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Series Code: JFAN
Program Code: JFAN000097S
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00:22 - Hello and welcome to "Jesus for Asia Now." 00:25 I'm Natalie Wood and my husband, Jon, is joining me today. 00:28 Hello love. 00:29 - Hi darling. How are you? 00:30 - I'm doing fine. 00:31 - That's awesome. 00:33 - I'm excited about our story today 00:34 because it talks about somebody 00:35 who is finding that Christ is taking care of her every need. 00:40 - Yes. 00:41 - But, it's a lot more than that. 00:42 - Oh, yeah. 00:44 The way that the Lord has led her into this place 00:45 is just a beautiful story. 00:47 - Right. 00:48 But, first let's meet the pastor 00:49 who's been working with her. 00:50 - Okay. 00:51 His name is Pastor Padmanapan. 00:53 And I'm sure that all of our viewing audience 00:55 will be able to say that precisely, first time they hear it. 00:57 - No. - [Jon] No. 00:58 - 'Cause we can't either. 01:00 - (laughing) We're not even sure we're saying it right. 01:02 - [Natalie] Right. 01:03 - But, is a wonderful man and his wife is just amazing. 01:06 In fact, 01:07 we featured him and his wife on a previous show 01:09 talking about some of the miracles that God has done 01:12 in their lives. 01:13 - Right. 01:14 - Very inspiring. 01:14 - Right. 01:15 - When he met Christ, 01:17 he was so in love with Christ that he started his own church 01:21 and he was teaching all that he knew from the Bible. 01:25 But, then he met one of our Bible workers. 01:27 He learned about the Sabbath. 01:30 And he said, I want my whole church to know about this. 01:33 So, don't baptize me yet 01:36 because I want to introduce the teachings to my church 01:39 before they have a chance to put up the prejudice walls, 01:43 you know, walls of prejudice. 01:44 And so he started teaching, 01:47 bringing these teachings into his church 01:49 and the congregation was accepting. 01:51 And then he started inviting some of our Bible workers 01:54 to preach in his church. 01:56 And little by little, 01:58 they started accepting and more and more 02:01 started being baptized. 02:02 - Right. 02:03 And now from last I heard, 02:05 almost the entire church has accepted these doctrines 02:08 and these truths and have been baptized. 02:11 - Yes, when we were there in 2019, 02:13 we got to visit his church 02:14 and I got to preach in this church. 02:16 - Okay. So, we have a few pictures. 02:18 - Yes. 02:19 - [Natalie] So, this is the exterior picture of the church. 02:21 - [Jon] Yep. 02:22 And this is the interior of the church. 02:23 This is taken from about halfway up. 02:25 - [Natalie] Okay. 02:26 - [Jon] And then this is before 02:28 I was getting ready to preach, 02:30 you can see it at churches packed out. 02:32 - Yeah. 02:33 - And he's a beautiful man, a very good preacher, 02:35 very on fire for God, 02:37 just really excited to know about God 02:39 and the truth that he's learning and that he's growing in. 02:43 - Wow. Awesome. 02:44 - Yeah. 02:45 So, I took a little clip from a previous video 02:47 that we showed in a previous episode of "Jesus for Asia Now" 02:50 to show you who pastor Padmanapan is 02:53 and give you a little glimpse of who this young lady is. 02:56 - [Natalie] Okay. 02:57 (singing in foreign language) 03:06 - We're here in Southern India. 03:08 We just worshiped, just finished worship 03:10 in a church right behind me. 03:13 It's a rather large church for this part of the world, 03:16 for Seventh-day Adventist Church. 03:18 And it's got a very interesting story of how it came to be 03:22 a Seventh-day Adventist Church. 03:24 (speaking in foreign language) 03:26 - My name is Pastor Padmanapan. 03:28 I'm working in the place called Krishnaburam. 03:31 I was working in the military as a police. 03:35 And after that, I came to know about Jesus. 03:39 And I became a Christian. 03:41 The place where, right now, I'm working is full of Hindus. 03:44 When I first started this work of the ministry 03:48 as a Christian, there was so many opposition. 