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00:03 we're living in unprecedented times. 00:05 Join us now for today's special program. 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Mending broken people 00:23 I want to spend my life 00:29 Removing pain 00:34 Lord, let my words 00:39 Heal a heart that hurts 00:44 I want to spend my life 00:50 Mending broken people 00:55 I want to spend my life 01:01 Mending broken people. 01:15 Hello and welcome to another 3ABN Today program. 01:17 Thank you for joining us as you do each and every day. 01:21 Today, I have a special guest. 01:23 I'm not sure exactly how to introduce her 01:26 as a guest, as a 3ABN, 01:31 what do you call, worker with us. 01:32 We all work together in the Lord's vineyard 01:34 and my wife. 01:36 So this is a great, great to have you Yvonne, 01:39 Dr. Yvonne Shelton on. 01:41 And what a privilege to have you on today. 01:43 It's a privilege to be here. 01:45 I'm so excited. 01:46 This reminds me of the first time 01:48 we met actually. 01:49 Many years ago. Many years ago. 01:51 We met on the set I interviewed you 01:53 and C.A Murray set that up. 01:55 Yes, he did. 01:56 I think he had other things in mind. 01:58 I think he did too. 02:00 Apparently it worked, C.A, if you're watching. 02:02 Thank you. 02:04 That's right. Thank you. 02:05 So we are going to be talking about a book today brand new, 02:09 as they say hot off the press. 02:11 And it's called "Glimpses of His glory." 02:14 And we're going to find out about this in just a moment. 02:17 We're going to have some song in just a minute, 02:19 Jaime Jorge is going to be playing for us El Shaddai. 02:23 But this book is about the names of God, right? 02:26 Yes, it's about the different names 02:28 and titles of God 02:30 that a lot of times we're not really familiar with. 02:33 When we read the King James Version, 02:35 or New King James, King James versions, 02:38 we just see God or Lord, 02:40 but we don't see the different titles, 02:42 the Hebrew titles. 02:44 So this book has a bunch 02:45 of the different Hebrew titles in it. 02:47 Okay, well, what got you to thinking about that? 02:50 Okay, so, so I was reading a book about prayer, 02:55 and how to make your prayer life more intense, 02:59 more satisfying. 03:01 And the author started talking about 03:06 how she had started studying the names of God. 03:09 And I thought, 03:11 wow, that sounds interesting because I don't know, 03:13 I have this fascination with names. 03:15 I like to know, what's this person's name 03:16 or what's that person's name. 03:18 So I said, "Let me just look at it." 03:20 And I looked at it, and it was just so rich. 03:24 And it's so intensified my relationship with God 03:28 that I thought, 03:29 wow, wouldn't it be great to have a book with this, 03:33 and with the stories of some of the people 03:36 that I've interviewed over the years, 03:39 and in whose lives God manifested 03:42 various aspects of His character, 03:44 so this is what's it about. 03:45 Through the different names of that represent God, 03:48 His different names 03:49 are different aspects of His character. 03:51 And so you put together, 03:53 you put together the names with people 03:56 whose lives have been changed through those aspects, right? 03:59 Yes, it's... 04:00 I asked the Lord with each story that I had, 04:05 I asked the Lord to please reveal to me 04:07 which name 04:09 that He would want me to pair with that experience. 04:13 And so, He gave me the names 04:17 and I'm just so thrilled 04:18 because, for me, this is such a way 04:22 for people to really see who God is. 04:25 We can't, there's no one title 04:29 that encompasses everything that God is, 04:31 he's so many different things. 04:33 He's so, He has so many aspects of His character 04:36 and these aspects work complementarily, 04:40 they're not separate. 04:42 They all work together. 04:43 So He's, you know, 04:45 He's the Lord our Righteousness, 04:46 and He's also the God who sanctifies. 04:48 I mean, He's all of those things. 04:50 But each person, each contributor 04:53 had a specific experience 04:56 that kind of highlighted 04:58 that particular aspect of His character. 05:01 Oh, it's fabulous. 05:03 When I first started reading, 05:04 it's one of those you can't put down. 05:06 So I'm going to tell you ahead of time 05:07 when you get your book, 05:09 you probably won't be able to put it down. 05:11 And I like the way you wrote it, 05:13 you would expect maybe a theologian 05:16 or someone might tackle something like this. 05:19 But in this case, I'm glad they didn't, 05:20 because you made it really simple 05:22 for those of us who are laymen 05:24 to really understand. 05:25 And then again, the stories in it, 05:27 what it helps you do and what it helped me do, 05:30 as soon as I read it, 05:32 I didn't want to tell her but I was, 05:33 I literally cried the first chapter too, 05:36 because I said, 05:37 this is just amazing to realize this God, 05:40 because right now we're just 05:41 oh, Lord, help me for this and, God, I need this. 05:44 And we don't take all of that, 05:46 that to look at each facet of Him 05:48 and there's so many. 05:49 We're just uncovering a little tiny bit right now. 05:52 So it really was mind-boggling. 05:54 I said, "Can you imagine?" 05:55 No wonder we need eternity to spend with God, right? 05:58 With the Lord Jesus Christ, 06:00 because it's going to take eons of time to understand 06:04 His character of love. 06:06 And how He could care enough for His people, 06:09 that He would literally they make a plan of salvation, 06:12 you know, redemption for fallen man. 06:15 Yeah, I'm so glad you said that, 06:17 you know, about His love, 06:18 because that's what it's all about. 06:21 You know, Satan has, I mean, He spends, 06:24 he ever live it to distort God's character. 