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Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY190088S
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00:01 Christmas,
00:02 a time when the world pauses for a moment 00:04 and whether or not they believe in Jesus, 00:06 the birth of our Savior is on everyone's mind. 00:08 We sing glory to God in the highest 00:11 and on earth peace, goodwill toward men. 00:14 Celebrate this special season and worship our Savior and King 00:18 as 3ABN brings you 00:20 Christmas with Dino and friends. 00:23 Hello, and welcome to 3ABN today. 00:25 Thank you for joining us as you do each and every day. 00:28 If you love Jesus, you're on the right channel. 00:31 If you love the music of the season, 00:34 you're on the right channel. 00:35 And if you love to hear 00:37 music played by the maestro himself, 00:40 you're at the right channel. 00:41 Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you, Dino. 04:18 Amen, praise the Lord. Thank you. 04:21 That beautiful or what? 04:22 Oh, wow, that's exciting. Wow. 04:24 Well, caroling to me is so amazing 04:26 during the Christmas season, 04:28 like we're going to do it right now. 04:30 And by the way, it's great to be with you. 04:32 Thank you. 04:33 It's good to have you here 04:34 and your beautiful wife, Cheryl, 04:36 thank you for being here. 04:37 Thank you so much. 04:38 And, you know... It's a joy to be here. 04:40 Yvonne and I love you, and we love your singing voice. 04:41 You've got such a great voice. 04:43 We have a wonderful staff. 04:45 We've been to a lot of studios 04:46 and lot of networks we've played on, 04:47 you know, over the years. 04:49 Oh, I know. 04:50 But I got to say, your staff here is one of the best. 04:53 Praise the Lord for that. 04:54 It's a great stage to be on for sure. 04:55 Absolutely. 04:57 And speaking of that, we have Ryan Day over here, 04:59 and we have Pastor John Lomacang. 05:01 And your friends came from... Brenda Hayes, Brenda, 05:04 she's on our staff. 05:05 She came from where now? 05:07 Granada city, Illinois. Granada City, Illinois. 05:08 And of course, Jill Morikone and... 05:10 Yes. 05:11 Tim Parton back here, and Tammy Chance, 05:12 and Yvonne and myself. 05:14 I just have the Tim, you know. 05:16 That's like a theme song. 05:18 We're all thrilled to be here. 05:20 But what we're going to do 05:21 is we get to sing with Dino, folks. 05:23 So ain't that amazing? 05:25 Yes. We watched you. 05:26 And literally, I guess we've seen you 05:29 in many places around the world 05:30 for at least, you know, 10 years... 05:32 Hundred years. Yeah, right. 05:33 Ten or fifteen years. It's been a while back. 05:36 And, you know, we haven't changed a bit, have we 05:37 over a 100 years? 05:39 And you know what, 05:40 there's very few people that we've ever introduced. 05:42 We just give one name. 05:43 Right. That's true. 05:44 Elvis hasn't been on the program, 05:46 and then he died before 3ABN, 05:48 but we can say Dino and people know... 05:49 That's right. 05:51 We call Dino II, so... 05:52 I like Dino better. 05:54 Introducing Dino, 05:55 that really would go over there. 05:56 Just like the Dino part. 05:58 All right, 05:59 so we're just here to help today, 06:00 and we're thrilled to be here. 06:02 So tell us a little bit about the program 06:03 and what we're going to be doing. 06:05 And I think they're going to have us sing 06:06 and some of us are just now walking on. 06:07 And so I have no idea, Tammy, 06:09 what's going on and, Jill, so. 06:10 Well, the deal is this, 06:12 we want not only you folks to sing, 06:13 we want thousands of people that are watching to sing. 06:15 We want you to join in 06:17 because this is called Grand Caroling. 06:19 I mean, it's going to be amazing. 06:20 Oh, great. World's largest choir. 06:21 Yeah. 06:23 Around the world. 06:24 And I'll lead you into each carol 06:26 because we're going to kind of impromptu this 06:27 a little bit, okay? 06:28 Good. Good. This sounds like fun. 06:30 You all ready for this? 06:31 Yes, yes. So we're ready. 06:32 All right, let's go, Grand Caroling. 06:41 Joy to the world. 