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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000802S
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00:33 I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:36 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:38 ITS ALWAYS FUN TO LISTEN TO WHAT GOD IS DOING 00:42 AROUND OUR WORLD ESPECIALLY IN THAT 10/40 00:46 WINDOW. 00:47 I'M HOPING YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY JUST TO SEE WHAT IS 00:50 GOD WORKING ON. 00:51 AND I HAVE TWO GUESTS WITH ME. 00:52 THEY ARE WONDERFUL. 00:53 MANZOOR MASSEY WE HAVE SPOKEN TO EACH OTHER 00:57 BEFORE, YES, WE HAVE. 00:59 JIM JEFFREY YOU'RE, YOU'RE KIND OF A NEW MAN TO ME 01:03 BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVEN'T EXPERIENCE SO WHAT 01:08 BRINGS THE TWO OF YOU TOGETHER? 01:11 WELL, JIM IS THE DIRECTOR OF GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR 01:15 NORTHERN UNION WHICH IS REGION 10. 01:18 REGION 10 IN WHAT COUNTRY IS THIS? 01:19 THAT IS IN INDIA. 01:21 INDIA AND FOR JIM -GO AHEAD, MAYBE THERE IS A 01:26 MAP THAT WE CAN PUT UP AND YOU CAN, SURE, PEOPLE CAN 01:28 SEE THIS. 01:29 WELL YOU KNOW REGION 10 AH OF THE NORTH INDIA UNION 01:33 IS A LARGE PLACE. 01:35 AH, 750 MILLION PEOPLE. 01:40 THERE ARE SEVENTEEN SECTIONS OR CONFERENCES AS 01:44 THEY REFER TO THEM IN INDIA AND IT'S A BROAD 01:49 TERRITORY AND IT TAKES DAYS IF YOU ARE NOT 01:52 FLYING, IT TAKES DAYS TO GO FROM HERE TO THERE BY 01:55 TRAIN. 01:56 AH, SUCH A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY BUT YET, THE 02:01 NORTHERN INDIA UNION AND NORTH INDIA IN PARTICULAR 02:07 HAS SOME OF THE MOST RADICAL HINDUS AND RADICAL 02:11 MUSLIMS AND THEY ARE DETERMINED TO CLOSE, IN 02:15 THE WORDS OF THEIR LEADERS, TO CLOSE A 02:19 CHRISTIAN CHURCH EVERY WEEK AND SO THEY HAVE PUT 02:24 FORTH EVERY EFFORT THAT THEY CAN TO PERSECUTE 02:29 CHRISTIANS, TO DEMAND FROM CHRISTIANS THAT THEY OBEY 02:34 THE LAWS OF THE COUNTRY AND ITS YOU KNOW, SOME OF 02:39 THE-THEY DON'T THINK OF THEM AS AN ASSET TO THEIR 02:41 CULTURE. 02:42 NO AND SOME OF THE LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED 02:46 REQUIRE A NEW CONVERT TO ACTUALLY APPEAR BEFORE A 02:51 MAGISTRATE WITH A WRITTEN, IN HIS OR HER OWN 02:57 HANDWRITING, A WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT SAYS THAT 03:01 THEY HAVE NOT BEEN COERCED TO JOIN THIS CHRISTIAN 03:04 CHURCH TO JOIN THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH THAT 03:07 IT IS THEIR OWN FREE WILL AND THAT THEY ARE NOT 03:10 BEING PAID ANY MONEY BY ANY OUTSIDE COUNTRY OR 03:14 ORGANIZATION AND THAT THEY VOLUNTARILY AGREE TO BE 03:18 BAPTIZED INTO THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 03:22 MANZOOR, IS THIS IN RESPONSE TO SOMETIMES WHEN 03:26 WE HAVE, NOT WE PERHAPS AS A GROUP BUT AS CHRISTIANS 03:32 HAVE OVERSTRETCHED THEIR OWN BOUNDARIES? 03:33 IS THAT? 03:35 I THINK YOU SEE THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT; INDIA IS THE 03:39 LARGEST DEMOCRACY ON EARTH. 03:41 YES. 03:42 AND ONE OF THE MOST PEACEFUL COUNTRIES AND 03:44 WHERE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS FULLY ALLOWED. 03:47 THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT INTERFERE IN THE PRACTICE 03:49 OF YOUR FAITH. 03:51 HOWEVER, WHEN YOU HAVE ELEMENTS WHO WILL TEND TO 03:55 COERCE PEOPLE, THAT IS NOT HEALTHY. 03:58 SO, THERE IS A HISTORY THERE. 