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00:34 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS".
00:36 I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE TUNED IN TODAY. 00:38 WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING AN UPDATE FROM MANZOOR 00:41 MASSEY AND IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE ON THE 00:43 PROGRAM. 00:44 I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO TALKING ABOUT THE CHRIST, 00:46 THE CROSS AND COVID. 00:49 IT'S A GREAT TOPIC ISN'T IT? 00:51 WELL, WE CAN'T HELP BUT TALK ABOUT COVID THESE 00:53 DAYS IT SEEMS AND WHAT COULD BE A BETTER TOPIC 00:55 THAN CHRIST. 00:55 THAT'S TRUE. 00:56 SO ABSOLUTELY. 00:57 YOU KNOW, INDIA HAS BEEN HIT REALLY HARD BY COVID 01:00 19 SO, I'M WONDERING HOW HAS THAT AFFECTED OUR 01:04 WORKERS? 01:05 WELL, YOU KNOW INDIA IS SUCH A VAST AREA AND OUR 01:10 WORKERS ARE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND 01:15 SOME AREAS ARE HIT WORSE THAN OTHERS. 01:18 WE HAVE LOST 130 PEOPLE TO COVID. 01:22 WOW. 01:23 AND MANY TIMES, THE HUSBAND DIES AND LEAVES A 01:28 YOUNG WIDOW WITH LITTLE CHILDREN. 01:30 UH HUH AND WHO HAVE NO INCOME NO SUPPORT. 01:35 AND SO, THEY ARE REALLY, REALLY STRUGGLING. 01:40 YES. 01:41 AND BECAUSE OF THE COVID CHURCHES DIDN'T MEET SO 01:46 PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE TITHES AND OFFERINGS OR ANY 01:49 SUPPORT FOR THE CHURCH. 01:51 SO, THEY'VE HAD A VERY TOUGH TIME TO PAY THE 01:54 SALARIES OF PEOPLE. 01:57 BUT FORTUNATELY FOR US, IN TERMS OF THE GOSPEL 01:59 OUTREACH WORKERS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN PAYING THEM 02:04 SALARIES EVEN THOUGH OUR SALARIES ARE WAY LOWER 02:07 THAN THE REGULAR WORKERS RECEIVE AND WHAT WE PAY IS 02:13 REALLY A STIPEND NOT A SALARY, YES, BECAUSE IT IS 02:16 JUST TO KEEP THEM GOING. 02:18 SO, NOT A LOT OF MONEY AND I WANT TO THANK OUR 02:23 DONORS. 02:24 THEY HAVE BEEN VERY FAITHFUL IN THEIR 02:27 SACRIFICE AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY FAITHFUL IN 02:29 PRAYER AND OUR WORKERS HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY 02:32 GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 02:34 BUT WE HAVE LOST 130 MEMBERS DURING THIS COVID 02:39 AND IT HIT PRETTY HARD. 02:41 YES. 02:42 MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN AND 02:44 THEREFORE YOU STILL HAVE THE TEACHERS BUT YOU DON'T 02:48 HAVE THE INCOME. 02:49 THE STUDENTS ARE NOT THERE. 02:50 YES. 02:51 AND SO THAT HAS BEEN A REAL, REAL TOUGH TIME. 02:54 MOST OF OUR WORKERS RIGHT FROM THE START OF THE 02:57 PANDEMIC AH, THEY WERE GETTING ONLY HALF 03:01 SALARIES, YOU KNOW. 03:03 UH HUH. 03:04 IN OUR SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES BUT GOSPEL 03:08 OUTREACH WAS GETTING A STIPEND AND WE PAY THEM 03:11 WELL IN ADVANCE. 03:12 YES. 03:13 AND SO, THANK YOU AGAIN ALL OF OUR DONORS AND OUR 03:17 PRAYER WARRIORS. 03:18 GOD HAS BEEN VERY GRACIOUS. 03:20 THEIR FAITH HAS BEEN SUSTAINED BY YOUR PRAYERS. 03:23 UH HUH. 03:25 SO, WHAT ARE THEY DOING NOW DURING THE PANDEMIC IN 03:29 ORDER TO CONTINUE TO REACH PEOPLE? 