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Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY190080A
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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 00:19 Removing pain 00:24 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:09 Hello, friends, welcome to 3ABN Today. 01:11 We're so glad that you've taken the time to pause your day 01:15 and to join us for a very informative program. 01:17 My name is John Lomacang. 01:19 I have my wife to my left. 01:20 Honey, good to have you here. I'm so glad to be here. 01:22 It's gonna be a great program. That's right. 01:24 I'm really looking forward to this program, 01:25 comrades at ministry. 01:27 That's right. 01:28 We're talking about united prayer. 01:29 Not just prayer, 01:31 because so many of us pray by ourselves, 01:33 but what happens when the people of God 01:36 get together and pray? 01:37 There's a kind of a duplicate of the Day of Pentecost. 01:40 Yes. 01:41 And you know what happened, if you read your Bible 01:43 on the Day of Pentecost, 01:44 when they got together in prayer. 01:46 And so today we're gonna talk about 01:47 how powerful prayer is when it's united. 01:51 When hearts are together, when walls are brought down, 01:55 and people are focused on a common goal, 01:56 and then also evangelism. 01:58 A lot of times people say that evangelism is dead. 02:02 What you'll find out today evangelism is not dead. 02:05 And with the society today that's so distracted... 02:06 Yeah. 02:08 That may even assist in reviving evangelism, 02:12 because people want real things, 02:14 tired of devices... 02:16 Right. 02:18 Phones, and computers, and fast moving things. 02:20 Sometimes people want to get back to the basics of life. 02:22 So stay tuned, it's gonna be a very informative 02:24 and I believe transformative program. 02:27 Yes, I am too. Amen. 02:28 And so let's go ahead and introduce our guests 02:29 before we go to our music. 02:31 Sure, yeah. 02:32 Pastor Robert and Elida Meneses. 02:33 Meneses. 02:35 I said that correctly, right? Yes, sir. 02:36 Good to have you here. 02:37 It's good to be here. 02:39 Since you're close with... Yeah. 02:40 You had it so far, we'll shake your hand. 02:42 But good to have you both here. 02:43 Thank you so much. 02:44 And you are first here on 3ABN. 02:46 Mm-hmm. 02:47 And first time here on 3ABN. 02:48 Yep. 02:50 And we look forward to your story and testimony. 02:51 And I'm encouraging our viewers and listeners to stay tuned 02:53 because this is gonna be a very exciting program. 02:55 Absolutely. 02:56 And the Lord has brought all of us 02:58 from someplace different 02:59 as we were getting to know each other. 03:01 I said, "I'm the only American, 03:03 the one American on this program." 03:05 They were all made in different places. 03:06 You were made in England. Mm-hmm. 03:08 You were made in... 03:09 Portugal. Portugal. 03:10 And you were made in? Colombia. 03:12 Colombia. 03:13 And we'll get a chance to introduce all of you 03:15 in just a moment. 03:16 But, Honey, well, 03:17 who do we have for music and what do we have? 03:19 Well, we have some great music, Jeff Pearles 03:20 and the song is, "Jesus and Me." 03:31 I traveled alone upon life's lonesome way 03:38 My burdens were heavy 03:41 And dark was my day 03:44 I looked for a friend 03:48 Not knowing that He Had all the time 03:54 Been looking for me 03:58 And now, it's Jesus and me 04:01 For each tomorrow 04:04 For every heartache 04:08 And every sorrow 04:11 I know that I can depend Upon my new found friend 04:17 And so till the end 04:21 It's Jesus and me 04:28 Forever I'll sing of His great love for me 04:34 Forever I'll tell it 04:37 On land and on sea 04:41 I'll stay by His side, contented I'll be 04:47 For all of my life 04:51 It's Jesus and me 04:54 And now, it's Jesus and me For each tomorrow 05:01 For every heartache, and every sorrow 05:07 I know that I can depend 05:10 Upon my new found friend 05:14 And so till the end It's Jesus and me 05:20 And now, it's Jesus and me 05:24 For each tomorrow 05:27 For every heartache, and every sorrow 05:34 I know that I can depend 05:37 Upon my new found friend 05:40 And so till the end 05:44 It's Jesus and me 05:47 And so till the end It's Jesus and me 06:00 Thank you so much for that wonderful song. 06:02 Happy song, Jesus and Me. I love that. 06:03 Exactly, Jesus and me. 06:05 And Jesus and Me is a winning combination. 06:07 Absolutely. 06:09 So I think on that note, 06:10 we're going to just say once again, 06:12 welcome Pastor Robert and Elida Meneses. 06:14 Yep. 06:15 Thank you for coming to 3ABN. 06:17 Glad to be here. And... 06:18 What church do they pastor? 06:20 What church do they pastor? Yeah, one of you. 06:21 Yeah, we are in Alabama 06:23 and at the Gulf States Conference 06:25 and pastor of the Decatur 06:26 and Coleman Seventh-day Adventist Churches there. 06:28 Okay. 06:30 And two wonderful people that you guys know, 06:34 Hal and Mollie Steenson are members 06:36 in Decatur now there. 06:37 That's right. 06:39 And we're just blessed that they're there. 06:40 And they speak very highly of you. 06:42 They say, "We love our pastor and his wife." 06:43 Yes. 06:44 She said, they're such a... 06:46 Mollie said, "They are such a cute couple." 06:47 Yeah. I remember that. 06:48 So now we know what they're talking about. 06:50 Mm-hmm. 06:51 Good to have you here. 06:52 Thank you. And... 06:54 Elida. 06:55 Elida, tell us a little bit about you? 06:57 Well, I am from Colombia. 06:58 Okay. 07:00 And I came to the States 12 years ago 07:02 as a student missionary with Review and Herald. 07:05 Okay. 07:06 And so God blessed and then I, 07:10 you know, went to Southern and here I am. 07:12 How did you meet? 07:14 We met online... 07:15 Like, initially we met online. 07:17 Mm-hmm. 07:18 And things simply work out initially there with that, 07:23 but then we just sort of rekindled that at Southern. 07:26 What they used to call Southern Matrimony University 07:29 or Southern Adventist University. 07:32 Oh, really so. 07:33 So online, I don't want to go through the details. 07:36 You said it didn't work out there. 07:38 Yeah. Yeah. 07:40 Electronic. Yeah, it didn't. 07:41 You know, she was like pursuing, 07:44 I guess somebody else and then, 07:46 you know, anyway just didn't work out. 07:50 Just go ahead and tell. 07:51 I really pray a lot even before getting on a website. 07:54 Right. 07:56 And we're gonna be talking about prayer. 07:57 Yes. 07:58 And prayer definitely has to be something very personal. 08:01 Absolutely. 08:02 It's not only church and personal. 08:05 So I took it very serious and said, 08:08 "If I'm gonna go online, 08:10 if God is gonna do this for me, in this way." 08:14 I knew that God was gonna bring someone 08:16 that I work for Christ with. 08:19 But he said, "Yes." 08:21 And God said, "Okay." 08:24 We went online and which is a few weeks 08:27 and I found him. 08:29 Oh! Okay. 08:30 I did found him. 08:31 But then you rekindled at Southern Matrimony University. 