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Series Code: BBF
Program Code: BBF170003S
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00:03 Hi, I'm Billy Blackwood.
00:05 Through my years in music ministry, 00:07 I've had the privilege of meeting many great people 00:09 and making a lot of great friends. 00:14 Some have been friends for literally decades 00:15 and some have been more recent. 00:19 It's my hope that 00:20 you will enjoy getting a glimpse behind the scenes 00:22 and into the real lives of my friends. 00:25 Sit back and enjoy 00:26 as you watch Billy Blackwood and Friends. 00:46 The chimes of time Ring out the news 00:51 Another day is through 00:57 Someone slipped and fell 01:02 Was that someone you? 01:07 You may have longed 01:10 For added strength 01:13 Your courage to renew 01:19 Do not be disheartened 01:24 For I have news for you 01:30 It is no secret 01:36 What God can do 01:41 What He's done for others 01:46 He'll do for you 01:52 With arms wide open 01:57 He'll pardon you 02:03 It is no secret 02:08 What God can do 02:15 There is no night 02:18 For in His light 02:21 You'll never walk alone 02:27 Always feel at home 02:32 Wherever you may roam 02:37 There is no power Can conquer you 02:43 When God is on your side 02:48 Just take Him at His promise 02:54 Don't run away and hide 03:00 It is no secret 03:05 What God can do 03:11 What He's done for others 03:16 He'll do for you 03:22 With arms wide open 03:27 He'll pardon you 03:33 It is no secret 03:38 What God can do 03:44 It is no secret 03:49 What God can do 04:05 Hi, I'm Billy Blackwood, 04:07 and you're watching Billy Blackwood and Friends. 04:08 My guest today is my dear friend 04:10 Kelly Willard. 04:12 I'm so thrilled and honored 04:13 to have Kelly on our program today. 04:16 As you will hear in the next several minutes 04:20 incredible talent, incredible voice, 04:22 incredible heart. 04:24 And, Kelly, welcome, it's so good to have you here. 04:27 Thank you, Billy. 04:28 I'm glad to be here with you. 04:31 We first met when we were teenagers. 04:34 Yes, yes. 04:36 At a music camp in Texas, Waxahachie, Texas. 04:39 Stamps-Blackwood School of Music. 04:41 Blackwood School of Music 04:43 and you were this little redheaded girl 04:44 from Winter Haven, Florida. 04:48 You know I don't know why I have a memory of you 04:50 in the college 04:52 that we were in the music school 04:54 was held in our college there at Waxahachie, Texas. 04:56 Yeah. 04:57 And I remember that 04:59 there was not air conditioning, 05:00 it was in the middle of the summer, 05:02 it was really hot 05:03 but the third floor 05:04 had little practice rooms with pianos. 05:06 Oh, yeah. 05:07 And for some reason, 05:08 one of my vivid memories are, 05:10 one of my, probably my first memory of you, 05:11 is hearing you in one of those practice rooms. 05:14 I've heard you before I saw you, 05:17 and I heard you playing and just worshiping the Lord. 05:21 And, you know, I don't know, 05:24 you're not really supposed to be a fan of people. 05:25 But I've been an admirer ever since 05:28 just from what I heard that day 05:30 and you, God has used you in so many ways 05:36 through the years and your songs 05:38 and your records and tell us, 05:43 you know, tell us, 05:44 there are a lot of folks maybe watching today 05:46 who are not familiar with you or your music. 05:47 So kind of give us a little history backup and 05:49 give us history maybe from the music school on 05:52 and what God's been doing? 05:54 All right. 05:56 I think I was 15 when I met you, so 06:01 because I know I was 15 at that music school 06:04 and then I was playing the piano for my church 06:11 in Winter Haven, 06:12 where I was born and raised, Florida. 06:15 And I went from playing 06:21 for my church 06:23 to move to Nashville 06:25 and played for Jake Hess Sound, 06:27 which was his family group. 06:30 And then I ended up moving out to California 06:34 to play for the Archers. 06:38 And then I moved to Oklahoma City 06:40 to play for a group called Seth. 06:43 And then after that, 06:46 a group called Harlan Rogers and Friends. 06:49 So I was basically a person in the background, 06:54 you know, playing the piano 06:56 and occasionally singing backgrounds. 07:02 But a dear friend 07:04 who I just mentioned, Harlan Rogers, 07:09 who had the group Harlan Rogers and Friends 07:12 talked me into singing, 07:14 and he literally had to talk me into singing solos. 