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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:11 Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn and we welcome you once again 01:14 to the 3ABN Today program 01:16 at the Mending Broken People Network. 01:18 And you know what? 01:20 You are the ones who make it possible for us 01:23 to mend broken people. 01:25 Of course, we give all the glory to God. 01:27 But we want to thank you for your love, 01:29 and your prayers, 01:30 and your financial support of this ministry 01:32 because without you, we wouldn't be here. 01:35 And I believe with all my heart, 01:38 this not hyperbole, 01:40 but I believe that 3ABN 01:42 is one of the greatest evangelistic tools 01:45 in the hands of the Lord today. 01:47 And we see how God is using it around the world 01:51 to draw people to Jesus Christ. 01:55 Well, I am not going to read the Bible scripture just now. 02:00 What I would like to do is introduce you to our guest, 02:04 because we have a fascinating testimony today 02:07 with a fascinating and inspiring man. 02:11 He is a maestro. 02:13 He is a classical violinist conductor. 02:18 But he has got a heart for the Lord 02:22 and he's constantly giving back to God. 02:25 So without further ado, 02:27 let me introduce you to Dr. Paulo Torres. 02:30 Dr. Torres, thank you so much for being here. 02:34 It's my great pleasure to be here. 02:35 I thank you. 02:36 And you are Brazilian, 02:38 so your native language is Portuguese? 02:40 Correct. 02:41 And how long have you been speaking English? 02:45 Did you learn that as a child? 02:47 At school in Brazil, 02:49 we are required to learn a second language. 02:52 And I chose English. 02:53 Some people choose French or Spanish. 02:56 And my dream was to speak the language 02:59 and I would search every American 03:02 on the streets and say, "How do you say this? 03:04 How do you say that? How do you express this?" 03:07 And they will think that was funny, you know, 03:08 but I started learning little by little like that. 03:11 And when I got invited to come to America to study, 03:15 I took a 28 day course in English. 03:18 That was it. 03:20 And I came, I went straight into college 03:22 and I got 8 As, 1 B and 1 C in my first quarter. 03:27 It was tough. 03:28 That's amazing. 03:30 What we'd like to do, we always have music, 03:32 we know how you love music. 03:35 So I'm gonna cut you loose for just a minute 03:37 and we are going to have Dr. Torres play for us, 03:41 so that you can see and witness the gift 03:46 that God has given him. 03:49 He is an incredible musician. 03:52 And he is now going to play for us 03:54 with our very own ET Everett 03:56 will be accompanying him on the piano, 03:59 but he will play, "Amazing Grace." 06:40 Isn't that beautiful? 06:42 You know, the Bible says, 06:43 actually these are the words of the Lord in Jeremiah 29:11. 06:47 He says, "I know the thoughts that I have for you, ' 06:51 says the Lord, 06:52 'thoughts of peace 06:54 and not of evil to give you a future, and a hope.' " 06:59 And we certainly sometimes think 07:01 that we know what we would like to do, 07:04 but God pulls us along. 07:08 And when we stay in the center of His will, 07:10 it is amazing 07:12 how God leads us on a path 07:15 that is so much greater than what we thought. 07:19 Dr. Torres? Yes. 07:21 You told me I can call you Paulo 07:23 if I say it, right? 07:25 Tell us just a little bit 07:27 what it was like 07:29 as a boy growing up in Brazil? 07:32 We lived in the country. 07:35 And my father had absolutely almost every animal and bird 07:39 you can imagine. 07:41 So growing in nature, 07:43 in midst of all of the God's creation 07:46 was so wonderful 07:47 that inspired me very young age 07:50 to be a servant to the Lord. 07:53 I want to be a prophet. 07:54 So you were in a Christian family? 07:55 Yes, my family was Seventh-day Adventist, 07:59 since my birth. 08:01 And I had this great aspiration of serving the Lord. 08:07 Not only as a pastor, I want to be a prophet, 08:09 I want to have visions, I want... 08:11 So I would go outside with my Bible, 08:14 and I would sit down on the grass, 08:17 lay down, look at the sky. 08:18 My dream was to have glass cover 08:23 that I could spend all night looking at the stars. 