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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000861S
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00:33 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS"
00:34 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:35 I'M JULIE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. 00:38 AND YOU KNOW LIFE IS A JOURNEY. 00:39 GOD HAS TOLD US THAT IN HIS BIBLE, AND HE HAS SAID 00:42 HE WILL BE WITH US ALONG THE ENTIRE WAY. 00:46 AND AS BELIEVERS IN JESUS WE ARE PEOPLE OF HOPE. 00:49 AND DURING TIMES THAT ARE KIND OF INTERESTING FOR 00:51 ALL OF US AROUND THE WORLD WE ARE BEING CREATIVE. 00:54 AND WE ARE DOING THAT HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE 00:57 WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE CONTINUE TO 00:59 STAY IN TOUCH WITH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 01:02 AND TODAY I WANT TO WELCOME MANZOOR MASSEY, 01:04 ONE OF OUR REGIONAL DIRECTORS TO INDIA, HERE 01:06 TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 01:09 THANK YOU, THANK YOU JULIE. 01:10 WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO BE WITH YOU. 01:12 ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO TALK WITH YOU MANZOOR ABOUT 01:15 WHAT THE LORD IS DOING IN INDIA. 01:16 AND THE TITLE OF OUR CONVERSATION HERE TODAY IS 01:21 "REACHING WITHOUT PREACHING." 01:23 AND MANZOOR YOU ARE ONE OF THE MOST CREATIVE PEOPLE 01:26 THAT I KNOW AND GOD HAS BLESSED YOU WITH A 01:28 WONDERFUL ABILITY TO REACH PEOPLE. 01:31 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU MEAN BY "REACHING 01:33 WITHOUT PREACHING." 01:36 YOU KNOW THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL TOPIC, VERY CLOSE 01:40 TO MY HEART. 01:41 I HAVE HEARD AT LEAST 31 THOUSAND, 350 WORSHIP 01:50 TALKS IN MY LIFE. 01:52 WOW, THAT'S A LOT. 01:53 YES, THAT IS A LOT. 01:56 (LAUGHTER), 31 THOUSAND, 350 WORSHIP AND PRAYER 02:00 MEETINGS. 02:01 AND I HAVE DELIVERED 19 HUNDRED 53 SERMONS AT 02:05 LEAST. 02:05 WOW, WOW. 02:07 AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL THIS YOU KIND 02:11 OF START LOOKING AT IT. 02:14 DID YOU MAKE A DENT INTO ANYTHING? 02:18 DID ANYTHING REALLY WORK? 02:20 AND I RECALL THE EXPERIENCE I HAD WHEN I 02:25 GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE, SPICER MEMORIAL COLLEGE, 02:28 WHICH IS NOW SPICER UNIVERSITY. 02:30 I HAD PREPARED 52 SERMONS IN ENGLISH. 02:34 AND I WAS VERY PROUD OF MYSELF AND I SAID WELL YOU 02:40 KNOW FIRST YEAR OF MY PASTOR SHIP AFTER 02:44 GRADUATION I DON'T HAVE TO WORK VERY HARD. 02:46 I'LL HAVE ALL THESE SERMONS READY. 02:48 DONE. 02:49 AS I WENT TO THE FIELD I WAS ASSIGNED THREE SMALL 02:55 CHURCHES AND THEY WERE ALL VILLAGE CHURCHES. 02:58 AND I REALIZED THAT 52 SERMONS WERE WORTHLESS. 03:04 I COULD NOT USE ANY ONE OF THEM. 03:09 SO, I ASKED MY FATHER. 03:12 I SAID WHAT DO YOU THINK I SHOULD BE DOING SO THAT I 03:16 COULD REACH MY PEOPLE? 03:19 AND THIS IS WHAT HE TOLD ME. 03:20 HE SAID DON'T TRY TO PREACH. 03:24 LIVE YOUR MESSAGE. 03:26 JESUS WAS NOT A MESSENGER HE WAS THE MESSAGE. 03:31 WOW. 03:32 DON'T THINK YOU ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS. 03:35 YOU ARE A SINNER JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. 03:38 YOU ARE A BEGGAR, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO TELL PEOPLE 03:41 WHERE YOU FOUND THE BREAD. 