 and I love Dakota 17:06 how you used creeping compromise. 17:08 Yeah. 17:09 Like it was... 17:11 It just kind of slid in there, 17:12 and that's how the devil operates. 17:13 Yeah. 17:15 So you didn't leave, but you had the double life. 17:18 And then when did you... 17:20 What was it that helped you to realize 17:22 that you needed to come back 100% besides the... 17:26 So it was the music in the truck? 17:28 Yeah, you know, and that song that I mentioned 17:30 was definitely not Christian. 17:32 No. Okay. Okay. 17:33 I've gone into some pretty heavy like metal 17:36 and heavy rock type things 17:39 and because of that and some of the things 17:41 I was doing in my life, 17:42 you know, I was training to do some other things 17:44 and I started to form of very quick temper. 17:46 Okay. 17:48 And that's something... 17:49 And I never had a temper before. 17:51 I was drinking 17:52 probably four, five Monster energy drinks a day, 17:55 just living a very angry life, 17:58 and she still helps me with that today. 18:01 But yeah, 18:03 so once I got into that incident at work 18:05 and I read that Bible scripture, 18:08 it was like someone pulled the wall over my eyes 18:09 and said, "Look, this is where you were. 18:11 This is where you are now." 18:13 And so a few weeks later, I quit my job. 18:16 I graduated 18:17 and I flew to Australia of all places. 18:19 Wow. 18:20 You went to Australia? 18:22 I went to Australia. 18:23 I didn't just got to hang out on the beach. 18:25 Okay. 18:26 Although the beaches in Australia are wonderful. 18:27 I believe it. 18:29 But down in Australia, they have ARISE 18:30 with David Asscherick and James Rafferty 18:32 and Ty and all of them. 18:34 And so I decided, 18:36 "Hey, I need to get back to where I was." 18:40 And I loved evangelism, so this was a perfect fit. 18:43 Now explain... 18:44 So talk about ARISE a little bit. 18:45 Yeah. 18:47 I mean, what types of things did you learn? 18:48 What is ARISE for people that don't know? 18:51 ARISE is... 18:52 When I went into ARISE, 18:54 I thought it was a Bible working school, 18:55 basically teaches you how to give Bible studies 18:57 and work in your local church, 18:59 possibly be hired later on by a church to do, 19:01 you know, evangelism and things of that nature. 19:04 You know, when they take you 19:05 through the 28 Fundamental Beliefs, 19:07 and most of that was familiar to me. 19:09 I learnt some things, you know, book of Romans, 19:11 we went through that, that was a blessing. 19:13 But with ARISE, they go through a story. 19:16 They start with Genesis, and they work through the Bible 19:18 in a relational type of the way. 19:20 And that's something that I had never really focused on before. 19:25 And, you know, I got really... 19:29 I don't have favorites, 19:30 but my favorite was James Rafferty. 19:32 I love Pastor Rafferty. 19:35 And we had some really good talks 19:37 about relationship there. 19:40 And that's... 19:41 I can honestly say 19:43 the first time I fell in love with Jesus 19:45 was at ARISE. 19:47 I learned how to keep that relationship going. 19:51 So yeah, the Fundamental Beliefs, 19:52 learning those things were wonderful. 19:54 But the thing that I was lacking 19:56 is what I was provided, that relationship. 19:58 Yeah. 19:59 It might be different for some people, 20:01 maybe over the relationship, 20:02 but you don't know the doctrine. 20:03 Yeah. 20:05 I don't know. Yeah. 20:06 And why do you say 20:08 that the relationship is so crucial, 20:10 like such an important thing? 20:11 Yeah. 20:13 You know, Billy... 20:14 I think it was Billy Sunday, 20:15 he said, and I'm paraphrasing. 20:18 But he said something along the lines of, 20:20 if you have... 20:21 If you're religious, but you have not Christ, 20:24 you have a leaky gospel. 20:27 And that's a miserable gospel. 20:29 So knowing all these things doctrinally 20:33 without a relationship with Jesus is just a shell. 20:36 In reality, 20:37 that's a perfect setup for being, I'm legalistic. 20:40 You're doing something 20:42 because that's just what you've always done 20:43 and you're working your way there. 20:45 Yes. You have no reason why. 20:47 You know, I knew, 20:48 "If you love Me, keep My commandments." 20:50 Like that's a key text. I knew it. 20:52 But I never understood what that really meant. 20:54 Yeah. 20:55 I never felt the need to. 20:57 Yeah. 20:58 Well, I mean, now you're married 20:59 so now that you guys have wedding vows 21:01 and all of that stuff. 21:02 I tend to look at the commandments 21:04 like wedding vows. 21:05 Exactly. 21:06 I love the Lord, I don't want to hurt Him. 21:08 Just like you love Dakota, you don't wanna hurt her. 21:10 Exactly. 