1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,000 Welcome to the God's Gunnest Podcast where our mission is to encourage and highlight 2 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,000 God's Gunnest and modern-day miracles. 3 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,000 We are your hosts, Josh and Shelly Hankins. 4 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:23,000 Today we have with us Pastor Rick Kardell back with some more 20th century adventures in 5 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:24,000 God. 6 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:27,000 We're going to be amazed, I'm sure, some more cool stories. 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,000 And we'll have him start us off with an opening prayer. 8 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:35,000 Holy Spirit, we're so dependent upon you. 9 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,000 And we thank you that we have ears to hear. 10 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:45,000 We have amount to speak and to share the good things that you've given to us and allow us to experience. 11 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,000 So that others can be provoked to faith. 12 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:56,000 We believe for your nointing upon us that everything will go according to the way that you wanted to go. 13 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:02,000 And we ask God that you would cause people to tune in and to listen. 14 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:12,000 We know faith comes by hearing hearing by the word of God and we do share your word in these 20th century experiences. 15 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:18,000 Even though we're in the 21st century, you just keep doing and doing and doing God. 16 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,000 Thank you for blessing Josh and Shelly dear Lord God. 17 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:28,000 And there could be a goodness to invite me here to talk about you, my favorite subject. 18 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,000 In Jesus name, amen. 19 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,000 Amen. 20 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,000 Amen. 21 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,000 Thank you. 22 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:34,000 Mm-hmm. 23 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,000 Somewhere would you like to start today, Pastor Rick? 24 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:48,000 Well, I would like to start with what I call an unusual prophecy where God told me he wanted me to go to school. 25 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,000 School was not one of my favorite things growing up. 26 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:58,000 As a matter of fact, I skipped school as much as I could in high school. 27 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:06,000 There was a prayer meeting, after I was saved, you know, I was starting going to prayer meetings and there was a prayer meeting in a home that I went to often. 28 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,000 One particular night I got there late. 29 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,000 The only seat was a chair next to the leader. 30 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:20,000 I had never seen this happen before or since under the anointing of the Holy Spirit. 31 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:28,000 He pointed to the person on my right and began to prophesy over them for where he was. 32 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,000 That was wonderful. 33 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:40,000 But he continued to point to the next person and the next person, giving a personal word of encouragement to every person that was there. 34 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:47,000 Lastly, he pointed to me and said, without knowing how much I hated school. 35 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,000 This is what the Lord said through him. 36 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:54,000 As much as you don't like school, I want you to go to school. 37 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:59,000 And in it, I have a purpose that will keep you secure through up. 38 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:05,000 Well, the next day that prophecy just continued to speak to me. 39 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:12,000 So I said, okay, Lord, I'm going to open this phone book and put my finger down on the page. 40 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:18,000 If this is from you, then let my finger fall on the school you want me to go to. 41 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:25,000 Please remember, I was a very young Christian just learning to walk with the Lord. 42 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:31,000 I looked down to where my finger was pointing to and it said, do cane university. 43 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:36,000 So I called and scheduled an interview. 44 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:42,000 Well, I went on a trip and forgot about the interview that was scheduled for the day that I got home. 45 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,000 So I called and rescheduled. 46 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:50,000 When I got to the waiting room, I sat down and I read. 47 00:03:50,000 --> 00:04:00,000 The Holy Spirit spoke with me and said, when he, the interviewer, wants to know why Duquesne tell him I said so. 48 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Oh, boy, I thought he's going to think I'm nuts. 49 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,000 But, okay, I'll do it. 50 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:13,000 The Lord assured me that when he tells us to do something, he has already prepared the way. 51 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:23,000 I was called in and welcomed by a very big handsome, well-groomed African American man named Bill Nun. 52 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:28,000 In our conversation, he asked me how I enjoyed my time in the army. 53 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:34,000 I said that there were good times and bad, but through the worst time I gave my life to Jesus. 54 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,000 He jumped up and said, you mean you're saved? 55 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:45,000 I shared my story with him and when he asked me why I chose to cane, I told him exactly what the Lord said. 56 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,000 That he said so. 57 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:52,000 Bill realized we had talked a long time about the Lord and not much about the school. 58 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:57,000 He was running late for an appointment and he gave me an application saying 59 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:01,000 to take it home so that I send it in. 60 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,000 So I did. 61 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:10,000 When I got my transcript of my grades from high school, they were all good grades. 62 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:16,000 And that was a supernatural phenomenon because I was just an average student. 63 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:23,000 I had some deas, I had some abs, but God, I don't know how you did it God, 64 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:28,000 but I had all as and as a band. 65 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,000 That's amazing grace. 66 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Talk about a glitch before they were glitches. 67 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:38,000 So I went to school on a GI Bill. 68 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Classes began and the money still had not come in for my books. 69 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:47,000 One day after a few classes, I came into my English class, 70 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:52,000 being that I couldn't read the homework assignment without a book. 71 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,000 I was at a loss. 72 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,000 The teacher announced, 73 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:00,000 we are going to write an in-processed theme. 74 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Now, what in the world is an in-processed theme? 75 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Oh, Lord, you told me to come here and I obeyed. 76 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,000 I need your help Holy Spirit. 77 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:18,000 Please show me what to write and let my paper be the best in the class. 78 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:23,000 So I wrote and I wrote and the next day in that class, 79 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,000 the papers were handed back. 80 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:30,000 Wow, this man liked to write with a red ink. 81 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:37,000 Paper after paper was handed to the classmates with all kinds of notes and corrections. 82 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:41,000 One lady said to me, how big you got the best one? 83 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:45,000 I said, yeah, my face I didn't believe it. 84 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,000 Sure enough, I got an A plus. 85 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,000 The best paper in the class. 86 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:55,000 Pretty good for not even knowing what an in-processed theme was. 87 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,000 I still don't know what an in-processed theme is. 88 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:02,000 But I do know I give God the glory for that one. 89 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Someone invited me to a permitting in Gibsonia, 90 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,000 which I had never attended. 91 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:13,000 At testimony time, I shared the story that I just shared with you guys. 92 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:19,000 After the meeting, a couple came over to me and gave me a pen of cost of handship. 