08:35 Yeah. 08:36 The other way you said, I like that. 08:38 Yeah. Yeah. 08:39 So we sort of met there again 08:40 and then she wouldn't leave me alone. 08:44 Well, God has a purpose definitely. 08:45 Yeah. 08:47 You know, I felt like God was leading. 08:48 You know, again lot of prayer, it's a serious decision. 08:50 Oh, yeah. 08:51 And we prayed individually, 08:54 God was leading to see doors opening 08:55 and opening and just led to... 08:59 Praise the Lord. God made. 09:00 You know, we met online. 09:01 In the first conversation online was, 09:04 "What is your favorite preacher?" 09:06 I think that he asked. 09:08 So and I said something about 09:10 what pastor will I like to hear? 09:12 And he said, "Me too." 09:13 Oh, wow! 09:15 And then a few months later when he goes to Southern, 09:18 and we met in person, 09:20 and this is the first time ever face to face. 09:24 And you know what he did at the end? 09:26 What? 09:27 Well, he said, "Bye," after few minutes, 09:29 he said, "Let's pray," he was very serious. 09:32 He closed his eyes and he started praying, 09:34 "Lord..." 09:35 And I saw, you know, he's a man of prayer, is God, 09:39 we want to invite God from the very beginning. 09:42 If this is gonna be or it's not gonna work out for us, 09:46 just let's invite God. 09:48 I remember that about him. 09:49 That was the first time I met him. 09:50 He invited me to pray. Oh! 09:52 Wow, prayer changes things. 09:54 Yeah. Praise the Lord. 09:56 That was a good sign. 09:57 And that's now two children, a boy and a girl. 10:02 A boy and a girl, the boy is four, Robert Jr. 10:04 M- hmm. And the girl is Melanie. 10:08 Wow! She's one. 10:09 Wow! Yeah. 10:11 Busy thing. Praise the Lord. 10:12 You're a stay-home mom? 10:13 Yes, I stay home. 10:15 Yes. Good. 10:16 It's a full-time job. 10:18 Oh, somebody once said that, 10:19 "Wives, if wives were paid 10:21 for what it costs to raise a child?" 10:22 Yeah. 10:23 "They would be like over $100,000 a year." 10:25 Yeah. 10:26 Just in, because that every... 10:27 That influence will last for a lifetime. 10:30 Yes. 10:31 But give us a little bit of your background, 10:33 because I know that you've been both married now, 10:36 how many years? 10:37 Eight. 10:38 Eight years? Mm-hmm. 10:40 Two children. 10:41 How many years in ministry now? 10:42 About seven and a half. Okay. 10:44 Yeah. Yeah. 10:45 So since you're not eight years old, 10:47 you know, I'm saying that lightheartedly, 10:50 tell us a little bit about your past, 10:52 because everyone has a journey. 10:54 Everyone is on a journey. That's right. 10:55 Everybody starts at some place and to appreciate, 10:58 I've often said this, Honey. 11:00 You know, to appreciate where we are, 11:02 we have to look back at where we came from. 11:03 Yeah. 11:05 Talk about where we came from? 11:06 Yeah. 11:07 I mean, God is good. 11:09 I was born in Portugal, and in Lisbon. 11:11 Oh, wow! 11:12 My grandfather was Seventh-day Adventist pastor there. 11:16 So, you know, we were born in a Christian home, 11:22 but when I was young, 11:23 my aunt who lives here in California, 11:26 sort of convinced my parents to come to the States, 11:29 so we came to the States when I was young. 11:32 And we were in California for a little bit 11:34 and went up to Washington State. 11:36 And then my dad was like, 11:38 "Well, I don't like earthquakes." 11:40 Mm-hmm. 11:42 So I guess he liked hurricanes better, 11:43 so we went to Florida 11:45 and spent most of my time in Tampa, Florida there. 11:48 Okay. Yep. 11:50 But then, before you were... 11:54 Now you said, you were raised as Adventist, 11:58 but your journey kind of meandered? 12:00 Yeah. 12:01 When I was younger, maybe around, 12:03 I don't know 10 to 13, you know, life is difficult, 12:08 and, you know, we live in a sinful world. 12:12 And we praise God that God is always with us 12:14 though we are in a difficult world 12:15 and never God's plan for that, 12:17 of course, but He came to save us 12:19 but, so we fell into very hard time, 12:22 we became homeless 12:25 just through different circumstances 12:27 of my dad and mom just losing jobs and stuff. 12:33 So we are eventually in a homeless shelter 12:35 for a little bit and just through those 12:37 life circumstances, we just left the church, 12:39 you know, and just began to do that. 12:42 And as a young person, you just follow your parents 12:44 and got into that and what began to happen is, 12:47 is that sports became my life. 12:49 And though I was from Portugal, 12:53 you know, where they play sort of the real football. 12:55 Right like soccer. Exactly. 12:56 Soccer, we call it. 12:57 But my passion was American football 12:59 and that was my life. 13:01 I ate, drank, slept anything, just all the time was football. 13:06 My dream was to, you know, 13:07 just to climb the ladder and go to the NFL one day. 13:10 Wow! Hmm. 13:11 Yeah. 13:12 And so were you involved in high school football or? 13:14 I was, yeah. 13:15 So, you know, I played out in the streets, 13:18 you know, but then in high school began to play, 13:21 I was a wide receiver and I was small 13:23 but I was very fast. 13:25 I was running like four three in the 40, 13:26 if you know anything about football, that it's good. 13:29 And I was doing well, you know, I was doing well 13:32 and I had a picture in the paper 13:35 and was leading the conference in yardage. 13:38 Anyway, everything was like coming true, 13:40 but my dream was coming true to eventually go to college 13:44 and so forth. 13:45 But then God stepped in looking back now. 13:48 And during a game my senior year, 13:51 I ruptured my spleen. 13:53 Oh! Wow! 13:54 This was in Florida? 13:56 Yes, in Tampa. In Tampa. 13:57 Yeah. Yeah. 13:58 So God looking back broaden into that. 14:02 Yeah, here's an article there about that. 14:04 And, you know, I learned quickly 14:07 and there's a pivotal moment here 14:08 just quickly how I knew God. 14:10 God is so good, God is so faithful that, 14:13 you know, we, you know, playing high school football, 14:16 you play Friday nights, you know, which you know, 14:18 Sabbath is sunset Friday, sunset Saturday. 14:22 And so, you know, deep down inside, 14:24 you know that this wasn't the right thing to do, 14:27 not honoring the Sabbath. 14:29 And, but when I was there in the hospital 14:31 because of the CAT scan, you have a ruptured spleen. 14:34 They kept me in intensive care for a week to see 14:36 if things might mingle back together. 14:38 But a week later, another CAT scan, 14:40 I had internal bleeding, it was getting really serious. 14:43 So they had to remove it. 14:44 So you know, at a teenager and I was scared to death. 