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Series Code: LTBW
Program Code: LTBW190028S
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00:01 The following program features real clients
00:03 discussing sensitive issues. 00:05 The views and opinions expressed in this program 00:07 don't necessarily reflect 00:09 that of 3ABN's Dare to Dream Network. 00:11 Viewer discretion is advised. 00:49 Hi, I'm Dr. Kim Logan Nowlin, 00:51 and welcome to Live to be Well. 00:54 Today we're going to be speaking about young, 00:57 gifted and blessed. 01:00 My special guest is Miss Jordyn Taylor. 01:02 Welcome, Jordyn. Thank you. 01:04 How are you? 01:05 I'm good. How are you? 01:07 I am blessed, better than blessed. 01:09 Well, listen, let's get right into this. 01:11 I've known you before you were even born. 01:13 You know that? 01:14 Yes. 01:16 And I've seen you grow and matriculate through school 01:19 and your gifts and talents. 01:21 She has a beautiful voice for the Lord 01:24 and she uses it for the Lord. 01:26 But recently you attended Oshkosh? 01:29 Yes. I've never been to Oshkosh. 01:31 Can you tell me what is Oshkosh and where is it? 01:35 Yes, Oshkosh is an International Camporee. 01:38 It's featured with pathfinders from all across the world 01:42 and we have the opportunity. 01:44 It's an Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on a campground, 01:47 and we have the opportunity to network 01:49 with other pathfinders all across different regions, 01:52 different conferences. 01:54 And we have the opportunity to earn honors together, 01:57 and to just be one in Christ. 01:58 That's a blessing. The one in Christ is the key. 02:01 Yes. 02:02 Now they had the play presentation 02:04 about David. 02:05 Yes. 02:07 What did you gain from the presentations 02:08 every night? 02:09 What I gained 02:11 from the presentations every night was that 02:12 David was a man of many mistakes. 02:14 He made plenty mistakes. 02:16 Yes. 02:17 But that did not change God's love for David. 02:20 And it did not change His purpose for David. 02:22 Listen, it's something about the scripture 02:24 that says in 1 John 1:9, 02:26 "If you confess your sins, 02:28 He is faithful and just to forgive you of your sins 02:31 and cleanse you from all unrighteousness." 02:33 But we have to turn from our wicked ways. 02:35 Yes. 02:37 Something recently happened at Oshkosh. 02:38 What was it? 02:39 I was baptized for the very first time at Oshkosh. 02:43 My goodness. 02:44 What was that like? 02:46 It was a life-changing experience. 02:49 It was very life-changing. 02:51 I went in, I did not know that I would be baptized 02:54 because in my mind, I thought when I got baptized, 02:58 I would be here at home. 03:00 It would be at my home church, Burns Seventh-day 03:02 Adventist Church on East Cadillac in Warren. 03:04 All right. 03:06 I thought my family would be there 03:08 in support of me, my friends, you, 03:11 you know, but God had a different plan. 03:13 Come on now. And I'm okay with it. 03:14 A different plan. Yes. 03:16 And sometimes we have to follow that plan. 03:18 Yes. 03:19 Now, were you baptized by a pastor 03:21 that you knew from Lake Region? 03:22 Yes. Who baptized you? 03:24 I was baptized by Pastor Duncan. 03:26 Were you? 03:27 Yes, I was. Oh, that's my pastor. 03:29 Yes. 03:30 Yes, at the City Temple Seventh-day Adventist Church. 03:32 Yes, City Temple. 03:34 So how did it impact you as far as 03:38 because some of your other friends 03:40 were baptized too? 03:41 Because, you know, as we grow up, 03:43 we tend to allow peer pressure to cause us, 03:45 you got to be baptized, you got to be baptized. 03:47 Yes. 03:48 You went through that? Yes. 03:49 Tell us about that? 03:51 In the third and fourth grade, 03:53 there was just a period of where everyone, 03:55 it seemed like everyone was getting baptized. 03:57 And I didn't really understand what baptism was. 04:00 And it was like, you know, you're not baptized yet? 04:03 Jordyn, you're not baptized? 04:04 And I just, I didn't know what to do. 04:07 And I went down for a sermon after sermon before, 04:11 to get baptized, but I realized I didn't really understand 04:15 why I was getting baptized. 