3ABN Today Live - Thanksgiving Special (TL017544)

I want to spend my people wanna spend [Music] hila hard I wanna spend [Music] people welcome to 3abn and Happy Thanksgiving to each and every one of you in this a great day to celebrate it is it is I love this time of the year absolutely it's great I do too you know there are some holidays that we as Christians can't celebrate or shouldn't and holidays like Halloween you didn't say programs and didn't see this all dressed up as witches and goblins oh all that things I've been called some of the names but I don't try to do that and I don't celebrate it for sure right but Thanksgiving is one of these holidays that we all have something to be thankful for we do and you know whereas every day we need to count our blessings and and look at what God has done but then it's also good to look over the whole year and and see just how God how far is brought you absolutely well we have some of our 3abn family here with us today and rather than us to do the introductions we'll just let you all Joan we'll start with you and Angie introduce yourself and maybe say what you do at 3abn and around the world okay well I'm John Loma King I'm the pastor of the Thompson Bill's same they have in his church but I also work on a number of programs director of world evangelism for 3abn and I host house calls and also a sharper focus which is on Wednesday night preach teach sing and whatever the Lord gives me the opportunity to do I do it for his glory and like we need to give him something else to keep him busy I my name is Angela Loma King I work at 3abn radio and I edit programs and host program called crossroads which is a while a wonderful program a testimony program so I'm privileged and honored to be here thank you folks it listen to the radio get to see the voice behind you know their speakers whether it's a car or at home or whatever so that's that's nice I'm sure absolutely my name is Jason Bradley I'm the assistant to the general manager of 3abn stare to dream network and as everybody knows we all wear multiple hats so sometimes it's office work sometimes it's being in front of the camera sometimes it's producing programs sometimes it's meeting viewers and and promoting the network at conventions but ultimately it's just serving the Lord and when are you newer J things is prison ministry little recently we were in the Bahamas and and you went to the prison and was in charge yes it was absolutely a wonderful experience out there as well not a whole bunch of people showed up but we're you know Jesus would have died for just one yeah that's right yeah great and I'm Mollie Steenson and I've been at 3abn now for over 20 we're going on 23 years and during that time I have done some of absolutely everything I've worked in the call center I've run camera and but I think my main responsibility at 3abn has always been to hold any Shelton's arms up in fact that's what I do for sure I'm Tami chance and I am one of the donation managers donation meaning people give us gifts sometimes to help all kinds of things yeah and so we turned that into money for the ministry and sometimes I sing and just whatever need be I try to be around along speaking of around you been around a long time at Rehavia so well life in general I won't get in but been around 3abn for almost I guess and some getting close again yeah I was here the first few years and then I raised my children and came back 15 years ago okay all right my name is Bruce chance and I'm the other manager with a donation center and I just do what Tami tells me to do that's smart I find I'm okay if I just do that that's that's very smart okay go up to Jay I'm Jay Christian general manager of 3abn radio Angela and I work together I've Danny I've been here over 18 years 18 amazing yes it is in that time we've seen three being radio grow a lot and praise God for that we started with absolutely no affiliates and almost no listeners a few people maybe knew that we were out there on satellite but not that many and now we have oh I'd hate to give a number the last number I heard was several hundred yeah Fillie it's around the world and we have lots of Internet listeners we have a new channel now it's been over a year but the music channel is all music 24/7 and we have the regular the religious programming as well I have a music program musical meditations and I am one of probably everybody at three beyond that where as many hats because there's a lot of work to do even though I have the title general manager I actually manage just a little bit we have a wonderful staff the staff is just very self-motivated they know what they're supposed to do and they do it and we all have the crunch work that we have to do anywhere from scheduling to production to to writing to doing different things like that and it's just been wonderful we we praise God we get emails from people we get phone calls we get all sorts of things letting people know they're driving down the road searching for a radio station and they hit one of our affiliates somewhere and they're saying something that they needed to know right then and they keep listening and we have people in our church here in Thompson Ville that ended up coming to our church by listening to the radio station next to you I am a Christian I am therapy and photographer and some low design and spasiba my name is Greg Morricone and I oversee work with a great team in productions so my title is production manager but I have a wonderful team to work with and it's a privilege Jill and I have been a part of the ministry of 3abn he left out that he's also a vice president noticed that well yeah we all do many things here the key is have we're a team and moving forward in a in a great direction and so it's really fun it's been a blessing to be a part of this ministry all right my name is Jill Morricone and I think the best job title I could have as being Gregg's wife last husband and so praise the Lord for that we've been married 15 years I've been at the ministry here 15 years and such a blessing blessing my title would be I guess administrative assistant to Danny to the president and that is a blessing and corporate secretary for the board but it's just a privilege to serve Jesus no matter where he calls you what you do some of my work is office responsibilities some is camera in front of the camera some is praying with people and ministering for Jesus so it's a privilege to be here mm-hmm and I'm Chris Shelton she stole my line you know we'll be married to you as far as our work here at 3abn we're just basically volunteers we do whatever you ask us to do so we're and we're always grateful always blessed by it we have behold the land ministries which actually was one of the first programs on 3abn when you young men and started it many years ago yes and it just you know kind of evolved into a ministry of its own and but we're very thankful I'm very grateful to be here we wear many hats too I love coming here to record because when we record it at behold the lamb I'm doing too many things so by the time I actually get to what I need to record I'm just like okay what do I say now you know because my brain is in five or six different areas so it's beautiful to come here and actually be able to sit and pray and just concentrate on what we need to give but we love it and we love being a part of it all right okay well I'm Kenny Shelton and I think she stole my line no we're so pleased to be able to work with 3abn seeing the really the results you know the Bible talks about less than we're planners and you know Soler's and water and so on but we're able to see God's showing us the results of this station of what's happening is everyone's doing their job and I know it's how they say is so so humbly that each one's doing many different facets and I think that's quite a blessing but you know when we all work together there'll be souls that would be one to the kingdom of God and that's basically I make our desire not only to work for Jesus but to win souls for him so this is an opportunity it's a golden we appreciate every moment opportunity we get to be able to be with 3abn personnel we feel like most of time I don't how I say beholden lamium I say 3bm they asked me I it's good yeah but we appreciate very much being able to work closely with 3abn we appreciate you all being here yeah I'm Tim Parton I am general manager of praise him music channel and it's a delight for me to be involved as more I guess probably one of the newer members of the family it is a thrill for me to everyday get to work in music and also it's a thrill for me to get to know the the staff the family here and to see that it's not just work it's not just getting business done but it's about growing in the Lord and it's about seeing God active in our lives every day in business and in growing the kingdom so I'm thrilled to be a part of this ministry about you you didn't introduce yourself and what you do what do you do here okay well I'm Yvonne Lewis and I am the general manager of 3abn dared to dream Network and I get to co-host do it you on the Today programme and I sing and just get to do a whole lot of things that that I love to do this is it's such a blessing to be here amen well I'm so thankful for each and every one of you here but we have a lot of people summer track link you know this time of year so we got people out on the road that couldn't come otherwise we'd have a lot more and we're gonna have some hopefully if they're up to it some special guests that will be here in just a little bit but so we could introduce all of our family Jill Molly about how many folk do we have just here at the center of their world headquarters at 3abn full-time part-time workers 100 and I'm gonna say a hundred and twenty we have had more in the past but we you know the Lord has graced and blessed us so much with employees that do wear multiple hats and can do so many things and we just praise him and I'm quick to tell our employees you are our most valuable asset God has blessed us with such incredible people from next door across this nation and from around the world God has sent us employees and we have some folk who couldn't be here today because of logistics my sister Julia Akana and from Russia and the Russian how many we have many been to our Russia facility over there let me see your hands I know the spirit has been there because that's where she came from Jay found her on a trip over there and brought her back to America and of course they're husband and wife so Julie and her crew