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Series Code: THI
Program Code: THI000021S
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00:22 Jesus walked this earth in
00:24 what we refer to today 00:26 as the Holy Land 00:27 in the Middle East. 00:28 We had the privilege 00:29 of going there 00:31 and ministering 00:32 to people 00:32 in that part of the world, 00:33 but also of learning from them. 00:36 I invite you now 00:36 to learn some lessons 00:38 from the Holy Land 00:39 with us as I shared it 00:40 live in Fort Wayne, Indiana. 00:44 Father in heaven, 00:46 we thank you so much for the 00:48 the power of prayer. 00:49 We thank you that 00:50 we can come in Jesus name. 00:52 That you want 00:53 to guide our minds, 00:54 that you want to 00:55 draw us to you. 00:56 Please help us to that end. 00:59 We ask, in Jesus name, Amen. 01:04 Well, those words 01:05 still come to us 01:07 with exceeding power. 01:10 It's the Gospel Commission. 01:11 It's still ringing out 01:12 even though Jesus 01:13 spoke those words 01:14 some 2,000 years ago. 01:18 In Matthew 28, 01:20 He said that all authority, 01:22 all power had been given 01:23 to Him in heaven and on earth. 01:26 And He charged 01:28 those listening 01:29 to His words 01:30 that they should do what? Go. 01:33 They should go 01:33 make disciples of all nations 01:35 baptizing them 01:36 in the name of the Father, 01:37 the Son 01:39 and the Holy Spirit, 01:40 teaching them 01:41 to observe all things, 01:43 all the things 01:44 that He had commanded them. 01:45 And then He assured them 01:46 that He would be with them 01:48 to the end of the world. 01:51 Well, 01:52 this isn't just something 01:54 that Jesus spoke 01:56 for those in antiquity. 01:58 The context 01:59 of the Great Commission 02:01 in Matthew 28, 02:02 the fact that it also appears 02:04 in a different context 02:05 in Mark 02:06 16 indicates 02:07 that Jesus was repeatedly 02:10 giving this commission. 02:11 In the book Desire of Ages 02:13 puts it this way. 02:14 The Savior's Commission to 02:15 the Disciples included who? 02:18 All the believers. 02:20 It includes 02:21 all believers in Christ 02:22 to the end of time. 02:24 Have we reached 02:25 the end of time yet? 02:27 Well, yeah, 02:28 we're close, but we're, 02:30 the time hasn't ended yet. 02:31 Okay. 02:32 So the point is, 02:33 it includes all of us. 02:35 And then it makes this point. 02:37 As much as I appreciate 02:38 your appreciation of me. 02:41 You are all called to ministry. 02:44 It is a fatal mistake 02:47 to, to assume what? 02:49 To suppose or assume 02:50 that the work of 02:52 saving souls 02:54 depends alone 02:55 on the ordained minister. 02:58 Now, some of you 03:00 well know that I'm a physician. 03:02 Physicians do not like 03:03 to make mistakes 03:04 any more than anyone else. 03:06 But the mistakes 03:06 that we can make 03:07 can have greater consequences 03:09 than the mistakes 03:10 that may be your person 03:12 at the checkout counter 03:13 might make 03:13 at the grocery store. 03:14 You understand 03:15 what I'm saying, right? 03:16 So we especially like 03:18 to avoid fatal mistakes. 03:20 How about you? 03:21 Do you like to avoid 03:22 fatal mistakes? 03:23 Okay. 03:24 The fatal mistake 03:25 that you could make 03:25 is somehow thinking 03:27 that the Great Commission 03:28 does not apply to you. 03:29 Right? 03:30 Isn't that what it's 03:30 saying here? 03:32 All, all to whom 03:34 the heavenly 03:34 inspiration is come 03:36 are put in trust 03:38 with the gospel. 03:40 All who receive 03:40 the life of Christ are ordained 03:42 to work for the salvation 03:43 of their fellow men. 03:45 For this work 03:45 the church was established 03:47 and all 03:48 who take upon themselves 03:49 its sacred vows 03:51 are thereby pledged 03:52 to be coworkers with Christ. 03:55 So why were we 03:56 in the Middle East? 03:57 You say. 03:58 Well, the Commission was to go, 04:00 but you just don't go anywhere. 