Generation. Youth. Christ.

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00:33 Let's all rise for our opening song,
00:35 our theme song,
00:37 "This witness I will bear."
01:02 Have you heard the story told
01:06 Of the Man whose heart was sold
01:10 To save my dying soul?
01:14 Oh, what love untold
01:19 To the end He's always sought me
01:23 To the end He's always loved me
01:27 To the end I long to follow
01:31 For He bore my cross of sorrow
01:36 I will stay here in the hollow of His care
01:41 And I will go anywhere
01:46 To the end
01:48 This witness I will bear
01:53 To the end
02:01 In the grove I heard Him say
02:05 "Oh my Father please just stay"
02:09 Through broken hearted pain
02:14 He did pave the way
02:18 To the end His heart is faithful
02:22 To the end His hand is able
02:26 To the end I can now follow
02:30 For He bore my cross of sorrow
02:34 I will stay here in the hollow of His care
02:40 And I will go anywhere
02:45 To the end
02:47 This witness I will bear
02:51 To the end
03:00 As they took Him off to die
03:04 There His friendship I denied
03:08 Forgiveness in His eyes
03:12 He did not despise
03:16 To the end His love constrains me
03:20 To the end He has restored me
03:24 To the end I will still follow
03:29 For He bore my cross of sorrow
03:33 I will stay here in the hollow of His care
03:38 And I will go anywhere
03:43 To the end
03:45 This witness I will bear
03:50 This witness I will bear
03:56 To the end
04:08 Thank you for singing, you may be seated.
04:11 Good evening, GYC.
04:14 How many of you are feeling blessed right now?
04:18 How many of you enjoyed outreach?
04:20 I love to see all those smiling faces
04:22 and those hands raised.
04:24 We're so happy to have you back here
04:26 again with us tonight.
04:27 And we're excited about what God has to share
04:30 through our speakers.
04:31 And so I just wanted to welcome all of you
04:34 give you a warm welcome,
04:35 and I'm gonna let our president share a few words.
04:38 All right.
04:40 Well, I hope you've had a blessed day going on outreach
04:44 and God has been good
04:45 and giving you divine appointments as well.
04:48 Well, today, tonight,
04:49 we have a very special program
04:51 and we also have a very special guest
04:56 who be sharing some very important words with us.
04:59 His name is Elder Ted Wilson.
05:02 He is the president of our church
05:04 and he is one who loves the young people
05:09 and he took time off of his schedule
05:12 so that he could come here to GYC
05:14 and share some words of wisdom with us.
05:18 Before he takes the stage and addresses us,
05:21 we want to have a word of prayer together.
05:24 Let us pray.
05:26 Dear Heavenly Father, we thank You so much
05:28 for the opportunity of being alive today.
05:31 We thank You that we can be Seventh-day Adventists
05:35 and believe in a sure message,
05:38 in a sure savior
05:40 who will be coming very soon.
05:42 Please be with us Lord and bless Elder Wilson,
05:45 as he addresses us today.
05:47 In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
05:56 What a privilege it is to be with GYC this year.
06:00 I want to thank all of you
06:04 for the tremendous effort you've made in reaching out
06:09 to the people of Houston.
06:11 For those of you who went out today
06:13 with the outreach,
06:14 praise God for what you were able to do
06:18 in touching the lives of many, many people.
06:22 You are truly GYC workers for God.
06:28 And I want to thank you
06:29 for that in a very, very special way
06:31 and thank Pastor Moise Ratsara and his team
06:37 for the tremendous work that GYC is doing.
06:41 And what a privilege it is to be here with the theme
06:45 "to the end."
06:48 To the end of time, to the ends of the earth,
06:50 an opportunity for you to focus on what that marvelous verse
06:55 in Acts 1:8 points out
06:58 that the Holy Spirit will give power
07:02 not only to those who are waiting at that time,
07:05 but power to you and to me
07:08 because we are living in the very, very end of time.
07:13 We are humbly placing ourselves before the Lord
07:17 as His waiting disciples were at that time.
07:21 The mission is ahead of us.
07:24 And I believe with all my heart
07:25 that we are headed
07:27 into the very last end of time setting
07:32 and that Christ's return is imminent.
07:37 That's why we need to proclaim His Word,
07:41 His righteousness,
07:43 His sanctuary service,
07:45 His saving power in the great controversy,
07:48 His three angels' messages,
07:50 His health message,
07:51 His last day mission to the world
07:54 including the need
07:56 to plead for the latter rain of the Holy Spirit.
08:00 I want to encourage each of you in your small groups,
08:04 and in your areas where you're staying
08:07 to pray for the latter rain of the Holy Spirit
08:11 and to fix your goals
08:13 upon only that which heaven will bless.
08:17 It was a privilege for me to spend a little time
08:19 with the activate GYC
08:23 just before this.
08:25 Each of us has, we have goals,
08:28 we have a mission in store for us.
08:31 Let's make sure that it's in line
08:33 with what the Lord wants.
08:36 And let's proclaim Christ's soon second coming.
08:41 I want to personally thank each of you and GYC
08:45 for your very strong support of God's worldwide church
08:51 and its mission to prepare people
08:54 through the Holy Spirit's power
08:56 for Christ's Second Advent.
08:59 And I'm very grateful for your commitment
09:01 and for your very humble support
09:05 of God's great church.
09:08 I want to tell you tonight
09:09 that I am a very good courage in the Lord.
09:15 I hope you are as well.
09:17 And I want to thank you for your prayers
09:19 and how you have supported God's church
09:22 and will do so in the future.
09:25 I want to share tonight just a few aspects
09:27 that I shared
09:28 at our recent Annual Council in Battle Creek,
09:32 some poignant information
09:37 that I want you to take as a personal message
09:41 as we move forward to the end
09:44 under the blessing of heaven.
09:47 In the Book of Hebrews chapter 10
09:51 verses 23, 24 and 25.
09:55 It tells us here and Paul is speaking.
09:59 I believe that Paul wrote the Book of Hebrews.
10:03 In verses 23, 24 and 25, it says,
10:06 "Let us hold fast
10:08 the confession of our hope
10:10 without wavering,
10:12 for He who promised is faithful.
