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Series Code: 3CS
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00:21 Hello, and welcome to another 3ABN Christmas special.
00:25 And it wouldn't be a Christmas special 00:27 if we didn't have Reggie and Ladye Love Smith, right? 00:30 And we have to have Reggie and Ladye Love. 00:32 And Dr. Tim Parton. 00:33 Absolutely. 00:35 No question. 00:36 Now without Tim, 00:38 we wouldn't sound too good, right? 00:39 Well, no, you sound great. 00:41 It just wouldn't be as loud, something like that. 00:43 No. 00:45 So we want to thank you for joining us 00:46 as you do each and every day. 00:47 And as always, we want to thank you 00:49 for your love and your prayers and financial support of 3ABN. 00:52 This is a great time of year. 00:54 And to, oh, well, 24/7, 00:57 365 around the clock 01:00 is a great time to praise the Lord. 01:02 But especially this time of year 01:04 when ears are open that may never be listening 01:07 any other time. 01:08 And so we count it a privilege to be able, 01:11 and we have no idea where this program is going. 01:15 I mean, I just got little in between programs, 01:17 someone texts and said, 01:18 we're in a... 01:20 What was it, a weight lifting exercise place 01:24 in the Bahamas or St. Thomas, I think 01:27 and there's showed a picture 01:29 of Yvonne and me on that screen. 01:31 Then I remember when former president... 01:33 You were on treadmill. Yeah. 01:35 And former President Obama was in the prison Guantanamo, 01:40 and was in the prison and Reuters magazine 01:43 came out with a picture of him there visiting, 01:45 it showed the cell and the President, 01:48 then President walking by and behind him 01:50 upon the TV screen was CA Murray and myself 01:54 in Guantanamo Bay now, 01:56 so if it can be there can be anywhere, right? 01:58 Right. So you never know. 01:59 So we were glad that we're literally, 02:02 we're inviting you into our little set today 02:04 and our home and spend this time with us. 02:06 It's gonna be a time of cheer, time of happiness, 02:09 because we're talking about Jesus Christ, 02:12 who was... 02:13 All these songs will tell you born in a manger, 02:16 but he ends up as King of kings and Lord of lords. 02:20 Yes. 02:21 And, yes, I'm especially glad that 02:22 we're going to have Kris Wilkinson, and... 02:24 I know. 02:26 Oh, yeah, we got Emily Rodgers 02:27 and David Davidson that she's brought with them 02:29 and you all have worked. 02:30 Tell us about Kris? 02:32 I mean, Kris and I worked together 02:34 on one of the projects for 3ABN 02:36 and became fast friends. 02:38 When Kris' name is spoken in Nashville, 02:40 everybody listens. 02:41 Everybody knows who Kris is. She's wonderful. 02:43 And she plays on all the country CDs 02:46 and all the Christian app, 02:48 Nashville, certainly, all the movies. 02:49 Yeah. 02:51 So talented as a player, 02:52 and a producer, and a orchestrator. 02:55 So Kris is amazing. 02:56 And these guys she brought with them 02:58 are just number one. 02:59 Absolutely. 03:00 And Larry, her husband couldn't be here today. 03:02 But he's promised to come next time. 03:04 And because he had some other, 03:06 I'll call gigs going, all right? 03:08 One of his is Grand Ole Opry. He's making money. 03:10 The Opry, that's right. 03:12 He's the bass player for the Opry, 03:13 which Ladye Love used. 03:14 I used to go there and watch you and Larry. 03:16 So you were singing there with some other folks 03:18 that we know and we're have worked with. 03:20 That's always good. 03:21 So we're... I ought to be nervous. 03:23 We're surrounded by stars and Kris, 03:26 you know, people that know what they're doing. 03:28 Yeah, but Tim Parton, he's known around the world. 03:32 People will call us. 03:34 Yesterday, I got a call from a lady 03:37 who said, "You have surrounded yourself 03:40 with such great people." 03:41 And one of those she said was Tim Parton. 03:44 She said, "Reggie and Ladye Love, 03:46 Yvonne, and Greg and Jill." 03:47 She started naming them. 03:48 Like I said, "Well, hey, 03:50 that's what you're supposed to do." 03:51 Right? That's right. 03:53 It's a good leader. 03:54 When you need help the Lord will send it to you. 03:55 But any day, anyway, I hope that you just help us 03:57 celebrate today. 