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00:01 The question on everyone's mind is after COVID-19,
00:04 what's next? 00:05 Well, stay tuned to find out. 00:07 My name is Jason Bradley, 00:08 and you're watching Urban Report. 00:32 Hello and welcome to Urban Report. 00:34 My guests today are Mr. Danny Shelton, 00:37 3ABN Founder and Corporate Consultant, 00:40 and Dr. Yvonne Shelton, 00:41 3ABN Dare to Dream Co-founder and Consultant 00:45 and also known as my parents. 00:48 Welcome to Urban Report, guys. 00:49 Thank you, Jay. 00:51 It's great to have you. Happy to be here. 00:53 Yes, yes. 00:55 Now, I know 00:56 that when people entered into the year 2020, 01:01 they did not expect to get hit with such a pandemic. 01:04 Never. 01:06 Never in their whole life. 01:09 I've never seen anything like it. 01:11 I can't talk about your mom's age 01:12 and get in trouble. 01:14 But with my age, I've been around a long time. 01:16 And I've never seen anything like this. 01:19 Yes. Yeah, it came. 01:21 It seems as though it just came from nowhere. 01:23 You know, so you have the end of 2019. 01:28 And everybody's expecting that 2020 will be a great year. 01:31 Stock markets the greatest they've been in 50 years. 01:34 We're getting all those reports. 01:36 Everything has happened and economy's up, 01:38 people working more than literally the last 50-60 years. 01:42 So how could you expect 01:44 anything but a great start to a brand new year. 01:47 Yes, yes. 01:48 And then all of a sudden, 01:51 we get hit with this horrible news 01:53 about COVID-19 and see so many lives impacted. 01:57 What led to you guys writing this book? 02:01 Well, after we, 02:04 I think it took all of us a while, 02:06 including governments around the world 02:08 to really understand the kind of pandemic 02:11 that it's a worldwide pandemic. 02:13 And from so, looking at it, 02:16 not even from the spiritual side, 02:18 but from the physical side, having to comprehend, 02:21 no, wait a minute, well, this can't be that bad, 02:22 well, flues, more people die of flu, 02:25 you know, each year more people than automobile crashes, 02:28 more people with heart attacks, I mean, all of these things. 02:31 So you don't know what type and you don't know what isn't. 02:35 And you don't know where politics are involved 02:37 and we're politics or not. 02:38 So you don't know 02:40 who's playing one side against another. 02:42 So I think all of us may be set back 02:45 a little long until we kept getting people 02:48 that we knew or people we saw or, 02:50 you know, and we'll talk a little bit later 02:52 about somebody very close in the family that literally, 02:55 you know, got the disease or the virus and died. 02:58 And so, I think when all of a sudden, 03:03 what did it take? 03:04 It was two months, 03:05 maybe before most of us caught on January and February 03:10 that people began to ask, what's next? 03:12 Was this ever going to end? 03:14 And if it does, you know, by March and in April, 03:17 it just continues to go on. 03:19 So what's next? Yeah. 03:22 So that idea gave us the idea to actually, in 2005, 03:28 after Katrina, 03:30 the big hurricanes in the South, Katrina, 03:33 Pacific Press asked me to write a book, 03:35 and we called it, "After the Storm." 03:38 And it's really just a little 16 page booklet. 03:41 But there were several there have been numerous storms 03:44 since then over the years, and even in Sandy Hook, 03:47 and every time some major problems came up. 03:50 So there's been 2 or 3 million of those books 03:53 have been passed out, 03:55 because it helps lead people to Jesus 03:58 and after the storm, what next, though we didn't, 04:01 you know, didn't ever dream. 04:03 We never dreamed 04:04 something like this would happen. 04:06 So, when this happened, we said, okay, 04:07 we need something specifically, you know, for COVID-19. 04:12 Because people are asking, after COVID-19, what's next? 04:17 And a lot of the questions where, 04:19 when you talk to people spiritually, 04:23 well, will there be anything like this again? 04:26 And, of course, we answer 04:28 that kind of things in the book. 04:29 So ask your mother as well, 04:31 you're the doctor in the family, 04:33 would you maybe put some facts together 04:36 about COVID, you know, 19 04:38 and then let's hit some spiritual facts 04:41 to help people. 