04:02 You just don't 04:03 show up to show up. 04:04 You could, 04:05 but hopefully you're 04:06 looking for direction 04:07 from the Lord. 04:08 We felt that direction 04:09 came in the appeal 04:11 of our brethren. 04:12 We have a union. 04:14 The Adventist church 04:15 is organized 04:16 according to divisions 04:17 and unions and conferences. 04:19 And the union that is over 04:21 much of the Middle East 04:22 is called the Middle East 04:24 and North African Union. 04:26 So we received a call from them 04:28 and especially from 04:29 the Gulf field. 04:30 So they don't have 04:31 conferences there like we have. 04:33 So we're 04:33 the Indiana Conference, 04:35 part of the Lake Union. 04:36 They have fields. 04:37 So the Gulf field 04:39 is part of the Middle 04:40 East and North African Union. 04:43 And so the Gulf field 04:44 was going to have 04:45 a camp meeting 04:46 and they were interested 04:47 in having 04:48 a strong health component 04:49 that would include lectures 04:50 as well as personal counseling. 04:53 So that is 04:55 why we headed 04:56 to the Middle East. 04:56 So this was the special event, 04:58 October 20 to 23rd, 05:00 the Gulf Field Camp Meeting. 05:02 Sonja was doing a lot of the 05:04 most rigorous work, 05:05 meeting with people one on one. 05:07 I say that's the most rigorous 05:08 because you can't 05:09 prepare for that, right? 05:11 When it comes to 05:12 presenting a lecture, 05:13 well, you know, 05:14 you can prepare for that. 05:16 But when it comes to 05:17 one on one, 05:18 that's especially challenging. 05:19 We also together 05:20 did some group sessions 05:22 with the participants. 05:23 So that was the special reason 05:26 for going. 05:27 As the Gulf Field 05:28 was reaching out to us 05:29 and working through the Union, 05:30 the Union asked us 05:31 would we be willing 05:32 to come to Lebanon as well. 05:33 So we actually ended up 05:34 in Lebanon 05:35 first doing health 05:37 ministry there. 05:38 So for those of you 05:39 who are 05:40 geographically challenged, 05:41 like our foreign brothers 05:43 and sisters assume we all are, 05:45 living in 05:46 the United States, 05:47 here is a map 05:48 of our flight path. 05:50 So we started in Fort 05:51 Wayne, went from Fort 05:52 Wayne to Chicago, 05:53 and then this is the path 05:55 of the plane 05:56 going from Chicago, 05:58 actually not far from Beirut, 06:01 Lebanon, flying over 06:02 Beirut into Doha, Qatar. 06:05 So that's 06:06 in the Arabian Peninsula. 06:07 There 06:08 you see where the plane is 06:09 illustrated as landing. 06:11 If you want that blown up, 06:13 you can see Beirut 06:14 at the very top of the map 06:15 in the upper left hand corner. 06:18 And you can see where 06:19 our first leg of the flight 06:21 from the US to the Middle 06:22 East took us. 06:23 Now, we were going to Beirut 06:24 and you know how flights are 06:26 these days. 06:26 You may fly 06:27 right over the very place 06:29 you're planning to go to, 06:30 only to have have to jump 06:31 on another plane 06:32 for 3 or 4 hours to go back 06:35 to where you could have said, 06:36 why didn't 06:36 they just stop in Beirut 06:37 and let us off? 06:39 But it didn't quite work 06:40 like that. 06:41 So that was where we ministered 06:43 during the last few weeks. 06:45 If you are trying to get 06:47 some sense of mileage, 06:49 you can see we're talking, 06:51 what, 5500 miles 06:53 or so from New York, 06:55 a lot closer to places 06:56 like India and Europe. 06:58 I was surprised 06:59 by how many people on 06:59 the flight 07:00 were headed to India. 07:01 And I said, well, 07:01 how much further 07:02 is it to India? 07:03 They said, Oh, 4 or 5 hours. 07:05 So yeah, you're a good way 07:07 around the world 07:08 when you're in the Middle East. 07:10 Why is health 07:12 such a important part 07:14 of what we do as Christians? 07:17 Well, 07:18 I'd like to suggest to you 07:18 there's at least three reasons. 