Participants: Danny Shelton
Series Code: OTR
Program Code: OTR000910
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01:02 Hello and good evening and welcome
01:04 to the penultimate meeting of our wonderful series 01:08 "Where Are All of His Miracles." 01:09 We've had a wonderful time, haven't we? 01:11 Amen. 01:12 And God has been here each and every night 01:14 and we know that tonight will be no exception. 01:17 Allow me please to wish you a happy Sabbath. 01:19 Happy Sabbath. 01:22 That's kind of a weak happy Sabbath. 01:24 Happy Sabbath. 01:25 Happy Sabbath. 01:27 That's a happy, happy Sabbath. 01:29 We want to go right to our theme song. 01:31 You know it well by now it is 111 in our church hymnal, 01:35 it is "It Took A Miracle," 01:37 and truly that has been the center 01:39 and circumference of all that we've talked about this week, 01:41 the miracles of our loving God. 01:43 Let's sing it together. 01:44 My Father is omnipotent 01:48 And that you can't deny 01:51 A God of might and miracles 01:56 'Tis written in the sky 02:00 It took a miracle 02:05 To put the stars in place 02:09 And it took a miracle 02:14 To put the world in space 02:18 And when He saved my soul 02:23 Cleansed and made me whole 02:29 It took a miracle 02:32 Of love and grace 02:36 Very good. Stanza number two. 02:43 We still can't fully see 02:47 The wonders of His might 02:51 His throne 'twill take eternity 02:56 It took a miracle 03:01 To put the stars in space 03:05 It took a miracle 03:10 To hang the world in space 03:14 But when He saved my soul 03:19 Cleansed and made me whole 03:25 It took a miracle 03:28 Of love and grace 03:33 Very good. Now that last stanza. 03:35 The Bible tells us of His power 03:39 And wisdom all way through 03:43 And every little bird and flower 03:48 Are testimonies too 03:53 It took a miracle 03:57 To put the stars in place 04:02 And it took a miracle 04:06 To hang the world in space 04:11 But when He saved my soul 04:16 Cleansed and made me whole 04:22 It took a miracle 04:26 Of love and grace 04:32 Amen and amen. 04:34 Again we want to welcome 04:36 those of you who are in our audience this night 04:37 and those who are watching 04:39 and viewing from around the world. 04:41 You know, we have a great big wonderful 3ABN family. 04:45 Many we will never meet until we meet them 04:47 on the sea of glass and join hands with them. 04:49 What a day of rejoicing that will be? 04:51 When we'll have millions upon millions of brand new friends 04:56 and it will take all eternity to get to know them well. 04:59 If we meet a new friend everyday, 05:00 it will still last through our eternity, 05:02 that's an exciting prospect, isn't it? 05:04 Well, we're here tonight, we're going to get 05:06 a wonderful message, wonderful music, 05:08 but before we do all of that, let's bow our heads in prayer. 05:12 Heavenly Father, we do praise You 05:13 and thank You for being our loving God, 05:16 our savior and our friend. 05:18 We thank You for the assurance 05:20 that You are by our side that we are never alone, 05:24 that we serve a God who has all power, 05:28 a God above all gods, truly there is no God like You, 05:32 a miracle working God 05:33 who controls countless stars and universes 05:38 and yet You're concerned about each and every one of us. 05:42 And You sent Your son to die for each and every one of us. 05:47 You're a miracle working God. 05:48 You're a saving God. You're a gracious God. 05:52 What a wonderful God You are. 05:55 We love You. We praise You. 05:58 We acknowledge and thank You for Your presence 06:00 and Your power on this Your Sabbath day, 06:03 and in this Your house of prayer in Jesus' name. 06:07 Amen and amen. 06:12 Our special music will be brought to us by our pastor 06:16 and our friend John Lomacang, 06:18 and then we are going to have a scripture lesson 06:22 brought to us by Donnie Shelton, 06:26 and then music by Michel Settle, 06:31 and oh, you know, what? 06:33 We got to make some changes. Let's make a couple of changes. 06:36 First let's bring our Pastor Lomacang 06:38 to do his music just now. 06:39 John, if you come on out, we will do your music just now, 06:42 then we'll take our scripture lesson. 06:53 I am crucified with Christ 06:57 Therefore I no longer live 07:01 Jesus Christ now lives in me 07:08 I am crucified with Christ 07:12 Therefore I no longer live 07:16 Jesus Christ now lives in me 07:23 I am crucified with Christ 07:27 Therefore I no longer live 07:31 Jesus Christ now lives in me 07:38 I am crucified with Christ 07:42 Therefore I no longer live 07:46 Jesus Christ now lives in me 08:05 Embrace the cross 08:09 Where Jesus suffered 08:13 Though it will cost 08:16 All you claim as yours 08:20 Your sacrifice will seem small 08:24 Beside the treasure 08:27 Eternity can't measure 08:31 What Jesus holds in store 08:39 Embrace the love 08:44 The cross requires 08:48 Cling to the one 08:51 Whose heart knew every pain 08:56 Receive from Jesus 08:59 Fountains of compassion 09:02 Only He can fashion 09:06 Our hearts to move as His 09:12 Oh, wondrous cross our desires rest in you 09:19 Lord Jesus make us bolder 09:27 To face with courage the shame and disgrace 09:34 You bore upon Your shoulder 09:46 Embrace the life 09:51 That comes from dying 09:55 Come trace the steps the Savior walked for you 10:03 An empty tomb Concludes Golgotha's sorrow 10:10 Endure then till tomorrow 10:14 Your cross of suffering 10:23 Embrace the cross 10:27 Embrace the cross 10:32 The cross of Jesus 10:47 Embrace the cross 11:03 Amen. Thank you so very much. 11:08 I don't imagine there is any better feeling, 11:11 there is any greater satisfaction than to know 11:15 that you have been used by God, 11:18 that identifies you a day when you lie upon your bed, 11:21 you have that very special feeling that comes 11:26 when you know that you have been an instrument 11:28 in the hand of God to lift up the name of Jesus, 11:32 to hasten the coming of the Lord 11:34 and to touch the lives of men and women. 11:37 That is a felling that I suspect Danny Shelton 11:39 has had for nearly a quarter of a century, 11:42 when we look at what has been wrought by God. 11:47 We cannot give Him too much praise-- 11:49 too much praise and no glory, 11:53 because God does not share His praise nor His glory. 11:56 All glory, all praise belongs to Him. 12:01 And yet we must give honor where honor is due. 12:06 That God chose someone who is just dumb enough 12:12 to listen to the voice of God 12:15 and to follow where God was pleased to lead. 12:21 That is the legacy that Danny Shelton leaves 12:23 for this ministry that he is to this ministry. 12:26 He had just enough sense to listen to the voice of God, 12:31 and allow God to do what God does best, 12:34 and that's be God. 12:36 And so tonight after Donnie Shelton 12:38 read the scripture lesson, 12:40 the next voice will that of Danny Shelton 12:43 our founder, our friend. 