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Ben Crandall

Benjamin Crandall (1925–2023). Born in 1925 in Mystic, Connecticut, to Henry W. and Mary J. Crandall, Benjamin Crandall was an American pastor and evangelist known for his dynamic preaching and leadership in New York City’s Pentecostal circles. Raised in a Christian family, he felt called to ministry early, dedicating his life to sharing the Gospel. In the 1950s, he and his wife, Jeanne R. Bither, founded Cavalry Christian Church in Brooklyn, which later relocated to Staten Island as the International Christian Center, where he pastored for decades, emphasizing biblical truth, spiritual renewal, and community outreach. Crandall joined Times Square Church as an associate pastor in 2008, serving until 2021, where he preached regularly and oversaw the Seniors Ministry, earning the affectionate title “Pastor Ben” for his wisdom and compassion. His sermons, blending power and gentleness, resonated with diverse audiences, and he mentored both seniors and youth, challenging them to live out their faith. He authored no major books, but his recorded messages, available on SermonIndex.net and Times Square Church’s platforms, continue to inspire. Married to Jeanne until her death, he had two children, Douglas and Karen (predeceased), and five grandchildren. Crandall died on October 20, 2023, in Seekonk, Massachusetts, at 98, saying, “The Word of God is a wellspring of life for all who receive it.”
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In this sermon, the speaker describes a scene where an ordinary person is standing on the steps of a church, sharing their personal experience of God's grace and power. The speaker observes that people are listening intently, suggesting that there is a growing hunger for the things of God in New York City. The speaker emphasizes the importance of learning to stand and speak for God in the present moment, rather than waiting for some future time. They encourage the audience to be ready to speak and act when God prompts them, sharing a personal anecdote about being led by God in a late-night journey. The sermon concludes with a reminder to thank God for His constant presence and to be prepared to follow His guidance at any time.
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Since I've been here two weeks ago, I was here and awesome things have happened in the world. The President Mubarak of Egypt has been dethroned and taken out of office and the world is shaking tonight. The Middle East is shaking tonight. And in reading, listening to some commentators and reading the New York Times and some other papers, the Wall Street Journal and other things, they don't know what's going on. The thing that impressed me with the newspapers, they don't understand it. And our politicians were so confused when this happened. I'm sure you got that at least, that they were given mixed messages and not knowing how to respond. And the world is shaking tonight and awesome things are coming. No one knows what this means. Israel is afraid. They've been a 30-year truce with Israel from Egypt. And God is moving in this world. We're in an awesome hour and some tremendous things are going to happen. I don't know how this is going to work. I'm praying and I'm sure millions of God's people are praying worldwide for the gospel to get to the Middle East at this time. The gospel has been closed and it has been closed. And did you know that? I didn't know that until recently. They don't allow any Jews in Saudi Arabia. There's not one Jew in that country. I didn't know that until recently. Not one Jew allowed. And the gospel is not there. And they don't allow it. They kill you if you're converted. But let me tell you, we've got a God in heaven that's bigger than any power on this earth and any opposition and God's people. And Jesus said, and he said in the last days, he said this, the gospel would go in Matthew's gospel, the 24th chapter, he said, and then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. That's the last days. And we're living in those days too. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold, but he who endures to the end shall be saved. And this is the verse I'm anxious to get out. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations. That includes the middle East. That includes Saudi Arabia. That includes Egypt. And there's been some gospel in Egypt and, but not like it ought to be. And in those other countries, and now in Iran and Iraq and those countries, all of them. And then, then the end will come. The gospel is going to get, and I believe that God is shaking this world tonight. And I know that, and he's going to shake this city. It's going to shake America. Great things are going to happen too. The wonderful news is that is going to be a great revival. Hallelujah. And this gospel is going to reach to the ends of the earth and God is going to pour out. He said, Joel said in the last day, saith God, I will pour out my spirit on all flesh. And there's going to be a great revival in this city. There's coming destruction, but there's coming a revival. And, and I know that, and there's no doubt about it. There's going to be a great revival, but along with the great revival is going to be great destruction. And what pastor Dave saw is absolutely going to happen, but there's something else going to happen. There's going to be a great revival. God is going to reach the ends of the earth in this last hours. Now, let me, let me, let me speak out of my heart to you tonight. Listen, this is