we want to say Happy Thanksgiving to all of you also then we have John and rosemary Malkovich down in Australia or 3abn Australia and of course places like the Philippines with ambassador being Tejano that who's in charge of the network now over there and so we have a people from around the world that working with 3abn so that we can take this gospel of the kingdom into all the world and we have Brenda Walsh who couldn't be here Brenda Walsh she can't be here because she's everywhere I don't know anybody that travels more than Britain I know she time management Queen everywhere we go they'll say Oh Brenda Walsh was here recently she always beats is there wherever we go for the invitations and but what a work that she does you know for the cause of God and again there's a lot of folk here that's not here but we want to enjoy this time with you and share with you there may be some of you who are by yourselves right now on a day like this and you you feel lonely you feel like you know it's just me no it's not we're your family let us come into your home and you know laugh with us cry with us whatever you want to do pray for us we will pray for you some of those some of you are watching us that are incarcerated today some of you are watching from hospital beds and listening and so for all of us we just want to get together because if there's one thing that we should be doing is giving thanks to our Heavenly Father and for the plan of salvation that each and every one of us each and every one every one Christ died that not any should perish right right but all should have eternal life I mean that's a wonderful thing we can talk about it but we really won't understand that kind of love till we get to heaven but I know this I'm very thankful Tammy why don't you maybe lead us in a course of thank you Lord for saving my soul then maybe we feel like it will jump in with you please do [Music] Lord for saving my soul thank you Lord for making me home thank you for giving to me great salvation so rich and that were usually got do that again by yourself thank you for saving us you for making me home thank you Lord forgive them too my great salvation so rich and free why don't we all get some harmony going and you sing with us at home [Music] my [Music] for [Music] one more time than home sing it like you mean it [Music] my [Music] I needed testimony somebody needs to testify Kenny back there I'm looking at you give me a testimony right now we think about this season and was mentioned a while ago count your blessings I think the song you release that count your blessings name them one by one and lately I've been thinking about those blessings and it's not just today it's not yesterday but it's all year long and every day I try to count my blessings and say thank you Lord for being so good and so kind and so gracious for someone like me you know we can all put ourself in that those hurt at home those who watching and listening is God is so good to each and every one of us every day of our life the air that we breathe you know the house that where everything belongs to him and he gives those as a gift and sometimes we forget to say thank you God thank you for what you've done thank you for every breath that I take it is a gift from God and I'm thankful for grace you can thank God for grace and for salvation it is so full and it is so free I look forward to that day when Jesus shall come but all these tests and trials and these things that our loved ones are going through you know it's going to be over with it's going to it's going to be in the past we want to think about it anymore and everything is going to become new and refreshed and I praise God for that and so I'm looking forward to that and I know each one here for those that are going through things today in your life at home you know I encourage you to lift up your head your redemption draws nigh the signs of the time tell us that Jesus is coming and I can't think of a more wonderful time here Thanksgiving and likes a real true holiday Thanksgiving that we can just lift our hearts to God say thank you I know probably everyone here what have you been through I'm learning I'm learning to lean on him more I'm learning to realize that every breath I take belongs to him so let's give him praise give him honor and give him glory and just and let those things that so easily beset us maybe yesterday the day before or maybe the heartache that some of you've been through laid aside right now let's take this time to be in the presence the Almighty God let's just see what God can do for each and every one of us and then we'll be singing one of these days as my sister was and each one of you one of those day I've been looking forward to maybe you don't know what's brother ain't playing the piano Sunday yeah so I'm gonna thank him in advance me when I can will it Tim would you move over and let him take at this point in time but you know just praying what a blessing that is that to have the musical abilities and things that God gives so when I hear each one sing and play instruments and and preach the word and teach the word I think man what a what a blessing and it all belongs to him you know all the results all the good things that happened belong to him it's a lot of times people ask me what do you do what do you show up I simply show up and God does the work he does to convict big thing Ernie that's the big song I want to praise him for that opportunity that he gives me each and every day to lift my voice as they thank you Lord for saving my soul it's a good Thanksgiving and I praise Him yeah with that and it's gonna sometime to spend maybe a few extra moments with family and friends and different ones and maybe some who don't realize about being grateful and thankful maybe we can be a reminder to them okay we can be that blessing to them so rather than be blessed I want to be a blessing this Thanksgiving day all right part of that blessing is being here with each one of you and being a part of 3abn we appreciate it thank you tim has God been good to you he has been extremely good we'll put you on the spot why don't you tell us about it in song okay lately I've been looking back along this winding road to the old familiar markers of all the mercies I have known and know it may sound simple but it's more than a cliche for there's no better way to tell you than to say God's been good thing in my life and I feel blessed beyond my wildest dreams when I go to sleep each night and though I've had my share of hard times I wouldn't change them if I could through it all god [Music] you the times replay and I can see that I've cried some bitter tears but I felt his arms around me as I face my greatest fears you see I've had more games than losses and I've known more joy than hurt has his grace rolled down upon me so undeserved God's been good [Music] I feel blessed beyond my wildest dreams when I go to sleep each night and though I've had my share of hard times I wouldn't change them if I could for through it all God's been so good for you see God has been my father my Savior and my friend love was my beginning and his love will be my end now I could spend forever trying to tell you everything he but the best way that I can say it is simply this it's been so good in my life and I feel so blessed beyond my wildest dreams when I go to sleep each night I've had my share of hard times I might even change some if I could Oh all every step of the way through it all God's been good and if you know this song sing with me [Music] is [Music] god you're so good [Music] and all the people said hey man speaking of God being so good I think we have some special a special surprise with some special family members yeah we haven't seen here in a while and they're gonna tell you that God's been good Johnny need a Leah densey we're so glad that you're here and you guys just heard tim was talking about singing about God's been good but you were in both both of you and a terrible automobile accident not too long ago probably seems forever to you but timewise about when was it Johnny do you remember died what date this was October 15th okay we were in Cadillac Michigan and the 10th anniversary of strong tower radio 3 an affiliate and they also have TV broadcasting 3abn most of the time okay so you're through with the meetings you're traveling from there going where we were through with the meetings and so we were gonna drive home when about two miles later a terrible terrible thing happened in the other you can share we don't have forgetting all the detail who did what but you ended up and we call it a wreck down here in southern Illinois you know yes accident it was an accident it was a wreck and when I slammed on the brakes they had been raining so we scared you know we crossed and the Lord said turn right I said turn right you know you have a split-second you know when the Lord prompts you to do something is so important to follow and I turned and I know that the Lord turned right for me and the angels because as I turned right we were impacted but the other vehicle and we ended up somewhere in the ditch somewhere and the other vehicle the cornfield tool and I just couldn't breathe and all of a sudden there was a face that took the airbag out of the window and she says I am a nurse my name is so-and-so and I am here to take your vitals I want to see how you're doing and all of a sudden there were like 10 people around a vehicle or with us I said where do you come from mm-hmm do you come from we live in this area we heard the accident and we ran over to see if we could help you mm-hmm and I know those were angels that the Lord sent to tend to our needs and Johnny he was saying he could not feel his legs he repeated that and as a driver and you hear your husband 23 faithful years saying that I said Lord my work kind of went into shock and my marine in my mind and I said lord help me not lose control help me that my thoughts may be focused on you what do I do Lord I just wanted to scream you know in desperation but the Lord says turn your eyes upon Jesus oh yes I focused I know that the movies that we hate and watch about Jesus life I know it's just a symbol you know so we can relay the story but I focus in his eyes and a message that I received was remember when he was on the cross he did not make a sound he turned his thoughts and his voice to his father and I said Lord help me do that I want to do that and the only thing I could whisper is Jesus Jesus Jesus continually I don't know what anyone is going through at this time but