04:18 And I think it was because of the peer pressure, 04:20 you know, everyone's calling you up 04:21 for not being baptized. 04:23 Then it definitely had an effect on me 04:26 in some of my friendships. 04:27 I see. 04:29 So some of your friends or your peers 04:31 were baptized also with you. 04:33 Yes. 04:34 Now, you were baptized individually 04:35 unless it was like a brother or a sister. 04:37 Yes. 04:38 Did they have a lot of baptism pools all around? 04:40 Yes, they had four baptism pools 04:42 if I'm not mistaken. 04:44 They were separated by each conference. 04:47 So we were baptized in the Lake Region Conference... 04:49 Is that right? 04:50 Baptism pool. Yes. 04:52 So there were young people from all over the world, 04:53 Africa, Europe, China? 04:56 Yes. Really? 04:58 Yes. 04:59 That was a long flight, for how many days? 05:02 It was for six days. Okay. 05:04 So I can see that for six days, flying 20 hours. 05:07 All right. 05:08 But the experience is well worth it. 05:11 Yes. 05:12 What has been your overall favorite scripture? 05:15 My overall favorite scripture is Philippians 4:13, 05:19 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." 05:22 Why that scripture? 05:24 That is my favorite scripture 05:26 because I've realized as I'm getting older, 05:30 everything that I do, everything that I touch, 05:33 it is blessed and ordained by God. 05:36 Can you just say that one more time? 05:37 It's blessed and what? 05:39 It's blessed and ordained by God. 05:40 Ordained by God? 05:41 Yes. Yes. All right. 05:43 Don't give me, you're preaching right now. 05:46 So in that, 05:47 you know, God has complete control over your life. 05:50 Yes. 05:51 Now, you are, you were once 05:55 in Seventh-day Adventists Academy? Yes. 05:57 Now you're attending public school? 05:59 Yes. 06:00 Your plan is going to Oakland University 06:01 in Huntsville, Alabama? 06:03 Yes. 06:04 My alma mater, yes. Yes. 06:06 What are the challenges that you are now facing, 06:09 being in public school? 06:11 Being in public school is definitely a challenge. 06:14 My main challenge over the course of me 06:18 being in public school, leaving Peterson-Warren Academy 06:21 has been my spiritual journey. 06:25 Being at Peterson, Peterson was that foundation. 06:29 That's where I really could make my connection with Christ. 06:34 And so being in public school, 06:36 we don't have the worship every morning. 06:38 We don't have the chapels and the pastors coming 06:41 in to talk to us and praying over us. 06:44 So being in public school, 06:45 it really tested my relationship with God. 06:49 Yes. 06:51 You know, I'm a product of Seventh-day Adventist school 06:54 and public school and then went to boarding academy 06:57 and then on to Oakwood. 06:58 Peterson-Warren Academy is a Seventh-day Adventist 07:02 School located in Inkster, Michigan. 07:05 And that's right outside of Detroit, Michigan. 07:08 And we have many academies 07:11 in different regions of the country, 07:13 different parts of the country. 07:15 And so being a prodigal, 07:17 I attended Davidson Warren Academy 07:19 and they merged the two schools together. 07:22 Because with such division, 07:23 you know, had a school on the east side, the west side, 07:26 how can we bring these schools together? 07:28 Well, what happened was it started to tilter off. 07:32 And when the closing the east high school 07:35 and transferring to Peterson Warren. 07:37 Let me ask you, why do you serve God? 07:40 Why do you want to serve God? 07:41 Seventeen, you could be out, 07:43 you know, doing your thing and hanging out. 07:47 But, I saw you at church Sabbath. 07:49 You were standing right next to me. 07:51 Yes. All right. 07:53 And I'm like, okay, this young lady loves God. 07:56 Yes. 07:57 You know? 07:58 I mean, you were there. 08:00 I mean, I'm Sabbath school superintendent, one of them. 08:02 And I turned around, there was Jordyn Taylor. 08:04 Yes. You know? 08:05 And then when I pulled off, I ran into your parents. 08:08 They were pulling up. 08:09 I was pulling out, 08:11 you know, I heard your mommy's sweet voice, 08:12 hi Kim, you know. 08:14 Yeah. 08:15 And your father big, bright smile. 