Participants: Danny Shelton
Series Code: 17HC
Program Code: 17HC000014A
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00:40 Hello and welcome back to 3ABN's Fall Homecoming
00:44 Camp Meeting. We're so thankful that you have stayed with us 00:47 and joined us for all these wonderful programs. 00:49 You've been blessed at home, haven't you? 00:51 Amen! You've been blessed here? 00:53 Amen! There we go... all right! 00:54 Sorry... didn't mean to trick you on that. 00:57 But it's a blessing. 00:58 You know, it's a blessing to receive God's Word, isn't it? 01:01 One of the important things is, though, is that when we hear 01:04 God's Word and we say: "Wow! Powerful sermon! " 01:06 Right, Pastor Kenny? Amen! It's more than just that. 01:09 We need to go home, right? And share what God has done 01:13 or what we have learned because as we share we become... 01:16 We don't want to become a Dead Sea because 01:17 everything's poured in. We have to also share it with others. 01:20 Amen; absolutely. We're so excited! 01:23 I can't believe we're down to the last two programs here 01:26 for our 3ABN Fall Homecoming. Kind of sad, isn't it? 01:29 It is kind of sad. Where there's preparation there's excitement. 01:32 We want to meet each one of you 01:34 and get to spend time together 01:35 and open up the Word of God and share. 01:37 That's what Camp Meeting's all about. 01:39 It's about revival and reformation. 01:42 It's about the work the Lord Jesus Christ wants to do 01:46 in your heart and in mine. 01:47 You know, just yesterday 01:50 we were in the middle of Camp Meeting, but I ran to my office 01:53 because I had some voice mails that I needed to return. 01:56 So I ran over to my office - that's OK - and I told Greg 01:58 "I've gotta return a couple because these people called in 02:01 and, you know, I need to call them back. " 02:04 And one was from a woman by the name of Hyacinth. 02:07 And she called and she said 02:11 "I want to thank you for leading me to Jesus. " 02:15 Amen! I had first connected with her 02:20 probably eight months ago. She'd been watching 3ABN. 02:26 She was a member of another denomination 02:28 and she said: "I just learned about the Sabbath. 02:31 And I just learned that when we die we sleep 02:35 and then Jesus will sound the trump 02:39 and we will be resurrected. " 02:41 And she said: "I just learned all that stuff. " 02:44 And the interesting thing is we had a hard time connecting 02:46 several months ago. She left a message 02:49 and then we were taping Sabbath School panel. 02:51 And when we do Sabbath School panel it's a whole week long. 02:53 So we were taping and she left a message. 02:56 And I get back to the office and I call her back 02:58 but she didn't answer. And then the next day when I was 03:01 recording she called me back. And then that night 03:04 I would call her back. And we went back and forth 03:06 for a whole week. And she said: "The Lord told me to call you 03:09 and that you would pray for me. " 03:11 And so we prayed together and I "Googled... " 03:15 Praise the Lord for Google! I "Googled" a local SDA church 03:19 in her area. I called the pastor and I said: 03:21 "Would you go visit her? " 03:23 "Would you pray with her? " 03:25 And he did. And two weeks ago today 03:27 she was baptized. Amen! 03:31 That's a result of each one of you. That's right. 03:35 That's a result of you at home standing with and supporting 03:39 this ministry. Because of that people are coming to know Jesus. 03:42 Amen! Yeah, this evening we actually want to share 03:45 what God is doing. We have some departmental reports. 03:49 And it's exciting, isn't it? to always see what God is doing. 03:51 So we have some reports this evening. We also have 03:53 some rolls that we're going to be playing this evening 03:56 of what God is doing here at 3ABN and around the world. 03:59 And also we have some wonderful music, so I know this hour 04:01 is goin to go by quickly. You know, we've been doing 04:04 this theme song called what? 04:06 Onward Christian Soldiers. 04:08 So before we go into our roll and some of our reports 04:11 let's actually sing our theme song. What do you think of that? 04:14 Onward Christian Soldiers. 04:15 As soldiers I think we should maybe be standing. 04:17 Yes... let's stand. Let's all stand as we sing 04:19 Onward Christian Soldiers with Tim. 04:21 All right. I don't know... if you want to march, do it! 05:19 Amen! Please be seated. Thank you! 05:21 You all sound great. 05:25 Let's have a prayer. Father in heaven, we are so very grateful 05:29 Lord, for being our God, our King, Lord, our Provider: 05:35 the Supplier of our needs. 05:38 Lord, thank you for providing for the ministry of 3ABN 05:41 for all of these years. 05:43 Thank you for providing the means for the people 05:46 that supported this ministry for all of these 32, 33 years. 05:50 Lord, we look forward with great hope 05:53 of what You have in store for the ministry of 3ABN. 05:56 We pray for a special blessing upon Mr. Danny Shelton, Lord, 05:59 and the vision that You have given to him. 06:01 And thank you for him staying true and faithful 06:03 to that vision. And Lord, we just pray for a special blessing 06:06 on these last couple of meetings here at Camp Meeting. 06:09 And Lord, we thank you for Your love and Your care 06:11 for each one of us. