Participants: Danny Shelton (Host), Little Richard
Series Code: 17HC
Program Code: 17HC000011A
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00:49 Praise the Lord! Good morning and welcome
00:52 to Fall Camp Meeting here at 3ABN in West Frankfort, IL. 00:56 And we're so thankful for all the crowd that's here 00:59 and our special guest today - yes! is Little Richard. 01:03 Now I'm havin' to call him... I call him Bro. Richard, right? 01:06 But the world knows him as Little Richard. Yes. 01:09 So we're so thankful that you're here today, Bro. Richard. 01:11 I'm glad to be here. 01:13 Absolutely! First camp meeting I've been to in many years. 01:17 All right. Yes. And I think you haven't been speaking in 01:20 publicly in very many... in quite a few years, right? Yes. 01:23 Yes... yes. So how did we get you up here? 01:26 I know we didn't offer you any money. 01:28 No... we don't charge money to talk about God. 01:34 OK. We just want to be a part of His kingdom. 01:38 He's been so good to us. All right. 01:41 And He's such a merciful God. Um-hmm. 01:43 And I'm just so glad that you invited me 01:47 and I'm glad that I was able to come. 01:50 Because I know that everybody here is trying to get ready 01:54 to meet Jesus. That's right! 01:56 That's all that's left in this world, isn't that right? 01:59 That's right. We all need to get ready to meet Him 02:02 because He is coming soon. Amen! 02:06 And whether you're ready or no He's still coming! 02:10 That's right. So get ready. Amen! 02:12 We have another special guest, and I want to introduce 02:16 Tara Chambers. She's from the City of West Frankfort. 02:19 And Tara... come up just a little bit. 02:22 And I think you were going to give Bro. Richard a welcome. 02:26 Absolutely! It's not every day that we get a legend here 02:29 in southern Illinois to come and join us. 02:31 And our special guest today has sung songs that 02:36 people - millions of people around the world - 02:38 can recite word for word. 02:41 But the word he's going to share today 02:42 is so much more exciting than any of that. 02:45 And we're so blessed to have you here today. 02:47 Thank you. So excited to hear your testimony. 02:50 Thank you so much. And we know that it is not only 02:52 going to touch southern Illinois and everybody that hears it 02:54 but thanks to Three Angels Broadcasting 02:57 people all over the world are going to be touched by God 02:59 through your testimony. Praise God! 03:00 So we just thank you and we are so happy to have you here. 03:04 Welcome to West Frankfort. Thank you so much. 03:07 Tara: I want to ask you a question. 03:09 Now I'm going to put you on the spot in front of the whole world 03:12 but now you're pretty young. I mean 03:14 you know Richard... he gives his age. He's 84 now. 03:17 Do you really know who he was? 03:18 Have you ever heard him sing really? 03:20 I have... and I've heard all of the mainstream stuff 03:24 that everybody else has heard, BUT 03:26 I have to do a little tattling on myself here for a minute. 03:30 My favorite Little Richard piece 03:33 was Rubber Duckie from Sesame Street. 03:40 I watched that as a kid 03:42 and you became famous to me on that day, so... 03:45 Thank you. She told me that back stage. 03:47 She said: "Oh, I love his Sesame Street stuff! " 03:50 My grandkids were the same way. 03:52 I said: "We're going to interview Little Richard" 03:54 and I said: "You guys don't know... " "Oh, yes, 03:57 we do! We watch him on Sesame Street. " 04:00 The young kids - yes - all the way to the older folks. 04:04 How about you, Yvonne. When did you first hear Little Richard? 04:07 Oh, you know, I don't know if Richard remembers this, 04:12 but years and years ago my parents did some work 04:16 on one of his projects... a gospel project 04:18 at Ephesus Church... and so they sang. 04:21 In New York... OK... and they sang behind him. 04:24 So I knew of him from there and of course, in the music business 04:27 I mean... whether you're in the music business or not 04:30 he's a legend. Everybody knows Little Richard. Yes! 04:32 So I've known about him for years and years 04:35 and it's my privilege to know him as Brother Richard. 04:39 Absolutely. Pastor John, 04:42 you got a phone call a couple months ago from who? 04:46 From his brother, right? Peyton? 04:48 I was in my office and his brother Peyton called. 04:50 And he said: "The Lord has impressed me to call you 04:53 and I chose to do it today. " 04:55 And he says... we had a conversation. 04:58 Peyton, if you know his brother, is a very mild mannered... 05:00 You can tell him a storm is coming. He'll say: "It is? " 05:05 He's on his way here now. I know... I know. 05:07 I wouldn't let him not be here. 05:10 And so he said: "Well, you know, we have a little church 05:13 down in Tennessee. Do you come to little churches? " 05:15 I said: "I go wherever the Lord wants me to go 05:17 but tell me something about your church. " 05:18 And he says: "Well, we had some baptisms 9 months ago... " 05:23 This was earlier last year he was telling me this. 05:25 He said: "And Richard got baptized. " 05:28 I said... uh, I said: "Richard? 05:31 Am I supposed to know Richard? " 05:36 He said: "Little Richard! " I said: "THE Little Richard? " 05:41 I said: "How do you know him? " He said: "I'm his brother 05:44 and I'm the elder of the church and if you would accept our 05:48 invitation we'd like to have you come down and visit. " 05:51 So my wife and I went down and Brother Richard was there 05:55 Sabbath morning. And I don't know if you've ever had the 05:58 experience. I wished it was the other way around: 06:00 him preaching and me saying "Amen. " 06:02 But to have him saying... He was saying: "Tell it! 06:05 Tell it! Uh-huh, all right, yes Jesus. " 06:09 And he was "egging" me on. 06:11 And I said: "Man, I wish they'd do that at my church. " 06:15 We have too many white people in our church. 06:18 But then we sat down at lunch and he and Angie, my wife... 06:23 they just talked like they knew each other all their lives. 06:25 And I just sat there and was amazed. I said: 06:26 "Lord, what is this all about? Why am I down here in Tennessee 06:29 talking to Little Richard? How did that work out? " 06:31 Now I know why today. Amen! 06:34 God works in amazing ways. Absolutely! 06:36 We want to ask, Pastor, if you would just say a prayer 06:40 for the anointing of the Holy Spirit to move in this crowd 06:43 today and for those watching literally around the world 06:46 because the testimony that he has... he gives all 06:49 honor and glory and praise to Jesus. That's right. 06:51 And that's what the world needs to see today 06:53 and here is people... letting them know 06:56 the only answer for this world's problems is Jesus. Amen! 06:59 Let's just bow our heads. 07:01 Loving Father in heaven, we stand here this morning 07:04 under the grace and anointing of Your Holy Spirit. 