06:28 But once we read about who He is, 06:32 and have these names, 06:34 and at the end of each chapter, 06:36 there's a prayer 06:38 that the reader can pray out loud using that name. 06:42 And so it just to me, 06:44 it just draws you closer to Him. 06:46 Because you get to see, 06:48 oh, wow, He has shown me 06:50 this aspect of His character, 06:51 and you begin to think 06:53 about how He's manifested that in your own life as well. 06:56 And that's the whole idea. 06:58 It's not just looking at other people's experiences, 07:01 but then looking at your own experience 07:04 and seeing how He has been, 07:06 you know, Elohim, 07:08 the God who recreates us actually, 07:11 or El Tzur, our Rock, 07:15 so we get to see who He is, how He is. 07:20 And as we say the prayers out loud 07:22 at the end of the chapter, 07:24 it just draws you closer to Him. 07:26 Oh, wonderful. 07:27 I know that this took you many, many months. 07:29 I'm going to guess close to a year. 07:31 Every spare minute whether it was late at night, 07:34 early morning, weekends. 07:37 This woman spent hundreds and hundreds of hours 07:40 because the research to this took so long. 07:44 I'm used to writing something I get in a hurry 07:46 and try to get it in a few days, 07:48 or at least two or three weeks 07:49 get something compiled together, 07:51 at least ready to edit by that point. 07:53 But I mean, you literally spared no, 07:55 you didn't take any shortcuts. 07:57 And it, what did it do, 08:00 then we're going to go to music, 08:01 then we have Dwight Hall 08:03 that's going to be on for a minute. 08:04 Dwight printed this, 08:05 but I think he has a story in here also. 08:07 He does, he does, and it's wonderful. 08:09 And I'm just so glad he's with us today. 08:12 Yeah, so personally, did writing this, 08:15 what did that do for you on a spiritual level? 08:17 Oh, man, Danny, 08:19 it really drew me 08:22 into a deeper relationship with the Lord 08:26 because it's kind of like 08:28 when you know someone by name versus, 08:32 you know, just kind of generally knowing 08:34 about them, 08:35 but when you call them by name, 08:37 there's so many, I mean, 08:38 and actually one of my favorite verses 08:40 is you know, 08:41 "Fear not for I've redeemed you, 08:43 I've called you by name, you're mine." 08:45 So He calls us by name, 08:47 but we now know His names and we can call Him by name. 08:52 And it just, 08:53 it just really deepens that intimacy with the Lord. 08:57 You know, it just, it's so special to know 09:01 these different titles that He has. 09:02 All right. Well, we have Jaime Jorge. 09:05 And as you know, he's a great violinist, 09:08 I'm thankful he's on the Lord's side. 09:11 And he plays music that gives honor and glory. 09:13 And this song is one of the names 09:15 that you've written about here in the book, 09:17 El Shaddai. 09:31 Okay if you clap, you have to sing. 09:34 El shaddai, el shaddai 09:38 El-elyon na adonia 09:43 Age to age you're still the same 09:47 By the power of the name 09:52 El shaddai, el shaddai 09:57 Erkamka na adonai 10:01 We will praise and lift you high 10:06 El shaddai 10:11 Through your love and through the ram 10:15 You saved the son of Abraham 10:20 And by the power of your hand 10:24 Turned the sea into dry land 10:29 To the outcast on her knees 10:33 You were the God who really sees 10:39 By your might 10:41 You set your children free 10:47 El shaddai, el shaddai 10:51 El-elyon na adonia 10:56 Age to age you're still the same 11:01 By the power of the name 11:05 El shaddai, el shaddai 11:10 Erkamka na adonai 11:14 We will praise and lift you high 11:19 El shaddai. 11:23 Through the years you've made it clear 11:28 That the time of Christ was near 11:33 Though the people failed to see 11:37 What Messiah ought to be 11:41 And though your word contained the plan, 11:46 They just could not understand 11:51 Your most awesome work was done 11:56 Through the frailty of your son. 12:02 El shaddai, el shaddai 12:07 El-elyon na adonai, 12:12 Age to age you're still the same 12:16 By the power of the name 12:21 El shaddai, el shaddai 12:25 Erkamka na adonai 12:30 We will praise and lift you high 12:35 El shaddai 12:39 We will praise and lift you high, 12:44 El shaddai. 12:57 Amen. Thank you, Jaime. 12:59 I understand that's Michael Card 13:01 who wrote the song. 13:02 And Jaime was playing I'm told with the soundtrack 13:05 from a live concert he had. 13:08 And that's Michael Card singing 13:09 and he's the one also wrote the song El Shaddai. 13:12 Great song. Tell us a little bit about it. 13:15 You wrote about El Shaddai. 13:16 I did. I did. 13:18 So El Shaddai means Almighty God. 13:23 God Almighty. All right. 13:25 Um, the word El means might 13:30 or power and that's often used, 13:32 that's where Elohim is derived from. 13:35 And then Shaddai comes from the Hebrew root word shad, 13:41 which actually means breast. 13:43 So Shaddai is like the poor forth, 13:48 the shedder forth, 13:50 the one who nurtures and who's all bountiful. 13:54 And who's our sustainer and who, 13:57 for whom nothing is impossible. 14:00 He is the God 14:02 who can not only will it to happen, 14:06 will or have a purpose, 14:08 but He can make that purpose happen. 14:10 So He is the all-powerful Almighty God, 14:14 El Shaddai. 14:16 Wow, beautiful. 14:17 Now speaking that we have mentioned 14:19 Dwight Hall with the Remnant Publications. 14:23 He not only printed the book, but as we mentioned, 14:26 actually has the story in here. 14:28 So, Dwight, are you with us now? 14:32 I am. It's so good to be here. 14:34 It's so good to hear the story already. 14:36 And it's exciting that you have a book that can really, 14:41 I think inspire a lot of people, 14:43 not just about, 14:44 we always hear God, like you said, 14:46 but to inspire them on more of a personal God 14:49 with any kind of problem that we have. 14:52 That God which is the same God but it becomes personal. 14:55 Anyway, I think it's a tremendous book. 14:57 Absolutely. 14:59 And now you have a story in it? 15:02 I do. It's actually under El Shaddai. 15:04 Okay. 15:06 Isn't that amazing? So we have the El Shaddai. 15:08 And Yvonne said, man, that was a God thing 15:10 because Melody picked out the song our daughter. 15:13 And you know, she lives in Nashville, 15:15 and she picks out the music, 15:16 but she didn't really know 15:18 that it was going to be your story 15:19 and you are going to be on. 15:21 I'm telling you, when I saw that, 15:22 when I saw on the lower thirds, it was El Shaddai. 15:26 I was like looking God, just working it all out. 15:29 It's beautiful. And that's Dwight's story. 15:32 I thought you planned it. 15:34 See, that's how God works things out. 15:35 He work it out totally. 