06:47 Joy, joy, joy Joy, joy, joy 06:51 Joy to the world, The Lord is come 06:55 Let earth receive her King 07:00 Let every heart Prepare Him room 07:05 And Heaven and nature sing 07:07 And Heaven And nature sing 07:09 And Heaven, and Heaven 07:12 And nature sing 07:14 Very good. Great. 07:16 Now join us as we sing the next part. 07:19 The first Noel. 07:22 The First Noel, 07:26 The Angels did say 07:29 Was to certain poor shepherds 07:33 In fields as they lay 07:37 In fields where they lay 07:42 Keeping their sheep 07:45 On a cold winter's night 07:49 That was so deep 07:53 Noel, Noel, 07:57 Noel Noel 08:02 Born is the King of Israel 08:10 Noel, Noel 08:14 Noel Noel 08:18 Born is the King of Israel! 08:26 That's beautiful. 08:28 So nice. 08:29 You're doing so well, it's great. 08:32 Angels we have heard on high. 08:36 Angels we have heard on high 08:40 Sweetly singing o'er the plains 08:45 And the mountains in reply 08:50 Echoing their joyous strains 08:55 Gloria 09:04 In excelsis Deo 09:08 Gloria 09:18 In excelsis Deo 09:24 One more to go. 09:26 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. 09:28 Glory to the new born king. 09:31 Raise your voices as you sing now, everywhere, 09:33 all over the world. 09:34 Come on, sing with us. 09:37 Hark! The herald angels sing 09:42 Glory to the new-born King! 09:47 Peace on earth And mercy mild 09:51 God and sinners reconciled 09:56 Joyful, all ye nations, rise 10:01 Join the triumph of the skies 10:06 With th' angelic host proclaim 10:11 Christ is born in Bethlehem. 10:16 Hark! The herald angels sing 10:21 Glory to the new-born King! 10:43 Whoo! Glory. 10:45 Wow, wonderful. 10:46 Amen, praise the Lord. 10:47 Give yourselves a hand. It's great. 10:49 Well, we'll give the Lord a hand. 10:50 That's amazing. 10:52 Incredible. Wow! 10:53 Well, you know, 10:55 this is what Christmas is about. 10:56 We're talking about the birth of Jesus. 10:58 Yes. That's right. 10:59 That God sent His Son to this earth... 11:00 That's right. 11:02 To be born a manger with, story doesn't end there. 11:03 Doesn't end there. 11:04 Yes, He was born a manger, 11:06 but He grew up to become the Savior of this world 11:07 and soon can be King. 11:09 That's right. 11:10 That's the story right there, gospel story. 11:12 That's what it's all about. 11:14 Well, guys, ready to go on the road? 11:17 The bus is waiting outside to go... 11:20 Well, I hope you at home are having as much fun 11:22 as we are here today. 11:23 You all having a good time? 11:25 Yeah. 11:26 I mean, this is something that we get together 11:27 at this time of year, 11:29 and we should all, season, 11:31 but so many times don't wait, 11:32 we just wait till Christmas time 11:34 and the holidays to get together. 11:35 It's true, and this to be together like this 11:38 in this beautiful studio, 11:39 which is absolutely gorgeous, you know. 11:41 And if you've never been here, 11:42 you got to come and see this place. 11:44 It's fantastic. Absolutely. 11:45 But I thought since you're all together here, 11:46 I'm going to take advantage of this group here 11:48 because you all are singing so well. 11:49 Can we sing, 11:51 "O Come Let Us Adore Him." 11:55 O come let us adore Him 12:01 O come let us Adore Him 12:07 Christ the Lord 12:11 For He alone is worthy. 12:13 For He alone is worthy 12:19 For He alone Is worthy 12:25 For He alone is worthy 12:32 Christ the Lord 12:37 You know, we mustn't forget what this is all about. 12:40 I mean, this season is about the birth of Jesus. 12:44 And I'll tell you He's worthy of... 12:47 I mean, 12:48 we loved... I can tell, I was watching you, 12:50 I can tell you guys love Jesus 12:51 because we're worshipping him... 12:52 Amen. 12:54 I got a little surprise. 12:55 Okay, we love surprises. Everybody likes surprises. 12:58 Now we don't put a lot of emphasis on gifts, 13:00 but we're willing to open to it right now. 13:02 If you have something, you know, 13:04 that you want to share with us, 13:06 we're open to gifts, right? 13:07 When you say that to Greek, they go "Opa." 13:10 Little Christmas party. 13:12 Well, okay, 13:13 most of you may have know already, 13:14 but may know that we came out 13:16 with a brand new hymnal, praise God. 13:18 Oh, wonderful. 