07:08 And, Father, as we were reminded so wonderfully 07:10 in the Sabbath School lesson study this morning 07:12 we would rather boast in our infirmities 07:15 that the power of Christ may rest upon us. 07:19 And Lord, today we glory in the cross of Christ 07:22 by whom we have been crucified to the world 07:25 and the world has been crucified to us. 07:26 And today, Lord, this is an amazing journey 07:29 that Bro. Little Richard has taken. We have seen 07:31 his trek - um-hmm - and the world knows who he was. 07:36 But Father, we praise God for who he is. 07:39 Amen! And he's come today to speak to the hearts and lives 07:42 of many who are on a road looking for what he had already 07:45 found, coming to the conclusion that there's no greater joy 07:48 and no greater purpose than living for the glory of God. 07:51 And today I pray an anointing on his heart, 07:54 his mind, his voice, his life. 07:57 That we will hear through the trek of his experiences 08:00 how God in an amazing way continued to pursue him. 08:04 And Lord, today as we remember who he was 08:07 we thank God for who he is. Amen! 08:10 Even more than who Little Richard is, we thank 08:12 You for who Jesus is. Yes! Amen! 08:15 There's no depth to which we can sink 08:17 that the Lord cannot reach down to the "guttermost" 08:20 and take us to the uttermost. 08:22 And so today we want to glorify in the righteousness of Christ. 08:24 May his words be guided by Your Holy Spirit. 08:28 May his mind be anointed. 08:30 And may those who listen and watch and be a part of this 08:33 experience know that this is just a glimpse. 08:36 That, yes, if ANYONE is in Christ 08:38 he is a new creation. Yes. Old things have passed away; 08:42 behold, all things are new. So we give You this program. 08:46 And may you use Your servant, Bro. Little Richard, 08:49 to just let people know this critical hour is the time to 08:52 choose Jesus. Amen! For there is no other way 08:55 to find happiness and eternal joy. 08:58 And we pray this - yes - in Your precious and holy name, 09:01 Amen. Amen! All right. Thank you, Pastor. 09:03 Thank you, Tara, for coming in. 09:05 Right now before Bro. Richard speaks 09:08 my daughter Melody is going to sing a song. 09:10 We're doing away with a lot of preliminaries. 09:12 Even the offering today. 09:14 So when you leave rather than to take the time 09:16 away from him, when you leave today 09:18 there'll be little buckets out here. Maybe we should put 09:21 wheelbarrows out here by faith. Little buckets that you all can 09:24 drop a check as the Holy Spirit impresses you to. 09:28 And thank you Melody. What are you singing right now? 09:30 I Will Never Leave You Alone. OK... thank you, honey. 09:55 Wandering in the wilderness, 09:59 stumbling in the dark, 10:02 life put me on a road 10:05 I prayed I'd never have to walk. 10:10 Helpless and uncertain, 10:14 staring at a wall, 10:17 I wondered where the Lord 10:20 was in it all. 10:24 But God said 10:28 "I love you forever; 10:32 I will never leave you alone. 10:39 And days when 10:43 you feel your heart can't take it 10:47 I will be the One to make you strong. 10:54 And I'll be there to help you 10:58 carry on... 11:02 I will never leave you 11:06 alone. " 11:20 Picking up the pieces 11:24 of dreams that had to die, 11:28 trying hard to understand 11:32 and not to question why. 11:35 It took a while to realize 11:39 what now I clearly see: 11:43 that holding on to Him meant 11:46 letting go of me. 11:50 And God said 11:54 "I love you forever; 11:58 I will never leave you alone. 12:05 And days when 12:08 you feel your heart can't take it 12:13 I will be the One 12:15 to make you strong. 12:20 And I'll be there to help you 12:23 carry on... 12:27 I will never leave you 12:31 alone. " 12:47 And God said 12:51 "I love you forever; 12:56 I will never leave you alone. 13:02 And days when 13:06 you feel your heart can't take it 13:10 I will be the One to make you strong. 13:17 And I'll be there to help you 13:21 carry on... 13:25 I will never leave you 13:29 alone... 13:36 I will never leave you 13:42 alone. " 14:03 Amen! 14:07 Thank you Melody. 14:09 It's our privilege today - and it's hard to say - introduce 14:12 to the world as they already know him 14:14 but Bro. Richard Penniman. 14:17 Bro. Richard: the time is yours. 14:19 If you need anything, we're here to assist you 14:21 but other than that we know God has put a lot 14:23 on your heart today. All I can say: "In times like these 14:27 we need a Savior. " Amen! 14:30 In times like these we need an anchor. All right! 14:34 We need Jesus. Amen! 14:36 There's never been a time in our life as it is today 14:40 where we need God so much. 14:43 Without Him, we can see that we're doomed. 14:47 Without Him there is nothing. 14:50 I was just thinking about the Word of God. 14:53 You know, we read all kind of magazines 14:56 and I just see where my friend just passed away. 14:58 Hugh Hefner: he was a good friend. 15:02 You know, but he represented another book 15:05 but we represent the Bible. All right! Amen! OK! 15:08 And I'm so glad that I know Jesus. Amen! 15:13 Eighty-four years old... I know Jesus. 15:16 Amen! Eighty-five this year. 15:19 If I live, I know Jesus. 15:22 It's nothing like Jesus. That's right. 15:25 Brothers and sisters, ladies and gentlemen, 15:28 remember: I don't care what color you are. 15:32 Black, white, red, brown, purple or yellow... 15:35 it don't matter. 15:38 Jesus loves you. Amen! All right! He made you. 15:43 Jesus: the Word of God. 15:46 In times like these I just stated we need a Savior. 15:50 You guys remember that Jesus IS the Word of God. 15:54 Um-hmm. And all scripture is given by inspiration of God 15:59 and is profitable for doctrine, for correction, 16:02 for instruction in righteousness. 16:05 That the man of God may be perfectly furnished 16:07 in all good works. Yes! I have learned 16:11 that when I go to bed at night, 16:14 when I sleep with the Bible in my arms, 16:18 it makes me feel comfortable. 16:21 It's something to have, like the other night at my place 16:25 the lights went out. And that's a horrible feeling. 16:30 I didn't know what to do! 16:33 I said: "Oh, God... " There wasn't nobody there 16:35 but me, and I can't walk. 16:38 I said: "Oh, God... please. " 16:40 And I learned that's when you need Jesus. 16:43 Um-hmm. And listen ladies and gentlemen, 16:46 don't let nobody tell you anything different. 16:48 All right. The Seventh-day Adventist church 16:52 is the church that I came to. 16:55 I was brought up in the Baptist church. 16:58 I went to the Baptist church on Sundays 17:02 I'd go to the movie. If I went to the Methodist church, 17:05 I'd go to the movie. My grandmother was in the 17:07 Methodist church; my mother was in the Baptist church. 17:10 My sister met a preacher by the name of Elder Ward. 17:17 He was preaching in my home town of Macon, Georgia, 17:20 where I'm from, and he was in this great big tent, 17:25 he and his wife. She was playing the piano. 17:27 And the girls was going to the tent because Elder Ward 17:30 was a good-looking guy... he was handsome. 17:33 And they was all going to the meeting trying to get 17:35 this woman's husband. 17:38 I could hear my sisters saying they thought they had him. 17:43 And he had them... you know, he was just smiling with them 17:47 and just... He got them in the truth! 17:52 And they was this lavish... And my sister became 17:56 an Adventist... which we didn't know anything about. 