Living to Be Well

Not Letting Go!

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00:35 Hi, I'm Dr. Kim, and welcome to Live to be Well.
00:39 I say to myself all the time,
00:41 "I'm not going to let go of God."
00:44 I'm not gonna let go of my family,
00:46 not let go of what God has given me to do.
00:48 Today, I'm blessed to have Pastor Garth Gabriel,
00:51 the Pastor of the Conant Gardens
00:53 Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:54 Amen. In Detroit, Michigan.
00:56 Welcome, Pastor, how are you?
00:58 It's great to be here. I'm doing great.
01:00 You're doing great, you gonna behave yourself.
01:02 I'm gonna try to make this through.
01:04 You are gonna make it through? I'm gonna make it through.
01:05 Okay, I'm gonna, I'm gonna behave myself.
01:07 Well, I just want to thank you for coming on.
01:09 It's my pleasure. I praise God.
01:11 We want to just talk about not letting go.
01:13 You are not letting go of God, your calling on your life,
01:17 your family, you are committed to your wife, your children,
01:20 your grandchildren, your community.
01:23 You know, why are you not letting go?
01:25 You have so many hats you wear. So why not let something go?
01:31 There is so much to lose
01:33 even when you let go of things that might seem minute,
01:37 because I believe that God has the ability
01:40 to create in us a gift to do different things,
01:43 and to bless different people.
01:45 So it's a difficult thing to let go
01:47 when once you start at something.
01:49 It's easy for lot of people to do,
01:51 but it's always not the right thing to do.
01:53 That's it.
01:54 The Bible says, "He'll make room for your gifts".
01:56 Yes, indeed.
01:57 And, you know, and you sing,
01:58 I remember being at Oakwood College,
02:00 and I saw this group The Heritage Singers.
02:03 Oh, yeah.
02:04 And there was one
02:06 African-American, was it just one?
02:07 Good looking, good looking guy.
02:08 You want me to put that in there?
02:10 Yeah, yeah. Good looking, African-American.
02:11 And I'm like, you know, "Who are these people
02:14 coming to sing at Oakwood,"
02:15 I know they want to give us diversity,
02:17 but well, you know, so I was like, "Okay",
02:20 but then I want to, in fact you found a wife there.
02:23 Found my wife at Oakwood.
02:25 Yes, and didn't attend Oakwood. Didn't attend.
02:27 You did attend Atlantic Union College.
02:29 I went to The Great Atlantic Union College.
02:31 Did you say The Great Atlantic...
02:32 The Great Atlantic Union College.
02:33 Oh, my. Great people, great people.
02:35 Great people, well, look at you, great people.
02:36 Well, you are so kind.
02:38 Ah, yeah, I'm being kind right now.
02:40 So you make your wife there, how did you meet her?
02:43 I was sent to audition singers,
02:48 and I don't know if you remember Dunbar Henri?
02:51 Yes, yes.
02:52 Dunbar is a Heritage singer... Yes.
02:54 And he said, "Well, I have a couple singers for you
02:56 to meet that you're going to like."
02:58 And sure enough he brought my wife Rosie
03:01 to valentine back then to sing.
03:04 And I listened to her and said, "Yeah, that's the one."
03:09 But I was only interested in the voice.
03:11 Okay at that time, the voice.
03:13 "No, right, Kim, right, Kim," okay.
03:17 And she sang... Yeah.
03:19 And we asked her to join.
03:22 About three, four months later, and she came out,
03:24 came out to California.
03:25 Came to California? Yeah.
03:27 So how did this marriage begin?
03:31 When Rosie did join the Heritage Singers,
03:34 of course, we travel together on a bus.
03:38 We lived on the bus, men and women lived on the bus.
03:43 And we had a family type atmosphere,
03:46 of course, you know, we stayed in hotels
03:49 on weekends in those days, and in people's homes
03:52 so the ladies would be in one home,
03:55 the men would be in other.
03:56 It was quite nice.
03:58 We enjoyed good home cooking from those days,
04:02 now every night's a hotel.
04:05 Things have changed. But I miss those days.
04:07 But it gave an opportunity for me
04:09 to really talk to my wife, you know,
04:12 especially on those long bus rides
04:15 from city to city, and understand her,
04:18 understand her background, and understand her family,
04:22 really great family.
04:24 And so it was an easy decision when that time came.