07:20 First of all, 07:20 the example of Jesus, 07:22 the work of the disciples, 07:23 and then health is a universal 07:25 felt need. 07:26 So let me just touch 07:27 on a few of these things 07:28 that these are familiar 07:29 kind of review things 07:30 for you Bible students. 07:32 But Matthew, the gospel writer, 07:35 more than once, 07:36 actually, to be precise, 07:37 twice, emphasized 07:39 Jesus ministry 07:41 in an interesting summary. 07:43 We first find it in Matthew 4. 07:46 There, Matthew summarized 07:48 Jesus ministry in these words. 07:49 Jesus went about all Galilee 07:51 teaching in their synagogues, 07:53 preaching the Gospel 07:54 of the Kingdom and what? 07:56 Healing all kinds of sickness 07:58 and all kinds of disease 08:00 among the people. 08:01 So when Matthew summarizes 08:02 Jesus ministry, 08:04 it's not just 08:04 preaching and teaching, 08:06 but it's also what? 08:07 It's healing. 08:08 And often the Bible, 08:10 if God really wants 08:12 us to get a point, 08:13 it will repeat it 08:15 more than once. 08:16 And that's what Matthew does. 08:17 Five chapters later, in Matthew 08:19 9, almost identical words 08:21 is Jesus ministry 08:22 in another phase of his three 08:24 and a half year 08:25 ministry is summarized 08:27 virtually verbatim. 08:29 Jesus went about all the cities 08:31 and villages 08:31 teaching in their synagogues, 08:33 preaching the gospel 08:34 of the kingdom 08:35 and healing every sickness 08:36 and every disease 08:37 among the people. 08:39 So Jesus example is clear 08:40 teaching, 08:41 preaching and healing. 08:42 Every time He sent out, 08:44 every time He commissioned 08:45 disciples to go out, 08:46 He gave them that 08:47 three fold work. 08:48 Study His call to the 12, 08:50 study when He sent out the 70. 08:52 Look at the Great Commission, 08:54 not just in Matthew 28, 08:55 but in Mark 16, 08:57 and you'll see 08:58 teaching, preaching and 08:59 healing were all included. 09:02 It's interesting to me that 09:03 Seventh-day Adventist, 09:04 unlike many churches 09:06 in the 1800s, 09:07 when the 09:07 Seventh-day Adventist Church 09:08 was growing up out 09:09 of what was called 09:10 the Great Advent Movement, 09:12 the second 09:13 Great Awakening here, 09:14 not only in the United States 09:15 but throughout the world. 09:16 So the Seventh-day 09:17 Adventist Church didn't 09:18 grow up with an individual, 09:19 it didn't grow up 09:20 with a group of people. 09:21 It grew up with a movement 09:22 I think is very significant. 09:24 So it wasn't some individual 09:25 breaking away from a church 09:27 or something like that. 09:28 That's not to depreciate 09:29 how God has used 09:30 people like that in history. 09:32 But the Seventh-day Adventist 09:33 Church was part of a movement. 09:35 And as they were were studying 09:38 and God was guiding, 09:39 they said things like this. 09:41 As a people, 09:42 we have been given the work 09:44 of making known 09:45 the principles 09:46 of health reform. 09:47 There are some 09:48 who think that 09:49 the question of diet 09:50 is not of sufficient importance 09:52 to be included 09:53 in their evangelistic work, 09:55 but such make a what? 09:57 Great mistake. 09:59 God's Word declares, 10:00 and then 10:01 you hear this quotation 10:02 from the words of Paul 10:03 in 1 Corinthians, 10:04 whether therefore you eat 10:05 or drink 10:06 or whatever 10:06 you do, 10:07 do all to the glory of God. 10:10 The subject of temperance 10:11 in all its bearing 10:13 has an important place 10:15 in the work of salvation. 10:17 And then continuing in this 10:19 statement 10:21 in connection with the 10:22 presentation 10:23 of spiritual truths, 10:24 we should also present 10:25 with the Word of God 10:26 says upon the questions 10:28 of health and temperance. 10:30 In every way possible, 10:32 we must seek to bring souls 10:34 under the convicting 10:35 and converting power of God. 10:37 So God wants to show us things 10:39 in our life, 10:39 our spiritual life, 10:40 our physical life 10:41 that help us recognize our need 10:44 for him to work in our lives. 