08:16 Yeah. Why are you in church? 08:19 Can't you just stay in bed and watch it on the internet. 08:22 You know, can't you just go to the mall 08:25 and come on back. 08:27 And why are you a Sabbath keeper? 08:29 Do you feel that it's important to still be a Sabbath keeper? 08:33 Yes. 08:34 I am a Sabbath keeper because I know that 08:39 as a young person today, 08:41 I think that we are the devil's target, 08:44 young people. 08:46 He wants to take us. 08:47 He wants to condemn our minds, 08:49 our bodies and our spirits for Christ. 08:51 And I just know 08:53 that nothing is possible without God. 08:57 And so I choose to keep 08:59 my relationship with God strong, whatever I can do. 09:01 I don't want to lose it. 09:03 Not in this day and age, 09:04 especially since we are living in the last days. 09:07 I know that my relationship with Christ is a necessity 09:11 and I don't want to lose that. 09:13 I don't want to lose it just listening to you. 09:15 Yes. 09:16 Why, what would you say to someone my age 09:19 who stopped going to church? 09:21 They're no longer tithing. 09:23 Is tithing important to you? 09:25 Yes. Tithing is important. 09:26 You know, and what would you say to somebody my age? 09:29 You know, I stopped going to church 09:31 and you ran into me at the mall. 09:33 And you say, what would you say to me? 09:36 If I ran into you at the mall 09:37 and you stopped going to church, 09:39 I would tell you that God still loves you. 09:42 Amen. 09:43 He still lives in you. 09:44 Amen. 09:46 And I think that whatever happened to you, 09:47 whatever it caused you to stop going to church, 09:50 God can restore all of that hurt 09:53 and pain and He wants you to come back home. 09:56 And the reason why, that was beautiful. 09:57 Thank you. 09:58 The reason why God also wants us to come back 10:00 so that we could be a part of the church body. 10:02 Yes. 10:04 The Bible says do not forsake the assembling 10:06 of ourselves together. That's a command. 10:08 He wants us to be in church. 10:10 When I look to my left and my right and someone 10:12 is singing a hymn, it moves me. 10:15 It moves me to say, all right, 10:17 blessed assurance is my favorite hymn. 10:19 What's your favorite hymn? 10:21 Great is thy faithfulness. Oh, you better stop. 10:22 Great is thy faithfulness. 10:24 That song takes me out every time. 10:26 That was my mother's favorite hymn, 10:28 because He is so great, you know? 10:31 What do you do for fun? 10:33 You know that you are a Seventh-day Adventist, 10:37 young person? 10:38 Now I know people say don't label her. 10:40 You know, she's a Christian. 10:43 You are, you believe in the Word of God, 10:45 but there is something unique 10:47 about being a Seventh-day Adventist? 10:49 Yes. All right. 10:50 So what do you do for fun? 10:52 For fun, I hang out with my friends sometimes. 10:56 I'm never invited, I'm too old? 11:00 No, we could arrange that. 11:02 You arrange that. 11:03 I can do a little bowling, okay. 11:05 Yes. All right. 11:06 So I hang out with my friends. 11:08 A lot of people know this about me. 11:10 I am a history nerd. I love history. 11:13 Really? 11:14 Yes. Okay. 11:15 Who was the first president of United States? 11:22 Yeah, that just came to my mind, 11:23 the first president of United States. 11:25 George Washington. Okay. 11:26 You passed. All right. 11:28 Yes. I'm a history nerd. 11:30 I love spending time with my family. 11:32 Yes. 11:33 Most of the time I'm usually 11:36 singing, listening to gospel music. 11:39 Sometimes I stand in the mirror and I direct. 11:41 You direct? Yes. 11:43 Now I remember one of the first times 11:45 I really heard you sing for the Lord 11:48 at your grandfather, Russell Taylor senior's 11:52 funeral services. 11:54 Yes. 11:55 You did the song stand. 11:58 You had us all on our feet. 12:01 Number one, your voice was amazing. 12:04 Number two, Jordyn, 12:07 and then for you to be so composed 12:10 during the service of your grandfather 12:13 to sing that song, you know. 12:16 I know you miss him, but you have that blessed hope 12:19 that you will see him when the trumpet shall sound, 12:21 and the dead in Christ shall rise. 12:23 Yes. 12:25 And we will all be joined together. 