03:52 (speaking in foreign language) 03:55 and God told me, "Anything which comes against you 04:00 "will not affect you. 04:01 "If one comes in one way, I will split into seven ways. 04:05 "And that will go off from you." 04:07 Since I was a military man, 04:08 and I have the promise of the Lord, 04:12 I've got this courage to do the work of the Lord, 04:15 amidst this lot of problematic areas, 04:18 amidst these Hindus people. 04:19 They said, there is a man who have come to capture people 04:23 for Christianity. 04:24 Don't allow him inside this village. 04:27 (speaking in foreign language) 04:28 Wherever I went, there were devil possessions. 04:31 We prayed and devil fled from those people. 04:34 God was blessing my ministry like that. 04:37 (speaking in foreign language) 04:39 In my church, members were gathering, added up. 04:42 We were worshiping on Sundays, 04:44 but one time, one lady, called Manogry, 04:47 she came and told us about this remanent truth, 04:51 about the Sabbath truth. 04:53 (soft piano music) 05:05 - She alerted some of our JFA Bible workers 05:08 about his openness. 05:10 And so, three of our Bible workers, 05:13 pastor Thomas, sister Jennifer and sister Susan came 05:17 and started meeting with him and conducted Bible studies 05:20 over the course of several months. 05:22 And he was so excited about this new truth 05:24 that he was finding. 05:26 He says, I've never heard this before. This is so wonderful. 05:27 I'm so happy to know this new truth. 05:30 (speaking in foreign language) 05:32 - The Bible says in Genesis 2:3, 05:35 "If you observe the Sabbath and keep it holy, 05:37 "God will bless you." 05:38 I was moved by this message, 05:40 which I have not heard in my life before. 05:43 I accepted that message. 05:45 - And he says, but if I come and accept the truth, 05:48 then my church, my members won't understand 05:52 and they'll all leave. 05:53 And so he says, let's do this wisely. 05:55 And they did Bible studies for several months. 05:58 And then he and his wife were baptized. 06:01 And then he kept preaching in his church. 06:04 and then he started inviting the Bible workers 06:06 to preach in his church on Sundays. 06:08 And over the course of a year or two, 06:11 almost his entire congregation 06:13 has changed over to the Seventh-day Adventist Church . 06:16 (speaking in foreign language) 06:18 - We, not only me, even my church members 06:22 accepted this truth and started to believe. 06:25 And now as a family, as a whole church, 06:28 we have accepted this truth and took baptism 06:31 in this remanent church. 06:33 Now, our church is a Seventh-day Adventist Church. 06:36 Whenever there is a big revival meeting in our church, 06:40 there are people always ready for baptism, 06:43 five, six, seven people are there accepting Jesus. 06:48 And they are coming forward to take baptism. 06:51 (soft piano music) 07:01 - Okay, You notice the lady that was before the last man, 07:04 she was standing in the baptismal tank? 07:06 - Yeah, with the green and yellow, blue sari. 07:09 - Yeah. She's the one that this episode is about. 07:12 - Okay. 07:14 So, when I was there, the Pastor Padmanapan, 07:16 he said, this lady is interested in becoming baptized, 07:21 but he told me that the reason why she was nervous 07:24 about being baptized is that her family would disown her. 07:29 And she was a widow. Her husband had passed away. 07:32 Her children had gone and they had their own careers. 07:35 And so, she was afraid that she was gonna go hungry. 07:41 And so I told her trust in God. 07:44 If God is leading you, 07:46 he will provide for you. 07:47 He'll take care of you. 07:48 - Yeah. 07:49 And so with some tears, she said, okay. 07:52 And she was baptized that day. 07:54 - Wow. 07:56 And then I found out that she knows how to do sewing 07:58 because as a widow, you know, 08:00 we have the Widows Sewing School. 08:01 - Right. 08:03 - I thought, well, maybe we can teach her. 08:04 - Teach her to sew. 08:05 - [Jon] But, she already knows. 