Year-end Giving | 3ABN Today (TDY200052)

as you're well aware we're living in unprecedented times join us now for today's special program i want to spend my night mending broken people removing pain lord let my words i wanna spend my life mending broken people i wanna spend my life meeting broken people hello and welcome to another three abn today program we're so glad that you have joined us why because you're part of our family and it's so fun to get together with you as being part of our family we thank you for joining us as you do each and every day i don't know where you're watching or listening to us from right now this program maybe it's in your car or from your living room or maybe you're sitting on your front porch bundled up in a coat watching us on your phone i don't know but we're so glad that you're part of our fireplace that sounds better instead of outside on your porch and a coat yeah okay i'm just saying that sounds more pleasant but i'd say we're just here today to praise the lord for his goodness here we are at the end of 2020. what a year it's been right you think about this year we had no idea in january 1 of 2020 what we would be facing but we do know right now as we're at the end of this year that god's been good i think of psalm 107 verse 1 it says o give thanks unto the lord for what he is good his mercies endure forever so praise the lord so today is going to be a fun and exciting program we're just here to give you some updates and reports about what god has done through you to bless the ministry of three abn which then spreads the gospel around the world which is making an impact in other people's lives for eternity it is i love these programs because we get to share stories and the impact that this ministry has made around the world and you can look at it in a global sense you know the impact of 3abn you can say well it's impacted the entire world but that world is represented by people men and women moms and dads kids whose lives has been changed for eternity because of this ministry so i'm excited to hear those stories and glad we have our three avian family here yeah because we're glad to be with you you're our family but our family here part of our family from 3abn mr danny shelton good to have you here founder of 3abn it's great to be here here we've just passed the 36th anniversary of 3abn amazing amazing that is amazing actually yeah i was only probably eight when i started it yeah okay i love it a little more don't think about that too much oh i tell you but you know you've always you know got so many stories to share and you think about this year and what god has done it's incredible you know god's been good we're here at the ending 3am is still going stronger than ever before spreading the gospel when we first started going out in public speaking it was like what am i going to say yeah then after a short period of time god continued to bless it's like what i have to leave out still that way yeah amen sitting next to you your beautiful wife dr yvonne shelton beautiful inside too i know isn't that that's the best you have just a heart of gold a heart for people and ministry and thank you for being here praise the lord i'm thrilled to be here we're excited to share together what god is doing in and through this ministry this year and the souls that are being touched and he has been so great this year and in the midst of all the unrest and everything that's been going on god is still good amen absolutely next to you is jason bergman our cfo here at 3abn and of course your wife is not on this program but on francine is kids network general manager and we're just so glad to have you here today as we recount the lord's goodness it's good to be here it's good to be here amen next to you is roy hunt and you're a director of three man planned giving and trust services and we could say your better half arlene is not here today either but you both do an incredible work here at 3abn and we're excited to have you here too thank you good to be here you know cove has caused quite a challenge because usually when we do these you know year-end programs talking about the goodness of god we have a lot more of the three abn family on but you know covet has definitely had his challenges you know the social distance scene and all that stuff and you know and you wonder you know when we the open that you just saw it's our coveted version of the today open when we when the guys built that we thought well maybe we'll use that for a month in a few weeks and we didn't know what would take place and here we are still using that open because covet is still unfortunately alive and well and affecting many families you at home as well maybe it's affected you personally i know dr yvonne you lost a family member yeah to covid we had family members that were sick you know when you wonder about 3abn how is 3abn affected a lot of people have wondered about that have asked us questions when we've received some emails and letters and phone calls here at 3abn but we just have to testify testify to the goodness of god because 3abn has still been able to remain open we've been considered an essential business i consider it an essential ministry and we've been able to stay open being careful with everyone's health the staff's health we've had to make some adjustments this year but god has provided the funds thanks to you to get to this point in this year mr danny i tell you it encourages me for jill and i to sit in the seat you talk about a faith building experience we've been on our knees this year in 2020 as we look at the financial situation and god comes through sometimes just the very next day and there are the funds that we need just a boy you talk about giving you a shot in the arm so let's speak wow god makes a way where there is no way amen in our minds there's no way but god makes a way praise the lord i love watching you two experience those too we don't want to keep them all to ourselves right in that chair you're going to get beat up you're going to get people telling you how