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WHAT'S IN YOUR HAND? p. 4

FULL-CIRCLE BLESSING p. 7

GOD IS SOMETHING ELSE p. 5 Message from the President AN EXCITING ADVENTURE Stewardship. For some the word generates negative been attending church for several months, but this thoughts and feelings. But for followers of Jesus, it is was an opportunity to seal their growing commitment an exciting adventure. “Try it. Put Me to the test,” the to Jesus and His truth. A teenage girl whose father is Lord says about returning a faithful tithe and giving a pastor also made her decision to surrender fully to generously. “I will open the windows of heaven for Jesus. I’m sure her parents have prayed for her all her you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have life! enough room to take it in!” (Mal 3:10, NLT). Just this past week I received a report from Pastor Christian stewardship involves more than finances—it * who is preaching in one of the major addresses the use of our time, our talents, and our cities of Bulgaria. His meetings are being broadcast on treasures. When we put God first, honoring Him Bulgaria to more than 1,600 locations in all we do, we will discover that life is an exciting around the country. His report included this picture of adventure. himself with brothers who watched the sermons from their home. Both have decided to surrender their lives to Jesus as their Savior and Lord, and be baptized! During my time here, I have visited the Romanian Hope Channel affiliate, Speranţa TV. God is doing amazing things through this media ministry. Speranţa TV is one of 28 must-carry television channels in the country. This means all the cable networks in the country include Hope Channel programming! The financial challenges are great, but God is working in miraculous ways. Last year a Romanian businessman stepped out on an exciting adventure with God by giving 50,000 Euros to support the life-changing ministry of Speranţa TV. And this year? For 2017, the same businessman has pledged 300,000 Euros. His exciting journey with God continues and lives are being changed for today and for eternity. My friends, Christian stewardship—committing I am writing from a hotel room in Bucharest, our time, talents, and treasures wholly to God—is Romania, where I am currently preaching a series not a burden or a painful obligation. It’s an exciting of sermons at Invingatori Church. It’s a major time adventure. Try it. Put God to the test! commitment—a total of 20 days away from home. “Is With thanks and prayers, that good stewardship?” you might ask. “Shouldn’t you be at your office in Silver Spring, Maryland, providing leadership for Hope Channel, Inc. and the affiliates around the world?” I’ve thought about the question during my time here in Bucharest. Here’s my answer: the mission of Hope Channel is to offer God’s good news for a better life today and for eternity. Derek Morris Sometimes we need to be on the front line and watch President, Hope Channel, Inc. God work in miraculous ways! This past weekend several precious individuals made *Pastor Mark Finley has two shows on Hope Channel: An- decisions to prepare for baptism. One couple had cient Discoveries and Mark Finley Presents.

2 QUARTER 2 • 2017 | AN INSPIRATIONAL NEWS MAGAZINE FROM HOPE CHANNEL | HOPELINK Quarter 2 What Viewers Are Saying April–June 2017 Chairman, Board of Directors Guillermo E. Biaggi

My daughter is going through President a terrible divorce, and I have Derek Morris

been feeling very angry at Vice Presidents her abusive husband. When Finance, Gideon Mutero you shared 1 Peter 2:23 on Programming, Production, & your show, the Lord convicted Broadcast, Gabriel Begle my heart that I have to stop Directors reviling my son-in-law and Distribution, Joe Sloan stop calling him terrible Fundraising, Chris LeBrun names. Jesus did not return Global Broadcasting & Distribution, angry words to those who Marcelo Vallado taunted Him. International Development, Kandus Thorp —Kathy Marketing, Fylvia Fowler Kline Production, Hector Belvedere Where else could I find comfort, real talk, You have greatly touched my heart and Managers and stories … when all around is lies and returned me to the glory of the gospel of Viewer Services, Susan Marcellino suspicious news?! I am always longing for my Lord Jesus Christ. Web Services, Justin Woods spiritual nurture so I enjoy Hope Channel. —Siphael Editor —Luzy Fylvia Fowler Kline With your programs I’ve been able to put Design Because of Hope Channel I’m my faith back on track. I pray that Christ’s Travis Holman understanding God’s Word and His Love. character will be more and more revealed Printing —Samuel in my life. Alpha Impressions —Michael I love Cross Connection. You guys bring out Product Orders and Donations Support this viewer-funded the Word in ways I never realized. I never I thought it was impossible to live the television ministry with your miss an episode. life Christ wants us to, but watching your donations. —Jessica shows has caused a change in me. I also USA strive to preach the gospel by my way of PO Box 4000 Silver Spring, MD 20914 living. I am not perfect, though. I am still a Canada work in progress. 1148 King Street East —Beryl Oshawa, Ontario, L1H 1H8 hopetv.org Call toll-free in North America: 888-4-HOPE-TV (888-446-7388) Contents International calls: 269-471-6050 Message from the President...... 2 Financial Discipleship ...... 8 To support Hope Channel through wills, trusts, annuities, or other Viewer Comments...... 3 Happenings ...... 10 planned giving instruments, What's in Your Hand? ...... 4 Inside Hope Channel...... 12 please call 888-339-PLAN (7526). God Is Something Else...... 5 Spring Sale...... 13 Adventist® and Seventh-day Adventist® are registered Following the Footsteps of Paul...... 6 Program Guides...... 14 trademarks of the General Full-Circle Blessing...... 7 A Charitable Gift Annuity...... 16 Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists®