03:59 YES, IT IS NOT HEALTHY EITHER FOR THE CONVERTS OR 04:03 FOR THE CHURCH. 04:04 CORRECT. 04:05 AND SO, IN THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE THE GOVERNMENT DOES 04:09 NOT WANT ANYBODY TO BE COERCED. 04:12 I LIKE THAT. 04:13 AND AS YOU KNOW, THAT IN EVERY SOCIETY YOU HAVE FEW 04:17 RADICAL INDIVIDUALS. 04:18 YES. 04:19 WHO INTERPRET THE LAWS BASED ON THEIR OWN 04:22 UNDERSTANDING. 04:23 AH UH. 04:24 AND SO, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE INTERNAL THREAT-THE 04:28 INTERNAL THREAT COMES FROM OTHER CHRISTIAN 04:31 ORGANIZATIONS. 04:32 IT IS NOT FROM THE GOVERNMENT ALWAYS. 04:34 INTERESTING. 04:35 AND IN FACT, ONE OF THE LAWYERS FROM INDIA HE WAS 04:39 HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND HE SPOKE TO A GROUP 04:42 WHERE I WAS AND HE SAID, YOUR THREAT IS NOT FROM 04:45 THE GOVERNMENT OR FROM OUTSIDE AGENCIES YOUR 04:48 THREAT IS INTERNAL. 04:49 YOUR OWN PEOPLE OR PEOPLE OF OTHER CHURCHES AND THIS 04:54 HAPPENS TO BE TRUE. 04:55 WE HAD ABOUT-WE HAD SOME BAPTISMS IN THE NORTHERN 04:59 CALIFORNIA -I MEAN IN NORTHERN INDIA WAY UP IN 05:03 THE HILLS AND WHEN THEY WERE ABOUT TO BAPTIZE 05:04 THEM, AH THE POLICE CAME AND PICKED UP OUR PASTOR 05:05 AND TOOK HIM TO JAIL AND WHEN THEY WENT TO JAIL 05:07 THEY FOUND THE PASTOR OF THE OTHER DENOMINATIONS 05:17 SEATED THERE AND SO THE COMMISSIONER, THE 05:21 MAGISTRATE SAID, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM. 05:24 IT'S THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACCUSING, YES, THEY ARE 05:26 SAYING THAT YOU ARE COERCING AND OBVIOUSLY 05:30 THAT WAS NOT THE CASE SO OUR PASTOR WAS LET GO. 05:34 BUT I THINK SATAN IS WORKING THROUGH THE 05:38 BELIEVABLE CHRISTIANS. 05:41 YES. 05:42 AND SO, HELPING THE GOVERNMENT MAKE A CASE BUT 05:45 THE GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL AND THE COUNTRY IN GENERAL 05:47 IS VERY PEACEFUL AND ALLOWS THE PRACTICE OF 05:49 YOUR FAITH. 05:50 BUT GOD IS AT WORK THERE, IS HE NOT? 05:51 GOD IS AT WORK. 05:52 ITS NOT JUST EXTERNAL THINGS, ITS NOT 05:53 GOVERNMENTS BECAUSE WHEN GOD IS AT WORK, WE SEE 05:54 OTHER THINGS HAPPENING DON'T WE? 05:56 YES, AND I THINK THE TWO OF YOU ARE WITNESSES TO 05:57 SOME OF THIS. 05:58 YES, WE ARE AND I WANT TO JUST MENTION WE HAVE MANY 05:59 TIMES WE LOOK AT THE CHALLENGES, UH HUH, AND WE 06:01 DON'T LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITIES AND WE MAY 06:02 LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE 06:03 POSSIBLE BUT GOD WANTS US TO THINK, TO BECOME 06:05 POSSIBILITY THINKERS BECAUSE IT IS NOT OUR WORK 06:06 AND IT IS NOT GOING TO BE DONE BY HUMAN MIGHT. 06:07 HUMAN MIGHT OR POWER. 06:08 WHAT DOES HE SAY? 06:09 NOT BY MIGHT, NOR BY POWER BUT BY MY SPIRIT. 06:27 BY MY SPIRIT AND SO WE ARE ACTUALLY, WITH JIM'S 06:43 LEADERSHIP THERE, WE ARE LAUNCHING A NEW DIRECTION 06:49 FOR OUR WORKERS AND FOR OUR UNION LEADERS. 06:53 AND THE NEW DIRECTION IS BASED ON ACTS 1:8. 06:57 REMEMBER THE DISCIPLES WERE WITH JESUS FOR 3 ½ 07:01 YEARS. 07:02 THEY ATE WITH HIM. 07:03 THEY STAYED WITH HIM WHEREEVER HE WENT, THEY 07:04 WERE THERE. 07:05 YES. 07:06 THEY WITNESSED ALL HIS MIRACLES AND THEY, IN 07:07 FACT, PARTICIPATED IN MANY OF THE MIRACLES. 07:08 YES, THEY DID. 07:09 HOWEVER, WHEN HE WAS READY TO GO AND GAVE THEM THE 07:10 COMMISSION, THEY WERE READY TO GO AND HE SAID, 07:12 NO WAIT A MINUTE, HOLD ON. 07:12 HOLD ON. 07:13 YOU REALLY ARE NOT READY. 