13:19 A 101 hymns, 13:21 the most favorite hymns called Hymn Restoration. 13:24 Bringing back the hymns of the Church. 13:26 And I just happen to have hymnals 13:29 for each and everyone, 13:30 I'm giving to you as a Christmas gift. 13:31 Oh. Wonderful, wonderful. 13:33 This is for you. 13:34 Cheryl, you already have one, okay? 13:36 I have two. Cheryl's got one. 13:38 All right, there we go, they're all yours. 13:39 Pass one down. 13:41 Thank you so much. My pleasure. 13:42 These are beautiful too. 13:43 These are yours. 13:45 Now do Yvonne and I have to share 13:46 or do we get one of each? 13:48 No, you get yours. 13:49 Oh, good, good. 13:50 You're not always together, so you can have your own. 13:52 Thank you. 13:53 These are beautiful. 13:54 Hymn Restoration. 13:56 They kind of look like Christmas. 13:57 Hundred and one treasured hymns. 13:59 Now I know our audience very well, 14:00 and they're going to want this 14:01 later on, you have to promise to give us an address, 14:03 so they can contact you about all these beautiful... 14:05 Just so, you know, I didn't bring it to promote. 14:07 No, no, no. But since you mentioned it. 14:08 I know you didn't, you didn't talk about it... 14:09 Thank you so much. 14:11 But there is one thing I want them to know. 14:12 There's one thing I want you to know 14:14 and that is that these also contain devotionals 14:17 and give you a little history about this hymns. 14:20 Oh, wonderful, each one. 14:21 Every time... 14:23 You did those, right? 14:24 I did. Wonderful. 14:25 I did. I did. I love it. 14:27 But I want you to gain those information. 14:28 Beautiful. 14:30 Thank you so much. 14:31 I thought of maybe one of those wonderful hymns 14:32 that we don't hear that often in church anymore. 14:34 "O worship the King." Oh, we love that. 14:35 Oh, yes. 14:36 Don't you think it's appropriate for Christmas. 14:38 I think we're here to worship the King for sure. 14:40 And what page is that, Tim? 14:41 Sixty-five. One-thirty-six. 14:44 One-thirty-six. 14:45 Page 136, and it's number 65. 14:47 Is it 36 or 35? 14:48 Sixty-five. Sixty-five. 14:50 Oh, I got it all wrong, it's 65. 14:53 And Timmy... What... 14:56 Timmy, I'm calling him, Tim. 14:57 Tiny Tim I was hoping. 15:00 Tim, what key is it in? 15:02 What key you wanted to be in? 15:04 It's written in A flat. 15:06 Oh, it's A flat. 15:07 Yeah. 15:09 I like it lower. 15:10 Let's take it lower. Let's go lower. 15:12 There you go. Thank you. 15:14 Now you can sing along with us, guys, come on. 15:16 And someday when you have this hymnal, 15:17 we'll have hymn singing, we'll just open the books 15:19 and just sing for an hour, you know. 15:21 Sure. 15:22 So let me play the introduction. 15:28 O worship the king 15:32 All glorious above 15:35 O gratefully sing 15:39 His power and his love 15:42 Our shield and defender 15:46 The Ancient of days 15:49 Pavilioned in splendor 15:53 And girded with praise 15:57 Can we do the last verse? 15:58 That's a good one. Yes. Let's do another one. 16:00 Frail children of dust And feeble as frail 16:07 In You do we trust 16:10 Nor find You to fail 16:14 Your mercies how tender 16:17 How firm to the end 16:21 Our maker, defender 16:25 Redeemer and friend 16:31 Thank you so much. Amen. 16:33 Blessed to be here to hear that hymn. 16:35 It's just wonderful. Thank you. 16:37 I'm really excited about this song book, 16:40 and the hymns book, Yvonne. 16:42 And what I'm thinking, maybe we could put an address, 16:44 put Dino's address up on the screen 16:47 for those of you who want to go to the website 16:49 and look at this. 16:50 I think it's something that everybody would want. 16:52 In fact, it may be time 16:53 that you would already have time to get it, 16:55 maybe give it to somebody... 16:56 Before Christmas. For Christmas. 16:57 And that's a great thing to give, right? 16:59 Give something away that's literally uplifting 17:02 the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. 17:03 And, you know, it looks Christmasy. 17:05 Put a nice gold bow around it, 17:07 give it to your grandma or your children. 