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00:02 real clients 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, and welcome to Live To Be Well. 00:54 Today on the program, 00:55 we're going to talk about being convicted. 00:58 What are our convictions? 01:00 Being convicted and serving Jesus Christ. 01:03 Today, my special guest is Royce Mentor III. 01:06 Hi, Royce. 01:07 Hey, how are you doing? 01:09 How are you? 01:10 I'm good. 01:12 I'm good too. 01:13 Thank you for being with us 01:14 here on the Dare to Dream Ministry. 01:16 I'm so excited about seeing you. 01:17 Now, let me give you a little history. 01:19 Royce Mentor III, and my daughter Erin were born, 01:23 when were you born, Royce? 01:25 2000, February. 01:26 2000, February. 01:27 Erin was born... February what? 01:29 Fifth. 01:30 And Erin was born March 2. 01:32 So you gotta buy a couple of weeks. 01:34 And I have this picture of Royce and Erin, 01:37 babies in my arms 01:39 with your mother next to me and we're holding you all. 01:42 And look at you all today. 01:43 19. 01:45 I'm telling you grew up on me. 01:46 All right? 01:48 Now, you come to my church, you're Seventh-day Adventist, 01:51 you were born and raised Seventh-day Adventist. 01:53 Your grandfather was pastor, mentor. 01:56 Your grandmother, I know your grandmother, 01:58 I know your aunts, I know your uncle, 01:59 I know your mother, I know your father. 02:01 I know everyone. 02:02 Beautiful, godly family 02:05 and standards within the church. 02:07 And we had your uncle on the broadcast, Mr. Boom. 02:11 Yeah. 02:12 So we really enjoyed having him here. 02:15 But you, I called you one day 02:18 because I was asked to serve as superintendent. 02:21 And I was sitting around the house 02:23 and I was praying 02:24 because we had to have a pianist. 02:26 And right then and there, God said Royce Mentor III. 02:32 And I text you, and you said yes. 02:36 And I am so happy you did, 02:37 so every first Sabbath Saturday of the month, 02:41 I serve as superintendent. 02:42 And Royce is my pianist 02:44 and he also offers special music. 02:47 Awesome, awesome musician. 02:50 So convicted. 02:51 So first of all, let's learn about who Royce Mentor is. 02:54 And then let's talk about why you are convicted 02:58 and committed to God? 02:59 All right. 03:01 So I'm 19 years old as you said before, 03:03 I'm Adventist, that was my whole life. 03:05 Played the piano. 03:06 I've played the piano since five, 03:08 I stopped around sixth, seventh grade, 03:09 but then came back to around eighth grade. 03:12 Um, I work out, I do mostly calisthenics, 03:14 which is a bodyweight workout. 03:16 I'm in school right now a dual enrollment. 03:18 So I did high school and college. 03:20 I'm doing college now the transfer next year, 03:22 Lord willing, that's really about sets me up. 03:26 All right. 03:27 Sweet and simple. 03:29 Your goal is to attend what university? 03:31 Oakwood University, Lord willing next year. 03:33 Well, you're going to be studying music, 03:35 you have a good foundation at Oakwood. 03:37 And I know you'll be right there playing 03:39 with all the great musicians. 03:41 So let's talk about your... 03:43 You're so convicted, you know, you say yes. 03:46 I mean, I asked you to play for me 03:49 and stay a little bit longer. 03:51 But you had two other programs to play for at your church, 03:54 and you felt so bad 03:56 that you couldn't stay, you know. 03:57 Why are you so convicted in serving Jesus Christ? 04:01 Well, I guess it starts as a kid, 04:03 you know, you raised into the church. 04:05 And you know, your parents give you opening Sabbath 04:08 and closing Sabbath and it becomes natural for you. 04:12 But at a time, you have to choose 04:14 what you want to do it. 04:16 And you know, I guess I chose to do it. 04:18 And the Lord blessed me while doing it. 04:21 And because He's blessed me, it makes me want to do it more. 04:24 And so I took out, I took my piano skill, 04:27 and I decided, no, I can use this to play for Him, 04:31 because this is the best I got. 04:32 So I'm going to give it all to Him right 04:34 with the guy with the one talent. 04:36 This is my one talent and I'm using this talent. 04:38 And so, I choose God because, you know, 04:41 He's blessed me so much. 04:42 And He continues to bless me 04:43 even when I slip and fall sometimes, 04:45 He still picks me back up and said, hey, you know, 04:47 keep going and you're doing all right. 