08:26 And during the day I would read the Bible, 08:28 and I'd pray to the Lord. 08:30 And that was a beautiful moment in my life. 08:33 I really 08:35 have fantastic memories about that. 08:37 I have three sisters, 08:40 and they would be very musical practicing. 08:44 And so I was also surrounded by music, 08:48 and by nature, and it was great. 08:50 God gave me a great blessing. 08:52 That is wonderful. 08:54 Now, you grew up in a musical family, 08:56 a Christian family. 08:57 I believe you told me 08:59 that everybody played the piano. 09:00 How did you choose the violin? 09:05 For two reasons. 09:06 First of all, I couldn't withstand 09:08 hearing piano any longer. 09:10 Every sister would practice three hours of scales... 09:14 And then the next... 09:16 When the third one was almost finished, I said, 09:18 "I can't stand piano any longer. 09:19 Mom, give me another instrument." 09:22 And right then we lived by a college, 09:24 by Seventh-day Adventist college, 09:26 which was called Institute Adventist 09:28 the Paranaense. 09:30 That is, 09:34 it was the college that was very close to my home 09:37 and they were high on teachers to bring music into the school. 09:43 And came my violin teacher 09:46 and they said, "Look, Catalina, " 09:48 my mom, 09:49 "would you like your son to study violin? 09:51 We have a new teacher." 09:52 And she says, "Yes, I think we will have him doing that." 09:56 So I went and I play for him, and he started teaching me. 10:00 In three months, 10:01 I auditioned for the school of music 10:03 and fine arts in the city. 10:05 And I was accepted in as a student 10:11 because you have to go through a selection 10:13 to be student there. 10:15 And that was came out very fast. 10:18 But thanks to my mom, she was very disciplined. 10:21 And when I would stop practicing 10:23 for about 15 minutes 10:24 she would say, "Paulo, why did you stop?" 10:27 I said, "I've learned lesson." 10:29 She says, "No, you got to do it again." 10:31 So I would practice another 15 minutes. 10:34 And she would say, "You stopped? 10:36 Why? 10:38 You should continue." 10:39 "Mom, I have learned the lesson." 10:40 "Well, learn next lesson. 10:42 So when the teacher, you come to your class, 10:44 you'll have even more." 10:45 So she insisted on that. 10:47 And that was very good 10:48 because in three years of violin, 10:50 when people usually scratch and still, 10:54 I was concert master of small orchestra 10:57 in the big city. 10:59 And with five years of violin practicing, 11:01 I was the concert master 11:03 of one of the most famous international music festivals 11:07 in Brazil encompass de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. 11:10 And that's when I was invited to come to America. 11:13 So take us through your schooling 11:16 and we want... 11:18 He's going to play several hymns 11:20 for us today. 11:22 But we just wanted to get one classical piece in there. 11:26 You came to the United States to get your masters at Andrews? 11:30 Correct. 11:32 But before that, 11:33 I came to get my college degree. 11:35 Oh, you came here for your college degree, okay. 11:36 Yeah, I came from my college 11:38 and the conductor that offer, I had several invitations. 11:43 But Dr. James Wattenbarger 11:45 from Tennessee Technological University said, 11:48 "Paulo, if you come to my university, 11:51 you'll help us a lot with all your knowledge, 11:54 your music playing, 11:56 and we'll give you full tuition and fees, 11:58 we'll let you live in a fraternity house, 12:01 cost free. 12:02 And you will audition to the symphony orchestra." 12:04 And I did audition 12:06 for Nashville Symphony Orchestra. 12:08 And I did some recording in the studios 12:10 in Nashville. 12:12 I also played at Grand Ole Opry House. 12:14 And it was a way of sustaining me 12:17 because my parents didn't have financial ways, 12:21 means of maintaining me here. 12:23 Well, I'll bet 12:24 that the English you had practice 12:26 sounded very different in Tennessee. 