GRANDCHILDREN AND MY SON ATTENDED HERE AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. NOW AT THE AGE OF 23, HE'S A PILOT FOR SAM'S PURCHASES. -- SAMARITAN'S PURSE. HE CALLED ME YESTERDAY. HE SAID PAPA, THAT IS WHAT HE CALLS ME, WHAT ARE YOU DOING. I SAID I'M PROPOSING FOR REMARKS TO HONOR PASTOR DAVID NASSER. DAVID, HE WANTED ME TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH HE APPRECIATED YOU. HE IS -- HIS LIFE HAS BEEN INFLUENCED AND ON BEHALF OF MY GRANDSON AND THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND JENNIFER FOR THE IMPACT THAT YOU HAD ON THEIR LIVES. AND MY GRANDSON IS WHERE HE IS TODAY BECAUSE OF YOUR MINISTRY, YOUR DEDICATION TO SERVE THE LORD. NOW PASTOR DAVID IS CALLED TO A NEW MINISTRY. A NEW MINISTRY IN NASHVILLE WHERE HE'S GOING TO BE HELPING THE HURTING, AND I KNOW GOD WILL USE HIM GREATLY THERE LIKE GOD HAS USED HIM GREATLY HERE AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. AND I WANT YOU TO BE PRAYING FOR HIM AND JENNIFER AS THEY BEGIN THIS NEW MINISTRY. NOW AT OUR BOARD MEETING IN APRIL, THE TRUSTEES PASSED A RESOLUTION THAT I'D LIKE TO PRESENT. WHERE IS YOUR WIFE AT? RIGHT OVER THERE. JENNIFER -- IS SHE LIKE MY WIFE DIDN'T WANT TO BE ON STAGE? ALL RIGHT. LET'S WELCOME HER. [ APPLAUSE AND CHEERING ] >> COME UP HERE. SHE DISAPPEARED. SHE WENT BEHIND THE STAGE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> THERE SHE IS. LET'S WELCOME HER AGAIN. COME ON UP HERE. [ APPLAUSE AND CHEERING ] >> I HAVE BEFORE ME A RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION TO DAVID NASSER AND HIS WIFE FOR THEIR SERVICE TO LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. THIS IS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THAT PASSED THIS RESOLUTION LAST APRIL. WHEREAS, NASSAR DAVID NASSER HAS SERVED LIBERTY UNIVERSITY AT SAVIOR -- DON'T CUT ME OFF YET, I'M NOT THROUGH YET. [ LAUGHTER ] >> AS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT SINCE AUGUST 1, 2014, AND, WHEREAS DAVID NASSER HAS BEEN A INVESTIGATORNARY LEADER AND REORGANIZING MANY DISTINCT DEPARTMENTS INTO THE SINGLE QUO WHO'SIVE OFFICE OF SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT WITH LU SERVE, LU SEND, LU SEND NOW, LU SHEPHERDS, LU STAGE. HOW DO YOU DO ALL THAT? >> HAD A GREAT TEAM. >> AND THE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE, ALL SUPPORTING THE SPIRITUAL INITIATIVE OF LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. THEY HAVE SERVED NOT ONLY THE NEEDS OF THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY, BUT THE GOSPEL AND THE KINGDOM IN OVER 40 COUNTRIES AROUND THE GLOBE BY LEADING STUDENTS TO BE THE HANDS AND FEET WHILE SPREADING HIS WORD. WHERE HAS DAVID NASSER DEVELOPED CAMPUS COMMUNITY WITH PASSIONATE PREACHING AND TEACHING AS A PLACE WHERE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS RENDERED THEIR LIVES TO LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND ELEVATED AN INTERNATIONAL PLATFORM WITH WORLD RENOWNED GUESTS. I WANT TO PAUSE THERE. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SURRENDERED YOUR LIFE BECAUSE OF THE PREACHING AND TEACHING BECAUSE OF THIS COUPLE? RAISE YOUR HAND ALL OVER THE BUILDING. LET'S GIVE ALL OF THEM A BIG HAND, WOULD YOU PLEASE? [ APPLAUSE ] >> IT GOES ON TO SAY HE ALONG WITH HIS OFFICE AND THE TEAM PROVIDED OUTSTANDING OUT HOT. I'VE HEARD COACH FREEZE MENTION IN BACK ROOM WHEN WE'RE HAVING PRAYER HOW HE GETS UP AT 5 O'CLOCK, HOW HE SEE IS PASTOR DAVID AND HIS WIFE DINING DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS, NOT ONLY NINE TO FIVE, BUT AFTER-HOURS, AND THAT SPEAKS WELL OF A RELIGION LEADER. NOW THERE WERE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF LIBERTY UNIVERSITY EXPRESSES ITS' BUNDLE -- ABUNDANT GRATITUDE, SEVEN YEARS OF SPIRITED SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE LIBERTY UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY AND LIFTS HEARTFELT PRAYERS, SUPPORT, AND DAVID AND JENNIFER CONTINUE IN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LORD. LET'S GIVE THEM A BIG HAND THAT I WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU ON BEHALF OUR TRUSTEES. GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. [ APPLAUSE AND CHEERING ] OF THO YOU SCREAM OUT THANK YOU PASTOR DAVID AND JENNIFER FOR -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] -- WHAT THE I DO WRONG? [ LAUGHTER ] >> ONE, TWO, THREE. [ APPLAUSE AND CHEERING ] >> THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. NOW WHEN PASTOR DAVID CAME, HE BEGAN TO DEVELOP A FRIENDSHIP WITH HIS PASTOR, JONATHAN FALLS. AND THAT RELATIONSHIP HAS DEVELOPED DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS, AND PASTOR DAVID HAS SPOKEN AT TRCB SEVERAL TIMES AND HE'S CHOSEN JONATHAN TO BE THE KICKOFF SPEAKER FOR CONVO. AND THAT RELATIONSHIP HAS GROWN AND GROWN AND GROWN. NOW WITH THE BLESSINGS OF PASTOR NASSER, AS ACTING PRESIDENT OF LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, I'VE ASKED PASTOR JONATHAN FALLS TO BECOME CAMPUS PASTOR. NOW HE AND DAVID ARE GOING TO BE WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS TRANSITION, THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING THAT AND AS I SAID HE'LL BE COMING BACK TO PREACH AND TEACH AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS. I'D LIKE TO ASK PASTOR JOHN 10 TO COME AND GIVE US A FEW REMARKS OF APPRECIATION FOR DAVID NASSER AND HAVE PRAYER FOR THEM. LET'S WELCOME PASTOR JONATHAN. >> THERE'S NO QUESTION, THAT GOD HAS USED HIM, USED JENNIFER IN A WAY THAT KEEP THE SPIRITUAL CLIMATE OF THIS UNIVERSITY IN A PLACE THAT I KNOW GOD INTENDED FOR IT TO BE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY AND YOU COMPARE IT TO A LOT OF OTHER SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD, YOU CAN LOOK A LOT OF THE PLACES WITH GREAT ATHLETICS, A LOT OF PLACES WITH GREAT BUILDINGS AND ACADEMICS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT LIBERTY HAS, BUT THE ONE THING THAT MAKES US DIFFERENT, THE ONE THINGS THAT SETS US APART I BELIEVE IS THE SPIRITUAL FOCUS, THE DESIRE TO MAKE SURE