04:48 Just keep, keep moving forward. 04:50 And God has blessed you. 04:52 Well, why is it today in our society, 04:55 young people, we look at our churches. 04:57 I look at City Temple. 04:59 I don't know about Living Waters, 05:01 but where are all the young people? 05:04 Right now as this because it's big, 05:05 that's a big topic. 05:06 Right now, honestly, I think it's because, 05:10 you know, people are in the church 05:11 are still kind of, like, 05:13 stuck to like some of the old ways. 05:16 And, you know, 05:17 kids are not gonna want to just, 05:19 they want to kind of be free and flexible a lot of the time. 05:23 And so because they can, they can't volunteer 05:28 or do what they want to do in the church, like, 05:31 some kids want to do special music. 05:32 But all people are saying, well, you can't do that, 05:34 we have to do this. 05:35 And they want to help in the church. 05:37 But sometimes a lot of people in churches 05:38 won't let them do it because they're young, 05:40 because they're not ready, that they're saying they just, 05:42 they just wanting to leave, 05:44 because they're not being able to, you know, 05:45 kind of contribute to the church. 05:47 So they get discouraged? 05:48 Yes, I think that's one of the big reasons 05:50 as to why they're leaving. 05:52 I remember when I first was asked 05:54 to be the hospitality on the committee. 05:58 And I said, well, what's involved, 05:59 and I was like, 15, 16, well, 06:01 you have to stand up and welcome everyone. 06:04 And I'm like, I won't do that. 06:06 And I remember that my grandmother said, 06:09 you need to learn how to do this. 06:11 Because these skills you learn in the church 06:14 will help you in life. 06:16 Do you agree that the skills we learn in church, 06:19 how I know it's helped me in my business? 06:21 And where I, the Lord has taken me? 06:24 Do you feel that the church 06:25 is the foundation to learn skills, 06:27 personally and professionally? 06:29 Definitely, even the small stuff 06:31 like I used to help with tithe and offering, 06:33 I'd be one of the, one of the offering barriers 06:35 that pass out, pass the plate down. 06:38 And at first it's kind of like nerve-racking, 06:40 because you have to stand up and walk forward 06:42 and then walk back and hand it 06:43 and wait for the person to come down. 06:45 But you know, when you get older and older, 06:46 it gets easier, 06:48 because you begin to know the people 06:49 and talking to them and passing it down 06:51 is just, this is small thought, is easy and easy. 06:54 And the bigger plans you do in the church, 06:56 you know, the easier it gets. 06:57 And you know, I want to say that 07:00 if you are doing these roles in the church, 07:03 you get to know the members in the church, 07:06 they see you involve, participating. 07:09 And you know, 07:10 you guys have some of the best fellowship dinners, 07:13 you know, I mean, 07:14 do you enjoy staying after church 07:16 and having those great Sabbath dinners? 07:17 I love it. 07:19 You know, because it opens the door to get to know people. 07:21 And so you guys are still having those. 07:24 I know I've got to come over and visit. 07:26 It's been a while. 07:27 But I'm so busy in my own church. 07:29 That's another thing. 07:30 You get so busy, 07:32 and you can't visit like you know would like 07:34 to but you have to give back in your own church. 07:38 Royce, let me ask you. 07:41 Wellness, 07:42 you said that you work out your exercise. 07:44 But what about the wellness of your mind? 07:47 Dealing with stress? 07:48 How does... 07:49 How do you as a young person deal with just 07:51 because we see stress in our young people, 07:54 they're committing suicide, they are isolating themselves, 07:58 turning to different vices. 07:59 What are you doing to maintain your wellness balance? 08:05 So when I'm having a problem 08:07 and I'm having like a deep a deep, 08:09 stressful moment, actually I work out, 08:12 I'll look and hit the heavy bag. 08:14 You know, do some explosive workouts. 08:16 But if it's, if it's like a little too, 08:18 like I really can't do that I really want to do anything. 08:21 I'll just play some hymns. 08:23 Know, it's so sweet to trust in Jesus. 08:25 That's one of my favorite hymns just to play. 08:27 And just fingering it out, playing it slow, 08:30 listening to the word, playing the words, 08:32 saying the words while you play it, 08:34 that really helps me. 08:35 You know, calm, calm down, 08:37 and then go back to the planning. 