Betty Gray, Dr. Joe Privott, Sott Reed, and Dwayne Gross

Kingdom pursuits where you hear from ordinary people instilled with an extraordinary passion together we explore the stories of men and women who take what they love and let God turn their passion into the kingdom pursuits now live from the truth. Your host Robbie Gilmore. I am always amazed me always post for how does God take your passion and use it to be but build the kingdom and today to begin with we just it's almost overwhelming. All that we have here. First up I have Betty Gray on the phone and Betty is coming to Pinedale to do a Fanny Crosby show.

I understand Betty that you do up Fanny Crosby drama that will help people understand more about her ministry crew. I am coming to Pinedale to pre-grant Fanny Crosby.

She involved a blind hymn writer, and she wrote over 8000 p.m. so I do pertain portray her like in the first person and how happy and how God used her even though she was blind and she had a name of Fanny which my grandmother had that same name. So I'll set of all things in Fanny Baker. He was a very happy person in line about well, we got lots of folks lined up here today Betty.

We got Dr. Joe Privette. He is this is really cool these with Ukrainian Baptist theological seminary so up Claire up there the Ukraine. This is now a country that actually when I was brought up, I never nobody ever even knew what the Ukraine was, and now I got a Baptist theological seminary here. Joe, yes, they were part of former Soviet union.

Of course, and especially when they got freedom.

Perestroika started up Bible colleges and some became seminaries so I'm affiliated with one of those you hear about the Ukraine working here about Fanny and there's hurricane that happened in Jerry Pinedale is not only presenting Fanny Crosby's show.

You guys are doing some collecting for the parking there will be doing the collection for the hurricane relief and we work with a church in New Bern and will talk little bit about some of the supplies and the dates and was modified from now till the 30th.

You can drop off but we work to a church and what that does. It allows that church to be the hands and the feet of Jesus Christ. So we taking anything down. Don't get any the credit for the don't warning the credit for but is to that local church and hopefully it helps the church connect with Jesus Christ right people to connect to the church in Jesus Christ all next week, Monday through Friday 830 to 530. I believe if you know where Pinedale isn't here in Winston-Salem area. They are taking, which by the way, I'm sure in Charlotte and Raleigh and even in Richmond. There's places that are collecting but here's the thing. They don't want any clothing, but they do want no new underwear and socks now in my world underwear and socks's clothing, but I just are not talking about no outer clothing easy open perishable food hygiene items, cleaning supplies, blankets, tiles, watch cross pillows and of course water and that's an albeit Pinedale, but that's not all. We have folks we got so much more.

We also have Duane gross with the Christian Roundup and that's coming to Yadkin Phil.

How exciting.

I don't get a lot of Yadkin militants appear, but I love you can fill in.

So because they are live close to October 6 and the seventh you guys got a big deal coming up right we should do this is our fifth year of that prevent put down this to be adhered at the Mount Hickory Arena is open to anybody. This will and come out to hear the word whether sin from the Bible being preached to you, or by sound groups is also the lineup for this weekend and that weekend and Sharon all about that. So get ready. Speaking of Roundup or speaking around. I knew a ranch yet 100 cattle thought there were only 99 until he rounded them up around circumference built King Arthur's mounting did you know sir Remick tile flooring and about this train.

If you knew this. A moat protects the Castle in a roundabout way. And here's the actual riddle which he knew was, at the end of all the shenanigans and here it is. When Israelites went round in the wilderness, they never loafed around this round food. If you know what that round food was that they never loafed around you because 866-34-TRUTH 87884 and Keith, the wind, you can lead a book from our kingdom pursuits 50 at all you have to do is call now or during the next show 866-348-7884 866-34-TRUTH Telus when Israelites went round in the wilderness, they never loved around this round, 86647884 get around to the Ukraine.

