Participants: Jason Bradley (Host), David Pano, Pr. Joe Reeves
Series Code: UBR
Program Code: UBR000211A
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00:01 Stay tuned to meet two men that are glowing for Jesus.
00:03 My name is Jason Bradley, 00:05 and you're watching Urban Report. 00:31 Hello and welcome to urban report. 00:33 My guest today are pastor, Joe Reeves 00:35 and brother, David Pano. 00:37 They are committed to practical ministry 00:39 and spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:41 Welcome to urban report. 00:42 Nice to be here. 00:44 Thanks for having us, appreciate it. 00:46 So lets begin with your backgrounds, 00:48 where are you from? 00:49 Were you always at Adventist? 00:51 Let's start with you, pastor. 00:52 Thanks. 00:53 I grew up in the mountains of Washington State 00:56 long ways from most people 00:58 with the bears and the mountain lions, 01:00 and the Lord has lead me to work in many places. 01:03 I now pastor in Michigan, in Berrien Springs, Michigan. 01:08 And love reaching out to people. 01:10 That's gotta be quite a change too 01:11 from being in the mountain, correct? 01:13 I always say the Lord loves to play tricks on me. 01:16 The first place He had me pasturing 01:18 was in Detroit, so... 01:20 Wow! 01:21 We're in the suburbs... 01:23 Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow. 01:24 So but, isn't that how the Lord likes to stretch us? 01:26 Yes, yes, absolutely. 01:27 And what about you? 01:28 My name is David Pano. 01:30 Originally, I am from Bolivia, South America, 01:32 and I gave my life to God when I was 26 years old, 01:38 and I was going to the church all the time. 01:40 But you know, you can be in the church 01:42 and lost at the same time, that was my case. 01:44 In 2009, I gave my life to God. 01:46 In 2011, I went to get training for ministry 01:51 and last year, I graduated 01:53 and now, I am working in literature ministry. 01:54 And literature ministry 01:56 has been part of my life now, yeah. 01:58 And what lead to that decision for you 02:00 to give your heart to Lord? 02:03 To be honest, it's to witness young people 02:06 that they were committed to God. 02:07 You know, usually the society shows you 02:11 that young people are into different aspects of life, 02:14 like movies, video games and all that. 02:16 But when I saw young people 02:18 that they were studying the Bible, 02:19 not only when they go to church, 02:22 that changed my life, to be honest, 02:24 and I realize that there is a way to be a Christian 02:27 and happy and enjoy life at the same time, you know. 02:30 Yes. What about you? 02:32 Were you always that Adventist? 02:33 Yeah, I was privileged to grow up in a home 02:35 that was Christian, 02:36 Seventh-day Adventist learning the Bible stories 02:38 at a young age. 02:39 Uh-huh. 02:40 You know, like any teenager get into those years, 02:43 start to ask some questions, 02:45 and I definitely knew 02:47 that I did not want to be a Christian, 02:49 I don't want to be a Seventh-day Adventist 02:51 just because it was family tradition, 02:52 just because it was culture. 02:54 I only wanted to be so if I had good reasons. 02:58 And so, I did a lot of searching and studying myself, 03:01 but actually one of the things that really clinched it 03:04 and drew me in 03:06 was sharing my faith with others. 03:09 I was 16 when I went to California, 03:15 and I did some door-to-door ministry there, 03:17 sharing books. 03:18 And when I saw the Lord working on the streets, 03:21 that's when He was working in my heart too, 03:23 and so I've always kind of been one of those persons 03:27 where if I keep my faith to myself, it starts to die. 03:30 Yeah, absolutely, absolutely 03:32 and if you're not growing, you are dieing. 03:33 Yeah. 03:35 It's amazing to hear different walks, 03:38 like to see different walks, 03:40 like you grew up 03:41 and you wanted to study for you're self 03:42 which is so important 03:44 because you can't take just what your parents say, 03:46 what you're mom and dad. 03:47 You know, you see so many times 03:49 where religion is just a tradition 03:51 for so many people. 03:52 They are following what mommy or daddy 03:53 or grandma or grandpa did 03:56 or they are just taking what the pastor said 03:58 instead of studying the Word of God for themselves. 04:00 So important to study the Word of God for yourself. 