10:46 And the health 10:47 message does that. 10:48 But health is also a 10:49 universal felt need. 10:51 We didn't have to 10:52 go far on our trip 10:53 to realize 10:54 that people were concerned 10:55 about health 10:56 all over the world. 10:57 We're sitting on that flight 10:59 from Chicago to Qatar. 11:02 And what do we see? 11:04 We see signage coming 11:05 up, concerned 11:06 about health needs, 11:08 medical needs. 11:10 When we arrived 11:11 in the Middle East, 11:12 just like here, 11:13 we saw 11:14 many examples of people's 11:16 interest in health. 11:17 Here are some 11:18 nursing professionals. 11:20 Perhaps they have vehicles 11:21 that you might envy, 11:22 if you like motorcycles. 11:24 But these are 11:25 the first responders in Dubai. 11:27 They're equipped 11:28 with motorcycles. 11:29 The traffic actually 11:30 could be pretty bad there. 11:32 We got into some 11:33 serious traffic in Dubai. 11:36 You might see a little 11:37 Ayurvedic clinic here, 11:39 if you can 11:40 read the fine 11:41 print on some of the signage 11:42 in this strip mall 11:44 in the United Arab Emirates. 11:47 You might 11:48 walk through one of the souks, 11:50 the open markets 11:51 that they have in 11:52 that part of the world, 11:53 whether you're in Lebanon 11:54 or whether you're in 11:56 the UAE, where we spent 11:58 a good portion of our time. 11:59 And you'll find 12:01 that if you walk 12:01 into a spice shop, 12:03 you'll find that 12:04 they've got medical claims 12:05 that they're making. 12:06 You want to buy their saffron 12:08 because it will do 12:09 all these medical things 12:10 for you. 12:11 Mint that they sell 12:13 there will do specific 12:14 health things. 12:15 They've got big signage. 12:16 Are people concerned 12:17 about health everywhere? 12:19 They are. 12:20 And whether it's a big 12:21 hospital in Ras al Khaimah, 12:23 which is one of the 12:24 seven Emirates, 12:26 which is near 12:27 where the camp meeting was. 12:29 Big modern hospital, 12:31 whether it's a clinic 12:32 in the Dubai mall, 12:34 or whether it's in Lebanon, 12:36 a pharmacy 12:38 by the side of a busy road, 12:41 everyone is concerned 12:43 about health. 12:44 So what we did, 12:45 as I mentioned, 12:46 we gave lectures 12:48 and did counseling. 12:49 But there was special interest 12:50 in something 12:51 that you collectively 12:52 have embraced as a church. 12:54 And I just want to 12:55 commend you for this. 12:56 Some of you think 12:57 we have this 30 12:57 day program, and that's Dr. 12:59 DeRose. 13:00 His program is 30 short videos. 13:02 Yes, I recorded those videos 13:04 before I came here. 13:05 But you as a church, 13:07 because of your emphasis 13:09 in health ministry 13:10 and your desire 13:10 to move forward, 13:11 a year ago, 13:12 we held a series here 13:14 in Fort Wayne 13:15 where we did 13:16 four one hour presentations. 13:18 We tied it in with these 13:20 six minute daily videos 13:23 and we called it 30 Days 13:24 to Better Health. 13:26 Many of you have 13:26 signed up for it 13:27 at TimelessHealingInsights.org, 13:31 TimelessHealingInsights.org. 13:34 But the folks there in the UAE, 13:36 I'm thinking of one 13:37 pastor in particular 13:38 came to me and said, 13:39 We are so excited about this. 13:40 We want to do this program 13:42 in our church. 13:43 What you've developed 13:45 here, working together is 13:47 there is now a platform 13:49 anyone in the world 13:50 can sign up for this program. 13:52 They'll get a daily email 13:54 and they get resources. 13:55 So in their church, 13:56 in their workplace, 13:57 in a community center, 13:58 in their home, 13:59 they can put on a 30 14:01 day health program. 14:02 All the resources are there 14:04 four one-hour presentations, 14:05 there's handouts, recipes 14:08 that our own Judy 14:09 Mueller pulled together. 14:11 So this is a joint effort 14:13 of our church, 14:14 and hundreds of people 14:16 have gone 14:16 through theat program. 