03:42 THE FARMER SHOT THE ARROW IN MY HEART. 03:48 YOU KNOW MY FATHER WAS A FARMER. 03:51 AND I FELT, NOW WAIT A MINUTE. 03:53 I WORKED FOR FOUR YEARS LEARNING THEOLOGY, CREATED 03:59 THESE FANTASTIC SERMONS, 52 OF THEM, 52 OF THEM AND 04:04 MY DAD SAYS (LAUGHTER) YOU CAN'T USE THEM. 04:09 DOES HE REALLY KNOW THAT I AM A TRAINED PASTOR? 04:13 AND THE SPIRIT SPOKE TO ME SAYING THAT'S THE REASON 04:17 HE IS TELLING YOU BECAUSE HE KNOWS YOU. 04:20 THAT YOU ARE A TRAINED PASTOR BUT UNFIT FOR THE 04:24 MINISTRY IN THE VILLAGES. 04:26 WOW. 04:27 I WOULD NEED MORE THAN JUST THESE 52 SERMONS. 04:31 THEN HE SAID YOU'RE LIKE A, HE SAID YOU WANT TO 04:36 IDENTIFY WITH PEOPLE SO THAT YOU ARE LIKE THEM. 04:41 YOU ARE JUST IN SEARCH OF JESUS JUST LIKE THEY ARE. 04:46 BEAUTIFUL. 04:47 AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED. 04:50 AND THEN HE TOLD ME DON'T THINK YOUR CHURCH IS THE 04:53 ONLY CHURCH THAT HAS THE TRUTH. 04:56 EVERYTHING YOU HAVE MAY BE THE TRUTH BUT YOU DON'T 05:00 HAVE ALL THE TRUTH. 05:02 MAYBE YOU WANT TO LEARN FROM OTHERS AS WELL AND 05:07 THEN YOU CAN SHARE WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR 05:11 CHURCH. 05:12 BEAUTIFUL. 05:13 BE A FRIEND AND HELP PEOPLE BECOME FRIENDS OF 05:17 JESUS NOT JUST MEMBERS OF YOUR CHURCH. 05:20 BEAUTIFUL. 05:21 WOW, THIS IS PRETTY HEAVY THEOLOGY. 05:23 MANZOOR WHY DID YOU GO TO SCHOOL? 05:27 YOU COULD HAVE JUST BEEN WITH YOUR DAD. 05:30 HE SOUNDS LIKE HE WAS A GREAT PROFESSOR. 05:33 (LAUGHTER) I THINK I MUST TELL YOU THAT MUCH OF WHAT 05:37 I DID EVER SINCE. 05:40 YOU KNOW HE ALSO TOLD ME NOT TO BE ON THE PAYROLL 05:45 OF THE CHURCH. 05:47 TO BE A VOLUNTEER. 05:49 AND SO SUBSEQUENTLY I RESIGNED FROM THE CHURCH 05:54 PAYROLL AND STARTED WORKING OUTSIDE. 05:58 I WORKED FOR THE U.S. 05:59 GOVERNMENT WHEN I CAME HERE FOR 25 YEARS. 06:02 AND I REALIZED WHAT THE MESSAGE WAS THAT YOU SERVE 06:08 PEOPLE AND HE STATED TO ME THAT IN MATTHEW 20:28 IS 06:16 WHAT HE WAS FOLLOWING. 06:17 HE SAID JESUS SAID I HAVE COME TO SERVE BUT NOT TO 06:25 BE SERVED. 06:26 AND WHO YOU ARE SPEAKS SO LOUD THAT I CAN'T HEAR 06:34 WHAT YOU SAY. 06:34 AND I FELT WOW. 06:37 SO, HE TURNED ME TO THE IDEA OF WHAT ELLEN WHITE 06:45 SAYS JESUS' METHOD OF DRAWING PEOPLE TO THE 06:50 FATHER, THAT WAS TO MINGLE WITH THEM, TO KNOW THEIR 06:54 NEEDS AND TO SERVE THEM. 06:58 AND I FELT THAT THAT WAS THE ULTIMATE LESSON AND 07:04 THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF EVERY BELIEVER. 07:08 AMEN. 07:09 BE ON OUR FEET FOR JESUS. 07:11 SO HOW CAN WE REACH PEOPLE WITH OUR PREACHING AND 07:19 THAT IS BY GETTING INTO THEIR HEART. 07:22 AND HOW DO YOU DO THAT? 07:24 BY SERVING THEM. 07:25 AMEN. 07:26 MAKING THEIR LIFE JOURNEY MORE ENJOYABLE, LESS 07:32 CUMBERSOME AND TAKING THEIR BURDEN OFF OF THEIR 07:36 SHOULDERS WHERE THEY THINK THEY HAVE TO BE PERFECT 07:44 BEFORE THEY COULD COME TO JESUS. 07:47 YOU INVITE THEM. 07:48 BY SERVING THEM YOU WILL OPEN THE DOOR. 07:51 YOU WILL BUILD A BRIDGE BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER 07:55 PEOPLE. 07:56 SO, SERVICE IS THE BRIDGE THAT PEOPLE WALK OVER TO 08:00 YOU AND THEN YOU CAN LEAD THEM TO JESUS. 08:04 OH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 08:06 AND GIVE THEM THE HOPE OF JESUS. 