04:05 Now, there was an event in Chicago, 04:08 actually two events in Chicago. 04:11 What events, what took place, 04:13 and why did you guys decide to do two events? 04:15 Tell us about that. 04:17 Well, it was one nation trip, 04:20 but there were two events in that mission trip 04:23 and I was gonna speak about one and globe mission trips, 04:26 you know, passing GLOW tracts. 04:28 This small tract has been becoming so famous. 04:31 And what has been happening is that many young people, 04:35 they wanna pass this out. 04:37 So one part and one side of the this mission trip, 04:40 it was like pass as many as GLOW tracts 04:43 as possible to the people in Chicago. 04:46 So a lot of young people, 04:47 they decided to come to pass GLOW tracts 04:50 and share the Gospel that way as well. 04:53 And so, you say, GLOW tracts, 04:55 some of our viewers at home might not know exactly 04:58 what a GLOW tract is or what's in it. 05:01 What are GLOW tracts 05:03 and what do they usually consist of? 05:04 Yeah, GLOW tracts is a small Bible pamphlets like this size. 05:07 You know, there is smallest mobile reading 05:09 and if people receive this, 05:11 they can read and they can sign up for a Bible study, 05:14 send their information in the back. 05:16 So it's kind of like spreading the Gospel 05:18 in literature form. 05:19 Nice. 05:21 So a lot of young people, they can just pass, 05:22 you know, flood out the area with GLOW tract, 05:24 with these Bible pamphlets, 05:26 people can have access, you know, to the Gospel. 05:29 That's beautiful because it's in small bites size pieces, 05:32 so you're not over whelming anybody 05:34 with a 500 and something page book. 05:36 That's right. Excellent. 05:38 And it has titles that are attractive to people, 05:40 here's one "Where is God When I am Hurting?" 05:44 and you show that to someone, and sometimes you can see 05:47 people's expression on there face change right there. 05:49 Yes. 05:50 And here's another one 05:52 we pass out a lot of these intelligent faith. 05:54 Well, lot of people think faith is stupid, 05:56 but in these 1,200 words right here, 05:58 you can see why faith is intelligent 06:01 and so these tracks 06:03 that are really griping for people. 06:06 Amen, amen. 06:08 Now, why did you choose Chicago out of all places? 06:11 You coming from the mountains, why did you choose Chicago? 06:16 Well, you know, they've done these GLOW mission trips 06:20 in different cities before Philadelphia, San Jose 06:24 and when we were in Chicago 06:26 for the Youth Evangelism Congress, 06:28 some of the pastors, youth pastors 06:30 and some of the youth were saying, 06:32 "Why don't we do one around here?" 06:34 And of course, why not a better place than Chicago? 06:37 The weekend, we were there, was the weekend 06:40 that the Washington post published an article, 06:43 as we were there, I looked it up on my phone 06:45 saying that, "The murders this year in Chicago 06:50 more than the murders in New York City 06:52 and Los Angeles combined." 06:54 Wow! 06:55 Now, you know, when there is that many murders going on, 06:58 there is a lot of hurting people. 07:00 Murders don't happen by happy people. 07:02 No, no. 07:03 So they need Jesus 07:05 and that's why we chose Chicago, yeah. 07:08 Wow! 07:09 More murders than... 07:11 Chicago's crime rate is out of control, 07:14 and you're right, they do need Jesus, 07:17 they do need Jesus. 07:18 So... 07:20 We have that part of GLOW tracts, 07:22 you know, showing the Gospel. 07:24 We had one more event 07:26 on the same mission trip which was... 07:28 Yeah, well, you know, 07:30 we always have to be a little bit creative. 07:32 They've done the GLOW mission trips before, 07:33 but this time, we said, 07:35 "Well, why don't we add something to it," 07:37 and so we added a segment to this mission trip 07:39 called compassion 07:42 like the North American division Seventh-day Adventist 07:44 really been promoting compassion ministry this year. 07:47 So this really involves meeting people's felt needs, 07:50 giving them a water bottle, food, shelter, 07:55 and so we worked with the Chicago 07:58 and Adventist community services, 08:02 and they connected us with RTW Veteran Center, 08:05 and this a very interesting place. 08:06 They fed 50,000 hot meals to homeless last year 08:12 right there on Martin Luther King Boulevard, 08:14 Chicago, around the South Side Chicago. 