14:17 Many of them, 14:17 dozens of them signed up 14:19 when I was there 14:19 in the Middle East for it. 14:21 So what 14:21 I'm just letting you know is it 14:23 may seem like Sonja 14:24 and I went, 14:25 but you went with us. 14:28 And that's true 14:29 in more ways than you realize, 14:31 because it's 14:32 not just the preaching, 14:33 the speaking that here 14:35 I am at the camp meeting 14:36 in, um, in the UAE. 14:39 But 14:41 it's really your partnership 14:43 that even got us there. 14:44 Let me tell you why I say that. 14:46 So really getting to 14:48 the Middle East was 14:50 we were reminded 14:51 that success 14:52 or failure 14:52 does not just depend 14:54 on our resources. 14:55 So a number of 14:56 you were kind 14:57 enough to be involved 14:58 with our transportation. 14:59 I know others of 15:00 you offered to be involved, 15:02 but we only needed one ride 15:03 there and one ride back. 15:04 So thank you 15:05 all, for those of you 15:06 who offered 15:06 and those of you 15:07 who actually helped us. 15:09 That was a huge blessing. 15:10 But your prayers 15:13 were incredibly important 15:14 because we were reminded 15:18 that trips can be derailed 15:20 very quickly. 15:21 Let me give you 15:22 a little bit of background 15:23 and first remind you 15:24 that this is a 15:25 Biblical perspective. 15:27 You know, a lot of people think 15:28 Paul, the great missionary, 15:29 Paul, never saw his ministry 15:31 as being something 15:32 he did on his own. 15:33 He was always traveling 15:34 as part of a ministry team. 15:36 He never went alone. 15:37 And then as he ministered, 15:39 he saw his ministry 15:40 very holistically, 15:41 very collectively 15:42 with the church. 15:43 Look with me at how Paul 15:44 dealt with the Church of Rome. 15:46 In Romans 1:11, 15:47 he said, 15:49 he said, I long to see you, 15:50 those of you in Rome, 15:51 that I may impart to you 15:53 some spiritual gift 15:54 to strengthen you. 15:56 And then he corrects himself. 15:57 He stops its, 15:58 you know, 15:58 I don't want to come to 15:59 bless you says, No, no, no, 16:01 I want to come that we may be 16:03 mutually encouraged 16:05 by each other's faith, 16:07 both you and me. 16:08 So you would think 16:09 the great apostle 16:10 Paul, he's 16:10 coming to bless others, 16:11 but he says, No, no, 16:12 we're all in this together. 16:14 When we're ministering, 16:15 we're ministering 16:16 to one another. 16:17 And we were truly blessed, 16:19 ministering 16:19 over there 16:20 in the Middle East 16:21 by people that we went 16:22 to minister to. 16:24 Paul at the end 16:25 of the book of Romans 16:26 put it this way, 16:27 I hope to see you in passing 16:29 as I go to Spain, 16:31 and to be helped on my journey 16:33 there by you, once 16:34 I have enjoyed your company 16:36 for a while. 16:37 At present, however, I'm 16:38 going to Jerusalem 16:39 bringing aid to the saints. 16:41 For Macedonia 16:42 and Achaia, we'd say, 16:43 you know, Greece in that region 16:45 today, have been pleased 16:46 to make some contribution 16:48 for the poor 16:49 among the saints in Jerusalem. 16:51 So part of what Paul was doing 16:53 as as he ministered, 16:54 he was also ministering 16:55 practically and 16:58 interestingly you might 17:00 come to know someone from here 17:03 sent us with some things 17:04 to take over to the Middle East 17:06 and some people in the Middle 17:07 East sent us back 17:08 with some things 17:08 that they wanted us 17:09 to get to people 17:10 here in the U.S. 17:11 So this is this 17:13 part of this collective 17:14 aspect of ministry. 17:16 Paul then said this 17:18 as he continued in Romans 15, 17:20 when therefore I have completed 17:22 this and have delivered to them 17:23 what has been collected, 17:25 I will leave for Spain 17:26 by way of you. 17:27 I appeal to you brothers 17:29 by our Lord Jesus Christ, 17:30 and by the love of the Spirit 17:32 to strive together 17:33 with me in your prayers 17:35 to God on my behalf, 17:37 so that by God's will, 17:39 I may come to you with joy 17:41 and be refreshed 17:42 in your company. 