We don't have long been beat up on by the yes but your urine from. I actually live in St. Louis now but we support the Ukrainian Baptist theological seminary a fantastic work of God always thought if you can find where God is working. Go join them, rather than getting out in front of him and waving him on with you so this is a seminary that is showing God's grace in a previously persecuted area which is now at war in the East, but they have grown.

I had the opportunity to mentor the president of the seminary when he was in the US, said the Southwestern Baptist theological seminary.

Goodman, a PhD in theology and he has gone back starting with about less than 50 students in 2012 700 students now and just explosive growth. If you go there Facebook page which I put the link. At the kingdom pursuits.com you can see the joy right of all those graduates how to graduate in that class. They had 121 to graduate this year, but the seminary just going straight up in the God is just calling called people who want to be equipped to go back and help the congregation.

The church reaches full potential.

Going out and transforming communities so they really are about change change in a previously persecuted church which necessarily focused in good doing.

I would church that is committed to transforming communities and taken the saving grace of Jesus Christ, to a nation where less than 1% have that kind of personal relationship with with our Savior was outlawed up until yes.

It all happened so what what would you want our listeners to know as far as how they could connect. Pray for your ministry, what would be important. What we have a website but pray for the leadership. This any organization that is growing from lesson 50 in 2012 to 700 now and only God knows where and those numbers frightened me and some people say what if this is just the beginning of what God wants to do through that organization call seminary which really is more of a movement in Ukraine and we are seeing people transform where seeing churches transform were seeing communities transform by the by the word of Christ. And so, go to our website and see how the Holy Spirit taps you on the shoulder to join God where he's at work in Ukraine and Jerry you only have a minute to because you two are joining him at the football game so that you know just we see devastation when storm came in and all the people Herzog anomaly with a couple things give us a call if I should go alone kingdom pursuits and there's a link to give you all the information drop off points are kind of Christian church in Winston-Salem also would drop it off at Ray's body shop and wrecker service. Go to Palmdale.org has information now just gives a call the office 336-788-7600 so much more kingdom pursuits, excited to have with us Betty Gray and she is to be doing a Fanny Crosby, what live drama event Tuesday, September 25 at Pinedale Christian church who is also collecting. As we talked about for the hurricane is coming up but that's can be really fun. We also have Duane gross ease with the Christian Roundup that's coming Yadkin Phil October 6 and the seventh at the loan. Pick the indoor arena and doing my right that thing a seat like a thousand. It's gonna be a big deal is pretty close will sit at least 909 50 with no problem.

It should said a my kids are young adults of the lack at a thousand little bit better so hopefully listening to the show today you can find out why got to come to the Roundup or why I come see which I know I want to see the Fanny Crosby event but of course you can still call him if you know when the Israelites went round in the wilderness, they never loafed around this round food 866-34-TRUTH 87884 so Betty can you tell us a little of the story of how the world did this start for you. Well I got my law presentation all the first person out and find me in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and she said I think you'll really like this performance, so she got a chicken when she told me it was a one woman presentation I thought to myself, I can imagine how boring that would be and she was doing. Maria Van Trapp from the sound of the Holy Spirit just came all over me. I knew that this was something that I can do for the Lord and I have been traveling as an inspirational speaker for years and this was just something that I thought I would add to my ministry so I 35 years ago with one drama and that was Fanny Jane Crosby and I studied everything I could about her memorizing just the first person presentation. So did you have a blessed assurance that she was right for him. See, I also saying how I told the story which I do how she wrote a particular song and then I sing the song and I only intended to do just one and when I presented it up in Michigan for the first time the ministers that all you got to come back next year and I said well I think you better wait a couple of years, you know, so the people will not re-member and he said no. I mean get another one. So for years I have written a new drama.

I give the women great women of the faith like Corrie 10 boom missionary stories and course I do first person all women up from the Bible. So that's how it started and I had no idea that there was what God had in store for my mentor while while I'm dying to know was that a truck towing well I'll have to tell you and I go to University Johnson University at Galant Knoxville can see every year and about one of the professors said. He said I think you could do even next year and that way you wouldn't have to carry so many costumes about you. You been doing the Christian Roundup for five. How did God put that on your heart. I'm interested to know is probably unique situation there about six years ago.