10:17 And let us consider one another
10:18 in order to stir up love and good works,
10:21 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together,
10:25 as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another,
10:29 and so much the more
10:31 as you see the Day approaching."
10:35 And I want to tell you, GYC,
10:37 the day is approaching
10:39 when the Lord will come in all of His glory.
10:43 What an opportunity for GYC to be involved
10:46 in this tremendous outreach to the world.
10:50 The Lord has been leading His people,
10:53 and He is about to accomplish the final work
10:56 through them to proclaim the three angels' messages
11:00 and the fourth angel of Revelation 18,
11:04 calling people out of confusion
11:06 and into full Bible truth.
11:10 You see the three angels' messages
11:11 have at the very core of those messages,
11:15 the righteousness of Jesus Christ
11:18 and turning people back to the true worship of God.
11:23 GYC, I want you to remember
11:25 how God has led this movement,
11:29 not only the Advent movement,
11:31 but the GYC movement in the past,
11:34 and gain from that confidence
11:37 that God will do the same in the future.
11:41 We're reminded of that wonderful promise
11:43 in Life Sketches,
11:45 page 196, where it says that,
11:49 "We have nothing to fear for the future,
11:51 except that we forget how God has led us
11:55 and His teaching in our past history."
11:59 Don't ever forget how God has led us.
12:04 Today's society is so full of influences
12:08 that seek to derail and destabilize each of us
12:12 from heaven's entrusted mission
12:17 to this Seventh-day Adventist Church,
12:19 this prophetic movement.
12:22 Now many of those in the church
12:27 are at crossroads.
12:30 A crossroad.
12:32 Will they focus upon Christ,
12:35 upon His Word,
12:36 upon the instruction in the Spirit of Prophecy
12:40 on His mission?
12:42 Or will they focus on worldly influences
12:47 that are creeping into so many aspects
12:51 of the church today?
12:53 Theological aspects, lifestyle aspects,
12:57 societal aspects,
13:01 mission, prophetic understanding,
13:04 pride, and self centeredness
13:06 which seems to be creeping into our very church.
13:12 I want to tell you God has His standards,
13:17 so that as you reach to the end of this time
13:21 to the end of the world, God has His standards.
13:25 The standards are found in His Holy Word.
13:29 The standards are found
13:31 in the beautiful life of Jesus Christ
13:34 and how He lived it.
13:36 The standards are found in the instruction
13:38 of the Spirit of Prophecy.
13:41 Eternal standards
13:43 are not set by human beings.
13:47 They're not set by leaders, by pastors,
13:50 by teachers, by others.
13:53 These standards are set by God Himself.
13:58 And I want to thank you for your faithfulness
14:02 to the standards that God has placed before you.
14:06 You are not alone, many others are with you.
14:11 God is with you
14:14 to the end.
14:18 Now let's hold fast that confession
14:21 that Paul was emphasizing in the 10th Chapter
14:24 of the Book of Hebrews.
14:26 Hold fast that confession
14:28 and we will face many obstacles
14:30 and challenges in the way.
14:32 The antagonism that people will throw at us,
14:36 but let's hold fast to God's truth,
14:40 His word, His love for His church.
14:43 This church will not fail.
14:47 This church will not fall apart.
14:52 God's Church of which GYC is a vital part
14:57 will go through to the end.
15:01 I know that God is going to guide you in this,
15:04 I urge you, GYC,
15:07 to plead for the latter rain of the Holy Spirit
15:10 as you see the world around us disintegrating.
15:13 God will pour out His Spirit
15:16 on all those who are humbly receptive
15:20 and conform their lives to His will
15:24 expressed in His Holy Word
15:27 and the instructions of the
15:29 of the wonderful Spirit of Prophecy.
15:32 Let me share a few important points with you
15:35 that I shared at the Annual Council.
15:39 GYC, first of all,
15:42 stand firm for the biblical truth
15:44 that the Godhead is constituted
15:47 by three divine and equal persons
15:50 from eternity to eternity.
15:53 There are those who proclaim some aberrant
15:56 and confusing anti-Trinitarian heresy.
16:00 Our pioneers face that
16:03 and they were led to a right understanding
16:05 by the scriptures
16:06 and the guidance of Ellen White's instructions.
16:09 Hold fast and stand firm for God's truth to the end,
16:14 He is with you.
16:17 Secondly, young people there may be some
16:19 who introduce worldliness
16:22 into personal dress in the lifestyle,
16:25 in the conduct in church life and activities.
16:28 I urge you to stand firm for God's simple truth
16:33 and lifestyle to the end.
16:36 Thirdly, as you engage in reaching the community
16:39 with God's message.
16:40 Always make sure
16:42 that your efforts and outreach are in complete accordance
16:47 with the gospel message and biblical instruction.
16:51 Since certain worldly activities and trends
16:54 are not according to the instruction of the Bible
16:58 and can lead you away from the central focus,
17:02 which is to present Christ.
17:04 Crucified, risen, interceding
17:07 and soon to return to take us home,
17:10 do not allow anything
17:13 to overshadow God's last day message.
17:17 Stand firm for God's truth to the end.
17:22 Number four, you may also face those
17:26 who attempt to neutralize Sabbath observance
17:29 and biblical creation.
17:31 GYC,
17:33 thank you for standing firm
17:36 for God's Word and His truth to the end
17:40 that the earth was created in six literal days
17:44 recently, with the Sabbath as God's creation memorial.
17:48 Let us remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
17:54 Number five, some of you may encounter those
17:56 who show contempt for anyone wanting to live
17:59 a simple healthy plant-based,
18:04 non alcoholic, non caffeine lifestyle.
18:08 According to the biblical and Spirit of Prophecy counsel,
18:12 young people stand firm for God's truth to the end.
18:18 Number six, GYC,
18:20 summon your local church may manifest
18:22 a strange independence of spirit,
18:25 leading to disunity
18:27 but these challenges
18:30 that you face in God's Church around the world
18:36 can be resisted by God's power in you
18:41 to prevail in presenting God's Word.
18:45 Cling to God's Word to the end.