17:43 He's basically saying, Here, 17:44 I need your prayers 17:46 to make my ministry successful. 17:48 And we definitely were 17:50 reminded of that. 17:51 Here is one of our 17:53 boarding passes. 17:56 And this is actually 17:57 the boarding pass from, 18:00 an interesting boarding pass. 18:01 If you look at it closely, 18:03 it's the boarding pass 18:04 from Qatar to Dallas. 18:06 And what I found 18:07 so interesting about it 18:09 is on this boarding pass, 18:11 they printed out TSA Pre. 18:14 How many of you think 18:15 TSA is very active in Qatar? 18:18 There's no TSA there. 18:21 But interestingly, 18:22 they left the TSA Pre off 18:25 our ticket from 18:29 Chicago 18:31 to Qatar on the way over. 18:34 Okay. 18:35 So 18:36 let me just tell you 18:37 a little bit what was going on. 18:40 We got on the plane 18:41 in Fort Wayne, 18:42 and we sat 18:44 on the tarmac in Fort Wayne, 18:47 and we sat on the tarmac 18:49 in Fort Wayne. 18:50 And the pilots said 18:53 O'Hare is shut down. 18:55 There's a ground stoppage 18:57 because of 18:58 insufficient personnel. 19:02 So as we sit there 19:03 praying, looking at our watch, 19:06 we're thinking, okay. 19:08 Well, finally we took off 19:09 and we got there. 19:10 I think we landed about an hour 19:12 in advance 19:13 of an international flight, 19:14 which is not good 19:15 to begin with. 19:16 And in O'Hare, 19:18 you've got to leave 19:19 one terminal, 19:21 go to another terminal, again 19:22 go through 19:23 security 19:24 and board 19:25 your international flight. 19:27 So we're rushing around O'Hare 19:29 and we get to the point 19:31 where we've got to clear 19:32 security and we show them our 19:36 tickets along with 19:37 our you know, 19:39 we go to TSA Pre 19:40 and they say, oh, 19:40 no, no, it's not stamped. 19:41 And I 19:42 say it's on these other things. 19:43 They just didn't 19:44 stamp it on this boarding pass. 19:45 And then they look at it 19:46 and they say, 19:47 these tickets are no, 19:48 these boarding 19:49 pass are no good. 19:50 You got you got to get others. 19:51 You can't come, 19:52 you can't come through. 19:53 And we go, well our our flights 19:55 leaving like, you know, and 19:56 and you know 19:57 45 minutes now 50 minutes. 19:58 No you've got to go to the 20:00 to the desk 20:01 and get new boarding passes. 20:03 Okay. 20:04 So we go over to the the desk, 20:07 well we try to find 20:08 where the desk is. 20:09 You know 20:10 we're looking for 20:10 Qatar Airlines 20:12 and there is no Qatar Airlines. 20:13 If you've flown 20:14 internationally, you know, 20:15 some of these 20:16 carriers, 20:16 they just give them the desk 20:18 for a period of time up 20:19 till like an hour 20:20 before the flight 20:21 and then they're gone. 20:23 So someone said, well, 20:24 they were here. 20:26 And and so we went up. 20:28 I don't know who was there now 20:29 at that desk, Emirates Airlines 20:31 or someone else. 20:31 And I said, 20:32 you know, 20:33 we need someone from Qatar. 20:33 I mean, we've got 20:34 a flight leaving. 20:35 They said, 20:35 they're not letting us 20:36 board the plane 20:37 without a boarding pass. 20:39 They wouldn't 20:39 let us check on electronically. 20:40 We had tried that before. 20:42 We tried it again 20:43 in the airport. 20:44 And so all of a sudden 20:45 someone appears 20:46 from Qatar Airlines. 20:47 I don't know how 20:48 they ended up there. 20:49 Maybe it was your prayers 20:50 that the Lord No, I'm serious. 20:52 I'm 20:52 this person just ends up there 20:54 and we're telling you 20:55 the situation is it's too late. 20:56 We've closed everything down. 20:58 And I said, we can't even get 20:59 get to the gate. 21:00 And then someone else 21:02 comes running up 21:03 and with the same predicament. 