12:51 Thank you brother, C.A, so much. 12:53 So glad you all could join us to see me, 12:55 you are ready for miracle tonight. 12:56 Amen. 12:57 If you got your Bible, let's turn to Mathew 28, 13:02 we gonna read verses 18, 19 and 20. 13:06 Mathew 28:18, 19, 20. 13:10 Let's read that together please. 13:12 "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, 13:15 all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 13:20 Go you therefore, and teach all nations, 13:23 baptizing them in the name of the Father, 13:26 and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 13:29 Teaching them to observe all things 13:32 whatsoever I have commanded you 13:35 and, lo, I am with you always, 13:38 even unto the end of the world." 13:40 Amen. 13:48 I'm happy to be a part of this program tonight, 13:51 and we've heard many great talks 13:54 and people, but I for one, 13:55 I think I could hear about miracles 13:58 night after night after night after night 14:00 because it tells us about God. 14:02 And it's a remainder of who we are and who God is. 14:07 And so people ask me a lot, 14:09 and over the years we've seen lots of miracles. 14:11 Now known to the world 14:13 they may seem like coincidences, 14:16 they may seem like accidents, they may seem like flukes, 14:21 but to Christians, 14:22 to those of us living in the spiritual, 14:25 we understand that a miracle 14:27 and people ask me, what is a miracle? 14:29 And I say, a miracle is when man can't and God can, right? 14:33 A miracle-- a miracle has-- 14:35 there is a reason for miracle, 14:37 and that's when God supplies the impossible. 14:41 Is that all right? You with me? 14:43 God supplies the impossible. 14:45 Otherwise there is no way to look at it, 14:47 no way that it could had happen, 14:49 your need could be supplied except through a divine power, 14:54 which is of course we don't have. 14:57 So I'm very happy tonight 15:00 to be able to talk to you about miracles 15:03 and I want to start off with a little story, 15:05 I always have to say, 15:06 I'm not a preacher nor a son of a preacher, 15:08 and-- but I do love to share about God 15:12 and His goodness and His love, 15:14 and I want people to know if you've done already 15:17 and many of you do 15:18 and many of you are sitting here 15:19 as we share miracles night after night, 15:22 you are sharing your own miracles 15:23 and recounting the miracles of how God saved you. 15:28 And so tonight it's a privilege 15:31 as I count back, I want to talk about-- 15:34 we can talk about miracles of finances, 15:36 we can talk about $100,000 miracle 15:39 or even an $800,000 miracle 15:41 or even several million dollars miracles, 15:43 but that's not really a miracle 15:45 isn't limited to finances, right? 15:47 A miracle is when we have a need, 15:50 no way that this need can be met, 15:52 but we turn to our heavenly father 15:54 and He supplies that need, sometimes it's financial, 15:57 sometimes it could be health, 15:59 sometimes it may be numerous reasons, 16:01 but I want to take you back number of years ago, 16:04 around 1981, I was carpenter by trade 16:09 and I fell I was playing basketball, 16:11 fell and broke my wrist, 16:12 broke the navicular bone in my wrist, 16:14 which I didn't know I had such a bone, 16:17 but they tell me that I did, so when the doctor, 16:19 I went to the hospital and he put on a cast 16:21 and I said, how long will this be on? 16:23 And he's a foreign doctor, had a foreign accent, 16:26 which I had a little hard time understanding him, 16:28 and he said four to six months at least 16:32 and so I thought he didn't know English very well, 16:34 and I helped him and I said, so you mean four to six weeks? 16:37 He said, no I mean four to six months, 16:40 but it will be two or three different casts. 16:42 Well and I said why? 16:43 Well, you broke the rotator bone 16:45 and be began to tell me all about it, 16:48 all I knew is this-- I didn't know 16:50 what I was gonna do, I'm a carpenter, 16:52 I have no money in the bank, no savings, nothing, 16:55 lived from week to week, pay the bills, that's it. 16:58 Buy groceries and no money really to spare 17:01 and so I have to work, don't have insurance, 17:05 and so there is no income coming, 17:07 no work means no income, 17:08 just kind of working in business for myself 17:12 and for few years I worked with my brother Kenny 17:15 and my brother Ronny. 17:16 And so here I was in a position 17:20 not gonna have any work for several months, 17:22 so then I began to get serious with God, right? 17:26 Sometimes we wait till-- till we getting the pickle, 17:28 getting a jam, and so then we-- 17:31 we began to get serious with God, 17:34 and so that's really what happened to me, 17:35 I said, how I'm gonna do this? 17:37 How is this gonna-- gonna work? 17:39 So week or two went by and somehow I don't know 17:42 how we made it, can't even explain it, 17:44 but about the second Sabbath, after I had the cast on my arm 17:47 I went to church, they passed the offering plate 17:51 and I reached in my pocket, 17:55 and I knew how much was there, I pulled out $2. 17:57 Now, folks, I'm telling you with my hand up, 18:00 $2 was all I had to my name, 18:01 I didn't have a savings account, 18:03 didn't have a checking account with money in it, 18:06 had $2 to my name. 18:08 So when the offering plate came by, 18:12 I reached in my pocked, and I said I need to put in 18:15 'cause I mean I got to pay something, 18:17 you know, tithes and offerings, 18:19 but then I said, or this little voice said to me, 18:24 oh, you can't do that, if you put in that $2, 18:27 you won't have anything, you can't put in that $2, 18:31 I mean God doesn't expect you to put in your last $2, right? 18:36 I mean, surely He's not gonna do that to you, you got $2, 18:40 so I said, well, whoever said that 18:43 it made sense to me, I said all right, 18:45 my voice said, little voice in my head, 18:46 and I said okay, so I put the $2 back in my pocket, 18:50 felt pretty good about it 18:51 until the deacon conjures to it, 18:53 to church member they collect your offering 18:54 and stand on to back. 18:56 And then they would say, 18:57 praise God from whom all blessing flow 19:00 and then they start walking forward, right? 19:02 Well as the deacons come from the back 19:03 started walking forward, this other little voice said, 19:07 you might as well put the $2 in, 19:10 and it was basically as though God was speaking. 19:11 I will paraphrase it, 19:13 I might as well put it in and give me a chance 19:15 because what good is $2 gonna do you anyway really? 19:19 I mean what's it gonna buy you? 19:20 What's $2 gonna buy you? 19:23 You know, a loaf of bread, a gallon of milk, 19:26 I don't know what it cost back at the time? 19:29 But what's $2 gonna cost you? 19:31 What's it gonna do for you? 19:33 So I said, I'm gonna put this money 19:35 and so I reached back in my pocket, 19:37 and just as the deacons went by and I threw in the $2. 