03:31 THERE'S A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS. 03:33 YOU KNOW, THIS MAY SOUND STRANGE BUT I'M GOING TO 03:35 SAY THAT COVID HAS AN UPSIDE ALSO. 03:40 IT HAS BEEN A GREAT BLESSING TO THE WORK AS 03:45 WELL BECAUSE THE SOCIAL MEDIA, THE AVENUES THAT WE 03:50 TOOK FOR GRANTED OR WE IGNORED OR WE NEVER USED 03:54 THEM OR WE DIDN'T LEARN BECAUSE MANY OF OUR PEOPLE 03:58 ARE NOT AS SAVVY WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. 04:01 SO, THEY WOULD JUST IGNORE IT. 04:02 UH HUH. 04:03 BUT THIS COVID PANDEMIC BROUGHT OUT THIS 04:07 CREATIVITY. 04:09 YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF 04:12 INVENTION. 04:13 SURE IS. 04:14 SO, THIS COVID REALLY WAS A MOTHER OF MANY INVENTVE 04:17 WAYS TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE AND SO I WILL SHARE 04:21 SOME SLIDES BUT THEY HAVE BECOME SO CREATIVE THAT 04:25 THEY STARTED TELEPHONE MINISTRY, UH HUH. 04:28 YOU KNOW, USUALLY YOU NEVER THOUGHT THAT YOU 04:30 COULD ACTUALLY DO EVANGELISM THROUGH CELL 04:33 PHONES AND SO OUR WORKERS HAVE BEEN VERY CREATIVE 04:36 WITH THAT. 04:37 THEY WILL TAPE A MESSAGE AND BROADCAST IT TO ALL 04:40 THEIR MEMBERS WHO HAVE CELL PHONES JUST ABOUT 04:43 EVERYBODY HAS CELLPHONES IN INDIA. 04:45 YES. 04:46 THERE ARE MORE CELLPHONES THAN TOOTHBRUSHES IN INDIA 04:50 AND SO CELLPHONE MINISTRY ALSO THE PRAYER MINISTRY. 04:57 I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT OUR PEOPLE HAVE DONE 05:02 WITH PRAYER MINISTRY. 05:04 AND PRAYER IS REALLY THE BOTTOM LINE I SHOULD SAY 05:10 AND THE -IT'S THE LIFELINE AND THE LIFEBLOOD FOR A 05:15 CHRISTIAN LIFE AND SO, THEY HAVE BECOME SO 05:18 CREATIVE AND THE INDIAN MASSES- THEY DEPEND ON 05:23 THEIR PASTORS A LOT. 05:26 SO, THEY WILL CALL SAY, PASTOR MY CHILD IS GOING 05:29 TO HAVE EXAM TOMORROW COULD YOU PLEASE PRAY? 05:32 OR MY MOM IS SICK OR WHATEVER AND THEY WILL 05:33 KEEP CALLING THE PASTOR - COULD YOU PLEASE PRAY FOR 05:34 ME AND SO, I REMEMBER MY COUSIN IS A PASTOR AND HE 05:45 CAME TO VISIT US ONLY FOR FOUR HOURS BECAUSE I WAS 05:49 VERY BUSY AND HE WAS BUSY AND IN THAT FOUR HOURS HE 05:52 MAY HAVE FIELDED MAYBE 20 CALLS, 20 OR 30 PHONE 05:56 CALLS. 05:57 UH HUH. 05:58 AND THEY WEREN'T LONG PHONE CALLS, THEY'LL SAY 06:01 WE NEED YOU TO PRAY. 06:02 THIS IS AN URGENT MATTER. 06:04 SO, PRAYER HAS BECOME A REAL LIFELINE OF OUR 06:09 CHURCHES. 06:09 YES. 06:10 AND WHAT A BLESSING THAT IS. 06:12 THE OTHER THING IS THE ZOOM MEETINGS. 06:15 AND I OFTEN SAY TO PEOPLE, THESE DAYS YOU DON'T HAVE 06:19 TO BE ANYWHERE TO BE EVERYWHERE AND THROUGH 06:22 ZOOM YOU COULD REALLY BE ACROSS THE WORLD AND THEY 06:28 HAVE BECOME VERY CREATIVE USING THE ZOOM MEETINGS 06:32 AND THE END I'M GOING TO SHARE HOW THIS PRAYER 06:35 REVOLUTION HAS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. 06:38 AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEY HAVE BECOME FAMILY FOCUSED 06:43 AND I SAY THAT IN INDIA PARTICULARLY, YOUR 06:48 APPROACHES HAVE TO SUIT THE ENTIRE FAMILY. 06:52 WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE FAMILY NOT JUST THE 06:54 INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL YOU APPEAL TO 06:59 THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEY GET BAPTIZED AND THEY WILL 07:02 BE ISOLATED FROM THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY. 07:05 THEY'LL BE OSTRACIZED AND THEY'LL BE EXCOMMUNICATED 07:09 FROM THEIR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE REST OF THE 07:11 COMMUNITY IF IT IS A HINDU COMMUNITY OR OTHER FAITH, 07:15 THEY WILL SAY, WELL YOU ARE NO LONGER A PART OF 07:17 THIS COMMUNITY AND THAT HAS MANY RAMIFICATIONS. 