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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000863S
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00:34 [OPENING MUSIC]
00:34 I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO 00:36 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:39 MY NAME IS OLE OLESEN AND I HAVE A GUEST WITH ME 00:42 TODAY. 00:43 MANZOOR MASSEY WELCOME. 00:45 WE'RE SO GLAD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 00:47 OH THE PRIVILEGE IS MINE OLE. 00:49 I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. 00:51 YOU HAD TO TRAVEL A LONG DISTANCE TO GET HERE BUT 00:53 WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT. 00:54 THANK YOU. 00:55 YOU KNOW EVERY TIME I SIT DOWN WITH AND INTERVIEW 01:00 SOME OF THESE WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS I THINK OF YOU 01:05 WHO ARE WATCHING. 01:06 I'VE BEEN WHERE YOU ARE. 01:08 I'VE SAT IN FRONT OF MY TELEVISION IN MY HOME. 01:11 I'VE WATCHED INTERVIEWS LIKE THIS. 01:14 WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO DO INTERVIEWS. 01:16 I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE BUT IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO BE 01:19 HERE TODAY. 01:20 AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE PRAYED 01:23 THAT YOU WILL BE TOUCHED BY GOD'S SPIRIT. 01:27 WE WANT HIS WORK TO GO ON. 01:29 GOSPEL OUTREACH EXISTS TO DO TO OBEY JESUS COMMAND 01:34 TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS. 01:35 AMEN. 01:36 AND YOU HAVE BROUGHT US A SPECIAL PROGRAM, THIS 01:41 LITTLE TIME HERE. 01:42 I THINK YOU'VE CALLED IT "LINK TO HEAVEN." 01:46 IS THAT RIGHT? 01:46 YES, "LINK TO HEAVEN." 01:49 YOU KNOW THAT IS THE POWER SOURCE WE HAVE. 01:52 YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE THERE IS A HEAVEN DON'T YOU. 01:57 OH I ACTUALLY BELIEVE THERE'S A HEAVEN. 02:00 I ALSO BELIEVE ONE GREAT FATHER ANXIOUSLY WAITING 02:03 FOR US. 02:05 AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 02:07 YOU HAVE AN ADVENTURE TO SHARE WITH US. 02:09 ARE YOU GOING TO START WITH THAT STORY? 02:11 ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO SHOW A BRIEF VIDEO. 02:13 OK. 02:14 IT IS ABOUT THIS LINK TO HEAVEN. 02:16 AND THEN WE WILL DISCUSS. 02:18 OK. 02:18 LET'S DO IT. 02:19 (MUSIC PLAYING. 02:21 WOMEN SINGING, GOD ANSWERS PRAYER IN THE MORNING, GOD 02:28 ANSWERS PRAYER THROUGH THE DAY, GOD ANSWERS PRAYER IN 02:35 THE EVENING, HE HEARS EVERY TIME YOU PRAY. 02:42 TALK TO THE LORD IN THE MORNING, TALK TO THE LORD 02:51 THROUGH THE DAY, TALK TO THE LORD IN THE EVENING, 02:59 HE'S NEAR AND HE KNOWS YOUR NAME. 03:04 JESUS IS LOVE IN THE MORNING, JESUS IS LOVE 03:11 THROUGH THE DAY, JESUS IS LOVE IN THE EVENING, YOU 03:20 DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID. 03:24 JUST TURN TO HIM NOW AND PRAY). 