Magnify Him

Magnify Him Holiday Special

Three Angels Broadcasting Network

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Participants: Duawne Starling (Host), Yvonne Lewis (Host), David Coleman, Lyndon Carriger, Shirley Ann Thomas-Laurencin

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00:01 Magnify the Lord with me
00:04 Magnify the Lord
00:08 Jesus alone is worthy
00:11 Magnify Him
00:18 Hello and welcome to Magnify Him's holiday special.
00:22 My name is Duawne Starling.
00:23 And I'm Yvonne Lewis.
00:25 And Duawne, you know, Christmas time
00:26 is one of my favorite seasons of the year
00:29 because it just seems like people are happier
00:32 and have a lighter frame of mind.
00:34 Yes, that's true but for some,
00:36 it's, it can be a pretty lonely time of year.
00:39 Yeah, okay.
00:41 I guess so but whether you're feeling
00:43 a little melancholy or full of a joyous spirit,
00:47 this music program is for you.
00:50 So stay tune as we bring you Holy Spirit-filled artists
00:53 that want to Magnify Him with their gifts.
00:56 Magnify the Lord with me
01:00 Magnify Him
01:04 Our first artist is Lyndon Carriger.
01:07 About two years ago, I first heard Lyndon on 3ABN
01:10 and I remember thinking, that brother can sing.
01:13 When we decided to have a music program
01:15 on Dare to Dream, Lyndon's name
01:17 was one of the first ones to be considered.
01:20 He lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee
01:22 and has appeared on 3ABN on numerous occasions
01:24 over the past few years.
01:26 He's a recording artist, husband and father,
01:30 currently serving in fulltime music ministry.
01:33 Lyndon is an anointed singer, songwriter and pianist.
01:37 This guy does it all.
01:38 So, be blessed as he sings 'Mary, did you know.'
02:04 Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy
02:10 Would one day walk on water?
02:14 Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy
02:20 Would save our sons and daughters?
02:24 Did you know that your Baby Boy
02:29 Has come to make you new?
02:33 This Child that you delivered
02:39 Will soon deliver you
02:44 Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy
02:50 Would give sight to a blind man?
02:55 Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy
03:00 Would calm the storm with His hand?
03:04 Did you know that your Baby Boy
03:10 Has walked where angels trod?
03:14 When you kiss your little Baby
03:19 You kissed the face of God
03:26 The blind will see
03:28 The deaf will hear
03:31 The dead will live again
03:35 The lame will leap
03:38 The dumb will speak
03:40 The praises of The Lamb
03:45 Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy
03:52 Is Lord of all creation?
03:56 Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy
04:01 Would one day rule the nations?
04:06 Did you know that your Baby Boy
04:11 Is heaven's perfect Lamb?
04:16 The sleeping Child you're holding
04:21 Is the Great I Am
04:33 The Great I Am
04:42 The Great I Am
04:52 The Great I Am
05:00 The Great I Am
05:12 Mary did, did you know?
05:24 O come, let us adore Him
05:35 Christ, Christ, the Lord
05:50 Magnify Him
05:55 I'd like to welcome our next artist,
05:57 Shirley Ann Thomas Laurencin to Magnify Him.
06:00 I had the opportunity to interview her
06:03 for our very first program here
06:05 and we knew we would have to have her back.
06:07 She hails to us from Yonkers, New York
06:09 where she is a Seventh Day Adventist Church
06:11 school principal.
06:13 Shirley Ann is such a gifted singer.
06:15 We are thrilled to welcome her back once again
06:18 and she will be used of God as she sings,
06:21 'Would it still be Christmas?'
06:41 Would it still be Christmas
06:46 If the Christ child never came?
06:52 Could it still be Christmas
06:57 Or just another day?
07:02 Would choirs still be singing
07:07 Songs of peace on earth?
07:12 Would angels be rejoicing
07:17 If there had been no birth?
07:25 Could it still be Christmas?
07:30 Would love be the same?
07:34 Would it all be different
07:38 If we never heard His Name?
07:43 What would be the reason
07:47 For this special season
07:52 If there had been no baby born that day?
07:59 What if hope had never come?
08:06 God never sent His Son?
08:09 What would Christmas be?
08:14 Born the gift in Bethlehem
08:20 Salvation for all men
08:27 Hope and love
08:34 From above
08:41 Would it still be Christmas
08:45 If the Christ child never came?