great you are going to people telling you how much they hate you yeah you don't worry about any of that stuff you just got to make sure you're doing what god's asked you to do amen but you know no it's amazing and i've seen you guys literally we were really struggling with some finances and greg and jail were praying like the night before that's correct and the next morning here we're blessed way above what we thought we would do or could have expected yeah and that happened seems to time and time again amen i've been there we've all been there i know you're probably wearing your your carpet out at home underneath but god is good you know and he is faithful and what we want to do today as we mentioned just a few minutes ago is actually just talk about what god has done this year share some encouragement reports actually we have some what we call good letters and some reports and maybe you're watching right now or listening and you are the person we're going to talk about here where god has changed your life you have found truth through the ministry of 3abn but before we go to that we love music here at 3abn and tim parton of course he's the general manager of 3abn praise him network and he was here in the studio just a little bit ago playing a wonderful song and i think it's very fitting lord i lift your name on high so that's what we want to do today is lift jesus christ up let's go to brother tim right now [Music] amen what a powerful song is always a minister of music on the piano i love that when he plays because he ministers it's not a performance it's ministry and lord i lift your name on high amen if you're just joining us that's what we're doing this program lifting the name of christ up and what he has done in and through the ministry of three abn this last year we have danny and yvonne shelton jason bergman roy hunt and greg and i just part of the 3abn family here today as i look back on this year to me one of the most incredible doors that god opened one of the most amazing things that god did is he opened up the door for 3 abn to go to cuba and it was a communist country a door that was closed to the gospel and yet god opened up that door like he opened up the red sea for the israelites and said go through on dry ground so god has opened up this opportunity for us to have three abn programming on the package we are the first christian channel available in the country of course that's exactly how in cuba the cubans get their television through um the package they buy it on the street corner it costs less than a dollar and they can buy that they get all their western news or western movies whatever but 3abn is now on the package we're going on this package and it's christian programming it's seventh-day adventist programming sharing the gospel isn't that exciting danny that's absolutely amazing and we see god he says go ye into all the world that's right and so you know we've we've been blessed here in america yes we have and in spite of all of our turning away from god and all the things that we do sometimes as a nation bad decisions and you know the lord is we know as we get to the end of times we'll begin to withdraw his holy spirit but still god is in the business of saving souls amen so he's willing to use anyone who's willing to be used so if you step out in faith god will use you so it's been amazing i think have to think back to russia 1992. there was no christian television going on russia communism fell in 91 and the lord provides and we go with elder carter baptized 2532 souls end up building the largest protestant facility and all the ex-soviet union thanks to you and now they do preaching you know bringing pastors sim seminary students yes they have i mean you know constantly it's it's a whole huge facility of evangelism and now we're on numerous i couldn't even count how many tv stations throughout the ex-soviet union reaching over 150 million people i mean yeah that's just absolutely amazing cuba the same thing on a smaller smaller but it's god that gets us in there yes so god opens these doors when man says they can't open god finds a way where there is no way we've seen earlier and that's exactly what he's done but all we have to do is be faithful to trust god that as dr walt used to say when he said go ye into all the world he counted his resources in advance and found that he's not wanting so we have to no matter what it looks like around us god you open the door we're going to go through it we can't do it without you so when we started this i told the lord there's two things i won't do i won't beg for money won't borrow long-term money won't we don't want to do that right that was the second part was easy i didn't have any credits right my dad i'll use one of my dad's terms i didn't have enough if you got to be a farmer to get this one i don't have enough i i didn't have enough credit or enough money to buy a sick chicken supper oh no chickens don't eat very much for those who don't don't know they don't eat but a sick one would eat even less so that's what he used to say to me dad you got him lunch money today boy son i'd love to help you but i'm financially embarrassed he would say so that's kind of where we're starting the ministry we didn't have anything so okay i didn't have to worry about borrowing but i said i wouldn't beg for money and we've never had bag-a-thons or praise-a-thons but ellen white makes a statement that we can show the needs of a ministry and that's what we want to do today now if you're looking to watch a program where there's gloom despair and agony on me this is not the right program does that mean everything in 2020 has been a great fun and everything's just been like we would particularly like it no absolutely not and you neither but we're encouraged god is still on the throne and what he starts he will finish so small beginnings can be into reaching the world but we couldn't do it without you so today i'm asking you to literally pray and say lord what would you have me to do something special this year towards the end of