WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:21.543 --> 00:00:23.066 [Various newscasters] Soybean futures prices are up... 4 00:00:23.110 --> 00:00:24.633 ...in Los Angeles... 5 00:00:26.069 --> 00:00:28.071 ...health officials investigating 6 00:00:28.115 --> 00:00:31.640 an unknown respiratory virus outbreak in China's Wuhan City. 7 00:00:37.341 --> 00:00:40.040 The World Health Organization says the outbreak in Wuhan City 8 00:00:40.083 --> 00:00:43.521 was caused by a previously unknown type of coronavirus... 9 00:00:43.565 --> 00:00:45.088 ...health commissioner cannot confirm 10 00:00:45.132 --> 00:00:47.438 human-to-human transmission of the virus... 11 00:00:49.223 --> 00:00:51.747 The first case of COVID-19 in the United States. 12 00:00:52.748 --> 00:00:55.707 We are enduring a great national trial 13 00:00:55.751 --> 00:00:59.407 and we will prove that we can meet the moment. 14 00:01:00.321 --> 00:01:03.541 [Fauci] The system is not really geared 15 00:01:03.585 --> 00:01:05.369 to what we need 16 00:01:05.413 --> 00:01:07.763 right now, what you are asking for. 17 00:01:11.593 --> 00:01:15.205 Welcome to the World Health Organization's press briefing 18 00:01:15.249 --> 00:01:17.207 on COVID-19. 19 00:01:17.251 --> 00:01:19.122 [Various newscasters] They're calling it the Second Great Depression... 20 00:01:19.166 --> 00:01:20.732 Wall Street faced with heavy losses 21 00:01:20.776 --> 00:01:21.907 over the past several weeks... 22 00:01:23.648 --> 00:01:25.520 Mandatory stay-at-home restrictions across many states as... 23 00:01:25.563 --> 00:01:28.784 Lockdown continues as Italy brings in the military. 24 00:01:34.094 --> 00:01:35.921 Over ten million Americans applied for unemployment, 25 00:01:35.965 --> 00:01:37.445 a record which... 26 00:01:37.488 --> 00:01:39.099 Disruption in the food supply chain. 27 00:01:39.142 --> 00:01:40.230 What we're seeing now 28 00:01:40.274 --> 00:01:42.102 is something that's unprecedented. 29 00:01:42.145 --> 00:01:44.147 Social distancing could have a devastating effect 30 00:01:44.191 --> 00:01:46.149 on people fighting with depression. 31 00:01:46.193 --> 00:01:48.108 Fear and anxiety grip the nation 32 00:01:48.151 --> 00:01:52.242 as the unknown cost of life and living loom in the balance. 33 00:02:05.603 --> 00:02:09.216 [Graham] How do you respond when your world is shaken? 34 00:02:09.259 --> 00:02:12.480 When the storms of life leave you desperate? 35 00:02:14.308 --> 00:02:16.875 The storm that is affecting the world today, 36 00:02:16.919 --> 00:02:19.617 the coronavirus, is incredible. 37 00:02:19.661 --> 00:02:21.141 It has changed our country, 38 00:02:21.184 --> 00:02:22.446 it's changed the world, 39 00:02:22.490 --> 00:02:25.754 and who knows the impact this is going to have 40 00:02:25.797 --> 00:02:27.234 on the economy, on people's lives 41 00:02:27.277 --> 00:02:28.974 for years to come. 42 00:02:29.018 --> 00:02:30.280 Many people are afraid. 43 00:02:30.324 --> 00:02:31.629 Their hearts have melted. 44 00:02:31.673 --> 00:02:33.762 They don't know what to do, where to go. 45 00:02:33.805 --> 00:02:35.329 And maybe that's you. 46 00:02:35.372 --> 00:02:37.157 Maybe you are afraid, 47 00:02:37.200 --> 00:02:39.985 and maybe you're not sure what your future holds. 48 00:02:40.029 --> 00:02:44.033 But I'm here to tell you, God loves you. 49 00:02:51.867 --> 00:02:54.174 You know, in life, we all go through storms, don't we? 50 00:02:54.217 --> 00:02:57.177 There are people that have had financial crises, 51 00:02:57.220 --> 00:02:59.483 or health crises, or marriage crises. 52 00:02:59.527 --> 00:03:01.833 There's many storms. 53 00:03:01.877 --> 00:03:05.837 The Lord Jesus Himself was caught in a storm. 54 00:03:05.881 --> 00:03:08.840 And today I want to take a look at Matthew 8, 55 00:03:08.884 --> 00:03:13.410 at a storm that terrified Jesus' closest friends. 56 00:03:31.907 --> 00:03:33.822 Jesus and His disciples get into a boat. 57 00:03:33.865 --> 00:03:35.954 They're going to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. 58 00:03:35.998 --> 00:03:37.869 Jesus was tired. 59 00:03:37.913 --> 00:03:39.654 He'd been ministering all day, 60 00:03:39.697 --> 00:03:42.047 and He was just physically worn out. 61 00:03:42.091 --> 00:03:43.658 So He goes into the boat, 62 00:03:43.701 --> 00:03:47.009 and He lays down and sleeps, 63 00:03:47.052 --> 00:03:49.185 and the disciples are experienced fishermen. 64 00:03:49.229 --> 00:03:50.708 These guys grew up on a boat. 65 00:03:50.752 --> 00:03:52.710 They grew up on the Sea of Galilee. 66 00:03:52.754 --> 00:03:54.538 They knew everything about sailing, 67 00:03:54.582 --> 00:03:56.236 fishing, rowing boats. 68 00:03:56.279 --> 00:03:57.715 It was their life. 69 00:03:57.759 --> 00:03:59.369 This wasn't strange to them. 70 00:03:59.413 --> 00:04:02.242 And all of a sudden, they find themselves in a storm. 71 00:04:05.114 --> 00:04:07.899 [thunder rumbles] 72 00:04:07.943 --> 00:04:09.510 The storm is violent. 