2 QUARTER 2 • 2017 | AN INSPIRATIONAL NEWS MAGAZINE FROM HOPE CHANNEL | HOPELINK HOPELINK | AN INSPIRATIONAL NEWS MAGAZINE FROM HOPE CHANNEL | QUARTER 2 • 2017 3 established it upon the rivers” (Ps 24:1–2). C. S. Lewis puts it this way: “Every faculty you have, your power of think- What's in ing or of moving your limbs from moment to moment, is given you by God. If you devoted every moment of your whole life exclusively to His service, you could not give Him your hand? anything that was not in a sense His own already.” This is by Gaspar Colón the Principle of Ownership. Successful daily living requires that we manage ourselves, Moses is about to embark upon the greatest challenge of our time, our health habits, our family, the spiritual gifts his life (Exod 3–4). After 40 years of exile from Egypt, God given to the church through us, our living and sharing is calling him out of the land of Midian. Moses offers God the gospel, our financial resources, our attitude of ser- every excuse to not accept the task: “But behold, they will vice above self, etc. “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘The whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, Lord did not appear to you’” (Exod 4:1). God’s response to whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is Moses is important for anyone being called to serve Him. any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things” (Phil 4:8). We are called as God’s stew- The Lord asks, “What is that in your hand?” (Exod 4:2). Of ards to manage that which belongs to God. While God has course, God knows Moses has a staff in his hand. In this graciously entrusted us with the care, development, and dramatic scene that involves a snake and a bout of leprosy, enjoyment of everything He owns as His stewards, we are God uses what Moses already has—a staff, a mere walking responsible for managing His holdings according to His de- stick—to illustrate that when God calls you to serve, He sires and purposes. This is the Principle of Responsibility. empowers you and your talent to accomplish the task. A steward is one who manages the possessions of another. As it was with Moses, it is today. When God calls us to serve We are all stewards of the resources, abilities, and oppor- Him, He asks: What's in your hand? tunities that God has entrusted to our care. While God has entrusted to us the care of His creation, we are not to rule As Christians, we are privileged to partner with God. Part- over it as we see fit. Instead we are called to exercise our nership with God gives us astounding access to the power dominion under the watchful eye of the Creator, manag- of the One who calls and sends us. “As the will of man ing His creation in accordance with the principles He has cooperates with the will of God, it becomes omnipotent. established. Like the servants in the parable of the talents Whatever is to be done at His command may be accom- (Matt 25:14–30), we will be called to give an account of how plished in His strength. All His biddings are enablings.”* we have managed what the Master gave us—including our When we surrender to God and acknowledge His calling, time, money, abilities, information, wisdom, relationships, we become disciples and stewards. Successful stewards and authority. This is the Principle of Accountability. rely totally on God’s power and not their own. This is the Principle of Dependence. Like Moses, we are asked the question: What's in your hand? We are called to be faithful stewards to the One who Stewardship is not about the use of money or finances. It’s made us, called us, and walks with us. about conversion and revival. God’s stewards acknowl- edge that God is the owner of everything. “The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and those Gaspar Colón is associate pastor of nurture and discipleship at who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist Church, Silver Spring, MD.

