Participants: Pr. John Carter
Series Code: CR
Program Code: CR000912
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00:00 >> FROM ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, "THE CARTER REPORT" PRESENTS
00:10 THE LIVING WORD AROUND THE WORLD. 00:16 >> WE HAVE WITH US A SPECIAL GUEST TODAY, ERWIN LIEBELT, 00:20 WHO IS A CHAIRMAN. 00:22 DURING OUR PROGRAM TODAY, HE'S GOING TO TELL YOU HOW AFTER 00:25 67 YEARS HE FOUND HIS FATHER, WHO DIED FIGHTING IN STALINGRAD. 00:34 HE CAME WITH US ON OUR TRIP TO STALINGRAD, OR VOLGOGRAD, 00:38 ONLY VERY RECENTLY. 00:39 AND HE'S GOING TO TELL THE STORY. 00:42 WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK IN THIS PROGRAM ABOUT 00:44 THE GREATEST BATTLE. 00:47 SOME SAY THIS WAS THE GREATEST BATTLE IN THE HISTORY 00:49 OF THE HUMAN RACE. 00:50 THAT MAY BE DEBATED, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE 00:55 DIED, LIKE ERWIN'S DAD. 00:59 THE TOPIC TODAY IS "PREACHING CHRIST IN TODAY'S RUSSIA." 01:06 THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO AMAZE YOU. 01:10 BUT FIRSTLY TODAY, WOULD YOU PLEASE WELCOME MY WIFE, 01:14 BEVERLEY CARTER. 01:16 [APPLAUDING] 01:25 >> TRAVELING TO ONE'S DESTINATION CAN OFTEN BE 01:27 AS INTERESTING AS ARRIVING AT THE DESTINATION. 01:31 AND SUCH WAS OUR VISIT TO THE ORPHANAGE IN VOLGOGRAD. 01:34 WE HAD ASKED THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IF WE COULD GO TO 01:37 ONE THAT WASN'T OFTEN VISITED. 01:39 AND THEY SAID, "SURE, THERE'S ONE 70, 7-0, KILOMETERS OUTSIDE 01:44 OF VOLGOGRAD." 01:45 SO ON TUESDAY MORNING AT 7:30, 3 CARLOADS OF OUR TEAM SET OUT 01:51 TO VISIT THIS ORPHANAGE. 01:53 AFTER 100 KILOMETERS, I STARTED TO WONDER HOW MUCH FURTHER. 01:58 OUR DRIVER COULDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND OUR TRANSLATOR WAS 02:01 IN ONE OF THE OTHER CARS. 02:04 AT 150 KILOMETERS, WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, 02:08 NOT A HOUSE, NOT A CAR, NOT EVEN A BARN IN SIGHT. 02:12 AND MY IMAGINATION STARTED TO RUN RIOT. 02:15 I THOUGHT, "WELL, PERHAPS WE'RE NEAR THE CHECHNYAN BORDER 02:18 AND/OR WE COULD BE KIDNAPPED AND NO ONE WOULD KNOW 02:21 WHERE WE WERE." 02:22 WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE. 02:26 AND SO, IN A FEW MORE KILOMETERS, OR AFTER A FEW MORE 02:29 KILOMETERS, WE CAME INTO A SMALL VILLAGE AND WE STOPPED, 02:34 AND SEVERAL OF US HOPPED OUT OF THE CAR. 02:36 THERE WERE ABOUT 50 BIG, OLD RUSSIAN TRUCKS WITH ABOUT 02:40 50 BIG, TOUGH LOOKING RUSSIAN DRIVERS STANDING AROUND EATING 02:45 AND DRINKING. 02:46 AND I DON'T THINK THEY WERE DRINKING WATER. 02:49 ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS SUGGESTED, "WELL, PERHAPS 02:51 WE SHOULD TURN AROUND AND GO BACK." 02:53 AND I WAS A LITTLE TEMPTED AT FIRST, BUT THEN I THOUGHT, 02:56 "YOU KNOW, WE'VE STARTED THIS MISSION AND WE'RE GOING 02:58 TO FINISH IT." 03:00 JUST THEN, THE DIRECTOR OF THE ORPHANAGE TURNED UP 03:03 AND MY TRANSLATOR ASKED HIM, "HOW MUCH FURTHER?" 03:06 AND HE SAID, "THIRTY KILOMETERS." 03:08 SO WE HOPPED BACK INTO OUR CARS AND OFF WE WENT WITH ME KEENLY 03:12 WATCHING THE SPEEDOMETER. 03:14 WELL, 30 KILOMETERS CAME AND WENT. 03:18 BY NOW, MY BLOOD PRESSURE WAS STARTING TO RISE OUT OF 03:22 CONCERN, NOT JUST FOR MYSELF, BUT MAINLY FOR THE TEAM MEMBERS 03:26 FOR WHOM I WAS RESPONSIBLE. 03:28 WELL, AFTER ANOTHER 10 KILOMETERS, THE ORPHANAGE 03:31 CAME INTO SIGHT. 03:33 I SENT UP A SILENT PRAYER, "THANK YOU, LORD." 03:37 WE HAD DRIVEN NEARLY 200 KILOMETERS, WHICH IS 03:39 A BIT MORE THAN 70 KILOMETERS. 03:42 THE OLD BUILDING HAD BEEN USED AS A HOME FOR WIDOWS AND 03:45 CHILDREN AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR, AND THEN IN 1960 HAD BEEN 03:49 TURNED INTO AN ORPHANAGE. 03:51 THE DIRECTOR TOLD US THAT THEY HAD ABOUT 120 YOUNG PEOPLE 03:55 THERE, AGED FROM 10 TO 18. 03:58 THE YOUNG PEOPLE PUT ON A MINI-CONCERT FOR US 04:01 OF SONGS AND FOLK DANCING. 04:03 AND THEN I TOLD THEM HOW HAPPY WE WERE TO BE THERE AND THEN WE 04:07 GAVE THEM A GIFT OF TWO NEW COMPUTERS TO HELP THEM WITH 04:11 THEIR EDUCATIONAL WORK. 04:13 THEY THEN INVITED US TO STAY TO EAT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD 04:17 TO DECLINE AS WE HAD TO GET BACK FOR THE EVENING MEETING. 04:22 THAT EXPERIENCE WAS A BLESSING FOR US AS A TEAM AND WE'RE GLAD 04:26 WE HADN'T TURNED BACK. 04:28 THE REMAINING FUND MONEY WAS GIVEN TO HELP THE WIFE OF 04:31 THE NEW--OF THE MINISTER LOOKING AFTER THE NEW CHURCH. 04:34 NOW THIS LADY, LILLY, IS A REMARKABLE PERSON. 04:37 AS A TEENAGER, SHE HAD SECRETLY TYPED PORTIONS OF THE BIBLE 04:42 AND OTHER CHRISTIAN LITERATURE FOR THE CHURCH. 04:45 THE KGB WERE SUSPICIOUS AND HAD FOLLOWED HER FOR SEVERAL YEARS, 04:49 BUT THANKFULLY SHE WAS NEVER CAUGHT. 04:52 SHE NOW SPENDS HER TIME LOOKING AFTER CHILDREN AND YOUNG 04:55 PEOPLE, NOT ONLY IN THE CHURCH BUT ALSO IN INSTITUTIONS LIKE 04:59 HOMES FOR THE DISABLED, ORPHANAGES, HIGH SCHOOLS, 05:02 AND JUVENILE HALLS. 05:04 WE WERE HAPPY TO HELP HER BUY A NEW PROJECTOR AND A HEAP 05:08 OF MATERIALS, WHICH WILL HELP TO WARN YOUNG PEOPLE OF 05:11 THE DANGER OF DRUGS AND HOW TO AVOID CONTRACTING AIDS. 05:15 AND, OF COURSE, SHE TELLS THEM ABOUT THEIR CREATOR, 05:19 WHO LOVES THEM VERY MUCH. 05:21 I WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HELP US 05:25 IN THIS PART OF OUR EVANGELISTIC WORK. 05:28 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 05:30 [CONGREGATION APPLAUDING] 05:34 >> THE TOPIC TODAY IS "PREACHING CHRIST 05:38 IN TODAY'S NEW RUSSIA." 05:42 EVERYTHING YOU THINK ABOUT RUSSIA, FORGET ABOUT IT, 05:46 BECAUSE IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLACE. 05:50 WE HAVE WITH US TODAY A PERSON WHO USED TO COME TO THIS CHURCH 05:54 ALL THE TIME WHEN HE LIVED DOWN HERE, A PERSON WHOM WE 05:57 APPRECIATE AND RESPECT, ERWIN LIEBELT. 06:00 WOULD YOU COME FORWARD, ERWIN? 06:02 [APPLAUDING] >> ERWIN CAME WITH US. 06:07 WELCOME, ERWIN. 06:09 >> THANK YOU. 06:09 I'M VERY HAPPY, VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE. 06:13 >> ERWIN, YOU WERE A MEMBER OF OUR TEAM. 06:16 YOU CAME WITH US TO VOLGOGRAD. 06:19 YOUR FATHER FOUGHT AT VOLGOGRAD. 06:23 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 06:24 IT WAS CALLED STALINGRAD AT THAT TIME AND I WILL NEVER 06:28 FORGET THE DAY WHEN HE LEFT. 06:30 IT WAS VERY EARLY IN 1942. 06:33 I WAS 5 YEARS OLD. 06:35 MY SISTER, ELLIE, WAS 9 MONTHS. 