21:12 And you keep those wedding vows out of love. 21:14 Amen. Yeah. 21:16 But when I was in Australia, 21:17 I started talking with her again, 21:19 you know, just sending her a text every now and then. 21:22 I was waiting for the reconnect. 21:25 And I wasn't really interested 21:27 in other than a friendship at that point. 21:29 He was more encouraging, yeah. 21:31 Yeah. Nice. 21:33 Because I knew where she was at. 21:34 Yeah. 21:35 And yet at the same time, 21:37 if I did want a relationship 21:38 but I don't want to risk that friendship 21:40 by taking it to that next level. 21:42 So I kind of waited on that. 21:44 But yeah, I was at ARISE in Australia, 21:46 for about four months. 21:47 Okay. 21:48 It changed my life. 21:50 Wow, that is awesome. 21:51 Now, Dakota, where did you transition like, 21:54 when did you come back? 21:55 Right. Yeah, yeah. 21:57 A lot of people like Garhett will say 21:59 that there's a specific moment where you were like, 22:02 oh, I need to get back to the Lord. 22:03 And, you know, that veil is pulled back 22:05 over your eyes or whatever. 22:06 I didn't necessarily have that. 22:08 It was just as much of a progression 22:11 back into the Lord, 22:13 as it was to fall out, if that makes sense. 22:17 And so there were different instances in my life, 22:19 different hard times that I had, 22:21 a lot of them my own doing. 22:23 That kind of brought me back to in need of Him, 22:26 and a need of relying on Him because I knew 22:28 that trying to control my own life wasn't working. 22:32 And so that's where, 22:33 you know, when Garhett was in ARISE, 22:34 I was starting to come back to that realization 22:37 and starting to come back to the fact that, 22:39 you know, I was trying to do life my way 22:41 and it wasn't working out. 22:42 And so starting to get back into that relationship 22:46 kind of happened over the time you were at ARISE, 22:49 and a little bit after that I would say, so yeah. 22:52 I love that you brought that up, 22:53 you're trying to do things your way, 22:55 you know, you thought you had control over your life. 22:57 Right. 22:59 You know a lot of times, you see people 23:01 that are self-reliant or they rely, 23:04 you know, they just think that, 23:05 that it's very self-oriented. 23:09 But really, we got to recognize that we're powerless. 23:12 That's right. Exactly. 23:13 You know, we can do nothing without Christ. 23:15 That's right. So that's awesome. 23:18 And so you mentor, you kind of like, 23:21 started sharing what you were learning? 23:23 Yeah, I mean, even when I wasn't. 23:26 When I wasn't even technically really in the church 23:28 and I was falling away, 23:29 I would still share with people what we believed. 23:33 So I always love to share these things with people. 23:36 And so ARISE gave me the tools to do that better. 23:40 So when I left ARISE, I thought, "Man, 23:42 I've got to do this for a while just to make sure 23:45 that I'm grounded and all these things." 23:47 So I got that job actually in Michigan, 23:49 where I am now at Grand Rapids. 23:51 I work with Youth for Jesus and ASI for a while. 23:54 You're familiar with that? 23:55 Yeah, I met my girlfriend at the Grand Rapids. 23:58 So that's an important year for you. 23:59 Absolutely. 24:02 Amen. Yeah. 24:03 And so that was only for a few months though. 24:05 And then I got a call to a Bible work 24:08 for a year in Alabama. 24:09 Okay, nice. 24:10 Tell me about Alabama 24:12 because I think there's some amazing stories 24:15 that came out of there. 24:16 Yeah, I love to talk about Alabama. 24:18 It's a... 24:20 First of all, the people in Alabama were just, 24:21 you know, just salt of the earth. 24:23 I loved it there. 24:25 I worked at a church there 24:26 called the Skyland Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tuscaloosa. 24:29 Okay. 24:31 And small church, about 20 people. 24:33 And there was really no young people to mention, 24:37 except for a few. 24:39 But, man, 24:41 so many stories especially that year, 24:43 for instance, this is my favorite. 24:46 We got a card in the mail, 24:48 Bible study Request Card, 24:50 from It Is Written or something like that 24:51 or Amazing Facts. 24:53 And I love it when people mailing those cards 24:55 because they took the effort 24:57 to reach out to learn about God. 25:00 And so, you know that's a good lead. 25:01 Yes. 25:03 Don't just let those sit on your desk. 25:04 Go and follow up quick, strike while the iron is hot. 25:08 And so I looked it up in my GPS, 25:10 and it was like 45 minutes out of town. 25:12 And I was like, "Man, I really don't want to go that far." 25:16 Yeah. But I did. 25:18 So I got my car and drove out. 25:22 The highway turned into, like, you know, county road. 25:26 And the county road turned into like a dirt road. 25:29 Then the dirt road turned into like a red clay like... 25:32 Wow. 25:33 Alabama's known for that red clay. 25:35 Yeah. 25:36 And then it turned like to a deer trail. 