12:29 It did. 12:31 So you went then to Andrews for your masters. 12:34 Where did you get your doctorate? 12:36 Okay. 12:37 Because close to Andrews we have Michigan State. 12:40 Yes. 12:41 So what I was doing is, 12:43 I had a scholarship for only two years 12:45 from the Brazilian government. 12:47 So I started taking doctoral courses 12:51 at the same time I was doing my masters. 12:54 And I was sending to Brazil, 12:56 the fees and they accepted and they were paying for it. 12:59 So when the two years had finished, 13:01 I was already on my doctoral. 13:03 I had finished Andrews 13:04 and I asked for an extension of two more years, 13:07 and I was able to 13:09 then finish my doctoral in only two years 13:11 at Michigan State. 13:13 And more than that I wanted to take classes 13:16 with the best teachers at the moment 13:18 and conducting was Gustav Meier, great name. 13:21 Yes. 13:22 And I studied with him 13:24 at Ann Arbor University of Michigan. 13:26 And with Nelli Shkolnikova, 13:27 I took classes at Indiana, Bloomington. 13:30 So I would commute every week to Ann Arbor 13:33 and all the way down to Bloomington 13:36 that was almost six hours going and come back of trip. 13:40 And, but it was very worth it. 13:43 Yes. Certainly worth it. 13:45 Well, before then we go further, 13:46 we want to have him do one classical piece for us. 13:50 And this is something you will probably recognize 13:56 and it is a piece called "Meditation." 18:32 Well, that was Dr. Paulo Torres playing, 18:35 being accompanied by Dr. Vernon Gordon. 18:40 And Dr. Gordon is actually classically trained 18:43 as a pianist, 18:45 but he is a dentist 18:47 and he goes to the Palm Coast Church 18:50 with Paulo. 18:52 Correct. 18:53 And so we're so glad he came up here. 18:54 It was really lovely to have him here. 18:56 You've actually started a program 18:59 that's kind of interesting at your church in Palm Coast? 19:03 Yes, I convinced the pastor, 19:04 well, it wasn't hard to convince him. 19:06 He wanted something special with music. 19:09 And I started an orchestra, a string orchestra. 19:14 And what we did is we invited all the parents 19:18 to bring their children who are interested in music. 19:21 They never play... 19:22 Most of them never played an instrument. 19:24 And we rented instruments for them. 19:28 And then the parents came, we had a meeting, 19:30 and I said, "But there's one thing 19:32 I would like you to do. 19:34 I would like one of the parents at least, 19:36 to play in the orchestra with their child, 19:40 because that will help the child, 19:42 you will stimulate the child and also, 19:44 it will clear all the doubts 19:46 because an adult will learn faster. 19:48 And when you get home the child will ask, 19:50 "Mom, Daddy, how do you hold instrument? 19:53 And mom and daddy may say, "I don't know. 19:54 Ask next week." 19:55 So that way, the parents right there, 19:57 and it's we had an amazing result 20:00 in 30 hours of rehearsing, 20:03 we gave our first concert playing only hymns 20:05 at the church with 35 member orchestra. 20:09 Praise the Lord! 20:10 And you know something that I'm convinced 20:13 that when children learn an instrument 20:15 and learn music ministry, 20:18 it really solidifies them 20:20 as far as their attraction, 20:22 their bond to the church. 20:24 I think there's something very special about music. 20:27 Now, you have been on television how many times? 20:32 Do you have any idea as a conductor and a violinist? 20:34 Hundreds of times. 20:36 Hundreds of times... Just, yeah. 20:39 You have recorded over 10,000 tracks. 20:43 My question to you though, 20:45 is as a violinist, 20:50 as a conductor, 20:51 as a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, 20:54 how did you work this? 20:56 I mean, how did you honor the Sabbath? 21:00 Because quite often, 21:02 the Sabbath is an issue for when we're having concerts? 21:06 Correct. You're absolutely right. 21:09 At the moment, 21:10 we have in some of our colleges, 21:13 Seventh-day Adventist college, 21:15 we do have some orchestras, 21:17 but professional big orchestras in Brazil. 