18:49 Young people, there are influences outside
18:51 and within the church attempting
18:53 to change God's institution
18:56 of biblical marriage between one man and one woman.
19:01 Stand firm for God's Word to the end,
19:05 as it confirms biblical marriage,
19:08 biblical human sexuality
19:10 and the biblical family as instituted by God Himself.
19:15 Number eight,
19:17 there may be those in your local church
19:19 who show a lack of spiritual respect
19:21 for church authority.
19:23 GYC,
19:24 be of good courage
19:26 and stand firm for God's truth
19:29 and His church authority to the end.
19:32 Number nine, you may meet some
19:35 who shared disparaging remarks
19:38 and disinterest in the Spirit of Prophecy.
19:42 My young friends The Spirit of Prophecy,
19:45 is one of God's greatest gifts
19:47 to His last day remnant church.
19:51 Continue to stand firm
19:54 for God's Spirit of Prophecy truth to the end.
19:59 Number 10,
20:01 there may be those who promote unscriptural
20:04 and unsound methods of church growth,
20:07 revealing a distrust for God's Word
20:10 and the inspired counsel.
20:12 Hold fast to God's Word
20:14 and its correct methods of church growth
20:17 in both personal and public evangelism
20:21 to the end.
20:22 Number 11,
20:24 some discard the unique role of God's Advent movement
20:28 in favor of ecumenical activity.
20:31 Avoid ecumenical compromises and stand firm
20:36 for God's unique peculiar truth to the end.
20:41 Number 12,
20:43 in some regions of the world,
20:45 we do have people
20:46 who are facing intense persecution.
20:50 Please pray for them.
20:52 And personally stand firm where you are
20:55 for God's precious truth
20:57 and for religious liberty to the end.
21:01 Number 13,
21:03 some in our church attempt to downplay, distort
21:06 or even destroy Christ provision of righteousness
21:09 by faith
21:11 by denying His justifying and sanctifying power.
21:16 However, God's instruction in Philippians 2:12-13,
21:21 remains relevant to this day
21:25 and it says there, Paul is speaking.
21:27 "Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed,
21:29 not as in my presence only,
21:32 but now much more in my absence,
21:34 work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,
21:38 for it is God who works in you both to will
21:40 and to do for His good pleasure."
21:43 Now let's be sure to understand
21:46 it is Christ's righteousness,
21:49 both justifying and sanctifying righteousness
21:52 that works in us
21:54 as we humbly submit to Him
21:56 in daily prayer and Bible study.
22:00 We are saved by God's grace through faith alone.
22:04 Now in that beautiful book, Christ's Object Lessons,
22:07 page 69 we read this quotation,
22:10 "Christ is waiting with longing desire
22:13 for the manifestation of Himself in His church.
22:17 When the character of Christ
22:18 shall be perfectly reproduced in His people,
22:21 then He will come to claim them as His own."
22:26 Now, Christ will reproduce in us His character,
22:31 as we daily surrender our will to Him.
22:36 God intends for His remnant people
22:38 to rely completely on Christ,
22:41 His righteousness
22:43 and His ability to save to the uttermost
22:45 through His justifying and sanctifying process,
22:49 all through His righteousness,
22:52 not ours.
22:54 Ellen White indicated in Review and Herald,
22:57 March 10, 1903.
23:03 "Righteousness within
23:04 is testified to by righteousness without.
23:07 He who is righteous within
23:10 is not hard hearted and unsympathetic
23:13 but day by day
23:15 he grows into the image of Christ
23:17 going on from strength to strength.
23:20 He who is being sanctified by the truth
23:22 will be self controlled
23:25 and will follow in the footsteps of Christ,
23:29 until grace is lost in glory.
23:33 The righteousness
23:34 by which we are justified is imputed.
23:37 The righteousness
23:39 by which we are sanctified is imparted.
23:42 The first is our title to heaven,
23:44 the second is our fitness for heaven."
23:51 What a privilege to have the assurance of God's power
23:54 in our lives.
23:56 GYC,
23:57 stand firm for God's truth and His righteousness
24:01 to the end of time.
24:03 Number 14,
24:05 there may be those
24:07 who de-emphasize
24:08 the distinctive Christ centered doctrines of the Bible.
24:12 Criticizing God's prophetic timetable,
24:15 including the pivotal ending of the 2,300 day prophecy
24:20 in 1844.
24:22 However, GYC,
24:25 positively proclaim biblical and prophetic truth.
24:30 Stay the course to the end.
24:33 Preach the Word in season and out of season.
24:38 Young friends, number 15,
24:40 there are those who collapse
24:42 under the complications of daily life
24:44 without allowing God to lead.
24:47 They are turned away from our final mission
24:49 by the distractions of the world.
24:52 However,
24:53 stand firm for God's truth
24:56 and look to Jesus
24:58 in your daily life's activities to the end.
25:04 Number 16,
25:05 make sure that you live and worship
25:07 in the context of worship
25:09 shown in Revelation Chapter 14
25:13 in the throne room of heaven.
25:16 Giving glory to God and Him alone to the end.
25:22 Number 17, GYC,
25:25 there are those who discourage
25:26 and in some instances even forbid
25:28 the wide circulation and distribution
25:31 of heaven inspired books like The Great Controversy.
25:35 Thank you for what you are doing in GYC
25:37 to distribute truth filled literature
25:40 as you did today.
25:43 Ellen White declared
25:44 that The Great Controversy
25:47 was to be distributed more than any other book
25:50 that she ever produced.
25:52 GYC, stand firm
25:54 for the distribution of truth filled literature to the end.
26:00 And finally, number 18.
26:03 Young friends, there are those
26:04 who disparage are hopeful expectation
26:08 to be the last generation before Christ's soon coming.
26:13 I ask,
26:15 who wouldn't want to be part of the last generation
26:19 and see Jesus come in their lifetime?
26:22 What a privilege to realize
26:24 that Christ wants to come back as soon as possible.
26:27 And we can be ready for His coming
26:29 and share this hope
26:31 through complete dependence upon Christ.
26:34 Our works will not save us,
26:37 but dependence on Christ and His justifying
26:40 and sanctifying righteousness will save us
26:43 and make us more and more like Him every day.