19:41 On the way home after church, 19:44 driving from out east to west Frankfurt a little bit, 19:47 we had a church that we build that there 19:49 and I guess late 70s 19:51 and was headed into West Frankfurt, 19:52 I lived on the west side of West Frankfurt, 19:55 in the west end out in the little area 19:56 called Pershing. 19:57 So I was coming down the little height hill 19:59 we call it in by for me with that all of your transplants 20:02 here to Southern Illinois, now you probably, 20:03 I don't if you know they call that the height hill 20:06 when you go into West Frankfurt, 20:07 there's that little hill that kind of looks down 20:09 on the rest of the cities. 20:10 So I was going down there, heading up 20:12 and all of the sudden came right pass the post office 20:15 and there's a stop light there, 20:17 and so my mind was, what am I gonna do? 20:21 I got a family, no money, zero. 20:25 Now I didn't have rich parents, I didn't have rich relatives, 20:29 and I had too much pride to go say 20:31 I need some money, can you help me. 20:34 Someone probably would have, I'm sure they would have. 20:36 But I wasn't gonna say look I don't have any money 20:39 can you help me? 20:40 So I come to the stop sign, 20:43 I'm sure my mind is thinking about it, 20:45 stop lights actually. 20:47 And the lady is crossing the street, 20:50 and I just happened to look at a lady 20:51 and she looks up at me and she does this and she goes, 20:56 pulls over and I recognize the lady, 20:59 I knew her, hadn't seen her in a long time, 21:01 but she is pulling me over. 21:03 I'm going after church, talked it a little while, 21:06 driving home, go to the stop light 21:09 and this lady crossing the street exactly 21:12 when I'm there to stop light, walking motions me over 21:16 and I said-- I have to admit God forgive me, 21:18 I said, oh, no, I wonder what she wants. 21:22 I did, well, I had nothing to loose, 21:24 I didn't have nothing to give her, right? 21:26 She want money, no, you won't get it from me. 21:28 I don't have any, so I said, 21:31 oh, no, I wonder she wants? 21:33 So I pulled over near the curb. 21:34 And she come over 21:35 and she was almost out of breath, 21:37 she said, oh, am I so glad to see you. 21:40 And I said, really? Why is that? 21:42 Now I'm not in the greatest of moods, 21:44 I just came home from church, 21:45 but I don't have any money, 21:46 some how $2 felt a little bit better than nothing, right? 21:50 So I'm sitting here and I said really? 21:52 Why is that? 21:53 She goes, well, you remember she said about-- 21:56 and I don't know, and I can't remember, 21:58 it was something like 10 years ago, 22:00 10 years ago you remember November, 22:02 when I came to your house? 22:04 And they were gonna cut off my electric bill 22:07 and I didn't have any money, 22:08 I couldn't get any money from anybody, 22:11 and you loan me a $109? 22:15 And I said no, I'm sorry, I really don't. 22:17 And she says, no, remember, 22:19 I came out with my daughter, we didn't have any place to go, 22:23 we came to your house and knocked on the door, 22:25 and said I got to have help, will you helped me. 22:28 And she said, you gave-- you loan me a $109, 22:32 and all of a sudden I said, oh, yeah, I remember that 22:35 but I didn't loan it you, I gave it to you. 22:38 Now see the reason I gave it to her, 22:40 as I thought I knew the people 22:42 and I said if I loan them they'll never pay me 22:44 and then I will hard feelings at them, 22:46 so if I give it to them, hey, right? 22:49 It's nothing to worry about now. 22:50 Anytime I see them, they don't owe me anything. 22:52 So I gave her $109, 22:54 she said well, you may think you gave it me, 22:57 but I've always said if I ever get the money 23:00 I'm gonna pay you back, and she said just this week-- 23:04 well, I don't know what that she sold, 23:05 I sold something and I have the money, 23:07 she reached in her pocket pulled out a $109 23:10 and said, here I want to give to you. 23:12 All right. 23:13 Now that's a coincidence. No. 23:16 That was just a fluke. 23:18 Right, Brandi Len, that's just a fluke, 23:20 I mean those things, 23:21 don't that happen to you all the time? 23:24 No, doesn't happen all the time 23:26 but it will happen to you just when you need it. 23:28 Yes. 23:29 Anybody ever had something like that? 23:31 I mean the story that C.A, 23:33 he could tell me that every week 23:34 and I still love it, 23:36 little lady sitting there, right, you remember? 23:39 Was that New York City somewhere John, 23:41 and had no money back in the depression time 23:44 and she is praying God will do miracle, 23:46 and a dollar bill floats into window 23:48 gets there and back in the 30s 23:50 or whenever that was, that would buy enough 23:52 groceries to get you buy for a while. 23:55 Brother Tory, shaking his head, 23:56 you can remember not quite that far 23:58 but quite a ways back, can't you? 24:00 That would buy you a whole lot more. 24:02 Now I can hear stories like that everyday 24:04 and I never get tired of them. 24:06 Now, the world could have said 24:08 wow, what a coincidence, 24:11 the guy is coming home from church, 24:13 now sometimes, well, I talk a little bit, right. 24:17 So after church I don't know 24:18 I always just come exactly home, 24:20 sometimes I talk and visit whatever, 24:23 then the timing of me driving, now had I called this person 24:27 and said look meet me at the stop lights 24:29 when I come home from church, 24:31 we would have never met at same time, right. 24:33 Let's plan to meet at the stop sign, 24:35 would we have met time? 24:37 No way. 24:38 Now but the time, the first time in 10 years 24:42 however long had been that I literally was down to $0 24:47 she was there. 24:49 Now I don't know what she is doing up town, 24:52 but I know where she ended up and why? 24:55 And I'd think I know who sent her. 24:56 A $109, now folks that's just as bigger miracle 25:00 as when we need a $90,000 for transponder bill, 25:04 just a bigger miracle 25:05 because I want to tell you what? 25:06 3ABN is never gone black, 25:08 but if the signals never gone black 25:10 but if you don't pay the bill what happens? 25:13 They cut you off, right? Unplug it. 25:16 So here we are, every month for years the money comes in, 25:22 we almost take it for granted. 25:24 We gonna pay the transponder bill, 25:25 yeah, we are tight, but there is enough money. 25:27 We can take from here to there, 25:29 we will pay this transponder bill 25:30 but one particular month, 25:33 we get ready to go and the money is not there. 