03:59 We're gonna have a lot of fun. 04:00 We're gonna try some things and we're not sure 04:01 how the program is going to end, 04:03 but we believe it's going to end good 04:06 'cause Jesus Christ is going to be the center 04:09 of this program and he should be the center 04:12 of our joy. 04:13 So what we'd like to do, we'd like to get Kris 04:15 and the players to do a song. 04:18 What are they going to do first? 04:19 It says Come O come Emmanuel. Yeah. 04:21 Then, I don't know where I got so much nerve. 04:24 But on this one song, 04:26 I'm going to pick up the guitar. 04:27 And, Reggie, I would like you to do rhythm. 04:29 Oh, my, okay. Right? Okay. 04:31 I got you. 04:32 Folks on 3ABN have seen him play piano, 04:35 probably not rhythm. 04:36 But with the Gaithers, I've seen you up front 04:38 doing rhythm guitar. 04:40 So we're going to go over and join the little group 04:42 just right after they do this song. 04:43 We're going to do joy to the world. 04:45 We have few people singing with us also. 04:48 Then after that, Reggie, you're going to do a new song. 04:51 Tell us about it? 04:52 This is a brand new song 04:53 written by Gloria Gaither and Benjy Gaither. 04:55 Benjy wrote the music and Miss Gloria wrote the song, 04:58 and this song was actually 05:00 on the brand new Gaither vocal band record 05:02 that just released Christmas CD. 05:05 I say record, it's not really record anymore. 05:08 It's project or CD, 05:09 it's not even CD anymore hardly. 05:10 Download it. 05:12 Right, download, 05:13 the new Gaither vocal band download. 05:15 You know, so you actually 05:16 download it last night, did you? 05:18 I did and I love it. 05:19 But anyway this is a special, special song that 05:20 Miss Gloria wrote in. 05:22 So I called Mr. Gaither and I said, 05:24 "Would it be okay if we were able to debut it here on 3ABN." 05:29 So he said, "Oh, I would love it, 05:30 it'd be great, great song." 05:32 Okay. 05:33 So if Mr. Bill is watching today, 05:36 I'm sure that he'll be pleased for sure. 05:39 So, okay, well why don't we, 05:41 We're gonna go to Kris right now, 05:43 Come, O Come Emmanuel. 08:15 Joy to the world! 08:17 The Lord has come! 08:20 Let earth receive her King 08:26 Let every heart prepare Him room 08:32 And heaven and nature sing 08:34 And heaven and nature sing 08:37 And heaven, and heaven, 08:40 And nature sing 08:45 Joy to the Earth! 08:47 The Savior reigns! 08:50 Let men their songs employ 08:56 While fields and floods 08:59 Rocks, hills, and plains 09:02 Repeat the sounding joy Repeat the sounding joy 09:07 Repeat, repeat the sounding joy 10:22 He rules the world 10:24 With truth and grace 10:27 And makes the nations prove 10:33 The glories of His righteousness 10:39 And wonders of His love And wonders of His love 10:44 And wonders, wonders, 10:48 Of His love 11:12 The road was dusty ruff and long 11:16 her labor pains were getting strong 11:21 Ends were full 11:23 As night closed in on them 11:29 Young Mary made it to a barn 11:33 Leaning hard on Joseph's arm 11:37 His coat and straw 11:40 Would make for her a bed 11:46 That night in Bethlehem 11:50 City of bread 11:54 Long promise bread of life was born 12:03 Brightest star and darkest night 12:07 Treasure at loss 12:11 The world and the bread of life 12:15 The manger and the cross 12:26 A wooden manger was his bead 12:31 A big bag of grain held his sweet head 12:35 The borrowed cave became his borrowed home 12:43 Some borrow neighbors came to see 12:47 This fragile babe eternity 12:52 Lying there 12:54 In Mary's arms awake 13:00 And did the carpenter 13:04 Feel the ruff wood 13:09 Was there in Mary's heart some pain 13:17 Brightest star and darkest night 13:21 Treasure at loss 13:25 The world and the bread of life 13:30 The manger and the cross 13:35 O come and place 13:40 A baby's face 13:43 Where all heaven 13:46 and her Dance in the light 13:52 All the hopes and fears 13:57 Of all the years 14:01 Are met in you 14:06 Tonight, 14:10 Tonight 14:14 Tender head and rugged wood 14:19 Deep as hunger's holy food 14:23 The breathe of God comes right to where we are 14:30 Oh, yes, that night in Bethlehem 14:35 City of bread 14:40 Long promise bread of life was born 14:48 Brightest glory, darkest night 14:52 Treasure at loss 14:56 The world and the holy seed 15:03 The world and the holy seed 15:09 The manger and the cross 15:32 We are blessed to throughout the year 15:34 meet wonderful people, musical talented people. 