08:07 - Okay. 08:08 - So, I said to Israel and the people there locally, 08:10 I says, you have to find a place to set her up 08:13 in a business. 08:16 Please do this for her. Normally we don't do that. 08:20 We usually baptize people and then, you know, 08:24 let them fend for themselves. 08:26 But, you know, that's not what Christ did. 08:29 - Right. 08:30 - And so I says, you know, 08:31 and then over the next few months, 08:33 I kept inquiring about how she doing, 08:36 did she have a business, what's going on? 08:40 - So, before you get into that part of the story too far, 08:42 we do have a video from her baptism. 08:44 - Okay. 08:46 (soft piano music) 08:56 (speaking in foreign language) 09:01 - [Female Translator] I come from a Hindu background 09:04 and I used to have a lot of mental difficulties. 09:07 I was very depressed because my husband was a heavy drinker. 09:10 He couldn't go without drinking for even an hour. 09:13 So, I left him and went to live with my mother. 09:16 Then I became even more depressed 09:18 and thought that I should just kill myself. 09:21 But, the one thing that kept me from doing it 09:23 was my two daughters. 09:25 They were my only hope. 09:27 And I decided that I should at least live for their sakes, 09:30 but I was still having mental problems. 09:33 My relatives and friends said that I was mentally retarded 09:36 and decided to put me in a hospital for awhile. 09:40 Then, one of my older sisters came 09:42 and told me that I should to to a Christian Church. 09:45 You will find healing there, she told me. 09:48 So, she took me to a church and I went there for a while, 09:51 but I still didn't feel completely healed. 09:59 After a while I moved from my mother's house to this house. 10:02 And since my church was a long distance from here, 10:05 I started looking for a new church. 10:07 I found a church that was close by and started going to it. 10:11 But, this church was very different than the other one. 10:14 So, I started asking Pastor Padmanapan questions. 10:30 I said, why are you worshiping on Sabbath? 10:32 You're supposed to worship on Sunday. 10:34 Sunday is the day we have to worship the Lord. 10:38 Pastor Padmanapan showed me from the Bible 10:40 that Saturday is the true Sabbath. 10:43 He encouraged me to keep it and see how God would bless me. 10:46 He encouraged me to obey God and trust that he would help me 10:49 with my health problems and be with me. 10:52 By now, my husband had passed away also. 10:55 So, I was a complete widow. 10:57 As my two daughters and I started to keep the Sabbath, 11:00 we began to see improvements in my health. 11:03 I was recovering and all my suicidal thoughts were gone. 11:07 Now, I don't think about killing myself anymore. 11:10 I want to live and be a witness for the Lord. 11:15 When some of my old friends saw that I was going to church 11:18 on Saturday, they started asking me questions. 11:21 So, I shared with them about the true Sabbath, 11:24 my daughters and I continued to study the Bible together 11:27 and God taught us many more things and answered our prayers. 11:31 Then I decided to be baptized 11:33 and was baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 11:36 (singing in foreign language) 11:50 - And so that's how she not only found Jesus, 11:53 but she found healing through Christ 11:55 and worshiping on the true Sabbath day. 11:58 - Yeah. 11:59 That's a beautiful story. 12:01 You know, I'd like to know the story 12:02 of her older sister too, 12:04 that told her, you need to go to a Christian Church 12:06 to find healing. 12:07 - Yeah. 12:09 - I think we'll have to get some more information 12:10 about that, I think. 12:12 And the next part of our story 12:13 goes into what God has done since then. 12:16 - Yes, absolutely. 12:18 - But first, we have a picture of all the people 12:20 who were baptized that day with her. 12:22 - [Jon] So, the person on the far right 12:25 is Pastor Padmanapan and his wife is on the far left. 12:29 - [Natalie] Okay. 12:31 And standing right beside his wife is sister Asha. 12:34 - [Natalie] Okay. 12:35 - Her name is kind of unique. 