73 00:04:09.553 --> 00:04:12.252 And I believe the devil was wanting to destroy 74 00:04:12.295 --> 00:04:13.731 the Lord Jesus Christ 75 00:04:13.775 --> 00:04:15.516 and destroy His disciples that evening. 76 00:04:15.559 --> 00:04:16.908 And the disciples 77 00:04:16.952 --> 00:04:18.736 thought they could handle this storm on their own. 78 00:04:18.780 --> 00:04:21.043 'Course they were experienced, they knew how to do this. 79 00:04:21.086 --> 00:04:23.567 They'd been in storms before, that was nothing new. 80 00:04:23.611 --> 00:04:25.265 But this was different. 81 00:04:25.308 --> 00:04:28.093 And the waves were now crashing over the boat. 82 00:04:28.137 --> 00:04:30.270 It was filling the boat; the boat was sinking. 83 00:04:35.797 --> 00:04:37.712 The disciples were afraid. 84 00:04:37.755 --> 00:04:39.191 They're about to lose the boat. 85 00:04:39.235 --> 00:04:41.281 They were gonna drown. 86 00:04:41.324 --> 00:04:45.023 And maybe you feel that you've lost your savings, 87 00:04:45.067 --> 00:04:47.287 your 401K, your retirement. 88 00:04:47.330 --> 00:04:48.940 Maybe your marriage is falling apart. 89 00:04:48.984 --> 00:04:51.116 Your home is coming apart. 90 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:52.509 You don't see any hope. 91 00:04:53.467 --> 00:04:56.600 Well, I don't have the answers 92 00:04:56.644 --> 00:04:58.123 for all of your problems, 93 00:04:58.167 --> 00:04:59.777 but the Lord Jesus Christ does. 94 00:04:59.821 --> 00:05:02.650 He certainly has the answers to your problems 95 00:05:02.693 --> 00:05:04.347 if you'll just turn to Him. 96 00:05:04.391 --> 00:05:06.349 Just open up your heart, just say, 97 00:05:06.393 --> 00:05:08.656 "God, I've messed up. 98 00:05:08.699 --> 00:05:09.961 "I'm in the middle of this storm 99 00:05:10.005 --> 00:05:11.789 "and I don't know where to go or what to do." 100 00:05:11.833 --> 00:05:13.661 I'm not saying the storm passes over. 101 00:05:13.704 --> 00:05:15.663 But He'll take you through it. 102 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:24.802 The boat was sinking. 103 00:05:24.846 --> 00:05:26.151 And all of a sudden, 104 00:05:26.195 --> 00:05:28.284 they remembered Jesus is in the boat. 105 00:05:28.328 --> 00:05:30.155 And so they go to Him, they wake Him up. 106 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:32.419 "Lord, don't you care that we're about to perish? 107 00:05:32.462 --> 00:05:34.029 "Aren't you concerned about this?" 108 00:05:35.030 --> 00:05:37.337 And Jesus quietly rebukes them. 109 00:05:37.380 --> 00:05:38.816 "O you of little faith." 110 00:05:38.860 --> 00:05:42.254 And He rebukes the wind, and He rebukes the waves, 111 00:05:42.298 --> 00:05:45.301 and it became instantly still. 112 00:05:56.443 --> 00:05:58.314 And they said to one another, 113 00:05:58.358 --> 00:06:01.491 "What kind of man is this? 114 00:06:01.535 --> 00:06:03.319 "Even the wind and the waves 115 00:06:03.363 --> 00:06:04.320 "obey His voice?" 116 00:06:05.408 --> 00:06:06.627 The disciples in the middle of this storm, 117 00:06:06.670 --> 00:06:09.369 they cry out to Jesus to save them. 118 00:06:10.413 --> 00:06:13.982 And that's a prayer, "God save me. 119 00:06:14.025 --> 00:06:15.505 "Jesus save me." 120 00:06:15.549 --> 00:06:17.202 Maybe that's your prayer right now. 121 00:06:17.246 --> 00:06:19.944 "Save me from the storm that I'm in." 122 00:06:19.988 --> 00:06:21.381 When these storms come 123 00:06:21.424 --> 00:06:23.383 if we put our faith and trust in Christ, 124 00:06:23.426 --> 00:06:26.690 if He is the Shepherd of our life, 125 00:06:26.734 --> 00:06:29.867 we don't have to be afraid of these storms. 126 00:06:37.440 --> 00:06:39.616 [Billy Graham preaching] Don't let the headlines frighten you! 127 00:06:41.270 --> 00:06:43.838 Yes, we're living in a crisis period, 128 00:06:43.881 --> 00:06:45.883 but God is with us in the midst of the grief. 129 00:06:45.927 --> 00:06:48.408 In the midst of the suffering, God is there. 130 00:06:50.932 --> 00:06:52.847 O God, we don't understand it all 131 00:06:52.890 --> 00:06:53.935 but we believe 132 00:06:53.978 --> 00:06:55.284 you're the great and the mighty God. 133 00:06:56.241 --> 00:06:59.723 God, I believe, I trust in You, 134 00:06:59.767 --> 00:07:01.551 even if I don't understand. 135 00:07:05.250 --> 00:07:07.165 God still loves. 136 00:07:07.209 --> 00:07:08.384 And He loves 137 00:07:08.428 --> 00:07:09.690 with such an everlasting love 138 00:07:09.733 --> 00:07:10.908 that He gave His Son, 139 00:07:10.952 --> 00:07:11.909 the Lord Jesus Christ, 140 00:07:11.953 --> 00:07:13.084 to die for you. 141 00:07:13.128 --> 00:07:14.259 And if it were not for that, 142 00:07:14.303 --> 00:07:15.783 there is no hope in the world. 143 00:07:17.132 --> 00:07:18.873 And those of us 144 00:07:18.916 --> 00:07:20.309 that follow Him and serve Him 145 00:07:20.352 --> 00:07:23.138 have a future that's brighter than tomorrow! 