12:26 And those, every name shall be lifted up. 12:29 So you're looking forward to the day when Jesus comes? 12:32 Yes, I am. 12:33 What do you think you want to say to Jesus? 12:36 If I could see Jesus, I would tell Him. 12:39 You going to see Him. 12:41 Yes, I am going to see Him when I see Jesus. 12:44 That's right. I'm going to say amen. 12:47 Amen. Amen. 12:48 You know what I want to do. 12:49 I want to see His nail prints. 12:51 You do? 12:52 I want to just take His hands and literally just say, 12:54 thank You. Yes. 12:56 You know, look at His feet. Yes. 12:58 Because God could just wipe that away. 13:01 But He said that will be a reminder to us, 13:04 the sacrifice He made for us. 13:07 Does it overwhelm you when you think about 13:09 Jesus died for you and I, Jordyn? 13:11 Yes. What does that do for you? 13:13 When I think about the nails going into His hands 13:17 and His feet, I get chills. 13:20 It's a bone chilling thought. 13:23 So I just think 13:24 that's how you just know He's real. 13:27 Yes. 13:28 Who else would put their life on the line 13:29 for you and I? 13:32 He loved us that much... 13:33 Loved us that much. To be a part of our life. 13:36 And we have the opportunity to be there for eternity. 13:39 Yes. 13:40 You know, what do you say to young people 13:43 when you see them, 13:45 listening to non-Christian music, 13:47 because you're in public school? 13:49 Yes. 13:50 And, I mean, how do you 13:52 turn that off or can you turn that off? 13:56 Well, when I see everyone blasting, 14:00 their loud, 14:02 non-Christian music out of their headphones. 14:05 I put my headphones in, I blast my total praise 14:08 full volume and there are a few of us Christians 14:13 in my public school. 14:14 So that is the group that I hang around. 14:16 Yes. 14:18 We're always singing gospel music in the hallways anything, 14:20 you know, but I definitely, 14:23 it doesn't impact me as much anymore. 14:25 All right. 14:27 So I actually draw attention 14:29 simply because I do listen to my Christian music 14:33 and I'm not ashamed of the gospel. 14:35 Not ashamed of the gospel. 14:36 So... Yes. Yes. 14:38 But, do you see yourself studying once 14:42 you enter Oakwood next year 2020? 14:44 Yes. 14:45 I see myself majoring. 14:47 Excuse me, did she say majoring? 14:48 Yes. Yes. 14:50 Majoring in political science. 14:51 Yes. 14:53 With a minor in music therapy. 14:55 What do you plan to do with that too? 14:56 Help me with that. 14:58 What do you want to do? Okay. 14:59 With political science, 15:01 I am looking to be a criminal defense attorney. 15:03 All right. 15:04 And with music therapy, 15:06 I am actually looking to use gospel music 15:08 as a therapy for people 15:10 you know, in need who have pain in their bodies. 15:13 Yeah. 15:15 I'm looking to use gospel music actually. 15:16 So are you thinking about doing therapy, clinical counseling 15:20 or therapy along with law? 15:21 Yes. Okay. 15:23 Because we've used art therapy, we use music therapy 15:26 in so many different aspects. 15:28 Water therapy, 15:30 because people are afraid of water. 15:31 Yes. So we implement that. 15:33 Some people have different ways of using that. 15:36 So I think that is amazing. 15:39 Thank you. 15:40 Do you have any, ideas about 15:43 when you get to Oakwood, you know, roommates? 15:45 Yes. 15:46 That's a big part of school, having a great roommate. 15:49 So do you have a roommate picked out already? 15:52 My roommate is going to be hopefully Jasmine Stollery. 15:57 Okay. 15:58 I know you know who she is. Yes, I do. 16:00 But she might venture off to Andrew. 16:02 Okay. 16:03 But even if she does, 16:04 I think my roommate will be Chanelle Rudolph 16:06 if she comes on over to Oakwood. 16:08 So, well, Chanelle is one of my Hands of Praise 16:11 silent board member. 16:12 I know Jasmine. 16:14 Andrews University is a, another one of our schools, 16:16 but it's located in Berrien Springs, Michigan. 16:19 And it offers undergraduate programs 16:21 and graduate programs for you to pursue. 16:25 Going down south. 16:27 Now, let me talk about that a minute. 