21:05 And I said, 21:05 You have to help us. 21:07 And so this fellow actually 21:09 walks us over to TSA. 21:11 Now, I didn't tell you 21:12 as we're waiting there 21:13 in all this 21:14 drama, we're going 21:14 through our boarding passes 21:16 and somehow in the process 21:17 of giving our boarding passes 21:19 to the people who, 21:20 you know, 21:20 the initial front line 21:21 TSA people, they ended up 21:25 causing one of our 21:27 boarding passes to disappear. 21:28 Now I'm blaming them. 21:29 I suppose 21:30 they could have 21:30 given it back to us 21:31 and we just 21:32 carelessly dropped it. 21:33 That's never happened 21:33 to me before. 21:34 But one of the boarding 21:35 passes is gone 21:36 and it's mine 21:37 to get on the next 21:38 on that flight. 21:39 So I'm thinking, 21:39 this is not looking 21:40 really good. 21:41 How is this guy 21:42 going to get us through? 21:43 And so he gets there. 21:44 And this is just that, 21:45 you know, the screening people 21:46 don't even let you in line. 21:48 And he's kind of 21:48 arguing with them. 21:49 And and finally 21:50 they just go through. 21:51 Just go through. 21:51 So we go through. 21:53 But now there's a big line 21:55 and there is the the real 21:57 TSA people are going 21:58 to check your boarding pass 21:59 and your I.D. 22:00 and they're not going to 22:01 let you on the plane 22:01 without that. 22:03 So now I don't know 22:03 what we've got. 22:04 Maybe 40 minutes 22:05 or something for the flight. 22:07 And I'm looking at Sonja 22:08 and I said, you know, 22:09 unless the Lord wants us 22:10 on this plane, 22:10 we're not getting 22:11 on this plane. 22:11 And so 22:12 I don't see any way 22:13 this is going to happen. 22:15 So finally we make 22:16 our way through the line. 22:19 In fact, the guy from Qatar 22:20 Airlines already acted like 22:21 they're probably 22:22 he he gave us the impression 22:23 they're probably already 22:24 closing the doors. 22:25 And this was quite a while, 22:26 you know, after 22:27 before we waited in line. 22:29 I say, Sonja, 22:30 you go through first, 22:31 you got the legitimate 22:31 boarding pass. 22:32 So she goes up there, 22:34 she says, my husband's with me. 22:35 For some reason, 22:37 I don't 22:37 act like he was looking online. 22:39 He let me through. 22:41 Praise the Lord. 22:44 Don't try that one. 22:48 So I thought about this 22:51 and I said, 22:51 You know, 22:52 some of you may have a job 22:53 and you don't show 22:54 up for work one day 22:55 and you think, Well, 22:55 who who's impacted? 22:57 Boy, I'll tell you, 22:58 those people at O'Hare 22:59 really impacted us. 23:00 And then the attitude 23:01 of those people at TSA. 23:03 I thought about it 23:04 a little later. 23:05 I said, well, 23:06 maybe they were just 23:07 trying to tell us 23:08 we had to get a 23:09 another boarding pass 23:10 to say TSA Pre. 23:11 But they gave us the impression 23:12 that they weren't 23:13 going to let us on the plane. 23:15 Anyway, the body is important. 23:18 The body is important. 23:19 Everyone has a role 23:21 and the Bible says 23:22 we're being built 23:22 into a temple. 23:23 Let me give you a contrast. 23:25 After we finally got to 23:26 Dubai, about a week later, we 23:30 had the privilege of seeing 23:31 the world's tallest building. 23:33 And I was struck by something 23:35 they have panel after panel 23:37 of how they value team work. 23:39 People from all over the world 23:41 who helped build 23:42 what they call 23:43 the Burj Khalifa, 23:44 panel after panel, 23:46 people with their names, 23:47 their country 23:48 of origin, the role 23:49 they had in the project. 23:50 And it just struck me, 23:52 you know, of 23:52 of taking taking pride 23:54 in your work, 23:55 esteeming one another. 23:56 Just a very 23:57 different perspective 23:59 than sometimes people have 24:01 because they think their job 24:02 is just routine 24:04 and unimportant. 24:05 Bottom line, 24:06 prayer is powerful. 