04:42 It'll be, you know, we're looking for antiviruses. 04:45 So lest, only that's Jesus. 04:47 So let's see if we can do something 04:49 to get this to people to help them 04:52 when the whole world is at a shutdown. 04:54 Right. Yes. 04:56 This was a major opportunity for us 04:59 to take what's going on in the world 05:03 and expose Satan's whole agenda 05:08 and also and God's agenda and how different they are, 05:13 and yet give people hope 05:16 because so many people are just as Danny said, 05:18 they're wondering, well, what's next? 05:20 Like, what am I going to do now? 05:22 What do I do? What? 05:24 Is this going to be the last thing that happens? 05:27 We can let people know that if they look to the Bible, 05:30 to the Word of God, 05:31 they'll see what's going to happen next. 05:33 That's right. Right? 05:35 So we don't have to, 05:36 you know, be afraid but we can offer people hope, 05:40 where there is no hope. 05:42 Yes, and people are searching. 05:44 People are searching and people are at home. 05:47 This is the first time literally, 05:49 you can say everybody in the world 05:51 referring to anything. 05:53 Now when we're teenagers growing up and you try this, 05:56 I'm sure some of you did with your parents, 05:58 didn't set well with my dad. 05:59 But you'd say, "Well, dad, but everybody's doing." 06:02 And he'd say, "No, not everybody." 06:05 You know, we'd say, Well, look at him." 06:07 He'd say, "No, 06:08 everybody's not going whether it's teen town 06:10 or some event up in high school at night. 06:13 No, everybody's not going." 06:15 And we were quiet, 06:16 you wouldn't better and talk back to your dad. 06:18 He'd say, "I can tell you who that is. 06:20 The Shelton boys 06:21 because there were four of us at 812 West Warden Street, 06:23 in West Frankfort, Illinois. 06:25 They're not going. 06:26 So everybody is not going." 06:27 But if my dad were alive today, 06:30 I could say to him, dad, 06:31 everybody in the world is talking about this. 06:34 That's pretty well be true. 06:35 That's very true. 06:37 It's on everybody's mind. It is. 06:38 And people are wondering, what's next. 06:41 Now this isn't the first pandemic 06:43 we've seen, correct? 06:44 No. Right. 06:46 There have been others that have preceded this, 06:50 but this one 06:52 has caused the world to shut down. 06:55 Yes. So this one is different. 06:56 You know, there's some that have hit in the Far East, 07:01 you know, or Africa. 07:03 But this has shut down around the world. 07:07 And so this is unprecedented. 07:10 You know, you can go way back in history 07:12 to the black plague and bubonic plague 07:14 all those things you can go to 1918 07:16 what they call the Spanish influenza 07:18 that had nothing to do with Spanish. 07:20 I'm not sure where that came from, 07:22 but it was different. 07:23 For number one, 07:25 we didn't have satellite communications 07:27 and the Internet to get this around the world. 07:30 So they really don't know how many people 07:32 were at the remotest part of some countries 07:35 really were affected or not. 07:37 But with social media, 07:38 then with the communication tools 07:41 that can literally, and satellites that can spot, 07:44 you can't hide anywhere on the planet if they want to. 07:46 Somebody wants to, government wants to find you, 07:49 you know, they're there, so this for us in our lifetime, 07:53 we've never lived through them. 07:55 But as I look back the other day, 07:56 I saw back in 1918, 07:58 I think is Minnesota where some Adventists 08:01 were helping out up there 08:03 and they're all the folks were wearing masks, 08:05 you know, around who said well... 08:07 Looks familiar. That's before even I was born. 08:12 Oh, you know, 08:14 you're dangerous right now. 08:17 I didn't say, where did I, Jay? 08:19 You didn't but I guess is good, 08:22 I got a couch in my house so. 08:26 Need to visit. 08:28 So I stopped short. 08:29 I was just like, "Oh, no, no, here in my lifetime." 