16:29 Leaving the north, going down south, 16:31 you know, you've heard about the red dirt in Huntsville? 16:33 Yes. 16:35 You got to protect the shoes, girl. 16:36 All right? Okay. 16:37 When I first got down to, when I arrived at Oakwood, 16:40 I said, what is all this red dirt? 16:42 And it is difficult to get out of your shoes. 16:45 My point being, we as young ladies, 16:48 we have to protect our shoes. 16:50 Yes. 16:51 So I just want to give you forewarning 16:53 about the red dirt in Huntsville, Alabama. 16:55 Thank you. 16:57 Now let me ask you this. 16:58 Chores. 17:00 Do you do chores at home? 17:02 I help out every now and then. 17:04 You help out every now and then. 17:05 Was it ever an issue, you know, that you ever 17:08 was on delay when mom had to call you twice? 17:11 Yes. 17:12 You went through that? Yes. 17:13 I can't believe that, Jordyn. 17:16 Yes, I went through that. 17:17 Did you get spankings? 17:19 Yes. 17:20 Who spanked you the most, mom or dad? 17:22 Mommy. Mom? No. 17:23 Sweet Erica spanked you? 17:25 Yes. Mommy spanked me the most. 17:28 My mommy would spank us the most, 17:31 but my brother Jaylen too. 17:33 But my dad, when he was upset, 17:36 it was the worst spanking. 17:38 Was it? Yes. 17:39 It was very rare, 17:41 but it was the worst one of all. 17:43 Really? Yes. 17:44 This is just goes to show you. 17:46 You know, you look at people, 17:47 Jordyn would never get a spanking. 17:49 You know, so now 17:51 there we are on television, okay? 17:53 Yes. 17:55 What's your favorite subject in school now? 17:56 History. 17:58 History, right? Okay. 17:59 History. There it is. 18:00 So you like school? 18:02 Yes. 18:03 Now do you take your lunch with you or do you, 18:04 are you vegetarian, are you vegan 18:06 or did you eat a regular diet? 18:08 I take my lunch with me. 18:10 Sometimes I call myself a borderline vegetarian. 18:14 A borderline vegetarian. 18:16 Yeah, a borderline vegetarian. Okay. 18:17 What's a borderline vegetarian? 18:18 A borderline vegetarian 18:20 is someone who indulges in vegetarian meat. 18:23 You know, sometimes I eat the fried chicken, 18:25 the prime steak, but at the same time 18:27 I still have to have my chicken. 18:29 Yeah, your chicken. Gonna have my chicken. 18:31 Well, that's a clean meat and, 18:32 you know, the Bible speaks on that, 18:34 you know, I'm vegan. 18:35 And the reason I did go vegan because I had obtained, 18:39 well had breast cancer. 18:41 But before that, the Holy Spirit spoke to me 18:44 when I took Elder Nowlin to the hospital 18:46 on April 26th, 2016. 18:50 I was sitting in a corridor all alone, 18:52 no one was there and the Lord said, 18:55 I need you to go vegan. 18:56 I was like? 18:57 Who said that? 18:59 I mean, literally the voice of God, 19:01 but not knowing. 19:02 I'm thinking it was preparing his meals differently. 19:05 I learned a lot. 19:06 My prior pastor, 19:08 his wife came over and showed me 19:10 how to prepare different meals. 19:12 But it was for me two and a half years later, 19:15 when they told me I had breast cancer. 19:18 And the doctors told me that I was healthier 19:22 because I did not consume sugar. 19:24 Do you know sugar, cancer thrives on sugar? 19:28 Yes. 19:30 They love sugar. 19:31 So I had to get rid of sugar, certain. 19:34 I use agave and I use different things. 19:37 How important is your appearance? 19:40 You know, do you get a lot of pressure. 19:42 Because I did in school, you know, 19:44 I was built a little bit differently, 19:46 you know, I thought I was going to cry. 19:48 You know, I got teased. 19:50 I did. I know. 19:52 But, God got me through it. Yes. 19:55 So it's what about all the peer pressure. 19:57 You have to look a certain way. 19:58 You have to dress a certain way. 20:00 Did you have to go through that? 20:01 Yes. I went through it. 20:03 I don't go through it now as much. 20:05 I question myself sometimes, I do question my own image 20:09 right now in school. 20:11 You know, some of the girls are built, 20:12 you know, a little thicker in some areas, 20:15 or slimmer in some areas. 20:16 I understand. Yes. 20:18 And it catches all the attention. 