03:29 OLE I THOUGHT OF THIS THINKING ABOUT THIS LINK 03:36 TO HEAVEN. 03:38 YES. 03:39 FROM A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. 03:42 I WAS WAITING IN MY OFFICE TO DO SOMETHING VERY 03:50 IMPORTANT AND I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM A LADY AND 03:59 SHE SAID ARE YOU DR. MASSEY? 04:04 I SAID YES AND SHE SAID I HAVE JUST WATCHED TV AND I 04:14 HAVE FOUND OUT THAT YOU ARE THE CAUSE OF ALL MY 04:23 STRESS. 04:24 AND I WAS PUZZLED AND I SAID, WOULD YOU PLEASE 04:32 EXPLAIN HOW AM I CAUSING YOU STRESS. 04:38 SHE SAID NO, NO, NO, NO NOT THAT WAY. 04:45 I LEARNED WHERE MY STRESS IS COMING FROM. 04:51 AND SHE SAID THIS IS CHRISTMAS TIME AND I AM 04:59 FEELING SO LONELY AND DEPRESSED AND I DON'T FEEL 05:07 LIKE LIVING BECAUSE MY SON PASSED AWAY LAST 05:13 CHRISTMAS. 05:14 HIS NAME IS BILL AND SO HE'S UP THERE WITH GOD AND 05:24 I TALK TO HIM EVERY DAY AND I TELL HIM OK BILL 05:29 SINCE YOU ARE ALREADY THERE GOD IS A VERY BUSY 05:34 MAN YOU KNOW SO COULD YOU SLIP INTO HIS PLACE AND 05:38 JUST WHISPER MY REQUEST. 05:41 SO I WILL TALK TO YOU AND YOU GO AHEAD AND TALK TO 05:44 THE LORD AND LET HIM KNOW MY PROBLEMS. 05:48 AND SO I SAID YOU KNOW, HER NAME WAS DOROTHY, I 05:52 SAID DOROTHY I JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE A DIRECT 05:56 CONNECTION TO HEAVEN AND IF YOU DON'T MIND I WILL 06:02 CONNECT YOU TO GOD DIRECTLY SO YOU DON'T NEED 06:06 TO WORRY BILL EVERY DAY. 06:09 SHE SAID CAN YOU? 06:11 I SAID YES. 06:12 ALRIGHT I SAID HANG TIGHT ONTO YOUR PHONE BECAUSE 06:15 I'M GOING TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW. 06:18 AND I SAID, DEAR JESUS, DOROTHY IS DESPERATELY 06:22 WANTING TO TALK TO YOU BUT SHE HAS TO GO THROUGH BILL 06:26 ACCORDING TO HER BELIEF AND WOULD YOU PLEASE GO 06:29 AHEAD AND LISTEN TO HER DIRECTLY SO SHE DOESN'T 06:32 HAVE TO WORRY ANY OTHER METHOD. 06:35 AND I SAID OK, DOROTHY YOU ARE CONNECTED. 06:40 YOU GO AHEAD AND TELL HIM ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TELL. 06:44 AND YOU CAN DO THAT EVERY DAY. 06:47 JUST SIMPLY CLOSE YOUR EYES, FOLD YOUR HANDS AND 06:52 TALK TO GOD AND SAY HERE I AM. 06:56 THIS IS MY CHALLENGE. 06:58 WOULD YOU PLEASE HEAR IT AND HELP ME OUT. 07:02 AND SHE SAID WOW. 07:04 I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS SO EASY TO LINK TO HEAVEN. 07:10 AND I SAID NOW, AND SHE SAID BUT I HAVE ONE 07:13 QUESTION. 07:14 WHAT ABOUT BILL? 07:16 WON'T HE BE UPSET THAT I AM BYPASSING HIM? 07:20 BLESS HER HEART. 