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen. 06:15 Amen. Normally every 3ABN Fall Homecoming Camp Meeting 06:20 we have Julia Outkina here with us. 06:22 She's 3ABN's Russian executive director 06:26 and she does an incredible job. 06:27 This is 25 years since 3ABN Russia began. 06:32 It's hard to believe. 1992 is when Danny Shelton 06:36 first went over to Russia... Pastor John Carter. 06:39 They held that evangelistic series. And you remember 06:42 thousands of people were baptized 06:44 and 3ABN Russia was born. 06:48 It's 25 years since then and Julia was not able to be here. 06:53 And the reason for that is we're leaving tomorrow 06:55 along with Danny and Yvonne and several others for Russia 06:59 for the 25th anniversary celebration. And in fact 07:02 you want to watch that at home next weekend. 07:06 The meetings will be broadcast so you can see the 25th 07:09 anniversary celebration Friday night and Sabbath afternoon. 07:12 So make sure you check that out. 07:13 But because Julia could not come 07:15 she sent her special roll that we want to play right now. 07:19 It is in celebration, in commemoration 07:22 of what God has done in and through the ministry 07:26 of 3ABN Russia for the last 25 years. 07:29 Let's take a look at that. 08:05 Hello. I'm Julia Outkina and with me is the general manager 08:09 of 3ABN Russia Alexey Britov. 08:12 Hello dear viewers and Camp Meeting participants. 08:16 The year 2017 marks the 25th anniversary of 08:21 3ABN Russia. For a quarter of a century 08:24 the Lord in a marvelous way turning hindrances into 08:28 blessing has been leading us. 08:33 On October 6 and 7 the celebration will take place 08:37 in Nizhny Novgorod with the participation of our 08:40 founder Danny Shelton and a wonderful group of people 08:44 coming from 3ABN. We'll broadcast this event from 08:47 Russia for 3ABN viewers. 08:50 Meanwhile, since we are not present at this Camp Meeting, 08:53 please allow us to make a video report on our developments 08:58 since the Fall Camp Meeting last year. 09:04 This year can be called the year of extension 09:07 of 3ABN Russia's broadcasting. That's true, Alexey. 09:10 It will be no exaggeration to call the growth of the number 09:14 of cable companies rebroadcast- ing our around-the-clock signal 09:18 God's miracle. No surprise, though, that it 09:22 all started by severe opposition from the devil. 09:25 A month before we were scheduled to switch to a new satellite 09:29 the uplinking company that we were holding negotiations with 09:33 unexpectedly refused to continue working with us. 09:37 We were shocked and couldn't understand what was the reason. 09:41 Initially we even thought that there came some kind of a hint 09:46 to them that being Protestant we were not desirable clients. 09:50 But later we realized that these times were not here yet 09:55 but that company had become a victim of unethical competition. 10:00 We had only two weeks to find another partner 10:04 and conclude a contract that would comply with all 10:07 the necessary technical requirements 10:09 and two more weeks for all the cable companies 10:13 broadcasting us to switch to a new satellite. 10:16 We were concerned that in the process of such a quick 10:19 transition we might lose many of them. 10:22 Alexey was very efficient in all that, 10:25 and praises be to God He performed a miracle 10:28 by leading us to a company 10:30 that undertook to uplink our signal 10:34 to 2 satellites instead of one 10:36 and at a price about two times lower 10:39 than we paid for the previous satellite. 10:43 Due to our prayers and coordinated actions 10:47 we didn't lose a single cable operator 10:50 and even got three new ones. 10:53 Our signal is broadcast now by two Russian satellites: 10:58 Express AT1 and Express AT2. 11:01 These satellites cover the territory of Russia, Ukraine, 11:05 Moldova, Kazakhstan, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, 11:08 Litva... with a potential viewing audience about 11:13 230 million people. 11:16 On the screen you can see the latest figures 11:19 of how many cable companies rebroadcast us at this time 11:23 and how many cities can watch us around the clock. 11:27 You can see a significant growth since last year 11:30 and the potential audience of these cities 11:33 is over 72 million people. 11:37 We have a bold dream. 11:39 Please join us in prayers 11:41 that by the end of this year we have 100 cable companies. 11:48 One of the reasons for the growth in rebroadcasting 11:52 is that the Lord again - for the third time - 11:54 provided for our participation in CSTB Telecom and Media 11:59 International Convention in Moscow. 12:02 And we got quite a number of new contacts there. 12:05 For our program to be accepted by more cable companies 12:09 we consider it important to create materials 12:13 that form public opinion in favor of 3ABN Russia 12:17 and Protestantism in general. 12:20 This is why we accepted the invitation 12:23 of EuroAsian Division to cover several significant 12:27 events with the participation of prominent religious and 12:31 political figures whose well-balanced opinion 12:34 and constitution-based approach 12:37 is important for the Russian people to hear. 12:41 The Lord helped us to make interviews with them 12:44 in which they wished success and God's blessing 12:48 to 3ABN Russia and its viewers. 12:51 Among these people were representatives of the 12:54 administration of the president of Russia 12:56 and the clergy from the Russian Orthodox as well as 13:00 other traditional religious Russia. 