08:38 It is so sweet to trust in Jesus, 08:41 just to take Him at His Word. 08:44 How does prayer work in your wellness balance? 08:48 So every morning, I wake up, and I'll reassess Christ. 08:52 And I'll say, I'll say a small prayer 08:55 or simple, simple prayer. 08:56 Just be with my day, 08:58 and have me do what You would have me to do. 09:01 And that will be my prayer for the morning. 09:04 I will say, even if one to two small prayers a day, 09:10 just something because prayer is very important 09:12 to keep connected. 09:13 So at least one or two small prayers a day 09:14 because God knows where you are, 09:16 you know, He knows everyone's strengths and weaknesses. 09:19 Or if you can at least say does God help me 09:21 or thank You God for today, or there's something, 09:24 something small, that that'd be sufficient. 09:27 You know, to be so young, and the hymns, 09:31 the hymns are so beautiful. 09:33 And sometimes we get away from hymns. 09:35 And we even complain that you know, 09:37 we're doing the same hymns over and over again, 09:40 or the same scriptures because you'll hear 09:43 the 23rd Psalms or you'll hear Hebrews 11 or Genesis 1:1, 09:48 but it's important for us to stay connected to the Lord. 09:52 And I think it doesn't take a lot 09:55 to just spend time with God. 09:58 You know, why do you think is, you know, because of... 10:01 Is it because of social media, 10:03 is because everybody's on this fast pace, 10:06 you know, and not just young people, 10:07 us as adults also, older adults, 10:11 that we don't stop to spend time with God. 10:14 What do you think? 10:15 Is it because of this fast paced social media, 10:19 or at work or demands of the job, 10:21 or is all of it? 10:23 I think is most of the person's all about all excuses, 10:26 you know, I wake up, or I'm too tired to. 10:30 I had to... I had to do this, this and that. 10:31 So I have to, you know, go eat, 10:33 I have to go change and to do all these, 10:34 they, they come with every excuse in the book, 10:37 so they don't have to do it. 10:38 And then when night comes, and they have night worships, 10:42 they'll be like, Oh, I'm too tired, 10:44 had a long day, 10:45 had to get up early in the morning. 10:46 And the cycle back go round and round. 10:48 I think, just the person themselves 10:50 and their excuses is the main reason 10:52 why people still don't. 10:54 So people get lazy, but they can watch 10:56 all the sports on television, 10:59 stay awake, dozing off, I'm paying for that, 11:01 I'm paying for that cable, you know, but no time with God. 11:05 I think God gets sad 11:07 when we don't spend time with Him. 11:09 Because He wants that communion with us. 11:11 And we need to be convicted like 11:13 you're convicted by working out, 11:15 when they be convicted about studying the Word of God, 11:18 convicted, we have to be passionate 11:20 about God and having a relationship with God. 11:24 I think it's important that not just going to church, 11:28 but having relationship. 11:29 You and I have a relationship, we have a bond, 11:32 because we know I've known you since before you were born. 11:36 And when I see you, 11:37 I'm always so excited to see you, 11:39 it's like the first time because of that relationship 11:42 I have with you. 11:43 How do you think young people can fit better into the church? 11:49 Or do we as the older saints, 11:51 the people of God need to let you all do more? 11:56 I think at least a good first step 11:59 is for the where at least, 12:00 they get to know, know each other 12:02 and then allows young people that come to the church, 12:04 and he doesn't know that person, 12:05 or the elder doesn't know that person at all. 12:07 So once they first build a connection with them, 12:09 at least tell them know name to name basis, 12:12 then we kind of move forward. 12:14 And we can see if they can. 12:15 And as a young person to preach once, 12:17 one Saturday or ask them to play special music 12:20 or give on, give an offering or testimony, 12:22 something small to start off with to kind of start 12:25 to bring them in little more. 12:26 Right. 12:27 I know with my own wellness growing up in the church, 12:30 I was asked to be involved with different programs 12:33 and my mom would say, you need to be an usher. 12:36 Now that was one thing I just said, 12:38 that is not my calling to be an usher. 