07:21 I SAID, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 07:24 IF BILL COULD HEAR IT HE WOULD BE TICKLED THAT MY 07:29 MOTHER HAS DIRECT CONNECTION TO GOD. 07:32 SO I SAID DON'T WORRY ABOUT HIM. 07:34 HE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ALL THIS. 07:36 SO I SAID YOU ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED AND BILL IS 07:39 ASLEEP AND YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT BILL. 07:43 AND SHE SAID, OH DR. MASSEY, I FEEL SO 07:48 GOOD. 07:49 I HAVE BEEN SO WORRIED THAT GOD IS NOT GOING TO 07:53 BE ABLE TO HEAR ME BECAUSE HE IS SO BUSY. 07:55 CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW MUCH HE HAS TO DO? 07:58 AND SO I THOUGHT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE 08:02 OUT THERE WHO MAY NOT BE LINKING TO HEAVEN. 08:07 AND THIS MAY BE A GOOD WAY FOR US TO EXPLAIN TO 08:12 PEOPLE THAT WE COULD LINK DIRECTLY TO HEAVEN WITHOUT 08:17 GOING THROUGH ANY OTHER PROCEDURES. 08:19 THAT WHOLE IMAGE, YOU REALIZE THAT MOST PEOPLE 08:24 DO NOT REALIZE THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE. 08:27 THEY DON'T REALIZE THEY HAVE THAT DIRECT 08:29 CONNECTION. 08:30 IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU HAVE NOT ONLY TAKEN THAT 08:35 MOMENT WITH HER, YOU HAVE NOW SEEN GOD AMPLIFY THAT 08:40 AND USE IT NOT JUST IN YOUR LOCAL AREA BUT IN 08:45 YOUR MINISTRY AS WELL. 08:46 WELL WE HAVE STARTED A REVOLUTION. 08:50 IT'S CALLED "THE PRAYER REVOLUTION". 08:53 A PRAYER REVOLUTION AND HOW FAR HAS THAT SPREAD? 08:58 WELL I AM SO GLAD YOU'RE ASKING. 09:00 A FRIEND OF MINE AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE AND I 09:06 WE SOME TIME AGO WE DECIDED THAT WE WILL HAVE 09:10 A WORLD-WIDE PRAYER GROUP. 09:12 OK. 09:12 SO EVERY MONDAY AT 5 O'CLOCK, THAT IS 09:17 CALIFORNIA TIME, 8 O'CLOCK EASTERN TIME AND 7:30 IN 09:24 THE MORNING IN INDIA. 09:28 OKAY. 09:29 SO WE HAVE A PRAYER GROUP EVERY MONDAY AT 5 O'CLOCK. 09:33 AND SO WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM OUR INDIAN LEADERS ARE ON 09:38 LINE, PEOPLE FROM AUSTRALIA, JAMAICA. 09:42 THEY FIND THE RIGHT TIME ZONE FOR THEIR AREA. 09:44 THE RIGHT TIME ZONE. 09:45 AND WE DO FOUR THINGS. 09:49 WE FIRST ASK PEOPLE DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU 09:54 WOULD LIKE TO PRAISE GOD FOR? 09:55 AND SO THEY ALL TALK ABOUT WHAT GOD HAS DONE IN THEIR 10:01 LIFE AND HOW EXCITING IT HAS BEEN. 10:06 AND THEN WE ASK THEM DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO 10:10 REQUEST PRAYER FOR? 10:12 THEN THEY WILL SAY THEIR REQUESTS. 10:16 AND WE PRAYER FOR OUR LEADERS, CHURCH LEADERS. 10:18 WE PRAY FOR OUR WORLD LEADERS. 10:19 WE ALSO PRAYER FOR OUR PASTORS AND FOR SPECIFIC 10:19 ISSUES THAT GROUPS MAY BE FACING. 10:21 AND THEN WE ASK THEM TO ASK ANY PARTICULAR REQUEST 10:22 YOU MAY HAVE, HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRAY. 10:24 HOW CAN WE PRAY FOR YOU. 10:25 SO OUR COORDINATOR WHO IS MR. STANLEY _____ FROM THE 10:26 GENERAL CONFERENCE TREASURY OFFICE. 10:27 OKAY. 10:28 NOW HE WORKS WITH ME AND WITH OUR GROUP AND SO HE 10:29 WILL ASK OLE HOW CAN WE PRAY FOR YOU. 10:30 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE US TO PRAY FOR? 10:32 AND YOU KNOW IT IS SO EXCITING. 