an outstanding church. There's not many churches like this. God almighty set this church right here on Broadway, right here at time square, in the heart of this city, the heart of this nation, this, and one of the most famous spots in the world. He set this church here and he is doing a great work in this church, but there's something he's doing that I hope that, and I want to help you to be aware of. He is getting people ready. Now you're shouting tonight and you're just receiving the blessing and it's remarkable and unusual, but God is getting you ready to be a witness for him. It isn't going to be like this forever. This is remarkable time right now and God is doing something that I want, he wants you to be aware of. He's preparing people in this church that when the time of shaking comes and many of you will be driven out of this city for whatever reasons or won't be able to be here, God is going to use you to spread the gospel. He's preparing you now for the future, for the near future to be great witnesses and he will use people you least expect, but he's getting you ready. Get ready. This is unusual. This is remarkable and God is not just blessing you and he's not just here to give you a blessing. He wants to get you ready to be a witness in the most challenging hour of human history. The Middle East is shaken. Our own country doesn't know how to respond. I don't know what's going to happen, but I do know this is going to happen. The gospel is going to go to the ends of the earth and he's going to use people to do it and he's going to use people right out of time square to be part of it. Hallelujah. Let's give him a praise tonight. He wants to get you ready. The way it happens, hallelujah, the way it happens is found in the book of Acts. You can see it in the eighth chapter of the book of Acts, gives you an idea of how this works. Now Saul was consenting to his death. Saul was consenting to the death of Stephen. At that time, a great persecution arose against the church, which was at Jerusalem. And they were all scattered throughout the region of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. A great persecution and they were scattered. Devout men carried Stephen to his burial and made great lamentations, great wailings and sorrows over him. As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, dragging off men and women and committing them to prison. Therefore, those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word. There was a great revival prior to this incredible revival, and then a great persecution. And it says there was a great persecution and they were scattered and the people were scattered. God intended for them to go out and preach. He didn't intend for them to stay there. And he sent this because, listen to me, the gospel has to get out. God is preparing people that he wants to use you. Some of you are going to be sent to places you never dreamed of. God, the situation is going to demand it. Some of you, whatever the reasons, it isn't going to be like it is tonight. There's going to be a great revival and there's going to be a great shaking. And we're going to be shaken up and people won't be just like it is tonight. This is remarkable what we're experiencing right now, but God is getting you ready because he's going to use people out of this church to spread the gospel to the ends of the earth. And not only in missionary trips, that's wonderful, but some of you are going to get driven out. Some are going to go voluntarily and some are going to go not voluntarily. They didn't go voluntarily, but they went. Amen. You go. Hallelujah. And we're going to go. And this won't stay like this. And absorb everything while you can. This is remarkable and this is unusual. And this is an unusual presence here. And this is an unusual church. And God wants to get you ready. Don't take it for granted. Don't take it for granted. Absorb it. Get it into you. You're going to need it. You are going to need it. There's coming a shaking. This, what Dave, brother Dave saw is going to happen, folks. This city is going to see it. The country is going to get shaken, but we're going to see a mighty move of God and he's going to use people. There's two things going to happen and you've got to be ready. You've got to get ahold of God. Get, get into God. Get the word into you. Absorb what you're, what God is saying and doing here. Get it into you. Get ahold of God. Get into the Bible studies. Get into those Bible studies. Get into everything. Get the word into you. And so that nothing can shake you. Nothing can shake you. You've got to be unshakable. Hallelujah. You've got to know God that where you can stand up in the name of Jesus, he wants to prepare you to stand up in this last hour. Whatever comes, he wants you to be able to stand up and to be a witness. Hallelujah. God is going to do an awesome thing in this world. He's not just shaking the Middle East. He's going to shake, he's going to shake the nations. Unbelievable things are coming. And I know that, and I know there's going to be a great revival and God wants to use you. And he wants to use this church. He wants you to get ahold of him. And he wants you to be able, whenever you leave here, whenever God takes you out of this place and sends you somewhere, always listen, folks, get into the word that you never deceived. Jesus said false prophets. Paul said, he knows he, Paul, the apostle in the book of Acts says it so clearly. And I might as well just read it to you just because it'll help you in the, over in the last part of the