15:37 So if you have an opportunity 15:39 to watch the Praise Him channel, 15:41 you will be familiar with this next couple 15:43 that I'm going to introduce, 15:44 Jared and Hillary Mitchell. 15:46 Jared is the worship pastor 15:48 at the Roads Church in Norris City. 15:51 And I've asked them to come today 15:53 to sing a couple of beautiful songs. 15:54 I know you're going to love them. 15:56 They're beautiful people, wonderful friends. 15:58 I hope you enjoy these songs. 16:17 Oh, holy night! 16:20 The stars are brightly shining 16:26 It is the night 16:28 Of our dear Savior's birth 16:35 Long lay the world 16:39 In sin and error pining 16:44 Till he appeared 16:47 And the soul felt its worth 16:53 A thrill of hope 16:58 Yhe weary world rejoices 17:02 For yonder breaks 17:06 A new and glorious morn 17:10 Fall 17:13 On your knees! 17:18 Oh, hear 17:20 The angel voices 17:26 Oh, night 17:30 Divine 17:33 Oh, night 17:37 When Christ was born 17:41 Oh, night 17:46 Divine 17:50 Oh, night 17:54 Oh, night divine 18:13 Truly he taught us 18:17 To love one another 18:22 His law is love 18:24 And His gospel 18:27 Is peace 18:31 Chains shall he break 18:34 For the slave is our brother 18:39 And in His name, 18:42 All oppression shall cease 18:47 Sweet hymns of joy 18:51 In grateful chorus raise we 18:55 Let all within us 18:59 Praise His holy name 19:03 Christ is the Lord! 19:10 Oh, praise 19:13 His Name forever 19:18 His power 19:22 And glory 19:26 Vermore proclaim 19:33 His power 19:37 And glory 19:42 Evermore 19:46 Proclaim 20:06 Fall 20:08 On your knees! 20:13 Oh, hear 20:15 The angel voices 20:20 Oh, night 20:23 Divine 20:26 Oh, night 20:30 When Christ was born 20:33 Oh, night 20:38 Divine 20:45 Oh, night 20:51 Oh, night 20:54 Divine 21:30 Mary, did you know 21:34 That your baby boy 21:37 Would one day walk on water? 21:42 Mary, did you know 21:45 that your baby boy 21:48 Would save our sons and daughters? 21:53 Did you know 21:56 That your baby boy 21:59 Has come to make you new? 22:05 This child that you delivered 22:10 Will soon deliver you 22:15 Mary, did you know 22:19 That your baby boy 22:22 Would give sight to a blind man? 22:26 Mary, did you know 22:30 That your baby boy 22:33 Would calm the storm with his hand? 22:37 Did you know 22:40 That your baby boy 22:44 Has walked where angels trod? 22:48 And when you kiss 22:50 Your little baby 22:54 You kissed the face of God 22:58 Oh, Mary, did you know? 23:20 The blind will see The deaf will hear 23:25 The dead will live again 23:30 The lame will leap 23:33 The dumb will speak 23:35 The praises of the Lamb 23:44 Mary, did you know 23:49 That your baby boy 23:53 Is Lord of all creation? 23:57 Mary, did you know 24:00 That your baby boy 24:04 Would one day rule the nations? 24:08 Did you know 24:11 That your baby boy 24:14 Is heaven's perfect Lamb? 24:19 That sleeping child You're holding 24:24 Is the Great, 24:27 I Am 24:55 Amen. 24:56 It's great. That was beautiful. 24:58 So beautiful. 25:00 Their voices, they have such wonderful control. 25:02 Just pure and beautiful. 25:04 Yes, yes, their tones are so pure. 25:07 That's first time I met them. 25:08 So thank you for inviting them, and having him here. 25:11 I'm sure it won't be the last time. 25:13 They've been here before, 25:14 but first time on a Christmas program, 25:16 I think. 25:17 What we're going to do, we're going to do up tempo 25:19 thing just a little bit. 25:20 Is that all right? Okay. Yeah. 25:21 As you guys did a song I think last year, 25:23 year before sometime, but it's been, 25:25 I don't know when it was, but it's been long enough. 25:27 We want to hear it again. 25:29 At least 365 days. Yeah. 25:31 So maybe you could do a couple songs 25:33 while you trio sounds so great. 25:35 And it'll give me a chance to rest 25:36 my feet just a little bit. 25:39 And so we're just kind of go, go along. 