08:17 And they have a fantastic approach, 08:19 they've got some gardens there, 08:21 and they have a center where they feed the homeless, 08:24 they help them with the shelter and with job placements. 08:28 So it's very holistic. 08:30 Well, we came in there, 08:32 and we helped working those gardens 08:35 that were there to feed the homeless, 08:38 and we were there meeting the homeless 08:40 and the gardener there, he says, 08:43 "You've got more done today than we have all summer long." 08:48 Of course, we kind of had advantage, 08:49 we came in there with 40 plus workers so... 08:52 Wow! Wow! 08:54 And so what type of missionaries came? 08:59 That was the beautiful part. 09:01 We put it in the website. 09:02 We have our website 09:04 where we promote these mission trips, 09:06 and we put it Chicago, 09:07 and I remember speaking with some missionaries 09:09 and they were saying, you know, 09:11 they were actually praying to have something going on... 09:13 What's the website? 09:15 The website is glowmissiontrips.org. 09:18 Okay. 09:19 So they were praying a lot about Chicago. 09:21 They have a burden for the city, 09:23 and when they saw that was like an answer to prayer 09:25 and they signed up. 09:27 So anybody can sign up for this mission trips. 09:30 So we have people coming from local areas 09:34 like in Chicago itself. 09:36 We have people coming from Michigan like us, 09:38 people coming from Indiana, then Minnesota, 09:42 people that started coming from Tennessee 09:44 and the farthest they started coming from California. 09:47 Wow! 09:49 So all over? 09:50 Yeah, all over the country, the people were signing up, 09:52 and to start coming in, 09:54 and I still remember these two families in particular, 09:59 they came from California and one of them, 10:03 they have kids and these children, 10:07 they wanted to serve God 10:08 and they actually found grace themselves 10:10 to pay their flight ticket to arrive for the mission trip. 10:16 They did this by going door-to-door 10:18 with their neighbors back in California saying, 10:20 "Hey, we're going to do a mission a trip to Chicago. 10:22 Do you wanna help?" 10:24 And people were helping. That is beautiful. 10:25 These little kids, like this height. 10:27 That's determination to serve the Lord. 10:29 They pay themselves, the tickets, the fight tickets. 10:32 So it was amazing to see, you know, their sacrifice, 10:36 that they were doing just to get there 10:38 and serve other people in the city. 10:40 You can imagine how us as leader were touched by that. 10:43 Yeah, absolutely, absolutely, 10:45 and that just speaks volumes to grown ups, you know? 10:48 Grown ups need to be getting out there as well. 10:50 You have little kids that are hungry to serve the Lord 10:55 and funding their own way to get to Chicago to do so. 11:00 We have about seven pictures that we wanna go through. 11:04 And as we go through these pictures, 11:05 just give us a little brief idea 11:08 of what's going on in each picture. 11:10 For sure. 11:12 Yeah, that's inside the RTW Veteran Center. 11:16 We had 16 academy students 11:21 from Great Lakes Adventist Academy. 11:22 We were painting inside the building 11:24 and helping them with some renovations. 11:25 Nice. 11:27 Let's see what this next one has for us. 11:30 That was one of the areas in Chicago Hispanic community, 11:35 and we see Alex here, he was passing GLOW tracts. 11:38 They were going door-to-door 11:39 leaving GLOW tracts in the car and with the people as well. 11:43 And Alex actually works with 3ABN Latino. 11:45 Yes, yes, he was one of our volunteers, 11:49 and we visited actually local Churches 11:51 and we told them about what we were doing. 11:54 And it was a blessing 11:55 because and also we shared GLOW tracts with them, 11:57 and they were committed themselves 11:58 also to pass them out. 12:00 Nice. Wow! 12:01 That's a lot of GLOW tracts in that bag. 12:04 We pack those bags, 12:05 pack up the backs of the vans and go out there. 12:08 We got out 200,000 GLOW tracts 12:10 during the four days that we were there. 12:12 Wow! 12:13 200,000, that's... 12:15 So we went through bag after, bag after, after bag. 12:16 Wow! 12:17 And that's Donald Owen 12:19 who's in our pastoral department. 12:20 Yeah, that's right. There are some familiar faces. 