07:21 YOUR CHILDREN CANNOT GET MARRIED OUTSIDE OF YOUR 07:26 OWN FAMILY CIRCLE. 07:29 AND SO, THAT IS A BIG THING AND, IN MANY CASES, 07:34 YOU NOW HAVE A JOB ISSUE BECAUSE IN INDIA THE WORK 07:40 IS SIX DAYS A WEEK. 07:41 YES. 07:42 NOT FIVE DAYS A WEEK. 07:43 SO, IT GIVES YOU DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAT YOU NEVER 07:48 THOUGHT ABOUT BUT DURING THIS PANDEMIC THEY HAVE 07:51 FOCUSED ON THE FAMILY AND THAT GIVES YOU OPPORTUNITY 07:55 TO PRAY, TO ENCOURAGE AT MANY LEVELS THAT YOU NEVER 08:00 THOUGHT ABOUT BEFORE. 08:01 UH HUH, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE WORKERS HAVE REALLY 08:04 BEEN TAKING THEIR CHALLENGES AND TURNING 08:07 THEM TO POSITIVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 08:09 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 08:10 I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME SLIDES HERE AND PRAYER AND 08:13 FASTING. 08:14 THEY STARTED A PRAYER AND FASTING FOR THE SOULS. 08:15 THIS IS A VERY POWERFUL INITIATIVE. 08:16 THE CHURCHES WILL COME TOGETHER OR THE PASTORS 08:17 WILL COME TOGETHER AND THEY WILL SAY LET'S PRAY 08:19 FOR THE SOULS AND THEY WILL START FASTING AND 08:20 PRAYING AND WHAT FASTING DOES IS YOU ARE FOCUSING 08:21 ON A PARTICULAR TOPIC OR A PARTICULAR NEED AND HERE 08:23 THEY WERE FASTING JESUS. 08:24 PLEADING WE WANT SOULS FOR YOUR KINGDOM. 08:25 AND WE CANNOT GO AND PREACH, WHAT CAN WE DO? 08:26 SO THEN, THEY WOULD GO AHEAD AND ANNOUNCE AND YOU 08:27 KNOW WHAT? 08:28 PEOPLE WILL COME FOR PRAYER MEETING AND SO THEY 08:30 HAVE HAD MANY, AND THIS IS OK? 08:31 THEY CAN HAVE THOSE MEETINGS? 08:33 NOW THEY CAN. 08:34 BUT THERE WAS A LITTLE PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THEY 08:35 COULD NOT. 08:36 IN FACT, IN MANY PLACES THE POLICE ARRESTED 08:38 PASTORS WHEN THEY WERE MEETING IN VIOLATION OF 08:39 THE NATIONAL LAW. 08:40 YES, AND I THINK THAT INDIA TOOK A VERY 08:43 PROGRESSIVE OUTLOOK ON THIS AND THEY MADE THE 08:50 RESTRICTIONS OF SAFETY PRECAUTIONS VERY 08:54 SERIOUSLY. 08:55 UH HUH. 08:57 THEY NEEDED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS VERY 09:02 SERIOUSLY. 09:03 AND SO, THEY HAVE PRAYER AND FASTING MEETINGS FOR 09:07 THE SOULS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEKING AND IN THE 09:10 NEXT SLIDE YOU WILL FIND CHILDREN'S MINISTRY, 09:12 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL. 09:13 THESE BECAME VERY, VERY POPULAR AND THERE ARE-LOOK 09:14 AT THE CHILDREN WILL COME BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE 09:16 MUCH TO DO. 09:17 THEY ARE OUT OF SCHOOL SO WHAT DO YOU DO? 09:19 WELL, YOU DO CHILDREN'S STORY HOUR. 09:20 YOU DO THE VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL. 09:22 LOOK AT THERE, ALL THESE KIDS ARE SO DISCIPLINED 09:30 AND THEY LOVE THESE STORIES AND COMING 09:33 TOGETHER AND LISTENING TO THE PASTOR AND HERE LOOK 09:48 AT THE LITTLE KIDS. 09:55 BECAUSE SCHOOLS ARE SHUT DOWN SO, NOW THEY CAN COME 10:04 TO CHURCH AND HAVE PRAYER WITH THE STORYHOUR WITH 10:17 OUR PEOPLE. 