Make Faith a Priority – Tony Evans Films’ Legacy Moments ft. The Settles
Make Faith a Priority is a short, inspirational message from the Settle family. They tell the story of their childhood; how their mother prioritized the Word of God and faith and the lasting impact it had on their lives.
Dr. Tony Evans is the founder and senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, founder and president of The Urban Alternative and author of over 100 books, booklets and Bible studies. The first African American to earn a doctorate of theology from Dallas Theological Seminary, he has been named one of the 12 Most Effective Preachers in the English-Speaking World by Baylor University. Dr. Evans holds the honor of writing and publishing the first full-Bible commentary and study Bible by an African American. His radio broadcast, The Alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, can be heard on over 1,400 radio outlets daily and in more than 130 countries. Dr. Evans’ sermons are also streamed and downloaded over 20,000,000 times annually. #TonyEvans #inspiration #faith
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i’m dr ashley settles i am the first
daughter of thomas settles and sandra
settles perkins
i grew up in chattanooga
tennessee i’m dr allison settles i am
the middle child
um i actually also grew up in
chattanooga tennessee um we i have a
brother that is
he’s 15 months younger than us but he
thinks he’s older
we are the settle siblings
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our parents made faith a huge priority
in our household my mom took us to
church every single sunday
dr evans is somebody my mom listened to
somebody that was in the background
but that background of just
as a child it’s so to see in my life
if i’m going through something
challenging i can go to dr edward’s
ministry and there’s always something
that will address whatever i’m dealing
with in my life
i can remember as a kid my mom would
always cut on the loud preacher in the
car and uh although i wasn’t a believer
and i did not really understand the
biblical passage he was talking about i
always remember the stories like his
illustrations would just make sense to
me even at a young age so
the loud preacher was somebody who
was able to give stories that made sense
he was able to
share and communicate
in a way that
even a young child was able to
understand the principles that he was
sharing in the messages
his character and just
you know his voice is very distinct
at the time we cannot imagine the impact
he would have made on our lives
you know a camera is a very
marvelous
instrument
see the camera must be focused right to
capture the picture
in the camera they have a little box and
you get what the picture you want inside
the box
no matter how good the camera is
if you’re not focused right the camera
can’t do you any good
and no matter how powerful god is
if you’re not focused right he can’t
help you
the best most expensive camera in the
world can help you if you’re not focused
on the right picture
and god almighty won’t help you if
you’re not focused in the right
direction
from a child it was kind of like you
know i was being made to listen to him
but as an adult i choose to listen to
his ministry
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my mom was committed to listening to
moody radio we wanted to listen to
something else we wanted to listen to
aaliyah or notorious big or tupac or
something else so now looking back on it
we see that that was the lord
planting seeds in our life that are
still growing to this day
i can remember a time in college where
my sisters and i were on a road trip
we were taking my grandfather this to
some family members in the house to
visit and like we were tired we were
rotating and driving and we were trying
to you know you did the scan on the
radio
but i can remember us uh scanning
through the stations and hearing that uh
urban alternative themed music and we
immediately stopped
we heard dr evans and all of us like
trying to stop the radio here so again
this it was just that we were something
that was tired but we heard dr evans
voice and we’re like okay we got a
second win and we just locked in and
were able to listen and it was a true
blessing for me and my sisters to just
be able to
hear a message from somebody who we love
and respect and actually had an
opportunity to reflect on how
far the lord had brought us in our faith
journey
so for me
preaching is
a
a amazing opportunity to bless the lord
because we are sharing what the lord has
told us to be true
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