146 00:07:25.532 --> 00:07:28.578 It is our glorious task to give hope 147 00:07:28.622 --> 00:07:30.188 through the message of the cross 148 00:07:30.232 --> 00:07:31.538 and the resurrection 149 00:07:31.581 --> 00:07:32.930 of the Lord Jesus Christ 150 00:07:32.974 --> 00:07:36.107 Who came to bring peace in a broken world. 151 00:07:41.156 --> 00:07:43.114 No matter what God has in store 152 00:07:43.158 --> 00:07:44.725 for us and for our world, 153 00:07:44.768 --> 00:07:46.378 let us be found faithful. 154 00:07:47.554 --> 00:07:49.860 And someday we will know 155 00:07:49.904 --> 00:07:53.255 all the strife and the injustice and the pain 156 00:07:53.298 --> 00:07:54.952 that infect our world today 157 00:07:54.996 --> 00:07:56.650 is someday going to be over. 158 00:07:57.607 --> 00:07:59.130 Hallelujah! 159 00:07:59.174 --> 00:08:00.828 [echoing] Hallelujah... hallelujah... 160 00:08:09.924 --> 00:08:12.317 [Graham] During this time of the coronavirus, 161 00:08:12.361 --> 00:08:13.536 there's so much uncertainty 162 00:08:13.580 --> 00:08:14.972 and people are scared. 163 00:08:15.016 --> 00:08:17.279 And they're looking and searching 164 00:08:17.322 --> 00:08:19.455 for answers and hope. 165 00:08:21.588 --> 00:08:24.591 There was a politician not long ago said that 166 00:08:24.634 --> 00:08:26.767 "With every crisis comes opportunity." 167 00:08:26.810 --> 00:08:29.596 And of course he was talking about political opportunity. 168 00:08:29.639 --> 00:08:31.162 But I thought about that. 169 00:08:31.206 --> 00:08:33.556 Wow, this crisis has given us 170 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:36.124 a tremendous opportunity for evangelism. 171 00:08:36.167 --> 00:08:37.299 People are scared. 172 00:08:37.342 --> 00:08:39.301 In the community, wherever you are, 173 00:08:39.344 --> 00:08:42.260 wherever you live, there are people that are afraid. 174 00:08:42.304 --> 00:08:44.262 And to be able, as a Christian, 175 00:08:44.306 --> 00:08:47.744 to walk by them and encourage them. 176 00:08:47.788 --> 00:08:49.485 What an opportunity to pray. 177 00:08:49.529 --> 00:08:51.313 To pray for the lost, 178 00:08:51.356 --> 00:08:53.141 to pray for your neighbor who doesn't know Christ. 179 00:08:53.184 --> 00:08:55.143 Pray for the person who lives across the street. 180 00:08:55.186 --> 00:08:56.579 There's things that we can do 181 00:08:56.623 --> 00:08:58.015 and I would want to encourage you 182 00:08:58.059 --> 00:09:00.148 let's find how we can be active 183 00:09:00.191 --> 00:09:02.890 with our neighbors and friends and family. 184 00:09:02.933 --> 00:09:05.153 And you may be the only one 185 00:09:05.196 --> 00:09:06.981 who can make a difference in that person's life. 186 00:09:07.024 --> 00:09:08.286 God may be using you 187 00:09:08.330 --> 00:09:10.680 to share the hope that we have in Jesus Christ. 188 00:09:12.160 --> 00:09:14.902 With the Billy Graham Association, 189 00:09:14.945 --> 00:09:16.991 I'm not able to do crusades right now. 190 00:09:17.034 --> 00:09:19.907 Those meetings, we had to postpone them or cancel them, 191 00:09:19.950 --> 00:09:21.169 so what are we gonna do? 192 00:09:21.212 --> 00:09:23.780 A man called me a few weeks ago, said, 193 00:09:23.824 --> 00:09:26.174 "Franklin, how 'bout putting an ad on television? 194 00:09:26.217 --> 00:09:28.611 "Just telling people how to put their faith in Christ?" 195 00:09:28.655 --> 00:09:31.396 We put that together in a hotel room, 196 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:34.704 and had it on TV within a few days. 197 00:09:35.575 --> 00:09:36.837 ...fear that millions of others have 198 00:09:36.880 --> 00:09:38.708 because of this coronavirus pandemic. 199 00:09:39.753 --> 00:09:42.799 But I want you to know that God loves you, 200 00:09:42.843 --> 00:09:44.322 He made you, He created you. 201 00:09:44.366 --> 00:09:47.151 He knows everything about your life. 202 00:09:47.195 --> 00:09:48.805 You don't need to be afraid. 203 00:09:48.849 --> 00:09:51.547 Jesus said, "I'll never leave you nor forsake you." 204 00:09:51.591 --> 00:09:54.637 If you've never invited Jesus Christ into your heart... 205 00:09:55.899 --> 00:09:57.684 We've got a phone center that's up and running 206 00:09:57.727 --> 00:09:59.686 and people can call 24/7. 207 00:09:59.729 --> 00:10:03.167 We've got hundreds of people who can answer the phone 208 00:10:03.211 --> 00:10:06.214 and take a phone call and pray with a person, 209 00:10:06.257 --> 00:10:07.694 answer the spiritual questions. 210 00:10:07.737 --> 00:10:09.043 [Woman] Thank you for calling 211 00:10:09.086 --> 00:10:11.001 the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 212 00:10:11.045 --> 00:10:12.699 How may I pray for you? 213 00:10:12.742 --> 00:10:14.570 [Edwards] Right now people are at home. 214 00:10:14.614 --> 00:10:15.702 People are scared. 