*Ellen G. White, Christ’s Object Lessons (Washington, DC: Review and Herald, 1923), p. 333.

4 QUARTER 2 • 2017 | AN INSPIRATIONAL NEWS MAGAZINE FROM HOPE CHANNEL | HOPELINK God Is Something Else t was Friday evening in a small town about 18 miles west prepared her well. She quickly wrote down thoughts and Iof Atlanta, Georgia. June was restless. After putting her verses—all the while thanking God. June had been praying dinner dishes away, she sighed and went to the living room about finding a religious program to watch. Shaking her of her apartment. She shut the blinds as the sun sunk be- head as the program drew to a close she thought, God, You hind the horizon. are something else. You gave me everything; this is a miracle only You could perform. June turned a small lamp on, sat in an easy chair, and grabbed her Bible from the end table. She wanted to be June was a member of a local Baptist church and attended prepared for a Bible study the next day. Her worn hands church regularly on Sundays. Several years ago when a expertly leafed through the Bible as she looked up sev- friend invited her to attend a Bible study class on Saturday eral verses. Then June sighed again and closed the Bible. at a Seventh-day Adventist Church, June began a practice of She reached for the remote, turned on the television, and attending her friend’s church on Saturdays for Bible studies flipped through channels. and her church on Sunday for a full church service! She felt doubly blessed every weekend! And now she was thrilled to June wished she could watch Charles Stanley, a Baptist join yet another Bible study on television on Friday nights. preacher whose TV show she enjoyed, but she now had DirecTV and Stanley was not on DirecTV. Longing for The next morning, as usual, she joined her friends in the religious programming, she decided to check the news on Adventist Church for a Bible study. She happily shared her channel 360. Before she could enter the numbers, June story of having found a third Bible study group. heard a voice say, “Go to channel 368.” When June tuned to channel 368 the following Friday, June shrugged it off. She’d never heard of those numbers she saw the Hope Channel phone number flash across before, nor did she know what those numbers meant. That’s the screen. With no hesitation, June dialed the number not a channel I have, she thought. What’s that all about? to request a program schedule. During the conversation, June shook her head in disbelief when she learned that her She heard the voice again: “Go to channel 368! 3-6-8.” After new favorite channel was from the Seventh-day Adventist hearing this message a second time, June could not ignore Church—the church she had been attending for so many it. She punched the numbers in: 3-6-8. Amazed, she stared years! June eagerly gave the operator her mailing address. at the screen as the interactive Bible study program Hope A few days later she received the schedule and studied it, appeared! looking for Hope Sabbath School and other programs of interest. Smiling, June thought, God, you lead me right to this station. You are something else. June continues to regularly watch Hope Channel and wor- ships with two church communities every weekend. And As she watched, June grew more excited. She quickly with everyone she meets, she shares her story of how God retrieved a pen and paper, opened her Bible, and started led her to Hope Channel. to take notes. A lifetime of attending Sunday School had

4 QUARTER 2 • 2017 | AN INSPIRATIONAL NEWS MAGAZINE FROM HOPE CHANNEL | HOPELINK HOPELINK | AN INSPIRATIONAL NEWS MAGAZINE FROM HOPE CHANNEL | QUARTER 2 • 2017 5 IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF PAUL a hope channel tour with pastor mark finley

june 11–20, 2018

Join Mark and Teenie Finley on a journey of a lifetime!

Trace the footsteps of Paul through Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea. Relive the experiences of the early church as they shared the gospel message. Even stand in the same marketplace in Corinth where Paul boldly debated with Greek philosophers.

The group will be small, so begin making plans now! Reserve your spot with a refundable deposit of $100 at hopetv. org/greece2018.

Accommodations and meals for this 10-day tour start at $3,000 per person based on double occupancy; airfare not included.