25:35 We don't have money to get from. 25:38 We didn't even have a letter of credit at the time. 25:40 No way we could in emergency get it. 25:42 So Larry Welch goes and gets the mail, 25:45 I'm going in to do a program and I tell the folks, 25:48 don't worry about it, 25:49 they said today is the last day, 25:51 we have to have money 25:53 or they gonna cut our transponder off. 25:54 I said, oh, don't worry about it, 25:57 I'm almost there or getting about it, 25:58 don't mean to be, but hey, 25:59 God always supplies the need, don't worry about it, 26:02 don't give it another thought. 26:04 So we go in, I go do my program, 26:07 I come back out, 26:09 Larry Welch comes in with the mail 26:11 'cause I said Larry is in town he's got the mail, 26:13 he's gonna bring back the money. 26:15 Larry comes in open up the money and guess what? 26:19 It's no $90,000. 26:22 Some of you went like this, now there was no $90,000, 26:27 now that's set me for loop 26:29 'cause they said there is no money in the mail, 26:32 I said, there's got to be. 26:33 No money in the mail. 26:35 And so I went into office 26:36 and I said, Lord something is wrong, 26:38 something is wrong, 26:40 I don't care how mad You are at me, 26:42 what I have done? 26:44 I know You love that everybody around the world 26:46 that needs to hear this message more than that, 26:48 so forgive me if it's me, 26:50 but I know you care about these other people, 26:53 there is got to be some money somewhere. 26:56 So I go back in the office and I don't know 26:59 if there is your office at the time 27:01 may be in one of the others. 27:02 I go back in the office and so I'm going through mail 27:07 just personal letters and there was a letter 27:11 that they hadn't given in the regular stack, 27:14 and it was a certified letter, 27:17 so I looked at it and I said, what's that? 27:21 They said, oh, it's just a certified letter, 27:24 I said, well, let's open it up and see what's in it? 27:27 They opened it up with my hand up, 27:30 I tell you this before God as my witness, 27:32 there was a check for $90,000 from somebody. 27:36 Now does God supply every need? Yes. 27:38 He does and does He do it on time? 27:40 Yes. He sets on time. 27:42 I tell you what it did for me, 27:44 it made me take, Lord, thank You, 27:46 I was a lot more grateful next moth when it was paid, 27:49 because I began to just take it for granted. 27:51 Oh, it's no big deal, 27:53 God's gonna do it, but you know what? 27:55 I think sometimes He has to get our attention, 27:57 and say you know, look this ain't about you, 27:59 this is about Me, C.A said a while ago, 28:02 somebody said God doesn't share the glory, 28:04 and He doesn't and won't 28:06 and we sure don't want to try to take it, do we? 28:08 I used to tell people, that-- 28:11 I said, I won't take any credit 28:13 for anything at 3ABN that goes on. 28:15 Then later I said, no, I'm sorry, 28:17 I'm gonna have to take the credit 28:19 for all the bad things that happened, right. 28:22 You don't give credit bad things to God, 28:25 that's individual. 28:26 So I will take the credit for the bad things, Jim 28:28 but for the good things, we give God the credit. 28:32 So I want to talk to you for just a little bit 28:35 today about miracles and I could just tell one story 28:38 after another after another, 28:40 but I want to talk about why God uses people, 28:44 why He uses miracles in people's lives? 28:48 And to me I don't know I'm not a theologian, 28:51 as I mentioned while ago, 28:52 I haven't been as I mentioned several times, 28:54 I've never been to the cemetery, a seminary 28:58 we get those confused sometimes, 28:59 you know, I do, no, but I've never been there 29:02 so but I don't claim to be a preacher or theologian, 29:05 but my little mind says there must be a reason 29:08 why does God do miracles for people? 29:11 I've talk to people said, 29:12 you know, I never see miracle in my life, 29:15 and I can almost assure you 29:16 those people spend their time sitting. 29:20 See I believe when Jesus said 29:21 as Donnie read go ye into all the world 29:24 that when Jesus commissioned us to do that 29:27 He's gonna supply every need, 29:29 and that means it's too big for me, 29:32 for instance for me and for you to reach the world. 29:36 So God says if you will just go forward 29:38 and trust Me in faith, I will supply your every need, 29:41 and that's exactly what He does, 29:43 and that becomes a miracle, there is no way, 29:46 I had $90,000 to pay that bill, there is no way, 29:50 that I had a $109 to buy groceries with, 29:56 and to pay whatever bills we paid with. 29:58 You see God is a God who says, 30:00 look I'm gonna give you a job to do 30:02 if you trust me and if you go forward, 30:05 I'm gonna show myself, so a miracle is when God 30:09 and it may be a veiled way He shows Himself. 30:12 But if you are in the spiritual realm, 30:14 you understand it and you see God, 30:16 and you experience that and all of a sudden 30:19 that's enough to keep you going, 30:21 makes you want to say praise the Lord, right, Mac? 30:23 Praise God from whom all blessings flow, 30:26 when you see God doing what He does best. 30:29 I was thinking about, John, you preached 30:31 a great sermon last week on Gideon. 30:34 And I said if John doesn't mind, 30:35 I'm gonna just finish that sermon for him, 30:37 he didn't quite have the time to finish it, 30:40 and I want to finish it for you because the story of Gideon 30:44 so much relates to you and me today, 30:46 that is absolutely amazing. 30:48 We heard John told us the whole story 30:50 of how it ended up with 300 men, 30:52 and they got around the 135,000 30:55 or whatever the figure is of the enemy, 30:58 and instead of taking their knives and swords 31:00 and all of these things, of all things God told him 31:04 take a trumpet, take a pitcher, put a light, 31:08 when Gideon says when I give the word 31:10 blow the trumpet, break the pitcher, 31:13 lift up the light, 31:14 and the beauty of that is it so reminds us of ourselves 31:18 what happen these men had quit, quit operating in the physical. 31:22 They had totally gone to the spiritual 31:24 because in the physical they are gonna die. 31:27 Now, all of them that went home they worth in the physical, 31:31 they saw that's not good odds, that's bad odds, 31:35 we're gonna die, I'm not gonna die, 31:37 I got a wife and kids at home, 31:39 I got this at home, I'm not prepared to die, 31:42 but when we get to the 300 that were left 31:45 these were men who were living by faith. 31:48 Faith to me is when-- when you can't see any farther 31:52 that's when your faith begins, 31:53 when your side ends your faith begins, right? 31:56 Side ends your faith begins. 31:58 And so here these guys are surrounding 32:01 and they really didn't care 32:03 because they said whatever happens, 32:05 I will God honor and glory. 32:06 Some of those men may have actually felt like 32:08 we're gonna die tonight, but it's for a cause. 