12:36 Sometimes I hear Asha. Sometimes I hear Ashana. 12:39 Sometimes I hear Usha. 12:42 So, I'm not quite sure what her actual name is, 12:43 but we'll call her Ashana. 12:45 - Okay. 12:46 But, you know, 12:47 the time between her baptism 12:49 and when she finally got established in a business 12:52 was quite a number of months. 12:54 And I was a little bit frustrated, 12:56 but, hearing her testimony, 12:58 this was a time where God was really working in her life. 13:00 - Right. 13:01 - [Jon] And establishing her faith. 13:03 - Right. 13:04 - And we have a video talking about that time in her life. 13:07 (speaking in foreign language) 13:08 (soft piano music) 13:12 - [Female Translator] After I was baptized, 13:13 my relatives said that they were not going to support me 13:16 anymore. 13:17 And I didn't have a job. 13:18 So, I got worried. 13:20 I said, oh Lord, how am I going to live? 13:22 How am I going to take care of my daughters? 13:25 What am I going to do? I don't know Lord. 13:28 But, since that day, God has taken care of my needs. 13:31 Sometimes when I pray for people and the prayer is answered, 13:35 they want to give me money. 13:36 But, I tell them that the money belongs to God. 13:39 So, instead they bring me rice and beans and oil. 13:43 Also, my sister had completely stopped talking to me, 13:47 but all of a sudden, she called me last month. 13:50 She wanted to know how I was doing. 13:52 She wanted to know how I was able to care for my family. 13:56 So, I told her how God was providing for us. 13:59 We both cried as I shared. 14:00 And now our relationship is restored. 14:03 And even though she didn't help me financially before, 14:06 last month, she came and gave me 2,000 rupees to use 14:09 to buy food. 14:11 See how God is leading me? 14:12 I am so thankful 14:14 and amazed to see how He is providing for us. 14:17 (soft guitar music) 14:25 (speaking in foreign language) 14:29 After I was baptized, I couldn't keep the truth to myself. 14:33 I started sharing what the Bible teaches with my friends. 14:36 And God has really blessed. 14:38 Now, by God's grace, 14:40 there are 10 people that I have helped lead to Christ 14:43 that are ready for baptism. 14:50 - One testimony I want to share just happened the other day. 14:53 I got a call at 10:30 at night from an old man 14:56 who used to be my neighbor. 14:59 He called me and said, I am old. 15:01 And I'm afraid that I might die 15:02 because of this disease that I have. 15:05 Please pray for me that I will have peace of mind. 15:08 This man was a strong Hindu. 15:10 And here he was calling me late at night for prayer. 15:13 I tried to comfort him 15:15 and assured him that I would pray for him. 15:17 Then I prayed for him asking the Lord to heal him 15:20 and take away his pain. 15:22 After I prayed, 15:24 I told him that when he woke up in the morning, 15:26 he would be healed. 15:28 He wouldn't have any more pain in his body. 15:31 The next morning at nine o'clock he called me and said, 15:34 thank you so much. 15:36 You prayed and God gave me healing. 15:38 He took the pain away from me. 15:41 More than the pleasures of this world, 15:43 I want to keep serving the Lord. 15:45 He has healed me 15:47 and I am excited to be able to meet more people 15:49 and share the love of God with them. 15:53 - Isn't that amazing? 15:54 - Yeah. 15:55 - She was worried about surviving. 15:57 And yet during that time she was ministering to others. 16:00 - Yeah. 16:01 And that's a lot of faith to tell him, 16:03 when you wake up in the morning, you will be well, 16:05 - What an amazing faith statement. 16:07 I mean, most times we pray for somebody to get well, 16:09 and then we wait and see if they get well 16:12 to see if God's worked. 16:14 And then when they're not well 16:15 or when they're not healed, then we say, well, 16:18 I guess it's not God's will or something like that. 16:21 But, she made that statement of faith. 