Participants: Lewis (Host), Yvonne, Danny Shelton, Shelley Quinn
Series Code: UBR
Program Code: UBR000150A
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00:01 There is a buzz around 3ABN and Dare to Dream.
00:04 What's it all about? Stay tuned to find out. 00:07 My name is Yvonne Lewis 00:08 and you're watching Urban Report. 00:35 Hello and welcome to Urban Report. 00:36 My guests today are 00:38 Danny Shelton, 3ABN's Founder and President, 00:41 and Shelley Quinn, Program Development Manager 00:43 and G.E.T. Coordinator. 00:45 Welcome to Urban Report, Danny. 00:48 Thank you, I'm going to stay here with you today. 00:52 I can't believe that I get to sit on this side 00:55 and ask you guys questions now! 00:56 Well, yeah, I'm a little more comfortable 00:58 asking the questions than answering them for sure. 01:02 Well, this is a subject that you are intimately familiar with 01:06 I'm so excited and there's so much going on 01:09 at 3ABN around this whole, 01:11 "Blessing Is on the Go" initiative 01:14 tell us about it, what is it, 01:16 where did it come from, give us the scoop on that. 01:19 Well, I've learned over 31 years of ministry, 01:22 that the blessing of God is on the go, 01:24 if you want something to happen, go... take a step into the water 01:28 God will part the Red Seas, He will... 01:30 Pharaoh's armies can be behind us 01:32 and mountains on either side, 01:33 but the Lord will make a way through 01:35 so, today, my main word, I'd say, my focal point 01:40 and it has been, 01:42 I've tried to keep it there for 30 years 01:43 is Evangelism, so I say, you know, 01:45 my repertoire words may not be that great 01:48 but the main one I want to keep 01:49 in the front of my mind is, 01:50 Evangelism, Evangelism, Evangelism. 01:53 So in order to evangelize, you've got to go... 01:55 don't wait on God 01:57 to open the windows of heaven to pour you out blessings 01:59 where there's not room enough to receive it, 02:01 just say, 02:03 "Lord, I'm willing to go, where do you want me to go?" 02:04 and God will bless it. 02:06 He will... and I noticed that 02:08 around here, 02:10 ever since we started this whole thing, 02:13 with The Blessing Is on the "Go!" 02:15 everybody is so pumped about it 02:17 because as you get into it, 02:20 you're whole focus gets deeper with the Lord 02:24 it really waters your spirit, wouldn't you say that Shelley? 02:27 Absolutely, you know, we have to add the rest of it 02:30 The Blessing Is on the "Go!" Evangelistic Team 02:33 and the "Go Evangelistic Team" is growing like wildfire 02:36 what I'm so excited about and Danny, this is something 02:40 I haven't shared this thought with you, 02:42 but the Law of Life 02:43 in the spiritual and the physical 02:46 "The Law of Life demands a reproduction" 02:49 in other words, you can't... 02:52 you know, in the physical realm, 02:54 if a species doesn't reproduce, it is soon extinct 02:58 and our churches have to reproduce Christians 03:03 or they begin to dwindle and die off 03:06 you just can't have this maintenance idea 03:10 but Christians also, if we are given spiritual life, 03:15 we've got to reproduce to keep that spiritual life going 03:19 what I am so excited about this Program in a nutshell, 03:23 is that if you give a monthly donation of any amount to 3ABN 03:29 to become a part of 03:30 The Blessing Is on the "Go" Evangelistic Team, 03:32 we will send you a beautiful certificate 03:36 that certifies you are a member of 3ABN's 03:40 "Go Evangelistic Team" and then, what we do is 03:44 we send a book which is Danny Shelton's 03:47 "The Blessing is on the Go!" a wonderful book, 03:50 it's so inspiring, and we send an evangelistic tool 03:54 each month to the "Go Evangelistic Team" members 03:59 so they are out each month 04:01 it's something very simple, it can be a CD, a music CD or 04:07 it might be a sermon DVD, it can be a Bible Study 04:11 but there's something that they can go share with 04:14 the neighbor or friend or a family member 04:16 and it makes evangelism which is simply 04:20 just telling the good news about Jesus Christ 04:23 it makes it so simple, 04:25 people from 9 to 90 can participate in this 04:28 and people are beginning to really feel the blessing 04:33 and it is wonderful. Absolutely. 04:35 You know how it's funny is that Shelley... 04:37 she stays on "high" with this 04:40 I know, I know, well, you cannot... 