26:48 We are united in our hope of Christ's soon return.
26:53 Stand firm for God's truth to the end.
26:58 We have been called to a unique place
27:02 in history as the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
27:06 God intends that His church move forward on the pathway
27:11 to the Eternal City
27:13 that will soon
27:15 be given to each of us by Christ Himself.
27:18 Difficult days lie ahead
27:22 for God's remnant
27:24 as the devil throws everything he can
27:26 against the forward advance of God's Advent movement.
27:30 We know that the Omega,
27:32 the great deception is coming,
27:35 which will test all church members
27:37 to rely completely on God
27:40 to avoid great and overwhelming deception.
27:45 Now just before I close,
27:46 I want to share just a few additional quotations
27:50 from this marvelous book called Christian Service.
27:54 I've been very impressed
27:55 by what I've been reading recently.
27:59 It says here in page 38,
28:00 "The distance is widening between Christ and His people
28:04 and lessening between them and the world.
28:08 The marks of distinction between Christ professed people
28:11 and the world have almost disappeared."
28:17 Is that the case
28:19 in your life and in mine?
28:24 I read from page...
28:30 Here page 51,
28:34 "Satan sees that his time is short.
28:37 He has set all his agencies at work
28:40 that men may be deceived,
28:42 diluted, occupied and entranced
28:46 until the day of probation shall be ended
28:49 and the door of mercy forever shut."
28:52 You see what the devil is trying to do to all of us
28:54 in the church.
28:55 He's trying to deceive, delude, occupy, entrance.
28:59 Keep your eyes focused upon Christ
29:02 and His mission to the end.
29:07 Transgression is almost reached its limit,
29:09 confusion fills the world
29:11 and the great terror is soon to come upon human beings.
29:14 The end is very near.
29:16 We who know the truth
29:18 should be preparing for what is soon to break upon the world
29:22 as an overwhelming surprise.
29:27 And in conclusion, let me read a few more very salient points.
29:33 Satan is now seeking to hold God's people
29:36 in a state of inactivity,
29:38 to keep them from acting their part
29:40 in spreading the truth
29:42 that they may at last be weighed in the balance
29:45 and found wanting
29:48 but then this assurance,
29:50 God's Faithful Messengers, page 56,
29:54 "Are to steadily forward with their work.
29:57 Clothed with the panoply of heaven,
30:00 they are to advance fearlessly and victoriously,
30:03 never ceasing their warfare
30:05 until every soul within their reach
30:07 shall have received the message of truth for this time.
30:13 My dear friends, here at GYC,
30:16 I urge you
30:18 to stay on God's precious path
30:22 leading towards heaven itself.
30:25 Let's stop looking to each other.
30:29 Let's stop looking to outside experts.
30:33 Let's stop looking to worldly influences
30:36 and contemporary business practices.
30:38 Let's stop looking to errant theological thinking.
30:42 Let's stop looking to humanly devise church growth methods
30:46 and let's turn our eyes upon Jesus.
30:51 Jesus is the true leader of this great Advent movement
30:58 and He is the only one that can guide us safely
31:01 to our heavenly home to the end.
31:06 He is coming soon.
31:09 Keep your eyes upon Him
31:11 as you do your work through the Holy Spirit's power
31:14 to the end.
31:16 I want to thank you, GYC,
31:17 for what you are doing
31:19 for God's great Advent movement.
31:23 He will bless you
31:24 during this coming New Year of 2019
31:28 until the end,
31:30 as you focus your attention
31:33 on what He has in store for you to contribute
31:37 in reaching God's great and wonderful plan
31:43 of taking this gospel
31:45 to every corner of the world
31:48 to the ends of the earth.
31:51 Now I want you to listen to those who are gonna follow,
31:55 we're gonna be sharing with you about mission
31:58 to the city's comprehensive health ministry.
32:02 All to the glory of God
32:04 because it is part of God's great plan.
32:09 Brothers and sisters in GYC,
32:11 stand firm for God's truth
32:14 to the end.
32:17 Amen!
32:19 Maranatha.
32:22 Thank you so much Elder Wilson,
32:24 for that challenging and inspiring message.
32:27 Good evening, GYC.
32:29 Truly Jesus is coming soon. Amen?
32:31 Amen.
32:32 And God needs each one of us
32:34 to be a part of His mission to reach the world for Christ.
32:37 Amen.
32:38 Dr. McKey as the assistant to Elder Wilson
32:40 for Total Member Involvement
32:42 and as President of Adventist World Radio,
32:45 you had a special burden
32:46 for bringing together lay people, pastors
32:50 and physicians and healthcare providers
32:53 for a ministry.
32:54 What was that idea?
32:55 We're seeing wonderful things happen.
32:57 Chitungwiza, Dr. Landless and also in Texas,
33:02 right here in Texas over at San Antonio.
33:05 Six new churches there
33:06 because of comprehensive health evangelism.
33:08 With Your Best Pathway to Health.
33:09 Your Best Pathway to Health there.
33:11 It's exciting to see what is happening.
33:12 Mrs. White says
33:14 that the worst evil that can come on the church
33:16 is when doctors and pastors don't work together.
33:18 Can you imagine that?
33:20 Over in the Philippines,
33:21 high in the mountains communist held rebels for 50 years,
33:25 they tried to overthrow the government.
33:27 The last two years we had no churches there.
33:29 Now there are 92 villagers,
33:32 they want to become Seventh-day Adventist.
33:34 I just recently baptized five general rebel communists.
33:38 Amen.
33:39 Laid down their AK-47 and picked up a Bible.
33:41 Awesome.
33:43 And part of the way we reach them
33:44 Dr. McKey was through
33:45 comprehensive health message event,
33:47 and the radio through World Adventist Radio.
33:48 That's right.
33:50 So next to you is a very special person.
33:51 Amen.
33:52 This is Dr. Peter Landless,
33:54 he is our world health ministry's director
33:55 for the General Conference.
33:56 Now Dr. Landless, I've heard you throw this term
33:58 around a little bit,
33:59 it's called comprehensive health ministry.
34:02 How does this relate to AWR
34:05 and to all of these young people
34:07 who are sitting out here today?