16:23 - Right. 16:24 - And that faith is what God can use to heal them. 16:26 - Right. 16:28 - That's beautiful. 16:29 - Yeah. That's wonderful. 16:30 So then, after these months where she was learning 16:34 more faith and God was providing for her, 16:37 then this business that you had such a burden for, 16:40 actually they were able to find a place and get her set up 16:44 to have this business. 16:46 - Yeah. 16:48 It's a little difficult for Christian people to work 16:50 and survive, even to rent a house, in India. 16:53 And so to find a place where she could have, 16:57 and I thought that she just had a little stand 16:59 on the side of the road, 17:00 but they found a nice storefront. 17:02 It's like a duplex storefront, 17:03 right on the main busy highway coming out of Udumalpet. 17:07 And so they rented this little place. 17:09 It's like $65 a month and she set up her business there. 17:14 - [Natalie] Wow. 17:15 - And so we can see that video. 17:16 - [Natalie] Okay. 17:17 (happy guitar music) 17:21 (speaking in foreign language) 17:22 - [Female Translator] After I was baptized, 17:24 one of my requests was that God would help me to find a job 17:26 where I could be free to share about Him. 17:40 - I'm standing right now in the village called Krishnaburam 17:44 and I'm so delighted today 17:46 because we had the grand opening 17:48 of this wonderful shop today. 17:50 We were planning and we were praying for these things 17:53 because we came to know that sister Ashana was a widow. 17:57 She didn't have a husband and she has two daughters. 18:01 And you know, it's really, really difficult be a widow 18:05 in India. 18:07 Widows are really they're seen 18:09 like a very, very kind of untouchable. 18:12 Or men, they use them in a very bad ways. 18:16 And sister Ashana was having a very terrible time. 18:38 Now she has got this wonderful business 18:42 where she can be on her own, 18:44 not depending on anyone for the livelihood 18:47 and she can take care of her needs. 18:49 And it is a great blessing 18:51 because they deal with mostly women. 18:54 Men are not involved in this. 18:56 And moreover, more than that, 18:58 it's a great blessing to have your own business 19:00 because there won't be any Sabbath issues 19:03 because here in India, 19:04 it is very difficult to get Sabbath off. 19:07 (tender piano music) 19:12 (speaking in foreign language) 19:15 - [Female Translator] It is an answer to my prayers 19:16 that I have been given the opportunity 19:18 to have this sewing shop. 19:20 And one of the blessings is that I already know how to sew 19:24 because of my niece. 19:25 She used to call me and ask me to come learn from her. 19:29 So, before I ever had the shop, 19:31 I was able to learn how to make clothes. 19:34 Also, I have decided that whenever people come 19:37 to buy something or to have me sew something, 19:39 I will share God's word with them. 19:42 My main aim is not to earn money. 19:44 My main aim is to do God's work. 19:47 I thank the Lord for opening this door 19:49 that I had never thought of before. 19:52 I also want to thank everyone who gave their support 19:54 and prayers to give me this opportunity 19:57 to have my own business. 20:00 I'm thankful also, 20:01 because here you cannot directly invite Hindu people 20:04 to come to church. 20:05 But now, since they are going to come to my shop, 20:08 whenever it is needed to stitch clothes, 20:10 I am going to teach them about Jesus. 20:13 The Jesus who loves them. 20:18 - This was the beginning of her business 20:20 and when I visited last week, 20:22 I was surprised to see 20:24 that they were nearly about six to seven ladies 20:28 were there in her shop. 20:30 I thought they came to buy some materials, 20:33 buy some sari dresses for them. 20:35 But, when sister Ashana started explaining about each lady. 20:40 I was really, really thrilled because this lady, Ashana, 20:44 she's using this business as a tool to spread God's word. 20:50 Now she's more focused on reaching people for heaven 20:55 than earning money for own. 20:59 And these people are really, 21:01 really been blessed by sister Ashana. 