93 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,000 Can't shake, you know what that is? 94 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:26,000 Okay, somebody shakes your hand and you feel money between your hands. 95 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:33,000 The next day after prayer, the Lord said, go and get your books now. 96 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,000 God sure is a good provider. 97 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:39,000 So I went to the bookstore and I bought brand new books. 98 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:40,000 Hallelujah. 99 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,000 Nothing but the best for God's kids, right? 100 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:49,000 Well being Catholic, I would go to the masses that were offered daily at DuCain. 101 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:54,000 And one day a very nice young lady waited for me and said, 102 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,000 who are you? 103 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,000 We began to talk. 104 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:03,000 She had recently been saved and we powed around together and became good friends. 105 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,000 Also, we met other Christians on campus. 106 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,000 We ended up getting married in time. 107 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:13,000 She was one of the best things that ever happened to me. 108 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:17,000 I had the greatest in laws anyone could ask for. 109 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,000 And together we had a wonderful son. 110 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:23,000 Unfortunately after seven years we were divorced. 111 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:27,000 I said, Lord, you know all things. 112 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,000 You knew how this was going to end up. 113 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,000 Why did you allow us to get married? 114 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:39,000 And he said that he wanted me to experience all the good that I had in that relationship. 115 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:43,000 The good is far more valuable than the bad. 116 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:50,000 So God leads us in ways that are outside the boundaries of our own understanding. 117 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:58,000 For instance, when I was attending DuCain University, which was right across the street from Mercy Hospital 118 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:04,000 where my sister, Fran, worked and we both lived in the same house, sound and oakmont, 119 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:10,000 God led me to hitchhike every day instead of riding with her. 120 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:16,000 While it was not convenient, it certainly proved to be exciting. 121 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:24,000 I had numerous daily opportunities to share my faith with people who never would have heard it otherwise. 122 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:31,000 I know God cared for those people and they needed to meet him as a personal Lord and Savior. 123 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:39,000 I remember one specific day that my Ryan took me all the way to a place called Bumble of Art. 124 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:47,000 And before getting out of the car, I noticed a woman and her adult son with a hood of their car up stopped on the road. 125 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:52,000 The son had used the payphone, remember them, and then left. 126 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:57,000 I was standing now with my thumb out to get a ride when the Lord said, 127 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:02,000 go over and lay hands on her car and pray over it. 128 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,000 Oh Lord, I've got to get to my class. 129 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,000 It's my favorite one with Father Nasty. 130 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:13,000 I did not obey and no cars were stopping to get me a ride. 131 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,000 The Lord spoke again. 132 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:20,000 You're not going to get a ride until you do what I say. 133 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,000 So I went over to the woman. 134 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:28,000 She explained that her battery was dead and her son had to leave and go to work. 135 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:32,000 I asked the woman if she believed in the power of prayer. 136 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,000 She did not answer. 137 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:39,000 A totaler I was going to pray over her battery and God would start her car. 138 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:43,000 She thought I was nuts, but what could she do? 139 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:49,000 So I laid hands on the battery and prayed a health-lord prayer. 140 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,000 You've got to come through here. 141 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:56,000 Just then a police car pulled up and asked what was going on. 142 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:00,000 I told them, her battery died and I praying over it. 143 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,000 They smiled and left. 144 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,000 I then asked the woman to start the car. 145 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:09,000 She replied, I told you, the battery is dead. 146 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,000 It's not going to start. 147 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,000 I said, please try. 148 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,000 She did and started right up. 149 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:18,000 Hallelujah. 150 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,000 Thank you, Jesus. 151 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:23,000 She told me to get in and she tried me as far as she was going. 152 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,000 I said, now do you believe in the power of prayer? 153 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,000 She said, sure. 154 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:34,000 She handed me a watch tower magazine, which is from the Jehovah Witnesses. 155 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:39,000 I shared my testimony with her, including that I was Catholic. 156 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:43,000 She began addressing the idolatry issue. 157 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:52,000 When I had to get out at her turn, I said, lady, if you don't give my Jesus the glory for starting your car, 158 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:56,000 I don't know how far you're going to get when I get out of this car. 159 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,000 I got out and never looked back. 160 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:07,000 But I praise the Lord for his love and care for the Jehovah Witness lady that he wanted to hear about his true salvation. 161 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,000 Praise God. 162 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,000 I love how he shows up every time for you. 163 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:13,000 Always. 164 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:14,000 Even today. 165 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:17,000 We have to go ahead and tell about it. 166 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:24,000 We record at the church sometimes and today the internet went down and so they weren't able to unlock the doors remotely. 167 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:30,000 So thankfully Pastor Rick had a key from his time when he was on stage. 168 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,000 Did I didn't even know a hat? 169 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,000 Yeah. 170 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:34,000 Because I turned all my keys in. 171 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,000 So you thought. 172 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,000 Yeah. 173 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:41,000 And this was the one hidden in your keychain and it worked. 174 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:42,000 And so we got in and we got to get out of here. 175 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,000 First thing I tried. 176 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,000 Our schedule. 177 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,000 Now how old did you see that key? 178 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:51,000 Well, I've been here since I've been a staff since 1989. 179 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Yeah. 180 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,000 That's an old key. 181 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,000 It is an old key. 182 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,000 I like keys. 183 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:58,000 Keys are important. 184 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,000 Keys are important. 185 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:04,000 And this place as you can't get unless 186 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,000 you have a key. 187 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:07,000 Fischer. 188 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,000 We know that. 189 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:09,000 We know that. 190 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,000 To the kingdom. 191 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,000 Mm-hmm. 192 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,000 Yeah. 193 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,000 I love it. 194 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,000 It just keeps showing up. 195 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,000 And it's always good. 196 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:18,000 Yeah. 197 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,000 Let me tell you another story. 198 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,000 Absolutely. 