Participants: Paula Eakins (Host), Curtis Eakins
Series Code: AL
Program Code: AL00168A
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00:01 I'm so excited and for two reasons,
00:04 but I'm not gonna tell you the first one right 00:06 now, but I will tell you that on this particular 00:08 show we're gonna be talking about the grab 00:10 bag when we go in and take e-mails 00:12 and letters and phone calls of things that 00:15 you have been saying to Curtis and I and 00:16 our ministry. So we want you to stay by. 00:49 Welcome, welcome to Abundant Living, 00:53 we are excited today. I know that already 00:55 I'm Paula Eakins and this is my husband 00:57 Curtis Eakins. Curtis Eakins very good. 01:00 And we are excited because, because 01:03 on the fact that we are on a brand new set. 01:07 Amen, Hallelujah. You know what I'm saying, 01:09 wonderful. It's gorgeous, hope I can contain 01:12 myself. Okay just calm down baby. 01:13 I will try to calm down. Okay, I will try. 01:15 And we were talking about the Grab Bag. 01:17 The Grab Bag is the program today and this 01:19 is so good, because when we talk about the 01:21 grab bag it's actually when we go into the bag 01:23 and pull out all the wonderful letters that 01:26 we have gotten, e- mails, phones calls, 01:28 you name it, people were sending them in and 01:31 we cannot talk enough about that. 01:34 Now of course we're not gonna do all the letters 01:35 that we have gotten. Yeah that's right, 01:37 but we did receive a whole lot of e-mails 01:40 all over the country, all over the world 01:42 as matter of fact and we appreciate those e-mails, 01:44 phone calls and also prayers that people have 01:47 been praying for our ministry. That's the 01:49 encouragement that encourages us. Yes. 01:51 We always ask the Lord we have our devotion 01:53 in morning that we will be, we will bless 01:56 someone and the day will be a blessing to us 01:58 as well and surely God always does a 02:01 wonderful job. That's true. Of answering our 02:04 prayer, you know. Yes, I know there is a 02:06 text that we have for our ministry maybe 02:08 you want to share that text with the audience. 02:10 This is one of my favorite texts Curtis, okay, 02:12 you know I always says from Genesis to 02:14 Revelation all are my favorites, 02:15 but this is my real favorite, favorite text 02:18 and it's coming out of a First Timothy chapter 1 02:21 and verse 12. Okay. And this is what it reads 02:24 and I'm gonna change it a little bit here. 02:26 It says, and I thank Jesus Christ our Lord, 02:30 who hath enabled me, for that he counted 02:33 me faithful, putting me into the ministry. 02:36 Now this was a verse that I got a long time ago, 02:39 okay, and I like it but it keeps talking about 02:42 the one person and so I wanna read again 02:44 as our ministry is concerned. Okay. 02:46 And we thank Christ Jesus our Lord, 02:51 with whom has enabled us, for he counted us 02:56 faithful, putting us in the ministry. 03:00 So you made it personal, alright, and we really 03:02 are grateful that God has placed us in this 03:05 ministry on 3ABN as well to also promote 03:08 health and healthful living and we're just 03:10 so honored and privileged that God has chosen 03:12 us for such a time as this. 03:14 Well such a time as this and you know when 03:16 we think about it Curtis. It's been, 03:18 it's been years that we have actually been 03:21 on the show Abundant Living and living our 03:25 actual professions, you know people always say 03:26 to us all the time we're traveling you know is. 03:28 Is this all you do. And who's your employer, 03:31 and did you leave your business? 03:33 I'm telling you the best thing ever happened 03:35 was to, for God to put us in a ministry to be 03:38 able service to him and that's exactly what 03:41 we have said to the Lord. We said until you come 03:43 again, which he will soon or unless you lay us 03:47 in our grave to fall asleep until you do the 03:49 calling our bidding is to be able to speak 03:53 for God to all those we come in contact with. 03:57 That's true and while we tell people when 03:58 we do travel that God has given all of us gifts, 04:02 abilities and talents and he expects us 04:05 to use those that he has given us to share 04:07 and bless others as well, so whatever gifts, 04:09 abilities and talents that you have God expects 04:12 us to share that with others as well. 04:14 And we will do that, then our gifts, abilities and 04:16 talents will increase as well. 04:18 Well I know sometime people say you know 04:20 I'm really going through a lot of things Curtis 04:21 and I don't have, I can't imagine myself out 04:23 there ministering to anybody, but we have 04:25 found that the more you minister to others 04:28 the better you feel. That's right, that's right, 04:30 it's all very comforting yes. You know, 04:32 yeah it's really all about God and you know 04:34 of course it became a faith walk and you 04:37 always make the statement about 04:39 faith in God. So what would you say when 04:42 someone says how are you able to move 04:46 into this ministry when you're just working 04:48 for God? I'm not sure, it's a lot of statements. 04:52 Always, you always say, you always say 04:53 we eat from God's hand to our mouth. 