12:24 And that was in the area of downtown, 12:28 People in downtown, 12:29 they were also passing GLOW tracts. 12:31 There was a small group that had went to downtown, 12:33 and they were passing GLOW tracts to the tourists. 12:35 We don't know how far our GLOW tracts are gonna go. 12:38 Absolutely. 12:40 And that's such a blessing, 12:41 and there goes Janelle Owen, another face I recognize 12:44 that works in our graphics department. 12:46 You know, one of the beautiful things 12:47 about this trip, 12:49 we talked people coming from different directions 12:52 to join us for this trip, 12:53 but you can see here we had Asians, 12:56 we had blacks, we had whites, we had all kinds of people, 13:00 some with different accents 13:02 to come together for this mission trip. 13:03 We were working in a black church, 13:06 but it was just everybody coming together. 13:08 I think we need a little bit of that in our world right now, 13:10 don't we? 13:11 I would say so, I would say so. 13:12 These kids here working in the garden 13:15 by the RTW Veteran Center, 13:18 there was an accident 13:20 that happened while we were there. 13:22 When we were working with the homeless 13:24 there in the gardens. 13:25 I was in my van in the driver's seat 13:28 and just getting ready to pull out 13:30 when I look up, 13:31 and this in fact that's me in the far left of that picture 13:35 talking to the police officer as a witness. 13:37 Uh-huh. 13:38 And this lady was in her wheelchair, 13:41 electric wheelchair just getting ready 13:44 to cross Martin Luther King Boulevard, 13:46 but another man had already started to execute a left turn, 13:49 and she was going full speed and she hit... 13:53 she was hit by this driver. 13:55 He felt terrible. 13:57 It was just a little picture of some of the chaos tough 14:00 that's just all around. 14:03 And so she had to go to the hospital later. 14:06 We were glad she wasn't hurt worse. 14:08 But he stayed which is a good thing. 14:11 He stayed on the scene, correct? 14:12 He did, he felt terrible, 14:14 the driver did, he didn't take off. 14:15 Yeah, that is horrible 14:17 but it was so inspiring to see the little ones getting out, 14:22 you see them getting their hands dirty. 14:24 They are not standing around, they are pushing wheel barrels, 14:27 filling up wheel barrels and painting. 14:30 Oh, man just working hard. 14:32 They worked for it and they were excited. 14:35 They were super excited and they were helping people. 14:38 I think we can learn from that. 14:40 Absolutely. 14:41 And Chicago is one of the largest cities 14:43 that we have in America, 14:45 and there is a lot of pain there. 14:46 Like over, and over I heard from our missionaries, sort of, 14:49 volunteer missionaries saying, "I see a lot of pain." 14:53 I though and some of it was eye-opening for them. 14:55 I though I was in bad position until I came here. 15:00 And it has been a blessing not only for them, 15:05 but also for us as we were there. 15:07 Yeah. Wow! 15:08 One of the others told me, 15:09 she said, "I dint know my kids could work so hard." 15:12 Yes. Wow! 15:13 So I don't... apparently she had tried 15:15 to get them to garden before and didn't go very well. 15:16 Yeah. 15:18 But, you know, when we come together 15:19 and we do projects together, 15:20 the kids pick up on that momentum, 15:22 and it just lifts the whole family 15:24 and it lifts everybody. 15:26 But, you know, there was something that happened 15:28 when we were there that, kind of, 15:30 illustrates part of the reason 15:31 we are wanting to do these GLOW tracts together 15:34 with the compassion 15:36 coz I don't know if you have noticed this 15:38 with your Christian brothers and sisters, 15:39 sometimes there's people that's all about literature, 15:42 but they are not to concerned about the felt needs. 15:45 Then, there is some people 15:46 that are all about feeding the homeless, 15:48 but they don't bother with giving the Bible study 15:51 or sharing the literature. 15:52 I say lets do both and my friend, Donald, 15:56 when he was there, there was a lady 15:58 that was on the side of the road, 15:59 a homeless lady that slept on the side of the road 16:02 and when he offered her GLOW tract, 16:06 she looked up at him and this lady, 16:10 she had around her a pile of water bottles. 16:13 And this pile of water bottles was about all she had. 16:17 She was selling them so she had money to buy lunch. 