25:37 I was like, "Lord, I have no idea 25:39 where I'm going." 25:40 Finally I found the place, 25:42 and it looked like just an abandoned trailer. 25:46 So I went and I knocked on it, no answer. 25:48 And I was a little mad at God. 25:50 I was like, "Lord, 25:51 you bring me out here 50 minutes now, 25:55 and I've got to drive 50 minutes back. 25:57 What a waste of time and gas?" Yeah. 25:59 You know, and so... 26:02 But the Lord knew 26:03 and so, I started going back to my car, 26:06 and you could hear hound dogs in the distance. 26:09 And I thought, "That's interesting." 26:11 And then they came, and they surrounded my car, 26:13 like there were hound dogs everywhere, 26:14 and I thought, "Okay." 26:16 And then, I tell you, 26:18 out of the woods there in Alabama came this, 26:22 like, 6'4" giant of a man. 26:25 Wow. 26:26 And I'm good friends with him. 26:28 Did he have a shotgun in his hand? 26:30 He did. I figured that. 26:31 He did. How did you know? 26:35 No, he had a shotgun, a cowboy hat on, 26:37 and cowboy boots. 26:38 And I thought, "Okay. 26:41 It's going down." 26:43 And he was pretty upset. 26:45 What do you stranger doing on my property? 26:46 He said, "What are you doing?" 26:48 And I said, "You know, well, sir, my name is Garhett. 26:52 There was a lady here that asked for Bible studies." 26:54 And turns out he said, 26:56 "Well, this is my rental property. 26:57 That lady just moved out, she no longer lives here." 27:00 And I thought, well, okay, my fault, I'll leave. 27:05 And then he said something interesting, 27:06 he goes, "You give Bible studies?" 27:08 And I said, "Yeah." 27:10 And he said, "Get in my pickup truck with me." 27:14 Now, I'm thinking, okay, let's do it. 27:20 So I did. 27:21 I got in his truck 27:23 and he drove me deeper into the woods, 27:24 I have no idea where I am now. 27:26 Wow. And I was praying. 27:27 I'm like, "Lord, this could be a very bad situation." 27:30 It could be. It could be. 27:31 I'm glad both of you came out of the woods. 27:34 Brother, praise the Lord for that. 27:36 But the Lord protects you, right? 27:37 Absolutely. 27:39 And we drive, and we just hit this clearing. 27:43 And in the middle of this clearing 27:44 is this beautiful brand new church. 27:49 Probably could seat about 150 people in the sanctuary. 27:53 And the name of it 27:54 was Piney Woods Gospel Tabernacle. 27:56 Wow. 27:57 And he opened the front door and motioned me in. 28:00 So I looked around, man of few words. 28:02 And I asked him, I'm like, 28:03 "Yeah, this is beautiful brother, 28:05 is this your church? 28:06 And he said, "Yeah." 28:07 He told me that their old church 28:09 had burned down, 28:10 and the insurance money paid to build it back up. 28:12 And he said about 20 people attended, 28:14 and all these things, and then he said, 28:18 "But we don't have a preacher. 28:20 Would you come preach for us every Sunday?" 28:24 To which I said, "Of course." 28:27 So yeah, every Sunday. 28:29 So how did that work though because you were Adventist? 28:32 Yeah. 28:34 But then you preached to them on Sunday, 28:36 so what message were you sharing with them? 28:40 Well, first Sunday was Daniel Chapter 2. 28:43 Okay. 28:44 I literally took them through an evangelistic series, 28:47 week by week. 28:48 So Great Controversy was week two, 28:51 week three was salvation, 28:52 just the traditional order and, yeah, 28:55 I went and worship with them on Sunday. 28:57 Being, our pioneers used to do that too. 28:59 They would go to first day churches 29:00 and preach until they knew the Sabbath truth. 29:03 And then they would change 29:04 if that was how they were convicted. 29:06 And turns out 28 weeks later, 29:11 they call themselves 29:13 the Seventh-day Adventist Piney Woods Gospel Tabernacle. 29:16 Wow. 29:17 So that whole church 29:20 ended up converting to Adventism. 29:22 They did, brother. 29:24 And, you know, it was just so practical. 29:25 I mean, you know, and that's what ARISE taught me 29:28 is you can share with them this knowledge, 29:31 but people just need to be loved. 29:34 And so after church, one Sunday I was in my suit, 29:37 and they said that their cows needed to delivered, 29:41 and that they wanted my help to deliver their cows. 29:44 So after church, on Sunday, there I am with my hand, 29:46 helping a baby cow come out of a mom. 29:50 And they loved it. 29:51 And that meant to them as much as it did 29:53 to talk about the 2300 day prophecy. 29:56 Wow. It was just powerful. 29:57 So then how did they convert? 