04:56 That's right. From God's hand to our mouth 04:58 and he has never disappointed us, 05:00 never disappointed us. Yeah, our faith has 05:01 really increased since we embark on this ministry 05:05 full time. It's been over 12 years ago now. 05:08 And so its really been increased there. 05:10 Now we have a lot of letters and a lot of 05:12 e- mails and we are gonna read some of these 05:14 and make some comments and we're gonna go 05:16 as far as we can until its time to go into 05:18 the kitchen, so we are going to share, 05:20 we are going in the kitchen. That's right 05:21 now we didn't get permission to read this, 05:23 so we're just gonna mention the person's 05:26 first name. And now that's it but this is the one, 05:29 I really wanna start with this one. Okay. Now 05:31 I have to admit, I feel some what embarrassed 05:34 saying this but I found this on my desk and 05:37 its been on my desk for quite some time, 05:40 but I wanna read this to you as well. 05:43 Dear Curtis and Paula Eakins, I wanted to tell 05:46 you what a great job you are doing. 05:48 My whole family likes to watch your program 05:51 and my mom likes your recipes. Keep on being 05:54 funny and keep on cooking more abundantly 05:59 from Kim, age 11. Oh! Wow. PS: Please read 06:05 this on your program, I will be watching for it. 06:09 So Kim now, that's age 11, she is probably 06:13 14 by now, well I hope if you still have a TV 06:16 so Kim hopefully that you're watching this. 06:18 We really appreciate that Kim and we keep 06:21 on cooking more abundantly, so very warm 06:24 and when ever I had this, oh I have to read 06:26 this as a first letter on the first program on 06:29 a new set, this is for you Kim. You know 06:32 I remember one time too, we met someone in 06:34 one of the places that we were traveling, 06:35 who said that her three sons love Abundant Living, 06:40 yeah, and that's unusual, three sons they always 06:42 run in the room when the show comes 06:43 on and sit down and watch the program and 06:45 I have a letter also, okay. And this one is from 06:48 Shirley. Okay. As a matter of fact Shirley writes 06:50 and she also makes mention about her 06:52 daughter Lydia. Okay. And it says God bless 06:56 the two of you. Kind servants of the most high, 07:02 I gleam so much from you shows. I just turned 07:05 and of course I'm not gonna say her age, 07:08 but she says she finally enjoys cooking and 07:10 recipes. Okay. And my daughter who is here 07:13 with me wants to also send you guys a big hug. 07:17 Oh okay. Alright and then she goes on to say 07:19 often we are not aware of the gifts that Father 07:22 has given us, so I want you to know your 07:25 testimony, your kindness and your love for each 07:28 other is so inspiring and then she says sincerely, 07:32 but there's a part in this letter that I thought 07:34 was so neat, okay, she says praise God 07:36 in all his many ways. He brings soft, warm, 07:40 compelling light to dark spaces. It's really 07:45 touching yes. Is that beautiful, you know 07:47 I love that, I love that, so nice thank you card. 07:49 And she said the testimony, any particular 07:50 testimony or? When she mentioned testimony 07:52 I'm not you know because our shows of course 07:55 we do testimonies a lot about different things 07:57 that are going on. But how appropriate and 07:59 you know you can't imagine these letters, 08:01 these thank you letters and e-mails and phone calls 08:03 really lift our spirit. It does right, right. 08:06 What you got there? I have another one of 08:08 course now as you have might known, we 08:09 travel quite a bit, going to different churches 08:12 throughout the nation and we went to this 08:14 one church and stayed with this one family 08:17 and this says hi Curtis and Paula, 08:20 this is from Barbara, okay. And I saw you 08:22 on 3ABN today and I sat there with a smile 08:25 on my face the whole time remembering 08:27 you visit. I would like to make an appointment 08:30 with you, to spend one whole day with you 08:33 in heaven. Isn't that something. 08:36 Oh! Now since time God is different from our 08:39 time that can end up to be a year or more. 08:43 Anyway when I saw you today it made me 08:45 miss you, but to be thankful for the time that 08:48 we were allowed to spend with you. 08:50 I, we couldn't be more part of you if you 08:53 were our own kids, keep up the good work, 08:55 the Lord has given you to do. And then it goes 08:58 on to say, we receive your thank you card 09:01 yesterday and it should be us thanking you. 09:04 You really made us feel special and we were 09:07 the honored ones to have you as our house guest. 09:10 The Mayor, that's her husband. 09:12 The Mayor sends his regard and right now we 09:15 are searching our staff to see if we can give 09:18 you both jobs in our village in case you maybe 09:21 without a job one of these day. 09:23 But until we can find a spot for you we order you 09:26 to stay in Canadaville. If and when you are 09:29 close by. Once again thank you for sharing 09:31 your life with us. His love Barbara. 