32:11 We are trusting God if it's my time to go, 32:13 I'm gonna go. 32:15 Others may have just said, 32:16 I can't wait to see what God's gonna do? 32:19 But the men were all operating in faith, 32:21 but the beauty of this story is and how it relates to us, 32:25 number one in 1 Corinthians I think it's 14:8 says, 32:28 "For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, 32:30 who shall prepare himself for the battle?" 32:33 So what happens is when these guys, 32:35 you imagine all the enemies probably asleep 32:38 and hearing 300 trumpeters 32:40 that's enough to scarce anybody, right? 32:42 So these men-- the enemy all jumped up, 32:44 now there weren't street light, 32:46 they didn't have all the lights it was dark I presume, 32:50 so all of these men were very confused 32:53 but the beauty of this story is-- 32:55 is when they gave the trumpeters certain sound, 32:58 I'm sure it was a bugle, it was something, 32:59 it was some that they knew the big group 33:03 the enemy said, wow or the bad-- 33:05 I'm gonna say the bad guys, right? 33:06 The bad guys and good guys, the bad guys said, 33:08 there must be hundreds of thousands of these, 33:11 if they got all of these many trumpeters 33:13 how many people do they have is gonna get ready-- 33:15 you know, coming with swords to kill us, 33:18 so here is all of these people 33:19 but the beauty of this is they did what the Lord asked, 33:22 they gave the trumpeters certain sound. 33:24 Now when they did that and they broke the pitcher, 33:28 the pitcher represents self. 33:29 You see when you and me break the pitcher of self, 33:33 the light shines, Jesus says, 33:35 "I'll be lifted up from the earth 33:36 will draw all men unto Me." 33:38 Isn't that beautiful? 33:39 Think about it, so here what really happened 33:41 is the people died to self and when they did it 33:45 Jesus was the one shining through. 33:47 He is the light of the world, 33:48 and now when Jesus is shining through, 33:51 He is gonna fight your battles for you, 33:53 the enemy confused and confounded 33:56 most of them destroy themselves 33:58 because they were attacked and they thought 34:00 somebody pulling and fumbling around in the dark 34:02 and they're like who is this? 34:03 I better kill him, it must be some of those guys 34:06 it's out there with the big group 34:08 that's blowing all the trumpets. 34:09 You can imagine what that's like. 34:11 But the beauty of it is you see, 34:13 all we have to do go forward by faith, 34:16 break the pitcher of self, lift up Jesus, 34:20 I if I be lifted up from this earth 34:21 will draw how many men? 34:23 All men unto me. Isn't that beautiful? 34:26 And that's exactly what God wants to do today 34:28 and what He is doing in our lives today. 34:30 If we are willing to go forward by faith, 34:33 God will supply our every need 34:35 and I love Him for that, and I'm thankful. 34:37 Donnie said something earlier, 34:39 when he was giving little devotion, 34:41 too bad it wasn't on the air but Donnie said 34:44 whether it's me or whether it's you, 34:46 we can take no glory, no credit for anything 34:49 and even in our own personal salvation 34:51 for what we did last week or 10 years ago, 34:54 it's what we do for Jesus today that counts. 34:57 Isn't that right? 34:58 It's what we do for Jesus today 35:00 that counts nothing else really matters. 35:02 We are not gonna go to heaven 35:03 because we did some big thing for God back whenever. 35:07 What God needs today is soldiers, 35:09 His warriors who is willing to go forward by faith, 35:12 and God loves showing Himself through miracles. 35:17 God, I'm sure He takes great pleasure in it, 35:19 but you know what? 35:21 The sad part is some of us are so asleep, 35:23 we don't even realize. 35:24 We are so caught up in the world, 35:26 we sometimes miracles passes by and we don't even see them, 35:31 because we too are sleep, we too are confused. 35:34 And the Lord is saying, look, I want to show Myself, 35:36 I want to show you that I'm with you. 35:39 I've commissioned you to go unto all the world 35:41 and as Walt Thompson said 35:43 God countered His resources in advance 35:45 and found that he is not wanting, 35:46 so the job is not impossible but it is impossible for us 35:51 but not with God on our side. 35:54 Miracles can be big, miracles can be small. 35:58 Once again miracle to me is when I can't, God can, 36:03 it's when God supplies the need that's just impossible. 36:07 When I finally decided with the little family 36:11 we are gonna go into music ministry. 36:13 This was in late 70s probably 78, 79 36:18 somewhere in there may be 80, may be 1980. 36:21 We are going to music ministry. 36:23 We went and brought a little PA system, 36:25 never forget it, 36:27 didn't know where to go, go to sing, 36:28 didn't know who to tell people that we sing? 36:31 Melody was nine years old and when she was born 36:34 we dedicated her to the Lord, named her Melody in faith, 36:36 God would give her musical abilities 36:38 and said, Lord, we'll raise her in an atmosphere 36:41 free of any other type of music, 36:42 but we want you to honor that 36:44 and to give her a musical ability, 36:46 a musical gift so we named her Melody. 36:48 So at nine years old we said all right, 36:50 we are ready to do this. 36:52 So now I knew nothing about spiritual warfare. 36:55 I'm young, I'm a carpenter, 36:58 I went to church every Sabbath, 37:00 I love the Lord somewhat legalistic in my beliefs, 37:04 didn't really have the love relationship with Jesus 37:06 that I sure have had, and still growing in that area, 37:10 but still yet I felt that I needed to do something, 37:13 I didn't know that all hell would break loose, 37:16 when I decided to work for God. 37:18 I didn't know that. 37:20 I thought this is peace of cake, 37:22 this little girl can sing, her mother can sing, 37:25 I can sing, God's blessed us, 37:27 our family can sing, we can go out 37:28 and do this thing, that's no big deal. 37:31 Well, boy, did I learn some lessons? 37:33 Right? Did I learn some lessons? 37:35 There's some you gonna learn lessons too 37:37 in case you are laughing at me 37:38 this will could happened to you, 37:40 but in-- very serious when you step out 37:43 and do what God asked you to do, 37:45 Satan will be furious. 37:47 Go ye unto all the world. 37:48 So we've-- we talk to a pastor, first church of God, 37:53 and down in oh, Creal Springs I think it is. 37:57 Daniel I believe it's Joe Daniel's, 37:59 and Joe is watching, God bless you, great guy, 38:02 first church of God and he said to me. 38:04 What do you guys, saw him in a grocery store, 38:06 what you're all doing? 38:07 I said, well, are you singing any of your family? 38:10 He knew Tommy and the rest of my family, 38:11 I said well, you know, we just got a PA system, 38:14 we're gonna start singing in churches. 38:16 Come to my church and it's like week 38:17 after next Sunday morning, 38:19 come and sing for us, I said, really? 