Participants: Aaron Chancy (Host), Patrick Baker, Jay Beckley
Series Code: TNJ
Program Code: TNJ000074A
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00:01 The following program discusses sensitive issues.
00:03 Parents are cautioned that some material 00:05 may be too candid for younger children. 00:08 Welcome to The New Journey 00:09 where you meet real life people with real life testimonies 00:12 and real life working ministries for Jesus. 00:14 I'm your host Aaron Chancy. 00:16 Today, we have a very exciting program of a ministry 00:19 by the name of Button to Christ. 00:21 It's an amazing powerful prayer ministry. 00:24 This is part one of a two-part program. 00:26 Join us on the new journey. 01:00 My name is Jay Beckles, 01:02 and I'm from the Button to Christ Ministry. 01:04 Today, I'm here with the president 01:07 and founder of the Button to Christ Ministry, 01:09 Patrick Baker. 01:10 We're here to tell about God's goodness 01:11 and His love and His mercy 01:13 and how He has worked in lives and has brought change. 01:17 So while we go right into it Brother Patrick, 01:19 could you tell us a little bit about 01:21 Button to Christ Ministry, 01:22 what it is, how did it get started? 01:24 Okay, Button to Christ, as you noticed, 01:27 the word button meant closeness. 01:30 So we're thinking about getting close to Christ 01:34 and how closer can you get than a button. 01:37 So it's about relationship, 01:39 building relationship with Christ. 01:41 So that's what it's all about. 01:43 It is pretty amazing that you buttoned this. 01:45 You thought about that button and being connected to Christ. 01:48 So in the ministry, I know that we've done a lot of things, 01:52 helping people is the main priority, 01:54 right, within the ministry. 01:56 Could you tell us about your experience, what we do? 01:59 Could you just tell us a little bit about that, 02:01 tell the audience about how is it that we impact lives? 02:05 Okay, for sure, 02:07 it goes way back to 13 years ago 02:12 when we got started. 02:14 And it was two young men in the church 02:18 looking for just prayer. 02:21 And when we were searching, we were wondering, 02:24 "Is there anyone within the church 02:28 who knows about the Spirit of authority 02:30 that can pray and something really happened?" 02:33 So what we started to do was actually go into the church 02:37 and said, "Why don't we be those people?" 02:39 And I'm talking about praying without ceasing. 02:42 So we will go to the church 02:45 from early in the morning at times 02:47 and we will pray at the altar of God, 02:50 and praying there, 02:52 we experienced a lot of miracles. 02:54 Okay, you said the altar, what's the significance, 02:56 could we just pray at the house? 02:58 What's the significance of praying at the altar? 02:59 You see, Button to Christ Ministry 03:01 takes prayer to a different level. 03:04 It's like when you've gone through the Bible 03:07 and seen the experiences. 03:09 I'll share with you. 03:10 There was one day we were at the altar praying, 03:13 and while we were praying, 03:15 I felt like an unfamiliar spirit enter, 03:20 so right away, I stopped praying, 03:22 I opened my eyes, I look, 03:23 everybody's eye was closed 03:25 and I saw a young man 03:28 turn his back to the altar with his fingers in his ears. 03:32 And I ran over and said, "You have to face God." 03:36 And immediately, I felt the power withdraw. 03:39 So here it is know what we are saying, 03:42 facing the altar, it's powerful. 03:45 We learned that through this ministry. 03:47 And I think in the initial stage, 03:50 God was just encouraging us 03:52 to press forward with the ministry. 03:54 Never to mention, I should mention also that 03:58 there was one time a young man was with me 04:01 and he had two big diamond earrings. 04:04 And we never tell people what to do, 04:06 it's all between you and God. 04:09 And here it is now, while we're praying, 04:12 I turn around I saw the young man standing 04:15 and his tears rolling. 04:18 And I said, "What happened?" 04:20 And he goes like this, 04:22 and I look I saw other 04:23 two diamond earrings on the ground. 04:27 I said, "What happened?" 04:28 He said, "The Lord spoke to me 04:30 and said you are on holy ground, 04:31 take them out." 04:33 And he was tearing and he was crying. 04:35 I had to embrace him and said, 04:36 "The Lord loves you and I prayed with him." 04:40 That's the initial stage of God saying, 04:43 "I have a plan for this ministry." 