199 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,000 Absolutely. 200 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:27,000 That's when I call the Yorktownian experience. 201 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,000 You know, in John 4 versus 3 and 4, 202 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:36,000 it says, hey, Jesus left Judea and departed again into Galilee. 203 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,000 And he must need to go through Samaria. 204 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,000 And we know the whole story about that. 205 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:45,000 You know, that's where he ministered to the woman that the well 206 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,000 and she became one day in Evangelista. 207 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,000 Part of the list. 208 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,000 Part of the list. 209 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,000 One time. 210 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:53,000 He's seen. 211 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:54,000 Yeah. 212 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:58,000 So remember Jesus ministered to that woman. 213 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,000 And the whole town ended up getting saved. 214 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:06,000 Well, in our everyday existence of doing what we need to do, 215 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:11,000 God has purpose for our lives to touch others. 216 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:15,000 That in turn, they may reach others for the Lord. 217 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,000 The Lord secured me a job. 218 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:22,000 I guess it was about a year after I got out of the service. 219 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,000 And it was at the short order cook. 220 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:29,000 And a nice restaurant in Bar called the Yorktownian. 221 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:34,000 I'm in Oakmont, PA across from the golf course. 222 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,000 The owners were very nice people. 223 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,000 And I was not quiet about my faith. 224 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,000 And what Jesus had done for me. 225 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:46,000 I would testify to the waitresses, Maryam and Josie. 226 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:51,000 They would smoke and blow their cigarettes smoke in my face. 227 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,000 I can tell you this story. 228 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:59,000 I think I remember Maryam from our first recording with him, maybe. 229 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:03,000 But it was like, you didn't tell us all the details. 230 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,000 All right. Yeah. Go on with us. 231 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,000 I prayed for them and others there. 232 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:11,000 Even customers that I knew who were alcoholics. 233 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,000 Because Jesus loves everyone. 234 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:14,000 He loves sinners. 235 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:18,000 And everyone in that place was a sinner. 236 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:26,000 Well, four years after I had left there and moved to the South Hills, 237 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,000 my phone rang. 238 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,000 The Holy Spirit said to me, 239 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,000 that's Maryam, Susseila. 240 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,000 So when I answered the phone, she said, 241 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:39,000 Ric Cardell, you'll never guess who this is. 242 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,000 I said, Maryam, Susseila. 243 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,000 She said, how'd you know? 244 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,000 I told her that the Lord spoke to me as the phone rang. 245 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:50,000 She thanked me for witnessing to her in Josie. 246 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:54,000 And they had both received Jesus as their Lord and Savior, 247 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,000 and were filled with the Holy Spirit. 248 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,000 She was now attending a friend of mine, 249 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,000 Ray Patterson's Church, 250 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,000 that at that time was called Day's Franchitions Center, 251 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,000 located in Tarenna, PA. 252 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,000 Well, Maryam lived in a place called Verona, 253 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:14,000 about an hour away from where I live now. 254 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:18,000 And she invited me to come once a month to her house 255 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,000 and teach a papu study. 256 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:24,000 Her pastor, Ray, approved, and so we began. 257 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:29,000 Maryam is there was, he's with a Lord now. 258 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,000 She was a Greek woman, 259 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:35,000 and she loved to feed people. 260 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:39,000 She would make a nice dinner and invite all kinds of people, 261 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,000 and then we would have a papu study and ministry. 262 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:46,000 People would get saved, healed, delivered, and filled 263 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,000 with the Holy Spirit with such great memories. 264 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:54,000 And one of these meetings, a prayer was requested by her brother, 265 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,000 and sister-in-law. 266 00:16:55,000 --> 00:17:01,000 It were in the process of purchasing an old church building in Caysville. 267 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:05,000 They wanted to make it a home for veterans. 268 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,000 They said they'd have me out for services 269 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,000 because it was to be a ministry, 270 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,000 and they wanted to get them and saved. 271 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,000 The Lord got it for them, 272 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,000 and as different seasons came into our lives, 273 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,000 we weren't in touch. 274 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:26,000 They never did contact me to do that outreach. 275 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:31,000 After 12 years, and I love God's timing, perfect timing, 276 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:35,000 it's, you know, remaything is a long time, 277 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:38,000 but it's not an old God. 278 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:42,000 So after 12 years, there was a young woman from our church 279 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,000 who sang in the choir, 280 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:50,000 and she ended up in a personal care home 281 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,000 out in Caysville, PA, 282 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,000 and I mean, it was way out in the sticks. 283 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,000 I went to visit her, 284 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,000 and it was an old wooden building, 285 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:04,000 very dimly lit inside, 286 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,000 and the residents, all different ages, 287 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:10,000 young and old, were so drugged up 288 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,000 that they were like zombies. 289 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:17,000 I said, hey, when's the last time you had church here? 290 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:20,000 And the lady who worked there said, 291 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,000 are they going to have church there? 292 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,000 Because no prayer, no preacher will come 293 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,000 all the way out there. 294 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:31,000 So I said, hey, let's have church now. 295 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:36,000 So we sang, I shared the Word of God, 296 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:40,000 and they invited me, the woman invited me to come back. 297 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,000 So we ended up having monthly meetings there. 298 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:47,000 People got saved, healed, delivered, spirit filled, 299 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,000 hallelujah. 300 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,000 I had a team that came with me, 301 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,000 God played the guitar, 302 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,000 sometimes his wife would bring her bylion. 303 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,000 And it was reliably. 304 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:01,000 We just really saw God do some wonderful things 305 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,000 in these people's lives. 306 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:07,000 By the way, that lady who lived there, 307 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:12,000 she ended up coming to church here a few months ago. 308 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:15,000 She had gotten married, 309 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,000 and doesn't live all too far. 310 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,000 She came on the trolley, 311 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:23,000 but isn't that neat to see fruit from all those years? 