14:48 And I remember like it was yesterday 14:50 that I was there in the room and a nurse comes in says, 14:52 "Are you ready? 14:54 You know, we're gonna take you now to have surgery." 14:56 And I remember, you know, knowing that I had in a sense, 15:00 turned my back on God 15:02 and hadn't been fully following Him. 15:04 Now God's Word says, "That if you call on Me, 15:07 I will be there," right? 15:08 That's right. 15:10 So I remember like, sitting there in my bed 15:13 and just crying out to God says, "Lord, help me. 15:15 You know, I'm scared, you know, and it's hard to explain how... 15:19 I just knew the greatest peace came over me 15:23 and it just felt like God just sort of touched me 15:25 with His hand, was right there beside me. 15:27 He was just like, "Don't worry about it, Robert." 15:29 And that was such a pivotal moment for me, 15:32 you know, that though I had turned my back on God, 15:36 God didn't turn His back on me. 15:37 That's right. Wow, that's right. 15:39 And though they had the surgery, 15:41 my football career sort of went down the drain as they say. 15:44 I still went to a community college 15:46 in Kansas, it didn't work out. 15:48 But unfortunately, after that, I then got into music, 15:54 you know, clearly searching for something, right? 15:56 Right, fill that void. 15:57 Football and now music 15:59 and I got deep into heavy metal. 16:00 And then I began to be a drummer 16:04 in a heavy metal band. 16:05 So I was still running, still running away. 16:07 Drummer. 16:08 Wow, running from one field to the next. 16:10 Yeah. Yes. 16:11 So I was like, if I can't make it here and here, 16:13 then maybe as a musician I'll then make it there. 16:16 Wow! Yeah. 16:17 And all that time I like the way he said that. 16:19 And all that time the Lord was saying, Robert, I mean... 16:22 He's working on you. 16:24 He's working on you, blocking your path. 16:25 You know, as in the Book of Hosea 16:27 it says, "You will pursue your loves 16:28 the things you love in life, but you'll not overtake them." 16:30 Yes. 16:32 And so if the Lord saw He had a plan for your life. 16:34 And it's unfortunate, you know, 16:35 that you have to lose your spleen. 16:38 But that was the roadblock to a road 16:41 that the Lord didn't want you on. 16:43 Yep. Exactly. 16:44 So you lose things in this life. 16:46 Who is it that I forgot the person? 16:49 Very well. 16:50 Oh, my good friend, Neville Peters. 16:52 You know, he's a musician on 3ABN, he said, 16:54 "He believes that the Lord allowed him to lose his sight 16:56 to gain his salvation." 16:58 Wow! 16:59 And it's amazing what we lose in life here 17:01 that we gain on a larger scale. 17:02 The blessings of this life 17:04 and, but since so now you're in the rock world. 17:06 Yeah. 17:07 And you're still thinking, man, what happened there? 17:11 Well, I guess what devastates a band 17:13 is when your lead guitarist gets married 17:15 and has children that 17:17 sort of puts a stop to it, you know? 17:19 Yeah. 17:20 So, again, God intervening there looking back on that, 17:24 and just came to a point in life 17:26 where I was just like a leaf blowing in the wind, 17:29 you know, not knowing what to do anymore. 17:32 Then take my studies very, very seriously. 17:35 You know, at school, 17:36 I went to classes just so I could play, 17:38 you know, didn't study really, anyway. 17:40 So I'm there and then finally, as I'm still living at home, 17:46 I just began to go to community college, 17:48 maybe thought about being a physical therapist. 17:51 So that's what I began to pursue. 17:53 Still away from church and I got a degree 17:55 in Biomedical Science, there in Tampa, 17:58 University of South Florida. 18:00 And working at Florida hospital, 18:01 which is now AdventHealth. 18:03 AdventHealth, yeah. 18:04 But around that time a pivotal thing happened. 18:06 And I was in my room, one Sabbath, 18:10 and I was watching college football. 18:13 And, you know, not an audible voice, 18:15 but God making it very clear to say, 18:18 "Turn off the TV. Turn off the TV." 18:21 So, you know, I turn off the TV and I'm lying in bed, 18:23 they are looking up at the ceiling. 18:25 And again, just a great impression to say, 18:28 "Get up, get dressed and go to church." 18:31 Wow! 18:32 Just out of blue, you know? 18:34 So, you know, a moment my life where, you know, 18:38 I know God's sort of speaking to me, 18:39 and I get up, I get dressed. 18:41 And parents were like, "Where are you going?" 18:43 Going to church. Going to church? 18:45 You know, and then I couldn't find the church. 18:47 Hmm. 18:48 And I remember turning around, and I said to God, 18:51 "If this was You telling me to go to church, 18:54 then You gonna have to help me find a church." 18:55 And I was going home 18:57 and out of the corner of my eye, 18:58 I spot the road that I missed. 19:00 I just drove by it initially, came back, 19:02 I spot it and I found the church. 19:05 And God just began to work in my heart 19:07 since then, and yeah. 19:09 Things began to change, my passions and desires, 19:12 getting involved in church. 19:14 And I remember just key young people in my life 19:18 that were real role models for me 19:21 that you could be young and on fire for Jesus. 19:25 That's right. 19:26 And just allow God to use you and God just began 19:29 to change my passions. 19:31 Hmm. Wow! 19:32 So what about your parents? 19:33 What did they think about you? 19:35 Yeah, they were a little thrown off by it. 19:37 But the awesome thing is, is that at that time, 19:40 nobody was going to church. 19:42 Yeah. 19:43 But, we, the church that I attended there 19:46 in Tampa called Carrollwood. 19:49 In our prayer meeting, we began to pray for my family 19:51 and it took three years praying. 19:54 Just a little group. Yes. 19:56 And eventually, praise God today that my parents now 19:59 are strong Christian Seventh-day Adventists 20:01 and they're in church today. 20:04 My oldest sister, Ruth, began to go to church. 20:07 She sings very well, 20:09 and I have another sister Eunice. 20:11 But, God, you know, never stops working 20:14 in our hearts, He never stopped calling us, 20:16 He's always there, and God is incredible. 20:19 Wow! 20:20 How did you get this desire to speak? 20:22 Yeah. Well, I'm very shy. 20:25 I'm an introvert by nature. Yeah. 20:27 And my greatest fear is to preach up front, 20:29 so God has a sense of humor. 20:32 So I remember that I was a deacon. 20:34 And you can sort of see how God is leading. 20:36 Right. 20:37 And I knew, I knew that He was gonna lead me 20:39 to be an elder, you know, I knew it. 20:40 Because if you're an elder, you have to preach 20:41 at least it was there. 20:43 And the pastor at the time was Rodney Ortiz, 20:45 a great friend of ours. 20:46 And, I knew we were there and one of our elders 20:52 either had moved all the way and here they come, 20:54 "Robert, do you want to be elder?" 