17:09 Absolutely. We love it. 17:11 Thank you for mentioning that. 17:12 Giving to the children is a wonderful thing 17:14 because they don't know about these hymns. 17:17 And there is the devotional in there, 17:20 but also the history, and there are CDs. 17:23 There are CDs. 17:24 So you get CDs of you playing all of these songs? 17:26 Every one of the hymns, 101. 17:28 I mean, this is a great, great gift. 17:29 So CDs of all the songs, you got the devotionals 17:34 and about how the songs were written. 17:36 That's wonderful. 17:37 And thank you, by the way for giving us. 17:39 You're welcome, my pleasure. 17:41 Yvonne and I could share, but we kind of got selfish 17:42 and said we'd each like one just to have get you guys 17:45 to sign it of course, for sure. 17:48 You know, we pray for our troops, 17:49 you know, that are overseas and that God protects them, 17:53 you know, who are in some really dangerous stuff 17:55 going on right now. 17:56 And wouldn't be nice to have your son come happy 18:01 for Christmas. 18:02 Oh, yeah. 18:03 Play it. It's wonderful. 18:07 I dedicate this to all the servicemen 18:09 and women. 18:18 I just wanted to play that little bit 18:19 for those of us... 18:21 That's beautiful. What a beautiful melody anyway. 18:22 Isn't it a beautiful melody? Yes. 18:24 The words. 18:25 And I heard about World War II how they, soldiers, you know, 18:27 this song was really big because... 18:29 That's right, exactly. 18:30 They were hoping that the family would be home, 18:32 you know, for the Christmas season for sure. 18:34 I remember when I was in the service, 18:36 I was looking forward to coming home for Christmas. 18:38 And so it's really an important time 18:41 to be with family. 18:42 Of course, we have to have our servicemen there too, 18:45 you know, to protect us. 18:47 But anyway, we love our military folk. 18:49 Yes. Absolutely. 18:50 Well, we have to play a tribute to them, 18:52 you know, that we appreciate you so much. 18:53 What we'd like to do is take just a couple minutes 18:54 because for some of the folk 18:56 and I know most of our audience I'm sure knows Dino, 18:59 they know Cheryl. 19:00 But tell us just a little bit about your music career 19:04 how it started, 19:05 and we can do it in just a couple minutes. 19:07 Give us the short version 19:08 'cause we want to hear you play a lot more. 19:10 But tell us, you know, how did you... 19:11 Why the gospel music? 19:13 You could play anything you wanted to play, 19:14 and you could be a so called Star 19:16 if you wanted to be, which you choose to to say... 19:19 Right, serve God, yeah. 19:20 Play for the Lord. Why? Why? 19:22 Well, it all started with a little toy 19:23 from the Salvation Army, 19:24 Okay, for Christmas. 19:27 You know, our family was poor. 19:29 They just came from Greece, 19:30 but we didn't know we were poor. 19:32 Okay. 19:33 You know, my parents, 19:35 you know, we didn't know that. 19:36 But not much money, but we felt like we were fine. 19:40 But when I played for the... 19:41 I was about five years old 19:42 when I played Salvation Army as a little kid, 19:45 and they paid me, 19:47 like 25 cents or something 19:49 because that was a big deal for a little kid, right, 19:52 back then. 19:54 But that toy was a gift that I'll never forget about, 19:57 and the Salvation Army people, 19:59 I'll always appreciate them for that. 20:02 I love because I started playing when I was three, 20:04 so back up a little bit. 20:05 And then of course, five, I started taking piano lessons. 20:10 You know, every young pianists play that. 20:12 And of course, I was not reading the notes 20:15 because I played everything by ear. 20:17 So the piano teacher put the book out there, 20:18 and I'd stare at one space as I was reading it, you know. 20:21 Okay. 20:22 Excuse me, 20:23 then I fooled her for a couple of years, 20:25 I mean, it took a two years to realize 20:27 that I was faking it, right? 20:30 Slow learner would you say though. 20:32 So once she did, we... 20:34 The family got together with me and said, 20:36 you know, Dino, God has given this gift, 20:37 you know, I started sharpening that ability. 