08:34 So I want to talk about the first pandemic, sin. 08:39 Oh, well, 08:40 that's what we bring out in the book 08:42 because since people are asking, 08:44 you know, after COVID-19, what next, 08:47 and everybody's looking for there has to be a Savior. 08:51 Right now in this world, 08:53 there has to be in the physical sense, 08:55 people are looking for a Savior, 08:56 an antivirus, 08:58 vaccine that's going to stop all of this 09:01 and make let everything go back to where it was. 09:04 Well, I have a feeling, 09:06 things will never be back the way they were. 09:08 But as we look into those of us who studied prophecy some, 09:12 we believe that all this is doing 09:14 is put us into the very end of times 09:17 to wake everybody up. 09:19 So many of us Christians who haven't been doing much 09:21 suddenly say 09:23 have to take a look at this and say, you know what? 09:25 The world's never going to be the same after this. 09:27 And so, but in the Garden of Eden, 09:31 so we bring in this little pamphlet, 09:33 and we talk about sin, 09:35 how that it came in the Garden of Eden, 09:37 God created, you know, a perfect world. 09:40 But then when the devil tempted in the form of the serpent, 09:44 Eve and she and her husband, 09:46 and so they partook, they disobeyed, 09:49 what it's all about was disobedience. 09:51 They disobeyed God. 09:52 So he said, "Well, you can't live. 09:54 It's impossible to live in a perfect world, 09:56 because now you have sinned." 09:58 And what is sin? 09:59 Does anybody know what the definition of sin is? 10:01 Transgression of God's law. 10:02 It's transgression of God's law 10:04 or the breaking of God's commandments, 10:07 of His laws. 10:08 So when we break God's laws, 10:09 we distance ourselves from our Creator. 10:13 That's why today we don't see God face to face. 10:15 We could not stand up, 10:17 human flesh could not stand in the presence of a holy God, 10:20 because we've disintegrate from the brightness, 10:23 from perfection. 10:25 And so, what happened is Adam and Eve got put out 10:28 and we try to explain this 10:30 to people who maybe or not 10:31 totally familiar with the Bible, 10:33 necessarily Christians to answer. 10:36 So many people are saying, 10:38 "Well, I can't believe this is, 10:40 how do they blame God when a tornado happens?" 10:43 An act of God. An act of God. 10:45 They say, "Oh, this is an act of God." 10:47 Well, no, it's an act of the devil. 10:49 So what we try to do, Jay, is we try to explain, 10:52 go back to the Garden of Eden 10:54 and show how sin came into this world 10:57 and that Jesus was that antivirus 11:00 for that Jesus is the only one 11:02 and because He loved us so much, 11:04 the God had made a plan of salvation, 11:08 where Jesus was able to take our sins 11:11 on His shoulders 11:12 and take those to the cross, nailing them to the cross, 11:15 and remission shed His blood in remission for our sins. 11:20 And so it's the only answer 11:21 because we're all born terminally ill. 11:24 We just some take us longer to die than others. 11:26 And so that's the world we live in. 11:28 There is no way out. 11:29 There is no hope 11:31 except through the Lord Jesus Christ. 11:32 So what we're trying to do is to show people, 11:35 that God is a God of love. 11:36 John 10:10 says, "The thief," speaking of Satan, 11:40 "comes not but for to steal, kill and to destroy." 11:43 But Jesus says, 11:45 "I've come that you may have life 11:46 and you may have it more abundantly." 11:48 So we're trying to answer questions, 11:51 because people as you referred to earlier, 11:54 as well, if there's a God, 11:56 where is He now when we need Him? 11:58 That is a very good question that people are asking. 12:03 And, you know, another one is, 12:05 well, why do bad things happen to good people? 12:08 Yeah, yeah. 12:09 And you touch on that on in the booklet as well. 12:10 We touched on that. 12:12 And where is God when you need Him 12:13 and why do bad things, 12:15 why do bad things happen to? 12:17 Well, it all goes back to sin. 12:19 It all goes back to, 12:20 you know, the original pandemic which is sin. 12:25 And so, there is the only remedy 12:29 for it is the blood of Jesus. 