08:49 Could there be Christmas
08:52 If we never heard His Name?
08:57 What would be the reason
09:02 For this special season
09:08 If there had been no baby born that day?
09:41 Magnify Him
09:45 There are some people who are just like family
09:49 and our next guest on Magnify Him
09:52 is like a brother to me.
09:54 We practically grew up together although
09:56 I am a little bit older than he.
09:58 In Brooklyn, New York, he played the piano
10:01 for my mother's choir, for my trio
10:05 and he was just such a wonderful accompanist
10:08 and has been throughout the years.
10:11 Actually he's one of my
10:12 absolute favorite accompanist of all time.
10:16 Out next guest, doing an arrangement
10:19 of 'Away in a Manger' is David Coleman.
14:20 Magnify Him
14:25 Our next artist really doesn't need an introduction
14:28 to our Magnify Him audience.
14:30 He's none other than my co-host, Duawne Starling.
14:34 And Duawne has besides just this most beautiful,
14:37 silky voice, he has such a servant's heart.
14:41 So be blessed as you listen to Duawne minister
14:44 'With the Christmas Heart.'
15:09 It's Christmas night
15:14 This is when we see all the angels
15:18 Dancing in the sky above
15:26 Just for us
15:31 It's Christmas day
15:36 Something to believe in
15:42 I believe the love
15:44 That we feel for each other
15:47 Is His gift to us
15:54 And nothing will keep us apart
16:06 If we love
16:11 With a Christmas heart
16:44 It's Christmas now
16:49 This is when the eyes of our children
16:54 Search into these eyes of ours
17:01 How sweet they are
17:07 What kind of world
17:12 Are we gonna leave them?
17:17 What we couldn't learn from each other
17:22 We still can learn from God
17:29 What a way to live
17:35 What a place to start
17:42 Bless us please
17:47 With a Christmas heart
17:55 We want Your Heart, Oh God
18:01 Give us Your Heart, God
18:05 Bless us please
18:10 Bless us please
18:24 Magnify Him
18:28 It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you
18:31 someone who is no stranger to you.
18:33 She's also my co-host here at Magnify Him,
18:37 and she's an accomplished singer as well.
18:39 I've learned from her, and I glean from her.
18:42 She's my sister and I love her.
18:45 Singing 'Joy to the World' none other than Yvonne Lewis.
19:11 Joy to the world!
19:13 The Lord is come
19:15 Let earth receive her King!
19:19 Let every heart prepare Him room
19:23 And heaven and nature sing
19:25 And heaven and nature sing
19:27 And heaven, and heaven and nature sing
19:39 Joy to the world!
19:41 The Savior reigns
19:43 Let men their songs employ
19:47 While fields and floods
19:49 Rocks, hills and plains
19:51 Repeat the sounding joy Repeat the sounding joy
19:55 Repeat, repeat the sounding joy
20:07 For unto us a child is born
20:10 Unto us a son is given Unto us a son is given
20:18 For unto us a child is born
20:21 Unto us a son is given Unto us a son is given
20:29 And the government shall be upon His shoulder
20:39 And His name shall be called
20:42 Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God
20:48 The Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace
20:52 The Everlasting Father
20:54 The Prince of Peace
21:00 He rules the world with truth and grace
21:04 And makes the nations prove
21:08 The glories of His righteousness
21:12 And wonders of His love And wonders of His love
21:16 And wonders, wonders of His love
21:23 And wonders, wonders of His love
21:38 Magnify Him
21:43 This is one of my absolute favorite times of the year
21:47 because we get to sing all these pretty songs.
21:49 I get to hang out with my friends at same,
21:51 we get to sing and share this wonderful,
21:55 wonderful time of the year with you.
21:57 So we want you to sing along with us
21:59 as we offer our gifts to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,
22:03 as we celebrate His birth and life.
22:06 How about 'Go Tell It On The Mountain?'
22:08 Yay.