04:27 Oh, blessing.
04:28 How many children do you have?
04:30 We have four children.
04:33 And the reason I hesitated, we actually had five,
04:36 we lost one when we first moved to the Detroit in 1986.
04:40 I didn't know that.
04:41 Yes, yes, and she was actually, almost nine months pregnant
04:46 and we lost him, a little Romaine.
04:49 And so he's buried at Mound and Davison
04:51 at the cemetery there.
04:53 So we still go from time to time,
04:55 but we have four children, and love them.
05:00 You have, you dealt with a few of them.
05:01 Yes, yes, yes.
05:03 And how many grandchildren?
05:04 Two grandchildren. Two grandchildren.
05:06 I know, you're saying,
05:07 how could I look so young, like I know...
05:09 Yeah, yeah, yeah, right,
05:10 I can't believe you're grandfather.
05:12 I can't believe it either.
05:13 Okay, moving right along. So now...
05:17 So you were AUC, what were you studying in school?
05:21 I studied behavioral science, psychology,
05:24 sociology, and I minored in theology.
05:28 Really? Yes, yes.
05:30 So when you went to Kansas City,
05:31 were you a pastor there?
05:33 No, no, no. Okay, well, tell us about that?
05:35 When we moved to Kansas City in 1982,
05:41 Pastor Randy Stafford,
05:43 who was your pastor at one time.
05:45 He was our pastor, and he said,
05:48 "Garth, I'm going to make you an elder."
05:51 Being an elder,
05:54 pastor was the farthest thing from my mind.
05:56 And became an elder, and he ordained me,
06:00 and things happened after that.
06:02 So how did you come to be in the Lake Region Conference
06:06 in Detroit?
06:07 I was, my wife, we were in business together.
06:12 When we moved here, I had a million dollar business,
06:16 and we were, you know,
06:18 we're doing pretty, pretty well.
06:20 And believe it or not I, one morning,
06:25 and it's almost that Jonah experience
06:28 that Larry Keith talked about, I just had this urge
06:34 to do something for the Lord.
06:36 We were very successful in what we were doing.
06:40 As a matter of fact, unbeknownst to you,
06:42 and I don't know if I ever told you this before.
06:44 But one of our clients happened to be one of your clients,
06:47 and they spoke...
06:49 This is it in about 1988-89,
06:51 and he spoke very highly of you.
06:55 Because he heard Seventh-day Adventist.
06:57 He says, "I have a Seventh-day Adventist friend,"
06:59 and you were, I guess, counseling in the school,
07:02 and so I knew about you even back then
07:07 because we didn't, we didn't attend the same church.
07:09 Same church, no, no.
07:10 So I gave God a challenge, I said, "God,
07:13 if you want me to leave business
07:15 and get into ministry,
07:17 you're gonna have to do something to prove it to me."
07:19 You know, usually God ask us to prove but I asked God,
07:23 you know, I want you to prove it to me
07:25 what you wanted.
07:27 And so we planted a church in Lathrup village,
07:32 the Community Fellowship Seventh-day Adventist Church,
07:35 went there, just my family.
07:37 I was preaching to five of them.
07:39 Just five people?
07:40 Yeah, just five, started with five, and then six,
07:43 and then seven, and then eight.
07:46 And God just blessed the ministry,
07:49 blessed the planting of the church.
07:51 And when we left there in 2006,
07:56 we had about 250 people attending.
07:59 So now, how did it become under the conference
08:03 because this was, you know, a planted church...
08:05 Right.
08:07 So and then they, then they picked you
08:09 because you were not a pastor within the conference.
08:11 Exactly. So how did that happen?
08:14 Dr. Miles, our president at the time,
08:18 I stayed in constant contact with him, and he said that,
08:23 "If you would like to join the conference,"
08:25 he said, "we have procedures that we follow."
08:27 And he laid out those procedures for me.
08:29 He said, "We need a parent church."
08:31 And by the way, the Ypsilanti Seventh-day Adventist Church
08:33 became our parent church under pastor Ralph Shelton.
08:37 After that, we just,
08:40 we were voted into the conference,
08:43 and shortly after that they asked me
08:44 to be a full time pastor.
08:46 Wow, God showed up and showed out.
08:48 Showed out.
08:49 Didn't plan on it, did not plan on doing this.