04:43 to me... you can't get a little snippet of it 04:49 without catching the vision, Amen. 04:51 the vision of it is to not only support 3ABN, 04:56 but to share the gospel of Jesus Christ 04:58 with the world, and a lot of people say, 05:01 "Well, I'm not good at Bible Studies" 05:04 or "I can't do this" 05:06 well, you can give a book to someone 05:09 or you can give the CD to someone, right? 05:11 Absolutely. You can share. 05:13 Absolutely, let me tell you where... 05:14 give you a little background 05:15 as to where this all started. Please. 05:17 Thirty-one years ago when the Lord impressed me to build 05:19 a television station to reach the world, 05:21 with an undiluted three angels' message, 05:24 one that would counteract the counterfeit, 05:26 I knew that I didn't know anything about television, 05:28 and I didn't have any education in communication, 05:31 didn't have any money, and property, equipment, 05:33 any of those things and I said, 05:34 "Lord, I'll go forward on two conditions" 05:36 I'll never beg for money and borrow money. 05:38 I said, "beg" because 05:39 there were a couple of Christian stations 05:42 back then already on the air, 05:43 and it seemed like they begged for money, 05:46 in fact, they would ask Melody and me to come sing 05:48 and I said, "Man, those people are just begging for money" 05:51 so I said, "Lord I'm not going to do that, 05:53 I'm not going to fight this thing, if this is you, 05:55 you'll have to supply all the need. " 05:57 That's the way I will know whether it's God or not 06:00 and so, over the years, we've been really conscious 06:03 not to try to have "beg-a-thons" 06:05 or "praise-a-thons" or "telethons" 06:07 and yet what is happening to the ministry after 30 years, 06:10 I'm going to use it like... as a foundation 06:12 our foundation are people who give on a monthly basis 06:16 is only... really... it's amazing... 06:18 eight, nine, ten thousand at most 06:21 people out of 18 million Adventists 06:23 let alone all the other folks watching, 06:26 you know, actually give a monthly gift. 06:28 How many? Eight to ten thousand 06:30 but that's not every month, 06:32 that's not... they give a monthly gift 06:33 it's just... that many people give a month 06:35 maybe it's a one-time gift, but our donors 06:38 our monthly donors are way less than that, 06:40 so, what's happening is, 06:42 as we grow and go into all the world, 06:44 Jesus said, "Go ye into all the world" 06:46 it's like we have, Shelley, 06:47 our structure is going out like this 06:50 because our foundation is small 06:52 and so I said, "Lord, we really need something 06:55 this is the first time that I can see 06:57 doors are opening with things happening 06:59 in the world, and the politics 07:01 and here in America, changing the... 07:03 literally, redefining marriage into same-sex marriage," 07:09 I mean, that's a slap to God in the face 07:11 "Lord, if we ever need to be awake, it's right now" 07:14 and so, how can we do this because 07:17 our financial base is this big, 07:19 and yet our needs are this big, 07:21 so, I was praying about it and I just woke up one morning, 07:23 I don't know if it was three or four in the morning, 07:26 "The Blessing is on the go" I've said that for years, 07:29 and all of a sudden it hit me 07:31 you know what? 07:33 in order to have revival and reformation, 07:34 which Jesus is coming back for a victorious church, 07:38 he's coming back for a purified bride, 07:40 a church that's on "fire" so to speak for Him 07:43 and a church triumphant 07:44 and yet when I look around me, 07:46 I don't see the church triumphant, 07:47 I don't see it triumphant, and I don't see your church... 07:50 whatever church you go to either... triumphant... 07:52 I'm saying, "All of us as Christians, 07:55 there has to be revival and reformation" 07:57 well, all the Networks get on, 07:59 "Give money, 08:00 Grandma, we got to have your five bucks, 08:01 we've got to have all of these things," 08:03 and you do, it takes millions of dollars 08:05 for 3ABN, we're 501c3 supporting 08:10 or independent ministry, 08:11 so we don't get tithes 08:12 or offerings or money from the church. 08:14 And I think that's an important... 08:15 I just want to stop there for one second Danny, 08:17 because I think that's an important point 08:19 that a lot of people think that when they're giving 08:22 like on Media Sabbath or something like that, 08:24 that they're giving to 3ABN and they're not, 08:27 they're not giving to 3ABN 08:28 because 3ABN receives money independently 08:31 but not from the churches. 