08:08 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:09 AND DURING THIS PANDEMIC AS YOU KNOW IF WE DEPEND 08:13 ON PREACHING IN INDIA PARTICULARLY EVERYTHING 08:18 WAS LOCKED DOWN. 08:20 WHEN WE SAY LOCKED DOWN, OVER THERE, THERE WOULD BE 08:24 POLICE BEATING YOU UP IF YOU WENT OUT OF YOUR 08:27 HOUSE. 08:28 OH, MY THAT IS EXTREME. 08:29 I HADN'T HEARD THAT. 08:30 YES, YES, YES. 08:31 MANY OF THE PASTORS WERE BEATEN BECAUSE THEY OPENED 08:36 THEIR CHURCHES. 08:37 THEY BROUGHT 25 PERCENT OR 50 PERCENT OF THEIR 08:40 PEOPLE, SMALL GROUPS. 08:41 THERE WAS A FINE, THERE WAS A FINE TO ALL THOSE 08:45 PASTORS. 08:46 IN FACT, ONE OF THE CHURCHES THEY HAD TO PAY 08:51 HUNDRED THOUSAND RUPEES. 08:52 HOW MUCH IS THAT IN U.S. 08:55 DOLLARS? 08:56 IN U.S. 08:57 DOLLARS WOULD BE ABOUT A THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED. 09:01 WOW. 09:02 THEY HAD TO PAY THAT MONEY BEFORE THEY COULD BE 09:04 RELEASED FROM JAIL. 09:06 AND SO, PREACHING JUST LIKE I SAY IN THE 09:12 COMMUNICATION WORLD, THERE ARE 13 OTHER WAYS TO 09:16 COMMUNICATE MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN WORDS. 09:20 SO WHAT WAS JESUS TELLING US REACHING WITHOUT 09:24 PREACHING. 09:25 THAT IS, YOU BECOME FRIENDS. 09:29 YOU SERVE PEOPLE. 09:31 SEE WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. 09:33 IN BAKERSFIELD WHEN I USED TO BE THERE WE CREATED A 09:38 GROUP CALLED MEET AND EAT. 09:41 I LOVE THAT. 09:43 THIS MEET AND EAT GROUP WAS SO FASCINATING. 09:46 EVERY TUESDAY ONE OF OUR MEMBERS WOULD TAKE OFF 09:51 FROM WORK AND HE WOULD COOK THE BEST MEAL HE 09:56 COULD AND THEN WE WOULD INVITE PEOPLE WHO WERE 09:59 ALLERGIC TO GOD AND RELIGION AND THEY WOULD 10:03 MEET WITH US, EAT WITH US AND WE WOULD DISCUSS 10:06 THINGS THAT MATTERED TO PEOPLE. 10:10 WE WOULD INTRODUCE TO THEM THIS IS WHAT JESUS DID 10:15 WHEN HE WAS ON EARTH. 10:17 HE WOULD MEET PEOPLE AND HE WOULD SEE WHAT THEIR 10:23 PROBLEM WAS. 10:24 IF THEY WERE BLIND HE WOULD GIVE THEM SIGHT. 10:29 IF THEY WERE HUNGRY HE WOULD FEED THEM. 10:32 AND SO THAT WAS HIS WAY OF GETTING IN THE HEART OF 10:38 PEOPLE. 10:39 YES. 10:40 THAT IS HOW HE TRAINED HIS DISCIPLES TO REACH PEOPLE 10:47 WITHOUT JUST WORDS PREACHING. 10:49 AND SO THAT IS WHAT I FELT WAS, WHO WAS MY MENTOR 10:56 FARMER FATHER WAS TEACHING ME. 10:58 THAT YOU NEED TO BECOME THE MESSAGE NOT JUST THE 11:02 MESSENGER. 11:04 YOU CANNOT HAVE A HUNGRY PERSON. 11:07 YOU KNOW WHAT. 11:09 JESUS IS THE BREAD OF LIFE, LET'S JUST PRAY. 11:12 THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. 11:14 WHILE PRAYER IS IMPORTANT YOU MUST REACH OUT BY 11:19 GIVING THEM SOME ASSISTANCE AS WELL. 11:23 MEETING THEIR NEED. 11:24 SO THAT'S WHAT WE MEANT BY REACHING WITHOUT PREACHING 11:29 YOU SEE. 11:30 AND SO, I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW A LITTLE VIDEO. 11:36 WHAT DID GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO DURING THIS 11:40 LOCKDOWN? 11:41 IT'S NOT JUST REALLY GO OUT THERE AND HOLD CHURCH 11:45 MEETINGS. 11:46 I WANT TO BE REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE. 11:50 IT IS AMAZING HOW CREATIVE THEY WERE DURING THIS 11:55 WHOLE PANDEMIC AND HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO REACH TO 11:58 THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THEIR PARISHIONERS. 11:59 LET'S DO THE VIDEO IF YOU ARE READY TO. 17:45 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF 17:49 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH MISSION AS TOGETHER WE 17:53 SERVE OTHER PEOPLE. 