20:19 And so sometimes I think, well, should I look like that? 20:23 You know, but I had to realize that God loves me 20:27 who I am as I am, you know? 20:30 And there's nothing wrong with... 20:32 I was actually thinking about going vegan 20:34 to actually better myself, 20:36 my mind, my body, my spiritual health, 20:39 you know, I was thinking vegan 20:41 might be the way to go. Right. 20:42 Yeah, 'cause I look at vegan, not as a diet, 20:44 but as a health reform. 20:46 And I practice a different lifestyle. 20:49 It's a choice. Right. 20:50 You know, but I don't want people to think you 20:53 have to be a vegan to be saved. 20:56 Right. 20:57 I believe there are, you have people who are mean 20:59 who are healthy eaters. 21:02 You have people who are, 21:03 you know, very, standoffish, 21:06 but they're vegan or vegetarian. 21:08 I rather have balance in my life. 21:11 And, I'm not going to judge you because you eat chicken 21:14 or sugar or I may look different from you 21:18 or you have a tiny waist or, 21:20 you know, you're built differently. 21:22 Judge not to be judged. 21:24 Isn't what the Bible says? Yes. 21:25 You know? 21:27 All right, let's go here for a minute. 21:28 Okay. Dating? 21:31 Yes. 21:32 Are you, have you started dating? 21:34 Yes. What? 21:35 Yes. Okay. 21:36 You would love to take me through right now. 21:38 What? Yes. 21:39 Are you driving? I am driving. 21:41 You driving too? I am driving. 21:43 I can't. I need a fan. 21:45 What? 21:46 Yes. I'm dating and driving. 21:48 What? Yes. 21:49 Okay. 21:51 So how do you say no to, saying no premarital sex? 21:56 No. 21:58 When I enter, 22:00 I like to be friends before we started dating. 22:04 And so when we reach that bridge 22:07 of whether we're going to date or not, 22:09 I let it be very known. 22:11 I am not having sex before I get married. 22:14 You let him know right up front? 22:15 I let him know right up front. 22:16 And so I say, hey, 22:19 either, you're going to support me in that. 22:21 And we're going to move forward together. 22:23 You know, or either you got to... 22:25 You got to go, bye boy, bye boy. 22:27 Pull it back. 22:29 Boy, oh, is it boy bye? 22:30 Boy bye or bye boy. 22:31 Okay. But either way you got to go. 22:33 You got to go. 22:34 And so far they have actually supported me. 22:35 And you, because you respect yourself. 22:37 Yes. 22:38 So when young ladies or young men, 22:40 because we have young ladies who tend to be fast. 22:43 Yes. 22:44 And they approach, you know, young men. 22:46 Yes. 22:48 But if you have put on the whole armor of God before, 22:50 because we wrestle not against flesh and blood. 22:53 And the enemy is out to kill, steal and destroy it. 22:56 So if you let them know up front 22:58 where your standards are, 23:00 you respect yourself and value. 23:02 Yes. 23:03 You know, why do you value yourself, Jordyn? 23:05 I value myself because I am created in the image of God. 23:09 Say that. 23:11 So when I look in the mirror in the morning, 23:13 I am created in the image of God. 23:16 Yes. 23:18 And I'm wonderfully made. 23:19 Yes. 23:21 Are you wonderfully made? 23:22 I'm fearfully and wonderfully made. 23:24 Great, You better go and quote those scriptures. 23:26 You are studying Your Word. 23:27 Yes. 23:29 Does your word empower you studying the Word of God 23:31 every morning? 23:33 Yes. 23:34 And does it bring you happiness? 23:35 Yes. 23:37 People don't realize that how much of an impact 23:39 getting up every morning and reading your devotion, 23:42 reading just even a scripture. Yes. 23:44 I don't think people understand the impact 23:46 that has on your day, just spending that time 23:49 in the morning with God. 23:50 Yeah. 23:51 Because right before I get up for school, 23:53 I noticed there's this window I wake up 23:55 between about 4:00 AM and 5:00 AM. 23:58 Yes. 23:59 And I always used to wake up and I'm like, 24:00 why am I always getting up at this time of the night? 24:02 I'm trying to sleep straight through the night. 24:04 I have to get up at 6:30. 24:05 Right, right, right. 24:06 And I realized that's when God wants His personal time. 24:09 Yes. And so I started getting up. 24:11 My parents don't really know this 24:13 or my brother doesn't know. 24:14 They don't know. They don't know, but I get up. 24:16 I pull out my Bible. 