Participants: Yvonne Lweis (Host), Jonathan Dixon, Shedria Petty
Series Code: MGNH
Program Code: MGNH000027
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00:01 Magnify the Lord with me
00:04 Magnify the Lord 00:08 Jesus alone is worthy 00:11 Magnify Him 00:15 Hello, and welcome to "Magnify Him." 00:17 My name is Yvonne Lewis. 00:19 Once again, it's an honor 00:20 to able to present artists to you 00:22 who are focused on lifting up the name of Jesus 00:25 through their gifts. 00:27 And on this program, 00:28 it's by way of the gift of music 00:31 and yet the focus never on the gift, 00:33 it's on the gift giver. 00:35 So stay tuned as we lift up the name of Jesus, 00:38 our soon coming King. 00:40 Let's worship Him. Let's adore Him. 00:42 He is worthy of our praise. 00:45 Magnify the Lord with me 00:48 Magnify Him 00:54 Shedria Petty has joined us on "Magnify Him." 00:57 Welcome, Shedria. Thank you. 00:59 Yeah, it's so good to have you here. 01:00 It's nice to be here. 01:02 So, Shedria, do you sing for a living or what do you do? 01:06 Um, right now, I'm working on my own music 01:09 so, yes, I sing for a living. 01:10 I have chances to go around, 01:12 all different kinds of state singing 01:14 and all kind of programs 01:16 so I'm really enjoying the process. 01:18 Praise the Lord. 01:19 And what is your vision for your ministry? 01:21 Where do you want to go with it? 01:23 Well, uh, I guess just I want to reach the people 01:28 that have been forgotten. 01:30 The people that aren't necessarily 01:32 in church right now. 01:33 So I'm kind of doing contemporary 01:36 but I'm putting so hymns in there to. 01:38 So you can still get it. I love that. 01:40 'Cause those are the song you meditate on, 01:41 when you going through things. 01:43 Yes, yes, is there a particular challenge 01:47 that you've had that kind of drives you in your ministry? 01:53 Um, not really, just coming from poverty. 01:59 And not really having the opportunities 02:01 to do everything I want to do. 02:03 I've been singing since I was a little girl. 02:05 I mean like 7 or 6 02:07 they already putting me out in front of the choir so. 02:09 Yes. 02:10 Other that, not having the opportunities, 02:12 I've been pretty fortunate. 02:14 The Lord's had His hand on you, hasn't He? 02:17 Praise God. 02:18 And I understand we have a little Petty in the oven. 02:21 Yes we, do I'm hoping for a girl this time. 02:23 I have two boys at home. Oh, that's great. 02:25 Do you want to say hay to them? 02:26 Yes, Hay Caleb. Hay Ian. 02:30 That's so neat. 02:32 Tell us a little bit about the songs 02:33 you're gonna sing for us. 02:34 And what made you pick them? 02:37 Uh, when I first heard 02:39 "Take Me to The King" by Tamela Mann, 02:42 I actually burst into tears 02:44 because at the point in my life, 02:46 I just felt like everything was a farce. 02:48 Church, family, friends and everything. 02:50 And that song really ministered to me so I learned it. 02:54 And "Open My Heart" I've been doing that since maybe like 10, 02:57 I just like the way that Yolanda Adams, 02:59 uh, plays with her voice. 03:01 And I like the message of the song. 03:03 So those two songs really spoke to your heart. 03:06 Yes, they did. 03:07 And that's what music does 03:09 and that's what we try to do here on "Magnify Him." 03:12 We want to reach people where they are with songs 03:15 that will minister to their spirit. 03:18 So what would the viewers know about you? 03:21 Uh, that I have new music 03:23 that's gonna come out in about two months on You Tube 03:26 and on Sound Cloud. 03:27 It'll be on the Shedria Ria Petty. 03:30 There you go. 03:31 In the meantime, be blessed by Shedria's ministry. 