38:21 Yeah, come and sing-- willing to take up an offering 38:23 he said for you, I said well, that's good. 38:26 Can't imagine somebody you go sing 38:28 and then somebody pay you to sing too, 38:29 that's good, right? 38:31 So he said let's go like a week from Sunday. 38:33 I said, we'll be there. 38:34 So I went home told everybody guess what? 38:36 We gonna have this, we better practice, 38:38 get all of our songs down, 38:39 we're gonna do our first concert. 38:41 Little church of God in Creal Springs. 38:43 About three or four days later may be five days later 38:48 I forget what it was, less then a week later 38:50 we are looking on like Monday or Tuesday 38:52 for the coming Sunday morning, we gonna be singing, 38:55 Melody comes home from school. 38:58 She is being going to school 38:59 I think this is September or something, 39:01 comes home from school and all of a sudden her face 39:04 begins to swell up, 39:06 and it gets worse and worse and worse 39:09 and all of-- over a period of a day 39:11 or so her eyes were almost totally swollen shut. 39:15 I'll never forget we went into a-- 39:17 we took her to a doctor you know, what she had? 39:19 Poison ivy, she'd got her on hands 39:21 very allergic to, wiped it in her eyes 39:23 so her poor little girl's face was totally swollen, 39:27 I-- I walk passed the mirror with her, 39:30 I was walking holding her hand, she could hardly see 39:32 and she looked in the mirror, she got real close 39:34 and she goes, daddy I look like a monster. 39:37 Now those of you got kids that will break your heart, right? 39:40 Little girl said, daddy, I look like a monster. 39:43 I said honey, you are beautiful to me, 39:45 you are not a monster, you are beautiful. 39:46 So I said we got to do something. 39:49 Here we are singing on Sunday and now this is may be Thursday 39:53 or so it's getting very close Friday to singing, 39:58 doing some for God for the first time, 40:00 to stand up and say all right, 40:01 we gonna do something as a family, 40:03 and then this happens. 40:04 So when we take her to the doctor 40:06 they said well, we can't really do anything about it, 40:08 this time next year we suggest you get shots in advance 40:12 but it's just got to run its course. 40:13 I said surely you can do something. 40:15 No, they said this is just gonna 40:16 probably take a week, 10 days it will just run its course. 40:20 So I didn't know what to do, I went home 40:21 and I prayed this to Lord what we gonna do? 40:23 Suddenly hit me, the devil's mad about this, 40:26 what can I do? 40:27 So I began to think of people, preachers, 40:30 I began to think of people that may be I had trust in 40:33 and all of a sudden, a lady's name came to mind, 40:39 Jewel Vanierd was in her 80s, 40:42 little saint loved the Lord so much, 40:43 went to West Frankfurt Church, 40:45 I remember mostly all of my life, wonderful lady, 40:48 when she was in her late 70s she used to go the hospital, 40:51 to do meals on wheels to feed people. 40:54 And so here Jewel Vanierd such a sweet little person 40:58 no preacher, no big orator, 41:01 just a woman who loves Jesus 41:03 and I knew that when Mrs. Vanierd prayed 41:05 God answered prayer. 41:07 So I called her, I said, sister Vanierd, 41:09 this is Danny I said we are in trouble. 41:13 Well, what's wrong, honey, she said. 41:15 I like it when older people call me honey, 41:17 it makes me feel young now, right. 41:19 So not too many of them do that anymore 41:20 but anyway, she said what can I do for you? 41:23 and I said-- I told her what happened 41:25 I said Melody has poisoned ivy, 41:26 she can't hardly see, her eyes are swollen shut, 41:29 and I said, we've got to suppose to sing 41:31 this coming Sunday morning at her first church of God 41:34 down in Creal Springs 41:37 and we are not gonna be able to sing 41:38 unless God does a miracle. 41:40 And she said-- so I said would you pray for her? 41:43 She goes now here's the lady probably 82, 83 years old, 41:47 she lives probably lives four five miles from us. 41:50 She says, okay, well, honey 41:52 let me get in my car and I will come over. 41:54 I said, no, no, we'll come to your house Mrs. Vanierd. 41:57 No, you stay there, I will come over to your house. 42:00 So she came to the house 42:02 and when you look at her I always remember, 42:05 you would say something to her, and she looked at Melody 42:06 and she is like oh, oh, she just had this sweet. 42:10 You ever see somebody like that? 42:12 The most I've ever been blessed by anybody singing in my life 42:15 when she is about a year or so 42:17 before she died in middle 80s got up and sing 42:20 Never grow old Where we'll never grow old 42:25 In a land where we'll never grow old 42:29 Never grow old Where we'll never grow old 42:34 In a land where we'll never grow old 42:39 Because she was looking forward to a new body. 42:44 Her body was not only old it was deteriorating, 42:47 but Jewel Vanierd came to our house 42:50 so I-- we knelt down she said let's kneel and pray, 42:53 she is so sweet. 42:55 And all she said was well, Lord, you see 42:58 what's happening to this little girl 43:01 and the devil's mad he doesn't want him 43:04 to work for Jesus, this family 43:07 so we ask you to heal her in Jesus' name and amen. 43:12 So I'm like almost disappointed, 43:14 I wanted some to feel electric shock, 43:17 I wanted somebody to wow, glory, 43:19 you know something I mean you want something to feel, 43:22 I didn't feel anything, 43:23 didn't feel any different to when I had prayed 43:26 several days before I prayed all day, 43:28 I mean not all day but several times a day 43:30 I would say, oh, Lord please help this little girl. 43:33 Finally I got so desperate, 43:34 I said I don't care if we sing it on Sunday 43:36 but just get let her hurry and heal, this is awful, 43:38 I don't want to see her miserable, 43:40 so Jewel Vanierd she says this little prayer 43:42 and she goes, well, I'm gonna go home 43:44 and she goes out the door 43:46 and gets in her car and takes off. 43:47 So I look at Melody, she looks at me, 43:49 we looked at each other, 43:51 nothing happened she still swollen up, 43:53 eyes swollen and I'm like, 43:55 well, honey just hang in there, it's all right, 43:58 it's all right God will-- God will take care of you. 44:01 I said I got to town, I was going to town 44:03 and I was going I didn't even want to look at her, 44:05 I thought Lord, why can't You do this 44:07 not for me, at least do it for her. 44:09 You know, this little girl were teaching You about You 44:11 God of mighty miracles that song 44:13 that you sing tonight C.A, 44:16 and can't you do it for her if nothing else. 44:18 So I go to town about an hour and half later 44:20 I come back, when I come back, the door is opening-- 44:23 opened up, Melody is and-- 44:25 the door