07:14 BECAUSE WE LEARN WHEN WE HAVE INFORMATION, WE THINK 07:15 WE GOT IT BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SPREADING THE 07:19 GOSPEL IT IS GOD'S WORK IT CAN ONLY BE DONE BY GOD'S 07:31 HOLY SPIRIT. 07:32 WE CANNOT CONVERT ANYBODY AND WE SHOULD NOT TRY TO. 07:33 IT REMINDS ME OF GOING TO DOCTORS. 07:35 YES. 07:36 BECAUSE THEY BECOME EXPERTS AT CUTTING, YES, 07:37 AND SEWING, YES, BUT THEY CANNOT MAKE THE TISSUE 07:38 HEAL. 07:39 THEY CANNOT HEAL. 07:40 THEY CANNOT HEAL BUT THEY CAN PROMOTE IT AND BOY, DO 07:41 WE APPRECIATE THAT. 07:42 IN THIS CASE, WHAT YOU ARE SAYING THAT WE COULD GIVE 07:43 ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE BUT UNLESS THE 07:44 HOLY SPIRIT IS WORKING IN THE HEART, THERE IS NO 07:47 REAL FRUIT. 07:48 SEE IN ACTS 1:8 IT SAYS, WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL 07:55 COME YOU WILL HAVE POWER. 07:58 THEN THE THIRD THING IS, THEN YOU WILL BE MY 08:03 WITNESSES. 08:04 OUR JOB IS TO WITNESS. 08:05 WE ARE NOT THE JUDGE. 08:05 WE ARE NOT THE JURY. 08:06 WE ARE NOT THE ADVOCATE. 08:07 WE ARE SIMPLY THE WITNESS AND I THINK WE TRY TO TAKE 08:08 ON THE OTHER ROLES THAT DO NOT BELONG TO US. 08:10 THEY ARE TEMPTING SOMETIMES. 08:11 THEY ARE VERY TEMPTING ESPECIALLY, YES, IF YOU 08:12 GOT A DEGREE YOU GOT KNOWLEDGE YOU THINK, YOU 08:13 KNOW I GOT IT. 08:14 AND THAT'S OUR TEMPTATION. 08:16 LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF GOD. 08:17 AND YOU WANT TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE DEVIL'S 08:18 TEMPTATIONS BY HAVING THE GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS, THE 08:19 GROUP OF GOSPEL WORKERS THERE IN NORTH INDIA 09:08 BECOME MEN AND WOMEN OF PRAYER. 09:11 AMEN, WHO ARE RELYING TOTALLY ON GOD. 09:14 SO, JIM YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING WHAT WE WANT TO 09:17 DO OVER THERE? 09:18 WELL, YOU KNOW WE HAVE OVER 250 GOSPEL OUTREACH 09:24 WORKERS IN NORTHERN INDIA AND THEY ARE, YOU KNOW 09:29 WE'RE NOT THERE, AH THEY ARE THERE. 09:33 THEY ARE THE YOU KNOW, THIS WELL-WORN EXPRESSION 09:36 THEY ARE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. 09:38 THEY ARE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO GO FROM DOOR TO DOOR 09:43 IN THEIR VILLAGES AND TALK TO PEOPLE. 09:47 THEY ARE THE REPRESENTATIVES, THE TRUE 09:49 REPRESENTATIVES OF JESUS. 09:52 PEOPLE SEE THEM, THEY SEE JESUS AND SO, WE ARE 09:57 ENGAGED IN BUILDING THEM UP THROUGH OUR PRAYERS 10:01 HERE, THROUGH OUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND IN 10:05 MANY WAYS WE VISIT, WE VISIT TO THE HOMELAND AND 10:12 I'M GOING TO INDIA IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, OH YES, 10:14 AND WE ARE BOTH OF US WERE THERE LAST JANUARY AND WE 10:16 HEARD THE NEEDS FROM THE CONFERENCE PRESIDENTS AND 10:23 THE CONFERENCE TREASURERS AND WE HAVE A G.O. 10:27 COORDINATOR AT THE UNION LEVEL, GOSPEL OUTREACH 10:31 COORDINATOR, THAT IS A TREMENDOUS INDIVIDUAL. 10:34 A MAN OF INTEGRITY, A GODLY MAN, PASTOR AND THAT 10:37 SORT OF THING, THAT'S REASSURING, AND HE IS-WE 10:44 COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER PERSON. 10:46 HE IS ALWAYS EMAILING US WITH SITUATIONS, ASKING 10:49 FOR PRAYER, ASKING FOR HELP IN THIS PARTICULAR 10:52 AREA OR THAT PARTICULAR AREA AND HE IS GOING 10:54 AROUND VISITING, MAKING SURE THAT THESE WORKERS 10:58 -THEIR MORALE IS STRONG AND THEIR FAITH IN JESUS 11:02 IS STRONG AND SO THAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF GOSPEL 11:06 OUTREACH IN NORTH INDIA. 