08:52 Oh, my goodness, how long have you been in ministry now?
08:54 Almost 20 years.
08:56 What? Yeah.
08:57 Have you been 20? Almost 20 years.
08:59 You know... Yeah.
09:00 And I've known you since, of course...
09:02 Yeah.
09:03 The community fellowship. Right.
09:05 Of course, over at Coney gardens.
09:07 And then having a good relationship
09:09 with you, and your family.
09:11 The girls were in the hands of praise.
09:13 Those girls, you were excellent.
09:15 Oh.
09:17 You taught them so much and they use it today.
09:19 I have to tell you though. Yes.
09:20 You taught them sign language. Yes.
09:23 And they would often speak in the house
09:26 when they didn't want me to know anything.
09:29 They use sign language.
09:30 They use the sign language. So I thank you for that.
09:32 Oh, you're very welcome, you're very welcome.
09:34 And I remember this stage presence
09:36 'cause remember, we do concerts all over...
09:39 And they, Gabriel girls, and, oh, my goodness,
09:42 your daughter Erika being in the Aeolians.
09:46 Oh, just amazing voice. Thank you.
09:49 How are they doing, you know, because
09:51 Quinn just got his master's from Oakwood.
09:52 Yes, yes, her husband Quinton as well.
09:54 And they're pastoring in Texas.
09:55 Yes, they are in Texas right now,
09:57 probably gonna go through some changes
09:59 'cause being a pastor, you know,
10:00 they may be relocating.
10:02 So we're praying, pray for them because they need prayers
10:06 as to which direction God is leading them.
10:10 Wouldn't it be wonderful to have him come back
10:12 and co-pastor with you?
10:13 That would be awesome.
10:14 I know you would love to have your baby girl here.
10:16 I would, I would love it.
10:17 You know, do you babysit?
10:20 I don't consider taking care of my grandchildren,
10:23 babysitting.
10:24 Okay.
10:25 I think, they babysit me.
10:27 Oh, my Lord, and you know, you know what,
10:29 you need some oil right now
10:32 'cause you're probably dozing out.
10:34 I doze out, and I wake up, and they are looking at me.
10:39 Like, "You are supposed to be taking care of us."
10:41 I know, I know, I know. Okay.
10:44 Marriage, your relationship,
10:46 how do you enjoy marriage and balance a ministry?
10:51 That's a very difficult question
10:55 because ministry has taken
10:57 such an integral part of my life
11:01 that oft times your home suffers.
11:03 A lot of ministers go through that.
11:04 So I'm guilty.
11:06 A lot of my members say,
11:08 "Have you talked to your family?
11:09 Have you taken your wife out? Have you done that?"
11:11 And I'm so caught up in doing church,
11:14 the church's ministry that I often neglect.
11:17 I'm being upfront. Yeah, be transparent.
11:19 Yeah, I'm being very transparent.
11:20 Yeah, that would help someone else.
11:22 But I'm doing a lot better. You're doing better.
11:23 Oh yeah, I have members on me who make sure that I do.
11:26 You do date night?
11:27 Yeah, we do, we go out, we do date days a lot of times.
11:31 So we would go out to restaurants, you know,
11:34 take off during the day, in the middle of the day,
11:36 and we just had a date night on this past Tuesday.
11:41 Tuesday?
11:43 'Cause all the children are gone, the baby is home.
11:44 Yeah, the baby is home. Goth, how old is he now?
11:46 He's 20 years old. What?
11:49 One more year at Oakwood.
11:51 One more. What's his major?
11:53 He's doing political science.
11:54 What? One more year?
11:55 Yes, yes, but, you know, his passion...
11:59 Yes. Is the guitar.
12:00 Is it? And he plays...
12:01 He plays for church? He plays for church.
12:03 He plays guitar and... I haven't heard him.
12:04 He's pretty good.
12:06 That is really wonderful,
12:07 you include him in the service like that.
12:08 Yes, all of, all of my children.
12:11 What is happening to our inner city relationships
12:15 with our youth today?
12:16 Where are our youth in the church?
12:18 What's happening?
12:20 We have prayed, we have looked at data
12:24 as to why young people are leaving the church,
12:28 and why is it even in the inner city
12:30 we can't draw more people to us?
12:32 You know, I...
12:35 That is a very difficult proposition.