03:41 Take me to the King 03:45 I don't have much to bring 03:49 My heart is torn in pieces 03:53 It's my offering 03:57 Please take me to the King 04:02 Truth is I'm tired 04:06 Options are few 04:10 I'm trying to pray 04:14 But where are you? 04:19 I'm all churched out 04:23 Hurt and abused 04:28 I can't fake 04:30 What's left to do? 04:35 Truth is I'm weak 04:39 No strength to fight 04:43 No tears to cry 04:47 Even if I tried 04:52 But still my soul 04:55 Refuses to die 05:01 One touch would change my life 05:08 Take me to the King 05:12 I don't have much to bring 05:16 My heart's torn in pieces 05:20 It's my offering 05:24 Lay me at the throne 05:28 Leave me there alone 05:32 To gaze upon Your glory 05:36 And sing to You this song 05:40 Please take me to the King 05:46 Truth is it's time now 05:49 To stop playing these games 05:54 We need a word 05:58 For the people's pain 06:02 So Lord speak right now 06:06 Let it pour like rain 06:11 Oh, Lord, we're desperate 06:14 We're chasing after you 06:18 Oh, Lord 06:20 No rules, no religion 06:24 I've made my decision 06:28 To run to You, 06:30 The healer that I need 06:35 Take me to the King 06:38 I don't have much to bring 06:42 My heart's torn in pieces 06:47 It's my offering 06:51 Lay me at the throne 06:56 Leave me there alone 06:59 To gaze upon Your glory 07:04 And to sing to You this song 07:10 Lord we're in the way 07:14 We keep making mistakes 07:18 The glory's not for us 07:21 It's all for You 07:28 Take me to the King 07:32 I don't have much to bring 07:36 My heart's torn in pieces 07:41 It's my offering 07:45 Lay me at the throne 07:48 Leave me there... 07:49 Leave me there alone 07:51 I want to gaze upon Your glory 07:54 To gaze upon Your glory 07:56 And sing to You... And sing to You this song 07:59 And sing to You this song 08:01 Take me to the King 08:06 Take me to the King 08:10 Take me to the King 08:26 Let us open our hearts for God's will in our lives. 08:41 Talk to me 08:58 Talk to me 09:07 Alone in a room 09:11 It's just me and you 09:15 I feel so lost 09:19 'Cause I don't know what to do 09:24 Now what if I choose 09:28 The wrong thing to do 09:32 I'm so afraid, afraid of disappointing you 09:39 So I need to talk to you 09:44 And ask you for your guidance 09:48 Especially today 09:52 When my life is so cloudy 09:56 Guide me until I'm sure 10:01 I've opened up my heart 10:16 My hopes and dreams 10:21 Are fading fast 10:25 I'm all burned out 10:29 And I don't think my strength's gonna last 10:34 So I'm crying out 10:37 Crying out to you 10:41 Lord, I know that you're the only one 10:45 Who is able to pull me through 10:49 So I know I need to talk to you 10:54 And ask you for your guidance 10:58 Especially today 11:02 When my life is so cloudy, God 11:06 Guide me until I'm sure 11:11 I've opened up my heart 11:24 So show me how 11:28 To do things your way 11:33 Don't let me make the same mistakes 11:38 Over and over again 11:41 Your will be done 11:46 And I'll be the one 11:51 To make sure that it's carried out 11:54 And in me, I don't want any doubt 11:58 That's why... 12:00 I wanna talk to you, yes, I do. 12:04 And ask you for your guidance 12:07 Especially today 12:12 When my life seems just a little bit cloudy 12:16 Lord, you, you can guide me through 12:20 That's why I open up 12:24 I open up my heart, my heart, my heart, my heart 12:31 Oh, all I need to do is just hear a single word from you 12:40 I open up 12:41 I open up 12:42 I Open up my heart, my heart 12:47 Just one word could make a difference in what I do, Lord 12:51 Guide me until I'm sure 12:57 I open up I open up 12:59 I open my heart, my heart, my heart 13:07 You just say one word, one word, one word, 13:12 one word, one word 13:15 I open up I open up 13:17 Open up my heart to you 13:22 You're the lover of my soul 13:25 The captain of my sea 13:27 I need a word from you 13:30 That's why 13:31 I open up my heart 13:46 Magnify the Lord with me 13:49 Magnify Him 13:54 Welcome to Magnify Him, Jonathan Dixon. 13:57 Thank you. 13:58 It's great to have you here. All right. 