06:39 WE TOOK HIM TO A LOCAL RAILROAD STATION AND WE DIDN'T KNOW 06:42 WHERE HE WAS GOING. 06:44 MY DAD WAS ABOUT 32. 06:47 AND A FEW MONTHS AFTER THAT, WE HEARD HE WAS MISSING IN ACTION. 06:51 MY MOTHER GOT SOME LETTERS FROM STALINGRAD. 06:54 THAT'S THE LAST TIME WE HEARD OF HIM. 06:57 >> HOW WELL DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR DAD? 06:59 >> OH, VERY WELL. 07:01 HE USED TO CARRY ME ON HIS BACK TO GRANDMA'S HOUSE SEVERAL 07:03 KILOMETERS AWAY FROM WHERE WE LIVED. 07:06 AND I AM VERY PROUD OF HIM. 07:09 HE MARRIED MY MOM. 07:10 >> YOU WERE LIVING AT THAT TIME NOT IN GERMANY, BUT IN POLAND. 07:14 >> YES, THAT'S CORRECT. 07:16 >> HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? 07:18 >> WELL, MY ANCESTORS, THEY CAME FROM THE UKRAINE, AND ALSO 07:22 FROM SOME PARTS IN POLAND. 07:25 AND AT THAT TIME, IF YOU REMEMBER HISTORY, YOU PROBABLY 07:28 KNOW THE BLITZKRIEG HAD HAPPENED IN 1939 AND THE 07:34 DICTATOR IN GERMANY, HITLER, SAID TO STALIN, "I WILL NOT 07:37 ATTACK RUSSIA IF YOU LET ALL THE GERMAN SPEAKING PEOPLE 07:40 COME HOME TO THE FATHERLAND." 07:42 THAT'S WHERE MY MOM AND DAD WERE GOING HOME. 07:46 AND HALFWAY THROUGH POLAND, THEY STOPPED US AND SAID, 07:50 "THIS IS PART OF GERMANY NOW." 07:52 THEY ANNEXED IT. 07:54 ANYWAY, IT WAS VERY, VERY-- MY MOTHER DIED VERY LONELY 08:00 IN 1966 IN LOS ANGELES. 08:03 AND WE WERE ALWAYS WAITING. 08:05 WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM. 08:07 THEY NEVER TOLD US. 08:08 >> AND IT WAS A TREMENDOUS BATTLE. 08:10 SOME SAY IT WAS THE GREATEST BATTLE OF ALL. 08:13 THE RUSSIANS SAY NOW, ERWIN, THAT 3 MILLION PEOPLE DIED 08:16 IN THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD. 08:18 OTHERS SAY 2 MILLION PEOPLE. 08:21 A TREMENDOUS BATTLE. 08:23 I WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING NOW WITH ME. 08:27 I WANT YOU JUST WITH THE AUDIENCE TODAY JUST TO PAUSE 08:34 AND WE'RE GOING TO THINK ABOUT THE 2 OR 3 MILLION RUSSIANS AND 08:42 GERMANS, YOUNG MEN, WHO DIED. 08:48 AND LET US THINK ALSO OF YOUR DAD. 08:53 [GUNS FIRING] 09:08 >> YOUR DAD WAS LOST FOR 67 YEARS. 09:13 YOU FOUND HIM. 09:15 >> YES. 09:16 I WANT TO PRAISE THE LORD FOR MAKING THIS TRIP POSSIBLE, 09:20 PASTOR JOHN, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME 09:23 TO GO ALONG. 09:24 >> THANK YOU FOR COMING. 09:25 TELL US HOW YOU FOUND HIM. 09:28 >> WELL, VERY SHORTLY I--WHEN WE GOT THERE, PASTOR BUTOV KNEW 09:32 ABOUT IT THAT I WAS ONE OF THEM, I WAS LOOKING FOR MY DAD 09:35 POSSIBLY AFTER 67, 68 YEARS. 09:39 AND HE SAID, "THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON. 09:41 THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT IS HERE NOW AND TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN 09:43 OUT SOMETHING AND MAYBE PUT UP A CEMETERY OF SOLDIERS 09:46 FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR." 09:48 AND I SAID, "MY GOODNESS, THAT'S 68 YEARS AGO. 09:51 MIGHT AS WELL BE 100." 09:52 I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING. 09:54 WAS THE LAST DAY. 09:56 BROTHER ANDREVOVICH, ONE OF THE PASTORS FROM THE LITTLE 10:00 CHURCH WHERE WE WENT TO EAT EVERY DAY, HE TAPPED ME ON 10:03 THE SHOULDER AFTER THE MEETING WAS OVER AND HE SAID, "ERWIN, 10:07 I CAN TAKE YOU THERE TO THE PLACE WHERE THERE'S 10:11 A GERMAN SOLDIER CEMETERY. 10:13 WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO?" 10:15 I WAS OVERWHELMED. 10:17 I SAID, "YES, COULD YOU TAKE ME? 10:18 HOW FAR IS IT?" 10:20 "OH, ABOUT 50, 60 KILOMETERS OUTSIDE OF VOLGOGRAD." 10:24 AND SO WE DID. 10:25 WE WENT THERE. 10:26 AND WHEN WE GOT THERE, ALL OF A SUDDEN I SEE SIGNS IN GERMAN. 10:29 I COULD READ 'EM, BUT MY FRIEND COULD NOT. 10:32 AND SO I SAW A SIGN THAT SAYS, "GO A LITTLE DEEPER AND FIND 10:36 YOUR LOVED ONE. 10:38 YOU NEED TO KNOW HIS DATE OF BIRTH AND THE TIME WHEN 10:45 HE WAS LOST OR DIED." 10:47 AND SO HE WENT ONE ROW AND WE FOUND THESE HUGE COLUMNS 10:51 OF--MADE OUT OF GRANITE. 10:56 AND THE NAMES WERE ENGRAVED. 10:57 THEY WERE ABOUT 5 FEET HIGH, 2 FEET OR 3 FEET WIDE, 11:01 3 FEET BY 3 FEET. 11:03 HUNDREDS, MAYBE THOUSANDS OF THEM, ROWS AND ROWS AND ROWS. 11:05 AND WE WENT UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN. 11:08 ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE WAVED TO ME AND I GOT CLOSER TO HIM. 11:10 I SAID, "I THINK I'VE GOT SOMETHING." 11:13 WHEN I SAW PASTOR ANDREVOVICH, HE WAS--HIS EYES HAD GOTTEN 11:16 WATERY. 11:18 I SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" 11:19 HE PUT HIS ARMS AROUND ME AND HE SAYS, "I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU. 11:23 I THINK I FOUND YOUR DAD." 11:26 NOW I'M NOT A SOFTIE AT ALL, BUT, PASTOR JOHN, THAT TIME 11:29 I COULDN'T HOLD BACK. 11:31 WE WERE HUGGING EACH OTHER AND BOTH WERE CRYING 11:34 LIKE LITTLE BOYS. 11:36 >> ERWIN, CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING? 11:40 MILLIONS OF DECENT, YOUNG RUSSIANS AND GERMANS 11:43 DIED THERE. 11:45 THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GREAT DICTATORS. 11:49 AND I BELIEVE THAT AMONG THIS MULTITUDE, THERE WILL BE MANY 11:53 WHO WILL BE RESURRECTED. 11:56 MAY GOD COMFORT YOU AND BLESS YOU AT THIS TIME, ERWIN. 11:59 >> PASTOR JOHN, I'D LIKE TO SAY TO ALL MY RUSSIAN FRIENDS HERE 12:03 [SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] AND TO MY GERMAN FRIENDS 12:07 [SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] THAT'S IN GERMAN. 12:10 AND LET'S ALL PRAISE THE LORD. 12:11 >> GOD BLESS YOU, ERWIN. 12:12 GOD BLESS YOU. 12:14 GOD BLESS YOU, MY OLD FRIEND. 12:18 GOD BLESS YOU, MY OLD FRIEND. 12:26 >> THE GREATEST BATTLE, HOWEVER, IS NOT THE BATTLE THAT 12:28 WAS FOUGHT AT STALINGRAD. 12:30 IT IS THE GREAT BATTLE BETWEEN CHRIST AND SATAN. 12:34 I WANT YOU TO TAKE YOUR BIBLES NOW, MY FRIENDS, AND TURN TO 12:37 THE BOOK OF REVELATION 12:7-9. 12:44 REVELATION 12:7-9. 12:51 WE'RE SO GLAD FOR YOU, ERWIN. 12:54 WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU CAME. 12:56 WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU FOUND YOUR DAD. 12:58 REVELATION 12:7-9. 13:01 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE GREATEST BATTLE OF THEM ALL, 13:03 MY FRIEND. 13:05 "AND THERE WAS WAR IN HEAVEN. 13:07 MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT AGAINST THE DRAGON, 13:09 AND THE DRAGON AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT BACK. 13:12 BUT HE WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH AND THEY LOST THEIR PLACE 13:15 IN HEAVEN. 