21:04 All those seven ladies who were waiting there, 21:07 they were all waiting for her to give Bible study, 21:09 to be prayed for them. 21:11 She told me that these are the people, 21:13 they are ready for baptism. 21:15 I was really thrilled because I never thought that this 21:18 would happen in that shop. 21:20 When I asked her, How is your shop running now? 21:23 How are you able to pay off your debt 21:25 or pay off your rent and pay off everything? 21:28 She says, when I'm doing God's work, 21:30 God is taking care of all my needs. 21:33 He's giving me the needed the business. 21:35 He's taking care of whatever is needed here. 21:38 And by the grace of God, now she's having a very happy life. 21:47 (speaking in foreign language) 21:53 - That's beautiful. 21:54 - That's so amazing. 21:55 - I love how she said in there, 21:57 she's like, the business is the business, 21:59 but what is important is that these people know Jesus. 22:01 - Yes. 22:03 Yeah. She's like, I'm not worried about the money. 22:04 God will take care of, 22:05 but I want these people to know about Him. 22:08 - Right. 22:09 And so she's working like a regular Bible worker. 22:11 - Yeah. 22:12 - When I was there. 22:13 She said that she works part time 22:16 and I said, you've got a big rent payment to make. 22:19 She says, Oh, God takes care of that. 22:20 I focus on his work. 22:22 And he brings in just enough business that I can take care 22:25 of my rent and I can live nicely. 22:27 And so, she's working like a Bible worker 22:29 without Bible worker stipend. 22:31 - Wow. 22:32 - And this was all, you know, we didn't plan on this. 22:35 We didn't think, well, if we set her up in business, 22:38 then she will bring souls to the kingdom. 22:40 - Right. 22:41 - It's just that as we followed the Lord's prompting 22:44 to help a widow who is in need, who was following Christ, 22:48 then He started moving on her heart 22:50 and she stepped out by faith and is living by faith 22:53 and bringing other people in and helping them find healing. 22:56 And that's the main focus. 22:58 Like brother Israel said, this is a tool. 23:02 - Right, right. 23:03 It's wonderful. 23:05 We do have a picture of the shop 23:07 because we had video before, but we have a picture here. 23:09 - [Jon] Now, this is the next year. This is in 2020. 23:12 So, a year after her baptism 23:14 and got to visit her in her shop. 23:16 - Wow. 23:17 - I was traveling with some friends 23:18 and so they got to witness and see what was happening. 23:20 And here she is standing in her shop. 23:22 You can see how decorated it is and how happy she is 23:25 and established by faith. 23:28 - Wow. 23:29 - In her shop. And here she is working with her machine. 23:32 And then these are the ladies that she has now helping. 23:38 They're all widows. 23:39 And she's helping them to find the healing and the hope 23:42 and the joy in life that she has found. 23:45 - [Natalie] Awesome. 23:46 - Through Christ. 23:46 - Yeah. That's wonderful. 23:48 - So, this is the beauty of the Widow Ministry. 23:50 - Right. 23:51 - You know, these ladies, when they don't have a husband, 23:54 they're like untouchables. 23:56 They become like beggars. 23:57 Many of them don't have an education. 23:59 So, they're not able to earn a living for themselves 24:00 and for their children. - Right. 24:02 They're not trained in anything except household duties. 24:05 - Exactly. 24:07 And even if like Ashana, she had a skill, 24:09 she didn't have any funding to start that business, 24:11 to buy a machine, to set up a shop, 24:14 to buy the material and the thread 24:16 and everything that's needed 24:17 to start actually earning from that. 24:20 So, this Widow Ministry gives opportunities to people 24:23 that are really looking and motivated to earn. 24:27 And they are very appreciative 24:29 because they're like the outcast 24:32 nobody really wants to help. 24:33 - Right. 