15:38 So the beautiful thing, Dwight, 15:41 about your story that you're going to share 15:43 is that it fit 15:45 the El Shaddai title so perfectly, 15:50 it was just like, wow, look at God all bountiful, 15:53 our sustainer. 15:55 And so, yes, so please tell us your story? 15:59 Well, I'll share a short version. 16:01 But back when I started Remnant Publications, 16:04 we sold our other companies, 16:06 we had a number of different companies. 16:08 And we moved out to Montana, 16:11 and we want to just draw closer to the Lord, 16:13 we homeschooled our children. 16:15 But we only had a certain amount of resources. 16:18 As far as money, we were out of debt. 16:21 And we said we're going to try to live 16:23 on $13,000 a year, 16:24 which is not an easy task, because this is years ago, 16:29 but being out of debt, 16:30 and we went to second-hand shops 16:32 to buy clothes, 16:33 and Deb made bread, everything else. 16:35 So even at that we knew we only had so many, 16:39 so much money to keep us going for so long. 16:44 And Deb, 16:46 the one that takes care of our finances. 16:48 She said, 16:50 "What are you going to do when your money's out?" 16:52 And I said, "Well, honey, 16:54 if I have to dig ditches by hand, 16:56 I mean, I'll supply, I'll work hard. 16:59 I have to dig ditches by hand with a shovel. 17:00 I'll do it." 17:01 She said, "Well, I'll let you know 17:03 when we just start down 17:04 to about enough money to buy a shovel." 17:06 And so... 17:07 And believe me, if you know Deb, 17:09 she will let you know. 17:12 So it was about four years later. 17:15 And you know, we're working and I was doing odd jobs 17:18 kind of but just drawing closer to the Lord, had, 17:21 we had Remnant Publications, but I just felt that I needed, 17:25 there were things in my life I needed to deal with. 17:27 And the Lord allowed me to do that. 17:29 So at that four years, 17:31 she came up to me, and she said, Dwight. 17:36 She said, "We just have enough money, 17:38 I think to buy a shovel, 17:39 so you better go to town and buy one." 17:42 And I said, "Well, you can't do that." 17:44 And she said, "Well, it's that bad." 17:47 And she said, "We need it. 17:49 We need somehow you need to be making some money right now, 17:52 go get that shovel." 17:53 So I said, "Well, you know, I have another idea." 17:55 We've been praying 17:57 and we had dead trees on our property. 17:59 We had about 30 acres out there. 18:02 There was a little lake on the property, 18:03 part of the property, there was some swamp ground. 18:06 So probably 15 acres of woods, thick woods. 18:10 And there was these dead trees that were killed by a beetle. 18:13 And they were probably still standing, 18:15 most of them were still standing. 18:17 So I called a Mennonite, a very Christian guy. 18:21 And he's a logger, 18:22 does a lot of big logging jobs and his name is Ines. 18:25 And I called him I said, Ines, you've got, 18:29 you know, I know you said before, 18:31 because I talked to him about few years before, 18:32 he said, those trees were worthless, 18:34 they might be good enough to have firewood, 18:36 but the lumber prices were down 18:38 and they just weren't much money 18:40 as far as getting money out of them. 18:42 Now I called him back and he said, 18:43 "The lumber prices really went up. 18:45 People are building more log homes, 18:46 these would be perfect for log homes, 18:48 they're still standing timber, and they're dried out, 18:51 I'll come out and look at it." 18:53 So we went through the woods, 18:54 and you know, you got to understand 18:56 that there's dead trees is not like, 18:58 the property's dead trees, that's majority of live trees. 19:01 It just here's a little bit of dead trees 19:02 and there's a stand over here. 19:04 And so we walked our 15 acres. 19:07 And he said, "I'll tell you what? 19:08 I think there's five loads of dead trees maybe. 19:12 And so I will pay you $750 a load for your trees, 19:16 your dead trees." 19:18 And I said, "Well, what? 19:20 What if there's only four loads?" 19:21 And he said, "Well, I don't care 19:23 how many I'm going to give you 19:24 money $750 for five loads 19:26 whether that's three loads or five loads." 19:28 I said, "Well, what happens if there's more?" 19:30 And he said, "Well, I don't think 19:32 there's going to be more 19:33 but if there is 19:34 I'll give you $750 per load of dead trees." 19:38 And I said look great. 19:40 And he said, "Well, how do you think?" 19:41 I said, "Well, I'm an optimistic person. 19:43 And I thought maybe eight loads." 19:46 And he said, "Well, Dwight, I've been at this a long time. 19:49 I've got a number of crews out there. 19:51 We do hundreds and thousands of acres. 19:53 If you get five loads, 19:54 I think we're going to be very fortunate." 19:56 And I said, "Well, we'll see." 19:58 So he came in and he said, 19:59 "Now we're going to be there a week, 20:02 it'll be easy to take it all the trees down 20:04 and we'll load them up on the, on the trucks 20:06 and we'll take them in and we'll pay you." 20:08 So that first week, we were praying as a family. 20:11 I wasn't praying 20:12 that He would multiply the trees, 20:14 I was praying that we would get eight loads or more loads 20:16 than just five loads. 20:18 And what we've been praying for is we would get enough money, 20:21 another $13,000 to live that year. 20:24 So at the end of the week, 20:27 I went down there on Friday to this man, and he was there. 20:29 And I said, "So are you all done?" 20:32 And he said, you know, Dwight, he said, 20:34 we came up this morning, we thought we were finished 20:36 and he said, as we walked out, 20:38 we found a little stand of dead trees 20:39 over in this patch of the woods. 20:41 And he said, we've already been through there. 20:43 I don't know how we missed it. 20:45 But he said, we'll do that on Monday. 20:46 And we'll be through and I said, "Okay," 20:47 so I got the kids. 20:49 We know, we prayed during the weekend. 20:51 And so on Monday, 20:53 about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, 20:55 I walked back down, I said, "Well, how are you doing? 20:56 You need to get it done." 20:58 He said, "You will never believe this. 20:59 But as we walked out, had those stand of dead trees. 