20:56 And I was like, "Mm-mm." 20:58 You said no. 20:59 Well, I was thinking that in my heart, like, 21:00 "No, no, no." 21:02 That means I have to preach, right? 21:03 But you know, I knew God was calling me there. 21:05 So I said, "All right, surrendered." 21:07 And then I preached my first sermon, 21:09 it was actually on the Sabbath. 21:11 And when I preached, 21:13 I was sitting there and just shaking, 21:16 but when I got up there and just prayed, said, 21:18 "Lord, this is about You and not me, for Your glory." 21:22 And it was a transformation just like, again, 21:25 a peace came over me. 21:26 And afterwards, everybody kept saying, 21:29 "You should be a pastor, you should go into ministry, 21:31 you should..." 21:33 You know, and then God just began 21:36 to put it in my heart that He was calling me 21:39 to be a pastor to go into ministry. 21:41 Now the picture we have of you standing at the pulpit, 21:43 is that, that sermon you're talking about? 21:45 No. That one there is... 21:47 This one here was the first time 21:49 that actually I was not giving a sermon. 21:52 I was giving a little testimony. 21:53 I was canvassing here, 21:55 right when I was coming back into church. 21:56 You know, colporteuring is an amazing thing 21:59 in front lines. 22:00 And anyway, so in that one there 22:02 I was just giving a little testimony 22:04 what happened to me while I was canvassing, 22:06 but it wasn't my first sermon yet. 22:07 Okay. 22:09 Yeah. Yeah. 22:10 But that was my first public sort of getting up front there, 22:14 you know, sort of nervous just talking about that there. 22:17 Just a complete transformation, you know, 22:20 and God has that power to transform. 22:22 Yes, He does. Wow! 22:23 And meanwhile we were you? 22:25 Yeah. 22:27 I was at Southern Adventist University. 22:31 Okay. 22:33 Yeah, he came to the States in 2006 22:37 and I did colporteuring for one year. 22:40 And then I came to Southern in 2007. 22:43 Mm-hmm. 22:45 Yeah, and working on my graduate studies 22:49 to be a school counselor. 22:50 Okay. And I graduated in 2010. 22:53 So was a lot of miracles there for another time, 22:56 but how God allow me to be there 23:00 and getting ready. 23:01 Good. 23:02 And at that time you hadn't met yet 23:04 when you were colporteuring, you hadn't met yet? 23:05 No. Yeah. Yeah. 23:07 So now transition to the... 23:11 Okay, when you met were you yet in ministry? 23:14 No, I was studying theology at Southern. 23:17 And you know, because I had a previous degree, 23:20 all my classes were just religious anyway. 23:23 So then I saw her again there at the gym right 23:28 and like I said, then she wouldn't leave me 23:31 alone after that, you know, so. 23:32 Okay, we're gonna have to ask her in a bit. 23:34 Yeah, yeah. No, no. 23:35 Yeah. 23:37 And then we just kept talking and again leading, 23:39 and again, prayer, you know, we understood 23:41 I was 30 at the time, 23:44 so I knew that if this was the woman God had for me, 23:50 who's going to open up doors make it very clear. 23:53 And He did, just made it very clear 23:54 that God had chosen this woman for me. 23:56 Wow! 23:58 So when you got together where you new in the ministry? 24:00 I mean, conversion, was it... 24:03 Yeah, I got re-baptized in 2008 and I went to Southern in '09. 24:09 Ah! 24:11 Okay. Yeah. 24:12 So yeah, I mean, 24:13 she got baptized when she was 15. 24:16 So she had sort of been settled. 24:17 Yes. 24:19 And I was just sort of getting in there 24:20 and God was... 24:23 I mean, really God works when you think about it 24:26 and you go back in life, 24:28 how God was preparing me to be a helper 24:32 for him and for ministry. 24:35 Right. I do believe so. 24:36 And God, God really calls you with a purpose. 24:40 And since I came and I became a Christian 24:44 and I accepted Jesus, 24:46 I did it with all my heart and I was 20 24:50 and I was already the prayer ministry coordinator 24:52 on my 300 members church there in Columbia. 24:57 So I was maybe the youngest in the board. 25:00 And then I learned a lot of things there 25:04 as a prayer ministry coordinator. 25:06 And the first thing that I learned 25:08 is to trust in the Lord. 25:11 You are trusting Him with all your heart, 25:14 and He will give you the desires of your heart. 25:17 That's right. Does it. 25:18 You trust 'cause you have to trust Him, 25:20 and that's what we have been doing. 25:24 So God taught me all the way that prayer and trusting Him, 25:30 His promises, reading the Bible, 25:32 that is the key. 25:34 That's right. It's the key. 25:35 Then you do the work for God, no matter what it is, 25:38 we are to pray that God will do it through you, 25:42 the way how He wanted, and the vision and the mission 25:46 that God has for you, for that specific ministry, 25:50 or for that specific purpose, or for your life, 25:53 or for the church. 25:54 Right. 25:55 Whatever it is, yeah, the prayer does, 25:57 so I think the God was teaching me 26:00 all that through the years 26:01 and I learned to trust Him personally, 26:04 that's why I was able to go to Southern 26:10 without even having any loans, but that's another story there, 26:12 but and here I am when I met him, 26:16 and I saw him online 26:18 on the Seventh-day Adventist website 26:21 and he said, "I was going to be a physical therapist." 26:25 And I thought, "Well, physical therapist, 26:26 that sounds like a good future for me too," you know, I mean. 26:29 Yeah. 26:30 But isn't it amazing how God that did it 26:33 and I thought that he was someone 26:37 that loves Jesus. 26:38 I never thought that he was gonna tell me later 26:40 or you know, "I'm here at Southern 26:43 to pursue theology." 26:46 And I said, "I thought that 26:47 you were gonna do physical therapy." 26:49 I was not disappointed. 26:50 I just thought God really is doing something here 26:54 and He's gonna keep doing it. 26:56 And you know, knowing... 26:57 And we're going to talk about now we're going to dive 26:59 into the topic here. 27:00 Knowing what your background is, 27:02 and knowing how important prayer is to him, 27:05 the Lord said, "Wait a minute." 27:06 Put it together. 27:08 Isn't it amazing? Yeah. 27:09 We look back at our lives and we see how God, 27:10 you know, God orchestrates things. 27:12 Put you both together. 27:13 Yeah. Yeah. 27:15 Yeah, prayer coordinator and... 27:16 Yeah, for a purpose. Yes. 27:17 And a pastor who would not need a prayer coordinator 27:20 who believes in prayer? 27:21 Yes. Absolutely. 27:23 And to not just have a prayer coordinator 27:24 but that prayer coordinator be your wife. 27:26 Yes. Amen. 27:27 So dive into this now because we talked about, 27:29 we're talking about united prayer in evangelism. 27:32 Let's dive into that topic, because now, 27:34 you saw the results of how powerful prayer is 27:37 not just individually as you talked about, 27:39 but unitedly? 