12:30 And, unfortunately, 12:33 and I didn't realize this 12:35 until recently, really, 12:37 there's so many people who have never heard 12:40 of Jesus ever. 12:41 And because we kind of take it for granted, 12:43 you know, we're Christians, 12:45 and we talk about Jesus and all. 12:46 But there's some people who have never heard His name. 12:48 They've never heard the name of God 12:50 outside of cursing or profanity. 12:52 And so for us now to, 12:55 in this booklet to kind of show who God is, 12:59 what He's done for mankind 13:02 through making a plan of salvation for us, 13:05 and then Jesus Christ is sure, 13:08 giving His life for all of mankind. 13:12 And so it's like, 13:14 this booklet is kind of written 13:16 to vindicate the character of God 13:19 because so many people feel as though 13:22 God is just up there trying to zap people 13:26 or judge them and kill them. 13:29 No, that's not who God is. God is love. 13:32 It's not He's like love, 13:33 is not, you know, He's kind of... 13:36 No, God is love. 13:39 And so that's what this is about really. 13:41 It's really showing who God is, 13:44 as opposed to who the enemy is, 13:47 and showing how they always have a plan. 13:52 God has His agenda, 13:54 and the enemy has his. 13:55 And we try to bring out, 13:57 you know, what God wants to do in our lives, 14:01 and that's what this book is about really, what's next? 14:04 We have a lot that's going to be happening next. 14:07 But if we stay connected to the Savior, 14:11 and we have nothing to worry about. 14:13 Sure. 14:15 So why do bad things happen to good people? 14:18 And then it's a great question. 14:20 And what we're trying to do is to maybe, as she said, 14:23 exonerate God in the court of public opinion, 14:28 because can I speak real bold to the viewers for a second? 14:32 I'm going to have to lay a lot of the blame on televangelists 14:36 for out preaching the way they preach that, 14:41 you know, if you're a Christian, 14:42 you're healthy, wealthy, 14:44 and wise and anything you say and you, 14:46 all the miracle healings and all the stuff, God heals. 14:49 We've talked about that before, 14:51 but they make so light of it, 14:53 that Christianity is a mockery to a lot of people 14:57 because they see so much hypocrisy. 14:59 So they see so much 15:01 and they see people teaching things 15:03 that it seems more it's on a financial end 15:06 rather than on a spiritual end 15:08 from some of these huge ministries 15:10 that are out there preaching. 15:11 So the truth is, 15:13 the Bible says the rain falls 15:14 on the just as well as the unjust. 15:17 So what that means is, just because I'm a Christian, 15:21 if I walk out in front of a semi, 15:23 if I see a semi coming down the highway, 15:25 I walk out in front of it, 15:27 you think I'm going to be hit or not? 15:28 I'll be run over, right? Yes. 15:30 That'd be much said. 15:31 If a person is not a Christian they walk out in front of it, 15:33 they're going to be hit? 15:35 Absolutely. Of course they will. 15:36 We walked outside and there's a huge thunderstorm 15:39 or tornado, 15:40 we're now I'm in right next to a non-Christian, 15:44 who's going to be hit? 15:45 Both of us, okay, 15:46 so what it is they're saying well, 15:49 you know, 15:50 when you listen to what's going out there 15:52 Yvonne, it makes Christianity is almost God as a Santa Claus. 15:56 Well, all you got to do is pray 15:57 and you can do this while He does that. 15:59 No, on this earth, 16:01 we go through trials and tribulations 16:03 just like everybody else. 16:04 If you notice all Christians die, 16:07 there's nobody here. 16:08 That's a lie that was here 16:09 120 years ago on this earth, right? 16:12 Of the billions of people. 16:13 So that ought to tell us something, 16:15 because these people say, well, we're just praying, 16:16 you be healed. 16:17 Well then just keep doing that. 16:19 But I noticed even all the faith healers die. 16:21 I don't mean to sound ugly on that. 16:25 But that's that kind of information 16:27 that's been disseminated in such a worldwide, 16:31 you know, audience 16:33 that makes people not have confidence, 16:35 and then when this happens, I've said before, 16:38 if they're, all these faith healers, 16:39 if that's true, 16:40 they should all be in hospitals healing everybody 16:42 and this pandemic would be over. 16:44 So what we try to do is say 16:46 that's not the way God operates. 