29:59 Like, how did that work? 30:01 Like, how did they become 30:03 the Seventh-day Adventist Church? 30:04 They went from going to church on Sunday 30:06 to the whole church... 30:07 They switched. Becoming the... Wow. 30:09 Yeah, and so after church, every Sunday, 30:12 like with Daniel chapter 2, they would be, 30:14 "This is something we've never heard before." 30:17 And so they said that they called themselves 30:19 the Seventh-day Adventist Piney Woods Gospel Tabernacle 30:22 before they got that name officially. 30:24 But they said, 30:25 "Yeah, we're Seventh-day Adventist now." 30:27 Wow, that's amazing. Yeah. 30:29 What else took place in Alabama? 30:32 You know, a lot of good stuff. 30:35 One of my fondest, but... 30:38 It's a memory that still, 30:40 kind of, almost haunts me today 30:43 You know, I'm 18 at the time 30:44 when I'm Bible working in Alabama, barely. 30:48 And I remember one week I gave about... 30:51 You know, I gave about 30 Bible studies a week. 30:55 And at church, one Sabbath, a gentleman came, 31:00 and he walked into the back of the church. 31:02 And you could tell he's drunk. 31:06 You could smell it. He was buzzed. 31:09 And after the sermon, the pastor wasn't there. 31:11 I was preaching that day. 31:12 And he came forward to the front, and he said, 31:18 "Pastor, I need to know Jesus." 31:20 And I said, "Well, first of all, 31:22 I'm not a pastor, 31:23 but I can introduce you to Jesus. 31:25 But I've got a Bible study in an hour with somebody else. 31:29 So if you'll meet me here tomorrow, we can do this." 31:33 And he pleaded with me. 31:34 He said, "No, I need to know Jesus now." 31:37 Wow. 31:38 And this went on for like 20 minutes, 31:40 but I had that Bible study to get to. 31:42 So I prayed the sinner's prayer with him, 31:44 shared a couple verses. 31:46 And then I just told him, 31:48 I would go to his house the next day and confirmed this. 31:53 And he said, "Well..." 31:54 He didn't want to do that. 31:55 But he said, "If that's the best you can do, 31:57 I'm hard of hearing, so knock on my door loud. 32:00 And if I don't answer, come in." 32:01 So I had my Bible study next day. 32:04 I drove out to this man's house, 32:06 knocked, walked in. 32:09 And he was faced down on the floor. 32:11 He didn't make it through the night. 32:13 He had a heart attack. Ah, no! 32:16 And an 18-year-old boy... 32:20 you know, that's still haunts me today 32:22 because the Lord had given me an opportunity 32:26 to share Him with somebody. 32:29 Yeah. 32:30 And to this day, 32:32 I don't know if that man was ready. 32:35 Yeah. 32:37 Did he pray that prayer with you though? 32:39 He did. He did. 32:41 He did. 32:42 But, you know, that same day, 32:46 I went to another Bible study's house. 32:48 Knocked, opened the door, 32:50 and not to be graphic but he was... 32:53 He committed suicide, 32:55 and he was there in his living room still. 32:56 You could still see with, how he had done it. 32:59 Man, that same day? Same day. 33:03 And I start... 33:06 Then later the next week, 33:08 someone else died of a drug overdose 33:10 that I gave Bible studies to. 33:12 And I thought, 33:14 "This is a Great Controversy we're in." 33:16 Oh, yeah. Yeah. 33:18 This is no joke. 33:19 Like, you know, as a pastor, you go to board meetings 33:23 and you talk about Numbers and baptismal goals, 33:27 and tithe goals, and all those things, 33:28 which are well and good. 33:30 But we don't give Bible studies, 33:33 we don't preach evangelistic series, 33:35 we don't share 33:37 just because we think it's a game where we shouldn't, 33:42 because this is a battle 33:45 for people's souls for eternity. 33:48 And people are dying every day 33:51 without hearing that name of Jesus. 33:54 Yeah. 33:58 I can't imagine having that type of day 34:02 that you had, where you saw two people... 34:05 not one but two people that you had talked to 34:11 and you had prayed with one guy, 34:14 and then they were dead. 34:19 Especially at 18, I struggled. 34:25 But in that year that I was there, 34:27 and in those struggles, 34:29 that arrogance that I had started to melt away. 34:35 And I started talking with her again, 34:37 and she helps me with that. 34:40 But you begin to realize how little you know. 34:46 And you learn to relate with people, 34:48 and I'm still working on this, but people need the Lord. 34:52 That's what it boils down to. Oh, absolutely. 34:54 Yeah. Absolutely. 