the year 3abn jason's here i know he's going to want us to end up in the black right and not only red he's going to be as a financial director he's gonna want that to happen but we can't do it and so what happens sometimes greg and jill and i found when i was we were 10 years into this and people were giving they said wait till you hit 25 years i said what's that they said people consider any ministry that makes it 25 years an institution and institutions why they just seem to work on their own it's not important that i give or i support well that's in this case with three abn we're not an institution we may have been around a while but as far as working with the church we love to work with the church we have the same goals and direction and mission is to take the three angels messages to the world but we're not tied to them legally or financially so all of the money that's raised through tv ministry offerings or race through the church none of that comes to three abn and it shouldn't and because we are a 501c3 supporting ministry of the adventist church so i am asking you to say lord what what would you have me to do you made it through this year if you're watching you're listening you made it through this year and if you're like us we're especially blessed we've seen sickness we've seen death we've seen things we never thought any of us thought we would live through that's true this covet and as i say some haven't but are we discouraged no we're still in courage that's right we know the devil is out to steal kill and destroy he's like a roaring lion seeking those whom he may devour but he doesn't have to he says if it were possible if a big word would deceive the very elect but we're not going to be that because we're saying lord come into our hearts and our minds use us in spite of us bless three abn abundantly continue to bless it so that we can take this great gospel into all the world a lot of things are happening three abn is committed and i'm so thankful for greg and jill for for for you too i mean think about it for you roy for each of the heads of the department so jason you have a huge responsibility so i'm thankful that you're all committed yvonne you're all committed to the message of getting the three angels messages into the world what's that it's an end times message for an end times people amen that must go into all the world so jesus can come back for a purified bride and purified church is the devil having a heyday within the church absolutely through politics through finances through you name it it's happening but we have to come submit and commit ourselves to the lord and come to the cross foot of the cross every day lord help us and so we can't do this on our own but you can do it and i know we we see miracles we see daily people write in how they gave their lives to the lord so many things people that have been healed whether it's physically whether spiritually mentally marriages whatever it is people watching three amen this wouldn't happen without you so i don't do this very often but today i just owe my heart it's the end of the year we're praying because you know it's been a rough year and financially it's been a rough year but somehow god is blessed through you and and and sometimes it's been wills and trusts people who have who've given to wills and trust it comes exactly the right time and the lord knew all that he planned all that way in advance so thank you for what you do for the cause of god thank you for joining hands with us here at 3abn greg and jill thank you we lift you up every day in prayer because the position you're sitting in is not an easy one but i know you wouldn't trade it for anything no not at all it's absolutely incredible i mean to be a part of the ministry of three abn to see the miracles to read the letters to get the phone calls about how you've been blessed i mean wow you talk about inspiring an encouraging place to be at yeah you're right at times it's not always easy but that's okay that's where you basically got to get yourself right back up again and get going again right you can't lay down on the dirt too long because they just get dirtier down there so just get right back up stand back up again you know what's encouraged me about this year 2020 is that people still are on fire for evangelism we're talking about cuba here a few months back we brought the project initially to you wow jason people stepped forward and funds came in for the cuban project amazing at just right as we aired the show people were donating left and right and they haven't stopped so praise the lord and thank you all right yeah and i think that's really precious to me because at times when things get tough like we've talked about covert this has not just affected the united states it's been the entire world yeah yeah we receive donations from around the world especially through paypal that's right is one way that people do that but people are still excited and even though things may be tough and you're not quite sure what's happening they're still willing to give but i think what it shows is that people realize exactly what is happening yeah because i'm thinking about this they know that jesus christ is coming soon right and that there are people out there that are lost and dying and looking for truth so i've been so encouraged what are we doing with the money that comes in other words thank you plan for cuba you want to talk about that all right ken yeah we'll start and then you go jump into it but we're very excited pastor john dempsey of course is general manager for three being latino and he's also added to that the hat of director for 3b in cuba and we have cuban national pastor chaplain or pastor or chaplain we call them both hernell hernandez and he's networking there in cuba we have permission from the council of churches to put three abn programming on this package we're working on a studio hiring someone locally there in cuba who can work to edit the programming and to get it on the package greg and i are traveling to cuba to be able to network