21:03 We saw another stand of dead trees 21:05 all on the other side." 21:07 And he said, "Believe me, we know how to log, 21:09 we do it very systematically." 21:12 And he said, "I don't know how they got there. 21:13 But I don't know how we could have missed them." 21:15 And so 'cause I'm smiling a little bit at this time. 21:18 So I kind of, I feel pretty light, you know, 21:21 and so woke up and I told the kids, I said, 21:22 we need to pray some more. 21:23 I said, You know what? 21:25 I think maybe the Lord's showing us 21:27 we just have faith that He takes care of us. 21:29 He's an awesome God. He's a powerful God. 21:32 And so we prayed, 21:33 the next day was Tuesday, walked out. 21:35 And I said, "I'm sure you're done now." 21:37 And he said, he shook his head. 21:39 He said, "Dwight, as we were walking out, 21:42 we found another stand of dead trees." 21:45 And he said, "I'm not going to, Dwight, 21:47 we're going to be done tomorrow." 21:49 He said, and then he asked me, he said, 21:50 did you do you know that story in the Bible 21:52 about the widow and her oil, 21:53 and they kept bringing in paraffin. 21:55 In fact he asked and he said, 21:57 we're talking about that and hope through 21:58 because we know we've cut those trees down, 22:01 and then there's another stand. 22:03 Now they were going to be done in a week. 22:04 And to make a long story short, 22:06 they were there for three weeks. 22:08 The only reason we quit. 22:10 Now remember, this is maybe 15 acres, 22:12 we're talking dead trees. 22:13 We're not talking clear cutting in the woods. 22:15 You know, this was a miracle of God. 22:18 And so he, he said, "You know, I've got to quit, 22:22 because I got people 22:23 that are customers that are upset, 22:25 because we're two weeks late now. 22:26 So we've got to quit. 22:27 So they were still dead trees when he left. 22:29 The log cleared, 22:31 but then God drew another set of dead trees. 22:36 And here's the neat thing about it. 22:38 You know, I'm saying maybe eight, 22:40 dreaming big I thought. 22:42 He said five and probably not that, 22:46 they took out 18 loads of trees. 22:51 And that was, that was a little over $13,000. 22:55 And so that, you know, and when I read this, 22:58 when I read this, 22:59 I read this just after the book came out again, 23:01 and I had tears in my eyes, 23:02 because it brings you back memories 23:04 that God will supply all your needs. 23:07 Trying to be faithful 23:09 and God gave us a year's worth of wages to say, 23:12 "Listen, I'm in control. 23:14 I've called you to do Remnant, I called you to be faithful, 23:17 I'll take care of it. 23:18 And dead trees are nothing for me." 23:20 And yes, I was impressed. 23:22 So, yeah, that's my story. That's a true miracle. 23:25 I mean, to see dead trees 23:28 that they would go out every day for three weeks 23:32 and there are other stand of dead trees. 23:33 It's amazing. It was amazing story. 23:36 What a beautiful story, 23:37 and what a beautiful application 23:40 of the name El Shaddai. 23:42 Because He will supply all of your needs, 23:44 whatever your needs are, He is able to supply them. 23:48 And so that's, that's so beautiful. 23:51 I so appreciate that story in the book. 23:53 Thank you. 23:55 Well, you know, Yvonne, something a little bit. 23:57 As I was reading, 23:58 and I've been reading some of the stories here. 24:01 You know, I would just maybe encourage 24:03 the 3ABN viewers that did buy this book, 24:06 I would encourage everyone buy one, 24:07 I think it's, I think it's amazing. 24:09 It's a short read, it's not a big thick book, 24:11 it's easy to understand, and it's inspiring. 24:14 I would think of the kind of a cool thing, 24:16 I don't want to give you guys too much work or emails. 24:19 But what if the people that bought the book, 24:23 they would come up 24:25 with how the Lord is blessed them 24:27 on each individual name of God. 24:31 And then email you that 24:32 and let you know that you know El Shaddai 24:35 here's my story of this 24:36 and all the other names they would, 24:39 they would tell you and see how many of your readers 24:42 that would read this book. 24:43 How many of those folks could come up with a story 24:46 for every one of those names in your book? 24:48 Oh. Absolutely. 24:50 But the good news for the viewers at home 24:52 is they're not having to buy it. 24:54 So now their ears are going up or what? 24:56 No, they're not having to buy the book. 24:58 All that we've told and getting ready to tell 25:01 and so you is a good segue 25:03 is that all you have to do 25:04 if you want one of these literally 25:06 is to make a donation to 3ABN of any size, 25:09 any amount. 25:11 And so absolutely make a donation to 3ABN any amount, 25:14 and we'll send you 25:16 one of these absolutely free of charge, 25:17 just say you want the free book and Yvonne's book, 25:20 Glimpses of His glory. 25:22 But I think that's a great idea. 25:24 So thank you, Dwight. God bless you. 25:25 And we look forward to talking to you again. 25:28 Okay, God bless both of you, too. 25:30 Thank you. 25:31 So that is a good idea. 25:33 I think it helps us when we, you know, put ourselves, 25:37 other words you read about people in the Bible, 25:39 but let's, sometimes when we see God working in us, 25:42 and through us, willing to provide, 25:45 you know, miracles for us. 25:47 Then to me, it changes us personally to it, 25:50 it helps us tremendously, spiritually, it helps us. 25:54 And so, again, if you want one of these, 25:57 all you have to do is make a donation of any size. 25:59 So it's not we're not selling it, 26:01 we're actually giving it away, just donation. 26:03 So thank you for your love and your prayers 26:06 and financial support. 26:07 Now, if you want to go on, is it Amazon? 26:09 Yeah, Amazon. 26:11 If you want to go on Amazon and go there, 26:13 you just want a digital download, 26:14 you can go there and work that out with them. 26:16 We want to put up also your email address 26:19 and your website. 26:21 Okay. 26:22 And could you give us your website? 26:23 Yes, my website is MagnifyHimPub.com. 26:28 It's MagnifyHimPub for publishing company.com. 26:33 Okay, great. 26:34 Now, why don't we put up an email also, they can reach. 