27:40 Sure. 27:42 Well, you know, I think we can agree 27:44 and you don't even have to be a religious figure 27:46 to understand that we're living in really unusual 27:49 and pretentious times, you know? 27:51 I mean, we're living in the last days. 27:53 And it's not that I think so is that I know so. 27:55 Amen. Amen. 27:56 You know, the Bible is clear in prophecy about 27:58 what days we're living in. 28:00 We're seeing it all around us in every aspect, 28:02 religiously and there's everything, okay? 28:06 So, you know, we believe that evangelism 28:09 and prophetic meetings 28:10 and getting the Three Angels Messages 28:12 to the world, which is needed is not dead. 28:16 We have an amazing message, 28:18 Christ is the center of that message. 28:21 But I believe the world is definitely getting right 28:23 for the harvest that Jesus said. 28:24 I believe Christ is soon to come. 28:26 Yes. 28:27 And we began to be very convicted 28:29 and God began to work and orchestrate that 28:32 we were preparing meetings in Decatur, 28:36 and, you know, I wanted God to show the members that, 28:41 you know, meetings, evangelism still works. 28:43 That's right. 28:45 You know, show them Lord, right? 28:46 So we were in Portugal and visiting my family 28:50 and I came across a book 28:54 that was just a game changer 28:58 as they say and it was titled 29:01 "Steps To Personal Revival: 29:02 Being filled with the Holy Spirit," 29:04 and because I went to sort of refresh my Portuguese, 29:07 I got it in Portuguese, and in English. 29:09 So I was going to sort of do. 29:11 So anyway, we got back to the States 29:12 and not beknownst to me, 29:14 she began to also read some things 29:19 in some of the Adventist magazines 29:21 that are sent to her home, 29:23 and also talking about the same topic. 29:24 Wow! 29:26 And it came across and it was talking about... 29:27 And referring to the book. 29:28 Referring to the book, and we read the book, 29:31 and God just made it very, very clear 29:34 that it's His work to do. 29:36 That's right. 29:38 And the power of the Holy Spirit, 29:42 and coming together as a people to unite in prayer, 29:46 and surrendering to the spirit to begin to work, 29:48 not just in the churches, members' hearts, 29:50 but in the community 29:53 and that's where God was convicting us. 29:54 And I just like to read some quotes here 29:56 from the Spirit of Prophecy 29:58 that really began to touch us as well. 30:01 And this is from Gospel Workers, 30:03 page 259. 30:04 And she says, "The greatest victories 30:06 gained for the cause of God 30:08 are not the result of labored argument, 30:11 ample facilities, wide influence, 30:14 or abundance of means." 30:15 So praise the Lord. 30:17 You don't have to have the best of facilities 30:18 and the best of means, for God to do His work. 30:21 She continues, then she says, 30:23 "They are gained in the audience chamber 30:26 with God, when with earnest, 30:28 agonizing faith men lay hold upon the mighty arm of power." 30:32 Wow! That's right. 30:34 Yeah. 30:35 And then she gives us the definition 30:36 of who has that power. 30:38 And she gives it to us in Testimonies for the Church, 30:40 volume 8, page 22. 30:41 She says, "Why do we not hunger 30:43 and thirst for the gift of the spirit, 30:46 since this is the means 30:48 by which we are to receive power?" 30:50 That's right. So there it is, right? 30:53 Who has the power? 30:55 God has the power. That's right. 30:57 And the spirit, okay, and it's an amazing 31:00 how the spirit has been attacked today... 31:02 Oh! 31:04 You know, by a wild ride 31:05 the Godhead is and the spirit is, 31:08 because the enemy knows 31:09 that if God's people begin to surrender 31:11 and being led by the Spirit of God, 31:14 amazing things will begin to happen. 31:16 And then she closes that quote here to say, 31:18 "Why do we not talk of it, pray for it, 31:20 and preach concerning it?" 31:22 And then a well known verse saying that 31:26 we might know Selected Messages Book, 31:28 volume 1, page 121. 31:30 "Revival of true godliness among us is the greatest 31:34 and most urgent of all our needs. 31:37 To seek this should be our first work." 31:39 That's right. Yeah. 31:41 So these quotes here, by the Spirit of Prophecy, 31:45 and God impressing us and of course, 31:47 knowing what the Bible is teaching 31:49 began to lead us to a path that we knew God was leading us 31:53 with united prayer, and the focus on the spirit. 31:57 Very good quote. Do you want to add something? 31:59 So this is how it was then. 32:01 So once we found the book and we read it. 32:06 And it is amazing. 32:07 I am praying, "Lord, there many programs, 32:10 prayer programs, ideas that we can do, 32:15 but show me what this church at this moment 32:18 needs the most what we need to do." 32:21 And when I was reading that magazine, 32:24 in a ministry magazine and I read the article about 32:28 the Holy Spirit and how God is working 32:31 and this pastor is referring to the book, 32:34 and I go online and see the picture and I said, 32:38 "I have seen this book, maybe here at home somewhere." 32:41 Well, it came to happen we came from the Portugal 32:44 a few weeks before that, and I go to his office, 32:48 and I started looking around, 32:50 I think I have seen this book and I found it. 32:53 And I said, "Well, this is not gonna be a coincidence." 32:55 It just brought my attention. 32:57 And now I get the book I start reading it 33:00 and I said, "I think that this is God want us 33:03 to get into this to learn about this 33:05 and the whole church." 33:06 I go to church that prayer meeting Wednesday night, 33:11 and when I go through the door... 33:13 Oh, that was Saturday morning and one of my prayer warriors, 33:17 as they call it, we are praying 33:20 before the service, before the Sabbath school. 33:24 And she's there at the door saying, "Hello." 33:26 And I said, "You know, this week, 33:28 I think that God has shown me 33:30 what we're to do with the whole congregation. 33:32 Let's get together in united prayer 33:34 and let's read this book." 33:36 She said, "Hold on, this week," she said. 33:40 That's one of my prayer warriors at church. 33:42 This week I was talking to my friend, 33:45 pastor such and such on the phone. 33:47 And he told me about a book, and about the Holy Spirit, 33:51 and about the Revival. 33:52 And I said, "What is the name of the book?" 33:54 And she said, "I don't remember I'll call you later. 33:56 And I'll let you know what book it is," 33:58 because I was going to tell you about the book. 33:59 Right. 34:01 So she calls me later at 5 o'clock in the afternoon 34:03 and she said, "The name of the book is, 34:05 "Steps To Personal Revival." 