18:00 I heard my grandmother talk about it. 18:02 Her name was Miss Alma. 18:04 I heard her talk about it. 18:06 But my sister came home that day 18:09 and I saw my Daddy was so mad. 18:11 She threw the pork chops out in the back yard! 18:17 She threw the hot dogs in the back yard! 18:20 She threw the sausage in the back yard. 18:24 And my Daddy said: "Who threw out all that 18:27 good meat in the yard like that? " 18:29 My sister said, we said: "Peggie did it. " 18:32 My Daddy said: "I'm gonna kill you, girl. " 18:36 He said: "You know how much we paid for that? " 18:39 He said: "And you're going to eat that. Go out and get it! " 18:44 Because she had read that God didn't want us to eat 18:48 that kind of food... that He had clean meats for us. 18:53 And the Bible tells us what is clean and what is not clean. 18:58 But she wanted to get the family to goin' the right way. 19:02 She threw it all out to make sure 19:05 that we wouldn't eat any more. 19:07 And at the time I was mad with her, too, 19:10 because I didn't want... I wanted my pork chops! 19:13 I loved pork chops! That was my favorite meat. 19:18 Pork chops and ham? My Lord, my God. 19:23 I would eat that all day long. 19:26 And everybody in my home town, Macon, Georgia, 19:29 could get pork 'cause it was cheap. It wasn't expensive. 19:34 And so after that didn't nobody want to join the church 19:38 'cause they didn't want to give up their meat. 19:41 They knew Elder Ward was telling the truth 19:44 but they didn't want to give that up. 19:46 But Elder Ward said: "God's got something good for you. " 19:51 Amen! And when I read with him and I got with him 19:56 his sermon every week would be about Little Richard. 20:00 I was wearing real long hair 20:02 and make-up on my face, the eyebrow pencil... 20:06 all that stuff and you couldn't tell me nothing. 20:12 The make-up made me look lighter and brighter... 20:17 but it couldn't fix up. But God showed me something. 20:23 God showed me that: "Richard, if you live for Me, 20:29 I'm going to give you eternal life. " Yes! 20:33 "I'm going to give you everlasting joy; 20:36 I'm going to give you immortality. You'll never die. " 20:42 "It will be day from now on; it will never get night again. " 20:46 How can it get night with Jesus - the Light of the World? 20:50 Amen! Can't no darkness come in there! 20:53 He and His Father ain't nothing but light... a consuming fire! 21:00 It's really something... it's really something. 21:03 I just said: "Well, Lord, if You just help me 21:07 learn about you. " So then He made a way 21:13 for me to go to Oakwood College. 21:16 I went to Oakwood College. I got there; I didn't know why 21:20 why I was there. I was there and I learned about Jesus. 21:26 I didn't know that God was a consuming fire. 21:29 I didn't know that... I never knew that. 21:31 Nobody never told me that. 21:34 I never knew that Jesus and His Father 21:39 and the Holy Ghost... I never knew that 21:43 all three of them are God. 21:46 I didn't know that 21:48 'cause in our church they didn't teach that. 21:51 All they taught in our church 21:53 that when you die you go to heaven. 21:56 Everybody that died in my home town went to heaven. 22:00 I don't care if they were the biggest drunk in the city. 22:03 They was a drunk... they went to heaven. 22:06 And I remember the pastor be preaching the funeral 22:09 and he'd say: "Oh, John, I can see him now. 22:13 He's up there by the throne. " 22:15 And I said to myself: "John is drunk by the throne? " 22:22 And then here he's preaching another man's funeral 22:25 that was a killer: "He's by the throne. " 22:28 Here's another man that was a big thief: "He's in heaven. " 22:33 And I say: "Everybody can't be going to heaven. 22:36 Then nobody go to hell. " 22:39 EVERYBODY went to heaven. 22:41 And I said: "Well, Lord... " I said: "What is this? " 22:45 But wasn't no preacher telling it 'cause the preacher 22:48 didn't know the truth either! That's right. 22:51 The Lord said: "Ye shall know the truth and the truth will 22:54 set you free. " Amen! 22:56 And when you're set free you can tell the truth. 22:59 Not only can you tell the truth but you will KNOW the truth. 23:03 Amen! And I started reading and I started studying 23:07 about the seven last plagues. 23:09 I started studying that "What shall it profit a man 23:15 if he should gain the whole world 23:18 and lose his own soul? 23:21 Or what shall a man give God in exchange for his soul? " 23:26 Don't you know, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, 23:30 that the whole world... You talk about winning the lottery. 23:38 Everybody's trying to win the lottery/let's make a deal. 23:42 God wants to make a deal with you! Amen! 23:46 His deal is everlasting life! 23:50 Everlasting life! 23:52 He's going to give you a mansion that He built for you! 23:56 He built it for you: you and you. 23:59 It don't matter. Ain't no racism in heaven. 24:02 Amen! NONE! 24:06 You know, I just think about how the boys used to make fun 24:09 of my mother because my mother's real fair... she's Indian. 24:14 She's Mohican Indian and she's real light... like you! 24:25 That's the way my Mama looked. 24:27 The guys used to talk about my Mama 24:29 but I loved her... you know? 24:31 That was my Mama. 24:32 But I found out something: that if you live for Jesus 24:38 you love everybody. Amen! 24:42 If you live for Jesus, you may have been hateful 24:45 with hatred but if you live for Jesus... 24:48 I remember I used to have all that in me! 24:51 I'm from Macon, Georgia. 24:54 I was treated real nasty and I was trying to get revenge. 25:00 But I read where Jesus said: "Vengeance is Mine 25:03 and I shall repay. " Amen! 25:06 I learned that love covers everything. 25:11 Amen! It covers it all brothers and sisters. 25:14 I don't care where you've been or what you've done. 25:17 I don't care if you're a drunk; I don't care if you're a thief. 25:22 I don't care what you're... Give your life to Jesus 25:25 and He will change your life. Amen! 25:27 He changed my life. I was full of hate and animosity. 25:32 My best friend killed my Daddy. 25:35 Oh! My Dad died at 39 years old with twelve children. 25:42 And I learned... That hatred that I thought I had 25:46 I didn't think I did have it. I was a real hater! 25:49 And I learned that people that I used to thought that I 25:52 hated I loved. When I saw him I could just feel it. 25:57 And when you love somebody you can't fool nobody 26:00 and act like you love them when you don't. 26:03 They could see it in your eyes. OK. 26:06 The white guy that said he loved me 26:11 he used to call me "Snow. " 26:15 I knew that was a lie! 26:21 I would go in that office and when I would go in there 26:24 he would say: "Good morning, Snow. " 26:27 I said to myself: "Where did he get that from? " 26:31 I know I didn't look like snow. 26:35 And he said... But I would go there because 26:39 I would be hungry. I would go by there 26:42 and they would give me money and I could get me a hot-dog 26:44 or a sandwich. You know, I came up... My Mama had 26:48 12 children, and it was hard to feed twelve children 26:52 back in that day. My Dad was a bootlegger. 26:56 He sold whiskey to feed us. 26:58 My Mama never worked. 27:01 She couldn't work... she was out raising those children. 27:05 And I'm going to tell you something: 27:08 faith is the substance of things hoped for - Amen! 27:13 the evidence of things not seen. 27:16 That's in Hebrews 11:1. 