You know how it is when you get a bed you know you try to leave all your worries everything away from you and everything and then all was about Villa nights of the morning. Whatever you call it, here's my talking to you can figure out where that voice is coming from because you there by yourself. I and after I realize what that voice is coming from. He said Duane and upset that I needed to do. I need you to reach out to the community is we need to get the paper together and I secluded area away from the church style where they were comfortable, more easy for person to bring somebody who does not know if Christ out and questioning like you know most people would.

What are you trying to say what you will me today. I want you to do an event free of charge open anybody will come out here my word.

The next year start working on our start working on shortly thereafter that it did not November December course takes about 12 months to work up a TV and get everything taken care of. So my first event was in November of the following year you had not previously been a promoter know what line of work are you in a manager at a textile plant okay so manager of the textile plant all the sudden you hear this voice and I'm guessing like Samuel you said, speak, Lord, you servants listening which is really really cool by the way, that's how the Christian cargo show that started.

I have a similar thing happened to be in the middle of the night and I had similar questions like are you kidding me because I was a car dealer so but in obedience to that right that that takes phenomenal courage he got there and and yet to find a venue. This and you and find you know people to like you need Betty I'm thinking based next to it took a did a lot of thinking and looking around and try to figure out okay what do I need and how does it need to be done. I guess the first year was kind of trial and error. The second year. Pretty much, so to, but after that it just kinda what know me hears him giving you give me the guys they look at this is way I want it done.

I should save this question for the end of the show can be a great tease but I don't.

I just dying to know. Have you had some some some folks show up that didn't know Christ. Yes and you had the pleasure of seeing God use that which he ask you to do to literally change the world and can you take us to one of those that actually is my first event speaker I had for that year was a company for more sale and I talked into a three – four. Asked him if he had a what is going to be speaking on well they say well yeah about three things you know we can talk about. I said okay, acid, and he narrowed it down to which one got Moshe to talk about or preach about her and how you will do it. They said not allow figure that out as come up in states that he said I said I when he got to the reader that even I greeted him. If I said are you ready said yeah I said has God led you to which one you Monday identity family related to one acid lead into one. Okay, I understand that I said a word to that decision come about to ask about citizens more so when I got to 21 over past data turns Bergen or decide to stay sore West fire Easter well north side states without giving up on if that's 87 in I was there and I was there announced two different items. Everything that I need to talk about in the gospel with a sitting out wants one main idea.

One main point came out okay aces away. We prayed on the Leon (him and his family did in and when you walked in arena, he's a standstill it today but this is the one that I think God wants me to get a high whatever you know, whatever you choose is if you will change you know what he's changed midstream, whatever is nice out so whatever you are doing you and God that I left he just got about 66667 supply Tile guy and a famous talk about bullying when he was in high school and have kids but with the empathy was the tower. The rest of them. I understand and that one I met one of the churches in Iredell County had their youth group. There and when their kids when they're young get when wealthy young man I guess is probably that 1314 might be 15 stood up at Ian when he gave out Kyle and came down and talk.

When he said he told speakers that you know what this is exactly the same thing I'm going through school just not in school is that when my friends is that wherever I am. This is what I been pushed into been bullied about this or that or can't do this or can't do that and after talk with him and the speaker at the end of the event.