when you whisper the sweet powerful almighty name of Jesus his peace that passeth all understanding will come to your heart but you had major major injuries tell us what some of these were well Danny [Music] sitting there in the passenger seat and realizing you know we're alive but then looking and Adalia leaning back and struggling to breathe and I asked her how do you feel she says I have pain in my chest and I can hardly breathe and it's a horrible feeling to know that someone you love is in pain and there's really nothing you can do to alleviate the pain so no you were we were praying but at the same time thankful it's be alive we stopped and prayed that's right and so when that lady appeared at her window and the window was shattered the windshield was shattered she moved these things aside and it was good that the window was shattered because the door could not be opened that's right they had to use some machines to open the door change something but when she said I'm a nurse right away hmm I say God already sent a nurse that's right or so we're gonna be okay [Music] well she has ten broken in in ten broken ribs her elbow was dislocated of course it's been put back in place many cuts on her left arm mm-hmm and two of the cuts were deep enough and long enough for them to put stitches on them the rest were smaller but not that deep and then right now of course the elbow is put back in place I don't know if you want to show your arm but she can hardly lift her arm therapy will be taking place and her shoulder and her arm are of concern that's what the orthopedic surgeon said so her kidney because he only has one I donated my kid my other kidney in 2001 and so we were concerned because it was bleeding and a third of the kidney was bruised and the lungs were bruised as well and I had my injuries were minor both my knees were impacted and my feet both feet and my shin I had a cut in my shin it wasn't it was long enough but not deep enough for stitches but both my knees were swollen and my foot swollen as well I can walk a little better now but not a hundred percent also we'll be doing some physical therapy mm-hmm but when we got out of the car they asked me can you walk I said I can try because after a while you know I said I couldn't feel my legs and I really couldn't they were so so painful and I just couldn't feel them but I slowly tried to move them and when there was the smoke inside the vehicle I tried to you know I look at the vehicle pictures now and I realized that what I tried to do then was boy that wasn't smart I tried to turn the car on because I wanted to lower the window because to get the smoke out and when it couldn't I couldn't I tried to open the door and push it with my right leg a little bit open to get the smoke out it wasn't much smoke but I wanted to move I was coughing so I wanted to get it out and I didn't want her to start coughing with all her pain and so they took us both in ambulances to make sure I I didn't even look at the vehicles at the vehicle when we got out because my focus was you know they were just as they were taking her out and time seems eternal you know his please help her get out and the machines were you could hear the sound of the machine to try to get her out and I was like please hurry and I said lord please sustain her sustain us help her and finally they were able to get her out I could hear her you know other painful sounds and my neck was hurt and they had put a neck brace on but when she would make those horrible painful sounds I would turn and say please don't turn your head you know you could have a neck injury but I couldn't help it you know anyway I saw her being put into an ambulance as I was being put into another and I said I hope they take us to the same hospital because I you know I don't want to be apart from her in this great hour of need so at the hospital they took my x-rays and while I'm in the room and they're trying to figure out you know what to do with me one nurse comes in and says your wife has internal injuries and we may need to do emergency surgery and we were not able to handle that here so we're gonna have to take her to another hospital I asked to be taken to her room while I was there they said your neck your neck is okay you don't have any broken bones so he took x-ray of my neck and my legs you don't have any broken bones and we were talking to each other how do you feel where's your pain and these type of things and they managed to get us on the same ambulance and that was grateful for that the driver was I was in the front seat the driver tried to keep me busy because I kept looking back because every little bump was painful you know and I wanted to you know say hurry up you know go as fast as you can let us get there but again he has to be careful as well but at the other hospital it was determined that her internal injuries did not require emergency surgery so praise the Lord for that amen they had to monitor her kidney because it was bleeding for several days but the doctor said we believe your kidney will be fine and so it was one third of the kidney was injured so when you have only one you know we were concerned so by God's grace we've made this far so Tim you're gonna have to sing that again for them cuz that I just heard him say God's good amen in that course please God's been good in my life and I feel so blessed beyond my wildest dreams when I go to sleep each night I've had my share of hard times I wouldn't change them if I could for through it all [Music] yeah now you people are saying look you were in this terrible accident you could have died just as easily as lived and you've been going through such terrible pain how can she sit there and say God is good God has never left me God was with me and it is sad to hear people say God allow this or you know God wants to capture attention or you know seeing this and that but you know what there is a Satan the devil there was a liar I went to sneer God's name that wants to bring confusion and doubt of his love and his power to work and transform in our lives God has been faithful and good we have danced walk jump ran skipped and hopped with Jesus through this experience like never before I laid in pain I didn't I don't remember the seriousness of my condition but I remember how close I felt the Lord covering from head to toe okay I did not by the grace of God scream or what have you in the room I was constantly you know your mental strength if you ask the Lord he will carry you through the situation don't focus on how big your problem is focus on how great and bigger God is and here's the solution to our problems he created me he is my medical doctor he knows every bone every fiber that this body has and he is willing to mend my heart my life the song I want to spend my life mending broken people I want to spend my life mending broken people just like the Lord gave you that message Danny in song the Lord has mended my heart and there are many people were broken and in mending I want to say that when I was lying in bed I don't know I just felt this urge of singing praises to the Lord so I didn't have any makeup on my hair was a mess but that's okay because what is important is the songs the prayers the message that holds us up closer to Jesus the strength came from above I have no strength I have no strength I am so weak I'm a mess you know and when I would sing the blood that Jesus shed for me mm-hmm way back in Calvary the blood that gives me strength from day today oh that song was so special and it continues to be in Spanish and in English don't worry I'm not gonna sing sing [Music] for me [Music] why because it reach [Music] yes [Music] is this straight from [Music] is then I heard the other song Johnny was saying your theme songs God is so good we sing sing it with us adaiah let's do [Music] say it everybody [Music] - I love him so [Music] oh he's so good too and God answers prayer [Music] [Music] Johnny closing thought you know that morning of that accident I had a dream I'm not a prophet or claim to be one but I told thee Dalia I dreamed I was visiting somebody in a funeral and she said it's probably my funeral and during this these three and a half weeks there was a time when there was fluid around her lung and blood clots that that morning's dream that the dream came to my mind and I had to ask myself and I said Lord is that going to be true is she gonna die because there was a moment three-and-a-half hours when she had fluid around her her lungs that she could literally not breathe it was it was and she couldn't get enough air in her lungs and during this these three hours it was like from 11:00 to 4:00 three and a half hours or so anyway she would almost seem to be falling asleep and then it's like her she stopped breathing for a moment and then suddenly she would breathe but it was painful to breathe because of the fluid and the broken ribs and we're glad you did though it is so glad you kept breathing kept fighting it I want to say something Danny you and Yvonne called me in a moment when I couldn't breathe mmm Johnny had stepped out of the room I had no one at that time to say please pray for me intervene intercessory prayer I need it Yvonne hi Tita Bonita on the phone Danny and I was just calling you to pray for you or say I I do you remember when I talked to you guys I couldn't talk I couldn't talk I said what did I tell you in fact they don't even remember your voice was so weak yes and we were so worried about you but we we turned it over to the Lord amen right are you grateful I said please pray I can't breathe we were shocked you answered the phone I couldn't believe that you answered the phone yeah and you said I'm Johnny stepped out just for a second and so God's timing and it's perfect yeah but you guys obeyed the prompting of the Holy Spirit to call me at that precise time and I could not say enough thank you to you and my whole three-man family my co-workers my pastor and his wife I went to visit the Traverse City Seventh day Adventist Church when rapid7 every search old rabbit and Cadillac Church and whoever those viewers that came to my room you don't know us well we know you and we watch you on family worship and thousands of people praying for you and they came and prayed for us there at the hospital but to those thousands of people that are faithfully praying for this ministry and for myself and every single family represented in this ministry I want to thank them for their faithful prayers and concern genuine concern because the days in this earth are counted