20:39 And I always encourage young people 20:42 to find out what that gift is, 20:44 you know, define what that gift is 20:45 and then sharpen it, 20:47 you know, study it. 20:48 And of course, we are Christian. 20:50 I was a Christian. 20:51 I was very, very young, and I wanted to... 20:53 I wanted to practice because I wanted to be, 20:56 back then, I would say the best pianist in the world, 20:58 you know, because I was serving God, 21:00 and I wanted to give the very best that I had. 21:03 But then of course, you know, 21:04 I accepted Christ, was very young and my... 21:07 I studied piano in New York City 21:08 and did some studies in Juilliard, and... 21:13 You finally had to pay attention to the notes. 21:15 Yeah, that's how I picked it. 21:17 But the whole time through all that education, 21:20 my focus, my purpose was 21:21 to serve God with the gifts that He's given me. 21:24 And fast forward, 21:26 here we are on your network. 21:27 And that's exactly what we're doing, 21:29 we're blessing people. Praise the Lord. 21:31 And you've got a big tour coming up this year. 21:33 Yeah, well. You don't want to miss it. 21:34 And also I want to say that 21:36 there's maybe a little more time 21:38 before Christmas you guys 21:39 are doing programs down at Branson. 21:41 Oh, yeah, Christmas show. What's the name of the theater? 21:43 At the Shepherd of the Hills' Playhouse Theatre. 21:46 Okay, Shepherd of the Hills' Playhouse Theatre. 21:48 And that's on what? Tuesday and... 21:50 Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. 21:52 Saturday, okay. 21:53 And they get dinner with their ticket. 21:54 Oh, they get dinner. 21:56 Or lunch. Or lunch. 21:57 Ain't that great? It's going to be great. 21:58 I'm hungry right now. Can me and you go down? 22:00 Me too. I want to go. 22:02 I want to go. You want to go too? 22:03 Yes, I do. Okay. 22:05 Well, you see that, you can't say no to that. 22:07 Oh my goodness, no. 22:09 It's an intimate theater, 22:10 like it says, dinner theater, and it's... 22:13 I have my Austrian crystal piano there. 22:14 It's beautiful. 22:16 It's going to be just a night to come 22:17 and just feel good about yourself, 22:19 and I always end 22:20 with the true meaning of Christmas. 22:22 Oh, that's great. What Christmas is all about? 22:24 God sent His Son to this earth to die 22:26 as I mentioned a while ago, you know. 22:28 I came to be born in a manger, 22:30 then grew up to die 22:31 and then grew up to kind of save this world, you know. 22:33 Great testimony. 22:35 Cheryl, little bit, your background. 22:36 You grew up in a musical family, 22:38 of course your brother Gary, he's sang with a vocal band 22:40 and sing around the world and... 22:42 The Gaither Trio, oh, yes. 22:43 So this time of the year, Christmas, 22:44 did y'all get together? 22:46 Maybe you still doing, sing a little bit? 22:47 Do you still get a chance? Well, not too much. 22:48 My parents were known as the singing pastors, 22:51 and they had a radio program every morning 22:54 that was, excuse my age, but pre-TV. 22:57 Okay. 22:58 And so we, Gary and I sang harmony, 23:03 I get to do the harmony with him. 23:05 And we sang on the radio. 23:07 And that's the beginning of my wonderful career. 23:11 And then you guys met how long ago? 23:14 A long time ago. 23:15 Oh, goodness, many, many years back now. 23:17 A long time ago. I was playing a concert. 23:18 I walked out, there were Cheryl sitting out there, 23:20 and I said, "Okay, thank you, Jesus." 23:23 That's what I did. 23:25 And we have two wonderful daughters. 23:27 Oh! 23:29 Sheree and Christina. 23:30 And then we have two granddaughters. 23:32 Oh, that's fun. 23:34 And then we have a great granddaughter now. 23:35 Oh, you're not old enough for that. 23:37 Now I'm not going for that. 23:40 Probably be okay. 23:41 You started young. 23:43 Yeah, ain't that wonderful? 23:44 Actually, yes. 23:46 You know, I would... 23:47 Yeah, our backgrounds are very similar, right. 23:50 We have both raised in a church and our parents. 23:53 My dad was a Christian at the time when I was a child. 