312 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,000 Because it was a good number of years ago. 313 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:30,000 So after two years of meetings there, 314 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:35,000 we arrived one day to find that the place was all closed and boarded up. 315 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,000 So I told my team, 316 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:43,000 we are not wasting this trip all the way out here to Clesville. 317 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,000 We're going to find that stuff, 318 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:49,000 and minister there, Hallelujah. 319 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,000 So as we went in the door, 320 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,000 we entered playing and singing, 321 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,000 and who was working there, 322 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,000 Maryam Sassaila. 323 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,000 Look at God. 324 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,000 So from then on, 325 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,000 we did monthly meetings there. 326 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:09,000 Sometimes only a few men came to the service, 327 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,000 but residents and workers began getting saved. 328 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,000 One by one, 329 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,000 some healed, some delivered, 330 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,000 some even filled with a Holy Spirit, 331 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,000 including Maryam's, 332 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:23,000 a one of Maryam's grandsons. 333 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:26,000 One day, as we were just beginning our service, 334 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:30,000 a man excused himself saying he was going outside. 335 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,000 He wanted to smoke. 336 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,000 On to my mouth came these words. 337 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:37,000 It's amazing how spontaneous these, 338 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:41,000 I find things coming out of my mouth that I had never planned on saying. 339 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,000 You know, 340 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,000 Jeverke's been saying that all the time. 341 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,000 I mean, 342 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,000 I never really think about what I'd say, 343 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,000 so I can hear it for the first time with everyone else. 344 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,000 Okay. 345 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,000 So out of my mouth came these words, 346 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,000 it's a nice day outside. 347 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,000 Let's all go outside. 348 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,000 We'll have our meeting outside today. 349 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,000 Then I was led to tell everybody, 350 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:07,000 saying a play has loudest you could. 351 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000 It's your can. 352 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:10,000 Okay. 353 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,000 I knew God was up to something good. 354 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:15,000 He was always up to something good. 355 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:16,000 The following month, 356 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:21,000 a woman who worked there said that the old house next door 357 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,000 was a personal care home. 358 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:27,000 When we sang the last month, 359 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:31,000 the owner heard us and brought her residents near the windows 360 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,000 to hear us. 361 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,000 They invited us to two meetings there. 362 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,000 So now, 363 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,000 or that time, 364 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,000 for many years, 365 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,000 I'm talking a lot of years. 366 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,000 We had the two meetings. 367 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,000 We went to the vet's home first 368 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,000 and then we went over to the call at Mama's house. 369 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:53,000 And, but God always confirming 370 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:54,000 his word, 371 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,000 salvation, 372 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:56,000 healings, 373 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,000 Holy Spirit Baptisms. 374 00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,000 Now, 375 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,000 what fruit we see there 376 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,000 that abounds 377 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,000 just from witnessing to 378 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,000 waitress, 379 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,000 many years before at the Yorktown Inn. 380 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,000 Same courage people. 381 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,000 Always always share your faith, 382 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,000 because only God knows 383 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:21,000 what that would produce in the years to come. 384 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,000 You got to thought, don't you? 385 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,000 It's just wise words. 386 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,000 You know, 387 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,000 there's too many times that 388 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:32,000 we overlook the little things 389 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,000 that God is putting so much scrutiny into. 390 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,000 And we are, 391 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,000 like when you write a good review for someplace, 392 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:41,000 nobody ever remembers. 393 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,000 But if you have a bad review, 394 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:44,000 everybody remembers. 395 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,000 And so, there's not enough positive praise 396 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,000 coming out at the point of that. 397 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,000 And so, when we are looking at 398 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,000 how God uses us 399 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,000 in the ways of using us, 400 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,000 that we have to always remember to 401 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,000 follow the instructions, 402 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,000 like you've been doing. 403 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:03,000 Right? 404 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,000 He really shows up 405 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,000 when we're obedient. 406 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,000 Like really shows up. 407 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,000 There's not much 408 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,000 that is, 409 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,000 I believe left chance. 410 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,000 There's not such thing as coincidence. 411 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:15,000 There's not such thing as luck, 412 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:16,000 at least for me there. 413 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,000 There's not such a superstition. 414 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,000 And all that's nonsense. 415 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,000 But God does have a plan. 416 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,000 God's plan is absolute. 417 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,000 And it includes us. 418 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,000 And it's easier for him 419 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,000 if we're agreeing. 420 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,000 Right? 421 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:31,000 It's not impossible for him. 422 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,000 But we can make a take 423 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,000 a long time 424 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,000 if we're not obedient. 425 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,000 We can make a take 426 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,000 a lot longer than it needs to. 427 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,000 You're talking about your fruitfulness. 428 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,000 And I was just thinking of 429 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,000 all the couples. 430 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,000 You've married over the years 431 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,000 and then had that the Valerie 432 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,000 knew all the other day. 433 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,000 That was certainly 434 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,000 need to see the picture. 