pretty soon very soon we're going to see the king and we're going to see you all in heaven you know there's something that's missing in this testimony and because sometimes we wonder why do things happen well what pastored Enzian teacher didn't say it was they just came back from Colombia where over 850 souls will snatch from the enemy's hand by the work that the Lord had done through their lives so this was not arbitrary this was not a coincidence the enemy was angry that he lost over 800 souls not counting those who was still preparing for baptism they went to his territory 176 speakers evangelist under their direction of 3 ability know they're coming back now on the high and the Devils mad at them he said if I could just show my anger by taking them out what he meant for evil the Lord turned it around for good so that's why this accident happened was not her inability to drive or coincidence but the devil was angry that these Souls were snatched from his kingdom absolutely we go ahead to Danny and Yvonne and team as parents we worry about our children's spiritual lives we long for them to be in heaven we long for them to have a strong relationship with the Lord and at times of trials in the families the children may turn their hearts against the Lord or blame the Lord but I must testify that after talking with Samuel he is at peace he says mom I love the Lord you're okay look at what the Lord is doing Satan's angry okay I am NOT angry at the Lord mom Caleb Caleb my son he's 17 what do you think about all this son what do you think because a lot of people blame God he says mom I was asking the Lord why why my mom and dad why why our family why'd Lord and his in his meditation and prayers the Lord shared this impression this message there are families out there that if it would have happened to them maybe they don't have the relationship with the Lord maybe they don't have the faith maybe they're in in a fragile walk with the Lord or maybe have not had an opportunity to know the Lord so the Lord spared that family - given an opportunity to learn the gospel and learn about loving the Lord in salvation where our family we already knew mom papi we were on speakerphone Johnny can testify he says I thank the Lord that it was our family because we have faith in God because we have the spiritual support in everybody's praying for you so praise the name of Jesus amen Benny Yvonne and family we can say that it has been a horrible horrible ordeal but we know the Lord has been with us see men there were nurses and people that would come into the room and say I feel something good in this room I feel like a presence of angels and the Lord has been with us and we can say the Lord has been good to us amen in His mercy and His grace we are still here amen the Lord gave me a song two or three years ago if you can find me a key for it I'll just do the course because it was that you hear today if I don't you've been good to me through all the years you've been good to me through joys and tears I want to thank you lord [Music] you've been good to us through all the you've been good to me through all the years you've been good to me all of us through joys and tears I want to think Lord Oh for all you come you've been good to us to all the years God's been good to you those of you at home God's been good to you too maybe this time together today you're sitting there feeling sorry for yourself you're having a pity party and you're doing whatever may be your did your conscience bother you all these things and your sin but I didn't get this and I wanted to do that but this person seems like everything they touch turns to good and everything's bad for me but if you count your blessings I promise you you're gonna find that God has been good to you that's right God has been good to you and you know what we're talking we've seen brother Kenny go through some things Jay is going through some things that Jay has a lot of hair normally he'll they tell you a little bit why later that hair is not there he didn't just decide that hey I think I'll shave my head there's reasons for many of us have been through situations but the devil is out to steal kill and to destroy but Jesus says I'm come to give you life and give it more abundantly somebody said well well well I notice you one guy actually said well I noticed you had venomous died too and I said so what's so bad about that well if the devil comes still killed and destroyed Jesus says he come to give you life and give it more abundantly so so why don't you live I said that's not necessarily abundant life on this earth for eternity the Bible says is once a point at a time for every man to die blessed in the sight of the Lord are the death of his Saints so God's been good to us that's when Kate Melody's mother my first wife died in an automobile accident situation he died she was dead in minutes but we didn't say oh look what God did we're mad at God we can't do that we said God's been good God's been good you know why because I have no doubt though at the resurrection that she won't come forth from the grave God knew that and so the important thing is is not what happens to us so much here whether people love us or hate us or whether everything goes our way because all who live godly shall suffer persecution and there's all types of persecutions that we could go through and spend hours but we don't need to the fact is our soul belongs to God the devil can rob you of your health he can rob you of your home your cars almost everything that you have and our life can be cut short but he can't rub rob us of our soul because our soul belongs to God so when we dedicate it to him we submit and commit her life to Jesus we win that's all there is to it Satan has no power greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world that's Johnny and Dalia's proof of Kenny's proof of it Tammy's been going through stuff proof of it I don't know if anybody up here Chris you've been going through things anybody up here Molly you've been going through some things for several years I could name virtually everyone especially us older ones Jill and Greg I'm sorry if the Lord tarries your times coming to you know so but you know what that's just the act of the enemy but it doesn't change our relationship with God doesn't change how good he's been to us because he could have let us all die when that flood came he didn't have to say knowing that little the few folk in that art he could have said I am sick of people they treated me right hey they talked about me they don't even FAQ some of them don't talk about me they don't even know I exist they claim I don't exist I think I'll just get rid of everybody cuz I'm happy I'm all-powerful I don't need these folks but somehow through great love great love he grew the tree that he knew would be used to make the old rugged cross I'm getting choked up God planted the seed that he knew would grow and he nurtured it and allowed it to grow to become the tree that he would be nailed to the cross you know why because the devil didn't take Jesus's life the people around him crucified they didn't take his life the beauty of this is he gave His life the Bible says for God so loved the world that He his only begotten Son that whosoever shall believe in Him should believe in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life so God's been good I think God's been good Tammy we got to sing that your course again thank you Lord right because he's the one that's saving he's the salvation and this [Music] for saving my soul [Music] for making me [Music] having to [Music] Evon dr. oh you know I was sitting here thinking about how the outcome could have been so different and yet just knowing that God has had his hand on Tita and Johnny and on Kenny and on Chris and one chain and Molly and on all of us all of us what everybody has something everybody's going through something and yet we don't go through it alone we have the Lord God on the omnipotent omniscient omnipresent God who says I'm never gonna leave you I'm never gonna forsake you and so as I listened to Adalia talk about what she's been through and Johnny what they've been through it does my heart such good to know that they did not do it alone and and the presence of God was felt in that room you know when my dad was ill and toward the end of his life I just I felt the presence of God and his room is right and so just as Danny was saying you are not alone this can be a very lonely time for many people because they feel like you know they're alone nobody's there nobody loves them all but you are loved and you are cared for God has a plan for you and if you just seek Him he will let you know what that plan is and you will walk in that divine plan and your life will be totally different just trust in God and know that there is rich fulfillment for you there's a text in Psalm that I read and I don't remember where it is but it has to do with you going through the fire and the water but and it's not the one in Isaiah Isaiah 43 one through three this is a different one and it says that but at the end of it God will bring you to rich fulfillment and so know that there is a rich fulfillment they were you in God's plan yeah well you and Tim get together quickly and you've got to sing us a little chorus right now I think some type of Thanksgiving courses are so imagine your heart [Music] I just wanna say Lord Milo I just wanna praise your Holy Name I just wanna praise sing it again those beautiful I just wanna thank you [Music] I just wanna play [Music] I just wanna praise you any more of that song anybody know any more Tim you're John oh you came into my heart one very special day you came into my life to show me a better way man you said you would never depart and that is why I say [Music] I just wanna thank you I just wanna [Music] I just want to thank you all right you know what we've been hearing from all of us old folks with their aches and their pains and things happening not to Johnny tada he's old but they're younger but they they still going through a lot of I'm gonna hear from Jason I'm gonna hear what Jason's got on his heart this morning because I think God's been calling Jason to preach so Jason what's on your heart today I see you got your Bible there well you know one of the things that I love about the God that we serve is that he not only creates us but he sustains us when you go back to the story of creation and you look at when man came to the earth everything was in place he entrusted us with what belongs to him to manage so