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ne of the best parts of my job is visiting Hope Channel Many of the donors I meet don’t fully comprehend the Oviewers and donors around the country. I love meet- impact of their giving. Several tell me they feel bad they ing new people, learning why Hope Channel is important to can’t give more. What they don’t realize is that when their them, and sharing with them some of the new and exciting gifts are added to those of others, it is strengthened and things happening in our global television ministry. multiplied. Just like the story of the widow’s mite, when we follow the leading of the Holy Spirit and give from our heart, I also get to thank donors for partnering with Hope Channel God will bless whatever amount we give. through their charitable gifts. Many of them often say, “It’s not necessary for you to come and thank us.” But as an orga- In Acts 20:35 we are reminded that Jesus said, “It is better to nization we place a lot of value in expressing our apprecia- give than to receive.” Many of our donors have come to un- tion to those who help provide life-changing television to derstand this important truth and are enjoying the blessings our viewers. of giving back to God. If you have not yet become a Hope Channel donor, I encourage you to prayerfully consider As I visit with donors, I find that there are two main motiva- becoming one. tions behind their giving. For some, Hope Channel is one of the ways they share the gospel with a hurting world. They This month we are launching a new automatic monthly give because they receive a blessing by sharing Jesus with giving program. When you become a Sustaining Partner, you our viewers, and they want Hope Channel to expand its can automate a monthly gift that helps Hope Channel with reach. programming and distribution initiatives. This enables you to give a manageable amount each month that can add up Others give because they, as viewers of Hope Channel, to a significant gift over the course of the year. have experienced spiritual growth. They give because they receive a blessing from the programs they watch on Hope Meeting and talking with our donors and viewers truly is Channel and are grateful for the encouragement they find. one of the things I love most about my job! Their passion for Hope Channel inspires me and the rest of the Hope Channel This creates what I like to call a full- blessing: donors team as we reach people for Christ. Thank you for being part who are grateful that they can bless Hope Channel viewers, of this full-circle blessing for others all around the world. who then want to become donors because they are grateful for the life-changing experience Hope Channel has given If you would like to share your story about why you give or them. how God has blessed you by being part of Hope Channel’s global media ministry, please email me at chris.lebrun@ Recently I was sharing with one of our producers a story hopetv.org. from a visit with a donor. He appreciated knowing his work blesses viewers and encourages them to give back so Hope Chris LeBrun is director of fundraising at Hope Channel, Inc. Channel can produce more programs. He and others on our team are glad to be partnering with viewers and donors to programs that inspire people to live healthier, more Christ-centered lives.

6 QUARTER 2 • 2017 | AN INSPIRATIONAL NEWS MAGAZINE FROM HOPE CHANNEL | HOPELINK HOPELINK | AN INSPIRATIONAL NEWS MAGAZINE FROM HOPE CHANNEL | QUARTER 2 • 2017 7 Financial Discipleship When Life’s Decisions Reflect Your Relationship With God by Benjamin Maxson

e walk through life ignoring the major choice we face It is really a matter of whom (or what) we follow and depend Win each activity of every day: Whom will we serve? on. If God is really the owner, then to choose or focus on ma- Which god will we follow? Though Scripture describes this terial things means to turn our back on the Creator. When confrontation in only a few places, each generation faces the we pursue the created instead of the Creator, we create our same decision. own materialistic god. We focus on material things for many reasons: planning for the future, providing for our fami- The confrontation on the mountain top was between 850 lies, achieving success, gaining independence, becoming false prophets and one prophet of God. The issue was wor- wealthy, and even providing for the church. As innocuous ship—which god will the people serve (1 Kgs 18:21)? The and even necessary as many of these reasons may appear, challenge seemed so simple; the decision so easy. Yet it they actually deny God’s role in our lives. Thus, a focus on was a battle of life and death. The result was a revival that the material becomes essentially self-centered, building changed the direction of a nation. a reliance on ourselves and effectively making us our own gods. We face a similar confrontation. Jesus puts it this way: No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and Focusing on Self love the other, or he will be de voted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money (Matt 6:24). When money takes priority in our lives, we begin to build In each activity, every day, Christ calls us to choose the god confidence in our own ability to provide for our needs, we will serve. And at every moment the choice is one of life thereby effectively removing God from His position as or death. owner and provider. We lose faith in Him when we place our faith in ourselves. The call to choose is bold and clear in most of life’s activi- ties. However, when the situation is tied to our heart, the Paul wrote to young Timothy: "For the love of money is a call is faint. Our personal finances is one such area: money root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have and the heart are so codependent that the battle becomes wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many fierce and Christ’s call seems but a whisper. griefs" (1 Tim 6:10). Paul realized clearly how the love of money as a self-centered lifestyle can produce great evil in Pursuing the Creator our lives. This clearly takes the place of God’s invitation to love Him with all our hearts (Deut 6:5; Mk 12:30). Why is money such an issue for God? Why does He refer to money or material possessions in more than 2,200 biblical We cannot simply ignore the issue of finances. After all, verses? Why can the way we deal with money compete with money is an integral part of life; it can challenge daily living God? We cannot be God’s stewards and serve both God and in many different ways. Therefore, it is important to focus money. Stewardship is a lifestyle lived within the lordship of on how we can integrate our relationship with God into the Jesus Christ—discipleship. And how we integrate God into way we deal with money. the material side of life is financial discipleship.