34:08 And he is referring to this book highly 34:11 and he want us to read it. 34:13 So it was three times God is saying, 34:15 "Let's read it together" and we did. 34:18 And let me show the copy of the book on the screen 34:20 so that those who are viewing the program could see 34:23 what book you're referring to. 34:25 This book was read, our people read this book last year. 34:29 Yeah, and "Steps To Personal Revival: 34:32 Being filled with the Holy Spirit." 34:34 Not just asking for the Holy Spirit 34:36 to just help you make decisions. 34:39 Because the phrase when you read the Bible, 34:41 it didn't say the Holy Spirit was working on them, 34:44 it says, and they were filled. 34:45 Filled. 34:46 And the place where they were praying was shaken. 34:49 Yes. 34:50 And so when being filled with the spirit 34:53 is different than tapping into the spirit 34:55 like going to get a pint of gasoline, 34:58 or a quart of gasoline, or a gallon of gasoline. 35:01 Absolutely. 35:02 He says, "Why do you keep stopping at the gas station? 35:04 Why don't you just fill up your car?" 35:06 And if we pray for the infilling 35:07 of the Spirit of God, we just talked about this, 35:09 Honey, just yesterday. Yeah. 35:11 We said, "We need to get our church together 35:14 and pray earnestly for what we're planning," 35:17 so that we won't go and... 35:20 I think you heard me say that, it's not by might nor by power. 35:23 Zachariah 4, but by my spirit. 35:25 And the spirit of God, as Paul says, 35:28 "He's able to do exceedingly, 35:30 abundantly above all that we ask or think, 35:32 according to the power that is at work in us." 35:35 Yes. 35:36 And this is what you're talking about. 35:37 Yeah, absolutely, Pastor. 35:39 You bring such a good point, you know, 35:40 and I'd like to read just what God says there in Luke 35:43 in the Bible and his emphasis and desire for His people, 35:48 to ask to be filled with the spirit 35:50 on a daily basis, a daily baptism of the spirit. 35:53 Yes. 35:54 Because usually we think that, oh, "I was baptized, 35:55 I was filed with the spirit." 35:57 But a daily surrendering to be Lord, 35:59 I need to be baptized with the spirit 36:00 of fresh today every day. 36:02 Hmm. Yes. 36:03 And so in Luke Chapter 11, in Luke's account here, 36:08 he begins to give us the model of a prayer, 36:11 the Lord's Prayer. 36:12 And then he gives us sort of a parable about a man 36:15 who goes to someone's house at midnight and is wanting. 36:18 Okay. Yeah, seeking, seeking. 36:19 And then it says there that because he persistently asked, 36:23 I'm going to give you the bread, right? 36:25 Yes. 36:26 And then in verses 9-13, 36:30 we see here that 10 times not 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 36:34 but 10 times Jesus makes it very clear 36:38 in the urgency here that God's people need to ask 36:43 and desire the spirit. 36:45 So I'm gonna read. 36:46 It says in verse 9, it says, "So I say to you, ask 36:49 and it will be given to you, Seek," 36:50 there's an action there, "and you will find, knock," 36:53 that's another action, "and it will be opened to you." 36:56 This is a promise here. Yes. 36:58 "For everyone who asks receives and he who seeks finds, 37:01 and to him who knocks, it will be opened." 37:04 Verse 11." 37:05 If a son asks for bread from any father among you, 37:08 will he give him a stone? 37:10 Or if he asks for a fish, 37:12 will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? 37:15 Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 37:19 If you then, being evil, 37:21 knowing how to give good gifts to your children, 37:23 how much more will your Heavenly Father 37:25 give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him? 37:28 Ask. Ask. 37:30 Ask, ask, seek, knock. Yes. 37:33 So 10 times, 6 times asking, 2 times knocking, 37:37 which is an action word, and then 2 times again seeking 37:40 another action word there. 37:42 God is urging His people that please, 37:46 because I mean, Mrs. White says 37:47 that the Spirit of God is the greatest gift 37:49 He could have bestowed upon His people. 37:50 That's right. 37:52 But we have to go and desire to be filled by it. 37:53 That's right. So God is urging His people. 37:57 I want to bestow to you the power 37:59 and my greatest gift, but I need you to come. 38:02 And the amazing thing is in Revelation, it says that, 38:04 "He stands at the door and knocks." 38:06 But the thing is that nobody knocks from the inside, 38:09 they knock from the outside. 38:10 That's right. Right? 38:12 So what God is saying is, is that I'm on the outside. 38:14 Yes, knocking. Right? 38:16 And here's the Laodicean Church. 38:18 Well, I thought He was inside, hmm, I'm on the outside, 38:21 I want to come in. 38:22 And Jesus makes it very clear 38:23 that He comes in through the spirit, 38:25 He says in the Book of John, I believe. 38:26 They say, "The spirit is to be with you and in you." 38:29 He wants it, right? That's right. 38:31 So here God is urging His people that 38:34 and this is what God's convicting us that, 38:36 "Man, we need to understand that 38:38 on a daily, daily, daily process 38:42 to be refilled with the Holy Spirit, 38:44 be baptized the fresh baptized," 38:46 because we need it every day. 38:48 Yes. That's right. 38:49 And Jesus was our example of that. 38:51 That's right. That's right. 38:52 Because He went to the Father, and if He needs it, 38:55 how much more that God's people needed that. 38:56 Invest this day on daily prayer. 38:58 That's right. 38:59 And you can pray at home and let's please do it, 39:01 let's pray and let's ask God for the Holy Spirit. 39:05 But there is something about getting together, 39:07 united prayer. 39:09 There is not united church, if there is no united prayer. 39:13 That's right. 39:14 That's why when conflicts come, we just don't know what to do 39:18 and our carnal flesh just come out and we fight. 39:23 But if we are filled with the Holy Spirit, 39:26 and we get together, and God is working in us, 39:29 even we're gonna see each other differently. 39:31 That's right. 39:32 So we were praying every Sabbath morning 39:36 before Sabbath school, the people come 39:39 and we get together and pray and before the meetings 39:43 that was months before even the evangelistic meeting comes. 39:47 And after the book was over, 39:50 the six weeks we also will get together 39:53 every week besides Saturday morning 39:56 also before Bible study in the mid-week. 39:59 And then we will come together, 40:01 pray again, talk about the book and pray united. 40:04 And yes, let's pray about each other's needs, 40:08 material stance, 40:09 but everybody knew there that we were praying 40:11 this for spiritual blessings, for focus, 40:15 because you can never go wrong with that. 40:17 Pray about it, God will answer. 40:18 Right. 40:20 That Jesus said, pray and it will be done to you. 40:22 So knock and you will receive. 