he creates us and he sustains us another thing that I love is that he gave us basic instructions before leaving Earth the Bible the Word of God and in Psalm chapter 1 16 verse 12 it says what shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me and then this is a Study Bible so I have patriarchs and prophets here to page 187 this is this is beautiful the Christian should often review his past life and recall with gratitude the precious deliverances that God has wrought for him supporting him in trial opening ways before him when all seemed dark and forbidden refreshing him when ready to faint he should recognize all of them as evidences of the watch care of heavenly angels and view of these innumerable blessings he should often ask with subdued and grateful heart what shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me you know Thanksgiving is a beautiful time because family can come together and we can share what we're thankful for you know everybody that knows me knows that I love Thanksgiving especially for the food dude Jason's thankful for food every day absolutely Angie when he goes on a trip if you follow his Facebook and sometimes instead of showing where he's been he shows the his plate of food and so while I love food food hasn't been loving me as much lately the metabolism is slowing down but thanks but Thanksgiving is such a great time because we have so many things to be thankful for you know there there are so many instances things that we've been spared from that we don't even realize that we don't even see that one day when we get to heaven we can we can thank our guardian angels and thank thank our Heavenly Father for protecting us during these times you know I'm so thankful that Johnny and Adalia are here with us because if that would have been a couple inches in a different direction that could have been it but God spared you guys and I'm so grateful for that and it's just the realization that time is short and the devil the devil is angry and he is mad at the work that's going forth because he knows he's going to lose you know as it's already stated he is he's a loser God is victorious and and so now is the time to to surrender our lives fully to the Lord you know there's no time to play no mama there's lots of mothers out there they're discouraged right now you would ask me that right now they're their sons their daughters they raised them they feel like an Lord they're not there how you feeling right now when you hear your son Jason who's not always been living for the Lord - the last few years that's right that's right what does that do for you and how does that how do we encourage others it just lets me know that God hears our prayers you know for years I prayed for my children and I asked God to please save them and I'm still praying that God will not just say but keep because the enemy is so busy but I I prayed and I I remember I was praying about my older son and at one point he was it was years and years ago and he had gotten involved with the wrong people and I I was saying lord please don't let him die in a sense please don't please and I was just crying before the Lord and I remember vividly that the Lord spoke to my heart and quoted that verse in Isaiah that said I will contend with them that contend with me and I will save thy children and I'm not seeing God do it he's doing it he's done it in the life of Jason and he's continuing to do it and he's working on mark and he will work on your child your child belongs to him too and he loves your child more than you do so just just you be faithful and you set the right example for your children and ask God to keep you in his way and keep your children before the Lord dedicating them to him and watch what God does don't be discouraged it might not happen when right when you want it to but it will happen because God will answer our prayers alright this is a suggestion you had something dad there's nothing like a praying mother nothing like a praying there you go okay Molly sue what's on your heart today don't you love it when Molly you just hand her microphone she's doesn't plan anything and all of a sudden you just feel this anointing coming out what are you only encourages this is Thanksgiving it's a happy time and what's on your heart today you know I look around at us and we're all just a mess here at 3abn we are a mess that God has touched every one of us been through something and if it wasn't for the grace and mercy of God we wouldn't be here that's right but we've all experienced that touch from God on our lives and we've been through difficulties and I just think about myself you know I'm yeah you know this is just like a little try saying but I am a little okay Alabama country girl I was raised in the country in Alabama out on a farm with we had cotton fields and I tell people I came from the cotton fields in Alabama to the corn fields in Illinois now how old earth could that happen I only had only God could do something like that and and what this is Thanksgiving I am thankful y'all thankful here today man I'm so thankful and I'm grateful because you know what I could still be back in a cotton field in Alabama accomplishing absolutely nothing but you know my life is going to account for something there are people as an effect of the of the grace and mercy of God in the call he's placed on my life that are going to be in the kingdom there you know and that only God could do something like that and so I am just grateful here today to be a part of this ministry and that I have got a son in his name is Jeremy Island sting tonight he is a mighty man of God he's full of grace and mercy and power and he is a mighty man of God he is still in the making but Jason honey you're still in the makin too we've all got a ways to go none of us have arrived but because of God we are going to accomplish and and you know what he is going to be in heaven with the best of us Lord Greg what's on your heart right now you know I really like the Thanksgiving time of year there are so many things to be thankful for it was already and mentioned already in this program and I know also at what you'd mentioned earlier mr. Danny and several others is that this time of year can actually be a lonely time for some people because they look they sit at their table for their Thanksgiving dinner or even in their living room just you know their daily lives and somebody's missing missing because they're asleep in Jesus and so that's sad you know because you have a family member a loved one a friend and even here I think about our own 3abn family we've had several this year that have gone to sleep in Jesus but it's with great hope right an anticipation that we look forward to Christ soon return and Jill and I went to college together it's a great privilege to go together we didn't go together as husband wife she was one of the students there and I was too and praise the Lord she he brought her into my life when we got married fifteen years ago and she's a tremendous blessing to me in my life but we traveled on a little tour in choir at the school and I Jill played the piano and I attempted to sing a few songs here and there with the choir but one of the songs that we sang was entitled the Blessed hope which is referencing first Thessalonians chapter 4 and it talks about how we can comfort one another with the words that Jesus Christ is coming soon so yes it's sad I mean we realize in this earth that there are trials and things that come our way including those that we love that have gone to sleep in Jesus but it's with great anticipation I know you and I have family members and friends that have gone to sleep in Jesus that we look forward to Christ soon returns so I have a lot to be thankful for in you do too okay you can be in our own sphere of sadness but God wants us to get out of that and actually serve others you know because it's easy to just think and think and think on the negative things but this time of yours like okay how can I help somebody else so if you're alone like okay Kent if I can't get out of the house maybe I can write a little card to someone I know that maybe needs a little encouragement or if you can get out of the house to maybe go visit somebody and then what you find will happen is that you yourself become happy and cheers your own soul encourage you with that you know sister Jill what's on your heart what a blessing this program has been as I think back over this year to me this pastor has been a time of stretching I know for my own self personally my own walk with Jesus a time of getting deeper into his word a time of experiencing him in a way that I have not done that before a time of growing closer to my brothers and sisters here at 3abn in a deeper way than I experienced before I know many people as we've been sharing have been stretched by trials but God is over all and he sees us and he knows and he's working his character the beauty of Jesus into our hearts and lives just this morning I was reading Jeremiah chapter 9 verse 23 let not the wise man glory in his wisdom and I don't know how many times I've come before the father and said god I don't have wisdom and he says in James if you lack wisdom let him ask and it will be given to him it says let not the mighty man glory in his might do you feel weak today he says my grace is sufficient for you let not the rich man glory in his riches do you feel like you don't have money you don't have even the necessities for life God says my God will supply all your needs according to his glory and riches by Christ Jesus but the text continues what are we supposed to glory in but let him that glory glories in this that he understands and knoweth me that I am the Lord who exercises loving-kindness judgment and righteousness in the earth for in these things I delight says the Lord God has called us here as a three-man family God has called you at home as part of the 3abn family to have a part in proclaiming the three angels messages to a lost and dying world one of my favorite scriptures of Sankranthi ins for we have this treasure in earthen vessels New Living Translation says jars of clay that's all any of us are we have nothing special in ourselves to merit that were worthy of service were empty broken jars of clay God says by the power of his Spirit he will fill us with His Holy Spirit he will stand us up so that we can be his witnesses the treasure the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ He pours into us as jars of clay that we can share that message with a lost and dying world so