book of Acts, Paul, Paul speaks. And he says in his, in his words, he says, he says, praise God, book of Acts. For I know this, that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Also from among yourselves, men will rise up speaking perverse things to draw them away after themselves. And he goes on to say that they'll be doing it for money. I have not coveted. I have never cut it and coveted anyone's silver or gold or apparel. So he's talking about the wolves coming because of money for money. You've got to watch out when you leave here, you in a, in a wonderful church, a church that God has raised up with honest people, brother Dave, the founder of this church and pastor Carter, exceptional. This is an exceptional church and exceptional men. When you leave here and God takes you out or you get driven out and something happens to you, always look for a church where the word is preached. But if you don't know the word, you won't know when they're doing it, when they're tricking you, when they're twisting it, because Simon Peter wrote this to his people. He said this, praise God. He says it in the, in his third chapter, therefore beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found in him in peace without spot and blameless and account that the long suffering of our Lord is salvation as also our beloved brother, Paul, according to the wisdom giving to him has written to you as also in all of his epistles, speaking in them of these things in which are some things hard to understand, which those who are untaught, who don't know the word and are unstable, they twist to their own destruction as they do also the rest of the scripture. You, therefore beloved, since you know these things beforehand, beware, lest you fall from, from your steadfastness being led away by the era of the wicked and by folks that twist the book that twisted for their own personal use for their own gain. And if you don't know it, they sound great. They can really sound good, but you've got to know the rest of the book. You've got to know the word that you don't. Paul is saying it. Peter is saying it. Jesus said it, and we're saying it tonight, but grow in the grace and knowledge, grow in the knowledge of our Lord and savior, Jesus Christ to him, be the glory, both now, both now and forever. You must know this book for yourself. You must not just go by feelings and we love things. I need them and I love them. I love the feeling. I felt it here tonight and God wants you to feel it, but you've got to know the book. So when somebody stands up and twist it, and you're not in this church and you're somewhere else, you've got to be able to know when it's right and when it's wrong. And when they're saying it the way it ought to be said, and when they're not saying it, the truth, know the book, know the Lord, know him in prayer, take time, get into the Bible study, get into the word of God and build a foundation that when the shaking comes, that you'll stand true to the end. Hallelujah. And that you will be a light and that you can shine and hallelujah, that you can speak up. Don't be taken in when they twist the word and they say it for and wolves come and say it to gain and to get money for themselves. And it's tragic what goes on. There's wolves out there today and, and they're everywhere. There always have been. And you got to know the difference and be in God, in the name of Jesus, get full of the Holy Spirit, grasp the word, get into God and get into these meetings. And when the hour comes and the sound comes, go you out. You're going to be ready, not only for the coming of the Lord, but you're ready to be a light and to stand up and shine for the Lord, Jesus Christ. When the shaking comes, hallelujah, hallelujah. Get your people ready in the name of Jesus. Be get into God, get into the spirit, get into the word of God. Take time, not only the word, but in the prayer into seeking God. We're so busy and life is so just demand so much of us, but put priority in prayer, put priority in the word of God. Take time to read and to pray and to see God that God will prepare you for the great days ahead. Now, one great illustration in the, in the old Testament of this, that is so wonderful is found in second Chronicles. Now the great lesson of Kings and Chronicles is one is putting in simple words is this, the Kings of Israel, Judah, Israel, they didn't seek God. The Kings of Judah, every time they were in a hard place, difficult, terrible situations, and they cried out to God every time God heard them every time, every time one of the Kings. And that's what the lessons teach you the, those books, because every time any of the Kings ever got in a hard place and they sought God with all their heart, humble themselves and prayed, the miracle came. God will do the same for you. Every time you get in a hard place, if you will turn to God with all your heart, every single time God will deliver you, will answer your prayer, bring you out, and you'll be a greater person than you were before. You'll be stronger. You'll be, you'll be, you'll become more. Every trial that comes, God wants it to turn it into a blessing and to lift you up with it. So the hard places you go through, God doesn't allow them that you might go under. Satan would like to take you under, but he can't do that. If you'll do what the book says, if you humble yourself and seek God, wherever you are, seek God. Now, just one example of this is King Asa. That's one of the great examples. And he reigned for 41 years and 36 of the 41 were outstanding. And he began to seek