Come to find out if he cannot figure the location of that church and the location he was on Interstate 77 was identically in line with each other while you and I'm glad I didn't say to the initial story and so you had to be sitting there going all my word God. You know it was all worth it just for that one boy that as of that was only kid at exit across that even that will save you unique about you because you know God works in mysterious ways that are well Betty I know you got a story that your time and were dying to hear about the fruit from your so we get to hear that when we come back to go to. I'm looking forward to getting story and I could tell you if you Fanny Bacon stories that some of our kingdom pursuit that is passion of the kingdom. Today we are so blessed really, to have with us Betty Gray and her performance of Fanny Crosby coming up at Pinedale church Christian church Monday. Excuse me is coming up Tuesday, September 20 which, if I'm not mistaken that's this Tuesday my right so you no longer wait this is this Tuesday at Pinedale Christian church and it sounds like something we absolutely do want and don't want to miss. We also have with us doing gross whose doing the Christian round upcoming the Yadkin Field Saturday, September 6 and the seventh which you can hear his is an opportunity not only hear these wonderful groups, but to bring people to hear an evangelist goal never heard that word before venture to list a call but I just made it work word possibly bring your friends.

I don't know Jesus and while they could, they could really, you know, we just heard that and and I heard another story. During a break so I think that's really really amazing.

But right this minute. I'm actually shocked when you know I'm shocked as Ellen called in on what I thought was one of the easiest riddles I've ever given.

And so here you can win the truth price package of one of our many books from our many authors that we've had on all you have to do is calling it 866-34-TRUTH 87884 and tells when the Israelites went around in the wilderness, they never loafed around this round food. What was 866-348-7884. Will Betty I bet you have a few stories where you seem like okay God. That's why you got me doing this all absolutely down. I think one of the thing that is really the joy of the ministry is that particularly Bible characters come alive. I think sometimes we read the word and we don't think that Mary and Bathsheba and many of these Rahab Queen Esther, Ruth, that ever lived and on.

People will say to me you made them come alive so that that is one golden Mary the mother of Jesus is the one which is of course the gospel story told from a mother's perspective from the bar to the resurrection of theirs never run dry eye in the crowd and people just really I have been brought to the Lord. When the invitation. Hamlet given many people come to know the Lord through Mary the mother of Jesus and down. People say to me and said to me, do you really cry when you present Mary the mother of Jesus, and my reply is if I ever stop all stop giving it if I can't be touched to buy what Jesus has done for us also.

I was invited by the government to freeze damage missionary story called the Darlene died before who was imprisoned during World War II and how her face sustained her and one of the majors from U.S. Army heard me give it several years ago that if I can get clearance from the government would you come to call Rhea and bring it to our current so I flew to Korea went from airbase to airbase in the helicopter and I'll never forget what the major said she that I do not want our fruit to think only their careening will help them if there ever taken captive.

I want their faith to sustain them first so that was a thrill. But God to open many doors for me to go all over the world just presenting the gospel through first-person presentation and down you know none of us will know until eternity. How many people came to know Jesus because of what we have devoted our life while in me that's just it just warms my soul to think of it, but I I can't help but want to go to pretraining Mary and if you ever read.

I'm trying to think the name of the book. It's where you know it's kind of, and it's good and it's good with my soul in the it was written by a woman author Claire back. It was actually the first written book ever written by an English woman was her name but anyway she spoke at length about Mary and and what that really wasn't it made me think about all my goodness, this woman literally carried Jesus in her womb.

But then walked with them for the years as he was growing up, and then stood there at the cross and and class in the night. She had an experience with Jesus.

That really was absolutely unique and beyond marvelous.

I am curious when you're giving that performance. What does touch. What is it that makes you cry. Well, you know, if we were never even begin to comprehend what you get for, but as a woman, particularly as a mother to not only feel how she was rejected. First of all when she was found with child how she must've felt at the crucifixion and at the BDI. I picture her being present to see that when he fell. Along the way. It just simply gripped me in my heart to know that Jesus did that just for me is beyond my comprehension and it just brings tears to my eyes and to the audience as well that love Jesus, while so that has to be just a blessing that I can't. I'm looking forward to submit Fanny but then I'm thinking that you have to come back to Duane and and do Mary at your event right away share a story about the man with a heart attack that that's a story for hell yeah not at the 30 that I had a little guy friend of mine who asked to speak and she wanted and we know what the particular subject, I won't speak unless it whatever God gives you thereby know that when he took the stage he gave thereby his testimony and give you little bit background this year and this infidelity is passed away this past November heart attack at deer hunting years go there first first child, a son was diagnosed with cancer. He passed away at age 19.