27:19 We need to have faith in God. 27:23 Amen! We need to believe that there is a God 27:26 and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. 27:31 And He said by it the elders "obtained a good report. " 27:36 And I'm going to tell you some- thing, brothers and sisters: 27:40 get on your knees and talk to Jesus. 27:44 Don't you go to bed another night - 27:47 another day - without giving a commitment to God. 27:52 The world is getting ready to end. 27:54 Jesus is getting ready to burst the clouds. 27:57 Amen! Please, please 28:01 give your life to Jesus. 28:04 Because I just stated to you: in times like these 28:08 you need a Savior. Amen! You need an anchor. 28:13 You need a heavenly Father. 28:16 He has been a good Father... a good God. 28:19 And I read so much ladies and gentlemen. 28:22 I started carrying books around. 28:24 I started carrying a book around called Steps to Christ. 28:29 And I would go everywhere with that book. 28:34 I been taking that book for now around 50 years! 28:41 Every day I get out of the bed you know what I've got? 28:45 That book! And everybody here today 28:50 that don't know Jesus 28:53 that haven't made a commitment to Jesus 28:57 I want to give you one of those books. 28:59 Amen! I've already autographed it and everything. 29:04 And you read that book and study that book 29:07 so you can get close to God. 29:09 Because I don't want you to lose your soul. 29:14 I don't want to lose mine. 29:17 And I tell you: it ain't nothing like being a part 29:20 of the third angel's message. 29:22 I'm so glad that Danny invited me to be a part 29:25 of the third angel's message. 29:27 It gives you a "comfortness" that you never had. 29:30 It gives you a peace and a joy that you never had! 29:35 And I'm going to tell you something: 29:37 you've got to get close to God. 29:40 Amen! You've got to just sell out to Jesus. 29:44 You know, a few days ago a guy called me 29:47 and he has a show that is on every Friday night. 29:51 I can't call the name of this show. 29:54 His name is Lee Daniels. 29:58 He offered me all kinds of things to be a part 30:04 of his show. He wanted to have the Little Richard Show 30:07 that comes on every week. 30:10 And I told him... I said... He said: "But you said 30:13 you might do it. " I said: "But I've been thinking 30:16 that I can't serve two masters. " Amen! 30:20 "I can't live for Jesus AND the devil. 30:23 I've got to hold onto one one of them and let one go. " 30:28 I said: "I can't do that. " 30:30 He said: "Well if you don't do it we're going to still 30:33 make up a show under your name. " 30:35 I didn't like that. 30:38 I didn't want no show out without me. 30:40 But see, when you get famous anybody can use your name 30:44 but it just won't be an authorized version from me. 30:47 But anybody can use my name. 30:51 I hate to say that 'cause I know somebody's going to 30:53 hear that and say: "Well I'm going to use it! " 30:55 I'm going to tell you not to use it 30:59 because see if you do you'll hear from somebody. 31:04 Not to hurt you 31:06 but to show you that it's not right to do bad things. 31:11 It's not right to do it. 31:13 And I just want to just give everything to God. 31:18 Everything. Amen! How many of you 31:21 here today read the Bible every day? 31:28 High... high! 31:31 How many of you read the Spirit of Prophecy every day? 31:37 I love the Spirit of Prophecy. 31:39 You know what I was reading about before I came here? 31:41 Early Writings. I love that book! 31:45 I love that book! 31:47 You know, I'm going to tell you something 31:49 ladies and gentlemen: 31:51 I think that what we need today 31:55 is not so much preaching as teaching. 31:59 We need somebody to teach us. 32:01 We don't need nobody "Wah, wah... " screaming. 32:04 You don't need that! 32:06 You need somebody to teach you like Jesus taught you 32:10 so you can understand, so you can learn. 32:13 But I remember I used to go to church... 32:16 Every black person went to church if he wanted to shout. 32:21 They were the shoutinest people I ever seen in my life! 32:25 And there one old lady, she jumped up on her left leg 32:28 she'd do the James Bond all across the floor. 32:34 That was the dancin' old woman I've ever seen! 32:37 And she'd just be screaming. I said to myself: 32:41 "Sit down, Esther. " 32:44 "Take a seat, Esther, please. " 32:47 Every time the preacher said something 32:49 Esther was up on her left leg all across the floor. 32:55 Some people go to church just on emotions. 32:58 But it's bigger than that... it's MORE than that. 33:02 And black people are very emotional. 33:06 I know I am. 33:08 I heard my sister sing a song when I was at my church 33:14 and I could feel the hair movin' all up my arms 33:19 because she sings with feeling. 33:22 It's not so much... She expresses with feeling 33:27 because what she expresses she MEANS that! 33:31 And when you mean something it comes out. 33:35 It comes out. And I'm going to tell you something: young people 33:39 give your life to Jesus. Yes! Amen! 33:43 Give your life to Jesus. 33:45 I made millions of dollars... 33:49 You know, I picked up the telephone one day 33:53 and the guy said: "Did you know you was worth 33:57 over forty million dollars? " 33:59 I said: "Me? " 34:03 He said: "You are worth over $40 million. " 34:06 'I said: "Well... what bank is it in? " 34:13 "I want to know where the bank is located 34:16 so I can make my trip! " 34:19 And so I got on the phone, and my son had told me 34:23 that, "Dad, " he said, "they say you're worth over $40 million. " 34:29 I said: "Well somebody has put something away 34:31 and didn't tell me! " 34:33 I said: "I don't remember seeing it! " 34:36 So I got on the phone and they dialed that number 34:40 and it said: "Little Richard: his estate is worth over 34:45 $40 million. " I said: "Well, would you tell me 34:50 where it's located... where the bank is? " 34:54 And they cut me off! 34:58 I knew that was a lie! 35:00 I ain't never seen no forty million dollars! 35:04 And I'm going to tell you something: 35:07 I don't want no forty million dollars. 35:11 I found out something: the more you have 35:16 God requires something from you. Amen! 35:20 When you have money like that 35:22 and somebody's down the street that's losing their house 35:26 you're supposed to save it. 35:30 You can't have all that money and don't share it. 35:32 Jesus blesses you to be a blessing. Amen! 35:37 You can't sit there with all of that money 35:39 and don't feed no poor people. It don't matter... 35:41 I'll tell you something: I don't care what color you are! 35:45 It don't matter! If you've got that money, 35:48 help the person that needs it. 35:51 Amen! If he's black, help him. 35:53 If he's yellow, help him! 35:55 If you don't know what color he is, help him! 36:01 Because that's what's happening. 36:04 See... Jesus gave. God gave His Son 36:10 for us... because He shares. 36:15 Jesus wants us to be just like Him. 36:18 We've got to copy Him. 36:20 We've got to share. You can't have all this money 36:23 and don't... I remember a lady said one time 36:28 to me... she said: "You've got the money. " 36:31 Really truly, I liked what she was thinking 36:36 but I didn't have the money! 36:39 She thought I had what I didn't have. 36:42 You know, you can think a person is rich and they're not rich. 36:46 A lot of the entertainers you think they've got money. 