13:03 We don't know if they have ever watched our programs 13:07 and our explanation of their openness is that all these years 13:13 the Lord has been leading us and powerfully intervening 13:17 on our behalf in the Russian society. 13:20 Based on these interviews we made a powerful 20-min. video 13:25 for cable companies that helped them to overcome 13:28 their possible prejudice against us. 13:32 Our big praises for all this go to the Lord: 13:35 our best PR manager in the whole world. 13:41 And now, Aleksey, let us update our dear 13:44 Camp Meeting participants and viewers 13:47 on our other ways of reaching 3ABN Russia viewers. 13:51 Absolutely! Our programs are also broadcast 13:55 by 42 regional TV companies from 10 minutes to 2 hours a week. 14:01 Potential viewing audience is over 17 million people. 14:06 We have Internet, video, and radio streaming channels 14:10 and this year, through the support of 3ABN, 14:14 have opened a Russian language mobile app. 14:17 Some of our programs 14:19 up to several hours a week 14:21 are on five satellite channels. 14:24 That's great, Alexey. 14:26 And now the Lord's miracle is that one of our cable partners - 14:30 Infolink - has made a mobile app that alongside with their 14:35 own programming allows their viewers to watch 14:38 the most popular channels of Russia 14:41 and they included our channel into that list. 14:44 The app has been downloaded by 1-1/2 million people! 14:49 They can potentially watch us and all this has been done 14:54 by a secular company that even didn't ask us 14:57 for the permission. Of course we have taken advantage of this 15:01 opportunity and asked them to place brief ads of 3ABN 15:05 Russia that appear before the viewers can watch 15:08 the popular Russian channels. 15:10 And Infolink hasn't charged us much for that at all. 15:15 We actively extend our coverage through YouTube 15:19 and social media. On the screen you can see the 15:23 growth as compared to last year. 15:26 Also, the hours viewed on YouTube have gone up a lot. 15:31 This shows that our programs are actual for people 15:35 who look for God. 15:38 The Lord leads the extension of our coverage 15:42 and the growth in production 15:44 hand in hand. In November 2016 15:48 we taped a new series The Depth of the Gospel 15:51 with a wonderful Bible scholar Pastor Vitaliy Oleinik. 15:54 Together with our general manager and host of theological 15:58 programs - church elder Alexey Britov - they opened the gospel 16:03 of Jesus Christ starting from the first pages of the 16:06 Old Testament and all the way through Torah 16:10 revealing the beautiful harmony of the love of God 16:14 and salvation by grace through faith. 16:16 The series is very important for the Protestant denomination 16:20 that are torn between legalism and cheap grace. 16:24 And now the new theological series 16:27 The Secret of Immortality was taped in May 16:31 with our other talented guest Pastor Andrey Junak. 16:35 The myths about the state of the dead are dispelled 16:38 and the beautiful God's truth about the way to salvation 16:42 and eternity shines on the viewer 16:45 destroying the veil of ignorance. 16:48 After several years break we resumed production of 16:51 a series on creation: "The Mystery of Life. " 16:55 This time we taped a new guest, master of biology 16:59 Daria Hassanova and our own computer editor 17:03 Olga Feofanova as her host. 17:06 We renovated the set for our program on practical 17:10 Christianity: The Contrasts of a Human Heart. 17:13 We have also resumed producing a youth program 17:16 Pitstop and a testimonial program 17:19 The Real God. We have developed a new series for kids 17:23 "Fancy That! " which is hosted by kids. 17:26 The 1st program is dedicated to the year of ecology in Russia. 17:31 This year we have also taped 17:34 a great musical group of kids from the south of Russia. 17:38 We have made a new musical set. 17:42 Our guest performers and viewers love it. 17:45 And our new young workers not only please us with 17:49 their professional but also with their artistic talents. 17:54 This year we have also introduced new graphics 17:58 in branding our TV channel. 18:00 We like very much how it looks. 18:07 You can see how many programs we have taped from September 18:12 last year to September this year. 18:16 We have also continued developing new radio programs 18:19 and improved our radio programming 18:22 by adding more music and Bible quotes in between the programs. 18:30 Weekly we got a lot of letters and e-mails 18:33 from our viewers who share their testimonies, 18:36 ask questions, send us prayer requests, 18:39 and request for literature. 18:44 This year we have made reconstruction of the storage 18:48 for the mail room, repaired the make-up room, 18:52 and made the green room, 18:54 changed the piping of the heating system, 18:58 and made repairs in the guest apartments. 19:02 We praise the Lord that He has provided 19:05 to make repairs and renovations in our beautiful 3ABN Russia 19:10 Evangelism Center's facade and the roof. 19:14 From the bottom of our hearts 19:17 and on behalf of the Russian people 19:19 we thank you, dear viewers and supporters of 3ABN. 19:23 It is due to you that for twenty-five years 19:26 the Lord has been saving the perishing souls 19:29 in our country through the dedicated ministry of 3ABN. 19:34 And today when we summarize what has happened 19:38 since last Fall what a refreshment from the Lord 19:42 it is. He is obviously showing that right now 19:46 is the accepted time that we need to boldly move forward 19:51 in faith and that the best fruitage of salvation 19:54 is yet to come. Amen and amen! 19:59 If God is for us, who can be against us? 20:34 Amen! Praise the Lord! 20:36 Praise the Lord! 20:39 It's encouraging, isn't it? 20:41 Boy, I tell you: it's amazing the work that they do there. 