34:09 Well, I'm so excited that it is here
34:12 and at this forum
34:13 that has been talked about.
34:15 Comprehensive health ministry means health as a commodity
34:20 being used by every ministry and, Brother Duane,
34:24 thank you for grabbing hold of that
34:28 and wanting to collaborate to partner
34:31 and to bring this amazing opportunity together.
34:35 And why at GYC?
34:38 Because these are the troops
34:40 who are going to take this message
34:42 until Jesus comes.
34:44 Amen.
34:45 Not tomorrow, today.
34:47 Amen.
34:48 And it's of such vital importance
34:52 that we lay hold of this,
34:54 that we collaborate,
34:56 that we do as Jesus instructed us to do.
34:59 In Matthew 9 we are told,
35:02 He went through the villages
35:04 and He was filled with compassion
35:08 because the people were harassed
35:12 like sheep without a shepherd.
35:13 Right.
35:15 And then Ellen White gave this church
35:18 or the Lord gave this church through her,
35:21 a message of comprehensive health ministry
35:26 of reaching people where they are,
35:29 and what a privilege it is for us
35:31 to do it as partners together,
35:34 not only AWR
35:36 but General Conference health ministries,
35:38 Your Best Pathway to Health,
35:40 and as we work together
35:42 more will be done.
35:44 Amen.
35:46 So really what this is about is every part of the church
35:48 should be using health ministry as a part of what they do?
35:51 Well, actually, the blueprint states
35:54 that every member should be
35:59 a comprehensive health worker,
36:02 sharing health and wholeness to all.
36:07 Amen. Amen.
36:08 So that is our opportunity.
36:10 Every church as center of hope and healing.
36:13 Amen.
36:14 So I think that includes all of you.
36:15 Amen? Amen.
36:17 So are you all health evangelists?
36:18 Amen. I think so.
36:19 All right. Dr. Lela.
36:21 Yes. Now you're a medical doctor.
36:22 I am.
36:23 I'm the only non doctor on the stage,
36:25 so I feel a little bit apprehensive.
36:26 We're praying for you.
36:28 Thank you, keep praying for me.
36:29 Dr. Lela, I understand that...
36:30 Well, actually,
36:32 you and I were together this last summer.
36:33 Just a few months ago.
36:35 In Palau in Philippines,
36:36 where we had our first AWR mega medical clinic.
36:39 Tell us what happened?
36:40 You know, it was phenomenal, Pastor Kyle.
36:42 Yes, by God's grace, we saw 10,000 patients.
36:45 It was a Gideon army. How many?
36:46 Ten thousand. Ten thousand.
36:48 With a Gideon army of only 300 volunteers
36:52 but that was pretty exciting.
36:53 But the most exciting thing to me, Pastor Kyle,
36:56 was the opportunity that we had to actually present the gospel
37:01 every day to the patients.
37:03 And on that third day when over 2, 000 people
37:06 raise their hand giving their hearts to Jesus,
37:09 that was the most exciting thing
37:12 I have ever experienced.
37:13 And not only did they raise their hands,
37:15 we then invited them to come
37:16 to the Total Member Involvement AWR evangelistic meetings.
37:18 And so many of them came.
37:20 Remember Pastor Kyle, so many of them came.
37:22 Thousands came and we had over 500 baptisms as a result.
37:25 Amen.
37:26 That's why Dr. Lela
37:27 is now our Adventist World Radio medical director.
37:30 Amen.
37:31 So Dr. Lela, as the new AWR medical director,
37:34 we're planning something special
37:36 because Palau in summer
37:37 but we've got something coming up
37:39 just around the corner in India in 2019.
37:41 What's happening?
37:42 I am so excited to tell GYC that Chennai, India,
37:46 the main hub for the Total Member Involvement event
37:49 this summer, June 4 to 6.
37:52 We by God's grace are gonna service
37:54 thousands upon thousands of patients
37:56 with free medical, dental, eye care and surgical services.
37:59 Wow!
38:00 So this is gonna happen right before the TMI meetings
38:03 and there's gonna be, Dr. McKey,
38:04 how many meetings in India this summer?
38:07 Four thousand.
38:08 Wow, praise God. Four thousand.
38:10 So this summer from June 4 to 6
38:13 we'll have the clinic right before the meetings.
38:15 Who can be involved?
38:16 I mean, do I have to be a doctor?
38:17 Do I have to be a nurse,
38:19 somebody that knows health ministry?
38:20 AWR mobile clinics do not...
38:22 Yes, of course, we need medical providers
38:24 and dental providers
38:26 but we need everyone, everyone, electricians, plumbers,
38:29 every single person has involvement.
38:31 How about young people, do you need young people?
38:32 We desperately, especially need young people.
38:35 In fact, what we say is if you have a smile,
38:38 and you have a heartbeat, you are needed.
38:41 Okay, can you guys smile, can you look?
38:43 Duane, do you think they can smile?
38:44 Sure they can, I see it.
38:46 And I think they have heartbeats.
38:47 I think they can come. I think so.
38:48 All right.
38:50 So that's why tonight at the AWR booth,
38:51 we are so committed
38:52 because we want young people to come.
38:54 Dr. McKey, what are we gonna do for those?
38:55 We're gonna give 10 scholarships away,
38:57 is that right? That's right.
38:58 Five hundred dollars each.
39:00 Five hundred dollars each
39:01 for those who will be selecting
39:03 from those who come tonight to sign up
39:04 to be a part of this exciting health outreach for AWR
39:07 and the TMI initiative this summer.
39:09 We're excited.
39:11 Now Dr. Lela, it reminds me of a story from this summer
39:14 because you know,
39:15 stories help us understand what happened.
39:17 We had a man who came to our clinic
39:18 in the Philippines, his name was June,
39:20 he had been paralyzed from birth
39:22 but someone gave him a radio.
39:24 He was listening to AWR,
39:26 got invited to come to the mega medical clinic,
39:28 brought his whole family
39:30 and for the first time he got seen by a doctor,
39:32 got his first wheelchair.
39:34 Wow!
39:35 But not only did that happen,
39:37 he accepted Christ when we made the appeal.