13:16 THE GREAT DRAGON WAS HURLED DOWN, THAT ANCIENT SERPENT 13:19 CALLED THE DEVIL, OR SATAN, WHO LEADS THE WHOLE WORLD ASTRAY. 13:23 HE WAS HURLED TO THE EARTH, AND HIS ANGELS WITH HIM. 13:27 THEN I HEARD A LOUD VOICE IN HEAVEN SAY, 'NOW HAS COME 13:30 THE SALVATION AND THE POWER AND THE KINGDOM OF OUR GOD, 13:36 AND THE AUTHORITY OF HIS CHRIST. 13:39 FOR THE ACCUSER OF OUR BROTHERS, WHO ACCUSES THEM 13:42 BEFORE OUR GOD DAY AND NIGHT, HAS BEEN HURLED DOWN. 13:46 THEY OVERCAME HIM BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND BY THE WORD OF 13:50 THEIR TESTIMONY; THEY DID NOT LOVE THEIR LIVES SO MUCH 13:55 AS TO SHRINK FROM DEATH. 13:58 THEREFORE REJOICE, YOU HEAVENS AND YOU WHO DWELL IN THEM! 14:02 BUT WOE TO THE EARTH AND TO THE SEA, BECAUSE THE DEVIL 14:06 HAS GONE DOWN TO YOU! 14:08 HE IS FILLED WITH FURY, BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT HIS TIME IS 14:14 SHORT.'" I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS. 14:19 THERE IS AN UNSEEN WORLD, MY FRIEND. 14:22 THERE IS A DIFFERENT DIMENSION. 14:27 AND MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A COSMIC BATTLE 14:33 BETWEEN THE CREATOR AND THE GREAT TROUBLEMAKER. 14:39 AND THE BIBLE SAYS THEY WERE NOT STRONG ENOUGH. 14:42 THEY WERE CAST DOWN TO THIS EARTH AND THIS EARTH BECAME 14:48 THE BATTLEFIELD. 14:49 LISTEN TO THIS. 14:52 I WANT THIS TO SINK DOWN INTO YOUR EARS. 14:56 THE BATTLE FOR THE SOULS OF MEN, NOT THE BATTLE BETWEEN 15:01 THE AMERICANS AND THE GERMANS, OR THE GERMANS AND THE RUSSIANS, 15:06 THE BATTLE FOR THE SOULS OF MEN WERE SO IMPORTANT THAT 15:11 THE CREATOR OF A BILLION, TRILLION GALAXIES BECAME A MAN 15:18 AND DIED ON THE CROSS FOR OUR REDEMPTION. 15:22 I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS. 15:24 IT'S SO HARD FOR THE MIND OF MAN, WHICH TODAY IS 15:30 SHRINKING--YOU KNOW WHY IT'S SHRINKING? 15:35 BECAUSE IT IS NO LONGER CONTEMPLATING THE THINGS 15:38 OF GOD. 15:40 IT IS MESMERIZED BY THE WORLD. 15:43 AND PEOPLE ARE SO DRUNK WITH COMPUTERS AND E-MAIL 15:51 AND TEXTING AND EVERY ONE OF THESE THINGS. 16:03 AND MUCH OF IT IS COMPLETE AND ABSOLUTE TRIVIA. 16:10 AND THEY DO NOT COMPREHEND THE FACT THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDST 16:16 OF THE BATTLE OF THE UNIVERSE. 16:20 AND THE BATTLE IS SO VITAL FOR THE SOULS OF MEN AND WOMEN THAT 16:26 THE CREATOR HIMSELF CAME DOWN AND DIED ON THE CROSS. 16:31 WOULD YOU COME OVER HERE TO JOHN 1, WHERE WE READ 16:35 THE STORY? 16:36 MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN IN THE HOLY BIBLE. 16:41 JOHN 1:1-3. 16:44 THE HOLY BIBLE SAYS, "IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, 16:49 AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD." 16:50 THE WORD IS JESUS. 16:52 "AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD. 16:55 HE WAS WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING. 16:58 THOUGH HIM ALL THINGS WERE MADE; WITHOUT HIM NOTHING WAS 17:01 MADE THAT HAS BEEN MADE." 17:04 YOU COME TO VERSE 10, "HE WAS IN THE WORLD, AND THOUGH THE 17:07 WORLD WAS MADE THROUGH HIM, THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM." 17:12 DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM THEM. 17:13 DOESN'T RECOGNIZE HIM NOW. 17:16 BUT THEN YOU COME TO VERSE 14, "THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND MADE 17:20 HIS DWELLING AMONG US. 17:21 WE HAVE SEEN HIS GLORY, THE GLORY OF THE ONE AND ONLY, 17:25 WHO CAME FROM THE FATHER, FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH." 17:31 LISTEN TO ME, MY FRIENDS WATCHING IN AUSTRALIA, IN 17:36 AMERICA, AND AROUND THE WORLD. 17:39 LISTEN TO THIS GREAT TRUTH. 17:43 BY GOD'S GRACE, I PRAY THAT YOUR EYES WILL BE OPEN TODAY. 17:49 THEREFORE, BECAUSE OF HIS DEATH FOR OUR SINS, THEREFORE THE 17:55 GREATEST WORK IN ALL THE WORLD IS THE PROCLAMATION OF THE 17:59 GOSPEL AND THE WINNING OF SOULS TO HIS KINGDOM. 18:08 I WANT TO TELL YOU FOLKS SOMETHING. 18:10 PREACHING IN RUSSIA TODAY IS NOT LIKE IT USED TO BE. 18:13 WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW WHY? 18:16 IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. 18:17 THE SHOCK FOR US WAS OVERWHELMING. 18:20 THE PEOPLE HAVE BECOME WESTERNIZED. 18:24 EVERYBODY'S GOT A CELL PHONE. 18:26 THEIR TELEVISION IS MORE SOPHISTICATED AND JUST AS 18:29 CORRUPT AS OURS. 18:33 THE LITTLE, OLD BABUSHKAS DON'T COME OUT BY THE THOUSANDS AND 18:39 THE HUNDREDS OF THE THOUSANDS TO THE MEETINGS ANYMORE 18:43 BECAUSE THEY'RE HOME WATCHING TELEVISION. 18:46 AND TO TALK THEM NOW, ONCE UPON A TIME WHEN YOU LOOKED IN THEIR 18:50 EYES, YOU COULD SEE THEY WERE TAKING IT IN, SOAKING IT UP. 18:55 BUT NOW, MANY OF THEM ARE JUST GLAZED OVER. 19:00 BEWARE, AMERICA. 19:04 WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW WHY PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET THE MARK 19:06 OF THE BEAST? 19:06 IT IS BECAUSE THEIR MINDS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY THE MEDIA 19:11 AND BY OUR SINS. 19:14 THE GREATEST WORK IN ALL THE WORLD IS THE PROCLAMATION 19:16 OF THE GOSPEL AND THE WINNING OF SOULS TO HIS KINGDOM. 19:19 I HAVE ONLY ONE LIFE. 19:20 WHAT SHALL I DO WITH MY LIFE? 19:24 I WANT TO SAY TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE TODAY, WHAT ARE YOU 19:28 GOING TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE? 19:30 ARE YOU GOING TO BE LIKE SO MANY BELIEVERS HERE 19:33 IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA? 19:34 ARE YOU GOING TO LIVE FOR ONE THING? 19:39 FOR MONEY YOU'RE GONNA STUFF IN YOUR POCKET WHEN YOUR SOUL 19:44 IS SO EMPTY? 19:46 WOULD TO GOD THAT EVERY YOUNG MAN, YOUNG WOMAN WATCHING THIS 19:49 TELECAST WOULD SAY, "I WILL BE A PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL," 19:56 BECAUSE IT IS THE GREATEST WORK IN ALL THE WORLD. 20:03 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE OUTCOME OF THIS GREAT BATTLE 20:07 BETWEEN THE CREATOR AND THE GREAT TROUBLEMAKER 20:09 IS ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN. 20:11 WOULD YOU COME OVER HERE TO REVELATION 7:9? 20:15 TURN TO THIS TEXT. 20:17 REVELATION 7:9. 20:21 REVELATION 7:9, "AFTER THIS I LOOKED AND THERE BEFORE ME WAS 20:24 A GREAT MULTITUDE THAT NO ONE COULD COUNT, FROM EVERY NATION, 20:28 TRIBE, PEOPLE AND LANGUAGE, STANDING BEFORE THE THRONE 20:31 AND IN FRONT OF THE LAMB. 20:32 THEY WERE WEARING WHITE ROBES AND WERE HOLDING PALM BRANCHES 20:35 IN THEIR HANDS. 