20:43 And they have a very small staff. 20:46 And again we thank Dr. Julia Outkina 20:48 and Alexey. I think I'm saying that correct: Alexey. 20:51 Alexey Britov is the general manager. 20:54 They do an incredible job. 20:55 They really do. And again, we thank you 20:57 for all of your support... some of you many years 20:59 in support of 3ABN Russia. 21:01 And we're looking forward to going. We have never been, 21:03 so to see the evangelism center there 21:04 in a couple of days... we're really looking forward to that. 21:07 Absolutely. To see what God is doing and to meet the people 21:10 first-hand. So thank you for your support 21:13 and thank you for your support as well. 21:15 Next we have another network 21:17 that we want to bring out right now. 21:19 We have Dare to Dream Network. 21:22 How many of you love Dare to Dream Network? 21:24 Praise the Lord for what He is doing in and through 21:27 Dr. Yvonne Lewis and her son Jason Bradley. 21:30 You all are welcome to come out. 21:32 We so appreciate their leadership, their, um... 21:36 what God is doing in and through you all 21:38 with the network. Share with us. 21:41 Thank you Jill and Greg. 21:44 How many of you have been watching Dare to Dream? 21:47 Oh... Now let me see again. 21:50 I'm sorry... I just looked at Lemuel. 21:52 OK... praise the Lord! 21:54 Praise the Lord. We are so happy and thankful 21:58 for Dare to Dream because it really is transcending culture 22:03 and it really is reaching 22:05 many, many, many people 22:07 with the gospel in a practical way, right Jay? 22:10 Absolutely. You guys know Jay, right? 22:12 My blessing. He's my son and my assistant. 22:16 What do you think about Dare to Dream, Jason? 22:18 I love it, and I love it for multiple reasons. 22:22 One: because it's taking the gospel of Jesus Christ 22:25 around the world, but I love it because it is very practical. 22:29 You know, people tell you: "Oh, you should eat healthy. " 22:32 Well how do I eat healthy? 22:34 We have cooking programs. A new one: Creative Cooking. 22:37 Um-hmm... which is going to feature different vegan chefs. 22:41 Now the first season features the Holmes sisters 22:44 and they create some delicious vegan meals. 22:47 Ah! Even... what was it? A sweet potato pie? 22:50 A sweet potato pie! Ohhh! 22:52 And I made it! You know, this stuff is stuff that you can take 22:55 the recipes and make them at home. 22:57 I had someone ask me just recently... 23:00 Someone said: "I'm trying to become a vegan 23:02 and I don't know what to do. " Well, I said: 23:06 we have on our website... Just go to our website. 23:09 You can get the recipes from there; 23:11 you can watch the programs. 23:12 So it really really is a blessing. Creative Cooking is 23:15 going be a good one so make sure you're watching. 23:17 Absolutely... and you know I LOVE food. 23:19 I do... I do know that. I'm passionate about that. 23:22 I do know that, yes. All right, all right, OK. 23:25 This year we had quite an eventful year 23:29 in terms of some of the news programs that we have. 23:32 We did also lose one of our hosts. 23:35 Arthur Nowlin. He and Dr. Kim Logan-Nowlin 23:39 were the hosts of Making It Work. 23:43 And they were hosting it together. So much fun! 23:47 So... It was just so insightful. 23:49 And he passed away this year. 23:51 Yes. And so Dr. Kim is continuing with a new program 23:57 Live To Be Well. And that is going to be airing soon 24:01 so we want you to be on the look-out for that. 24:03 OK. So Jay, what do you think 24:05 is the most popular program that we have on Dare to Dream? 24:10 Now I think all of you know what that might be, 24:12 but I'm going to say it anyway just for you: 24:14 is Salvation in Symbols and Signs. 24:17 Salvation in... There is not a... Praise the Lord! 24:21 We give the Lord a hand clap for that one. 24:24 There is not a day that goes by that we don't get an e-mail 24:27 about Salvation in Symbols and Signs. 24:30 It is a study of the book of Revelation. 24:32 It's with Pastors James Rafferty and Ivor Myers 24:37 and they just... we know that the Holy Spirit has 24:41 given them the insights that they have into this book 24:45 because you know flesh and blood did not reveal this to them. 24:48 They give... they make the book a love story. 24:53 It's a love story! Jason and I are the two students 24:56 and we sit there. And I've heard that some people are 24:59 not real happy with my little comments 'cause I'm like: 25:02 "Umm... Oh! " 25:05 So I'm sorry; I can't help it. 25:07 It's just so rich. It's so rich I can't help but make 25:11 these noises. But anyway, we are really excited about 25:14 that program. AND what are we going to do 25:15 with Salvation in Symbols and Signs? 25:17 Well, it's already on our YouTube channel. Right! 25:20 BUT we are going to record Daniel. 25:24 So that's next. We have to get some dates for that 25:26 but we're going to record Daniel. 25:28 And then we have another program that might be in the works 25:32 with Pastor Ivor Myers that's going to be absolutely 25:35 amazing by God's grace. 