34:56 So, Dakota, where were you at this time 35:02 when all of this was going on? 35:04 So before he had ever gone to Alabama or anything, 35:09 I remember saying to my friends on whatever, 35:12 "I would never date Garhett, like, absolutely not. 35:15 He thinks too highly of himself," 35:18 and blah, blah, blah. 35:19 And after that year, 35:23 you know, we started talking towards the end of that year. 35:25 And he came home, 35:27 and the growth that I saw over that year 35:29 in the maturity that he had, 35:31 he was much more gentle and much more understanding, 35:35 and that kind of started to melt my heart 35:38 towards him a little bit. 35:40 And he had... 35:41 At the end of that year, we start... 35:43 We were just talking over like texting, 35:45 and FaceTime, and stuff. 35:46 And he texted me one day out of the blue, 35:49 and said, "You know, 35:51 I'm going to marry you someday, right?" 35:54 Like, and that's all he said. 35:56 Bold move, man. I like that. 35:57 That's how it's done. Good job. 36:00 And then didn't answer me for the next three days. 36:02 Ignored her. 36:03 Like completely 'cause I was mad. 36:05 I was like, "You can't just say that, 36:07 like absolutely not." 36:10 So then after that, three days were over. 36:14 He claims he was scared. I wasn't sacred. 36:17 I know what I was doing. 36:20 You planted the seed. Oh, yeah, man. 36:22 I mean, that's discipleship, 36:23 you plant the seed, let it germinate, right? 36:26 I was so mad, but after that, 36:28 we kind of started to talk about, you know, 36:30 potentially seeing where this could go, 36:33 you know, we didn't want to ruin the friendship 36:35 that we had built, but at the same time, 36:37 he was like, you know, 36:39 "Do you want to consider pursuing a relationship, 36:41 I think that we'd be a good team." 36:43 And coming from my past, I was like, "No way, man." 36:46 Like 'cause he wanted to be a pastor. 36:48 And I said, "I can't be a pastor's wife." 36:50 Like, absolutely, like, "Do you know my past? 36:53 Do you know, you know, 36:55 the stuff I've been through and the stuff I've done?" 36:57 And he's like, "That's why you'd be good at it 36:59 because of these experiences that you've had." 37:01 He said, "I disagree with you. 37:02 I think you need to talk to the Lord." 37:04 And just like let it go again. 37:06 He was like, didn't talk about it. 37:08 And so I wrestled with God for a while 'cause I was like, 37:11 "Lord, I'm not worthy of this," 37:12 like this is a very specific calling, 37:15 you know? 37:16 And through a variety of circumstances, 37:20 the Lord kind of led me to an understanding 37:22 that, you know, just because you have a past 37:24 doesn't mean that you can't minister to people, 37:28 you know, and relate to people 37:30 because of the stuff that you've been through. 37:34 So we've started to talk about dating 37:37 and pursue a relationship, 37:39 and then I went to Peru for six months. 37:42 Oh, wow. 37:43 Kind of a student missionary kind of deal. 37:45 Yeah. 37:46 With People of Peru Project, and that solidified for me 37:49 even more that I wanted to be in ministry, 37:51 that I wanted to, you know, 37:53 give my life completely over to God 37:54 and make this my life's work. 37:57 And so that... 37:59 Yeah, he proposed to me shortly before I went to Peru, 38:02 and so I was planning a wedding from Peru. 38:07 It was an interesting experience, long distance... 38:08 I showed up to the wedding two days beforehand, 38:11 not even having anything to wear yet 'cause I was... 38:13 At that time, I was working in Lansing, Michigan. 38:15 Okay. 38:17 And so we just finished up evangelistic series, 38:19 and then I pulled in, and got married, 38:20 and then went back out to work. 38:22 Yeah. Wow. 38:23 That was a quick... 38:24 He wanted to make sure 38:26 you came back from Peru and he said, 38:27 "I'm going to propose to you now. 38:29 And I want you to comeback." 38:30 Exactly that. Yes. 38:32 That's awesome. 38:33 That is awesome. Yeah. 38:34 And it's a really great sign, Dakota, 38:36 that you were praying that, you know, 38:38 you told him that you should pray 38:40 and ask the Lord, 38:41 and you were praying yourself too, you know, 38:45 that's a sign that the Holy Spirit 38:46 was working on your heart, too. 38:48 Yeah, absolutely. 38:49 The fact that you realized 38:50 your need for prayer at that moment. 38:53 And, you know, 38:54 there's a lot of people who may feel like, 38:57 you know, "My past is too much. 39:00 How can God still... 39:02 Why would God want to use me?" Right. 39:04 You guys are speaking to that. Yeah, absolutely. 39:07 And you know, she can relate to people 39:08 in ways that I can't because, you know, 39:12 I love my father-in-law so much, 39:14 but you worked with him through some of those things. 39:18 And now she can relate to people 39:19 that are struggling with the same things 39:21 in a way that I can't say that I ever have. 39:22 Right. She dealt with that. 39:24 And so it's just a blessing to have that. 39:27 Paul was right when he says man shouldn't be alone, right? 