8 QUARTER 2 • 2017 | AN INSPIRATIONAL NEWS MAGAZINE FROM HOPE CHANNEL | HOPELINK Making God First material things to His glory. One of the ways to do this is to recognize money as an indicator of where our hearts are. When dealing with the critical area of material possessions, Our checkbooks are a reflection of our discipleship. we must realize that stewardship is really a lifestyle lived within the lordship of Jesus Christ. Within this steward- Taking it to the Lord ship lifestyle exists financial discipleship—the actions and attitudes that integrate God into the material side of life. Thus it is important that we worship God in the way we Tithes and offerings are an important part of that financial deal with our money. This means we put Him first in our discipleship. decisions about money. For example, our tithes and offer- ings are part of worship that remind us that God is owner. Financial discipleship means making God primary in man- Similarly, it is just as important to make every financial aging our finances. It means surrendering ownership to God decision an act of worship. We must bring God into every and inviting Him to be intimately involved in each decision. decision-making process, asking Him to guide us in applying It means taking God at His word and trusting Him to provide scriptural principles to how we use our money. while applying His principles to the material side of life. We cannot allow wrong motives to determine how we use Giving Him the Glory our money, or even how we determine what to give as tithe or offerings. Greed, recognition or reward cannot help us in The first step in financial discipleship is spiritual disciple- our worship. Motives can interfere with worship, making it ship. We cannot make God lord of our material goods unless self-centered. Only the Holy Spirit can be an effective guide we first accept Him as lord of our lives. This starts with ac- to our decisions. cepting the gift of the Cross, accepting the Savior who loves us and died for us. And we cannot expect to continue with Financial discipleship is really just an extension of our God as lord of our lives if we do not allow Him to be lord of relationship with God as lord into the management of our our material blessings. physical or material blessings. Financial discipleship opens the gates of opportunities to glorify God in daily life! It is a When we accept Jesus as our personal Savior, He invites us way to exalt Him in our own hearts, before the world. to make Him first in our lives: "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well" (Matt 6:33). Recognizing God as owner, we Reprint from Dynamic Steward, Jul–Sept 2000, vol. 4, no. 3. Benjamin acknowledge that He provides for all our needs, and that He Maxson currently pastors the Paradise Seventh-day Adventist Church, trusts us to manage what really belongs to Him. This means Paradise, California. we have to surrender control to Him.

To integrate Christ into the financial side of our lives, we must prioritize life around God, we must learn to manage

8 QUARTER 2 • 2017 | AN INSPIRATIONAL NEWS MAGAZINE FROM HOPE CHANNEL | HOPELINK HOPELINK | AN INSPIRATIONAL NEWS MAGAZINE FROM HOPE CHANNEL | QUARTER 2 • 2017 9 Happenings Project Hope reaches ten-year mark

In 2007 Hope Channel launched Project Hope, a creative new production model. This project grew out of a need for local, contextualized programs in Hope Channel’s growing global network. Based on a simple plan and the resources of volunteers, the model has been a success and a blessing to this media ministry.

Here’s how it works: When a new Hope Channel affiliate is to be established, production experts from around the network volunteer their time to travel to the new affiliate and train the local team in all production aspects. During this training period, everyone—experts and novices, international team members and local ones—create an inventory of programs to jumpstart the new affiliate's broadcast. The amazing team spirit and shared passion at these Project Hope events often result in hundreds of new programs in less than a month. At Kandus prays in the Lusaka studio control room while on the phone the end of a Project Hope, the new channel has a bank sorting out challenges with the equipment coming into Zambia for the of programs featuring sermons, health, music, and first Project Hope. topics of local interest.