24:34 Right. And it opens doors. 24:36 I mean, huge doors because they, like you said, 24:39 she had no funds, 24:41 no resources with which to even buy a sewing machine. 24:44 And so, because we have the widow program, 24:46 we were able to provide her a sewing machine 24:49 and help her with the initial costs. 24:51 And then she's taking it from there and she's taking it 24:54 and dedicated it to God, obviously. 24:57 From the grand opening, 24:58 she was dedicating it to God and having the pastors there, 25:00 speaking and sharing God's word. 25:03 And it just, it's so beautiful to see God's reward for her, 25:07 but also the joy that he's giving her in this process 25:11 and in this day to day living. 25:13 - Yes. 25:14 And the faith that she is learning and walking in, 25:17 it is just very inspiring to us as well. 25:20 And so through her ministry, 25:22 we're going to learn more about other widows 25:26 that are struggling and having a hard time as well. 25:28 And we're gonna be able to see how we can expand 25:31 this ministry in areas of true need. 25:34 - Right. Right. 25:36 Well, it's such a blessing to hear her story 25:38 and to know that we've had a small part 25:39 in being a blessing to her, but not only to her, 25:42 to the people that she's been witnessing to 25:44 and bringing to Jesus. 25:46 - Absolutely. 25:46 - It's such a blessing. 25:47 - Yeah. 25:49 And there's many millions of widows throughout India 25:52 that are struggling just like Ashana was. 25:55 And so, we need real prayer that we can find ways 25:57 to reach out and find them and extend a helping hand. 26:02 Maybe we'll find more people like Ashana 26:04 that not only received the help physically, financially, 26:10 food wise, but also find healing in Christ. 26:13 - Right. Right. 26:15 Well, this has been a really good story. 26:17 And I'm so thankful we had the time today to share this. 26:20 The videos are a blessing. 26:22 It almost makes me feel that I was there. 26:25 Although I wasn't, but anyway, 26:27 I'm just so thankful to see what God can do 26:30 when people step by step, follow Him, 26:32 because what would have happened if she hadn't listened 26:34 to her sister and gone to that Christian Church? 26:37 And what would have happened if she hadn't moved 26:39 and gone looking for another church? 26:41 And if she hadn't asked the questions, 26:42 why do you keep the Sabbath? 26:45 You know, if she had just turned away and said, 26:47 this is unfamiliar to me, you know? 26:49 What would have happened? 26:51 She would still be in the same type of situation. 26:53 She would still be hurting and- 26:55 - Thinking about taking her own life. 26:57 - Yeah. 26:58 So, I'm so thankful and so grateful to the Lord 27:00 that she had the courage to follow and to be baptized, 27:05 but also just to follow His leading step by step. 27:08 - Yes. It reminds me of one of my favorite author's quotes. 27:11 She says, that there are millions that are looking wistfully 27:15 to heaven, longing for more light, 27:18 longing for hope that they can walk in. 27:21 And we found one, 27:22 you know, and there are millions others out there like that. 27:25 - [Natalie] Right. 27:27 - So, just inspires us to move forward and say, 27:29 you know, I love the cause of God. 27:31 I love what he does in people's lives. 27:33 And I just want to expose more people to his love. 27:37 - Right. 27:38 And I would like to invite you to pray for this ministry, 27:41 pray for the widows in India, pray for Ashana. 27:44 And if you would like to learn more, 27:45 contact us at Jesus for Asia, PO box 1221, 27:50 Collegedale, Tennessee, 37315. 27:53 Call us at 423 413-7321 27:58 or visit our website at jesus4asia.org. 28:02 May God richly bless you 28:04 until we see you next time on "Jesus for Asia Now." 28:07 (robust music) |
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