215 00:10:15.745 --> 00:10:17.138 People are watching the news. 216 00:10:17.181 --> 00:10:19.575 And how incredible is it that they, all of a sudden, 217 00:10:19.619 --> 00:10:21.577 while they're watching news about doom and gloom, 218 00:10:21.621 --> 00:10:23.579 all of a sudden Franklin Graham comes on and says, 219 00:10:23.623 --> 00:10:26.234 "Here's a message of hope. Give us a call. 220 00:10:26.277 --> 00:10:27.583 "We want to pray with you." 221 00:10:28.802 --> 00:10:30.978 Dear Father God, thank You for Lois and for her call... 222 00:10:31.021 --> 00:10:32.414 And Lord, I just ask You 223 00:10:32.457 --> 00:10:35.591 to return the joy of her salvation to her. 224 00:10:35.635 --> 00:10:38.855 [Edwards] We've got over 600, going on 700 volunteers. 225 00:10:38.899 --> 00:10:40.596 Got seventy, so we're bumping it up. 226 00:10:40.640 --> 00:10:42.554 We can kind of cover these prime times. 227 00:10:42.598 --> 00:10:44.252 We want to share the gospel with as many people, 228 00:10:44.295 --> 00:10:46.254 and we want to do it as well as we possibly can. 229 00:10:46.297 --> 00:10:47.734 We want to answer every call. 230 00:10:47.777 --> 00:10:49.387 That's a challenge. 231 00:10:49.431 --> 00:10:52.086 It's a hard challenge but we're excited for that opportunity. 232 00:10:53.348 --> 00:10:57.308 [Man] People are calling for prayer for a variety of needs. 233 00:10:58.353 --> 00:11:00.094 When they receive the Lord for the first time, 234 00:11:00.137 --> 00:11:04.098 uhm, we have a little bell over here that we ring 235 00:11:04.141 --> 00:11:06.100 and announce it to everyone in the room 236 00:11:06.143 --> 00:11:07.449 and then everybody claps 237 00:11:07.492 --> 00:11:08.755 because we know that the heavens 238 00:11:08.798 --> 00:11:10.278 are rejoicing as well. 239 00:11:10.321 --> 00:11:12.019 [Davis] One of the phone calls that I got 240 00:11:12.062 --> 00:11:13.890 was from a gentleman who's in a nursing facility, 241 00:11:13.934 --> 00:11:15.718 worried about the coronavirus. 242 00:11:15.762 --> 00:11:17.938 When I asked him where he would go 243 00:11:17.981 --> 00:11:19.853 if he died today, would he go to heaven? 244 00:11:19.896 --> 00:11:21.463 He said, "I don't know." 245 00:11:21.506 --> 00:11:23.726 So I was able to go through 246 00:11:23.770 --> 00:11:26.076 the plan of salvation with him and he said, 247 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:28.122 "I want to pray that. I want to do that." 248 00:11:28.165 --> 00:11:30.167 And I said, "I'm gonna lead you through all that." 249 00:11:30.211 --> 00:11:31.865 I lift him up to You, Father, 250 00:11:31.908 --> 00:11:33.649 and I pray that You would bless him. 251 00:11:33.693 --> 00:11:36.130 I've heard our bell ring here more 252 00:11:36.173 --> 00:11:38.741 in these last couple weeks than we have since, 253 00:11:38.785 --> 00:11:40.743 when Billy Graham actually passed away. 254 00:11:46.836 --> 00:11:49.143 We're going to do what we can to try to encourage people. 255 00:11:49.186 --> 00:11:51.972 If we don't share the hope that we have in Jesus Christ, 256 00:11:52.015 --> 00:11:54.191 who's gonna share that with them? 257 00:11:57.020 --> 00:12:01.329 People from other countries around the world are searching, 258 00:12:01.372 --> 00:12:03.766 searching for God, searching for answers, 259 00:12:03.810 --> 00:12:07.814 and we've built special landing pages in six different languages 260 00:12:07.857 --> 00:12:10.817 where people right now in another country 261 00:12:10.860 --> 00:12:12.470 can go to that landing page 262 00:12:12.514 --> 00:12:15.952 and get the answers that they're looking for. 263 00:12:15.996 --> 00:12:18.694 I want the world to know that God loves them 264 00:12:18.738 --> 00:12:21.741 and that Jesus Christ is there for them now. 265 00:12:25.962 --> 00:12:28.530 [Martin] As the coronavirus problem began in China 266 00:12:28.573 --> 00:12:29.923 and was exploding, 267 00:12:29.966 --> 00:12:32.708 we realized that we had an opportunity 268 00:12:32.752 --> 00:12:34.188 through the Mandarin Chinese ministry 269 00:12:34.231 --> 00:12:37.713 to build a landing page and begin to advertise to it 270 00:12:37.757 --> 00:12:39.846 so people could find hope in Christ 271 00:12:39.889 --> 00:12:41.673 in the midst of this crisis. 272 00:12:41.717 --> 00:12:44.720 And then we were able to take that into the other languages 273 00:12:44.764 --> 00:12:46.026 that we do ministry in 274 00:12:46.069 --> 00:12:49.072 because the problem was moving around the world. 275 00:12:50.465 --> 00:12:52.728 We have trained volunteers all over the place 276 00:12:52.772 --> 00:12:54.382 who are online, offering hope, 277 00:12:54.425 --> 00:12:56.863 personally engaging and interacting with our visitors. 