39:30 That's right. That's right. 39:33 Yeah, now let me ask you guys this question. 39:36 When you guys solidified your relationship with Christ 39:40 and, you know, you were solid Christians again, 39:44 did everything just become perfect? 39:47 Do you not struggle? Do you not have struggles? 39:49 You know, sometimes people think, 39:51 "Well, you know, all right, 39:52 they're Christians, they have no problems." 39:54 No. 39:56 You know, I had some really great support 39:58 from her family and my family 39:59 when we started to talk about marriage 40:01 and stuff like that. 40:03 Her Uncle John, John Tosh, shout-out to him 40:05 if he's watching. 40:07 But he told her a few years before we got married 40:11 that we would be married someday. 40:14 He always had my back, and I really appreciate that. 40:16 But when people found out 40:18 that we were going to be married, 40:19 we got a lot of backlash. 40:21 Really? I still don't know really why. 40:24 Okay, that was going to be my next question. 40:25 Yeah, I don't know. 40:28 But... Well, we're young. 40:30 We were young. Yeah, we were young. 40:31 Like I was 21, she was 20. 40:33 I wasn't a pastor yet. 40:35 I was still Bible working. 40:37 And so there was a lot of unknowns, 40:40 but when you have faith in the Lord 40:41 and you work hard, the Lord always provides. 40:45 Yeah, you know, 40:47 when you when you said we were young 40:49 and all that stuff, like I forgot that you are 23. 40:52 I'm still young. I forgot for a second. 40:55 You're very mature for your age and everything. 40:57 Oh, no, God is good. 41:00 What's it like being a pastor's wife? 41:01 Now that you're in it and now that you're... 41:04 Absolutely. 41:05 A part of it, what's it like being a pastor's wife? 41:07 Yeah, there's definitely challenges, 41:10 and there's definitely stuff that, 41:12 especially as a young pastor's wife 41:13 gets thrown at me and I'm like, "I don't know, 41:16 like, How am I supposed to handle this." 41:18 But it's so rewarding, 41:20 and I love supporting him and working alongside him. 41:24 And the Lord has led me to people who I am, you know, 41:29 having Bible studies with, and working with, 41:32 and mentoring in ways 41:35 that I never thought would be possible. 41:36 And so I mean, every calling, every, you know, 41:41 work has its challenges, but I love it. 41:44 I do. 41:45 Being at the center of God's will 41:47 is the ultimate peace, 41:49 yeah, regardless of whatever hits you, 41:52 you have peace. 41:53 And that's such a beautiful blessing. 41:57 Amen. Amen. 41:58 And what's it like for you being a senior pastor? 42:01 You know, a lot of credit goes to some of my mentors, 42:06 you know, James Rafferty married the both of us 42:08 and he spent some time 42:09 counseling us through those things. 42:12 Having people to bounce ideas off of 42:15 and having people that don't struggle, 42:17 we're rebuking you is a big deal. 42:21 And Wes Peppers, 42:23 I worked with him as a Bible worker 42:25 for about two years. 42:26 And with Nancy Larson, she's a pastor's wife 42:29 and was in Michigan too, 42:31 they just her and her husband just retired a while ago. 42:33 Okay. 42:34 But when I messed up, they told me. 42:37 Yeah. 42:38 And they would make sure I made it right. 42:39 Everything from, you know, how to tie a tie. 42:42 All the way down to making sure that, you know, 42:45 when I was in a Bible study with the woman 42:47 that I brought my wife along to make sure that there... 42:49 You know, just to be safe. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. 42:52 All of those things, 42:53 so definitely having the right mentorship 42:56 is extremely important. 42:58 And I've been blessed with excellent mentors 43:01 and those people, but also realizing... 43:03 And I was reading in the Spirit of Prophecy 43:05 just the other day 43:06 that when people are working in God's ministry, 43:12 we often think that the work can't go on 43:13 without us. 43:16 But realizing that the Lord will make sure 43:18 that His three angels' messages will continue to go on 43:20 with or without you. 43:21 Oh, yeah. 43:23 You're replaceable. That's right. 43:25 And so realizing that 43:27 there's nothing special about me. 43:29 Lord may have blessed me with some things, 43:31 but the Lord gives, Lord can take away. 43:33 That's right. That's absolutely right. 43:36 So how do you deal with like 43:40 let's say an older member comes to... 43:42 This is like the situation you were speaking about. 43:44 Like, how do you deal with that, like, 43:47 if they present an issue, what's your process? 43:50 Yeah. 43:52 So I have three churches in the Michigan area. 43:54 Wait a moment, you got three churches? 