25:37 Um-hmm. In fact, coming up in November 25:41 Bellum Art and Engineering has also done a program 25:44 for us. They submitted a program Daniel and the Revelation. 25:48 And it has amazing graphics! 25:50 Oh, it's a wonderful program. 25:53 So we want you to watch for that. It's going to be on 25:56 in November on... Is it October or November? 26:00 Come to think of it... Just watch the website. 26:03 It's October... it's October. 26:05 And it's going to be with... Pastor Henry Wright 26:10 is one of the pastors that's going to be talking about 26:13 Revelation, and so it's just... I'm not going to give away 26:17 anything else. Just watch for it. 26:19 Now... You know, the Bible calls... 26:22 We're called to be good stewards, right? 26:24 Well how can we be good stewards if we don't know how to properly 26:26 manage our money? Yes. We have a program called 26:29 Dollars and Sense and it's hosted by 26:31 Ryan Mack and my mom. 26:35 And Ryan Mack worked on Wall Street. He's been on 26:38 CNN, MSNBC. 26:41 And he was the president of Operation Hope. 26:45 And he really... What he does is he ties in the Word - 26:49 financial principles from the Word - 26:53 and ties that in with the finance aspect. 26:57 How to budget; how to avoid financial predators. 27:00 For example: pawn shops and check cashing places 27:04 and all these things. Rent-A-Centers. Yes. 27:07 And all these things. 27:08 Financial pitfalls that are going to set you back. 27:11 So that you can become a better steward. Yes. 27:16 So... we said all that to say 27:19 please watch Dare to Dream. Check us out. 27:22 But how though? OK... OK! I like that! 27:25 All right. So you can watch it on your iPad, your iPhone. 27:30 Download the free 3ABN app 27:33 and you can watch it 24/7. 27:36 On your iPad, your iPhone, go to the website, 27:39 go on your computer. Tell me... and YouTube. 27:42 We have a YouTube channel. 27:44 Please, please tune in to YouTube and like us on 27:47 Facebook and watch us on YouTube. 27:49 You can watch on demand, so all the programs that you like 27:52 you can just watch them there. 27:53 And we have gone over our time. 27:55 All right, so we have Pastor C.A. Murray 28:00 who is just a wonderful friend and a blessing to our family. 28:06 When I was just coming back to the Lord 28:09 I was actually pregnant with Jason 28:11 when Pastor Murray re-baptized me. 28:15 And so Jason has been baptized more than one time. 28:21 Third time's a charm. 28:22 So Pastor Murray is going to sing for us now. 28:26 And he's going to sing Is It Any Wonder. 28:29 Let's welcome Pastor Murray. Thank you. 28:31 Just won't be the same without you... that's right. 28:36 Since we are plugging our networks 28:38 I want to put in a plug for 3ABN Proclaim! 28:41 Amen! It is our preaching and teaching network 28:44 and God has blessed it in many, many ways. 28:48 We have many many people who have come to the Lord 28:51 and been baptized through the preaching on 3ABN Proclaim! 28:55 The Doug Bachelors, the Dwight Nelsons, 28:57 the Lyle Albrechts, the Steve Wohlbergs, 29:00 the David Klinedinst. The list goes on and on. 29:03 And if you tune in late late in the night 29:06 you may see me... but it's late, late at night. 29:09 But God has blessed that network 29:11 and it is a part of the 3ABN family of networks. 29:30 When I think how Jesus loved me, 29:36 how He waited patiently 29:41 even when I turned my back and walked away. 29:47 When He knew I wanted everything 29:52 this world could offer me 29:55 well I guess He knew the price 29:58 I'd have to pay. 30:01 So He watched me stumble downward, 30:06 saw each compromise I made, 30:10 heard each lie I whispered just to get my way. 30:17 Still He waited there to hear me 30:21 when I cried to Him and prayed 30:26 then He saved my soul 30:29 and that is why I say: 30:33 "Tell me, is it any wonder 30:39 that I love Him 30:43 when you consider all He's done 30:48 for me? 30:51 And is it any wonder 30:55 that I long to do His will 31:00 and let His light shine out for all to see? " 31:06 And is it any wonder 31:11 that I praise Him 31:16 each time I think of how 31:19 He's made me free? 31:23 And is it any wonder 31:27 that I've given Him my heart 31:31 when Jesus freely gave His life 31:36 for me? 31:50 When I think how Jesus loves me, 31:56 how He watches patiently 32:00 how His arms outstretch to meet me when I run... 32:07 When I'm feeling down and lonely 32:12 oh, He's there to comfort me. 32:16 In the darkness He becomes my morning sun! 32:22 When I think of how He's healed me, 32:26 how He's touched me in my pain 32:30 how His gentle hands have wiped my tears away... 32:36 Now He's taken every heartache 32:41 and brought happiness again 32:45 Oh, I want the world to hear me 32:48 when I say: 32:51 "Tell me, is it any wonder 32:58 that I love Him 33:02 when you consider all He's done for me? 33:09 And is it any wonder 33:13 that I long to do His will 33:17 and let that light shine out 33:20 for all to see? " 33:23 And is it any wonder 33:29 that I praise Him 33:33 each time I think of how 33:37 He's made me free? 33:41 And is it any wonder 33:45 that I've given Him my heart 33:48 when Jesus 33:51 freely gave His life 33:57 for me? 34:14 Amen! Thank you Pastor C.A. 34:17 It's always a blessing, isn't it? His music. Yes! 34:20 We have the Dinzey s with us. 34:22 And you know what network they represent? 34:25 3ABN Latino. 34:27 How many here speak Spanish? 