04:45 And that's when we started to press on. 04:48 Amazing, amazing. 04:49 So what's important about that is that the Holy Spirit led 04:54 that individual to remove the earring. 04:56 No one told him to. Right. 04:58 And we see that that's the power of God 05:00 moving and working in the lives of people. 05:03 But tell us more about, 05:04 you know, we've been in several other missions. 05:07 Tell us more about what you've encountered, 05:09 what board spectrum of people that we meet from day to day. 05:14 Okay. 05:15 This ministry, as I said, has been around for 13 years 05:19 and we have prayed 05:21 for more than 5,000 requests per year, 05:25 and we visit, I'll say, up to 60 homes per year. 05:31 And what we've seen happening within the church 05:35 and within the whole aspect of reaching out, 05:40 we've seen molestation within the home, 05:44 where we've seen eight out of ten people 05:46 within the family 05:48 are being molested by family members. 05:50 And we've seen accursed things, we've seen generational curses, 05:55 and we've seen abuse is at its highest level, 06:01 and we've seen a lot of witchcraft within the families. 06:03 So because of that 06:05 and because of the ministry going around 06:08 and reaching people, 06:09 we're being flooded with calls from around the globe. 06:13 Well, people want to know how do I go through this. 06:16 For example, you may be sleeping 06:18 and you felt something holding you down at night 06:20 and you're wondering is this a disorder? 06:23 What is happening? 06:24 But this ministry is able to break down 06:26 and have the experiences of everything 06:29 that happened within the home that's, 06:31 so as to speak, strange. 06:33 Right. I'll give you an example then. 06:36 There was one day I was called to a young lady 06:41 who got married 06:43 but she attempted suicide several times. 06:47 And as a matter of fact, before we visited her, 06:50 just the day before she attempted suicide, 06:53 so when we got to the home, I went to the pastor, 06:56 an Adventist pastor, and we went in. 06:59 And when we got there, her husband was there 07:02 and we sat at the table with her 07:05 and we said, "We are here." 07:07 Deliverance in this ministry is based upon forgiveness. 07:11 So when we got there, we said, "You know what, 07:13 we're going to pray and see where the hurt and pain, 07:17 what would want you to take your own life." 07:20 By praying, we recognized that 07:22 she was molested by a family member, 07:26 like close family, 07:27 and it went even to a higher level. 07:30 So by we praying with her 07:32 and she was willing to ask the Lord 07:36 for forgiveness and to say, 07:37 "I have forgiven those who hurt me." 07:40 That's the key. 07:41 When she agreed on that, 07:43 she jumped up 07:45 and she just ran to the kitchen. 07:47 And we ran with her and she opened the drawer, 07:50 trying to get the knife and said, 07:52 "I'm going to end it now." 07:53 But when you look at her, it wasn't her anymore, 07:56 she was taken over by a spirit, her eyes changed. 08:00 So what we did now, 08:01 we held her, me and the pastor, and we had a hard time. 08:05 We had to call on the power of God. 08:07 And as if the power of God came down and subdued her, 08:13 and when we were able to get the knife from her 08:16 and we took her back to the living room area, 08:19 she was able to pray 08:22 and she prayed a powerful prayer of saying, 08:24 "Lord, forgive me. 08:27 I am going to forgive those who hurt me." 08:30 And that's when the breakthrough 08:31 came at that moment 08:33 and she was delivered right there 08:35 and her life never been the same, 08:38 so many testimonies. 08:40 Praise the Lord. 08:41 So that's one amazing testimony, 08:43 and I'm sure there are many others. 08:45 I know that we've talked several times 08:47 about your visit to Jamaica. 08:50 We had callers on the prayer line from the UK, 08:54 could you just share a little bit 08:55 more about those scenarios or those testimonies 08:58 that would help, 08:59 you know, explain to the people of God, 09:02 what it is that God's power does for them? 09:05 Okay, you see as an Adventist all my life, 09:11 we have discovered that within the church 09:14 we need to claim the Spirit of authority, 09:17 Matthew 10:1, because God has commissioned us. 09:21 So what happened is now we claim this Spirit. 09:24 I was in Jamaica visiting a beautiful little church 09:28 in Spanish town, 09:29 and at the church we went for lunch 09:32 and somebody came after they heard 09:34 about the ministry and says, 09:36 "Can you go and help that family over there." 