20:36 AND THEY CRIED OUT IN A LOUD VOICE, 'SALVATION BELONGS 20:39 TO OUR GOD, WHO SITS ON THE THRONE, AND TO THE LAMB.'" 20:43 THIS TEXT GIVES ME TREMENDOUS ENCOURAGEMENT IN SPITE OF 20:49 THE WORLDLINESS THAT HAS INVADED THE CHURCH IN AMERICA, IN 20:54 AUSTRALIA, AND NOW IN RUSSIA, IN SPITE OF THE INDIFFERENCE, 20:59 IN SPITE OF THE SIN. 21:02 FINALLY, THERE'S GOING TO BE A VAST NUMBER OF SOULS WHO ARE 21:08 SAVED IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 21:12 THE BIBLE SAYS YOU CAN'T NUMBER THEM. 21:16 ARE YOU GOING TO BE THERE? 21:17 COME OVER HERE TO REVELATION 20:7-9. 21:21 AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE END OF THIS GREAT BATTLE. 21:23 REVELATION 20:7-9, "WHEN THE THOUSAND YEARS ARE OVER, 21:27 SATAN WILL BE RELEASED FROM HIS PRISON AND WILL GO OUT TO 21:30 DECEIVE THE NATIONS IN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH, 21:33 GOG AND MAGOG, TO GATHER THEM FOR BATTLE. 21:36 IN NUMBER THEY ARE LIKE THE SAND ON THE SEASHORE. 21:38 THEY MARCHED ACROSS THE BREADTH OF THE EARTH AND SURROUNDED 21:40 THE CAMP OF GOD'S PEOPLE, THE CITY HE LOVES. 21:43 BUT FIRE CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND DEVOURED THEM." 21:47 SO THAT IS THE END. 21:49 SIN IS GOING TO BE FINISHED. 21:52 AND LOOK AT CHAPTER 21 AND VERSE 1. 21:56 "THEN I SAW A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH, FOR THE FIRST HEAVEN 22:02 AND THE FIRST EARTH HAD PASSED AWAY, AND THERE WAS 22:06 NO LONGER ANY SEA. 22:08 I SAW THE HOLY CITY, THE NEW JERUSALEM, COMING DOWN OUT 22:11 OF HEAVEN FROM GOD, PREPARED AS A BRIDE BEAUTIFULLY DRESSED 22:15 FOR HER HUSBAND." 22:17 AND COME DOWN TO VERSE 5. 22:19 "HE WHO WAS SEATED ON THE THRONE SAID, 'I AM MAKING 22:22 EVERYTHING NEW!' THEN HE SAID, 'WRITE THIS DOWN, 22:26 FOR THESE WORDS ARE TRUSTWORTHY AND TRUE.'" 22:31 LET ME OPEN MY HEART TO YOU. 22:36 I WANT TO SAY THIS TO PASTOR O'CONNOR 22:38 AND EVERY PERSON. 22:40 I'VE SAID THIS TO PASTOR O'CONNOR. 22:42 I SAY IT TO HIM AGAIN. 22:44 I COULD NOT CONTENT TO BE A CHURCH PASTOR WHO SPENDS HIS 22:50 TIME SORTING OUT PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH WHEN THERE'S 22:55 A WORLD THAT'S DYING. 23:01 THE WORK OF THE CHURCH IS NOT JUST TO HAVE COMMITTEE 23:08 MEETINGS, THOUGH MAYBE YOU NEED THEM. 23:11 THE WORK OF THE CHURCH IS NOT PRIMARILY TO DO GOOD DEEDS. 23:17 THE WORK OF THE CHURCH IS TO WIN THE LOST TO CHRIST AND THAT 23:23 IS WHY, MY FRIEND, THE "CARTER REPORT" EXISTS AND THAT 23:27 IS WHY WE'RE PARTNERS WITH 3ABN. 23:31 I'M GOING TO TELL YOU NOW, OR SHARE WITH YOU, SOME STORIES 23:34 FROM THE BATTLEFIELD. 23:35 BUT THE PERSON WHO'S GOING TO BE INTERVIEWED RIGHT NOW 23:37 IS SUSAN PIRAINO. 23:38 WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME, SUSAN? 23:41 [CONGREGATION APPLAUDING] >> SUSAN IS THE DIRECTOR 23:45 OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE "CARTER REPORT" MINISTRY 23:49 AND DOES A TERRIFIC JOB. 23:52 WHAT WAS VOLGOGRAD LIKE? 23:56 >> WELL, VOLGOGRAD WAS DIFFERENT TO ANY OF THE RUSSIAN 23:59 CITIES WE'D BEEN TO BEFORE. 24:00 IT WAS COMPLETELY A DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE. 24:04 THE--WE DROVE AROUND AND THERE WAS JUST THESE WONDERFUL MALLS, 24:09 RESTAURANTS, SHOPS. 24:11 IT WAS LIKE BEING BACK HOME, ACTUALLY. 24:14 >> DID YOU DO SOME GOOD SHOPPING? 24:16 >> NO, BECAUSE I COULDN'T AFFORD ANY OF THE THINGS 24:18 IN THE SHOPS. 24:19 WE WENT LOOKING AROUND JUST TO CHECK OUT PRICES AND I WAS 24:23 EXCITED BECAUSE THERE WAS A GREAT PAIR OF SHOES. 24:25 AND I THOUGHT, "HALF OFF. 24:27 WOW, THIS WILL BE A DEAL." 24:28 AND IT WAS $200. 24:30 THAT WAS THE HALF OFF PRICE. 24:32 SO I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, "WELL, I GUESS I WON'T BE BUYING ANY." 24:36 BEFORE WE WENT THERE, SUSAN, SOMEBODY TOLD US--BECAUSE 24:39 I ALWAYS GO AND VISIT THE CITY BEFORE I GO TO IT BECAUSE I 24:42 WANT TO CHECK IT OUT, BUT THIS TIME I DIDN'T GO AND I ASKED 24:46 A RUSSIAN FRIEND, WHOM I THOUGHT WOULD REALLY KNOW, 24:48 "WHAT'S IT LIKE? 24:49 HOW HAS THE ECONOMY BEEN AFFECTED BY WALL STREET, 24:52 BY THE COLLAPSE OF THE WORLD ECONOMIES?" 24:54 HE SAID, "IT HASN'T BEEN AFFECTED BECAUSE THEY DON'T 24:57 HAVE AN ECONOMY." 24:58 HE SAID, "SO POOR." 25:00 >> NO, IT WASN'T POOR AT ALL. 25:01 ACTUALLY, THERE WAS, I THINK, TWO OR THREE BANKS ALMOST ON 25:04 EVERY SINGLE BLOCK, SO THAT TELLS YOU SOMETHING RIGHT NOW 25:07 WHEN YOU'RE SEEING BANKS ALL OVER THE PLACE. 25:09 >> TELL ME ABOUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAME 25:11 TO THE MEETINGS. 25:12 >> OH, IT WAS--THAT WAS EXCITING TO SEE BECAUSE I HAD 25:15 NEVER SEEN A CITY WITH SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE. 25:17 I MEAN, IT WAS--WHEREVER YOU LOOKED, THEY WERE YOUNG. 25:20 AND SO I THOUGHT, "I WONDER IF THESE YOUNG KIDS 25:23 ARE GONNA BE COMING." 25:24 AND SURE ENOUGH, WE HAD A YOUNG CROWD OF PEOPLE COMING. 25:27 THEY WERE IN THEIR, YOU KNOW, EARLY, YOUNG TWENTIES, THIRTIES. 25:31 IT WAS--THAT WAS GREAT TO SEE. 25:33 >> WHEN YOU THINK RUSSIA, I'VE BEEN THERE 37 TIMES. 25:37 WE'RE GOING BACK FOR A GREAT BIBLE CONFERENCE 25:39 IN NIZHNY NOVGOROD WITH 500 OF OUR PASTORS SHORTLY. 25:44 WHEN YOU THINK RUSSIA, YOU THINK COLD, SNOW. 25:49 WHAT WAS IT LIKE IN VOLGOGRAD? 25:51 >> IT WAS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE. 25:53 IT WAS PROBABLY THE HOTTEST-- IT WAS A HOT SPELL. 25:56 AND I THINK THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST WEEK 25:59 WAS OVER 100 DEGREES. 26:00 AND SO, OBVIOUSLY WE WERE IN AUDITORIUM AND THEY DON'T HAVE 26:04 AIR CONDITIONING. 26:06 AND I THINK ONE DAY THE TEMPERATURE IN THE AUDITORIUM 26:08 WAS 106 DEGREES. 26:10 AND SO IT WAS AMAZING THAT ANYONE CAME INSIDE. 26:15 AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S ONLY THE SPIRIT OF GOD THAT WOULD 26:17 BROUGHT THE--THAT BROUGHT THE PEOPLE IN BECAUSE 26:19 IT WAS SO HOT. 26:21 >> IT WAS AT LEAST 130 DEGREES UNDER MY COAT. 26:24 >> YEAH, WITH THE SPOTLIGHTS AND--I KNOW. 26:26 IT WAS UNBEARABLE, REALLY, TO BE SITTING THERE. 26:30 AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I WONDER BECAUSE WE COME INTO 26:32 CHURCH AND WE SAY, "OH, IT'S NOT 70 DEGREES IN HERE," 26:35 AND WE'RE COMPLAINING. 