10:33 AND THIS PANDEMIC HAS REALLY BROUGHT A BLESSING 10:34 TO US. 10:35 AND YOU'RE CONVINCED THAT ALL THESE PRAYERS FROM 10:36 AROUND THE WORLD ARE NOT OVER LOADING GOD. 10:37 IT'S NOT TOO MUCH FOR HIM. 10:38 THAT IS REALLY A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. 10:39 YOU KNOW ELLEN WHITE SAYS, ELLEN WHITE IS A GREAT 10:40 AUTHOR AND A GREAT WRITER, GOD'S MESSENGER WHO 10:42 PREDICTED A LOT OF THINGS SPIRITUALLY FOR PEOPLE. 10:43 SHE'S BLESSED A LOT OF US. 10:44 YES SHE HAS BLESSED A LOT OF US. 10:45 SHE SAID THE RELATION BETWEEN GOD AND EACH 10:46 INDIVIDUAL IS AS DISTINCT AND COMPLETE AS THOUGH 10:48 THERE WAS NOT ANOTHER SOUL ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH 10:49 TO SHARE HIS WATCH CARE. 10:51 NOT ANOTHER SOUL FOR WHOM HE GAVE HIS SON. 10:56 AND SO I FELT, HUM, THERE ARE ALMOST EIGHT BILLION 11:01 PEOPLE ON EARTH. 11:03 YES THERE ARE. 11:04 EVERY ONE HAS A DIRECT LINK TO GOD? 11:09 THEN I SAIDHOW COULD THAT BE? 12:21 WELL LET ME TELL YOU. 12:22 I HAVE UNDERSTOOD IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS I HAVE 12:25 BEEN CONCENTRATING ON THIS WHOLE ISSUE. 12:28 AND I JUST SHARED WITH MY FAMILY LAST WEEK, EVERY 12:35 MEMBER OF MY FAMILY. 12:37 SOME ARE IN AUSTRALIA, SOME ARE IN INDIA, SOME 12:40 ARE IN ENGLAND, SOME ARE HERE IN THE U.S. 12:43 AND EVERY MEMBER OF MY FAMILY IS CLEARLY VISIBLE 12:49 IN MY MIND. 12:50 THOSE WHO HAVE DIED, THOSE WHO ARE ALIVE, THOSE WHO 12:55 ARE IN SCHOOL, THOSE WHO ARE WORKING. 12:58 EVERYONE OF THEM I KNOW THEM AND AT A MOMENTS 13:02 NOTICE, LIKE RIGHT NOW, I'VE ALREADY TAKEN A 13:06 PICTURE OF ALL MY FAMILY AND I'M RIGHT HERE AND I 13:09 HAVEN'T GONE ANYWHERE. 13:10 YOU CAN DO THAT WITH YOUR BRAIN. 13:14 RIGHT. 13:15 IF I COULD DO IT WITH MY BRAIN WHAT GOD COULD DO. 13:20 AND IF YOU MEMORIZE SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND 13:26 THINGS A DAY FOR 40 YEARS YOU WILL ONLY USE TEN 13:31 PERCENT OF YOUR BRAINS CAPACITY. 13:33 OKAY. 13:34 SO I'M SAYING GOD, WE ARE TALKING WITH GOD. 13:38 LET ME MAKE A BREAK HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE TALKING 13:42 ABOUT PRAYER AND HERE WE ARE WITH "ADVENTURES IN 13:46 MISSIONS" FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND I THINK I 13:49 HEAR YOU SAYING THAT NONE OF WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH 13:52 DOES WOULD BE EFFECTIVE WITHOUT THAT LINK TO 13:56 HEAVEN. 13:57 AMEN, AMEN. 13:58 YOU KNOW THIS. 13:59 YOU WANT TO TAKE A BREAK? 14:00 WE NEED TO TAKE A BREAK RIGHT NOW. 14:02 OKAY TAKE A BREAK. 14:03 I WOULD LOVE AGAIN TO INVITE YOU WHO ARE 14:05 LISTENING, TAKE THIS INTO YOUR HEART AND NOW THINK 14:09 OF THAT BROADER MISSION THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS 14:13 TO REACH SO MANY PLACES. 