with the union with the government there and i'm very excited to see these plans come to fruition and to see the gospel open in this previously closed country that's very exciting yeah and thank you for asking that question because yeah we're already spending the money for cuba but it's going to cuba we don't sit on the money very long you know because when god opens the door we got to go through and god's given us these funds and so like you're saying it cost us money to put the programming on that package so we've already put money out toward that if somebody gives a hundred dollars to cuba how much does three abn keep for overhead and everything herself and how much goes to cuba 100 percent goes and goes to cuba absolutely euro stays here i would like some to stay here but and you wouldn't be good at your job [Laughter] so you know that's what i like to mr danny because you know you've always been about that you know guys provide the money we don't let the dust settle on it because god's given us those funds to actually use to spread the gospel around the world and so thank you for the money that's come in for cuba we're excited about the uh about going there and we because of covet again it's caused a few challenges but again we appreciate pastor or chaplain hernell he has uh he proposed an incredible salary actually because it was like nothing yeah you know and he just said oh i'll do this and it's i mean but that's what he wants to do his heart's in evangelism he said i'm happy to do this vision there i mean that's amazing the only channel right yep the only channel is it goes to the entire country of cuba dr yvonne i was gonna say as as you all were talking i was thinking you know look at how god operates so there's no part of the world where he does not want the gospel to go the gospel must go everywhere so he shines a light on cuba opens the doors there and we're supposed to go in and and god has sent you to partner with riabian to get the gospel around the world media does that television does that and what a blessing it is to be able to do that he shines the light we walk in there and do what we're supposed to do in each place around the world he did it in russia he went into russia and opened up that facility all around the world and now we have the opportunity to be in cuba and you all are responding like three avm viewers are so special because yes because you're responsive to the needs you have the burden for evangelism and that's that's what it's all about to really want to save souls go ye into all the world and that's what 3abn does and so i'm just i'm excited yeah i'm so excited back to you i'm so excited too we have a friend that says that the three abn viewers and supporters are the cream of the crop oh i love it absolutely is there the cream of the crop i think about another project that everyone got excited about and are still excited about this year was the covid 19 booklet what's next um think about that jason i think what is it six points six million copies of the booklet went around the country it's incredible it is amazing and it's you know as far as the cost it costs us to create and send around um the lord has been a blessing and you know thank you for all the donors who participated in that and it made it made a big difference thank you for writing the book i mean so fast i mean because it was like on a thursday and you guys start riding over the weekend and you guys listen to what you said you need to write a book and so but then but the zip code thing because people couldn't get out because it covered you can't go really knocking on doors and so people again caught the vision i'm thinking of this year 2020 people caught the vision for evangelism and just got behind this project and i want to just read something i know we want to talk about the covered booklet this just actually just came through this is through social media and it says i got a little magazine which is a little covered booklet in the mail today with with three abn in it i looked it up what is all about and it led me to this wonderful youtube channel called 3abn i love this tv for being here god bless you so in the coveted booklet it has all the truth in it in the very back page it has all the ways to watch 3abn so here's someone right here this just came through whoever you are thank you so much for writing us and letting us know but what an incredible project you know what i what i enjoyed is when we saw a need it took a week and you know i i'm used to being in committees and meetings and well let's think about the church yes i did church so so it took six months before we uh start them you know the motion and the engine going but we can do it in a weekend oh yeah and you know that's called effectiveness yeah oh yeah so praise the lord there was a need out there and god just blessed and it was again encouraging to see people get behind it and we have received i mean this is just a sampling a sample of the response that we've received of people that didn't know anything about the bible even or about truth wondering what was happening you know what's next what a great title you all came up with the title i've been i've been in contact with with the lady who was i thought agnostic or atheist from the way she wrote and the more we write back and forth she's really looking for truth she was a pastor we went to a university and uh to be in seminary when she was younger got distracted got discouraged when she what she saw so totally left so when she got this she wrote us an ugly letter i mean this this letter i'm not giving any names because it was an ugly letter and uh so from the east coast and so you know that she said i know it'll never get and danny will never read this and yvonne i know they'll never but i'm getting this off my chest and how dare they write this and this is you know talking about god and how his goodness in the midst all of this and so they sent it to me and i said well i'll just email her so i emailed her and said thank you for writing and blah blah blah and she