25:41 And each of you know what you want to do, 25:43 our time just keeps getting away from us. 25:46 But I don't know about the rest of you. 25:48 But this, again, being with people, 25:51 and some of the talent that we've had, 25:53 we give God the glory for that. 25:55 I mean, nobody's taking the credit. 25:56 But if you look at these folk, every one of them, 25:59 they've done things around the world, 26:02 Kris and her group. 26:03 I mean, these are people 26:05 and this young couple, 26:07 I mean, these, they all could make 26:08 a great living in the world. 26:10 They really could if they really wanted to, 26:12 but praise God, they don't. 26:14 Yvonne, you're for one, 26:15 now you did make your living for many, many years. 26:18 I did. You were going to church. 26:20 I'm never gonna say... 26:22 I'm not gonna say, you stopped loving the Lord, 26:24 I think you always loved the Lord. 26:26 But you made some difficult decisions 26:28 when you were younger, 26:30 and some doors opened up for you. 26:32 As you were Yvonne, you know, Hodge growing up, 26:35 and then suddenly some doors opened up, 26:37 and then everybody's like, 26:38 whoa, that's, you know, Yvonne, 26:40 but you had to make some choices, 26:43 your music or the Lord? 26:46 I did. Tell us about it? 26:48 Well, for a long time, 26:50 I ended up kind of drifting away from the Lord. 26:54 It was a slow kind of process. 26:56 And I still prayed, 26:58 but I just didn't have the kind of relationship 27:01 with the Lord that I needed to have. 27:03 And little by little, I just slipped away. 27:06 And I remember, I was going through something 27:10 and a friend came to visit me 27:12 and she had a Living Bible with her. 27:15 And she handed 27:19 and she went back home. 27:21 And she sent me a verse, 27:23 because I was going through something at the time, 27:25 and it was from Philippians. 27:27 And it said, in the Living Bible, 27:28 don't worry about anything, instead, pray about everything. 27:32 Tell God your needs. 27:33 And don't forget to thank Him for His answers. 27:36 And if you do this, 27:38 you will experience God's peace, 27:39 which is more wonderful 27:41 than the human mind can understand. 27:43 And when I read that, I thought, 27:45 oh, like, that's what I need. 27:47 Like I had grown up with the King James Version, 27:50 which I ended up going back to. 27:52 But for a while, I just had the Living Bible, 27:55 and I was reading it and learning and all that. 27:58 So the Lord allowed me to go out, 28:02 but he drew me back. 28:03 And I'm so thankful in 1985, I came back to the Lord 28:07 and I have never regretted it. 28:10 It was the best decision I've ever made 28:13 to give my heart to Jesus. 28:14 And you might also 28:18 know that you need to do 28:19 something different in your life, 28:21 but you might not really know what it is. 28:23 If you don't know Jesus, 28:25 I'm telling you, that's what it is. 28:26 Missing peace. That's what it is. 28:28 That's what's missing. 28:29 So you can have all, I had money 28:31 and I had, you know it. 28:33 Why? 28:35 You know, I didn't really have fame 28:36 because I like being anonymous. 28:37 I was doing the jingles and so nobody knew me. 28:40 But if they read records credits. 28:43 When I was with her once 28:45 around a lot of the Hollywood people there, 28:47 "Hey, Yvonne, how are you doing?" 28:49 So I said, "Okay, I guessed it." 28:50 And we knew that voice on commercials. 28:52 Well, well. Praise the Lord. 28:53 But the thing for me was just reaching out 28:59 to the Lord or actually having Him 29:01 reach out to me and just responding 29:04 and knowing that this is a decision 29:07 that is life changing. 29:08 My life's never been the same since. 29:11 Never, I mean, how can you compare 29:13 singing for the world 29:15 about Charmin bathroom tissue? 29:20 You know, well, that's true. 29:22 Now, that's true. 29:23 But I mean, I'm just saying like 29:25 how can you compare singing for Jesus 29:27 and telling the world about 29:29 how good he is versus singing, 29:33 you know about stuff that is not as important. 29:37 We meet young people a lot of places 29:40 when we're traveling, but they're wanting, 29:43 trying so hard. 29:45 And they're singing in the church 29:46 and got great talent, but they want 29:47 so hard to be known. 