36:49 They ain't got nothing! 36:52 They ain't got nothing but you think it. 36:55 You see the long car. You see the fingers full of... 37:01 boom, boom, boom. 37:05 You know, and you think they've got something. 37:09 They ain't got nothing. Hmm. 37:11 But I went to a man... 37:13 I was losing my house in California. 37:16 A big, beautiful mansion... 37:19 and I didn't have nobody to save it for me. 37:22 I didn't owe... I think I owed about $3,000 on it. 37:26 It had been my house, and wouldn't nobody save it for me. 37:31 Joe Lewis was my neighbor. 37:35 But I didn't go to Joe Lewis. 37:37 I believe they would have saved it 37:39 but I didn't want them to know that I was losing it. 37:42 Isn't that crazy? 37:43 They're going to know it when they put you out! 37:53 You know... Joe Lewis is back there doing this 37:55 big punching: he would have helped me 37:59 but I didn't tell him. 38:03 You know, I remember one time James Brown - 38:05 that's the singer that I helped become a star - 38:10 in Houston, Texas, he had a big accident. 38:14 He didn't have no money. 38:16 And he came to me, and I felt condemned 38:20 if I couldn't help. 38:22 And when I can't help a person it makes me feel bad. 38:25 I wish I could help. 38:27 I went to this man to save my house 38:30 and you know what he told me? 38:32 He said: "Brother Richard, 38:34 I'm praying for you. " Oh! 38:37 I looked at him and I said: "Sir, God sent me to you 38:43 for you to answer the prayer. " 38:47 He looked at me, he said... 38:54 I said: "God told me to tell you to answer the prayer. " 38:59 He said: "Well I'm praying for you. " 39:02 I said... When I left I started crying 39:05 'cause the Lord DID send me to this man. 39:09 I'd never been to him. 39:11 God told me to go to Bro. So and So and he'll help you. 39:15 He helped me to find my way 39:17 to the door to get out of his house! 39:20 And I'm going to tell you something: I lost my house 39:23 that could have been saved. 39:25 And I learned something from that: 39:27 that if you ain't got it tell the truth. 39:31 I've had people to come to me that I had 2 or 3 dollars 39:34 but I needed it 'cause I was closing out something myself. 39:39 You understand? 39:41 But if you don't have it tell the truth. 39:45 But most people don't believe the truth! 39:48 Specially from somebody like me. 39:51 Like James, like Elvis, like Bruce Springsteen. 39:58 Like... oh boy... all of them my friends. 40:03 But most of the stars won't give you no money. 40:07 But I know some that would. 40:10 But back in that time I didn't know these people. 40:15 Plus, and I don't like to go around to people begging. 40:18 I never cared for that. 40:20 I don't like to do that, but Jesus wants us to share. 40:25 And see, what we've got to do: we've got to look just like 40:28 Jesus. When the Father, Jehovah, looks down 40:32 He's gonna see His Son. 40:34 If He don't see His Son, 40:36 you ain't goin' nowhere. 40:39 He's got to see His Son in you and in me. 40:43 And that's what we've got to pray. Ask God to make me like 40:46 Jesus. "Help me to be like Jesus. " 40:50 "Help me to walk like Jesus. " 40:52 "Help me to talk like Jesus. " 40:55 "Let this mind be in me that is in Christ Jesus 40:59 our Lord and our Savior. " 41:01 He'll do it for you. God wants you to be saved. 41:05 If He didn't want you to be saved, 41:07 He wouldn't have gave His Son to make a way for you. 41:10 Amen! Isn't that something? 41:13 How many believe that God the Father made a way for you? 41:17 Amen! Higher! 41:20 Ooh, boy, boy, boy. 41:22 I see some black hands, some yellow hands, 41:25 some white hands... I see some HANDS! 41:30 And I'm going to tell you something ladies and gentlemen: 41:33 get on your knees. I wish I could get on my knees. 41:37 I feel so bad 'cause I can't pray like I used to on my knees. 41:42 I don't feel sometimes like my prayers are going 41:44 where they should go 'cause I can't get on my knees. 41:46 But God showed me that they're going. Amen! 41:49 But I bow to Him and I hold the chair 41:52 and I say: "Oh, Lord, please help me. " 41:55 And He does. 41:59 He does, but there's nothing like getting on your knees 42:02 talking to God. There's nothing like that. 42:05 Young people, old people... There are some old people that 42:09 ain't trying to live right. 42:12 I saw an old man the other day drinking. 42:14 They're getting drunk; they're smoking dope. 42:18 You know, I was talking to a guy the other day. 42:21 He was coming to see me. 42:23 I said: "You are welcome to come but you can't bring 42:25 no dope. " He said: "Well I have a paper. " 42:30 I said: "I do too. " 42:33 He said: "But I have a paper where the doctor told me 42:37 that I NEED this weed. 42:39 That I could smoke wherever I go. " 42:42 I said: "Why do you need this weed? " 42:45 He said: "So I can get high! " 42:49 I said: "But that don't mean that... God didn't make that 42:53 for you. You've got to let the stuff go in your body 42:57 that God said should be in your body... 42:59 not that junk. " 43:02 That's what it is: a bunch of junk. 43:04 "Well it's herbs... God made herbs. " 43:07 I said: "But He didn't make it for you to use it like that. " 43:10 And he said: "Could I stay all night at your place 43:14 tonight with you and your son? " 43:16 And I've been knowing this little boy from a child. 43:20 I said: "You can come but you can't bring no dope. " 43:23 I started to tell him: "Would you let me search you? " 43:29 Because I didn't want the police to come because 43:32 first of all there are things that I'm smoking 43:34 because I was an entertainer. 43:36 And I don't smoke no... I don't use no drugs. 43:39 I don't get high. I don't want... 43:43 The medication that the doctor gives me 43:45 for pain - I've been in some horrible pain - 43:49 I don't like to take medicine. 43:54 Sometimes it makes me feel sick on the stomach. 43:57 I don't like to take it 43:58 but sometimes I have to 'cause I be hurting so bad. 44:02 I feel like my leg is going to come off. 44:04 You know? And then the Lord showed me 44:07 why he permitted me to be in this condition 44:10 in this position: He did that to save me. 44:14 Amen! If He hadn't did that I would still be out around 44:16 an old man still playing the piano and singing. 44:20 Screaming and hanging; hollerin' and banging. 44:26 And that's what I was doing. 44:29 The average person that's screaming can't sing. 44:33 He said: "I enjoyed your song last night. " 44:36 You mean you screamed last night. 44:40 You know, I'm living in Nashville, Tennessee. 44:43 I love Nashville. 44:46 I've been there; I used to go there when I was a boy 44:50 and I just love the place. 44:53 And you know, it's just... A lot of the country singers 44:58 like Loretta Lynn, Dunbar: these people are friends of mine. 45:03 You know, and I want to get a chance to go 45:06 and to tell them about Jesus. 45:08 And I'm going to do that in another few days. 45:10 I'm going to them and tell them about Jesus. 