16:48 What happened is 16:49 we're separated from God by sin. 16:51 While we're on this earth, we're going to reap, 16:54 we're going to get old. 16:55 Just look at me, I'm lot, I started 35 years ago, 16:58 I look totally different than I look now. 17:00 But praise the Lord. 17:01 You know, you don't look that different. 17:02 No, he doesn't. 17:04 We need recorder after the program. 17:06 But what happens is so because of sin 17:10 that we're all going to die. 17:12 And so the Lord says, "I have a plan. 17:16 I'm your Creator. 17:17 Heaven is not heaven until My children are there." 17:21 So He says, all you have to do is come to Me 17:24 because when we go through all the scriptures, 17:26 it says, "For all have sinned 17:28 and come short of the glory of God." 17:30 But it says, "If I confess my sins," 17:32 1 John 1:9, 17:34 "If I confess my sins, 17:35 God is faithful 17:37 and just to forgive me for my sins, 17:38 and to cleanse me from all unrighteousness." 17:41 So all I have to do is say, "Lord, I'm a sinner, 17:44 and I ask You to save me." 17:46 So you don't have to know anything. 17:48 You don't have to memorize the Bible. 17:50 None of that, you simply so what I did was, 17:54 let's get this out by the millions. 17:56 Let's put this out in the millions 17:57 because never in my lifetime 18:00 has so many millions of people been sitting at home 18:04 because you're out of work, you can't go to work 18:06 and with social distancing, 18:08 not too many people are outside. 18:10 So what can we do to reach people 18:13 in their homes 18:14 at a time when they're most susceptible, 18:17 most interested in hearing the gospel? 18:19 So let's say you're sitting at home, 18:21 you don't know what's going on. 18:23 See, a Christian has peace in the midst of the storm. 18:26 We're going to go through the same storm 18:27 that person is not a Christian, 18:29 but we have peace and they don't 18:31 because we know the outcome. 18:33 Revelation says they win. 18:34 So that's what it's all about. 18:36 We've read the back of the book. 18:37 Read the back of the book and it says, we win. 18:39 And they overcame Him by the Satan, 18:41 by the blood of the Lamb and the word of the testimony. 18:44 So what could we do 18:45 to get this into the hands of millions of people? 18:48 Now, let's say you're out of work, Jay. 18:50 You don't know the Lord, 18:51 you have no idea what's happening. 18:53 Your relatives have died people, you know, 18:56 you're worried about yourself 18:57 and this shows up in the mail with 10 other bills 18:59 or whatever because you're not working 19:01 and things are happening 19:03 and you look at it and it's bright, 19:05 it says, "After COVID-19, what next?" 19:07 Shows an ambulance 19:09 and somebody on the stretcher getting ready. 19:11 You think you probably going to look through this? 19:13 Oh, I'm going to read that for sure. 19:14 You're going to look through it. 19:16 So what we've done is we've asked our viewers, 19:18 said, look if you pay for the printing, 19:20 you know help us raise the money, 19:22 it's only like 15 cents 19:23 so you can get like six books or so for $1 actually, 19:26 but what I've been doing is trying to get individuals 19:29 who would donate money for the printing 19:31 and then people for zip code. 19:33 So people who want to send in, 19:35 it's literally you can send two of these books 19:38 to zip code of your choice 19:39 for less than the price of one stamp. 19:41 Wow, that's incredible, you can't beat that. 19:45 It really is. 19:46 And you can't put a price on the soul. 19:49 So four for a dollar. 19:50 In other words, if you donate $500, 19:52 that's 2,000 homes, 19:54 this book will go into 19:55 because others are raising the money 19:57 or paying for the printing 19:59 and for those of you 20:01 that we're asking you to do one or the other. 20:02 Now, at the time of this taping, 20:05 we're almost 4 million orders. 20:08 We've had 3 million books printed up. 20:10 And we have money to pay for about three million, 20:13 but we don't have for the next four. 20:15 So we're asking people, please help with the printing, 20:18 because we've got orders for almost 4 million, 20:20 but we have enough money 20:22 that's paying for the first 3 million printed 20:24 if I make sure I get that straight. 