278 00:12:56.906 --> 00:12:59.213 All right, just making sure you guys can hear me. 279 00:12:59.256 --> 00:13:00.388 Can you see me okay? 280 00:13:00.431 --> 00:13:02.085 Adjust that, how's that? 281 00:13:03.130 --> 00:13:05.697 How's that look? Do I have it where you need me? 282 00:13:05.741 --> 00:13:06.960 Being a chat coach 283 00:13:07.003 --> 00:13:09.397 in internet evangelism, 284 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:13.618 we go on the internet and we speak to people who come on 285 00:13:13.662 --> 00:13:16.230 who either have questions about Jesus Christ 286 00:13:16.273 --> 00:13:18.754 or just come on to want to pray. 287 00:13:19.929 --> 00:13:21.583 What we're going through right now with the pandemic 288 00:13:21.626 --> 00:13:23.454 there's a lot of fear and anxiety 289 00:13:23.498 --> 00:13:26.718 and we strongly believe that our ministry 290 00:13:26.762 --> 00:13:31.027 has been placed just at the forefront in this time 291 00:13:31.071 --> 00:13:33.987 when there's a lot of fear; 292 00:13:34.030 --> 00:13:36.816 when there's really not that many options. 293 00:13:37.468 --> 00:13:38.730 Being from Canada, 294 00:13:38.774 --> 00:13:40.384 I talk with people from like, 295 00:13:40.428 --> 00:13:42.038 Fiji, from Ghana, 296 00:13:42.082 --> 00:13:43.866 from South Africa, 297 00:13:43.910 --> 00:13:45.781 from Australia, from New Zealand. 298 00:13:45.825 --> 00:13:47.609 No matter where you are in the world, 299 00:13:47.652 --> 00:13:50.264 people have the same struggles, the same questions. 300 00:13:51.308 --> 00:13:54.659 And the answer is always the same-- Jesus. 301 00:13:55.922 --> 00:13:57.097 [Martin] In these first weeks, 302 00:13:57.140 --> 00:13:58.794 over a hundred thousand people 303 00:13:58.838 --> 00:14:00.491 have come to our landing pages. 304 00:14:00.535 --> 00:14:02.667 Over 10,000 have indicated 305 00:14:02.711 --> 00:14:04.104 decisions for Christ. 306 00:14:04.974 --> 00:14:06.802 Our volunteers are busy and excited 307 00:14:06.846 --> 00:14:08.108 to reach people. 308 00:14:09.370 --> 00:14:10.632 It's the most important thing 309 00:14:10.675 --> 00:14:12.460 that I do in my life, 310 00:14:12.503 --> 00:14:14.244 when you know that you made a difference 311 00:14:14.288 --> 00:14:16.594 by the Lord using you. 312 00:14:16.638 --> 00:14:18.945 When I realized I've helped someone 313 00:14:18.988 --> 00:14:21.643 recognize who they are in Christ 314 00:14:21.686 --> 00:14:23.079 and how much He loves them, 315 00:14:23.123 --> 00:14:25.690 that brings me great joy. 316 00:14:27.562 --> 00:14:29.520 [Graham] During this time of the coronavirus, 317 00:14:29.564 --> 00:14:30.739 churches are closed 318 00:14:30.782 --> 00:14:35.309 and Christians are scattered in many ways. 319 00:14:36.397 --> 00:14:38.312 But there's also something else that's taking place. 320 00:14:38.355 --> 00:14:39.922 We have chaplains deployed 321 00:14:39.966 --> 00:14:42.316 to the Samaritan's Purse field hospitals 322 00:14:42.359 --> 00:14:44.361 in Italy and also up in New York, 323 00:14:44.405 --> 00:14:46.624 dealing with the raw emotion 324 00:14:46.668 --> 00:14:50.193 of people struggling with death and sickness. 325 00:14:51.412 --> 00:14:53.283 And there, right in the middle of it, 326 00:14:53.327 --> 00:14:54.284 we have opportunity 327 00:14:54.328 --> 00:14:55.677 to pray with people 328 00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:58.854 and have people turn their lives to Jesus Christ. 329 00:14:59.899 --> 00:15:03.076 It was in the news yesterday 330 00:15:03.119 --> 00:15:05.165 that just touched my heart, 331 00:15:05.208 --> 00:15:07.254 was a person was saying 332 00:15:07.297 --> 00:15:09.952 that their loved one had passed away 333 00:15:09.996 --> 00:15:11.867 and they died alone 334 00:15:11.911 --> 00:15:14.696 because we could not come into the hospital 335 00:15:14.739 --> 00:15:16.002 to be with them. 336 00:15:16.045 --> 00:15:17.699 And I thought to myself, 337 00:15:17.742 --> 00:15:20.963 if someone passed away, they will not die alone. 338 00:15:21.007 --> 00:15:23.009 Our chaplains will be there to pray for them, 339 00:15:23.052 --> 00:15:24.749 to pray with the families. 340 00:15:42.767 --> 00:15:45.727 This deployment is different than any 341 00:15:45.770 --> 00:15:48.730 that I have ever been on because it's dealing with 342 00:15:48.773 --> 00:15:51.472 an infectious disease that is deadly. 343 00:15:54.257 --> 00:15:57.913 I was asked, "Why would you even go to New York 344 00:15:57.957 --> 00:15:59.610 "in a time like this?" 345 00:16:02.787 --> 00:16:04.398 [Denmark] I'm from New York. 346 00:16:04.441 --> 00:16:06.966 My husband and I here are deployed to help our city. 347 00:16:08.010 --> 00:16:11.666 In 9/11 it was very quiet and very fearful. 348 00:16:12.667 --> 00:16:14.451 This is a little bit different. 349 00:16:14.495 --> 00:16:17.628 There's a different type of a fear. 350 00:16:22.982 --> 00:16:26.202 [Denmark] Jesus never shied away from the storm that came. 351 00:16:26.246 --> 00:16:29.814 We as Christians shouldn't shy away from these storms. 352 00:16:30.641 --> 00:16:33.122 [speaking Spanish] 353 00:16:35.646 --> 00:16:38.780 The COVID's been hopping from country to country. 