I don't know where you are today in your walk with Jesus but don't wait another moment if you have not accepted him as your Savior today is the day of salvation we saw the den Z's here we are not guaranteed tomorrow make a choice today give your heart to him serve him with everything you have and if you already walk with Him make a covenant to recommit your life to Jesus he will pour his spirit into his anointing so that you can go out and share him or the lost and dying world amen praise the Lord and I would say never be discouraged no matter what people say or think about you because as I mentioned while ago the Bible says all who live godly shall suffer persecution so sometimes when you're sitting there and it helps I'll admit it helps to have a great family around us but there's times in my life when I haven't had someone there and you tend to get discouraged but you don't have to be discouraged because we've been hearing today that God is on your side and I've said so many times before when we read the back of the book it says they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony so we know that when we accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of our life that we get discouraged all we have to do is to look at the back of the book read revelation read Daniel Revelation read these prophecies that says in the end we will overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony so whenever you feel down and out of you feel maybe John when people's really will call it dog in you the most instead of getting discouraged that's when you stand up and say you know what praise God from whom all blessings flow I won't be just be discouraged I stayed up late last night I was answering letters someone wrote me and said you need to step down from the ministry and you know you should have stepped down years ago you have no business in ministry because the you-you-you're a controversial figure they said and so we believe that you should step down because controversy shouldn't surround you so I bothered to write back and said but wouldn't that be too bad for for Jesus and for God because in heaven the devil started a controversy attacked God's character and a third of the Angels left so surely God must be guilty I mean going by this train of thought is what the man says but a third of the Angels left so I wonder if God should just get rid of us all because or we shouldn't believe in him because there's controversy the great controversy between good and evil is going on I said controversy he says you should be able to get along with everybody and I said I wonder so I wrote back and said I wonder if Stephen felt like he had gotten along with everybody when he got stoned I wonder you know I wonder how Peter felt when he was crucified upside down you know and I started going through I said I could go through this with hours and hours I said why would I step down to please the enemies right Jesus says go the blessing is on the gold and the devil says stop so anytime someone tells you well you shouldn't be out doing this you're not perfect and we're not we're all imperfect I've made mistakes you've made mistakes we all have anytime somebody discourages you the last thing you want to do is say well I guess I'm really not fit for ministry I guess I'm really not fit to to witness to my fellow neighbor we're not we can't do it but through Jesus Christ we can accomplish all things so I want to encourage you today it doesn't making difference what people say about you don't be discouraged somebody oh I don't go to church anymore somebody offended me they said why would you allow somebody else to to do something bad to you because all you have to do is say Lord I'm gonna serve you no matter what so you don't play into the hands of the enemy when someone comes and and discourages you no you stand up and say praise the Lord remove all blessings flow I'm the sinner saved by grace and hopefully you are too but I'm not about to step down if the Lord wants me out of ministry he'll take me out of ministry and I understand that if I stay in ministry til I'm 95 John and I die did somebody say I knew the Lord would get rid of that terrible guy you know I knew it you should have stepped down years ago that's the way people are but do you think I really care about that no I'm just thankful that after 33 years yeah yeah it's now been 33 years ago we're impressed to build a television station to reach the world I was 33 years old then I was young man now 33 years later you can do the math right but I'm so blessed and if I die today I'll never regret anything I've been working for God and being ministry I love it I'm so thankful I look at Greg and Jill and I feel I feel guilty I feel like I don't think I ever was as dedicated to this ministry as Greg and Jill they work constantly and I'm telling them you need to take some time off take a half hour here and they're just kidding but they they are so dedicated they leave no job undone that means working Fridays when most of us work there you know our workers here we do 10 hours a day 4 days a week but they do Fridays they do Sundays every day but Sabbath then they travel they do all kinds of ministry and I'm so thankful that God has brought you young folk here that you have called vision of getting the undiluted three angels messages one that would counteract the counterfeit and do all the world and Jason for you for your young folk that's coming in it gives us such hope as should the Lord tarry that 3abn is in good hands so folks we want you all to uplift Greg and Jill Jason all the young Tim you're in that pretty young group too so we're gonna do that we're gonna we're gonna we're gonna put you there you're under fifty you're still there the rest of us you know but anyway don't be discouraged today be thankful right that you are where you are and that God is willing to use anyone who's willing to be used and you were not born by accident when Jesus was on the cross you were on his mind and I always like to say he could look down the stream of time and see a people who would be willing to give their lives unto death if necessary for the cause of God what an honor to be alive in these closing moments of verse history let's be happy in the Lord I'm happy and the Lord anyway and it really doesn't matter what comes my way today I'm gonna wear a smile hold my head up high and say I'm happy in the Lord anyway yes I'm happy in the Lord anyway how's that Tim I just go anywhere and Tim goes right with you and that has no idea what key you're singing in and what you're gonna do if you're gonna tag it and go back and he stays right with you a great job Tami you got your microphone what's on your heart well talking about discouragement and and Christians going through things I remember back several years ago we had a cousin that lost their mother and he said to him he said it was unbelievable he said she was just the model mother she was just the most devout Christian why her he said why her and I said why not and he looked at me like that seemed cruel I said no I'm saying just because we're Christians does that mean we're exempt from all these trials and heartaches and death and strokes and the things that happen no it's because as Tita said there is Satan there is a God there is a controversy and I'm just thankful today that the Lord brings us through and we joked before the program that I might take time to be thankful for my brothers I told her it's only to our program don't spend over say an hour so talking about Kenny and me her brother's 59 minutes 55 seconds or something but we do know that the Lord has brought Kenny through our oldest brother has been through terrible times terrible health and and he was at my house last night I never thought I would I would seem at my house and you've had problems and the Lord has brought us through I had surgery this this year and I mean every everywhere I look there's heartache there's health problems I look around when I was in the hospital I look around at the people coming and going and you say everywhere every town the doctors are full the hospitals are full so many health problems what is going on mm-hmm it's it's the world it's it's the way Satan made it he wants to kill us he wants to destroy but God came to give us eternal life and I can sum it up by saying as the song says to God be the glory great things he has done all right good sister Chris what's on your mind a lot I just want to praise the Lord this has been quite an emotional Thanksgiving program it's brought a lot of memories you know when I listen to Tita in a moment you know all of us were justified but we begin to walk this road of sanctification and one thing that has given me hope on this up and down as it were roller coaster ride of sanctification is that God will not allow anything to touch the apple of his eye unless he okay's it and he trusts us with it so all of us have been experiencing that the spiritual warfare and during that spiritual warfare I can't remember as a little girl thinking you know whether times are good or whether times are rough lord help me to keep my eyes on you I just love him and I felt a call to serve him at a very young age and I said listen to these stories even about the breathing my heart went back to January and you were there we saw him he struggled to breathe and there were times during the night that he would quit breathing and he would wake up and just you know because we didn't know if he was gonna make it our youngest daughter see we have asthma in our family too and our youngest daughter she died in my arms to quit breathing and her last words were help me there's trials her struggles in this life and I often remind her God didn't save you for you to go out into the world he didn't save you to be lost that's good he wants us to be saved so whether you're going through a high time you're up on the mountain top of you're down in the valley he's seeking to save those which are lost and you mentioned I've been having trouble I haven't shared that really openly but I praise God for you guys for my family because while Pastor Kenny was in the hospital I was having some difficulties with my lymph nodes and I've had a doctor palpitate and said that they palpitated malignant and I was having trouble with with insurance I didn't let him do a biopsy and when they began to get better with some treatments over this summer I got a little careless a little lazy and they came to a head and it got really bad a few weeks ago and I went to have a thermogram I hear