20:26 So we're really asking for help in the printing right now, 20:29 because we already have people 20:31 who've sent money that said, cover this zip code. 20:34 So what happens is, 20:35 if you want to give the zip codes 20:37 in your area, your town, 20:38 then you can call us here at 3ABN, 20:42 and they'll tell you how you can do it. 20:43 And they have a way of looking up your area 20:45 and saying, okay, there's X amount of zip codes. 20:48 And so when they do, 20:49 then they can tell you what it would cost 20:51 to cover certain zip code. 20:53 But what we're really looking for now 20:54 also is if you say give $100 for zip codes, 20:58 maybe you could give $100 say for printing, 21:01 because we're actually 21:03 running behind on printing money. 21:05 And so, but 3 million of these are already printed, 21:08 they're into going into the homes all over. 21:11 And we have half a million 21:13 being printed in Spanish right now. 21:15 And so we've got orders as far as way as Australian, 21:18 we're still trying to work out how best to do that 21:21 and get it from Norway from Russia. 21:24 They've already printed it, 21:25 or I think yes, printed in Russian. 21:28 And so numerous languages, 21:30 I think Norwegian 21:32 maybe they're asking about doing this up there. 21:34 So numerous languages, but we actually, 21:37 we just need your help in doing it. 21:39 So does it tell everything if you're an Adventist, 21:42 it says the 28 fundamental, no, not all in here, 21:45 is the main fundamental belief 21:47 that how you understand who Jesus is, 21:50 and you become a Christian. 21:51 But good news on the back page, 21:54 the whole back page tells you 21:56 how you can get the rest of the story. 21:58 Paul Harvey used to say... 21:59 Yeah, yeah. Right. 22:01 Now we're going on page two, we'll go to the next story. 22:03 But this says 3ABN, mending broken people. 22:06 All of these are ways you can watch or listen 22:09 or go on the internet or get Roku, 22:11 all of these cable, Amazon Fire, 22:14 you know, whatever app, all of that is in here. 22:17 So for that amount of money, so what's happened? 22:20 This is going in as a piece of literature 22:23 to help people to understand who God is. 22:26 And He's a God who loves them, who died for us, 22:29 made a plan of salvation for us, 22:30 is coming back very soon in the clouds of glory. 22:34 And then, they can find out they want more information, 22:37 they're going to be able to find out 22:39 how to get in communications with 3ABN 22:41 so, I'm talking quickly 22:42 because the time is short for you too. 22:45 Well, the other thing is, 22:46 you know, a lot of times you wonder, 22:49 what can I do for the Lord, 22:50 especially now? 22:52 I can't go outside. I can't do this or that. 22:54 Well, guess what? 22:55 All you have to do is pick up your phone 22:58 and call 3ABN (618) 627-4651 23:03 and you can call or you can go on the website, 23:07 3abn.tv. 23:09 Actually donate on the website. 23:10 You can donate on the website... 23:12 For COVID-19. Either way. 23:14 But there's no excuse 23:15 because you don't have to leave home to do this. 23:19 But yet you can impact someone's life for eternity. 23:22 And that's what, you know, to me, 23:25 the beauty of this is that someone 23:27 is going to more than one, 23:29 but someone is going to read this and say, 23:32 "You know what? 23:34 Maybe that's what's been missing 23:35 from my life all this time. 23:37 I need to find out more about this Jesus, 23:40 who is He really, 23:42 and what is He really done for me." 23:44 And it can lead people to the throne, 23:47 it can lead them to heaven. 23:49 Ultimately, you can change your life for eternity 23:52 just by ordering these books and having them sent. 23:56 You don't have to do anything. 23:57 We'll make a phone call and it's record, 23:59 like to me it's a no brainer, because the Lord wants us to, 24:05 who's, go ye... 24:06 Yeah, into all the world. 24:07 Who into all the world. 