10:18 IT IS BEEN JUST CREATIVE AND SOMETIME YOU FEEL THAT 10:38 EVANGELISM IS OUT OF STYLE. 10:41 WELL, NOT FOR THEM. 10:43 THEY TOOK A CHANCE AND THEY HAD OPEN EVANGELISTIC 10:44 MEETINGS. 10:45 THERE IS A -ONE OF THE MEETINGS YOU CAN SEE THAT 10:46 THE BIBLES ARE PILED UP THERE IN THE SLIDE AND 10:51 EVERYONE IS GIVEN A BIBLE AND JUST LIKE THE BIBLE 10:57 SAYS IN BEREA PEOPLE ACTUALLY SEARCH THE 11:04 SCRIPTURES. 11:05 YES. 11:06 AND IN EVERY CHURCH, YOU WILL FIND THAT PEOPLE ARE 11:11 ASKED TO BRING THEIR BIBLES WITH THEM. 11:15 AND UM, SOMETIMES THERE IS A DEBATE WHETHER BIBLE ON 11:19 A CELLPHONE IS OK OR NOT? 11:22 BUT I THINK HAVING A REAL BIBLE WITH YOU AH, TO THEM 11:27 IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. 11:28 THEY WANT TO SEARCH THE BIBLE, YES, AND LOOK AT 11:31 THE REFERENCES FOR THEMSELVES. 11:33 SO, THIS WAS ANOTHER THING THAT THEY HAVE DONE AND 11:36 THEY DID A LOT OF MINISTRY FOR COVID RELIEF. 11:38 UH HUH, VERY IMPORTANT. 11:40 AND THAT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING TO PEOPLE 11:44 BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE THINKING THIS IS THE LAST 11:48 DAYS AND THIS IS A PLAGUE THAT HAS COME IN AND WE 11:53 MAY OR MAY NOT SURVIVE BUT THEY WOULD DO COVID 11:56 RELIEF, DISTRIBUTE MASKS AND ALSO DISTRIBUTE 12:04 GROCERIES BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE COULD NOT -DID NOT 12:09 HAVE JOBS. 12:11 IN FACT, EVERYTHING WAS SHUT DOWN AND THEY COULD 12:14 NOT REALLY LOOK FOR ANY MEAL TO SUPPLY THEIR 12:18 NEEDS. 12:19 SO, OUR WORKERS ARE VERY BUSY AND THEY WILL GIVE 12:25 THINGS THAT WILL JUST SUSTAIN PEOPLE. 12:28 AND YOU KNOW, I SAY MANY TIMES I'VE HEARD PEOPLE 12:31 SAY, THE WAY TO MAN'S HEART IS THROUGH HIS 12:34 STOMACH. 12:35 YES, I'VE HEARD THAT TOO. 12:36 YOU'VE HEARD THAT AND ANYTIME YOU CAN HELP 12:41 PEOPLE FEEL GOOD AND HAVE -MAKE THEIR LIFE MORE 12:48 COMFORTABLE, YES, THEY WANT TO HANG OUT WITH YOU. 12:51 THEY WANT TO COME TO YOU AND I THINK WHAT THAT DOES 12:55 IS IT SHOWS THE PEOPLE THAT YOU CARE. 13:00 AND UH, WHAT THERE IS A SAYING, PEOPLE DON'T' CARE 13:06 HOW MUCH YOU KNOW, BUT THEY KNOW HOW MUCH YOU 13:10 CARE. 13:11 YES. 13:12 AND I THINK THIS COVID REALLY MADE OUR PEOPLE SO 13:16 HELPFUL TO THE OTHER PEOPLE. 13:21 THEY SAW HOW PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING AND THEY HAD 13:26 HEARD THE STORIES OF JESUS- WENT AROUND AND 13:29 TOUCHING PEOPLE, HUGGING PEOPLE, PRAYING FOR THEIR 13:34 HEALING AND GIVING THEM FOOD AND SO THEY REALLY 13:40 EMULATED THE LIFE OF JESUS. 13:43 UH HUH. 13:44 AND THAT WAS SO INSPIRING THAT INSPITE OF THE 13:47 CHALLENGES THAT THEY ARE FACING THEY ARE NOW 13:50 WANTING TO BE HELPFUL TO SOMEBODY ELSE. 13:54 AND SO, I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH MY PEOPLE BACK THERE 14:01 AND YOU KNOW WHEN IT IS DAY HERE IT IS NIGHT 14:05 THERE. 