09:40 So they were two young pastors, and I said, 09:42 "Why don't we go over there?" 09:44 And they were saying, "Well, we got to know 09:45 what we're getting ourselves in." 09:47 So when we enquired, there's a young man over there, 09:51 15 years old, 09:53 and where he was living with his mom, fire came, 09:58 and everywhere he goes in the home, 10:00 real fire would come and burn 10:03 until the entire home was burnt down. 10:05 He went next door to his grandmother 10:07 and stone was thrown and broke all the windows out, 10:12 all the glass windows, 10:13 and they said to me that 10:15 anywhere they take this young boy for help, 10:18 stone will come and break out 10:20 all the windows of whoever helps him. 10:23 So here it is now, I'm on the hot seat, they said, 10:26 "We need your help." 10:27 And this is what the ministry does. 10:29 So I said, hear what, "This is my card 10:32 because we don't run after people to help them, 10:34 people come for help." 10:36 So the next morning I went home, 10:39 I received a call from the grandmother 10:41 and the grandmother said, "We truly need help." 10:45 And I asked her, she said, 10:46 "Sometimes the piano will move by itself into the backyard. 10:53 Strange things happen, things levitating in the home." 10:56 So when she told me, I said, "Okay. 10:59 This is my address. They can come and see me." 11:02 I was a little bit shaky 11:03 because my sister is Adventists all her life, 11:07 you know, as Adventists, 11:08 we don't really understand the spiritual warfare 11:11 and we don't believe some people. 11:12 So I went home and my sisters, I did not tell them, 11:17 I just tell them a visitor was coming. 11:19 So here it is their mom came with two sons, 11:22 a 15-year-old and a 19-year-old. 11:24 And the mom had a big cut in her face from here to here, 11:29 and I asked her, she said, 11:30 it's one of the stone that hit her and cut her. 11:33 She had stitches in her face. 11:35 So I sat them down and I asked them, 11:40 "What is the background of this boy?" 11:42 We found out that 11:43 the boy's father is a Freemason, 11:47 he's from the lodge and he passed away. 11:50 So I prayed to the Lord and said, 11:52 "Lord, I'm asking You to show us what to do." 11:56 And the Lord says, "Accursed things. 11:59 Get rid of all the clothing that he have, that is a curse." 12:04 So I asked him to change, 12:06 I gave him a new pair of jeans and a shirt 12:10 and also I called the grandmother and said, 12:13 put all his clothing out. 12:15 And what I did, I got the olive oil, 12:18 I blessed it, and I anoint him, the mom, and brother. 12:22 And while we were there... 12:24 Not to cut you, but can you just tell us a little bit about 12:26 the olive oil and the anointing, 12:28 accursed things, 12:30 as you give us a little bit more, 12:32 what's the significance of the anointing 12:34 and the accursed item? 12:35 As the Bible said, 12:37 the anointing shall break the yoke of the enemy. 12:39 Anointing is so powerful, nothing to do with the oil, 12:43 but when you blessed it, 12:44 the Lord adds power to anointing oil 12:48 and every parent should anoint their children. 12:51 So what I did now, I blessed the anointing oil, 12:54 I anoint him, and we changed his clothes, 12:58 and then his phone started to ring. 13:02 And he said that the demon actually called his phone, 13:05 and he picked it up and he said, "That's them." 13:07 And I said, "We don't answer spirit here." 13:10 So what happened now is that 13:12 we anoint him and he said, "That's it." 13:14 He said, "People come from all over Jamaica 13:17 and they had to run away from the house. 13:18 And you haven't come there and you say that's it." 13:21 I said, "It's not about us. 13:22 Our power comes from God." Praise God. 13:25 So he went home, the next morning, 13:28 he texts me and said no stone came. 13:30 It's the first, the next day none, 13:33 and the next day. 13:34 So two young men came and said, "We had to come and see you. 13:37 Who are you are you? Are you really an Adventist?" 13:41 I said, "Of course." 13:42 Adventists, most people 13:44 don't believe in spiritual warfare, 13:46 but we have seen it. 13:47 So what happened is that the next morning 13:53 we received a message the next, the next, 13:55 until I went back to Canada. 13:57 After I went back to Canada, 13:59 I received a bad news that the spirit returned." 