08:32 Right and rightfully so, 08:34 but it's just that people don't always, as you say, 08:36 know that because we are 08:37 a supporting or independent ministry 08:40 but my thing was 08:41 "Lord, we need revival and reformation" 08:44 and yet we need finances to go forward 08:46 and all of a sudden this idea came to me 08:49 "The blessing is on the go Team members" 08:51 Evangelistic Team Members so what happens is, 08:54 we tell people, as Shelley just said, 08:56 "if you give any monthly donation, 08:58 whether it's $5, $50, a $100, 09:01 whatever the Lord impresses you to give 09:03 on a monthly basis, 09:04 then we send you this little plaque she was telling us about, 09:08 Certificate, saying that you are a "Go Ye" Team Member, 09:12 Evangelistic Team Member, 09:14 Let's put it back up on the screen, 09:15 so they can see what they get. 09:17 But the benefit of this and what really hit me is, 09:19 Yvonne, was that now, 09:22 it encourages, when you become a team member, 09:25 you now become an Evangelist. 09:27 Come on now... 09:28 So it's not like... just give... 09:30 just send 3ABN some money 09:32 because all the money in the world 09:35 really won't impact this church enough 09:37 that we're going to find victory through money, 09:40 you don't find it, 09:42 whether it's the Adventist Church, 09:43 the Baptist Church, or anything else, 09:44 you could have billions of dollars 09:46 and that's not going to set the pace 09:48 for Jesus to come back 09:49 what's going to set the pace for Jesus to come back, 09:52 he said, "when you go into all the world. " 09:54 See, the blessing of God is on the "Go. " 09:57 Jesus says, "All power is given me in heaven and earth. 10:00 Go ye therefore... " so what He just said is, 10:02 that there is no excuse 10:05 for not taking the gospel to the world, 10:06 because He set the stage, all power is given... who? 10:09 Jesus says, "All power is given me in heaven and earth. 10:11 Go ye therefore... " 10:13 so what He says is, as Dr. Walt used to say, 10:15 "He's counted His resources in advance when He said, 10:18 'Go ye into all the world'" Hmmm... hmmm... 10:20 So, what we need is, I said 3ABN, we... financially 10:23 this is the toughest position we've ever been in, 10:27 and yet, I don't want to go on the air because I said, 10:29 "Lord, I'm not going to beg for money, this is Yours... " 10:31 but the Lord really showed me this, I am convinced, 10:34 that the Blessing on the "Go" Evangelistic Team Member, 10:37 so, what happens is when you give a monthly donation 10:41 of any size, then we send you an Evangelistic tool 10:44 whether it's a DVD, it could be CDs or music 10:47 might be the books, it could be preaching 10:50 and what you do... you take it 10:53 and maybe you need to listen to it or watch it, 10:55 and you say, "Lord, what would you have me to do?" 10:58 you can't sell something that you don't own 11:00 that you don't have, right? 11:01 If you don't have a relationship with Jesus, 11:03 please don't try to sell it because the world can see it, 11:06 they know "false religion" 11:08 so, what I'm encouraging you, 11:10 I said, "Lord this could be that grassroots movement, 11:13 the latter rain, why not begin here 11:16 and why not begin now?" 11:17 and so, I said, "Okay... " 11:19 You're preaching brother. 11:20 Well, I don't know, sorry but... 11:22 No, I love it... 11:23 no, no, no, we love that... we want that. 11:24 But absolutely, so this is what's gong to get 11:27 the grassroots movement involved, 11:29 so, we're asking people, 11:31 "Submit and commit your life to Jesus" 11:33 and then as we send these to you, 11:35 you can benefit spiritually but then, 11:37 you give them to someone else, 11:39 you don't sell it, it was given to you, 11:41 so you send... 11:42 whether it's the little book, "The Blessings is on the Go" 11:44 whether it's the CD, John Lomacang's got on music 11:47 how pertinent to this time, 11:49 we have it on almost every topic you can imagine. 