29:49 So they go every where they can 29:51 because they want that break, to get into show business, 29:55 the entertainment business, and they all say, 29:58 "Well, I can be a Christian. 30:00 You know that I want to serve the Lord, 30:02 I want to be a Christian, 30:03 but I want to be out and do these things." 30:06 And, of course, if you've watched 30:08 her interviews with Little Richard, 30:09 he tells you if that's impossible for him 30:12 when he was there, and he says, 30:14 you know, you're just drawn so far away, 30:17 that he said, I did things that, 30:19 you know, I never even really want to talk about. 30:22 I always knew there was a God, 30:23 I always knew I wanted to serve Him, 30:25 but I chose the world first. 30:28 And so then Little Richard before he passed away, 30:31 and we knew him for several years 30:32 talk to him quite often every other week or so. 30:35 All he wanted to talk about was Jesus. 30:37 That's right. 30:38 And I mean consistent 30:39 because there's where his peace was, 30:41 his health wasn't good. 30:42 I mean, I'm sure everybody around him knew, 30:47 he couldn't live long, much longer on this earth. 30:50 But he still was positive, he still talked about the Lord. 30:54 And up until the last few months, 30:56 every day, they would come to his room, 30:58 put him in a wheelchair, take him out, 31:00 put him in a car, drive him in Nashville, 31:03 he lived in Nashville, and he'd roll the windows down 31:05 and hand out Steps to Christ to people. 31:07 That's right. 31:08 He said, "This is what's important." 31:10 He was counteracting what he had done 31:12 so many years before the message 31:14 that he had given to people. 31:15 Yes, yes. 31:17 So somebody is looking at now, young person now, 31:18 Yvonne has seven gold and platinum records. 31:20 That's quite an achievement in the music industry. 31:23 But somebody's saying, "Boy, 31:25 I really want to get out there." 31:26 What do you tell them compared then to now? 31:29 There's actually no comparison 31:31 because you cannot, 31:33 the richness of knowing Jesus doesn't... 31:37 There's nothing that compares with that. 31:40 Wealth and money, once you get that, 31:42 you say to yourself, now what? 31:45 Now what, what's next? 31:47 Because it doesn't satisfy that hold that's in your soul. 31:51 Only Jesus can fill that spot. 31:54 And so for you, 31:56 who, those of you who want to kind of dabble 31:59 out there. 32:00 I wish I could just tell you and you would hear me that 32:03 there's nothing out there. 32:05 It's all like, like, 32:07 what are they call it like mirrors? 32:10 Yeah. Smoke and mirrors. 32:12 It's not real. 32:14 The devil makes you think that it's so great. 32:17 I know people who were so wealthy and famous, 32:21 who were so miserable. 32:23 They were so miserable 32:25 and lonely and just had no life. 32:28 Jesus said, 32:30 "I've come that you might have life, 32:32 and that you might have it more abundantly." 32:35 This is the abundant life. 32:38 This is the life that you should seek. 32:40 Just try Jesus. That's all. 32:43 If you try Him 32:44 and he doesn't satisfy your soul. 32:46 Okay, I challenge you today to try Jesus. 32:50 Well, speaking of that, there's only one real star. 32:53 Come on. Right? 32:55 Come on now. All right. 32:56 How's that for segue? 32:57 You guys are gonna sing about it. 32:59 All right? 33:02 That's good. 33:03 Like this song, this is good. 33:13 Over mountains and valleys 33:16 They led him each night 33:19 A star of most radiant light 33:24 The wise men rejoiced 33:27 As they journeyed afar 33:29 To behold such a beautiful star 33:35 When they saw the star 33:37 They rejoiced with great joy 33:41 When they saw the star 33:43 They rejoiced 33:46 When they saw the star 33:48 They rejoiced with great joy 33:51 They rejoiced with exceeding great joy 33:57 When they saw the star 33:59 They rejoiced with great joy 34:02 When they saw the star they rejoiced 34:08 When they saw the star 34:10 They rejoiced with great joy 34:13 They rejoiced with exceeding great joy 34:18 Other saw the star but they followed it not 34:24 To them it would come and would pass 34:29 The wise men kept trusting with all of their hearts 34:34 That the star would find the