14:04 The reason why he went back outside 14:07 and put on all clothes and the accursed things. 14:09 So we're still working with them 14:11 to tell them what to do at this moment. 14:13 I know that we've helped people in the penal system 14:17 who have been incarcerated. 14:19 Why don't you tell us a little bit about 14:21 those type of situation, how they were delivered? 14:25 I want to tell you, 14:27 this is a really huge part of the ministry 14:30 going into jail and into the court system 14:33 and seeing what really goes on 14:36 because a lot of mothers 14:38 are going through a lot of pain. 14:40 And this part of the ministry is really huge as I said 14:44 because the mothers will come to us and say, 14:46 "My son or my daughter is locked away. 14:50 Can you help?" 14:51 And we are practical people. We actually get lawyers. 14:57 We have a few lawyers that work with the ministry 14:59 and we actually go to the court house 15:02 and be practically visible. 15:05 As a matter of fact, one year, 15:08 we had this amazing story 15:10 where this young lady from Toronto 15:12 was going through a lot of spiritual warfare, 15:15 mental sickness also. 15:17 And she jumped in her car 15:19 and drove her car to the US border 15:23 and she ran the border, 15:25 going at over 190 miles per hour 15:30 and they were chasing her until they had to call it off, 15:33 and she crashed. 15:35 When she crashed, they got her, 15:38 she wasn't injured and they brought her 15:41 to the hospital nevertheless, 15:42 and they handcuffed her after and brought her to jail. 15:47 So we got the message now from her mom 15:50 that she needed help. 15:52 And this was about an hour and a half 15:54 from the Niagara Falls Canadian border. 15:58 So we drove down and we went to visit. 16:03 I'm just going to highlight a few points 16:05 because we are people 16:07 that believe in the power of prayer. 16:08 There was one day, we were going to visit. 16:12 And when we got there, 16:13 the mom was there and the lawyer was there. 16:17 Her own lawyer wasn't showing up 16:19 because he had never seen a case like this. 16:22 The charges against her were stark high, 16:26 hundreds of charges. 16:27 The lawyer said he don't know what to do with this case. 16:30 So when I got there, 16:32 I saw her and she was all in chain, 16:36 and I said to the mom, 16:38 "I'm going to ask the Lord for the Spirit of authority 16:42 and I'm going to go to them 16:43 and we're going to get what we want today. 16:47 And the mom says, "Really?" 16:48 So when they came out with her, 16:51 I went up to the prison guard and I said, 16:54 "Listen, I want to pray for her. 16:57 I want you to walk and follow me outside. 17:01 I want to pray for her." 17:03 That was the Spirit of authority. 17:05 Wow. 17:06 And when I did that, 17:08 they walked out with her beyond the barriers 17:13 and walked and she followed me, I stood outside, 17:17 I laid a hand on her and prayed for her right there. 17:21 Now when I prayed for her, the prison guard says, "Wow! 17:26 I'm going to take care of her." 17:27 And her own lawyer came up and says, 17:31 "What religion are you?" 17:34 Because they have never seen such Spirit of authority. 17:37 We are just talking about helping 17:39 and now she is doing well, 17:42 you know, we have invited her 17:43 to Button to Christ Ministry and her testimony is beyond, 17:48 how the Lord has been using... 17:50 I heard about that testimony once 17:51 and, you know, it gives me chills 17:52 to know that God is amazing, 17:54 that he could break beyond all shackles. 17:56 And I remember the Bible story about Paul and Silas 17:58 and how God was able to cause 18:00 that earthquake to remove that shackle. 18:02 I think we have to claim 18:04 that type of power and it's amazing. 18:05 Tell us, share a little bit more about like rape victims, 18:10 you know, we've seen these type of molestations happening 18:13 and we've talked about generational curses. 18:15 We've done all that stuff, 18:17 how that helps relieving the forgiveness 18:22 that caused them to break that barrier 18:24 and we see that the Holy Spirit comes in 18:26 and remakes and remolds that person. 18:28 You know what, I mentioned that 18:31 abuse in the home is the main thing. 18:34 And most times 18:36 when we go to jail to help people, 18:39 we recognize that 18:41 the upbringing have a lot to do with it. 18:44 What happened within the home 18:46 is what really impacts their lives 18:49 because when we visit the jail system 18:52 and interview people that we have worked with, 18:54 whom we have helped 18:56 to get out of jail always from a broken home. 18:59 And sometimes mom and dad is in the home 19:02 but the home is broken, there's no connection. 