354 00:16:40.086 --> 00:16:41.435 [Cole] It really hits you to think, 355 00:16:41.478 --> 00:16:45.569 there is no behind the lines around the whole world. 356 00:16:45.613 --> 00:16:47.441 It's incredible. 357 00:16:51.836 --> 00:16:54.100 [Schaafsma] My neighbor passed away just the other day. 358 00:16:54.143 --> 00:16:58.017 I feel like the enemy's right on the street. 359 00:16:59.670 --> 00:17:01.107 I currently live in Milan 360 00:17:01.150 --> 00:17:03.848 and we're all under lockdown in our homes. 361 00:17:05.154 --> 00:17:07.852 When the call came to come down here 362 00:17:07.896 --> 00:17:10.072 and be an interface with Samaritan's Purse 363 00:17:10.116 --> 00:17:12.466 I was more than happy to come. 364 00:17:12.509 --> 00:17:15.034 Who else can you live for but for Jesus? 365 00:18:01.515 --> 00:18:03.038 Jesus' words in John 16, 366 00:18:03.082 --> 00:18:05.606 "Be of peace for I have overcome the world." 367 00:18:06.694 --> 00:18:10.219 He's definitely changed my life. 368 00:18:14.571 --> 00:18:16.530 [Denmark] It's important for me to be here 369 00:18:16.573 --> 00:18:19.185 to be Christ's hands and feet extended. 370 00:18:19.228 --> 00:18:22.449 I've been able to speak to many people. 371 00:18:22.492 --> 00:18:24.320 They're so thankful, 372 00:18:24.364 --> 00:18:25.756 so grateful that we're here. 373 00:18:27.062 --> 00:18:28.194 [Clark] The neighbors are curious. 374 00:18:28.237 --> 00:18:30.370 Curiosity on the street is magnificent, 375 00:18:30.413 --> 00:18:32.198 want to know what it is and what's going on, 376 00:18:32.241 --> 00:18:34.200 and we've been able to share with them 377 00:18:34.243 --> 00:18:36.724 that Jesus brings a peace to us 378 00:18:36.767 --> 00:18:37.942 that we can't explain. 379 00:18:38.813 --> 00:18:40.554 [Denmark] My prayer and my hope 380 00:18:40.597 --> 00:18:42.556 is that many would come to know Him 381 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:44.166 as personal Savior. 382 00:18:45.254 --> 00:18:46.429 [Man] The possibilities 383 00:18:46.473 --> 00:18:47.952 of what God can do through this is mighty. 384 00:18:54.785 --> 00:18:58.137 [Graham] I want you to know, God loves you. 385 00:18:59.442 --> 00:19:02.228 You may forget everything else I've said on this program, 386 00:19:02.271 --> 00:19:04.839 but remember this-- God loves you. 387 00:19:07.842 --> 00:19:09.235 But we have a problem. 388 00:19:09.278 --> 00:19:11.324 And that problem is sin. 389 00:19:11.367 --> 00:19:14.370 You see, our sins separate us from God. 390 00:19:14.414 --> 00:19:16.938 God made us, He created us, He loves us, 391 00:19:16.981 --> 00:19:18.896 but the Bible says we've all sinned. 392 00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:23.292 We've all come short of God's standard, His glory. 393 00:19:24.641 --> 00:19:28.341 The Bible says that, "The wages of sin is death." 394 00:19:28.384 --> 00:19:30.125 That's the penalty, is death. 395 00:19:30.169 --> 00:19:33.476 So the entire human race is under a death sentence. 396 00:19:34.825 --> 00:19:38.133 But yet, "God so loved the world, 397 00:19:39.221 --> 00:19:41.615 "that He gave His only begotten Son, 398 00:19:41.658 --> 00:19:43.747 "that whosoever believeth in Him, 399 00:19:43.791 --> 00:19:45.619 "should not perish 400 00:19:45.662 --> 00:19:47.577 "but should have everlasting life." 401 00:19:47.621 --> 00:19:50.537 God sent His Son Jesus Christ to take our sins. 402 00:19:50.580 --> 00:19:54.149 And He took our sins to the cross. 403 00:19:54.193 --> 00:19:58.675 And the cross was what the Romans used for execution. 404 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:02.810 And it's the most horrible, cruel death 405 00:20:02.853 --> 00:20:04.638 that a person could imagine. 406 00:20:04.681 --> 00:20:06.596 And sometimes it took days 407 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:08.381 for a person to die on the cross. 408 00:20:08.424 --> 00:20:11.993 And Jesus went willingly to that cross. 409 00:20:12.036 --> 00:20:13.777 And while He was there, 410 00:20:13.821 --> 00:20:16.476 God poured out on His Son 411 00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:18.478 the sins past, 412 00:20:18.521 --> 00:20:19.783 the sins present, 413 00:20:19.827 --> 00:20:21.350 the sins future, that's us. 414 00:20:22.395 --> 00:20:25.180 He poured on His Son the sins of mankind. 415 00:20:30.316 --> 00:20:32.840 Jesus became so ugly and so dirty 416 00:20:32.883 --> 00:20:35.277 that God turned His back on His Son. 417 00:20:37.540 --> 00:20:38.846 And Jesus said, 418 00:20:38.889 --> 00:20:41.022 "My God, My God, why has Thou abandoned Me?" 419 00:20:41.065 --> 00:20:43.067 That's how serious it was. 420 00:20:53.077 --> 00:20:54.557 Many people think 421 00:20:54.601 --> 00:20:57.038 that the good things they've done in their life counts. 422 00:20:57.081 --> 00:21:00.171 The Bible says it's by grace that we're saved, through faith. 