Baby at last 34:39 When they saw the star 34:42 They rejoiced with great joy 34:46 When they saw the star they rejoiced 34:51 When they saw the star 34:53 They rejoiced with great joy 34:56 They rejoiced with exceeding great joy 35:02 When they saw the star 35:04 They rejoiced with great joy 35:07 When they saw the star they rejoiced 35:13 When they saw the star 35:15 They rejoiced with great joy 35:17 They rejoiced with exceeding great joy 35:23 When they saw the star They rejoiced with great joy 35:29 When they saw the star they rejoiced 35:34 When they saw the star They rejoiced with great joy 35:39 They rejoiced with exceeding great joy 35:45 Great joy 35:47 They rejoiced 35:49 with exceeding great joy Joy! 36:01 Amen. 36:03 More, more. 36:04 So much fun. 36:05 Oh, man. 36:07 But Danny said he is the star. 36:08 He is. 36:09 He is the star. I know it. He is. 36:11 Yvonne, there's a song that I love growing up to sing. 36:15 It was called away in a manger. 36:17 And it's one of my favorites, I don't know about yours. 36:19 I love away in a manger. 36:21 What about you, Ladye Love? 36:22 I love it. 36:24 Okay. 36:25 I think we're gonna start in G and try, okay? 36:26 Okay. Here we go. 36:35 Away in a manger 36:40 No crib for a bed 36:44 The little Lord Jesus 36:49 Laid down His sweet head 36:53 The stars in the sky 36:58 Looked down where he lay 37:03 The little Lord Jesus 37:08 Asleep on the hay 37:17 The cattle are lowing 37:22 The Baby awakes 37:27 But little Lord Jesus 37:31 No crying 37:33 He makes I love You, 37:39 Lord Jesus 37:41 Look down from the sky 37:46 And stay by my cradle 37:51 Till morning is nigh 38:02 Be near me, Lord Jesus 38:07 I ask You to stay 38:12 Close by me forever 38:17 And love me 38:19 I pray 38:22 Bless all the dear children 38:27 In Thy tender care 38:31 And take us to heaven 38:37 To live with You there 39:02 Amen. Beautiful. 39:04 Amen. 39:06 Thank you. 39:08 So, I think it was about 39:12 maybe two years ago, Tim, 39:17 I called you and I said, 39:19 "Tim, the Lord gave me these lyrics 39:22 and can you put a melody to it?" 39:25 And you send back 39:27 such a beautiful melody to this song 39:30 because we were talking about, I was thinking, 39:33 when, in my worship room, 39:35 I was thinking about how so many people feel like, 39:40 they don't get anything for Christmas. 39:42 They're lonely, they're displaced. 39:45 They're feeling like, I have no one who loves me. 39:50 And so I asked the Lord to give me a song. 39:55 And then I reached out to you. 39:58 I mean, he just gave me these lyrics 40:00 and I'm thankful and then I reached out to you, 40:02 and you sent the song back, the melody back 40:06 and it's just beautiful. 40:07 So I'd like for us to do that now. 40:10 What did you think, Tim, when I send you that? 40:13 Oh, I love the lyrics. 40:14 Of course, I love your heart, 40:16 and it's wonderful to work with people 40:18 in co-writing as you might call that. 40:20 Yes. 40:22 When you know that person, 40:23 you know where they're coming from, 40:24 you know, they have such a pure heart. 40:26 And the lyrics, of course, 40:27 came from your time of about something that 40:30 God had spoken to you about like you said, 40:32 so that it was not difficult 40:36 in my opinion to come up with this. 40:40 Just to do what God gives me 40:42 and he blessed you with your writing 40:44 because I can hardly speak well, 40:46 much less write things down. 40:49 So music is my thing and paired with your lyrics 40:53 is a beautiful song and I love, 40:55 I love the message in the song. 40:57 Praise the Lord. 40:59 So we hope you enjoy it as well. 41:14 I thought I had no gift 41:17 When I looked under the tree 41:22 But then I heard a voice that said 41:26 You didn't think of Me 41:31 For I'm the greatest gift you have 41:35 I'll meet your every need 41:40 Just place your life into my hand 41:44 I'll help you to succeed 41:52 The greatest gift you'll ever get 41:57 Is right here in your heart 42:01 he will comfort, guide and teach you 42:06 You will never be apart 42:10 And if you give your heart to him 42:14 You'll never wander again 42:20 For he is the best and greatest gift 42:24 God ever gave to man 42:29 Yes, Jesus is the greatest gift 42:33 God ever gave to man 43:06 'Cause Jesus is the greatest gift 43:10 God ever gave to man 43:16 Yes, Jesus is the greatest gift 43:22 God ever 43:25 gave to man 43:36 Amen. It's beautiful. 