14:15 OVER FIFTY NATIONS ARE IMPACTED BY THIS. 14:19 WATCH THIS LITTLE REMINDER OF THAT AS WE TAKE A BREAK 14:23 HERE. 14:24 EARTH. 14:25 VAST, BEAUTIFUL, BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU CAN 14:30 SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH 14:36 IT'S OWN GREED. 14:38 HUMANITY. 14:39 WE NEED LOVE. 14:41 WE NEED HOPE. 14:44 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 14:47 MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION 14:50 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 14:54 PLAN TO SAVE US. 14:55 ONE THIRD. 14:57 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL, BUT 15:03 YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 15:05 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 15:08 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 15:11 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 15:14 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 15:20 JESUS CHRIST. 15:22 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 15:25 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 15:32 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 15:35 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 15:38 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:39 I'M OLE OLESEN. 15:41 I'M INTERVIEWING MANZOOR MASSEY AND HE IS TELLING 15:44 US ABOUT THIS LINK TO HEAVEN THAT IS PRAYER AND 15:49 THE IMPACT THAT HAS. 15:50 AND I JUST WANT TO INVITE YOU AGAIN DON'T FORGET THE 15:55 MISSION THAT WE'RE DOING. 15:56 NOW YOU HAVE A GOAL IN MIND FOR THIS EFFORT THAT 16:01 YOU'RE GOING, THIS WORLD-WIDE PRAYER 16:04 GATHERING. 16:05 WHAT IS YOUR GOAL? 16:06 WELL OUR GOAL IS REALLY TO LINK PEOPLE, LET THEM 16:11 DEVELOP A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. 16:15 THERE IS NO REAL ADVENTURE WITH GOD, ADVENTURES IN 16:18 MISSION, UNLESS WE'RE CONNECTED TO GOD ARE WE. 16:21 ABSOLUTELY. 16:22 IT HAS TO BE PERSONAL. 16:23 AND I'M TELLING YOU WITHOUT PRAYER, WITHOUT 16:27 THIS LINK TO HEAVEN, OUR PREACHERS, OUR GOSPEL 16:32 OUTREACH WORKERS, THEY CAN PREACH SERMONS BUT THEY 16:37 WILL HAVE NO EFFECT. 16:38 YOU KNOW THE DISCIPLES OF JESUS WERE VERY ANXIOUS TO 16:42 GET OUT THERE AND CONQUER THE WORLD AND JESUS SAID 16:47 NOT YET, JUST HANG ON. 16:50 YOU'RE NOT READY YET. 16:52 YOU NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT. 16:54 YOU NEED THE SPIRIT OF GOD. 16:56 UNTIL THAT SPIRIT COMES AND EQUIPS YOU AND 17:00 PREPARES YOU, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE 17:03 EFFECTIVE. 17:04 IT'S JUST LIKE BEING A RAINBOW WITHOUT COLORS. 17:08 OKAY. 17:10 LIKE HAVING CLOUDS WITHOUT THE RAIN. 17:12 AND SO PRAYER IS TO A CHRISTIAN WHAT OXYGEN IS 17:21 TO OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH. 17:23 WOW. 17:24 NO PARTS OF OUR BODY WORKS WITHOUT OXYGEN DOES IT. 17:29 EXACTLY. 