26:36 AND I'M THINKING, "BOY, THESE PEOPLE JUST--YOU KNOW, THEY'RE 26:39 SITTING HERE AND THEY'RE LISTENING TO A LECTURE FOR AN 26:42 HOUR IN 105 DEGREES, AND THE FANS ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH, 26:47 AND THEY WOULDN'T MOVE." 26:48 IT--WE DON'T SEE THAT HERE. 26:51 >> YOU REMEMBER THE GREAT PROJECTORS WE TOOK OVER AND HOW 26:53 THEY GOT STUCK IN CUSTOMS? 26:55 AND WE HAD TO PAY $8,000 TO GET 'EM OUT OF CUSTOMS. 27:00 WHEN WE SET THE PROJECTORS UP, THEY RAN FOR A LITTLE WHILE 27:03 AND ONE OF THEM STOPPED. 27:05 AND SO, JUST BEFORE THE MEETINGS COMMENCED, 27:08 WE WENT AROUND THE CITY. 27:10 JAVIER WENT LOOKING AND WE FOUND SOME AIR CONDITIONING 27:13 UNITS AND WE SORT OF FITTED THEM INTO THOSE PROJECTORS 27:18 TO GIVE THEM SOME COLD AIR, ELSE THEY COULDN'T FUNCTION. 27:21 TELL ME SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAME. 27:24 >> WELL, I MADE FRIENDS WITH A YOUNG BROTHER AND SISTER. 27:28 THEY WERE 11 AND 13 AND THEY CAME AND SAT WITH ME 27:32 EVERY SINGLE DAY. 27:33 AND I WAS JUST AMAZED TO SEE SHE SAT THERE 27:35 AND SHE TOOK NOTES. 27:37 SHE WAS 13 YEARS OLD. 27:38 SHE TOOK A NOTE OF EVERY SINGLE THING YOU SAID. 27:40 SHE MARKED IT IN HER BIBLE AND THEY WERE JUST SO EXCITED. 27:43 SHE TOLD ME, "I HAVE NOT MISSED ONE MEETING AND I'M GONNA GET 27:46 MY BIBLE." 27:47 AND SO IT--SHE WAS--THEY WERE SPECIAL TO ME, OBVIOUSLY, 27:50 BUT THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE. 27:53 THERE WAS MARIA, WHO HAD BEEN STRUGGLING 27:55 IN HER PERSONAL LIFE. 27:56 AND SHE WAS--SHE WOULD RUN TO THE MEETINGS EVERY DAY AND 28:00 A COUPLE TIMES SHE HAD TO LEAVE EARLY BECAUSE SHE HAD TO GO TO 28:02 WORK, SO SHE WOULD LIKE TOUCH HER HEART BEFORE SHE LEFT 28:06 BECAUSE SHE WAS SO SAD THAT SHE HAD TO LEAVE. 28:08 BUT IT--I WAS JUST BLESSED BY THE PEOPLE THERE. 28:12 >> I CAN STILL SEE MARIA. 28:14 SHE USED TO SIT DOWN HERE AND I JUST HOPE SHE'S OKAY. 28:19 LET ME SAY THIS. 28:21 YOU'VE BECOME AN EXPERT NOW IN RUSSIAN HOSPITALS, I'M TOLD. 28:26 WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? 28:27 >> OH, THAT WAS--THAT WAS A SCARY, TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE 28:30 FOR ME. 28:31 I DON'T--FOR SOME REASON, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, 28:34 I JUST GOT SEVERE PAIN IN MY BACK AND I WAS HAVING 28:37 A HARD TIME BREATHING. 28:39 I COULDN'T WALK, I COULDN'T MOVE, I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. 28:42 AND SO I THOUGHT, "OH, GREAT, I'M GONNA BE BURIED IN RUSSIA." 28:46 >> I WANT YOU TO KNOW WE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT YOU BACK. 28:50 >> SO, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS BAD ENOUGH THAT I HAD TO BE TAKEN 28:54 TO THE HOSPITAL AND IT WAS LIKE GOING BACK IN TIME 60 YEARS 28:59 WHEN I GOT TO THE HOSPITAL. 29:01 BUT WHEN I MET THE STAFF, THE DOCTORS, AND THEY WERE 29:05 JUST--THEY WERE SO EXTREMELY HELPFUL. 29:07 I WAS THE FIRST FOREIGNER TO BE IN THAT HOSPITAL. 29:11 >> SO YOU WENT TO VOLGOGRAD, THE OLD CITY OF STALINGRAD. 29:15 ARE YOU GLAD YOU WENT, SUSAN? 29:17 >> IT'S THE BEST THING I THINK I COULD HAVE EVER DONE. 29:21 I--EVERY TIME I GO THERE, I KNOW I KEEP SAYING THIS, 29:24 IT JUST RENEWS MY FAITH AND IT MAKES ME UNDERSTAND WHY 29:29 THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, WHAT WE DO, BECAUSE I SEE ALL THESE 29:32 PEOPLE THAT I'M THINKING, "WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE HADN'T 29:35 GONE AND THEY WOULD NOT HAVE HEARD ABOUT JESUS?" 29:39 I THINK OF ANNA AND DANIEL, MY TWO FRIENDS, AND I'M THINKING, 29:43 "WOW, THEY KNOW JESUS," AND IT'S JUST AMAZING. 29:48 AND I THINK WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON DOING MORE 29:50 OF THIS. 29:51 AND I WISH WE COULD GO BACK. 29:52 AND IF THERE WAS A MEETING ON NEXT WEEK, I'D BE READY TO GO. 29:56 >> WHAT ABOUT THE TEAM MEMBERS? 29:57 WE TOOK SOME AUSTRALIANS AND WE TOOK SOME AMERICANS. 30:00 TELL US ABOUT THE TEAM MEMBERS. 30:01 >> THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE SMALLEST TEAM THAT WE'VE EVER 30:04 HAD WITH US BECAUSE OF SO MANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT WE HAD 30:07 A WONDERFUL TEAM. 30:08 EVERYBODY HAD--THERE WAS A GREAT SPIRIT. 30:10 WE ALL WORKED TOGETHER. 30:11 AND I JUST WANT TO NAME THEM BECAUSE THERE WAS A SMALL TEAM 30:15 AND I WROTE THE NAMES DOWN SO I WOULDN'T FORGET ANYBODY. 30:18 SO WE HAD DON BEAGLE, BOB LUDWIG, DAVID CARTER, 30:22 DANIEL BERGOSS, CARLOS LEON, JAVIER PIRAINO. 30:26 WE HAD PASTOR O'CONNOR. 30:27 WE HAD ANI O'CONNOR. 30:28 WE HAD ERWIN LIEBELT. 30:30 WE HAD DIANA HURLBERT. 30:32 SHE WAS FROM SAN FRANCISCO. 30:33 WE HAD GERTRUDE AYALA AND HARRY CURL. 30:35 THEY WERE BOTH FROM TEXAS. 30:37 WE HAD HARRY REESE--I MEAN, REESE LARSEN. 30:40 AND HE WAS FROM WASHINGTON. 30:42 AND THEN WE HAD TWO FOLKS THAT CAME WITH US FROM AUSTRALIA, 30:46 BARBARA MITCHELL AND JOHN COSMEYER. 30:48 AND THEY WERE A GREAT BLESSING. 30:49 AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAD BEVERLEY AND, OF COURSE, 30:52 YOURSELF. 30:53 SO IT'S A GOOD TEAM. 30:54 >> SO WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE FOLKS AND WE WANT TO 30:56 THANK YOU, SUSAN, TOO FOR WHAT YOU DO AND FOR COMING WITH US 30:59 TO VOLGOGRAD. 31:01 GOD BLESS YOU, SUSAN. 31:02 [APPLAUDING] 31:08 >> TWO OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS, AS SUSAN TOLD YOU, WERE PASTOR 31:11 AND MRS. J.P. O'CONNOR. 31:14 I'M GOING TO GET THEM TO COME NOW AND THEY'RE GOING TO BRING 31:16 US SOME MUSIC. 31:17 THEY SANG FOR US, OH, ALMOST EVERY NIGHT OVER THERE 31:21 IN THIS GREAT AUDITORIUM. 31:23 AND THE RUSSIANS LOVE THEM. 31:24 SO WOULD YOU PLEASE WELCOME PASTOR AND MRS. O'CONNOR. 