26:37 Do you have one? Yes. 26:38 YShelton2020@gmail.com. 26:43 That's YShelton2020@gmail.com. 26:47 Okay, so any questions and comments, 26:49 anything they want, 26:51 and information about the book, 26:53 you can get, either of those ways. 26:55 Again, we're just encouraging you, 26:58 as the Holy Spirit impresses, you make a donation to 3ABN, 27:02 and we'll send you this absolutely free of charge. 27:05 And it's a great witnessing tool 27:07 because once if someone is not a Christian, 27:11 or they don't really know anything about God, 27:15 and in the back, it has how they can watch 3ABN. 27:19 So this is really good, 27:21 because it just kind of keeps people, 27:24 you know, it keeps them plugged in. 27:26 So after they, after they've read the book, 27:28 if they want more information, they can just look at the back 27:32 and go to 3ABN, watch 3ABN. 27:34 Right, the back, and that's the beauty of it. 27:36 Because, you know, 27:37 the back of it tells you all the different ways 27:40 you can watch and listen and get more information. 27:42 And that's the thing, this thing, 27:44 this book will cross denominational barriers. 27:46 Everybody's interested, 27:48 Christians are interested in the name of God, 27:49 but not only Christians. 27:50 I won't tell where we were. 27:52 But we recently at a doctor's, we met this doctor, 27:56 really nice young lady, Muslim, 27:59 raised born and raised Muslim. 28:01 And so we were talking, I told her about Yvonne's book. 28:04 So she was talking to her about it 28:06 and Yvonne said, "Do you want one?" 28:08 And she said, "Oh, absolutely." 28:10 So we saw a day or two later 28:12 because you don't know maybe somebody just says, 28:14 oh, they want one or what have you, 28:16 want to be nice. 28:17 She says, Oh, I called my mother 28:19 who lives in the Middle East. 28:20 I called my mother and told her about this book. 28:23 She had taken it home 28:24 and looked over all the names of God. 28:26 And she said, how did she worded, 28:27 her mother said it was like a gift that she had been. 28:30 I don't want to say praying for 28:32 but a gift that she had been wanting 28:34 and would cherish this 28:35 to learn about the names of God. 28:37 So Muslim first, 28:39 I mean, it's just out a few days at that point. 28:42 And so this will reach people of all denominations 28:46 or other denominations 28:47 because when you, 28:49 literally the names of God and they're so beautiful 28:52 and yet you know I'm a kind of 28:54 when I started reading the Bible as youngster, 28:56 I get any name that's difficult, 28:58 you just go over it. 28:59 You know, I'll read through the Bible, 29:00 and all these begats this, 29:02 man, I didn't understand like, da-da, da-da, and move on. 29:05 And so I'm afraid I have to admit, 29:07 I've kind of did that in the past 29:09 with some of the names of God. 29:10 But in this case, 29:12 you've really got my attention now 29:14 and it's like, "Man, these names are beautiful." 29:15 Oh, praise the Lord. 29:17 You know, they are, 29:18 some of them are kind of hard to pronounce. 29:20 And so, what I did was, 29:22 I had contacted Carmelita Troy 29:25 who is a board member of 3ABN 29:28 and she is also on the faculty of Andrews University 29:32 and she introduced me to Dr. Roy Gane 29:35 who is a professor of Hebrew and ancient languages 29:38 and Near Eastern languages at Andrews 29:41 and he helped me with like the pronunciations 29:45 and meanings and different concepts. 29:49 In fact, some things in the appendix come from him. 29:52 So thank you, Dr. Gane, for your help with that. 29:54 Absolutely. 29:55 The names are... 29:58 Well, we have pronunciations for every name in there. 30:02 So the way the book is structured, 30:03 there's the name, 30:05 then there's the pronunciation of the name 30:07 so you can say it right away. 30:09 Then there's a scripture in which that name is found. 30:14 Then there's the biblical context. 30:16 And Brother Dwight Hall helped me with that, 30:19 because we were having a conversation one day, 30:21 and he was saying, you know, 30:22 and you could have the biblical context 30:24 for the name. 30:25 And so, then that's next. 30:28 And then the, then the story... 30:30 Then the story like Dwight just had. 30:32 Right, the modern application of the name, 30:35 and then the prayer. 30:36 And it's important to pray that prayer out loud. 30:39 Like, I just think 30:41 that it really makes a difference 30:44 when you pray the prayer out loud using that name. 30:49 May I show you? 30:50 Give you the example. Absolutely, absolutely. 30:52 And then I want to ask you about someone who helped you 30:54 that I think was Jewish or something from musician 30:57 that you used to do music with. 30:59 Yes, yes, yes. 31:00 Okay, I'll tell you. 31:01 So for El Shaddai, for example, the prayer is El Shaddai, 31:05 Almighty God, You are my source. 31:08 It is because of Your blessings that I am prosperous. 31:12 Nothing is impossible for You. 31:14 Your bounty overflows into my life, 31:17 and I'm so grateful for Your provision. 31:19 Please fill in my areas of lack 31:22 and help me to always appreciate 31:24 Your generosity by sharing Your gifts 31:27 with those in need. 31:28 Lead me to someone that I can help today. 31:32 So that's El Shaddai. 31:33 Right, nice. 31:35 So, every one of these stories throughout this 31:38 starts out that way, 31:39 it gives the name, the pronunciation, 31:42 gives us scripture, you know about it, 31:44 then with the story and has a prayer. 31:45 Yes. 31:47 And so, I want to ask you 31:49 about some of the other resources 31:50 that helped you. 31:52 Yes. 31:53 So, of course, in the beginning, 31:55 like before I even talk to Dr. Gane. 31:58 I was wondering, like, 32:00 how do I say some of these names 32:01 because they're online, 32:03 you know, but I didn't know how to pronounce them 32:05 like El Gibbor Milchamah. 32:07 I had no idea how to say it. 32:10 But you know, so I called one of my friends 32:12 from the music business, 32:14 one of my Jewish friends who had been, 32:17 he is the son of a rabbi. 32:19 And he had been a cantor. 32:22 He trained as a cantor when he was younger, 32:24 and then decided to go into the jingle world, 32:27 and he was very, very successful 32:28 as a jingle singer. 