17:30 AND SO UNLESS YOU PRAY YOU ARE SPIRITUALLY DEAD. 17:34 AND WE WANT TO REALLY HELP OUR PEOPLE TO BECOME 17:37 PEOPLE OF PRAYER. 17:39 WHEN WE BECOME PEOPLE OF PRAYER EVERY ONE WE MEET 17:44 AND EVERY THING WE TOUCH WILL BE COMPLETELY 17:48 DIFFERENT. 17:49 THEY WILL RISE TO A NEW LEVEL OF EXISTENCE BECAUSE 17:56 WE ARE LINKING THEM TO HEAVEN. 17:58 THIS CELL PHONE IS A VERY POWERFUL MACHINE. 18:02 IT IS. 18:03 AND I'M SURE PEOPLE HAVE BETTER THAN THIS ONE. 18:08 THIS IS ELEVEN SOMETHING. 18:10 BUT WHEN I DO NOT CHARGE IT, IT'S ABSOLUTELY 18:15 USELESS JUST LIKE A BRICK. 18:16 YES. 18:17 AND A CHRISTIAN WITHOUT LINKING TO HEAVEN IS 18:23 NOTHING BUT A HUNK OF MUD. 18:26 HE HAS NO VALUE IN THE SCHEME IN THE WITNESS OF 18:30 GOD. 18:31 SO PRAYER BRINGS THE CHRISTIAN ALIVE. 18:36 AND SO WHEN WE ARE ALIVE WHEN WHATEVER WE DO WE'RE 18:42 GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 18:43 I WANT TO TALK TO YOU WHO ARE WATCHING RIGHT NOW. 18:47 HAVE YOU EVER SAT IN YOUR CHAIR AND WATCHED THE 18:50 TELEVISION, GOOD CHRISTIAN PROGRAMING, BUT FELT LIKE 18:53 A HUNK OF MUD AFTERWARDS? 18:55 (LAUGHTER) YOU KNOW I THINK WE ALL HAVE THAT 18:59 TEMPTATION. 19:00 THE TEMPTATION TO LIVE WITHOUT BREATHING THE 19:03 ATMOSPHERE OF HEAVEN. 19:04 THE TEMPTATION TO LIVE WITHOUT TALKING TO GOD 19:07 PERSONALLY, TO LET OTHERS DO IT. 19:11 I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU DO NOT TAKE A PROGRAM 19:15 LIKE THIS AND MAKE IT A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE 19:18 ADVENTURE THAT YOU HAVE WITH GOD IN MISSION. 19:23 YOU HAVE AN ADVENTURE. 19:24 GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO SOMETHING AND IT MAY BE TO 19:27 SUPPORT THIS MINISTRY. 19:29 THERE MAY BE OTHERS. 19:31 KEEP OBEYING GOD. 19:32 AND MANZOOR YOU THINK THAT WHEN PEOPLE KEEP DAILY 19:38 CONNECTING, CHARGING THEIR SPIRITUAL BATTERIES AS IT 19:41 WERE, KEEP COMING BACK TO THE WATER OF LIFE, WHAT 19:46 IMPACT IS THAT GOING TO HAVE ON GOSPEL OUTREACH, 19:50 ON THE WORK THAT IS GOING ON. 19:52 YOU KNOW THIS COMING WEEK I'M GOING TO BE PREACHING 19:55 AT A CHURCH AND IT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE TWO 19:57 MOST IMPORTANT DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. 19:58 THE FIRST IS OF COURSE WHEN YOU WERE BORN. 19:59 THE SECOND ONE IS WHEN YOU DISCOVER WHY. 20:01 AH YES. 20:02 AND IT IS LINKING WITH HEAVEN THAT ACTUALLY 20:03 BRINGS THAT LIFE TO US. 20:04 JESUS SPENT ALL NIGHTS IN PRAYER LINKING WITH HIS 20:05 FATHER SO HE WOULD KNOW WHAT WAS HE HERE FOR. 20:06 AND HE SAYS IN JOHN 4:34 I HAVE COME OR HE SAYS MY 20:07 MEAT IS TO DO THE WILL OF THE ONE WHO SENT ME AND TO 20:09 FINISH HIS WORK. 20:10 NOW WE WILL NOT KNOW WHAT OUR MISSION IS HERE ON 20:14 THIS EARTH AND IT HAS HELPED ME TO REALIZE I'M 20:19 NOT MY OWN I'M ON LOAN TO BUILD THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 20:23 IT IS A FACT ISN'T IT. 20:44 YES. 20:48 AND WE ARE ON LOAN. 20:49 HE HAS PUT HIS ARMS AROUND US, HE HAS HELD US IN HIS 21:01 HANDS AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE SITTING HERE TODAY IS 21:06 BECAUSE HE SAID THIS IS YOUR MISSION TODAY. 