wrote back and says i can't believe you you really answered me on this you know and so because she was saying i'm apologizing to you she did yes she has and and so and we've been corresponding and have it in the past couple weeks but it's an openness she really is looking for truth she wanted to see something that's real yeah so that's just you know when this thing goes on six million 6.25 million of these out think of the lives that's going to be changed and you did it and and you didn't have to do big big money i think 40 cents sponsored a book and the postage to a zip code of your choice anywhere in america yep i mean that's absolutely amazing uh think of the army you'd have to get on the ground if there were no covert to get out 6.25 million books yet we did it from setting it home people did it just by giving 40 cents per book whatever and and it worked beautifully the lord blessed him thank you so much you know what's amazing to me is during covid and you would think coveted should be a setback right because it's a global pandemic people are forced in their homes how can we evangelize how can we get out what happened during kovitz this booklet went out 6.25 million evangelistic tools went out what else happened during covet we got some brand new donors jason i don't know if you want to talk to us about you would think during coven people lose their job and they say i'm not going to donate anymore but i mean it's amazing what happened you know and i'm amazed at over 3 000 donors since the beginning of january to now over 3 300 news new donors that never donated before brand new donors so you know people have taken on that you know that desire to help be a part of the increase that god has asked us to do and a lot of these were people who who sent money for the book to say hey i really didn't you know they're learning about the ministry and say i want to help you that's right you know it's all about the partnership and we can't do it's like the body of christ when we're together we can accomplish amazing things yeah and we also had a great increase in viewership during that time too right oh we did that yeah it was incredible because a lot of you were stuck at home right you couldn't really get out and a lot of people are kind of going stir crazy or cabin fever as we call it here in the states and we had a lot of people we believe this is divine providence stumbled across the abn by doing searches online and that's the power of the internet because we have a lot of items a lot of programs on youtube and of course a lot of people go to google those two are tied together and so they're doing searches end time you know people wondering what's happening in this world what's happening next and they would stumble across three apns programming which we believe god led them led you to three abn and we're getting responses from those people but just for example we we saw an increase in the millions of views for three abn especially during the height of the pandemic millions of new views of our programming and that was on youtube alone all the different avenues on our app on our online streaming i mean all that just increased exponentially and what's neat too is that it wasn't just okay short-lived and then we're done a lot of these have then stayed with us some of them that have donated for the coveted booklet have then started to donate on a monthly basis and have joined up for blessings on the go which maybe you can talk about that that's where they can join with our evangelistic team so to speak and every month you get an evangelistic tool in the mail and that's been an incredible thing to see people join with that it has i'm trying to remember when we launched blessing is on the go was it 2015 the end of 20 i think so and so that was the lord gave you that idea of danny and it's amazing because when people sign up for a monthly donation and you say yes i want to support the ministry of 3abn whether it's a 5 gift every month or 5 000 every month whatever it is we send an evangelistic certificate saying you are part of the blessing is on the go evangelistic team at 3abn and then every month we send you a home an evangelistic dvd or a cd so every month it's a different sermon or it's a different tool that you can share with your neighbors and in your community and that's just an incredible door that the lord opens that we partner together joining hands together and sharing this gospel so that's that's a blessing speaking of joining hands together roy your department has a incredible opportunity to join hands together as far as with planned giving and tell us what's happened this year yes danny mentioned the cream of the crop earlier i like that too and i have the privilege of dealing with a lot of the cream of the crops oh good um they they call in they see our hour-long program on trust and wills and you would think that kind of a program is kind of a dry and boring but for many people it's exciting because they can participate yeah and help 3abn through a trust through an annuity through donations and we're able to present during that programming what it is that they can do now you've got something fancy in front of you we're real proud of this by the time you see this everybody should have received that is on our mailing list this brochure your name is going to be here on the back a very nice picture give him glory it says free dvd free dvd and that has caught the attention of a lot of people sure in fact one lady called in and she says the dvd wasn't inside and if you read it's not even the fine print it says right here if you start a document it can be any document with three abn a trust an annuity a cash trust there's several documents that you can do and this explains what it is that you can do so when you get this it opens up look at this this is really fancy this is fancy and almost almost like the last part there over here where you get to send your information in that's right it's real easy you know it doesn't fall off you have to tear it off that's right and uh send it in it's