32:30 I can say his name is Kenny Karen, 32:31 and Kenny, hi, Kenny. 32:33 Kenny who was very, very helpful. 32:36 I was able to run things by him, 32:39 I was able to make sure 32:40 that my pronunciation was authentic. 32:43 And he just, he just really was very supportive, 32:46 even though he's, 32:48 he considers himself a secular Jew, 32:50 he still was really, really supportive. 32:53 And I think it was kind of like, 32:55 reminding him of his roots 32:56 as he was helping me 32:58 it was reminding him of his roots. 32:59 So that was really good and, and then just, 33:03 you know, getting encouragement along the way, 33:06 you encouraged me to just write 33:09 and I know that and I need to thank you 33:12 because a lot of times I was just buried in there 33:14 in the worship room, 33:16 just like doing the research but... 33:20 Well, I was happy in the fact 33:22 that I saw the change in you 33:23 and I saw what it was doing for you. 33:26 And you would come out saying, 33:27 "Man, I just read this, and boy, 33:29 this is so delightful, this is so great." 33:31 And your enthusiasm, 33:32 you know, was really tremendous. 33:35 But I saw what it was doing, you know, spiritually too, 33:38 drawing you closer to the Lord. 33:40 And so what I would like to do too, 33:43 and we've got time to do it. 33:44 So Yvonne is one if you, anyone knows her, 33:48 she really is 33:49 and I've known her for many, many years now. 33:51 And she said we met on an interview like this 33:53 years ago. 33:54 But she's one of the most humble people 33:56 that I've ever met. 33:57 So anytime you talk about Yvonne, 33:59 she will switch this and you won't even know it. 34:02 Sometimes she'll be, you ask her about herself, 34:04 and then pretty soon she's telling you 34:06 about somebody else. 34:07 Or you find her, she said well, you know, 34:09 my husband is such and such, she, she does that 34:12 but you have a story in here yourself. 34:13 Yes. 34:14 And so today, this is not to uplift Yvonne 34:18 but it's your testimony. 34:19 So I want you to maybe share what name of God 34:23 and what was your personal story 34:26 that you put in here, 34:27 that where God really showed Himself through this character? 34:32 Well, yes, so the name that I was paired with, 34:39 or my story was paired with was El Hanne'eman, 34:44 the faithful God. 34:45 God, the faithful one. 34:47 Say it again. 34:49 El Hanne'eman. 34:50 Okay. And God is faithful. 34:54 And not only is He faithful to us, 34:58 but He's faithful to our ancestors, 35:01 like the prayers of our ancestors, 35:05 even when they are sleeping in Him, 35:08 He continues to answer them. 35:10 And so the story, 35:13 and I can, I can share the scripture. 35:21 The scripture that the chapter has 35:25 at its beginning, 35:27 is keep in mind that Y-H-W-H, which is the, 35:32 this is involved the tetragrammaton 35:34 which is the four letters. 35:36 When God revealed Himself to Moses at the burning bush, 35:40 when Moses said, "Who shall I say, sent me? 35:44 What is your name?" 35:46 And God said to him, He gave him YHWH, which, 35:51 that's we're transliterating now YHWH, 35:54 which we don't know 35:56 what the exact pronunciation of that is, 35:59 a lot of scholars say Yahweh, but we don't really know. 36:02 So in the book, I use YHWH. 36:06 And when you're speaking that, since you can't, you know, 36:10 says that you can't pronounce it really, 36:12 a lot of times you'll say Adonia instead. 36:15 So keep in mind that... 36:17 And it means? 36:19 YHWH? 36:21 The name. 36:22 Well, the name is, the name actually, 36:26 is the unutterable name, 36:29 it is, it is, it is who He is. 36:33 He says, "When Moses says that to Him, 36:37 he also says he is ehyeh 'aer 'ehyeh. 36:43 I am who I am, or I am that I am. 36:46 But then he says, further down, 36:48 and this is in Exodus 3 I think, 36:52 where he says, but by my name YHWH, 36:58 that's really that's, 37:00 that's the name that, 37:02 but it's called the tetragrammaton 37:03 because in Hebrew, 37:05 and this is why I needed Dr. Gane 37:07 because it was a little confusing. 37:08 In Hebrew there were no vowels. 37:12 So it's all consonants. 37:14 So it's YHWH so. 37:17 So this verse from, this is the names of God Bible. 37:21 And I got a lot of verses 37:23 from here with the original names, 37:26 says, "Keep in mind 37:27 that YHWH your Elohim is the only Elohim. 37:32 He is a faithful El. 37:33 El Hanne'eman who keeps His promise 37:36 and is merciful to thousands of generations 37:39 of those who love Him and obey His commands." 37:43 That's found in Deuteronomy 7:9. 37:45 So the biblical context for El Hanne'eman 37:49 was actually talking about 37:53 how Moses had the people of, 37:56 the children of Israel wandered through the wilderness 37:59 for 40 years, 38:00 they ended up 38:01 getting into idolatry and whatever. 38:03 So that generation 38:05 didn't cross over into the Promised Land. 38:09 But the Lord had sworn to the original ancestors, 38:15 that He would bless their children and all that. 38:18 And so my point with that 38:20 is that many of you have grandparents 38:24 or parents who have prayed for you, 38:26 who might not even be living now. 38:29 But God continues to answer and honor their prayers. 38:32 And so that's what this is about. 38:35 So my grandmother's Rosalie Jones, 38:38 and Zelma Hodge, 38:41 Rosalie Jones was my maternal grandmother 38:44 and Zelma Hodge was my paternal, 38:46 my father's mother. 38:47 And they were powerful women of God. 38:50 And they prayed for me. 38:53 My mom died when I was 19. 38:55 But she also prayed before she died, 38:58 that my sister and I would be saved. 39:02 So I went through a time 39:07 of being away from God. 39:10 And I was diluted because in my mind, 39:12 I thought I was still a Christian, 39:15 but I wasn't, I wasn't going to church. 39:19 I wasn't in a regular prayer relationship, 39:21 reading the Bible. 39:23 I wasn't doing anything. 39:24 I was just, kind of, you know, sometimes I'd read the Bible. 39:27 I would still pray sometimes. 39:28 But the Lord wasn't my Lord and Savior. 39:32 He was my Savior, 39:33 but he wasn't my Lord and Savior. 