14:05 WHEN IT IS NIGHT THERE, IT IS DAY HERE. 14:09 SO, AROUND 10 OCLOCK IN THE EVENING WHEN I AM 14:12 READY TO GO TO BED HERE THAT'S THE TIME THEY START 14:16 CALLING ME. 14:19 THE WORKERS AND THE LEADERS UPDATING ME WHAT'S 14:22 HAPPENING AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND SO, BUT THEY 14:25 HAVE BECOME SO SAVVY IN TERMS OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE 14:32 AND ALSO IN TERMS OF THE METHODS OF JESUS. 14:36 THE ONLY -ELLEN WHITE SAYS, ONLY THE METHODS OF 14:40 JESUS WILL ATTRACT PEOPLE TO GOD. 14:45 AND I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT. 14:47 WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK RIGHT NOW SO 14:49 WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK. 14:52 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 14:54 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO ONE THAT HIS RETURN 14:58 DEPENDS ON. 14:59 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 15:02 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 15:05 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS SEVEN BILLION BUT 15:08 THREE BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS' 15:11 LOVE. 15:12 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 15:15 IN THE AREA FROM TEN TO FORTY DEGREES NORTH OF THE 15:18 EQUATOR. 15:19 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH WITH THE 15:22 SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU. 15:24 WE SPONSOR LOCAL GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY 15:27 COUNTRIES. 15:28 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, THE CULTURE AND 15:30 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS, THEY FACE FEWER 15:33 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 15:35 TOGETHER WITH YOU WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 15:39 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 15:40 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 15:46 GOD'S LOVE. 15:47 JOIN US. 15:48 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 15:51 DONATE. 15:51 PRAY. 15:52 WELCOME BACK. 15:53 WE ARE READY TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 15:56 INDIA AND YOU'VE GOT TO TELL ME MORE BECAUSE WE 16:00 KNOW THAT COVID 19 HAS REALLY IMPACTED INDIA, 16:04 WELL THE WHOLE WORLD BUT INDIA PARTICULARLY HIT 16:07 HARD BUT THE GOSPEL WORKERS THERE CARRY ON AND 16:11 THEY'VE BEEN DOING SOME REALLY INNOVATIVE THINGS. 16:13 TELL US MORE ABOUT IT. 16:14 WELL, I THINK THAT ALL OF OUR LISTENERS AND OUR 16:17 DONORS AND PRAYER WARRIORS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF 16:21 PEOPLE WERE MAKING DECISIONS FOR JESUS. 16:23 ABSOLUTELY. 16:23 DURING THIS PANDEMIC. 16:24 SO, I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME SLIDES HOW PEOPLE 16:28 HAVE BEEN HAVING BAPTISMS. 16:31 THIS WAS SOMETHING NEW AND MANY, MANY PEOPLE MADE 16:37 DECISIONS FOR JESUS AND PEOPLE REACHED OUT TO 16:42 THEIR FAMILY TREE, UH HUH, TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY 16:45 MEMBERS WITHIN THEIR FAMILY AND THEY HAVE 16:48 EXTENDED FAMILIES, YOU KNOW IN INDIA, YES. 16:51 AND THEN THEY WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THEIR 16:53 FRIENDS AND REACHING OUT TO THEIR NEIGHBORS AND SO 16:55 HERE'S ONE VERY INTERESTING PICTURE OF AN 16:57 ELDERLY WOMAN SAYING, WELL, IF MY FAMILY IS 16:58 GOING TO TAKE BAPTISM AND FOLLOW JESUS WHY AM I NOT 16:59 DOING IT? 17:00 SO, THERE SHE IS. 17:01 IN THE NEXT SLIDE WE'LL FIND THEY HAD MASS 17:02 BAPTISMS. 