God. Now in the situation here is that Asa, the army of the, is coming against him with a million men of Ethiopia. They're coming against him with 1 million men and he seeks God. It's in the, it's, it's here in the 14th chapter of second Chronicles. And he's coming against him. Zerah from the Ethiopians are coming with 1 million men, 300 chariots, and Asa is coming against him with the, with his army. But it's, it's just a little over half of what his is. And Asa cries out to the Lord, his God, and says, Lord, it is nothing for you to help. Listen to this now, whether with many or with those who have no power, God can give the victory and we'll do it with, with no, it doesn't matter who it is, he says. And you can use people that don't have anything. You can use people that have no power. You don't need a powerful army to win. You just need committed people to win. And he's telling, Asa is preaching an eternal lesson. God wins when you seek him. He's not looking for great people. He's looking for committed people. He's not looking for rich people. He's looking for committed people that will turn to him. Oh Lord, our God, for we rest on you and in your name, we will go against this multitude. Oh Lord, you are our God. Do not let man prevail against you. So the Lord struck the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah and they fled and they took in tremendous spoil. He can save, he, God is looking for you. He's looking for whoever is humble and willing to be used of him. He will use you and he will touch you. Praise God. So then Asa failed God, uh, in the, in the next chapter and makes a treaty with Syria. And God is so disappointed because he didn't look to him rather than looking to the, to the, to the Assyrians, to Syria. So this is what the Lord said. And the prophet said this to, to Asa, for the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show himself strong on behalf of those who heart is loyal to him. In this you have done foolishly. Therefore, from now on you will have wars and I will not, God will not be with you. He said, God's eyes run to and fro. And that, that is the, that's the ninth, the ninth verse of the 16th chapter. God's eyes run to and fro all the time, right tonight, right tonight. God's eyes are going all over this world. He's looking at times square. He's looking at every person in here and he's looking, can I find a man or a woman, somebody older, young, rich or poor, great or small, white or black, whatever. It doesn't means nothing. It's somebody that will trust him, that will put him in and believe in him, praise God, that he can show himself strong and mighty. And it's going to be an hour. He's going to raise, he's going to find you. There's people right here he's going to find. He's got a plan and he's put this together and he's going to pour out his spirit in a mighty way and God, and then things are going to happen. I don't know how it's going to come, whether, whether destruction comes, usually the revival comes first, but then God sends a, sends something to send us out so that we get spread out. We don't let us stay together because the gospel has to get out to the ends. God is always interested in the gospel going to the ends of the earth. Then Jesus can come and he isn't going to come. He said, the end is not going to be. And, and he's, we're not going to leave here until this gospel gets preached. The gospel is going to get preached. I know there are prophetic folks that are talking about that. The Jews are going to spread the gospel. No, I, I think we're going to spread the gospel. Hallelujah. We're, we're going to spread it. Amen. And I'm sure they're going, they're going to come in. But right now, God is looking to pour out his spirit in a great revival. It's going to be, and he's going to send you. Some are going to go voluntarily in some situations are going to make you go somewhere. And the situation, whatever happens here, God wants you to be ready to be a, a person that he can use, that he can talk. His eyes are running. He is preparing people. He's looking at your heart and he's saying, could I use that person? Can they take the pressure? Can they stand up under the pressure now? Can they, will they speak for me? Will they be caught trapped? Will they turn aside? Will they go after money? Will they go after fame? Will they, will they turn aside for other reasons? God wants people that are after him that will not turn aside to the right or to the left, that you're going to do the will of God, that you're going to do what God tells you to do. You're going to be ready. Hallelujah. For he has not only worked in the past. He is not a God just of the past. He is a God of the present and of the future. And what he has done, he is able to do his arm is not shortened that it cannot save. And his ears are not dull that they cannot hear. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. And he's calling out for people, getting ready, get people ready for this last great hour, this last great move of God. He is raising up an army and he wants to raise up an army out of Times Square church. Hallelujah. That will touch the ends of the earth. Hallelujah. He's sending people here from all over the world. And let's believe God to fill them with the spirit and fill them with the word and to send them out with the anointing of the Holy Spirit to shake the kingdom of darkness. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. The Muslim world is not too hard for God. There's nothing too hard for God. There's no situation that's too much for our God. And he will do what he is planning to do. And he's looking. Can he find you? Will you listen to him? Will you turn loose of the things of this life and put everything down below him and let him become the center of your life that you can be a voice and that you can be a light in this greatest hour of human history. He's calling young. He's calling old. He's calling whoever will listen. His eyes, he really don't care what you've got. He don't need a thing you've got, man. God's got it all. What he needs is willingness. He needs commitment. He needs humility. He needs someone that's willing to be small that he can be big. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. This is remarkable. Don't take this church for granted. Don't do that. Don't think this is just something unusual. It's nice. It's great. No, this is a move of God. He's preparing you and talking to you and inviting you. Get it. Get that spirit. Get this anointing. Get this word into you. Get solid. Get straight with him and walk with him and listen. And when the hour comes, praise God, you'll be ready. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Now, one last word. Don't ever, ever let trouble put you down. Whatever happens in your life, in the days ahead, I don't care how it looks, never surrender. Let me preach the old sermon I always preach. Never give up. Never, never, never give up. Never give up. When you fail, when you make a mistake, don't you ever give up. God doesn't give up. Don't you ever let Satan tell you that's all over. You've fallen. You've messed it up. No, you may mess it up, but God can give, take you back and forgive you and straighten you out. Don't you ever throw in the towel. You stay with him. When you fall, get up and repent and keep on going. He won't give up on you and see the victory. He's the same God. He loves you with an everlasting love. Hallelujah. Don't ever let the devil decide you. You quit throwing the towel. You've messed it up. No, no, no. You don't ever throw in the towel. You don't ever quit. You don't ever give up. You never run. You never turn around. You stand and win for Jesus Christ. Amen. Praise God. Bless you, pastor. Praise God. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. I'd like to give an altar call this evening for those who can hear this word. And you're sitting here tonight and you're saying, I really hear God calling me to something of courage, something that takes his life, being lived out through me and in me, something I can't do of myself, but I know in my heart that if I will surrender to the Lord Jesus Christ, he is well able to do this through me, to stand in times that might be very difficult and to have the courage that only God can give, which comes really from the compassion that God is willing to put in our hearts for every person ever created in his image. The power to even love our enemies is ours in God. He's willing to do whatever it takes and whatever has to happen that you and I are going to be able to stand. The Holy Spirit is clearly speaking to us time after time, service after service, meeting after meeting about the days that we're about to face as a people. But it's not so much just about the days. It's about the strength that God wants to give us. The fact that he wants to enable us to stand, that we can truly be like Paul in Acts chapter 27, who came out after long abstinence onto the deck of that ship and he had the word of God. He had the courage of God. He had the love of God for the, even his captors, he had the love of God in his heart for them. He had the word that was able to direct people in this collapsing vessel moment to a place of safety. This is what the Lord wants to do. In prayer about two weeks or so ago, the Lord gave me a very clear picture. I saw it in my prayer time and it was a church somewhere down on Parker, Madison, that's very close to Central Park West. And it's a church that's probably not very much used anymore, but I saw just an ordinary person. I couldn't tell if it was a man or woman, but it was just an ordinary person standing on the steps of that church about the second or third step up. And there was a crowd of about 60 or 70 people gathered in a semicircle. And this person wasn't preaching. He or she was just telling the story of what God had done on Calvary and how that person had been sustained by the grace and the power of God. And folks, people were listening. And I don't know why they were listening. I don't know what has happened to make them listen, but I do know that a season is coming where people are going to listen. They're listening now. Folks, it's starting to happen now. There's something in the hearts of people in New York City. For those of us who are starting to speak, you're beginning to realize that people have been waiting for this word. They're not angry about the things of God anymore. There's an absolute open heart for the things of Christ. And a young lady was sharing at a prayer meeting last Thursday night that she just felt moved to share the Lord with a couple of thugs on the train. It was just her. And she said, they were thugs. She says, I know thugs. They were thugs on the train. And she said, I went over to them and I started to speak to them. And she said their entire countenance changed. They wanted to know about the church. They wanted to know how they could get here, what kind of a life it was that God had for them. And then after she had finished sharing Christ with these two young men and found they were so open to the gospel, she said, there's