39:34 Oh, wow. 39:36 And so at that time, 39:38 when I was first in the music business, 39:39 I had Mark and Mark is my older son. 39:44 And Mark was a privileged child, he... 39:49 You're laughing because you know how he is. 39:50 I do. 39:52 And he basically was, you know. 39:55 He was a privileged child. He was a privileged child. 39:58 Well, how was he privileged? 39:59 She had money, I'll tell you she had money 40:01 'cause she's doing well in the business. 40:03 So you probably tend to spoil him 40:05 you brought in nannies and all kinds of stuff. 40:09 He used to get what he wanted. 40:10 He was. Oh my. 40:12 But what was, I know. 40:15 But what was happening was I was giving him things 40:18 but the most important thing 40:21 that I should have given him was a spiritual foundation. 40:25 And my grandmother would take Mark 40:27 to church for me on Sabbath. 40:29 She would pick him up, 40:31 she'd come all the way downtown, 40:32 I lived on the Upper East Side, she come in New York. 40:34 She come all the way down from Queens, 40:36 pick him up and take him to church for me. 40:39 And so, he was getting to go to Sabbath School and church, 40:42 but I wasn't going. 40:46 And so, Mark, over the years, 40:52 just kind of drifted away. 40:53 He was going to church as a little boy, 40:55 but then I really wasn't living the right example for him. 40:59 And so he grew up as a teenager 41:03 and got involved in with the wrong people 41:06 and with drugs and all kinds of things. 41:09 And he's given me permission 41:11 to share his testimony so it's okay. 41:14 So, one day I got this call from a friend from church. 41:18 And she said to me, I hate to tell you this, 41:22 but Mark is really, 41:23 he's hanging with the wrong people, 41:25 and he's in trouble. 41:27 And I hung up the phone, and I just fell on my knees, 41:31 and I just cried before God, because I knew, by that time, 41:35 I come back to the Lord. 41:37 But Mark was still out in the world. 41:40 And so I cried before the Lord 41:44 and I just begged Him not to let the enemy 41:47 take Mark in his sins, 41:48 because that's what the enemy wants to do. 41:50 He wants to kill us. 41:52 And so, I begged God to please, 41:55 please don't let him die in his sins. 41:58 And long story short, over the years, 42:03 Mark still had to go through a lot, 42:05 he still had to get further and further away from God 42:07 to the point where he embraced Luciferian philosophy. 42:12 I mean, it was, yeah, it was just very dark. 42:15 But through it all, Danny, I held on to that promise, 42:18 because that day 42:20 when I was boohooing before God, 42:22 he spoke to me. 42:23 And He repeated that verse from Isaiah that says, 42:26 "I will contend with them that contend with me, 42:29 and I will save thy children." 42:31 So I stopped crying. 42:33 I knew that He was going to save 42:35 my children at the time, 42:36 I just had Mark and then later, 42:39 Jason came along 42:40 and Jason too went away from God. 42:44 So both of my children were not walking with the Lord. 42:47 But the Lord had promised me that day 42:50 that He would save my children. 42:52 So Jason went this way, Mark went that way. 42:55 And yet, God brought them back, He brought them back. 43:00 Mark had to hit rock bottom, 43:02 but he began to see who God really was. 43:08 He began to read some, 43:09 he read Steps to Christ and began to read the Bible, 43:12 began to pray. 43:13 And he began to see who God really wasn't, 43:16 all of that twisted thought about Lucifer 43:20 and all of that stuff that is gone. 43:22 Praise the Lord. Now he calls Jesus his Lord. 43:26 And I'm so thankful. 43:28 And, of course, we know Jason is here at 3ABN, 43:31 and the Lord, so He is El Hanne'eman. 43:34 He is the faithful God 43:36 and you know that He's been faithful 43:39 in your life as well. 43:40 And when you think about what He's done in your life, 43:43 you can pinpoint times when you can just say, 43:48 God, You are so faithful. 43:50 Amen. 43:51 Beautiful story, that's in the book, right? 43:53 It's in the book. Dwight story's in the book. 43:55 I tell a better in the book than I just did. 43:58 It's almost a tear jerker. 43:59 I had this in here, 44:01 because I thought I might need to use this, 44:02 so that is just. 44:04 No, because I know Mark, and I know Jay, 44:05 and I know where they, 44:06 where they've been 44:08 and where God has brought them right now. 44:10 I mean, it's incredible. 44:12 And so what we have a little bit more time, 44:15 we've got just several more minutes. 44:17 I'd like to kind of go through some of the chapters 44:19 and maybe just some of the names 44:22 maybe if you would just give us 44:23 some of the names of God, 44:25 maybe the verse that goes with it. 44:26 And just briefly, 44:28 if you want to mention the story, 44:29 a little bit of a story, it goes with it. 44:31 We have few minutes to do that if you want. 44:33 So the first chapter is Elohim. 44:35 And that's God and in Elohim it means God basically. 44:41 And it's used over 2,000 times in Scripture. 44:46 But when we see in the beginning, 44:48 God created heaven and the earth, 44:50 in the beginning Elohim created heaven and the earth. 44:53 And Elohim is interesting because it's a plural word, 44:59 but it's followed by a singular verb. 45:02 So it reflects the Trinity. 45:04 Said, Let us make... 45:06 Let Us make man. Exactly. 45:09 So that's Elohim and then Goel. 45:12 Oh, and the story with Elohim 45:14 is, well, let me just say this. 45:17 So we know that God is the Creator. 45:21 But we also know that He recreates us 45:25 to conform to the image of His Son. 45:28 So this, the story that is associated with this 45:33 is the story of Chris Hudson, and Chris Hudson was, 45:38 is the forerunner of Forerunner Chronicles. 45:40 And, oh, his story is so powerful, 45:44 it is just so powerful. 45:46 And then, let's see, 45:49 and he was an entertainment writer. 45:51 And he invoked the dark side 45:56 to help him to write some things 45:58 and it just shows how he came to God 46:00 and all of that. 46:02 So yeah, it's rich, it's rich. 46:04 Then Goel, the second chapter is God, 46:08 my Redeemer. 46:09 And the verse here, 46:12 Psalm 78:34-35 46:15 from the names of God Bible. 