EVERY STUDENT WHO WALKS ON THIS CAMPUS HAS A PASSIONATE RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST AND UNDERSTANDING THE -- TO CHANGE IS THE WORLD AS A CHAMPION OF CHRIST AND FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, DAVID, YOU HAVE FOSTERED THAT, PREACHED ABOUT THAT, TALKED ABOUT THAT, YOU HAVE HELPED US TO CONTINUE THAT VISION AND THAT MISSION THAT HAS BEEN TRUE FOR 50 YEARS AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW AS WE MOVE INTO THE YEARS TO COME WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS IN THAT AREA. DAVID IS STILL GOING TO BE A PART OF OUR TEAM, STILL GOING TO BE WORKING WITH US. IN FACT, IN THE FALL HE'LL BE BACK HERE TO SPEAK AT CONVO, BUT HE'LL BE COMING BACK TWO, THREE, WEEKS IN A ROW DOING SERIES ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HE'LL BE BACK IN THE FALL. DAVID IS LEAVING, HE'S MOVING LIKE RESIDENCES, BUT HE'S STILL GOING TO BE PART OF THE LIBERTY UNIVERSITY FAMILY AND LIBERTY UNIVERSITY TEAM, SO I AM SO GRATEFUL, AND SO EXCITED THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE THE CASE. NOW DAVID, COME UP, IF YOU WOULD. I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY OVER HIM, TO PRAY OVER JENNIFER AND HIS FAMILY AS GOD LEADS THEM TO WHAT IS NEXT. WE ALWAYS RECOGNIZE AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE JUST WHERE WE'RE HAPPY. WE WANT TO BE GREAT GOD PLACES US. I KNOW WITHOUT ANY QUESTION, WITHOUT ANY DOUBT AS WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TALKING, AS WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING DEAR FRIENDS THROUGH THE YEARS I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT DAVID IS MY THIRD DAVID NASSER, THAT IS BECAUSE HIS BROTHER JENNINGY WAS MY DEAR FRIEND, WE SAT SOMETHING EVERY SUNDAY IN CHURCH AND, OF COURSE, JENNIFER IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE TO YOU SO DAVID IS MY THIRD FAVORITE NASSER. AS WE BECOME FRIENDS, THE ONE HEART THAT BEATS INSIDE THIS CHEST IS ONE THAT BEATS FOR CHRIST, ONE THAT ALWAYS WANTS TO FOCUS ON WHAT CALLED HAS CALLED YOU TO. GOD HAS YOU WOULD CALLED YOU TO SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT I BELIEVE SOMETHING BETTER BECAUSE WHEREVER GOD WANTS US TO BE, IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE BETTER WHERE WE WERE. WHILE HE'S STILL GOING TO BE PART OF OUR FAMILY I KNOW GOD HAS SOME AMAZING THINGS IN STORE. IF THEY CAN TAKE A MOMENT, I'M GOING TO PRAY OVER DAVID AND JENNIFER AS THEY WALK OUT OF HERE INTO A NEW SEASON OF MINISTRY, OF LIFE, THAT GOD WOULD HAVE HIS GREATEST WORK IN STORE IN THE DAISY TO COME FOR DAVID NASSER AND HIS FAMILY. DEAR LORD, OUR HEARTS ARE HEAVY BECAUSE WE HATE TO HEART, OUR HEARTS ARE ALSO EXPECTANT BUS WE -- BECAUSE WE KNOW THE GREAT WORK WE HAVE YET TO DO. WE LIVE IN A WORLD THAT IS SO FULL OF PAIN, DIVISION, VARIOUS ROW, TRAGEDY, THAT YOU HAVE CALLED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US TO BE PASSIONATE IN BRINGING TRUTH, BRINGING LOVE, BRINGING LIGHT INTO THIS WORLD. SO GOD, I PRAY THAT NOW AS DAVID AND JENNIFER, THE REST REST REST OF THE FAMILY AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR MINISTRY, THEIR SERVICE, WHATEVER WHATEVER WHEREVER YOU TAKE THEM IN THE DAYS TO COME, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR MINISTRY THAT GOES BEYOND EVEN THEIR WILDEST DREAMS. LORD, I PRAY EPHESIANS 3:20 OVER THEM. YOU'RE GOING TO DO INCREDIBLE THINGS. GOD I PRAY FOR CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT RIGHT NOW ARE IN HOPELESS SITUATIONS. YOU'RE GOING TO BRING DAVID AND JENNIFER INTO THEIR LIVES. I PRAY THE MINISTRY THAT IS YET AHEAD IS GREATER THAN ANYTHING IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR. THAT, GOD, YOU WOULD DO AMAZING WORK. THERE RUE THEM AND THEIR LIVES. WE THANK YOU FOR THE MINISTRY CITY THEY'VE HAD HERE, THE INFLUENCE AND IMPACT THEY'VE HAD ON THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF LIBERTY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, WE THANK YOU FOR THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE HAD ON THAT CAMPUS THAT WILL LONG OUTLIVE THEM. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT MINISTRY, WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO, WE THANK FOR WHAT IS AHEAD, BUT GOD WE THANK YOU MOST OF ALL THAT REGARDLESS OF WHO WE ARE, REGARDLESS OF OUR ABILITIES AND TALENTS, WE CAN STAND HERE TODAY KNOWING THAT IT IS BECAUSE YOU LOVED US, BECAUSE YOU GAVE YOUR SON JESUS TO DIE ON THE CROSS, THAT HE WAS BURIED AND THAT HE ROSE AGAIN THREE DAYS LATER, THAT WE HAVE OUR HOPE, THAT WE HAVE OUR LIFE, THAT WE HAVE OUR ETERNITY AND GOD I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD USE ALL OF US, I THANK YOU, PUT YOUR BLESSINGS ON HIM, USE HIM IN AMAZING WAYS IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. [ APPLAUSE ] >>> SO GRATEFUL FOR JUST YOU AS THE STUDENT BODY, DR. PREVO, THANK YOU, SIR, SUCH KIND WORDS, SIR. JONATHAN, I JUST ALWAYS THINK ABOUT OUR FRIENDSHIP AND I THINK ABOUT BENJAMIN, MY BROTHER, SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW AT CHURCH SINGING REALLY, REALLY LOUD AND ME TELLING HIM ONE SUNDAY, BUDDY, YOU MIGHT BE DISTRACTING THE PREACHER RIGHT BEFORE HE GOES UP TO PREACH. THE NEXT SUNDAY I TOOK HIM IN THE 19th ROW AND YOU CAME OUT AND LOOKED FOR HIM AND FOUND HIM AND BROUGHT HIM BACK TO THE FRONT ROW AND SAID THAT IS MY BUDDY AND THE WAY YOU PASTORED MY FAMILY AS THE LORD TOOK BENJAMIN HOME WILL ALWAYS HAVE SUCH A PLACE IN MY HEART. I SAW THE COMMUNICATOR AND PREACHER OF A CHURCH, I SAW A SHEPHERD. I JUST LOVE YOU, BROTHER. SO GRATEFUL FOR THE WAY YOU HAVE JUST BEEN MY PASTOR FOR ALL THESE YEARS. I CAN'T WAIT TO LOCK ARMS TOGETHER AND SERVE THESE STUDENTS IN THE FUTURE AND FALL UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP AS A GUEST COMING IN, YOU KNOW, AND WE CAME HERE SEVEN YEARS AGO FOR YOU. GOD YOU CALLED US, CALLED JENNIFER AND I, RUDY AND GRACE TO COME HERE FOR THE STUDENT BODY. THAT WAS THE MOST ATTRACTIVE THING. THERE'S SO MUCH THAT IS ATTRACTIVE ABOUT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, INCREDIBLE