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 Huge
stadium lights spotlighted a million bugs
in flight on this warm summer night. Every
seat was filled, every eye riveted to
the giant spectacle below. A war display
had come to town -- promoting the sale
of War Bonds -- and 40,000 people had
turned out to see it. It was 1944.
Suddenly,
an anti-aircraft gun boomed, shattering
the night. Then a machine-gun, a tank,
and the quick cracks of a hundred rifles.
The ground rumbled. A full scale war was
taking place before 40,000 hypnotized
people.
Then,
just as suddenly, the noise stopped. The
silence was like death. Smoke twisted
up through the powerful stadium lights.
No one seemed to remember that this was
a drive for War Bonds.
But
the folks staging the spectacle knew what
they were doing. They knew that a man
making $27.50 a week couldn't buy many
bonds and may not buy any at all. Their
job was to convince this man -- and thousands
like him that his contribution, whatever
it was, was essential to winning the war.
So
they turned out the lights. All of them.
The sudden contrast made the black night
blacker. A moment before -- 40,000 faces.
Now, nothing.
Then,
the announcer made a strange request.
He asked everyone to hold a lighted match
aloft. Suddenly, the stadium came ablaze
with 40,000 tiny, twinkling flames. The
darkness melted. There were faces again.
Togetherness.
That's what it takes. What I can't do
alone, we can do together. "We" traveled
over 100,000 miles this past year and
sang or spoke 188 times resulting in over
2000 decisions for Christ.
Could
I do this alone? Of course not. But together
we can. God's people working together.
Joining hearts and hands and working together.
What
one tiny flame couldn't do, 40,000 did.
What one dollar can't do; what one person
can't do, hundreds can. Can you help me
light the darkness? What I can't do alone,
we can do together.
 I
love people. It is a privilege to meet
and talk with people after a concert or
speaking engagement. Here I am laughing
with some of the crowd. Over 2,000 decisions
for Christ were made last year. I can't
do it alone but together we can reach
people for Christ.
 Parking
lots full of automobiles are exciting
because they represent people who are
on the inside. I can't do it alone, but
together we can reach people for Christ.
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