11:09 VERY STRONG AND CAPABLE AND GOD-FEARING WORKERS IN 11:14 MANY OF THE SMALLER VILLAGES THAT ARE NOT 11:16 REACHED OTHER THAN THROUGH THE WORK OF THESE GOSPEL 11:21 OUTREACH WORKERS. 11:22 AND YOU ARE UNABLE TO MICROMANAGE THEM FROM 11:27 NORTH AMERICA AND THOSE EVEN ON THE GROUND CAN'T 11:31 MICROMANAGE 250 PEOPLE. 11:34 RIGHT. 11:34 AND SO, WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE HOLY 11:36 SPIRIT -UNLESS HE IS THERE WORKING AND GUIDING THEM, 11:42 THE WORK CANNOT GO CAN IT? 11:44 BUT IT WILL GO WITH HIS SPIRIT. 11:46 BUT YOU SEE THERE-THE THINGS WE EXPECT: 11:49 INTEGRITY, SURE, AND WORK ETHICS. 11:54 WE CANNOT MONITOR THESE THINGS. 11:56 THESE ARE-THESE ARE CHARACTER TRAITS. 12:01 YOU EITHER GOT THEM OR YOU DON'T. 12:03 AND SO, AS YOU SAY MICROMANAGING-WE ARE NOT 12:06 THERE. 12:07 CANNOT DO IT. 12:08 LEADERSHIP CAN COAX THEM BUT THEY ARE NOT THERE ALL 12:11 THE TIME. 12:11 NO. 12:12 PEOPLE HAVE TO BE LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, RIGHT, 12:15 AND ONCE THEY HAVE THIS BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 12:19 THE OLD SELF IS DEAD. 12:21 NOW THEY ARE GOING TO LIVE A NEW LIFE. 12:23 YES. 12:24 THE NEW LIFE IS SPENDING TIME WITH THE WORD OF GOD 12:27 AND SPENDING TIME LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF 12:30 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 12:31 AND SO, IN JOHN, IT REMINDS ME OF JOHN 15. 12:34 YOU KNOW, IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CHAPTER ABOUT 12:39 SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIP, OH YES, AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH. 12:42 I HAVE MEMORIZED IT AND I REPEAT IT THROUGH OUT THE 12:45 DAY AND TWO VERSES ARE VERY SPECIAL TO ME. 12:49 THAT IS JOHN 15:4, 5 THERE JESUS SAYS, IF YOU ABIDE 12:54 IN ME AND I ABIDE IN YOU, YES, AND THEN IT SAYS, I 12:58 AM THE VINE AND YOU ARE THE BRANCHES. 13:02 IF YOU ARE NOT CONNECTED, YOU HAVE NO FRUIT. 13:06 RIGHT. 13:07 SO, THIS IS THE EXPERIENCE WE WANT OUR PEOPLE TO 13:10 HAVE. 13:11 I'M GOING TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT AND TALK TO YOU THE 13:15 VIEWERS. 13:16 WHAT MANZOOR WAS JUST DESCRIBING IS THE VERY 13:20 THING WE WANT FOR YOUR LIFE AS WELL. 13:23 WE WANT YOU TO BE LISTENING TO THE SPIRIT OF 13:26 GOD WE WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING AND WE'RE 13:31 GOING TO SHOW YOU JUST A LITTLE REMINDER ON THE 13:33 SCREEN OF HOW -IF GOD LEADS YOU, YOU CAN 13:37 PARTICIPATE IN THIS BECAUSE YOUR WALK WITH 13:41 GOD, YOUR INTIMACY WITH HIM IS JUST AS IMPORTANT 13:46 AS THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN NORTH INDIA. 13:50 WE ALL, WHEREVER WE LIVE WE NEED THAT PERSONAL WALK 13:54 WITH GOD AND SO LOOK AT THE SCREEN YOU WILL SEE 13:58 TELEPHONE NUMBERS THERE, YOU WILL SEE AH, WEBSITES 14:02 THAT YOU CAN VISIT. 14:03 IF THIS IS WHERE GOD IS LEADING YOU, LISTEN AND 14:08 YOU CAN EVEN SIGN UP FOR THESE STORIES TO REACH 14:12 YOUR MAILBOX. 14:13 YOU CAN READ THEM EVERY MONTH. 