11:53 "What happens to you when you die," 11:54 "The Sabbath," we'll have it on "Salvation" 11:57 all kinds of topics and you can give these to your friends 12:00 and your neighbors, I tell people, your enemies, 12:02 give them to everybody, because this is what I believe 12:06 when people get involved, 12:07 when we get involved, 12:09 that's when we begin to feel the Holy Spirit, 12:12 and begin to realize... just today, somebody said, 12:15 "How do I know God is real, how do I know God is real?" 12:18 and I said, "Well, that tells me 12:19 that you're not really doing anything for Him" 12:21 because once you accept that I am... 12:24 that once you accept that... 12:26 yeah, and they were Christian by name, 12:29 but I said, "Once you accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, 12:32 you'll go and tell... " they said, 12:34 "Well, I'm not a preacher, and I don't know what to do" 12:36 I said, "Go and tell what He's done for you. " 12:37 You're greatest asset is your own personal testimony 12:41 of what God has done for you. 12:42 No one can argue with that, 12:43 they can try, but you know what Jesus has done for you. 12:46 So now, as you begin to go forward, 12:49 you will feel, literally, 12:51 I can feel and sense and I have for years now, 12:54 the anointing of the Holy Spirit, 12:56 you do too when you're up singing... 12:57 Shelley, when you're up preaching or talking, 13:00 you sense this and the world didn't give it 13:02 and the world can't take it away. 13:03 That's right, that's right, so right now... 13:05 so that's what I want to see for each and every Viewer 13:08 of Dare to Dream or 3ABN... all the Networks that we have, 13:11 is that a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ 13:15 so the "Blessing is on the Go Evangelistic Team Member," 13:18 that's just saying, "Guess what, 13:20 we're all on the same team 13:21 and now we are going to equip you 13:23 with tools, that you become an Evangelist 13:26 in your own right," to me, this was a "win-win" 13:28 because I said, "Thus saith the Lord... " 13:30 we're not saying, "Grandma, just give us this, 13:31 Grandma, give us that" 13:33 it's "No, how do we start something that's a 'Movement?'" 13:36 Shelley, I like the way you talk about it, 13:38 it's not... this is not an event or a Program, 13:41 this is a Movement, 13:42 it's going to continue till Jesus comes and we believe 13:45 it could be the beginning of the latter rain 13:47 to get everyone involved in evangelism. 13:50 You have given me so much to chew on right now 13:54 it's almost like... there's so much to this but 13:58 when you dissect this, this whole movement, 14:02 is, as Shelley mentioned earlier, 14:05 it is for the growth of the individual as well as the church 14:09 so we're all benefitting, when I give this to someone, 14:13 it's not just for them, it's also for me 14:16 and it also grows the local church, 14:18 this is a win-win kind of situation for everyone. 14:22 And when someone becomes a good Evangelistic Team Member, 14:26 they are supporting evangelism around the world, 14:29 we're going to be doing 14:30 huge evangelistic events around the world, 14:34 so they're supporting that, 14:36 they're supporting the missionary mission of 3ABN 14:40 but as you said, 14:41 when Danny first started talking about this, 14:44 it was just like... 14:45 the Holy Spirit was just all over us 14:50 all over me, and I thought, 14:52 "Lord, we can talk about revival and reformation 14:56 till the cows come home, and nothing is going to get done 15:01 until we go out and share," 15:03 when I was in Israel last year, I remember that 15:07 when you look at the Sea of Galilee, 15:09 the Jordan River feeds into the Sea of Galilee, 15:13 and the Sea of Galilee is teaming with life, 15:16 it is beautiful 15:18 and this living water comes to the Sea of Galilee 15:21 and then it goes out of the Sea of Galilee, 15:23 and goes on further south and it ends up in the Dead Sea. 15:27 Why is the Dead Sea "dead?" 15:29 It's fed with the same living water, 15:32 it's because there is no outlet 15:36 so now, for us as Christians, 15:40 if we are receiving the living water of the Holy Spirit, 15:43 and we just sit there and try to hold on to it 15:46 for ourself, we're only doing Bible Study for our own benefit, 15:49 we don't share our testimony, 15:51 if we don't get out and tell something 15:55 there's got to be an outlet, 15:56 "we learn to teach, we teach to learn" right? 