21:20 I think I was the only Seventh-day Adventist 21:24 in the orchestras in Brazil, 21:27 professionally playing and keeping the Sabbath. 21:30 And that brought several... 21:32 Challenges. Challenges. 21:34 Some of them naturally, 21:36 I had to renounce not accept invitations 21:39 because they were immovable, 21:42 they cannot negotiate, 21:44 but many others, 21:46 I was able to negotiate with God's grace. 21:49 God opened the doors, 21:51 and I was able to testify with my beliefs 21:56 on the Sabbath. 21:57 And I think my colleagues 22:02 will remember forever this situation 22:05 and that which were presented in a dress rehearsal 22:09 with a guest conductor, 22:11 being there in my chair as principal violinist 22:15 being emptied during the Sabbath. 22:18 And 22:21 people sometimes get angry 22:25 because others have certain things 22:26 that they don't and they were not allowed 22:29 to miss any rehearsals. 22:31 But I was because when I auditioned 22:34 to this Parana State Symphony Orchestra, 22:36 I told them I was the Seventh-day Adventist. 22:38 And I would keep my Sabbath. 22:40 Then they said, "Now we want to hire you. 22:41 You're definitely the best musician, 22:43 we know in the auditions, 22:45 you can come, we will give you the Sabbath." 22:48 And that created a certain deficient 22:50 in the orchestra 22:51 because they couldn't miss a rehearsal, 22:53 I would miss the most important of reversals. 22:55 So after a couple of years working there, 22:59 I was sued by the theater I worked for 23:04 because of keeping the Sabbath. 23:07 And three lawyers from the state 23:09 were called to decide in my case, 23:12 and they interviewed 30 witnesses, 23:15 including conductors, guest conductors. 23:18 And they all testify 23:19 that I was faithful to my church, 23:21 I was faithful to the orchestra. 23:23 And I had a moral agreement 23:25 when I first came into the orchestra, 23:27 so that should be respected. 23:30 And I won the case. 23:32 And many other situations happened like that. 23:36 Invitations, 23:37 very important invitations, 23:39 like I conducted 23:40 the rehearsals for all the tenors 23:43 of Andrea Bocelli in Brazil, 23:46 he is a very famous tenor singer. 23:48 And one of the dress rehearsals was on the Sabbath hour. 23:53 And I told his production 23:55 that I could not rehearse until 6 o'clock, 23:57 which was the sundown that night. 24:00 And we had 150 people on the stage. 24:04 And they went and talk to production 24:05 and they said, well, 24:08 Master Paulo Torres said, 24:10 "He's a Sabbath keeper, 24:13 and he will not start until 6 o'clock. 24:15 So what do we do?" 24:17 And they said, "Well, let's wait for that. 24:19 Let's respect." 24:21 And it was... 24:22 The time is money in those situations. 24:24 Well, they had 15,000 people waiting to see the show, 24:27 several soloists, 150 people in the stage, 24:31 and they waited until sundown. 24:32 Praise God! Yeah. 24:34 Isn't that amazing, 24:35 when you honor God and put Him first, 24:39 how God honors you? 24:41 Yeah. 24:44 It is something we're going to ask you, 24:46 if you will to grab your violin again. 24:48 Okay. 24:49 And we'll have him play, "Holy, holy, holy." 24:53 This is something that only God can make a day holy, 24:59 and He did make the Sabbath holy 25:02 and when we honor His holy day, He honors us. 28:05 Oh, amen. 28:07 That was one of those two hander's 28:08 and mama's take heart. 28:11 You see that Dr. Paulo Torres again 28:13 he was accompanied by Dr. Vernon Gordon on that. 28:17 But his mama had him practice 28:20 more than just to learn the song, 28:21 but the next lesson as well. 28:24 So when you're listening to the scratching, 28:26 take heart and keep your children 28:29 focused on the prize 28:31 because certainly 28:32 God can use it for His glory. 28:35 Thank you so much for that beautiful song, Paulo. 28:39 Praise the Lord. 28:40 You arrived in the States in 2016. 28:44 But I want to go back 28:45 because I know you brought a video. 28:47 So let's go back to Brazil. 28:49 You've had an amazing professional career 28:53 as a violinist and the conductor. 