40:25 So we're going to pray together 40:26 and then when we were done with this book, 40:30 then he came to 40 days of prayer and devotions 40:33 with Pastor Dennis Smith and Series, 40:36 and we did book number one, 40:38 it's about the Holy Spirit as well. 40:40 And we got more, 40:43 maybe almost half of the church involved in this, 40:47 all the leaders who were, you know, 40:48 we wanted the leaders and they are reading the book 40:53 and we're getting together again, every week, 40:57 every Saturday morning and we are praying about 41:01 the Holy Spirit in us and revival, revival. 41:04 So the God can see in us and they can do 41:08 what He needs to do in us before even God can bring 41:11 new people to the church. 41:12 God will never gonna bring anyone in an unhealthy church. 41:16 We have to be healthy, we need to be ready 41:18 to receive those that God loves. 41:21 So God needs to work in us get ready, 41:23 not only Pastor Meneses is getting ready 41:25 for the sermons to preach, but we're praying. 41:29 And I appreciate those that were so faithful. 41:32 You know, those that are faithful 41:34 to come and pray. 41:35 But we've more, more people coming 41:38 besides those that regularly came 41:41 and this is many things happened 41:44 and the book, Pastor Dennis Smith's book, 41:48 they said, "Choose five people you're going to pray 41:52 for before the meetings." 41:54 So everybody chooses five person or more 41:57 and we're praying. 41:58 So we get together. 42:00 you're praying for 40 days for them, 42:02 and then we get together and I remember that day, 42:05 you know, everybody's praying about neighbors, 42:08 my family members, I wanted to come to the meetings, 42:10 you know, everybody is getting into that. 42:13 You know, tune with, let's get ready. 42:16 And one of the members she said in that night I remember, 42:21 she said by name, "I am praying for this family. 42:25 They haven't come to church for years 42:28 and I want them to come back." 42:30 But, you know, they are not here anymore, 42:33 let's pray for them. 42:35 And we all prayed for that night. 42:37 I thought very special prayer for that family. 42:40 I didn't know them because that was a family 42:43 that used to come to church many years ago. 42:46 And this family, she called the family later on to say 42:50 they got their flyer in the mail 42:53 for go to the meetings. 42:54 And they did and they said, 42:56 "Yeah, we're making plans on going, 42:58 you know, but we kept praying." 43:01 And they came the first night 43:04 and they came almost every night, right? 43:06 Amen. 43:08 They came every night and tell them what happened? 43:10 Yeah. I mean, just... 43:12 They even... 43:14 I mean, it's a family of five, so, you know, the kids came, 43:20 teenagers, young, 43:22 and, you know, the spirit, 43:27 I mean, they knew the spirit was... 43:29 I mean, you can just tell that the spirit 43:30 had gripped their hearts. 43:32 And, you know, at the end of it, as I came, 43:35 not only the parents want to be baptized, 43:37 all the children want to be baptized. 43:39 Amen. 43:40 So you know going over it 43:42 and them desiring to be baptized 43:45 and recommit themselves to Jesus, 43:48 and you know, I'm happy for all, 43:50 I don't care how old you are, 43:51 praise the Lord older life, young. 43:53 But again, I just love to see 43:56 the young people on fire for Jesus. 43:57 Amen. That's right. 43:59 You know, because Satan wants them 44:00 and God wants them. 44:02 That's right. There's only two ways to go. 44:04 And God began to bless not only in their lives, 44:06 but in other people, you know, and I want to bring up 44:09 in regards to united being one 44:11 because there's a counterfeit unity happening 44:13 in the world today. 44:15 That's right. 44:16 So today the world is trying to come together 44:19 in this counterfeit unity. 44:22 Here is God trying to bring true unity to His people, 44:25 you know. 44:27 And of course, Satan counterfeits what is real. 44:30 So, you know, today, the counterfeit is regardless 44:34 of what you believe, regardless of doctrine, 44:37 you just sort of think whatever you want to think, 44:38 and regardless of allowing sanctification 44:42 of God to do that work in your life 44:44 though the Holy Spirit, 44:46 you can sort of live the way you want 44:47 and believe what you want, we sort of come together 44:49 and in love in the name of Jesus, right? 44:51 That's true. Yeah, counterfeit. 44:53 It might sound good and it might taste good 44:56 and all that stuff, but truth and there's deception. 44:58 Yep. 44:59 So here's God and true unity what I see in the Bible is, 45:05 the Bible says, "Can two walk together unless they agree?" 45:08 No, they cannot. They cannot, right? 45:10 So, being one in regards to what the Bible teaches, 45:14 and then the Bible says, that being allowing God 45:18 to sanctify you work in your life 45:21 set us His people apart. 45:23 You know, Jesus said very clearly, 45:24 "We are to be in the world, but not of the world." 45:26 Jesus says, right? 45:28 So here's God, God's people true unity walking together 45:33 in light of the Bible truth, 45:34 allowing the spirit to change them 45:36 and sanctify them and being together, united, 45:41 that's true biblical unity. 45:43 And here is Satan and his counterfeit 45:44 again regardless what you believe, 45:46 or how you live, just come together 45:47 and all that. 45:49 So here's God, in His last days 45:51 trying to call His people to true unity, 45:53 as Satan is trying to get the world into false unity. 45:57 But, you know, it's amazing that 45:58 you mentioned that false unity, because he's deceased 46:01 now young man by the name of Tony Palmer. 46:03 He was a voice for the evangelical Catholic merging. 46:06 That's right. 46:08 He said, "Forget about all your doctrine, 46:09 God will sort it out if you get up there. 46:11 That's not true. That's right. 46:13 That is one of the largest untruth, 46:15 I use the word untruths. 46:17 Mama used to say don't say the word lie, it's so hard. 46:20 But that was not true, God is misrepresented 46:22 when He says when Christian people say, 46:25 "It doesn't matter what you believe." 46:26 That's right. 46:27 Because how can two walk together unless they agree? 46:29 That's right. 46:30 And if the blind are leading the blind, 46:32 both will fall into the pit. 46:33 It doesn't matter what the direction 46:34 of your life is, of course. 46:36 It doesn't matter where the blind person 46:37 is leading the other blind person of course. 46:39 That's right. 46:40 And so I'm thankful that you brought this, 46:42 this is very timely and we'll talk about afterwards 46:44 why this is so timely. 46:45 Mm-hmm. 46:46 But it's true the church needs 46:48 a revival in the word primitive God, 46:50 it doesn't means sticks, and stones, and wood, 46:52 and rolling square bricks. 46:55 It means get back to what happened 46:57 on the Day of Pentecost. 