FACILITIES, STRONG LEADERSHIP, CHRIST CENTERED PHILOSOPHY HE, AT THE END OF THE DAY CHRIST CALLED US HERE FOR THE STUDENT BODY. I AM A CHURCH PLANNER AND I'D LOVE TO RAISE UP THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE CHURCH. THIS PLACE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE PARKING LOT OF A CHURCH. THERE'S ONLY ONE PLAN THAT GOD HAS TO REACH THE WORLD AND THAT IS HIS PRIDE THE CHURCH. IF THE CHURCH WON'T DO IT THE COLLEGE WILL. WE CAME HERE TO RAISE UP CHURCH PLANNERS, PEOPLE TO BE ON STAFF AS A WORSHIP TEAM, RAISE PEOPLE TO GO UP AND BE IN CHILDCARE AND DO CHILDCARE IN A CHURCH, WE CAME BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE CHURCH AND WE CAME HERE FOR YOU, BUT I THINK JENNIFER AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT YOU GAVE BACK 10 FOLD EVERYTHING WE TRIED TO GAP BACK TO YOU. WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE STUDENT BODY BEFORE SOME OF YOU HAVE BECOME LIFELONG FRIENDS FOR US AND WE'RE NOT DYING, THERE'S NO FUNERAL, WE'LL SEE YOU IN NASHVILLE, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE LAST THING AND THEN WE GOT TO GET ON TRACK HERE BECAUSE THIS HAS GOD TO BE -- GOT TO BE ABOUT THE LORD AND WORSHIPING HIM. WE HAVE CHRIS THOMPSON HERE AND WE'RE 25 MINUTES IN AND WE HAVEN'T SUNG YET. I WOULD BE A BAD STEWART AT THIS MOMENT IF I DIDN'T HONOR OUR OSD FAMILY, THE OFFICE OF SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT, THAT TRANSCENDS BEYOND STAFF, IT GOES NO THE RESIDENT SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE MKs, THE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE, OUR COMMUNITY GROUP LEADERS, YOU HAVE LED IN THIS AND THIS HAS BEEN YOUR LABOR OF LOVE, AND GOT GETS ALL THE GLORY, BUT YOU DESERVE SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT ME AND JENNIFER WOULD GET. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF. CAN I GET OUR OSD FAMILY TO JUST STAND UP FOR A SECOND? [ APPLAUSE ] >> THEY'RE THE ONES WHO DO THE WORK. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DESERVE THE STANDING OVATION. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DON'T GET CREDIT. AND THEY'RE THE ONES IN THE TRENCHES, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO COME -- DON'T GO TO BED, THEY'RE THE ONES. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I SAY LET'S HAVE WORSHIP AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO HAVE REHEARSAL, SO AGAIN, GOD GETS ALL THE GLORY, BUT I WANT TO THANK OUR OSD FAMILY AND THE WAY YOU LABOR IN THE TRENCHES AND NOBODY EVER GIVES YOU THE CREDIT THAT YOU DESERVE AND IT COSTS YOUR FAMILY A LOT AND SO THANK YOU. LASTLY, SWEETHEART, THIS IS A CRAZY MOMENT, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU. BEHIND F SUCCESSFUL MAN IS A WORN OUT WOMAN AND YOU HAVE WORN YOURSELF OUT SERVING OUR STUDENTS. AND YOU ARE THE STRONGEST CHRISTIAN I KNOW. EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND I WALK IN OUR LIVING ROOM AND SHE'S BEAT ME OUT OF BED AND SHE'S SITTING THERE WITH HER BIBLE OPEN, HER PRAYER JOURNAL OPEN AND HER PRAYER JOURNAL IS FILLED WITH YOU, STUDENT AFTER STUDENT AFTER STUDENT AND I LOVE HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE TOGETHER. I JUST WANT TO SAY I DON'T THINK THE BEST THING THAT EVER CAME OUT OF OUR TIME WAS ME, I THINK IT REALLY WAS IN THE TRENCHES YOU. I HONOR YOU, HONEY, YOU, GRACE, OUR AND RUDY AND SWEET BABY, CAN I JUST GET YOU TO STAND WITH ME JUST FOR A SECOND? LET'S BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER FOR A SECOND. LET'S PRAY. CHRIS IS GOING TO COME UP. WHOO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I LOVE YOU, TOO. I REALLY DO. JUST PREPARE YOUR HEART TO GO AFTER THE LORD. CAN WE PUT JESUS THE AUTHOR AND THE PERFECTER OF YOUR FAITH BEFORE YOU? JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES. HERE IS A GOOD WAY TO DO IT. WHY DON'T YOU JUST THINK FOR A SECOND, THINK ABOUT THE HOUR YOU FIRST BELIEVED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE NINE, SAW SOMEONE LIFT THEIR HAND A SECOND AGO WHEN DR. PREVO ASKED IF YOU EVER CAME TO CHRIST AND I REALIZE THAT PERSON EVER CAME BACK TO CHRIST WEDNESDAY. WHETHER IT WAS THREE DAYS AGO OR THREE YEARS AGO THINK ABOUT THE HOUR YOU FIRST BELIEVED. YOU REMEMBER THE GRATITUDE YOU FELT, HOW YOUR HEART JUST BEAT FASTER KNOWING YOU WERE NO LONGER A SLAVE, HOW YOU REALIZED YOU WERE NO LONGER AN ORPHAN, NO LONGER BLIND, NO LONGER DEAD, YOU WERE A CHILD OF GOD, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, YOU WERE WHAT -- SONGFICATION, PURPOSE AND PEACE AND HOPE. JUST RIGHT NOW FILL YOUR HEART WITH GRATITUDE AND SAY I'M GOING TO SING THESE SONGS. CHRIS IS THE GREATEST PSALMIST. GOD HAS GIVEN HIM SONGS FOR THE WORLD. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES ON THESE MISSION TRIPS WE'D GO IN ANOTHER COUNTRY AND YOU'D BE -- THEY'D BE SINGING YOUR SONG IN RUSSIA, RWANDA. I WANT YOU TO SING THESE FAMILIAR SONGS LIKE -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] -- LIKE THE HOUR YOU FIRST BELIEVED, HOW HE HAS BROUGHT ME THROUGH ALL OF THAT. IS HE GREAT WHEN HE SAVES YOU, IS HE GREAT TODAY, WHY WOULD YOU THINK HE'S NOT GOING TO BE GREAT TOMORROW. PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR HEART FOR A SECOND AND DRAW HIM, THINK ABOUT YOUR SALVATION MOMENT AND SING LIKE YOU JUST GOT SAVED RIGHT NOW. SING LIKE YOU JUST FIVE MINUTES AGO FOUND CHRIST. A BABY BORN, JUST CRIES OUT FOR GOD. AMEN. COME ON. CAN WE PUT TOGETHER FOR -- PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR ONE OF THE DEAREST FRIENDS GOD EVER GAVE ME. CHRIS, MY BROTHER. >> WHAT A PRIVILEGE THIS IS THIS MORNING. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT A PRIVILEGE THIS IS FOR ME. THIS SONG I'M ABOUT TO SING YOU, ALL THE MEMORIES ARE FLOODING BACK AT THIS MOMENT. BUT I WAS IN MY ROOM ONE MORNING, JUST MY APARTMENT, I WAS LIVING IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND I WAS IN AN APARTMENT AND I HAD MY BIBLE OPEN AND I WAS JUST READING PSALM 103. IT SAID YOU, OH LORD, ARE VERY GREAT. YOU WRAP YOURSELF IN LIGHT AS A GARMENT, ALL THESE AMAZING WORDS OF PRAISE FOR GOD. I JUST GRABBED MY GUITAR, JUST STARTED SINGING OUT THESE WORDS. I REMEMBER JUST SINGING THIS LITTLE CHORUS, JUST KIND OF IN MY ROOM. ♪ HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD ♪ AND I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE DESCRIPTION, LORD, YOU ARE GREAT. IT JUST STARTED COMING OUT OF ME. BEING A WORSHIP LEADER WITH NOBODY IN THE ROOM, I WAS LOOKING AT MY WALLS, I WAS SINGING -- I WAS PRETENDING PEOPLE WERE THERE. I JUST STARTED SINGING THAT SONG OUT. NEVER WOULD HAVE DREAMED THAT SONG WOULD HAVE GONE ALL OVER THE WORLD. PEOPLE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE SONGS, WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN, KING DAVID, YOU GOT A LOT OF CREDIT FOR STUFF I WROTE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> ICE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE WORDS WITH ME. [ LAUGHTER ] >> I WOULD JUST LOVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO FILL THIS ROOM. FILL THIS ROOM WITH THAT PRAISE. I WROTE THIS BEFORE MOST OF YOU WERE EVEN BORN. LET'S JUST SING THIS. >> CAN WE JUST HAVE A SEAT? THANK YOU, BUDDY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THIS IS GOING TO BE SUCH A I THINK SPECIAL THING TO KNOW THAT WE GOT TO HAVE THAT MOMENT TOGETHER. I THINK THE GREAT THING IS WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN HERE, CHRIS, THIS IS OUR BRAND-NEW ROOF, SO WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE. >> NICE ROOF. >> THIS IS OUR VERY FIRST CONVO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING OUR FIRST CONVO GUEST UNDER THE NEW ROOF. >> WE'RE GOING TO SHARE SOME PRETTY EXCITING THINGS. BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WAS THINKING IT'S PROBABLY BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NEW AND PROBABLY DON'T KNOW HOW WE MET. IT FORMS EVERYTHING ELSE. THERE MAY BE YOUR LAST CONVO, BUT THERE NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN A FIRST ONE WITHOUT ME. JENNIFER, YOU'RE WELCOME FOR HAVING DAVID. YOU DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT EVERYTHING COMES BACK TO ME. [ LAUGHTER ] >> IN YOUR LIFE. YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. THE FIRST TIME I MEET DAVID. I HEAR ABOUT THIS SPEAKER GUY, DAVID NASSER, I'M PRAYING YOUTH CAMPS. I HAD A GUITAR, A DRUM THAT WAS BAD. YOU GOT TO DO THINGS ALL OVER THE WORLD. EVERYBODY SAYS YOU'RE COOL. WE WENT TO DINNER. WE WERE AT TWO DIFFERENT HO TELLS. TO YOU DROP -- COULD YOU DROP ME OFF? YEAH, SURE. HE DROPS ME OFF. WE WERE STANDING IN THE BACK OF THE CAR. THERE'S THREE DUDES WALK UP. YOU REMEMBER THIS BECAUSE YOU SAVED YOUR LIFE. ONE GOES DO YOU KNOW WHERE SUCH AND SUCH IS? NO, WE'RE NOT FROM HERE. I SEE TWO GUYS TAKE OFF. THIS ONE GUY WALKS AROUND, GETS IN THE FRONT SEAT AND STARTS CARJACKING US. WHAT IS GOING ON. WE'RE STANDING THERE. THE NEXT THING HE'S PUNCHING ME IN THE FACE. HE'S STANDING THERE. THIS IS HAPPENING SO FAST. >> I'M SORRY. [ LAUGHTER ] >> THIS IS HAPPENING SO FAST. BAM. THIS GUY IS KICKING DAVID IN THE CHEST, DAVID IS COMING OUT OF THE CAR, DAVID IS GOING BACK IN, NO, BAM. THEY KICK ME OUT OF THE CAR. >> THE NEXT GUY COMES UP. >> I WAS SAVING YOU. [ LAUGHTER ] >> THE NEXT GUY COMES UP, I'M STANDING THERE, I'M A MUSICIAN, WE DON'T FIGHT, WE JUST PLAY MUSIC. I'M STANDING THERE LIKE WHAT IS GOING ON, HOLDING MY GUITAR. THIS IS HAPPENING SO FAST. THE NEXT GUY COMES UP, POINTS A GUN AT MY FOREHEAD, AND HE'S LIKE, THIS, HE'S DOING THIS, AND HE SHOWED ME. I WAS LIKE DAVID, HE HAS A GUN. MEANWHILE, DAVID IS NOT LISTENING TO ME. HE IS BEATING THE TARGET OUT OF THIS GUY IN THE CAR. FINALLY HE STOPPED. >> CAN I TELL THE TRUTH NOW? SO CHRIS IS YELLING HE'S GOT A GUN, HE'S GOT A GUN. I'M LITERALLY TRYING TO SAVE CHRISTIAN MUSIC. [ LAUGHTER ] >> IF CHRIS TOM LYNN HAD DIED THAT NIGHT WE WOULD HAVE HAD NO MUSIC. >> THAT IS THE NIGHT WE MET. >> WE GOT CARJACKED. >> THEY TOOK THE CAR, EVERYTHING. I REMEMBER STANDING THERE GOING WELL, I GUESS WE'RE BEST FRIENDS FOR LIFE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW YOU. >> I HAD LITERALLY GIVEN HIM MY CELL PHONE 90 SECONDS BEFORE, THEY DRIVE OFF WITH THE CAR AND WE'RE JUST STANDING THERE SHELL SHOCKED AT WHAT JUST HAPPENED. CHRIS IS LIKE WHAT WAS IN THE CAR, MY BACK PHONE, MY PHONE. I'LL CALL THEM. EMAIL SURE THEY'LL PICK UP. THEY DIDN'T PICK UP. >> THEY LEFT THAT NIGHT, OUR CAR, THEY LEFT WITH OUR CAR, WE WANT OVER AND RUSHED THREE PLACES, SHOT SOMEONE. >> YEAH,, THIS IS SERIOUS. FROM NOW ON WE GOT TO BE FRIENDS. WHAT IN THE WORLD. >> HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD. >> THIS IS INCREDIBLE. SERIOUS, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY WITH THIS CONVO, DON'T MESS WITH DAVID NASSER. THIS GUY IS STRONG. >> WE MEET IN THIS TRAUMATIC WAY AND WE BECOME FRIENDS AND HIS VERSION IS LIKE -- HE SAVED MY LIFE. IN HIS VERSION. MY VERSION IS I'M THE REASON WE HAVE SONGS, PLURAL. BUT THE REASON WAS WE ACTUALLY THAT NIGHT BECAME FRIENDS. I GOT TO TELL YOU, MAN, YOU HAVE BEEN SUCH A DEAR FRIEND IN MY LIFE AND SUCH -- FROM THOSE DAYS AT YOUTH CAMPS TOGETHER, JUST SERVING THE DISCIPLE NOW, YOU CAN LOAD THE WHOLE THING, I WAS NINTH GRADE BOYS. WHAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT SOMEONE LIKE CHRIS TOMLIN IS THERE IS A STEWART ISSUE, AND YOU HAVE BEEN SUCH A GOOD STEWART. I WATCHED YOU SPEND ALL OF THE CAPITAL GOD HAS GIVEN YOU TO POINT TO HIM, TO HELP OTHERS. ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO WE'RE PLANNING IN THE INNER CITY, WE WENT YOUR BIRTHDAY WEEKEND, IT WAS A SURPRISE BIRTHDAY WEEKEND YOUR WIFE PUT ON. ARE WE ARE DRIVING OUT OF YOUR BIRTHDAY PARTY AT THE END OF THE WEEKEND AND YOU HAD BOUGHT US A BUS. IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY AND THEY GOT US A BUS. WE LITERALLY NAMED THE BUS HOW GREAT IS OUR BUS. [ LAUGHTER ] >> WE GO AND PICK UP KIDS FROM THE INNER CITY. YOU'RE SUCH A MENTOR. I'M GRATEFUL. YOU'VE BEEN SUCH A DEAR FRIEND TO ME. >> I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE WAY YOU ALWAYS SERVED. I WANT TO TALK TALK ABOUT THIS NEW SEASON OF SERVICE FOR YOU -- FOR YOU. YOU'RE GETTING AWAY FROM THE STAGE, THE MICROPHONE, FOCUSING ON SOMETHING BIGERRER. CAN YOU TELL THEM WHAT YOU TOLD ME IN DECEMBER, THIS DREAM THAT YOU HAD? >> A LITTLE OVER A DECADE AGO I HAD THIS DREAM AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, IN MY DREAM I FORGOT HOW TO CONCERT. YOU KNOW THE DREAMS YOU FORGOT YOUR TEST, YOU'RE IN PANIC MODE. I GET IT IN CAR, RACE TO MY CONCERT. I REMEMBER STOPPING AT THE RED LIGHT. I SEE OVER MY LEFT THIS STADIUM FILLED WITH PEOPLE. THE BAND IS ON STAGE PLAYING. I'VE FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT. I'M NOT THERE. IT'S ALL THESE PEOPLE. IT'S HILARIOUS WHAT COMES OUT OF YOUR DREAMS. I NEVER PLAYED A STADIUM IN MY LIFE. IN MY DREAMS IT'S A STADIUM FULL OF PEOPLE. I CAN SEE THIS BABY JUST LAYING IN THE STREET. CRYING. I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THE STADIUM, THE BABY, LOOKING AT THE STADIUM, THE BABY. I REMEMBER THINKING HOW CAN I GO DO THAT, DO ALL THAT, AND LEAVE THIS BABY LAYING IN THE STREET. I REMEMBER PICKING UP THIS BABY IN MY DREAMS, I WOKE UP, LOOKED AT THE BABY AND WOKE UP. I PRAY FOR THEM ALL THE TIME. I PRAY GOD, WOULD YOU GIVE ME A SONG. NEVER HAD THAT. I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO SHAKE IT. SO A COUPLE YEARS AGO I TOOK A STEP, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOKS LIKE AND I STARTED THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR NATION. MAYBE YOU -- I STARTED LOOKING AROUND. FROM CHICAGO TO L.A. TO HOUSTON, WHEREVER, CITY AFTER CITY, TOUR AFTER TOUR. JUST STARTED BREAKING MY HEART. I THINK WE'RE SUPPOSED TO USE THIS PLATFORM FOR SOMETHING THAT IS JUST BEYOND SONGS. I WAS THINKING WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR OWN BACKYARD. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE AMAZING MINISTRIES, DOING INCREDIBLE THINGS AROUND THE WORLD FOR CHILDREN. I WAS THINKING MAN, WHO IS DOING THAT. MAYBE THAT IS ME. MAYBE THAT IS WHY GOD PUT THIS DREAM IN ME. WE LAUNCHED THIS MOVEMENT, THIS MINISTRY TWO YEARS AGO THAT WAS REALLY ABOUT HELPING CHILDREN FIND HOMES, USING THIS MICROPHONE TO AWAKEN THE CHURCH WITH CHILDREN TO FIND HOMES BECAUSE I BELIEVE CHILDREN IS THE ANSWER TO THIS, I BELIEVE I SAW THIS STAT, THIS BLUE MY MIND, THERE'S 400,000 KIDS IN OUR NATION, IN THE UNITED STATES, THAT ARE IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES. 400,000. THAT IS A HUGE NUMBER. GUESS HOW MANY CHURCHES THAT ARE IN THE UNDERSTANDS? A LITTLE OVER 400,000 CHURCHES IN OUR NATION. WHEN I SAW THAT, AGAIN, I'M SLOW IN MATH, BUT I WAS THINKING THIS IS SOLVABLE IN OUR LIFETIME. THIS COULD BE THE NEXT GREAT AWAKENING OF THE CHURCH REALLY TAKING THIS ON, FINDING HOMES, HELPING KIDS FIND HOMES. SO THAT LAUNCHES INTO THIS SEASON. IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS NOW OF DOING THIS AND IT'S JUST BEEN BEYOND ANYTHING I'VE EVER DREAMED OF WHAT GOD HAS DONE. I MEAN EVERYDAY IS A MIRACLE. EVERY DAY, WE WAKE UP ON TOURS, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY. I WOULD JUST GET UP ON STAGE, I WOULD SIMPLY JUST STAND THERE AND I WOULD JUST SAY SOMETHING ABOUT KIDS. PEOPLE COULD COME BACK STAGE AND FIND ME, HERE IS WHAT I'M THINKING, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. LET'S DO THIS SOMETHING. I'M A SINGER SONGWRITER. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RUN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. FOR TWO YEARS I'VE BEEN PRAYING. WHO CAN RUN THIS, WHO CAN HELP US LEAD THIS THING. WHO CAN TAKE THIS TO THE NEXT LEVEL. WHO COULD CHANGE THIS NATION. WHO COULD CHANGE THIS NATION THROUGH CHILDREN FINDING HOMES, WHO COULD DO THAT. AND WE INTERVIEWED THE BOARD THAT I PUT TOGETHER, WE PROBABLY INTERVIEWED FIVE DIFFERENT -- WE'RE TALKING WORLD-CLASS LEADERS. EVERY TIME IT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING. THEN PROBABLY 74 OR FIVE MONTHS AGO I CALLED YOU. I SAID I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS, GOD HAS PUT YOUR NAME ON MY HEART AND THIS IS CRAZY, BUT WOULD YOU AND JENNIFER EVER HAVE AN INTEREST IN -- I KNOW YOU'RE DOING AMAZING THINGS AT LIBERTY, HERE IS WHAT IS HAPPENING. WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN TAKING THIS? I KNOW YOU SAID THIS TO ME, YOU SAID CHRIS, THERE'S ALWAYS A YES ON THE TABLE. WE'RE GOING TO PRAY AND ASK GOD AND SEE IF THAT IS WHERE HE'S LEADING US. WE NEVER JUST SHUT ANYTHING DOWN. I THOUGHT YOU'D BE LIKE NO. IT'S COME TO THIS MOMENT AND TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS MOMENT WITH YOU, YOU'RE THE VERY FIRST PEOPLE TO HEAR THIS, DAVID SAID I WANT THE STUDENTS AT LIBERTY, PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE FOR SEVEN YEARS TO HEAR WHAT I'M DOING AND HOPEFULLY COME ALONGSIDE US AND PRAY AND CHANGE THIS NATION TOGETHER FOR KIDS. IF YOU HAD GIVEN ME A ROOM OF FIVE PEOPLE OF THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE NATION AND YOU WERE ONE OF THEM IN A ROOM I WOULD HAVE PICKED YOU EVER GAY. I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT THAT YOU WOULD -- THAT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU WOULD ACTUALLY DO. WHEN I THEY THINK ABOUT YOUR GIFT, WHERE YOU CAME FROM, A REFUGEE YOURSELF, AN ADAPTIVE PARENT, INCREDIBLY LEADER, PASTOR, TEACHER, SHEPHERDING THROUGH BENJI WITH CHILDREN, THERE WAS A SPECIAL NEED, PUT TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE, IT'S YOU. I'M SO HONORED, MAN, THAT WE GET TO SPEND THIS NEXT -- YOU DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT DAVID IS GOD PARENTS OF MY DAUGHTERS. WE'VE BEEN SO CLOSE. WHEN YOU MEET WITH GUNS TO YOUR HEAD YOU GET CLOSE REALLY QUICK. IT'S SO SPECIAL. I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT GOD IS ABOUT TO DO. [ APPLAUSE ] >> YEAH, IT'S AMAZING. I'M HEARING SOME OF THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE YOU'RE SHARING IT WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. AS YOU'RE TELLING ME THIS, OUR THOUGHT WAS THEY GOT TO GET SOMEONE