28:56 But you always want to give back to the Lord 29:00 because the little boy who prayed to be a prophet 29:04 is actually become a prophetic... 29:09 Deliverer of prophetic messages in music, 29:12 let me put it that way. 29:14 Tell us about what you were doing 29:15 in the hospitals there in Brazil? 29:18 It all started 29:19 when I was visiting an aunt of mine. 29:23 And she was ill at a hospital 29:24 and the name of the hospital was St. Clair. 29:27 And as I'm playing for her, 29:30 I could notice 29:32 that several patients were coming out in the hall, 29:35 trying to see what was going on. 29:37 And they expressed their wish to listen to music also. 29:42 So I said, "As soon as they play for her, 29:45 I'll play for you." 29:47 So then I started going room by room 29:48 and playing for the patients, 29:50 until I got to a girl's room and she was just sleeping. 29:54 And her mom was in her bedside with a Bible open 29:57 and she seemed to be praying. 29:59 And I walked in and I said, 30:01 "May I pray with you 30:03 and could I play also the violin?" 30:06 They said, "Yes, please do it." 30:08 And so we prayed and I play one of the hymns, 30:14 which is "How Great Thou Art." 30:17 And a minute and a half past 30:19 and the girl opened up her eyes and she looked around 30:22 and she was unable to, try to speak but she couldn't. 30:26 Only guttural sounds came out of her throat. 30:30 And her mom started screaming to cry 30:34 and yell and nurses rushed in 30:37 and I got goose bumps and scared. 30:38 What did I do? 30:40 What have I done is as I'm walking away, 30:42 her mom grabs me on the arm. 30:44 And I said, "What did I do? What happened?" 30:47 And she very emotionally looked at me and says, 30:49 "My daughter was in coma for three years. 30:53 And she woke up with the music." 30:56 I said, "Praise the Lord!" 30:59 And that day 31:00 I decided to be an instrument in the hands of God 31:02 with my violin. 31:04 I hope everyone understood that 31:06 for three years she was in a coma, 31:09 and when you played, "How great Thou art", 31:13 she responded and opened her eyes. 31:15 God woke her, obviously. God woke her up. 31:17 How indeed, how great Thou art, Lord. 31:22 So... 31:23 And then I started 31:25 to visit the hospital every week and play. 31:26 Yeah, I guess. 31:28 And miracles have happened, amazing stories. 31:31 Like for instance, there was a girl, 31:33 she was in deep depression. 31:35 For two months, she didn't eat any longer 31:37 and she was only on intravenous, IV, right? 31:42 And, I came in and I said to her mother, 31:47 "Can I play for her?" 31:48 "Yes, she's depressed." 31:50 They say, "Well, play something happy." 31:51 So I play, "One of the Seasons, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, 31:54 the Spring." 31:59 And halfway the song, 32:02 the girl sitting up on the bed, 32:04 and because she was in catatonic state 32:07 and her mouth was open, her eyes were closed. 32:10 And she opened her eyes. 32:11 She closed her mouth to sit down, 32:12 she started to move in the chair. 32:15 And by the time I finished the music, 32:17 I'd look at her mom and asked, "What is your daughter's name?" 32:21 Because she wasn't even talking any longer. 32:23 And the girl looked at me and said, 32:25 "My name is Elizabeth." 32:26 I saw Elizabeth, "Oh, I'm so glad, 32:29 you feel good with the music. 32:31 Well, I wish, well may the Lord be with you." 32:33 And I left the room. 32:34 As I leave, two nurses are rushing towards the room. 32:37 And I said, "What happened?" 32:39 And they said, "Elizabeth called, 32:41 she want us to help her get up from the bed. 32:43 She wants to walk through the halls of the hospital." 32:47 Glory to God! 32:48 So the music brought her out of the depression. 32:50 Glory to God! 32:52 But even more amazing things that I will always remember 32:55 are patients in their terminal stage, for instance, 32:59 that they listen to the music 33:01 and brought them peace and comfort. 33:03 There was one gentleman, and he had done, 33:07 finished chest chemotherapy and I played for him. 33:12 And when I left, I said, "May God be with you." 33:15 And tears rolled down his face. 33:17 And he said, "God just paid me a visit." 