45:13 I'm going to pray with them. 45:14 'Cause the Lord has impressed me to do that to all of them. 45:17 Amen! Tom Jones called me a few weeks ago... 45:24 He called me a few weeks ago 45:26 and he told me, said: "Little Richard, 45:28 do you know Sr. Rosetta Fobb? " I said: "She was a good friend 45:31 of mine, Tom. " He says: "Well I love her music. " 45:36 I said: "Me too! I love it. " 45:38 He says: "Could I come down to Nashville and record 45:44 this song with you? " I said: "What song is that? " 45:46 "Footprints of Jesus. " All right. 45:48 He wanted to record that with me. 45:53 I'd like to see him record it with her. 45:57 And when I talk to him I'm going to tell him that. 46:00 I'm going to tell him that. And you know, Dolly is a friend. 46:05 I've got a lot of friends in the country that God wants me 46:08 to go back to and talk to them. 46:10 A lot of friends in rock and roll. Yes. 46:13 A lot of friends are in the rap music. 46:16 How many of you like rap music? 46:19 I know... you like it but you're ashamed to raise your hand. 46:25 You like it but you just don't want to say it. 46:28 You don't want nobody to know that you have 46:31 that you are there. In fact, you don't know where you are. 46:39 You know, rap music... When I hear it between me and you 46:44 I don't understand it. Me either. 46:47 I don't hate it but I don't understand it. 46:51 I don't know what you're looking for. 46:54 I don't feel it... I don't know. 46:58 And you know, just like Jay-T called me not long ago. 47:03 Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned his name. 47:05 Lord, please forgive me. 47:10 That's out... I've got to complete it now. 47:14 He wanted me to record a song with him. 47:17 This song he did that has 4/40, whatever it was. 47:20 He wanted me to be on that. 47:23 It's a big hit, and they offered me a lot of money to do it. 47:28 When they first came they offered me $25,000. 47:31 $15,000 then it 47:34 then it went... You know, and I said: 47:37 "I can't do it. " I love Beyonce 47:40 but I can't do it. " 47:43 I said: "I can't do that. " 47:46 I said: "I love you but Jesus is getting ready to come. " 47:49 Amen! And I said: "I don't want a little money 47:53 to cause me to be lost when people are trying to 47:55 win the lottery and Jesus is making you an offer 47:58 bigger than the lottery: He's offering you everlasting life! " 48:03 Amen! Eternal life! 48:05 Eternal life: no more dying, no more crying, 48:09 mo more moaning, no more hunger, no more... 48:13 Oh God, what more do we want? What more do you need? 48:20 I just want to tell you to get right with God 48:24 and to do it now. 48:27 Because the judgments of God gonna be in the land very soon. 48:31 Oh yes. In fact, they're already in the land 48:36 and you need to get closer to Him. 48:39 I want to thank you all for coming out today. 48:43 I want to thank you all for listening to me 48:47 because what I'm telling you is the truth. 48:49 Rock and roll is not a part of Jesus. 48:53 Anything that is not of God is not from God. 48:58 You understand me? 48:59 I want to see you come closer. 49:02 I want to give you one of the little books that I give out 49:05 to everybody that wants to learn about Jesus. 49:09 How many of you here would like to have one of my 49:11 autographed books? 49:14 Raise your hands real high. 49:18 Oh my! Well, are you going to be here tomorrow night? 49:26 We're going to give some of them out tonight 49:28 but we have to give some of them out tomorrow night. 49:30 We're going to send some more books back 49:32 but we're going to leave them here 49:33 to let the church give them out and the pastor give them out. 49:37 The pastor told us to bring these things but we did. 49:41 And I want you to pray for me that God will help me to 49:44 stay faithful to Him - Amen! and to get more faithful 49:47 than I've been. To be a part of Him and to get closer to Him. 49:54 I know I've got some more time. 49:57 You've got all the time you want. 49:59 Huh? You've got all the time you want. 50:01 When you're through we may have Yvonne sing. 50:03 How long have I been speaking? 50:04 It doesn't make any difference... not long enough. 50:07 Oh Danny, don't say that, please. 50:09 I... There you go... they've spoken. 50:16 I don't want you to get bored with me. 50:19 No! Because I ain't going to talk about but one thing 50:22 and that's Jesus. All right! I don't know nothing else 50:25 to talk about. Amen! Anything else 50:27 I stopped talking about it a long time ago. 50:30 I just tell you... and pray that God would keep me faithful 50:35 and pray that He would help me walk again. 50:39 You know, I'm not so raring to just walk 50:44 but I do want to be able to go to the bathroom! 50:48 That's all the walkin' I want. 50:50 Just let me walk to the bathroom. 50:52 That's a very private thing there. Yes! 50:54 You know, and other than that you can take it back 50:57 when I get back in the room. 51:00 I don't want to go to no movies. 51:03 I haven't been to the movie in years... many years. 51:08 But I have just given everything to the Lord Jesus Christ. 51:12 Amen! Because He said 51:15 "Let not your heart be troubled. 51:18 Ye believe in God... believe also in Me. 51:21 In My Father's house" He said, "there are many mansions. " 51:25 He said if it wasn't so He wouldn't have told you, 51:27 didn't He say that? Amen! 51:29 I want you to know that the lottery is not what you need. 51:33 You need Jesus and He has a gift for you. 51:37 He's going to give all of us the gift of eternal life. 51:39 He's going to give all of us mansions. 51:42 He's going to give us... we're going to have wings! 51:45 We're going to be able to fly. I don't like to fly airplanes 51:48 but with my own wings I'll fly. 51:52 I want them wings. 51:55 I want that. And I was reading the other night 51:59 where the Lord said many of us will entertain strangers 52:03 and they've been angels. That's right. 52:06 And I remember one day in my limo on the highway 52:10 me and Walter Arties... we was in the limo 52:15 and a few other guys. 52:17 And there was a tall black guy. Oh, he was so tall! 52:23 And we had got lost in the desert... we had got lost. 52:27 And I said: "We'll ask this man to show us the way. " 52:33 And we got down to this man and we asked him 52:35 would he show us how to go. And I said: 52:38 "We should have picked him up and gave him a ride 52:40 since he helped us. " 52:42 We turned around and wasn't nobody there! Hmm! 52:45 He was tall! 52:48 And many of us have entertained angels... 52:51 you've had dinner with them in your house 52:53 and they were angels! 52:55 Do you know that? A whole lot of us have... 52:58 The Lord says be careful of entertaining strangers unaware. 53:02 Unaware... because many of us have entertained angels. 53:07 You know, because God is trying so hard to save us. 53:13 He's not willing for any of us to perish 53:16 but all come to repentance. 53:18 That's all. He just wants to give us a chance. 53:21 He don't want to see us lost. 53:23 And the reason Jesus hasn't came: He's been giving us 53:26 a chance to get ready! Amen! 53:29 He's giving us a chance to get ready and get right with Him 53:33 so we can be saved. 53:35 And He's permitting us to become sick and different things 53:37 to get straight with Him. 53:40 And remember that you've got a chance to get right. 53:43 Start right now. Amen! 53:46 Right now start, and God is going to bless you. 53:50 He's going to help you; He's going to keep you 53:53 and He's going to guide you. 53:55 Amen! And I want everybody to raise your hands. 