46:17 They turn from their sins and eagerly looked for El. 46:20 They remember that Elohim was their rock, 46:23 that El Elyon was their Goel. 46:26 So Goel means redeemer, deliverer. 46:29 And the story in here is about a young Muslim woman 46:34 who was depressed 46:38 and she had tried suicide 46:41 and all kinds of things to try to self-medicate 46:46 and yet nothing worked until she found Jesus. 46:50 And it and it talk. Amen. 46:53 It talks about that. 46:54 Then, of course, we have El Shaddai, 46:55 which we've already talked about. 46:57 Then there's El Tzur, and that's God the rock. 47:01 And you know, when you think of God's strength, 47:04 He is a rock. 47:06 He's our Rock of Ages, 47:07 He's the one that we can hold on to, 47:09 He's mighty, He's dependable. 47:11 Deuteronomy 32:4 says, "He is the rock, He is El Tzur. 47:16 His work is perfect for all His ways are justice. 47:19 A God of truth and without injustice, 47:22 righteous and upright is He." 47:24 So this is about... 47:26 The story here is about Magna Porterfield 47:30 and Magna had so many things happened to her, 47:34 so much loss back to back to back. 47:37 And she held on to El Tzur, she held on to the rock, 47:42 and it shows how He has restored her. 47:46 So that is El Tzur, and then there's Yeshua. 47:51 Yeshua, is actually Jesus' real name, 47:55 His Hebrew name. 47:56 That's the name 47:57 that his mother probably called him at home 48:02 was Yeshua. 48:03 And that's His Hebrew name. 48:04 And it means salvation, 48:07 it means actually YHWH is salvation. 48:11 So the verse is Matthew 1:21, 48:15 "She will give birth to a son 48:17 and you will name him, Yeshua, He saves, 48:20 because He will save His people from their sins." 48:24 And the story associated with that is Samuel. 48:26 And Samuel Jacobson is a... 48:30 He was also born into a Muslim family. 48:33 He was gay. 48:34 And he was living his life as a gay Muslim 48:39 and he moved away from Iraq, because that was taboo there. 48:45 So he ended up coming to America, 48:50 and was like the 24th most successful real estate agent 48:54 in the country. 48:56 And he found Jesus 48:58 and ever since after he found Jesus, 49:01 he, his lifestyle changed, his appetites changed. 49:05 He became a soldier. 49:06 He's a soldier for the Almighty. 49:08 So I mean, those are just some of the stories. 49:12 No, they're incredible. 49:13 And I was thinking, 49:15 you know, as you were doing this people 49:17 that you get the book now, honestly, we're saying, 49:20 whatever size gift, you get a book, 49:21 but if you give a decent sized gift, 49:23 I'm talking about $50, $100 donation, 49:26 you want more than one of these, 49:27 you want several of them to give away. 49:30 We're not going to be saying 49:31 oh, no, you need to send, 49:32 you know, a donation every time. 49:34 We had someone send $3,000 49:36 and they wanted like 100 or something. 49:38 What do you think we said? 49:41 Absolutely. 49:43 Somebody sends $1,000 today like 50 of these 49:46 or whatever 49:47 because you want to give them away 49:49 especially the end of the year 49:50 and the beginning of the new year 49:52 to start the new year. 49:53 Bible study groups, 49:54 Christmas gifts for your neighbors. 49:56 And as we read them, names will come to you, 50:01 people that you know, family and friends, 50:03 and you say, you know what? 50:04 That's exactly what I feel. 50:06 And the Lord will impress you, 50:08 I need to get this book to this person, 50:09 because this is the God right now 50:12 that I can see is working in their lives. 50:14 And so to do this, I think it's an incredible, 50:18 you know, gift. 50:19 So I'm going to encourage those of you. 50:21 So any donation or donation of any size, 50:23 we'll send you one. 50:25 As I said, if you send a decent amount, 50:27 we're going to discuss what it is. 50:29 You decide 50:30 what's a decent size donations $20, $50. 50:33 As I said, somebody already sent $3,000 50:35 but, and you want several more of these, 50:38 we're going to do it. 50:39 And I want to from behalf of 3ABN. 50:41 Thank you, Yvonne, because she donated, 50:45 has donated hundreds and hundreds of these. 50:48 And so these are not, you paid for them. 50:51 You did all this, 50:52 but yet you donated them for 3ABN 50:54 because you said, 50:55 wow, especially end of year giving 50:56 and all I want to be able to do my part to support. 50:59 So thank you so much for the donation. 51:01 We have Greg, Jill and all the rest of us 51:04 that we're able to do this. 51:06 And I think when people get this book, 51:08 it's not only life changing for you, 51:09 but for others. 51:11 And again, Bible studies, you may want to have, you know, 51:14 use these and get together groups 51:16 and study the Bible. 51:17 But it's really a tremendous book. 51:20 And I say that, if I didn't know who you were, 51:24 and no doubt about it. 51:25 I'm tremendously impressed 51:27 at how I would have never thought had, 51:29 let's say, I didn't know you and you brought me this book, 51:32 I'd say, "Well, that's a great book." 51:33 I would have no idea 51:35 of the hundreds and hundreds of hours 51:37 that it took to put this book together, 51:40 and to do it in such a way that's anointed. 51:42 It's a Holy Spirit 51:44 when the stories are incredible. 51:45 But again, to put to the context, 51:47 and from the beginning of the names 51:49 and you know how it's used 51:51 and put it in scriptural context 51:53 and the stories and the prayers. 51:55 You know, all of that is just really amazing. 51:57 And you've done an incredible job, 51:59 I give God the credit, 52:01 we uplift Him 52:02 and we're not uplifting Yvonne today, 52:03 we're uplifting that Jesus sent her. 52:06 But we want to again encourage you at home, 52:08 all you have to do is write to 3ABN, 52:11 email us, PayPal, whatever you normally do, 52:14 call us and say I want to make a donation. 52:16 And when you do, 52:17 we're going to send you one of these 52:18 or if you send enough and you want a few more, 52:21 we'll be happy to send those to you also. 52:23 Now I cannot believe this hour is almost gone. 52:26 So we're going to take just a short break. 52:28 We're going to go to news break, 52:29 and we're going to come back 52:31 for a closing thought from you, okay? 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