post paid you don't have to put a stamp on it don't have to put a stamp on and uh basically they send that in for more information to find out more information about planned giving and trust services right and the rates are right here for annuities fantastic it tells you what the percentages are not for every age but you you can call in and we'll give you that information so we're excited look for this in your mailbox good hey that's nice roy thank you for everyone for everybody that does a document and completes it they get the free dvd wow give him lord amen that's a great gift yeah thank you roy too for your department too because i appreciate it that uh you know you guys don't put pressure on people basically you can just contact the plan given in trust service department and just to find out information so don't be afraid it's not like a sales pitch it's just finding out hey how can i get involved with evangelism in this aspect and you're also very much encouraging of the family you know for them to remember the family and ministries it's really very important that whatever you do for 3abn in the way of supporting the ministry and our lord that you also remember your family your family is very important you've been with them many many years and it's important to remember them in your will or your trust but it's equally important as to remember the lord amen amen and i think it's neat because people actually think of us as their family too so you know it's their blood family but then we're the three abn family and i think that's what's really neat because we are part of the family and what touches me so much is that okay when a document comes to fruition that means the person has passed away so they're sleeping in jesus but yet then i think their works do follow them because they're just sleeping waiting for christ soon in return but yet the money that comes into three abn is making a difference and that's happened this year and so god has provided for our needs change your verbiage just a little bit okay that's great when your document comes to fruition yes oh there's two types of that isn't it that's a good point thank you for the clarification for you yes and there is a myth out there yeah when you do a document that you're going to pass away that's true right they've done a mythbuster okay yeah well the truth is whether you do a document or not you're going to pass away eventually everybody does unless the lord comes right yeah ahead of time but not at the time you do the doctor that's right yes thank you so much but you don't go any sooner because you do a document right now it's just called what was the name of plan to give i mean yeah so we try to plan ahead that's right yeah but what a great department what a way that god has provided for the needs of three apn uh through the years i again want to just read a couple of reports that have come in because this again is just so encouraging and i hope it is to you it is to us this person again this just came through it says i have been a christian for decades and have never heard anything make more sense than this teaching on end time events before i must say that god has been tugging on my heart to keep his sabbath and they have here saturday for months now no coincidence that i stumbled across this programming on 3 abn so they realize that it's divine providence so they're finding truth uh this person here again it says the question of sunday sabbath has been on my mind but i haven't researched it until early this week and decided jesus was jewish and preached in a synagogue on his sabbath saturday this weekend's saturday was and will be from now on my sabbath so they're going to church on sabbath saturday yup i follow jesus not man and so here's just reports that are coming in and this is all because they're watching 3 abn and these are from watching 3a being on youtube so it's just phenomenal it's incredible maybe we can go around the circle and share a testimony maybe someone we've talked to and experienced someone who's come to know jesus or maybe one of these letters i've got a good letter here it's three pages but i'm going to read one paragraph [Laughter] this is from hildy and her letter basically talks about everything we've talked about here evangelizing getting the word out to the world about our savior and she talks about how the world is um in a mess basically and she says but then there is 3 abn standing tall and strong in the midst of it all safe comforting sheltering refuge to turn to when there's turbulence and nerve-wracking times [Music] a place where we can find real answers and genuine hope and even peace to a degree and what a tremendous camp meeting this september the most glorious one yet super powerful preaching totally fitting for a time such as this magnificent music thank you all wow thank you so much wow praise the lord amen jason so um i have one and i just want to reflect a little bit about what um danny you and were talking about how you know we hear all these limitations but when god says to do something he doesn't put limitations he gives us strength and he gives us power and one thing that greg and i and and jill we're talking about how you know we're reaching the world yeah you know we're not just reaching one part of the world we're reaching the whole world and it's amazing how um we have someone who wrote us from nigeria and was watching us on youtube and just loved our programs and so excited that she is finding jesus um and how the teaching um has made a difference in um in her life so this is something from nigeria you know across the little pond and into a place where you know 3abn has able was able to encourage people all around the world so i'm encouraged by this and you know there's no limitation that god can't just increase to us and just grow and help those who are looking for jesus absolutely talking about around the world you received email from that iran yes this is actually an instant message on instagram um and it just said greg and jill god bless you both i'm from iran