12:41 And I was a pathfinder. 12:43 And my wellness that really helped me 12:45 to be well rounded with my mental health. 12:48 I had a good relationship with my pastor, 12:50 his wife and family. 12:52 And I think that my stress during the week 12:55 was maybe high as a teenager, 12:58 school activities or things I was dealing with. 13:00 But I was so excited when the Sabbath came 13:03 and to be able to go and attend church 13:06 and I loved the choir rehearse or so, 13:08 and then and that was our place to meet and come together. 13:12 How could you say to a young person 13:16 who may be battling with alcohol, 13:18 and their wellness and you know them, 13:21 they go to church with you? 13:22 And they're using other substances? 13:26 What would you say to them to turn to Jesus? 13:30 Well, I first ask them know, why do you turn to alcohol? 13:35 Why, what makes you want to continue to drink like, 13:38 you know, that it destroys your body. 13:41 And you know, it's not good for you know, 13:43 that, you know, God doesn't want you 13:44 because your body is temple of God, 13:45 doesn't want you to destroy it. 13:47 So I first ask them, why they do what they do. 13:50 And then you know, 'cause they're in the church, 13:52 they know the truth, they just have to, 13:54 they have to, to live it, they have to accept it. 13:57 You know, so I have to 'cause that's kind of hard, 14:00 I probably asked him, you know, 14:03 to do some Bible studies with here and there, 14:05 or ask the pastor about it. 14:07 Because you know, we have a cool pastor. 14:08 You know, it's pretty, he's not super young, 14:10 but he's young at heart. 14:11 Yeah. 14:12 So if you can, if you have a comfortable conversation 14:14 with an elder or a pastor that can kind of, 14:17 that's doesn't like shame for doing 14:18 what you do but at least talks you through, 14:20 you need to kind of has to progress. 14:22 Don't push the young people out of the church. 14:23 But yet, you know, 14:25 the young people need to go through training. 14:27 You know, every office that I've served in the church, 14:30 I was trained coming up, 14:32 you know, being praise and worship leader. 14:34 And I used to remember, 14:35 one day I'm going to be minister of music. 14:37 But you know how long it took me 14:38 to get to be minister music? 14:40 Twenty five years, because I was still, 14:43 it wasn't God's time. 14:45 And I was still learning. 14:46 I was still learning the hymns. 14:48 I was still learning 14:49 how to make sure it was a good fit 14:52 when I did praise and worship 14:53 and then moving into other things 14:55 that I was still worship leader. 14:59 I was able to give back to God's church 15:01 because we don't stay in the church 15:04 who's going to be there to carry on the church. 15:07 So the second, third, fourth, fifth generation, 15:10 so when people say you're fourth generation. 15:13 Well, yes, because I'm still here. 15:15 But even Royce, I'm gonna tell you, 15:17 people of my age, 15:19 they've stopped going to church years ago, 15:22 and they're trying to find their way back. 15:24 And they missed so much. 15:26 And by the time they get back to church, 15:28 their wellness is like, 15:30 well, you know, I've been gone so long. 15:33 I'm kind of embarrassed to be back, 15:36 you know, we should still help those people to feel welcome. 15:40 Remember, when I introduced you to the City Temple. 15:42 That was a part of your wellness, 15:44 helping you to feel good 15:46 about being there and not be stressed. 15:48 And when people found out that who you were, 15:51 because we're all connected some way, 15:54 but they were just happy 15:56 to connect you to your grandfather. 15:58 You know, you were, where you born 16:01 when you lost your grandfather? 16:02 He died before I was born. 16:03 Yes, a great man. 16:05 Yes, a great man, great man of God. 16:08 But looking at the wellness, how you talk to people. 16:12 I noticed you're very polite. 16:14 You know, great eye contact, well poise. 16:18 Do you use your faith in school? 16:21 Do you get a chance to minister or witness to anyone in school? 16:25 I tried to, it was few years ago, 16:28 I was in this class called focus. 16:31 And they kind of teach you like the basic skills of life. 16:33 And this teacher, she was Jewish, 16:35 and she has do this, this project. 