34:30 Oh... don't be shy. 34:33 Unfortunately I didn't know what they said 'cause I don't speak 34:35 Spanish. That's terrible, isn't it? That's praise God! 34:37 Isn't that what you said? Praise God? Good job, sweetie! 34:40 We appreciate the Dinzey s. I tell you, Pastor John and 34:42 Idalia... they are part of this family. 34:44 I'm not saying they're old but from like the very beginning. 34:49 He actually came as a single man and married her, 34:52 and they've been a tremendous part of this ministry. 34:54 3ABN Latino is... Is it 15? 16? 34:59 Fifteen. Fifteen years old, and it's neat what God is doing. 35:03 They always have tremendous reports of what the Lord 35:05 is doing for the Spanish community. 35:07 We appreciate them and their family. When I first came here 35:10 little Caleb was itty-bitty. 35:12 He wasn't even walking. And of course Caleb and 35:15 Samuel... and you see them on Tiny Tots back in the day. Yes. 35:18 And now they're all grown up and out of the home 35:20 but we appreciate them and their family. What God is doing 35:22 through them. Praise God. 35:25 Well the Lord is good, amen? 35:27 Amen! 3ABN Latino 35:30 thanks to the Lord is on over 80 television channels 35:33 that include the U.S. Two in Puerto Rico. 35:36 We have a couple in Mexico... 35:38 incognito, they say. 35:42 And we also are on over 1,500 cable companies. 35:46 Amazing what God is doing. 35:49 But the Lord, you know, He gives us so many opportunities 35:53 to reach out to a lost and dying world. 35:56 It's humbling to see how the souls are being 35:59 transformed - lives are being transformed - 36:02 and they're coming to the foot of the cross. 36:04 They're developing their relationship with Jesus 36:07 as they watch 3ABN Latino being that they download the app 36:13 3ABN. Have you all downloaded your app? 36:17 Yes? OK... very good. 36:20 But the Lord is giving us Facebook. 36:22 How many "Facebookers" are here? 36:24 Facebook? Anyone? Anyone? 36:26 Oh, praise the Lord. Well, we were able to 36:29 broadcast live from Miami, Florida, 36:33 as we did our series on the second coming. 36:36 And it's admirable to see how many countries 36:40 pull together, tune in. And they request prayer. 36:44 They are longing for Jesus to come. 36:46 And they say that 3ABN Latino is their lifeline; 36:50 that it's their church. So we pray for every soul that 36:54 tunes in to watch 3ABN Latino. 36:56 There's no power in us but it is He who we obey. 37:00 To whom we say: "Here I am... send me. " 37:04 So we praise the Lord for all the speakers 37:06 that voluntarily come to 3ABN to record programming 37:11 that this channel demands. 37:14 3ABN is also on mySDATV. 37:17 I don't know if you have your mySDATV yet? 37:21 Many people are praising the Lord for that 37:23 because there are no longer options to watch secular TV. 37:28 So praise the Lord. And of course 3ABN Latino 37:32 we are on YouTube channel 37:34 and many people watch the programming on demand. 37:37 We have not imagined where the programming will be watched, 37:42 but with the Lord there's no walls, there's no limit. 37:46 Amen! Matthew 24:14 says: 37:49 "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all 37:52 the world for a witness unto all nations 37:54 and then the end shall come. " 37:56 And this is why 3ABN is also doing evangelistic campaigns 38:00 in different places of the world. 38:02 So this year we went to Bogotá, Colombia, 38:04 to preach the gospel, working with the So. Columbian Union 38:09 to bring the gospel to over 8 million people 38:13 that are in Bogotá, Colombia. 38:14 We've been on cable for many years, but now 38:17 it was reaping time. You know, now that you mention 38:20 3ABN Latino being the... 38:23 taking 176 speakers that pulled together 38:28 to have this evangelistic crusade 38:31 it was humbling to see. And I'm going to go ahead and share 38:35 that one testimony. Well there were many... I know 38:37 I'm short on time. But we were supposed to go 38:42 to the conference office for a meeting... so we did that. 38:46 And my husband says: "Why don't you go say hello 38:48 to your friend, the president's secretary? " 38:52 I said: "You know what? It's four flights upstairs. " 38:57 I mean, over there they don't believe in elevators. 39:00 So our hearts were just pounding because the sea level 39:06 We are over 2,000... Two thousand what? 39:11 Two thousand above the sea level over there. 39:13 2,000 feet above the sea level so we were: "Lord, help us 39:18 through this. " But anyhow, we went upstairs 39:21 and there was a young man - 84 years old - 39:27 traveled 23 hours because he heard 39:30 3ABN Latino was going to be there. 39:33 He took a ride in a car, hopped on a boat, 39:37 hopped on a bus, hopped in a car, 39:39 hopped in a taxi. The taxi station he says: 39:42 "Where is the SDA church around here? 39:45 I have to find the 3ABN Latino people. " 39:48 So to make a long story short 39:50 the person there said: "Go to... " Tells the taxi driver 39:54 "Take him to Palermo. " So he went to Palermo 39:58 and he was sitting there when we walked in 40:01 with tears in his eyes and just testifying 40:04 thanking everyone that has made 3ABN Latino possible. 40:09 So praise the Lord. Amen! 40:12 So: a two-phase evangelistic campaign; 40:15 about 849 people baptized. 40:19 We praise the Lord for that. 40:21 We've been invited to return to Colombia 40:23 Cali, Colombia, next year for another evangelistic campaign. 40:27 And already the volunteers that went with us 40:29 want to come. We have run out of time, Idalia. 