so i just asked you watch 3bn and what happens over there so they said i've been watching 3bn since 27 years ago after one week of watching i gave my heart to the lord from that moment my tv was on 3bn from morning till evening and they watch now on their phone they translate three bians messages into iranian they've been doing it the last six years and then they said here the iranian seventh-day adventists are the fruit of what danny shelton amen has done many years ago and that is because you were obedient to the call of god all those years ago to start the ministry of 3abn and there are many people in iran who have accepted the truth of the seventh they have in his message because of your faithfulness well that's a big praise the lord of course he gets the the credit he blesses us in spite of us but he does ask us to go and uh so joining hands with you we've been able from this little cornfield spot in southern illinois you know of a few hundred people in the area to literally reach out to the world to multitudes we've seen ambassador tejano has told me over the years different churches in the philippines and and in new guinea that actually had to build on so many baptisms so many people from watching three abn baptizers hundreds even thousands in areas you know seeing these people come come is amazing one is is is great but when we look around the world sometimes you see tremendous amounts of people just the book we put out ten commandments twice removed we saw over some 40 sunday pastors not the layman but pastors of other denominations read the book and say i i've i've not been keeping all the commandments of god i didn't know it we have to change i mean those type of things are amazing and when you see what god is doing just time and time again miracle after miracle but literally the thousands hundreds of thousands of people who come to the knowledge of christ and the three angels messages because of you joining with us thank you amen you know just knowing that um the lord gives three avian these different programs that teach that inspire that all of these different things that people can watch and learn more about the lord and learn and learn the bible have bible studies on television which is really good every there is not a day that passes that i don't get an email about salvation and symbols and signs every single day because people are struggling with the book of revelation and daniel and they're like how what and and if you watch the program you'll see jason and i are struggling with it with them with the viewers and it has been so inspiring and every single day i get an email about that program and how it's changing people's lives and we have many programs like that the sabbath school panel people love the sabbath school panel because again it's changing lives and so that's what god has assigned us to do and three abn is we're able to do that and i'm just so it's such a blessing such a blessing to be a part of that i have a good letter here please read it yes this person just signed a christian sister she said she's been a donor to 3abn since 2005. when she heard about three abn latino's cuban outreach the lord strongly impressed her to give the lord has met all my needs throughout the years and i want to share that blessing with you praise his holy name yes you have another oh yeah sure um this says a lady at my church was disappointed with her spiritual condition she prayed to find a church that was serious about god she started watching through abn and immediately gave her heart in full submission to the whole truth of the gospel of jesus christ and has since joined a prayer group you're doing a great work and my prayers are with you always and that's from leone in new jersey so i mean we have people who are just who are just blessed by the programming which inspires us because when we're doing the programs you know we're just here doing the programs we can't see you but then we get feedback from you that it's a blessing so it's no accident that each of us are here in the closing moments of verses i mean the lord wants to do something great and mighty marvelous through each and every one of us as we said in spite of us we just have to be willing and we've seen things time and time again we don't believe in in coincidence here we believe in divine providence that's right we see things quickly uh you greg asked me about the light blue when you were doing a program and i said yeah i remember back when mark finley was here one night we were doing a program and talking about suicide and i just felt impressed i said brother mark why don't you look in right over here this camera i said look in this camera and talk to somebody maybe who's contemplating suicide right as he was talking one of our lights up here blue of course that hot glass is all over yeah didn't hit us but we said well that's interesting he's talking months later i go to i believe it's uh it's either trinidad and or maybe jamaica and i'm there and huge crowds of people there talking and just i get ready to go up on the set somebody says thanks to three abn really saved my life so i said well come on up with me so i brought him up and said well let's tell the whole church let's tell the whole church about it his testimony was a young man 19 18 19 years old through his life ready to literally give up and and take his own life wow so he said i was sitting in my grandma's apartment and not a christian he's not a christian sitting in a chair waiting to get up the nerve i was going to od basically he had the stuff in the bathroom and he said i waited till it was totally dark i finally got up as i did i hit something and when i did it was a remote it fell on the the floor so i reached down to pick it up when i did the tv came on to 3abn i've never seen three abn before and he said as i looked at it mark finley was pointing into the camera and said friend if you're contemplating suicide don't jesus loves you now we have that we need to pull that program sometimes i'd love to show it and hook it up with the young man