12:38 It's good, I think, to look at, you know,
12:41 the beast of Revelation 13, or the harlot in Revelation 17,
12:47 and send those pictures on posters,
12:48 but that does not really appeal to people in the inner city.
12:53 You know, I don't, I can't speak
12:55 for the suburban communities
12:57 but I have come to understand that
13:00 you need one on one meetings.
13:03 You need to spend time with them.
13:05 And show them you love them. Yes.
13:08 Feed them. Yes.
13:10 Take care of them. Yes.
13:11 And then you bring on the Revelation
13:13 and the Daniel's.
13:14 But people aren't really drawn, and I don't believe
13:17 we have enough programs for our young people.
13:19 We need purpose in the church. We do.
13:22 You know, if I have a purpose, I'm gonna serve.
13:26 That's why, you know, when the Lord put on my heart
13:28 with God's Hands of Praise, I remember,
13:29 when a young lady approached me after my oldest daughter
13:33 and I signed for family life program,
13:36 and my pastor didn't really understand,
13:38 he thought I was dance Minister.
13:39 I said, "No.
13:40 We use our hands." Right.
13:42 And we signed we shall behold him.
13:46 After that this young lady,
13:47 the roof as City Temple fell in.
13:50 We had to go to another church to use...
13:51 I remember that.
13:53 Remember that. Yes.
13:54 So this young lady tapped me on the shoulder and said,
13:56 "You need to start a class."
13:57 I said, "Honey I'm too busy."
13:59 For like eight weeks,
14:02 she would ask me to start a class.
14:04 One Sabbath, we went to another church
14:06 so I could avoid her.
14:08 Came back, she was, you know, in the back of me,
14:11 and she was like this.
14:13 She was like 13, 14, 13 years old.
14:15 And she looked at me, she said, "God told me to tell you
14:19 to start a class,
14:21 and God will bless this class."
14:23 Wow.
14:24 And now 23 years later, God's Hands of Praise.
14:28 And that was Meghan Prince King.
14:30 Oh, my goodness!
14:31 And she was just a little bitty thing.
14:34 13 years old. I think, no.
14:35 She was eight. Oh, she was eight at the time.
14:37 Eight years old. Okay, okay.
14:38 She said, "You have to start this class."
14:41 And then the choir grew from 8 to 28, to 38, to a 100,
14:45 you were at concerts.
14:47 And we would go from church to church,
14:49 gave them a purpose.
14:51 We went to Bermuda, went to Canada, Illinois,
14:54 but they will come to church
14:56 because we were a part of the service,
14:58 and then they wanted to be in church
15:00 'cause we were all together.
15:02 It gave them a purpose.
15:03 We need programs in the church. I agree.
15:07 So what kind of programs do we need to implement
15:10 in the church to help our young people to feel like
15:12 they are part of the service?
15:15 And you and I have worked together before...
15:17 We, you know, remember, we bought Smokey and Foland.
15:19 Oh yes, yes.
15:20 And they've got to sign... Yes.
15:22 You know, things like that, and I believe that
15:24 we need to have effective Bible studies.
15:28 Interesting ways of, you know...
15:31 Just innovative ways of incorporating
15:33 our young people.
15:34 In particular into studying the Bible
15:36 and loving the Word of God.
15:38 And we have fallen short somehow.
15:42 I don't know the answer to many of ills
15:47 that we go through, but we're praying.
15:49 We have an excellent prayer team,
15:51 and we pray for our youth every opportunity we have.
15:55 I think, having Chase speaking at our church last week
15:58 brought out so many of our young people.
16:00 He's 15, isn't he? Yes.
16:01 And then having them come hear
16:04 someone from their age group preach...
16:06 That's right. We need more of that.
16:08 Training our young people... Yes.
16:10 We need to have sewing classes, GED classes,
16:13 we need to have math class, we have vacation Bible school.
16:16 Yes. But after a week it's over.
16:19 So we need to open up more programs to the church,
16:22 I mean, to the community.
16:24 And that's what builds our congregation.
16:26 Yeah.
16:28 You know, I did something, Kim, a few years ago,
16:32 I wanted to go right into the heart of the city
16:35 and you know, we don't put tents up anymore.
16:37 No we don't do the tent efforts.
16:38 We don't, but I decided to do it with it,
16:41 the Lord just said, "Do something different."