15:58 but so many people will say, 16:00 "I don't have a ministry, I don't know what to do," 16:03 as a "Go" Evangelistic Team Member, 16:06 once again, not only are you supporting 16:09 all of the Evangelistic efforts around the world, 16:12 but now, you get that monthly tool 16:14 and pray, I ask you to pray and ask God 16:18 who should I be sharing this tool with, 16:21 and then, once you give it to them, 16:24 your job's not over, and that's the simple part... 16:26 giving it to them, you need to keep praying 16:28 that God will encourage them to listen, 16:30 that He'll open up their eyes of their understanding 16:33 and that you'll be... if they ask you a question 16:37 that you don't know how to answer, 16:38 have them call us, have them call the church, 16:41 don't worry, just get out there and share. 16:43 Absolutely, and I was going to mention that... 16:45 that's such an important point, 16:47 pray before you give that to someone, 16:50 ask the Lord to whom you should give that gift 16:54 because He knows where He wants it to go 16:57 but you are a team member 16:59 when you join the "Go" Evangelistic Team, 17:02 you are a member of this worldwide movement, 17:06 we want to finish the work 17:08 and get ready for the Lord to return 17:10 and this is absolutely the way. 17:11 I think some people will say, 17:14 "Well, I only have like $5 or $10," 17:17 ask the Lord, just ask the Lord 17:20 what He would have you to do 17:23 and then He's going to supply it for you, 17:25 this is an investment also just like tithing, to me, 17:30 tithe and offerings are kind of... a test of faith, 17:34 so this is, ask the Lord, 17:36 just when he would have you to give 17:39 and then, obey, and just set it up 17:41 as a monthly recurring bill, I find that... to me... 17:45 that's the easiest way to do it, 17:47 you don't have to see it anymore, 17:49 you don't have to do it anymore, 17:50 you just set it up once as a recurring, 17:52 online, kind of banking thing, and that's it, 17:56 it is easy, it's done. 17:58 So you can just go to our website. 18:01 Go to the website and 3abn. tv website 18:06 or D2Dnetwork. tv go to the website, donate, 18:11 become a G.E.T. member just like that, it's so easy. 18:16 You can do it, I do it where it takes out 18:17 automatically, I don't have to worry about it, 18:19 or I don't forget about it each month, 18:21 and so, to me, that's an easy way to do it, 18:23 and you don't miss it that much when it comes, 18:26 but, you know, Yvonne, there is a Movement 18:28 that's been going on for the last 15 or 20 years, 18:31 in a lot of the Evangelical churches 18:33 it's the, "Name it, claim it" you know, 18:35 "Well, if you give to God, He'll give you so much more" 18:39 and I heard one man say, 18:40 "If you sow your old Cadillac, God will give you a new one. " 18:43 all of this stuff is so selfish because it's all turning back... 18:47 "I'll give... as long as I get" yeah, what I get back in return, 18:50 so that's not what we're doing here, 18:52 and that's what I want people to understand, 18:53 this is not about... 18:55 when we're sowing seeds and giving money, 18:57 it's not sowed that somebody personally benefits from it, 19:00 it's not even yourself, to give, and a lot of people... 19:04 that's the preaching that they give, 19:06 this is totally different, the seed that we're sowing, 19:10 that you're sowing, when you support 3ABN, 19:12 is when you get the tools back 19:14 you are sowing seeds into your neighbors, 19:17 your friends, people at church, 19:18 everybody that goes to church is not a Christian, 19:20 if you haven't figured that out by now, 19:22 you might want to think about that... for just a little bit, 19:24 so, it's like, 19:26 "Who am I going to give this to, oh, I'm kind of bashful," 19:29 how about starting with some of the people in church? 19:31 you know, because, we really need this, 19:34 so these tools... they will help draw us closer to Jesus, 19:37 they'll keep our minds spiritually focused 19:40 so I want people to know, this is not about a Movement 19:43 of, "Hey, give to us and it's going to help us, 19:47 we're going to build big buildings 19:48 and we're going to do all this," 19:50 it has nothing to do with that, it has to do... 19:52 with me, what excited me the most is, 19:54 "Lord, we're asking for souls, we want you to come back, 19:57 we say, we believe you're coming soon," 19:59 but the church has to show it, we have to be alive and well, 20:04 people don't want... as I already mentioned, 20:06 they don't want something... 