43:56 Yeah. 43:57 Just north of Grand Rapids, Big Rapids, Reed City, 43:59 and Bristol churches. 44:01 Wow. 44:02 Salt of the earth people, I love them dearly. 44:04 I haven't really had much of an issue with my age. 44:08 But it can be awkward if you let it be awkward. 44:13 But I always let people know 44:15 when they come to me with an issue. 44:17 I'll say, "You know, I may be young 44:18 and not have much experience in that, 44:21 but I know someone that has lived a lot longer 44:23 than I have. 44:24 In fact, He has no beginning. 44:26 He has no end." Come on now. 44:27 "And together, you and I both learning, 44:30 we can find answers through His Word 44:32 and through prayer." 44:34 And so if there's a situation that comes up 44:36 that I don't necessarily know, I know someone that does. 44:38 Amen. 44:40 And so just leading them through that 44:42 is just so important. 44:43 And I tell you, it's just, you know, there's hard days, 44:47 but it's a blast. 44:49 I love this work. Amen. 44:51 Yeah. Amen. 44:52 Okay, so I'm going to ask you a question that I asked 44:56 just about every pastor that I meet, 44:58 usually not on camera, but usually I ask them off. 45:03 How do you prepare your sermons? 45:05 Oh, great question. 45:07 So I have three churches and every other week, 45:10 I preach it all three churches, every Sabbath, 45:13 our times are scheduled 45:14 so I can do three every Sabbath. 45:15 Wow. 45:17 And so sometimes I preach the same one. 45:18 Sometimes I preach three different sermons. 45:21 And my wife is so patient. 45:24 Sometimes she listens to the same sermon 45:26 three times in a day. 45:28 So thank you. 45:30 But I have a few people I love to read. 45:36 I read like... 45:37 My goal is 10 books a month. 45:39 That's my goal. 45:41 So four spiritual Spirit of Prophecy, 45:46 a few modern spiritual like, you know, 45:49 Ty Gibson and stuff like that. 45:52 And then the rest historical 45:54 like American history, World History. 45:56 And when you read those types of books, 45:57 it gives you ideas. 46:00 And so like I have... I'm a bit... 46:03 Kind of my hero is HMS Richards. 46:05 Old one. Okay. 46:06 You know, this is the Voice of Prophecy. 46:09 And so, you know, 46:10 I have a bunch of his sermon transcripts 46:12 that I read through. 46:14 WD Frizzy, for instance, I read through all his stuff. 46:18 And then just getting ideas in your devotional life, 46:21 and then sometimes they'll just... 46:23 Sometimes the sermon will just bam, it's there. 46:25 And you can write it out in 40 minutes, 46:28 and you're like this is going to be powerful. 46:30 And then there are some that I struggle. 46:32 Yeah, yeah. 46:33 Lord, I've been in here for four hours 46:36 and I've got a paragraph. 46:39 But you know, the Lord always provides 46:40 and as long as you're humble 46:44 and you're on your knees in prayer... 46:46 Scott Moore, another one of my mentors. 46:48 He told me that for every five minutes, 46:50 you spend in sermon prep, spend 10 minutes in prayer. 46:53 And that's what I've done and it works. 46:55 Nice. 46:56 So in other words, what I'm getting from you 46:59 is there's multiple different ways 47:01 on how you go about preparing it. 47:03 Your devotional life... It's huge. 47:05 Very important. 47:07 I've heard that that's like a common thread 47:09 to a lot of times it will... 47:10 And making sure your devotional life 47:12 isn't so that you can have a sermon. 47:14 Separate your devotional life from sermon prep. 47:17 Sometimes it comes out of your devotions, 47:19 but that shouldn't be the reason. 47:21 Yeah, yeah. 47:22 The main reason is cultivating that relationship and spending 47:25 that time with God. 47:26 How do you get to know God better? 47:28 By spending time with Him. Exactly. 47:30 But, you know, we've been blessed 47:31 not only do we have churches but we get to help out 47:33 with Strong Tower Radio. 47:35 It covers probably what two-thirds of Michigan? 47:38 Maybe a little bit more. Probably more. 47:40 And so I have a radio program on there, 47:42 called History Retold. 47:45 And she does recording for them. 47:47 And they use a lot of 3ABN radio as you know. 47:49 Yes, yes, yes. 47:51 They've got 3ABN Radio, they've got Dare to Dream, 47:55 they use programs from the 3ABN the parent network, 48:00 I think, even 3ABN Latino. 48:02 Yep. Yeah. They use that too. 48:03 We love Strong Tower Radio. 48:06 Yes, it's a huge resource too. 48:08 We have people walking into our churches 48:10 that we have had no previous contact 48:12 with except for from Strong Tower Radio, 48:14 they've heard it in their cars, heard it in their homes, 48:17 and they're just coming in saying, 48:19 "We want to join this church, this is our church now." 48:22 And they already have the background 48:23 of believing in the Sabbath and all this stuff 48:25 because they've heard the radio. 