31:29 [APPLAUDING] 31:38 [MUSIC] 31:54 ♪ OH FAITHFUL FATHER, ♪ ♪ ENDURING FRIEND, ♪ 32:06 ♪ YOUR TENDER MERCY IS LIKE ♪ ♪ A RIVER WITH NO END. ♪ 32:16 ♪ IT OVERWHELMS ME, ♪ ♪ COVERS MY SIN. ♪ 32:28 ♪ EACH TIME I COME ♪ ♪ INTO YOUR PRESENCE, ♪ 32:36 ♪ I STAND IN WONDER ♪ ♪ ONCE AGAIN. ♪ 32:44 ♪ YOUR GRACE STILL ♪ ♪ AMAZES ME. ♪ 32:52 ♪ YOUR LOVE STILL A MYSTERY. ♪ ♪ EACH DAY I FALL ♪ 33:04 ♪ ON MY KNEES ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE YOUR GRACE ♪ 33:11 ♪ STILL AMAZES ME. ♪ ♪ YOUR GRACE ♪ 33:19 ♪ STILL AMAZES ME. ♪ 33:37 ♪ OH PRECIOUS SAVIOR, ♪ ♪ YOU MAKE ME WHOLE. ♪ 33:50 ♪ YOU ARE THE AUTHOR ♪ ♪ AND THE HEALER OF MY SOUL. ♪ 34:01 ♪ WHAT CAN I GIVE YOU? ♪ ♪ LORD, WHAT CAN I SAY? ♪ 34:12 ♪ I KNOW THERE'S NO WAY ♪ ♪ TO REPAY YOU, ♪ 34:19 ♪ ONLY TO OFFER YOU ♪ ♪ MY PRAISE. ♪ 34:28 ♪ YOUR GRACE STILL AMAZES ME. ♪ ♪ YOUR LOVE STILL A MYSTERY. ♪ 34:43 ♪ EACH DAY, I FALL ON MY ♪ ♪ KNEES 'CAUSE YOUR GRACE ♪ 34:54 ♪ STILL AMAZES ME. ♪ ♪ YOUR GRACE STILL AMAZES ME. ♪ 35:06 ♪ IT'S DEEPER, IT'S WIDER, ♪ ♪ IT'S STRONGER, IT'S HIGHER, ♪ 35:20 ♪ IT'S DEEPER, IT'S WIDER, ♪ ♪ IT'S STRONGER, ♪ 35:31 ♪ IT'S HIGHER THAN ANYTHING ♪ ♪ MY EYES CAN SEE. ♪ 35:41 ♪ YOUR GRACE STILL AMAZES ME. ♪ ♪ YOUR LOVE STILL A MYSTERY. ♪ 35:55 ♪ EACH DAY I FALL ♪ ♪ ON MY KNEES ♪ 36:04 ♪ 'CAUSE YOUR GRACE ♪ ♪ STILL AMAZES ME. ♪ 36:11 ♪ YOUR GRACE STILL ♪ ♪ AMAZES ME. ♪♪ 36:42 [APPLAUDING] 36:52 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 36:53 WASN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL? 36:54 WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME OVER NEAR ME PLEASE? 36:57 THESE FOLKS WERE LOVED BY THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE, JUST AS WE 37:02 LOVE THEM TOO. 37:04 MRS. O'CONNOR, WHAT WERE YOUR OVERWHELMING IMPRESSIONS? 37:10 THIS IS YOUR FIRST VISIT TO RUSSIA. 37:14 IT'S A GREAT CIVILIZATION. 37:16 IT HAS A GREAT CULTURE, WONDERFUL PEOPLE, SOME OF THE 37:22 FRIENDLIEST PEOPLE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. 37:24 WHAT WERE YOUR OVERWHELMING IMPRESSIONS OF VOLGOGRAD? 37:29 >> VOLGOGRAD, RUSSIA, WAS A VERY EXCITING PLACE. 37:33 IT'S FULL OF HISTORY. 37:35 I LOVED IT. 37:36 I ALSO FELT THE PAIN STILL THAT LINGERS ON FROM WARS AND FROM 37:41 THE OPPRESSION IN THE FACES OF THE OLDER GENERATION, BUT THE 37:45 YOUNG GENERATION SUPPRESSES IT WITH ENTERTAINMENT AND DRINKING 37:51 AND PARTYING. 37:52 AND THESE PEOPLE CAME INTO THE MEETING. 37:54 YOU COULD SEE THEM. 37:55 THE FIRST NIGHT, I REMEMBER SEEING ALL THESE YOUNG PEOPLE 37:58 COMING IN FOR THE EXCITEMENT OF KING TUT AND ALL THIS STUFF. 38:02 I LOVE TO SEE THEM. 38:04 AND I ALSO SAW THE--NOT SO MUCH THE OLDER LADIES. 38:09 LATER ON, I SAW THEM, THE BABUSHKAS COMING IN, AND IT WAS 38:14 A GREAT FEELING TO GIVE 'EM A HUG AND WELCOME THEM IN. 38:18 >> ARE YOU GLAD YOU WENT? 38:19 >> ABSOLUTELY. 38:20 THAT WAS AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE TO BE IN A PLACE LIKE VOLGOGRAD 38:25 AND BE ABLE TO SHARE THE LORD, BE ABLE TO SHARE THROUGH MUSIC. 38:29 >> WHAT DID IT DO FOR YOU PERSONALLY, ANI O'CONNOR? 38:35 >> VOLGOGRAD, THE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART, SEEING 38:42 THAT THESE PEOPLE WOULD NOT--WERE TAUGHT NOT TO BELIEVE 38:47 THAT GOD EXISTED. 38:49 AS I WAS SPEAKING TO ONE OF THE TRANSLATORS ONE DAY, 38:53 SHE WAS SAYING TO ME THAT, "HOW CAN--YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU COME 38:57 WITH THIS MESSAGE, HOW CAN YOU BELIEVE IN SOMETHING, IN SOME 39:00 FANTASY FAIRY-TALE LIKE THAT?" 39:03 BUT WHEN I SAW THE PEOPLE GOING INTO THE BAPTISMAL WATERS, 39:08 THAT WAS SO IMPRESSIVE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE AROUND, 39:14 TO BE ABLE TO SAY TO ME, "I CAN FEEL GOD WHEN YOU SING." 39:21 THAT IS SOMETHING--THAT KIND OF FAITH OVERWHELMS MY HEART 39:25 TO SAY WE HAVE IT SO EASY IN AMERICA. 39:29 >> ANI, YOU ARE A BLESSING. 39:31 BLESSING THEN AND A BLESSING NOW. 39:33 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 39:34 THANK YOU. 39:36 [APPLAUDING] 39:40 >> AND NOW IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE A PERSON THAT 39:43 YOU ALL KNOW, AND THAT'S PASTOR J.P. O'CONNOR. 39:50 RUNNING THESE CAMPAIGNS IS SORT OF EASY, ISN'T IT? 39:52 NOT A LOT TO DO. 39:54 >> I DON'T THINK SO. 39:55 IT'S A LOT OF WORK BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER. 40:00 BEFORE, PREPARING ALL THE EQUIPMENT, GETTING ALL 40:03 THE SERMONS TOGETHER, CALLING OVER TO RUSSIA, ORGANIZING 40:06 THE HOTELS, THE DRIVERS, THE TRANSLATORS, SENDING OUR 40:10 EQUIPMENT, HAVING IT GET CAUGHT IN CUSTOMS, HAVING TO PRAY 40:13 IT OUT, SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. 40:16 >> PRAY IT OUT AND PAY IT OUT. 40:18 >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY. 40:20 PAY IT OUT, ABSOLUTELY. 40:21 AND THEN WHEN YOU ARRIVE, THERE'S THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT 40:24 OF WORK OF SETTING UP THE EQUIPMENT, PUTTING 40:26 THE PROJECTORS ON THE SCREENS. 40:28 YOU JUST CAN'T GO ON AND ON ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT IS, 40:32 BUT HOW WORTH IT IT IS TOO. 40:34 >> THE RUSSIANS SAID WHEN OUR TEAM ARRIVED, THEY WENT DOWN TO 40:38 THE AUDITORIUM, THEY SAID, "MAN, CAN THEY WORK." 40:43 THEY SAID, "THESE AUSTRALIANS AND AMERICANS REALLY CAN SHOW 40:47 US HOW TO WORK." 40:48 TELL US THE PHYSICAL PREPARATION, THE BUILDING OF 40:52 THREE HUGE SCREENS, THE SETTING UP THE PROJECTORS. 40:56 DANIEL, CARLOS, DAVID, JAVIER, CARLOS DOING SUCH A TREMENDOUS 41:03 JOB, 105 DEGREES. 41:07 DESCRIBE IT. 41:09 >> IT WAS NOT EASY. 41:11 IT WAS DIFFICULT. 41:12 IT WAS STRESSFUL. 41:13 YOU FIND THAT PUTTING THE SOUND EQUIPMENT UP, YOU'RE TRYING TO 41:16 COMMUNICATE TO RUSSIANS BECAUSE WE RENTED OUR SOUND EQUIPMENT 41:20 THERE. 41:21 AND YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL THEM SOMETHING THROUGH A TRANSLATOR 41:23 AND THERE'S SOME PUSHING AND PULLING. 41:25 AND THEN SOMEONE WALKS OVER AND TOUCHES THE SOUNDBOARD 41:27 AND STARTS PLAYING WITH THE KNOBS. 41:29 AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY SET THE EQUIPMENT, SO THEN 41:32 OUR STAFF SAYS, "HEY, YOU KNOW, LEAVE THAT ALONE!" 41:34 TRYING. 41:35 THEN THERE'S THE VIDEO EQUIPMENT, HAVING IT KONK OUT 41:39 BECAUSE IT'S TOO HOT, TRYING TO SET UP--RUN NEW POWER LINES 41:42 TO PUT AIR CONDITIONERS. 41:44 THE SCREENS WERE AMAZING. 41:46 THEY USED LIGHTING METAL EQUIPMENT AND THEN STRAPPED 41:49 THIS REFLECTIVE WHITE MATERIAL. 41:52 THEY LOOKED REALLY GOOD. 41:53 I THINK YOU SAID SOME OF THE BEST SCREENS THAT WE'VE 41:55 EVER HAD. 41:56 >> BEST WE'VE HAD. 41:57 PUT TOGETHER, ALMOST 100 FEET OF SCREENS. 42:00 WHAT WERE, BESIDES THE PHYSICAL WORK, WHAT WERE YOUR 42:05 OVERWHELMING IMPRESSIONS? 42:08 >> WELL, JUST FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS MY FIRST TIME BEING 42:10 OUT OF THE COUNTRY LIKE THAT. 42:12 AND SO THE SIGHTS, THE SMELLS, THE PEOPLE, EVERYTHING 42:18 IS DIFFERENT. 42:19 FOR ONE WHO'S NOT TRAVELED A LOT, MY EYES WERE WIDE OPEN. 42:23 THE PEOPLE, THE LANGUAGE, HEARING WITH YOUR EARS. 42:27 EVERYBODY SMOKES. 42:28 >> AND THEY DON'T SPEAK AMERICAN. 42:30 >> THEY DO NOT SPEAK AMERICAN. 