16:44 And we planted a tent in the middle of Holland Park
16:46 right in the center of Detroit, and the drug dealers were there
16:50 that push us, you name it, homeless folk were there,
16:55 and we spoke, I preached for three weeks.
16:58 The first night there were no lights.
17:00 No lights.
17:01 I preached in the dark, and people were there,
17:03 they came out from the shelters they came.
17:06 Brandon Dent, we talk about Brandon all the time.
17:08 Brandon was my music director with a young lady
17:11 called Lisa Sameano, you know Lisa.
17:14 And we sang, and I preached for three weeks, four weeks.
17:18 Four weeks!
17:19 And what was very interesting, I asked,
17:23 we put up all of our equipment, our sound equipment,
17:26 and I asked some of the drug dealers, I said,
17:28 "Look, please take care of our tent for us,
17:31 make sure that everything is in place."
17:34 Four weeks, we never took a microphone, an amplifier out,
17:39 and everything stayed
17:41 because they bought into what we were doing.
17:44 And by God's grace, we baptized over 60 people in four weeks.
17:48 What? Four weeks. Going right into the city.
17:50 See there. God is good.
17:52 And they are hungry for the Word of God.
17:53 They need it, it's out there and they need it.
17:56 You look at our youth today, they'll get into a gang,
17:59 they'll run away from home because
18:00 they're looking for acceptability,
18:03 they are looking for structure.
18:05 Yes, they are.
18:06 And if mom is on drugs, dad is on drugs,
18:08 or dad is in prison, I need someone to guide me
18:11 so I'll turn to the gangs, and I'll go to anyone
18:14 that's going to help guide me.
18:16 That's right. Even if it's negative guidance.
18:18 They're looking for some type of structure to fit in.
18:22 I think, it's important that
18:24 we do still have the usher board.
18:25 We need to put back in place our AY program.
18:29 Adventist Youth Program. Yes.
18:30 I grew up with that.
18:32 I look forward, 5 o'clock in the afternoon,
18:34 we couldn't wait to get back to church.
18:35 Right, that's right. You know...
18:37 We didn't go home.
18:38 We didn't, yeah, right. We stayed.
18:40 Yes, we would have fellowship dinners.
18:42 That's right. You know...
18:43 And then you stayed for a while.
18:45 We would have it at least three times a month.
18:47 You know, Marshall T. Kelly, you know,
18:48 T. Marshall Kelly was my pastor...
18:50 And he was like, we're having dinner...
18:53 James Parker, Pastor Parker. Yes.
18:56 They wanted us to stay close.
18:58 And I remember we had pastor there, I read you Bill.
19:02 Oh, yes. Bill Conan.
19:03 Bill Conan, his wife, his first wife
19:07 did a class on the Great Controversy,
19:12 and she mandated all the parents
19:14 bring the children back.
19:16 We would sit there like this, I mean, it was unbearable.
19:22 But she would allow us to get involved
19:27 by saying, "What do you understand?
19:29 What you don't understand?"
19:31 And that's when it became engaged.
19:32 You bought into it.
19:33 We bought into it. Yes.
19:35 But you can't just come
19:37 and just let the young people just sit there.
19:39 You know, you know I let the young people
19:40 direct the choir.
19:42 They lead out, I didn't do solos,
19:45 and they were able to bring suggestions.
19:48 Which song would you like to...
19:49 And then Arthur and I would feed them.
19:51 Yes, you know, you gotta have niche.
19:54 Well, I remember with Hands of Praise,
19:56 sometimes it's my daughters, they wouldn't eat at home
19:59 'cause they knew they were going to be eating
20:00 at your home.
20:01 They're gonna eat good. Yes.
20:03 And I would sent Arthur to grocery, we need spaghetti,
20:05 we need garlic bread, we need A, B, C and D.
20:09 salad, we, they would come, and I say,
20:11 "Now we're going to eat," well, I say
20:13 "No, we're gonna rehearse first."
20:14 And then we would stop and eat, fellowship for a little bit
20:19 and get right back to rehearsal.
20:21 And they, you know, sometimes
20:22 they don't want to leave.
20:23 It'll be 9:30 and they would still be there.
20:25 Yeah, I remember because I used to pick them up.
20:28 You used to pick them up. And daddy...
20:30 I say, "Where is your father?
20:31 Oh, I got a call, I'd say, could you call your father?