16:20 But when Donald gave her this GLOW tract 16:23 with truth she recognized it and they had the words of hope 16:27 and telling the story about Jesus. 16:29 And she got up to her feet, and she gave him a hug, 16:32 she had tears in her eyes 16:34 and then, she took this one of... 16:36 this homeless lady took one of the water bottles, 16:38 and she was selling to everybody else 16:39 and she gave it to him, all that she had. 16:43 And that one story spoke volumes to me 16:47 because sometimes I am tempted to think, 16:49 "Oh, the homeless people, 16:51 what they need is really they need is water, 16:53 they need food, and they don't really the spiritual... 16:58 how's that even gonna connect 17:00 when they are hungry or thirsty?" 17:02 Well, they need both. 17:05 And even in the situation, 17:06 they know what they need, many of them... 17:08 Absolutely. 17:09 And this lady with tears in eyes said, "Thank you," 17:12 and she gave him one of her water bottles, 17:14 so that's why we are doing both. 17:15 Yeah, and that's very powerful because another lesson 17:18 that can be drawn from that is this is this lady's last, 17:22 this is all she has 17:24 and you share the Word of God with her, 17:27 you shared there precious tract 17:30 and she gave Donald one of her water bottles 17:35 that she was selling to feed herself. 17:37 And probably she was even sacrificing, 17:39 you know, her food... 17:40 Absolutely. 17:41 In order to get this or as a thank you. 17:43 It's amazing how-- 17:45 Yes, it's a holy sake. 17:47 That's what the Gospel is a holy sake. 17:48 It's not just a one thing, it's everything. 17:51 It supplies many needs and that's what we see like... 17:55 we have a like an event like... 17:56 when we were passing GLOW tracts one of our... 17:59 we had a like four people in one park. 18:03 And when they were there, one of our... 18:06 the girls, she was approached by a young man, 18:09 and she says, "Are you passing these tracts?" 18:10 And he showed her, you know, the small Bible pamphlets, 18:13 and she was like. 18:15 "Yes, I am doing this." 18:16 And he like, "You know, 18:17 somebody gave me one of this probably another volunteer." 18:21 And he says. 18:22 "You know, I am so impressed, 18:24 I wanna help, so can you give me some of that. 18:27 I will help you to pass them out." 18:28 So this stranger joined the team, 18:31 and he started passing them out also. 18:33 At the end of the day, she was like so excited 18:35 because he was like passing them out 18:37 and she was like, you know, "Who are you?" 18:38 They realized that this young man, 18:40 he didn't have a place to go and pretty much 18:44 they connect him with the local church, 18:46 and he was going to attend to the local church as well. 18:48 So this is how they value, 18:50 you know, people they have nothing. 18:51 They also value the Gospel 18:54 because that's what brings hope beyond that. 18:56 Yeah. 18:57 Well, I'll tell you, 18:58 people are thirsty, they are thirsty for Jesus. 19:01 It's unfortunate that some of us Christians get shy 19:03 and scared and so fearful of rejection 19:07 because we are gonna experience that. 19:08 Some people are gonna say, "no," they don't want that, 19:11 but you can't let that stop you from going to the next person. 19:13 It's thirsty for Jesus. That's right. 19:16 Yeah, we are gonna help people with their gardens. 19:17 We are gonna feed them, 19:19 but people are thirsty for Jesus. 19:21 He is the solution to every problem 19:23 that answered every question. 19:25 I really believe that. 19:26 Amen, and you know what people realize 19:28 that there is something going on in this world. 19:30 Exactly. 19:31 They don't know what it is, 19:33 but we do know what it is, 19:35 and we have to share that with them. 19:37 You wouldn't let your friend go into a burning building 19:40 or you wouldn't let any citizen go into a burning building 19:43 without warning them. 19:45 How could we not share Jesus with other people? 