423 00:21:00.215 --> 00:21:03.914 "It's not of works, lest any man should boast." 424 00:21:03.958 --> 00:21:06.656 It's not your works that saves you. 425 00:21:07.962 --> 00:21:10.617 Just because we are religious doesn't mean that we're saved. 426 00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:12.096 It doesn't mean we're forgiven. 427 00:21:12.140 --> 00:21:14.751 I grew up in a Christian home, had wonderful parents. 428 00:21:14.795 --> 00:21:16.492 My father was an evangelist. 429 00:21:16.536 --> 00:21:18.233 My mother, not only a homemaker, 430 00:21:18.277 --> 00:21:20.714 but she grew up in a missionary family to China. 431 00:21:20.757 --> 00:21:22.324 That couldn't save me. 432 00:21:22.368 --> 00:21:23.760 My parents could not save me. 433 00:21:23.804 --> 00:21:26.328 They loved me, they prayed for me, 434 00:21:26.372 --> 00:21:27.547 they cared about me, 435 00:21:27.590 --> 00:21:29.244 but they could not save me from my sins. 436 00:21:29.288 --> 00:21:32.508 I know that there was a, like a black hole in my life. 437 00:21:33.814 --> 00:21:36.207 Everything I tried didn't fill it. 438 00:21:36.251 --> 00:21:37.557 I mean, you could have fun, 439 00:21:37.600 --> 00:21:40.037 but there was an emptiness. 440 00:21:40.081 --> 00:21:43.389 I couldn't describe it, just an emptiness. 441 00:21:43.432 --> 00:21:46.870 I remember a few years ago there was a rock star 442 00:21:46.914 --> 00:21:49.264 committed suicide and he left 443 00:21:49.308 --> 00:21:50.874 a note beside his body 444 00:21:50.918 --> 00:21:53.268 and he talked about a great, big, black, empty hole 445 00:21:53.312 --> 00:21:55.314 that had opened up in his life. 446 00:21:59.143 --> 00:22:01.276 And drugs didn't fill it, sex didn't fill it, 447 00:22:01.320 --> 00:22:02.538 fame didn't fill it. 448 00:22:03.800 --> 00:22:06.629 And that emptiness-- and he took his life. 449 00:22:09.284 --> 00:22:10.894 There was a void, a vacuum. 450 00:22:10.938 --> 00:22:12.374 And that void and that vacuum, 451 00:22:12.418 --> 00:22:13.941 if you say, "Well, Franklin, that's me." 452 00:22:13.984 --> 00:22:16.596 Well, that void and vacuum was created by God 453 00:22:16.639 --> 00:22:18.772 and it's to be filled by Him. 454 00:22:18.815 --> 00:22:19.990 And if we don't have 455 00:22:20.034 --> 00:22:21.252 that relationship with God, 456 00:22:21.296 --> 00:22:22.645 then that emptiness is there. 457 00:22:23.472 --> 00:22:24.430 But when we come to God 458 00:22:24.473 --> 00:22:25.431 and put our faith and trust 459 00:22:25.474 --> 00:22:26.736 in His Son Jesus Christ, 460 00:22:26.780 --> 00:22:29.260 the Holy Spirit of God comes into our heart 461 00:22:29.304 --> 00:22:31.306 and fills that vacuum, fills that void. 462 00:22:31.350 --> 00:22:33.308 And that's what I did when I was twenty-two, 463 00:22:33.352 --> 00:22:34.701 I prayed this prayer. 464 00:22:34.744 --> 00:22:36.137 God, I'm a sinner. 465 00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:38.792 I'm sorry, forgive me of my sins. 466 00:22:38.835 --> 00:22:40.968 I believe Jesus is Your Son. 467 00:22:41.011 --> 00:22:43.449 I believe that He died for my sins. 468 00:22:43.492 --> 00:22:45.451 I believe You raised Him to life 469 00:22:45.494 --> 00:22:47.104 and I want Him to come into my heart 470 00:22:47.148 --> 00:22:48.715 and take control of my life right now. 471 00:22:48.758 --> 00:22:50.630 I prayed that, I was twenty-two. 472 00:22:50.673 --> 00:22:51.848 I didn't know much more. 473 00:22:51.892 --> 00:22:53.154 I just prayed that prayer. 474 00:22:53.197 --> 00:22:54.982 I remember that night I went to bed, 475 00:22:55.025 --> 00:22:56.200 but when I went to bed that night 476 00:22:56.244 --> 00:22:57.332 I sensed that there was 477 00:22:57.376 --> 00:22:58.638 something different now in my life. 478 00:22:58.681 --> 00:22:59.987 I woke up the next morning... 479 00:23:00.030 --> 00:23:02.119 oh, I had a headache. 480 00:23:02.163 --> 00:23:03.860 I had some issues, 481 00:23:03.904 --> 00:23:06.341 but I knew something was different, 482 00:23:06.385 --> 00:23:07.560 because when I prayed that prayer, 483 00:23:07.603 --> 00:23:09.866 I meant it, I gave Him my life, 484 00:23:09.910 --> 00:23:12.173 and He took control of my life 485 00:23:12.216 --> 00:23:13.348 at that moment. 486 00:23:14.305 --> 00:23:15.481 I've been through many storms, 487 00:23:15.524 --> 00:23:17.352 but He's never left me. 488 00:23:17.396 --> 00:23:18.353 Not one time. 489 00:23:22.052 --> 00:23:25.012 All of us are going to have to face death at some point. 490 00:23:27.710 --> 00:23:31.192 Whether it's the coronavirus or cancer or a car wreck 491 00:23:31.235 --> 00:23:34.325 or just old age, it's coming. 492 00:23:34.369 --> 00:23:36.415 And it's coming for all of us. 493 00:23:37.807 --> 00:23:41.376 And the point is, where are we going to spend eternity? 