07:19 Then after a couple of years, Harlan decided 07:22 that he wanted to go back with Andre's Group, 07:26 and he moved back to California, 07:29 and left us in Oklahoma, 07:31 and was working with the people at Maranatha music. 07:36 I was married by that time at the ripe old age of 18. 07:42 Oh, my. 07:43 We had a friend 07:45 who had been the leader of Seth, 07:49 the group I was with before Harlan. 07:51 Anyway, he invited my husband and I out there. 07:56 Long story short, 07:57 we ended up moving out to California 08:00 and after about a year of playing on different albums 08:04 and singing backgrounds. 08:07 Maranatha approached me and said, 08:10 would you like to do a solo album for our company? 08:15 You know, and I was blown away at that, 08:19 you know, I mean, 08:21 that was the beginning of recording several albums. 08:25 What was the name of the first one? 08:27 Blame it on the one I love. 08:28 Oh, blame it on the one I love. 08:30 Yes, I knew that record, I can still see that cover. 08:33 But I didn't know 08:34 if there was a record before that. 08:35 But yeah, I have blame it on the one I love. 08:37 You do? I do. 08:38 Okay. Okay. 08:40 You just, you know, 08:42 and I think because I knew you as a, 08:46 you know, as a teenager 08:49 You know, when you started releasing solo records, 08:52 I mean, obviously, I knew who you were 08:55 already and so, 08:57 it wasn't like someone had to, 08:59 you know, say, well, 09:01 hey, you need to listen to this person 09:02 because I'd already done that. 09:04 So I remember blame it on the one I love. 09:07 Everybody that I knew just thought that was, 09:10 you know, that was such a great record 09:12 and what was that... 09:14 What do you follow that up with? 09:16 I don't remember what was after that. 09:18 Next was willing heart. 09:20 Oh, yes. Oh my. 09:25 Psalm 139 on willing heart 09:27 and we said on blaming on the one I love. 09:29 That was on the third album, 09:30 which was called Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs. 09:33 Okay, okay, that's right. 09:35 Well, I got all of those, I guess. 09:36 Yeah. 09:37 And then the record that really... 09:43 Is probably I start to talk about this 09:45 and I get emotional 09:46 because this record just captured for in my world 09:51 captured generation 09:53 and that was the record message from a King. 09:55 Listen as Kelly plays for you some of the... 09:59 What I think are some of the greatest Christian songs 10:01 that have ever been written 10:02 that just convey the heart of God. 10:05 Listen, you'll be blessed. 10:24 I came into this world 10:28 To save you 10:33 Before the world was made 10:36 I knew your name 10:41 I am 10:45 The Savior 10:50 And oh the love that I have for you 10:54 My child 10:58 I know the world around you 11:02 Is in darkness 11:07 You're hated by the enemy 11:11 Of your soul 11:16 I am Almighty 11:24 And oh the love that I have for you 11:29 My child 11:33 Can you hear Me 11:37 Will you answer 11:42 Can you hear me 11:46 Will you follow 11:50 Follow Me 12:09 I've tasted all the things 12:13 That come against you my child 12:18 They fell to the ground beneath Golgotha's tree 12:26 My name is Faithful 12:35 And oh the love that I have for you 12:39 My child 12:43 Can you hear Me 12:48 Will you answer 12:52 Can you hear Me 12:57 Will you follow 13:01 Can you hear Me 13:06 Will you answer 13:10 Can you hear Me 13:14 Will you follow Me 13:19 Follow Me 13:28 Oh the love that I have for you 13:34 My child 13:44 Some of the most beautiful songs 13:47 and anointed music 13:48 I have ever heard in my life, 13:52 and I've heard a lot of music throughout my life, 13:54 a lot of great gospel and Christian music. 13:57 But some of the most beautiful 13:58 and anointed come from this lady. 14:02 And, Kelly, tell people 14:04 how they can get in touch with you 14:06 and order some of your CDs 14:07 or even schedule you for ministry. 14:09 What's the best way to reach you? 14:12 That would be kellywillard.com. 14:15 Kellywillard.com, that's pretty easy. 14:16 Yeah, and it's got my email for correspondence. 14:21 It's gotten a phone number for booking 14:24 and it's got a music page 14:27 where all of my product is available. 14:31 So www.kellywillard.com. 14:36 Kelly, tell us so, 14:38 I know some of what God is doing 14:40 in your life right now. 14:41 But tell our audience what God's got you up to. 14:45 From the time that I mentioned where I began 14:50 doing albums 14:51 ever since that time 14:53 I have sung in churches and prisons 14:56 over all these years. 