22:17 Go tell it on the mountain
22:22 Over the hills and everywhere
22:27 Go tell it on the mountain
22:30 That Jesus Christ is born
22:34 And sing it again
22:36 Go tell it on the mountain
22:40 Over the hills and everywhere
22:45 Go tell it on the mountain
22:49 That Jesus Christ is born
22:54 While shepherds kept their watching
22:59 Over silent flocks fine night
23:05 Behold throughout the heavens
23:12 There shone a holy light
23:24 Go, tell it on the mountain
23:29 Over the hills and everywhere
23:34 Go, tell it on the mountain
23:38 That Jesus Christ is born
23:43 The shepherds feared and trembled
23:49 When lo above the earth
23:57 Rang out the angel chorus
24:05 That hailed our Savior's birth
24:15 Go, tell it on the mountain
24:20 Over the hills and everywhere
24:25 Go, tell it on the mountain
24:29 That Jesus Christ is born
24:35 Go tell it on the mountain
24:39 Over the hills and everywhere
24:44 Go tell it on the mountain
24:48 That Jesus Christ is born
24:55 All right, all right.
24:58 I love that. Did you guys like that?
24:59 So much.
25:01 Go, tell it on the mountain.
25:02 Now is, is there a favorite Christmas song
25:06 that you like to sing, Shirley Ann?
25:10 Oh, my goodness.
25:12 'Cause they're so many, that's the thing.
25:13 They are so many.
25:15 Um, certainly, 'Go, tell it on the mountain'
25:17 is one of them.
25:19 Um, you know, it's not really
25:22 the Christian-Christian one, but Jingle Bells?
25:30 Ah, it just gives a fun Christmas feel.
25:33 Christmas is fun. It is, it is.
25:35 But so much more than that, isn't?
25:37 Yeah, yeah.
25:38 What I love is that, um,
25:40 everyone seems to be in a giving...
25:42 Yes. A giving mood.
25:44 And I hate that it's a mood
25:46 and I hate that it's just at Christmas time
25:48 because if we did have that type of spirit
25:51 throughout the year, what would our,
25:53 what would our world be like?
25:54 That is so true.
25:56 I think that, you know, when,
25:58 when you think about what this time of the year
26:01 means that people's spirits are usually lighter.
26:04 And they, they want to give and, um, but then,
26:08 then, as we said in the open,
26:10 this is also sometimes a lonely time for people.
26:14 And I think that what we need to do
26:18 as Christians is to really reach out
26:22 to those who don't' know about Jesus.
26:25 This is a perfect time for us to witness,
26:27 whether it's through song, whether it's through word
26:30 but, or a kind deed.
26:32 You know, we can really reach out
26:34 to those who don't know about Jesus,
26:36 and we can actually bring Him to them.
26:40 And even though we don't know when He was born,
26:44 we celebrate that He was born.
26:45 Exactly. Amen.
26:47 And we also celebrate that He lived and died for us.
26:50 So that we could have a right to life, life eternal.
26:54 For sure, for sure.
26:56 What about your favorite song? What's your favorite?
26:58 My favorite song, if I want to stick
27:00 with the spiritual natures, 'O Holy Night.'
27:03 Oh, okay. To sing or to hear it?
27:06 Both. Okay. Oh!
27:07 If it's some right for you to sing.
27:11 I'll see, now, next time we're going to have to have
27:13 you sing 'O Holy Night.'
27:15 Okay. Okay, good.
27:16 But how did you find that the Christmas carols
27:19 and Christmas songs are timeless?
27:21 You know, they go beyond, like age.
27:24 In genres. Exactly, exactly.
27:27 It is so true.
27:28 Like, 'O Holy Night', I can hear that any day.
27:29 Yeah. Yeah, me too.
27:31 I love O Holy Night,
27:32 that's a soprano's dream anyway.
27:34 And you should sing it.
27:35 Sopranos and tenors, oh, that's all right, no in tenors.
27:37 And of course, we really wanted David to have a mike,
27:41 but he doesn't want to talk.
27:43 But, Dave, I'm going to put him on the spot right now.
27:45 He's going to, always going to be mad at me later.
27:47 Well, what's your favorite Christmas song, Dave?
27:50 'O Holy Night.'
27:53 He got me. Oh, it is good.
27:55 You know, when you start thinking about
27:58 this time of year like everybody
28:01 has some kind of tradition
28:04 that they, that they uphold in their families.
28:08 Okay, D, what was yours?
28:10 Well, growing up and what it is now
28:13 are two different things.
28:14 Okay, let's talk about both of them.
28:15 Okay, well, growing up, it was very, very simple.
28:18 You know, we didn't do a whole lot of decorations,
28:21 but, we always had like Christmas worship
28:23 and Christmas worship was,
28:26 it was different than normal worship.