The first Project Hope was in Lusaka, Zambia and the There have been many challenges with Project Hope— most recent one was in Japan this year. Some of the bringing equipment into the country, dealing with other areas where Project Hope has served as a catalyst unreliable power supply, keeping to a tight production for new channel development are the Philippines, Fiji, schedule, navigating sensitive cultural dynamics, etc.— Australia, Bulgaria, Middle East, South Africa, Papua but God has always seen us through. New Guinea, and Jamaica. New studio and offices for Hope Channel Southeast Asia.

January 25, 2017 Hope Channel Southeast Asia announced its plans to build its new studio and offices at a groundbreaking ceremony that gave God the glory and thanked the supporters who made this possible. The building will be built on Hope Channel Southeast Asia team and university representatives at the groundbreaking service the campus of Asia-Pacific International University (Thailand) where Hope Channel will be an integral part of the university’s media ministry. The new building is expected to be completed by May 2018.

Architectural renditions of the new studios

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New Shows Check your program guide for air dates and times. Cliff He’s back with a fresh new season of his unique style of theological and philosophical discussion. Using everything from Brahm's Second Symphony, the Galileo heresy trial, Einsteins' brain, and even the nature of mathematics, Cliff Goldstein will get you thinking about what you believe and why you believe it.

Loma Linda University Church Located right next door to San Bernardino—a community considered to have some of the greatest challenges in the United States—Pastor Randy Roberts' faith community answers the call of discipleship. Listen to him preach, enjoy the music, and you just might find yourself on a life- changing journey.

Mark Finley Presents Discover Revelation from a new perspective. In this five-part series Pastor Mark Finley focuses on Christ’s triumphant victory over the forces of evil. You will be filled with hope as you are reminded of how Jesus wins and Satan loses again and again.

Reimagining God God. The very word evokes the best and worst of feelings. What kind of God do you believe in? Or maybe you don’t believe—which begs the question, What kind of God do you not believe in? In this 11-episode series Ty Gibson paints an astonishingly desirable picture of God that you will find irresistible.

10 QUARTER 2 • 2017 | AN INSPIRATIONAL NEWS MAGAZINE FROM HOPE CHANNEL | HOPELINK HOPELINK | AN INSPIRATIONAL NEWS MAGAZINE FROM HOPE CHANNEL | QUARTER 2 • 2017 11 Inside Hope Channel Viewer Services Carmen Latourette

The Viewer Services Department plays a vital role at Hope Channel. We are the first people viewers meet through a phone call, an email, or a letter. I am honored and blessed to talk to and pray with people every day. As I look back over my life, I see how the Lord prepared and led me to Hope Channel.

I was working in the human resources department of a large for-profit organization. Part of my responsibility was to facilitate orientation sessions for new employees. This gave me a lot of experience interacting with people of all ages and education levels. I learned the art of listening and effective communication.

My life changed when a co-worker introduced me to biblical truths about health. I was soon hungry for more spiritual truths and began a personal relationship with Jesus that has continued to grow deeper and stronger. Now, in my everyday activities as coordinator at Viewer Services, I seek to find ways to befriend others and share my faith.

Both my skills at interpersonal relationships and my growing faith help me when answering phones at Hope Channel. Carmen praises God for second chances and new beginnings. She recently married her best friend Josh in a private ceremony in Delaware. Carmen and her three sons from her Many who call are just discovering previous marriage look forward to building a new life with Josh filled with love for one or rediscovering their relationship another and for the Lord. with God, and I feel I can relate to them. I know how exciting that can be! I especially enjoy praying with viewers—that their walk with God become stronger as they learn more about the great truths of the Bible.

Several callers have limited incomes, yet they faithfully donate towards Hope Channel’s mission to share Jesus with the world. I admire their commitment to mission and remind them that their sacrifice gives others the opportunity to learn about the gospel message.

I praise God for our viewers. Hope Channel exists for them! I encourage all our viewers to write or call us with their feedback. We love to hear from our them and I personally receive a blessing from each message.

I look forward to when we will all be in heaven and finally see and meet everyone who has been touched by the message of God’s love on Hope Channel.

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