But during the time he went through cancer and all the chemo and everything, everything, when in remission that he was coaching his happy coaches ascends by spouting as third base coach and do not gain a Safford heart attack. That's when I had put a pacemaker in and of course has been several several year I will have me years ago as being like at that is. Tell about the testimony of everything that just particular that particular even if the arena paramedics came to the field to pick him up to take into Baptist quickly pronounced India twice revived think twice before they got into the hospital but pacemaker in getting stabilized, but also the nurse also how were in attendance at the concert that evening that the paramedic to picking up the feel, the nurse and Emma Lance are air care, whatever it might've been were all there withing the best is how God reaches out you they didn't know what he was only talking about but they were there, and emotion. I was very new because thereby that I needed new this youngest man and knew his testimony away, but let him tell it routed out a real again around we have Richard is in Greensboro has got answer to my riddle which is important Richard you're on kingdom versus component said you know what the Israelites went around eating.

That was around your outlet. You are absolutely correct. If you ever thought about it that it according to the Bible.

It was round.

Yeah, that I think provide water, you knew that God would provide round meals that so you know that's a really it's a fascinating thing that you may never cease to learn you know I actually when I want to put this riddle together this morning I just went to my Bible app and search for around in the Bible and I saw that I'll be honest I never thought about the manna being around but I let myself so you Richard, I thank you for your purchase of call in the day and you we got a prize package come anyway. God bless you are welcome.

All right, we've got so much more kingdom proceeds more stories from Fanny Crosby/Betty Gray and Wayne Gross, his Christian round of coming to Yadkin Hill Saturday, October 6 and seventh next Tuesday were having so much fun today. Duane Gross with a Christian round up coming to Yadkin Hill Saturday, October 6 and October 7 and that's at the loan history indoor arena, which I understand is off Bethel church itself. Betty is often remonstrated for 21 head like you going Wilkesboro get off on British Road and go take a left from Winston that is and you get to the stoplight met the razor straight across.

Running is good and I've got about 1/2 its own right, can't meet that the can't miss that big O or Serena down there dirt dirt for Laura right well there's more information.

Good news it kingdom pursuits.com or you can find out more about that event. You can also find out about what's, Pinedale in part is that's in Winston-Salem on Tuesday, September 25 so you got either of those places get more information and clearly we want to get you there if you want to go and I would say that in both cases. Whether you're coming from Charlotte are you coming from Raleigh. Coming from Richmond, Virginia. We appreciate you listen first of all, that we also would say that in all these things is really cool when you see God involved in something like this then you know how fun to get involved with it. So I say that to come into this this concept that the whole original idea behind kingdom pursuits.

When Stu Epperson was the founder truth broadcast and I discussed what we do with the show is that were hoping that you, the listeners are hearing. While these people heard something from God, which sounded a bit crazy when they first heard it, but they were obedient to it and when they are obedient to God took him on his unbelievable adventure and then they got see the blessing, so maybe you feel calling to write a book or maybe feel calling to do acting or in a life I felt called to do Christian cargo ship that you know actually heard a voice like Duane Hurt so the idea is if wow if you listen, and if you obey your go on a wild adventure meant to like Korea right Betty to write exactly what you know see that people go away from this drama was even in the life hardship that you can still have a vibrant faith. Fanny ministered she went to the Bowery. We don't we don't know what the boundary was but it was in New York where all the derelicts would hang out and she would go there even though she was blind and she would hold the Deer Lake on her lap and she would wait until they woke up and she says I don't tell them they're a scanner.

They already know that I just tell them Jesus love them, and one night she was picking course he couldn't see.

So she was sitting too close to a bar and she called it was the devil hellhole and they were playing up to and it played over and over.

