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0:02 We wanna honor God because he sees everything.0:10 You were born with a plan and a purpose. He's the god of all things possible. He's the god of all0:22 miracles.0:52 Welcome to Grace Grace with Naina Michelle. I'm Michelle Humphreys.Faith on Film: A Divine Calling 0:55 And I am Naina Keegan. Welcome to our broadcast today. Today, we have a very, very special guest that we're so excited to introduce to you. Michelle, you wanna do the introduction?1:04 Love to. This is a very special friend. He has 25 years with the Trinity Broadcasting System. He has 15 years in the1:16 film industry, and he has a show called Faith on Film, and I would like to introduce a very special guy, Isaac Hernandez.1:27 Very special.1:28 Wow. To our program. We have known Isaac for quite some time, and this guy is just doing really, really cool stuff. 40 years in the TV industry, in the in1:40 the Christian entertainment industry. So Yes.1:43 I started when I was1:44 2, so 4 years.1:46 Of course. So, your your show, that is something so cool right now that I think people really need to know about because with everything going on with movies and media1:58 and Hollywood and all of that, we need a show like yours. So do you wanna tell us about it? What's your show called, and what do you what is it about?2:05 Well, it's called Faith on Film. And to be honest with you, I had originally thought of faith in film, and I saw that it was taken by somebody already. So I just changed the o or the I to an o. But faith on film2:17 is literally something that God said I needed to do.2:25 Amen.2:25 There's a reason that I say that it was God. I literally woke up at, like, 2 33 o'clock in the morning, and the first thing that came into my head was do a show in which you interview2:37 people in the film industry, the the Christian film industry. You know, why would I wake up and think that? And so I right away knew, okay, god. This is you talking to me. Wish you would talk to me at, you know, 122:49 in2:49 the afternoon and2:50 waking me up at 2 30 in the morning, but okay. I guess I2:53 probably will2:54 pay this much attention. So I knew that it was something that I had to do. And there's 1 thing that I think is very important, not just for me, but for everybody that's listening right now, that's you guys right there,3:05 and that is to be obedient. Amen. Obedient when God speaks to you, just whatever it is, be obedient. And so I knew that I had to do it. So, I thought, well, okay. I'll just3:17 do a, you know, put do do a show and put it on YouTube. I'll do a YouTube anybody can do a YouTube channel, so I'll put it on YouTube. Okay? But I did 1 thing that I was very important. That was that I made it3:29 public right away. I posted on Facebook, okay, everybody. I'm gonna do a TV show and, you know, it was gonna be about Christian filmmakers, yada yada and so forth and so on. Because if I didn't do that, I would have3:41 talked myself out of it. Oh, that's good. Smart. What was I thinking? I mean, you know, maybe it was the bad dinner I had last night.3:50 I don't know.3:51 And so I made it public. That way, I have to now do it because I've said it. I've made it public that I'm doing this. So I put it on Facebook, then, I get a on the comments, I get somebody that4:03 comments and they said, hey Isaac, can we have your show on our network?4:07 Wow. Right away.4:09 Yeah. So I'm, see and that's why it's important to obey because when you do, God will make sure that it4:14 moves forward.4:15 He makes it happen.4:16 He gives4:16 you the success that's needed. So I said, well, you know, it's not really a a big show. I mean, it's just gonna be me on a camera, and my guest will be brought in through, you know, Zoom. That's pretty much it. And he4:28 says then this was very important. He said, it doesn't matter. It's you, and that's all that matters to me. Now I don't think he really meant it's me because me is nobody. I think he meant4:40 it's the god in you. Yeah. And that's all that matters to me.4:44 And your record, you know, the things that you've done and how you know, different different I4:49 I mean, it4:50 speaks for itself.4:51 I've never done front of camera stuff. I was I mean, I've been involved in TV all my life, but it's been as a director or, you know, not as a as a host. So he puts that on. This is all on comments, so it's to the public.5:03 Yeah. So then I get another message on comments from a gentleman that was a colleague. He worked at the same company that I was working at. He ran a network called Uplift TV, which is on direct was on DIRECTV. Now5:15 DIRECTV has, at that time, like, 18000000 subscribers. Okay? He says, hey. How come we're not getting your show? You work for us. Why does5:24 the other guy get our show5:25 at night?5:26 Because it's not really a big show or5:28 you know? Know? He goes,5:28 you let me decide that. So I I sent him the first 1 that I produced, and he says, yeah. He goes, this is better than half the shows we have on here. Wow. Okay. So right off the top,5:40 the show launched into full blown, you know, DirecTV with 18000000 households and a streaming platform with a million households.5:49 So the Lord speaks to you in the middle of the night, and then before you know it, you're the Christian Siskel and Ebert.5:57 Right? Well, only 1 of the most5:58 Thumbs up, thumbs down.5:59 Rotten Tomatoes, like, try to decide. So but what are your you know, so tell us because this is so useful because of what is happening with some of the movies even, like, off6:11 camera, we're talking about even just, like, the Barbie movie is out. And you would think you'd be able to take your 10 and 12 year old little girls there, but see your6:21 Well, the yeah. The reason for the show and and it's I've been doing it now for over 3 years. So the first part of it, if you will, the first the first 2 years was all about Christian filmmakers because these Christian6:32 filmmakers don't really get the