14:01 You know, I first found out about you from your dad. 14:05 He had contacted me about Dare to Dream. 14:08 And you dad is a pastor 14:11 and he said I have son that sings. 14:13 And, you know, how sometimes you go, 14:14 oh, okay, well, that's nice, and, you know, 14:16 like sometimes it's not the best singers. 14:19 But your dad said just check him out. 14:21 And did and I was so blessed by your music. 14:24 How long have you been singing? 14:26 Amen. 14:27 Uh, it's been about three years now. 14:30 Uh, I was really shy, shy, shy person. 14:34 And God took me on this journey of getting me out of my shell. 14:38 And He had to go through some extreme measures to do that. 14:40 How did He do that? Tell us. 14:43 Well, I think the biggest change 14:45 that happened is this one time, 14:48 um, after my sophomore year during the summer, 14:51 about half way through the summer 14:52 my family went on vacation down south, 14:55 in the Alabama uh, Tennessee area. 14:58 And my family, my dad stopped by um, 15:01 this family friend and they were hey, 15:03 there's this school, good school, 15:04 should check it out. 15:05 Um, it's in Tennessee. And um, my family... 15:08 Was this a high school or a college? 15:09 High school. Okay, high school. 15:11 Me and my brothers-- we're from New York. 15:14 Right. So, 15:15 Yay, New York. Yay, New York. 15:17 We were far away from home and my dad, 15:21 he stopped by the school he starts looking at it 15:23 and I hear that the school has no Facebook, 15:26 um, no wireless internet, 15:29 your can't have your cell phone... 15:30 Whatever you would do without Facebook. 15:33 Yeah, I was like, of course this is not a good school, 15:37 let's move to the next one. 15:38 And, you know, finished off the summer 15:40 and check out some other ones. 15:41 But dad, he was like, 15:43 "Man, Uum, I feel God telling me to leave you here." 15:47 I was like right. 15:50 Now when ever you recover from that 15:52 we can go back to New York. 15:55 But my dad followed the voice of God. 15:58 That was God wanting him to leave me there. 16:01 We stayed there for three days praying 16:03 and the first two days I was praying, 16:05 "God please help my parents to come to the senses, 16:07 please do not let them leave me here" 16:10 that was the first two days. 16:11 But then the second day, I mean, on third day I prayed, 16:14 "God whatever your will is for my life let it happen." 16:18 And felt a yes, like immediately after that. 16:20 It's startled me. 16:22 So he left me there and at that school is where-- 16:26 I can't even say all that happened. 16:28 But the school's name is Harbert Hill's Academy. 16:31 And, uh, there I got involved with USM group down there, 16:36 um, actually became the president for last part. 16:38 Of the student body. 16:39 I was nominated, meaning, 16:40 I didn't raised my hand to be there. 16:42 I was nominated and that was God's way 16:44 of you know, pulling me out. 16:45 And, uh, later on I went to-- for my senior year 16:49 uh, I went to Pine Forge Academy. 16:52 Hay, Pine Forge. I went there too back in day. 16:55 What? 16:56 Oh, my goodness, ma'am, 16:57 we meet Pine Forge everywhere. 17:00 But, yeah, I went there, 17:01 and there was one position in USM open. 17:05 Normally they chose the position the year before. 17:08 But one was open because someone couldn't make it. 17:10 That was the religious vice position. 17:12 Um, and so I felt God calling me 17:16 to take up that office. 17:18 And I did and from there, 17:19 uh, He just got me used to going up in front of people 17:24 and over there, uh, I'm sorry I forgot one. 17:29 At Harbert Hills, there was a boys group, 17:32 a singing group, our name was Hope's Call. 17:35 What was it? Hope's Call. 17:36 Hope's Call. I like it 17:37 And the leader of that group was like 17:40 "wow, you have a nice voice." 17:41 I was like, okay, really. 17:44 And you didn't know that you can sing before then? 17:45 Not really? 