39:38 Came to the evangelistic meetings,
39:40 his whole family was baptized,
39:41 they hurried him into the ocean,
39:43 just like that paralytic brought to Jesus
39:45 and he was baptized
39:47 and is the Seventh-day Adventist today.
39:48 That is what comprehensive health ministry is all about,
39:50 leading people from broadcast,
39:52 health ministry to baptism,
39:54 leading them to Jesus.
39:55 Amen.
39:56 So Dr. Lela,
39:58 if there are young people here that want to get involved,
40:00 they want to be a part of this ministry going forward,
40:03 what do they need to do?
40:04 Well, I would say,
40:06 if you want to have
40:07 an absolutely life changing experience,
40:09 not just for this life
40:12 but for eternal life,
40:14 get involved in comprehensive health evangelism.
40:17 It will change your life.
40:20 Right.
40:21 What Pastor Wilson said tonight
40:23 as you draw closer and closer to Jesus,
40:24 when you are involved with comprehensive health ministry,
40:27 you will draw closer to Jesus.
40:30 I just cannot implore you enough.
40:32 Try it out.
40:33 Come talk to us tonight.
40:35 Come by our AWR booth
40:36 or if you're watching online
40:37 or you want to connect with us on our Facebook page,
40:40 you message us on Facebook.
40:41 We'll have someone get back to you tonight.
40:43 Tell us you're interested
40:44 in going on a mission trip in the future
40:46 or getting involved in your local church.
40:47 We want to help you
40:48 be a comprehensive health evangelist.
40:50 Jesus is coming.
40:51 He needs each one of us to help do our part
40:53 so that He will come.
40:54 That's an AWR comprehensive health evangelism.
40:56 Amen. Amen.
40:58 Amen. God bless you all.
40:59 Amen.
41:04 Good evening, GYC.
41:07 My name is Jill Morikone,
41:09 I'm the General Manager of 3ABN
41:11 and for the past, I don't know 12 plus years,
41:14 3ABN has had the privilege of broadcasting
41:16 the GYC Convention.
41:18 We love the mission and the message of GYC.
41:22 What a privilege it is to partner together.
41:25 Just last night at the booth,
41:27 I met a young woman
41:28 who's all the way from South Africa.
41:31 She said, I watched GYC for years on 3ABN
41:35 and it's my first time
41:37 and I got to come to the conference
41:39 and she was so excited.
41:41 So we love GYC and the connection here.
41:44 Romans 10:14,
41:46 Paul says, how shall they hear?
41:49 Let me start that over again.
41:53 "How shall they know the gospel,
41:56 if they never heard it,
41:58 and how shall they hear without a preacher."
42:03 That's where the Ministry of 3ABN comes in.
42:06 Over 34 years ago,
42:08 now just being honest with you,
42:10 I was a very little girl 34 years ago
42:12 and most of you were probably not even born.
42:15 But 34 years ago,
42:16 God called Danny Shelton to build a television station
42:20 that would reach the world
42:21 with the undiluted three angels' messages,
42:25 one that would counteract the counterfeit.
42:26 And for all those years,
42:28 we have sought to remain true to that mission.
42:31 Currently our 3ABN leadership team
42:34 is looking at fresh and relevant ways
42:36 that we can share the same message
42:39 but with new methods.
42:40 I'm standing next to Jay, Jason and Bradley,
42:44 General Manager of our Dare to Dream network,
42:46 which is our urban network
42:47 and tell us about some of those new ways, Jay?
42:49 Well, you know, when you're sharing the gospel,
42:51 accessibility is crucial.
42:54 You have to be accessible.
42:56 So if you pull out your phones,
42:58 your tablets, your iPads,
43:00 we have an app,
43:02 a free app that you can download,
43:04 it's the 3ABN app
43:05 so you just go to your Play Store
43:07 or your App Store
43:09 and type in 3ABN and get that app.
43:12 You can also go to the website 3abn.tv
43:15 and actually watch the programming on there.
43:18 We're on Roku,
43:19 you just add the free 3ABN channel there,
43:23 we're on YouTube.
43:24 You can go to youtube.com/3abn.
43:28 You know, it's interesting how God bless His faithfulness
43:32 and so when you look at 3ABN
43:36 some of you might not know
43:38 that there's so many more networks.
43:40 In addition it's like 3ABN is the parent network
43:44 and then out of the parent network
43:45 you have 3ABN Latino,
43:48 they have a YouTube channel as well,
43:51 youtube.com/3abnlatino.
43:55 Dare to Dream has a YouTube channel,
43:57 youtube.com/d2dnetworktv.
44:01 So there's so many ways that you can watch the content.
44:06 At Dare to Dream,
44:07 what we like to do is we target inner city residents,
44:09 we have a burden for the inner cities
44:12 and what we found is that
44:14 issues that are plaguing inner city residents
44:17 go, they span across culturally.
44:21 So what does that look like?
44:23 Well, we have programs on financial literacy,
44:27 health and wellness, cooking programs,
44:29 sexual purity programs, prophecy programs,
44:33 so many programs.
44:34 And if you guys can copy and paste links,
44:37 I know a lot of you have Facebook pages,
44:40 you can share links and partake in digital evangelism.
44:44 Yep, and here to my right,
44:48 yeah, my right, your left,
44:50 I have my good friend Tim Parton.
44:53 What's your role, Tim?
44:54 My name is Tim Parton,
44:55 and I am the General Manager
44:57 of the Praise Him music network.
44:59 And we are a network of video channel
45:02 that exists to glorify God
45:04 and encourage His people through music.
45:10 That's what it's called. It's music.
45:12 Hello. So it's, it is... Right?
45:15 Inspirational and inspirational music.
45:19 So what I'm excited,
45:21 speechless as it would be
45:22 to tell you that in three days
45:24 we're going to launch this network.
45:27 January 2.
45:28 Tuesday, January 2,
45:30 we're going to launch the Praise Him music network,
45:32 and we would love for you
45:33 to be a part of this network.