24:07 Your prayers, I believe, 24:09 was what helped us 24:10 get to the Middle East. 24:11 Whatever you ask in my name, 24:13 Jesus said, that I will do that 24:15 the Father may 24:16 be glorified in the Son. 24:17 If you ask anything in my name, 24:19 I will do it. 24:21 So thank you. 24:22 Many of you were praying 24:23 for safe travels for us. 24:24 Yes, we, 24:25 Sonja and I got on the plane 24:26 just as they were 24:27 closing the door. 24:29 That's that's the 24:31 we're the final people 24:32 getting on. 24:32 I guess there's that 24:33 one other guy. 24:33 He might have been 24:34 the other guy 24:34 struggling to get there. 24:36 And so we did end 24:37 up on that Qatar Airlines 24:40 flight enroute to Doha 24:42 and then to Beirut, Lebanon. 24:44 Let me just illustrate this 24:46 importance of the church 24:47 just in another way. 24:49 If you've 24:49 traveled internationally, 24:50 one of my greatest 24:52 fears is cabs, okay? 24:54 We've had some bad experiences 24:55 over the years with cabs 24:57 and, you know, 24:58 getting on in foreign countries 25:00 where they don't speak English 25:01 and they're driving 25:02 you all over and you think, 25:04 you know, they're totally lost 25:06 driving in circles, 25:07 you know, 25:08 and you can't communicate. 25:09 So this is not a 25:10 good situation. 25:11 So we get on 25:13 with this cab driver, 25:14 he's depicted here ,and 25:16 you know, 25:17 he just whizzing through. 25:17 You can't really make much 25:19 out of those pictures 25:19 because he just speeding 25:20 through the streets. 25:21 It's like midnight 25:22 in Beirut, Lebanon. 25:24 And we're going through 25:25 these back 25:25 alleys and these, 25:28 and I, and I, I said to Sonja, 25:30 I said, Sonja, 25:31 if our brothers and sisters 25:33 in the church 25:34 hadn't selected 25:35 this taxi driver 25:37 and entrusted to him 25:38 the job of 25:39 getting us to our destination, 25:41 I would be 25:42 afraid that this guy 25:43 is taking us 25:44 into the middle of nowhere, 25:46 you know. 25:46 And some of 25:47 his friends are going 25:48 to, you know, take our luggage 25:49 if not, do something worse. 25:51 So anyway, 25:51 we did end up 25:52 at our destination in Beirut. 25:54 But we were reminded, 25:55 we're reminded 25:57 whether it was on a plane trip, 26:00 whether it was in a taxi cab, 26:03 whether it was people 26:04 praying for us here 26:05 in Fort Wayne, 26:06 whether it was 26:07 the organizers of the trip 26:09 praying for us 26:10 in the Middle East, 26:11 that God was working 26:13 through his church. 26:16 Don't forget that. 26:17 We're all part of end time 26:20 gospel ministry. 26:21 Whether we ever 26:22 leave our pews or not. 26:24 But your prayers, 26:25 your offerings, 26:26 your commitment 26:27 makes a huge difference. 26:31 God wants to guide you 26:33 on your journeys as well, 26:35 and He wants you to be 26:35 part of the church 26:38 that's praying for others. 26:40 Jesus invites you 26:41 to trust your life with Him 26:42 and to press close to Him 26:44 and praying for others. 26:44 Let's do that together 26:45 as we close. 26:47 Father in Heaven, 26:47 we thank you for the privilege 26:49 we have 26:49 of receiving your guidance. 26:50 We also 26:51 thank you 26:51 that we can uplift 26:53 your children 26:54 throughout the world 26:55 on their journeys for you. 26:57 Father, please 26:58 put on our hearts 26:58 just the ones 26:59 we should be praying for. 27:01 Bless in our lives 27:03 and in the lives of those 27:04 you connect us with, 27:05 we ask, in Jesus name, Amen. 27:08 May God bless you to that end. 27:10 I'm Dr. DeRose. 27:13 Timeless Healing Insights 27:14 is here for you 27:16 and for your whole person 27:17 health. 27:18 With that in mind, 27:18 we invite you to 27:19 go to our website, 27:20 www.TimelessHealingInsights.org. 27:25 There you will find a free 27:28 30 day lifestyle program. 27:29 Sign up for it, 27:30 and you'll get 27:31 daily email reminders 27:33 for 30 days, links 27:35 to short videos 27:36 to give you pointers 27:37 on a healthier lifestyle. 27:39 On our website, 27:40 you can also find information 27:43 about this broadcast. 27:44 You can connect 27:45 with our 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