23:55 But of course, Cheryl's parents were ministers, you know. 23:59 And so we first met, I mean, 24:02 we really related very well, 24:03 you know, sang the same music, 24:06 you know, mansion over the hilltop 24:08 and all those songs that we grew up with, right? 24:11 But ain't it interesting that everyone, 24:14 I came from Southern Illinois here kind of country, 24:16 you came from New York. 24:17 So this time of year, 24:19 how did you kind of get into this spirit? 24:21 And did you do these types of songs or your churches, 24:24 or did you go out caroling, or what did you do? 24:27 We didn't go out caroling, 24:28 but we used to do a lot of like the Messiah, 24:31 stuff like that at Church, 24:33 and I just, I grew up with that. 24:34 Your grandma had that. 24:36 My grandmother had the new believers' choir, 24:38 Rosalie Jones. 24:39 A lot of folk will know her, 24:41 Yes, they will. 24:42 And she just... 24:44 She would do the Messiah every year. 24:46 And so I grew up playing it at home, 24:48 singing it in Church and just loving it. 24:52 All around the world, 24:53 especially this time of year that I always like to say 24:56 it's the only time here you can go into stores and, 24:59 you know, businesses all over and they're playing, 25:02 you know, music that's speaking about the Lord Jesus Christ. 25:04 Isn't it wonderful? Yeah. 25:06 Let's take advantage of that. Yeah. 25:07 We're not going to argue 25:09 that Christ was born on December 25. 25:10 We know He wasn't. 25:12 But that's not the whole point. 25:13 The point is He was born. 25:14 And He did give us life on the cross of Calvary. 25:17 And because of that great plan of salvation, 25:20 you and me have the hope of eternal life. 25:22 All we have to do is accept Jesus Christ 25:25 as Lord and Savior of our life, 25:27 then go and tell what He's done for us. 25:29 That's what everybody should be a ye. 25:31 That's what I tell folks, Go ye into all the world. 25:34 So Dino and Cheryl, you are going to all the world. 25:37 And this year, this coming year 25:39 you're doing a lot of traveling. 25:42 And so we're believing for you guys 25:44 are looking at a bus, they need a bus 25:46 because they got folks going with them 25:47 and there's beautiful bus. 25:48 Yes. 25:50 And we're believing with you that you get that bus. 25:51 Thank you. 25:53 So maybe some of you when you put the address 25:54 if you want to tuck in little love gift 25:55 for these folks, to help towards, they need it. 25:57 And they're travelling, a lot of folk with them. 25:59 Yeah. 26:01 And they're going from church to church to church. 26:02 In fact, if you are interested, go to the website, say, 26:05 "Can you put me on the schedule?" 26:07 We think that our people, 26:09 not only us old folk 26:10 but the young people in the Church 26:11 need to get back to the great hymns, 26:14 the pillars of the Church today. 26:16 And we include the choir and, 26:19 we just came off a tour, you know, 26:21 and because you've watched us last couple months, 26:24 and people are being saved. 26:27 I mean, it's a revival, it's a hidden revival. 26:31 Yeah. And that's the bottom line. 26:32 We want to see lives changed, you know, by the power of God. 26:35 So we just got off that tour. 26:36 And we were in a Winnebago. Yeah. 26:38 And my back right now hurts because... 26:41 Yeah, you need a little bit, 26:42 something a little bit more comfortable. 26:44 So I'm looking forward to you. We got to provide it. 26:45 We are appreciative of that, 26:46 but we do need a better vehicle to travel in. 26:50 So that maestro can rest. 26:53 That's right. 26:55 Get a little bit of rest. 26:56 All right, now, we're now going to let him rest. 26:58 Maybe we should turn you loose 26:59 and just, play to your little heart's content. 27:01 Well, I'll tell you what we do. 27:03 I'm going to play something I haven't played in my show. 27:04 Of course, the show is very productive, 27:06 productions, we have a lot of lights, 27:08 and it's very, very pretty. 27:10 And after my first number, which is a big number, 27:13 I just sit at the piano, lights dim 27:14 or actually Christmas trees come up slowly as I play. 28:49 I'm dreaming of a white Christmas. 