28:28 You know, it was just more centered
28:30 on the birth of Christ and everything
28:34 that was going on at that time.
28:36 But now as a parent, I incorporated that
28:41 as well as the decorating and the--
28:44 I love the food as well but...
28:46 Yeah, Lyndon would say that too.
28:48 The decorating, well, I'm going to leave that for him.
28:50 And watching my daughters' faces
28:54 when, you know, how there are things
28:57 that you want and expect for Christmas,
29:00 you know, that you tell your parents
29:01 that you want, but then there are things
29:03 that you know that your child would love
29:06 but it's not something they asked for.
29:08 And so, when they see something that they didn't expect,
29:12 I like the expressions on their faces, you know.
29:15 And isn't that what God does for us?
29:17 You took it right out of my mouth.
29:18 Yes, it's exactly what He does. Isn't that what He does for us?
29:21 Like the things that we don't expect,
29:24 all sweet little, nice little,
29:27 wonderful things that He does for us.
29:29 But anyway, go ahead. I don't want to...
29:30 No, no, no, I was just about to say the same thing,
29:32 because that's exactly what He does for us.
29:34 You know, and He'll give us people like that in our lives.
29:38 We've got parents and we've got friends
29:39 but then there maybe someone that you know what,
29:42 I didn't expect to have a relationship with you
29:44 and it's like really, I'm growing from it
29:46 and I'm learning from it.
29:47 Yeah, it's much deeper than, than we expected.
29:50 It is, it's really true.
29:51 You know, this is a time of the year
29:53 where you really need to think about
29:56 who is important in your life
29:58 and how can you make that person's life better
30:02 and then, who is that you don't know.
30:05 You know, you said something to me earlier, D,
30:08 about how you bring, you and your wife
30:12 bring someone that you don't really know,
30:14 home to eat.
30:16 Tell us about that because I think...
30:17 I told you that.
30:19 I don't remember telling. And you know what?
30:21 People watching are going to,
30:22 want to get an invitation but tell us about that
30:23 because I think that's a wonderful thing to do.
30:25 Yeah, well, it really is
30:27 because we go to a church that's about
30:31 I don't know, maybe 700 or 800 members
30:33 and there's no way to know everybody in the church.
30:37 So even though we've been there for eight years,
30:40 we don't know everybody.
30:41 And what we decided is once a month as a ministry,
30:44 we will bring people that we don't know
30:47 and we'll get to know over food.
30:50 You know, so we'll have conversation about
30:53 just whatever, you know.
30:54 But just extending ourselves to people outside of our,
30:57 our regular circle of friends
30:59 and just using that as a ministry tool.
31:02 That's great and I think that, you know,
31:05 that's what the Lord would have us to do,
31:07 to reach out, to reach out to people.
31:09 What about you?
31:10 What kind of tradition do you have?
31:12 Um, well, as kid, I mean you always had the presents.
31:16 The main tradition was the stockings
31:18 the night before Christmas.
31:20 And you may be got to open up one present.
31:22 But I always remember smelling my mom's orange rose
31:26 where she had the oranges zest in it and it was,
31:30 it was just so good, and that's just a memory
31:32 that I always carry over.
31:34 I probably won't be able to make it for my kids,
31:36 but hopefully she would.
31:37 Are you kind of a food person, Lyndon?
31:39 I'm of course.
31:42 Put it front of me, I'll eat it.
31:43 So the orange zest and making those rosy,
31:47 I think that memories, making memories
31:51 is such an important thing for your children
31:54 and here at Dare to Dream,
31:57 we have our relationship program called
31:59 'Making It Work', where we focus on marriage and parenting
32:04 and that kind of thing and it's so important
32:07 to make memories for your children,
32:10 things that they'll never forget.
32:12 It doesn't have to be anything that costs a lot of money.
32:15 It can be a weekly trip to the library,
32:18 it can be just watching a movie about Jesus together.
32:24 It could be playing a game together.
32:25 It could be spending Sabbath together in a special way,
32:28 but doing things that create memories,
32:31 that is just timeless.
32:34 In my family, years and years ago, when I was a little girl,
32:38 my mom, every Christmas,
32:40 my mom and my aunt would wait
32:42 until the very last minute to go get a tree.