43:38 Beautiful. Basically, thank you, Tim. 43:40 You're gonna give us a Christmas medley? 43:42 I think I'll just play a little bit here. 43:43 All right? Thank you. 43:45 It's good. 47:03 Amen. 47:05 Tim, that was absolutely beautiful. 47:07 Thank you. I met... 47:08 Yvonne come up here for a second, would you? 47:11 I've been around a lot of musicians 47:13 for, you know, over 40 years. 47:15 And I started producing records in Nashville in early '80s. 47:19 And so where did you go there? 47:21 Where did you go? There you go, okay. 47:23 And I just want to let you know that honestly, 47:27 I've never met a musician, 47:29 as literally as talented as you are, 47:32 but not only the talent God's given you, 47:34 but his humility. 47:36 He, Tim, and he's so... 47:39 he hates when we do this 'cause, 47:41 you know, we kind of put him on the spot. 47:43 But I do work with musicians from all over. 47:49 And Tim is just at the top of the list, I just... 47:52 And his spirit, if you need anything, 47:56 Tim will go and get it if he's not a diva or divo. 48:01 You know, he's just got such a spirit of humility. 48:06 And that's a Christ like spirit. 48:08 That's what the Lord would have us to have. 48:09 And so we just so love you, Tim. 48:12 We really do, we love and appreciate you. 48:15 You're ready to get him, put him on the spot. 48:16 Well, no, a little bit of his testimony, 48:20 but it's not an accident 48:22 that you love gospel music, you got an early start, right? 48:25 Tell us a little bit about you? You know what? 48:27 So my mother tells, 48:30 told the story that she prayed for a piano player. 48:36 That's exactly right. 48:38 So, you know, if you have a praying mother, 48:43 you are a blessed person, a blessed child. 48:47 And so I had no choice. 48:50 You know, because if mama prayed for it, 48:52 then, yeah, it was done. 48:55 And so then whenever I was born, 48:57 but they had purchased a piano for my sister, 49:01 and she didn't take to it. 49:03 Well, you know, I'm just kind of, 49:05 I have one of those obligated spirits. 49:08 So I've... so I was, I had to do it. 49:11 But I've crawled up on piano 49:13 when I was like three years old. 49:15 I started just, you know, play in a way 49:16 and but, yeah, my mom and dad 49:19 sang gospel music. 49:20 My sister sang with them. 49:22 It was the Parton trio at the time. 49:24 And they sang great southern gospel music. 49:27 So, yeah, that was what was going on. 49:31 You know, I didn't have any lullabies. 49:33 They were singing great hymns, and wonderful 49:36 that I was in church all the time. 49:38 I'm sure you studied music 49:40 and all of that to play it right? 49:42 Tell me a little about that? 49:43 Well, when I was six and seven, both of those years, 49:47 I took a little bit of piano. 49:49 And actually I would learn, I would go to the piano lesson. 49:53 I would have the piano teacher play the song, 49:56 the next lesson for me, 49:58 and I would memorize it right there from. 50:01 God blessed me with such a good ear. 50:03 And, you know, all glory to Him for that. 50:05 But except for the fact that 50:08 whenever I came back to the piano lesson, 50:11 I would play the lesson just back what I remember. 50:15 What you heard instead of what you read. 50:17 Exactly. Instead of what I read. 50:18 Yeah. 50:19 And that what happened 50:21 was I played it back in the wrong key. 50:22 Oh, that's whenever the... Oh, she knew. 50:25 You know what? 50:26 And told my, told my mom, 50:28 you know, there's no reason in giving him lessons, 50:32 because he's just, 50:34 you know, he's not paying attention, 50:35 he's not reading the notes. 50:36 So, you know, earlier whenever Chris 50:40 had, he gave me this, this piece of paper here 50:43 that had the music on it. 50:45 You talk about nervous, I was sweating. 50:49 Because I can read a little bit 50:50 because later on in my years in high school band, 50:53 I played the oboe and the tuba, and the cymbals. 