19:05 I remember we went to visit this young man. 19:09 And this young man is actually on the Button to Christ website 19:13 where his name is Sam, 19:15 and he was a Buddhist 19:18 and he shared the testimony of meeting Christ 19:22 within the jail system. 19:24 And when he got out, 19:26 he desired to work with us 19:29 and he started to knock doors 19:31 and help us so much in the ministry 19:33 and reaching other young people 19:35 because of how God had helped him 19:39 while he was in the jail system. 19:40 So we have been working 19:41 with hundreds of people within the system. 19:45 So tell us how the move 19:47 from being in bondage on one side 19:51 to being free today 19:53 that they could come back and help us, 19:55 how the testimony is so powerful that others 19:58 when they see their testimony 20:00 and when they're part of the ministry, 20:01 it helps us more in that realm. 20:05 You know what, when I asked one young man, 20:09 I asked him, 20:10 "How has God impact your life so far working with us?" 20:16 He's saying that 20:17 he don't really have a role model within his family 20:21 and when he sees 20:22 how we pray together as a family, 20:24 and how we help others, it helps him. 20:27 And people within his peers, 20:30 recognizing that there's a change 20:32 within his life. 20:34 Like for example, there was one time, 20:35 I was at a mall. 20:37 And I saw a young lady on the phone. 20:40 And the young lady was crying. 20:43 And anywhere help is needed, 20:46 that's where Button to Christ goes. 20:48 And I saw her crying and I said, 20:51 "Lord, I have to reach this young lady." 20:54 And when she was finished on the phone, I said, 20:56 "Can I help you?" 20:58 And she said, "You don't know where I've been." 21:01 She said, "I have been on crack cocaine. 21:05 They have taken away my children." 21:08 So what we did, 21:09 I took her and brought her somewhere 21:12 and I gave her food. 21:14 And I explained that this ministry is here to help. 21:17 But her story goes beyond 21:20 because she shared that her family 21:22 was an abusive family. 21:24 And she saw where her mother died 21:27 because of her dad. 21:30 So right there, again, 21:32 there's a connection with the home, 21:34 what goes on within the home, 21:36 how it reflects what goes on in the society 21:40 with what impact the jail system 21:43 and the people out there. 21:44 So as I said, there is so much to share concerning. 21:49 You know, I remember also 21:50 being at one of the all night programs 21:54 and I remember you interviewing a young man who, 21:57 you know, has been in crack cocaine and addicted. 22:01 And also what I needed to share 22:03 also that when we pray for someone, 22:05 it doesn't mean that they deliver that instant time. 22:07 Sometimes, deliverance could come over a period of time. 22:09 Amen. 22:11 So could you just share a little bit more about 22:13 sometimes, we have to go back on a mission as we call it, 22:17 on several occasions, 22:18 all we have to pray for that person 22:20 two, three, four, five, six times 22:23 until they're delivered. 22:24 Could you just tell us a little bit about that? 22:26 Amen. You know that there is this young man. 22:28 We were doing in door knocking in a community reaching souls. 22:33 And when we got to this young man, 22:35 he had just attempted suicide, slit his wrists. 22:40 And after speaking with them, 22:43 I took him to the church and prayed for him. 22:46 And he said, "Can't you help me? 22:50 You see I have this addiction 22:52 to crack cocaine and I need help. 22:55 Could you ask God to help me?" 22:58 Tears were rolling, 23:00 we tried to reach this young man 23:02 and it takes over the period of time. 23:05 I've known him now for five to six years 23:08 and we're still working with him. 23:10 I visited a facility in Sarnia, 23:14 a facility where he went to this rehab center 23:18 to try to get rid of the crack cocaine. 23:21 And when I went to the graduation, 23:23 they were able to introduce me, 23:25 and I went up, I spoke with them. 23:27 And he said, "God has been good." 23:30 And we continued to work with him. 23:32 So some cases takes a lot energy and time 23:37 but God has never given up on us. 23:39 God always want us to continue to reach out. 23:44 And one of the things I want to tap into that story is that, 23:46 you know, it takes two instead of... 23:49 you have to want that help from God, 23:52 you know, to be released from the bunch of sins. 23:54 So that first initial step 23:56 has to come from the individual. 