16:40 And it said, it gives a list of things to do. 16:43 And I said, she said fit it all in one week. 16:45 You can't take anything out. 16:47 Well, one of them said concert Friday night, 16:49 and a party Saturday. 16:53 She said don't take anything out. 16:54 But I knew you know, if it's real life, 16:56 we're playing real life. 16:57 I'm gonna take this out regardless. 16:59 So I took it out. 17:00 And I told her, because she said, everyone, 17:03 everyone know, tell they did. 17:05 So I told her she was like, 17:06 you can't you can't take this out. 17:08 So now you're fired from your job 17:10 because blah, blah. 17:11 And I was like, well, I'm Seventh-day Adventist, 17:13 and from Friday night, 17:14 Saturday's Friday night to Saturday night, 17:17 it's my Sabbath. 17:19 So I can't, you know, go to work that day, 17:22 or do anything that's ungodly. 17:24 And she was like, well, we'll see you, so you're fired. 17:25 And I said, well, I'm sure. 17:27 No, if it was God's plan, I'm gonna find another job. 17:30 And everything's gonna go well, because Saturday, 17:32 it's a seventh day. 17:33 And she always told my house Sunday was a seventh day, 17:36 and she was trying to go through 17:37 all this history or whatnot. 17:39 But um, after class, 17:41 I kind of talked her through it, 17:42 I give her one of those little small pamphlets. 17:44 And I asked her if she had any question 17:46 for me later, blah-blah. 17:48 And, you know, 17:49 around the beginning of that year, 17:51 she was kind of just mean, 17:52 and one of those feisty teachers, 17:54 but around the end of the year, 17:55 and still today, she's super nice. 17:57 She's hugging people, 17:58 she always greets me with a smile and a hug. 18:02 And I don't know if she read it or not, 18:04 but you can, you can definitely see a change. 18:06 So here and then I'll try to tell my teachers 18:09 or some of my Muslim friends about Adventism, 18:12 and Jesus Christ and whatnot. 18:13 That is a blessing. 18:15 Now, in your wellness and having balanced. 18:19 You know, when do you get a break? 18:20 Do you play every Sabbath? 18:22 Are you the only pianist on duty at church? 18:25 So, you know, as you know, 18:26 I play for the mostly in Youth Federation Praise Team. 18:29 And we play, you know, in different churches, 18:31 maybe two or three times a month. 18:33 But my church has another pianist. 18:35 So sometimes I'll play with him, 18:38 but mostly just to practice for my ear 18:41 and just to get better at what I'm doing, 18:42 but usually he's there. 18:44 But just about every Saturday, I'm playing the piano. 18:45 I'm not complaining. 18:47 All right, and I know you love serving the Lord. 18:50 But we all have to have that me time. 18:52 God wants us to look at our mental health, 18:55 our physical, emotional, 18:57 He wants us to be well balanced spiritually. 19:00 And if any of those things are off balance, 19:03 it's going to throw the whole core off. 19:05 So the Bible is very clear, 19:07 do everything decently and in order. 19:10 So we need to, when we cut that pie, 19:13 we want to cut it evenly 19:14 so that everything stays in balance. 19:17 You know, rest. 19:18 What about getting your rest, 19:20 you get enough rest in a part of your wellness? 19:22 I do. 19:23 'Cause young people want to stay up and you know, 19:26 so you get 8-10 hours of sleep. 19:27 Yeah, I like sleep. 19:31 You know, I need to sleep more, you know, I'm so busy, 19:35 but I have to get my rest. 19:37 When it comes to the Word of God, 19:42 I heard you say, you read the Steps to Christ, 19:44 that's every morning you read the Steps to Christ? 19:47 Every morning when I wake up 19:48 and every night before I go to sleep. 19:49 See just witness. 19:51 You just witness to me. 19:52 I've not picked up my little red 19:53 Steps to Christ book, 19:55 the little red book, the little, you know, 19:57 paperback, I'm reading all my other books. 20:00 I've been reading Adventist Homes. 20:02 I've been reading Patriarchs and Prophets. 20:04 I've been reading Acts of the Apostle. 20:08 I've been reading like those books, 20:09 but Steps to Christ was a beautiful book. 20:12 And this book is written by Ellen G. White. 20:15 And we use her books in our church, 20:19 our schools and in our training, 20:21 amazing books. 20:23 So why Steps to Christ? 20:25 I was always told, you know, Steps to Christ is a good book, 20:27 you have to reset to Christ blah, blah, blah. 20:29 And, you know, I was like, I just one day, 20:31 we're gonna try it. 20:32 Let's read it, it's one, maybe two, three paragraphs 20:34 every morning, every night. 