14:15 WHAT A WORK OF LOVE THIS IS. 14:17 AH, TAKE TIME, LISTEN TO GOD, WALK WITH HIM 14:22 YOURSELF AND WE CAN, WE CAN SEE GOD'S WORD GROW. 14:29 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 14:31 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 14:33 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 14:35 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 14:38 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 14:42 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS SEVEN BILLION BUT 14:45 THREE BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUTJESUS' 14:48 LOVE. 14:49 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 14:51 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 14:55 EQUATOR FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, 14:57 CHINA TO JAPAN. 14:58 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 14:59 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU, WE SPONSOR LOCAL 15:02 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES. 15:04 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 15:07 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 15:09 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 15:11 TOGETHER WITH YOU, WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 15:15 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 15:17 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 15:22 GOD'S LOVE. 15:24 JOIN US. 15:25 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 15:27 DONATE. 15:28 PRAY. 15:29 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 15:30 WE ARE HERE WITH MANZOOR MASSEY AND JIM JEFFREY AND 15:36 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NORTH INDIA AND THE 15:39 OPPORTUNITIES THAT GOD HAS THERE TO GROW THAT FAITH 15:43 JOURNEY FOR SO MANY. 15:45 YOU TALK ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE-MILLIONS UPON 15:46 MILLIONS TWICE THE POPULATION OF THE UNITED 15:50 STATES. 15:50 RIGHT. 15:52 AND WE HAVE GOSPEL WORKERS IN HOW MANY VILLAGES? 15:54 OF COURSE, ONE CAN PROBABLY DO MANY VILLAGES 15:56 CAN'T THEY? 15:57 WE GENERALLY HAVE THEM IN ABOUT THREE TO FOUR 16:00 VILLAGES. 16:01 IN INDIA, GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS 1200 WORKERS AND THEY 16:07 ARE IN MORE THAN 3600 VILLAGES. 16:10 TELL ME JUST-LET ME ASK A QUESTION BECAUSE IN THAT 16:14 PART OF THE WORLD THE CITIES ARE BIG. 16:16 THE CITIES ARE HUGE AND WE HAVE HAD WORK IN THOSE 16:22 CITIES, I THINK, FOR SOME YEARS, BUT THE GOSPEL 16:25 WORKER IS GOING TO NEW TERRITORY? 16:28 DO I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY? 16:29 ABSOLUTELY. 16:30 WE WOULD LIKE -THE PLAN IS TO TRAIN THE LAY PEOPLE 16:37 THAT THEY WILL MANAGE THE EXISTING CONGREGATIONS, UH 16:40 HUH, AND THEN THE G.O. 16:41 WORKERS WILL GO INTO NEW TERRITORIES AND SO EACH 16:45 ONE HAVING TO CARE FOR THREE TO FOUR VILLAGES. 16:50 OH YES. 16:51 AND SO, EVERY THREE YEARS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 16:54 IS MOVING INTO NEW TERRITORIES BECAUSE WE 16:56 HAVE 600,000 VILLAGES IN INDIA. 17:01 600,000 VILLAGES AND AS JIM WAS POINTING OUT, 757 17:06 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN THE NORTH INDIA. 17:09 THAT IS FROM KASHMIR ALL THE WAY TO CALCUTTA. 17:11 IT IS A VERY VAST UNIT, VERY VAST. 17:12 UH HUH. 17:13 AND SO, HERE IS THE FOCUS WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE WITH 17:14 OUR WORKERS: REMINDS US OF THE STORY OF MOSES. 