28:52 Sing along with us. 28:55 I'm dreaming 28:59 Of a white Christmas 29:06 Just like the ones 29:09 I used to know 29:14 Where the treetops glisten 29:20 And children listen 29:25 To hear 29:29 Sleigh bells in the snow 29:37 I'm dreaming 29:41 Of a white Christmas 29:48 With every Christmas card 29:52 I write 29:56 May your days be 30:00 Merry and bright 30:09 And may all your Christmases 30:17 Be white 30:42 It's wonderful. 30:44 It's great. 30:45 Merry Christmas. I love it. 30:47 Merry Christmas. I love it. 30:49 Yes, it just puts you in that mood. 30:51 It does. 31:16 Some children see Him lily white 31:23 The baby Jesus born this night 31:29 Some children see Him lily white 31:36 With tresses soft and fair 31:43 Some children see Him bronzed and brown 31:50 The Lord of heav'n to earth come down 31:56 Some children see Him bronzed and brown 32:04 With dark and heavy hair 32:22 Some children see Him almond-eyed 32:30 This Savior whom we kneel beside 32:36 Some children see Him almond-eyed 32:43 With skin of yellow hue 32:49 Some children see Him dark as they 32:56 Sweet Mary's Son to whom we pray 33:03 Some children see him dark as they 33:10 And, oh they love Him too 33:17 The children in each different place 33:25 Will see the baby Jesus' face 33:32 Like theirs, but bright, with heavenly grace 33:40 And filled with holy light 33:46 Oh lay aside each earthly thing 33:53 And with thy heart as offering 34:03 Come worship now the infant King 34:11 'Tis love that's born tonight 34:20 'Tis love 34:25 That's born tonight 40:25 Oh, how I love Him 40:28 down from His glory, one of my favorite songs, 40:31 especially during the Christmas season 40:32 to know that God sent His Son to this earth 40:34 from the glory to this earth be born in a manger. 40:39 What a pleasure it is to sit here 40:41 at the piano of this wonderful setting. 40:44 I used to play the songs 40:45 that we sing during this Christmas season. 40:49 It's a real pretty carol. 41:40 "Silent Night." 41:45 Sing it with me if you want. 44:16 One of the favorites. 44:17 "O Holy Night." 44:19 This is the time of the year 44:21 that we should be celebrating the birthday of Jesus. 44:23 I know gifts are great. 44:25 It's wonderful to exchange gifts. 44:27 I like presents for sure. But that's fine. 44:30 In hustle and bustle of the season, 44:32 you go shopping and thinking about family, 44:35 and that's all wonderful. 44:36 Please don't forget whose birthday this is. 44:42 It's the birthday of Jesus. 44:47 Jesus, isn't it wonderful 44:49 that we're living Christ in Christmas? 44:51 Oh, yeah, of course. 44:53 That's what it's all about. 44:56 It's the birthday of Christ. 44:58 Let me play something now. 45:02 It's on one of my albums, like Christmas albums, 45:06 as quite appropriate for today, 45:08 what's going on with this world. 45:11 Let it be peace on earth. 45:14 And let it begin in you and me. 48:55 And let it begin in me. 48:57 Father, we thank you for the peace 49:00 that you give in our hearts, 49:01 that we receive you as our personal Savior, 49:04 even through the difficult times. 49:06 Whatever one may be going through 49:08 right now this very moment, 49:10 during this Christmas season, give them peace, 49:14 knowing that everything is being taken care of. 49:17 Father, you are the Prince of peace, 49:19 Prince of peace and our God. 49:23 We love you so much. 49:25 And we thank you for all the gifts 49:26 that you've given us. 49:28 The greatest gift is the gift 49:31 of sweet Jesus. 49:35 The gift of eternal life, someday, 49:37 but we receive you as our personal Savior. 49:42 Let there be peace on earth and let it begin in me. 49:44 What a wonderful opportunity that God has given me 49:46 to be able to sit here at this wonderful station 3ABN 49:50 and just sit here and just play. 49:52 That's all, as well like I'm in your living room. 49:54 This could be your living room. This is beautiful. 49:58 Hope we'll bring a little warmth in your life. 50:01 And if you're there all alone sitting in your house, 50:04 and you have no one around you, I want you to know 50:05 that we love you here at this ministry. 