21:08 ABSOLUTELY. 21:09 AND IT'S TRUE FOR EVERY PERSON. 21:11 YES. 21:12 EVERY PERSON HAS A PURPOSE AND SOMETIMES WE GO AND 21:16 SOMEBODY ELSE GIVES US AN ASSIGNMENT AND WE SAY I'LL 21:19 TRY AND DO THAT BUT I TELL YOU WHEN YOU HEAR GOD, 21:24 GOD'S VOICE CALLING YOU TO DO HIS MISSION YOU'RE THE 21:28 UNIQUE PERSON TO DO IT. 21:31 THAT REALLY BECOMES AN ADVENTURE IN MISSION 21:33 DOESN'T IT. 21:33 YES. 21:35 AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS JESUS DID 21:36 FOR HIS DISCIPLES HE SAID PRAY AND PRAY LIKE THIS. 21:41 YES. 21:42 AND HE EVEN GAVE THEM WHAT TO PRAY AND HOW TO PRAY. 21:45 IT IS TO PRAISE GOD. 21:48 IT IS TO UPLIFT THOSE WHO ARE SPREADING THE GOSPEL. 21:52 IT IS TO BRING TO GOD THE CHALLENGES WE ARE FACING. 21:55 AND IT IS TO ASK HIM LET YOUR WILL BE DONE. 21:59 DON'T LET THE OTHER PERSON WIN. 22:02 LET YOUR WILL BE DONE. 22:04 WITH ALL THE EFFORTS WE ARE PUTTING FORTH UNLESS 22:07 IT IS YOUR WILL THEY WILL BE OF NO USE. 22:11 YOU KNOW IN THE PRAYER, THE LORD'S PRAYER AS WE 22:14 CALL IT, AND THE DISCIPLES PRAYER AS SOME SAY, JESUS 22:18 SAYS PRAY THIS, THY WILL, TO USE THE OLD ENGLISH, 22:23 THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. 22:28 AND WHEN WE THINK OF HEAVEN IT'S VERY DIFFICULT 22:34 TO IMAGINE DISAGREEMENT IN HEAVEN. 22:37 EVEN THOUGH THE BIBLE GIVES US A LITTLE HINT 22:41 THAT THERE WAS WAR IN HEAVEN AT ONE TIME WE 22:45 THINK OF HEAVEN AS BEING FILLED UP WITH WHETHER 22:48 IT'S ANGELS OR WHATEVER, WHO ARE OBEYING, ARE 22:51 HEARING, THEY ARE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD DOING HIS 22:54 WILL. 22:55 AND REALLY WHEN WE ARE INVITED INTO THE KINGDOM 22:58 OF GOD WE'RE INVITED TO DO THE SAME AREN'T WE. 23:00 YES. 23:01 YOU KEEP LISTENING BECAUSE PRAYER IS NOT JUST 23:05 SPEAKING TO GOD IS IT. 23:07 IT IS LISTENING. 23:07 IT IS LISTENING. 23:09 AND I WANT TO MENTION A VERY QUICK ILLUSTRATION 23:11 HERE. 23:12 MOTHER TERESA WAS IN MEDITATION. 23:14 SHE WAS. 23:16 AND SHE CAME OUT AFTER A LONG TIME ALMOST TWO HOURS 23:20 AND A REPORTER WHO WAS WAITING HE ASKED HER, 23:24 MOTHER TERESA WHAT WERE YOU DOING THERE FOR SO 23:27 LONG? 23:28 SHE SAID, OH I WAS TALKING TO JESUS. 23:30 AND HE SAID WHAT DID HE TELL YOU? 23:32 SHE SAID NOTHING. 23:34 WELL WHAT DID YOU TELL HIM? 23:35 SHE SAID NOTHING. 23:37 SO HE SAID, THEN WHAT WERE YOU DOING? 23:39 SHE SAID WELL WE ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY. 23:42 WE JUST LIKE TO HANG OUT TOGETHER. 