20:36 And so far, you know, they weren't wrong. 20:38 It's a great book. 20:39 It's a great book. 20:40 So have you read it all the way through 20:42 and you're reading it again? 20:43 I'm on Chapter 3 right now. Chapter 3. 20:46 So what have you learned so far in Step to Christ? 20:49 A lot of the stuff is just more of a recycling, 20:52 but it kind of just, it kind of pushes the point, 20:55 you know, that God, God's always going to be there. 20:57 You know, it doesn't matter how low you think 20:59 you're going to get 21:00 or how low you think you already are. 21:02 No, God is always going to be right beside you. 21:04 It's going to be on you'd have to push them away. 21:06 But he's not, you know, he's not going to be, 21:08 he's going to be there. 21:09 You know, that's one of the biggest points 21:12 that I've got from the book so far. 21:13 That God will never leave you... 21:15 He'll never leave you nor forsake you. 21:16 Or forsake you. That's right. 21:18 So being convicted with God, a relationship with God, 21:23 having total wellness, having good health, 21:27 when it comes to your mental 21:28 and emotional balance, all right? 21:32 Are you dating? No. 21:34 Would you date with? 21:37 Okay, I'll just want to say, 21:38 dating Adventist and someone who's not in the church, 21:42 because I when I met Brother Nowlin, 21:44 he was not Seventh-day Adventist. 21:46 But he was Catholic. 21:48 But I witnessed him 21:50 and I invited him to Sabbath school. 21:53 And he was like, what is this? 21:55 And I said, Sabbath School, we learn about the Bible. 21:58 Three months later, he was baptized, sink. 22:01 And three years later, we were married. 22:04 And people will say, well, what are you waiting for? 22:06 I said, for God to tell me to marry him. 22:08 Because right now, 22:10 all I'm supposed to do is be a witness. 22:13 So you know, you, 22:14 you only tell me nobody else to know. 22:17 Are you dating? I'm not. 22:19 You're not, you're just at school. 22:20 Yeah, at school. 22:22 Focusing on your exercising, 22:24 your relationship with God most importantly, 22:26 and just take piano your music. 22:29 Yes. Any other instruments? 22:32 No, I tried the guitar for a bit. 22:34 It was all right as to for a class, 22:36 two months I kept practicing. 22:37 But then you know, I stopped. 22:38 Okay. 22:40 You know, why did you stopped playing the piano before, 22:41 was it just something you decided to put down 22:43 for a little while? 22:44 Um, I was going to teach it to different churches. 22:46 I went to metropolitan for a bit 22:48 and they had a piano teacher there. 22:50 And she was, she was just abusive verbally, 22:52 not physically, she was just verbally abusive, 22:53 telling me, no, you had to do it this way. 22:55 This is you play like why you do it wrong. 22:57 She called me. She'll call me names. 22:59 It was not kind of good names and kind of had discouraged me. 23:02 So I stopped for a few years saying if, 23:05 oh, she's saying we're doing it wrong, and she's a teacher. 23:07 So I'm doing it wrong. 23:08 So you know, I can't do it right. 23:09 So I just stopped for a bit. 23:11 One of my piano teachers hit me on the hand. 23:13 And that was, that was abuse. 23:15 So that can discourage a young person. 23:18 And that's why we have to be careful with you 23:21 all in the church. 23:22 Because once we attack your mental health 23:25 and your wellness, 23:27 you're not going to want to come back. 23:29 You know, and you know, we'll do it. 23:31 We'll show you how it's done. 23:33 Well, teachers, trainers, 23:35 but you can talk to us in a way 23:36 that's loving and kind, 23:38 so that they want to come back, you know and do something. 23:42 I'm so happy that you Regina, Lindsay, 23:46 some of our young people 23:47 at the City Temple Seventh-day Adventist Church, 23:49 have you pulling together 23:51 from all the different churches. 23:53 And I believe God is going to use you all 23:56 to help win others to Christ 23:58 because we are living in the last days. 24:00 Do you believe that? Definitely. 24:02 Tell me why you believe that we are living in last days? 24:04 All the signs that are, you know, popping up, 24:07 they just tell that God's coming back, 24:09 you know, all the stuff is happening 24:11 to the earth itself naturally. 