32:46 I mean, like, like the day before or something,
32:49 'cause then the trees were reduced, you know,
32:51 and you could get them like, almost free.
32:52 What does it look like the day before?
32:54 That's true. The left over trees?
32:56 The left over trees. Okay, yeah.
32:59 And now so the trees look really bad.
33:01 And so my mother and my aunt, Carmen Dave knows my,
33:05 knew my mother and my aunt
33:07 would go out and look for trees
33:09 and this particular year, I was in the car.
33:12 They got out, they went into this place that had the trees
33:16 at a really reduced rate and I just remember this dog...
33:20 It's funny now, it wasn't funny then, coming after my mother.
33:23 My mother just freaking out because,
33:26 because at the last minute, you know,
33:29 these trees are available
33:31 but they still had animals there to protect
33:34 so that people didn't come and rob and pillage.
33:37 So, every year at the last minute,
33:40 my mom and my aunt would go
33:42 and get the tree and it would just,
33:44 it might not sound like it's that big of a deal,
33:47 but it was something that we look forward to every year.
33:50 And I think we can do that with our children and grandchildren.
33:54 You know, do something
33:55 that they can look forward to every year.
33:58 I like that, I like that. Beautiful.
34:00 Yeah, cool.
34:01 I'm beginning to think that to my experience
34:03 was just a little bit different
34:05 from the ones you have shared
34:06 and they're so beautiful, your experiences growing up.
34:09 But for me as a child, Christmas at first,
34:13 I mean, my first experience
34:16 or memories of experiences
34:18 as a child weren't very pleasant.
34:23 Well, at least I thought they weren't pleasant
34:24 but my parents were using those moments,
34:28 those holidays as teachable moments for all of us.
34:31 We didn't get any presents
34:35 and didn't make quite a big deal with trees
34:38 and all those things.
34:39 And at that time, I would, you know, I would sulk a lot
34:44 because I couldn't share
34:46 wonderful stories with my friends.
34:48 "Oh, I got this, and I got that."
34:50 But, um, and it's not because my parents couldn't afford it.
34:56 They wanted us to understand the importance of giving.
35:00 And so that was a time when we went out
35:03 shared our gifts, our talents and our food
35:06 and help those in need.
35:08 But that's a legacy that lives on.
35:11 Even now when it has, it has certainly
35:15 framed my outlook on life even today.
35:20 So, not to sound cliche,
35:23 but Christmas for me is really about giving.
35:26 Yeah. It really is about giving.
35:28 You know, and I'm going to do the exact same thing
35:30 for my daughter growing up.
35:31 I'm not going to, like I was, which,
35:35 which I don't mind, getting all the gifts,
35:38 but at the same time, just like you said,
35:40 Christmas isn't about getting the gifts,
35:41 it's about giving the gifts.
35:43 So yes, I can give her a gift or a couple of gifts
35:46 but not a whole bunch of gifts
35:47 that are going to be under the tree
35:48 and teach her that meaning of giving.
35:50 It's about giving. It's about giving.
35:52 And that is the bottom-line.
35:55 It is, it is about, about
35:57 what we can give and how we can share.
36:00 And let's sing another song.
36:02 We'll sing, okay.
36:03 What are you going to sing? O Come All Ye Faithful.
36:06 That was a smooth segue, right?
36:15 O come all ye faithful
36:20 Joyful and triumphant
36:25 O come ye
36:27 O come ye
36:29 To Bethlehem
36:35 Come and behold Him
36:40 Born the King of Angels
36:45 O come, let us adore Him
36:50 O come, let us adore Him
36:55 O come, let us adore Him
37:01 Christ the Lord
37:07 Sing choirs of angels
37:14 Sing in exultation
37:19 Oh, sing all ye citizens
37:26 Of heaven above
37:33 Glory to God
37:38 O glory in the highest
37:45 O come, let us adore Him
37:52 O come, let us adore Him
37:59 O come
38:01 Let us adore Him
38:08 Christ, the Lord
38:18 Amen.
38:20 How beautiful. Ah, that's another favorite.
38:22 It is! It is, right? That's another favorite.
38:24 You start thinking about
38:26 all of these songs that you grew up with,
38:28 that are timeless, that we can just keep singing.
38:31 And as a singer, some songs are just fun to sing.
38:33 Like you said some melodic earlier.
38:35 Exactly, yeah. Yes, yes.