435 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,000 It's beautiful. 436 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:52,000 It's shared on social media. 437 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,000 I like to. 438 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,000 I was need to see the couples 439 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,000 that you brought together. 440 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,000 Everything that we do matters. 441 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,000 Hmm. 442 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,000 Just might take a while 443 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,000 for you to see three adults. 444 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:06,000 Right. 445 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:07,000 But then when you look back, 446 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,000 oh wow. 447 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,000 I think that would be the most 448 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,000 interesting part about the 449 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,000 judgments of Christ when we're 450 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,000 before him. 451 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:15,000 And we're already judged 452 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,000 righteousness eyes. 453 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:17,000 But you know, 454 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,000 it comes out of the rewards. 455 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:19,000 And as he's looking at us, 456 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,000 how are we going to think we're going to get so little 457 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,000 because we can remember the bad things that we had done. 458 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:28,000 And how much he's going to start telling us of all the things that we knew nothing about 459 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,000 because it was obedient 460 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,000 because it was a word of encouragement 461 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,000 because it was a word of prayer for someone 462 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,000 and it changed someone's life like you were saying. 463 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,000 And he's going to fill us with this. 464 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:43,000 And we're not going to realize how much of that. 465 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,000 I mean, 466 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,000 I don't realize how much of it. 467 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,000 I know you don't realize the full extent of what you've done for him. 468 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:49,000 But he knows. 469 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,000 And it's going to really open our eyes 470 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,000 because I think again, 471 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000 we like to focus on the bad. 472 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,000 And we want to even be completely surprised by all of this. 473 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,000 I know you did this. 474 00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,000 And he said this to her. 475 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,000 And she said this to this person who 476 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,000 said it to this person who saved 477 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,000 350,000 people with my son's name. 478 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,000 I think we'll never really know the full extent of it. 479 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,000 And tell we are in the kingdom. 480 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,000 Totally in the kingdom. 481 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,000 That's why it's important to just keep going. 482 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,000 Keep pouring into people. 483 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,000 And I heard this thing recently 484 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,000 that you shouldn't judge your life 485 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,000 on the results you're getting. 486 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,000 You should judge your life on the seeds you sow. 487 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,000 This is true. 488 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,000 And we're going to worry about the results. 489 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,000 Keep sowing. Keep sowing. 490 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,000 Every day so seeds somewhere. 491 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,000 Even if it's a kind word, 492 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,000 or that in somebody in a traffic, 493 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,000 that can be hard for some people. 494 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Yeah. 495 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,000 And you know, sometimes, 496 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:46,000 God has people see good things in you 497 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,000 that you don't see. 498 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,000 And let me tell you a story 499 00:25:50,000 --> 00:26:02,000 about how God made me the president of the full gospel. 500 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000 And I think that's the first thing that's 501 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,000 about the gospel businessmen's fellowship 502 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,000 international downtown Pittsburgh chapter. 503 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,000 That's a mouthful. 504 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:10,000 It is. 505 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:11,000 Yeah. 506 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,000 And I don't know you're probably too young to remember it. 507 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,000 But well, let me just tell the story. 508 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,000 Okay. 509 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,000 One of the most effective ministries 510 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,000 that God used in the 70s 511 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:25,000 was the full gospel businessmen's fellowship 512 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,000 international FGBMMI. 513 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,000 For sure. 514 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:35,000 But started by a man named Deemus Shikarian. 515 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,000 A main aspect of their outreach 516 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,000 was to unite businessmen. 517 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,000 Have lunches or dinners, 518 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,000 which featured a testimony 519 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,000 where men and women 520 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:50,000 would bring their unsafe friends. 521 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,000 And people always got saved. 522 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,000 Always got healed. 523 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,000 Always got filled with the Holy Spirit. 524 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,000 And church is grew 525 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:02,000 to resolve this power for outreach. 526 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:03,000 Two very godly men. 527 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,000 This is when I first started coming to the church. 528 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,000 So I wasn't a pastor. 529 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,000 Two very godly men 530 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,000 from this church. 531 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,000 South Hills Assembly of God. 532 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,000 Mike Ford, who's with the Lord now, 533 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,000 and Dave Caris, 534 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,000 approached me one day 535 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:26,000 to be the president of their downtown Pittsburgh chapter. 536 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,000 They said, the Lord showed them 537 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,000 that I was to be the president. 538 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,000 Well, I immediately said, 539 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:35,000 I don't think so. 540 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,000 I'm not even a member. 541 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,000 They said, well, 542 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,000 would you at least pray about it? 543 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,000 I told them, I would pray. 544 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,000 Who am I? 545 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:45,000 I saw it. 546 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,000 These men are so smart. 547 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,000 I'm just the type is that the phone company. 548 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,000 Surely there are more qualified men 549 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,000 who can feel that position. 550 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,000 Now, years before this, 551 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,000 when God called me into the ministry, 552 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,000 I wasn't in again, 553 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,000 but he called me, 554 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,000 and he said that I would go to all nations. 