20:08 you can't sell something that you don't own or you don't have, 20:10 so when we reflect Jesus in our lives, 20:13 as we submit and commit our lives to Him, 20:16 He says, "I... if I be lifted up from this earth, 20:19 will draw all men unto me" 20:21 and so each of us has an opportunity 20:24 but a lot of folks say, "Well, I'm not a very good, 20:26 I'm not a very good communicator, 20:29 I can't talk, I can't preach, I can't sing," 20:32 well in this case you don't have to, 20:33 because you know, you can pass out a book, 20:35 you can give a CD or a DVD but I had somebody tell me once, 20:40 I was at a beautiful home and the guy said... 20:42 he was driving a brand-new car, 20:44 he said, "Well, you can go preach, 20:45 and teach and talk but I can't... 20:48 I'm not a good communicator I'm terrible," 20:50 I said, "You can't witness for Jesus?" 20:52 he said, "No, you know, other people can do that" 20:54 I said, "That's a beautiful car you got," 20:57 I said, "Where did you get that?" 20:58 he said, "Well, what do you mean?" 21:00 I said, "You bought it? "Yeah," he said, 21:01 I said, "Who bought it for you?" he said, "Oh, I paid for it" 21:04 I said, "No, "who made the deal?" 21:06 "Oh, I did," he said, 21:07 I said, "So you can communicate" 21:09 because he said, "I got a really good deal on it" 21:11 So I said, 21:12 "Oh, so you can communicate if you really want to" 21:14 so, see, my dad used to say, "People do what they want to do" 21:17 if we really want to serve the Lord, we can do it, 21:20 if we're really excited about Jesus coming back 21:23 it's going to show, it's going to show... 21:25 you are going to want and get involved in evangelism 21:29 and why not do it, 21:30 team up with 3ABN so we can work together. 21:32 Absolutely, and if you're not excited about it, 21:35 ask the Lord to put a passion in your heart for it, 21:37 He will do that, 21:38 He will give you a passion for souls, 21:41 a burden for souls, I know He will. 21:43 What's been the response so far? 21:45 Oh, we've had an incredible response so far 21:48 just within the first couple of months, 21:50 there were over 1,600 people and it just keeps coming in 21:53 hundreds each week, but I want to share something, 21:56 and I'm not trying to contradict what you said about 21:59 not giving to get, 22:01 but it kind of goes with what you were saying also 22:04 about, "ask the Lord to give you a passion" 22:06 one of my favorite Scriptures is, 22:08 1st Thessalonians 3:12 and 13 where Paul says, 22:11 "May the Lord cause you to increase 22:14 and abound in love to one another 22:16 so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness" 22:21 don't you want to be blameless in holiness 22:24 at the return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? 22:27 Paul is saying that it is God who is going to do that, 22:31 as He pours His love into our heart 22:34 by the power of the Holy Spirit 22:36 and as we grow in the love of God, 22:38 we grow in holiness, we become more like Him, 22:41 and this is something that Danny, your focus, to begin with 22:46 may have been on supporting the world evangelism 22:50 and increasing the foundation but immediately what I saw was, 22:54 "Lord, this is what you're going to do, it is so simple, 22:57 this is what you're going to do to usher in the latter rain" 23:00 because, pray and ask God, "Fill my heart with your love" 23:04 and I guarantee you, when God fills you with His love 23:08 as He establishes you perfect in holiness, 23:10 He is going to give you that burden for the lost, 23:14 I mean, even since we've started this, 23:17 my whole focus personally has changed, 23:21 I feel that burden for the lost, 23:23 Yvonne: Yes, yes. Danny: Absolutely, absolutely, 23:25 thank you Shelley for doing that 23:27 because it had actually helped me, 23:29 my point was, earlier, and I kind of trailed off of it, 23:32 was "the name it... claim it" 23:34 for physical things, a new car, whatever, 23:36 no, but you can "name it and claim it" 23:39 because Jesus says, "All power is given me 23:42 in heaven and earth, so go ye therefore... " 23:44 so anything we do 23:45 for the cause of God, 23:47 God will bless that, He will honor that, 23:49 every need will be supplied, 23:51 every need... that's what He says, 23:52 God's not a liar, He tells you the truth 23:54 so, whatever it is that you need to get the gospel to the world, 23:58 you can name that and claim it, 