went she goes daddy, come in quick, look, 44:29 my poison ivy is going away. 44:32 And you know what God did? 44:34 This is a amazing he didn't-- 44:35 it wasn't like just getting lie all over 44:38 from here to her eyes was totally like 44:41 she would never had poison ivy an hour and half later 44:44 with in about three hours it was gone. 44:46 Sunday morning, we went to sing, 44:49 there was hardly any poison ivy anywhere on her body 44:52 and God had totally cleared her face. 44:55 Now that's a miracle, folks, you can call it a coincidence, 44:59 you can call it whatever you want, 45:00 the doctor said, its' gonna have to run its course, 45:02 well it did, till God said that's enough, 45:05 that's its course, it's done, it's time. 45:08 God will supply every need. 45:10 I want to ask Brother Hal Steenson 45:11 to come up for just a moment, 45:13 Hal and Mollie have-- 45:14 had such an influence in my life 45:16 and I want-- I was telling you about 45:19 just a little bit ago, I was telling you 45:21 that at one point in my life, 45:22 I fell, I broke my wrist, and I couldn't really work. 45:26 Well, Brother Hal and Mollie they come up from Alabama, 45:29 and they had this little bitty store front in West Frankfurt 45:33 and so they over the next period of months 45:36 it seem like you guys always had some little something 45:38 I could come up and with one arm 45:40 and try to do a little something 45:42 and they give me a little love gift here and there 45:43 but one Thursday what happened is 45:46 it seem like all my miracles would run out, 45:49 I was out of money again, needed money, 45:51 I got a red-- when you get a red notice 45:54 from the electric company it's not good. 45:56 All right, I don't know if they change 45:57 'cause I've been fortunate enough 45:59 not to get the red one in quite a few years. 46:01 It's cut off time, when you get there. 46:03 I got a red notice and it says you are-- 46:06 your electricity will be cut off Friday 46:10 that was it, dead line. 46:11 And they gave the date, Friday this date. 46:14 Well, all week nothing happened, 46:16 they give it to you about a week in advance 46:17 you know, after they warned you for like couple of months 46:20 and then they warn you and warn you 46:22 and finally so it's a cut off day, 46:24 no getting out of it. 46:25 So I go by the church and Brother Hal, 46:28 little bitty building, 46:29 little store front, he says hey, 46:31 we're having prayer meeting on Thursday night, 46:33 why don't you come and sing for us? 46:35 Bring your family and sing for our prayer meeting, and-- 46:38 And let me give you a little bit history on this 46:40 because Danny and I had a mutual acquaintance, 46:43 Danny was doing some work for him at the time 46:45 and everyday I go by there and Danny would be singing 46:49 he and his Brother Kenny be singing everything, 46:52 and I asked our acquaint and I said, 46:53 you know, I think I need to have 46:55 that man come and sing for me, 46:56 he said oh, don't you know that he is SDA. 47:00 I thought may be that was those meat checking people, 47:03 USD I didn't know what it work, but he told me said, 47:05 he will be telling people all about the Sabbath. 47:07 But you know what? 47:09 He got to do what God tells you to do. 47:12 So Brother Hal asked us to come and sing 47:15 doesn't really know us, they're charismatic him 47:17 and Mollie starting a brand new little church, 47:20 asks us to come and sing on a Thursday night. 47:22 We go there, about how many people were there, Hal? 47:24 Probably 10 or 12 we-- that was a good night. 47:26 Yeah, it was a good night, yeah, 10 or 12 people 47:29 and probably three or four of those was kids, 47:31 there were three men in the audience, I notice that, 47:34 three men in the audience beside yourself 47:35 there was three guys in the audience. 47:38 So we sang for about 30 minutes and you stopped us. 47:43 Yeah, I was gonna receive an offering for you 47:45 and you wouldn't let me receive an offering for you. 47:48 Well, he was praying, he said, 47:50 you know, I'm gonna take up an offering 47:52 and I'm like man I need it now, 47:54 I know when there is 10 or 12 people 47:56 and several lot more children, 47:59 that you are not gonna get $164. 48:01 See this was Thursday night, Friday morning-- 48:03 That's what you needed for your electric bill? 48:05 Electric bill is a $164. 48:07 But I thought well, even if I get 20 right, 48:09 you know, if we get $40 that would be fine. 48:12 So when Hal said I'm gonna take up an offering 48:17 so we just sat on the little front row, 48:20 and I think all the rest of the group was on row two 48:22 and so when we sat on the front row, 48:25 he said a prayer and I will never forget 48:28 you had I never seen that, you had offering plates 48:30 that had handles instead of round. 48:32 On their back so when people out 48:34 drop all their change in them, it didn't made all that noise. 48:37 Okay, yeah, well, okay, so he was saying our prayer 48:43 and I was happy, he gonna take up an offering 48:44 and this voice said to me 48:46 don't let him take up an offering, 48:48 I didn't like that voice, 48:50 I said a wait a minute, I need this offering. 48:54 You gonna trust the same thing with the $109, 48:56 the $2 I told you about. 48:58 You gonna trust me 49:00 or you gonna trust this offering? 49:03 So as soon as he got through prayer and I said-- 49:07 No, I don't want you to receive an offering from, 49:08 I don't feel like you should deny it, 49:10 and I'm thinking, okay. 49:14 So we finished the program get ready to go 49:19 and the three guys, I shook hands with everybody 49:22 but the three I particularly remember, 49:24 I want-- I guess I can say their name, 49:25 one of them was Steve Adkins, friend of ours great guy. 49:28 He reached out and just shook hands with me-- 49:30 There was Wane Griffin. Wane Griffin. 49:32 And the third guy was big guy 49:34 that nine feet tall had this beautiful glow about, 49:37 I think he was an angel. 49:39 I don't know who it was but I know these two guys 49:42 when I shook hands I felt something 49:44 and they just kind of looked at me and says for you, 49:46 so I understood it must be money, 49:48 I put it in my pocket, the next one, 49:50 all three of them, now to that day since 49:52 and I've been to hundreds and hundreds of churches 49:54 never had just three people come up right in a row 49:57 and have money, so I put it in my pocket, 50:00 got ready to leave, got little PA-- 50:02 I don't know why we had a PA set 50:03 and that it's not as big as you know right here-- 50:06 Yeah, it was just a little key. 50:07 I guess we want to try it was new. 50:09 You want to impress us with it. 50:10 So we kept it down so anyway right after that, 50:14 I got ready who's tearing a little PA set putting it up 50:17 and Brother Hal said, you know, I really feel like that, 50:22 that I want to give you something 50:23 and I said oh, no, and he said well the Lord's impressed me 50:25 to give you an offering and I said. 50:27 Brother Hal, if I was gonna do that 50:29 I knew they were just starting, I said if I were gonna do that 50:32 then I would let you take up an offering 50:34 that people gave the money. 