38:37 And this one is one, is one of them.
38:39 I think that if we would just share through music.
38:45 Music is such a powerful force that we can,
38:49 you know, do you guys carol?
38:51 Do you ever go caroling?
38:52 I haven't done it in a while. I love it though.
38:55 Do you? I say, I don't...
38:56 We should do that this year.
38:58 You do right now.
39:01 We'll start in Illinois.
39:03 We'll start in Illinois
39:05 and knock on the doors out there.
39:07 See if people let us in.
39:08 They'll be like, "Whoa, strangers here."
39:11 But we, we really could..
39:12 I'm not real comfortable with...
39:16 Again, now people will sing
39:17 in the subways and stuff like that,
39:19 just start singing.
39:20 I just can't do that. Can you guys do that?
39:23 Can you just start caroling, like at any point?
39:25 With a group of people, not by myself.
39:26 Yeah, with a group, I was about to say it.
39:28 Okay, okay. All right, all right.
39:30 'Cause I've just never been able to do that.
39:33 I think that that's kind of a...
39:36 It's kind of a scary prospect.
39:37 And I don't know why,
39:39 I don't know if it's pride or what,
39:40 like you just don't want, you know,
39:42 people will stare at you like crazy.
39:43 They could just be nerves.
39:46 Yes, it could it could be, it could be.
39:48 But anyway, I feel like,
39:51 there should be something that we do
39:54 for someone this particular Christmas.
39:57 Is there anything that you can think of,
40:00 that you want to do that's different
40:02 from what you normally do for this Christmas?
40:07 I think it would be cool
40:08 to kind of the people that you walk by.
40:12 Like, I'm always seeing shoe shiners in the airport.
40:16 You know, say, "Hey, can I shine?
40:18 You can still get paid but let me shine the shoes for you."
40:21 You know, um, 'cause I like shined shoes,
40:24 so I would do it diligently.
40:26 Are you serious? Let's see.
40:27 Okay. All right.
40:29 Oh, Shirley has something for you to do.
40:32 You know, maybe doing,
40:34 maybe doing some things like that.
40:38 You know, maybe not necessarily that but,
40:41 let's say you walk past a person
40:43 that's sweeping in a hallway.
40:44 "Hey, can I do that for you?" Mmm.
40:46 You know, something unexpected.
40:48 Yeah, I like that. What about you, Shirley Ann?
40:53 I love to be, to be able to extent
40:57 Christmas throughout the year.
41:00 And to whomever I'm giving,
41:03 that person would be the recipient
41:06 of that gift throughout the year.
41:08 And so there are number of things that,
41:13 that can be given this year.
41:17 In New York, several of our residents
41:23 were displaced because of hurricane Sandy.
41:26 Oh, yes.
41:27 And, so the opportunities for giving, endless, endless.
41:34 That's where my focus is right now.
41:37 That's a great idea. Yes.
41:39 That's a great idea. What about you, Lyndon?
41:41 Just to in this day and age, I mean,
41:44 we're just running and running and running and for one,
41:47 I need to be a blessing to my family and be at home,
41:50 be with my family, be with my immediate family.
41:53 And then also my mom in Lincoln,
41:54 and I would also...
41:57 me and my wife actually talked about
42:00 people who are married and they have kids,
42:03 they need their date nights and you know...
42:05 Amen. Yeah, amen.
42:08 I mean, and watching the kids
42:10 while they're having a date night
42:13 and then they can watch my kid when I had a date night.
42:15 Oh, I like that.
42:16 But, yeah, just, just a little nice gesture.
42:19 And yeah, you can do that throughout the year.
42:21 It doesn't have to be just at Christmas.
42:22 Yeah. That's a great idea.
42:25 I think for me,
42:27 I've recently passed by this shelter
42:31 and I have been meaning to go by there
42:33 and just kind of assess what their needs are
42:36 and just find out, you know,
42:38 is there anything that I can do to help and so,
42:43 that might be a good thing to do,
42:44 to go to a shelter or somewhere
42:48 where there are people together that are less fortunate
42:52 and you can just kind of find out
42:53 what you can do to make a difference.
42:56 Or maybe your church is doing something.
42:57 I know, like my church,
42:58 we do something but we always need helpers to help
43:03 and so that's where you can always start first
43:05 at your own home church and see what they are doing.