494 00:23:42.333 --> 00:23:44.466 Are we going to be in heaven with God, 495 00:23:44.510 --> 00:23:46.860 or are we going to be separated from Him? 496 00:23:46.903 --> 00:23:49.036 But you have to make that choice. 497 00:23:49.993 --> 00:23:52.387 Jesus Christ came to save us from our sins, 498 00:23:52.431 --> 00:23:54.041 but you have to accept it by faith. 499 00:23:55.172 --> 00:23:56.696 Jesus said, "I'm the way, the truth, and the life." 500 00:23:56.739 --> 00:24:00.047 He said, "No man comes unto the Father but by Me." 501 00:24:00.090 --> 00:24:02.397 And how could He say something like that? 502 00:24:02.441 --> 00:24:03.746 How could He say, 503 00:24:03.790 --> 00:24:05.792 "I'm the way, I'm the truth, and I'm the life"? 504 00:24:05.835 --> 00:24:09.491 And "no man," no person, no individual 505 00:24:09.535 --> 00:24:12.712 "comes to the Father God except through Me." 506 00:24:12.755 --> 00:24:15.105 And the reason He could say that is because 507 00:24:15.149 --> 00:24:19.240 He is the only one in history to take the sins of mankind. 508 00:24:19.283 --> 00:24:22.373 Only Jesus Christ, and He took our sins to the grave. 509 00:24:22.417 --> 00:24:24.941 And on the third day, God raised His Son to life. 510 00:24:24.985 --> 00:24:26.465 Jesus is not dead. 511 00:24:27.770 --> 00:24:31.731 He's alive and He'll come into your heart. 512 00:24:31.774 --> 00:24:34.864 He'll come into your life if you'll invite Him. 513 00:24:36.344 --> 00:24:39.216 Today God wants to forgive sin. 514 00:24:39.260 --> 00:24:41.262 He's eager to forgive sin, 515 00:24:41.305 --> 00:24:42.916 but we've got to be willing to repent. 516 00:24:42.959 --> 00:24:46.267 And repentance means we turn from that sin. 517 00:24:46.310 --> 00:24:48.269 Jesus Christ came to save us. 518 00:24:48.312 --> 00:24:49.749 He came on a rescue mission. 519 00:24:49.792 --> 00:24:51.446 He didn't come to condemn the world; 520 00:24:51.490 --> 00:24:53.622 He came to save the world. 521 00:25:01.325 --> 00:25:02.936 I want to ask you a question: 522 00:25:02.979 --> 00:25:04.459 Who's the Lord of your life? 523 00:25:04.503 --> 00:25:05.721 Have you found yourself 524 00:25:05.765 --> 00:25:07.767 now in this storm, in a mess? 525 00:25:07.810 --> 00:25:09.595 If you're trying to do this yourself, 526 00:25:09.638 --> 00:25:10.726 you're gonna fail. 527 00:25:10.770 --> 00:25:11.988 Only God can do this. 528 00:25:12.032 --> 00:25:13.120 If you've never invited 529 00:25:13.163 --> 00:25:14.469 Jesus Christ into your heart, 530 00:25:14.513 --> 00:25:17.472 you can do that right now. 531 00:25:17.516 --> 00:25:19.605 That's right, right this second. 532 00:25:19.648 --> 00:25:21.563 And what I want to do is 533 00:25:21.607 --> 00:25:22.738 just pray a prayer with you. 534 00:25:22.782 --> 00:25:23.739 I want to lead you in that prayer. 535 00:25:23.783 --> 00:25:24.871 Just repeat this prayer 536 00:25:24.914 --> 00:25:26.960 in your heart, after me. 537 00:25:27.003 --> 00:25:31.181 Just say, "Dear God, I'm a sinner. 538 00:25:31.225 --> 00:25:33.619 "Forgive me of my sins. 539 00:25:33.662 --> 00:25:36.578 "I believe Jesus Christ is Your Son. 540 00:25:36.622 --> 00:25:39.886 "I believe that He died for my sins, 541 00:25:39.929 --> 00:25:42.802 "that You raised Him to life. 542 00:25:42.845 --> 00:25:44.978 "And I'd like to invite Him 543 00:25:45.021 --> 00:25:46.153 "to come into my heart 544 00:25:46.196 --> 00:25:48.329 "to take control of my life 545 00:25:48.372 --> 00:25:52.376 "from this moment forward, forever. 546 00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:56.119 "And I pray this in Jesus' name. 547 00:25:56.163 --> 00:25:57.860 "Amen." 548 00:25:58.600 --> 00:26:00.254 [Voice-over] In this time of uncertainty 549 00:26:00.297 --> 00:26:02.909 the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association 550 00:26:02.952 --> 00:26:06.129 is continuing to do what we've always done-- 551 00:26:06.173 --> 00:26:09.176 proclaim the good news of the gospel. 552 00:26:10.133 --> 00:26:12.919 ♪ You are way maker, miracle worker ♪ 553 00:26:12.962 --> 00:26:16.705 ♪ Promise keeper, light in the darkness ♪ 554 00:26:16.749 --> 00:26:20.448 ♪ My God, that is who You are ♪ 555 00:26:20.491 --> 00:26:21.884 [Voice-over] Welcome to this Easter service 556 00:26:21.928 --> 00:26:23.886 in New York City's Central Park. 557 00:26:23.930 --> 00:26:26.628 ♪ Way maker, miracle worker ♪ 558 00:26:26.672 --> 00:26:30.284 ♪ Promise keeper, light in the darkness ♪ 559 00:26:30.327 --> 00:26:33.635 ♪ My God, that is who You are. ♪ 560 00:26:33.679 --> 00:26:35.637 The only hope for this world where we live today 561 00:26:35.681 --> 00:26:37.247 is the Lord Jesus Christ. 562 00:26:37.291 --> 00:26:40.120 ♪ Way maker, miracle worker ♪ 563 00:26:40.163 --> 00:26:43.906 ♪ Promise keeper, light in the darkness ♪ 564 00:26:43.950 --> 00:26:47.606 ♪ My God, that is who You are. ♪ 565 00:26:49.346 --> 00:26:51.784 ♪ That is who You are. 566 00:26:52.828 --> 00:26:56.828 ♪ Yes, it is.