17:27 YOU REMEMBER WHEN GOD SAID TO MOSES, I'M NOT GOING TO 17:30 GO WITH YOU GUYS, YOU ARE NOT LISTENING TO ME, YOU 17:33 ARE NOT LISTENING TO MY VOICE, EVERYTIME I SAY 17:35 SOMETHING YOU WANT TO GO THE OTHER DIRECTION , ONE 17:37 OF MY FAVORITE STORIES, I'VE HAD IT WITH YOU. 17:40 I'M NOT GOING WITH YOU AND MOSES THEN PLEADS WITH 17:43 GOD. 17:44 HE SAYS, LISTEN IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GO WITH US, 17:50 DON'T TAKE US ANYWHERE FROM HERE. 17:51 THERE IS NO REASON FOR US TO GO ANYWHERE IF YOU ARE 17:55 NOT GOING WITH US. 17:56 ABSOLUTELY. 17:57 AND THEN, THE NEXT VERSE REALLY GETS ME, IT GRIPS 18:01 MY HEART. 18:02 HE SAYS, ISN'T IT NOT YOUR PRESENCE THAT 18:06 DISTINGUISHES US FROM ALL THE PEOPLE ON THE FACE OF 18:10 THE EARTH? 18:11 RIGHT. 18:12 SO, WE WANT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO BE -TO 18:17 EXPERIENCE THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, TO BE 18:20 TOTALLY CONTROLLED BY GOD'S PLAN NOT THEIR PLAN. 18:26 AND HAVING GOD OPEN THE DOORS SO THEY WOULD NOT BE 18:30 THINKING ABOUT IMPOSSIBILITIES BUT 18:33 POSSIBILITIES. 18:34 AND WHEN WE SURRENDER TO GOD, WE BECOME ABSOLUTELY 18:38 UNSTOPPABLE AND UNLIMITED IN OUR POTENTIAL. 18:43 THAT'S WHERE OUR FOCUS IS AND THIS A NEW REVOLUTION 18:47 THAT WE HAVE STARTED IN NORTHERN UNION AND 18:50 ACTUALLY THROUGHOUT THE DIVISION BUT PARTICULARLY 18:53 NORTHERN UNION. 18:54 IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN GOD AT 18:58 WORK LIKE THAT. 19:00 YOU HAVE SEEN DOORS OPEN THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN 19:04 OPENED EXCEPT BY GOD'S HELP. 19:07 THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A FEW YEARS THERE, YES, 19:10 AND PEOPLE ARE FALLING IN LOVE WITH JESUS AREN'T 19:12 THEY? 19:13 THEY ARE. 19:14 THEY ARE. 19:15 DO YOU HAVE ANY PERSONAL MEMORIES MAYBE FROM YOUR 19:18 VISITS THERE WHERE THEY'VE SHARED WITH YOU ONE OF 19:21 THOSE MOMENTS WHERE IT WAS GOD AT WORK? 19:25 WELL, I THINK MANZOOR HAS PROBABLY THE MOST PERSONAL 19:30 MEMORY WITHIN HIS OWN FAMILY. 19:32 UH, HE IS FROM THAT REGION. 19:36 YES, AND HE HAS A PERSONAL STORY OF HIS FATHER AND 19:42 PERHAPS HE CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE AUDIENCE WITH THE 19:46 GROUP HERE? 19:47 WELL, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT. 19:50 MY FATHER WAS A LAYMAN AND PLEASE AUDIENCE, I WANT TO 19:55 MAKE EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T THINK I'M 19:59 TRYING TO GLORIFY THE FATHER. 20:01 THE PURPOSE OVER HERE IS TO GLORIFY GOD. 20:04 YES. 20:05 IT IS TO SHOW WHAT GOD CAN DO WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE 20:09 UNEDUCATED, RIGHT, PEOPLE WHO ARE SIMPLE, HUMBLE, 20:12 YES. 20:13 HE WAS A HUMBLE FARMER AND HAD ONLY SEVENTH GRADE 20:17 EDUCATION IN URDU LANGUAGE AND SO UNEDUCATED. 20:22 HE DID NOT KNOW ENGLISH. 20:24 BUT HE DID NOT KNOW ENGLISH. 20:25 HE COULD NOT READ AND WRITE. 20:26 MY MOTHER COULD NOT READ AND WRITE ANYTHING AND SO, 20:30 HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES WHO BECAME SEVENTH 20:33 DAY ADVENTIST IN THAT VILLAGE AND ONE DAY HE WAS 20:37 DOING SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON AND ALL OF A SUDDEN 20:42 AH, PEOPLE WERE BEATING DRUMS AND RUNNING OUT OF 20:44 THEIR HOMES TOWARDS THEIR FARMS AND MY GRANDMOTHER 20:50 WHO WAS ALWAYS, SHE REMAINED HINDU, SHE DID 20:54 NOT GET -ACCEPT THE LORD FOR A LONG TIME, UH HUH, 20:58 AND SHE ALWAYS WILL SIT OUTSIDE THE WORSHIP HALL 21:01 AT THE DOOR. 21:02 AT THE DOOR. 21:03 AND SHE WILL JOKE, WELL, IF GOD TAKES MY SON TO 21:06 HEAVEN, HE IS NOT GOING TO LEAVE HIS MOTHER, DO YOU 21:09 THINK? 