24:13 And then you know, people just 24:15 and then the Sunday laws kind of becoming a little more, 24:17 little more pushed, little more pushed. 24:19 I've noticed that, you know, 24:21 talking to different people here and there. 24:23 Just reading about the signs of the times 24:25 just in Bible Revelation and in Job, 24:28 you can definitely see that this is the end. 24:31 Almost definitely. 24:32 You know, when I was reading the Great Controversy, 24:34 certain things have already happened. 24:37 And then I go back to Revelation, 24:39 I go back to Job, the Book of Daniel, 24:41 and there's just so much and I'm not afraid, 24:43 you know, to read the Bible 24:45 because these things must happen 24:47 for Jesus to come. 24:49 You know, are you excited about Jesus coming again? 24:52 I am, I used to be kind of, 24:53 kind of scared because you know, 24:55 it's scary all like, all the hailstorms 24:57 and the stars falling and the blood moon and all, 25:01 this all these natural phenomenons, 25:02 not counting what people are going to do, 25:04 you know, it was, it was kind of scary. 25:06 But then when you realize that, 25:09 after you finish the race or after the fight is over, 25:11 you know, which is just gonna be 25:13 happiness as you with him. 25:15 And Jesus, you know, 25:16 I don't care if I'm in the front of the line, 25:18 in the back of the line, on the side, 25:21 you know, I was reading where the 12 tribes. 25:25 And when I took a class at my church, 25:28 with my pastor, my former pastor, 25:29 William Joseph, 25:31 and I was studying about the books of the Bible, 25:34 the 12 tribes, 25:36 and I was able to learn about my own personality, 25:39 and understand certain things, 25:41 why certain things have happened. 25:43 But all these things must come to pass 25:45 for Jesus to come. 25:47 Let me ask you this. 25:48 Where do you see yourself 25:51 as a leader growing up in the church now? 25:55 Where do you see yourself? 25:56 Well now, because I play the piano, 25:59 I've been able to get you want people to see, 26:03 I've been able to ask people, 26:04 you know, if you want to do special music or not, 26:06 and I guess that's kind of my, 26:08 my way in, because, you know, 26:09 I hate talking in front of people 26:11 as you can see. 26:13 You're doing great. 26:15 You know, but I think me being a musician, 26:19 it just kind of paved my path into leadership, 26:22 because soon, hopefully, 26:24 I plan to lead a praise team down, 26:28 teach them their parts and all that stuff, 26:29 and hopefully bring more people into the church by doing that, 26:32 because you know, lot of people love music. 26:34 So if you play a little more, you know, I guess not, 26:37 not fashion gospel music, but a little more, 26:39 the newer gospel music, 26:41 it'll kind of just bring them more in. 26:42 So I guess, me as a paste of a piano player, 26:45 it will be kind of my way in. 26:47 Do you write? 26:48 I do. I do. No words. 26:50 It's mostly just instrumentals. 26:52 Just instrumental. 26:53 This young man, I've seen him, he was so quiet, 26:57 shy, very, very humble. 27:00 Christ was humble. 27:02 Royce, all I ask is that you continue 27:05 to keep your wellness with God. 27:07 Stay focused on God. I thank you so much for coming. 27:10 Any last words to young people today 27:13 about Jesus and their relationship? 27:16 I would say the same thing I told my workout friends, 27:19 you make time for what you want. 27:21 So even if it's a five minute workout, 27:24 aiming to work out eight minutes with God, 27:26 five minutes with God a day 27:28 is going to be enough for where you are now. 27:32 I had a pastor once tell me if you read at least a verse, 27:35 a verse a day is better than nothing at all. 27:39 You make time for what you want. 27:40 If you want to be on your phone, eight hours, 27:42 nine hours a day watching TV or anything else you can, 27:44 you can do this. 27:46 You can work out, you can read your Bible, 27:47 you can pray, you just have to, 27:49 you know, the one is all mindset. 27:51 It's a mindset. 27:53 Did you hear this young man said, 27:54 it's all a mindset, mind over matter. 27:57 Well, I'm excited, and I'm going to do even more, 28:00 studying more, and I want to live to be well. 28:03 Thank you for joining us once again 28:05 on the Dare to Dream Network. 28:07 I'm Dr. Kim. Live be well. 28:09 God bless. |
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