17:55 BECAUSE MISSION STARTS AT HOME. 17:57 WE ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HERE AND WE WANT 17:59 TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AS YOU SHARE 18:01 JESUS WITH THE PEOPLE THAT YOU INTERACT WITH AND WE 18:04 WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL 18:06 OUTREACH AND HERE IS SOME MORE INFORMATION. 18:07 EARTH. 18:09 VAST, BEAUTIFUL, BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU CAN 18:17 SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH 18:21 ITS OWN GREED. 18:23 HUMANITY. 18:24 WE NEED LOVE. 18:26 WE NEED HOPE. 18:28 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 18:32 MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION 18:34 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 18:39 PLAN TO SAVE US. 18:40 ONE THIRD. 18:42 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL, BUT 18:47 YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 18:50 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 18:53 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 18:55 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 18:58 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 19:05 JESUS CHRIST. 19:07 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 19:10 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 19:17 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 19:21 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS, THANK YOU FOR 19:23 YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 19:25 SO AS YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE VIDOR THAT MANZOOR MASSEY 19:28 HAS BEEN SHARING WITH US ABOUT "REACHING WITHOUT 19:31 PREACHING." 19:32 IT'S ABOUT SHOWING US IT'S ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE FOOD, 19:35 IT'S ABOUT HOLDING THE DOOR FOR SOMEBODY, IT'S 19:37 ABOUT SMILING AT SOMEBODY. 19:38 EVEN THROUGH A FACE MASK YOU CAN DO THAT PEOPLE, WE 19:42 CAN SEE EACH OTHERS EYES. 19:44 AND IT'S ABOUT SHARING THE JOY OF JESUS. 19:46 SO, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH US AS 19:49 TOGETHER REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S GOING ON THAT WE'RE 19:51 SHARING JESUS. 19:52 TODAY WE'RE TALKING WITH MANZOOR HERE ON OUR ZOOM 19:56 SET HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 19:58 AND MANZOOR YOU WERE SHARING ABOUT "REACHING 20:00 WITHOUT PREACHING" AND WE JUST SAW A VERY MOVING 20:03 VIDEO THERE FROM INDIA. 20:06 AND THE FUNDS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED TO KEEP 20:09 THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS REACHING OUT. 20:12 AND IN YOUR REGION WHY IS THIS VERY IMPORTANT? 20:16 YOU KNOW ONE OF THE EXPERIENCES I WANT TO 20:19 SHARE WITH YOU. 20:20 DURING THIS PANDEMIC WITH THE SUPPORT AND PRAYER OF 20:25 OUR DONORS OUR PARTNERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, 20:31 WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE REACHING PEOPLE WITH THE 20:36 TYPES OF SERVICES THAT MIGHT MAKE THEIR LIFE 20:39 EASIER. 20:40 AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT IN THE NORTHERN AREA 20:44 WE FED ABOUT I WOULD SAY MAYBE SEVEN, EIGHT 20:50 THOUSAND FAMILIES. 20:51 WOW, WOW. 20:53 THE CHIEF MINISTER OF ONE OF THE STATES HELD A 20:56 SPECIAL DINNER TO INVITE ME BUT OF COURSE I WASN'T 21:02 GOING TO BE THERE SO MY TEAM WENT THERE. 