because we followed up on him he ended up going to the seminary as a pastor today praise the lord giving the gospel to the world and now that's because of you without you that wouldn't have happened but that's happened replicated itself time and time again johnny denzel can tell you somebody calling was getting ready to kill them to shoot themselves and john carter standing up basically i forgot what he was doing he's climbed up for some reason got down but he was just standing there getting ready to pull the trigger the tv came on he didn't have that channel on he said oh i'm going to turn it up so the neighbors don't hear me he's in apartments i don't want him to hear this at midnight so he says i just turn on the tv loud as i can just as i get ready to pull the trigger john carter's on says friend jesus loves you he died for you made a plan of salvation for you man instantly called three a b in the number gave his heart to the lord that goes on and on and on and so it's amazing thank you again for your love and your prayers financial support is no accident we're here working together to take this great gospel of the kingdom into all the world because when that happens guess what the big event next next big event jesus comes back in the clouds look up say hello this is our god whom we've waited for he has come to save us thank you again so today is just a thank you it's a praise to the lord and our praise and thank you to you all for what you do for the cause of god joining hands with those of us here at 3abn amen you know dr vaughn will come to you in just a moment for a prayer i think it'd be nice to have a prayer for our viewers and stuff but i'm thinking mr danny 3abn is here for such a time as this you know we just celebrated the 36th anniversary of 3ab and i think back to those many years i wasn't here at that point you know working at three abn but i believe uh fonda summers didn't she donate the original two acres the two acres at the uplink that's nice donated land but do you know what those two acres had no interference when the satellite was trying to put that signal up 36 years ago and three abn the grounds were cleared with five gallons of diesel fuel as you were able to afford that people stepped forward with a check here a check there some of those are you i mean you may be some of those the people that supported the vision way back then into what it is today as mr danny has said thank you very much i believe heaven is going to be an incredible place i think about molly stinson who fell asleep in jesus this year an integral part of the ministry of three abn boy people are resting in jesus waiting for his soon return i look forward to that day because we'll be able to be there in heaven there'll be people that'll come up to you and you mr danny and and everyone here but you too saying wow thank you i'm in heaven because of you you're like i don't even know your name but they said you donated to the ministry of three ebay and you prayed for the ministry of three of you and thank you so very much we know that jesus is coming very very soon any closing thoughts before dr yvonne prays i just think of isaiah 60. arise shine amen for your light has come and the glory of the lord is risen upon you it's a dark world there's a great deal of sickness and sadness and suffering but the lord wants to bring hope and he wants to bring healing and the glorious light of the gospel to a lost and dying world so just thank you thank you for being our family know that we love you and pray for you thank you for joining hands together with us to take this gospel this light of the gospel to a lost and dying world you know greg miss summer said when she heard the story what we wanted to do yes the lord impressed us she said i said i said lord i'd like to help but i don't have anything and she said the lord said to me this 77 year old methodist lady what is this you have in your hand so maybe today each and every one of us as we're asking the lord lord i'd like to help but i don't know what i have he may be asking what is this you have in your hand amen so we're going to say goodbye to you at this moment we'll have you dr yvonne um pray us out of this program thank you mr danny thank you dr yvonne jason rory and always a blessing to be on with you and thank you at home for joining us for this special program dr yvonne thank you oh lord god we just praise your name you are el shaddai the almighty god and we thank you because you are the poorer fort the one who pours forth blessings and so we thank you that through this year this 2020 year where so much has gone on you have still been our god you're still there you're still in control and we can still come to you with everything so we thank you for your provision we thank you for your power lord we thank you that you are there for us through every situation i lift up every viewer that's watching lord you know what's going on in their lives you know the challenges that they're facing but we know that you are the almighty god that there's nothing too hard for you and so if we turn to you with everything you will take care of everything and answer in accordance with your will and so we thank you for that i pray for every department here at 3abn that you will continue to be with us to guide us to direct us to lead us lord to open up places around the world where we can take your beautiful gospel and share it with the lost and dying world lord we thank you for that privilege we thank you that we can partner together with the viewers and the listeners on the radio lord we thank you that we can partner with them to get the gospel to the world as you've commissioned us to do so we pray lord that you will continue to flee with us guide us direct us and lead us lord so that one day soon we can look up and say hello this is our god we've waited for him and he will save us we thank you lord we bless your name we thank you in the worthy name of jesus our savior amen [Music] you

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Published: Thu Nov 26 2020