24:00 you can take that, as they say, "to the bank" 24:02 if you say, "Okay Lord, I'm going to be... 24:04 I'm going to join 3ABN as an Evangelistic Team Member," 24:07 I promise you, God will supply everything that you need, 24:11 we're going to give you the tools, 24:13 and as you begin to give these out and share these, 24:16 watch what it does in your own life 24:18 see if the "joy of the Lord" has not become your strength 24:21 you're going to see it because 24:23 you can't share Jesus without it affecting you. 24:26 That's right, that's right, and speaking of giving, 24:29 tell us about this book. 24:31 Okay, The Blessing is on the GO! I wrote this a few months ago, 24:34 and then had no idea 24:36 that we were going to be doing 24:38 The Blessing is on the Go! Evangelistic Team Member, 24:40 but this book will help those who say, 24:42 "I'm not an evangelist, 24:44 I don't have any money, I don't know... 24:46 I don't know how to start even evangelism," 24:49 and I just go back and tell you 24:50 how I started when the Lord impressed me 24:52 to build a television station to reach the world, 24:55 and some of these seemed like obstacles 24:57 and mountains, turned out to be blessings, 24:59 you see, because I believe 25:01 that God is big enough to move the mountains, 25:02 and so, it will encourage you hopefully, 25:05 I wrote it for one reason, is to encourage you 25:08 that everyone of us, 25:09 when it says, "Go ye into all the world... " 25:11 it's not just "Go, Mark Finley, 25:13 and Brother Byrd and Doug Batchelor 25:16 and all these folk" 25:18 it's go ye... that's you and me 25:19 that we can become evangelists for Jesus 25:22 now we may not preach like John Carter to 50,000 people 25:25 but God can use us as an Evangelist 25:28 and you know why He does this, Yvonne? 25:30 Why? He does it for our own salvation 25:32 That's right. 25:33 God does not need us to save anybody 25:35 but He allows us to be a part, 25:38 to allow His blessings to flow, His Spirit to flow through us 25:42 as we're trying to be a blessing to others, 25:44 for our own salvation because otherwise, 25:47 I get too selfish, I think about me, myself, and I, 25:50 when Jesus says that we have to love one another 25:52 if I love one another, and I have discovered 25:55 what can give me eternal life 25:58 that it's a free gift through Christ Jesus, 26:00 then, I've got to share that with somebody else, 26:02 I have to share it, 26:04 so The Blessing is on the GO! hopefully, it's a little book 26:07 we'll recount several miracles that God has blessed us with 26:10 along the way as He wants to do for you. 26:12 And for everyone that's watching, 26:14 that calls in today, 26:16 they can get this book for free, 26:19 this is our free offer, we don't usually do this on... 26:21 You know what, we'll even pay the postage too. 26:23 Oh, wonderful, well, see, praise the Lord. 26:26 No gimmicks here... 26:27 No gimmicks, this is a free book for you 26:29 just e-mail us at: and the e-mail is on the screen 26:34 freeoffer@3abn. tv 26:41 or call us at 618-627-4651 26:47 that's 618-627-4651 and you can get this free book. 26:54 Give us a closing thought if you would 26:56 about Blessing is on the GO! 26:58 I think that the most important thing in life 27:04 is... we know that the only thing we can take to heaven 27:08 with us is our character, 27:10 and we have to develop the character of Christ 27:12 first we have to have the essence of His love 27:15 that's the essence of His character, 27:17 but we have to be turned outward, 27:19 we have quit looking at just what's going on in our life 27:24 and we have to reach out to others 27:26 and the Go Evangelistic Team Members are doing that, 27:29 they're already being blessed and we want you to join 27:33 my personal vision is that every Viewer of 3ABN, 27:38 Dare to Dream or whatever network 27:40 will be involved 27:42 and we will turn this world upside down. 27:45 Amen. Thank you so much, 27:46 how about you Danny? Oh, I'll say, 27:48 "Praise God from whom all blessings flow 27:50 He's ready to come back, let's do our part. " 27:53 Amen, thank you so much for being with us 27:55 and you have to come back on Dare to Dream 27:57 because I don't get to have you often, 27:59 and thank you for watching, join us next time 28:02 because it just wouldn't be the same... without you. |
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