42:32 THEY DON'T EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH. 42:34 >> WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO CAME? 42:36 >> THIS IS--THIS IS THE BEST PART. 42:39 IT'S WHY WE DO IT. 42:40 THEY WERE EXCITED, ENTHUSIASTIC, PASSIONATE. 42:45 IT WAS A DIFFERENT KIND OF CROWD. 42:47 SO MANY PEOPLE THAT THE FIRST NIGHT THE AUDIENCE WAS LIT UP 42:50 FROM THE CELL PHONES, TAKING PICTURES OF WHAT 42:54 WAS GOING ON UP FRONT. 42:55 MAYBE THEY WERE TEXTING OR ANSWERING CALLS, AND SO YOU 42:57 COULD JUST TELL IT WASN'T THE NORMAL, OLDER CROWD, BUT THOSE 43:00 YOUNG PEOPLE WERE LISTENING AND BECAME EXCITED AND ENTHUSIASTIC 43:04 ABOUT THE MESSAGE. 43:06 THERE'S ONE PERSON IN PARTICULAR, THOUGH, 43:08 THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. 43:10 HIS NAME WAS DIMITRI. 43:11 ABOUT 4 OR 5 NIGHTS INTO THE MEETINGS, ONE OF THE 43:14 TRANSLATORS AND A RUSSIAN PASTOR CAME TO ME AND SAID 43:17 TO ME, "WE NEED YOU TO COME OUTSIDE AND TALK TO SOMEBODY. 43:21 THIS YOUNG MAN'S BEEN COMING TO THE MEETINGS, BUT HE'S A DRUG 43:23 ADDICT AND HE NEEDS SOME HELP." 43:25 OF COURSE, I HAVE A BACKGROUND MYSELF IN OVERCOMING SOME 43:28 ADDICTIONS IN MY LIFE, SO I WENT OUT INTO THE FOYER AND I 43:31 SAT DOWN WITH HIM AND BEGAN TO TALK TO HIM. 43:33 HE SAID HE'D BEEN A HEROIN ADDICT FOR 14 YEARS. 43:36 YOU COULD SEE HIS BODY WAS JUST EMANCIPATED. 43:40 YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SEE HIS BONES. 43:42 YOU COULD SEE THE SKIN WAS TIGHT ON HIM. 43:44 HIS EYES WERE GLAZED OVER. 43:47 HIS SKIN WAS PALE. 43:48 AND HE TOLD ME EVEN THAT DAY HE HAD BEEN DOING DRUGS, 43:52 BUT HE CAME TO THE MEETING BECAUSE HE NEEDED HELP, 43:55 HE NEEDED SOMETHING. 43:56 AND AS I TALKED TO HIM, I ENCOURAGED HIM THAT GOD 43:58 LOVES HIM NO MATTER WHAT. 44:00 EVEN-- >> TELL US ABOUT THE BAPTISM 44:03 WITH THIS PERSON. 44:04 >> IT WAS--WE WERE ON OUR WAY IN THE CAR. 44:07 AND, AS YOU KNOW, WE GOT STOPPED BY THE POLICE ON 44:11 THE WAY THERE THAT MORNING. 44:12 I WASN'T GOING TO MAKE IT. 44:14 I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS GOING TO BE BAPTIZED. 44:16 I HAD NO IDEA. 44:17 WE WERE THE LAST ONE TO ARRIVE. 44:18 AS WE WERE COMING OVER THE SAND DUNE, EVERYBODY WAS WAITING 44:21 FOR US, AND HE CAME RUNNING OUT AND GAVE ME A HUG. 44:24 THERE WERE TEARS IN MY EYES. 44:25 I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. 44:26 THIS MAN, WHO WAS IN BONDAGE AND SLAVERY TO DRUGS, 44:30 WANTED TO BE BAPTIZED. 44:31 AND I FELT IT SUCH A PRIVILEGE THAT THE RUSSIAN PASTORS 44:34 INVITED ME TO GET INTO THE WATER WITH THEM AND BAPTIZE 44:37 ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. 44:39 AND SO I DID. 44:40 I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BAPTIZING DIMITRI AND ABOUT 44:43 10 OR 11 OR 12 OTHER SOULS, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. 44:47 PRAISE GOD. 44:49 >> WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU CAME. 44:52 YOU SAW THE GLORY OF GOD AND WE SAW THE GLORY OF GOD TOO. 44:56 AND IT IS TRUE, PASTOR O'CONNOR, 44:59 AFTER THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THE GOSPEL IS STILL 45:03 THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION. 45:05 THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT. 45:07 SO GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU. 45:09 THANK YOU. 45:11 [APPLAUDING] 45:17 >> PASTOR O'CONNOR, THANK YOU. 45:19 I WANT YOU TO TURN TO ACTS 4:12, MY DEAR FRIENDS. 45:23 ACTS 4. 45:25 AND THEN I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THE STORY OF PAUL THE PRISONER, 45:28 ACTS 4:12. 45:33 THIS IS WHY WE GO. 45:36 "SALVATION IS FOUND IN NO ONE ELSE, FOR THERE IS NO OTHER 45:40 NAME UNDER HEAVEN GIVEN TO MEN BY WHICH WE MUST BE SAVED." 45:45 LISTEN TO ME, TELEVISION AUDIENCE, AUDIENCE HERE IN 45:50 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, MY FRIENDS IN AUSTRALIA, FRIENDS IN 45:54 AMERICA, AROUND THE WORLD. 45:57 PEOPLE ARE LOST WITHOUT JESUS. 46:04 IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHURCH TO TAKE JESUS 46:10 TO A LOST, DYING WORLD. 46:13 IF YOU'RE SITTING HERE IN THIS CHURCH TODAY AND YOU KNOW IN 46:17 YOUR OWN HEART THAT YOU'RE NOT RIGHT WITH GOD, THEN YOU NEED 46:22 CHRIST TODAY ALSO. 46:26 ONE OF MY DEAR FRIENDS, WHOM I JUST APPRECIATE 46:29 AND RESPECT, IS A MAN WHOM WE CALL PAUL THE PRISONER. 46:35 THAT'S WHAT WE CALLED HIM, PAUL THE PRISONER. 46:38 DURING THE DARK DAYS OF THE COMMUNISTS, NOT SO MANY YEARS 46:43 AGO, SAY 25 YEARS AGO, HE WAS BETRAYED BY A CHURCH MEMBER. 46:50 HE HAD A LITTLE PUBLISHING PRESS, LITTLE PRESS THAT HE 46:53 USED TO PUBLISH THE WORD OF GOD ON. 46:56 WAS THAT ILLEGAL? 46:57 ABSOLUTELY. 46:59 DID HE STILL DO IT? 47:00 YES. 47:01 WHY? 47:03 BECAUSE HE BELIEVED AND STILL BELIEVES ACTS 4:12. 47:06 THERE'S NO OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN. 47:08 WE'RE NOT SAVED BY BUDDHA, BY MOHAMMED, OR ANYTHING, 47:12 OR ANYONE. 47:13 WE'RE SAVED BY JESUS. 47:15 PAUL WAS TAKEN, PUT IN PRISON IN MOSCOW. 47:19 HE WAS TOLD, "IF YOU TELL US THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE WHO 47:21 WERE HELPING YOU SPREAD YOUR GOSPEL, WE'LL LET YOU OUT." 47:25 HE SAID, "NYET." 47:27 SO THEY PUT HIM IN A REFRIGERATOR CELL. 47:31 THEY TORTURED HIM. 47:33 SOME OF YOU FOLKS HAVE HEARD ME SPEAK ON TORTURE. 47:40 TORTURE COMES FROM THE DEVIL. 47:44 ANYBODY WHO ENGAGES IN IT IS DOING THE WORK OF THE DEVIL. 47:52 HE WAS TORTURED. 47:55 THEY PUT HIM IN A REFRIGERATOR CELL. 47:59 HE WAS THERE IN SUMMER AND WINTER. 48:02 HIS TEETH FELL OUT. 48:05 HE WAS THERE FOR 3 YEARS UNTIL GORBACHEV LET HIM OUT. 48:13 HE IS A MAN, AND A MAN OF GOD. 48:25 PAUL IS RETIRED, BUT NO MINISTER WHO IS A MAN 48:32 CAN RETIRE. 48:35 SO HE WORKS FOR THE MOST NEGLECTED PEOPLE IN SOCIETY, 48:41 PRISONERS. 48:43 HE GOES INTO THE PRISONS WHERE THEY ARE ROTTING WITH TB 48:47 AND THEY--MOST OF THEM ARE. 48:52 BECAUSE HE BELIEVES THAT THE GREATEST WORK IN ALL THE WORLD 48:55 IS THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, NOT MAKING MONEY 48:58 IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SO YOU CAN DRIVE A VERY 49:02 EXPENSIVE MOTORCAR. 49:07 WE HAVE GIVEN PAUL TONS OF BIBLES, WHY? 49:13 BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR THE LORD. 49:16 THEY NEED TO HEAR ABOUT THE LORD. 49:18 WE'VE GIVEN HIM OUR BOOK. 49:19 WE HAVE A BOOK THAT WAS PUBLISHED OVER THERE AND TENS 49:24 OF THOUSANDS OF COPIES HAVE FOUND THEIR WAY INTO THE HANDS 49:28 OF PEOPLE. 