another guy on the platform. He looked like he was high. And he was the only one on the platform. I'm getting off the train. And she thought, this guy is going to steal my iPod. And she got off the train and in boldness walked right up to him and started to talk to him about Jesus Christ. And he just melted right before her, found out that he was longing for something of life that was going to give him direction and hope for the future. There's a cry. In people in New York City. And it's not as it appears anymore. The outside might still look the same, but the inside has changed. People are hungry for the things of God. And God has to give us the courage that the best time to learn to stand is now. Like we can have this euphoric, I'm going to stand one day somewhere sometime and wow, it's going to be great. But I really believe you have to learn to stand now. If you and I have to start speaking now, we have to, we have to ask God for the grace to love people. Now it can't be all just about some other day somewhere. It has to be now. And for those that are willing, that's what this altar call is all about to, to say, Lord, here am I send me. You may feel like Isaiah felt you may feel like the most undone person in the entire place, but still in your heart, you're saying, God, what I have, I'm bringing it to you. And if you're willing to empower me, I'm willing to go. And you're going to have to put the love in my heart. You're going to have to give me the words to speak. You're going to have to clearly speak to me to where I'm to go and who I'm to speak to, but Lord, I'm willing to do it. And that's when the miraculous begins to happen. When you and I have a willing heart, remember the scripture tonight that the Lord's eyes are, are scanning to and fro throughout the earth to show himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are right towards him. And the right heart tonight is just Lord. I will obey you. God, I will obey you, Jesus. I will speak your name. I'm not going to be ashamed of you in this generation. And I will not be triumphed over no matter what comes our way. I will not be run over by it. Hallelujah to the lamb of God. I will stand by the grace of my God. And if it's in your heart tonight, this is in measure, I suppose, an ordination service for some this evening, that as you get out of your seat and you come to this altar, pastor Crandall is going to come back and pray for you. And I'm believing that God is supernaturally going to give you courage to start standing for truth. And father, we thank you for this, this evening. Thank you for this word. Thank you for the ability to respond to it. Lord Jesus Christ. All that we ask is that through our lives and in this time that you'd be honored and you'd be glorified. We thank you for it in your precious name. Let's stand, please. And if God's drawing you to receive this word, I'm just going to ask you in the balcony and slip out wherever you are in the main sanctuary. Just make your way down to the front of the sanctuary. If you're a back slider, get right with God, please. Tonight, just come forward and trust the Lord for the strength to begin to walk with him. Let's just put our hands up tonight and surrender. Just lift our hands in surrender to God. We surrender to you. Hallelujah. We thank you, God, that you called us. We thank you that we've heard your voice. We thank you that of all of earth's millions, that you chose me to call me to serve you. We thank you tonight. Now, God, we ask you tonight to fill us with your spirit, fill us with the anointing, and let us say yes to you. God, let us make ourselves available to you. Take us, God, take every person standing here to let us give ourselves wholly to you. Hallelujah. God, we give our talent. We surrender our time. We surrender our lives. We surrender to you. We want you, God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Now, we thank you, Jesus. We thank you, God. We thank you for putting your spirit upon us. Thank you for leading us. Thank you for guiding you. Let's thank him right now. Just put your hands up and thank him. Thank you for guidance. Thank you for guiding me. Thank you for taking me, taking my offer. Hallelujah. For taking it, God. Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord, that your eyes are running to and fro through the whole earth. And thank you, God, that you're going to see me tonight, that I'm going to be that one. You're going to see me along with these others. You're going to see me tonight. He sees you tonight. Hallelujah. And we ask him tonight. Now, thank him for blessing you. Thank him for calling you. Thank him for giving you this opportunity, that he's placed you here, and he's brought this word to you, and he's given you the word of God, and he's providing the Holy Spirit for you. Ask him to fill you with the Spirit. Ask God, fill me with the Spirit, and let me be guided by you, and let me let you direct my life, and let me yield to you. And when God says, speak to somebody, speak to them. Hallelujah. When he says, pray for somebody, pray for them. When he says, give somebody something, give it to them. Hallelujah. Make yourself available. Praise you, Jesus. Praise you, God. God, we ask you to so bless these people in witnessing that this building cannot hold the people. God, we ask you, Lord, touch these people in the name of Jesus. Touch my brother. Touch my sister. Hallelujah. God, you see the hungry people out there. You see this city. You see this New Jersey, Long Island, wherever we come from. You see the hungry people. You know the house they live in. You know the door they're in. You know how to bring us across their paths and speak to us, God, and let us hear your voice. Hallelujah. It should not just be two or three people hearing God. God wants an army. He wants an army, and he wants you in that army. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Volunteer for his army tonight in this last hour. We thank you, God. We ask you now, Lord, impart your spirit and give guidance to these people, and Lord, let them listen to your voice. Let them listen to your voice. God, lead us to the hungry. Lead us to the hungry. Lead us to the people that need you, and God, let us be willing to speak for you and see the things that you will do. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank you for it. Thank you. He hears you when you pray. He sees you. He sees you. Thank him for it tonight. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank him tonight, and you know, when you're willing, just a minute, when you're willing, he'll lead you when you least expect it. Be ready any time, instant in season and out of season. Be ready. Be ready to speak. Be ready. When God speaks to you, be ready, and he'll tell you what to do. We were driving. I was driving years ago, going from New York here to Witness to help a man who was separated from his wife. We were going to visit her in Springfield, Massachusetts from Brooklyn. We had to leave after work. We got really late. About 11 o'clock at night, we were still on our way, and we missed a turn. The sign is as big as half of this room here. We missed that sign, and I had to go back, and I went back to the gas station to ask someone how to get on the main road, and God wanted me to do that, and as I walked out of that gas station, God said to me, go back. Now, we're late. We're in a terrible hurry. Go back. Forget about being late, and talk to that man about his soul. I went back in, and I started, and I started talking to him. You know the Lord Jesus Christ, and this man said this to me. He said, no, but I want to know him, and he said, I was in World War II, and I was in a foxhole, and I didn't know how to pray, and I said, God, when I get out of here, if anybody will help me, I'm looking for you. He said, I've been waiting now for several years, for years, for somebody to tell me how to find Jesus and to find peace, and he was crying, and we knelt down on that cement floor and prayed and accepted Lord Jesus Christ, and I pointed him to a church and helped him. See, now what if I hadn't listened? I was late already, but that don't mean a thing to God. God can turn the clock back. Hallelujah. He can do anything. Hallelujah. He can do anything. There's a man, a man that prayed years before, and he said, nobody's ever come, and I've waited all this time for somebody to come and tell me, and that's why I missed that sign. Now you understand it, see? That's why God says, close his eyes, don't let him see that sign, turn him around, bring him back, bring him over there, and let him go to that gas station. Praise God. But you see, God, God Almighty is looking, his eyes are running. He's looking for you. He's looking for you. He's looking. There's hungry people all over, and he knows who they are and where they are, and if you'll listen and let him lead you, he'll guide you to him. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. What a joy. What a joy. What a blessing comes to you when God blesses you and you speak to somebody and you see them turn to the Lord. Now, sometimes he'll lead you to speak to somebody that won't listen, but he still led you to speak to him. He's given him an opportunity. Open your mouth for Jesus. Walk for him. Listen to him. Live with him. Hallelujah. And when he calls, you'll be ready to go. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Father, send us a revival. Use this people. Use this men and women and men and women and mothers and fathers and old and young, and let us go out here and see the blessing of God come down in a mighty way. Hallelujah. God bless you. Hallelujah. Amen. Amen.
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Benjamin Crandall (1925–2023). Born in 1925 in Mystic, Connecticut, to Henry W. and Mary J. Crandall, Benjamin Crandall was an American pastor and evangelist known for his dynamic preaching and leadership in New York City’s Pentecostal circles. Raised in a Christian family, he felt called to ministry early, dedicating his life to sharing the Gospel. In the 1950s, he and his wife, Jeanne R. Bither, founded Cavalry Christian Church in Brooklyn, which later relocated to Staten Island as the International Christian Center, where he pastored for decades, emphasizing biblical truth, spiritual renewal, and community outreach. Crandall joined Times Square Church as an associate pastor in 2008, serving until 2021, where he preached regularly and oversaw the Seniors Ministry, earning the affectionate title “Pastor Ben” for his wisdom and compassion. His sermons, blending power and gentleness, resonated with diverse audiences, and he mentored both seniors and youth, challenging them to live out their faith. He authored no major books, but his recorded messages, available on SermonIndex.net and Times Square Church’s platforms, continue to inspire. Married to Jeanne until her death, he had two children, Douglas and Karen (predeceased), and five grandchildren. Crandall died on October 20, 2023, in Seekonk, Massachusetts, at 98, saying, “The Word of God is a wellspring of life for all who receive it.”