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Pastor John, it's a joy and an honor to have you here with me. I'm super excited about you being here.

I wanted to share with you a story I have

from when I was a young boy. I was probably about 12 or 13 years old. Now, I know you've probably

preached at thousands of churches and conferences by now. Do you remember preaching at a conference

center in Knottesbury Farm in Southern California.

I absolutely do, yes. Okay, so this was around the... If I remember, the leader's name was Donna. Yes. Yes, and her husband had gone to be with Jesus, and she took the leadership. Yes, I remember it very well. So, Mike and Donna Neville, that was my dad's pastor, Pastor Mike Neville. Wow. So he had gone to be with the Lord years prior.

And you were ministering this word on the fear of the Lord and trembling at his word.

And I remember being in the service, and this is the first time I'd ever experienced anything like this.

So I'm in the service.

I was super excited that you were always taking notes and just thrilled that you were there.

And I remember there was this point in the service where you just began to lead the people in prayer, like repentance and an acknowledgement of the things we had done wrong and the things that

we needed to repent of. And I'll never forget, this was one of the first times I ever experienced

anything like this.

It was like a weight came all in the room.

And I remember seeing people next to me down different aisles, a couple rows ahead of me.

It was just all at once.

You couldn't have manufactured something like this.

Just began to weep in repentance before.

I mean, it was a very strong sense.

And it was, I don't want to say terrifying, but yeah, there was a certain beautiful terror to it.

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