24:18 I pull out my journal. 24:19 I actually journal sometimes. Yes. 24:21 And I have my one on one time with God. 24:23 One on one time with God. Yes. 24:24 Let me tell you what my grandmother used to do. 24:26 She would pull a chair up. 24:28 This is my grandma Arlie, my father's mother. 24:32 She would pull a chair up and she would be talking. 24:35 And I would say, grandma who you're talking to. 24:37 She said, I'm talking to God,. 24:39 We're having a one on one conversation. 24:41 You need to join in. 24:43 And I'm like, there's no one there. 24:45 And I'm like, I was maybe 13, 14 and, 24:48 or maybe younger. 24:49 And I would tell my dad, I said, grandma losing it. 24:52 And I would go and tell my mom and she said, 24:56 she's talking to God. 24:57 I said, well, she has a chair there. 24:59 God is God, He doesn't need a chair. 25:01 He can stand. 25:02 But you know, so one day I was in trouble. 25:05 I got into a situation 25:08 and I had to turn myself into the police. 25:11 And they, I know they were going to fingerprint me 25:16 and I had to do what I had to do. 25:19 I was found innocent. 25:21 Praise God. Yes. 25:23 And, but I went into my bathroom 25:26 and do you know, 25:28 I pulled up a chair in my bathroom 25:30 and I said, I need to talk to God. 25:33 Yes. 25:34 And I said, God, you know, I am innocent in this matter. 25:37 And I need you to step in right now, 25:40 but I'm going down to that precinct, 25:42 turn myself in and I need you to handle it. 25:46 When I got there, they fingerprinted me, 25:48 took my picture. 25:49 The man said, I'm going to put this in the drawer. 25:52 He said, because you're innocent. 25:54 But we have to go through procedure. 25:57 He said, I need you to do three things. 26:00 And then come back and see me in 30 days. 26:03 It was never ever talked about, 26:08 it was dealt with privately 26:11 because the day before I turned myself in, 26:14 I was in the Detroit newspaper 26:16 for helping young people, 26:19 helping doing programs at the Detroit public schools. 26:23 Praise God. 26:24 And I was able to go and do the work, 26:27 come back to him and 30 days later, 26:29 he said, I read your article in the paper 26:32 and you did not do this what they're accusing you of. 26:35 And then I had witnesses. 26:37 But the Bible says that trust in the Lord 26:40 with all thine heart. Yes. 26:42 May not to thy own understanding 26:43 and all that ways what? 26:44 He would direct you. 26:46 Now I'll let you read direct your path. 26:47 I stand on His word, His promises. 26:49 Yes. You know, I'm just so excited. 26:52 Okay, we got about a minute left to go. 26:54 Okay. Let's talk about family. 26:56 You have an older brother. 26:58 What's like to have an older brother? 26:59 Yes. 27:00 He can be a pain sometimes, yes, but he's my best friend. 27:04 He's your best friend. 27:05 He's my best friend. 27:06 That's a blessing. 27:08 And having your mother and your father, 27:10 you know, now dad plays that instrument piano. 27:13 Yes. 27:15 Do you play also? 27:16 I dabble a little bit. Dabble? 27:17 I dabble. 27:19 I asked him to teach me, but he's like, no, 27:21 because he learned by ear. 27:22 Oh, that's something. Yeah, okay. 27:23 So I'm thinking I might take that route too. 27:26 Okay. 27:27 There you go from music therapy, you know? 27:30 In closing, give me four words 27:32 you would leave with young people today. 27:35 God's got your back. 27:36 God's got your back. 27:38 God has our back every day. Yes. 27:41 Jordyn, I want to thank you for coming on today 27:43 for Live to be Well. 27:44 Thank you. 27:46 And I need you to live for God 27:47 and remember to always live to be well. 27:49 Let it be said that young people 27:51 are taking a stand for Jesus Christ. 27:53 Young people are in the fight for Jesus Christ 27:57 and young people today are being baptized 27:59 as Seventh-day Adventist 28:01 and giving their lives to Christ. 28:02 I'm Dr. Kim Logan Nowlin, Live to be Well. 28:05 God bless. |
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