MUCH MORE INFLUENTIAL, MUCH BETTER AT -- I REMEMBER TALKING TO YOU AND SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THEY WERE LIKE WHAT IS YOUR WEAKNESS, I WAS LIKE WHERE DO YOU WANT TO START? RIGHT OFF THE BAT I AM NOT AN EXPERT IN THIS SECTOR. WE LOVE ORPHAN CARE, WE LOVE THE PLIGHT. WHEN YOU TOLD ME THAT NUMBER, ONE PERSON PER CHORE, IF IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY, WHOSE IS IT. I THOUGHT I DON'T EVEN SNOW HOW TO MOBILIZE THAT. I'M A PREACHER. I FELT VERY UNQUALIFIED. BUT THE MORE I HEARD ABOUT YOUR HEART FOR THIS, THE -- EVERY CHURCH IS GOING TO GO WE DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN TAKE IT. THE MORE WE PRAYED, THE MORE WE WERE HONORED THAT YOU AND LAUREN WOULD EVEN CONSIDER US. FOR US TO LEAD THIS UNIVERSITY THAT WE LOVE, FOR US TO -- FOR US TO GO, IT HAD TO BE SOMETHING, WHERE GOD FELT LIKE HE HAD DEFINITELY GIVE US A YES. I GOT TO TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS THAT TIPPED ME OVER. THERE WERE A COUPLE CONVERSATIONS. I WASN'T SURE. I ASKED YOU, I SAID, HEY, BRO, LIKE I KNOW THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU A BIG VOICE. THIS IS TOO BIG FOR YOU. CHRIS TOMLIN, I KNOW YOU'RE A GIVER OF YOUR TIME, TREASURE, TALENT. THIS IS TOO BIG FOR THE ANGEL ARMY FOUNDATION. I REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID TO ME. I'M SO GLAD YOU SAID THAT. IT'S GOT TO GO WAY BEYOND ME, WE GOT TO GET TEAMS ONBOARD, OTHER ARTISTS ONBOARD, BUSINESSES ONBOARD, I'M JUST READY -- 10 YEARS FROM NOW I WANT SOMEONE TO GO WHO STARTED THIS WHOLE THING. WHEN I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THIS HAS TO BE MUCH BIGGER THAN YOU, I'M TALKING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE DOING TOGETHER WHAT THEY COULDN'T DO, I KNEW IN THAT POSTURE GOD WAS GOING TO PUT HESITATION HAND ON YOU. HE'S SO REPELLED OF I GOT THIS, SO I DON'T HAVE THIS, CAN YOU TELL THEM ABOUT WHY YOU FELT IT'S GOD TO -- GOT TO BE BIGGER THAN YOU. AT FIRST I DIDN'T LIKE IT BECAUSE YOU WERE VERY DOMESTIC ORIENTED AND AT VERSE I WAS LIKE THERE ARE CHILDREN IN AFRICA. 36,000 PEOPLE TODAY WILL DIE OF STARVATION IN THIS WORLD. 36,000 PEOPLE TODAY. THERE ARE 140 MILLION ORPHANS ON THE PLANET. CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE ABOUT THAT AND WHY IT HAS TO GO BEYOND YOU. >> EVERYWHERE I WAS GOING IT WAS ALL ABOUT -- I DID NOT HEAR PEOPLE SAY -- I WAS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, NO ONE WAS TALKING ABOUT ALL ALL THE KIDS THAT WERE THERE. I WAS IN L.A. AND THEY SAID LOS ANGELES HAS THE MOST KIDS IN THE SYSTEM IN THAT COUNTY IN AMERICA. I REMEMBER THAT CONCERT, I SAID IN THE COUNTY OF L.A. TONIGHT THERE ARE MORE KIDS THAN -- WHAT CAN WE DO TONIGHT, I'VE GOT AN IDEA, IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS I WANT YOU TO MEET ME AFTER THE CONCERT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO START THESE THINGS. ABOUT 4,000 PEOPLE, ANOTHER CONCERT, COME AFTERWARDS, WE STARTED SHARING, THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO. JUST THAT ONE CONCERT, SEEMED LIKE 100 AGENCIES IN L.A. COUNTY, CHURCHES THAT HAVE STARTED TAKING THIS ON. I NEED OTHER MUSICIANS SOLVED. LET YOU KNOW WHO WHO IS ABOUT TO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS. WHAT ABOUT THIS WAS NUTS, WHAT ABOUT LIKE COLLEGE FOOTBALL. WHY CAN'T COLLEGE FOOTBALL GET IN THIS. STARTED SPEAKING UP FOR ALL THESE KIDS. I LOOKED AT THIS GUY OVER HERE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I'M JUST TELLING YOU HOW LIBERTY UNIVERSITY IS LOADING THIS THING. THIS TEAM, YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT, BUT THEY GATHER, I'D GOING EVERYWHERE. >>'S TALKED TO PRESIDENT PREVO THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE LATE FOR CLASS. I DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY, BUT HE DOES. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I'M GOING TO SHARE ABOUT ANOTHER HOUR. >> TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE BIBLE VERSE THAT GOD MANDATED YOUR LIFE CALLING. >> HEBREWS 2:13, THROUGH JESUS, THAT IS A GREAT START, LET US CONTINUALLY OFFER THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE. HELP PEOPLE WORSHIP GOD. HEBREW 13:15 SAID THAT. GET WHAT 16 SAYS. IT SAYS AND -- AND DO NOT FORGET TO DO GOOD TO OTHERS AND SERVE OTHERS FOR BOTH SACRIFICES GODS PLEASED. I WAS LIKE, WOW, IT'S BOTH. IT'S WORSHIP, AND -- I SPENT MY LIFE TRYING TO BE A VOICE, GIVE PEOPLE A VOICE TO WORSHIP GOD, GOING TO BE STEERING, GUIDING SCRIPTURE FOR ME IN ALL THIS. IT WAS THERE ALL ALONG. >> JUST SO MUCH ON THE FRONT END OF LIKE, MAN, THROUGH JESUS YOU HAVE MADE ME -- THAT PASSAGE, AND THEY'RE BEING ASKED, THE BRAND-NEW BELIEVERS, WHAT ALTAR ARE YOU GOING TO WORSHIP. WE BRING OUR SACRIFICES OF PRAISE. WE BRING SACRIFICE OF PRAISE. WE SING. THEN YOU GO AFTER GOD AND WE RENDER TO HIM TRUTHS ABOUT HIM, WE SHOW GRATITUDE. BUT THE ACID TEST OF THAT IS HOW CAN YOU GET WITH ME AND NOT THINK ABOUT YOUR BROTHER. HOW CAN YOU LOVE GOD, BUT NOT LOVE OTHERS. HOW CAN YOU HAVE WORSHIP, BUT THEN NOT DO THE WORK. HOW CAN YOU THINK I HAVE A ROOF OVER MY HEAD, BUT OTHERS DON'T. HOW CAN YOU NOT BE A BURDEN FOR THE FOSTER KID WHO DOESN'T HAVE A HOME. GREW UP IN A MOM AND DAD HOME, NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO MAKE DINNER, WHO IS GOING TO PAY THE ELECTRIC BILL, SO WE DON'T RUN COLD -- WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERS WHO DON'T HAVE A HOME. WE WERE SHORING THAT AND ABOUT HOW IT'S ALL ABOUT OTHERS. >> CHECK THIS OUT. THERE IS THIS GUY IN 1910, HIS NAME IS WILLIAM BOOTH. THIS MAY RING A BELL FOR SOME OF YOU. I DIDN'T KNOW WHO THIS WAS. 1910, WILLIAM BOOTH, CHRISTMAS EVE. HE'S GOING TO GIVE HIS ADDRESS TO THIS LITTLE ORGANIZATION THAT HE HAS STARTED AND HE'S SICK AND IT DOESN'T HAVE HELP TO DO IT, HE CAN'T GO TO THE PLACE WHERE ALL OF HIS LEADERS ARE SO HE SENDS A TELL GRAM. THIS IS BEFORE EMAIL, SNAPCHAT, INSTAGRAM. IT'S A TELL GRAM. HE WANTED -- HE SAID I WANT TO -- THIS IS THE ONE THING I WANT MY PEOPLE TO KNOW. HE WAS TOWARD THE END OF HIS