40:32 We ran out of time but I'd like to mention 40:35 that Pastor John Lomacang is the global evangelism director. 40:41 He joined us in Bogotá, Colombia. 40:44 And it was such a blessing to work in the Spanish world 40:48 with him. And he even sang in Spanish. 40:50 I don't know if you heard about that. 40:53 I'd like to close with this before we announce the music. 40:58 The things going on in the world tell us that Jesus 41:02 Christ is coming soon. Amen! 41:04 I don't know if you've ever driven one of those cars 41:06 that are a stick shift? We've been in first gear; 41:09 we've been in second gear; 41:11 now it's time to go into the fourth and fifth gear 41:13 and do as much as we can 41:16 as soon as we can 41:18 because Jesus Christ is coming soon! 41:20 So we want to do more for Jesus. We ask you 41:22 to pray for doors to open because Jesus Christ 41:25 is coming soon. Amen! 41:28 Well we're going to invite Celestine Barry to please 41:32 join us on the platform. And she is going to 41:35 sing the song My Redeemer Lives. 41:39 Celestine, thank you so much for witnessing. 41:42 May God bless you. 41:52 Who taught the sun 41:55 where to stand in the morning? 42:01 And who told the ocean 42:04 you can only come this far? 42:11 And who showed the moon 42:16 where to hide till evening? 42:20 Whose words alone can 42:23 catch a falling star? 42:28 Well I know 42:31 my Redeemer lives! 42:37 I know 42:39 my Redeemer lives! 42:46 Let all the angels testify; 42:51 Let this life within me cry: 42:56 "I know my Redeemer 43:00 lives! " 43:03 Yes, yes... 43:07 The very same God 43:11 that spins things in orbit: 43:17 He runs to the weary, 43:20 the wounded and weak. 43:25 And the same 43:28 gentle hands 43:31 that hold me when I'm broken 43:36 They conquered death to 43:38 bring me victory! 43:43 Now I know 43:47 my Redeemer lives! 43:53 I know my Redeemer 43:58 lives! 44:01 Let all the angels testify; 44:06 Let this life within me cry: 44:12 "I know my Redeemer 44:18 He lives! " 44:20 He'll take away my shame 44:26 and He lives... 44:29 forever I'll proclaim 44:35 that the payment for my sins 44:40 was the precious life He gave. 44:44 But now He's alive 44:47 and there's an empty grave! 44:54 Now I know 44:58 my Redeemer lives! 45:04 I know 45:06 my Redeemer lives! 45:13 Let all the angels testify; 45:18 Let this life within me cry: 45:23 "I know my Redeemer... 45:27 I know, oh, oh... 45:31 I know my Redeemer lives! " 45:35 I know that I know 45:40 my Redeemer lives! 45:43 I know that I know that I know that I know 45:45 that I know He lives! 45:49 My Redeemer lives! 45:52 Because of this I can face tomorrow. 45:56 He lives! 45:59 He lives! 46:00 I spoke with Him this morning. 46:03 Yes! 46:05 He lives... He lives... 46:10 Now I know 46:14 my Redeemer lives! 46:18 He 46:21 lives! 46:29 Amen! Amen. Thank you Celestine. 46:35 We praise the Lord that Jesus is still alive, don't we? 46:37 Praise God for that. We have the Primo family with us. 46:42 Dr. Moses as Danny affectionately and truthfully 46:45 calls Mr. Moses. He is director of our engineering, 46:49 our broadcast. He's about ready to share some of the hats 46:53 that he wears here. You can see he has his precious family 46:55 with him. Mr. Moses, we appreciate what you have 46:58 brought to 3ABN all these years. Your many hours of 47:01 sleepless nights. Being in charge of broadcast 47:04 you can get a phone call in the middle of the night. 47:06 Is that correct? When something's not going out 47:07 over the airwaves for sure. You have your precious family. 47:10 Sweetheart, I know you're great friends with them as well. 47:12 I know we so appreciate Adima and Cat and Ben 47:15 and your whole family, and you're such a blessing to the 47:17 church here and the ministry here 47:19 and thank you for what you do. 47:20 And he has a couple of other sons 47:21 that can't be here and grandbaby. 47:24 Daniel is in the middle and then Moses. Jr. is the last one. 47:29 Well... the first one. And we have Mr. Ben here. 47:31 He's very strong because he's holding the world. 47:33 You see that? I'm just noticing that. 47:35 Thank you, Ben. Thank you, Mr. Moses. Thank you. 47:37 I just want my family to help me here to 47:40 give you a little idea of what's going on with 47:43 the 3ABN transmission. 47:46 But before I talk about that, allow me just 47:49 one other hat that I help here at 3ABN 47:52 is I am in charge of the French 3ABN. 47:56 And we just finished during the summer here 48:01 new programs with the French. And we are broadcasting 48:04 24 hours a day. If you go to the 3ABN website, 48:10 and then you go to stream and then you select French 48:13 you have 3ABN Français. 48:16 So if you speak French or if you know somebody that speaks French 48:20 you can just show them and tell them to watch 3ABN 48:24 in the French language. 48:28 All this transmission that is done... Benjamin - 48:31 this is the youngest one here - he is holding the world. 48:34 This is the satellite. Around this world there are 48:40 about 1,100 satellites that are in working condition. 48:45 There are actually 2,600 satellites 48:47 that they are not working... they are just dead. 48:50 Because each satellite lives or has a life-span of 15 years 48:55 approximately. Then after that they drift away. 48:59 And each satellite has enough fuel inside 49:04 that from earth, when the satellite starts to drift away 49:09 from earth they push the button and the satellite goes back 49:14 and points the right direction so the transmission... 