17:03 SO IN THE SLIDE I COULDN'T TAKE PICTURE OF ALL OF 17:13 THEM BUT THEY HAD MASS BAPTISM IN THE RIVER. 17:25 VERY, VERY INTERESTING. 17:27 REALLY GOOD NEWS. 17:28 YOUNG PEOPLE, WOMEN AND MEN JUST MAKING DECISIONS 17:34 FOR JESUS AND THEY TAKE THE BAPTISM VERY, VERY 17:39 LITERAL. 17:40 THEY DO BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU ARE DUNKED DOWN YOU 17:46 ARE ACTUALLY DEAD. 17:47 OH. 17:48 YOUR OLD SELF. 17:50 YES. 17:51 SO, WHEN YOU COME UP YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE 17:54 A NEW LIFE. 17:55 YOU CANNOT BE STAYING -DOING THE SAME OLD STUFF. 18:00 SO THEY WILL GIVE UP THEIR SINGING CINEMA SONGS, UH 18:03 HUH, THE YOUNG PEOPLE. 18:04 AND THEY WILL WANT TO DO THINGS THAT THEY FEEL THAT 18:10 JESUS WOULD BE HAPPY WITH. 18:12 THE NEXT SLIDE WE FIND THIS IS SOMETHING VERY, 18:16 VERY SPECIAL AND SACRED TO MY HEART ALSO-THE PRAYER 18:20 REVOLUTION. 18:21 INDIA HAS STARTED SUCH A PRAYER REVOLUTION AND I 18:25 HAVE BEEN SO ANXIOUS ABOUT THIS PRAYER REVOLUTION. 18:30 I'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR IT FOR LONG TIME BECAUSE I 18:34 BELIEVE THAT PRAYER IS FOR SURVIVAL. 18:41 IT IS IMPORTANT FOR REVIVAL, FOR SURVIVAL. 18:44 YES, AND FOR SPIRITUAL HEALTH AND FOR SPIRITUAL 18:48 GROWTH PRAYER IS THE ANSWER. 18:52 ALL OF OUR CHALLENGES WE FACE IN THE CHURCH AND THE 18:56 PRAYER WILL BE THE ANSWER FOR THAT. 18:58 SO, THEY'VE BEEN TEACHING THEIR PEOPLE TO PRAY AND I 19:06 TELL THEM, PRAYER CONDITION YOUR CHURCH. 19:09 IF YOU PRAYER CONDITION YOUR CHURCH, YOU'LL HAVE 19:12 VERY FEW PROBLEMS AS PASTORS. 19:15 SO, WOULDN'T THAT BE NICE. 19:17 WE PRAYER CONDITION OUR HOMES, YES, AND WE PRAYER 19:20 CONDITION OUR SCHOOLS, PRAYER CONDITION OUR 19:23 CHURCHES AND WHEN YOU ARE IN PRAYER CONDITIONED 19:28 PLACES THERE IS A PRESENCE OF GOD. 19:29 YOU ARE, IT'S HARD TO HAVE CONTROVERSIES WHEN 19:30 EVERYONE IS IN A PRAYER ATTITUDE. 19:32 YOU ARE SAYING SO ELOQUENTLY HERE WHEN YOU 19:33 ARE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD, ALL THESE OTHER 19:40 THINGS THEY LOOK SO INSIGNIFICANT. 19:42 UH HUH. 19:43 I LOVE THAT SONG: TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS, YES, 19:44 AND THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD WILL GROW STRANGELY 19:45 DIM. 19:46 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING RIGHT DOESN'T COUNT. 19:47 THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE LAST WORD DOESN'T 19:49 COUNT. 19:50 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING BETTER THAN YOUR NEIGHBOR 19:51 DOESN'T COUNT. 19:59 AND SO, PRAYER JUST PUTS YOU IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD 20:17 AND I GO BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD DAYS WHENEVER I 20:22 WAS WITH MY DAD, I HAD SUCH A DIFFERENT 20:26 ATMOSPHERE THAT I WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING THAT HE 20:32 WOULD NOT LIKE. 20:34 AND MY DAD WAS VERY UH, QUIET PERSON. 20:40 HE WOULD BARELY TALK AND HE USED TO TELL IF YOU 20:44 TALK TOO MUCH YOU MAKE TOO MANY MISTAKES. 