people talking about thermal Aegean on 3abn and dr. Yvonne she told me about that and dr. Lisa told me about that and the test didn't come back good but you know through it all God has given peace and we'd spin up and down but he's giving peace and he's waking me up early and I'm doing treatments in the morning I'm doing things during the day same with our spiritual walk when you realize that thin thread between life and death between eternal salvation and damnation we need to get busy we need to do all we can we need to be getting up early and learn wake me up early help me to get ready get ready get ready and right before we started a program I mentioned sharing and I just kind of opened the spirit of prophecy up but I saw in early writings it says and this is such a wonderful hope says that Christ will not leave the most holy place until every soul is sealed for eternity for salvation about damnation we have a choice be thankful for that choice be thankful for Jesus and never ever let him go amen Tim give us a kissy surely the presence [Music] in this place sing with me I can't his mighty power and Israel I angel's wings I see Cory on each tray [Music] presents in this place there's a whole new push around us as God's glory phil's this place I've touched a hand of his garment I can almost see his face and my heart is overflowing with a fulness of his joy without a doubt that I've been with [Music] ah singing [Music] I can feed is my power and is great I here the rush range of space I see glory on each day surely presence [Music] what we're finding out today is just because you're a Christian doesn't mean you're exempt from all the things bottle says the rain falls on the just as well as the unjust the difference is we're all going to go through storms but when you go through the storm and you've invited Jesus to be with you there's a peace in the midst of that storm there's a peace that passeth all understanding the world can't give it to you and the world can't take it away but you get that when you submit and commit your life to the Lord Jesus Christ hanji you're not usually on television talking or preaching you're here assisting your husband and helping but you always have to God always gives you things to say what's on your heart today I'm not an eloquent speaker I'm the type of woman that as Molly says I hold my husband's arm up and that's why I've work in radio but I'm I'm just so thankful for life life is a blessing many people another life today but to be alive and to have health is wealth I always say that and I've known my husband since I was 16 years old and has a long time and we've grown together we've had our difficulties and but the Lord has always been with us as always and many families are broken up this time of year many husbands wives children are not together but I'm very grateful that I have a husband that loves me that cares for me and through thick and through thin I mean God has been with us when I watch the news I get so discouraged when I watching news today or listen to the news on the radio it's so discouraging but when I pick up the word of God it is so encouraging the Word of God it just brings light to my heart and as a family my husband and I we have worship every day every night we can leave our house without the Lord we cannot leave the house without prayer we don't sleep right and so I'm just thankful for the Word of God which is truly a light to my life so thank you amen thank you so much John you know Danny you made a statement a moment ago which was the confirmation of what the Lord was telling me just about three minutes earlier about rain you know rain can cause the flower to grow or could wash a house away yeah the same rain - Lord allow us to come into our lives in this morning after we read a devotion matter of fact we read - they were so good and I said honey Daniel is the only one that knows what it's like to sleep on the breast of a lion the line probably thought to himself why can't I eat this man I'm hungry I've been waiting for two days to eat and here he is laying all my where he's so cool I can't eat him I never thought from the Lions perspective this morning Daniel said you are gonna eat but it's not gonna be me just wait a while this is gonna grate meals being prepared for you right now and I thought a thought came to me it was so profound the only one that had to be concerned about being devoured was the ones that put Daniel in that situation and I thought God allows us to go through trials and sometimes they are of our own making but sometimes is because of the environment we're in the difficulty around us is as the saying goes at this this way says um it is not happy people that are thankful but thankful people that are happy and when Paul the Apostle in first Thessalonians 5:18 says and everything give thanks for this is the will of God well is what does God's will give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you and so we came through we began 2006 17 bye-bye not sliding into it but by our commitment and covenant at the end of 2016 and this year we said I said honey I cannot just be a regular pastor anymore I've got to be the same on stages offstage the same as off-camera is on camera I don't want to preach and be lost I want Christ to be in our home not just in my pulpit I don't want him just to be in my song but in my life and we have committed whether tired or not is some nights I'm tired Angie says let's read and we're going through the Bible now and it's taken on such a meaning last night I was after I came back from playing basketball I said honey let me just take a shower first and as I'm drying off I said honey don't forget we got to read the second half of second Samuel Chapter three because we're not done yet she said oh I'm ready and there we are sat on the bed turn our light on turn everything else off turn the news off and just read our Bibles and go to sleep with the Word of God and our minds wake up this morning before we got out of bed honey let's read and we're at two devotions and God put that in my life and I say to those who view somebody maybe in a lion's den right now but God will not allow the devil to to devour his servants all Daniel had to be was a servant of God and what has made a difference in our lives the Lord was opening doors we about a few months ago we were reading in Isaiah chapter 60 the word the phrase double honor and my wife said all the Lord's gonna really bless you this year but then he opened the door for her she's not a public speaker but he opened the door for her to speak at a women's prayer breakfast and she did such an amazing job and I said honey it's not double honor for me but it's on or honor he wants to honor both of us but we've got to be faithful and so I want to encourage you it may be raining in your life let the rain cause you to grow but don't let the torrential rains of life wash your house away rains fall on everybody but God may want to water your life not to wash it away so I'm thankful that here we are in this Thanksgiving season with a lovely wife 35 years were going on a woman who has said yes to me after we celebrated our 25th anniversary and what about preparing for our 35th and I said honey I just want to thank you for one thing for keeping me I'm coverages of that phrase and I don't use the word coverages at all but I love it when past the windy tip said to his wife if you leave me I'm going with you honey where you go I just want to be there and we're looking forward with things thankful hearts to be in the kingdom that's good you know little flowers never worry when the wind begins to blow for if it never rained they would never never grow Pastor John sing us something and we just have one thing I must say this now are saying is what is it honey together forever eternity in view that's our daily commitment we're looking forward to return if you think she's beautiful now you wait two ways here in the kingdom she is beautiful way gone same force what was the song Tim give thanks give thanks with a grateful heart give thanks to the Holy One give thanks because he's given me a lovely wine give thanks with a grave full heart give thanks to the Holy One give thanks because he's given new lives a week say I'm strong let the poor say I am rich because of the words the Lord has done for and now let the weak say strong let the poor say I'm rich because of what the Lord has done [Music] for us we give amen well I'll have to say he's the only person I've ever seen in my life who can sing and cry and still sound good my voice starts breaking like a teenager and it already has here today trying to sing and he's singing like he's doing an album and he's crying tears running down his face beautiful thank you for that testimony I want to go back to Jay Christian right now Jay you've been going you and C have been going through some really life-changing events but I want you to talk to us about it for just a little bit that what you're going through right now well the one thing that people probably don't like to hear is when a doctor says you have incurable cancer we can't cure it we can treat it but it's not curable I've been blessed in so many different ways and I can tell you that I was blessed about 12 years ago when I was told I was going to get this disease if I lived long enough it's multiple myeloma and it's it's a blood cancer it's a part of the blood cancers lymphoma and leukemia and multiple myeloma it's in the they called it bone cancer it's an original bone cancer not a metastasized but I had a precursor disease that they discovered by accident I didn't even know it and so for 10 or 12 years they've been watching me to see when this would manifest and I got the test on the day that I hit the right the right numbers if you want to call it that for them to be able to say that you officially have it we can now treat you they can't they don't treat you for it ahead of time it's not effective so when you officially have it so you can't get at any earlier than I got it so they started the treatment immediately and I came to a realization in this Danny and that is that when you trust the Lord the question that people ask is how can you trust God because you're sick you have this disease you're a Christian not just a name only and you know I had to think about this and what came to me the thought and I take no credit for this if you can't trust God when times are not good when can you trust it's good and what are we trusting God for I'm not going to live forever unless we unless I and and hopefully