43:07 Absolutely. That's a great idea.
43:11 We should sing,
43:13 'Silent Night' and 'The First Noel.'
43:14 Great idea.
43:15 All right. You like my segue?
43:17 I do. Smooth?
43:18 Very smooth. Right.
43:34 Silent night
43:40 Holy night
43:46 All is calm
43:52 And all is bright
44:00 Round yon virgin
44:06 Mother and child
44:13 Holy infant
44:20 So tender and mild
44:27 Sleep in heavenly peace
44:43 Sleep in heavenly peace.
45:04 Silent night
45:11 Holy night
45:17 Shepherds quake
45:24 At the sight
45:31 Glories stream
45:37 From heaven above
45:44 Heavenly, hosts sing
45:51 Hallelujah
45:58 Christ the Savior is born
46:14 Christ the Savior is born
46:35 The First Noel
46:43 The Angels did say
46:50 Was to certain poor shepherds
46:57 In fields as they lay
47:04 In fields
47:08 Where they lay
47:13 Keeping their sheep
47:18 On a cold winter's night
47:26 That was so deep
47:34 Noel, Noel
47:40 Noel
47:44 Noel
47:49 Born is the King
47:57 of Israel
48:05 They looked up
48:13 And they saw a star
48:20 Shining
48:22 In the East
48:28 Beyond them afar
48:36 And to the earth
48:43 It gave great light
48:50 And so it continued
48:56 Both day and night
49:04 Noel, Noel
49:11 Noel
49:15 Noel
49:20 Born is the King
49:26 Of Israel
49:37 Amen, amen. Noel, Noel.
49:41 That I love that song. That's a timeless one too.
49:43 You know, where you sang that song to is Tim Miner.
49:48 Did you ever hear him sing that?
49:49 Tim Miner sang that and he toured up to by Lyndon.
49:53 Thank you.
49:54 That was a blessing, that was a blessing.
49:56 Okay, we have one more song that we have to sing.
49:58 One more? We are out of time already?
49:59 Almost.
50:01 We have time for one more song.
50:02 Okay. Great, great, great.
50:04 What do you want to do?
50:05 Well, we absolutely must do 'Hark! The Hearld Angels Sing.'
50:08 because it's Duawne's very first solo song.
50:12 Oh, okay.
50:13 I didn't know I told you that.
50:14 You did. I remember it.
50:16 Ah, I love it. Okay, we got to do that.
50:17 Let's do 'Hark! The Hearld Angels Sing.'
50:19 Yes, for old time's sake.
50:24 Sing along with us at home.
50:28 Hark the herald angels sing
50:32 Glory to the newborn King!
50:37 Peace on earth and mercy mild
50:41 God and sinners reconciled
50:46 Joyful, all ye nations rise
50:50 Join the triumph of the skies
50:55 With the angelic host proclaim
51:00 Christ is born in Bethlehem
51:04 Hark the herald angels sing
51:09 Glory to the newborn King!
51:15 All right.
51:24 Hark the herald angels sing
51:29 Jesus, the Light of the world
51:34 Glory to the newborn King
51:39 Jesus, the Light of the world
51:43 We'll walk in the Light, beautiful Light
51:48 Come where the dewdrops of mercy are right
51:53 Shine all around us by day and by night
51:58 Jesus, the Light of the world
52:03 Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace!
52:08 Jesus, the Light of the world
52:13 And hail the Son of Righteousness!
52:18 Jesus, the Light of the world
52:22 We'll walk in the Light, beautiful Light
52:28 Come where the dewdrops of mercy are right
52:32 Shine all around us by day and by night
52:37 Jesus, the Light of the world
52:41 We'll walk in the Light, beautiful Light
52:47 Come where the dewdrops of mercy are right
52:52 Shine all around us by day and by night
52:57 Jesus, the Light of the world
53:03 Amen, amen.
53:07 So, we have to wind this up
53:10 and the time is really gone by really fast.
53:11 I know, already, already.
53:14 How are you guys going to spend the holidays?
53:16 What are you going to be doing?
53:17 Let's start with you, D. What am I going to be doing?
53:19 Well, my wife's from Bermuda.
53:21 So we normally spend the Christmas season,
53:24 the holiday season with her family there.
53:27 But before we go, 'cause I live in the D.C area,
53:31 we'll watch the White House Christmas tree be lit up.