20:47 JUST TALK LESS. 20:49 SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE WITH THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON. 20:51 YES, SO BECAUSE THE LESS YOU TALK THE LESS PEOPLE 20:55 HAVE TO HOLD AGAINST YOU. 20:58 UH HUH. 20:59 AND SO, UH PRAYER IS A PLACE WHERE YOU SHOULDN'T 21:05 BE TALKING TOO MUCH, OK? 21:06 YOU PRAISE GOD, YOU PRAY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, PRAY 21:10 FOR YOUR CHURCH, PRAY FOR YOUR DONORS, YOUR PRAYER 21:14 WARRIORS AND PRAY FOR THOSE WHO MAYBE FACING 21:18 CHALLENGES. 21:19 ONLY AT THE END YOU SHOULD TELL GOD, HERE ARE SOME OF 21:23 MY CHALLENGES WOULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME OUT. 21:26 YES. 21:27 AND SO, UH I AM SO FORTUNATE TO BE CONNECTED 21:32 TO MY COUNTRY AND ALSO TO OUR PRAYER WARRIORS AND 21:36 DONORS IN THIS COUNTRY. 21:39 BECAUSE THIS PRAYER IS BRINGING US SO CLOSE TO 21:44 ONE ANOTHER. 21:46 THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST BLESSINGS OF THE 21:49 PANDEMIC. 21:51 WE HAVE BECOME LIKE A BIG FAMILY AROUND THE WORLD. 21:54 YES. 21:55 WE CAN BE ON ZOOM AND WE COULD BE TALKIING TO OUR 21:58 RELATIVES, OUR FRIENDS, OUR PRAYER WARRIORS IN 22:02 AUSTRALIA, IN ENGLAND OR AFRICA OR CHINA OR HERE. 22:08 SO, PRAYER BRINGS PEOPLE SO CLOSE, SO WHAT HAS 22:13 HAPPENED IN THE EAST CENTRAL INDIA UNION THAT I 22:16 OVERSEE IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK OVER THERE? 22:19 THEY, LAST WEEK, THE UNIONWIDE PRAYER MEETING 22:26 ON ZOOM. 22:27 YES. 22:28 WE HAD 278 PEOPLE LOGGED IN. 22:32 THAT IS GREAT. 22:32 AREN'T YOU-THAT IS REALLY GOOD. 22:35 I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT YOU HAVE 278 PEOPLE MOST 22:41 OF OUR CHURCHES ARE SMALL CHURCHES YOU KNOW, YES, 22:44 BUT HERE WE HAVE BIG GATHERINGS OF BELIEVERS 22:47 AND WE PRAISE GOD AND WE THANK GOD, WE PRAYED FOR 22:54 ALL OUR LEADERSHIP, OUR CHURCH, AND WE ALSO ASKED 22:58 PEOPLE WHAT EXACTLY IS YOUR CHALLENGE THAT WE 23:01 SHOULD PRAY FOR? 23:02 UH HUH. 23:03 YOU KNOW, TO BE VERY SPECIFIC. 23:06 GOD LOVES TO HEAR SPECIFIC REQUESTS. 23:11 MANY TIMES, I SEE PEOPLE THEY PRAY GOD HELP ALL THE 23:15 PEOPLE IN ALL THE WORLD IN ALL THE WAYS. 23:17 WELL, THEN WE HAVE NO WAY TO KNOW IF HE REALLY DID 23:20 ANYTHING. 23:21 SO, THATS KIND OF A TEST FREE REQUEST FOR GOD, YOU 23:27 KNOW. 23:28 SO, I HAVE LEARNED DURING THIS PANDEMIC PARTICULARLY 23:33 TO PRAY FOR SPECIFIC ACTIONS I WANT, A REQUEST 23:38 THAT I WILL MAKE TO GOD. 23:40 I CAN'T COMMAND HIM AND I CAN'T DEMAND ANYTHING BUT 23:44 I WILL SIMPLY SAY HERE IS A CHALLENGE WOULD YOU 23:47 PLEASE INTERVENE. 23:48 WOULD YOU PLEASE HELP. 23:50 AND SO, AH WE HAVE BEEN DOING INTERCESSORY 23:53 PRAYERS, UH HUH, ON BEHALF OF OTHER PEOPLE AND MANY 23:57 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL. 24:00 TWO OF OUR VERY IMPORTANT LEADERS-ONE IS A GO 24:04 COORDINATOR IN NORTHERN INDIA. 24:06 HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR ALMOST TWO MONTHS AND THEN 24:10 IN THE CENTRAL INDIA UNION WHICH IS MY UNION OVER 24:13 THERE AH, THE GO COORDINATOR HAD OPEN HEART 24:17 SURGERY. 24:19 AND SO, THERE HAVE BEEN THINGS TO PRAY ABOUT FOR 24:22 SURE. 24:23 OH YES. 24:24 VERY SPECIFIC THINGS. 24:25 AND IT IS SPECIFICALLY COVID RELATED AND OTHER 24:30 HEALTH RELATED ISSUES BUT WE WERE PRAYING FOR 24:33 PEOPLE'S FAITH TO BE SUSTAINED. 