YEARS. JUST STARTED THIS ORGANIZATION. HE SAID SENT A TELL GRAM. I WANT YOU TO READ THIS TO MY ORGANIZATION. IT WAS ONE WORD. IT SAID OTHERS, PERIOD. THAT ORGANIZATION WAS CALLED EDGES SALVATION ARMY. HE WAS STARTING THIS LITTLE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT LITE OKAY -- LITERALLY CHANGED THE WORLD THROUGH ONE WORD, OTHERS, PERIOD. IT SOUNDS A LOT LIKE JESUS TO ME. OTHERS. >> IT REALLY DOES. LAST WEDNESDAY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EVEN JESUS ON THE CROSS, HIS STATEMENTS ARE FATHER, FORGIVE THEM. HE'S LOOKING OUT FOR THEM EVEN IN HIS HOUR OF SORROW, A ACROSS BULL AT THE CROSS, 9-INCH NAILS GOING THROUGH HIS BODY. EVEN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE PEERING. JESUS IS OUR GREATEST-MONTH-OLD OF LIKE LISTEN, I CAME DOWN HERE FOR OTHERS, THAT OTHERS WOULD BE UNDESERVELY SET FREE AND SAVED AND HAVE REDEMPTION. WHY WOULD WE NOT LOOK AT HIM AS OUR GREAT JUST EXAMPLE. AS A LAST THING, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT THE LAST SONG THAT I WOULD GET THE CAMPUS PASTOR TO SING. I'D LOVE YOU TO SING A SONG I HAVEN'T HEARD YET. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WE WERE SAYING WHAT WOULD BE THE LAST SONG. YOU HAVE SUCH A CATALOG OF SONGS. HE'S IN THE STUDIO YESTERDAY RECORDING SONGS. HE PLAYED FOR THEM. THEY HAVE GOTTEN TO HEAR IT. I HAVEN'T HEARD IT. I WANT YOU TO TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STORY BEHIND THIS SONG JUST FOR A MINUTE. THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR LAST SONG TODAY. WHAT YOU'RE HEARING TODAY IS JUST ABOUT OBEDIENCE. WHETHER YOU BECOME THE NEXT CREST TOMLIN IN YOUR LIFE, WHETHER YOU BECOME A NURSE, DOCTOR, LAWYER, AVIATION PILOT, THAT GOD HAS THIS YES FOR YOU ON THE TABLE. I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO HEAR. THEY WILL THEM ABOUT THE SONG, WHAT YOU WERE SHARING ABOUT THE GUITAR. >> THIS IS CRAZY. THIS IS A FIRST. THERE IS A LOT OF FIRST HERE TODAY. OBVIOUSLY I'VE NEVER PLAYED THIS IN FRONT OF A STUDENT BODY FOR THIS -- FOR THE PEOPLE LIKE THIS. DAVID SAID WHAT WOULD YOU LIKES TO SING AS THE LAST THING. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT TODAY. JUST THIS PAST YEAR, MY PASTOR SENT ME A TEXT, HE SAID I DON'T KNOW IF THIS MEANS ANYTHING TO YOU, BUT I HAD A GUY COME OUT OF THE CHURCH THIS MORNING WITH A GUITAR AND HE SAID I WANT CHRIS TOMLIN TO HAVE THIS GUITAR. I KNOW -- HE GOES TO THIS CHURCH. CAN YOU GET THIS TO HIM? IT'S A 1950 SOMETHING GIBSON GUITAR, WHICH THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME. IT WASN'T THAT. THERE WAS NATE ST.'S GUY TARGET. I REMEMBER GETTING THAT TEXT. WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE I DID A TAPE ON THESE TWO CRAZY CATS. THESE TWO GUYS GAVE THEIR LIFE TO THE GOSPEL. FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW JESUS WHO HAD NEVER HEARD. I KNEW EXACTLY WHO THAT WAS. I WENT AND MET THIS GUY. HANDS ON HIS GUITAR AND HE SAID, THEY WENT BACK TO GET THEIR BELONGINGS THAT WERE LEFT WITH THEIR HUSBANDS THAT WERE KILLED, THIS GUITAR WAS SITTING THERE. IN THE JOURNAL, HE IS NO FOOL WHO GIVES WHAT HE CANNOT KEEP TO GAIN WHAT HE CANNOT LOSE. HE IS NO FOOL WHO GIVES WHAT HE CANNOT KEEP TO GAIN WHAT HE CANNOT LOS. MANUAL FINDING THAT IN A JOURNAL NEXT TO SOMEONE WHO HAS JUST GIVEN THEIR LIFE. I SIT WITH THAT GUITAR, THINKING THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SYMBOL OF SOMEONE WHO'S GIVEN THEIR LIFE FOR CHRIST AND I'M HOLDING IT. I WANT TO SING ALL THE PRAISE SONGS, COME OFF THIS GUITAR. SO I JUST STARTED SINGING THIS LITTLE SONG. AND AGAIN, I'VE NEVER SUNG IT HERE. I'D LIKE TO SING IT AS THE LAST SONG AND I'D LOVE TO PLAY ON THE THAT GUITAR. I'VE NEVER TAKEN THAT GUITAR OUT OF MY HOUSE. I WAS COMING HERE. IF IT'S OKAY, BUT I'LL SET UP AND GRAB THAT GUITAR AND PLAY IT. >> I REALLY DON'T THINK THIS IS JUST ABOUT YOU LISTENING TO A SONG FOR THE FIRST TIME. I REALLY FEEL LIKE THERE IS A NATE SAINT IN THE ROOM, ANOTHER MISSIONARY IN THE ROOM. I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO JUST BOW YOUR HEADS FOR JUST A SECOND AND FILTER JUST THIS MOMENT FOR YOU, LIKE GOD, WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR ME NOT JUST TO BE A HERO OR SOMETHING, BUT TO BE FATHER, MAYBE CALLED TO SOMETHING GREATER, WHAT IS MY YES ON THE TABLE, AND IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW GOD THROUGH HIS SOVEREIGN HAND IN THIS ROOM TODAY, WE WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO HAVE A HANDFUL OF YOU BECAUSE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING. IF YOU'RE HERE IN THIS MOMENT, GOD, YOU GOT TO HAVE ME HERE MORE MORE THAN SAYING GOOD-BYE TO MY CAMPUS PASTOR. WHAT IS MY CALL IN LIFE RIGHT NOW. I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO JUST PROP YOUR LIFE UP AGAINST THESE LYRICS. >> WHAT AN APPROPRIATE SONG FOR COLLEGE AGE STUDENTS WHO IS CONSTANTLY ASKED WHAT ARE YOU MAJORING IN, WHAT ARE YOU MINE ARING IN. FOR YOU TO COME AND SAY I'M MAJORING IN YES, LORD, I MEANER IN YES, LORD, I THINK I HAVE A CAREER PATH, BUT IT'S ULTIMATELY ABOUT GIVING UP EVERYTHING I HAVE, GIVING UP THE TALENT HE'S GIVEN ME FOR THE KINGDOM, THAT THAT HE HAS PUT ME BEFORE, THE OPPORTUNITIES HE'S MADE TO SAY YES, LORD, HERE AM I, SEND ME. AND I WANT TO GIVE MY LIFE OVER TO GOD. WE'RE GOING TO END THIS LAST MOMENT TOGETHER IF YOU'RE HANGING ON TO SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY TIGHT, GOD TRUST ME, I HAVE BETTER FOR YOU. IF YOU'RE HANGING ON TO A CAREER PATH, A SELF-MADE DREAM, AMBITIONS, GOD IS KNOWING I KNOW YOU HAVE IT ALL SET, YOU TRUST ME, JUST LET GO AND BRING IT AS A SACRIFICE OF PRAISE TO ME, THAT I HAVE BETTER FOR YOU. I CAN'T GUARANTEE YOU THAT YOU WON'T END UP IN SPIRIT FOR THE SAKE OF THE GOSPEL, BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT IN THE SCOPE OF ETERNITY, OBEDIENCE, EVEN FOOLNESS FOR YOU IS WORTH ALL THE WELL. THAT IS FOR YOU. IT'S NOT JUST SENIORS HERE GRADUATING. GOD IS IN THIS MOMENT LOVINGLY BRINGING THIS BEFORE YOU, SAY YES, LORD, I'M PUTTING MY YES ON THE TABLE. LIFT YOUR HAND. I THINK GOD IS SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY TO ME. LOOK AROUND. IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY AROUND ME RIGHT NOW, JUST GO TO THEM, GO LAY HANDS ON THEM RIGHT NOW. ANYBODY ELSE? YOU SEE SOMEBODY WITH THEIR HANDS ON. GO LAY HANDS. EVERYONE SURROUND THEM. DON'T NEED TO PRAY FOR CLAIRE FEE. JUST PRAY FOR FAITH THAT GOD WOULD GIVE THEM THE COURAGE TO STEP OUT INTO THE UNKNOWN. TO TRUST THAT HE KNOWS BEST. 