50:08 We love you so much. 50:10 And we always love to take the time 50:12 to sit here and play and sing 50:14 and just give joys, joy and happiness, 50:16 bring joy and happiness into your lives. 50:18 But I really do love doing this more, 50:20 more than anything else. 50:21 Someone asked me today, "After all these years, 50:23 you still love playing the piano." 50:25 Absolutely. 50:26 I started playing when I was three years old. 50:28 I'm still playing it right now, I'm 24. 50:31 I'm only kidding, no. 50:33 I've been around a long time. I really have. 50:36 And it's a pleasure to be able to play throughout the world. 50:41 You know, what's great about what I do at the piano? 50:43 Do you know that I can go to any country in this world 50:47 and play it in any language? 50:50 You get it? 50:52 Some of you get it later, right? 50:54 I can play in Chinese, 50:55 I can play in Russian, I can play in... 50:56 Listen, we've been to all these countries, 50:59 no matter where I go, and I play, 51:00 it communicates the love, the peace, the joy 51:03 that Jesus Christ could give. 51:05 Specially during this Christmas season, specially. 51:10 That's wonderful. 51:12 I want to play you something that, 51:14 as a lot of you know, Cheryl, my wife and I, 51:17 we perform it in Branson, Missouri, 51:19 and we've done that for years. 51:21 And I know a lot of you probably have come 51:22 to see our show. 51:23 And especially this year, 51:25 we're very excited to be at Shepherd of the hills 51:26 as was spoken a while ago. 51:28 And for the Danny had mentioned about our show, 51:32 and that we welcome you, 51:34 whenever you come to Branson, please come to see us 51:37 because we'd love to have you in our theater. 51:39 And also do you know that that I love to bake, 51:43 and I know how to make 51:45 the best carrot cake in the world. 51:46 Am I bragging or what? 51:48 But you know what, I love to bake, 51:50 and we've got the best carrot cake. 51:51 And in fact, 51:53 we have a store in Branson, Missouri on Main Street, 51:56 it's called 24 Karrot Cake cafe. 52:00 Now if you are in Branson, 52:02 I want you to come see our show, 52:03 you got to come see us at the café. 52:04 And who knows, I may be there, 52:06 we'll sit down, have a cup of tea or whatever, 52:09 whatever you Geritol, whatever you guys like, 52:13 and we'll have a slice of cake 52:15 and just enjoy the fellowship together. 52:16 I'd love doing that. I really do. 52:18 That's why I love the café. 52:21 And the 24 Karrot Cake, 52:22 I think will really bless your heart, 52:24 and your tummy at the same time for sure. 52:27 I want to play something right now 52:28 that is very powerful. 52:30 It's a Christmas song that you don't hear too often 52:32 in Christmas season. 52:34 It goes way back, way back. 52:36 And I think this is my hymn book. 52:37 But this is titled, 52:42 "The Birthday of the King." 52:46 And it goes like this. 56:38 "Birthday of the King." 56:39 Hallelujah! 56:41 Praise God. 56:42 Oh, this has been wonderful to be with you, to play at all. 56:46 I thank brother Danny. 56:49 I call him Danny 56:51 because he's such a good friend, 56:52 and Yvonne and ET and all the folks, 56:54 all these guys that are handling the cameras 56:56 and back in the control room. 56:58 Boy, what a wonderful team to have around you, 57:01 especially to do a Christmas special like this. 57:03 We hope you enjoyed this so much. 57:06 And we pray that you have the best Christmas 57:08 you've ever had this year. 57:11 And I pray that that son or daughter, or grandchild 57:13 will come around you 57:15 or those who haven't seen you for a long time, 57:17 this would be the time of the year to come together 57:19 and just celebrate 57:24 the birthday of Jesus. 57:27 Because that's what Christmas is all about. 57:33 Thank you, Lord. 57:34 Thank for each and every person that's been watching. 57:36 Bless them. 57:38 Give them the gifts that they were required 57:40 in their lives right now. 57:42 And we're here to continue to bless you and praise you 57:45 and give you all the honor and all the glory 57:47 for what you have done, 57:50 in our lives, in families. |
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