53:34 Oh, cool.
53:35 And they have, they have a Christmas tree in a circle
53:38 for everyone one of the 50 states.
53:41 And so, we'll have like hot chocolate
53:43 and you know, it's, it's very festive.
53:45 Oh, that's nice.
53:46 And then we'll board a plane and..
53:48 You guys do that every year?
53:49 We do. You've been doing that...Okay.
53:51 And then we'll board a plane and wear shorts for Christmas.
53:53 Oh, that's awesome, awesome.
53:56 What about you, Shirley Ann? I would love to go with you.
53:59 Come along, come along.
54:01 Beautiful. Just the wonderful place to be.
54:03 Like it's for me, the legacy continues.
54:05 I will be giving on Christmas and getting out there,
54:10 maybe heading back down to Staten Island
54:12 and all those places affected out in New York
54:16 and just giving my heart to them.
54:18 Oh, nice. Nice. Yes.
54:21 Well, I'm going to be doing
54:22 a Christmas program with my church.
54:25 Orchard Park Seventh-day Adventist Church
54:27 put out a Shamus book.
54:30 And then I'll be going home to spend time
54:33 with my family in Nebraska
54:35 and go to Allon Chapel Seventh-day Adventist Church,
54:38 Oh, nice.
54:40 Well, my dad came here from Dallas a while ago
54:44 and he's in a nursing home here and so,
54:47 he and I are going to be together
54:49 with some other family and friends here
54:51 and just spend Christmas together,
54:53 which would be really nice.
54:54 Nice. Yeah, yeah.
54:56 Family time. That's priceless. Yeah.
54:58 It is, it is. I want to thank all of you.
55:01 This means so much, you know,
55:03 to have you here and to have
55:05 to share this program with.
55:06 This is our first annual Magnify Him Christmas
55:10 or a holiday special and so, I just thank you.
55:14 Thank you, David, thank you, Lyndon.
55:16 Thank you, so my mind is,
55:18 well, my mind is locking up now.
55:20 Thank you, Shirley Ann and thank you, D so much.
55:23 I just can't even express how much I appreciate this.
55:27 You know God brings everything together.
55:30 Everything-- everybody that's supposed to be here,
55:33 is here and so, thank you.
55:36 May God bless you and I hope you have a wonderful holiday.
55:37 Yes.
55:39 God bless you too. Thank you.
55:41 Magnify Him.
55:46 So, Yvonne, we've now recorded, what, three seasons?
55:49 Three seasons.
55:50 And it's taken three seasons to get you to sing.
55:53 Could you explain why really this Christmas?
55:56 Was, was it the holidays,
55:57 is that what it was that got you to the mood to sing?
56:00 Yes, and the fact that some other people
56:02 that were supposed to come, couldn't come.
56:04 You think that's it? No, no.
56:06 No, it's... I love this time of year
56:08 and I just love being able to sing
56:10 and so I'm thankful that I was able to sing
56:12 for Magnify Him for the first time.
56:14 Yes, yes.
56:15 It was a blessing. So, what's next?
56:18 As far as?
56:20 As far as when we leave this place.
56:23 Yes?
56:24 What are we going to do?
56:26 We're going to go eat.
56:28 You talking about today?
56:31 Are you telling about today or on the holidays?
56:33 The holidays. Oh, my bad.
56:35 Okay, so what we are planning...
56:37 We still got to go eat.
56:38 We still gonna go eat,
56:40 but I'm doing a Christmas program
56:41 with Danny Shelton and John Lomacang
56:43 at the nursing home for my dad.
56:45 Excellent. Yes. Lord willing.
56:47 And I'll be doing some things in the D.C area.
56:49 Great. Oh, that's awesome. Yes, yes.
56:51 Now this was our first Magnify Him holiday special.
56:55 All of our artists wish you a very happy holiday
56:59 as you celebrate the birth and life
57:01 of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
57:03 May you richly experience His peace and blessings this season
57:08 and then in the months and years to come.
57:10 Think about something great that you can do for someone.
57:13 Think about a way
57:15 that you can make their lives a little bit better.
57:18 Think about how you might be
57:21 the only Jesus that they ever see,
57:24 and then when you do that and you reach out,
57:27 watch what God does for you.
57:30 Happy holidays. Happy holidays.
57:31 May God bless you. God bless you.


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