14:59 If it was for God's glory, 15:01 and somebody was asking me to do something, 15:04 I would do it, 15:06 because God told me give it away. 15:08 He told me that a long time ago. 15:11 Sometimes it will be recording sessions, 15:14 sometimes it will be churches, 15:17 sometimes prisons, 15:19 I had not done very many prisons 15:23 for maybe seven to ten years. 15:26 And because I've gotten older, 15:29 and probably a couple of generations of kids 15:34 doing the same thing I was doing in my 20s 15:37 have come up, 15:38 you know, and are on the radio now. 15:41 And instead of me, 15:43 you know, my concerts have gotten less and less 15:47 in churches, you know, 15:49 it was kind of difficult, really, for me, 15:52 it was hard to understand, hard to take, 15:56 you know, just hard to swallow, really. 15:59 And because I'm going, 16:00 wait a minute, I'm still sitting here, 16:03 waiting for somebody to call and ask me 16:06 to come sing at their church. 16:07 Right, I'm still doing what I've always done. 16:09 Where are the phone calls, you know? 16:12 And anyway, 16:14 it got to where time came to the end of my rope, 16:19 and I kind of had a come to Jesus moment with the Lord 16:25 and I did, I came to God 16:28 and I said, 16:30 "What is going on? 16:33 What am I supposed to do?" 16:36 I mean, really, I just was at the end of myself, 16:39 you know, and like, Lord, what am I not seeing? 16:44 And when I said, what am I not seeing? 16:48 He brought, 16:49 right while I was ranting on right there, you know, 16:52 He brought the sweetest memory of the actual feeling 16:59 of grace and joy 17:01 that I used to always get in the prisons 17:06 when I would sing in the prisons. 17:09 It was like He brought the memory to me. 17:12 And He let me feel it. 17:14 And I... It was like a little spark lit in my heart 17:20 or maybe it was still going and I didn't know it. 17:23 And it flamed in my heart. 17:26 And I just went, oh, man, 17:29 oh, yes, Lord, I go, I go, 17:32 if only I could just do that, 17:35 I would be happy, you know 17:37 and, and it was like, He was waiting for me... 17:40 For you say that. 17:41 For me to process that whole thing 17:45 through and go well, 17:46 let's see, my next thought was, 17:49 well, if I want to do that, 17:53 only prisons, 17:55 I'd have to write a letter. 17:57 And I was like, 17:59 that's the letter I've never wanted to write, 18:02 you know, because I had always just prided myself on, 18:07 you know, not asking people for money, you know? 18:13 And so you knew you would have to lay support? 18:15 Yeah, I knew that I would have to be supported 18:20 by the goodness of the hearts 18:24 of the Christian people, you know, 18:27 and He all within just a few minutes, 18:31 He had me willing to write the letter 18:34 already thinking of what to say 18:38 and not ashamed to do so. 18:42 And I just put this letter out 18:48 as soon as I could 18:50 and I have been receiving support 18:56 to be able to go into prisons all over the country 19:01 and saying, 19:03 and it is been the most joyful 19:06 and I've gotten a few churches call me too, 19:09 you know, and so I do those two. 19:12 The prisons are definitely the main focus. 19:14 There it's now, yeah, full time prison ministry 19:17 and some of the most precious things 19:21 has, have happened in the prisons and... 19:25 Are these mainly women's prisons or the... 19:27 Men and women's... 19:29 Really? 19:30 Mostly seeing in men's prisons. 19:33 Really? Yeah, yeah. 19:35 I learned stuff every time I go, 19:38 you know, and get bigger and bigger pictures 19:44 of the grace of God. 19:46 Just, I mean, it's just lesson after lesson 19:50 and life after life 19:54 that comes up to shake my hand. 19:56 And one man, he said, 20:01 you know, you're doing this unto the Lord, 20:05 why you're coming to see us, 20:07 you know, and I'm like, 20:10 I just smile and nod my head, 20:12 you know and because it's so humbling, 20:16 it is just humbling 20:18 and some of them are, 20:23 some of the best Christians that there are, 20:27 I mean, their lives are so committed to Christ, 20:32 once they come to the Lord in prison. 20:36 They are way on fire, you know, 20:40 and there's just one prison that I go to, 20:43 I've been to three times in the last couple of years. 