54:01 I want everybody to bow your heads. 54:04 Lord Jesus: We come to You, Lord. 54:09 Lord, we realize that we need You 54:13 and without You we don't have nothing, Lord. 54:18 In times like these, dear Lord, we need a Savior, 54:21 we need an anchor. 54:23 Oh, God, help these people; help me and all of us, Lord, 54:27 to get close to You, Lord. 54:29 Put our hands and put your hand into God's hands. 54:34 Oh, God, create in us a clean heart 54:38 and renew a right spirit within us. 54:42 We ask you O God to please live out Your life within us. 54:47 Dear Jesus, and let this mind be in us 54:51 that is in Christ Jesus our Lord and our Savior. 54:55 Help us, O God, and forgive us for our sins... 54:58 known and unknown sins. 55:01 The past, present, and the future and all secret sins. 55:04 And cleanse us, dear Lord, from all unrighteousness. 55:07 O God, I rededicate my life to You, Lord. 55:11 In Jesus' name, Lord, we just want to be a part of You. 55:17 In Jesus' name and for Jesus' sake we want to thank You Lord. 55:22 Amen and amen. Amen! Yvonne, sing for us. 55:27 Thank you so much. 55:40 I 55:43 surrender all; 55:49 I surrender 55:54 all; 55:57 All to Thee 56:01 my blessed Savior... 56:07 I surrender 56:13 all. 56:19 All to Jesus 56:24 I surrender, 56:28 all to Him 56:31 I freely give. 56:36 I will ever 56:40 love and trust Him, 56:45 in His presence 56:49 daily live. 56:55 I surrender 56:59 all; 57:02 I surrender 57:07 all; 57:11 All to Thee 57:15 my blessed Savior... 57:20 I surrender 57:25 all. 57:29 I surrender 57:34 all; 57:37 I surrender 57:42 all; 57:46 All to Thee 57:50 my blessed 57:54 Savior... 58:00 I 58:03 surrender 58:11 all. 58:22 Amen! 58:23 Do you feel the presence of the Lord here today? 58:27 Amen! 58:30 As I walked through the door 58:35 I sensed His presence. 58:39 And I knew this was 58:43 the place where love abounds. 58:50 For this is the temple 58:54 Jehovah God abides in: 59:00 we are standing 59:03 in His presence 59:07 on holy ground. Sing this chorus: 59:11 We are standing on holy ground. 59:13 We are standing 59:20 on holy ground. 59:23 And I know there are angels all around... 59:26 And I know that there 59:31 are angels 59:33 all around! Let us praise Jesus now... 59:38 Let us praise - let us praise - 59:45 Jesus now. We are standing in His presence... 59:51 We are standing in 59:56 in His presence - on holy ground - on holy ground. 01:00:04 In His presence 01:00:08 there is joy 01:00:10 beyond measure. 01:00:14 And at His feet 01:00:17 peace of mind 01:00:20 can still be found. 01:00:24 If you have a need, 01:00:29 my God... He has the answer. 01:00:35 Reach out and claim it 01:00:38 for child you're standing 01:00:41 on holy ground. 01:00:46 We are standing on holy ground... 01:00:48 We are standing 01:00:54 on holy ground... And I know there are angels all around... 01:01:00 And I know 01:01:03 that there are angels 01:01:07 all around. 01:01:12 Let us praise - let us praise - 01:01:18 Jesus now... We are standing in His presence... 01:01:24 We are standing in 01:01:29 His presence on holy ground. 01:01:37 Today you have heard a testimony 01:01:40 of somebody who has been there, who's done that... 01:01:42 who's had it all 01:01:46 in the world's opinion, 01:01:48 but when you listen to Richard speak 01:01:50 he says he has it all now 01:01:53 'cause he has Jesus. Amen! 01:01:55 I know there's gotta be somebody here and at home 01:01:57 we know there are people around the world watching 01:02:00 that today you would like a new touch from Jesus. 01:02:03 If you would like a new touch from Jesus today, 01:02:06 there's not much room to come forward... 01:02:08 we're pretty crowded here... 01:02:10 but we're going to take just a moment. If you want to kneel 01:02:12 and you want to pray. If you want to stand 01:02:14 and you want to pray, we want to just have a moment or two 01:02:18 of silence to give each and every one of us an opportunity 01:02:22 to ask Jesus Christ into our heart and soul. 01:02:25 This man came a lot of miles; 01:02:27 he's never asked for anything. 01:02:29 He says: "All I want to do is share Jesus. " Amen! 01:02:34 And today I know with his blessings 01:02:36 we can make an appeal to each and every one of you 01:02:40 to take this moment together and ask for Jesus. 01:02:44 If you want to come forward, you can come forward 01:02:46 too... right here. Yes. 01:02:47 Anybody that wants to come on down just come on down. 01:02:50 If you want to re-dedicate your life to the Lord, 01:02:53 you want Jesus to do something in your life... 01:02:56 Here they come. Come on down; it's all right. 01:02:58 We'll make room for it. 01:02:59 Thank you, Bro. Richard, for your ministry and how God is 01:03:02 using you today to speak to the hearts of people. 01:03:05 Come on down! 01:03:07 There you go. Give it all to Jesus! 01:03:12 You've got a chance now to give your life to Him. 01:03:16 Give it all to the Lord. 01:03:26 Yes, Lord. 01:03:30 Yvonne, I'm wondering if you would say a little prayer 01:03:32 for each and every person here. Those on the air, too. 01:03:38 Father God, we just come before Your throne right now. 01:03:41 We just praise You, Lord. 01:03:43 We praise you for the gift of Jesus Christ 01:03:46 who lets us know that there is no sin too great... 01:03:50 there's nothing that cannot be forgiven. 01:03:53 So we come and we lay our hearts before You 01:03:56 right now, Lord. And we ask You to forgive us of every sin... 01:04:00 everything that comes between us, Lord. Yes, Lord! 01:04:03 Let nothing come between our souls and the Savior. 01:04:08 Lord, we praise You that Little Richard has come 01:04:11 and shared this word - yes - of testimony with us, Lord. 01:04:16 We thank you, God. We thank You for what you've done in His life 01:04:19 for what You've done in our lives, and for what 01:04:22 You're going to continue to do in our lives. 01:04:24 Lord, we just pray that one day we will be ready 01:04:28 to be with You so that we will hear those words 01:04:32 "Well done, thou good and faith- ful servant. " Thank you Jesus. 01:04:35 Oh Lord, we just thank you and praise You. 01:04:38 And we pray that we will be ready and one day soon 01:04:43 we will all stand around the throne and praise You 01:04:47 in person - Amen! and say: "Worthy is the Lamb 01:04:51 that was slain! " We praise You, God, 01:04:53 and thank you in Jesus' name, Amen. 01:04:57 Amen. Amen. 01:04:58 Bro. Richard, any closing remarks to these folk? 01:05:01 Yes. I want to say that Jesus loves you... 01:05:08 He loves you with everything He got. 01:05:12 He didn't only die but He resurrected for you. 01:05:17 And He's going to resurrect us that die in the grave 01:05:21 to bring us so we can have a part of the immortal life. 01:05:26 Jesus wants you to come down now. If you have a problem 01:05:30 with rock and roll, with anything that is not what 01:05:33 it's supposed to be would you come down now? 01:05:36 Come out of your seats and come to Jesus. 01:05:39 Would you give God a chance? 