17:46 I didn't know it anything worth hearing like that, you know. 17:50 Like, I could barely make through-- 17:52 I felt like I could barely make it through songs. 17:54 Uh, but yeah, I joined that group 17:56 and that got me used to singing 17:58 and then when I went Pine Forge, 18:00 Pine Forge was singing all the time. 18:02 Songs services and harmony and everything, 18:04 and that just brought it out more 18:05 and because I was in a leadership position, 18:07 I got more comfortable. 18:09 And so when I went back up to New York, 18:11 um, I just committed myself, 18:14 you know, to just singing and using my talents for God. 18:20 And, you know, that's such an amazing thing 18:23 because when you think about, when I think about 18:25 young people dedicating their talents to God, 18:30 I'm just so impressed. 18:32 One of the songs that Jonathan is going to sing is 18:36 "Lord I'm available to you." 18:39 Jonathan, you have blessed me today 18:41 and I know that our viewers are gonna be blessed. 18:44 So listen as Jonathan sings and ministers. 19:00 Lost are saved, find their way, 19:07 at the sound of Your great name 19:13 All condemned, they feel no shame 19:20 At the sound of Your great name 19:27 Every fear has no place 19:34 At the sound of Your great name 19:41 The enemy, he has to flee 19:47 At the sound of Your great name 19:55 Jesus 19:59 Worthy is the Lamb 20:01 That was slain for us 20:06 The Son of God and Man 20:08 You are high and lifted up that all 20:13 The world may praise 20:15 Your great name 20:21 Your great name 20:29 All the weak, they find their strength 20:35 At the sound of Your great name 20:42 Hungry souls, receive grace 20:48 At the sound of Your great name 20:55 The fatherless, they find their rest 21:03 At the sound of Your great name 21:09 The sick are healed and the dead are raised 21:17 At the sound of Your great name 21:24 Jesus 21:28 Worthy is the Lamb 21:30 That was slain for us 21:35 The son of God and Man 21:37 You were high and lifted up and all 21:42 That all the world may praise 21:44 Your great name 21:51 Your great name 21:58 Your great name 22:13 There is power 22:16 In the name of Jesus 22:22 There is power 22:26 In the name of Jesus 22:31 There is power 22:34 In the name of Jesus 22:40 To break every chain, break every chain 22:45 Break every chain 22:49 Your great name 22:58 Your great name 23:15 Submit your will to God and see what He will do. 23:34 You gave me my hands 23:38 To reach out to man 23:43 To show them Your love 23:48 And Your perfect plan 23:53 You gave me my ears 23:57 So I could hear Your voice so clear 24:02 I can hear the cries of sinners 24:07 But cannot wipe away their tears 24:15 Lord, I'm available to You 24:24 My will, I give to You 24:29 I'll do what You say do 24:33 Use me Lord, to show someone the way 24:40 And enable me to say 24:48 My storage is empty 24:52 And I am available to You 25:02 Now I'm giving back to You 25:07 All the tools You gave to me 25:12 My hands, my ears, my heart, my voice 25:16 So You can use them as You please 25:21 I have emptied out my cup 25:26 So that You can fill it up 25:31 And so now I'm free, I just want to be 25:36 More available to You 25:43 Oh, Lord, I'm available to You 25:53 Oh, My will, I give to You 25:58 I'll do what You say do 26:01 Use me, Lord 26:05 To show someone the way 26:09 And enable me to say 26:17 My storage is empty 26:22 And I am available 26:26 My storage is empty 26:31 And I am available 26:36 My storage is empty 26:41 And I am available to You 26:53 Magnify Him 26:57 What a blessing this program has been. 27:00 I feel as though I transported into heavenly places. 27:04 I pray that you feel the same way too. 27:06 Thanks so much for tuning in. 27:08 So until next time, may the Lord richly bless you. 27:11 Remember to put Christ first in all things and Magnify Him. |
Revised 2015-06-04