45:35 In the future we will need guests to sing
45:38 so if you have a gift, a talent in music or media,
45:42 if you're a singer, songwriter, instrumentalist,
45:44 an artist, a poet,
45:47 if you're videographer, or cinematographer,
45:50 or graphic artist,
45:52 whatever way you praise Him,
45:54 if it's a fine art,
45:56 we would love to hear from you.
45:57 So you can go to our Facebook page
45:59 at 3ABN Praise Him
46:02 and you can also follow us on Instagram at Praise Him,
46:05 3ABN Praise Him.
46:06 We would love to hear from you.
46:08 Over the next 24 hours,
46:10 we are kind of holding a little pledge
46:12 and a challenge to you
46:13 to reach out to us at 3ABN ideas
46:18 at 3abn.tv.
46:20 If you have ideas, suggestions for any of the networks
46:24 that 3ABN hosts, we would love to hear from you,
46:28 the ideas for programming or for special guests, artists,
46:32 ideas that might be relevant to your age group.
46:35 Who knows what you've got?
46:37 We want to hear from you,
46:38 especially over the next 24 hours
46:40 because in 24 hours,
46:41 we're going to be giving a gift away, a special gift.
46:44 And you can also come to us
46:46 at the booth in the exhibit hall.
46:48 We want to hear your ideas
46:50 so be sure and reach out to us
46:52 especially over the next 24 hours
46:53 at 3ABN Ideas at 3abn.tv.
46:57 Thank you so much, Tim and Jason.
46:58 It's a privilege to serve the Lord
47:00 through media and each one of you
47:02 can be part of the 3ABN family.
47:04 We are looking for your ideas,
47:05 we're looking for your suggestions,
47:07 we're looking for you
47:08 to participate in the ministry of 3ABN.
47:11 Thank you.
47:14 Good evening, everybody.
47:16 Did you guys go on outreach?
47:19 Who went on outreach?
47:21 Raise your hand.
47:22 Did you guys have a good time?
47:25 Well, for the first time,
47:27 we're gonna share some stats.
47:30 Two hours after outreach
47:32 who wants to know what happened out there?
47:34 Yes, amen.
47:36 Well, I'm gonna share some stats
47:38 after I share these three incredible testimonies.
47:43 All right, and our first testimony
47:45 comes from Alvina...
47:47 Eluvia. I'm sorry, Eluvia.
47:49 Eluvia, where are you from?
47:50 I'm from Houston.
47:52 And so you live here locally.
47:54 You went on a bus,
47:55 was it refugee or non refugee?
47:57 Refugee.
47:59 So you met somebody at the door,
48:01 they were a refugee where were they from?
48:03 Ethiopia.
48:05 Okay, and what happened at this door?
48:07 Okay, so originally my partner and I,
48:09 my sister walked up to the door.
48:11 We were getting ready to walk away
48:13 when they opened the door.
48:16 They accepted to participate in the survey
48:19 and they started the survey with us
48:21 when we got to the question of his country of origin.
48:26 He jokingly mentioned China
48:28 and as I was typing it in into the survey.
48:31 He was like, no, I'm just kidding,
48:32 I'm from Ethiopia and he loosened up,
48:35 you could tell that he felt a little bit more comfortable
48:37 doing the survey
48:39 and we went through the questions of the kids
48:41 and then
48:42 when we got to the question of doing prayer together,
48:46 he goes.
48:48 Okay, but who are you gonna pray to?
48:50 And I answered God.
48:51 And he goes,
48:54 do you believe in Jesus Christ?
48:55 And I said, yes.
48:57 And he asked me, who is he to you?
49:00 And I didn't really know
49:02 what to reply but what came to mind at the moment was,
49:05 He's my Savior,
49:07 and He's my best friend.
49:08 And today he seemed hesitant at first
49:13 and right when I said that he smiled really big.
49:17 And then he said, then yes, you can pray for me.
49:22 At first he wanted to be the one to pray for us
49:25 but as soon as I replied that to him,
49:28 it seemed like he was okay with me
49:31 praying for him.
49:32 And so his son was standing next to him,
49:35 and I prayed for them.
49:36 Their names are Daniel and Isaac
49:38 and so we prayed together.
49:40 And when we were done,
49:41 he wanted to know more about the survey.
49:43 And so I shared a little bit
49:44 about the GYC Conference with them
49:46 and what we were doing in town this weekend.
49:48 And so he told us
49:52 to keep sharing Jesus.
49:55 He first asked
49:58 when you go out there and do these surveys,
50:00 do you tell people about Jesus?
50:01 And I answered, yes, if they allow me to.
50:05 And he replied, the most amazing response to me
50:08 and best advice and he goes,
50:11 don't ask for permission.
50:12 He goes, when you're given the chance,
50:14 go for it,
50:16 take advantage of it,
50:17 and know that it's not you doing the work
50:20 but its God doing the work through you.
50:22 And so when he said that,
50:24 I really didn't know what else to say
50:26 other than thank you for the advice you gave me.
50:29 And as we parted ways,
50:31 he...
50:32 So, okay, so you meet this man,
50:34 he's a refugee from Ethiopia.
50:37 You thought that you were there to bless him
50:39 but he ends up blessing you and encouraging you.
50:42 And then at the end of this experience,
50:45 what did it make you feel like?
50:48 So just like you said,
50:50 I felt like he had preached more to me
50:52 than I could have ever preached to him.
50:54 And so I took his advice to heart
50:56 and although this was my second time
50:58 going door-to-door knocking.
50:59 I feel more encouraged to keep doing it
51:02 to step out of my comfort zone
51:04 and leave my fear aside knowing that,
51:06 like he said, it is God doing the work through me.
51:09 And so he did mention as we were leaving,
51:13 we were like Happy New Year.
51:14 And he goes, you're welcome here anytime.
51:17 Amen.
51:18 And then you decided you wanted to make a commitment
51:21 since you live here in Houston to do what?
51:23 Right.
51:25 So as a youth leader in my church
51:26 here in Spring Branch,
51:28 I decided that we're gonna come back,
51:29 we're gonna have follow up
51:31 with the several houses we knocked on,
51:33 and we're going to come back
51:35 whether it is to visit right to them,
51:37 deliver a food basket
51:39 or some sort, we're gonna have follow up
51:41 and I made that commitment in my heart
51:43 and it's gonna happen.