33:20 Oh, how precious. 33:21 Why do you think? 33:23 I mean, I believe God made us with musical minds. 33:27 And I think music is a language of its own. 33:30 Do you believe... 33:32 I mean, you must pray quite a bit 33:33 before you go into the hospital. 33:35 But what do you think it is about music 33:38 that reaches people in a place that words can't? 33:44 First of all, I understand is 33:46 it's divinely created. 33:48 And God gave us music 33:50 that we may pray with our words also. 33:53 And music effect... 33:54 Oh, stop for just a second because you just, 33:57 you know, this is something when you said, 34:00 He gave us music 34:02 so that we can pray with our words... 34:03 Pray with our words. 34:04 Worship songs, to me, our prayers set to music. 34:10 Correct. 34:11 And I wish people would learn, that's a sacred moment. 34:15 When we're singing a worship song to God, 34:18 that's a sacred moment. 34:20 Don't be talking during that, 34:22 you wouldn't talk during a prayer. 34:24 Don't be talking and punching your neighbor doing that 34:26 because we need to appreciate 34:30 that is a prayer set to music. 34:33 Yeah. 34:34 I don't mean to be critic, 34:37 but I feel we still need to learn 34:39 that in our churches. 34:40 Amen. 34:42 When it comes to music, 34:44 it seems to be something secondary. 34:46 People start to talk or they sing, 34:50 but they don't open their mouth. 34:53 Obviously, I'm talking about a few, 34:55 I'm not talking, I'm part of everyone. 34:57 But I feel we need to comprehend 34:59 exactly what you just said that 35:01 we are worshipping the Lord, the angels sing, 35:04 "Holy, holy, holy," all the time. 35:07 So it's a very sacred moment, really music, 35:09 and music affects us not only spiritually, 35:14 emotionally, but also physically. 35:16 We could have a whole other interview of three hours long, 35:20 just explaining the power of music, 35:22 scientifically proved, 35:24 how it will affect us in all senses, 35:28 how it will produce hormones in us. 35:31 And different types of music, different types of rhythms, 35:34 harmonies, melodies. 35:36 And Ellen White has a beautiful thought that says, 35:42 "Used properly, 35:43 music may never find parallel 35:46 in its power to instill in men 35:50 the true value of morals and the principles 35:54 that should govern our lives." 35:56 Oh, that's gorgeous. So... 35:58 I saw something on television recently 36:01 that was saying that 36:02 when you introduce your children, 36:04 as little toddlers introduce them to classical music 36:09 that it actually helps their brain develop 36:13 in a way that they wouldn't otherwise. 36:15 So that is something really special. 36:17 I know you've brought a video and we want to show this video. 36:21 This is of Dr. Paulo Torres 36:27 in the hospitals in Brazil. 39:51 That is such a wonderful ministry. 39:54 And you know, 39:56 Paulo has played not only in the hospitals 39:59 but in prisons, in orphanages 40:01 to let people feel "The Love of God." 40:06 And right now we want him to play that song for us. 45:22 That was heavenly. 45:25 It just transports you into the presence of the Lord, 45:28 "The Love of God." 45:30 And I hope that you understand that God is a very personal God 45:35 and He's an interrelated God with His, 45:39 the creatures that He has created. 45:41 And if we will lend our ear to Him, 45:45 He will direct us. 45:47 Paulo, thank you so much for that. 45:51 Tell us how God kind of prompted you 45:56 if you will to move here in 2016? 46:01 I started to pray that God would show me 46:07 what to do with my life, with my ministry 46:10 that I could be more useful in church 46:13 and also reaching people. 46:15 I was doing the hospital volunteer playing. 46:20 And I was working too hard. 46:21 They had many concerts. 46:23 I had, my agenda was full. 46:25 I was holding three jobs 40 hours each. 46:29 It was amazing. 46:31 Of course, in Brazil... 46:33 How happy did that make your wife? 46:35 Not very happy. 46:37 I don't have to clock. 