exposure and the promotion that they need. Mhmm. The big networks, the big Christian networks don't tend to have all the Christian filmmakers on. They might have the big superstar 1. You6:44 know, they'll get Kevin Sorbo in there or, you know, John Schneider or 1 of these big guys. If they have a big movie coming out, they'll get them on and promote them. But for every 1 of those, there's probably 50 or more6:56 smaller Christian movies with non superstars that nobody knows about. Mhmm. So that was the purpose of the show originally was to let people know, look. Here's filmmakers that are creating the type of content that you7:06 really should be watching. Now in this past year since bright on I brought on Holly McClure as a cohost, we are also now taking Hollywood movies and letting people know7:18 what's in those Hollywood movies. Holly will go take a look at these movies, and she'll come back in essence and report. Here's what I saw. It it is it's, sort of like, you know, spying out the land for7:28 us and7:29 telling us That's great.7:30 Here's what I saw. Now you decide if this is something that you want to not only support, but bring into your into your soul.7:38 Yeah. And then also explaining the Christian movies and where they can see it because a lot of them are on streaming platforms and things that people Pureflix and all these other wonderful platforms that people, I think,7:49 miss out on a lot that they don't really realize are available. So you're really putting those on the map as well, which is so good7:55 right now. And and to be honest with you, I I sometimes prefer to bring on not the not even so much the actors as the producers and directors because they're the8:07 ones that in essence just felt that urge to create that movie. The actor, for the most part, just got hired to play a role.8:13 Right.8:13 The8:14 producer, you know, he's he's doing this as a as a many times a passion project. It's not a business for them also. It is for some, and they should probably should look at it as such so that they don't go broke. But it's8:25 still more of a passion where they wanna send out some message or something. And so they, you know, they're they're, to me, very interesting to talk to to find out, why they did this. And also, why did you choose to do8:37 Christian instead of secular movies? You know, if if you're a if you're a a director, a producer, a cinematographer, an audio guy, whatever, why are you doing this versus doing that?8:45 Well, and they're so expensive to produce, and so it takes a a a giant leap of faith to be able to jump out there. And so we Yes. When we do have Christian movies, we do need to go out and support.8:57 So what you're doing is is very important to what what they're doing. So have you always said We're9:05 gonna take a quick break. Excuse me. We're gonna come right back, and we're gonna pick it up right there with Isaac. We will be right back. You're watching Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle.A Life of Faith and Film 9:14 The world needs to be reached with the message of Jesus. And that is the mission of Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle. To see people's lives change with the saving power of Jesus Christ.9:26 When you donate to Grace Grace ministries, you're also reaching orphans and the underprivileged throughout the world as well as the United States. The Bible says that when we help the least, the forgotten and the9:37 overlooked, we have done something for Jesus himself. Will you be a part of what God is doing to help those in need and those who are hungering to hear the real message of Jesus. Give today by9:49 logging on to nainaandmichelle dot com or text the word give to 3 2 5 6 0 3 3 3 5 4. You can also send in a check to 63 15 b FM 14 8810:00 Road, number 122, Magnolia, Texas 77354. You can also send10:00 in a check to 63 15 b FM 14 88 Road,10:16 Welcome back to the program. You are watching Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle, and we have a special guest with us, Isaac Hernandez. He is just doing some really amazing things with his show, Faith on Film, and we're10:27 just, wanting to know more about this. And I would like to know, really, if you could touch on a little bit about how you got saved and what led you to the Lord in the first place, and10:39 now here you are doing the Lord's work.10:41 You know what? I used to always feel like, oh my goodness. I don't really have a testimony. You know, you hear somebody, I was on drugs and God delivered me.10:50 Or I was10:51 And you feel guilty for not being on drugs?10:54 I grew10:54 up in the church. I I Awesome. I was born in the church. I sometimes jokingly say, I hope I wasn't conceived11:00 in the church.11:03 But, you11:03 know, I've so I've been in the church all my life. I I was playing the piano at church when I was 11 years old already for you know, I grew up in a little small Spanish church, and, you know, was youth director by the11:15 time I was, like, 16 and and then ended up being the director of, like, 9 churches. I I used to be a part of the Assemblies of God of 9 churches, you know, the youth department. Yeah. So11:27 when did I get saved? I I actually couldn't even tell you because I feel like I have was always saved. Now there was a time when I had to make the that decision. Right. And I was probably about 12 12, 13 years11:39 old, but have been, you know, in the church all my life and have worked pretty much in ministry because TBN was ministry. I've worked in ministry Right. All my life except for 1 year that I worked11:50 for Hollywood. That's all I could take.11:54 Wow. Now What a contrast. Raised in that type of church. I I know my husband was raised in in that same denomination, and at that time, I don't know if your church was like that, it was like no12:06 movies.12:07 Exactly. So12:08 how did you end up here? Is this an act of rebellion?12:11 In fact, yeah. We went12:12 I went to see my first movie when I was 16, and it was I, you know, was with