Saving Souls

SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS That was last year’s conference. Nearly 7,000 people gathered here before that conference was over in Mabee Center.  What a fantastic 3 days it was.  Now mark these 3 days down on your calendar:  June 23, 24, and 25.  You can see them on your screen.  Now there’s how you can make your reservation.  Call 1-918-495-7777.  There are hotels available in the area on June 23, 24, and 25.  If you’re a minister of the gospel, a pastor, an evangelist, an associate pastor, children’s ministry, we’re going to have a youth services children’s ministry during this conference.  There are outstanding things going on.  My dad will be on the program tomorrow to share a little bit in more detail about it.  And some of the men you were hearing about are members of the board of the Charismatic Bible Ministries Fellowship, the fastest-growing fellowship in America. And one of those board members who you just heard from right there is my very special guest  SU03 today, Dr. Johnny Johnson….. (APPLAUSE)….. former Assistant Secretary of the Navy and the director of the National Coalition of Concerned Citizens.  Johnny, it’s a joy to have you here and for us to get a chance to meet with you again.  We had such a tremendous time with you when you were here on the program the last time as well as when you are in that Charismatic Bible Ministries Fellowship. Just before I ask you a couple of questions, what do you feel about the Charismatic Bible Ministries Fellowship conference? You know, there are almost 2,500 now that have joined it.

SPKM JOHNNY JOHNSON I know, I know, I know.  You know, I think that’s one of the finest things I’ve ever seen.  It doesn’t just bring people together, it brings them together in the spirit. And all over the country, everywhere I go, someone will say to me, “Hey, how do I get started in that?  What do I have to do?” And that thing is growing faster than any ministry I have ever seen in my entire life.  (APPLAUSE)

SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS Thank God for it. But I want to remind you once again.  June 23, 24, and 25.  Make your reservation now. Make your reservation now.  There are hotels in the area and they will be filling up very, very quickly. So make your reservation for June 23, 24, and 25 and you can expect to see the 77 board members as well as the nearly 2,500 ministers that have joined the Charismatic Bible Ministries Fellowship.  It’s alive, it’s well, it’s healthy, it’s going, and it can be a blessing in your life.  Your spouse is welcome, your family is welcome, and it will be a blessing to you so mark those days down on your calendar, June 23, 24, and 25.  (APPLAUSE)  Johnny, one thing in particular, among other things, but one thing in particular that I would like to ask you is concerning the congressional prayer breakfasts that you are deeply involved with in Washington.  You know, we hear a lot of what goes on in Washington in the news but there are other things that we don’t hear.  Can you bring us an update of what is going on in Washington, what is going on in those congressional prayer breakfasts, what is going on behind the scenes with some of our elected officials.

SPKM JOHNNY JOHNSON A lot of people don’t even know that we are having all of those prayer breakfasts around there and we have a prayer breakfast once a month in the Capitol.  Now they first said that it would be impossible to do that because they said, “Johnny Johnson and his people are charismatic and we can’t have that inside.”  And, of course, they went to Tip O’Neill and Tip O’Neill said, “Well, you know, I know Dr. Johnson and he’s a nice guy.  His politics are bad but he’s a nice guy and we’ll allow him to come.”  So we have been in there for five years now……. (APPLAUSE)…. yeah, that’s beautiful.  And we have congressmen and senators and all of the staff coming together.  And regardless of the politics might be, when they come in the love of Jesus it’s one unit and one accord.

SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS What happens when they get there?

SPKM JOHNNY JOHNSON When they get there they begin to hug each other because I make them do that.  It’s rather a tough…. Richard, let me tell you this.  The first time I did that I said, “Will everybody please stand,” and they all stood.  And you could tell, there were Democrats on one side and Republicans on the other.  There was a divided line there.  So I said, “I’d like for you people to make a right face and you people make a left turn and start walking.”  And they started walking and finally they got right together and I said, “Stop right where you are now.”  I said, “Now turn to your right and left and whoever you see there, put your arm around them and hug them and tell them you love them.”  There was a long pause… (APPLAUSE)…. and then all of a sudden they started laughing and hugging each other.  But we teach the Bible and we teach the Word and that’s what they keep coming back for is the Word that is ____________.  And, Lindsay, I’ve got to mention this. She is so right when she said earlier that if you put the Word inside them and you begin to squeeze and things get rough around you, something has to come out.  Well, whatever you put in there is going to come out.  If you put the Word in there, the Word is going to come boiling out.  That’s why people will begin to get edified and people will begin to see the real true Spirit of the Lord coming out of you, when they’re in a tight spot.  (APPLAUSE)

SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS Johnny, knowing your past, knowing your background, how you came up, how you were raised, and how you went through the military service and how you became the Assistant Secretary of the Navy and now the director of the National Coalition of Concerned Citizens, it would seem impossible, especially when you look at your father… now you shared your testimony of your father who was actually a slave. You shared that.  Here in America we talk about the land of the free and the home of the brave, but it was impossible for Johnny Johnson.

SPKM JOHNNY JOHNSON Yes, in fact, that’s what everyone said. They said, “Your father being a slave, there’s no way you can ever rise above that level.” But, you know, I just love America. See, I’m a flag waver, I love this country, and it allowed me to come all the way from the son of a slave, first generation from a slave…..