24:09 Who is the ye as Danny says. 24:11 Who's the ye? We're all ye. 24:13 We are to go into the whole world. 24:15 And so that's what we can do with this booklet 24:18 and make a difference in people's lives for eternity. 24:22 The Bible says where sin abounds, 24:23 grace does abound much more. 24:26 And this is the greatest evangelistic opportunity 24:29 in 35 years of ministry. 24:31 I can tell you that, 24:32 I've never seen this type 24:34 because once again we'll go back to the term 24:36 we said earlier, everybody 24:38 and very seldom you ever say, 24:40 when I could say 24:41 everybody's doing such and such 24:43 when millions of people watching ballgames, 24:44 million people on cruises, millions are working, millions. 24:48 Now literally, 24:49 everybody's thinking about this. 24:51 Literally everybody in the world 24:52 and you're having to measure yourself 24:55 about your finality. 24:57 And what does happen after death? 24:59 I have guaranteed 25:00 that there are people wondering, 25:01 I wonder if there is life after death. 25:03 You know what is going to happen now 25:05 because so many folk are dying. 25:06 You just lost your cousin. 25:08 Yes, my first cousin Gregory Hodge 25:11 and he died with suddenly, from COVID-19. 25:16 He was healthy. 25:18 It's been on a lot of different news outlets 25:20 because he was a first responder, 25:22 he was 911, he was a hero. 25:24 They call them the legend in his department 25:26 at the office of emergency. 25:29 Yeah, Office of Emergency Medicine 25:31 and in for New York, 25:33 New York City so you know. 25:35 But Gregory knew the Lord. 25:37 And so I'm so thankful that this is not the end. 25:41 That one day when Jesus comes, right now He's resting. 25:45 Gregory's resting in Jesus, but one day, 25:47 we'll all be able to be together forever. 25:49 And hopefully many of the people 25:51 who've received this booklet in the mail will be, 25:55 we'll all be together forever. 25:58 So when we can't go to church 25:59 because we're not allowed to go to church 26:01 and meet people, 26:03 what are we going to do to do our part 26:05 because what happens we can get lazy. 26:07 We don't go to church, we forget it. 26:09 But this just gives you an opportunity to say, 26:10 you know what? 26:12 I want to sponsor printing books, 26:14 I want to sponsor zip codes, I want to help in this. 26:16 So you can do it from your home. 26:18 And all you have to do is go to our website 26:20 or call our phone numbers, 26:21 and you can find out how to do it. 26:23 And again, 26:24 these are only about 15 cents to print 26:26 but the mailing is 25 cents, or 4 for $1. 26:29 So if you want to give $100, 500, 26:31 some folk have given 1,000, you can do that for printing, 26:34 or you can divide it half for printing, 26:36 half for zip codes 26:38 and give us the area where you live, 26:39 and we'll get it out. 26:41 So this allows each of us 26:42 to still do evangelism to get millions of these. 26:46 So far, 26:47 three and a half million are being printed. 26:49 And we hope that several million more are 26:51 and we've got to catch up 26:52 because we're three quarter almost a million in ahead of 26:56 what we have to print. 26:58 Yes, well I hope that our viewers 27:01 will get behind this and support it 27:03 because I mean, you really don't, 27:04 you don't have to get up off your couch. 27:06 That's right. 27:07 You don't have to go to the mailbox. 27:09 Just pick up the phone, call (618)-627-4651. 27:15 Follow the prompts to the call center, 27:16 talk to them and go ahead and support this great cause 27:20 because you don't know whose soul will be won 27:23 for God's kingdom. 27:25 Do you guys have any final thoughts real quick? 27:28 I just know 27:30 that there is a blessing in giving. 27:32 There's a blessing for you in sharing the gospel 27:35 and knowing that you have done something 27:38 for someone else 27:39 that is going to change their lives for eternity. 27:42 You won't know here, but you'll know one day. 27:45 Absolutely. 27:46 Well, thank you guys so much for coming on the program 27:49 and writing this great booklet in such a time as this 27:52 and thank you for joining us. 27:54 Until next time, may God continue to bless you. |
Revised 2020-05-07