19:48 Yeah, you share 19:49 what is the most precious thing in your life. 19:52 You know, if it was the most precious thing 19:54 in your life is just food, you're gonna share just food, 19:57 but if the most precious thing of your life is a person, 20:01 is Jesus Christ, why not? 20:03 You know, He brings joy, 20:05 hope in your life and, you know, 20:07 many of the people may be they might never, 20:10 may be they will never leave that area, 20:14 but they have hope for something beyond that 20:17 and that's what we were trying to impress and yes, 20:20 people say no, we face that. 20:22 You know, and there was a situation interesting 20:24 how God works and this is true. 20:28 This young man, he was passing like it's a GLOW tracts 20:31 and that lady approached to him as she was passing by, 20:36 he handed out GLOW tracts to her, 20:39 and she said, "No, thank you I am not interested." 20:42 I mean, she was rough. 20:43 She kept walking. 20:45 But just suddenly, she stops, 20:48 turns back and walks backs to him 20:50 and she said, "Can you give me all that you have?" 20:54 And then, he was like, "Wow, what a change!" 20:57 And she said, "You know, when I was leaving, 21:00 something told me come back and get what he has." 21:04 Wow! 21:05 So this is how the holy sprit works, 21:08 and we're working with angels, 21:10 we are working with haven that's why we go there. 21:12 Yeah, that's powerful. 21:14 Now you can see why you do these mission trips. 21:16 Absolutely. 21:18 People wonder, well, you see the Lord working out there 21:21 so, and we have more mission trips coming up. 21:23 You can see those at glowmissiontrips.org. 21:27 And those... that's not just to report 21:28 on what we have done, that's the more mission trips 21:30 that we are planning and people can join, 21:33 and your faith can be strengthened too. 21:35 Pick up on the momentum. 21:37 Now, what are some of the mission trips 21:39 that you have coming up? 21:41 Yeah, we have different ones like, in the website, 21:45 you will have current and updated information. 21:47 Okay. 21:49 They will tell you the coming events. 21:51 There are events even in Europe. 21:53 Oh, wow. People can sign up from the US. 21:56 There are local events. 21:58 They are thinking also going to like Utah 22:01 and all different areas, so if they go to the website, 22:04 they will have updated information, 22:05 glowmissiontrips.org. 22:07 So this is around the world. 22:09 That is correct and is growing 22:11 because it started last year in Philadelphia, yes. 22:14 What other stories do you have? 22:16 Well, you know, 22:17 it just happened the whole time we are there. 22:19 The last night, 22:20 all the missionaries had gone home 22:22 and us as the organization, we had to clean things up, 22:25 and we are driving out of town and it's already dark. 22:28 And we are driving on Martin Luther King Boulevard 22:30 again, south of were we were earlier during the weekend 22:34 and, you know, there is a lot of people 22:37 there begging for money, 22:38 and we were at the stop light 22:40 and the tracks go right over the intersection. 22:43 And I was driving the van, 22:46 and I could kind of see out of the corner of my eye, 22:49 somebody on the street corner trying to get my attention, 22:51 but I was ignoring 22:53 because I taught they were asking for money. 22:54 And so, but somebody in the van says, 22:59 "Joe, the person is trying to get your attention," 23:01 and so I look and I roll the window 23:03 and he says, "Hey, I remember you." 23:08 And I looked at him and I said, "I remember you," 23:10 and as soon as I looked into his eyes, 23:12 I recognized him as one of the homeless man 23:13 that I had talked to the day before about a mile away, 23:17 and he'd seen in the dark, two lanes over, 23:20 he had seen me and he recognized me. 23:22 Now, then the light turned green, I had to go. 23:27 That's probably where the man slept, 23:29 but there he is in his world 23:31 just fighting for a little bit of recognition. 23:35 I didn't even know his name, he didn't know my name, 23:38 but at least, we recognized each other 23:40 and people are looking for that personal touch. 23:44 That's why Jesus touched people. 23:46 Yes, yes and minister to their needs. 23:49 And you know, I just have Jesus words 23:52 ringing in my ears all the time. 23:53 He says, "Whatever that men would do to you, 23:56 do you so to them for this is the law in the prophets," 23:59 Mathews 7:12. 24:00 So I put myself in that person's shoes. 24:02 If I was that person what would I want? 24:04 I would want someone to speak to me. 24:06 I would want someone to share with me, 24:08 so that's what we better do. 24:09 Absolutely. That's correct. 24:11 Now, what advise would you have to give someone 24:14 who wants to get involved 24:15 and be active in their community? 