21:05 AND THESE ARE HIS WORDS AND I WANT OUR DONORS TO 21:09 PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF HIS WORDS. 21:11 THIS IS HIS WORD WHO IS NOT A CHRISTIAN. 21:17 HE SAID, THESE PEOPLE HAVE COME HERE LIKE 21:20 MESSIHA--MESSIA-MEANS JESUS. 21:24 THESE PEOPLE HAVE COME HERE LIKE JESUS. 21:27 WHY ARE THESE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST PEOPLE DOING 21:32 THIS? 21:33 AND I MENTIONED TO THEM SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 21:36 PEOPLE ARE A GROUP OF BELIEVERS WHO BELIEVE THAT 21:40 WE ARE CHILDREN OF THE SAME HEAVENLY FATHER, 21:44 BRANCHES OF THE SAME TREE, FLOWERS OF THE SAME PLANT. 21:49 AND HE IMMEDIATELY HONORED OUR TEAM AND HE SAID NEXT 21:53 TIME DR. MASSEY COMES HE IS GOING TO BE OUR STATE 21:58 GUEST. 21:59 HE WILL STAY IN OUR GUEST ROOM, GUEST HOUSE. 22:04 WE WILL GIVE HIM A JEEP AND A DRIVER. 22:07 THE IMPACT OF WHAT WE WERE DOING. 22:13 WE ARE REACHING PEOPLE WITHOUT PREACHING. 22:17 WE SELECTED A VILLAGE WHERE WE INSTALLED HAND 22:22 PUMPS SO PEOPLE WILL HAVE WATER BECAUSE THERE WAS NO 22:26 DRINKING WATER. 22:27 THEY WERE DRINKING FROM A POND NEAR BY. 22:31 WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE VILLAGE FOLKS TO CLEAN UP 22:35 THEIR STREETS AND PUT THE DRAINAGE UNDERGROUND 22:40 RATHER THAN JUST RUNNING AND HAVING MOSQUITOES AND 22:44 MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES. 22:46 I TELL YOU PEOPLE ARE SO IMPRESSED THAT THESE 22:51 CHRISTIAN PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE LIKE JESUS AND 22:56 HELPING. 22:57 THIS IS WHAT I MEAN BY "REACHING WITHOUT 23:00 PREACHING." 23:01 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT 23:05 TO SAY. 23:06 IN JEREMIAH 31 JESUS SAYS YOUR EAR WILL HEAR THE 23:11 VOICE BEHIND YOU. 23:13 THIS IS THE WAY WALK IN IT. 23:15 GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT. 23:17 OUR ROLE IS TO BE JESUS TO SOMEONE EVERY DAY. 23:22 WHEN PEOPLE SEE JESUS IN US WE WILL BEGIN TO 23:27 RECEIVE PEOPLE LIKE JESUS DOES. 23:31 AND THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO DRAW THEM TO THEIR BEST 23:35 FRIEND JESUS. 23:38 AND THAT IS A JESUS METHOD. 23:44 ELLEN WHITE SAYS JESUS MINGLED WITH PEOPLE, MET 23:47 THEIR NEEDS AND THEN ASKED THEM TO FOLLOW HIM. 23:53 THAT'S SO TRUE. 23:54 IT'S SO TRUE. 23:55 AND WHAT I CONTINUE TO HEAR THROUGHOUT ALL OF 23:57 THIS MANZOOR IS THE HOPE. 23:58 IT'S THE HOPE OF SHARING THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN 24:03 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS' LIVES, WHAT'S 24:05 HAPPENED IN OUR LIVES, MY LIFE, YOUR LIFE, THAT WE 24:07 WANT TO SHARE THE HOPE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE. 24:10 IT'S WHEN WE HAVE FOUND OUR FAVORITE THING THAT WE 24:12 WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH NO MATTER WHO WE INTERACT 24:15 WITH. 24:16 SO, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SHARING JESUS. 24:19 THERE ARE ALSO SOME CHALLENGES THOUGH IN YOUR 24:21 REGION AS WE WRAP UP THE PROGRAM HERE. 24:23 IF YOU COULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A SNIPPET OF 24:25 SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT OUR VIEWERS NEED TO 24:27 KNOW ABOUT SO WE'LL KNOW HOW TO GIVE AND HOW TO 24:30 PRAY. 24:33 YOU KNOW MANY, MANY CHALLENGES FACE IN INDIA. 