23:44 (LAUGHTER) YOU KNOW WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PRAYER AS 23:49 DEVELOPING A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, IT 23:53 IS THE MOST EXCITING THING YOU CAN DISCOVER. 23:57 DANIEL DISCOVERED IT THREE TIMES A DAY. 24:01 MY DAD DISCOVERED IT. 24:03 HE USED TO WAKE UP AT 2:15 OR 2:30 IN THE MORNING. 24:07 AND ONE DAY HE WAS PRAYING IN HIS GARDEN AND WHEN THE 24:11 DAYLIGHT CAME ON HE SAW A BIG COBRA SITTING IN FRONT 24:16 OF HIM LOOKING AT HIM AND HE JUST OPENED HIS EYES, 24:17 HE LOOKED AT HIM AND HE SAID, WELL YOU DIDN'T DO 24:19 ANYTHING TO ME I'M NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO 24:20 YOU. 24:21 GO ON. 24:25 THE COBRA JUST TURNED AROUND AND WENT. 24:27 YOU SEE WHEN YOU HAVE, AND THAT'S PSALM 91 IN ACTION. 24:30 PSALM 91. 24:31 YOU SEE. 24:32 SO PLEASE I WOULD ASK OUR LISTENERS MAKE THIS LINK 24:37 TO HEAVEN A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH GOD AND 24:42 TALK TO HIM LIKE YOUR TALKING TO A FRIEND WHO IS 24:47 LISTENING TO YOU AND THEN YOU LISTEN TO YOUR FRIEND. 24:51 LISTEN TO HIM. 24:52 SPEND MORE TIME LISTENING. 24:54 NOT JUST SCANNING OVER YOUR GROCERY LIST AND 24:57 SAYING I GOT TO GO. 25:00 SO THIS IS WHAT PRAYER, MEDITATION, LINKING TO 25:04 HEAVEN IS ALL ABOUT. 25:07 THANK YOU MANZOOR. 25:10 AS WE COME TO THE END HERE AGAIN I WANT TO ADDRESS 25:12 YOU WHO ARE WATCHING THIS. 25:16 I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN INSPIRED AGAIN TO TRY IT 25:19 YOURSELF. 25:21 GOD'S SPIRIT IS CALLING YOU TO BE PART OF THAT 25:25 CONVERSATION. 25:27 INDIVIDUALLY BETWEEN YOU AND GOD BUT ALSO TO EXPAND 25:31 IT OUT TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 25:34 TO MINISTRIES IN INDIA, IN THE UNITED STATES, IN THE 25:39 UNITED KINGDOM. 25:40 BUT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A SPECIAL FOCUS. 25:43 REMEMBER WHAT IT IS? 25:45 IT'S THOSE WONDERFUL GROUPS OF PEOPLE BETWEEN 25:50 THE TENTH, I THINK IT'S CALLED THE 10/40 WINDOW. 25:55 THE 10/40 WINDOW. 25:56 IS THAT THE TENTH LATITUDE? 25:57 IT'S THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA WHERE 98 PERCENT OF THE 26:01 PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE DON'T KNOW JESUS. 26:04 NINETY EIGHT PERCENT. 26:05 YOU CAN PRAY FOR THAT AREA THAT PEOPLE WILL FALL IN 26:09 LOVE WITH THIS GOD THAT THEY CAN SPEND TIME WITH. 26:12 THEY CAN LISTEN TO. 26:13 THEY CAN TALK TO. 26:15 THEY CAN BRING THEIR NEEDS THEY CAN BRING THEIR JOYS. 26:17 YOU CAN DO THE SAME AND ALWAYS INCLUDE GOSPEL 26:20 OUTREACH WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT WOULD YOU? 26:23 PRAY FOR US. 26:24 WE NEED THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 26:27 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 26:28 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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