21:10 AND SO, SHE SHOUTS AT HIM, SHE SAYS, FORGET THIS GOD 21:13 BUSINESS GO AND SAVE YOUR FARM. 21:16 AND SO, WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS LOCUSTS HAD ATTACKED 21:19 THE FARM. 21:20 OH, ALL THE FARMS. 21:20 ALL THE FARMS. 21:21 YES. 21:22 AND SO, PEOPLE ARE BEATING DRUMS AND GOING OUT THERE 21:26 AND TRYING TO DRIVE THE LOCUSTS AWAY AND HE SPOKE 21:30 TO, HE SAID TO MY GRANDMOTHER, HE SAID, WE 21:33 WORSHIP A GREAT GOD. 21:36 IF HE IS TRULY THE GOD HE SAYS HE IS, LET HIM 21:40 PROTECT THE FARM. 21:42 WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. 21:44 SO, WE HAD OUR FULL WORSHIP AND HE PREACHED. 21:48 NOW HE WAS PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD READ 21:50 AND WRITE IN OUR VILLAGE AND IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN 21:53 ENGLISH BUT IT WAS URDU. 21:54 SO, HE WOULD CONDUCT THE SONG SERVICE, HE WOULD 21:57 CONDUCT THE MISSION STORY, HE WILL TEACH THE LESSON 22:00 THEN HE WILL PREACH. 22:02 YES. 22:03 AND SO, AFTER THE SERVICE WAS OVER, WE WENT HOME, WE 22:06 HAD OUR LUNCH AND THEN WE ALL WENT TO SEE THE FARM. 22:09 UH HUH. 22:10 AND WE SAW PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND SURROUNDING OUR 22:14 FARM. 22:15 THEY ARE ALL STANDING THERE AND WAITING FOR HIM 22:18 TO SHOW UP. 22:19 SO, WHEN HE CAME, THEY ASKED, THEY SAID, NOW WAIT 22:22 A MINUTE, WHAT DID YOU SPRAY THAT YOU DID NOT 22:27 TELL US? 22:28 HE SAID, WE DON'T SPRAY, WE PRAY. 22:30 YES. 22:32 AND SO, OUR FARM WAS THE ONLY FARM THAT WAS SAVED 22:37 FROM THE LOCUSTS. 22:38 I BET IT HAD AN IMPACT ON YOUR GRANDMOTHER. 22:39 IT HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON GRANDMOTHER AND THE 22:43 VILLAGE. 22:44 AND THE VILLAGE. 22:45 AND SO, GOD IS DOING UNHEARD OF MIRACLES. 22:49 UH HUH. 22:51 UNBELIEVABLE THINGS. 22:52 WE DON'T EVEN IMAGINE AND GOD SAYS, I'M GOING TO DO 22:56 A NEW THING. 22:57 DO YOU NOT SEE IT? 22:59 AND HE SAYS, I WILL MAKE STREAMS IN THE DESERT. 23:02 SO, GOD HAS THIS POSSIBILITY THINKING WHICH 23:06 WE NEVER REALLY TAP INTO. 23:08 FAR BEYOND WHAT WE CAN IMAGINE. 23:10 ABSOLUTELY. 23:11 I KNOW MANZOOR IS A HUMBLE MAN BUT I WANT TO, YOU 23:15 KNOW, DIRECT OR HAVE YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR FATHER WHO 23:19 CAME TO THE U.S AND HIS OUTREACH NOT SPEAKING 23:23 ENGLISH BUT ACTUALLY LEADING A BIBLE STUDY 23:27 GROUP. 23:28 TELL US ABOUT THAT. 23:29 WELL, I BROUGHT HIM OVER HERE TWICE. 23:30 OK. 23:31 AND THE FIRST TIME I BROUGHT HIM HERE UH, HE 23:35 WANTED TO GO BACK RIGHT AWAY. 23:38 NOT HIS COUNTRY. 23:39 HE DIDN'T WANT TO STAY HERE AND I WAS REALLY 23:42 PREPARED TO SEND HIM AND I GOT A CALL FROM MY 23:45 NEIGHBOR. 23:46 SHE SAID, UH YOU HAVE A BROTHER IN INDIA WHO IS A 23:48 FARMER AND THEN YOU HAVE A SISTER WHO LIVES IN DELHI 23:51 AND HAS TWO KIDS. 23:52 AND I SAID, HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL THIS? 23:56 SHE SAID OH, FROM YOUR DAD. 23:57 I SAID, WELL THEY DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH SO HOW DID 24:01 HE COMMUNICATE WITH YOU? 24:03 SHE SAID, NO, NO, NO HE GIVES US BIBLE STUDY. 