20:48 It's in Detroit, 20:50 to go in there, 20:52 you feel like you're going to church 20:55 because they are such a tight community 21:00 of Christian brothers. 21:01 My word. 21:03 And I mean, they are all praying 21:05 and singing, shouting, 21:07 you know, patting each other on the back, 21:12 you know, hugging each other, 21:14 guys that are just totally 21:16 a Christian community in prison. 21:18 That is so amazing. 21:19 You know, you never hear about that. 21:21 Oh, I wouldn't, no one would know that 21:23 if people like you didn't tell us 21:26 because, you know, 21:27 we... I tend to think and I tend to hear that, 21:30 you know, prisons are or anything about that. 21:34 So that's so encouraging. 21:37 From what I understand there is the dark side there is, 21:41 of course, the works of the enemy 21:43 try to go on, you know? 21:46 But there's definitely 21:48 the light in the midst of the darkness. 21:50 Well, that's great that God is using you 21:52 in that kind of format. 21:53 That's just, that's fantastic. Praise God. 21:55 That is the biggest joy to just encourage them. 21:59 Something I like to do. 22:03 And I want to ask your permission 22:06 to do this today 22:08 and I want to sing one of your songs with you. 22:12 Absolutely. 22:13 I have, like I said, 22:15 so many of your songs have ministered to me so much 22:17 and I know so, I know a lot of them, 22:18 you know, by heart. 22:20 Earlier today we were just sitting here 22:24 talking, I sang a chorus of one of them to you 22:27 because they've ministered so much to me. 22:30 So can we... 22:32 Can we pull out... 22:35 What about Willing Heart? 22:36 Can we try Willing Heart, I love that song. 22:39 If you don't have a willing heart, 22:40 ask Him to give you one, 22:42 and this is a great song, 22:44 so do you think we can pull that off? 22:46 Yes, I do. 22:47 Well, hey, 22:49 you may never see this again, I don't know. 22:51 This is my dear friend Kelly Willard 22:54 and I'm Billy Blackwood, 22:55 and we're going to sing one of Kelly's great songs 22:57 for you called Willing Heart. 23:01 Once I stumbled in the darkness 23:06 Doing only as I pleased 23:10 But I wasn't really happy 23:15 And my heart was not at ease 23:19 I just didn't have the willingness 23:24 To follow His commands 23:28 'Til I laid my heart 23:31 Completely in His hands 23:36 If you don't have a willing heart 23:41 Ask Him to give you one 23:46 If you can't seem to make a start 23:49 Trust in His power 23:55 For the Lord of love Is watching you 24:00 He sees what you're going through 24:05 He can make a way 24:08 If you want Him to 24:12 Oh, do you want Him to? 24:17 Then, tell Him so 24:27 All the things my heart held onto 24:31 Only filled me with despair 24:36 And the road that I was traveling 24:40 Never took me anywhere 24:45 And I knew no satisfaction 24:49 'Til I found my rest in Him 24:54 Then He filled my heart 24:56 With gladness once again 25:02 If you don't have a willing heart 25:07 Ask Him to give you one 25:11 If you can't seem to make a start 25:15 Trust in His power 25:20 For the Lord of love is watching you 25:26 He sees what you're going through 25:30 And can make a way 25:34 If you want Him to 25:38 Oh, do you want Him to? 25:43 Then, tell Him so 25:47 Tell Him so 25:49 Just tell Him so 25:51 Oh ho, 25:56 tell Him so 25:58 You tell Him so 26:00 Why don't you tell Him so? 26:03 Why don't you tell Him so? 26:05 Why don't you tell Him so? 26:07 He really wants to know 26:09 He really wants to know 26:14 'Cause he loves you so 26:19 Just tell Him so 26:41 I am so glad you joined us today. 26:43 I'm your host, Billy Blackwood. 26:45 And my dear friend Kelly Willard 26:46 has been my guest today, 26:48 and I know you've enjoyed these precious songs 26:51 and this precious lady and her precious heart. 26:55 And again, if you would like to schedule Kelly 26:58 to come minister, 27:00 or maybe perhaps you have inroads into a prison, 27:04 which Kelly is doing all across the country now. 27:07 You can contact her at www.kellywillard.com. 27:11 I know she'd love to come 27:13 and you can order product there as well. 27:14 Some of the greatest music I've ever heard, 27:17 some of the most tender anointed songs 27:19 ever written are by this lady 27:21 and they'll minister to you. 27:22 Kelly, thank you so much for coming today. 27:24 It's been such an honor and a pleasure 27:25 to have you here. |
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