48:27 So it's a beautiful thing and a beautiful resource 48:31 for us to have. 48:33 Absolutely. Yeah. 48:34 You know, I can only preach for so long, 48:35 but Strong Tower Radio is 24 hours like 3ABN is. 48:38 There you go. 48:39 So it's a constant evangelistic series, 48:41 it's well-rounded, and praise the Lord. 48:43 Yeah. 48:44 And see that's the beautiful thing 48:46 is like, you know, these gospels to go 48:47 into all of the world. 48:48 Amen. But what better way than media? 48:50 Oh, yeah. 48:51 you know, that's someone can turn on their TV, 48:53 someone can turn on their radio, 48:54 someone can go to the website. 48:56 That's right. 48:57 You know, and they can hear 48:59 these precious truths being presented and shared. 49:01 For all the evil that media is used for, 49:04 the Lord can use it for a whole lot of good. 49:05 That's right, absolutely right. 49:07 So what does a typical day look like for you 49:10 at Strong Tower, if there is a typical day? 49:14 No, really. It really depends. 49:16 We're up there at least once a week usually, 49:19 and we'll meet... 49:21 I will usually meet with their marketing director, 49:23 and we go over weekly goals for the email newsletter 49:28 and different marketing strategies 49:30 with Facebook and that kind of stuff. 49:32 And then you and I will usually go 49:34 into the recording studio, 49:36 and I'll record him 49:37 for probably an hour and a half, two hours. 49:40 And just kind of buzz 49:43 through a bunch of the recordings 49:44 that he wants to do that he has pre-prepared 49:46 and then... 49:48 Yeah, so it's a little bit of a process. 49:51 It's quite a bit, 49:52 and you're wearing multiple hats. 49:54 Yeah. She does. 49:55 Piano player, Sabbath School teacher, 49:57 I mean, I'm blessed. 49:59 That's right. 50:00 Now if people want to invite you to their church, 50:03 if they want to have you come share your testimony, 50:06 how can they get in touch with you? 50:08 What's your email address? 50:09 Yeah, the best way to get ahold of me is my email. 50:12 It's simple. 50:13 It's on the screen I think, but gmorgan@misda.org. 50:16 and misda.org Michigan Conference. 50:19 Yeah, send me an email and I can see 50:20 if I can get something worked in my schedule, 50:23 and I'm allowed to do that every once in a while. 50:24 Okay. 50:25 And so yeah, 50:27 if you have any questions or anything, 50:29 I don't have all the answers but, again, the Lord does. 50:31 Amen. Amen. 50:32 And what advice would you have for that young person 50:37 that just feels like the Lord can't use him or her? 50:44 Let no one despise your youth. 50:47 But also, you know, we have a lot of people today 50:51 say that our church 50:52 isn't inclusive of young people, 50:55 that there's no young people in leadership 50:56 and all these things, 50:58 but just because you're young 50:59 doesn't entitle you to leadership, 51:01 just because you're young. 51:02 So if you want to be involved, do it. 51:07 You might not be a board member, 51:08 but show up to your local board meeting. 51:09 Yeah. 51:11 And if you don't feel equipped, if you don't feel good enough, 51:13 that is good enough. 51:15 That's what God wants. 51:17 And He can take that humble spirit 51:18 that you have and use it 51:20 to be somebody powerful for Him. 51:23 And I guarantee you if a church sees a young person 51:26 on fire for God, 51:28 they would be crazy not to use that person. 51:30 Yes, yes. 51:31 And I'm sure they would. Absolutely. 51:33 I would say too don't limit God. 51:35 Don't put God in a box 51:37 just because you don't feel like 51:39 you're good at something or good at one specific thing, 51:43 don't push that out of the way 51:45 if you feel that God is leading you to that 51:46 because He will equip you 51:48 and He will give you the understanding 51:51 and the means necessary to do that, 51:54 whether it be Bible study, or, you know, 51:56 being on the local board, or teaching at Sabbath school, 51:59 or whatever that may be, 52:01 He'll use you and He'll give you the words. 52:04 Absolutely. Amen. 52:05 Like He doesn't call... How does it go? 52:09 He doesn't call the qualified, but he qualifies the called. 52:13 Yeah, there we go. That's how it goes. 52:15 I can't believe our time is almost up. 52:18 Went fast. It did. 52:19 It went very fast. 52:21 We are gonna take a look at a short news break 52:25 and then right after that, 52:27 we'll have a little bit more time 52:29 to continue this conversation. 52:30 Amen. |
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