50:58 But, so that wouldn't really help. 51:01 But the, so it was... 51:03 Especially here. Yeah. 51:05 Yeah, especially here. 51:08 So I learned a lot of music theory 51:10 through my high school. 51:11 So I'm very blessed to have been 51:13 in the public school system, where I was learning music, 51:17 learning how to read. 51:18 But as far as what I play here, I play just play by ear. 51:23 And that, but that's, that's okay. 51:25 It's just like something great that you do, 51:28 you know, or if you I've always said 51:29 if you bake it, bake a cherry pie 51:31 or, you know, I guess 51:33 other than playing the piano, I always say I'm half ignorant. 51:39 Not true, the best part of his humble spirit 51:42 that we've been talking about. 51:43 The point is, you could be playing, 51:47 you know, you could have been playing 51:48 anywhere basically you wanted to, 51:51 but that just, and I've known you 51:52 a lot of years that never seems to bend your desire 51:55 to go outside the realm of gospel music, 51:59 doesn't mean you wouldn't play a song here and there, 52:01 but as far as trying to make a living 52:02 or be out in the world or to be famous, 52:05 you've never really searched for that. 52:07 And you're happy, you're content. 52:08 And the thing is, God has opened doors for me 52:12 within the Christian realm 52:14 that with Christian family groups or quartets. 52:17 So I've never had to look elsewhere for work. 52:20 And again, just haven't, like you say, 52:22 I really haven't had the desire. 52:23 So I think the key is my parents instilled in me 52:28 to put God first 52:30 and he would give you the desires of your heart, 52:32 and in fact I think he'll make the desires, 52:35 he'll give you the desires that He wants 52:38 you to have in your heart. 52:39 And I'm okay with that. 52:41 Absolutely. He's been good to me. 52:42 So you worked hard. 52:44 You've always worked, you worked tremendously hard. 52:47 So nothing comes for without working for. 52:50 So God gave you the gifts, but you honed it, 52:53 you've dedicated it to him, and look what has happened. 52:55 I'm very blessed. 52:56 And so what we like to do, we got a time for... 52:58 We got to make time for one more song. 52:59 This is one of our every favorite songs ever, 53:03 Ordinary Baby. 53:04 We love it. 53:06 Tell us about it.? 53:07 He was just 53:09 An ordinary baby 53:15 That's the way 53:17 He planned it, maybe 53:21 Anything less than common 53:25 would have kept Him apart 53:30 From the children 53:34 that he came to rescue 53:39 Limited to some elite few 53:44 When he was the only Child 53:48 Who asked to be born 53:55 And he came to us 53:58 With eyes wide open 54:02 Knowing how we're hurt 54:05 And broken 54:08 Choosing to partake 54:12 Of all our joy 54:16 And pain 54:19 He was just 54:22 An ordinary baby 54:27 That's the way 54:29 He planned it, maybe 54:34 So that we could come to Him 54:38 And not be afraid 54:49 He was ordinary 54:54 With exception 54:58 Of miraculous conception 55:03 Both His birth and death 55:06 He planned from the start 55:12 But between His entrance 55:17 And His exit 55:21 Was a life that has affected 55:27 Everyone who's walked the earth 55:31 To this very day 55:38 And with no airs 55:41 Of condescension 55:46 He became 55:48 God's pure extension 55:52 Giving you and me 55:56 The chance to be remade 56:03 He was just 56:06 An ordinary baby 56:11 That's the way 56:13 He planned it, maybe 56:18 So that we could come to Him 56:21 And not be afraid 56:30 So that we could come to Him 56:35 And not be afraid 56:47 He was just 56:51 An ordinary baby 57:04 Absolutely beautiful. Oh, it's so beautiful. 57:07 Can't really add anything to that, 57:10 except that we're gonna have to say 57:11 goodbye to our folks. 57:13 Thank you so much for coming. 57:14 And of course, Kris and Mitchells, 57:16 and everybody and, Tim, 57:17 thank you for the hard work that you do to help us 57:20 sound us good as we can possibly sound. 57:22 For those of you at home, again, thank you for your love 57:24 and prayers and financial support of 3ABN. 57:28 Remember, Jesus loves you. 57:29 Our time is all gone. 57:31 Until we see you next time, 57:32 may the Lord richly bless you abundantly 57:34 more than you could ever ask or think. |
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