555 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,000 When I asked, how? 556 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,000 He answered, 557 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:15,000 just be a Christian where you are. 558 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,000 I will open the doors 559 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,000 and you will walk through them. 560 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,000 As I prayed about Mike and Dave's request, 561 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,000 I had a vision of a cloud above me. 562 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,000 And in the cloud was an open door. 563 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:30,000 And then, 564 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:34,000 God was telling me that he had opened this door, 565 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,000 and I was to walk through it. 566 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,000 And boy, 567 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:38,000 Mike, 568 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:39,000 loud, I did. 569 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,000 It opened many other doors for me, 570 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,000 to minister. 571 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,000 During my years with this group, 572 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,000 many glorious things happened. 573 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,000 One day, 574 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:51,000 Charles Bowlen, 575 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,000 a wonderful leader of the fellowship, 576 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,000 who headed up our area, 577 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:59,000 called me to ask me to visit a man 578 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:00,000 from West Virginia, 579 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:04,000 who was in the burn unit at West Pen Hospital, 580 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,000 and not expected to make it. 581 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,000 He was burning out of bees nest 582 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,000 that was in the ground. 583 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,000 He poured gasoline over it, 584 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,000 not a good thing to do. 585 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:16,000 When he lit it, 586 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:17,000 it exploded, 587 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:20,000 burning him severely inside and up. 588 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,000 And you know, 589 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:26,000 I had the hardest time getting to that hospital that night. 590 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:27,000 When I got there, 591 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,000 it was dark outside. 592 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,000 They let me in for a few moments. 593 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,000 He was in a bed in the burn unit. 594 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,000 It was actually turned upside down. 595 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,000 They had to keep rotating them, 596 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,000 you know, 597 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:45,000 to help the healing and the blood to get to the tissues 598 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:46,000 and stuff, I guess. 599 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,000 So, 600 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,000 I talked to him. 601 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,000 I encouraged him with the scriptures, 602 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,000 though he was sedated. 603 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:56,000 So, he wouldn't feel the pain. 604 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:57,000 And I reviewed the devil. 605 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:00,000 I had to clear the healing scriptures over him. 606 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,000 And gently, 607 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:02,000 annoyed him with oil, 608 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,000 according to James 514. 609 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,000 When I went out, 610 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,000 I met his wife and daughter. 611 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:12,000 They wanted me to go back in with them and pray. 612 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,000 So, we all had to gown up and wash again. 613 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,000 And I believe they're prayer. 614 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,000 Period. 615 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:23,000 And then I never heard anything from them. 616 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:24,000 You know, 617 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:25,000 I just had the one. 618 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:26,000 One was one. 619 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,000 Time moments with them. 620 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,000 And so, a good wild past. 621 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,000 And I get another call. 622 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,000 This is while I'm working at Beltaelevon. 623 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:40,000 I got another call from Charles Bowling, 624 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,000 saying another man 625 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,000 from West Virginia had tried to kill himself. 626 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,000 It was very late at night. 627 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:49,000 He covered his car with gasoline, 628 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,000 got in and lived it up. 629 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,000 At that very moment, a neighbor, 630 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:58,000 kid was looking out the window and saw the flames. 631 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,000 He called 911 and they came to God. 632 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,000 And the man didn't die. 633 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,000 They got in. 634 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:07,000 He was in the burn unit and was spent hospital also. 635 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,000 And I was asked to go pray with him. 636 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:14,000 Before I hung up, I remembered the previous man that was some time ago. 637 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:20,000 And reminded Charles asking him if he had ever heard anything from that man's family. 638 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:23,000 He said he had not. 639 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,000 I hung up the phone. 640 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:28,000 I'm working at Beltaelevon. 641 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,000 On this call, 642 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,000 I hung up the phone. 643 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:37,000 And I know sooner took my hand off the receiver when it rang. 644 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:41,000 And would you believe the lady who called said, 645 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,000 Mr. Cardell, this is Mrs. Soon. 646 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,000 So from West Virginia, 647 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,000 I don't know if you remember or not, 648 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:54,000 but some time ago you went and prayed for my husband in the burn unit at West Penn Hospital. 649 00:31:54,000 --> 00:32:00,000 I was just walking through my house and the Lord reminded me that we never let you know what happened. 650 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:04,000 She said the next day he was well. 651 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,000 I said, well, where is he now? 652 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,000 She said, he's not cutting grass. 653 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:12,000 He did have some minor skin grass. 654 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:16,000 And they gave all the glory to God and so did I. 655 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:20,000 So I don't know why all these calls from West Virginia, 656 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:25,000 but another time a lady called from there to see if I would go visit her brother, 657 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:30,000 who went into one of our hospitals for a minor surgery. 658 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:34,000 Something unbodged, and now he was paralyzed from the waist down. 659 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:38,000 He was very despondent and angry with God. 660 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:41,000 She said he wasn't saved. 661 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:44,000 So I committed it to God, 662 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:48,000 but I wasn't let to go until about a week later. 663 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,000 When I did, he would not talk to me. 664 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:55,000 As a matter of fact, he turned his head away from me 665 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,000 to the other side of the bed. 666 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:01,000 I did pray and I told him, he would walk again, 667 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,000 and I left it and God's hands believing. 668 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:11,000 A number of years later, I was at a full gospel businessmen's meeting in Eerie, PA. 669 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:14,000 Another man was the speaker. 670 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:18,000 He saw me there and he told me to stand up. 671 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,000 He, this is what he said. 672 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,000 I was at a dinner meeting recently. 