01:05:41 Like I said: "What shall it profit a man if he should gain 01:05:44 the whole world and lose his own soul? 01:05:47 Or what shall a man give God in exchange for his soul? " 01:05:51 Would you come on down now? 01:05:53 Would you give God a chance now? 01:05:56 Let me see you come on out to Him now. 01:05:58 Amen. 01:06:00 While you're coming down let's sing maybe the greatest song 01:06:03 ever written. Yes! Jesus loves me 01:06:08 this I know: 01:06:11 for the Bible tells me so. 01:06:18 Little ones 01:06:20 to Him belong... 01:06:25 they are weak but He is strong. 01:06:31 Yes, Jesus loves me! 01:06:37 Yes, Jesus loves me! 01:06:44 Yes, Jesus loves me... 01:06:50 the Bible 01:06:53 tells me so. 01:06:59 Anything else, Brother? 01:07:04 I... I'm just so amazed 01:07:10 to see so many people coming down 01:07:12 to give their life to Jesus - 01:07:15 Amen - and to be prayed for. 01:07:17 I'm just happy to see that. 01:07:19 And I just hope that you would pray for me in your prayers 01:07:25 that I will be more faithful than I've ever been 01:07:28 to Jesus. 'Cause we don't know what death is. 01:07:32 And Jesus is getting ready to come 01:07:35 and I don't want to be lost. 01:07:37 How many of you want to be saved? Amen! 01:07:40 How many of you want God to help you overcome? 01:07:44 Amen! That's what I want. 01:07:47 I want God to help me to be a living walking Bible for Him. 01:07:51 Amen! And to live the life that Jesus lived 01:07:56 'cause He is our example. 01:07:58 And I just thank God for the opportunity 01:08:02 that I had to come here with this beautiful audience 01:08:06 of people that love Jesus. 01:08:09 Thank you so much and God bless you. 01:08:13 We're going to ask Pastor John to come out. 01:08:18 And what we want to do right now. We are going to have... 01:08:21 My brother Kenny is a pastor. We're going to lay hands on you 01:08:24 right here and we're going to ask Bro. John 01:08:27 and we want all the folks here. Yes. 01:08:28 Brother Richard goes through a lot of pain. 01:08:30 Yes. He has for many many years. 01:08:32 He's been in this chair what? Almost 20 years? 01:08:34 Yes... a long, long time. 01:08:36 He suffers a lot and so we want to have a prayer. 01:08:38 And we know that God hears and answers prayer. 01:08:41 So right now, right now we want each and every one of you... 01:08:45 He's prayed for you. Now we want you to join us 01:08:48 in a prayer. Bro. Kenny: would you lead us 01:08:50 in a prayer for Bro. Richard? 01:08:54 Our wonderful heavenly Father, 01:08:57 truly God, today You've blessed us with Your presence 01:09:01 and Your Spirit. Yes. We thank you for our dear Bro. Richard. 01:09:04 We thank you for his love for You. Yes! 01:09:07 It's shining through. We don't need to lift him up 01:09:09 because we've not seen him today we've seen Jesus. 01:09:13 Yes. We've heard Jesus. 01:09:15 We've heard the call; we've felt the Spirit of the Living God. 01:09:19 We've seen a man that was walking around 01:09:21 thinking he had the world as it were in his hands. 01:09:25 He was a dead man until he met Jesus. 01:09:27 Now he's alive now and one day be alive forever more. Yes. 01:09:32 But Lord, as Your servants many times there are things 01:09:35 that happen - yes - that we can't explain. 01:09:38 And we see him in a wheelchair that doesn't make any of us 01:09:41 happy... it makes us sad 01:09:43 because we realize he's wanting to do more for You. 01:09:46 And O Lord, You can raise him out of the wheelchair. 01:09:48 There's nothing that's too big, too small for our God. 01:09:52 And so I pray in a special way, Lord, that You will just 01:09:55 continue to anoint Bro. Richard in a special way. Yes! 01:09:57 He has just blessed our hearts today here on the Sabbath Day. 01:10:01 All of heaven has come down. 01:10:03 Our hearts just feel joy inside. 01:10:06 We cannot raise one hand but two hands. 01:10:08 Lord, if we would raise our feet at the same time we'd do that! 01:10:11 But praise God, hallelujah - yes, Lord - that You have seen 01:10:14 fit to come down. And I pray that You would lay Your hand 01:10:17 on him: the great hand of the Physician 01:10:20 and the great Healer who knows what is best. Yes. 01:10:24 Bro. Richard mentioned that maybe he's in this position 01:10:27 today to save him for eternity. And Lord, 01:10:30 if that be the case continue to save him, 01:10:33 continue to walk in the light You have given to him. 01:10:36 Continue to give him opportunities and privileges 01:10:39 to witness, to tell others 01:10:41 of what You can do in each heart and each life. 01:10:45 And so Lord we pray for the healing if it be Thy will. 01:10:48 Whether it be today or tomorrow we have faith to believe that 01:10:52 You can do it. The Bible says where two or three agree 01:10:55 or touch on anything it is so in the name of Jesus Christ 01:10:59 our Lord and our Savior. Yes! Lord, 01:11:01 please... I've heard him mention the pain. 01:11:04 and it pained us to hear him say "I'm going through pain 01:11:07 in my leg; sometimes it feels like it's coming off. " 01:11:09 But Lord, you can put that leg back on. 01:11:12 You can take the legs that are basically dead 01:11:14 and You can put life into them again. 01:11:16 They can run around like a deer and jump like he used to. 01:11:19 Oh Lord, I praise You that You can do these things. 01:11:22 But until then, most of all that each one of us will be saved 01:11:26 in Thy kingdom. And when we see Jesus 01:11:29 one day soon we'll say it's worth it all. 01:11:32 Some day, when we see Jesus, no matter what we've been through. 01:11:35 Just give us now the grace - give Bro. Richard the grace, 01:11:38 faith, strength to continue on. Amen! 01:11:42 Continue to motivate him to give these books. 01:11:45 Praise God! That just lightens our hearts 01:11:48 to say, regardless of our age, regardless of our condition 01:11:51 we can do something for the cause of Christ. 01:11:53 How embarrassed and ashamed some of us need to be. 01:11:56 And so Lord, as we're ashamed as we come before You 01:11:58 we lay it out. And You won't say You won't get onto us. 01:12:01 You'll just say: "Oh Kenny, redeem the time. " 01:12:04 And so I pray You will redeem the time for each one of us now. 01:12:07 As our hands are laid upon him right now we're praying again 01:12:10 for the mighty power of the Holy Spirit. 01:12:12 Yes, Lord. Continue to lead, guide, and bless. 01:12:15 And though we may not see Bro. Richard any more in this 01:12:17 life I'd sure like to spend eternity with him. 01:12:20 I know that. With every one that's here, 01:12:23 every one that came forward. Lord, our hearts rejoice 01:12:25 and we are really exceedingly glad 01:12:27 to see Your Spirit move like it needs to move in and among us 01:12:31 as a people. Set us on fire for You. 01:12:33 Lord, we need a fire... we need to be stirred up. 01:12:37 And as You stir us up for Your cause, Lord, 01:12:39 this work can be finished. You can be seen in Your men 01:12:43 and women of the world, and then Your image reproduced 01:12:45 and then You can come. So help us, Lord, we pray. 01:12:48 We ask You, we plead with You, and we thank you 01:12:50 for this opportunity and privilege today - Yes, Lord! 01:12:53 and the power that has been here through Your Spirit. 01:12:56 In Jesus' precious, holy, lovely, wonderful name 01:12:59 of Jesus we pray with thanksgiving. Amen and amen! 01:13:03 Amen! Thank you all. |
Revised 2018-03-19