She couldn't move because she was already holding a Garelick on her lap and the two came from the bar, which was to God be the glory played over and over. She shook her finger at the devil, and she said that tune is too good for you. Jesus need that and she wrote to God be the glory, great things he had done to that tune that the barking and she she also she had such a sense of humor.

She also said how many verses do you have in your hand will now while most hymnals would just have reverses and then she says shame shame shame I wrote nine. She had purchased since of humor that I think keep her temper facedown of vibrant, even though she both blind wow this is that I had no idea about. I mean, I knew she wrote blessed assurance right this is just a treasure. II do a devotion assisted living home have for years and if you want to see some folks get into a song at and be You know this is my story, this is my song. You know they that just speaks to their heart is obviously Fanny live from her heart. She did and you have the most he ever received for any that she wrote and she rolled over 8000. And there still many in the hymnbook, but she she said I generally got fine sand, but she said what is money only the means of exchange.

I like to say I want people to go away thing I have some handicap and she and he says everyone has a handicap line just happens to be that I'm blind but I want people to go away saying I can serve the Lord.

No matter what position I want what I have in life that I can still start exactly and Wayne, as you head into this particular event was he got lined up, this, this time with speaker what groups I Saturday, October 6 they open the doors at 5 o'clock for the public is free admission is command listed and have a good time of fellowship with the error by their I do have Neil Hatfield which is co-owner the uplands rates conversation. Remember St., North Carolina will be the speaker is a good old-fashioned preacher evangelists. He's he's a storyteller today that he could tell you some stories that put awry with the gospel.

I have local group 3 young ladies to go to church with me. The call simple faith. They've got a four song set which is awesome for sounds. I tell you that for solar that they'll be doing, they will be opening up for they are baying for the even in the band.

I'm not coming down is coming out of State College, Pennsylvania, Scott band and then Alan and his group. There is also Alan has an awesome testimony is lead guitars has awesome testimony and the reason I chose this particular group come in again this year was just officer yanking Wilkes regarding claim size Iredell daily how the other surrounding counties. There are some issues problems in these counties weathers with drugs, alcohol, whatever Alan is extra organic alcoholic leaf runway school dropout.com put in jail in Texas and on his ninth day, he felt his knees that I can't do it by myself. I need you to come back and yes God to come back in his life again and since then he's been a mystery 15 years is lead guitars, Matt did have nothing. Therefore, will commit suicide is a deed, that he woke up in hospital teams all over note for no control whatsoever of his body and got told him this better things for you Matt follow me, and he's been with Alan since then that they have awesome awesome testimony on Sunday Neil Hatfield be back down preaching force, and I have Crosby lay Pastor Mike Delo from Nashville committee and to provide his music for that either. Both this or free. I live for be taken at both evens to cover any expenses and cover the expenses that space Neil 74 Crosby lay better sessions are available and Betty is there. Are they selling tickets for an eye.

I should've known ahead of time for the event on Tuesday night or is it free.

I know I'm not sure I do know it's an all day thing. I will get in the morning and then there is a luncheon so just call the church office please at Tyndale and I'm not sure but I just I think you for calling me and unto God be the glory in your ministry as well John, I'm going to be very page right now I can find out here then is Tuesday, September 25. Lunch is at Tyndale three target audience on cleanup offering will be taken so there you go. All right, so it's it's it's his event is Tuesday, September 25. It starts at 10 AM (lunch I started cannot believe right and since lunch is at 1130 and then actually at 10 o'clock you're doing. You are the God who sees me, and then it is when you're doing the Fanny Crosby that's right the afternoon in the morning.

You are the God who sees me. What is what is this an inspirational message on do you think God really sees you. Does he see everything and I so taken.

Remember when Hagar was underway by say right next and then she was. She stopped by a spring, and she didn't know what she was going to do and God spoke to her sending her quote that Scripture you are the God and amount of sauce. Okay that's all have Tyndale on Tuesday and don't forget to write October 6 and seventh Avenue.

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