46:59 Yes. 47:00 Because the church today is filled with methods. 47:02 Absolutely. 47:03 And, Pastor, there's been many times 47:05 where I've coming, you know, was walked in 47:08 either the church service Sabbath morning 47:10 or Wednesday before the study, 47:12 and he said, "Man, this looks like Acts." 47:16 I mean, this is... 47:17 Here God's people together, surrendering Lord, 47:20 we need the spirit, is to Your spirit, 47:23 to Your power, you know, all have sinned, 47:25 all have fallen short, 47:27 but we just desired to be used by you 47:30 as co-laborers, you know, and God will bless that, 47:33 God will be faithful to that. 47:35 And I just want to refer to maybe just one more here 47:37 in Manuscript Releases, volume 7, page 267. 47:41 She says very clearly, "It is this baptism 47:45 of the Holy Spirit that the churches need today." 47:48 That's right. Right. 47:51 So, you know, people say, "Oh, well, this doesn't work, 47:54 or we need this 47:55 and we need that and everything." 47:56 Evangelism doesn't work. 47:58 Evangelism doesn't work or whatever. 48:00 But she says what we need... 48:02 She didn't say we need money, which money is good, 48:04 nothing wrong. 48:05 We need money to do evangelism, but we need again, 48:08 it's not just money and what we need 48:10 is the Spirit of God in His people's hearts, 48:14 for them to surrender, say, "Lord, it's up to you. 48:17 I just want to be used by God," you know. 48:19 Just like make yourself available. 48:20 Yeah, and I like to say that truth might bring them in, 48:22 but love will keep them in. 48:24 That's right. I like that. 48:25 So as God brings them into the church, 48:28 I make it very clear that we have to love the people 48:32 and be patient with them. 48:33 I mean, Mrs. White says that Christ mingled with them 48:36 and had empathy with them. 48:37 Christ method alone, right? 48:39 So I mean, love the people, be patient with them, 48:42 they're just learning and guiding, but we lead them, 48:45 we lead them to God's standards, 48:47 we never lower God's standards. 48:48 God's standards never to be lowered. 48:49 That's right. 48:51 But we're accepting the way that they are, 48:52 but God loves them enough that 48:54 they keep them the way that they are. 48:55 Therefore, we lead them to what God desires for them 48:57 in their life and we're patient with it. 48:59 So letting and as my wife said, 49:01 as the spirit works in the hearts, 49:02 we begin to see people differently 49:04 and maybe to be more patient where we weren't patient, 49:07 to be more accepting where we weren't. 49:09 And you know, I like to say that, 49:12 you know, if 100 people 49:13 come into the meetings, praise the Lord. 49:15 But a year later if one is left that's not good, right? 49:18 That's right. 49:19 So my desire is Lord bring them in 49:21 and dear God please keep them in to be become solid 49:26 Seventh-day Adventist Christians 49:28 who love God with all their heart 49:29 and want to be used by God. 49:30 And that's I believe the ultimate plan 49:32 for any evangelism. 49:33 Yeah, you know, truth will wake them up. 49:34 Yes. Love will light them up. 49:36 The Holy Spirit will fill them up. 49:38 I feel like that. 49:39 And so we have to make sure that none of those is left out 49:41 and so many people that have evangelism 49:43 the things that they do. 49:44 I see you want to say something. 49:46 Oh, I was gonna say is that it changes lives, 49:50 prayer and the Holy Spirit. 49:52 Sometimes, we are thinking, 49:53 if a church will be like this or we complain if, if. 49:59 The if is what if we all will be filled daily 50:04 with the Holy Ghost? 50:05 What if that's my if? 50:07 So the Lord will do with all He does as with apostles. 50:11 So He's doing it. 50:12 I think that the Lord is still working. 50:14 He's working in us, He's working in the church, 50:16 and some of the members really can unite 50:20 the prayer ministry coordinator and she said, 50:22 "Elida, thank you for putting this together. 50:25 And thank you that you brought us together. 50:27 He has changed me." 50:29 Some of them said, "He has made me 50:30 more comfortable to pray with people." 50:33 Some other said, "He makes me to think about other needs 50:37 instead of just my own problems." 50:40 You know, yes, get together and pray for your problems, 50:43 but let's get together 50:44 and pray for the spiritual blessings. 50:47 Then, even the problems will just relinquishing. 50:49 And I want to show this last picture 50:51 of the meetings you held, just before the program is done 50:53 because we're winding up here. 50:55 We didn't want to put this in a little earlier. 50:57 The picture of the meetings that you held at the hotel. 50:59 Yeah. 51:00 If you bring that up with you... 51:02 Sure Let the audience see that. 51:03 Last night you had some something like, 51:05 we're completely with, is that, is to go to the people. 51:08 That's right. 51:09 And this was at a hotel there 51:12 and because a lot of people are more comfortable at times 51:14 coming to a neutral location there, 51:16 and I found that in the south, that's where the way to go. 51:19 Right. That's the way to go. 51:20 So yeah, you know, and God blessed 51:22 and the meetings went well, God really blessed our efforts. 51:28 And we had 10 baptisms 51:32 and some other still coming there. 51:33 That's right. 51:35 But we also had prayer partners that was mentioned there 51:37 and people calling each other up 51:39 and praying with each other. 51:41 Because a lot of times, we go to church 51:42 and we see them once a week 51:44 and we don't see them for a whole week. 51:45 You know, last time I checked in the Bible, 51:48 it was a community, they broke bread daily 51:51 what the Bible says, but being in communion 51:53 with your fellow brother and sister in church, 51:54 it's your family 51:56 and having prayer partners in our prayers 51:58 and it won't stop now, it's continues, 52:00 it continues, it continues. 52:01 That's right, and I want to make sure 52:03 the information is available. 52:04 If we bring it up on the screen here 52:06 for RobertMeneses 52:08 R- O-B-E-R-T M-E-N-E-S-E-S 80 52:14 @gmail.com. 52:17 You want to get in touch with them. 52:18 We'll give that address again 52:19 on the other side of the newsbreak. 52:21 But you know, this is what the church 52:22 is in need of, this is what your family needs. 52:24 If your life is falling apart and you don't even 52:26 have a church, we're going to come back 52:28 on the other side of the newsbreak 52:30 and give you another opportunity. 52:31 But prayer is where it begins. 52:33 Without prayer there is no power. 52:36 On the other side of the news break, 52:37 we'll give you a few closing thoughts. 52:39 Don't go away, we'll be right back. |
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