49:18 It takes 22,000 miles from earth 49:24 all the way to the satellite and then comes back 49:26 another 22,000 miles to be spread all over that area 49:31 that it is reaching. We have eight satellites 49:35 around the world that 3ABN rents. 49:39 Eight satellites transmitting. 49:42 Satellite is a very stable, very good way of broadcasting. 49:47 We have been doing that for three decades. 49:50 But about a decade ago I found out that there was 49:54 a drift in the technology. 49:58 And this is a cable that is fiber optic. 50:04 And inside of this cable there are many different little cables 50:09 and each fiber... the diameter of the fiber, 50:14 the one fiber, is the size of your hair... human hair. 50:19 Inside of that human-hair-size of cable 50:23 there is a transmission like the light. 50:26 And that light transmission carries the video of 3ABN 50:32 here... Camp Meeting. It compresses and transforms that 50:37 in zeroes and ones and sends into this cable here. 50:41 So at 3ABN we have a fiber that goes to the West Coast 50:45 and one other fiber that goes to the East Coast. 50:48 And this transmission goes all the way to Israel 50:52 where they put up to another satellite that covers 50:55 another area of the world. 50:57 We couldn't reach all around the world 50:59 so we have to go up and down, up and down. 51:02 And today fiber is the most effective way of doing that. 51:08 In Australia they take the signal and they go up again. 51:12 I only have one more minute left on the clock 51:17 so I have to hurry. So this fiber allows us 51:21 to use the latest technology. It's called OTT. 51:25 Over-the-top if you hear that: OTT. 51:29 OTT is everything that is used for streaming 51:34 like the Roku box. There are over 5 million 51:39 Roku boxes sold. Also I'm very glad to tell you 51:45 that just last week mySDATV 51:49 finished a package where all the 3ABN channels 51:54 are on the Apple TV. 51:55 If you know somebody that has an Apple TV digital 51:59 Apple TV now has all the 3ABN channels. 52:04 This is just to give you an idea of 52:08 our latest development. 52:12 The mySDATV new box is the blue box. 52:18 This is eight cores of processor inside. 52:23 It's double what we had before. 52:24 The Internet cable is 1 gig - 52:28 capacity for 1 gig of transmission. 52:31 Very very fast! 52:33 I can tell you that from 30 years ago when we started 52:37 on satellite. We went to optical fiber. 52:42 And today using OTT with all these different boxes 52:47 transmission. I don't think there is anything else 52:51 that will improve more than 1 gig of transmission 52:56 or more than 8 core of processing... 53:00 for fast transmission from here all the way to Australia. 53:04 It takes only about 30 seconds to do that. 53:08 So: Jesus is coming... otherwise 53:11 all this technology is going no other way to increase 53:16 or to improve. So I just tell you: 53:19 "Hang in there. Jesus is coming 53:21 and He will finish what He starts. " 53:25 But until then, we're going to continue broadcasting. 53:28 We're going to continue to give the message 53:31 with all these channels that 3ABN has. 53:35 And I want to just show you the video of the mySDATV 53:38 open that shows that from here - from Illinois - 53:42 there is a bunch of these fiber connections 53:48 and all this Internet OTT 53:51 that is just reaching the whole world. 53:56 And we continue with the satellites. 53:58 We continue with LPTV, class A TV, 54:02 full-power TV, all the radios. We continue with everything 54:06 that we have started. We haven't stopped 54:08 but we are just increasing more and more. 54:11 Just want to show you that video so you can get an idea 54:14 of how this is trans- mitting all over the world. 54:17 Thank you for your prayers and for your support of 3ABN. 54:20 Amen! 54:43 So as you see, God is using 3ABN mightily. 54:47 From Russia to the Latino channel, 54:51 the Dare to Dream channel, 54:52 to all the technology. What an amazing God we have 54:56 and what an amazing day we live in! 55:00 Lately I've been looking back 55:03 along this winding road 55:06 to the old familiar markers 55:09 of all the mercies I have known. 55:13 I know it may sound simple 55:17 but it's more than a cliche... 55:20 for there's no better way to tell you 55:25 than to say: 55:30 "God's been good 55:33 in my life! " 55:37 And I feel blessed beyond my wildest dreams 55:42 when I go to sleep each night. 55:45 And though I've had my share of hard times 55:49 I wouldn't change them if I could... 55:53 for through it all 55:57 God's been good! 56:01 For God has been my Father, 56:04 my Savior and my Friend. 56:08 His love was my beginning 56:11 and His love will be my end. 56:15 Now I could spend forever 56:18 trying to tell you everything 56:22 He is... 56:26 but the best way I can say it 56:30 is simply this: 56:34 "God's been so good 56:38 in my life! " 56:41 And I feel so blessed 56:44 beyond my wildest dreams 56:47 when I go to sleep each night. 56:49 And though I've had my share of hard times 56:55 I wouldn't change them if I could... 56:58 for through it all 57:04 God's been 57:09 good! 57:15 Amen! Let's pray. 57:21 Father in heaven, thank you for Your goodness, 57:26 for God, You're good in all of our lives. 57:28 Lord, we just want to be faithful to the calling. |
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