50:35 Yeah, but then see what happen was 50:36 I had Walt back in the back, Mollie was sitting there 50:39 and I told her this is going to be sounds so strange, 50:43 but God's told me to give him an offering 50:46 even if we did not receive one for him 50:48 and told me a real unusual figure, 50:52 this is just really off the wall, 50:54 but those of you that out there watching this 50:56 listen to this when God speak to you, 50:58 you are not responsible for the end result, 51:01 you are responsible for obeying God. 51:03 So when God speaks to you, do what He tells you to do, 51:07 and so she wrote the cheque, 51:08 I put it in my pant and took it out. 51:11 And when I told you I didn't want it, 51:12 what you'd tell me? 51:13 You gonna take it, don't rob me out of a blessing. 51:16 So what he tell me he said, now you take it. 51:17 I said, no, I'm not gonna take it. 51:19 I feel bad I don't-- 51:20 I know your church can't afford it, 51:22 and he got this close to me and he said, 51:23 listen don't rob me of a blessing. 51:26 And he went like this, who do you think you are? 51:27 Who do you think you are to rob me of a blessing? 51:29 Yeah, he said, who do you think 51:30 you are to rob me of a blessing? 51:32 I want to do what God's told me to do 51:34 and who you are to stop me 51:35 and I said well, in that case I will take it. 51:38 So I took it and he said to me know this is a weird amount, 51:41 you know, well charismatic say some of them 51:43 you know, I'm saying-- I took that the grain of salt, 51:46 it's okay Hal is a great guy but he gets little-- 51:49 but you know it's all right. 51:51 So I put the check. I love him anyway. 51:53 Put-- yeah, put the check in my pocket go home, 51:57 well, I actually never made it to home. 51:58 You never got home, did you? 51:59 Did probably just soon as I saw your taillights leaving. 52:02 Yeah, pulled over, and I reached in my pocket, 52:06 and I pulled out the bills, and there was dollar bills 52:12 that each of the three guys, there were three 20$, 52:15 I never had that happen before or since, 52:17 three $20 bills, $60 I said that's amazing. 52:21 So I opened up the check and it was a $104, 52:26 now that's a weird amount, a $104 52:28 but if you can add it all a 104 plus 60 makes what? 52:34 And how much did I need Friday 52:36 the next day to pay electric bill? 52:37 Hundred and sixty four. 52:38 With my hand up, I'm telling the truth, aren't I? 52:41 Danny, You know, what so remarkable about 52:43 this is Danny could still sit here and tell you about 52:45 multi, multi, multi million dollar miracles 52:48 but that was just as big of a miracle 52:50 as a million dollar miracle because he had to have 52:53 and there are people out there 52:54 Danny that need to hear that 52:56 and I appreciate you sharing that. 52:57 Thank you for coming up. 52:59 I have reason to believe 53:03 In miracles 53:05 To expect them 53:08 Like the dawn expects the sun 53:14 And I will not accept defeat 53:18 For my trust in Him is complete 53:23 And my victory has already been won 53:29 Song says have you got a problem 53:31 well, that's nothing new. 53:32 I know just the one that you can turn to. 53:35 Right? 53:36 It's a simple secret I will share with you. 53:40 When you need Him, God is on your side, 53:42 I have reason to believe in miracles. 53:44 The second verse says mountains may tumble 53:47 and what is it mountains may tumble 53:49 and troubles pass melt away, 53:52 but it's when you simply turn to God 53:55 He will supply your every need. 53:57 I want to talk to the folks at home, 53:59 let you know that God is a God of mighty miracles, 54:01 that's why I love that song. 54:03 It Took a Miracle to hang the world, 54:05 put to world in place and hang the stars in place. 54:08 And, folks, we take it for granted, 54:09 we get so caught up in our own lives 54:13 in what we are doing 54:14 and I want to encourage each of us 54:16 and tonight for me 54:17 Lord open my eyes that I might see. 54:19 Give me eyes that I don't try to live on the past, 54:23 I don't try to live on what I think the future 54:25 but I live in Your will for my life 54:29 and each of us God has something great 54:31 and mighty marvelous He wants to do in your life 54:34 if we'll just let Him, that's all. 54:37 All we got to do is-- you know, the old saying 54:38 let go and let God, that's all we have to do. 54:42 I'm encouraged, I thank God for the ministry 54:45 of Three Angels Broadcasting Network. 54:46 I thank God for the nearly quarter of century 54:50 sounds almost impossible, 54:52 the young man is doing some work for me, 54:54 23 years old lives in Benton 54:57 and the other day he said something about 54:59 or I said something about the TV station 55:01 and he said oh, I want to go see it 55:03 some of these times, I've heard of 3ABN all of my live. 55:07 And this is a grown man working for me 55:09 doing some work for me and I looked at him 55:11 and I thought am I that old? 55:13 Is 3ABN that old? I've heard of 3ABN all my life. 55:17 Another young man that I met was about 6'5'' 55:21 come up to me, big man I watched you ever since 55:24 I been a little bitty boy, he said, 55:27 I said wow, how long has it been Lord? 55:30 But I praise God for the ministry 55:32 of Three Angels Broadcasting Network, 55:34 I praise God for those many of you here 55:36 who God has brought to this area to join hands, 55:39 I'm thinking for Jim and Camille 55:41 that God has brought or John, C.A all of you, 55:43 I don't want to miss everybody's names. 55:45 Dee all of you, and that have given your lives 55:49 and your talents for the cause of God, 55:51 but I want to talk to you for home for second, 55:54 what is it that you God has called you to do? 55:57 He's given you something special, 56:00 something that only you can do. 56:03 And I believe right now if you let go and let God, 56:06 if you'll say Lord I'm gonna go forward, 56:08 I don't know what it is 56:10 but I want to see miracles in my life, 56:11 no, not for my own self not so people will say, 56:14 well, miracles following but I want to see 56:17 what you have in store for me 56:19 when I'm willing to do what you told me to do. 56:21 Go ye into all the world. 56:23 Preach the gospel to every nation, 56:25 kindred, tongue and people. 56:27 It's my prayer today that as you step forward 56:31 you will see God create miracles 56:33 after miracle in your life, let's pray. 56:35 Heavenly father we thank You for Your blessings. |
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