20:34 I have to go to bed." You know.
20:36 I want you to keep him. No.
20:38 So we praise the Lord, and no matter
20:40 what I asked of you and your wife to do,
20:43 you were there, you participated,
20:44 the members came out to support us.
20:47 You just, you didn't just teach them sign language,
20:51 you also taught them principles that they would be able
20:53 to carry for the rest of their lives.
20:55 Praise the Lord.
20:57 And you probably did not understand it
20:59 even what the impact that you had on their lives
21:01 and the other members of sign language,
21:05 and we missed the concerts, we miss it.
21:08 Well... But we have it in video.
21:09 Yeah, you have the videos. We still look at the video.
21:11 But we're getting ready for our 25th anniversary.
21:13 You're gonna have a big...
21:15 I'm having a big, you know, I'm gonna do it big,
21:17 bring everybody back from all over the country.
21:20 'Cause they are in New York, California, Texas, Huntsville,
21:23 all of them would come back together.
21:25 When you're going to do that? That's going to be 2019.
21:31 We turned to decide if it's going to be
21:33 in the fall, or the spring.
21:35 Okay.
21:36 That deserves enough time to plan.
21:38 You know, not Christmas time, the weather.
21:39 Oh, yeah, enough time to plan. All right, great.
21:41 Everybody is coming in, it's gonna be wonderful.
21:42 Can't wait.
21:43 And it's going to be a whole weekend
21:45 of celebrations.
21:46 But also ministry,
21:47 those who are no longer in the church.
21:49 It'll be a way of bringing them back.
21:51 And we're going to, I'm going to ask that if not,
21:55 I'm hoping that we have a large place
21:58 to have our service,
22:00 and let them know that we need you.
22:02 That's right.
22:03 God needs your services, 'cause some of them
22:05 have left the church.
22:06 Yeah, unfortunate. Unfortunately.
22:08 You know, why haven't you let go?
22:11 You know, of just being, pastors are divorcing.
22:15 You know, Pelk is bringing me in to do a conference
22:19 for the pastors and their wives.
22:23 Pastors need help too.
22:25 A lot of us, sometimes we need somebody we can trust,
22:28 somebody we can talk to because everybody,
22:30 your members confide in you, and you take on all this stuff,
22:34 you take it on and you have to be discreet,
22:36 you can't tell anybody else, you know, you have to,
22:39 and sometimes we hurt.
22:42 And so I'm not just appealing for the young people
22:45 but sometimes the pastors need a way of getting help too.
22:48 Yes, they do.
22:50 So it's unfortunate that, you know,
22:52 we have divorced pastors,
22:54 or pastors who are going through problems.
22:56 It's becoming an epidemic. It is.
22:59 And I have a pastor who just said
23:03 he doesn't understand,
23:05 came in to meet with me for counseling.
23:07 Arthur and I, from another conference,
23:10 and he just said, "I don't understand
23:12 what I did wrong.
23:14 I'm a pastor, I love my family, but, you know,
23:18 that my wife doesn't want to do this anymore."
23:21 It is a lot of responsibility to be a pastor's wife.
23:23 Pastor's wives, they have it tough.
23:26 You know, I dated a pastor.
23:27 You did? Yeah.
23:28 What's his name? I can't tell you.
23:31 He, you know, oh, I can't put his name out there.
23:34 No, I know you wouldn't, I know you wouldn't.
23:36 And we dated four years. Really?
23:39 And he came to me and says, "I'm changing my major."
23:42 I said, "You're changing your major to what?"
23:44 He said, "To theology." I said, "We're done."
23:47 You, but see you didn't do it right.
23:49 I knew that was not my calling. Really?
23:51 I can't have folk walking on my carpet.
23:54 Yeah. Fussing at my husband.
23:57 With sometimes going to board meetings
23:58 or business meetings.
23:59 I would have been in the board meeting, okay,
24:01 you in the board meeting, excuse me,
24:02 why is your wife in the board meeting?
24:04 You have to have thick skin.
24:05 I got to have thick... Oh.
24:07 Yeah, because you can get it there.
24:09 'Cause even watching Arthur being an elder.
24:11 Yeah. It was difficult.
24:12 Yeah.
24:14 You know, and we both were on the board.
24:15 Satan will inflict things
24:19 and he forces his way into any situation
24:22 that has the potential to bring people to Christ.