24:36 YES. 24:37 BECAUSE MANY TIMES WHEN YOU FACE A CHALLENGE, GOOD 24:41 PEOPLE BECOME BETTER AND BAD PEOPLE BECOME BITTER. 24:47 SO, WE WANT OUR PEOPLE TO BE BETTER. 24:50 TO HAVE TRUST IN THE LORD, YES, AND TO HAVE FAITH IN 24:56 WHAT GOD IS DOING AROUND THE WORLD. 24:59 YOU KNOW, OUR VIEWERS ARE GOING TO WANT TO KNOW HOW 25:03 THEY CAN BE A PART OF IT. 25:04 I KNOW PRAYER IS RIGHT THERE-WE ARE ALREADY 25:07 TALKING ABOUT THAT. 25:08 THAT'S ONE OF THEM. 25:09 HOW CAN OUR VIEWERS DO SOMETHING THAT WILL 25:13 BENEFIT THE PEOPLE OF INDIA AND OUR WORKERS 25:15 THERE? 25:16 I THINK THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. 25:20 THANK GOD FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING IN INDIA. 25:23 MANY TIMES, WE ARE ONLY ASKING HIM TO HEAL OR TO 25:27 DO THIS BUT LET'S PRAISE GOD. 25:30 LET'S PRAISE GOD THE MORE WE CAN PRAISE HIM FOR WHAT 25:34 HE IS DOING, THE BETTER WE FEEL THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL. 25:40 AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE REALLY IS A LADDER THAT 25:45 REALLY LIFTS US UP TO HEAVEN. 25:47 AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE AND SO MAKE THIS AS A 25:54 CONCERTED EFFORT TO PRAY. 25:57 OUR PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING ECONOMICALLY BECAUSE OF 26:01 COVID BEING SHUT DOWN. 26:02 NO INCOME, SCHOOLS AREN'T OPEN AND CHURCHES ARE 26:06 CLOSED IN MANY PLACES. 26:09 THEY ARE JUST COMING BACK TOGETHER. 26:11 SO, PRAY THAT THE PEOPLE WILL -THEIR FAITH WILL BE 26:14 SUSTAINED. 26:15 YES. 26:16 THAT THEY WILL HAVE THE COURAGE TO TELL THE DEVIL 26:19 THAT GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL AND GOD IS IN 26:23 CHARGE AND HE WILL PULL US THROUGH. 26:26 AND SO, MAKING MAYBE AN APPOINTMENT WITH GOD TO 26:31 PRAY FOR INDIA AND TO PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR BELIEVERS 26:35 EVERYWHERE BUT TO PRAY FOR INDIA. 26:37 THERE IS A BIG CHALLENGE THAT THEY ARE GOING 26:39 THROUGH. 26:40 SO, THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST AND I SHOULD SAY 26:46 THAT WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL THAT OUR DONORS HAVE BEEN 26:50 VERY, VERY FAITHFUL EVEN DURING THE COVID. 26:53 YES. 26:54 THEY HAVE. 26:55 THAT IS A BLESSING FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:57 YES. 26:58 THEY HAVE BLESSED GOSPEL OUTREACH TREMENDOUSLY. 27:01 I TELL YOU ONE STORY. 27:03 YOU HAVE TO TELL IT REALLY QUICKLY. 27:05 OK. 27:06 I WAS SPEAKING TO A RETIREE ASSOCIATION AND 27:10 ONE LADY JUMPED STRAIGHT TO ME AND CAME TO HUG ME 27:14 AND THANK ME AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? 27:15 I FAITHFULLY GIVE $2 EVERY MONTH TO YOUR 27:19 ORGANIZATION. 27:21 I HAD TEARS IN MY EYES AND I HUGGED HER AND SAID, 27:24 BECAUSE OF YOUR $2 WE ARE IN 52 COUNTRIES. 27:30 KEEP PRAYING FOR US THAT WE WILL CONTINUE DOING 27:34 WHAT GOD HAS PLACED US HERE FOR. 27:36 VERY GOOD. 27:37 AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND THANK YOU 27:40 FOR WATCHING TODAY. 27:41 PLEASE TUNE IN NEXT TIME FOR "ADVENTURES IN 27:43 MISSIONS". 27:44 (CLOSING MUSIC). |
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