51:44 Amen.
51:45 So you decided that you're gonna follow up
51:47 with the refugee community
51:49 because you've experienced the encouragement
51:52 that it got...
51:54 you received from this.
51:55 Amen. Thank you for sharing.
51:57 All right, our next story comes from John,
52:00 and John is from Weimar.
52:02 Tell us what bus you went on?
52:04 I wanted to go on a bus
52:06 that would go to a place
52:08 where I could talk to people who speak Chinese.
52:09 So I went down a line
52:10 and I sat down in the Chinese group.
52:12 All right, and then you ended up going, where?
52:16 Well, we ended up going to this apartment complex
52:19 and it was gated.
52:20 Once we got through the gate, once the car went through,
52:22 I felt impressed
52:24 because I had prayed with my outreach partner.
52:25 I felt impressed that we should go
52:26 to the back to the very top,
52:28 there were three floors.
52:29 We went all the way to the back top corner
52:31 and started working forward.
52:32 So you decided you were impressed
52:34 and then you decided to go all the way
52:36 to the very back third floor
52:39 of the apartment complex, what happened?
52:41 Who did you meet there?
52:42 Well, one of the first doors that I knocked on
52:44 there was this young woman who came to the door,
52:46 and I was expecting someone who spoke Chinese,
52:48 maybe, maybe a Spanish
52:50 but she had a head covering.
52:52 I'm sure you guys have seen the beautiful head coverings
52:55 that Muslim woman wear.
52:58 She was from Afghanistan.
53:00 Wow!
53:01 Okay, and then you asked her for her name.
53:04 What happened after that?
53:05 She was hesitant at first
53:07 when she first opened the door
53:09 but after a while,
53:11 I asked her for her name
53:12 and she said my name is Arzoo.
53:15 And because of I learned a few a little bit of words
53:18 of Middle Eastern languages growing up.
53:20 I knew that it meant hope or a wish
53:22 and I mentioned that to her
53:23 and she just completely opened up.
53:24 She brought her sister, she brought her mother,
53:27 and we talked and we were able to find out what they needed.
53:30 It turns out
53:31 that refugee families need stuff like sofas and tables
53:35 because they can't bring them, they're heavy,
53:37 they can't take them all the way from home.
53:39 So she was hesitant at first.
53:40 You said her,
53:42 you knew the meaning of her name
53:43 because of your past missionary experiences
53:46 and then she shared her practical needs.
53:49 Did she sign up for follow up?
53:53 I was hoping that she'd be interested in the Bible
53:55 or maybe a GLOW track but she wasn't.
53:58 She didn't really want to have much to do with that
54:01 but she was willing to have us pray with her
54:04 and afterwards we got her number
54:05 and we're gonna follow up as best we can.
54:08 Amen. Praise the Lord.
54:10 Thank you, John, for sharing your story.
54:12 All right, and our next group is Kennedy and William.
54:18 Tell us where are you guys from?
54:20 We're from Jersey.
54:22 Okay, we got some flat bands out there.
54:24 So tell us,
54:26 it was the end of the bus trip
54:29 and what happened?
54:31 You had one thing left?
54:33 So since we're pressed on time,
54:36 my friend,
54:38 he was already walking towards the bus stop
54:40 from where we're gonna get picked up from
54:43 and I was already walking towards the opposite direction
54:46 to the other houses that we can knock on
54:49 and to the people that we can talk to.
54:52 So you decided you're gonna keep going,
54:55 but your partner is already headed towards the bus.
54:58 So then what happens?
55:01 So I told my partner, I was like,
55:02 "Yeah, dude, come on.
55:04 We just got one more.
55:07 One more Bible study got left.
55:10 We could talk to one more person to save."
55:16 Amen.
55:17 Okay, and so you kept going
55:19 and what...?
55:20 Did you join him or what happened?
55:22 Yes, I ended up joining him back.
55:24 I was like, "Okay, let's just get this over with."
55:28 Initially, that's what I had in mind.
55:30 But definitely I wanted to get this one last Bible study out,
55:34 so that one more life can be saved.
55:37 Amen.
55:38 And so you met a young man
55:39 and this young man you find out is also Christian.
55:44 What happens at the door?
55:46 Yes, so when we had the discussion,
55:48 we had one on one discussion with the man.
55:51 He said he was Baptist
55:52 and he wanted...
55:54 He had religious background
55:56 he knew about the Bible
55:58 and he surprisingly when we got into more deeper conversation,
56:02 we find out that he was actually from Jersey,
56:05 initially from Jersey.
56:07 He lives in Houston temporary
56:08 but his hometown is back in Perth Amboy
56:11 which is surprisingly God, praise God
56:14 because that's literally 10 minutes away
56:16 from where we live.
56:18 And just to wrap it all up,
56:21 he actually lives on the same street
56:23 as one of our fellow friends, the church,
56:27 of Perth Amboy Church.
56:28 So I decided that we should...
56:31 I got in contact with the youth leader
56:33 of the Perth Amboy Church
56:34 and we discussed about possibly giving Bible studies
56:38 not to just the man but to his mom,
56:41 who is also living in Perth Amboy at this time.
56:44 Amen.
56:45 So you go to this young man,
56:46 it's your last door.
56:48 He signs up for Bible studies,
56:50 you find out he's also from New Jersey
56:53 and not only that 10 minutes from your house
56:55 and just down the street from the local church,
56:58 you connect with the local church youth pastor
57:00 and they're gonna follow up with his mom.
57:03 Amen.
57:05 God brings us to the exact doors
57:08 that we need to go to.
57:09 And as promised I need to tell you
57:11 what happened with the stats.
57:13 So this is what happened.
57:14 We went on 32 buses,
57:17 we knocked on...
57:19 There was 1,664 young people
57:22 and chaperones that went on the outreach.
57:25 We knocked on more than 11,044 doors,
57:29 3276 of those were refugee doors,
57:33 151 refugees are interested in Bible studies.
57:39 Amen?
57:40 Six hundred and twenty two Bible study overall,
57:44 over 640 people donated items for refugees,
57:50 and over 19, 650 GLOW tracks were passed out.


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