24:25 He will find a way.
24:27 In your signing ministry... Yes.
24:29 In your church... Yes.
24:31 There's always gonna be problems, always.
24:34 But we just have to live above it, and expect it,
24:37 be prepared because he's like a roaring lion...
24:39 Yes, he is. He is.
24:41 How do you and Rosie to resolve your problems
24:43 when you get to a point, what do you do?
24:45 How do you resolve it?
24:46 You know, we've been married now for 30, almost 39 years.
24:50 What? Yeah.
24:51 Look at God.
24:53 Isn't that amazing? Look at God.
24:54 Yeah, so sometimes...
24:55 I'm just saying look at God, she's still with you.
24:57 I know, I know. Praise the Lord.
24:59 Pray for her. I'm praying for her.
25:02 We understand each other to the point that
25:06 sometimes we don't even have to say anything.
25:07 You know, you finish each others sentences.
25:10 She didn't give you that look
25:11 when you go over time in church, and you preach,
25:13 does she give you that look like...
25:14 I get the look.
25:16 You get the look? I get the look.
25:17 I tend not to go too much, you know.
25:19 Do you look at her when you're preaching?
25:20 You know, what I do, she never knows my sermon
25:23 or anything except if I ask about something.
25:27 I look at her every now and again
25:30 but if I did something that she thought was,
25:32 when I get home...
25:34 You are gonna get it.
25:35 She lets me know, she lets me know.
25:37 I need that. Yes, yes.
25:39 I need that. Get that balance.
25:40 Yeah, yeah exactly.
25:42 So you cook, clean, wash? Ah!
25:44 You know, I tell my church, this is really funny
25:46 because the 29th...
25:49 Everybody knows I can't cook. You can't cook?
25:51 But I've been pretending like I could.
25:53 So I told them that the pastors and elders
25:56 are having a big dinner on the 29th,
25:59 and I invite your friends, and I'm going to be cooking,
26:02 and I told, I'll even do some vegan stuff for you.
26:04 Yeah. I can't cook.
26:06 So what, so are you having the dinner?
26:08 Yeah, we're gonna have the dinner.
26:10 When is this, on the 29th, is this for everyone
26:12 or just for pastors?
26:13 Everyone, Everybody. At your church?
26:14 At my church.
26:16 You can come and enjoy
26:17 'cause I'll probably do a vegan dish for you.
26:19 That's all right, I think, I got something to do that,
26:21 you know, I think, I'm working a day.
26:24 But we're gonna have a good time.
26:26 Really? The pastors are not gonna cook.
26:27 I told them on Sabbath that I'm going to make some juice.
26:30 You're going to do some juice.
26:31 I'll do... I'm good at that.
26:33 You know, so, you know, we're down to about a minute.
26:35 All right, all right.
26:37 So closing remarks to help someone
26:39 that you don't have to let go.
26:42 If you look back over your lives,
26:45 if you look back at how God has brought you
26:47 through certain situations, it's a matter of fact,
26:50 the psalmist in Psalm 13 asked a question,
26:54 when he felt that he was being attacked by Saul.
27:00 He said, "How long, O Lord, how long?"
27:03 In other words, you know, how long am I going
27:06 to keep putting up with this mess?
27:10 This thing that I'm going through.
27:12 And then he answers this question
27:14 by the time it gets to verse 5 and 6, and he says,
27:16 "But I will trust in the Lord, I will rejoice in the Lord."
27:19 So we need to remember what God has done for us.
27:23 And then we can put our total, complete trust in Him.
27:27 And He will bring it to pass. He'll bring to pass.
27:30 My favorite scripture Pastor, Psalms 34:1,
27:33 "I will bless the Lord at all times
27:35 and His praise shall continually be in my mouth."
27:38 You can't curse God and bless Him
27:40 at the same time.
27:41 Pastor Gareth, I want to thank you so much
27:43 for coming on Live to be Well.
27:45 Oh, God bless you. Can you say that for me?
27:46 Live to be Well. Say it again.
27:48 Live to be Well. With Dr. Kim.
27:51 Okay, all right.
27:53 Live to be Well with Dr. Kim.
27:54 I love it. My friend.
27:56 That's right, and I just want to thank all of you,
27:58 never let go.
28:00 I'm Dr. Kim.
28:01 Continue to Live to be Well. God bless.


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