many of us here are alive to see Jesus come in the clouds then we'll all be healed immediately but if that doesn't happen then there will be a day that I go to sleep and we'll wait for the resurrection and I trust God to know what to do with me I trust him to know which resurrection I need to be that's deep and so when I trust God that's what I trust him for I don't trust him to heal me he can he can touch me and it can be totally gone and I know that and I understand that on the other hand I trust my eternity to God I can tell you that I was truly blessed I was in the hospital for those watching on TV you can see my new hairstyle for those listening on radio there's no hair to style but I went through a bone marrow transplant and so I'm on the other end of that now we'll wait and see how effective that has been I'll know in a month or two how effective but in the meantime I've been blessed in so many ways I can look back over my life I could tell you stories that would you here for a long time how the Lord blessed me even when I wasn't close to him when I was mad at him when I shook my fist at him when I called him names when I didn't feel close to him at all I could look at times in my life when the Lord blessed me and in 1992 praise God I found him or I was gonna say he found me but no I found him because he always knew me he always knew where I was and life is always a challenge when you're a Christian it's always going to be and I trust God to see me through everything that I need to be seen through and I will when I go to sleep if that happens if the Lord doesn't come first I will trust him to know what to do with me the Lord provided I was in the hospital for three weeks for the transplant and I had the most wonderful caregiver there she was there for most of the time she had to come back here for camp-meeting shortly for a brief time but she was with me all this time she took very good care of me she made me eat when I didn't want to eat and I definitely did not want to eat and I would have lost a lot of weight if she hadn't said eat which is what she did and she was there to take care of me and to do everything that I needed and it was just a true blessing and she's doing that now she's making juice she's making great food healthful food for me and all of that just so many blessings the Lord I praise the Lord for that Danny praise the Lord so you can say Tim you've been good to me through all the years you've been good to me through joys and tears I want to think thank you Lord for all you've done you've been good to me through all the years you've been good to me through all the years you've been good to me through joys and tears I wanna thank you lord Oh [Music] cause you've been good to me to all the years you've been good to us do all our whole lives thank you Lord thank you brother Kenny we got a few minutes left give us a word and then let's pray for those our brothers and sisters who behind wish y'all could be right here today I wish you could feel the anointing of the holy spirit that we have felt and and hopefully you have there and we know that this is a day of Thanksgiving and while some of you so will sound like you're telling all your problems in your troubles you know what we're praising God through the trials and the troubles and tribulations that God is on our side and that we have the promise of eternal life through Christ Jesus if you've not made that decision today today is the day of salvation brother Kenny talk to us a moment for the viewer at home and then then say a prayer for all of us it has been emotional day I think for for all of us here it's been a day of blessings day of testimony and day of praise so I look at the tears and wiping her nose and her eyes it's a blessing it's a blessing what we're doing is giving God the praise the honor and the glory because as you've been saying he's been good to us I've often said over the year if you know so go to sleep as mentioned here she'd go to sleep what could you look back and say how God has been good all of these years he's blessed us when we're not worthy of a blessing he's blessed us when it seems like you know we want to do our own thing but God is calling people he's calling you her home he's calling to come home Oh sinner come home and so the the plead of our hearts here I think and her voices together as one it's come to him now this is we say Thanksgiving Day and we're smiling through our tears I'm happy through my tears I really am and I hear these things because I see how God is working in the last day people preparing our hearts to give this message to the world and we need to have that heart of love I read one time where it talks about that unless I have the love that Jesus had for souls heaven will never be my home and that absolutely floored me you know it's easy to pick and choose sometime but unless I have that kind of love for souls that Jesus has and I said old God I need some help so today you're watching you might say oh god I need some help he's there for you he said I'll never leave you and I'll never forsake you and so we can count on that promise and I'm asking you to reach out in faith and grasp that promise say I know you said you'd never leave me I need you right now like never before and remember he's always the closest to you when you need him the most you know I sensed him there many times in my own life I sensed him there now I sensed him in the life of each one here if I heard their testimonies and everyone that works here it's been a real treat and a real blessing so I I'm claiming right now that God is going to do great things for the viewers of 3abn for us here this is only the beginning of what God's going to do as we open our hearts and our lives to him and we're we're saying we're honest we're throwing things that we're talking about death we're talking about sickness we're talking about disease that face us all Jesus is not going to if he's not coming soon but you know what through it all he's been good to me through it all he's been good to each one of us do it always been good to you at home and you know you have how about returning that praise and thanksgiving right back to him right now so we have just a word of Prayer we're going to pray for you let's praise y'all we together our Father which art in heaven as as we come before they are our hearts is over they're overflowing with joy and appreciation and love for you the things that have been recounted in each of our hearts and life since a minute many things went through our minds it has not been spoken but you've read every heart and every mind in every life you know the desires of our hearts and large you know our desires is to spend eternity with you our desires to be what you want us to be to be you want us to be to say what you want us to say but we can't do that on our own we're too selfish and self-centred and Lord we need you and so as we lift up Jesus right now to these wonderful beautiful people around the world I pray right now or somebody that's making a decision right now I've been oh I've just been I wandered far away from you but now I'm coming home and so Lord as they come home right now as you wrap your arms of love around each one of them may they feel that comfort and may they feel that joy in their heart that only you can give and we're gonna pause to give you praise again give you honor and glory because you said I inhabit you love the people that give you praise and give you honor and we do that at this point in our life again god be with each one and those who have made that decision Lord may they reach out and touch someone else and then touch someone else in someone else until this work is finished and that we can go home how wonderful would be to meet around the throne of God like we're meeting right here with all the 3abn viewers and our family here one day we can spend on that sea of glass one of these days we can stand together what a joyful day that will be old god preserve us we say in save us in Jesus name Amen amen amen I'm so thankful for each and every one of you and I'm so thankful for you and what a wonderful Christian woman you are and thank you for your love and I want to thank the viewers take just a moment we want to thank you for your love and your prayers and financial support of 3abn we couldn't continue without you I feel like we're all family and when we travel from church to church what are privileges most of us do to get to meet those of you recently in the Bermuda and met wonderful brothers and sisters like we've never met and yet as soon as we meet it's like we've known each other all of our life because we have that common thread that that love and relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ I want to thank you again and ask for your support and this is at the end of the year and a lot of people hold back their giving or they give a special gifts and so I'm gonna ask you we don't do this too often and we never go out and beg for finances but we're gonna ask you to say Lord what would you have me to do not only prayerfully but financially in support of three angels Broadcasting Network as we endeavor to take this great gospel of the kingdom into all the world we were recently in Russia and to see the people whose lives have been changed through elder John Carter's meetings way back 92 all the way through now through the Christian cultural centers through sister Julia Akana and all the people that have found Jesus Christ thousands and thousands of them and come to the knowledge of Christ because you cared enough to give you cared enough to support we go the Manila to the Philippines we see churches people coming in we go to New Guinea we see people coming in or ambassador Donnell said we're having to build new churches and build and bigger because people watching 3abn are filling them up and we can see this in different places around the world we give God the honor and the glory and the praise for this ministry and yes nobody here is perfect but neither you at home but God blesses us in spite of us and he wants to use you to do something great and mighty and marvelous all you have to do is submit and commit your life to Jesus come to the foot of the cross and then go and tell what he has done for you thanks to each and every one of you for being here today for those of you at home bad news on my part is until we see next time may the Lord richly bless you abundantly more than you could ever ask or think [Music] you

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Published: Thu Nov 30 2017