24:38 WE ARE SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND VILLAGES. 24:42 AND WE HAVE LESS THAN TWO PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE WHO 24:49 ARE CHRISTIANS. 24:51 MOST OF THE PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW JESUS AND THEY DO NOT 24:55 HAVE THE HOPE OF HIS SECOND COMING. 24:58 AND SO, I AM REQUESTING EVERYBODY WE NEED TO 25:03 SACRIFICE UNTIL IT REALLY HURTS. 25:07 JESUS MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. 25:10 YES, HE DID. 25:12 THEN HE SAID I AM READY TO LAY DOWN MY LIFE. 25:17 HE IS A GOOD SHEPHERD. 25:20 AND SO, IF WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS 25:25 COMING SOON WE WILL BE ON OUR KNEES TRUSTING AND 25:30 PRAYING JUST LIKE ONE OF THE GREAT MISSIONARIES 25:35 SAID, GIVE ME SCOTLAND OR I DIE. 25:38 YOU SEE ASKING JESUS GIVE ME MORE SOULS FOR YOUR 25:44 KINGDOM BEFORE I KICK THE BUCKET HERE ON THIS EARTH. 25:48 AND SO, MY FRIENDS I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR 25:52 DONORS, ALL OF OUR PRAYER WARRIORS AROUND THE WORLD. 25:57 YOU ARE REALLY SPREADING THE GOSPEL. 26:01 I SPOKE TO A RETIREE GROUP AND WHEN I WAS TALKING TO 26:06 THEM ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH ONE LADY CAME QUICKLY TO 26:10 HUG ME AND SAID TO ME YOU KNOW I FAITHFULLY GIVE TWO 26:15 DOLLARS EVERY MONTH. 26:17 BLESS HER HEART. 26:19 I HAD TEARS IN MY EYES. 26:21 I HUGGED HER AND I SAID BECAUSE OF YOUR TWO 26:24 DOLLARS GOSPEL OUTREACH IS IN 52 COUNTRIES AND 26:29 PASSING OVER TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THE 10/40 26:33 WINDOW. 26:34 WHAT A POWERFUL FORCE WE HAVE BEHIND US. 26:39 A POWERFUL FORCE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE FAITHFUL PRAYER 26:45 WARRIORS SO THAT THIS MINISTRY CAN CONTINUE. 26:49 I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY AND IT TAKES 26:51 ALL OF US TOGETHER, THE WIDOW'S TWO MITES, THE 26:54 LADY'S TWO DOLLARS, THE PERSON YOU KNOW TEN 26:57 THOUSAND DOLLARS. 26:58 IT ALL ADDS UP AS WE SHARE THE MESSAGE OF THE GOOD 27:01 SHEPHERD. 27:02 WELL MANZOOR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING WITH US 27:04 ABOUT "REACHING WITHOUT PREACHING" AND OUR HEARTS 27:07 GO OUT TO THE PEOPLE IN INDIA BECAUSE COVID HAS 27:10 HIT INDIA VERY, VERY HARD AND WITH MAJOR LOCKDOWNS 27:14 THERE AND WE KNOW THAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 27:17 ARE CONTINUING TO SHARE JESUS DESPITE ALL OF THE 27:20 THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. 27:21 SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING WITH US TODAY. 27:24 AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH US AS 27:26 YOU HAVE HEARD MANZOOR TALK ABOUT "REACHING 27:29 WITHOUT PREACHING." 27:30 WHY DON'T YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO SHARE 27:32 THE LOVE OF JESUS WITH THE PEOPLE THAT YOU INTERACT 27:34 WITH AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL 27:37 OUTREACH AS WE SHARE JESUS AND SPECIFICALLY AS WE'VE 27:40 TALKED ABOUT TODAY, WITH PEOPLE IN INDIA. 27:43 ON BEHALF OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND GOSPEL 27:45 OUTREACH I'M JULIE AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 27:48 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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