'I CAN GAIN INTIMACY, GAIN OBEDIENCE, GAIN WORSHIP. THAT IS MY LIFE COMING TO THE ALTAR TO THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE. LET'S SING THIS AGAIN. >> THESE ARE TWO OF MY FAVORITE INDIVIDUALS AND FRIENDS. THIS VISION HE HAS WORKS. WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE FOR TWO YEARS TO PARTNERSHIP, TOSSER KIDS THROUGH OUR FOOTBALL PROGRAM AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. I CAN SAY I'M STANDING HERE, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ON MY BUCKET LIST. ONE OF THE REASONS I'M HERE JUST TO TELL YOU HOW AWESOME OUR GOD IS, HOW BIG HE IS, IS DAVID NASSER IS AT CHRIS TOMLIN'S CONCERT AT NEW YORK CITY OVER THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO, AND THEY'RE SITTING BACKSTAGE AND MY BEST FRIEND, CHAD SPENCER, IS IN THE BACK ROOM WITH THEM AND NASSER SAYS TO HIM, HEY, THAT FREEZE GUY JUST BEAT ALABAMA. DO Y'ALL KNOW HIM? HE SAID DO I KNOW HIM? HE'S LIKE MY BEST FRIEND. THROUGH THAT CONNECTION WE HAD BREAKFAST THE NEXT DAY, JILL AND I GET TO COME SPEAK HERE, AND IN A YEAR'S TIME WE'RE HIRED AND NOW WE'RE PART OF THIS MOVEMENT OF -- THAT CHRIS AND LAUREN HAD, AND SO MAN, THIS IS MY NEIGHBOR, HE'S MY FRIEND, I WILL MISS HIM LIKE CRAZY. JENNIFER AND ME HAVE BEEN -- AND HE HAVE BEEN GREAT MODELS FOR JILL AND I ABOUT GREAT SERVANTS OF LEADERSHIP. I KNOW YOU WILL MISS HIM, TOO. GIVE THE NASSER FAMILY ONE MORE GREAT BIG HAPPENED. [ APPLAUSE AND CHEERING ] >> MAN, I APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT YOU TO CLOSE US IN PRAYER, BUT HOLD: I REALLY WANT TO ASK TWO THINGS REAL QUICK. THIS MIGHT BE THE EBENEZER STONE MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE. THIS MIGHT BE THE MOMENT, WHERE GOD CHANGES THE TRAJECTORY OF YOUR LIFE. AND MAYBE IN THIS MOMENT, GOD HAS GIVEN YOU A VISION TO STEP OUT INTO -- WE'RE ALL CALLED TO MISSIONS. EVERYONE HERE IS CALLED TO BE MISSIONARIES, TO SAY YES, LORD. THIS MIGHT BE A MOMENT, WHERE GOD IS CALLING YOU TO SAY, I SENSE THAT GOD IS CALLING YOU TO BE IN THE NEXT -- TO BE THE NEXT SAINT, TO PUT MY LIFE INTO MISSIONS, WHERE GOD IS CALLING YOU -- I DON'T HAVE IT ALL FIGURED OUT, BUT GOD IS CALLING YOU TO SAY YES, LORD, TO MAYBE A FULL-TIME POSSESSION OF CHILDREN'S MINISTRY OR TO GO TO THE BROTHELS IN INDIA, TO BE JUST THERE FOR SOMEONE WHO IS SEX TRAFFICKED NIGHT AFTER NIGHT AFTER NIGHT OR TO GO STARTAR ORPHANAGE IN ALASKA OR I FEEL GOD IS STIRRING SOMETHING IN ME, I JUST SENSE A CALLING IN MINISTRY. CAN WE -- ANYBODY HERE FEEL A CALLING TO MINISTRY? IF YOU DO RIGHT NOW COULD YOU JUST STEP OUT AND COME -- I WANT TO SPEND FIVE MINUTES WITH YOU BACK STAGE AT THE BASKETBALL GYM, LATERAL, AND SO IF YOU SENSE RIGHT NOW GOD, IS CALLING YOU, HE'S JUST STIRRING IN YOU, IT'S CRAZY TO SAY THAT, BUT I CERTIFICATION THE CALLING OF MINISTRY IN MY LIFE, COME ON. CAN WE OPEN THAT UP. AMAZING. OPEN THAT UP, WOULD YOU? OPEN UP THE THINGS, YEAH, COME THROUGH. COME ON AROUND BACK. COME ON AROUND BACK. COME ON AROUND BACK. ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE? TODAY GOD IS -- THIS IS MY YES, LORD, THIS IS MY ISAIAH 6:1 MOMENT, MY EXODUS THREE MOUNTAINTOP MOMENT, THIS IS MY, GOD GAVE ME A VISION AND A DREAM MOMENT. I JUST SENSE GOD IS CALLING ME TO FULL-TIME MINISTRY. I SENSE THAT. IT'S A CRAZY THING. THERE'S NO WAY ALL OF YOU ARE COMING DOWN FOR THAT. I FEEL LIKE GOD JUST SHIFTED MY MAJOR TODAY, SHIFTED MY MIND TODAY, SHIFTED THE TRAJECTORY OF MY MISSIONARY LIFE TODAY. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS MORNING THAT GOD HAD NICARAGUA IN MIND, THAT I WAS GOING TO BE HISPANIC RECOGNIZE AGENT. I'M TO GO BE A NURSE, BUT I'M GOING TO GO TAKE 10 YEARS IN HONG KONG FIRST. IF THAT IS YOU, COME ON DOWN. ANYBODY ELSE? MAN. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THAT MAN RIGHT THERE IS A MISSIONARY. HE IS A DISCIPLE TO YOUNG MEN AND THEIR WIVES. I'LL TELL YOU, THE MAIN CALLING IN YOUR LIFE IS MISSIONS, COME ON BACK. WE WANT TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES WITH YOU AND GET YOUR APPLICATIONS TO CHANGE YOUR MAJOR. WE MIGHT. WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS WE WANT TO ASK. WE GOT THIS SUMMER TO BEGIN TO THINK THAT TRUE. ANYBODY ELSE? I JUST OUR SINS IF YOU'RE WATCHING ON CAMERA WE ONLY COULD ALLOW 2400 HERE TODAY. THE REST OF YOU -- WATCHING ON CAMERA HERE, LIVE STREAM, AND YOU SENSE THAT CALLING RIGHT NOW, JUST BEGIN TO LIKE MARK IT DOWN BECAUSE YOU WALK OUT OF THIS DISTRACTION, END THIS DISTRACTION. ANYBODY ELSE? GOD HAS PLACED A CALLING OF MINISTRY TO MY LIFE FULL-TIME. THIS IS YOUR OY SAW THE LORD -- I SAW THE LORD, GOD, YOU'RE GREAT, AND I'M YOURS, I WANT TO MAKE YOU GREAT WHEREVER YOU WANT TO SEND ME. BY THE WAY, ON PAPER IT DIDN'T END WELL FOR THE FAMILY. THE VERY PEOPLE HE WENT TO SERVE ARE THE VERY PEOPLE THAT SERVED HIM WITH A SPEAR. FAST FORWARD TO YEARS LATER AND THAT GUY FAR IS BEING PLAYED IN THIS ROOM AND GOD IS CALLING YOU THROUGH THAT GUITAR TO TODAY. AMEN. I GOT TO GO BACK THERE WITH THEM, ALL RIGHT. PUT YOUR HAND TOWARDS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BACK THERE. PRAY TO GOD I'LL GIVE THE SERMON AND WISDOM AND CLAIRE FEE. COACH, CLOSE US OUT. >> FATHER, YOU ARE A GOOD, GOOD FATHER. YOU ARE ON BIG, MIGHTY, AWESOME AT THE WE THANK YOU FOR THE LIFE OF DAVID AND JENNIFER NASSER, CREST TOMLIN AND LAUREN AND THEIR VISION TO JUST SAY YES TO YOU AND I PRAY THE SAME FOR MYSELF, MY FAMILY, AND FOR LIBERTY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND FACULTY. GOD, OUR ANSWER IS, YES. MAY WE BE YOUR PEOPLE, FOR YOUR MISSION AND FOR YOUR GLORY, IN CHRIST'S NAME, AMEN. [ APPLAUSE ]