673 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,000 When a lady from West Virginia told me, 674 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:28,000 he called you once and asked you to visit a brother 675 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:31,000 who had a botched operation leaving him paralyzed. 676 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:36,000 She said that you had waited until he was almost dead before visiting him. 677 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:41,000 But he was miraculously healed and living for God. 678 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:46,000 It is so important that we visit and we pray for the sick. 679 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:50,000 It doesn't matter how far gone people are 680 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:54,000 because Jesus is the same yesterday and today and forever. 681 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:58,000 So I encourage all you people that are hearing me 682 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:01,000 to take God's healing word to them. 683 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:05,000 If you don't, you're not being obedient to God. 684 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:09,000 How can the sign of healing the sick be evident in your life 685 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,000 if you don't step out and pray for sick people? 686 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,000 Now go and do the right thing. 687 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:20,000 One more of these many full gospel businessmen's stories 688 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:25,000 is this from the moment I heard about Charles and Francis Hunter. 689 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:26,000 Do you know who they are? 690 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:29,000 Where tremendous people, the happy hunters, 691 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,000 they came to the Lord later in life, 692 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:34,000 but God used them phenomenally. 693 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,000 I loved them. 694 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,000 I received much from their teaching and preaching 695 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:40,000 and once again I got a call from Charles Bowelman 696 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,000 who said, Charles and Francis Hunter, 697 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,000 want you to have lunch with them. 698 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,000 Well as it turned out, 699 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:51,000 they wanted to have lunch with local pastors and leaders. 700 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:55,000 So there were many of us there. 701 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,000 They wanted to share a vision God gave them. 702 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,000 This is way back. 703 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:03,000 Of the first healing explosion to be held 704 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:06,000 on the Fourth of July at the, 705 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,000 what was the civic arena in Pittsburgh. 706 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:14,000 Everyone caught the vision and we had a pat out arena 707 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:18,000 where they taught that Jesus wanted every believer 708 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,000 to heal the sick. 709 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,000 It was a huge success 710 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:26,000 and they began having healing explosions everywhere. 711 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,000 And what a gift to the body of Christ 712 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,000 and to the world, Charles and Francis Hunter were. 713 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,000 You can still get their books. 714 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:38,000 Many are healed today because they obeyed God. 715 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:42,000 So we thank you Lord for your faithful servants. 716 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:46,000 I thought you'd be blessed by another God story 717 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,000 involving full gospel businessman. 718 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:55,000 This I wrote down back in July 18, 1988. 719 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:59,000 And this is a weekend that I went to San Vasque, 720 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:02,000 Ohio, to minister at a meeting. 721 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:05,000 A couple of the saints went with me. 722 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:08,000 Two ladies actually who were intercessors. 723 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:13,000 And when we pulled off the turnpike at a rest stop to eat, 724 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,000 the car would not start. 725 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:20,000 Well what we do, we praise God for whatever good he was going to bring on of it. 726 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:24,000 We called the trip away, had our picnic lunch. 727 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:27,000 And we were also filled with the peace of God. 728 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,000 And even though we had to be in San Vasque, 729 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,000 which was still a couple hours away, 730 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:35,000 we trusted God that he would get us there on time. 731 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:39,000 The car had to be towed, a big husky driver 732 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:43,000 who had an obvious sign that he was unsafe 733 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:46,000 hanging from his rear room here. 734 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,000 Had the three of us ride in his truck with him. 735 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:52,000 We talked with him and he began talking about 736 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,000 we began talking about Jesus. 737 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:58,000 We met him where he was and we knew that God was in this. 738 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,000 He was so nice to us. 739 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:04,000 Well we prayed and confessed the word of God before we left. 740 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:08,000 We were surrounded by God's divine favor like a shield 741 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,000 according to Psalm 5. 742 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:11,000 12. 743 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:15,000 Before I left home, the Holy Spirit told me to take. 744 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,000 It was called a voice magazine 745 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:22,000 because I went and counter someone that I was to give it to. 746 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:25,000 I knew that this was the man. 747 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,000 So he was so nice. 748 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:30,000 He could not do enough to help us. 749 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:34,000 I was led to give him a nice tip in the magazine. 750 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,000 I asked him before he left. 751 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:39,000 If he had ever made Jesus Christ, his Lord and Savior. 752 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:42,000 He paused and then honestly answered, 753 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,000 no. 754 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,000 So I encourage him to do so soon. 755 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,000 He said he would read the magazine and thank me. 756 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:53,000 I know he will, I knew at that time 757 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,000 that he would give us heart to the Lord at some point. 758 00:37:56,000 --> 00:38:00,000 At the garage of the Tota's tomb, there were so many cars 759 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,000 that had broken down on the highway. 760 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:05,000 I called the President of the chapter where we were headed. 761 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:09,000 There was a two-hour drive each way. 762 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:12,000 The one lady who had come with us had relatives 763 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,000 that she wanted to come to the meeting 764 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,000 that lived in Cleveland, 765 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,000 but they could not come. 766 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,000 But this situation got used. 767 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:25,000 We called them because they were only a half an hour away 768 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,000 from where this garage was. 769 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:31,000 We called them and we explained our dilemma. 770 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:34,000 They graciously said they would come and get us 771 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,000 to take us to San Dusky. 772 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,000 The man, our leader, 773 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:43,000 was on permanent disabilities for his back. 774 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:45,000 He was also an alcoholic. 775 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,000 They had a number of problems in their family 776 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:51,000 and we could see God's hand in this. 777 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:54,000 How he orchestrated every single move. 778 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,000 I invited Jerry and June to stay for dinner 779 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,000 and they accepted. 