09:34 And it's a joke about that, yes, yes, 09:37 they had a, there is a sign they have in their 09:41 front yard and her husband made himself a 09:45 Mayor. He was the Mayor and of course 09:47 she was the supervisor, so we stayed with them 09:49 while we were there at their church there and 09:51 so Barbara we love and Mayor as well. 09:54 Had a wonderful time with them and so praise 09:57 God for that. Well you know its because 09:58 of the program Abundant Living in 3ABN 10:01 that has really allows the opportunity be able 10:03 to travel all around the world to see 10:06 different people and they always talk about 3ABN 10:09 and there are programs here at 3ABN and 10:11 of course the women always talk about the 10:14 recipes and they ask for recipes you know, 10:17 but this letter here came from Norma and she 10:20 says dear Paula, thank you and Curtis so much 10:23 for your ministry. You honestly brought me 10:26 to my knees when I went home and prayed 10:29 to my God and ask that he use me for my ministry. 10:34 I like Daniel have purposed in my heart not 10:37 to eat from the King's table. 10:40 I brought your cookbook and took it to work 10:43 and shared some of recipes with my friends 10:45 and they were excited. They said the food 10:48 tastes wonderful. Wonderful. My sister and 10:51 my daughter were both blessed also 10:52 in a very positive way. Okay. 10:55 And she ends her letter by saying God bless 10:57 you Paula, love you and we'll be praying 10:59 for you and Curtis. It's good for my daughter 11:02 to see a couple that is equally yoked 11:06 in the Lord, take care and then she says 11:08 don't forget me. Oh! Well, we not only haven't 11:11 forgotten you, but this is on, this 11:13 is being taped so. You know what I'm saying. 11:16 What can I say. That is absolutely fantastic. 11:20 She says equally yoke, equally yoke, 11:22 equally that means that you know now 11:24 of course when we started I was the 11:25 President and my wife was the vice president 11:27 and it just dawn to me I guess a 11:29 few months ago that we should be co-directors, 11:32 so we changed that now. My wife is co-director 11:36 because we're equally yoked. Did you hear 11:37 that I'm now a co-director with Curtis, 11:40 co-director. That's right, yes so you are really 11:42 moving up honey. Oh! Thank you. 11:43 Okay, looking at the clock here. Yes. 11:45 Here's our Claudette from the United Kingdom. 11:47 Claudette alright. My name is Claudette and 11:50 I live in United Kingdom, I often watch 3ABN 11:53 and enjoy your shows. It seems that in the U.S. 11:56 there is so much health seminars etc 11:59 going on that we here can try to tap into a 12:02 healthy lifestyle and also become more committed 12:05 and better Christians. I will like to know 12:07 if there is anyway I can start something here 12:10 in United Kingdom that will benefit people 12:12 here especially those who do not have the 12:15 access to a computer that is the elderly, 12:17 those financially challenged, always awaiting 12:21 for you response. Yes, we do Claudette, 12:24 as matter of fact when a process to putting 12:25 together some of our 3ABN programming 12:29 and package them on DVD, so therefore be 12:31 available for those who may not be able to 12:34 invite us to their place or out of country, 12:36 out of state or whatever the cause, 12:38 so it be more efficacious for those who purchase 12:41 those DVDs and those will be out very 12:43 shortly as well. That's really good. 12:45 Well this was a e- mail, okay, okay we got 12:47 the other ones, in this e-mail, 12:48 probably the last one, yeah. 12:50 Well this e-mail says praise the Lord, 12:52 thank you for your prayers and encouragement 12:56 and then it says you know I bought your cookbook 12:58 and she talks about the fact that she really 13:01 has always just kind of been you know like, 13:03 those cook that just kind of throw everything 13:04 in the pot. Okay. But she said your cookbook 13:07 and cooking shows have really helped me 13:09 to make a lifestyle change that I really needed 13:12 to make and best to all your family and also 13:16 your friends and this is Denise. Oh. 13:18 Now the thing that was so amazing about Denise, 13:19 Curtis is that not only she send me a e-mail, 13:22 but Denise send me a recipe. Oh yes. 13:24 And I'm telling you, you know we love that 13:25 people always want to send recipes, 13:27 but this recipe sounds very very good and 13:29 you know, you never know Denise one day it 13:30 might really show up one of our Abundant 13:32 Living shows and we just praise God. 13:35 We can once again the encouragement of course 13:38 people talk about we encourage them, 13:40 but once again we have to say to you that 13:42 you encourage us as well. And it wasn't for 3ABN, 13:45 it wasn't for the wonderful e-mails 13:47 and phone calls that really lift our spirits 13:50 you know we're all in this together. 13:52 We're all in this together and so God is good, 13:54 now I know. And we have a few more but 13:56 our time has ran out because we are ones from 13:59 West Africa and South America but anyway so 14:02 its time for the kitchen, so what's the recipe 14:05 in the kitchen honey? Well you know now 14:06 we're gonna in the kitchen and this is 14:08 a special one, especially for all of our friends 14:09 and this gonna be a Berry & Lemon Pudding Trifle. 14:13 You wanna get your paper and 14:15 pencil and meet us in the kitchen. |
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