46:38 I didn't have to clock all those hours 46:40 because you teach some, you prepare at home. 46:43 It's the way it works in Brazil 46:44 but it was fairly heavy schedule. 46:46 And plus that I was asked to do recording, 46:49 so I would have to cancel this to do that. 46:52 And I said, "Lord, please show me something? 46:54 What would You like me to do?" 46:57 And the hospital things 47:00 started to become more and more important 47:02 and up to the point that all televisions in the nation, 47:06 in Brazil started to interview me 47:07 and I did many programs for them. 47:10 They visited the hospitals with me 47:12 and they were filming and speaking to patients. 47:15 So that became something very important. 47:18 At the same time, 47:19 I was assaulted with gun on my head three times. 47:26 And I said, "Lord, I think 47:27 this is becoming kind of dangerous." 47:30 I have family, my sister and my niece live in Florida. 47:35 And I said, "Maybe, I should move to Florida 47:38 for a sabbatical." 47:40 But even though it was just a sabbatical, 47:42 I sold my home. 47:45 And I said, 47:47 "I trusted that Lord will open doors there for me." 47:53 And I came to America. 47:56 In a few days after I left my home, 48:00 the new owner was shot at the house. 48:03 Oh, my! 48:04 And so several things were happening 48:07 and I knew that the Lord's hand was guiding me. 48:10 And here I offered myself 48:13 at the hospitals in Florida, 48:18 at Flagler, Florida Flagler Hospital. 48:22 Florida Hospital Flagler 48:24 and Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center. 48:27 And for 10 months, 48:29 I was a volunteer playing the violin. 48:32 And I was then invited to become their music minister 48:36 because of the benefit the music was bringing 48:39 to everyone in the hospital. 48:40 Oh, you know, 48:42 you think about the stress that even doctors and nurses, 48:46 the hospitals have a stressful environment. 48:50 And I'm sure that music does bring about a calm atmosphere. 48:56 Tell us real quickly 48:57 I want to put up your website address 49:01 and this will be on the screen, 49:03 but let me spell it for those who are listening on the radio. 49:08 MaestroPauloTorres, 49:25 and your email is DrPaulTorres, 49:29 and I swallowed the u on Paulo, 49:32 D- R-PA-U-L-O-T-O-R-R-E-S @gmail.com. 49:39 Right. 49:40 And the reason I want to make sure those got up 49:42 is because you may like Boston did 49:47 want to invite Dr. Torres to come 49:50 and do something special. 49:52 Tell us about what happened in Boston 49:55 in the week of prayer? 49:56 They asked me to come for a week of prayer 50:00 and talk about music, about worship, adoration. 50:05 And it was wonderful 50:07 because I was able to explain all the aspects of music. 50:10 On the first day, 50:12 I basically gave lectures on music, 50:14 the power of music and the effect of music upon us. 50:19 And then I was getting into the way God 50:22 directs music to impress our minds, our hearts, 50:26 to become more sensitive to everything around us 50:29 to His Word, and to worship Him properly. 50:35 And at the end, we had three churches 50:38 that canceled all their events, 50:41 and they all came to this place in Brockton. 50:44 And where we then had a worship with at least I think, 50:48 800 people. 50:49 Amen. 50:50 You know, I always say 50:52 that the purpose of our music service 50:56 in our Sabbath service is to plow up our hearts 51:03 and make us good soil to receive the Word of God. 51:07 So I think that music is part of God's design, 51:11 part of His plan for the church service, 51:13 and it's very important. 51:15 And I believe, 51:17 this is my personal opinion, 51:19 I'm not hearing anything from the Lord. 51:21 But I believe that is 51:23 when you ask for greater ministry in music, 51:26 if you can teach people 51:28 the truth about worship and music, 51:30 I think God will use you in a mighty way. 51:33 Well, we're gonna take a quick break 51:35 because we want you to have the opportunity 51:38 to see our most recent news break, 51:41 but then we're going to come back 51:42 for a closing thought from Dr. Paulo Torres. |
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