780 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:03,000 Now, I must say here that San Dusky is a tourist area 781 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,000 and the meeting was at the Sheraton. 782 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:09,000 Our lean and lube had gotten a cheaper room 783 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:13,000 some distance away, but now that we had to leave the car 784 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,000 at the garage to be fixed, 785 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:18,000 they had to call for a room at the Sheraton. 786 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,000 They got one right away. 787 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,000 However, when we arrived, 788 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:25,000 they said they did not have a room for me. 789 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:29,000 That's supernatural peace prevailed. 790 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,000 And by the time the meeting was over, 791 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,000 they would have a room for me. 792 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:39,000 By the way, we arrived at 6.30 p.m. 793 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:42,000 right in time for the dinner. 794 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,000 Praise the Lord. 795 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,000 The brothers explained the room situation. 796 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:50,000 They said that usually because they had the banquet there, 797 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:53,000 the Sheraton gives them a room at enough season rate, 798 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,000 but there had been an oversight on the hotel's part 799 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,000 and they were booked full. 800 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:01,000 After the meeting, one of the brothers came to me 801 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:05,000 with a room key explaining how the situation was 802 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,000 and the rooms were $100 and night. 803 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,000 And this was way back. 804 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:13,000 But tonight, it was complimentary from the hotel 805 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,000 because of their oversight. 806 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:16,000 Look at God. 807 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:19,000 Surely God is in control of our lives. 808 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:22,000 Also, the brothers gave me an extra check 809 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:25,000 for a good amount to help with the car expenses. 810 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:28,000 And it took care of all the $15. 811 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:32,000 Glory to God and bless those dear Saints. 812 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,000 May God supply all of our needs 813 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,000 according to His riches and glory by Christ Jesus. 814 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:41,000 I'll tell you the rest of the story. 815 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:42,000 Next time. 816 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:45,000 I'll make sure you tune into this. 817 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,000 Keep up your time. 818 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:50,000 I really love how God shows up in your life 819 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:53,000 in such tangible ways. 820 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:56,000 It's not just the physical evidence 821 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,000 of speaking and tongues. 822 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,000 You're the physical evidence of him intervening 823 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:01,000 in your life. 824 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:02,000 Sure, do that. 825 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:06,000 Not just key places, but always at the right time, 826 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,000 always at the right place. 827 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:09,000 I can't imagine playing chess 828 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,000 and being five moves ahead 829 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,000 because it's just not how I play. 830 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:16,000 And not only does God not play that way, 831 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,000 but he already knows everything. 832 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,000 Right, he already knows all the pieces 833 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:21,000 where they've gone. 834 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,000 You know, I know the Calvinists like to think of 835 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:27,000 the pre-destination and the Bible does mention it. 836 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:30,000 But I think compared to God's manifold wisdom 837 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,000 and limitless intellect, 838 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,000 where He stands outside of times, 839 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,000 may it's in matter that it just looks like predestination 840 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:37,000 to somebody who doesn't understand 841 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,000 that God's already seen the outcome of every choice 842 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:41,000 that you did make. 843 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,000 Right, you did make those choices. 844 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,000 He didn't stop you from it. 845 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:48,000 He's not predestining you to make certain choices. 846 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:49,000 You know, you make bad decisions, 847 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:50,000 and it's not on him. 848 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:51,000 That's on you. 849 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:53,000 If you make good decisions, that's on him. 850 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,000 Because everything good is from God. 851 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:59,000 And I think it's clearly loved to show you 852 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:02,000 and for the message that He gave you that, 853 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:06,000 you were going to tell your story to the world. 854 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,000 Right, and here you are. 855 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:13,000 A man who does not do a lot of anything with digital media 856 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:18,000 or anything to do with social media or technology, 857 00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:20,000 you know, landline for your house phone. 858 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:21,000 Right, okay. 859 00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:22,000 That's my only phone. 860 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,000 And so I can see right away. 861 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,000 Wonder how you could get your message. 862 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,000 Say everybody. 863 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:31,000 And here God is putting a podcast in your lap. 864 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:34,000 Free to get your message out to how many countries now? 865 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:35,000 At least 28. 866 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:37,000 At least 28 countries at this point. 867 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:40,000 So look how he's using you guys to how this. 868 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:41,000 I'm a human. 869 00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:44,000 From the very beginning, we had no idea what's related. 870 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:45,000 How could we? 871 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:46,000 God did. 872 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:47,000 Yeah. 873 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:49,000 He knew when he put her in your mother's home. 874 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:50,000 He knew. 875 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:51,000 He knew. 876 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:54,000 He's like, she's going to be a talker and bring people together 877 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:55,000 in my name. 878 00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:57,000 Thank you, Jesus. 879 00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:00,000 It's so good all these stories. 880 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,000 And just the everyday matters. 881 00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:04,000 He just keeps showing up. 882 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:07,000 I love it. 883 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:11,000 So if this episode has blessed you, we ask that you pass it along to a friend, so it can 884 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:13,000 encourage them as well. 885 00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:17,000 And we also have an email list that you can sign up for, so you can get the episode 886 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,000 emailed to you each week. 887 00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:22,000 And sometimes we even have bonus content. 888 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:28,000 And also, if you could rate the podcast in Spotify and iTunes, that would greatly help the 889 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:31,000 algorithm understand that people are lagging in. 890 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:35,000 And then it'll pass it on to more people, and the more people can be encouraged. 891 00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:50,000 And with that, we'll talk to you next time.