23:57 We have to recognize that they need help, 24:00 they're addicted to something 24:01 or the devil is holding them back to something. 24:03 And then they say, "Who can I go to for help." 24:07 And then we direct them to God 24:09 because He is the one who ultimately helps them. 24:11 So I've seen it. 24:13 The story is amazing, that young man, 24:15 because every time he comes he always give God the praise. 24:18 Yes, the enemy comes back because of the addiction 24:20 but he always gives God the praise. 24:22 And this is one of the stories 24:24 that always continue to bless my heart 24:25 every time I see him. 24:27 I know we have countless other stories. 24:30 What other story you think that is so powerful 24:34 that you've seen God work in such a way 24:39 like instantly that brings about change 24:41 and their testimony is so powerful. 24:44 Well, I may have shared this 24:45 that this ministry has really impacted a lot of lives 24:48 around the globe. 24:50 And it goes back to the spirit of authority 24:53 and believe in the power of prayer 24:55 and seen God work. 24:57 I remember they brought one young lady to us. 25:00 And actually, it was such an emergency case 25:03 that they brought her to my house. 25:05 And when they brought her to my house, 25:09 I claimed again the Spirit of Authority 25:12 because it's all about their family. 25:14 Their family is disjointed, it's not functioning right, 25:19 because of the abuse, the hurt, 25:20 the pain everything is connected to the family. 25:23 So here it is. 25:24 I raised my hand, and said, 25:27 "In the name of Jesus Christ, I'm going to pray for you now." 25:31 And immediately a voice came and says, "My name is pride." 25:36 And I said, "Pride, we're going to bind you." 25:40 Because the pride is a character 25:42 that was taken on by the spirit. 25:44 And I say, "I'm going to bind you 25:45 and cast you down." 25:47 And he said, "Could you send me into somebody upstairs? 25:50 You can't send me out like this." 25:52 And I was able to bind and this family... 25:56 When I say bind, according to Matthew 18:18, 25:59 "Whatever is bound on Earth will be bound in heaven." 26:02 So I was able to pray against this spirit 26:06 and everything was restored. 26:09 We have seen that board for substance abuse, 26:12 no matter what you're going through, 26:15 once you claim the power of God 26:18 and seeing God work in these last days, 26:21 I'm telling you, 26:22 there's so much to share of the power of God working, 26:27 all we have to do is make ourselves be available 26:32 to the Spirit of God. 26:34 God is so powerful. 26:35 So how can one make themselves readily available? 26:37 Because I don't think there's anything special about you 26:40 or special about me or special about anyone 26:42 in the ministry as a matter of fact. 26:43 God could use anybody. 26:45 How could we make ourselves available? 26:47 We have to confess our sins 26:50 and go before the throne of God. 26:54 God is so powerful. 26:55 What we have seen in this ministry, 26:57 no matter what you're going through, 26:59 substance abuse, 27:01 many mothers under hurt and pain, 27:03 what you have to do is claim the promises, 27:07 confess your sin and go in authority to God 27:11 and when you go in authority, 27:13 you're gonna see God work with such power 27:17 that you're going to say, 27:18 "All these days, I was just plain church. 27:22 God is calling His people to a higher level. 27:25 Come out of the quiet zone and the comfort zone 27:28 and come higher with the Lord." 27:30 And if you come higher, bonds are going to be broken, 27:34 people are going to see your whole life reflected in Christ 27:39 all over the globe. 27:40 God's people need to wake up and smell the rose 27:45 because it's high time. 27:47 Christ is about to come 27:48 and God wants to empower His people. 27:52 Wow! 27:54 Thank you for sharing such amazing testimonies. 27:56 I was tremendously blessed to hear about the power of God. 28:01 We thank you for joining us today 28:03 and we look forward to seeing you for part two. 28:21 Join us for part two 28:23 of this amazing ministry Button to Christ, 28:26 join us next time on The New Journey. |
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