24:19 Find the needs of your community. 24:23 Many times, I have one of my missionaries 24:26 on that mission trip and she said, 24:27 "You know, I taught 24:29 that mission field was only in Africa 24:31 and all of those distant countries," 24:33 until she came to those places and she said, 24:36 "You know, there is a need here. 24:37 Why I am not here?" 24:39 So anybody who's there, you know, 24:42 find the needs of your community 24:46 and work in that and take opportunity... 24:49 as you supply those needs, 24:51 give them more than their physical needs, 24:54 give them more than that 24:55 because they have spiritual needs. 24:57 Everybody has a hole in their heart. 24:59 That's only shape for God 25:01 and their longing to be filled and some of them, 25:03 they don't even know that they have that, yes. 25:05 Yes, and what about... 25:06 And everybody can use GLOW. 25:09 It's simple, it's useable. 25:11 You can order them at glowonline.org 25:14 and these GLOW tracts, 25:16 the Lord is just working miracles through them 25:18 and just simple meanings. 25:19 And selling more stories, but I am sure. 25:21 Absolutely. 25:22 Time is short, but we do have a little bit of time 25:26 for like a short story. 25:28 But, I am just saying now is the time 25:31 when people need to get busy and get working. 25:33 I went in... 25:34 I am a pastor, I have a church school. 25:36 So just last week, 25:37 went into the church school, into 4th grade, 25:40 and I was having them 25:42 collate some of these GLOW tracts, 25:43 but when the 4th... 25:44 Now, what is collating GLOW tracts? 25:46 Well, they were just bundling them together 25:49 so we can hand them out 25:51 because they were bundling these GLOW tracts together. 25:54 At the end, when these little 4th graders had done, 25:58 I asked them if they want to hear any stories, 26:00 and so I shared some of the stories, 26:03 some of which I shared with you. 26:04 And then, these 4th graders started telling me 26:07 how they use GLOW tracts 26:09 and, you know, how they are little kids, 26:11 you know, "Well, my family puts them in the bathroom 26:15 or the public restroom 26:17 or my family puts them in the gas pump 26:18 or family puts them in the car door handle," 26:21 or whatever it is, full of ideas 26:23 and so I challenged them when I came back in there, 26:27 they all wanted some themselves. 26:29 And so, I shared some of them. 26:30 So next time, I go back to that classroom, 26:32 all the 4th graders are gonna tell me 26:33 how they have been using the GLOW tracts. 26:34 Yes. Wow! 26:36 So it's... everybody can use. Everybody can use. 26:37 I am telling, you kids, grandma, grandpa, everybody. 26:39 Yeah. 26:41 Glowonline.org, that's were they can go 26:44 and check the new tracts that we have. 26:46 Also, we have a new one for children as well. 26:49 Oh, there is one for children? 26:50 That's correct. Oh, wow! 26:52 And what is that one? 26:53 What dose that one have in it? 26:56 It's designed for, like, I said, small children. 27:00 It talks about the state of the death, 27:02 what happens and the title is "What's wrong with grandpa?" 27:05 It's about like children that's wondering 27:07 what happened with the grandpa, ya. 27:08 Nice! 27:10 Like where did grandpa go 27:11 and, you know, that's still an issue today is 27:14 so many people are confused 27:15 about the state of the death as we see. 27:19 That is amazing what took place in Chicago, 27:23 what will be taking place around the world, 27:25 and we hope that our viewers will get involved 27:28 in ministry as well. 27:30 I wanna thank both of you for coming and sharing with us. 27:34 Thanks for allowing us. 27:36 You are very welcome, 27:37 and I wanna thank you at home for watching. 27:40 If your church was missing, 27:42 would the neighborhood notice that you are gone? 27:44 Would they even care? 27:46 These are serious questions to consider. 27:49 We are living in the last days 27:50 and we must do all that we can to spread the Gospel, 27:54 that means each and everyone of us 27:56 has a role to fulfill. 27:58 Pray and ask God to give you a burden for souls. 28:02 Well, we have reached the end of another program. 28:04 Join us next time and remember, 28:06 it just wouldn't be the same without you. |
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