a friend and never let my parents know. And to be honest with you, when I came home, I was awful I felt like I was sweating, and12:24 I was just falling through.12:27 Same thing with my wife. She also grew up in in this church. And by the way, I'm talking about the Spanish church, which is even stricter12:32 Oh, wow. Yeah. Yeah.12:34 America, the Anglo Assemblies of God Church. We were not she wasn't allowed to wear pants. She wasn't allowed to wear Yeah. You know, jewelry, makeup, all of that stuff. So, yeah, it was tough. I ended up in in films. I12:44 think I always well, again, because I feel that the purpose is put in you from conception, so I knew that this you know, I guess I was always supposed to be a part of this, so I always had a love for it.12:56 Since I was a kid, I wanted to be an actor. I actually went to, I got an agent, and I got called in for an audition. Now I was only about 14 at the time, so my dad had to drive me there. We drive to Hollywood. I13:08 go in. We walk into this room where the auditions were being held. My dad saw the element, and he goes, this isn't for you. And he turned around and took me right back out. I was devastated13:20 and just never had that opportunity.13:21 That you stuck it out in the church. You didn't rebel against your dad.13:25 I did not rebel against my dad. We we used to do a lot of I did a lot of acting in church. We used to do a lot of the plays and things like that, you know. But but it wasn't until 15 years 15 about 1713:37 years ago now that TBN brought me back in, and I say that because my 25 years weren't 1 shot. I I did it in several instances. They she brought me back in. Missus Crouch asked for me to come back to work at TBN, and13:49 she specifically wanted me to find movies. And so that connected me to the film industry, the Christian film industry, and that's been 20 years ago, and14:00 I've never left it since.14:02 Amen. Wow. And we see now, you know, the the movies that are you know, the Christian movies are just topping the charts, and they're really getting a lot of, you know, you you can see14:14 where the movement is in our country and where people are really wanting to see good family Christian based, God based. They want the truth, and people are hungry for that right now.14:24 Yes. And I know that we don't like to see what's happening in the Hollywood film industry with how bad it's getting. But to be honest with you, the worse it gets, the more people are gonna go,14:36 uh-uh, and turn now to the faith based or the family friendly movie content because it's just too it's gone too far. So I almost don't feel so bad that they're going there because they're they're being very14:48 much exposed now. We now know what's there. They're not even hiding it anymore. Yep. And now people can make their choice based on, woah. I can't go there.14:57 Well and it's so important that we have good solid Christians who have who know what they believe in the film industry. That is 1 of the the the15:08 mountains, you know, of of entertainment. It's so important that we have people like you there because the church for so long ignored our culture15:20 and that part of our culture, and actually George Barna just recently did a survey and talked talked about how it's 1 of15:30 the number 1 ways that15:30 people are influenced. So think about that, that that you are really, for such a time as this, right where you're supposed to be.15:40 Yeah. Well,15:40 I don't think people realize that, and pastors don't like to hear this, of course, but how much more effective sometimes, you know, the the entertainment industry can be versus15:52 the church.15:53 Mhmm.15:53 The church is to keep us on the straight and narrow, to keep us, you know, keep our spirits Mhmm. Fed. Mhmm. But when you think about it, entertainment, movies, TV,16:05 music goes into your home. Mhmm. Okay? Pastor doesn't come to your home. You go to his home. If you you go to God's home, let's say, you go to church every week, maybe on Wednesday too, and and that's where you get fed16:17 there. But the devil is feeding you daily at home with his entertainment. And unless we have the alternative entertainment, what I call soul food, by the16:28 way, food for your soul, because16:30 Right.16:30 Because that's how you feed your soul, through what you watch and what you hear. So whatever you feed your soul is what's gonna decide whether your soul is healthy or unhealthy. Right. Just like my body would do, you16:41 know, would, react to whatever I16:43 Garbage in, garbage out. Yeah.16:45 And so, so it's very important to have this content and for people to know that this content is available.16:51 Right.16:51 Well, and it is it gets into your subconscious, you know, like, you're you're talking about young kids and a lot of younger people in the where I think a lot of times, parents don't even really know. They think it's some17:02 little kid show or some, and they really don't really know the the extremities in the content that they're watching. And sometimes, like, these kids are so desensitized to it and, you know, just exactly like what's being17:13 pushed on TikTok and, you know, now we have the humongous transgender issues and all of these things. And because the devil is after the kids, always. It's always, like, even way back in the bible when they were gonna17:24 kill all the babies and everything else, he's always after the next generation. And so we're gonna talk more about that when we come right back. Stay right there. You are watching Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle.17:36 The world needs to be reached with the message of Jesus. And that is the mission of Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle, to see people's lives change with the saving power of Jesus Christ.Show more In this video 0:52 Faith on Film: A Divine Calling9:14 A Life of Faith and Film17:36 The Power of Christian Media26:11 Future Plans and a Call to Action
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