49:29 THIS IS A RUSSIAN BIBLE. 49:32 SOME PEOPLE CALL US UP AND SAID, "WHAT BIBLE ARE YOU USING?" 49:39 WELL, THERE'S ONLY ONE BIBLE YOU CAN USE. 49:41 IT'S A RUSSIAN BIBLE. 49:42 THIS IS THE RUSSIAN BIBLE. 49:44 WE HAVE GIVEN AWAY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF RUSSIAN BIBLES, 49:48 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. 49:49 I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER. 49:51 THIS BOOK IS CALLED "AMAZING DISCOVERIES." 49:56 WE'RE GIVING THESE AWAY BY TENS OF THOUSANDS. 50:00 THESE ARE ALL MY SERMONS, TRANSLATED BY PAUL INTO RUSSIAN. 50:06 WE'VE GIVEN HIM TONS OF THESE FOR THE PRISONERS. 50:14 WHY DO WE DO THIS WORK? 50:17 I WILL TELL YOU WHY. 50:22 BECAUSE OF THE MAN WHO HUNG ON THE CROSS, THAT'S WHY. 50:26 PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO ME, "WHY DON'T YOU RETIRE?" 50:28 I SAY, "WHEN I THINK OF THE MAN ON THE CROSS, I CAN'T." 50:32 BECAUSE PEOPLE, THAT INCLUDES YOU, WE CAN'T BE SAVED UNTIL WE 50:37 COME AND REPENT OF OUR SINS AND ACCEPT THE MAN ON THE CROSS. 50:43 THIS IS OUR MOTIVATION. 50:47 AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY FRIENDS AND MY SUPPORTERS WHO 50:50 HAVE GOT THE SAME MOTIVATION, PEOPLE LIKE WILLIE JORDAN, WHO 50:54 BELIEVE THAT THE GREATEST WORK IN ALL THE WORLD IS 50:57 THE PREACHING OF CHRIST. 50:59 A PERSON WHO HAS A BIG PART IN OUR LIVES IS 51:02 PASTOR VADIM BUTOV, WHO'S BEEN WITH US NOW 51:07 FOR SOME 15 YEARS AS MY TRANSLATOR. 51:11 PASTOR BUTOV ASKED US COULD HE SEND YOU THIS MESSAGE, 51:17 SO HERE'S A MESSAGE FROM PASTOR VADIM BUTOV. 51:23 >> HELLO, FRIEND. 51:25 I AM VADIM BUTOV IN VOLGOGRAD, AND I'M HERE TO THANK THE 51:28 CARTER REPORT MINISTRY FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK IT'S DONE IN 51:32 RUSSIA FOR THE PAST MANY YEARS. 51:34 IT WAS IN 1991 WHEN PASTOR JOHN CARTER 51:37 FIRST CAME TO MOSCOW TO RUN THE FIRST-EVER 51:41 EVANGELISTIC PROGRAM FOR THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 51:44 IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. 51:45 AND SINCE THAT TIME, HE'S RUN PROGRAMS IN THE CITIES 51:49 OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD, ST. PETERSBURG, KIEV, THE 51:52 GREAT, MARVELOUS CAMPAIGN THAT RESULTED IN THE LARGEST BAPTISM 51:55 IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, OVER 3,500 PRECIOUS SOULS. 51:59 WE WANT TO THANK THE CARTER REPORT MINISTRY 52:01 FOR THE VOLGOGRAD CAMPAIGN TODAY. 52:03 MANY YEARS AFTER, DESPITE ALL HARDSHIPS, DESPITE THE 52:07 SECULARISM THAT SWEEPS OVER THE COUNTRY, THE "CARTER REPORT" 52:11 IS THE MAJOR SOUL WINNER IN THE LANDS OF THE FORMER 52:14 SOVIET UNION. 52:15 IN THE PAST MANY YEARS, OVER 15,000 PRECIOUS SOULS 52:18 WERE BAPTIZED, DOZENS OF CHURCHES STARTED, DOZENS 52:21 OF CHURCH BUILDINGS BUILT. 52:23 PASTOR CARTER'S BOOK, "AMAZING DISCOVERIES," WHICH 52:26 CONTAINS ALL OF HIS LECTURES, HAS BECOME A BESTSELLER 52:29 IN THE LANDS OF RUSSIA. 52:31 AND I'M HERE TODAY TO OPEN MY HEART TO YOU, TO SINCERELY 52:36 THANK ALL THE PARTNERS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THE CARTER REPORT 52:39 MINISTRY IN THE PAST MANY YEARS. 52:41 THANK YOU FOR HELPING AND BUYING ONE MORE BAPTISM 52:43 IN OUR HOMELAND. 52:44 AND GOD BLESS YOU AND REWARD YOU MOST ABUNDANTLY IN THESE 52:47 GREAT TIMES. 52:49 AND PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR THE CARTER REPORT MINISTRY. 52:51 KEEP SUPPORTING IT BECAUSE IT'LL HELP ONE MORE PRECIOUS 52:54 SOUL TO BE SAVED. 52:56 AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU MOST ABUNDANTLY. 52:58 THANK YOU IN THE NAME OF CHRIST. 53:02 >> THANK YOU, VADIM. 53:05 I WANT YOU NOW TO GET ON YOUR KNEES AS WE PRAY. 53:14 OUR FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE CAMPAIGN IN STALINGRAD. 53:20 WE THANK YOU FOR THE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO CAME 53:23 FORWARD IN THE ALTAR CALLS. 53:25 IN SPITE OF PERSECUTION, OPPOSITION, THEY CAME FORWARD 53:28 AND GAVE THEIR LIVES TO JESUS. 53:31 WE THANK YOU FOR THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE BAPTIZED 53:34 IN THE GREAT RIVER. 53:37 WE THANK YOU THAT THE GOSPEL REMAINS THE POWER OF GOD 53:42 UNTO SALVATION TO EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES. 53:46 OUR FATHER, WE GIVE YOU GLORY, WE GIVE YOU PRAISE, AND WE PRAY 53:51 TODAY THAT YOU WILL WORK A MIRACLE HERE IN THIS CHURCH IN 53:56 CALIFORNIA BECAUSE MOST OF US, LORD, ARE SO INDIFFERENT 54:01 TO THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. 54:04 SO MANY OF US HAVE GOT SUCH COLD, HARD HEARTS. 54:10 AND WE NEED A MIRACLE TODAY AND EVERY DAY. 54:16 WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL HELP US TO SEE CHRIST 54:18 ON THE CROSS TODAY. 54:22 HELP US TO SEE AND FEEL HIS BLOOD. 54:27 AND TODAY, OUR FATHER, WE WANT TO RAISE OUR HANDS AND OUR 54:31 HEARTS AND WE WANT TO SAY, "COME IN, LORD JESUS, 54:36 AND USE ME." 54:39 CAN YOU RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY THAT PRAYER TODAY? 54:43 COME IN, LORD JESUS, AND USE ME. 54:49 DEAR FATHER, TAKE THESE UPRAISED HANDS, THESE UPRAISED 54:52 HEARTS, AND BLESS THEM TODAY. 54:57 AND BLESS OUR NEW BELIEVERS TODAY IN THE GREAT CITY 55:00 OF VOLGOGRAD. 55:02 WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL KEEP THEM, THAT YOU WILL BLESS THEM, 55:05 THAT YOU WILL WATCH OVER THEM, AND WITH US, MAY THEY BE PART 55:11 OF THE GREAT MULTITUDE. 55:13 SO WE WORSHIP YOU AND THANK YOU IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN AND AMEN. 55:24 [MUSIC] 55:37 ♪ REMEMBER ME IN A BIBLE ♪ ♪ CRACKED AND FADED ♪ 55:44 ♪ BY THE YEARS. ♪ ♪ REMEMBER ME IN A SANCTUARY ♪ 55:55 ♪ FILLED WITH SILENT PRAYER. ♪ ♪ AND AGE TO AGE, ♪ 56:05 ♪ AND HEART TO HEART, ♪ ♪ BOUND BY GRACE ♪ 56:12 ♪ AND PEACE, ♪ ♪ CHILD OF WONDER, ♪ 56:18 ♪ CHILD OF GOD, ♪ ♪ I REMEMBERED YOU. ♪ 56:28 ♪ REMEMBER ME. ♪ 56:43 ♪ REMEMBER ME WHEN ♪ ♪ THE COLORS OF A SUNSET ♪ 56:49 ♪ FILLS THE SKIES. ♪ ♪ REMEMBER ME WHEN YOU PRAY ♪ 56:59 ♪ AND TEARS OF JOY FALL ♪ ♪ FROM YOUR EYES. ♪ 57:07 ♪ AND AGE TO AGE, ♪ ♪ AND HEART TO HEART, ♪ 57:14 ♪ BOUND BY GRACE AND PEACE, ♪ ♪ CHILD OF WONDER, ♪ 57:23 ♪ CHILD OF GOD, ♪ ♪ I REMEMBERED YOU. ♪ 57:32 ♪ REMEMBER ME. ♪ 57:47 ♪ REMEMBER ME WHEN ♪ ♪ THE CHILDREN LEAVE ♪ 57:53 ♪ THEIR SABBATH SCHOOLS ♪ ♪ WITH SMILES. ♪♪ |
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