24:06 THERE ARE FIVE OF US. 24:08 ONE CHINESE, ONE LEBANESE, ONE MEXICAN AND TWO 24:11 AMERICANS AND SO EARLY MORNING MY MOTHER AND MY 24:15 FATHER, SHE SAID, THEY COME TO OUR HOME AND THEY 24:18 WILL TAKE US FOR A WALK AND THEN WE GO TO AN 24:21 ORANGE GROVE AND YOUR MOTHER WILL SAY, SHOES, 24:26 SHOES AND THAT MEANS TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF. 24:29 SO, THEY ALL TAKE THEIR SHOES OFF AND YOUR FATHER 24:32 HAS MEMORIZED THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE IN ENGLISH. 24:36 AND THEN HE HAS MEMORIZED THREE SENTENCES: BROTHER, 24:40 PLEASE READ. 24:41 SISTER, PLEASE READ. 24:42 AND HE WOULD GIVE THEM A REFERENCE. 24:44 OH. 24:45 SO, HE WILL SAY, GENESIS 3:15 BROTHER, PLEASE READ. 24:49 YES. 24:50 MATTHEW 1:21 SISTER, PLEASE READ. 24:54 SHE SAID, HE CAN'T, HE CANNOT EXPLAIN ANYTHING 24:58 BECAUSE HE DOESN'T SPEAK ENGLISH. 24:59 SURE. 25:00 BUT WHEN WE READ IT, WE KNOW WHAT HE IS TRYING TO 25:03 TELL US. 25:03 YES. 25:04 SO, DON'T LET HIM GO HOME. 25:05 SO BUTYOU KNOW, WITHIN TEN DAYS WE DECIDED HE NEEDS 25:10 TO GO HOME AND AFTER GOING BACK HE RAISED SEVEN 25:14 CHURCHES IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE 25:16 VILLAGES. 25:18 THERE HE COULD SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE, WELL YES. 25:20 WHERE HE COULD SPEAK. 25:22 SEE SO WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE WOULD GIVE YOURSELF TO 25:25 GOD-TOTAL SURRENDER- UH HUH, AND YOU ARE WILLING 25:28 TO LISTEN TO THE SPIRIT OF GOD, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY 25:31 UNSTOPPABLE AND GOD CANUSE YOU WHERE YOU ARE. 25:34 THAT IS TRUE BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO STOP. 25:37 WE ARE DOWN TO OUR LAST SECONDS HERE AND THOSE 25:41 STORIES WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED IS EXACTLY HOW 25:44 GOD IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW HIS KINGDOM. 25:47 AMEN. 25:48 AMEN. 25:49 AND YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT TO THESE GOSPEL WORKERS 25:51 THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE AS IT WERE, 25:54 WHEN GOD SPEAKS THROUGH YOU TO THEM AND THEY BEGIN 25:57 TO UNDERSTAND THAT SAME JOURNEY WITH THE SPIRIT 26:01 THEY WILL FIND VILLAGES, THEY WILL FIND PEOPLE, 26:05 DOESN'T MATTER WHAT LANGUAGE THEY CAN READ OR 26:07 WRITE OR CAN'T, WHEN THEY FALL IN LOVE WITH THE 26:10 LIVING GOD, AMEN, THEY WILL BE EXCITED. 26:13 AND YOU THE VIEWERS OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 26:18 WHY NOT YOURSELF, WHY NOT YOURSELF GO OUT AND FIND 26:23 SOMEBODY YOU CAN TALK TO? 26:24 OR CAN'T TALK TO? 26:26 BUT INTRODUCE THEM TO THE LIVING GOD. 26:29 YOUR EXPERIENCE, YOUR WALK BE SO EXCITING THAT YOU 26:33 CAN HARDLY BEAR TO GO A WEEK WITHOUT SHARING THAT 26:36 STORY WITH SOMEBODY ELSE. 26:39 WE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH PRAY FOR YOU TOO, THAT YOU 26:43 WILL BE A PART OF THIS GREAT MOVEMENT. 26:46 WE ARE LOOKING FOR GOD TO BE A PART OF IT. 26:48 JIM, IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL. 26:50 NICE TO MEET YOU, TO HAVE YOU HERE. 26:52 MANZOOR I BET-I WANT TO THANK YOU AND I WANT TO 26:56 THANK OUR VIEWERS AND I WANT THEM TO PLEASE PRAY 26:59 EARNESTLY THAT OUR PEOPLE WILL LISTEN TO THE SPIRIT 27:02 OF GOD AND KEEP THIS MOVEMENT GOING. 27:04 AMEN. 27:05 AMEN. 27:06 WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN 27:08 MISSIONS". 27:09 WE LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING WITH YOU AGAIN HERE IN 27:12 ANOTHER SEGMENT. 27:14 GOD BLESS YOU BOTH AND WE'LL SEE YOU SOON. |
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